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캐나다의 한 남성이 인간과 유사하게 생긴 6개의 성인용 인형들과 함께 여행을 다니고 있다라고 밝혀 큰 충격을 주고 있다.
데이비드 하키(57)는 자신이 구매한 성인용 인형들과 함께 세계 유명지를 다니는 것이 취미라고 영국 일간지 더 선에 밝혔다.
이미 그는 영국 스톤헨지, 그랜드 캐니언 그리고 나이아가라 폭포를 성인용 인형들과 함께 여행했다고 말했다.
결혼을 한 하키는 자신의 부인은 이 사실을 알지만 기분 나빠하지 않는다고 말했다.
또한, 하키는 비앙카라는 이름을 가진 300만원이 넘는 실리콘 인형과 함께 스카이 다이빙, 말 타기 등을 즐겼다고 했다.
하키는 200만원이상을 인형들의 란제리부터 하이힐을 구매하는데 투자했으며 현재 자신의 인형들과 여행한 것을 다큐멘터리로 찍는 중이라고 말했다.
A man has spent more than $26,000 to travel across England and America with his six sex dolls.Dave Hockey, 57, has traveled with his girlfriends to Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls.Hockey, who is married and from Nova Scotia, Canada, flew “Realdoll” Bianca and “Teddy Babe Deluxe” Carey to Britain for trips to Oxford, Wiltshire and Abergavenny, Wales.Hockey, who also has a 2-year-old son, told the British tabloid The Sun, “My wife understands it is a hobby.”“She isn’t threatened by the dolls she knows I’m not going to run off with an 80-pound piece of silicone shaped like a woman,” said Hockey.During the Holiday, Hockey took his silicon girlfriend Bianca worth $3,239 sky diving, horseback riding and for a spin | 38,800 |
いね｣ボタンを押した複数の現役社員が一斉に異動を言い渡された、社員は自分のメールアドレスを持てず、外部に送信するときは営業部署のみがランダム文字列のアドレスを使用し、数ヵ月で使えなくなる、カメラで監視するのは不審者ではなく、社員の勤務状況などなど、リアルメタルギア状態かと方々で話題になる。
2015年10月、The New Yorker｢小島秀夫はコナミを退社した｣と報じるも…
2015年10月9日、なんとThe New Yorkerにまで話題にされる。小島秀夫氏はコナミにはもう在籍しておらず、送別会が行われ、およそ100人のゲストとMGS関係者が出席。小島氏はコナミとの契約を理由に、ニューヨーカーの取材に応じなかったようですが、その契約は12月に切れるという。
しかし、これをコナミは否定。｢現在は小島および開発チーム全体がメタルギアＶの開発を終え、長期休暇に入っています｣と説明。
がしかししかし、THE New Yorkerの記者Simon Parkin氏が送別会を行ったという証拠写真をTwitterに投稿。
Here is a photograph of Kojima's farewell party on October 9th at Konami, which Konami claims no knowledge of: pic.twitter.com/xgRUoYs5qt — Simon Parkin (@SimonParkin) 2015, 10月 20
｢ここに10月9日の送別会の写真がある。コナミはこれを知らないと？｣
コナミ広報部にとっては、どういう集まりかわからないとのことですが、今になって考えればやはり…。
2015年12月、ゲーム業界のアカデミー賞｢THE GAME AWARDS 2015｣への出席を禁止される
｢メタルギアソリッド V ファントムペイン｣がTHE GAME AWARDS 2015で｢ベストアクション／アドヴェンチャー賞｣を受賞したのですが、小島氏は登場せず、英語版で主役｢スネーク｣の声を担当した俳優キーファー・サザーランドが代理として賞を受けとる一幕が。
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şan bu sorunsuz ve kaliteli bataryalara sahip olmak ve bir an önce kullanmak için firmamız ile iletişim kurarak sipariş verebilirsiniz. Böylece sipariş verdiğiniz andan itibaren kısa süre içerisinde teslim alabilirsiniz. Eğer siz değerli müşterilerimiz yaşadığınız batarya sorunlarından dolayı aksayan bilgisayar işlemlerinizi artık sorunsuz halletmek istiyorsanız hemen siz de bir tane batarya alabilirsiniz. Teknik Destek Teknik destek hizmetimiz ile yaşadığınız hp batarya soru hakkında bizim iletişime geçerek destek alabilirsiniz. Her türlü hp işlemlerinizde kullanabileceğiniz hizmetimiz teknik destek hattı ile sizler de bünyemizin desteğini her zaman yanınızda hissedebilirsiniz. Sizler de sunduğumuz hizmetlerden yararlanarak ayrıcalıklarımızı yaşamaya başlayabilirsiniz.
DİREK İTHALATÇISINDAN 2 YIL GARANTİLİ DİREK İTHALATÇISINDAN 2 YIL GARANTİLİ
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Ürünün ithalatını kendi bünyemizde gerçekleştirmekteyiz. üründe oluşan ilk kullanım arıza durumunda direk bire bir değişim yapmaktayız.
Ürün müşteriye verilmeden önce test edilip ondan sonra müşteriye verilir.
Ürünlerimizin tamamı stoklarımızdan direk teslimdir.
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Red Bull’s motorsport adviser Helmut Marko will have six of his protégés on the grid in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix. Yet, despite bringing so many top drivers through the motorsport ranks – including Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen – the Austrian has a reputation to be feared in racing circles. But as David Tremayne discovered, the former driver has earned the right to be forthright... Back in 2013, at the height of Red Bull’s ‘Multi 21’ scandal when Sebastian Vettel ignored team orders to cheat Mark Webber out of victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix, Dr Helmut Marko refused to censure him. Indeed, he seemed positively supportive of the driver many believed he favoured over the Australian. “He can’t do that!” exclaimed one party who was very close to the centre of the affair. But the simple truth was, he could. Nicknamed Dr Evil by some in the paddock, the taciturn Austrian is seen as the puppet master who can do as he pleases at Red Bull. But to understand why, you need to understand his background. Marko, who not only has team owner Dietrich Mateschitz’s ear but, even more crucially, his trust, is a case-hardened racer who is without question one of the toughest alumni of F1’s school of hard knocks. Born in Graz in April 1943, he was close friends with Jochen Rindt, who would become the sport’s only posthumous World Champion 27 years later. Each displayed a wanton wildness that would prepare them for the tough environments they would later meet in their racing careers. They had something in common very early on: they were both expelled from the Pestalozzi School in Graz. “Let’s put it this way,” Marko explains: “If we left, they would give us a positive report. If not, we wouldn’t make it. So it was a very attractive offer. We messed about, we skipped lessons. We were a wild age and we really didn’t fit in this system of nice boys. “So then we went to a boarding school called Bad Aussee, in the mountains, and that was a really wild time because whatever you had to do, you had to organise yourself. Climbing out of the windows during the night…”
To survive in my era was already some achievement... Marko on growing up at speed
First they raced each other on motorcycles, later in cars. “We were 16 or 17 when we were together in school at Graz and that was when we got our first ‘wombats’ - motorcycles - and there it started. Whatever we did on these motorcycles, it was on a competitive level. When we had a car we didn’t have licences, but we managed to go nearly every weekend to Graz where we had our parties. “Most of the time we managed someone in the car who had a licence and the system was: Everybody gets a drive, but only as long as he doesn’t make a mistake. A mistake means he was not on the limit, so he was judged by all the others. And some wild driving started! I can’t say who was quicker, me or Jochen, because it was a normal road, but it was competitive. “To survive this era was already some achievement,” he chuckles. “It was unbelievable! There are so many stories, we would sit here for hours… We had this German licence plate on the VW that Jochen borrowed from his grandparents and normally we wouldn’t stop for policemen...” Marko would borrow his father’s Chevrolet without paternal permission, naturally, and once crashed it down a hill. The deal between the friends was that if you screwed up, you were on your own. It was a harsh fraternal environment. So the young Marko, the electrical dealer’s son, was used to fending for himself. That goes a long way to explaining why he has left the racing battlefield strewn with the careers of the myriad drivers who didn’t quite cut it in Red Bull’s programme. Guys such as Tonio Liuzzi, Patrick Friesacher, Sebastien Bourdais, Scott Speed, Sebastien Buemi, Christian Klien, Jaime Alguersuari, Lewis Williamson and, most recently, Daniil Kvyat. “When I was racing we had to help ourselves,” he muses. “But tell me any of the drivers we finished with in the Red Bull programme, who made it afterwards. All of them had a certain talent and a certain speed. But they were just not working hard enough, that was the problem.” Others have, of course, argued the support | 38,803 |
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本を読むときに頭の中で「声」が聞こえる人と聞こえない人がいることが判明
by Stephen Poff
本などの文章を読む際に、声に出さずに黙読していても頭の中で文章を読み上げる「声」が聞こえる、という人が8割以上を占めていることが調査から明らかになりました。「読書中の内なる声」については、これまでほとんど研究が行われていない分野であり、幻聴障害の研究にも役立つのではないかと見られています。
Inner reading voices: An overlooked form of inner speech - Psychosis - Volume 8, Issue 1
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17522439.2015.1028972
BPS Research Digest: You hear a voice in your head when you're reading, right?
http://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/02/you-hear-voice-in-your-head-when-youre.html
「読書中に文章を読み上げる声が頭の中で聞こえるかどうか」の調査には、英語圏最大のQ＆Aサイト「Yahoo Answers」に投稿された質問が利用されました。調査を行ったニューヨーク大学のRuvanee Vilhaue氏によれば、Yahoo Answersには読書中に聞こえる声についての質問が2006年から2014年の間に24件投稿されていて、合計で136の回答が寄せられていたとのこと。
Vilhaue氏がすべての質問と回答を分析したところ、82.5％のユーザーが「読書中に内なる声が聞こえる」と主張していることが判明しました。10.6％のユーザーは「内なる声は聞こえない」と反論していて、声が聞こえると回答したユーザーのうち13％は、本の内容にどれだけ興味を持っているかなどの要因によって声が聞こえる時と聞こえない時があると回答していたそうです。
by Erik Schepers
また、Yahoo Answersでは「読書中の内なる声の声色が一定かどうか」も議論の的となっていて、「さまざまな声色がある」という人は、本の登場人物や、手紙やメールの送信者によって声色が変わると回答。「声色は毎回同� | 38,804 |
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S T A R T D I G G I N G
LET'S FIND THIS LITTLE GIRL
UPDATE
Someone suggested to check property tax records
Thanks @yuke
Looks as though 3518 is owned by BORIS TOCHILIN
Yuke also suggested that the home the little girl went into is 3516 owned | 38,805 |
Your First CSS Animation
Let’s say you’re building your very first website. You’ve created your basic elements using HTML, added some pretty styling using CSS. Maybe you have even added some media-queries.
But there’s still something missing.
A little flair.
A little personality.
That’s where CSS Animations come into play!
Introduction
CSS Animations sure are something pretty. Using just a few lines of code we can make elements bounce, move, rotate, or even disappear.
Every single animation consists of 2 parts.
The first step is creating the animation using so called “keyframes”.
The second one is adding this animation to an element and setting its animations “properties”.
Follow along
So to follow along with this article you can open up your own text editor, but I also created a couple of Sandboxes for you to follow along without having to touch any code yourself.
These are the steps we will be following:
Creating an animation using keyframes
Adding the animation to an element
That’s all you’ll need 😄
Creating an animation using keyframes
So what is a keyframe exactly? Wikipedia defines it as:
A keyframe in animation and filmmaking is a drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition. (Wikipedia)
Smooth.
Transition.
Keyframes in CSS create a smooth transition between two CSS properties. Let’s say you want to fade in an object. You define its initial opacity and the new value of the opacity, after which CSS magically creates this smooth transition between the 2 points.
Let’s see how that could look in our CSS file.
First, the keyframes is called with the new animation’s name:
@keyframes fadeIn { }
Great! Next, we define a starting and ending point for this animation. This can be done using percentages (%), or using the words “from” and “to”. This could look like this:
@keyframes fadeIn { 0% { } 100% { } }
or this:
@keyframes fadeIn { from { } to { } }
Inside these brackets is where the CSS properties are defined. If we want to fade in our element, we start with its opacity at 0 (zero) and then set it to 1, which will show our element.
@keyframes fadeIn { from { opacity : 0 ; } to { opacity : 1 ; } }
And that’s all for the first step! We now have created our first animation (called fadeIn), and defined what should happen when it’s called (go from 0 opacity to 1).
The only thing we need to do now, is add this animation to an already existing element.
Adding the animation to an element
So now that we’ve created our first animation, let’s add it to an element! This can be anything you want. Think of text, a background-image, or even your entire webpage.
I’ve already created a line of text and a starry background, which we’ll animate.
Here it is:
So what would this look like?
In its most simplest form, it could look like this:
.text { animation : 5s fadein; }
We add the animation to the text, and then define how long it should take.
That could be all you need!
But,
You could also add different properties to this animation, like:
A delay:
.text { animation : 5s fadein 2s ; }
We can change its easing:
.text { animation : 5s fadein 2s ease-in ; }
Or we could even set the “iteration count” (how many times the animation should play) :
.text { animation : 5s fadein 2s ease-in infinite ; }
For the full list of CSS Animation properties, I highly recommend the MDN Web Docs.
So after adding our “fadeIn” animation to the text and stars, this is the result!
Quite pretty, but most importantly, very simple!
Wrapping up
To add just a little more flair to our little page, I added an animation to the background which rotates it. Here are the keyframes I used:
@keyframes rotate { from { transform : rotate ( 0deg ); } to { transform : rotate ( 360deg ); } }
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nature of their environment.
New clues to all this had only recently come from humanity's own local region of space-- in cases such as the Pioneer anomaly.
But it seemed no one but Dunburton had put together all the pieces as of yet.
Dunburton couldn't be satisfied until he'd calculated out every single major consequence of his new realization.
Doom draws near on cat feet
It was the final nugget which shocked him most.
He redid his calculations a second time. Then a third. Then went over them for a fourth time. There seemed to be no mistake.
And at last, Dunburton knew the why behind his own existence. He'd be born for exactly this: to be all humanity's understanding of the what and why and when of their end. To be the brightest flame of consciousness in this region of the universe, before all were snuffed out.
The physics could not be denied: this universe would enter its last leg of existence only two years, eight months, and four days from now.
Beyond that point, it would rapidly become obvious to everyone that something major was amiss: multiple and overlapping clues of the living nightmare to come would fill the nightly newscasts.
Dunburton did not envy the living of those days ahead.
There was absolutely nothing humanity could do to save themselves, he knew. They'd wasted far too much time and money on weapons of war and other instruments of retardation of progress, such as religion. They'd also handed over too much control to corporations in general, and oligarchic structures in particular, and stifled innovation in that manner.
Dunburton thought wistfully of the signs of alien escape or postponement efforts which lit up humanity's gamma ray burst detectors. Maybe some of them would make it out. Others would definitely lengthen their lifespans therewith. But not humanity. Not ignorant, squabbling, warring, God-fearing-- insane-- humanity.
Carpe diem
Dunburton sat back in his chair, and lit a cigar. No need to worry about cancer anymore. Or much of anything, really.
From this point on, Dunburton mused, he'd set about pursuing many of the pleasures he'd never had time for before. Including those for which dire consequences might accrue, a few years down the road.
Dunburton chuckled to himself. His private knowledge now bequeathed to him certain freedoms even the wealthiest on Earth did not possess.
The cigar gave him another idea: how he'd end his own life, before the last day of this so-called 'normal' existence dawned. He'd peacefully go to sleep in his car, with the motor running, in a tightly sealed garage.
In that way he'd escape humanity's apt punishment for their boorish ways.
But what about his epiphany? Should he alert his fellow human beings as to what was going to kill them all in such a horrific manner only a few dozen months from now?
No, he decided. There would be no accolades for the man who saw the face of doom and described it. Better to simply let them meet it unawares.
Plus, enlightening others would only make it more difficult for him personally to enjoy humanity's final days. For civilization would surely soon be in shambles, and daily life much more harsh, as a result.
Besides, it didn't matter anyway. It couldn't be stopped. Or avoided either, in any way other than a hastened death.
The only real shame of it all was that he, Clifford Dunburton, had unraveled the greatest mystery in human history-- and no one but himself would ever know, or care.
Being the smartest man on Earth wasn't as much fun as you'd expect.
But he had two years, eight months, and four days in which to change that.
a - j m o o n e y h a m. c o m - o r i g i n a l
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Do Black Holes Create New Universes? One of World's Leading Physicists Says "Yes" December 28, 2009
"From that it follows that our universe could have itself formed from inside a black hole existing inside another universe,"
"This model in isotropic coordinates of the universe as a black hole could explain the origin of cosmic inflation, Poplawski theorizes."
-- Our universe at home within a larger universe? So suggests IU theoretical physicist's wormhole research April 6, 2010 contact Steve Chaplin, University Communications, at 812-856-1896 or [email protected]
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respective haplogroups, which can provide information on the place of origin of the paternal and maternal lineages. All ancient individuals assigned in this work as either European or Near Eastern had Y and mtDNA haplogroups that reflected this ancestry, i.e., Europeans had Y-haplogroup R1b and mtDNA-haplogroups H or U5, while the Near Easterners had Y-haplogroups E, T, J, and Q and mtDNA-haplogroups J1 or HV ( Table 1 ). However, the admixed individuals SI-41 and SI-53 had Y-haplogroup R1b-P312 typically found in European males and mtDNA haplogroups HV0 and T2 present in both Europe and the Near East. In particular, SI-41 carried the DF27 lineage, which is highly prevalent in Iberia (up to 70% of males in Basque) and rare elsewhere,supporting our previous results from the autosomal variants that this individual descended from a European related to Northern Spanish or Basques. The combined results from the Y and mtDNA haplogroups suggest that SI-41 and SI-53 possibly had a European father and a Near Easterner mother, but a more complex admixture scenario, where the parents themselves are admixed, could also produce this ancestry pattern. Our testson the X chromosome were inconclusive about the ancestry of SI-41 and SI-53, probably because the reduced sequencing coverage and diversity compared with the autosomal genome make them less powerful ( Figure S7 ).
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et al. Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East. 6 Haber M.
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et al. Continuity and admixture in the last five millennia of Levantine history from ancient Canaanite and present-day Lebanese genome sequences. Our data suggest that admixture occurred in Lebanon during the Crusaders’ time; therefore, we sought to investigate the consequences of this admixture for the genomes of the Lebanese by tracking the genetic changes that occurred in Lebanon before and after the Crusades. We started by using the SGDP set to compute the statistic f4(Lebanon_BA, Lebanon_RP; Ancient West Eurasian, Chimpanzee) which quantifies the genetic changes related to West Eurasians that occurred in Lebanon between the Bronze Age and the Roman period. We found there was an increase in Eurasian hunter-gatherer and Steppe population ancestry in Lebanon after the Bronze Age ( Figure S8 A), which provides direct evidence for our previous inference that this Eurasian ancestry in the Levant predates both the Crusaders and the Roman period.Next, we computed f4(Lebanon_RP, Lebanon_MP; Ancient West Eurasian, Chimpanzee) and found that the statistic is not significantly different from zero for any Ancient West Eurasian tested, thus indicating that there were no significant genetic changes between the Roman period and the medieval period in | 38,808 |
Hrvatska je od četvrtka korak bliže realizaciji najveće investicije ikad u Hrvatskoj vojsci, ali se službeno još ne zna ni cijena, ni odabir proizvođača.
Saborski Odbor za obranu jednoglasno je podupro projekt nabave novoga višenamjenskoga borbenog zrakoplova. Iza čvrsto zatvorenih vrata za novinare primio je na znanje prezentacije svih ponuđača, te preporuku stručnog povjerenstva Ministarstva obrane za nabavu novih višenamjenskih borbenih zrakoplova, ali se nije izjašnjavao o samome tipu zrakoplova, jer je to posao Vlade.
– Konačna odluka je na Vladi i Vijeću za obranu, nije na nama da se u to miješamo – kazao nam je po okončanju sjednice Odbora njegov predsjednik Igor Dragovan (SDP).
– Mogu reći samo da su sve ponude bile prezentirane vrlo detaljno i stručno i da će, po svemu sudeći, o definitivnom izboru odlučivati financije – naglasio je Dragovan.
Ministar obrane Damir Krstičević zahvalio se saborskom Odboru na odgovornoj odluci, odnosno pozitivnom i jednoglasnom mišljenju. Niti on se nije želio izjašnjavati o preferencijama prema pojedinačnim ponudama.
Odluku, prema njegovim riječima, još čeka instancija rasprave pred Vijećem za obranu gdje sjede predsjednica države, premijer, predsjednik Sabora, načelnik Glavnog stožera, ministar financija i predsjednik saborskog Odbora za obranu.
– Završni korak u procesu donošenja odluke je odluka Vlade, kada ćemo izići pred javnost i detaljno prezentirati sve četiri ponude, cijeli proces odlučivanja i razloge koji su prevagnuli u definitivnom izboru – obećao je Krstičević.
Za Hrvatsku, prema njegovim riječima, ključni elementi u ovom poslu su tip i sposobnosti aviona, ali i dugoročno strateško partnerstvo, te sama cijena.
Sjednici odbora nazočio je i zapovjednik Hrvatskoga ratnog zrakoplovstva Mato Mikić koji nije krio oduševljenje jednoglasnom sviješću ovoga parlamentarnog tijela o važnosti hrvatskoga povijesnog iskoraka prema novom borbenom avionu četvrte generacije.
Riječ je, inače, o proračunskom poslu koji se kuloarski procjenjivao između 500 milijuna i milijardu eura. Još koncem studenoga završen je proces validacije četiriju ponuda (američke, grčke, izraelske i švedske). Stručni tim MORH-a je izradio tehničko | 38,809 |
i juuri kukaan. Opiskelijoista kahdeksalla prosentilla oli todettu oppimisvaikeus. Ei-normaalia suhtautumista ruokaan raportoi 11 prosenttia naisista ja viisi prosenttia miehistä. Opiskelijoista 64 prosenttia oli tehnyt kokopäivätöitä viimeksi kuluneen vuoden aikana. 16 prosenttia arvioi toimeentulonsa erittäin niukaksi ja epävarmaksi. 41 prosenttia asui yksin omassa taloudessa ja 10 prosenttia yhteistaloudessa tai kimppakämpässä. Voimavaroja tuottavia asioita olivat ihmissuhteet ja seksuaalisuus. Kahdella kolmesta oli vakituinen parisuhde, mutta vanhimmassa eli 30–34-vuotiaiden ikäryhmässä vailla vakituista parisuhdetta oli 34 prosenttia miehistä ja 23 naisista. 89 prosenttia ilmoitti seksuaaliseksi suuntautumisekseen hetero, kuusi prosenttia bi, yksi prosentti homo ja lesbo sekä 1,6 prosenttia joku muu. Seksuaalista kiihottumista tapahtui kuitenkin sekä naisilla että miehillä seksuaalista suuntautumista monipuolisemmin eri sukupuolien kanssa. Korkeakouluopintojen aikana muiden opiskelijoiden kiusaamisen kohteena koki olleensa 7,5 prosenttia opiskelijoista ja henkilökunnan kiusaamisen kohteena 5,8 prosenttia. Mittaustavasta riippuen yksinäisiksi itsensä koki 4–10 prosenttia opiskelijoista. Ylioppilaiden terveydenhoitosäätiön mukaan yksi merkittävimmistä korkeakouluopiskelijoiden terveyttä uhkaavista asioista on runsas istuminen. Opiskelijat istuvat aivan liikaa oppilaitoksessa, opintotehtävien parissa muualla ja myös vapaa-ajalla. Pylly ylös –hankkeella halutaan saada opiskelijat ja henkilökunta seisomaan myös luentojen aikana. Säätiössä uskotaan, että myös oppi uppoaisi paremmin, kun välillä liikkuu. _Lähde: YTHS _
Henkisen hyvinvoinnin taas koki hyväksi tai erittäin hyväksi vain 66 prosenttia. Vastanneista 16 prosenttia kärsi päivittäin uniongelmista, keskittymisvaikeuksista, jännittyneisyydestä, masentuneisuudesta, ahdistuneisuudesta tai muista psyykkisistä oireista.
Joka kolmas koki kovaa stressiä. Huolista johtuvaa unettomuutta, ylirasittuneisuutta tai muita psyykkisiä ongelmia oli 30 prosentilla vastaajista. Psyykkiset vaikeudet olivat samanlaisia molemmilla koulutussektoreilla.
Psyykkistä hyvinvointia mittaavassa kyselyosuudessa 5,7 prosenttia opiskelijoista vastasi myöntävästi kysymykseen itsemurhan suunnittelemisesta. Jos tätä lukemaa vertaa väestöön keskimäärin, niin THL:n ATH-kyselyn mukaan 5,4 prosentilla vä | 38,810 |
used by the Java based Spring configuration; it is itself meta-annotated with @Component, which makes the annotated classes standard beans and as such, also candidates for component scanning. The main purpose of @Configuration classes is to be sources of bean definitions for the Spring IoC Container. For a more detailed description, see the official docs.
Then, @ImportResource is used to import the existing XML based Spring configuration. This may be configuration which is still being migrated from XML to Java, or simply legacy configuration that you wish to keep. Either way, importing it into the Container is essential for a successful migration, allowing small steps without to much risk. The equivalent XML annotation that is replaced is:
<import resource=”classpath*:/rest_config.xml” />
Moving on to @ComponentScan – this configures the component scanning directive, effectively replacing the XML:
<context:component-scan base-package="org.rest" />
As of Spring 3.1, the @Configuration are excluded from classpath scanning by default – see this JIRA issue. Before Spring 3.1 though, these classes should have been excluded explicitly:
excludeFilters = { @ComponentScan.Filter( Configuration.class ) }
The @Configuration classes should not be autodiscovered because they are already specified and used by the Container – allowing them to be rediscovered and introduced into the Spring context will result in the following error:
Caused by: org.springframework.context.annotation.ConflictingBeanDefinitionException: Annotation-specified bean name ‘webConfig’ for bean class [org.rest.spring.AppConfig] conflicts with existing, non-compatible bean definition of same name and class [org.rest.spring.AppConfig]
And finally, using the @Bean annotation to configure the properties support – PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer is initialized in a @Bean annotated method, indicating it will produce a Spring bean managed by the Container. This new configuration has replaced the following XML:
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:persistence.properties, classpath:web.properties" ignore-unresolvable="true"/>
For a more in detph discussion on why it was necessary to manually register the PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer bean, see the Properties with Spring Tutorial.
3.1. The web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns=" http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="rest" version="3.0"> <context-param> <param-name>contextClass</param-name> <param-value> org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext </param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>org.rest.spring.root</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener> <servlet> <servlet-name>rest</servlet-name> <servlet-class> org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet </servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>contextClass</param-name> <param-value> org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext </param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>org.rest.spring.rest</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>rest</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/api/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file /> </welcome-file-list> </web-app>
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Migrants in second caravan from Honduras crash the gate at Mexican border on 28 Oct 2018. YouTube, Prensa Libre video
Sunday was a kinetic day for the migrant caravans heading toward the U.S. border. In the morning, about 4,000 people from the lead caravan were in Tapanatepec in southern Mexico, resting for the day. Unfortunately, the rest stop turned violent.
Municipal security chief Raul Medina Melendez in the town of Tapanatepec says that some in the crowd grew upset when a man with a megaphone urged them to line up and wait their turn for sandwiches and water the town was distributing late Saturday. He says some began to attack him and he fled down a street. A false rumor spread that the man had grabbed a child for protection from the attackers. The assailants caught and beat him, but police intervened and he was treated at a hospital.
Trending: Why we had to go through all this
On Friday this group had been blocked near the town of Arriaga, just to the south of Tapanatepec, by a police barricade. Mexican authorities halted them there to make the offer of asylum, jobs, and an array of social assistance programs.
As Howard Portnoy reported yesterday, the migrants rejected the offer of asylum. Mexican human rights observers urged the government to let them pass, stating that the conditions where they were being blocked were basically inhumane. On Saturday, the police broke the barricade and retreated.
On Sunday afternoon, the second caravan from Honduras, which has been making its way through Guatemala, reached the border with southern Mexico, where it sought to cross from Tecun Uman to Ciudad Hidalgo on the Mexican side.
A group of men in the vanguard of the second caravan shouted and argued with the Mexican border guard, which was urging them to move any families in the group to the front, and request entry in an orderly manner.
The men at the front began to throw rocks, and rushed to attack the border gate. According to news media on-scene, the attacking men broke down a gate and at least 100 of them were able to push through it. An unknown number of people were injured in the resulting scuffle.
A 26-year-old Honduran migrant reportedly died of a head injury, which some outlets are saying was the result of being hit by a rubber bullet from the Mexican guards.
A 26 Yr old Honduran male dies during the confrontations. Guatemalan EMS representative claims the head injury suffered by the Honduran could have been caused by a rubber bullet.https://t.co/Xi6s2OKCY7 — Arturo Guajardo (@onegenius2) October 29, 2018
Local reporting on social media included videos of the border attack. (H/t: Breitbart)
There are reported to be as many as 3,500 people in the second caravan (some estimates are lower).
Meanwhile, a caravan is setting out from El Salvador. This third caravan is reportedly launching with about 300 people in it, although some outlets are said to estimate the group at 500.
One young man held up a handy, professionally printed map of migrant routes through Central America and Mexico for a photo op.
Un joven #salvadoreño que se unirá a la caravana que viajará hacia los #EEUU muestra el mapa de rutas migratorias. pic.twitter.com/Iie4EVGJFB — Amndré Rentería (@Amndre) October 28, 2018
The Pentagon is deploying equipment and gear to the border in advance of the 800 additional troops being ordered to join the 2,100 already there. One of the preparations being made is moving jersey barriers to the likely crossing points.
At the moment, the military troops are being dispatched solely for logistical support to the Border Patrol. Clearly, however, the Border Patrol by itself won’t be able to mount the entire response if there is a coordinated, asymmetric attack by the migrants at the border. Presumably any tactical border defense effort will be coordinated between the U.S. and Mexico; we can reasonably hope that no situation will deteriorate into the use of “military” style force against lightly-armed migrants.
(They may be lightly armed, but that doesn’t mean they can’t hurt anyone. No soldier or Border Patrolman is obliged, and none should be, to simply accept injury or death from flying rocks, or small arms the migrants may be carrying surreptitiously, because of an asymmetric force situation. That said, not one of the men and women in uniform at the border wants to kill people. It is unconscionable of anyone to egg this migrant caravan on and urge its members to confront the U.S. at the border. | 38,813 |
Many households these days are finding it difficult to meet the end needs. So the churches have come forward to help such low-income families in paying rent and bills. These services comprise free food distribution, clothes, paying the home rent, paying utilities, and also some of them offer to provide medical facilities and shelter as well.
All that one has to do is find the nearest one from your location and check at what services are being provided by them. The search could be done using the line churches that help with rent near me, Churches near me that help with rent & also Churches that help with Rent Assistance. At ao few in several countries, emergency financial help is also given to single mothers or to less fortunate families and individuals.
Now, all that you have left to do is collect all the necessary information regarding the churches available and the kind of services being offered In that particular one’s. So now let us have a general overview regarding the churches that are available out there that help with paying the rent.
The best place a person can go for financial help is the local church where they provide support services like counselling, advice, and also for any financial support. The best part of such local churches is that though it has very limited funding the support that they intend to give will not be limited as they always look to providing the help with even the last drop of money available.
Catholic Charities
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It is the leading charity providing church across the globe. As per the latest reports it has been observed that over 15 million people each year get benefited from this charity. It has around 30,000 branches across the globe, thereby being available in almost nook and corner of the world.
This church provides Financial services like paying rent, bills, free food programs, clothes distribution, counselling sessions for people in need irrespective of Caste, Creed, and Complexion. Thousands and millions of hot boxes, grocery boxes, and emergency boxes containing various food pantries, etc. are distributed among different communities.
Emergency housing services are the most useful feature of these churches. People who are evicted or homeless can find shelter under this program. This shelter program gives temporary help during which such a person can look for a permanent house for them to live. Just that the person needs to meet the required criteria, and then the charity will be provided in the form of financial support.
Conditions to be followed for the church to provide financial support :
In order to prevent the disconnection of necessary services like electricity bill or water bill. In the case of less heating oil or fuel, then you can ask for financial help. For clothing school uniforms or work, uniform funds will be provided to you.
Medication bills will be provided but only in some specific areas. The security deposits will be paid as the rental service if you face eviction.
Saint Vincent de Paul
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Saint Vincent de Paul is the largest ongoing charity currently in the whole world. There one and only motive is to provide social services and financial support to poor and needy families and individuals. This is a Non-Profit Organization.
This church has unique and different ways of providing various general needs like food, medicine, gasoline, utilities, rent, and even transportation. There are no restrictions as in providing the support, but due to the financial aspects of things, it may not be providing the services to everyone, but those who received will be receiving to the fullest.
The St. Vincent de Paul runs a proactive cell which takes care of the homeless people. If you are facing any sort of trouble with finding the home, you can contact the nearest SSO, and they will find a way to help you out,
Salvation Army
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Regardless of background, religion, income, or individual, you can face any sort of trouble at any time. It can be anything from job loss to eviction. The key factor of the Salvation Army is that it will provide you with any sort of help even to the basic to basic needs.
They are thriving in order to do their best in regards to providing free food support, emergency financial support, and also counselling sessions for people who are in need of one. Also if you are in a new locality and finding a home to stay then don’t worry as the Salvation army is available at any time and at any place to get you out of trouble.
Love INC
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Love INC has its own way of offering the services. Its main objective is not towards providing the financial need like paying for rent or emergency bills. But it offers in providing services like repairs and renovation to your home absolutely for free. They also have tie-ups with churches that help with near me programs.
The services are provided in the following areas.
From baby food to holiday meals, including free groceries, everything will be given to the needy | 38,814 |
This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is affecting jobs, manufacturing and business in regions across Canada.
When the Quebec government shut down non-essential business activity in the province last month to deal with the deadly coronavirus, it promised to help kick-start the economy again once the danger had passed.
Though Quebec hasn't yet reached its peak number of new COVID-19 cases, it appears likely to avoid the worst-case scenarios feared by public health experts. The current plan is to gradually begin reopening the economy early next month.
But as the provincial government gets ready to make good on its promise to business owners, it is realizing they will be confronting a radically different global marketplace.
"It will be a new world," Quebec's economy minister, Pierre Fitzgibbon, said in a recent interview.
Fitzgibbon is expecting that not only will consumer behaviour change, so, too, will the behaviour of governments around the world.
'There is going to be a geopolitical environment of increased protectionism' after the crisis, says Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon. (Sylvain Roy Roussel/Radio-Canada)
Most governments will be heavily indebted from the expensive emergency relief measures needed to support millions of unemployed workers and backstop thousands of businesses.
Fitzgibbon said he believes that will impel them to defend their investments.
"There is going to be a geopolitical environment of increased protectionism," he said.
In that context, Quebec needs to rethink how it secures stable access to the goods and services needed to keep its economy, and society, running smoothly, he said.
"Because depending on international markets will be less desirable, it will be very important for us to target what we want to protect in terms of supply chains."
Donald Trump gives the shivers
The best way to do that, Fitzgibbon said, is making parts of the Quebec economy less reliant on imports.
Quebec has already announced a buy-local initiative, the Panier Bleu, an inventory of made-in-Quebec products.
But the government is also in the early stages of exploring how to ensure more pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and food is produced within the province.
"I think all countries will want to be self-sufficient when it comes to strategic goods," Fitzgibbon said.
Many were already thinking that way early in the crisis, when China began shutting down its factories to deal with the outbreak. Recent events have only reinforced that mindset.
When Donald Trump sought to block exports of N95 protective masks, needed for front-line health-care workers but in short supply the world over, "we all had shivers," Fitzgibbon said.
Though 3M, the mask's maker, eventually reached a deal with the White House to allow it to ship to Canada, the message was received.
"That definitely sparked a lot of introspection about the economy," Fitzgibbon said.
Have supply chains become too fragile?
The lean, international supply chain is one of the defining features of globalization as it's been practised since the 1980s.
Before products hit retail markets — be it cars, smartphones or medicine — they are likely to have been assembled from component parts made in different countries around the world.
The N95 protective mask is needed by front-line health workers but in short supply the world over.
It's a complex process that allows companies to outsource production to countries where the cost of labour is cheaper. And consumers, in the end, can access more affordable products.
But it's also a process that is highly vulnerable to disruption. A late shipment here, or factory shutdown there, can cause costly delays at the retail end.
When those products are medical supplies essential for keeping health-care systems operating during a pandemic — such as the N95 mask — those delays are not just costly. They're potentially deadly.
At his daily news conference in Quebec City, Premier François Legault often indicates how many days worth of supplies remain for critical items such as surgical gloves and gowns, and more recently, the chemicals required to perform COVID-19 tests.
The inability of global supply chains to deliver such products during the pandemic has prompted questions about how manufacturing processes are organized.
In making supply chains so efficient, have they become too fragile to withstand minor, let alone major disruptions?
"This is a major crisis, but there will be other crises. And we're learning that you can't be overly dependent on one source," said Michèle Rioux, a professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal, where she heads a research centre on globalization.
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guess a lot of these things are not really rational.”
Aftermath of Hurricane Isaac in Slidell, La., in 2012. Flooding after heavy rains in Morehead, Ky., in 2010. From left: Mario Tama/Getty Images; John Flavell/The Independent, via Associated Press
As hurricane season begins, residents of Slidell, La., near New Orleans, are planning ahead. Susan McClamroch, who works at a museum there, said that locals joke that they “start eating everything in the freezer” this time of year because of the likelihood of a power failure after a hurricane.
Brian Smith, who runs a print shop in Slidell, said the business flooded in 1995 and again during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. So when Hurricane Isaac hit in 2012, flooding his shop once more, he moved it away from the vulnerable downtown area.
“I’m not going to take that chance again,” Mr. Smith said.
Flooding after heavy rains in Morehead, Ky., in 2010. John Flavell/The Independent, via Associated Press
Eastern Kentucky is similarly susceptible to disaster. Almost yearly, it is hit with severe storms.
Susan Thomas, who owns a bookstore and coffee shop in Morehead, Ky., said that the store flooded once when her parents owned it. When it flooded again in 2010, she had to throw away 3,000 books.
“Honestly, there was a moment where I was, like, can we recover from this?” she said, adding that she returned to check on the store every time it rained. The business moved to a new location in town the next year.
Three Brothers Bakery in Houston has flooded five times since 2001, most recently during Hurricane Harvey. But its owners, Robert and Janice Jucker, the self-proclaimed “king and queen of disaster,” are not moving — and Ms. Jucker, who anticipates more storms, is unafraid.
The Juckers received low-interest disaster loans from the Small Business Administration to rebuild their business after Hurricanes Ike and Harvey. Officials verified the damage and estimated the amount of their property loss.
The agency tracks properties nationwide whose owners or renters applied for disaster loans. Data about these loans provide a window into the geographic pattern of destruction that disasters cause each year.
The pattern of disasters, year by year Larger circles indicate costlier disasters Tropical storms, hurricanes Severe weather, tornadoes, flooding Wildfires, earthquakes, other disasters 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 The New York Times | Source: Small Business Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration attempts to calculate the full cost of major disasters, namely those that cause more than a billion dollars in damages. It estimates that 2017 was the costliest year on record, with 16 billion-dollar disasters that together cost the United States more than $300 billion.
While natural disasters are unpredictable, the annual losses from billion-dollar disasters, adjusted for inflation, have increased over the last 40 years.
Total cost of major natural disasters For disasters causing more than $1 billion in losses. $300 billion California wildfires $18 billion 250 Hurricane Irma $50 billion 200 Hurricane Maria $90 billion 150 Hurricane Katrina $161 billion Hurricane Harvey $125 billion 100 50 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 $300 billion California wildfires $18 billion 250 Hurricane Irma $50 billion 200 Hurricane Maria $90 billion 150 Hurricane Katrina $161 billion 100 Hurricane Harvey $125 billion 50 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 $300 billion California wildfires Irma 200 Maria Katrina Harvey 100 ’80 ’85 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’05 ’10 ’15 $300 billion California wildfires Irma 200 Maria Katrina Harvey 100 ’80 ’85 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’05 ’10 ’15 $300 billion California wildfires Irma 200 Maria Katrina Harvey 100 ’80 ’85 ’90 ’95 ’00 ’05 ’10 ’15 The New York Times | Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In the first three months of 2018, billion-dollar storms hit the United States three times. By contrast, in the first three months of an average year, just one disaster that causes more than a billion dollars in damages occurs, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records dating back to 1980.
Climate change is making some kinds of disasters more frequent. Studies show that large wildfires have become more common in the western United States because global warming has made Western forests drier.
But rising damage costs are partly | 38,816 |
This is the time of the year when the going gets tough, and the teams that eventually go on to claim the honours in May, really take their game to a different level. The Champions League semi final is a match that needs not only preparation and hard work in training, but also a bit of luck, and some performances that are at another level. Last season, Lewandowski stole the show against Real, and Bayern’s collective brilliance was too much for Barcelona. This season though, the tables have been turned on Bayern Munich, as Real Madrid, led by Carlo Ancelotti, executed a devastating counter attacking plan to leave Bayern on the wrong end of a 5-0 aggregate score line. Guardiola’s possession based approach, which has certainly had it’s day, now looks like a bit outmoded.
Bayern Munich 0-4 Real Madrid
LINE UPS
Bayern Munich: Neuer; Lahm; Boateng; Dante; Alaba; Kroos; Schweinsteiger; Robben; Ribery (Gotze, 72); Muller (Pizzaro, 72); Mandzukic (Javi Martinez, 45).
Real Madrid: Casillas; Carvajal; Pepe; Sergio Ramos (Varane, 75); Coentrao; Modric; Alonso; Di Maria (Casemiro, 84); Bale; Ronaldo; Benzema (Izco, 80).
BAYERN TEMPO
In the first leg, Bayern played the game at a very slow tempo, and very heavily criticised for it. Playing a slower tempo allowed them to dominate ball possession and dictate the game. Guardiola generally prefers playing this away away from home. This supreme control of possession, and an away goal satisfies him, and he ends up with a lot of 1-1 draws away. At home though, Guardiola looks to step it up and score goals to seal the tie. This game wasn’t very different, with Bayern Munich starting the game at a higher tempo, and moving the ball considerably quicker. Where Phillipp Lahm was in charge of the distribution from the back last week, this leg saw Toni Kroos tasked with the same job. The German international midfielder played a little deeper than Schweinsteiger, and did well to play a lot of good vertical passes out to his attackers.
As you can see in the image above, a lot of Kroos’ passes in the first half are made from deeper positions in the central area, and a lot of these are forward vertical passes to his attackers. Most of his square passes come a little higher up the pitch. Using Kroos to force the tempo wasn’t a bad move from Pep, but Kroos’s attacking abilities were overshadowed by his defensive deficiencies. His inability to protect his centre backs cost Bayern dear. The first Ronaldo goal came after Bale ran right through the heart of where the Bayern midfield should have been, unchecked.
REAL BREAKING BAYERN RHYTHM
Under Guardiola, Bayern have evolved into a team that pass the ball around a lot more, and look to create their patterns and get into a rhythm. This is especially true of the players at the back, closer to their own goal. Here, Bayern have a few set patterns of moving the ball out. Last night for example, Bayern were looking to find Kroos in the deep areas with almost everything. The key to controlling Bayern isn’t staying deep. They have the wide men and a target man forward that can cause damage. The key, as Real showed last night is to disrupt their passing rhythm from the back. Last night, Bayern had their best chances when Real were getting deep.
Real were quite fearless with respect to attacking Bayern off the ball, leaving a number of players pretty high up the pitch. This was particularly evident on goal kicks, with Neuer lacking passes to make around his own area. They forced him into playing longer passes, not something he’s used to doing. This passing style was a bit unsettling for Bayern, and they couldn’t really dominate the ball as they did in Madrid.
Even a bit higher up the pitch, Bayern, with their higher tempo, but slightly lower numbers in front, were a bit hard pressed for pass completion, and a lot of their moves broke down just beyond midfield.
As you can see in the image above, Real made a number of interceptions in the highlighted region, just beyond midfield. These were made as a result of the good work that the Real Madrid forwards did high up the pitch and in midfield. The deeper players were able to cut off the Bayern attacks on a number of occasions due to this work.
POOR MARKING FROM SET-PIECES
Since 2008, Pep Guardiola has established himself as one the best managers in world football. His teams have been playing fantastic football, and getting result after result. However, one of his weaknesses as | 38,817 |
You don’t have to venture far to find people arguing that Scala is a complex language, or that Scala needs to be more opinionated. Luckily I have plenty of opinions, specifically about how to make Scala simpler, and this is something I’ve been espousing in my recent talks at Scala Days SF and Amsterdam (slides here).
The problem with talking about simplicity is that it becomes one of those things like “good art” that’s defined as “I know it when I see it.” This provides no guidance. We need more precision. In this blog post I want to discuss complexity from three different angles and give concrete recommendations for creating simple Scala code.
Syntactic Simplicity
Scala’s syntax is a bit more flexible than many people are used to, and the combination of rules can lead to some surprises. For example
Set. empty ()
expands to
Set. empty. apply ()
which evaluates to false. This surprise is due to interaction between methods with no arguments and the shorthand for apply. (This syntax is actually deprecated and the compiler will issue a warning if you use it.)
Right-associative operators (e.g. 1 +: Seq(2, 3) ) are a good example that I don’t think pay their way in terms terms of complexity. They add some conceptual overhead for what is a very infrequently used feature. Overall, though, I don’t find Scala’s syntax difficult to teach so I don’t have any serious complaints here.
I do have issues with the use of symbolic operators in Scala libraries. The collections library shortcut for folds ( :\ and /: ), for example, should be removed in my considered opinion. These operators provide no utility over foldLeft and foldRight, and only serve to increase the mental load on the reader. Many other libraries have similarly come to regret heavy use of symbolic operators (recall the infamous dispatch periodic table). Luckily we are seeing declining use of symbols in Scala libraries, and I think the community as a whole has sufficient experience that we can state:
Simple code does not use symbolic operators unless:
there are only a few such operators in use; and
they are used frequently enough that they are worth the mental load to remember what the symbols mean.
A good example is the applicative builder syntax of |@| in Scalaz and Cats. It is typically the only syntax used with applicatives, and it comes up in enough cases that it is worth remembering.
Semantic Simplicity
Syntax is only the surface covering of the language, and we must look deeper – at the semantics – to find another source of complexity. Adding features adds new semantics, but it is easy to use basic features to create programs that are tricky to understand. Imagine the following code exists within a larger program and ask yourself what the value of Example.foo(1) is.
object Example { var x = 0 def foo ( y : Int ) : Int = if ( x < 0 ) y - x else if ( x == 0 ) y / 2 else y + x }
You can’t answer the question without inspecting the larger program. The reason being that the meaning of Example.foo changes depending on the value of x, and x can be changed at any time by any other code.
With semantics we have a formal system to study, which gives use precise words to explain concepts. In this case the concept is local reasoning. A program enables local reasoning if we can work out the meaning of any part by looking only at that part. It is closely related to the property of substitution, which means we can replace any expression by its value without changing the meaning of a program. Any program that maintains substitution enables local reasoning, but the converse is not true. For example
def sum ( xs : Seq [ Int ]) : Int = { var total = 0 xs foreach { x => total = total + x } total }
does not strictly maintain substitution (the use of a mutable variable breaks substitution within sum ) but nonetheless maintains local reasoning as total is not visible outside sum.
Simple code maintains local reasoning wherever feasible.
Conceptual Simplicity
Although Scala has many features I don’t find the semantics of the individual features taxing. Complexity comes in their interactions. Humans are pattern recognition machines, and ultimately simple code means reusing a small set of patterns across the code base. In other words, simplicity is being opionionated in how language features are used and combined. Conceptual complexity is, in my opinion, the most important form of complexity to control.
It’s this final form of complexity that I haven’t seen discussed much in the Scala community and it’s where I think we as a community need to | 38,818 |
Ah, France. Land of cheese and baguettes. A country of delicate, fluffy pastries and croissants, of pies and crepes, and so much more. I lived in France before I was diagnosed as a celiac, and my copious consumption of bread products and pastries certainly led to my finding out I was unable to eat gluten. It’s also responsible for how sick I got before doctors figured out my beloved baguettes were part of the problem. The good news is that traveling in France is very possible while strictly gluten free. The bad news is that croissants smell really, really good.
Being a celiac in France means availing yourself of all the wonderful, quality base ingredients that are found throughout the country. This may mean avoiding bakeries (unless recommended below) but it does not mean going hungry. From fabulous cheeses to buckwheat crepes, to stews and salads and so much more, there is plenty to eat that won’t get you sick – and that will still make you smile.
This guide will help you navigate the dishes you will find, as well as offer alternatives when you are eating out.
NOTE! If you are looking for a French translation card but aren’t traveling to France, you can skip to my General French card here. This card is translated for travel to West Africa, Guadeloupe, and elsewhere, without “France” on the card.
THIS POST WAS LAST UPDATED: AUG 2020
Happy and safe travels!
-Jodi
Already know you want a gluten free translation card? You can buy my French card here, as well as Japan, Greece, Spain, and more!
GLUTEN FREE FRANCE: CONTENTS
Gluten Free Restaurant Card in French
Eating Gluten Free in France: Dishes, Desserts, Snacks?
Celiac-Safe Shopping Options and Gluten Free Restaurants in France
What ISN’T safe for a celiac to eat in France?
Books and Further Reading about France
Tailored Gluten-Free Restaurant Card for France
For starters, this detailed gluten free restaurant card will help communicate your eating restrictions, and allow you to understand what is safe and unsafe from the menu. The card was created with celiac-specific research, mention of cross contamination, and a double checked translation from locals who speak the language. The food names and dishes within the card are also double checked for accuracy with different regions in France.
Note: The card is available for purchase via Gumroad, a trustworthy 3rd party site that uses https, so you know your information is safe. I am not gathering emails or information for anyone who buys the card.
Why is this gluten free card different?
I have used several different translation cards on my travels, and I still got sick. I may be more sensitive than some celiacs, but even a small amount of contaminated oil for frying, or wheat-thickened sauce in the food, is enough to make me ill for days. Let alone the joint pain later that week, and the inflammation.
This card is different because:
It uses all of the local food names for what to eat or avoid,
food names for what to eat or avoid, Makes clear mention of the cross contamination concerns.
Is researched by celiacs; and
Translated by a native speaker who is familiar with the disease and local food, then double-checked with a second translator.
Sized specifically for mobile, so that you can save to your phone and have it with you as you travel.
An English version of the card – so you know what you’re buying! – is available on the purchase page.
While the card above contains the safest way to communicate celiac disease in France, here are three quick phrases, the most important.
(I chose these three as a French speaker – and I lived in France when I was just diagnosed. See below for additional names of different dishes/foods)
Je suis céliaque – I am a celiac
I am a celiac Est-ce que ceci contient du gluten? Does this contain gluten?
Does this contain gluten? Est-ce que cette sauce / jus de viande était épaissie avec de la farine de blé? Was this gravy thickened with wheat flour? (This is important as French gravies are often formed via roux, with flour)
Eating Gluten-Free in France: Dishes, Desserts, and Snacks
The following dishes are commonly wheat-free in France.
As with any destination, at home or abroad, it’s important to confirm on a case-by- | 38,819 |
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Ultimo aggiornamento: Mercoledì 16 Ottobre 2019, 17:12
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. Non una scommessa, ma certamente una sfida per il serivizio pubblico. Mancano pochi giorni allo sbarco della nuova, completamente ripensata e rivista. "Siamo ripartiti praticamente da zero" ha detto presentandola oggi a via Teuladail Cto della Rai.Lo start ufficiale è previsto il 4 novembre (ma provate a dare un'occhiata intorno a fine mese, potreste trovare qualche novità ndr) con la diretta del nuovo, che per la prima settimana sarà in diretta in contemporanea anche su Rai Uno alle 20.30, ma che dopo andrà in eslusiva solo sulla piattaforma digitale.Una piattaforma completamente ripensata dicevamo. Al primo impatto - in effetti - la nuova Raiplay, almeno nell'interfaccia, ricorda molto da un punto di vista grafico Netflix, ma - si difendono in Rai - "è stata anche una scelta per raggiungere i benchmark dei più importanti competitor, cosa che vuol dire anche andare incontro alle abitudini dell’utente".Una piattaforma completamente ripensata soprattutto da un punto di vista tencologico dicevamo, ma che certamente può godere del lavoro e dei numeri che Raiplay ha raccolto in questi anni. Numeri importanti: 12,4 milioni di utenti registrati e 12 milioni di app scaricate. I video visti sono 488 milioni nel periodo gennaio/settembre 2019 con un +75% rispetto al 2018, mentre le ore di visione sono state 200 milioni con un +75% rispetto all’anno precedente.Da un punto di vista tecnologico arrivano alcune novità attese: la possibilità di riprendere lo streaming dal punto in cui era stato abbandonato la sera prima, la possibilità di far ripartire dall'inizio un contenuto che si sta guardando, alla fine della visione on demand di un episodio di una serie tv si andrà automaticamente al successivo e si potrà passare da un device all’altro senza interrompere la visione.Ma quella di Raiplay - tiene a precisare la direttrice dell'area digital- sarà una sfida da "servizio pubblico". Uno degli obiettivi di Raiplay infatti è quello di alfabetizzare un pubblico che finora non ha avuto quasi mai a che fare con la televisione on demand. Basti pensare che il 90% del pubblico over70 non ha mai guardato un contenuto di alcun tipo ond emand: «Raggiungere queste persone spiega la direttrice - farle sapere che esiste un altro modo di fruire i contenuti rai è parte della nostra sfida. una doppia sfida precisa, far sapere loro che esiste un altro modo di fruire i contenuti Rai e che esiste un altro mondo, quello di Raiplay».Da un punto di vista tencologico quella della Rai è una sfida nella sfida: offrire contenuti on demand e in diretta in maniera grautita ad un pubblico potenzialmente sconfinato e che non è possibile ad oggi prevedere. «Per esempio quando manderemo la prima puntata di Viva Raiplay - spiega Ciccoti - nessuno sa cosa accadrà. Avremo sicuramente un picco, | 38,820 |
November 24, 2018
In this blog post we will explore how to make a simple recommendations website. We will use JavaScript on the clientside to get random recommendations from a set of movies.
What will be covered:
Data structures
Generating random recommendations
Generating random non-duplicated recommendations in a session
Filtering recommendations
Project Codepen
What was built
We built, Animefinder, a website which provides the user with a random Anime recommendation which they might like. It is a small collaboration with senpai Cory Harris.
Motivation
I don’t want to sound dramatic, but looking for an anime to watch is the biggest struggle in my life. Starting a new series is a serious emotional commitment. So for years, I found myself scouring Google for hours before I decided on one. A friend and I hacked together a small Anime Recommender for people like us. We wanted it to be as simple as possible. You just click and get a recommendation along with a reason why we think you should watch it.
Key components
Data structure
An array of object is used. This allows us have an iterable and use reduce and map methods. The objects can then be deconstructed and rendered.
const dataset = [ { name: 'Scary Movie', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'comedy' }, { name: 'Thor', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'action' }, { name: 'White Girls', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'comedy' }, { name: 'Not Another Teen Movie', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'comedy' }, { name: '16 Candles', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'romance' }, { name: 'Mean Girls', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'comedy' }, { name: 'Shrek', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'comedy' }, { name: 'Shrek 2', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'comedy' }, { name: 'Austin Powers', description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam faucibus faucibus lectus rhoncus fermentum. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.', genre: 'comedy' }, ]
Random recommendations
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glass, D.C. Mann, the Dennison postmaster, and Hutches watched the young Sicilian open the envelopes and read the letters.
Trial exhibit of weapons seized from Black Hand members, including rifles, revolvers, knives, bullets and brass knuckles. | Oldfield Collection
Then Mann came out from behind the counter. “Wait, Vicario, there is some more mail for you.” Mann handed Vicario the Lima letter. Vicario opened it, took out another sealed letter and a slip of paper. From the angle where he was behind the glass, Hutches saw “Columbus, Ohio” on the address of the second letter but could not make out the name of the addressee. Still, he was hopeful—Columbus was where John Amicon lived.
The Post Office inspectors were interfering with Sam Lima’s bottom line, and he was determined to put a stop to the investigation. In the first week of April, Sebastian and Sam loitered around the Amicon Brothers warehouse and watched John Amicon and his brother Charles come and go from the saloon across the street. Amicon’s air was nonchalant. Rather than snarl at the Limas as he had before, John Amicon pretended not to notice them at all. That made Sam Lima all the more furious. There was still no money coming from either Amicon brother, so Lima made a decision. The time was right for a little reminder. The next day, a dynamite explosion blew the back porch off Charles Amicon’s home.
One day after the explosion, Columbus members of the Society of the Banana, the white-haired Severio Ventola and the young Salvatore Demma, went to the Amicon Brothers’ giant warehouse on Naghten Street to further intimidate the brothers.
“If you boys will let those fellows alone now and not bother with this investigation, you won’t receive any more letters or have any more trouble,” Ventola told Charles Amicon, who later related the conversation to Oldfield in a deposition.
Charles knew that proposing that his brother back off was fruitless. But he was so rattled by the explosion at his house that he made a futile attempt to get his brother to let it all go. John refused to even discuss it.
A week went by with John and Charles Amicon at odds on how to handle their predicament. It had been a month since the Society of the Banana meeting. Money was rolling in. Sam Lima, once again, felt unstoppable.
Then, on April 8, a letter from Dennison, Ohio, came by mail carrier to Columbus, addressed to Signore Giovanni Amicone, John Amicon’s Italian name. Amicon immediately called Oldfield. When the inspector came, Amicon handed him the letter. Oldfield took out his magnifying glass and looked closely at the stamp. Inside the letter o in “two” was a tiny red dot.
Mug shots commissioned by Frank Oldfield after the Black Hand captures. From left-right, from top: Sam Lima, Guiseppe Ignoffo, Severio Ventola, Sebastian Lima, Salvatore Arrigo, Vincenzo Arrigo, Francesco Spadaro and Augustino Marfisi. | Oldfield collection.
Amicon opened the letter. Inside was a threat to his life written in Italian and a demand for payment of $10,000. He translated the message to Oldfield. It was in the same handwriting as the letter that had left Sam Lima’s shop for Dennison 10 days before. After nearly three grueling months, Oldfield now had enough evidence to report to U.S. Attorney William Day and have a federal judge sign a warrant to arrest Sam Lima.
Or so he believed. Oldfield’s hopes were dashed when Day told him there wasn’t enough evidence to get a conviction.
Oldfield refused to give up. Over the next six months, he gathered an army. He enlisted lawman across government agencies. He hired private detectives. He called up postal clerks and mail carriers. He collected intelligence in the Italian communities. And most importantly, with patience and finesse, he was able to convince dozens more victims to testify against the Society of the Banana. On a cold winter day in January 1910, Oldfield carried seven steamer trucks of evidence into a Toledo courtroom and took the seat as the star witness in the first federal trial of a Sicilian organized crime ring in America.
From INSPECTOR OLDFIELD AND THE BLACK HAND SOCIETY: America’s Original Gangsters and the U.S. Postal Detective who Brought Them to Justice by William Oldfield and Victoria Bruce. Copyright © 2018 by William Oldfield and Victoria Bruce. Reprinted by permission of Touchstone | 38,822 |
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