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Links to Textures of Modernity Prehistory A) impersonal: Media-History, Metahistory (Disambiguation) 1. add. Links to R. Descartes, Cartesian Linguistics: English Reformation (Category) & sovereignty e.g. Pilgrimage of Grace, see also German version. 2. Kant rational state (National state): history of diplomacy, e.g. King of Na gold seal (Japan/China), the rational state and the development of nuclear energy: Manhattan project | WIKI |
Womb (disambiguation)
The womb is a major female hormone-responsive reproductive sex organ of most mammals.
Womb may also refer to:
* Womb (nightclub), in Tokyo, Japan
* Womb (film)
* Womb (album), a 2020 album by Purity Ring
* Womb, a cultivar of Karuka
* Wombs (manga), a Japanese series by Yumiko Shirai
* "Womb", a song by Apparatus from Apparatus
* "Womb", a song by Melanie Martinez from Portals | WIKI |
-- EU Lawyers Say ECB Oversight Requires Rethink of EBA Mediation
European Union lawyers called for a
reexamination of draft rules for the European Banking Authority
in light of plans to give the European Central Bank oversight
over euro-area lenders. EU plans unveiled in September to hand supervision powers
to the ECB need to be reviewed to ensure the Frankfurt-based
central bank doesn’t have privileged status at the EBA,
according to the legal opinion, prepared by the legal service of
the EU’s Council of Ministers and obtained by Bloomberg News . “Differences in treatment between the ECB and the national
competent authorities of non-euro-zone member states are not
justifiable,” according to the document, dated Oct. 9. The
provisions in the draft law “should be reexamined so as to
ensure equal treatment of all credit institutions concerned.” The legal service’s opinion adds to calls from nations
including Sweden and the U.K. to rethink how the supervisory
plans will affect the EBA. The concerns center on legal rules
that would give the EBA the power to give binding instructions
to national supervisors, while being unable to do the same for
the ECB. Anders Borg, Sweden’s finance minister, has described the
plans as “unacceptable.” The legal service endorsed proposals to create a
supervisory board within the ECB on condition that the final
decision-making power of the central bank’s Governing Council
remains unaffected. Non-euro nations could also participate on
the board on this basis. The supervision laws should also “clearly” set out how
the ECB would collaborate with national regulators, according to
the document. To contact the reporter on this story:
Jim Brunsden in Brussels at
jbrunsden@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Anthony Aarons at
aaarons@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
The 5 most inspiring reasons to watch CNN Heroes: An All Starr tribute – Anderson Cooper 360 - CNN.com Blogs
1) Fans of soccer – or make that football outside of the U.S – will be moved by Oscar nominated filmmaker and CNN Inside Man host Morgan Spurlock as he relates the gift that 2014 CNN Hero Jon Burns brings to thousands of children across the globe through his non-profit, Lionsraw. 2) The words When you hit the ground, you find your wings… from the song Prizefighter take on special significance during three-time Grammy Award-winning country music artist Trisha Yearwood's dynamic performance. Watch for a compilation of stirring images. 3) Sometimes laughter is the best medicine, and renowned actor/playwright John Leguizamo (Fugly) will captivate viewers through humor as he introduces the story of CNN Hero Juan Pablo Romero Fuentes and his success in savings at-risk children through his non-profit organization Los Patojos (the Little Ones). 4) Proving that people of all ages can truly make a difference, actor and recording star Nick Jonas – who was joined by Quvenzhan Wallis, star of the highly anticipated musical film Annie, actor and recording star Nick Jonas and The Walking Dead star Tyler James Williams – reveals a 2014 Young Wonder and a special story. 5) In a showstopping moment, CNN 2014 Hero Arthur Bloom and the MusiCorps Wounded Warrior band with lead vocalist, Tim Donley, join Grammy winning singer Sheryl Crow for an indelible rendition of A Wide River to Cross. You must be logged in to post a comment. Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Tune in weeknights at 8 and 10 ET on CNN. Questions or comments? Send an email Want to know more? Go behind the scenes with AC361° | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use utf8; use Test::More; use Encode qw( encode_utf8 ); my $CRLF = "\x0d\x0a"; # because \r\n isn't portable my @textmessages; my @quitmessages; my $serverstream; my $irc = TestIRC->new; sub write_irc { my $line = $_[0]; $irc->on_read( $line ); length $line == 0 or die '$irc failed to read all of the line'; } my $helloworld = "مرحبا العالم"; # Hello World in Arabic, according to Google translate my $octets = encode_utf8( $helloworld ); write_irc( ':Someone!theiruser@their.host PRIVMSG #arabic :' . $octets . $CRLF ); my ( $msg, $hints ) = @{ shift @textmessages }; is( $msg->command, "PRIVMSG", '$msg->command for PRIVMSG with encoding' ); is( $msg->prefix, 'Someone!theiruser@their.host', '$msg->prefix for PRIVMSG with encoding' ); is_deeply( $hints, { synthesized => 1, prefix_nick => "Someone", prefix_nick_folded => "someone", prefix_user => "theiruser", prefix_host => "their.host", prefix_name => "Someone", prefix_name_folded => "someone", prefix_is_me => '', target_name => "#arabic", target_name_folded => "#arabic", target_is_me => '', target_type => "channel", is_notice => 0, restriction => '', text => "مرحبا العالم", handled => 1 }, '$hints for PRIVMSG with encoding' ); $serverstream = ""; $irc->send_message( "PRIVMSG", undef, "#arabic", "مرحبا العالم" ); is( $serverstream, "PRIVMSG #arabic :$octets$CRLF", "Server stream after sending PRIVMSG with encoding" ); write_irc( ':Someone!theiruser@their.host QUIT :' . $octets . $CRLF ); ( $msg, $hints ) = @{ shift @quitmessages }; is( $msg->command, "QUIT", '$msg->command for QUIT with encoding' ); is( $hints->{text}, "مرحبا العالم", '$hints->{text} for QUIT with encoding' ); done_testing; package TestIRC; use base qw( Protocol::IRC ); sub new { return bless [], shift } sub write { $serverstream .= $_[1] } use constant encoder => Encode::find_encoding("UTF-8"); my %isupport; BEGIN { %isupport = ( CHANTYPES => "#&", channame_re => qr/^[#&]/, PREFIX => "(ohv)@%+", prefix_modes => 'ohv', prefix_flags => '@%+', prefixflag_re => qr/^[@%+]/, prefix_map_m2f => { 'o' => '@', 'h' => '%', 'v' => '+' }, prefix_map_f2m => { '@' => 'o', '%' => 'h', '+' => 'v' }, ); } sub isupport { return $isupport{$_[1]} } sub nick { return "MyNick" } sub on_message_text { push @textmessages, [ $_[1], $_[2] ] } sub on_message_QUIT { push @quitmessages, [ $_[1], $_[2] ] } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-01-30/Recent research
A monthly overview of recent academic research about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, edited jointly with the Wikimedia Research Committee and republished as the Wikimedia Research Newsletter.
Admins influence the language of non-admins
An Arxiv preprint titled "Echoes of power: Language effects and power differences in social interaction" looks at the language used by Wikipedia editors. The authors look at how conversational language can be used to understand power relationships. The research analyzes how much one adapts their language to the language of others involved in a discussion (the process of language coordination). The findings indicate that the more such adoption occurs, the more deferential one is. The authors find that editors on Wikipedia tend to coordinate (language-wise) more with the administrators than with non-administrators. Further, the study suggests that one's ability to coordinate language has an impact on one's chances to become an administrator: the admin-candidates who do more language coordination have a higher chance of becoming an administrator than those who don't change their language. Once a person is elected an administrator, they tend to coordinate less.
A blog post on the website of Technology Review summarized the results using the headline "Algorithm Measures Human Pecking Order" and highlighted the fact that one of the authors is Jon Kleinberg, known as inventor of the HITS algorithm (also known as "hubs and authorities").
Can Wikipedia replace commercial biography databases?
An article by a librarian and professor at California State University, East Bay offers a comparison of "biographical content for literary authors writing in English" between Wikipedia, "the web" (i.e. top Google search results) and two commercial databases: the Biography Reference Bank (BRB, now part of EBSCO Industries) and Contemporary Authors Online, motivated by the decision of the author's institution to cancel its subscription to the latter database (CAO) during a budget crisis in 2008–2009, which among other reasons had been accompanied by "a comment that this information is 'on the web'".
The paper starts out with a literature review on the reliability of Wikipedia and then describes how the author compiled a list of 500 authors (mostly from the US and UK) by "examining curricula and textbooks from English literature courses across the USA" and soliciting additional suggestions from peers. These names were then searched on BRB, CAO (as part of the Literature Resource Center), Wikipedia and Google.
Regarding breadth of coverage, only six of the 500 names were "absent" on Wikipedia (meaning that they had "no entry of their own or reference in any other entry"), compared to 14 for CAO, and 50 for the Biography Reference Bank.
While the study does not seem to have attempted a systematic comparison of factual accuracy, it observes that Wikipedia "entries are less uniform than those in commercial databases. The biographical information ranges from extensive to perfunctory."
The author remarks favorably on Wikipedia's searchability:
* "The databases and Wikipedia deal better than the Web with variant names, pseudonyms, and names that apply to multiple people. Cross-referencing is very good. [...] Wikipedia searching is very easy.There were even cases where it was easier to search Wikipedia than the databases. [...] Wikipedia also 'disambiguates' names and offers quick descriptions to enable the searcher to find the correct individual."
A large part of the comparison consists of examining each resource's production process. Wikipedians may find parallels to their policies on biographies of living people, self-published sources and notability in the description for the Biography Reference Bank:
* ''"Current Biography [the main content source of BRB] articles rely on secondary sources, but Wilson [the then publisher] has occasionally spoken directly with subjects or their proxies. Upon publication, many articles have been sent to subjects for review before being updated for the print annual and the databases. If subjects raise objections, misinformation is corrected, but not matters of public record. Adjustments may be made for privacy, for example omitting the specific names of children.
* ''"To be included in World Authors [another source of BRB], authors must have published more than one critically acclaimed book. [...]"
* ''"For autobiographies, Wilson attempted to contact subjects in Junior Authors and World Authors for a statement, but not subjects in Current Biography. [... An example offered by a Wilson employee:] For some reason, Jennie Tourel, a Russian-American opera singer, often provided false information, but, according to the Wilson biography, “passports and other documents that surfaced soon after her death helped to correct some of these inaccuracies'".
In the conclusion, the author answers the initial question by recommending that her employer "re-subscribe to a commercial biographical database" if the budget would permit it again, because "Commercial databases provide a foundation with authoritative core content authenticated prior to publication and integrated with the fabric of information in the library’s holdings. They are easy to search and reliable, although they cannot be as current as Wikipedia or the Web because of their authentication processes. Wikipedia become [sic] more impressive as searching proceeded. The focus may be on verifiability rather than authority and there may be challenges in securing contributors, but the current contributors provide citations and often include unique information." All in all she seems to favor Wikipedia and the two databases over "The web" (Google results) which "may have plenty of dross and be less reliable, harder to search, and focused on commercialism, but there are gold nuggets." She worries: "What will happen if contributors to Wikipedia and the web have no authoritative databases to use as sources?"
Students predict connections between Wikipedians
Among the student projects in a class on "Computational Analysis of Social Processes" at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, three analyzed social networks of Wikipedia editors:
* The write-up for a project titled "Interaction vs. Homophily in Wikipedia Administrator Selection" provides an analysis of factors related to one's participation (or lack thereof) in the Request for Adminship discussions. It confirms previous findings that many participants are drawn to the discussions by their personal contacts and experiences with others. The paper tries to analyze the impact of direct past interaction versus homophily (roughly defined as shared interests). The findings suggest that homophily plays a much smaller role compared to past interactions. Overall, it appears that administrators are often elected (or opposed) not by the community at large, but by a group of their closest peers. To quote from the conclusion of the paper: "This raises questions about the robustness of Wikipedia's administrator selection process which is then comprised of a very small interaction-selected group of editors."
* Another project write-up titled "Link Prediction Analysis in the Wikipedia Collaboration Graph" tested various models to predict the strength of the connection between two Wikipedia editors in a "dynamic collaboration graph" that measures, at a given point in time, how often they recently edited the same page, with more recent edits weighing stronger.
* A third student paper titled "Link prediction on a Wikipedia dataset based on triadic closure" likewise tested various models on a similar graph consisting of Wikipedia users as vertices, regarding the closure of triangles (i.e. if user A is connected with B, and B with C, is A connected with C as well?). Among the conclusions is that such "triadic closure, while still occurring in Wikipedia, is happening at a slower pace now than before–likely due to the influx of less active editors".
Language analysis finds Wikipedia's political bias moving from left to right
A study presented earlier this month at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association which is to appear in The American Economic Review sets out to test whether the English Wikipedia is truly neutral, by measuring bias within a sample of 28,000 entries about US political topics, examined over a decade. The bias is identified through detecting the use of language specific to one side of the American political scene (Democrats or Republicans). To quote from the article: "In brief, we ask whether a given Wikipedia article uses phrases favored more by Republican members or by Democratic members of Congress" (in the text of the 2005 Congressional Record, using a method developed in an earlier paper by Gentzkow and Shapiro who applied it to newspapers). The authors identified, as of January 2011, 70,668 articles related to US politics, about 40% of which had a statistically significant bias. They find that Wikipedia articles are often biased upon creation, and that this bias rarely changes. Early on in Wikipedia's history, most had a pro-Democratic bias, and while "by the last date, Wikipedia's articles appear to be centered close to a middle point on average", this is simply an effect of a larger amount of new pro-Republican articles than due to the existing ones having been rewritten neutrally.
While the authors made efforts to exclude articles not pertinent to US politics (requiring the terms "United States" or "America" to appear at least three times in the article text), the sample also includes the clearly international article Iraq War. And in what Wikipedians may call out as systemic bias, the authors never question their assumption that for an international encyclopedia, a lack of bias would be indicated by the replication of the spectrum of opinions present in the US Congress. As early as 2006, Jimmy Wales objected to such notions with respect to the community of contributors: "If averages mattered, and due to the nature of the wiki software (no voting) they almost certainly don't, I would say that the Wikipedia community is slightly more liberal than the U.S. population on average, because we are global and the international community of English speakers is slightly more liberal than the U.S. population. ... The idea that neutrality can only be achieved if we have some exact demographic matchup to [the] United States of America is preposterous." Nevertheless, even if one turns the study on its head and reads it as a statement on average American political opinion compared to the rest of the world as reflected in the English Wikipedia, its results remain remarkable.
Briefly
* Calls for papers have appeared this month for
* WikiSym 2012, the eighth instance of this annual research conference on wikis and open collaboration
* Wikimania 2012, the eighth annual global conference of Wikimedians
* Wikipedia Academy: Research and Free Knowledge, a conference organized by Wikimedia Germany
* "Academic research into Wikipedia: Beyond English Wikipedia and towards comparative perspectives", an upcoming issue of the e-journal Digithum
* New effort at comprehensive wiki research literature database: Wikipedian emijrp has announced the launch of WikiPapers, a Semantic MediaWiki-based wiki dedicated to the "compilation of resources (conference papers, journal articles, theses, books, datasets and tools) focused on the research of wikis". The task of creating such a database has seen several efforts before and its difficulties were explored in a well-attended workshop at last year's WikiSym conference (see the October issue of this newsletter). Researcher Finn Årup Nielsen (who last year published an overview of such literature, mentioning well over 1000 publications) pointed out the possibility of exchanging content between the new wiki, the existing (likewise Semantic MediaWiki-based) Acawiki and his own Brede Wiki.
* Review of Good Faith Collaboration: Sociological journal The Information Society reviewed Joseph Reagle's 2010 book Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia (which was recently released online under a Creative Commons license), praising it as "an accurate account of this sociocultural and sociotechnological phenomenon that Wikipedia is". The reviewer calls Wikipedia a "virtual tool and reference jim-dandy [which] is another flashpoint in our path of social anxieties" and holds that "nobody can think of a true rival [of Wikipedia] in this knowledge contest. The sins are there: lightness, temporary reliability, questionable scholarly approaches, sometimes oversimplification, sometimes data excess; however, these are venial sins and easily absolved." Somewhat cryptically, he observes that "the European Union is trying to adapt this part of Western academia to the global university system (though inevitably Anglo-American inspired)". He commends the book as an "accessible analysis [which] makes it clear that Wikipedia is not wasted knowledge; it is human thirst for knowledge and we are simply gathering scattered pieces". Gentle criticism includes that "though [...] inaccuracies are stated, two other important worries — that it is not financially sustainable, and that Wikipedia has lost touch with its founding ideal—are not as openly dealt with".
* Predicting categories from links: In a paper titled "Using Network Structure to Learn Category Classification in Wikipedia" (the write-up of a class project for an Autumn 2011 Stanford course titled "Social and Information Network Analysis"), three students describe the construction of a classifier algorithm that tries to predict from an article's ingoing and outgoing wikilinks whether it is a member of the Category:American actors – "We chose this particular category because it is one of the largest on Wikipedia (almost 25,000 pages)".
* Wikipedia vs. library catalogue: An article in Library and Information Research titled "Searching where for what: A comparison of use of the library catalogue, Google and Wikipedia" analyzed search queries from users of Google (using Hitwise data) and Wikipedia, and a state library in Australia, unsurprisingly finding that the library catalogue is used much less frequently than the former two, but positing that the "fact that popular culture queries accounted for [a very] substantial proportion of Google and Wikipedia queries and almost no [library] catalogue queries indicates that, indeed, people do turn to different information resources for different subjects."
* "Lexical clues" predict article quality: A paper was presented at the 3rd Symposium on Web Society (SWS) last October which sought to predict article quality based on eight different ratios derived from counting the number of sentences, words, diverse words, nouns, verbs, diverse nouns, diverse verbs and copulas in the article text. They trained a decision tree on a sample of 200 start-class and 200 featured articles (truncating each of the latter to 800 to 1000 words to arrive at a typical start-class article length) and then tested it on a different sample of 100 start-class and 100 featured articles, achieving precision and recall of more than 83% each. | WIKI |
Seth Klarman Pares PBF Energy Inc.
Seth Klarman ( Trades , Portfolio ), head of Boston-based hedge fund Baupost Group, sliced 4.8 million shares from his holding of PBF Energy ( PBF ) on Nov. 30, making it his most significant sale since starting the position in the third quarter of 2013.
Klarman's sale reduces the holding by 30.5% to 10,924,175 shares from 15,724,175 shares. Those shares represent a 9.93% ownership stake.
The investor, author of the cult classic book "Margin of Safety," sold near a one-year high price. Divesting at $31.70 per share, he made a profit from his average buy price of around $25. Klarman has previously sold shares only when the price averaged around $32, which happened in the first quarter of 2016.
Around 23.7% of Klarman's long stock portfolio, valued at $7.99 billion, is invested in the hard-hit energy sector, his largest. Down 8.86% year to date and the only losing sector of the year, energy meets his criteria for out-of-favor investments.
"We pursue opportunity largely off the beaten path, sifting through the debris of financial wreckage, out-of-favor securities and asset classes in which there is limited competition," he said in a 2012 investor letter. "We specialize in the highly complex while mostly avoiding plain vanilla, which is typically more fully priced."
PFB Energy operates oil refineries that produce unbranded transportation fuels, heating oil, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants and petroleum products. In the third quarter, the company posted net income of $347.2 million or $2.85 per share, compared to $56 million, or 43 cents per share, in the previous third quarter.
Positive results flowed from record refining system throughput of 850,000 barrels per day as all five of its assets operated for nearly a full quarter for the first time since it acquired two of them.
PBF Energy chairman and CEO Tom Nimbley called the macroeconomic picture "positive for refiners heading into year-end and beyond 2018."
"We have strong global demand and economic growth, and inventory levels that have come down to more rational historic averages," he said in a statement.
The company also said it faces headwinds from the Renewable Fuel Standard Program, created by Congress in 2005 to cut greenhouse gas emissions and grow the renewable fuels sector while attenuating reliance on fossil fuels. It requires a certain amount of ethanol to be mixed with fossil fuel, and the rates increase each year through 2022.
Under the rule, refineries must buy and sell a quota of credits for each gallon of biofuel, which some say hurts smaller refiners.
In a third-quarter conference call, Nimbley called the corn lobby's "high-pressure tactics" in Washington, D.C., "extortion" and "blackmail," and aimed at "sustaining policies that are harmful toward the American workers and consumers."
"Importantly, this issue is far from settled," Nimbley said.
On Dec. 7, nine U.S. senators met with the Trump administration in support of refiners in their districts. After the meeting, the senators released a joint statement saying that they hoped to "find a win-win solution."
PBF shares have gained 18% year to date, touching $32.90 at close.
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David Martin
David or Dave Martin may refer to:
Entertainment
* David Martin (artist) (1737–1797), Scottish painter and engraver
* David Stone Martin (1913–1992), American artist
* David Martin (poet) (1915–1997), Hungarian-Australian poet and novelist
* Dave Martin (screenwriter) (1935–2007), writer for the television program Doctor Who
* Dave Martin (jazz musician) (1907–1975), jazz pianist and songwriter
* David A. Martin (musician) (1937–1987), American pop musician with Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
* David Martin (humorist) (born 1950), Canadian humorist and newspaper columnist
* Dave Martin (chef), contestant on the reality television program Top Chef
* David L. Martin, role-playing games artist
Politics
* David Martin (Michigan politician) (born 1961), Republican State Assemblyman
* David Martin (Nebraska politician) (1907–1997), Republican U.S. Representative
* David Martin (Wisconsin politician) (born 1931), Republican State Assemblyman
* David Martin (mayor) (born 1953), politician in Stamford, Connecticut
* David O'Brien Martin (1944–2012), Republican New York U.S. Representative
* David Martin (English politician) (born 1945), Conservative MP
* David Martin (Scottish politician) (born 1954), Labour party MEP for Scotland
* Sir David Martin (governor) (1933–1990), Australian admiral, NSW Governor
* David C. Martin (politician), Florida state senator
Football
* Boy Martin (Davy Martin, 1914–1991), Northern Irish footballer
* Dave Martin (footballer, born 1963), English footballer
* Dave Martin (footballer, born 1985), English footballer with Whitehawk F.C.
* David Martin (footballer, born 1964), Scottish footballer
* David Martin (footballer, born 1986), English football goalkeeper
* David Martín (footballer, born 1992), Spanish footballer
* Dave Martin (linebacker) (born 1946), American football linebacker
* David Martin (cornerback) (born 1959), American football player
* David Martin (tight end) (born 1979), American football player
* Dave Martin (soccer) (born 1988), American soccer player
Other sports
* David Martin (tennis) (born 1981)
* David Martín (water polo) (born 1977), Spanish water polo player
* Dave Martin (snooker player) (born 1948), English snooker player
* David Martin (gymnast) (born 1977), French trampoline gymnast
Other
* David Martin (French theologian) (1639–1721), French theologian
* David Grier Martin (1910–1974), president of Davidson College
* Sir David Christie Martin (1914–1976), Scottish-born scientific administrator
* David Martin (criminal), escaped prisoner in the 1980s
* David A. Martin (lawyer), American lawyer
* David Martin (Kansas judge) (1839–1901), Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
* David Martin (journalist) (born 1943), American television news correspondent
* David Martin (sociologist) (1929–2019), British academic
* David C. Martin, American architect
* David N. Martin (1930–2012), American advertising executive
* Dave Martin (sportscaster), American sports announcer | WIKI |
How Often Do You Clean Sweep Your Devices?
We were going to write a post about how often you should make a clean sweep of your computer—you know, purge old files and run the necessary updates. But once we dove into the research, we realized there isn't one hard fast guideline. Instead, we want to hear how often you make a clean sweep of your smart devices. (And if your answer is "never," we've got some tips on deciding what to purge.)
It's easy for devices—everything from smart phones to computers— to get cluttered up with digital stuff, especially if there's kids (or a kid-like significant other) constantly downloading new movies, games and music. And all the experts agree that a clean sweep of your smart tech is a good idea for long-term maintenance, to be sure.
But when it comes to figuring out how often it should happen, each expert gives different advice. The answers vary across the board from once a month to once a year, with some guys saying it's only necessary when things start to run slow.
We want to know, readers: How often do you wipe files from your laptop? Your smart phone? How about your game console?
Since the process is pretty simple, we think it's best to err on the side of caution and put "clean sweep" on your to-do list at least once every few months. The hardest part is just deciding what to purge:
• Get rid of any programs and files you can't or won't ever use. No need to become a digital version of Hoarders.
• If you still have the installation disks for games and programs that you haven't played in a year, it's OK to get rid of them. You can re-install in another year if you need to.
• Burn never-played MP3 files to CDs and wipe them from your hard drive. The same goes for pictures and movies; move them to external storage (like an external hard drive) and purge 'em for now.
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The Celtic peoples of Britain had heard the Gospel well before 300 AD, but in the 400's and 500's a massive invasion of Germanic peoples (Angles, Jutes, and Saxons) forced the native Celts out of what is now England and into Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. The invaders were pagans, and missionaries were sent to them in the north and west by the Celts, and in the south and east by Rome and other churches on the continent of Europe.
Roman and Celtic traditions differed, not in doctrine, but on such questions as the proper way of calculating the date of Easter, and the proper style of haircut and dress for a monk. It was, in particular, highly desirable that Christians, at least in the same area, should celebrate Easter at the same time; and it became clear that the English Church would have to choose between the old Celtic customs which it had inherited from before 300, and the customs of continental Europe and in particular of Rome that missionaries from there had brought with them. In 664 the Synod of Whitby met at that monastery to consider the matter, and it was decided to follow Roman usage.
Hilda herself greatly preferred the Celtic customs in which she had been reared, but once the decision had been made she used her moderating influence in favor of its peaceful acceptance. Her influence was considerable; kings and commoners alike came to her for advice. She was urgent in promoting the study of the Scriptures and the thorough education of the clergy. She died 17 November 680. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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How To Train Your Pet LLM: Prompt Engineering
The prompt is the input you give to a Large Language Model and is the best way to influence its output. In this post, we cover building the perfect prompt and mistakes to watch out for.
How To Train Your Pet LLM: Prompt Engineering
One of the reasons why Large Language Models have taken the world by storm is their ability to manipulate or generate text for a wide variety of purposes without much instruction or training.
Having been trained on large amounts of content already, the model can often produce the right outcomes based on a simple task description. In the world of LLMs and Generative AI, this task description is called a prompt.
The prompt is one of the best ways you can influence the outcome of the LLM, and in this article, we’ll share some tips and tricks on how to get your prompts right.
Prompts 101
It’s quite expensive to build and train your own Large Language Models. Most people prefer to use a pre-trained model like Cohere, which you can access through our API.
When calling the API, you need to pass in some parameters, like how random you want the output to be, how long you want it to be, and so on. One of those parameters is called the prompt and this is where you can describe to the model what you want it to do.
Think of it like giving somebody an instruction, except in this case that somebody is a Language AI. So in this screenshot, I gave it the instruction “Write a sentence using the word ocean” and it responded with (the part in bold) “The ocean is vast and beautiful.”
A basic prompt in the Cohere Playground
That was a pretty basic example. However, when you’re talking to a human, you can often be vague with your instructions and expect the other person understands. With a Language Model, sometimes you need to be a little clear with your instructions or word them in a certain way to get the best outcome. This is called prompt engineering.
Zero-Shot Learning
In the example above, I gave the model a simple instruction as a prompt and it gave me the expected output. This is called zero-shot learning. We didn’t need to train the model on writing sentences using the word “ocean”. We just told it to do so and it figured it out.
Another example of prompts with zero-shot learning would be asking the model to translate a sentence from one language to another.
I’ve often found that zero-shot learning works best for simple tasks, like writing a sentence, translating something, making a list, and so on. However, in the real world, tasks aren’t always that simple. And to truly get the most out of a powerful AI like Cohere, we need to give the model a few examples.
Few-Shot Learning
Let’s say we do marketing for a shoe company. We’ve designed a new shoe for long-distance runners and want a catchy description we could use on our product page and ads. I could simply try a zero-shot approach and ask the model to generate a product description for the shoe.
Generating product descriptions in Cohere
Ok, not bad, but it’s pretty dry. I think I want something a little more... Mad Men.
This is where we need to “train” the model with a few examples. This is called Few-Shot learning, where we prompt the model with a few examples so that it picks up on the pattern and style we’re going for.
Generating using few-shot learning
Ok, now we’re talking! As you can see, I’m using the task description from earlier but I also added two examples that I pulled from Casper, the mattress company, and Glossier. These serve as guidelines for the AI, which takes cues from the writing style and presents our shoe in a similar fashion.
I really like this description but there’s one problem. My shoe is not called the Nike Zoom Pegasus Ultra, although it sounds really cool.
Context Stuffing
We need to add more context to our prompt to get better outputs. To be honest, though Cohere was able to generate an interesting description, our basic prompt is pretty vague. If you asked a copywriting expert to write a product description for a long-distance running shoe, they too would want more context. What’s the company, what’s the product, what’s unique about it, and so on? Let’s see what happens when we feed this data in.
Adding context to your prompts
Perfect! It got the name right and also added more details. We can see it made up the point about having a carbon fiber plate but, with more context, we can solve that. I can simply add a line that looks like this to each example -
Materials: Made with <insert respective materials here>.
The more context you can add to your prompt, the better the output is, especially if details matter to you. Of course, you don’t want to go overboard and put in too much context that you’re limiting the AI or making more work for yourself.
I’ve found that 3-4 lines of context are the sweet spot. You can also add a little more detail to the context itself than I did. I also used just two examples but sometimes three might be better.
Tips And Tricks
Experiment With It
You’re not going to get your prompts right the first time. You’ll need to try out a few different types of prompts, change your few-shot examples, and test them to see what’s giving you the best outputs. The Cohere Playground, which you can see in the screenshots above, is the best place to do this.
I’d also suggest running the same prompt a few times and averaging the outputs in terms of quality. If you’re putting it into production, you can also generate n times and pick the best output to serve the client-side. For example, you may want to eliminate outputs that are too similar to the input or have too much repetition.
Make The Prompt Dynamic
In the example above, I added descriptions from Casper and Glossier in my prompt. Both are D2C eCommerce companies so they were good examples for my made-up shoe company.
However, if you’re building an app with the Cohere API, you may have users who want to generate product descriptions for their SAAS product. Hard coding eCommerce examples into your prompt may not be the best idea. Try building a database of different examples you can use in your prompt and dynamically insert them based on the use case.
Provide Guardrails
Let’s go back to the translation task from earlier. I’m going to give it the same prompt but with a very small change.
Prompts gone wrong
Uh oh, what happened here? At the core, a language model tries to predict the next word in a sequence. You may give it a task description that makes sense to a human but the language model doesn’t actually understand it. It’s simply just continuing the pattern.
That’s why few-shot works so well. You’re building a pattern that the model can follow. In this new translation example, it’s also following a pattern, just not the pattern you were expecting.
To avoid this, write your prompt in a way that forces the model to perform the task vs simply continuing the instruction. You can do it the way I did it earlier, or an even better prompt would be -
Translate the following sentence into Spanish.
English: How are you?
Spanish:
This will almost guarantee that the next set of words generated is the Spanish translation of the English sentence.
Small Changes In Prompts Can Lead To Vastly Different Outputs
As you noticed in the translation example above, a small change in the prompt led to vastly different outputs. Sometimes, if your prompt is not working, it might not be because of the way you've worded it but instead the way you've structured it.
Avoid Obvious Patterns
Speaking of patterns, try not to use examples in your prompts that are too similar unless you’re going for a very specific style. I used a mattress company and a beauty brand with very different copywriting styles. Had I gone with two mattress examples, my shoe may have ended up sounding like a nice pillow.
Another pattern the model could pick up on is repetition or spelling mistakes. So if you use a certain word often in the prompt, it’s likely to show up in the output. If your prompt is filled with spelling errors or poor grammar, it may also end up in the output.
Limit Output Size
Since the language model is predicting the next word in a sequence, it may predict something that makes sense but takes it into a weird tangent. If you want to avoid that, don’t let the model generate for too long. Have it generate short amounts of text by limiting it with the “number of tokens” parameter.
If you want longer outputs, you can feed the short output back into the model and have it continue from there. A better way to do this is to run some sort of post-processing on the first output, like removing repetition or irrelevant content, and then feeding the cleaned version back in.
Try The Playground
Playing around with prompts and finding new ways to produce the right outputs is a lot of fun. The Cohere Playground is the perfect place to try this out. It’s a visual interface where you can test prompts before you put them into production.
Getting started with the Playground is really easy. You can sign up here and within a couple of minutes, you’ll be able to play with our Generate models. If you want to learn more about how the Playground works, you can see the documentation here. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
White-shouldered triller
The white-shouldered triller (Lalage sueurii) is a passerine bird belonging to the triller genus Lalage in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. It is found in Indonesia and East Timor. The white-winged triller (L. tricolor) of Australia and New Guinea was formerly included in this species but is now treated as a separate species.
It is a fairly small bird, 17 centimetres in length. The bill is grey with a black tip and the legs and feet are black. The male is mainly black above and white below. It has a grey rump, white stripe over the eye, white wing-patches and white on the outer tail-feathers. Females have a similar pattern to the males but are brown instead of black above and have fine black barring on the underparts.
The pied triller is similar but is slightly smaller with a broader stripe above the eye and more white in the wing. The male white-winged triller has no white stripe over the eye.
The song of the white-shouldered triller is a metallic whistling which is sometimes given in flight. It also utters a rapid series of harsh notes.
It occurs in eastern Java, southern Sulawesi, Bali and on the Lesser Sunda Islands. It inhabits open woodland, savannas and agricultural land in dry, lowland areas. It feeds on insects, often swooping down from a perch to catch them on the ground. | WIKI |
Research Discussion Q reply week 11
I don’t understand this Nursing question and need help to study.
Please reply to the following two post 100 words with one reference each
Week 11: Dayana De Leon
The discussion in chapters 18 and 19 focused on the essential aspects of defining effective data management and quantitative analysis. According to Cleophas and Zwinderman (2016), the valid data management procedure is a cause of substantive and informative analysis. As such, the centrality of the two chapters informed on the importance of understanding the collected data, since this advices on the most appropriate analytical approach. Indeed, the integral concept explored in these chapters was the quantitative analysis techniques and process of data cleaning.
Based on the chapters’ readings, it is notable that data management constitutes the aspects defined in the interim transitional process of data collection and analysis. According to Bortolotti (2018), the steps involved in data management, such as cleaning, coding, and resolutions regarding the missing figures are informative on the underlying potential problems; thus, informing the proactive measures for rectification. Besides, the other valuable deduction was on the essence of conducting a preliminary analysis, which offers insights on the data quality, precision, validity, and reliability. In this regard, the readings advise that it is vital for a beginner to consult an expert or a statistician for precision purposes when constituting a database.
A review of the quantitative techniques of summarizing and visualizing data was another important attribute of this lecture. For instance, it was interesting to learn that ordinal and nominal data assumes different analytical approaches (Cleophas & Zwinderman, 2016). Understanding the difference between measures of dispersion and the measures of central tendency was outstanding as well. However, the chi-square and bivariate analysis techniques seemed more advanced; thus, requiring a thorough review. Overall, the two chapters have laid a significant background in my knowledge of quantitative analysis, as well as data management procedures.
References
Bortolotti, R. (2018). Data prep 2-1: Data cleaning and recoding. Handbook of statistical analysis and data mining applications. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press.
Cleophas, T. J., & Zwinderman, A. H. (2016). Quantitative data analysis. Understanding clinical data analysis. New York, NY: Springer.
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Suggested Qualitative Method
It can be said that the best approach to dealing with this issue is using the qualitative research method of phenomenology. This qualitative method is good template that seeks to understand the lived experience of the returning veteran. It digs deep into the soul and seeks to establish a human connection and builds a relationship. This lived experience can be tied to transcendental phenomenology. It describes the essence and the experience being studied (Tappen, 2011)This allows for the researcher to fully grasp the reasoning for the actions of the veteran and seeking to find meaning for the opioid abuse.
Strengths and Weaknesses
One of the weaknesses that a researcher can have would be bracketing. Sometimes it is difficult for a researcher to set aside preconceived notions or biases that would otherwise interfere with the study. One of the strengths that can solidify the research is the recruitment of participants. This narrows the target group to only veterans who have returned from combat within one year. The interview process is both a strength and a weakness. A strength would be open communication of the participant going through the hardship. A weakness of an interview would be that the experience is subjective (Skea, Derek, BSc, MPhil, Pg, 2016).The greatest strengths would be the ability of the researcher to be able to probe and dig deep, thus exploring the why these things happen.
Mixed Research Method and Practice Issue
A practice issue that would benefit from utilizing mixed methods approach is the issue of opioid addiction. In this issue both quantitative and qualitative data can effectively collaborate in order to reach its objective. Which is to effectively eradicate and treat opioid addictions. Both would complement one another since quantitative methods use a measurable approach that is based on numbers, results and measurables. The qualitative method of phenomenology allows the researcher to investigate how the participant allowed themselves to get this far in the pathology, through a lived experience. A clear challenge that researcher may face is regarding the issue of reporting the data collected. The results may have to be reported separately. When narrowed down there is clear separation between subjective and objective results, this may affect the validity of the results discovered (Bishop, 2015).
References
Bishop, F. L. (2015). Using mixed methods research designs in health psychology: An illustrated discussion from a pragmatist perspective. British Journal of Health Psychology, 20(1), 5-20. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12122
Skea, Derek, BSc, MPhil,Pg Cert. (2016). Phenomenological enquiry and psychological research in caring and quality of life contexts: Acknowledging the invisible. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 9(3), 1134-1146. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1860631806?acc…
Tappen, R. M. (2011). Advanced nursing research: From theory to practice. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Chevron Says U.S. Energy Policy Rife With Contradictions
U.S. energy policy is rife with
contradictions and companies gain access to natural resources
“by exception, not by rule,” Chevron Corp. (CVX) Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer John Watson said. The U.S. needs to encourage production of oil and natural
gas rather than limiting energy development, Watson said today
in written remarks for a speech at the Peterson Institute for
International Economics in Washington. “No matter where you look in the world China and
developing Asia, the Middle East , Latin America or Africa the
development of affordable fossil fuels is at the top of the
policy agenda,” he said. “Without a change in U.S. policy, we
will continue to be marginalized in the global competition for
energy.” Chevron, based in San Ramon, California, joined oil
companies such as Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) , trade associations led
by the American Petroleum Institute and Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate, in criticizing
President Barack Obama’s administration for limiting access to
domestic fuel resources and increasing dependence on imports. Watson said an estimated $1 billion investment to update
Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, California , required four years
of review and was halted by a lawsuit. Chevron is refiling for
permits for the project near San Francisco , he said. Shell’s Alaska Experience Marvin Odum , the president of Shell’s U.S. operations,
called the the U.S. regulatory system “reactionary” and
overburdened in a July 28 speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
in Washington. He cited The Hague-based company’s experience in
Alaska, where it hasn’t been allowed to drill after spending
more than $2 billion in a 2008 purchase of federal leases. Perry said in an Oct. 14 speech that Obama intentionally
pushed up oil and gas prices, and the governor urged opening
swaths of Alaska and additional areas to oil development. The Obama administration proposal to increase taxes for the
oil industry would reduce U.S. competitiveness for U.S. energy
companies relative to their Chinese, Russian and Indian
counterparts, Watson said. He compared his California company with another: Apple
Inc. (AAPL) , based in Cupertino. “Apple earns about what we earn, but Apple has profit
margins two times Chevron’s, and an effective tax rate one-third
less, about 28 percent,” Watson said today. “Yet we don’t hear
calls for tax increases on Apple or the tech sector.” Renewable Energy The transformation from fossil fuels to renewable
substitutes should be market-driven, Watson also said. “The United States is now coming to grips with high-cost,
subsidized renewable,” he said. Solyndra LLC, a solar-panel manufacturer that received
about $527 million in federal loan guarantees, shut down on Aug.
31. Adam Fetcher, Interior Department spokesman, and Damien LaVera, a spokesman for the Energy Department, didn’t
immediately return e-mails seeking comments. Chevron is the second-largest U.S. oil company behind Exxon
Mobil Corp. (XOM) of Irving, Texas. To contact the reporter on this story:
Katarzyna Klimasinska in Washington at
kklimasinska@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Larry Liebert at
lliebert@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
User:Jw lamp
Hi,
I'm John Lamp and I'm now happily retired, and focusing on music and especially blues.
I was in research at Deakin University in the Information systems discipline, and worked with the literary ontology of Roman Ingarden.
I live in Geelong and usually relax with music of one kind or another and have been involved with community radio in Australia for over 30 years, currently with 94.7 The Pulse on a program called meanderings.
You've also probably worked out I am a fan and friend of Kerry Greenwood, and contribute to that page.
My grandfather, Charles Lamp, actually rates a Wikipedia page! | WIKI |
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What are the threats from viruses and bacteria that carry high temperatures?
IMPROPER STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF FOOD – A challenge for the development of bacteria
Bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella and Campylobacter often cause stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, headache, fever. Symptoms usually appear 6 to 72 hours after infection. Symptoms usually last 4 to 7 days, sometimes much longer.
These bacteria are mainly transmitted by eating undercooked food made from infected animals (meat, chicken, eggs and products made from them) or food produced for mass production (chocolates, candies, all kinds of confectionery products) that are not stored properly temperature and environment.
Bacteria are killed by complete cooking of food (well-cooked food).
Avoid raw or undercooked meat, poultry or eggs. Poultry and other meats – for example, burgers, sausages and roast rolls – should not be eaten if they are pink in the middle. Food handling – as bacteria can remain on the hands, it is very important to always wash your hands thoroughly after using the toilet and before preparing food.
IMPROPER WASHING OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT – Increased chance of contact with viruses
Norovirus, Rotavirus, Adenovirus, Astrovirus and Sapovirus are just some of the viruses that cause various types of gastrointestinal diseases in humans and are accompanied by nausea, fever, vomiting …
Viruses often hide behind poorly washed products such as fruits and vegetables, and during summer temperatures, they have a great chance of multiplying.
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HOT AND MOISTURE WEATHER – Increased chance of tick bites
Spring has arrived, as have germs and other inconveniences that go along with high temperatures. Infections, which are normal and accompanied by fever, can be mild but also more serious. There is a lot of talk these days about the dangers of ticks and mosquitoes and the diseases they can transmit to humans and animals. They are regularly present in the spring and summer months, so the danger from them is greater in this period.
Lyme disease is a multisystem disease that has a subacute and chronic course and is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by the tick through its sting to the host. The disease first affects the skin and then the heart, joints and central nervous system.
Lyme disease is manifested by local swelling and redness at the site of the sting and in the surrounding area, 3-32 days after the incident. Local redness is warm and usually not painful. In 50% of patients, identical changes may occur in other parts of the body, and in 15% of patients, skin changes may not occur. In addition to skin changes, fever, chills, malaise, headache, and enlarged regional lymph nodes may occur.
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INCREASED TEMPERATURES – Increased chance of mosquito bites
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by a protozoan (single-celled parasite) of the genus Leishmania. It is transmitted by the bite of certain types of mosquitoes (which are also present in our country, and are different from ordinary mosquitoes), which have previously bitten a dog that is infected with this parasite. The parasite attacks the body’s defense system and if left untreated, can turn into a serious disease.
Leishmaniasis is characterized by symptoms that at first glance are similar to all other symptoms that indicate reduced immunity, ie, decreased appetite, fever, weakness, fatigue, anemia, sores at the site of the mosquito bite, lethargy and others.
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Stumpa Dúloigh
Stumpa Dúloigh (Irish for "stump of the black lake") also known as Maol, is the highest of the Dunkerron Mountains, part of the Mountains of the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It has a height of 784 m and lies southwest of MacGillycuddy's Reeks.
Name
The mountain is named after a small lake called Loch an Dúloigh or Lough Duff. The mountain's alternative name Maol means "bare flat-topped hill". It is reflected in placenames on its slopes: Coimín na Maoile, Loch na Maoile (Lough Namweela), and An Mhaol Ghlas (Moyleglass).
Geography
The mountain lies northwest of Knockaunanattin (569 m). West of Stumpa Dúloigh the Dunkerron range splits in two parts: the NE one leads to Broaghnabinnia (745 m) while the SE sub-range reaches Knocknabreeda (569 m). With an elevation of 784 metres it is the 55th highest summit in Ireland.
Access to the summit
Stumpa Dúloigh's summit can be accessed from the end of the Black Valley; it is a 6 hours' walk (there and back) suitable only for experienced hikers. | WIKI |
REFILE-UPDATE 2-Canada's Teck Resources keen to expand coal sales to India
(Refiles to add dropped first name in paragraph 3) By Nicole Mordant July 27 (Reuters) - Teck Resources Ltd is interested in expanding its sales of steelmaking coal to India, company officials said on Thursday, as the Canadian miner reported quarterly earnings that beat market expectations, lifting its shares. Coal sales to India, the world’s largest growth market for seaborne high-grade steelmaking or coking coal, represent about 10 percent of Teck’s book, Teck’s vice president of coal marketing said. “It is a market that we have a lot of interest in,” Réal Foley said on a conference call to discuss second-quarter earnings from Teck, which is the world’s second biggest shipper of seaborne coking coal. “We’ve invested time and efforts to continue developing (relationships), both with privately owned steel mills and government steel mills,” he said. Reuters reported earlier this month that India was in talks with Teck for long-term purchase agreements of coking coal after a cyclone knocked out rail lines in Australia, cutting supplies earlier this year. India needs about 56 million to 57 million tonnes of coking coal every year, of which about 85 percent is imported. According to the government’s newly-drafted National Steel Policy, India’s coking coal requirements will more than double by the fiscal year ending in 2031. Earlier on Thursday, Vancouver-based Teck reported a big jump in adjusted profit of C$577 million ($460.61 million), or C$1 per share, in the three months ended June 30 on the back of higher coal prices and a weaker Canadian dollar. That compared with C$15 million, or 3 Canadian cents per share, a year earlier, and was ahead of the 90 Canadian cents a share that analysts, on average, were expecting. Teck shares rose 1.7 percent to C$26.60. Teck, which also produces zinc, copper and gold and had been grappling with high debt levels, said it had achieved its target of reducing its debt to below US$5 billion. Chief Executive Don Lindsay said the company did not see any acquisitions of good value in the market and would focus on internal projects, notably QB2, which is an expansion of Teck’s Quebrada Blanca copper mine in Chile. Teck said its steelmaking coal business unit produced 6.8 million tonnes in the second quarter, compared with 6.7 million tonnes a year ago. It expects coal sales to reach at least 7.0 million tonnes in the third quarter. The company also produced 70,000 tonnes of copper and 158,000 tonnes of zinc concentrate in the second quarter. ($1 = 1.2527 Canadian dollars) (Additional reporting by Ishita Chigilli Palli and Mekhla Raina in Bangalore; editing by Subhranshu Sahu, Bernard Orr) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
VIPER BITE
A person bitten by a viper experiences sharp pain in the affected site, feels weak and nauseated.
What to do. If breathing and heartbeat are regular, the bitten person needs to lie flat and the affected limb has to be isolated from blood circulation. The bitten limb should be bound with a constricting bandage, at a distance of about five centimeters from the bite. For this you can use a belt, or a strip of cloth or rubber. The site bitten by the viper must rest at a lower level than the heart, therefore legs and arms must not be raised or rest on pillows or folded clothes. It is preferable to immobilize the affected limb with a splint, as movement could make the poison spread in the body more easily. Do not apply ice to the wound or execute an injection of anti-viper serum without a doctor, because the person might be allergic to this substance. The person must avoid strains and be accompanied as soon as possible to the First Aid. You’d better to carry it by arms or on a stretcher to the car, because the movement puts more blood circulation and spreads more poison. It is good to know that a viper bite produces serious effects only after at least two hours. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Halfdan Hegtun
Halfdan Hegtun (8 October 1918 – 25 December 2012) was a Norwegian radio personality, comedian and writer, former politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.
Politics
Hegtun was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1965, and was re-elected on one occasion. During his second term, in December 1972, Hegtun joined the Liberal People's Party which split from the Liberal Party over disagreements of Norway's proposed entry to the European Economic Community. Like most of the Liberal People's Party representatives, he was not re-elected in 1973.
Hegtun was a member of Akershus county council during the terms 1983–1987 and 1987–1991, and was later involved in local politics in Bærum. He had rejoined the Liberal Party in 1988.
Radio career
Hegtun worked for BBC in London 1946–1948, and later for NRK. He was director for NRK Radio from 1973 to 1981.
Comedian
Hegtun became known for the popular figure Even Brattbakken, through vocal performances and writings. The two books Slik je ser det (1964; "As I see it"), and I kvældssola (1987, "In the evening sun") are both "signed" Even Brattbakken. | WIKI |
Old Home
Old Home can refer to:
* Old Home Bread, a brand owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA
* Old Home Week, a civic event
* Retirement home | WIKI |
User:Malik sahab/sandbox
MALIK SAHAB ( jasvinder singh malik ) 25 years Rapper & Actor
Malik Sahab, born or 27th august 1992 is a rapper , writer and actor by profession.
He was born in sonipat disst. of haryana. then he moved to delhi to pursue his academics. malik sahab is a civil engineer. he completed his graduation from NIET, greater noida. in his final year of engineering, he joined acting classes under AAFT, an institute run by Sandeep Marwah. there he got the best actor of the batch prize in an acting competition along a runner up award in dance competition. after moving to mumbai to pursue his acting career, malik also tried to write and rap which helped him get some work and limelight. he is also roped in zoya akhtar's movie gully boy, to do a cameo as himself. here are some link of his work:
featured work
* aazma le
( as lyricist and rapper )
* khalnayak
* malik sahab vaani
* aaja mahi
( as lyricist and rapper ) featuring Daisy Shah
* sajna ve :
( as an actor ) | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Proposed decision
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Arbitrators should vote for or against each point or vote to abstain.
* Only items that receive a majority yea vote will be enacted.
* Items that receive a majority nay vote will be formally rejected.
* Items that do not receive a majority yea or nay vote will be open to possible amendment by any arbitrator if he so chooses. After the amendment process is complete, the item will be voted on one last time.
* Items that receive a majority abstentions will need to go through an amendment process and be re-voted on once.
Conditional votes for, against, or to abstain should be explained by the arbitrator in parenthesis after his time-stamped signature. For example, an arbitrator can state that he would only favor a particular remedy based on whether or not another remedy/remedies were enacted.
Proposed temporary orders
1) As Rex071404 has continued to engage in personal attacks following the commencement of Arbitration proceedings, a ban on editing any article other than the pages concerning this Arbitration case and his user and user talk pages is imposed pending a final decision in this matter.
* Yea:
* James F. (talk) 14:09, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC) Yes, on further thought, too broad. James F. (talk) 15:58, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* User:Neutrality and the rest of the aggressive partisans on the other side would also have to be banned for this to be fair. Fred Bauder 14:13, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC). In addition it is too broad Fred Bauder 04:55, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 09:37, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* the Epopt 16:31, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 15:58, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
* Martin 12:40, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC) (unsure)
2) Rex071404 is banned from editing the pages John Kerry; John Kerry presidential campaign, 2004; and John Kerry VVAW controversy until the final decision is made in this matter. This is based on his churning of the article over petty matters as well as repeated efforts to inject a hypercritical point of view as illustrated by these edits:, , ; , , and
* Yea:
* Fred Bauder 04:55, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 09:37, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 12:40, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* the Epopt 16:31, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 15:58, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 17:34, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Proposed principles
1) Personal attacks are not permitted on Wikipedia, see No personal attacks.
* Arbitrator votes for proposed principle 1:
* Fred Bauder 11:56, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 02:25, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* the Epopt 03:15, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 17:34, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 17:56, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)
* Arbitrator votes against proposed principle 1:
* Arbitrator abstains regarding proposed principle 1:
2) Wikipedia is not a vehicle for political advocacy or propaganda, see What Wikipedia is not which states that Wikipedia articles are not to used for "Propaganda or advocacy of any kind".
* Arbitrator votes for proposed principle 2:
* Fred Bauder 11:56, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 02:25, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* the Epopt 03:15, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 17:34, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 17:56, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)
* Arbitrator votes against proposed principle 2:
* Arbitrator abstains regarding proposed principle 2:
3) An encyclopedia article is a summary of accepted knowledge regarding its subject, not a complete exposition of all possible details.
* Arbitrator votes for proposed principle 3:
* Fred Bauder 12:57, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 02:25, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* the Epopt 03:15, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 17:34, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC) - To quote myself from a simliar consideration in the Avala case - To do otherwise would be an invitation for crackpots and POV pushers.
* Arbitrator votes against proposed principle 3:
* While technically correct this statement is misleading since we do want a great deal of detail, just not all in the same article (which should be a summary but subtopics should lead to other summaries and so on). mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 17:56, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC) (I think this is a matter for the community to decide, and while it's been heavily discussed, I'm not aware of any conclusion having been reached that would support all of the above)
* Arbitrator abstains regarding proposed principle 3:
3.5) An encyclopedia article is not a complete exposition of all possible details regarding its subject.
* Arbitrator votes for proposed principle 3.5:
* Martin 15:19, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC) (ahem, apologies for the broken proposal here previously).
* James F. (talk) 02:27, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC) (I could have sworn the two priciples were different, at first)
* This wording is also acceptable, for the same reasons as above. →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)
* Arbitrator votes against proposed principle 3.5:
* Arbitrator abstains regarding proposed principle 3.5:
4) The Arbitration Committee may issue a valid decree which requires that editing of the content of a Wikipedia article conform to Wikipedia policies including those set forth in What Wikipedia is not. This power does not extend to determining the content of the article merely to requiring that editing of the article conform to Wikipedia guidelines. Specific content is the responsibility of the Wikipedia editors who edit the article.
* Arbitrator votes for proposed principle 4:
* Fred Bauder 11:45, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 17:34, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 17:56, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC) (we're allowed to issue decrees. This type of decree seems fine to me)
* James F. (talk) 13:55, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Arbitrator votes against proposed principle 4:
* Mav seems confused about the wording, and so am I. Further - I don't see what the point in issuing a decree telling people to follow our guidelines does -- they *are* expected to follow our guideines, regardless of whether or not the arbcom specifically tells them to. →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)
* Arbitrator abstains regarding proposed principle 4:
* Huh? This sounds like a power grab but I'm not sure due to the confusing wording. mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
5) Wikipedia editors are expected to be courteous and respectful towards other editors, especially those they may have a dispute with, see Wikiquette which specifially admonishes editors to "Recognize your own biases and keep them in check."
* Arbitrator votes for proposed principle 5:
* Fred Bauder 13:17, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 22:25, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 13:55, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)
* Arbitrator votes against proposed principle 5:
* Arbitrator abstains regarding proposed principle 5:
6) Regardless of the ratio of editing participants who advocate particular points of view regarding a matter, Wikipedia's Neutral point of view policy mandates that coverage of points of view in an article reflect the societal significance of those points of view, not the variable perspectives and ratio of Wikipedia editors.
* Arbitrator votes for proposed principle 6:
* Fred Bauder 15:16, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
* Arbitrator votes against proposed principle 6:
* Martin 15:24, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC) Should bias be corrected by us trying to write from a broad perspective, or by recruiting editors from broader backgrounds? I don't believe the NPOV policy mandates (or prohibits) the first alternative.
* James F. (talk) 02:27, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC) (Agree with Martin.)
* →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC) - For the same reasons I gave in proposed principle #3.
* Arbitrator abstains regarding proposed principle 6:
John Kerry article
1) User Rex071404 and others including the complaining witnesses, Neutrality, Wolfman, and JamesMLane have in the heat of the US Presidential election focused on the article John Kerry and carried the issues of the campaign into the encyclopedia article in detail. See and
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 12:36, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)
* the Epopt 03:15, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 13:59, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:52, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 01:10, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 05:21, Sep 17, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Discourtesy
2) User Rex071404 has in his conversations on the talk page of John Kerry and related articles and in his edit summaries been discourteous toward other editors which who he was in dispute.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:21, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 13:59, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:52, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 01:10, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 13:11, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Edits by User Bkonrad
3) User Bkonrad has made several edits which Rex071404 complains of, and . In the first Bkonrad is somewhat insulting, characterizing one of Rex071404's logical theories as "preposterous nonsense"; the second is unobjectionable. The complaints against Bkonrad's edits in Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Evidence are not linked to specific edits and cannot be fully evaluated but do seem to be somewhat lacking in Wikiquette.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 12:14, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 13:59, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:52, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 01:10, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 13:11, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Systemic imbalance
4) Due to the literary nature of Wikipedia, participation in Wikipedia editing to a certain extent selects for a liberal viewpoint with the result that supporters of George W. Bush such as Rex071404 tend to be greatly outnumbered by supporters of John Kerry, see David Brooks NY Times, 9-11-04
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 12:49, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Martin 15:14, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC) While I suspect a numerical imbalance exists, I believe the international nature of Wikipedia is likely to be a greater cause of this imbalance.
* James F. (talk) 02:30, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC) (Again, agree with Martin)
* →Raul654 13:11, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC) - agree with Martin.
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
Selection for liberal viewpoint
4.1) Participation in Wikipedia editing to a certain extent selects for a liberal viewpoint with the result that supporters of George W. Bush such as Rex071404 tend to be greatly outnumbered by supporters of John Kerry, see David Brooks NY Times, 9-11-04
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:30, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 02:30, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC) (I suppose that this will do.)
* →Raul654 13:11, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Martin 13:14, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC) ("liberal" in US terms, perhaps, but not in world terms. AFAICT)
* Abstain:
* I'm not comfortable with saying that. mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Feelings of being ganged up on
5) Rex071404 felt that he was out-numbered and ganged-up on as he edited the article John Kerry by supporters of John Kerry who were unfairly editing the article to minimize the point of view he was advocating and maximize their point of view.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:30, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 02:30, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 13:14, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC) (though appearances can be deceptive)
* Jwrosenzweig 21:03, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC) (Amen, Martin.)
* →Raul654 13:11, Oct 31, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Possible motivation of opponents
6) The complaining witnesses in this matter, because of their numerical majority, may have felt that Rex071404 did not represent a point of view which had a magnitude of importance equal to theirs, despite its societal significance.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:30, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Martin 13:14, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC) ("may have felt"? Anything's possible.)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC) - agree with Martin
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
* James F. (talk) 02:30, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC) (Note: I am slightly unsure of this so have moved to Abstain for the time being; if I was to vote for this, it would be on the understanding that this was not a criticism of the complaining witnesses James F. (talk) 23:49, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC))
* Jwrosenzweig 21:03, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC) (Agree with James F. to a certain extent -- I think it might be a reasonable criticism, but it's not something I think the AC should 'officially' criticize)
7) Rex071404 habitually and aggressively edits Wikipedia articles which relate to the politics of the United States from a partisan point of view, see Talk:Stolen Honor and its archive Talk:Stolen Honor/Archive.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 16:15, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 21:03, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Difficulties in reaching agreement
8) It has with respect to a number of articles which concern the politics of the United States proven impossible for many editors to reach agreements with Rex071404 despite exhaustive attempts to negotiate.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 16:15, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 21:03, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
User:<IP_ADDRESS>
8) During the course of arbitration Rex071404 ceased editing under that user name and began editing as User:<IP_ADDRESS>. See page history of Dedham, Massachusetts
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 11:21, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 15:10, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Edit war at Dedham, Massachusetts
9) Editing as User:<IP_ADDRESS>, Rex071404 has engaged in a protracted edit war at Dedham, Massachusetts in which User:Antaeus Feldspar, User:AlistairMcMillan, User:Ambi, User:RickK, User:Gamaliel, User:Jerzy and User:Violetriga have participated. This edit war originated in a dispute between Rex071404 and Antaeus Feldspar respecting this content which Rex071404 repeated inserted into the article.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 11:54, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 15:14, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Issue of edit war and taunting
10) The edit war at Dedham, Massachusetts continued to be over insertion of the same paragraph and was at times accompanied by taunting as in this edit by Violetriga and this edit by Ambi.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 12:05, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Jwrosenzweig 15:13, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Were the edit summaries the best thing to say? No. But are they "taunts"? Certainly not. And I don't think we need punish every sign of frustration with a user if that user is disrespecting policy by repetitive reversion, and if the AC has dragged its feet on finishing a case, nay, two cases, brought against him.)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) (as jwros)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC) - agree with Jw
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
* Comment:
* Sorry but can I just say that it wasn't a taunt but an ironic joke that the 80th (or so) revert had happened, with multiple people reverting the edits of one user that didn't get the message. It should not have broken the three revert rule, hence my request for protection. violet/riga (t) 17:49, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Retaliatory vandalism
11) Editing anonymously as User:<IP_ADDRESS> retaliated by engaging in vandalism, blanking an opponent's (Violetriga's) home page with the comment, "delete vandal's home page". User:Violetriga is a well-established Wikipedia user but participated in the edit war at Dedham, Massachusetts.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 11:21, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 15:15, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC) (noting, though, that the final remark is a mild rebuke -- after all, there seems to have been consensus, given the number of editors reverting Rex)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Justification of reversion by reference to arbitration
12) Following his [probably initial] reversion removing the insertion of the disputed material by Rex071404, Antaeus Feldspar justifies it by questioning not only its relevance to Dedham, Massachusetts but also justifies the reversion by linking "the situation" to Rex071404's arbitration case.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 12:25, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 15:17, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Reluctantly...I think it wise not to make such a link, but again, I think it is somewhat understandable.)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) (too petty to comment)
* Abstain:
Problems with negotiation
13) Discussion on Talk:Dedham, Massachusetts by Rex071404 and Antaeus Feldspar was quite unproductive with much repeating of entrenched positions. It was only when a uninvolved party [[User:Netoholic] makes this suggestion that some sense of possible alternatives to polarized versions was inserted into the discussion.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:31, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Yay for Netoholic!)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* Not sure. James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC) - Ditto
* Define 'unproductive' mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Repeating established postions over and over without doing any additional research or suggesting any alternatives which could potentially satisfy both parties to the dispute. Fred Bauder 04:50, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
Relevance of book to dispute
14) Although there is a book A New England Town: The First Hundred Years : Dedham, Massachusetts, 1636-1736 (Norton Essays in American History) ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER> which concerns the early history of the town which Rex071404 repeatedly refers to and which is available used for about $6.00 including postage, the edits to the article show no sign that either he or the other participants in the edit war consulted or used any material from it or that any material in the book is relevant to either of the polarized versions of the article.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:31, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) (but I've not read the book either, so how can I be sure?)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* Not sure. James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Content issues are beyond our jurisdiction. mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Relevance of internet link cited
15) There is some material available on the internet which relates to church-state matters with respect to Dedham, Massachussets. It concerns Massachusetts litigation regarding appointment of the parish minister by the town of Dedham in contradition to the appointment desired by church members . However, despite being the link incorporated by Rex071404 into the material he desired to insert, it contains no material which relates generally to the basis for the establishment clause in the United States Constitution. It was Antaeus Feldspar's contention that he had included the material from this source in the article.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:31, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* Not sure. James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Problems with researching
16) Considering the findings above which relate to editing of Dedham, Massachusetts, it is apparent that Rex071404 is unable or unwilling to engage in research with respect to established knowledge at a level of competance adequate for contributing productively to Wikipedia as he cites sources which he has not consulted (at least recently) or which contain information which differ from the information which he claims they support.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:31, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Weak aye. mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* Not sure. James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
bulldog tenditiousness
17) Rex071404's problems with understanding and using references are compounded by bulldog tenditiousness which result in revert wars of such an egregious intensity that it results in recruitment of other editors who jump in to assist Rex071404's opponents creating a general uproar, see the edit history of Dedham, Massachusetts and John Kerry.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:31, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Petty offenses
18) In reaction to Rex071404 a number of those who engaged in disputes with him and participated in the arbitration have committed various petty offenses, some of which are mentioned in other proposed findings of fact including personal attacks, taunting of Rex071404, aspersions on his honesty and tag team reverting, see page history of Dedham, Massachusetts. Rex071404, in turn, has recipricated.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:59, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:29, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Proposed decision
1) Rex071404's cross-complaint that the complaining witnesses "abused the Wiki process by bringing an Arbitration complaint against Rex071404 prior to exhausting attempts at dialog, so as to silence the one strong dissenting voice on John Kerry" is without merit. There were extensive efforts to engage in dialog. There is a great deal of evidence of distress on the part of the complaining witnesses due to the conflict but not of intent to silence Rex071404.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:11, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:48, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
2) It is not possible for the Arbitration committee to deal with Rex071404's cross-complaint that "Neutrality in particular, in light of his knowledge of and familiarity with Wiki methods, could easily have taken a less confrontational approach with me than he has". It is true of all Wikipedia users that they could do better.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:11, Sep 14, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:48, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
3) No penalties shall attach to the various "petty offenses" which parties to this matter committed during the course of this protracted dispute. This is partially due to contraints of time and energy and partially in response to recognition that the parties mutually provoked one another.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:05, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
Remedies
1) Rex071404 and the users who have been involved with him in the controversy regarding the editing of the article John Kerry are encouraged to restore that article to an encyclopedia article which sets forth John Kerry's biography and background, replacing detailed blow-by-blow accounts of current affairs which relate to the 2004 Presidential election campaign with brief summaries along with links to particular controversies which have arisen during the campaign.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 11:35, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 01:09, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:36, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC) (I don't think mav's objection makes the above remedy unworkable -- it's merely additional good advice)
* Nay:
* Move the detailed content to appropriately named daughter articles and leave summaries at John Kerry. This has already been done for his campaign article. mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Agree with Mav. James F. (talk) 14:01, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC) It is not our job to determine article content.
* Abstain:
1.5) Rex071404 and the users who have been involved with him in the controversy regarding the editing of the article John Kerry are encouraged to restore that article to an encyclopedia article which sets forth John Kerry's biography and background, free from blow-by-blow accounts of current affairs which relate to the 2004 Presidential election campaign. The exact manner by which this takes place is a matter for the editors of the article to decide.
* Aye:
* Martin 01:09, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Fred Bauder 02:11, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 02:55, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:36, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC) It is not our job to determine article content.
* Agree. mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
2) Rex071404, Bkonrad and others who have committed petty offenses are admonished to consult Wikiquette and to conform their edits to that standard.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:24, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 14:01, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 01:09, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:36, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
3) Rex071404 is banned from editing Wikipedia articles which concern United States politics.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 16:22, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 21:06, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Too strong. James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
* Martin 15:06, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
3) Rex071404 is banned for 4 months from editing Wikipedia articles which concern United States politics.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 14:49, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)
* Presumably this will take place, as normal, after any ban, below. James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:06, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 22:33, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
4) Rex071404 is banned from reverting any article at any time for one year.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:05, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 22:33, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Prefer this to
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* Too strong(?) James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* too long and what about legit reverts, such as the removal of vandalism? mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
4.1) Rex071404 is banned from reverting any article for six months.
* Aye:
* James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:06, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Fred Bauder 00:18, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 22:33, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Acceptable but prefer 4 above)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* Not comfortable with this. mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
5) In view of his demonstrated deficiencies in engaging in and interpreting the results of research Rex071404 is required to cite a relevant authority, either by footnote or by comment embedded in the text, which supports every [disputed] edit he makes.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:05, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:06, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) (obviously such footnotes or comments can be removed or moved to Talk in subsequent edits)
* Jwrosenzweig 22:33, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Only if challenged. I added [disputed] mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Nice idea, but I'm not sure that it is workable. James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
Enforcement
1) Edits by any user which carry an unreasonable degree of detail into the article, John Kerry, subverting its nature as a general summary of John Kerry's biography and background may be reverted by any other user. Users who repeatedly restore such detailed material which in the opinion of any Wikipedia administrator represent the intrusion of the Presidential campaign of 2004 into the article may be banned from editing the article until after the election. Refusal to respect such a ban shall be grounds for banning the user from Wikipedia until after the election.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 12:05, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* We should not be limiting what people who are not part of this arbitration may do. mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* Too broad; outside our mandate. James F. (talk) 15:04, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) Election over now.
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Abstain:
1.5) Edits by the participants in this matter: Wolfman, JamesMLane, Gamaliel, Gzornenplatz, Lyellin, Neutrality, John Kenney, Bkonrad, Rex071404 and Ambi which carry an unreasonable degree of detail into the article, John Kerry, subverting its nature as a general summary of John Kerry's biography and background may be reverted by any other user. Users who repeatedly restore such detailed material which in the opinion of any Wikipedia administrator represent the intrusion of the Presidential campaign of 2004 into the article may be banned from editing the article until after the election. Refusal to respect such a ban shall be grounds for banning the user from Wikipedia until after the election.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:36, Sep 5, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 16:04, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:54, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC) Election over now.
* Abstain:
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Pointless now mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
2) Edits (including those whose edit summaries offend) by Rex071404 to John Kerry and related articles or their talk pages which contain insulting language directed towards those he views as his political opponents may be removed by any user. Attempts by Rex071404 to revert such removals shall justify a short ban which may be imposed by any sysop.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 13:30, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 15:04, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 23:54, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 01:05, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
3) Edits by user Rex071404 during the period of his ban to any article which concerns United States politics may be removed by any user.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 16:29, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 21:08, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* If passed, of course. James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
4) Any sysop may impose a short ban (one day or up to one week for repeat offenses) of Rex071404 should he revert or reinsert any material removed by another user from an article which concerns United States politics during the period of his ban.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 16:29, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 21:08, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
* James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
5) This decision shall apply to User:<IP_ADDRESS> and any other username or ip which Rex071404 may utilize.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:05, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Perhaps, "may be deemed to be using"? James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
6) In the event Rex071404 makes an edit which cites no authority or an inappropriate authority it may be removed by any other user.
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:05, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 22:31, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* Don't think that this is workable. James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
7) In the event Rex071404 reverts any edit for any reason any administrator may impose a short ban (a hour to a day for first offenses and up to a week for repeat offenses).
* Aye:
* Fred Bauder 15:05, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
* Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Jwrosenzweig 22:31, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* →Raul654 03:33, Nov 13, 2004 (UTC)
* mav 03:57, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
* Nay:
* Abstain:
* ... and remove his ability to help fight vandalism? Maybe... James F. (talk) 12:38, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Discussion by arbitrators
Regarding the request for a temporary injunction restricting Rex071404 from editing John Kerry and related articles, I have looked at the history of that page and its talk page and find there is no danger of irreparable harm to Wikipedia should Rex071404 continue to edit the page. I find that, while aggressive, Rex071404 is no more so than the complaining witness, User:Neutrality. Parties on both sides of the issues surrounding John Kerry are aggressively pushing points of view but are being corrected by other users such as User:AlistairMcMillan. The article is a focus of attention by many users, some of whom can be expected to rectify and moderate the attempts of partisans such as Rex071404 and Neutrality to insert their point of view. Fred Bauder 13:44, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
I have reconsidered my position regarding temporary relief based on the most recent edits by Rex071404 to John Kerry. One set of reverts was over an absurdly petty matter of phrasing, others are over efforts to inject a hypercritical point of view into the article. The article needs to be about John Kerry, not a blow by blow account of the ebb and flow of mud slinging efforts. Fred Bauder 05:01, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)
I drafted a proposed temporary order which would also have restricted User:Neutrality and extended also to the analogous Bush articles but when I began looking for examples I found mostly constructive edits by Neutrality, at least to George W. Bush, so abandoned that idea. Fred Bauder 14:43, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)
Example of fixing the article
With respect to the proposed remedy and enforcement mechanism I have proposed, for example the detailed information about each wound suffered and act performed by John Kerry during his tour of duty and the story related by each witness might be replaced by a brief reference to the fact that a controversy has arisen during the campaign regarding his actions and medals together with a link to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. I have removed this from the remedy, because although it is listed as an example, it addresses specific content. Fred Bauder 14:56, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
* Using the guidelines at Summary style would be better. That way John Kerry article would be a summary of his whole life while daughter articles can go into detail about some parts of his life. --mav 05:27, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
* You're missing the point, mav. The exact question of how to do this is a matter for editors, not arbitrators. The point is that John Kerry should probably be a general encyclopedia article. The question of how to get there from here is a seperate mattter. Martin 23:16, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Explanation of call for ban
This complex of disputes goes on and on and gets worse and worse. Although some of those who complain regarding Rex071404 have offended in some ways themselves, the one "keeping the hell agoing" is Rex071404. Fred Bauder 16:35, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)
* I'm getting frustrated -- the longer we delay, the worse Rex gets. Now he's stalking his perceived enemies to non-political articles. If it wouldn't delay things for weeks, I'd propose an outright ban. He is displaying obvious contempt for policy, decency, and this proceeding. Jwrosenzweig 20:59, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Motion to close
Since Rex has left Wikipedia, there is no point is prolonging this matter and keeping it here. I move that the matter be closed and archived, subject to reactivation if Rex returns. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 17:20, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)
I don't think non-arbitrators are allowed to make motions, but I agree with the reasoning so I'll make it instead. →Raul654
* I know I'm not supposed to make comments here, but it doesn't seem like anyone has read the talk page - Rex has not left, as he just voted on Neutrality's adminship request. Ambi 23:58, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
* 1) Close the case, subject to re-activation. →Raul654 04:42, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)
* He just voted. He hasn't left, so keep it open. →Raul654 17:59, Oct 11, 2004 (UTC)
* 1) Ditto. James F. (talk) 17:13, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
* No, soldier on... Fred Bauder 15:34, Oct 13, 2004 (UTC)
* 1) Per Fred, Martin 15:24, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
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Query on FTP - UR3e
#1
Hello RoboDK team,
We would like to send UR Script As per https://robodk.com/doc/en/Robots-Univers...tml#UR-FTP .
But, before proceeding the above procedure of RoboDK + FileZilla, we try to connect to UR3e via Windows command prompt ftp client. But this didn't work and the windows ftp client from commnd prompt is unable to connect with UR3e.
By default & theory, if a FTP server is hosted on UR3e then any FTP client should connect, be it FileZilla or ftp from command prompt. Is there any specific requirement to achieve this or FTP works only with RoboDK+FileZilla ?
Can someone please clarify this.
Also would like to understand this : I couldn't find any FTP related article or Tech information on Universal Robot website/Articles? It is mentioned only on RoboDK link above. Why is this so? Any Unique requirement from RoboDK side?
#2
You should use SFTP to transfer files to a UR controller (not FTP). You can change it in the general settings menu of FileZilla Client (you may need to create a new connection profile).
#3
Hi Albert
Thanks for the quick response. I will try with FileZilla. Is there any specific steps we should do on UR3e side to enable the SFTP server? Or by default the server is active to accept incoming client request?
#4
I don't think there are any specific steps that you should enable on the UR robot controller side. It should be enabled by default.
In FileZilla you may need to create a new "Site Manager" profile and specify SFTP protocol (not FTP)
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Clifton Without
Clifton Without is a suburb and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of York, North Yorkshire, England. It consists of those parts of Clifton that lie outside, i.e. Without, the (pre-1996) city boundaries and Clifton Moor. It lies on the A19 about two miles north-west of central York.
According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,113, increasing to 5,246 at the 2011 Census. Before 1996 it formed part of the Ryedale district. The Parish is bounded by the River Ouse to the west and the B1363 road and River Foss in the east, and from the Clifton Moor retail park in the north to near Clifton Green in the south. The parish contains a diverse mix of industrial and retail areas, to residential areas in the rest of the parish. The area also includes the natural areas of Clifton Ings and Clifton Backies and Rawcliffe Lake.
History
On 27 May 1933 an air circus visited York and flew from Rawcliffe meadow, now the site of Clifton Moor Retail Park. It demonstrated the viability of the area for a commercial airfield for York. In 1934 York Corporation compulsory purchased parts of Clifton (Without) and Rawcilffe and on, 4 July 1936 York Municipal Aerodrome opened. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the airfield was managed by Yorkshire Air Services and Country Club Ltd, who ran a flying club and an air taxi service, but no scheduled flights. On 1 September 1939 the airfield was requisitioned by the government for military use and was renamed RAF Clifton. It was host to a flight of Whitley Bombers.
Following an upgrade in status, the airfield became host to reconnaissance aircraft such as the Westland Lysander and the North American Mustang. The airfield also contained a large civilian staffed repair facility for the Halifax bomber. The repair centre was closed in 1948, after which the airfield returned to its former role as a flying club. Due to the high rents charged by the Air Ministry, which had not de-commissioned the site, the club closed in the 1950s and fell into disuse. Parts of the airfield can still be seen around the area, including a small portion of the runway to the north of the York Outer Ring Road. The airfield is now covered by the Clifton Moor Retail Park.
The village was historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It was then a part of the district of Ryedale in North Yorkshire from 1974 until 1996. Since 1996 it has been part of the City of York unitary authority.
Governance
Clifton Without is part of the Rawcliffe and Clifton Without Ward in the City of York. As of 2023 the Ward is represented by Councillors Darryl Smalley, Derek Wann and Sam Waudby, all from the local Liberal Democrats. It is also has its own parish council consisting of 10 councillors.
Geography
The parish is bounded to the west by the River Ouse and the B1363 and River Foss to the east. To the north the parish meets the parish of Rawcliffe. To the south the boundary runs past Homestead Park from the Ouse then northward along the A19 to turn east along Brompton Road, then it turns north up Water Lane before going east again along Lilbourne Drive and then following the waterway known as Bur Dyke. Where Bur Dyke reaches Bootham Stray it extends an arm towards the Nestle Factory they and ends at the River Foss.
The parish contains Clifton Backies Nature Reserve which, in 2002, was designated as a local nature reserve. The diverse habitats support many different species of mammal, bird, insect and plant life. It was part of the former Clifton Airfield but after its last use in the Berlin Airlift in the late 1940s, it was allowed to return to nature. The land originally belonged to St Mary's Abbey, but after the dissolution of the monasteries the land was part of a furlong or field known as 'Moor Broats' and cultivated under the strip farming system in medieval times. The current ridge and furrow appearance of the fields shows its previous history.
The meadows are home to short-tailed vole, with the Bur Dyke home for water voles, rabbits, fox, weasel, common shrew, hedgehog, bank vole, wood mouse and roe deer have been seen on the site. Bats can also be seen over the meadows. Suitable breeding habitats for the common frog and smooth newt are provided by seasonal ponds. The Bur Dyke supports a population of three-spined stickleback. Birds that frequent the area include blackbird, blue tit, great tit, wren, dunnock, robin, common chaffinch, bullfinch, blackcap, whitethroat, willow warbler, fieldfare, redwing, heron, kingfisher and chiffchaff. A recent survey identified 22 species of butterfly on the site, including speckled wood, holly blue, small copper, brown argus and marbled white.
Amongst the flora in the area are many species of wildflowers and grasses, including dog's tail, knapweed, red clover, great burnet, pignut, with such waterside plants as watercress and water forget-me-not.
Economy
The parish includes the Clifton Moor Retail and Industrial Park where there are many nationwide and local stores, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as entertainment venues.
Transport
Due to the A19 and Clifton Retail Park being within the Parish boundary, Clifton Without is served by many bus routes.
Education
Primary education is catered for by the Clifton with Rawcliffe Federation. This is a partnership of the Rawcliffe Infant and Nursery School on Eastholme Drive in nearby Rawcliffe, where pupils up to Year 2 are taught prior to going to Clifton with Rawcliffe Junior School on Rawcliffe Lane. Secondary Education is provided at Vale of York Academy, located on the same site as Clifton with Rawcliffe Junior School on Rawcliffe Lane. This school has been designated a specialist arts college. The school was opened in April 1941 and is an 11-16 comprehensive with catchment from the city centre to the village of Skelton.
Religious sites
Clifton Moor Church opened in September 1998, and is a partnership of two churches. It has links to both the Church of England and the Methodist Church. York Council gave the land, and the local Church raised the money to pay for the building.
Sports
York Sports Club is located in the south of the parish on the A19 near Clifton Ings. It provides facilities for four sports club; York Cricket Club; York Rugby Union Football Club; York Squash Club and York Tennis Club.
York Cricket Club has been in existence for over 200 years. It first played matches on the Knavesmire in 1790 before moving to the site of the York District Hospital on Wigginton Road. It moved to its present site upon purchase of land from the Clifton Hospital in 1967. York Cricket Club was a founding member of the Yorkshire Cricket League in 1935, which it has won on 10 occasions. It also won the National Knockout Cup in 1975. As of 2010 it has five senior men's teams, nine junior teams, ranging from U9s to U17s, and one ladies’ team.
York RUFC moved to its present location a t the same time as the Cricket Club. It fields four senior sides as well as juniors, seniors and veterans. They have won the Yorkshire Shield three times. The 1st XV play in the Yorkshire 1 league, the 2nd XV play in the Yorkshire 2nd XV Merit League Division 1 and the 3rd XV play in the North Yorkshire Merit Table. The 4th XV are a social side and play friendlies.
York Squash Club has eight men's teams and two ladies teams in the York and District League. As of 2010 York Men's 1st, 2nd and 3rd all play in Division 1. York Men's 4th and 5th play in Division 3, York Men's 6th in Division 4 and the Men's 7th and 8th in Division 5.
York Tennis Club was formed in 1966 following the merger of Clifton and Tanh Hall clubs, who were both facing eviction from their grounds. The club run 16 teams in both local and county leagues. Facilities include six carpet based courts with some floodlit courts and shale courts. The club have one Ladies and one Men's team in the Yorkshire League Doubles competition. One men's team plays in both singles and doubles competitions in the National League. They have six mixed doubles teams in the York & District Mixed Doubles League and four teams in the Men's Local Doubles League with 2 Ladies teams in the Ladies Local Doubles League. | WIKI |
@article { author = {Yasrebi, Laleh and Ghafory-Ashtiany, Mohsen}, title = {Inelastic Response of a Long Span Bridge under Asynchronous Near-Field Pulse-Like and Far-Field Excitations}, journal = {Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering}, volume = {16}, number = {2}, pages = {111-128}, year = {2014}, publisher = {International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering}, issn = {1735-1669}, eissn = {}, doi = {}, abstract = {Due to the spatial variations of the strong ground motions and Near-Field (N-F) effects, significant and unexpected damages have been observed in long-span bridges during past earthquakes. One of the outstanding characteristics of N-F motions is the forward directivity effect seen as a single, intense, long period pulse at the beginning of velocity records in the fault-normal direction. To better understand the effect of this pulse and the wave passage effect of spatially correlated motions on the seismic response of long-span bridges in comparison with these bridges' response to the far-field earthquakes, a comprehensive case study has been done in three parts on the finite element model of a long-span bridge: 1) Uniform excitations of the model bridge with forward directivity pulses and the original records; 2) Asynchronous excitations with different shear wave velocities for impulsive part of the inputs; and 3) Comparison of the wave passage effect of two sets of near-field and far-field strong ground motions (SGMs) on the seismic response of the model bridge. The results showthat the wave passage effect of forward directivityN-F pulses can have significant influence on the bridge nonlinear response, and it becomes more evident in the soft soils causing severe seismic demands. Even in the case of rock sites, ignoring this effect can result in under-designed piers. Besides, comparison of the near-field and far-field SGMexcitations effect on the bridge response indicates that although in uniform excitations both sets cause approximately the same displacement response values, in the case of asynchronous inputs, the N-F records can produce larger ductility demands.}, keywords = {Asynchronous motions,Wave passage effect,Near-field,Forward directivity,Far-field,Apparent wave velocity,Long span bridge}, url = {http://www.jsee.ir/article_240686.html}, eprint = {http://www.jsee.ir/article_240686_73e33e8f8e4052483e38e4263fc811c2.pdf} } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sigma code
The result was d elete. - Mailer Diablo 14:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Sigma code
* – (View AfD) (View log)
While I was able to find this book on Amazon, there's nothing in this article or elsewhere to suggest that this book has "gained cult status amongst conspiracy theorists". Amazon reveals that it's published by AuthorHouse, a self-publishing company. Zetawoof(ζ) 23:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. On another note, the synopsis is lifted directly from Amazon, with only a couple of words changed, adding potential copyright infringement as another reason for deletion. --Darkbane 00:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
* Delete Per nom. Stoic atarian 06:27, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
* Delete Unless there's a citation that can be provided to something discussing the phenomenon of the book's following as notable - which might merit entry change to something like 'Sigma Code conspiracy' or the like, I say delete. 11 May 2007 23:50 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 06:50, 12 May 2007 (UTC).
* Delete per nom. Utterly non-notable plus copyvio. andy 22:37, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
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Talk:Nigel Lived
CD release?
Has this ever been a CD anywhere?
I have a cassette made from a friend's LP, and his is the only copy of the LP I have ever seen or heard of.
Varlaam (talk) 19:49, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
Songwriting
Presumably all songs were written by Murray, but there is no information there now.
Varlaam (talk) 19:50, 27 April 2012 (UTC) | WIKI |
Maxime Gremetz
Maxime Gremetz (born September 3, 1940 in Canchy, Somme) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Somme's 1st constituency, and is a member of the French Communist Party and Gauche démocrate et républicaine. According to Michel Foucault Gremetz's response to the Polish Communist government's outlawing of Solidarity was to declare that the ban was necessary to avoid civil war. | WIKI |
1951 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1951 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 61st staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The championship began on 7 October 1951 and ended on 4 November 1951.
Borris-Ileigh were the defending champions.
On 4 November 1951, Holycross-Ballycahill won the championship after a 5–15 to 1–04 defeat of Clonoulty in the final at Thurles Sportsfield. It was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1948. | WIKI |
Page:The Zoologist, 4th series, vol 2 (1898).djvu/534
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visiting the South African Museum at Cape Town last October, Mr. Peringuey directed my attention to the carapace of a fine specimen of this Turtle, which had been captured alive on the 20th April, 1896, in Table Bay, on Woodstock Beach, in about two feet of water. It was presented to the Museum by my friend Mr. Casper Keytel, of Cape Town, who had it photographed while in the living condition, and who presented me with a copy of the photograph, which is here reproduced (Plate V.). Such photographs of rare living animals are, zoologically, most important, and prevent misconceptions too often consequent on illustrations taken from Museum specimens. Of this Turtle few really good illustrations are to be found; most of the popular ones—even those in the 'Boston Standard' and "Royal" Natural Histories—are taken from Brehm. Tickell took a drawing from life, but it is somewhat indifferent.
According to Dr. Günther the species is spread throughout almost all the seas of the tropical and temperate regions, having been found in the Mediterranean, on the South Coast of England, in the West Indies, at the Cape of Good Hope, on the coasts of the United States, in Chile, Japan, and the coast of British India. It appears to be scarce on the Australian coasts. McCoy figures a specimen which he describes as "the only one I have known to have occurred on the shores of the colony." Bell includes the species in his ' British Reptiles ' on the authority of Borlase and Pennant. The late Prof. Agassiz, however, | WIKI |
David Jack (pharmacologist)
Sir David Jack (22 February 1924 – 8 November 2011 ) was a Scottish pharmacologist and medicinal chemist who specialised in the development of drugs for treating asthma. He was head of research and development at Glaxo from 1978 until 1987.
Early life and education
Jack was born the sixth and youngest child of a coal miner, in Markinch, Fife, Scotland. He attended Buckhaven High School before turning down a place at Edinburgh University to become an apprentice pharmacist. In 1944, having completed his apprenticeship, he began a BSc course in chemistry and pharmacy at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. He won a number of undergraduate prizes and graduated with first class honours.
Career
He turned down an offer to study for a doctorate and instead worked as an assistant lecturer at the University of Glasgow.
In 1951 he joined the pharmaceutical company Glaxo Laboratories, moving to Smith Kline and French in 1953. In 1961 he became director of research at Allen and Hanburys, a subsidiary of Glaxo, and served as Glaxo's research and development director from 1978 until his official retirement in 1987.
Jack was known for heading a group which developed the following drugs:
* Beclometasone in 1962
* Salbutamol or Albuterol in 1966,
* Ranitidine in 1977,
* Sumatriptan in 1984,
* Salmeterol or serevent in 1985,
* Ondansetron in 1987,
* and Fluticasone propionate in 1993.
Honours
Jack was knighted for services to the pharmaceutical industry in 1993.
In 1987, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath. | WIKI |
Is it okay to sleep all day once in awhile?
And while the occasional long sleep is generally nothing to worry about, oversleeping several days a week could be a sign that something more serious is going on.
Is it okay to sleep all day every once in awhile?
When it comes to sleep, can you have too much of a good thing? It's true a good night's sleep is essential for health. But oversleeping has been linked to a host of medical problems, including diabetes, heart disease, and increased risk of death.
Is it okay to stay in bed all day sometimes?
The general rule of thumb used to be that you couldn't make up for lost sleep, but now a new study says that it might not be a bad idea to catch a few extra hours of shut-eye on the weekend if you need it.
Why did I sleep a whole day?
The most common causes of excessive sleepiness are sleep deprivation and disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia. Depression and other psychiatric problems, certain medications, and medical conditions affecting the brain and body can cause daytime drowsiness as well.
What happens if you sleep an entire day?
Too much sleep on a regular basis can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and death according to several studies done over the years. Too much is defined as greater than nine hours. The most common cause is not getting enough sleep the night before, or cumulatively during the week.
The Danger of Sleeping Too Much
How much day sleep is too much?
And while sleep deprivation is a widespread problem (considering all the aforementioned health functions of sleep), sleeping too much can be cause for concern as well. The Sleep Foundation defines oversleeping as sleeping more than nine hours in a 24-hour period.
How many hours is oversleeping?
When the cause for your sleepiness cannot be found, the disorder is called idiopathic hypersomnia. Oversleeping, or long sleeping, is defined as sleeping more than nine hours in a 24-hour period.
Is it normal to need a nap every day?
If you're experiencing an increased need for naps and there's no obvious cause of new fatigue in your life, talk to your doctor. You could be taking a medication or have a sleep disorder or other medical condition that's disrupting your nighttime sleep.
Why do I want to sleep all the time and have no energy?
You may be too exhausted even to manage your daily affairs. In most cases, there's a reason for the fatigue. It might be allergic rhinitis, anemia, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease (COPD), a bacterial or viral infection, or some other health condition.
What are the 5 signs of narcolepsy?
They include:
• Excessive daytime sleepiness. People with narcolepsy fall asleep without warning, anywhere, anytime. ...
• Sudden loss of muscle tone. ...
• Sleep paralysis. ...
• Changes in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. ...
• Hallucinations.
Does lying in bed count as sleep?
So no, having your eyes closed in bed does not count as sleep, but it's not like it's not beneficial either. Quiet wakefulness is an intermediary step for all of us to get to sleep on a healthy schedule, unless we are accustomed to being so exhausted we fall asleep within seconds of laying down.
Is it OK to sleep late but get enough sleep?
Myth: It Doesn't Matter When You Sleep as Long as You Sleep Enough Hours. Studies have demonstrated that the timing of sleep matters, and it's best to sleep as much as possible during hours of darkness. Sleeping at night helps align the body's circadian rhythm, or internal clock, with its environment.
How can I stop laying in bed all day?
Tips for getting out of bed
1. Find an accountability partner. Friends and family members can serve as support and a point of accountability. ...
2. Rely on a furry friend. ...
3. Take small steps. ...
4. Focus on successful moments and days. ...
5. Bribe yourself with good feelings. ...
6. Turn on some tunes. ...
7. Shed some light. ...
8. Work in threes.
Is 6 hours of sleep okay every once in awhile?
For most of us, six hours of sleep is not enough for one night. Scientific evidence indicates the average sleep need is around 8 hours and 40 minutes per night (plus or minus 10 minutes or so), with 13.5% of us requiring nine hours or more of sleep time.
Is it better to sleep once or multiple times a day?
A 2016 study from the Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia, finds having two separate sleep periods provides "two periods of increased activity, creativity and alertness across the day, rather than having a long wake period where sleepiness builds up across the day and productivity wanes."
Is it OK to pull an all nighter to fix sleep schedule?
Some people think so. In fact, you can probably find plenty of stories online about people staying up all night and being so tired the next day they fall asleep practically as soon as they get into bed. Science, however, suggests an all-nighter isn't the best way to reset your sleep schedule.
Why do I feel sleepy even after sleeping for 8 hours?
Most likely, you're still tired after eight hours of sleep because of these three factors: (1) you don't know your sleep need, (2) you're not taking into account your sleep efficiency, and (3) you carry sleep debt.
How long is the healthiest nap?
In general, the best nap length for adults is about 20 minutes and no longer than 30 minutes. Sleeping for 20 minutes allows the napper to get a bit of light sleep to boost alertness without entering into deep sleep. Waking up from deep sleep can cause grogginess and actually worsen sleepiness.
Are day naps unhealthy?
Napping, in general, isn't considered unhealthy. Taking brief naps under half an hour can bring about many benefits, such as reduced fatigue, increased alertness, improved mood and improved cognitive performance. However, the duration of your nap can determine whether you see positive or negative effects.
How can I sleep 8 hours in 3 hours?
1. Sleep-wake cycle.
2. How to sleep 8 hours in 3 hours?
3. Reduce screen time before bed.
4. Sleep in a dark room.
5. Avoid caffeine before bed-time.
6. Reduce stress.
7. Exercise daily.
8. Eat a healthy diet.
How do I know if I'm sleeping too much?
Excessive Sleeping Warning Signs
Low energy during the day. Symptoms of anxiety. Memory issues. Extreme sleepiness unresolved by napping.
What happens to your body when you sleep too much?
Too much sleep — as well as not enough sleep — raises the risk of chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, anxiety and obesity in adults age 45 and older. Sleeping too much puts you at greater risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes than sleeping too little.
Why do I keep napping?
Check if it's hypersomnia
If you have hypersomnia, you may: regularly nap during the day and not feel refreshed. fall asleep during the day, often while eating or talking. still sleep for long hours at night.
How do I stop oversleeping and laziness?
12 Tips to Avoid Daytime Sleepiness
1. Get adequate nighttime sleep. ...
2. Keep distractions out of bed. ...
3. Set a consistent wake-up time. ...
4. Gradually move to an earlier bedtime. ...
5. Set consistent, healthy mealtimes. ...
6. Exercise. ...
7. De-clutter your schedule. ...
8. Don't go to bed until you're sleepy.
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How to avoid N.aN?
In my grid, I have a formula in a column like this:
mygrid.setColTypes(“ed,ed,ed,ron[=c1/c2]”);
So, whenever a new row is added, till the values in the columns 1 & 2 are entered, the value in the last column is shown as N.aN. This is understandable as it is not a number. But is there a way that we can avoid showing N.aN & display nothing in that case.
In short, I want to show nothing (blank) in case of N.aN
Thanks in advance.
Try to set an empty value for all cells of a needed row right after it’s adding.
For example:
mygrid.forEachCell(“row1”,function(cellObj,ind){
//execute code for each cell in row with id “row1”
//cellObj - related cell object
//ind - column index
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Brazil's Raízen plans $500 mln bond sale on Thursday -source
SAO PAULO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Raízen Energia SA plans to sell up to $500 million in 10-year bonds as early as Thursday, as the Brazilian biofuels and logistics conglomerate seeks to refinance existing debt, a person with direct knowledge of the transaction said. Raizen Fuels Finance, the Raízen subsidiary offering the debt, is initially offering investors a yield “in the mid to high 5 percent area,” said the person, who requested anonymity since the deal is in the works. Raízen, a joint venture equally owned by Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Brazil’s Cosan SA Industria & Comercio, hired the investment banking units of Bank of America Corp, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Banco Santander and Banco Bradesco SA to manage the transaction. (Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Balancing hormones
As you age, your body’s biochemistry changes, and one of the most significant changes is the decline in the levels of hormones that have a major impact on aging. Specifically, those hormones are the sex hormones—estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone—as well as the mother of all these hormones, DHEA, and a few others, including melatonin, thyroid, and growth hormone.
One of the primary roles of hormones is to transmit messages to the body’s cells so they can perform their various functions. Hormone levels begin to decline when people are in their twenties, which means the amount of information that is shared among the cells declines as well. Because hormone levels typically fall slowly, the impact of their decline often isn’t felt until people reach their forties or fifties. That’s also about the time that women experience another hormonal change—menopause—and men also have a decline in sex hormone production, known as andropause. All of these hormonal changes taken together are associated with symptoms of aging and also increase your chances of developing disease and infection.
Anti-aging medicine promotes hormone balancing using bio-identical hormone therapy as a way to fight aging. The concept is simple: take hormone supplements that are similar to the ones your body produces—not artificial or synthetic hormones— as a means to restore and maintain your levels to where they were when you were in your twenties. Achieving healthy levels and balance of hormones slows the aging process and promotes health and well-being. Generally, hormone balancing offers the following benefits.
• Helps prevent bone loss and osteoporosis.
• Promotes muscle strength and tone.
• Enhances heart functioning.
• Helps maintain a healthy immune system.
• Improves the texture, tone, and elasticity of the skin.
• Improves sexual function and desire.
• Helps maintain mental functioning.
• Promotes tissue repair and regeneration.
• Improves mood and emotional stability.
• Helps keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels down.
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Hormone balancing is not an approach you should take on your own: you will need tests to determine your hormone levels and a professional to customize your hormone restoration program. Although most of the hormones are available over the counter, a few require a prescription (testosterone, thyroid) from your physician. A physician should also reevaluate your hormone levels yearly and make any dose adjustments as needed.
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Camp Hopkins Marker
Backstory and Context
"[Our camp is located on] a steep wooded hill on the brow of which the tents are laid out. ... Picture the tents on a firm smooth swail, intersperced plentifully with fine large trees and you have some idea of it." - Sgt. Maj. Charles W. Shepard, 106th N.Y. Volunteers, Apr. 8, 1863
The importance of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during the Civil War cannot be overstated. It provided a life line to the troops and their cause. The B & O Railroad provided a main supply line between the Ohio River and the national capital region. Ultimately it was crucial to the Union’s victory and the outcome of the war could have been different if the railroad had been overtaken by the Confederates.
Camp Hopkins was the location General Benjamin F. Kelley stationed the 54th Pennsylvania and 1st West Virginia Infantry regiments to guard and repair this vital asset to his army in December 1862. Kelley had been a freight agent of the B & O railroad 10 years prior to his military service. In March of 1863, Colonel Edward James and his 106th New York Volunteer Infantry and a section of Capt. Thomas A. Maulsby’s Battery F, West Virginia Light Artillery (US), marched from Martinsburg and relieved Kelley's troops. The camp was yet to be named so Colonel James named the camp for a schoolmate and friend from Martinsburg, Lt. James W. Hopkins, who had recently died.
The camps were set up with "company streets" which resembled small villages Their living quarters were conical Sibley tents. These tents were 18 ft. in diameter and 12 ft. high. They were held up by a single pole standing in a metal tripod. Iron reinforcement in the top opening was suspended with chains from the pole and are still available for purchase today. The tents were arranged in a line-of-battle order and the companies patrolled the hillside around their campsite to guard the railroad and seize Confederate contraband.
This encampment was short-lived as the men broke camp on June 13, 1863, to set off in pursuit of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia as the invasion of Pennsylvania that ended at Gettysburg had begun.
Remarkably, the holes were the tents once stood are still visible. This property was generously donated to the Berkeley County Landmarks Commission in 2008 by the Windle family. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Perilipins and the bigger picture
On Friday we posted a summary on the website of one of our latest publications. The paper was on perilipins – a type of protein that surrounds lipid droplets, and is important in the regulation of fat storage – and looked at how their expression is influenced by diet, exercise and energy balance. We found that endurance training and fat consumption affected perilipin expression, while strength training and insulin sensitivity did not.
Why should I care? you ask. What are perilipins to me? And that’s the challenge.
Here at CERG, the scope of our research in cardiovascular disease and exercise ranges from public health and fitness to underlying molecular mechanisms, with everything in between. We use a variety of grand epidemiological studies, comparative models and clinical studies.
From an academic perspective this is really important. Not only do we want to create successful treatment options for cardiovascular disease by means of exercise – we also want to know how they work. Conducting both top-down and bottom-up research is essential in order to achieve this. But when you want to explain your work to the public, the bare facts can seem dull if you don’t explain the context sufficiently.
Research that makes you go wow!
To be fair, a lot of our research has that immediate appeal, with an exciting conclusion at first glance. For example, aerobic interval training is more effective in increasing the peak oxygen uptake in myocardial infarction patients than usual care. That’s cool because peak oxygen uptake has been shown to be an accurate predictor of future health, so changing usual care could improve the prognosis for cardiovascular patients. Or; that even low levels of physical activity reduce mortality in people with metabolic syndrome. Lesson: even if you’re unable to exercise every day, every little bit counts! And there are plenty of other good examples…
Not-so-sexy, but still really cool research
But if the conclusion is that there’s a clear correlation between perilipins 2-5 and muscle fiber type 1; and aerobic interval training increased the expression of perilipin 2 and 3 by 101% and 105% respectively? It just doesn’t have that same ring to the uninitiated… So here’s a little more context, which hopefully will lead you to recognize that perilipins are cool, and you should care that we found a correlation between exercise (endurance only) and perilipin expression.
The body stores excess energy as triglycerides. Since these are hydrophobic, they aggregate as lipid droplets in the hydrophilic cytosol inside of cells. Perilipins (also known as PAT-proteins or PLINs) are a family of proteins coating these lipid droplets, and they have an interesting, but not fully understood role in regulating fat metabolism. As summarized in a 2007 review, under normal conditions, perilipin prevents cytosolic lipases from reaching lipid droplets, thus preventing them from being broken down to be used in metabolism. However, when there is an energy deficit, perilipin is altered through phosphorylation, and facilitates maximal lipolysis which generate lots of energy by metabolizing the triglycerides.
Small changes have big consequences
Both animal models and genetic studies have shown that perilipins matter, since small changes in them can have drastic consequences. For instance, a 2001 study showed that mice genetically engineered to lack perilipin 1 ate as much as their normal peers, but had 30% less adipose tissue. They found that the basal fat metabolism was elevated, yet interestingly these mice were unable to reach as high a level of fat metabolism when stimulated (as during energy deficiency). This indicates that not only is perilipin 1 necessary to protect the lipid droplets when extra energy isn’t needed, but it is also required for maximal lipolytic activity. The mice were protected from diet-induced obesity when fed a high-fat diet, but had an increased tendency to develop glucose intolerance and insulin resistance, meaning they were predisposed to type 2 diabetes.
Another fascinating study looked at the change of just two nucleotides in the gene encoding perilipin in humans, and found a connection to obesity and response to exercise. It had earlier been shown that individuals with the abnormal gene had an increased risk of obesity. Jenkins and colleagues then showed that those with the abnormal gene retained more fat after a 6-month endurance training program, and this blunted their maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) adaptation to training. They concluded that perilipin variation could explain some of the differences between people with respect to training response and cardiovascular disease risk.
Are you convinced yet? There are lots of other interesting papers out there on perilipins, but this gives you an idea of the potential involved. Perilipin is a cool molecule, and understanding it better is very exciting! And now that you have a little more context, you can consider giving the paper summary another shot if you skimmed right past it in the first place.
Written by Hanna Sofie Ellingsen at CERG.
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The Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) seeks to identify the key mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of physical on cardiac health in the context of disease prevention and treatment. Named the K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine under Professor Ulrik Wisløff's leadership in 2011, CERG uses both top-down and bottom-up approaches to combat lifestyle-related disease.
2 thoughts on “Perilipins and the bigger picture
1. I am a lay person trying to understand the significance of this. If the perilipins “expression is increased” for interval training, does this mean fat metabolism is inhibited by aerobic interval training and we should concentrate on strength training if we want to metabolize fat?
2. First of all, the role of perilipins is not completely understood, and the various perilipin types seem to have different effects, so it’s too soon to implicate them in an exact mechanism. Their role also isn’t black or white – for instance perilipin 1 is both need to store fat well, but also if you want to metabolize lipids at the greatest possible rate.
But generally speaking, high-intensity exercise shifts your metabolism, reducing the percentage of your energy which comes from fat, and increasing the percentage from carbohydrates. Nevertheless, if your goal is to metabolize more total fat, you also need to bear in mind that high-intensity exercise (like aerobic interval training) burns more calories overall, so even if your energy percentage coming from fats is lowered, you still overall burn more fat than moderate-intensity activities since you use more energy overall. So if you want to metabolize fat, high-intensity exercise is absolutely a good idea!
That’s not to say that strength training isn’t important, quite the contrary. Building muscle increases your basal metabolism, so if you’re looking to metabolize the most possible fat, a combination of strength and endurance training is best.
Hope that answers your question!
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Do Stomach Contractions Help Tone Your Stomach Muscles?
by Nina K.
All physical activity involves some type of muscle contraction, and with enough exertion, these contractions ultimately lead to improved muscle tone. For your stomach muscles, this can mean achieving "six-pack" abs; however, toning muscles won't decrease flab, and you may not see any definition if a layer of fat hides the lean muscle beneath. If you're after a slimmer stomach, you should reduce calorie intake and perform regular cardio to lose weight.
How Toning Works
When you perform strength-training exercises you make your muscles grow larger and stronger, which is described as toning. This effect results from the stress that you place on your muscles during workouts. Once muscle contractions cease, your body goes into repair mode to fix the damage, causing increased protein synthesis and swelling; this process is known as hypertrophy, or muscle enlargement. Due to hormonal differences, men are typically able to grow larger muscles than women. And although the muscle-building process begins immediately after exercise, it may take weeks to see results.
Isometric Contractions
You perform isometric abdominal contractions by sitting, standing or lying still while activating your stomach muscles. For example, when you suck in your stomach, you are doing isometric contractions. These types of contractions occur without bending any joints; therefore, muscles remain the same length throughout the activity. Isometric exercises are effective at building muscle, but according to Harvard Medical School, they can be stressful for your cardiovascular system, and thus they may not be suitable if you have any heart or circulatory problems.
Isotonic Contractions
Isotonic contractions are the primary components of most strength-training routines. These occur when you bend a joint, thereby shortening and contracting the muscle at the same time. For example, when you perform crunches you bend at the waist, causing abdominal muscles to lose length and then stretch back out. Other isotonic stomach exercises include situps, leg raises and side bends. Weightlifting exercises are also isotonic. Isotonic exercises are gentler on your cardiovascular system than isometric exercises, and are also highly effective for toning.
Exercise Planning
For the greatest toning benefits, perform a variety of strength-training exercises two to three times weekly, allowing at least 48 hours of recovery between workouts. Along with your stomach, work your back, chest, arms and lower body for proper balance. Warm up before strength training with five to 10 minutes of brisk walking or other light to moderate cardio. And because strength training does not provide aerobic benefits, also perform cardio activities such as jogging, swimming or using a stair stepper most days of the week. If you don't currently exercise, see your doctor before embarking on a new exercise program.
About the Author
Nina K. is a Los Angeles-based journalist who has been published by USAToday.com, Fitday.com, Healthy Living Magazine, Organic Authority and numerous other print and web publications. She has a philosophy degree from the University of Colorado and a journalism certificate from UCLA.
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Where is the texture?
When you Generate, Bind and glTexImage3D a texture, where is it in texture space? Is it dependant on the current text gl_texture matrix?
What are its co-ordinate bounds assuming the identity matrix is loaded? 0,0,0 to 1,1,1 if clamped?
If the texture is not the same size in all directions the do the bounds still go from 0,0,0 to 1,1,1?
A texture has no coordinates of its own.
your texture coordinates are an attribute more or less of your vertex. each vertex has an associated texture coordinate which tells OpenGL from where to sample the texture. The texture is interpolated from one vertex to the next based on the texture coordinates supplied to it by the corresponding vertex.
Agreed…
However if you are using glTexGenfv then where is the texture?
All glTexGen does is create those texture coordinates for you depending on the enumeration you send it (GL_REFLECTION_MAP, etc…).
these are normally created by OpenGL given the vertex position and the ‘eye vector’ (the vector from the observer to the vertex).
I think you’re thinking of the texture as being defined in some space somewhere, which it’s not.
Yes, the texgen parameters specify the space that’s what _OBJECT and _EYE means. Although the OBJECT plane equations are transformed through the modelview matrix when specified.
If the texture is not the same size in all directions the do the bounds still go from 0,0,0 to 1,1,1?
Yes.
By the way, while the texture itself does not define a space, I usually refer to it as “texture space”.
Yes, this post says just the opposite of what said up to now, let me explain.
First, this is a term I use myself. I find rather good with it and I know it’s not the best name around to indicate this space. It still sounds quite nice to say “texture space coordinates lies in [0…1] range at lookup”.
In fact, texture space is not really called that way. Some old bump-map papers used to refer to it when explaining how to build the normal vectors with various names.
What are its co-ordinate bounds assuming the identity matrix is loaded? 0,0,0 to 1,1,1 if clamped?
Coordinates as defined by the vertex attribute are different thing than lookup coordinates.
The coordinate itself can be of any value, no limitations on it at all.
When the VP loads the attributes, it applies the xform matrix on it (it really should but in fact most VPs will assume IDENTITY and spare some cycles). The output of this is another coordinate vector. It has unlimited range. Well, all the obvious precision issues apply however.
When the lookup operation takes place, the texture objects applies WRAP, CLAMP (or other similar operation) to the vector and performs the real lookup. In fact this reduces the coordinate vector to have all components in [0…1] range. There’s a good reason to do that.
This post needs to be really interpreted. It’s probably not a good one. Take it with some salt.
Originally posted by dorbie:
Yes, the texgen parameters specify the space that’s what _OBJECT and _EYE means. Although the OBJECT plane equations are transformed through the modelview matrix when specified.
Dorbie,
Maybe I misinterpreted your post.
Both eye and object planes operate on vertices which are transformed through the modelview matrix. But aren’t the EYE plane equations transformed through the inverse modelview matrix when specified, and the object planes kept the way are specified?
Nico
Yes you’re right Nico I mixed them up, which of course makes perfect sense, in the object_linear case you texgen in object space irrespective of the matrix, in the eye_linear matrix case you have the potential to texgen in eye space or transformed to ‘world’ space (or some other space) depending on what was on the modelview matrix stack when you sent the plane equation.
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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Richard Hadlee
In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and fewer than 50 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Richard Hadlee, a retired New Zealand cricketer, took 41 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. A fast bowler who represented his country between 1973 and 1990, Hadlee was described by the BBC as "one of the greatest bowlers the world has seen". Hadlee was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1982. In 2009, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Hadlee was the first bowler to take 400 wickets in Test cricket.
Hadlee made his Test debut in 1973 against Pakistan at the Basin Reserve, Wellington. His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1976, against India in a match at the same venue which New Zealand won. In February 1980, he took his first pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against the West Indies at the Carisbrook, Dunedin. By the end of his career, he had claimed five-wicket hauls in both innings of a match on five occasions. He went on to take ten or more wickets in a match on nine occasions. In Tests, Hadlee was most successful against Australia, with fourteen five-wicket hauls. His best bowling figures in an innings were 9 wickets for 52 runs against the same team at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, in November 1985. He followed up in the second innings of that match with 6 for 71 and achieved his best match figures of 15 for 123 to give New Zealand an innings win.
Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in February 1973 against Pakistan at the Lancaster Park, Christchurch, Hadlee's first ODI five-wicket haul came in 1980 against India, in a match at the WACA Ground, Perth, which New Zealand lost. His career-best bowling figures in ODI cricket were 5 wickets for 25 runs against Sri Lanka at the County Cricket Ground, Bristol, in June 1983. By the time he retired from international cricket in 1990 after nearly 17 years, Hadlee had taken 36 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and five in ODIs. As of October 2012, he is second overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, behind Muttiah Muralitharan. | WIKI |
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Principles of Political Economy (J. Lalor’s trans. of 13th ed., New York, 1878); F. A. Walker’s Money (New York, 1877) gives an account of Hume’s views on interest and money; H. H. Gibbs (Lord Aldenham), Colloquy on the Currency; for Hume’s relation to Adam Smith, John Rae’s Life of Adam Smith (London, 1895). See also M. Teisseire, Les Essais économiques de David Hume (1902; a critical study); A. Schatz, L’Œuvre économique de David Hume (1902).
HUME, JOSEPH (1777–1855), British politician, was born on the 22nd of January 1777, of humble parents, at Montrose, Scotland. After completing his course of medical study at the university of Edinburgh he sailed in 1797 for India, where he was attached as surgeon to a regiment; and his knowledge of the native tongues and his capacity for business threw open to him the lucrative offices of interpreter and commissary-general. In 1802, on the eve of Lord Lake’s Mahratta war, his chemical knowledge enabled him to render a signal service to the administration by making available a large quantity of gunpowder which damp had spoiled. In 1808, on the restoration of peace, he resigned all his civil appointments, and returned home in the possession of a fortune of £40,000. Between 1808 and 1811 he travelled much both in England and the south of Europe, and in 1812 published a blank verse translation of the Inferno. In 1812 he purchased a seat in parliament for Weymouth and voted as a Tory. When upon the dissolution of parliament the patron refused to return him he brought an action and recovered part of his money. Six years elapsed before he again entered the House, and during that interval he had made the acquaintance and imbibed the doctrines of James Mill and the philosophical reformers of the school of Bentham. He had joined his efforts to those of Francis Place, of Westminster, and other philanthropists, to relieve and improve the condition of the working classes, labouring especially to establish schools for them on the Lancasterian system, and promoting the formation of savings banks. In 1818, soon after his marriage with Miss Burnley, the daughter of an East India director, he was returned to parliament as member for the Border burghs. He was afterwards successively elected for Middlesex (1830), Kilkenny (1837) and for the Montrose burghs (1842), in the service of which constituency he died. From the date of his re-entering the House Hume became the self-elected guardian of the public purse, by challenging and bringing to a direct vote every single item of public expenditure. In 1820 he secured the appointment of a committee to report on the expense of collecting the revenue. He was incessantly on his legs in committee, and became a name for an opposition bandog who gave chancellors of the exchequer no peace. He undoubtedly exercised a check on extravagance, and he did real service by helping to abolish the sinking fund. It was he who caused the word “retrenchment” to be added to the Radical programme “peace and reform.” He carried on a successful warfare against the old combination laws that hampered workmen and favoured masters; he brought about the repeal of the laws prohibiting the export of machinery and of the act preventing workmen from going abroad. He constantly protested against flogging in the army, the impressment of sailors and imprisonment for debt. He took up the question of lighthouses and harbours; in the former he secured greater efficiency, in the latter he prevented useless expenditure. Apart from his pertinacious fight for economy Hume was not always fortunate in his political activity. He was conspicuous in the agitation raised by the so-called Orange plot to set aside King William IV. in favour of the duke of Cumberland (1835 and 1836). His action as trustee for the notorious Greek Loan in 1824 was at least not delicate, and was the ground of charges of downright dishonesty. He died on the 20th of February 1855.
A Memorial of Hume was published by his son Joseph Burnley Hume (London, 1855).
HUMILIATI, the name of an Italian monastic order created in the 12th century. Its origin is obscure. According to some chroniclers, certain noblemen of Lombardy, who had offended the emperor (either Conrad III. or Frederick Barbarossa), were carried captive into Germany and after suffering the miseries of exile for some time, “humiliated” themselves before the emperor. Returning to their own country, they did penance and took the name of Humiliati. They do not seem to have had any fixed rule, nor did St Bernard succeed in inducing them to submit to one. The traditions relating to a reform of this order by St John of Meda are ill authenticated, his Acta (Acta sanctorum Boll., Sept., vii. 320) being almost entirely unsupported by contemporary evidence. The “Chronicon anonymi Laudunensis canonici” (Mon. Germ. hist. Scriptores, xxvi. 449), at date 1178, states that a group of Lombards came to Rome with the intention of obtaining the pope’s approval of the rule of life which they had spontaneously chosen; while continuing to live in their houses in the midst of their families, they wished to lead a more pious existence than of old, to abandon oaths and litigation, to content themselves with a modest dress, and all in a spirit of Catholic piety. The pope approved their resolve to live in humility and purity, but forbade them to hold assemblies and to preach in public; the chronicler adding that they infringed the pope’s wish and thus drew upon themselves his excommunication. Their name, Humiliati (“Humiles” would have been more appropriate), arose from the fact that the clothes they wore were very simple and of one colour. This lay fraternity spread rapidly and soon put forth two new branches, a second order composed of women, and a third composed of priests. No sooner, however, had this order of priests been formed, than it claimed precedence of the others, and, though chronologically last, was called primus ordo by hierarchical right—propter tonsuram (see P. Sabatier, “Regula antiqua Fr. et Sor. de poenitentia” in Opuscules de critique historique, part i. p. 15). In 1201 Pope Innocent III. granted a rule to this third order. Sabatier has drawn attention to the resemblances between this rule and the Regula de poenitentia granted to Franciscanism in the course of its development; on the other hand, it is incontestable that Innocent III. wished to reconcile the order with the Waldenses, and, indeed, its rule reproduces several of the Waldensian propositions, ingeniously modified in the orthodox sense, but still very easily recognizable. It forbade useless oaths and the taking of God’s name in vain; allowed voluntary poverty and marriage; regulated pious exercises; and approved the solidarity which already existed among the members of the association. Finally, by a singular concession, it authorized them to meet on Sunday to listen to the words of a brother “of proved faith and prudent piety,” on condition that the hearers should not discuss among themselves either the articles of faith or the sacraments of the church. The bishops were forbidden to oppose any of the utterances of the Humiliati brethren, “for the spirit must not be stifled.” James of Vitry, without being unfavourable to their tendencies, represents their association as one of the peculiarities of the church of his time (Historia orientalis, Douai, 1597). So broad a discipline must of necessity have led back some waverers into the pale of the church, but the Waldenses of Lombardy, in their congregationes laborantium, preserved the tradition of the independent Humiliati. Indeed, this tradition is confounded throughout the later 12th century with the history of the Waldenses. The “Chronicon Urspergense” (Mon. Germ. hist. Scriptores, xxiii. 376-377) mentions the Humiliati as one of the two Waldensian sects. The celebrated decretal promulgated in 1184 by Pope Lucius III. at the council of Verona against all heretics condemns at the same time as the “Poor Men of Lyons” “those who attribute to themselves falsely the name of Humiliati,” at the very time when this name denoted an order recognized by the papacy. This order, though orthodox, was always held in tacit and ever-increasing suspicion, and, in consequence of grave disorders, Pius V. suppressed the entire congregation in February 1570–71.
See Tiraboschi, Vetera humiliatorum monumenta (Milan, 1766); K. Müller, Die Waldenser (Gotha, 1886); W. Preger, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Waldensier (Munich, 1875).
HUMITE, a group of minerals consisting of basic magnesium fluo-silicates, with the following formulae:—Chondrodite, Mg3[Mg(F, OH)]2[SiO4]2; Humite, Mg5[Mg(F, OH)]2[SiO4]3; Clinohumite, Mg7[Mg(F, OH)]2[SiO4]4. Humite crystallizes in the orthorhombic and the two others in the monoclinic system, but between them there is a close crystallographic relation: the | WIKI |
In a world where we are constantly bombarded with video technology on our computers and smartphones, it’s crazy to think that this type of technology was once nonexistent. In the early days of film technology, all films were silent, meaning they had no sound synchronization either on the film itself or by an orchestra or recorded track.
Why were they silent?
Sound recording technology was first developed in 1877 with Thomas Edison’s phonograph. With the phonograph, a person could speak into the machine and the machine would replay what the person had just said. This is why it was referred to as the “talking machine.”
Phonographs and other prototypes of speakers were used to accompany silent films during the late 1920s, yet before this, all films were silent due to the fact that sound recording capabilities within the film itself were not yet developed and wouldn’t be until the 1930s. In the early days of film, only moving pictures could be recorded - not the sound that went along with them. This is why all films were silent before the late 1920s.
The First Film
The oldest surviving silent film is known as the Roundhay Garden Scene. It was recorded on October 14, 1888, by inventor Louis Le Prince in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The footage depicts Le Prince’s son, his in-laws the Whitleys, and a woman named Annie Hartley enjoying an afternoon in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley’s home.
Le Prince’s invention of the moving picture predates Thomas Edison’s, making him the first to successfully capture moving images on camera.
The First Commercial Silent Film Screening
The first commercial movie screening happened on December 28, 1895, at the Grande Cafe in Paris. Brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere developed a film using their invention the Cinematographe which showed scenes of everyday French life, charging admission to see their series of shorts.
The First Feature-Length Silent Film
In 1906, the first feature-length silent film was produced in Australia, titled The Story of the Kelly Gang. The film was directed by Charles Tait and depicted the adventures of the outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. The film was more than an hour long, making it the longest narrative film seen in the world at the time.
The First Film With Sound
The first “talkie,” a film with synchronized recorded music and speech, was The Jazz Singer, a movie about a young Jewish man who defies his devout religious traditions by becoming a jazz singer. The film was released in 1927 and directed by Alan Crosland.
Can you believe that all films were once silent? It’s difficult to imagine in an age where video and sound are so prevalent in our every day lives. Yet this used to be the reality for early filmmakers and cinephiles. Silent films were a major source of entertainment from the early 1890s until the 1930s when sound-on-film capabilities were introduced. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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Lake Of Ecstasy
No matter how much I try I can never find out anything about the song "Lake Of Ecstasy" by Ian Van Dahl. Arguably their best song, but not on any of their albums or released as a single, I originally came across it on P2P.--NeF (talk) 19:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
* Listen to it here, I really would like more information about the song please:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzuFuGzUZ0I-NeF (talk) 02:10, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
noteability
There is a note questioning the notability per the guidelines. As IVD has charted at #3 in the UK national charts for Castles in the Sky that should establish his notability under the guidelines Criteria for Musicians and Ensembles Section 2. Along with the rest of his work of course, that's just the easy standout.
"# Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart."
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Using email encryption ensures that the message and attachments of your email are protected before they are ever sent to a mail server and will remain secure/encrypted until your recipient with the private key accesses it. So, rather than only protecting the communication channel, you’re protecting the message itself. If the person you’re emailing is using an email service that doesn’t encrypt all messages using S/MIME or TLS, their emails might not be secure. However, messages are encrypted in S/MIME whenever possible. For S/MIME to work, to either sign or receive S/MIME encrypted mail, a user must have a valid S/MIME cert from a trusted root. Aug 09, 2017 · This typically refers to if the hard drives or storage mechanism of the email server or your laptop encrypts the data when it is stored on disk. For example, if someone turned off the server and captured a forensic image of the mail server’s hard drive, the email would be encrypted at the hard drive layer. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
syzbot
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in handle_percpu_devid_irq
Status: moderation: reported on 2024/05/19 01:19
Subsystems: arm
[Documentation on labels]
Reported-by: syzbot+04d4ae04e291daaef555@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 38d, last: 38d
Sample crash report:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000086000005
EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000001288bf000
[0000000000000000] pgd=080000010e113003, p4d=080000010e113003, pud=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 6257 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-gfda5695d692c #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024
pstate: 004000c5 (nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : 0x0
lr : timer_handler drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c:674 [inline]
lr : arch_timer_handler_virt+0x74/0x88 drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c:685
sp : ffff800080007f30
x29: ffff800080007f30 x28: ffff0000c5e9dac0 x27: 0000000000000008
x26: ffff800093742cd0 x25: ffff80008f76a0c0 x24: dfff800000000000
x23: ffff80008f76a0e8 x22: ffff8000882cc31c x21: ffff0000c1086c00
x20: 0000000000000005 x19: ffff0001b3ddff40 x18: 1fffe000367b8996
x17: ffff800124fc3000 x16: ffff80008ae89e3c x15: 0000000000000001
x14: ffff80008eeb0668 x13: dfff800000000000 x12: 00000000222162d1
x11: 00000000cb470884 x10: 1fffe000367bbfe8 x9 : dfff800000000000
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : ffff8000803a9534 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000002
x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : 0000000000000004 x0 : ffff0001b3ddff40
Call trace:
0x0
handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x174/0x308 kernel/irq/chip.c:942
generic_handle_irq_desc include/linux/irqdesc.h:161 [inline]
handle_irq_desc kernel/irq/irqdesc.c:688 [inline]
generic_handle_domain_irq+0x7c/0xc4 kernel/irq/irqdesc.c:744
__gic_handle_irq drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c:771 [inline]
__gic_handle_irq_from_irqson drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c:822 [inline]
gic_handle_irq+0x6c/0x190 drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c:866
call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x4c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:889
do_interrupt_handler+0xd4/0x138 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:310
__el1_irq arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:536 [inline]
el1_interrupt+0x34/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:551
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:556
el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:594
__daif_local_irq_restore arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:175 [inline]
arch_local_irq_restore arch/arm64/include/asm/irqflags.h:195 [inline]
__raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:151 [inline]
_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0x98 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
kasan_quarantine_remove_cache+0x1c0/0x2a0 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:372
kasan_cache_shutdown+0x24/0x34 mm/kasan/generic.c:212
shutdown_cache mm/slab_common.c:454 [inline]
kmem_cache_destroy+0x78/0x1b0 mm/slab_common.c:496
bio_put_slab block/bio.c:155 [inline]
bioset_exit+0x330/0x434 block/bio.c:1707
bch2_fs_io_read_exit+0x70/0x80 fs/bcachefs/io_read.c:1203
__bch2_fs_free fs/bcachefs/super.c:559 [inline]
bch2_fs_release+0x1c4/0x56c fs/bcachefs/super.c:610
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x2a8/0x41c lib/kobject.c:737
bch2_fs_free+0x288/0x2f0 fs/bcachefs/super.c:675
bch2_kill_sb+0x48/0x58 fs/bcachefs/fs.c:2013
deactivate_locked_super+0xc4/0x12c fs/super.c:472
deactivate_super+0xe0/0x100 fs/super.c:505
cleanup_mnt+0x34c/0x3dc fs/namespace.c:1267
__cleanup_mnt+0x20/0x30 fs/namespace.c:1274
task_work_run+0x230/0x2e0 kernel/task_work.c:180
resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
do_notify_resume+0x178/0x1f4 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:151
exit_to_user_mode_prepare arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:169 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:178 [inline]
el0_svc+0xac/0x168 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:713
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598
Code: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? (????????)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Crashes (1):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2024/05/15 01:15 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci fda5695d692c fdb4c10c .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-gce-arm64 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in handle_percpu_devid_irq
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Edmondia
Edmondia may refer to:
* Edmondia (plant), a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
* Edmondia (bivalve), an extinct bivalve genus in the family Edmondiidae and the order Anomalodesmata | WIKI |
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction?
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in biology and chemistry is a laboratory technique used for making millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA molecule. PCR is a cell-free amplification technique used for synthesizing multiple copies of any DNA molecule for medical, forensic, and biological research.
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) steps, process, technique, and uses in biology and biotechnology
Polymerase chain reaction can help scientists amplify a very small DNA sample to a sufficient amount. PCR technique was developed in 1983 by American biochemist Karry Mullis and received a Nobel prize in 1993 for his discovery. Today, PCR is a basic tool in molecular biology to make many copies of DNA from small samples.
Large amounts of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) samples are necessary for molecular and genetic analysis. Scientists used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify trace amounts of DNA and RNA from a sample. The PCR process has a wide variety of laboratory and clinical applications.
• Forensic labs use PCR for analyzing DNA samples from a crime scene.
• Clinical healthcare labs use PCR to identify infected viruses in patients.
• Pharmaceutical research labs use PCR for analyzing and duplicating DNA and RNA samples and using it in the manufacturing of drugs and vaccines.
Principle of Polymerase Chain Reaction
The PCR principle is based on the enzymatic replication of DNA molecules. It is used for amplification of a specific region of DNA strands. In most cases, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used to amplify DNA fragments of between 0.1 and 10 kilo base pairs (kbp) in length but some techniques also allow to amplify DNA fragments up to 40 kbp.
According to the PCR principle, DNA amplification is carried out in three main steps.
1. The double-stranded DNA of interest is denatured to separate into two individual DNA strands.
2. Each strand in PCR steps is then allowed to hybridize with a primer (renaturation).
3. The premier template duplex is used for DNA synthesis by the enzyme DNA polymerase.
These three steps- denaturation, renaturation, and synthesis are repeated again and again to generate multiple forms of targeted DNA.
Present-day, PCR is a common and indispensable technique used by researchers for researching biomedical and forensic samples. The essential requirements of the PCR technique are:
• DNA Template: A target DNA (100 − 35000 bp in length).
• Oligonucleotide Primers: Two primers (synthetic oligonucleotides of 17 − 30 nucleotide length) that are complimentary to regions flanking the target DNA.
• Deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate: Four deoxyribonucleotides (dATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP).
• DNA Polymerase: A DNA polymerase that can withstand a temperature of up to 95 ℃.
• Buffer System: A buffer solution that contains magnesium ions or potassium ions provides a suitable chemical environment for DNA denaturation and renaturation, polymerase activity, and stability.
Technique of Polymerase Chain Reaction
The actual technique of polymerase chain reaction involves repeated cycles for amplification of target DNA. Commonly, the polymerase chain reaction is carried out in a thermal cycler and small reaction tubes (0.2–0.5 mL volumes).
The thermal cycler in PCR can heat and cool the reaction tubes to achieve the temperatures required at each step. Typically, thermal cycles in PCR are carried out by a series of 20–40 repeated temperature changes where each cycle commonly consists of two or three discrete temperature steps.
Polymerase Chain Reaction Steps
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) graph, steps, process, technique, and uses in biology
The actual PCR technique involves repeated cycles to amplify target DNA. Each cycle in the PCR technique has three steps,
1. Denaturation
2. Renaturation or annealing
3. Elongation
The three steps of PCR are related to temperature and time. Each cycle in PCR takes about 3−5 minutes. In normal practice, the PCR is carried out in an automatic machine.
Denaturation
On raising the temperature to about 95 ℃ for about 0.5 to 2 minutes, the DNA gets denatured and two strands are separated by breaking hydrogen bonds between the two strands of DNA. Such types of single strands now act as a template for the production of new DNA strands.
The temperature in the denaturation of the polymerase chain reaction should be provided for a longer time to ensure the separation of the two strands.
Renaturation or Annealing
When the temperature of the mixture is slowly cooled to about 55 ℃, the primer bases pair with the complimentary reagins flanking target DNA strands. Such a process is called renaturation or annealing. In this step, the primers bind to their complementary sequences on the template DNA.
A high concentration of premier ensures annealing between each DNA strand and the primer rather than the two stands of DNA. The two separated strands in the polymerase chain reaction run in the opposite direction. Therefore, two primers such as forward primer and reverse primer used in renaturation or annealing.
Elongation
At this step, the temperature is raised to 72-80℃ and initiation of DNA extension occurs at the 3´ − hydroxyl end of each primer. The premiers are extended by joining the bases complementary to DNA strands by the Taq polymerase enzyme. The synthetic process in PCR is quite comparable to the DNA replication of the leading strand.
Almost all PCR machines contain a heat-stable DNA polymerase, such as Taq polymerase. It is an enzyme that is isolated from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus.
The enzyme taq polymerase can tolerate very high temperatures and adds DNA bases to the single strand. Therefore, a double-stranded DNA molecule is obtained during elongation.
Applications of Polymerase Chain Reaction
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a laboratory technique that is used for rapidly producing or amplifying millions to billions of copies of a specific segment of DNA for medical, forensic, and biological research. Therefore, PCR is a common tool used in medical, forensic, and biological research labs. It has a vast number of applications in clinical diagnosis, genetic engineering, and forensic analysis.
Applications of PCR in Clinical Diagnosis
The specificity and sensitivity of PCR is highly useful for the clinical diagnosis of various diseases in humans. It may include genetic diseases, viral diseases, bacterial diseases, etc.
• Diagnosis of inherited diseases: Sickle anemia, β−thalassemia, and phenylketonuria.
• Diagnosis of retroviral infections: PCR test from cDNA is a variable tool for diagnosis and monitoring HIV infection.
• Diagnosis of bacterial infections: PCR test is used for the detection of tuberculosis, a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• PCR in sex determination: Sex in humans and other animals can be determined by PCR machine by using primers and DNA probes specific for sex chromosomes. It is also useful for the detection of sex-related disorders in humans.
• Diagnosis of cancers: Several virtually induced cancers in humans can be detected by PCR machine.
• PCR in the diagnosis of COVID−19: The real-time PCR technique used for diagnosis of Covid−19.
PCR in Genetic Engineering
The differences in the genomes of the two organisms can be measured by PCR with random primers. The products are separated by electrophoresis or other chromatographic techniques for comparative identification.
Two genomes found from closely related organisms are expected to yield more similar bands. In genetic engineering, PCR can rapidly produce short pieces of DNA. It can produce large amounts of pure DNA.
PCR in Forensic Analysis
A single molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from any source (blood strains, hair, semen, etc) of an individual is adequate for amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Therefore, PCR is very important for the identification of criminal activity. Genetic fingerprinting can uniquely identify any person from the entire world population.
• Minute samples of DNA that can be isolated from a crime scene amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Therefore, these DNA samples can be compared with a DNA database of earlier evidence or convicts.
• The PCR method is used for amplifying DNA sequences from a very minuscule amount of genome that is used in DNA paternity testing. Therefore, DNA from unidentified humans obtained from crime spots can be tested, and compared with their possible parents, siblings, or children.
• Modern PCR machines amplify DNA sequences from a very minuscule amount of genome. Therefore, it provides a powerful and effective way to determine gender in forensic samples.
Different Types of PCR
Being a versatile technique, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) can be modified into various types according to the demands of the situation. Some types of PCR machines are:
1. Real-time PCR
2. Nested PCR
3. Inverse PCR
4. Multiplex PCR
Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Real-time PCR)
Real-time polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) contains a thermal cycler that can illuminate each nucleic acid sample with a beam of light with one specific wavelength and detect by fluorescence emitter excited by the fluorophore. The thermal cycler has the ability to heat and chill samples rapidly and DNA amplification is detected in real-time with the help of a fluorescent reporter.
Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (Nested PCR)
Nested polymerase chain reaction (Nested PCR) is usually designed to improve the sensitivity and specificity of DNA amplification. Two sequential amplification reactions take place in Nested PCR. Each of these uses a different set of primers.
Therefore, it may reduce the non-specific binding of products due to the amplification of unexpected primer binding sites.
Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction (Inverse PCR)
Inverse polymerase chain reaction (Inverse PCR) is used to amplify DNA with only one known sequence. It is a variant of the polymerase chain reaction that is carried out even if only one sequence is available.
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (Multiplex PCR)
Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (Multiplex PCR) is a type of polymerase chain reaction that is used for the amplification of multiple samples in a single PCR experiment. It contains multiple primer sets within a single PCR mixture and amplifies many different DNA sequences simultaneously. The multiple primer sets are designed to work at the same annealing temperature during PCR analysis.
Advantages of Polymerase Chain Reaction
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a quick, simple, and the most accurate technique used to create unlimited copies of DNA from just one original strand. Therefore, PCR technology can play an important role in genetic testing and research.
The most common advantages of polymerase chain reaction are
• PCR is a highly specific technique that distinguishes DNA sequences by just one nucleotide.
• It is a very useful technique when the amount of DNA sample is limited.
• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has various applications in genetic testing and research.
• PCR is an important tool in forensic laboratories because it is used widely in criminal investigations and paternity tests.
• PCR is a rapid and efficient technique because it can amplify a small amount of DNA sample to a million copies in just a few hours.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What are the advantages of PCR?
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a quick, simple, and the most accurate technique used to create unlimited copies of DNA from just one original strand. Therefore, PCR is a rapid and efficient technique for amplification of a small amount of DNA sample to a million copies in just a few hours. It is a faster and less tedious technique than the traditional methods of gene cloning.
What is the principle of PCR?
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in biology is based on the principle of enzymatic replication of the nucleic acids. The double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of interest is denatured to separate into two individual strands. Each strand of DNA is then allowed to hybridize with a primer. The primer-template duplex is used for DNA synthesis by the enzyme DNA polymerase.
These three steps in PCR, denaturation, renaturation, and synthesis are repeated again and again to generate multiple forms of the target DNA molecule.
What is PCR used for in biology?
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used in molecular biology to amplify many copies of small sections of DNA or a gene. It is a common tool used in medical and biological research labs to generate thousands to millions of copies of a particular section of DNA from a very small amount of DNA. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
New Dem super PAC ad targets Montana Republican | TheHill
A super PAC supporting House Democrats launched an ad on Tuesday targeting Montana’s at-large GOP congressman, Rep. Ryan ZinkeRyan Keith ZinkeNew policy at Interior's in-house watchdog clamps down on interactions with press Overnight Energy: EPA proposes scrapping limits on coal plant waste | Appointee overseeing federal lands once advocated selling them | EPA lifts Obama-era block on controversial mine Latest appointee overseeing federal public lands once advocated to sell them MORE. The ad attacks Zinke for being “too in love with himself to think about Montana,” noting that he considered running for Speaker of the House last year, just months after being sworn in. The move indicates that Democrats see promise in a district Republicans have held since 1999. Zinke is being challenged by Denise Juneau, the Democratic superintendent of Montana's school system. “For Congressman Zinke, it’s always ‘me’ before Montana,” House Majority PAC spokesman Jeb Fain said in a statement. “Montanans are tired of Zinke’s constant self-promotion and bluster, and they’re more than ready for a Representative who will finally put their needs first.” The group bought more than $490,000 worth of air time in the state’s major media markets for the ad, which begins airing Tuesday. View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Validating via a Java External Object
Overview
This document will explain how to call an external object Java program for validity checking. For basic information regarding validity checking please see this document.
The source code for the Java used in this example can be found here. The purpose of this object is to check to see if the start date is less than the end date.
This is a very simple example that is meant to demonstrate how to create and setup a Java validity checking external object. Your Java program could be designed to check anything!
In the included example, we are creating a Java program called Validate within the MRCWORKLIB data dictionary. Within this program are three parameters:
• ERROR — 99 length, used for setting the error message.
• strdatex — 8,0 length, used for accepting the start date, passed from the servlet.
• enddatex — 8,0 length, used for accepting the end date, passed from the servlet.
In the example, we setup a simple If/Else If statement that checks to see if the start date is greater than the end date. If it is, the Java program will return the error message, which has been set to read: “Starting Date is greater than End Date”. However, if the start date is smaller or equal to the end date, the Java Program will return the error message, which will be set to blank. This example also has three other cases it tests for:
1. If both date fields are blank, the error “You have not entered any dates” will be displayed.
2. If the start date has been omitted, the error “You must enter a starting date” will be displayed.
3. If the end date has been omitted, the error “You must enter an end date” will be displayed.
The code provided still needs to be compiled. If you do not have easy access to a Java compiling tool, you can use m-Painter.
Once your object has been built, we need to register it to m-Power before we can use it.
1. Click “Admin” -> “External Objects” -> “Create New”
2. Specify Validate for your Object Name. Specify a meaningful object description. Select the “Java Method” radio button for Object Type. Specify MRCWORKLIB.Validate for the Class name, and valid_fields for the Method name. Click “Accept”.
1. Next, click on the “View Parms” button for the external object you just created. Click “Create New Parameter”.
2. Validity external objects require that the error message field is the first parameter used. It also requires that the description contains the text *VALID, the error message to be 99 alpha, and that the field is not required. By making this field non-required, we are allowing m-Power to pass this field a blank entry, and allowing it to receive the appropriate text from the Java program. Once this has been completed, press “Accept”.
1. Next, we should create two more parameters (for the start and end date). They need to be created in the same order they were listed in the Java program. So we will create Start Date first, then End date. Both fields should be 8,0 and be set to be Required Fields. They are required because they are both necessary for the external object to function correctly.
1. We have now completed registering the object to m-Power, next we move on to calling the program from our application.
2. Open your Maintenance or Report application, and navigate to the External Objects screen. Add your new external object to your application, using the *FLDVALID location (report users will use the *RUNVALID location), and mapping the 2nd and 3rd parameter. The *FLDVALID location will call your external object after your user submits the form, but before the data is written to the database.
After compiling and running my application, here is my result. As you can see below, I have entered a start date that has occurred after my end date. As a result, this error is returned to me and the data is not written to the table. In the second example, you can see that my application has correctly informed me that I need to specify an end date.
However, after correcting my date, you can see that no error message is returned and the data writes to the table successfully!
Notes
• The name of your .java file must match the class and file name. Notice in our example, we always used “Validate”.
• In Java, case matters: Validate is different than validate.
• If you decided to build your java program through m-Painter, both the .java and .class files can be found in: \m-power\mrcjava\WEB-INF\classes\MRCWORKLIB
• Feel free to save this java object in any data dictionary, however you will need to change line 1 of your Java code to point to the correct data dictionary. Also, you will need to reference the correct data dictionary when registering your object’s class path.
• If you would like to deploy your java external object programs via a jar file and using your own qualified package names, you can do so by placing the jar file in the mrcjava\WEB-INF\lib folder. Be sure to register each external object using the fully qualified class name (for example com.mrc.externalobjects.MyClass) in the “Class name” field.
Updated on September 30, 2021
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbacillusba‧cil‧lus /bəˈsɪləs/ noun (plural bacilli /-laɪ/) [countable] technical HBMMIa type of bacteria. Some types of bacillus cause diseases.
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Clarence Fountain, 88, Dies; Led the Blind Boys of Alabama
Clarence Fountain, who sang gospel music fit to call down the heavens as the leader of the award-winning Blind Boys of Alabama for more than 60 years, died on June 3 at a hospital near his home in Baton Rouge, La. He was 88. The Blind Boys’ manager, Charles Driebe, said the cause was complications of diabetes. The Blind Boys of Alabama sang a raucous, exuberant style of gospel that mixed harmony vocals with impassioned call-and-response shouting intended to rouse an audience into a religious fervor. Explaining the group’s sound to The New York Times in 1987, Ray Allen, a folklorist and music historian, said it had evolved from the more staid style known as jubilee gospel into one that is distinguished by “a prominent lead singer shouting and preaching and backed by a rhythm-and-blues band.” “Vocally, it made use of stronger rhythms and vocal techniques, such as moaning, melisma, falsetto and trance-induced kinds of behavior that had obvious antecedents in Caribbean or West African worship,” Mr. Allen continued. “The jubilee groups, by contrast, stood up straight and didn’t move around much.” The Blind Boys, he said, “were at the forefront of the transition.” Mr. Fountain, who had a deep, versatile voice that became weathered over the decades, often sang lead. When he did, he could sound as explosive as James Brown. (Mr. Driebe said it might be more accurate to say that Mr. Brown sounded like Mr. Fountain.) The Blind Boys had their roots in the mid-1940s at a segregated school for the blind in Talladega, Ala., where Mr. Fountain and five friends formed a group they originally called the Happy Land Jubilee Singers. Renamed the Blind Boys, the group was well established on the gospel circuit by the time many other performers, including Otis Redding, Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Mr. Brown, became famous for moving from gospel to secular music. Mr. Fountain said that over the years some producers had tried to persuade him and the group to make pop records, but he refused. “I didn’t turn my back on the Lord,” he said on the NPR program “Morning Edition” in 2001. “I said I wanted to sing gospel music and I wanted to sing it for the Lord.” Still, the Blind Boys’ foot-stomping sound appealed to secular audiences — and to secular artists. They worked with Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond, Tom Waits, Aaron Neville and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Beginning in the 1990s, the Blind Boys became more open to covering songs by artists like Mr. Reed, the Rolling Stones, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Dylan, Prince and Curtis Mayfield, as long as the lyrics did not betray their spirituality. The results could be striking. In one instance the group sang the lyrics to “Amazing Grace” over the Animals’ arrangement of the traditional song “The House of the Rising Sun.” “I’ve taken the theory that music is music, and all you have to do is just sing it and keep your lyrics clean and you’re on your way,” Mr. Fountain said on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” in 2002. “So we try to put the gospel feel to it, and it makes it much better than it was when it was rock ’n’ roll, you know?” In 1994 the Blind Boys received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Their “Spirit of the Century” won the 2001 Grammy for best traditional gospel album, and they went on to win four more Grammys before receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 2009. They collectively sang the part of Oedipus in “The Gospel at Colonus,” a musical retelling of “Oedipus Rex,” which starred Morgan Freeman and was presented on Broadway in 1988. They performed all over the world and visited the White House repeatedly, singing for Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Mr. Fountain did not perform for Mr. Obama; he retired from touring with the group in 2007. But he still sang on occasion, Mr. Driebe said, most recently at a performance with Marc Cohn and the Blind Boys in Baton Rouge in May. Mr. Fountain was born on Nov. 28, 1929, in Tyler, Ala., to Will and Ida Fountain and grew up in Selma. His father was a sharecropper. Clarence lost his vision when he was 2 after a caregiver tried to cure an eye infection with a lye-based solution. He was sent to the Alabama School for the Negro Blind in Talladega (now part of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind) when he was 8. He joined a boys choir there before forming the Happy Land Jubilee Singers. By the late 1940s the group was touring full time, and in 1948 they changed their name to the Five Blind Boys of Alabama. They have used variations on that name ever since, including Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama. The Blind Boys lineup has changed over the years. The last surviving original member is Jimmy Carter, who is still touring with the group. Mr. Fountain married Barbara Robertson in 1999. She survives him. His survivors also include several children. Mr. Fountain said in a 1993 interview that he did not mind performing in secular venues because “God is everywhere, and we think he’s in the nightclub too, if you bring him in there.” By the same logic, he said, he saw nothing wrong with bringing the energy of a rock concert to a revival tent. “If James Brown could come in here and do the twist, and do the mess around for the Devil, then I feel like it’s all right if I stand up here and mash potatoes for God,” he said at one live performance, moments before launching into “Look Where You Brought Me From.” | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Rukubji
Rukubji is an ancient village located in Sephu Gewog (Dzongkha: སྲས་ཕུག་) in Wangdue Phodrang District, in Bhutan.
Geography
Rukubji sits on a ridge between three rivers on the edge of the Black Mountains. Some of the homes are more than 200 years old, with eroded mud and bamboo walls. Rukubji Village is located in Sephu Gewog. Sephu Gewog is located in the northeastern part of Wangdue Phodrang Dzongkhag and is the largest gewog (area-wise). Sephu is made up of 10 villages (Buso, Zerey. Dubzor, Nangkha, Rukubji, Bumpailog, Rewana, Longtey, Gangchukha and Thaney) and consists of 276 number of households. Sephu consists of an estimated area of 1105.70 km2. The terrain is mostly rugged, with an altitude of 2800 to 5000 meters above sea level. Settlements are scattered and mostly migratory in nature. There are 2 Community Primary Schools (Rukubji Primary School and Sephu Primary School), 1 AEC, 1 LEC, 1 post office agent, 1 GR II BHU in Chazam, 1 logging unit, 1 monastic education center, several lhakhangs of which Wangdue Gompa, Rukubji Lhakhang, and Bumpailog Lhakhang are the most important Lhakhang in the gewog. Effectively, all villages have a community lhakhang. All the administrative office of the local government is located in Chazam.
History and Mythology
The ridge on which the village is built is said to resemble a snake, a harmful spirit, which in the area's ancient history and mythology was subdued by the founder of Bhutanese Buddhism, Guru Rinpoche. This and three nearby villages totaling 90 households are known today as being part of another successful micro-hydro installation. | WIKI |
Metallic Properties And Toxicity Analysis Of Square Tin Boxes
Square tin Box No poison tin is arranged in platinum, gold and silver behind the fourth kind of precious metals, it is rich in luster, non-toxic, not easy to oxidize discoloration, with good sterilization, purification, preservation effect. Life is often used in food preservation, canned inner layer of anti-corrosion film. Tin's chemical properties are very stable, at room temperature is not easily oxidized by oxygen, so it often keeps silver shiny luster. Tin non-toxic, people often put it in the copper pot inside the wall, in case copper warm water generated toxic patina. Toothpaste shell is also commonly used tin (toothpaste shell is two layers of tin in the middle of a layer of lead.) In recent years, China has gradually used aluminum instead of tin to make toothpaste shell. Solder, also contains tin, generally contain tin 61%, there is a lot of lead tin half, also some from 90% lead, 6% tin and 4% antimony composition.Square Tin Boxes
But the loose fragrance you smell is non-toxic, mainly the solder lead in your hand and the lead vapor you inhale. After using the solder must wash hands, the process of attention to ventilation, reduce the inhalation of solder steam. Our teacher said that now the solder non-toxic, your sister Ah, Lao Tze's solder roll marked with Pb37, you have used solder no AH. The current mainstream welding wire for PB, SN process. In other words, the solder wire without labeling RoHS is tin-lead alloy, which contains 37% of lead. You can choose to purchase RoHS-compliant solder, which is lead-free, but the melting point is high, not easy to use. Simple judgment method: with the solder and hand friction, leaving the black traces are lead, leaving the yellow traces of lead-free. Really do not trust the purchase of pure tin, a small tuo cost me 10 yuan, not enough I welding two times. First, the definition of heavy metals is (elementary): The density is less than 4.5 grams per cubic centimeter of metal, while the density is greater than 4.5 grams per cubic centimeter of metal is heavy metal. The density of tin is 7.28 grams per cubic centimeter, which is heavy metal. In our traditional sense of "heavy metal" generally refers to cadmium, lead, mercury, copper and other toxic to the human body of this kind of metal. However, Tin does not participate in the body's physiological and metabolic activities, is non-toxic "heavy metal", like gold, is not heavy metal, but earrings, bracelets and so on is not a lot of gold made.Square Tin Boxes
Material: Tin is made of tin as raw material processing of metal crafts, tin device by system more than 90 of tin with a small amount of lead, lead is to increase the hardness of the tin, and tin is a second only to gold and silver valuable metal. Argument: First of all: Tin products are widely used in food packaging, such as chocolate, cakes and other food are packaged with tinfoil, these are the best proof; second: Tin utensils also have a lot of unique, tin tea cans sealed good, long-term preservation of the quality of tea, so tin is entitled to "Sheng Shui water sweet, wine wine mellow, storage tea taste unchanged, floral flower long" reputation. Finally: Tin crafts are avid collection of consumers a large number of purchases, such as Thai tin, Russian tin is a world-renowned manufacturer of tin. Function: 1. Tin can purify water quality. Tin is a valuable metal after gold and silver, but also has the effect of absorbing impure substances, in places where water quality is not good, people will put the tin plate in the bottom well to purify the water. 2. Tin Crafts Collection Value tin crafts have a high use, ornamental and collectible value, tin with color such as silver, bright as a mirror, sound such as chime and unique. 3. Tin container Sealing strong tin element is very strong, so the use of tin storage tea, fresh-keeping period than any other tea pot time is long, and has no stale, not discoloration characteristics. From ancient times, pay attention to tea ceremony, like tea, tea, half of the people use tin cans storage tea. Tin Tea pot has been recognized as the long-term preservation of tea and avoid the loss of tea nutrition and taste changes of the best containers. 4. Tin absorption function tin element has the function of absorbing impure material, so the vase made of tin, water is not easy to muddy, can keep the flowers long.Square Tin Boxes | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
3 Pull-Up Mistakes and What To Do Instead
How to work your way up to doing your first full pull-up
3 Pull-Up Mistakes and What To Do Instead
Evelyn Valdez Evelyn Valdez
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Pull-ups are one of the most intimidating strength training exercises, but just like with anything and everything, all it takes is time and practice. Having the right information will help you be on the right path to achieving your very first pull-up and the best way to explain how to get there is by comparing it to learning how to ride a bike.
When it comes to riding a bike (and doing pull-ups), there are three things that will hold you back from achieving success...
1. You don't use your training wheels.
2. You try to pedal with one foot.
3. You try to go uphill in the highest gear.
It might not make sense now, but overcoming these challenges will help you achieve pull-up success faster. Let's break this down so it makes more sense...
Ease into it
We all know that the smoothest way to learn to ride a bike is by training wheels. But what if kids never had training wheels?? Learning would come with a lot more road rash, bruises, and tears. They might even quit because of how discouraging the pain is.
When it comes to pull-ups, you're that kid. Your muscles are just barely learning to do pull-ups, but you don’t ease into it. You just go for a regular pull-up and fail. You try again and fail. You can only take so much disappointment, so you move on. But you shouldn't! You just need a proper strength training program that will help you build upper body strength so you can conquer your first full-up!
Here are 5 pull-up training wheels that you should include in your training program:
Bent-Over Dumbbell Row
Before hitting the pull-up bar, you should complete the most basic of back exercises! This training wheel is mostly for those who are starting from square one. Bent-over dumbbell rows are compound, functional exercises that target your upper and middle back muscles. So it's an essential back exercise that beginners should conquer before trying to perform a pull-up.
Pick a weight that allows you to perform at least 5 reps for each set. Do three sets with 8 or more reps while gradually increasing the weight. Once you can comfortably perform 3 sets of 8 reps with 25lb dumbbells and proper form then you can move onto assisted pull-ups!
Extra tip: Add a variety of back exercises to make sure you're targeting all muscle groups. Other great exercises to train before doing pull-ups are - lat pulldowns, hollow hold, TRX row.
Assisted Pull-up Machine
This machine lets you do pull-ups without having to lift your whole body. It supports your knees or feet and gives you a shorter path to CRUSHING pull-ups.
How it works: These assisted machines let you set a counter-balance by adjusting the amount of weight the machine will lift for you. So the lower you place the pin, the more assistance there is. Set a weight that allows you to perform 10 proper pull-ups. Keep your shoulders rolled down and back, pull yourself all the way up, and then return to the starting position, your arms should be straight. As you progress, you'll start gradually decreasing the weight you're using for assistance so eventually, you won't need the assistance!
Long Resistance Band
This is a great option for those who don't have an assisted pull-up machine at the gym! Resistance bands are an elastic band that hangs from a pull-up bar, you stick your foot through it and then you pull yourself up with the assistance of the band (just like the assisted pull-up machine).
Few tips to keep in mind:
1. Keep your core tight and try not to swing like crazy.
2. Your shoulder blades should be pinched behind you throughout the entire movement.
3. Get a resistance band set with a variety of resistance levels, that way you can decrease the resistance the stronger you get.
Once you can properly perform 3 sets of 8 reps then you're on track to your first pull-up!
Chair
This one makes it so you don’t need any more equipment if you already have your pull-up bar at home! You can put your feet in front of you and rest them on a chair so that it supports some of your weight. Your feet are only there for support, try to use as much of your upper body strength as possible. You can start by putting both feet on the chair, then work your way to only having one foot on the chair.
Lowering Yourself
If none of these suit your style, you can always find a lower pull-up bar and jump up to grab it. Try to jump high enough so that your chest almost touches the bar. Then, lower yourself as slowly as you can. This is known as a negative pull-up! If you don't have a lower bar then just put a bench or chair under a pull-up bar. Get onto the chair, grab onto the bar with an overhand grip, jump so your chest touches the bar, then slowly lower yourself down.
This one is sure to get your back and biceps burning hot! Just remember to keep your speed controlled when lowering yourself down.
You can either choose one or do all of these training wheel exercises! Try all of them to see which method works best for you.
Engage all muscles
Let's continue with the bike analogy... When you’re biking you have two pedals and you use BOTH of your legs to push BOTH of the pedals, so why not do the same with pull-ups?
There isn’t just one set of muscles that lift you up, there are many. We all know that your back is the main contributor, but pull-ups even target your biceps, shoulders, and chest. Not using these muscles is just as silly as biking to work with one leg.
The easiest way to engage some of these other muscle groups is to do pull-ups with your palms facing you, and your hands about shoulder width apart. This lets your biceps lift some of the load off your back, letting you see improvement quicker.
Take it slow
So you know how bikes have gears, right? The higher the gear you’re using, the more difficult it is to peddle. The upside of this is that you go much faster, but since it’s so much harder you rarely use high gears when going uphill without doing it the wrong way. Slowing down, doing it the right way, and going up the hill in a lower gear is what will actually get you to the top.
It’s the same with your pull-up goals. Most of the time, the inability to do a pull-up has everything to do with your form. You need to take it slow and do it right rather than just pushing and seeing how fast you can get to 5 pull-ups with horrible form.
Here is a guide to help you achieve proper form:
1. Keep your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart using an overhand grip.
2. Do a "dead hang" under the bar. This just means hang freely, relaxing your shoulders and lats, but keep your core tight.
3. Make sure to keep your shoulder blades pinched behind you.
4. Push your elbows down and back, then pull your chest up towards the bar. Maintain your core tight and engaged.
5. Once you reach the top, pause, and then stay controlled and slowly lower yourself down.
Aside from that, remember to go through the full range of motion - Letting your arms go straight at the bottom of the move and touching your chest to the bar at the top. Compare your form to this guide to help you find what you need to correct in order to achieve full range of motion.
Bottom line is, to achieve your goal of performing the perfect pull-up, use your training wheels, engage all muscles, take it slow and make sure your form is correct because at the end of the day 15 bad pull-ups will never be better than two good ones. Another key factor in perfecting pull-ups is having an effective workout plan that will help you gradually build strength. Doing all of this will make pull-ups as easy as learning how to ride a bike 😜
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Sandown Racecourse
Sandown Racecourse (currently known as Sportsbet Sandown and previously known as Ladbrokes Park due to naming rights) is a Thoroughbred horse racing race track administered by the Melbourne Racing Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is situated 25 kilometres south-east of the Melbourne CBD on the Princes Highway in the suburb of Springvale in the City of Greater Dandenong.
History
Built for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, Sandown is the only metropolitan racecourse built in the 20th century and was opened before a crowd of 52,000, in June 1965.
The original course was a turfed oval shape, 1892 metres in circumference and 30 metres wide, with sweeping cambered turns and an uphill home straight of 407 metres.
With the increase in the number of overseas horses being attracted to the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival a Quarantine Centre was established at Sandown Racecourse and used for the first time in 1997.
The Sandown Racecourse also features a motor racing circuit on the outside of the racecourse, referred to as Sandown Raceway. A Greyhound racing facility also called Sandown Park is just to the south-west on the opposite side of Lightwood Road.
Redevelopment
In October 2001, the Melbourne Racing Club commenced the redevelopment of Sandown Racecourse. This consisted of an additional 30 metre wide home turn and widening of the main straight from 30 to 45 metres, and widening of the turn out of the straight from 30 to 45 metres. This created two turf tracks. The course using the outer home turn and outside 30 metres in the main straight was named Sandown Hillside, and the course comprising the reconfigured inner home turn and full 45 metres wide straight was named Sandown Lakeside. The Lakeside course has a circumference of 1857 metres and a home straight of 407 metres and the Hillside course is 2087 metres in circumference with a home straight of 491 metres. Racing on the reconfigured tracks commenced on 25 January 2003 with the number of meetings hosted at Sandown being increased from 32 to 41 per season.
The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival traditionally closes with the Sandown Carnival, one week after the final day of the Flemington carnival, and features the Sandown Guineas and Zipping Classic in November each year.
In 2008 the MRC changed the name to Sportingbet Park. In 2015 the track was again renamed to William Hill Park and in 2016 it was changed to Ladbrokes Park.
Transport
The racecourse can be reached directly by suburban rail in 40 minutes from Melbourne's central Flinders Street station, via Sandown Park railway station on the Pakenham/Cranbourne railway lines.
Races
The following is a list of Group races which are run at Ladbrokes Park. | WIKI |
Near-death experiences linked to sleep oddities - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience | NBC News
Experiences you have in the here and now could hint at whether you'll see a light at the end of the tunnel when you're close to the hereafter. A new study finds that people who have had near-death experiences are generally more likely to have difficulty separating sleep from wakefulness. Researchers surveyed 55 people who'd had a near-death experience (NDE) and 55 who had not. The experience was defined as a life-threatening episode such as a car accident or heart attack when the person experienced a variety of feelings, including: For 60 percent of those who had been through an NDE, the rapid-eye movement (REM) state of sleep intrudes into their regular consciousness while awake, the study found. Both before and after their traumatic event, these people had experiences that include waking up and not being able to move, sudden muscle weakness in their legs, and hearing sounds that no one else hears upon waking or falling asleep. Only 24 percent of people who had not had an NDE report this REM intrusion. Inside your mindThe human arousal system is activated from the brain stem, a primordial control system that manages other vital functions like heartbeat and breathing. We all have a switch there that regulates between REM sleep and being awake, explained study leader Kevin Nelson, a neurologist at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. In people who have had an NDE, the switch is more likely to blend those two states. These findings suggest that REM-state intrusion contributes to near-death experiences, Nelson said. People who have near-death experiences may have an arousal system that predisposes them to REM intrusion. The results are detailed in the April 11 issue of the journal Neurology. Near-death experiences are seen by some as evidence for the paranormal, as a link to the world beyond. Not everyone who recovers from being near death or declared clinically dead describes the same eerie sensations, however. Nelson says that about 10 percent of cardiac arrest patients who survive had an NDE during the event. In a Dutch study of 344 cardiac patients who had been resuscitated after clinical death, 62 of them, or 18 percent, reported an NDE. What's going onDuring REM sleep, many body functions are known to change. Muscles lose their tone, for example. In a crisis, if the REM-state intrudes on an otherwise awake person, the lack of muscle tone could reinforce a person's sense of being dead and convey the impression of death to other people, Nelson said. REM-state intrusion during danger and brain impairment from lack of blood flow or oxygen could contribute to the experience of near death. The intrusion might also explain the vivid scenes described by some NDE survivors, such as seeing their own bodies from above during surgery. One of the basic features of REM state is activation of the visual system, Nelson said. REM-state intrusion could promote the prominent visual phenomena of near-death experience. NDEs appear not to be dreams, however. Most dreaming occurs in REM sleep and despite the possible contribution to NDE by REM-intrusion, NDE and dreams fundamentally differ, Nelson explains. Near-death experiences are recalled with an intense sense of realness that contrasts sharply to dreams. Furthermore, NDEs lack the bizarre characteristics of dreams. The new study does not answer the question of whether near-death experiences have a biological rather than paranormal basis, Nelson told LiveScience, but he plans further research in an effort to settle that issue. For now, there are hints that biology and the paranormal might converge. Our emotions are controlled by the brain's limbic system, which is strongly active during REM sleep. REM-state intrusion provides a mechanism for robust activation of the limbic system, which is expected to underlie many of the paranormal, transcendental and emotional aspects of NDE, Nelson said. 2012 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved. Discussion comments Most active discussions Show discussion | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
MATLAB Answers
Ethan
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How to find first crossing of a threshold, then ignore n datapoints after?
Asked by Ethan
on 28 Oct 2014
Latest activity Answered by simith
on 1 Sep 2017
I have a huge amount of data in a 2 column array. The first column corresponds to time, the second to a value at that time. I want to find all of the points at which the data crosses above a certain threshold. I am not interested when it comes back down across the threshold (it always does). This is also somewhat noisy data. My best solution was to find when x>4.7 (or whatever threshold), and then ignore everything for 50 seconds, then repeat (there should be 5 times when there's an ascending threshold cross). Unfortunately I can't get this to work...unsure of how to store these times when there is an ascending threshold cross and also can't seem to figure out a way to ignore for 50s. Any ideas?
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Answer by Siddharth Sundar on 29 Oct 2014
If I understand correctly, you just want to be able to find the indices where your values in a vector cross a certain threshold in the positive direction while excluding the values where the threshold is crossed while moving in the negative direction.
Here is some commented script that does exactly that:
thresh = 1.7; % Specify threshold
x = [1.8 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 2 2.3 4.1 3 1.2 1.4 1.7 2.1];
% Essentially need to pick out values which exceed threshold with the condition that the previous value
% needs to be below the threshold
idxl = x>=thresh;
idxl(1) = 0;
idx = find(idxl);
yest = x(idx-1)<thresh;
idx(yest) % Final output
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Dear sir, I had a huge data in matrix form and I want to know how many times does the data between a given period crossed the threshold value, can you help with the code?
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please how to write a code to check number of up crossing and down crossing for a level in matlab
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Daria Bucur
Daria Bucur (born 11 July 1999) is a Romanian female handball player who plays for SCM Gloria Buzău and the Romanian national team.
International honours
* Youth European Championship:
* Fourth place: 2015 | WIKI |
Biden Has Deep Connection to Black Voters. Will It Translate Into Votes?
The Democratic front-runner leads in the polls among African-Americans, and older black voters admire him. But it’s not “locked down,’’ said one party strategist. BIRMINGHAM — At the Democratic primary debate last week, Joseph R. Biden Jr. prompted some distress within the party with a rambling, discordant answer to a question about the legacy of slavery, a moment that highlighted his unsteady instincts, and mixed record, on matters of race. Three days later, a heavily African-American crowd gave Mr. Biden a warm welcome as he delivered a passionate address at the 16th Street Baptist Church, a symbol of the civil rights struggle, where he denounced institutional racism to mark the 56th anniversary of the bombing that killed four young black girls here in 1963. The divergent responses underscore the uncertainty surrounding whether Mr. Biden can translate his longstanding connection to black voters into votes next year. His deep ties to black leaders, his service as Barack Obama’s vice president and his popularity among older, more conservative African Americans have given him a commanding lead in the polls among a constituency that is crucial to any Democratic candidate seeking the nomination. But that support has never been rigorously tested at the ballot box outside of his home state of Delaware, and missteps like his meandering debate answer on slavery, as well as his legislative record on issues like busing and criminal justice, have intensified questions among progressive activists, and some party leaders, about whether he is the best standard-bearer for African-American priorities. “Too much time left to say he’s got it locked down,” Leah Daughtry, a veteran Democratic strategist who ran the 2008 and 2016 Democratic National Conventions and is African-American, said of Mr. Biden’s standing among black voters. “He’s got an advantage, but I don’t think it’s locked.” Mr. Biden owes much of his front-runner status to his backing from black voters. Polls show he consistently tops 40 percent among African Americans nationally, and surveys from South Carolina, the first southern state to vote and one with a high percentage of black voters, have shown Mr. Biden scoring even higher. At the church on Sunday, there was little evidence that this advantage was sliding. In nearly a dozen interviews, many attendees who are focused primarily on defeating President Trump said that they had not yet firmly committed to a candidate — though Mr. Biden was at the top of most people’s lists with many citing his partnership with Mr. Obama and describing genuine affection for Mr. Biden. No one said that his past remarks on race had changed their views. [Which Democrats are leading the 2020 presidential race this week?] Arthur McGhee, a 72-year-old retiree who was ushering in attendees, characterized his support for Mr. Biden as “mild” but called him his first choice for now. He also said he was not bothered by Mr. Biden’s warm remarks over the summer about working relationships with segregationist senators, comments for which Mr. Biden later expressed regret. “The same ones that are complaining about Biden, they can’t get anything done,” he said of Mr. Biden’s critics who currently serve in Congress. Many of the black voters and officials in attendance described him as an experienced leader who is well-known, and trusted. “In the black community we appreciate the fact that then-former Vice President Joe Biden never overshadowed nor dishonored the role of the president, who happened to be African-American,” said Lashunda Scales, the president pro tempore of the Commission of Jefferson County, where Birmingham is located. Yet the view of Mr. Biden in the church was only a snapshot of a large and diverse group. There are also many people of color who have been concerned by Mr. Biden’s record and remarks, whether on working with segregationist senators or his support for anti-crime legislation in the 1990s that is often now associated with mass incarceration. At Thursday’s debate, when asked about what responsibilities Americans had to account for the legacy of slavery, Mr. Biden offered a rambling answer that included suggesting that social workers can aid parents who “don’t quite know what to do,” an apparent reference to a plank of his education plan. He also advised the use of a “record player” to expose underprivileged children to more words. The moderator, Linsey Davis, started the question by saying that she wanted to discuss “inequality in schools and race,” and Mr. Biden’s allies suggested that explained his pivot to education. But others who watched the exchange were troubled by the fact that he did not substantively address the slavery question. [Sign up for our politics newsletter and join the conversation around the 2020 presidential race.] “A lot of us are just shaking our heads, saying it seems to be a disqualifying sentiment,” said Aimee Allison, founder of She the People, a political advocacy group focused on women of color. “At this point in the primary, he does not have an easy and powerful political response to a question like that — it’s got a lot of us just saying, ‘O.K., well, there are other candidates who are seriously contending for our votes.’” Both Ms. Daughtry and Ms. Allison noted that a recent survey of black women showed “other/prefer not to answer” leading the field, followed by Mr. Biden. They took it as a sign of how fluid the race is. “If I were the vice president’s team, I’d double down on locking in the vote that they think they have, because right now I’d call it soft,” Ms. Daughtry said. At the debate, Ms. Davis referred to a remark Mr. Biden had made in 1975, when he said, “I’ll be damned if I feel responsible to pay for what happened 300 years ago.” On Sunday, at the church, he struck a sharply different note. “There can be no realization of the American dream without grappling with the original sin of slavery,” he said. Eric Holder, the former attorney general under Barack Obama, told David Axelrod, Mr. Obama’s former chief strategist, that he doesn’t think there is any basis “for people to believe that a President Biden would be less committed to civil rights enforcement” than Mr. Obama was, according to a tweet from Mr. Axelrod, who hosts a podcast and a television show on CNN. Throughout his 20-minute address, Mr. Biden was at times booming as he linked slavery, the bombing at the 16th Street church and the rise of white supremacy today to the nation’s centuries-long struggle with racism and oppression. At other times he spoke slowly and emotionally, as he discussed his personal experiences with tragedy. Mr. Biden, who is practiced at delivering eulogies, read prepared text from a black binder, producing a far more fluent speech than he typically delivers on the stump, when he often walks away from Teleprompters. He spent much of the morning accompanied by Senator Doug Jones, an Alabama Democrat who as a prosecutor landed the convictions of two men behind the church bombing. “Those of us who are white try, but we can never fully, fully understand, no matter how hard we try,” Mr. Biden said. That line stayed with Jeffery Lanier Jr., 35, who waved off Mr. Biden’s debate performances and remarks about working with segregationist senators. “It’s not something he should just use on the campaign trail,” he said. “I can get past it. I see what he’s saying.” He and his wife, Krystale, 34, both said that they are supporting Mr. Biden, pointing to his experience and his work with Mr. Obama. If Mr. Biden is shielded, in part, by the Obama connection, other candidates are still working to introduce themselves to the African-American community. That is a particular imperative for Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has climbed steadily in the polls, but whose numbers with black voters, depending on the survey, barely hit double digits — and sometimes fall below. She has made strong gains in the first two early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, which are both home to many white liberals. Her challenge is to expand her appeal with voters of color who dominate the later-voting Southern states. “In the black community we know Biden because he was Obama’s vice president, we know Sanders because he ran the last time, but we’re not familiar with her,” Ms. Daughtry said. “That’s been her biggest challenge.” Ms. Warren, like many of the other contenders, has been racing to catch up, making a concerted effort to address voters of color through her policy plans, including measures like combating the racial wealth gap. She also attended a dinner with the Congressional Black Caucus Saturday night. Stanley Greenberg, a veteran Democratic pollster, stressed that Mr. Biden’s standing with the African-American community may be more durable than many expect, saying that he “embodies the Obama legacy.” But he also noted that for much of the lead-up to the 2008 election, Hillary Clinton appeared to be the strongest candidate with African-American voters. That changed dramatically after Mr. Obama won Iowa, proving that a black man could win in largely white states. “That carried over to her until it didn’t,” Mr. Greenberg said. Like many Democrats, Mr. McGhee, the usher, said he was focused on which Democratic candidate can defeat Mr. Trump. “It applies to all of them,” he said. “But it does apply to him too.” | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Rh What more may he not do when the greater world of thought is open to him. He that can smile at death, as we know him; who can flourish in the midst of diseases that kill off whole peoples. Oh, if such an one was to come from God, and not the Devil, what a force for good might he not be in this old world of ours. But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for in this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength. It would be at once his sheath and his armour, and his weapons to destroy us, his enemies, who are willing to peril even our own souls for the safety of one we love—for the good of mankind, and for the honour and glory of God."
After a general discussion it was determined that for to-night nothing be definitely settled; that we should all sleep on the facts, and try to think out the proper conclusions. To-morrow, at breakfast, we are to meet again, and, after making our conclusions known to one another, we shall decide on some definite cause of action.
I feel a wonderful peace and rest to-night. It is as if some haunting presence were removed from me. Perhaps
My surmise was not finished, could not be; for I caught sight in the mirror of the red mark upon my forehead; and I knew that I was still unclean.
Dr. Seward's Diary.
5 October.—We all rose early, and I think that sleep did much for each and all of us. When we met at early breakfast there was more general cheerfulness than any of us had ever expected to experience again.
It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way—even by death—and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment. More than once | WIKI |
Gilbert Stuart is responsible for composing the iconic images of our nation’s most historic figures, including the Athenaeum of 1796, the famed unfinished portrait of President George Washington that has served as the image on the one-dollar bill for over a century. His masterful handling of his subjects shaped the entirety of American portraiture, and his works continue to be placed as the most important and remarkable portraits ever painted.
Stuart showed great promise as an artist as early as the age of seven. In 1770, he became acquainted with Scottish portraitist Cosmo Alexander, a visitor of the colonies who became a tutor to Stuart. Stuart moved to Scotland with Alexander in 1771 to finish his studies, however, Alexander died in Edinburgh one year later. Stuart tried unsuccessfully to maintain a living and pursue his painting career but was eventually forced to return to his native Rhode Island in 1773.
His ambitions to become a painter were jeopardized by the outbreak of the American Revolution. Seeking a means of escape, he decided to set sail for England in 1775. He quickly became a student of fellow American portraitist Benjamin West, whose tutelage was so great, that Stuart was exhibiting at the Royal Academy within two years. He found popularity painting important British political figures, but was forced to flee the country due to the incredible debt he amassed, returning to America in 1793. In 1795 he moved to near Philadelphia, where he opened his famous studio. It was here that he would gain not only a foothold in the art world, but lasting eminence with his portraits of the most important Americans of the day. He later moved to Boston and enjoyed continued notoriety.
The subject of this painting, Sir Timothy Pickering, was a highly respected officer of the American Revolution and Federalist politician who served with distinction in the first two U.S. cabinets. During the battle against England, Pickering served in several capacities under General George Washington, among them quartermaster general (1780–85). In 1786, after taking up residence in Philadelphia, he helped resolve the dispute with Connecticut settlers over claims to Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley and helped develop the town of Wilkes-Barre. He held the posts of Indian commissioner (1790–95), postmaster general (1791–95), secretary of war (1795), and secretary of state (1795–1800). He was dismissed from office by President John Adams after a policy dispute.
During the administrations of Jefferson and Madison, Pickering led the Federalist opposition in Congress, serving as senator from Massachusetts from 1803 to 1811, and as a member of the House of Representatives from 1813 to 17. Remaining friendly to England and fearing the power of Napoleon, he bitterly opposed the War of 1812. After his retirement from Congress, he devoted himself to agricultural experimentation and education. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Talk:Tea blending and additives
Split?
Just as a thought, this topic could support two articles, one on the art of 'constructing' a blend of just teas, and one on the various additives to tea. Having known a tea trader, I've some idea of just how complicated the former is, and how relatively little it has in common with the peppermint teas et al. Alternatively the blending bit could go into the main Tea article, and this one could be renamed Flavoured teas or something - thinking about it, that would be my preferred option at this stage. FlagSteward 09:47, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Lychee/Vietnamese lotus flower
It's not clear that lychee and Vietnamese lotus flower teas are all made with artificial (synthetic) scents, or have always been. For the lotus, it's documented that the tea was actually deposited overnight in actual lotus blossoms growing in lakes. I believe information about these two should be added. Badagnani (talk) 03:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Orchid flowers
Black tea mixed with orchid flowers is not uncommon, but is not mentionned in this article. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 16:20, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
* Yes check.svg Done — Paleo Neonate — 20:26, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
no, citation is NOT needed for triviality
"the process may also sometimes be used to cover and obscure the quality of sub-standard teas.[citation needed]"
i strongly diasgree with the citation needed tag and suggest to remove it from the sentence. Because, how would you find a citation for that? you would need some particular case when a vendor was accused and proven guilty of the use of aromas with the deliberate intent to disguise the tasteless, undesirable quality of the product used in the process. that will never happen, mostly because theres no legal sanction against selling a product that does not taste as good as the other products in the market, or has no taste whatsoever.
addition of the aroma implies in itself that the product became better sellable by that, otherwise no vendor would spend time and money by doing that. if there is a lowest quality product that still falls within legaly allowed limits, and this product does have an aroma added to it, there you have the proof of this happenning, thougs the marked sentence of the article mentioned the possibility, not the actual case-by-case provability of this.
if one really doesnt like the tone of the sentence, you could change it to sg like "it is more widespread to use added aromas in the lower -price segment of teas than in the expensive ones that are thought of as higher quality", or something similar.
okay maybe "substandard quality teas" can be changed to "teas of the lower quality segment". <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 12:38, 29 October 2016 (UTC). <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 18:51, 29 October 2016 (UTC). | WIKI |
Linux
Linux Tux
We’re going to use Linux mainly because it’s available for free and evolving day by day propelled by the Open Source community distributed all over the world.
Linux allows a user to control every aspect of the operating system, even source code of applications.
There is no other OS as customizable as Linux.
You can also decide to use it as a desktop OS, or as a server, in our case we’re going to use it as a web server used to host web applications, that means websites with Data Base access and interactive content.
When it comes to web servers, the following aspects are not only highly desired but also turns out as extremely important:
• Stability
• Reliability
• Robustness
Nobody beats Linux, 76.6% of the web servers around the world are running on Linux, it has become with no doubt as the OS of choice for the web.
Where to start?
If you haven’t installed a Linux yet, then you came to the right place, the following article would be the perfect kickoff for your Linux’s adventure. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Nandini Singh
Nandini Singh (born 7 August 1980) is an Indian television and film actress, who has worked in both Hindi movies and Hindi serials. Nandini began her career as a child artist in the movie Jumbish in 1986 at the age of six, she worked in Platform (1993), and Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (2003). She shot to fame as Kesar in Ekta Kapoor's popular hit series Kesar, that aired from 2004 to 2007 on Star Plus and another of Ekta Kapoor's Indian soap operas, Kkavyanjali (2005). She also appeared in a music video, "Dekha Hai Teri Aankhon Ko" by Aryans. The most recent appearance of the actress was in the movie Titoo MBA, released in 2015 as the writer Simran. She has also worked in an episode of Savdhan India.
Television
* Kesar as Kesar Mallya
* Kkavyanjali as Pammi Mittal
* Adaalat (TV Series) - (i) Kissa C.M. Ki Secret List Ka: Part 1 & 2 Episode no. 47/48 (2011) as Meghla Gupta. (ii) Qatil Billi Episode no. 85 (2011) as Kavya. (iii) Vishkanya Part 1 & 2 Episode no. 176/177 (2012) as Sukanya Amrish Goel. (iv) Khwab Mein Hatya: Part 1 & 2 Episode no. 207/208 (2013) as Madhura Shroff.
* Begusarai (TV series) - as Shravani
* Savdhaan India – Kiran (Episode No 751) / Kamini (Episode No 891) / Vaishali (Episode No 1290)
* Code Red Talaash (2015) ... Aaliya
* Crime Alert - Belagam Biwi as Sontara (Episode 136) ( 24 January 2019)
Music videos
kuch dil ne kaha
* "Woh Dheere Dheere Mere Dil Mein", Album Tere Bina 2003
* "Dekha Hai Teri Aankhon Ko" (Aryans) 2002
Films
* Ek Aur Ek Gyarah
* Kuch Dil Ne Kaha
* Lo Main Aagayaa
* Titoo MBA as the novel writer Simran | WIKI |
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PUBLIC LAW 85-391-MAY 1, 1958
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ST A T.
" (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act the Secretary shall increase the acreage allotments for the 1958 and 1959 crops of wheat for farms in the irrigable portion of the area known as the Tulelake division of the Klamath project of California located in Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, California, as defined by the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and hereinafter refered to as the area. The increase for the area for each such crop shall be determined by adding to the total allotments established for farms in the area for the particular croj) without regard to this subsection, hereinafter referred to as the original allotments, an acreage sufficient to make available for each such crop a total allotment of eight thousand acres for the area. The additional allotments made available by this subsection shall be in addition to the National, State and county allotments otherwise established under this Act, but the acreage planted to wheat pursuant to such increased allotments shall be taken into account in establishing future State, county, and farm acreage allotments. The Secretary shall apportion the additional allotment acreage made available under this subsection between Modoc and Siskiyou Counties on the basis of the relative needs for additional allotments for the portion of the area in each county. The Secretary shall also allot such additional acreage to individual farms in the area for which an application for an increased acreage is made on the basis of tillable acres, crop rotation practices, type of soil and topography, and taking into account the original allotment for the farm, if any. No producer shall be eligible to participate in the wheat acreage reserve program with respect to any farm for any year for which such farm receives an additional allotment under this subsection; and no wheat produced on such farm in such year shall be eligible for price support. The increase in the wheat acreage allotment for any farm under this subsection shall be conditioned upon the production of durum wheat (class II) on such increased acreage. Approved May 1, 1958. Public Law 85-391 May 1, 1958 [H. R. 5984]
G u n n i s o n National Monument, Colo. E z c h a n g e of lands.
AN ACT To authorize the exchange of certain lands at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to bring about desirable land use and ownership adjustments relating to certain private and federally owned lands within the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument, Colorado, and in order to facilitate the administration of such monument, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to exchange lands of approximately equal value as hereafter provided. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States from Clarence B. Sanburg and Grace Sanburg, husband and wife, title to the following described lands: Northeast quarter northeast quarter, section 25, township 50 north, range 8 west, New Mexico principal meridian, as established by the dependent resurvey of the General Land Office made in 1940 and accepted in 1942, except 15.15 acres previously deeded to the United States by Douglas Lytle by deed dated October 13, 1933, and recorded in the records of Montrose County, Colorado, at page 260 of Deed Book 158, containing 25.45 acres, more or less; and that portion of the southeast quarter northeast quarter, section 25, township 50 north.
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Soma Records (U.S. label)
Soma Records was an American record label, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and owned by wholesale record distributor Amos Heilicher. The Soma name was "Amos" spelled backwards. Heilicher, along with his brother Danny, was also in the jukebox and wholesale record distribution businesses, and owned the Musicland chain of retail music stores.
History
Started in 1954, Soma began mainly recording polka music, old-time country and western, and jazz groups. Its first hit was Bobby Vee's 1959 "Suzie Baby", which was a regional smash before Liberty Records bought the master and issued it nationally.
Among the hits released by Soma were "Mule Skinner Blues" by The Fendermen (purchased from Wisconsin's Cuca label), "Liar, Liar" by The Castaways, "Run, Run, Run" by The Gestures and "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. The last record was distributed by Soma, but recorded on the Garrett Records label - George Garrett was an engineer who ran the recording/mixing console on many Soma recordings at their Kay Bank Studios. Soma/Kay Bank recorded many local and regional rock groups during the 1960s, including The Accents, Gregory Dee and The Avanties, The Underbeats, and The Del Counts, as well as distributing other smaller labels (such as Garrett, Bangar, Golden Ring and Studio City). Country singer Dave Dudley's first album, containing his biggest hit "Six Days on the Road", was released on Golden Ring Records in 1963, and distributed by Soma until Mercury Records bought the rights.
Heilicher had some ownership in the local Kay Bank Studios, where most of Soma's recordings were made.
Soma continued releasing recordings until 1967, when the co-owned record distributing company was merged into Pickwick Records. The Heilicher brothers exited the recorded music business in 1977.
Amos Heilicher died of pneumonia in August 2011, aged 90. | WIKI |
Get ParserError when "Getting source from Git repository"
I have a self-host GitLab server, and multiple runner.
I had build two new Windows runner using pwsh as executor.
I get ParserError with a specified project when Getting source from Git repository.
The error log:
Running with gitlab-runner 15.3.0 (bbcb5aba)
on gaea1 7V1XkYBV
Preparing the "shell" executor
Using Shell executor...
Preparing environment
Running on GAEA1...
Getting source from Git repository
ParserError:
Line |
133 | $CI_PROJECT_PATH="viml/toolsforthirdparty/qtbuilder"
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Unexpected token 'viml/toolsforthirdparty/qtbuilder" $env:CI_PROJECT_PATH=$CI_PROJECT_PATH
| $CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG="viml-toolsforthirdparty-qtbuilder"
| $env:CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG=$CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE="viml/toolsforthirdparty"
| $env:CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE=$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE $CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE="viml"
| $env:CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE=$CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE
| $CI_PROJECT_URL="https://MY_GITLAB_SERVER/viml/toolsforthirdparty/qtbuilder"
| $env:CI_PROJECT_URL=$CI_PROJECT_URL $CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY="internal"
| $env:CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY=$CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY $CI_PROJECT_REPOSITORY_LANGUAGES="powershell"
| $env:CI_PROJECT_REPOSITORY_LANGUAGES=$CI_PROJECT_REPOSITORY_LANGUAGES
| $CI_PROJECT_CLASSIFICATION_LABEL=""
| $env:CI_PROJECT_CLASSIFICATION_LABEL=$CI_PROJECT_CLASSIFICATION_LABEL $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH="master"
| $env:CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH=$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH $CI_CONFIG_PATH=".gitlab-ci.yml"
| $env:CI_CONFIG_PATH=$CI_CONFIG_PATH $CI_PAGES_DOMAIN="example.com"
| $env:CI_PAGES_DOMAIN=$CI_PAGES_DOMAIN
| $CI_PAGES_URL="http://viml.example.com/toolsforthirdparty/qtbuilder" $env:CI_PAGES_URL=$CI_PAGES_URL
| $CI_REGISTRY="MY_GITLAB_SERVER:5100" $env:CI_REGISTRY=$CI_REGISTRY
| $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE="MY_GITLAB_SERVER:5100/viml/toolsforthirdparty/qtbuilder"
| $env:CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE=$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER="MY_GITLAB_SERVER:443"
| $env:CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER=$CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_SERVER
| $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX="MY_GITLAB_SERVER:443/viml/dependency_proxy/containers"
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error: could not lock config file S:\runner\builds\7V1XkYBV\0\viml\toolsforthirdparty\qtbuilder.tmp\git-template\config: No such file or directory
Cleaning up project directory and file based variables
ERROR: Job failed: exit status 255
It doesn’t clone the project repo in the working directory at all.
It looks that the issue is the the path of the project, but I have no idea what is wrong.
The same project jobs can run in other older runners, which already clone the repo in the past.
Jobs of other projects can run on the new runner.
I thinks the configuration should have no problem.
Could someone give me some hints how to debug this issue?
Some information
• GitLab server version: 15.3.3
• GitLab Runner version: 15.3.0
• OS: Windows 11
• Executor: shell / pwsh
.gitlab-ci.yml in test branch:
stages:
- build
Debug:
stage: build
script:
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Which vaccine is better live or killed?
If one compares the present stages of development, then it becomes evident that the advantages of live viral vaccination are due to greater potency. However, killed virus vaccines are safer. Nevertheless, these differences are not without limits.
What are the advantages of using a killed vaccine?
Meanwhile, some of the advantages of killed vaccines are: More stable on storage; Unlikely to contain contaminating pathogens; and, Unlikely to cause disease due to residual disease-causing characteristics.
What is a modified live virus?
Modified live virus (MLV) vaccines are effective because they provide the same immunity (cellular, humoral, systemic, and local) produced by natural exposure (2). Properly immunized animals have sterilizing immunity that not only prevents clinical disease but the presence of antibody also prevents infection.
What is a disadvantage of a live virus vaccine?
Disadvantages: Because they contain living pathogens, live attenuated vaccines are not given to people with weakened immune systems, such as people undergoing chemotherapy or HIV treatment, as there is a risk the pathogen could get stronger and cause sickness.
What are the 4 main types of vaccines?
There are four categories of vaccines in clinical trials: whole virus, protein subunit, viral vector and nucleic acid (RNA and DNA).
What are disadvantages of a killed vaccine?
DISADVANTAGES
• Possible reversion to virulent forms.
• Disease problems in immune stressed animals.
• Possible excessive immune response.
• Risk of abortion/infertility if directions not followed.
• Not as susceptible to maternal antibody block.
• Proper handling and mixing is very important.
What are the disadvantages of inactivated vaccines?
Other potential disadvantages of these vaccines are the difficulty in manufacturing preparations of sufficient titer, their increased cost per dose, and current requirements for multiple immunizations.
Can modified live vaccine cause disease?
There are extremely rare occasions when these attenuated organisms are able to revert to a virulent state and cause disease in the animal receiving the vaccine. Some modified live vaccines also contain adjuvants.
Is Covid a live virus?
None of the authorized COVID-19 vaccines in the United States contain the live virus that causes COVID-19. This means that a COVID-19 vaccine cannot make you sick with COVID-19.
What’s the difference between a dead virus and a live virus?
It means that they are biological inactive. Dead is rarely used simply because viruses are generally not considered to be living organisms in the first place. This shows the ambiguity regarding whether viruses are actually organisms or merely mobile genetic elements.
What’s the difference between a live and a killed vaccine?
Live vaccines contain bacteria or a virus that has been modified (MLV). This means they’ve lost their disease-causing ability (attenuated) or are administered by a route that prevents them from causing clinical disease. Killed vaccines are just what the name says – they’ve been attenuated though a process resulting in their death.
Can a bovine BVD virus cause reproductive issues?
BVD – Bovine Viral Diarrhea – BVD causes generalized immune suppression and leads to secondary infections from other viruses and bacteria. In addition to immune suppression, BVD can cause reproductive issues.
What kind of disease can a cow have?
IBR – Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis – IBR can cause infertility, abortions, and birth defects. BVD – Bovine Viral Diarrhea – BVD virus can cause abortions and birth defects. Most importantly, the BVD virus can create persistently infected calves if the cow is exposed to BVD in a specific time of pregnancy. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Indian drugmakers face squeeze in U.S. healthcare market
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India’s small and medium-sized generic drugmakers say the threat of tougher rules and higher barriers for outsiders in the U.S. healthcare market will force many to find a niche or focus their expansion efforts on other countries. India supplies nearly a third of medicines sold in the United States, the world’s largest healthcare market. Cut-price generics sold by India’s small- and medium-sized drugmakers have been critical in bringing down prices there. A more protectionist stance by President Donald Trump, with the prospect of import tariffs and the U.S. boosting local drug manufacturing, mean the operating environment for smaller generic players will get worse, executives at Indian companies said. “If the challenges keep increasing, competition will reduce, and this could actually increase prices there,” said D.G. Shah, secretary general of the Indian Pharmaceutical Association, which represents 20 large Indian drugmakers. J. Jayaseelan, who owns Nuray Chemicals, a maker of drug ingredients, said many Indian firms are reconsidering, or putting on hold, U.S. expansion plans. Ajanta Pharma (AJPH.NS) is one such firm. The mid-sized generics drug maker said it had no plans to scale up its U.S. business and would invest more in Asia and Africa instead. “It’s not a major market for us right now ... you’ve got to look at the risk-reward ratio,” said Rajeev Agarwal, general manager of finance at Ajanta. The risks comes as U.S. revenue growth for these firms is falling. U.S. revenues for Indian drugmakers rose 15 percent in 2016, half the average annual growth rate of 33 percent between 2011 and 2015, ratings agency ICRA said. It expects the growth rate to fall further this year. Consolidation among U.S. drugs distributors and a federal investigation into drug pricing have also reduced the pricing power of drugsmakers. The U.S. drugs regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, has also banned dozens of Indian drug factories from supplying the U.S. market following inspections that found inadequate quality-control practices. Companies have invested significant sums to raise their quality standards. Firms that want to focus on the United States will have to increase investment in higher-margin niche therapies, or products requiring specialized manufacturing, said Mitanshu Shah, senior vice president of finance at Alembic Pharmaceuticals (ALEM.NS). “Smaller companies with a few regular products and no long-term vision for the United States won’t last,” Shah said. Even with a vision, the U.S. market is just getting tougher for companies to operate in, said Vijay Ramanavarapu, the head of the U.S. business of drugmaker Granules India (GRAN.NS). “You have to fight twice as hard today,” Ramanavarapu said. “It will be harder for new entrants to enter the U.S. market unless they are able to find niche areas.” Reporting by Zeba Siddiqui in Mumbai | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Garfield Township, Antelope County, Nebraska
Garfield Township is one of twenty-four townships in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 498 at the 2010 census.
The village of Orchard lies within the township. | WIKI |
Nitzana, Israel
Nitzana (נִצָּנָה, ניצנה) is an educational youth village and community settlement in southern Israel. Located in the western Negev desert, adjacent to the Egyptian border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In it had a population of.
Ancient Nitzana (3rd c. BC-7th c. AD)
Ancient Nitzana was founded by the Nabataeans in the 3rd century BC. There are traces of a large first century BC building with a monumental staircase. The settlement was a trading post on the Eilat to Gaza route. In the early 2nd century AD the emperor Hadrian diverted this trade from Elat to Damascus. Despite this loss Nitzana grew under Byzantine rule. In the late 3rd century AD the fort was enlarged with stables for horses and camels. In the 4th century a church was built attached to the north end of the fort. It was dedicated to SS Sergius and Baccus. In the 7th century a second church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary was built 60m south east of the fort.
The tax register for 587–9 AD indicates that the town had 1,500 inhabitants, with 116 houses. This was a time of prosperity with the route from Gaza to Elat reopened and pilgrim traffic to Saint Catherine's Monastery. A find of late Byzantine papyri has given much detail of the life of the town. However, following the arrival of Islam the town went into a slow decline and by the 8th century it had ceased to exist.
Modern village
The modern village was founded in 1987 by Aryeh Eliav, a former member of the Knesset for several left-wing parties, and was named after the Nabatean city. It also gives its name to the Nitzana Border Crossing, formerly Auja al-Hafir. It was the site of Operation Volcano in 1955, an Israeli raid against Egyptian positions. On 18 June 2012 an Israeli was killed in a terrorist attack near the village. | WIKI |
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Hi! I'm Mejaga. I am a new Wikipedian ( Oct 2015) and looking forward to editing and contributing. I live in Minnesota. Feel free to contact me via my user talk page or email. | WIKI |
How do i create a pmp file in autocad?
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New York State Route 254
New York State Route 254 (NY 254) is a state highway that extends for 6.01 mi through Warren and Washington counties in the Capital District of New York in the United States. The route runs from exit 19 along the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87 or I-87) in Queensbury and follows Aviation Road, Quaker Road, and Lower Warren Street through Queensbury to Hudson Falls, where it terminates at an intersection with U.S. Route 4 (US 4) in the center of the village.
The portion of NY 254 along Lower Warren Street and River Street has had several designations over the years. From 1924 to 1930, it was part of the original NY 30. In 1927, it also became part of US 4, which initially overlapped NY 30 from Glens Falls to Whitehall. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 30 was reassigned elsewhere while US 4 was rerouted to bypass Glens Falls to the east. As a result, Lower Warren Street and River Street became part of NY 32B.
The NY 32B designation remained in place until the mid-1960s when the Quaker Road arterial was built. NY 32B was partially replaced c. 1965 by NY 254, the designation assigned to the new highway around Glens Falls. The portion of NY 254 between US 9 and Lower Warren Street is maintained by Warren County and co-designated as County Route 47 (CR 47) and CR 70.
Route description
NY 254 begins at the southbound ramp of Adirondack Northway (I-87) exit 19 north of Glens Falls in the town of Queensbury. The route heads eastward from the interchange as Aviation Road, passing by many commercial buildings and Aviation Mall. As it passes along the north side of the mall, NY 254 curves to the southeast before veering back to the northeast ahead of an intersection with the four-lane US 9 (Upper Glen Street). The route continues past US 9; however, maintenance of the highway is transferred from the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to Warren County at the US 9 junction. Now co-designated as CR 47, NY 254 progresses eastward along the four-lane Quaker Road, serving as a northerly bypass of the city of Glens Falls. As the route heads east, it passes Pine View Cemetery and several local businesses. At an intersection with Glenwood Avenue (CR 34), the county's internal designation for NY 254 becomes CR 70, whereafter the route passes over Halfway Brook and under the Gerald B. Solomon Bikeway Bridge – a part of the Warren County Bikeway. The highway progresses southeasterly upon intersecting NY 9L as NY 254 turns due southeast to avoid Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport. Along this stretch, NY 254 heads through undeveloped land before entering another area of commercial development as it approaches the outskirts of Hudson Falls. Here, the route meets NY 32 at Highland Avenue before intersecting Lower Warren Street (here unsigned NY 911E) on the banks of the Hudson River.
NY 254 turns east at NY 911E, becoming state maintained once more as it follows Lower Warren Street across the Glens Falls Feeder Canal and along the Hudson River into Washington County and the village of Hudson Falls. As River Street, NY 254 heads to the southeast for a short distance before terminating at an intersection with US 4 in downtown Hudson Falls. NY 196 begins one block to the south of this junction.
History
Prior to the 1930s, the NY 254 designation was used for a portion of highway running between Bristol and Lakeville. This portion was later redesignated U.S. Route 20A
Warren Street in Glens Falls, Lower Warren Street in Queensbury, and River Street in Hudson Falls were originally designated as part of NY 30 in 1924. In late 1926, the U.S. Highway System was created. One of the routes assigned at this time was US 4, which overlapped NY 30 between Glens Falls and Whitehall. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the NY 30 designation was reassigned elsewhere while US 4 was reconfigured to continue south from Hudson Falls to East Greenbush. The former routing of US 4 into Glens Falls became part of NY 32B, an alternate route of NY 32 that followed the Hudson River between Schuylerville and Glens Falls. All of NY 32B south of Hudson Falls was concurrent to US 4.
NY 32B was truncated over time, eventually consisting of just the portion between Boulevard (then-NY 32) in Queensbury and US 4 in Hudson Falls. In the mid-1960s, a new arterial was constructed around the northern and eastern extents of Glens Falls. The roadway, designated as NY 254 c. 1965, extended from I-87 in the north to Warren Street (NY 32B) in the south. NY 254 then continued east to US 4 in Hudson Falls, replacing NY 32B. The short 0.20 mi segment of Warren Street between NY 32 and NY 254, formerly the westernmost portion of NY 32B, is now NY 911E, an unsigned reference route. | WIKI |
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Speak
Speak or SPEAK may refer to:
* Speech, the vocal form of human communication
People
* Speak (Hungarian rapper) (born 1976), known for his song and music video "Stop the War"
* Speak! (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter
* Geoffrey Lowrey Speak (1924–2000), British teacher in Hong Kong
* George Speak, English footballer
Literature and film
* Speak (Anderson novel), a 1999 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson
* Speak (film), the film based on Anderson's book
* Speak (Hall novel), a novel by Louisa Hall
Music
* Speak (band), a synthpop band from Austin, Texas
* "Speak" (Bachelor Girl song), a 2018 single by Australian pop band Bachelor Girl
* "Speak" (Godsmack song), a 2006 song by the band Godsmack
* Speak (Jimmy Needham album), 2006
* Speak (Lindsay Lohan album), the debut album by the actress Lindsay Lohan
* Speak (Londonbeat album), the debut album by the British-American dance band Londonbeat, 1988
* "Speak" (Nickel Creek song), a single by progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek
* Speak (I and Thou album), 2012
* Speak (No-Man album), a compilation album by No-Man
* Speak (The Roches album), 1989
* Speak (Warren Dean Flandez album), 2018
* Speak!, a weekday sports talk show formerly called Speak for Yourself
* Speak!!!, an American rapper and songwriter
* "Speak", a song by Sevendust from Sevendust
Organizations
* SPEAK campaign, an animal rights campaign in Oxford
* SPEAK network, a Christian student campaigning network
Other
* Speak (talk show), American sports talk show
* SPEAK (test), the Speaking Proficiency English Assessment Kit from the Educational Testing Service
* Speak (The Tick), the pet of comic superhero The Tick
* Speak (Unix), a Unix utility
* Speak (imprint), young adult division of the publishing company the Penguin Group
* Wii Speak, a microphone accessory for Nintendo's Wii video game console | WIKI |
Pascua
Etymology
From, from.
As a surname, it is.
Proper noun
* , mostly found in Zamboanga Peninsula, Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Davao Region, Sarangani and Caraga (usually among Ilocano migrants and their Mindanao-born descendants)
Etymology
From (13th century, ), from, from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.
Etymology
From, from.
As a surname, it is.
Etymology
, from. As a surname, it is.
Proper noun
* , mostly found in Metro Manila, Nueva Ecija, Cavite (usually among Ilocano migrants) | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Year of Science/Plant biology
Biographies to create or improve
* Jennifer Thomson - South African plant geneticist
* Harriet Creighton
* Johanna Döbereiner
* Emma Fisk
* E.A.C. MacRobbie / Enid MacRobbie, Scottish plant scientist
* Margaret E. McCully
* Arlette Nougarede
* Ann Oaks
* Ruth L. Satter
* Helen Stafford
* Birgit Vennesland
* Mary K. Berger/Mary Berger, botanist Image on Flickr!
* Helia Bravo Hollis, botanist.
* Olga Fedchenko/Olga Fedtschenko, botanist linked to Alexei Fedchenko who had the Rosa fedtschenkoana named for her.
* Else Marie Friis, Danish botanist and paleontologist.
* Monique Keraudren, French botanist.
* Phebe Lankester, writer on botany ODNB
* Gloria Montenegro, Chilean botanist
* Christian Ramsay (Lady Dalhousie), botanist ODNB
* Velva Elaine Ruud
* Anna Russell (botanist), botanist ODNB
* Henrietta Wilson, botanist and writer
* Irena Hanousková/Irena Hanouskova (b. 1951), Czech geobotanist
* Angie Beckwith (alt. Angie M. Beckwith), plant pathologist
* Katherine Bitting (alt. Katherine Eliza Golden Bitting, Katherine E. Bitting), botanist and food researcher
* Marjorie Chandler (1897-1983, alt. Marjorie E. J. Chandler, Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler), paleonbotanist
* Edith Clements (alt. Edith Schwartz Clements, Edith G. Clements, Edith Gertrude Schwartz Clements), botanist
* Jacquelin Cooley (alt. Jacquelin Smith Cooley), botanist
* Dorothy Day (plant physiologist) (disambiguate from Dorothy Day)
* Sophie Charlotte Ducker (1909 - 2004), botanist
* Charlotte Elliott (plant physiologist) (disambiguate from Charlotte Elliott)
* Louise Jensen (plant pathologist) (dab. from Louise Jensen, alt. E. Louise Jensen, Estelle Louise Jensen)
* Annie Karrer (alt. Annie May Hurd Karrer, Annie Hurd Karrer), plant physiologist
* Louisa King (alt. Louisa Boyd Yeomans King), horticulturist
* Eleanor Mary Reid (1860-1953), paleobotanist
* Agnes Meara Chase (1869–1963), American botanist
* Margaret Blackwood (1909–1986), Australian botanist and geneticist
* E. M. Delf-Smith / Ellen Delf-Smith (1980), British botanist
* Alice Evans (botanist) / Alice Margaret Evans (1927-1981), British botanist
* Winifred Smith (died January 1926?) was a British botanist and educationist, tutor to women students at University College London
* Mary Snow / Mrs G. R. S. Snow (c.1902-1978), British botanist
* Elisabeth Wangermann (1923-1981), Austrian-British botanist
* Joan Moore, British pioneer of plant disease forecasting systems
* Anne Catherine Hof Blinks, studied marine algae and textiles
* Cynthia Westcott (1898-1983), plant pathologist
* Ethel Doidge, South African plant pathologist
* Ruth Schornherst Breen / Ruth Olive Schornhurst Breen (1905–1987), bryologist
* Silvia Margarita Botta (1942 - 1994), Argentine botanist
* Edna Marie Buhrer (1898–1988), plant pathologist (nematology)
* Grace Whitney Sherman Cobb (1905-1993), plant pathologist (nematology)
* Helen Margaret Gilkey (1886–1972), botanist and mycologist
* Valentina Yakovlevna Cherdantseva (1939-2013), botanist (bryology)
* Chicita F. Culberson, lichenologist
* Lois Jotter Cutter / Lois Jotter, botanist
* Juana G. Dieckmann, Argentine botanist
* Jennie van Ackeren Dieterle, botanist
* Doris Löve, Swedish botanist
* Brigitta Emma Elisabeth Duyfjes, botanist/plant collector
* Sarah Creecie Dyal, botanist
* Elizabeth Anne Brown / Elizabeth A. Brown, Australian bryologist
* Eliza Amy Hodgson, New Zealand bryologist (liverworts)
* Evangelina A. Sánchez, Argentine botanist
* Elizabeth Graham Cutter / botanist ( morphology)
* Elise Hofmann / paleobotanist
* Enid L. Robertson nee Ashby (1925- ), Australian botanist
* Ethel Sarel Barton / Ethel Sarel Barton Gepp, Algologist
* Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, South African botanist
* Elisa de Vilmorin / Elisa Bailly de Vilmorin, French horticulturist & plant breeder
* Olga Fassatiová, Czech mycologist
* Gloria Galeano Garcés, Colombian botanist and agronomist
* Ursula Geissler, German phycologist
* Lilian Gibbs, British botanist
* Patricia G. Gensel, botanist/paleobotanist & former president of BSA
* Gabriela G. Hässel / Gabriela Gustava Hässel de Menéndez (1927-2009), Argentine botanist (bryology)
* Caroline Coventry Haynes (1858 – 1951), American bryologist & artist
* Helga Dietrich (1940- ), German botanist
* Aino Henssen (1925-2011), German lichenologist
* Helen Joan Hewson (1938–2007), Australian botanist
* Ilma Grace Stone (1913 – 2001), Australian botanist (bryology)
* Isabella Sinclair / Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair, plant collector & illustrator
* Jean White-Haney (1877-1952), Australian botanist
* Josephine Kablick / Josefina Kablíková, Czech botanist
* Edith Kann (1907-1987), Austrian botanist
* Bessie Bernice Kanouse (1889-1969), American botanist
* Käthe Hoffmann, German botanist
* Ruth Kiew, British botanist
* Anna Koorders-Schumacher (1870-1934)
Thanks to WikiProject Women scientists, WikiProject Feminism, User:Gobonobo, and User:Dsp13 for their work to develop this list or lists this draws from.
Categories for existing articles
* Women botanists
* Women taxonomists
* Women mycologists
Open resources
* AoB Plants
* Applications in plant sciences
* BMC Plant Biology
* Botanical Studies | WIKI |
Author:Charles Frederick Holder
Works
* Elements of Zoology (1885)
* Charles Darwin: His Life and Work (1891)
* Along the Florida Reef (1892)
* An Isle of Summer, Santa Catalina: It's History, Climate, Sports and Antiquities (1901)
* Life in the Open (1906)
Articles
* Chinese Slavery in America (1897)
* The Chinese Slave Woman (1900)
Other Works
* The Californian Illustrated Magazine Volume I: October 1891 to May 1892
* The Californian Illustrated Magazine Volume II: June to November, 1892
* The Californian Volume V: December 1893
Works about Holder
* Dr. Charles Frederick Holder by George F. Kunz (1915)
* Dr. Chas. F. Holder Naturalist, Dead (1915) | WIKI |
User:LibraryGeek/Library categories
This page is an attempt to sort out the top-level categories in the scope of WikiProject Libraries
* Category:Category-Class Libraries articles
* Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries/Categories
* Portal:Library and information science
* Category:WikiProject Libraries
* Category:Libraries
* Category:Libraries by continent
* Category:Libraries in Africa WikiProject Africa
* Category:Libraries in Asia WikiProject Asia
* Category:Libraries in Europe LEGACY WikiProject Europe
* Category:Libraries in Oceania WikiProject Oceania
* Category:Libraries in South America WikiProject South America
* Category:Libraries in North America LEGACY WikiProject North America
* : WikiProject Caribbean
* : LEGACY WikiProject Central America
* Category:Libraries by country
* Category:Libraries in the United States WikiProject United States
* Category:Libraries in Maine
* Category:Libraries in New Hampshire
* Category:Libraries in Vermont
* Category:Libraries in Massachusetts
* Category:Libraries in Rhode Island
* Category:Libraries in Connecticut
* Category:Libraries in Canada WikiProject Canada
* : undefined
* Category:Librarians
* Category:Librarians by nationality
* Category:American librarians
* Category:Library science
* Category:Information science
* Category:Archives
* Category:Archivists
* Category:Archival science
* Category:Information science
* Category:Preservation (library and archival science)
* : | WIKI |
American National Standards Institute Nanotechnology Panel
The American National Standards Institute–Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) enables stakeholders in nanotechnology to work together to coordinate the development of voluntary standards. Such standards include terminology and materials properties and measurement procedures to facilitate commercialization of applications and uses of nanotechnology. ANSI established the panel in August 2004, and membership is open to all parties interested in nanotechnology standards.
Objectives
Objectives of the ANSI-NSP include:
* Providing a forum to define needs, determine work plans and establish priorities for updating standards or creating new standards.
* Soliciting participation from sectors that have not traditionally participated in the voluntary standards system.
* Facilitating the development and adoption of standards in the area of nanotechnology in general and nomenclature/terminology specifically.
* Making available the results of the panel's work. | WIKI |
Chili's Debuts New Premium PATRÓN Frozen Margaritas Just in Time for Summer
Chili's? More like Chilli's as the fan favorite grill & bar introduces a new lineup of frozen margaritas with a focus on quality ingredients and popular flavors
DALLAS, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Chili's® Grill & Bar, the seller of more margaritas than any restaurant brand in the U.S. — with more than 25 million sold last year alone — is raising the bar with three new, premium frozen choices. Made with PATRÓN Silver tequila, the lineup features something for everyone:
PATRÓN Frozen Marg – Timeless and smooth, Chili's new frozen margarita features PATRÓN Silver, triple sec, lime juice and agave and starts at just $10. Guests can choose to add strawberry, mango, watermelon, blackberry, dragonfruit or even spicy flavor for an added punch.
Flamingo Freeze – This vibrant, pink drink is made by shaking up Tito's® Handmade Vodka with Owen's Prickly Pear, then swirling with PATRÓN Frozen Marg for a sweet sip featuring a popular flavor in the southwest.
Arctic Drift – Featuring a refreshing blend of Malibu® Coconut Rum, pineapple juice and Blue Curaçao, shaken then swirled with PATRÓN Frozen Marg, the Arctic Drift brings in flavors of the tropics, garnished with a lime wedge and maraschino cherry.
These additions also aim to meet Chili's guests' flavor preferences, with more than half[1] of casual dining guests looking for a frozen option to enjoy with their favorite menu items, like the Triple Dipper® or Chili's new Big QP burger.
"As a leader in the margarita space, we saw a big opportunity to elevate and expand our frozen margs to be ones that our guests deserve," said George Felix, Chief Marketing Officer at Chili's Grill & Bar. "At Chili's, margaritas are a core part of who we are – and now we're proud to serve what we believe to be the best frozen margs in the industry. I can't think of a better combination on a hot summer day than our all-new PATRÓN Frozen Marg and a Triple Dipper."
In addition to the margaritas themselves, Chili's has introduced new frozen margarita machines across the U.S., simplifying processes for restaurant teams and ensuring guests receive a perfectly blended and consistently smooth, high-quality PATRÓN margarita.
To learn more about Chili's new frozen margaritas or find a location near you, visit chilis.com. Must be 21+ to enjoy.
About Chili's® Grill & Bar Hi, welcome to Chili's! A proud leader in the casual dining industry and the flagship brand of Dallas-based Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT), Chili's was named Ad Age's 2025 Brand of the Year. Founded in 1975, Chili's is known for serving Big Mouth Burgers®, Crispy Chicken Crispers®, and sizzling fajitas, while hand-shaking more margaritas than any other restaurant brand in the United States. Chili's operates 1,600 restaurants in 29 countries and two territories with over 70,000 team members. With a purpose to make everyone feel special, Chiliheads take food, drink and service seriously – but not themselves. Chili's was a proud winner at the 2025 MenuMasters Awards for Best New Menu Item for Nashville Hot Mozz, the breakout addition to the social media-famous Triple Dipper. For more than 20 years, Chili's has been a proud supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and has raised more than $120 million for the organization through generous guest and team member donations. Find more information at chilis.com, follow on X or Instagram, like on Facebook, or join Chili's on TikTok.
1 Chili's Margarita Awareness & Usage Study conducted by U30, 2024
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Bulbophyllum grandiflorum
Bulbophyllum grandiflorum is a species of orchid found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. | WIKI |
David Day (Missouri politician)
David A. Day is a Republican former member of Missouri House of Representatives, representing Camden, Laclede, and Pulaski Counties (District 148). Elected to the House in 2004, in 2006 Day was appointed as Chairman of the House Veteran's Committee and served in that position until he left office at the end of 2012 due to term limits.
Day is also a member of the Southern Growth Policies Board, a non-partisan think tank that is made up of governors, legislators, business, and academic leaders from 13 states. The group focuses on improving the economy though innovation and technology, globalization and enhancing working environments. Most recently, Representative Day was appointed to the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission. The purpose of the commission is to support public safety, fairness and effectiveness in criminal sentencing.
In addition to his legislative duties Rep. Day served 13 years on the Missouri Farm Bureau Board of Directors and is a member of the Pulaski County Farm Bureau, the Pulaski County Landowners Association, Waynesville Masonic Lodge No. 375 AF & AM, the American Legion - Post 298, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714235749/http://www.missourihalloffame.info/ Missouri Music Assoc. & Hall of Fame], and an active member of the Pisgah Baptist Church in Dixon.
Day has also served as a Commissioner for the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission, member of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Chips Mills, member of the Agriculture Advisory Committees for Senators Ashcroft, Talent and Bond and Congressman Skelton; member of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Landowners Stream Advisory Committee; Board of Directors of the Pulaski Landowners Association and as a member of the Speaker’s Agriculture Task Force for former Speaker of the Missouri House Catherine Hanaway. Rep. Day is also a past member of the Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission.
Day served in the United States Army 1st and 13th Field Artillery from 1981–1984 in Fort Stewart, Georgia. Day is a lifelong resident of Pulaski County.
Awards and recognition
2005: Elected Vice-President of his Freshman Legislative Class, Voted “Freshman Legislator of the Year” by his fellow legislators, Voted “Best Politician” by citizens of Pulaski County
2006: Received the Friend of Agriculture Award from MO Farm Bureau, Received the 100% for Jobs Award from the MO Chamber of Commerce, Voted “Best Politician” by citizens of Pulaski County (2nd year), Received Appreciation Award from MG Castro of Ft. Leonard Wood, 100% Voting Record with National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
2007: Named Legislator of the Year by the Veterans of Foreign War (VFW), Named Legislator of the Year by the American Legion, Certificate of Appreciation from the MO Association of Veteran’s Organizations, Received special recognition from the MO Sheriff’s Association, Award for support of the University of Missouri, Rolla (UMR), Voted “Best Politician” by citizens of Pulaski County (3rd year)
2008: Named Legislator of the Year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Certificate of Appreciation from the Under Secretary of Defense for passage of HB 1678, 100% Voting Record with National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) 2009: Legislator Appreciation Award from the Pulaski County DAV, Presented the Colors of the Multi-National Task Force East and a Missouri Flag flown in his honor in Kosovo by BG Larry Kay in appreciation for Rep. Day's support of the military, Voted "Best Politician" by citizens of Pulaski County (4th time)
2010: Named Citizen of the Year by the Dixon Chamber of Commerce, 100% Voting Record with National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Received the Friend of Agriculture Award from MO Farm Bureau
2011: Named Legislator of the Year by the Missouri Assoc. of Veterans Organizations (MAVO), Named Legislator of the Year by the Missouri Forest Products Assoc.
2013: Received the Missouri Assoc. of Veterans Organizations (MAVO) Lifetime Achievement Award.
Personal
He currently lives in Dixon, Missouri with his wife, Leasa. They have a daughter, Savanna. | WIKI |
Talk:Hazro
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Hazro google satellite map This place is situated in Attok, Punjab, Pakistan, its geographical coordinates are 33° 54' 35" North, 72° 29' 34" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Hazro. need to lose weight —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 12:35, 30 April 2011 (UTC) | WIKI |
Report: Closer Kimbrel's asking price may be dropping
Unemployed closer Craig Kimbrel’s asking price may have fallen. The free agent, who pitched for the World Series champion Boston Red Sox last year, originally was seeking a deal in the vicinity of six years for $100 million, The Athletic reported in December. But on Sunday, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported that Kimbrel could be willing to take less. Rosenthal tweeted that “Kimbrel continues to seek a deal he believes to be fair” and cited the deals signed by relievers Wade Davis (three years, $52 million) and Zack Britton (three years, $39 million) as benchmarks for Kimbrel. Kimbrel, who turns 31 in May, was 5-1 with a 2.74 ERA and 42 saves last season. Four times in his nine-year career he has led the league in saves and has 333 for his career. A seven-time All-Star, Kimbrel has finished in the top 10 in Cy Young Award balloting five times. He has a career 31-19 record and 1.91 ERA. He pitched the first five years of his career for the Atlanta Braves, followed by a season with the San Diego Padres and three years in Boston. —Field Level Media | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Pultowa, in the year 1709, and his subsequent flight into Turkey, the king of Denmark eagerly embraced the opportunity of renewing hostilities with Sweden, and invaded both Holstein in the south and the province of Skaania to the north. Skaania was badly provided with troops, but it had officers trained in one of the best military schools of the age, and a peasantry full of national antipathy to the Danes. The result was a spirited attack on the invading army, followed by its defeat and precipitate flight into Denmark. The war was then carried on with alternate success in different parts—in Pomerania, in Holstein, and in Norway; until at last the military career of Charles XII. came unexpectedly to a close in the end of 1718. Some time afterwards, negotiations were opened between Sweden and Denmark, under the mediation of England, and ended in 1720 in a definitive treaty of peace, concluded at Stockholm. It was then that Sweden lost all the advantages gained since the Peace of Westphalia, and that George I. of England, as elector of Hanover, Prussia, and Peter the Great shared with Denmark the spoil of Sweden. From that time no danger threatened Denmark from the side of its neighbour, though the cessation of the rivalry was more perceptible in the decline of Sweden than in the progress of Denmark. The Danish Government had now ample experience of the sacrifices attendant on war, and of the expediency, to a state of such limited power, of avoiding political collisions. It consequently adopted a peace policy, to which it has almost ever since endeavoured to adhere.
It was towards the middle of the 18th century that the family of Bernstorff became known in the councils of Denmark, the first minister of that name, a man of superior talent and information, having come forward at that time. By the prudence of the ministry, and the pacific disposition of the sovereign, Denmark was kept from taking part in the war begun in Germany in 1740, as well as in the more general contest begun in the same country in 1756.
Frederick V. of Denmark was twice married, and died in 1766, leaving a son by each wife. The crown devolved of course on the elder, his son by the first wife, who took the name of Christian VII. He was a weak prince, and listened too readily to the insinuations of his step-mother, whose secret wish was to secure the succession of the crown to her own son, and who did not scruple, with that view, to sow discord between Christian and his young consort, a princess of England, the youngest daughter of George II. The circumstances were these. A German adventurer named Struensee had ingratiated himself into the favour of Frederick V., the late king, and had found means to be appointed his prime minister a situation which he was ill qualified to fill. He continued to hold that office under Christian, and was introduced to the young queen as her husband's confidential minister. On this the queen dowager founded an intrigue, and succeeded in persuading the king that the queen, in concert with Struensee and his friend Count Brandt, had formed a project to set him aside, and to get herself declared regent of the kingdom. By working on the fears of this weak prince, the queen dowager prevailed on him to authorize the arrest of the queen and the two ministers. The latter were thrown into prison, and Struensee was accused of having abused his authority as minister, and of other criminal acts. As there was no proof of these acts, recourse was had to the barbarous alternative of torture, the dread of which led Struensee to declare, in the form of a confession, much to the injury of the young queen, which is now considered as unfounded. This, however, did not enable him to escape, for he and Count Brandt were both beheaded in April 1772; whilst the queen consort was, at the instance of the British
Government, allowed to retire and to pass the remainder of her short life at Zell, in Hanover, repeatedly but fruitlessly demanding an open trial. This ill-fated princess died in her twenty-third year, without the satisfaction of knowing that the author of her misfortunes, the queen dowager, had lost her influence at the court of Denmark.
One of the principal political questions between Great Britain and Denmark occurred in 1780, during the war carried on by England against France, Spain, and the North American colonies. During that arduous contest, England, superior at sea, had no difficulty in obtaining, by her own merchantmen, a supply of hemp, cordage, and other naval stores from the Baltic, whilst France and Spain trusted to receiving such supplies by neutral vessels. But the English Government denied the right of neutrals to carry warlike stores; and the northern powers, headed by the ambitious Catherine of Russia, entered into a compact, called the Armed Neutrality, by which, without resorting to actual hostility, they sought to overawe England, and to continue the questionable traffic. Happily no bloodshed followed this diplomatic menace, and the question fell to the ground in 1782, on the negotiation for a general peace.
The king of Denmark, subject all along to imbecility, became after 1784 quite incapable of governing. His son, the crown prince, was therefore appointed regent, and soon passed several judicious enactments. The peasants living on the crown lands were gradually emancipated an example followed by a number of the nobility on their respective estates. In the abolition of the African slave trade Denmark had the honour of taking the lead among the Governments of Europe. The crown prince, guided by the counsels of Count Bernstorff, son of the minister already mentioned, long remained neutral in the political convulsion engendered by the French Revolution. He continued to adhere steadfastly to this plan until in 1801 the emperor Paul of Russia having, as in the case of the Armed Neutrality, formed a compact of the northern powers hostile to England, a British fleet was sent into the Baltic under the orders of Sir Hyde Parker, with Lord Nelson as his second in command.
It was this fleet which taught the Danes that their capital was not impregnable, and that the long line of men-of-war moored in front of the harbour was an insufficient defence against such enterprising opponents. The attack took place on 2d of April 1801; and the resistance of the Danes was spirited, but fruitless. The loss of the English in killed and wounded exceeded 1000 men, but that of their opponents was much greater, and most of their shipping was destroyed. Happily little injury was done to the capital. A cessation of hostilities took place forthwith, and was followed by a treaty of peace. The death of Paul, which occurred soon afterwards, dissolved the compact between the northern courts.
But no treaty of peace could be regarded as permanent during the ascendency of Napoleon. After defeating first Austria and then Prussia, that extraordinary man found means to obtain the confidence of the emperor Alexander of Russia, and in the autumn of 1807 threatened to make Denmark take part in the war against England. Although the Danish Government discovered no intention to violate its neutrality, the English ministers, eager to please the public by acting on a system of vigour, despatched to the Baltic both a fleet and an army, in order to compel the surrender of the Danish navy, upon condition of its being restored in the event of peace. To such a demand the crown prince gave an immediate negative, declaring that he was both able and willing to maintain his neutrality, and that his fleet could not be given up on any such condition. On this the English army landed near Copenhagen, laid siege to that city, and soon obliged the | WIKI |
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Microstructure and Phase Identification of Tertiary Oxide Scale on Steel by EBSD
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Oxide scales growing during hot rolling of steel represent an industrial and environmental problem. Tertiary oxide, which starts to form before entering the finishing stands, remains on the steel surface until the end of the process, affecting the final surface quality and the response to downstream processing. Characterizing scale layers and the scale/steel interface in terms of phase morphology, texture, grain structure and chemical composition is fundamental for a better understanding of their behaviour and the effect of thermomechanical cycles on the material response to further processing. Thin tertiary scale layers have been grown on ULC steel under controlled conditions in a laboratory device adequately positioned in a compression-testing machine, immediately before plane strain deformation. After heating under a protective atmosphere (nitrogen), the samples have been oxidized in air at 1050°C for a short oxidation time. Immediately after this controlled oxidation, some of the samples were subjected to plane strain compression (PSC) inside the experimental device, in order to simulate the finishing hot rolling process. Direct observations of oxide scale layers are impossible. The EBSD technique has been identified as a powerful tool that can be used to reveal the microstructure within the oxide scale and to distinguish between its constitutive phases, based on their distinct crystal lattices. The texture of the deformed oxide scales, originally grown on ULC steel, was determined in a SEM using the EBSD technique. This will help to achieve a better understanding of their complex deformation behaviour. Because the substrate deformation affects the oxide layer, orientation relationships between scale layer and substrate were measured and the crystallographic orientation between undeformed and deformed areas was determined. Strongly textured wustite grains with a clearly pronounced columnar structure were observed after oxidation at 1050°C. The detailed EBSD study reveals that the oxide layer is able to accommodate a significant amount of deformation.
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Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volumes 283-286)
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Andreas Öchsner, Graeme E. Murch and Ali Shokuhfar
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419-424
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10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.283-286.419
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L. Suarez, P. Rodriguez-Calvillo, R. Colás, Y. Houbaert, "Microstructure and Phase Identification of Tertiary Oxide Scale on Steel by EBSD", Defect and Diffusion Forum, Vols. 283-286, pp. 419-424, 2009
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authority so delegated under rules and regulations approved by the Secretary. SEC. 3. Any proceeds from reconveyances made under this Act shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts. SEC. 4. This Act shall terminate three years after the date of its enactment. Approved August 14, 1958. Public Law 85-647
Aujtutt M, 1958 AN ACT [H. R. 5450], r£Q authorize the enlargement of the administrative headquarters site for Isle Royale National Park, Houghton, Michigan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the tioni* Park/Mi^h' United States of Anienca in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase or donation, or with donated funds, a tract of land, or interests therein, located in Houghton, Michigan, fronting on Portage Lake and lying to the east of Franklin Street and to the north of Carroll Avenue, said land aggregating not more than three acres and being known as the Carroll Estate. The property so acquired shall be added to the existing nearby administrative headquarters site furnishing services and facilities required for the administration of Isle Royale National Park. SEC. 2. Any funds now or hereafter made available for purposes of construction or for purposes of operation and maintenance within Isle Royale National Park may be used for such purposes with respect to the administrative site and facilities relating thereto at Houghton, Michigan. Any land acquisition funds now or hereafter made available to the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of the national park system may be used by the Secretary for the acquisition of the property authorized to be added to the headquarters site pursuant to this Act. Approved August 14, 1958, Public Law 85-648 August 14, 1958 AN ACT [H. R. 6198] ijiQ exclude certain lands from the Sequoia National Park, in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the p s^eq»^^a_Nationai United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purEx'ciusion of pose of eliminating certain lands from the Sequoia National Park, the Secretary of the Interior, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, is hereby authorized to exclude from the Sequoia National Park not to exceed ten acres of land situated adjacent to the boundary of the park in township 17 south, range 30 east. Mount Diablo meridian and at a place where the Mineral King Road intersects the east line of said township. Land so excluded shall become a part of the Sequoia National Game Refuge, within the Sequoia NaNotification in tioual Forcst. Exclusion of such land from the park and the addition thereof to the Sequoia National Game Refuge of the Sequoia National Forest, pursuant to this section, shall be effective upon publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register. Approved August 14, 1958.
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