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What is the electoral registration system in Northern Ireland called?-INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION
What is the electoral registration system in Northern Ireland called?-INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION
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Heisenberg's certainty principle
Oct 18th 2007From The Economist print edition
The Swiss are using quantum theory to make their election more secure
HANGING chads. Ballot stuffing. Gerrymandering. Such dirty tricks enfeeble democracy. But the security of the votes cast in Geneva during Switzerland's general election on October 21st is guaranteed. The authorities will use quantum cryptography—a way to transmit information that detects eavesdroppers and errors almost immediately—to ensure not only that votes are kept secret but also that they are all counted.
In quantum cryptography, as in most long-distance data transmission, the information is carried by photons, the particles which compose light and other sorts of electromagnetic radiation. These particular photons, however, are manipulated in a special way. The simplest example is when the sender (whom cryptographers usually call Alice) dispatches a stream of them to the receiver (who is known as Bob). These photons will have one of two modes. In the first, a photon is polarised either vertically or horizontally. In the second, it is polarised diagonally—plus or minus 45°. In the first mode, a photon polarised vertically represents a “0” and one polarised horizontally represents a “1”. Similarly, in the second mode polarisation at +45° represents “0” and at -45°, “1”.
Heisenberg's certainty principle
Oct 18th 2007From The Economist print edition
The Swiss are using quantum theory to make their election more secure
HANGING chads. Ballot stuffing. Gerrymandering. Such dirty tricks enfeeble democracy. But the security of the votes cast in Geneva during Switzerland's general election on October 21st is guaranteed. The authorities will use quantum cryptography—a way to transmit information that detects eavesdroppers and errors almost immediately—to ensure not only that votes are kept secret but also that they are all counted.
In quantum cryptography, as in most long-distance data transmission, the information is carried by photons, the particles which compose light and other sorts of electromagnetic radiation. These particular photons, however, are manipulated in a special way. The simplest example is when the sender (whom cryptographers usually call Alice) dispatches a stream of them to the receiver (who is known as Bob). These photons will have one of two modes. In the first, a photon is polarised either vertically or horizontally. In the second, it is polarised diagonally—plus or minus 45°. In the first mode, a photon polarised vertically represents a “0” and one polarised horizontally represents a “1”. Similarly, in the second mode polarisation at +45° represents “0” and at -45°, “1”.
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Hereditary peers have an automatic right to attend the House of Lords-FALSE
Hereditary peers have an automatic right to attend the House of Lords-FALSE
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What was one of the main reasons for setting up The European Union (EU)?-
To reduce the likelihood of another war in Europe
What was one of the main reasons for setting up The European Union (EU)?-
To reduce the likelihood of another war in Europe
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What TWO matters does The National Assembly for Wales NOT make decisions on?-EMPLOYMENT AND DEFENCE
What TWO matters does The National Assembly for Wales NOT make decisions on?-EMPLOYMENT AND DEFENCE
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What is the cutoff date on the annual Voter registration form?-15/10
What is the cutoff date on the annual Voter registration form?-15/10
//////////////////Oceans are 'soaking up less CO2'Scientists say there has been a worrying drop in the amount of CO2 soaked up by the world's oceans.
///////////////////Toxic gas 'may help transplants'Scientists say they have found a safe way to give carbon monoxide to help organ transplant patients.
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Posted by: "jkhall53210" jkhall53210@yahoo.com jkhall53210
Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:23 pm (PST)
My apologies to all in that I wrote the first edition of this post about a week ago and it then disappeared into cyberspace. Grrr!So welcome John Allen, and hello Brer, Thomas, and John Merryman.For starters, Wow. Thanks to the 2 Johns and Brer for revealing something of yourselves. I'm not quite so ready to discuss the low points of my life, though believe me I have had some.John M – I grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and attended Sandy Spring Friends School, which is definitely in horse country, or was until development made its way that far up Montgomery County. So I'm wondering, what part of Maryland are you from, and also what kind of business you share with your sister.Also, in talking about politicians you said "Who you are matters more in the short term, but (that) ideas eventually rise to their level." I'm not sure what "their" refers to. Are you saying that the right ideas eventually catch up to people of integrity? I think most of us start out wanting to vote for character and then as time goes on get seduced into voting the party line. I like hearing that the initial impulse is actually the better one.Brer – My parents were Methodists who became Unitarians shortly after the McCarthy era. I remember my mother glued to the TV during the Army-McCarthy hearings, and the tension at the dinner table afterwards. I was a small child and didn't know much about what was going on, and still don't in terms of the details for them, except that I subsequently learned that they had both voted Socialist in their younger day.Going from a psych ward to UC Berkeley to major in philosophy sounds more consistent with bipolar disorder than schizophrenia. Some decades back American but not British psychiatrists were routinely misdiagnosing bipolar disorder as schizophrenia, but I suppose I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.Thomas – I see what you mean about just coming up to a blank page if everybody agrees and then has no activity to share. On another list someone lamented the lost art of conversation, which I was never taught and have not studied. However, I think part of it is to combine a statement or opinion with some tidbit about why what you are saying is important to you. Or maybe come up with some graceful way of asking "And what do you think?" I let myself get sucked into debating with my brother and brothers-in- law, and then get upset, when what I want is to understand their point of view and for them to understand mine. So I'm trying to find a more satisfactory way to have discussions, some method that doesn't end up sounding like the debates I have with male relatives.You are right that I am proud of some of the work I have done as a psychiatrist, but my purpose in describing it was to show that my experience is more street level than academic, and that I am able to translate religious language when it is coming from a fundamentalist or even delusional perspective. Likewise, the parts about being an unprogrammed Quaker and having studied Eastern religions a little bit in high school and college was meant to show that I'm not totally unacquainted with meditation. But I have not been very successful in trying to practice it.So on to content: You say "Mind is the faculty of thinking, reasoning, imagining,willing, etc. Interiority is what we have when we are awake that wedon't have when we are in dreamless sleep. To me, the analogy of hardware/software is very pertinent to an understanding of mind. In humans, mind is the interface between brainand culture. Many things attributed to the hardware, such as intentionality, are either partially or totally products of the culture…. The notion of mind does not reduce tobrain (as scientism insists), but expands outward to the entire culturaland natural history of the human species. This is why there is such athing as brain science, but not such a thing as mind science."Brer says "Mind is the subjective contents and functions of consciousness which is a form of perception. `Self-consciousness ' or `self-awareness' is the brain perceiving its own perception. Interiority is just another word for subjectivity. "I would describe things thus: We start with the genetically determined anatomy and physiology of the brain. Then through experiences (both internal and putatively external) mediated by sense organs, the brain gets modified and develops programs through which subsequent experiences are filtered. The "mind" would be those programs and the accompanying data files, but does not include the operating system, which is part of the genetically determined hardware, rather than the experientially determined software. In this model "mind science" would be known as psychology.Now switching from my likely poorly mastered language of "computer tech" to the language of "biology in a neurophysiology dialect:" recently I've thought of the mind as being like a semi-permeable membrane, or as you say, interface, where things flow back forth and influence each other from the inside and the outside, and it isn't always possible to determine which side something is on at a precise moment. Most of the cells of the body are like that, and here by analogy I am talking about the entire human organism. Does the totality of the cultural and natural history of the species all the way back to the primordial soup, seeping across this "membrane" that defines but does not wholly encase an individual, constitute "exteriority? "I grant your "?," but terms like "Mind" and "God" seem just too anthropomorphic. (And now I am going to start repeating things I've said before.) The universe itself appears to be evolving, and I don't think the human brain and human culture constitute the final pinnacle of that evolution. It is hard to imagine that there is no force behind it all, but I don't have trouble imagining that this "?" or force did not predate energy/matter with its accretion of information, life, consciousness, love, and now wonderment; or that it will dissipate when the universe dissipates. It is really impossible to imagine what will next evolve in living tissue and outstrip the capability of the brain, but it seems logical that something will. (I am reminded of the joke about an intellectual being someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. Will we ever be able to think of an underlying "Force" without thinking of Star Wars?)And by the way, I heard an astrophysicist express doubt that the laws of physics apply consistently across the universe. As subtext I heard him to be saying that those laws too are being created as the universe is creating itself. And so why not moral law as well? There was a New York Times science section article on the evolutionary aspects of moral law, on September 18 I think, that might interest you if you can dig it out.I envy your ability to gain a sense of connection with the existence of the universe as a whole, which for me is merely an intellectual proposition. I hypothesize that such ability is predicated on an adequate supply of the hormone oxytocin which allows people to feel connected to each other, and particularly their children and mammalian pets. In any case, believing that I have an inadequate supply of oxytocin is far preferable to the belief I had for most of my life that I must somehow be so globally defective as to be abandoned and rejected by a God whose presence I could never feel. You say that "One thing I constantly learn is that there is no end of ways that I canmisunderstand others and be misunderstood myself." DittoJ
Posted by: "jkhall53210" jkhall53210@yahoo.com jkhall53210
Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:23 pm (PST)
My apologies to all in that I wrote the first edition of this post about a week ago and it then disappeared into cyberspace. Grrr!So welcome John Allen, and hello Brer, Thomas, and John Merryman.For starters, Wow. Thanks to the 2 Johns and Brer for revealing something of yourselves. I'm not quite so ready to discuss the low points of my life, though believe me I have had some.John M – I grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and attended Sandy Spring Friends School, which is definitely in horse country, or was until development made its way that far up Montgomery County. So I'm wondering, what part of Maryland are you from, and also what kind of business you share with your sister.Also, in talking about politicians you said "Who you are matters more in the short term, but (that) ideas eventually rise to their level." I'm not sure what "their" refers to. Are you saying that the right ideas eventually catch up to people of integrity? I think most of us start out wanting to vote for character and then as time goes on get seduced into voting the party line. I like hearing that the initial impulse is actually the better one.Brer – My parents were Methodists who became Unitarians shortly after the McCarthy era. I remember my mother glued to the TV during the Army-McCarthy hearings, and the tension at the dinner table afterwards. I was a small child and didn't know much about what was going on, and still don't in terms of the details for them, except that I subsequently learned that they had both voted Socialist in their younger day.Going from a psych ward to UC Berkeley to major in philosophy sounds more consistent with bipolar disorder than schizophrenia. Some decades back American but not British psychiatrists were routinely misdiagnosing bipolar disorder as schizophrenia, but I suppose I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.Thomas – I see what you mean about just coming up to a blank page if everybody agrees and then has no activity to share. On another list someone lamented the lost art of conversation, which I was never taught and have not studied. However, I think part of it is to combine a statement or opinion with some tidbit about why what you are saying is important to you. Or maybe come up with some graceful way of asking "And what do you think?" I let myself get sucked into debating with my brother and brothers-in- law, and then get upset, when what I want is to understand their point of view and for them to understand mine. So I'm trying to find a more satisfactory way to have discussions, some method that doesn't end up sounding like the debates I have with male relatives.You are right that I am proud of some of the work I have done as a psychiatrist, but my purpose in describing it was to show that my experience is more street level than academic, and that I am able to translate religious language when it is coming from a fundamentalist or even delusional perspective. Likewise, the parts about being an unprogrammed Quaker and having studied Eastern religions a little bit in high school and college was meant to show that I'm not totally unacquainted with meditation. But I have not been very successful in trying to practice it.So on to content: You say "Mind is the faculty of thinking, reasoning, imagining,willing, etc. Interiority is what we have when we are awake that wedon't have when we are in dreamless sleep. To me, the analogy of hardware/software is very pertinent to an understanding of mind. In humans, mind is the interface between brainand culture. Many things attributed to the hardware, such as intentionality, are either partially or totally products of the culture…. The notion of mind does not reduce tobrain (as scientism insists), but expands outward to the entire culturaland natural history of the human species. This is why there is such athing as brain science, but not such a thing as mind science."Brer says "Mind is the subjective contents and functions of consciousness which is a form of perception. `Self-consciousness ' or `self-awareness' is the brain perceiving its own perception. Interiority is just another word for subjectivity. "I would describe things thus: We start with the genetically determined anatomy and physiology of the brain. Then through experiences (both internal and putatively external) mediated by sense organs, the brain gets modified and develops programs through which subsequent experiences are filtered. The "mind" would be those programs and the accompanying data files, but does not include the operating system, which is part of the genetically determined hardware, rather than the experientially determined software. In this model "mind science" would be known as psychology.Now switching from my likely poorly mastered language of "computer tech" to the language of "biology in a neurophysiology dialect:" recently I've thought of the mind as being like a semi-permeable membrane, or as you say, interface, where things flow back forth and influence each other from the inside and the outside, and it isn't always possible to determine which side something is on at a precise moment. Most of the cells of the body are like that, and here by analogy I am talking about the entire human organism. Does the totality of the cultural and natural history of the species all the way back to the primordial soup, seeping across this "membrane" that defines but does not wholly encase an individual, constitute "exteriority? "I grant your "?," but terms like "Mind" and "God" seem just too anthropomorphic. (And now I am going to start repeating things I've said before.) The universe itself appears to be evolving, and I don't think the human brain and human culture constitute the final pinnacle of that evolution. It is hard to imagine that there is no force behind it all, but I don't have trouble imagining that this "?" or force did not predate energy/matter with its accretion of information, life, consciousness, love, and now wonderment; or that it will dissipate when the universe dissipates. It is really impossible to imagine what will next evolve in living tissue and outstrip the capability of the brain, but it seems logical that something will. (I am reminded of the joke about an intellectual being someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. Will we ever be able to think of an underlying "Force" without thinking of Star Wars?)And by the way, I heard an astrophysicist express doubt that the laws of physics apply consistently across the universe. As subtext I heard him to be saying that those laws too are being created as the universe is creating itself. And so why not moral law as well? There was a New York Times science section article on the evolutionary aspects of moral law, on September 18 I think, that might interest you if you can dig it out.I envy your ability to gain a sense of connection with the existence of the universe as a whole, which for me is merely an intellectual proposition. I hypothesize that such ability is predicated on an adequate supply of the hormone oxytocin which allows people to feel connected to each other, and particularly their children and mammalian pets. In any case, believing that I have an inadequate supply of oxytocin is far preferable to the belief I had for most of my life that I must somehow be so globally defective as to be abandoned and rejected by a God whose presence I could never feel. You say that "One thing I constantly learn is that there is no end of ways that I canmisunderstand others and be misunderstood myself." DittoJ
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Landlords are allowed to refuse to rent to people because of their sex, race, nationality, ethnic group or disability.-FALSE
Landlords are allowed to refuse to rent to people because of their sex, race, nationality, ethnic group or disability.-FALSE
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The landlord can keep the deposit for a property at the end of the lease.-FALSE
The landlord can keep the deposit for a property at the end of the lease.-FALSE
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What TWO places can you find information about volunteering opportunities?
What TWO places can you find information about volunteering opportunities?
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What website gives more information on working in the UK?
What website gives more information on working in the UK?
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk - Correct
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Where can you NOT get help and advice on problems at work?-LAW CENTRE
Where can you NOT get help and advice on problems at work?-LAW CENTRE
/////////////////////Without legislation people really do some dreadful things. People will use whatever to side step a painful death. A mechanic will use gas from his car, a farmer might use a gun. That is what we are trying to stop." Ultimately she says she would like to set up what she calls dignity havens - places where people can go that offer the option of voluntary euthanasia."They would be similar concept to a hospice like those run by Hospice New Zealand right now except they would provide a safeguarded choice for voluntary euthanasia."
////////////////////Hommes writes: "wonder why so much speculation is exercised on pie in skies without practical values."Hommes, what is practical? I find endless enjoyment in philosophical speculation. What could be more practical than finding a source of endless enjoyment that essentially doesn't cost a penny? The ultimate resting place of metaphysical (i.e. pie in the sky) speculation is quiet awe at the great mystery of things. I think it would be awe-some if more people found within themselves that quiet and its Source.T
//////////////Thomas says: Hommes, what is practical? Good question. Practical and utilitarian may not be synonymous. I have given myself the title of practical visionary. Having vision is practical when one applies that vision to this third dimensional reality. To create vision one must allow the psyche to flow. Meditating, looking at the world around you as you walk. Feeling Tasting. All practical. The issue for me is that too many call themselves scientists when they are actually technicians. Real scientists are very creative. Creativity is practical. AND the first rule of science is observation.The trick is being able to distinguish between the cutting edge and the lunatic fringe. Not necessarily an easy task. Mao said the true revolutionary blends in with his environment and Einstein said the mind is the servant of the intuition.There's my 2 cents ... or down payment anyway.Laughingly,S
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Who gives advice about pensions?
The Pensions Advisory Service - Correct
Who gives advice about pensions?
The Pensions Advisory Service - Correct
/////////////////////Chapter IV: The Yoga of the Division of WisdomIV.23. GATASANGASYA MUKTASYA JNAANAAVASTHITACHETASAH;YAJNAAYAACHARATAH KARMA SAMAGRAM PRAVILEEYATE.(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)'To one who is devoid of attachment, who is liberated,whose mind is established in knowledge, who works forthe sake of sacrifice (for the sake of God), the wholeaction is dissolved.'IV.24. BRAHMAARPANAM BRAHMAHAVIRBRAHMAAGNAU BRAHMANAA HUTAM;BRAHMAIVA TENA GANTAVYAM BRAHMAKARMASAMAADHINAA.'Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee);by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman;Brahman verily shall be reached by him who always sees Brahmanin action.'COMMENTARY: This is wisdom-sacrifice, wherein the idea of Brahmanis substituted for the ideas of the instrument and otheraccessories of action, the idea of action itself and its results.By having such an idea the whole action melts away. Note: This verse is the meal prayer chanted at all Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams around the world.
BBTBR BRAHMA
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