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Campaigners on important but complex issues, annoyed by the length of time required for public deliberations, often react by exaggerating their claims, hoping to push a single solution to the forefront of public debate. But, however well-intentioned, scaring the public into a predetermined solution often backfires: When people eventually realize that they have been misled, they lose confidence and interest.

Last month, there were two examples of this in a single week. First, French researcher Gilles-Eric S?ralini attempted to fuel public opposition to genetically modified foods by showing the public how GM corn, with and without the pesticide Roundup, caused huge tumors and early death in 200 rats that had consumed it over two years.

Supplying an abundance of pictures of rats with tumors the size of ping-pong balls, S?ralini certainly captured the public?s attention. France?s health, ecology, and agriculture ministers promised a prompt investigation and threatened to ban imports of Monsanto?s GM corn to the European Union. Russia actually did block imports of Monsanto corn.

But S?ralini?s research posed many problematic issues. For starters, the Sprague-Dawley strain of rats that he used is naturally prone to tumors. Studies of Sprague-Dawley rats show that 88 percent to 96 percent of those that serve as experimental controls develop tumors before they reach two years of age. But the public saw only pictures of tumorous rats that had consumed GM corn and Roundup. If the public had seen the similarly grotesque tumors that grow on untreated rats, officials most likely would not have acted so hastily.

S?ralini used only 20 rats as a control group to be fed ordinary corn with no Roundup. Of these, five died within two years, which is unusual, because studies of thousands of untreated Sprague-Dawley rats show that about half should have died in that period. Using his low death rate as a base, S?ralini claimed?with no statistical analysis?that the higher death rate (just below 40 percent) for the remaining 180 rats fed with GM corn and Roundup was suspicious.

Moreover, S?ralini?s results contradict the latest meta-study of 24 long-term studies (up to two years and five generations), which found that the data do ?not suggest any health hazards? and display ?no statistically significant differences? between GM and conventional food.

Oddly, S?ralini permitted access to his paper to only a select group of reporters and demanded that they sign a confidentiality agreement preventing them from interviewing other experts about the research before publication. But, while the first round of articles read like press releases, the scientific community has since spoken out forcefully. The European Food Safety Authority, for example, has now concluded that the ?design, reporting, and analysis of the study, as outlined in the paper, are inadequate.?

The study was partly funded by CRIIGEN, a group that campaigns against biotechnology. CRIIGEN?s scientific board is headed by none other than S?ralini, who has also just released a book and a documentary decrying GM food.

This debacle matters because many GM crops provide tangible benefits for people and the environment. They enable farmers to produce higher yields with fewer inputs (such as pesticides), so that more food can be produced from existing farmland. That, in turn, implies less human encroachment into natural ecosystems, enabling greater biodiversity. But, of course, S?ralini?s pictures of cancer-addled rats munching GM corn have instead been burned into the public imagination.

The S?ralini fiasco was only a week old when, the Climate Vulnerability Forum, a group of countries led by Bangladesh, launched the second edition of its Global Vulnerability Monitor. Headlines about the launch were truly alarming: Over the next 18 years, global warming would kill 100 million people and cost the economy upwards of $6.7 trillion annually.

These public messages were highly misleading and clearly intended to shock and disturb. The vast majority of deaths discussed in the report did not actually result from global warming. Outdoor air pollution?caused by fossil-fuel combustion, not by global warming?contributed to 30 percent of all deaths cited in the study. And 60 percent of the total deaths reflect the burning of biomass (such as animal dung and crop residues) for cooking and heating, which has no relation to either fossil fuels or global warming.

In total, the study exaggerated more than 12-fold the number of deaths that could possibly be attributed to climate change, and it more than quadrupled the potential economic costs, simply to grab attention. But it will be used as a cudgel by those who claim that electric cars or solar panels ? technologies that will make only a marginal contribution, given their huge incremental costs ? are the solution to climate change.

The technologies that can really make a difference quickly and at lower cost are scrubbers that clean smokestack emissions, catalytic converters that reduce tailpipe emissions, and many others. By focusing purely on cutting CO2, we neglect to help many more people, much faster, and less expensively.

When scare tactics replace scientific debate, whether about GM crops or climate change, nothing good can come of it. We all deserve better.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:54 pm?? ?Post subject: C/++, you're on notice! Reply with quote

Grievances with C;

I have to tell you NOT do do something?!? That's stupid. I'm the programmer, I tell you what to do.
"VOID" SETUP or "VOID" LOOP? I'll tell you what C, if I want you to bring me back a value, I, will tell YOU, to bring me back a value. Don't go doing stuff on your own!

INT, integer, really?!? The last time I paid attention to math class was fifth grade. Call it "name" or "address" or anything better than "InTEger". You might as well just write the language in Greek.

C/++, you're on notice!

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:22 pm?? ?Post subject: Re: C/++, you're on notice! Reply with quote

Smartalex wrote:
Grievances with C;

I have to tell you NOT do do something?!? That's stupid. I'm the programmer, I tell you what to do.
"VOID" SETUP or "VOID" LOOP? I'll tell you what C, if I want you to bring me back a value, I, will tell YOU, to bring me back a value. Don't go doing stuff on your own!

INT, integer, really?!? The last time I paid attention to math class was fifth grade. Call it "name" or "address" or anything better than "InTEger". You might as well just write the language in Greek.

C/++, you're on notice!

C++ doesn't "do something on its own", the return type is required. "Void" is specific and helps avoid ambiguity.

How is "name" or "address" better than "int"? If "int" is "name" then what is "float"? What is "long"? Addresses are pointers, they are not integers.

It seems to me you have a grievance with C++'s level of control, while complaining about the lack of it.

If you have a problem with integers, go back to math class.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:37 pm?? ?Post subject: Re: C/++, you're on notice! Reply with quote

MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
Smartalex wrote:
Grievances with C;

I have to tell you NOT do do something?!? That's stupid. I'm the programmer, I tell you what to do.
"VOID" SETUP or "VOID" LOOP? I'll tell you what C, if I want you to bring me back a value, I, will tell YOU, to bring me back a value. Don't go doing stuff on your own!

INT, integer, really?!? The last time I paid attention to math class was fifth grade. Call it "name" or "address" or anything better than "InTEger". You might as well just write the language in Greek.

C/++, you're on notice!

C++ doesn't "do something on its own", the return type is required. "Void" is specific and helps avoid ambiguity.

How is "name" or "address" better than "int"? If "int" is "name" then what is "float"? What is "long"? Addresses are pointers, they are not integers.

It seems to me you have a grievance with C++'s level of control, while complaining about the lack of it.

If you have a problem with integers, go back to math class.

You do realize this is a rather humorour attempt at saying C has some wierd names right?

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:39 pm?? ?Post subject: Re: C/++, you're on notice! Reply with quote

Smartalex wrote:
MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
Smartalex wrote:
Grievances with C;

I have to tell you NOT do do something?!? That's stupid. I'm the programmer, I tell you what to do.
"VOID" SETUP or "VOID" LOOP? I'll tell you what C, if I want you to bring me back a value, I, will tell YOU, to bring me back a value. Don't go doing stuff on your own!

INT, integer, really?!? The last time I paid attention to math class was fifth grade. Call it "name" or "address" or anything better than "InTEger". You might as well just write the language in Greek.

C/++, you're on notice!

C++ doesn't "do something on its own", the return type is required. "Void" is specific and helps avoid ambiguity.

How is "name" or "address" better than "int"? If "int" is "name" then what is "float"? What is "long"? Addresses are pointers, they are not integers.

It seems to me you have a grievance with C++'s level of control, while complaining about the lack of it.

If you have a problem with integers, go back to math class.

You do realize this is a rather humorour attempt at saying C has some wierd names right?

Aspie Humor! Sometimes I get lost...

I don't find C's keywords weird, I think they're brief and to the point

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:01 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not actually C's fault.

Here's my problem, I purchased an arduino for my students, highschool, I'm a student teacher. I want to introduce the students to electronics and the programming process in the hopes that they can build things on their own, and have some ownership and pride. So the arduino uses C for the programs.

I don't really understand c that well but my students are having an even tougher time. The sad thing is, they get the board, the get the pin outs, it's that language that is tripping them up. I was told arduino is for "lay people."

Friday, I came in and I told the students to forget everything I tried to explain to them, "Integer is just a way of 'naming' a pin or a piece of information... And the Arduino's language is stupid, you have to tell it NOT to do something, that's why you write VOID in front of setup or loop, otherwise it's gonna search for some address or value". The kids got it. They started making stuff on their own or adapting projects.

I wish there was a language that was better for lay people, that was written in not percise technical terms that are accurate, but rather are in simple and conventional phrases. The phrases that C has that are more conventional such as SETUP, the kids got that. So it's not really C's, fault, it was designed for another purpose.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:13 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't forget the creat() system call in the list of strange names.

At least the names in C fit on a terminal line. After that six-byte external symbol restriction was lifted a while back, some of those names are so long they make your head spin. Throw in some anonymous functions, and it looks like line noise.

Then there's jQuery, where you're never quite sure if what you've got is a JavaScript property list or some CSS because they're almost identical.

Lots of weird stuff. Goes with the territory.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:15 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

To be serious:
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Here's my problem, I purchased an arduino for my students...

I've been messing with Arduino and the Raspberry Pi, but haven't had much time to get into them.

One of the two can use Python. That would be a good choice for HS students.

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Smartalex wrote:
It's not actually C's fault.

Here's my problem, I purchased an arduino for my students, highschool, I'm a student teacher. I want to introduce the students to electronics and the programming process in the hopes that they can build things on their own, and have some ownership and pride. So the arduino uses C for the programs.

I don't really understand c that well but my students are having an even tougher time. The sad thing is, they get the board, the get the pin outs, it's that language that is tripping them up. I was told arduino is for "lay people."

Friday, I came in and I told the students to forget everything I tried to explain to them, "Integer is just a way of 'naming' a pin or a piece of information... And the Arduino's language is stupid, you have to tell it NOT to do something, that's why you write VOID in front of setup or loop, otherwise it's gonna search for some address or value". The kids got it. They started making stuff on their own or adapting projects.

I wish there was a language that was better for lay people, that was written in not percise technical terms that are accurate, but rather are in simple and conventional phrases. The phrases that C has that are more conventional such as SETUP, the kids got that. So it's not really C's, fault, it was designed for another purpose.

Yeah you should start them on a language like Python or Ruby and move them to C eventually if ever.

Nothing against you, I'm sure you're a great teacher, but it's possible someone well versed in C could have gotten them moving more smoothly.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:36 pm?? ?Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm going to check out python and ruby, but i arduino can work with python, I'll check that one out specially.

I do wish there was someone that was really familiar with C, because I'm not the best person for this. I'm pretty good with the components though. My brother is a comp programmer. I have consulted with him on this.

The class of kids are used to not understanding things and they usually just give up, all across the board, not just in homeroom. The kids basically shutdown when I tried to explain things accurately and technically. When the kids started figuring things out, I told them, "I didn't give you the answer, because I don't really have it, lol. It was you guys, you figured it out." For the purpose of giving the kids confidence in their own abilities, the fact that I don't know C works out great.

I do wonder though, if they could get much more programming ability out of this with someone else. I also wonder if my "simpler" phrases may trip them up when they know more about the program but I have to get them going off the ground. I would like to turn the students over in a few weeks to a real expert or encourage the students to continue with this online and maybe at community college.

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the arduino is specifically a collection of software and tools for micro c microcontrollers.

included is the wiring programming language, it is as easy as python and java, in some ways easier, it has a huge library support and you can recode specific modules in c if the need should arise.

when working with the arduino i use it even if i plan to drudge my way through most of it in c, (yes for me at my current skill level that is a time consuming task)
in that case the ide simply serves as a way to neatly arrange c program using wiring as an intermediary.

incidently i know that there are dozens of open source and easy to follow education plans for groups of people.
some made specifically for high school, you should ask on the arduino forums, there is a fairly good community there.

if nothing else it will give you an ide aof what pace others find suitable and what methods did and sometimes didnt work.
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Smartalex wrote:
Friday, I came in and I told the students to forget everything I tried to explain to them, "Integer is just a way of 'naming' a pin or a piece of information... And the Arduino's language is stupid, you have to tell it NOT to do something, that's why you write VOID in front of setup or loop, otherwise it's gonna search for some address or value". The kids got it. They started making stuff on their own or adapting projects.

C as implemented on an Arduino is extremely simple - but you're over complicating things. The pins on the arduino are numbered, thus they're represented by numbers, aka Integers. The keyword integer describes the *type* of number stored (whole numbers), as opposed to a decimal value or "float" (floating point).

As for your issue with the void keyword - it's not that the method isn't doing anything, in fact it's just the opposite. Your method either returns a value to wherever you call it elsewhere in the program, or it doesn't. Usually, the methods that are void are the methods that are actually doing something to the pins on the arduino.

The way it made sense to me is when I actually made a program that *did* return a value - which most of the time you're not doing in Arduino sketches. Consider having your students write a simple calculator sketch - have them assign pins as digital input pins and make different buttons represent different numbers - then assign 5 more buttons to functions (add, subtract, multiply, divide, equals) - then have them make methods for each function that return the result of that function, and then figure out how to display that result (depending on what you have available, you can either use 7 segment displays or the serial output to the computer). That way your students are actually defining methods that DO have a return value, and that will probably help them understand better than any explanation could.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:33 am?? ?Post subject: Re: C/++, you're on notice! Reply with quote

Smartalex wrote:
Grievances with C;

I have to tell you NOT do do something?!? That's stupid. I'm the programmer, I tell you what to do.
"VOID" SETUP or "VOID" LOOP? I'll tell you what C, if I want you to bring me back a value, I, will tell YOU, to bring me back a value. Don't go doing stuff on your own!

INT, integer, really?!? The last time I paid attention to math class was fifth grade. Call it "name" or "address" or anything better than "InTEger". You might as well just write the language in Greek.

C/++, you're on notice!

I'm not sure why you're complaining about these things. There are a lot of problems with C++ but the things you mention are not really an issue.

It would be possible to check for a return statement in the body of the function and detect void automatically but it wouldn't really be a good idea. This would require adding a special case which would be inconsistent with definitions of functions that do return a type (all so you didn't have to type four letters and one space). You'll find that the same situation with void occurs in other statically typed languages without type inference (e.g. Java, C#, etc.).

As for int, calling it name or address is a terrible idea since that's not what an int is. int is a good name since it says exactly what it is (an integer).

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Choosing Between An Imperfect Marriage And A Flawed Divorce There is a saying ? The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change. The institution of marriage and divorce has both followers and challengers.? What is interesting to note is that at some point in your life, you can find yourself agreeing to both.? Then which is a better institution? This can be an unending debate wreaking havoc to our brains!

It is a subjective choice whether to continue with a marriage or embrace divorce. Although it is not easy for couples arrive at a conclusive outcome, the recent trend is indicative of divorce overpowering marital vows. Even in countries like India, where divorce is still considered a taboo (and is actually a sin in religious sentiment), the rising divorce rate indicates the changing beliefs of married couples.

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Imperfect?Marriage and a Flawed Divorce

Divorce has Many Flaws

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Ends the Marriage

Divorce can overpower your marriage vows and counter your decision to share life with a person (of your choice). Ending marriage means shutting door to your partner and packing away the sweet memories you have had all through your married days.

Choosing Between An Imperfect Marriage And A Flawed Divorce

Divorce not only changes your relationship with your spouse but can also mean changing your relationship with other people. There can be many who will not agree and support your decision and resist your involvement in their lives. After getting divorced, you tend to spend less time with married people/friends and more time with single people.

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Divorce may not come easily. There are several legal formalities which have to be accomplished before you get dissociated with your partner. Sometimes, getting divorced becomes demanding (especially if your partner does not agree with your decision); there can be extended legal procedures and taxing financial engagements.

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It is not fun to have divorce. You may have to deal with sleepless nights and painful days before your life takes to the normal path. This is more evident if you have children around who may not attune to your thinking and blame you for the outcome. Besides, you can experience hurt within yourself even though the decision to get divorced had been matter of choice and not chance.

Children of divorced couples are more likely (than other children) to experience depression, low school performance and social problems. Divorce can create a crisis-like situation for children who inevitably get entangled in a couple?s fight. It is not out of the ordinary to expect a long-term threat to children?s ability to commit to relationships later in life. It can emerge as a lifetime of regret and unwanted feel of guilt.

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But Marriage is not without Limitations as well

Truly, marriage is not a bed of roses. It can bring several nuisances into life. Popular ones are:

Constant Blow to Self-Esteem

If you have do not have a happy marriage, your partner shall (possibly) not leave any chance of blowing your self-esteem. It can be through words or through actions. Forget that you are living with the same person (who can put you to tears) everyday for the rest of your life! Forget that you cannot afford to be selfish or self-centered!

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Though you may literally not be sharing everything with your partner, you know that what belonged to either of you now belongs to both of you (or even more people if you have smart in-laws).

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All the years, you might have been satisfied living your own way but now that can be history. Moreover, marriage is not only sharing financial agendas and bank accounts but also ideas and emotions.

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A Broad Perspective

Marriage and divorce have both rewards and penalties. It is said that there is a price for everything you want in life. Make your bargain carefully so that you end up gaining more than losing. Marriage benefits can often outweigh the limitations and this can be the possible explanation that despite divorce gaining popularity, people still prefer to marry. It seems a matter of personal assimilation and opinion.

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Small businesses can start on a shoestring but increase in value ...

The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION

MONTREAL - The majority of Canada's small business owners started out with less than $5,000 to get up and running, suggests a survey on entrepreneurship.

Intuit Canada said Friday its research found that 58 per cent of small business owners surveyed started out with less than $5,000 and 79 per cent started their business with less than $20,000.

"Canada is a nation of small businesses," said Barb Anderson, global product leader at Intuit, an accounting software company for small and mid-sized businesses.

Anderson said 98 per cent of businesses in Canada are small- or medium-sized.

The survey included business owners that had 20 employees or less and were service and product businesses.

Intuit Canada also said 19 per cent of those surveyed took out a loan or line of credit and 18 per cent drained their savings account when they started their businesses.

The first year of business can be a "really tumultuous time" and business owners have to get a handle on money coming in and money going out, she said.

About 85 per cent of new businesses survive one year and that drops to 70 per cent in the second year, Anderson said from Mississauga, Ont.

"One of the key reasons we know that businesses don't survive is due to poor financial management."

Intuit Canada said data from Statistics Canada shows that small businesses with fewer than 100 employees created 20,000 jobs in the last year and 48 per cent of the total private sector labour force is employed by small businesses.

"There's so many potential businesses out there and they have a dream and they have an idea and this really demonstrates to them that you can get it done with just small, small investments,"Anderson said.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said many small business owners have started their business at their kitchen table.

"Tons and tons of small businesses are started on a shoestring," said federation chief executive Dan Kelly.

Kelly said small business owners go into business because they're good at something, like plumbing or cooking, but not necessarily good at managing money and should seek help.

"You're not automatically some financial guru just because you've started a firm. That's where many firms go wrong and there is a huge failure rate of many small businesses that go in with the best of intentions."

Meanwhile, a separate study by the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) found six in 10 small business owners polled have seen the value of their business grow by an average of 39 per cent over the last five years.

The BMO study also found that 23 per cent of entrepreneurs surveyed valued the legacy it creates for their family and the income it generates.

"Canadian businesses are continually increasing in value: not only in an everyday, tangible sense, but in what the business brings to the entire family," said Steve Murphy, senior vice-president of commercial banking at BMO.

"With many Canadian business owners on the cusp of retirement and their businesses thriving, creating a succession plan should be a priority to ensure their hard-earned success continues in the way they envision it," Murphy said.

A BMO study conducted earlier this year found that 58 per cent of Canada's small business owners didn't have a succession plan in place.

The BMO survey was conducted by Pollara between Aug. 13 and Sept. 5 with 500 Canadian business owners. Results are considered accurate plus or minus 4.4 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

The Intuit Canada study was done online by Angus Reid Public Opinion between Aug. 16 and Aug. 21. Results are considered accurate plus or minus 4.4 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

The release of the surveys comes ahead of Monday's kick-off of Canadian small business week.

Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/finance/small-businesses-increase-in-value-many-start-with-less-than-5000-studies-173898571.html

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But even if Kruger's interpretation of Antoinette is one of the best I've ever seen and Seydoux is so captivating to watch as she effortlessly takes control of the movie every time she is on screen, there is simply not enough in the story or the writing to give reasoning to the eccentric behavior or motives behind the actions of Marie Antoinette or (more importantly) give a reason as to why Sidonie is so infatuated with her. So, even though, in the latter half of the film (more than an hour in) Jacquot does create an atmosphere which allows these characters to somewhat blossom, many will find it hard to care about a Marie Antoinette story that contains no beheadings. 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August 2, 2012

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