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Words of Wisdom: “Own Your Mistakes”-Salma Hayek
Words of wisdom that I’m sharing with you all today come from the amazing and talented Salma Hayek!
In an interview a few years back with Bystander Revolution, the actress dropped some serious gems, one of which I’m glad to have learned at a young age. Salma strongly advised us all to own our mistakes in life. Mistakes, after all, are how we learn and improve in our personal and professional lives!
Check out Salma’s advice below!
I’ve made A LOT of mistakes of my own over my short time on this earth. Some when it came to school. Some when it came to my writing career. A good bit in my personal life, too. We all do. We all mess up. We all miss the mark. We all are imperfect. And it’s okay…as long as you’re working to correct your mess ups.
For myself, some of my many struggles over the years included procrastination, grudges, and attitude problems—each of which led to a good deal of issues. With these struggles, I made a lot of mistakes in my work and relationships, and had to learn the hard way in order to improve. If I hadn’t have made some of the mistakes I did along my path, finally owned up to them, and worked to do better the next time, I would’ve continued to excuse bad behavior, inconsistent work, and terrible discipline. So I’m glad that I made the mistakes I did, and actually learned from them.
So own up to your faults, your screw ups, your mistakes in life. Like I said, we’re all imperfect. We can only strive to be better each day, learning and growing from each fault as time goes on. |
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Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro
Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro OESA (Roberti of Roberti, Dennis) (c. 1300 – 31 March 1342) was an Augustinian monk who was at one time Petrarch's confessor, and who taught Boccaccio at the beginning of his education in the humanities. He was Bishop of Monopoli in Apulia. He was surnamed, not uncommonly for the trecento, for the town in which he was born, now Sansepolcro in Tuscany. His family name was de' Roberti, which no longer exists. Dionigi is the Italian form of Dennis, Latin Dionysius.
Life
Dionigi joined the Order of Hermits at the Augustinian monastery in Borgo San Sepolcro at an early age. The convent had been founded in 1281 and was located in the valley of Spoleto. He was sent to study theology at the Sorbonne in Paris and graduated baccalaureus sententiarius during the academic year 1317-18. About 1324 he obtained a doctorate in theology and taught at the Sorbonne through 1328. While in Paris, he practised astrology, and predicted the unexpected death of Castruccio Castracani. Giovanni Villani wrote him with the latest news from Italy, deeply concerned about what Castracani and Emperor Louis the Bavarian were about to do; Dionigi wrote back, saying that none of those things would happen, because Castracani was about to die — and he did.
He acquired the ranks of diffinitor and magister sacrae paginae, although these are rarely attested because he may have left the University of Paris. He travelled widely: in 1329 he went on an unspecified diplomatic mission for Cardinal Napoleone Orsini, in 1332 he was in Venice, in 1333 he spent much time in Avignon where he met Petrarch. There he taught at the College which the Augustinians ran, and in 1335 he was in Grasse. In 1337 he went to Florence; in October 1338 he went to Naples, and he remained in that kingdom the rest of his life.
At Naples, he lived in the Augustinian convent, and was witness to a deed gift of land made by the Neapolitan nobleman Walter to build a church in honor of S. Giovanni Battista, executed 11 October 1339.<ref>Branca, p.36; DBI, p. 196, col. 1,</ref> Other intellectuals in Naples at the time include Andalò del Negro, Paolo Minorita, Niccolò Acciaioli, Paolo dell'Abbaco, Paolo da Perugia, Graziolo de' Bambaglioli, and Cino da Pistoia.
He won the favor of King Robert of Naples for his astrology and his classical Latin; as early as the winter of 1338, King Robert appointed him to settle a quarrel among the factions of the citizenry of l'Aquila. On 17 March 1340, he was consecrated bishop of Monopoli, at the King's request. A dispensation for a marriage from him survives dated 5 June 1340 among the correspondence of Pope Benedict XII.
He died on 31 March 1342 and was buried in the local church yard of Agostino alla Zecca. Petrarch wrote his epitaph.
Petrarch
Dionigi had been Petrarch's confessor during his stay in Avignon, and Petrarch wrote three letters to him. Much of what we know about Dionigi is inferred from this correspondence; and is correspondingly uncertain. Moschella holds, for example that he was introduced to Petrarch in 1333, by Giacomo Colonna; but there has been other speculation that Petrarch met Dionigi in Paris.
Dionigi recommended Augustine's Confessions to Petrarch, who had never read it; Dionigi gave him a pocket copy, which Petrarch says he carried around with him everywhere. Moschella asserts that Dionigi's influence on Petrarch in his moral crisis over Laura amounted to a conversion.
Petrarch addressed his long account of his ascent of Mont Ventoux to Dionigi. Dionigi was also instrumental in persuading King Robert of Naples to present Petrarch with his crown of laurel: Petrarch had invited Dionigi to visit Vaucluse on his way to Naples in 1338, in a verse letter filled with flattery of the King. When Dionigi arrived in Naples, he did persuade King Robert to write Petrarch, and Petrarch responded to both of them, congratulating Dionigi on having the favor of so famous a king, and reminding him in a postscript: "You know what I think about the laurel."
Dionigi also arranged Petrarch's visit to Naples in February 1341, when King Robert examined him for his fitness for the laurel.
Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio had lived in Naples, and been welcome in the court of King Robert, since 1327, when he was fourteen. He returned to Florence, probably at the end of 1340, and wrote a letter there, bemoaning the death of his "reverend father and teacher", Dionigi; whose death "left nothing for him in the world." Dionigi had introduced him to the works of Augustine, Seneca, and Petrarch; Branca presumes that he had also taught him vernacular poetry and rhymed prose.
Works
Most of Dionigi's writings are lost; but we have
A commentary on the first book of Peter Lombard's Sententiae (on which, as was common, he had given his baccalaureate lecture)
a treatise on logic (Compendiuni logicae juxta Doctrinam em ac funds),
a commentary on Aristotle's Economics,
a commentary on Valerius Maximus (printed in Strasbourg in the 1470s).
Some other commentaries have been attributed to Dionigi.
Bibliography
Footnotes
Endnotes
References
Maurizio Moschella, "Dionigi da Borgo Sansepolcro", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI), Vol. 40, pp. 194–197.
Morris Bishop, Petrarch and his World, Indiana University Press, 1963.
Vittore Branca, Boccaccio : the man and his works, translated by Richard Monges ; cotranslator and editor Dennis J. McAuliffe; New York University 1976. (A collected and revised version of Branca's Boccaccio Medievale'', of 1956)
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What happened with the emails you carried from 2001 to 1998? What communication did you have with the recipients? Why did the email senders observe reality changes? Have you been to this worldline's future? If so, what is it like? Does the 2015 nuclear war still happen? Have you prevented the death of the woman you love? Have you been modifying this worldline with the intention of staying on it permanently?
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Does the worldline picture require the existence of higher dimensions? Descriptions of "worldlines" on TTI seem to refer to 4 dimensional worldvolumes in 10 dimensional spacetime, which to an internal observer look like 4 dimensional spacetimes. If we wanted to speak about 10 dimensional worldlines, would we need more dimensions or could that information be encoded in spacetime without changing the dimension?
Does the worldline picture breakdown when quantum effects become important?
For a given worldline, is there a unique, well-defined past and future?
Are there situations in which there are no worldlines in the sense that there are no 'submanifolds' that look like 4 dimensional spacetime? What causes the existence of worldlines in the ordinary case?
Is there a well-defined conditional probability measure for worldlines? That is, can we assign meaningful probabilities to future events in all cases?
Is space or time compact? Are the tools of topology sufficient to describe the physics of time travel? (I.e. is there a topology of spacetime or do we need a more general concept?)
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Why would a time traveler choose to show up in Fall 2014? Does it have something to do with Ebola? Back in 2001, John Titor seems to have planned to leave in a time machine on or soon after the spring equinox. Does the solar eclipse on the spring equinox in 2015 affect time travel enough to make it an attractive departure date? Why not just leave on the fall equinox? Is there some asymmetry between the equinoxes?
What went wrong back in 2001? Reading the chats and in the absence of significant events for Y2K, it seems that was not a surprise that no video surfaced.
What are the laws and treaties governing public (as in known to the public) time travel versus private time travel?
Have any prominent celebrities traveled through time? How much do our contemporaries time travel, hidden to the public? How frequent is time travel?
When is time travel typically invented? Does our worldline have relatively low or high technology?
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In reference to the paragraph below, wouldn't you be concerned about passing along or picking up bacteria, viruses, and parasites to/from different time periods?
"Depending on whether or not you are going forward or backward, the footprint of the unit is different. I wouldn’t quite say it “scoops” up the ground cleanly. It sort of vibrates it loose and takes it along for the ride. It looks like someone raked the ground an inch or so deep with a small hand hoe or shovel. The negative ergosphere “scoops” up the front and back areas of the field. The positive ergosphere leaves a longer area near the center of mass. It’s about a cubic foot of dirt spread out over six square feet or so."
Ok, my first questions disappeared. Here are some of them.
Regarding: "The computer units and gravity sensors "record" your trip and you are quite easily able to return to your
point of origin." Are you stating that you can return to the exact timeline you left with zero divergence?
Regarding: "There are 7 other time travelers in my unit." Did the 6 other travelers enter this timeline with you? Have any of them interacted with people online?
Were you at all suprised by any technological advances of this timeline, or have you seen it all before?
Was the 177th the true name of your team, or does it have another meaning?
Have you encountered extraterrestrials while on any time travel missions?
Considering the multiple timeline theory, wouldn't it be possible to meet several copies of yourself on the same time line at which you arrived? After all, other copies of yourself may end up doing the exact same thing you were doing. Couldn't there be an infinite number of copies of yourself running around the multiverse?
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If you hipothetically came back (It'd be fun, wouldn't it?), these are my questions:
1- HOW MANY TIME TRAVELS HAVE YOU MADE IN TOTAL?
2- I was thinking about time travel, and, concluded that if you travelled from your worldline (2036) to other worldline (Actuality, the moment when you arrived) and again to other worldine (2036), the probabilities of you returning to the same worldline you started, is like 1/TimeTravelDivergence, so in almost all the cases you return, regardless of small changes in worldines.-My question-:
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? IN YOUR TIME, SCIENTISTS HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?
3- Will I be famous? :'v
4- DEPARTURE VIDEO!!
5- How is internet in your worldine? Is like this worldine internet? The designs of the webpages are like ours? Is there more cyber crime? People use it as we use it?
6- Do you know anime? If you do, how have animes changed from our (or your) actuality (2015) to your worldline?
7- Do you know someone else travelling in time?
8- If you know about someone else travelling in time, why did he/she travelled?
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Considering the lifestyle you portray in your present, why no mention of the Amish? Have you incorporated the Amish into your society, or do they live in isolation? Do these new small communities trade with them for goods and services?
And how is it that America operates as it does with no incursions from hostile foreign nations?
No mention of the moon?
If you ever come back (and read this) answer one simple question: if your mission was so vital, why send one guy? Why not an entire platoon? Why not multiple platoons to different years/world lines? Why would your CO opt to send you in to the field at such a disadvantage? What if you had been killed or paralyzed or brain damaged while on assignment? What then?
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Is it possible that the World War you were talking about that will happen in the year 2015 that killed nearly three billion people, is the currently intensifying tension of the territorial dispute between China and the other countries including the US?
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*How exactly does the singularity sensor measure the expansion of the inner even horizons?
*Why is there no on/off switch?
*What were the political motivations that changed the US constitution?
*Why does the reality of multiple worlds support the religious dogma that there is no 'good or bad people'..just good/bad decisions?
*If D-10 has to do with the 10 dimensions of string theory (which you said haven't been completed in 2036)..what was 'N-10'?
(from what I've read) There are 2 SI units..the linear/translational quantities and the angular/rotational quantities...does N-10 have to do with angular movement and if so, I find that very interesting as I was given a diagram by someone claiming to be JT awhile ago and in the picture...it shows time travel happening at a slight angle...the further you go back in time from the original point of origin, the larger the divergence.
*Ohm's Law...which is derived from Maxwell's equations states, any shape can travel in space..no matter the shape or frequency. They can all travel at C (speed of light). Scientists have said, time travel would be possible if we could find something that travels faster than the speed of light....a few weeks ago they found evidence of the 'oh my god particle' inside of all living things.
Is this at all related to the time travel we will inventing in the near future?
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John, you said that we hadn't discovered any new Planets.
That is false.
Just last year we discovered a planet that may just have life, Kepler-186f.
This indicates to me that the timeline has been extremely altered, possibly by the people in Power, diverting funds to NASA.
So I must ask, is it possible someone such as our Current President Barrack Obama is a time traveler, and has altered our timeline to prevent such a War?
It would make sense that if we went to war with Iran, Russia would go to war with us.
It would also make sense that if we went to war with Iran, we would have a Civil war.
But none of this happened thanks to the Iran Nuclear deal.
How possible is this? Maybe a Warhawk such as Hillary Clinton might ruin the deal in a Year, putting your predictions off by a Year?
Finally, What race, as in Asian Caucasian, etc, is the Majority in the World?
What race of those do you belong to?
How is Racism in that World?
How about Discrimination against those 600 or so remaining Atheists?
How is Homophobia?
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if you were hiding some kind of Biblical war created by Christians to kill Atheists and Agnostics, perhaps allied with Muslims despite how unlikely I feel that to be.
I wouldn't count it as unlikely that things such as Interracial Marriage are banned, since you live in a Gnostic Christian Society. |
Cloud computing has taken a lead in driving super voluminous and fast innovation ride in cloud technology. As more technology comes on the cusp to enter public clouds, its quantum of innovation gets swollen up. A case in point is the soaring machine learning technology and the other bevy of strings which will now follow a bandwagon in 2018.
After scouring leading researches like that of Forrester’s we have finally incubated a list of top ten cloud computing predictions that will become the lifeblood of the enterprises. Check it out.
Forrester predicts that more than 50% of global enterprises will rely on at least one public cloud platform to drive digital transformation and delight customers.
Enterprises will shift 10% of their traffic from carrier backbones to colocation and cloud service providers.
Zero Trust security will become even more tightly integrated with – and integral to the success of – all leading cloud platforms.
Private clouds will get a new life as app development and modernization platforms, moving beyond IaaS.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Microsoft will capture 76% of all cloud platform revenue in 2018, expanding to 80% by 2020.
Kubernetes has won the war for container orchestration dominance.
Cloud management solutions will be sold in parts or offered for free as competition heats up for the management plane.
The Cisco survey estimates that in 2017, the total amount of data stored in data centers would be 370 EB, while global storage capacity would reach 600 EB. These numbers are set to grow in 2018 to an estimated total storage capacity of 1.1 ZB, which is approximately twice the space available in 2017.
The total global public cloud market will be $178B in 2018, up from $146B in 2017, and will continue to grow at a 22% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
The cloud computing juggernaut has reinforced digital transformation like no other technology disruption before it. Cloud Computing will continue to be big in 2018.
Those waiting for taking aggressive action and take a bold decision on the basis of what has worked before, 2018 will help firms to digitally transform and revitalize customer experiences.
So, there is nothing that can stop you from catalyzing actions and streamline the business operations you were eyeing for. Seize the power of cloud computing with these forthcoming predictions. |
Despite mounting evidence that support for Medicare for All is "spreading like wildfire" and has become a winning issue for Democratic candidates, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is drawing ire from progressives following a press conference on Thursday where she told reporters that she is open only to "evaluating" the idea if the party wins control of Congress in the mid-terms.
Translation: My pharmaceutical and health insurance donors hate the idea of Medicare for All,but just vote me back in and, honest, we’ll “look” at it
The biggest recruiting tool the GOP has: Nancy Pelosi. Right or wrong, that’s a fact. If she cared about the country she’d retire https://t.co/6syadflw2I — John Rocco Calabrese (@jroccocal) June 7, 2018
Pelosi: "Okay, we won the 'Hosue'! We looked at Medicare for All & determined our corporate donors wouldn't like it, so... pic.twitter.com/x0PkGcW1rG — Alex Cunningham (@A1exCunningham) June 7, 2018
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Pelosi has taken more than $200,000 in donations from the health sector in the 2017-2018 election cycle.
Far from being a fringe issue, Medicare for All now has the support of 51 percent of Americans polled by the Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation.
Several Democratic candidates running for congressional seats throughout the country—in both blue and red districts—have won elections in recent months on platforms that proudly support Medicare for All.
Deb Haaland is considered likely to win a congressional seat in New Mexico's 1st district after winning the Democratic primary on Tuesday with a platform that called for Medicare for All. In Texas and Illinois last month, universal healthcare proponents Gina Ortiz-Jones and Sean Casten also won their Democratic primaries for House seats.
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And after sharing with voters the story of her mother's inability to afford prescriptions while suffering from cancer, and winning the endorsements of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Medicare for All advocate Kara Eastman beat Brad Ashford for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska's 2nd district—even as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) threw its support behind Ashford.
Several Democratic lawmakers who are considered potential 2020 presidential candidates have also announced their support for Medicare for All, with Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joining Sanders in co-sponsoring his Medicare for All bill.
"I've always been for a public option so I'm always eager to talk about that," Pelosi said at a press conference. "Some of the other issues that have been proposed have to be evaluated in terms of the access that they give, the affordability of it and how we would pay for it, but again it's all on the table."
Pelosi's statement echoed her support for reinstating rules, aimed at avoiding legislation that adds to budget deficits, which progressives say undermines ambitious, innovative new policies.
Pelosi's statement coincides with her support this week for reinstating pay-as-you-go rules—a move progressives warn is a direct attack on the kind of bold and inspiring policies that voters are demanding.
Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership are severely undermining any "new New Deal" legislation like Medicare for All, climate and infrastructure jobs, and free college. https://t.co/XGVVCPZm9L — Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) June 7, 2018
Contrary to Pelosi's suggestion that Medicare for All would be prohibitively expensive, Sanders estimates that his plan would cost Americans $6 trillion less than the current for-profit insurance system over the next decade. |
Colombia Much anger across Cafeteros squad about press treatment
Pekerman: James Rodriguez is playing very well, he's in his prime
International duty is supposed to be a time of importance and tranquility for James Rodriguez, compared to his intense battle for a place in the Real Madrid team, but all is not well at Los Cafeteros.
Relations between the players and press is at an all-time low with the side's wavy form in qualification seized upon by the local media.
And things have gone from bad to worse after Colombia captain Rodriguez was photographed sending an ugly gesture back to journalists reporting on the national team, creating a huge scandal across the country. |
Q:
Bash: ssh with host name as variable
It's my first bash program and I have troubles logging into ssh with variables.
Currently it looks like this
servername="my_pc"
ssh user@$servername "./test.sh"
But I get the error Could not resolve hostname : name or service not known
If I directly write
ssh user@my_pc "./test.sh"
it works
servername="user@my_pc"
ssh $servername "./test.sh"
also works.
I need to use variables because I want to ssh into multiple servers and so the variable changes in the future.
A:
The error message normally contains the hostname, as in
$ ssh user@xyz
Could not resolve hostname xyz: Name or service not known
So I guess you misspelled the variable name in your actual command.
You can run your script under
set -u
which will cause the script to fail when an undefined variable is used. Similarly, using set -e would end the script when any error is encountered.
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[ **Expected neutrino signal from supernova remnant\
RX J1713.7-3946 and flavor oscillations** ]{}
Maria Laura Costantini$^{a}$ and Francesco Vissani$^b$
*$^a$ Universitá dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italia and INFN*
*$^b$ INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ), Italia*
Abstract
> We consider the impact of oscillations on 1-200 TeV neutrinos expected from RX J1713.7-3946. After a description of the nature of the source, we obtain a prediction for the neutrino fluxes, based on the intense gamma ray flux first seen by CANGAROO and recently measured by H.E.S.S. experiment. We study the effect of 3 flavor oscillations in detail and consider the impact on the muon flux induced by these high energy neutrinos, potentially observable by a neutrino telescope located in the Northern hemisphere. A detector in the Mediterranean with an effective area of 1 km$^2$ and unit detection efficiency should be able to see a signal of about 10 muons per year.
Introduction\[cbd\] {#introductioncbd .unnumbered}
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The search for high energy cosmic neutrinos has a long history, tightly connected with the history of cosmic rays. The hope of a happy end is linked to neutrino telescopes presently in operation, in construction or in project. In the present work, we focus on a promising potential galactic source, the young supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946, and calculate the expected muon signal using standard techniques [@b; @gai].
We begin by a description of this object (sect. \[obj\]), and state the predicted neutrino flux in sect. \[nf\]. In sect. \[osc\], we evaluate precisely the impact of three flavor oscillations on the flux. The effect of the absorption of the high energy part of the flux in the Earth and of the live-time of observation is considered in sect. \[abs\]. The muon signal in neutrino telescopes is studied in sect. \[snt\]. A summary of the result is offered in sect. \[dis\].
A potential neutrino source\[obj\]
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In this section, we recall the motivations of interest in supernova remnants, and a number of recent facts that suggest that a specific SNR, RX J1713.7-3946 (G347.3-0.5), is a promising source of high energy neutrinos.
SNR are likely to act as accelerators of cosmic rays (CR). This suspicion was raised in 1934 [@baa] and convincingly supported thirty year later [@gs] on the basis of energetics: if several percents of the energy injected by one supernova (${\cal E}\sim 10^{51}$ erg) go in CR acceleration, the losses from the Galaxy can be compensated. Two monographs, appeared in 1984 and 1990, offer still very actual summaries of the astrophysics of cosmic rays [@b] and the connections with particle physics [@gai]. To a certain extent, the theory of acceleration of CR in SNR is still in evolution, but the generic expectations are stable: the cosmic ray flux at the SNR is expected to be a power law spectrum: $$F_p= K\cdot E^{-\Gamma}
%\mbox{ with index }\gamma=2.0-2.4
\label{eq1}$$ with index $ \Gamma=2.0-2.4 $ and maximal energy $E_{p,max}$ possibly as large as several PeV, as suggested by ‘knee’ of the CR spectrum seen with extensive air showers arrays. Due to galactic magnetic fields, we cannot trace back CR to their source directly, but we can reveal sources if CR interact with some dense target (cosmic beam-dumps). The CR would partially fill the dense region, their interactions would produce mesons, which would eventually decay yielding observable gamma and neutrino radiation. The best case is a molecular cloud near to a young SNR [@aha1; @aha2; @naha].
There are converging indications that this happens in one specific SNR visible in the Southern sky, RX J1713.7-3946. Let us recall the main points: $(i)$ A strong X ray source has been discovered there [@x], that is compatible with a core collapse SN exploded in A.D. 393 at a distance of about 1 kpc [@wang]. $(ii)$ The SNR is probably interacting with a molecular cloud, at about the same distance [@nanten]. This was observed through the CO molecule; 21 cm hydrogen line observations corroborate these indications [@koo]. $(iii)$ A large portion of the X-radiation comes from the same region where the cloud happens to be, the column density that produces X-ray absorption is compatible with the observed molecular cloud, and interesting details are continuing to emerge [@x1; @x2; @x3; @x4; @x5; @x6; @vvv]. The interpretation of the X-rays as synchrotron radiation from 100 TeV electrons is compatible with ATCA radio observations. $(iv)$ But most interestingly, the CANGAROO team did observe TeV gamma rays since several years [@CA1]. This suggested this source as a CR accelerator [@butt1]. Later it was claimed [@CA2] that the only likely mechanism to produce the bulk of gammas is the hadronic one (namely, $\pi^0$’s from proton interactions). Recently, the H.E.S.S. experiment also reported on the observation of an intense source of gamma rays, with energy in the TeV-10 TeV energy range [@hess]. This adds support to the overall picture, and (already with the first data) offers a precise determination of the photon flux.
One could perhaps argue that none of the items discussed above, taken alone, seems to be conclusive. Also, the interpretation outlined here has to face a number of controversial points: the distance of the object [@slane], the compatibility with EGRET bound [@pohl] (but see [@tanimori]) and the uniqueness of the hadronic hypothesis [@butt] have been all questioned. Furthermore, the spectra of CANGAROO and H.E.S.S. do not agree well (see [@hess]); this may be an indication that the systematic error for energy measurement of one or both experiments has an underestimated uncertainty (note however that CANGAROO has measured photons from the N-W rim, while H.E.S.S. measures the spectrum for the photons coming from a wider region). All these objections have to be seriously considered. However, the fact remains that RX J1713-3946 is a very promising case for a cosmic beam dump, where the available observations seem to meet theoretical expectations. In this case, the observed gamma radiation must be accompanied by neutrinos. In view of the interest in neutrino telescopes located the Northern hemisphere, this is a very important conclusion. Actually, we would dare to say that RX J1713-3946 is at present the most definite hope (although not necessarily ‘the best’) of a successful observation of cosmic neutrinos. For other possible sources of TeV neutrinos in the Galaxy, see [@teresa].
As a matter of fact, there is already a specific calculation of the neutrino signal from this source [@amh]. We improve on this calculation in the following points: we consider deviations from the hypothesis $\Gamma=2$, we include the effect of live-time of measurement and of neutrino absorption, we describe the interactions at next-to-leading order (NLO) in QCD, and most importantly, we consider the occurrence of neutrino oscillations.
Secondary gamma and neutrino radiation\[nf\]
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The connection between gamma and neutrino is described in [@b] (see in particular ref.\[38\] of Chapter VIII there, or tab.1 of [@altr]) and in [@gai]. Here, we will follow this last reference quite closely, and describe the relation between secondary gamma and neutrino radiation using the formulæ of cascade theory.[^1] Assuming scaling, CR primaries and secondaries (photons, neutrinos and antineutrinos) have the same type of spectrum. So we take as injection proton spectrum a power law with spectral index $\Gamma$ in the range $2-2.4$ as in eq. (\[eq1\]), and similarly for neutrinos. The photon spectrum from the cascade $p\to \pi^0\to \gamma$ is $$F_\gamma= \frac{\Delta X}{\lambda_p}\cdot
\frac{Z_{p\pi^0}(\Gamma)}{\Gamma}\cdot F_p$$ where $\Delta X$ is the column density traversed by the protons and $\lambda_p$ is the interaction length of CR. The effects of the $\pi^0$ distribution (determined by strong interactions) are lumped into the spectrum-weighted momenta, $Z_{p\pi^0}$ in this example. Similar expressions hold for neutrinos, as a sum of several (slightly more complicated) terms that describe the possible branches of the $\pi$ and $K$ cascades.[^2] In summary, the flux of the neutrinos of any species is just proportional to the photon flux: $$F_{\nu}=k \cdot F_\gamma, \ \ \ \
\nu=\nu_\mu,\bar{\nu}_\mu,\nu_e,\bar{\nu}_e$$ through a proportionality coefficient $k$ that depends on the type of neutrino and on the spectral index. Numerical values are given in table \[tab1\]. In this manner, the neutrino fluxes are [*predicted*]{} in terms of the measured photon flux.
H.E.S.S. data [@hess] in the range $E=1-10$ TeV are well described by a power spectrum with $\Gamma=2.19\pm 0.09\pm 0.15$, that is in good agreement with theoretical expectations. For our purposes, and since these measurements are going to be improved soon in the future, we shall limit ourselves to set $\Gamma=2.2$, modeling the photon flux as follows: $$\begin{array}{l}
F_\gamma=1.7\times 10^{-11}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }\\[1ex]
\end{array}$$ The corresponding neutrinos fluxes are: $$\begin{array}{l}
F_{\nu_\mu}^0=7.3\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }\\[1ex]
F_{\overline{\nu}_\mu}^0=7.4\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }\\[1ex]
F_{\nu_e}^0=4.7\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }\\[1ex]
F_{\overline{\nu}_e}^0=3.0\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }
\label{flussi0}
\end{array}
%\right.$$ where the superscripts $^0$ remind us that oscillations are not included. In this approximation, the flux of tau (anti) neutrinos at the source is expected to be negligible.
[|c|cccc|]{} spectr. index & $\nu_\mu/\gamma$ & $\overline{\nu}_\mu/\gamma$ & $\nu_e/\gamma$ & $\overline{\nu}_e/\gamma$\
2.0& 0.50 & 0.50 & 0.30 & 0.22 2.1& 0.46 & 0.46 & 0.29 & 0.19 2.2& 0.43 & 0.43 & 0.28 & 0.18 2.3& 0.40 & 0.41 & 0.26 & 0.16 2.4& 0.37 & 0.38 & 0.25 & 0.15
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An important question is which is the uncertainty on the neutrino/photon ratio. A primary cause is the uncertainty in the photon flux from $\pi^0$s. Beside experimental errors, it is possible that the gamma radiation has other, non-hadronic components; this will be better quantified with more data and when the morphology of the source will be understood in detail. The uncertainties in column density $\Delta X$ disappear when we consider the ratio. Other causes of uncertainty include the one on hadronic interactions (=the spectrum-weighted momenta) and the neglected decay channels, but again this should have a weaker impact on the ratio. If we consider as an analogy the predictions of the atmospheric neutrino fluxes [@atma], we are lead to believe that the neutrino fluxes we deduced should have an accuracy of 20% or better, at least in the energy region of $1-10$ TeV. Another way to argue for such an accuracy is to compare the results of our tab.\[tab1\] with those in [@altr]. Now, if one agrees that an accuracy of 20 % is reached, the effects of oscillations [*must be included*]{}, since as we will see they are of the order of 50%.
Three flavor oscillations of SNR neutrinos\[osc\]
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Now, we pass to describe the effects of neutrino oscillations. From the theoretical point of view, the situation is particularly simple, since the phases of oscillations are really very large: $$\varphi\sim
%\frac{\Delta m^2\cdot D}{4 E}=
3\cdot 10^8
\left(
\frac{\Delta m^2}{8\cdot 10^{-5}\ \rm{eV}^2}
\right)
\left(
\frac{D}{1\; \rm{kpc}}
\right)
\left(
\frac{10\; \rm{TeV}}{E_\nu}
\right)$$ The conclusion is that we just need to consider averaged vacuum[^3] oscillations [@pont; @crock1; @crock2; @ath; @bbhpw]. The expression of the probability of flavor transformation is given in function of the mixing matrix $U_{\ell j}$: $$P_{\ell\ell'}=\sum_j |U_{\ell j}^2|\cdot |U_{\ell' j}^2|,$$ with $\ell,\ell'=e,\mu,\tau$. The probabilities are the same for neutrinos and antineutrinos. After propagation, the neutrino fluxes become: $$F_\ell=\sum_{\ell'=e,\mu,\tau} P_{\ell\ell'}\; F^0_{\ell'}$$
Adopting the standard decomposition of $U_{\ell j}$ [@pdg], we can summarize the present experimental information as: $\theta_{12}=32.5^\circ \pm 2^\circ$ (solar neutrinos and KamLAND), $\theta_{23}=45^\circ \pm 10^\circ$ (atmospheric neutrinos and K2K), $\theta_{13}=0^\circ \pm 10^\circ$ (CHOOZ), $\delta_{\textrm{\tiny{CP}}}=0^\circ-360^\circ$ (namely, we do not know the CP violating phase $\delta_{\textrm{\tiny{CP}}}$, but it appears always with $\theta_{13}$). In a reasonable approximation, the symmetric matrix $P$ (with elements $P_{\ell\ell'}$) is given by: $$P\sim
\left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
0.6 & 0.2 & 0.2\\
& 0.4 & 0.4 \\
& & 0.4
\end{array}
\right)$$
An interesting question is which deviations we can expect. Let us assume that there are not main causes of systematic errors. Since the formal errors in the angles are quite small, it is useful to expand in linear approximation in $\theta_{12}$, $\cos2\theta_{23}$ and $\theta_{13}$ around the central point $\theta_{12}=32.5^\circ$, $\cos2\theta_{23}=0$ and $\theta_{13}=0^\circ$, getting: $$P\simeq
\left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
1-\frac{x}{2} & \frac{x}{4}+y & \frac{x}{4}-y \\
& \frac{1}{2}-\frac{x}{8}-y & \frac{1}{2}-\frac{x}{8} \\
& & \frac{1}{2}-\frac{x}{8}+y
\end{array}
\right)$$ where we define $x=\sin^2 2\theta_{12}$, $y=\epsilon_{23}+\epsilon_{13}$ and: $$\left\{
\begin{array}{l}
\epsilon_{12}=2 \sqrt{x (1-x)}\cdot \delta \theta_{12}\\
\epsilon_{23}=x/4\cdot \cos2\theta_{23}\\
\epsilon_{13}=\sqrt{x (1-x)}/2\cdot \delta \theta_{13}\cdot \cos\delta_{\textrm{\tiny{CP}}}
\end{array}
\right.$$ Thus, the three uncertainty in $P$, respectively due to the angles $\theta_{12}$, $\theta_{23}$ and $\delta_{\textrm{\tiny{CP}}}$ (setting $\delta \theta_{13}=10^\circ$), are: $$\begin{array}{l}
\delta P\simeq
\pm 2.7\%
\left(
\begin{array}{rrr}
-1 & 1/2 & 1/2\\
& -1/4 & -1/4 \\
& & -1/4
\end{array}
\right)
+\\
+ (\ \pm 3.6\%\ \pm 3.3\%\ )
\left(
\begin{array}{rrr}
0 & 1 & -1\\
& -1 & 0 \\
& & 1
\end{array}
\right)
\end{array}$$ From previous equation we see that the variations are rather small. The main effect when we are interested to muon signal is due to the latter two uncertainties. Combining them in quadrature we obtain the numerical expression: $$\delta P_{\mu\mu}=-\delta P_{e \mu}=\pm 5 \%$$ which means that the errors introduced by the uncertainties in the parameters of oscillations are negligible. (It means also that there is little hope to learn anything useful on 3 flavor oscillations).
Thus we evaluate oscillations with mixing angles at central values. Using the fluxes in eq. (\[flussi0\]), we arrive at the following expectation for neutrino fluxes at Earth: $$\begin{array}{l}
F_{\nu_\mu}=3.9\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }\\[1ex]
F_{\overline{\nu}_\mu}=3.5\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }\\[1ex]
F_{\nu_e}=4.3\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }\\[1ex]
F_{\overline{\nu}_e}=3.3\times 10^{-12}\
\left(\frac{E}{\rm TeV}\right)^{-2.2}
\frac{1}{\rm TeV cm^{2} s }
\label{flussi}
\end{array}$$ They are the same within 20%. The expected flux of tau (anti) neutrinos is the same as the flux of muon (anti) neutrinos, which could lead to interesting signals. However, in the following we focus just on the [*muon*]{} neutrino and antineutrino fluxes. They give rise to muons, thus offering a simple way to emphasize an observable signal.
Live-time and absorption in the Earth\[abs\]
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During the sidereal day which lasts $2\times \tau=23^h 56^m 4^s$, a neutrino telescope can observe a source only when the overwhelming background atmospheric muons is absent. In first approximation, this condition is met when the source is below the horizon. Taking the Earth’s axis of rotation as $\hat{z}$ direction, and $\hat{x}$ axis in such a manner that the source is in the $xz$ plane, the direction of the source is $\hat{s}=(\cos\delta,0,\sin\delta)$ ($\delta$ is the declination, $\delta=-39^\circ 46'$ in our case) and the one of the telescope is $\hat{t}=(\cos\phi \cos(\pi t/\tau),
\cos\phi \cos(\pi t/\tau),
\sin\phi)$ ($\phi$ is the latitude). ANTARES has $\phi=42^\circ 50'$ (that we adopt for numerical example), NEMO or NESTOR are more South, about $\phi= 36^\circ 30'$ and $\phi= 37^\circ 33'$ respectively, whereas BAIKAL is more North $\phi =51^\circ 50'$. The cosine of the zenith angle $\cos\theta_Z\equiv \hat{s}\cdot \hat{t}$ is thus: $$\cos\theta_Z=\sin\delta\sin\phi+\cos\delta\cos\phi \cos(\pi t/\tau)
\label{ccc}$$ The origin of the time $t=0$ is the point of highest altitude (the apex), and conversely, the lowest altitude is reached when $t=\tau$. The source becomes observable after the time $\tau_0$ that satisfies $\cos\theta_Z(\tau_0)=0$. This condition can be satisfied if $90^\circ-|\delta|\ge \phi \ge -(90^\circ-|\delta|)$, that happens to be true for all detectors except BAIKAL. In other words, RX J1713-3946 is always observable for BAIKAL (it is always below the horizon, $\phi-\delta>90^\circ$), whereas for the other detectors, it is observable for a fraction of time $f_{liv}=1-{\tau_0}/{\tau}$. This can be written: $$f_{liv}=1-\frac{\arccos(-\tan\delta\; \tan\phi)}{\pi}$$ For ANTARES this is 78 %, whereas for NEMO and NESTOR this is a bit less, 71 % and 72 % respectively.
![*Projection of the Earth in the $xz$-plane. The versor of the SNR (with direction “to SNR”) is shown. Also shown the versor of the telescope at the times $t=0$ and $t=\tau$, when it lies in the $xz$-plane. \[fig0\]*](f0){width=".35\textwidth"}
There is another effect that diminishes the number of observable events: High energy neutrinos are absorbed in the Earth before reaching the detector. This effect depends on the column density $x$ seen by neutrinos. When $\cos\theta_Z\le 0$, we have: $$x=-2 R_\oplus \cos\theta_Z\cdot \overline{\rho}_\oplus(\cos\theta_Z)$$ This varies with time according to eq. (\[ccc\]). Here, $R_\oplus=6.371\cdot 10^8$ cm is the radius of the Earth, and $\overline{\rho}_\oplus$ (in gr/cm$^3$) is the average Earth density along the line of sight, obtained using the PREM model [@prem]. Now we can define the neutrino absorption coefficient $a_\nu$ and its time average $\overline{a}_\nu$ as: $$\begin{array}{l}
a_\nu(t,E)=1-e^{-N_A x(t)\sigma(E) }\\
\overline{a}_\nu(E)=\frac{\int_{\tau_0}^\tau dt\ a_\nu(t,E) }{\tau-\tau_0}
\end{array}
\label{asso}$$ where $N_A$ is the Avogadro number and $\sigma$ the effective cross section of neutrino absorption. The main part is due to CC interactions; NC interactions increase the absorption coefficient by a small amount.[^4] This conclusion is in agreement with what found in [@igt]. For antineutrinos, the calculations are exactly the same.
For the interactions (deep inelastic scattering) we adopt the recently calculated MRST2004 partons [@mrst] and work at NLO in QCD [@mrstnlo]. Let us note that the measurements of HERA at $s=4 E_p E_e$ $\equiv 2 M_p E_\nu$ with $E_\nu\sim 50$ TeV give us confidence that we have an accurate description of the interaction cross section in the relevant energy range. Small modifications due to nuclear medium (average rock nuclei in this section, water nuclei in the next one) are described using the simple prescriptions of [@smi].
Signal in neutrino telescopes\[snt\]
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Charged-current interactions of $\nu_\mu$ and $\overline{\nu}_\mu$ produce muons and antimuons that can be observed underground. This is the simplest observable for a cosmic source of high-energy neutrinos, and it is known since long [@markov]. The reason why we prefer to concentrate on this observable is that the underwater detectors can achieve a very good angular resolution, perhaps better than one degree. This offers a very effective tool to reject the background of atmospheric neutrinos in neutrino telescopes.
The number of muons and antimuons reaching an area $A$ in a time of observation $T$ is: $$\begin{array}{l}
N_{\mu+\overline{\mu}}=\displaystyle f_{liv} \cdot A\cdot T\cdot
\int_{E_{th}}^{\infty} dE_\nu\;
F_{\nu_\mu}(E_\nu)\times \\[2ex]
\ \ \ \times Y_{\mu}(E_\nu,E_{th})
(\; 1-\overline{a}_{\nu_\mu}(E_\nu)\; )+
({\nu}_\mu \to \overline{\nu}_\mu)
\end{array}$$ where $E_\nu$ is the energy of the neutrino at the point of interaction and $E_{th}$ is the minimal muon energy that can be detected, and “${\nu}_\mu \to \overline{\nu}_\mu$” stands for the contribution of the antineutrinos (same expression using antineutrino flux, cross section, and absorption coefficient). Whenever needed, we take as reference values: $$A=1\mbox{ km}^2,\ T=1\mbox{ solar y},\ E_{th}=50\mbox{ GeV}$$ Neutrino fluxes $F$ and absorption coefficients $\overline{a}_\nu$ are defined in eqs. (\[flussi0\],\[flussi\]) and (\[asso\]). Finally, the probability to yield a muon $Y_{\mu}$ can be calculated by the interaction cross sections and the muon range in water in the following manner: $$Y_{\mu}=N_A \int_{E_{th}}^{E_\nu} \! dE_\mu
\frac{d\sigma_{cc}}{dE_\mu}(E_\nu,E_\mu)\ R(E_\mu,E_{th})$$ where $N_A$ is the Avogadro number; similarly for antineutrinos. The muon range $R(E_\mu,E_{th})$ can be obtained integrating the equation: $$\frac{dR}{dE_\mu}=-\frac{1}{\alpha+\beta E_\mu}$$ where the dependence of $\alpha$ and $\beta$ on $E_\mu$ in water is taken from ref. [@b].[^5] On passing, we remark that occasionally the calculation of the the cross sections $\sigma_{cc}$ and of the yields $Y_\mu $ are done using the DIS formula at the leading order (LO), but using the partons calculated at NLO. This procedure is not consistent, and the cross sections and yields obtained in this way are overestimated by 10% at 20 TeV, and by 25% at 1 PeV.
![*Distribution of muons + antimuons above $E_{th}=50$ GeV due the fluxes of eqs. (\[flussi0\]) and (\[flussi\]), that pass through an area $A=1$ km$^2$ in 1 yr. The higher curve is the ‘idealized’ case. The 3 middle ones show the impact of absorption (“abs.”), live-time (“liv.”) and 3 flavor oscillations (“osc.”). The last effect is universal, whereas the first 2 effects are estimated for $\phi=42^\circ 50'$. The lower curve includes all three effects.\[fig1\]*](f1){width=".44\textwidth"}
The parent spectrum (distribution of the events in the energy of neutrinos at the interaction point) is shown in Figure \[fig1\] for five cases: 1. a fully ‘idealized’ case; $2.-4.$ the three cases when oscillations, absorption and live-time are considered once at the time; 5. the case when all three effects are included. The typical energies are in the range 1-200 TeV, after inclusion of absorption (that produces a downward shift). For $E_\nu=50$ GeV$-$1 PeV, these effects reduce the number of events by: $$\mbox{abs.: }0.81,
\mbox{ liv.: }0.78,
\mbox{ osc.: }0.51$$ The impact of all these effects, and in particular the one of oscillations, are rather important. In particular, the number of events expected for case 1. is: $$N_{\mu+\bar{\mu}}^{ideal}=29.1
\label{idresult}$$ This number is compatible with the 41 events found in [@amh] (see fig. 1 there), when we consider that in [@amh] the spectral index is assumed to be very hard, $\Gamma=2$. But after the inclusion of oscillations, absorption and live-time, the decrease is much stronger: $$N_{\mu+\bar{\mu}}=9.3
\label{result}$$ This is the main result of the present work.
![*Cumulative distribution of the number of muons + antimuons above $E_{th}=50$ GeV. The curve displaced at high energies is the ‘idealized’ case (corresponds to the higher curve of fig.\[fig1\]) the other one includes the effects of absorption, live-time and 3 flavor oscillations (corresponds to the lower curve of fig.\[fig1\]). \[fig2\]*](f2){width=".44\textwidth"}
We present cumulative curves in Figure \[fig2\]. These permit to rescale the above results if the maximal energy of the neutrino spectrum (=the cut of the power spectrum) is lower than the value we allowed, $E_{\nu, max}=1$ PeV. For instance, if we limit ourself to what we know from photons, we could believe that the cut in the neutrino energy happens as early as at 5 TeV. This would mean a dramatic reduction factor of 0.31 to be applied to the number in eq. (\[result\]). Instead, in the more realistic case when the proton spectrum is cut at the energy of the knee ($E_{p,max}=3$ PeV), one expects a cut for the neutrino spectrum somewhere close to 250 TeV (and close to 0.5 PeV for gamma spectrum). This means that the number in eq. (\[result\]) should be diminished, but only by 5 %.
Finally, let us note that the numbers of eqs. (\[idresult\]) and (\[result\]) apply to a detector with unit efficiency of detection.[^6]
Summary and discussion\[dis\]
=============================
The recent H.E.S.S. measurements support the view that RX J1713-3946 is a source of neutrinos with energies at TeV and above. Existing data already permit to predict the neutrino flux to a reasonable level of approximation. Future gamma-ray data should clarify the picture, and possibly reveal the extension of the power spectrum.
We calculated the expected number and distribution of neutrino events in underwater neutrino telescopes from RX J1713.7-3946. These calculations cannot be considered definitive for a number of reasons (e.g., CR are assumed to be solely protons, a power law spectrum is assumed, ‘neutrino regeneration’ is treated in the simplest approximation, only a perfect detector is considered). Also, we did not attempt to estimate the background, though this was done purposely: we believe that it should be estimated during detector operation, and we are aware of a number of theoretical uncertainties (generally on high energy part of atmospheric neutrinos flux [@giu], and more specifically on the prompt contribution).
However, we improved over the existing calculation of the neutrino signal from RX J1713-3946 [@amh] in several senses: we considered a deviation from strict equality $\Gamma=2$, we treated the neutrino interactions at NLO, we estimated absorption in the Earth and live-time of data acquisition, and most importantly, we included 3 flavor oscillations. Our calculations, in particular eq. (\[result\]), suggest that a detector located in the Northern hemisphere should have an effective area of $\sim {\rm km^2}$ and/or a long data taking time in order to see RX J1713-3946 as a source of high-energy neutrinos.
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[^1]: The situation is simpler than for the Earth atmosphere, since the muons originating from the leptonic decays of charged pions or kaons do not interact. The same is true for the photons from neutral pion and eta decays, since the molecular cloud is very thin in comparison with the radiation length $X_0\sim 60\ \rm g/cm^2$ for hydrogen (=the source is “gamma-transparent”). Indeed, a cloud of a few parsec and with at density of few times 100 particles/cm$^3$ has a column density around 0.005 g/cm$^2$ or smaller.
[^2]: For instance, since a $\nu_e$ comes from $p\to \pi^+\to \mu^+\to \nu_e$, we have $F_{\nu_e}= {\Delta X}/{\lambda_p} \cdot
Z_{p\pi^+}(\Gamma) \cdot f_{\pi^+\mu^+ \nu_e}(\Gamma)
\cdot F_p + ...$, where $f_{\pi^+\mu^+ \nu_e}$ is a function that can be found in Sect. 7.1 of the book [@gai], and ‘...’ stands for the additional $K^+$ contribution, weighted with the branching ratio into leptons, $BR=0.635$. Values of the spectrum-weighted momenta are obtained from fig. 5.5 of the same book; in this way, we introduce an error at the few % level.
[^3]: The MSW [@msw] effect does not modify the conclusion for two different reasons: (1) in the vicinity of the star, the matter potential is negligible in comparison to the vacuum term because of the small density in the molecular cloud; (2) inside the Earth, the converse happens; the matter potential is so large that any further oscillation is suppressed. See also [@alyo].
[^4]: The NC cross section is $\sim 1/3$ of the CC one for relevant energies. At first, one could guess that $\sigma=\sigma_{cc}+\sigma_{nc}\equiv\sigma_{tot}$. But NC interactions differ from CC interactions since they do not absorb a neutrino; rather, they lower its energy (‘neutrino regeneration’). We can estimate this effect by replacing $\sigma_{nc}$ with $\sigma_\Gamma\equiv\sigma_{nc}(1-Z_\Gamma)$, where setting $E'=E/(1-y)$ we define $Z_\Gamma(E)\ \sigma_{nc}(E) \equiv
\int dy\; (1-y)^{(\Gamma-1)} \; d\sigma_{nc}(E',y)/dy$ [@ginz]. For $\Gamma\approx 2.2$, $\sigma_\Gamma$ is about 10 % of $\sigma_{cc}$. Using in the exponent of eq. (\[asso\]) $\sigma\equiv\sigma_{cc}+\sigma_\Gamma$ with $\Gamma=2.2$, we conclude that $\overline{a}_\nu(E)$ increases by about 5 %.
[^5]: We recall that in the approximation of constant coefficients, $R(E_\mu,E_{th})=1/\beta \log[(1+E_\mu/\epsilon)/(1+E_{th}/\epsilon)]$ with $\epsilon=\alpha/\beta$. In the energy range of interest this agrees at 10 % with the accurate result when $\alpha=2.4\cdot 10^{-3}$ GeV/cm and $\beta=2\times 10^{-6}$ cm$^{-1}$.
[^6]: In real detectors, the efficiency is usually included in the “effective area”, that is an increasing function of the energy.
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Police, acting on an anonymous tip, discovered the three children, a 6-year-old boy and two girls, ages 4 and 5, locked inside a room at the couple’s Halifax Township home in December. Prosecutors say two of the children were close to dying of malnutrition.
While the Weyants raised the children, they were not their biological parents. Prosecutors say the children are in foster care.
The Weyants face a minimum of 10 years in prison when they are sentenced in May. |
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Q:
Do all functions represent a section of an n dimensional object by another object of n-1 dimension?
If $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ represents the section of a cone by a plane horizontal to the cone, a circle, and $y^2 - x^4 = 4$ represents the section of a cone by a plane vertical to the cone, a hyperbola, what do $x^3 + y^3 = 8$ and $y^3 - x^3 = 8$ represent? sections of a 4-dimensional version of a cone by a 3-dimensional object? What about equations like $x^3 + y^2 = 8$? What does x + y = 2 represent (my first thought was the section of a triangle by a line, but that doesn't seem to make much sense)? Do these (and by extension all equations) represent a section of one object of n dimension by another object of n-1 dimension?
Hopefully you can answer all of these questions, I put the title as being Do all equations represent a section of an n dimensional object by another object of n-1 dimension? because I think it covers all of my questions in a broader way.
A:
In order to get started, let's look at your first example. If you're working in a two-dimensional Cartesian space, the equation $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ is a circle.
Of course in two-dimensional Cartesian space you cannot make a three-dimensional figure at all, since there's no third dimension to extend into.
In three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates the equation $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ describes an infinite cylinder. The $z$ coordinate can be anything (since it was not mentioned in the equation) but the equation restricts $x$ and $y$ so that the point $(x,y,z)$ is exactly $2$ units away from the $z$-axis.
In three dimensions, if you want to describe a circle, you need two equations.
One equation can just select a $z$ coordinate.
The simultaneous equations $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ and $z = 2$ select a circle centered on the $z$-axis in a plane parallel to the $x,y$ plane and at a distance $2$ from the $x,y$ plane.
(You can also get a circle without setting $z$ to a constant;
this is merely one way to get a circle.)
The circle given by $x^2 + y^2 = 4$ and $z = 2$ is a section of the cone
$x^2 + y^2 - z^2 = 0,$ consistent with your question.
But it's also (trivially) a section of the cylinder $x^2 + y^2 = 4,$
a section of the sphere $x^2 + y^2 + (z - 2)^2 = 4,$
a section of the sphere $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 8,$
and a section of the hyperboloid $x^2 + y^2 - \frac12 z^2 = 2.$
Somewhat more generally, you can take any plane shape described by two simultaneous equations, a polynomial equation in $x$ and $y$ and an equation setting $z$ to a constant, delete the "$z=\text{constant}$" equation, and you have the equation of a kind of cylinder--not generally a circular cylinder, but these other shapes are generically called cylinders as well.
If the original equations included $z=0,$ you could get a more interesting shape by deleting $z=0$ and inserting some $z$ terms (any positive power of $z$ multiplied by any constant, any non-negative power of $x,$ and any non-negative power of $y$) into the polynomial equation so it is a polynomial equation of $x,$ $y,$ and $z$ that reduces to the original polynomial equation when $z=0.$
If the original equations included $z=c,$ instead of inserting $z$ terms in the equation, insert terms using positive powers of $z - c$ multiplied by any constant, any non-negative power of $x,$ and any non-negative power of $y$.
Then your original plane figure will be a section of the three-dimensional figure described by your new equation.
What will the three-dimensional figure be? It could be any number of shapes. You can easily throw enough polynomial terms into the equation to produce a shape that has never been given a name.
And if you already had an unnamed shape in two dimensions then it almost sure has no name in three.
The same principles apply to $n$ dimensions. Set the last dimension constant and a polynomial equation over the other $n-1$ coordinates describes a figure in $n-1$ dimensions. This could be a section of any one of an infinite (mostly unnamed) $n$-dimensional figures.
If the equations can be general equations over the coordinates then the possibilities open up even more. But that only makes it even harder to categorize the results.
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In order to strongly fix two elements to each other, a metallic fastening member such as a screw and a bolt is used. At such a time, it may be necessary to secure electrical insulation between the two elements.
PTL 1 describes an insulating spacer for insulating an electronic apparatus and a metal frame from each other when the electronic apparatus is fastened and fixed to the metal frame with a metal screw. PTL 1 describes an example in which a metal frame is sandwiched between two divided insulating collars, an example in which an insulating spacer having an elastic part whose diameter is increased when a metal screw is inserted, and the like, as the prior art, and indicates that the shapes of them are larger than the outer diameter of the metal screw. Then, PTL 1 discloses an insulating spacer including a plurality of elastic thin base supports and clipping portions each of which is provided at the tip of each of the base supports. The base supports, which are apart from each other, are arranged upright from an insulating base portion. The clipping portions sandwich the shaft part of a metal screw. In any of these examples, a head part of the metal screw is exposed from an insulator. |
Ethnic differences in physiological cardiac adaptation to intense physical exercise in highly trained female athletes.
Ethnicity is an important determinant of cardiovascular adaptation in athletes. Studies in black male athletes reveal a higher prevalence of electric repolarization and left ventricular hypertrophy than observed in white males; these frequently overlap with those observed in cardiomyopathy and have important implications in the preparticipation cardiac screening era. There are no reports on cardiac adaptation in highly trained black females, who comprise an increasing population of elite competitors. Between 2004 and 2009, 240 nationally ranked black female athletes (mean age 21+/-4.6 years old) underwent 12-lead ECG and 2-dimensional echocardiography. The results were compared with 200 white female athletes of similar age and size participating in similar sports. Black athletes demonstrated greater left ventricular wall thickness (9.2+/-1.2 versus 8.6+/-1.2 mm, P<0.001) and left ventricular mass (187.2+/-42 versus 172.3+/-42 g, P=0.008) than white athletes. Eight black athletes (3%) exhibited a left ventricular wall thickness >11 mm (12 to 13 mm) compared with none of the white athletes. All athletes revealed normal indices of systolic and diastolic function. Black athletes exhibited a higher prevalence of T-wave inversions (14% versus 2%, P<0.001) and ST-segment elevation (11% versus 1%, P<0.001) than white athletes. Deep T-wave inversions (-0.2 mV) were observed only in black athletes and were confined to the anterior leads (V(1) through V(3)). Systematic physical exercise in black female athletes is associated with greater left ventricular hypertrophy and higher prevalence of repolarization changes than in white female athletes of similar age and size participating in identical sporting disciplines. However, a maximal left ventricular wall thickness >13 mm or deep T-wave inversions in the inferior and lateral leads are rare and warrant further investigation. |
Nationwide, the age-65-and-older population increased by 15 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to a recent Brookings Institution analysis of 2010 Census Bureau data. But many major U.S. cities are aging much faster than that. Some 31 metro areas, primarily in the South and West, have seen their senior-citizen populations increase by more than 25 percent over the past decade.
The proportion of those age 65 and older in Raleigh-Cary, N.C., has increased by 60 percent since 2000, the largest uptick of any metro area in the United States. And three Texas cities, Austin, Houston, and Dallas, are among the places with the fastest-growing senior citizen populations. Many cities out West are also home to rapidly growing retiree populations, including Las Vegas, Nev., Boise, Idaho, Provo, Utah, and Colorado Springs, Colo. Only five metro areas registered declines in their numbers of senior citizens: Scranton, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Buffalo, and Youngstown.
Often, people are choosing to spend their retirement years in places where they spent the final years of their career.
"Most of the country is increasing its over-age-45 population simply because people are aging in place," says William Frey, a Brookings Institution senior fellow and author of the report. While some people move to designated retirement communities once they leave their jobs, most people don't. "There is some movement among the retired population, but it's not that huge and people who move typically move locally," says Frey. "Florida is the outlier. In the rest of these places the migration is occurring among people under age 45."
The suburbs of the nation's largest metro areas are aging faster than the cities. Baby boomers and seniors are now more likely to live in the suburbs than young families, and the child populations in many suburbs have decreased since 2000. Some 40 percent of the suburban population is age 45 and older, up from 34 percent in 2000. "The baby boomers were the first suburban generation. They were born in the suburbs and came back after college and raised families there," says Frey. "Now the suburbs are aging with them."
As the earliest baby boomers begin to turn 65 this year, many cities will soon be coping with even bigger retiree populations. The number of people age 55 to 64 has increased by 50 percent over the past decade, reflecting the ascension of the early baby boomers into this age range. Since most people retire near where they spent their career, the cities with large numbers of older workers are likely to see an uptick in their retiree populations in the near future.
The number of pre-seniors between ages 55 and 64 has increased by 97 percent in Raleigh-Cary, N.C., and it has more than doubled in the Austin-Round Rock, Texas, area since 2000. "The fact that Texas is better off economically than almost every other urbanized part of the country is part of the reason that many people are coming here," according to Ryan Robinson, Austin's city demographer. "Austin has been extremely attractive for families with children who stay here, and that's why we're starting to see the slightly older folks."
Many areas with the fastest-growing populations of older workers in their late 50s and early 60s are college towns, including Colorado Springs, Colo., Provo, Utah, Madison, Wisc., and Albuquerque, N.M. "These are places that attracted people there during their younger years," says Frey. "Aging in place is the primary growth engine of the senior population in most parts of the country." |
Cervical Spine Injury: Whiplash injuries that occur with head trauma will often injure the bone, muscles or nerves of the cervical spine. The cervical spine feeds important information into the balance system and this type of injury can cause imbalance and dizziness.
Treatment of dizziness following head trauma is challenging because all three of the above systems must be evaluated and treated, as necessary. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (see Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy) is often helpful in relieving these symptoms. |
Czech Peace
Czech Peace
The film covers the hot-blooded dispute over a U.S. military base, as part of the National Missile Defense Program, which was planned for construction in the woods surrounding Brdy Military Area, a former hiding place for Soviet nuclear rockets during the Cold War. Despite the fact that 73% of Czechs are against the project, the government went on with negotiations.
Two years after the battle for the radar, which we attentively followed with our camera, Barack Obama became the President of the United States. During his speech in Prague, he announced his plan to reduce the stockpiles of nuclear weapons and to achieve an agreement with Russia. A joint team of American and Russian scientists announced that the planned missile defense system does not work at all. Theodore Postol, a member of the team and an MIT Professor, pointed out that for two years; the Pentagon was providing the Czech public with false information. The American and Russian politicians started their negotiations. The Czech Republic has obviously once again become an object of the great-powers competition. A playfully explosive film of our times. |
Many treatment centers will say just about anything to get your loved one in the door of their facility. Not here. At ATSI we only care about one thing – the successful treatment of your loved one leading to long-term sobriety and an improved lifestyle. Today’s opiate addictions can lead to death. We aim to stop the addiction in its tracks.
Addiction is a chronic brain disease that causes compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences.
Some people are able to hide an addiction from their parents, family, and friends, while with others it is much more obvious. Everyone will start to exhibit some signs over time, and loved ones who notice signs of addiction should seek help as soon as possible.
We provide individualized care, which helps us ensure each person receives the best treatment suited to their needs. All incoming clients receive complete assessments to match them with the right treatment plan. Our therapists and staff use an integrated blend of skill, knowledge and evidence-based methods to help our clients recover and avoid relapse.
Components of
New Jersey Drug Rehab
Family care
12-step/spirituality component
Comprehensive aftercare and continuing support
Dual diagnosis treatment
Individual and process group therapy
Structured Living
Addiction Treatment Services International is a drug treatment center in Galloway, New Jersey that believes a one-size-fits-all program is not enough to resolve addiction on a long-term basis. We won’t tout our exceptional success rate – because most treatment centers make up their success rate, or do not measure them using sound science. We track patient and client satisfaction as our metrics of success.
Our testimonials are all real, written by our former clients and their loved ones. We enjoy a five-star rating on our Google business page and our Facebook business page. Individuality is the key to the success of our programs. Our treatment programs are specifically tailored to each of our clients’ needs. For instance, while one type of therapy may be effective for one client, another will be most successful using a completely different approach. Many addicts, also suffer from mental health issues. We treat those issues as well through our co-occurring treatment program.
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Mental health disorders and substance abuse often go hand in hand, but many people don’t realize just how closely related these conditions are. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), about 20 percent of Americans with an anxiety or mood disorder, such as depression, also have a substance abuse disorder, and about
Researchers are working on a new drug that they believe will help erase an addict’s memory in order to help them recover from drug addiction. The drug, which is being researched by Scripps Research Institute in Florida, is supposed to target certain parts of the brain that store memories of things like a drug high,
Many people live for weeks, months, or even years with an addicted loved one. Over this period of time, both the addict and their loved ones will suffer from the irresponsibility, hurt feelings, and anger that are brought on by addiction. Many people in this situation don’t know where to turn, so they continue living
Many people use and abuse alcohol, but do not believe they have a real problem with it. Alcoholism is a disease that starts out with alcohol abuse, and before long, the person is addicted and can’t stop drinking. If you consume alcohol regularly or find yourself thinking about alcohol and craving it when you’re not
By now we’ve all heard that heroin abuse and addiction are still on the rise, leading to shockingly high numbers of overdoses. According to the CDC, between 2002 and 2013, the rate of heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled, and more than 8,200 people died in 2013. The CDC has a lot of information on their
According to many, faith can play a huge role in recovery from addiction. Maryland’s Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force is one group that is turning to church leaders to help curb addiction. “Church and church concepts provide hope to the hopeless, it brings strength. Faith-based communities try and build families. Faith-based communities try to
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STEP TWO
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STEP THREE
The Treatment Consultant runs your clinical and resource-related information to determine the best course of treatment for your unique case.
STEP FOUR
Your Treatment Consultant informs you of the type of program you need based on the clinical and financial information you provided.
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Upon completing treatment, our clients are encouraged to stay motivated through sobriety with the help of our relapse prevention services, support groups and more. Our counselors are available 24/7 to answer your questions and guide you through the admissions process.
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The staff at ATSI believed in me and accepted me when I didn’t believe in myself. I have been to a lot of programs and relapsed every time (even at ATSI) and still, ATSI accepted me and I now have celebrated a year clean!
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I suffer from anxiety because of the number of times I have relapsed. The staff at ATSI has taught me to relax and be comfortable in my own skin. They were so helpful to me.
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My experience at ATSI has been very helpful in helping me to help myself. The facility including housing is very nice and comfortable. The counselors treat everyone fairly and with patience.
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The staff made me feel welcome from day one. The entire staff was fantastic, if I don’t make it I would definitely come back.
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The staff and counselors at ATSI are wonderful and I thank them so much for everything they did for me. They also included my family in my treatment which helped me be a better father and husband.
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“We do not solicit testimonials or write our own like many other treatment centers do. These are real feedback from our previous clients.”
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The Need for NJ Drug Rehab
Because of their close proximity to New York City and Philadelphia, the towns of Passaic, Essex, Union, Morris, Bergen, and Camden feel the extreme effects of illicit drugs. Cocaine and heroin are often involved in drug-related deaths in the New York-New Jersey area. In addition:
At least 1,901 people died from opioid overdoses in New Jersey last year, well over twice the number of people from the state who died in the attacks on Sept. 11. (source: nj.com)
In 2006, more than 650,000 people had used marijuana in the prior year, more than 250,000 had abused prescription pain relievers and more than 130,000 had used cocaine.
Number of individuals in New Jersey who were admitted for treatment for Alcohol, Heroin & Opiates, and Marijuana in 2016
Deaths involving heroin doubled in New Jersey from 2013 through 2016
Fentanyl related deaths rose by a whopping 2,000% from 2013 through 2016
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CARF International accreditation demonstrates a program’s quality, transparency, and commitment to the satisfaction of the persons served. CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. |
Muscle inflammation and MHC class I up-regulation in muscular dystrophy with lack of dysferlin: an immunopathological study.
Muscle inflammation is characteristic of inflammatory myopathies but also occurs in muscular dystrophy with lack of the sarcolemmal protein dysferlin. We quantified inflammatory cells and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) expression in muscle from 10 patients with dysferlinopathy. Infiltrating cells were always present although numbers varied considerably; macrophages were more common than T cells, T cytotoxicity was absent, and MHC class I was overexpressed on muscle fibers. These findings differ from polymyositis (PM) but are closely similar to those in SJL/J mice (which lack dysferlin) and emphasize the relationship between absence of dysferlin and immune system abnormalities in muscle. |
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import cx from 'classnames';
import common from '../../../common.scss';
import styles from './styles.scss';
const Toast = props => {
return (
<div
className={cx(
common.nuclear,
styles.toast,
{ error: props.error },
{ warning: props.warning },
{ info: props.info },
{ success: props.success }
)}
onClick={props.onClick}
>
<div
className={styles.toast_content}
>
{
props.icon &&
<div
className={styles.toast_icon}
>
{ props.icon }
</div>
}
<div
className={styles.toast_text}
>
<div className={styles.title}>{ props.title }</div>
<div className={styles.details}>{ props.details }</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
);
};
Toast.propTypes = {
error: PropTypes.bool,
warning: PropTypes.bool,
info: PropTypes.bool,
success: PropTypes.bool,
icon: PropTypes.node,
title: PropTypes.string,
details: PropTypes.string,
onClick: PropTypes.func
};
Toast.defaultProps = {
error: false,
warning: false,
info: false,
success: null,
icon: null,
title: '',
details: '',
onClick: () => {}
};
export default Toast;
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Q:
Strip the + symbol from the_search_query
When using the_search_query to display search result on my site, the spaces between words are displayed with a + symbol.
So if a visitor searches for "wordpress plugins" the_search_query output in search.php returns
wordpress+plugins
How can I remove the + symbol, and/or replace it with non-break space entity, like so .....
wordpress plugins
or
wordpress plugins
I tried this approach but it is not working .....
<?php
$string = the_search_query();
$res = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z]/", "", $string);
echo $res;
?>
A:
Personally, when I do things like this I use str_replace() [Link]
Using your above example it would be implemented like so:
<?php
$string = the_search_query();
$res = str_replace("+", " ", $string);
echo $res;
?>
That will replace any + with a space.
Or if you want the use this:
<?php
$string = the_search_query();
$res = str_replace("+", " ", $string);
echo $res;
?>
On a minor note, this question is not really WP related and may get bounced to StackOverflow or closed by a mod.
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Q:
Redirect doesn't work on a custom plugin wordpress
I'm trying to redirect when a file has been uploaded in media library to crop/resize it.
I'm adding a custom template and try to redirect after the admin add a media to library (admin panel).
But when I upload media I've got an error in wordpress : "An error occurred during upload. Please try again later."
And nothing comes.
My file is uploaded and saved but doesn't show in media library.
I've traveled through many topics but didn't find an answer. Maybe I can't redirect like that in a plugin.
I've got two php file in wp-contents/plugins/myplugin/plugin.php and custom-template.php
<?php
/*
Plugin name: Waouh_pictures
Description:
Version: 1.0
Author: Waouh
*/
require_once("lib/shortpixel-php-req.php");
if(!defined('ABSPATH'))
exit;
class plugin{
public function __construct(){
// Some code here
/* Add cropping template to wordpress */
function page_template( $page_template )
{
if ( is_page( 'cropping-waouh' ) ) {
$page_template = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/crop_waouh.php';
}
return $page_template;
}
add_filter( 'page_template', 'page_template' );
/* Redirect to cropping-waouh when a file is uploaded */
function redirect_to_crop( $upload ) {
$url = get_site_url() . "/cropping-waouh";
wp_redirect( $url );
exit;
return $upload;
}
add_filter( 'wp_handle_upload', 'redirect_to_crop' );
}
}
new plugin();
?>
And my custom template :
<?php
/* Template Name: Cropping Waouh */
echo 'This is my cropping page :)';
?>
Network console log
Pretty sure I'm doing wrong but I'm new to wordpress and I'm open to any constructive comments.
If you need more informations just ask. Thank you in advance.
A:
It seems like I can't do it that way so the thing I've done was to do it with jQuery.
I'm adding a button on my media library and hide the one who already exists.
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
$("#wp-media-grid > a").after("<form action=\"/wp-content/plugins/waouh_pictures/function.php\"><input type=\"file\" id=\"button_upload_waouh\" name=\"filename\" method=\"POST\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Ajouter\"></form>");
$("#wp-media-grid > a").hide();
});
And I can modify the file before uploading it into the server using croppie.
I hope I could help someone with that.
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Facebook clearly isn't the fad that was MySpace. In fact, the social network may very well go down in history alongside the Internet itself as having the most profound impact on our generation - a cultural icon, if you will.
For all of the "good" that Facebook is credited with (reconnecting old friends, creating romantic relationships, helping families that live in different cities / states / countries stay in touch, helping reunite long-lost family members, etc.), the site is often criticized for harvesting personal data from its members, being an outlet for online bullying and even redefining the term "friend."
A recent study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal examines Facebook's impact as it relates to friendships, both online and in person.
In it, British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar analyzed nearly 3,400 Facebook users between the ages of 18 and 65 and found that the average user has roughly 150 Facebook friends. In reality, however, users said their support clique (friends they could depend on for emotional / social support during a crisis) consisted of just 4.1 people while they considered just 13.6 people to be close friends.
Interestingly enough, the number of close friends and support friends hardly vary at all with age.
Dunbar concludes that friendships have a natural decay rate in the absence of contact and that social networks may function to slow down the rate of decay. Even still, Dunbar believes social networks alone may not be sufficient to prevent friendships from eventually dying if they aren't occasionally reinforced by face-to-face interaction. |
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an operating system for a motor vehicle having a display device for displaying an operating area and having an operating unit which has a sensor device for detecting the approach and the position of at least one finger of a user to the operating unit.
2. Description of the Related Art
Methods and devices of the type described at the outset are known from the related art. Thus, for example, published German patent application document DE 10 2006 047 653 A1 shows an operating system for a motor vehicle having a display device on which an operating area is shown having a plurality of operating fields, as well as a sensor device which detects the approach of at least one finger of a user to the operating unit and assigns the position of the finger with respect to the sensor device to one of the operating fields shown on the display unit. In the process, the operating field thereby determined is enlarged in comparison to the remaining operating fields if the finger is located in the corresponding position longer than a predetermined time period. Because of this, it is intended that the selection of the appropriate operating field be simplified for the user. |
Percutaneous nephrostomy for stone removal.
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337 F.Supp. 1297 (1971)
Mary J. LYNCH and Michael F. Lynch, the Executor of the Estate of Robert S. Lynch
v.
The UNITED STATES of America.
Civ. A. No. 14467.
United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.
December 17, 1971.
Tranakos & Hurst, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff.
John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Julian L. Longley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Lawrence R. Jones, Jr., Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.
*1298 MEMORANDUM OPINION
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
In this tax refund case there are two questions:
(1) Were three "advances" made to the Ford Supply Company loans ("debt") or capital contributions ("equity")?
(2) If the "advances" were loans which created indebtedness, were the losses incurred by the late Robert Lynch upon the subsequent worthlessness of these debts "business bad debts" which can be deducted as ordinary losses and carried back to previous years or "nonbusiness bad debts" which could only be set off as short term capital losses?
Plaintiffs contend that the "advances" were loans which gave rise to business bad debts, and the Government contends that they were either capital contributions or that they were loans which gave rise to nonbusiness bad debts. Although the record in the case is flimsy the corporate books cannot be located, the Government has found only one of the corporation's tax returns, and Robert Lynch is deceased the court must rely on it in order to decide the "debt-equity" question since the facts are stipulated and the Fifth Circuit has held that as a result this question should not be submitted to the jury. Dillin v. United States, 433 F.2d 1097 (5th Cir. 1970); Berkowitz v. United States, 411 F.2d 818 (5th Cir. 1969).
The stipulated facts are that the late Robert S. Lynch, former president of the Atlantic Steel Company, purchased a 49% interest in Frank Ford and Associates, Inc. for $490 in June, 1959. The corporation's name was subsequently changed to Ford-Lynch Associates, Inc., and Lynch was named vice-president of both Ford-Lynch Associates and Ford Supply Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary. The companies acted as manufacturers' agents for the distribution of welding supplies and other industrial equipment.
On July 28, 1959, the Trust Company of Georgia made a loan to the Ford Supply Company in the amount of $25,000. The principal amount of the loan was increased to a total of $45,000 on September 28, 1959, the sum of which was collateralized by a total pledge of 4,700 shares of Atlantic Steel Company common stock owned by Lynch. The loan was evidenced by a note which carried interest at the rate of 8% per annum and was due 60 days after its execution, although apparently it was renewed periodically.
Although Ford Supply made some interest and principal payments on this note in 1960 and 1961, plaintiffs admit that the company became delinquent. The Trust Company then insisted that Lynch assume the debt and take over payment of the note. Lynch obtained a personal loan from the Trust Company in the amount of $41,250 with which he paid off the balance of $41,250 due on Ford Supply's note to the Trust Company on March 30, 1962. Ford Supply's note to the Trust Company was then endorsed without recourse by the Trust Company to Lynch. The parties have referred to the assumption by Lynch of the $41,250 debt owed by Ford Supply and the subsequent endorsement of the note as the first "advance" by Lynch of funds to Ford Supply.
The second "advance" began when Lynch obtained a personal loan in the amount of $25,000 from the First National Bank of Atlanta on October 12 and 26, 1959, the sum of which he turned over to Ford Supply on October 28, 1959. In return, Ford Supply signed a note to Lynch in the amount of $25,000 which bore no interest and which was due on demand after 90 days' notice.
Finally, on December 2, 1959, Lynch "advanced" $10,000 to Ford Supply in *1299 return for which Ford Supply signed a note to him in that amount which carried interest at the rate of 6% per annum and was due on demand with 90 days' notice.
According to the stipulated facts, the books and records of Ford Supply reflect principal payments to Lynch in the amount of $2250 during 1962 and interest payments of $1105.25. On July 19, 1962 Lynch filed suit in Fulton County, Georgia on part of the notes from Ford Supply and sought damages of $41,250. He obtained a default judgment in 1964 which proved uncollectible. Lynch then claimed a business bad debt loss of $67,650 for the year 1964 which he said was composed of $41,250 due on the first "advance" to Ford Supply, $23,500 due on the second, and $2,900 due on the third. The Commissioner disallowed this deduction, and Lynch paid the additional taxes, filed timely claims for refund which were not granted, and his estate instituted the instant action under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a) (1970).
At the outset it should be noted that the debt-equity question in tax cases has been frequently litigated yet, as Judge Goldberg of the Fifth Circuit has observed, no simple test for its categorical resolution has emerged. Tyler v. Tomlinson, 414 F.2d 844, 847 (5th Cir. 1969). Indeed, a perusal of the cases in this circuit alone reveals a lack of decisional uniformity. Compare Dillin v. United States, supra; Tyler v. Tomlinson, supra; Berkowitz v. United States, supra; Curry v. United States, 396 F.2d 630 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 967, 89 S.Ct. 401, 21 L.Ed.2d 375 (1968); United States v. Henderson, 375 F.2d 36 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 953, 88 S.Ct. 335, 19 L. Ed.2d 362 (1967); United States v. Snyder Brothers Co., 367 F.2d 980 (5th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 956, 87 S.Ct. 1021, 18 L.Ed.2d 104 (1967); Montclair, Inc. v. C. I. R., 318 F.2d 38 (5th Cir. 1963); Aronov Construction Co. v. United States, 223 F.Supp. 175 (M.D.Ala.1963), aff'd., 338 F.2d 337 (5th Cir. 1964), (all of which held on the side of equity), with Harlan v. United States, 409 F.2d 904 (5th Cir. 1969); Tomlinson v. 1661 Corp., 377 F. 2d 291 (5th Cir. 1967); Rowan v. United States, 219 F.2d 51 (5th Cir. 1955), all of which held on the side of debt).
In its most recent appraisal of the question, the Fifth Circuit listed thirteen factors which ought to be considered by a court on this question but which by no means are binding fiats:
"(1) the names given to the certificates evidencing the indebtedness;
(2) the presence or absence of a maturity date;
(3) the source of the payments;
(4) the right to enforce the payment of principal and interest;
(5) participation in management;
(6) a status equal to or inferior to that of regular corporate creditors;
(7) the intent of the parties;
(8) `thin' or adequate capitalization;
(9) identity of interest between creditor and stockholder;
(10) payment of interest only out of `dividend' money;
(11) the ability of the corporation to obtain loans from outside lending institutions;
(12) the extent to which the initial advances were used to acquire capital assets; and
(13) the failure of the debtor to pay on the due date or to seek a postponement." In re Indian Lake Estates, Inc., 448 F.2d 574, 578-579 (5th Cir. 1971).
Although plaintiffs contend that the preponderance of these factors falls on the side of debt in the instant case, the court's evaluation of these factors and of the entire case impels it to an opposite conclusion.
It is important to first consider the financial picture of the company as revealed *1300 in the pleadings. The comparative consolidated balance sheets for the fiscal years ending July 31, 1959 and July 31, 1960 show the following:
Assets 7-31-59 7-31-60
Cash on hand and on deposit $ 3,721.69 $ 1,747.00
Accounts receivable trade 34,070.92 29,539.86
Merchandise inventory 14,302.53 13,549.94
Prepaid insurance and interest 198.13 2,676.17
Fixed assets net 7,009.27 6,719.17
Advances to affiliate 139,287.69 246,633.28
Advances to officers and employees 1,993.39 1,049.86
___________ ___________
Total $200,583.62 $301,915.28
=========== ===========
Liabilities and Capital 7-31-59 7-31-60
Notes payable $ 65,244.04 $ 57,242.22
Accounts payable trade 27,079.04 33,577.50
Accrued taxes other than income 799.49 1,565.16
Notes payable officers 115,799.87 237,662.32
Common stock 900.00 990.00
Deficit ( 9,238.82) ( 29,121.92)
____________ _____________
Total $200,583.62 $301,915.28
============ =============
It can readily be seen that the company was starved for capital and in poor shape, even though, as plaintiffs urge, it was essentially a sales operation which did not need a great deal of capital. The ratio of outstanding debt to invested capital was approximately 200:1 in 1959 and rose to approximately 300:1 by 1960. Lynch and the company must have been aware of this inordinately high debt-equity ratio in 1959 when two of his "advances" were made and were probably aware the ratio would go even higher. Given the nature of the business, Ford Supply had no need for fixed, capital assets. But the money which the company sought and obtained in 1959 was apparently needed to provide it with their equivalent for this type of business working capital. Under these circumstances, the undercapitalization of Ford Supply is important evidence that a genuine indebtedness to Lynch was not incurred in 1959. See In re Indian Lake Estates, Inc., supra, at 579; Tyler v. Tomlinson, supra, 414 F.2d at 848-849; United States v. Henderson, supra, 375 F.2d at 40.
More evidence to support that conclusion can be derived from an examination of the two 1959 notes themselves. Although they were in the proper form, the notes did not have maturity dates or enforcement provisions, nor were they linked to a sinking fund from which payments of interest and principal were to be made. The absence of such traditional creditor safeguards leads the court to conclude that the parties were motivated by corporate, rather than creditor, considerations. Furthermore, since Lynch had a 49% interest in the company in 1959, he must have been aware of its precarious financial condition and realized that the exercise by him of the demand provision in the notes would have seriously jeopardized it. As a result Lynch could not have entertained serious expectations of repayment on the two notes. Indeed, plaintiffs have made no showing that Lynch ever attempted to secure timely payments of the outstanding interest and principal on the notes, and, as it turned out, Ford Supply repaid only $8600 of the $35,000 due on them.
The first "advance" presents a bit more difficulty. As already noted, this "advance" began in 1959 as a bank loan in the amount of $45,000 from the Trust Company to Ford Supply which was collateralized by stock which Lynch *1301 owned. Plaintiffs strenuously contend that a bank loan simply cannot become a capital contribution. The court agrees that the bank loan by the Trust Company in 1959 was a bona fide loan which created an indebtedness flowing from the company to the bank. Nevertheless, it is clear that by 1962 Ford Supply could not make payment on the note and the bank's confidence in the company came to an abrupt end. The bank's demand that Lynch assume the company's debt himself and pay off the balance of the debt which he did with the proceeds of a personal loan from the very same bank is evidence that Ford Supply no longer had the ability to obtain loans from outside lending institutions. Despite this, Lynch assumed the company's outstanding debt and thereby "advanced" the balance of $41,500 due on the note to Ford Supply. Lynch was under no legal obligation to do this, and he was fully aware of the perilous financial health of the company. His action appears more to be the action of an investor rather than a creditor. In terms of economic reality, the assumption by Lynch of Ford Supply's outstanding debt to the bank and the resultant "advance" by him of that outstanding amount to the company appears to be an equity transaction in which Lynch made a capital contribution of $41,250 to Ford Supply. As with the other two notes, the pleadings do not reveal any efforts on the part of Lynch to secure repayment of this "advance" and, in fact, no repayment at all was received.
Plaintiffs have the burden of proving that the three "advances" in question represented indebtedness rather than equity. Berkowitz v. United States, supra, 411 F.2d at 820. The court, having evaluated the record, finds that plaintiffs have not met their burden. As a result, the "advances" must be deemed capital contributions, which means the Commissioner properly disallowed the deduction by Lynch of these amounts as business bad debts.
As the parties have recognized, the resolution by the court of the debt-equity question in favor of the Government renders the second question moot and obviates the need for a trial. The Government shall prevail as a matter of law.
For the reasons set out above the complaint in the above-styled case is dismissed.
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Coal-fired power plants around the country are closing due to environmental regulations and competition from cheap natural gas, but during hearings before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission earlier this month, officials from one of the state’s largest utilities sought to buck the trend.
Duke Energy Indiana is seeking permission from the state regulatory commission to bill ratepayers for making retrofits to three of its Indiana coal-fired power plants in order to comply with looming federal environmental regulations, most importantly the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) with a 2015 deadline.
Environmental groups that submitted testimony at the hearing argued that investing in the aging coal plants is a bad deal for ratepayers, who will pick up the cost since Indiana is a regulated energy market. And, they say, it unwisely continues a dependence on electricity sources that emit high levels of carbon dioxide, further contributing to climate change.
Instead, they told the commission, Duke should invest in natural gas, energy efficiency and other options. The Indiana Citizens Action Coalition, Valley Watch, Save the Valley and the Sierra Club intervened in the regulatory proceedings (the Sierra Club is a member of RE-AMP, which also publishes Midwest Energy News).
The commission is currently considering Duke’s request to pass on about $400 million worth of pollution control investments to ratepayers for its Cayuga, Gibson and Gallagher coal plants, as phase two of an ongoing retrofit program. Duke told the commission it plans to close a fourth coal plant, the Wabash River station, though there is a possibility one of its units would be retrofitted as a natural gas plant. The average age of the four coal plants is 45 years.
A Duke fact sheet says the requested phase two investments would mean less than a one percent rate increase in 2013-2014, scaling up to a 6.3 percent rate increase by 2017. In filings the company also indicated it would seek about $945 million for phase three of the retrofit project, possibly in coming months.
Weighing the options
In making its request to the commission, Duke was required to consider various ways it could meet its power obligations.
The coal plants would have to close in coming years if they don’t make the expensive pollution control upgrades, including installing 200-foot-tall SCRs (selective catalytic reduction equipment) that remove nitrogen oxides; and activated carbon injection to control mercury.
Duke indicated to the regulators that after evaluating different scenarios, it decided retrofitting and continuing to run the coal plants through at least 2034 is its best option.
On November 29, the environmental groups filed testimony they had commissioned from Frank Ackerman, a senior economist at Synapse Energy Economics. Ackerman charged that the range of options explored by Duke was too narrow.
“The Company should have examined the possibilities of increasing their use of energy efficiency and demand response measures, expanding their portfolio of renewable energy, and increasing purchases of energy from other generators within MISO,” wrote Ackerman in his testimony.
“In making this statement, I am not suggesting that any one of these alternatives alone could replace any of the Company’s coal units. Rather, combinations of these alternatives may contribute to the least-cost alternatives to continued operation of some existing coal plants.”
(Enter case number 44217 at this link to see Ackerman’s testimony and other filings in the docket.)
Energy efficiency
Indiana’s electric demand could be reduced considerably in coming years with improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings and appliances and improvements on the grid to better move electricity where it’s needed. Duke is required to invest a certain amount in energy efficiency through 2020 under a state program.
Speaking at the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s annual conference in Chicago last week, Duke official Tim Duff said, “Energy efficiency has been a longstanding priority for the company” and cited awards Duke has won for energy efficiency projects. “Duke also believes you can’t just look at the customer side of the meter, you have to look at the utility side to deliver the power as efficiently as possible.”
However, Ackerman said Duke failed to adequately consider the possibility of continually escalating gains in energy efficiency beyond 2020, and his testimony also said the company did not consider the possibility of lower-than-expected demand in general.
Clean-energy advocates say that even without state mandates, Duke should plan to make greater investments in energy efficiency in the future.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2012 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard listed Indiana as 33rd in the nation in energy efficiency, ranking below all Midwestern states except North Dakota and Kansas. In efficiency savings as a percentage of retail sales, Indiana ranked 42nd in the nation.
Relatively low electricity rates in the Midwest mean energy efficiency efforts have a lower rate of financial return, but Ackerman noted that other Midwestern states ranked high in efficiency savings as a percent of retail sales – Minnesota was number four – even though they also have relatively low energy prices.
Duke based predictions on the assumption that energy efficiency gains would continue after 2020 at proportionally the same levels mandated under the existing state program. Thomas Cmar, an Earthjustice attorney representing the environmental groups, said Duke should aim to do better (Earthjustice is also a member of RE-AMP).
“Duke can do more on efficiency than the bare minimum, and it should do more if the money spent on efficiency gives more bang for the buck for ratepayers than spending it on generating the same amount of electricity,” Cmar said.
A carbon price and other factors
Duke senior engineer Michael Geers told the commission that while the company doesn’t expect Congress to enact climate change legislation in the near term, they based their predictions on Congress passing a price on carbon that would take effect in 2020 at $17 a ton and escalate to $44 a ton by 2032.
In answers to questions posed by the commission, Duke said that a 2020 starting carbon price of $21 per ton would render un-economic the biggest portion of its retrofits: SCRs at the Cayuga plant.
Synapse came up with its own “mid-case” prediction for the impacts of a carbon dioxide price, “based on a review of dozens of utility and other forecasts” as Ackerman’s testimony said.
Ackerman concluded that even Duke’s modeling promised only small benefits to retrofitting the coal plants versus other options, and he said these benefits could quickly evaporate with a carbon price or other conditions different than Duke had predicted.
Cmar noted that even lower carbon prices than Synapse’s “mid-case” scenario would make the Cayuga SCRs un-economic.
“In other words, a carbon price lower than Dr. Ackerman predicts would, by itself, completely wipe out the value of Duke’s largest coal retrofits even if Duke is correct on every other assumption,” Cmar said.
Both Duke and the environmental groups have also brought up the possible future costs of new federal regulations on coal ash, which are currently being debated but still have not been finalized; and expected new federal regulations regarding the disposal of waste water from coal plants. The environmental groups say that these regulations could mean significant new costs that will have to be passed on to ratepayers, if the coal plants stay open.
“Some of these plants have old coal ash landfills that would need to be cleaned up,” said Cmar. “And with scrubbers a lot of waste ends up in the wastewater; the EPA is in the process of requiring additional wastewater treatment.”
A bias toward coal?
In 2011, 93 percent of Duke Energy Indiana’s generation came from its coal plants, with just two percent of its generation from natural gas and three percent from renewables, according to testimony filed before the regulatory commission in June 2012 by Duke Energy Indiana president Douglas Esamann.
Last year, Duke’s Indiana generating capacity was 64 percent coal and 24 percent natural gas. Since many natural gas units are only run as needed, actual generation is usually skewed toward reliance on coal plants. Esamann testified that Duke does expect to increase its overall reliance on gas in coming years, though the change he predicted by 2016 wasn’t overly striking: a shift to 88 percent coal and 4 percent gas generation; and 58 percent coal and 27 percent gas capacity.
Meanwhile coal accounts for 85 percent of Indiana’s total power generation, according to Duke, and the company is the largest coal buyer at about 12.5 million tons a year. Duke has already invested $2.8 billion in pollution controls since 1990 to keep its four coal plants going, and it is completing a new “clean coal” plant in Edwardsport, Indiana that is not part of the request before the commission.
Duke noted that the phase two investments it is seeking would create 285 construction jobs and contribute to the continued existence of mining and transportation jobs.
Indiana Citizens Action Coalition executive director Kerwin Olson thinks state officials and Duke executives are biased toward the coal industry in part because of its political clout among Indiana lawmakers.
“Duke is the largest consumer and purchaser of Indiana coal so they get a lot of political support because of their use of Indiana coal,” said Olson. “We have adopted so many (state) statutes that incentivize the continued use of coal, particularly Indiana coal, so they’ve gamed the system politically to favor this option.”
Indianapolis Power & Light has also sought to bill ratepayers for the cost of adding pollution controls to coal plants to keep them running, even as environmentalists including Indiana Citizens Action Coalition say the money would be better spent on wind energy and energy efficiency.
If Duke built new natural gas plants and retired its four archaic coal plants, it could still pass the costs of the gas plants on to ratepayers. But Cmar thinks Duke stands to gain more from investments in capital improvements on the coal plants than it could on natural gas plants. That’s partly because it can continue billing ratepayers for the depreciated value of its coal plants in addition to billing for the value of new investments.
Cmar said the retrofits might also qualify for an incentive for “clean coal” development under a state statute that allows regulated utilities to collect an extra three percent return on their clean energy investments. He cited June 2012 testimony by Joseph Miller, general manager of analytical and investment engineering for Duke Energy Business Services LLC. Miller’s testimony focused largely on how the retrofits would qualify as “clean coal” and “clean energy” projects.
Duke spokesperson Angeline Protogere said the clean energy incentive did not figure in to Duke’s calculations. “We’re not aware if the Indiana Commission has ever authorized the extra three percent incentive provided for under Indiana code, but we have not asked them to do so in this proceeding,” she said. “It had no impact on our decision making.”
Predicting the future
The environmental advocates also believe Duke’s predictions of future fuel prices unrealistically favor coal, without adequately considering what would happen if coal became relatively more expensive compared to gas than they had forecast.
Protogere said that Duke evaluated its options based on a range “developed using statistical analysis of a portfolio of future gas and coal prices.” She said she couldn’t elaborate on how they reached those prices because of proprietary information.
Protogere added that while Duke believes retrofitting its three Indiana plants makes economic sense right now, in general “our integrated resource planning model does favor natural gas-fired generation over the next 20 years.”
“If we switched immediately to more new gas plants and renewable energy sources, customers would have the burden of paying for new facilities years before they would have otherwise been needed,” said Protogere. “We take seriously the job of planning to supply our customers with safe and reliable electricity. When we make electricity greener, we do so with customers’ costs in mind.”
“While Duke Energy Indiana cannot predict the future, neither can others,” she added. “What we can do is to make the best decisions for the future based on what we know today.”
Cmar and Olson said the company is taking a short-term view.
Olson said the company has an “inability to think outside the box and move into the 21st century. They’re stuck in the 20th century belief in baseload power plants that bring them a lot of money and political support.”
Cmar decried the fact that Duke’s analysis only goes through 2034:
“Even if everything that Duke is predicting comes true, when 2034 rolls around Duke could either have decades-old coal plants at or near the end of their useful lives, or relatively new natural gas plants that will continue to operate for decades after that.” |
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B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver says he's comfortable with the choices his party made leading up to the government's decision to go ahead with the Site C dam — even though he opposes the decision.
"I don't think we would have done things differently," said Weaver to CBC's Gregor Cragie, in an interview marking the end of 2017.
It was the Green Party's decision to support the NDP in the legislature that resulted in John Horgan becoming premier following last May's historic election. In the agreement, the only provision for Site C was for it to be reviewed by the B.C. Utilities Commission — which Horgan did before ultimately approving the $10.7 billion project.
"When you go into a negotiation, there was a lot of give and take ... when we start to think about what we've got them to agree with, versus what we got, I think there was a good consensus reached."
The party says it won't vote against the NDP in next February's budget to force an election over the matter.
"If we bring the government down in February, which we could ... how does that get a different decision on Site C? We're basically throwing the dice and taking a chance that maybe the Liberals will win," he said.
"Don't for a second think I'm not angry about this decision. I'm struggling with, how do we change the decision? And is bringing government down in February the responsible thing to do? I don't think it is, frankly."
Green Party leader Andrew Weaver responds to criticism from David Suzuki and other environmentalists over his party's lack of tangible action to oppose the NDP over their decision to approve the Site C hydroelectric dam. 1:17
No preference on specific PR system
Most commenters have predicted Weaver won't vote against the NDP on any critical issues until the November 2018 referendum on proportional representation.
The Green Party currently has 3.5 per cent of the seats in B.C.'s legislature, despite receiving 16.8 per cent of the vote in the provincial election.
And while Weaver made an electoral reform referendum one of his conditions for supporting the NDP, he has no real preference for what type of proportional representation is ultimately proposed to voters.
"I'm not hung up about what the actual question is," he said.
B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver and B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan take in a rugby match in Victoria, a day before they announced a confidence agreement that would propel the NDP to power. (Chap Hipolito/The Canadian Press)
"So, some form of preferential balloting is something [we want], and how that plays out in a proportional representation system, I'm not really that concerned. I just like that I can vote who I want number one, and, if they don't get in, number two, number three, and let's get the people they want, as opposed to guess who they don't want."
Weaver says that even if the referendum is unsuccessful, he's optimistic the party can branch out in the next election from its current base on Vancouver Island.
"Our popularity is growing dramatically, as people are looking for politics done differently. We've taken principled decisions on a variety of issues," he said, referencing his party's stances against the removal of tolls from the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges and against a $400 annual renters rebate the NDP proposed during the election campaign.
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Domain connection becomes flaky, but why?
I just had a server in our lab disallow me from adding it as a host in Windows Load Balancing.
Suddenly, out of the blue (cause this has been working fine), when I tried to re-add the machine into the load balanced cluster, it requested credentials. I am logged in as a domain administrator which is the same procedure I've used to add the other machines into the cluster and even this machine in the past. When I supply a local machine administrator credentials, it allows me through.
When I look at the administrators group, all domain accounts display only SID's (rather than the friendly display names). When I try to add domain admins it reports that the account already exists.
The only way I could resolve this was to remove the server from the domain, reboot, and add it back onto the domain, and reboot.
After that, everything was fine and I could add the machine back into the load balancing cluster without any problems while logged on with the same account that was originally refused.
Does anyone know what caused this, and if there is a less extreme way to correct this problem?
Updates:
Event logs are not very usefull as we have a application on the server that generates allot of events, and by the time I realise the problem the event log has cycled, but I have oberved some DNS related entries in the past.
We also had major issues with the time service in the past. According to Microsoft the clocks should just sync with the PDC by default. Yea, right... we had Microsoft out for about 3 days before they could resolved the issue. (Turned out we didn't have NetBios Installed) This is however resolved now, and I confirmed the time when I realised the issue, because I know this has been an issue in the past.
A:
This problem does seem to relate to the DNS. It seems that some of our servers had multiple (conflicting) entries in DNS. Note that in one case one of the server's issues were caused by another machine having two entries (one of which was the same IP address as the machine exibiting the problems.) I hope this helps someone.
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Red9 StudioTools have been born out of frustration at Autodesks reluctancy to add some of these core features and workflows into Maya itself. Why OpenSource, well I want to give something back to the industry as I feel damn sorry for studios without the benefit of a large R&D department to craft pipelines around them. The Studio Pack is designed to speed up a modern animation pipeline.
All comments and suggestions are welcomed. For more info mail me :)
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It's DONE!! Happy Christmas all!
Red9 Studio Pack v1.27
Well Happy Christmas all, as you may know I've been beavering away really hard on the Studio Pack and have finally nailed down a build that I'm happy with, I've just updated the download link with Studio Pack v1.27 final. What's changed, well if you're running metaData then you may want to check the __setattr__ and addAttr changes as I've modified the way that I handle attrs, specifically enums and message links. Thanks to Josh Burton and a few others for pushing things ahead and nagging me!
PoseSaver has had more work done on it and YES videos will be done over Christmas, after the beer and whisky has worn off that is. The PoseSaver module also now has a compare class for verifying that one pose matches another. This is designed initially for me to run in the unittests, but also a very useful production tool, being able to say that this pose == that pose with a tolerance for checking float data.
Anyway, Happy Christmas all, nag me for more info or just keep checking for the Vimeo posts over the new year.
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The 36th America’s Cup may still be two years away but Emirates Team New Zealand’s campaign is already near top gear and Kiwi industry is winning.
Imagine having to raise northwards of $100 million within four years just to run your business, and not being entirely sure how you’re going to do it. It’s not a challenge most Kiwi enterprises face, and yet this is how Emirates Team New Zealand operates day-to-day.
The countdown is on for the team, with two years to run until it defends the America’s Cup on the waters of Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour.
Chief operating officer Kevin Shoebridge says they are in a good position to do so due to support from cornerstone sponsors such as Emirates, on board since 2004, and its 26-year partnership with Omega.
But the drive for sponsorship is ongoing and will continue right up until the last race of the campaign.
“We have definitely got gaps, and we’re still looking hard, it’s a very difficult process, far more than people probably think it is,” he says.
Some partners may be involved for one America’s Cup challenge and then fall away, some may like one venue and not another, so the requirements change for each cup and replacement sponsorships must be found.
The first of the impressive AC75 racing yachts will hit the water in the middle of this year, and from that point onwards Emirates Team New Zealand’s operation will be in top gear, Shoebridge says.
There are peaks and troughs in the campaign and the team tries to use them to become more efficient, he says. For example, a design team of over 30 people has been working hard over the last nine months, whereas the sailing team has been quiet. “Once that boat launches that really triggers the throttle going down hard and it will stay down until the end.”
The team already has 110 staff and that will top out at around 125 – much larger than when it won the cup in Bermuda in 2017, because as the defender this time around Emirates Team New Zealand has many more responsibilities. Every America’s Cup is different from a budget point of view, and funds are raised specifically for each campaign, Shoebridge says.
“This one is running longer, it’s more expensive. Defending you’ve got at least double, maybe triple the responsibility of being a challenger. Not only are you running a yachting team, you’re now in control of running the event, making sure the infrastructure is in place here at the venue in Auckland, so a lot of people are required upfront.”
The team’s constant quest for cash has been the mother of invention. While a lot of the other contenders are funded by private individuals and have instant money available, Emirates Team New Zealand has typically been one of the only commercial teams in the cup and this has bred a culture of innovation, Shoebridge says.
“Although you’ve got to have enough money to do the job properly, sometimes having too much ease of funding can be a hindrance, because you can end up with hundreds of projects, people coming up with random ideas that aren’t really scrutinised that closely, and diluting the focus.
“We’ve ended up, especially over the last two campaigns, being known as being quite innovative, and a lot of that comes from budget restrictions. Bermuda was a classic case, we were late with funding, we were struggling, we knew that we had to do something different to stay competitive.
“It makes you get a lot more creative with your thinking, and a lot of innovation came out of that last cup purely by us sitting here in Auckland, isolated, trying to be competitive. So the cycling (bicycle grinding system), the shape of our foils, our wing control systems, all these things were developed by basically watching others.”
A key aim of the Auckland regatta is to make it more accessible by sailing close to shore, and that has presented new challenges for the boat designers. Sailing shorter courses with more laps adjacent to the city requires different specifications for things like acceleration and manoeuvrability.
As defender Emirates Team New Zealand sets the boat design rules, and it may surprise many to know it has taken the needs of the local marine industry into account in coming up with the impressive AC75 monohulls, Shoebridge says.
“It’s a whole new boat, a whole new class.
“When we came up with that rule (the AC75s) we were looking for a boat that would have a trickle-down effect to the industry, whether that’s mast design, sail design, boat construction, foils. Something that would have a future and could be used in other areas of the industry.
“That was one of the things that spurred us on to move away from the catamarans we used in Bermuda. Although they’re amazing boats they didn’t really have an association with the normal yachtsman. A fixed wing like those boats had, a solid wing that required 30 or 40 people to launch them every day, just wasn’t that practical.
“We’re trying to come up with, for example, a semi-soft wing on this new boat that is something that could eventually be seen on cruising boats.
“That remains to be seen but we’re hopeful that will happen,” Shoebridge says.
As Emirates Team New Zealand builds its operation the inventiveness emanating from the campaign has a flow-on effect to the New Zealand economy.
The impact of innovations born out of the America’s Cup has been felt since KZ7 first challenged for the Auld Mug in Perth in 1986 and continues to cascade through local industry, says Peter Busfield, executive director of the New Zealand Marine Industry Association.
The lighter and stronger you can build a boat the faster it will go, and so many technological advancements have come from the need to create ever better composite materials. Oracle Team USA, beaten by Emirates Team New Zealand in Bermuda, moved to New Zealand and built its boat at Core Builders Composites in Warkworth to try and nullify the advantage the Kiwis had in terms of local boat building technology, Busfield says.
Core Builders Composites had a hand in all the 2017 competitors, and is building boats for the current cup, the pre-cup World Series and the new SailGP series set up by Sir Russell Coutts and Larry Ellison. The firm employs over a hundred people, he says. “So we’ve won on both counts, really.”
The use of hi-tech composites now stretches as far as outer space, he says. “I doubt very much whether Peter Beck would have been able to build Rocket Lab in New Zealand if it hadn’t been for the America’s Cup, because he is using technology that’s used for making America’s Cup boats.
“He’s got boat building apprentices specialising in the composites side building rockets.”
The list of technologies successfully transferred to other parts of New Zealand industry goes on, he says. Avondale-based Southern Spars which built Emirates Team New Zealand’s 2017 winning catamaran has also applied its expertise to creating carbon fibre wheels for racing bikes ridden by New Zealand’s top track cyclists.
The umpire boats used in the 2000 America’s Cup inspired the Protector range of power boats, based in Mt Wellington and now exported globally.
“A lot of that came from people around the world watching the television and seeing these umpire boats, and going ‘wow, they’ll be good for our coast guard, for surf life-saving rescue, for yacht club boats’, and it’s launched a whole brand.”
The Kiwi marine industry’s association with the America’s Cup literally opens doors for business people, says Clint Jones, managing director of anti-foul specialists Oceanmax and a former America’s Cup media boat fleet coordinator.
“I started with this business five years ago when I got back from the cup. Back then we had two people, today we have 18.
“I can start speaking and people go ‘this guy’s a Kiwi, he’s out of the marine industry, we’d better listen to him’.
“It’s enabled us to create jobs, and export. When people say ‘it’s a whole load of rich people sailing around in boats’, I say, ‘BS, the cup creates jobs for Kiwis’.”
The local industry is particularly good at producing high-value componentry, he says. Another example is the virtual boundary system that corrals the fleet of America’s Cup spectator boats, developed by Auckland-based Vesper Marine and now used for a variety of marine safety purposes around the world.
“Our products aren’t produced by the million, we make high value, high-quality marine products.
“That’s where the New Zealand marine industry has gone and I believe that’s where we need to keep going,” Jones says.
Another economic benefit is the big spend from the visitors and crew who will come to New Zealand for the months in and around the cup. These people will consume goods and services from florists to gym memberships, Busfield says. “It’s supporting middle New Zealand with more income, more foreign exchange earnings.”
Visiting superyachts will also spend anything from $100,000 to $3 million each on maintenance and refurbishments while they’re here.
Things are already gearing up, says Jim Loynes, client liaison and marketing manager at Whangarei refitter Oceania Marine. “Our inquiries have taken off big time in the last six weeks.”
Based on past America’s Cup campaigns the sector is expecting around a hundred additional superyachts to visit these waters for the regatta – that’s on top of the usual 50-55 which visit each season.
The vessels do a circuit, Loynes explains. It’s a long way from Europe and North America so generally, they will stay in the South Pacific for a couple of years, spending the Southern Hemisphere winter in the Pacific Islands and taking safe harbour in New Zealand during the cyclone season from November to April. Some of the fleet is already on the way, he says. “What we’re seeing at the moment is a lot of inquiries from boats that are coming down October/November.”
The following New Zealand summer another wave of vessels will arrive in time for the regatta and likely stay on in the region, providing more work. “So we should see three summers of good times,” Loynes says.
There is a worldwide fleet of 6500 luxury yachts and they all need maintaining and refurbishing at some stage, and Oceania Marine is preparing to meet that market. It has received approval for a loan from the government’s Provincial Growth Fund to buy a significantly bigger travel lift which will allow it to service more and a greater variety of vessels, Loynes says.
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Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy.
Anemia is a common problem in obstetrics and perinatal care. Any hemoglobin below 10.5 g/dL can be regarded as true anemia regardless of gestational age. Reasons for anemia in pregnancy are mainly nutritional deficiencies, parasitic and bacterial diseases, and inborn red blood cell disorders such as thalassemias. The main cause of anemia in obstetrics is iron deficiency, which has a worldwide prevalence between estimated 20%-80% and consists of a primarily female population. Stages of iron deficiency are depletion of iron stores, iron-deficient erythropoiesis without anemia, and iron deficiency anemia, the most pronounced form of iron deficiency. Pregnancy anemia can be aggravated by various conditions such as uterine or placental bleedings, gastrointestinal bleedings, and peripartum blood loss. In addition to the general consequences of anemia, there are specific risks during pregnancy for the mother and the fetus such as intrauterine growth retardation, prematurity, feto-placental miss ratio, and higher risk for peripartum blood transfusion. Besides the importance of prophylaxis of iron deficiency, the main therapy options for the treatment of pregnancy anemia are oral iron and intravenous iron preparations. |
Rolling Dice and an Invitation – Reflections on Acts 1
“I just haven’t heard from the Lord yet. I don’t know whether He wants me to take the job in Denver or the one in California. I just want to be where God wants me. Why won’t He just tell me???”
I could almost see her wringing her hands through my cell phone. Her anxiety more apparent with each question.
I could remember times in my life that were just like this – when I felt the same way.
Just this week, I was studying a passage in the Book of Acts. It’s where the apostles have to replace Judas – because, well, he was pretty much out of the picture after his guts spilled out all over the field and all. If you are confused, just read Acts 1 – it really happened! Anyway, here’s how it went:
And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias, and he was added to the eleven apostles.” Acts 1:25-26
So you might be asking, “Why replace him? Why not just be The Eleven?” Well first, to the apostles and any good 1st-century Jewish person, the number “12” was a good number. So sticking to it would’ve been attractive. Second, and more importantly, Judas’ replacement was predicted a long time ago in the Scriptures, and they knew that. So replacing him was just keeping with what God has already revealed to them. (see Ps 69:25 and Ps 109:8)
There are two important things to notice about this little interaction here. They didn’t wring their hands. They didn’t fret over the decision. And they didn’t make a decision and then revisit it a half-dozen times out of fear (that’s the one I struggle with!)
So what did they do? They prayed. And they trusted.
Now, I’m not saying that our new method for figuring out God’s Will for my life is throwing some dice. Not at all. This was something that we find used in the Old Testament and would’ve been pretty familiar to these guys. How God revealed His will isn’t the point here. The point is that they first prayed. They invited God into the process and asked for Him to lead. And then they trusted that their Good Shepherd would make it clear.
We’ve got to understand that a Good Shepherd will always do what is best for His sheep. Will He always show the sheep exactly where to place each foot? Of course not. But if there is a best path, or one that will bring the sheep into danger, you can bet that He will make that known to them. Especially when the sheep have asked Him to! Remember when Jesus says, “I will not leave you like sheep without a shepherd..”?
When we invite God’s leading, we can be confident in following.
And when we invite God’s leading and we don’t sense any clear direction, it could be because God is saying, “I am making you more like me everyday – so your desires are more like mine everyday too. So you can choose. I will bless whichever one you pick.”
So the next time you are faced with a decision and need God’s direction, invite Him in. And then watch for His leading. If it isn’t clear, trust that He is still leading and follow confidently, knowing that you are in the hands of a Good Shepherd.
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description: Azure Machine Learning で画像モデルのスコア付けモジュールを使用して、トレーニングされた画像モデルにより予測を生成する方法について説明します。
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# <a name="score-image-model"></a>画像モデルのスコア付け
この記事では Azure Machine Learning デザイナー (プレビュー) 内のモジュールについて説明します。
入力画像データに対してトレーニングされた画像モデルを使用して予測を生成するには、このモジュールを使用します。
## <a name="how-to-configure-score-image-model"></a>画像モデルのスコア付けを構成する方法
1. **画像モデルのスコア付け**モジュールをパイプラインに追加します。
2. トレーニングされた画像モデルと入力画像データを含むデータセットをアタッチします。
データは ImageDirectory 型である必要があります。 イメージ ディレクトリを取得する方法の詳細については、「[イメージ ディレクトリへの変換](convert-to-image-directory.md)」を参照してください。 また、一般に、入力データセットのスキーマはモデルのトレーニングに使用されたデータのスキーマと一致している必要があります。
3. パイプラインを送信します。
## <a name="results"></a>結果
[画像モデルのスコア付け](score-image-model.md)を使用して一連のスコアを生成したら、モデルの精度 (パフォーマンス) を評価するために使用される一連のメトリックを生成するために、このモジュールとスコア付けされたデータセットを接続して[モデルを評価](evaluate-model.md)することができます。
### <a name="publish-scores-as-a-web-service"></a>Web サービスとしてスコアを公開する
スコア付けの一般的な用途は、予測 Web サービスの一部として出力を返すことです。 詳細については、Azure Machine Learning デザイナーでのパイプラインに基づいたリアルタイム エンドポイントのデプロイ方法に関する[このチュートリアル](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/machine-learning/tutorial-designer-automobile-price-deploy)を参照してください。
## <a name="next-steps"></a>次のステップ
Azure Machine Learning で[使用できる一連のモジュール](module-reference.md)を参照してください。
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The present invention relates generally to fuel injectors, and more particularly, to fuel injectors useful for gas turbine combustion engines.
Fuel injector assemblies useful for such applications as gas turbine combustion engines, direct pressurized fuel from a manifold to one or more combustion chambers. Fuel injectors also function to prepare the fuel for mixing with air prior to combustion. Each injector typically has an inlet fitting connected either directly or via tubing to the manifold, a tubular extension or stem connected at one end to the fitting, and one or more spray nozzles connected to the other end of the stem for directing the fuel into the combustion chamber. A fuel passage (e.g., a tube or cylindrical passage) extends through the stem to supply the fuel from the inlet fitting to the nozzle. Appropriate valves and/or flow dividers can be provided to direct and control the flow of fuel through the nozzle. The fuel injectors are often placed in an evenly-spaced annular arrangement to dispense (spray) fuel in a uniform manner into the combustor chamber. Additional concentric and/or series combustion chambers each require their own arrangements of nozzles that can be supported separately or on common stems. The fuel provided by the injectors is mixed with air and ignited, so that the expanding gases of combustion can, for example, move rapidly across and rotate turbine blades in a gas turbine engine to power an aircraft, or in other appropriate manners in other combustion applications.
A fuel injector typically includes one or more heat shields surrounding the portion of the stem and nozzle exposed to the heat of the combustion chamber. The heat shields are considered necessary because of the high temperature within the combustion chamber during operation and after shut-down, and prevent the fuel from breaking down into solid deposits (i.e., xe2x80x9ccokingxe2x80x9d) which occurs when the wetted walls in a fuel passage exceed a maximum temperature (approximately 400xc2x0 F. (200xc2x0 C.) for typical jet fuel). The coke in the fuel nozzle can build up and restrict fuel flow through the fuel nozzle rendering the nozzle inefficient or unusable.
One particularly useful heat shield assembly is shown in Stotts, U.S. Pat. No. 5,598,696, owned by the assignee of the present application. This heat shield assembly includes a pair of U-shaped heat shield members secured together to form an enclosure for the stem portion of the fuel injector. At least one flexible clip member secures the heat shield members to the injector at about the midpoint of the injector stem. The upper end of the heat shield is sized to tightly receive an enlarged neck of the injector to prevent combustion gas from flowing between the heat shield members and the stem. The clip member thermally isolates the heat shield members from the injector stem. The flexibility of the clip member permits thermal expansion between the heat shield members and the stem during thermal cycling, while minimizing the mechanical stresses at the attachment points.
Another useful stem and heat shield assembly is shown in Pelletier, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/031,871, filed Feb. 27, 1998, and also owned by the assignee of the present application. In this heat shield assembly, the fuel tube is completely enclosed in the injector stem such that a stagnant air (dry territory) gap is provided around the tube. The fuel tube is fixedly attached at its inlet end and its outlet end to the inlet fitting and nozzle, respectively, and includes a coiled or convoluted portion which absorbs the mechanical stresses generated by differences in thermal expansion of the internal nozzle component parts and the external nozzle component parts during combustion and shut-down.
Many fuel tubes also require secondary seals (such as elastomeric seals) and/or sliding surfaces to properly seal the heat shield to the fuel tube during the extreme operating conditions occurring during thermal cycling.
While such heat shield assemblies as described above are useful in certain applications, they require a number of components, and additional manufacturing and assembly steps, which can increase the overall cost of the injector, both in terms of original purchase as well as a continuing maintenance. In addition, the heat shield assemblies can take up valuable space in and around the combustion chamber, block air flow to the combustor, and add weight to the engine. This can all be undesirable with current industry demands requiring reduced cost, smaller injector size (xe2x80x9cenvelopexe2x80x9d) and reduced weight for more efficient operation.
Because of limited fuel pressure availability and a wide range of required fuel flow, many fuel injectors include pilot and secondary nozzles, with only the pilot nozzles being used during start-up, and both nozzles being used during higher power operation. The flow to the secondary nozzles is reduced or stopped during start-up and lower power operation. Such injectors can be more efficient and cleaner-burning than single nozzle fuel injectors, as the fuel flow can be more accurately controlled and the fuel spray more accurately directed for the particular combustor requirement. The pilot and secondary nozzles can be contained within the same nozzle stem assembly or can be supported in separate nozzle assemblies. Dual nozzle fuel injectors can also be constructed to allow further control of the fuel for dual combustors, providing even greater fuel efficiency and reduction of harmful emissions.
As should be appreciated, fuel injectors with pilot and secondary nozzles require complex and sophisticated routing of the fuel to the spray orifices in the nozzle. The fuel not only has to be routed through the nozzle portion of the fuel injector, but also through the stem, and in some applications, through upstream tubing connecting the injector to the manifold. Such routing becomes all the more complex with multiple fuel circuits, and in multiple nozzle arrangements, where multiple nozzles are fed along a common stem. The routing also becomes more complex if cooling circuits are included to cool the tubing and the injector.
A typical technique for routing fuel through the stem portion of the fuel injector is to provide concentric passages within the stem, with the fuel being routed separately through different passages. The fuel is then directed through passages and/or annular channels in the nozzle portion of the injector to the spray orifice(s). Mains, U.S. Pat. No. 5,413,178, for example, which is also owned by the assignee of the present application, shows concentric passages where the pilot fuel stream is routed down and back along the secondary nozzle for cooling purposes. This can also require a number of components, and additional manufacturing and assembly steps, which can all be contrary to the demands of cost reduction and weight, and small injector envelope.
With current trends toward developing even more efficient and cleaner-burning combustors, it is a continuing challenge to develop improved fuel injector assemblies to properly deliver fuel to a combustion chamber for operation of the gas turbine engine, and which will fit into a small envelope, have a reduced weight, fewer components, and can be manufactured and assembled in an economical manner.
The present invention provides a novel and unique fuel injector assembly for directing fuel from a manifold and dispensing the fuel within the combustion chamber of a combustion engine. The fuel injector assembly can include multiple fuel circuits, single or multiple nozzle assemblies, and cooling circuits. The injector assembly overall has few components for weight reduction and thereby increased fuel efficiency. The fuel injector assembly of the present invention also fits within a small envelope and is economical to manufacture and assemble. In many applications, the fuel injector assembly reduces the need for heat shielding around the assembly, for additional reliability, weight and cost reduction. The fuel injector assembly is particularly useful for gas turbine combustion engines on aircraft, but can also be useful in other combustion applications, such as in ground vehicles and stationary applications.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the fuel injector includes an inlet fitting, a stem connected at one end to the inlet fitting, and one or more nozzle assemblies, connected to the other end of the stem and supported at or within the combustion chamber of the engine. An elongated feed strip extends through the stem to the nozzle assemblies to supply fuel from the inlet fitting to the nozzle(s) in the nozzle assemblies. The upstream end of the feed strip can be directly attached (such as by brazing or welding) to the inlet fitting without additional sealing components (such as elastomeric seals). The downstream end of the feed strip is preferably connected in a unitary (one-piece) manner to the nozzle. The feed strip has convolutions along its length to provide increased relative displacement flexibility along the axis of the stem and reduce stresses caused by differential thermal expansion due to the extreme temperatures in the combustion chamber. The need for additional heat shielding of the stem portion of the injector can therefore be reduced, if not eliminated in many applications.
The feed strip and nozzle are preferably formed from a plurality of plates. Each plate includes an elongated, feed strip portion and a unitary head (nozzle) portion, substantially perpendicular to the feed strip portion. Passages and openings in the plates are formed by selectively etching the surfaces of the plates. The plates are then arranged in surface-to-surface contact with each other and fixed together such as by brazing or diffusion bonding, to form an integral structure. Selectively etching the plates allows multiple fuel circuits, single or multiple nozzle assemblies and cooling circuits to be easily provided in the injector. The etching process also allows multiple fuel paths and cooling circuits to be created in a relatively small cross-section, thereby reducing the size of the injector.
The feed strip portion of the plate assembly is then mechanically formed (bent) to provide the convoluted form. In one form of the invention the plates all have a T-shape in plan view. In this form, the head portions of the plate assembly can be mechanically formed (bent) into a cylinder, or other appropriate shape. The ends of the head can be spaced apart from one another, or can be brought together and joined, such as by brazing or welding. Spray orifices are provided on the radially outer surface, radially inner surface and/or ends of the cylindrical nozzle to direct fuel radially outward, radially inward and/or axially from the nozzle. The integral feed strip and nozzle unit requires only a small envelope, is economical to manufacture and assemble, and it is believed will have reduced maintenance and service costs over time.
According to a second embodiment, an elongated feed strip extends from the manifold to a remote connection with one or more fuel injectors. In a preferred form, the feed strip fluidly interconnects multiple fuel injectors, which are arranged for directing fuel into the combustor. The upstream end of the feed strip can be attached (such as by brazing or welding) directly to the manifold, or can be directly attached to a connector block (by brazing or welding), which itself is connected to the manifold (such as by bolts). As in the first embodiment, the feed strip is formed of multiple plates arranged in surface-to-surface adjacent relation with one another, preferably with etched passages providing fluid flow between the plates, and can have a convoluted form, which allow the injector assembly to be fit into tight envelopes and reduces stresses causes by differential thermal expansion. The strip can have passages for cooling purposes, which reduces, if not eliminates, the heatshielding requirements of the feed strip.
According to a further aspect of this embodiment, a manifold block can be attached to the manifold and direct fuel in multiple pathways to the feed strip. The manifold block is preferably also formed of multiple plates, arranged in surface-to-surface relation with one another, and having multiple internal passages formed such as by etching the plates. A plurality of passages can be formed having different flow characteristics, which can control the flow through the feed strip to the nozzles. The feed strip can be directly attached to the manifold (such as by brazing or welding), or if a connector block is used, the connector block can be attached to the manifold block such as with bolts, to allow removal and inspection/replacement of the feed strip and associated injector(s).
Thus, as described above, a novel and unique fuel injector assembly for combustion engines is provided which directs fuel from a manifold to a combustion chamber. The fuel injector assembly is economical to manufacture and assemble, and can be incorporated into a small envelope. The injector assembly has few components for weight reduction, which thereby increases the fuel efficiency of the engine.
Further features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reviewing the following specification and attached drawings. |
import { Forecast } from "../Forecast";
import { ForecastClient } from "../ForecastClient";
import {
ListForecastExportJobsCommand,
ListForecastExportJobsCommandInput,
ListForecastExportJobsCommandOutput,
} from "../commands/ListForecastExportJobsCommand";
import { ForecastPaginationConfiguration } from "./Interfaces";
import { Paginator } from "@aws-sdk/types";
const makePagedClientRequest = async (
client: ForecastClient,
input: ListForecastExportJobsCommandInput,
...args: any
): Promise<ListForecastExportJobsCommandOutput> => {
// @ts-ignore
return await client.send(new ListForecastExportJobsCommand(input, ...args));
};
const makePagedRequest = async (
client: Forecast,
input: ListForecastExportJobsCommandInput,
...args: any
): Promise<ListForecastExportJobsCommandOutput> => {
// @ts-ignore
return await client.listForecastExportJobs(input, ...args);
};
export async function* listForecastExportJobsPaginate(
config: ForecastPaginationConfiguration,
input: ListForecastExportJobsCommandInput,
...additionalArguments: any
): Paginator<ListForecastExportJobsCommandOutput> {
let token: string | undefined = config.startingToken || "";
let hasNext = true;
let page: ListForecastExportJobsCommandOutput;
while (hasNext) {
input["NextToken"] = token;
input["MaxResults"] = config.pageSize;
if (config.client instanceof Forecast) {
page = await makePagedRequest(config.client, input, ...additionalArguments);
} else if (config.client instanceof ForecastClient) {
page = await makePagedClientRequest(config.client, input, ...additionalArguments);
} else {
throw new Error("Invalid client, expected Forecast | ForecastClient");
}
yield page;
token = page["NextToken"];
hasNext = !!token;
}
// @ts-ignore
return undefined;
}
|
Week 5 Fantasy Football Drop List: Time to Move on From Joique Bell?
Don't miss out on the next Karlos Williams. Drop the dead weight from your roster now.
A fourth of the way way through the fantasy season, owners are looking to the waiver wire to find this year’s Odell Beckham or C.J. Anderson.
When looking at potential adds, however, one of the biggest fears an owner faces is giving up too early on a player. As great as it felt for owners who picked up Beckham last season, every one-handed Beckham grab haunted the owners who dropped him too soon.
With bye weeks and injuries ramping up, players will have to be dropped to make space for waiver wire adds.
Of course, just because a player is on this list does not mean they must be dropped. Many drops depend on league size and roster construction. This list is intended to give owners a list of players who could be dropped based on performance or team trends that make their fantasy outlook bleak.
At this point, little evidence suggests these players should tie up a spot on your bench, a spot that could theoretically be used on a player who could potentially break out and win you a league championship.
Joique Bell, Detroit Lions, Running Back
Yahoo ownership: 32%ESPN ownership: 53%
Joique Bell battled injuries all offseason and missed Week 4 with an ankle injury. His ownership percentage has been dropping, but it’s still too high for a running back averaging 1.1 yards per carry though three games. In Week 3, Bell rushed 10 times for 6 yards and caught 1 pass for -2 yards. He did find the end zone on one of his carries, keeping owners hanging on for hope.
Bell has looked like he’s running uphill in a sand trap this season and is now nursing an ankle injury. Bell has produced a -0.32 Rushing Net Expected Points (NEP) per attempt this season, which means that he is hurting the offense and the team’s chance of producing points on an average carry.
Vernon Davis, San Francisco 49ers, Tight End
Yahoo ownership: 42%ESPN ownership: 26%
Playing in 14 games last season, Vernon Davis finished with just 245 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns, his lowest yardage total since his 2006 rookie season and lowest touchdown total since 2008. After starting the season with receiving stat lines of 3 catches for 47 yards and 5 for 62 in Weeks 1 and 2, Davis didn’t record a catch in Week 3 before leaving with a knee injury.
Owners who waited around last season for Davis won’t make the same mistake again. He was brutal last year and is on the same track this season. As a team, the 49ers are averaging only 12 points and 158.8 passing yards per game. There isn’t much offense to go around. Davis had a few huge seasons in the past, recording 13 touchdowns in both 2009 and 2013, but those days are long gone.
Since last season and continuing into this season, the production just isn’t there from Davis or the 49ers passing “attack.” Don’t make the same mistake owners made last year wasting a roster spot on Davis, who our algorithms value as just the 33rd-best fantasy tight end for the rest of the season.
Andre Johnson, Indianapolis Colts, Wide Receiver
Yahoo ownership: 74%ESPN ownership: 72%
Free from the quarterback carousel of the Houston Texans and now catching passes from Andrew Luck, Andre Johnson was expected to be a focal point of the Colts passing offense alongside T.Y. Hilton. Looking a step or four slower and every bit of 34 years old, Johnson’s receiving totals through four games make for the worst four-game stretch of his career.
Johnson has accounted for just 51 yards on 7 catches. To make matters worse, all seven of those catches came in Weeks 1 and 2. Johnson has not caught a pass in back-to-back weeks and saw only two targets in Week 4. Johnson has secured a Reception NEP of just 6.40 through four games, which ranks 70th among 78 receivers with at least 15 targets.
Clearly behind Donte Moncrief in the pecking order of Colts wide receivers, Johnson will be scraping for targets for the rest of the season. Already more productive than Johnson through four games, it’s only a matter of time before first-round pick Phillip Dorsett carves a greater role in the Colts passing attack.
Charles Johnson, Minnesota Vikings, Wide Receiver
Yahoo ownership: 41%ESPN ownership: 40%
Coming into the season Charles Johnson was expected to be quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's number-one receiving option. Through three games, Johnson has 6 catches for 46 yards. Johnson left Week 3 with a knee injury and missed Week 4. He has just 8 targets on the season, and his Reception NEP per target (0.33) is more indicative of a running back than a team's top-option at receiver.
Bridgewater has only attempted 115 passes through four games, relying on the run to move the offense. When your starting running back is Adrian Peterson, that is a wise game plan. Not being targeted and banged up with a knee injury equals a recipe for disaster for Johnson’s fantasy outlook. Johnson is looking like a player taken aboard the preseason hype train with no indication his season will turn around.
Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers, Quarterback
Yahoo ownership: 60%ESPN ownership: 54%
Colin Kaepernick has been bad this season, there’s no denying that. Kaepernick has been held under 175 passing yards in three out of four games to start the season and has failed to record a passing touchdown in three of four games. His only rushing touchdown came in his four-interception game Week 3 versus Arizona. Kaepernick has also accounted for six turnovers this season.
Kaepernick's Passing NEP of -12.16 ranks 37th among 42 quarterbacks who have attempted a drop back this season.
He can’t move the offense downfield and outside Carlos Hyde's Week 1 explosion, defenses have had no problem slowing the 49ers offense to a screeching halt. Kaepernick’s on-field performance has been so bad that some have suggested benching him for backup Blaine Gabbert. Calling to be replaced by Blaine Gabbert tells you all you need to know about how poorly Kaepernick’s season prospects are.
Bishop Sankey, Tennessee Titans, Running Back
Yahoo ownership: 41%ESPN ownership: 64%
Bishop Sankey started off this season with perhaps the best game of his career, rushing for 74 yards on 12 carries and 1 touchdown. Sankey also caught 2 passes for 12 yards and score. After looking like a potentially strong running back after Week 1, Sankey has been nonexistent, rushing for just 52 yards on 17 carries and catching 2 passes for 31 yards in Weeks 2 and 3 combined.
The Titans turned to Antonio Andrews and Dexter McCluster to lead the way in Week 3, and Andrews turned in a strong performance. The Titans were on bye during Week 4, and the only indication of running back carry distribution going forward out of Tennessee is head coach Ken Whisenhunt is doubling down on his commitment to a committee rushing attack.
Second-round pick David Cobbb will also return to the field later this season, muddling this backfield even further. This makes Sankey’s weekly usage as unpredictable as his performance has been on the field. Sankey finished last season with a -15.17 Rushing NEP, which ranked 37th among 43 backs with at least 100 carries. After failing to beat out Shonn Greene last season for lead back duties, this season is looking like a repeat.
Shane Vereen, New York Giants, Running Back
Yahoo ownership: 50%ESPN ownership: 63%
Shane Vereen was slated to be the Giants passing down back this year and an asset to fantasy owners, especially those in point-per-reception leagues. After recording 12 catches in Weeks 1 and 2 combined, Vereen hasn’t caught a pass in back-to-back weeks. The Giants are now 2-2 winning their last two games. To say that Vereen was only a receiving factor in losses isn’t the case, as the Giants had leads in both their Week 1 loss to Dallas and Week 2 to Atlanta.
Vereen’s weekly usage is volatile, and he lacks the upside to win you weeks given the committee approach. Theoretically it would be harder to drop Vereen in PPR leagues, but remember he hasn’t caught a pass since Week 2. The catches will come, but he will be difficult to plug into lineups consistently. The Giants use of a three-back rotation makes all Giants’ running backs, including Rashad Jennings and Andre Williams, almost unusable on a weekly basis.
Roddy White, Atlanta Falcons, Wide Receiver
Yahoo ownership: 58%ESPN ownership: 60%
If it wasn’t clear after stat sheet goose eggs in weeks 2 and 3, it's clear now that Roddy White is no longer part of the Atlanta Falcons' weekly game plan. His latest 2-catch, 8-yard performance in Week 4 hopefully did the trick. While White was doing his best Riley Cooper impersonation not catching passes, Leonard Hankerson had his best game as a Falcon in Week 4 hauling in 6 catches for 103 yards and a touchdown.
Hankerson has clearly overtaken White as the number two option behind Julio Jones in the Falcons passing attack. Quarterback Matt Ryan has thrown for 904 yards over the last three weeks of the season (8 of which went to White) and ranks second in the league in Passing NEP. White's time as a fantasy relevant player looks over. Pick up Hankerson if he is available. |
A way to attach a coating of 'live' enzymes onto plastic and other
materials could lead to clothes that digest stains as soon as they
occur, or kitchen surfaces able to kill bacteria.
US
researchers have shown they can make plastic films containing active
enzymes like those in biological clothes detergents. The process used
is based on one typically used to produce thin, flat plastic products
such as CDs, DVDs and flat-screen displays.
Known
as "spin coating", it involves placing a large dollop of a liquid onto
a flat surface which is then rotated at great speed. This generates
powerful centrifugal forces that push the solution towards the surface
edges and cause some liquid to evaporate, leaving behind a thin, solid
film over the entire surface.
The thickness of the film depends on the properties of the original solution, such as its viscosity, and the spinning speed.
In a spin
Using 10-cm plastic discs as their flat surface, the team led by Ping Wang at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, US, used spin coating to layer four films on top of each other.
First
came a thin film of polystyrene modified to chemically bind to enzymes.
Then Wang and his team covered this with a solution containing a
protein-digesting enzyme known as subtilisin Carlsberg, commonly used in biological washing powders to remove stains.
The enzymes in the solution naturally bound to the chemical groups displayed on the polystyrene film. |
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A Moment in History….
KUAPO is proud to have borne witness to a momentous occasion – a symbolic gesture by Kenya, the torching of 15 tonnes of ivory with the promise by our President to destroy the rest of the stockpile (estimated at over 100 tonnes) by the end of the year (2015). As KWS watches over the burning of this ivory over the next 4-5 days, we must all think about what we as individuals can do to end wildlife crime.
Many have wondered and pondered as to what effect the burning of ivory could possibly have on this vicious crime. Will it truly end poaching? Perhaps not directly but what we MUST all remember is that as long as there is ivory in stockpiles, there will be temptation, there will be theft and there will be corruption. The burning of this ivory into useless bits of shard puts the ivory beyond economic use and somewhere – somehow perhaps reconnects it to its original, rightful and ONLY owner – the elephant that lost its life.
It is also a beacon call to the world – challenging each of the consumer and supplier nations – to take a stance, to stem demand and supply – to save our elephants. It sends a clear message that for Kenya and Kenyans there is NO ivory trade. Many people have suggested that stockpiles should be sold and the revenue generated used to fight poaching and end demand by flooding the market. We tell you today – this market for ivory is not “floodable”. We cannot satiate the demand for ivory and if we feed the demand by selling stockpiles, we will hasten the extinction of our elephants. We have seen how an effective ban can rejuvenate our elephant populations, we have also seen what one-off sales can do to render this ban ineffective. There have been myriad economic arguments back and forth, each side refuting the others claims, but ultimately, there is also a moral argument – how can we as humans kill an entire sentient being for a trinket? How can we as humans allow this to happen on our watch?
Kenya has taken a bold step and said no – not on our watch! We urge the world around us to join us and SAY NO TO TRADE. As one of Kenya’s favourite sons, Jim Justus, often says – Ivory belongs to Elephants (ONLY). Today we challenge the consumer nations especially China and the Philippines to take as bold a step and ban all trade of ivory within their borders. There should be nothing legal about the ivory trade that has built itself up on the back of the slaughter of thousands of elephants.
We also ask each and everyone of you out there to do your bit – find a way to contribute, there are many! Grasp this moment in history to make a moment of your own…UNITE AGAINST POACHING! |
Renato Balduzzi
Renato Balduzzi (born 12 February 1955) is an Italian academic and politician. He served as the Italian minister of health under Prime Minister Mario Monti from November 2011 to April 2013.
Early life
Renato Balduzzi was born on 12 February 1955 in Voghera, Italy.
Career
Prior to becoming minister, Balduzzi was a professor of constitutional law in the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He taught at the various universities, including University of Eastern Piedmont, the University of Genoa, the University of Turin, Paris 12 Val de Marne University, the University of the South, Toulon-Var, and Paul Cézanne University Aix-Marseille III.
On 16 November 2011, Balduzzi was named minister of health in the Mario Monti's technocratic government. In 2013, he joined Civic Choice (SC), Monti's new-founded party. In the Italian general election of 25 February 2013, he was elected deputy on With Monti for Italy coalition's lists, electoral district 2 in region Piedmont. Balduzzi's term as health minister ended on 28 April 2013 and Beatrice Lorenzin replaced him in the post.
Personal life
Balduzzi is married, and he has three children.
Honors
Medaglia teresiana, University of Pavia, (2012)
References
Category:1955 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Voghera
Category:Civic Choice politicians
Category:Italian Ministers of Health
Category:Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy
Category:Politicians of Lombardy
Category:Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore faculty
Category:University of Genoa faculty
Category:University of Turin faculty |
THE USAFA ENDOWMENT NAMES MAJOR GENERAL (RET.) MARK VOLCHEFF AS ITS NEXT PRESIDENT AND CEO
The Board of Directors of the USAFA Endowment are pleased to announce the selection of Major General (Ret.) Mark Volcheff '75 as its next President and CEO.
Board Chairman Randy Jayne expressed the Board's confidence in Volcheff. "We are grateful to the search committee for lending their time and expertise to the selection process. There was a significant number of very qualified candidates, and we could not be more excited to have Mark join the team."
"I am deeply honored to have been selected as the next President and CEO of the USAFA Endowment," Volcheff said. "As an Air Force Academy graduate, I share the Endowment's deep commitment to providing transformative support to the Air Force Academy's margin of excellence. We need a strong Air Force Academy, and the Academy needs our support to remain a premier leadership institution. I look forward to serving our Academy and working closely with Academy leadership and with graduates, parents and friends of the Academy who have shown their support throughout the years."
In January 2016, Volcheff will assume the role of President and CEO, succeeding General (Ret.) Stephen Lorenz.
Prior to accepting this position, Volcheff served as the owner and managing director of HomeLand Security Solutions, LLC, specializing in homeland security, defense and commercial aviation. He currently serves as the chairman of the Colorado Springs Military Affairs Council. Volcheff graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1975 earning a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and management. He has more than 32 years of military experience in aviation, training, acquisition, human resources programs and homeland security. |
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- Erabiltzaileek egiaztapen-kodea eskatu behar dute euren helbidea bidaltzeko.
- Posta-helbidea bere helbidean bidaltzen du egiaztapen-kodearekin.
- Bidalitako mezua markatzen du.
- Behin bidalitako mezua markatzen duzunean, erabiltzaileak kodea sartu eta egiaztatu egingo du.
csv_census:
explanation: Egiaztatu erakundearen zentsua erabiliz
name: Erakundearen zentsua
direct: Zuzeneko
help: Laguntza
id_documents:
explanation: Zure nortasun agiriak kargatu zure identitatea egiaztatzeko
name: Nortasun agiriak
multistep: Multi-Step
name: izena
postal_letter:
explanation: Posta-gutun bat bidaliko dizugu, sartu behar duzun kode batekin, beraz, zure helbidea egiaztatu ahal izango dugu
name: Kodea posta bidez
verifications:
authorizations:
create:
error: Errore bat gertatu da baimena sortzean.
success: Ongi baimendu duzu.
unconfirmed: Zure posta elektronikoa baieztatzeko, baimena eman behar duzu.
first_login:
actions:
another_dummy_authorization_handler: Egiaztatu baimenen kudeatzailearen beste adibide baten aurka
csv_census: Egiaztatu erakundearen zentsuaren aurka
dummy_authorization_handler: Egiaztatu adibide-baimenaren kudeatzailearen aurka
dummy_authorization_workflow: Egiaztatu baimenen laneko fluxuaren aurka
id_documents: Egiaztatu zure identifikazio dokumentua kargatzen
postal_letter: Egiaztatu egiaztapen-kodea posta-posta bidez egiaztatuz
title: Egiaztatu zure identitatea
verify_with_these_options: 'Hauek dira zure identitatea egiaztatzeko erabilgarri dauden aukerak:'
new:
authorize: Bidali
authorize_with: Egiaztatu %{authorizer} rekin
renew_modal:
cancel: Utzi
skip_verification: Hau saltatu dezakezu oraingoz eta %{link}
start_exploring: Hasi esploratzen
csv_census:
admin:
census:
create:
error: Errore bat gertatu da errolda inportatzean.
success: Arrakastaz inportatutako %{count} elementu (%{errors} errore)
destroy_all:
success: Erroldatze-datu guztiak ezabatu egin dira
destroy:
confirm: Ezabatu errolda guztia ezin da desegin. Ziur zaude jarraitu nahi duzula?
title: Zentsu-datu guztiak ezabatu
index:
data: Guztira %{count} karga daude guztira. Azken kargatze-data %{due_date}
empty: Ez dago zentsu-datuik. Erabili beheko formularioa CSV fitxategiaren bidez inportatzeko.
title: Uneko erroldako datuak
instructions:
body: Horretarako, sistemaren administrazioa sartu behar duzu eta gehitu csv_census baimenak erakundeari
title: Erakunde honetarako Csv errolda aktibatu behar duzu
new:
file: ".csv fitxategia helbide elektronikoen datuekin"
submit: Kargatu fitxategia
title: Kargatu zentsu berri bat
authorizations:
new:
error: Ezin izan dugu zure kontua egiaztatu edo ez duzu erakundearen zentsuan.
success: Zure kontua ondo egiaztatu da.
dummy_authorization:
extra_explanation:
postal_codes:
one: Partehartzea mugatua da %{postal_codes} kode postalarekin duten erabiltzaileentzat.
other: 'Parte-hartzea honako posta-kode hauetakoren bat duten erabiltzaileentzat mugatuta dago: %{postal_codes}.'
id_documents:
admin:
config:
edit:
title: Nortasun agirien konfigurazioa
update: eguneratzearen
update:
error: Errore bat gertatu da konfigurazioa eguneratzean.
success: Konfigurazioa behar bezala eguneratu da
confirmations:
create:
error: Egiaztapena ez dator bat. Berriro saiatu edo ezeztatu egiaztapena erabiltzaileak hura aldatzeko
success: Erabiltzaileak behar bezala egiaztatu du
new:
introduce_user_data: Idatzi irudian datuak
reject: Ukatu
verify: Ziurtatu
offline_confirmations:
create:
error: Egiaztapena ez dator bat. Saiatu berriro edo esan erabiltzaileak hura aldatzeko
success: Erabiltzaileak behar bezala egiaztatu du
new:
cancel: Utzi
introduce_user_data: Erabiltzailearen helbide elektronikoa eta dokumentuaren datuak sartu
verify: Ziurtatu
pending_authorizations:
index:
config: config
offline_verification: Lineaz kanpoko egiaztapena
title: Zain dauden egiaztapenak
verification_number: 'Egiaztapena # %{n}'
rejections:
create:
success: Verification rejected. Erabiltzailea bere dokumentuak aldatzeko eskatuko zaio
authorizations:
choose:
choose_a_type: 'Hautatu nola egiaztatu nahi duzun:'
offline: Offline
online: Online
title: Egiaztatu zure identifikazio dokumentua
create:
error: Arazo bat izan da dokumentua kargatzean
success: Dokumentua behar bezala kargatu da
edit:
being_reviewed: Zure dokumentuak berrikusten ari gara. Handik gutxira, egiaztatu egingo zara
offline: Erabili lineaz kanpoko egiaztapena
online: Erabili lineako egiaztapena
rejection_clarity: Ziurtatu informazioa kargatutako irudian ikusgai dagoela
rejection_correctness: Egiaztatu informazioa zuzena dela
rejection_notice: Arazo bat izan da zure egiaztapenarekin. Saiatu berriro mesedez
send: Eskatu egiaztapena berriro
new:
send: Eska ezazu egiaztapena
title: Kargatu zure identifikazio dokumentua
update:
error: Arazo bat izan da zure dokumentua berriro kargatzea
success: Dokumentua berriro kargatu da
dni: DNI
nie: NIE
passport: pasaportea
postal_letter:
admin:
pending_authorizations:
index:
address: Helbidea
letter_sent_at: Gutuna bidali
mark_as_sent: Markatu bidali gisa
not_yet_sent: Ez da bidali oraindik
title: Etengabeko egiaztapenak
username: Erabiltzaile izena
verification_code: Egiaztapen kodea
postages:
create:
error: Errorea gutun gisa markatutako bidalketa gisa
success: Letra bidalitako gisa markatu da
authorizations:
create:
error: Arazo bat izan da eskaera zurekin
success: Eskerrik asko! Zure helbidean egiaztapen-kodea bidaliko dugu
edit:
send: Berretsi
title: Jasotako egiaztapen-kodea sartu
waiting_for_letter: Zure helbidera gutun bat bidaliko dizugu egiaztapen-kodearekin laster
new:
send: Bidali gutun bat
title: Eskatu egiaztapen-kodea
update:
error: Zure egiaztapen-kodea ez dator bat gurekin. Begiratu bi aldiz bidalitako mezua
success: Zorionak. Ongi egiaztatu duzu
sms:
authorizations:
create:
error: Arazo bat izan da eskaera zurekin
success: Eskerrik asko! SMS bat bidali dizugu telefonoan.
destroy:
success: Egiaztapen kodea behar bezala berrezarri da. Sartu berriro zure telefono zenbakia.
edit:
confirm_destroy: Ziur egiaztapen-kodea berrezarri nahi duzula?
destroy: Berrezarri egiaztapen-kodea
resend: Ez al duzu egiaztapen-kodea jaso?
send: Berretsi
title: Jasotako egiaztapen-kodea sartu
new:
send: Bidal iezadazu SMS bat
title: Eskatu egiaztapen-kodea
update:
error: Zure egiaztapen-kodea ez dator bat gurekin. Begiratu bi aldiz bidalitako SMSa.
success: Zorionak. Ongi egiaztatu duzu.
errors:
messages:
uppercase_only_letters_numbers: guztiak maiuskulaz eta letrak eta / edo zenbakiak bakarrik izan behar ditu
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Q:
Install twig/extensions on a Symfony 4 or Symfony 5 new project
I'm preparing to migrate a huge website from Symfony 3.4 to Symfony 4.4.
To do this, I'm starting from a new fresh installation of Symfony 4.4, and as the intial project requires the use of Twig Extensions I try to install it on this new Symfony 4.4 project.
But composer indicates Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
The error message is obvious, but I don't understand why this situation happens on a fresh symfony 4.4 project.
What I tried :
I create a new Symfony symfony new --full --version=lts testproject that installed Symfony 4.4 and right after composer require twig/extensions => Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
I create a new Symfony symfony new --full testproject that installed Symfony 5.0 and right after composer require twig/extensions => Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
I tried with Symfony flex but same problem => Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
I retried after clearing the composer cache but no change.
This worked :
- I create a new Symfony symfony new --full --version=3.4 testproject that installed Symfony 3.4 and right after composer require twig/extensions => OK
I understand that dependencies conflits occur for Symfony 4.4 and more, but according to Symfony doc How to Write a custom Twig Extension no further actions are required and it should work.
What I'm missing ? Does someone faced the same problem ? Thanks
A:
Your initial project Symfony 3.4 uses twig/extensions and the symfony 4.4 docs indicate to install twig/extensions if you need to write your own Custom Twig Extension : Custom Twig Extension.
Nevertheless it seems that the possibility to write Twig Extensions comes with Symfony 4.4 natively without installing twig/extensions package. The only required thinks to make Twig Extensions to work on Symfony 4.4 is to follow this guide Prepare your application for Twig 3.
Follow this guide and your Twig Extensions will probably work on Symfony 4.4 without twig/extensions package ;-)
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WACO—After a long hearing, a federal judge ordered mediation regarding demolition of the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center at Baylor University.
U.S. District Judge Walter Smith called for mediation to resolve a dispute between the university and an out-of-state member of the Baylor Alumni Association who secured a temporary restraining order to stop the building’s demolition.
Baylor contends it needs the site of the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center to create a plaza leading to a pedestrian bridge that will connect the main university campus to a $250 million football stadium under construction across the Brazos River.
Meet by end of month
The judge told the parties involved he wanted them to meet by the end of the month and report back to him, said Collin Cox, president of the Baylor Alumni Association, who is named in the suit.
Attorneys for all parties in the original suit will meet July 22 with Austin-based mediator Karl Bayer. Until mediation is completed, the temporary restraining order remains in effect.
Kurt Dorr, a Baylor alumnus from Naperville, Ill., filed suit against the Baylor Alumni Association; its past president Elizabeth Coker, a Polk County District Court judge; incumbent president Cox, a Houston attorney; and Baylor University. His lawyers subsequently filed a motion to drop the university from the lawsuit.
Baylor University, however, chose to continue to present its case, since the outcome directly affects the construction schedule for Baylor Stadium and the bridge to the sports facility.
“We respect the process, and we will prepare for the next steps,” said Lori Fogleman, spokesperson for the university.
A negotiating team representing Baylor and the Baylor Alumni Association agreed to a transition agreement that would dissolve the alumni association, create a separate nonprofit corporation to publish the Baylor Line magazine and turn over alumni-engagement functions to the university.
Alumni vote Sept. 7
Baylor Alumni Association members will vote on the proposed transition agreement at a Sept. 7 called meeting. Ratification of the proposal requires two-thirds approval by members in attendance.
A couple of weeks before Dorr—who did not attend the July 10 hearing in Waco—filed his suit, a group within the Baylor Alumni Association formed Independence at Baylor in opposition to the transition agreement. Independence at Baylor insists the proposal nullifies a 1993 licensing agreement and a 1994 agreement governing use of the alumni center.
The 1994 agreement states: “Baylor may terminate the Baylor Alumni Association’s right to use the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center only in the event that Baylor needs the land on which the center is located for its purposes and no other land is reasonably available to Baylor for the purpose for which the land is needed. Should the Baylor Alumni Association’s right to use the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center be so terminated by Baylor, Baylor shall provide the Baylor Alumni Association with another building on the Baylor campus, the size, condition, quality of construction and location of which is approximately the same as the size, condition, quality of construction and location of the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center.”
An agreement to vacate the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center stipulates Baylor agrees to pay the cost of moving the alumni association and provide “interim space” in Robinson Tower, where the office of Baylor’s vice president for constituent engagement is located.
Dorr’s attorneys argued the transition agreement and the agreement to vacate essentially constitute one larger transaction, and therefore the agreement regarding the alumni center should be subject to a two-thirds vote of the Baylor Alumni Association.
Attorneys for the university and the alumni association both acknowledged the transition agreement regarding alumni outreach requires approval by two-thirds of members at a called Baylor Alumni Association meeting. But they insisted the agreement to vacate the building is a separate document, requiring only the approval of the association’s executive committee.
Dorr’s lawyers also contested whether demolition of the Hughes-Dillard Alumni Center meets the standard set in the 1994 agreement, in terms of necessity and whether “no other land is reasonably available.”
Architect testifies
Baylor called Earl Santee, senior architect with the Populous architectural firm and principal architect for Baylor Stadium. Santee, who noted he had designed 19 major sports venues, emphasized the importance of developing five to seven acres for gathering space on the campus side of the pedestrian bridge, since 35,000 people cannot cross a 35-foot footbridge at the same time.
The only alternative space would have interfered with a cemetery, and officials with the City of Waco rejected that idea, he said.
Bill Nicholson, associate vice president for facilities, planning and construction at Baylor, testified the university could incur up to $300,000 in additional overtime costs if demolition of the alumni center were delayed until September, when the alumni association votes on the transition agreement.
One of Dorr’s attorneys argued the transition agreement and agreement to vacate the alumni center represent the latest chapter in an ongoing effort by the university to make the alumni association “go away.”
Kent Reynolds, a former alumni association board member, testified the university presented a proposal in 2009 to the Baylor Alumni Association to give up its independent status and come under the authority of Baylor administration. When the alumni association asked members to register their views on its website, more than 85 percent who responded opposed it. Baylor subsequently withdrew its proposal.
The relationship between the university and the alumni association escalated from “strained” to “very contentious” after that point, Reynolds said.
However, when questioned whether Baylor initiated the idea of the alumni center’s demolition, Santee testified the university did not recommend it to the architectural design firm.
In a July 11 email to "Baylor Nation," Baylor President Ken Starr noted the university was "deeply disappointed that Mr. Dorr has elected to challenge the two agreements so painstakingly contracted by the leadership of both Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association."Starr reported in the email: "This action by a single individual effectively brings to a halt—-temporarily--a significant element of construction on Baylor Stadium. We remain excited about the prospect of completion of the Sheila and Walter Umphrey Bridge and landing connecting our riverfront stadium to the Baylor campus. We are doing everything we can to have the new facility ready for the 2014 football season."Alumni nationwide have expressed excitement about the prospect of an on-campus football stadium, he continued."In consultation with our litigation counsel, and in collaboration with the BAA’s elected leadership, we are presently determining our next steps," Starr wrote. "But we in the administration view with utmost seriousness our solemn responsibility to the tens of thousands of Baylor alumni and friends who have generously supported this transformational project. We intend to do everything we possibly can--even with the admittedly challenging circumstances of the litigation brought against us--to remain on schedule to open in the fall of 2014, and to preserve the integrity of the entire plan for Baylor’s new on-campus stadium."Editor's note: The last four paragraphs of this article were added after it originally was posted. |
Dining Room Storage Hutch
As beautiful as it is functional, our Paulette Pantry has all the features you'd expect to find in a custom cabinet. Arched panel doors open a full 180° with pretty bar handles that coordinate with our Paulette Server. Inside, two racks hold wine or sparkling water with two adjustable shelves beneath. Drawer for flatware plus two pullout full extension shelves for easy access. Each door has thr...
Use it the dining room for serving, in the family room as a bar or in the kitchen for prep and storage. Hutch has two adjustable shelves with plate grooves for display and two small drawers with dividers for silverware and serving pieces. Large drawers in the base cabinet are great for mixing bowls and pots, while a slim drawer at the top accommodates dishtowels and place mats.Paulette Server featu...
Use it the dining room for serving, in the family room as a bar or in the kitchen for prep and storage. Hutch has two adjustable shelves with plate grooves for display and two small drawers with dividers for silverware and serving pieces. Large drawers in the base cabinet are great for mixing bowls and pots, while a slim drawer at the top accommodates dishtowels and place mats.Paulette Server featu... |
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Metamorphosis of Narcissus (1937) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. Originally titled Métamorphose de Narcisse, this painting is from Dalí's paranoiac-critical period and depicts his interpretation of the Greek myth of Narcissus. Dalí began his painting in the spring of 1937 while in Zürs, in the Austrian Alps.
Myth of Narcissus
According to Greek mythology, Narcissus's beauty made him attractive to nearly everyone who saw him and both men and women pursued him, but he rejected all advances. One of his admirers, a nymph named Echo, fell so madly in love with him that, after he rejected her, she wasted away until only her voice remained. The goddess Nemesis, taking pity on Echo, convinced Narcissus to gaze into a pool. Upon seeing his own face reflected in the water, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection. Because he was unable to embrace his own reflection, Narcissus too wasted away and in his place grew the flower that bears his name, the narcissus.
Dalí's Interpretation
In Dalí's painting, he depicts the figure of Narcissus on the left side of the canvas crouched by a lake, with his head resting on his knee, and a stone hand clutching an egg mirroring the shape of his body on the right. From out of the cracked egg, a narcissus flower sprouts. In the mid-ground of the painting stand a group of Narcissus's rejected suitors. Among the mountains in the background rests a third Narcissus figure.
Metamorphosis of Narcissus differs from Dalí's other double-image paintings, in which there are multiple images hidden in one, because Narcissus's figure is doubled in the stone hand.
Dalí composed a poem that he exhibited alongside his painting in 1937, which begins:
Under the split in the retreating black cloud
the invisible scale of spring
is oscillating
in the fresh April sky.
On the highest mountain,
the god of the snow,
his dazzling head bent over the dizzy space of reflections,
starts melting with desire
in the vertical cataracts of the thaw
annihilating himself loudly among the excremental cries of minerals,
or
between [sic] the silences of mosses
towards the distant mirror of the lake
in which,
the veils of winter having disappeared,
he has newly discovered
the lightning flash
of his faithful image.
Metamorphosis of Narcissus and the poem, which was published by Éditions surréalistes, that accompanied it were the first works of Dalí's to be completed by utilizing his paranoiac-critical method. In a book that Dalí published in 1937, also titled Metamorphosis of Narcissus, the painter instructs viewers of his painting to observe it in a state of "distracted fixation". He writes:
"If one looks for some time, from a slight distance and with a certain 'distant fixedness', at the hypnotically immobile figure of Narcissus, it gradually disappears until at last it is completely invisible,"
implying that Narcissus will fade into the stone hand until he completely disappears.
Dalí and Sigmund Freud
On July 19, 1938 in London, Dalí met Sigmund Freud, whom the painter had admired since the 1920s after reading Freud's book The Interpretation of Dreams. During their meeting, Dalí brought his painting Metamorphosis of Narcissus in hopes of using it to discuss the psychoanalytic theory of Narcissism and his concept of critical paranoia, which he developed based on Freud's concept of paranoia. He also was given permission to sketch Freud. The meeting was arranged by writer Stefan Zweig and Dalí's benefactor, Edward James, who was also in attendance and ultimately gained ownership of Metamorphosis of Narcissus.
References
Category:Paintings by Salvador Dalí
Category:Surrealist paintings
Category:1937 paintings
Category:Paintings depicting Greek myths
Category:Collection of the Tate galleries
Category:Works based on Metamorphoses
Category:Water in art
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Sciatica
I remember when I was pregnant with Miles and Vivienne, I had one strong bout of sciatica that resulted in me seeing a chiropractor regularly until they were born. I'm not sure if it's sciatica this time or not, but Baby C seems to do a lot of moving and shaking that somehow involves pinching a nerve of some sort, resulting in shooting pains down my legs (usually one at a time, luckily). She does this on a daily basis now. It's often so strong that it makes me either bend over or go down on my knees. I usually kind of cry out, and then I laugh because it goes away as quickly as it came and I think it must look pretty ridiculous. Luckily, this seems to happen mostly at night when I am at home, which is not nearly as embarrassing as it would be out in public. |
Garlic absolutely has no benefits for a fish that's legitimate. They can't grow garlic in the ocean. Nano, what's your params? If the fish was eating pellets before you bought it then I assume it's your tank or chemistry causing the issue. For now you need to feed the fish what it eats and slowly work in the pellet. Don't waste time with garlic.
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I was stating my opinion on it. I know a lot of people that use garlic and fish food company's add it to their food too. New life spectrum Thera+A has garlic in it and it's one of the top pellet foods I've heard of people using. Agree to disagree but everyone has an opinion ☺️
I never said I had a problem with your opinion? I'm giving my advice which is what we do here, try to help. Don't take it personal when someone disagrees, it's how we all learn in this amazing hobby. I use NLS and according to the rep they use garlic as a immune booster but it's speculation and they don't use it to get a fish to eat which was my point.
Well guys as far as i know, garlic jus makes them eat stuff. I do o how or why, but some say they make them feel hungry or maybe they like the taste/smell of it. Long back in my old setup, my clownz has few white spots, they disappeared within 2 days when i started feeding them garlic juice with very tiny garlic bits. I dont know why, but tht did happen. Anyways, one clown eats algaemax and thera A pellets, other only eats mysis. Now i guess both are healthy, so im planni to start feeding mysis every 2 to 3 days, n try feeding some pellets. Hopefully it eats.
never heard of clowns to not eat - mine eats fish poo and algaes floating around from tangs dinner and basically everything floating in the tank.
Try out more types of food (whatever is available in shops there). Also I am doing a special food for my fishes - buy from grocery store fresh clams, take out the meat from them and froze it. Then, once frozen cut them in paper thick slices and eventually break everything in small parts for fishes to be able to ingest. Clams have waaay higher nutrition than frozen shrimps. Frozen shrimps are very tasty for fishes, but have almost nothing to offer as nutrition.
This clams based food I learned back when I tried to keep a copperband alive - all fishes in tank loved this food, but not the copperband
I know nothing about what fish food is available in India, but you may look into freshwater frozen food (bloodworms, blackworms) or even dried foods (shrimps, worms, etc). My daughter have a freshwater tank and sometimes I steal some of her food to give to the salty fishes. It is not ideal, but is just to add some new taste into tank. Most of saltwater fishes eats well bloodworms, but only few mosquito larvaes
For garlic - I red many forums where this seems to be miracle of fish food, but also there are studies around with long term effects on fishes digestive system.
never heard of clowns to not eat - mine eats fish poo and algaes floating around from tangs dinner and basically everything floating in the tank.
Try out more types of food (whatever is available in shops there). Also I am doing a special food for my fishes - buy from grocery store fresh clams, take out the meat from them and froze it. Then, once frozen cut them in paper thick slices and eventually break everything in small parts for fishes to be able to ingest. Clams have waaay higher nutrition than frozen shrimps. Frozen shrimps are very tasty for fishes, but have almost nothing to offer as nutrition.
This clams based food I learned back when I tried to keep a copperband alive - all fishes in tank loved this food, but not the copperband
I know nothing about what fish food is available in India, but you may look into freshwater frozen food (bloodworms, blackworms) or even dried foods (shrimps, worms, etc). My daughter have a freshwater tank and sometimes I steal some of her food to give to the salty fishes. It is not ideal, but is just to add some new taste into tank. Most of saltwater fishes eats well bloodworms, but only few mosquito larvaes
For garlic - I red many forums where this seems to be miracle of fish food, but also there are studies around with long term effects on fishes digestive system.
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But iv heard bloodworms are no good for marine fishes... well finally today it ate few pellets.. but the problem is they dont pickup from the bottom. So plannin to get a yellow watchman goby asap.
But iv heard bloodworms are no good for marine fishes... well finally today it ate few pellets.. but the problem is they dont pickup from the bottom. So plannin to get a yellow watchman goby asap.
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then you are on right track. No, they will never eat from bottom. Lot of marine fishes dont eat from bottom - this is where clean up crews start their role. Few shrimps / crabs will clean up all food.
Or just leave the flow ON during feeding and try flakes as they float a lot - so they can catch everything.
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Telltale Games has been busy of late. In the last year alone, the Californian developer has wrapped up Minecraft: Story Mode's first season and has started on its second; it's launched its narrative slant on Batman and has this month debuted its Enemy Within chapter; and it's brought us a typically Telltale interpretation of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Job Stauffer, the company's head of creative communications, even appeared on PC Gamer back in March after losing over 50 pounds playing a VR game. After catching up with Stauffer at Gamescom, he told us what he'd love to see Telltale tackle next: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror anthology series.
It should be pointed out that despite Stauffer's personal interest, his comments do not necessarily reflect Telltale's official position. To this end, Stauffer asked that I quote him in full so to ensure "perfect context" in relation to what he'd like to see Telltale approach next.
"What would I personally like to see Telltale do? I'm really proud of the work that we've gotten to do over the years, and a lot of the surprises we have in store," he tells me. "But personally, and this isn't something that we're doing, I've been a big fan of Black Mirror and Charlie Brooker's work. [It's] a phenomenal, phenomenal series. It's a mind-blowing anthology with every season.
"This is my personal take, please don't confuse this with something that we're actually doing, but Charlie, if you're out there, we would, I would, love to do something on Black Mirror."
Elsewhere in the conversation, Stauffer discussed the evolution of Telltale and how it now sees itself as a somewhat hybrid developer, positioned between games and television—something it reflects in its instantly recognisable interactive storytelling. I suggest to Stauffer that while Telltale boasts a strong following, some of the criticism levied at the developer points to its uniform mechanics, and how some players find its systems dated.
He responds: "What has changed mechanically with content down in the language of cinema? What mechanically changes in television? What mechanically changes with film? Maybe special effects and CG, but really storytelling is storytelling. When you're telling different stories, you're making different movies and different TV shows. While we have a similar mechanic, we're telling different stories. Minecraft story mode is a vastly different game than The Wolf Among Us. It was similar mechanics and a similar format, but that familiarity is what makes things signature for Telltale.
"Now, will our signature format continue to evolve, will it continue to change? Yes. Is it always going to be the same? Absolutely not. As a matter of fact, we're starting to see things change mechanically this year and we've got a strong commitment internally and creatively at the studio to push the format forward into 2018 with the final season of The Walking Dead, and with The Wolf Among Us. You're seeing some of that stuff changing right now with Batman and in particular Minecraft Story Mode season 2. [That] has some mechanics that we've never done in a Telltale game—there are boss battles in that game that almost feel like you're playing a Zelda boss fight.
"There are things that we're experimenting with incrementally that, three to six months from now, episodes and event current series can implement things that we've never really been able to pull off in a Telltale game." |
In mathematics, a primitive notion is a concept not defined in terms of previously defined concepts, but only motivated informally, usually by an appeal to intuition and everyday experience. For example in naive set theory, the notion of an empty set is primitive. (That it exists is an implicit axiom.) For a more formal discussion of the foundations of mathematics see the axiomatic set theory article. In an axiomatic theory or formal system, the role of a primitive notion is analogous to that of axiom. In axiomatic theories, the primitive notions are sometimes said to be "defined" by the axioms, but this can be misleading. |
Matter of Sherwood v New York State Dept. of Motor Vehicles (2017 NY Slip Op 06042)
Matter of Sherwood v New York State Dept. of Motor Vehicles
2017 NY Slip Op 06042
Decided on August 3, 2017
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
Decided and Entered: August 3, 2017
524465
[*1]In the Matter of JAMES J. SHERWOOD, Petitioner,
vNEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, Respondent.
Calendar Date: June 9, 2017
Before: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Egan Jr., Devine and Clark, JJ.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Davis, Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany (Eric H. Sills of counsel), for petitioner.
Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, Albany (Patrick A. Woods of counsel), for respondent.
Egan Jr., J.
MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent revoking petitioner's driver's license.
During the early morning hours of February 27, 2015, State Troopers Patrick McCabe and Patrick Moore stopped petitioner's car on Red Mill Road in the Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County after observing the vehicle traveling well in excess of the posted speed limit. Upon approaching the vehicle, McCabe detected the smell of alcohol and observed that petitioner, who subsequently admitted that he had consumed two or three beers
while attending a bachelor party at a local sushi bar earlier in the evening, had watery, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. McCabe instructed petitioner to exit the vehicle and thereafter administered three field sobriety tests — all of which petitioner failed. According to McCabe, after he placed petitioner under arrest, Moore read petitioner the refusal to submit to a chemical test warnings from a printed card, and petitioner thereafter refused — while en route to and after arriving at the barracks — to submit to such test.
Petitioner subsequently was charged by simplified informations with refusal to take a breath test, driving while intoxicated and speed in zone, and his driver's license temporarily was [*2]suspended pending an administrative hearing. Following that hearing, at which McCabe was the sole witness to testify, the Administrative Law Judge (hereinafter ALJ) revoked petitioner's license. Petitioner's appeal of the ALJ's decision to respondent's Administrative Appeals Board proved to be unsuccessful, and petitioner's license was revoked for a period of 18 months. Petitioner thereafter commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding, subsequently transferred to this Court, to challenge the revocation of his driver's license.
Pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1194 (2) (a) (1), "[a]ny person who operates a motor vehicle in this state shall be deemed to have given consent to a chemical test of . . . breath, blood, urine . . . or saliva . . . for the purpose of determining the alcoholic and/or drug content of the blood provided that such test is administered by or at the direction of a police officer
. . . having reasonable grounds to believe such person to have been operating" a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and that such test occurs "within two hours after such person has been placed under arrest for any such violation" (see People v Bohacek, 95 AD3d 1592, 1593 [2012]; People v Centerbar, 80 AD3d 1008, 1009 [2011]). If such person thereafter is asked to submit to a chemical test and refuses, despite being warned of the consequences of that decision, his or her license "shall be immediately suspended and subsequently revoked" (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1194 [2] [b]; see Matter of Cook v Adduci, 205 AD2d 903, 903-904 [1994], lv denied 84 NY2d 811 [1994]). A person whose license is so revoked is entitled to an administrative hearing, where the issues to be determined are limited to: "(1) did the police officer have reasonable grounds to believe that such person had been driving [while under the influence of alcohol or drugs]; (2) did the police officer make a lawful arrest of such person; (3) was such person given sufficient warning, in clear or unequivocal language, prior to such refusal that such refusal to submit to such chemical test or any portion thereof, would result in the immediate suspension and subsequent revocation of such person's license or operating privilege whether or not such person is found guilty of the charge for which the arrest was made; and (4) did such person refuse to submit to such chemical test or any portion thereof" (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1194 [2] [c]; see Matter of Berlin v New York State Dept. of Motor Vehs., 80 AD3d 911, 913 [2011]). "If, after such hearing, the [ALJ] . . . finds all of the issues in the affirmative, [the ALJ] shall immediately revoke the license or permit to drive or any non-resident operating privilege" (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1194 [2] [c]). Upon review by this Court, our inquiry is limited to whether the revocation determination is supported by substantial evidence (see Matter of Berlin v New York State Dept. of Motor Vehs., 80 AD3d at 913; Matter of Giacone v Jackson, 267 AD2d 673, 674 [1999], lv denied 94 NY2d 762 [2000]).
Here, McCabe testified as to the circumstances that prompted the traffic stop in the first instance — namely, that petitioner was traveling well in excess of the posted speed limit. Although petitioner takes issue with the asserted lack of foundation for McCabe's testimony on this point, McCabe clearly stated that, when he and Moore caught up with petitioner's vehicle on "the straightaway" portion of the road, he determined that petitioner "was [going] 57 miles per hour in a posted 35 mile per hour zone." Upon approaching the vehicle, McCabe could detect the odor of alcohol and observed that petitioner had slurred speech, as well as bloodshot and watery eyes, and that he "fumbled around . . . a little bit" when asked to produce his vehicle registration. Additionally, as noted previously, McCabe testified that petitioner, who admitted that he had consumed two or three beers earlier in the evening, failed the three field sobriety tests administered to him. To our analysis, such testimony more than establishes that McCabe, having witnessed petitioner commit a traffic violation, lawfully stopped petitioner's vehicle (see People v Rasul, 121 AD3d 1413, 1415 [2014]) and, based upon his subsequent interaction with petitioner, had reasonable grounds to believe that petitioner was operating his vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, thus justifying petitioner's arrest (see Matter of Giacone v Jackson, 267 AD2d at 674).
As to the refusal warnings, McCabe testified that Moore read the refusal warnings to petitioner from a printed card on multiple occasions — as petitioner was being transported to and after arriving at the barracks — and that, on each occasion, petitioner refused to submit to the chemical test. Although Moore did not testify and the refusal warnings card was not admitted into evidence, the report of petitioner's refusal to submit to the chemical test, which was completed by McCabe, was received into evidence. The subject report set forth the specific warnings read to petitioner on the morning in question, indicated that petitioner was advised that his refusal to submit to the chemical test or any portion thereof would "result in the immediate suspension and subsequent revocation of [his] license" and documented the occasions upon which petitioner indicated that he understood the warnings as read to him but was refusing to consent to the chemical test. McCabe's testimony and his related report, in our view, establish that petitioner refused to submit to the chemical test — despite being advised, in clear and unequivocal terms, of the consequences (see Matter of Gray v Adduci, 73 NY2d 741, 742-743 [1988]; Matter of Peeso v Fiala, 130 AD3d 1442, 1443 [2015], lv denied 26 NY3d 910 [2015]; Matter of Dykeman v Jackson, 262 AD2d 877, 877-878 [1999]). To the extent that petitioner faults McCabe for being unable to recall certain details of petitioner's arrest, suffice it to say that the ALJ had ample opportunity to assess McCabe's credibility. Accordingly, we find that respondent's revocation of petitioner's driver's license is supported by substantial evidence.
Finally, we find no merit to petitioner's conclusory claim that he was denied a fair hearing and/or that the ALJ exhibited bias. "[M]erely alleging bias is not sufficient to set aside an administrative determination. Rather, the party alleging bias must set forth a factual demonstration supporting the allegation as well as prove that the administrative outcome flowed from it" (Matter of Maglione v New York State Dept. of Health, 9 AD3d 522, 523 [2004] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted]; see Matter of Bruso v Clinton County, 139 AD3d 1169, 1170 [2016]). This petitioner failed to do. Petitioner's remaining arguments, to the extent not specifically addressed, have been examined and found to be lacking in merit.
McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Devine and Clark, JJ., concur.
ADJUDGED that the determination is confirmed, without costs, and petition dismissed.
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1. Field
The present invention relates generally to color blind systems and more particularly to filtering graphics to enable color-blind viewing.
2. Background Information
Computer graphics systems are commonly used for displaying graphical representations of objects on a two-dimensional video display screen. Current computer graphics systems provide highly detailed representations and are used in a variety of applications. Such systems typically come pre-installed with a plethora of accessibility tools for people with disabilities. Yet, providing color corrected graphics for people who suffer from color blindness still remains a challenge.
More than 20 million Americans, many of them computer users, experience some form of color blindness, which is the inability to distinguish certain colors. When light enters the eye, it passes through several structures before striking the light sensitive receptors in the retina at the back of the eye. These receptors are called rods and cones. Rod are responsible for night vision, and cones are responsible for color vision, functioning best under daylight conditions.
Each of the three types of cones, red cones, blue cones and green cones, has a different range of light sensitivity. In an individual with normal color vision, the cone population consists of approximately 74 percent red cones, 10 percent green cones and 16 percent blue cones. The stimulation of cones in various combinations accounts for the perception of colors. For example, the perception of yellow results from a combination of inputs from green and red cones, and relatively little input from blue cones. If all three cones are stimulated, white is perceived as the color. Defects in color vision occur when one of the three-cone cell coding structures fails to function properly. One of the visual pigments may be functioning abnormally, or it may be absent altogether. Most color-deficient individuals have varieties of red or green deficiency.
Since most color-blind people see black and white accurately, color is not an issue if images are in grayscale. However, most applications and web sites are heavily color reliant. Color is a particular problem with image maps in which clickable areas are delineated by color. Application and website designers have attempted to address this problem by enhancing areas by placing underlined text or a black outline in the image. Another technique is to place colors against an appropriate background where they can be more visible. Furthermore, considering that most color-blind people have a red-green color blindness, limiting using red and green together is another option. However, this limits the palette of acceptable colors. Consequently, very few application and web developers are willing to sacrifice having a flashier site to accommodate color-blind users.
What is needed therefore is a method, apparatus and system for providing color corrected graphics for color-blind users. |
Q:
Are there 3D geometric proofs of Fibonacci identities?
There is a significant number of identities involving Fibonacci numbers that can be proven in a sort of geometric way, as it is shown in the following picture:
However, I couldn't find any such proof that involves 3D geometry. I also couldn't find any Fibonacci identity that would be suitable for such interpretation.
Is there an inherent reason for such proofs being limited to 2D?
Is there a series (different then Fibonacci) that would be suitable for similar 3D geometric proofs?
A:
Actually, there is one 3D proof of a Fibonacci identity:
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Q:
How to sort string which contains numbers and alphabets?
I have qt_no values such as
AM1,M3,M4,M14,M30,M40,MA01,A10,A13,A07,B01,B10,Z33,Z13
etc (really any int 2-3 digits after a letter).
I have tried sorting as
order by length(qt_no), qt_no
It doesn't reach my required output.
My expected output is
A01,A07,A10,A13,B01,AM1,M3,M4,M14,M30,M40,MA01,Z13,Z33
Remember these qt_no values are of the same field and a different row of the same table.
I have no idea what to do from here on.
Any help will be appreciated.
EDIT
Here is a sample database to play with.
A:
The best scenario is creating two extra columns, one for the alphabetic part, one for the numeric part; then it is as simple as ORDER BY alpha_part ASC, num_part ASC. If you have a joint index on those two columns, it will also be very fast.
If you absolutely have to parse the column at query time, that takes time - and also makes indices useless, which makes everything so much slower. But you can do this:
...
ORDER BY
REGEXP_REPLACE(qt_no, '\d+', '') ASC,
CAST(REGEXP_REPLACE(qt_no, '\D+', '') AS INTEGER) ASC
EDIT: I'm very sorry, but I have no idea how to do it on 5.7 except like this:
SELECT qt_no FROM t
ORDER BY
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(qt_no, '0', ''), '1', ''), '2', ''), '3', ''), '4', ''), '5', ''), '6', ''), '7', ''), '8', ''), '9', '') ASC,
CAST(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(qt_no, 'A', ''), 'B', ''), 'C', ''), 'D', ''), 'E', ''), 'F', ''), 'G', ''), 'H', ''), 'I', ''), 'J', ''), 'K', ''), 'L', ''), 'M', ''), 'N', ''), 'O', ''), 'P', ''), 'Q', ''), 'R', ''), 'S', ''), 'T', ''), 'U', ''), 'V', ''), 'W', ''), 'X', ''), 'Y', ''), 'Z', '') AS UNSIGNED) ASC;
A:
Due to lack of Regex function in MySQL version < 8.0, we can create a Custom function to extract numeric substring out of a given string.
Following is a modified function from this answer, which returns the integer value from an input string. The modification done here is that it returns string instead of Int. Because you have numeric strings like 07, which needs to be returned as it is, instead of 7.
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION `ExtractNumber`(in_string VARCHAR(50))
RETURNS VARCHAR(50)
NO SQL
BEGIN
DECLARE ctrNumber VARCHAR(50);
DECLARE finNumber VARCHAR(50) DEFAULT '';
DECLARE sChar VARCHAR(1);
DECLARE inti INTEGER DEFAULT 1;
IF LENGTH(in_string) > 0 THEN
WHILE(inti <= LENGTH(in_string)) DO
SET sChar = SUBSTRING(in_string, inti, 1);
SET ctrNumber = FIND_IN_SET(sChar, '0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9');
IF ctrNumber > 0 THEN
SET finNumber = CONCAT(finNumber, sChar);
END IF;
SET inti = inti + 1;
END WHILE;
RETURN finNumber;
ELSE
RETURN '';
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
Now, you can use this custom function, and sort by alphabetic part, and then numeric part (Casted to unsigned).
SELECT id,
name,
REPLACE(name, ExtractNumber(name), '') as strpart,
CAST(ExtractNumber(name) AS UNSIGNED) as numpart
FROM test
ORDER BY strpart,
numpart
DB Fiddle DEMO
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a liquid jetting device and a drive voltage correction method for individual drop, and more particularly to a liquid jetting device and a drive voltage correction method used for an ink jet printer to set uniform droplet from all nozzles, a manufacturing apparatus coating a liquid material, and the like.
2. Description of the Related Art
An ink jet printer is generally known as an image recording apparatus recording an image on a recording medium such as paper. A liquid jetting device for jetting ink is installed in an ink jet printer, and the liquid jetting device is equipped with a recording head to jet the ink from a plurality of nozzles, and a drive circuit to drive the recording head.
The recording head is equipped with a jetting energy generating element to each nozzle for jetting ink from each of the plurality of nozzles. As the jetting energy generating element, a heater element generating air bubbles by heat to jet the ink by the pressure of the generated air bubbles, an actuator jetting the ink by deforming to apply a pressure to the ink, and the like are known. Hereinafter, the actuator is exemplified to be described as the jetting energy generating element.
The actuator as the jetting energy generating element is connected to the drive circuit, and is configured to expand and shrink based on a drive signal inputted from the drive circuit for jetting the ink droplet from a nozzle. By the way, even if a drive signal of the same voltage value is applied to each nozzle, the deformation speeds and the deformation rates of the actuators are fluctuated owing to the individual differences of the nozzles, and the fluctuation has been an adverse effect of high-definition image recording as a result. There has been the same adverse effect also in the recording head adopting the heater element as the jetting energy generating element.
For settling the problem, in recent years, a liquid jetting device configured to measure a jetting speed and a jetting quantity to correct the fluctuation among them through drive voltage control based on the measured values has been developed (see, for example, JP-Tokukaihei-7-256884A and JP-Tokukai-2004-90621A). For example, the liquid jetting device (an ink jet printer) described in JP-Tokukaihei-7-256884A is provided with a jetting speed measuring device measuring the jetting speed of the ink droplet from the nozzle, and is configured to correct the voltage value of the drive signal by getting the feedback of a measured value of the jetting speed measuring device. On the other hand, the liquid jetting device described in JP-Tokukai-2004-90621A is provided with a jetting quantity measuring device measuring a jetted ink quantity, and is configured to correct the voltage value of a drive signal by multiplying a measured value of the jetting quantity measuring device by a correction coefficient to converge the measured value.
Here, FIG. 10 is a histogram showing the scattering of drop speeds of the ink droplet which is jetted from a single nozzle 100 times by applying a drive signal of a predetermined voltage value to an actuator. As apparent from FIG. 10, there is a case where the jetting speeds scattering ranges ±0.75% from an average speed (the part of 0% in FIG. 10) even if a drive signal of the same voltage value is applied. That is, in the case where a voltage value is corrected by the liquid jetting device of JP-Tokukaihei-7-256884A, the voltage value is corrected by feeding back a jetting speed decreasing in value by 0.5% (a J part in FIG. 10) or a jetting speed increasing in value by 0.75% (a K part in FIG. 10) as the case may be. If a singular value of a small frequency is used for correction, an accurate correction cannot be performed, and the improvement of the image quality cannot be desired as a result.
Moreover, because there is the fluctuation between nozzles mentioned above also in the jetting quantity similarly in the jetting speed, there is the possibility that a value of a small frequency is used for a correction even in the case where a measured value is multiplied by a correction coefficient as in the liquid jetting device of JP-Tokukai-2004-90621A, and there has been a problem of the accuracy of a correction. In particular, in the case where a singular value of a small frequency is used for a correction, the convergence of values takes a long time and further there is a possibility of diverging without converging even if the multiplication of the correction coefficient is performed. |
As I wrote late last week, Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Tom Charles and his Chief Legal Counsel James Canepa, in conjuction with the Attorney General’s office, are attempting to expand the jurisdiction of the Ohio State Highway Patrol by allowing them to investigate crimes at the Lake Erie Correctional Facility (LECF), the prison in Conneaut that Kasich sold to CCA on December 31st, 2011.
State law is very clear: the Patrol’s jurisdiction is limited only to state properties that are “owned or leased by the state” unless there is a “riot, civil disorder, or insurrection” and even then, only if ordered by the Governor and only after local law enforcement or civilian leaders request the assistance.
Based on a request from Canepa, AG DeWine incorrectly ruled that the Patrol could continue to operate in the prison since it was still considered a “state institution.” As we mentioned, AG DeWine conveniently overlooked the part of the law that says the prison must be “owned or leased by the state,” which the newly-privatized prison clearly is not.
If Charles and Canepa follow through with their plans, they are putting Ohio’s troopers personally at risk by insisting that they conduct investigations outside of their jurisdiction. Canepa’s attempts to circumvent the law, and DeWine’s decision in his favor, don’t change the fact that state law does not give the Patrol authority on private property.
Law enforcement officers are generally entitled to qualified immunity for good faith actions taken in the course of their duties. This means that officers avoid personal liability for actions but only if the officers are acting within the scope of their authority. If the officers are outside of their authority, they could be held personally liable.
This is not the first time Canepa has has come up with a questionable legal interpretation, damaging the state by trying to make the law fit his boss’s goals.
In 2004, the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police sought to obtain Homeland Security Grant Funds to establish a computer network designed to link police agencies throughout the state. The grant was initially rejected by the federal government because funds could only be used by local government agencies. Canepa, then Chief Deputy Attorney General under AG Jim Petro, provided a legal opinion that the nonprofit, nongovernmental Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) was a “Regional Planning Commission,” thus making OACP eligible for $21 Million in federal Homeland Security money that was intended for local governments.
Officials at the Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Department of Public Safety both believed that Canepa’s opinion was absolutely wrong. This should be obvious. Regional Planning Commissions are created by joint resolutions of local and county governments under Revised Code 713.21. Usually, Regional Planning Commissions make recommendations for land use patterns, transportation improvements, parks and recreational facilities, water supply and sewer issues, and other public improvements which affect the development of an entire region rather than a single county or municipality.
Strickland’s Officials at Public Safety authorized an audit of OACP’s spending that revealed that the OACP wasted almost $5 million of the grant money they were given, including direct payments of $800,000 to the OACP’s former executive director and $227,000 used to send officials, including Canepa!, to Turkey.
A later audit conducted by the Homeland Security Inspector General concluded that the State of Ohio – through the Office of Emergency Management – was required to repay to the federal government almost $5 million. No word on where this money will come from. Also, no word on whether any of the officials responsible for the creation and monitoring of this program will suffer any consequences.
Canepa was never investigated for his part in this huge scandal, even though he arranged for the grant that was likely improper and then personally benefitted by participating in the trip to Turkey, possibly because he was working for Tom Charles at the Inspector General’s Office by the time it all came to light.
Obviously, Charles values Canepa more for his loyalty than his legal skills. Which explains why he brought Canepa with him to Public Safety and is now using Canepa to help push his agenda. Charles and Canepa’s legal bumbling is putting their own people, rank and file troopers, at personal risk of litigation in order score a few minor political points.
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Don’t you love when administration just figures that they can twist and turn the laws to do whatever they want. Happens at the local level too….
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Be sure to take a picture. They won’t be around much longer. Next November will begin the draining of the swamp.
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Local level government usually get away with their mismanagement style of governing. Good ole boy system. Federal and state level government are open to a closer look. Let’s hope that somewhere there will be a closer look at DeWine and Charles’ screw up. Two peas in a pod.
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Q:
Angular Controller Parent/Child scope set parent variable to child scope variable
I am having an issue setting a title on my app to correspond to the current state the app is in. I am using $stateprovider and have an abstract parent state that I want to set a title on from its current nested state. The first time I switch states, the title will switch to the correct title. However, when I switch back, the title will no longer change.
My stateprovider looks like this, with the 'tab' state being the state in which the other states are nested within:
$stateProvider.
.state('tab', {
url : "/tab",
abstract : true,
templateUrl : "templates/tabs.html",
controller : function($scope){
$scope.header = $scope.header || {title: 'Default'};
}
})
// Each tab has its own nav history stack:
.state('tab.charts', {
url : '/charts',
views : {
'charts-screen' : {
templateUrl : 'templates/chart.html',
controller : 'ChartController'
}
},
reload: true
})
.state('tab.report-list', {
url : '/reportList',
views : {
'report-list' : {
templateUrl : 'templates/tab-report-list.html',
controller : 'ReportListController'
}
}
})
I want each nested state to be able to set the header title, like so:
.controller('ChartController', function($scope){
$scope.header.title = 'Chart Title';
}
.controller('ReportListController', function($scope){
$scope.header.title = 'Report Title';
}
When I navigate from tab.charts to tab.report-list, the title changes
to the correct title, 'Report Title', but when I navigate back the title
remains the 'Report Title'.
What is the correct way to do this in angular? I thought setting the reload
field of the state would ensure that it re-fetches the $scope variables
in the active controller.
A:
I think the trick is to use ui-sref-opts="{reload: true}" this will reload the abstract controller where you can set the title based on the data set for each route. Also adding the heading to $scope with-out using data will work with reload at the ui-sref link.
Please have a look at the demo below or in this fiddle.
angular.module('demoApp', ['ui.router'])
.controller('ChartController', ChartController)
.controller('ReportListController', ReportListController)
.config(Config);
function Config($urlRouterProvider, $stateProvider) {
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise('tab/charts');
$stateProvider
.state('tab', {
url : "/tab",
abstract : true,
templateUrl : "templates/tabs.html",
controller : function($scope, $state){
console.log('tabs', $state.current.data.heading);
$scope.heading = $state.current.data.heading || 'Default';
//$scope.header = $scope.header || {title: 'Default'};
}
})
// Each tab has its own nav history stack:
.state('tab.charts', {
url : '/charts',
data: {
heading: 'Charts'
},
views : {
'charts-screen' : {
templateUrl : 'templates/chart.html',
controller : 'ChartController'
}
}
})
.state('tab.report-list', {
url : '/report-list',
data: {
heading: 'List'
},
views : {
'report-list' : {
templateUrl : 'templates/tab-report-list.html',
controller : 'ReportListController'
}
}
});
}
function ReportListController($scope, $state) {
console.log('reportlist', $state);
}
function ChartController($scope, $state) {
console.log('chart', $state);
}
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.4.7/angular.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular-ui-router/0.2.15/angular-ui-router.js"></script>
<div ng-app="demoApp">
<script type="text/ng-template" id="templates/tabs.html">
<div class="container">
<nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-static-top">
<div class="container">
<div class="navbar-header">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Project name</a>
</div>
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li>
<a href="#" ui-sref="tab.charts" ui-sref-opts="{reload: true}">Charts</a></li>
<li>
<a href="#" ui-sref="tab.report-list" ui-sref-opts="{reload: true}">List</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
<div ui-view=""></div>
<div ui-view="charts-screen"></div>
<div ui-view="report-list"></div>
</div>
</script>
<script type="text/ng-template" id="templates/chart.html">
<h1>{{heading}}</h1>
<div ui-view=""></div>
</script>
<script type="text/ng-template" id="templates/tab-report-list.html">
<h1>{{heading}}</h1>
<div ui-view=""></div>
</script>
<div ui-view=""></div>
</div>
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Q:
A friend you could live with?
If you work out with me, you'll quickly tire. If you talk with my voice, you've lost your desire. When a joke falls to me, I make nobody laugh. When I annotate a letter, I take away half.
Who or what am I?
In your answer, please explain each line and the title.
A:
You are
flat.
If you work out with me, you'll quickly tire.
If you work flat out, you work as fast as possible.
If you talk with my voice, you've lost your desire.
A flat voice is monotonous and lacks emotion.
When a joke falls to me, I make nobody laugh.
A joke that falls flat isn't funny.
When I annotate a letter, I take away half.
The letters are musical notes, which will be pitched half a note lower when annotated with the flat sign, ♭.
And of course, a friend you could live with is a
flat mate
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Lending Club’s Renaud Laplanche On His “White Knuckle Moment”
“When you know the beginning and the end, it’s very comforting,” says Lending Club founder Renaud Laplanche in the new Startup Story video. It’s the middle where the tension builds and where no entrepreneur wants to be stuck.
In the beginning, back in 2006, Lending Club – the marketplace where borrowers and investors connect – was nothing more than an idea in the head of a French lawyer-turned-tech-entrepreneur. Today, it’s the among the leaders in the marketplace lending space.
I met Renaud in the middle of the story, in 2008. I had read an article about how Lending Club was disrupting traditional consumer lending, got wide-eyed, and immediately reached out to one of the board members. A few days later, Renaud and I were sitting down for breakfast at Scott’s Seafood in Palo Alto.
He was in the process of building a financial services business during the global financial crisis. “Half of the banks in the country were either buying each other or being 48 hours away from bankruptcy,” he says, looking back. “The world was falling apart around us.” Still, it turned out that the legislation that most affected his company was passed not during the Great Recession but during the Great Depression.
Most people would balk at the idea of bringing the Securities Act of 1933 into the internet age. Not Renaud. He might have been caught between the rock of economic recession and the hard place of government regulation, but he certainly wasn’t stuck in the middle. Over the course of many months and many meetings, he worked with the SEC to create a regulatory framework that would allow Lending Club to operate and, ultimately, grow.
As we now know, the team’s efforts – from all the late nights worked to all the Chinese takeout consumed – have been enormously successful. Yes, Lending Club is the industry’s largest player, but its really only just getting started.
As we discussed in our marketplace lending white paper, “A Trillion Dollar Market By the People, For the People,” Lending Club operates in an industry that generates $3.2 trillion in lending activity, which in turn generates $870 billion in fees and interest each year. Far from being the realization of Renaud’s end goal, today’s successes are sure to become the middle of a story of even greater success in the years and decades to come. |
List of 1980s American television episodes with LGBT themes
With the onset of the AIDS epidemic, American television episodes with LGBT themes sometimes featured LGBT characters, especially gay men, as a way for series to address the epidemic. Legal dramas like L.A. Law and Law & Order included euthanasia storylines centered on the deaths of gay men with AIDS. Sitcoms would occasionally broach the subject, but for the most part followed the pattern that had developed during the 1970s, with episodes following one of a handful of plot devices: a character close to a lead character would unexpectedly come out, forcing the characters to confront their own issues with homosexuality; a lead character is mistaken for gay; a lead character pretends to be gay; or, less frequently, a recurring character from the series comes out. In the first instance, it was rare that the gay character would ever make another appearance.
Episodes
See also
List of pre-Stonewall American television episodes with LGBT themes
List of 1970s American television episodes with LGBT themes
List of American television episodes with LGBT themes, 1990–1997
Lists of television programs with LGBT characters
Notes
References
Capsuto, Steven (2000). Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television. Ballantine Books. .
Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. New York, Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. .
Episodes with LGBT themes
American television episodes with LGBT themes, 1980s
Television episodes, 1980s
American television episodes, 1980s
*LGBT themes, 1980s
American television episodes, 1980s
Category:1980s LGBT-related media
Category:LGBT themes in fiction |
Q:
How to get values in an array that shares an element with other arrays in a multidimensional array with PHP
I have this array that has other arrays in each key, it has the product_id keys in each of the sub arrays and their values are unknown. How do I get the total the value of the item_quantity keys that share the same product_id value?
Array (
[0] => Array ([product_id] => 17 [item_quantity] => 4)
[1] => Array ([product_id] => 17 [item_quantity] => 4)
[2] => Array ([product_id] => 18 [item_quantity] => 6)
)
I have no idea of which php function to use, but in a general term I would be "getting all item_quantity in the subarrays of an array where product_id in subarrays is the same".
EDIT : I think I missed that I also want to get the total of all the item_quantity of every unique product_id, that means that I want to not only get that of 17 but also of 18.
A:
I think you are looking for something like this
$sum = array();
foreach ($array as $value) {
if( !isset($sum[$value["product_id"]]) )
$sum[$value["product_id"]] = 0;
$sum[$value["product_id"]] += $value["item_quantity"];
}
print_r($sum);
In your case output will be
Array ( [17] => 8 [18] => 6 )
The item_quantity with same product_id will be added in the same offset in the $sumarray.
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Topic: 25 Years of AIDS. What do we think about it? (Read 5945 times)
I have been reading the mainstream press "commemorating" 25 years of AIDS. I feel left out of that discussion. I don't think it really reflects on what we're seeing and feeling. So here is an invitation to join me with what your thoughts are on this subject I want to know how other people with HIV feel. I'll throw out what I've been thinking:
I'm 44, and came out in 1983 right around when HIV was being "discovered" and AIDS named. Thank God I didn't come out earlier, and that I practiced safe sex, or I'd probably be dead, as happened to a number of gay men I know mostly just a bit older than me. That period was so sad and so horrible. It's like a nightmare.
I went for almost 20 years, would have an "accident" here or there (condom break, etc). I never thought I was invulnerable, but my annual tests always came back negative. I figured I'd be ok. I guess I even got smug - "it's not so hard to stay negative, how come anyone turns positive these days?"
Then in Sept 2002 I went in the hospital, for the first time in my life involuntarily, due to an unrelated stomach condition. The Dr. asked if he could test for everything, and came back with the bad news the next day. He said the test could be false since I had a bad fever. But after some re-tests, just after my 40th birthday, it was confirmed I was positive.
That raised a zillion questions in my mind: How did I get this? I couldn't remember any specifically unsafe incident. But lots of sex mixed with drugs or alcohol left a lot of possibilities. Would medicines work for me? Would they be toxic? My natural inclination was to stay off them as long as possible so I tried to be much healthier, and did stay off them almost 4 years.
Now I'm on a great regamin, and all my numbers look great with no current side effects (a few initial ones). I feel like I have a new lease on life, although I feel it is as tenuous as receiving those 4 bottles of pills every month on time. I remember counseling a friend who tested positive about 3 years before me: "it's not a death sentence anymore" I said, and believed it! I keep having to tell myself that now.
I came of age when AIDS appeared. I remember when it was GRID. I've had friends and acquaintances die of it, including 1 last summer when his treatments stopped working, after he had initially responded well to meds. He had shitty healthcare from the public system in Mexico. I have another friend with HIV 14 years, he nearly died last fall when he ran out of treatment options, then Fuzeon and Tipranavir came along to save his life, he now has gotten back to nearly undectable for the first time in years as he has been resistant to everything. He has a great US health plan, and got access to the latest trials. I have known several long term survivors, who had HIV for over 10 years and never took meds. I don't trust HIV, it is nasty and cruel, ready to spring back the first time I screw up.
I've worked for AIDS Foundations as a volunteer. I've given money to AIDS organizations, and still do. My best friend from childhood made AIDS his vocation, as a case worker, until he burned out after 10 years or so.
I've cried about it, and I've been hopeful about it. I've screamed "why me?" and I've thanked God not to have gotten it before HAART came along. I've been open about it and I've been closeted about being HIV+. I've been scared shitless, and I've felt confident in my treatments.
In retrospect the thing that scared me the most was watching my body decline as the CD4 count went down. Weird digestive, skin, energy and sex-drive issues. I'd never really been sick with anything serious before, so it was new to me. The fear that "if I was trapped on a desert island" and couldn't get meds, I'd die. (Except if I was on the "Lost" island, where I would magically find a hatch with all the latest meds inside). This past year I had 2 friends die: one was hit by a bus (seriously), and one dropped dead after 2 days from a weird staph infection. So I count my blessings - my time hasn't come yet. It's just something I have to live with and make the best of. And when it comes, there isn't much you can do about it.
One thing is weird though: I can't tell my parents or immediate family. I figure I'm going to outlive my parents, as it is supposed to be, so there's no need to burden them with this - they would go crazy with worry. They are beyond acceptance of my being gay and well into successfully making it part of our family's life...my partner is always included, and my parents are proud of me. But this puts up another block - like I've been thrown back in the closet again.
Now that AIDS has turned 25 it's a real eye opener for me. This damn disease has been wreaking havoc almost my entire life...I'll be 29 in November, and have been poz for three years. To be honest, the whole thing actually has me sorta speechless when I sit back and think on it.
Good post. 25 years, wow. I lost my sister to this in 93 and the horror of that time still haunts me. It was such a terrifying thing with so little information and what was out there was so wrong. I remember her doctor telling us not to let the dog kiss her on the mouth and then lick us! My most vivid memory of that time was one Thanksgiving, I think it was 86, when we were all together eating the feast. She got up and left the table to begin helping with the dishes. I saw she had left most of her tea in her glass and so I reached for it and slammed it down. My parents and the rest of those at the table turned pale and looked at me like I had just swallowed cyanide or something. To my never ending shame, it was hard for me to talk to her about the disease until the end and even after her death, I closed off all emotions relating to it like it never happened.
Back in December my honey found out he was poz. God the tears that flowed. I was so stupid to think this thing would never touch my life again. But it isn't about me, it's about him. Luckily the years have given me more maturity and I find myself even more in love with him as a result.
I won't lie, this thing scares the hell out of me. But I will fight it with him and with your help. And oh dear God, please don't let there be a post someday remembering a 50 year anniversary and still no cure.
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44 year old gay man .......just broke up with the only man I've ever really loved.
25 years and still no cure for Aids...but in reality, there is no major breakthroughs with medicine. There is no cure for the flu, there is no cure for cancer, and there is no cure many other diseases out there. Yes we have made slight improvements, but the medical profession is clearly lacking talent in my opinion; humans are clealy not the smartest in this planet, as they so to claim.
There are so many medical research facilities around the world and yet, over the past century I have not been impressed with the outcome of the researches that have been produced. So it is no surprise to me that Aids exisited for 25 years and yet, nothing remotely close to a cure has been discovered. We may have learned a lot about the disease, but that tells me nothing if we cannot apply these findings to useful matters. So basicaly the more information we know about the disease, yet we are not even closerto a cure only tells me that we are not as smart as we think we are. I always reserve doubts with medical professionals. I remember when I was in college, I had developed this strange infection that it affected my legs and I could not walk. I was brought to the hospital and after a week of testing and more testing, they still wasn't able to figure out what was wrong. Pretty I paid for the hospital bills just so doctors could draw blood from me. They didn't give me any medications or anything....In the end, it was my body that healed itself....the infection was gone and I left the hospital...talk about a wasted of time and money. They still have no idea what was wrong with me. This was not at a regular hospital, but at a very well known (rated one of the best medical research hospitals in the nation)....and they could not figure out what was wrong with me.
One might argue that meds for Aids have saved many lives, which I do not doubt....but at the same time meds have also killed many people because the meds can cause other complications. Aids existed 25 years and my guess is that we probably only know less than 1/32 of this disease. We may think we know a lot, as humans tend to pride themselves on wisdom and knowledge, but in reality we know jack-shxxt. That's just my take on this.
We have certainly come a long way in 25 years, With treatments, and education, But, We still have a long way to go. We all need to continue the fight,and to be strong, and never forget those that have lost their lives.
I would love for all of us, and future generations to be able to say, " Remember when there was aids?" I certainly didn't think, that I would be around 20 years later.
Well, I think that was a harsh criticism of the medical community. There have been advances in breast, ovarian, testicular, lung and skin cancer. There are vaccines against the flu and other viruses that cause significant mortality. I think one problem is that the medical profession has picked all the low hanging fruit from the tree and everything that is 'easy' has been done. To cure HIV, flu and cancer requires an insight into the workings of the body that currently don't exist. I think the early progress since 1950 has led to an overestimation of what science can actually do.
Either that or I'm just too thick to get the job done...
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I would love for all of us, and future generations to be able to say, " Remember when there was aids?" I certainly didn't think, that I would be around 20 years later.
My hope too. Just like Polio.
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Looking back on 25 years of AIDS I am struck by how different attitudes are now. Back in the beginning a large portion of the population would be afraid to be in the same room with someone who had AIDS. Even some healthcare workers refused to work with people with AIDS for fear of infection. People were dying left and right and sex was really scary. The president wouldn't even talk about AIDS, much less do anything. There was serious discussion of isolating people with HIV, like leper colonies. Fortunately a lot of compassionate people worked very hard and it didn't go that way. Now everyone knows there are people walking around with HIV and people are not trying to prevent them from going to school or work. That progression from societal terror to acceptance has been nice to see.
Personally I'm just thrilled to still be here and not be blind, bedridden or covered with purple spots. When my partner and I tested positive 13 years ago I honestly thought we had maybe 5 years before one of us died. Here we both are still healthy and just living normal lives. AIDS, and his cancer several years ago, have taught us you been appreciate eachother and a health life because it can all be over tomorrow.
As far as advances in medical science I'm not surprised there is not a cure for AIDS. There are not a lot of "cures" for viral infections. If I can stay on a daily cocktail of pills and have the quality of life I have right now until I reach retirement I'm grateful. For people who think scientists should be smarter or working harder I say, without sarcasm, go to school and start working on a cure. Become a medical researcher.
So I count my blessings - my time hasn't come yet. It's just something I have to live with and make the best of. And when it comes, there isn't much you can do about it.
How true is that? And probably all the more reason for us to live each day to the fullest. And for me, I intend to achieve my goals... something I never thought about 17 years ago. I let my dreams die in 1989, but today I have more hope than before.
I have been thinking alot about this since i first heard about it being 25 yrs.I became infected in 88, was put on azt in 89, i took myself off of it later that yr. and i am so thankful i did. Azt was killing me.I didn't go back on meds till April 97.I remember back in 89 going to JCPennys and looking at the clothes, i started to laugh and said at least i will finally be able to fit into small clothes finnally, you see i have been a big person most of my life. but no, even after getting sick and being on meds. i am still a big woman.
But i can't complain. There are times i forget i am poz. i didn't get sick for quite a few yrs. after being poz. so it was easy to live a normal life. I didn't date because i was rasing 3 sons and they were my main concern, it wasn't till after they were growen and out of the house that i became lonley and started looking around. That is when it all hit me. I couldn't just start dating or sleeping around, i had this bug in me and no one wants to get any where near someone with it. So i have been trying out the dating sites for people with hiv/aids, so far no one. I guess even men that are poz are picky. I just wish people would look at the whole pic. and not judge on what is on the out side.I hope they do find a cure in my life time but if not i have lived longer then i thought i ever would. I remember praying to God to let me live long enough to see my youngest son gradutate, he is 22 now and i am still going strong. I hope i can see some of my grandkids gratuate, the oldest is 10 so it could happen.I have been thinking about getting a support group together here where i live since there isn't one.Maybe now that Trish and Zeph, and others are stepping forward it will give me the courage to do the same.
There are some very beautiful and touching testimonials on MSNBC, under the "health" section (then click AIDS at 25, then "readers remember").
Most days I am able to to hold the memories of the 'dark days' at bay, and think about the present. Sometimes, something will trigger a memory and I find myself slipping back into that desperate, hopeless state of mind.
I hate this disease.
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"Remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others." - The Wizard of Oz
What comes to mind after 25 years of aids is how the long term survivors must have felt on diagnoses in those early days of lack of knowledge, stigma and no hope of treatment. You are my heros and I feel grateful you are still around and giving so much love and strenght to others. May you enjoy many many more years to come,
One of the things I find very hard is dealling with the memories of the people who died. I realise that after having lost my loved ones, I am about to lose them again. My life goes on, I go through many things and the more I experience, the more I change. I become older, wiser (i hope ) and i think differently about things. I realise that maybe when I would get my friends back it would turn out that things wouldn't work out anymore between us. I would maybe react differently. Friends died that were older than me, now I am older than they would ever become, and I am not sure if they would like what I have become, I'll just never know but it seems to get harder to feel what I felt for them because I am not the person I used to be when they died. It feels like I am losing them again. |
The three lined up together for the first time this season in the 5-2 win over Reading and brought a new-found fluency to their side's attack, with has been otherwise lacking
COMMENTBy Enis Koylu
The enduring feeling that goes with Arsenal this season has been one of disappointment. Stunned by the departure of Robin van Persie to Manchester United, the Gunners have struggled to put together a run of form of note, barring one brief bright spot in September.
The pain of seeing the Dutchman don the shirt of one the club's fiercest rivals was compounded not only by his free-scoring form for the Red Devils, but also Arsenal's own difficulties in front of goal as the north London side struggled to break down the likes of Swansea and Norwich.
On Monday night against Reading, however, they looked their old fluid selves. With a previously unused front three of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lukas Podolski and Theo Walcott, they put the Royals to the sword, scoring five goals and clinching three-much needed points.
The writing was on the wall for the Berkshire outfit from the start when Oxlade-Chamberlain made a dart forward on the counterattack within two minutes and forced a strong save from Federici. And soon after they were ahead when Podolski took Kieran Gibbs' ball in his stride and fired past the Australian keeper.
And so it continued for the following hour. Podolski added a further two assists, Oxlade-Chamberlain gave Nicky Shorey a torrid evening down the Arsenal right, and Walcott added a late fifth to stave off Reading's hopes of a comeback.
THE FEARSOME FRONT THREE
THEO WALCOTT
Playing in his desired central role, the forward fired wide from a free kick early on and missed a one-on-one when clean through in the first half, before seeing an effort denied only by a last-ditch Mariappa block. A consistent threat playing his part in a front line Reading simply could not come to terms with, the England man finally hit the back of the net late on with a cool finish.
ALEX OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN
Gave the Reading back four an indication of what was to come early on with a pacey run and shot on target. Fizzed another effort wide shortly after the break. Replaced by Ramsey as Arsenal looked to tighten up after conceding twice.
LUKAS PODOLSKI
Found Gibbs before racing onto the defender's cross to open the scoring from close range. Launched a delivery of his own onto the head of Cazorla for the second goal and played in the Spain star as Arsenal went four up
It was a far cry for the Arsenal we have seen this season. The other two players charged with replacing Van Persie most often, Gervinho and summer signing Olivier Giroud, have been disappointing on the whole.
While the latter's dips in form can be put down to the adaptation that comes with signing for a new club in a new league, the former has shown enough times that he should not be trusted to lead the attack over the likes of Walcott.
His direct running may come in handy when he is in space, though when put under pressure from defenders he has a tendency to run into nowhere, while his finishing has been nothing short of abject save a purple patch at the beginning season which now seems a distant memory.
Giroud, meanwhile, has only looked the part sporadically this season. His lack of ability to run in behind defences has seen many attacks slow down, and although his strength in the air adds a different dimension to the front line, an aerial game is simply not one Arsenal adopt; their midfielders are most adept at passing into space that a quick striker can exploit.
Walcott, meanwhile, is looking to be the finished article more than ever before. His improved finishing has seen him notch a respectable 11 goals this season, despite being confined for a place on the bench for much of the early weeks of the campaign while his pace and skill can see him skip past any opponent. His contract dispute will rumble on, but there is no doubting his value to the team at present.
Podolski, like the England international, has been clamouring to be used as a No.9 but, on the evidence of Monday, is right at home on the left, and it is no coincidence that his two assists came from crosses from that flank.
Oxlade-Chamberlain, meanwhile, has been quick to bemoan his own form in front of goal so far this season but, as Walcott knows all too well, that is a facet of a player's game that comes with time on the pitch.
Of course, Arsenal's attacking trio were up against the Premier League's most leaky defence at the Madejski Stadium, and they cannot expect such a fruitful night's work every week. However, part of football is momentum and they can take what they accomplished at Reading into the coming matches.
The festive games against Wigan, Newcastle and Southampton present the Londoners with a real opportunity to gain on their rivals for a top-four finish, Tottenham and Chelsea.
Their coming opponents have all had their struggles this season, and are entirely beatable for Arsenal, and, crucially, more than likely to leave holes at the back for the Gunners to exploit.
A good run in December would allow them to carry some form into a difficult January, which sees them face Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool in successive Premier League matches - a period that could make or break their season.
The time for experimentation for Wenger is over - he must stick with this triumvirate going forward or risk his side's campaign irreparably falling apart once and for all. |
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT. Children?s ability to reflect upon and monitor their subjective feelings of uncertainty, i.e., engage in uncertainty monitoring, is important for both cognitive and social development. Uncertainty monitoring is a necessary skill for optimal self-guided learning and strategic decision making, and it promotes children?s information seeking behavior and general curiosity about the world. Recent research has revealed that this ability is present even during the preschool-years, is associated with children?s learning and decisions, and even predicts longitudinal improvements in IQ. However, despite the importance of the emergence of uncertainty monitoring during the preschool years, little is known about the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying this ability. The proposed project will address this gap in the literature while providing an opportunity for training in the use of ERP methods, experimental design, repeated measures, as well as intervention methods utilized in developmental cognitive neuroscience research. For Aim 1, we will investigate two ERP components, the N2 and ERN, which have been identified as indicators of conflict detection and error monitoring in executive functioning tasks. We propose to test alternative hypotheses predicting these ERP components will also be associated with 4- and 5-year-old?s uncertainty monitoring ability. Children?s N2 and ERN will be measured using a novel ERP picture identification task which has reduced demand on executive functioning but provides children opportunities to rate their response uncertainty. For Aim 2, we will investigate whether different types of linguistic input promote 3-year-old children?s emerging ability to engage in uncertainty monitoring. This will provide the additional opportunity for training in clinical trials design per NIH designation. We predict that linguistic input that highlights the conceptual boundaries of certainty and uncertainty will improve 3-year-old children?s uncertainty monitoring, whereas linguistic input, which exposes children to other types of mental states language, or an active control which has children practice their rudimentary math skills will not affect uncertainty monitoring. Children will receive the different types of linguistic input using several custom illustrated storybooks, which were created for this study. Results from the studies from Aim 1 and for Aim 2 will both provide substantial contributions to theories of metacognitive development in typically and atypically developing children, and will have the potential to provide insight into future intervention efforts in both educational and social domains. |
Jami Gertz Net Worth
Best known for her roles on the sitcoms ‘Still Standing’ and ‘The Neighbor’, Jami Gertz has a not to be missed profile. She certainly has a successful and eye-catching career but it’s her marriage that grabs more attention. Apart from her thriving career, the lady has gigantic net worth. Let’s find out what’s the secret behind the mountainous net worth of Jami Gertz.
Jami Gertz Biography
Jami Gertz is an American actress who was born in Chicago in 1965 to Sharyan and Walter Gretz. Jami spent her childhood in a small village named ‘Glenview’ as her family belonged to the middle-class and her father was mere a builder & contractor. Though Jami is an American, she is a Jewish and received her upbringings in a Conservative Judaism. She completed her early education at Maine East High School. As a child, Jami dreamt of becoming a figure skater but ended up writing her name in golden letters in glamor industry.
The stunning Jami has even more beautiful and notable married life than her professional life. Late in the 1980s, the billionaire Antony Ressler was smashed by the radiant beauty of Jami. After dating for some years, the couple finally got hitched in 1989. Since then their relationship is going even without a stretch. The two has three sons. Jami and Antony both love charity work. In 2011, the couple was named the number-one donor to the charity of any celebrity for 2010 by the ‘Giving Back Fund’.
When you’re destined to become something, things come your way without any efforts. The same happened with Jami. When she was a teenager, she caught the eyes of Norman Lear by her elegance. He launched her with his popular sitcom ‘Different Strokes’. Though she found the role in one episode only, it was enough for her to get the ball rolling in an actual sense. Soon after, she made her grand debut with the romantic movie ‘Endless Love’. Thereafter, she appeared in many hit movies and TV series. Meanwhile her booming career, she also worked as a scent designer for Lanvin in Paris. Even at the age of 51, the versatile actress is as desired & loved as she was 20-25 years ago. Now, the actress has turned into a producer and has her own production house.
Though Jami couldn’t any awards thought out her career, still her unbeatable acting skills have always been applauded by her fans as well as by the film fraternity. She received many nominations but could never make it happen. Emmy Award and Young Artist Award in a TV Series are the worth mentioning nominations of her.
Jami Gertz Net Worth in 2017
Jami Gertz has a net worth that only a few can reach up to. After hearing the net worth of Jami Gertz, you’ll forget to blink your outstretched eyes and close your wide-open mouth. As of 2017, the exotic beauty has a mouth-watering net worth of $2.1 billion US dollars. Yes, you heard it right! She has certainly accumulated huge money from her acting career but she hasn’t got the all the bucks of her net worth just from the rounds of silver screen, rather it’s her marriage that adds on a giant amount on her net worth.
After all, she is the wife of billionaire Antony Ressler, the co-founder of private equity firm ‘Ares Capital Corporation’. She also owns ‘Grez-Ressler High Academy’ and the ‘Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Team’ along with her husband. What to talk more about her lavish lifestyle and unimaginable personal asset. Presently, she lives with her family in a dream-like house in Beverly Hills and also owns a vacation house in Malibu, California.
Want to see richness, elegance, and kindness all at one place, just look at Jami Gertz. There are only a few out there who are born with a never-fading beauty and a golden heart and also get blessed with the downpour of money in their life. Jami Gertz is one of those people.
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Q:
Issue command on multiple systems at once using MCollective
Aim
The aim is to execute a command on multiple systems at once using MCollective, e.g., touch /tmp/helloworld using MCollective-client creates touch /tmp/helloworld on all MCollective-servers: systems 1, 2 and 3.
Attempts
According this documentation, mcollective-shell-agent could be used to accomplish the aim. However, executing:
mco rpc shell start ls -I /system/
results in:
Could not parse --arg ls
Issuing:
mco rpc shell --help
displays a general help menu instead of a specific menu regarding which arguments should be used.
Questions
Why does it not work to run the mco rpc shell command?
The assumption was that the mcollective-shell-agent should be used to accomplish the aim or is this incorrect? If true which package should be installed?
A:
A ticket was created and answered at PuppetLabs:
mco rpc shell start command=ls -I /system/ should be issued instead of mco rpc shell start ls -I /system/
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Q:
Are there any flowers that are not supposed to be offered to Lord Vishnu?
There are certain flowers that should not be offered to a specific deity. For example, Tulasi is not offered to Ganesha and Ketaki or Champa is not offered to Lord Shiva. Are there any flowers, mentioned in scriptures, that should not be offered to Lord Vishnu?
A:
All deities have a list of prescribed (Vihita) and proscribed (Nishiddha) offerings, flowers etc. And, Lord Vishnu is also not an exception in this regard.
There are certain flowers that must not be offered to Lord Vishnu.
The book "Nitya Karma PujA PrakAsh (GitA Press)" ( on p 372) gives the names of some flowers that are not to be offered to Lord Vishnu:
Lord Vishnu should not be offered the following flowers - Arka,
DhaturA, KAnchi, aparAjitA (GirikarnikA), BhatakattaiyA, Semala,
Shirisha, ChichirA, Kaitha, Languli, Hijana, KachnAra, VaragadA,
Gular, PAkar, Pipar and AmrA (Kapitan).
The book quotes verses from Vishnu Dharmottara PurAna (which is an UpapurAna):
NArkam nonmattakam kAnchim tathaiva girikarnikAm | Na
kantha-kAtikA-pushpam achyutAya nivedayeth || Kautajam
ShAlmali pushpam shairisham cha janArdane | Niveditam bhayam
shokam nihsvatAm cha prayacchati ||
Never offer flowers like Arka, nonmatta, KAnchi, GirikarnikA etc to
Achyuta (Vishnu). Kautaja, ShAlmali, Shirisha etc, if offered to
JanArdana (a name for Vishnu), brings fear, sorrow and severe poverty.
There is also a similar list (Nishiddha patra-pushpAni in Vishnu pujA) given in the book "Nityotsava" but I am not citing that here.
A:
No. There is no such thing.
If that is the case, then Vishnu the creator doesn't create anything which won't be any use to him.
If you offer any flower with pure devotion from the bottom of your heart then the Pooja is fulfilled. If you offer Gold flowers without devotion then the pooja is useless.
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Q:
scp on specific files using regex (*)
Hello I have a disrectory in a server such as :
/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/
file2_JU.out
file4.out
file2_JU.out
file1_JU.out
file4_JU.out
file4.out
and I would like to scp only the file containing a _JU so I tried ;
scp serve1@:/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/file*_JU.out
/mycomputeur/dir/
but it does not work
A:
As I remember scp should send /dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/file*_JU.out to the remote machine and you need backslashes to prevent the shell from interpreting it.
scp serve1@:/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/file\*_JU.out /mycomput
You can also try:
scp "serve1@:/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/[*_JU.out]" /mycomput
Also:
scp 'serve1@:/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4/file*_JU.out' /mycomput
didn't test it
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Clone Wars Wave 2 shadow of the dark side
Hey guys, any one have a clue about when we can expect these? The wave containing Kit Fisto and Mace Windu. The Hasbro presentation stated they'd be out in August but I've yet to see them anywhere or hear or read anything.
Also, which store will they likely hit first? Really looking forward to this wave hehe.
early august when wms started reset, this wave was first spotted there, but now wms (or at least locally) have restocked en mass w/ wave 1. i would almost expect this wv at target and tru very soon. personally, i am anxious for flamethrower clone wave, boba/embo wave and the q vos wave. the kit/mace wave is ok, but for retools/repaint wm prices didnt seem fair but i got 'm any way.
I found the Mandalorian and ARC Trooper battle packs this week. I went with the Mandalorians over the ARC troopers because the ARC trooper pack had both Ep-II and EP-III troopers and I don't care for the Ep-II ones. I probably should have gone the other way.
First off, I'm pretty sure this is the womans battalion of the Madalorian Death Watch Squad. Their slender legs, arms, and waist have no meat to them. They are very articulated, but the articulation makes no sense. One wrist moves up and down, the other wrist moves left and right. In order to make the figure sit, you have to spread the legs out, then bend the legs. The paint job is okay, the blue looks alot better than the non-blue colors. The guns look as if a kid made them out of cardboard and painted them silver.
All in all, I am extremely disapointed with this set. It was one of the few sets I was looking forward to getting and it failed on many levels.
Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
I found the Mandalorian and ARC Trooper battle packs this week. I went with the Mandalorians over the ARC troopers because the ARC trooper pack had both Ep-II and EP-III troopers and I don't care for the Ep-II ones. I probably should have gone the other way.
First off, I'm pretty sure this is the womans battalion of the Madalorian Death Watch Squad. Their slender legs, arms, and waist have no meat to them. They are very articulated, but the articulation makes no sense. One wrist moves up and down, the other wrist moves left and right. In order to make the figure sit, you have to spread the legs out, then bend the legs. The paint job is okay, the blue looks alot better than the non-blue colors. The guns look as if a kid made them out of cardboard and painted them silver.
All in all, I am extremely disapointed with this set. It was one of the few sets I was looking forward to getting and it failed on many levels.
The wrists follow the same articulation pattern we've seen lately - they're done that way to hold the blasters in more ways. They're at two different directions so that the right hand can hold the gun and the left can support it. And the guns are based on the ones seen in the show, so that's not Hasbro's fault. |
The role of amino acid catabolism in the formation of the tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and ammonia in anoxic rat heart.
Amino acid catabolism, the tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and ammonia formation were studied in isolated perfused rat heart under anoxia. The total net anaplerosis due to amino acid degradation in anoxia was equal to that in oxygenation (6.29 and 6.09 mumol/g dry weight per h, respectively) as a result of the increased transamination of glutamic and aspartic acids. During anoxic perfusion, the rate of catabolism of glutamic and aspartic acids was 1.5-times higher than in normoxia, while depletion of branched-chain amino acids, lysine, proline, arginine and methionine, was inhibited. Alanine was the product of excessive degradation of glutamic and aspartic acids. Under anaerobic conditions, in spite of inhibition of amino acid deamination, ammonia formation was increased 2.7-fold as compared to oxygenation. The principal amount of ammonia (96%) was produced at degradation of adenine nucleotides. A 2.5-fold increase in the pool of the tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates under anoxia was associated mainly with accumulation of succinate. The data suggest that the coupling of alanine- and aspartate amino transferases is a mechanism controlling the tricarboxylic acid cycle pool size in anoxic heart. |
Q:
Trying to create a vanishing form once submitted using javascript
I am trying to create a vanishing form for a small web app. The purpose is once the form is submitted a new form will be displayed. My code at the moment works however it lasts for a bare few milliseconds before reverting to the original form.
Firstly here is the main form :
<div id="question">
<form action="" method="POST" name="quest" id="quest" onsubmit="Vanish();">
<textarea name="question" class="form-field" placeholder="Ask your question..."></textarea><br><br>
<input type="image" src="images/submit.png" name="qsubmit" >
</form>
</div>
Then there is the form that I want to replace the above one with :
<div id="email" style="display:none;">
<form action="" method="POST" id="email">
<input type="text" name="fName" placeholder="First Name" class="form-field">
<input type="text" name="sName" placeholder="Second Name">
<input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email">
<input type="image" src="images/submit.png" name="esubmit" onclick="submitForm()">
</form>
</div>
I then have a javascript function (I am still a newbie to javascript).
function Vanish() {
// Specify the id of the form.
var IDofForm = "quest";
// Specify the id of the div containing the form.
var IDofDivWithForm = "question";
// Specify the id of the div with the content to replace the form with.
var IDforReplacement = "email";
// This line submits the form.
document.getElementById(IDofForm).submit();
// This replaces the form with the replacement content.
document.getElementById(IDofDivWithForm).innerHTML = document.getElementById(IDforReplacement).innerHTML;
};
I am trying to achieve :
A simple form swap. Once one form is submitted the other will appear.
A question I found to be simillar to mine is this : Content disappears immediately after form submitted and function runs
However it is only to make a form vanish and not be replaced.
Thanks in advance.
A:
On submit of the form, the page will refresh. So in your function, you must prevent the default behaviour and submit your form via AJAX.
In case the second form need to be shown based on the response from the first form, Then do the form replacement logic after the readyState event fired in AJAX.
function Vanish(event) {
event.preventDefault();
// Specify the id of the form.
var IDofForm = "quest";
// Specify the id of the div containing the form.
var IDofDivWithForm = "question";
// Specify the id of the div with the content to replace the form with.
var IDforReplacement = "email";
// This line submits the form.
// Get all the form elements and submit the form using ajax manually.
// document.getElementById(IDofForm).submit();
// This replaces the form with the replacement content.
// Put this code inside the success of ajax request
document.getElementById(IDofDivWithForm).innerHTML = document.getElementById(IDforReplacement).innerHTML;
};
In your code:
<form action="" method="POST" name="quest" id="quest" onsubmit="Vanish(event);">
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Tag: goal
Even when we attempt to avoid the reality of power, we are ruled by it, because our only method of abolishing power is to transfer it elsewhere. At that point, a struggle for power becomes a constant event, and in the effort to “win,” everyone seems to forget that the goal of power is the thriving of the civilization.
When we speak about the absolutism of central power, the point is less that whatever the occupant of the center says goes (so that if something he says doesn’t go he must have said the wrong thing, but in that case was he really occupying the center?) than that no one can imagine anything happening without reference to the center. If I want to do something, I imagine the conditions under which the central power will allow or support it—if I think in terms of how I can do it by evading central power, I am still thinking of the center as a general constraint that must structure my thinking.
…There has to be a center because humanity is constituted through joint attention, and attention must be attention toward something, and if attention is joint that something must be at the convergence of the respective lines of vision of the attenders. The only way this object of attention can be held in place is if it is desired by all of those attending upon it, and the only way it can be desired rather than appropriated is if its appropriation is proscribed; and the only way its appropriation can be proscribed is if the participants on the scene constitute this proscription by offering signs to each other that they will suspend any attempt to appropriate the object. The source of the sign(s) offered must be a reversal of the movement towards the object, and this reversal must result from the fear of violence produced by this novel, collective, unconstrained rush toward the object.
Joint attention directs toward an object of power or a purpose to the society. That center must then be sacred, or defended by all, so that no one seizes it and uses it for their own ends. In turn, the center shapes how people think about their own lives, goals, and what behaviors they are willing to engage in.
With diversity as with equality, society lacks a center; its goal is its method, meaning that it applies equality in order to have equality and the same with diversity, and so it is caught in a feedback loop of always intensifying its drive toward an ideological extreme. This cuts reality out of the equation, essentially appropriating the center by replacing it with a simpler, more narrowly defined goal.
In addition, diversity creates a society of many groups, each of whom avoid appropriating their own center by attempting to appropriate the center of society as a whole. If they do not attempt to seize power, they have attempted to appropriate their own center by failing to act out its unstated goal, which is to have self-rule and dominion over all that is around them.
Not surprisingly, diversity destroys civilizations. This is not, as many surmise, through the bad behavior of a single group, but through the good behavior of every group, because since each group acts in its own interests alone, no two groups can have fully overlapping objectives, leading to unending conflict. |
(Editor’s note: Without enforcement, California’s progressive anti-discrimination laws are toothless, as illustrated by this teacher’s account. He asked for anonymity fearing retaliation)
I locked myself in the bathroom stall, crying and afraid, not sure if I could go back out. This wasn’t a memory of when this happened in junior high and high school after being harassed and attacked for being gay, but now, as a teacher, in my 40s. How could this happen at work?
I am writing this anonymously because I am still under duress at work. I have reported these situations to Human Resources and multiple people in the district seeking help and support, as well as local and national LGBTQ organizations. I am afraid of what is going to happen to my career, the safety of LGBTQ youth in our district, and the civil rights of my fellow LGBTQ teachers.
At the end of 2016, I moved from the Midwest to San Diego for a new teaching position. While there, I was sent to training offered by GLSEN.
Sitting in the training in the fall of 2017, I learned about the Fair Education Act, the School Success and Opportunity Act, and Seth’s Law. I felt empowered. I knew I needed to return to the classroom and be a visible role model to help decrease the staggering rates of suicides and homelessness for LGBTQIA youth. I remember sitting there, emotional, as I shared the bullying and harassment I experienced as a gay youth and my regret that I had not been an out and visible gay teacher for my students much sooner.
My students at the time were 6-8th graders, mostly refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. I had spent the last year with the majority of these students.
I told my principal that my students would ask about my new engagement ring and I wouldn’t lie anymore as I had the past 20 years. I told her this was my time to share who I am with my students. My principal was incredibly supportive.
Walking to my classroom, my students noticed my ring and shouted, “What’s her name?” This time, I said I would tell them all about it once inside the classroom. They took their seats and I said, “I have something to share with you. I love you all and you matter a great deal to me, and I have been afraid to share this with you.”
As tears rolled down my face, I told them I was gay and I told them my fiancé’s name. At first, some of the students didn’t quite understand so the more advanced English speakers explained in Arabic and Farsi. Then the students started clapping, saying, “We love you! Don’t cry.”
These students, some who had been shot, many who had lived in refugee camps, experienced the worst this world has to offer. They left repressive societies where LGBTQ people were often killed, beheaded, thrown off buildings or suffered other atrocities – and they embraced me with open arms.
This beautiful experience gave me the confidence and strength to never go back in the closet professionally.
I had come so far since my days growing up in North Dakota and Minnesota. In elementary school, a few kids started calling me “fem.” I wasn’t sure what that meant and finally asked a friend. He said I was like a girl and must like guys. I still really didn’t understand but knew it must be something bad. My world of fear began to form.
In 6th grade, in junior high, I immediately got pegged as gay by a few kids. I learned quickly that being gay, or thought of as gay, was the worst possible thing that you could be, at least so I thought.
By 7th grade, when I finally began to understand that I was gay, I became very depressed. I thought myself to be the only gay kid at my school. My grades dropped and the counselor pulled me into his office thinking I might have been doing drugs, but that was not the case.
It was at this time I began to have thoughts of suicide. I also prayed each day that God would change me.
In my freshman year, I got chased each day and shoved into lockers by a couple of guys, Brad and Jeff. I would hide in bathrooms, try to be the first to leave class, and rush to my next class, and would have to try and leave school early or late to avoid them.
By 12th grade, after hearing daily that it is better to be dead than be gay, I attempted suicide for the first time.
I went to my room, grabbed my dad’s handgun and placed the barrel in my mouth. As soon as the cold metal of the barrel hit my teeth, I began to cry and placed the gun on the ground.
Although I wasn’t successful, I tried twice more, the next times were by slitting my wrists and downing pills. I had to be hospitalized.
During my college years, I decided to “suppress” my gayness and hopefully find a girl and get married. I mostly spent my 20s with a lot of self-hatred.
Finally, after moving to California in 1999 for my first teaching job, I began to accept and embrace myself.
Coming from North Dakota, I figured I could be fired for being gay, so I never shared who I was with my students. Even in California, I never taught with an open and visible LGBTQI teacher at the elementary or middle school level.
The next 20 years passed by. In between, I went to farrier school in 2011 in Montana, moved to Oklahoma the same year and was diagnosed with HIV in 2015.
After San Diego, my fiancé and I decided to move to Palm Springs in the summer of 2018 so we could afford to buy a home. The area we moved to is internationally known to be a very accepting place for LGBTQ people so we had no worries.
But three weeks into the school year, my new principal called me into his office during my lunch break. He began to immediately interrogate me as to why I had shared with my students that I was gay. He interrogated me for times and dates when I had shared this and repeatedly asked what my being gay has to do with the curriculum.
I cannot describe the dark place this brought me. After my initial horror and shock, I told him that I have every right to share that I am gay, and have a fiancé, just as every straight person shares openly about their husband, wife, or kids.
I left his office devastated, worried that my job was in jeopardy. I went back to my table with my teammates, explaining what happened, then went to the bathroom and locked myself in the stall and cried, just as I had so many times back in junior high and high school.
The bell rang and it was time to pick up my 4th graders. Back in the classroom, I decided to immediately call HR and let them know this happened and that I believed it to be illegal.
Come Monday morning, I received an email from HR simply stating that the principal was simply doing his job and following up on a parent complaint.
Being new to the district, and not having tenure, I felt powerless. I suffered through months of sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle harassment.
I was able to switch schools for the 2019-2020 school year. While there are other LGBTQ teachers at my school, I am, once again, the only open and visible gay teacher.
At my new school, I was placed in a situation where I had to stand up for my students, some who were being denied food when they arrived late — and most unbelievably, to ask that Christian Bible verses be stopped from being placed in our school mailbox every day.
The Bible verses did not stop. I requested again that they stop, citing the Establishment Clause of the Constitution and how the Bible is often used to justify discrimination, hatred, and even death towards LGBTQIA.
Since reporting these incidents, I have been bullied and harassed by both fellow teachers (who were upset the Bible verses stopped) and administrators.
The majority of LGBTQIA teachers I have met in the district are afraid to be open and visible at work. They are afraid of reprisals from parents, their administrators, and the district.
If we, as LGBTQIA adults do not feel safe in Palm Springs, can you imagine how LGBTQIA youth feel in our district? |
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#import "RawDataTestAppDelegate.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
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return UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, NSStringFromClass([RawDataTestAppDelegate class]));
}
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Friday, March 2, 2012
What feeling do you have toward situations that you just don't understand? A person on the street homeless, what is the first thought that goes through your mind? A young teenage girl that is going to have a baby? A person that just looks differently than you do? Is it a feeling of disdain? A feeling of why? Compassion? Fear? If they wanted to do better they could?
Perhaps, you have felt all of these at one time or another for some of the situations mentioned above or none of them. Reading from Mark 8 this morning the words that jumped off the page at me were Jesus felt compassion. He wanted to help the feelings of hunger that they would have been feeling after 3 days with nothing to eat. These people were so caught up in the things Jesus was saying and doing they had not realized that huge rumbling was their bellies, but I guess Jesus heard them and wanted to help the situation. When we hear the rumblings around us do we want to help them?
Jesus knew if they left Him they would collapse on the way home. Isn't this true of us? Without Him our life falls to shambles all around us? We need the nourishment that only He provides. The story goes on to share that He fed that crowd of four thousand and that is only counting the men, so no telling how many women and children were also there! He was quite the host! Even providing a place to sit and eat and they were satisfied! Satisfied means content! I imagine they were after all they had been fed by Jesus physically and spiritually for three days! Jesus had shown them so much about how to help those suffering around them, to take care of them without judgment to feed off of Him!
Yet in just a few verses we read that the disciples were already worried about Jesus providing for them...How often do we forget just as quickly? Jesus provides way more than we will ever need and just like the disciples not realizing how much leftovers there were - we don't either! He gives us way more than we could possibly ever need and yet we allow worry, doubt, fear to creep in and steal our satisfaction!
Believe! Believe! Believe! Jesus provides our contention and we do not need to look anywhere else or to anyone else...everything else will definitely disappoint us!
Sweet blessings,
Debbie
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debbie
1 comment:
Frankie
said...
That same word, compassion jumped out at me also. I thought, if Jesus has compassion on us when we are hungry just think how much he cares about everything that is going on in our lives.
The other thing that jumped out of the reading at me from Mark 8 today was the Pharisees asking Jesus for a sign from heaven, when the Bread of Heaven, Jesus was standing right in front of them. They were spiritually blind like me some times.
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I have been married for over 33 years to my hubby, Kenny and we are the proud parents of Sadie,Cassie, and Pepper(our rescue). The two dogs in the picture with me are our last babies, Annie and JJ! We love to travel! I have worked in women's ministry for the past ten years and love spending time together in ministry. I love to study the Word and share about what God is busy doing in the world today!! I love to watch for His hand in my life and in others.
Presently, I spend lots of time with family. Watching baseball games with my dad while the nephews play. Traveling a little with my mom and spending the rest of the time with friends and family. I have picked up my hobbies of photography, cross-stitching, reading, and trying to draw...Trying is the big word! Enjoying life is my aim spent in nature. |
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The Smithsonian Institution is a participant in the US Interagency Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring Network, whose overall goals are to define short- and long-term variation in spectral UV-B; study the variation of UV-B over latitudinal gradients; and study the effects of clouds and other factors, such as aerosols, on UV-B. The program also supports the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC's) program of UV-B effects research, which is performed by its Photobiology & Solar Research Laboratory.
The SERC program uses a narrow-band, multifilter instrument, the SR-18 which continuously monitors incident solar UV-B and short-wavelength UV-A (290-324 nm). We have recently developed an extended range instrument the SR-19 which monitors out to 330 nm. The instruments are designed, constructed and calibrated at SERC to maintain quality control as needed to ensure consistent long-term data.
The SR-18 and SR-19 are the most recent products of a long-running program of solar instrument development at the Smithsonian. A previous UV-B instrument was the SR-8. Instruments of this design were in operation in Maryland (first at Rockville then Edgewater) since 1975 (Correll et al. 1992), and at Mauna Loa, Hawaii since 1984 (Neale et al., 1994a; Hofmann et al., 1995). SERC maintains a data base of 12-minute averages through the day for Maryland for the period since 1975. This is currently being distributed upon request on computer media (e.g. CD) with a nominal charge for duplication. An electronic distribution system is currently under development in collaboration with the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST). |
Covering
What is the meaning of having ones head covered or uncovered in 1 Co 11:5?
Why would Paul make such a big issue of women praying with their heads covered?
Let us look to the Old Testament to see if we can gather some insight to Paul’s cryptic words.
Eze 13:18
18 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people, but preserve the lives of others for yourselves?
This passage sheds some light on the 1 Cor. passage. We see the women here are rebuked for trapping the souls of others, but I doubt this is exactly what Paul meant.
Is 3:16-17
16Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and tinkle the bangles on their feet,
17 Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
In this passage, The LORD, concerning the daughters of Zion, condemns their pride, afflicting their scalps with scabs and baldness, but again I doubt this is Paul’s meaning either.
Ge 3:16
16 To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth, in pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
We see Gods first rebuke of the woman and the role of Christ as redeamer is aluded to by the failing of the first man Adam, in Gen 3:17
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.
Notice God did not curse Adam but the very ground that formed his essence, contrast this to Christ, who’s essence is Spirit.
In 1 Tim 2:15, Paul’s words reiterate Ge 3:16, that by childbirth women will be redeemed, we see also
the words of Paul in 1 Co 11:3-7, He prefaces his comments on women having their heads covered by stating his meaning of covered or uncovered.
3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
4 Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head.
5 But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.
6 For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.
7 For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
This is symbolic of the way we are born anew in Christ. The authority is from the man as he comes upon a woman to impregnate her with the physical seed. The Holy Spirit is the same picture as he comes upon us to impregnate us with the living Seed of Christ, (seeMatt 1:18 and Luke 1:35)
The men prophesying or praying in a public setting require uncovered authority. For propriety women are required to be under the authority of another, not because they are incapable of being Spiritual, but to fulfill Gods admonition of Eve in Ge 3:16.
Look again to the words of Paul. 1 Tim 2:9-15
9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,
10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.
11 A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness.
12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.
13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.
14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
15 But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint.
All Scripture quoted from”The New American Standard Bible, 1995 Update" |
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Greenplum Database
// Copyright (C) 2009 Greenplum, Inc.
//
// @filename:
// CXformGet2TableScan.cpp
//
// @doc:
// Implementation of transform
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "gpos/base.h"
#include "gpopt/xforms/CXformGet2TableScan.h"
#include "gpopt/operators/CExpressionHandle.h"
#include "gpopt/operators/CLogicalGet.h"
#include "gpopt/operators/CPhysicalTableScan.h"
#include "gpopt/metadata/CTableDescriptor.h"
using namespace gpopt;
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// @function:
// CXformGet2TableScan::CXformGet2TableScan
//
// @doc:
// Ctor
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CXformGet2TableScan::CXformGet2TableScan(CMemoryPool *mp)
: CXformImplementation(
// pattern
GPOS_NEW(mp) CExpression(mp, GPOS_NEW(mp) CLogicalGet(mp)))
{
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// @function:
// CXformGet2TableScan::Exfp
//
// @doc:
// Compute promise of xform
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CXform::EXformPromise
CXformGet2TableScan::Exfp(CExpressionHandle &exprhdl) const
{
CLogicalGet *popGet = CLogicalGet::PopConvert(exprhdl.Pop());
CTableDescriptor *ptabdesc = popGet->Ptabdesc();
if (ptabdesc->IsPartitioned())
{
return CXform::ExfpNone;
}
return CXform::ExfpHigh;
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// @function:
// CXformGet2TableScan::Transform
//
// @doc:
// Actual transformation
//
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
void
CXformGet2TableScan::Transform(CXformContext *pxfctxt, CXformResult *pxfres,
CExpression *pexpr) const
{
GPOS_ASSERT(NULL != pxfctxt);
GPOS_ASSERT(FPromising(pxfctxt->Pmp(), this, pexpr));
GPOS_ASSERT(FCheckPattern(pexpr));
CLogicalGet *popGet = CLogicalGet::PopConvert(pexpr->Pop());
CMemoryPool *mp = pxfctxt->Pmp();
// create/extract components for alternative
CName *pname = GPOS_NEW(mp) CName(mp, popGet->Name());
CTableDescriptor *ptabdesc = popGet->Ptabdesc();
ptabdesc->AddRef();
CColRefArray *pdrgpcrOutput = popGet->PdrgpcrOutput();
GPOS_ASSERT(NULL != pdrgpcrOutput);
pdrgpcrOutput->AddRef();
// create alternative expression
CExpression *pexprAlt = GPOS_NEW(mp) CExpression(
mp,
GPOS_NEW(mp) CPhysicalTableScan(mp, pname, ptabdesc, pdrgpcrOutput));
// add alternative to transformation result
pxfres->Add(pexprAlt);
}
// EOF
|
Clinical outcomes and fusion success associated with the use of BoneSave in spinal surgery.
Achieving spinal fusion is the guiding principle behind surgical treatment for a range of spinal pathologies, often requiring a substantial amount of bone-graft. Iliac crest autograft represents the gold standard although associated morbidities and limited graft material have led to the development of alternatives. BoneSave (Stryker, UK), a porous tricalcium phosphate-hydroxyapatite ceramic, is one such alternative, employed in spinal fusion over the past few years. Very little research exists into the clinical outcomes associated with its use. Clinical data was collected retrospectively from the case notes of 45 patients who underwent posterolateral inter-transverse spinal fusion involving the application of BoneSave between June 2003 and January 2005. Latest follow-up information was collected via a postal questionnaire (average follow-up of 46 months). Validated outcome instruments employed included the Short Form 36 and Oswestry Disability Index. In addition visual analogue scales for pain, patient global impression of change, work status, persisting symptoms and patient satisfaction data were collected. Radiological evaluation of fusion was carried out from the most recent spinal radiographs available for each patient. Qualitative post-operative data was available in 96%, with a questionnaire response rate of 68.4%. Radiographical evaluation was possible in 67%. Significant post-operative improvements were seen across all outcome measures in the large majority of cases. Successful fusion was achieved in 56.7% of cases. The clinical outcomes associated with the use of BoneSave in spinal fusion are comparable to those available in the literature for more conventional techniques. The fusion rate was not significantly lower. |
/*
* This file is part of the CN24 semantic segmentation software,
* copyright (C) 2015 Clemens-Alexander Brust (ikosa dot de at gmail dot com).
*
* For licensing information, see the LICENSE file included with this project.
*/
#include <cn24.h>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
Conv::System::Init();
std::vector<std::string> descriptors = {
"hmax(mu=0.0)",
"convolution(size=3x3 pad=3x4)",
"convolution(size=3x3)",
"convolution()",
"convolution"
};
std::vector<std::string> expected_configurations = {
"mu=0.0",
"size=3x3 pad=3x4",
"size=3x3",
"",
""
};
bool failed = false;
for(unsigned int s = 0; s < descriptors.size(); s++) {
std::string& descriptor = descriptors[s];
std::string& excpected_configuration = expected_configurations[s];
std::string actual_configuration = Conv::LayerFactory::ExtractConfiguration(descriptor);
if(actual_configuration.compare(excpected_configuration) != 0) {
LOGERROR << "Extracting descriptor " << descriptor << ", expected: " << excpected_configuration
<< ", actual: " << actual_configuration;
failed = 1;
}
}
LOGEND;
if(failed) {
return -1;
} else {
return 0;
}
} |
Q:
Wrapping multiple elements into a non-affective element tag in vue
I have this html which makes expandable rows for table element, however its approach works like this:
<tbody class="js-table-sections-header">Parent row</tbody>
<tbody>Multiple rows</tbody>
<tbody class="js-table-sections-header">Parent row</tbody>
<tbody>Multiple rows</tbody>
<tbody class="js-table-sections-header">Parent row</tbody>
<tbody>Multiple rows</tbody>
It works fine with static values.
However at this point, I want to use Vue and use a v-for for my list. But as there are 2 <tbody> elements, first, I can't use v-for directly, and secondly (as I can't wrap them in a <div> to obtain a single parent element) I can't create a component.
My question is: Is there a way to use as a non-affective element tag that I can wrap these multiple tbody elements into so I can for loop?
<template>
<non-affective-tag v-for="x in myList">
<tbody class="js-table-sections-header">One row</tbody>
<tbody>Multiple rows</tbody>
</non-affective-tag>
</template>
Here you can see the fiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/jeaxopwf/2/
And down below, you can see the example:
$('.js-table-sections-header').click(function() {
$(this).toggleClass('open');
})
.js-table-sections-header > tr {
cursor: pointer;
}
.js-table-sections-header > tr > td:first-child > i {
-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.15s ease-out;
transition: transform 0.15s ease-out;
}
.js-table-sections-header + tbody {
display: none;
}
.js-table-sections-header.open > tr {
background-color: #f9f9f9;
}
.js-table-sections-header.open > tr > td:first-child > i {
-webkit-transform: rotate(90deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(90deg);
transform: rotate(90deg);
}
.js-table-sections-header.open + tbody {
display: table-row-group;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table class="js-table-sections table table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th style="width: 30px;"></th>
<th>Name</th>
<th style="width: 15%;">Access</th>
<th class="hidden-xs" style="width: 15%;">Date</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="js-table-sections-header open">
<tr>
<td class="text-center">
<i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i>
</td>
<td class="font-w600">Sara Holland</td>
<td>
<span class="label label-danger">Disabled</span>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<em class="text-muted">June 7, 2015 12:16</em>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $92,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 19, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $54,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 16, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $84,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 26, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $24,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 27, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody class="js-table-sections-header" v-for="list in myList">
<tr>
<td class="text-center">
<i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i>
</td>
<td class="font-w600">Maya</td>
<td>
<span class="label label-danger">Disabled</span>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<em class="text-muted">June 7, 2015 12:16</em>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $82,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 19, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $24,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 16, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $34,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 26, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="text-center"></td>
<td class="font-w600 text-success">+ $29,00</td>
<td>
<small>Paypal</small>
</td>
<td class="hidden-xs">
<small class="text-muted">June 27, 2015 12:16</small>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
A:
You can use the template tag with v-for.
<template>
<template v-for="x in myList">
<tbody class="js-table-sections-header">One row</tbody>
<tbody>Multiple rows</tbody>
</template>
</template>
|
661 F.2d 913
Bellv.State of New Jersey
80-2109
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Third Circuit
7/29/81
1
D.N.J.
APPEAL DISMISSED
|
Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who was convicted of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks, critiqued the legacy of President Barack Obama just over a week after the former commander-in-chief made the controversial decision to commute her 2013 sentence.
And her analysis has drawn a swift rebuke from the current occupant of the White House, President Donald Trump.
Although Manning, her family and many supporters are undoubtedly grateful that Obama dramatically reduced her sentence from its initial 35 years to just a few more months, plus time served, the former Army private still suggested that the ex-president's penchant for compromise with his political foes hamstrung his administration.
"For eight years, it did not matter how balanced President Obama was. It did not matter how educated he was, or how intelligent he was. Nothing was ever good enough for his opponents," Manning wrote in The Guardian. "It was clear that he could not win. It was clear that, no matter what he did, in their eyes, he could not win."
Related: President Obama Grants 330 Commutations in Historic Final Act
"The one simple lesson to draw from President Obama’s legacy: do not start off with a compromise. They won’t meet you in the middle. Instead, what we need is an unapologetic progressive leader," she added.
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Early on Thursday morning, Trump lashed out at Manning on Twitter, writing: "Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible!"
Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2017
Ironically, Trump frequently called Obama "weak" (as well as a "disaster," "the worst president, maybe in the history our country" and "unfit to serve") both prior to and during his campaign to succeed him. Trump also routinely questioned Obama's intelligence, patriotism and, for several years, his citizenship.
Manning acknowledged that Obama left behind "hints of a progressive legacy," and she wrote earnestly of the hope and optimism she felt during both of his elections. But she also lamented the fact that too many of his achievements were fleeting and that, in some cases (like his response to the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando) she believes the president was too slow to speak up for marginalized and ostracized communities.
People hold signs calling for the release of imprisoned wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning while marching in a gay pride parade in San Francisco, California June 28, 2015. Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters
Her critical tone is a far cry from her past written pleas to the Obama administration for a pardon. After her initial attempt to be granted a reprieve was rejected three years ago, Manning admitted later her request had been "too soon" and "too much."
"I should have waited. I needed time to absorb the conviction, and to reflect on my actions. I also needed time to grow and mature as a person," she wrote.
Related: Chelsea Manning Again Attempts Suicide in Prison, Attorney Says
The decision to commute Manning's sentence was one of the more divisive moves President Obama made in his final days in office. Although the majority of the public approved of his historic number of commutations of non-violent drug offenders, his choice to spare Manning was met with more resistance, particularly among Republicans.
US President Barack Obama departs the Brady Press Briefing Room after his last press conference as president at the White House in Washington on Jan. 18, 2017. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
Obama defended his decision, which had been anticipated for some time, in his final press conference as president.
"Chelsea Manning has served a tough prison sentence, so the notion that the average person who was thinking about disclosing vital classified information would think that it goes unpunished, I don’t think would get that impression from the sentence that Chelsea Manning has served," he told reporters. "It has been my view that given she went to trial; that due process was carried out; that she took responsibility for her crime; that the sentence that she received was very disproportional — disproportionate relative to what other leakers had received; and that she had served a significant amount of time, that it made sense to commute and not pardon her sentence."
NBC News reached out to the Obama Foundation to see if the former president had any further comment or reaction to Manning's column in The Guardian, but has not heard back at this time.
Manning, who came out as transgender shortly after her sentencing, has made two suicide attempts in just the past year and gone on a hunger strike during her seven years in military prison. She has long sought what she considers proper treatment for the anxiety-producing condition, gender dysphoria.
She is set to be released from prison on May 17. |
Designer
Belinda Bennetts
Belinda Bennetts is a designer based in Sydney, Australia.
She is the title designer of films Black Robe (1991), Little Women (1994), Paradise Road (1997), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), and Charlotte Gray (2001), as well as TV series Wildside, The Alice, East West 101, and The Strip. She was also VFX Art Director on Moulin Rouge and Crowd TD on Happy Feet 2.
Belinda grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where she attended the Swinburne University of Technology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in graphic design. She moved to Sydney to find work in the film and television industry and began her career in the graphics department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
She has also taught motion graphics at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS), where one of her students was title designer Patrick Clair. |
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10 Tips to Keep the Ants Away
Summertime is notorious for ants and other bugs to come out of the woodworks and make their way into your home. Whether it's because of the sweltering heat or the pop up rain storms, ants like to find shelter where it's cool and dry and full of food. So you will typically find them in your kitchen carrying away crumbs. The best pest control company at the Lake of the Ozarks has 10 simple tips to help you keep these guys from taking over your home:
1. Use Caulk
Ants are tiny, so there are many ways they can get into your home. Try sealing your windows, doors and cracks with caulk to deter them from entering your home. Plus, sealing up your home can help save you money on your energy bills – so it’s a win-win!
2. Sprinkle Salt
If ants are making their way into your home, stop them by sprinkling a line across their path or entry point. They will not want to cross the salt line and be deterred from entering your home.
3. Use Citrus Peels & Cucumbers
Place either cucumbers or citrus peels in certain areas of your home, if you see lots of activity. These items are toxic to the type of fungi that ants feed on, so they will stay clear.
4. Clean with Vinegar
Cleaning surfaces in your home with a vinegar and water mixture is not only natural, it also can help deter ants. Ants supposedly do not like the smell of vinegar, and it removes the scent trails they use to get around.
5. Use Chalk or Baby Powder
Talcum Powder, an ingredient in both chalk and baby powder, is apparently a natural ant repellent. Chalk also contains calcium carbonate, which is also a natural deterrent. All you need to do is draw a line with either chalk or baby power across any entry points.
6. Use Peppermint Oil
Seeing ants on the counter? Clean it well, and then wipe them down with a clean damp cloth that has a few drops of essential peppermint oil on it. Just like the vinegar method, the ants do not like the smell of peppermint and will hopefully stay clear.
7. Use Coffee Grounds
Coffee grounds can be used around the outside of your house, as well as in your garden. If you know where they are getting in, be sure to sprinkle some in that area.
8. Spray Lemon Juice
Another method that is similar to the use of vinegar, is spraying lemon juice around the places that the ants are entering. Lemon juice can cover the scent trails that ants use to get around.
9. Try Bay Leaves
Are you seeing ants in your pantry? Get rid of them by placing bay leaves in the drawers, cabinets and containers where there are ants. There are other spices and herbs that you can use around the outside of your house, similar to the coffee ground method. Try sprinkling black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, cinnamon, mint or garlic around the foundation of your home.
If all else fails, call Best Pest Control. We can help you track down where the ants are entering your home and kick them out!
Get Rid of Ants and Pests
If you are tired of fighting the ants that are coming into your home, call Lake of the Ozarks’ best pest control company. Best Pest Control can help you get rid of pesky insects, like ants, and keep them from coming back. If you have an infestation, let us help you by calling 573-348-1600 today!
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Sometime around 2014, I got the sense that fans of the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, and Sixers were starting to develop a soft spot for the Philadelphia Union.
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And just like the Sixers, the Union are capable of losing a lot of games, whether they're trying to or not.
And Sunday's 2-0 loss to Orlando is the the type of game that gets coaches fired.
I don't know if Jim Curtin deserves that, because the truth is that this team really has overachieved in 2016, despite what we've seen in September and October. They came out and performed above expectations with a rag-tag combination of rookies, veterans, and reclamation projects. The club captain suffered a long-term setback in the winter and the best player on the team left in the middle of the season.
So, the results after 33 games are not surprising.
At the beginning of the year, we saw the Union as a team that might be able to reach 5th or 6th place in the east, and it appears that's exactly where they will finish.
Dennis Green wasn't talking about the Union, but his words ring applicable and true:
Striking, or lack thereof
It's now been two months since C.J. Sapong last scored a goal.
In the nine games since, he also has zero assists, 11 shots, and four shots on goal.
Here's visual proof -
Sapong started the season in great form and fitness, and it really looked like he was going to have a career year. Never before had he scored double-digit goals in MLS, and he reached seven with ten games left to play. It looked like Sapong would easily eclipse that mark and set a new personal best with 10, 11, or even 12 goals this season.
Instead, he might finish in one of the worst slumps in franchise history.
For comparison, here's how Sapong stacks up against some of the other strikers in the eastern conference:
The numbers speak for themselves. Patrick Mullins has done more in 1,048 minutes for D.C. United than Sapong has done in 2,521 minutes for the Union. The star power of Villa and Giovinco is what it is, and Bradley Wright-Phillips is a proper forward on a better team.
Obviously, Sapong can't be blamed for everything. He's a target forward and he's often stuck on an island at the top of the 4-2-3-1. This team really is built to score goals from the midfield, and you've seen that from the likes of Chris Pontius and Roland Alberg. Sapong needs service to score, because he isn't a guy who can turn, run at a defender, and create his own shot.
If you look at the teams atop the east, they all have one thing in common, and that's a star striker in the starting lineup. Sapong is a nice player, and he's done some great things in Philadelphia, but he just isn't the guy to take this team to the next level.
Hit the diagonals
Orlando came out playing an experimental 4-2-2-2 on Sunday, which you might remember as the “empty bucket” shape that Peter Nowak had success with in the early part of the 2011 season.
On paper, Cyle Larin was paired up top with Carlos Rivas, with Kaka on the left and Matias Perez-Garcia on the right.
About 20 minutes in, the shape started to sag a bit, and Kaka got bored on the left flank and started moving inside.
If you were at the game, you may have noticed Larin speaking with the Orlando bench, gesturing towards the line and asking for instructions. That's the result of Kaka moving inside and displacing Larin, who wisely saw the space on the left and went over to the cover, even though he wasn't really interested in playing out there.
The Union didn't take advantage of those early gaps in the Orlando shape, squatting on the ball instead of trying to hit that switch to Keegan Rosenberry, who had acres of space on the right.
This scenario was particularly infuriating, with Alejandro Bedoya lingering in possession instead of trying the diagonal, which would have sprung an attack up the flank.
Curtin spoke midweek about Bedoya's rib injury, and the pain he felt when trying longer passes, so maybe that had something to do with this. Vince Nogueira would have hit that diagonal in about two seconds and tried to get Rosenberry more involved. These are two different players with two different skill-sets, so maybe it's not fair to bring up Nogueira here, but they really could have used a field-switching ball and some urgency from Bedoya or Carroll in this game.
• GRADES •
Starting XI
It had been 29 days since Sapong's last shot on goal, and he managed to put two on target in this game, so at least that's something positive to look at. He also received zero calls from Ricardo Salazar despite being on the receiving end of multiple, clear-cut fouls.
If Ilsinho is healthy, he needs to start on the right side. I know Herbers has been pretty good in the last five or six games, but Ilsinho is the better player overall. Maybe you could even get both on the field at the same time.
Tranquillo Barnetta: C-
He hasn't seemed like himself in the last couple of games.
In this one, he took two shots from outside the box, then missed on a free header from right around the six yard box, which really isn't his type of play anyway. Barnetta hit a couple of decent dead balls, but there was one short corner that didn't even make it into the box. The next corner was curled out of play for a goal kick.
They need him to do what he was doing earlier in the season, which is demanding the ball, running at opponents, and drawing fouls.
Chris Pontius: C
He had the close-range header that Joe Bendik did well to keep out, and that was his only shot of the game. Again, just not enough touches for Pontius, who is the team's leading scorer. He came off in the second half and motioned to his hamstring while speaking with members of the training staff.
Alejandro Bedoya: F
Two horrendous turnovers in the first half, then a poor touch in the second that almost turned into a third counter for Orlando.
He looked slow, indecisive, and completely out of sorts, which makes me wonder if the injury was worse than we originally thought. Defensively, he did log a couple of interceptions and win a few tackles, two I think which came off his own turnovers. You just need more from your record signing in these types of games.
Either way, credit to Bedoya for addressing his performance on Twitter.
Brian Carroll: C
Mostly quiet and effective, he's not the reason they lost the game.
Fabinho: D
Defensively, he did pretty well against the tricky combination of Matias Perez-Garcia and Rafael Ramos. The Union also turned two of his crosses into scoring chances, though they were admittedly low-percentage efforts. Fabinho still gets too much loft and backspin on his service.
The ghastly error is what it is. Even with the miscommunication between him and Rosenberry, that ball should have been safely knocked back to Andre Blake.
Richie Marquez: C+
I thought he played a nice game, highlighted by a big block in front of goal that probably kept the game scoreless. He took a bad yellow card in the first half, but did good job of keeping Cyle Larin quiet.
Marquez obviously deserves blame for the second goal, with a header that gets deflected right into the path of Julio Baptista. I can't put too much stock into conceding a 95th minute goal on that type of play when your front six has basically rolled over and died.
Ken Tribbett: B+
On a horrendous day for everybody else, Ken Tribbett had a pretty good performance. He went 3/4 in tackle attempts, added one block, four clearances inside the box, and nine interceptions. Maybe we're looking at his performance differently if that carom off his foot goes into his own net instead of coming off the post. And the early slip did allow Rivas a chance inside the box.
Otherwise, he pretty much handled everything that came his way.
Keegan Rosenberry: C
On the game-winning goal, I think he's probably right in motioning for Fabinho to play the ball. In those cases, it's probably just easier for Fabinho to knock it backwards, instead of Rosenberry leaving his deeper position to try to take the ball diagonally into space. Rosenberry is the emergency guy, and he's sitting in the deepest position.
There were some ups and downs in this game for Rosenberry. He had a couple of key passes and a nice tackle on Kaka in the second half. It feels like the long haul of the season is wearing on him a bit, because he hasn't seemed as sharp as he was back in the spring and summer.
Andre Blake: B+
Enjoy it while it lasts. Blake's value will not get any higher, and I think he gets sold this winter.
Substitutes
68' Ilsinho: B+
A spark off the bench when the Union offense was mired in quicksand. If he's healthy, he needs to start next week.
71' Roland Alberg: C
One dangerous shot attempt for Alberg, which didn't come until the 97th minute with the game completely out of reach.
80' Charlie Davies: N/A
Zero shots, zero passes, zero touches in nine minutes off the bench.
Referee – Ricardo Salazar: C
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Alan Power doesn't plan on putting his tennis rackets or golf clubs down any time soon.
The 64-year-old from Waikanae was born with a congenital heart condition, complicated by rheumatic fever when he was nine.
Then in 1974, he suffered an infection after a visit to the dentist and had to have his aortic valve replaced.
Twenty years later, his heart completely failed and he had a transplant in 2003. "I didn't want a transplant, and held off as long as I could until my health was so bad I had a few weeks to live," he says. "I was New Zealand's 147th heart transplant."
It was while in recovery at "Hearty Towers" - the rehabilitation unit for transplant patients at Auckland's Green Lane Hospital - that he saw a notice advertising the World Transplant Games, a kind of Olympics for people who have undergone a lifesaving organ transplant.
"I've always played sport, and I always wanted to represent my country at sport, so this was a great opportunity to achieve that goal."
He had taken up golf and tennis after being forced to stop playing rugby in his 20s due to his poor health.
To date, he's attended five World Transplant Games with those sports, in Canada, Thailand, Australia, Sweden and South Africa, as well as two Australian Transplant Games, taking away a swag of medals.
He is heading to Melbourne in September, and has Argentina in his sights for next year's world games.
"I'm just living a normal life as far as I'm concerned, and I plan to continue to remain active and live a full life," he says. "I think everyone should do that, not just people who have transplants."
IT WAS through tennis that Power's doubles partner, Ian Patterson, discovered he had cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle.
He was in his late 20s, playing competitively, when he started feeling tired all the time.
The 54-year-old Auckland sales manager took a fitness test and was told something was wrong with his heart.
"I had a virus that slowly ate away at the heart, and it ended up that half of my heart wasn't working," he says. "At the start I didn't know how bad it was, so I carried on. It got worse and worse so I thought I should take up something less strenuous, so I started playing a lot of golf.
"By the end, I couldn't even walk around a golf course."
After being on a transplant list for nine months, he finally had the operation in 2002 - one of only six heart transplants that year.
"I was very weak and very sick by the time of my transplant - I never dreamed I'd ever play tennis again, let alone learning about the Transplant Games."
His wife had read about a man who had taken part in the games and put Patterson in touch with him.
After a rough couple of years following the transplant - he nearly died from pneumonia - Patterson was finally fit enough to attend the 2006 Australian games, where he took away gold medals in tennis, singles and doubles.
He has since competed in two more games, and this year completed the Oxfam Trailwalker challenge in Taupo, walking 100 kilometres in 26 hours.
"I owe a lot to my donor family, and it was a way for me to do something to prove myself," Patterson says.
"The donor family's expectation is for the [recipient] to live life to the full. All I can do is make sure I look after myself, my health and the heart they've given me."
AFTER getting her new heart 10 years ago, Sacha Wettenhall has never looked back.
The 28-year-old was born with a hole in her heart, and at 15 suffered a virus that put her in a coma for two weeks.
She came out of hospital and was put on "a whole heap" of medication.
"They said, you'll be right, that should last you for about 10 years, then we'll look at having a transplant," she says. "Within a year I was back in hospital again."
Wettenhall was flown from where she was then living in Balfour, Southland, to Auckland Hospital, and given a heart as soon as one became available.
In 2009, she heard about the World Transplant Games, that year held in Broadbeach, Australia.
"I didn't have a heap of money at the time but I managed to scrape enough together to give it a go," she says.
"I've been to every games since."
While her specialty is tennis, she has also competed in table tennis, bowling and volleyball, which has taken her to Sweden and South Africa.
"If I hadn't had the transplant I wouldn't have done the travelling, so there is an upside to everything, I suppose," she says.
ROSS FORRESTER wants to show his daughter there is still a life to be lived after a heart transplant.
The Aucklander suffered from a congenital heart disease which caused his heart to start dying when he was 58.
His 33-year-old daughter now has the same disease.
"One day she will end up like me, with a transplant," he says. "I live a full life so she can see there's life for her as well."
Now 65, Forrester had his transplant in 2009. "At one stage I went in for a couple of tests and they said, we need to talk seriously about transplants. A month later, I had one."
He credits golf with bringing it back to life. "I've always played golf," he says.
"It's my reason for living, really. My objective from day one was to get back playing.
"For the first three months they said I wasn't allowed to swing a golf club because I'd just been chopped down my chest.
"On the 12th week, I was back out on my front lawn gently swinging."
He attended his first World Transplant Games, in Sweden, in 2011, and got a bronze medal in golf, while also giving darts and table tennis a go.
People tend to think heart-transplant patients are wrapped up in cottonwool, he says.
"But most of us are out living and doing things. I still wake up in the morning and pinch myself some days. I'm really lucky." |
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HEHER, J. The action is in tort for negligence. Plaintiff was a member of the New Jersey State Guard. On December 15th, 1941, pursuant to an order of mobilization issued by the Governor, he was ordered to appear at the Asbury Park armory for induction into active service. At the armory he was advised that he had been assigned to guard bridges at Perth Amboy. Two buses of the defendant corporation had been engaged for the transportation of guard members to their respective posts of duty. Plaintiff and thirty-six of his fellow service-men were directed to board one of the buses. He, with two others, took the rear seat. The bus operator was an employee of the defendant corporation. He drove the bus along Route No. 34 in the direction of Perth Amboy. As the vehicle proceeded over the Colts Neck Road intersection, plaintiff and his companions on the rear seat were pitched upward; their heads came in contact with the roof of the bus, and they fell forward to the floor. Plaintiff suffered physical injury.
There was evidence that, before the bus left the armory, the "chief inspector" of the defendant corporation informed the operator that "the bus had been turned over to the New Jersey State Guard," and that he should "take his orders
from Captain Pach," who was in charge of the contingent; that the latter "directed the route to be taken;" and that as the vehicle proceeded along the highway, before the intersection in question was reached, Pach "directed the driver to increase the speed of the bus because he was under the necessity of getting to Perth Amboy with the troop and equipment as soon after dark as possible." And the agreed state of the case discloses that, at the close of the evidence, defendant "moved for a judgment in its favor" upon the grounds that (1) "at the time of the accident," the bus operator "was not an agent or servant, or under the control of the defendant," and (2) "no negligence had been shown;" and that, after argument, the court rendered judgment for defendant.
The first point would seem to be without substance. Even though the bus operator was subject to the direction of the military unit's commanding officer as to time of departure, route, and destination, he was still the servant and agent of the defendant corporation in the general management and control of the vehicle, and, under the doctrine of respondeat superior, the employer was liable for his negligence in the performance of the service. There is no tangible basis in the evidence for a finding that the operator was under the direction and control of the military commander as regards the operation of the vehicle, except in the particulars mentioned. The determinative question is whether the employer had surrendered the exclusive control and direction of the servant, and, on the proofs presented by the state of the case, this inquiry must be answered in the negative. In the management of the bus, the operator was engaged in his master's business. In rendering obedience to such directions as were given him on the journey by the company commander, he was performing the duties of his general employment, and therefore represented the master and not the military officer, or the latter's principal, and so his negligence is imputable to the master under the doctrine of respondeat superior. N.Y., L.E. and W. Railroad Co. v. Steinbrenner, 47 N.J.L. 161; Courtinard v. Gray Burial and Cremation Co., 98 Id. 493. The control of the vehicle remained with the general owner, although the route was determined by the company
commander. Authority to direct the course of a third person's servant does not prevent his remaining the servant of the third person. New Orleans-Belize Royal Mail, &c ., S.S. Co. v. United States, 239 U.S. 202; 36 S. Ct. 76; 60 L. Ed. 227. See, also, Hooper v. Brawner, 148 Md. 417; 129 A. 672; 42 A.L.R. 1437. In such an inquiry a distinction is to be made "between authoritative direction and control, and mere suggestion as to details or the necessary co-operation, where the work furnished is part of a larger undertaking. * * * The simplest case, and that which was earliest decided, was where horses and a driver were furnished by a liveryman. In such cases the hirer, though he suggests the course of the journey, and, in a certain sense, directs it, still does not become the master of the driver, and responsible for his negligence, unless he specifically directs or brings about the negligent act. Though even in such cases, if the exclusive control over the driver be in the hirer, he may be responsible as master." Standard OilCo. v. Anderson, 212 U.S. 215; 29 S. Ct. 252; 53 L. Ed. 480. See, also, Hussey v. Franey, 205 Mass. 413; 91 N.E. Rep. 391; Driscoll v. Towle, 181 Mass. 416; 63 N.E. Rep. 922. It is not reasonably inferable from the evidence, as it is shown by the state of the case, that the troop commander, by any act of his, assumed the master's status, and thus made the operator's alleged wrongdoing his own.
And even though the evidence revealed by the state of the case were fairly capable of discrepant inferences as to whether, in the rendition of the service which resulted in injury to plaintiff, the bus operator was pro hac vice the servant of the third person, we should be obliged to assume, for reasons to be presently stated, that the issue of fact was resolved in defendant's favor.
Whether the operator of the vehicle used the requisite degree of care for the safety of his passengers, i.e., care commensurate with the risk of danger within the realm of reasonable prevision, was a mixed question of law and fact; and, on the record made, we must regard the issue of negligence as having been decided adversely to plaintiff. In determining whether there has been error in the judgment in
matter of law under R.S. 1937, 2:27-358, there is a presumption of findings of fact in favor of the prevailing party, even though not expressed in terms. Smith v. Cruse, 101 N.J.L. 82; Pollack v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Co., 116 Id. 28. The evidence here was not conclusive of a breach of the duty owing to the plaintiff passenger. It was in sharp conflict as to the rate of speed; and reasonable minds might well entertain different views as to whether, under all the circumstances, the bus operator exercised the degree of care commensurate with the risk of danger. Such is the measure of the "high degree" of care which the law places upon the common carrier. New Jersey Fidelity, &c ., Insurance Co. v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., 92 Id. 467; Rhodehouse v. Director General, 95 Id. 355; Spalt v. Eaton, 118 Id. 327; affirmed, 119 Id. 343; Weidenmueller v. Public Service, &c ., Trans. Co., 129 Id. 279. The operator testified that, as he approached the intersection, he reduced the speed of the vehicle to "about twenty-five miles per hour;" and it cannot be said that, in the circumstances, this established negligence as a matter of law. While there was evidence of a greater rate of speed, the resolution of the issue was the province of the trier of the facts. The road construction may have been deemed the primary factor. It is fundamental in the District Court Act that findings of fact on conflicting evidence, or on uncontroverted evidence reasonably susceptible of divergent inferences, are conclusive on error. R.S. 1937, 2:32-202.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.
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