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Middle Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,170.
History
Middle Township was organized in 1833.
Geography
Middle Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.04 percent is water.
Cities and towns
Brownsburg (west edge)
Pittsboro
Unincorporated towns
Maplewood
Tilden
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
Harrison Township, Boone County (north)
Perry Township, Boone County (northeast)
Brown Township (east)
Lincoln Township (southeast)
Washington Township (southeast)
Center Township (southwest)
Union Township (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains six cemeteries: Hughes, Long, Roberts, Saint Malachy West, Weaver and White Lick Baptist.
Major highways
Interstate 74
U.S. Route 136
References
U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
Townships in Hendricks County, Indiana
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Muse Games, the developers of the steampunk team-based airship battle game Guns of Icarus have been working on something a little bit special. In what seems like a significant departure from the formula of their other game, Hamsterdam began as a pet project, and has ended up exceeding everyone's expectations by being subject to an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign which will allow the game to be released in full. Developer Wendy Fritscher spoke to us at EGX about the growth of the project, and told us about how from those humble beginnings as a side project, it is going to be released on mobile, PC, Mac, Switch, and PS Vita. Combining the most adorable protagonist I've ever seen, Pimm the hamster, with a snarky attitude and sweet kung-fu skills, Hamsterdam is one of those games that just makes you smile. Maybe it's because I have a hamster who looks a lot like Pimm. You decide.
Tasked with taking down an evil mob boss chinchilla, Pimm must work his way through the city of Hamsterdam, getting ever deeper into spooky dark territory as the game progresses. The control scheme is an intuitive mix of tapping and swiping, on the tablet version I played, and it mixes planned combinations of hits with intuitive reactions to (still kinda cute) baddies. I almost feel bad smacking up these cute lil rodents. Until I miss a counter attack and they slap poor Pimm across the face.
The final total raised on Hamsterdam's Kickstarter was $15,725, given by 699 backers - indicative of just how pumped people are getting. Full disclosure: I'm one of those backers. Games too often try to take themselves too seriously. The market for cuteness is there - just look at the number of followers puppy accounts get on Twitter - but no one seems able to quench that desperate desire for angry cartoon fighting hamsters (other moods, art styles, genres, and animals are available).
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Kyle Brown has stepped down as Springbok Sevens captain and will instead settle into a more supportive role to the younger leaders in the squad, with Philip Snyman appointed as the team's new skipper.
Springbok Sevens coach Neil Powell praised Brown for the role he played over the last five seasons and emphasised that the Blitzbok veteran still has an important role to play in the team.
Powell also confirmed that Snyman, who captained the Blitzboks earlier this year in four tournaments, will take over as captain of the team.
"We already had a strong leadership group in the squad and Philip is a natural leader of men, so it was an easy choice. He will do well, I have no doubt," he said.
Brown, who has played in 56 World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments to date, said: "The time has come where it feels right for me to step aside as captain of the team.
"It is has been an immense privilege that I have had for the better part of five years and we are in a great position to bring some new, fresh ideas into the role. I discussed the move with the Coach shortly after our return from the Olympics and we made the decision in the last week."
He will not neglect any leadership duties, Brown confirmed.
"This season I look forward to moving into a supportive role with the aim of helping the young leaders find their rhythm and, most importantly, concentrating on adding as much value to the team on and off the field," he added.
Powell said he accepted and respected Brown's decision.
"Kyle always put the team before himself and this is another example of that," explained Powell.
The Springbok Sevens team for Dubai, the opening tournament of the 2016/17 World Rugby Sevens Series, will be named on Friday. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 4 |
NORML balances federal, local action after Cole memo reversal
January 11, 2018 by Alison Kanski
Once Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the Cole memo, NORML began applying pressure both locally and nationally for changes in marijuana laws.
WASHINGTON: Pro-marijuana groups have seen years of steady wins as state after state has legalized some uses of the drug and it subsequently brought in millions of dollars in tax revenue.
However, that momentum began to slow as the Trump administration took office, dealing blows to several federal decriminalization and legalization guidelines that allowed states more freedom on the issue. Those changes at the federal level culminated last week when Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the "Cole memo," a policy that prevented the federal government from enforcing marijuana laws in states where it has been legalized.
One group, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, known better as NORML, a nonprofit that works to decriminalize and legalize marijuana in the U.S., stepped up to fight the reversal through social media, lobbying, and awareness efforts.
"Marijuana is an issue that when discussed, we win," said Justin Strekal, political director at NORML. "Now is the time we're having this national discussion, the time for lawmakers who want to build support for their political platforms or for their personal brands to recognize the will of public, with a majority supporting outright legalization. It's time for them to make that known because with so many issues percolating in the national dialogue, marijuana reform is a freedom issue, a states rights issue, a social justice issue, and it's a fun issue."
The organization, founded in 1970, has 164 local chapters around the country that are lobbying for change in marijuana laws from city councils to the federal government. Because the marijuana legalization movement has become a state-by-state issue, these local chapters largely work close to home with city and state governments. NORML has also planned "lobby days," a coordinated effort across the organization that focuses on issues like public education or state and federal lobbying.
The challenge of pushing for marijuana reform is that each state—or in NORML's case, each individual chapter—is facing a different legislative environment. While the national NORML organization is focused on Sessions' decision, local chapters are fighting their own battles. In New Hampshire and Vermont, for example, state legislatures voted to legalize possession and cultivation of marijuana shortly after Sessions's announcement.
Simultaneously fighting the Department of Justice's reversal and celebrating the wins in Vermont and New Hampshire means that NORML is working in a very noisy space.
"Right now, America sits in almost a bipolar policy state when it comes to marijuana," Strekal said. "We have more than 10,000 pages [on our website] chronicling marijuana policies jurisdiction to jurisdiction."
Strekal said NORML's Colorado chapter had reached out to Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) to discuss the reversal of the Cole Memo. Gardner tweeted that he met with Senators to discuss the path forward on legal marijuana, pledging to "respect the will of the people [and] defend states' rights."
On social media, NORML has stressed the same will of the people, focusing on the 64% of Americans who support legalization, according to Gallup, to make its case for reform.
"94 percent of Americans support medical marijuana — and you couldn't get 94 percent of the public to agree that the American flag was designed correctly."https://t.co/IxB2oDqfEG via @DenverWestword
— NORML (@NORML) January 9, 2018
The group is also providing an avenue for people who support marijuana reform to reach out to their representatives through action alerts that send a prewritten letter in support of the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act. Tens of thousands of people have sent letters using the platform in the past week, Strekal said.
"Never in American history has support for marijuana legalization been as high as it is today," Strekal said. "That's a result of the decades of work by individuals who have tried to raise awareness through public education and citizen-led lobbying efforts to change lawmakers' minds."
US Democrats
Lobbying & public affairs
Purple Strategies names Jennifer Kohl as senior director
'From footballer to one of UK's top lobbyists' - industry leaders praise Marcus Rashford's 'blinder' of a campaign
Qorvis takes on Saudi Human Rights Commission account
Meet the newest government PSA mascot, Quinn the Quarantine Fox
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The 10th Annual Spring 2015 Penn IT Staff Convention will be held at Huntsman Hall on June 4th, 2015. This year's Keynote speaker will be Dr. Vijay Kumar, presenting "Aerial Robot Swarms". Come for the keynote, sessions, vendor show, lunch, and/or the reception - whatever works for your schedule!
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While CodeIgniter does come with a reasonable error logging tool its simple nature of just dumping a single line report to a file on a distant server does not seem too pro-active for my tastes.
The following helper replaces the default CI error reporting with a new error reporting interface that also emails any errors that occur to a nominated developer.
// (Not relative to the working directory because that doesn't specify correctly with fatal errors).
// By default this assumes that the 'phpMailer' folder is located in the same directory as this script.
Then open the above and change the constants at the top of the file to specify where the error messages are sent.
In order to send mail the above component needs the truly excellent PHPMailer package which can be stashed in the same helpers directory. If you do decide to move it somewhere else change the corresponding constant that specifies the location of the library. A small note of warning though – the path to the PHP mailer libraries must be relative to the current file NOT the current working directory. This is due to how PHP handles fatal errors which for some reason sets the working directory to '/'.
Should there be any interest I may extend the above with other useful features such as RSS, SMS (text messaging) or other non-SMTP methods of emailing.
By the way, download button of the wp-codebox is not working.
nice one erwin! this is very helpful!
Nice class. I am not using CI, but my custom MVC framework, and I modified your class for my framework.
Very good job, this is going to be implemented in all my present and future projects. Thank you very mutch !
I had to make a small modification to make it fit though.
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Travels Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the capital and the largest city of Roman Dacia, later named Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa after the former Dacian capital, located some 40 km away. Built on the ground of a camp of the Fifth Macedonian Legion, the city was settled by veterans of the Dacian wars. From the very beginning it received the title of colonia and the status of ius Italicum. With an area of 30 hectares (74 acres; 0.12 sq mi), a population between 20,000 and 25,000, and strong fortifications, Ulpia Traiana was the political, administrative and religious centre of Roman Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries.
The settlement was built at a distance of 8 km from Tapae, a pass between Banat and Transylvania (today known as the Iron Gates of Transylvania). The choice was based on the military and economic advantages given by the natural barrier represented by the Retezat Mountains in the south and Poiana Ruscă Mountains in the north. The territory of the metropolis extended from Tibiscum to Micia and to the Jiu canyon, the city being protected by several castra: Tibiscum, Pons Augusti, Micia and castra of Bumbești.
The city was crossed by the imperial road from the Danube that linked the north of the province with Porolissum (Moigrad).
The city was destroyed by the Goths. Today Ulpia Traiana remains in ruins, with a partly preserved forum, an amphitheatre, and remnants of several temples. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 10 |
Finding aid for the Cleveland, Ohio Charter Commission Records, Series II
Creator: Cleveland, Ohio Charter Commission
Title: Cleveland, Ohio Charter Commission Records, Series II
Abstract: The Cleveland, Ohio Charter Commission was a fifteen-member commission elected to write a new city charter for Cleveland, Ohio following passage of the Home Rule Amendment to the Ohio constitution in 1912. The commission disagreed over the size of city council, with some pressing for a small council elected at large for the purposes of efficiency and to guard against the corruption of political machines, while others advocated a large council elected by ward which would be more democratic and answerable to ward concerns. The home rule charter, approved by voters in July 1913 and effective 1 Jan. 1914, was modeled basically on the federal plan (council-mayor), providing for nonpartisan election of a 26-member council on a ward basis. A preferential voting system was established offering 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices, with the mayor controlling city government administration and the appointment of department heads. Along with an item veto, the mayor could veto council ordinances. The charter provided for initiative, referendum, and recall. In 1923, voters replaced the charter with a city manager plan, which was replaced in 1931 with a return to partisan elections for mayor and council. The collection consists of typescript copies of letters, minutes of meetings, calendars, resolutions, recommendations, and speeches relating to the activities of the commission preparing a home rule charter for Cleveland. Members of the commission represented in the collection include Newton D. Baker and Mayo Fessler. The collection includes copies of The Charter of the city of Cleveland. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 11 |
La Robe d'écailles roses est un recueil de nouvelles et de contes suivi d'un court roman et d'une pièce de théâtre, tous écrits par Maurice Leblanc.
La première publication chez Lafitte date de 1912, avec pour sous-titre Aventures sentimentales et tragiques. Le livre est décrit comme un recueil d'aventures sentimentales et tragiques, émouvantes et divertissantes dans un long article de Jean Ernest-Charles dans Excelsior du .
Le roman, intitulé Le Roman d'une jeune fille, est une reprise de celui paru en 1902 sous le titre Les Yeux purs dans Femina.
Seule la réédition illustrée chez Lafitte en 1922 (coll. Idéal-Bibliothèque) est complète.
Toutes les autres rééditions sont partielles, avec 10 contes et le court roman (Lafitte/Hachette, 1920, 1934, Hachette, 1941, Glénat, 1979).
Contenu du recueil
Contenu du recueil tel que publié en 1935 aux Éditions Pierre Lafitte dans la collection Le Point d'interrogation :
La Robe d'écailles roses, nouvelle publiée originellement in Excelsior du
Les Épingles d'or, nouvelle
La Belle Madame de Gimeuse, nouvelle publiée originellement in Excelsior du
L'enveloppe aux cachets rouges, nouvelle publiée originellement in Excelsior du
Ma Femme et son Mari, conte publié originellement in L'Auto du
Un Amour, nouvelle publiée originellement in Excelsior du
Noël tragique, nouvelle
L'École du mensonge, nouvelle
Le Bon Rire, conte publié originellement in L'Auto du
La Lettre anonyme, nouvelle publiée originellement in Excelsior du
Le Roman d'une jeune fille, roman repris de Les Yeux purs
Notes et références
Recueil de nouvelles de Maurice Leblanc
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Each Governor has completed a Declaration of Pecuniary / Business Interests, held in a register and reviewed annually each September. At each meeting Governors are asked declare any potential conflict of interest, which is minuted.
Board of Directors - School Governors are like a board of directors, who are there to make sure that the school provides the best possible education for all its pupils.
The Headteacher and Leadership Team manage the school on a day to day basis, but Governors look at the school in terms of planning ahead, checking that the school is running smoothly, ensuring standards are high and acting as a "critical friend".
Governors are not education experts - they leave that to the staff. Governors come from many different sectors of the community and what they offer the school is a view from the world outside education. The headteacher and staff welcome the support offered by Governors, which often covers management areas outside traditional educational expertise.
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Poems, in Two Volumes
Written by: William Wordsworth
Edited by: Richard Matlak
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Published seven years after William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's popular collection Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth's Poems, in Two Volumes shocked readers and drew scornful reviews. Poems was a revolutionary challenge to literary taste in revolution-weary times. The poems were perceived as inappropriately personal and egotistical in the attention that the poet pays to "moods of [his own] mind." The collection is now seen as containing some of the most enduring works of British Romantic poetry, and Wordsworth's achievement in opening up new worlds of subject matter, emotion, and poetic expression is widely recognized.
Richard Matlak places the initial reaction to Poems in its historical context and explains the sea change in critical and popular opinion about these poems. The extensive historical documents place the poems in the context of Wordsworth's life, contemporary politics, and the literary world of the early nineteenth century.
"Broadview's Poems, in Two Volumes provides an accessible edition of this text, perfect for classroom use. Editor Richard Matlak places Wordsworth's poems in their personal, political, and poetic contexts. Beautifully edited and skillfully arranged, this one-volume edition also contains supplementary materials and appendices that highlight major issues. Helpful footnotes on each page and Wordsworth's own original footnotes in the back ensure that readers will find this edition both illuminating and inviting." — Judith W. Page, Professor of English and Distinguished Teaching Scholar, University of Florida
"Richard Matlak's edition of Poems, in Two Volumes is an important addition to scholarship on the Romantic period in general, and Wordsworth's poetry in particular. The introduction places the publication of P2V in its historical context, revealing the remarkable range of contemporary concerns and pressures, both personal and political, which inform and inspire the poems. Both Wordsworth the poet and Wordsworth the man emerge with energy and vitality from the pages of Matlak's fine edition. Readers will marvel at the wide array of illustrations and contemporary essays that place Wordsworth's 1807 volume in its original historical location. This is clearly the work of a careful, diligent, and indefatigable editor. Matlak's edition presents a singularly original biographical, historical, and literary frame through which future readings of Wordsworth's poetry will emerge." — Michael Raiger, Ave Maria University
"We continue to be indebted to Broadview Press for issuing first-rate editions, with the past year bringing Wordsworth's Poems, in Two Volumes, edited by Richard Matlak, which allows us to teach many core Wordsworth texts as they appeared in print and as they engaged a wide range of contexts marshaled in the appendices by Matlak" — Jeffrey N. Cox Studies in English Literature
"Having read through this volume twice, I shall return to my cherished facsimile with greatly enriched understanding of many things I didn't even know I didn't know. And in a culture wherein editorial preference for chronological or thematic arrangements often usurps upon authorial privilege, one can only celebrate the availability of an edition that (in many essentials) presents a great work as it was intended to be read. In short, bravo!" —Richard Gravil, Review 19
"A clear and judicious introduction, written in Matlak's approachable style, is structured around the various contexts that conditioned or fed the making of the poems and their immediate reception … In presenting readers with the Poems, in Two Volumes as they were collected in 1807, Matlak's fine edition allows the poems to speak not just singly, but together—in their original daring and abundance of form—of 'the primal sympathy / Which having been must ever be'." — Gregory Leadbetter
William Wordsworth: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
Appendix A: Love, Money, Marriage, Dorothy
Lines on Dorothy Wordsworth from "Home at Grasmere" (1800-06)
From Thomas De Quincey, "The Lake Poets: William Wordsworth" [1839]
From Dorothy Wordsworth, Grasmere Journal (1802)
On the bitten apple (March 1802)
On William composing the Butterfly poem (March 1802)
On lying as if dead (April 1802)
On listening to Wordsworth and Coleridge read their poems (May 1802)
On the eve of William's marriage (October 1802)
Wordsworth's Wedding Band on Dorothy's Journal Entry
Appendix B: Politics and History
A Fantasy of the French Invasion
Fantasies of Invasion Vessels
Martello Towers
British Popular Art against Napoleon
From The Anti-Gallican, "A Parody on Hamlet's Soliloquy" (1804)
From The Anti-Gallican, "The British Heroes" (1804)
From The Anti-Gallican, "Parody, Adapted to the Times" (1804)
From The Gentleman's Magazine, "Song" ["Here's a health to right honest John Bull"] (1805)
James Willson, A View of the Volunteer Army of Great Britain in 1806 (1807)
Jacques-Louis David, Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine in the Notre-Dame de Paris, December 2, 1804 (1807)
George Cruikshank, Crowning Himself Emperor of France (1814)
"The Battle of Trafalgar," The Gentleman's Magazine (November 1805)
J.M.W. Turner, The Battle of Trafalgar (1824)
Scott Pierre Nicolas Legrand, Apotheosis of Nelson (1818)
Appendix C: Influence and Poetic Dialogue
Dorothy Wordsworth and the Leech Gatherer
Dorothy Wordsworth and "I wandered lonely as a Cloud"
Manuscript of Wordsworth's Ode
Coleridge's "Dejection," Morning Post (4 October 1802)
Sir George Beaumont, Piel Castle in a Storm (1806)
Appendix D: Family Tragedy
From Naval Chronicle for 1805 [Eye-witness testimony on the sinking of the Abergavenny] (January-June 1805)
The Distress'd State of the Crew of the Abergavenny When She Was Sinking (1805)
The Model Ship Abergavenny
William Wordsworth, "I only looked for pain and grief"
Grisedale Tarn
Appendix E: Critical Backlash
From Unsigned Review [Lord Byron] in Monthly Literary Recreations (July 1807)
From Unsigned Review [Francis Jeffrey] in Edinburgh Review (October 1807)
From Unsigned Review [James Montgomery] in the Eclectic (January 1808)
From Richard Mant, The Simpliciad (1808)
Wordsworth's Letter to Lady Beaumont (21 May 1807)
Richard Matlak is Professor of English at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Peru and Peruvian Tales
Mary Robinson: Selected Poems
The Siege of Valencia
Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose
Tales of Wonder
Epistles On Women and Other Works
Felicia Hemans: Selected Poems, Prose and Letters
Charlotte Smith: Major Poetic Works
The Keepsake for 1829
Letitia Elizabeth Landon – Selected Writings
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Justice Delayed: Mercedes-Benz's Diesel Pollution Remains Unprosecuted
Joel Mintz
Joel A. Mintz is a Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law at Nova Southeastern University Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
For more than 30 years, Professor Mintz has taught a variety of substantive and clinical environmental law courses, including offerings on the federal law of pollution control, comparative environmental law, environmental aspects of land use planning, and other subjects. He has written extensively on environmental enforcement, the Superfund program, growth management, sustainable development, and certain international environmental agreements.
Professor Mintz co-founded Nova Southeastern Law Center's in-house Environmental and Land Use Law Clinic, which provides representation to environmental citizens groups and neighborhood organizations in matters that concern implementation of the Florida Growth Management Act and protection of the Everglades and the Florida Keys. He has testified as a legal expert witness in judicial and administrative proceedings, and has given numerous presentations on environmental topics at gatherings of professional and trade associations and on radio and television public affairs broadcasts.
Professor Mintz serves on the board of directors of the Everglades Law Center, Inc., a not-for-profit environmental public interest law firm based in South Florida. He chairs that firm's Litigation Screening Committee.
Mintz is an elected member of the Environmental Law Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and of the International Council on Environmental Law, and he is a member of the Environmental Law Institute, the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects, and other professional, environmental, bar and civic organizations. He is a member of the executive committee of the Section on State and Local Government Law of the Association of American Law Schools, whose Section newsletter he has edited annually since 1991. He has also served on the Committee on Source Removal of Contaminants in the Subsurface of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.
In the early and mid-1970's, on a pro-bono basis, Professor Mintz lobbied successfully for the passage of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. In recognition of those voluntary efforts, President Carter invited him to attend the White House ceremony at which that statute was formally signed into law.
Prior to becoming a professor at Nova Southeastern, Professor Mintz worked for six years as an enforcement attorney and supervisory attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Chicago and Washington, D.C. He handled or supervised numerous complex cases involving air, water, and hazardous waste/groundwater pollution from such varied industries as iron and steel, electric utilities, petroleum, pulp and paper, portland cement, and rubber manufacturing. Mintz was the lead attorney on the first EPA criminal contempt case brought in a U.S. District Court to redress a knowing violation of a signed Consent Decree; and he served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin with respect to a precedent-setting Grand Jury investigation into criminal violations of the Clean Water Act. In recognition of his EPA enforcement work, he received EPA's Special Service Award as well as its Bronze Medal for Commendable Service.
Professor Mintz also worked (more briefly) as a law clerk with both the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Public Education Association, and as an editor for West Publishing Company (now West Group, Inc.) in New York.
Professor Mintz has published extensively in the fields of environmental law and state and local taxation and finance. He authored a critically acclaimed history of EPA's enforcement programs, Enforcement at the EPA: High Stakes and Hard Choices (University of Texas Press, 1995), and a well received treatise on the potential liabilities of subnational governments under federal environmental laws, State and Local Government Environmental Liability (West Group, Inc., 1994), which he has updated on an annual basis.Mintz also co-authored an introductory casebook on environmental law (published in 2000 by Lexis-Nexis, Inc.), Environmental Enforcement: Cases and Materials, (with CPR Member Scholar Clifford Rechtschaffen and Robert Kuehn, Carolina Academic Press, 2007), and State and Local Taxation and Finance in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition (with Gelfand and Salsich, West Group, Inc., 2007).
In addition, Professor Mintz has written several book chapters and contributions, and he is the author of numerous law review articles that have appeared in journals published at Harvard, Yale, Virginia, Georgetown, Columbia and other well known law schools. His journal articles have repeatedly been considered to be among the 30 best articles of the year in the environmental law field by peer reviewers.
Professor Mintz has consulted, on an informal basis, with officials of the EPA with regard to environmental issues and policy matters. He has peer reviewed the written work of other academics in several disciplines. His name appears on a list, compiled by the U.S. Department of State, of potential speakers at U.S. embassies and consulates with respect to environmental issues.
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To serve the cause of justice, law enforcement must be prompt, even-handed, and appropriate to the circumstances of individual cases. In their handling of an important recent pollution case, however, the enforcement activities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have been none of those things.
The case involves the alleged use by Mercedes-Benz of software "defeat devices" in its diesel cars to override pollution control devices. There is considerable evidence that Mercedes' misconduct was intentional, and that over a period of years, its systematic cheating resulted in the emission of many times the allowable amount of nitrogen oxide – a pollutant that harms human health and contributes to climate change, smog, and other air pollution problems. In fact, one Mercedes diesel model's maximum emissions were found to be a whopping 91 times the emission standard.
The Mercedes-Benz defeat device scandal came to light in early 2016, prompting EPA and DOJ to launch investigations into Mercedes and its parent company, Daimler AG. However, since the Trump administration took office in January 2017, this investigation appears to have stalled. No enforcement action has been taken against Mercedes or any of its executives, and Trump administration officials have offered no explanation for the more than two-and-a-half-year delay in completing a review of the facts.
We know that U.S. authorities can move quickly in such cases because they did so when Volkswagen (VW) broke the law in the same way. In 2015, EPA received information that VW was using defeat devices on its diesel vehicles when they were driven on roads but not during testing, and, as a result, unlawfully emitting vast quantities of nitrogen oxides into the air. After 18 months of providing the regulators with bogus "explanations" for its diesel car pollution, VW ultimately admitted to California and EPA that its sophisticated cheating was the cause of the air pollution in question.
During the Obama administration, the government's responses to emissions cheating were firm and speedy. Only two weeks after receiving VW's grudging admission of its scheme, EPA issued a Clean Air Act Notice of Violation. Less than three months later, DOJ filed a civil lawsuit in federal court and undertook a criminal investigation into VW's misdeeds. Contentious negotiations followed, at the close of which DOJ obtained a record-breaking settlement. VW agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts, to pay substantial criminal and civil fines, and to recall the vehicles and replace the defeat devices in them with legitimate pollution control systems. All told, federal authorities garnered $25 billion in fines, penalties, civil damages, and restitution from VW for the illegal diesels it sold in this country.
Both the VW and Mercedes cases appear to involve intentional wrongdoing by automakers who knowingly tricked federal and state regulators, and their own customers, by using identical techniques to bypass pollution controls and release significant amounts of air pollution. So why treat VW and Mercedes differently? The most logical explanation seems to be that the Trump administration is doing one more favor for a wealthy and powerful company by overlooking its egregious environmental violations.
As things stand now, the only credible explanation for the kid-glove treatment the Trump administration is giving Mercedes is that it's yet another example of the administration's wholesale abandonment of its obligation to faithfully execute the nation's environmental laws and protect Americans' health. Complaining about environmental regulations is a standard track on the president's rhetorical play list. This is what it translates to in the real world: Letting a rich company off the hook for deliberate cheating so that it can make a few extra bucks while polluting the air we all breathe.
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Rodano e Loira (in lingua francese: Rhône-et-Loire) è stato un dipartimento della Prima Repubblica francese con capoluogo Lione. Il suo nome deriva dai fiumi Rodano e Loira. Comprendeva i territori del Lyonnais, il Beaujolais ed il Forez.
Storia
Venne istituito il 4 marzo 1790, come gli altri dipartimenti francesi, e abolito il 12 agosto 1793 quando venne diviso nei dipartimenti del Rodano (Rhône, con prefettura a Lione) e Loira (Loire, con prefettura dapprima a Feurs, poi a Montbrison ed infine a Saint-Étienne, l'attuale capoluogo). La suddivisione del dipartimento fu una risposta alle attività contro-rivoluzionarie a Lione, la seconda città francese per popolazione.
Se fosse ancora esistito, il dipartimento del Rodano e della Loira avrebbe avuto nel 1999 (in base ai dati del censimento francese) una popolazione di 1.799.812 abitanti (1.578.869 nel dipartimento del Rodano e 728.524 nella Loira).
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Trump has, in a way, sped things up
A talk with Prof. Christoph Bieber about the US electoral system, a divided media sphere and the prospects of right-wing extremism on social media
Andrew Costigan:I'd like to begin with a prompt in the form of a quotation that you gave in the Westfalen Spiegel, where you assert that, 'Trump's reaction is not surprising.'
Prof. Christoph Bieber: I started covering the Trump presidency back in 2016 together with my colleague Klaus Kamps, and we thought at that point that there might be some time that the mandate would get hold of Donald Trump and transform the way he conceives the presidency as some kind of personal job—but that didn't happen. It took maybe half a year, until we stopped waiting for the moment he would start to behave like a regular politician. Instead, he even added more and more damage to the political stage in Washington, D.C.; he kept hiring and firing his aides, he tried to obstruct and destruct the work of specific departments and he was everything but productive for the political capital of the US and maybe even the world.
Towards the end of his presidency, after four long years we had to learn about the pandemic, and saw Trump mishandling the entire Covid-operation. This added up to a very difficult situation during the last months before the election. Everything fell into place during that time, if you will. The stolen vote narrative was already there half a year before the election. He kept repeating it, and still denies what has happened at the ballot boxes. So no, it was not surprising.
Andrew Costigan: There has been an acceleration of Trump's social media practices, including his use of Twitter. The platform has begun tagging his posts as containing misinformation just over the last few months. Where was that kind of control before now?
Prof. Christoph Bieber: You could also ask where was this kind of control four or eight years ago. Twitter didn't do anything to posts from other politicians or any dubious news outlets before Trump. It is only a recent development that Twitter and, to some extent, Facebook, are trying to engage in electoral content moderation. This process slowly emerged after the 2016 election when it became clear that Trump had considerable success in using Twitter as his primary outlet to spread misinformation for his own benefit. After the Cambridge Analytica Scandal broke in 2018, the companies could have tested some of those moderating techniques during the midterms later that year. But only since 2020 it became a more heated argument between Washington, D.C. and the Silicon Valley companies, when Trump started to meddle with their harsher reactions to what he was posting. As there is no precedent, we're not sure if and how those moderating efforts helped. Yes, they flagged some of the controversial Tweets that Trump sent out, but we don't know what will the platforms do after the election. They will perhaps challenge dangerous or misinformative content, but we don't know how long they will maintain this operation because it's costly and technically difficult. We only can assume that content moderation will have an impact on the political public sphere – and that there´s a need for political regulation of online communication.
By the way: Barack Obama also circumvented traditional media outlets by using digital platforms, but of course he had a completely different style of messaging, of reaching out to the public. If you asked members of the Washington press corps at that time, they would also have had some reasons of critique. Obama played the social game very well. With his team, he produced a lot of quasi-journalistic content. There was his court photographer, who always had the best shots for any situation, and put them on display via the White House website, on Facebook, or Twitter. Since long, there has been a struggle between the White House and Washington journalists – but in the Obama years that was different from the situation with Donald Trump, who was totally biased towards friendly outlets like Fox News and he denied discussions with 'real' journalists. Now, there is a much harsher tone and a more dangerous situation with Trump in the White House holding up the "stolen election"-narrative. One must hope that digital platforms stick to their decisions to moderate political content until Trump has left the building.
Andrew Costigan: Trump has attacked traditional media on at least two fronts, on the one hand downplaying the true value of certain networks and on the other expressing these criticisms in large part on social media. What is the role of these platforms when it comes to moderation, and what is your perspective on the ethical dimension behind using these platforms in modern politics?
Prof. Christoph Bieber: You would assume that something has to happen, not only considering the social media platforms but with the media system in the US as a whole. Looking at the US from a European perspective, you learn to appreciate a public media system that can be held responsible for reporting in a neutral, non-biased way – and even here this is disputed by a small group. But it is a huge difference to the US where the media environment is completely market-driven – and that´s also true when it comes to political news media. They act as aggressive entities, and they have decided to get their share of this huge market by favoring one ideological perspective over the other. And now, the digital platforms have entered the market, too. They have to compete with each other but also with the traditional media outlets to get outreach and, in the end, generate profit.
When you have a clearly divided media sphere, the networks have to decide which side they are on. On the conservative end there are Fox News, One America News Network and Breitbart, and a lot of talk radio hosts. On the progressive end you will find CNN, or MSNBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post. The digital platforms are also actors on this market and they seem not to be aligned with the idea of the political public sphere as an important space for the exchange of arguments within the political system. Maybe the last four years helped to start a process of critical self-reflection.
John King, tirelessly explaining the 'maths' of the presidential election on CNN (screenshot GCR21)
Andrew Costigan: There is some debate about the role of platform and a responsibility for the public discourse in the US. What makes these platforms different?
Professor Christoph Bieber: What we have seen in the US in the last couple of years was a strict polarisation of this public sphere from an ideological perspective—you are either republican-leaning or democratic-leaning as a media company, and then your programs are structured with your own share of the audience in mind. This does not create a healthy political discourse crossing the gap between the democratic- and the republican-leaning parts of the US. The digital platforms can act differently; there is no clear division because they don't provide linear formats like the TV outlets or the talk radio. They stick to the view that they are acting as a platform, and they don't seem to care what happens there—they're just enablers.
Beginning in 2016, ideas of more strict regulation and of holding those companies accountable for what's happening on their platforms broke ground in Washington. There has been a more politically heated discussion between D.C. and Silicon Valley. We've seen during the last couple of months the experiments of electoral content moderation as an attempt to improve political discourse online. This additional transparency was the beginning of a process of reflecting the role those digital platforms have in a more complex, diverse, and networked public sphere. Trump has, in a way, sped things up. Lots of these problems became much clearer since he has been at the helm in the White House, tweeting like hell.
Basically, I think there are two ways the situation could be improved. There could be regulation from Washington, that would require consent across party lines, which is difficult to achieve, especially in these times. The other option might be new forms of self-regulation, set into place by the platforms themselves. It's a mix of being transparent, showing what kind of mechanisms are in place, and creating new mechanisms of internal self-regulation at a time when those companies are still evolving. This is really difficult and I think it depends a lot on the personal ideals and values of the people in charge of the platforms.
Andrew Costigan: I think the public will to want to see how the moderation process works because these platforms are so massive. In your view, how should the platforms actually be moderated?
Prof. Christoph Bieber: I think that what is clear is that it can't be moderated by hand, you will have to put some kind of algorithmic monitoring system in place that at least does some filtering and prepares humans to better decide. There are also ethical issues in designing and implementing such technology – and this would also be something that should be made visible to the outside world. While you can see some dynamics and new developments inside the companies, you might also have to ask whether this is something like "ethicswashing." They might form, for example, an internal commission, that they called on some experts for communication, data or maybe ethical algorithm development. That's a first step, but it's probably not enough; it depends very much on the extent to which the governing board of Facebook or Twitter is able and willing to act transparently when engaging in an open discussion process. They have to realise and to embrace the responsibility they face when delivering such platforms to the public.
Andrew Costigan: We've seen the immense impact that social media can have on mobilisation of fringe political movements. In a recent discussion moderated by Christopher Smith Ochoa, you had an exchange about future of right-wing extremism in America. Can you elaborate a little on that exchange? How do you see the future of militia groups like the Proud Boys?
Prof. Christoph Bieber: Right now we still don't know how big these movements are. We do know that there are militia groups, but we do not know how many of them are out there and where. But I think Christopher's main point of reference was the term 'Trumpism,' as a concept for a new form of right-wing extremism fueled by excessive media usage, both traditional and social. Yet, is there such a thing like Trumpism? Do republican politicians really act like Trump? Can and will they really do that? I don't believe that one just turns into some kind of mini-Trump, then wins an election bid and heads into leading government. I'd guess that this is a very special situation caused by very special individual that is doing things in the White House that some consider to be politics – but maybe it's just Trump being Trump. Some of those republicans that came into office during this election while mimicking some of the moves that Donald Trump showed off, they will realise that this is not a very good way to act as politicians—but maybe I'm a bit too optimistic in this view.
New office holders in the "Trumposphere" bring other ideas and other personalities into politics and they don't necessarily have to be good, but I don't think they are as bad and as harmful as what Trump has done to the White House. But of course there are exceptions: nobody would have needed a house republican promoting ideas provided by QAnon. Nevertheless, I don't think there is really something like ready-to-use concept of 'Trumpism' that can be easily copied and pasted into political strategies all over the country. I would hope that when Trump and his minions leave the White House things calm down – and that it might be possible for the GOP to return to normalcy. Indeed it would be helpful to see the republican elite turning away from Trump and not helping him to further undermine the integrity of the electoral process. You never know though—there are rumours of Trump running again in 2024. I think that is very much tied to Donald Trump, or the person he will become after leaving the White House. Let's hope that he finds an exit strategy or that his family will lead him to the door at 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue so that there finally can be a peaceful and productive transition to the next President of the United States.
Andrew Costigan: Dear Professor Bieber, thank you very much for this discussion.
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Welcome to the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. We are proud of our outstanding faculty and strong tradition of scholarship and dedication to teaching. The Department of Modern Languages offers a B.A. in Chinese, French, German, Linguistics and Spanish.
Students may pursue advanced proficiency in a foreign language through classes taken on the Oxford campus or through a combination of courses taken on campus and overseas, at one of the university's study abroad sites. Undergraduate minors can be pursued in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Linguistics, Russian and Spanish. The Department also offers intensive instruction in Arabic.
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The construction of urban highways continues in many places. In Latin America, we see ongoing projects in Santiago (Américo Vespucio Oriente), Lima (Línea Amarilla), Quito (Solución Vial Guayasamín), São Paulo (Rodoanel Mário Covas) and Mexico City (Segundo Piso a Cuernavaca), to name a few.
In Colombia, the National Government just announced a new program for improving access to urban areas during the Thirteenth Congress of the Colombian Infrastructure Chamber. In the words of the Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, "our purpose is also transforming access to cities. It is not useful to save time in intercity trips if it is lost in urban areas." With this, President Santos alludes to the great challenge of urban congestion. Constructing impressive highway systems doesn't lead to more efficient and better transport infrastructure if, within urban areas, traffic prevents the easy navigation of city streets.
Colombia has a large road construction program, which aims to complete 5,803 km (3,414 miles), investing close to 40 trillion Colombian pesos (USD$13 billion). This not only impacts the economy and employment in the short term, but it helps in catching-up with a decades-long backlog in national connectivity. The last link, urban access, complements this effort, particularly in the country's capital, Bogotá.
Urban access is helpful in improving national logistics and trips between cities, but it may result in induced demand for automobiles and negative effects that should be mitigated: congestion, urban sprawl, traffic incidents, air pollution and social exclusion.
Since the 1950s, experts have recognized the negative effects of increasing urban road capacity. The explanation is rather simple: reducing automobile travel time with freeways is equivalent to reducing cost. Similar to any good or service, cost reduction results in increased demand, and, in this case, increased trips. As Lewis Mumfurd, a technology philosopher, said in1955: "Building more roads to prevent congestion is like a fat man loosening his belt to prevent obesity." Induced demand, or rebound effect, has been well-documented; new trips absorb between 50 and 100 percent of new road capacity in just three years (see also The Life and Death of Urban Highways).
According to Anthony Downs, from Brookings Institution, "traffic congestion is here to stay… and will get worse." He suggests mitigating congestion with dynamic tolls: higher cost in peak hours and lower costs off-peak. He also recommends complementing toll roads with high-quality, frequent and reliable public transport. By utilizing tolls and devoting space to public transit, highways can be a good use of scarce space; one lane for light rail or buses, for instance, can carry up to 15,000 passengers per hour, while the same lane for cars can carry up to 7,200 people (with four occupants per vehicle), but typically, on average, cars only carry 1.1 people per car—1,980 per hour.
Probably the most direct impact of freeways is urban sprawl, and this has been known for a long time. In 1974, Yacob Zahavi, a researcher from the U.S. Department of Transport, found that commute times were very consistent across urban areas (around one hour per day). The anthropologist C. Marchetti, qualified this average value as a "basic instinct" of human nature. This means that if travel time is reduced (for instance with the construction of an expressway), people would tend to live farther away, keeping their "travel budget" fairly constant. The good thing about houses in the periphery is that they usually have outdoor green space. The bad thing is that the resulting low-density development occupies agricultural or protected land. Low density also makes public transport, walking or bicycling infeasible, making residents car dependent, even for the simplest errands.
One way to mitigate sprawl is through urban planning: managing urban expansion with compact and mixed-use development, with good quality access to public transport. This is exactly the opposite of what is happening in Latin American cities, where low-density, gated communities proliferate at the urban periphery.
Managing urban planning is outside the mandate of road construction agencies, and in many cases, it is not a concern for city mayors. Municipalities around large cities prefer high-income residential dwellings in their territory, as this brings additional tax base. As a result, national planning authorities and metropolitan coordination may be required to help mitigate sprawl.
Another impact of urban freeways may be an increase in traffic deaths and injuries (see Why Reducing Speeds Is Key to Improving Traffic Safety). A few ways to improve road safety are to separate road users, control road-access and keep pedestrians and bicyclists outside high-speed lanes. It is a matter of design.
There are also impacts on air pollution, resulting from increased vehicle-km (mileage). An economist's approach to this would be to charge for these externalities; not only have congestion tolls but also emission charges. While this is politically difficult, it is progressive, as revenues can be used to improve the quality of public transport, which is used by the majority of people in Latin American cities.
Last, to make urban freeways inclusive, it is necessary to prioritize pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and public transport. Road infrastructure is not only about making fast lanes for cars, but it is about complete avenues, with wide sidewalks and safe bicycle and transit lanes.
There are good opportunities in the announcements by the Colombian Government to invest in urban access, but there are also challenges. National and local governments can confront these challenges by considering road-use planning, dynamic tolls, controlling access to fast lanes and providing for all road users, particularly the most vulnerable. Otherwise we will be putting out fire with gasoline. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 23 |
The Image Makers
June 2 – 6, 1999
Production Language Swedish
Country of Origin Sweden
Description Ingmar Bergman's long career in theater has tended to be overshadowed by his fame as a film director. For nearly half a century, however, he has been one of the most prolific and innovative stage directors working in Europe today. With this production of The Image Makers, Bergman proves why he has been hailed as "a poet of film and stagecraft" by The New York Times. Written by Per Olov Enquist, one of Sweden's foremost contemporary dramatists, The Image Makers threads together several "Bergman-esque" motifs and features Bergman's mentor in filmmaking, the legendary Victor Sjöström.
The play revolves around the imagined arrival of Nobel-prize winning novelist Selma Lagerlof to Sjöström's studio to screen the film adaptation of her novel, The Phantom Carriage. (A silent film adapted from Lagerlof's book, The Phantom Carriage is considered to be Sjöström's greatest achievement and was declared a "tour de force" by the international film community when it premiered in 1921.) During the course of her two-day visit, the elderly Lagerlof meets Tora, a young and feisty actress. Lagerlof's troubled childhood with an alcoholic father is revealed under the pressure of her charged relationship with Tora, as Sjöström's film uncovers the subliminal story in The Phantom Carriage. Both witty and devastatingly confrontational, the production comes alive in the hands of the masterful director.
actorAnita Björk, Elin Klinga, Lennart Hjulström, Carl-Magnus Dellow
companyThe Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden
costume designerMago
directorIngmar Bergman
lighting designerPierre Leveau
playwrightPer Olov Enquist
producerSofi Lerström
set designer/decorGöran Wassberg
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Q: Problems with installing SASS React I want to install SASS to my react app.
I try yarn add node-sass my console return error:
./src/comopnents/Form/Form.scss (./node_modules/css-loader??ref--6-oneOf-5-1!./node_modules/postcss-loader/src??postcss!./node_modules/sass-loader/lib/loader.js!./src/comopnents/Form/Form.scss)
Node Sass version 7.0.1 is incompatible with ^4.0.0.
I found advice to uninstall node-sass and install sass. I did it, but then I have got this error:
../src/comopnents/Form/Form.scss (./node_modules/css-loader??ref--6-oneOf-5-1!./node_modules/postcss-loader/src??postcss!./node_modules/sass-loader/lib/loader.js!./src/comopnents/Form/Form.scss) To import Sass files, you first need to install node-sass. Run npm install node-sass or yarn add node-sass inside your workspace. Require stack:
*
*/Users/madlen/(...)/node_modules/sass-loader/lib/loader.js
*/Users/madlen/(...)/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/loadLoader.js
*/Users/madlen/(...)/node_modules/loader-runner/lib/LoaderRunner.js
*/Users/(...)/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModule.js
*/Users/(...)/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js
*/Users/(...)/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js
*/Users/(...)/node_modules/webpack/lib/webpack.js
*/Users/(...)/node_modules/react-scripts/scripts/start.js
I try to upgrate yarn, add sass-loader, nothing helps
A: Do this in your package json
"node-sass": "npm:sass@^1.49.9",
React still asks for node-sass after removing it and replacing with sass so you can alias it like this and now react will use sass
A: Maybe try updating your project's react-scripts, as doing so fixed the issue for me.
I was having the same issue - saw advice elsewhere to switch node-sass out for sass, and then had the same errors mentioned in the OP. Tried Mark O's solution to alias sass, which worked. However, then I tried setting up absolute imports in my project (with jsconfig.json in the way described here), and that was mysteriously failing too.
I then realized that my project had a very old version of react-scripts for some reason, as it was on 2.x.x. So I swapped react-scripts in my package.json to be "react-scripts": "4.0.3", ran npm install, did npm run start and now absolute imports work. I then tried using sass instead of node-sass again and that works too (npm uninstall node-sass, then npm install sass).
A: try stopping the current development server, and install node-sass again.
A: I was having similar problem. These steps fixed my problem.
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*Delete node_modules rm -rf node_modules
*Delete package-lock.json rm package-lock.json
*Run npm install or yarn install
I am using;
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*node-sass: ^6.0.1
*npm: 7.24.2
*node: v16.13.0
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\section{Introduction}\label{s:intro}
For most computer vision tasks, such as object detection and identification, it is desirable to use the in-focus images as input rather than blurred ones. However, due to the limited depth-of-field (DOF) of cameras, it is usually difficult to capture the all-in-focus images directly. Therefore, multi-focus image fusion, a technique to fuse two or more partially-focused source images into an all-in-focus image, is very important in the fields of computer vision and image processing, and has drawn considerable attention in recent years.
Existing multi-focus image fusion methods can be roughly categorized into three groups: transform-domain-based methods, spatial-domain-based methods, and deep-learning-based methods.
Transform-domain-based methods usually first decompose the source images in a transform domain, then fuse the features in the transform domain, and finally reconstruct the all-in-focus image. Laplacian pyramid (LP) \cite{LP}, ratio of low-pass pyramid (RP) \cite{RP}, curvelet transform (CVT) \cite{CVT}, discrete wavelet transform (DWT) \cite{DWT}, dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DTCWT) \cite{RDTCWT}, non-subsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) \cite{NSCT}, principal component analysis (CPA) \cite{Rcpa}, and sparse representation-based methods \cite{SR,nsctsr,SPpr} have been explored to build transform-domain-based methods.
Spatial-domain-based methods can be further classified into three sub-groups: block-based methods, region-based methods and pixel-based methods. The block-based methods \cite{block} first divide images into blocks, then calculate the focus measure of each block, and finally choose the block with the highest focus measure as the corresponding block in the fusion result. Consequently, these algorithms are often affected by the granularity of block partitioning. The region-based methods \cite{region} first segment the input images and then fuse the focused segments of these input images. Therefore, the fusion results of region-based methods highly rely on the segmentation accuracy. The pixel-based methods \cite{DSIFT} calculate the focus measure and fuse the images at the pixel level. Usually, pixel-based methods often produce poor results near the boundary between a focused area and a defocused area.
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure1.pdf}
\caption{Examples in our dataset. (a) and (d) are the source images focused on the foreground; (b) and (e) are the source images focused on the background; and (c) and (f) are the all-in-focus images. The upper row is for a complex example and the lower row is for a simple example.}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure*}
\begin{table*}
\centering
\caption{Characteristics of various datasets.}\label{table1}
\begin{tabular}{lllll}
\hline
Dataset & Data generation method & size & realistic & ground truth\\
\hline
Lytro \cite{lytrodata} & Captured by light field camera & 20 pairs, 520$\times$520 & Yes & No \\
CNN \cite{cnn} & Synthetically generated based on the ImageNet dataset & 1,000,000 pairs, 16$\times$16 & No & Yes \\
BA-Fusion \cite{icme2019ours} & Synthetically generated based on the Matting dataset & 2,268,000 pairs, 16$\times$16 & No & Yes \\
FuseGan \cite{fusegan} & Synthetically generated based on segmentation datasets & 5,850 pairs, 320$\times$480 & No & Yes \\
Our Real-MFF & Captured by light field camera & 710 pairs, 625$\times$433 & Yes & Yes \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}
In the past several years, many deep learning methods have been proposed for multi-focus image fusion. Liu \textit{et al.} \cite{cnn} used a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) to generate a decision map just like the pixel-based methods, and then did some post-processing to produce a final decision map. FuseGan \cite{fusegan} used a generative adversarial network (GAN) to generate decision map. Such methods can be regarded as the network-based implementations of the spatial-domain-based methods. Different from them, Wen \textit{et al.} \cite{ecnn} designed an end-to-end neural network for image fusion.
One of the bottlenecks of using deep neural networks to solve multi-focus fusion problems is the lack of suitable large and realistic database with ground truth for the network training. The most widely used dataset in this area is the Lytro Multi-focus dataset \cite{lytrodata}, which contains 20 pairs of multi-focus images with size 520$\times$520 pixels. This dataset is very small and has no ground truth, therefore, it cannot be used for training a deep neural network. To break through this bottleneck, there are some valuable trials. Liu \textit{et al.} \cite{cnn} used high-quality natural images blurred by Gaussian filters with five different levels of blur to generate a dataset. The images generated by this method were not as real as naturally defocused images, because they were blurred with a spatially invariant defocus kernel and therefore lacked defocus changes. \cite{fusegan,ecnn} used segmentation datasets with manually labeled segmentation as the ground truth map. The ground truth was used as a 0-1 mask map, with '0' for foreground and '1' for background. The foreground and background were then blurred by Gaussian filters separately and finally merged together. In our previous work of BA-Fusion \cite{icme2019ours}, we generated a dataset based on a matting dataset. We chose matted object as the foreground object and high-quality picture as the background. However, the images generated by these methods do not follow the real defocus model and thus need further improvement.
In this letter, we propose a new large and realistic dataset for multi-focus image fusion. The dataset, called Real-MFF, consists of various natural multi-focus images with ground truth, generated by light field images. Fig.~\ref{fig1} shows two pairs of partially-focused source images and their all-in-focus ground-truth images in our dataset for examples. The contributions of our work can be summarized as follows.
Firstly, we construct a new large and realistic multi-focus dataset, which contains 710 pairs of images that can be used for training deep neural networks. Each pair of images contains two partially-focused images as the source images and an all-in-focus image as the ground truth. The dataset is generated using a light field camera: Lytro illum camera. The source images are produced by choosing different focus planes.
Secondly, to the best of our knowledge, our dataset is the first large and realistic dataset that can serve as a test bench for validating multi-focus image fusion methods.
Finally, the proposed dataset is both large and realistic so that it can benefit the development of deep-learning-based multi-focus image fusion methods.
\section{Related Work}\label{s:related}
\subsection{Multi-focus image fusion dataset}
As mentioned in Section~\ref{s:intro}, Lytro \cite{lytrodata}, currently the most widely used multi-focus image fusion dataset, only has 20 pairs of images without ground truth. Therefore, it cannot be used for training of deep neural networks. Alternatively, many deep-learning-based algorithms \cite{cnn,ecnn,fusegan,icme2019ours} generated datasets artificially as the training set. But these generated datasets are not natural or realistic, especially near the focused/defocused boundary. The characteristics of these datasets are summarized in Table~\ref{table1}.
\subsection{Light field image processing}
Different from the conventional cameras, the light field camera records the complete light field information in one shot, and generates images afterwards. In 2005, Ng proposed a Fourier Slice Photography Theorem \cite{Ng}, which proved that images focused at different depths can be computed from a single light field image. Dansereau \textit{et al.} \cite{Donald2015} designed a 4D hyperfan shaped band-pass filter in the frequency domain, which can control the range of focused depths of images in the spatial domain.
\section{Dataset}\label{s:dataset}
\subsection{Image capture and categories}
We use the Lytro illum camera to capture light field images at different places, such as square, campus, shopping mall and street. Photo categories include people, plants, buildings, objects, etc. In addition to the photos taken by us, we also selected 443 images from the Stanford database \cite{datasetsf}, which mainly include some scenes with obviously separable foreground and background, especially those with more complex boundary between foreground and background.
\subsection{Pre-processing}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.49\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure2.pdf}
\caption{Refocusing. (a) is the 4D light field captured by a Lytro camera and (b) is the corresponding 4D Fourier spectrum. (c) shows three 2D slices of the 4D Fourier spectrum, and (d) demonstrates the images generated via applying inverse 2D transforms on (c).
}
\label{FIG2}
\end{figure}
We use the \emph{LFLytroDecodeImage} function in the light field toolbox (LFtoolbox) \cite{Donald2013} to decode light field data and obtain the raw 4D light field data as well as the 2D Lenslet images. A two-dimensional representation of 4D light field data is shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(a).
Then, we use the \emph{LFdisp} function to generate 2D images. However, the images generated by LFtoolbox are with color deviation and shape distortion effects. We fix the color difference problem through the gamma transform; and with the help of a calibration plate, the problem of shape distortion is solved.
An illustrative example is shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG3}. In Fig.~\ref{FIG3}(a), the image before color correction is dim and lacks color details; in Fig.~\ref{FIG3}(b), the problem has been fixed after color correction. However, it still can be seen that the object shape in Figs.~\ref{FIG3}(a) and (b) has obvious distortions (e.g.~the table is curved). After distortion correction, the table becomes straight in Fig.~\ref{FIG3}(c).
\begin{figure*}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.80\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure3.pdf}
\caption{Example for pre-processing. (a) is the original image before pre-processing, (b) is the intermediate image after color correction and (c) is the final image after color correction and distortion correction.}
\label{FIG3}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{Refocusing}
The main processing of the dataset is refocusing. For better visualization, we illustrate the processing with an example in Fig.~\ref{FIG2}. Firstly, a 4D light field image (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(a)) is transformed to a 4D Fourier spectrum space (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(b)):
\begin{equation}
F(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t) = DFT( f(u,s,v,t) ),
\end{equation}
where $f$ denotes the 4D light field image, $DFT$ represents the discrete Fourier transform, $F$ is 4D Fourier spectrum, $(u,s,v,t)$ are the two-plane parameterizations of light rays, and $(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t)$ denotes the corresponding coordinates in the 4D Fourier spectrum space.
According to the Fourier Slice Photography Theorem~\cite{Ng}, we then use 4D hyperfan, \emph{LFBuild4DFreqHyperfan} in LFtoobox~\cite{Donald2013}, as a high-dimensional passband filter to filter the 4D Fourier spectrum (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(c)):
\begin{equation}
F_{depth} = H_{HF}(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t, \theta_1,\theta_2)F(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t),
\end{equation}
where $H_{HF}$ is the 4D hyperfan passband filter, $F_{depth}$ means the 4D Fourier spectrum of 2D image focused on the specific depth, and parameters $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ are the slope parameters of the 4D hyperfan.
Finally, the 2D images (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(d)) can be generated by the inverse Fourier transform of the processed 4D Fourier spectrum:
\begin{equation}
I = IDFT(F_{depth}),
\end{equation}
where $IDFT$ represents inverse discrete Fourier transform, and $I$ denotes the 2D image focused on the specific depth.
Since the depth range usually changes for different scenes, we need to first manually select the specific depth range of focus in the Lytro software, then record the depth of focus for each image, and finally generate the desired image focused on different depth ranges. Therefore, $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ usually change for different images. Typically, both $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ are in the range of [-2, 2].
The pseudocode of the algorithm is shown in Algorithm~\ref{alg1}.
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{Refocusing}
\label{alg1}
\begin{algorithmic}
\FOR{each light field image}
\STATE Decode the light field data: $f$;
\STATE Transform $f$ into the frequency domain by FFT:
\STATE $F = DFT(f)$;
\STATE $j$ = the depth at foreground;
\STATE $k$ = the depth at background;
\STATE $l = (j+k)/2$ ;
\STATE \# Generate the foreground focused image
\STATE Build the 4D hyperfan with slopes $j$ and $l$:
\STATE $H_{FG} = H_{HF}(j,l)$;
\STATE $F_{FG} = H_{FG}F$;
\STATE $I_{FG} = IDFT(F_{FG})$;
\STATE \# Generate the background focused image
\STATE Build the 4D hyperfan with slopes $k$ and $l$:
\STATE $H_{BG} = H_{HF}(k,l)$;
\STATE $F_{BG} = H_{BG}F$;
\STATE $I_{BG} = IDFT(F_{BG})$;
\STATE \# Generate the all-in-focus image
\STATE Build the 4D hyperfan with slopes $j$ and $k$:
\STATE $H_{AF} = H_{HF}(j,k)$;
\STATE $F_{AF} = H_{AF}F$;
\STATE $I_{AF} = IDFT(F_{AF})$;
\ENDFOR
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
\section{Experiments}
\subsection{Dataset}
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure4.pdf}
\caption{Example of the generated images. (a) is the all-in-focus image; (b) is the image focused on the background; (c) is the image focused on the foreground; (d) is the difference map between (a) and (b); and (e) is the difference map between (a) and (c).}
\label{FIG4}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure5.pdf}
\caption{Visual comparison. (a) and (b) are the two partially-focused source images; (c) is the ground truth all-in-focus image; and (d)-(m) are the fusion results of the 10 methods.}
\label{FIG5}
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationPSNRnew.pdf}
\caption{PSNR}\label{fig:matrix:PSNR}
\end{subfigure}
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationSSIMnew.pdf}
\caption{SSIM}\label{fig:matrix:SSIM}
\end{subfigure}
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationEPE.pdf}
\caption{EPE}\label{fig:matrix:EPE}
\end{subfigure}
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationALL.pdf}\hfill
\caption{ALL}\label{fig:matrix:ALL}
\end{subfigure}
\caption{Significance testing results for the performance of different methods in terms of (a) PSNR, (b) SSIM, (c) EPE and (d) the intersection (denoted by `ALL') of (a)-(c), where `1' indicates that the algorithm of the row is significantly better than the algorithm of the column, and `0' otherwise, at the significance level of 0.05.}
\label{FIG6}
\end{figure*}
Our Real-MFF dataset contains 710 pairs of images, where each pair includes two partially-focused source images focused on the foreground or background respectively, and an all-in-focus image as the ground truth. We hope that the ground truth is similar to the composition of two source images: the foreground region should be similar to the source image focused on the foreground, and the background region should be similar to the source image focused on the background. Fig.~\ref{FIG4} shows an example for the difference maps between the all-in-focus image and the two source images. The difference shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(d) indicates that the ground truth (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(a)) matches the background of the image focused on the background (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(b)); and the difference shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(e) indicates that the ground truth (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(a)) matches the foreground of the image focused on the foreground (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(c)).
\begin{table*}[h]
\centering
\caption{Quantitative comparison of multi-focus image fusion methods on our dataset.}\label{table2}
\begin{tabular}{lllllllllll}
\hline
& Dsift \cite{DSIFT} & CNN \cite{cnn} & SR \cite{SR} & GF \cite{GF} & LP \cite{LP} & RP \cite{RP} & DTCWT \cite{RDTCWT} & CVT \cite{CVT} & NSCT \cite{NSCT} & NSCT-SR \cite{nsctsr}\\
\hline
\hline
\multicolumn{11}{c}{on the whole dataset}\\
\hline
PSNR & 39.96 & 40.46 & 39.68 & 40.74 & 41.32 & 40.37 & 40.86 & 40.90 & 41.18 & 41.32\\
SSIM & 0.9865 & 0.9880 & 0.9857 & 0.9890 & 0.9904 & 0.9891 & 0.9896 & 0.9892 & 0.9905 & 0.9906\\
EPE & 1.959 & 1.901 & 2.060 & 1.865 & 1.790 & 1.939 & 1.876 & 1.886 & 1.762 & 1.736\\
\hline
\hline
\multicolumn{11}{c}{on the simple dataset}\\
\hline
PSNR & 42.71 & 43.41 & 42.13 & 43.45 & 43.93 & 42.88 & 43.46 & 43.52 & 43.72 & 43.87\\
SSIM & 0.9902 & 0.9920 & 0.9888 & 0.9921 & 0.9924 & 0.9914 & 0.9922 & 0.9921 & 0.9926 & 0.9927\\
EPE & 1.446 & 1.375 & 1.526 & 1.357 & 1.294 & 1.408 & 1.349 & 1.349 & 1.268 & 1.244\\
\hline
\hline
\multicolumn{11}{c}{on the complex dataset}\\
\hline
PSNR & 38.39 & 38.76 & 38.26 & 39.18 & 39.81 & 38.92 & 39.35 & 39.38 & 39.72 & 39.85\\
SSIM & 0.9843 & 0.9857 & 0.9838 & 0.9873 & 0.9892 & 0.9878 & 0.9881 & 0.9876 & 0.9894 & 0.9894\\
EPE & 2.255 & 2.205 & 2.368 & 2.159 & 2.076 & 2.245 & 2.181 & 2.196 & 2.048 & 2.020\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}
Furthermore, in order to evaluate the effect of difficulty level on an algorithm, especially for simple and complex boundaries, we manually divide the dataset into a simple set (260 pairs) and a complex set (450 pairs) according to the complexity of focused/defocused boundary. The division is conducted via a three-person majority voting to reduce the bias caused by subjective selection. Two examples are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig1}, where Fig.~\ref{fig1}(a) is a complex case and Fig.~\ref{fig1}(d) is a simple case. For the complex case in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(a), we can find it difficult to draw a curve as the boundary of the foreground and the background, whereas for the simple case in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(d), we can easily take the border of the cistern as the boundary.
\subsection{Test Bench}
We evaluate 10 typical multi-focus image fusion methods, including some transform-domain-based methods (LP \cite{LP}, RP \cite{RP}, DWT \cite{DWT}, CVT \cite{CVT}, DTCWT \cite{RDTCWT}, NSCT \cite{NSCT}, SR \cite{SR}, NSCT-SR \cite{nsctsr}), some spatial-domain-based methods (Dsift \cite{DSIFT}, GF \cite{GF}), and a deep-learning-based methods (CNN \cite{cnn}), on our dataset.
We employ the peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), structure similarity (SSIM) and end point error (EPE) as the evaluation measures, and in terms of these measures, the performances of the 10 multi-focus image fusion methods on the whole dataset, the simple dataset and the complex dataset are listed in Table~\ref{table2}.
Unsurprisingly, the results of these algorithms on the simple dataset are generally better than those on the complex dataset. The results also show that, among these algorithms, NSCT and NSCT-SR are the top two on our dataset.
For illustration, we choose an example with complex foreground borders from our dataset, and show the visual results of various methods in Fig.~\ref{FIG5}. We can see the difference among these 10 methods in the regions of the falling leaves and the people in the background. It is hard for the spatial-domain-based methods to generate a precise decision map, which means that the resultant images from these methods have some quite blurry areas. Consequently, their PSNRs are usually lower than those of other methods. For the transform-domain-based methods, complex boundaries will decrease the performance of the algorithms, but fortunately this bad effect will not result in complete failure of the algorithms. Moreover, we can see that CNN and Dsift have blurred results for the falling leaves, while NSCT-SR has better results in this area.
In order to further analyze whether the performances of these methods are statistically significantly different from each other, we perform the Wilcoxon signed rank tests \cite{wilcoxon1945individual} on the experimental results in Table~\ref{table2}. The significance testing results in PSNR, SSIM and EPE are shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG6}, as well as the intersection of these three results (denoted by `ALL'), in all of which the number `1' indicates that the algorithm of the row is significantly better than the algorithm of the column at the significance level of 0.05, and the number `0' otherwise. Based on the results, NSCT-SR performs the best on our dataset.
\section{Conclusions}\label{s:conclusion}
In this letter, we propose a large and realistic dataset for multi-focus image fusion tasks. To the best of our knowledge, our Real-MFF dataset is the first large and realistic dataset for this purpose. The dataset is generated by light field images captured with a light field camera. We use the 4D hyperfan in the frequency domain as a band-pass filter to produce images focused on different depths manually. The proposed dataset can serve as a test bench for evaluating multi-focus image fusion methods; furthermore, it can benefit the development of deep-learning-based methods for multi-focus image fusion in the future. It is also our future work to continuously increase the size, diversity and quality of this dataset.
\section*{Acknowledgement}
We thank the reviewers and editors for their constructive comments that improved our manuscript. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61771276).
\section*{Statement}
This paper has been pubilished on Pattern Recognition Letters.
\bibliographystyle{elsarticle-num}
\section{Introduction}\label{s:intro}
For most computer vision tasks, such as object detection and identification, it is desirable to use the in-focus images as input rather than blurred ones. However, due to the limited depth-of-field (DOF) of cameras, it is usually difficult to capture the all-in-focus images directly. Therefore, multi-focus image fusion, a technique to fuse two or more partially-focused source images into an all-in-focus image, is very important in the fields of computer vision and image processing, and has drawn considerable attention in recent years.
Existing multi-focus image fusion methods can be roughly categorized into three groups: transform-domain-based methods, spatial-domain-based methods, and deep-learning-based methods.
Transform-domain-based methods usually first decompose the source images in a transform domain, then fuse the features in the transform domain, and finally reconstruct the all-in-focus image. Laplacian pyramid (LP) \cite{LP}, ratio of low-pass pyramid (RP) \cite{RP}, curvelet transform (CVT) \cite{CVT}, discrete wavelet transform (DWT) \cite{DWT}, dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DTCWT) \cite{RDTCWT}, non-subsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) \cite{NSCT}, principal component analysis (CPA) \cite{Rcpa}, and sparse representation-based methods \cite{SR,nsctsr,SPpr} have been explored to build transform-domain-based methods.
Spatial-domain-based methods can be further classified into three sub-groups: block-based methods, region-based methods and pixel-based methods. The block-based methods \cite{block} first divide images into blocks, then calculate the focus measure of each block, and finally choose the block with the highest focus measure as the corresponding block in the fusion result. Consequently, these algorithms are often affected by the granularity of block partitioning. The region-based methods \cite{region} first segment the input images and then fuse the focused segments of these input images. Therefore, the fusion results of region-based methods highly rely on the segmentation accuracy. The pixel-based methods \cite{DSIFT} calculate the focus measure and fuse the images at the pixel level. Usually, pixel-based methods often produce poor results near the boundary between a focused area and a defocused area.
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.75\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure1.pdf}
\caption{Examples in our dataset. (a) and (d) are the source images focused on the foreground; (b) and (e) are the source images focused on the background; and (c) and (f) are the all-in-focus images. The upper row is for a complex example and the lower row is for a simple example.}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure*}
\begin{table*}
\centering
\caption{Characteristics of various datasets.}\label{table1}
\begin{tabular}{lllll}
\hline
Dataset & Data generation method & size & realistic & ground truth\\
\hline
Lytro \cite{lytrodata} & Captured by light field camera & 20 pairs, 520$\times$520 & Yes & No \\
CNN \cite{cnn} & Synthetically generated based on the ImageNet dataset & 1,000,000 pairs, 16$\times$16 & No & Yes \\
BA-Fusion \cite{icme2019ours} & Synthetically generated based on the Matting dataset & 2,268,000 pairs, 16$\times$16 & No & Yes \\
FuseGan \cite{fusegan} & Synthetically generated based on segmentation datasets & 5,850 pairs, 320$\times$480 & No & Yes \\
Our Real-MFF & Captured by light field camera & 710 pairs, 625$\times$433 & Yes & Yes \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}
In the past several years, many deep learning methods have been proposed for multi-focus image fusion. Liu \textit{et al.} \cite{cnn} used a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) to generate a decision map just like the pixel-based methods, and then did some post-processing to produce a final decision map. FuseGan \cite{fusegan} used a generative adversarial network (GAN) to generate decision map. Such methods can be regarded as the network-based implementations of the spatial-domain-based methods. Different from them, Wen \textit{et al.} \cite{ecnn} designed an end-to-end neural network for image fusion.
One of the bottlenecks of using deep neural networks to solve multi-focus fusion problems is the lack of suitable large and realistic database with ground truth for the network training. The most widely used dataset in this area is the Lytro Multi-focus dataset \cite{lytrodata}, which contains 20 pairs of multi-focus images with size 520$\times$520 pixels. This dataset is very small and has no ground truth, therefore, it cannot be used for training a deep neural network. To break through this bottleneck, there are some valuable trials. Liu \textit{et al.} \cite{cnn} used high-quality natural images blurred by Gaussian filters with five different levels of blur to generate a dataset. The images generated by this method were not as real as naturally defocused images, because they were blurred with a spatially invariant defocus kernel and therefore lacked defocus changes. \cite{fusegan,ecnn} used segmentation datasets with manually labeled segmentation as the ground truth map. The ground truth was used as a 0-1 mask map, with '0' for foreground and '1' for background. The foreground and background were then blurred by Gaussian filters separately and finally merged together. In our previous work of BA-Fusion \cite{icme2019ours}, we generated a dataset based on a matting dataset. We chose matted object as the foreground object and high-quality picture as the background. However, the images generated by these methods do not follow the real defocus model and thus need further improvement.
In this letter, we propose a new large and realistic dataset for multi-focus image fusion. The dataset, called Real-MFF, consists of various natural multi-focus images with ground truth, generated by light field images. Fig.~\ref{fig1} shows two pairs of partially-focused source images and their all-in-focus ground-truth images in our dataset for examples. The contributions of our work can be summarized as follows.
Firstly, we construct a new large and realistic multi-focus dataset, which contains 710 pairs of images that can be used for training deep neural networks. Each pair of images contains two partially-focused images as the source images and an all-in-focus image as the ground truth. The dataset is generated using a light field camera: Lytro illum camera. The source images are produced by choosing different focus planes.
Secondly, to the best of our knowledge, our dataset is the first large and realistic dataset that can serve as a test bench for validating multi-focus image fusion methods.
Finally, the proposed dataset is both large and realistic so that it can benefit the development of deep-learning-based multi-focus image fusion methods.
\section{Related Work}\label{s:related}
\subsection{Multi-focus image fusion dataset}
As mentioned in Section~\ref{s:intro}, Lytro \cite{lytrodata}, currently the most widely used multi-focus image fusion dataset, only has 20 pairs of images without ground truth. Therefore, it cannot be used for training of deep neural networks. Alternatively, many deep-learning-based algorithms \cite{cnn,ecnn,fusegan,icme2019ours} generated datasets artificially as the training set. But these generated datasets are not natural or realistic, especially near the focused/defocused boundary. The characteristics of these datasets are summarized in Table~\ref{table1}.
\subsection{Light field image processing}
Different from the conventional cameras, the light field camera records the complete light field information in one shot, and generates images afterwards. In 2005, Ng proposed a Fourier Slice Photography Theorem \cite{Ng}, which proved that images focused at different depths can be computed from a single light field image. Dansereau \textit{et al.} \cite{Donald2015} designed a 4D hyperfan shaped band-pass filter in the frequency domain, which can control the range of focused depths of images in the spatial domain.
\section{Dataset}\label{s:dataset}
\subsection{Image capture and categories}
We use the Lytro illum camera to capture light field images at different places, such as square, campus, shopping mall and street. Photo categories include people, plants, buildings, objects, etc. In addition to the photos taken by us, we also selected 443 images from the Stanford database \cite{datasetsf}, which mainly include some scenes with obviously separable foreground and background, especially those with more complex boundary between foreground and background.
\subsection{Pre-processing}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.49\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure2.pdf}
\caption{Refocusing. (a) is the 4D light field captured by a Lytro camera and (b) is the corresponding 4D Fourier spectrum. (c) shows three 2D slices of the 4D Fourier spectrum, and (d) demonstrates the images generated via applying inverse 2D transforms on (c).
}
\label{FIG2}
\end{figure}
We use the \emph{LFLytroDecodeImage} function in the light field toolbox (LFtoolbox) \cite{Donald2013} to decode light field data and obtain the raw 4D light field data as well as the 2D Lenslet images. A two-dimensional representation of 4D light field data is shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(a).
Then, we use the \emph{LFdisp} function to generate 2D images. However, the images generated by LFtoolbox are with color deviation and shape distortion effects. We fix the color difference problem through the gamma transform; and with the help of a calibration plate, the problem of shape distortion is solved.
An illustrative example is shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG3}. In Fig.~\ref{FIG3}(a), the image before color correction is dim and lacks color details; in Fig.~\ref{FIG3}(b), the problem has been fixed after color correction. However, it still can be seen that the object shape in Figs.~\ref{FIG3}(a) and (b) has obvious distortions (e.g.~the table is curved). After distortion correction, the table becomes straight in Fig.~\ref{FIG3}(c).
\begin{figure*}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.80\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure3.pdf}
\caption{Example for pre-processing. (a) is the original image before pre-processing, (b) is the intermediate image after color correction and (c) is the final image after color correction and distortion correction.}
\label{FIG3}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{Refocusing}
The main processing of the dataset is refocusing. For better visualization, we illustrate the processing with an example in Fig.~\ref{FIG2}. Firstly, a 4D light field image (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(a)) is transformed to a 4D Fourier spectrum space (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(b)):
\begin{equation}
F(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t) = DFT( f(u,s,v,t) ),
\end{equation}
where $f$ denotes the 4D light field image, $DFT$ represents the discrete Fourier transform, $F$ is 4D Fourier spectrum, $(u,s,v,t)$ are the two-plane parameterizations of light rays, and $(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t)$ denotes the corresponding coordinates in the 4D Fourier spectrum space.
According to the Fourier Slice Photography Theorem~\cite{Ng}, we then use 4D hyperfan, \emph{LFBuild4DFreqHyperfan} in LFtoobox~\cite{Donald2013}, as a high-dimensional passband filter to filter the 4D Fourier spectrum (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(c)):
\begin{equation}
F_{depth} = H_{HF}(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t, \theta_1,\theta_2)F(\Omega_u,\Omega_s,\Omega_v,\Omega_t),
\end{equation}
where $H_{HF}$ is the 4D hyperfan passband filter, $F_{depth}$ means the 4D Fourier spectrum of 2D image focused on the specific depth, and parameters $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ are the slope parameters of the 4D hyperfan.
Finally, the 2D images (Fig.~\ref{FIG2}(d)) can be generated by the inverse Fourier transform of the processed 4D Fourier spectrum:
\begin{equation}
I = IDFT(F_{depth}),
\end{equation}
where $IDFT$ represents inverse discrete Fourier transform, and $I$ denotes the 2D image focused on the specific depth.
Since the depth range usually changes for different scenes, we need to first manually select the specific depth range of focus in the Lytro software, then record the depth of focus for each image, and finally generate the desired image focused on different depth ranges. Therefore, $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ usually change for different images. Typically, both $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ are in the range of [-2, 2].
The pseudocode of the algorithm is shown in Algorithm~\ref{alg1}.
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{Refocusing}
\label{alg1}
\begin{algorithmic}
\FOR{each light field image}
\STATE Decode the light field data: $f$;
\STATE Transform $f$ into the frequency domain by FFT:
\STATE $F = DFT(f)$;
\STATE $j$ = the depth at foreground;
\STATE $k$ = the depth at background;
\STATE $l = (j+k)/2$ ;
\STATE \# Generate the foreground focused image
\STATE Build the 4D hyperfan with slopes $j$ and $l$:
\STATE $H_{FG} = H_{HF}(j,l)$;
\STATE $F_{FG} = H_{FG}F$;
\STATE $I_{FG} = IDFT(F_{FG})$;
\STATE \# Generate the background focused image
\STATE Build the 4D hyperfan with slopes $k$ and $l$:
\STATE $H_{BG} = H_{HF}(k,l)$;
\STATE $F_{BG} = H_{BG}F$;
\STATE $I_{BG} = IDFT(F_{BG})$;
\STATE \# Generate the all-in-focus image
\STATE Build the 4D hyperfan with slopes $j$ and $k$:
\STATE $H_{AF} = H_{HF}(j,k)$;
\STATE $F_{AF} = H_{AF}F$;
\STATE $I_{AF} = IDFT(F_{AF})$;
\ENDFOR
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
\section{Experiments}
\subsection{Dataset}
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure4.pdf}
\caption{Example of the generated images. (a) is the all-in-focus image; (b) is the image focused on the background; (c) is the image focused on the foreground; (d) is the difference map between (a) and (b); and (e) is the difference map between (a) and (c).}
\label{FIG4}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{submission/figs/figure5.pdf}
\caption{Visual comparison. (a) and (b) are the two partially-focused source images; (c) is the ground truth all-in-focus image; and (d)-(m) are the fusion results of the 10 methods.}
\label{FIG5}
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationPSNRnew.pdf}
\caption{PSNR}\label{fig:matrix:PSNR}
\end{subfigure}
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationSSIMnew.pdf}
\caption{SSIM}\label{fig:matrix:SSIM}
\end{subfigure}
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationEPE.pdf}
\caption{EPE}\label{fig:matrix:EPE}
\end{subfigure}
\begin{subfigure}{0.245\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{submission/figs/significationALL.pdf}\hfill
\caption{ALL}\label{fig:matrix:ALL}
\end{subfigure}
\caption{Significance testing results for the performance of different methods in terms of (a) PSNR, (b) SSIM, (c) EPE and (d) the intersection (denoted by `ALL') of (a)-(c), where `1' indicates that the algorithm of the row is significantly better than the algorithm of the column, and `0' otherwise, at the significance level of 0.05.}
\label{FIG6}
\end{figure*}
Our Real-MFF dataset contains 710 pairs of images, where each pair includes two partially-focused source images focused on the foreground or background respectively, and an all-in-focus image as the ground truth. We hope that the ground truth is similar to the composition of two source images: the foreground region should be similar to the source image focused on the foreground, and the background region should be similar to the source image focused on the background. Fig.~\ref{FIG4} shows an example for the difference maps between the all-in-focus image and the two source images. The difference shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(d) indicates that the ground truth (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(a)) matches the background of the image focused on the background (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(b)); and the difference shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(e) indicates that the ground truth (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(a)) matches the foreground of the image focused on the foreground (Fig.~\ref{FIG4}(c)).
\begin{table*}[h]
\centering
\caption{Quantitative comparison of multi-focus image fusion methods on our dataset.}\label{table2}
\begin{tabular}{lllllllllll}
\hline
& Dsift \cite{DSIFT} & CNN \cite{cnn} & SR \cite{SR} & GF \cite{GF} & LP \cite{LP} & RP \cite{RP} & DTCWT \cite{RDTCWT} & CVT \cite{CVT} & NSCT \cite{NSCT} & NSCT-SR \cite{nsctsr}\\
\hline
\hline
\multicolumn{11}{c}{on the whole dataset}\\
\hline
PSNR & 39.96 & 40.46 & 39.68 & 40.74 & 41.32 & 40.37 & 40.86 & 40.90 & 41.18 & 41.32\\
SSIM & 0.9865 & 0.9880 & 0.9857 & 0.9890 & 0.9904 & 0.9891 & 0.9896 & 0.9892 & 0.9905 & 0.9906\\
EPE & 1.959 & 1.901 & 2.060 & 1.865 & 1.790 & 1.939 & 1.876 & 1.886 & 1.762 & 1.736\\
\hline
\hline
\multicolumn{11}{c}{on the simple dataset}\\
\hline
PSNR & 42.71 & 43.41 & 42.13 & 43.45 & 43.93 & 42.88 & 43.46 & 43.52 & 43.72 & 43.87\\
SSIM & 0.9902 & 0.9920 & 0.9888 & 0.9921 & 0.9924 & 0.9914 & 0.9922 & 0.9921 & 0.9926 & 0.9927\\
EPE & 1.446 & 1.375 & 1.526 & 1.357 & 1.294 & 1.408 & 1.349 & 1.349 & 1.268 & 1.244\\
\hline
\hline
\multicolumn{11}{c}{on the complex dataset}\\
\hline
PSNR & 38.39 & 38.76 & 38.26 & 39.18 & 39.81 & 38.92 & 39.35 & 39.38 & 39.72 & 39.85\\
SSIM & 0.9843 & 0.9857 & 0.9838 & 0.9873 & 0.9892 & 0.9878 & 0.9881 & 0.9876 & 0.9894 & 0.9894\\
EPE & 2.255 & 2.205 & 2.368 & 2.159 & 2.076 & 2.245 & 2.181 & 2.196 & 2.048 & 2.020\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}
Furthermore, in order to evaluate the effect of difficulty level on an algorithm, especially for simple and complex boundaries, we manually divide the dataset into a simple set (260 pairs) and a complex set (450 pairs) according to the complexity of focused/defocused boundary. The division is conducted via a three-person majority voting to reduce the bias caused by subjective selection. Two examples are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig1}, where Fig.~\ref{fig1}(a) is a complex case and Fig.~\ref{fig1}(d) is a simple case. For the complex case in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(a), we can find it difficult to draw a curve as the boundary of the foreground and the background, whereas for the simple case in Fig.~\ref{fig1}(d), we can easily take the border of the cistern as the boundary.
\subsection{Test Bench}
We evaluate 10 typical multi-focus image fusion methods, including some transform-domain-based methods (LP \cite{LP}, RP \cite{RP}, DWT \cite{DWT}, CVT \cite{CVT}, DTCWT \cite{RDTCWT}, NSCT \cite{NSCT}, SR \cite{SR}, NSCT-SR \cite{nsctsr}), some spatial-domain-based methods (Dsift \cite{DSIFT}, GF \cite{GF}), and a deep-learning-based methods (CNN \cite{cnn}), on our dataset.
We employ the peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR), structure similarity (SSIM) and end point error (EPE) as the evaluation measures, and in terms of these measures, the performances of the 10 multi-focus image fusion methods on the whole dataset, the simple dataset and the complex dataset are listed in Table~\ref{table2}.
Unsurprisingly, the results of these algorithms on the simple dataset are generally better than those on the complex dataset. The results also show that, among these algorithms, NSCT and NSCT-SR are the top two on our dataset.
For illustration, we choose an example with complex foreground borders from our dataset, and show the visual results of various methods in Fig.~\ref{FIG5}. We can see the difference among these 10 methods in the regions of the falling leaves and the people in the background. It is hard for the spatial-domain-based methods to generate a precise decision map, which means that the resultant images from these methods have some quite blurry areas. Consequently, their PSNRs are usually lower than those of other methods. For the transform-domain-based methods, complex boundaries will decrease the performance of the algorithms, but fortunately this bad effect will not result in complete failure of the algorithms. Moreover, we can see that CNN and Dsift have blurred results for the falling leaves, while NSCT-SR has better results in this area.
In order to further analyze whether the performances of these methods are statistically significantly different from each other, we perform the Wilcoxon signed rank tests \cite{wilcoxon1945individual} on the experimental results in Table~\ref{table2}. The significance testing results in PSNR, SSIM and EPE are shown in Fig.~\ref{FIG6}, as well as the intersection of these three results (denoted by `ALL'), in all of which the number `1' indicates that the algorithm of the row is significantly better than the algorithm of the column at the significance level of 0.05, and the number `0' otherwise. Based on the results, NSCT-SR performs the best on our dataset.
\section{Conclusions}\label{s:conclusion}
In this letter, we propose a large and realistic dataset for multi-focus image fusion tasks. To the best of our knowledge, our Real-MFF dataset is the first large and realistic dataset for this purpose. The dataset is generated by light field images captured with a light field camera. We use the 4D hyperfan in the frequency domain as a band-pass filter to produce images focused on different depths manually. The proposed dataset can serve as a test bench for evaluating multi-focus image fusion methods; furthermore, it can benefit the development of deep-learning-based methods for multi-focus image fusion in the future. It is also our future work to continuously increase the size, diversity and quality of this dataset.
\section*{Acknowledgement}
We thank the reviewers and editors for their constructive comments that improved our manuscript. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61771276).
\section*{Statement}
This paper has been pubilished on Pattern Recognition Letters.
\bibliographystyle{elsarticle-num}
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How Long Does It Take To Write A Novel?
Between plotting, drafting time and editing time, you'll be surprised what the answer is.
Brian A. Klems
That's the question I asked myself when I started to outline my second novel, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind.
I hear you say: Surely, you already knew!
But I didn't. I wrote my first novel, A Calculated Life, over the course of several years with frequent breaks of many months. I kept coming back to the incomplete manuscript, reading it afresh each time, and then pressing on, adding a few thousand words before I had to put the manuscript away again. Life kept intervening.
This guest post is by Anne Charnock. Charnock's debut novel, A Calculated Life, was a finalist for the 2013 Philip K. Dick and Kitschies Golden Tentacle Awards. Her new book, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, is out now. Her writing career began in journalism and her articles appeared in the Guardian, New Scientist, International Herald Tribune, and Geographical. She travelled widely as a foreign correspondent and spent a year overlanding through Egypt, Sudan, and Kenya. Visit her at annecharnock.com and follow her on Twitter @annecharnock.
When I started my second novel, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, I vowed that I'd keep a detailed record of my progress. I created a spreadsheet, and in the first column I logged every date that I sat at my laptop to work on the novel. I specified whether I was outlining, drafting (in which case I typed in the word count) or editing. And because the novel had three storylines, set in the past, present and future, I added extra columns to keep a tally of the word count in each of the three time settings. When I'd completed the first draft of Chapter 1, I decided I deserved a new column titled 'Milestones.'
It's worth pointing out that I didn't include all my research time!
Several years of art study are unaccounted for in the spreadsheet. But once I'd met my deadline and submitted my novel to 47North, I revisited my diary and counted the days I'd spent in China and Italy carrying out research specifically for this novel.
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So how long did it take?
I started the outline on 12 May 2014, the day after I arrived home from China. I emailed the full manuscript to my editor, Jason Kirk, on 20 April 2015.
It took me 222 days of outlining, drafting, and editing to complete the manuscript, which had a word count of roughly 70,000. Adding my research days in China and Italy, and assuming a five-day working week (in fact, my working week varied from three days to seven days per week), it took me exactly 52 weeks to write my novel.
That's right. Exactly one year. How strangely rounded is that?
You'll see from the screen capture that my output was pretty pathetic some days. However, I found that the chapters I wrote quickly were the ones that needed the most editing. This brings me onto …
Drafting versus editing time
I can't be definitive on this. I always edit as I go along rather than writing a full rough draft for a whole novel. In other words, as I go along, I'll edit the previous paragraph, my morning's work, my previous day's work, and so on until the chapter is finished. On my spreadsheet, I regarded this on-the-hoof editing as drafting.
What I classed as 'editing' were the edits I made at the end of each chapter.
How long does it take to write a novel? Well, I now know how long it takes ME! Here's a screen capture of my first 50 days. I reckon 60 words on 17 July was my low point, but I notice I worked on the outline, too, that day.
Now, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind has a fragmented structure, and the time setting switches, chapter by chapter, from future to present to past. I re-edited after every third chapter—partly to make sure the pace was comparable across the three story lines. I also checked the threads/themes/motifs, which I intended to weave through the narrative. I kept two more spreadsheets (I don't favor white boards and Post-Its, though I'm sure other writers find them helpful):
An outline spreadsheet. I started my draft with the barest plot outline so, as I progressed with the manuscript, I summarized the main events in each chapter—four or five entries at most—for easy future reference.
A themes/motifs spreadsheet. I charted the positions of my recurring themes/motifs across the 21 chapters (see photograph).
In addition, when I reached the halfway point with the manuscript, I stopped to polish everything I'd written so far. Many writers may regard this as madness. However, I felt I needed to feel confident about the novel thus far before adding to an already heavily interwoven narrative.
I pressed on with the second half of the novel, repeating the editing process that I'd used for the first half. By the time I'd drafted the final chapter, I was ready to polish the entire novel.
I suspect this is not how most authors operate! And this only emphasises how each writer has his/her own methodology partly determined by personal preference and partly dictated by the nature of the writing project.
According to my spreadsheet, the split was 50/50 between 'drafting' and 'editing.'
Don't forget, additional rounds of editing ensued once I'd submitted my completed manuscript—development edits, copy-edits, and proofreads.
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How does this compare with my first novel?
I adopted a similar process forA Calculated Life though this first novel had a linear narrative—far less complicated in many ways. But I was a novice and when I reached 'The End,' I found that my manuscript needed far more than a final polish! For example, I changed the beginning of the novel twice before I felt it was ready for submission.
This week—though distracted by the release of Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind—I'm working on the manuscript of my third novel, Dreams Before The Start Of Time. Maybe I'll speed up with the experience of writing two novels, but somehow I think that's unlikely. Each writing project throws up new challenges—there are new writerly problems to solve. And, as I keep reminding myself, it's not a race.
If you are considering writing a novel with a fractured structure, here are a few fine examples:
A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Hours and Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
Ghostwritten and Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Life: A Users' Manual by Georges Perec
The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Other writing/publishing articles & links for you:
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In 1968 Andy Warhol stated "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes". We're not sure whether this was a prophetic vision based on the ease to gain internet fame in the 21st century, but wanting our "15 minutes" Elldrew decided to seize an opportunity to put themselves in front of the camera for Amazon's pre-Christmas "Approved By Customers" online campaign, with our bundle of fluff @TomKatsu.
Elldrew have no experience in front of the camera and 18-month-old TomKatsu even less. Having barely ventured beyond the four walls of our house with a small inner city garden (we are referring to the cat), all three of us nervously approached the film studios in East London early one Sunday morning wondering how the day would evolve.
We were greeted by Amazon and their PR firm's ebullient staff and shown into a rather vast 'green room'. That's fine we thought, a larger room then expected, we'd get TomKatsu comfortable and used to the smells and sounds before taking him into a similar studio. For the hour we sat in the room our normally very curious and confident TomKatsu barely came out of his travel case, and when he did he hid behind the sofa. We started to get a tad stressed about his ability to perform, so called the casting agent who reassured us that the team at Amazon were fully aware that we had no prior experience in front of the camera and that we and TomKatsu would be fine. TomKatsu did manage to greet some of the team as they popped in to say hello, he was happy to show off to the Director (phew), but he did take a particular dislike to the Production Assistant – we don't know why but every time she came in he scurried off to a hidey-hole. Thankfully she didn't take it personally…we've stopped trying to wonder what goes on in that fluffy mind of his long ago.
An hour or so later, with make-up done (us not him), appropriate clothing chosen from the selection we brought with us, we were shown into the filming studio. WOW. If we thought the green room was large then the studio was massive. Panic attack kicked in as we scoped out the warehouse sized studio with its dark corners and large shipping crates and boxes everywhere…this was indeed the perfect playground (or hiding place) for a small feline. We were worried but the amazing crew reassured us that it would be fine and they offered to spread out around the actual set, forming a human line, to ensure that if he did run off they would either stop him or send him back in our direction.
All started off positively, TomKatsu was still nervous but also a little inquisitive. He sat patiently on Elldrew's lap whilst we introduced him to the range of cat products. We showed him a 3ft high cardboard pet castle which he loved jumping into and burrowing around it's three levels – after all, in the vast studio it was a nice small secure space; perfect for a little kitty. He played with some catnip toys and we all had a good giggle at the catnip Christmas stocking pack that contained a catnip Christmas tree, a catnip candy cane and a catnip banana (banana? Yes, don't ask, we couldn't work out the association either).
Several times we took him out of the castle and showed him some of the other products we were reviewing, alas the diva that he is, he wasn't too interested and promptly jumped back into 'his' castle. We took him out again and tried to get his attention with a laser pointer. TomKatsu jumped back into the castle. We lifted the castle off him and showed him an amazing turntable scratch mat. TomKatsu ran back into the castle. We moved the castle away altogether and tried to get his interest in his favourite toy at home, catnip bubbles, but this time he looked around and sprinted off to a dark corner of the studio…the staff sprang into action, as if playing a game of tag, with Ell racing after him, almost rugby tackling a crew member, catching TomKatsu before he dived behind a stack of boxes.
It was around that point we realised TomKatsu was possibly never going to be a film star. Whilst Drew may have had a certain panache in front of the camera, Ell wasn't doing a whole lot better than TomKatsu, having failed to grasp the simplest task of looking at the cameraman and not the camera. We persevered for another hour by which point the crew said they were happy with the footage and we would call it a day as TomKatsu was showing signs of needing a nap.
We had a fun day out, loved the experience and loved showing off the video to our family and friends. We will stick to our day jobs and leave TomKatsu to laze around the house all day (or hide out in the cardboard castle which we ultimately got for his Christmas present). The Amazon crew managed to wave their magic wand and pull together our best bits in the review video. Whilst over 41,000 Facebook views wont bring us internet fame we can at least say we gave it a try. For you viewing pleausure, here's the full video featuring some other pets including Instagram French bulldog sensation @judethefrench, so we were in good company at least. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 28 |
Q: C# How to make a thread wait for either of two Manual Reset Events? I have a thread that grabs messages from a concurrent queue and writes them to a network stream. The loop inside the thread looks like this:
while (!cancel.IsCancellationRequested)
{
messageBus.outboundPending.WaitOne();
var message = messageBus.GetFrom(Direction.Outbound);
if (message == null) { continue; }
MessageWriter.WriteMessage(networkStream, message, cancel, OnStreamClose).Wait(cancel);
}
The requirement is that the thread stops if the cancellation token is set. However, since it waits for pending messages in the queue, the thread will stay blocked. How could I "combine" both the cancellation token and the outbound event so that if either of them are set, the thread unblocks?
The only convoluted way that I can think of to make it work is to replace the outboundPending event with a new third event, and start two new threads: one that waits for the outbound event, and another that waits for the cancel event, and have both of them set the third event when they unblock. But that feels really bad.
A: Try WaitHandle.WaitAny and include the CancellationToken.WaitHandle.
A discussion of a cancellable WaitAll can be found here
A: Use the WaitOne(TimeSpan) method. It will return true if it was signaled, and false if the timeout was reached.
e.g, if you send TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1) and a second has passed without a signal, the execution will continue and the method will return false. If the signal was given, it will return true.
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United Nations Mongolia
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Tapan Mishra
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Mr. Tapan Mishra has taken over his role as the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UN RC) for Mongolia in September 2019. As UN RC, the highest-ranking representative of the United Nations Development System in Mongolia, he has been designated by the UN Secretary General to lead the UN Country Team in coordinating operational activities for development in the country. Before this post in Mongolia, Mr. Mishra served as UN RC in DPR Korea from 2015 to 2019.
Mr. Tapan Mishra first joined the UN system in 2003 as the UNDP Learning Advisor and Deputy Chief of the Learning Resources Centre (LRC) in the Office of Human Resources, Bureau of Management where he moved up to become the Director and Chief of LRC from 2007 to 2013.
The work of the United Nations in Mongolia is guided by the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) that provides a strategic guidance to the UN system work in the country. The current UNDAF 2017-2021 was signed with the Government of Mongolia in 2016 and is designed to foster cooperation, enhance coordination and strengthen partnerships to support attainment of Mongolia's Sustainable Development Vision 2030.
The UNDAF demonstrates a strategic focus supporting Mongolia in achieving its sustainable development objectives and focuses on (1) promoting inclusive growth and sustainable management of natural resources; (2) enhancing social protection and utilization of quality and equitable social services, and (3) fostering voice and strengthening accountability.
For successful implementation of UNDAF 2017-2021 the UN will utilize its comparative advantages in Mongolia that are as follows:
Strong reputation with the Government of Mongolia and a consolidated relationship built on decades of successful cooperation;
Convening ability and role of international broker;
Credibility with NGOs, civil society (at all levels);
Knowledge and international standards;
Independence and neutrality;
Strategic support for SDGs (expertise, reporting);
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The last news about Mortal Kombat (aka Mortal Kombat 3). Watch the movie trailer soon.
Looks like Director Christopher Morrison, aka Mink, is still trying to push for a new Mortal Kombat movie. Former "Mortal Kombat" actor Chris Casamassa recently said that the new opus of the Mortal kombat movie series will start principal photography in September 2009.
It's quite strange: it's either a low-budget flick that can't garner any buzz or they're trying to keep the lid on any news about it.
Details about this new Mortal Kombat movie are rather scarce. We don't really know if it's a sequel to the two previous movies or a reboot. IMDb is listing the movie under the title of Mortal Kombat. It is slated fr a 2010 release.
Well, we'll have to wait for more details about this new Mortal Kombat movie. Just hope that the movie will have enough budget to render gorgeous fatalities on screen! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 32 |
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flight numberEK002 / flight numberEK775 / flight numberEK775
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arrives Next day to O R Tambo International Airport (JNB) at10:45+1Next day
Continuation in Johannesburg (JNB) : 1h 40m
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arrives Next day to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) at13:35+1Next day
LHRDeparting from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) at13:40
Aircraft Type :Airbus 380View servicesavailable on EK002
JNBarrives Next day to O R Tambo International Airport (JNB) at10:45+1Next day
JNBDeparting from O R Tambo International Airport (JNB) at12:25+1Next day
DURarrives Next day to King Shaka International Airport (DUR) at13:35+1Next day
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Total journey18h 5m
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Hoping to follow the lead of Seattle and a handful of other cities across the nation, the Healthy Tacoma coalition launched a campaign to require that businesses in the city provide paid sick leave for their employees.
To create the proposal, the coalition looked at paid sick leave requirements in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.
Like Seattle, accrual rates would vary based on the size of the business.
Currently, two in five Tacoma workers — about 40,000 — have no paid sick leave.
In these instances, people with low incomes are particularly vulnerable since a lack of paid sick leave forces them to choose between health and financial security, paid sick-leave proponents say.
They add that the benefits of paid sick days extend far beyond the workers taking them, noting the swine flu pandemic. They point to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's public health recommendation to "just stay home," when sick.
Seattle's ordinance took effect September 2012, despite opposition from the Washington Restaurant Association and critics who said it would be too costly for struggling businesses.
Since then, bills on both sides of the aisle — either to restrict Seattle's ordinance or expand it statewide — have been introduced in the Washington Legislature but aren't expected to go anywhere.
Some states have banned city sick leave requirements altogether, leaving the power in the hands of employers.
Connecticut is the only state with mandated sick leave.
Healthy Tacoma currently has the support of four Tacoma City Council members and will continue working to build momentum before a final ordinance is proposed in the next few months, Restrepo said. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 35 |
Another chance looms to transfer refugees to New Zealand
By David Crowe
July 21, 2019 — 5.24pm
Australia has another chance to transfer refugees from Manus Island or Nauru in a renewed offer from New Zealand to resettle 150 people, just as Papua New Guinea demands the closure of the detention centre on its soil.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her government remained willing to accept the refugees on humanitarian grounds, confirming the number of places during her visit to Australia last Friday.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says "we've consistently" made the offer to Australia to resettle 150 people. Credit:Simon Schluter
But Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected the chance to resettle the refugees on the grounds it would weaken border security.
Ms Ardern told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age that the offer remained on the table and could be used to resettle 150 refugees, while emphasising it would cover people with approved refugee status.
"We've consistently made it," Ms Ardern said. "The Australian government knows that it's there. We've always said that it's a matter ultimately for them.
"However, of course we've always said as well it would be an offer for refugees. So that's the area where we would make sure New Zealand's input would be."
The offer was first made by former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in February 2013 and was continued under his successors, Bill English and Ms Ardern.
While the Gillard government accepted the original offer, Tony Abbott rejected it upon becoming Prime Minister in September 2013.
The offer was rejected again during the Turnbull government after a failed attempt to legislate a "lifetime ban visa" to stop the refugees moving from New Zealand to Australia.
Refugee advocates took the streets in Sydney in national rallies to mark six years since the implementation of offshore detention on Manus and Nauru. Credit:AAP
Labor adjusted its position last October to accept the "lifetime ban" subject to conditions, but Mr Morrison did not take up the chance to compromise on the bill.
Ms Ardern confirmed in an interview the size of the proposed refugee intake had not changed.
"The offer hasn't changed and the offer was 150 places," she said.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, who took office in May, has arrived in Australia for meetings in which he will urge the Morrison government to speed up the removal of refugees from Manus Island.
"These are human beings we're dealing with. We can't leave them all hanging in space with no serious consideration into their future," Mr Marape told ABC Radio last Friday.
Mr Marape arrived in Canberra on Sunday for a dinner with Mr Morrison ahead of a formal bilateral meeting on Monday.
An estimated 450 asylum seekers are in Papua New Guinea while 350 are on Nauru.
Mr Marape said last Friday he had asked Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton for faster action.
"I've met Immigration Minister Peter Dutton already. I've asked him to expedite the processing of asylum seekers," he said.
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape and wife Rachel Marape arrive at Fairbairn Airbase in Canberra on Sunday, July 21, 2019. Credit:AAP
Greens Senator Nick McKim was told to leave Papua New Guinea after visiting Manus Island last week to mark six years since the Australian government imposed policies to transfer asylum seekers to the detention centre.
David Crowe is chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 36 |
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Q: google map api in javascript : how to dinamic setCenter in two layer for loop function start()
{
var lastcenter = map.getCenter();
for(var i = 0;i<2/*18937*/;i++)
{
var run = lastcenter;
var lat = run.lat()-(0.00018*i);
var lng = run.lng();
for(var j = 0;j<3/*11276*/;j++)
{
var rlng = lng+(0.00018*j);
run = {lat:lat,lng:rlng};
map.setCenter(run);
PrintMap();
}
}
}
**I try to cut many small square from google map,and wanna to setcenter to Visit every square and capture them but the program will setcenter at last point and cut many square for last point,How can i fix it....
demo:https://jsfiddle.net/awalker0215/u0s9kna1/1/
**
A: Both html2canvas and setCenter are asynchronous. So your code needs to "wait" until one call has been finished and then proceed further.
It could look something like this
<input type="button" value="startCut" onclick="moveMap()">
and
var i = 0, n = 3;
function moveMap()
{
google.maps.event.addListenerOnce(map, 'idle', function() {
printMap();
})
map.setCenter({lat: map.getCenter().lat() - 0.1, lng: map.getCenter().lng() - 0.1});
}
function printMap()
{
html2canvas(document.getElementById("map"),
{
useCORS: true,
onrendered: function(canvas)
{
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("br"))
i++;
if (i < n) {
moveMap();
} else {
google.maps.event.clearListeners(map, 'idle');
}
}
})
}
The problem in this case is that the map sometimes is idle but tiles are still being loaded (note the last image). So it would be better to use timeout.
var i = 0, n = 3;
function moveMap()
{
map.setCenter({lat: map.getCenter().lat() - 0.1, lng: map.getCenter().lng() - 0.1});
setTimeout(function() {
printMap();
}, 200);
}
function printMap()
{
html2canvas(document.getElementById("map"),
{
useCORS: true,
onrendered: function(canvas)
{
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement("br"))
i++;
if (i < n) {
moveMap();
}
}
})
}
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Who are Byakuya and Juushirou referring to in chapter 117?
At the beginning of chapter 117 of Bleach, Juushirou Ukitake says, "Byakuya... Who is he?" (referring to Ichigo) and Byakuya replies, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of. He's no one. Just a ryoka. I'll dispose of him. And then... this trifling conflict... will come to an end."
Who is Byakuya referring to when he says, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of."? Or another way to say it, who did Juushirou Ukitake think that Ichigo was related to?
He's referring to Kaien Shiba, the former lieutenant of Jūshirō Ukitake's squad.
In the anime, his wife Miyako who was the 3rd Seat was possessed and devoured from the inside by one of Sōsuke Aizen's Hollows Metastacia. Kaien decided to track her down and kill her. However, Rukia followed him and saw him becoming possessed by the Hollow which leads to her having to reluctantly kill him and then deliver his body to the Shiba clan.
This begins Ganju's hatred for Soul Reapers as Kaien was his brother and he knew a Soul Reaper killed him because of the sword wounds on his body. However, Kūkaku knew full well it was Rukia who killed him and knew why she did and vowed that should she confront her about Kaien and apologize she would forgive Rukia.
Now, what Jūshirō Ukitake talking about is Ichigo's appearance in relation to Kaien's as they both look similar which in some cases may explain Rukia's actions as she's always felt guilty having been the one to kill Kaien, one of the 2 people who didn't treat her differently because she was Byakuya sister, the other was Miyako.
I should point out that this is from the Anime. From my understanding, apart from fillers, the anime is faithful to the manga.
What are Byakuya's Gokei, Senkei and Shuukei?
What happened to Ichigo in Urahara's training area after meeting Byakuya (for the first time)?
Who are the shadows that speak to Grand-Fisher?
How old are Ururu and Jinta?
How did the last threat disappear in the last chapter?
Are Hollows defeated by humans who are not Quincies considered as destroyed or "purified"?
Can Byakuya overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu as easy as he overcomed Koga since both of them are based on illusion? | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 39 |
1. Perfect By: Ellen Hopkins- I was excited for this book to come out anyway because I liked Impulse, but then when I saw the cover I got really excited! I just think it's cool and beautiful, but also dark in a way.
2. The Lying Game By: Sara Shepard- Cool cover idea for a book about twins. I think it just looks freaky and unique.
3. The Lonely Hearts Club By: Elizabeth Eullberg- I have to admit, I hated this book! The way it was written made everything in the book seem super corny. BUT this is about covers, and the whole reason I read this book is because the cover is awesome! It's not super original, I mean it's a direct play on Abbey Road, but it just turned out so cute!
4. Bunheads By: Sophie Flack- This one and the next few are books I haven't read yet, but because of the covers, they've made it onto my to-read list. This cover is gorgeous! I guess it also helps that I used to be a dancer, and I love watching dance. It's on my list to read, and hopefully I will get to it soon.
5. Between By: Jessica Warman- Ok I don't really know how this cover relates to the book, the description doesn't really make the link for me, but I guess I'll have to read it to find out. Anyhow I think this cover is beautiful and haunting.
6. Pieces of Us By: Margie Gelbwasser- Another one on my to-read list. I just really like this cover, it gives me a lost/lonely feeling. This book comes out this week!
7. Shine By Lauren Myracle- Haven't read this one yet either, but I LOVE the colors on this cover! It looks aged, but the opening flower gives a feeling of newness and hope.
8. Twenty Boy Summer By: Sarah Ockler- I did read this one, and it's a good one. The cover is simple but still eye-catching.
10. Hold Still- Nina LaCour- Not much to say about this one. It's a really good book with a really good cover!
So that's it! A little harder than I thought since like I said, all the really cool covers are fantasy books. One thing I learned from doing this list is: YA has the best covers hands down!! You gotta admit that!
Thanks for stopping by my top ten this week! The name of your blog is great, btw! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 40 |
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Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Barium Chloride Dihydrate in F344/N Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Drinking Water Studies)
Chemical Formula: BaCl2.2H2O
Report Date: January 1994
These studies were supported in part by funds from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act trust fund (Superfund) by an interagency agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Public Health Service.
Barium chloride dihydrate, a white crystalline granule or powder, is used in pigments, aluminum refining, leather tanning and coloring, the manufacture of magnesium metal, ceramics, glass, and paper products, as a pesticide, and in medicine as a cardiac stimulant. Toxicology and carcinogenicity studies were conducted by administering barium chloride dihydrate (99% pure) in drinking water to F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice for 15 days, 13 weeks, and 2 years. Genetic toxicology studies were conducted in Salmonella typhimurium, cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells, and mouse lymphoma cells.
Fifteen-day study in rats
Groups of five males and five females received barium chloride dihydrate in the drinking water at concentrations of 0, 125, 250, 500, 1,000, or 2,000 ppm for 15 days, corresponding to average daily doses of 10, 15, 35, 60, or 110 mg barium/kg body weight to males and females. No chemical-related deaths, differences in final mean body weights, or clinical findings of toxicity were observed. Water consumption by male and female rats exposed to 2,000 ppm was slightly less (S16%) than controls during week 2. There were no significant differences in absolute or relative organ weights between exposed and control rats. No biologically significant differences in hematology, clinical chemistry, or neurobehavioral parameters occurred in rats.
Fifteen-day study in mice
Groups of five males and five females received barium chloride dihydrate in the drinking water at concentrations of 0, 40, 80,173, 346, or 692 ppm for 15 days, corresponding to average daily doses of 5,10, 20, 40, or 70 mg barium/kg body weight to males and 5, 10, 15, 40, or 85 mg barium/kg body weight to females. No chemical-related deaths, differences in mean body weights or in water consumption, or clinical findings of toxicity were observed in mice. The relative liver weight of males receiving 692 ppm was significantly greater than that of the controls. The absolute and relative liver weights of females that received 692 ppm were significantly greater than those of the controls. No histopathologic evidence of toxicity was observed in mice.
Thirteen-week study in rats
Groups of 10 males and 10 females received barium chloride dihydrate in the drinking water at concentrations of 0, 125, 500, 1,000, 2,000, or 4,000 ppm for 13 weeks, corresponding to average daily doses of 10, 30, 65, 110, or 200 mg barium/kg body weight to males and 10, 35, 65, 115, or 180 mg barium/kg body weight to females. Three males and one female in the 4,000 ppm groups died during the last week of the study. The final mean body weights of male and female rats receiving 4,000 ppm were significantly lower (13% and 8%) than those of the controls. Water consumption by male and female rats in the 4,000 ppm groups was approximately 30% lower than that by the controls. No clearly chemical-related clinical findings of toxicity or neurobehavioral or cardiovascular effects were noted. Serum phosphorus levels in 2,000 and 4,000 ppm male and female rats were significantly higher than those in controls, but there were no biologically significant differences in hematology parameters or in serum sodium, potassium, or calcium levels. Renal tubule dilatation in the outer stripe of the outer medulla and cortex occurred in male and female rats receiving 4,000 ppm.
Thirteen-week study in mice
Groups of 10 males and 10 females received barium chloride dihydrate in the drinking water at concentrations of 0, 125, 500, 1,000, 2,000, or 4,000 ppm for 13 weeks, corresponding to average daily doses of 15, 55, 100, 205, or 450 mg barium/kg body weight to males and 15, 60, 110, 200, or 495 mg barium/kg body weight to females. Six males and seven females that received 4,000 ppm and one male that received 125 ppm died during the study. Final mean body weights of male and female mice receiving 4,000 ppm were significantly lower (>30%) than those of controls. Water consumption by male mice in the 4,000 ppm group was 18% lower than that by the controls; water consumption by other exposed groups of male and female mice was similar to that by the controls. Clinical findings of toxicity were limited to debilitation in the surviving male and female mice receiving 4,000 ppm. The absolute and/or relative liver weights of mice receiving 1,000, 2,000, and 4,000 ppm were significantly lower than those of the controls. Multifocal to diffuse nephropathy characterized by tubule dilatation, regeneration, and atrophy occurred in 4,000 ppm male and female mice.
Groups of 60 males and 60 females received barium chloride dihydrate in the drinking water at concentrations of 0, 500, 1,250, or 2,500 ppm for 104 (males) or 105 weeks (females), corresponding to average daily doses of 15, 30, or 60 mg barium/kg body weight for males and 15, 45, or 75 mg barium/kg body weight for females. The high dose of 2,500 ppm was selected based on decreased final mean body weights, mortality, decreased water consumption, and chemical-related kidney lesions observed in the 4,000 ppm groups in the 13-week study.
Survival, body weights, water consumption, and clinical findings
Two-year survival of exposed male and female rats was similar to that of the controls. The final mean body weights of male and female rats that received 2,500 ppm were (5% and 11%) lower than those of controls. Beginning as early as week 5, water consumption by male and female rats receiving 2,500 ppm was substantially lower than that by controls (male: 11% to 30%; female: 19% to 33%). There were no chemical-related clinical findings.
Hematology and clinical chemistry
There were no chemical-related differences in hematology or clinical chemistry parameters in male or female rats.
At the 15-month interim evaluation, the plasma barium concentrations (mg/ml) were significantly increased in males receiving 1,250 and 2,500 ppm and in all exposed groups of females (male: 0 ppm, 0.98; 500 ppm, 1.00; 1,250 ppm, 1.23; 2,500 ppm, 1.68; female: 0 ppm, 0.74; 500 ppm, 0.99; 1,250 ppm, 0.97; 2,500 ppm, 1.43). Barium levels in bone in rats from the 2,500 ppm groups were about 400 times greater than those in the controls.
At the end of 2 years, there were no increased incidences of neoplasms or nonneoplastic lesions that could be attributed to barium chloride dihydrate. However, there were dose-related decreased incidences of adrenal medulla pheochromocytomas and mononuclear cell leukemia in male rats.
Groups of 60 males and 60 females received barium chloride dihydrate in the drinking water at concentrations of 0, 500, 1,250, or 2,500 ppm for 103 (males) or 104 weeks (females), corresponding to average daily doses of 30, 75, or 160 mg barium/kg body weight for males and 40, 90, or 200 mg barium/kg body weight for females. The high dose of 2,500 ppm was selected based on decreased final mean body weights, mortality, decreased water consumption, and chemical-related kidney lesions observed in the 4,000 ppm groups in the 13-week study.
Two-year survival of male and female mice receiving 2,500 ppm was significantly lower than that of the controls due to renal toxicity. Final mean body weights of 2,500 ppm males and females were 9% and 12% lower than those of controls. Water consumption by male and female mice receiving barium chloride was similar to that by the controls. There were no chemical-related clinical findings.
There were no differences in hematology or clinical chemistry parameters measured at the 15-month interim evaluation.
At the 15-month interim evaluation, plasma barium concentrations (mg/mL) were significantly increased in all exposed groups of mice (male: 0 ppm, 0.62; 500 ppm, 0.77; 1,250 ppm, 0.89; 2,500 ppm, 1.49; female: 0 ppm, 0.52; 500 ppm, 0.74; 1,250 ppm, 1.01; 2,500 ppm, 1.35).
At the end of the 2-year study, there were increased incidences of nephropathy in male and female mice (male: 1/50, 0/50, 2/48, 19/50; female: 0/50, 2/53, 1/50, 37/54).
There were no chemical-related increased incidences of neoplasms in male or female mice. The incidence of hepatocellular adenoma was significantly decreased in male mice receiving 2,500 ppm.
Barium chloride dihydrate was not mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA97, TA98, TA100, TA1535, or TA1537, with or without exogenous metabolic activation (S9). It was mutagenic in L5178Y mouse lymphoma cells in the presence of S9, but it did not induce sister chromatid exchanges or chromosomal aberrations in cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells, with or without S9.
Under the conditions of these 2-year drinking water studies, there was no evidence of carcinogenic activity of barium chloride dihydrate in male or female F344/N rats that received 500, 1,250, or 2,500 ppm. There was no evidence of carcinogenic activity of barium chloride dihydrate in male or female B6C3F1 mice that received 500, 1,250, or 2,500 ppm.
There were chemical-related increased incidences of nephropathy in male and female mice.
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I don't ever remember a time growing up when there wasn't a large coffee can in the freeze with homemade "season flour" in it. Every time Granny M made chicken, pork, or even a beef roast, out came the frozen can of season flour. For fried chicken or breaded pork chops she would add some bread crumbs to the flour to add the extra crunch, for beef roast she would coat the roast in the flour before she would brown it in a deep cast iron roaster. The seasoned brown bits at the bottom of the pan would make the gravy taste so yummy!
I don't keep a large coffee can in the freezer full of seasoned flour; I do keep a jar of our everyday spice mix that I use to make seasoned flour when we need it. This way I always have a yummy spice mixture on hand that goes with EVERY THING! Eggs, chicken, beef, vegetables, pork – you name it works on it!
Granny included the list of spices that she would use regularly but also said that every time she made it she would use any other spice that she felt like using and happened to have on hand. She never used hot red peppers and I always do…. so I guess you could say that this is more "the idea" of Granny Mack's original recipe!
You can buy already ground red peppers but I have found that the flavor is so much better if you grind up your own. You need a really good blender for this though. I personally think there is no better blender on the market then the Blendtec.
Lochlan this is one of your favorite spices, you use it on everything.
A mixture of four different dried red peppers, dried herbs and spices. This makes a very flavorful spice mixture that works for just about everything! It is our every day spice.
5 to 6 ounces whole dried red pepper (medium heat) I REMOVE the stems and most of the seeds, I cut up the peppers to help with blending. , I use Ancho peppers - these are dried poblano peppers so they have a "sweet heat" flavor.
5 to 6 ounces whole dried red pepper (medium heat) I REMOVE the stems and most of the seeds, I cut up the peppers to help with blending. Either Guajillo Chile Peppers or New Mexican "Anaheim" Chile Peppers work great!
1 or 2 peppers whole dried chipotle pepper With this you get a nice hint of smoke.
1/2 cup salt sounds like a lot of salt but when it is mixed its not!
Take a trip to either an Asian or a Hispanic market. They are the best places I hace found to get your spices and dried peppers in bulk.
Snip or pull of the tops of all the dried chili peppers. Empty out the seeds (they add more heat - so feel free to leave them in if you want the extra heat.
Next add the minced onions, dried savory and dried chives. These are not already ground and need a couple extra pulses with the blender to get them to a powdered state.
Measure out and add the rest of the dried ingredients. At this point all you need to do is pulse the blender a couple of times to fully mix all the ingredients. If you do not have a top blender it will take you a bit more time to get everything ground up fine!
Move spice mixture to a couple of mason jars. Keep the bulk of the spice mixture in the freezer to maintain freshness.
For Season Flour - Mix 2 cups flour with 2 heaping Tablespoons of "Everyday Seasoning". For extra crunch add 1 cup panko bread crumbs.
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I recently had writer's block for the first time in decades. It was perpetrated by sore hands and wrists, so bad that I was waking up in tears during the night. Just the idea of writing left me staring at a blank page.
Osteoarthritis and rheumatism runs in my family, so this experience had me more than a little concerned, especially since I already follow a healthy diet and exercise lifestyle. How would I find even more healthy options, and especially relief from the pain? Painkillers will be my last choice of remedy. I also don't want to step away from the computer too often, as Helen suggested in her recent post, though that is a good way to get back into typing shape. But weeks at a time can be tough on the pocketbook.
I quickly found the fastest and easiest relief came from heat, especially hot water soaks. My husband was really quite thrilled that I'd taken over doing all the dishes last month! Epsom salt soaks and soothing capcaisin cream (red pepper) also aided tremendously. This kept me going during a blog book tour, because face it, you can't promote online if you can't use your keyboard.
I also remember from my jewelry-making days that copper is considered a holistic remedy for arthritis pain. The research on this is mixed. I believe it's less about the benefits of absorbing the metal, than the fact that copper is a "heat sink". That means it absorbs and holds heat very rapidly. I have copper wrist cuffs and that is exactly my experience.
However, I don't find hard metal on my wrists to be very comfortable to wear all day long. I much prefer wool pulse warmers or mitts like these, which I wear daily especially when the weather is cold. They give me more pain relief over the long run than anything else. Wool and silk are the best for holding heat, and nothing beats the softness of alpaca or cashmere. I've even taken to collecting different patterns. One of my favorites is this Susie's Reading Mitts pattern.
What about you? Do you experience hand and wrist pain associated with writing? How do you handle it? Do you have any special techniques to 1. avoid stress and 2. deal with it when it occurs? We'll share more, including exercise and diet tips, in our ongoing Care and Feed of the Writer series. Shon Bacon is next on Monday with her suggestions for coping.
Dani Greer is founding member of the Blood-Red Pencil. She writes, edits, critiques, blogs, and is Special Projects Coordinator for Little Pickle Press, the coolest environmentally-conscious children's book publisher ever. New and intriguing projects are always of interest to her.
I drink chamomile tea with spearment or green tea, it sooths inflamation of the joints.
I have what may be the beginnings of carpal tunnel, and often have pain. Where do you find these mitts? Can you buy them already made?
I've also found that Aspercreme rubbed on the hands and fingers seems to help when I wake up stiff in the morning. The mitts are fabulous, because keeping the hands warm is key.
Lorna, my double dilemma is that I knit the mitts, which obviously I can't do during a bout of pain. Also, knitting was always one of my back-up moodling activities. Write, knit, write, knit... you see the problem when I can't do either one. I just recently read the chamomile tip - I grow it and the mints and drink green tea daily anyway, so I'm sure that's helping. Later we'll do a post about foods that cause inflammation - like coffee and sugar. So stay tuned! I'll try the clove oil, too... under the gloves sounds loverly!
I've never experienced finger/wrist pain, but I do have knee pain and other chronic intractable pain. There are topical anti-inflammatories available. The idea is that you can concentrate the anti-inflammatories right where they are needed without exposing your whole system, therefore allowing you to use less and avoid side effects (such as fatigue or sleepiness). One of the best, but very expensive, is topical voltaren (however, one $500 tube looks to last me several years because of the small amount needed!). You can also get topical ketoprofen—you may need to go to a compounding pharmacy and it may require a knowledgeable naturopathic-type doctor to get a prescription. There is also topical lidocaine, which is available without a prescription at 4%. All topical compounds such as the above are absorbed better if you heat the skin first and if they are covered by saran wrap after application. Because of all the meds I'm on, I'm constantly in search of topical pain-relief options to save my liver, kidneys, and stomach. In my experience, your regular doctor will not think to prescribe these things unless you push them to investigate them.
P.S. Topical voltaren (2%) is available over-the-counter in almost every country in the world except the US. So, next book tour to Canada, stock up. In Canada, it's a very common remedy for osteoarthritis, especially of the knees.
I have wrist pain after smashing my wrist - heat is best - i use glove wraps like you but I made mine out of socks as I couldn't hold a crochet hook at the time - rubs I use as well and when its to bad I take the painkillers - I know I shouldn't but sometimes - well sometimes I get desperate.
I know many writers do end up with some wrist and hand pain but I've been spared so far. Hope your wool mittens help.
Sorry about the wrist pain, Dani!
When I had a spate of carpal tunnel pain, I got one of those wrist splints that are available at your neighborhood drug store and wore it while I was typing. I also focused on proper hand position. Your wrists should be held ABOVE the keyboard with the fingers draping down onto the keys versus resting on a pad or the table, causing your wrists to be bent back for your fingers to reach up to the keys.
I hope you're pain-free soon!
I don't have any remedies to offer, but I'll keep some of the above in mind for my own wrist and finger problems.
Since this is likely to be an ongoing problem for you, you might want to think about a speech to text program. From what I've read, Dragon Naturally Speaking is topnotch and can save you an enormous amount of keyboarding. I'll probably be buying it some time in the future when my finances are in better shape.
Beth, I'm hoping Deb Stover share her hand brace experience with us. I don't have any experience in this regard.
Yes, I do delete unnecessarily negative comments from this blog. It's my playground and we play nice, even when we have differing views.
I have poor circulation in my extremities, and my office is chronically too cold, so my wife made me a pair of the fingerless mittens that you show, and they are a real lifesaver.
Tim, I made a nice cabled manly pair for my husband - he likes them, too. His studio is a converted garage with a wood stove, but it still can get a little chilly in winter. There's a reason people in Nordic lands have used pulse warmers forever - they work! Keep the extremeties warm and it improves overall comfort. I think this is important for children, too.
My mother has early-onset arthritis, and she says she's had much less pain in her joints since she started taking daily doses of glucosamine. Although from what I read about glucosamine, it doesn't have a noticeable effect on everyone who takes it.
So sorry about your pain! I'm still getting over a two-year bout of Tendonitis, which forced me to quit music. Omega-3, MSM and collagen supplements helped a lot, but stretching and core exercise finally pushed me back over the top. It's also important to pay attention to your posture and position.
Dani, I have been lucky with no pain in my wrists or hands. I do have issues with arthritis in my back and neck and have discovered that moving periodically is the best thing to do. I take a break every hour or two and spend five to 10 minutes doing some stretches, as well as walk around the house or outside. That really helps.
I had a lot of hand and wrist pain a few years ago, but it seems to be under control now, since I bought a curved ergonomic keyboard iwth a great hand rest. I also have a mouse pad with a cushion on the near side to rest your wrist. Also, I use those wrist braces at night occasionally. You slip your thumb through a hole, then close the rest quickly and hold it in just the right place with velcro. You can also buy heat mitts with heat pads that you put inside them.
I also have an ergonomic chair with a lower-back pad for support and armrests to support my arms. That helps a lot. And lastly, I don't work on a laptop, as they cause me to get cramped and sore. I work on my PC with the large monitor, and all the other stuff I mentioned.
Also, I find the combination of glucosamine and chondroitin really does work for me.
Jodie, I have someone guest posting about hand splints, but you could do a guest post about the keyboard and chair, backpad, etc. With photos. Would you? I think it would be good to see that set-up.
Maryann, exercise is amazing. Getting on a exer-cycle revs up that oxygen and blood, and odd as it sounds, it relieves the pain in the hands. I'll post more about that down the road.
Here's a link to some incredibly cute striped alpaca wool mitts for only $28.
Typing one-handed gives the other hand/wrist a rest for a while. I learnt to do this while breastfeeding at the keyboard.
Elle, have you figured out voice recognition in Word yet? We could use a future tutorial about that - why don't we use that more often? It all comes with the software and I know enough to know it's pretty user-friendly. Just haven't practiced with it enough.
I don't have the wrist or finger pain. My knees get stiff from sitting at the computer for a long time, though.
Love those fingerless mitts you gave the URL for. They're cute and look warm.
Lots of good advice for pain relief here. Thanks.
I've had arthritis in my hands years and the pain associated this. Five years ago, I was fortunate enough to come across a natural product that has saved me a lot of grief. I'm going to recommend this product to you and post the link here, but keep in mind that I'm not in any way associated with it. Just trying to be helpful. So check it out for yourself.
Hi Dani, Sure, I'll be glad to take some photos and write a short piece to go with them.
It'll be interesting to do more research about this!
On days my hands ache, I stop typing and do a set of hand exercises and stretches that I learned in an exercise class for seniors. Then I use very warm water soaks.
Our local hospital senior club offers occasional warm paraffin hand treatments on their massage days, and that sounds great too. I'd be afraid to try it on my own for fear of burning my hands.
When I wrecked my hands fixing several hundred feet of chain link fencing, warm paraffin baths really helped. I find they're marvelous for any type of hand/wrist pain. The temperature is controlled in the unit I have, so there's really no danger of burns. Leaves your skin marvelously soft, too. One used to be able to buy the machines & wax anywhere, but now they're a bit harder to find. Walmart and Bed, Bath & Beyond had them around Christmas time. Don't know about now. Maybe Amazon?
My husband says fish oil helps with his arthritis. I use my laptop on my knees to prevent a recurrence of my RSI.
I think, though, the thing that would most help keyboard-related pain - and I have no clue if this is even possible - would be to rearrange the keys! The marvellous Bill Bryson writes that the qwerty layout of the keyboard is a hangover from typewriter days, when the typing needed to be done slowly so as not to tangle the keys; it made the typing harder to do and therefore slowed the typist down. There were intially alternative layouts but qwerty proved the most efficient, and thus, it persists to the modern day when our keys no longer tangle but we need to type fast.
I use Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software for long passages and first drafts -- after the initial week or two of 'wearing in' (training it to recognise my voice / certain words) I found it quick and fairly effective. It does need an edit, so then I type manually. I work as a writer in my day job, and touch type at speed for hours; during these periods, I wrap fabric plasters around my finger joints by way of support before they start to hurt, and wear them throughout the typing day. I find this helps a lot and my slight-but-constant joint pain has now all but vanished.
Wrist pain -- I suffered from this for a while due to bad posture/angle -- it was cured by sitting on two cushions.
My wrists are okay, unless I do some kind of exercises when I lean on them, like sit ups, so I avoid doing any of those exercises.
I must thank all of you ladies on here. I recently had an MRI done at Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists on my wrists and am anxiously awaiting the results. In the meantime, I have tried (and continue to try) some of your suggestions to relieve the pain. You all rock! Thanks again. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 44 |
51. Telegram From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Smith) to the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy)1
Washington, September 16, 1964, 1432Z.
CAP 64320. This is preliminary CIA comment on Khrushchev's weapon statement:
"1. On 15 September Khrushchev told a visiting delegation of Japanese socialist members of parliament that the Soviet Union has developed a 'monstrous new, terrible weapon.' He stated that on 14 September he had been shown a weapon of terrible destruction by military men, scientists and engineers. He is quoted as having said, 'I have never seen anything like it. It is a method of destroying and exterminating mankind. It is the strongest and most powerful of existing weapons. Its power is limitless.'
2. After mentioning the weapon, Khrushchev launched into an attack on Chinese border claims and accused Mao Tse-tung of spreading warlike sentiments. Earlier Khrushchev has recalled the tragedy of the Japanese people, the first in history to suffer the atomic bomb. Alluding to the Chinese, Khrushchev said that he who says that the atomic bomb is a paper tiger is crazy.
3. The choice of audience, and the context in which Khrushchev's statement regarding the new weapon was delivered, suggest that he intended the threat implied by this new development to be taken as directed primarily against the Chinese.
4. While Khrushchev gave no specific clues concerning the nature of the weapon, we did have an indication four months ago that Khrushchev wanted us to know beforehand that he was going to make such an announcement.
5. Last May [less than 1 line of source text not declassified], two Soviet KGB officers deliberately revealed themselves as such to a CIA officer, and told him that they knew he was a CIA officer. The spokesman for the two then asked twice 'very positively' that the CIA officer inform Washington that the Soviet Government was soon to make a very important announcement on development of a Soviet military capability [Page 152] which 'would not be used against the West but would be very effective against the Chinese.' The spokesman said he was not authorized to reveal the details.
6. The delay between this tip-off is that Khrushchev wanted us to know that the announced claim of a new weapon, when it came, would be directed at the Chinese and that we should not be concerned by it. It also is possible that Khrushchev had information indicating that the Chinese were going to claim a nuclear capability this year and timed the announcement to blunt the political effect of such a development.
8.2 We have no information on any specific Soviet weapon development which would equate to Khrushchev's description.
9. It is improbable that a new delivery system was the subject of his remarks since the Soviets have long claimed the ability to deliver their largest nuclear weapons by missile and to attack from any direction, although a January 1960 Khrushchev statement referring to a 'fantastic weapon' then in the hatching stage may have referred to the 100 megaton bomb. It seems improbable that his present 'new weapon' would refer to such a previously well publicized capability. It is unlikely in the absence of appropriate nuclear tests that the Soviets have had the opportunity to develop significantly larger nuclear weapons that could be used with confidence.
10. It is similarly difficult to conceive of radiological weapons that would fit Khrushchev's description. It is now possible, through appropriate selection of weapons and burst altitude, to contaminate very large areas with lethal radioactivity. These effects probably could be somewhat enhanced by alterations in weapon design, perhaps including the salting of weapons with materials such as cobalt. Such capabilities would not appear to be new or very significantly superior to those now possessed by the major nuclear powers.
11. In the biological warfare field, we have no information that agents capable of the extermination of mankind have been developed. Other scientific developments with weapons potential, such as lasers, do not appear to meet the mass destruction criteria of Khrushchev's description.
12. If in fact a monstrous new weapon exists, Khrushchev's statements imply that it is in the developmental rather than production state. If the weapon is 'very effective'against the Chinese but not against the West, anti-personnel weapons such as biological or radiological weapons, are suggested. We have, however, no evidence of spectacular developments in the fields."
Recommendations on U.S. public reaction will follow.
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Nuclear Weapons, USSR, Vol. I, Box 34. Secret; Noforn; Flash. There is no indication where the cable was sent, but on September 16 Bundy accompanied the President aboard Air Force One to Seattle, Washington, with stops en route at Great Falls, Montana, and Vancouver, Canada. (Ibid., President's Daily Diary) An identical typewritten draft from which this cable was prepared is ibid., National Security File, Subject File, Nuclear Weapons, USSR, Vol. I, Box 34.↩
There is no numbered paragraph 7.↩
Bundy, McGeorgeSmith, Bromley
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They'll change the way you bake. Except No. 4 — that one might make you cringe.
Rolling out Christmas cookie dough just got so much easier.
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Replacement for the 'dbm' and 'ndbm' libraries.
GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extendible hashing and works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines. The library provides also an optional compatibility layer for UNIX-like dbm and ndbm calls. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 47 |
How Schools Work & The Role of Technology to Help
Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education & Brian Baute, Industry Principal- Education, RingCentral
"Education runs on lies. That's probably not what you'd expect from a former Secretary of Education, but it's the truth." So opens Arne Duncan's How Schools Work. How Schools Work exposes the lies that have caused American kids to fall behind their international peers, from early childhood all the way to college graduation rates. But it also identifies what really does make a school work. Join us for this fireside chat with Arne Duncan and Brian Baute to talk about the focus of his work and how technology can help support and drive success in schools.
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Senate Passes One-Year ELD Extension
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb) praised the Senate's passage of her amendment that would extend the electronic logging device (ELD) waiver for livestock haulers by one year, while she continues working to make the hours-of-service requirements more flexible. Senator Fischer, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee, has continued to fight for hours-of-service relief and issued the following statement:
"Nebraskans who transport livestock face unique challenges. Today the Senate passed my amendment to delay electronic logging device requirements for livestock haulers for one year. With this extension, we will have more time to bring common-sense to these rules and provide additional flexibility."
Senator Fischer worked closely with Senate Commerce Committee leadership, Chairman John Thune and Ranking Member Bill Nelson, to include her ELD amendment in the Minibus Appropriations bill that passed the Senate.
Senator Fischer first brought concerns about the inflexibility of hours-of-service requirements to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao in August of 2017. Senator Fischer held subsequent meetings with leadership at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to stress the need for flexible hours-of-service.
Following those meetings, the agency extended the temporary waiver from the ELD requirement for ag and livestock haulers while it continued reviewing its guidance. Additionally, Senator Fischer worked to ensure an extension of the ELD waiver for livestock haulers the through September 30, 2018, was signed into law in March. In May, FMCSA issued its guidance on hours-of-service requirements that provided some flexibility for truckers, including livestock haulers. Senator Fischer has continued working to expand on that hours-of-service flexibility, both with the administration and members of the Senate.
The livestock industry plays a critical role in the viability of Nebraska's agriculture industry and the state's economy. Nebraska ranks first in the country for cattle on feed, second in total number of cattle and calves, and sixth in hog production.
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The Apostolic Faith Church, en français Église de la Foi Apostolique, est une dénomination chrétienne évangélique pentecôtiste. Son siège est basé à Portland aux États-Unis. Son président est Darrel D. Lee.
Histoire
Florence Louise Crawford, était membre de l'église Azusa Street Mission à Los Angeles, lors du réveil d'Azusa Street en . En , lors d'un voyage d'évangélisation à Salem, elle est invitée à prendre la charge d'une mission à Portland, qu'elle appellera The Apostolic Faith Mission. En 1911, une mission est établie en Suède, suivie d'une autre en Norvège en 1912. En 2016, la dénomination compterait 60,000 membres dans 32 pays.
Croyances
La dénomination a une confession de foi pentecôtiste .
Voir aussi
Alliance évangélique mondiale
Bible
Nouvelle naissance
Culte (évangélisme)
Dieu (christianisme)
Église de professants
Notes et références
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Govt £10 million-plus funding for NHS Right to Provide
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that the Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) is to receive at least £10 million in additional funding to allow staff throughout the NHS to set up as independent organisations to run the services they deliver.
These mutually-owned organisations ("mutuals") and social enterprises for the NHS will be the first to be set up through the Right to Provide initiative announced last November by Cabinet Office Minister and Paymaster General Francis Maude for all public-sector workers. They will exist separately from the Service and be contracted to provide care and services for NHS patients.
Announcing the measures yesterday at the social enterprise conference, VOICE 11, in Docklands, London, Mr Lansley said: "for too long, staff and patients have seen their local services dictated by Whitehall officials who have never seen the work they do day-to-day."
"I've heard from many NHS staff over the years that they could run their services better if they were given room to breathe and felt their voices were heard. I want as many of them as possible to come forward now and take more control of the NHS and care services they provide. By giving staff real control of their services and patients real choice over who they receive care from, we're restoring the balance of power," he added.
Francis Maude praised the Department of Health for "taking a really positive lead devolving power to people on the front line who know how things can be done better."
"There's a huge pent-up frustration in the public sector because innovative ideas have been stifled by top-down control. Every time I visit existing public-sector mutuals I'm impressed by the enthusiasm staff show for improving their service," he said, adding: "evidence shows that productivity rockets when staff take a stake in their business."
The government stresses that these measures are not designed to make it easier for private providers to enter the NHS, pointing out that some of the most successful examples of this approach have come from within the NHS. For example, City Healthcare Partnership in Hull provides services to more than half a million people, including reducing emergency admissions, and any profit it generates as part of this are made available as grants to fund local voluntary projects to improve health and wellbeing.
The move was welcomed by Michael Dixon, chairman of the NHS Alliance, who described the social enterprise model as "the right bridge between cooperation and competition in the NHS."
Speaking at a meeting at the King's Fund yesterday, Dr Dixon argued that whereas private companies may have to manage the pressure of being more accountable to shareholders than patients, the social enterprise model provides a number of safeguards. Moreover, co-ownership of local services by frontline professionals and, in many cases, local people, will ensure that providers, staff and patients work together and have joint responsibility to use resources cost-effectively, "co-producing" as much as possible.
"This will be crucial in the new world where improving personal health, community health and the ability of patients to self-care may be the difference between an NHS that is sustainable or not," said Dr Dixon. The social enterprise model provides the "link between goodwill and altruism of previous systems and commitment to good business practice and cost efficiency with the new," he added.
• The SEIF was set up in 2007 to stimulate the role of social enterprise in health and social care. Before yesterday's announcement of the new injection of at least £10 million, it administered funding totalling £100 million.
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The 15-year-old 'Opportunity rover' was last heard from on June 10, when it went into "sleep" mode as dust blocked out the Sun and darkness enveloped Mars.
Opportunity, twin rover, Spirit are a pair of unmanned robotic vehicles to tool around on Mars.
NASA scientists can now see their solar-powered probe that was lost in a Martian dust storm more than 100 days ago -- but the vintage robot hasn't shown any signs of life.
Thanks to a high-resolution camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA said Tuesday it can see the Opportunity rover in Perseverance Valley, on the edge of a huge crater.
Opportunity was descending into the valley when a dust storm that was first detected May 30 swept over the region. In NASA's image, the vehicle appears as a tiny white dot.
The 15-year-old rover was last heard from on June 10, when it went into "sleep" mode as dust blocked out the Sun and darkness enveloped the Red Planet.
"NASA still hasn't heard from the Opportunity rover, but at least we can see it again," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement.
They landed on Mars in 2003 on a mission meant to last 90 days and span 1,000 yards (meters).
Opportunity is going on 60 times its planned mission life, has traveled 28 miles (45 kilometers) and found evidence of water on Mars and conditions that may have been suitable for sustaining microbial life.
Last month, NASA said it would work until mid-October to try to bring Opportunity back to life, a timeframe fans of "Oppy" said was too short. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 53 |
Home » Air Transport » Volga-Dnepr Technics adds the Boeing 737NG to its Krasnoyarsk MRO portfolio
Volga-Dnepr Technics adds the Boeing 737NG to its Krasnoyarsk MRO portfolio
Posted on June 25th, 2019 by ES in Air Transport, MRO, Russia
Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow will service the Boeing 737-800s operated by Atran Airlines at Krasnoyarsk's Yemelyanovo airport (Volga-Dnepr)
Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow (VDTM), the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider within the Volga-Dnepr Group, has won approval from the aviation authorities of Bermuda (BCAA) to add the Boeing 737NG type to its Krasnoyarsk line maintenance station (LMS) capabilities. The new service is intended primarily for the maintenance of the fleets of Volga-Dnepr Group carriers, but may eventually also find third-party customers.
BCAA approval entitles the LMS at Krasnoyarsk's Yemelyanovo airport to provide line maintenance and defect rectification on the 737NG family and complements the station's existing 737CL capabilities, as well as bigger Boeing 747-400 and B747-8 types in its portfolio. Krasnoyarsk is one of the destinations for Volga-Dnepr subsidiaries the wide-body scheduled airfreight carrier AirBridgeCargo, and Atran Airlines, its air express shipments carrier. The latter has four Boeing 737-400s in its fleet and has added a B737-800BCF in March of this year.
"The decision to obtain BCAA approval for the Boeing 737NG maintenance was primarily due to the intention to support our regular freight customer Atran which has quite recently begun to operate its new type of aircraft to Krasnoyarsk," explains Konstantin Surkov, chief executive of Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow.
He adds that the organisation will later target third-party customers too, since the combined fleet of 737NGs in the region is continuing to grow. At the end of May this year, 14 Russian airlines operated a total of 168 B737NGs, the vast majority (157) of which are -800s, seven are -700s and there are four -900s. Surkov also points out that Yemelyanovo is continuing to enjoy a double-digit growth rate. Passenger traffic through the airport increased by 12 per cent last year, whilst the amount of freight it processed grew by 46 per cent.
Apart from Krasnoyarsk, Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow has bases at Moscow's three airports of Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo and also at Krasnodar's Pashkovsky airport.
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Q: How to use mysql SELECT query in a INSERT function on Sequalize I would like to use the following MYSQL Query on Sequalize. How i can make it possible?
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There is the ongoing movement by the Miami River Commission to gentrify the area. Most notably are the efforts to have a continuous greenbelt on both sides of the River and the current negotiations to establish a water taxi system to connect Downtown with all areas of the River. When this happens, the River could become an extension of Brickell and Downtown. Boat slips are becoming a hot commodity in Miami. The recent River Cove Marina was fully booked on opening day. Any property with boat docking facilities will always have an edge compared to similar land locked sites.
A local developer has submitted big plans for the site of the Mahi Shrine building on the Miami River that call for replacing the building and its parking lot with a stacked big-box retail building, about 440 residential units in two towers and a lushly planted public river walk with waterfront restaurants. The nearly nine-acre, $150 million River Landing. The type of tenants the project is going after is believed to include the likes of Marshall's, TJ Maxx, Homegoods, Bed Bath & Beyond, Sports Authority, Michael's and Ross.
A Miami developer is set to break ground in January on Shops of Civica, a restaurant and retail project at 1050 NW 14th Street in the Jackson health district. The project already has attracted a variety of first-floor tenants, including Dunkin' Donuts, Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, Smoothie King.
Jackson Health System has unveiled an $830 million wish list of building repairs, upgrades and new equipment. Jackson administrators have proposed completing a major overhaul over the next 10 years of the hospital system's main Civic Center campus and satellite hospitals in North Miami Beach and South Dade. This will attract hundreds of new workers to the area.
In a major step in downtown Miami's redevelopment, the Related Group unveiled plans for three tall towers at 444 Brickell Avenue, including residential, hotel, office, and retail space. The mega-project, dubbed One Brickell, is expected to include three skyscrapers rising 80, 70, and 55 stories, and will encompass more than 4 million square feet, including 2 million sellable square feet.
River Tower, by Arquitectonica is 34 stories, and wedged on a site between the Miami River and I-95, much like Flagler On The River, which is just a little further up river.
At the main entrance to the Terrazas River Park Village stands a magnificent 200-year-old Ceiba-Kapok tree-a welcoming sign to residents and guests, and a reminder of the region's natural beauty. The ancient Mayans believed that the great Ceiba tree stood at the center of the earth and its long thick vines and spreading limbs provided a connection with the heavens above. Terrazas' Ceiba tree also symbolizes a sense of connection-how the natural world can live in harmony with today's urban lifestyles.
Terrazas River Park Village offers you private access to the natural splendors of neighboring E.G. Sewell Park. Start your day with a sunrise walk through hardwood hammocks among some of the oldest trees in Florida. Take your time exploring this peaceful 10-acre natural preserve, and put fast-paced urban life behind you. New lighting systems, walkways and other facilities are planned for the park, adding to its all-around appeal.
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Home TechBuzz Source Code for Linux Kernel Used in Google Glass Released
Source Code for Linux Kernel Used in Google Glass Released
The highly hyped Google Glass has not yet been released to the masses, yet there is nothing more talked about or anticipated eagerly by fans of the wearable technology field. The high anticipation reached gratuitous levels when the Google Glass team released the Linux Kernel source code that was applied and utilized in the Android based device. Available on the website, code.google.com, the code is available for developers and other users who had access to the first batch of the Google Glass prototype.
Although the Linux Kernel code has been released on Google's own servers, it is believed that it will soon be moved and housed on a git server. Google itself can be quoted on this matter, stating that
"This is unlikely to be the permanent home for the kernel source, it should be pushed into git next to all other Android kernel source releases relatively soon."
However, there are a few things to be noted and paid attention to in this scenario. One main overlooked feature is that the release of the Linux Kernel source code in no way indicates that all of the source code utilized or linked with Google Glass has been made available. Android code is usually broken down into two parts and each part is released slowly. Nonetheless, this ensures that no variations or new glasses can be made available in the market based on the Linux Kernel source code alone.
In the meantime, although the Linux Kernel has been released, it remains uncertain whether Google will be releasing the remaining section of the code or not although many developers think it is possible for the second half of the code to be released soon. Google also indulged and delighted many developers by allowing them to tinker with Google through rooting or hacking into it and manipulating the device to test what it's capable of.
However, this did lead to confusion in the tabloids owing to the fact that many developers claimed that it was fairly easy to root into Google Glass which led to many people speculating and questioning the security measures applied on the device. Google was quick to quench all rumors by claiming that they had deliberately left the device root-able for developers.
This fact is lent more credibility when one realizes that Google also took the time to make a "fast-boot OEM unlock" available for anyone interested in rooting the device. While the issue still remains highly debatable over who actually rooted the device and who took a shortcut with the help of the code provided, it is clearly undeniable that Google Glass was deliberately left vulnerable for the sake of the developers.
Stephen Lau, an engineer of Google is quoted as saying, "Not to bring anybody down… but seriously… we intentionally left the device unlocked so you guys could hack it and do crazy, fun shit with it. I mean, FFS, you paid $1500 for it… go to town on it. Show me something cool."
Either way, the response towards the release of the Linux Kernel source code created much anticipation and excitement for the Google Glass.
Source Code for Linux Kernel Used in Google Glass Released Harshavardhan Reddy 2013-05-11T21:46:00+05:30 5.0 stars based on 35 reviews The highly hyped Google Glass has not yet been released to the masses, yet there is nothing more talked about or anticipated eagerly b...
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After moving back from Boston, this founder is diving into the DC tech community
Sarah Hostyk started building Place Tempo to help people find places to get work done. She told us about her move back to the area, and how she started dressing as a smartphone.
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Sarah Hostyk spreading the word about PlaceTempo at the University of Maryland.
Sarah Hostyk knew that starting a company would require going "all in."
In founding Place Tempo, that meant moving home to Silver Spring, Md. It's also meant wearing a giant smartphone suit on D.C.–area college campuses.
"If you're going to go all in, you may as well do it in totality," she said.
Hostyk said the idea for PlaceTempo originated in college. While trying to study in the late-night hours, she found herself moving from place to place attempting to find somewhere that she could be productive.
"I couldn't just stick with one place," she said. "I'd have to hop around because a lot of places weren't conducive to getting a lot done."
That transitory schedule continued in Boston, where she worked at growing tech companies, including one where she was the first U.S. employee. She searched around for an app or other solution that help her find the right place with the right kind of environment where time wouldn't be wasted, but it was fruitless.
Screenshots of PlaceTempo. (Courtesy photo)
"I had this issue that I wanted a solution for, and I couldn't find anything out there," she said.
So, in early 2016, she set out to create it. Place Tempo offers users the chance to see where they have the best chance of being productive. Using crowdsourced info which is refreshed daily, the app shows the top six spots to work in the user's area. Along with coffee shops and other common spaces, it could direct users to a park or something more out of the box.
"It's any place where you can basically pull up your laptop and start getting work done," she said.
With the app live on iOs and Android, Hostyk is looking to create some buzz. With college students back in session for the fall, Hostyk has been at college campuses. That's where the smartphone suit comes in. Plenty of folks on campuses have swag to giveaway, but Hostyk said she found dressing up as a life-sized phone to be a "low cost high attention-grabbing" way to stand out.
Sarah Hostyk in Place Tempo regalia at GW. (Courtesy photo)
At the same time, she is getting reacquainted with the D.C. area. Hostyk grew up here about nine years ago.
I'm super impressed with the whole startup ecosystem that has come into play since I left," she said. "I did not recall this growing up."
While not as big of a community as Boston's, she said she was pleasantly surprised to find the resources and events that are available to entrepreneurs.
"People are always willing to be helpful and help connect you," she said.
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Q: Routing "actions" in a httphandler (.ashx) I'm currently working in a webforms project, but I would like to have routing similar to the .net mvc pattern when making ajax calls to my generichandler.ashx. Currently, my code looks like this:
public class GenericHandler : BaseView, IHttpHandler, IRequiresSessionState
{
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
{
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It works, but I think it's a pretty ugly solution. So this is where I need your help. Any suggestions on how to improve the routing is appreciated. Dynamic function names passed in with the request perhaps?
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As the days begin to get longer and the weather becomes a little warmer, it's exciting to think about Spring being just around the corner. With spring-time comes more adventure outdoors with our children. And also the beginning of another season – tick bite season.
Pennsylvania leads the country in the most cases of confirmed Lyme disease every year. Westmoreland, Allegheny and Butler counties are among the top 10 counties in PA with Lyme disease incidence. Being vigilant about tick prevention and Lyme awareness is especially important in our area during this time of year.
Good tick bite prevention and awareness of Lyme disease symptoms are key to keeping our kids as safe and as healthy as possible. Take the time to talk to your children about ticks and tick bite prevention.
Check out this activity book for kids that may help.
What you can do to protect yourself and your family?
When playing outside, avoid tick prone areas as much as possible.
Ticks love dense shrubbery and high grasses, however they can also be seen in backyard gardens and playgrounds, especially near wooded areas.
When hiking in the woods, try to stay towards the center of the trails, and avoid brushing up against tall bushes and grasses.
Keep your yard safe from ticks by removing old leaves, grass and brush from the yard, and keeping lawns trim.
Make sure play areas are away from wooded borders and shrubs.
When venturing outdoors, protect yourself and your family with good protective gear.
Cover as much skin as possible, wearing long sleeves, long pants, and a hat. Tuck your shirt into your pants, and your pants into your socks to prevent ticks from climbing upward into clothing.
Spray 20% or higher DEET (such as Deep Woods OFF) on skin and clothing to repel ticks. When applying to children, make sure to avoid the hands, eyes and mouth.
Spray 0.5% Permethrin spray on shoes and clothing. This insect repellent continues to work even after several washings, and only needs to be applied every 3-4 weeks.
Make tick checks a daily routine, especially after playing outside.
After playing in a tick prone area, remove all clothing and put it in a hot dryer for 10 minutes. This will kill any insects that may be attached to clothing.
Take a shower or bath as soon as possible after being outside. This will wash away any ticks that happen to be crawling on skin or hair that are not yet attached.
When checking yourself and your kids for ticks, make sure to look in dark places where ticks love to hide: under arms, in and around the ears, belly button, groin, back or knees, scalp and in the hair. Remember deer ticks are very small. Adult ticks are about the size of an apple seed. Nymphs (most often seen in the spring) are the size of a poppy seed.
Don't forget to check your animals too! Dogs and outdoor cats can easily bring ticks into the home.
Try to remove the tick as soon as possible. Transmission of Lyme disease is low if the tick is removed within the first 36 hours.
First clean the area with rubbing alcohol. Then, using fine pointy tweezers, grasp the tick as close to the skins surface. Pull upward with steady, even pressure, until the tick releases. If you're unable to remove the head completely, the rest of the tick will fall out as the skin heals. After removing the tick, dispose of it by flushing it down the sink or toilet. Then wash your hands and the tick bite site with soap and water.
Check out this video for additional tips on how to remove a tick.
If you're not sure how long the tick has been attached, first remove the tick as soon as possible, then call our office. When a tick has been attached for longer than 36 hours, we may treat your child with a one-time preventative dose of Doxycycline. Research has shown that this preventative measure is 80% effective in reducing the transmission of Lyme disease.
There is no need to save the tick for testing. These tests are often expensive and not recommended.
How to monitor for Lyme disease after a tick bite.
Start to monitor for symptoms of Lyme disease within the first week after a tick bite. Check the tick bite site daily for a rash. It is common to have a small red bump develop directly after removal of a tick. This is normal irritation from an insect bite, not an indicator of a Lyme disease rash, and will resolve in about 1-2 days.
Erythema Migrans rash: This rash usually begins at the tick bite site. It is red, flat, and rarely itchy or painful. The rash will expand daily, and usually resembles a circular or oval shape. As it enlarges, the rash can clear in the center, which will give it a "bullseye" appearance.
Symptoms of the later stages of Lyme disease can occur weeks to months after a tick bite.
Joint pain, redness and swelling – especially the larger joints such as the knees. Arthritis pain can come and go in the later stages of the disease.
Testing for Lyme disease is tricky. Within the first 4 weeks after exposure, there is high incidence of false negative tests. Most cases of Lyme disease are diagnosed and treated based on symptoms and do not require testing.
Lyme disease is treated effectively with antibiotics – usually Amoxicillin or Doxycycline, depending on your child's age. If treated in the early stages, a child with Lyme disease can recover quickly and completely. Treatment of Lyme disease in its later stages is still very effective, however symptoms may last a little longer after treatment as the body recovers.
When to call us for help?
If you find a tick on your child, try to remove it and then give us a call. We can help you determine if any preventative treatment is needed, if your child needs to be seen in our office, or if you can monitor for symptoms at home.
If you see any sign of a redness or rash forming at the site of a tick bite (after the initial irritation from an insect bite has resolved), then make an appointment with our office. We can assess your child and determine if she needs to be treated for Lyme disease.
If at any time you are worried about your child showing signs of Lyme disease, please do not hesitate to call or make an appointment to discuss your concerns.
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Releasing Now: Hard Love by Meredith Wild
HARD LOVE by Meredith Wild
(September 15, 2015; Forever Trade Paperback; The Hacker Series #5)
Days after their wedding, Blake and Erica Landon embark on their honeymoon-a journey that deepens their bond and promises to fade the scars of their past. Just when their troubles seem safely behind them, scandal surrounding would-be Governor Daniel Fitzgerald's election threatens their newfound peace. Back home, Blake finds himself at the center of the controversy, haunted by the transgressions of his hacker past that he has no wish to relive.
With Blake's freedom at stake and their future in peril, Erica will stop at nothing to clear his name. But when Blake defies the authorities and refuses to seek the truth, their world gradually begins to crumble. Will he let his past win? Or can Erica convince him that their life together is worth fighting for-now more than ever…
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We walked the now familiar path back to our hotel, through the dark uneven streets out of Dublin's city center. A hint of rain and the lingering scent of the fresh flowers that had been sold on the streets hours earlier filled the air.
I held Blake's hand, admiring the details of the building architecture framing the old streets, greeting the bright-eyed faces that met us on the sidewalk. It was almost midnight, but our schedule was a mess and I was in no rush to be anywhere as long as we were together. Seeing my old professor again had been a flashback to a simpler time in my life. So much had happened since that first meeting in the Angelcom boardroom that he'd arranged with Max's initial support. I could have never known then that I'd fall head over heels for the cocky investor sitting across from me…that I'd be his wife. But here we were, bound together as closely as two people could be.
Blake caught me closer to his side and brushed a soft kiss over my cheek. "I like Brendan. I can see why he's become a friend."
I smiled. "It seems odd to call him that, but it's true. He encouraged me to build the business when I had so many doubts. He's the reason I took the path I did."
"A path that led you straight to me." He squeezed my hand. "Lucky me."
I was lucky too. I couldn't deny it. But I could have never imagined traveling the road I had.
"You're quiet. What are you thinking about?" he asked.
I blew out a breath and shook my head. "The business, I guess. I can't help but feel like I…failed somehow."
He glanced down at me. "You didn't fail. You learned."
I scuffed the sole of my boots against the stones as we walked, avoiding his stare.
"I've been around the block a few times, you know. You should trust me."
I smirked. "That's why I married you, of course. For your business acumen and wealth of knowledge."
He lifted an eyebrow.
"And your mountains of money," I added quickly.
He frowned. "You're trying to tell me you didn't marry me for my dashing good looks? I might be insulted."
I pursed my lips, trying to look serious. "If I had to pick one thing that tipped the scales, I'd say it was your exceptional skills in bed. I think that's where you really excel."
"Well then"—he laughed, his eyes twinkling—"at least my purpose is clear."
He gave my ass a firm squeeze. Laughing, I pushed him away as we approached a street performer who was crooning for the barest of audiences. A small group of French-speaking tourists stood nearby, and an older man, dirty from the streets, sat on the opposite side of the street with a sloppy grin.
We slowed to listen as the tourists dispersed. The song was sad, but rich with love—raw and emotional the way he delivered each verse. Blake turned me to him, bringing us chest to chest. Our fingers laced, his breath warm against my hair, he led us into a simple nameless dance. I swayed toward him and closed my eyes, clinging to his muscular frame the way I clung to every magical moment between us.
Straining for the lyrics through the singer's thick accent, I caught the verses.
When misfortune falls sure no man can shun it.
I was blindfolded I'll ne'er deny.
Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber,
the thoughts of my true love run in my mind.
Another moment passed as the young man's voice faded into the night. The song was a somber one, made light only by his passionate delivery of it. Like so much of life, the pain was what you made it. He'd made something sad beautiful.
I sighed, still tight against Blake's chest. His body emanated warmth. His heartbeat was a steady reminder of his support, his love—a force that had saved me, changed me, and healed me in ways I'd never thought possible. He tipped my chin up, the glint in his eyes matching the passion in my heart. He parted his full lips, but hesitated, a wordless moment passing between us.
"I'm going to show you the whole world, Erica."
"I can't imagine enjoying a minute of it without you," I whispered.
He stilled our slow dance, tracing a fingertip over my lips, his countenance now serious in a way that threatened my next breath.
"And I'm going to make you fall in love with me all over again. Every morning and every night. In every city and at the edge of every ocean. I'll remind you why you're mine and why I've always been yours."
I drew in an unsteady breath, feeling his promise all the way to my soul. Swallowing hard, I found my voice. "I think you're on the right track."
I arched toward him until our lips met. Soft and slow at first, the kiss went deeper, stealing every thought that didn't revolve around his taste and touch.
We broke apart slightly when a gravelly voice interrupted us.
"Go make love to her, lad, before she changes her mind already."
Behind us, the man who'd made his home for the night in the entryway of a high-end store offered an imperfect grin, pairing his words of wisdom with a friendly tip of his small bottle of liquor.
I smiled, and Blake, by the dark look in his eyes, seemed to immediately accept the stranger's challenge.
"I plan to," he murmured, his tone all velvet and delicious threat. My skin tingled and he took my mouth again with a kiss that promised so much more.
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*****5 UNFORGETTABLE STARS*****
Hard Love was the absolute perfect conclusion to Meredith Wild's captivating and utterly phenomenal Hacker Series. I couldn't have asked for a better ending book for Blake and Erica and their breathtakingly emotional love story. This series is one of my all-time favorites, and what Meredith Wild gave me in each of these books, but especially in Hard Love, left me in true literary awe. As I sit here writing this review, I still can't believe that Blake and Erica's story is really over, but what I got from those two dynamic characters in this book is something I will never forget.
Meredith Wild weaves her distinctive writing magic once again in a gripping story that has you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end, has you feeling and fully experiencing every thoughtfully crafted emotion and feeling, and has you realizing once again why Blake and Erica's journey together is beautiful, authentic, and utterly unforgettable to say the least.
Hard Love is an enthralling, superbly intense, and emotionally breathtaking read that I loved every word of. It's a beautiful love story, brimming with raw, vulnerable, consuming love that's depth truly has no boundaries. While reading Hard Love you will breathe in the fierce love that Blake and Erica share, and that love will fill you. It will melt and simultaneously ignite you. It will mesmerize you with every word, and have you feeling every ounce of this book in the most remarkable way. There is something so special and wonderful about the love that Blake and Erica share, and Meredith Wild gives you one last outstanding chapter to relish in all of that love.
The entire time I was reading Hard Love, I was enraptured with Blake and Erica and what they were going through in this story. I felt for them. I loved them so fiercely, and I connected to them on such a real level because of how fantastically Meredith Wild creates and captures their characters. I just got them one hundred percent. I understood them, their thoughts and feelings, their desires, their flaws, and everything that made them the wonderfully distinctive characters that they are.
The events of Hard Love are engaging in every way, and Erica and Blake are faced with one last fight, and one last hurdle to overcome in order to be together. There were so many times while reading where I didn't know where the next page would take these two, and Hard Love had so many fantastically shocking moments that just pulled me in all the more. The many intense and varied events brought out so much in their characters, and truly allowed me to understand them on completely new level. Obviously I've known their characters since Hardwired, and I've had the phenomenal chance to see them evolve over the course of the series, but in Hard Love you really get them.
You get them at their most vulnerable at times, and at their fiercest at others. You get the real, honest and raw them, and getting them on that level is spectacular. That allows you such an immense understanding of their characters, their motives, and just how far they will go to be with one another. It brings out such an exceptional level of fight and determination and will power from them both that will have you feeling them every single breathtaking step of the way. Having that well rounded and magnificently crafted understanding of them sets this chapter of their story in a league of its own.
In Hard Love you get to see Erica's sheer strength and fight come out full force once again. There is such a power to her character, such a determination that defines her in the best way, and a stubbornness that makes you smile, but really exemplifies so much about her. The level of fight Erica has is remarkable, and is just one of the many things I love about her character because she never gives up, she never stops giving it her all, and she never stops fighting for the love that she and Blake share. The events of Hard Love definitely throw her for a bit of a loop in more ways than one, but through it all Erica keeps trying with all her might to get her and Blake to the place they both want to be. I heart that girl something fierce for her unwavering fierceness, and she is hands down one of my favorite female characters ever.
Blake Landon is one of the most intense and dynamic characters I've ever had the pleasure of reading. There is such a force and presence to him that just emanates from these books. You feel that fully once again in Hard Love, but what was even more amazing in this book was that you got to see an entirely new side to Blake. You get to see a more vulnerable side, a more raw and visceral side that just pulls at your heart again and again. You really get to see how his past is affecting his present and future, and what that all adds to the story. There are so many remarkable layers to his character, and you get to delve heart first into each and every one of them, allowing you the phenomenal opportunity to see Blake Landon in a way you've never seen him before. He's still the Blake you know and love, but in this chapter of the story you get more of him, and that more is the best.
Along with Blake and Erica, you get one last chance to spend time with the wonderfully distinctive supporting characters that help make this series the spectacular thing that it is. I loved getting to spend time with each and every one of them, even the ones who I sometimes wish I could shake for the things they were doing. They added a magnificent layer to everything that I was reading, and their interactions with Blake and Erica had me feeling and thinking and experiencing so much. I loved each and every one of them for different reasons, but mostly I loved them all because they were them through and through, they brought so much to the story, and they brought out so many immense and incredibly immense things from Blake and Erica. I've also got my fingers crossed that at some point in the future we'll get a little bit more from some of them, because they truly were something else.
One of the many reasons Meredith Wild is a top favorite author of mine is because she creates and evokes so much varied, vibrant, and exceptionally crafted emotion and feeling in her writing that you whole heartedly experience. In Hard Love Meredith Wild gave me so many different moments with Blake and Erica that had my heart melting from all the feels and the depth behind them, had my heart racing from the shocking and riveting turn of events, had it squeezing like crazy at all that they went through, and certainly had it filling with the immense level of love and desire and passion being shared between them. While reading this book, I laughed and I cried, I also smiled more times than I could count, while thinking and wondering so much, and through it all I felt.
I felt the immense level of love and trust that Blake and Erica had for one another. I felt what it was like for them to go through everything that came there way. I felt their fierce level of fight and determination they both had to end up exactly where they wanted to be. I felt and experienced it all because Meredith Wild's magnificent writing allowed me to feel every single amazing word of what I was reading.
Like I said, Hard Love is the perfect conclusion to this series. While reading this book everything just felt very full-circle and extremely meaningful. Erica and Blake's hard fought journey together culminates in this extraordinary book, and Meredith Wild hit is out of the park with what she gives you from them as their story epically concludes. Through everything that you read you realize how far these characters have come and evolved from where they started, what it is that they share truly offer one another, the immense level of trust they fought to have, and why their love is so worth fighting for with everything that they've got. Hard Love is Blake and Erica and their insurmountable love, and it honestly doesn't get much better than what you get from them in this book.
I could honestly continue on for with so many more words about how much I loved Hard Love (Hacker Series #5) by Meredith Wild, and why this series will remain a favorite of mine forever. The moment I finished this book, in the wee hours of the morning I might add, I cried. Not because I was sad or because I was so exhausted, but because I realized fully in that moment when it was all over, how much I literally got from Blake and Erica. I got them, who they became individually and together, I got all of their fight and the meaning behind everything they did and said and felt, but most of all I got their love. Their breathtakingly beautiful love that shows the amazing things that can really happen when two people take a risk, throw that caution to the wind, and give themselves fully to another person.
Feeling that so completely and meaningfully after reading Hard Love was nothing short of superb to experience, and is one of the many reasons The Hacker Series is one of the best series I've ever read. What you get from this fantastic book, these brilliant characters, and this phenomenal series is every positive adjective under the sun rolled into one extraordinary book that I guarantee will leave you fully satisfied, and in literal awe of every wondrous thing that it so fantastically gave you.
Check out the other AMAZING books in The Hacker Series:
HARDWIRED by Meredith Wild (May 12, 2015; Forever Trade Paperback; The Hacker Series #1)
Determined to overcome a difficult past, Erica Hathaway learns early on how to make it on her own. Days after her college graduation she finds herself face to face with a panel of investors who will make or break her fledgling startup. The only thing she didn't prepare for was going weak in the knees over an arrogant and gorgeous investor who's seemingly determined to derail her presentation.
Billionaire and rumored hacker Blake Landon has already made his fortune in software, and he's used to getting what he wants with very little resistance. Captivated by Erica's drive and unassuming beauty, he's wanted nothing more since she stepped into his boardroom. Determined to win her over, he breaks down her defenses and fights for her trust, even if that means sacrificing a level of control he's grown accustomed to. But when Blake uncovers a dark secret from Erica's past, he threatens not just her trust, but the life she's fought so hard to create.
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HARDPRESSED by Meredith Wild (May 12, 2015; Forever Trade Paperback; The Hacker Series #2)
Despite Blake Landon's controlling ways, the young and wealthy hacker finally won the trust of the woman he loves. Internet entrepreneur Erica Hathaway broke down the walls that kept her from opening her heart and her business to Blake. Ready to start this new chapter in her life, Erica is determined not to let anything come between them, even if that means giving Blake back some of the control he craves in and out of the bedroom. But when demons from her past threaten their future, Erica makes a decision that could change their lives forever.
Read My 5 Star Review of Hardpressed
HARDLINE by Meredith Wild (May 12, 2015; Forever Trade Paperback; The Hacker Series #3)
Software mogul Blake Landon has met his match in headstrong Erica Hathaway. While his controlling nature and her independent spirit continue to battle, Blake has no intention of letting her out of his life again. Erica has given Blake her trust and her love, determined that they will conquer any challenges together. But when he demands more and tests the boundaries of her commitment, she is forced to face the dark desires he's kept hidden. As their bonds grow tighter, their enemies close in. With Erica's start-up in danger, Blake's frustration grows as he tries to protect her from those who would ruin her only to get to him. Can their relationship survive when Blake's enemies cross the line and threaten more than her livelihood?
Read My 5 Star Review of Hardline
HARD LIMIT by Meredith Wild (May 12, 2015; Forever Trade Paperback; The Hacker Series #4)
Blake Landon is a man who has everything-wealth, good looks, and the love of Erica Hathaway. The power couple has been through hell and back, and when life has torn them apart, somehow they have always found their way back to each other, more in love and stronger than ever. On the verge of making the ultimate commitment, Erica uncovers an unsettling chapter of Blake's history. As she makes peace with her own past and the family who left her behind, she presses Blake to tear down the last walls between them. Determined to know the man he once was, she opens a door to a world beyond her wildest imagination-a world that has her questioning the limits of her own desires. As danger lurks and dark secrets come to light, will the past destroy their promise of forever?
Read My 5 Star Review of Hard Limit
Meredith Wild is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of romance. Living on Florida's Gulf Coast with her husband and three children, she refers to herself as a techie, whiskey-appreciator, and hopeless romantic. When she isn't living in the fantasy world of her characters, she can usually be found at www.facebook.com/meredithwild. You can learn more about her upcoming projects at www.meredithwild.com.
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Mayan Calendar Discovery
By John Van Auken
Archaeologists have found the underground chamber of an official Mayan calendar chronicler! And what his inscriptions reveal is that there is another Age following the present "Age of Movement" that ends on this coming Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012. The world does not end—Hooray! In fact, it goes on and on and on. William Saturno of Boston University, the archaeologist who manages the new discovery, published an article in the journal Science, and writes: "The Maya calendar is going to keep going and keep going for billions, trillions, octillions of years into the future, a huge number that we can't even wrap our heads around."
Tyrone Turner, National Geographic
Archaeologist William Saturno of Boston University excavates a house in the ruins of the Maya city of Xultun.
What Saturno found turned out to be a well-preserved mural that includes the oldest known Mayan calendar ever found. And just like the Maya Long Count calendar, which serves as the basis for the apocalypse myth, this calendar extends indefinitely into the future.
The Mayan calendar is 20 katun cycles containing 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years, and a whole cycle is 5,128 years. The current cycle we've been living in began on August 11 or 13, 3114 BC, and ends this year on December 21 or 23. The current 13th baktun will end, or be completed, on the Mayan date of 13.0.0.0.0 (which is equivalent to December 21, 2012 using the GMT correlation).
This new discovery provides us with clear evidence that the end of this 5,128 cycle marks the beginning of a new cycle! According to Mayan legend, the current world—the one in which we are all currently living—is an era of major change, the so-called Age of Movement.
Curiously, the newly discovered Mayan calendar in the chronicler's chamber has cycles of time recording 17 baktuns, rather than the standard 13.
The new finding shows that the calculations include a time span longer than 6,000 years that could extend well beyond 2012. Anthony Aveni of Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., an expert on Mayan astronomy asks, "Why would they go into those numbers if the world is going to come to an end this year? You could say a number that big at least suggests that time marches on."
Leaders among the Maya were keenly interested in astronomy and sought to coordinate sacred rituals with events in the heavens above. A chronicler of the heaven movements and time cycles would have been an honored member of the Maya court.
The wall in the chronicler's chamber was used in the same way a modern mathematician might use a whiteboard. The chronicler wrote his frequently consulted formulas on the wall of his chamber instead of having to look them up in a book. And— because these calendar details were inscribed on a wall—he preserved them better than any book would have. In fact, no books remain from the period when the chronicler wrote on his wall—researchers believe this wall dates to 800 AD.
In addition to the time data, there are pictures on the other walls in the chronicler's chamber, including an image of a king in a feather headdress, seated on a throne, with a white-garbed person peeking out from behind him (possibly a self-portrait of our chronicler). A painting of a scribe holding a stylus was on another wall.
According to the archaeologists, these paintings were the first Maya art to be found on the walls of a person's house.!
The chamber is a little larger than 6-feet square and is part of a larger complex in Mayan ruins of the rain forest at Xultun in northeastern Guatemala. Xultun is a large Early Classic Maya site. It is 24 miles northeast of the more famous Mayan site of Tikal. The site contains a pyramid that is 114 feet high, 2 ball courts, 24 stelae, and 5 reservoirs (aguadas).
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Anthony Aveni said the astronomical data on the wall would allow a chronicler to predict the appearance of a full moon years in advance and could be used to advise the king on when to go to war or how good this year's crops would be. "What you have here is astronomy driven by religion," Aveni said.
On an adjacent wall are numbers indicating four time spans from roughly 935 to 6,700 years. It's not clear what they represent, but maybe the chronicler was doing calculations that combined observations from important astronomical events like the movements of Mars, Venus, and the moon, the researchers said. Why bother to do that? Aveni suggest that perhaps the chronicler and his colleagues were "geeks ... who just got carried away with doing these kinds of computations and calculations, and probably did them far beyond the needs of ordinary society."
Simon Martin, co-curator of an exhibit about the Mayan calendar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is very excited by this find: "It's really a wonderful surprise. We've never really been able to identify a working space, or how they actually went about things." The new work gives insight into how the Maya worked on their calculations, he said, and the fact that the room had a stone roof rather than thatching supports previous indications that the chronicler enjoyed a high social standing.
An undergraduate student working with Saturno's team in 2010 first glimpsed the chronicler's chamber. After first dismissing the value of a little piece of paint on a stone wall spotted by his student, Saturno later went back to the spot and dug deeper, finding the amazing timekeeper's chamber. To Saturno's amazement, the wall writings were of immeasurable value to the growing knowledge of the Maya and their fascination with the stars, planets, and the passage of time.
John Carlson, director of the Center for Archaeoastronomy in College Park, Md., said, "It's a very important discovery. We're only getting a glimpse of the story" in the published paper. Complete details and photos of the discovery will be published in the June issue of National Geographic, which funded some of this research.
John Van Auken, a director at the Association for Research and Enlightenment, is an acknowledged expert on the Cayce readings, the Bible, ancient prophecies, world religions, meditation, and ancient Egypt. John conducts seminars in the U.S. and abroad, and is a tour guide to the many sacred sites around the world with A.R.E. Travel. He is the author of numerous books, including Edgar Cayce and the Kabbalah, Ancient Egyptian Mysticism and From Karma to Grace. He will be presenting at several upcoming Virginia Beach Conferences including the Annual Ancient Mysteries Conference: Ancient Mysteries Conference—Digging for the Truth with Dr. Zahi Hawass from October 4-7, 2012. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 64 |
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When Economic Incentives Backfire
Organizations and societies rely on fines and rewards to harness people's self-interest in the service of the common good. The threat of a ticket keeps drivers in line, and the promise of a bonus inspires high performance. But incentives can also backfire, diminishing the very behavior they're meant to encourage. A generation ago, Richard Titmuss […]
Samuel Bowles
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Economic incentives become counterproductive when they undermine what Adam Smith called "the moral sentiments," such as the desire to be esteemed by others and to be viewed as ethical and dignified. Organizational and social policy makers, take note.
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Organizations and societies rely on fines and rewards to harness people's self-interest in the service of the common good. The threat of a ticket keeps drivers in line, and the promise of a bonus inspires high performance. But incentives can also backfire, diminishing the very behavior they're meant to encourage.
A generation ago, Richard Titmuss claimed that paying people to donate blood reduced the supply. Economists were skeptical, citing a lack of empirical evidence. But since then, new data and models have prompted a sea change in how economists think about incentives—showing, among other things, that Titmuss was right often enough that businesses should take note.
Experimental economists have found that offering to pay women for donating blood decreases the number willing to donate by almost half, and that letting them contribute the payment to charity reverses the effect. Consider another example: When six day-care centers in Haifa, Israel, began fining parents for late pickups, the number of tardy parents doubled. The fine seems to have reduced their ethical obligation to avoid inconveniencing the teachers and led them to think of lateness as simply a commodity they could purchase.
Dozens of recent experiments show that rewarding self-interest with economic incentives can backfire when they undermine what Adam Smith called "the moral sentiments." The psychology here has eluded blackboard economists, but it will be no surprise to people in business: When we take a job or buy a car, we are not only trying to get stuff—we are also trying to be a certain kind of person. People desire to be esteemed by others and to be seen as ethical and dignified. And they don't want to be taken for suckers. Rewarding blood donations may backfire because it suggests that the donor is less interested in being altruistic than in making a buck. Incentives also run into trouble when they signal that the employer mistrusts the employee or is greedy. Close supervision of workers coupled with pay for performance is textbook economics—and a prescription for sullen employees.
Perhaps most important, incentives affect what our actions signal, whether we're being self-interested or civic-minded, manipulated or trusted, and they can imply—sometimes wrongly—what motivates us. Fines or public rebukes that appeal to our moral sentiments by signaling social disapproval (think of littering) can be highly effective. But incentives go wrong when they offend or diminish our ethical sensibilities.
This does not mean it's impossible to appeal to self-interested and ethical motivations at the same time—just that efforts to do so often fail. Ideally, policies support socially valued ends not only by harnessing self-interest but also by encouraging public-spiritedness. The small tax on plastic grocery bags enacted in Ireland in 2002 that resulted in their virtual elimination appears to have had such an effect. It punished offenders monetarily while conveying a moral message. Carrying a plastic bag joined wearing a fur coat in the gallery of antisocial anachronisms.
Understanding why Irish shoppers responded positively to the fine, unlike Haifa parents, is the next challenge. How to reliably design synergistic incentives will be a hot topic for behavioral economists in the coming years. Meanwhile, organizational and social policy makers would do well to examine their incentive systems to see whether they're unwittingly encouraging the opposite of the behavior they desire.
A version of this article appeared in the March 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review.
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Samuel Bowles (samuel.bowles@gmail.com) directs the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute and is a professor of economics at the University of Siena. He is the author of Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution (Princeton, 2004).
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Last week, Merritt Gallery Pop-Up Annex in Chevy Chase, MD, joined together with Word Dance Theater to host an enchanting evening of dance, poetry and art. Dancers from Word Dance Theater performed historic dances choreographed by the legendary Isadora Duncan, the "Mother of Modern Dance," throughout the gallery. Washington DC based writer and poet Rose Solari also provided a captivating live reading of some of her latest original works. A large community turn-out attended, enjoying the creative experience of artistic expression and evening mingles amidst fine art. Take a look at some of our highlights from the successful event!
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Award winning poet Keith Jarrett is one of the judges of the 2020 Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. Keith gives some tips as to what he is looking for in this year's poems.
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I'm delighted to be judging this year's competition. It's a real honour, and I'm looking forward to reading lots of excellent poems.
What I'll be particularly seeking out is the daring and the imaginative – the poems that make me experience the world in a new way. I like to feel that I've been on a journey when I read, and that journey could be full of silliness, or sadness, or it could navigate a whole range of sensations.
There isn't just one way to write, so I'd encourage any young poet taking part this year to experiment. Take your time over your word choice and style until it feels right. I know a poem has hit the right note when it makes me feel differently after I've read it, when it demands to be reread, again and again.
I know how nerve-wracking it can be to enter a competition, but it can also be thrilling – liberating, even. I've grown in confidence not so much through writing poems, but through sharing them with audiences, through feeling that I'm part of a poetry community. I owe so much of this confidence to taking part in slams, and the joy of listening carefully to others – and being listened to. It wasn't always easy at the time, but the more I shared my poetry with other people, the more I grew as a poet.
Sending off your work into the unknown can be daunting, but you could also see it as a regular part of your poetry journey, a way to connect with other writers and readers and open up your words to the world. I hope you're as excited as I am!
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2020 is now closed. Good luck to everyone who entered! The winners will be announced in October. Check back in Spring 2021 for next year's competition.
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Sport / Dundee FC
Dundee must keep it tight at Ibrox and wait to strike
by Barry Smith
Claudio Caniggia is mobbed by his team-mates after scoring the opener for Dundee when they beat Rangers 2-0 at Ibrox in March 2001 — the last time the Dee tasted success at the Govan stadium.
As Dundee get set to face Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday, I've picked out four games I played in with varying results.
I always found Ibrox an intimidating place to play. However, if you could stay in the game for the first 20 minutes, you always felt their fans would begin to get nervy, which sometimes got to the players on the pitch.
RANGERS 1 DUNDEE 2
November 28, 1999.
We went to play a table-topping Rangers team that had just beaten Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League midweek, so no one expected anything other than a home win.
We set up as a 3-5-2 and, with Craig Ireland scoring from a Shaun McSkimming corner, took the lead after 14 minutes.
Big Rab Douglas saved a penalty and had some great stops before Rod Wallace equalised after 70 minutes.
We battled for everything and had to rely on blocks and good defending to keep it level.
A Gavin Rae goal in injury-time secured a 2-1 win for us and inflicted a first league defeat of the season for Rangers.
March 14, 2001.
This was the last time Dundee beat Rangers at Ibrox and it was a game that left the Dundee fans with a happy trip home.
The Bonettis were in charge for this encounter and a first-half goal by Claudio Caniggia gave us the lead at the interval.
The expected onslaught from Rangers never really happened, especially after Craig Moore was sent off early in the second 45.
Steven Milne scored in injury-time to make it 2-0 as the Dark Blues support went crazy in the away end.
We had played them a few weeks before at Dens when Juan Sara had missed two penalties in the defeat but this was a nervous Rangers in front of their own fans compared to that match.
This was a game where we had kept Rangers quiet for long spells but, as the game wore on, the more dominant they became.
We went into the break level at 0-0 but on the hour mark Shota Arveladze put the Gers in front.
We managed to get ourselves back into the game when Nacho Novo scored with 15 minutes remaining.
Rangers really piled on the pressure late on and eventually got their noses in front with a 25-yard strike from Paulo Vanoli.
They made it 3-1 when Arveladze scored his second of the game in the dying seconds and, for as much as we had done well, Rangers' dominance saw them through.
A Rangers team containing ex-Dees Zurab Khizanishvili and Nacho Novo put us to the sword early on in this game.
We started poorly and were two down after five minutes following goals by Nacho and Dado Prso. However, we did try to get back into the game and had a few efforts which were enough to get the Ibrox faithful a little nervous.
But they sealed the win with a Bob Malcolm strike just after half-time to make it 3-0.
When you're 2-0 down at Ibrox after five minutes it would have been easy to cave in but the boys kept battling.
That's something the current crop of Dark Blues will have to bear in mind on Saturday.
Ibrox can be intimidating but you have to handle that and keep it tight.
The longer the game goes on, the more risks Rangers will have to take — which may just leave space for the Dee to capitalise.
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Anthony Charles Kaufmann (December 16, 1900 – June 4, 1982) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in 260 Major League games, primarily as a pitcher, for the Chicago Cubs (1921–27), Philadelphia Phillies (1927), St. Louis Cardinals (1927–28, 1930–31 and 1935) and New York Giants (1929). The native of Chicago stood tall and weighed .
Kaufmann led the National League in hit batsmen (11) in 1923 and home runs allowed (21) in 1924.
In 11 seasons and 202 games pitched, he had a 64–62 record, with 123 starts, 71 complete games, nine shutouts, 12 saves, innings pitched, 1,198 hits allowed, 587 runs allowed, 81 home runs allowed, 368 walks, 345 strikeouts, 39 hit batsmen, 15 wild pitches and a 4.18 earned run average. As a competent hitting pitcher, Kaufmann also played 18 games in the outfield during his late-career stints with the Phillies, Giants and Cardinals. In 414 Major League at bats, he collected 91 hits, with 19 doubles and nine home runs, for a batting average of .220.
After his active career, Kaufmann managed in the Cardinals' farm system (1938–42), and scouted (1943–46) and coached (1947–50) for the MLB Redbirds. He died in Elgin, Illinois, at the age of 81.
See also
List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches
References
External links
1900 births
1982 deaths
Baseball players from Chicago
Chicago Cubs players
Decatur Commodores players
Houston Buffaloes players
Major League Baseball pitchers
New York Giants (NL) players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Rochester Red Wings managers
Rochester Red Wings players
St. Louis Cardinals coaches
St. Louis Cardinals players
St. Louis Cardinals scouts
Sportspeople from Chicago
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Ross Kenseth back behind the wheel in Toledo while dad Matt will be racing at Darlington
By Jerry BonkowskiApr 9, 2014, 1:25 PM EDT
One of Matt Kenseth's biggest fans will miss watching and cheering him on at Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Darlington Raceway.
But son Ross Kenseth has a good reason why he'll be MIA: he's taking a weekend break from his mechanical engineering studies at Clemson University, and while his dad is racing at Darlington, Ross will be racing himself in the 7-UP 150 ARCA race at Toledo (Ohio) Speedway.
Kenseth isn't the only son of a famous racing father that will be competing in Saturday's race in Toledo. Stephen Wallace, son of NASCAR Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst Rusty Wallace, will also be in the field.
The race will be the season opener at the half-mile, high-banked paved oval, and is aptly named "Border Wars," with a field of 40-plus drivers from 11 states and Canada.
"It means a lot to have racers like Stephen Wallace and Ross Kenseth compete in the 7-Up 150," said ARCA/CRA series president Glenn Luckett. "Not only are they good racers, their names will be ones that fans will recognize and hopefully want to come out and see compete against the best of the ARCA/CRA Super Series and ARCA Midwest Tour."
The younger Kenseth is now 20. He recently became half-brother to the latest addition to the Kenseth family two weeks ago, Clara May Kenseth.
Wallace, 26, has previously raced in all three NASCAR pro series and is coming off a win two months ago in the World Series of Asphalt Racing championship in Florida.
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Q: Python Access Variables Outside of Function Thanks in advance for looking @ this question:
I'm attempting to parse a CSV file, and return the values of certain fields. The code runs perfectly when inline as a script, but when I try to create a function to be accessible by other modules w/in my app, I run into an problem with the variables (keys/values) that I'm pulling from the csv file.
Code to parse CSV (parseCsv.py):
groups =[]
enterprise = []
workinglist = []
def parse_csv(filename):
quote_char = '"'
delimiter = ','
csv_to_parse = open(filename, 'rb')
csv_reader = csv.DictReader(csv_to_parse, fieldnames=[], restkey='undefined-fieldnames', delimiter=delimiter, quotechar=quote_char)
current_row = 0
for row in csv_reader:
current_row +=1
if current_row == 1:
csv_reader.fieldnames = row['undefined-fieldnames']
continue
groups.append(row['groupid'])
enterprise.append(row['enterprise'])
workinglist.append(row)
I've tried using the global parameter for groups, enterprise, and workinglist; and also tried adding the return groups, return workinglist, return enterprise
Regardless of the syntax, I cannot access the groups, enterprise, or workinglist variables outside of this function. I need to manipulate these results in other parts of my app. If I add print groups within the function, it acts correctly, but from outside the function I end up with a []. I've also tried to make the parse_csv a method of a class, adding a self and an init, with no success.
For reference I'm calling this from another file using parse_csv(csvfilename)It imports the file and reads it correctly.
I'm sure this is something very simple and very quick that I'm missing, but having stared at this so long, I just can't see it, any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
A: you should pass the lists as arguments to the function so that they can be modified. here's how it works:
foo = []
def f(arg):
arg.append(1)
arg.append(2)
f(foo)
print foo # output: [1, 2]
this works because the lists are mutable and you pass them by reference.
so you need to implement your function as follows:
def parse_csv(filename, gr, ent, work):
...
gr.append(123)
work.append(row)
...
then you can call it from every file like this:
groups = []
enterprise = []
workinglist = []
parse_csv(filename, groups, enterprise, workinglist)
print groups # should contain the data read from CSV
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Underwater art refers to artworks that are designed for or performed in an underwater environment. Underwater art often contributes to or is inspired by state of the art scientific discoveries about subaquatic properties, such as underwater vision or underwater acoustics.
Underwater music
Underwater music is a form of music composition that is tailored to the specific behavior of sound underwater. Underwater music can be performed or recorded underwater, for example in a swimming pool. The audience listens to underwater music either under or above the surface of the water, depending on how the music is played back.
A Florida Underwater Music Festival took place on Saturday July 9 2022, in the Florida Keys.
Underwater sculpture
Underwater sculpture is a form of sculpture that is meant to be displayed underwater. The Cancun underwater museum has specialized into exhibiting underwater sculptures made of pH-neutral cement. This type of underwater sculpture favors the regeneration of coral reefs and the growth of marine life, which is carefully monitored through bioacoustic recording. The museum visitors include snorkelers and divers. The urban artist Invader installed 3 space invaders in the Cancun underwater museum.
Underwater painting
Underwater painting is a specific painting technique, which adapts painting materials, techniques, tools, and exhibition to the subaquatic conditions. André Alban was the first underwater painter. He developed his technique as part of the many inventions he created when working with Jacques Cousteau. Hussain Ihfal has adopted this painting technique in the Maldives.
Underwater video
Underwater video is a form of video art that is performed underwater. Tori Wrånes released the Big Water video artwork. In this work, the visitor is immersed in marine worlds where fur-clad creatures move to the rhythm of the ocean. Alex Frost released a series of underwater art videos in which he opens various products underwater.
Underwater performance
Underwater performance is a type of site-specific artistic actions in or underwater. An artwork like Big Water is a typical artwork for the genre - within this syntax available as both video art (see above) and performance art - carefully observed and crafted out primarily underwater. Here - the selected action is immensed as a non-visiting performance, by virtue of the underwater presence, and is thus - with the observers taken into account - a filmed act preserved as video art.
Underwater artists and acts
Jason deCaires Taylor, underwater sculptor
Music for an Aquatic Ballet by John Cage
References
Painting
Musical composition
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Q: 3D spherical coordinates change Let $X \sim N(0,a^2)$, $Y \sim N(0,b^2)$, $Z \sim N(0,c^2)$ be independent normal distributions.
Let $x= a\rho \sin\phi \cos\theta$, $y= b\rho \sin\phi \sin\theta$, $z= c\rho \cos\phi$. Using the above change of variables, calculate
$$\Bbb E\left[\left(\frac{X^2}{a^2}+\frac{Y^2}{b^2}+\frac{Z^2}{z^2}\right)^{-1/2}\right]$$
I understand everything in terms of evaluating the triple integral, but I do not understand how to obtain the limits of integration wrt. $\rho$, $\phi$, $\theta$. What's the shape you're transforming going to be?
A: This probably means to "parametrize" 3-space with spherical polar coordinates. (The quotes are because it's a bad parameterization at the origin, just as lat-lon coordinates on the unit sphere are bad at the N/S pole and along the international dateline).
If that's the case, then
\begin{align}
0 & \le \rho < \infty \\
0 & \le \theta < 2\pi \\
0 &\le \phi \le \pi
\end{align}
would be a typical domain. Some folks might choose $-\pi \le \theta \le \pi$, I suppose. Same result either way, because of periodicity of sine and cosine.
A: I suggest you a preliminary before proceeding. Define
$$
p=X/a\ \ \ ,\ \ \ q=Y/b\ \ \ ,\ \ \ r=Z/c,
$$
where $p,q,r\sim\mathcal{N}(0,1)$. So you seek to find
$$
\mathbb{E}\{(p^2+q^2+r^2)^{-\frac{1}{2}}\}.
$$
Now the bounds must span whole the space since $(X,Y,Z)$ do.
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"use strict";
QUnit.module("ConversionUtilsTest", {
beforeEach : function() {
window.ConversionUtils = org_turbocommons.ConversionUtils;
},
afterEach : function() {
delete window.ConversionUtils;
}
});
/**
* stringToBase64
*/
QUnit.test("stringToBase64", function(assert){
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64(undefined) === '');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64(null) === '');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('') === '');
// Try correct values
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('f') === 'Zg==');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('fo') === 'Zm8=');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('foo') === 'Zm9v');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('foob') === 'Zm9vYg==');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('fooba') === 'Zm9vYmE=');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('foobar') === 'Zm9vYmFy');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64("line1\nline2\nline3") === 'bGluZTEKbGluZTIKbGluZTM=');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }') === 'eyAwLCAxLCAyLCAzLCA0LCA1LCA2LCA3LCA4LCA5IH0=');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64('AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz') === 'QWFCYkNjRGRFZUZmR2dIaElpSmpLa0xsTW1Obk9vUHBRcVJyU3NUdFV1VnZXd1h4WXlaeg==');
// Try some wrong values
assert.throws(function(){
ConversionUtils.stringToBase64([]);
});
assert.throws(function(){
ConversionUtils.stringToBase64(98345);
});
assert.throws(function(){
ConversionUtils.stringToBase64(Qunit);
});
});
/**
* base64ToString
*/
QUnit.test("base64ToString", function(assert){
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString(undefined) === '');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString(null) === '');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString('') === '');
// Try correct values
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString('Zg==') === 'f');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString('Zm8=') === 'fo');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString('Zm9v') === 'foo');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString('Zm9vYg==') === 'foob');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString('Zm9vYmE=') === 'fooba');
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString('Zm9vYmFy') === 'foobar');
// Try some random values encoded with stringToBase64
for(var i = 0; i < 50; i++){
var s = Math.random().toString(36).substring(20);
assert.ok(ConversionUtils.base64ToString(ConversionUtils.stringToBase64(s)) === s);
}
// Try some wrong values
assert.throws(function(){
ConversionUtils.base64ToString([]);
});
assert.throws(function(){
ConversionUtils.base64ToString(98345);
});
assert.throws(function(){
ConversionUtils.base64ToString(Qunit);
});
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La butylone (βk-MBDB) est un psychostimulant entactogène ou empathogène, généralement considéré comme un nouveau produit de synthèse (NPS).
Chimie
Chimiquement, elle est proche de la cathinone. On parle parfois de bêta-céto-amphétamine, pour préciser qu'elle possède la structure générale d'une amphétamine, avec une fonction cétone sur le carbone en bêta par rapport à l'atome d'azote.
Elle correspond à la version bêta-cétonique de la MBDB, c'est pourquoi on l'appelle parfois βk-MBDB.
Pharmacologie
La butylone comme la méthylone et la MBDB provoque vraisemblablement une libération de sérotonine, de noradrénaline et de dopamine dans le cerveau humain, expliquant ainsi ses effets psychotropes.
Effets et conséquences
La butylone n'étant pas un produit très répandu, peu de recherches ont été effectuées. On ne connaît quasiment pas sa toxicité et sa pharmacologie.
Effets recherchés
désinhibition ;
coupe-faim (anorexigène) ;
sensations de bien-être, d'euphorie ;
sensation d'empathie d'où sa qualification d'empathogène ou d'entactogène ;
exacerbation des sens (notamment tactile et sensibilité à la musique).
Il arrive que l'expérience soit désagréable, on parle alors de bad trip.
Notes et références
Articles connexes
MBDB
Méthylone
Cathinone
Benzodioxole
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Berkeley parents raise more than $300,000 for genetic disease research
By Ishaan Srivastava | Staff
Last Updated February 17, 2015
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Two Berkeley parents raised more than $300,000 in less than three months to support research into treatments for a rare genetic disease their daughter suffers from.
Funds collected through Douglas Dooley and Christine Waggoner's GoFundMe campaign brought a team of Auburn University scientists closer to the $500,000 they need to complete a series of studies on treatments for a disease Waggoner and Dooley's 7-year-old daughter Iris suffers from. The completion of these studies will allow the team to submit an investigational new drug application to the Food and Drug Administration.
When she was a toddler, Iris Dooley was unable to cross certain developmental milestones. By the time she was five, she was diagnosed with juvenile GM1 gangliosidosis, a genetic disease that progressively destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, much like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The disease affects approximately one in 360,000 children, and most cases result in fatality by the age of 5. No cure or medical treatment is currently available.
"It was like losing the genetic lottery," Waggoner said.
Upon her daughter's diagnosis, Waggoner said her family spoke to experts as far away as England and Japan. Eventually, this search led them to Auburn University's Scott-Ritchey Research Center in Alabama.
Douglas Martin, a researcher at the Scott-Ritchey Center, said that prior to his invention of a new form of gene therapy, the most effective medical advancement in the treatment of GM1 had been placing feeding tubes in patients to keep them from choking.
Martin said his team has been working on the replacement of the faulty gene causing GM1 through the use of a harmless, heavily modified virus that contains a corrective gene. Henry Baker, another scientist with the team, said that when the virus vector is injected directly into the brain, it acts like a Trojan horse and replaces the disease-causing gene with a normal one.
Since the 1971 discovery of a near-identical form of GM1 in cats, the team at Auburn has managed to cure the disease using vectors in a feline called a korat.
"This is the first time in the history of medicine that a fatal neurological disease has been cured by gene therapy," Baker said.
Both Martin and Baker said that despite the money raised by parents such as Waggoner and Dooley, there are still hurdles the team must overcome.
"The vector that worked in cats may not work in children," Baker said, adding that the FDA's lack of experience in regulating gene therapy treatments could pose unforeseen challenges.
Waggoner said that while she was aware that the progression of her daughter's condition could rule her out of any future treatment trial altogether, she wanted to leave a legacy for future families and children suffering from GM1. She said she was awed by the "incredible generosity of strangers."
Contact Ishaan Srivastava at [email protected].
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Lessons in Overachievement
What lessons can we learn from the headline teams at the 2022 FIFA World Cup?
Bon Education 13 Dec 2022
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has been an excellent tournament, full of shock results, scintillating knockout ties and exciting storylines to follow.
But, no matter how the final places shake out, this year's edition of the World Cup will be remembered for two sides - Morocco and Croatia - who captured the world's imagination by showing what can be achieved by harnessing the power of the collective and maximizing the value of teamwork to achieve winning results.
In this article, we look more closely at the examples set by Croatia and Morocco – predicted to finish 11th and 22nd respectively by football stats giant Opta before the tournament kicked off – and see what these teams can teach us about the art of overachievement.
Strong teams have strong cultures
Morocco fans at thr World Cup. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
Without a doubt, the story of this World Cup is Morocco securing Africa's first World Cup semi-final berth. After the continent came agonizingly close in 1990 with Cameroon, in 2002 with Senegal and in 2010 with Ghana, Morocco's Atlas Lions have made history in Qatar, also becoming the first Arab nation to qualify for the World Cup's final four.
With their captivating mixture of defensive solidity and swashbuckling attacking play, Morocco have already toppled heavyweights such as Spain, Portugal and Belgium at this year's World Cup.
Coach Walid Regragui is aware that his side's performance owes much to the intangible qualities of "belief" and "good vibes" within the squad – and, most importantly, the galvanizing effect created by the groundswell of support for his team from football fans around the world. "I think now the world is with Morocco. We are now becoming the team that everyone loves in this World Cup because we are showing that even if you don't have as much talent and money [you can still] succeed," Regragui says.
On the other hand, the most remarkable thing about Croatia's performance at this World Cup is that it is not the first– or even the second – time that they have shocked the world in this way.
In 1998, with a cohort that included key players Slavan Bilic and Davor Suker, they finished third at the World Cup held in France. Twenty years later, at the 2018 tournament, with midfielder Luca Modric at the peak of his powers, the team made it all the way to the final. And now they are on the brink of repeating the trick again.
A nation of less than four million people, with a fraction of the footballing budget of other European heavyweights, it is right to question how Croatian teams have regularly managed to turn up with the same grit, tenacity and never-say-die attitude across different tournaments and footballing generations, even though individual players and managers have come and gone. What lies behind this serial overachievement?
Former star and manager Bilic, speaking on the Totally Football Show, immediately refers to the strong culture of the team and how the secret to their regular overachievement resides in the buy-in and commitment from all its members. "Croatia is very talented when it comes to team sports. Sports where it's about your mate; where it's about helping each other, about the group and not just the individual. We have that togetherness; we have that unity."
The power of programs
Belief. Positivity. Clarity of purpose. Togetherness.
Based on what we have seen at the FIFA World Cup 2022, these seem to be the vital ingredients for teams looking to succeed beyond expectations.
But how can these qualities be developed outside the realm of elite sport, in spaces such as classrooms, offices, seminars and training rooms?
At Bon Education, we believe that any program is an intentional collection of goals, learning objectives, activities and repeatable processes that - when implemented together - combine to produce a desired outcome. At their best, programs empower people to achieve great things by shaping behavior, building unity, instilling values and transferring key skills and knowledge.
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We have seen the power of programs play out on the pitch in Qatar, but programs can have a similarly transformative effect on teams and individuals outside the world of elite sport.
Programs can strengthen culture and inspire teams to overachieve by promoting the following outcomes.
Build strong relationships. By proactively connecting people with meaningful opportunities for development, programs can help team members "feel more successful, become more deeply connected to one another and contribute to a stronger team culture." In educational settings, programs provide a platform and a context for social learning - a teaching approach that has many benefits, from the development of interpersonal skills to enhanced student attention and motivation.
Connect team members to a purpose. As the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching explains, "Learning is not a spectator sport. Students must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives." By creating opportunities for this kind of active engagement, programs make learning purposeful.
Create positive experiences. Just like successful football teams build momentum based on positive results, a strong and effective team culture is based on positive team experiences. This plays an important role in boosting student confidence, a vital ingredient in successful learning. The UK's Northern Council for Further Education reports that "learners with higher confidence are more willing to learn, challenge themselves, and have better resilience in the face of difficult sitatuons... Confidence is also a big factor in keeping learners engaged with their education and the world around them."
Put your values into action
Is your team set up to overachieve?
At Bon Education, we build youth empowerment programs that set our participants up for success.
Whether it's tapping into a passion for digital media by helping to train the next generation of coders in the UAE or helping university graduates position themselves effectively in a shifting, uncertain job market, our programs help individuals and teams of all kinds achieve maximum impact.
Please visit our website to read more about our programs, and please contact us to learn more about how we can help you put your organizational values into action.
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Q: what is the code of mouse leave and mouse out in angularjs.without jquery? I am new in Angularjs. What are the events equivalent to mouseout and mouseleave in jQuery?
My problem is related to this tutorial
I am trying to convert from jQuery to Angularjs.
If cursor is over one is active and other is blur. It's a function in jQuery.
A: The events you want are ng-mouseout and ng-mouseleave
Here are the docs.
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Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) is a world-first living laboratory based in the streets of Melbourne. Working closely with government and leading national and international industry sectors, AIMES tests highly integrated transport technology and its ability to deliver safer, cleaner and more sustainable urban transport outcomes. Central to AIMES is a network of smart sensors designed to connect all parts of the transport environment within a segment of Melbourne streets. The focus is on 'multimodal' transport — connected vehicles, connected public transport, connected pedestrians and cyclists, and smart public transport stations. Read more.
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Q: Flick an image from an iPad to another screen I'm wondering if the following has ever been done before, ideally in unity.
What I want is to be able to take an image I have on my iPad and send it to a screen to be displayed with a flick gesture. Much like what you do with a window on a computer with dual monitors.
You drag it, and it instantly appears on the other monitor.
if this hasn't been done before, how would you go about making this possible? I know that it is going to require a fair deal of networking if I'm to pass an image from one device to another.
A: in Monobehavior
[RPC]
void ShowImage(byte[] data) {
...
}
another computer:
networkView.RPC("ShowImage", RPCMode.All, data)
is that what you want?
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The National Weather Service is predicting a high risk of rip currents at local beaches Wednesday as seas reach 4-6 feet offshore. Making matters worse, thunderstorms – some with heavy downpours – are likely to move into the region during the day.
The surf will also run at about 6-feet, with sound winds sustained at about 15 m.p.h.
"People visiting the beaches should stay out of the high surf," an NWS advisory said.
The small craft advisory was set to remain in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday.
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Albania came from behind twice as an Armando Sadiku doubled prevented Portugal from closing the gap on Russia to two points at the top of Group 6.
Two goals from Armando Sadiku pegged back Portugal as Albania twice came from behind to earn a point in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying Group 6.
The visitors missed out on the opportunity to close the gap on leaders Russia to two points, despite goals in each half from from Josué and Wilson Eduardo. Portugal were on top for long spells and created more openings, but could not match the deadly finishing of the hosts.
André Martins had a clear sight of goal early on but could not find a way past Stivi Frasheri, though Josué capitalised on a mistake in the home defence to open the scoring on 20 minutes.
The same player missed an excellent chance to double the lead just after the restart and paid for that failure when Bekim Bala crossed for Sadiku to power in with his head. Eduardo restored Portugal's lead on 62 minutes, nodding a Martins cross into the net.
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Students back faculty's struggle. Brooklyn, Sept.14.
New York — When the Long Island University administration called off the lockout of its Brooklyn faculty Sept. 14, it was an indisputable union victory. Teachers got their jobs back and students started getting the education they had paid big bucks for.
That afternoon hundreds of students walked out and joined the faculty rallying outside the LIU gates, as they did every day during the lockout.
The administration had spent all summer hiring people to scab on the teachers. As it turned out, many couldn't do the jobs they were hired for. Some quit as soon as they realized they were hired to scab. Others admitted to their classes that they didn't have the qualifications to teach the course they were assigned.
Many City University of New York retirees find scabbing repulsive. Working for LIU during the lockout was most definitely scabbing. Advanced graduate students at CUNY and other New York schools agreed, even though Ph.D. underemployment is high in New York City.
According to a librarian speaking at a Sept. 14 rally, the people who were hired to scab couldn't get the library running. They didn't have the safety certificates to run labs or the licenses to run practicums in various graduate fields, like occupational therapy or teaching. LIU students, predominantly African American, Latinx and South Asian, were angry and disgusted with the situation.
An organized campaign argued that LIU was perpetrating a fraud by charging big money for education they weren't providing and couldn't provide. The campaign demanded that the Board of Regents of the state of New York remove LIU President Kim Cline from office.
The Board of Regents has this power and has used it in the past.
The union also sent letters to 14 accrediting agencies asserting that LIU was failing to provide education up to agency standards.
Given the challenges to its accreditation, the charges of fraud, the growing anger among the students, the solidarity in the broader academic community with the locked-out professors — the faculty at the University of San Francisco issued a solidarity statement — the administration at LIU decided to call off the lockout.
The university agreed to extend the current contract with the faculty until May 31, 2017, and bargain with a mediator.
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But several elements of Florida's divorce laws are not present in the laws of other states. If you're considering filing for a divorce in the Sunshine State, it's helpful to learn as much about the process as possible.
1. You don't need grounds for divorce.
Florida is a no fault state, which means you don't need to claim your spouse engaged in bad behavior (like adultery) in order to begin divorce proceedings. Either spouse is allowed to file for divorce under the premise that the marriage is "irrevocably broken"—meaning the two partners cannot get along anymore. The state may, however, consider any allegations of misconduct when structuring alimony, as well as in related custody cases.
It is possible for Floridians pursuing a divorce to petition for something called a "simplified dissolution of marriage." As the name suggests, the intention of the option is to provide a quicker route for some couples who wish to divorce.
This option is only available to couples who meet a select number of requirements. For starters, one of the spouses must have lived in Florida longer than six months. The couple must file a Petition for a Simplified Dissolution of Marriage with their circuit court clerk, and the following conditions must be present.
You and your spouse have no minor or dependent child(ren) together.
The wife does not have any minor or dependent children born during the marriage.
The wife is not now pregnant.
Couples who do not meet all of the criteria must file for the standard Dissolution of Marriage. This process begins when one spouse files a "Dissolution of Marriage Form" with the courts. It will also state what that spouse wants in terms of alimony, property division, custody, and/or child support.
Under Florida law, property or assets acquired during the marriage are distributed according to the court's perception of what is fair. The courts consider contributions to the marriage and other facts of the case in order to produce an "equitable distribution." If you and your spouse can agree upon a division of property, the court will approve it. If there is disagreement, the court may settle the conflict for you.
Divorce lawyers can prove invaluable to divorcing spouses, especially those in conflict over the terms of the divorce. In addition to counseling you on the legal process, an attorney can help you file divorce documents correctly, ensuring the process is faster and simpler.
If there is conflict, or if your spouse has already secured legal representation, getting an attorney is critical. Your lawyer is a necessary asset while negotiating the terms of custody, alimony, child visitation, property distribution, and other important divorce matters. If no settlement is reached, your attorney will also speak on your behalf in court. For those considering divorce, one of the best resources available is the expert advice of an experienced legal team. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 91 |
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Q: Remove inside geometry of a model For a project I'm currently working on I'm looking for a quick and easy way to get rid of inside geometry of a house model.
This house model has everything in it, floors, inner walls, stairs, kitchen, you name it, but I want to remove all geometry on the inside so I'm basically left with just the "shell" of the house. say if you would "submerge" the house underwater, everything touched by the water I want to keep, the rest I want to be removed (maybe a weird explanation but I hope it's rather clear what I mean).
Because I need to do this process on a lot of different house types, it's simply too much work to do this manually by hand, and I'm therefore looking for a method which can do this quickly.
I use 3ds Max for my modeling, but solutions in different software, for instance Meshlab, are fine too!
Thanks in advance,
Maik Bentlage, iBuild
A: For a MeshLab solution, this blog entry describes a method to use ambient occlusion to remove interior vertices. In MeshLab 2016.12:
*
*Filters > Color Creation and Processing > Ambient Occlusion
*Filters > Selection > Select by Vertex Quality. Play with sliders to select low quality values, i.e. all the interior vertices that are not visible (try min 0, max 0.1).
*Filters > Selection > Delete Selected Vertices
This isn't a perfect solution, but may be good enough for your needs. If you can determine a max quality value that works consistently for your models, you could easily script this for batch processing.
A: It really depends upon how each house was created.
If it's a hierarchical approach, i.e., the house is a parent and models inside (kitchen, floors…) are children, then you can easily use a simple MaxScript such as this one to delete all children from your scene (inspired by this thread from cgsociety) :
global meshes_list=#()
fn selecting_children ancestors =
(
for i in ancestors do
(
counting = i.children
if counting.count>0 then
(
for x in counting do
(
append meshes_list x
)
)
)
return meshes_list
)
rollout hierarchy_rollout "Hierarchy Operations"
(
checkbox Checkbox_DeleteSelection "Delete Selection" checked:false
button select_children "Select All Children"
on select_children pressed do
(
select objects
sel = selection as array
x = selecting_children sel
select x
if Checkbox_DeleteSelection.state == true do
( delete selection )
)
)
createDialog hierarchy_rollout 200 150
Just make sure that you don't end up deleting other meshes or houses as well!
If they are not hierarchically ordered, then you can Select by Name (press H) and delete everything manually, but more quickly than selecting them one by one with your mouse.
If the whole house is a single mesh (including props inside), then I am not aware of any existing way to automatically delete everything inside. You can still select by Element (after converting it to an Editable Poly/Mesh) and, after selecting the house (assuming it's a single mesh), pressing Ctrl + I for inverting selection and delete everything. But it'll still be time consuming.
A workaround might be to attach every house into one gigantic mesh (just open the attach list to select everything at once) and to use the rectangular selection to select only the highest part (which should isolate props or most of them) of everything, in the Left or Right Wireframe Viewport, and then press Ctrl + I.
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After downloading the Java JRE or JDK, follow the installation instructions on the Sun web site for your particular machine and operating system.
Unzip the Chompy.zip file into it's own directory e.g. c:\Chompy.
You can now run Chomp or view the Documentation.
Chomp is the command line interface for Chompy. In order to run Chomp you must first have installed the Java JRE or JDK, and the Chompy.zip file onto your machine.
For a Quick start guide to using Chomp please see the Quick Start page. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 94 |
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Keith Grady Joins Tucker Ellis IP Department as Partner in St. Louis
Tucker Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Keith Grady has joined the firm's St. Louis office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Department.
Mr. Grady represents publicly traded companies and major manufacturers in patent litigation in a variety of technological industries, including chemical, pharmaceutical, nutritional supplement, software, medical device, and mechanical devices. He also regularly represents clients in litigation involving technology-related disputes, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, internet domain names, and trade dress.
Mr. Grady has served as first chair in all phases of intellectual property litigation, appearing in hundreds of cases in courts nationwide to represent clients in preliminary injunction hearings, claim construction hearings, summary judgment hearings, and jury trials. He also has presented arguments at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
"Keith's three decades of invaluable government and private-practice experience will be a huge benefit to our clients in developing, enforcing, and defending their intellectual property," said Intellectual Property Department Chair Carlos Garritano. "We're excited to welcome him to our practice and our firm."
"Once again, we count ourselves fortunate that top-quality talent like Keith choose to call Tucker Ellis their work home," said Managing Partner Joe Morford. "Our clients will be exceptionally well served by Keith's expertise, and we're happy to have him on board."
Mr. Grady received his law degree cum laude from Hamline University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from Tulane University. Since 2014, he has been recognized in IP STARS as both a "Patent Star" and a "Trade Mark Star," and since 2012 he has been ranked in Chambers USA in the area of Intellectual Property (Missouri) in recognition of his outstanding legal knowledge, experience, ability, effectiveness, and client service.
Keith J. Grady
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Julie A. Callsen, Sherry A. Knutson, John Q. Lewis, Rita A. Maimbourg, John F. McCaffrey, Joseph J. Morford, Tariq M. Naeem, Robert C. Tucker, Victoria L. Vance More | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 97 |
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Brentor is a village in West Devon, England. Its population in 2001 was 423. The village is dominated by the hill of Brent Tor, topped by the village's church.
The origins of the name Brentor are old Devonian, a Brythonic Celtic language related to Cornish, Welsh and Breton and spoken in Devon until the early Middle Ages 'Bryn' and 'tor' meaning 'hill of the rock tower'. There is a farm near Brentor, which is named Brinsabach, from 'Bryn' and 'bach', meaning 'small hill' (named after the Tor).
The village used to be part of Tavistock Hundred. Brentor railway station served the village. The topographer William Crossing was for part of his life resident at Brentor. Burnville House (or Farm) was built in about 1800 and is listed on the English Heritage Register
External links
Brentor Village
Brentor community page
Brentor at GENUKI
Villages in the Borough of West Devon | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaWikipedia'} | 99 |