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Week of 11/6/11
November 8, 2011
ECB: Friend or Foe?
Mohamed El-Erian: “There is only one institution that has an immediately-available balance sheet that could stabilise the situation in the next few days and weeks — the ECB. … [but it] needs others to help on four critical issues: a bold and lasting separation in how we deal with Europe’s insolvent nations and its illiquid ones; a regional programme to enhance growth and employment; immediate actions to counter the fragility of the banking system; and bold political decisions to strengthen the institutional underpinning of the eurozone.”
John Quiggin: “This failure has been caused by the policy choices of one of the few European institutions that has the capacity to act unilaterally and decisively: the ECB. … [It] has pursued a ‘one size fits nobody’ policy of monetary contraction, at a time when no European economy is growing strongly. … Unlike any previous central bank in history, the bank has disclaimed any responsibility for the European financial system it effectively controls, or even for the viability of the euro as a currency.” — 11/10/11
CRISIS: Italian Yields Over 7 Pct
Italian sovereign bond yields surged beyond the critical 7-pct demarcation line overnight. That’s the line considered to separate sustainable debt costs from unsustainable, and now Italy — a G8 member that is the EU’s third largest economy and the world’s eighth — has crossed into the unsustainable zone. The ECB engaged in emergency bond buying in an effort to avert catastrophe for Rome and the entire EU.
Nouriel Roubini thinks “markets are telling [Italian PM Silvio] Berlusconi to leave now. They don’t buy his scheme of pretending to leave in two weeks after a budget is passed.” Not that political shuffling will do much. Barclays analysts believe Italy is “now mathematically beyond the point of no return,” that reforms will “not be enough to prevent crisis,” and that “growth and austerity [won’t be] enough to offset the cost of debt.” Martin Wolf suggests that the EU needs to make widespread adjustments that risk inflation, or break up. — 11/9/11
Italian Bonds Toe The Red Line
The EU’s new plan has done nothing but push Italian bond yields higher. You read here last Friday, “Italian yields are now over 6.35 pct — their crisis-high region, where they began August, and you may recall what a swell month that turned out to be.” Now Italian yields are 6.66 pct. CNNMoney: “The 7 pct level isn’t an automatic bailout trigger but it is the level that prompted bailouts for Portugal and Ireland. Even though those countries share PIIGS status with Italy, they’re tiny in comparison. Keeping Italian bond yields under 7 pct is essential because unlike Greece, Italy is too big to bail out. … Italy is the third-largest economy in Europe, behind Germany and France, and it has one of the largest bond markets in Europe.” Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is under pressure to step down because he has not delivered economic reforms he promised. CNBC reports the ECB may not continue its bond-buying program that’s helped hold down yields since summer. “Yves Mersch, a member of the central bank’s Governing Council, warned in an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa on Sunday that it could stop buying Italian bonds if Italy fails to take appropriate action over its debt.”— 11/8/11
EU Banks Very Exposed
WSJ: “European banks are sitting on heaps of exotic mortgage products and other risky assets that predate the financial crisis, adding to pressure on lenders that also are holding large quantities of euro-zone government debt. …
“Sixteen top European banks are holding a total of about €386B ($532B) of potentially suspect credit-market and real-estate assets, according to a recent report by Credit Suisse analysts. That’s more than the €339B of Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish government debt that those same banks were holding at the end of last year, according to European ‘stress test’ data.” — 11/8/11
US Banks Cook The Books
S&P is displeased with a US accounting rule that allows banks to chalk up earnings gains when their own creditworthiness deteriorates, and usually report them as credit valuation adjustments (CVAs) or debit valuation adjustments (DVAs).
FT Alphaville: “The credit deterioration of Bank of America, for example, was responsible for the entirety of its reported net income. For JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, it provided a profit boost. … For Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley it offset further losses. All in all, a nice cushion.” (Emphasis mine.) S&P wants to end the practice because it varies from bank to bank, and doesn’t provide the best way of assessing the amount the bank will actually need to pay to settle its debts.
Meanwhile, banks are able to steal enough from customers to more than cover resulting lawsuits. A judge approved a $410M settlement in a class-action lawsuit affecting more than 13M Bank of America customers who incurred debit card overdrafts during the past decade. The problem? ABCNews: “Barry Himmelstein, an attorney for customers who objected to the deal, said he calculated that the bank actually raked in $4.5B through the overdraft fees and was repaying less than 10 pct. He said the average customer in the case had $300 in overdraft fees, making them eligible for a $27 award — less than one overdraft charge — from the lawsuit.” — 11/8/11
Insiders Bailing
CNNMoney: “Insider selling accelerated in October to the most aggressive pace since February. That follows the S&P 500’s gain of 11 pct — its best monthly performance in almost 20 years.
“In fact, there were almost $19 worth of insider stock sales in October for every $1 of insider buys, according to market research firm TrimTabs. That was way up from near record low levels of insider selling — between $2 and $4 of sales for every $1 of insider buying — in August and September.” — 11/8/11
Stocks Still Overvalued
John Hussman writes: “Our broadest models continue to imply a probability of oncoming recession near 100 pct. … While Wall Street remains effusive about stocks being cheap on a ‘forward operating earnings’ basis, that conclusion rests on the assumption that profit margins will sustain record highs more than 50 pct above their historical norms into the indefinite future. That assumption is terribly at odds with historical evidence (as it was in 2007 when Wall Street was gurgling exactly the same thing). Given that stocks are a claim on a very long-duration stream of deliverable cash flows, our money is clearly on more thoughtful and historically reliable valuation methods. …
“In our view, investors should presently hold risky assets only in the amount they would be willing to hold through the duration of significant downturn, without abandoning them in the interim. … We emphatically don’t need to wait for the world to solve its problems before being willing to accept risk. What we do need is for those risks to be more appropriately priced in view of those problems. We’re not there by any means, but a significant change in the market’s return/risk profile could come quickly. To quote MIT economist Rudiger Dornbusch (who was a professor to the new head of the ECB, Mario Draghi), ‘The crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it happens much faster than you would have thought.'” — 11/8/11
Train Wreck Priced In
Scott Minerd, chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, told the New York Times, “We’ve reached a stage where we all understand that a train wreck of some sort is coming. The question is what will the wreck actually look like, how much damage will it do, and the markets have already priced in a lot of damage.” He expects worse to come from the Greek crisis, but thinks it might not be as bad as the market believes.
Elsewhere in the Times, Gretchen Morgenson finds two lessons in MF Global’s blow-up: “The first is that our financial institutions are not impervious to Euro-shocks. The second is that when those problems reach our shores, they usually ride in on a wave of derivatives.” The problem with credit derivatives is “risks that can be hidden from view, and risks that are not backed by adequate postings of collateral.” Yes, those are the same problems that sank AIG. Too bad net credit default swaps on debt issued by France total $24B today compared to $14.4B a year ago. Italy weighs in at $21.2B, Spain $17B, and Greece $3.7B. — 11/7/11
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The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H. Lawrence
In Atlas Obscura, we find that Asheville, NC has a lot of very large urban wildlife, and the experts (of course!) are studying the issue of just how many bears can live in the city.
Over the past decade, Asheville has racked up all kinds of accolades: according to one list of fawning headlines, it’s “Fantastically Yoga-Friendly,” “One of America’s 12 Greatest Music Cities,” “The Biggest Little Culinary Capital in America,” “#1 Beer City USA,” and “America’s #1 Quirkiest Town.”
Somewhat more quietly, it’s also one of America’s Best Cities for Bears. They hang out near the local hospital, and at the storied Grove Park Inn. Mailmen regularly run into them on their routes. Last August, a bear broke into an Asheville man’s home and stole a stick of butter out of his kitchen trash. As part of its pre-show, the Fine Arts Movie Theater, in downtown, shows a photo of a curious black bear reading its marquee from across the street. “I never saw a black bear until I moved to the city,” Boll says. “Now, I’ll be driving and I’ll go, ‘There’s a bear in someone’s yard!’ or ‘Look at that bear, knocking over that trash can and taking the bag!'”
When we talk about urban wildlife, we’re usually referring to small, deft creatures—squirrels, pigeons, or other standbys that mind their own business and fade into the background. Your average city-dweller might catch a deer in their headlights every once in a while, or spot a raccoon digging through the trash. A bear is something of a different story. A male can weigh 600 pounds. That’s not the kind of creature you get used to seeing on your commute.
Somewhere around 8,000 black bears range around western North Carolina, and many of those make Asheville itself part of their meandering. According to the Urban-Suburban Bear Study, an ongoing project by the state’s Wildlife Resources Commission and North Carolina State University, these bears are very healthy, often well-fed enough to have twice as many cubs as your average scrappy mountain bear, and confident enough to den right outside of town.
After a couple of years of study, the researchers—along with most of Asheville’s humans—are wondering exactly how many bears the city can hold. | TALSCO |
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The City of Sault Ste. Marie will host the first of three Advance Vote days on Saturday, October 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Civic Centre.
Additional Advance Vote days will be held at the Civic Centre on Wednesday, October 10 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, October 13 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The City has partnered with both the Canadian Hearing Society to provide sign language interpreter services and with the CNIB to provide enhanced accessibility. Both agencies will be on site between 10 a.m. and noon and 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10. Tools to assist individuals with visual impairments will be available at every voting location on October 22.
Sault Ste. Marie Transit will provide free bus service to riders who present their voter notification card on Advance Vote days and on Voting Day. Voters should receive their 'You Vote at Card' in the mail this week.
Electors must provide identification when they vote showing their name and qualifying address. The 'You Vote at Card' is not an acceptable piece of identification.
Students may vote both in their home community and in the Ontario municipality at which they attend post-secondary school.
On Voting Day, October 22, electors will vote at their assigned voting location as identified on the 'You Vote at Card'. Alternatively, electors can find their voting location at saultstemarie.ca/election under 'Voter Services'. For further information, voters are encouraged to visit the City's website or contact the City Clerk's Department at 705-759-5388. | NECANY |
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“Dear Mr. Snowden, you are a former agent,” Putin said, after a hasty translation by one of the television channel’s presenters. “I used to have dealings with intelligence. We will speak in a common professional language.”
Russia doesn’t have the same scale of operations, Putin said. It has fewer funds and its technical ability lags behind the U.S. “Our special services are under strict control by the government and society.” | TPLSDM |
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In this work, we investigate the carrier recombination dynamics in InGaN-based blue LED devices by analyzing the radiative and nonradiative carrier lifetimes as functions of driving current. To separate the radiative and nonradiative carrier lifetimes, we utilize the information on the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and differential carrier lifetime. For comparative analysis, the characteristics of the IQE and electroluminescence spectrum are also used. Through measurements and analyses, we demonstrate that the saturation of the radiative recombination rate induced by the phase-space filling in the active volume triggers the increase in nonradiative recombination rate, thus leading to the efficiency droop. (C) 2017 The Japan Society of Applied Physics | TBDCIS |
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Today, Global Citizen and Cadillac announce a new partnership to inspire a new generation of social entrepreneurs. The Accelerator Series will award social entrepreneurs using innovation and creativity to solve some of the world's most challenging problems.
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I was saying to Effie, “Effie Honey, them damn Yahoo Cowboys that was running this country into the ground before this bunch took over; they blew a hole in the good ole USS AMERICA so big my lumbago is still actin up! If terrorism is doing damage, didn’t they and them un-jailed bankers do it!? Then this bunch with that there Obama fella, well they say things, but we are still sinking, and no jailed bankers?”
“Rights, Privacy! What Rights, What Privacy? Patriot Act! I’ll give you a Patriot Act, Liberate This! (a finger in the air)…” “Well what you think Honey, you know I value your opinion.”….
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Malignaggi Laughs at Khan's Mayweather, Pacquiao Dreams
By Mark Vester
Junior welterweight Paulie Malignaggi finds Amir Khan's recent comments very amusing. Malignaggi can't believe Khan had the nerve to tell people he will be ready to fight the like of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in twelve months. Malignaggi doesn't think Khan is in their league and says his boxing record proves it.
"He really believes his own hype. If he said 'I'm a champion and I'm learning on the way up and I'm hungry and I want to face all of the best fighters.' I would say 'this guy, it's okay to be cocky because he understands where he's at.' But he doesn't understand where he's at," Malignaggi said.
"He just said a few days ago he's ready to fight a Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather. I want the drugs he's on. He's on some good stuff. A guy who got knocked out by Breidis Prescott 15-months ago is calling out Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. If this was an American fighter, they would laugh at him. But because he's a foreign fighter the British press says 'oh my goodness he's calling out Mayweather and Pacquiao' and then the American press jumps on their bandwagon."
Malignaggi has his chance to shut Khan on up on May 15 when they clash at New York's Madison Square Garden.
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New Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir Videos Compare Classic and Refined ModesYou may just need to play the game twice.12.16.15 - 3:29 AM
When Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir releases next year, the gameplay will come in two different fashions. You can play in Classic mode: a direct HD port of the PlayStation 2 game, and play Refined mode: fancier animations, more voice over, extra bosses and expanded areas. The Refined version has updated combat, similar to more recent Vanillaware games like Dragon's Crown These two new videos below show off the differences between the two modes with the opening chapter of the game.
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As you check out the various segments pertaining to each scale or mode take notice of how the phrasing changes from style to style. Just think back to how the Ionian mode was approached in the previous segment where a straight-ahead jazz vibe was employed while you view the very different approach to this more modern rock feel. Be it bending compared to no bending, the manner in which you apply legato techniques or even how you use the tone you're playing with to your advantage; the style you're playing in will absolutely affect how you play. That said you might find yourself using a certain set of fingerings from the PDF charts for one particular style while going for another set that's completely different when playing another style. Conversely, you might grab onto a certain fingering scheme but rely more on phrasing variations to match the style you're playing in. There's no rules! | TMBSNA |
Debian
OCaml Package Manager (opam)
On other operating systems and distribution, you can install
opam, then type the following command
line. Depending on your installation, you might also need to install the OCaml
compiler, as well as bz2 and gzip headers.
$ opam pin add mabo . --yes
Building MaBo with opam was sucessfully tested on Debian, CentOS, Arch Linux,
FreeBSD 10 and Mac OS X with Homebrew.
Docker
For convenience, the Dockerfile takes care of everything, and build the mabo
binary. The following command lines show how to build the
Docker image and launch the mabo prefixes sub-command
on a local MRT dump.
Get some MRT files
To run the following command examples, you will need two MRT dumps available on
the RIS RIPE website.
Copying and pasting the following commands in a terminal will grab the
lastest-bview.gz and lastest-update.gz dumps and store them at your current
location.
mabo dump
The dump sub-command parses a single MRT file, and print the data in MaBo JSON
format. Each line corresponds either to a MRT TABLE_DUMP_V2 entry, or a BGP
UPDATE message. The --legacy argument will print the data like
bgpdump.
When fast processing is needed, the Python script src/mabo_dump_mp.py can be
used take advantage of multi-cores. It is a simple wrapper around the dump
sub-command that dispatch the processing to different mabo processes. A bview
MRT dump can then be processed in less than 30 seconds. Here is an example
command using 6 processes.
$ python ./src/mabo_dump_mp.py -j 6 -b ./mabo latest-bview.gz
mabo prefixes
The prefixes sub-command parses a single MRT file, and dump a list of AS and
IP prefixes. The --asn-list argument can be used to restrict the output to a
specific list of AS numbers.
The cut command is here to generate a prefixes.txt file as expected by the
mabo follow command described bellow.
mabo follow
The follow sub-command parses multiple MRT files, whose filenames use the RIS
naming convention. Its first mandatory argument is a file containing IP
prefixes. It will follow UPDATE and WITHDRAW messages, and output the
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2018 NCAA Regional Tournament Scores: Day 2 On June 2
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Here are the 2018 NCAA Regional tournament scores and highlights on Day 2 on Saturday, June 2. It was another wild day of action, as No. 1 seed Florida State was eliminated, while Texas and Oregon State impressed.
Florida State became the first No. 1 seed to be eliminated from this year’s NCAA regional tournament after the Seminoles were defeated for a second successive time in the Tallahassee Regional.
After losing to No. 4 seed Samford on the opening day on Friday, FSU fell 3-2 to No. 2 seed Mississippi State on Saturday, resulting in a premature elimination from a tournament it was favored to win.
Meanwhile, top seed and national No. 1 ranked Florida held on for a 3-2 win over No. 2 seed Jacksonville to advance to the Gainesville Regional at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium.
Another top seed, Oregon State, belted No. 2 seed LSU 14-1 in the Corvallis Regional to book a place in the championship game, while the Tigers will now take on No. 4 seed Northwestern State in an elimination game on Sunday, starting at 3 p.m. and streaming live on ESPN3.
In the Austin Regional at UFCU Disch-Falk Field, Texas scored three very early runs and kept scoring consistently throughout the contest to pick up an 8-3 win over No. 3 seed Texas A&M.
Texas scored eight runs on 15 hits.
The Aggies rack up nine hits against the No. 1 seeded Longhorns, but it isn’t sufficient to help earn a win.
Elsewhere, freshman Jace Chamberlin hammered a 2-0 pitch out of the ballpark to help Cal State Fullerton registered a 2-1 victory against No. 1 seed Stanford in the Stanford Regional.
The defeat for the Cardinal at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond on Saturday sees them facing elimination and must beat No. 2 seed Baylor to stay alive in the tournament.
Tallahassee Regional No. 3 seed Oklahoma also advance to its championship game after defeating No. 4 seed Samford 4-0 for its second win.
No. 2 seed Auburn defeated No. 4 seed Army 12-1 in the Raleigh Regional at Doak Field to advance to the championship, while No. 1 seed NC State survived elimination by beating No. 3 seed Northeastern, 9-3 and stay on track to win in Raleigh. | TNWFCL |
The ultimate “have” are the reigning Super Bowl champs, the New Orleans Saints. From top to bottom, on both sides of the ball, the Saints are stacked with stars that will no doubt have New Orleans thinking repeat, all season long. From there, the Atlanta Falcons seem to be the only squad that could maybe pose a challenge to the Saints in the division. Atlanta has the talent to match up with New Orleans, but after sub-par years from QB Matt Ryan and RB Michael Turner, the Falcons will turn to these franchise players to bounce back big time if the Falcons hope to return to the playoff picture.
Then we have the “have-nots.” Granted, the Carolina Panthers do have three worthy fantasy starters on their roster, with the two-headed backfield monster of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, along with veteran wideout Steve Smith (that’s the original Steve Smith). But with the unproven Matt Moore behind center for Carolina, with no one but rookie Jimmy Clausen challenging him for the starting job, the Panthers will likely be going through some growing pains this season, and maybe for a few seasons to come. Losing Julius Peppers on the defensive side of the ball will sting also.
But at least Carolina has some stars to feature. That can’t be said for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. If I were to bet on one NFL team to go winless this upcoming season, here’s where my money would go. The Bucs have little to no chance of finishing anywhere but in last place in the NFC South. Unless you’re a Tampa fan (I’m sorry), I challenge you to even name five players on the roster.
So now that we’ve painted the divisional picture, let’s highlight some of the colorful fantasy talent featured in the NFC South.
Team Profiles
Atlanta Falcons
As I mentioned earlier, for the Falcons to go anywhere in 2010, they’ll need more out of the players at the skill positions. QB Matt Ryan got off to a solid start last season, but then the sophomore slump went into effect. By all accounts, he’s working harder than ever to progress further in his development, so look for a nice comeback season ahead for the former B.C. Eagle.
In the backfield, Michael Turner will look to rebound from the ankle injury that cost him action through much of the latter half of last season. If he can remain healthy, Turner’s worth a look late in the first round, especially due to Atlanta’s rather weak schedule. Behind Turner are role players Jason Snelling and Jerious Norwood, neither of which are worthy of anything more than a late round flier pick, unless of course you aim to handcuff Turner.
On the outside, the passing game will feature top 10 fantasy WR Roddy White, and on the inside, Ryan will turn to All Pro TE Tony Gonzalez. White is likely to be drafted in the second or third round of your draft, while Gonzalez’s draft position has slipped significantly from prior years. He’s no longer in the top 5 at his position, so if your heart is set on drafting the former Chief, you can probably wait until after the top tier of tight ends are off the board, like Dallas Clark, Antonio Gates, and Vernon Davis. Behind these guys however, you won’t find much. Receivers Michael Jenkins and Harry Douglas will vie for targets, but neither receiver is worth any serious consideration in fantasy land before the last few rounds.
Carolina Panthers
Long time QB Jake Delhomme was shown the door in the off-season, as the reigns of the offense are handed to Matt Moore for the short term, while the Panthers groom rookie Jimmy Clausen into the team’s next franchise QB. Moore won’t light up the stat sheet, but he could be worthy of a bye-week replacement pick for your starting QB. His Week 8 start against the awful Rams might act as a good filler if your starting QB is on bye that week, like Eli Manning, Jay Cutler, Matt Ryan, or Joe Flacco will be.
Moore will throw to Steve Smith, but after that, who knows will get the targets. Smith has been the only show in town for years now, as the Panthers’ brass tries to find someone who can compliment him in the passing game. They drafted Brandon LaFell, and have Armanti Edwards and Dwayne Jarrett, but none of those guys should even sniff a roster spot for your fantasy team. Tight end Dante Rosario was supposed to be an up-and-comer at the position, but he’s been lapped by several more talented players, making Rosario worthless in the fantasy world as well.
So where do you turn for fantasy studs in Carolina? You head to the running back position, where you’ll find a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart. Now I will say that I’m not as high on these two as other fantasy gurus seem to be, but that’s not because of a lack of talent on their behalf. It’s more because the team’s lack of talent will likely lead to falling behind early in games, thus the need will arise to abandon the run in favor of the deep ball, in a comeback effort week after week. But Williams and Stewart surely belong on fantasy rosters without question, with Williams being drafted in the late first or early second round, and Stewart being taken off the board by the fifth or sixth round.
New Orleans Saints
Fantasy talent is featured up and down the New Orleans roster, and it all starts with Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees. If Brees isn’t the top quarterback picked in your draft, you better believe he’ll at least be the second one off the board, as he and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers duke it out for that top spot.
Brees has a handful of offensive weapons at his disposal, including receivers Marques Colston, Robert Meachem, Devery Henderson, and Lance Moore, along with a still productive Jeremy Shockey at TE. All five, believe it or not, have fantasy value, with Colston a definite starter, and the rest acting as good depth to have for your fantasy roster.
Running the ball for the Saints will be the bruising Pierre Thomas, who is poised to have a breakout season this year. With no Mike Bell in the backfield to siphon away carries, Thomas will shoulder the brunt of the ground game’s workload, with Reggie Bush used more on third down passing plays. Lynell Hamilton will also see some action at the running back position, with the possibility of him stealing away some of the goal-line, red zone carries from Thomas and Bush. He may be worth a look in the late rounds, knowing that points will be plentiful for any Saint you can put on your fantasy team.
The Saints also have the best options at kicker and team defense in the division, with the D-unit loaded with playmakers and kicker Garrett Hartley ready to pile on the points for New Orleans.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
If you’re not riding in the Cadillac, you shouldn’t be riding with any Buccaneers this upcoming season, plain and simple.
Cadillac Williams, if he can remain healthy, provides some value at the RB position, and he should be able to be had in the middle rounds. Derrick Ward, the former Giant, and big man Earnest Graham should also be drafted, but not until the tail end of the draft, if you’ve got RB spots to fill.
Otherwise, QB Josh Freeman is a turnover machine and still has no value for you and your fantasy team. And, who is he going to throw to? Sure, Kellen Winslow will get some touches at the tight end spot, but only because Tampa has no other reliable, proven options. The Bucs drafted a pair of receivers, second-rounder Arrelious Benn and fourth-round pick Mike Williams, and both will be leaned on heavily right from game #1. If you want to take a gamble with either one, go right ahead… but don’t bother with either until the last few rounds of your draft. | TSCHDN |
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North East Roofing Contractors Association Legislative Corner
Here is what is happening in the nation and the states in the NERCA region of the U.S.
NATION:
With voters giving Democrats control of the House of Representatives and Republicans maintaining control of the Senate, it is clear that a divided Congress will ensure that compromises will be necessary to move any legislation. Observers believe that an infrastructure bill might be one of the only areas where Democrats and Republicans could work together, however both sides might prefer to posture for public approval while denying the other any legislative victories ahead of the 2020 election.
CONNECTICUT:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers outlined plans to address the crumbling foundations crisis, including recommending state legislation to test quarries and regulate the amount of pyrrhotite, the iron-sulfide mineral causing foundations to deteriorate. The corps is recommending the state establish an acceptable amount of pyrrhotite in aggregate for concrete. Any aggregate with less than 0.1% sulfide would be acceptable for use. The Corps recommends testing every 25,000 tons of material or every three months, whichever is more frequent. With a cost of about $5,000 per test and a rock price of about $25 per ton, the cost of testing would represent about 1% of the cost of aggregate and prevent future problems.
MAINE:
After 8 years of Republican control, Maine’s state government is now going to be dominated by Democrats. Including now sizeable majorities of both houses of the State Legislature, firebrand Governor Paul LePage is going to be replaced by Maine’s first female governor Janet Mills. The first order of business for the new administration will be to expand the state Medicaid program, MaineCare as was supported by the voters in a previous ballot referendum, but opposed by the Governor and conservative Republicans.
MASSACHUSETTS:
This 12th annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard was published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The scorecard ranks states based on 32 metrics in six areas. Massachusetts continued to rank No. 1 overall. It launched a plan to set new three-year energy savings targets and approved utility spending for grid-scale modernization. “We are proud Massachusetts leads the nation in energy efficiency for the eighth year in a row, and we will continue to adopt and pursue measures that deliver billions of dollars in savings to our residents and businesses each year,” said Massachusetts’ Gov. Charlie Baker.
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
For the first time ever, a Republican Governor will have to work with an all Democratic Legislature. Following the election where New Hampshire Democrats won a majority in the State Legislature, Gov. Chris Sununu must now work with Democrats to identify shared goals. Among these priorities are initiatives like workforce training, paid family leave, healthcare, and mental health funding. However, it is also likely that Democrats could force the hand of the Governor by passing legislation which the Governor would have difficulty signing into law without upsetting his base.
NEW JERSEY:
The New Jersey Legislature is gearing back up with Democrats feeling further emboldened after recreational marijuana legalization and a potential big boost in the minimum wage could mean big changes in the lives of many New Jerseyans. Senate President Stephen Sweeney has said he expects legislative hearings on recreational marijuana this month, and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said he hopes his chamber could vote on a $15 minimum wage bill in December.
NEW YORK:
While Governor Andrew Cuomo may have been happy to hear that Amazon would be locating half of their HQ2 in Long Island City, many New Yorkers, including City Councilors and Congress people are casting doubt on the promised benefits that the HQ2 will bring. With affordable housing already a problem in and around New York City, some are concerned that an influx of additional tech workers could exacerbate the problem. In addition, progressive Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio Cortez has entered the fray criticizing the promised tax breaks and incentives against the promised 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in revenue offered by Amazon which is now to be split in half.
PENNSYLVANIA:
Democratic Governor Tom Wolf will be getting some reinforcements in the state government following the election. Although Republicans will maintain their majorities in the State Assembly, they have lost their supermajorities which allowed them to threaten to override any vetoes from the Governor. Democrats picked up a net of 11 seats in the House and won 5 new ones in the Senate, giving them their biggest election night wins since the 1970s. Republicans will have 110 members in the House and Democrats 93. The Senate will have 29 GOP senators and Democrats 21.
RHODE ISLAND:
With the Democratic majority in the Rhode Island Legislature never in question, the Democratic Caucus is already moving swiftly to enact new legislation to insulate the state from the national Republican party. This includes codifying many Republican hot button issues into state law, including Obamacare protections, abortion rights, net neutrality, trans and LGBTQ rights, consumer protections, and climate change regulations. By addressing these issues through the state law, Rhode Island policymakers believe they can shield the state from any Trump Administration regulatory reforms or any rulings by the Supreme Court to remove federal protection for minority groups.
VERMONT:
In 2014, Vermont voters elected Phil Scott as their Governor and in 2018 they reelected him by almost 15 percentage points. This defeat crushed the hopes of the first mainstream transgender candidate. However, voters also handed a legislative supermajority to the state Democratic party. In his first term, the Governor vetoed 14 bills including the state budget three times to avoid additional taxes. Once he vetoed marijuana legalization, effectively delaying the bill for seven months until a compromise emerged. He vetoed a minimum wage hike, a paid family leave program, and bills about chemicals in toys and racism in government.
Learn more about NERCA and the benefits of membership at www.nerca.org. | TNCESD |
# getcwd.m4 - check for working getcwd that is compatible with glibc
# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
# Written by Paul Eggert.
# serial 18
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_NULL],
[
AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([unistd.h])
AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether getcwd (NULL, 0) allocates memory for result],
[gl_cv_func_getcwd_null],
[AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
# include <stdlib.h>
# if HAVE_UNISTD_H
# include <unistd.h>
# else /* on Windows with MSVC */
# include <direct.h>
# endif
# ifndef getcwd
char *getcwd ();
# endif
]], [[
#if defined _WIN32 && ! defined __CYGWIN__
/* mingw cwd does not start with '/', but getcwd does allocate.
However, mingw fails to honor non-zero size. */
#else
if (chdir ("/") != 0)
return 1;
else
{
char *f = getcwd (NULL, 0);
if (! f)
return 2;
if (f[0] != '/')
{ free (f); return 3; }
if (f[1] != '\0')
{ free (f); return 4; }
free (f);
return 0;
}
#endif
]])],
[gl_cv_func_getcwd_null=yes],
[gl_cv_func_getcwd_null=no],
[[case "$host_os" in
# Guess yes on glibc systems.
*-gnu* | gnu*) gl_cv_func_getcwd_null="guessing yes";;
# Guess yes on musl systems.
*-musl*) gl_cv_func_getcwd_null="guessing yes";;
# Guess yes on Cygwin.
cygwin*) gl_cv_func_getcwd_null="guessing yes";;
# If we don't know, obey --enable-cross-guesses.
*) gl_cv_func_getcwd_null="$gl_cross_guess_normal";;
esac
]])])
])
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_SIGNATURE],
[
AC_CACHE_CHECK([for getcwd with POSIX signature],
[gl_cv_func_getcwd_posix_signature],
[AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
[AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
[[#include <unistd.h>]],
[[extern
#ifdef __cplusplus
"C"
#endif
char *getcwd (char *, size_t);
]])
],
[gl_cv_func_getcwd_posix_signature=yes],
[gl_cv_func_getcwd_posix_signature=no])
])
])
dnl Guarantee that getcwd will malloc with a NULL first argument. Assumes
dnl that either the system getcwd is robust, or that calling code is okay
dnl with spurious failures when run from a directory with an absolute name
dnl larger than 4k bytes.
dnl
dnl Assumes that getcwd exists; if you are worried about obsolete
dnl platforms that lacked getcwd(), then you need to use the GPL module.
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_LGPL],
[
AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_NULL])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_SIGNATURE])
case $gl_cv_func_getcwd_null,$gl_cv_func_getcwd_posix_signature in
*yes,yes) ;;
*)
dnl Minimal replacement lib/getcwd-lgpl.c.
REPLACE_GETCWD=1
;;
esac
])
dnl Check for all known getcwd bugs; useful for a program likely to be
dnl executed from an arbitrary location.
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETCWD],
[
AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_NULL])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_GETCWD_SIGNATURE])
AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
gl_abort_bug=no
case "$host_os" in
mingw*)
gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max=yes
;;
*)
gl_FUNC_GETCWD_PATH_MAX
case "$gl_cv_func_getcwd_null" in
*yes)
gl_FUNC_GETCWD_ABORT_BUG([gl_abort_bug=yes])
;;
esac
;;
esac
dnl Define HAVE_MINIMALLY_WORKING_GETCWD and HAVE_PARTLY_WORKING_GETCWD
dnl if appropriate.
case "$gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max" in
*"no" | *"no, it has the AIX bug") ;;
*)
AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MINIMALLY_WORKING_GETCWD], [1],
[Define to 1 if getcwd minimally works, that is, its result can be
trusted when it succeeds.])
;;
esac
case "$gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max" in
*"no, but it is partly working")
AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PARTLY_WORKING_GETCWD], [1],
[Define to 1 if getcwd works, except it sometimes fails when it
shouldn't, setting errno to ERANGE, ENAMETOOLONG, or ENOENT.])
;;
*"yes, but with shorter paths")
AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GETCWD_SHORTER], [1],
[Define to 1 if getcwd works, but with shorter paths
than is generally tested with the replacement.])
;;
esac
if { case "$gl_cv_func_getcwd_null" in *yes) false;; *) true;; esac; } \
|| test $gl_cv_func_getcwd_posix_signature != yes \
|| { case "$gl_cv_func_getcwd_path_max" in *yes*) false;; *) true;; esac; } \
|| test $gl_abort_bug = yes; then
REPLACE_GETCWD=1
fi
])
# Prerequisites of lib/getcwd.c, when full replacement is in effect.
AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_GETCWD],
[
AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_CHECK_TYPE_STRUCT_DIRENT_D_INO])
:
])
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*
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* along with this program as the file COPYING.txt; if not, please see
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt.
*
* As a special exception, you have permission to link this program
* with the Oracle Client libraries and distribute executables, as long
* as you follow the requirements of the GNU GPL in regard to all of the
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#ifndef TORESULTTABLEVIEWEDIT_H
#define TORESULTTABLEVIEWEDIT_H
#include "core/toqvalue.h"
#include "core/tosql.h"
#include "core/toresult.h"
#include "core/toconnection.h"
#include <QtCore/QObject>
#include <QtCore/QAbstractTableModel>
#include <QTableView>
#include <QtCore/QModelIndex>
#include <QtCore/QList>
#include <QHeaderView>
#include <QMenu>
#include "tools/toresulttableview.h"
class toResultModel;
class toResultModelEdit;
/*! \brief Displays query result as a table and provides functionality to edit it.
Used in Schema browser tool.
*/
class toResultTableViewEdit : public toResultTableView
{
Q_OBJECT;
public:
/**
* Creates a new tableview for editing data
*
* @param readable use readable headers
* @param numberColumn display vertical header
* @param parent qobject parent
* @param name sets objectName property
*/
toResultTableViewEdit(QWidget *parent,
const char *name = 0);
virtual ~toResultTableViewEdit(void);
/**
* Reimplemented to create query and new model.
*/
virtual void query(const QString &sql, toQueryParams const& param);
toResultModelEdit* editModel();
protected slots:
// reimplemented
virtual void slotHandleDoubleClick(const QModelIndex &);
// reimplemented
// Hide all "additional" PriKey columns (staring from 1st column)
virtual void slotApplyColumnRules(void);
private slots:
/**
* Calls Model to add new record.
*/
void addRecord(void);
/**
* Calls Model to add new record.
*/
void duplicateRecord(void);
/**
* Calls Model to delete current record
*/
void deleteRecord(void);
/**
* Clears Changes
*/
void revertChanges(void);
/**
* Handle signal from model when rows are added
*/
void handleNewRows(const QModelIndex &parent, int start, int end);
protected:
/**
* Reimplemented to handle delete key
*/
virtual void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent * event);
/*
* Helper function - allocate new instance of model
* toResultTableView uses toResultModel
* while
* toResultTableViewEdit uses toResultModelEdit
*/
virtual toResultModel* allocModel(toEventQuery *query);
QString Owner, Table;
QList<QString> PriKeys;
};
#endif
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// Band-limited sound synthesis buffer
// Various changes and hacks for use in Mednafen.
#ifdef __GNUC__
#define blip_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
#else
#define blip_inline inline
#endif
#include <limits.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
// Blip_Buffer 0.4.1
#ifndef BLIP_BUFFER_H
#define BLIP_BUFFER_H
// Internal
typedef int32_t blip_long;
typedef uint32_t blip_ulong;
typedef int64_t blip_s64;
typedef uint64_t blip_u64;
// Time unit at source clock rate
typedef blip_long blip_time_t;
// Output samples are 16-bit signed, with a range of -32768 to 32767
typedef short blip_sample_t;
enum { blip_sample_max = 32767 };
class Blip_Buffer {
public:
typedef const char* blargg_err_t;
// Set output sample rate and buffer length in milliseconds (1/1000 sec, defaults
// to 1/4 second), then clear buffer. Returns NULL on success, otherwise if there
// isn't enough memory, returns error without affecting current buffer setup.
blargg_err_t set_sample_rate( long samples_per_sec, int msec_length = 1000 / 4 );
// Set number of source time units per second
void clock_rate( long );
// End current time frame of specified duration and make its samples available
// (along with any still-unread samples) for reading with read_samples(). Begins
// a new time frame at the end of the current frame.
void end_frame( blip_time_t time );
// Read at most 'max_samples' out of buffer into 'dest', removing them from from
// the buffer. Returns number of samples actually read and removed. If stereo is
// true, increments 'dest' one extra time after writing each sample, to allow
// easy interleving of two channels into a stereo output buffer.
long read_samples( blip_sample_t* dest, long max_samples, int stereo = 0 );
// Additional optional features
// Current output sample rate
long sample_rate() const;
// Length of buffer, in milliseconds
int length() const;
// Number of source time units per second
long clock_rate() const;
// Set frequency high-pass filter frequency, where higher values reduce bass more
void bass_freq( int frequency );
// Number of samples delay from synthesis to samples read out
int output_latency() const;
// Remove all available samples and clear buffer to silence. If 'entire_buffer' is
// false, just clears out any samples waiting rather than the entire buffer.
void clear( int entire_buffer = 1 );
// Number of samples available for reading with read_samples()
long samples_avail() const;
// Remove 'count' samples from those waiting to be read
void remove_samples( long count );
// Experimental features
// Count number of clocks needed until 'count' samples will be available.
// If buffer can't even hold 'count' samples, returns number of clocks until
// buffer becomes full.
blip_time_t count_clocks( long count ) const;
// Number of raw samples that can be mixed within frame of specified duration.
long count_samples( blip_time_t duration ) const;
// Mix 'count' samples from 'buf' into buffer.
void mix_samples( blip_sample_t const* buf, long count );
// not documented yet
void set_modified() { modified_ = 1; }
int clear_modified() { int b = modified_; modified_ = 0; return b; }
typedef blip_u64 blip_resampled_time_t;
void remove_silence( long count );
blip_resampled_time_t resampled_duration( int t ) const { return t * factor_; }
blip_resampled_time_t resampled_time( blip_time_t t ) const { return t * factor_ + offset_; }
blip_resampled_time_t clock_rate_factor( long clock_rate ) const;
public:
Blip_Buffer();
~Blip_Buffer();
// Deprecated
typedef blip_resampled_time_t resampled_time_t;
blargg_err_t sample_rate( long r ) { return set_sample_rate( r ); }
blargg_err_t sample_rate( long r, int msec ) { return set_sample_rate( r, msec ); }
private:
// noncopyable
Blip_Buffer( const Blip_Buffer& );
Blip_Buffer& operator = ( const Blip_Buffer& );
public:
typedef blip_time_t buf_t_;
blip_u64 factor_;
blip_resampled_time_t offset_;
buf_t_* buffer_;
blip_long buffer_size_;
blip_long reader_accum_;
int bass_shift_;
private:
long sample_rate_;
long clock_rate_;
int bass_freq_;
int length_;
int modified_;
friend class Blip_Reader;
};
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif
#define BLIP_BUFFER_ACCURACY 32
#define BLIP_PHASE_BITS 8
// Number of bits in resample ratio fraction. Higher values give a more accurate ratio
// but reduce maximum buffer size.
//#ifndef BLIP_BUFFER_ACCURACY
// #define BLIP_BUFFER_ACCURACY 16
//#endif
// Number bits in phase offset. Fewer than 6 bits (64 phase offsets) results in
// noticeable broadband noise when synthesizing high frequency square waves.
// Affects size of Blip_Synth objects since they store the waveform directly.
//#ifndef BLIP_PHASE_BITS
// #if BLIP_BUFFER_FAST
// #define BLIP_PHASE_BITS 8
// #else
// #define BLIP_PHASE_BITS 6
// #endif
//#endif
// Internal
typedef blip_u64 blip_resampled_time_t;
int const blip_widest_impulse_ = 16;
int const blip_buffer_extra_ = blip_widest_impulse_ + 2;
int const blip_res = 1 << BLIP_PHASE_BITS;
class blip_eq_t;
class Blip_Synth_Fast_ {
public:
Blip_Buffer* buf;
int last_amp;
int delta_factor;
void volume_unit( double );
Blip_Synth_Fast_();
void treble_eq( blip_eq_t const& ) { }
};
class Blip_Synth_ {
public:
Blip_Buffer* buf;
int last_amp;
int delta_factor;
void volume_unit( double );
Blip_Synth_( short* impulses, int width );
void treble_eq( blip_eq_t const& );
private:
double volume_unit_;
short* const impulses;
int const width;
blip_long kernel_unit;
int impulses_size() const { return blip_res / 2 * width + 1; }
void adjust_impulse();
};
// Quality level. Start with blip_good_quality.
const int blip_med_quality = 8;
const int blip_good_quality = 12;
const int blip_high_quality = 16;
// Range specifies the greatest expected change in amplitude. Calculate it
// by finding the difference between the maximum and minimum expected
// amplitudes (max - min).
template<int quality,int range>
class Blip_Synth {
public:
// Set overall volume of waveform
void volume( double v ) { impl.volume_unit( v * (1.0 / (range < 0 ? -range : range)) ); }
// Configure low-pass filter (see blip_buffer.txt)
void treble_eq( blip_eq_t const& eq ) { impl.treble_eq( eq ); }
// Get/set Blip_Buffer used for output
Blip_Buffer* output() const { return impl.buf; }
void output( Blip_Buffer* b ) { impl.buf = b; impl.last_amp = 0; }
// Update amplitude of waveform at given time. Using this requires a separate
// Blip_Synth for each waveform.
void update( blip_time_t time, int amplitude );
// Low-level interface
// Add an amplitude transition of specified delta, optionally into specified buffer
// rather than the one set with output(). Delta can be positive or negative.
// The actual change in amplitude is delta * (volume / range)
void offset( blip_time_t, int delta, Blip_Buffer* ) const;
void offset( blip_time_t t, int delta ) const { offset( t, delta, impl.buf ); }
// Works directly in terms of fractional output samples. Contact author for more info.
void offset_resampled( blip_resampled_time_t, int delta, Blip_Buffer* ) const;
// Same as offset(), except code is inlined for higher performance
void offset_inline( blip_time_t t, int delta, Blip_Buffer* buf ) const {
offset_resampled( t * buf->factor_ + buf->offset_, delta, buf );
}
void offset_inline( blip_time_t t, int delta ) const {
offset_resampled( t * impl.buf->factor_ + impl.buf->offset_, delta, impl.buf );
}
private:
#if BLIP_BUFFER_FAST
Blip_Synth_Fast_ impl;
#else
Blip_Synth_ impl;
typedef short imp_t;
imp_t impulses [blip_res * (quality / 2) + 1];
public:
Blip_Synth() : impl( impulses, quality ) { }
#endif
};
// Low-pass equalization parameters
class blip_eq_t {
public:
// Logarithmic rolloff to treble dB at half sampling rate. Negative values reduce
// treble, small positive values (0 to 5.0) increase treble.
blip_eq_t( double treble_db = 0 );
// See blip_buffer.txt
blip_eq_t( double treble, long rolloff_freq, long sample_rate, long cutoff_freq = 0 );
private:
double treble;
long rolloff_freq;
long sample_rate;
long cutoff_freq;
void generate( float* out, int count ) const;
friend class Blip_Synth_;
};
int const blip_sample_bits = 30;
// Dummy Blip_Buffer to direct sound output to, for easy muting without
// having to stop sound code.
class Silent_Blip_Buffer : public Blip_Buffer {
buf_t_ buf [blip_buffer_extra_ + 1];
public:
// The following cannot be used (an assertion will fail if attempted):
blargg_err_t set_sample_rate( long samples_per_sec, int msec_length );
blip_time_t count_clocks( long count ) const;
void mix_samples( blip_sample_t const* buf, long count );
Silent_Blip_Buffer();
};
#if defined (__GNUC__) || _MSC_VER >= 1100
#define BLIP_RESTRICT __restrict
#else
#define BLIP_RESTRICT
#endif
// Optimized reading from Blip_Buffer, for use in custom sample output
// Begin reading from buffer. Name should be unique to the current block.
#define BLIP_READER_BEGIN( name, blip_buffer ) \
const Blip_Buffer::buf_t_* BLIP_RESTRICT name##_reader_buf = (blip_buffer).buffer_;\
blip_long name##_reader_accum = (blip_buffer).reader_accum_
// Get value to pass to BLIP_READER_NEXT()
#define BLIP_READER_BASS( blip_buffer ) ((blip_buffer).bass_shift_)
// Constant value to use instead of BLIP_READER_BASS(), for slightly more optimal
// code at the cost of having no bass control
int const blip_reader_default_bass = 9;
// Current sample
#define BLIP_READER_READ( name ) (name##_reader_accum >> (blip_sample_bits - 16))
// Current raw sample in full internal resolution
#define BLIP_READER_READ_RAW( name ) (name##_reader_accum)
// Advance to next sample
#define BLIP_READER_NEXT( name, bass ) \
(void) (name##_reader_accum += *name##_reader_buf++ - (name##_reader_accum >> (bass)))
// End reading samples from buffer. The number of samples read must now be removed
// using Blip_Buffer::remove_samples().
#define BLIP_READER_END( name, blip_buffer ) \
(void) ((blip_buffer).reader_accum_ = name##_reader_accum)
// Compatibility with older version
const long blip_unscaled = 65535;
const int blip_low_quality = blip_med_quality;
const int blip_best_quality = blip_high_quality;
// Deprecated; use BLIP_READER macros as follows:
// Blip_Reader r; r.begin( buf ); -> BLIP_READER_BEGIN( r, buf );
// int bass = r.begin( buf ) -> BLIP_READER_BEGIN( r, buf ); int bass = BLIP_READER_BASS( buf );
// r.read() -> BLIP_READER_READ( r )
// r.read_raw() -> BLIP_READER_READ_RAW( r )
// r.next( bass ) -> BLIP_READER_NEXT( r, bass )
// r.next() -> BLIP_READER_NEXT( r, blip_reader_default_bass )
// r.end( buf ) -> BLIP_READER_END( r, buf )
class Blip_Reader {
public:
int begin( Blip_Buffer& );
blip_long read() const { return accum >> (blip_sample_bits - 16); }
blip_long read_raw() const { return accum; }
void next( int bass_shift = 9 ) { accum += *buf++ - (accum >> bass_shift); }
void end( Blip_Buffer& b ) { b.reader_accum_ = accum; }
private:
const Blip_Buffer::buf_t_* buf;
blip_long accum;
};
// End of public interface
#include <assert.h>
template<int quality,int range>
blip_inline void Blip_Synth<quality,range>::offset_resampled( blip_resampled_time_t time,
int delta, Blip_Buffer* blip_buf ) const
{
// Fails if time is beyond end of Blip_Buffer, due to a bug in caller code or the
// need for a longer buffer as set by set_sample_rate().
assert( (blip_long) (time >> BLIP_BUFFER_ACCURACY) < blip_buf->buffer_size_ );
delta *= impl.delta_factor;
blip_long* BLIP_RESTRICT buf = blip_buf->buffer_ + (time >> BLIP_BUFFER_ACCURACY);
int phase = (int) (time >> (BLIP_BUFFER_ACCURACY - BLIP_PHASE_BITS) & (blip_res - 1));
#if BLIP_BUFFER_FAST
blip_long left = buf [0] + delta;
// Kind of crappy, but doing shift after multiply results in overflow.
// Alternate way of delaying multiply by delta_factor results in worse
// sub-sample resolution.
blip_long right = (delta >> BLIP_PHASE_BITS) * phase;
left -= right;
right += buf [1];
buf [0] = left;
buf [1] = right;
#else
int const fwd = (blip_widest_impulse_ - quality) / 2;
int const rev = fwd + quality - 2;
int const mid = quality / 2 - 1;
imp_t const* BLIP_RESTRICT imp = impulses + blip_res - phase;
#if defined (_M_IX86) || defined (_M_IA64) || defined (__i486__) || \
defined (__x86_64__) || defined (__ia64__) || defined (__i386__)
// straight forward implementation resulted in better code on GCC for x86
#define ADD_IMP( out, in ) \
buf [out] += (blip_long) imp [blip_res * (in)] * delta
#define BLIP_FWD( i ) {\
ADD_IMP( fwd + i, i );\
ADD_IMP( fwd + 1 + i, i + 1 );\
}
#define BLIP_REV( r ) {\
ADD_IMP( rev - r, r + 1 );\
ADD_IMP( rev + 1 - r, r );\
}
BLIP_FWD( 0 )
if ( quality > 8 ) BLIP_FWD( 2 )
if ( quality > 12 ) BLIP_FWD( 4 )
{
ADD_IMP( fwd + mid - 1, mid - 1 );
ADD_IMP( fwd + mid , mid );
imp = impulses + phase;
}
if ( quality > 12 ) BLIP_REV( 6 )
if ( quality > 8 ) BLIP_REV( 4 )
BLIP_REV( 2 )
ADD_IMP( rev , 1 );
ADD_IMP( rev + 1, 0 );
#else
// for RISC processors, help compiler by reading ahead of writes
#define BLIP_FWD( i ) {\
blip_long t0 = i0 * delta + buf [fwd + i];\
blip_long t1 = imp [blip_res * (i + 1)] * delta + buf [fwd + 1 + i];\
i0 = imp [blip_res * (i + 2)];\
buf [fwd + i] = t0;\
buf [fwd + 1 + i] = t1;\
}
#define BLIP_REV( r ) {\
blip_long t0 = i0 * delta + buf [rev - r];\
blip_long t1 = imp [blip_res * r] * delta + buf [rev + 1 - r];\
i0 = imp [blip_res * (r - 1)];\
buf [rev - r] = t0;\
buf [rev + 1 - r] = t1;\
}
blip_long i0 = *imp;
BLIP_FWD( 0 )
if ( quality > 8 ) BLIP_FWD( 2 )
if ( quality > 12 ) BLIP_FWD( 4 )
{
blip_long t0 = i0 * delta + buf [fwd + mid - 1];
blip_long t1 = imp [blip_res * mid] * delta + buf [fwd + mid ];
imp = impulses + phase;
i0 = imp [blip_res * mid];
buf [fwd + mid - 1] = t0;
buf [fwd + mid ] = t1;
}
if ( quality > 12 ) BLIP_REV( 6 )
if ( quality > 8 ) BLIP_REV( 4 )
BLIP_REV( 2 )
blip_long t0 = i0 * delta + buf [rev ];
blip_long t1 = *imp * delta + buf [rev + 1];
buf [rev ] = t0;
buf [rev + 1] = t1;
#endif
#endif
}
#undef BLIP_FWD
#undef BLIP_REV
template<int quality,int range>
#if BLIP_BUFFER_FAST
blip_inline
#endif
void Blip_Synth<quality,range>::offset( blip_time_t t, int delta, Blip_Buffer* buf ) const
{
offset_resampled( t * buf->factor_ + buf->offset_, delta, buf );
}
template<int quality,int range>
#if BLIP_BUFFER_FAST
blip_inline
#endif
void Blip_Synth<quality,range>::update( blip_time_t t, int amp )
{
int delta = amp - impl.last_amp;
impl.last_amp = amp;
offset_resampled( t * impl.buf->factor_ + impl.buf->offset_, delta, impl.buf );
}
blip_inline blip_eq_t::blip_eq_t( double t ) :
treble( t ), rolloff_freq( 0 ), sample_rate( 44100 ), cutoff_freq( 0 ) { }
blip_inline blip_eq_t::blip_eq_t( double t, long rf, long sr, long cf ) :
treble( t ), rolloff_freq( rf ), sample_rate( sr ), cutoff_freq( cf ) { }
blip_inline int Blip_Buffer::length() const { return length_; }
blip_inline long Blip_Buffer::samples_avail() const { return (long) (offset_ >> BLIP_BUFFER_ACCURACY); }
blip_inline long Blip_Buffer::sample_rate() const { return sample_rate_; }
blip_inline int Blip_Buffer::output_latency() const { return blip_widest_impulse_ / 2; }
blip_inline long Blip_Buffer::clock_rate() const { return clock_rate_; }
blip_inline void Blip_Buffer::clock_rate( long cps ) { factor_ = clock_rate_factor( clock_rate_ = cps ); }
blip_inline int Blip_Reader::begin( Blip_Buffer& blip_buf )
{
buf = blip_buf.buffer_;
accum = blip_buf.reader_accum_;
return blip_buf.bass_shift_;
}
int const blip_max_length = 0;
int const blip_default_length = 250;
#endif
| TCSBKN |
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As some of you may know, we have been trying out documentary producers to see which one we would most like to have film us on our epic adventure. We have very happily settled on Claudio von Planta, an extremely accomplished cameraman that filmed the Long Way Round and Long Way Down featuring Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman.
He made a taster promotional video for us which, needless to say, the team absolutely loved! There will be a bit of fiddling around with it in the near future, but essentially it’s pretty much there!
Check it out in our Video’s section or click here (you may have to look on the second page to find it!) | TDMCON |
McKenzie Fine Art Presents Laura Sharp Wilson 3/24-4/30
McKenzie Fine Art is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Laura Sharp Wilson, Utah, her third solo exhibition at the gallery. The show opens Thursday, March 24th with a reception for the artist from 6 to 8 p.m.; it runs through Saturday, April 30, 2011.
Working on a small scale, Laura Sharp Wilson's brightly colored acrylic and graphite paintings are her least figurative and most complex to date. They continue her interest in conveying clarity amidst confusion through the use of dense, overlapping patterning and obsessively precise rendering. Abstracted forms, which reflect the artist's interest in ornamentation and excessive decoration, are layered on grounds of colored, back-painted, or masked fields of fibrous or printed paper mounted on wood, imparting both visual and surface texture to the work. Throughout, Wilson has retained the coils, ropes, and vines that encircle, bind, interconnect, dangle from, and at times, nearly strangle her forms.
Writing about the motivations inspiring her new work, Wilson has noted:
Two years ago my family relocated to the state of Utah. This collection of abstract paintings is a response to the weight and density of that move. For someone who loves rain and green vegetation, Utah is a strange, unlikable place. There is a certain stigma to living here when you are an artist, especially if you're a faithless, left-leaning east coaster. But then you get tired of hating the place you live in. The beauty of the snow-covered mountains on a clear day starts to seep in. You become fascinated by the curious overlap of Anasazi, Ute, and Navajo, cowboys, Mormons, U.S. military personnel, and the many souls who journeyed here with the expansion of the west. Roseanne Barr grew up here, Joe Hill died here, Utah Phillips is named for here, and Wallace Stegner learned to write here. The red rock country of southern Utah gets visitors from all over the world, because it looks like another planet. Current-day Utah is an environmental battleground, with the largest open-pit copper mine in the world, wolves and bison, a nuclear testing legacy, oil and gas drilling, and some of the worst air quality in the country. Utah, being a red state, struggles over rights for same-sex couples, and some of its political leaders look to Arizona for policy on immigration. With all of this going on, Utah is a microcosm, illustrating, in one state, the issues our planet grapples with. These paintings attempt to layer, obscure and cross out, while still coming to a clear visual answer, the complexity I see and feel in Utah.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; on Saturdays the gallery opens at 11:00 a.m. Mondays are by appointment. | TACLON |
Many guests ask me before the reservation if the house or pool is shared, I insist, there are just for you, enjoy them. There aren't other guests, only your group, i don't live there, I live in Yecla city (10 minutes from the house) and i can help and advice you but i respect your stay, your privacy is a treasure.
The villa has features such as old fireplaces, twisty staircase, cosy rooms giving it loads of character. Fully fitted large kitchen. Confortable four bedrooms, to sleep eight people, There is a sitting room with fireplace, and dining-room with fireplace too. Two bathrooms. Also, out side, there are three terraces with tables and chairs for dining outdoor (two BBQ)
The villa was built in the late 19 th century by my great-grandmother and it has charm and character, offers a place for relaxation. There are all my childhood memories. Only rent in spring & summer and some times when i dón't live there, it's my second home, check calendar availability,
Yecla is a beautiful town, It has many monuments and attractions, also has routes walkers to enjoy the nature. You can enjoy guided visits to the most important wine cellars in the area.
The autentic spanish village of Yecla is located at just a 50 minutes drive from Alicante Airport and several beaches and 15 minutes from Villena Train Station.
Yecla has it all and let you experience the real Spain. Have a drink with tapas at one of the many tapas bar on the city, visit MAYE (archaeological museum) walk in the Arabí (magical montain) with Paleolithic paintings, go
shopping in the city center...
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Our villa called Casa Gran, is located in Biar. It is inside our particular countryside of almost 60000 square meters. It has plenty of trees of many species.
It has 4 rooms, 3 bathrooms, private swimmingpool, large kitchen and livingroom.
Our villa is inside a private finca, with almost 60000 square meters. It has plenty variety of trees, but the most of them are walnut trees and olive trees.
It's a quiet place, to enjoy nature and good weather during the summer: warm days and fresh nights!
It has a private swimmingpool with great views of the castle.
It's a perfect choice to go with children.
Biar is a very charmant town in the mountains of Alicante. It has a lot of life anytime in the year.
We've had great, the house is spectacular and we enjoyed all the amenities and facilities as well as the invaluable assistance of José Luis. Children are delighted and looking forward. 10 !! Fully recommended.
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This is an airy and spacious room also has its own private shower room with toilet. The room has great views over the garden and mountains.
We include towels, toiletries and breakfast to help make your stay even more comfortable. Guests are welcome to use the kitchen as their own as we have everything you could need to warm a meal or to cook up a feast. We also have a dishwasher too.
We have Wifi and a large flat screen TV in the lounge with Netflix.
Our Villa is our home and we enjoy sharing the peacefulness of the surroundings. We have fully refurbished the house, so the space is fresh and welcoming.
We are flexible with check in/out times to accommodate your plans, just drop us a message first.
Very quiet rural neighbourhood
As is always a pleasure staying at the home of James and Stephanie are fantastic hosts and charming people!
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"Imagine...You and Your Family can Rent this Superb Spanish Villa in Ontinyent, with a Private Pool, Olive Trees and Majestic Views of the Beautiful Spanish Countryside at a Bargain Price"
Huertos D`Olivus is Spanish for "Olive Orchards". This superb villa is located in the picturesque countryside, just outside the inland town of Ontinyent, near Valencia. This superb detached, Spanish holiday villa has a private pool, has its own olive trees, and sits next to a large olive orchard, plus, it has majestic views of the surrounding Spanish hills.
Imagine...Relaxing by your private pool with a ice cold drink enjoying the smell of the olive trees. Can you put yourself in the picture? Yes, then reserve on-line today.
There are 4 bedrooms in this villa and 3 bathrooms. So a maximum of 8 people can stay. Enough space for all the family.
Location, Location, Location, Villa Huertos D`Olivos is located only a short drive from the town of Ontinyent, with its lively bars, cafes and restaurants, and its weekly market.
Go on then, reserve this superb Spanish Villa online today and look forward to your villa holiday to Spain.
Amenities: TV, Kitchen, air conditioning, swimming pool, Wheelchair access possible, BBQ grill, Private parking, Washer dryer, Dryer, Wireless Internet;
Bedroom: Queen size bed;
Bedroom: Bunk Bed;
Bedroom: double bed;
Bedroom: 2 x single bed;
3 x Bathroom
This airbnb and our hosts were one of the best I've experienced. Everything from the hosting to accommodation and setting are world class. Our hosts Silvia and Massimo were so friendly, helpful and educational about the areas history and many stories. They treated us through our stay as if we were extended family. The facilities were incredible too - this place has it all from jacuzzi to padel tennis. We had an incredibly memorable family getaway and would 100% recommend to anyone who wants to get a taste for the real Spain.
Clean and quiet oasis of privacy, located in the countryside. Well-equipped kitchen, nice open living room and dining area. Nice pool, plenty of outdoor sitting space. Castalla and Biar are ~15 minutes drive, most other places are 30-60 minute drive.
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Luxury Villa located 20 minutes far from Alicante and from the beach with many facilities provided.
The perfect place where to relax.
Located in Monovar, a charming town near Alicante.
Families and couples welcome.
Villa with 4 bedrooms up to 7 people
with 2 bathrooms in the villa and another 2 in the swiming pool area.
Facilities: swiming pool, chill out zone, gardens, BBQ area, cozy gazebo,laundry, american Bar,sundbeds zone, football court, coffe corner, gym, ping pong..
possibility to arrange airport transfers
Calm and charming town located 20 minutes far from Alicante and the beach
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This is an airy and spacious room also has its own private shower room with toilet. The room has great views over the garden and mountains.
We include towels, toiletries and breakfast to help make your stay even more comfortable. Guests are welcome to use the kitchen as their own as we have everything you could need to warm a meal or to cook up a feast. We also have a dishwasher too.
We have Wifi and a large flat screen TV in the lounge with Netflix.
Our Villa is our home and we enjoy sharing the peacefulness of the surroundings. We have fully refurbished the house, so the space is fresh and welcoming.
We are flexible with check in/out times to accommodate your plans, just drop us a message first.
Very quiet rural neighbourhood
We really enjoyed our stay at James house. It's 6km from Sax, Alicante in a super quiet area with gorgeous views of the mountains. The room was clean, big and comfortable with private bathroom and stunning views. And breakfast was included! Recommended for sure. | TSCFNL |
Monthly Archives: March 2011
I made this little guy out of scrap yarn and a pipe cleaner. I like him because he is bendable but after I finished it I kept staring at it wondering if I liked it or if it was creepy. I decided it was a case of a little from Column A and a little from Column B. I placed it in the library where a knitting group meets every few weeks. | TMCRYC |
At the beginning of a job I'd tell my helpers that our goal was to get the truck to full-tilt as soon as possible which encouraged gravity assist. I was always having to ask my dad (shown in the pics) to keep his feet on the ground & use the dump feature to our advantage & safety. That plywood gets pretty slippery and it wasn't necessary for him to be up there shoveling anyway. It's easier to pull the material to you than push or shovel that dead weight. This is from experience, lots of experience.
Rick-
The one thing you will hate is if you have to take the ramp in & out each day by yourself. Hopefully you'll be able to leave it in for long durations besides clean-outs. Even with my skid-steer it was a pain loading it alone. Maybe with two knee braces at the 1/3 & 2/3 point you could center the Ecolawn between them & stradle the ramp on it to remove/install & just change the angle of the trailer to assist. | TASEON |
20+ Kickass Free Fonts for Designers
Fonts play the most pivotal role in the quality of any design. Be it a logo, banner, flyer, header, or any piece of design in the world with a piece of text in it, a suitable font almost doubles the likability of it. Likewise, bad font selection is a major turn-off. Fonts complement minimal graphics superbly, and create the entire outlook of the design.
A good font speaks volumes about the designer/owner company.
Even designs with zero graphics and illustrations work-out well just with a mere help of a classy font used. Here are a few for inspiration: | TFSBNK |
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prime factors of q.
7, 29
Suppose 2*m = -2*i + 21100, -3*m + 9516 = 4*i - 32679. What are the prime factors of i?
3, 5, 19, 37
Suppose 2*r - 14 = -f, -11*r = -3*f - 6*r - 13. List the prime factors of (4 - 6)/(f/(-302)).
151
Let i = 44 + -53. Let r = -7 - i. Suppose -4*h = -f + 47, 0*f + h - 130 = -r*f. List the prime factors of f.
3, 7
Suppose 5*x = -3*f + 19, 3 = 4*x + 3*f - 11. Suppose 3*l = l + x*v + 1730, -5*l + 4*v = -4291. List the prime factors of l.
3, 5, 19
Suppose 88021 + 340094 = -595*t + 610*t. What are the prime factors of t?
28541
Let n(q) = -q**3 - q**2 - 71*q + 244. List the prime factors of n(-32).
2, 3, 5, 571
Let f(g) = -31*g + 44. Let s = 250 + -256. List the prime factors of f(s).
2, 5, 23
Let m(g) = 101*g - 5405. List the prime factors of m(70).
3, 5, 37
Let q = 109 + -89. Suppose 6*v - q*v = -1260. What are the prime factors of v?
2, 3, 5
Let c(m) = -2489*m**3 - 2*m**2 - 73*m - 142. What are the prime factors of c(-2)?
2, 3, 7, 79
Let b(l) = -13*l - 18. Let a be b(-3). Let z be (a/6)/7*412. Let k = -119 + z. What are the prime factors of k?
3, 29
Let y = 268 + -273. Let x(g) = -3*g**2 - 22*g. List the prime factors of x(y).
5, 7
Suppose u - 84 = -u. Let s = -39 + u. Suppose s*k + 16 = 4*k. What are the prime factors of k?
2
Let a = 47 - 49. Let f be -1*4390 + 16/(-7 + 3). List the prime factors of f/(-52) + a/4.
2, 3, 7
Let u(p) = 6*p**2 - 54*p + 33. What are the prime factors of u(-11)?
3, 11, 41
Let r(p) = p**3 - 16*p**2 + 26*p + 17. Let n = 20 - 5. Let g be r(n). Suppose -5*y + 3*y + g = 0. What are the prime factors of y?
7, 13
Suppose 5*k - 2160 = -21*j + 19*j, -2*j = 2*k - 858. Let m = k + 100. What are the prime factors of m?
2, 3, 89
Suppose -2*w - 836*g + 838*g + 14614 = 0, 0 = 2*w - g - 14618. What are the prime factors of w?
3, 2437
Let h be (3/4)/((-10)/(-120)). Let l(n) = -53 - n + h*n + 2*n. What are the prime factors of l(6)?
7
Let j(i) = 7 - 6 - 22 + 5*i. Let w be j(5). Suppose 10 = -2*v - 0*v, v = w*n - 385. What are the prime factors of n?
5, 19
What are the prime factors of -14*272/(-357)*(74250/(-8))/(-5)?
2, 3, 5, 11
Let n be -48*((-4)/22 - (-39)/33). Suppose 5*s + 5*f = 55, 2*s - f - f = 18. Let h = s - n. What are the prime factors of h?
2, 29
Let w(l) = -35*l**3 - 2*l**2 + 34*l + 82. What are the prime factors of w(-3)?
907
Let y = -368 - -1478. Suppose 3*d - 2*x - y = 0, 2*d + 3*x + 0*x = 753. List the prime factors of d.
2, 3, 31
Suppose -2*q = 5*j - 10, 0 = -2*q + 3*j - 6. Let r be 2/2*-1*q. Suppose 2*a + 32 + 23 = 5*k, r = 3*a - 15. List the prime factors of k.
13
Suppose -20840 + 170202 = 23*h. List the prime factors of h.
2, 17, 191
Let n = -13523 - -19466. What are the prime factors of n?
3, 7, 283
Suppose -r = -4*j - 13433, -5*j = 39 - 34. List the prime factors of r.
13, 1033
Let y = 231 - 227. Suppose y*k = k + 2454. What are the prime factors of k?
2, 409
Let m(z) = -520*z - 1592. What are the prime factors of m(-64)?
2, 17, 233
Let z(v) = -v**3 - 12*v**2 + 2*v - 5. Let k be z(-9). Let w be 3/(2/4*9/(-21)). List the prime factors of k/w*1*4.
2, 19
Let x(a) be the first derivative of -a**4/4 - a**3/3 + a**2 + 7*a + 64. What are the prime factors of x(-2)?
7
Suppose -5*d + 10 = -0. Let n(h) = -h**3 - 16 + 89*h**d - 20*h + 93*h**2 - 192*h**2. What are the prime factors of n(-10)?
2, 23
Let u(c) be the second derivative of c**5/20 + 5*c**4/6 + 13*c**3/6 + 11*c**2 + 8*c. Let l be u(-9). List the prime factors of l/(-21)*474/4.
79
Let y be (8/((-32)/(-6)))/((-6)/(-556)). Suppose 1693 = 2*t + y. Suppose t = 4*r + 181. What are the prime factors of r?
149
Suppose -41*x = -31*x - 1220. Suppose -f = -253 - x. What are the prime factors of f?
3, 5
Suppose 5*p + 714 = -5*h - 481, -2*p = -h - 242. Let y = h + 344. What are the prime factors of y?
2, 13
Let x(b) = -32*b - 16 - 45*b + 91*b - 37*b. List the prime factors of x(-30).
2, 337
Suppose -12 = -2*f - 4*o, 4*f + 0 = 3*o + 2. Suppose -320 = g - 3*g + f*k, -4*g + 638 = -5*k. Suppose 9*w = 10*w - g. What are the prime factors of w?
2, 3
Let m(r) = -33*r + 56. Let s be (-2)/10*-4 - (-6216)/(-370). What are the prime factors of m(s)?
2, 73
Let r = 294 - 162. Let q = r + -124. What are the prime factors of q?
2
Let v(s) = 94*s**3 - 6*s**2 - 5*s + 7. Let d be v(3). Suppose -1460 = -3*r + d. List the prime factors of r.
2, 41
Suppose 5*p - 4*o = 44, -8*o = p - 11*o. Suppose 2*y = -p*y + 16156. List the prime factors of y.
2, 577
Suppose 4*w - 13 + 967 = 3*g, 4*g + 8*w = 1192. What are the prime factors of g?
2, 5, 31
Let q = -2354 + 13060. List the prime factors of q.
2, 53, 101
Suppose -254 = 8*y + 258. Let d = y - -104. What are the prime factors of d?
2, 5
Suppose 5*w = 5*d + 55, 0*w - 5*d = -w + 7. Let n(h) = 2 + 1 + 13*h + 4 - w. What are the prime factors of n(12)?
151
Suppose -11*y = -10*y - 4*b - 5104, 5*y = 3*b + 25384. List the prime factors of y.
2, 317
Suppose -2*t - 33950 = -k, -2*k + 2*t + 27824 + 40076 = 0. List the prime factors of k.
2, 5, 7, 97
Let u(h) = h**2 + 7*h - 37. Suppose -2*d = -0 - 10. Let y be -15*-5*((-16)/d + 3). List the prime factors of u(y).
83
Suppose 3*t - 9*t = 13*t. Suppose -17*j - 3510 = -21*j + 2*m, -4*j - 4*m + 3504 = t. What are the prime factors of j?
877
Let f(s) = s**3 + 9*s**2 + 3*s - 5. Let c = -6 - 2. Let b be f(c). Suppose 2*p = x - 2*p + 1, x = -5*p + b. List the prime factors of x.
3, 5
Let z(y) be the first derivative of y**2/2 - y + 26. Let h be z(3). Suppose 11*i = h*i + 2250. List the prime factors of i.
2, 5
Suppose -3*z + 2*q = 8, -2*z + 3*q - 5*q = -8. Suppose -7*g + 588 = -3*g. Suppose z = -5*j + 23 + g. List the prime factors of j.
2, 17
Let q(u) = -4*u - 15. Let m be q(-5). Suppose 0 = m*k + 4*n + 1701, -3*k - 1031 = -0*k + 5*n. Let x = -202 - k. List the prime factors of x.
3, 5
Let p = 99 - -43. Let t = -130 + p. Suppose -5*s - 4*q = -167, -t*s + 2*q + 144 = -8*s. What are the prime factors of s?
5, 7
Let l(n) = 2*n**3 - 7*n**2 - 8*n. Let o be l(6). Let j(c) = 5*c**2 + 148*c + 353. Let u be j(-27). Suppose -u*g + 50 = -o. List the prime factors of g.
7, 13
Let p(b) = 131 - 33*b - 26*b - b**3 + b**2 + 58*b. What are the prime factors of p(0)?
131
Let w = 10586 + -3700. What are the prime factors of w?
2, 11, 313
Let q(i) = 68*i - 272. Suppose 5*b + 3*u - 126 = 0, -2*b - 3*u = -2*u - 50. List the prime factors of q(b).
2, 5, 17
Let n be 3*(4 - (-7)/(-3)). Suppose -n*s - k = -0*s - 825, -3*s + k + 503 = 0. Suppose 3*l - s = -5*f, -3*l = -3*f - 221 + 47. List the prime factors of l.
3, 19
Let l(z) = 280*z - 1105. List the prime factors of l(14).
5, 563
Let q be 1748/(-23)*2/(-4). Suppose 0 = 12*l - q*l + 2704. List the prime factors of l.
2, 13
Let x be (-14)/84 - 10009*(-2)/12. Suppose 0 = -27*w + 33*w - x. What are the prime factors of w?
2, 139
Let m = 127 + -124. Suppose 2*c - m*v - 8 = 0, 9 = c + 5*v - 4*v. Let w(s) = 6*s**2 - 6*s + 18. List the prime factors of w(c).
2, 3, 5
Let l(x) = -4*x**2 + 2*x - 8. Let d be l(-2). List the prime factors of -216*(77/d - -1).
2, 3, 7
Let n(z) = 82*z**2 + 13*z - 210. List the prime factors of n(7).
7, 557
Suppose 5*k - 28 = -3. Let i(a) = 2*a**3 - 8*a**2 + 5*a - 10. Let n be i(k). Suppose -p + b + n = 0, -2*p + b - 29 + 158 = 0. What are the prime factors of p?
2
Let s = 8105 + 1838. List the prime factors of s.
61, 163
Suppose 102724 = 4*r - 32*k + 7*k, -5*k = -2*r + 51332. What are the prime factors of r?
2, 3, 1069
Suppose -y - 4 = -5*o + 27, o - 4*y = 10. Let k(z) = -9*z + 10. Let t be k(o). Let s = 79 + t. List the prime factors of s.
5, 7
Let f(w) = -16*w - 8. Let j be f(-4). Let l = j - 54. Let t(v) = 22*v**2 - 6*v + 3. List the prime factors of t(l).
79
Suppose -w = -8*w - 56. Let f be (-2)/1*2148/w. Suppose 3*x = f + 234. What are the prime factors of x?
257
Let u(q) = 29*q + 290. Let k be u(-10). Suppose c - 3*y + 12 = k, 15*c + 4*y - 23 = 14*c. List the prime factors of c.
3
Let c = 16141 - 9199. What are the prime factors of c?
2, 3, 13, 89
Let c(o) = -5*o**2 + 3*o**3 - 4*o**3 + 11 + 0*o + 4*o + 3*o. Let a be c(-6). List the prime factors of 1/a - 164/(-5).
3, 11
Let t = 330 - 164. Let b = t - 157. What are the prime factors of b?
3
Let s = 384 - -151. Let a = 342 + s. What are the prime factors of a?
877
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With all games cancelled until Dec. 1 and the possibility of a 60-game season starting to fade, Bill Daly, the NHL's deputy commissioner, told QMI Agency Tuesday the two sides haven't decided on when more talks may be held.
And if union officials are waiting for the NHL to make another move to try to save the season, it's not going to happen. Daly said in an email the league isn't going to be tabling any new offers.
"We're done making proposals at this point," said Daly.
Talks broke off Sunday after an hour-long meeting in New York where nothing was accomplished. Both stood on ceremony and neither showed willingness to move as the lockout hits Day 60 Wednesday.
Daly said the league is willing to negotiate some points.
"The union knows where this is flexibility and room to negotiate," said Daly. "They also should know where there's not."
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I understand that the NHLPA wants to protect their contracts. I’m not exactly sure how they think they are protecting their contracts by not taking an immediate 50-50 split and getting in 5.5 years.
Whether their contracts get eaten up in escrow in going from a 57% share to a 50% share or whether their contracts are dormant because of a lockout… either way they aren’t getting the full value of their deals.
A missed year of 6 means an immediate 16.7% loss of their current earning power over the term of the CBA. Going from 57 to 50% and assuming flat HRR means a 12.8% loss in earning power over the 6 year term of the deal.
There have been two really puzzling things to me in this whole bizarre process:
1) Hasn’t anyone explained that to the players yet?
2) Did the NHLPA actually think they were going to be able to walk away from this negotiation with a new deal without having to give stuff up? As in, real stuff… not just decreases in the rate at which they made more money?
Fehr is a very smart guy. I have to conclude he’s getting marching orders from the players because if he was giving counsel and they were heeding it there’d be hockey by now.
Right now, I think there’s a 70% chance there is no hockey at all this year… and that’s just amazing. I honestly didn’t think the NHLPA would be as stupid and emotional as they’ve been in this process, or that even if they were Fehr would haul them back into reality for a minute.
How could Bettman have not just instituted a 50-50 split 6 years ago? What a bleeping moron. Screwing that up and then screwing up expansion are two gigantic black marks.
Maybe someone has and the players don’t get it, just like you don’t get some people have principles that are more important than money?
It’s cute that you think this is about principles, shortly after saying you have no idea whether it was about principles, and that since this is completely and totally about money, these principles that matter more than money actually just end up being all about money.
Maybe you missed that I’m not stating opinions as facts, like you are?
If that’s actually your position and you’re not just reading from some lame internet mad lib insult guide because you may be profoundly unoriginal, I don’t think you have a very strong handle on what either of the words ‘opinions’ and ‘facts’ mean.
And let’s set a possible shaky understanding of terms aside for a second:
“just like you don’t get some people have principles that are more important than money?”
As a general rule you really ought to try not to be so obviously hypocritical within the very same thread. I appreciate you doing it here because it cracked me up and I’m always appreciative of those who provide humor, I’m just not sure being laughed at was exactly the reaction you were shooting for.
1) Hasn’t anyone explained that to the players yet?
Maybe someone has and the players don’t get it, just like you don’t get some people have principles that are more important than money?
Maybe they’re convinced if they cave and say “okay, we might break even by taking this awful deal now because AT LEAST WE’LL GET PAID THIS YEAR,” then all future CBA negotiations are doomed because the league can say the same thing the next time? Maybe losing a season is worth preventing their union from getting busted without a fight? But HD, maybe let’s just assume players can’t do simple math and should’ve just taken the first thing the league offered.
Maybe they’re convinced if they cave and say “okay, we might break even by taking this awful deal now because AT LEAST WE’LL GET PAID THIS YEAR,” then all future CBA negotiations are doomed because the league can say the same thing the next time?
First off, I’m not talking about just getting paid this year. I’m talking about what they could make over 6 years at 50% compared to 5 years at 57%, and there’s no chance at all they’d get 57% anyway.
Secondly, a 50-50 revenue split is eminently fair. It’s as good or better than the splits in the NBA and NFL.
Thirdly, negotiating the next CBA while the first one still isn’t done is really silly. Catch the ball before looking where you’re going to run.
Fourthly, the reason lockouts work so well for the owners is that most of them aren’t making any money from hockey ops anyway. If a 50-50 deal gets the NHL to the point where 20+ of the 30 guys are making money each year, owners are going to be FAR less willing to give away money in the pocket now for some amount of possible money in the pocket down the line, especially not when we’d be talking about a far smaller portion of HRR without having a 200 mil safety net subsidized by NBC to cover things.
But HD, maybe let’s just assume players can’t do simple math and should’ve just taken the first thing the league offered.
43, 46, 48, 50, 50+.
1) Which of those offers did I think the NHLPA should have taken?
2) Compare and contrast the answer to that question with an examination of what the phrase ‘first thing offered’ means.
3) This is why I’m surprised the odds of there being no hockey are so high. I assumed the players weren’t a bunch of idiots. Clearly I appear to have wildly overestimated their ability to understand finance and to make rational rather than emotional decisions.
Fehr should make them all watch the Godfather. Right now they’re all acting like Sonny and feeling great about pounding Carlo (Bettman) into the street with a garbage lid by hammering him in the press. In a few more scenes they’re going to be laying in a pile of ick on the Long Island Parkway because the owners are in full Barzini mode.
There’s still time for them to be Michael.
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By TEMPLE LI
Who are superdelegates? Are they like super sleuths, super mario, super human or superman? Actually, they are unpledged delegates from each state to the Democrat national convention and are generally comprised of members from the party establishment. They were created in 1982 for the purpose, according to NBC News, to prevent a populous candidate from achieving the nomination. According to NBC News in April, 2016:
“Superdelegates are unpledged delegates to the Democratic convention, meaning that they aren’t beholden to the results from the primaries and the caucuses (the way pledged delegates are). They are, for the most part, current and former Democratic politicians. They make up 15 percent of all delegates (714 out of 4,765) — down from 20 percent in 2008. And they are free to support the presidential candidate of their choice at the convention.”
NBC News reported that the count as of 4/11/2016 showed Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders by 460 to 38 in superdelegates.
No wonder Bernie and his supporters were pissed. The fix could be demonstrated by the results of the New Hampshire primary where Bernie had 60.4% of the poll votes vs. Hillary’s 38%. Yet all 6 super delegates from New Hampshire gave their votes to Hillary at the convention.
Bernie Sanders is the oldest candidate running for the 2020 presidency. He is a life-long politician who has served as an independent in Congress in the House of Representatives and currently, as junior senator from Vermont and he caucuses with the Democrats. He is a self-proclaimed democrat socialist and progressive and has become the guru or cult leader for the progressive left and their policies.
History is again repeating itself with Sanders as the Democrat progressive candidate running for the second time for the presidency and this time, the establishment candidate is Joe Biden, the “third time is the charm” candidate and, like Hillary, another member of the Obama team, serving as his vice president.
Deja vu. Not if Sanders and his supporters can help it. They and others were instrumental in changing the superdelegate process for 2020. In fact, these delegates are now being referred to as “automatic” delegates to improve public perception. The superdelegates/automatics cannot vote in the first round of the convention’s nomination proceedings unless the outcome is apparent. That means without the superdelegates, a candidate would need to win 1,885 of the 3,768 pledged delegates votes. If it goes into round two, three, or four, superdelegates will be voting, changing the votes needed to 2,267 out of 4,532 delegates. However, the field is somewhat leveled in the second and succeeding rounds since the pledged delegates are freed to vote for someone other than the candidate to whom their vote had been pledged in the first round.
There are 22 candidates currently declared as candidates for the Democrat nominee for president. The debates start in June and the field should begin to narrow down as the debates progress—but by how much? There is a huge divide in the Democrat party between moderate and progressive—the party establishment and the liberal socialists. Of the 22, there are only a couple of candidates that can be identified as moderates. When the finalists converge upon the Democrat national convention, the change in the superdelegate process may be the primary factor influencing the outcome–and the undoing of the Democrat party!
Temple Li is the news editor for Empire State News, where she frequently authors her own editorials (just because she feels like it). She graduated at the top of her class at a mediocre college, infuriating her professors with her conservative wit and sultry charm. Empire State News allows Ms. Li to make a living, and to have a platform to tell people what she thinks. What could be better than that?
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"It is custom handed down from their ancestors" "They took refuge there from social turmoil And settled down for martial cultivation" "They have to be vegetarian" "Martial cultivation?" "Why vegetarian?" "Ask me when you have become my son-in-law" "It was my destiny I met the scum and married him" "His martial artistry was just so-so I taught him my best kungfu" "And patched up the shortcomings in their family kungfu" "But, when I was pregnant with Ngok" "He had an affair with a maid I was kept in the dark for several years" "Then one day, they decided to elope on the 7th of the7th month" "The day I went into retreat" "But luckily I overheard them I kept mum and pretended to go into retreat" "You slut" "Yau-yee..." "You..." "Yau-yee..." "love flower poison" "It is arsenic water lf you don't mind then take the pill" "Sister Chat, please forgive me" "Only one pill here, save her or you?" "Yau-yee, we can't live together We die together" "See you in Hades" "Sister Chat, I have killed the slut You forgive me" "If you begged me, I might save her too" "But you were over-hasty" "What?" "You pity the adulterers?" "Elder, you were fooled" "Yes, I was fooled lt was all my fault" "Sister Chat, for Ngok's sake You drink it and forgive me" "Sister Chat, come on" "Sister Chat, have some more Come on, another cup" "Why I am here?" "Where am I ?" "How come?" "What happens to my legs?" "My arms, why?" "Why I can't stand up?" "Where am I?" "How come I am here?" "Where am I?" "What kind of place is this?" "Where am I?" "And I have been here for more than 10 years I am now more like a ghost" "Scum, Kungsuen Chi" "Mom, you must be hungry" "All these years, how you... I have not starved" "All these years, you survive on these dates" "You think that scum would send me meals?" "He must think that I was long dead Nowjust a heap of bones" "Elder, please" "You have been here so long Have you figured a way out?" "Of course, but it depends on your capability" "It is high, now we need some ropes" "But where to get them?" "With the rattans here and some barks" "We can make one" "Heaven has its way I can seek my revenge now" "Be quick, come on" "Ngok, that Kungsuen scum is an example" "All men are unfaithful" "You let him go up first Will he still care about us?" "Come on" "Mom, I told you, Brother Yeung is not that kind of man" "Ngok, after going out, don't ever let him get out of sight" "Husband, husband, only when he is within your sight" "He doesn't have your daughter in his heart" "Anyway, bear what I said in mind Yes" "My daughter is right about you" "What it takes so long?" "Pull me up" "What are you doing?" "Ngok" "Lintai acupoint impaired Circulations all broken" "What?" "If you want to keep your martial artistry" "Pull her out, do it Yes" "Be quick, harder" "Ngok" "Brother-in-arms Fan, you all right?" "What a rascal, kill him" "Mom Kill him" "Mom, he pulled us up after all" "And he is seriously wounded, let him off" "All right, I let you live, take me out" "Mom, be careful" "Mom, your cloth is dirty Let me clean it up for you" "What did you say?" "Who reduced me to this?" "I am not going to see the emperor, am I?" "I am going to kill that faithless scum Clean it up?" "Elder, your tendons all cut How can you beat him?" "Mom, Dad..." "Kungsuen scum is not easy to tackle, why don't..." "Shut up!" "Yes, the scum's martial artistry..." "Unless I impose as my big brother Kau Chin-yan I may have my revenge when he is off guard" "He...he has not met Senior Uncle before?" "No, he has been my husband for so many years" "He will recognize me lt is easy" "It is ugly" "Heaven is on my side" "Ngok, help me prepare" "We are going to kill him after dark" "That Miss Lau is odd" "She will be our lady soon, don't anger her" "Then let us report to our Lord" "Otherwise, should anything come up We would be made responsible" "Right" "Lord" "What are you doing here?" "I told you to keep Miss Lau company" "But Lord, Miss Lau didn't want us She threw us out" "Yes, Lord" "Sister Lau, you sure look great today" "You have brought the passionless pill?" "You still think about him?" "You should know" "Why the hurry, after our wedding" "The sooner he has it The less he has to suffer I never go back on my words, but you..." "Sister Lau, I gave you the word I will keep it" "Once we are formally a couple" "He will be out of the love flower pain" "He will be in eternal bliss" "All right, after the wedding then" "The auspicious hour is up The ceremony commences" "The bride is here..." "Obeisance to heaven" "Hold it" "Who is he?" "A new bride, but what about the old one?" "Who is he...how odd he looks..." "I have not seen him before" "Ngok" "And who are you?" "We are relations, don't act here" "Who is he?" "I have never met you, what relations?" "You don't know Chief of iron Palm Sect Water Walker Kau Chin-yan?" "What?" "Gor" "Aunt, let us go" "How is my sister Chat?" "What a great ceremony" "Why don't you ask her out tojoin in the fun?" "You really are Kau Chin-yan?" "Orjust an imposter?" "Swallow it" "Has Kungsuen Chi given you the antidote?" "If you are safe I am happy" "When I am happy, all the ailments are gone" "I got a letter from Kau Chin-yan several years ago lf you are Kau Chin-yan Then the letter must be a forgery" "Nonsense, how would he write to you?" "The letter says Kau Chin-Cheung was killed by Wong Yung and Kwok Ching" "How come he was killed?" "He says he was enlightened by Grand Master One Light" "And he has become a Buddhist" "Big brother, second brother" "Mom, you all right?" "Kungsuen Chi, you recognize me?" "Lady, you are still alive?" "Uncle Cheung, you still recognize me" "Lady, thank heaven you are still alive" "Lady..." "You all back off" "Dad, Mom is not dead Please ask her forgiveness" "That bitch, why should I ask her forgiveness" "Dad" "You know she did it to me first?" "She pricked me with love flowers thorns" "And forced me to...kill Yau-yee" "They really are a couple?" "How come they hate each other so deeply?" "I am going to avenge Yau-yee's death today" "Dad, please, please don't kill Mom" "You give way Dad, please" "Go away Dad" "Kungsuen Chi Sister Lau" "She is your wife and you could do this to her lf l married you, you would..." "Sister Lau, how can you compare yourself with her I love you... lt is no use, in this world I only love Gor" "Kungsuen Chi, how dare you say you love her" "You know she is poisoned and there is no antidote" "You still tricked her into marrying you" "You say you love her?" "It is true?" "But it is all right now You have taken the antidote" "All right, let me send you two to heaven" "A man like you, we will pull no punches" "Lady and Gentlemen Sword" "Let us kill him to avenge me" "Avenge you?" "His hands must be bloody anyway" "Gor" "Talk to me if you want me dead" "You have taken no antidote" | SCMGOD |
The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what’s called colony collapse disorder, experts say. The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation’s bees to just disappear each winter since 2006.
Bees, especially honeybees, are needed to pollinate crops.
The federal report, issued Thursday by the Agriculture Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, said the biggest culprit is the parasitic mite varroa destructor, calling it “the single most detrimental pest of honeybees.” | TBSMNC |
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Thinking of preparing a food for the table is sometimes made me hard to think. As much as possible, I wanted to prepare food that hubby would like to eat as well. He is not picky, but there are foods that he is not allowed to eat. I wouldn't like to prepare a food that only me will eat. If that’s the case, I would just cook a little. As I mentioned on my previous post, I cooked shrimps, and I ate it all. Geee! I know it is not good for me if I ate too much. I would surely break my figure (Oh! As if I have a perfect figure, but for hubby, yes I have. Lol).
By the way, my little princess has been doing great these past few days, and I am so glad that after her surgery, I could see improvements on her health. She can now play, smile, and enjoy her milk. My journey as a mother has just been started, and I will try my very best that I could give her a good life with the help of my husband, of course. I know I still have a lot of things that I should learn as a mother, and I am willing to learn these things for the sake of my child. Back to the food that I wanted to prepare for tonight, Uh! Oh, I still don't know yet. I guess I have to check first what's in the fridge or pantry right now, so I could decide what to cook for tonight.
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Egypts highest court agreed Monday to hear the appeal of Coptic Christians who converted to Islam but now want to legally revert back to Christianity.
The case of the 12 former Copts seeking to once again become Christians was taken up by the high court despite a lower court ruling against the converts. The lower court in April had argued that recognizing such a case would be considered apostasy under Sharia (Islamic law) law.
The decision by the Supreme Administrative Court to consider the case of Egyptian converts to Islam wanting to return to their Church is very positive, said Ramsis Al Naggar, the lawyer for the plantiffs, according to the Middle East Times.
It proves there is still a window of freedom in Egypt, said Naggar, who has filed 400 similar lawsuits.
The minority Coptic population in Egypt is known, although not well publicized, to be oppressed by the countrys Muslim majority. They are isolated from mainstream society and are often forced to convert to Islam through rape, marriage, change of legal name and violence, according to Cameel Halim, chairman of the Coptic Assembly of America.
Egypts Coptic oppression has for too long been hidden under the table and no one knows what is going on, said Halim at a recent gathering of persecuted religious minorities in Washington, D.C.
In May, a mob of Muslims in Egypt attacked Christians after being stirred up by a sermon and distributed leaflets that accused Christians of planning to build a church without permission. Some 27 Christian homes and shops were set on fire and ten Coptic Christians were injured in a village south of Cairo, according to Agence France-Presse.
Its a recurring problem, commented Sameh Fawzi, an expert on Coptic affairs, according to Los Angeles Times. Most sectarian conflicts that erupted in the past were due to fights over the construction of churches.
Egypt does not allow churches to be constructed without a presidential decree, while mosques can be constructed almost unrestricted in Egypt.
In 2006, Muslim-Christian sectarian clashes in Alexandria left dozens wounded and killed. Moreover, a man said to be mentally ill entered into Coptic churches and started to attack believers with a knife. The incident killed one man and wounded up to 16 other people.
This has been going on for hundreds of years and the Christians have been struggling, trying to keep a peaceful and moderate co-habitation with the Muslims our brothers, said Ehab Shafik of the National American Coptic Assembly last year during a White House protest in response to Egypts sectarian violence in May.
We love the Muslims and we have not had any problems, but our rights are taken away and we cannot worship freely, he added.
There are an estimated 10 million Copts in Egypt, or the equivalent of about 10 percent of the population. The Coptic population, which are the Orthodox Christians of Egypt, are the largest group of Christians in the Middle East.
"It is a step in the right direction," Hossam Bahgat, director of the rights group Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, said of the recent high court decision. "We are hopeful and optimistic that the court will uphold the principles of non-discrimination and religious freedom," he added. | TCSCRN |
Culture of wealth
I’ve often argued on this blog (e.g., here and here) that, instead of studying the so-called culture of poverty, we should focus instead on the pathologies and culture of the rich.
Now, what I had in mind is something like the following:
how the rich underestimate the future costs of immediate satisfaction (especially the costs incurred by the employees of their corporations and by the taxpayers who were forced to bail them out) and their self-control problems (such as attempting to achieve more income and to accumulate more wealth even when they have plenty to buy everything they need).
But Daniel Goleman has discovered another set of pathologies of the rich:
Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on people. Seeing right through them.
These metaphors for condescending or dismissive behavior are more than just descriptive. They suggest, to a surprisingly accurate extent, the social distance between those with greater power and those with less — a distance that goes beyond the realm of interpersonal interactions and may exacerbate the soaring inequality in the United States. . .
Since the 1970s, the gap between the rich and everyone else has skyrocketed. Income inequality is at its highest level in a century. This widening gulf between the haves and have-less troubles me, but not for the obvious reasons. Apart from the financial inequities, I fear the expansion of an entirely different gap, caused by the inability to see oneself in a less advantaged person’s shoes. Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.
If the rich are much more prone than the rest of us to display a lack of empathy, maybe then we need to create a different economic system, one in which compassion is the norm.
First, we have to look for empathy inside ourselves in order to create a just economy.
Creating a better economy system….., is not going to make us better human beings, that is always artificial. It is us that have to look how we de-hypnotize ourselves from this delusion and many other delusion.
The Whole World is been run by Psychopaths, Megalomaniacs, Narcissistic, and we permit this all the time even in our little worlds, we look the other side and talk hypocrisy. | CWDOSN |
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HH: Joined now by Senator Tom Cotton, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Senator Cotton, your reaction to the story that began unfolding last night?
TC: It’s huge news, Hugh, that Daniel Silva has finally optioned off the rights to his Gabriel Alon novels. I assume that’s what you’re talking about?
HH: No, I’m actually talking about the President’s meeting with Lavrov and McMaster’s denial, and the refusal to accept the denial and to parse the denial. My question, Senator Cotton, would be to General McMaster, I hope he comes out, General, is there anything the President said that you wish he hadn’t said? It’s a simple question. How would you, what do you know about this? And how are you reacting to it?
TC: Hugh, I’m not going to have much comment on what may or may not be a classified matter. I would simply say that I know H.R. McMaster and Dina Powell pretty well, and I trust their word and judgment to a greater extent than I trust anonymous sources in the news media. I would expect the administration will be briefing Congress more fully on exactly what transpired, and that’s appropriate. But until then, I don’t have further comment.
HH: Let me play for the audience the McMaster statement last night in its entirety, and then let’s talk about it. Here’s the statement.
HRM: There’s nothing that the President takes more seriously than the security of the American people. The story that came out tonight as reported is false. The President and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. At no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed. And the President did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. Two other senior officials who were present, including the Secretary of State, remembered the meeting the same way and have said so. Their on the record account should outweigh those of anonymous sources. And I was in the room. It didn’t happen.
HH: So Senator Cotton, he’s the author of Dereliction of Duty. He’s a truth-teller. General McMaster, I take him at his word, just like you do. I don’t know him the way you do, but I just, I just take him at his word given his reputation and people like you. But the media’s saying he contradicted himself. I don’t see, I don’t read it that way. He said the story is false. He went on to refute specific allegations that he compromised methods and sources, and he concluded by saying it didn’t happen. That’s a complete denial, isn’t it?
TC: Hugh, he said I was in the room, it did not happen. You’re right that H.R. McMaster truly made his name about truth-telling. His dissertation, which became a top-selling book, and to this day, as far as I know, remains on the recommended reading list for junior officers in the military as it was when I was a junior officer 12 years ago, is about the need for military commanders to speak truth to power in an administration, and how they failed to do so in Vietnam. So I don’t, I don’t see exactly what people are critiquing General McMaster for. Again, I suspect the administration will brief the Congress more fully on exactly what transpired, but I have much greater confidence in the word of H.R. McMaster on the record, in front of cameras, than I do on anonymous sources in the media. And this is not just as a matter of, you know, we don’t know who the anonymous sources are. We don’t know what their motives are. But further, I mean, they were not in the room the way H.R. McMaster and Dina Powell and Rex Tillerson was. So you have the typical problems of you know, second-hand and third-hand information and hearsay information that we just can’t evaluate. So…
HH: I have to get your reaction, Senator. Earlier today, I wrote crucial we get assurances that POTUS gets the risk of carelessness with SCI, Sensitive Comparted Information. Ben Rhodes just tweeted at me, Ben Rhodes, at this point, assurances that Trump gets risks being careless with intel are worth absolutely nothing. I’m astonished that Ben Rhodes would write this. I’m astonished that he would write this, given the Iran story.
TC: Yeah, Hugh, I’ll let you come up with a witty repartee on Twitter for Mr. Rhodes.
HH: It’s just astonishing that they were so indifferent to the handling of sensitive material for so long on Secretary Clinton’s server, and they’re up in arms today. That’s what my callers are most upset about. They want the President to be careful, obviously, but they’re also just sort of overwhelmed by the hypocrisy of it.
TC: Well, you know, Ben Rhodes was the point person for the Obama administration on the Cuba negotiations, so it’s not surprising, for instance, when you have a failed novelist negotiating with trained intelligence officers that Cuba got the much better deal in those negotiations.
HH: Do you believe we will get an FBI director nominated before the President leaves for Saudi Arabia, Israel and Italy?
TC: I know, Hugh, that the President has said that that, that his goal is to move quickly and to nominate someone of unquestioned integrity and judgment. And if he can make that decision before he leaves later this week for his overseas trip, I think that would be good, but…and I think it would, it’s most important that he make the right choice, someone who deserves to attract bipartisan support in the Senate, and who will be a good leader for the men and women of the FBI. In the meantime, as the acting director testified in front of my committee last week, the FBI continues to do its work. There’s no slowing down or stopping the FBI.
HH: Quick question, if in fact the Democrats all unify and say we’re not going to appoint, confirm an FBI director unless there’s a special prosecutor, and there isn’t going to be a special prosecutor, can the Republicans still get the FBI director confirmed?
TC: We can with 52 votes, but I hope the Democrats will support what I hope will be an excellent nomination. | TCWDAN |
The post-rut whitetail season feels a bit like the day after the Superbowl or World Series – the big climax that we’ve been waiting for has come and gone.
Unlike those other sports, however, bowhunting continues through December and even January for some of us, offering a perfect opportunity to tag that trophy deer. A great article in this month’s Field & Stream highlights post-rut whitetail hunting as one of the “late, great” hunting opportunities in North America. They even offer a nice strategy for it which I’ll cover below.
First, let’s talk about what happened over the recent weeks for whitetails during the peak of the rut. Before the rut, bucks were mostly in a somewhat predictable bed-to-food pattern. Then the rut arrived and all predictability went out the window, as mature bucks spent all of their time seeking out, pursuing, and breeding does in estrous. They bedded with or near the doe groups. They forgot about food unless there was a doe eating nearby.
Buck Behavior After the Rut
Saturday at noon in my yard. Oh, how they toy with me!
So let’s put together what we know intuitively about buck behavior in the period after the rut. I’ll supplement this with what I’ve seen while scouting over the past week.
Bucks are still able and willing to breed available does, even if the peak of breeding activity. My impression is that they’re still checking does to see if any come into estrous; this should continue until the second rut later this month. The two biggest bucks I’ve spotted in the past week were on the trail of does or doe-and-fawn groups.
Deer movement seems to be high, even during daylight hours. Case in point: the image at the top right of this article (a still frame from my HD Flip cam): a gorgeous 10 point buck that showed up at NOON on Saturday, about 30 yards from my back door.
Feeding is a priority. A lot of energy was burned over the crazy rut period, when bucks spent most of their time chasing tail. They’re hungry. By the way, so are the does, particularly those that have been bred.
Cold-weather patterns will soon become established. That’s hard to picture in Missouri where we had an all-time record high of 75 yesterday. But the weather will get colder. South-facing slopes will become attractive bedding areas as the deer try to keep warm. See my article on cold weather deer hunting strategies for more advice here.
Post-Rut Hunting Strategies
A number of things have changed since the pre-rut that affect our ability to hunt whitetails effectively.
Less cover. The leaves have fallen, much of the ground cover has died off. There are reasons to like this — it increases visibility and shooting lanes — but it also puts bowhunters at a disadvantage. Keeping out of sight and setting an ambush is harder. Also, buck travel lanes shift to take advantage of what little cover remains. My impression is that they’re using terrain features (such as ditches and creeks) a lot more.
Different food. Likewise, many of the warm-weather food sources have died off or been depleted. I wish I were an expert on winter food sources for deer; most of those I’ve spotted have been browsing in fields or along field edges. The bad news is that these are harder to predict, but the good news is that (once you find them) they’re easier to hunt with a bow than big open fields.
Survival of the fittest. Deer that we see now, especially mature bucks, have survived the fusillade and the vulnerability of the rut. It’s no accident, either: these are the craftiest, wariest, and least predictable whitetails. Otherwise they’d already be at the taxidermy shop.
Hunt Prime Food Near Choice Bedding
Because deer are moving and we know their growing primary need is to feed, that gives us a place to start. In this month’s Field & Stream is an article on the 20 best late/great hunts. One of those: Ambush a hungry buck. “The recipe is simple,” writes Will Brantley. “Prime food near choice bedding. Deer don’t move any farther than they have to at this time of year.” Supporting this idea: every buck I’ve seen since Thanksgiving was at the edge of thick cover and moving out into the open to feed.
Limited Calls and Lures
Because it seems that some bucks are still checking does, I suspect that limited use of deer calls and lures may be productive. Subtlety is the key here; it’s not the time to break out your buck roar. But contact grunts and doe bleats (possibly with The Original Can) may pay off. See my article on when and how to call deer.
The subtlety rule goes for scents and lures as well. I’d be nervous using the “buck bomb” overload of doe-in-estrous scent. Simple doe urine might work better here; you want to attract a buck’s attention without spooking him.
Take Advantage of Snow to Track Deer
I find it hard to think about snow when it’s 70 degrees outside, but in Missouri we might get a couple of rounds before archery season closes, and northern states could get significant amounts. Few things are as informative about deer patterns and hideouts as a fresh coat of snow. If your area has even half an inch of snow that sticks, get out in the field as soon as possible. If not to hunt, then at least to scout. Last year we got a light snowfall literally on the last day of hunting season. I went out in a last-ditch effort and got some valuable scouting intel for this season.
Pay attention to your camouflage when hunting in snow, as dark forms on a white background are very easy to spot. Also, the crunch of your boots could also be a giveaway, especially if the snow has a crust to it. Finally, remember that snow shows your footprints and traps your scent better than bare ground. A mature, wily buck knows exactly what it means when there’s a bunch of boot prints around the base of a certain tree.
Get Out There Before the Holidays
With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas ahead, many of us family-man-first hunters are in a very brief “window of hunting opportunity.” Kids are back in school, and most holiday festivities don’t begin for a couple of weeks. Now’s the time to get out there!
Besides, who wouldn’t want some venison steaks, sausage, or jerky this holiday season?
Share Your Post-Rut Hunting Tips and Stories
If you have any more tips for post-rut whitetail hunting, I’d love to hear them in the comments section. And if you have success, I definitely want to give you a shout-out here or on Twitter.
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Hi i live in somerville tn.I was feeding my horses and dogs yesterday morning and their are 8 does that stay around my place. their hear just about all day every day at one place or another.They see me so much they don’t pay alot of att to me.They moved through before i went out i saw them headed to the woods.I headed to my dog pens and saw one laying at the edge of my pasture by her self.When i headed back to turn on the water i saw a buck standing in the thicket.then a little later i saw him in the pasture.I finished feeding and went in the house to get my binoculars.He had layed at the edge of the pasture.I got look at him it was a 6 point that stayed around hear a few years ago.He had a tall rack back then but had was only a 6 pt.We didn’t see him last year so i thought he didn’t make it.He should be around 4 1/2 he was really wide & tall & looks like big crap claws on top with lots of mass & still a 6 pt.Every time that doe got up he was right with her.The last time i checked around 1 oclock he was laying by a big oak at the edge of my pasture still tinding that doe.I didn’t see him yesterday evening or none of the does this morning but i know he remembered me doing the same old thing i do every morning because he watched me walk back and forth just like when he was hear before.It was good seeing an old friend.Hope he makes it a few more seasons. | TSCHNT |
Reissue of Olivia's top 10, double platinum 1981 album for MCA. 10 tracks, including the smash title song that spent 10consecutive weeks at #1 in the U.S., plus the top five 'MakeA Move On Me' and the chart hit 'Landslide'... more ». All tracks are digitally remastered. 1998 Festival Records release.« less
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Reissue of Olivia's top 10, double platinum 1981 album for MCA. 10 tracks, including the smash title song that spent 10consecutive weeks at #1 in the U.S., plus the top five 'MakeA Move On Me' and the chart hit 'Landslide'. All tracks are digitally remastered. 1998 Festival Records release.
CD Reviews
Physical is one of my phavorites
Doc Shred | 10/25/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Most ONJ fans, myself included, rank Physical as one of Olivia's best releases. The title track may seem a bit goofy, and it was overplayed in the early 80s, but the album as a whole is really good. The uptempo songs are full of energy and there's a fire in her voice, and the ballads are soulful and her voice is extremely genuine in tone and timbre. An outstanding CD from beginning to end. If you're looking for an Olivia CD beyond a greatest hits compiliation, this is a very good one to check out. "Landslide" and "Make A Move On Me" are two of my favorites from her entire repertoire. Other standout tracks include "Love Make Me Strong," "Silvery Rain," "Promise," and the well-known title track, "Physical."" | TMSSLN |
(TibetanReview.net, Jul28, 2011) A meeting on the “essential aims and goals of restoring independence of Tibet” was held in Zurich on Jul 23-24, organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress and hosted by the Swiss-based Tibetan Youth Association Europe. It was meant to be part of a series of preliminary conferences to be also held in North America, East Asia and India in the run up to an “International Rangzen Conference”.
The meeting declared “total faith in His Holiness the Dalai Lama and respect for the Tibetan government in exile”. At the same time, however, it has noted that people who make unfounded criticisms of Rangzen (independence) advocates “should be confronted instantly by providing the clarity and insight and the value of propagating Rangzen”.
The delegates (which included TYC President Mr Tsewang Rigzin and former political prisoner Ms Ngawang Sangdrol) were reported to have also discussed ways to garner political will and support from host countries and governments for the cause of Tibet’s independence. | SCTPOM |
package com.android.commonapp.presenter;
import com.android.commonapp.contact.BoutiqueContact;
import com.android.commonapp.contact.KnowledgePathContact;
import com.android.commonapp.interfaces.BasePresenterImpl;
import com.android.commonapp.models.BoutiqueModel;
import com.android.commonapp.models.CommonCallModel;
import com.android.commonapp.models.KnowledgePathModel;
import com.android.commonapp.network.CommonCallback;
import com.android.commonapp.network.RetrofitFactory;
import java.util.List;
/**
* @date: 2017/11/23.
* @author: CHEN
* @describe: 知识课件
*/
public class BoutiquePresenter extends BasePresenterImpl<BoutiqueContact.view> implements BoutiqueContact.presenter {
public BoutiquePresenter(BoutiqueContact.view view) {
super(view);
}
@Override
public void getKnowledgeBoutique(String id,String page, String size) {
//参数1 加载说明 参数2 是否需要触屏消失 参数3 是否需要显示进度条
view.showLoadingDialog("数据传输中，请稍后",false,false);
RetrofitFactory.getInstance().api().knowledgeboutique(id,page, size)
.enqueue(new CommonCallback<List<BoutiqueModel>>() {
@Override
protected void onSuccess(CommonCallModel<List<BoutiqueModel>> t) throws Exception {
view.dismissLoadingDialog();
if (t.getData() != null) {
view.success(t.getData());
}
}
@Override
protected void onFailure(Throwable e, boolean isNetWorkError, String msg) throws Exception {
view.dismissLoadingDialog();
view.failure(e, isNetWorkError, msg);
}
});
}
}
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"creeps his way back in" Question: Can someone, perhaps, change my name to Tboots? Thanks..."creeps back out."
10-23-2005, 02:01 PM
lambikins
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twiddler
"creeps his way back in" Question: Can someone, perhaps, change my name to Tboots? Thanks..."creeps back out."
:rofl Oh, Tboots, you crack me up! If John can't change your screen name, you can always have instead of your "prophet of St. Hurley" this:
1) Tboots: Lovechild of Qboots
2) Tboots: Unofficial heir to Qboots kingdom
3) Tboots: It's not just Qboots, anymore!
Of course, Qboots is probably going to lead a rebel uprising against you and I'm going to have to fly to Switzerland to stay neutral in the inevitable fracas!
10-23-2005, 03:13 PM
getreal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike'sgirl
What would make it possible for them to walk normally, and not leave a footprint???
Here's my theory:
The leader would leave an initial footprint, but it would become obscured by having each following person step on top of his/her footprints, ultimately obliterating them. The ground would be pressed down hard enough that the lightest person (the child with the teddy bear) at the rear of the group would leave no imprint. No?
10-23-2005, 03:39 PM
Twiddler
Quote:
Originally Posted by lambikins
:rofl Oh, Tboots, you crack me up! If John can't change your screen name, you can always have instead of your "prophet of St. Hurley" this:
1) Tboots: Lovechild of Qboots
2) Tboots: Unofficial heir to Qboots kingdom
3) Tboots: It's not just Qboots, anymore!
Of course, Qboots is probably going to lead a rebel uprising against you and I'm going to have to fly to Switzerland to stay neutral in the inevitable fracas!
"creeps back in, grinning" Oh, I'm just kidding. Don't wanna get sued, lambi :D Anyways....working on a theory now...need more...facts...Let's just say it's VERY interesting and leave it at that..."creeps his way back out."
10-23-2005, 04:57 PM
Lea
Quote:
Originally Posted by CashMoneySoviet
Click to see Spoiler:
...
I have an idea about the next new episode. It's just an idea but I will spoiler it anyway.
Click to see Spoiler:
Claire will be the one to kill Shannon because she sees Shannon with Aaron and she thinks that Shannon is out to do Aaron harm but she is trying to help him i.e. Aaaron starts crying and Shannon is the only one around
10-23-2005, 05:04 PM
PWS
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lea
I have an idea about the next new episode. It's just an idea but I will spoiler it anyway.[.....]
Or better yet,
Click to see Spoiler:
Shannon is taking care of Aaron when the tailies come out of the jungle. She is talking to them and maybe even hands Aaron to one of them, and Claire thinks she is giving Aaron to the Others.
10-23-2005, 05:11 PM
Lea
Quote:
Originally Posted by PWS
Or better yet,
Click to see Spoiler:
....
Ooo,that is better but we are agreed on the who's?
10-23-2005, 05:52 PM
tigergirl
Well friends, I am thoroughly disappointed. I've been away from the board for four days (since Wednesday evening) and I set aside a large chunk of time to wade through what I expected to be at least 8 or 10 pages of new posts in my absence. Imagine my surprise to find that there's only a page and a half!!!
What have you slackers been up to????
10-23-2005, 06:41 PM
Davis_Rocks
I went to My PVR system, and this Wednesday's episode is a repeat (or so it says)... it is on all american and canadian channels!
:lol I knew it was coming, yet I was still dissapointed when I saw the words "repeat"
10-23-2005, 07:06 PM
lambikins
Quote:
Originally Posted by tigergirl
Well friends, I am thoroughly disappointed. I've been away from the board for four days (since Wednesday evening) and I set aside a large chunk of time to wade through what I expected to be at least 8 or 10 pages of new posts in my absence. Imagine my surprise to find that there's only a page and a half!!!
What have you slackers been up to????
It's not so much what we've been up to, it's more what the writers haven't been up to!!! :lol
I'd love to be adding to speculation and theories but I think we've run out of gas until LOST refuels us.....THREE WEEKS FROM NOW! :( | SPCOTK |
Experimental study of interactions between five trace elements--Cu, Ag, Se, Zn, and Hg--toward their bioaccumulation by fish (Brachydanio rerio) from the direct route.
Actions and interactions between five elements--copper, zinc, silver, selenium, and methyl mercury--toward their bioaccumulation in fish (Brachydanio rerio) were studied after 12 days exposure, via the direct contamination route. The experimental approach was based on a centered composite factorial design; 43 different contamination conditions were studied simultaneously, with five concentration levels in the water for each element. Contaminated media were cyclically renewed (48 hr renewal cycle), in order to control the fish exposure conditions. Data treatment was essentially based on the multiple regression technique, applied successively to the complete factorial design (2(5) = 32 conditions) and to the centered composite design (43 conditions). Results show a complex set of actions and interactions between the elements. The most striking result is a marked interaction between silver and methyl mercury: when Ag is present in the water jointly with MeHg, it exerts a negative action on Hg bioaccumulation in the fish, at the whole organism level. Bioaccumulation of silver is also significantly influenced by the presence of Zn, Cu, and Se in the water, the action of these three elements producing an increase in the amounts of Ag in the organisms. This study corresponds to an exploratory phase in order to reveal interaction effects on the bioaccumulation processes by fish and then to set up more in-depth analysis to increase progressively the understanding of the ecotoxicological mechanisms involved. | ETCIOT |
A new definition for the consensus sequence of the peroxisome targeting signal type 2.
All organisms except the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans have been shown to possess an import system for peroxisomal proteins containing a peroxisome targeting signal type 2 (PTS2). The currently accepted consensus sequence for this amino-terminal nonapeptide is -(R/K)(L/V/I)X(5)(H/Q)(L/A)-. Some C.elegans proteins contain putative PTS2 motifs, including the ortholog (CeMeK) of human mevalonate kinase, an enzyme known to be targeted by PTS2 to mammalian peroxisomes. We cloned the gene for CeMeK (open reading frame Y42G9A.4) and examined the subcellular localization of CeMeK and of two other proteins with putative PTS2s at their amino termini encoded by the open reading frames D1053.2 and W10G11.11. All three proteins localized to the cytosol, confirming and extending the finding that C.elegans lacks PTS2-dependent peroxisomal protein import. The putative PTS2s of the proteins encoded by D1053.2 and W10G11.11 did not function in targeting to peroxisomes in yeast or mammalian cells, suggesting that the current PTS2 consensus sequence is too broad. Analysis of available experimental data on both functional and nonfunctional PTS2s led to two re-evaluated PTS2 consensus sequences: -R(L/V/I/Q)XX(L/V/I/H)(L/S/G/A)X(H/Q)(L/A)-, describes the most common variants of PTS2, while -(R/K)(L/V/I/Q)XX(L/V/I/H/Q)(L/S/G/A/K)X(H/Q)(L/A/F)-, describes essentially all variants of PTS2. These redefined PTS2 consensus sequences will facilitate the identification of proteins of unknown cellular localization as possible peroxisomal proteins. | TPSNOM |
How to Spend a Perfect Day in Porto
How to Spend a Perfect Day in Porto
With Lisbon having been all the rage lately, its little sister Porto hasn’t gotten as much credit as it undoubtedly deserves. Beautifully located on the River Douro, the city is home to stunning architecture, scrumptious culinary treats (fancy some Port, anyone?) and a lively cultural scene – no wonder J.K. Rowling decided to live here for a few years!
Consequently, Portugal’s so called “secret capital” is catching up quickly and is definitely worth a visit – especially as long as mass tourism is still absent!
photo by Nicolas Vollmer via flickr
While visiting a friend in Lisbon for a few days, I decided to plan a day trip to Portugal’s second biggest city. As I knew I was only going to spend about 10 hours in Porto, I wanted to make the most of my time and thus joined a free walking tour as well as exploring a bit on my own afterwards.
The 3-hour walking tour was indeed a great choice, as the guides give you some interesting insight into the city’s historical and cultural background, plus you get to meet fun people from all over the world. However, if you prefer to be a bit more independent, Porto is also perfect for walking around on your own.
In the Morning
Start your day with a typical Portuguese breakfast – a galao (espresso with steamed milk, a sort of Portuguese latte) and a pastry of your choice – anywhere on the Praca da Liberdade, taking in the grand view of the city’s town hall. Afterwards, if you haven’t arrived here already, head over to the city’s Sao Bento railway station and marvel at the building’s 20,000+ stunning azulejos (hand-painted tiles) which tell the stories of past European wars and monarchs.
Then, walking along the Rua de Sa da Bandeira, take a right on Rua de Passos Manuel and arrive in the Rua de Santa Catarina, the city’s main shopping street. If you feel like shopping, go for it – but even if you don’t, the street is still worth a visit due to the beautifully tiled church Capela Das Almas as well as the Cafe Majestic, where J.K. Rowling wrote the very first chapters of Harry Potter. However, don’t get carried away by their fabulous (and comparatively expensive) menu too much, as you’ll need all the appetite you can get for your lunch.
For Lunchtime
I’m afraid to tell you that you don’t really have any choice other than to have a Francesinha for lunch. Porto’s most famous signature dish consists of a melted-cheese-covered sandwich containing ham, sausages and steak served on a plate with French fries and slightly spicy tomato sauce (there are vegetarian versions available as well!). You can find it all over town, but locals have told me that the best Francesinha can be found at either Bufete Fase or Cafe Santiago and that you should never spend less than 7EUR or more than 12EUR on one sandwich. If you’re with a friend, you should definitely consider sharing one, as it’s more than likely you’ll be full after one half.
No Time for a lazy Afternoon
If you can still walk after your Francesinha experience, do so by heading down the Rua de Santa Catarina and the Praca da Batalha, passing the Igreja Paroquial de Santo Ildefonso and coming to a stop at the Igreja de Santa Clara. This former cloister might look plain from the outside, but its stunning rococo interior is completely covered in gold leaf and contains lots of exceptional Portuguese woodwork.
After sneaking a little peek over the river Douro at the top of the Ponte Luis I bridge, head over to the city’s cathedral Se do Porto and then down to the waterfront (there are some well-concealed stairs behind the cathedral that will give you a great view into some cozy little side streets).
Now it’s time for some Port! Cross the lower level of the aforementioned bridge to Gaia, where you can either enjoy a glass of Port with a beautiful view of the old town, or participate in a Port Wine cellar tour (tours are mostly an hour long, cost about 15EUR and include a wine cellar tour as well as some port wine tasting). Afterwards, if you feel like a bit of a scenic ride, take the cable car (about 6EUR) back to the top of the bridge; however, walking shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes either.
How to End the Day
If you are on a day trip like me, you’ll probably be heading back to Lisbon during the evening hours. However, if you’ve still got a bit of time, I’d definitely recommend going to at least one more place: The Livraria Lello. This famous Art Nouveau bookstore is the first one I’ve ever paid an entrance fee to, but it was worth every single one of the 3 Euros I paid (plus, if you buy a book, you can reclaim the entrance fee). Upon entering, you instantly feel like you’ve been thrown into a store in Diagon Alley – I don’t use this phrase lightly, but it’s pure magic!
Of course there is much more to discover in Porto (check out the tourist information or download this amazing free map with more information) – if I had known that I would fall in love with this city instantly, I would’ve definitely decided to stay longer – as will you hopefully!
This is a guest post by Kat Nagler.
Kat is an art and museum educator currently living in Hamburg. Having grown up in two countries – the United States and Germany – she always felt that she was at home in more than one place. After Hawaii and New Zealand, her next big adventure will take her to Australia this coming spring, where she hopes to encounter at least one or two quokkas. Kat enjoys art, summer, reading, anything food and coffee-related as well as meeting people from all over the world. You can find Kat on Instagram.
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We’ve never been to Porto, that’s why we are planning a trip next year. This post comes in handy, since we won’t have much time in Porto and we are combining our trip with Lisbon!
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Estonian formin: Russia must right wrongdoings to restore relations with NATO
BRUSSELS, Dec 06, BNS - In order to return to normal communication with NATO, Russia must right the wrongdoings committed against Ukraine, this is the universal position of NATO, Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser on Wednesday told BNS at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
"When it comes to Eastern Ukraine, this means the full realization of the Minsk agreements, and when it comes to Crimea, stopping illegal annexation and restoring the territorial integrity of Ukraine," Mikser said in a short interview to BNS after a meeting of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers.The minister said that Russia has committed a brutal violation of international law in Ukraine. "No NATO country or democratic state is prepared to accept changing borders with armed forces in the 21st century," he said.Baltic News Service | TRCWNS |
#include "shm_mutex.h"
ShmProcessMutexCheck& ShmProcessMutexCheck::getInstance() {
static ShmProcessMutexCheck singleton;
return singleton;
}
bool ShmProcessMutexCheck::addLock(const std::string& name) {
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> l(m_);
auto p = shmLocks_.emplace(name);
return p.second;
}
bool ShmProcessMutexCheck::removeLock(const std::string& name) {
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> l(m_);
return shmLocks_.erase(name) == 1;
}
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/*! \internal \file
* \brief Declare infrastructure for managing caching of OpenCL
* JIT-ted binaries
*
* This functionality is currently disabled in compileProgram()
*
* \author Dimitrios Karkoulis <[email protected]>
* \author Anca Hamuraru <[email protected]>
* \author Teemu Virolainen <[email protected]>
* \author Mark Abraham <[email protected]>
*/
#ifndef GMX_GPU_UTILS_OCL_CACHING_H
#define GMX_GPU_UTILS_OCL_CACHING_H
#include <string>
#include "gromacs/gpu_utils/oclutils.h"
namespace gmx
{
namespace ocl
{
/*! \brief Construct the name for the binary cache file
*
* \param[in] kernelFilename Name of the kernel from which the binary will be compiled.
* \param[in] deviceId ID of the device upon which the binary is used.
*
* \todo The set of preprocessor options should also form part of the
* identification of the cached binary. Also perhaps compiler, runtime
* and device version info?
*
* \todo Mutual exclusion of ranks and nodes should also be implemented
* if/when caching is re-enabled.
*
* \returns The name of the cache file.
*/
std::string makeBinaryCacheFilename(const std::string& kernelFilename, cl_device_id deviceId);
/*! \brief Check if there's a valid cache available, and return it if so
*
* \param[in] filename Name of valid file containing the binary cache
* \param[in] context The OpenCL context
* \param[in] deviceId The ID of the device on which to use the program
*
* \returns The OpenCL program read from the cache
*
* \throws InternalError if an OpenCL error was encountered
* FileIOError if the file could not be opened
*/
cl_program makeProgramFromCache(const std::string& filename, cl_context context, cl_device_id deviceId);
/*! \brief Implement caching of OpenCL binaries
*
* \param[in] program Index of program to cache
* \param[in] filename Name of file to use for the cache
*
* \throws InternalError if an OpenCL error was encountered
* FileIOError if the file could not be opened
*/
void writeBinaryToCache(cl_program program, const std::string& filename);
} // namespace ocl
} // namespace gmx
#endif
| TMCPNP |
Enes Kanter Makes Big Return to New York as Trail Blazers Beat Nets
When Jusuf Nurkic went to the bench, the Portland Trail Blazers inserted a player who barely knew their offense.
Imagine how good Portland’s center combination can be once that player, Enes Kanter, gets up to speed.
Nurkic had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Kanter added 18 points and 9 rebounds in his Portland debut, and the Trail Blazers beat the Nets, 113-99, on Thursday night at Barclays Center.
The center tandem was so good that the Trail Blazers did not even need a big night from the All-Star guard Damian Lillard, who was just 5 for 21 from the field. He finished with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
They’re going to change the dynamic for a lot of teams, how they guard us obviously,” Blazers guard C J McCollum said.
Kanter signed last week with the Blazers after losing his job with the Knicks and then being given his release after they could not find a deal before the trade deadline. He made his first seven shots and finished 8 for 9 from the field, missing only a 3-point attempt, as the Blazers relied on pick-and-rolls when he was in to compensate for his unfamiliarity with their sets.
Languishing on the bench during much of what became an 18-game losing streak for the Knicks, Kanter was excited to be on the floor in meaningful situations.
“Last time I got a win I think it was like almost two months,” he said.
McCollum added 21 points in a good return from the break for the Blazers after going into it with a 129-107 victory over Golden State. They opened a seven-game trip and do not play their first home game after the All-Star break until March 7 against Oklahoma City.
Allen Crabbe had 17 points for the Nets, who came out of the All-Star break above .500 for the first time since 2013. The All-Star guard D’Angelo Russell shot only 4 for 16, finishing with 14 points and 8 assists.
“Didn’t coach well, didn’t play well,” Nets Coach Kenny Atkinson said. “It was just one of those games where I think Portland was simply the better team. There’s just no way around it.”
Lillard’s 3-pointer midway through the third — his only one through three quarters — gave Portland a 69-63 lead that the Blazers extended largely through Kanter’s work inside. He followed with four baskets in the period, including one that gave Portland its largest lead, 82-67.
The lead was 14 after his free throws with 10 minutes 40 seconds to play before Ed Davis, Shabazz Napier and Crabbe — all former Blazers — fueled a 15-2 surge that trimmed the deficit to 90-89. But Portland pushed the lead back into double digits, with Lillard contributing a 3-pointer with a little more than three minutes to go and Nurkic getting a three-point play when he was fouled on a powerful dunk. | TBCKDZ |
[Cite as Gumins v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2010-Ohio-4342.]
Court of Claims of Ohio
The Ohio Judicial Center
65 South Front Street, Third Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
614.387.9800 or 1.800.824.8263
www.cco.state.oh.us
DAVID GUMINS
Plaintiff
v.
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION
Defendant
Case No. 2006-06132
Judge Joseph T. Clark
Magistrate Steven A. Larson
JUDGMENT ENTRY
{¶ 1} This case is sua sponte assigned to Judge Joseph T. Clark to conduct all
proceedings necessary for decision in this matter.
{¶ 2} On July 28, 2009, the magistrate issued a decision recommending
judgment in favor of defendant. On October 13, 2009, the court overruled plaintiff’s
objections without consideration of the App.R. 9(C) statements filed by the parties
inasmuch as a transcript was “available” for the purposes of Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(iii).
Judgment was rendered in favor of defendant.
{¶ 3} On July 20, 2010, the Tenth District Court of Appeals reversed the
judgment of this court and remanded the case for further proceedings, stating in
relevant part that “the trial court erred in finding the transcript was available in the face
of plaintiff’s uncontested affidavit of indigency” and that “[o]n remand, the trial court will
have the opportunity to determine whether to use affidavits under Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(iii)
or utilize the statements the parties proffered.” Gumins v. Dept. of Rehab & Corr. (July
20, 2010), Franklin App. No. 09AP-1063, ¶10-11.
Case No. 2006-06132 -2- JUDGMENT ENTRY
{¶ 4} Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(iii) provides, in part:
{¶ 5} “An objection to a factual finding, whether or not specifically designated as
a finding of fact under Civ. R. 53(D)(3)(a)(ii), shall be supported by a transcript of all the
evidence submitted to the magistrate relevant to that finding or an affidavit of that
evidence if a transcript is not available.” (Emphasis added.)
{¶ 6} As defined by R.C. 2319.02, an affidavit is “a written declaration under
oath, made without notice to the adverse party.”
{¶ 7} The App.R. 9(C) statements filed by the parties are not sworn statements
and are therefore not “affidavits” as required by Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(iii). Accordingly, the
court finds that plaintiff has failed to properly support his factual objections to the
magistrate’s July 28, 2009 decision.
{¶ 8} Upon review of the record, the magistrate’s decision and the objections,
the court finds that the magistrate has properly determined the factual issues and
appropriately applied the law. Therefore, the objections are OVERRULED and the court
adopts the magistrate’s decision and recommendation as its own, including findings of
fact and conclusions of law contained therein. Judgment is rendered in favor of
defendant. Court costs are assessed against plaintiff. The clerk shall serve upon all
parties notice of this judgment and its date of entry upon the journal.
_____________________________________
JOSEPH T. CLARK
Judge
cc:
Case No. 2006-06132 -3- JUDGMENT ENTRY
Daniel R. Forsythe Richard F. Swope
Douglas R. Folkert 6480 East Main Street, Suite 102
Assistant Attorneys General Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068
150 East Gay Street, 18th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-3130
MR/cmd
Filed September 9, 2010
To S.C. reporter September 14, 2010
| CGLFND |
Sarnath, it is famous as Buddhist pilgrimage spots and it is the place where Lord Buddha delivered his first speech. Sarnath is one of four Buddhist pilgrimage sites based on major events in the life of Gautama Buddha, the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. Sarnath located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, near Varanasi city. Varanasi is the holy city of India. The world famous holy river the Ganga is located only 10 km away.
The location of Buddha temples are near Sarnath railway station. The resident of Sarnath is very helpful for tourist.
Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon in the Sarnath. Sarnath town has a number of Buddhists are living there. Name of stupa is Chaukhandi Stupa and various Buddhist temples of Japan, and many other countries temple is established on sarnath, a large number of visitors from faraway places. Ashoka Pillar is the most important figures of Sarnath and the national emblem of India. In this town have a famous Museum established by Archaeological Survey of India, which houses a large number of different Bodhisattva and Buddha images. Image specimens of Buddhist art is show on Buddha images.
Digambar Jain Temple is located in sarnath town. Famous Deer Park is located at sarnath, nice zoo are suitable here, It is well connected by rail,road and varanasi airport.
Enjoy your holidays with nice places in Hyderabad; it is most popular city in India of travel points. Hyderabad city is known two other name “city of Pearls” and “City of Nizams”. Mainly two languages used in Hyderabad city, language is Telugu and Urdu. In south India Telugu is primary language, much language in south India but Telugu is main. Hyderabad and Secunderabad are twin cities, joint name known as Hyderabad. It is located at bank of Musi River. It is situated approximately in 650 km range in Andhra Pradesh. Telugu Film industry is situated in this beautiful city, known universally as Tollywood.
Hyderabad is a hub of information technology, many software companies is working in this city. Some companies name – Customer Pvt Ltd, Learning Solutions Pvt, Accenture Services Pvt, Acumen Software Technologies Ltd, Adea International Pvt Ltd, ADP Pvt Ltd. Bangalore and Hyderabad is top of the it city South India. In North India information technology (IT) Hub is New Delhi range.
The world famous Hyderabadi cuisine is served in Hyderabad city restaurant. This cuisine is mixed with spicy rice, wheat and meat dishes. Hyderabad city has numerous five star, three star and economy class hotels and they are evenly distributed across the city.
Kullu and Manali Are a Beautiful hill station in the Himachal Pradesh. Manali is a small hill town located in northern end of Kullu Valley; these places are complement to each other. If Travelling in these Place in summer vacation, enjoy chill winds make great spot. Manali situated in the Himalayan Mountains range, Manali and Kullu are one of the most beautiful places of world. Its place is perfect honeymoon destination for a couple. Enjoy summer vacation in the Manali from April to Jun. During these months, the temperature is cool, wearing woollen cloth is weather appropriate for this time of year.
The winter here runs from November through March, between these months temperature is so cold and foggy and snow fall.
There are many temples such as the Bijli Mahadev Temple, the Basheshwar Mahadev Temple and the Bhuvneshwari Temple. Manali temples structure is so beautiful and unique on the Earth.
In Manali many beautiful waterfalls and hot springs located nearby, two popular waterfall destination are Rahla Fall and Palani Fall.
Time is not matter going to Manali, culture of Manali is very attractive. Whether you are there for the Ghost Dance or Winter Carnival in January, the Spring Festival in April, or the Dasehara festival in October, you are sure to have magnificent time learning about the rich culture of the Indian people.
If you search travel place in West India, then you can choose a very beautiful place, Ahmadabad.In Gujarat, Ahmadabad is the largest city and it is Commercial Hub of Gujarat State. Ahmadabad is located on the banks of the River Sabarmati. For business purpose, many people daily visit this commercial city. Many historical places are available in this city. If we count seven largest cities in India, then Ahmadabad comes to seventh place in the counting. It is the old capital of Gujarat. It is the main point of Gujarat for education point of view, some internationally reputed institutions like, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA), Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad (MICA), Indian Institute of Design Ahmedabad (IIDA), Nirma University.
Sabarmati Ashram is located in this city which was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1915. This Ashram is situated near the Sabarmati River. This place is remarkable because Mahatma Gandhi started Dandi March in 1930.
Sardar Patel Stadium is established in Motera, Ahmadabad. This is a very beautiful ground for playing cricket. Sardar Patel stadium is owned by Gujarat Cricket Association. The stadium can accommodate more than 54,000 people. A day-and-night playing cricket facility is available in this stadium.
Goa Beaches are most famous tourist hubs in the South Asia.The beeches culture is uniqueness of the other beeches in the India. Goa’s beeches are famous for his own features and its own attractions nice travel spot for choice. The beauty of the beeches is also more attractive because nearby many famous Hotels is available. Number of beeches is 35, Famous 3 beaches in Goa at Calangute, Anjuna and Colva. Holidays in Goa are memories to cherish in the future.
Goa beaches look like a perfect mix of sea, sand and surfcan be enjoyed. Looking wonderful colonial shape, which announces them as attractive look. On the Beeches flea markets for nice shopping and a range of restaurants & hotels are cache your eyes.
Varanasi? If anyone sounds this word, it is very attractive word for the tourist and pilgrimage point of the view. It is holy city of India and it is also known as Banaras and Kashi. Varanasi is the virtuous place of Hindus and very old city of the world. Many pilgrims visit this place every year and they take bath in the River Ganges every morning and offer their prayers. There are number of shrines in Varanasi.
It is also known as ‘city of Temple’. The climate of Varanasi is very good of tourism point of view, in the summer night is so beautiful and the winters are very cold and the North India wind makes it place is so beautiful.Varanasi city is covered by the Ganga in three sides. The river Ganga is holy for bathe of Hindu pilgrimages. The Ganga is very adorable river in Varanasi, thousands of people bath daily in this river.
In Varanasi many Temple, Kashi Vishwanath is most famous temple. The bank of the Ganga many Ghats is historical point is available.
Ghats is given below:
Mata Anandamai Ghat
Assi Ghat
Ahilya Ghat
Adi Keshava Ghat
Ahilyabai Ghat
Badri Nayarana Ghat
Bajirao Ghat
Bauli /Umaraogiri / Amroha Ghat
Bhadaini Ghat
Bhonsale Ghat
Brahma Ghat
Bundi Parakota Ghat
Chaowki Ghat
Chausatthi Ghat
Cheta Singh Ghat
Dandi Ghat
Darabhanga Ghat
Dashashwamedh Ghat
Digpatia Ghat
Durga Ghat
Ganga Mahal Ghat (I)
Ganga Mahal Ghat (II)
Gaay Ghat
Genesha Ghat
Gola Ghat
Gularia Ghat
Hanuman Ghat
Hanumanagardhi Ghat
Harish Chandra Ghat
Jain Ghat
Jalasayi Ghat
Janaki Ghat
Jatara Ghat
Karnataka State Ghat
Kedar Ghat
Khirkia Ghat
Shri Guru Ravidass Ghat[5]
Khori Ghat
Lala Ghat
Lali Ghat
Lalita Ghat
Mahanirvani Ghat
Mana Mandira Ghat
Manasarovara Ghat
Mangala Gauri Ghat
Manikarnika Ghat
Mehta Ghat
Meer Ghat
Munshi Ghat
Nandesavara Ghat
Narada Ghat
Naya Ghat
Nepali Ghat
Niranjani Ghat
Nishad Ghat
Old Hanumanana Ghat
Pancaganga Ghat
Panchkota
Pandey Ghat
Phuta Ghat
Prabhu Ghat
Prahalada Ghat
Prayaga Ghat
Raj Ghat built by Peshwa Amrutrao
Raja Ghat / Lord Duffrin bridge / Malaviya Bridge
Raja Gwalior Ghat
Rajendra Prasad Ghat
Ram Ghat
Rana Mahala Ghat
Rewan Ghat
Sakka Ghat
Sankatha Ghat
Sarvesvara Ghat
Scindia Ghat
Shivala Ghat
Shitala Ghat
Sitala Ghat
Somesvara Ghat
Telianala Ghat
Trilochana Ghat
Tripura Bhairavi Ghat
Tulsi Ghat
Vaccharaja Ghat
Venimadhava Ghat
Vijayanagaram Ghat
Samne Ghat
Banaras Hindu University or BHU is a central university, It is a public central university situated in Varanasi, established by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, University was established in 1916. | TBCLON |
Cell phones used in Monroe County Courthouse bomb threats recovered from lake
by Jade Jarvis
COOLBAUGH TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WOLF) -- A phone and half of another believed to have been used in making two of nine threats at the Monroe County Courthouse this year were found in the lake at Tobyhanna State Park Wednesday.
Two dive teams assisted the Monroe County District Attorney's Office in the search.
Officials say both suspects threw those phones in the lake at the park after making those threat calls.
For those who had jury duty today at the Monroe County Courthouse, a welcome return to normalcy.
“I mean everything was backed up in the courthouse today they had like 230, close to 300 jurors, and that’s due because of all the bomb threats so they had to push a lot of trials back so. But it worked out to be okay today," Darryl Henry, of Blakeslee, said.
That’s because 49-year-old Jesus Castrodad and his 32-year-old girlfriend Colleen Kasdaglis are locked up in the Monroe County Correctional Facility.
Police say they’re behind a string of bomb threats that have plagued the courthouse this year, admitting to seven between July and the latest on Tuesday.
Several of those threats were traced back to Tobyhanna State Park.
Detectives were there just before 9 a.m. Tuesday looking for surveillance cameras when they were told another threat was called in and traced yet again to the beach in the park.
Around that time they saw a white van leaving the park, and put out a “be on the look out alert” to other officers.
The van was later stopped on Route 940 with Castrodad and Kasdaglis inside.
“They deserve what they get full penalty If this really would have happened everybody in Stroudsburg would have got hurt and that’s not good," Hector Rios, of Stroudsburg, said.
Today, a dive team searched the lake at the park to recover two cell phones used in two separate threats.
They found the phone from Tuesday's call and half of the phone from another placed on October 1. It was broken in two before being thrown into the lake.
Officials say those threats cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in lost productivity and emergency response costs.
“It was a pain the behind as far as the expenses are concerned with Stroudsburg, it costs a lot of money, taxpayers. But I’m glad they got them," Henry said.
Both Castrodad and Kasdaglis are in jail on $1 million bail each.
Crews will not return to the park to search for the other half of the broken phone and plan to proceed with what they found. | TCSPND |
Well i got a wild custom that wins every show
But it's a no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
Yeah but everybody knows that she just don't go
She's my no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
White wall slicks with racing mags
She's just for looks, man, not for drags
'cause it's a no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
No go
No go
Well the guys all dig it they've got no complaints
About my no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
And the chicks really flip for that metal flake paint
On my no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
It really rates fine in the custom clan
With hand-formed panels, tuck-and-roll rear pan
'cause it's a no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
No go
No go
Well the engine compartment's filled with all chrome goodies
In my no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
Yeah but everybody takes me even old ford woodies
In my no-go showboat (no-go showboat)
When it comes to speed, man, i'm just outa luck
I'm even shut down by the ice cream truck
'cause it's a no-go showboat (no-go showboat) | TMCDOE |
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Fried green tomatoes are a classic, but few people outside of the South attempt to make them. However, it's a versatile dish that is incredibly easy to make — they're great as a side dish, on top of a burger or sandwich, or as an appetizer. And kids tend to love them, too, so they are an easy addition to any family meal.
The key to this dish is that the green tomatoes are more solid than riper tomatoes, and they hold up better to frying. Make sure to serve them piping hot and try to stick to Southern tradition by having a bit of pimento cheese on the side.
Click here to see Green Tomatoes for Everyone.
From the True Food: Seasonal, Sustain, Simple, Pure cookbook, this recipe's directions insist that it’s not worth it unless you’re working with the freshest possible in-season tomatoes, making it the perfect summertime pick.
Recipe by: Executive Chef Robert Ash, Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate Florida is home to the tomato, which was first introduced in the 1600s – but it wasn’t until the early 1800s when the first tomato soup recipe was published. Tomato soup is satisfying to the soul, no matter the occasion! In this version, we add some roasted red peppers to add a touch of sweetness and vibrancy to the dish. This soup is best complemented with a classic grilled cheese because the fat from the cheese and butter cuts the acidity of the tomatoes – making the dish perfectly balanced on your palate. This classic soup can be served year-round and will always be a crowd pleaser!
Think of this as a cool-weather option for grilled tomatoes. Although these grilled tomatoes are cooked under a broiler, one could argue that a broiler is essentially an upside-down grill. Besides, once you sink your teeth into the bubbling hot spinach stuffing, it won't really matter exactly how these tomatoes were cooked. These tomatoes are extremely popular at Joe's Stone Crab, with locations in Miami, Chicago, and Las Vegas.
See all spinach recipes.
This dish travels well, can be eaten cold or at room temperature, is a delicious finger food, children can even help their parents to make them the night before (perhaps by filling up the tomatoes), and they have good nutritional value, too.
See all tomato recipes.
Click here to see 13 Easy Recipes for Back-to-School Meal Planning.
OK, full disclosure: I did not come up with this recipe all on my own. It's the creation of the talented chef Didier Mantarou, and I had the privilege of trying it first-hand at his restaurant Miel Brassiere in Boston. I thought of this recipe when I went to develop one with olive oil because it's the exact kind of recipe where the role of olive oil, and the quality of it, is important to the dish. You'll see that this is so much more than a tomato and mozzarella dish (the burrata could've told you that), and it's incredibly easy to prepare.
Click here to see Why You Should Cook with Olive Oil.
If, for some unfathomable reason, you haven’t yet made the Savory Pie Crust, let this tomato tart be the motivation to get into the kitchen and do so. This is a wonderful do-ahead dish, and, as it takes advantage of vine-ripened summer tomatoes, also happens to make for an easy warm-weather meal with a simple salad of mixed greens. | TCMSOG |
Q:
Cordapp Web Application
Is there any documentation on how to build web application with CORDA as underlying technology. Need to be able to create a web application (html and js) to visualize the states and transactions of each node.
A:
There are several approaches:
Using SpringBoot to create a webserver. You can find a template here, and a detailed example implementation here.
Using Braid server and Open API generator. You can find an example that uses ReactJS here.
I wrote about Braid server in this article.
Samples are also written in Kotlin. Here's the deprecated repo that was split into Java samples, and Kotlin samples.
| TDSCOC |
ok so i tried and this is what i got *ahem* me:cyber sex Cleverbot: No, numbers. me:you start cleverbot: what song? me: *takes off shirt* cleverbot: *tickles feet* me: *takes off pants* cleverbot: *pulls back bow and the arrows destroys the tank* | OSCENK |
Q:
Produce a tree diagram to display football matchup
I am working on a Math Project involving football matches. I hope I can produce a tree diagram like this. Could anyone help me with the basic code? I feel producing this diagram requires tikz, which I am not good at. Thanks for your help!
By the way, I do not need the text regarding the date and the place of the matches. Thanks again for your attention!
A:
By defining a basic block style and using nodes alignment, this is one possibility.
Code
\documentclass[border=15pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,arrows,calc}
\tikzset{block/.style = {rectangle, draw,fill=blue!10,
text width=5cm, minimum height=0.5cm},
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\path (0,0)
node[block,text centered](a){Round of 16}
node[block,text centered,right=2cm of a](b){Quarter-finals}
node[block,text centered,right=2cm of b](c){Semi-finals}
node[block,text centered,right=2cm of c](d){Finals};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of a] (r1){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r1] (r2){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of r2] (r3){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r3] (r4){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of r4] (r5){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r5] (r6){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of r6] (r7){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r7] (r8){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of r8] (r9){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r9] (r10){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of r10](r11){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r11] (r12){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of r12](r13){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r13] (r14){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0.5cm of r14](r15){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brazil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of r15] (r16){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Chile\hfill 1(2)};
%------------
\node[block,below=1.5cm of b] (q1){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brasil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of q1] (q2){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Colombia\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=2.8cm of q2](q3){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brasil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of q3] (q4){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Colombia\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=2.8cm of q4](q5){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a} Brasil\hfill1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of q5] (q6){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Colombia\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=2.8cm of q6](q7){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brasil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of q7] (q8){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Colombia\hfill 1(2)};
%-------------semifinal
\node[block,below=3.6cm of c] (s1){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brasil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of s1] (s2){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\, Germany\hfill1(2)};
\node[block,below=7.5cm of s2](s3){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brasil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of s3] (s4){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Germany\hfill 1(2)};
%--------- final
\node[block,below=8cm of d] (f1){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brasil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of f1](f2){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Colombia\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=3cm of f2,text centered]{Third places};
\node[block,below=4cm of f2](t1){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-a}\,Brasil\hfill 1(2)};
\node[block,below=0cm of t1](t2){\includegraphics[scale=0.05]{example-image-b}\,Colombia\hfill 1(2)};
%---- connecting lines
\foreach \i/\j/\k in {1/3/1,5/7/3,9/11/5,13/15/7}{
\draw[thick] (r\i.south east) -- +(1,0) |- (q\k.south west);
\draw[thick] (r\j.south east) -- +(1,0) |- (q\k.south west);
}
\foreach \i/\j/\k in {1/3/1,5/7/3}{
\draw[thick] (q\i.south east) -- +(1,0) |- (s\k.south west);
\draw[thick] (q\j.south east) -- +(1,0) |- (s\k.south west);
}
\foreach \i/\j/\k in {1/3/1}{
\draw[thick] (s\i.south east) -- +(1,0) |- (f\k.south west);
\draw[thick] (s\j.south east) -- +(1,0) |- (f\k.south west);
}
\def\box{1.5cm}
\foreach \i/\j in {1/2,3/4,5/6,7/8,9/10,11/12,13/14,15/16}{
\draw[thick] ([xshift=\box]r\i.north) -- ([xshift=\box]r\j.south);
}
\foreach \i/\j in {1/2,3/4,5/6,7/8}{
\draw[thick] ([xshift=\box]q\i.north) -- ([xshift=\box]q\j.south);
}
\foreach \i/\j in {1/2,3/4}{
\draw[thick] ([xshift=\box]s\i.north) -- ([xshift=\box]s\j.south);
}
\foreach \i/\j in {1/2}{
\draw[thick] ([xshift=\box]f\i.north) -- ([xshift=\box]f\j.south);
}
\draw[thick] ([xshift=\box]t1.north) -- ([xshift=\box]t2.south);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
A:
This is a forest solution which involves a little less typing than some other possibilities.
The basic idea is to see the diagram as a tree with an invisible root note on the far right. This has two children: the final and the detached third place match. To avoid affecting the main tree, the detached node is drawn after all of the other nodes are typeset and their positions set.
matchnode={<flag-1>}{<team-1>}{<score-1>}{<flag-2>}{<team-2>}{<score-3>} is a style used to define the tabular content for each match. Each <flag> should be the name of the image file containing the relevant <team>'s flag.
round name={<name>} is a style used to define the competition stages marked at the top. The title of the third place match is added directly to the relevant node, since this is a one off.
The colours are set as lineblue, fillblue and textblue. The overall appearance of all nodes is set using the footnode style which can be modified as desired. The general shape and thickness of the branches is set using forest's edge. If you want straight edges, for example, just say edge={ultra thick}, removing the rounded corners... specification.
\PassOptionsToPackage{dvipsnames,svgnames,x11names,rgb,table}{xcolor}
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{array,forest}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,shadows}
\colorlet{textblue}{blue!75!black}
\colorlet{lineblue}{blue}
\colorlet{fillblue}{blue!10}
\newlength\Tht
\settoheight{\Tht}{T}
\begin{document}
\arrayrulecolor{lineblue}
\begin{forest}
/tikz/footnode/.style={
font=\sffamily,
text=textblue,
draw=lineblue,
inner color=fillblue!75,
outer color=fillblue,
drop shadow,
rounded corners=1pt,
},
matchnode/.style n args=6{
footnode,
inner sep=0pt,
content={\includegraphics[height=\Tht]{#1} \textcolor{textblue}{#2}&\textcolor{black}{#3}\\\hline\includegraphics[height=\Tht]{#4} \textcolor{textblue}{#5}&\textcolor{black}{#6}},
},
round name/.style={
tikz={\node [above=of .center |- pen.north, anchor=mid, footnode, minimum height=4ex] {#1};}
},
match align/.style={
align={l|c},
parent anchor=west,
child anchor=east,
anchor=west,
},
for tree={
edge path={
\noexpand\path [draw, \forestoption{edge}] (!u.parent anchor) -- +(-10pt,0) |- (.child anchor)\forestoption{edge label};
},
l sep+=20pt,
match align,
grow=180,
edge={ultra thick, rounded corners},
footnode,
tier/.wrap pgfmath arg={tier #1}{level()},
},
[, phantom,
before drawing tree={
append={[, match align, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team E}{0}{example-image-b}{Team M}{2}, typeset node, afterthought={\node [above=10pt of .north, anchor=south, footnode, minimum height=4ex] {Third place};}]},
}
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team A}{1}{example-image-b}{Team I}{0}, round name=Final
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team A}{1}{example-image-b}{Team E}{0}, round name=Semi-Finals
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team A}{1}{example-image-b}{Team C}{0}, round name=Quarter-Finals
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team A}{1}{example-image-b}{Team B}{0}, name=pen, round name=Round of 16]
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team C}{1}{example-image-b}{Team D}{0}]
]
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team E}{2}{example-image-b}{Team G}{1}
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team E}{1}{example-image-b}{Team F}{0}]
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team G}{1}{example-image-b}{Team H}{0}]
]
]
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team I}{1}{example-image-b}{Team M}{0}
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team I}{1}{example-image-b}{Team K}{0}
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team I}{0 (4)}{example-image-b}{Team J}{0 (2)}]
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team K}{1}{example-image-b}{Team L}{0}]
]
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team M}{1}{example-image-b}{Team O}{0}
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team M}{1}{example-image-b}{Team N}{0}]
[, matchnode={example-image-a}{Team O}{1}{example-image-b}{Team P}{0}]
]
]
]
]
\end{forest}
\end{document}
EDIT
Here's another version which uses a freeware font to supply the flag symbols, and a colour series to randomly apply colours to them. Instead of specifying the image file of the relevant flag, the first and fourth arguments of the matchnode style now specify the relevant character from the freeware font.
This solution requires lualatex. Note that xelatex will NOT work. (And, of course, pdflatex, latex etc. won't either as the code requires fontspec.)
\PassOptionsToPackage{dvipsnames,svgnames,x11names,rgb,table}{xcolor}
\documentclass[tikz,border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{array,forest}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontfamily\fflag{Flags.ttf}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,shadows}
\colorlet{textblue}{blue!75!black}
\colorlet{lineblue}{blue}
\colorlet{fillblue}{blue!10}
\newlength\Tht
\settoheight{\Tht}{T}
% xcolor manual: 34
\definecolorseries{colours}{hsb}{grad}[hsb]{.575,1,1}{.987,-.234,0}
\resetcolorseries[12]{colours}
\begin{document}
\arrayrulecolor{lineblue}
\begin{forest}
/tikz/footnode/.style={
font=\sffamily,
text=textblue,
draw=lineblue,
inner color=fillblue!75,
outer color=fillblue,
drop shadow,
rounded corners=1pt,
},
matchnode/.style n args=6{
footnode,
inner sep=0pt,
content={\raisebox{-.25em}{\fflag\color{colours!!+}#1} \textcolor{textblue}{#2}&\textcolor{black}{#3}\\\hline\raisebox{-.25em}{\fflag\color{colours!!+}#4} \textcolor{textblue}{#5}&\textcolor{black}{#6}},
},
round name/.style={
tikz={\node [above=of .center |- pen.north, anchor=mid, footnode, minimum height=4ex] {#1};}
},
match align/.style={
align={l|c},
parent anchor=west,
child anchor=east,
anchor=west,
},
for tree={
edge path={
\noexpand\path [draw, \forestoption{edge}] (!u.parent anchor) -- +(-10pt,0) |- (.child anchor)\forestoption{edge label};
},
l sep+=20pt,
match align,
grow=180,
edge={ultra thick, rounded corners},
footnode,
tier/.wrap pgfmath arg={tier #1}{level()},
},
[, phantom,
before drawing tree={
append={[, match align, matchnode={E}{Team E}{0}{M}{Team M}{2}, typeset node, afterthought={\node [above=10pt of .north, anchor=south, footnode, minimum height=4ex] {Third place};}]},
}
[, matchnode={A}{Team A}{1}{I}{Team I}{0}, round name=Final
[, matchnode={A}{Team A}{1}{E}{Team E}{0}, round name=Semi-Finals
[, matchnode={A}{Team A}{1}{C}{Team C}{0}, round name=Quarter-Finals
[, matchnode={A}{Team A}{1}{B}{Team B}{0}, name=pen, round name=Round of 16]
[, matchnode={C}{Team C}{1}{D}{Team D}{0}]
]
[, matchnode={E}{Team E}{2}{G}{Team G}{1}
[, matchnode={E}{Team E}{1}{F}{Team F}{0}]
[, matchnode={G}{Team G}{1}{H}{Team H}{0}]
]
]
[, matchnode={I}{Team I}{1}{M}{Team M}{0}
[, matchnode={I}{Team I}{1}{K}{Team K}{0}
[, matchnode={I}{Team I}{0 (4)}{J}{Team J}{0 (2)}]
[, matchnode={K}{Team K}{1}{L}{Team L}{0}]
]
[, matchnode={M}{Team M}{1}{O}{Team O}{0}
[, matchnode={M}{Team M}{1}{N}{Team N}{0}]
[, matchnode={O}{Team O}{1}{P}{Team P}{0}]
]
]
]
]
\end{forest}
\end{document}
The font I used is 'Flags' by Sunwalk and is available here.
| TFSBOD |
Author
Topic: [opensource] Toad | 70% keyboard (Read 25239 times)
Update: A new version, made from the ground up, has been completed. The thread about it is here.Original post:
60% is my favourite form factor but sometimes a function row is handy and I often do key combinations that include F keys. I don't like 75% keyboards because they lack the gap between function and numbers row and because all the keys are too close to each other.Since 70% keyboard are so rare, let alone with a gap, I made one from scratch. This includes PCB, plate and case.I'm very proud to show the results of this project because I used a lot of community resources in the process that it really feels like it's something made together.
Part 1: PCBThe PCB was the most challenging part because everything I came across with at university had nothing to do with electric current, capacitors and resistors, therefore my knowledge of electronics was very limited and I truly needed some help there.That help came from the gentlemen of The Living PCB Design Threadbpiphany, pomk and vvp whose inexhaustible patience and accurate explanations actually made this possible. Should you guys ever read this, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
It's basically a 60% board with Poker mounting holes plus the function row along with two extra mounting holes.For the sake of it, it features an universal layout, two LED indicators in a dedicated spot which are also traced to the Esc and Caps Lock switches for windowed caps.The three large holes in the function-numbers gap were originally placed there to mount the PCB in a modified Filco TKL case but, since I had some measurements off, I decided not to mangle the case and to design one from scratch.
I know this PCB has a lot of design flaws, such as the USB connector on the top side which hits the plate, but I guess you live and learn.Months ago I wouldn't ever pictured myself designing a PCB, so this project actually made me a novice from the wannabe I was. At the end of the day this PCB works and I'm happy with that.
Stabilizers, along with more expensive parts not used in this project, were provided for free by my buddy LeandreN.
I made a few revisions of this PCB, this is the very first one and it runs the QMK firmware. They were all produced by EasyEDA.
Part 2: PlateI designed the plate with swill's superb tool which spared me the sorry task of measuring everything, making unavoidable errors and wasting a lot of money. You have my infinite gratitude.
The plate has 3 mm rounded edges and features MX+ALPS (_t:2) and Cherry stabilizers cutouts. I then added mouting holes with the custom polygons feature. The larger ones on the top right are for LEDs.
I had a batch of five plates cut at HEK's out of 1.5mm thick brushed 304 stainless steel and then I painted them matte black with a spray can.
Part 3: CaseDesigning a case was a tough task because I didn't have my mind clear about a model since the beginning. I knew I wanted something simple, along the lines of a Filco Majestouch case but all the different options I went through didn't seem to satisfy me.
The initial idea was to cut and glue a Filco TKL case but eventually I decided against mutilating it.Then I tried to make a case out of wood, but everything I came up with was so ugly that made me wanna baptize my project toad and no, I'm not showing.
I kept the name and finally I decided to have it printed.I designed it with Tinkercad and, again, swill's builder helped me a lot in this process. I converted the case type to sandwich and imported the SVGs, so I only had to design some minor things like the case feet, PCB standoffs and USB cutout.A flat case was the cheapest to print but I nonetheless wanted some angle, so I also printed some cone shaped feet which I screwed at the bottom half with salvaged screws from an old PC case, I think. I also added some rubber strips to prevent (too much) slippery.Here's a comparison between printed feet and the aluminum one that I tried to copy.
I don't own a 3D printer so I submitted my order through 3D Hubs which was then made by 3DM Print with a Gimax3D printer in PLA at the resolution of 200 µm.
Part 4: Layout, switches and KeycapsFor the layout, I use a ANSI enter with split Left Shift and Backspace and a 7u bottom row. The characters encoding is the standard italian.This KLE will better explain how my layout is organized.
A lower layer height, 0.1mm as opposed to the 0.2mm you used on the feet would have come out far far better, though, they would have cost a bit more as it would have doubled the print time. Lower layers are more important on angled and curved surfaces as it hides the stair stepping effect a printer leaves when doing them. If you want to fix them (or clean up the case), you can lightly sand the plastic, then spray with sandable primer, sand, prime, repeat. After just a couple coats it should be a nice smooth case that looks like something you would buy off a store shelf. Thicker scratches you can use Bondo scratch filler.
0.2mm, while many consider it okay, or even decent, quite a few companies, including mine, consider this to be an extremely rough print. For something we intend to show off we never go thicker than 0.125 and if we have the time, we will go down to 0.1, 0.08, 0.05 or even less. While we have done 0.03 and 0.01 and it looked fantastic, the time required was simply unrealistic. For example a print that took 1 hour at 0.2 will take 200 hours at 0.01, when you consider we often do 36 hour prints at 0.125, a that same print would require 4500 hours, or about 6 months of non stop printing. Most home 3d printers will wear out before it reaches that point.
This is what you do BEFORE sanding it out for milling, if he ultimately even wants that. Plastic does have it's benefits (like not shocking the hell out of you with static buildup!).
This case probably cost around $100 (a very rough estimate just for showing why), and had it not worked, he would have been out another $100 every time he made a change. Whereas, with aluminum, he would very likely still be waiting for the first one and would have cost him $500-$1000 per try. 3d printing isn't great at all things, but cheap, fast prototypes is where they shine.
Keep in mind, fast and cheap are relative, faster and cheaper isn't necessarily fast or cheap. While a cnc milling machine can make this faster than a 3d printer, you can wait weeks or months before a shop will tackle your small one off job. Same with price, paying hundreds for a few dollars worth of plastic seems like a lot, but it's a faction compared to what a machine shop will charge.
I generally hate all keycaps. Keycaps are for poofs. Real men touchtype on stems. Non-functional artisans are awesome, I use them for the ESC key ... escape is for cowards anyways, real men go frontal assault.
Aluminum case is surely something I'm considering but plastics is great for prototyping. I'll probably do some more PCB revisions and case prints before thinking to move to aluminum. The true benefit of plastics is that you can file or sand excesses wheter it's needed. Surely it can be done with aluminum as well but I question the results.
If you want to fix them (or clean up the case), you can lightly sand the plastic, then spray with sandable primer, sand, prime, repeat. After just a couple coats it should be a nice smooth case that looks like something you would buy off a store shelf. Thicker scratches you can use Bondo scratch filler.
0.2mm, while many consider it okay, or even decent, quite a few companies, including mine, consider this to be an extremely rough print. For something we intend to show off we never go thicker than 0.125 and if we have the time, we will go down to 0.1, 0.08, 0.05 or even less. While we have done 0.03 and 0.01 and it looked fantastic, the time required was simply unrealistic. For example a print that took 1 hour at 0.2 will take 200 hours at 0.01, when you consider we often do 36 hour prints at 0.125, a that same print would require 4500 hours, or about 6 months of non stop printing. Most home 3d printers will wear out before it reaches that point.
I've read a bit about 3D printing and I was aware that 200 microns would have been rough, especially with PLA. Does printing ABS gives any better look in your opinion?
I've read a bit about 3D printing and I was aware that 200 microns would have been rough, especially with PLA. Does printing ABS gives any better look in your opinion?
Abs gives no better finish, however it's easier to smooth.You can use what's called an acetone dip to smooth it chemically and it it doesn't soften as easily as PLA, which if you even sand it hard will worm up enough to soften and become gooey. Keep this in mind if you sand your case, start on the bottom, it's kind of tricky, but not difficult.
You can use a lighter to flame polish ABS and PLA (and others), we do this a lot on rough areas or to gloss an area after sanding, however, you need to use a lighter, which means it doesn't work well on large surfaces. Using a torch or something will simply melt the whole thing.
There is also a new material similar to PLA which can be polished chemically. Chemically polished prints look better than injection molded as there is no seam.
So why not just use ABS?Because ABS is a F***KING terrible plastic to 3d print. Yes, technically it's stronger, which is the big claim people using it use as a reason, the problem is, that is based on molded strength, not 3d printed strength. ABS doesn't adhere to the previous layer well, so it tends to delaminate, so while yes, it;s technically stronger, if done properly, when done wrong, you can literally crush it in your hands. And it's VERY easy to get wrong, opening a door in your house can cause enough of a draft to ruin the print. So you end up with people building cardboard shields, plexiglass cases, etc.. trying to keep air from blowing across it. You also need a heated bed because otherwise ABS has a tendency to warp because it shrinks, which also needs to be accounted for in the design (up to 8%) and the shrinkage can cause all sorts of odd print problems such as an hourglass shape. ABS is actually falling out of favor for various high temp PLAs, nylons and such at this point for these reasons. Not to mention the toxic smell it produces when printing.
I learned on ABS, which made my learning curve WAY steeper, but when I did finally switch to PLA, it was child's play. There are some machines that do ABS well, but it's rare to really see one that not just looks good, but actually has proper strength and no warping or distortion, something is almost always bad. and those that do, tend to not do PLA well. Everything in 3d printing has tradeoffs and pretty much no machine does it all, which is precisely why there are so many styles and types of printers.
So why not just use ABS?Because ABS is a F***KING terrible plastic to 3d print. Yes, technically it's stronger, which is the big claim people using it use as a reason, the problem is, that is based on molded strength, not 3d printed strength. ABS doesn't adhere to the previous layer well, so it tends to delaminate, so while yes, it;s technically stronger, if done properly, when done wrong, you can literally crush it in your hands. And it's VERY easy to get wrong, opening a door in your house can cause enough of a draft to ruin the print. So you end up with people building cardboard shields, plexiglass cases, etc.. trying to keep air from blowing across it. You also need a heated bed because otherwise ABS has a tendency to warp because it shrinks, which also needs to be accounted for in the design (up to 8%) and the shrinkage can cause all sorts of odd print problems such as an hourglass shape. ABS is actually falling out of favor for various high temp PLAs, nylons and such at this point for these reasons. Not to mention the toxic smell it produces when printing.
Your knowledge of 3D printing is impressive and I thank you for sharing it. Since I'm not printing myself I guess I'll keep have my prototypes printed in PLA.Again, thank you.
Your knowledge of 3D printing is impressive and I thank you for sharing it. Since I'm not printing myself I guess I'll keep have my prototypes printed in PLA.Again, thank you.
Thanks and you're welcome, I've been doing it for a few years now.PLA is fine (and better for the environment), don't let people tell you it's bad. So long as you don't leave it in your car on a 100F degree day or out in the weather it will last a long time. Most people trashing it are just quoting the same things they have heard parroted by other people.
Be careful chasing perfection, there's almost always a way to make something better, get it to where you are happy with it and enjoy it.
Because of all the recent and unexpected interest for my Toad, I've decided to give a preview of what's going on.
I'm slowly progressing towards a second version of my Toad and I'll be showing the PCBs that I have just received.Most notable differences from the first revisions are ALPS support and split spacebar. Tech-wise, I moved all the SMD components to the bottom side so to have access to them even with a plated in place.
I generally hate all keycaps. Keycaps are for poofs. Real men touchtype on stems. Non-functional artisans are awesome, I use them for the ESC key ... escape is for cowards anyways, real men go frontal assault.
Congrats on being able to get the case printed. I don't have that option here - the only place I found that does 3D printing can only make small items and I don't own, or have access to, a 3D printer. I ended up getting my case cut out of aluminium - top panel, five "side" layers and the base - surprisingly inexpensively: NZ$148.52 or approx US$107.50
I just saw this and very, very clean board. I'm not even a fan of compact designs but yours makes me want to try yours out. And such outstanding results from a novice at electrical stuff makes me think I may have a chance to design my own board someday.
Love how deep the keycaps sink in, and the simple design. It's definitely better than 90% of CNC cases out there that have way off proportions and meaningless shapes.
Thanks. The top half of the case is 10mm high so the keycaps sink slightly more than some other keyboards which, I reckon, are 7mm high.I'm reworking the whole project and I'm trying to design an aluminum case whose smooth surface would hopefully make the entire board look much prettier.
Love how deep the keycaps sink in, and the simple design. It's definitely better than 90% of CNC cases out there that have way off proportions and meaningless shapes.
Thanks. The top half of the case is 10mm high so the keycaps sink slightly more than some other keyboards which, I reckon, are 7mm high.I'm reworking the whole project and I'm trying to design an aluminum case whose smooth surface would hopefully make the entire board look much prettier.
What are the chances you'll add ISO compatibility in plate and PCB in future revisions?
Love how deep the keycaps sink in, and the simple design. It's definitely better than 90% of CNC cases out there that have way off proportions and meaningless shapes.
Thanks. The top half of the case is 10mm high so the keycaps sink slightly more than some other keyboards which, I reckon, are 7mm high.I'm reworking the whole project and I'm trying to design an aluminum case whose smooth surface would hopefully make the entire board look much prettier.
I was planning on diving into custom keyboard design myself and what you've done here is really inspiring. I too know very little about digital circuits but I've already started reading through the living PCB design thread. From what I've read I wouldn't have guessed that you were a novice, considering how often I saw you responding to and helping others in that thread. Then again, I'll paraphrase a quote from one of my old college professors: The best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else.
Would you mind if I PM you down the road as I get ready to start working on my own projects?
I wouldn't have guessed that you were a novice, considering how often I saw you responding to and helping others in that thread.
I've been googling a lot by myself and found many answers to my questions around the internet, yet the most invaluable help I've found was in this very community and mostly from the gentlemen cited in the very first post.
I truly wanted to release this project as opensource including the case as of now but I'm new to parametric modeling so it will realistically take me several more weeks to get something done.For the time being, I made the PCB source available. Please have a look at the end of the original post.
Personally would get rid of the horizontal spacebar hole as it adds flex to the whole bottom row etc. Would also round the corners/increase chamfer size but that's personal preference. LED holes look a little small, but I'm not educated on that topic so won't go further. | TKSFON |
The Constitution Is a ‘Promesa’ to Keep
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in cases that might not get as much attention as the culture‐war smorgasbord on the docket this term, but that implicate billions of dollars and, even more important, the vitality of our system of government. That’s what’s ultimately at stake in the five cases consolidated under the technocratic name Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment.
The cases arose from the restructuring of Puerto Rico’s public debt under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act of 2016 (“PROMESA,” the Spanish word for “promise”), which created a seven‐member Financial Oversight and Management Board. PROMESA’s practical effect was to require the president to select the board’s members from nonpublic lists submitted to the president by House and Senate leaders, without subjecting those appointments to Senate confirmation. The president ultimately agreed to Congress’ directive and chose six board members from that secret list, plus one member himself. None of these appointees were ever subject to Senate confirmation.
The cases raise fundamental questions about government structure because the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article II: Section 2) requires all “officers of the United States” to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. After the board began restructuring Puerto Rico’s debt, certain investor‐creditors, as well as the labor union that represents employees of the island’s electric utility, challenged the board appointment. As the name creditor, Aurelius Investment, would write in its response to the cert petition in the lead case, “The dubious constitutionality of this scheme was obvious from the beginning.”
The Supreme Court has held repeatedly that private parties have an implied right of action to assert claims for separation‐of‐powers violations. But this right means nothing unless those bringing successful challenges have access to meaningful remedies.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in February, ruled for the challengers but declined to invalidate any of the board’s actions, invoking the de facto officer doctrine. In so doing, the court: (1) effectively denied the challengers any meaningful remedy; (2) improperly expanded the power of Congress at the expense of the president and (3) disincentivized private parties from seeking recourse for violations of the Constitution’s structural protections.
The First Circuit’s erroneous application of the de facto officer doctrine is wholly out of line with Supreme Court precedent and undermines the separation of powers. As the court explained way back in the 1886 case of Norton v. Shelby County, the doctrine is an ancient tool of equity that ratifies acts performed by a government officer acting under color of official title even though it is later discovered that the officer’s appointment is legally deficient. The doctrine cures minor statutory defects, not those that violate the Constitution’s structural provisions.
Given that the board members’ power is “pursuant to” federal law (all the power comes from PROMESA), they occupy “continuing positions” (appointments of three years or longer), and they exercise “significant authority” (power to prosecute and veto, rescind and revise Puerto Rico laws and fiscal plans), the First Circuit correctly concluded that board members were principal federal officers subject to the appointments clause.
At this point, the court should have stricken the unconstitutional grant of appointment authority, vacated the board’s decisions, and corrected the constitutional defect by requiring new proceedings before a properly appointed board. Instead, the court fashioned its own judicial remedy under the archaic de facto officer doctrine. Ironically, in attempting to vindicate Congress’ improper grant of appointment power to itself, the court made a policy judgment about how best to restructure Puerto Rico’s debt, ignoring the constitutional violation and claiming for itself Congress’ power to legislate.
The Supreme Court has held repeatedly that private parties have an implied right of action to assert claims for separation‐of‐powers violations. But this right means nothing unless those bringing successful challenges have access to meaningful remedies. As the court put it in the 1995 case Ryder v. United States, “one who makes a timely challenge to the constitutional validity of the appointment of an officer who adjudicates his case is entitled to a decision on the merits of the question and whatever relief may be appropriate if a violation indeed occurred.” In applying the de facto officer doctrine to ratify the unconstitutional board’s actions, the First Circuit denied the challengers the relief to which they’re entitled.
Constitutional structure is important; it’s what ultimately secures our liberties and ensures that we have the rule of law, rather than man—whether that be the president or the group of men and women in Congress, or both in collusion against our founding document. As the justices struggle with the important legal and practical considerations at issue in Puerto Rico’s near-bankruptcy—they seemed mostly concerned at argument about whether the board exercised national or local power, which would be a curious way to interpret a federal law created by an act of Congress—they need to show that the judiciary will maintain our ever‐fragile separation of powers even when the other branches fail to do so. | TCPRDE |
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${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/src/amd_info.c
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/src/amd_order.c
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/src/amd_post_tree.c
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/src/amd_postorder.c
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/src/amd_preprocess.c
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/src/amd_valid.c
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/src/SuiteSparse_config.c
)
endif()
set(qdldl_interface_includes
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/amd/include
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qdldl_sources/include
)
set(qdldl_interface_src
${amd_sources}
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qdldl_interface.h
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qdldl_interface.c
)
# Create object library for linear system solver interface
add_library(linsys_qdldl OBJECT ${qdldl_interface_src})
target_include_directories(linsys_qdldl PRIVATE ${qdldl_interface_includes} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
| TACNEE |
Synopsis
While heading to Olivine City, Ash and Co. take another break near a power generator. After a bit of wandering, however, Ash and Chikorita are trapped in the generator building. To make matters worse, they are trapped with Jessie, James, and Meowth, and some territorial Electric-typePokémon. How will Ash get out of this situation? | SPCKMK |
Opt In Rally for Wilmette
Join us for our rally and news conference at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in front of Wilmette Village Hall to encourage Wilmette’s Board of Trustees to reflect the will of a large majority of Wilmette voters who support a higher minimum wage and paid sick leave for workers.
The news conference will feature workers, business owners and community health experts. Our campaign is part of an ongoing struggle to get more suburbs to comply with Cook County’s minimum wage and sick leave laws. The conference will be followed by the village board’s committee of the whole meeting, where the Minimum Wage & Sick Leave Working Group will present its final report. | ORWMPL |
Catfood
A woman was enjoying a good game of golf with her girlfriends. "Oh, no!" she suddenly exclaimed. "Look at the time! I have to rush home and fix dinner for my husband! He'll be so annoyed if it's not ready on time."
When she got home, she discovered all she had in the fridge was a wilted lettuce leaf, an egg, and a can of cat food. With no time to go to the supermarket, she opened the can of cat food, stirred in the egg, and garnished it with the lettuce.
She greeted her husband warmly when he came home, and then watched anxiously as he sat down to his dinner; but to her surprise, he seemed to be enjoying it.
"Darling, this is the best dinner you've made for me in 30 years of marriage! You can do this again for me any day?"
So every golf day from then on, the woman made her husband the same dish. When she told her golf partners about it, and they were horrified.
"You're going to kill him!" they exclaimed.
A few months later, her husband died.
A month later the women and her friends were all sitting around the clubhouse, and one of them said, "We told you that feeding him that cat food every week would do him in! How can you just sit there so calmly knowing you murdered your husband?"
The wife stoically replied, "But I didn't kill him. He fell off the window sill while he was licking his bum. | SCLTNI |
DENTON, Texas (AP) -- Navy is no stranger to high-scoring games. The Midshipmen have an NCAA record, and a bowl berth-clinching victory, to show for their latest one.
The Midshipmen and North Texas scored a major-college record 136 points in Navy's 74-62 victory Saturday.
Since the NCAA starting keeping records in 1937, four of the five highest-scoring college football games ever have taken place over the last month, including two of the games took place Saturday.
"There wasn't a whole lot of defense being played on either side. Look at them, they scored 62 and they lost," Navy coach Paul Johnson said. "If we don't score every time we get the ball, we're in a deep hole."
Navy, the nation's best rushing offense, set a school record by running for 572 yards with eight rushing TDs a week after snapping a 43-year losing streak to Notre Dame.
Zerbin Singleton ran for three TDs, with a 3-yard run just before halftime and a 65-yarder midway through the third quarter that pushed Navy ahead 58-49. The long run was the fourth straight touchdown for the Midshipmen (6-4), a stretch that put them ahead for the first time.
The Midshipmen tied a school record by scoring at least 30 points for the eighth straight game. That stretch included previous victories of 46-43, 48-45 and 46-44, with a 59-52 loss. They scored their most points in a game since beating Colby 121-0 in 1919.
Still, this wasn't even the highest scoring game of the season. Weber State and Portland State racked up 141 for the all-division record two weeks ago. Weber State won 73-68 in a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) game.
The previous record for college football's top tier of competition was 133 points in San Jose State's 70-63 win over Rice on Oct. 2, 2004. Boise State beat Nevada 69-67 earlier this year, totaling 136 points, but that Oct. 14 game went to four overtimes. The teams were tied at 44 after regulation.
Rice also had the highest score by a losing team in that game, a distinction the Mean Green (1-8) missed out on by a single point.
"I have never been a part of a game quite like this," said coach Todd Dodge, who went 79-1 with four Texas Class 5A state high school championships and plenty of high-scoring games at Southlake Carroll the past five seasons before taking the UNT job. "I knew that we would have to score on nearly every possession and maybe steal a possession or two with turnovers."
Singleton's 65-yard score was set up after Ram Vela intercepted a pass by Giovanni Vizza, who was 40-of-50 for 478 yards and an NCAA freshman-record eight touchdown passes. Both of Vizza's interceptions came in the second half.
Navy's sixth victory guaranteed it a spot in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego on Dec. 20. It will be the Midshipmen's fifth straight bowl game, and they will play a Mountain West Conference team in their third bowl game in San Diego.
A week ago, Navy beat Notre Dame 46-44 in triple overtime. The Midshipmen and North Texas combined for more points than that by halftime, when the Mean Green led 49-45.
The 94 first-half points, and the 63 combined points in the second quarter, both set major college scoring records.
The previous record for points in a half of a major college game was 76, set by Houston and Tulsa in 1968. The old mark for a quarter was 61, by San Jose State and Hawaii in the fourth quarter of a November 1999 game Hawaii won 62-41.
Vizza's seventh TD pass, a 75-yarder to Sam Dibrell with 4:11 left in the first half, put North Texas ahead 49-31. But Navy then scored TDs on four straight possessions.
Jarod Bryant, Navy's second quarterback, scored on a 6-yard option keeper to cap the opening drive after halftime and give the Midshipmen their first lead, 51-49. Then came Vela's interception that led to the long TD run by Singleton, who had 103 yards on eight carries.
Casey Fitzgerald had 13 catches for 134 yards and five touchdowns for North Texas. Brandon Jackson had 12 catches for 81 yards.
The Mean Green had a 14-0 lead before Navy's first offensive snap. Fitzgerald caught a 9-yard TD to cap the opening drive, then North Texas recovered the onside kick and Vizza hit Korey Washington for a 36-yard TD.
Navy didn't punt until early in the fourth quarter, and downed it at the 2. The Midshipmen then got a safety for a 67-56 lead when a North Texas lineman was called for holding in the end zone, and Campbell returned the free kick 73 yards for a touchdown -- Navy's first kickoff return for a touchdown since 1997.
Navy starting quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheauku-Enhada threw for 108 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for 53 yards before leaving with a bruised right knee early in the third quarter. Bryant had 10 carries for 56 yards.
Shun White ran for 131 yards on seven carries, including a 64-yard TD in the second quarter. | TGCSDW |
Attachment is a statutory remedy (beginning at S.C. Code Ann. § 15-19-10), which enables a magistrate, upon the action of plaintiff, to attach property of a defendant which is within the territorial jurisdiction of the court. Magistrates are specifically authorized by §§ 15-19-40 and 22-3-10(4) to grant attachments in actions in which the debt or damages do not exceed their $7,500.00 jurisdictional amount limitation. The purpose of the remedy is twofold: to increase the likelihood of the appearance of the defendant and to preserve property for the satisfaction of any judgment rendered against the defendant.
2. Time When Attachment May Be Sought
Attachment is a temporary proceeding which may be granted only along with a main action for damage or indebtedness, and only after that other action has been commenced by issuance of a summons. The right to recover a judgment on that damage or indebtedness and the right to attach the property of a defendant are two separate and distinct actions; the latter fails without the former, and upon the dismissal of the main suit the attachment falls with it. 3. Duration of Attachment
The attachment of the property continues only until final adjudication of the action for damage or indebtedness. Personal property attached under these statutes is strictly considered to be in the hands of the court, and to so remain in the possession of the court's officers, untouched by the attaching creditor (plaintiff) until the main issue is decided.
4. Grounds for Attachment
Attachment is appropriate in actions for the recovery of money or personal property, for the recovery of damages for wrongful conversion or detention of personal property or for the recovery of damages for injury done to either person or property.
It is available in actions against a corporation created under the laws of any other state, government or country, against non-residents of this State, against captains of sailing vessels in certain instances, and against a defendant (including corporations) who has absconded or concealed himself, or who is about to remove any of his property from the court's jurisdiction or who has or is about to assign or otherwise dispose of his property with an intent to defraud his creditors. (§ 15-19-10). 5. Property Subject to Attachment
A list of property subject to attachment is provided in § 15-19-220 and includes: rights or shares in any vessel or stock in an association or corporation, with interest or profits generated by them, and any real estate or personal property of the defendant which is located within the territorial jurisdiction of the magistrate. Certain property is exempt from attachment because it is subject to homestead and other exemptions, as described in Title 15, Chapter 41 of the Code. The list is these exemptions is quite lengthy and one should always refer to the Code when questions arise regarding these exemptions.
6. Attachment When Debt Not Yet Due
In certain instances, the remedy of attachment is available even though a debt is not yet due and owed to a plaintiff. Section 15-19-30 states that when a creditor-plaintiff shows by affidavit, that the "debtor" has departed the state with intent to defraud creditors or to avoid service of summons, or has concealed himself to accomplish the same, or that he has or is about to remove or dispose or assign his property with an intent to defraud his creditors a warrant of attachment may be granted as if the debt were due and payable at that time.
However, even though such attachment be granted and property attached, no judgment shall be had until after the maturity of the debt.
7. Filing of the Affidavit
After commencement of the main action by issuance of the summons and complaint, a plaintiff desiring the issuance of a warrant of attachment must file an affidavit with the magistrate in a form such as that provided in § 15-19-60.
The affidavit must state:
(1) That a cause of action exists;
(2) That a claim exists and in what amount (not to exceed $7,500.00);
(3) The grounds of the claim as stated in §§ 15-19-10 and 15-19-50 (detailed in part 4 of this material), and
(4) The identity of the defendant.
8. Bond Undertaking
Before issuance of the warrant of attachment, the magistrate must require a written undertaking on the part of the plaintiff, with sufficient surety, to guarantee that plaintiff will pay any costs of damages resulting from the attachment in the event that the attachment is dismissed by the court or judgment be for defendant in the main action. (§ 15-19-80).
The bond must be at least in the amount of $25 and in the form provided in § 15-19-90. 9. Issuance of Warrant of Attachment
Upon consideration of the affidavit filed by the plaintiff and receipt of a bond undertaking of a sufficient amount, the magistrate may make his final determination as to the issuance of the warrant of attachment.
Upon a determination by the magistrate that a warrant of attachment should be issued, the magistrate may issue the warrant of attachment in the form prescribed in § 15-19-110. The magistrate should also direct that a copy of the warrant of attachment, with the summons, be served on the defendant if he can be found within the county. (§ 15-19-70). 10. Attachment Procedure
The warrant should be directed to any sheriff of the county or the magistrate's constable requiring him to attach and safely keep all the property of the defendant who is named in the warrant which is found within the county, or so much as is sufficient to satisfy the claim by plaintiff. (§ 15-19-100).
The officer to whom the warrant of attachment is directed should immediately proceed to attach all such property as is appropriate in conformity with § 15-19-230.
In addition, the officer should within a reasonable time make a written return to the magistrate on the warrant reporting his success or failure in obtaining attachment of defendant's property. (§ 15-19-270).
11. Disposition of Attached Property
If a judgment in the main action is ultimately in the plaintiff's favor, the constable or sheriff should proceed to satisfy the judgment from the attached property if it be money and may sell sufficient of the attached personal property (pursuant to a valid execution issued after judgment on motion of the plaintiff) to satisfy the judgment. (§ 15-19-350).
After the satisfaction of the judgment and all costs of the proceedings, any remaining residue of the attached property or proceeds of a sale should be returned to the defendant. (§ 15-19-370).
If, however, the main action is dismissed, or upon a final judgment in the defendant's favor, all attached property, proceeds, or bonds should be returned to the defendant, on request, and the warrant discharged. (§ 15-19-390).
At any time during the pendency of the main action, the defendant, or any person who establishes a right to any of the property attached pursuant to these procedures, may move to discharge the attachment. (§ 15-19-340).
12. Release of Attached Property
The defendant may appear at any time and move for an order discharging the attachment. The appearance may be general or special. (§ 15-19-300). An undertaking shall be required for the discharge. (§ 15-19-310). | FDCTNA |
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Following five years of research and development, California start-up and provider of disaster relief technology Green Horizon has begun shipping a solar-powered services hub capable of providing electricity and clean water to disaster-hit communities
Following five years of research and development, California start-up and provider of disaster relief technology Green Horizon has begun shipping a solar-powered services hub capable of providing electricity and clean water to disaster-hit communities. Combined with its QuickHab and SFH40 rapid-assembly prefabricated homes, Green Horizon has come up with a trio of rapid-response technologies that the company hopes will transform our responses to natural disasters by providing, essentially, rapid-assembly solar powered villages.
San Francisco builder James Pope was compelled to develop a practical relief shelter following Hurricane Katrina, when thousands of trailers provided to victims by FEMA were found to emit formaldehyde fumes. Five years after setting up Green Horizon, the result is the QuickHab prefabricated home designed for simple and rapid transport and construction.
Pope has compared the QuickHab to LEGO due to the ease with which the standardized panels which comprise the house fit together. Being essentially a kit that fits inside a shipping container, once delivered to the disaster zone, it can be put together in mere hours to provide a temporary home for two people. For the medium to long term, the QuickHab is also designed for rapid disassembly and relocation. With the right foundations, Green Horizon says it can be deployed as permanent housing.
Though the QuickHab looks simple, functionally it offers more than mere shelter. Each unit is equipped with a water heater, shower, toilet and kitchenette. There are standardized connections for electricity, water and sewerage. It even comes with a lockable front door, which, despite the obvious practical advantages is a very human touch (imagine offering someone their own door key within hours of their losing their home).
It's well and good to have connections for essential services, but with nothing to connect them to, a shower or electric hob is useless. The supply of clean drinking water after natural disasters such as hurricanes is one of the most critical short-term responses. It's to this end that Green Horizon developed its Central Service Unit, which provides both power and clean water to disaster-hit communities.
Each CSU is equipped with a solar array with a capacity of 74 kW. This is complimented by a 12 kW back-up diesel generator and 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell, all of which are wired to the CSU's 24 deep-cycle batteries. Its water filtration system can provide 19,000 US gallons (72,000 liters) of potable water per day, and it provides an additional 2000 US gallons (7600 liters) of gray-water via a separate system. The CSU can also provides communications, including Wi-Fi internet access, telephone and cable. Also designed for containerized shipping, a CSU, once assembled, can withstand 150-mph winds. The idea is that one CSU provides all incoming services to up to 20 QuickHab homes.
The final piece of the puzzle is Green Horizon's SFH40. Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom. It can provide housing for up to six people.
Each CSU costs approximately US$200,000, and each QuickHab about $5,000. Green Horizon negotiated a $25 million deal with FEMA at the beginning of the year for the provision of rapid-response housing. In addition to disaster relief, Green Horizon is pitching its self-sustaining housing sytem at mining and fuel prospectors and the military.
Following five years of research and development, California start-up and provider of disaster relief technology Green Horizon has begun shipping a solar-powered services hub capable of providing electricity and clean water to disaster-hit communities
Being essentially a kit that fits inside a shipping container, once delivered to the disaster zone, QuickHab can be put together in mere hours to provide a temporary home for two people
San Francisco builder James Pope was compelled to develop a practical relief shelter following Hurricane Katrina, when thousands of trailers provided to victims by FEMA were found to emit formaldehyde fumes
Five years after setting up Green Horizon, the result is the QuickHab prefabricated home designed for simple and rapid transport and construction
Pope has compared the QuickHab to LEGO due to the ease with which the standardized panels which comprise the house fit together
Pope has compared the QuickHab to LEGO due to the ease with which the standardized panels which comprise the house fit together
Pope has compared the QuickHab to LEGO due to the ease with which the standardized panels which comprise the house fit together
Each QuickHab is equipped with a water heater, shower, toilet and kitchenette
Being essentially a kit that fits inside a shipping container, once delivered to the disaster zone, QuickHab can be put together in mere hours to provide a temporary home for two people
It even comes with a lockable front door, which, despite the obvious practical advantages is a very human touch
Being essentially a kit that fits inside a shipping container, once delivered to the disaster zone, QuickHab can be put together in mere hours to provide a temporary home for two people
Each QuickHab is equipped with a water heater, shower, toilet and kitchenette
Each QuickHab is equipped with a water heater, shower, toilet and kitchenette
Each CSU is equipped with a solar array with a capacity of 74 kW
Each CSU is equipped with a solar array with a capacity of 74 kW
The CSU's water filtration system can provide 19,000 US gallons (72,000 liters) of potable water per day, and it provides an additional 2000 US gallons (7600 liters) of gray-water via a separate system
The CSU can also provides communications, including Wi-Fi internet access, telephone and cable
The CSU's solar array is complimented by a 12 kW back-up diesel generator and 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell, all of which are wired to the CSU's 24 deep-cycle batteries
The CSU's solar array is complimented by a 12 kW back-up diesel generator and 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell, all of which are wired to the CSU's 24 deep-cycle batteries
The CSU's solar array is complimented by a 12 kW back-up diesel generator and 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell, all of which are wired to the CSU's 24 deep-cycle batteries
The CSU's solar array is complimented by a 12 kW back-up diesel generator and 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell, all of which are wired to the CSU's 24 deep-cycle batteries
The CSU's solar array is complimented by a 12 kW back-up diesel generator and 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell, all of which are wired to the CSU's 24 deep-cycle batteries
Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom
Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom
Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom
Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom
Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom
Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom
Perhaps best described as a larger, more adaptable version of the QuickHab, the SFH40 includes an air conditioning system, 30-US gallon (114-liter) hot water tank, heat pump, kitchen and bathroom
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CULT OF LOVE
In Cult of Love, the Dahl family has gathered to celebrate Christmas in their rural Connecticut home. Raised as strict Christians and overachievers, the four adult children (along with their partners) have grown into varying degrees of belief and success. Their initially joyful reunion quickly reveals an American family riddled with competition, xenophobia and mental illness.
Set design is by Jeffrey McLaughlin; lighting design is by Josh Epstein; sound design is by Christopher Moscatiello; costume design is by Melissa Trn; props are by Michael O’Hara; and the musical director is Anthony Lucca. The stage manager is Sarah Dawn Lowry, and Amy Rosoff Davis and Tom DeTrinis produce for IAMA Theatre Company.
“The beauty of this full length one act is the clear and well limned performances from every one of the characters. Director Annie Tippe allows her ensemble cast to function as a perfectly tuned machine while each character being, at once, a part of a strong family tradition, presents a well honed individual. Each character’s arc demands our full attention. The ensemble is organic. ...If professional writing and performances are reasons for coming to the theatre, The Cult of Love is a show that must not be missed. “
— Michael Sheehan - On Stage Los Angeles
Director Annie Tippe manages Cult Of Love’s many overlapping conversations with finesse while eliciting one multi-layered performance after another from a uniformly superb, all-IAMA-member cast...”
— Steven Stanley - Stage Scene LA
Director Annie Tippe guides the play’s action with precision and compassion, nailing its unique tone and tempo, and creating an environment in which the characters flourish; she gives them plenty of permission to fall apart. | CLBDON |
# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
# Map Expat error codes to error strings
1 = הזיכרון אזל
2 = שגיאת תחביר
3 = לא נמצא רכיב שורש
4 = אינו בנוי היטב
5 = אסימון לא סגור
6 = אסימון לא סגור
7 = תגית לא מתאימה
8 = תכונה כפולה
9 = זבל אחרי מרכיב מסמך
10 = פרמטר לא חוקי בהפניה לישות
11 = ישות לא מוגדרת
12 = הפנית ישות רקורסיבית
13 = ישות לא מתואמת (א־סינכרונית)
14 = הפניה למספר תו לא חוקי
15 = הפנייה לישות בינארית
16 = הפנייה לישות חיצונית בתכונה
17 = הוראות עיבוד XML אינן בתחילת ישות חיצונית
18 = קידוד לא מוכר
19 = הקידוד שצוין בהכרזת XML אינו נכון
20 = מיקטע CDATA לא סגור
21 = שגיאה בעיבוד הפניה לישות חיצונית
22 = מסמך אינו עומד בפני עצמו
23 = unexpected parser state
24 = entity declared in parameter entity
27 = prefix not bound to a namespace
28 = must not undeclare prefix
29 = incomplete markup in parameter entity
30 = XML declaration not well-formed
31 = text declaration not well-formed
32 = illegal character(s) in public id
38 = reserved prefix (xml) must not be undeclared or bound to another namespace URI
39 = reserved prefix (xmlns) must not be declared or undeclared
40 = prefix must not be bound to one of the reserved namespace URIs
# %1$S is replaced by the Expat error string, may be followed by Expected (see below)
# %2$S is replaced by URL
# %3$u is replaced by line number
# %4$u is replaced by column number
XMLParsingError = שגיאה בניתוח XML: %1$S\nמיקום: %2$S שורה מספר %3$u, עמודה %4$u:
# %S is replaced by a tag name.
# This gets appended to the error string if the error is mismatched tag.
Expected = . היה צפוי: </%S>.
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Tall TalesCan you remember when and where your eyes were suddenly not those of a child’s? When kick the can in a dusty country parking lot, hide and seek, Marco Polo, blind man’s bluff, tag, running bases, looking for a four leaf clover patiently and methodically, the fascination of all those hard working ants,…Where? Where did they all go? When did Cooties come off the list as an actual diagnosis? And so much more? When did it turn into another black spot on the pavement? Another man’s chewed gum. So many black lumps all over the city pavement. And yet our streets are far better than say those of Pompeii. Where a carved penis denoting the nearest brothel directs you to a building on the other side of the street. Crossing giant granite stones placed carefully and measured to allow chariot wheels to roll the thoroughfare where horse manure, and human waste, urine, the rot of humanity was like a lava pit even before the volcano blew.And your front door is 4’ feet from it all.“Hey let’s go down to the coliseum tonight! Tickets! New show! Good seats! Eh?!”Can you just imagine what a Saturday night at the Pompeii Coliseum was like?Can you just imagine? Compared to our current coliseums of today?Thumbs up, Thumbs Down, and Ice Cold Beer“Check it out! Get yourself this limited edition toga! The Great Sabre Lion vs Lionel the Large! One night only!”Lionel the Large.Can’t you just picture the scene outside the Pompeii Coliseum on a Saturday night? People tailgating on the backs of wooden wagons. There would have to have been a lot of torches lit for the night show. The lighting crew working like diligent Disney employees behind the scenes. I bet there must have been big money at the box office. Giant foam rubber Thumbs, candles to light up for the encore. Pre engraved stones that say,”I threw this rock on, the date, …___”, and a little old man in booth hard at work filling in people’s names. You could collect your stone after the show on the actual field of play and if you were lucky you may come across an actual artifact from the show while you crawled around on your hand and knees in the dark looking for your personalized stone.I’ve heard that Tony the Tiger got his start at the Forum long before his face sold cavities to us as kids.
The Circus (The Bear Missed the Train)
When I was a kid just about four years of age I remember on certain nights my brothers would tune our small clock/transistor am radio to WOR. The oldest, John carefully searching through the static until a voice or a word or two emanated from this mystical James Bond quality device. A needle moved as John rotated the dial. 3 pairs of ears all saying “Stop!” in unison. John had found the storyteller Jean Shepherd!
“Shep” as he was known by his most avid listeners was one of the last real-time storytellers.
Believe it or not that art of storytelling dates back to prehistoric man. Way before an alphabet, naked men trying to stay warm in caves used dramatic hand gestures and a very selective series of grunts (very much resembling the Italian my grandfather spoke) to brag about each man’s own participation in the day’s hunt. Breast beating was not uncommon.
Mark Twain was the first storyteller I would encounter in my 13 years of stunted learning. My mother-in-law once reassured me that I was very bright but not very educated. This man Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain was his nom de plume) somehow slipped past the censure of the nuns at Sister Mary’s Rock of the Armageddon Elementary School and into my reading list. Sawyer, Finn and many other unsavory misbehaving characters for the first time were in print and legally in my little school satchel!
Under hypnosis, which I have successfully achieved only once in about fifty attempts, my earliest memory is that of my sister and two brothers rattling my crib in the dark of night. This was not just my first memory but also my first experience with abject terror!
My most vivid recall of my mother was being strategically placed between her and my old man on the front bench seat of our station wagon as Pops would back out of our straight driveway with more turning of the steering wheel than it takes to whisk an egg into an omelette. My three siblings took up the backseat.
Mom was a heavy smoker of Kent 100’s. She intended no harm but she put out smoke continuously. A dragon, had it been a passenger,!! would have had to roll its window down. By today’s standards I can’t believe my mother’s smoke of which I shared equally could hardly be considered secondary.
On one particular day the family piled into the wagon and we headed off Staten Island and into the “city”. Residents of Staten Island aka Richmond County one of the five boroughs of New York City never considered themselves really part of the “city”. Manhattan was the City. The words “circus” and “Barnum & Bailey” were being bantered about by the occupants. I had no clue what it all meant. But I sensed an air of excitement mixed with nicotine.
The drive into NYC was unmemorable which is very unusual. It must be an age indicator. Since I definitely remember my mother saying Novenas with rosary at the ready everytime Pops climbed behind the wheel. Many a Hertz rental’s passenger side armrest were left with my mother’s nails permanently imprinted in the cheap vinyl. We spent summers on the west side of the Rockies but had to get there by transversing Berthoud Pass after leaving Denver’s Stapleton Airport. When the Hail Maryies became audible to everyone aboard my father would go into the 5 mph switchbacks at the very least doing 10 mph. Mom would lean over everytime look at the speedometer and say, “5 mph, you’re doing 10!” He’d ease off the fuel a bit but inside I could tell that he couldn’t wait for the next bend.
I do remember some difficulty trying to find a parking place for the wagon. You know I don’t know if ever in my lifetime that I have seen Pops execute a parallel parking manuever. At 90 years of age I am not getting my hopes up that he ever shall. Not one attempt in all that time. Finally he found a piece of vacant curb and brought the wagon in for a landing. Everyone began piling out onto the sidewalk. After a discussion about the spot’s legality, I was unbuckled, lifted out of the vehicle and placed on my very first Manhattan sidewalk. A momentous occasion without any pomp and circumstance. It was a one way crosstown street. I recall a potpourri of sensory stimuli.
Our little clan moved as one organism, we started walking. Ten minutes later we were standing in front of Madison Square Garden. We were about to see Ringling Brothers & Barnum Bailey Circus!
It didn’t truly register with me on my “fun” scale not until we made it to our seats. As my eyes adjusted to the dark, three rings appeared on the floor of this immense arena. The floor was pea gravel. The scent of exotic animals permeated my little snot filled sinuses.
As we waited for the show we loaded up on
Notes:
.this was going to be my very first forage into the Big City. The Old Man never looked at a map and only on his deathbed may even refuse to ask Death himself directions..
..:Candy, Popcorn, Ice Cream, Circus Trinkets (a flashlight with a clown face on it and a red plastic wristband would become a treasure of mine for the rest of my life), balloons
Sitting in the doctor’s office. Knee swelling up. If you’re a kid and get nothing else from this gobblygook let it be this “not only do we all croak eventually, age doesn’t mean a thing and all this bullshit the human race thinks is important cannot be taken past the grave.” You’ll be lucky if anything useful goes with you. Maybe your favorite tee shirt and a good pair of shoes. Nice fitting pair of boxers and some comfortable steel toe workbooks. Shades. Shades would also be good for the bright li
Can you remember when and where your eyes were suddenly not those of a child’s? When kick the can in a dusty country parking lot, hide and seek, Marco Polo, blind man’s bluff, tag, running bases, looking for a four leaf clover patiently and methodically, the fascination of all those hard working ants,…Where? Where did they all go? When did Cooties come off the list as an actual diagnosis? And so much more? When did it turn into another black spot on the pavement? Another man’s chewed gum. So many black lumps all over the city pavement. And yet our streets are far better than say those of Pompeii. Where a carved penis denoting the nearest brothel directs you to a building on the other side of the street. Crossing giant granite stones placed carefully and measured to allow chariot wheels to roll the thoroughfare where horse manure, and human waste, urine, the rot of humanity was like a lava pit even before the volcano blew.
And your front door is 4’ feet from it all.
“Hey let’s go down to the coliseum tonight! Tickets! New show! Good seats! Eh?!”
Can you just imagine what a Saturday night at the Pompeii Coliseum was like?
Can you just imagine? Compared to our current coliseums of today?
Thumbs up, Thumbs Down, and Ice Cold Beer
“Check it out! Get yourself this limited edition toga! The Great Sabre Lion vs Lionel the Large! One night only!”
Lionel the Large.
Can’t you just picture the scene outside the Pompeii Coliseum on a Saturday night? People tailgating on the backs of wooden wagons. There would have to have been a lot of torches lit for the night show. The lighting crew working like diligent Disney employees behind the scenes. I bet there must have been big money at the box office. Giant foam rubber Thumbs, candles to light up for the encore. Pre engraved stones that say,”I threw this rock on, the date, and a little old man in booth hard at work filling in people’s names. You could collect your stone after the show on the actual field of play and if you’re lucky you may come across an actual artifact from the show while you’re on your hand and knees in the dark looking for your personalized stone.
I’ve heard that Tony the Tiger got his start at the Forum long before his face sold cavities to us as kids.
“At any minute I expect Elephants to start flying and Carousel Music to start as a parade of walking dead Television Addicts blindly following whichever Gumbo smells better down on the bayou or the kitchen a poor family, the ones that don’t move, lusting after one of the two scents all the way to the Election Day voting booths like whales beaching themselves relentlessly on sandy beaches to the East and West Coasts of the United States of America.”
"May I Present to You, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Next Presidents of This Our Sovereign United States of America..."
I can hear Trump right now in some classy suite. He slides over on the leather couch leans very close next to the gentleman on his right and whispers in his ear and says "Joey. Hey Joey...You think I don't know you want to bang my wife? You think? Hey Joey. Listen Joey. My eyes got eyes Joey. My eyes got eyes Joey. Ah...ah...ah. Let me speak (pregnant pause) Don? Hey Don? Yeah get this bum out of here! Bye Joey. Hello to the wife Joey. And the kids Joey. The kids!
Would it not be wise that every able bodied U.S. Citizen be required to train with weapons and be assigned duties in response to a natural or man made disaster and emergency coordination with the cooperation of local armories?
I think it’s a start, this is our country, act like it.
Of course we can’t have a bunch of Chiefs and no Indians.
Instead all we do is sit in the comfort of our homes watch the World News on huge flat-screens or on our phones and go, “That Sucks! Here’s what I think about what you think.” then click Post. Yeah that’s a real game changer.
Phil Lesh described it as thinking of a guitarist’s hand. Each finger on that hand represents one of the band’s members. Think of the entire band as if the guitarist’s hand was closed. As you factor in synchronicity the hand slowly opens like a thousand petals of a lotus. Add the audience into the mix and you have fully blossomed flower.
This description of synchronicity is by far the most accurate I have come across. When The Grateful Dead achieved this onstage the entire stadium and all its occupants became one living organism. | SCTWMF |
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Summary
This report summarizes recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for using intranasally administered, trivalent, cold-adapted, live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), which was approved for use in the United States on June 17, 2003 (FluMistTM, produced by MedImmune, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland). LAIV is currently approved for use among healthy persons (i.e., those not at high risk for complications from influenza infection) aged 5-49 years. This report includes information regarding 1) vaccine composition and mechanisms of action; 2) comparison between LAIV and trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine; 3) effectiveness and safety of LAIV; 4) transmission and stability of LAIV viruses; 5) recommendations and contraindications for using LAIV; and 6) dosage and administration of LAIV. This report supplements the 2003 ACIP recommendations regarding prevention and control of influenza (CDC. Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP]. MMWR 2003;52[No. RR-8]:1-36.).
Introduction
Each year, influenza virus infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States.1 Prevention of influenza relies primarily on vaccination. Until recently, only inactivated influenza vaccine administered by injection was available for use in the United States. Inactivated influenza vaccine is approved for persons aged >6 months, both with and without chronic medical conditions. In 2003, an intranasal, trivalent, cold-adapted, live, attenuated vaccine (LAIV) was newly approved for use among healthy persons aged 5-49 years. LAIV adds an option for vaccinating healthy persons aged 5-49 years who either want to avoid influenza or who have close contact with persons at high risk for experiencing serious complications from influenza infection.
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Description and Action Mechanisms of LAIV
LAIVs are in use in Russia and have been in development since the 1960s in the United States, where they have been evaluated as mono-, bi-, and trivalent formulations.2-6 The newly licensed LAIV is produced by MedImmune, Inc., (Gaithersburg, Maryland; www.medimmune.com) and marketed under the name FluMist&/content/art17068.html/content/art17068.html#153;. It is a live, trivalent, intranasally administered vaccine that is
attenuated, producing mild or no signs or symptoms related to influenza virus infection;
temperature-sensitive, a property that limits the replication of the vaccine viruses at 38&/content/art17068.html/content/art17068.html#186;C-39ºC, and thus restricts LAIV viruses from replicating efficiently in human lower airways; and
cold-adapted, replicating efficiently at 25ºC, a temperature that is permissive for replication of LAIV viruses, but restrictive for replication of different wild-type viruses.
In animal studies, LAIV viruses replicate in the mucosa of the nasopharynx, inducing protective immunity against viruses included in the vaccine, but replicate inefficiently in the lower airways or lungs. Identical to inactivated influenza vaccine, LAIV contains strains representative of each of the three influenza viruses recommended by the U.S. Public Health Service.1 For the 2003-04 influenza season, both inactivated influenza vaccine and LAIV contain A/New Caledonia/20/99-like (H1N1), A/Panama/2007/99-like (H3N2), and B/Hong Kong/330/2001-like viruses.
The first step in developing an LAIV was the derivation of two stably attenuated master donor viruses (MDV), one for type A and one for type B influenza viruses. The two MDVs each acquired the cold-adapted, temperature-sensitive, attenuated phenotypes through serial passage in viral culture conducted at progressively lower temperatures. The vaccine viruses in LAIV are reassortant viruses containing genes from these MDVs that confer attenuation, temperature sensitivity, and cold adaptation and genes from the recommended contemporary wild-type influenza viruses, encoding the surface antigens hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA). Thus, MDVs provide the stably attenuated vehicles for presenting influenza HA and NA antigens, to which the protective antibody response is directed, to the immune system. The reassortant vaccine viruses are grown in embryonated hens' eggs. After the vaccine is formulated and inserted into individual sprayers for nasal administration, the vaccine must be stored at -15ºC or colder.
The immunogenicity of the approved LAIV has been assessed in multiple studies,7-15 which included approximately 100 children aged 5-17 years, and approximately 300 adults aged 18-49 years. LAIV virus strains replicate primarily in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells. The protective mechanisms induced by vaccination with LAIV are not completely understood but appear to involve both serum and nasal secretory antibodies. No single laboratory measurement closely correlates with protective immunity induced by LAIV.
Comparison of LAIV With Inactivated Influenza Vaccine
Major Similarities
LAIV and inactivated influenza vaccine contain strains of influenza viruses that are antigenically equivalent to the annually recommended strains: one influenza A (H3N2) virus, one A (H1N1) virus, and one B virus. Each year, one or more virus strains might be changed on the basis of global surveillance for influenza viruses and the emergence and spread of new strains. Viruses for both vaccines are grown in eggs. Both vaccines are administered annually to provide optimal protection against influenza infection. This report includes a more detailed comparison of LAIV with inactivated influenza vaccine (Tables 1 and 2).
Major Differences
Inactivated influenza vaccine contains killed viruses, whereas LAIV contains attenuated viruses still capable of replication. LAIV is administered intranasally by sprayer, whereas inactivated influenza vaccine is administered intramuscularly by injection. LAIV is more expensive than inactivated influenza vaccine. LAIV is approved for use only among healthy persons aged 5-49 years; inactivated influenza vaccine is approved for use among persons aged >6 months, including those who are healthy and those with chronic medical conditions. This report includes a more detailed comparison of LAIV with inactivated influenza vaccine (Tables 1 and 2).
Efficacy and Effectiveness of LAIV
Efficacy Among Healthy Children
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial among 1,602 healthy children initially aged 15-71 months assessed the efficacy of the trivalent LAIV against culture-confirmed influenza during two seasons***.8,9 This trial included subsets of 238 healthy children (163 vaccinees and 75 placebo recipients) aged 60-71 months who received two doses and 74 children (54 vaccinees and 20 placebo recipients) aged 60-71 months who received a single dose during season one, and a subset of 544 children (375 vaccinees and 169 placebo recipients) aged 60-84 months during season two. Children who continued from season one to season two remained in the same study group. In season one, when vaccine and circulating virus strains were well-matched, efficacy was 93% for all participants, regardless of age, among subjects receiving 2 doses of LAIV. Efficacy was 87% in the 60-71-month subset for those who received 2 doses, and was 91% in the subset for those who received 1 or 2 doses. In season two, when the A (H3N2) component was not well-matched between vaccine and circulating virus strains, efficacy was 86% overall and 87% among those aged 60-84 months. The vaccine was 92% efficacious in preventing culture-confirmed influenza during the two-season study. Other results included a 27% reduction in febrile otitis media and a 28% reduction in otitis media with concomitant antibiotic use. Receipt of LAIV also resulted in decreased fever and otitis media among vaccine recipients who experienced influenza.
Effectiveness and Efficacy Among Healthy Adults
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial among 4,561 healthy working adults aged 18-64 years assessed multiple endpoints, including reductions in illness, absenteeism, health-care visits, and medication use during peak and total influenza outbreak periods.16 The study was conducted during the 1997-98 influenza season, when the vaccine and circulating A (H3N2) strains were not well-matched. The study did not include laboratory virus testing of cases. During peak outbreak periods, no difference was identified between LAIV and placebo recipients experiencing any febrile episodes. However, vaccination was associated with reductions in severe febrile illnesses of 19% and febrile upper respiratory tract illnesses of 24%. Vaccination also was associated with fewer days of illness, fewer days of work lost, fewer days with health-care provider visits, and reduced use of prescription antibiotics and over-the-counter medications.
Among the subset of 3,637 healthy adults aged 18-49 years, LAIV recipients (n = 2,411) had 26% fewer febrile upper respiratory illness episodes; 27% fewer lost work days as a result of febrile upper respiratory illness; and 18%-37% fewer days of health-care provider visits caused by febrile illness, compared with placebo recipients (n = 1,226). Days of antibiotic use were reduced by 41%-45% in this age subset.
Another randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled challenge study among 92 healthy adults (LAIV, n = 29; placebo, n = 31; inactivated influenza vaccine, n = 32) aged 18-41 years assessed the efficacy of both LAIV and trivalent inactivated vaccine.15 The overall efficacy of LAIV and inactivated influenza vaccine in preventing laboratory documented influenza from all three influenza strains combined was 85% and 71%, respectively, on the basis of experimental challenge by viruses to which study participants were susceptible before vaccination. The difference between the two vaccines was not statistically significant.
Person-to-Person Transmission of Vaccine Viruses
Because LAIV contains live influenza viruses, a potential exists for transmission of these viruses from vaccinees to other persons. Vaccinated immunocompetent children can shed vaccine viruses for <3 weeks.6 One unpublished study in a child care center setting assessed transmissibility of vaccine viruses from 98 vaccinated to 99 unvaccinated subjects, all aged 8-36 months. Eighty percent of vaccine recipients shed >1 virus strain, with a mean of 7.6 days duration.17 One influenza type B isolate was recovered from a placebo recipient and was confirmed to be vaccine-type virus. The estimated probability of acquiring vaccine virus after close contact with a single LAIV recipient was 0.58%-2.4%. The type B isolate retained the cold-adapted, temperature-sensitive, attenuated phenotype, and it possessed the same genetic sequence as a virus shed from a vaccine recipient in the same children's play group.
Stability of Vaccine Viruses
In clinical trials, viruses shed by vaccine recipients have been phenotypically stable. In one study, nasal and throat swab specimens were collected from 17 study participants for 2 weeks after vaccine receipt.18 Virus isolates were analyzed by multiple genetic techniques. All isolates retained the LAIV genotype after replication in the human host, and all retained the cold-adapted and temperature-sensitive phenotypes.
Recommendations for Influenza Vaccination
Recommendations for inactivated influenza vaccination have targeted specific groups for annual immunization, including persons aged >6 months who are at high risk for complications from influenza because of age or presence of certain medical conditions, persons who are in close contact with those at high risk, persons aged 50-64 years, and close contacts of infants aged 0-6 months.1 Vaccination with inactivated influenza vaccine is also encouraged when feasible for children aged 6-23 months and their close contacts and caregivers. In addition, physicians should administer inactivated influenza vaccine to any person who wishes to reduce the likelihood of becoming ill with influenza. Recommendations for use of inactivated influenza vaccine are located at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5208.pdf.
Recommendations for Using Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
LAIV is an option for vaccination of healthy persons aged 5-49 years, including persons in close contact with groups at high risk and those wanting to avoid influenza (Tables 1 and 2). Possible advantages of LAIV include its potential to induce a broad mucosal and systemic immune response, its ease of administration, and the acceptability of an intranasal rather than intramuscular route of administration.1
persons with asthma, reactive airways disease or other chronic disorders of the pulmonary or cardiovascular systems; persons with other underlying medical conditions, including such metabolic diseases as diabetes, renal dysfunction, and hemoglobinopathies; or persons with known or suspected immunodeficiency diseases or who are receiving immunosuppressive therapies;
children or adolescents receiving aspirin or other salicylates (because of the association of Reye syndrome with wild-type influenza infection);
persons with a history of hypersensitivity, including anaphylaxis, to any of the components of LAIV or to eggs.
Close Contacts of Persons at High Risk for Complications From Influenza
Close contacts of persons at high risk for complications from influenza should receive influenza vaccine to reduce transmission of wild-type influenza viruses to persons at high risk. No data are available assessing the risk for transmission of LAIV from vaccine recipients to immunosuppressed contacts. In the absence of such data, use of inactivated influenza vaccine is preferred for vaccinating household members, health-care workers, and others who have close contact with immunosuppressed persons because of the theoretical risk that a live, attenuated vaccine virus could be transmitted to the immunosuppressed person and cause disease. Otherwise, no preference is given to either inactivated influenza vaccine or LAIV for vaccination of healthy persons aged 5-49 years in close contact with all other groups at high risk.
Timing of LAIV Administration
Administration of LAIV is not subject to tiered timing recommendations because it is not approved for use among populations at high risk. The optimal time to vaccinate is usually in October and November, but providers can begin vaccinating with LAIV as soon as vaccine supplies are available. Children aged 5-8 years who have never received influenza vaccine should receive LAIV for the first time in October or earlier because they need a second dose 6-10 weeks after the initial dose.
Dosage, Administration, and Storage
LAIV Dosage
LAIV is intended for intranasal administration only and should not be administered by the intramuscular, intradermal, or intravenous route. LAIV must be stored at -15ºC or colder. LAIV should not be stored in a frost-free freezer (because the temperature might cycle above -15ºC), unless a manufacturer-supplied freezer box is used. LAIV must be thawed before administration. This can be accomplished by holding an individual sprayer in the palm of the hand until thawed, with subsequent immediate administration. Alternatively, the vaccine can be thawed in a refrigerator and stored at 2ºC-8ºC for <24 hours before use. Vaccine should not be refrozen after thawing. LAIV is supplied in a prefilled single-use sprayer containing 0.5 mL of vaccine. Approximately 0.25 mL (i.e., half of the total sprayer contents) is sprayed into the first nostril while the recipient is in the upright position. An attached dose-divider clip is removed from the sprayer to administer the second half of the dose into the other nostril. If the vaccine recipient sneezes after administration, the dose should not be repeated.
LAIV should be administered annually according to the following schedule:
Children aged 5-8 years previously unvaccinated at any time with either LAIV or inactivated influenza vaccine should receive 2 doses§ of LAIV separated by 6-10 weeks.
Children aged 5-8 years previously vaccinated at any time with either LAIV or inactivated influenza vaccine should receive 1 dose of LAIV. They do not require a second dose.
Persons aged 9-49 years should receive 1 dose of LAIV.
LAIV can be administered to persons with minor acute illnesses (e.g., diarrhea or mild upper respiratory tract infection with or without fever). However, if clinical judgment indicates nasal congestion is present that might impede delivery of the vaccine to the nasopharyngeal mucosa, deferral of administration should be considered until resolution of the illness.
Whether concurrent administration of LAIV with other vaccines affects the safety or efficacy of either LAIV or the simultaneously administered vaccine is unknown. In the absence of specific data indicating interference, following the ACIP general recommendations for immunization is prudent.19 Inactivated vaccines do not interfere with the immune response to other inactivated vaccines or to live vaccines. An inactivated vaccine can be administered either simultaneously or at any time before or after LAIV. Two live vaccines not administered on the same day should be administered >4 weeks apart when possible.
LAIV Administration and Use of Influenza Antiviral Medications
The effect on safety and efficacy of LAIV coadministration with influenza antiviral medications has not been studied. However, because influenza antivirals reduce replication of influenza viruses, LAIV should not be administered until 48 hours after cessation of influenza antiviral therapy, and influenza antiviral medications should not be administered for 2 weeks after receipt of LAIV.
LAIV Storage
LAIV must be stored at -15ºC or colder. LAIV should not be stored in a frost-free freezer because the temperature might cycle above -15ºC, unless a manufacturer-supplied freezer box or other strategy is used. LAIV may be thawed in a refrigerator and stored at 2ºC-8ºC for <24 hours before use. It should not be refrozen after thawing. Additional information is available at Wyeth Product Quality (1-800-411-0086) or at www.FluMist.com.
Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Twenty prelicensure clinical trials assessed the safety of the approved LAIV. In these combined studies, approximately 28,000 doses of the vaccine were administered to >20,000 subjects. A subset of these trials were randomized, placebo-controlled studies in which >4,000 healthy children aged 5-17 years and >2,000 healthy adults aged 18-49 years were vaccinated. The incidence of adverse events possibly complicating influenza (e.g., pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, or central nervous system events) was not statistically different among LAIV and placebo recipients aged 5-49 years.
Children
Signs and symptoms reported more often among vaccine recipients than placebo recipients included runny nose or nasal congestion (20%-75%), headache (2%-46%), fever (0%-26%), and vomiting (3%-13%), abdominal pain (2%), and myalgias (0%-21%).7,12,14,20-22 These symptoms were associated more often with the first dose and were self-limited. In a subset of healthy children aged 60-71 months from one clinical trial,8,9 certain signs and symptoms were reported more often among LAIV recipients after the first dose (n = 214) than placebo recipients (n = 95) (e.g., runny nose, 48.1% versus 44.2%; headache, 17.8% versus 11.6%; vomiting, 4.7% versus 3.2%; myalgias, 6.1% versus 4.2%), but these differences were not statistically significant. Unpublished data from a study including subjects aged 1-17 years indicated an increase in asthma or reactive airways disease in the subset aged 12-59 months. Because of this, LAIV is not approved for use among children aged <60 months (see Recommendations for Using Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine).
Safety Among Groups at High Risk From Influenza-Related Morbidity
Until additional data are acquired, persons at high risk for experiencing complications from influenza infection (e.g., immunocompromised patients; patients with asthma, cystic fibrosis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; or persons aged >65 years) should not be vaccinated with LAIV. Protection from influenza in these groups should be accomplished by using inactivated influenza vaccine (see Recommendations for Using Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine).
Serious Adverse Events
Serious adverse events among healthy children aged 5-17 years or healthy adults aged 18-49 years occurred at a rate of <1%. Surveillance should continue for adverse events that might not have been detected in previous studies.
Affiliations
* Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases** Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, National Immunization Program
Acknowledgments
The material in this report originated in the National Center for Infectious Diseases, James M. Hughes, M.D., Director, and the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, James LeDuc, Ph.D., Director; and the National Immunization Program, Walter A. Orenstein, M.D., Director, and Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Melinda Wharton, M.D., Director.
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My script will parse the input_file and get all the details which are in the right hand side and generate commands accordingly. Right now this script only runs for one frame. I want to add a one value to the frame sepearted by "," and my script should generate value for both the frames.
Now am trying to learn OOP in perl I am not sure how to create dynaic object and what kind of relationship I have to create.
Your first step should be to pick up a copy of Perl Best Practices and thoroughly read it. It will teach you a lot of the basics that you're missing and will need before writing OO scripts.
Next step is a toss up between fixing your current script based on the knowledge you learned from the PBP book or to first read Modern Perl before rewriting/fixing your script. Modern Perl will introduce you to OO, but there are many other things in there that you should learn before doing OO.
The Switch module that you're using is a source filter module and is known to be buggy and is not recommended to be used in production code.
Likewise, (Larry Wall) the author of the Shell module does not recommend using that module in production code.
Your script is shelling out way too much and using backticks in void context is also a poor practice/habit.
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package ch.cyberduck.core.b2;
/*
* Copyright (c) 2002-2017 iterate GmbH. All rights reserved.
* https://cyberduck.io/
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*/
import ch.cyberduck.core.AlphanumericRandomStringService;
import ch.cyberduck.core.DescriptiveUrl;
import ch.cyberduck.core.DisabledLoginCallback;
import ch.cyberduck.core.DisabledPasswordCallback;
import ch.cyberduck.core.Path;
import ch.cyberduck.core.features.Delete;
import ch.cyberduck.core.features.PromptUrlProvider;
import ch.cyberduck.core.transfer.TransferStatus;
import ch.cyberduck.test.IntegrationTest;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.EnumSet;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@Category(IntegrationTest.class)
public class B2AuthorizedUrlProviderTest extends AbstractB2Test {
@Test
public void testToUrl() throws Exception {
final Path bucket = new Path("/test-cyberduck", EnumSet.of(Path.Type.directory, Path.Type.volume));
final Path test = new Path(bucket, new AlphanumericRandomStringService().random(), EnumSet.of(Path.Type.file));
final B2FileidProvider fileid = new B2FileidProvider(session).withCache(cache);
new B2TouchFeature(session, fileid).touch(test, new TransferStatus());
final B2AuthorizedUrlProvider provider = new B2AuthorizedUrlProvider(session, fileid);
assertFalse(provider.isSupported(bucket, PromptUrlProvider.Type.download));
final DescriptiveUrl url = provider.toDownloadUrl(test, null, new DisabledPasswordCallback());
assertNotEquals(DescriptiveUrl.EMPTY, url);
assertNotNull(url.getUrl());
new B2DeleteFeature(session, fileid).delete(Collections.singletonList(test), new DisabledLoginCallback(), new Delete.DisabledCallback());
}
}
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use Modern::Perl '2017';
use utf8;
binmode STDIN, ':encoding(UTF-8)';
binmode STDOUT, ':encoding(UTF-8)';
my %europe = ();
my @levels = (
{
'e150'=>'',
'e470'=>'',
'e960' => 'Autorisé en Europe depuis le 2 décembre 2011',
'e441' => 'La gélatine est considérée en Europe comme un ingrédient et non un additif.',
'e428' => 'La gélatine est considérée en Europe comme un ingrédient et non un additif.',
},
{
'e120' => "Risque d'allergie.",
'e131'=>"Responsable d'allergies (urticaire) et soupçonné d'être cancérigène.<br/>
Interdit en Australie, au Canada, aux Etats-Unis et en Norvège.",
'e132'=>"Risque d'allergie. Interdit en Norvège.",
},
{
'e104'=>"Peut avoir un effet nuisible sur l’activité et l’attention des enfants.",
'e110'=>"Peut avoir un effet nuisible sur l’activité et l’attention des enfants.",
'e122'=>"Peut avoir un effet nuisible sur l’activité et l’attention des enfants.",
'e129'=>"Peut avoir un effet nuisible sur l’activité et l’attention des enfants.",
'e102'=>"Peut avoir un effet nuisible sur l’activité et l’attention des enfants.",
'e124'=>"Peut avoir un effet nuisible sur l’activité et l’attention des enfants.",
},
);
open(my $IN, "<:encoding(UTF-8)", "europe_2011.txt");
while (<$IN>) {
chomp;
if ($_ =~ /E (\w+)/) {
my $id = 'E' . $1;
$europe{lc($id)} = 1;
}
}
close ($IN);
open($IN, "<:encoding(UTF-8)", "additives_source.txt");
while (<$IN>) {
chomp;
my ($canon_name, $other_names, $misc, $desc, $level, $warning) = split("\t");
$level = -1;
(defined $desc) or ($desc = '');
(defined $warning) or ($warning = '');
for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#levels; $i++) {
if (defined $levels[$i]{lc($canon_name)}) {
$level = $i;
if ($level > 0) {
$warning = $levels[$i]{lc($canon_name)};
}
else {
$desc = $levels[$i]{lc($canon_name)};
}
}
}
if (($level < 0) and (not defined $europe{lc($canon_name)})) {
$level = 3;
$warning = "Additif non autorisé en Europe (liste N° 1129/2011 du 11 Novembre 2011)";
}
print $canon_name . "\t" . $other_names . "\t" . $misc . "\t" . $desc . "\t" . $level . "\t" . $warning . "\n";
}
close ($IN);
| PCCSUW |
Gretchen, I love this pic!!! I know you mentioned on the Z group that you are worried because your little munchkin won't let anyone near her when they visit the orphanage. Well, our little Katie Grace was SO shy and afraid too and at our first meeting as well but by the time we were back to the room and the evening came, she was smiling and hugging me. She was able to make connections and attachments and I know your precious girl will too!!!
"We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life. But those who make their journey home across time and miles, growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them, are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us by God's very own hands." ---Kristi Larson
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James 1:27 | GLCNOS |
Acanthosis Nigricans
Acanthosis Nigiricans is a medical term that refers to the dark and thickened patches of skin that are usually noticed around the neck, groin, and armpit. This is not a specific disease in itself; rather it is a symptom that gives an indication of other health issues. In some of the severe cases, acanthosis nigricans can also be the sign of Cancer.
Sign and Symptoms
The patients of acanthosis nigricans tend to have symptoms like:
Dark and velvety skin lines
Body folds and creases near armpit
Bad odor
Itching
The affected area varies in all the patients, but it mostly covers armpit, back of the neck, and groin. There can even be tiny finger-like growths around these patches. A higher level of insulin acts as the trigger for acanthosis nigricans. That is why overweight people are more prone to these issues.
Other potential causes of acanthosis nigricans are:
Stomach cancer
Adrenal gland disorder
Disorders of pituitary gland
High doses of niacin
Although acanthosis nigricans is recognized by physical appearance, at Astoria Skincare, we will check for the potential causes. Depending on the cause of trouble, you will be brought under the most appropriate medication by our expert team. | TACDMR |
Symptoms
Main symptom is a painful, red, swollen area around the nail, often at the cuticle or at the site of a hangnail or other injury. There may be pus-filled blisters, especially with a bacterial infection.
Bacteria causes the condition to come on suddenly. If all or part of the infection is due to a fungus, it tends to occur more slowly.
Nail changes may occur. For example, the nail may look detached, abnormally shaped, or have an unusual color.
If the infection spreads to the rest of the body, symptoms may include:
Fever, chills
Development of red streaks along the skin
General ill feeling
Joint pain
Muscle pain
Exams and Tests
The health care provider can usually diagnose this condition by simply looking at the sore skin.
Pus or fluid may be drained and sent to a laboratory to determine what type of bacteria or fungus is causing the infection.
Treatment
If you have bacterial paronychia, soaking your nail in hot water 2 or 3 times a day helps reduce swelling and pain.
Your provider may prescribe oral antibiotics. In severe cases, your provider may cut and drain the sore with a sharp instrument. Part of the nail may need to be removed.
If you have fungal paronychia, your provider may prescribe antifungal medicine. Keep your hands dry and apply a skin-drying substance, such as Castellani paint (phenol).
Outlook (Prognosis)
Paronychia usually responds well to treatment. But, fungal infections may last for several months.
Prevention
Avoid damaging the nails or fingertips. Because the nails grow slowly, an injury can last for months.
DO NOT bite or pick the nails.
Protect the nails from exposure to detergents and chemicals by using rubber or plastic gloves. Gloves with cotton liners are best.
Bring your own manicure tools to nail salons and do not allow the manicurist to work on your clothes.
To minimize the risk of damage to the nails:
Keep the nails smooth and trim them weekly.
Trim the toenails about once a month.
Use sharp manicure scissors or clippers for trimming fingernails and toenails, and an emery board for smoothing the edges.
Trim nails after bathing, when they are softer.
Trim fingernails with a slightly rounded edge. Trim toenails straight across and do not cut them too short.
DO NOT trim cuticles or use cuticle removers. Cuticle removers can damage the skin around the nail. Trimming the cuticle damages the skin at the base of the nail. This can allow germs to enter, which can lead to infection.
Related MedlinePlus Health Topics
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Search PumpkinPatchesAndMore.org
Looking for a local pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayride, gourds and other
Halloween activities in Prince Edward's Island, Canada? Scroll down this page and you will see the
all of those in Prince Edward's Island, Canada, sorted by county. Some are
farms, where you take a hay ride out into the field, others are elaborate farm
stands with mountains of pumpkins and other activities and some are simple
roadside stands. Most have loads of pumpkins to choose from. To really make it
fun for your kids, look for those that have the extra activities, like a corn
maze, spook house, or hayride. There is usually a small fee for the mazes (of
course, the more elaborate mazes tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free.
ALWAYS call before you go
to confirm the info, they don't always report changes to me!
Finally, my boys are in Boy Scouts and raising money for their troop and
their trips and activities, so if you are looking for popcorn (many types), chocolate, coffee, k-cups or to donate to both the
Scouts and U.S. military troops,
click here and help the Boy Scouts!
Prince County
Arlington Orchards - Apples, pears, plums, pumpkins,
restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, face painting
Orchard Lane, rte 167, Arlington, PE C0B 1Y0. Phone: 902
831-2965. Email us at:
[email protected]. Directions: we are about 15 min
west of Summerside P.E.I., Canada . We are open September,
October. Our hours are: 7 days weekly from 10 am - 5pm @ u-pick,
and from 10 am-6pm at our Farm Outlets We usually are open for
u-pick operations from the 1st week of September until the last
of October. We have Farm Outlets in Borden-Carleton and
Miscouche which are open approx mid-August until Xmas and
vegetables, jams, honey, etc are available there as well
Payment: Cash, Check.
Queens County
Great Northern Adventures - Haunted Hayrides and
Haunted Barn 924 Fort Augustus Road, Bunbury, PEI, Canada.
Phone: 902-894-7558. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: from the Confederation
Bridge: (Follow the TransCanada Highway all the way into
Charlottetown) 1. Turn left on to Upton Rd (once you pass Cows
it is your next left) 2. Turn right on to the Charlottetown
Bypass (3rd right on Upton Rd) 3. Follow the Charlottetown
Bypass through approximately seven sets of light. 4. Turn left
on to the Hillsborough Bridge (there is a Tim Hortons on your
right) 5. Take your first exit off the bridge on your left (if
you go through a set of lights, you've gone too far.) 6. Follow
the Bunbury Rd until you come to a stop sign 7. Turn left at the
stop sign on to the Fort Augustus Rd 8 We are the 4th driveway
on the RIGHT. There is a large sign! During the Halloween
season,we offer haunted hayrides and a haunted barn. At Great
Northern Adventures we enjoy a family friendly environment and
offer both "child-friendly" and "Scarey" options for both the
haunted hayride and haunted barn! When you call to book please
tell us which option you would like! We are also available for
proms and weddings!
This page was updated on
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A power center within a major retail commercial core, master planned for a
regional shopping center at the northwest corner of the same intersection.
The center is anchored by the largest Costco in the state. SanTan Village is a fourphase
development portion of the SanTan Village Master Plan. This urban village
includes a regional shopping center developed on the northwest corner of Loop
202 and Williams Field Road. The SanTan Village Master Plan will serve as the
hub for retail activity for the Gilbert, Queen Creek, and Pinal County trade areas.
SanTan Village is strategically located nine miles east of Chandler Fashion Center
and approximately nine miles southwest of Superstition Springs Center.
Type
of Property:
Power
Center
Property Size:
±47,596 SF
Available:
±1,600 SF
Zoning:
C-2
Rates:
Please call for rates
Developed By:
SanTan Development Group, Inc.
Please
Contact:
Torrey
Briegel: 602-734-7219
Lance
Umble: 602-734-7206
Greg Laing : 602-734-7207
http://www.phoenixcommercialadvisors.com/listings/info/202sant.htm
Disclaimer:
The information contained herein has been obtained from
sources believed reliable. While we do not doubt its accuracy,
we have not verified it and make no guarantee, warranty
or representation about it. It is your responsibility
to independently confirm its accuracy and completeness.
Any projections, opinions, assumptions or estimates used
are for example only, and do not represent the current
or future performance of the property. The value of this
transaction to you depends on tax and other factors which
should be evaluated by your tax, financial and legal advisors.
You and your advisors should conduct a careful, independent
investigation of the property to determine to your satisfaction
the suitability of the property for your needs. | TCWAMO |
#! /usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'activesupport'
LIMIT = 12
def create_data(data_file, file)
result = []
File.open(file, "rb") do |f|
str = f.read
keywords,data = str.split(";")
data.gsub!(/^[^=]+= /, "")
decoded = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(data)
for it in decoded
i = {
:score => it["score"],
:name => it["name"],
:path => it["path"] == "-" ? nil : it["path"],
:type => it["type"],
:method_type => it["method_type"]
}
result << i
end
end
File.open(data_file, "wb") do |f|
f.write Marshal.dump(result)
end
end
def get_data(file)
data_file = "#{file}.data"
unless File.exists?(data_file)
create_data(data_file, file)
end
Marshal.load(File.open(data_file))
end
def search(mod, str)
file = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/#{mod}.js"
data = get_data(file)
q = Regexp.new(Regexp.quote(str), Regexp::IGNORECASE)
result = []
for it in data
next unless q.match(it[:name])
it[:score] = it[:score].to_f
result << it
end
return if result.empty?
result = result.sort_by{ |a| a[:score] }.reverse
to_lisp(mod, result[0..LIMIT])
end
def to_lisp(mod, data)
result = []
for it in data
url_prefix = if it[:path]
"#{it[:path].gsub(/\:\:/, "/")}/"
else
""
end
url_prefix = "http://apidock.com/#{mod}/#{url_prefix}"
title = it[:name].dup
title << " (#{it[:path]})" if it[:path]
line = case it[:type]
when "method"
if it[:method_type] == "instance"
[title, "#{url_prefix}#{it[:name]}"]
else
[title, "#{url_prefix}#{it[:name]}/class"]
end
when "class", "module"
[title, "#{url_prefix}#{it[:name]}"]
end
result << line
end
result.map! do |i|
'("' + i.first + '" . "' + i.last + '")'
end
"(" + result.join("\n") + ")"
end
STDOUT.flush
loop do
line = STDIN.gets
mod, q = /(\w+)(.*)$/.match(line)[1..2]
q.strip!
puts search(mod, q) unless q.blank?
puts "APIDOCK_EOF"
STDOUT.flush
end
| RACDTN |
Christmas Party
As well as being Christmas jumper day, today was also our Christmas party. We all had a great time playing party games and eating party food. We even had a very special visitor who answered some of our questions about his work in the North Pole.
A HUGE thank you to SAPTA for helping to make our Christmas party extra special. | CXLOJT |
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| TMCMEN |
3-IN-ONE Multi-Purpose Oil, 3 oz.
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Manufacturer Description
3-IN-ONE Oil has hundreds of uses in the home, on the car, in the garage, in the office, for sports and recreation and on the job!Use it on door locks, sliding doors, hinges, sewing machines, window tracks, fans, and anything with wheels. On the car use it on throttlr cables, linkages, antennas, hinges. in the garage use it to help saw blades cut better, lubricate and protect tools, and to make drills work better. In the office use it on scissors, swivel chairs, file drawers and door hinges. Use it on bike chains, boat hardware, firearms, fishing tackle, camping equipment, skateboards and skates. On the job use it on casters, rollers, chains, power tools and on external moving parts of small motors.
Product Features
Multi-purpose lubricant reduces friction and silences squeaky components such as hinges and wheels
Oil penetrates into crevices to release parts that have been rusted together
Lubricant cleans tools by removing dirt and grime
3-oz. squeeze bottle offers control over the amount of lubrication dispensed
Drip applicator with attached cap enables precise application of the desired amount of lubricant
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This guy. He’s a rare beast💙. .
Our house hunt continues. We found one we loved but lost it to another buyer 😣. But yesterday I went through another one I really like so fingers crossed this one works out !!!! 🤞🏻 | TDFBOR |