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by Julia
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I have a Belleck and Willets pitcher showing blackberries on stems with green and white foliage, as well as pink-and-raspberry-colored leaves. The background is shades of creams-to-coral-pink and light green shades. The handle is shaded-greens, starting at the top to darker shades toward the bottom and is scroll-like in style. There is a signature on the pitcher to the right of the base of the handle, but I cannot completely read it and would like to know the artist's name. I can describe the signature beginning with the first letter as looking like a capital T with an L to the top of the T which crosses the T in the middle. The second letter looks like a capital J with the base of the J touching the base of the capital T. The next three letters look to be "oud" in lower-case letters. The ud has a line drawn underneath. There appears to be three more letters which are very faded, which possibly could be "ias." There is also a number "453" on the bottom of the pitcher, which appears to resemble a pencil marking.
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The Dangerous Myth of the "Great Man of Science"
I've waited quite a while before writing anything substantial about the Geoff Marcy case, partly because I was too angry to reflect properly and partly because this is something impossible to write about with raising some very unpleasant ghosts. The scandalous behaviour of Geoff Marcy – whose repeated sexual harassment of a number of female members of his Department went unchallenged by the University of California at Berkeley for fifteen years – resulted in a slap on the wrist and a "don't do it again" from the authorities followed by a badly misjudged email from the Head of the Department of Astronomy (where Marcy worked) which includes the following statement:
Of course, this is hardest for Geoff in this moment. For those who are willing and able, he certainly can use any understanding or support they can offer (this wouldn't include endorsement of the mistakes he acknowledges in an open letter on his website). I ask that those who have the room for it (now or later), hear him out and judge whether there is room for redemption in all that will transpire.
No. It just isn't "hardest for Geoff". It's hardest for the women he harassed, some of whom had to wait 15 years for some semblance of justice. This comment displays a lack of compassion for Marcy's victims. This not only compounds an already disgraceful episode, but also gives a very clear indication of an attitude that explains why nothing was done earlier. It's hard to believe that nobody knew what Marcy was up to, but it seems he had powerful friends to protect him.
Subsequently, however, a majority of faculty in the Astronomy Department composed a strongly worded statement concluding that Marcy could no longer perform the functions of a faculty member. I suspect it was that, rather than the feeble actions of the University authorities that persuaded Marcy finally to resign. He should, of course, have been sacked forthwith. He has now gone, but the fallout from this episode will last a very long time. Hopefully out of the debris some good will emerge, not just for Astronomy at Berkeley – because this problem is by no means unique to that place – but for science as a whole. I'd love to believe that Geoff Marcy is an isolated example, but I'm afraid that just isn't the case.
I think it's important not to let this case slip from our collective memory before lessons can be learned – hot topics grow cold so quickly these days. So many things are desperately wrong about this case that it's impossible to comment on all of them, so I'll just pick up on a few and make some personal comments and hopefully some suggestions. I'm focussing on sexual harassment because of the Marcy case, but what I say applies equally to other forms of harassment (e.g. racially motivated or homophobic) and bullying in the workplace.
The first issue I want to raise is that of procedure. I wish harassment and bullying didn't happen, but sadly they do. If all members of a University department (staff and students) are to work together in an atmosphere of dignity and mutual respect then there has to be some sort of code of conduct and a process for dealing with behaviour that is unacceptable under the code. But it is not enough for these to exist. Staff and students also have to be aware of their existence and also to believe that the disciplinary process will be enforced rigorously. I have no doubt that UCB has a code of conduct, but the process of enforcing it failed lamentably. It's not hard to see why given the attitude of the Department Chair.
In my opinion as soon as an allegation of sexual harassment is made it should always be given to an independent person to investigate. By "independent" I mean from outside the Department concerned and preferably someone who has no direct personal knowledge of the individuals involved. That would at a stroke prevent pals of the perpetrator from closing ranks. This is what we do in my own institution, in fact. I'm not saying that there are no instances of sexual harassment here but I really don't believe anything would be allowed to go on as long here as it did at UCB.
A properly enforced disciplinary procedure shouldn't just protect the person making the complaint; it needs also to protect innocent individuals from malicious allegations. It must also realise that people do make mistakes. Who can say that they have never made any inappropriate remark in jest that may have inadvertently caused offence? I certainly can't. Likewise it is possible simply to misread a situation, to misinterpret a remark or body language, or to take a straightforward comment as a flirtation of some sort. We're all humans and we can't read each other's minds. I don't think such errors need to go to a full disciplinary hearing; an informal warning should do for a first offence, as long as there is an apology. Repeated offences are a different matter. A first offence of sexual harassment of the kind committed by Geoff Marcy should at the very least have received a final written warning, followed by summary dismissal for any further offence. Any difference in seniority must also be taken into account. All cases of harassment are unacceptable but harassment of a student by a senior Professor takes "unacceptable" to an extreme.
Failure to act strongly when such behaviour is proven just sends out the message that the institution doesn't take sexual harassment seriously. Confidentiality is needed during an investigation – to protect both sides – but if the conclusion is that misconduct has taken place, it must be ackowledged publicly. Justice has to be seen to be done. Sexual assault, of course, is another matter entirely – that should go straight to the police to deal with.
So far I've just talked about protocols and procedures, but these can only ever apply a sticking-plaster solution to a problem which is extremely deeply rooted in the culture of many science departments and research teams across the world. These tend to be very hierarchical, with power and influence concentrated in the hands of relatively few, usually male, individuals. A complaint about harassment generally has to go up through the management structure and therefore risks being blocked at a number of stages for a number of reasons. This sort of structure reinforces the idea that students and postdocs are at the bottom of the heap and discourages them from even attempting to pursue a case against someone at the top.
This hierarchy of power suits those – usually men – who style themselves as "Great Scientists". These individuals generally flourish at the head of a team of students and postdocs, but take as much as credit as they can for themselves, often actively hindering the career prospects of junior collaborators. They usually bring in large amounts of grant funding or other awards and possibly even the prospect of a Nobel Prize. In this way they convince their employers that they are indispensible to their institution, which encourages the bosses to turn a blind eye to their transgressions. They may be flawed humans but they are perceived to be great scientists. They are untouchable. Power corrupts, but it's also too easily acquired by those who are corrupt already.
In reality the only reason why such people may appear indispensible is that they have made themselves so by neglecting (or abusing) their responsibilities to junior staff and students by (for example) not allowing them opportunities to pursue their own research. I've many stories of this type of controlling behaviour, which usually results in postdocs and students being discarded or forced out of research for lack of wider experience.
The fact of the matter is that the "Great Man of Science" is a myth, and a dangerous one at that. I'm not saying that there are no great scientists (male or female). I am saying that the elevated status awarded to some eminent individuals is deeply unhealthy and can lead to abuse of power, as recent events have revealed all too clearly. They are also an increasingly distorted reflection of how science actually works, which is more often than not through collaborations of equal but complementary efforts.
The unhealthy power structures I've discussed will not be easy to dismantle entirely, but there are simple things that can be done to make a start. "Flatter", more democratic, structures not only mitigate this problem but are also probably more efficient by, for example, eliminating the single-point failures that plague hierarchical organisational arrangements. On the other hand, turkeys don't vote for Christmas and the existing arrangements clearly suit those who benefit from them. If things are to change at all, however, we'll have to start by recognising that there's a problem.
P.S. For the record I'll just state that I'm obviously not a "Great Man of Science". Nor am I a great scientist. I'm not a great manager of people either. But I like to think that I've done my job as Head of School sufficiently well that I now consider myself entirely dispensible!Follow @telescoper
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You distinguish between bogus and genuine great scientists. I have no knowledge of which of these Marcy is but I suspect that a junior lecturer who did the same things would have been promptly sacked. ANY scientist who behaved like that should be sacked, but permanent unemployment of a genuinely great scientist impoverishes not only him but the research community. I am not saying that such a man should be re-employed elsewhere, but I welcome discussion.
The person who wrote the email from which you quoted was also a co-signatory on the strongly worded statement. I haven't seen this pointed out before and it confuses me.
I can only suppose that because they are dated two days apart that he changed his mind during those two days.
One day later he told a colleague of mine that he was being quoted out of context. Three days later he signed the letter. I can imagine the kind of messages he received from his peers in between…
Harassment and bullying are wholly unacceptable.
There is some comfort in the partial resolution of the Geoff Marcy case. The departure of Marcy from Berkeley will offer some sense of justice to those women affected, though it will not take away the painful memories. The publicity will deter some potential perpetrators from committing acts of this type in the future. Marcy will presumably move to some other institution, where he will rebuild his career, somewhat chastened.
A central problem in academia, as Peter (Telescoper) has pointed out, is the severe imbalance in power between many members of the academic community. The broken, overcompetitive, academic careers system, and the employment of many people on short-term contracts, often make it difficult for people to take action when they are the victims of harassment or bullying.
Peter is absolutely right that there has to be a mechanism for dealing with complaints of harassment or bullying. All staff need to be aware of the existence of these mechanisms, and they need to be confident that starting a complaint will not make things worse.
Incidentally, I came across some relevant articles on the Women in Astronomy blog. There are many that discuss harassment.
I found two particularly useful articles about workplace bullying: part 1 and part 2.
What is your plan for dealing with those who would abuse the system with malicious intent? In the scheme you suggest, you empower any two accusers to instantly end the career of anyone whom they choose to conspire against. Why do you so easily accept the illegitimacy of the direct masculine action while ignoring the same potential for illegitimate, indirect feminine action?
incredibly sexist of you to assume that harassment of male students by female faculty could never occur, jonathan.
Like many areas of science, astronomy relies on collaboration and field work. Do you have procedures in place if a student, say, from University A were harassed/abused/bullied by a more powerful person at University B? A few of my science writing colleagues have been having this discussion and the employers' HR policies seem to differ in this case.
A long track record; passed from one institution to another: http://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/geoff-marcy-at-sfsu
[…] I've blogged before about the difficulties surrounding confidentiality and other issues discip…. In that piece – which was actually about science department – I tried to stress the importance of sticking to proper procedure, but I also explained that dealing with such matters after the fact is never going to provide a fully satisfactory remedy. What is needed is to change campus culture to ensure that abusive harassing and violent behaviour doesn't happen in the first place. But applying procedures properly would at least be a start… […]


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ASUS Products Win Multiple Computex 2011
From tablets and media players, through displays and notebooks, to wireless devices - innovation and perfection show the world the way forwardTaipei, Taiwan, )
Eee Pad Transformer: Best Choice of the Year and Best Choice Design Awards
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The Computex Best Choice panel recognized the investment by ASUS in developing ecologically sound consumer technology that offers excellent performance while never compromising environmental values. The 24-inch VW247H-HF monitor was awarded the Best Choice Green ICT accolade as the world's first halogen-free PC display - a feature previously highlighted by Greenpeace in its 2010 Electronics Survey. The monitor uses a mercury-free LED panel and consumes 65% less power than standards dictated by Energy Star 5.0 requirements. ASUS has also taken measures to eliminate a long list of hazardous materials in the VW247H-HF's production, going well beyond the demands of accepted industry standards. The result is a long-lasting monitor with a high degree of recyclability in a stylish design with 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio and crisp, Full HD 1080p image quality.
The Computex 2011 Best Choice committee also selected the ASUS Bamboo Collection U43SD notebook for its contribution to environmental protection and the advancement of stylish portable computing. By applying bamboo, a rapidly replenished resource whose production has little ecological impact, the U43SD offers a natural and more personal computing experience. Bamboo not only reduces the amount of plastic used in manufacturing by 15%, it also matures and changes its appearance over time to create a unique look for every notebook. The U43SD includes powerful second generation Intel® Core(TM) processors and NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics for better performance in every task. It ships in packaging that uses recyclable bamboo pulp and non-woven cloth, which previously won the iF Communication Design Award in 2010. The result is in an eco-friendly product that delivers the very latest mobile technology.
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More than any other driver-assist system out there today, people overestimate what Tesla's Autopilot can do, according to a new study.
"The name 'Autopilot' was associated with the highest likelihood that drivers believed a behavior was safe while in operation, for every behavior measured, compared with other system names," said the study released this week by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The IIHS, a nonprofit funded by auto insurance companies, surveyed 2,005 drivers from October to November 2018. Survey participants were asked questions including whether they thought it was safe to take their hands off the steering wheel, not have their feet near the pedals, look at scenery, talk on a mobile phone and more.
Forty-eight percent of drivers surveyed thought it would be safe to take their hands off the wheel while using Autopilot. As for the four other systems the survey's participants were asked about, 33 percent felt that way about ProPilot Assist (Nissan), 27 percent about both Driving Assistant Plus (BMW) and Super Cruise (Cadillac), and 21 percent about Traffic Jam Assist (Audi, Acura).
"Tesla provides owners with clear guidance on how to properly use Autopilot, as well as in-car instructions before they use the system and while the feature is in use," a Tesla spokeswoman said Friday. "If a Tesla vehicle detects that a driver is not engaged while Autopilot is in use, the driver is prohibited from using it for that drive."
Tesla also pointed out: "This survey is not representative of the perceptions of Tesla owners or people who have experience using Autopilot, and it would be inaccurate to suggest as much. If IIHS is opposed to the name 'Autopilot,' presumably they are equally opposed to the name 'Automobile.' "
The study acknowledged that only 9 percent to 20 percent of survey respondents said they had at least one crash-avoidance technology, and "fewer of these reported driving a vehicle in which Level 2 systems were available." (Level 2 automation, according to the Society of Automotive Engineers, can assist drivers with multiple driving tasks but still require them to be actively engaged. All systems the survey addressed were Level 2. Only Level 1 and 2 systems are available on vehicles that people can buy now.)
"The purpose of the study was to learn how the general public perceives the connotations of the system names," an IIHS spokesman said Friday.
The IIHS also cited studies in 2016 and 2018 that found similar results: "The current study adds to the growing body of evidence… that 'Autopilot' is a misleading name for a Level 2 driving automation system." While the study pointed out that perception doesn't predict drivers' behavior, it said "it is important that names be developed so as not to mislead drivers about the systems' correct use."
Tesla has long faced pushback about the Autopilot name. It has seen at least three fatal accidents in which the technology was engaged. After the first fatality in 2016 — in which federal agencies eventually cleared the company — Consumer Reports called on Tesla to rename Autopilot, saying the name gave drivers a false sense of security. (The family of the driver who died later released a statement saying he was aware that his Model S was not autonomous.) The other two fatalities are still under federal investigation.
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In the past year I have bought and given away over two-dozen copies of Rain Making with one condition to the recipients: They had to agree to read chapter 3.
The term "Rain Maker" has been around for years. It is often used, rarely understood, and almost never implemented properly. Rain Making, by Ford Harding addresses the fundamentals of what makes a rain maker, from building business and developing relationships, to creating new jobs. The focus is not simply on understanding how to become a rain maker, but how to clearly identify a path for implementation.
Chapter 3, devoted to networking, (a personal passion of mine) is by far the best read anywhere on the topic. To give you an idea, I have read literally hundreds of articles on the topic, I have studied the topic as a Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business, and I have read numerous books on building business. Ford Harding simply writes an easy to understand and implement approach to a topic that has long been misunderstood.
Beyond chapter 3, Rain Making is divided into three sections: Generating Leads, Advancing and Closing a Sale, and Strategy: What Works and What Doesn't.
Generating Leads
The first section on Generating Leads is a "must read" for the marketers, engineers, and architects that are looking for a fresh and relevant perspective on business development. It clearly articulates the various types of marketing tactics, their purpose, and their proper use.
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The second section on Advancing and Closing a Sale, while not as sexy as the other two sections, gives a great review of the basics of sealing the deal, including presentations, writing a proposal, and quoting a fee.
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The final section, Strategy: What Works and What Doesn't, carefully articulates plans for both individuals and corporations that are intertwined with a since of purpose and strategy. The section is written towards what can be done today, not simply lofty plans for a future plan that will be forgotten in a week.
If you are looking for a book that will motivate and educate you on the tactics and strategy for becoming a Rain Maker, and provide you with useful tidbits that you can start the day you finish reading, I highly recommend Rain Making by Ford Harding.


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Telemarketing using automated dialling equipment is already illegal unless the recipient has already opted in, but the Direct Marketing Association has now published on automated telemarketing code.
Topic: Telemarketing
Who: The Direct Marketing Association
When: February 2002
Where: London
What happened:
The UK's Direct Marketing Association published a new Code of Practice for the use of automated dialling equipment for marketing purposes. As the DMA reports in the summer 2002 issue of its "Interact" magazine, the use of automation in the UK telemarketing industry has grown over the last 10 years, with advanced dialling technology now used in 20% of the country's call centres. This has led to an increase in efficiency but also to an increase in the number of nuisance calls received by consumers.
The idea of these guidelines, which are mandatory for all DMA members, is to reduce significantly the number of complaints which are made to BT's "Nuisance Call Bureau". The provisions include a requirement that dialling equipment is adjusted to ensure a minimum ring time of 15 seconds before the call is abandoned as unanswered. Equipment should also ensure that if a "live" individual does not take the call, it should be abandoned and release the line within a maximum of one second from when the line is picked up. Also, the rate of calls abandoned should be no more than 5% of calls in any campaign over a 24 hour period, while DMA members operating automated telemarketing campaigns must keep an up to date archive of diallers' statistics which clearly demonstrate compliance with these provisions of the Code.
The Code also requires that Calling Line Identity Information is provided so that consumers are able to identify the source of any abandoned calls. If a consumer calls back on the number so provided, then he or she should be informed of the name of the company on whose behalf the call was made or the name of the call centre from which it originated, provided with information so as to allay any fears as to the purpose of the call and, where the call was unsolicited, information allowing the recipient to indicate that they do not wish to receive further direct marketing calls related to that campaign. The Direct Marketing Authority, established by the DMA, is responsible for monitoring the Code.
Why this matters:
The current position under UK law is that calls for marketing purposes can only be made by automated dialling equipment on an "opt-in" basis. In the light of this, it is perhaps interesting that the DMA's Code makes no reference to this and lays down no detailed guidelines as to how telemarketers must take steps to ensure compliance with the legal requirements.


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It's human nature to seek formulas that guarantee a desired outcome. We all want a happy home and healthy family relationships, so we look for practical ways to make it happen.
Advice abounds on this topic. There are countless lists and steps to follow that promise a peaceful home environment or meaningful and harmonious connection in our families. The nature and amount of the information is overwhelming.
God gave us everything we need to know in His Word. We tend to overthink what He's kept so simple. Let's take a look at what the Bible tells us about creating a happy home and building strong family relationships.
What the Bible Teaches About Family Relationships
Jesus is our prime example for everything – even how to live in our homes with our families.
Philippians 2: 3- 8 tells us:
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
This passage tells us that Jesus, even though He was God, humbled Himself and became a servant. He served us by taking on a human body, living on this broken earth and experiencing life with us – the way we experience it. He died in our place so that we could live and enjoy a relationship with Him for eternity.
He's all about relationships.
What does His example mean for us?
If we're going to live like Jesus – if we're going to be His disciples – we must live lives of selflessness. Living for our own desires is not the means to effectively following Christ.
Having a heart of humility, a heart to serve, requires sacrifice. Jesus sacrificed His life. Few of us will ever be called to literally give our lives for someone else, but all of us are called to give up our own will daily.
Putting the interests of others before our own is a practice we will never master. We're given countless opportunities daily. Everything from deciding what to cook for dinner to what time you wake up or go to sleep is impacted by either your own interests, or the interests of others.
So the first simple key to a happy home and healthy family relationships is… humility.
4 Practical Tips for a Happy Home & Healthy Family Relationships
What does it look like, practically, to put the interests of others before our own? How do we live in a way that shows the people we live with that we're more concerned with what's best for them than for what we want?
Here are some practical tips that have worked well in our home. These are not Gospel-truth. They're just my own experience.
1. Show People They Matter More Than Whatever You're Doing
People in your home should feel that relationships are more important to you than a to-do list or a schedule or things.
One way I do this is by greeting people at the door whenever they come and go. Both entering and exiting our home solicits a face-to-face interaction. Sometimes that means I have to stop what I'm doing and endure interruption for a few minutes.
It seems like a small thing, but hundreds of these greetings added up over time begins to send the message that you are loved, cared for, and important.
Another simple way is by looking them in the eye when you're having a conversation. Put down the phone and show them they have your full attention.
When your husband or your kids want to talk – I mean, really talk – take advantage of that opportunity to build meaningful connection. Drop everything and really listen. This is so, so, so important especially as your children enter the teen years (and beyond). That willingness to talk deeply isn't always there, so prioritize it when it happens.
Be attentive and available. Leave margin in your schedule so you have the capacity to serve.
2. The Golden Rule
Treat others how you want to be treated. It sounds simple, but we often mistakenly assume we know what the other person wants. Ask them what they'd like to do, where they'd like to go, what they want to eat.
I remember making extravagant plans when my kids were little in an effort to make meaningful memories with them. I'd exhaust myself trying to orchestrate a whole day of enjoyment. Then we'd come home and their highlight would be a story on the couch under our family's favorite blanket with a snack of apples and cinnamon.
So much stress, money, and energy can be saved by simply learning what truly matters most to each member of your family.
3. Let Go of the Ideal and Stick with What Works
Sometimes we have to let go of our idyllic expectations. Our vision of the perfect scenario rarely happens.
It has always been our ideal to eat supper together as a family. But in our current season of life, that doesn't work. I had to let go of that ideal and figure out what works. We now plan a "charcuterie board" meal each week when everyone gets their work schedules. It prioritizes family time in a way that works even though it's not our ideal.
Be flexible.
4. Respond, Don't React
Think of the most recent conflict or relational difficulty in your home. What caused it?
If you dig deep, right to the very root, you will come to the same conclusion every time. James 4:1 tells us it's selfishness.
If the cause of conflict = selfishness,
Then the key to harmony = humility or selflessness.
We cannot control the hearts of those we care for and live with. But we are responsible for how we respond to them.
A humble heart does not react, it responds.
A humble heart tries first to understand the need of the other person before fighting to get its own way or to be understood.
Take a deep breath.
Pray first.
Pause, then respond.
Sometimes, it's best to give everyone space for a few minutes – maybe even a few hours. There's nothing wrong with saying, "I know we need to address this, but I'm not ready right now. Let's come back to this tomorrow."
You Can Do All the Things & Still Get it Wrong
All of these practical ideas I'm giving you right now can be helpful. But we have to be careful about falling into a legalistic mindset.
It's human nature to want an if/then guarantee. If I do this, then this will happen.
If I do this, my kids will grow up to walk with the Lord.
If I say this, my husband will always respond in a positive way.
If I do this, our home will always be peaceful.
Some of us like lists. We like looking at all the checkboxes and enjoy a sense of satisfaction as we mark each task we successfully complete. We feel successful and productive, capable.
The trouble is, we can actually check all the theoretical boxes on the list of things to do for the perfect home and still fall short.
My Mommy Temper-Tantrum
This is the perfect place to tell you about one of my worst mothering moments of all time.
When all my kids were preschoolers, I was worn out from the constant demands, the sleeplessness, the exhaustion from the everyday grind. I believed that if I could just spend a few minutes alone with the Lord each morning, I'd be a better wife and mom and our home would naturally be more peaceful.
It seemed worthy goal, a justified priority.
My toddler son had ruined my attempts to have this sacred solitude for months, waking up earlier and earlier each day.
That shameful morning, he had innocently crept out of his bedroom at 5:00 AM, so sweet and smiley, as always.
But I completely lost my patience. In seconds, I found myself in a full-fledged mommy temper tantrum. Roughly, I marched my son back to his room and harshly commanded him to stay there until I told him it was time to get up.
Back in my chair, I took a deep breath, calmed my emotions, and determined to focus on my top priority – the most important moments of my day. This is the passage of Scripture my eyes landed on:
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love… if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind… It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful… (1 Corinthians 13:1-5, ESV)."
*mic drop*
I could not have been more convicted or more convinced I'd heard the voice of God if He had been sitting at my table in bodily form.
I realized: "If I diligently study the Bible every morning, but do not love my children, I am nothing."
Checking all the right things off my "Good Mommy To-Do List" was not enough.
The Heart Behind a Truly Happy Home
All throughout Scripture – from Genesis through Revelation, God clearly states that He's not concerned with our outward appearance. What matters to Him is the heart. What motivates our actions is more important to Him than the actions themselves.
Our motivation for having a peaceful and loving home must go beyond image. If we're striving for the idyllic "Focus on the Family" life because we believe that's what will make us "good Christians", we've missed something.
God doesn't have a list of achievements He's looking for from us. He has no illusions of our perfection. He knows we're imperfect, weak people living in a world of sin, surrounded by brokenness and chaos.
So what does He want from us? He wants real relationship. He wants our hearts.
It's similar to our relationship with our children. We could parent in such a way that they became compliant robots, always doing what they're told. But someday, they grow up and make their own decisions. If we haven't cultivated a good relationship with them, what motivation is there to obey?
We want the hearts of our children to desire to obey because they love us, not simply out of self-preservation. We want them to do the right thing out of love for others, too, not just because they've been told what to do.
And so it is with us and the Lord. He desires for us to live lives motivated by love for Him and love for others. It's our church's motto – "Loving Jesus, Loving Others."
So the second simple key to a happy home and healthy family relationships is… love.
How to Love Your Family Well
God's Word on the topic of how to create a happy home and how to encourage healthy family relationships is His grace to us. It's not a list of rules. It's not a bunch of unattainable scenarios we can't seem to contrive.
It's simple. Not easy, but simple.
The kind of humility and love I'm talking about is completely opposite of our nature. It's impossible without supernatural help. It can only be accomplished through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
We need spiritual fuel to live lives that are in keeping with God's Word. We need to consume spiritual nourishment – the Bread of Life. As we grow in our relationship with Christ, understanding more of His love for us, we're enabled to love others more.
It is receiving the love of God that equips us to love others.
1 John 4:19 says, "We love because he first loved us."
We overthink it. He kept it simple.
If we want to be faithful followers of Him, we just have to love. John 13:35 says, "By this they will know that you are My disciples – if you love one another."
When we read about who Jesus is in God's Word, we are humbled by His humility and His extravagant love for us. That's where we must begin.
So how do we cultivate a happy home and healthy relationships in our families?
We look to Jesus.
We read His Word and spend time at His feet.
We fill ourselves up with Him, abide in Him, and allow His Spirit to transform us from the inside out, empowering us to love Him first and, in turn, to love others well.
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Assistant Principal of the Year named
Gaston County Schools recognized four employees on Tuesday evening for their dedication to furthering the education of students.
The Evening of Excellence honored nominees for 2013-14 school system awards, including Teacher of the Year, Principal of the Year, Central Office Administrator of the Year and Assistant Principal of the Year.
In recent months, a selection committee interviewed nominees for each accolade. Finalists gathered at the Gastonia Conference Center on Tuesday for dinner and the awards presentation.
Individual schools vote on Teacher of the Year nominees. Six people interview candidates and narrow the field of 54 nominees to five finalists. Finalists prepare an essay portfolio and judges observe the teacher in the classroom.
Principal of the Year nominees get the nod from fellow employees. Finalists prepare a portfolio and are interviewed by a selection committee.
Assistant Principal of the Year: Jill Payne
School: Brookside Elementary in Gastonia
Education: Bachelor's degree in education from Belmont Abbey College
Master's degree in school administration from UNC Charlotte
She is working toward earning a Ph.D. from Gardner-Webb University.
Experience: Payne has worked in education for 15 years,. She's held jobs ranging from teaching assistant to assistant principal. She has worked at Brookside Elementary for five years.
What makes Payne stand out? She feels one of her strengths as a school administrator is seeking support when needed, said Jodi Edwards, 2012 Gaston County Assistant Principal of the Year. She defines and measures success by asking, "Am I making a difference in a child's life?" Her passion comes from helping parents help their children, Edwards said.


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Viewers touched by EXO-L's actions at Korea's Independence Day concert
EXO-Ls have recently touched the hearts of many after the truth behind hundreds of Korean flags waved at a recent concert was held.
On August 15th, Korea held a concert titled "I am Korea" to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Korea's independence from the Japanese invasion, and was broadcast live across the nation.
Viewers tuning into the concert at their home were touched by the hundreds of Korean flags being waved by the audience in attendance.
What most did not realize, however, was that those flags were made and distributed by EXO-Ls.
"EXO fans pooled money together to make these custom Korean flag fans and handed it out to everyone in the audience. They used their personal money and gave it out for free," revealed a netizen on Pann.
[+ 493, – 32] I'm so proud to be an EXO-L today. The only idol in such a huge meaningful concert was EXO ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ So happy. I'm going to have to be careful not to get a heart attack in the second act ㅠㅠㅠㅠ.
[+ 483, – 14] Good job EXO-Ls even spending your own money. Good Job.
[+ 450, – 10] Why would you come here to shit talk them even for something like this. The level of antis ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
A full cut of EXO's performance at I Am Korea can be found below with many waving the Korean flag made by EXO-Ls below:
Source: Pann


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IEN (Impact Evaluation Network)
The Impact Evaluation Network (IEN) at LACEA is an initiative that aims to advance the state of knowledge and expertise regarding impact evaluation of different policies.
Fifth Meeting
The fifth annual meeting was hosted by the Center of Distributional, Labor and Social Studies at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, taking place on August 22 and 23, 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The program included a one-day training course by Prof. Joshua Angrist (MIT) on recent methodological developments in program evaluation, as wellas a keynote address by Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary University of London; CEP, London School of Economics; CEPR; IZA). Participants attended the course during the mornings; during the afternoon nine papers, selected on the basis of academic merit, were presented.
Keynote Speakers
- Joshua Angrist (MIT)
- Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary University of London; CEP, London School of Economics; CEPR; IZA)
Selected Papers
- Carlos Leite Corseuil (IPEA)
- Patrick McEwan (Wellesley College)
- Jose Rosero, University of Amsterdam The ABC of Housing Strategies. Are Housing Assistance Programs Effective to Enhance Children'S Well Being?
- Edgar Villa, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Do Bans on Carrying Firearms Work for Violence Reduction? Evidence from a Department-level Ban in Colombia
- Muthoni Ngatia (Yale University)
- Stanislao Maldonado (UC Berkeley)
- Emily Conover (Hamilton College) Effects of Colombia's Social Protection System on Workers' Choice between Formal and Informal Employment
- Jose Cuesta (J-Pal) Effects of Short-Term Tutoring on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Chile
- Juan Bonilla (University of Maryland)
Fifth Meeting Organizing Committee
- María Laura Alzua (CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
- Felipe Barrera-Osorio (Human Development Network-The World Bank)
- Guillermo Cruces (CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
- Ana Santiago (Vice-Presidency of Sectors and Knowledge – Inter-American Development Bank)


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Happy Tuesday and hope everyone had a great weekend. My apologies for another delayed announcement for this week's Foodie Freebie. I'm still feeling a bit icky and had a doctor's appointment yesterday. Thankfully things are looking better and I'm starting to get some energy back... which is a good thing. I've got a huge Thanksgiving party I'm hosting and catering so I'm back in the kitchen this week whether I like it or not.
With a big cooking task ahead of me, having time management skills is key. One way to make things easy is to have some tools that will help save me some time so I can focus on more complex cooking and baking tasks. A tool that I've found super helpful in the kitchen is a mini prep food processor. It allows me to prep ingredients for dishes all throughout the year and comes in even more handy during the holidays. So this week, a lucky reader will be receiving a Cuisinart Mini Prep Processor.
The Cuisinart® Mini-Prep® Processor is the perfect kitchen helper for your small food preparation tasks. This compact processor occupies minimum counter space yet offers major advantages: more power than other choppers, 2-speed operation, large 21-ounce capacity and several colors to choose from.
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- Giveaway is only for those who live in the United States - my apologies to my international readers!
- You must check back on my blog on Friday to see if you've won so you can claim your prize!
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We are pleased to announce an international workshop on Astrophysical Big Bangs, which will cover supernovae, supernova remnants, gamma-ray bursts, black holes, neutron stars, and high-energy astrophysics in general. We are inviting numerous VIPs (very important collaborators and best friends) from around the world to give talks, and both current and past ABBL members are welcome to present their work. The workshop will be held from November 6th to 10th, but we will also have one more week for free discussion (November 13th-17th). During this second week, we plan to have casual discussion sessions in the morning and completely free afternoons; we would like to talk with our VIPs and ABBL alumni about ongoing and/or future collaborations. We can offer desks, chairs, and room(s) for discussion during the discussion week. We can also arrange lodging for international guests if desired. Please enjoy your visit to RIKEN, Japan. We are looking forward to seeing you in November! On behalf of Organizers, Shigehiro Nagataki
|Dates for workshop:
|from 6 November 2017 to 10 November 2017
|Dates for free discussion:
|from 13 November 2017 to 17 November 2017
Okochi Hall (Wako Campus, RIKEN)
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Nexus 6 Hands-on: 5 Things You Need to Know
Google pulled a few surprises out of its sleeve this year when they announced the new Nexus 6. One that left many buyers looking elsewhere due to the size, while surprising the rest by delivering an impressive phone which will be available on all five major carriers in the United States. Now that we've got our hands-on it, here's five things you'll want to know.
Earlier this month Google announced the all new Nexus 6 smartphone along with the Nexus 9 tablet, and Android 5.0 Lollipop. Later, it confirmed a Nexus 6 pre-order date for October 29th. Right on time, the Nexus 6 went up for pre-order as expected, but sold out in less than 5 minutes by my count.
Read: Nexus 6 Release Date Mysteries Remain
This week the Nexus 6 went up for pre-order but didn't last long, selling out in a matter of minutes. Many buyers were angry with the pre-order problems, but rest assured, all five carriers will be offering it soon and you'll have a chance to get one. For those who've ordered, or plan to, read on for five things you'll want to know and our quick hands-on and initial impressions video.
It's finally here, and it's huge. The Nexus 6 breaks away from everything we've known when it comes to a Nexus device. It's no longer an impressive device that cut a few corners and priced to sell. No, this is a flagship premium smartphone with all the bells and whistles, a huge HD display, and a big price tag to go with it.
However, it's also rather impressive and feels great to hold, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. After months of reports, leaks and rumors Google finally announced the phone on October 15th, but there's still no solid release date. That being said, here's five things you'll want to know about the Nexus 6 once it's finally available to buy.
It's Big
The Nexus 6 is massive. A true phablet. Rather than keep the screen small, or match other big devices like the Galaxy Note 4, Google went all out and delivered a stunning 5.96-inch 2560 x 1440 Quad-HD display. Or a 2k display, some would call it. The screen is big, bright, and text is extremely crisp. The colors are vibrant and our initial impressions are rather favorable. Quad-HD displays are new to US buyers, but so far this looks better than the LG G3 quad-hd display, and could be on par with the Note 4. Before we go any further, check out our quick hands-on and initial impressions video below.
Google's Nexus 5 had a 5-inch display, and the Nexus before it was only 4.7-inches. Meaning the new Nexus is a major step up in terms of gradual increases to the screen size, but you knew that. The phone overall is bigger than the Galaxy Note 3, the new Note 4, and bigger than the LG G3. It's one of the biggest phones I've used to date.
Below is a quick comparison between some other large devices recently released. Showing it's size compared to the Note 4 and iPhone 6 Plus.
And yes, while it's massive, it delivers a bigger screen than both the phones above, but is only a hair bigger. Meaning they packed a lot into a small space, still delivered dual front facing speakers, and have an excellent phone to offer buyers.
This is a big phone. A "phablet" in every sense of the word. Earlier this week Google posted a blog post about phablets. Stating that over 50% of smartphone users, if given the chance to test a phablet for a week, would end up loving it and not want to go back to smaller phones. This can be looked at as a bad thing, or a good thing, you decide. There's certainly a market for big smartphones. Just ask Samsung, LG, and now Apple.
Easy to Hold
The Nexus 6 is comfortable and easy to hold. While it does have a massive 5.96-inch screen, it's still rather easy to hold, use, and enjoy. Google and Motorola rounded the sides on the back with subtle curves that not only make it easy to hold, but makes it feel extremely thin in the hand. Even though it comes in over 10mm thick.
You'd think a huge phone would be hard to hold and uncomfortable, but it's actually quite comfortable. Thankfully they lowered the volume rocker and power button to the middle of the device so it's easy to reach.
The soft-touch plastic on back in either Blue or White also feels great in your hands. It isn't slippery and you won't be afraid of dropping it or it slipping from your hand like the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus.
While we can't get into specifics yet, and will have more details in our full review, lets just say it feels great, and is something I could get use to using daily. I've never wanted a phablet, but I think I like it.
It isn't the Moto X
It's very tempting to just say the Nexus 6 is a bigger Moto X. Because it looks nearly the exact same. It doesn't just look like it either, it feels like it too, only bigger. There's no leather or wood backs here, but the soft-touch design is similar to the regular Moto X from carriers.
Motorola built the Nexus 6 just as the company was sold by Google to Lenovo, but they delivered one of the best Nexus phones to date. There are many obvious similarities to the Moto X, sure, but it's an entirely different beast. From the new Android 5.0 Lollipop, the massive quad-hd display, and Google's even promised some neat new camera features and software too. We'll be testing that thoroughly in our full review.
Android 5.0 Lollipop
Of course the Nexus 6 is running Google's absolute latest release of Android, which is Android 5.0 Lollipop. It debuted earlier this month and has yet to officially arrive for other Nexus users, and the first retail device to run Android 5.0 will be the Nexus 9 tablet when it arrives on shelves November 3rd.
This is our first look at the final version of Android 5.0 Lollipop, and it runs amazingly smooth and fluid. We've already been testing Android 5.0 on the Nexus 5 developer preview, which looks exactly the same as what we have here, but this thing flies. All the animations are smooth and fancy, like opening the app drawer, and tapping buttons gives you a visual response. Either by round expanding button tap visual responses, or colors changing, and more. Everything was designed to be simple, clean, beautiful, and most importantly, fast.
Google's updated all its key apps to support the new Android 5.0 design language, called material design, and they look great. It's all about paper, and layer. Everything slides under eachother while scrolling, there's almost a 3D type depth to everything. It just looks and feels great.
Read: Android 5.0 Lollipop Update Release Confirmed
So far we're extremely impressed with Android 5.0 Lollipop, but we'll share more details and our full thoughts in our review. Check out the link above for more on Android 5.o Lollipop.
Battery & Camera
Aside from the huge screen and front facing speakers, Google address two major problems from previous Nexus smartphones. Those being battery life and the camera. This time around we have a huge 3,220 mAh battery that should give users the best battery life of any Nexus device to date, and you'll need it all with this huge display. The Motorola TURBO Charger promises 8 hours of usage after only 15 minutes of charging too. That's huge!
Then of course we have the camera. The Nexus 5 had a decent 8 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, but it wasn't as great as many hoped. With the Nexus 6, we now have 13 megapixels and optical image stabilization, changes in Android 5.0 to improve photo quality, an improved Google Camera app to do the heavy lifting and processing, and a dual ring-flash LED system for low light photography.
So far we haven't had it long enough to test battery life, and the camera is taking pretty good shots, but we'll need to spend a significant amount of time with it before we comment further.
Initial Impressions
I'm a bit torn here. It's big, but I like it. At the same time, I've never used any of the Galaxy Note devices because they're simply too big to use with one hand. The same thing applies here. Yea you can do most of your tasks with one hand, but this is a two-handed use phone. That's for sure.
Size aside, the Nexus 6 is a stunner. This is the best Nexus smartphone to date, and possibly the best smartphone of all of 2014. It has everything a buyer wants or needs. Big display, check. Front facing speakers, check. Excellent battery life (hopefully), check. You get the point. Add in an extremely powerful quad-core processor with 3GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a blazing fast charger so you'll never have to worry about your battery running low. What else do you need?
It's rather large, but just feels good in the hand. It's a significant upgrade over the Nexus 5 in all aspects, and that includes the price.
So when can you get one? We're not sure. It looks like the official launch date is November 12th for T-Mobile, and hopefully other carriers will be on the same day, or quickly behind. Google Play Store pre-orders start shipping on the 21st of November, and it should be in around 30 countries before the end of November.
This is the Nexus 6, and we'll have plenty more for you in the coming days.
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Hi, great hands on. Can you confirm that both color has the same soft touch feel? Some review mentioned the midnight blue has the stiffer plastic on the back compared to soft touch feel on the cloud white. Although I like midnight blue very much..the soft touch back will make me sway away to white. Thx
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Rockarchive Photo Contest Winners
We are happy to announce the 3 winners of our Rockarchive Amsterdam competition. The winners will get their photos exhibited and sold amongst one of the city's most centraly located art galleries.
And the winners are …
Harri Jahkola – www.harrijahkola.com
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Strange Animals Proved The Diversity of Mother Nature Proved Again
World is a beautiful place where mother nature always ruled. Human are trying to compete with nature. They can't fully control it. But nature never see us as a competitor, rather as a companion to live side by side. It is human nature to explore and it's a fact that no one can explore everything in this world. World is full of species that you can't even know a small portion of it in your entire life. We normally knows the animal we can find in our region but what about the animals in the other regions? What about the fishes in the deep blue ocean or an animal live in the unexplored part of Amazon? We are not capable of knowing them, but reddit collected some strange animals photo most of the people do not know about. Just take a look at those photos and let us know if we missed anything that you know. Send us the photo so that we can add them up.
Umbonia Spinosa
Tutfed Deer
Thorny Dragon
The Panda Ant
The Pacu Fish
Sunda Colugo
Star-Nosed Mole
Japanese Spider Crab
Goblin Shark
Glaucus Atlanticus
Cantor's Giant Soft Shell Turtle
Blob Fish
Babirusa (Hog-Deer)
Atretochoana eiselti (Known as Penis Snake)
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In a post-apocalyptic future where man's most precious resource, oil, is all but depleted plunging the world into war, famine and chaos, only the mad will survive.
But within the stark desert wasteland populated by a broken humanity driven with survival and the unending ravage for gasoline, two rebels might be able to restore order: Mad Max (Tom Hardy), a man of action and of few words who seeks peace of mind after the death of his wife and child following the aftermath of the chaos, and Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a violent woman desperate to return to her childhood homeland.
Furiosa comes from an Amazonian clan who live in the wilderness and are more than proficient with high-powered weaponry. Taken from her hometown at a young age Furiosa was left with nothing but the instincts for survival and retribution.
Former cop Max is chased down by marauders who run his V8 Interceptor off the road. Shortly after, he is bound, gagged and bolted into a post-Bane face mask and used as a human blood bag for Nux (Nicholas Hoult), a pasty kamikaze 'war boy'.
The War Boys are the brainwashed minions of a masked ruler named Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) who have been told that they live a "half-life" and that Valhalla awaits them in the afterlife. The ruler of The Citadel, controls the water supply for masses below, whilst farming women for breast milk and enslaving several wives to bear his children.
Not willing to let Immortan Joe keep his wives known as "the breeders" prisoner any more, Furiousa helps them escape the clutches of the ruthless dessert gang leader.
Loner Max finds himself unwantedly caught in the middle of a chase whilst aiding renegade War Rig trucker Furiosa and her female companions. En route, they encounter an array of stilt-walking, motorbiking, chainsawing crazies armed with sonic assault vehicles and drummers, speaker stacks and a mutant axe-man wielding an Ace Frehley-style guitar-slash-flamethrower. With the harsh desert sands in front of them and marauders behind, only the maddest will survive the storm.
The role of the caretaker and nurturer is definitely masculine in this movie. Leading many to the conclusion that the message is that in this desolate world of cars and violence, there is nothing more powerful than a woman. As you can imagine that's not sitting well with some men, especially the Men's Rights Activist website Return Of King. Ah diddums.
In a review, writer Aaron Clarey warns against the movie describing it as, "The Trojan Horse feminists and Hollywood leftists will use to (vainly) insist on the trope women are equal to men in all things, including physique, strength, and logic."
Director George Miller says that he didn't set out to make a feminist film per se, but that he needed a warrior "But it couldn't be a man taking five wives from another man. That's an entirely different story. So everything grew out of that."
The bruised and bloody, and defiantly un-pretty Furiousa is most definitely a feminist, and Max is right there beside her, not caring one way or the other.
Mad Max: Fury Road is intense, gritty and captivating. While the first Mad Max was high on concept, low on budget, this head-banging $150m fourth instalment – part (non)sequel, part reinvention – leans more towards the directorial stylings of Michael Bay.
But whilst Bay's movies are famously lacking any weight and substance Miller proves that actions really do speak louder than words. He has achieved something that Bay cannot; he has created a visual masterpiece that doesn't rely on the usual eye-candy pouting and in distress, to make an impact.
Hardy is undoubtedly the star of the movie, his intense physicality perfectly matching Miller's dystopian landscape. However he does intermittently slip back into Bane mode which is a tad distracting.
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Parents may think they know when their child or teen gets calls on their phone. They may not think they get them often or are under the impression the child only uses the phone for emergencies. Yet, there are teens that may get phone calls throughout the day and parents are not aware. Such activity can raise concerns because your child could be communicating with someone you don't know that could be a threat to their safety.
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Using monitoring software made for cell phone spying can give you advantages you never thought before. You can review calls made and know when they occur. You can do this remotely without having the device and your teen will not know anything, unless you decide to share with them their calls are being screened. This can be a discreet option for parents that may suspect their teen is doing something inappropriate or hanging out with the wrong crowd. Remote monitoring lets parents know every aspect of their child's phone without worries.
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If you are thinking about an option that lets you spy on cell phone without installing software compare before making a final decision. There are mobile spy options that let parents monitor different activity occurring on the target cell phone. Using a subscription service may offer more benefits then using a free option. This is because some software programs offer options to save phone data elsewhere such as a flash drive or iCloud.
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Not all XPath expressions are location paths. In fact, you've already seen several that weren't. The content of the square brackets in a location step predicate is a more generic form of XPath expression. Each XPath 1.0 expression returns one of these four types:
A sequence of zero or more Unicode characters. This is not quite the same thing as a Java String which is a sequence of UTF-16 code points. A single Unicode character from outside Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) occupies two UTF-16 code points. XPath strings that contain characters from outside the BMP will have smaller lengths than the equivalent Java string.
An IEEE-754 double. This is the same as Java's double primitive data type for all intents and purposes.
Semantically the same as Java's boolean type. However, XPath does allow 1 and 0 to represent true and false respectively.
An unordered collection of nodes from an XML document without any duplicates. Since a node-set is a mathematical set, there is no fundamental ordering defined on the set. However, most node-sets have a natural document order that's derived from the order of the nodes in the set in the input document. This is similar to how the set of integers {1, 4, -76, 23} is unordered. However, the individual elements in the set can be compared to each other and sorted if desired. In practice, most APIs use lists rather than sets to represent node-sets, and these lists are sorted in either document order or reverse document order, depending on how they were created.
Different XPath engines map these four types to different Java classes and primitive data types. For example, Jaxen uses the normal Java classes Boolean, List, Double, and String, whereas jd.xslt uses the custom types XBoolean, XNodeSet, XNumber, and XString; and DOM3 XPath uses a single XPathResult interface that can hold any of the four XPath types. In all cases, there are straightforward methods to convert these to the usual Java primitive types like boolean and double.
The XPath expression syntax includes literal forms for strings and numbers as well as operators and functions for manipulating all four XPath data types.
The primary use-case for XPath literals and operators is predicates. Although you can use these to perform simple arithmetic and string operations with XPath expressions, you're more likely to do complex work of this sort in the Java code. However, the functions can perform some very useful operations on node-sets that would be much harder to implement in SAX, DOM, or JDOM.
XPath defines literal forms for strings and numbers. Numbers have more or less the same form as double literals in Java. That is, they look like 72.5, -72.5, .5321, and so forth. XPath only uses floating point arithmetic, so integers like 42, -23, and 0 are also number literals. However, XPath does not recognize scientific notation such as 5.5E-10 or 6.022E23.
XPath string literals are enclosed in single or double quotes. For example, "red" and 'red' are different representations for the same string literal containing the word red.
There are no boolean or node-set literals. However, the true() and false() functions sometimes substitute for the lack of boolean literals.
XPath provides the following operators for basic floating point arithmetic:
|taking the remainder
All five behave the same as the equivalent operators in Java. The keywords div and mod are used instead of / and % respectively.
XPath also provides these operators for comparisons and boolean logic:
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|less than or equal to
|greater than or equal to
|boolean equals (not an assignment statement as in Java)
|not equal to
|Boolean or
|Boolean and
In an XML context such as an XSLT stylesheet, some of these may need to be escaped with < or >. However, this is normally not necessary when using XPath in Java code.
Additional arithmetic and boolean operations such as rounding and negation are provided by various XPath functions.
XPath defines a number of useful functions that operate on and return the four fundamental XPath data types. Some of these take variable numbers of arguments. In the list below, optional arguments are suffixed with a question mark. A function that doesn't have any arguments normally operates on the context node instead. For the most part these functions are weakly typed. You can pass any of the four types in the place of an argument that is declared to be of type boolean, number, or string. XPath will convert it and use it. The exceptions are those functions that are declared to take node-sets as arguments. XPath cannot convert arguments of other types to node-sets.
None of these functions modify their arguments in anyway. An object passed to any of these functions will be the same after the function returns as it was before the function was invoked. However, many of these functions return a new object which is a variant of one of the arguments. This characteristic is necessary to make XSLT (which depends on XPath) a functional language.
Node-set functions
Returns the number of nodes in the context node list. This is the same as the position of the last node in the list.
Returns the position of the context node in the context node list. The first node has position 1, not 0.
Returns the number of nodes in the argument
Returns a node-set containing the single element node with the specified id as determined by an ID-type attribute. If no node has the specified ID, then this function returns an empty node-set. If the argument is a node-set, then it returns a node-set containing all the element nodes whose ID matches the string-value of any of the nodes in the argument node-set.
Returns the local name of the first node in the argument node-set, or the local name of the context node if the argument is omitted. It returns an empty string if the relevant node does not have a local name (i.e. it's a comment, root, or text node.)
Returns the namespace name of the first node in the argument node-set, or the namespace name of the context node if the argument is omitted. It returns an empty string if the node is an element or attribute that is not in a namespace. It also returns an empty string if namespace names don't apply to this node (i.e. it's a comment, processing instruction, root, or text node.)
Returns the full, prefixed name of the first node in the argument node-set, or the name of the context node if the argument is omitted. It returns the empty string if the relevant node does not have a name (e.g. it's a comment or text node.)
Boolean functions
Converts the argument to a boolean in a mostly sensible way. NaN and 0 are false. All other numbers are true. Empty strings are false. All other strings are true. Empty node-sets are false. All other node-sets are true.
This function turns true into false and false into true.
This function always returns true. It's necessary because XPath does not have any boolean literals.
This function always returns false. It's necessary because XPath does not have any boolean literals.
This function returns true if the context node is written in the language specified by the argument. The language of the context node is determined by the currently in-scope xml:lang attribute. If there is no such attribute, this function returns false.
String functions
This function returns the string-value of the argument. If the argument is a node-set, then it returns the string-value of the first node in the set. If the argument is omitted, it returns the string-value of the context node.
This function returns a string containing the concatenation of all its arguments.
This function returns true if the first string starts with the second string. Otherwise it returns false.
This function returns true if the first string contains the second string. Otherwise it returns false.
This returns that part of the first string that precedes the second string. It returns the empty string if the second string is not a substring of the first string. If the second string appears multiple times in the first string, then this returns the portion of the first string before the first appearance of the second string.
This returns that part of the first string that follows the second string. It returns the empty string if the second string is not a substring of the first string. If the second string appears multiple times in the first string, then this returns the portion of the first string after the initial appearance of the second string.
This returns the substring of the first argument beginning at the second argument and continuing for the number of characters specified by the third argument (or until the end of the string if the third argument is omitted.)
Returns the number of Unicode characters in the string, or the string-value of the context node if the argument is omitted. This may not be the same as the number returned by the length() method in Java's String class because XSLT counts characters and Java counts UTF-16 code points.
This function strips all leading and trailing white-space from its argument, or the string-value of the context node if the argument is omitted, and condenses all other runs of whitespace to a single space. It's very useful in XML documents where whitespace is used primarily for formatting.
This function replaces all characters in the first string that are found in the second string with the corresponding character from the third string.
Number functions
This function converts its argument to a number in a reasonable way. Strings like "23" and "42.5" are converted exactly as you'd expect. Other strings are converted to NaN. Node-sets are converted by converting the string-value of the first node in the set. True booleans are converted to 1. False booleans are converted to 0. If the argument is omitted, it converts the string-value of the context node to a number.
Each node in the node-set is converted to a number, as if by the number() function. Those numbers are added together, and the sum is returned.
Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the argument.
Returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to the argument.
Returns the integer nearest to the argument.
There's more to XPath than the basics I've covered here. In particular I haven't discussed variables or extension functions, since both of these are normally only important when using XPath as part of XSLT or XQuery, rather than when using raw XPath in combination with Java. However, this should give you the basic knowledge you need to write simple XPath expressions and include those in your programs. Now it's time to investigate the APIs that enable you to do this.
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Wyatt Vasko, a junior at Pine Bluffs Jr./Sr. High School, is very passionate about hockey. The sport is not offered at the high school, so Vasko has to go to the Cheyenne Ice and Events Center three times a week for practice. He started playing hockey when he was four years old. He loved watching his favorite team, the Colorado Avalanche, with his father. He says he never told his parents that he wanted to play, but one day "They asked me 'If you had the chance, would you want to play hockey?' and I said 'Yes!'" Eventually, his passion grew, and his parents would pick him up from pre-s...
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Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I'm at my wits end with this problem.
We stay near the coast and our soil is very sandy (beach sand). I have a horse and everywhere he walks his hooves cut up the existing growth moving the roots out of the ground, and so the plants die. I was thinking to find a grass with deep root system so that the grass would get a real good hold in the sand. We are staying in a biosphere and cannot use just any grass. They want us to use buffalo grass and I have planted some in an area but it grows so slowly and also as the soil becomes loose around the roots, it dies, also its not a very palatable grass for horses. Someone suggested Long Fescue (I think that's how its spelt). Do you think this grass will work?
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Low Announce June 2017 West Coast Tour Dates With Japan's MONO
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TOUR ALERT: Beginning June 12th, Low will embark on a five-date co-headline tour with Japanese instrumental rock band MONO. These dates will bring the bands to intimate venues along the American West Coast. Following these shows, the two artists will also both be playing a handful of Canadian summer festivals. (full listing below)
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Jun. 23 - Saskatoon, SK - SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival
The most recent full-length album from Low is their 2015 release Ones and Sixes, which earned Low international acclaim from the likes of NPR Music, Under the Radar, The Guardian, DIY, Q, MOJO, Uncut, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, CLASH, The Sunday Times, and a cover story interview by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon in MAGNET Magazine (view cover / read an excerpt of the story here).
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I.T. Co. has completed development of the engineering IT infrastructure for the new branch of Banque Societe Generale Vostok (BSGV) in Moscow on Izmailovskaya square, 1. The I.T. Co. specialists have already completed 21 projects in IT infrastructure development for the Bank's branches and offices.
Today there are about 70 BSVG offices operating in Russia. The BSVG network is growing and frequently there is a need to built engineering infrastructure in new offices. I.T. Co. was chosen as the project executor.
I.T. Co. and BSGV began cooperation in spring of 2006 when I.T. Co. won the tender for construction of the structured cabling network. In November 2006 I.T. Co. began providing technical support outsourcing services for the main office in Moscow and the Bank's branches in Nizhniy Novgorod and Krasnodar. Today I.T. Co. offers technical support services for office equipment and ATMs, IT staff outsourcing, and installation of the Bank-Client software for BSGV clients in 8 Russian cities. This complex of services allows for reduction of IT equipment and ATM down time in case of malfunctions, and optimization of the Bank's costs for IT staff.
As part of infrastructure projects for more than two years the I.T. Co. specialists performed work in the Bank's offices in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Samara, Tolyatti, Ufa, Yaroslavl, Perm, Volgograd, Krasnodar, Stavropol, and Novosibirsk.
Each individual project consisted of several stages: design of subsystems, construction and installation of structured cabling network, uninterrupted power supply system for workstations and telecommunication equipment, power supply system for office equipment on workplaces, and installation of computer equipment. Workplaces were equipped with Hewlett-Packard office equipment, computers, and other equipment. The total number of ports exceeded 3000.
In February 2009 I.T. has completed the latest object — in Moscow on Izmailovskaya square, 1. Currently the company is working in BSGV branches in Samara.
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