Dangling modifier

A misplaced modifier is a type of ambiguous grammatical construct whereby a grammatical modifier could be misinterpreted as being associated with a word other than the one intended. A dangling modifier is one that has no subject at all. For example, a writer may have meant to modify the subject, but word order used means that the modifier appears to modify an object instead. Such ambiguities can lead to unintentional humor, or, in formal contexts, difficulty in comprehension.

Take, for example, the sentence Turning the corner, a handsome school building appeared. The modifying clause Turning the corner is clearly supposed to describe the behavior of the narrator (or other observer), but grammatically it appears to apply either to nothing in particular, or to the "handsome school building".

Similarly, in the sentence At the age of eight, my family finally bought a dog, the modifier At the age of eight "dangles": it is not attached to the subject of the main clause, and could imply that it was the family that was eight years old when it bought the dog, or even that the dog was eight when it was bought, rather than the intended meaning of giving the narrator's age at the time the family "finally bought a dog".

Dangling-modifier clauses
As an adjunct, a modifier clause is normally at the beginning or the end of a sentence, and usually attached to the subject of the main clause, as in "Walking down the street (clause), the man (subject) saw the beautiful trees (object)." However, when the subject is missing or the clause attaches itself to another object in a sentence, the clause is seemingly "hanging" on nothing or on an entirely inappropriate noun. It thus "dangles", as in these sentences:

Walking down Main Street, the trees were beautiful.
Reaching the station, the sun came out.

In the first sentence, the adjunct clause may at first appear to modify "the trees", the subject of the sentence. However, it actually modifies the speaker of the sentence, who is not explicitly mentioned.

In the second sentence, the adjunct may at first appear to modify "the sun", the subject of the sentence.  Presumably, there is another, human subject who did reach the station and observed the sun coming out, but since this subject is not mentioned in the text, the intended meaning is obscured, and therefore this kind of sentence is incorrect in standard English.

Strunk and White's The Elements of Style provides another kind of example, a misplaced modifier (another participle):
I saw the trailer peeking through the window.
Presumably, this means the speaker was peeking through the window, but the placement of the clause "peeking through the window" makes it sound as though the trailer were doing so. The sentence can be recast as, "Peeking through the window, I saw the trailer."

Similarly, in "She left the room fuming", it is conceivably the room, rather than "she", that was fuming, though it is unlikely that anybody besides a fumigator would interpret it this way.

Strunk and White describe as "ludicrous" another of their examples (an "unclear on the concept" stab at the ablative absolute – see note below): "Being in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy the house very cheap." The author obviously meant the house was dilapidated, but the construction suggests that he (the speaker or writer, identified as "I") was dilapidated.

Bernstein offers another ludicrous example: "Roaring down the track at seventy miles an hour, the stalled car was smashed by the train." The adjunct is meant to modify "train": it is the train that is roaring down the track.  But the subject of the main clause is "the stalled car".  The writer is suggesting that the stalled car, which really isn't moving at all, is roaring down the track.  The sentence could be rewritten more felicitously: "Roaring down the track at seventy miles an hour, the train smashed the stalled car."  Or: "The stalled car was smashed by the train, roaring down the track at seventy miles an hour."

Follett provides yet another ludicrous example: "Leaping to the saddle, his horse bolted." But who leapt?  Presumably the horseman – certainly not the horse, which was wearing the saddle.  In this example, the noun or pronoun intended to be modified isn't even in the sentence.  Unproblematic: "Leaping to the saddle, he made his horse bolt forward", or "As he leapt into the saddle, his horse bolted."  (In the latter, the non-finite adjunct clause is replaced by a finite subordinate clause.)

These examples illustrate a writing principle that dangling participles violate.  Follett states the principle: "A participle at the head of a sentence automatically affixes itself to the subject of the following verb – in effect a requirement that the writer either make his [grammatical] subject consistent with the participle or discard the participle for some other construction."  Strunk and White put it this way: "A participle phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the grammatical subject."

Dangling participles should not be confused with clauses in absolute constructions, which are considered grammatical.  Because the participle phrase in an absolute construction is not semantically attached to any single element in the sentence, it is easily confused with a dangling participle.  The difference is that a participle phrase is intended to modify a particular noun or pronoun, but is instead erroneously attached to a different noun, whereas an absolute clause is not intended to modify any noun at all.  An example of an absolute construction is:

The weather being beautiful, we plan to go to the beach today.

Non-participial modifiers

Non-participial modifiers that dangle can also be troublesome:

After years of being lost under a pile of dust, Walter P. Stanley, III, left, found all the old records of the Bangor Lions Club.

The above sentence, from a newspaper article, suggests that it is the subject of the sentence, Walter Stanley, who was buried under a pile of dust, and not the records.  It is the prepositional phrase "after years of being lost under a pile of dust" which dangles.

In the film Mary Poppins, Mr. Dawes Sr. dies of laughter after hearing the following joke:

"I know a man with a wooden leg called Smith."

"What was the name of his other leg?"

In the case of this joke, the placement of the phrase "called Smith" implies that it is the leg that is named Smith, rather than the man.

Another famous example of this humorous effect is by Groucho Marx as Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding in the 1930 film Animal Crackers:

Though under the most plausible interpretation of the first sentence, Captain Spaulding would have been wearing the pajamas, the line plays on the grammatical possibility that the elephant was instead.

Strunk and White offer this example: "As a mother of five, and with another on the way, my ironing board is always up."  Is the ironing board (grammatical subject) really the mother of five?  Less ambiguous: "As the mother of five, and with another on the way, I always keep my ironing board up."  Or:  "My ironing board is always up, because I am a mother of five, with another on the way."

Modifiers reflecting the mood or attitude of the speaker

Participial modifiers can sometimes be intended to describe the attitude or mood of the speaker, even when the speaker is not part of the sentence. Some such modifiers are standard and are not considered dangling modifiers: "Speaking of [topic]", and "Trusting that this will put things into perspective", for example, are commonly used to transition from one topic to a related one or for adding a conclusion to a speech.

Usage of "hopefully"

Since about the 1960s, controversy has arisen over the proper usage of the adverb hopefully. Some grammarians object to constructions such as "Hopefully, the sun will be shining tomorrow." Their complaint is that the term "hopefully" ought to be understood as the manner in which the sun will shine. In order to modify the whole sentence to convey the attitude of the speaker, they say, the "hopefully" should be moved to the end: "the sun will be shining tomorrow, hopefully."

"Hopefully" used in this way is a disjunct (cf. "admittedly", "mercifully", "oddly"). Disjuncts (also called sentence adverbs) are useful in colloquial speech for the concision they permit.

No other word in English expresses that thought.  In a single word we can say it is regrettable that (regrettably) or it is fortunate that (fortunately) or it is lucky that (luckily), and it would be comforting if there were such a word as hopably or, as suggested by Follett, hopingly, but there isn't.  [...]  In this instance nothing is to be lost – the word would not be destroyed in its primary meaning – and a useful, nay necessary term is to be gained.

What had been expressed in lengthy adverbial constructions, such as "it is regrettable that ..." or "it is fortunate that ...", had of course always been shortened to the adverbs "regrettably" or "fortunately". Bill Bryson says, "those writers who scrupulously avoid 'hopefully' in such constructions do not hesitate to use at least a dozen other words – 'apparently', 'presumably', 'happily', 'sadly', 'mercifully', 'thankfully', and so on – in precisely the same way."

Merriam-Webster gives a usage note on its entry for "hopefully"; the editors point out that the disjunct sense of the word dates to the early 18th century and has been in widespread use since at least the 1930s.  Objection to this sense of the word, they state, became widespread only in the 1960s.  The editors maintain that this usage is "entirely standard".

Yet the choice of "regrettably" above as a counterexample points out an additional problem. At the time that objection to "hopefully" became publicized, grammar books relentlessly pointed out the distinction between "regrettably" and "regretfully". The latter is not to be used as a sentence adverb, they state; it must refer to the subject of the sentence. The misuse of "regretfully" produces worse undesired results than "hopefully", possibly contributing to disdain for the latter. The counterpart hopably was never added to the language.

See also
Double entendre
Garden-path sentence
Syntactic ambiguity

References

External links
 Hopefully fails to modify sentence elements. Originally citing Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

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Lokmat Samachar to launch Jalgaon edition

The Hindi daily from the stable of Lokmat Media is all set to launch its Jalgaon edition to beef up its presence prior to Divya Marathi's launch in the city.

The Lokmat Media Group is all set to launch its Hindi daily Lokmat Samachar from Jalgaon around May 14. According to sources, the daily will launch with an initial print run of 10,000 copies.

In all likelihood, the daily will bear a cover price of Re 1, of which, the hawker commission will be 60 paise -- a raise of 30 per cent per copy. Usually, the hawker commission for the dailies in that region is around 30 per cent.

Officials at Lokmat Media were not willing to divulge any details about the new edition. But, according to sources, Lokmat Media is taking this step to strengthen its position in the area and brace itself before Divya Marathi, the Marathi daily from Dainik Bhaskar is launched. Divya Marathi is being launched from Jalgaon, following the Aurangabad and Nasik editions.

Lokmat Media group, in all probability, will launch combo offers for both advertisers, as well as the readers.

Lokmat was, until now, catering to the Hindi reading population of the city through its Aurangabad edition. With the launch of its latest edition, Lokmat will become the first Hindi daily to have a Jalgaon edition. The new entrant will face competition from Nava Bharat's Aurangabad edition, available in Jalgaon.

In Aurangabad, the Lokmat Group, in its response to the competition, launched an OOH campaign on similar lines of Divya Marathi, with a similar backdrop. The hoardings displayed across the city by Lokmat has its copy written in Marathi -- 'Now your preferences will be given prime importance', while that by Divya Marathi read 'Coming soon to know your preference', Divya Marathi by Dainik Bhaskar Group.

For the record, Lokmat Samachar was launched in 1989 and is a Hindi language newspaper available in Maharashtra. It is published from Nagpur, Aurangabad, Akola and Kolhapur. It has nine sub editions. Apart from Maharashtra, the daily is available in parts of Madhya Pradesh as well.


Let $G \leq {\rm S}_n$ be a finite permutation group, and let
$S = \{g_1, \dots, g_k\}$ be a generating set for $G$ which is closed
under inversion and which does not contain the identity.
The growth function of $G$ with respect to $S$ is the sequence
$(a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots)$, where $a_r$ is the number of elements of $G$
which can be written as products of $r$, but no fewer, generators $g_i$.
The diameter of $G$ with respect to $S$ is the largest $r$ such that
$a_r > 0$.

Question: How hard is it to compute the diameter and the
growth function of a given permutation group $G$ of degree $n$?
Or more specifically: using current computer technology, is it feasible
to do this for any given group $G$ of degree $n \leq 100$ and any given
sufficiently small generating set $S$?

The motivation for this question is that while the Schreier-Sims algorithm
allows e.g. to compute the order of such groups and to perform element tests
instantaneously, even only computing the diameter of the Rubik's Cube Group
with respect to its natural generating set was a major effort --
and its growth function is apparently not known in full so far.

My feeling goes in the direction that one can do essentially better,
i.e. that it should be possible to find an algorithm for computing
diameter and growth function which is by orders of magnitude more
efficient than enumerating group elements by brute force.
However maybe I am wrong, and somebody can point out reasons why
these problems cannot be solved efficiently?

Thanks for the reference. -- Though I don't see that the paper answers the question. The author derives bounds on the diameter of certain Cayley graphs, shows that they are sharp and says that the naive way to evaluate the bounds takes $n!$ times a polynomial operations. Though I have not read everything in full.
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Stefan KohlAug 15 '13 at 9:11


Subsequent to the drilling of an underground oil or gas well, if such a well is located within or on a platform, a drilling ship or the like, the well is completed by the introduction of a tubular pipe, which is referred often to as the “casing”. The casing is welded in place as part of the finishing operation.
Before or after the introduction of one or more sections of pipes that form the casing in the underground well, or the like, it may be required to perform several welding operations in one or more ends of the casing for the connection, for example, a leak preventer, heads, valves or other desirable components. It may be desired to fasten sections of each pipe of the casing. In many cases, such a component is fixed to the pipe members of the casing through welding operations by means well known in the industry.
As a result of the discharge of the flame from a welding plant, during the welding operation, sparks, slag and other inconveniences can be expected to be expelled in the air around the welding operation resulting in a serious risk during the welding operation. Slag and sparks could cause a fire or even worse, an explosion, as the casing is inserted often onto “live” wells, which sometimes could become uncontrollable at any time as a result of a breakdown or boiling of flammable liquids, such as natural gas or the like.
To address this danger, there is desired an enclosure that prevents or treats this problem by providing a habitat for welding in underground wells, which not only captures the slag and sparks during the welding procedure in an area which is isolated from the wellbore fluids, but the environment provides for controlled dissemination of slag and spark through habitat and away from the welding operation in a safe and controllable manner.
In the state of the art relative to that described above, there exists the following published documents: U.S. Pat. No. 2,872,933; U.S. Pat. No. 3,837,171; U.S. Pat. No. 3,946,571, U.S. Pat. No. 4,257,720; U.S. Pat. No. 5,018,321, Mexican Utility Model No. 1624 and Mexican Patent Application No. MX 308,953.
However, all these published documents have certain disadvantages and deficiencies that are accentuated when performing the welding process. As a result, it is desirable to make structural changes to these existing structures in order to provide greater benefits to workers and higher security to facilities where these activities are performed.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,872,933 relates to the construction of an air inflated ring cover which is used to cover drilling sites in oil wells, regardless of weather conditions. The cover is hanged by its top over the drilling site.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,837,171 relates to an underwater inflatable structure, which provides an artificial environment around a work area, for example, in a submarine base of an offshore oil platform, allowing for welding and the like to be performed. The structure comprises an integral sheet of material for a custom work or a number of selected sheets attached to the structural support elements. The material includes rack sections so that the material can be placed over and around the structural members in order to ensure a substantially airtight system. Neck sealing means are included on the structural members at their intersection with the sheet material and sealing means within the rack sections although the system could be used on land, it is particularly applicable to subsea situations.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,946,571 relates to an insulated module for use in environments with hostile temperatures that are uncomfortable for humans. This service module is lowered and put into service by the top of the module.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,257,720 relates to a capsule for works in the deep sea, allowing personnel access for maintenance work.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,018,321 discloses a flexible habitat for welding in underground wells to trap slag, sparks and the like. The habitat generally includes an air hanged external arched dome, which is mountable on an entry point of an underground well. The entry point of the underground well receives a pipe member which is extensible in the well and on which a process is carried out by welding. A fire resistant protective element is disposed about at least a bottom of the dome. Means are provided for selectively introducing air to hang the dome on the entry point. The means includes an air inductor motor, a fan, or the like. Means extend through the upper portion of the dome and away from the entry point to communicate with the inside of the dome to allow discharge of smoke including particulate matter, a result of welding procedure that is discharged from inside the dome. The means for introducing air and the means extending through an upper portion of the dome are aligned whereby the air supply forms a carrier stream for transmitting the smoke and particulate matter at least to the means extending through an upper portion of the dome, and preferably to transmit to and through the outside of the dome without the aid of any other means. The habitat also includes a fire resistant skirt which is available around the highest outermost portion of the pipe member. The guard is extended to ensure that the slag and the spark are not discharged downward around the outside of the casing or pipe member of transmission of fluid through the well. However, it has seen that in overworked hours, smoke and particulate waste is relatively excessive, tending to occlude the expulsion means of the habitat. This causes the worker to suffer significant health risks, and in the other hand, considerable costs are generated by the excessive change of filters which are arranged in the discharge means of the habitat.
Mexican Utility Model No. 1624 discloses a flexible habitat for welding in underground wells to trap slag, sparks and the like. The habitat generally includes an air hanged external arched dome which is mountable on an entry point of the underground well, which includes a ventilation system which is comprised basically of a structure porous sublayer arranged throughout the area comprising the dome of the habitat. The sublayer is releasably secured by conventional means, which serves as a filter.
However, upon conditions of use; particularly for U.S. Pat. No. 5,018,321 and Mexican Utility Model No. 1624, are not very favorable, as the degree of difficulty of assembling the structure in a work area is considerably high and dangerous, so the habitat of these two references are not suitable under the habitat occurs in one piece and resulting inconvenient to carry various habitat elements of different sizes. This causes the work schedules to be extended while the cost per hour/man rises considerably.
Mexican Patent No. 308953 and the state of the art cited, display wide shortcomings in their modularity to form the modular habitat and therefore reflect these deficiencies in the safety management to users and infrastructure where the modular habitat is used for working. These shortcomings are reflected in the management of tasks performed as the welding of tube. That is, in this reference, certain disadvantages are identified when performing the assembly process and adaptation in the workplace of the device for welding work, so the present invention overcomes these shortcomings by introducing structural changes in this habitat's modularity in order to provide greater benefits to the worker and the best development of the activities for which Flexible modular habitat was designed, while increasing the safety of workers and therefore infrastructure where the flexible modular habitat is installed.
In Mexican Patent No. 308,953, there is disclosed a flexible and inflatable habitat for welding in underground wells to trap slag, sparks and the like, by a module based structure and/or assembly. The structure allows different applications to fit different hot work applications without having to stop production. However, it has shortcomings by not hermetically sealing the contact of modular habitat with the element to be developed in works, so that security to the users and facilities is poor, and wherein it does not have security elements such as the emergency door.
A further advantage of the present invention over the art cited is the non-use of racks, stanchions or mechanical closures raised from “hard” devices or continuous use. Such lack of racks, stanchions or mechanical closures makes the current invention less susceptible to malfunction in assembly and disassembly of each the modules that form the flexible modular habitat. Thereby, the current invention increases the security provided within the modular habitat, by preventing the modules from separating or opening.


Warning: spoilers follow for The Last Jedi. Jump into hyperspace and away from this article if you haven’t seen the film yet.

In many ways, The Last Jedi was about saying goodbye to what we know about the Star Wars universe, or at least, letting go of the way things have always been. But in between the beats that say it’s time to move on, there are nods to the past. John Williams‘ themes and character motifs provide a strong connection to the original trilogy, underscoring emotional scenes. And little moments tie the saga together, like Luke Skywalker pulling down the gold dice from the Millennium Falcon cockpit. The spaceship accessory has been part of the hunk of junk since the original trilogy.

Look closely at the middle top of the above photo from A New Hope. The dice are hanging there. They’re not often seen in the films. In fact, they only appear clearly in the above scene and less obviously at a couple of other points in Episode IV; then they’re off-screen until The Last Jedi. But they’re enough a part of the Falcon that J.J. Abrams had them included in The Force Awakens. Reportedly, they went to eBay to find a pair for Episode VII. And Disney Cruise Line made sure to include them in their Millennium Falcon play area. The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary explains the dice were “used in the ‘Corellian Spike’ game of sabacc in which he won the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian.”

They were important to the ship and to Han, so Luke bringing them to Leia as part of his Force projection on Crait is special. And given that we’ve been reminded of their existence, maybe we’ll see Han proudly hang them in the cockpit when Solo is released in five months.

Did you cry when Luke handed the dice to Leia? Do you need a pair of gold fuzzy dice to hang in your Millennium Falcon, a.k.a. your car?

Images: Lucasfilm/Disney

Amy Ratcliffe is an Associate Editor for Nerdist. She likes Star Wars a little. Follow her on Twitter.


Vitrectomy methods in anterior segment surgery.
We have used vitrectomy instrumentation and techniques to treat a variety of conditions affecting the anterior segment, including: 1) an occluded or inadequate pupillary space, 2) complications of vitreous in the anterior chamber, 3) epithelial ingrowth, 4) complicated lens surgery, and 5) total hyphema. The vitrectomy methods provided controlled excision of intraocular tissues under optimum visualization using a closed-eye system with normal intraocular pressure and the ability to use techniques such as intraocular diathermy. Our experience has been favorable in this series of 117 cases. Of these, 104 cases (89%) were anatomically successful, 70 eyes (60%) had a significant postoperative improvement in vision. The detailed results of vitrectomy surgery for anterior segment disorders are presented for each indication.


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Q:

Improper Numerical integral

I am self teaching myself python and computational physics via Mark Newmans book Computational Physics the exercise is 5.17 of Computational Physics. I have to shift the limits of integration for an improper integral after a change of variables so that Gaussian quadrature method gives a more accurate result. I am suppose to approximate the Gamma function $\Gamma(a)$
The relevant equation is here:

This is the question:

When I isolate for $x$ I get $x = \frac{zc}{1-x}$.  But when $z = \frac{1}{2}$ I get $x = c$ but this makes no sense because this implies z is a constant which it's not. I know in order to shift a function $f(x)$ to the left you $f(x + c)$ but how would I do this with an integrand?

A:

The task in this problem is to apply the variable transformation
$$z=\frac{x}{c+x} \Leftrightarrow x=\frac{zc}{1-z}\,,\quad \textrm{d}x=\frac{c}{(1-z)^2}\textrm{d}z$$
to the integral
$$\int\limits_0^\infty f(x)\textrm{d}x\,,\quad f(x)=x^{a-1}e^{-x}\,,$$
which yields
$$\int\limits_0^1 \tilde{f}(z)\textrm{d}z\,,\quad \tilde{f}(z)=\left(\frac{zc}{1-z}\right)^{a-1}\exp\left(-\frac{zc}{1-z}\right)\frac{c}{(1-z)^2}\,,$$
and chose the parameter $c$ such that $\tilde{f}(z)$ takes its maximum at $z=\frac{1}{2}$.
How do we do that?
You have already completed the first part of the question: $z$ takes the value $\frac{1}{2}$ when $x=c$.
The second part asks which is the correct $c$. We tackle this by computing the derivative of $\tilde{f}(z=\frac{1}{2})$ with respect to the unknown parameter $c$ and set this to zero:
$$\left.\frac{\partial \tilde{f}}{\partial c}\right\vert_{z=\frac{1}{2}} = \frac{1}{4}c^{a-1}e^{-c}\left(a-c\right)=0\,.$$
Thus, we find $c=a$.


How to Prepare 16 Healthy Meals in 40-Minutes

When you hear the word “meal prep” what comes to mind? I don’t know about you, but I automatically go to a dark, scary place – I think of stacks of Tupperware with carefully rationed portions. I think about giant amounts of bland chicken breasts, huge vats of brown rice, and tons of steamed broccoli. “The horror, the horror!”

For just a second, let’s suspend the perception of meal prep as the Tupperware-carrying physique competitor that you see at the gym gulping his protein shake. Instead, picture a much simpler, more realistic version.

Here’s a quick summary of my meal prep strategy:

You cook extra servings of various proteins and chop a bunch of core veggies to use in multiple dishes. This creates the base for most of your meals. To this, you can add a few select pre-made items (sliced turkey breast, bag of prepared greens, etc.) and boom – you have 80% of your meals for the week.

Now that doesn’t sound so hard, does it?

Meal Prep Made Easy

I’ve got some good news – I’m going to completely change your whole meal prep perspective. You’re going to learn some things that might surprise you. For example, it’s OK to use fat. In fact, fat is healthy, and it tastes great. Both cheese and avocado (examples of fat) are excellent ways way to make food delicious. Also, spices are your best friend, and don’t be afraid to use salt. As far as spices go, these 5 should definitely be in your kitchen arsenal.

The main point is that cooking healthy meals doesn’t have to be difficult. I know for some of you cooking is an overwhelming task and you might have no idea where to start.

That’s totally OK.

I’m no all-star chef, but I’ve mastered a few quick, simple, and healthy meals that also support my lean, active lifestyle.

You’re about to learn an easy way to prepare 16 meals in 40-minutes. Yes, you heard that right – 40-minutes of focused time in the kitchen will give you 16 healthy meals that are high in protein and loaded with tasty vegetables.

Here’s something that’s hard to argue with – the more meals you eat at home, the healthier and leaner you will probably be. There are of course exceptions to the rule, but for the vast majority of us, eating home-cooked meals often leads to improved body composition.

A time-crunched schedule is no excuse either.

All you need to do is prep once a week for 40-minutes and you’ll set yourself up to be a fat-burning machine.

The Ultimate Grocery-Shopping List

First things first, you’ll need to do some grocery shopping to pick up all the ingredients. Here’s your shopping list:

Basic Cooking Supplies

Meal Prep Instructions

Set up a timer for 40 minutes. Remove all of your groceries from your fridge and cabinets. Prepare yourself to make tuna salad, egg salad, baked marinated chicken, parmesan roasted veggies, and a roasted turkey salad.

Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees, and heat a medium pot of water.

Step 2: Place the chicken breast in a large Ziploc bag. Add 2 tbsp of oil olive, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, and 2 tbsp Greek yogurt. Mix well so every breast is well coated in the marinade. Set aside for 10 minutes.

Step 3: Carefully place 8 eggs into the pot of (almost) boiling water. Simmer the eggs for about 8 minutes. Cooking tip: Placing eggs into hot water will make the peeling process much easier down the road.

Step 5: Transfer chicken from Ziploc bag into baking dish. Place chicken, broccoli and cauliflower into the oven. Set the oven timer to 20 minutes.

Step 6: Dice peppers, onions, cucumber, celery and carrots and set aside in separate small bowls.

Step 7: Place tuna into large bowl and add half the chopped onions and celery. Add 2 tbsp of Greek Yogurt. Add salt, garlic powder, black pepper, cumin, and cayenne powder. Mix well and place in fridge. Your tuna salad is done.

Step 8: Mix large bag of greens in a large bowl with chopped peppers, carrots, onions, and cucumbers. Chop turkey breast slices into 1-inch pieces and toss into salad. Set aside. Your roasted turkey salad is done.

Step 9: Remove the pot with eggs from the heat and run under cold water for 30-60 seconds.

Step 10: Peel eggs and mash them in a large bowl with the rest of the chopped onions and celery. Add 2 tbsp of Greek yogurt. Add salt, garlic powder, cumin, and cayenne powder, and mix until well-blended. Your egg salad is done.

Instructions: • Pick your protein. 1) Chicken breast, 2) Egg salad, 3) Tuna salad, or 4) Turkey breast • Prep a large plate with the pre-mixed salad (from step 8 above). Place 6-8 ounces of protein on top of salad. Add ¼ of a large avocado. • Quick and easy dressing: Mix 1 TBSP olive oil with a splash of balsamic vinegar. Add the juice from a fresh lime or lemon and mix well. You can also spice up your salad with the following easy add-ons: Sunflower seeds, Feta cheese, Sliced almonds, Peanuts, Olives, Diced apple

Nutrition Information for Big-Ass Salad with Egg Salad

Calories

475 calories

Fat

30 grams

Protein

30 grams

Carbs

20 grams

Mix and Match For Different Meals

The best part about meal prep mastery is that once you have a solid foundation of the proteins and veggies, you can mix-and-match to find a winning combo that you love.

Maybe you’re feeling a sandwich, so you grab a fresh slice of bread to throw your protein on?

Maybe you want to add some tortilla chips to your salad?

Maybe you want some extra carbs, so you bake a huge potato to go with your pre-made protein and veggies?

The options are really endless.

As long as you’re eating protein and veggies with each meal, you’ll have a solid foundation to live a fit, lean lifestyle. This one rule alone will have a dramatic effect on how you feel, how you look, and how you think.

Let me know how this works out for you. Drop me a message in the comments below.

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Debbiesays:

June 20, 2016 at 2:39 pm

I love this and I am heading to the grocery store this evening. However, after its all prepped, what is a serving size of the tuna and egg salads? 1 cup?

Great article. I bet some whole lettuce leaves for tuna salad lettuce wraps would be great with this recipe.

A few additional tips I've picked up over time, may be helpful to a few others. -To save on vegetable prep, microwave bags are fairly quick also, they steam in about 3 minutes. -Conversely, you could also head to a local store (such as a chinese restaurant) and ask for an order of steamed veggies. You can get a large portion for a low price and portion out accordingly. - For carbs, the micrwaveable rice cups (brown rice) are an alternative (be mindful of contents). They're already portioned out to a cup so no measuring and in 60 seconds in the microwave you've got a source of complex carbs. Hope those small tips help someone the way they helped me.

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Nicksays:

June 27, 2016 at 3:44 pm

Thanks Anthony, good tips - especially the one about ordering large portion of steamed veggies as take-out, that's a great move!

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Chadsays:

June 24, 2016 at 12:45 am

I just did this! Followed every step and now my fridge is full, and I am exhausted. Took me 2 hours though, not 40 minutes, what with cleaning and chopping the veggies. I am a little meticulous in the kitchen, so that could have increased the time a bit. Still not bad for 16 meals :) Thank you for this idea!

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Nicksays:

June 27, 2016 at 4:01 pm

Hey Chad, full fridge with real food is always a good thing. Glad you enjoyed. Yeah, I think buying some of the foods pre-chopped and pre-washed might help cut down on the time. I bet the the next time around you'll shave off a bunch of time off..keep me posted!

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Chadsays:

June 24, 2016 at 2:13 am

Just did this this evening. Everything is delicious! The marinating on the chicken is something I rarely do, but even marinating for the short amount of time is very effective. Thanks for these tips!

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Arielsays:

June 27, 2016 at 3:14 pm

did this last night but took me quite a bit longer than 40 minutes... double that i think. still totally 100% worth it though! i think if i do this routine every week it will start going more quickly for me. i couldn't NOT take this meal prep advice though! the first paragraph had me rollin! i felt that exact same way! thanks for showing me that it's not so bad! =D i honestly feel that a big reason i still haven't reached my fat loss goal is due to not prepping healthy meals beforehand - so i'm very excited to have completed this not-so-bad task this week! tip: if it's hot in your house (summer time!) do not heat up your oven until you're actually ready to throw the chicken & veggies in! by the time my oven preheated i was still madly chopping away at the broccoli and cauliflower, and my chicken had only been marinating like 3 minutes. everything tastes so good! i especially love the spices in the egg salad and the simplicity of having the pre-prepared green salad! i usually don't want green salad unless it's loaded with tons of goodies.. and who has time to always be chopping a million different things every time you want a big ass salad? not me! spending an hour or so one day per week getting everything chopped and tossed into the leaves and back into a bag is so simple and easy! very excited about all of this! thank you for keeping it so simple!! love it.

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Nicksays:

July 1, 2016 at 9:44 am

Thanks for the comment Ariel! Yeah, it can take longer than 40 the first few times you do it, but it's well worth it for sure. I hope this helps you get closer to your fat loss goals.

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Mikesays:

July 4, 2016 at 6:57 am

Thanks for this meal prep tip tried it and everything came out great my question is now what are your meal break down for the day I hear everyone say you should eat 4 to 5 small meal per day.

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Nicksays:

July 6, 2016 at 5:47 pm

You bet Mike, glad it worked out well for you. I wouldn't worry too much eating 4 to 5 meals per day, unless than works well for your schedule. The whole mantra of eating small meals throughout the day came from old studies that showed you could burn more calories but doing so (using the thermic effect of eating). Most of these studies have been debunked and there is plenty of research that supports eating as little as 1 meal per day. Check out Intermittent Fasting if you want to learn more about that. It really doesn't matter in my opinion. Personally, it depends on the day for me. Most days, I'll eat 2 full meals. Maybe on a really active day, I'll bump it up to 3 or 4. Hope that helps you Mike.

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Michellesays:

July 5, 2016 at 5:43 am

When you have the calorie content - is that for all 4 meals? eg chicken tacos says 650 cals, 20 gms fat etc is that for the full 4 meals - ie divide the mixture by 4 to get the macro counts? Great idea - can't wait to try it out this weekend. Cheers

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Nicksays:

July 6, 2016 at 5:58 pm

Hey Michelle, no the 650 calorie count is for 3 chicken tacos. That of course includes the shredded cheese and 1/2 an avocado. You could reduce the cals by eliminating the cheese or avo, that could be a good lower cal option. I would say without the cheese and avo, you're looking at around 400 cals. Enjoy!

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Debra Gartlandsays:

July 11, 2016 at 8:14 pm

Great prep outline. Thanks. I did this tonight and it worked out great

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Aleeshasays:

October 17, 2016 at 4:04 am

This was a life saver and super awesome! I am newly trying to get into shape, eat right, and change my lifestyle overall. Hopefully you make more instructionals like this! You have a solid follower with me. Thanks!

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Marksays:

October 24, 2016 at 5:25 pm

This all looks great and i'm eager to try it out, however i am unable to eat chicken/turkey as i have Eosinophilic esophagitis. What would you recommend instead?


Q:

jQuery/js separating 2 drop down values

I'm using Eric Hynds jQuery MultiSelect Widget. I'm actually using 2 separate widgets that when checked, creates a dynamic checkbox w/ value attached to a corresponding 'Main' checkbox if 'Main' checkbox is checked. Please see my fiddle with comments inside to illustrate my problem:http://jsfiddle.net/3u7Xj/52/
How to separate the 2 widgets to show in corresponding sections and still only allow the user to choose 2 combined from either?
$(document).ready(function() {
    $(".multiselect").multiselect({
        header: "Choose up to 5 areas total",
        click: function (event, ui) {

            if (ui.checked && $(".multiselect").children(":checked").length >= 2) {
                return false;
            }

            var lbl = ui.value;
            if(ui.checked){
                var ctrl = '<input type="checkbox" name="chk" checked="checked" class="chk" id="'+lbl+'">';
                $("[id^=Main]:checked").each(function(){
                    $(this).nextAll('.holder:first').append('
'+ctrl+lbl+'
');
                });
            }
            else {
                $("[id^=Main]:checked").each(function(){
                    $(this).nextAll('.holder:first').find('div input[id="'+lbl+'"]').parent().remove();
                });
            }

        },
        selectedList:5
    });
});

A:

So I modified the condition and it works as it should, I hope that it will suit you.
var number1=$("#dropdown1").children(":checked").length,
    number2=$("#dropdown2").children(":checked").length;

if (ui.checked && ((number1 + number2 >=4) || $(this).children(":checked").length >= 2)){
    return false;
}

Demo here
If you want to only two from both selects and modify the condition as follows:
var number1=$("#dropdown1").children(":checked").length,
    number2=$("#dropdown2").children(":checked").length;

if (ui.checked && ((number1 + number2 >=2) || $(this).children(":checked").length >= 2)){
    return false;
}

Demo here
Adapted to the requirements in the comment
individual segments inserted into the div. Adjusted control function click
to:
$(this).parent("div").find("[id^=Main]:checked").each(function(){
      $(this).nextAll('.holder:first').append('
'+ctrl+lbl+'
');
});

Demo here


DURHAM, N.C. --- In a cramped room, North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora walked in to face a large collection of reporters late Saturday afternoon. UNC had just lost 42-35 to Duke. It was Carolina's sixth straight loss of the season, dropping the Tar Heels to 1-8 on the year. This followed a disastrous 3-9 season in 2017.

Three straight losses to East Carolina. Three straight losses to Duke. Two straight losses to N.C. State -- and potentially a third in two weeks.

Since Nov. 10, 2016, North Carolina is 5-20 overall and 2-15 in the ACC. In a game that throughout the 1990s and 2000s was an assumed victory on the schedule for UNC, the Tar Heel defense gave up 629 yards of total offense to the Blue Devils and allowed quarterback Daniel Jones to throw for 361 yards and run for 207, including two runs of 61 and 68 yards.

Saturday, Nov. 10 seemed as close to rock bottom for the North Carolina football program as it has been under head coach Larry Fedora.

UNC head coach Larry Fedora on Saturday vs. Duke.

As the postgame press conference neared its end, big-picture questions were asked. It wasn't just about this season, it was about the future, the fan base, and the health of the UNC program.

'When you take a step back and look at it from a program-level, how do you turn things around?'

The seventh-year Tar Heel head coach hesitated and then took a dramatic pause before answering. "You keep doing the things you are doing," Fedora said. "You keep putting the kids in the best positions you think you can put them in. You sleep at night because you know you are not going to get outworked. And you are going to work as hard as anybody there is and these kids are going to continue to work hard and it'll happen. I truly believe that."

What UNC and Fedora have been doing of late has not worked. Over the course of the last two grueling and disappointing seasons, it seems everything that could go wrong for Carolina football has gone wrong. It's not just the injuries and the last-minute losses in games the Tar Heels should have won, but the disappointment has extended off the field, such as with 13 players suspended for selling team-issued shoes.

There is nothing left to play for this season but pride and each other. Western Carolina and N.C. State remain on the schedule, but the fan turnout for those two final home contests is sure to be lackluster. Losing leads first to fan frustration, and then fan apathy. And there has been a lot of losing the last two seasons in Chapel Hill.

Fedora was then asked, at 1-8 after a 3-9 season, what he tells the fans and supporters of this North Carolina program.

"If they are fans and supporters then they know to stick with them," Fedora said." I shouldn't have to talk you into it. It's the Tar Heels and if you are a fan of the Tar Heels and you are a supporter of the Tar Heels and your blood is blue there is no question about what you do --- you keep supporting. These guys haven't given up. So I don't expect anybody to give up on them."

Indeed, the team hasn't given up. The Tar Heels have been competitive in almost every game. The broken-record line of being 'one play away' was applicable after the Virginia Tech and Syracuse losses, but doesn't work for the whole season. Yet UNC continues to practice and play hard, which is a credit to the coaching staff and the players leading in the locker room.

"I am not worried about their morale," Fedora said. "I am not worried about what they are made up of. They have already shown that for us through this entire year. They could have shut it down a long time ago. They could have shut it down when y'all started talking about 'They don't have a bowl game, so why are they playing.' They are not going to. That is not who they are. They take great pride in who they are and they are going to play hard."

Still, the outlook for UNC football right now appears bleak. It is hard to rebound from a 5-20 overall stretch and a 2-15 run in the ACC.

To make matters worse, North Carolina has the No. 60-ranked recruiting class in the nation (No. 12 in the ACC) right now and the December signing day is just over a month away. UNC's 2019 class trails such programs as Duke, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt, SMU, Memphis, East Carolina, North Texas, and Western Michigan in the 247 Sports rankings.

The 2018 season falls in line with what happened in 2017 --- a team that plays hard but compiles a disastrous season. This team hasn't given up, yet it's fair to consider how many more losses it can endure before it reaches an unhealthy breaking point.


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"That was Sydney." "She was on the phone with Marshall." " What?" " He's fine." "He passed a message - he'll finish reading Mitchell The Littlest Fish when he gets home." " We haven't read that book in a year." " What's it about?" "It's about a goldfish, and some boy who's his friend." "His name is Niles." "No, Noah." "NOAA." "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration." " They monitor weather, eco-systems." " Using a state-of-the-art satellite." "Maybe Sloane wants them to hack in." "I can set up some wires to monitor the hack." "If I can detect them," "I can pinpoint their location." " It's happening now." " I'll be fast." " Any progress?" " They're close." "The firewall's flagging network activity." "Someone's sending out signatures." "It's Marshall." "He's intentionally triggering the network security protocols." "Can you trace the location?" "That's it." " Where is it?" " Central Italy." "Zoom out." "I should have known." " What happens now?" " Good work... as usual." "I'm narrowing it down." "Mexico." " They're in Ixtapa." " I'll assemble a rescue team immediately." "I've convened the 1 2." "They're eagerly anticipating our arrival." "The jet's waiting, we should get going." "We should reconsider our plans for the prisoners." "Don't tell me you're getting sentimental." " Or do you just have a thing for blondes?" " It simply seems unnecessary, that's all." "This isn't open for discussion." "Eliminate them." "Where are they?" "You think they just left?" "Rachel, what's wrong?" "Are you having a heart attack?" " Exposure to electricity?" "Rachel?" " No, not a heart attack." "What are you doing?" " What is that?" "You carry a garrote?" " It's an underwire." "Sometimes it pays to be a girl." "Um, Rachel..." "Hey!" "Listen, I have a family, OK?" "And a child." "I want another one." "Maybe even a girl." "Oh, my God." "That was the coolest thing I've ever seen." "Seriously, that was Empire Strikes Back cool." "Let's get out of here." " Hey!" " Get down!" "Oh, my God." "Syd!" "Thank you." "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" " How did you find us?" " Your wife, Marshall." "Carrie found you." " Any sign of Sloane?" " We checked the entire facility." "He's not here." "I think you should see this." "Marshall's program to track the 1 2 was designed to notify him should anything significant happen." " It's pretty significant, if you ask me." " They're gathering." "(phone rings)" " Bristow." " Hey, Dad." "Marshall and Rachel are good." " They got to them." "Marshall's safe." " Thank God." "But Sloane, Sark, Peyton - they're gone." "The 1 2 are meeting in Zurich." "Sloane's presenting the information Marshall and Rachel acquired." "This is what we've been waiting for." "We can bring them all down." "I know." "I'll alert our contacts, have them assemble in Zurich." "Sydney, it's almost over." "Then I told him to move to my hangnail." "He didn't think Flinkman had it in him." " He's such a jerk." " I could think of some other words." "You were mapping caves in Italy." "Do you have the coordinates?" " Yeah." " That's the other thing." "We spent hours hacking into the system." "When he gets it, he's all cryptic." ""l should have known." What was that?" " He should've known?" " That's what he said." " Where in Italy?" "What region?" " Umbria." "Mount Subasio." "Dad's team will take care of the 1 2 in Zurich." "If they're going to Mount Subasio, I'll beat them to it." " Sydney." " You were right, Vaughn." "I can't give in to this idea that I'm powerless." " I can bring them down." " I know." "I was gonna say I'll go with you." "(helicopter)" "Vaughn!" "Vaughn!" "Over here!" "You'll have to lower me." " You sure about this?" " Yeah, I am." "I'll be tracking you." "(beeps)" "(beeps)" "(rumbling)" "Sydney." "You came." "Oh, I wouldn't do that." "The sound of one shot will trigger a cave-in." "You're coming with me." "Remember when you were a little girl and you came to live with Emily and me?" " I try not to dwell on it." " Sydney, you were so withdrawn." "We understood." "You lost your mother and your father was taken into custody." "Remember?" "We tried to reach out, but there was a time when that was impossible." "So we lined the shelves of your room - all of them - with stuffed animals... hoping that that would comfort you." "Every morning I would come into your room to wake you up." "There they were, buried underneath your blanket." "You said there was a storm in the middle of the night and it knocked them over." "They were drowning." "So one by one you rescued them." "Even then, I wondered when you would learn." "You can't rescue everyone." "I received word from Zurich." "The team's outside the building." " We're getting visuals soon." " We got a problem." "This is from Sloane's safe house." "Look at this." " A schematic of the L.A. subway system." " Data engineering analysis." "He's mapping architectural weaknesses of the tunnels around our facility." " Sloane's targeting APO." " Clear the building." "Tom, Dixon - organize a search team." "Sweep the tunnels." "Marshall, Rachel" " I want all civilians evacuated from the subway." " How do we do that?" " Call in a bomb threat." "(Sloane) I know Marshall gave you a message." "But it didn't matter because I accounted for everyone." "What do you mean, everyone?" "(Sloane) Prophet Five." "APO." "I had to remove those obstacles." " If you touch anyone else I love..." " The time for threats has passed." "Besides, even if I wanted to I couldn't stop it now." "Mr. Sloane couldn't make it, he sent me instead." "I'm making sure that this is going to happen." "That I'll see this through." "You, above all, should understand that." " There's no shying away from fate." " I don't believe in fate." "Be that as it may, I'm very glad you're here, Sydney." "I wouldn't want you to be there when it happens." "What have you done?" "(beeping)" "I found it." "It's big." "I never wanted you to suffer the way you did when you were a child." "The way you suffered when you lost Danny." "When you lost Vaughn." " How much longer till we're evacuated?" " They need five more minutes." " Can you disable it?" " Not without triggering the fail-safe." "The timer is a quartz oscillator." "I can slow it down, buy them the time." " Are you sure?" " I've got liquid nitrogen." " I can freeze the mechanism." " lt'll only buy you 20 seconds." " Not if I stay here and keep hitting it." " All right, do what you can." "But the second that timer dips below a minute, get the hell out." "Will do." " I'm assuming you have the amulet?" " Of course." "Sydney, I'm offering you a chance... to walk." " You know I can't do that." " You can only rescue yourself." "(sirens)" " Jack, what's the status on the evac?" " The civilians just made it out." " Good." " Don't lose your window." "Get up top now!" "OK." "Will do." "Hey, listen." " Patch me through to Rachel?" " Copy." " Tom, you need to get out." " Yeah." "Hey, Rachel..." "I wish there were more time." "I would've asked you out." "I would have said yes." "Hm." "A sky." "I'm sorry, Sydney, this isn't my choice." "You're not allowed to see this." "(children) Bad robot!"


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John Bacon

USA TODAY

Development of a U.S. counterattack for cyberterrorism that could do more harm than good was one of the final events that drove Edward Snowden to leak government secrets, the former National Security Agency contractor tells Wired magazine.

Snowden, photographed for the story clutching an American flag, said the MonsterMind program was designed to detect a foreign cyberattack and keep it from entering the country. But it also would automatically fire back. The problem, he said, is malware can be routed through an innocent third-party country.

"These attacks can be spoofed," he told Wired. "You could have someone sitting in China, for example, making it appear that one of these attacks is originating in Russia. And then we end up shooting back at a Russian hospital. What happens next?"

Snowden, 31, also told the magazine he hopes to return to the U.S. someday.

"I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose," he said. "I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I'm not going to be part of that."

Snowden was a contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton when he leaked details of U.S. surveillance programs to The Guardian and The Washington Post. The first reports were published in June 2013, setting off an immediate global firestorm. Snowden, who was in hiding in Hong Kong at the time, fled to Moscow where he still lives.

His impact had staying power.

President Obama promised to scale back surveillance of American citizens. Germany ordered the CIA station chief out of the country. The Guardian and Post won the Pulitzer prize for public service for their coverage.

Snowden previously expressed interest in returning to the United States, but said he feared an unjust trial on charges of espionage and theft of government property could result in a lengthy prison sentence. He remains adamant that what he did was for the good of the country.

MonsterMind for example, he told Wired, could accidentally start a war. And it's the ultimate threat to privacy because it requires the NSA to gain access to virtually all private communications coming in from overseas.

"The argument is that the only way we can identify these malicious traffic flows and respond to them is if we're analyzing all traffic flows," he said. "And if we're analyzing all traffic flows, that means we have to be intercepting all traffic flows. That means violating the Fourth Amendment, seizing private communications without a warrant, without probable cause or even a suspicion of wrongdoing. For everyone, all the time."

It's an example of the breadth of NSA surveillance, he said. And everybody forgot about or simple ignored the rules.

"You get exposed to a little bit of evil, a little bit of rule-breaking, a little bit of dishonesty, a little bit of deceptiveness, a little bit of disservice to the public interest, and you can brush it off, you can come to justify it," Snowden told Wired. "But if you do that, it creates a slippery slope that just increases over time. And by the time you've been in 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, you've seen it all and it doesn't shock you. And so you see it as normal."


Who will win the 2017 GTBL championship

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Jersey #: 77 Position(s): P Bats: R Throws: R Hometown: Toronto Profile: Jeff was outstanding again in 2016 for the Bulldogs. He earned a second team all star selection after going 3-1 and striking out 61 in just 31 innings. 2017 should be more of the same, as Jeff has been pretty dominating over a three year period.


The Enemy At The Gates Has A New Weapon And Indian Army Needs To Wake Up

Over the last one month, there have been a number of reports of our security forces suffering casualties from sniper fire in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). While sniping has been an ongoing feature of fighting on the Line of Control (LoC), alleged terrorist snipers have struck for the first time in the Valley and seem to have caught the security forces by surprise.

Intelligence reports indicate that two sniper pairs of Jaish-e-Mohammed have infiltrated into the Valley. Since September 2018, three kills in Kashmir’s interior have been attributed to terrorist snipers.

This has generated a lot of public interest, particularly in light of earlier reports about our troops suffering casualties from sniper fire on the LoC.

Making every shot count :

Sniping is one of the most cost-effective tactics in an insurgency, both for the security forces as well as the terrorists.

Based on intelligence, reconnaissance and observation, kills can be achieved at very long range. The world record is held by a Canadian sniper, who achieved an astounding 3,540-metre ‘kill’ in Iraq last year. Snipers are also used to shoot terrorists mingling with crowds in hostage situations, and during a firefight where the sniper is in an over-watch position.

Since snipers are highly skilled, they make every shot count. In Jammu and Kashmir, approximately 5,000 rounds are used to kill one terrorist. Snipers, on the other hand, take only 1.3 rounds to achieve a kill.

A sniper has to be physically fit, mentally robust, skilled at field-craft, and an exceptional marksman. He must be a master of camouflage, have the guile to bait the enemy and develop infinite patience to get the “sure shot”. The sniping duel in Stalingrad between Vasily Zaytsev (Russian Army) and Major Erwin König (German Army), immortalised in the movie Enemy at the Gates, is a classic example of the stuff snipers are made of.

A sniper must have the scientific temper to understand the external ballistics of the bullet at long range, which is influenced by a host of factors that include gravity, wind speed and direction, altitude, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and centrifugal force. At long range, even a mild crosswind requires a significant “off set” of the aiming point away from the target, which has to be accurately calculated.

The prolonged specialised training and the relatively high cost of equipment deters terrorist organisations from training and using snipers. Short training capsules in field-craft, and skills to effectively use a weapon like the AK-47 at short range meet the requirements of terrorist outfits.

New dimension :

The reason for the likely change of tactics by the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir is due to their diminishing numbers and inability to counter the effective security grid.

In my view, they are unlikely to use high-end sniper rifles with long range. What is more likely is the induction of “sharpshooters” who use a modern standard rifle like the US Army M4 rifle fitted with day and night vision telescopic sights to engage targets up to 500 metres. This would be a cost-effective alternative as, till now, terrorist attacks that involve the use of AK-47 are restricted to ranges of 20-50 metres.

A few personnel of the Special Service Group of the Pakistan Army, with sophisticated sniper rifles, could also be inducted. The use of “sharpshooters” and some snipers can be a game changer in the ongoing proxy war. The security forces would have to take additional preventive security measures for the “off set” threat.

This new dimension is a wake-up call for the Indian Army to field its own snipers, which are the best countermeasure against the enemy “sharpshooters”/ snipers, in a more effective manner. To the best of my knowledge, we have never killed a terrorist using a sniper. The situation at the LoC is no different.

We have nearly 5,000 Dragunov sniper rifles with an effective range of 1300 metres inour inventory at the scale of 10 per Infantry/ Special Forces/Assam Rifles/ Rashtriya Rifles Battalion. Reports have surfaced recently about the Indian Army starting the process of importing 5,000-6,000 modern sniper rifles for Rs 982 crore to replace the Dragunov sniper rifle. It is surprising that there seems to be no plan to induct specialist sniper rifles for ranges beyond 1500 metres.

Yawning gap :

Where then are our snipers? Why are we not effectively using them? The answer lies in the proverbial statement – it is not the gun but the man behind the gun that makes the difference. We have not been able to develop the requisite skills in our snipers. They are no more than “sharpshooters”, a little better than the average soldier but certainly not skilled snipers.

There is no specialist trade of “sniper”, but any above-average soldier after limited training wields the sniper rifle. Snipers lack specialised clothing and gear. Simulators are not available and training ammunition is inadequate.

The sniper course conducted at the Infantry School lacks quality. Very few of our snipers can pass the universal test of a sniper, which is to score a first round “head shot” at 600 metres and a first round “body shot” at 1,000 metres. If a sniper cannot pass this test, he cannot be called a sniper and remains a marksman or a sharpshooter.

What is the solution?

In my view, radical changes need to be made in our approach towards training of snipers. A specialised trade of “sniper” must be created. A core group of 100 snipers, after a selection based on international standards, must be trained in the sniper schools of western armies to create a pool of sniper instructors.

A sniper training school must be established and all snipers must be trained there. Refresher training must be organised at Corps Battle schools under sniper instructors. In addition to the standard sniper rifles, we must import specialised long-range sniper rifles for “super snipers”. We must also kit our snipers up with gear of international standards.

Unless these reforms are carried out, no matter what rifles are imported, we will continue to produce only “sharpshooters” and not snipers, and remain at the receiving end in the changed scenario in Jammu and Kashmir.


Because ransomware attacks in the region are surging, India's Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-In, has issued an advisory offering tips on preventing ransomware infections and responding to attacks.

For example, CERT-In urges adoption of high-end encryption to protect backed-up data. It also says organizations should never pay a ransom because this doesn't guarantee release of the files, and it stresses the importance of reporting attacks immediately to law enforcement agencies.

Too many organizations still lack a proactive approach to complete recommended patches, adhere to alerts and take other steps to prevent an incident.

Ransomware attacks are affecting financial institutions, other businesses and academic institutions throughout India.

The most prevalent and destructive ransomware in India includes cryptolocker, TeslaCrypt, Locky and Cerber. Many attacks involve encrypting data and demanding a ransom, often in bitcoin, to decrypt it.

Among the recent ransomware attacks:

The Cosmos Bank website was attacked by Cerber ransomware. Quick Heal discovered the infection while analyzing telemetry information collected from its own users, and found the website was compromised by RIG Exploit Kit used as a carrier of Cerber ransomware.

The website of India's state-owned oil and gas company, HPCL, was compromised by a series of attacks by the pseudo-Darkleech campaign, which exposes users to Nemucod malware that, in turn, downloads Cerber ransomware onto their machines.

Kaspersky Lab reports that from March to May 2016 alone, 11,674 Indian individuals were attacked by TeslaCrypt ransomware and 564 by Locky ransomware.

Last year, three banks in India and a pharmaceutical company were victims of ransomware, with attackers demanding ransom in bitcoins for decryption keys.

A chartered accountant's office server was targeted by Cerber and the vector for attack was peer-to-peer software. C.N. Shashidhar, CEO at SecureIT, says ransomware infections on servers through peer-to-peer software are becoming widespread.

Steps to Take

CERT-In lists some remedial actions:

Perform regular backups of critical information to limit the impact of data or systems loss;

Check content of backup files of databases for any unauthorized encrypted contents of data records or external elements, such as backdoors/malicious scripts is critical;

Ensure integrity of codes/scripts used in database, authentication and sensitive systems;

Separate the administrative network from business processes with physical controls and virtual local area networks

In addition, many practitioners recommend investing in layered security that can help protect, detect and block ransomware attacks.

But do organizations take CERT-In advisories seriously? Do they really trigger preventive action?

Unfortunately, the impact of the advisories appears to be minimal. Too many organizations still lack a proactive approach to complete recommended patches, adhere to alerts and take other steps to prevent an incident. They just assume they will not fall victim.

About the Author

Nandikotkur is an award-winning journalist with over 20 years' experience in newspapers, audio-visual media, magazines and research. She has an understanding of technology and business journalism, and has moderated several roundtables and conferences, in addition to leading mentoring programs for the IT community. Prior to joining ISMG, Nandikotkur worked for 9.9 Media as a Group Editor for CIO & Leader, IT Next and CSO Forum.


[Cognitive-behavioral group treatment of panic attacks disorder: a description of the results obtained in a public mental health service].
This article describes the short-term and at 6 months follow-up results of an intensive cognitive-behavioural group treatment on subjects affected by Panic Disorder with or without Agoraphobia (DSM IV criteria). We studied a group of 22 subjects treated in the public Centro Psico Sociale of Zogno (Bergamo) and valuated them with self-rated instruments inherent the life satisfaction (SF/36) and symptoms andament (PAAAS; MSPS, STAI-X1, STAI-X2). The results indicate significant improvements at the end of treatment and at a 6 months follow up. We are studying the long-term results with others follow up valuations. The most important results, anyway, is the demonstration that also in an Italian public mental health centre, as in many foreign countries, is possible to treat patients affected by Anxiety Disorders with effectual and relatively low cost techniques and that is possible to introduce objective results indicators in the routinary clinical activity.


New Foreign Hero Emerges In Times Square Car Bomb Case

Forget about the street vendors who first contacted the NYPD during the attempted SUV bombing in Times Square—including the immigrant from Senegal not worthy of a phone call from President Obama—America has a new hero: Emirates Airlines. CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports how the airline was instrumental in helping authorities apprehend Faisal Shahzad by contacting Homeland Security to alert them about a passenger who purchased a “last minute” one way ticket to Dubai in cash. UPDATE: Or maybe not.


Q:

how to get a user confirmation in the middle of a transaction?

I've been working on a transactional services which is used as a part of core banking project. In many services, before inserting any records in my database, I should run several validation on the records. It is also true for editing the records which are already exist in the database.
But sometimes in order to update a record in an specified table, we should change records in other tables which are related to the specified table. Consequently, we need a user confirmation to change records on other tables. But the problem is I don't know how could I get a user confirmation in client while I run a transaction in the server. Is it possible to tackle this problem using sending message between client and server through rabbitMq?
I will be appreciate if any one explain any solution using clear sample.

A:

When I would need to implement this, I would do it in an other way (I do not know if this works for your scenario).

I would first let the user input his data,
then I would do a try run and check which additional confirmations are needed I would also save (in the user session) all relevant constraints that are determined while the try run
then I would ask the user for the additional confirmations determined while the try run
then I would do the real-run, and use the saved constraint checks to be save that nothing relevant has been changed meanwhile.
(If there is a relevant change in the data between try- and real-rung detected, I would apologise and start the process with step 2 again)

but this only works if you do not have so many "meanwhile changes"


China and the U.S., the world’s two largest economies, have been quarreling over trade for months, engaging in a tit-for-tat tariff battle and intermittently frightening investors with the prospect of a full-blown trade war. But the macroeconomic fallout from a worsening of trade relations might not be as severe as feared, according to Capital Economics.

In the most recent tit-for-tat developments between Beijing and Washington, President Donald Trump could proceed with import tariffs on some $200 billion more Chinese goods that could be announced as early as this week. China has meanwhile said it wouldn’t negotiate under threat, according to The Wall Street Journal. Last week, reports said China would seek permission from the World Trade Organization to impose sanctions on the U.S. as part of a separate dispute.

And while investors are worrying about the possible fallout that could hit companies, whole sectors, such as electronics or agriculture, and other countries caught in the crossfire, the macroeconomic implications for the U.S. and China appear limited, according to chief global economist Andrew Kenningham.

He offers five reasons why.

First, as long as “fiscal policy is not tightened, tariffs do not necessarily reduce aggregate demand,” wrote Kenningham, adding that it might redirect trade flows to other countries in response to the tariffs rather than eliminate the demand.

Second, global trade volumes would likely not just drop off either.

“The elasticity of demand for most Chinese exports is quite low, and many U.S. exports to China could be redirected,” Kenningham said. On top of that, a sizable chunk of U.S. sanctions on Chinese imports have been offset, at least in part, by a weaker Chinese yuan USDCNY, +0.15% USDCNH, +0.02% against the U.S. dollar DXY, +0.04% . Indeed the dollar-yuan pair is up around 5.5% in 2018 so far, and almost 5% over the past 12 months, according to FactSet.

Read:Case for dollar bulls intact ahead of central bank meetings

Third, exports don’t account for that much of gross domestic product for either country.

Although both the U.S. and China rely on trade, they are “fairly closed economies,” as Kenningham calls it. Exports accounted for roughly 20% of China’s GDP last year, down from 36% in 2006, he cites.

For the U.S., this share is even lower, as shown in the chart below, with exports only accounting for 12% of GDP.

Capital Economics

Fourth, bilateral trade between the two countries contributes an even smaller amount to GDP. For China, U.S. trade contributes some 2.5% to GDP, while it is only 1% for the U.S. in reverse.

“If this trade fell by 20% — which is more than we expect — the direct hit to their GDP would be 0.5% or 0.2%, respectively,” Kenningham argued. Hardly a reason for panic.

Fifth, neither U.S. nor Chinese inflation should be impacted much by all of the above. And as consumer prices are a key metric for central bankers, it means that monetary policy would also be less likely to be impacted by a trade war.

“It may seem counterintuitive that a trade conflict between the world’s two largest trading economies would have only a small impact on the global economy,” Kenningham said. “But while China and the U.S. account for a combined 22% of world exports, bilateral trade between them accounts for just 3.2%,” he said, adding that protectionism would have to spread far beyond just U.S.-China trade to impact global GDP growth.

Capital Economics

That might explain why at least U.S. investors, despite the occasional knee-jerk reaction to trade-related headlines or presidential tweets, have largely kept trade fears on the back burner. The S&P SPX, -2.37% moved back into record territory in August and is up more than 8.7% in the year to date, while the Dow industrials DJIA, -1.92% are up 5.8%.

Chinese stocks, however, have suffered, along with other emerging markets and global stocks outside the U.S. in general. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index HSI, -1.96% , of which 50 components are mainland Chinese companies, fell into a bear market last week Tuesday, ending more than 20% down from its Jan. 26 high and meeting the common definition of a bear market.

Read:The new fear for stock investors is an emerging-market meltdown

The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -1.65% fell into bear territory in June, while the MSCI emerging-markets index, tracked by the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF EEM, -1.55% dropped into bear territory two week ago.

See:Here’s how dramatically U.S. stocks are dominating emerging markets this year


Verizon reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday that missed expectations, but revenue that topped estimates.

"Verizon will announce later today how employees will further share in the company's success, and the company will also be increasing contributions to the Verizon Foundation by $200 million to $300 million over the next two years," the company said in a statement. "These two initiatives have a projected EPS impact of 5 to 6 cents for each of the next two years."

Verizon also hinted that an employment announcement is on the way.

That means that Verizon's earnings are about flat, but sales are up slightly from last year. A year ago, Verizon reported adjusted earnings of 86 cents per share on revenue of $32.3 billion.

Like many American companies, Verizon is dissecting the recent U.S. tax overhaul. Scotiabank analyst Jeff Fan pointed to tax reform as a potential positive for the company on Monday.

The company expanded on that on Tuesday, revealing that it expected savings from tax reform will add $3.5 billion to $4 billion to its operating cash flow this year, boosting earnings by 55 to 65 cents a share for the full year. That's on top of a previously announced one-time increase of about $16.8 billion under the new tax scheme.

But it comes as the company is expecting low single-digit percentage growth in adjusted earnings in 2018, after a slew of acquisitions and divestitures aimed at transforming the company. Verizon, like its rivals, is grappling with how to transform its phone-based service into a data-and-internet focused product.

Verizon added a net of 47,000 Fios Internet connections but lost a net of 29,000 Fios Video customers as streaming offerings like Netflix gain popularity.

More consumers are moving away from contracts and hopping providers based on the latest mobile phone offerings. Eighty percent of Verizon's main phone base is now on unsubsidized plans, compared with about 67 percent in the year-ago period.

This holiday shopping season was unusual in that regard, since Apple released its flagship phone later than usual, but telecom providers have wooed customers with perks such as international data.

Nonetheless, CEO Lowell McAdam emphasized his customers' loyalty, noting that the company has managed to hang on to many of its customers over the past 11 quarters. Verizon said on Tuesday it expects to hit year-over-year wireless service revenue growth, on an adjusted basis, by the middle part of 2018.

Wall Street has cast Verizon as a potential merger candidate amid a flurry of dealmaking and consolidation in the industry, including tie-ups at Time Warner and Disney and off-and-on talks between Sprint and T-Mobile. But McAdam reaffirmed on Tuesday that Verizon will not be seeking a large media merger.

While "it's nice to be loved," McAdam said on an earnings conference call with analysts, "there is nothing going on" with Verizon as far as media acquisitions.

The company now has Oath, a digital content and advertising arm that includes Yahoo and AOL, and is planning to roll out 5G broadband this year. The 5G rollout will be part of $17 billion to $17.8 billion in capital expenditures planned for the year.

Earlier this month, Verizon announced the acquisition of Niddel, a cybersecurity company. The new company will join Verizon after disclosures of breaches at Yahoo that affected billions of customers over the past few years.

Oath revenues were $2.2 billion during the quarter.

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— CNBC's Kevin Breuninger contributed to this report.