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Moves a large set of users from one Salesforce organization to another. You can trigger this manually or programmatically with an HTTP call. Users are upserted so that the migration can be run multiple times without worrying about creating duplicates. This template uses batch to efficiently process many records at a time. As a Salesforce admin I want to migrate users from one Salesforce organization to another one. This template serves as a foundation for the process of migrating users from one Salesforce instance to another, being able to specify filtering criteria and desired behavior when a user already exists in the destination org. The migration process starts by fetching all existing users that match the filter criteria from Salesforce Org A. Each user's profile ID is mapped from SalesForce instance A to B, each profile ID from the left (source instance) maps to the one on the right (target instance). Only the users with the same profile ID as configured source ID are migrated. The last step of the Process stage groups the users and create them in Salesforce Org B. Finally during the On Complete stage the template outputs statistics data into the console and sends a notification email with the results of the batch execution. Users cannot be deleted in Salesforce: For now, the only thing to do regarding users removal is disabling or deactivating them, but this won't make the username available for a new user. Each user needs to be associated to a Profile: Salesforce's profiles are what define the permissions a user has for manipulating data. Each Salesforce account has its own profiles. In this template is a processor labeled assignProfileId and Username to the User where to map your Profile IDs from the source account to the ones in the target account. Note that for the integration test to run properly, you should change the constant DEFAULTPROFILEID in BusinessLogicTestIT to one that's valid in your source test organization. Working with sandboxes for the same account: Although each sandbox should be a completely different environment, usernames cannot be repeated in different sandboxes. For example, if you have a user with username bob.dylan in sandbox A, you cannot create another user with username bob.dylan in sandbox B. If you are indeed working with sandboxes for the same Salesforce account, map the source username to a different one in the target sandbox. For this purpose, refer to the processor labeled assign ProfileId and Username to the User. After this, to trigger the use case you just need to browse to the local HTTP endpoint with the port you configured in your file. If this is, for instance, 9090 then browse to: http://localhost:9090/syncusers, which create a CSV report and sends it to the emails you set. Once your app is all set and started, if you choose as domain name sfdcusermigration to trigger the use case, browse to http://sfdcusermigration.cloudhub.io/syncusers and the report will be sent to the emails you configured. X the number of Users to be synchronized on each run. Divide by ${page.size} because, by default, users are gathered in groups of ${page.size} for each upsert API call in the commit step. For the purpose of this particular template the mainFlow uses a batch job, which handles all the logic of it. The path configured by default is syncusers and you are free to change for the one you prefer. The endpoint is configured as a request-response since as a result of calling it the response is the total of users migrated and filtered by the criteria specified.

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Getting into WoW with a bunch of friends. I'm on Kil'jaeden and I primarily play Horde. I do have one friend that is a bit more of a regular WoE player/veteran and he typically runs Alliance on Tichondrius but it seems that he's willing to make some Alliance characters on Kil'jaeden. Question: is Tichondrius a good *enough* server for Alliance? I read that now it really doesn't matter *much*, but how is guild and auction house population? From my research, it certainly seems better than Kil'jaeden in terms of population and faction ratio, so I'm wondering if I should make Alliance characters on his server instead of him making them on mine.

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<issue_start><issue_comment>Title: Editor jumps to last cursor if you toggle a task-list item username_0: ### Description The preview editor jumps to the last cursor if you toggle a task-list item (and the editor has a scrollbar). ### Steps to reproduce Copy the example below and fill `[...]` with task-list items so you have a scrollbar and the normal list below is not visible when toggle the checkbox. 1. Set cursor via mouse click behind `foobar`. 1. Scroll to top (the bullet list should not be visible) and don't click anywhere (e.g. use scroll-wheel). 1. Toogle a task-list checkbox. ``` - [ ] foo - [ ] foo [...] - [ ] foo --- - bar - bar - bar - bar - bar - bar - foobar - bar ``` **Expected behavior:** The checkbox should be toggled. **Actual behavior:** The checkbox is toggled and the editor scroll `foobar` into screen. ### Versions - Mark Text: v0.16.0-rc2 - Operating system: all<issue_closed>

Mechanistic insight of photo‐induced aggregation of chicken egg white lysozyme: The interplay between hydrophobic interactions and formation of intermolecular disulfide bonds Recently, it was reported that ultraviolet (UV) illumination could trigger the unfolding of proteins by disrupting the buried disulfide bonds. However, the consequence of such unfolding has not been adequately evaluated. Here, we report that unfolded chicken egg white lysozyme (CEWL) triggered by UV illumination can form uniform globular aggregates as confirmed by dynamic light scattering, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The assembling process of such aggregates was also monitored by several other methods, such as circular dichroism, fluorescence spectroscopy, mass spectrometry based on chymotrypsin digestion, ANS‐binding assay, Ellman essay, and SDS‐PAGE. Our finding is that due to the dissociation of the native disulfide bonds by UV illumination, CEWL undergoes drastic conformational changes resulting in the exposure of some hydrophobic residues and free thiols. Subsequently, these partially unfolded molecules self‐assemble into small granules driven by intermolecular hydrophobic interaction. With longer UV illumination or longer incubation time, these granules can further self‐assemble into larger globular aggregates. The combined effects from both the hydrophobic interaction and the formation of intermolecular disulfide bonds dominate this process. Additionally, similar aggregation behavior can also be found in other three typical disulfide‐bonded proteins, that is, α‐lactalbumin, RNase A, and bovine serum albumin. Thus, we propose that such aggregation behavior might be a general mechanism for some disulfide‐bonded proteins under UV irradiation. Proteins 2011; © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

Jayne’s road manager, Victor Huston died suddenly. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. On the evening of June 29, 1967, actress and Playboy model Jayne Mansfield was in a car driving down Interstate 90, heading west toward New Orleans, LA, after finishing a performance at a nightclub in Biloxi, MS.She was accompanied by three of her children—Mickey, Zoltan, and Mariska Hargitay—four Chihuahuas, her lawyer, and her personal driver. * 2nd Husband Mickey Hargitay tickling the ivories. * Jimi Hendrix played bass and lead guitar for Mansfield in 1965 on two songs she recorded– “As The Clouds Drift By” and “Suey”. An portrait of activist, songwriter, friend, father and legendary performer Willie Nelson. Decades later, she dies. The film was released in limited release on September 13, 2013. Ronald B. Harrison, a driver for the Gus Stevens Dinner Club, was driving Mansfield and her lawyer and companion, Samuel S. Brody, along with three of Mansfield’s children with her ex-husband Mickey Hargitay, in Stevens’ 1966 Buick Electra. Mae West’s Teeth. In the early morning hours of 29 June 1967, on a narrow country road near a Louisiana swamp, a grey 1966 Buick Electra glided through the dark on its way to New Orleans. American actress Jayne Mansfield died in a horror car crash when she was just 34 years old (Image: Getty Images) But Jayne's injuries were so severe that rumours quickly began to … As if that wasn’t enough, she was also a night club entertainer and vocalist. Jayne Mansfield's Car Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Loved the truth of characters with inseparable bond; so much organic glue like the humidity of the time and setting.Each character is fully formed, carrying with them a wealth of circumstances that we understand almost from the first introduction, furthermore, develops to full intricate discovery. The 1967 Car Accident Five years after Monroe’s death, Jayne Mansfield died in a car accident. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and after some... See full summary ». His wife, known as May, worked for him as a nurse and was pursuing an ...read more, On June 28, 1776, Edward Rutledge, one of South Carolina’s representatives to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, expresses his reluctance to declare independence from Britain in a letter to the like-minded John Jay of New York. The two families, her original family she abandoned, and her English family, meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results. The two families, her original family she abandoned, and her English family, meet and make an attempt to adjust to each other, with uneven results. The Russians followed a scorched-earth policy upon being invaded by the Germans; that is, they would destroy, ...read more. When the wife dies, she leaves a request to be brought back to Alabama to be buried, and at that point, the man hasn't seen her in nearly thirty years. The car crash that killed Jayne Mansfield also decapitated her. Soul stars Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey share how they contributed to each other's voice performances. © 2020 A&E Television Networks, LLC. Jayne Mansfield's Car (180) IMDb 6.3 2h 1min 2013 R From Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton. Actress Jayne Mansfield, one of Hollywood's original blonde bombshells, had just finished up the second of two performances scheduled for June 28, 1967, at the Gus Stevens Restaurant and Supper Club in … From the beginning, she wasn’t afraid to make the most of her assets, particularly her curvaceous figure, flowing platinum blonde hair and dazzling smile. One week after launching a massive invasion of the USSR, German divisions make staggering advances on Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev. All Rights Reserved. The Globe Theatre, where most of Shakespeare’s plays debuted, burned down on June 29, 1613. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions? Prime Video has you covered this holiday season with movies for the family. "50th anniversary of Jayne Mansfield's death". Blonde bombshell and celebrated actress Jayne Mansfield is killed instantly on June 29, 1967, when the car in which she is riding strikes the rear of a trailer truck on U.S. Route 90 east of New Orleans, Louisiana. Before ...read more, On June 29, 2003, Katharine Hepburn—a four-time Academy Award winner for Best Actress and one of the greatest screen legends of Hollywood’s golden era—dies of natural causes at the age of 96, at her home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. 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Comparison between ancient Egyptian and Catholic Marriages |Criteria||Egyptian Marriage||Traditional Catholic Marriage| |Type of Bond||Social Bond - religion had little role in marriage. Marriage was purely a social arrangement that regulated property, neither religious nor state doctrines entered into the marriage arrangements||Sacred Holy Bond| |Divorce||- Divorce possible and normal - private matter and the government took no interest in it - The most common reasons for a man to divorce his wife included the inability to bear children, especially a son; the desire to marry someone else, or that she simply stopped pleasing him. - A woman could divorce her husband for mental or physical cruelty or adultery. In some cases, if the woman chose to divorce, she forfeited her right to communal property. |Eternal bond and divorce impossible by law and church| |Marriage of widows||Men and women could remarry after divorce or death of partner as soon as they wished||Possible - but traditionally not encouraged| |Ceremony||No official ceremony - family feast in honor of the uniting couple with music, dance and food .||Religious ceremony in church| |Multiple wives and consorts||Men were permitted to have multiple wives and concubines - common in nobility and upper class||Only one wife - all other forms of contact considered adultery| |Marriage contract||- The matrimony contract was not necessary, but most had a contract drawn up between the parties. - The poorer classes probably did not do this because they probably had few possessions to consider, and also the cost of a Scribe would have been prohibitive. - Settlements were drawn up between a woman's father and her prospective husband, although many times the woman herself was part of the contract. - The sole purpose of the contract was to establish the rights of both parties to maintenance and possessions during the marriage and after divorce if it should occur. |Religious bond following strict rules - no individual settlements or contract terms| |Marriage of Siblings||Possible marriage of brothers and sisters - but only common in noble classes||Strictly forbidden| |Age of Couple||Any age - encouraged to marry young, considering that the life span at this time was relatively short||Church took no interest in age of couple - not marrying and dedication to the Lord was seen as spiritually supreme| |Priests||Matrimony possible||Marriage of priests not allowed| Poll: What kind of marriage arragement is more appropiate in your view? A standard Marriage contract would contain: - The date, the year of the reign of the ruling monarch, - The contractors future husband and wife, - The names of both sets of parents husband's profession The scribe who drew up the contract - The names of the witnesses - Then the details of the settlement. Here is an example of a contract from 219 BC: "The Blemmyann, born in Egypt, son of Horpais, whose mother is Wenis, has said to the woman Tais, daughter of the Hathor, whose mother is Tairerdjeret: I have made you a married woman. As your woman's portion, I give you two pieces of silver if I dismiss you as wife and dislike you and prefer another woman to you as wife, I will give you two pieces of silver in addition to the two pieces of silver mentioned above? and I will give you one third of each and everything that will accrue to you and me. One of the expectations of the Egyptian family was the bringing forward of children . Sometimes there would be a trial marriage for a year to see if pregnancy would occur. This was all stipulated in the contract. Concubines did not have the same protective status as wives, adultery even in households where there were concubines, was strongly discouraged. - The day of the matrimony was really quite simple. The bride moved her belongings into the home of her husband. He might be living alone or with his parents. - The bride wore a long dress or tunic made of linen, which covered her from head to toe with bead-net. - If she owned any gold, silver or lapis lazuli, she adorned herself with those.

In 2013, good wetland conditions in the Prairie Pothole Region, the Western Boreal Forest, and many other key waterfowl breeding areas helped total duck numbers in the traditional survey area remain near a record high. While this is great news for waterfowl hunters, the habitats that support duck populations continue to be threatened. Widespread annual losses of small prairie wetlands, native grasslands, and upland cover formerly enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program continue to erode the habitat base that supports healthy duck populations. "The fact is that many of the waterfowl that fill the flyways each year are raised on unsecured habitats," DU CEO Dale Hall says. "We must maintain our focus on protecting and restoring important waterfowl habitat across the birds' range in order to see these kinds of numbers again in future wet years." Related: DU Chief Scientist outlines waterfowl season expectations For more information about waterfowl populations and habitat conditions on the breeding grounds, visit flyways.us, ducks.org, and ducks.ca. Liberal Regulations Recommended Again With generally good wetland conditions on the prairies and healthy mallard populations in each survey region, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has once again recommended liberal hunting regulations for the upcoming waterfowl season in every flyway. Based on this year's midcontinent mallard breeding population of 10.8 million birds, which includes combined estimates of mallards in the traditional survey area (minus Alaska) and the Great Lakes states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan), and almost 4.6 million May ponds in prairie Canada, liberal hunting regulations were proposed for the Central and Mississippi flyways. Populations of eastern and western mallard stocks also remained healthy, allowing for liberal hunting regulations in the Atlantic and Pacific flyways as well. Check with the appropriate state or provincial wildlife agency for season dates, daily bag limits, possession limits, shooting times, and other waterfowl regulations in the areas where you plan to hunt.

Arabic melodic and rhythmic therapy. A method of severe aphasia therapy. The necessity of a therapy allowing aphasics to be rehabilitated quickly in social life urged us to adapt a therapeutic strategy developed in the USA and implemented in France under `therapie melodique et rythmee`. This model of language therapy has been destined to aphasics with good auditory comprehension and emotional stability despite severe language impairment. A careful evaluation of the patient is necessary to select the candidates for exposure to this therapy. Our evaluation is based on an examination battery (made of repetition, naming, auditory comprehension), items inspired by the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination and adapted to Tunisian context. This method relies on the prosodic features of Tunisian Arabic (melody patterns, rhythm, pitch, stress ....) and proceeds from non verbal exercises. The latter are realised by a corpus of texts of various length and structure. Applying Arabic melodic and rhythmic therapy allowed patients to recover the capacity to communicate to different degrees with others.

were well received for its soulfulness. Critics noted how Janet’s music came straight from the heart and with purpose. Filled with spiritual lyrics, Transparency was an introspective album that allowed the sweetness and innocence of Janet’s voice to shine through. She collaborated with UK HipHop Artist of the year (2015) Bluehomie, and wrote and performed chorus vocals for his rap song ‘Just’ and also performed vocals for Everyoneband’s song ‘Stand by You’.. Right on the heels of this second album, Janet released her third album Valiant Warrior in 2018. Valiant Warrior is an inspirational album, highlighting the challenges on her journey as a believer in Jesus Christ with a focus on the promises of God for companionship, salvation, victory, and love. Listen to the Show: Janet Odani speaks with Jacqueline Jax on breeding determination and finding balance as an artist. How to listen to your inner voice and develop your skills on your journey to become a better artist. I live in… Coffs Harbour, Australia Who has been the most influential in your music and why… I have to say without a doubt, that would be the Saviour of my soul, Jesus Christ When did you know that this was the right path for you? I distinctly remember writing my first song when I was only 6 years old and I didn’t know at the time just how much music is a part of me. Looking back I always found myself involved in something to do with music from being in choirs at church or performing in talent shows at school. I have always enjoyed being involved in activities related to music. I think the right path found my way before I even realized!! What do you like most about what you do? The fact that I can encourage others through my music. What do you most hope to accomplish with your influence? I hope to inspire others to identify their gift, be passionate about it, take the time to develop their craft and share it with others. What is the biggest obstacle you have faced in your career, and how did you overcome it? It’s a challenge to keep creating with limited resources. I found it wise and even necessary to learn more than just the music side of things. I learned how to create simple music videos that could represent my music. I think apart from an artist being a creator, at some level, an artist has to be a manager of their craft. What do you want people to remember most about you and your career? I know exactly what it’s like to be aware that you have a gift and yet struggle with lack of confidence, lack of knowledge about how to develop your gift and have no outlet to share it. There’s a high price to pay when an artist decides to shy away… holding back limits the artist and everyone else in the artist’s sphere of influence who the artist can inspire. I choose to be the one that encourages someone to push through the obstacles and be passionate about their craft and shine through their gift. I choose to be the one to say to the artist still finding their feet or hiding away in broad daylight … live the dream! What are you most looking forward to this next month? I am looking forward to working on and releasing music videos for this album release. Janet has recently released her 4th music Album ‘Mountain Climber’ which has an upbeat feel with inspirational lyrics. Song name: Rising Music Genre:: Gospel/Easy Listening/Alternative Rising is yet another inspirational song I wrote out of a very desperate situation. I would like to encourage listeners that in such times we are eligible for help from above … all we need to do is ask. Website & social media links: Website: Youtube : Instagram : Twitter : Spotify: Apple: iTunes :

Classification, uprightness and accessibility, otherwise called the CIA group of three, is a model intended to manage strategies for data security inside an association. The model is additionally in some cases alluded to as the AIC set of three (accessibility, respectability and classification) to stay away from perplexity with the Central Intelligence Agency (Tan, Hijazi, Lim, and Gani, 2018). The components of the group of three are viewed as the three most vital segments of security. Information is all at which CIA is concerned. While this is viewed as the center factor of most of IT security, ignoring other important factors, it advances a restricted perspective on the security. For example, though availability may serve you have to be sure that you do not lose your accessibility. It is important to understand what the CIA Triad is, how it is planning and also to applied a proper security policy while understanding the different principles behind it. It is also important to understand the weak points it presents (Cherdantseva & Hilton, 2013). Here privacy implies concealing something from individuals. The data and advances they use for their work reason they need to keep mystery from the world. To those approved to see the information being referred to, get to must be confined. Usually, also, as indicated by the class and kind of harm that should be possible should it fall into safe hands for information to be masterminded. As indicated by classes pretty much stringent measures would then be able to be connected. Some of the time uncommon preparing is required for keeping those record and data sheltered and sound (Star and Ruhleder, 1996). With a precedent it will be clearer like secrecy is a record number when bank is on the web. Regular sort of privacy is information encryption. Respectability is keeping up the consistency, exactness, and dependability of information over its whole life cycle. Information must be in unique from and security must not be undermined in this part. Rendition control might be utilized to anticipate incorrect changes or unintentional cancellation by approved clients turning into an issue. A few methods must be set up to recognize any adjustments in information that may happen because of non-human-caused occasions, for example, an electromagnetic heartbeat or server crash a few information may incorporate checksums, even crystallographic checksum for confirmation of honesty. Reinforcements or redundancies must be accessible to reestablish the influenced information to its right state. Securing secrecy is subject to having the capacity to characterize and uphold certain entrance levels for data (MacWhinney, 2014). At times, access to the data are sorted out doing this includes isolating data into different accumulations and the affectability of the data is – for example the measure of harm endured if the classification was ruptured. Accessibility can be characterized as keeping up all the equipment and keep them synchronized with the server. It’s additionally essential to refresh the framework with the update of world. Giving adequate contract transfer speed and ensuring the unhappens of jug necks are similarly essential remaining, bomb over, RAID even HIGH-ABILITY CLUSTERS can alleviate genuine outcomes when equipment issues do happen. For the most pessimistic scenario situations quick and versatile catastrophe recuperation is fundamental; on the presence of a thorough fiasco recuperation plan (DRP) that limit is dependent (Hosseini, Barker, and Ramirez-Marquez, 2016). Shields against information misfortune or interferences in associations must incorporate flighty occasions, for example, cataclysmic events and flame. A reinforcements duplicate might be put away to forestall information misfortune in a topographically confined area, maybe even in a flame resistant, waterproof safe. Against downtime and inaccessible information because of vindictive activities, for example, disavowal of-administration assaults and system interruptions additional security hardware or programming, for example, firewalls and intermediary servers can protect is utilizing. • Ensuring IT security. • It promotes a limited view of security that indicates to remove some additional, unimportant factors. • It also provides some additional and important factors. • Gives cyber security. • Need to provide information while availability serves the security. • Provides maximum security. This is the mas in goal of CIA to provide maximum cyber security. Hiding data, make them secure. • Keeping file safe from unauthorized users. Sometimes it is needed to prevent access unauthorized user to have the information. • Keep up inside and outer consistency of information and projects. • Equipment disappointments amid typical use. After the limitations the authority has design CIA like this, data will be more secure. For more safety they have separated the duties in several sectors. They have also increased the depth of defense. With the hard and more security, they have tried to keep it simple. They have not kept any trust issue as they trust no one. They have tried to secure their weakest link. They have also the access by implementing advance cyber security system. Unauthorized disclosure, corruption, modification, and destruction against this access control are used (Sattarova Feruza & Kim, 2007). It is generally known as first line of defense. It comprises a set of controls that restrict access to resources based on the group membership, identity, clearance, physical & logical location and need-to-know. • Hacking risk is always available there. • Rules are too strict. • Sometimes it is dominated by some people. The biggest weakness of CIA is the hackers. Basically, they use programmer to secure their severs. On the other hand, modern days hacker much more knowledgeable than ever before. So sometimes they can easily break the level of security can gather all the data and spread among the people which is conflicted with the basic fundamental of CIA. After these limitations they again re design the trade. They have enforced more attention on unauthentic users and kept the information more secure. They also follow the AAA theory which denotes accountability, access control and authorization. Authentication means identification of user. With some legal information identifying the user is called authentication. This information has taken for safety reason. The ability to find out their user activity is known as accountability. It is considered as primary stage of security that what utility user has used for their work. Generally, accountability is enforced by performing audits as well as establishing systems to make and keep audit trails. CIA triad plays an important role in section of secure information and data. They are trying hard to keep information data safe and sound with there advance technology and cyber system. Though they are some cyber security threats in their system, they are gradually updating their system with the best cyber security programmer and computer engineers. They are also emphasize updating there server for keeping bug free there system and cyber-attacks. Cherdantseva, Y., & Hilton, J. (2013). A reference model of information assurance & security. In 2013 International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (pp. 546–555). IEEE. Hosseini, S., Barker, K., & Ramirez-Marquez, J. E. (2016). A review of definitions and measures of system resilience. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 145, 47–61. MacWhinney, B. (2014). The CHILDES project: Tools for analyzing talk, Volume II: The database. Psychology Press. Sattarova Feruza, Y., & Kim, T. (2007). IT security review: Privacy, protection, access control, assurance and system security. International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, 2(2), 17–32. Tan, C. B., Hijazi, M. H. A., Lim, Y., & Gani, A. (2018). A survey on Proof of Retrievability for cloud data integrity and availability: Cloud storage state-of-the-art, issues, solutions and future trends. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 110, 75–86. This sample paper is done by Joseph, whose major is Psychology at Arizona State University. All the content of this work is his research and thoughts on 11 Introduction Classification uprightness and accessibility and can be used only as a source of ideas for a similar topic.

Regardless of the intent, even playful biting needs to be discouraged. It would be near impossible to know what the horse meant without being able to see his body language, but even if he was asking for attention he was doing it in a very bad way. Even play biting can lead to using biting as a communication tool and is easy to escalate. A quick pop on the nose (not a punch, just a warning tap) should have been your answer whatever he was asking. It makes me so irritated when people think their horse nibbling on them is 'cute' until he or she nibbles a bit harder!

One request I often hear is “are there remedies to make me stop smoking, eating sugar, drinking coffee, smoking pot etc.?” The answer is yes. If you can figure out why you have those addictions through the homeopathic case taking process, you can use remedies to support yourself in both getting through the mental/emotional aspect of the addiction as well as dealing with the withdrawal and detoxing physical symptoms of the process. Nux vomica is one of the remedies that can be used to support people choosing to go off of coffee, marijuana, alcohol and cigarettes. Nux vomica people tend to use substance to get them through the high pace of their life. They are usually fast movers, workaholics, highly social with a tendency to overindulge in food, alcohol and other substance. People that need Nux vomica will experience great irritability, headaches, constipation, morning sickness that feels like a hang over – retching and nausea. Women attempting to create a better environment for their babies need to wade through these symptoms of detox and homeopathy is a great support as this process occurs. For more specific information on remedies to take during pregnancy please visit my website – http://www.pipermartin.com and access my on-line e-book – The Homeopathic Guide to a Vibrant Pregnancy. Tabacum is for violent vomiting in pregnancy. try two pellets of Tabacum 200C and observe if there is a change in intensity or frequency of the nausea. For more detailed information on Homeopathic remedies for Nausea and Vomiting please visit my website – http://www.pipermartin.com and check out my e-book – A Homeopathic Guide to a Vibrant Pregnancy. There are many, many homeopathic remedies to alleviate the symptoms of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. These remedies are safe, fast acting and totally benign for babies and mothers. Even if you have experienced severe morning sickness with each pregnancy you can successfully use homeopathy to shift your experience and have a positive first trimester. Dilclectin – an allopathic drug commonly prescribed for morning sickness is NOT the only solution during pregnancy. For more information on specific remedy pictures and direction on how to choose a remedy please refer to my website- www.pipermartin.com – and my e-book – A Homeopathic Guide to a Vibrant Pregnancy. There is an in-depth section that deals with nausea and vomiting and includes instruction on dosage, potency and frequency of the remedies. Choose the experience of a Vibrant Pregnancy, you’ll be glad you did. Many women have a fear of vomiting during labour or during pregnancy. This is not a fear that is limited to being pregnancy, but because the possibility is greater during pregnancy it really seems to become more intense. The remedy for this fear is Arsenicum 200C. Arsenicum is made of Arsenic and is one of the remedies to treat food poisoning and a fear of being poisoned in general. All of the symptoms for an Arsencium person go to their stomach and bowels. they become very agitated, anxious, restless and alternate between wanting to vomit and wanting to have diarrhea. Sometimes both occur simultaneously. Arsenicum is a remedy that really wants to be in control and pregnancy and labour are both life experiences that do not really allow that. It is the feeling of being out of control that creates the distress around vomiting. If you have vomited and are afraid of it happening again to the point that it is causing you anxiety then try a dose of Arsenicum 200C. If the vomiting creates a panic attack in the moment try Aconite 1M – two pellets. Most importantly try and work with allowing yourself to feel out of control, even temporarily so that you may work with labour more effectively.

TODAY marks the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. With the Zuccotti Park encampment in lower Manhattan cleared and hundreds being arrested in demonstrations in the financial district, it appears protesters have adopted an unflattering victim mentality. There’s a whole lot of talk and tweeting going on about ‘police brutality’, ‘Nazi’ NYPD officers, ‘Cossacks in riot gear‘ sent in to ‘cleanse’ Zuccotti Park, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg behaving like a repressive Arab leader. It all shows that today’s radical left-wing activists are happy, not only to display great historical ignorance, but also to revel in an image of themselves as put-upon underdogs. Why else would the new poster-girls for the amorphous OWS movement be an 84-year-old lady, a pregnant teen and a disabled woman – three people who all got caught up in the tumult in the past few days? These are all figures many will recognise as fragile and innocent and so they are pushed to the forefront to demonstrate how vulnerable the protesters are. For all of Bloomberg’s liberty-quelling impulses – he has, as we know, launched wars on everything from sugar and salt to transfats and smoking – he is hardly a brutal dictator. And for all the protesters’ desire to portray themselves as brave dissidents, camping in a park for two months without more or less any interference from the state is hardly the same as standing up to a murderous regime. Some protesters’ willingness to draw invalid (to say the least) parallels between themselves and Jews in 1940s Europe is an astonishing diminishment of a great historical tragedy. In the past two months, awareness of, and sympathy for, Occupy Wall Street have increased whenever dramatic images of mass arrests and protesters being pepper-sprayed have gone viral. To their credit, Americans appear more prone to sympathise with their fellow citizens who exercise the right to protest than with the police who clamp down on them. This also means that protesters are happier latching on to an image of themselves as oppressed victims than as strong political figures who can win people over to their cause through the strength of their political arguments. Because, as the Occupiers themselves proudly admit, they have no clear agenda, demands or goals. So much easier, then, to play the bullied victim in order to be pitied rather than concentrating on building a coherent, intellectually sound movement with ambitious political goals.

Alternative Health Valerie Saxion, website traffic and Medicomat Treatment Clinic. Hypertension is caused by many kinds of reasons. The sympathetic nerve is excited and adrenaline Epinephrine raise is the important reason. Treating on the relative points of the ear, it can adjust the disorder of the excited sympathetic nerve and low the adrenaline Epinephrine raise. High Blood Pressure Symptoms, website traffic and Medicomat II. The TENS electrodes should never be placed over a pregnant woman's uterus as this may affect the unborn child. TENS units should also never be used by someone with a cardiac pacemaker due to the risk of interference or failure of the implanted device.

If you’re out trick or treating in Nelson tonight don’t forget about the three seniors complexes. Sindy Faraguna, who’s beating the drum, says the evening isn’t just for kids. Lake View Village is happy to receive kids from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Mountain Lake and Jubilee Manor from 6 until 7. Faraguna says it hasn’t worked that well in the past, but she hopes to change that.

A Rumor Of War By Philip Caputo History Essay When the story starts, Caputo is a twenty year old young man from a small town in Illinois. He, like many of his peers, is inspired by the opportunity to fight for their country and to protect the ideals that America represents. One of the main reasons for the common misconception that the war would be over in a few weeks or just a bit longer was the fact that the Viet Cong were underestimated. In Caputo’s training in the ROTC program at Loyola College, he was taught the basics and the rules of war. Yet, upon arriving in Vietnam, it soon became clear that the Viet Cong did not fight by the rules; in fact, they were very good at neglecting the rules of war. After spending most of his life living in a rural town of Westchester, Illinois, Caputo, like many young men of twenty years of age, was ready to prove to those around him that he was indeed coming into manhood. He was ready to get away from the comforts of home and to prove himself on the frontlines of a battle that should not take too long to win. After hearing President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech about conquering the spread of communism, Caputo felt a sense of duty and felt that this was his chance to stand up for his country and to prove to everyone that he was ready to take on the challenges that come along with entering into manhood. All of these feelings of good at the chance of going to war and to prove himself as a man dedicated to his country were too much at first. In January 1965, Caputo and his Third Marine Division were deployed to Okinawa, Japan. Yet, for the first few months, until early March 1965, Caputo and his division do not see any action. Even so, their dreams of the battle field and the excitement are still mounting. When the Third Marine Division was deployed to Vietnam, Caputo and his men soon realized that their dreams of glory on the battlefields were simply just dreams and not a reality. They worked on the defensive; they were forced to dig foxholes in case of an ambush while they were forced to be conscious of sniper fire that they could never find. They were not magnificently defeating the Viet Cong; in fact, they were fighting the elements and mosquitoes more than the perceived enemy for a while. Leading up to the war, it seemed that many of the young soldiers that dreamt of proving their worth by fighting for their country overlooked many of the things that they would be up against in Vietnam. This lead to low morale and disunity in many cases. Instead of being brave by putting their lives on the line while battling the Communist enemy, they were forced to recognize malaria as a formidable opponent as well as the enemy Viet Cong which was underestimated as well. After about a month and a half of little actual war scenarios, Caputo’s division started to see a bit more action. While their feelings of optimism that they shared before arriving in Vietnam were diminishing, this seemed to spark a fire beneath them at first. Yet when the reality set in that after every skirmish or every battle someone, friends that is, were left wounded or dead, a different type of thrill came about. It was no longer the thrill of fighting for their country and against communism; it was more the thrill of looking death in the eye and getting even with those who have killed their friends and comrades. Caputo mentions many of the things that really troubled many of them: lack of sleep, lack of cold food, fear of ambush, seemingly constant rain, non-stop bighting bugs, etc. He mentions that the lack of sleep that was mainly caused by being on edge because of fear of being ambushed in the night and that this had a very weighty effect on their moods and the way they interacted with one another. All of these things led to psychological trauma along with the fact that there was just so much death around them. Caputo learns early on that in the true ways of war, the soldiers were merely just pawns. In fact, he says of those who were not of high ranking, “As for the rest, they are now just names without faces or faces without names” (27). In saying this, Caputo is portraying the idea that even as a young man new to the ways of war; it was plain to see that if you were not wearing certain stripes, you were seemingly expendable in a certain, inhumane way. Later, Caputo takes this idea even a step further. He says, "The horror lay in the recognition that the body, which is supposed to be the earthly home of an immortal soul, which people spend so much time feeding, conditioning, and beautifying, is in fact only a fragile case stuffed full of disgusting matter. Even the brain, the wondrous, complex organ that generates the power of thought and speech, is nothing more than a lump of slick, gray tissue. The sight of mutilation did more than cause me physical revulsion; it burst the religious myths of my Catholic childhood” (page 128). This is one of the most unnerving and most important quotes in the book for the reason that this sums up the idea that no matter what these soldiers were taught back at home in the states, absolutely nothing could compare to what they would face during war time. Everything that they thought they had believed, in Caputo’s thought the idea of the soul “passing on” was much easier to believe before they saw friends and comrades of theirs annihilated after they may have been playing cards twenty minutes earlier. This powerful quote is clear that at this point, there is absolutely no optimistic feelings left in Caputo’s mind, in fact, it seems that everything that he had believed in about the purpose of life, the war, and his role in the war was questionable and that he may never be able to answer these questions. While it is clear that the feelings of optimism were extinguished very early on, this segment in chapter seven is the point in which it is absolutely clear that Caputo has been forever changed and that there was no way he would ever be the same person he was before the war, whether he wanted to go back to that time or not. The climax of the book comes at the point when Caputo orders his men to capture or kill two young Viet Cong soldiers that were living in a nearby village. At this point, Caputo says that he did this because he was told to kill the Viet Cong soldiers just as they were instructed to kill the Americans and those others that were opposed to their Communistic ways. Nearly half a year after the event took place, Caputo and another fellow soldier are summoned to trial for the murder of the two Viet Cong soldiers that were killed because of his orders. This sums up what the Vietnam War meant to many of the soldiers in the sense that it really was not clear what direction the United States was going in the war. When speaking of this particular court ordeal, Caputo says, "If the charges were proved, it would prove no one was guaranteed immunity against the moral bacteria spawned by the war. If such cruelty existed in ordinary men like us, then it logically existed in the others, and they would have to face the truth that they, too, harbored a capacity for evil. But no one wanted to make that recognition. No one wanted to confront his devil” (page 331). Here is where Caputo makes one of his most important stands and makes it clear that he believes that everyone involved in that war, everyone that saw the carnage, the death, and the effect that it had on the soldiers involved, was a product of a war that could have no winner. It is clear that at this point, after everything he had been through, the fact that the government who had sent young men overseas to kill the Viet Cong soldiers could be tried for murder was completely and utterly ridiculous. It is clear that from the point when Caputo joined the ROTC at Loyola College to the trial that should never have happened that the feelings of optimism were felt by many of the young soldiers that were aspiring to become great young men were completely wiped out shortly after their arrival in Vietnam. His feelings toward the trial in the end show that he believes that no one wanted to recognize what the war was doing to the young men that fought it, and the effect that it would have on their lives if they would be so fortunate to make it home alive at all. If you are the original writer of this essay and no longer wish to have the essay published on the UK Essays website then please click on the link below to request removal:

In C programming the <math.h> isfinite() function compute if the argument is finite or not.If we say finite argument it can be zero,normal,subnormal and not ‘infinite’ or ‘NaN'(not a number).The declaration of the function is given below. |bool isfinite(float x);| |bool isfinite(double x);| |bool isfinte(long double x);| x -A floating point type value. bool -true(1) if the argument is finite. All the three functions given above are same.The only difference is in their parameter type. printf( “%i” , isfinite( nan ) ); printf( “\n%i” , isfinite( f ) ); Since ‘nan’ variable is initialized to ‘NaN’ the function return 0 and for ‘f’ the returned value is 1. Some points to note i)The function will determine the argument base on the specific semantic types.This means if the argument passed is wider than it’s semantic type than it is converted to it’s semantic type and the determination is based on that type.To understand what this means consider that we are passing a very large number -not representable by any floating point type-in this case the argument type cannot represent the value so here the argument is treated as ‘infinite’ value and the function returns false signifying that the argument is not finite.A code example is given below. printf( “\n%i” , isfinite( 2e350 ) ); Output in Code::Blocks, The first output is 1 because the the double type can represent the value 2e200 but the value 2e350 cannot be represented by double type.Hence this value is interpreted as infinite value and we get false as returned value. ii) Since the function accept only floating point value if we pass a string as an argument you will get an error. printf( “\n%i” , isfinite( “2e350” ) ); //error Char type is acceptable as an argument by the isfinite function.

Daily Status/operation Report will be maintained by every Engineer for all tasks assigned. Ensure proper transfer of information with detail of unresolved issue to next shift RE and document status via email for the RE and supervisor reference. Field Engineer must visit all assigned stations and prepare a checklist about the working of hardware. He must enter the complaints details in the check list if assigned.

That, as well as taking the artistic world (in Russia) by storm, Dennis Hopper is also enjoying the odd orgy, by way of a new TV series based on the film Crash... That I assume it's the Oscar winning film, not the one with James Spader ogling wounds... That Hopper said: "I play a Phil Spector-type music mogul, who's totally out of his mind. It's really amazing because we don't have any restrictions, like language problems or sexual problems; we can do anything we want and we're really out there. In my episode we had an orgy. I'm doing drugs all the time. I'm smoking grass. I'm having orgies. Hey it's music, it's rock 'n' roll baby. That Lynne Spears' new book, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, will not be a parenting guide as previously promised. Instead it's more of an expose on her daughters' various plights... That, if you wish to pay for stories you can read on the internet for free, the book's due for release next month and will cost you about twenty quid... That Britney Spears has been "wowing fans" in a promo video, she recorded with Russell Brand, for this year's VMAs... That the MTV VMAs are set to air in the US September 7... That we're hoping Britney will remain fully clothed this time... That Grazia's Top 5 best dressed women of 2008 goes as follows - 1: Agyness Deyn. 2: Gwyneth Paltrow. 3: Sarah Jessica Parker. 4: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. 5: Daisy Lowe... That Kate Moss didn't make the top ten... That, of Alicia Keys and Jack White penning the new Bond theme instead of her, Winehouse mumbled: "I do think they could have waited a bit. If they want a worldwide hit I have them all up here (pointing to her beehive - where a family of raccoons are racking out fat ones). I guess they are going for clean-cut and boring. When I do release mine and I am tempted to do it on the same day - this would be the bigger hit. If they change their minds, I'm waiting!"... That Tori Spelling has pulled out of appearing in the Beverly Hills 90210 rehash because she's only getting paid about €13k per episode... That's less than half of what Jennie Garth and Shannon Doherty are getting... That, of The Dark Knight, Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. said: "I feel like I'm dumb because I feel like I don't get many things that are so smart. (The Dark Knight) is like a Ferrari engine of storytelling and scriptwriting and I'm like, 'That's not my idea of what I want to see in a movie.' I didn't understand The Dark Knight... I still can't tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and, in the end, they need him to be a bad guy. I'm like, 'I get it - this is so high brow and so f**king smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie'"... Turning back the clock and not doing as many drugs might be a goer as well... That Chantelle Houghtan said: "I read that Jordan said I'd never really look like her as her look is 'unique'. Well I'd like to know when hair extensions, fake t*ts and fake tan became unique, because it's every other girl on the street!"...

#Qaqlasht #Meadows in KPK is a flat terrain located about 80 km north of #Chitral town and approachable by 1.5 hours drive. In early spring, this plane transforms into a picnic resort with a carpet grassy and tiny yellow flowers stretched miles and miles. How to Travel Through Pakistan On Budget?

<issue_start><issue_comment>Title: Trying basic examples I get an error username_0: Im running the example presented in this link: https://python-bittrex-websocket-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howto.html (using steps 1 and 2) and I get the following error: ``` RuntimeWarning: coroutine 'MySocket.on_public' was never awaited f(*a, **kw) RuntimeWarning: Enable tracemalloc to get the object allocation traceback ``` <issue_comment>username_1: I met the same error when I run this in a docker. although it run well in ubuntu or Anaconda Spyder. some other scripts (like the sample in Quickstart), run well in docker. but can't run in ubuntu. the docker and ubuntu has same version and python are all 3.6.8 by the way. <issue_comment>username_2: solution to the problem: pip uninstall bittrex-websocket

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Caterpillar Hires H-1B Foreign Graduates, Fires 300 American Professionals 9/6/2016. The Caterpillar outsourcing “is all the same thing happening over and over again,’ said John Miano, a lawyer and software expert who has sued the federal government to reduce or stop various outsourcing programs, such as the H-1B visa. “What we see is that companies ask for more [H-1B visas] while they’re laying off the same kind of [American professionals] … this is going to be an election that decides whether this continues,” Miano said. Early in 2016, Caterpillar asked the federal government for 71 H-1B visas needed to hire foreign white-collar college-grads. At least 30 of the requested H-1B visas are for engineers and other skilled professionals in Mossville, which is suffering the most layoffs. At least 44 of the visas requested in 2016 are for foreign graduates who are already working at Caterpillar in the United States. These “continuation” visas are automatically approved, and do not count against the much touted annual limits on H1-B visas. Another 22 of Caterpillar’s H-1B request visas are for new hires. Since 2012, Caterpillar has requested 768 visas for H-1B workers. Roughly speaking, companies get one-fifth of the H-1B visas they request, suggesting the company has outsourced at least 100 U.S.-based jobs to lower-wage foreign graduates. Companies are not required to interview Americans, or even announce job openings, before asking for H-1B visas. The H-1B visa allows the foreign college-graduates to stay for at least three years, and some manage to stay permanently. For example, the company has also helped get green cards — the precursor to citizenship — for roughly 70 foreign college graduates. Most of these green card employees have replaced Americans software graduates. Caterpillar has not responded to emails from Breitbart. While Trump has promised to reform the controversial H-1B program as part of his plan to ensure that immigration law helps Americans before companies or foreign workers, Hillary Clinton has been a strong supporter of the H-1B program, and her foundation has tried to hire more than 130 foreign professionals in place of young Americans. That political difference over white-collar outsourcing may become critical in the new few weeks when Trump tries to raise his support among college graduates. Trump is already doing well among blue-collar families, party because of his promise to start enforcing existing laws that bar the hiring of illegals. But Trump is doing poorly among college-graduates, partly because few white-collar workers yet recognize the pocketbook impact to them of federal immigration practices. Fewer still know that states are also allowing illegal immigrants to work in professional jobs. American professionals prefer to ignore the threat from the government’s H-1B program, said Miano. “They all all think ‘I’m good… if I keep up my skills, I don’t have anything to worry about’ — but they don’t know these [hiring] decisions are being made by accountants who have no idea what their skills are,” he said. That outsourcing process is a huge threat to the middle class because it is “cutting off the ability of people to rise up,” he said. “The whole thing of the middle class is to send your kids to college, get professional jobs and move up — but now that is being destroyed” by outsourcing, Miano said. Many companies outsource U.S. white collar jobs to foreign professionals — Disney, DeLoitte, many hospitals, Facebook, Intel, Qualcomm, Microsoft, plus many smaller companies, such as the Toys R Us retailer, Cengage publishing firm, and New York Life insurance company. The scale and details of the outsourcing movement can be tracked at websites, including MyVisaJobs.com. Virgil Bierschwale, a displaced software expert, has posted details of the H-1B program and maps showing the locations and employer contacts for H-1B requests. Much of the 2016 H-1B outsourcing at Caterpillar is for engineering jobs held by Americans. Commercial job search boards show many Americans are qualified for those jobs. Indeed.com, for example, offers the resumes of 2,445 engineers within a 25-mile distance of Mossville, including some recently posted resumes of Caterpillar’s soon-to-be-outsourced employees. These engineering jobs are in the so-called STEM field, which the federal government — and the private sector — has long declared will provide a secure upward path for American college grads. However, even as young Americans study to earn places in colleges, the federal government is helping companies employ a population of roughly 650,000 H-1B professionals in the United States. The resident population of around 650,000 H-1B outsourcing professionals includes roughly 100,000 jobs at universities. The outsourced university jobs include tens of thousands of professors and lecturers, doctors and therapists, scientists and researchers. Most of the 650,000 outsourced H-1B jobs are in the information technology sector, where the imported professionals have lowered wages throughout the industry and forced middle-aged Americans into new, lower-paying careers — such as journalism — at just the time when they need good pay to help their children get a good education. Many additional outsourced H-1B jobs are in business and finance, architecture and design, p.r. and media, health care, and teaching. The wide variety of jobs shows how the H-1B outsourcing is reaching far beyond Silicon Valley. For example, companies such as CVS are increasingly using foreign college graduates to replace American pharmacists in Washington D.C., New York, and across the nation. “If American professionals don’t stand up soon, they’ll be going the way of the auto workers and the factory workers in just a few years,” said Miano. Two politicians are fighting this act of white genocide. Chuck Grassley in Iowa and Jeff Sessions in Alabama. They need your support.

We host the largest daffodil show in the northeast. Our show is usually held the 4th Wednesday and Thursday of April. You do not need to be a member of The Daffodil Society to enter the show, although we do hope you will join us. Our show features Horticulture, Floral Design and Photography divisions. In addition we have special youth classes for children 18 and under in Horticulture and Photography. Visit our show and be dazzled by the daffodils! Every fall our society provides daffodil bulbs to various civic organizations and garden clubs to be planted on public spaces. The bulbs are free of charge, although we do ask that you send us photos of your planting and enter at least one bloom in our show the following spring. For more information on how to receive your free bulbs contact us. Throughout the year the CT Daffodil Society offers workshops with a primary focus on growing & showing daffodils. We also host floral design and photography, and youth workshops to encourage artistic as well as horticultural interest in daffodils.

<reponame>matanlurey/swlegion import 'package:built_collection/built_collection.dart'; import 'package:built_value/built_value.dart'; import 'package:built_value/serializer.dart'; part 'rank.g.dart'; /// Represents possible ranks for units in the game. /// /// See https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/3/7/a-legion-of-your-best-troops/. class Rank extends EnumClass { static const _armyConstraints = { commander: [1, 2], operative: [0, 2], corps: [3, 6], specialForces: [0, 3], support: [0, 3], heavy: [0, 2], }; @BuiltValueEnumConst(wireName: 'commander') static const Rank commander = _$commander; @BuiltValueEnumConst(wireName: 'operative') static const Rank operative = _$operative; @BuiltValueEnumConst(wireName: 'corps') static const Rank corps = _$corps; @BuiltValueEnumConst(wireName: 'special-forces') static const Rank specialForces = _$specialForces; @BuiltValueEnumConst(wireName: 'support') static const Rank support = _$support; @BuiltValueEnumConst(wireName: 'heavy') static const Rank heavy = _$heavy; const Rank._(String name) : super(name); @override String get name => _$RankSerializer._toWire[super.name]; /// Minimum amount of this type of unit for a typical army list (800 points). int get minimum => _armyConstraints[this].first; /// Maximum amount of this type of unit for a typical army list (800 points). int get maximum => _armyConstraints[this].last; /// Support for serializing instances of [Rank]. static Serializer<Rank> get serializer => _$rankSerializer; /// All known values of [Rank]. static BuiltSet<Rank> get values => _$values; /// Parses and returns [name] into the cooresponding [Rank] value. /// /// Throws [ArgumentError] if no match is found. static Rank from(String name) { return _$valueOf(_$RankSerializer._fromWire[name]); } /// **WARNING**: Prefer [from]. @Deprecated('Use "Rank.from" instead.') static Rank valueOf(String name) => _$valueOf(name); }

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- 3GPP. This stands for 3rd Generation Partnership Project. Despite the three in the name, this is a group of seven standards-setting organizations that organize the rollout of 5G standards and definitions. It’s not really 5G until 3GPP says it’s 5G. - mmWave/millimeter waves. High-frequency waves in the millimeter band between microwave and infrared that are used to deliver faster, high-capacity data. Be warned: Much like microwaves, they’re susceptible to being blocked by buildings. - MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple Output). It’s a good old-fashioned technology that lets you send and receive more than one data signal on the same channel by using more than one antenna. It can help increase capacity. - Enhanced small cells. Low-powered cellular radio access nodes that serve fewer users than other nodes over a smaller geographic area. They operate in licensed and unlicensed spectrums from 10 meters up to a few kilometers. 5G needs more antennas, and small cells are one way to achieve that. - 5G NR. The NR stands for “New Radio.” This 3GPP standard combines millimeter wave, enhanced small cells, MIMO beamforming and a few other things. It’s the 5G standard the 3GPP has blessed, and companies who have started out developing others like 5G TF, or 5G SIG, will transition to 5G NR. - 5G does not come without challenges, but that possible user data rate of 1 Gbps sure does make it worth the effort. Full article : TechRepublic

Monday, December 28, 2009 Tomb of Cao Cao, famous Chinese ruler, discovered According to Chen Ailan, director of the Henan cultural heritage administration, the discovered tomb, close to the former site of Wei's capital Luoyang, was confirmed as Cao Cao's. A stone tablet discovered at the scene said it belonged to the king of Wei, and the remains in the tomb were determined to be of a man in his 60s. Cao Cao died at 65. The remains of two women were also found in the tomb. The first was in her 50s, and may have been an empress, while the other was about 25, and likely a servant. More than 250 articles, including gold, silver, and pottery, were unearthed from the 740-square-meter tomb, a size appropriate for a king. Archaeologists also found 59 engraved stone plates logging the name and amount of the articles buried in the tomb. Seven of the plates logged weapons "often used by the king of Wei." Also unearthed were a large amount of paintings drawn on stone plates, as well as a sword and scabbard. Cao Cao wrote in his will that his burial place should be simple, which corresponds to the fact that the walls of the tome were not painted and few precious articles were found, said Hao Benxing, head of Henan's Institute of Archaeology. Although further excavations are yet to be carried out, current evidences are adequate to prove this is Cao Cao's tomb, said Guan Qiang, director of the archaeology department of China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Tablets carrying the inscription "King Wu of Wei," Cao's posthumous title, were seized from people who had apparently stolen them from the tomb. The governments of Henan and Anyang are planning to display the tomb to the public, Hao said. In literature and legend Cao Cao is depicted as a ruthless and Machiavellian statesmen, who was said, "to be able enough to rule the world, but evil enough to destroy it." He is one of main characters in the famous 14th century novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao is also famous for the poetry he wrote, some of which has survived, and for his military treatise.

What is the flu? Influenza (the flu) is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by influenza viruses that are constantly changing. Flu causes illness, hospital stays and deaths in the United States each year. Flu can be very dangerous for children. Each year about 20,000 children younger than 5 years old are hospitalized from flu complications, like pneumonia. How serious is the flu? Flu illness can vary from mild to severe. Flu can be especially dangerous for young children and children of any age who have certain long term health conditions, including asthma (even mild or controlled), neurological conditions, chronic lung disease, heart disease, blood disorders, endocrine disorders (such as diabetes), and weakened immune systems due to disease or medication. Children with these conditions, and those receiving long-term aspirin therapy, can have more flu? Symptoms of flu can include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. Some people with flu will not have a fever. How long can a sick person spread the flu? People with the flu may infect others from 1 day before getting sick to 5-7 days after. Children and people with weakened immune systems might still be contagious past 7 days, especially if they still have symptoms. Can my child go to school, daycare or camp if he or she is sick? No. Your child should stay home to rest and to avoid giving the flu to other children or to caregivers. When can?

Friday, June 4, 2010 Peyton's School Days~ Posted by tracey desrochers at 11:02: These SmileBox digital scrapbooks are WAY COOL! Why didn't you tell me about this program long ago?! They seem to provide the interactivity of a lapbook with the layouts and color of scrapbooks! I am going to check this out today! Good thing I haven't put the money down yet for Scrapbook Max! 2.0 (I already have 1.0). Cindy~ lol it wasn't a secret honest~ LOL I learned about these from Velma over on AKOL and where your on the group and were mentioning the scrapbook Max I just assumed you had known about this~ I just made these today.. they were fun~ and pretty easy for someone who IN NOT a techy like yourself :) you can have and use the free basic version like I did or pay a small amount for updated versions ~ glad I posted this before you decided also~ ! The AKOL Yahoo Group was becoming so busy that I had to stop receiving daily digests - there was just too much stuff to read and it was distracting me from my current focus! :) If I start chasing ALL of those links and recommendations for curriculum, I start second-guessing myself too much and become paralyzed from too much information!LOL! I downloaded SmileBox and started playing with it a bit. It definitely doesn't have the flexibility and customization that Scrapbook Max has but it is very easy to use and might appeal to the boys more because of it. I might even use it for the boys' birthday party invitations! Another tool in the toolbox, I suppose. But there are so many tools and so little time! :) Tomorrow is the boys' last soccer game of the season and looking at some of the sample scrapbooks has given me ideas of pictures I should take. Then I can create a scrapbook both in SmileBox and in Scrapbook Max and compare! I completely understand Cindy~ there is just SO much out there, I have realized this past year that I can zip over something and I kind of know now what will work and what would be well, a joke, lol. My boys really need only certain kinds of programs for learning the rest is pretty much used as a spine and on the fly I guess you could say, I found some programs we can do that with and we are SO much happier than following a kind of "method" or "style" I hate being boxed in like that. I would rather just go with what works. So much out there doesn't really work or interest my boys, I tend to be able to be much more "choosy" I suppose you could say... I LOVE your idea of birthday invites!~ I may do that too~ :) I just thought it was so neat had to try it and am using it for part of my portfolio with our evaluator today, just something different to show and fun~ :) good luck comparing and keep me posted on which you like, or better yet write up a review and post it I may want the one you pick! :)

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“SPHENOPALATINE GANGLIONEURALGIA!!!” We’re guessing you have never heard anyone yell that out after licking an ice cream cone or slurping down a frozen beverage. Perhaps you have heard someone scream “Brain Freeze” though, the more common term for this scientific condition. A brain freeze usually occurs after a cold food or beverage touches the roof of the mouth (your palate). This sudden temperature change of the tissue stimulates nerves, causing rapid dilation and swelling of the blood vessels. This response is an attempt to direct blood to the area and warm it back up. The “headache” that follows is triggered when the pain receptors in your mouth signal your brain using the nerves in your face. The end result is a sudden, sharp pain and the usual exclamation that is synonymous with this phenomenon. A brain freeze, also referred to as an ice cream headache, can last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes in duration. Brain freezes can occur as frequently in the summer as they do in the winter because the brain’s response is to the food being consumed, not to the temperature outside. To avoid getting a brain freeze it is recommended that you eat slowly because this reaction is triggered by an immediate temperature change in the mouth. If you do suffer a brain freeze, try pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth to warm the blood vessels. Other suggested tricks include holding your head back or breathing in through mouth and out through the nose to pass warmer air through the nasal passages. With the weather getting warmer and more people indulging in ice cream and other frozen treats, expect to hear someone yelling out “Brain Freeze” soon. When they do, be sure to share your new found knowledge about this common sensation. All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page. You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter. PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

How demand for drinking water is forecast To prepare for the future, local authorities need to forecast how much drinking water will be needed and where. Forecasting involves: - identifying factors that influence demand (such as weather, population growth, industrial or rural development, water charges, consumer preferences) - preparing projections for demand over time. Forecasting usually takes into account data on past water consumption (ideally, average and peak use) and expected population growth. Forecasts are generally more reliable if they are prepared for various sectors (such as domestic or industrial). Forecasting methods should be as reliable as possible. They can be quantitative (such as mathematical modelling) and qualitative (such as consultation with users and experts). Ideally, both types of method are used and compared. Forecasting is a tricky business, so assumptions and risks should be identified. Accurate forecasts allow local authorities to: - plan to access new water sources - design and budget for new or upgraded supply systems - efficiently use public funds.

Wednesday we posted a couple of emails from Vibram stating they were dropping their support for SOPA. Unfortunately, those emails sent conflicting messages as to how much involvement (if any) they had with the bill. After I published that post I reached out to Vibram to find out exactly what their position was. Luckily, the wait wasn’t long, because they reached out to us, probably before anyone at Vibram got a chance to read my email. As the first email stated, they were tied to this bill through their involvement with the Outdoor Industry Association. The OIA is a trade organization for manufacturers, retailers, and the like of outdoor goods (e. g. shoes and recreational equipment), and as such works to represent these companies’ interests when it comes to legislation. Vibram initially joined the OIA to help combat the foreign counterfeiting of FiveFingers, which as we all know are heavily copied (Justin at Birthdayshoes keeps a list of sites selling knockoffs that numbers in the hundreds, if not thousands). Vibram was aware that the OIA was looking to support legislation regarding foreign counterfeiters peddling their goods in the US [through the internet], but was not aware of any current bills in the works. As soon as they found out they were listed as supporters, they contacted OIA and asked to be removed from the list. According to Vibram’s representative, they wholeheartedly support legislation protecting their intellectual property rights (and I agree), but they will not support any bills potentially limiting anyone’s freedom of speech. They attribute much of their success to their online communities and don’t want to see any laws passed that could potentially affect them [us]. In February, 2011, Petzl did sign on to a letter circulated by the Outdoor Industry Association supporting government action against intellectual property theft via “rogue websites.” That letter made no mention of any specific legislation, and support for it was spurred by Petzl’s own encounter with the problem of counterfeit life-safety products. You can read Petzl’s entire message here. I’ve currently reached out to the Outdoor Industry Association in regards to their stance. A big thanks to Vibram for reaching out to help clear the air, and for their open lines of communication with MyFiveFingers.com. This is the best approach to protecting your brand online! Thank you for the update! I’m so glad I don’t need to give up my VFFs.

. Earlier in the day, seven survivors were pulled from beneath chunks of concrete, Khoudi said. One 40-year-old woman was transferred to a hospital where both her legs were amputated,. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all nations on Wednesday to stand united against terrorism, calling it "the scourge of our times." "This attack on the U.N. is an attack on us all and our highest ideals," he said in a video address from Bali, Indonesia, to the 192-member General Assembly. He said the U.N. will not be deterred in its mission "to help those most in need." It United Nations provided a list Wednesday of nine staffers confirmed to have died in Algiers, including six Algerians, one Senegalese, one Dane and one citizen of the Philippines. A day earlier, the U.N. said 11 staff members had died. U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said Wednesday that was a preliminary figure and noted confusion at the scene. The Interior Ministry said five of the dead were foreigners, including two people from China, and that three other foreign U.N. employees -- two from China and one from Lebanon -- were hospitalized. Four police officers who were guarding the Constitutional Council also were among the dead, according to police at the site Wednesday. Two law students were also killed, said law professor Rachid Ourari, choking back tears. "They were preparing for the bar," he said. Pink-jacketed emergency workers delicately navigated the rubble at the U.N. offices while sniffer dogs scampered alongside. Families of the missing stood outside police cordons, waiting for news. Workers for a private company housed in the building tried to save documents and computer equipment. Police helicopters circled overhead, moving from the old port section of town to the tony neighborhood where the U.N. offices and Constitutional Council were targeted. Residents of Algiers gathered around newspaper kiosks Wednesday, some expressing surprise the official death toll was so much lower than that reported elsewhere. A national official at the civil protection agency said Wednesday that 45 people were killed. Soon after the bombings, a doctor said at least 60 were killed, and Algeria's independent daily El Watan reported up to 72 killed and 200 wounded. A major Algerian hospital held a blood drive Wednesday, and dozens of people lined up to give blood. "Algerians are completely united against terrorism," Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said on France's Europe-1 radio, insisting the attacks did not portend "civil war." Asked about the possibility of attacks elsewhere in North Africa, he said: "It's everyone who is targeted, sooner or later." Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate review of U.N. security. The U.N. offices are in the upscale Hydra neighborhood of Algiers, which houses many foreign embassies. The U.S. and British embassies stepped up security warnings.. Saudi King Abdullah told Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika the "terrorist acts will only increase the determination of the Algerian government and the people to uproot terrorism and eliminate it," the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Al-Qaida's self-styled North African branch claimed responsibility in a posting on a militant Web site. Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa -- formerly known as the Salafist Group for Call and Combat -- described the U.N. offices as "the headquarters of the international infidels' den." Algeria's insurgency broke out in the early 1990s, when the army canceled the second round of the country's first multiparty elections to prevent likely victory by an Islamic fundamentalist party. Islamist armed groups then turned to force to overthrow the government, with up to 200,000 people killed in the ensuing violence. Associated Press writers Frank Jordans in Geneva, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations and Hassane Meftahi in Algiers.

If you’re going for a Jedi build, you might want to consider a Swords bard in addition to a Psi Warrior or Soulknife. Bards get a ton of really cool spells that mimic the Force, and anything that isn’t on the list that you might want is available via Magical Secrets. My favorite thing is combining the Telekinetic feat with I think the blade flourish that lets you push an enemy 10 feet away from you. That’s a 15 foot knockback on an enemy with the Telekinetic bonus action, and a pretty good Force push. Plus, you very much have the stats to back it up without needing to slow your spell progression via Hexblade dip. Put your +2 into one of the 16s, put your +1 into a 15, and make sure your Charisma, Dexterity, and Constitution are all at 16 or higher and you’re set.

I like where your head is at! Only, let's take it further. The surface just needs to be flat, and solid. Nothing is said about rigid. Why not stretch some cloth, cast Demiplane on it, and either burn it or simply let the cloth relax so it isn't flat anymore. If the DM rules that the door doesn't disappear once the surface is degraded, which is what /u/LoreSinger wants, then imagine all the Portal-like shenanigans you could get into with free-standing Demiplane doors. I'd say it'd be a win, either way they ruled.

For your raclette parties with family or friends, adopt a practical and easy-to-clean raclette machine! You like to prepare a delicious fondue to receive your guests and amaze them with various raclette recipes, the raclette machine will be your best companion. Indeed, it is a tool allowing the cheese to be melted directly on the table so that your guests can serve themselves easily. If you are looking to impress your loved ones, go in search of a quality device. Our guide to buying the Best Raclette Machine UK of the moment has been put together to help you make the right choice. - Best Raclette Machine UK Reviews - Best Raclette Machine UK Buying Guide - Frequently Asked Questions Best Raclette Machine UK Reviews 1. Moulinex RE160811 For successful raclette evenings, Choose Moulinex RE160811 Dimensions: 36 x 36 x 13 cm Weight: 1.85 Kg Power: 850 Watts Material: Aluminum Pros : Good value for money Effective Cons : No wooden spatula Very light We begin our selection with the Moulinex RE160811. This raclette machine will give you moments of great family friendliness. It offers 6 pans for raclettes, which makes it ideal for a family of 6 people as well as a grill. Its non-stick aluminum grill will allow you to cook your meats, vegetables, and fish while ensuring a quality result. These pans have thermoplastic handles so that your guests can use them easily. This tool is easy to transport thanks to its shape and its ergonomics, which will allow you to use it during your convivial moments outside as inside. An on / off button with indicator light, a cord holder, and a very elegant design are the advantages of the Moulinex RE160811. Thanks to its non-stick coating, this raclette machine is easy to maintain. Looking for a tool with very good value for money, this model is what you need. 2. Tristar RA-2949 A practical and compact raclette machine for your convivial moments Dimensions: 28 x 21 x 12 cm Weight: 0.998 Kg Power: 500 Watts Material: Metal Pros : Compact Convenient Cons : Short cord Slow to heat up The Tristar RA-2949 seduces us with its practicality and its design. Indeed, this raclette machine adopts a compact design that allows it to be stored easily after use. Moreover, its lightweight makes it easy to transport during your campsites and your evenings outside. With its power of 500W and these 4 molds, this tool will give you the opportunity to have a good time with family. It has a cooking grill for your meats, vegetables, and fish. With its non-stick coating, the Tristar RA-2949 is easy to maintain. This raclette appliance is equipped with an on / off switch with an indicator light which indicates whether the raclette has reached the right temperature. Thanks to these non-slip feet, it will remain very stable on the table when in use. Practical and functional, 3. H. Koenig RP418 A powerful and versatile 4-in-1 raclette maker to prepare good hot raclettes Dimensions: 39.5 x 15.5 x 29.5 cm Weight: 8.5 Kg Power: 1500 Watts Material: Stainless steel Pros : Efficient Versatile Cons : A little heavy Fragile coating In third place in our ranking, we have the H.Koenig RP418. This raclette machine offers a great power of 1500 Watts for a quick and efficient result. With these 8 pans, this equipment is ideal for a large family. It is also equipped with a crepe maker, a grill, and a stone to grill for varied pleasure. You love good raclette recipes in winter with all the family or friends, this raclette machine is what you need. Thanks to its colors and its stainless steel design, it adapts to all styles of cooking and is very robust. Easy to use, the H.Koenig RP418 is equipped with an on / off button and an adjustable temperature to suit your needs. A user-friendly and efficient device for your convivial dinners with family or colleagues. 4. Tefal RE138O12 Opt for an aesthetic and modern raclette machine with the Tefal RE138O12 Dimensions: 38.5 x 31 x 13 cm Weight: 2.26 Kg Power: 1050 Watts Material: Stainless steel Pros : Beautiful design Easy to maintain Cons : Short power cable A little fragile The Tefal RE138O12 is a magnificent raclette machine that will add a warm touch to your kitchen thanks to its modern design and cactus green color. It has 8 frying pans, a set of pancake trays, and a plate for your grills. The pans and trays have an effective non-stick system to prevent cheese and food from sticking during cooking. This feature also allows its components to be easily washed in the dishwasher without requiring special maintenance. Thanks to its thermoplastic supports, the Tefal RE138O12 is easy to handle without the risk of burning yourself. With its power of 1050 Watts and the uniform distribution of these plates, this raclette machine provides perfect cooking of your cheeses and pancakes. 5. Severin – 2341 Choose the Severin – 2341 for its versatility and performance Dimensions: 25.8 x 53.8 x 13.5 cm Weight: 5.91 Kg Power: 1500 Watts Material: Plastic Pros : Powerful Full Cons : Bulky Plastic design Le Severin – 2341 deserves the fifth place in our selection for its versatility. Its cooking surface combines a grill, a baking stone, and 4 mini-pancakes for various recipes. This raclette machine will allow you to prepare 8 portions of raclette thanks to its frying pans. With its powerful 1500 Watt motor, your preparations will be ready in no time. Besides, you have the possibility to adjust its temperature according to your expectations and the desired result. The grid surface is more than enough to settle the whole family during your dinners around a tasty raclette. You appreciate the convivial moments with your pockets in summer as in winter, the Severin – 2341 will be able to accompany you! 6. Russell Hobbs 21000 Adopt a raclette machine at the best value for money with the Russell Hobbs 21000 Dimensions: 50 x 40.6 x 22.4 cm Weight: 8.24 Kg Power: 1200 Watts Material: Metal Pros : Functional Fair value for money Cons : Fragile handles Heavy We come to the last position on our list with the Russell Hobbs 21000. We particularly appreciate this device for its functionality. It has 8 frying pans and 3 removable plates: grill stone, multi-pancakes, grill-pancakes. Everything you need for a happy holiday with family or friends! Its thermostat is adjustable up to 5 positions to adapt to your needs. The Russell Hobbs 21000 is easy to clean thanks to the non-stick coating of these plates and pans. This raclette machine has a power of 1200 Watts to serve up to 8 people. The stone plate allows for healthy and efficient cooking to accompany your raclettes. Ergonomic and solid, this kitchen equipment deserves its price. Also Read: Best Ice Cube Maker UK of 2020 Best Raclette Machine UK Buying Guide Convinced of the usefulness of a raclette machine, you want to buy one? Make sure you choose a quality appliance to make a success of your various raclette recipes. Raclette, the convivial meal par excellence! Raclette takes its name from a very old method which consists of “scraping” the melted cheese over the potatoes with a knife blade. It can also designate the name of a cheese made from cow’s milk of Swiss origin. With the advent of raclette machines in the mid-twentieth century, the raclette has become an easy dish to prepare and is associated with winter evenings with family or friends. But it can also be enjoyed at lunches, in summer and spring, for amateurs. The raclette is the ideal meal when you plan to welcome many guests without spending hours in the kitchen. Raclette is a complete and relatively rich dish suitable for everyone! To choose your raclette machine, several criteria must be considered: Number of persons There are models of squeegees suitable for two, four, eight, or even more people on the market. You must, therefore, make a choice according to the number of people to serve. Raclette machines with frying pans are practical to allow everyone to serve themselves as they wish. The number of frying pans must, therefore, be taken into account according to the number of people to be treated. On the other hand, raclette machines without frying pans are the classic form of this kitchen tool, but you have to prepare the fondue for all your guests and serve it in turn. Here, it is the capacity in liters of the device which is to be considered. Power The power of the device determines its speed and efficiency. For a dedicated raclette machine for 2 to 6 people, the power must be between 500 to 1000 Watts. If you want to buy a raclette machine for 8 or more people, choose a motor from 1050 to 1500 Watts. Temperature The melting temperature of the cheese depends on several criteria such as the type of cheese used, its age, its quantity, the outside temperature, etc. However, it would be interesting to choose a device with an adjustable thermostat to be able to adapt it to your desires. Be aware that an insufficient and non-homogeneous temperature can leave a part of the cheese in hard appearance and spoil your dish. The different types of Raclette machine There are several types of raclette machines: - The classic raclette devices: This type of device is the most simple and basic. It allows to make the raclette on a plate. It generally has a smooth surface for scraping cheese and a micro-toothed surface for cutting the crust. The price is cheaper for this type of utensil. - Raclette grills with a pancake plate: As the term suggests, this type of raclette machine offers a crepe plate. It is a device much appreciated by children. - Pierrade squeegee devices: It is the most, it comes with a cooking stone which allows you to grill your food more healthily and efficiently. - Plancha raclette devices (versatile): These are the types of raclette devices with several cooking plates (grill, plate for mini-pancakes, stone plate). It is the ideal device if you have guests who do not like raclette or if you just want to vary the pleasure. Ease of cleaning Prefer raclette appliances with dishwasher-compatible components for quick cleaning. Also, be aware that tools with non-stick coatings and removable plates are relatively easy to clean since cheese and other foods won’t stick to the walls. The coating The coating of the raclette machine plays an essential role in its durability and ease of maintenance. A metal or stainless steel appliance with a non-stick coating is preferred. Frequently Asked Questions A raclette machine is generally easy to clean. For most models, the plates and the pans can be washed in the dishwasher. This greatly facilitates cleaning. But if you don’t have a dishwasher, a sponge with a little dish soap is enough. Anyway, before cleaning, make sure to remove the remaining cheese by heating the appliance vacuum and then rubbing lightly with a wooden spatula. As for the body of the device, it should not be soaked in water, you can just clean it using a paste of baking soda (baking soda mix with water), let stand for a few minutes then wipe with a damp sponge or cloth. If you have a raclette machine with a stone, What foods can you cook with a raclette machine? The raclette machine is mainly used for cooking cheese. That said, most of the models on the market have hobs and / or a baking stone which will allow you to grill and cook other foods such as meats, fish, and vegetables as an accompaniment. You can also make pancakes with raclette machines offering this feature. Which raclette cheeses to choose? To make a raclette, the most chosen types of cheese are Guinness Cheddar, Fourme Ambert, Reblochon, Livarot or even Maroilles cheese. What wine to drink with a raclette? Here is a selection of the best wines to drink with raclette: - A white or red wine from Savoie such as Mondeuse, Grape Varieties, Chignin,… - An Alsace wine compliments the Pinot blanc - A light red like Brouilly - A Mâcon Villages To accompany a raclette, you can prepare dishes of dried and smoked meats, in particular Grisons meat. Don’t forget the marinades such as pickled onions or pickles that will add a vinegar flavor to your cheese. While the cheese is browning in the pans or the appropriate plate, you can take the opportunity to grill beef, pork, veal, shrimps, fish, or sausage rings to accompany it effectively. Grilled vegetables are also recommended. Without forgetting the potato which is the essence of the raclette. Finally, for the dessert raclette, do not hesitate to opt for tasty fruits such as strawberries, pears, peaches, mangoes, blueberries, and apples.

EXPLORE THE STARS AT SPC'S PLANETARIUM AND OBSERVATORY The St. Petersburg College Planetarium and Observatory are great places for all ages to explore the universe. The planetarium is a "star theater" with a 24-foot domed ceiling that can accurately simulate the night sky at any time or location on Earth.

Entergy Corp. reportedly won’t pursue new nuclear builds in the U.S. Southeast because of lower demand seen after Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, the recession, and abundant but unused independent power generation in the region, the company’s CEO J. Wayne Leonard told reporters at this week’s Edison Electric Institute financial conference. At the end of last year, Entergy Nuclear asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to suspend reviews for potential projects at its nuclear sites at Grand Gulf, near Port Gibson, Miss., and River Bend, near St. Francisville, La.—even though Louisiana and Mississippi have passed legislation offering cost-recovery incentives to build the new reactors. The company, the second-largest nuclear power generator in the U.S., had then said it had made the decision after “unsuccessful attempts to come to mutually acceptable business terms” with GE-Hitachi for its Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor. On Tuesday, Leonard said that the company would continue to study opportunities for new nuclear opportunities “sometime down the road,” Reuters reported. Entergy’s concern about power demand uncertainty was echoed by several other utility executives at the Edison Electric Institute financial conference. Some said industrial sales had stabilized, while others were less positive about a dawning recovery. Analysts predicted that 2010 was going to be difficult for utilities because of demand uncertainties. The forum (webcasts of all presentations are available) is designed to engage senior executives from investor-owned utilities, as well as financial analysts, portfolio managers, rating agencies, investment bankers, and other interested parties who want to meet and explore industry issues and competitive strategies.

What to Wear to Work While OSHA has clarified its position on PPE for electrical workers, employers still have work to do before they can tell employees what to wear and when. - By Ken Cybart - Jun 20, 2008 Arc flashes occur when electrical current jumps the gap between two or more energized conductors. Depending upon the amount of current, arc temperatures can exceed 35,000 degrees F. That’s why electrical workers must wear fire-resistant (FR) personal protective equipment when working near exposed, energized equipment. OSHA recently clarified the responsibility of employers to provide PPE, such as FR clothing, to electrical workers. Actually, the requirement for employers to assess hazards and select PPE has been in place since 1990, yet some workplace managers have not provided FR clothing to electrical workers—and if they do, they fail to train workers on what to wear based on the task and the Hazard Risk Category at the equipment on which they may work. OSHA’s 1910.132(d) requires employers to assess for workplace hazards and select appropriate PPE. It’s not enough to give workers an FR shirt and insulated pliers. Instead,OSHA requires the employer to train workers on what to wear for each task at each piece of equipment. OSHA requirements cover “Qualified Workers” who work on or near electrical hazards. NFPA 70E, the consensus standard for electrical safety to which OSHA adheres, defines Qualified Workers as those workers having skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of the electrical equipment, and who have received documented safety training on the hazards involved. OSHA and NFPA 70E minimum training requirements for Qualified Workers include the ability to distinguish exposed live parts from other parts and how to determine the nominal voltage of exposed live parts. They also must understand the Flash Protection Boundary (the distance from the equipment at which a second-degree burn can occur to unprotected skin) and the Hazard Risk Category at each piece of energized equipment. The Hazard Risk Category and the degree of FR protective clothing for various Arc-Flash exposures are dictated by the amount of heat (measured in calories per square centimeter) that may be generated at the working distance. The amount of heat, in turn, depends on the potential fault current and length of time (number of AC cycles) it takes for the fuse, circuit breaker, or other protection device to cut off the power (fault clearing time). NFPA 70E requires the worker to wear clothing with an Arc Rating that exceeds the calculated heat exposure or the minimum PPE rating for the Hazard Risk Category listed in Table 1. Additional PPE Types In addition to properly rated FR clothing, the worker may be required to wear various other types of PPE, including safety glasses, safety shoes, hard hat, faceshield, multi-layered switching hoods, and hearing protection (see Table 4). If work will be performed on exposed, energized equipment within the Restricted Approach Boundary, the qualified worker must also use V-rated (voltagerated) rubber gloves and V-rated tools tested for the maximum line-to-line voltage. Leather protectors should be worn externally ifV-rated rubber gloves could be damaged or when work is performed on equipment rated HRC 2 and above. The Hazard Risk Category is key. Unlike many workers who wear the same kind of clothes to work every day, an electrical worker must dress differently for an electrical panel labeled Hazard Risk Category 4 than for one labeled a less hazardous Hazard Risk Category 1. So to know what to wear, you must first determine the possible incident energy and Hazard Risk Category. Determining Hazard Risk Category NFPA 70E gives two ways to determine the Hazard Risk Category: One way is to conduct an Arc-Flash Hazard Analysis involving engineering calculations and physical inspection of the electrical system. The other way is to use the so-called “Table Method.” NFPA 70E Table 130.7(C)(9)(a) lists typical tasks that electrical workers might perform on different classes of energized equipment rated from 50V to 1kV and above and assigns a Hazard Risk Category for each task. It seems simple, but there’s a catch. Use of the table is permitted only when the available fault current and clearing time of circuit protection devices are known. If the notes and disclaimers listed in the table are not verified and documented, Hazard Risk Categories, PPE requirements, and Flash Protection Boundaries derived from the table may be inadequate to protect workers when the actual hazard conditions occur. Also, if the employer chooses to use the Table Method instead of conducting an Arc- Flash Hazard Analysis, then workers must wear clothing and other PPE that meets the minimum requirement for the assigned Hazard Risk Category. Performing the engineering calculations instead of using the table ensures that workers avoid being encumbered by unnecessary gear. An Arc-Flash Hazard Analysis involves gathering complete, up-to-date details of the electrical system including one-line diagrams, calculating available fault currents where workers may be exposed to contact with energized conductors, analyzing the clearing times of overcurrent protective devices, and performing a coordination study of those devices. Typically, the analysis is performed by a qualified engineering services firm. After the data are compiled, it is possible to calculate the level of potential “incident energy” that could be released at each piece of equipment where an arc flash may occur. Incident energy is determined by the available fault current and the clearing time and coordination of the circuit protection devices (fuses, circuit breakers, etc.). The amount of potential incident energy determines the Hazard Risk Category, which in turn determines the types of PPE that workers must use before they can safely approach energized equipment. Dressed For Success For electrical workers, safety on the job begins when they get dressed at home. Street clothes are actually the first layer of protection against the heat of an arc flash. In addition to any required PPE, an electrical worker is expected to wear natural-fiber (usually cotton) street clothing and underwear. Synthetic fibers such as nylon and polyester are not allowed because they may melt and adhere to the skin, resulting in secondary burns. Proper street clothes can be required as a condition of employment, in the same way that a suit is the dress code in some offices. Some employers may choose to provide uniforms to take the place of street clothing. As shown in Table 4 ,Hazard Risk Category-mandated clothing includes a variety of FR shirts, pants, coveralls, and flash suits. For the lower categories, everyday wear may be sufficient. For higher Hazard Risk categories, multi-layer flash suits may be necessary. The chart shows the required PPE for the various Hazard Risk Categories. Multiple layers of FR protective clothing may be worn to meet Hazard Risk Category requirements. When multiple layers are worn, the rule of thumb is that the cal/cm2 is determined by totaling the ratings of the individual layers and adding 50 percent to the total. (This presumes that the air space between the layers has insulating value, thus increasing the protection.) For example, if a 4-calorie long-sleeved shirt is worn over an identical long-sleeved 4-calorie FR shirt, the combined cal/cm2 rating may be 4+4 = 8+4 (50 percent) = 12 cal/cm2. Managers should check with the PPE manufacturer if verified by testing before purchasing. The employer or worker may select a coverall and/or multi-layer flash suit with a higher rating than that prescribed for the Hazard Risk Category and be in conformance. However, while wearing PPE with higher ratings can be an “easy” way to meet Hazard Risk Category requirements, it may not be easy for the worker to work in it, and it increases employer costs. Tell Workers About the Hazard OSHA standards require employers to train workers about electrical hazards and how to avoid them.As previously stated, the Hazard Risk Category determines the PPE that electrical workers must wear when working on or near exposed, energized equipment within the Flash Protection Boundary. The surest way employers can convey what PPE is required is to label electrical equipment with the possible incident energy and Hazard Risk Category. OSHA and NFPA 70E standards recognize National Electrical Code Article 110.16 which details the requirements for Arc-Flash warning labels. If the equipment is likely to require examination, adjustment, service, or maintenance while energized, it must be labeled by the employer. The new edition of NFPA 70E due out sometime in 2008 will require the Incident Energy and Hazard Risk Category to be prominently displayed on warning labels. If equipment is not marked or labeled, such omission may be used as evidence of employer negligence if workers are injured. In addition to arc flash and shock warnings, labels should also identify Shock Protection Boundaries, Flash Protection Boundaries, Hazard Risk Category, and required PPE. After or before labeling,workers must be trained how to dress for each hazard, and such training must be documented. Another way to communicate potential Arc-Flash Incident Energy and Hazard Risk Category to workers is in an Energized Electrical Work Permit. NFPA 70E Article 130.1(A) details the use of work orders, which describe the task to be performed, the Hazard R isk Category, the required PPE, the reason why the equipment cannot be de-energized, and other requirements. Easiest Risk to Avoid Proper safety hazard assessments, safety training, use of proper PPE, adherence to operating procedures, and documentation are specifically required by NFPA standards. Be sure you understand these requirements and be sure you are qualified to initiate and maintain the programs necessary to ensure compliance. If not, don’t risk worker injury, sizable fines, liability, equipment costs, and work stoppages. It is far easier to seek out qualified assistance from an engineering services firm with demonstrated experience and which is familiar with your type of facility, processes, safety requirements, and industry-specific requirements. This article originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Occupational Health & Safety.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is off to Asia this week to attend the 7th annual meeting of the International Institute of Strategic Studies’ Asia Security Summit in Singapore, better known as the Shangri-la “dialogue” on Asia-Pacific security issues. His trip is generating fresh speculation about the level of commitment of the United States to the Asia-Pacific region, given the overwhelming focus on the Mid-East right now. Gates will focus heavily on the point that the U.S. remains committed to security and stability in Asia. With representatives of some 27 nations on hand in Singapore for the conference, Gates’ every word and promise will be carefully scrutinized. What do you think? How should the United States make clear its interest in the Asia-Pacific region? What should Gates say? For a provocative look at the changing future of American influence and interest in Asia by Center President Charles Morrison and researcher Peter Petri, go HERE. For the official Defense Department news article on Gates’ trip, go HERE. For details about the Shangri-la conference, go HERE

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<reponame>le717/webring from tests import helpers def test_single_link_single_fail(client): """Ensure a dead link is flagged as rotten status of 'maybe'.""" creation = client.post( helpers.authed_request("/", auth=helpers.VALID_AUTH), json=helpers.item_all_good(), ) item_id = helpers.from_json(creation.data)["id"] client.patch( helpers.authed_request( "/", item_id, auth=helpers.VALID_AUTH, ), json={"url": helpers.item_dead_url()["url"]}, ) response = client.post( helpers.authed_request("/", "linkrot", item_id, auth=helpers.VALID_AUTH) ) response_data = helpers.from_json(response.get_data(as_text=True)) assert response.status_code == 200 assert response_data["id"] == item_id assert response_data["url"] == helpers.item_dead_url()["url"] assert response_data["result"]["times_failed"] == 1 assert response_data["result"]["is_dead"] == False assert response_data["result"]["is_web_archive"] == False def test_single_link_is_dead(client): """Ensure a dead link is flagged as rotten status of 'yes'.""" creation = client.post( helpers.authed_request("/", auth=helpers.VALID_AUTH), json=helpers.item_dead_url(), ) item_id = helpers.from_json(creation.data)["id"] for _ in range(3): response = client.post( helpers.authed_request("/", "linkrot", item_id, auth=helpers.VALID_AUTH) ) response_data = helpers.from_json(response.get_data(as_text=True)) assert response.status_code == 200 assert response_data["id"] == item_id assert response_data["url"] == helpers.item_dead_url()["url"] assert response_data["result"]["times_failed"] == 0 assert response_data["result"]["is_dead"] == True assert response_data["result"]["is_web_archive"] == False

|Anatomical terms of bone| The coccyx (plural: coccyges or coccyxes), commonly referred to as the tailbone, is the final segment of the vertebral column in all apes, and analogous structures in certain other mammals such as horses. In tailless primates (e.g. humans and other great apes) since Nacholapithecus (a Miocene hominoid), the coccyx is the remnant of a vestigial tail. In animals with bony tails, it is known as tailhead or dock, in bird anatomy as tailfan. It comprises three to five separate or fused coccygeal vertebrae below the sacrum, attached to the sacrum by a fibrocartilaginous joint, the sacrococcygeal symphysis, which permits limited movement between the sacrum and the coccyx. The coccyx is formed of either three, four or five rudimentary vertebrae. It articulates superiorly with the sacrum. In each of the first three segments may be traced a rudimentary body and articular and transverse processes; the last piece (sometimes the third) is a mere nodule of bone. The transverse processes are most prominent and noticeable on the first coccygeal segment. All the segments lack pedicles, laminae and spinous processes. The first is the largest; it resembles the lowest sacral vertebra, and often exists as a separate piece; the remaining ones diminish in size from above downward. Most anatomy books incorrectly state that the coccyx is normally fused in adults. In fact it has been shown that the coccyx may consist of up to five separate bony segments, the most common configuration being two or three segments. The anterior surface is slightly concave and marked with three transverse grooves that indicate the junctions of the different segments. It gives attachment to the anterior sacrococcygeal ligament and the levatores ani and supports part of the rectum. The posterior surface is convex, marked by transverse grooves similar to those on the anterior surface, and presents on either side a linear row of tubercles–the rudimentary articular processes of the coccygeal vertebrae. Of these, the superior pair are the largest, and are called the coccygeal cornua they project upward, and articulate with the cornua of the sacrum, and on either side complete the foramen for the transmission of the posterior division of the fifth sacral nerve. The lateral borders are thin and exhibit a series of small eminences, which represent the transverse processes of the coccygeal vertebrae. Of these, the first is the largest; it is flattened from before backward, and often ascends to join the lower part of the thin lateral edge of the sacrum, thus completing the foramen for the transmission of the anterior division of the fifth sacral nerve; the others diminish in size from above downward, and are often wanting. The borders of the coccyx are narrow, and give attachment on either side to the sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments, to the coccygeus and levator ani in front of the ligaments, and to the gluteus maximus behind them. The apex is rounded, and has attached to it the tendon of the external anal sphincter. It may be bifid (divided into two). The coccygeal fossa is a shallow depression (fossa) on the surface between the sacrum and the perineum, located in the intergluteal cleft that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum. It does not always appear. The coccygeal fossa marks the deepest part of the pelvic floor, next to the coccyx. The levator ani ascends from here. The extensor coccygis is a slender muscle fascicle, which is not always present. It extends over the lower part of the posterior surface of the sacrum and coccyx. It arises by tendinous fibers from the last segment of the sacrum, or first piece of the coccyx, and passes downward to be inserted into the lower part of the coccyx. It is a rudiment of the extensor muscle of the caudal vertebrae of other animals. Sacrococcygeal and intercoccygeal joints The anterior side of the coccyx has attachments to the levator ani muscle, coccygeus, iliococcygeus, and pubococcygeus, anococcygeal raphe. Attached to the posterior side is the gluteus maximus, which extends the thigh at the hip joint. The ligaments attached to the coccyx include the anterior and posterior sacrococcygeal ligaments which are the continuations of the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments that stretches along the entire spine. The lateral sacrococcygeal ligaments complete the foramina for the last sacral nerve. Some fibers of the sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligaments (arising from the spine of the ischium and the ischial tuberosity respectively) also attach to the coccyx. An extension of the pia mater, the filum terminale, extends from the apex of the conus, and inserts on the coccyx. The coccyx is not entirely useless in humans, based on the fact that the coccyx has attachments to various muscles, tendons and ligaments. However, these muscles, tendons and ligaments are also attached at many other points, to stronger structures than the coccyx. The claim that the coccyx attachments are important to the well-being of humans could be cast into doubt by the large number of cases of coccygectomy for coccydynia. Reviews of studies covering more than 700 operations found the operation was successful in relieving pain in 84% of cases. 12% of the time, the only major complication faced was infection due to the proximity to the anus. However, one notable issue that arises from its removal is an increased risk of perineal hernia. Injuring the coccyx can give rise to a painful condition called coccydynia and one or more of the bones or the connections thereof may be broken, fractured tailbone. A number of tumors are known to involve the coccyx; of these, the most common is sacrococcygeal teratoma. Both coccydynia and coccygeal tumors may require surgical removal of the coccyx (coccygectomy). One very rare complication of coccygectomy is a type of perineal hernia known as a coccygeal hernia. The term coccyx is derived from the ancient Greek word κόκκυξ kokkyx "cuckoo"; the latter is attested in the writings of the Greek physician Herophilus to denote the end of the vertebral column. This Greek name for the cuckoo was applied as the last three or four bones of the coccyx resemble the beak of this bird, when viewed from the side. This established etymological explanation can also be found in the writings of the 16th century anatomist Andreas Vesalius who wrote: os cuculi, a similitudine rostri cuculi avis (the cuckoo bone shows a likeness to the beak of the cuckoo bird). Vesalius used the Latin expression os cuculi, with os, bone and cuculus, the Latin name for the cuckoo. The 16th/17th century French anatomist Jean Riolan the Younger gives a rather hilarious etymological explanation, as he writes: quia crepitus, qui per sedimentum exeunt, ad is os allisi, cuculi vocis similitudinem effingunt (because the sound of the farts that leave the anus and dash against this bone, shows a likeness to the call of the cuckoo). The latter is not considered as potential candidate. Besides os cuculi, os caudae, with caudae, of the tail is attested. This Latin expression might be the source of the English, French language, German and Dutch terms tailbone, l'os de la queue, Schwanzbein and staartbeen. 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The more people involved in making a movie, the worse it is, generally. "Not just a chick thing". Interview with Simon Braund, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2002. I encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds of people in every profession-just unyielding. I have a hard time visualizing anything, which is why I'm not a director, and which is why I try to work with ones I know have a strong idea in mind. I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this. Insecurity is just something that's there all the time. I've never been crippled by it. Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal. I... had guys on the set who didn't like me... they weren't interested in the cold character. I've worked with a lot of great directors. These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like. You know, Salma Hayek is a great cook, and she's a friend.. She's an amazing cook. If she opened up a restaurant, I would so get in on the coattails. I think people are always looking for a good comedy. I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality. If you give a character room to breathe, they come alive. Sometimes it just doesn't translate to people. You just move on, and you feel bad because people worked so hard on it and everyone loved it... Everybody was treated so well and was going for something and trying to do the best work possible. I know many great actors who have small heads. The celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless. When I was in college, at Wheaton-I inadvertently got cast in a play, and I had a really great time doing it. I didnt know I had any knack for it, but I really enjoyed myself. It was a complete surprise. The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright. The movies I usually do are maybe three or four weeks because they don't have a lot of money.

A quick 5 step guide to painting faces in 1:35th scale. Adam Wilder begins his in depth coverage of the techniques behind his latest model. Martin Block and John Nelson present their research on the history of Panzer-Jäger - Abteilung 20 in the closing months. Building the distinctive long-serving 'Porsche' Tiger of S.Pz. Abt. 503 by Antonio Martin Tello. Jens Kronvold Frederiksen describes how he rebuilt and improved the Azimut kit. We build the new Tamiya kit in a bit of a rush. The M26 Pershing - newly released by Tamiya - heres the real thing. the History - Tom Jetz and Hilary Doyle describe the background to the subject of Tom's model. Tom Cockle models this very unusual WWII subject. The Swedish army's Leopard modelled in winter camouflage by Anders Isaksson. Jean-Baptiste Verlhac demonstrates his technique for painting green vehicle on both his T60 and other vehicles.

Beneficial use of dredged sediment Sedimentation in lakes and streams is a major problem in many places. Dredged sediment was traditionally considered as “spoil”, a waste material to be disposed of as cheaply as possible. In recent years, research has increased on opportunities to use dredged sediment for agriculture, landscaping, construction or other beneficial purposes. The City of Decatur is implementing a phased plan to dredge portions of Lake Decatur over a period of about 15 years. With funding from the City, AWI conducted a number of small-scale demonstration projects and wrote a booklet on potential beneficial uses of sediments dredged from Lake Decatur . The sediment was found to be similar to good quality, fine-textured Illinois agricultural soils in terms of physical properties, nutrients, organic matter and other characteristics. Crops grow well in sediment-amended soils so application to fields where topsoil has been eroded is one potential use. Our report, Potential for Beneficial Use of Lake Decatur Sediment, June 2005, is available free from the Decatur Water Department or AWI. In addition to results of the local small-scale demonstrations, the report contains examples and web links for beneficial use of sediments from the Illinois River and Great Lakes . This is AWI’s first contract research report. As AWI grows, we hope that contract research, as well as grant-funded projects, will be a significant source of income.

The Saarbrücken–Trier railway, known in German as the Saarstrecke (literally the "Saar line") in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It connects Saarbrücken and Trier. It was opened in 1858 and 1860 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. |Line length||88 km (55 mi)| |Track gauge||1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge| |Electrification||15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary| |Operating speed||110 km/h (68 mph) (max)| From Saarbrücken the Saar line was opened along the Saar Valley to Merzig on 16 December 1858 and to Trier West on the left bank of the Moselle on 26 May 1860. The track stays on the right bank of the Saar and follows its many loops; as a result some of its 99 curves have very tight radii. Only one of the Saar loops, between Mettlach and Besseringen, is shortened by a tunnel. From Trier the line continues as the Eifel Railway to Cologne and Mosel line to Koblenz. The line was built by the Royal Administration of the Saarbrücken Railway (Königliche Direction der Saarbrücker Eisenbahn), the first railway owned and operated by the Prussian government. The purpose of the 88 km long route was to connect the industries of Trier, Mettlach (pottery), Völklingen (mining), Saarbrücken and the Saar region (mining and related industries) to the Ruhr and the North Sea ports. Contemporary sources described the line as 12.051 Prussian miles (each 7,532.5 metres) long with a projected construction cost of 5.6 million thalers. At the end of 1859 the first railway reached Trier, although passengers had to use a horse-drawn carriage from Ponten (a district of Besseringen) over the mountain to Mettlach, since the tunnel was not yet complete. The Saar line from the beginning was used by passenger and heavy freight trains. Drastic change came at the end of the First World War. The greater part of the Saar line was controlled by the newly created French administration of the Saarland. The section south of Mettlach was taken over by the new Railways of the Saarland (Eisenbahnen des Saargebietes, SAAR) and the northern section was operated by the newly created Deutsche Reichsbahn (German State Railways). Following the reincorporation of the Saarland into Germany in 1935, the whole line was incorporated in the Saarbrücken Railway Administration (Reichsbahndirektion Saarbrücken). Following the end of the Second World War in 1945, the Saar line was again divided in 1947. The section south of Saarhölzbach was now under the French controlled Railways of the Saarland (Eisenbahnen des Saarlandes, EdS), the northern section was first part of the Union of Southwest German Railways (Betriebsvereinigung der Südwestdeutschen Eisenbahnen, SWDE), which became part of Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railway) in 1951. With the inclusion of the Saarland in West Germany in 1957, the whole line became part of Deutsche Bundesbahn. But the stop for customs at Saarhölzbach was only abolished in 1959. Despite the strong mineral traffic, the Saar line was not one of the first lines of Deutsche Bundesbahn to be electrified. Electrification was first extended to Merzig and later to Saarhölzbach. Only in 1974 was the electrification completed to Trier and Koblenz. It is electrified at the standard German system of 15 kV, 16.7 Hz. It was proposed in the 1950s to electrify the lines of the Saar with the modern French electrification system of 25 kV, 50 Hz. Instead it was decided to canalise the Moselle between France and Germany. Apart from heavy iron ore trains from the North Sea ports to the Dillinger Hütte steel works and the other steel works in the Saarland, rail freight on the line used to be dominated by trains carrying coal from the Saar’s mines. Long distance servicesEdit In addition to regional passenger services, the line used to have long distance express ("D-train", D-Zug, short for Durchgangszug, literally “corridor train”) services. The D-trains ran from Saarbrücken and Trier over the Eifel Railway via Gerolstein or over the Moselle line via Koblenz to Cologne. Until the electrification of the Trier–Koblenz line, D-trains ran fairly equally on both routes. Only afterwards was there a clear preference for the Moselle route. In 1973 three pairs of City-D-trains ran via Koblenz and Cologne to Düsseldorf. These trains were replaced in 1978 by InterCity-Comfort services, which were similar but had no dining car. The Saar line was included in the InterRegio network, development of which began in 1988. From 1991, there were D-train services at two-hour intervals connecting Saarbrücken, Koblenz, Cologne, Münster, Bremen and Cuxhaven, with a section of these trains running to Greifswald. This was complemented by express trains between Koblenz and Saarbrücken at hourly intervals. It was not until 1994, with the completion of the conversion of old rolling stock into the new InterRegio trains, that the D-trains were replaced by InterRegio services. In December 2002, the InterRegio services were all cancelled and the Saarland no longer has any long distance connections. Regional services has always played a large role on the Saar line, with trains between Saarbrücken and Saarhölzbach being denser than on the northern section towards Trier. Already in 1989 City-Bahn Saar services operated on the line. This was an hourly service from Saarhölzbach (some starting in Trier) via Merzig, Saarlouis, Völklingen and Saarbrücken to Homburg. These services were reinforced every two-hour by express trains running from Merzig via Saarbrücken to Kaiserslautern, which only stopped on the Saar line in Dillingen, Saarlouis, Völklingen, although some also stopped in Beckingen and Bous. In 1995, the City-Bahn were rebranded as Stadt-Express services, which in 1998 was replaced by Regionalbahn (RB) and Regional-Express (RE) services. In 1996 it was planned to replace the electrically hauled RE trains from Saarbrücken to Koblenz with diesel tilting trains from Saarbrücken via Trier to Cologne on the Eifel Railway. This project failed because of technical problems, so that RE services continue to run between Saarbrücken and Koblenz (Mosel-Saar-Express) with double-deck carriages. These connect in Trier with trains to Cologne. The Mosel-Saar-Express services runs every two hours and together with the RE 11 (Trier–Saarbrücken–Homburg (–Kaiserslautern)) services provide an hourly service on the Saar line. In addition, RB line 71 services run from Trier via Merzig, Dillingen, Saarlouis, Saarbrücken, St. Ingbert, to Homburg. These services run hourly with S-Bahn-like railcars of class 425 and 426. Extra RB 71 services run between Dillingen and St. Ingbert to provide a 30-minute interval service. - Hoppstädter, Kurt (1961). "Die Entstehung der Saarländischen Eisenbahnen". Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Landeskunde des Saarlandes (in German). Saarbrücken: Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH. Bd. 2: 97–109. - Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) 2007/2008 edition. Schweers + Wall. 2007. ISBN 978-3-89494-136-9. - "Photographs of tunnel portals" (in German). Tunnelportale. Retrieved 11 January 2011. |Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saarbrücken–Trier railway.|

Realities of a Tar Sands Oil Spill, One Year Later Around this time last year, I made an emergency trip home to Battle Creek, Mich., after hearing reports of a major oil spill in the Kalamazoo River. The oil disaster gushed nearly 1 million gallons of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River watershed. In the weeks following, I saw lives get turned upside down: families lost their homes, and many people fell ill from exposure to toxic benzene. I saw oil-soaked wildlife struggling to survive and wide-spread habitat destruction. Now, a year later, I wanted to see whether Enbridge Oil had made any progress in cleaning up its oil spill—one that has turned out to be one of the worst ever in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the realities of a tar sands oil spill have proven that there’s a long way to go in the effort to restore the Kalamazoo River watershed for people and wildlife. On July 19, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed the findings from its spring river assessment. The agency quickly confirmed my worst fear: The impacted waterways are in much worse shape than anyone had thought due to tar sands oil sinking into the riverbed. The EPA has identified over 200 acres of submerged toxic tar sands oil that has spread, unseen, throughout 40 miles of waterway. The EPA explained that they have identified locations of “heavily contaminated” sediment: Talmadge Creek, Ceresco, Mill Pond, and Marrow Lake (to name a few). Most shocking is Marrow Lake. Until now, it has been reported that little to no oil ever reached Marrow Lake. Now, it’s believed that large amounts of submerged tar sands oil contaminated the lake, under the surface of the water and undetected for nearly a year. The EPA has given Enbridge until August 31 to address the areas identified in the spring assessment. After that date, the EPA will re-evaluate the extent of contamination from the submerged oil and what action needs to be taken. Meanwhile, Enbridge is collecting the toxic oil on the bottom of the river by dredging, aerating, and racking the river – then placing oil-collecting booms downriver to capture any oil that resurfaces. With the resurfacing and mixing of oil comes continued disruption and devastation to wildlife habitat and wildlife. The Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) reported that since the start of 2011, an additional 287 oiled turtles have been captured and cleaned, while 47 turtles remain in care. To add insult to injury, the heavy and toxic metals that are found in tar sands are starting to be detected along sections of the impacted Kalamazoo River, as reported by Todd A. Heywood (7-20-2011) with the American Independent: In late August, 2010 EPA officials confirmed water samples were producing slight detection of both mercury and nickel — common heavy metal contaminates of tar sands oil. EPA said then the levels were nothing to be concerned about. On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced it had been detecting several heavy metals and other contaminates at levels above what are considered safe. “What we do see are elevated levels in areas of contamination that exceed some of the state’s criteria for groundwater and surface water criteria,” said a MDEQ official whose name was not clear in a recording of the press call with federal and state officials updating about the oil spill recovery work. With the new discovery of vast quantities of submerged oil and elevated samples of heavy and toxic metals, doubts are arising about whether Enbridge Energy low-balled the size of the oil spill. The EPA is punting that question to Enbridge and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is investigating the cause of the pipeline spill – completing of that investigation is expected later this year or early 2012. New details about the Enbridge oil disaster come as the nation grapples with two other high-profile pipeline failures near Yellowstone National Park and in Alaska. Yet, it amazes me that congressional leaders in Michigan, whose districts were personally impacted by this spill, are promoting tar sands and pipeline expansion before pipeline safety. The impacted communities of Michigan are in a unique position to pass along these lessons learned and demand change, yet our leaders continue to ignore the facts and side with big oil. Before any other pipeline or tar sands projects gain approval, there needs to be environmental and human health impact studies to fully understand the impacts of a tar sands oil spill. Congress also needs to require a study on the impacts of transporting this more corrosive and toxic tar sands oil through our pipelines, which are not built for its corrosive nature and high pressures. Before any pipeline project gains approval, like the Keystone XL, we need to fully understand what happened with Enbridge tar sands pipeline, line 6B, and the dozens of other pipeline spills that have happened in the last year. Congress needs to focus on increased pipeline safety to ensure that our communities, natural resources and wildlife will never face another oil spill disaster like the one in the Kalamazoo River.

Perimeter and Area of Rectangles and Squares: Homework In this perimeter and area worksheet, 7th graders review the equations for finding perimeter and area and then find both for the nine figures. Students finish with one word problem about perimeter and area. 3 Views 35 Downloads Areas of Geometric Shapes with the Same Perimeter A triangle, square, hexagon, and circle all have a perimeter of one unit. Eighth graders must attempt to find the area of each and arrange them in order from least to greatest areas. A terrific task for applying four different area... 7th - 9th Math CCSS: Designed Perimeter and Area of Rectangles and Squares: Reteach In this perimeter and area worksheet, students review the two ways to find the perimeter for rectangles and squares. Students also review the two ways to find area for rectangles and squares. Students then find perimeter and area for the... 6th - 7th Math Find Perimeter and Area by Finding the Length of Sides by Comparing Coordinates Using coordinates to draw a rectangle, help learners understand the relationship between the given order pairs used as the vertices and the length of its joining sides. This is the second video in a series of four using geometry to solve... 5 mins 5th - 7th Math CCSS: Designed Maximizing and Minimizing the Area of Rectangles Given a Fixed Perimeter Students explore the realms of measurement. In this math lesson plan, students analyze and solve problems in which rectangles with identical perimeters are compared to maximize or minimize area. This lesson can be extended for algebra,... 6th - 9th Math

Angel Dominguez’s Desgraciado (the collected letters), published in February by Nightboat Books, comprises a series of letters addressed to Diego de Landa, a Spanish friar who attempted to destroy the written Mayan language in Maní Yucatán in the sixteenth century. This hybrid epistolary collection navigates the shared trauma and history of colonization while creating an intimate correspondence that returns agency to the descendant of a people de Landa tried to extinguish. “Dear Diego, I write to you because there’s nothing else to do; nothing to be done, and yet we must go on. Go on living, go on writing,” Dominguez writes. Draft a story in which a character corresponds with a figure from history. Whether through letters, dreams, or ghostly visitations, what would your protagonist ask this historical figure, and what would drive this quest for answers? Go to Source Author: Writing Prompter

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In Part 1 we found out what is Reinforcement Learning and basic aspects of it. Probably the most important among them is the notion of an environment. Environment is the part of RL system that our RL agent interacts with. An agent makes an action, an environment reacts and an agent observes a feedback from an action. This circle of events creates a process. In this post we’ll try to mathematically formalize (using Markov property) and describe an environment and a process in the simple terms. State of the environment is said to have a Markov Property if a future state only depends on the current state. In other words, a past does not matter and the current state has (or accumulated) all the information about the history and fully determines a future state. Now that we have a notion of a current state and a next/future/successor state, it is the time to introduce a State Transition Matrix (STM). STM contains probabilities of an environment transition from state to state. State Transition Matrix Each row in a State Transition Matrix represents the transition probabilities from that state to the successor state. It always helps to see a concrete example. Let’s say that we have a radio controlled car that is operated by some unknown algorithm. For simplicity we assume that the car is always on and can turn only while stationary. State Transition Matrix for our environment (car in this case) has the following values (totally made up) : - moving forward - moving backward - turning right - turning left. First of all, note that each row sums to 1. Probability cannot be greater than 100%. Remember to look at the rows, as each row tells us transition probabilities, not columns. Let’s take a look at the first row and see what it tells us. Remember that each row number represents a current state. So the car is in the state number one, it is stationary. The probability of it staying stationary is 0.25, moving forward : 0.40, moving backward : 0.15, turning left or right : 0.10. There are zeros in the second and third rows because we assumed that the car cannot turn while moving. Now that we fully understand what a State Transition Matrix is let’s move on to a Markov Process. Simply stated, a Markov Process is a sequence of random states with the Markov Property. Let’s see how we could visualize concrete example of a Markov Process. The graph above simply visualizes state transition matrix for some finite set of states. We start with a desire to read a book about Reinforcement Learning at the “Read a book” state. After we are done reading a book there is 0.4 probability of transitioning to work on a project using knowledge from the book ( “Do a project” state). And 0.6 probability of getting bored and deciding to quit (“Get Bored” state). When we are in “Do a project” state we might decide to publish a paper on our amazing breakthrough with a probability of 0.4. Or decided to be the best at the latest and most popular multiplayer FPS game. If we decide to publish a paper there is 0.8 probability of getting a raise because the company we work for gets super famous because of our paper. When we get a raise there is nothing more to do than just get bored. And finally if we decide to play video games 8 hours a day for a few years. We forget a lot so we might go back to “Reading a book” with probability of 0.1 or “Get bored” with probability of 0.9. Rectangular box, “Get Bored” state, represents a terminal state; when the process stops. Just take a moment and stare at the graph. Later we will add few things to it, to make it actually usable for Reinforcement Learning. Now that we have our Markov Process set up, let us draw a few Sample Episodes or just samples from it. A sample, for now, is just a random sequence of states that ends with a terminal state that uses dynamics set up by state transition matrix . My guess is that while staring at our Markov Process graph above you kind of saw what sequence of states we could sample from it. For instance: - “Read a book” -> “Get Bored” - “Read a book” -> “Do a project” -> “Publish a paper” -> “Beat video Game” -> “Get Bored” - “Read a book” -> “Do a project” -> “Publish a paper” -> “Beat video Game” -> “Read a book” -> “Do a project” -> “Beat video Game” -> “Get Bored” - and so on, you get the idea. So far we’ve seen Markov Process without any rewards for transitioning from one state to another. Let’s see how we could incorporate rewards into what we have seen so far. Meet Markov Reward Process. Markov Reward Process From previous definition we see that there is a reward function added that is defined as Expected value of a random variable (weird looking Capital E) reward R at time t+1 if we are to transition from state t to some other state. Take a look at this for a quick refresher on random variables and expected values. Simply put a reward function tells us how much immediate reward we are going to get if we leave state s. Let’s add rewards to our Markov Process graph. I hope you see where this is going. Since we have some made up numerical value for leaving some state in our environment we can calculate how much total reward we are going to get for some trajectory (another way of saying – sequence of states). We just need one more thing to make it even more interesting. Think about how would we value immediate reward more than the future ones, or vice versa. One way to do that is to use a discount coefficient gamma. Discounting rewards while summing to get a total rewards gives us yet another formal definition to process. Important note: previous definition does not use expected values because we are evaluating sample episodes. If you are wondering why do we need to discount, think about what total reward would we get if we tried to sum up rewards for an infinite sequence. Total reward would also be equal to infinity, which isn’t so great since the whole goal of Reinforcement learning is to maximize total reward, not just set it to infinity. I hope that makes sense. Let’s think about what it would mean to use the edge values of gamma. If we set gamma to zero we would only “care” about the immediate reward, which would make this approach a short sighted greedy one. Just take what you can right now while we can. On the other hand setting gamma to one would mean that we are looking ahead as much as we can. Note that we can use gamma equals to one only if all trajectories terminate. Well this is exiting; now we can say that being in one state is better than the other one. It gives the ability to evaluate our sample episodes and calculate how much total reward we are expected to get if we follow some trajectory. Let us ask this question: “What if we are not evaluating a sample episode, but actually trying to determine while we are drawing a sample what is the expected value of being in some state s?” The following definition tells us just that. Let’s look at the concrete example using our previous Markov Reward Process graph. Let’s calculate the total reward for the following trajectories with gamma 0.25: 1) “Read a book”->”Do a project”->”Publish a paprt”->”Beat video game”->”Get Bored” G = -3 + (-2*1/4) + (-1*1/16) + (1*1/64) = -3.55. 2) “Read a book”->”Do a project”->”Get Bored” G = -3 + (-2*1/4) = -3.5 I think you get the idea. As we draw samples from our Markov Reward Process and calculate returns for them we can start to calculate an expected value for states (State Value Function). In conclusion to this overly long post we will take a look at the fundamental equation of Reinforcement Learning. Bellman Equation For MRP Through some dark magic (law of total expectation). We can decompose value function into immediate reward plus value of the next state. Let’s say we want to calculate the value function for the state “Publish a paper” and we already know the values (made up of course) of all possible successor states (“Get a raise” and “Beat video game”). So the reward for leaving the state “Publish a paper” is -1 + probability of transitioning to state “Get a raise” 0.8 * value of “Get a raise” 12 + probability of transitioning to state “Beat a video game” 0.2 * value of “Beat a video game” 0.5 = 8.7 I suggest going through this post a few times. Also try to come up with your own simple Markov Reward Processes and do the math by hand. It will help you to retain what you just learned. Otherwise stay tuned for the next part, where we add actions to the mix and expand to Markov Decision Process.

Could the Los Angeles Dodgers fire ex-Yankee Don Mattingly? It's make or break for the Mets and Dodgers. And maybe even Don Mattingly, too. Game 5 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium between the Mets and Dodgers could be Don Mattingly's last, according to multiple reports. If Mattingly doesn't win, Los Angeles' front office is to seriously consider dumping him. A near Hall of Fame first baseman with the Yankees for 14 seasons, Mattingly has spent the last five leading the Dodgers, who have undergone serious changes in recent seasons and have far and away the league's biggest payroll at $310 million. Mattingly has one year remaining on his contract. Mattingly has led the Dodgers to three consecutive NL West championships, but the guess here is that if he can't lead this team to a World Series his locker will be empty by Halloween. Somebody is going to have to take the fall if baseball's richest team still can't find the Fall Classic after 27 years of classic falls, and Mattingly is the one wearing the target. Management demoted Ned Colletti, traded Matt Kemp, let Hanley Ramirez walk. The Dodgers have rid themselves of every perceived problem from the previous two seasons, and now, if they fail again to survive two rounds of the tournament, it would figure to be Mattingly's turn. So tenuous is Mattingly's job security that the Marlins are halting their managerial search to see whether the Dodgers keep Mattingly around, according to a report from MLB.com's Joe Frisaro. There are strong indications that Don Mattingly is the primary target of Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria. If that turns out to be the case, Miami may be awaiting the outcome of the Dodgers' series with the Mets.

We held our annual meeting breakfast on Saturday, August 4th at Cornucopia restaurant. In addition to the ususal business, we were thrilled to have a number of our wonderful Presidents, both past and present, in attendance. Together, they represented many years of service to FLG and to Lake Glenville. We offer our sincere thanks to Carolyn Franz, Doug Odell, Howard Austin, Carol Adams, and David Leach for their hard work and dedication. Also at the meeting, past-president and long-time board member Howard Austin was presented with a Lifetime Appreciation Award for his many years of service, which has continued even after he no longer had the opportunity to be in the area on a regular basis.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Vitamin C to keep the germs away. Never go outside with wet hair. Stay inside. Despite little or no evidence suggesting these types of methods actually help people avoid catching or preventing a cold, more than half of parents have tried them with their kids, according to the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at the University of Michigan. The good news: Almost all parents (99 percent) say their approach to cold prevention involves strong personal hygiene, which science shows prevents spreading colds. These strategies include encouraging children to wash hands frequently, teaching children not to put their hands near their mouth or nose and discouraging children from sharing utensils or drinks with others. Still, 51 percent of parents gave their child an over-the-counter vitamin or supplement to prevent colds, even without evidence that they work. Seventy-one percent of parents also say they try to protect their child from catching a cold by following non-evidence-based “folklore” advice, such as preventing children from going outside with wet hair or encouraging them to spend more time indoors. Colds are caused by viruses spread most frequently from person to person. The most common mechanism is from mucous droplets from the nose or mouth that get passed on through direct contact or through the air by sneezing or coughing and landing on the hands and face, or on surfaces such as door handles, faucets, countertops and toys. “The positive news is that the majority of parents do follow evidence-based recommendations to avoid catching or spreading the common cold and other illnesses,” says Gary Freed, M.D., M.P.H., co-director of the poll and a pediatrician at Mott. “However, many parents are also using supplements and vitamins not proven to be effective in preventing colds and that are not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These are products that may be heavily advertised and commonly used but none have been independently shown to have any definitive effect on cold prevention.” There is no evidence that giving a child Vitamin C, multivitamins or other products advertised to boost the immune system is effective in preventing the common cold. Freed notes that the effectiveness of supplements and vitamins do not need to be proven in order for them to be sold. The folklore strategies, he adds, have likely been passed down from generation to generation and started before people knew that germs were actually the cause of illnesses like colds. On the bright side, even more parents use cold prevention strategies that are supported by science. In addition to helping children practice good hygiene habits, 87 percent of parents keep children away from people who are already sick. Sixty-four percent of parents reported that they ask relatives who have colds not to hug or kiss their child, and 60 percent would skip a playdate or activity if other children attending were ill. Some parents (31 percent) avoid playgrounds altogether during the cold season. Eighty-four percent of parents also incorporated sanitizing their child’s environment as a strategy for preventing colds, such as frequent washing of household surfaces and cleaning toys. On average, school-age children experience three to six colds per year, with some lasting as long as two weeks. “When children are sick with a cold, it affects the whole family,” Freed says. “Colds can lead to lack of sleep, being uncomfortable and missing school and other obligations. All parents want to keep families as healthy as possible.” But, he adds, “It’s important for parents to understand which cold prevention strategies are evidence-based. While some methods are very effective in preventing children from catching the cold, others have not been shown to actually make any difference.”

Rash with fever? I caught a chest cold and think I may have passed it to my 7 month old. It came with a slight fever, which she has today. It was 102, but came down with tylenol. Well, when I was changing her this morning, I noticed her side has a slight rash/redness. It doesn't look too bad, but is it common to get a rash when there is a fever present? Someone mentioned hand in mouth, but I'm not really sure thats what it is. She doesn't have any other symptoms, really. Kind of irritable, but not really. She's still laughing and happy. If it gets worse, I'll take her to the doctor. Just wondering if anyone has seen a rash with a fever. Thanks ladies!

You'd better polish up your resume for a sales job search in Columbus; the city is a top destination for new college grads. It's not only the largest city in the state but also the capital. The third most populated capital in the nation and after Chicago, the second largest city in the Midwest. Not only are salaries good in this affordable city, they also go a long way. Cost of living is low and prices are even cheaper for more common things than in comparable cities in the country. It was recently ranked as fourth hottest housing market in the nation with moderately priced homes for the average income. With amazing museums and a nationally acclaimed arts scene the rich culture of Columbus is worth exploring. You won't be at a loss for fun things to do in this amazing town. Full of an educated young, energetic workforce population, there's no wonder this vibrant city is growing every year. That's great news for you when it comes to creating your professional network, the key to success in your sales job career search. Check out the local Chamber of Commerce for networking events they promote and host. Luncheons and after work events are always happening giving you endless chances to meet colleagues in the sales job industry. Wether it's honing new skills or meeting other successful sales professionals, you'll find that a well-connected network is going to be your most valuable asset. Broadening the reach of your professional connections will only serve to move your sales job career forward. Those with the decision making power in companies are always more likely to choose someone they have in their professional network over someone who is not. You never know when you might meet the person to advance your sales job career to the next level so get and stay connected. Local research and technology institutions are attracting the brightest minds and giving Columbus the reputation of being an up and coming tech city. It is home to prestigious Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest private research and development foundation. As for where to work, top employers include J.P. Morgan, Nationwide Insurance, Chase and Huntington Banks. Fortune 500s like Progressive Insurance, American Electric Power and Goodyear Tire as well as giants like Wendy's, Redroof Inn and Safelite are based here. Abercrombie and Fitch, AirNet Express and American Share Insurance are just a few of the companies calling Columbus home to their headquarters. It's no wonder this modern and technologically advanced city is growing every year. Don't wait, your next successful sales job career move is waiting for you in Columbus.

<gh_stars>1000+ /* * Copyright 2017 Google Inc. * Copyright 2020 The Open GEE Contributors * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ #ifndef __TaskRequirements_h #define __TaskRequirements_h #include <set> #include <string> #include <map> #include <khFusionURI.h> #include <autoingest/sysman/.idl/TaskStorage.h> #include <autoingest/sysman/.idl/TaskRule.h> class TaskRequirements { typedef std::map<std::string, TaskRule> RuleMap; static RuleMap taskRules; public: static void LoadFromFiles(void); static void Init(void) { LoadFromFiles(); } typedef TaskRule::Preference Preference; class Input { public: std::string volume; std::string host; Preference localToJob; Input(const std::string &v, const std::string &h, Preference l); }; class Output { public: std::string volume; std::string host; std::string path; std::uint64_t size; Preference localToJob; std::vector<Preference> differentVolumes; // indexed by input # khFusionURI relocateURI; Output(const std::string &v, const std::string &h, const std::string &p, std::uint64_t s, Preference local, unsigned int numInputs); }; class CPU { public: unsigned int minNumCPU; unsigned int maxNumCPU; CPU(unsigned int min = 1, unsigned int max = 1) : minNumCPU(min), maxNumCPU(max) { } }; // constraints std::vector<Input> inputs; std::vector<Output> outputs; CPU cpu; // calculated results std::set<std::string> requiredVolumeHosts; std::string requiredBuildHost; std::string preferredBuildHost; // will throw exception describing conflicts TaskRequirements(const TaskDef &taskdef, unsigned int taskid, const std::string &verref); private: // will throw exception describing conflicts void EnsureNoConflicts(void); void ApplyInputConstraint(unsigned int index, const TaskRule::InputConstraint &); void ApplyOutputConstraint(unsigned int index, const TaskRule::OutputConstraint &, unsigned int taskid, const std::string &verref); void ApplyUserSuppliedRules(const TaskDef &taskDef, unsigned int taskid, const std::string &verref); }; #endif /* __TaskRequirements_h */

A fractal is an object or quantity that exhibits self-similarity on all scales. Use Wolfram|Alpha to explore a vast collection of fractals and to visualize beautiful chaotic and regular behaviors. Examine named fractals, visualize iteration rules, compute fractal dimension and more. Compute properties regarding fractals created by repeatedly applying iteration rules on curves. Draw a fractal based on iterated line replacement: Ask about continuous functions that are nowhere differentiable or ask for the value at a particular point. Plot an approximation to a nowhere-differentiable function: Evaluate a nowhere-differentiable function at a point: Examine fractal behavior in three dimensions. Draw the Sierpinski tetrahedron: Draw the Menger sponge: Compute properties regarding fractals created by repeatedly applying iteration rules on shapes. Draw fractals based on replacement of shapes: Draw fractals by repeatedly adding smaller figures: Perform various iterations whose limiting behaviors lead to space-filling curves. Plot an approximation to a space-filling curve: Specify the number of iterations to use: Explore various types of fractals. Plot a curlicue fractal: Compute and visualize Mandelbrot and associated Julia sets.

Mr Coum attends the launch of Tops CLUB. Tops CLUB is the eighth retail store concept under CFR apart from the existing Tops Market, Tops Food Hall, Tops Superstore, Central Food Hall, Tops Daily, Tops Online and Family Mart. The first Tops CLUB is located behind Bangkok's Central Rama 2 and has a retail space of 15,000 square metres in a warehouse-style building divided into three zones. Tops CLUB provides 3,500 products in five categories: dry grocery and beverage, fresh food, alcohol, general merchandising and household. A total of 70% of the products are imported from 20 countries, including the US, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The display is different from typical store layouts. Customers can try products before buying at more than 40 sampling points throughout the store, with experts offering information. They can also take photos for social media and have fun in the store before making a purchase. "As the leading food retailer in Thailand, we are committed to constantly elevating retail models to make sure that Tops is the ultimate food destination. We are introducing a mega project called Tops CLUB for the first time in Southeast Asia. We've spent two whole years developing this never-before-seen store concept," said Stephane Coum, chief executive of Central Food Retail Group. Customers can become Tops CLUB members via two types of membership. It is free of charge for basic members, while premium members will pay 799 baht a year during the promotion period from now until Oct 31, compared to the normal price of 999 baht, with special privileges such as a 5% discount and free delivery in Bangkok and surrounding areas when shopping online via the Tops CLUB app until the end of 2023. The company has opened Tops CLUB pop-up stores at Mega Bangna, CentralWorld, Central Rama 2 and Central Embassy since July. CFR has signed up 12,000 members, and has added more channels to ensure its customers can access Tops CLUB conveniently and through the omnichannel shopping experience. The company expects 10,000 visitors per day and 2-3 times higher spending compared to customers at Tops Supermarket stores. There are three zones at Tops CLUB. The first zone offers international products for kids, outdoor goods, pets, kitchenware and automotive accessories from US brands. The second zone offers vegetables, fruit, chocolate, New Zealand ice cream brands, mixed nuts from the US, dried fruit and vegetables from Australia, and tea, coffee and seasonings from European, American and Asian brands. The third zone offers fresh ingredients, meat and seafood imported from Europe, along with the CLUB Café, which offers special dishes.

Enabling Enterprise is a teacher-led partnership of 230 schools and over 110 employers working together to tangibly build eight key character strengths and skills. As discussion grows around character education, we realise that there is a common challenge around trying to pin down exactly what we are trying to achieve. Particularly, it can feel that it is hard to pin down character strengths into something that we can tangibly affect. The guide focuses on 6 key principles for embedding Character Education in schools. Together, they tackle some common myths and misperceptions from whether achievement strengths are measurable, through to what age to start. We’ve also included a lot of practical steps to put an effective programme into practice, as well as case studies and tips.

Engagement is the key to effective instruction. A direct path to engagement is simply to tell a good story. Documentary film, done well, can engage and instruct through storytelling. Consider Ken Burns’ The Civil War. Presented to the Public Broadcasting Service audience as a niche product – a miniseries exploring at length an era most people may have had their fill of in grade school – the film surprised Burns and PBS when it became a national phenomenon. The Civil War also found its way into the classroom. Used as a means to engage students in the topic, it provides a jumping-off point for discussion, interpretation, and further study. Burns says, in his introduction to the PBS site devoted to educational use of the film, “The series can’t replace the teacher or the classroom, but in conjunction with what you as the teacher do, it can make the era come alive in a way never before possible. In many ways, the series asks as many questions as it answers and should serve as a starting point for active learning and classroom discussion.” Even when excellent course materials are available, the addition of documentary film to teaching brings a number of enhancements. - Flexibility for the instructor: A course will be structured in specific ways, and generally must be presented in its entirety and in sequence. A film can be viewed at any time and excerpted as needed. - Lower cognitive load for the learner: Viewing a film demands less of the audience than reading text or clicking through a course. The learner follows along with the story without conscious effort. - Easy sell: “Watch this” (at home, in class, on a phone) is an easy task to assign and to complete. Much easier than “read pages 148-207” or “complete Module 5.” - Potentially high engagement: Despite the apparent passivity of watching, visual media can lead to greater engagement with the material, which leads to high retention. Ask yourself how many good movie scenes you can recall? Now–how many good textbook passages? In an instructional context, these factors – especially the combination of an easy sell and a high level of engagement – are very valuable. But a film can’t stand alone as an instructional method. As noted above, watching the documentary should only be part of the process. Discussion questions and related readings need to be included in the mix to prompt reflection and to illustrate the topic more completely. The de Beaumont Foundation’s film Public Health and Politics: Examining the Surgeon General is seeing similar application. The short documentary explores the interplay of politics with the Office of the Surgeon General throughout the Surgeon General’s history. It is built around interviews with public health officials relating the challenges of balancing science and politics through a focus on the July, 2007 Congressional hearing on improving the effectiveness of government. Since making the film available online and presenting it at screenings and film festivals, we’ve spoken with educators who have shared their ideas for using it in public health policy, ethics, and law classes. The film was developed alongside our free learning course of the same name. We designed the course using archival footage and interviews coupled with selected readings and discussion questions – not dissimilar to the lesson plans and learning activities you can find at the PBS Civil War site and other resource links below. The film can serve as an introduction to the complex relationship between politics and public health, and as a supplement to our course and others. Let me offer one word of caution. Take the same care when selecting a film for your classroom that you would when assigning a book. Be aware that documentary films can be made to promote a specific viewpoint, sometimes to the detriment of accuracy. While this can raise questions about the appropriateness of using a particular film in the classroom, a documentary that takes sides – even a propaganda piece – can still be of value. In these cases, watching the film and then examining the history and context behind it can provide valuable insight on the issues the film addresses. An instructor might ask students to compare the film’s position with opposing views held by other sources – and with their own. In other instances, using Public Health and Politics as an example, the documentary may present varying positions on an issue. This is an opportunity for students to work with the complexity of the topic. A discussion can be prompted by asking students to explain where the individuals presented have differing views and where they agree. The best films, especially for training and education, are the ones that carry us along with them to new places, the ones that have us see things with new eyes, and – without our even realizing it – the ones that enable us to think about things in new ways. Interested in using documentaries as teaching tools? Lesson plans, sample discussion questions, and other resources are available at the following links: - PBS provides clips, lesson plans, and learning activities using Ken Burns’ The Civil War: The Civil War in the Classroom. - PBS’s POV has free resources for educators, including online film clips connected to discussion questions and lesson plans. - Jessie Daniels, PhD (Hunter College and The Graduate Center – CUNY) has set up a wiki of films and resources for her Teaching Sociology through Documentary project. - Dr. Daniels discusses her approach to using film and other media in her courses at CUNY: Teaching and Learning with Documentaries. - The New York Times Learning Network Film Club offers short NYT documentaries with related discussion questions. - Teach With Movies offers two film study worksheets designed to help K-12 teachers quickly create lesson plans based on documentary films; one is for movies that are primarily informational and the other for films designed to persuade the viewer on a matter of political or social significance.

55 Kennedy Street, Euroa VIC 3666 was last sold in 2021 and 40 other 3 bedroom house in Euroa have recently been sold. There are currently 10 properties for sale in Euroa. In this street, the most recent sale of another house with 3 beds, 1 bath, 1 parking space was at number 55, which sold for $385k about 2 months ago. How many bedrooms does 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa have? 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa is a 3 bedroom house. What are the key property features of 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa? To enquire about specific property features for 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa, contact the agent. What is the size of the property at 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa? The external land size for 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa is 781m². How many car spaces does 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa have? 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa has 1 car space. What is the listing price for 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa? The listed price for 55 Kennedy Street, Euroa is $375,000.

New 9-1 AQA Geography Living with the physical environment A whole lesson intended to start Paper 1 ‘Living with the physical environment’ natural hazards section. The lesson will ensure students have a firm understanding of what a natural hazard is, and what the likely effects will be. All resources included.

Lesson Media Objects Root Absorption and Xylem Translocation Herbicide Translocation to the Shoot The xylem is the primary route for herbicide movement from root to shoot; however, herbicides that are absorbed by the shoot as it comes in contact with treated soil do not need to move significant distances in the xylem to reach their site of action. In fact, they may not move in the xylem at all. Herbicides like metolachlor (Dual Magnum) and EPTC (Eptam) are examples of herbicide that would not move significant distances in the xylem, primarily because these herbicides kill weed seedling prior to emergence. On the other hand, sulfentrazone (Spartan), clomazone (Command), mesiotrione (Callisto), and atrazine are examples of herbicides that translocate some distance in the xylem following root absorption. These herbicides will not kill plants until after emergence. The xylem is the major water-conducting tissue in plants and contains no cytoplasm or plasma membrane. It can be classified as part of the free space. Once herbicides have navigated around the Casparian strip, movement into the xylem can occur without crossing any cell membranes. Herbicides translocating to the shoot using the xylem tend to accumulate in mature leaves because these leaves are transpiring the most water. The greatest accumulation within the mature leaf occurs at the leaf margin because that is the termination point for the xylem. The terms ’xylem mobile’ or ’phloem mobile’ gives the impression that herbicide translocation is restricted to one system or the other. In reality, herbicide translocation is a complex process that may involve both xylem and phloem movement. Atrazine is a good example of an herbicide that has been difficult to classify in terms of translocation method. The term pseudo-apoplastic movement is often used to describe atrazine translocation. Atrazine has characteristics that allow rapid movement across plasma membranes, giving approximately equal access to the xylem and phloem (remember that the xylem and phloem are separated by a single cell layer). Since the xylem is moving at approximately twice the rate of the phloem, the net movement appears to be in the apoplast or xylem. We tend to think of auxinic herbicides like 2,4-D, MCPA, picloram, or dicamba for example, as herbicides that move primarily in the phloem and translocate to areas of rapid growth (meristems). Soil-applied auxinic herbicides produce symptoms at the apical meristems of susceptible plants. How is this possible given the fact that phloem movement in the root system would result in herbicide accumulation at the root tip? This situation is another example of herbicide movement in both the xylem and phloem. These herbicides travel in the xylem to margins older exporting leaves and then move into the phloem (which also terminates at the leaf margins) to translocate with sugars to the apical meristem. The maximum herbicide concentration in the shoot is achieved when herbicides are not highly lipophilic or hydrophilic. Herbicides that are highly lipophilic tend to partition into cell membranes and lipid bodies of the root, while herbicides that are very hydrophilic will have problem navigating around the Casparian strip. In addition to herbicide characteristics, environment can have a significant impact on herbicide translocation to the shoot. The major driving force of water movement is the evaporation of water from the surface of mesophyll cells, into the intercellular space and eventually out through the stomata. Drought conditions that cause the stomata to close will limit water movement to the shoot and reduce herbicide translocation. Be the first to write a comment...

One of the several conditions that affect the gum; surrounding & holding the teeth in the mouth, is receding gums. This occurs, simply by not taking care of your oral health. This can result in the tissue around the teeth to disappear gradually or even recede over time. Many people who are affected by a receding gum often wonder whether it is possible to have it grow back. Signs of a receding gum It is important to note that the gum is responsible for protecting the teeth. The gum is made of a soft tissue that is responsible for holding the teeth in place in the jaw region. When there is receding of the gum, it appears as if it is transparent and the teeth will appear in a more prominent way and even become loose. Causes of a receding gum One of the major causes of a receding gum is gum disease. Gum disease can be worsened by various conditions such as plaque and tartar build up, tooth decay, dental and poor oral hygiene. This is on top of alcohol use, poor diet, teeth grinding and substance abuse. These can have a large impact on the health of your gums. Natural treatment for receding gums There are certain measures that can prevent the problem from becoming more severe. These include: - One of the best way of preventing a receding gum is by establishing a good oral care habit. Avoid pressing hard on the gum as this will only serve to make it recede more. This can also help to get rid of excess bacteria that get trapped in your teeth’s crevices. - Eat healthy foods. The diet may not be a major cause of receding gum. However, it may end up hurting the overall health of your gum. Avoid eating sugary substance that have corn fructose. - Limit your drinking of alcohol and avoid smoking. - Minimize your intake of carbonated soda. With these measures, it is possible to prevent a receding gum. However, you should still pay a visit to your local Tooth Corner to ensure your oral health is in great conditionMore

In-plant genomic sciences, since the mid-1950s, various molecular cytogenetic approaches have been developed for chromosome research. Since Mendelian genetics that guides about the genetic movement of the chromosome from generation to generation, scientific techniques for chromosome observation have meliorated significantly. Transgenic plant breeding thus provides genetically increased seed embedded technology that contributes to integrating pestered management in the husbandry by reducing chemical sprays still as rising food safety by minimizing chemical residues. What is more, herbicide-tolerant transgenic crops will facilitate reducing plow in fields, thereby saving fuel due to less tractor use that additionally protects the structure of the soil by reducing its erosion. Transgenic vegetable and fruit crops may create necessary contributions to property vegetable production and for a lot of nutrients and healthy food. Molecular cytology techniques, like in place crossbreeding strategies, area unit admirable tools to research the genomics structure and performance, body constituents, recombination patterns, alien sequence retrogression, genome evolution, aneuploidy, and condition and also genome constitution visual image and chromosome discrimination from completely different genomes in allopolyploids of assorted agriculture crops. This book presents cutting-edge techniques and comprehensive resources for the development of new cultivars or clones of horticultural crops. First, the book intends to report the applications and advancements of the GISH technique on the genome of horticultural crops. In situ hybridization by genomic DNA (GISH) is an approach to identify alien chromosomes as well as chromatin and chromosomal rearrangements, which is formed due to mosaic chromosomes. Genome constitution visualization and chromosome discrimination from different genomes in allopolyploids are carried out by GISH practices. Vegetables and fruits are grown worldwide and play an important role in human diets because they provide vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and phytochemicals. This book highlights advances in breeding transgenic vegetables and fruits, and issues affecting their use, as illustrated by the case studies of tomato, potato, eggplant, squash, sweet corn, papaya, plum and banana and by the contribution of transgenic vegetables and fruits to more nutritious and healthy food. It follows with recent advances and new prospects of apple whole-genome sequences and genetic transformation in citrus. Finally, the book closes with molecular breeding of water lily. Water lilies are rich in both economic and cultural values. They grow into aquatic herbs and are divided into two ecological types: tropical and hardy. Although tropical water lilies have more ornamental and medicinal values compared to the hardy water lily, the study and utilization of tropical water lilies in both landscaping and pharmaceutical use are greatly hindered due to their limited planting area. Currently, crossbreeding is a major technique for breeding novel water lilies. This is partly due to the unavailability of the water lily genome and the limited molecular information. The book will serve as a valuable guide for crop breeders, plant scientists, and academicians dealing with crop improvement and genetic resources.

Dear Families, Welcome to New School, International School of Georgia! The elementary at New School is a safe, caring and engaging learning environment where students’ agency, curiosity, happiness and academic development are at the centre of all we do. Our school is made up of students and teachers from all around the world that work together to develop a curriculum and programme that is aligned with the Primary Years Programme and international standards. Through inquiry-based learning, we aim to encourage a genuine excitement and intrinsic desire to learn. Teachers guide students as they engage in authentic learning experiences to develop their knowledge about the world around them. Small class sizes and a teacher and assistant teacher in each classroom provides students with the individual support and guided independence required to ask questions and develop their own investigations as they explore for understanding. As an International Baccalaureate World School, we aim to foster the growth of the whole child and support them in developing lifelong skills, a deep understanding of universal concepts and positive personal attributes. We believe that a close learning community and a strong partnership between school and home is important for the overall development of a child, and I welcome any potential or current parent to contact me with any questions or comments you may have. The past few years have been a challenge for all, with education having to adapt and change quickly during a global pandemic. The elementary at New School successfully took student centred learning and moved it online, and we are proud to see the continued success of our students, even in the face of adversity. We are happy to now be back to in person learning, following all safety measures to ensure the wellbeing of the New School community. I invite you to visit New School to learn more about our exciting programme, facilities, and extracurricular activities. We are celebrating over 20 years of excellence in education, as New School continues to expand, grow, and support students to graduate with a love for lifelong learning. Warm regards, Natalie Tawa Sanders Elementary School Principal Dear Parents / Guardians, Welcome to New School, International School of Georgia. Right from the time of its inception in 1999, the school has traversed quite a distance in its quest for excellence. At New School, we constantly strive to provide holistic education to our students. We are an IB World School and in the upper school, we offer both the Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme. Our students are invariably able to secure admission into reputed universities across the globe. The school is located in the historic city of Tbilisi in an extremely safe and secure surrounding and has a vibrant multicultural environment. We are privileged to have a highly experienced and resourceful faculty whom we have recruited from different parts of the globe. In today’s constantly changing environment along with the multi-dimensional challenges which one encounters on a daily basis, it is imperative for us to focus on all round development rather than having a singular objective of imparting only academic education. We take pride in the fact that our entire education system helps in moulding the personality of the students in such a way that they are equipped to take care of themselves as well as their families, society and the nation as a whole. The final objective is to broaden their vision and thinking, thereby helping them to become global citizens who have the ability to think globally and act locally. The attainment of our goals is entirely dependent on the collaborative participation of teachers, parents/guardians and students. In this context, I would like to emphasize that parents or for that matter any stakeholder in New School is always free to contact me for any issue pertaining to their ward. It will be our privilege to welcome you to our campus and we look forward to meeting you. Regards, Nonika Sajiv Upper School Principal

FRIDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Colds and allergies can cause similar symptoms, and finding out which condition you have is the first step in getting relief, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). Colds are caused by one of more than 200 viruses that get transmitted from person to person. Allergies, which are not contagious, are caused by allergens, such as pollen, that prompt the immune system to overreact. In spring, high levels of tree and grass pollens cause sneezing and other cold-like symptoms for the estimated 60 million Americans with allergic rhinitis, more commonly known as hay fever. There are a number of ways to distinguish between spring allergies and a cold, says the ACAAI. Colds generally evolve, starting with a stuffy nose, throat irritation and low-grade fever, followed by sneezing and a runny nose with thickening mucus that often turns yellow or green. Common allergy symptoms include sneezing, itchy eyes and nose, but the mucus is typically clear. While colds usually last a week or two, allergy symptoms persist and can even get worse with continued exposure to the allergen causing your symptoms. Spring allergies can last six weeks or more. Aches and fever most likely indicate a cold, while itchy eyes are strong evidence of allergies. A sore throat and cough can occur with allergies, but most likely suggest a cold. Coughing is common in colds but can also be a sign of allergy-related asthma, especially in children. People with a persistent cough should see an allergist, the ACAAI advises. The American Academy of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery has more about hay fever. SOURCE: American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, news release, March 30, 2011 Copyright © 2011 HealthDay. All rights reserved. |Previous: Sports Gear Should Also Protect Eyes, Experts Say||Next: Pediatrics Group Offers Guidelines to Keep Young Campers Safe, Healthy| Reader comments on this article are listed below. Review our comments policy. Submit your opinion: Are you a Doctor, Pharmacist, PA or a Nurse? Join the Doctors Lounge online medical community

A swarm of 10,000 or more black holes may be orbiting the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, according to results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This would represent the highest concentration of black holes anywhere in the Galaxy. These relatively small, stellar-mass black holes, along with neutron stars, appear to have migrated into the Galactic Center over the course of several billion years. Among the thousands of X-ray sources detected within 70 light years of Sgr A*, Muno and his colleagues searched for those most likely to be active black holes and neutron stars by selecting only the brightest sources that also exhibited large variations in their X-ray output. "Although the region around Sgr A* is crowded with stars, we expected that there was only a 20 percent chance that we would find even one X-ray binary within a three-light-year radius," said Muno. "The observed high concentration of these sources implies that a huge number of black holes and neutron stars have gathered in the center of the Galaxy." Mark Morris, also of UCLA had predicted a decade ago that a process called dynamical friction would cause stellar black holes to sink toward the center of the Galaxy. Black holes are formed as remnants of the explosions of massive stars and have masses of about 10 suns. As black holes orbit the center of the Galaxy at a distance of several light years, they pull on surrounding stars, which pull back on the black holes. The net effect is that black holes spiral inward, and the low-mass stars move out. From the estimated number of stars and black holes in the Galactic Center region, dynamical friction is expected to produce a dense swarm of 20,000 black holes within three light years of Sgr A*. A similar effect is at work for neutron stars, but to a lesser extent because they have a lower mass. Once black holes are concentrated near Sgr A*, they will have numerous close encounters with normal stars there, some of which are in binary star systems. The intense gravity of a black hole can induce an ordinary star to "change partners" and pair up with the black hole while ejecting its companion. This process and a similar one for neutron stars are expected to produce several hundreds of black hole and neutron star binary systems. The black holes and neutron stars in the cluster are expected to gradually be swallowed by the supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, at a rate of about one every million years. At this rate, about 10,000 black holes and neutron stars would have been captured in a few billion years, adding about 3 percent to the mass of the central supermassive black hole, which is currently estimated to contain the mass of 3.7 million suns. In the meantime, the acceleration of low-mass stars by black holes will eject low-mass stars from the central region. This expulsion will reduce the likelihood that normal stars will be captured by the central supermassive black hole. This may explain why the central regions of some galaxies, including the Milky Way, are fairly quiet even though they contain a supermassive black hole The images are part of an ongoing Chandra program that monitors a region around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Four bright, variable X-ray sources (circles) were discovered within 3 light years of Sgr A* (the bright source just above Source C). The lower panel illustrates the strong variability of one of these sources. This variability, which is present in all the sources, is indicative of an X-ray binary system where a black hole or neutron star is pulling matter from a nearby companion star. The black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy is a monster that contains about 4 million times more material than our sun. But compared to the giant black holes in the centers of other galaxies, our black hole is strangely quiet. A team of Japanese astronomers may have helped solve the mystery. By using four satellites that catch X-rays from outer space, they found evidence that our black hole suddenly emitted a powerful outburst of X-ray light 300 years ago "We have wondered why the Milky Way’s black hole appears to be a slumbering giant," says team leader Tatsuya Inui of Kyoto University in Japan. "But now we realize that the black hole was far more active in the past. Perhaps it’s just resting after a major outburst." The black hole itself is known as Sagittarius A* (pronounced "A-star"), for its location in the constellation Sagittarius. Normally, the black hole is quiet, producing billions of times less energy than giant black holes in other galaxies. But according to Inui and his colleagues, the black hole must have produced an incredible burst of X-ray light three centuries ago. They made this discovery by noticing a strange effect known as "light echoes." Light echoes are similar to the sound echoes we hear when sound waves reverberate in a room or valley. In the case of light echoes, the X-rays produced by the giant outburst have been racing outward across trillions of miles of space at the speed of light. Three hundred years later, they have traveled far enough that they reach a giant gas cloud known as Sagittarius B2. Once they penetrate this cloud, they heat up the gas, and cause it to glow brightly in X-rays. But once the X-rays pass through the cloud, it cools down, and its brightness fades back to normal. Sagittarius B2 acts like a giant mirror. The light echoes inside the cloud give astronomers a record of the black hole’s energy output 300 years earlier. By using Japan’s Suzaku and ASCA X-ray satellites, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory, Inui’s team could observe the behavior of the cloud. "By observing how this cloud lit up and faded over 10 years, we could trace back the black hole’s activity 300 years ago," says team member Katsuji Koyama of Kyoto University. "The black hole was a million times brighter three centuries ago. It must have unleashed an incredibly powerful flare." It takes light from the Milky Way Galaxy’s center about 26,000 years to reach Earth, so when astronomers observe the black hole and the gas cloud, they are actually seeing events that took place 26,000 years ago. At that time, Earth was still plunged in the last ice age, and humans were living in caves. Astronomers don’t know why Sagittarius A* produced such a powerful flare three centuries ago. One possibility, says Koyama, is that a giant star exploded. The blast wave from the explosion plowed up gas and swept it into the black hole, leading to a temporary feeding frenzy that awoke the black hole from its slumber and produced the giant flare. The Daily Galaxy via chandra.harvard.edu

Are Energy Drinks Bad For You? May 04, 2018 ABC Children's Dentistry If you or someone in your family relies on energy drinks for an extra boost, it’s time to get out of that habit. According to a study published in General Dentistry and reported on National Public Radio (NPR), energy drinks are “significantly more capable” than sports drinks and sodas of causing irreversible tooth damage. In this issue, we’ll talk about the dangers of energy drinks for you and your child. Are energy drinks bad for your teeth? They sure are! According to researchers in the above-mentioned study, the acid in the sports drinks is responsible for the irreversible damage to teeth. In an interview with NPR, the lead researcher said that while “we are well aware of the damage that sugar does in the mouth and in the whole body in relation to obesity and diabetes, the average consumer is not very well aware that acid does all kinds of damage, too.” How do energy drinks harm your body? It’s not only the health of your teeth that you are risking while drinking energy drinks. A separate recent study devoted strictly to the effects of energy drinks found that regular consumption of them could lead to: - risk-seeking behavior (aggression, substance abuse, etc.) - anxiety and stress; - increased blood pressure; - kidney damage; and Are sports drinks better for your teeth than energy drinks? Not really. Both contain many of the chemical-based acids that eat away at your tooth enamel, but energy drinks have been shown to strip away a lot more enamel than sports drinks or sodas. What are healthy alternatives to energy drinks? There are a host of natural ways for you and your child to boost your energy level. Healthy alternatives to energy drinks include: - green juices and smoothies (for B vitamins that will benefit your metabolism); - green tea (good for mental clarity); - water (a fantastic resource for hydrating yourself, and keep in mind that San Diego water contains fluoride); and - magnesium vitamins (good for providing energy). For compassionate and fun pediatric dental care in San Diego, call ABC Children’s Dentistry. We’re all about making sure your child’s teeth are healthy and strong. Since each child is different, our approach is customized to fit the unique individual dental needs of your child. Our number is 858-780-9794. Also, you can reach us online an

...make an orange marmalade! The original British orange marmalade is made from juice and peel of the Seville oranges, Citrus x aurantium, also known as bitter oranges. The peel gives the marmalade its distinctive bitter taste. In England word "marmalade" is used in respect to any citrus preserve. This is not necessarily the case in other European languages. In Portuguese the word applies to jam made of quinces. In Italian it includes preserves made of any fruit. In Polish the word marmolada applies to a solid, gel-like fruit preserve that, like the Portuguese marmelada, can be cut into slices and is usually made of more than one kind of fruit. European tradition of making fruit preserves goes back to Antiquity. The ancient Greeks and Romans used to cook quinces with honey. Preserves of quince and lemon appear - along with rose, apple, plum and pear - in the 9th century "Book of ceremonies" of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos. This culinary traditions spread to France and Portugal during the Middle Ages and reached England sometime in the beginning of the 15th century. In 1524, Henry VIII received a "box of marmalade" from Mr. Hull of Exeter. We can assume that since the marmalade was in a box, it must have been the "marmelada"- a solid quince preserve from Portugal. The first orange marmalade is thought to have been created in 1561 by the physician to Mary, Queen of Scots, when he mixed orange and crushed sugar to keep her seasickness at bay. But it was not until the citrus fruit became widely popular in England in the 17th that the word marmalade would refer solely to a citrus preserve. I have never made a marmalade before because companies such as Frank Coopers and Fortnum & Mason provide me with a perfect marmalade to satisfy my cravings. But like with everything else, nothing tastes better than a homemade creation. Here is a rather uncomplicated recipe suggested by Dan Lepard. It yields a medium cut marmalade with a tender orange peel to be enjoyed on a perfectly toasted bread. - 1lb 2 oz Seville oranges - 2 fl oz lemon juice - 2lb 4 oz granulated sugar - 1-2 Tbsp brown sugar (optional) - Weigh the oranges and make a note of the weight, as this will tell you how much of the other ingredients you’ll need, to ensure the marmalade sets well. My basic ratio is: both the sugar and the strained liquid from the sliced and simmered oranges should roughly equal twice the weight of the uncooked whole oranges. So if you start with 1lb 2 oz whole oranges, after cooking you want to be left with a 1¾ pint of liquid once the peels have been strained out, and you need 2lb 4 oz of sugar. - Cut the oranges in half and squeeze out the juice, as this makes chopping the peel less messy. Remove any pips from the juice, spoon any remaining pips out of the peel, place them in a tea cup and cover with water. Then chop the peel into shreds about ⅛ inch across and place these in a bowl with the juice and cover with water. Leave both overnight, as this will help the marmalade set well. - The next day, place the peel and water in a saucepan. Sieve the pips, place their soaking water (which will have jellied slightly) into the saucepan, then tie the pips in muslin and drop this into the pot. Bring to the boil then simmer for 2-3 hours, topping up with water so that the fruit stays well covered, until the peel is soft when squished between your fingers. Alternatively, cook in a pressure cooker for about 30 minutes. - Strain the juice from the peel and measure it. Whatever the original weight of fruit was at the beginning, you want about double that in cooking liquid. So if you started with 1lb 2 oz fruit, then try and have roughly a 1¾ pint of cooking liquid left. If you have more, boil it down in a saucepan to intensify it. If you have less, top it up with water to dilute it. - Then add the sugar (double the weight of the oranges), plus 1-2 tbsp brown sugar if you like to make the color darker. Add the strained peel, plus 2 fl oz of lemon juice for every 1lb 2 oz uncooked whole oranges used. Bring to the boil, skim off any white froth and pips that rise to the surface, and then boil until the temperature reaches 220F. - Meanwhile sterilize enough jars in the oven and have the lids washed and ready. When the marmalade reaches 220F, turn the heat off and leave for 10 minutes. Ladle the marmalade into a jug then pour this carefully into the jars, leaving just a bare ¼ inch gap at the top. Screw the lid on tightly and leave undisturbed until completely cold. If you are experienced enough you may want to try this recipe using other citrus fruits. Try kumquats or Bergamot oranges. You will be surprised. By Dominique Allmon Inspiration for this recipe here

becoming raw, benriner, boutenko, chef tina jo, choosing raw, excalibur, green and crunchy, jennifer cornbleet, juice, juliano, kristen's raw, raw family, raw mom, rawkinmom, smoothies, spiralizer Several years ago, I started reading a blog named Green and Crunchy written by Sheri, an amazing mom of five (now six) children. Sheri blogged about feeding her family decadent vegan and raw food and shared many pictures of the food they ate. She inspired me to make numerous changes in our own diets over the years…and to start this blog. Sadly, Sheri’s blog has since been taken down. Her home life was far too busy to maintain a blog in the way she wanted to. I miss her boundless energy and beautiful food, but I am so thankful she passed on so many wonderful ideas and inspirations to me so that I may pass them on to you. I learned about raw food first from Green and Crunchy. And I was instantly hooked. Fresh veggies with raw ranch dressing When we decided to optimize our family’s nutrition we planned to eat more fruits and vegetables (a LOT more, in fact they would become the majority of the dinner plate). Raw food was a very alluring food option for my family because many things are quick and easy to prepare. Chop some veggies, create a fabulous sauce and you’ve got a delicious healthful snack. Or, grind some dates and nuts, add some additional flavors and you’ve got an instant sweet treat in the form of a raw ball, bar or cookie. Once we started preparing food this way, our bodies were very happy and wanted more! Truth be told, I actually prefer raw treats over more traditional baked goods made with flour (although we still do eat those, too, just not as frequently as in the past). Cucumber boats with avocado lime filling Yes, it’s easy to add flavor to cooked veggies (which we ate a decent amount of at the time), but when I started reading about raw food, I found that precious enzymes were being destroyed upon heating the foods over a certain temperature. So, I embarked on a reading odyssey where I searched for raw food blogs, books, you name it and found many creative people…moms, chefs, motivated home cooks…making colorful “alive” raw food. So, on to our raw food journey. But, I should first mention that here we are over two (maybe three?) years after starting to read Sheri’s blog and I’m still working to add raw foods to my repertoire. If you are interested in adding more raw foods to your diet, I encourage you to start small and add bit by bit as you feel comfortable and have the time. So where did we start? Juicing: About 15 years ago, I bought my first juicer. It was a really cheap Oster that I found on clearance at the Oster outlet store. I bought the book Juicing for Life and was impressed with how juicing promised to help with many ailments. However, I used it only a handful of times because it was SO difficult to clean. I remember hurting my hands multiple times trying to get the basket off the cheap plastic parts. Needless to say, this appliance was quickly relegated to the basement (or what my husband calls “the appliance graveyard”). Fast forward 13 years, and I decide to try juicing again. But, this time, I am serious about making it work. I researched juicers and chose the Breville Ikon Juicer. The Breville gets great reviews and is competitively priced. It is a centrifugal juicer, which means that the fruits and veggies get pushed into a mesh basket that is spinning very fast (as opposed to masticating or press juicers). The Breville does a great job at extracting juice – it’s not perfect (soft, delicate sprouts or pea shoots don’t juice that well), but it’s very fast and easy to clean. These are two very important things if you want to juice every day. While we mostly drink green juice, here are two photos of juices I have made recently that are not green. No two juices are ever the same. I juice based on what I have in my fridge. My kids love it (it’s the only juice they drink at home) and they are getting loads of vitamins and minerals in an easy to digest form (read this juice v. blend article at Choosing Raw for more nutrition information). Beet, fennel, cucumber, celery, pea shoots, apple, lemon (please excuse the crooked photo!) Broccoli stems, cucumber, celery, apple, lemon Smoothies Next up, is my desire to add even more fiber and leafy greens to our diets. A really tasty way to do this is with smoothies – green, pink, purple, red. They are all so delicious, fun to drink and the kids love them. This is one of my favorite smoothies – pineapple kale…read about it here. (Note: This smoothie is raw with homemade coconut milk since canned is not raw.) This is a new raw vegetable smoothie I just started making with summer veggies. Tastes like V8, only fresher! Raw Bars/Balls/Cookies Everyone loves granola bars, right? We always did and so after buying Larabars for several months, I looked for a way to make them at home. I wrote this post that talks about the Date-Nut bars I make. Raw bars are a great way to pack loads of nutrition into a snack. Raw Desserts Sheri, from Green and Crunchy, used to write about how her special occasions were always celebrated with a raw treat. So, last September I took a shot at raw “uncheesecake” and was blown away. It was fresh tasting, zingy, creamy as can be and full of nutrition. This is the first raw dessert I made (Raw Uncheesecake) for our 10th wedding anniversary. This is a Raw Strawberry Pie that I made for my son’s second birthday. Dehydrating At an early age, I knew that my son liked crunchy things. You’d better believe that I was not going to get stuck in the rut of always giving in to that need with a store-bought pretzel, cracker or potato chip. So, I searched high and low to figure out what I could do to make healthier crunchy snacks for him. Enter the dehydrator…where you can make crispy crackers made of flax and veggies, as well as dried fruit and vegetables (amongst countless other things). I use the Excalibur Dehydrator (9 tray) and am so pleased with it. As long as I keep the temperature below 118 degrees all my dehydrated treats are raw. Here’s a picture of my raw flax crackers. They turned out super crunchy! Spiralizer I recently wrote about our spiralizer and raw zucchini. This is a really fun way to get kids to eat veggies! A lot of zucchini spaghetti! Fermentation I just started making our own kimchi. I used the recipe from Ani’s Raw Food Essentials (see Resources below). We love kimchi and my first attempt came out good, but I will be making tweaks the next time. If you want to start slowly with kimchi (not quite ready to make it?), Sunja’s makes a great version you can buy in many health food stores. Sprouts I also just started making sprouts. It’s super easy to do and so much cheaper than buying them. The kids love watching the sprouts develop their little tails. They also enjoy watching the sprouts turn green when I put them in the sunlight. If you want to grow something you can eat very quickly this is it! As a bonus, they are packed full of nutrition. So, where do I want to go from here? In addition to all the delicious foods I have been making, I want to continue making kimchi and other fermented vegetables and grow more sprouts. I am most excited about making raw cashew cheese which is next on my list! YUM. Are you intrigued like I was? Here are some raw food resources to get you started: Blogs/Web sites: Books: Ani’s Raw Food Essentials by Ani Phyo Becoming Raw by Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina and Rynn Berry Complete Book of Raw Food Edited by Julie Rodwell Everyday Raw by Matthew Kenney Fresh: The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook by Sergei and Valya Boutenko (aka The Raw Family) Raw Food Made Easy by Jennifer Cornbleet Raw Food Real World by Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis Raw: The Uncook Book by Juliano What are your favorite raw foods to make? Do you have a special blog or book you’d like to share?

Greg Rodriguez - September 23, 2010 The Straight Scoop On Suppressors Based on the amount of mail I get whenever I mention suppressors, it's obvious that many Americans don't realize that sound suppressors are legal to own in many states. By Greg Rodriguez Suppressors reduce recoil and muzzle blast, making them great for training young shooters. The author's son, Cole, used a suppressed AR to drop this ancient ram.Though regulated by the National Firearms Act, suppressors can be possessed and used by individuals in 35 states as long as the proper federal and local requirements have been met. Fifteen states have banned civilian ownership outright.The National Firearms Act Branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is the regulatory body for Title II items, which includes suppressors, machine guns, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns. To gain approval to own such items, you simply have to fill out the appropriate forms, have them signed by your local chief law enforcement official, and submit them to the NFA branch with a check for the appropriate fee ($200 for most Title II items) along with your fingerprints and a passport photograph. If you pass the extensive background check, your paperwork will be approved in 30 to 90 days, and you can take possession of your new "big-boy toy." As easy as it all sounds, the ease of actually gaining approval depends on where you live. Though suppressor ownership is legal in, say, Texas, getting a signature from your chief law enforcement official is not guaranteed. For example, I live near Houston. The sheriff in my county will sign Title II paperwork with a smile, but you have a better chance making snowballs in Haiti than you have getting a signature from the Houston police chief or the Harris County sheriff. There are legal and legitimate ways to get around the chief law enforcement officer signature requirement, but this is not a column about legal matters. Fortunately, Mr. Google and are your friends; a few minutes of research there will get you on the fast track to making your rifle or pistol more "civilized."How A Suppressor WorksSimply put, modern suppressors consist of a cylindrical device of machined steel or aluminum that uses a system of cones and baffles to trap the gases generated by a fired cartridge. Trapping the gases reduces pressure, cools the gas temperature, and delays the exit of some of the gases, all of which combine to significantly reduce muzzle blast. There are two types of suppressors: muzzle-attached and integral. Muzzle-attached suppressors either screw onto the barrel or are affixed via some proprietary quick-release system. They do not have an adverse effect on velocity, though they will change the point of impact to some degree.Integral suppressors are built around the barrel of the firearm. They generally consist of a sleeve-type suppressor that fits over the barrel. The barrel has ports that allow some of the gases to bleed off into the suppressor. They are, by far, the quietest and sleekest-looking suppressors, but they do reduce muzzle velocity to some degree, depending on the number and size of ports. A suppressor is not a "silencer." Though it does drastically reduce the amount of noise the discharge of a firearm makes, it does not make it silent. The amount of noise reduction depends on factors like suppressor design, ammunition, and action type. Integral suppressors, like the one on this Model 77/22 from John's Guns, are built around the rifle's barrel. They are by far the quietest and sleekest suppressors.Semiautomatic guns tend to be louder than bolt-actions or single-shots given the same ammunition and suppressor design. Some of the increased sound is the noise of the action opening and closing, but most of the noise comes from gas escaping the action. As an example, take my two integrally suppressed .22s. One, built on a Ruger 77/22, is so quiet you can only hear the firing pin drop and the bullet striking the target. The other, built on a 10/22, is noticeably louder. Though it is still pretty quiet, I wouldn't even think of using it for suburban pest control.Ammunition plays an important role because every time a bullet breaks the sound barrier, there is a considerable audible crack. Though a suppressed .308 Win. is tolerable without earplugs and a suppressor will make it difficult to determine where the shot came from, the sound is still recognizable as a gun shot. Special subsonic loads eliminate the crack, but they seriously reduce the effective range of the suppressed firearm.With my suppressed .308 and standard ammunition, I can skip the earplugs, but it is clear that a firearm is discharged when I shoot the rifle. With subsonic ammunition, you can barely hear it, but it hits so low even the fattest hog is safe if I use my normal, 100-yard zero.The ammunition I choose depends solely on my intended purpose of the suppressed gun. If I am practicing or plinking, I typically shoot whatever ammunition I have on hand. For nighttime hog eradication, I might sneak in close and use subsonic ammunition in hopes of head-shooting four or five pigs before they figure out why their buddies keep falling. Subsonic ammunition is also the cat's meow for suburban pest eradication.Why I Use A SuppressorI am often asked why I need a suppressor. I am tempted to say, "I'm an American, and need doesn't have a darn thing to do with it." But the truth of the matter is, a suppressor is a valuable tool for someone like me who manages the hunting on several ranches. Though suppressors are not legal for hunting game animals such as whitetails in Texas, they are perfectly legal for hunting varmints and for culling hogs and exotics at night. They're also great for keeping the raccoon population in check without busting turkeys off their roosts or disturbing other animals in the area.The author is fond of suppressors for wildlife management. He used his suppressed .308 to drop this crop-raiding porker.I have long held that muzzle blast is more apt to cause a flinch than recoil. I don't let my children shoot rifles with muzzle brakes because they increase muzzle blast. However, all their rifles are threaded for suppressors because a suppressor reduces both recoil and muzzle blast. That is also why my tactical rifles--all of which are fired almost exclusively from the punishing prone position--are threaded for suppressors. With their "cans" attached, my .308s are a joy to shoot, and my .338 Lapua is more than tolerable.Suppressors, where legal to use in the field, are also great for varmint and predator hunting. When shooting distant prairie dogs, a suppressor reduces the strain on your ears, shoulder, and nerves. It also reduces recoil enough so that you can call your shots without the aid of a spotter. The ability to shoot all day without earplugs is a great bonus, too, because I can converse with my companions and avoid headaches and ringing ears at the end of the day.The sound of a suppressed firearm being discharged isn't so loud that it spooks distant animals, which is beneficial when calling predators. If you keep calling, animals that were on the way when you shot their buddy may still come to the call. Try doing that with an unsuppressed rifle.Finally, and perhaps most importantly, suppressors are just plain fun. And for those of us who live in one of the 35 suppressor-friendly states, that's all the reason we need. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up

Why your merchants still import "bad quality" products? Why you still buy "bad quality" products? When there is need, there is production. Tigress, nobody blamed that "bad quality" is morally corrupting... The only problem with the fact that most "bad quality" products are made in China is that salaries in China are staying low - and that's ultimately an issue of education (and I don't mean science - I mean those points mentioned above). But China's economy is growing, so the problem is taking care of itself... Good enough quality on cheap stuff. @Seneca: But that's not a problem of inferior quality, that's just simple fraud. I think what Tigress means is that people want somethign cheap and then wonder why they also save at the expense of engineering and material quality. This thread, however, is not about why people buy low quality products - it's mainly about why China is associated with low quality products and how to change that. If you pay cheap cheap price, what can you expect? Who will use top quality materials and top quality workers to make goods you paid at dirt cheap ... Salaries remaining low? I don't know about that! I read somewhere that salaries in the Pearl River Delta area are high because of shortages of workers. Yea, they are raising in certain areas, but not in real terms. The US FED printed lots of money, the Dollar depreciated sharply and the Yuan, that is pledged to the Dollar, depreciated with it (although a little less). PBOC printed even mroe money - between 2008 and 2010 it printed as much money as between 1984 and 2008 and China is now facing strong inflation, purchasing power is erroding. So we shouldn't look at how many Yuan do they earn - we should look at how much Gold, Silver, Oil, Appartments or Food do they earn. If you then add the fact that salaries in other areas of China were raising only very slowly or even not at all, you'll understand my concern.

If you are in need of a loan, you will need to consider a number of things. You may need to have the loan because of so many reason. You may want to build a home. You may also want to buy a ready constructed home. You will need to have enough money to settle all these. If you need to do an investment, you may need to have extra cash. Due to this, you will need to get a loan. For you to have the best loan that will help you, it is important that you take some time. The security for the loan could be an asset. You must have an asset that you can get a loan on. This will require you to be careful with the asset that you give for the loan. There is need for you to ensure that you get an asset that is worthy the amount that you need. It is necessary that therefore you know the amount of money that you are in need of. It is important that you do all what it takes to find the right guarantors if there is need. For you to have the best asset based loan, you will need to take some time. If you consider the following, you will have the best asset based loan. The most important thing that you should do to have an asset based loan is to know the amount that you need. If you consider this, you will get the right asset for the loan. There is need for you to take time to find out if the asset that you get will secure the loan that you need. Therefore, it is necessary that you do the valuation of the asset that you have. If you need guarantors to get the asset based loan you will need to look for them. It is possible that you will find some loaning companies that require you to have guarantors. It is necessary that you ensure you are keen when looking for these guarantors. You will find many people avoiding you when you need them to sign for your loan. It is necessary that you find out people who will not fail you. You should know how you want to use the loan for you to have the best one. It will be possible this way for you to know how to pay the loan. If you pay the loan back in time, you will have positive credit review. Therefore, you must ensure that you repay back the loan in the right time.

<gh_stars>100-1000 #ifndef DTSegment_DTSegmentUpdator_h #define DTSegment_DTSegmentUpdator_h /** \class DTSegmentUpdator * * Perform linear fit and hits update for DT segments. * Update a segment by improving the hits thanks to the refined knowledge of * impact angle and position (also along the wire) and perform linear fit on * improved hits. * * \author <NAME> - INFN Legnaro <<EMAIL>> * \author <NAME> - INFN TO <<EMAIL>> * \author M.Meneghelli - INFN BO <<EMAIL>> * */ /* C++ Headers */ #include <vector> #include "DataFormats/CLHEP/interface/AlgebraicObjects.h" #include "DataFormats/GeometryVector/interface/GlobalPoint.h" #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/ESHandle.h" #include "FWCore/Framework/interface/ConsumesCollector.h" #include "Geometry/DTGeometry/interface/DTGeometry.h" /* ====================================================================== */ /* Collaborating Class Declarations */ class DTSegmentCand; class DTRecSegment2D; class DTRecSegment4D; class DTLinearFit; class DTRecHitBaseAlgo; class DTChamberRecSegment2D; class DTGeometry; class MuonGeometryRecord; namespace edm { class EventSetup; class ParameterSet; } // namespace edm /* Class DTSegmentUpdator Interface */ class DTSegmentUpdator { public: /// Constructor DTSegmentUpdator(const edm::ParameterSet& config, edm::ConsumesCollector); /// Destructor ~DTSegmentUpdator(); /* Operations */ /** do the linear fit on the hits of the segment candidate and update it. * Returns false if the segment candidate is not good() */ bool fit(DTSegmentCand* seg, bool allow3par, const bool fitdebug) const; /** ditto for true segment: since the fit is applied on a true segment, by * definition the segment is "good", while it's not the case for just * candidates */ void fit(DTRecSegment2D* seg, bool allow3par, bool block3par) const; /** ditto for true segment 4D, the fit is done on either projection and then * the 4D direction and position is built. Since the fit is applied on a * true segment, by definition the segment is "good", while it's not the * case for just candidates */ void fit(DTRecSegment4D* seg, bool allow3par) const; /// recompute hits position and refit the segment4D void update(DTRecSegment4D* seg, const bool calcT0, bool allow3par) const; /// recompute hits position and refit the segment2D void update(DTRecSegment2D* seg, bool allow3par) const; void calculateT0corr(DTRecSegment2D* seg) const; void calculateT0corr(DTRecSegment4D* seg) const; /// set the setup void setES(const edm::EventSetup& setup); protected: private: std::unique_ptr<DTLinearFit> theFitter; // the linear fitter std::unique_ptr<DTRecHitBaseAlgo> theAlgo; // the algo for hit reconstruction edm::ESHandle<DTGeometry> theGeom; // the geometry const edm::ESGetToken<DTGeometry, MuonGeometryRecord> theGeomToken; void updateHits(DTRecSegment2D* seg, GlobalPoint& gpos, GlobalVector& gdir, const int step = 2) const; //rejects bad hits (due to deltas) for phi segment void rejectBadHits(DTChamberRecSegment2D*) const; /// interface to LinearFit void fit(const std::vector<float>& x, const std::vector<float>& y, const std::vector<int>& lfit, const std::vector<double>& dist, const std::vector<float>& sigy, LocalPoint& pos, LocalVector& dir, float& cminf, float& vminf, AlgebraicSymMatrix& covMat, double& chi2, const bool allow3par = false, const bool block3par = false) const; double intime_cut; bool vdrift_4parfit; double T0_hit_resolution; bool perform_delta_rejecting; bool debug; }; #endif // DTSegment_DTSegmentUpdator_h

Curtin University research has provided new insights to support more effective management of soil carbon in a bid to help combat global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. The research, published overnight in the journal Nature Geoscience, showed that the amount of carbon in the soil, its composition and its vulnerability to loss at any location is controlled by a range of factors that can differ at the local, regional and continental scales. Soil carbon management is important because it is both a source of carbon to the atmosphere as well as a potential sink. Soil can be used to store carbon that has been released into the atmosphere from other human activities, making it an important weapon to fight climate change. Lead researcher Professor Raphael Viscarra Rossel, from Curtin’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences, said the research provided new understanding to enable effective management interventions. “To slow the accumulation of greenhouse gases and help mitigate global warming, a better understanding of the factors controlling soil organic carbon storage, its composition and its vulnerability to loss is needed,” Professor Viscarra Rossel said. “This extra insight can help maximise the potential capture and storage of atmospheric carbon in soil.” The research used a machine learning method and more than 5500 sensor measurements of the soil organic carbon components, the particulate, humus and resistant organic carbon fractions, which decompose at different rates. At the continental level, the research showed that climate, soil properties and elevation were the most important factors controlling soil carbon storage, but Professor Viscarra Rossel said such general assessments could prejudice our understanding of soil carbon processes and dynamics because they overlooked influential region-specific controls that affect the variability of the organic carbon fractions and vulnerability. Soil carbon modelling is undertaken at a range of scales using a variety of models for different purposes. For example, global climate models can effectively use continental scale soil carbon estimates for global carbon budgeting. However, this research demonstrates that extending this approach to local management of soil carbon is possibly erroneous and potentially expensive. “Regionally, the effect of climate on soil carbon storage is dependent on interactions with soil properties, mineralogy and topography. In some regions, climate does not play a role,” Professor Viscarra Rossel said. “This shows the need for localised assessments of soil carbon dynamics and a more effective approach to carbon management at local scales. “This new knowledge has implications for us meeting the triple challenge of climate change, landscape restoration and food security. It also helps with the 4 per 1000 global initiative, which encourages farming practices that maintain or enhance organic carbon stocks in agricultural soil to ensure sustainable agriculture in the face of climate change.” As part of the research, the team also created digital maps of the soil organic carbon fractions and vulnerability to a depth of 30cm. The maps provide information on more than two billion 90 m x 90 m blocks (each around the size of a football field) across Australia and come with estimates of uncertainty. The digital maps of the particulate, humus and resistant organic carbon are being used in the soil carbon model of the Australian National Greenhouse Gas Inventory System to improve its estimates. The full paper, ‘Continental-scale soil carbon composition and vulnerability modulated by regional environmental controls’, is available online here. For more information about Curtin’s Soil and Landscape Science program visit here.

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Professors have lectured for centuries. But how effective is lecturing to students compared to working with them? A new study compared two classes of a beginning physics course at the University of British Columbia in Canada. There were more than two hundred sixty students in each section. Both were taught by popular and experienced professors. The study took place for one week near the end of the year. One class continued to be taught in the traditional lecture style. The other professor was replaced by two teachers. They had little teaching experience but received training in interactive teaching methods. The training was led by Carl Wieman, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who leads a science education program. There was almost no lecturing. The teachers put the students in small groups to discuss and answer questions. They gave them readings and quizzes to finish before class so they would come prepared to discuss the material. Professor Wieman says before the experiment with these and other activities, test scores for both classes were the same. CARL WIEMAN: "There was a great deal of careful data collected showing how identical the two sections, these two large sections of the class were beforehand. And this focused very much on looking at exactly what could be learned with the different methods from the classroom experience, the time when you have the maximum instructor interaction, or face-to-face interaction time.” Afterward, both classes took the same test. Students in the interactive class scored nearly twice as high as those in the traditional class. Attendance also increased that week. Graduate student Ellen Schelew was one of the teachers. She says the methods they used are designed to encourage students to think like scientists. ELLEN SCHELEW: "Their brains are turned on. They’re thinking hard and they’re really working through these problems. So even if they don’t have enough time to complete a given problem, they are prepared to learn from the instructor feedback that always follows groups’ tasks." The study appeared in May in the journal Science. It seems to confirm earlier findings about lecturing to large classes. But some experts have criticized the way the study was done. Both of the researchers who taught the class, Ms. Schelew and Louis Deslauriers, were also authors of the study. This could raise questions about whether their involvement might have influenced the results. Professor Wieman is currently on leave from the University of British Columbia and the University of Colorado. He is the associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He says research has shown better ways to teach based on evidence about how the brain learns. And he hopes more professors will learn that how someone teaches may be more important than who does the teaching. And that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Christopher Cruise.

Gender norms and patriarchal power structures affect the way we view, use, and engage with weapons, war, and violence. Fully autonomous weapons could contribute to or exacerbate notions of militarized masculinities, be used to commit acts of gender based violence, and increase inequality as a result of algorithmic bias or target profiling. Gender based violence could easily be enacted by fully autonomous weapons that select and engage targets on the basis of target profiles. We have already seen target profiling based on gender in the use of semi-autonomous weapons such as armed drones, which have been used to target militants (or count them as legitimate targets in casualty recording) based on their appearance as “military-aged males”. In this case, assumptions about men as potential or active combatants reinforces gender norms regarding male violence, which in turn legitimizes them as targets feeding into the cycle of gender-based violence. Proponents of killer robots argue that fully autonomous weapons wouldn’t get hungry, tired, feel pain, fear or anger, and wouldn’t act in self-defence or make rash decisions in the heat of the moment. But as inanimate objects, such weapons systems would also lack empathy, conscience, emotion and understanding of human rights and human dignity. These tools of human judgment are crucial for making the complex ethical and moral decisions required of soldiers in combat. The development and use of fully autonomous weapons would further dehumanise warfare and killing, and perpetuate patriarchal structures of military violence. Fully autonomous weapons would select and engage targets determined by sensor processing, using sensor-identifiable characteristics without meaningful human control. In essence, this would reduce humans to patterns of data or lines of code. This becomes even more dangerous when considering the possibility that bias could be programmed into algorithms contained in fully autonomous weapons. Emerging technologies like facial and vocal recognition have been proven to have high failure rates in recognizing women, people of colour, and persons with disabilities. The use of fully autonomous weapons would likely result in higher risk for these groups, and anyone who does not fit within the norm’ as determined by the programmer. Killer robots would not end sexual violence in conflict, but would likely perpetuate it as fully autonomous weapons would not question an order to rape, if programmed to do so. Rape and sexual violence are used as weapons in conflict, and are already ordered by states and armed groups as a matter of strategic policy and inflicting terror. Fully autonomous weapons would be even less likely to disobey orders to commit rape than human soliders, as a result of their lack of conscience, empathy or understanding of the act or consequences of sexual violence. More than 90 countries, including the United States, Israel, China, South Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom are participating in UN talks on the concerns raised by fully autonomous weapons, also known as lethal autonomous weapons systems. But after eight meetings since 2014 with no credible outcome, the pace of diplomacy is struggling to keep up with technological advances. Bold political leadership is urgently needed to launch negotiations on an international treaty to prohibit fully autonomous weapons and retain meaningful human control over the use of force. Take a stand by endorsing the call to ban killer robots.

Can your child really learn a foreign language? The short answer is, Yes! Get started with Foreign Language Exploration, the perfect class for your foreign language journey. Let's address common objections. “But I’m just not a foreign language person!” How many times have I heard that? As a teacher–too many to count! However, a foreign language is more accessible than one might think. After all, we all learn our first language as babbling toddlers. The human brain is wired for language acquisition. As we get older, we give ourselves messages of why we cannot do something instead of why we can excel. Unfortunately, this is a message for students with learning differences and special needs that they can receive and internalize often. Let’s break the stereotype. Learning foreign languages is accessible, as are the many benefits of foreign language acquisition–global understanding, cross-cultural competencies, brain development benefits, and empathy development, to name a few. Through working with NiHao Chinese, I have seen many students thrive and grow through foreign language study, and the benefits to their self-esteem alone have been inspiring. Here are FOUR myths that sometimes prevent students, especially students with special needs, from accessing foreign languages. Myth #1 – I’m just not wired that way. Dr. Howard Gardner popularized the theory of multiple intelligences, saying that individuals may have natural aptitudes in certain fields of study and skills. However, these types of intelligence are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to be good at math, art, basketball, and Chinese. Humans are social creatures and are all “wired” to learn and acquire language skills. The human brain learns foreign languages differently than other academic subjects. Have patience with your brain and give yourself time to develop language learning capacities. Myth #2 – I struggle with English enough as it is. For students with learning disabilities like dyslexia, there is no doubt that language learning can be a challenge. However, you must remember that it is not always the content itself that presents barriers but the modes of delivery used in the classroom. In fact, some students with such language disabilities may struggle with spelling and reading in English but can thrive in a foreign language like Chinese because of its unique structure. Chinese is a character-based language–with no alphabet, verb tenses, or other common stumbling blocks for students in the English language. Additionally, some students find that they understand their own language better after studying a foreign language–I know that was my experience! Myth #3 – We tried Spanish, and I’m never trying a foreign language again. If you tried basketball and didn’t like it, would you never try baseball? There are many options for foreign languages to study. Don’t limit yourself or think that one failure means that all language study will be a failure. I’m a big fan of Dr. Carol Dweck’s “growth mindset.” We can set up our own self-fulfilling prophecies around learning. If we think that we are equipped with a “fixed” amount of knowledge, it’s tempting to say that new subjects are out of reach. In contrast, those who view academics with a “growth mindset” see that abilities can be developed with dedication and work. Maybe your family has tried foreign language study before. Maybe your child wasn’t ready yet. Don’t let rule out all foreign language study for your child. It’s a big world out there! Myth #4 – Chinese is hard. There’s no way I could handle it! Accessible learning is often more about the teaching style than the content. Students of all ability levels can access a foreign language curriculum with the proper scaffolding, accommodations, and support. For example, accommodations like different pacing, revised vocabulary lists, multiple modes of engagement, and a certified teacher with expertise in teaching students with special needs are all helpful. Live classes also make a big difference for learners. The teacher can tailor the material to a student’s needs when a class is dynamic and live. This helps students with learning differences but helps all students in the process. When considering foreign languages for your child, live and dynamic classes often provide more student engagement opportunities and allow the teacher to really get to know your child and how they learn best. (Looking for live foreign language classes? Check out our selection at True North Homeschool Academy.) Don’t let these four myths prevent your child from accessing the world through a foreign language. It’s a big world out there, and foreign language is one powerful way to connect your kids with global learning and prepare them for the future. Ali Thomas has dedicated her career to connecting students to international education opportunities. She completed her undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University and went on to earn her Ed. M. in International Education Policy from Harvard University. She has her certification in teaching English as a Second Language and has taught world languages to various age groups, from early childhood to adult learners. She is passionate about language learning! At this point, she has contributed to education projects on six of the seven continents and is always looking for new ways to make international education more accessible and engaging. Before starting NiHao Chinese, she worked as an administrator and director of international programs for a Christian school network. In 2018 she co-founded NiHao Chinese with her business partner to connect more US students with international educational opportunities and promote global understanding through language learning. Ali is passionate about providing children a window to the world through Chinese language instruction with NiHao Chinese.

Have you been dreaming of moving to the country where you can raise animals and a family? If so, this is the opportunity for you! A large family home on 10 acres of land with several outbuildings, garages, and a shed that you can use to start making your dream a reality. This home has 4 bedrooms with the potential of a 5th bedroom and two bathrooms. The main floor boasts a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, living room, family room, office, and laundry area! Upstairs, there is plenty of room for the rest of the family. There are 10 acres of land which can be used to have a small hobby farm, garden, or just used as beautiful scenery. The housing market is hot right now and this home is sure to go fast, so act quickly if you want to make all of your dreams a reality! From Sleepy Eye: Head South on Highway 4 approximately 8 miles and the farm will be on your right hand side.

I have known Steve Danish for 40 years. When he was a faculty member at Penn State, we taught a sport psychology course together and he served as the sport psychologist for my volleyball team. In these two books [Enhancing Performance and Quality of Life Book and Guide] written with a former graduate student, Tanya Forneris, they go beyond discussing sport psychology. In the first book, which is much like a text, they describe what it means to be a counselor and how to enhance performance and quality of life. The second book is more like a workbook and focuses on learning and teaching life skills such as goal setting, decision-making, stress management, developing a support team and communicating more effectively. They teach these skills both to adults and youth. I have found these skills useful to use with my team. As many of my players are preparing for careers in teaching and counseling, they are finding these books valuable for their careers. I recommend these books for anyone wanting to learn more about enhancing their performance and quality of life.

We got word about a couple of cool action projects that need help on Kickstarter to get funded and thought that we’d help spread the word to get more old school action out into the world. First there’s In Action, which is the first “two person” action movie from Sean Kenealy and Eric Silvera that is trying to break down action to it’s base elements but still deliver all the thrills of a big budget blockbuster. The movie will only start Sean and Eric but they’ll use makeup, costumes and editing to play multiple roles and use lighting, editing and set design to make their one room set transform into different locations. The movie is about a pair of screenwriters trying to write an old school, 80’s style action movie but their plot points about a chemical attack against the President draws the attention of the NSA and the pair are locked away in a secret location. The movie is looking for $22,000 and is about halfway there with a little over two weeks left. Check out their promo video below and hit the link if you want to help. The other project is Swords of Insurgency from Michael Neal, which is a post-apocalyptic martial arts series that is looking for $6,000 and is also about halfway there with 22 days left as of this post. It’s set in a world that’s been hit by a massive disaster and a brutal new government has taken over and locks the heroine, Abbie, in a prison, where she has to escape and join the resistance. Guns have become scarce so swords and martial arts are the main weapons in the world now. It looks kind of like that NBC show Revolution but not terrible and stupid. They’ve made a full length pilot episode already and need funding to make more, check out their video below and donate if you like what you see.

#!perl use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; use FindBin '$Bin'; use lib $Bin, "$Bin/t"; use File::chdir; use File::Path qw(remove_tree); use File::Slurp::Tiny qw(read_file write_file); use File::Temp qw(tempdir); use Setup::File; use Test::More 0.98; use Test::Perinci::Tx::Manager qw(test_tx_action); my $tmpdir = tempdir(CLEANUP=>1); $CWD = $tmpdir; test_tx_action( name => "should_exist=undef, doesn't exist -> noop", tmpdir => $tmpdir, f => "Setup::File::setup_file", args => {path=>"p"}, reset_state => sub { remove_tree "p"; }, status => 304, ); test_tx_action( name => "should_exist=undef, exists -> noop", tmpdir => $tmpdir, f => "Setup::File::setup_file", args => {path=>"p"}, reset_state => sub { remove_tree "p"; write_file "p", ""; }, status => 304, ); test_tx_action( name => "should_exist=0, doesn't exist -> noop", tmpdir => $tmpdir, f => "Setup::File::setup_file", args => {path=>"p", should_exist=>0}, reset_state => sub { remove_tree "p"; }, status => 304, ); test_tx_action( name => "should_exist=0, exists -> delete", tmpdir => $tmpdir, f => "Setup::File::setup_file", args => {path=>"p", should_exist=>0}, reset_state => sub { remove_tree "p"; write_file "p", ""; }, after_do => sub { ok(!(-f "p"), "file deleted"); }, after_undo => sub { ok((-f "p"), "file restored"); }, ); test_tx_action( name => "create", tmpdir => $tmpdir, f => "Setup::File::setup_file", args => {path=>"p", should_exist=>1}, reset_state => sub { remove_tree "p"; }, after_do => sub { ok((-f "p"), "file created"); }, after_undo => sub { ok(!(-f "p"), "file re-deleted"); }, ); for my $existed (0, 1) { test_tx_action( name => ($existed ? "replace":"create").", content", tmpdir => $tmpdir, f => "Setup::File::setup_file", args => {path=>"p", should_exist=>1, content=>"bar"}, reset_state => sub { remove_tree "p"; write_file("p", "foo") if $existed; }, after_do => sub { ok((-f "p"), "file created"); is(scalar(read_file "p"), "bar", "content set"); }, after_undo => sub { if ($existed) { ok((-f "p"), "file still exists"); is(scalar(read_file "p"), "foo", "old content restored"); } else { ok(!(-f "p"), "file re-deleted"); } }, ); # content_md5, gen_content_func, check_content_func have been tested with # mkfile. test_tx_action( name => ($existed ? "replace":"create").", mode", tmpdir => $tmpdir, f => "Setup::File::setup_file", args => {path=>"p", should_exist=>1, content=>"bar", mode=>0664}, reset_state => sub { remove_tree "p"; do { write_file("p", "foo"); chmod 0644, "p" } if $existed; }, after_do => sub { ok((-f "p"), "file created"); is(scalar(read_file "p"), "bar", "content set"); my @st = stat "p"; is($st[2] & 07777, 0664, "mode set"); }, after_undo => sub { if ($existed) { ok((-f "p"), "file still exists"); is(scalar(read_file "p"), "foo", "old content restored"); my @st = stat "p"; is($st[2] & 07777, 0644, "old mode restored"); } else { ok(!(-f "p"), "file re-deleted"); } }, ); } # XXX test owner, group # XXX test replace_dir # XXX test replace_symlink # XXX test allow_symlink # XXX test change state before undo: content DONE_TESTING: done_testing(); if (Test::More->builder->is_passing) { #diag "all tests successful, deleting test data dir"; $CWD = "/"; } else { diag "there are failing tests, not deleting test data dir $tmpdir"; }

Task 2 on the ielts writing paper is definitely worth having a deeper dive into. The topics are wide-ranging and you should be applying a specific structure to your writing, regardless of what the subject is. This blog post will specifically look at the opinion model essay. You will be presented with a specific topic and asked to write a 250 word essay. You need to write at least 250 words, writing less will affect your score. Use linking devices, high-level vocabulary and varied sentence structures. Stick to a formal style of writing. Although better, this is still too general; introduction and paraphrase, give two reasons with examples, sum up what you have written and link back to the beginning. Some of the most common mistakes made are when students try to argue for both sides and give differing opinions, or they do not express an opinion at all. You must be clear on what your opinion is and choose one side of the argument that you ultimately agree or disagree with. So whatever the topic is, choose your stance and stick with it. Disagree. Traditional newspapers are still considered by some as more prominent than internet news sources, but the convenience of news from one’s phone cannot be replicated from a newspaper. Ideas: people’s lives are far busier now where news and information needs to be digested in quick short successions. News on phones- people consume the news and media from their phone as its automatic. Growing up with digital news- newspapers are relevant but the way we consume information has changed. More variation of news from your phone. Whilst traditional newspapers are still very much in circuit and are institutions in their own right, I disagree with this statement because newspapers are generally less convenient, and digital news is obtained far easier. To begin with, the dominant reason for disagreeing with the statement lies in my belief that the habit of reading newspapers is far less convenient in our modern fast-paced working world. The sedentary nature of newspapers; reading through them, creating them, delivering them- is far less expedient than reading news on the internet. Take for example a longstanding, established newspaper. The stories are covered the day before and there needs to be time for proofreading and editing. This results in the content already having a ripeness to them. Whereas news that can be consumed on someone’s phone is instant. Live news can be tracked and you can constantly refresh the latest news. With information needing to be near instant in our society and fundamentally current, newspapers feel dated and less pertinent to our speedy times. Additionally, by engaging with news in a digital manner, the reader has a more robust menu in terms of what they are able to consume. The infinite possibilities of what the internet can procure is far greater than that of a newspaper. There cannot be more content created from the newspaper, but an article can easily lead to another, to an interview of interest, to literary recommendations- by reading the news online, the individual has more ownership and authority in what they are reading, as well as a wider variety of content. Importantly, online news is also able to be translated and read in any language possible. A newspaper cannot immediately translate itself and suddenly become bilingual. Therefore, online news is comparatively more inclusive and offers a myriad of types of news. In conclusion, in spite of newspapers having significance and maintaining a readership, I firmly believe that digital news is a more digestible, convenient and stimulating way to absorb news, and will continue to override newspapers.

What GOVERNMENT FIGURE, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he would retire in December, after nearly 40 years in government service? A jury convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap what US STATE GOVERNOR? A previous trial resulted in a hung jury for the two men who were retried and acquittals for two other men. What PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY sued Pfizer and its Covid-19 vaccine partner BioNTEch, saying the companies infringed its patents on the mRNA technology used to create its own Covid-19 vaccine? What CAPITAL CITY OF LIBYA saw at least 32 people die in clashes of rival militias? The militias back rival governments, one seated in the capital, the other in the eastern part of the country. President Biden announced student loan forgiveness of $10,000 for people making less than $125,000 a year, with an additional $10,000 in forgiveness for those who participated in what FEDERAL STUDENT AID PROGRAM named for the US senator from Rhode Island who played a key role in their creation? Over 1000 people have died in what COUNTRY due to flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains? Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif compared it to flooding in 2010 that killed 1985 people. Primary voters in what US STATE chose former governor Charlie Crist - a Republican turned Democrat - to square off against incumbent Republican Ron DeSantis in the November general election for governor? Among the items not redacted in the released affidavit that supported the August 8 FBI search of Mar a Lago was that there were nearly 200 classified documents in the 15 boxes recovered from Mar a Lago in January by what FEDERAL AGENCY? The Air Resources Board in what US STATE finalized regulations that would phase out the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035? The rules would require new cars to run on either electricity or hydrogen. Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): Island Hopping in Asia. What COUNTRY saw nearly half of its 27 million public school students return to classrooms after a two-plus year closure due to Covid-19, only to have to shut after one day due to Severe Tropical Storm Florita hit Isabella province and northern Luzon? What COUNTRY announced it would repeal its colonial-era law criminalizing sex between men, while it will also strengthen constitutional language defining marriage as being between a man and a woman? An unexpected upside to the severe drought in what US STATE was the discovery of 113 million year-old dinosaur footprints in the bed of the Paluxy River? Appropriately, the footprints are in Dinosaur Valley State Park.

We have been tracking wild pollinator populations since 2014. Our projects include long-term surveys monitoring the effectiveness of habitat restoration, as well as regional observations of potentially threatened species. In addition to the specimens collected during our surveys, we inherited the University of Washington collection of native bees when the Department of Biology liquidated its entomology laboratory. We intend to develop the collection into a regional resource for other researchers, students, and artists. We are active in teaching the Puget Sound community about its native bees, from school groups to plant society workshops. In partnership with the Common Acre, we co-produced a pocket guide to the Bees of the Puget Sound Lowlands. Once the season of Covid-19 has passed, we plan to offer training in the identification of native bees. Most native bee species nest underground. Many people don’t recognize the importance of nesting habitat to native bees, and limit their conservation efforts to foraging resources like wildflowers and flowering trees. We are committed to promoting conservation of ground nesting bees. We also work with farmers to develop land management practices that will increase local pollination services, making local farms more resilient to possible shortages of managed honey bees.

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Can I just say that the past 6 months have literally been the fastest of my life? I mean, it feels like I have known Henry my whole life and that he’s been in our world forever, but at the same time, I literally cannot believe that it’s already been half of a year! Mind blowing. *** Even more mindblowing? Another month has passed since I wrote the above statement. Shit, I’m so behind and life is just flying by. Henry is SEVEN months old… practically in college. Weight: Per his 6-month check up (which occurred at 6 months and 2.5 weeks), he’s 21 lbs and either 5 or 8 ounces! I can’t remember. 95th percentile for our tiny giant! Height: Big man Henry is 28.25″… WOWZA! I’m 60″… just think about that. 91st percentile for height. Health Updates: Henry still has constant boogs. I think he keeps them there so I can pick them out. He’s giving like that. Otherwise, he’s been nice and healthy (knock on wood). I’m sure it’s helped that Charlotte hasn’t been in school for over a month now. We’ve been pretty germ-free. Sleep: Henry continues to be amazing in the sleep department. He had a week or so where he decided he wanted to wake up an hour after he went to sleep. At first, we went in nightly and gave him hugs and smooches and then we realized he was hustling us. Or really that he was just getting into a totally unnecessary routine. We did cry it out and voila! Back to normal. The first night he cried for an hour, then for 15 minutes, and by night 3 it was maybe a couple of minutes. Henry’s routine is a little different these days. He’s been eating solids at dinnertime with the family. Then, we get him in his jammies/sleep sack and start feeding him his bottle in Charlie’s room while we read two stories. After stories, Mark takes him to his room to finish his bottle and go to bed. He’s typically done with his 8.5-9oz bottle and in bed by 6:30 or 7 at the latest. Typically, he sleeps until around 7/730. In terms of his schedule, most commonly, it looks like this: 7/730: Wake up (we will usually either give him a bottle or I’ll nurse him) 830/9: He typically naps for an hour (sometimes 2 hours if he’s at home) 11/1130: Nap 2:30/3:30: Nap 5:30: Dinner 6:30: Bed Clothes/Diapers (Sizes): Henry is a tank. He’s pretty solidly in 12-month clothes. 9 fits him most of the time, but 12 month clothes are ideal. Diapers, he’s in a 5… same size as his sister. I do squeeze his tiny butt in size 4’s, but always regret it as I’m cleaning baby shit off of his back and thighs. Diet: Sir Henry takes down boatloads of milk daily and is also eating 1-2 solid meals a day. I’ve been SO much less calculated with solids for Henry than I was for Charlotte. Here’s what he’s tried so far: - sweet potatoes (first food at about 4 months and 1-2 weeks – doesn’t like it) - peas - apples - bread - Panera chicken noodle soup (that’s legit, right?) - Panera bread (even more legit…) - Zucchini - Chicken - Oatmeal - Avocado - Black beans - Pasta - Puffs Teeth: Henry has two tiny chompers on the bottom and seems to be working on the top. Who knows. Like I’ve said before, he seems to be in a constant state of teething. Baby Gear Love: Henry’s best friend (besides Charlie) is his reindeer Rodolfo. Other faves: Comotomo Teether (this thing is cheap and awesome!!), Nuby Teether (Nana got something like this for Henry and he absolutely loves it), Edushape Sensory Balls (When Charlie actually lets him play with his balls from Grandpa, he really enjoys them. Perfect for gnawing and reaching and bouncing around). He also still loves his play mat and his exersaucer. Oh! And his Fisher Price car thing. Milestones/Firsts: Henry is legit rolling from back to belly and all over the place. He also does assisted standing (and bouncing). He’s working on sitting up by himself, but still calls over pretty consistently. Crap, I don’t know! All the time blends together, but he’s amazing and wonderful! That’s not new though… Likes: Henry is still my little guy and I seem to continue as the apple of my little man’s eyes. He also loves the “laughing game” as Charlie calls it. This entails Charlie laughing or being goofy and Henry cracking up. They’re definitely little buddies. It’s perfectly sweet and I love it. My little loves. Henry loves to eat. He makes little happy food grunts and hungry grunts when he wants more. Henry LOVES to hug, but equally loves to attempt to rip off faces/hair. He enjoys splashing and rolling around. Dislikes: Being put down when he wants to play. Being overtired… Hmmm… I don’t know. He’s so dang happy. He’s a lover of life. Things I Don’t Want to Forget: Henry is my little man. It absolutely blows my mind how sweet he is. He gets the biggest smiles when he sees his momma. And he gives me the best and biggest hugs. I love just laying around with him and don’t want to forget those moments. When I tickle his little belly, when he grabs onto my face and laughs. All of it. His relationship with Charlie is also just magical. The way he looks are her… it’s just so sweet. He has sparkle eyes and he gives them to her often. He just waits – with a smile from ear to ear – for her to say something that sends him roaring. Despite the fact that she constantly steals his toys, rolls him over, and bosses him around, he absolutely adores her. The other day, I was thinking about how crazy the past 7 months have been. I’ve found 2 children to be much more challenging than 1. There’s like 5 times the amount of things to do at all moments and there are so many moments where if you stopped me in my tracks and asked me what I was doing at that exact moment, I’d list 6 things off. BUT, despite it all, it’s all so incredibly fulfilling and magical and perfect and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I have so many moments that I want to just bottle up and keep preserved forever… sitting in Charlie’s bed with Mark, Charlie & Henry, reading stories… Charlie explaining the story to Henry and showing him the book, letting him hold it… Sitting at the dinner table, watching both kids laugh hysterically, as Mark and I laugh and love. Everything. It’s just been so incredibly rewarding and perfect. My heart is full. Don’t you wish you could bottle up all the sweetness of this time! You’re right, time goes so so fast! Sounds like Henry is a healthy and happy boy! Yes! Absolutely. I find myself saying that quite often.

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DO NOT apply finish seal to the surface of the decking. Any sealant that gets on the surface must be wiped off instantly.Low clearance decks want particular care. Considering that ventilation alternatives are minimal on a deck becoming constructed so close to the ground or substructure, excellent care must be taken to maximize the air flow in the style stage and also for the duration of building. Widening the gaps between the deck boards and leaving open ends" of the understructure of the deck are the two most efficient techniques to attain adequate ventilation. Clean the dust and debris from the location you have chipped. This will permit the new material to have a solid surface to adhere to. A wire brush is a good choice for this step. A stiff bristled broom or paintbrush will also operate. Depending on the age and condition of the concrete chemical cleaning might be essential, it is very best to seek the advice of a pro.Scrape the paint stain with a putty knife. Try to gently chip off as a lot of the best layer of paint as possible. Any paint you can remove this way will be less paint that the alcohol has to cut via. Be cautious not to dig into the wood and leave scratch marks behind.Composites look WAY much better when installed with an invisible fastening program. This indicates that no visible screws are present in the installation. I can't stress this enough. If you go to the expense of a composite deck surface, be sure to go with invisible fasteners. Also, if you do go with a strong composite, take complete benefit of the ability to shape the edges. The images below a composite deck transplant job with invisible fasteners and edge details applied to the boards. Some boards cannot be secured with fasteners from below, and that is what the photo with plugs and best screw holes are all about.Even though new types of treated material might be safer than CCA lumber, they're not completely benign. Companies normally advise wearing gloves and a dust mask when handling or cutting the wood, washing hands completely ahead of smoking or consuming, and laundering function clothes separately. Scraps must not be burned.For composite decking—that's decking created from recycled plastic materials and wood—follow the manufacturer's suggestions. For an even lighter look, you can wet the wood lightly, apply the stain and wipe off a portion of the stain. Using the Bow Wrench installation tool (or Hardwood Wrench), apply stress to gradually press the section collectively (be sure clips are in the grooves).

We used the most comprehensive dataset on biodiversity to date to identify the priority areas for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon. Our dataset includes occurrence data on terrestrial angiosperm, arthropods, and vertebrates (see figure below). In the angiosperm groups, we included only the most speciose (with high number of species) and widely distributed families in Brazil: Asteraceae, Bromeliaceae, Fabaceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, Orchidaceae, Poaceae, and Rubiaceae. For the arthropods, we compiled data on bees, spiders, polydesmid millipedes, flies, tiger moths, dragonflies, and Orthoptera. Vertebrates include birds, mammals, and amphibians. We compiled a comprehensive dataset including several taxonomic groups to derive a series of biodiversity variables to map priority areas for conservation in the Brazilian Amazon. Our major set of quantitative variables includes species richness, area of endemism, phylogenetic endemism, and endemicity (See table below). Data on species occurrence for all groups were used for estimating these variables. We selected these variables because they refer to different biodiversity aspects and thus their correlation is low. These quantitative variables were then integrated based on phylogenic composition and species composition criteria (see figures below). Species richness, endemism, and areas of endemism have equal weights in mapping priority for biodiversity conservation based on consensus of Species Composition and Phylogenetic Composition. Species richness, endemism, and areas of endemism have equal weights in model. Conservation priorities analysis consists of summing the quantitative variables in each region of the map of consensus of Species composition and Phylogenetic composition. All species and groups were included in the analysis. See detailed methodology by accessing the full report.

WakeOnLan / "wol" A no-nonsense, simple Wake-on-LAN implementation, that can be invoked via the command 'wol'. <target MAC address> is a string containing exactly 12 hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F, case insensitive) and any additional non-whitespace delimiters (':', '-', '_' etc.). Wake-on-LAN is enabled by the target machine (usually in UEFI/BIOS). In plain words, the 6 bytes FF FF FF FF FF FF are followed by the target MAC address 16 times, and sent to the UDP broadcast address on port 12287. This is preceded by validation, and the documentation if wrong input is detected.