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Nancy Horrocks
Nancy Horrocks née Kitchin (1900–1989) was a British artist, notable for the abstract paintings she created in the 1960s.
Biography
Horrocks was born at Compton in Hampshire and attended Winchester High School. She went on to study at the Chelsea School of Art and then the Slade School of Fine Art from 1918 to 1920. Horrocks frequently exhibited her abstract paintings with the Women's International Art Club between 1958 and 1965. She took part in exhibitions at both the New Vision Centre Gallery and the Knott Gallery in Dallas during 1961 and at the Grabowski Gallery the following year. Horrocks also exhibited with the Artists' International Association and at Heal's Mansard Gallery during the mid-1960s, when she also had a solo exhibition at the New Gallery in Belfast. She also showed works at the Grosvenor Galleries and at the Bradford and Northampton City Art Galleries.
Horrocks was married to Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks and, at different periods, lived at St Ives, then London and at Singleton in West Sussex before moving to a nursing home at Cranleigh. | WIKI |
Probing a living cell through a nanotube
The hybrid nanoscale system developed by Prof. Lieber’s team provides a unique approach for recording intracellular electrical signals. The system consists of a hollow nanotube, which serves as a probe, and a Si nanowire based field-effect transistor (FET), which serves as a signal convertor and collector. The small 50~100 nm nanotube probe introduces only negligible invasiveness to the cell during a measurement. The electrical potential signal produced by a living cell is captured and transmitted by the nanotube, and then the potential signal is converted into a current or a conductance signal by the nanoscale FET, which is in direct contact with the other end of the nanotube. Compared with the original potential signal, the converted current/conductance signal is much less likely to be interfered by the environment, and therefore, the measurement is much more reliable and reproducible. A demonstration on a living cardiomyocyte cell successfully showed this technology’s capability of capturing detailed features of an intracellular action potential change from inside the cell. In addition, the nanocale system is proven to be responsive enough to capture a potential change occurring within 0.1 micro-seconds without any lag.
Applications
Every second, electrophysiological processes occur in living cells. Understanding these processes is crucial for decoding cells’ network behaviors. To date, limited tools exist to perform accurate measurements of electrical signals inside living cells. A team of researchers, led by Prof. Lieber have invented a hybrid nanoscale device/system, to record the features of intracellular potential changes in living cells. This nanoscale device/system can be integrated into existing electrophysiology instruments, to be applied to fundamental studies of intracellular electrophysiological processes.
Intellectual Property Status: Patent(s) Pending | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
celery with sqs error "No module named 'sqs'"
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I am trying to configure celery to use sqs. But I get the following error:
No module named 'sqs'
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It's using SQS as a result backend as well. You can set CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = None
source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48912133/celery-sqs-error-no-module-named-sqs
answered Aug 20, 2019 by Vijay
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Article Evaluation
Thomas Bradwardine
* Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
Yes, everything is relevant. Some events under the Life section are hard to follow and could use some simplification.
* Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
Yes, the article seems to be neutral. One claim seems speculative, "perhaps loth to lose his trusted confessor".
* Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
No.
* Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
Yes, the links work and support the claims in the article. However, many sources listed do not have links.
* Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
Many facts stated in the Life section do not have noted references. The sources I could check seem to be unbiased.
* Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
Many of his more prominent theories and their influence on other important figure could be expanded.
* Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
Something mentioned in the talk page is the distinction of Calculus and Algebra. Related, when reading the Wiki article about the Oxford Calculators there is a direct contradiction to an otherwise identical statement:
"Yet "Bradwardine and his Oxford colleagues did not quite make the breakthrough to modern science" (Cantor 2001, p. 122). The most essential missing tool was calculus." Thomas Bradwardine
"Yet "Bradwardine and his Oxford colleagues did not quite make the breakthrough to modern science."[6] The most essential missing tool was algebra." Oxford Calculators
* How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
It is part of many WikiProjects and is rated start-low importance.
* How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
Very similar to what is mentioned in our textbooks.
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Rachel Lloyd (chemist)
Green Ideas, Green Vietnam: Environmentalism in the Sixties (2003)
Rachel Lloyd: Early Nebraska chemist (1995)
Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome (1988)
Easy and Lucid Guide to Rachel Abbie Holloway Lloyd
Article Ideas
First woman published in American Chemistry Journal (ACS website)
notes from nebraska chemist source: -In nebraska 7 years, health -Initial appointment 1 year associate professor -First position chestnut st female seminary philadelphia -1883 louisville school of pharmacy for women in louisville ky and hampton college -Royal college of science and the School of Mines? -1891 no chemist only teacher -Member of camera club and scientific -Joined american chemical society in 1891 -Died in beverly new jersey
In Memorium good source?
More detail about beet research
Possible new section "Professional Work" explaining published work, affiliation with professional societies etc. -3 papers on acrylic acid in American Chemical Journal (Dr Rachel Lloyd: American Chemist)
Article Draft
Edits/additions done in bold. Added Sections on Teaching and Final Years, will add more to final years. Other draft ideas and edits can be found on Dmlcx9 and DGrieshaber sandboxes.
Early years
Lloyd (née Rachel Abbie Holloway) was born in Flushing, Ohio to a large Quaker farming family. Both of her parents were teachers until her father became the Post Master in Smyrna, Ohio. She lost her family at a young age; all three of her siblings died in infancy, her mother when she was five, and her father when she was twelve.'''At the age of 13 Rachel Lloyd (Holloway) began attending Friends School in Flushing, Ohio and continued her young education at Westtown School in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Her final year of schooling was completed at Miss Margaret Robinson's School for Young Ladies, where she would also begin teaching. During her time at Robinson's School she met Franklin Lloyd, a chemist with Powers and Weightman. On May 11, 1859,''' when she was 20 years old, Rachel and Franklin got married. Lloyd noted that Franklin kept a chemical laboratory in their home, which is where her interest in the field originated. The couple had two children: Fannie Lloyd (1860–1860) and William C. Lloyd (1865–1865), both of whom died in infancy, Frannie of "disease of the brain" and William of jaundice. Franklin also died in 1865, shortly after William's death. After her husband's death, Lloyd was left with a substantial sum of money and used it to travel Europe from 1867-1872, seeking medical help for rheumatism and neuralgia. However, financial difficulties forced her to return to the US to look for work. Lloyd supported herself for some time as a science teacher at the Chestnut Street Female Seminary before making the decision to formally pursue her interest in chemistry.
Studies
In the summer of 1876, Lloyd began attending courses in botany and chemistry at the Harvard Summer School, where she did research with Charles F. Mabery. She attended Harvard Summer School and continued her research for the next eight years, coauthoring three published papers between the years of 1881-1884. It was in these years that Lloyd met Rachel Bodley, her future colleague in the American Chemical Society, and, in 1880, Hudson Henry Nicholson, her future colleague at the University of Nebraska. During this time, Lloyd continued to teach. In 1883, she helped found the Louisville School of Pharmacy for Women in Kentucky, along with Joseph P. Barnum.
In 1884, Lloyd decided to study at the University of Zurich, which at the time was the only institution where women were permitted to attempt a doctorate in chemistry. Lloyd was awarded her doctorate in 1886, at the age of 48, making her the first American woman to receive a European doctorate. Her dissertation was on the conversion of phenols to aromatic amines under Professor August Viktor Merz. During this time, she also became interested in the emerging sugar beet industry.
Teaching
'''Lloyd began teaching immediately after finishing her early education at Miss Margaret Robinson's School for Young Ladies. Her next teaching position would be at the Chestnut Street Female Seminary, where she taught chemistry, in 1873, following her travels in Europe. During her time as a student Lloyd still held multiple positions at other educational institutions. In 1880 Lloyd held the position of Lady Principal of Foster School for Girls in Clifton Springs, New York. Following this she was an Instructor of Chemistry at both Hampton College for Women and the Louisville School of Pharmacy for Women. Lloyd worked for a small period of time at the Normal School of Science and Royal School of Mines in London before her most notable position in 1887 at the University of Nebraska. In 1894 Lloyd was the Instructor of Science at Hillside Home School in Spring Green, Wisconsin.'''
University of Nebraska
In 1887, the University of Nebraska offered Lloyd an appointment as associate professor of analytical chemistry to join the departmental chair, Hudson Henry Nicholson as second faculty member in the new Chemistry Department. Lloyd encouraged both young men and young women to enroll; during Lloyd's tenure, the Nebraska section of the American Chemical Society had more women participants than any other section. Between 1888 and 1915, 10 of the 46 chemistry students were women.
Lloyd's scientific impact was based on her pioneering studies of sugars in sugar beets, using analytical techniques such as the saccharometer. Lloyd's studies made use of test plots of sugar beets in various parts of Nebraska. Her scientific reports on sugar production in sugar beets first appeared in 1890, helping establish the economic viability of sugar beet farming in the latter part of the 19th century, critical to Nebraska farmers. Following the passage of the Hatch Act of 1887, the University of Nebraska was awarded a grant of $15,000 to create the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station. Lloyd rose to full professor in 1888 and continued to teach until 1894, when she resigned due to ill health. After her death, Acting Chancellor Charles E. Bessey said in a memorial lecture at the University of Nebraska, ″She was not only an eminent chemist, she was a great teacher, and more than that, she was the beloved advisor and counselor of students.″ '''This is further supported by her involvement in the Camera Club and the Scientific Club, through which she connected with students.
University of Nebraska Time Capsule
'''In May 2014, a time capsule was opened at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. The capsule came from the cornerstone of the building that had previously housed the Chemistry Department and had been planted there in 1916. The capsule had initially been forgotten but was discovered when someone searching for information on Rachel Lloyd discovered a newspaper article about the capsule's burial that had mentioned her. The capsule contained newspapers from the time of its burial, information about what was happening at the school at the time, photos of members of the chemistry department, and other items related to the chemistry department as it had been in 1916. Included in these photos is a high resolution photo of Lloyd, which is often used in articles about her life and work. Arguably the most important item in the capsule was a biography of Lloyd's life, titled "In Memoriam: Rachel Lloyd, Ph.D". The book was written by her brother-in-law, Clement Lloyd, and contained information about her life that was not found elsewhere. '''DGrieshaber (talk) 13:25, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Final Years
She lived in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area for the last seven years of her life, to be closer to friends and relatives. Lloyd passed on March 7, 1900 due to heart failure and was buried with her husband and children in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
peer reviewSimeonbauer (talk) 15:46, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Simeonbauer (talk) 15:46, 18 October 2019 (UTC) Your draft does a grand job of going into detail on her work at the University of Nebraska. As a suggestion, more of her research would be cool, but good work anyway! I think expanding on what she studied and research is most important. On a reflection to my own article, more context and information needs to be added. Better organization should be applied to my article.
Peer Evaluation Pencil and Notepad (talk) 15:45, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
The contributions to this article, overall, were very beneficial to strengthening the article. In particular, the sections on Teaching and the contributions to her early years. The early years section additions really give insight into the hardships of her childhood and sets the stage for her later career. As for the Teaching section, that was a major portion of her career that had seemingly been un tapped before you edit. I would suggest adding what subject(s) she taught at each school, if possible. On top of that, more specific dates on some of the job locations would be helpful. These would help form the time frame of this part of her life and ease the understanding of her career. I suggest keeping the section on the time capsule, since it shows where a portion of the info on her was found. The most important thig you could do is to edit formatting and keep adding the details bridging the gaps. I found that the tidbits about the time capsule were fascinating and I would love to see if there is anything like that for my article.
Peer Review by MrScaryDude (talk) 15:48, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I'm peer reviewing the Rachel Lloyd Drafting in your sandbox
In the Early Years section of the Biography section, I would suggest changing " On May 11, 1859, when she was 20 years old, they were married." to " On May 11, 1859, when she was 20 years old, Franklin and Rachel were married" for clarity. When Rachel's travel to Europe is mentioned, I think it would be a good idea to mention what she was seeking medical help for. Did she have a disease or condition?
In the University of Nebraska section, changing "join the departmental chair, Hudson Henry Nicholson as second person in the new Chemistry Department" to "join the departmental chair, Hudson Henry Nicholson as second faculty member in the new Chemistry Department" to improve use more precise language. Also, you may consider changing "This is further supported by her involvement in the Camera Club and the Scientific Club, a way she connected with students" to ""This is further supported by her involvement in the Camera Club and the Scientific Club, through which she connected with students.
MrScaryDude (talk) 15:48, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Peer Review by Brrgdw (talk) 16:10, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Needs more citations. There should be a citation for pretty much every claim, because there’s no way of knowing that the citation at the end of the paragraph isn’t just for the last sentence. Mismatch of “ and ‘ when quoting that Frannie died of “disease of the brain’ Traveled to Europe seeking medical help for what? I like the separate “teaching” section. I think that’d be a good idea for our article. Perhaps add more dates, instead of just putting the order of the positions. (And, once again, many more citations are needed.) Interesting stuff about the time capsule! Brrgdw (talk) 16:10, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
Peer Review Response
Our peer reviews recommended more citations. All of our added work is cited, however in some cases an entire paragraph cites one source, the citations can be moved to each sentence for better clarity. Another issue discussed in the peer reviews was the lack of some dates. Some dates I can add in, however a lot of the dates provided in sources are questionable, and the source is unsure of the exact time frames. The peer reviews also mention adding more details on Rachel's research and what exactly Rachel had that was making her sick. I will look into this, but most information on her research is very technical and doesn't seem imperative to understanding her importance in history. It could be more suited for an article on sugar beets. Another thing that could be changed is the structure of the sentences. There were some cases where the wording used wasn't precise and could lead to confusion. | WIKI |
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Unreferenced list of teams
These lists were present in the article under the header “2020 teams” but were unreferenced and do not correspond with any league information I can find. I’m saving the data here in the event the original editor would like to repurpose the lists with citation elsewhere. spitzmausKC (talk) 16:23, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
South
* FC Kuusysi, Lahti
* FC Viikingit, Helsinki
* Malmin Palloseura, Helsinki
* PK Keski-Uusimaa, Kerava/Tuusula
* PU-62, Mikkeli
* Tikkurilan Palloseura, Vantaa
* Turun Weikot, Turku
* Vantaan Jalkapalloseura, Vantaa
North
* FC Rauma, Rauma
* Härmä, Hämeenlinna
* Vasa IFK, Vaasa
* IK Myran, Kronoby
* FC Ilves, Tampere
* Jyväskylän Pallokerho, Jyväskylä
* Petalax IK, Malax
* Ylöjärven Ilves, Ylöjärvi | WIKI |
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Boseman v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Messrs. Leon P. Howell and Sterling D. Bennett, both of Beaumont, Tex., for petitioner.
Messrs. Wm. Marshall Bullitt, of Louisville, Ky., and Major T. Bell, of Beaumont, Tex., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court. | WIKI |
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Serverless: Can It Simplify Data Science Projects?
Yaron Haviv | April 25, 2019
How much time do you think data scientists spend on developing and testing models? Only 10%, according to this post by Google’s Josh Cogan. Most of their time is spent on data collection, building infrastructure, devops and integration. When you finally build a model, how long and complex is the process of delivering it into production (assuming you managed to get that far)? And when you finally incorporate the models into some useful business applications, how do you reproduce or explain its results? Do you monitor its accuracy? And what about continuous application and model upgrades?
One way to simplify data science development and accelerate time to production is to adopt a serverless architecture for data collection, exploration, model training and serving.
This post will explain serverless and its limitations, and provide a hands-on example of using serverless to solve data science challenges.
Serverless Overview
The term “serverless” was coined a few years ago by Amazon to describe its Lambda functions, a service where developers write some code and specification and click “deploy.” Lambda automatically builds a containerized application, deploys it on a production cluster, and provides automated monitoring, logging, scaling and rolling upgrades. Other benefits of serverless are a lower cost pay-per-use model and its native integration with platform resources and events.
Overall, serverless addresses three main data science challenges:
1. It reduces the overhead and complexity of developing, deploying and monitoring code. Serverless leads to a faster time to production and allows both data scientists and developers to focus on business logic instead of instrumentation and infrastructure-related tasks.
2. It provides a well-defined and versioned runtime which incorporates the code, software package dependencies, ML models, environment variables, and data sources and run-time configuration. This can guarantee consistent and reproduceable results.
3. Serverelss allows mobilizing, scaling and duplicating functions to multiple enforcement points. A good example we see at Iguazio relates to developing and testing functions in the cloud and then running them in edge gateways or multiple regions, or just scaling them to meet growing traffic.
Serverless has gotten a lot of buzz and wide adoption among app and front-end developers. We see it being used opportunistically in some data science pockets, but it has yet to reach wide adoption among data scientists.
Serverless can address many of the data science challenges outlined above, so I’m surprised that Amazon, the inventor of “serverless,” is not using Lambda in SageMaker, Amazon’s own data science platform. Have you wondered why?
The reasons are simple! The first wave of serverless functions, such as Amazon Lambda, aren’t a good fit for data science because:
1. They are stateless and data science is usually about lots of data (state).
2. They are slow and single threaded, while data processing requires parallelism.
3. They limit the function image size and ML models tend to be large (larger than Lambda’s maximum image size limit).
4. They don’t support GPUs and GPUs can be quite efficient in AI/ML applications.
5. There is no native integration between data science tools/frameworks and serverless.
But all the above limitations are associated with cloud vendor specific serverless implementations, not serverless in general. Other implementations do provide serverless benefits while addressing data science needs.
Nuclio, Serverless Optimized for Data Science
Nuclio was designed from inception as an open source project that addresses data science applications and eliminates the complexity of development and operations. Nuclio provides extreme performance, supports stateful and data intensive workloads, supports and maximizes the efficiency of GPUs, and doesn’t come with any “baggage” holding it back (see: Nuclio vs Lambda comparison for details).
Nuclio runs over the widely adopted Kubernetes orchestration layer and is integrated with various data-science and analytics frameworks.
Nuclio uses a high-performance concurrent execution engine (supporting up to 400,000 events per process). It is currently the only serverless framework with GPU support and fast file access, which enables accelerating the performance of machine learning code and maximizing the utilization of CPUs and GPUs (using a resource pooling model) so that code runs faster on Nuclio.
One of Nuclio’s coolest features is its integration with Jupyter, the most widely used data science workbench. This allows developers to automatically turn data science code and notebooks into scalable real-time functions, which provide data integration, versioning, logging, monitoring, security and out-of-the-box scalability without requiring any additional coding.
Nuclio is used in wide variety of data science tasks:
1. Data collectors, ETL, stream processing
2. Data preparation and analysis
3. Hyper parameter model training
4. Real-time model serving
5. Feature vector assembly (real-time data preparation)
The following example demonstrate how to develop, test, and deploy functions from a notebook. The source, more detailed documentation and variety of examples are available in the Nuclio-Jupyter git.
Implementing a Natural Language Processing Function
See the full notebook in this Github link.
The first step is to deploy Nuclio on Docker or Kubernetes. See instructions on how, or just use the hosted version.
Now install the python and Jupyter SDK in your notebook using:
!pip install nuclio-jupyter
We write and test our code inside a notebook like any other data science code when working with Nuclio-Jupyter. We add some “magical” commands to describe additional configurations such as which packages to install, how the code will get triggered (http, cron, stream), environment variables, additional files we want to bundle (e.g. ML model, libraries), versioning, etc.
We use the deploy command or API to automatically convert the notebook to code, and then deploy it in a containerized function. Code cells we want to exclude from the function are marked with a “# nuclio: ignore” comment.
The following section demonstrates the import of a Nuclio library (in an “ignored” cell), followed by the specification of the packages to install, setting of environment variables and building configuration (e.g. indicating the base Docker image).
The next section is implementing our code which accepts some text from the trigger (e.g. HTTP POST request) and uses the “TextBlob” library to correct, analyze sentiments and respond with the text translated to another language (language is specified by the environment variable).
Once we implemented our code, we test it inside the notebook using a mocked context and event objects. Note that our code was instrumented with logs which are also displayed while debugging.
The next step is to deploy the function onto our cluster and serve real user requests — using a single “deploy” command. Once the deploy process is complete, it will also provide a URL allocation for the function, which we can then use to test our fresh function.
The example demonstrates how to create code in a familiar data science environment. We used a few magic decorations to specify our production requirements (package dependencies, environment and configuration) and we deployed it to a production cluster without thinking about the underlying infrastructure.
This was a simple example. More advanced function examples can be found in the following repository, including implementations of Twitter and stock data collection and analysis, image recognition and predictive infrastructure monitoring.
Nuclio is not limited to Python code. It supports 8 coding languages and allows us to choose the right and most familiar tool for the job. See this example for how to turn a bash script into an interactive serverless function with a few trivial steps and without any knowledge of Docker.
Summary
Serverless allows us to focus on data science logic! It makes our code production ready. Functions are instrumented with structured logging. They are hardened for security and they provide automated scale-out and scale-up to maximize performance and resource efficiency. Given that functions are containerized artifacts, we can develop and test them in one place and later deploy them to one or more other locations (e.g. on edge devices or regional clusters). More on that in another post.
Try it out and go to Nuclio’s community Slack channel if you stumble into any issues.
(This post was originally published on Towards Data Science.) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
MATLAB Answers
I'm trying to create a time varying system in simulink using matlab function block but even if the logic is correct it says the value which i'm calling form workspace is not Simulink.Signal
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sabyasachi Neogi on 26 Sep 2016
Commented: sabyasachi Neogi on 29 Sep 2016
function y = fcn %#codegen for i=1:1:100 U_b(:,i)=x_storage(14,i)-(K(1,:,i)'*(X_bar(i,:)')); end y = U_b;
K,x_storage, X_bar comes from workspace and i've changed the data type to data store memory I tried to use the input option also it did not work out. X_bar is a syms data type
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Zhao Wang
Zhao Wang on 28 Sep 2016
This happens maybe because you have an object defined in the base workspace and you are using a data store with the 'Data store name must resolve to Simulink signal object' option checked. Since you set the name of the data store to be the same as the name of the object (or a variable) in the base workspace, this error occurs because the object type is not 'Simulink.Signal'. Consider changing the name of the data store or the object. Alternatively, consider unchecking the 'Data store name must resolve to Simulink signal object' option.
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sabyasachi Neogi on 29 Sep 2016
My target is to bring the object or variable(3-d matrices) from the base workspace to the matlab function block so the first option can't be done. Regarding the unchecking the 'Data store name must resolve to Simulink signal object' option where i will find the check box to uncheck it.Unable to locate in model explorer.
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How and Why Australia Became a Federation How and Why Australia Became a Federation It could be argued that Australia becoming a Federation was a stupid thing to do but most people agree that it was a great idea. In the next few paragraphs, the reasons how and why Australia became a Federation will be discussed. Some of the reasons ‘why’ are trade (NSW/Victoria rivalry), communication and fear of invasion by Germany. On January 1, 1901, Australia’s six self-governing colonies became states in an “indissoluble Federal Commonwealth.” In other words, January 1st, 1901, is when Australia became a Federation. For over fifty years many individuals had dreamed of this and occasionally false starts were made, but it wasn’t until the 1890’s that the Federation movement gathered momentum.
The inauguration of the Commonwealth was the end of a chapter in Australia’s history as well as the start of a new one. The need for Federation was a consequence of the sub-division of Australia in the first half of British settlement. The first colony, NSW, at one stage included 2/3 of the continent but Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland were gradually carved out of it. WA and SA were founded as entirely seperate colonies. Each small community fought and won its own battle for survival and growth.
There was talk of Federation from the early 1840’s when the colonies still functioned seperately and there was a rivalry between NSW (who believed that trade should be free) and Victoria (who believed a tax should be imposed for trade). There was a need to uniform defence as there was fear of an invasion by Germany and if the colonies fought as one single nation, it would be stronger than if they remained seperate colonies. Before the sub-division of Australia was complete, suggestions were made to link the colonies. In September, 1846, there were discussions in the Legislative Council in NSW as to the need for some control to be made over “intercolonial legislation.” Two weeks later, Governor Fitz Roy suggested “some superior functionary” be appointed, with the power to review and, if necessary, disallow legislation of all colonies on anything other than local matters. These suggestions have been regarded as the first move towards Federation.
The next move came from Britain, when, in 1847, Earl Grey, then the Secretary of State for the colonies, suggested a “central authority” be created in Australia to regulate matters affecting more than one colony. Then, in November 1880, an intercolonial conference in Melbourne, attended by representatives from NSW, SA and Victoria, agreed to resolutions moved by Henry Parkes in favour of the establishment of a Federal Council. As you can tell by reading this, there were many reasons how and why Australia became a Federation. There are also mentioned reasons that held back the ‘go ahead’ of the Federation movement. A lot of interesting information was gathered and use for this’discussion’ and a lot was learned from it. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Is there any logic behind ASCII codes’ ordering?
There are historical reasons, mainly to make ASCII codes easy to convert:
Digits (0x30 to 0x39) have the binary prefix 110000:
0 is 110000
1 is 110001
2 is 110010
etc.
So if you wipe out the prefix (the first two ‘1’s), you end up with the digit in binary coded decimal.
Capital letters have the binary prefix 1000000:
A is 1000001
B is 1000010
C is 1000011
etc.
Same thing, if you remove the prefix (the first ‘1’), you end up with alphabet-indexed characters (A is 1, Z is 26, etc).
Lowercase letters have the binary prefix 1100000:
a is 1100001
b is 1100010
c is 1100011
etc.
Same as above. So if you add 32 (100000) to a capital letter, you have the lowercase version.
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Han Dong (politician)
Han Peng Dong (born c. 1977) is a Canadian politician who is serving as the member of parliament (MP) for Don Valley North. Sitting as an independent, Dong was elected to the House of Commons in 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party. He previously served as the member of provincial parliament (MPP) for Trinity—Spadina from 2014 to 2018, with the Ontario Liberal Party. In March 2023, Dong stepped down from the Liberal caucus amidst allegations that he advised the Chinese consul general in Toronto against the release of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig and helped the consulate interfere in the 2019 federal election.
Background
Han Peng Dong was born in Shanghai. He moved to Toronto with his family when he was 13 and they settled in the Parkdale neighbourhood of Toronto. He lives in Toronto with his wife Sophie and their two children.
Dong worked as marketing director of Chianti Foods and then with the non-profit Canada Shanghai Business Association. Since making the switch to politics, he spent nine years at Queen's Park serving as Ontario Liberal cabinet minister Gerry Phillips's MPP liaison, and most recently as a senior adviser of community outreach under then Citizenship and Immigration Minister Michael Coteau.
Member of Provincial Parliament (2014–2018)
Dong ran in the 2014 provincial election as the Ontario Liberal candidate in the riding of Trinity—Spadina. He defeated New Democrat incumbent Rosario Marchese by 9,175 votes.
He was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities; Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy; Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development; Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for the Poverty Reduction Strategy; Vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs; member of the Select Committee on Sexual Violence and Harassment; member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts; member of the Standing Committee on Estimates. He also served as the Chair of The Cabinet Committee of Legislations and Regulations.
In February 2016, he introduced a private member's bill to license and regulate the Ontario home inspection industry, which prompted the Ontario Liberal government to draft its own government legislation for that purpose.
In March 2017 Dong introduced another private member's bill, the Reliable Elevators Act, setting time limits on repairs of elevators in residential buildings. The bill passed second reading but did not receive royal assent. Dong noted the hardship out of service elevators posed to the elderly, and to parents whose children required strollers.
In the 2018 provincial election, Dong was defeated by New Democratic candidate Chris Glover in the redistributed riding of Spadina—Fort York.
Municipal
Dong registered as a candidate in the 2018 Toronto municipal election, to represent Ward 20 on Toronto City Council. After the number of wards in the city was reduced from 47 to 25, Dong did not refile his candidacy by the September 21, 2018, deadline and was thus deemed to have withdrawn.
Member of Parliament (2019–present)
On July 4, 2019, Dong confirmed his candidacy for the federal Liberal nomination in Don Valley North following the retirement of incumbent MP Geng Tan. Dong was elected to Parliament in the October 2019 federal election.
Dong was re-elected as the MP for Don Valley North in the September 2021 election.
Dong currently serves as the co-chair Canada-China Legislative Association. Dong is also a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills, and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, and a member of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics.
Chinese government interference
On February 24, 2023, Global News reported that its intelligence sources with knowledge of Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) affairs reported that Dong was an alleged "witting affiliate" in China's election interference networks. Unspecified sources claim that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior Liberal party officials ignored CSIS warnings about Dong, which has been denied by Trudeau.
The same article also claimed that a "Liberal insider" and former Ontario MPP Michael Chan had possibly arranged Tan's ouster in Don Valley North in favour of Dong in advance of the 2019 federal election because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was unhappy with Tan. Chan, Dong, and the Chinese embassy denied the accusations, with Dong describing the leaks as "seriously inaccurate". Dong and the Liberal Party also said that his 2019 nomination victory had followed all of the party's rules. According to an anonymous intelligence official and intelligence documents viewed by Global News, CSIS had also been investigating Dong due to an alleged meeting between Dong and a senior official from the CCP's United Front Work Department in New York state.
Dong has stated that he would welcome investigations against himself to clear his name but denies the need for a public inquiry. In response to these allegations, Trudeau has also rejected these allegations as "irresponsible" and a result of anti-Asian racism against Dong. He also stressed that Dong is unquestionably loyal to Canada.
In March 2023, he said that he was yet to be contacted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Elections Canada, or CSIS concerning the allegations, and that he wanted the truth to come out.
On March 22, 2023, additional reporting from Global News, based on two national security sources, said that in February 2021, Dong had reached out to the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto to discuss the detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. According to the sources, Dong told Han Tao, the consul-general, that their release should be delayed, that their release could benefit the Conservative Party of Canada, and for China to make concessions to Canada in the ongoing detention dispute. In a statement, Dong said that although he had spoken to the consul-general, he had not initiated it, and he had not suggested delaying the release of the Spavor and Kovrig, instead calling for their release. The Prime Minister's Office said it was not aware of the meeting until Dong told the PMO after media questions, and that Dong was not used as a diplomatic backchannel. On the same day, Dong announced that he would be leaving the Liberal caucus and sitting as an independent to work on clearing his name without disrupting government business and to avoid a "conflict of duty" by remaining on the government benches.
On March 23, 2023, The Globe and Mail, citing a senior government source, reported that the Trudeau government had reviewed the CSIS transcript in question and determined that there was no "actionable evidence" and that it was unable to draw the conclusion that Dong had sought to have the Two Michaels kept in detention for political reasons. The same day, Dong, as an independent MP, voted for a New Democratic Party motion calling for a public inquiry into alleged Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections that passed with the support of the opposition parties and which was opposed by Liberal MPs.
Following the allegations, Dong said he had retained a lawyer and intended to sue Global News for defamation. Global News stood by its reporting, with its editor-in-chief saying Global follows "a rigorous set of journalistic principles and practices". A few days later, lawyers for Dong issued a libel notice demanding a retraction and apology from Global News, saying that if Global News failed to do so in seven days Dong would file a lawsuit. In April, Dong filed a defamation lawsuit against Global News and some of its reporters. Following his review, Special Rapporteur David Johnston said that allegations that Dong had told Chinese officials to extend the detention of Kovrig and Spavor were false. Johnston reviewed documents but did not speak to Dong when preparing his report, saying he decided against reaching out to Dong out of respect for the ongoing defamation lawsuit. Dong said he was vindicated by the report, saying that he wanted to rejoin the Liberal Party caucus. In June, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said he was conducting a review to determine whether the party would readmit Dong to caucus, and that he would be reviewing other intelligence materials, as Johnston's report was just a "starting point".
In September 2023, following the announcement of a public inquiry into foreign election interference, LeBlanc said that he had not had an opportunity to conduct an internal review of Dong's situation. He said that he would be meeting with Dong "in the coming days" and would provide a recommendation to Trudeau "at the right moment".
In December 2023, Chinese dissident and Uyghur rights groups questioned their safety to testify at a planned public inquiry on foreign interference with Dong present.
In April 2024, Dong testified in a federal inquiry that international students from China were bused in to vote for him in a Liberal Party election. The same month, The Globe and Mail reported that Dong was tipped off about CSIS surveillance of him in 2019. | WIKI |
Trump puts US exit from Iraq on hold amid fallout of Soleimani killing | TheHill
President TrumpDonald John TrumpPence: Intelligence shows Iran directing militias not to attack U.S. targets Mnuchin aims to wait until end of 2020 to disclose Secret Service costs for Trump's travel: report Pressure building on Pelosi over articles of impeachment MORE on Tuesday said he did not intend to quickly move troops from Iraq in his first lengthy comments about Middle East turbulence following the U.S. air strike that killed a top Iranian military general. The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani has shaken U.S. allies and complicated U.S. policy in Iraq, where the parliament voted earlier this week in favor of American forces leaving the country. But Trump, who has been a vocal opponent of indefinite U.S. entanglement in foreign conflicts, made clear no such exit was imminent during on-camera remarks in the Oval Office. “Eventually we want to be able to let Iraq run its own affairs, and that’s very important. So at some point we want to get out. But this isn’t the right point,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with the Greek prime minister Tuesday. Trump’s commitment to keeping troops in Iraq for at least the short-term was a moment of clarity amid uncertainty about how the administration might proceed in the face of retaliatory action from Tehran. The president and top administration officials have been adamant that they hope to avoid a full-blown conflict with Iran. But they have said little about the information that led Trump to approve the strike targeting Soleimani, and U.S. allies have expressed unease about the resulting instability in the region. The last few days have been marked with confusion, as Trump threatened strikes on Iranian cultural sites over the weekend should Tehran retaliate with attacks on American assets or personnel, only to begrudgingly walk them back on Tuesday amid criticism that such strikes would amount to violations of international law. Administration officials had been tiptoeing around the president’s remarks on Sunday and Monday. “If Iran does anything they shouldn’t be doing, they’re going to be suffering the consequences and very strongly,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, after indicating he would obey the law. An unsigned Defense Department letter also circulated Monday implying that the U.S. was preparing to remove troops from Iraq, forcing military leaders to quickly clarify it was a draft memo sent by mistake. “We don’t want to be there forever. We want to be able to get out,” Trump said before warning that an imminent withdrawal would give Iran another foothold in the region. Soleimani was killed last Thursday after arriving in Baghdad. The leader of the Iran’s Quds Force, which the U.S. has designated as a terrorist organization, Soleimani oversaw Iran’s many proxy forces and was responsible for hundreds of American deaths in the Middle East dating back many years. Trump has earned praise for the strike from hawkish Republicans who have described it as long overdue. But it has sparked an outcry in Iraq and Iran, and officials in France, Germany, Canada and elsewhere expressed concern that the event would lead to further instability in the Middle East. Canada announced Tuesday that it would relocate some of its troops stationed in Iraq to neighboring Kuwait. Trump administration officials have urged de-escalation after the strike, while Iran has threatened to respond harshly, raising questions about the possibility of strikes on U.S. forces or allies or even cyberattacks. Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperTrump, Democrats set for brawl on Iran war powers Overnight Defense: Iran crisis eases as Trump says Tehran 'standing down' | Dems unconvinced on evidence behind Soleimani strike | House sets Thursday vote on Iran war powers Democrats 'utterly unpersuaded' by evidence behind Soleimani strike MORE said Tuesday that Americans “should expect Iran will retaliate in some way, shape or form,” while encouraging Tehran to come to the table for talks without preconditions. “There’s a big off ramp that is sitting in front of Tehran right now, and that is to de-escalate,” Esper told reporters during an afternoon briefing at the Pentagon. Trump’s own rhetoric may complicate efforts to ease tensions. In recent days Trump pledged a “disproportionate” response to Iran if it targets American assets — something legal experts argue would run counter to international rules on war — and vowed Tuesday he was “prepared to attack, if we have to.” Administration officials have said they targeted Soleimani based on intelligence that showed him planning an imminent attack that threatened U.S. personnel. But they have been tight-lipped with details thus far, prompting additional scrutiny of the administration’s plans for containing fallout in the region. Trump, Esper and Pompeo all took questions from reporters at various times Tuesday. Each insisted Soleimani was planning something nefarious that put U.S. assets in danger but declined to offer specifics. “They weren’t there to discuss a vacation. They weren’t there to go to a nice resort some place in Baghdad,” Trump said. “They were there to discuss bad business, and we saved a lot of lives by terminating his life.” Pompeo defended the legality of the operation amid claims from some prominent Democrats that Soleimani’s killing amounted to an “assassination.” But he did not elaborate on his comments last week that he posed an “imminent” threat. “If you’re looking for imminence, you need to look no further than the days that led up to the strike that was taken against Soleimani,” Pompeo told reporters at a briefing, citing a bomb attack from an Iran-backed militia that killed a U.S. contractor and unrest at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. “And then you, in addition to that, have what we could clearly see were continuing efforts on behalf of this terrorist to build out a network of campaign activities that were going to lead potentially to the death of many more Americans,” Pompeo said. "It was the right decision.” Esper, Pompeo, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and CIA Director Gina HaspelGina Cheri HaspelThe Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump says Iran 'standing down' after missile strike Trump puts US exit from Iraq on hold amid fallout of Soleimani killing The Hill's Morning Report - Worries about war in world capitals, Congress MORE are scheduled to brief lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday about the Soleimani strike. They’re likely to be peppered with questions about the intelligence behind the strike and the administration’s plans going forward. Esper noted Tuesday that only the so-called Gang of Eight lawmakers would receive details of the highly classified intelligence behind the decision to strike Soleimani. Those lawmakers were briefed Tuesday. White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said the administration was still reviewing whether the intelligence related to the operation could be declassified and made public. “We don’t want to put our sources and methods at risk, but we’re taking a look at that. I can tell you the evidence was strong,” O’Brien told reporters, adding that Soleimani was plotting to target U.S. facilities where American diplomats and military personnel were located. 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 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
William Pilsworth
William Pilsworth was Church of Ireland Bishop of Kildare between 1604 and 1635. Nominated to the see on 23 July 1604, he was consecrated on 11 September 1604 and served as bishop until his death on 9 May 1635. Prior to his consecration as bishop he was Prebendary of Monmohenock, a post he retained concurrently with the bishopric. He was also vicar of St David's Church, Naas. | WIKI |
Wu Qian (pianist)
Wu Qian (born January 26, 1984) is a Chinese classical pianist.
Life
Wu Qian was born in Shanghai, China. She began piano studies from the age of six progressing to enrollment in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music aged nine. At the age of thirteen she was invited on a full scholarship to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Irina Zaritskaya, and then went on to study with Arnaldo Cohen and Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
At the age of fifteen, Qian performed Mozart's Piano Concerto in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and later at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland. As the recipient of the Sydney Perry Award from the Martin Musical Foundation, Qian performed the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Philharmonia Orchestra in St John's, Smith Square, London in 2000. In 2001, she played a recital at the Purcell Room where her ambitious programme included Elliott Carter's Night Fantasies, two György Ligeti Études and Hafliði Hallgrímsson's Homage to Mondrian. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, this recital drew enthusiastic reviews from five national newspapers. Qian has given recitals in the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall London, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, the City Hall, Hong Kong, in Hanover and Amsterdam and in the Steinway Hall of Hamburg and New York City where her performance was recorded by Japanese National Television NHK for broadcast throughout Asia.
In December 2006, she was selected by the Independent Newspaper as a rising star for 2007. In October 2009, Qian represented China in the Europalia festival performing Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Brussels Philharmonic in a tour of Belgium under Carlos Kalmar.
She is part of the Sitkovetsky Trio.
Recording
Wu Qian's critically acclaimed debut recording of works by Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and the young composer Alexander Prior was released in 2009 on the Dal Segno label. | WIKI |
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(1894) ; aiul articles ciiiitribiited to tin; Bihliotheca Sacra, the Missio)iaiij liericw of thr World, the Missionanj Herald -.inil Bliss's Ci/clopa'dia of Mis- sions, lie .lietl ill Pioviileiict', ]{.!., Oct. 10, 1«97. LAVIALLE, Peter Joseph, R.C. bishop, was born at Lavialle, in the province of Auvergne, France, in 1820 ; son of Guillaume and Marie Jeanne (Faure) Lavialle. He was educated for the priesthood in Paris under the Sulpician
Fathers, and in 1841 was induced to go to Louisville, Kj'., where he completed his theological stud- ies in St. Thomas's Diocesan seminary, near Bardstown, Ky., and was ordained priest, Feb. 2, 1844, by his relative, Bish- op Chabrat. He was connected with the Cathedral of St. ^^ Louis, Louisville, Kj'.,
"Oi^^^^O-y^CU^ 1844-49 ; was profes- sor in St. Thomas's seminary, 1849-56, and president of St. Mary's college, Marion county, Ky., 1856-65. He was elected bishop of Louisville, Ky., and was con- secrated in that city, Sept. 24, 1865, by Arch- bisliop Purcell, assisted by Bishop McGill and Bisiiop St. Palais. He built four churches in the city of Louisville, and had the personal super- vision of the churches and educational institu- tions in his diocese, 1865-67. He died in Naza- reth, Ky., May 11, 1867.
LAW, George, financier, was born in Jackson, Wasliington county, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1806 ; son of John Law, who emigrated to America from count}-^ Down, Ireland, in 1784. He worked on his father's farm and attended the district schools until 1824, when he walked to Troy, wliere he obtained employment as a hod-carrier. He learned the trade of mason and stone-cutter at Hoosick, N.Y., and engaged in that business in Troy. He was employed on the Delaware and Hudson canal at Kingston, N.Y., in 1827 ; was a quarryman in Pennsylvania, and worked on a canal in Norfolk, Va., until 1828, when he re- moved to New York city and was employed on the construction of tlie Harlem canal. In 1829 he returned to Pennsylvania, and in a few years gained a high reputation as a contractor. In 1837 he entered bids for tliree sections of the Croton aqueduct. New York, obtaining two of them, and in 1839 he was awarded the contract for building the high bridge across the Harlem river. He was elected president of the Dry Dock bank in 1842, and he subsequently purchased the
Harlem railroad and extended it from Williams Bridge to White Plains, N.Y., greatly increasing the value of its stock. In 1843 he engaged in the steamship business, and in 1849 was the first to carry passengers from New York to Chagres, Panama, and when the Pacific Mail Steamship company started an opposition route from New York to the isthmus, he organized a Pacific line to run from Panama to San Francisco. In 1851 he sold out his Pacific line to the Pacific Mail Steamship company, purchased tiieir Atlantic line, and establislied a steamship route to Havana. He was interesteel in the project for the construc- tion of a railroad across the isthmus of Panama in 1851 ; purchased the francliise of the Eighth Avenue street railroad in New York city in 1852, and completed the road within thirty days. He also built otlier street railroads, and became pro- prietor of the steam ferry between Staten Island and New York city and of two ferries between NewYork city and Brooklyn. In 1855 he was sug- gested as an available candidate for President of the United States on the Native American ticket, and was supported by several journals. He died in New York city, Nov. 18, 1881.
LAW, John, jurist, was boi-n in New London,
Conn., Oct. 28, 1796 ; son of Lyman and
(Learned) Law, grandson of Judge Richard and Ann (Prentiss) Law, and great-grandson of Jonathan Law, colonial governor of Connecticut. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1814, A.M. 1817, and was admitted to the bar in 1817. Itj October, 1817, he .settled in Vincennes, Ind. Ha was pi'osecuting attorney for his circuit, 1818-28; a Whig representative in the state legislature, 1824-25, and judge of the seventh judicial circuit, 1830-44, resigning to accept the appointment o£ receiver of public moneys at Vincennes, in 1844. He removed to Evansville, in 1851, and in con- nection with his brother William Law, James B. McCall, and Lucius H. Scott, he purchased seven hundred acres of land adjoining Evansville. and founded the town of Lamasco, which, in 1857, was made part of Evansville. He was appointed by President Pierce judge of the court of land claims to be held at Vincennes in 1855 and 1856. He was a Democratic repi'esentative in the 37th and 38th congresses, 1861-65, and drew up the bill settling the sum of $100 per annum upon the twelve surviv- ing veterans of the Continental army. He was a member of the Indiana Historical society, and in 1839 he delivered before that body an address on the early history of Vincennes, which was re- published as : Colonial History of Vincennes. He died in Evansville, Ind., Oct. 7, 1873.
LAW, Jonathan, colonial governor of Connect- icut, was born in Milford, Conn., Aug. 6, 1674. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1685, re- ceiving his A.M. degree in 1729. He studied law, | WIKI |
Beggin'
"Beggin" is a song composed by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and first released as a single by American band the Four Seasons in 1967. Initially charting at number 16 in the US Billboard Chart, the song became popular in the Northern soul scene in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. It has been covered multiple times, with versions by Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon and Italian rock band Måneskin topping music charts in Europe and beyond. The Four Seasons' version was remixed in 2007 by French DJ Pilooski and re-released as a single, reaching number 32 in the UK Singles Chart, commercially outperforming the band's original release in the UK.
Original version
Keyboardist-songwriter Bob Gaudio had not written a Four Seasons single since 1965's "Girl Come Running", although he had written or co-written almost every hit for the band up to then.
"Beggin, the second single from the Four Seasons' New Gold Hits album in 1967, marked Gaudio's "return" as the Seasons' songwriter, with a combination of Frankie Valli's impassioned soul singing and the band's more contemporary instrumentation. It was also the first Seasons single since "Dawn (Go Away)" on which Gaudio collaborated with a lyricist other than producer Bob Crewe, as lyrics were contributed by Peggy Farina (better known as Peggy Santiglia of the Angels, who sang lead on the 1963 hit "My Boyfriend's Back" and was frequently used as a background singer by Crewe).
The song, backed with "Dody" as a B-side, reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, continuing the group's string of Billboard top-20 hits. However, it was overshadowed by Valli's "solo" recording of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", a Gaudio-Crewe composition, which rose to number two. It was the last Gaudio composition for the Four Seasons to chart in the top 20 until 1975's "Who Loves You".
The song is included in Act Two of the Broadway musical about the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys, in which the Seasons (here anachronistically including Nick Massi) beg mob boss Gyp DeCarlo to help them bail fellow band member Tommy DeVito out of his gambling debts. The Jersey Boys version featuring Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Ryan Molloy and John Lloyd Young was released on the Jersey Boys (soundtrack) in 2014. The song was used as the main theme of an ad campaign for Adidas, celebrating the company's 60th anniversary.
Retrospectively, the song has been highly regarded by music critics as a strong example of the Four Seasons' vocal and arrangement abilities. Donald A. Guarisco, writing for AllMusic, described the song as "one of their finest entries" in the genre of the soul ballad, and also commended the song's "funky groove" and "Phil Spector-styled production". Chris DeVille, writing for Stereogum, characterized the song as featuring a "contagiously upbeat drum part", and suggested that its sound was an early predecessor to hip-hop music.
Pilooski remix
In 2007, French disc jockey Pilooski re-edited and released his version of the Four Seasons song. This version reached number 32 in the UK and number one on the UK Dance Chart. It is the first single from the album Beggin': The Ultimate Collection. The Pilooski re-edit does not include any new instrumentation or vocals but is purely a manipulation and remix of the original Four Seasons recording, using echo and phase-polarisation.
Madcon version
In 2007, the same year as the Pilooski remix, Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon released a new version of the song with tweaked lyrics and added rap verses. Madcon's version of the song is a total re-recording, with all instruments performed by production team 3Elementz (Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad, Jonny Sjo) and all vocals by Madcon. This version reached number one on Norway's VG-lista chart for 12 nonconsecutive weeks and received the "Hit of the Year" Spellemannprisen award.
The single also became popular throughout Europe; in France, the Netherlands, and the Wallonia region of Belgium, it peaked at number one. It reached number five in the United Kingdom and number seven in Germany. Overall, "Beggin was Europe's 11th-most-successful single of 2008. The music video features Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa in a mix of Blaxploitation scenes and dozing off while playing Halo 3 and was directed by Christian Holm-Glad.
Following the success of Måneskin's cover in 2021, Madcon's version saw a rise in popularity. As a result, the duo teamed up with Canadian DJ Frank Walker for a remix released on July 16, 2021.
Track listings
French CD single
* 1) "Beggin (original version) – 3:38
* 2) "Beggin (Uscar version) – 3:38
German enhanced maxi-single
* 1) "Beggin (original version) – 3:38
* 2) "Beggin (Phreak Inc. remix) – 4:11
* 3) "Beggin (Demolition Disco remix) – 5:41
* 4) "Beggin (DJ Size Rocfam remix) – 3:09
* 5) "Beggin (video) – 3:41
Digital download
* 1) "Beggin – 3:38
Digital download – Frank Walker remix
* 1) "Beggin (Frank Walker remix) – 3:14
Måneskin version
Italian rock band Måneskin performed a cover of the song during the eleventh season of X Factor Italia. A studio version of the song later appeared on their debut extended play Chosen, released in 2017. Recording sessions for the Chosen EP took place at the Metropolis in Milan, and mostly occurred at night, while the band was still competing on the show, and lasted only a few days. They were held at the recording studio owned by Lucio Fabbri, who served as the track's producer. Fabbri described the recording process for "Beggin as the result of a low-budget session. The song was "almost recorded live", in a spontaneous manner which, according to him, helped to preserve the "human component, which disappeared in today's music, often processed and filtered". Their cover largely follows the structure of the Madcon version, including the rap verse. Although it was not released as a single, it peaked at number 39 on the Italian Singles Chart and in 2018 received a gold certification by FIMI in their native country.
Following the band's Eurovision victory in late May 2021, the song alongside the band's other releases started appearing on music charts across Europe and beyond; viral success for the song on video sharing service TikTok soon followed. "Beggin has reached number one on the weekly charts in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia and Switzerland, the top five in Australia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden, and the top ten in Canada, Denmark, India, Philippines, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
On its first charting week on the UK Singles Chart (issue date June 24, 2021), the song debuted at number 73, but in the following The Official Chart: First Look Top 20, it moved 56 places to number 17. In the second charting week it peaked at number 10, becoming the band's third UK Top 20 hit in less than a month, and as their song "I Wanna Be Your Slave" charted again in the Top 10 it was the first time they simultaneously had two songs in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, thus becoming the first Italian act and the first Eurovision-associated act to achieve this. On its third charting week in the UK it peaked at number 7. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 78, later peaking at number 13, and has also reached the top five on the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts.
Their cover received a nomination for Favorite Trending Song at the American Music Awards of 2021, where they also performed the song, eventually losing to Megan Thee Stallion's "Body". They also performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, during the January 22, 2022 episode of Saturday Night Live, during the twenty-first season of The Voice USA, and on the final of the fifteenth season of X Factor Italia, returning as guests four years after their first performance there as contestants.
A live recording of the song was released as a digital single on September 27, 2021.
Other cover versions
* The Four Seasons' original version did not chart in the United Kingdom. Instead, psychedelic pop band Timebox had a minor hit with their Michael Aldred production of the song, peaking at number 38 in 1968.
* In 1967 Italian singer Riki Maiocchi performed his cover, "Prega".
* Also in 1967, a Spanish version was released under the title "Ruega" by the band "Duo Inter".
* French singer and composer Claude François sung the French version "Reste" (lit. meaning "Stay") in 1968.
* In 1974, Dutch band Shocking Blue included a cover version of the song on their album Good Times.
* In June 2009, Dutch singer-songwriter Bertolf recorded a semi-acoustic live for the Dutch radio station 3FM. Since then, Bertolf's version has been released commercially on iTunes, played regularly on said radio station and during live concerts.
* In 2008, British-Irish girl band the Saturdays, inspired by both Pilooski and Madcon, recorded their own version as a B-side for their single "Issues", a single from their debut studio album Chasing Lights (2008), and performed a live acoustic version on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge as well as on their The Work Tour in 2009.
* Turkish türkü singer Ferhat Güzel parodied the song, dubbed "Begüm (Suçu Kendine At)" - literally "Begüm (Blame Yourself)", for Okan Bayülgen's TV show Disko Kralı.
* It was sung by Michael Sarver, Megan Joy, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai and Matt Giraud at the end of the first half of the American Idol Tour.
* Turkish band Dolapdere Big Gang covered the song on their 2010 album Art-ist. French singer-guitarist Aymeric Savignat (a.k.a. "Tidusko") covered the song on the compilation album La Musique de Paris Dernière Vol.7 (2009).
* In 2012, vocal harmony group District3 performed the song as part of a mash-up with Chris Brown's "Turn Up the Music" on The X Factor UK.
* Swedish singer Magnus Carlson, usually the front man of Weeping Willows, has covered the song twice, first in a version with lyrics translated into Swedish ("Jag Ber Dig") in 2003, and later a version with the original lyrics in 2018.
* In 2023, YouTube content creator Vakio released a cover version featuring AI-generated vocals by Plankton from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.
Samples
* In 2011, the rapper Logic sampled the Madcon version on his song Beggin, which is in his debut mixtape Young Sinatra.
* Coincidentally, another artist named Logic sampled "Beggin'" in his 2007 song "Begging You".
Uses in the media
* In 2009, many remixes similar to the Pilooski remix of the original "Beggin were used in adidas' "House Party" commercial featuring many celebrities past and present who were sponsored by the company, which was promoting 60 years of "outfitting the world in three stripes." Celebrities who make an appearance in the commercial include David Beckham, Missy Elliott, Katy Perry, The Ting Tings, Kevin Garnett, Young Jeezy, Russell Simmons, Estelle, Redman, Method Man and Ilie Năstase, among others. One of these remixes was made by aKido and can be found on his soundcloud page.
* The song was used as part of the BBC's coverage of the 2009/2010 Formula One Championship, primarily during course run-through.
* Also in 2009, the Madcon cover of "Beggin was used by HBO as a theme for its summer programming. "Beggin was on the NBA Live 2009 video game soundtrack.
* The song is also used: in a scene in the film Just Go With It; in part of the Bad Teacher trailer; as the song for the 24th Street part in the Tilt Mode Army skateboarding video; in the film Step Up 3D; and in the film Macaframa.
* The Madcon version of "Beggin was sung by the winning contestant from American Idol (season 11), Phillip Phillips in the final three performance night. Matthew Fisher has stated that he got the idea for the chord sequence for his composition "Repent Walpurgis" on Procol Harum's first album from the Four Seasons' "Beggin.
* The song saw a resurgence in 2021 on TikTok thanks to Måneskin's cover, when it was first uploaded as a sound by user tvdposts. Its rise in popularity was particularly boosted through its usage by user Charli D'Amelio.
* The original version by the Four Seasons was used in the episode "Dangling Man" in the third season of the Netflix series The Crown.
* The original version of the song was used in the 2023 film The Iron Claw. | WIKI |
-- Sasini Climbs Most in 2 Months After Tea Prices Rise at Auction
Sasini Ltd. (STCL) , a Kenyan tea and coffee
producer, advanced the most in two months after tea prices rose
at the latest auction of the leaf. The stock climbed for a second day, adding 2.8 percent, the
most since Nov. 10, to close at 12.95 shillings at 3 p.m. in
Nairobi, the capital. African tea prices mostly rose at a weekly sale in Mombasa,
Kenya , James Finlay (Mombasa) Ltd. said in an e-mailed statement
on Jan. 10. Kenya is the world’s biggest grower of black tea. For Related News and Information: To contact the reporter on this story:
Eric Ombok in Nairobi at
eombok@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Shaji Mathew at
shajimathew@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
3
Why would the following script give following errors :
./check1.sh: line 10: Hi,: command not found
./check1.sh: line 21: syntax error: unexpected end of file
check1.sh:
#!/bin/bash
subj="host `hostname`"
healthcheckstatus=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' http://localhost)
body="Hi, Application is up"
body1="Hi, Application is down"
mailbody=$([ "$applicationstatus" == 200 ] && $body || $body1)
if [ $healthcheckstatus != "200" ]
then
mail -s "$subj" me@domain.com <<EOS
`echo -e $mailbody`
EOS
fi
echo "email subject ::$subj"
echo "email body ::$mailbody"
• 3
The line assigning mailbody is wrong. You're calling the contents of $body and/or $body1 as a shell command line. – Pavel Šimerda Apr 6 '14 at 6:51
• @PavelŠimerda you should post that as an answer. I was about to, but your comment showed up, so you can have it :-) – Patrick Apr 6 '14 at 6:52
• @Patrick: Did that. – Pavel Šimerda Apr 6 '14 at 6:53
9
The line assigning mailbody is wrong. You're calling the contents of $body and/or $body1 as a shell command line.
Replace
mailbody=$([ "$applicationstatus" == 200 ] && $body || $body1)
With
[ "$applicationstatus" = 200 ] && mailbody="$body" || mailbody="$body1"
• 1
Or even: ((applicationstatus==200)) && mailbody="${body}" || mailbody="${body1}" – devnull Apr 6 '14 at 6:56
• @devnull: Modified to something in between. – Pavel Šimerda Apr 6 '14 at 6:59
• Thanks. That did check one error. But i am still getting unexpected end of file error. – Novice User Apr 6 '14 at 7:08
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Migrating a MySQL Instance to MySQL HeatWave Service
Use the Console and MySQL Shell to migrate a MySQL instance to MySQL HeatWave Service. The MySQL instance can be running on-premises, in other cloud vendors as managed or unmanaged services, or a MySQL HeatWave Service instance.
This task requires the following:
• Permissions to access the Console, create a DB system, view and create a VCN configuration.
Do the following to migrate a MySQL instance to MySQL HeatWave Service:
1. (Optional) Create a VCN with a public and private subnet. See Creating a Virtual Cloud Network.
2. Create a VPN connection. See VPN Connection.
3. Create an Object Storage bucket to transfer the source data. See To create a bucket section in Using the Console.
4. Export the MySQL instance to an Object Storage bucket. See Exporting a MySQL Instance.
5. Create a MySQL DB system, and import data from the Object Storage bucket to the DB system. You can import either using the data import feature or using MySQL Shell. It is recommended to import using the data import feature. See Importing Using the Data Import Feature and Importing Using MySQL Shell. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Mark O'Rourke
Mark William O'Rourke (born July 7, 1962 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian curler.
In 1989, playing second for Robert Campbell, O'Rourke won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. O'Rourke has been to the Brier on 13 occasions (1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2020). He played second for Campbell in all of the Briers until 2006 except 1996 (alternate for Peter MacDonald) and 2001 (second for MacDonald). In 2007 and 2008 he was second for Peter Gallant, in 2009 he played lead for Rod MacDonald and in 2010 was his second.
In 2020, O'Rourke joined the Bryan Cochrane rink as lead, as the only resident Islander. The team, which also included PEI-natives (but Ontario residents) Ian MacAulay and Morgan Currie won the 2020 PEI Tankard and represented Prince Edward Island at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier.
Personal life
O'Rourke is married to Kathy O'Rourke and co-owns Beaton's Wholesale Dry Goods Limited. | WIKI |
Which Is Better 18 8 or 304 Stainless Steel?
When considering the choice between 18-8 and 304 stainless steel, a thorough examination of their properties and applications is crucial. Both alloys are popular in various industries, but subtle differences exist that may sway the decision in one direction.
Corrosion resistance, composition, and cost play pivotal roles in determining which stainless steel variant is better suited for specific needs. Each alloy boasts unique characteristics that could impact performance and longevity. Understanding these distinctions is essential for making informed decisions in selecting the most suitable material for your project.
Corrosion Resistance
The corrosion resistance of 18 8 stainless steel surpasses that of 304 stainless steel due to its higher chromium and nickel content. This superior resistance to corrosion makes 18 8 stainless steel particularly suitable for environments where exposure to moisture and corrosive elements is a concern. The increased chromium content in 18 8 stainless steel provides enhanced resistance to oxidation and corrosion, while the higher nickel content improves its ability to withstand acidic environments.
In terms of environmental impact, the longevity and durability of 18 8 stainless steel due to its corrosion resistance contribute to its sustainability by reducing the need for frequent replacements. Additionally, the surface finish of 18 8 stainless steel can be easily maintained, further enhancing its environmental sustainability by reducing the consumption of resources for upkeep.
Moreover, 18 8 stainless steel exhibits excellent weldability, allowing for ease of fabrication and construction. Its heat resistance properties also make it suitable for applications where exposure to elevated temperatures is a consideration.
Composition and Properties
With regards to its composition and properties, 18 8 stainless steel distinguishes itself through a specific blend of elements that contribute to its unique characteristics and performance. This type of stainless steel is primarily composed of 18% chromium and 8% nickel, which enhances its corrosion resistance, making it suitable for various applications. In terms of strength comparison, 18 8 stainless steel is known for its excellent mechanical properties, offering good tensile strength and impact resistance. This contributes to its durability and longevity in demanding environments.
Moreover, 18 8 stainless steel exhibits impressive heat resistance, maintaining its structural integrity at high temperatures. This attribute makes it a preferred choice for applications where exposure to heat is a concern. Additionally, one critical aspect to consider is its magnetic properties. 18 8 stainless steel is generally non-magnetic, except when cold-worked, which can slightly alter its magnetic behavior. Understanding these key properties helps in determining the suitability of 18 8 stainless steel for specific industrial or commercial uses.
Applications
Delineating the diverse applications in which 18 8 stainless steel excels showcases its versatility and adaptability in various industries. One key aspect to consider is the weldability comparison between 18 8 and 304 stainless steel. 18 8 stainless steel, with its lower carbon content, generally exhibits better weldability compared to 304 stainless steel. This makes it a preferred choice in applications requiring extensive welding.
Moreover, the heat resistance of 18 8 stainless steel makes it suitable for applications where exposure to high temperatures is a concern. Its ability to withstand elevated temperatures without significant loss in structural integrity enhances its utility in industries such as automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing.
Durability assessment of 18 8 stainless steel highlights its excellent corrosion resistance properties, making it ideal for applications prone to exposure to harsh environments or corrosive substances. Additionally, the surface finish of 18 8 stainless steel can be tailored to meet specific requirements, further expanding its range of applications across industries where aesthetics and performance are equally crucial.
Cost Comparison
In assessing the cost disparity between 18 8 and 304 stainless steel, a meticulous comparison of various factors is imperative to make informed decisions regarding material selection. When considering the cost implications of these stainless steel grades, the following key aspects should be taken into account:
1. Durability Comparison and Material Strength: The durability and material strength of 304 stainless steel are generally higher than those of 18 8 stainless steel. This increased durability can result in longer service life and potentially offset the initial higher cost of 304 stainless steel.
2. Surface Finish: 304 stainless steel offers a superior surface finish compared to 18 8 stainless steel. The enhanced aesthetics of 304 stainless steel may be a crucial factor in applications where appearance is significant.
3. Maintenance Requirements: While both grades are known for their corrosion resistance, 304 stainless steel typically requires less maintenance than 18 8 stainless steel due to its higher corrosion resistance properties. This lower maintenance need can lead to cost savings over the long term.
Conclusion
Drawing upon the meticulous analysis of cost, durability, material strength, surface finish, and maintenance requirements, a definitive conclusion can be drawn regarding the superiority between 18 8 and 304 stainless steel grades. In terms of durability, both 18 8 and 304 stainless steel exhibit excellent corrosion resistance properties, making them suitable for a wide range of applications. However, when considering the overall durability comparison, 304 stainless steel emerges as the slightly superior choice due to its higher content of chromium and nickel, which provide enhanced protection against corrosion in harsh environments.
While both grades have their advantages and disadvantages, 304 stainless steel offers a higher level of corrosion resistance and is more suitable for applications where exposure to corrosive elements is a concern. On the other hand, 18 8 stainless steel may be more cost-effective and easier to machine, making it a preferred choice for certain applications where extreme durability is not a primary requirement. Ultimately, the selection between 18 8 and 304 stainless steel grades will depend on the specific needs of the project, weighing the pros and cons of each material carefully.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the choice between 18-8 and 304 stainless steel depends on the specific requirements of the application.
While 18-8 stainless steel offers good corrosion resistance and strength, 304 stainless steel provides superior corrosion resistance and higher durability.
The decision should be based on the specific needs and budget constraints of the project.
Like a craftsman selecting the perfect tool for the job, choosing the right stainless steel grade is essential for optimal performance and longevity.
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"No, no, I shall not sell it at any price. I would rather it were lost again."
"Excuse me," said the doctor, taking his leave. "I hoped to be useful to you, but I can do nothing more; you are at any rate convinced of my good-will." So saying, the doctor left the room with a dignified air.
Kovaloff did not even notice his departure. Absorbed in a profound reverie, he only saw the edge of his snow-white cuffs emerging from the sleeves of his black coat.
The next day he resolved, before bringing a formal action, to write to the Colonel's wife and see whether she would not return to him, without further dispute, that of which she had deprived him.
The letter ran as follows:
"To ,
"I hardly understand your method of action. Be sure that by adopting such a course you will gain nothing, and will certainly not succeed in making me marry your daughter. Believe me, the story of my nose has become well known; it is you and no one else who have taken the principal part in it. Its unexpected separation from the place which it occupied, its flight and its appearances sometimes in the disguise of an official, sometimes in proper person, are nothing but the consequence of unholy spells employed | WIKI |
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Layton
Messrs. Sanders McDaniel, E. R. Black, P. H. Brewster, and H. C. Peeples for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. Marion Smith for defendant in error.
Mr. Justice Clarke delivered the opinion of the court: | WIKI |
User:Chan Yin Keen
Chan Yin Keen (born August 29 1986), is a male, heterosexual, Malaysian Chinese. Hailing from Sabah, Malaysia, proud of his heritage, but would rather be earning a living elsewhere. Currently studies Chiropractic Science in RMIT, Melbourne.
''' I'm on vacation, ladies. Will be back in February. I mean March. I'm back, ladies. 6 Days and counting of retirement. Feels good. Back in again. Can't you all deal with vandalism while I'm gone?!'''
The Wonder Years
Attended every basic form of education required to enter Tertiary education, and now making full effort to not get kicked out.
Contribution
Fairly minor edits with regards to grammar and/or spelling mistakes only. Started a single album stub and had no idea what to do with it next to make it better. Recently found the recent changes page and has a newfound interest in reverting vandalism.
To-Do List
* Wonder what else History of video game consoles could do to be better.
* Ponder the immense difficulty of expanding Team Fortress Classic into more than just a Start-class article.
* artsdepot
* Keep an eye out for Magreb, Tunisia, Mauritania, Architecture of Africa, Arab World and several other Africa WikiProject and Arab World WikiProject articles for vandalism.
* Get a picture up for Tun Mustapha Tower. Really, how can a building article not have a picture??
* Work on Peter Kenyon.
* Keep an eye on Chiropractic for it's discussions.
* And have a bit of fun. | WIKI |
Unity Bridge
The Unity Bridge (sometimes called "Unity Bridge 1") across Ruvuma River at Negomano, Mozambique, between Tanzania and Mozambique, was proposed as early as 1975, shortly after Mozambique's independence. It was the idea of the two countries' former Presidents, Mwalimu Nyerere and Samora Machel. Several design studies and limited construction work were completed in the early 1980s, but the Unity Bridge was not finished due to lack of funds.
In 2002, the two national governments made a formal agreement to build a new bridge across the river. The first foundation stones were laid both on Tanzanian and Mozambican sides on October 10, 2005. Construction was initially planned to be finished in 2008.
In 2005, Norconsult was awarded the contract for preliminary design and construction supervision of the bridge. It was planned to be about 720 m long.
The project was hoped to boost development in Mtwara Region (Tanzania), Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) as well as in the Southern African Development Community region as it is an important component of the Mtwara Development Corridor. It would also shorten the distance along the Cape to Cairo Road.
Environmentalists say it will destroy Niassa Reserve in Mozambique which is home to elephant, buffalo, sable and roan herds.
The Unity Bridge over the Rovuma River was built by the China Geo-Engineering Corporation with COWI as consultants for the detailed design and finally inaugurated on 12 May 2010 by the presidents of Mozambique and Tanzania.
The rehabilitation of access roads on both sides of the bridge is to be started. A second, smaller bridge, Unity 2, was completed in 2007. | WIKI |
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Summary
The Image is of the procession (Rasa) of the St. Thomas Church. You can see the Vettu Koda a traditional decorative umbrella used Malankara Christians in the Picture | WIKI |
Skin Lesions Flashcards Preview
FAMILY MEDICINE > Skin Lesions > Flashcards
Flashcards in Skin Lesions Deck (23)
1
Most important risk factor for development of skin cancer
exposure to natural and artificial UV radiation
2
Other risk factors for skin cancer besides exposure
family history, prior history, fair skin, red/blonde hair, easily sunburnt, chronic exposure to toxic compounds such as creosote, arsenic, radium, and suppressed immune system
3
Types of melanoma (+1 not quite a melanoma)
superficial spreading melanoma,
lentigo maligna,
amelanotic melanoma,
acral lentiginous melanoma,
nodular melanoma
melanoma in situ
4
Which melanoma has no invasion and is localized to dermis
melanoma in situ...if diagnosed early, should be excised with 5mm borders
5
What is the most common type of melanoma, clinical features of raised borders and brown lesions with pinks, whites, grays, blues
superficial spreading melanoma
6
Which melanoma is most often found in elderly, but is less common than other types, very irregular borders
lentigo maligna
7
Which melanoma usually remains undiagnosed
amelanotic melanoma
8
Most common melanoma found in AAs and Asians
acral lentiginous melanoma
9
Which is the most aggressive melanoma and is usually invasive by time of diagnosis
nodular melanoma; mostly black
10
What criteria can you use to help find suspicious lesions?
ABCD criteria
11
ABCD criteria for suspicious lesions)
Asymmetry
Borders (irregular)
Color (different colors)
Diameter (>6mm)
Elevation (raised)
Evolving (enlarging, thickening, or bleeding)
12
What can also be done in office to evaluate skin lesions
dermoscopy
13
Which lesions should be excised immediately
Any preexisting nevus that has changed or any new pigmented lesions with ABCDE signs with 2-3mm margin around lesions
14
If you can't immediately excise for cosmetic reasons, what can you do to help figure out malignancy?
biopsy....then if positive, then excision
15
Malignant melanomas need an excision of at least...
5mm
16
Once a malignant lesion is identified, how often should a patient be checked
Annually for any new or changing skin lesions
17
Biggest indicator for prognosis of melanoma
thickness
1 = poorer prognoses, more likely to metastasize
18
Who is recommended for behavioral counseling regarding sun exposure and skin cancer prevention
between 10-24 who are fair skinned
19
What are other skin malignancies other than melanoma
Basal cell and squamous cell
20
Most common of all cancers
basal cell carcinoma
21
Typical features of basal cell carcinoma
pearly papules often with central ulceration or with multiple telangietctasias
presents with growing lesions sometimes bleeding/itching
22
Prognosis for basal cell and squamous cell
basal cell less likely to metastasize but potential to grow large and destructive...excise that shit nigga
squamous cell more likely to metastasize (but still not very likely)
23
Tan colored lesions on sun damaged skin with very irregular borders, more common in elderly
lentigo maligna | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Android APIs
public class
MockContentProvider
extends ContentProvider
java.lang.Object
↳ android.content.ContentProvider
↳ android.test.mock.MockContentProvider
Class Overview
Mock implementation of ContentProvider. All methods are non-functional and throw UnsupportedOperationException. Tests can extend this class to implement behavior needed for tests.
Summary
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Inherited Constants
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
Public Constructors
MockContentProvider(Context context)
A constructor accepting a Context instance, which is supposed to be the subclasss of MockContext.
MockContentProvider(Context context, String readPermission, String writePermission, PathPermission[] pathPermissions)
A constructor which initialize four member variables which ContentProvider have internally.
Protected Constructors
MockContentProvider()
A constructor using MockContext instance as a Context in it.
Public Methods
ContentProviderResult[] applyBatch(ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> operations)
Override this to handle requests to perform a batch of operations, or the default implementation will iterate over the operations and call apply(ContentProvider, ContentProviderResult[], int) on each of them.
void attachInfo(Context context, ProviderInfo info)
After being instantiated, this is called to tell the content provider about itself.
int bulkInsert(Uri uri, ContentValues[] values)
If you're reluctant to implement this manually, please just call super.bulkInsert().
int delete(Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
Implement this to handle requests to delete one or more rows.
String[] getStreamTypes(Uri url, String mimeTypeFilter)
Called by a client to determine the types of data streams that this content provider supports for the given URI.
String getType(Uri uri)
Implement this to handle requests for the MIME type of the data at the given URI.
Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values)
Implement this to handle requests to insert a new row.
boolean onCreate()
Implement this to initialize your content provider on startup.
AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFile(Uri url, String mimeType, Bundle opts)
Called by a client to open a read-only stream containing data of a particular MIME type.
Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder)
Implement this to handle query requests from clients.
int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
Implement this to handle requests to update one or more rows.
[Expand]
Inherited Methods
From class android.content.ContentProvider
From class java.lang.Object
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks
From interface android.content.ComponentCallbacks2
Public Constructors
public MockContentProvider (Context context)
Added in API level 8
A constructor accepting a Context instance, which is supposed to be the subclasss of MockContext.
public MockContentProvider (Context context, String readPermission, String writePermission, PathPermission[] pathPermissions)
Added in API level 8
A constructor which initialize four member variables which ContentProvider have internally.
Parameters
context A Context object which should be some mock instance (like the instance of MockContext).
readPermission The read permision you want this instance should have in the test, which is available via getReadPermission().
writePermission The write permission you want this instance should have in the test, which is available via getWritePermission().
pathPermissions The PathPermissions you want this instance should have in the test, which is available via getPathPermissions().
Protected Constructors
protected MockContentProvider ()
Added in API level 8
A constructor using MockContext instance as a Context in it.
Public Methods
public ContentProviderResult[] applyBatch (ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> operations)
Added in API level 8
Override this to handle requests to perform a batch of operations, or the default implementation will iterate over the operations and call apply(ContentProvider, ContentProviderResult[], int) on each of them. If all calls to apply(ContentProvider, ContentProviderResult[], int) succeed then a ContentProviderResult array with as many elements as there were operations will be returned. If any of the calls fail, it is up to the implementation how many of the others take effect. This method can be called from multiple threads, as described in Processes and Threads.
Parameters
operations the operations to apply
Returns
• the results of the applications
public void attachInfo (Context context, ProviderInfo info)
Added in API level 8
After being instantiated, this is called to tell the content provider about itself.
Parameters
context The context this provider is running in
info Registered information about this content provider
public int bulkInsert (Uri uri, ContentValues[] values)
Added in API level 8
If you're reluctant to implement this manually, please just call super.bulkInsert().
Parameters
uri The content:// URI of the insertion request.
values An array of sets of column_name/value pairs to add to the database. This must not be null.
Returns
• The number of values that were inserted.
public int delete (Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
Added in API level 8
Implement this to handle requests to delete one or more rows. The implementation should apply the selection clause when performing deletion, allowing the operation to affect multiple rows in a directory. As a courtesy, call notifyDelete() after deleting. This method can be called from multiple threads, as described in Processes and Threads.
The implementation is responsible for parsing out a row ID at the end of the URI, if a specific row is being deleted. That is, the client would pass in content://contacts/people/22 and the implementation is responsible for parsing the record number (22) when creating a SQL statement.
Parameters
uri The full URI to query, including a row ID (if a specific record is requested).
selection An optional restriction to apply to rows when deleting.
Returns
• The number of rows affected.
public String[] getStreamTypes (Uri url, String mimeTypeFilter)
Added in API level 11
Called by a client to determine the types of data streams that this content provider supports for the given URI. The default implementation returns null, meaning no types. If your content provider stores data of a particular type, return that MIME type if it matches the given mimeTypeFilter. If it can perform type conversions, return an array of all supported MIME types that match mimeTypeFilter.
Parameters
url The data in the content provider being queried.
mimeTypeFilter The type of data the client desires. May be a pattern, such as */* to retrieve all possible data types.
Returns
• Returns null if there are no possible data streams for the given mimeTypeFilter. Otherwise returns an array of all available concrete MIME types.
public String getType (Uri uri)
Added in API level 8
Implement this to handle requests for the MIME type of the data at the given URI. The returned MIME type should start with vnd.android.cursor.item for a single record, or vnd.android.cursor.dir/ for multiple items. This method can be called from multiple threads, as described in Processes and Threads.
Note that there are no permissions needed for an application to access this information; if your content provider requires read and/or write permissions, or is not exported, all applications can still call this method regardless of their access permissions. This allows them to retrieve the MIME type for a URI when dispatching intents.
Parameters
uri the URI to query.
Returns
• a MIME type string, or null if there is no type.
public Uri insert (Uri uri, ContentValues values)
Added in API level 8
Implement this to handle requests to insert a new row. As a courtesy, call notifyChange() after inserting. This method can be called from multiple threads, as described in Processes and Threads.
Parameters
uri The content:// URI of the insertion request. This must not be null.
values A set of column_name/value pairs to add to the database. This must not be null.
Returns
• The URI for the newly inserted item.
public boolean onCreate ()
Added in API level 8
Implement this to initialize your content provider on startup. This method is called for all registered content providers on the application main thread at application launch time. It must not perform lengthy operations, or application startup will be delayed.
You should defer nontrivial initialization (such as opening, upgrading, and scanning databases) until the content provider is used (via query(Uri, String[], String, String[], String), insert(Uri, ContentValues), etc). Deferred initialization keeps application startup fast, avoids unnecessary work if the provider turns out not to be needed, and stops database errors (such as a full disk) from halting application launch.
If you use SQLite, SQLiteOpenHelper is a helpful utility class that makes it easy to manage databases, and will automatically defer opening until first use. If you do use SQLiteOpenHelper, make sure to avoid calling getReadableDatabase() or getWritableDatabase() from this method. (Instead, override onOpen(SQLiteDatabase) to initialize the database when it is first opened.)
Returns
• true if the provider was successfully loaded, false otherwise
public AssetFileDescriptor openTypedAssetFile (Uri url, String mimeType, Bundle opts)
Added in API level 11
Called by a client to open a read-only stream containing data of a particular MIME type. This is like openAssetFile(Uri, String), except the file can only be read-only and the content provider may perform data conversions to generate data of the desired type.
The default implementation compares the given mimeType against the result of getType(Uri) and, if they match, simply calls openAssetFile(Uri, String).
See ClipData for examples of the use and implementation of this method.
The returned AssetFileDescriptor can be a pipe or socket pair to enable streaming of data.
For better interoperability with other applications, it is recommended that for any URIs that can be opened, you also support queries on them containing at least the columns specified by OpenableColumns. You may also want to support other common columns if you have additional meta-data to supply, such as DATE_ADDED in MediaStore.MediaColumns.
Parameters
url The data in the content provider being queried.
mimeType The type of data the client desires. May be a pattern, such as */*, if the caller does not have specific type requirements; in this case the content provider will pick its best type matching the pattern.
opts Additional options from the client. The definitions of these are specific to the content provider being called.
Returns
• Returns a new AssetFileDescriptor from which the client can read data of the desired type.
public Cursor query (Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder)
Added in API level 8
Implement this to handle query requests from clients. This method can be called from multiple threads, as described in Processes and Threads.
Example client call:
// Request a specific record.
Cursor managedCursor = managedQuery(
ContentUris.withAppendedId(Contacts.People.CONTENT_URI, 2),
projection, // Which columns to return.
null, // WHERE clause.
null, // WHERE clause value substitution
People.NAME + " ASC"); // Sort order.
Example implementation:
// SQLiteQueryBuilder is a helper class that creates the
// proper SQL syntax for us.
SQLiteQueryBuilder qBuilder = new SQLiteQueryBuilder();
// Set the table we're querying.
qBuilder.setTables(DATABASE_TABLE_NAME);
// If the query ends in a specific record number, we're
// being asked for a specific record, so set the
// WHERE clause in our query.
if((URI_MATCHER.match(uri)) == SPECIFIC_MESSAGE){
qBuilder.appendWhere("_id=" + uri.getPathLeafId());
}
// Make the query.
Cursor c = qBuilder.query(mDb,
projection,
selection,
selectionArgs,
groupBy,
having,
sortOrder);
c.setNotificationUri(getContext().getContentResolver(), uri);
return c;
Parameters
uri The URI to query. This will be the full URI sent by the client; if the client is requesting a specific record, the URI will end in a record number that the implementation should parse and add to a WHERE or HAVING clause, specifying that _id value.
projection The list of columns to put into the cursor. If null all columns are included.
selection A selection criteria to apply when filtering rows. If null then all rows are included.
selectionArgs You may include ?s in selection, which will be replaced by the values from selectionArgs, in order that they appear in the selection. The values will be bound as Strings.
sortOrder How the rows in the cursor should be sorted. If null then the provider is free to define the sort order.
Returns
• a Cursor or null.
public int update (Uri uri, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs)
Added in API level 8
Implement this to handle requests to update one or more rows. The implementation should update all rows matching the selection to set the columns according to the provided values map. As a courtesy, call notifyChange() after updating. This method can be called from multiple threads, as described in Processes and Threads.
Parameters
uri The URI to query. This can potentially have a record ID if this is an update request for a specific record.
values A set of column_name/value pairs to update in the database. This must not be null.
selection An optional filter to match rows to update.
Returns
• the number of rows affected. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Mastering The Squat: 6 “Rules”
The squat is one of the top movements incorporated in almost any form of exercise, from yoga, to weight training, to group fitness classes, you’ll likely end up performing some variation of the squat. Squatting is such a great exercise, as it activates multiple body parts, improves your posture and core strength, it is low impact so easy on the joints, and many other reasons.
If you aren’t doing squats correctly, it can hinder your progress and lead to injuries that could eventually knock you off of your exercise routine completely. We, as personal trainers, see people performing the squat incorrectly time and time again, and correcting their form is one of our top priorities here in the gym. We thought we would share some of the “rules” for maintaining proper form while squatting, so others who don’t have access to a personal trainer can also work on form correction.
Follow these guidelines, and get ready to master your squat!
1) If you aren’t getting parallel to the floor in the depth of your squat, use a bench or chair to give you a depth goal. If you end up actually falling into a seated position on the bench/chair because your legs aren’t quite strong enough to support you, practice going down slowly while resisting your weight, sitting if needed, and then pushing through your heels to stand back up.
2) Chest up, shoulders back through the whole motion. People tend to fold over at the waist as they feel sitting up will cause them to fall back. Try your best to keep your upper body vertical!
3) Weight mostly in your heels, no going onto toes. You typically want about 80% of your weight in your heels, and about 20% of your weight distributed throughout the rest of your foot.
4) Push hips back before going down, hinge hips forward at the top of the movement into a locked position. If you fail to push your hips back and just go straight down, more than likely you’ll end up on your toes. Also, locking out at the top of the movement helps take the pressure off of your lower back while you take your next breath before repeating the movement.
5) Take a deep breath in through your mouth and hold in your diaphragm through the entire movement(down and back up again), let the breath go once you’ve come back to the top in your locked position. Holding this breath in your diaphragm gives you more power. core and back stability.
6) Watch your knees. Be sure they aren’t coming together at any part of the movement. When you aren’t used to squatting, knees tend to want to come together rather than stay in their starting position. Push your knees apart if they begin to do this.
Hopefully some of these squat principles help you to master your squat! Happy squatting!
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Talk:Tara Music
This page has been proposed for deletion because it 'reads like an essay' It is however a history of one of the top Irish traditional music labels over the last thirty years.
Sections required
Sections would dramatically improve this article. I am having a hard time coming up with them though. Anyone have any ideas? ContributingCarol (talk) 04:47, 22 February 2012 (UTC) | WIKI |
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192 Bell managed the barest flicker of a smile. Arrest, of course. Detention, most courteously arranged, while the Ambassador was communicated with. And Ribiera.
"Give me dismiss," he tapped on his knee.
The gentleman in the thick spectacles ran his finger thoughtfully about the edge of his collar. In the Trade that is a signal of many varied meanings. A hand across the throat in any fashion means, "Clear out, your job is finished," "Save your skin as best you can," and "Get away without trying to help me," according to circumstances. In this case it relieved Bell of all future responsibility.
He yawned, tapping his lips with the back of his hand, signaled for a stop of the car, and got out. Five minutes later he had signaled a taxicab and given Ribiera's address. In six minutes he was being whirled toward the one house in all Rio de Janeiro from which his chance of a safe departure was slightest. In little more than half an hour he had dismissed the cab and was gazing placidly into the startled eyes of the doorman. The doorman, like all of Rio where Ribiera was known and feared, knew that Bell was being hunted.
Bell handed over his card. with an inscrutable air.
"The Senhor Ribiera," he said drily, "returned to the city last night. Present my card and say that I would like to speak to him."
HE doorman ushered him inside and summoned the major-domo, still blinking his amazement. And the major-domo blinked again. But Bell followed with the air of an habitué, as he was again ushered-into the luxurious salon in which he had once been offered a drugged drink.
Again he sank down in a softly padded chair and surveyed the pictures and the minor objects of decadent art about him. Again he lighted a cigarette with every appearance of ease, and again had the impression of eyes upon him. The major-domo appeared, somewhat agitated.
"The Senhor Ribiera," he said harshly, "will see you only if you are not armed. He requires your word of honor."
Bell smiled lazily.
"I'll do better than that," he said languidly, "I haven't had time to buy a revolver. But the automatic he had put out of commission is in my pocket. Present it to him with my compliments."
He handed over the weapon, butt first. The major-domo blinked, and took it. Bell sat down and smiled widely. He had been expected to be uproarious, to attempt to force the major-domo to lead him to Ribiera. And, of course, he would have been led past a perfectly planned ambush for his capture—but he might have killed the major-domo. Which would not disturb Ribiera, but had disturbed the servant.
ELL smoked comfortably. And suddenly hangings parted, and Ribiera came into the room. He smiled, nervously, and then, as Bell blew a puff of smoke at him and nodded casually, he scowled.
"I came," said Bell deliberately, "to make a bargain. Frankly, I do not like to break my word. I was under obligations to deliver a package from Senhor Canalejas to a certain messenger who will take it to my government. I have done it. But I am not, Senhor Ribiera, a member of the Secret Service. I ant entirely a free agent now, and I am prepared to consider your proposals, which I could not in honor do before."
He smiled pleasantly. Effrontery, properly managed, is one of the most valuable of all qualities. Especially in dealing with people who themselves are arrogant when they dare.
IBIERA purpled with rage, and then controlled it.
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Known gorilla population more than doubled
125,000 western lowland gorillas have been found in isolated forests of the Republic of Congo, according to a census by the Wildlife Conservation Society. The number more than doubles the present estimated population of 50-100 thousand. The population resides in two areas covering just 18,000 square miles, living in densities previously thought to be not possible.
President of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Steve Sanderson, says that this does not mean the gorillas are out of danger and they are still vulnerable to Ebola and humans, who target them for bush meat.
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NBA: Paul Pierce handcuffed in Las Vegas
Boston Celtics player Paul Pierce, the MVP of the 2008 NBA Finals, was handcuffed by police in Las Vegas, Nevada about 3:00 a.m. Sunday during a traffic stop. A spokesman for the Las Vegas Police Department said that was initially hostile, though didn't say that this was the cause for the handcuffs. Multiple news agencies that report that Pierce passed both a sobriety test and a Breathalyzer. Neither Pierce nor the Celtics have released a comment.
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Woman throws lasagna at husband
A woman threw a frozen lasagna at her husband. This happened in Atlantic Beach, Florida. The woman has been charged with domestic battery after throwing frozen lasagna at her husband. The two were arguing when she picked up the frozen lasagna and tossed it at her husband striking him. The husband said his wife struck him across the face many times before throwing the frozen lasagna at him hitting him in the head. The woman admitted to officers that she had thrown the frozen lasagna at her husband to hit him in the head. The husband was arrested for a violation of a court injunction.
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Police rescue two swimmers in Lake Michigan
Two people have been saved from Lake Michigan said Evanston Police in Illinois. Four officers saved the two people from the lake. This happened late Sunday. One officer had swallowed too much water and has been treated at a local hospital police had said on Monday. At Lee Street Beach at 11:57 p.m. close to midnight. Police could hear people yelling for help around the metal breakwater police had said. Police could not see the swimmers due to how dark it was outside. As police went into the water with rescue disks to try and save the people from the water. Officers then found a man that was 50 yards off shore that had been taken into the breakwater by the large waves said police. Police then threw a rescue disk towards his direction and the man grabbed on and was pulled safely to shore, also another women was rescued.
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World's smallest snake discovered in Barbados
The world's smallest snake, the Leptotyphlops carlae, has been discovered in Barbados by Dr Blair Hedges, an evolutionary scientist from Pennsylvania State University. The Leptotyphlops carlae is the smallest of the 3100 known species of snakes. The species is thinner than a piece of spaghetti and is about 10cm long, small enough to curl up on a United States quarter.
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error vector magnitude (modulation) (EVM)
Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) is a measurement method used to determine the quality of radio transmission of digital values. The EVM value is used to evaluate the overall reception quality, which is affected by noise, interference and non-linear distortion. EVM is the vector magnitude between the measured value and that of an ideal modulation vector, determined for each individual symbol.
In radio transmission, digital values are transmitted in bit combinations, depending on the modulation method. Each bit combination is represented by a specific magnitude and vector. For example, in quadrature amplitude modulation, the transmitted vector and magnitude for a particular bit combination deviates from the theoretical vector and magnitude. This deviation, expressed in vector and magnitude, is the Error Vector Magnitude (EVM).
EVM error measurement of a transmitted bit combination
EVM error measurement of a transmitted bit combination
The EVM characteristic is used in 802.11WLANs and has become the industry standard for measuringcell phones, cable TV and WiFi. It is usually expressed in decibels( dB), sometimes as a percentage. It is calculated as the logarithm of the ratio of the error vector to the mean value of the symbol power.
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Sewer service
Sewer service is an epithet for the intentional failure to provide service of process on a named party in a lawsuit, in order to prevent the party from having a chance to respond. This practice usually involves filing a false affidavit claiming that the defendant had been properly served court papers; then, when the defendant fails to appear, the plaintiff then applies for and wins a default judgment due to the defendant's non-appearance. The phrase refers to the figure of speech of throwing the documents into a sewer, and is considered a fraud upon the court.
It was referenced in a 2019 United States Supreme Court opinion, Rotkiske v. Klemm, which featured an allegation of a debt collector winning a default judgment against a debtor through sewer service. | WIKI |
Sokatra
Sokatra is an extinct genus of pleurodiran turtle, known from the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It belongs to the family Sahonachelyidae. | WIKI |
Fantastic Carburetor Man
Fantastic Carburetor Man is the sixth studio album by Dogbowl, independently released in 2001 by Eyeball Planet.
Personnel
Adapted from Fantastic Carburetor Man liner notes.
* Dogbowl – vocals, instruments, production, engineering, cover art | WIKI |
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Does anyone have a good reference for creating link servers in SQL 2005? I'm getting the following error and don't understand why.
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
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"The linked server has been created but failed a connection test. Do you want to keep the linked server?"
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
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The OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server "MYServer" reported an error. Authentication failed.
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server "MyServer".
OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server "MyServer" returned message "Invalid authorization specification". (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 7399)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.3042&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=7399&LinkId=20476
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This is a security issue. When you create the linked server, on the security tab, you define how you are going to connect to the remote server. You can either setup mappings in the top portion of the screen or define how all connection will behave at the bottom. I usually select the latter because it's less to maintain. If you are using Windows accounts that have access to both servers, use "Be made using the login's current security context". If you are using SQL accounts or using a Windows account that doesn't have access to the remote server, use "Be made using this security context" and define a SQL user name and password on the remote server.
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Thank you GestersGrind!
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Fort Dauphin (Manitoba)
Fort Dauphin was the name of two forts in Manitoba.
The first Fort Dauphin was built in 1741 near Winnipegosis, Manitoba, with Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye, the western military commander, directing construction. The area provided a post located between the Assiniboine River and the Saskatchewan River. It was named for the Dauphin prince of France.
A second Fort Dauphin was built in 1767 on the north shore of Lake Dauphin, so both the fort and the lake had the same name. This fort was built by French fur traders after the era of the western military commanders. As with many of the forts of the times, they kept the same names while changing locations to facilitate trade with the First Nations and to secure better physical locations.
The site at Winnipegosis was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1943. | WIKI |
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trichromatic coefficients. The last two columns list the dominant wave-length in millimicrons and the excitation purity in percent. The dominant wave-length in the case of purples is indicated by listing the wave-length of the complementary color.
We wish here to acknowledge our indebtedness to Professor Arthur C. Hardy, who suggested this undertaking and offered much helpful advice during the progress of the work. We are indebted also to for operating the spectrophotometer during the determination of the spectrophotometric data. | WIKI |
Osmanthus: Origin, Health Benefits & Uses
Introduction
Exquisite with an intense yellow golden color, the Osmanthus flower has a distinct lush scent. Native to China, these tiny beautiful flowers have been cultivated for millenniums for its taste and myriad of health benefits.
Osmanthus has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years, and Western science has recently conducted studies that confirm these benefits, and are still exploring the many uses of this powerful plant.
Benefits
RICH IN ANTI-OXIDANTS
Pleasing and calming to the eye, the Osmanthus flower boasts rare antioxidant compounds that help remove harmful toxins from the body. Rich in polyphenol compounds, these substances found in Osmanthus act as antioxidants that help reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
AIDS WEIGHT LOSS
As a potential appetite suppressant, studies published show that just inhaling Osmanthus's fragrant aroma exerts a mild sedative effect and lowers the motivation to eat.
Nothing can replace exercising and eating right, but drinking osmanthus does quell cravings and keep you on track by helping you curb binge eating and lose weight.
RICH IN VITAMIN B-3
Scientists in China found that Osmanthus is rich in niacinamide, a form of vitamin B-3. Like all B vitamins, B-3 helps in the conversion of carbohydrates to energy. Niacinamide is a lesser-known form belonging to the B vitamin group that may help protect insulin-producing cells in people with type-1 diabetes.
Another significant benefit of vitamin B-3 in Osmanthus is that it enhances circulation. Proper circulation is vital because it ensures getting enough oxygen to your cells, keeping your energy levels high, and giving your brain the ability to function efficiently.
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Since ancient times, Osmanthus has been used as a moisturizer and to improve skin complexion. Today, it's the oil that is often utilized in anti-aging skincare products.
Beyond mineral and anti-oxidant properties, Osmanthus contains carotene and selenium that helps combat free radicals and other skin-damaging compounds, protecting the skin's quality and elasticity.
Bird's Nest with Osmanthus
REFERENCES
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286648528_Effect_of_an_osmanthus_fragrans_flower_beverage_on_the_antioxidant_activity_in_healthy_individuals
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280119171_Osmanthus_fragrans_Flower_Extract_and_Acteoside_Protect_Against_d_-Galactose-Induced_Aging_in_an_ICR_Mouse_Model
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629915002276
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872418/
https://bmcsystbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12918-017-0523-0
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23519146/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28917370/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222549798_Antioxidant_activity_and_melanogenesis_inhibitory_effect_of_the_acetonic_extract_of_Osmanthus_fragrans_A_potential_natural_and_functional_food_flavor_additive
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European shares sputter near highs but OPEC disappointment hits oil stocks
MILAN (Reuters) - European shares struggled for direction on Thursday with investors hunting for fresh catalysts as a blistering earnings season that helped stocks surge to new highs nears its end. An OPEC meeting in Vienna that disappointed some investors failed to move broader indexes but sent oil prices lower, making the energy sector the biggest sectoral faller in the region. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to extend cuts in oil output by nine months to March 2018 in a bid to drain a global glut that has depressed markets. But some were hoping for more and that sent oil prices falling 4 percent, hitting energy stocks with Oil majors BP (BP.L), Total (TOTF.PA) and Eni (ENI.MI) fell between 0.9 and 1.9 percent. In the same sector, Petrofac (PFC.L) fell 30 percent after the British oilfield services firm suspended its chief operating officer in response to a British investigation into alleged bribery, corruption and money laundering. The pan-European STOXX index fell 0.06 percent, staying close to 21-month highs, while Germany's DAX .GDAXI fell 0.17 percent after hitting an all-time high earlier in May. After the recent run that saw record inflows into the region, some investors have turned cautious on prospects for more gains. Milan-based fund manager Anthilia Capital in Milan downgraded its exposure to euro zone stocks even though the European economy remained strong thanks to global demand. First-quarter results have been surprisingly strong. More than four out of five companies in Europe have already reported with 65 percent of them beating earning expectations. Some more companies reported results on Thursday with Britain’s Intermediate Capital Group (ICP.L) jumping 14 percent after its full-year results, and GVC Holdings (GVC.L) also rose 2 percent after a first-quarter update. British media group Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGOa.L) dropped 6.8 after it warned that revenue in its information business would be lower than previously forecast. James Butterfill, head of research and investment strategy at ETF Securities, said that now the earnings season is over the next focus points included the U.S. Federal Reserve, the ECB meeting next month and UK’s general election. French aerospace supplier Zodiac ZODC.PA gained 0.3 percent after accepting a reduced offer from aero engine maker Safran (SAF.PA), following a series of profit warnings. Safran’s shares rose 3 percent. Analysts at Barclays said the offer was better than expected, but they had doubts about the strategic rationale of the deal. “Having high conviction in forecasts is a challenge given Zodiac’s enduring volatility,” they said in a note. Reporting by Danilo Masoni; Editing by Andrew Heavens | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:Whitehall Street–South Ferry (BMT Broadway Line)
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I'm guessing that this is something to do with public transit in New York, but it doesn't really give any explanatory context. (Silverhelm 23:00, 21 August 2005 (UTC))
A note on the station opening date
The infobox gives the opening date as September 20, 1918. This is the date given (without explanation) at nycsubway.org. While this sufficies for Wikipedia's citation requirements, I thought it would be worth further investigation.
On January 1, 1918, The New York Times wrote that "Trains from Whitehall Street to Times Square" would begin running in a few days. On January 5, 1918, the new section of the subway opened, but an article the next day stated that Rector Street was the last stop. It is most peculiar that if the line was curtailed at the last moment, no explanation was given. Several other Times articles in the ensuing weeks confirm that this wasn't an error, and Rector Street was indeed the southernmost station open to passengers. However, trains must have relayed at Whitehall Street, as Rector clearly wasn't designed to turn trains.
On January 14, 1919, the Times published a retrospective of the preceding year's subway construction, and it referred to "the Broadway subway...from Times Square to Whitehall Street," so it seems the Whitehall Street station was open by then. An article on November 16, 1919 refers to the opening of the "lower end of the B. R. T. Broadway subway station at Whitehall Street," implying that the other end had already been open previously.
I tried many combination of archive searches, but I could not find a Times article that noted the opening of Whitehall Street station. The subways received extensive news coverage in those days, so it is surprising that the opening of a new station wasn't considered newsworthy. The evidence, however, certainly does not contradict the September 20 date cited on nycsubway.org. Marc Shepherd 18:08, 7 June 2007 (UTC) | WIKI |
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The North's strategy in this war was relatively straightforward. It knew it had to conquer the entire South and set up a plan accordingly. The basic plan was to blockade the South from the sea and then to invade along various strategically important routes to cut up the Confederacy.
A major problem for the South was its lack of a true overall strategy. Some in the South wanted to fight a defensive war. They realized they did not have to defeat the North and that all they had to do was hold out long enough to make the North give up the fight. But others wanted to be more aggressive. This made for a rather uncoordinated approach to the war. One other aspect of the South's strategy was an attempt to use their economic power (their status as major cotton supplier to Europe) to get European countries to take their side (at least diplomatically) in the war. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Page:Dictionary of National Biography volume 32.djvu/318
Rh naturalist.’ He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1817, and was also a member of the Linnean and of numerous other learned societies in England, France, and America.
Leach's works are:
* 1) ‘The Zoological Miscellany, being Descriptions of new or interesting Animals.’ Illustrated with excellent plates, drawn and coloured by R. P. Nodder, London, 1814–17, 3 vols. 8vo. A supplement to Shaw and Nodder's ‘Naturalist's Miscellany.’ ‘The copies,’ says Lowndes, ‘vary very much in the quality of colouring.’
* 2) ‘Malacostraca Podophthalma Britanniæ, or a Monograph on the British Crabs, Lobsters, Prawns, and other Crustacea with pedunculated eyes,’ with plates by J. Sowerby, Nos. 1 to 17, London, 1815–16, 4to.
* 3) ‘Systematic Catalogue of the Specimens of the indigenous Mammalia and Birds that are preserved in the British Museum, with the Localities and Authors, to which is added a list of the described species that are wanting to complete the collection of British Mammalia and Birds,’ 1816, 4to. Originally an official publication, this work was reprinted for the Willoughby Society in 1882.
* 4) ‘A Synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure.’ Dedicated to Savigny, Cuvier and Poli, and edited posthumously by J. E. Gray in 1852, 8vo. Though not published until the last-mentioned date, pp. 1–116 and the plates were in type, and some copies were circulated as early as 1820, a circumstance which gives validity to Leach's names.
Leach also described the animals taken by Cranch in the expedition of Captain Tuckey to the Congo, and was the author of articles on crustacea in the ‘Encyclopædia Britannica’ and ‘Edinburgh Encyclopædia,’ in addition to numerous papers in the ‘Philosophical Transactions,’ the ‘Zoological Journal,’ ‘Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles,’ &c. Thirty-one papers are placed to his credit in the ‘Royal Society Catalogue,’ while between 1810 and 1820 he contributed to the ‘Transactions of the Linnean Society’ seven papers; three on insects; a general arrangement of the crustacea, myriapoda, and arachnides, a very laborious work; two descriptive of ten new genera of bats, one of three new species of Glareola. There are several of his letters in autograph in the British Museum Library (Add. MSS. 32166 f. 108, 32441 ff. 7, 51).
LEAD or LEADE, JANE (1623–1704), mystic, was daughter of Schildknap Ward, who belonged to a good Norfolk family. She was educated like other girls, but is said to have heard at a very early age a miraculous voice amidst the Christmas gaieties at her father's house, and thenceforth devoted herself to a religious life. All attempts on the part of her family to divert her mind from its serious bent failed At twenty-one she married her kinsman, William Lead, who was six years her senior. He died not long after, leaving one daughter, Barbara. Mrs. Lead appears to have lived after her husband's death in the greatest seclusion in London.
Her early tendency to mysticism was increased by a study of the works of Jacob Boehm, in the English translations of 1645- 1661. She was deeply impressed by his mystic, revelations, and experienced almost nightly prophetic visions, which she recorded from April 1670 in her spiritual diary, entitled 'A Fountain of Gardens.' Mrs. Lead probably made the acquaintance of Dr. John Pordage [q. v.] about 1670, and published in 1681 and 1683 respectively two books, 'The Heavenly Cloud, a treatise on death and resurrection, by some considered her best work, and 'The Revelation of Revelations,' an account of her visions. It appears from the title-page of the latter that she was then living 'in Bartholomew Close.' At the time her books attracted little notice, but about 1693 one of them reached Holland, and was translated into Dutch and German by Fischer of Rotterdam, who commenced a correspondence with the author. Mrs. Lead's reputation in Holland was at once established, and Francis Lee [q. v.], a young Oxford scholar, returning through Holland from his travels, was commissioned to seek her out in England, and obtain further writings.
Lee made her acquaintance, and, soon convinced of her piety, was adopted by her as her son and adviser. She became blind, and all her correspondence passed through Lee's hands. In obedience to what was alleged to be a divine order (, Law, pp. 226-7), Lee married her daughter, then a widow (Mrs. Walton), wrote many works from Mrs. Lead's dictation, and edited them, with prefaces of his own, and some occasional verses by Richard Roach [q. v.] An influential body of theosophists calling themselves Philadelphians gathered around Lee and the prophetess in London, and many members were to be found in Holland and Germany. In | WIKI |
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Rh 720 EUROPE Bulgaria the hatred against the Jews is so great that, on the evacuation of Eustchuk by the Turks, the Bulgarians sent a deputation requesting the Russian commander to expel the whole Jewish community and to plunder their shops. The liberal movement of Roumania was dictated partly by a desire to obtain the sympathy of Western Europe ; for until recently persecution of the Jews was carried on as vigorously there as in the neighbouring countries. Between Roman Catholics and Protestants the ancient feud has lost some of its bitterness. In Scotland and England the legal emancipation of the Catholics in 1829 has been followed by social changes of great im portance, the extent of which may be estimated by tho little opposition which was offered to the restoration of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland in 1878. In Prussia and throughout the German empire there has been a recrudescence of animosity between the confessions; but it is to be observed that the contest is rather between tho state and a political party than between the Catholics as Catholics and the Protestants as Protestants. In fact, it is only part of a wider contest which is being fought under varying forms throughout the greater part of Europe, as to whether the state or the church is to be the dominant power. Many of the measures which the Government has adopted have certainly led to what is practically religious persecution ; but this persecution is totally different in its character from the persecutions of the Huguenots in the 17th century. The most extreme exertions of power have been the suppression of religious communities, the removal and appointment of priests and bishops by the civil authorities, the prohibition of religious processions, and in 1876 the closing of all Catholic schools and the assertion of complete state cantrol over all church property. In Switzerland the movement was similar ; the Old Catholic party was re cognized by the state in 1875, and the cathedrals of Bern and Geneva handed over to its clergy. In Belgium the Liberal and Protestant minority have excited violent disturbances in several cities, as Ghent and Brussels, and the social fermentation has been carried to dangerous extremes ; but by the constitution there is full religious liberty, all the churches are subsidized by the Government, and by a curious anomaly the heaviest subsidy is paid to the weakest denomination. The relations established between Italy and the pope, by the absolute irrecon cilability of their territorial claims, has naturally led the Italian Government to adopt a strongly anti-ecclesiasti cal policy : the state religion is Roman Catholicism, but^the suppression of monasteries has been vigorously carried out, and religious processions outside of the churches can only take place by special permission of the prefects. The constitution sanctions full religious liberty. In France Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Jews all receive grants from the public treasury. The Russian Government exercises its authority in favour of the Greek church in a way that frequently infringes on the liberties of other religionists, and no secession can take place from the pale of the establishment ; but at the same time the profession of any creed is legally allowed. Spain, by the last of her many revolutions, has taken a step backwards : private worship is still permitted to non-Catholic religions, and foreigners are considered inviolable, but all public manifestations, by printed notices, emblems, or otherwise, are strictly prohibited. It has happily become impossible for even the most re- H trograde of nations to recall the days of the Inquisition, a ta fact that is at least partly due to the influence of another great movement, which may be distinguished as humani- tarianism. This movement is evident in so many depart ments of thought and action, here introducing a less painful process of killing into the slaughter-house, and there affect ing the decision of questions of speculative theology, that only a few suggestive facts need be mentioned. The penal codes of all European nations have been cleared of most of their mediaeval barbarism ; and the infliction of direct physical suffering is reserved for the more brutal class of criminals. Instruments of torture are mere antiquarian curiosities. The punishment of death, once the common penalty for trivial and heinous offences, already appears to many minds .as altogether inhuman, and lias been com pletely abolished or discontinued in Holland, Belgium, Por tugal, Switzerland, and Roumania. The bill for its abolition in Italy in 1875 was lost by 73 to 36, and the district of Tus cany, which had adopted the abolition about twenty years before, was forced to conform to the general law. In 1876, however, the committee for the revision of the penal code unanimously voted for the abolition. The introduction of private instead of public executions is a step in the same direction, though like many other partial measures it may delay the complete disuse of capital punishment. Mention may also be made of the amelioration of prison discipline, of the magnificent progress in the treatment of the insane which has been effected by the philanthropists of the last two generations, of the enormous increase which has taken place in the number of our hospitals, asylums, and benevolent institutions, and of the growing attention that is paid to relief of the sufferings of the lower animah. "Whatever be the wisdom of the measure, the law of 1876 in Eng land in regard to vivisection speaks volumes for the advance of the humanitarian movement. In this respect as in others the various European nations are in very different stages : while the English magistrate is fining a collier or carter for lending his countenance to a cockfight, the Spanish magistrate is applauding the exploits of a picador or matador. That we are approximating to a unity of sentiment is shown among other things by the support which has been given to the Geneva convention for the mitigation of the sufferings of the wounded in war, which was formed in 1864 by the representatives of Baden, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hesse, Italy, the Netherlands, Prussia, Switzerland, and Wiirtemberg, and which has since obtained the adhesion of Greece, Great Britain, and Turkey. (rr. A. w.) Animals, 003; Uomeslic, COG. Birds, 0!)4. Botany, COO. Boundaries, 081. Canals, 710. Charlemagne, empire of (with map), 714. Cities, population of, 705. Climate, 689. Coast-line. G81. Commerce, 707. Countries, table of, 703. Crusades, period of (with map), 715. Cultivated plants, 001. Debts, national, 700. Domestic animals, (.96. Earthquakes, C83. INDEX. Education, 710. Ethnology, 697. Extent, 6S1. Fishes, 095. Forests, (!92. Geological formations, 6S7. Highlands and lowlands ratio of, Humanitarianism, 720. Industries, 707. Insects, 0!)r&gt;. Internationalism, 719. Lakes, 6S7. Land and sea, changes of 682. Languages, 699. Mammals. 693. Manufactures, 707 C83. Metals, OSS. Military forces, 70-3. Minerals, 6SS. Mountains, 084. National debts, 706. Nationalism, 718. Naval forces, 706. Plants, cultivated. 691 Political divisions. 702; changes in. 713 7 Is. Population, 704. Races, 697. Railways, 709. Rainfall, 689. Relief, 683. Religion, 712 Reptiles, 695. Rivers, O8. r &gt;; table ou 680. Roman empire (with map), 7T9. Sea and land, changes of, 682. Sexes, proportions of. 704. Shipping, commercial, 707.
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Tendencies, general, 718. Territorial distribution, changes 713-718. Toleration, 719. Universities, 711. Volcanoes, 6SJ). Winds, 690. Zoology, 63. Of, | WIKI |
“There are a thousand bucket of tears for a woman who binds her feet”– old Chinese saying
Chinese woman began binding their feet in 970 A.D., without the intention of deforming them. This tradition quickly spread throughout every level of Chinese society and transformed into a custom to force feet into the shape of a 2 1/3 or 3 inch lotus flower.
Bound feet and decorative shoes became the core of feminine beauty and footbinding became essential to finding a husband. Small feet were so preferred that an unflattering figure or other flaw were overlooked if a woman’s feet was small enough.
At times, footbinding was openly viewed as a tool to control women. Women with bound feet experienced limited mobility and consequently spent little or no time outside of their homes for years.
A women with natural feet was considered a freak of nature and treated very poorly until after the Communist Revolution, which occurred in 1949.
Footbinding typically began for girls between 5 and 12 years old. This long process lasted many years and was extremely painful. Bones were broken and crushed and flesh molded into the shape of a small crescent moon, referred to as a “Golden Lotus.”
“A long strip of cloth was wrapped over the four smaller toes, under the instep and around the heel. By tightening the cloth daily, the heel became slender and the toes eventually broken under, flattened against the underside of the sole. Greater tension was slowly applied, sometimes coupled with the strength of a rope, to bring the heel forward to the ball of the foot, breaking the arch and forcing it upward.”
At the beginning, feet normally filled with pus and broke open and girls were usually immobile or needed significant help to walk.
For her entire life, a woman must clean and rebind her feet regularly. Each step is stunted because the feet are so tiny that walking basically becomes a balance on stilts.
Some girls and women continue to bind their feet today.
Though it is true that every culture has a set of feminism beauty ideals, where is the line between torture and tolerance?? In the United States, as many as 1 million girls and women struggle with eating disorders in order to achieve the ideal thin body that is the American standard of beauty.
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Template talk:GABA receptor modulators
Removed pregabalin and gabapentin from the template, as though they are GABA-analogues, they do not act only any GABA receptor nor do they prevent its degradation by GABA-T. —Seditam (talk) 21:08, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Methaqualone?
What class of GABAergic is Methaqualone? Quaaludes were a highly prevalent and popular "downer" in the United States in the 1970s and therefore pertinent to western drug culture to a degree enough where I am surprised that methaqualone is not among those clearly categorized upon this template. Nagelfar (talk) 09:10, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
* It acts at the barb site. --<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:21, 23 April 2013 (UTC) | WIKI |
Date of Award
5-1-2012
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Malhotra, Vivak
Abstract
Currently, coal combustion plays an important role in meeting the energy needs of the United States. It is expected that the effective utilization of coal will be crucial for attaining energy independence for the nation in the next 25 to 30 years, if not longer. The United States burns about 20% of the world's annual coal production, second only to China. Strikingly, there are 200-300 more years of burn at our current rate of consumption, considering our massive coal reserves. Almost half of our electricity comes from coal power. Although coal is a fossil fuel that will become more and more depleted, it will be the principal fuel for utilities in the US for decades to come. Therefore, there is a need to design new strategies to clean coal. Mercury can be found in fly ash, bottom ash, and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) material. The Hg is transferred to these coal combustion products (CCPs) from its associated parent coal. These CCPs absorb a significant amount of the Hg released during the combustion process. With the EPA's recent emphasis on controlling the Hg emission by coal-burning electric utilities, the disposal and utilization of CCPs are under an environmental microscope. As EPA regulations become more stringent, Hg concentration in CCPs is expected to increase further; i.e., more Hg will be captured in the scrubber materials. The higher Hg concentrations will have serious consequences for the management of CCPs. Systematic measurements on Hg concentrations in the feed coal and the CCPs produced from two different power plants burning Illinois coal were carried out. Not only were there substantial variations in the total Hg concentration in the parent coal from week to week from a single mine, but there were also significant variations in the weekly Hg content of the CCPs. Surprisingly, there was no linear dependence between Hg content of coal and its CCPs. No correlation was observed between Hg content of fly ash and its loss-on-ignition (LOI) values. In order to control and further understand the fate of Hg in FGD scrubber material, the following was systematically examined: (a) whether there is a strong correlation between the parent coal and the Hg captured in FGD scrubber materials, (b) the thermal behavior of Hg in parent coal, FGD gypsum, and sulfite-rich FGD material, (c) whether there is a potential of Hg re-emission during gypsum-to-hemihydrate-to-gypsum transition, and (d) how Hg behaves in sulfite-rich scrubber material at higher temperatures and pressures. Ultimately, no direct correlation between the total Hg concentration of the parent coal and its associated FGD scrubber materials was found. Mercury desorbed from FGD gypsum at relatively low temperatures (90C < T < 250C), compared to the sulfite-rich scrubber materials which released Hg continuously at ambient pressures up to 600C. However, it was found that mildly-elevated pressures immobilized Hg, even at temperatures as high as 250C. Cleaning and dewatering coal has been a major challenge. Deeper pre-combustion cleaning of ashes and clays from coals can help utilize more of Illinois coal. Efforts have been underway for decades to reduce emissions from flue gas and toxic metal reduction. Now with carbon emissions under scrutiny, the effort to maximize coal's value is more important than ever before. In most coal preparation processes, significant amounts of fines and ultrafines are generated. Because these particles are difficult to dewater, they are often discarded in waste ponds. This translates into a major economic loss for the coal industry, not only because of the fuel value lost but also the substantial economic resources required to manage coal waste ponds in an environmentally-sound manner. A new approach developed using a high intensity sonication process in recovering, cleaning, and dewatering fine/ultrafine coal particles from the waste ponds, while concurrently reducing the Hg concentration in the fine and ultrafine particles was successful. Combining sonication with vegetable oil agglomeration significantly reduced the moisture, ash, and Hg content of the cleaned, recovered coal. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements on the recovered coal were used to understand the interaction between the coal particles, water, and oil. The results suggested that vegetable oil was effective in displacing water from the coal-water interface, with the enthalpy of the water-vapor transition of oil-agglomerated coal particles decreasing on sonication of the particles. In fact, combining sonication treatment with oil agglomeration reduced the moisture content of run-of-mine (ROM) coal and waste coal, to 6 wt% and 12 wt% respectively, and increased their loss-on-ignition (LOI) content to 91 wt% and 76 wt%, respectively. Massive quantities of synthetic gypsum are produced when the flue gases from coal burning power plants are wet scrubbed with limestone. The sulfate-rich FGD scrubber material is largely construction-quality gypsum. Because of the large production of FGD gypsum every year, the economic and environmental impetus dictates that strategies be developed to effectively utilize FGD gypsum rather than just landfill it. Beneficial uses have been found in wallboard construction and agriculture. An important aspect of this research was to evaluate whether there was potential of Hg re-emission from scrubber materials during their utilization phase. Mercury emission occurs not only with elevated temperatures but with increased time. While external pressure retards these emissions, they are not the only concern associated with CCPs. The more global, urgent problems of greenhouse gases must be resolved. The dimension of the greenhouse gases problem is daunting; according to the Energy Information Agency, nearly 6 billion metric tons of CO2 were produced in the USA in 2007, with coal-burning power plants contributing about 2 billion metric tons. The success of large-size sequestration of CO2 in coal would hinge on a thorough understanding of coal-CO2 interactions and how these interactions control the mechanical behavior of coal. Moreover, these interactions could play a crucial role in evaluating any potential risks associated with sequestering CO2 in deep, unmineable coal seams. To evaluate the risk under non-equilibrium conditions, dynamic mechanical properties of pressurized Illinois coals were measured. The results suggest that Illinois bituminous coal in its unperturbed state, i.e., when not pressurized with CO2, showed large variations in its mechanical properties. The Young's modulus varied from 0.7 GPa to 3.4 GPa even though samples were extracted from a single chunk. No glass transition was observed for any Illinois bituminous coal under ambient conditions. Upon pressurizing the Illinois bituminous coals with CO2, the DMA results showed a transition at temperatures as low as ambient. This could be a potential risk for the structural integrity of a mine if any man-made or seismic activity were present.
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>>Sun-Damaged Skin
Sun-Damaged Skin
Skin Is Damaged After Exposure To The Sun
What is Sun-Damaged Skin?
The skin’s protective barrier is altered, causing irritation and redness. The effect on the skin can be immediate or delayed.
Causes
The sun’s ultraviolet rays (UV) are the chief cause of skin damage. Although accounting for a very small percentage of UV radiation, UVB rays are very powerful and can damage the epidermis. UVA rays, which make up a large part of UV radiation, are present throughout the year, even on the greyest days, and are a lot more dangerous, because not only do they penetrate the epidermis, but are also capable of reaching the dermis.
Symptoms and effects
Immediate damage (due mainly to UVB rays) is caused by prolonged and incorrect exposure to the sun and includes rashes, burns and urticaria; these are symptoms that are particularly uncomfortable but that can be resolved quickly and easily with the appropriate treatment.
Delayed effects, caused mainly by UVA rays, are more complicated however: the rays penetrate deeply and silently, causing symptoms like brown spots, keratosis (thickening of the skin), premature aging and the breaking down of membrane phospholipids. Over time, and if the skin is still subjected to prolonged exposure to the sun (UVA + UVB), these conditions can damage cell DNA and encourage the growth of melanoma.
Prevention
• Protect your skin from UVB and especially UVA rays (including long UVA rays) by using broad spectrum sunscreens which respect and preserve hydration and skin barrier functions
• Apply the right amount of sunscreen several times when out in the sun
• Expose skin to the sun gradually, so it can develop a natural tan
• Be especially careful to protect certain areas of the body like the nose, lips, ears, neck, shoulders and scalp
• Wear clothing and accessories to protect yourself from the sun
Avoid
• Going out in the sun in the middle of the day
• Exposing small children under the age of one to direct sunlight
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106 but if you want any other kind all you've got to do is to ask the ship's carpenter about it."
"Six kinds of paths! Vy I ton't vos"
"And then at meals the cook serves only five kinds of dessert pie, fruit, iced-cabbage, vinegar sherbit, and hot lardalumpabus. Of course I know you don't like pie and fruit and things like that, but you'll fall dead in love with the lardalumpabus," went on the fun-loving Rover.
"Vot is dot lardapusalump ennahow?" queried Hans, scratching his head gravely. "I ton't remember him."
"Why, it's a compote, with frizzled gizzardinus and pollylolly. It's delicious, served with cream and salt—but you want lots of salt, Hans, lots of salt."
"Maybe I try him, I ton't know," answered the German youth, gravely. And then even Tom had to turn away, to keep from roaring in Hans' face.
The Rover boys went to the depot to meet the train which was to bring in the Stanhopes and the Lanings. There was a little delay, but it was soon over and they were shaking hands warmly all around.
"It seems so delightful to go off on another trip!" said Dora, to Dick. "I know I am going to enjoy it very much!" | WIKI |
Former NHL defenseman Carol Vadnais dies at age 68 | Newsday
Get breaking news alerts from Newsday Turn on notifications? Desktop notifications are on You might be using private browsing or have notifications blocked. Please enable notifications or using normal browsing mode. Please log back in to enjoy your subscription. Thank you for being part of the Newsday family. Forgot your password? We can help go here. In this Jan. 22, 1975, file photo, Carol Vadnais (10) of the Prince of Wales division, battles for possession with Bobby Clarke (16) of the Clarence Campbell division during the annual All-Star contest in Montreal. Vadnais, a six-time all-star, has died. He was 68. Credit: AP Former NHL defenseman Carol Vadnais, a six-time all-star, has died. He was 68. The New York Rangers reported on their website that Vadnais, who spent seven seasons with the team, died Sunday. No cause of death was given. Vadnais made his NHL debut in 1966-67 with his hometown Montreal Canadiens and played 17 NHL seasons, winning Stanley Cups in 1968 with Montreal and 1972 with Boston. He also played for the California Golden Seals and the New Jersey Devils. Vadnais had 169 goals and 587 points in 1,087 games. He appeared in 106 playoff games with 10 goals and 40 assists. The Rangers acquired Vadnais along with Phil Esposito in 1975 in one of the biggest trades in NHL history. New York sent Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi to the Bruins. Vadnais twice made the All-Star game while a Ranger. Vadnais is survived by his daughter, Michele, and two grandchildren. -- AP The pandemic has changed education on Long Island. Find out how. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. Try our new Search Privacy Policy | Terms of service |Subscription terms |Your ad choices | Cookie Settings |California Privacy Rights |About Us |Contact Newsday |Reprints & permissions |Advertise with Newsday |Sitemap |Help | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Wikipedia:Peer review/Red rain in Kerala/archive2
Red rain in Kerala
For old peer review, see Peer review/Red rain in Kerala/archive1
I'm hoping to get this up to FA status for April 1 (April fools main page) so I would welcome some input as how best to achieve this Ryan Postlethwaite See the mess I've created or let's have banter 20:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* I would suggest that you write up some fair use rationales for the images first. bibliomaniac 1 5 04:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
=Nichalp «Talk»= 06:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
* Review by =Nichalp «Talk»=
* Needs an SVG map
* Images should be thumbed
* Table should be right aligned. A pi chart of the data can be shown
* Copyedit required. low content of phosphorus is puzzling , is by no means rare
* Astrophysics and Space Science should be in italics
* 4.1 and 6.1 sections are bad style. Merge with parent or promote to a higher level.
* References should be preferably formatted using the citation templates available.
* Dr. - remove
* Populating red links should give the article a more professional touch
* Remove low value linking (eg wells, rainwater, milligrams etc)
* Gallery should go, merge images with text
* What was the reaction of the local people? I'm sure such an unusual phenomena should cause some sort of consternation among the local populace, even giving rise to superstitions.
* The following domains can also be combed for more information: gov.in, nic.in, ernet.in, gov ; and so too google news. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ibrahim Barssi
The result was delete__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 07:47, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Ibrahim Barssi
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Article has been tagged for BLP sources since 2020, the only citation used is a self-published website. I wasn’t able to find any RS sources to fulfill WP:GNG PigeonChickenFish (talk) 07:58, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
* Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 07:58, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
* Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Egypt, Sudan, and Australia. WC Quidditch ☎ ✎ 14:21, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
* Delete: No coverage found for an artist, only hits on a cricket player with the same name. Oaktree b (talk) 14:45, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
* Delete If that website is the references is that all that can be found then this person is a long way from notable. TarnishedPathtalk 12:59, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
* Delete. Beyond the website listed here I found a flickr page for him . That obviously doesn't help though. No evidence of WP:ARTIST or other notability. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:47, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
* Delete. Subject not Notable. Micheal Kaluba (talk) 11:28, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
* Delete - Subject not have much coverage. Royal88888 (talk) 02:57, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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PREFACE TO VOL. V. VOLUMES V AND VI. PBOM THE BATTLE OF IVIAEATHON TO THE PEACE OF NIKIAS. B.C. 490-421. I HAD reckoned upon carrying my readers in these two volumes down to the commencement of the great Athenian expedition against Syracuse. But the narration of events, now that we are under the positive guidance of Thucydides, — coupled with the exposi- tion of some points on which I differ from the views generally taken by my predecessors, — have occupied greater space than I had foreseen : and I have been obliged to enlarge my Sixth Volume beyond the usual size, in order to arrive even at the Peace of Nikias. The interval of disturbance and partial hostility, which ensued between that peace and the Athenian expedition, will therefore be reserved for the beginning of my S^enth Vol- ume, the publication of which wiU not be long delayed. G. G. Dec. 1848. | WIKI |
Talk:Kolahoi Peak
Correct name?
Some sites call it Kolahoi, while some call it Kolhoi. Which is correct? Hendcertel (talk) 13:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
* It‘s consistently called as Kolahoi and moved to its correct name. Mehra j Mir '(Talk) 14:28, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Laisoo
Village Laisoo is located district kulgam 2409:4054:49A:353B:49E8:5672:5386:3487 (talk) 18:32, 2 February 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
3 Stocks I Will "Never" Sell
"Never say never," right? If 90% of a company I'm invested in is crushed by a meteor, there's a good chance I may sell my shares and move what's left elsewhere. Similarly, if it turns out that the sole product of a company I'm invested in causes birth defects, selling may well be in order. Such events don't happen that often, though -- and not, typically, to big and high-profile companies.
So here are three of my stocks that I plan to never sell -- or at least not until well into my retirement, when I need more income.
Image source: Getty Images.
1. Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B), with a market value recently topping $600 billion, may not yet be a household name, but its leader of 50-plus years may be: It's run by Warren Buffett. I've been a shareholder for around two decades, I think, though I wish it were four decades, as Buffett has propelled his company's stock skyward over many years, averaging an annual growth rate of around 20% -- versus 10% for the S&P 500 -- and the fastest growth came in the company's earlier years.
Still, there's a lot to like about Berkshire that will have me hanging on for many years -- despite the fact that Buffett turned 91 this year! (He has talented investing and management lieutenants already in place, and a succession plan.) For one thing, it's a very diversified business, featuring dozens of companies he owns in their entirety (such as GEICO, Benjamin Moore, See's Candies, International Dairy Queen, and the BNSF railroad) and many that he owns big chunks of, via shares of stock (such as Apple, Coca-Cola, Bank of America, and American Express).
Much of Berkshire's holdings are in rather reliable sectors, such as energy and insurance. No matter what the economy is doing, people and businesses will need energy and insurance. Much is also tied to homes, such as its massive network of realtors and its businesses in flooring, bricks, insulation, and more. Housing is cyclical, but it keeps cycling. I'm confident that these businesses will keep generating value for shareholders.
2. Alphabet
You probably know Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) by its main subsidiary, Google. That's the dominant search engine, of course, but Alphabet also encompasses other businesses, such as the Android operating system, YouTube, FitBit, Nest, and the Google Play store. YouTube is a major property, giving even Netflix a run for its money. Meanwhile, Alphabet has a Google Cloud business, too, which grew some 54% in its second quarter, year over year. Altogether, Alphabet's market value recently approached $1.9 trillion.
If you're worried that those in Washington might break up some of these massive tech companies, don't worry too much about Alphabet. If it were to be broken up, that might actually just unleash more value, as investors will more clearly see the value of each part of the company that was spun off.
Image source: Getty Images.
3. Amazon.com
Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is another monster company -- its recent market value topped $1.6 trillion -- with lots of tentacles. You're familiar with the dominant global e-commerce business, of course, but you might not realize that it also boasts the dominant cloud-computing business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), which raked in $14.8 billion in the second quarter of 2021, up 37% over year-earlier levels.
Amazon is another company being eyed by those with antitrust concerns, and some are suggesting that it might spin off AWS -- profitably -- to appease critics. My colleague Leo Sun, for example, points out that even without AWS, Amazon would have ample growth engines, such as in its online advertising business, recently the third largest, behind Alphabet and Facebook.
Amazon's Prime ecosystem grows more sticky with every new feature it adds, and members already enjoy fast shipping, Prime Video, Prime Reading, Music Prime, Amazon Gaming, Amazon Photos, and much more. Meanwhile, the company is spreading in many different directions, such as groceries, and even healthcare, in part via its purchase of PillPack.
These companies certainly appear too big to fail to me, which is why I aim to hold them for as close to forever as I can -- though I'll keep an eye on them, too; if their prospects seem to change for the worse, selling will of course be on the table. It's hard to imagine them failing, though, as simply having growth to their current sizes means that they're able to adapt to change and to prosper in many different environments.
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Is BeautifulSoup good for web scraping?
Feb 5, 2024 · 2 min read
Web scraping, or programmatically extracting data from websites, is an invaluable skill for any developer or data scientist. And when it comes to Python web scraping, one library reigns supreme: BeautifulSoup. But why exactly is BeautifulSoup so popular and how can it best be put to use? Let's take a closer look.
BeautifulSoup is a Python library that makes it easy to parse HTML and XML documents, enabling you to effortlessly extract the data you need. Its killer feature is an intuitive API that allows you to navigate, search, and modify a document's parse tree. For example:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
# Extract the page title
page_title = soup.title.text
# Get all the links
links = soup.find_all('a')
This simple, elegant interface has made BeautifulSoup the go-to tool for web scraping Python programmers over the past couple decades.
However, BeautifulSoup does have some limitations to be aware of. Most notably, it is not asynchronous and can struggle with modern, interactive websites built on JavaScript. Scrape too aggressively without throttling requests, and you risk getting blocked.
Therefore, when web scraping with BeautifulSoup, it's best to:
• Take it slow - Limit request rate so as not to overload servers
• Use proxies - Scrape through different IPs to distribute load
• Mimic humans - Add realistics pauses and mouse movements
• JavaScript rendering - Use Selenium/Playwright to load dynamic content
• While more work, these practices will enable stable, sustainable web scraping through BeautifulSoup.
In summary, BeautifulSoup lives up to the hype as the leading Python web scraping library. Its simple but powerful API makes extracting data from HTML straightforward for developers of all levels. Just be sure to scrape responsibly!
Some key takeaways:
• BeautifulSoup makes parsing HTML easy with an intuitive API
• It struggles handling modern JavaScript-heavy sites
• Scrape responsibly: limit requests, use proxies/user-agents, mimic humans
• For JavaScript sites, look into Selenium, Playwright for automation
• Give BeautifulSoup a try on your next web scraping project and soup up your data extraction!
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Franky Van der Elst
Franky Van der Elst (born 30 April 1961) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He later worked as a manager.
During a 21-year professional career he played mainly with Club Brugge, being regarded as a legend there and briefly coaching the team in the 2000s. Also, he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers, in March 2004.
Van der Elst won 86 caps for the Belgium national team, representing the country in four World Cups and retiring at nearly 40 years of age.
Playing career
Born in Ninove, Van der Elst started his professional career at R.W.D. Molenbeek, earning his first call-up for Belgium in 1982. Two years later, he moved to Club Brugge KV and stayed there until he finished his career in 1999, going on to total over 500 overall appearances with the side (466 in the league alone); during four seasons, he often partnered in midfield his namesake Leo – no relation.
Van der Elst won the Golden Shoe twice in his career, an accomplishment for an eminently defensive-minded player. He also appeared in four FIFA World Cups from 1986 to 1998, only scoring once for his country in nearly 90 matches, in a 2–2 friendly draw against Norway on 25 March 1998.
Coaching career
After retiring at the age of 38, Van der Elst was appointed as manager at K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. After four relatively successful years he was replaced by Marc Brys, and subsequently joined K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.
In 2005, Van der Elst returned to 'his' Club Brugge, as an assistant, joining former teammates – both in club and country – Jan Ceulemans, Marc Degryse, Dany Verlinden and René Verheyen. He remained with the team when Verheyen and Ceulemans were fired in 2006, but was eventually shown the door the following year, with head coach Emilio Ferrera.
After a very short spell with FC Brussels, Van der Elst moved to K.V.S.K. United Overpelt-Lommel, both clubs in the second level.
Honours and awards
Club Brugge
* Belgian First Division: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98
* Belgian Cup: 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96
* Belgian Supercup: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998
* Bruges Matins: 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998
* Amsterdam Tournament: 1990
* Jules Pappaert Cup: 1991, 1995
Belgium
* FIFA World Cup: fourth place 1986
Individual
* FIFA World Cup participations: 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
* Belgian Golden Shoe: 1990, 1996
* Belgian Fair Play Award: 1997
* FIFA 100: 2004
* The Best Golden Shoe Team: 2011
* Honorary citizen of Roosdaal: 2019 | WIKI |
-- Dubai Investments to Exit Assets; Considers Sukuk Issuance
Dubai Investments PJSC (DIC) , the owner
of stakes in more than 40 companies, plans to exit some of its
businesses as Dubai’s economy shows signs of a recovery, Chief
Executive Officer Khalid bin Kalban said. “We have three companies under evaluation or due diligence
for private placements and by summer we can decide on exits,”
Kalban said an interview in Dubai on March 7. “The economy is
improving and the whole dust surrounding the financial situation
is settling. It’s a good opportunity to look again at divesting
some of the assets.” Dubai Investments, which operates in businesses including
real estate, financial services and investments, slowed its
divestment plan after the financial crisis hit Dubai late 2008.
The company sold 40 percent of its private equity unit Masharie
LLC for 400 million dirhams ($109 million), it said in 2008. One
of the companies it will divest this year is part of Masharie,
Kalban said. Growth is returning to Dubai as property developers
announce new projects and the number of tourists traveling to
the Middle East ’s trade hub increases. Dubai’s economy may
expand as much as 5 percent this year after growing more than 3
percent in 2011, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum , the head of
Dubai’s Supreme Fiscal Policy Committee, said last month.
Passenger traffic at the emirates’ airport jumped 14 percent in
January from a year earlier to 4.85 million. Dubai Investments shares rallied 5.8 percent to 92 fils at
1:19 p.m. in the emirate. The stock has surged 52 percent this
year after losing 22 percent in 2011. That compares with a 23
percent gain for the benchmark DFM General Index (DFMGI) this year. Sukuk Option Dubai Investments may opt to issue a sukuk, or Islamic
bonds, to finance the expansion of the second production line at
its Emirates Float Glass Factory in Abu Dhabi, Kalban said. The
second phase of the facility, to be the largest in the U.A.E.
upon completion, will add another 600 tons a day of capacity,
bringing the total to 1,200 tons per day, he said. The company was in talks with SACE, an Italian credit
agency, for a 600 million-dirham loan to finance the expansion
before Europe ’s debt crisis delayed it, Kalban said. Regional
investors have shown interest in financing the project, he said. “If this does not work, we could issue a sukuk -- that is
an option and could be an attractive one,” said Kalban. “It
would be in the region of $200 million. We are looking at the
terms and we will decide in a few months.” Dubai Investments Park, a subsidiary that oversees a 2,400-
hectare complex of housing units, hotels, industrial outlets and
offices, recently raised 600 million dirhams loan from Dubai
Islamic Bank PJSC (DIB) and Emirates Islamic Bank PJSC (EIB) , Kalban said.
This is being used for expansions within the park. Real Estate Recovery Dubai’s property market had one of the world’s biggest
reversals following the credit crisis three years ago, with home
prices slumping 64 percent since they peaked in mid-2008,
according to Deutsche Bank AG estimates. Since then, about $500
billion of projects were delayed or canceled in the United Arab
Emirates . Dubai is the second-biggest sheikhdom in the U.A.E. Rental prices started to recover at the end of 2011, with
an upward trend continuing in the first-quarter, said Kalban,
who estimated an increase of 5 percent. Kalban is also the
chairman of Dubai-based developer Union Properties PJSC. (UPP) “The private sector is going into buildings and real-
estate projects especially hotels because of the boom,” he
said. “Everybody is thinking we’ll build hotels as occupancy is
high.” Activity is “fuelled by the lower cost of borrowing and
the lower interest rate on deposits and the semi-liquidity
available in the financial institutions,” Kalban said. Fujairah Projects Among companies launching projects are Al Habtoor Group
LLC, an owner of hotels in Dubai and Lebanon. Habtoor said
January it will spend $1.33 billion to build a hospitality
complex in Dubai, where hotel rooms may increase 36 percent in
four years. The developer will also open a 330-room hotel on the
Palm Jumeirah artificial island in about 20 months. Nakheel PJSC, the Dubai developer bailed out by the
government in 2009, plans to spend 1.4 billion dirhams in 2012
to complete nine projects that had been suspended after the
crash, according to an Islamic bond prospectus in August. In Fujairah, one of the U.A.E.’s northern emirates, Dubai
Investments is planning two projects. With Al Taif Investment, a
joint venture between the company and Fujairah Investment
Establishment, a 400 million dirhams mixed-use development is in
the works. It will include a four-star hotel, an office tower , a
retail podium and conference hall. Three banks “indicated their willingness to fund the
construction activity,” which should be completed in 2014,
Kalban said. Al Taif may invest about 30 percent, while the rest
will be bank financing, he added. Fujairah Investments Park is also planned with work to
start “soon,” he said. The project will be done in phases to
test demand, with an initial investment of up to 20 million
dirhams on infrastructure. To contact the reporter on this story:
Tamara Walid in Abu Dhabi at
twalid@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Chad Thomas at cthomas16@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Java Project using JDBC and MYSQL
Java Project using JDBC and MYSQL
Here is the list of the available project in Java Using JDBC and MYSQL
New Projects in Java Using JSP, Servlet, JDBC and MYSQL
What Is JDBC?
JDBC is a Java Database Connectivity that provides an API to connect the client with the database. In java, when we work with an application that needs access to the database, we need some interface to connect our Java programming with the database. So, for this, we use JDBC. (Here, API stands for Application Programming Interface which lets us access data and functions of another application, services, or OS).
What was before JDBC?
Before JDBC we had ODBC that stands for Oracle Database Connectivity which was platform-specific and was written in C language. So, Sun Microsoft System on February 19, 1997, released JDBC and that has its JDBC API.
So, Java provides us some classes for JDBC which are present in the java.sql or javax.sql package. Here, JDBC API uses JDBC Drivers.
Let’s see the JDBC Drivers one by one
• JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver.
• Native API driver.
• Network Protocol driver.
• Thin driver.
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver: It uses ODBC Driver that is in the class sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver. It is removed in JDK 8.
Native API driver: It converts the JDBC methods into Native database API. The disadvantage here is we need to install the native drivers.
Network Protocol driver: It converts the JDBC method to the vendor-specific database using a Middleware application.
Thin Driver: It converts the JDBC method to the vendor-specific database using thin drivers.
There are certain steps to be followed to connect using JDBC (In this we will connect our Program with MYSQL database).
1. Download the drivers.
2. Register the Drivers.
3. Create a connection.
4. Create a statement Object.
5. Execute the queries.
6. At last close the connection.
If you are creating Maven Project you just need to add the following dependencies inside pom.xml file.
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>8.0.21</version>
</dependency>
If you are adding jar files just follow these steps.
• Create a project in eclipse (as we normally create it)
• Add the jar file for mysql-connector.jar(open directory of MySQL where you have installed >open Connector >copy mysql-connector-java8.0.21 into lib folder)
Register the Driver
We have a method forName() of Class class which is a static method and is used to register the drivers. It loads the drivers. As it is a static method so, we are calling with the Class Name.
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
This will load the MYSQL drivers.
Create a Connection
We can create a connection by calling the getConnection () method of DriverManager class. There are the following 3 ways we can call. A connection is an interface to keep the session between java application & database. It provides some methods:
• getConnection(String url)
• getConnection(String url, Properties info)
• getConnection(String url, String username, String password)
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/DbName","system","password");
Create a Statement Object
Now, create the Object of Statement. Here Statement is an interface that contains all the methods to execute queries with the database.
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
Suppose, if we have parameterized queries we use PreparedStatement Interface.
PreparedStatement pstmt=con.prepareStatement("insert into TABLE_DEMO values(?,?)");
pstmt.setString(1,"Nicolas");
pstmt.setInt(2,21);
Execute the Query
In this step, we execute the query using executeQuery() method that returns the object of ResultSet.
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery("select * from TABLE_DEMO");
while(rs.next()){
System.out.println(rs.getString(1)+" "+rs.getInt(2));
}
Here, we fetch the data from the database.
Close the Connection
This is the last step to close our Connection object and ResultSet Object. It is a good practice to close the connections. We used the method close().
con.close();
Example for connecting Database
Here, we will take a look at a simple example by following the above steps.
import java.sql.*;
class MyJDBCConnect{
public static void main(String args[]){
try{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb","root","root");
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery("select * from mytable");
while(rs.next())
System.out.println(rs.getInt(1)+" "+rs.getString(2));
con.close();
}catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e);}
}
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Italy's Eni, Esso offices raided in antitrust probe over fuel price breaches
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MILAN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Monday the offices of several oil companies, including Italy's Eni ENI.MI and Exxon Mobil Corp's XOM.N ESSO Italiana unit, have been searched over alleged fuel price violations.
The authority, which carried out the inspections with the help of Italy's tax police, said it was probing irregularities concerning prices being charged at the pump which were higher than those advertised, as well failures in advertising fuel prices.
Eni, Esso, Italia Petroli, Kuwait Petroleum Italia and Tamoil allegedly failed to adopt appropriate measures "to prevent and counteract this unlawful conduct to the detriment of consumers," the competition watchdog said in a statement.
Eni had no immediate comment, while the other companies involved were not immediately available for a comment.
Fuel prices have taken centre stage in Italy after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's executive dropped a costly reduction in excise duties introduced by the previous government when the price of petrol exceeded 2 euros per litre.
(Reporting by Cristina Carlevaro, Francesca Landini, editing by Federico Maccioni and Valentina Za)
((cristina.carlevaro@thomsonreuters.com; +39 06 80307729;))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
KILLER LOWER BODY AB WORKOUT
KILLER LOWER BODY AB WORKOUT
KILLER LOWER ABS
The GOOD NEWS & THE BAD NEWS ABOUT GETTING ABS
The GOOD news is that it to get a awesome ab workout it only really takes 5-10 minutes a day, so fitting it into a busy schedule is pretty simple. However the BAD news is that just because fitting the ab workout in isn't time consuming doesn't mean your ab results will show up just as quick!
This is because for Abs to show it requires a low body fat percentage which means that for the majority of us we will require to be in a caloric deficit.
Lower Abs specifically
Now your expectations are realistic, now lets shift our focus on to a specific part of the abdominal area that many struggle with gaining visual progress on.. The Lower ABS.
This area is commonly known as a difficult area to show your abs, however we have come up with a great workout that will kick-start you on your journey to revealing them lower abs to get you in perfect condition to hit the beach!
The Workout
Do these 4 exercises to SCULPT the lower ABS!!
It is simple, 30 seconds each exercise. Repeat 3 times👇
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1️⃣ Straight leg raise
2️⃣ Mountain climbers
3️⃣ Reverse crunch
4️⃣ Plank
Conclusion
The truth is Abs are very hard to achieve for most however with consistency along with workouts like the one highlighted in this post you can be successful. Remember Abs are made in the kitchen, these exercises work great to build the abdominal muscles but for them to poke out you will require a strict diet to ensure your body fat percentage is lower.
What is your favourite Ab exercise?
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Composing educational resources/Orientation
* A week spent orientating yourself into the course, the commitment required, the assignments and what else is involved. For those new to this way of learning online, this week will seem daunting. Get through it and the rest of the course will flow for you nicely.
To do
* 1) Set up a blog for your weekly work in this course. If you already have a blog, you are welcome to use that so long as you can clearly indicate what posts are for this course. If you are new to blogging, refer to Blogger help resources.
* 2) Post to your blog a little bit about you and why you are joining in with the course.
* 3) Introduce yourself to the course by adding your blog's web address to the participant blog list
* 4) Prepare your computer and attend the first of our regular meetings (Date TBA) | WIKI |
Catchwater Drain (Stixwould)
The Catchwater Drain or Duckpool Catchwater is an artificial watercourse in Lincolnshire draining into the River Witham near to Stixwould. It begins as Minting Beck, a stream originating in Great Sturton approximately five miles north of Horncastle, which becomes known as Great Drain between Gautby and Bucknall. Tributaries include Wispington Beck, All Hallows Drain, Monk's Drain/Poolham Beck and Reeds Beck. | WIKI |
Russia's Putin calls U.S. exit from Iran nuclear deal a dead-end
May 25, 2018 / 2:21 PM / Updated 25 minutes ago Russia's Putin calls U.S. exit from Iran nuclear deal a dead-end Reuters Staff 1 Min Read
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on Washington’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, said on Friday that unilateral steps taken by countries like the United States led to a dead-end and were always counter-productive. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
Speaking in St Petersburg at an economic forum, Putin said Washington’s flip-flopping on international agreements after the election of new U.S. presidents generated mistrust. Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Andrew Osborn | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Biden unsure if 2020 run ‘appropriate thing for me to do’ | TheHill
Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenEight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Hill Reporter Rafael Bernal: Biden tries to salvage Latino Support Biden, Buttigieg bypassing Democratic delegate meeting: report MORE said in an interview to be released Tuesday he’s open to making a presidential run in 2020, but said he’s “not sure it’s the appropriate thing” to do. “We gotta turn this ship around. And I’d much prefer to be helping someone turn it around than being the guy trying to turn it around,” Biden said in an interview with Snapchat’s “Good Luck America,” according to The Associated Press, which was given a clip of the exchange. Biden considered a run for president in 2016 but opted not to join the campaign, citing the death of his son, Beau, to cancer in 2015. Ohio Gov. John Kasich was interviewed alongside Biden for the Snapchat piece. Kasich ran for the Republican nomination in 2016, losing out to President Trump. Kasich declined to address his plans for 2020. “We’re both hoping that both our parties generate some real energetic people who have the depth and capacity to do it,” Biden said. Biden has been an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, saying last week that “phony nationalism” is tearing at the fabric of the country. A report last week said the former vice president is edging closer to a presidential run and has said privately that he sees himself as the only Democrat who can defeat Trump in 2020. Biden’s new memoir, “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship and Purpose,” is set to be released Tuesday and details the former vice president’s struggle with his son’s death. In the book, Biden writes that had he run for president in 2016, his campaign would have focused on helping the middle class, taking on Wall Street and developing a cure for cancer. 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 |
Talk:Bronze quoll
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Hello. I think the first sentence should either be:
1. "The bronze quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) is a species of quoll found only in the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea."
Or
2. "The bronze quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) is a species of quoll found only in the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands of Papua New Guinea and West Papua."
This is because Papua New Guinea and Indonesia are countries in New Guinea. New Guinea is one large island surrounded by smaller ones. Roy Robert Hay (talk) 04:31, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
* We tend to list by country, and neither of those suggestions fit. The second one is better, though, and I updated with "West Papua in Indonesia". - UtherSRG (talk) 12:37, 7 February 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
National Bank of Kuwait says $473.2 mln capital hike starts Weds
DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - The subscription period for National Bank of Kuwait’s proposed capital increase will commence on Wednesday, the Gulf state’s largest commercial lender said in a bourse statement. The rights issue will be worth around 137.6 million dinars ($473.2 million) according to Reuters calculations. The subscription period will close on June 16, the bourse statement from the lender said. In March, the bank said the board of directors had agreed to raise the bank’s capital by 6.5 percent through a rights issue involving issuing 343.96 million shares at 0.4 dinars per share. The step received approval from the country’s Capital Markets Authority last month. Shares in NBK closed flat on Sunday at 0.66 dinars. ($1 = 0.2908 Kuwaiti dinars) (Reporting by Sylvia Westall and Sami Aboudi; Writing by Tom Arnold; Editing by David French) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Saturday, 5 January 2013
Fitting a Fog Light - Part 2
Well, following the problems last time with the two lights I installed being WELL below power I went out and purchased a new unit.
The new unit came from Halfords and is basically a fog light unit designed to be bolted to the underside of a cars bumper, so adding a fog light. Its an enclosed square unit including a single 12V bulb and reflector, plus a screwed down red lens.
My idea was to stick with the concept of installing a new, purpose fog light within the passenger side rear light unit. The open "centre" running light lens was a perfect position. It wouldn't detract from the brake light function, and would only enhance the running lights.
The purchased fog light unit was simple to open up. The red lens wouldn't be needed, but the reflector was needed to get the most out of the bulb. However, it was a little on the large size. Kept original it would get in the way of the running light bulb. So, simple fix. Just cut it down to size with a hack saw. This cut-down unit was then wired up with a couple of wires terminating in spade connectors and fixed to the inside of the rear unit using some double-sided foam pads (the sticky types). Bingo, one (concealed) fog light.
The wire back to the switch through the left side pontoon was used, as shown in part 1. As many people have done before I cut a hole in one of the dummy switches for a 16 amp illuminated switch, which would show when the light was on (an MOT requirement). I then needed a live feed from the headlight circuit so the fog light would only work when the headlights were on.
To add this function I tapped into the dipped beam headlight relay in the fuse box. The slot on the left-hand side at you look down from above is the one you want. I simply pushed the bare wire into the slot before re-seating the relay. I'll sort a more permanent connection if all works! It also needs an in-line fuse holder and a 10 amp fuse adding, just to make things safe.
With all connections made the last thing to do was to connect an earth from the illuminated switch to the earth (which I had now found and correctly installed) on the cigarette lighter, allowing it to light when in use.
All back together and it worked! One discreet fog light, without modifying the PCB board, or having to have an ugly light of the back of the car.
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Tom Rooney
Tom Rooney may refer to:
* Tom Rooney (actor), Canadian actor in The Day After Tomorrow
* Tom Rooney (Florida politician) (born 1970), United States Representative from Florida's 17th (and previously 16th) Congressional District
* Tom Rooney (Illinois politician) (born 1968), member of the Illinois Senate
* Tom Rooney (racing driver) (1881–1939), American racecar driver | WIKI |
The Rocky Mountains (painting)
The Rocky Mountains is an 1866 oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the German-American painter Albert Bierstadt, a painter of Westward Expansion scenes in the latter 19th century.
Description
Towering mountains are on the right and a lake is in the center; both are below a wispy, cloudy sky. | WIKI |
Storm Vivian
Vivian was one of a series of severe European windstorms in 1990. It struck large parts of Europe from 25 to 27 February 1990 and cost 64 people their lives. A few days later it was followed by windstorm Wiebke. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992 (26.5 B USD), Cyclone Daria (known as Burns' Day Storm in the UK) in January 1990 and Windstorm Lothar in 1999 (each costing c. B USD), and the Great Storm of 1987 (4.3 B USD) Vivian/Wiebke was one of the most expensive Atlantic storms in history, costing 4 B USD of insurance payments. In his report Winter storms in Europe - History from 1703 to 2012 (Winterstürme in Europa - Historie von 1703 bis 2012), Aon Benfield assessed the cost of insurance payouts for storm damage in Germany as 1.5 billion euros.
Area
Apart from Germany (15 deaths), other countries affected badly were the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
In Hamburg there were several successive storm surges. Thanks to the storms, the Rosenmontag parade in Düsseldorf was postponed until May, whilst in Cologne it went ahead with high safety precautions.
Death toll: The fatalities are given as 64 persons, the damage is estimated as ca. 1.11 billion €.
Wiebke (storm)
* From 28 February to 1 March 1990
* In central Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
* Death toll: 35 persons
* German version: Wiebke (storm)
Particularly in mountain regions, a large number of trees were damaged. (Even complete spruce and beech stands/forests). Hundreds of trees were bent or thrown like matches. Extrapolations go of 60 to 70 million cubic meters of extra "cut" wood by the storm, which corresponded to about twice the annual harvesting in Germany. | WIKI |
Habib Rehman Habib Rehman - 10 months ago 72
PHP Question
Codeigniter: Can't get session variable value from one controller to another
I have included session in autoload, and its working on all other places.
I'm having problem in retrieving session variable it return null result. While in the controller where i have set the session there it's working fine.
Here is the code where i'm setting it in else condition:
class Controller_catagory extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->model('generic_model');
$this->load->model('backend/model_post');
$this->load->model('backend/model_permissions');
}
public function index($param1='',$param2='')
{
$id=$this->generic_model->getAllRecords('dramas',array(
'drama_slug' => $param2 ),'drama_id','DESC');
// print_r($id);
if (!empty($id))
{
foreach ($id as $key)
{
$id = $key['drama_id'];
}
}
$data;
if (!empty($param1) && empty($param2))
{
$data["page"] = 'frontend/includes/view_alldramas';
$id = $this->generic_model->getAllRecords('channel',array('channel_slug' => $param1 ),'channel_id','DESC');
if (!empty($id))
{
foreach ($id as $key)
{
$id = $key['channel_id'];
$ch_slug= $data['ch_slug'] = $key['channel_slug'];
$this->session->set_userdata('ch_slug',$ch_slug);
}
}
$this->session->set_userdata('channel_capture',$id);
$data['dramas_pagination'] = $this->model_post->get_specific_channel_pagination(0,12,$id);
$data["get_dramas"]=$this->model_post->get_all_dramas();
$data['channels'] = $this->generic_model->getAllRecords('dramas', array('channel_fk' => $id ),'drama_id','DESC');
}
else
{
// The id is printing right result
echo $id;
// Here i'm setting session, if i retrieve here its working
$this->session->set_userdata('drama_episode',$id);
$data['episodes_pagination'] = $this->model_post->get_specific_post_pagination(0,12,$id);
$data["get_episodes"]=$this->model_post->get_all_dramas();
$data['dramas'] = $this->generic_model->getAllRecords('post',$arr = array(
'dramas_fk' => $id ),'id','DESC');
$data["page"] = 'frontend/includes/view_allposts';
}
$data['title'] = 'GLOBAL VIDEOS';
$data['heading'] = 'Dramas List';
$data["top"] = 'frontend/includes/top_home';
$this->load->view('frontend/index',$data);
}
}
}
Now here is another class where i'm trying to get the value of set session but its not retrieving the data and i'm getting empty record.
Note: i am doing the same thing with 'channel_capture' and i'm successfully getting its value
class Home extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct()
{
$data = array();
parent::__construct();
$this->load->model('backend/model_post');
$this->load->model('generic_model');
}
public function ajax_posts()
{
$start= $_GET['start'];
// it gives empty result here don't know why
$id = $this->session->userdata('drama_episode');
//prints nothing
echo "This key: ".$id;
$post_pagination=$this->model_post->get_specific_post_pagination($start, 12, $id);
var_dump($post_pagination);
$str='';
$base_url=base_url();
if (empty($post_pagination))
{
return false;
}
foreach($post_pagination as $post)
{
$str.= '<div class="col-lg-3 col-sm-6 col-md-4 epi_height" >';
$str.= '<a href='.$base_url.$post['slug'].'>';
$str.= '<img class="img-responsive" src='.$base_url.$post['thumbnail'].' alt="recent dramas" />';
$str.= $post['title'];
$str.= '</a>';
$str.= '</div>';
}
echo $str;
}
}
Answer
Try to set session before if else condition like:
$this->session->set_userdata('drama_episode',$id);
your if else goes here and then retrieve it. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Hartley TS16
The Hartley TS16 (Trailer Sailer 16 foot) is an Australian trailerable sailing boat that was designed in 1956 by New Zealander Richard Hartley as a day sailer and which later became a one design racer.
The design was based on a traditional New Zealand mullet fishing boat and was the first trailer sailer sailboat design built. Hartley later designed the TS18 and TS21.
Production
Most boats completed have been built by amateur builders using hand tools in residential garages and constructed of wood. Construction time is estimated at 400 hours. Later, some were commercially manufactured of fibreglass over a foam core. The boat was actually designed to fit into a garage. Construction plans are supplied by Hartley Boat Plans of Australia. About 1,800 boats have been completed.
Design
The Hartley TS16 is a recreational centreboard or bilge keel trailable yacht, built predominantly of wood, or of fibreglass over a foam core, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, originally with wooden spars and later with aluminum. The hull has a slightly raked stem, a near-vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a centreboard. It displaces 794 lb.
The boat has a draft of 4.07 ft with the centreboard extended and 9 in with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.
Operational history
A 2001 review in Australian Sailing described the design: "the boat that started the trailer-sailer movement, the Hartley 16 designed by New Zealander Richard Hartley in the early 1950s, still has good support and a very active class association in Australia. Hartley designed the boat for ease of construction in plywood with only hand tools by the home handyman. Although boats have been built professionally in fibreglass foam/sandwich, the most common way of getting on the water in a new boat is to build it in timber from the official plans..." | WIKI |
Dongnae yaryu
Dongnae yaryu is a traditional masked drama play in Korea. It has been performed for over 120 years in Oncheon-dong, Dongnae-gu. It has been named by the government of Korea - Suyeong Yaryu, as one of the Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea.
Yaryu refers to a drama performed outdoors in a field, especially in Gyeongsangnam-do province. Its main contents are satire and criticism towards commoners and noblemen. The Dongnae yaryu tradition was long maintained by Ohgwangdae, a professional theatre troupe.
Tradition
The Dongnae yaryu is traditionally performed on the night of the 15th day of the New Year according to the Lunar calendar. The dance is a prayer for the prosperity of farming and for peace, although it the present day, the dance is performed more for the fun than for the spiritual aspects.
The Dongnae yaryu celebration was suspended in 1937; it was then reorganized in 1950.
Procedures
At the beginning of the new year, a music group is organised by people in town to visit houses and collect money from the rich. When the festival day comes, people gather together at bridge (busan bridge, buma bridge) for a costume parade to the place where the yaryu is performed.
The parade is led by the character "Nongjang", followed by other characters and bands. When the parade arrives at the performance site, people in town color their face with Chinese ink or put on masks and dance together. The masks are typically made from gourds or leather, covered with traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees and colored with paint. | WIKI |
World War I Christmas Truce!
On Christmas Eve 1914 on the Western Front, British soldiers heard German troops in the opposite trenches singing carols. They soon joined in with the singing, and both sides shouted “Merry Christmas” to each other between the trenches. At the first light of dawn on Christmas Day, British and German soldiers met across no-man’s land. At first, it was feared by Allied soldiers that it was a trick, but this was diffused when it was clear that the German soldiers were unarmed. Second lieutenant Duggan Chater wrote back home: “I think I have seen one of the most extraordinary sights today that anyone has ever seen. About ten o’clock this morning I was peeping over the parapet when I saw a German waving his arms, and presently two of them got out of their trenches and some came toward ours. We were just going to fire on them when we saw they had no rifles, so one of our own men went out to meet them and in about two minutes the ground between the two lines of trenches was swarming with men and officers of both sides, shaking hands and wishing each other a happy Christmas.” The soldiers who had previously been shooting at each other now shook hands, exchanged gifts of cigarettes and chocolate, buried their dead, and even played a game of football. This ceasefire was not observed everywhere on the Western Front, with fighting continuing elsewhere on Christmas Day. Some officers were unhappy with the truce and worried that it would undermine their soldiers’ fighting spirits. The truce came just five months after the outbreak of war in Europe and was one of the last times that the outdated notion of chivalry between enemies would be observed. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Investors Chronicle
The result was nomination withdrawn. NAC. JulesH (talk) 22:39, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Investors Chronicle
* ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)
* Delete - Non-notable "investment" magazine. NJGW (talk) 16:47, 12 February 2009 (UTC) Withdrawn, see my last comment below. NJGW (talk) 20:51, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* Keep. Not sure what's with the scare quotes as this magazine, run by the Financial Times, is quite clearly about investment. We're talking about a publication which has been produced on a weekly basis for nearly 150 years. Clearly, over this long history, there have been plenty of sources written about it, although finding them between the hundreds of sources that simply quote text out of it will be time consuming. One useful source would probably be this biography of Brendan Bracken, a former owner of the magazine. Other sources include Temple First Steps in Shares, Michie The London Stock Exchange and other books similar to these two. JulesH (talk) 21:03, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
* This may be the case, but it has to be established with sources. I nominated it because it is very similar to the MoneyWeek article, a publication which is on WP's blacklist for spam. They seem to have the same scope, but this one has less circulation... so if that one's not notable this one may be less so. If you can find sources that's good. The history may be the only interesting thing about it. If no sources showing true notability can be found though, perhaps it should simply be merged into Financial Times. NJGW (talk) 04:24, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* Keep Money Week is on the blacklist for spam because so many spammers link to it, not because it isn't notable. (And actually, perhaps we should reconsider it, because it also has suitable material for non-spammers as well. We should instead go after individual mis-use.) They are notable, and so is this. A 33,000 circulation in the uK is v. substantial for a publication of this sort, & equivalent to a larger circulation in the US--they are essentially different spheres of the world in this respect. If we're going to go my comparisons, the largest 5 or 10 publications in each subject area in each individual country should have articles. DGG (talk) 04:38, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* OK then, let's have some sources besides just the circulation numbers. Something needs to establish that this warrants it's own article. NJGW (talk) 04:41, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* By the way, according to one source, I added circulation was once twice as high. - Mgm|(talk) 09:23, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* Keep Article meets WP:BK criterion #1. - Mgm|(talk) 09:28, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* Does BK apply only to books? This isn't a book. NJGW (talk) 17:20, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* Keep A Financial Times publication, into which judging from the website a lot of work and attention has been put. --Mr Accountable (talk) 09:52, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* Speedy Keep The nomination has obviously fails WP:BEFORE. Colonel Warden (talk) 14:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* The current refs which have been found are still only tell us about the circulation, a few lines about history, and are directly covering the parent company. Still no direct coverage of this topic has been shown. I was going to withdraw this nom when I saw more refs had been found, but when I read them I saw that they are not yet convincing. Suggest you also look over the article and read it's refs and decide for yourself if they are really enough. NJGW (talk) 17:20, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* How is an article with the headline "'Investors Chronicle' put on sale by Pearson" not about the subject? And notability is an attribute of the article subject, not of the article as it currently exists. Looking over the article is not the way to determine notabilty; looking for sources, such as these and these is. Please don't ask me to identify specific sources amongst those. I'm not going to read them all to identify exactly how many thousand of them are independent and reliable and have significant coverage, because it's just as easy for you to do that as it is for me. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:08, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* Have you read the three books I gave details of above? Sure, they may be about other topics, but they do include non-trivial coverage of this magazine while doing so. JulesH (talk) 20:33, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
* The other sources before didn't assert notability, but this one does. I have withdrawn the nomination. NJGW (talk) 20:51, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
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Brinell scale
The Brinell scale characterizes the indentation hardness of materials through the scale of penetration of an indenter, loaded on a material test-piece. It is one of several definitions of hardness in materials science.
History
Proposed by Swedish engineer Johan August Brinell in 1900, it was the first widely used and standardised hardness test in engineering and metallurgy. The large size of indentation and possible damage to test-piece limits its usefulness. However, it also had the useful feature that the hardness value divided by two gave the approximate UTS in ksi for steels. This feature contributed to its early adoption over competing hardness tests.
Test details
The typical test uses a 10 mm diameter steel ball as an indenter with a 3000 kgf force. For softer materials, a smaller force is used; for harder materials, a tungsten carbide ball is substituted for the steel ball. The indentation is measured and hardness calculated as:
* $$\operatorname{BHN}=\frac{2P}{\pi D \left(D-\sqrt{D^2-d^2}\right)}$$
where:
* BHN = Brinell Hardness Number (kgf/mm$2$)
* P = applied load in kilogram-force (kgf)
* D = diameter of indenter (mm)
* d = diameter of indentation (mm)
Brinell hardness is sometimes quoted in megapascals; the Brinell hardness number is multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity, 9.80665 m/s2, to convert it to megapascals.
The Brinell hardness number can be correlated with the ultimate tensile strength (UTS), although the relationship is dependent on the material, and therefore determined empirically. The relationship is based on Meyer's index (n) from Meyer's law. If Meyer's index is less than 2.2 then the ratio of UTS to BHN is 0.36. If Meyer's index is greater than 2.2, then the ratio increases.
The Brinell hardness is designated by the most commonly used test standards (ASTM E10-14 and ISO 6506–1:2005) as HBW (H from hardness, B from brinell and W from the material of the indenter, tungsten (wolfram) carbide). In former standards HB or HBS were used to refer to measurements made with steel indenters.
HBW is calculated in both standards using the SI units as
* $$\operatorname{HBW}=0.102 \frac{2F}{\pi D \left(D-\sqrt{D^2-d^2}\right)}$$
where:
* F = applied load (newtons)
* D = diameter of indenter (mm)
* d = diameter of indentation (mm)
Common values
When quoting a Brinell hardness number (BHN or more commonly HB), the conditions of the test used to obtain the number must be specified. The standard format for specifying tests can be seen in the example "HBW 10/3000". "HBW" means that a tungsten carbide (from the chemical symbol for tungsten or from the Spanish/Swedish/German name for tungsten, "Wolfram") ball indenter was used, as opposed to "HBS", which means a hardened steel ball. The "10" is the ball diameter in millimeters. The "3000" is the force in kilograms force.
The hardness may also be shown as XXX HB YYD2. The XXX is the force to apply (in kgf) on a material of type YY (5 for aluminum alloys, 10 for copper alloys, 30 for steels). Thus a typical steel hardness could be written: 250 HB 30D2. It could be a maximum or a minimum.
Standards
* International (ISO) and European (CEN) Standard
* US standard (ASTM International)
* US standard (ASTM International)
* US standard (ASTM International)
* US standard (ASTM International)
* US standard (ASTM International) | WIKI |
Detect Stale Network, Windows or a Linux devices
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Is there a way to detect if a Network, Windows or a Linux devices are not able to ingest logs in the last 24 hrs into Sentinel.So that we investigate of any issues.
We have a mix of Windows, Linux, CEF and SYSLog devices.
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@rodtrentI can't find any thing the workbook for stale devices.
@MalliBoppe If you have the Microsoft Monitoring agent installed on these devices you can always check the heartbeat to see if they have alive. While this is not 100% accurate it should give you a good idea.
For items like Syslog / CEF you would can check to see when the last data was ingested to see if those servers are working (which, I believe, it what Rod Trent was stating in his post). To see if the machines that populate your Syslog / CEF servers are pushing data you would need to have a list of all the systems that should be pushing data (I would suggest storing this in a blob so you can use the extern command) and then comparing that list against what is currently being ingested to see which ones are not actually pushing data.
This post talks more about the extern data command: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sentinel/using-external-data-sources-to-enrich-network-... | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Boxlight and CrisisGo Partner to Strengthen School Safety with Integrated Emergency Notification and Response Solutions
DULUTH, Ga., April 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL)— recognized as one of the top ed-tech companies in the world for innovative solutions that enhance communication and collaboration in educational institutions and businesses—and CrisisGo, one of the industry’s most comprehensive safety and emergency management platform, announce a strategic integration between Boxlight’s ATTENTION! campus and safety communication ecosystem and CrisisGo Safety iResponse via its Safety Forge Program.
This collaboration strengthens emergency notification and response in K-12 schools, ensuring staff and students receive critical safety alerts with speed and clarity. With this integration, emergency notification and response can be initiated by either Boxlight’s ATTENTION! using FrontRow Conductor—a powerful IP-based school communication platform for bells, paging, intercom, PA, emergency alerting, and device management and control— or CrisisGo’s Safety iResponse.
Additionally, silent alert triggers embedded in FrontRow Action! Teacher Microphones, the myFrontRow mobile app, and FrontRow control panels allow staff to discreetly signal emergencies, initiating an immediate CrisisGo alert and response. This multi-layered notification approach guarantees that schools can react faster, coordinate better, and maintain safer environments.
"At Boxlight, our mission is to maximize learning, simplify communication, and elevate safety in schools. Through our partnership with CrisisGo, we are reducing emergency response time and increasing situational awareness. What makes this integration especially impactful is its bi-directional —either systems can trigger critical alerts and communicate across devices, creating a truly synchronized safety ecosystem. This collaboration represents a meaningful advancement in how schools can prepare for and respond to emergencies," Boxlight Director of Marketing Demetrius Handelih said.
CrisisGo provides a comprehensive school safety and emergency management platform designed to empower districts with proactive safety solutions. Key capabilities include:
Real-time alerting & crisis communication – instantly notify staff, first responders, and key stakeholders.
Threat and behavior management – support early intervention and proactive safety measures.
Reunification & student accountability – ensure seamless student tracking during emergencies.
Visitor management & security assessments – enhance school entry security and operational safety.
Anonymous tip reporting – encourage a culture of vigilance with discreet safety reporting.
"Through our Safety Forge Program, we are bringing together top-tier technology providers to create a safer learning environment. By integrating CrisisGo with ATTENTION!, we enable schools to ensure instant, clear communication during critical moments—empowering educators and protecting students when every second counts," CrisisGo General Manager Chris Vuillaume said.
To further support schools districts in funding safety projects, Boxlight offers the Grant Assistance Program, a free grant writing service to help secure federal or state safety-related grants.
About Boxlight Corporation
Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) is a leading provider of interactive technology solutions under its award-winning brands Clevertouch®, FrontRow™ and Mimio®. The Company aims to improve engagement and communication in diverse business and education environments. Boxlight develops, sells, and services its integrated solution suite including interactive displays, collaboration software, audio solutions, supporting accessories, and professional services. For more information about Boxlight and the Boxlight story, visit http://www.boxlight.com and http://www.clevertouch.com and https://www.gofrontrow.com.
About CrisisGo
Since 2013, CrisisGo has been at the forefront of K-12 school safety, offering an integrated emergency and safety management platform that enhances school security. With real-time alerting, incident management, visitor management, behavioral threat intervention, and reunification tools, CrisisGo provides schools, districts, and organizations with a holistic safety solution. Through CrisisGo’s Safety Forge Program, the company partners with leading technology providers to build a comprehensive safety ecosystem that delivers smarter, faster emergency response. To learn more about CrisisGo, visit www.crisisgo.com.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250403986141/en/
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Media Contact marketing@boxlight.com +1 360-464-2119
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John Hillebrand
John Hillebrand is an Australian former tennis player who was active from the late 1950s until the early 1970s. He also is a songwriter whose hymn, God Will Guide You Home, was translated into the Cheyenne language (Tsisinstsistots). He is currently living in San Pedro, California. He had played Dale Jensen in a London tournament in 1962, and upon arriving in California called him. He wanted help to relocate to Southern California. Dale arranged for him to immediately play a senior tournament in Costa Mesa, where he met Dr. Jim Pugh, a dentist and tennis player. They immediately became good friends. Jim sponsored John into the United States, and had him teach his son, Jim Pugh, age 10, who went on to become the top world ranked doubles player in 1989. John's best finish in a Grand Slam tournament came in 1963, when he reached the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open with partner Peter McPherson.
Player
In the first round at Wimbledon in 1963, he defeated John Newcombe in five sets with the score 14–12, 9–7, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3. Arthur Ashe then defeated him 5–7, 7–5, 11–9, 3–6, 6–3 in the second round.
In 1964, Hillebrand and partner Clive Brebnor reached the men's doubles final of the British Hard Court Championships, where they lost to Cliff Drysdale and Keith Diepraam in straight sets.
Hillebrand had wins either in singles or doubles against Frank Sedgman, Neale Fraser, Rex Hartwig, John Newcombe, Tony Roche, Paul McNamee, Peter McNamara, Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan, and Jaroslav Drobny. He also has wins over Davis Cup players Mark Cox (GB), Roger Taylor (GB), Keith Diepraam (South Africa), Beppi Merlo (Italy), Pierre Barthes (Fr), Daniel Contet (Fr), Micah Dubitsky (Israel), Andres Licis (Poland), Christian Kuhnke (Germany), Juan Gisbert (Spain), and Nikki Pilic (Yugoslavia). Singles tournaments he won include Monte Carlo, Chapel Allerton, Sutton Coalfield, Eastbourne, Hoylake, St. Annes-On-Sea, and Israel. He won the Irish International Doubles Championship with Warren Jacques in 1961. As a junior, Hillebrand won the Victorian Under 19 Clay Court Singles Championships three years in a row. Up until that time, it had only been done once, by Neale Fraser. Hillebrand also won the Tasmanian State Under 19 Singles Championships in 1957. After retirement as a player, Hillebrand captained the winning "A" pennant team of Liston/Esplanade to the Premiership of Melbourne, Victoria in 1966.
Coach
As a coach he taught Jim Pugh from a 10 year old to number 1 in men's doubles in 1989. He also coached his wife (now ex) Charleen to 123 National US senior titles. Later on he became the director of the Australian School of Tennis in San Pedro, California. | WIKI |
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52 Nuggy Polk had closed his eyes, as if on the point of going to sleep.
"Came from Richmond to 'Frisco, an' from 'Frisco here," was the unsteady answer. "'Bout four months ago—came on mail steamer. Going to China—do the country in 'bout six weeks, and then go home again. This don't suit at all. Richmond is good enough for me."
"I suppose you'll have a good deal of work to do in China for your company."
"A little, lieutenant. You see, I don't believe in killing myself with labor." Nuggy Polk tried to laugh, but the effort only ended in a hiccough. "Main object is to find a man named Bartlett, a fellow who owns a little block of stock in our concern."
"Going to buy him out?"
"You've struck the head on the nail—I mean— er—the nail on the nai—no, the nail on the—the head—yes, the head. Don't want Bartlett in the company any more. He'll make too much money if he stays in." And Nuggy Polk gave a chuckle.
"Supposing this Bartlett won't sell out?"
"He's got to, or we'll—er—we'll squeeze him, same as we did the others." | WIKI |
Finding number of zeros from MSB and down to first non-zero
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Finding number of zeros from MSB and down to first non-zero
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I need to find number of zeros from MSB and down to first non-zero bit.
Ideally I'd like to do it without looping. In the code below I certainly loop.
However, is there an assembly instruction that could do this faster? Since arithmetic shifts are done in a barrel shifter (I think), in one cycle, I thought - maybe.
// # sign bit is BIT31, not interesting
// #1111111 11111111 11111111 11111111
// 0 returned
// #0000000 11111111 11111111 11111111
// 1234567 7 returned
// #0000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
// 1234567 89012345 67890123 45678901 31 returned
unsigned Get_Num_High_ZeroBits (const signed unsigned_31bits) { // Only [BIT30..BIT0] are valid
unsigned ibit;
xassert (unsigned_31bits >= 0);
if (unsigned_31bits == 0) { // separate test to avoid looping forever below
ibit = 0; // To return 31 as max
} else {
ibit = 30; // To return 0 as min after the final inc
while ((unsigned_31bits bitand (1<<ibit)) == 0) { // 1 << 30 sets BIT30
ibit--;
}
ibit++; // final inc to avoid doing an (ibit-1) inside the loop
}
return (31-ibit);
}
void Test_Get_Num_High_ZeroBits (void) {
/* Test passed:
zb 0
zb 7
zb 31
*/
signed val;
val = 0x7FFFFFFF; // Sign bit only is zero, so it's still positive
debug_print_special ("zb %u\n", Get_Num_High_ZeroBits (val)); // 0
val = 0x00FFFFFF;
debug_print_special ("zb %u\n", Get_Num_High_ZeroBits (val)); // 7
val = 0x00000000;
debug_print_special ("zb %u\n", Get_Num_High_ZeroBits (val)); // 31
}
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Count Leading Zeros - CLZ instruction - accessed via clz() from xclib.h.
XS3 (xcore.ai) also has Count Leading Sign (CLS). This isnt actually in xclib.h yet for some reason. Here’s a function for cls() that uses CLS instruction on xs3 and CLZ twice on xs2 to provide the same result.
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#include <xs1.h>
#include <xclib.h>
static inline int cls(int idata)
{
int x;
#if __XS3A__
asm volatile("cls %0, %1" : "=r"(x) : "r"(idata));
#else
x = (clz(idata) + clz(~idata));
#endif
return x;
}
Note, neither of these instructions are in XS1.
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Ross, THANK YOU! I will certainly test this tomorrow! Thank you again! Øyvind
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It worked of course! For my function I had to subtract by 1, since I don't want the sign bit to count.
In the "Assembly Programming Manual" it says that "clz | d,s | Count leading zeros" and nothing more, so doing this twice I do not understand.
// clz(00000000 11111111 11111111 11111111) is 8 +
// clz(11111111 00000000 00000000 00000000) is 0 =
// some number + zero = some number always?
So I removed the second clz(compl) and it seems to work as explected. What's the catch?
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x = (clz(idata) + clz(~idata)); results in the same result as Count Leading Sign - not something you asked for but provided for completeness.
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Ok, I see in https://www.xmos.com/download/The-XMOS- ... ecture.pdf I read (with some text of mine added, related to the code example above), from pp 17, 90 and 92:
bwp = (is the number of bits in a word = 32)
s = (source = idata)
d = (destination = num_zero_bits)
CLS count leading signbits
Counts the number of leading sign bits in s If the s is zero, then bpw is produced.
The instruction can never produce 0 as there is always at least one sign-bit.
This instruction can be used to efficiently compute the headroom of signed integers.
count leading signbits - assuming that s is negative so that we see the sign (=1) bits
CLS | 32, if s=0 (all 32 bits are zero)
| 32, if s=-1 (all bits seem to be sign bits, error return I assume)
| d:lowestd:s[bit bpw−1−d]!=s[bpw−1], (??)
otherwise leading signbits (number of ones down to first 0)
CLZ Count leading zeros
Counts the number of leading zero bits in its operand. If the operand is zero, then bpw is produced. If the operand starts with a ’1’ bit (ie, a negative signed integer, or a large un- signed integer), then 0 is produced. This instruction can be used to efficiently normalise integers.
count leading - assuming that s is positive so that we "see" the zeros
CLZ | 32, if s=0 (all 32 bits are zero)
| d : lowest d : s[bit bpw − 1 − d] = 1, (??)
otherwise zeros (number of zeros down to first 1)
I assume that this has to do with the fact that if a negative int32_t with one sign bit (1), if arithmetic shifted >> down 8 positions, would have nine sign bits, where it could also be treated as an int24_t with the sign bit in its 24 bits leftmost position? This also goes for the number of sign bits of a positive, with one vs. nine sign bits (0) - but these sign bits aren't "visible" out of context.
So aren't these instructions "othognal" meaning one cannot be derived from the other? I mean number of zeros vs. number of ones!? Like why CLS(idata) is the same as CLZ(idata)+CLZ(compl idata). Of course the compl makes zeros visible!?
But I must admit, I would certainly like to have this fed to me with a teaspoon.. There must be quite some facts that I have twisted my brain wrongly with here!
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Sign bits are not always 1, they can be 0 - indicating a positive number. Does that help? I.e. CLS will return the length of the first run of 0's or 1's from the MSB.
This is why cls(0) and cls(-1) are both 32.
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As also indicated in my rather too wordly text (sorry) - yes I have known for some years that sign bits can be zero(s), sir :-)
But the second part certainly helped! That CLS counts the number of bits downward depending on the value of BIT31:
1. If BIT31 is 1 it counts the number of 1's to the first 0
2. If BIT31 is 0 it counts the number of 0's to the first 1
So point 1 is the same as CLZ(compl idata) and point 2 the same as CLZ(idata). So when you do the add of them, one of the parts will always be zero.
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aclassifier wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:18 pm yes I have known for some years that sign bits can be zero(s), sir :-)
Sorry! ;)
aclassifier wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 3:18 pm So point 1 is the same as CLZ(compl idata) and point 2 the same as CLZ(idata). So when you do the add of them, one of the parts will always be zero.
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Yes, one side of this addition will always be 0.
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Thank you Ross! I am so grateful for the fact that you did feed me with teaspoons, as I wanted! I do understand your small overfeeding!-)
But I haven't really done much assembly coding since well back in the last millennium (https://www.teigfam.net/oyvind/home/tec ... ault-0x05/) so this was really great!
And since I do this bit banging https://www.xcore.com/viewtopic.php?t=8595 it's so good to not waste cycles in a loop when not needed. I try to do some AGC here.
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Salt: `qvm.exists` as a state requisite (`unless`) howto?
In my salted setup I am trying to use (on dom0) unless analogous to what is shown for file.file_exists in the salt documentation:
# Ensure presence of dedicated named dispVM - not currently achievable using the qvm.vm state 20240108
Ensure presence of dedicated named dispVM:
cmd.run:
- name: qvm-create --class DispVM --template={{ dflt_dvm_tmplt }} --label red named-{{ dflt_dvm_tmplt }}
- unless:
- fun: qvm.exists
name: named-{{ dflt_dvm_tmplt }}
This, however, produces an error, that culminates in
KeyError: 'qvm.exists'
Any pointers on what’s wrong and how to fix that?
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Because it invokes qvm-create, I assume this state is applied in dom0?
If that’s the case, I would expect the qvm.exists function to be found… so I don’t know.
Side note: Given the error message, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t matter, but you’ve got a double space in the -fun: qvm.exists line.
Sorry I should have mentioned it from the start, but yes, this is run in dom0. Fixed above.
The double space is for esthetic reasons and indeed tests as irrelevant.
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In this particular example, you could use the command qvm.present directly instead of cmd.run. It will automatically detect the qube’s presence and not create it twice if it’s already there.
Edit: as for the unless requisite, it only accepts commands that you can use on the command line as arguments, such as qvm-ls. Correction: it also accepts modules, see unman’s answer below.
Unless is fine. But you have to use a module that actually exists.
This is what the error message is telling you.
What you are probably looking for is qvm.check:
- unless:
- fun: qvm.check
args:
- named-{{ dflt_dvm_tmplt }}
- exists
but far better is to use qvm.present instead of that call to cmd.run
qvm.present only creates qube if it is missing.
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Thank you! for that solution! Where would I look up what module any call lets say from this list actually belongs (for future reference)?
And: My infrastructure uses a looped state like this
Assure presence of {{ ca }}:
qvm.vm:
- name: {{ ca }}
- present:
- template: {{ cstm_appvms[ca]['template']|default(dflt_tmplt) }}
- label: {{ cstm_appvms[ca]['label']|default(dflt_lbl) }}
- features:
- set:
- appmenus-dispvm: {{ cstm_appvms[ca]['appmenus-dispvm']|default('0') }}
- menu-items: {{ cstm_appvms[ca]['menu-items']|default(dflt_menu_items) }}
- provides_network: {{ cstm_appvms[ca]['provides_network']|default('False') }}
- template_for_dispvms: {{ cstm_appvms[ca]['template_for_dispvms']|default('False') }}
I was unable to get that construct to accept any --class DispVM equivalent that I require to create the named dispVM using the cmd.run call above - how would that work? I’m more than happy to (re)integrate the generation of the named dispVM back into the general solution…
Those are states - the modules can be found in the repository you linked under
_modules, and in dom0 under /srv/salt/_modules/ext_module_qvm.py
For a disposable you need to specify the disposable template as value
for template - then:
testit:
qvm.vm:
- name: test-disp
- present:
- class: DispVM
- template: test
- label: purple
where test is a disposable template
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This is driving me crazy. Why is this not working?
Shutdown built-dvm:
cmd.run:
- name: qvm-run-vm {{ build_dvm }} -- sudo shutdown now
- unless:
- fun: qvm.halted
args:
- {{ build_dvm }}
As far as I can tell, the qvm.halted bit is a module equivalent to what @unman is using above…
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Skënder Rizaj
Skënder Rizaj (Serbian: Скендер Ризај, Skender Rizaj) (14 March 1930 – 28 November 2021) was a Kosovar Albanian scholar and historian born in Peja, Kingdom of Yugoslavia). He specialised in the Ottoman period of Balkan's history.
Career
Rizaj earned his BA in History from Skopje University in 1956 and his doctorate from Sarajevo University in 1965. He was one of the founders of the Department of History at the University of Pristina, where he taught from 1965 until he retired in 1987. Additionally, he also worked as a Special Consultant for Turkish State Archives in Istanbul from 1989 to 1990. In 2010, Rizaj was awarded the title of as "Educator Emeritus" by the Kosovan government.
Works
Rizaj undertook extensive research in Turkish Archives in Istanbul, and the British Library in London. During his studies, he mastered Serbian language, Ottoman Turkish, as well as modern Turkish language and English. He has written extensively on Albanian history, with an emphasis on Kosovo. His research provided ample scientific material to produce several books, the most prominent being his 1982 book "Kosovo during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries" in which he emphasizes that Kosovo was dominated by ethnic Albanians during and after the Middle Ages,
He also wrote a university textbook " History of the New Era (1453-1789)", published in 1985.
Publications
Rizaj's most notable publications include:
* Mining in Kosovo and surrounding regions from the 15th to 17th Centuries (Doctoral Dissertation), Pristina, 1968
* The Albanian League of Prizren in English Documents, 1878-1881, Pristina, 1978
* Kosovo during the 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries, Rilindja Publishing, Pristina, 1982
* History of New Era 1453-1789, University of Pristina Textbook, 1985
* The Albanians and the Serbs in Kosovo, Zeri i Rinise Publishing, Pristina, 1991
* Kosova and Albanians, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Pristina, 1992
* Kosova, Albanians and Turks, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Yayinevi Publishing, Istanbul, Turkey, 1993
* English Documents on the Albanian League of Prizren and the start of the Disintegration of the Balkans, 1877-1885, Pristina, 1996
* The Albanian's Historical Right to Self-Determination, Pristina, 2005
* The Falsifications of Serbian Historiography, Pristina, 2006 | WIKI |
Shogun wants to help businesses easily build a better online storefront – TechCrunch
Finbarr Taylor and Nick Raushenbush had started a little side project that was making just about enough money to keep the site’s lights on while they were working on their next plans. Then, a few months later, Shogun — a tool to help small businesses build shopfronts for sites like Shopify — started making a bit more. After a few months, it went from a nice dinner to a solid contributions to a savings account, and then enough to pay for a real salary. That’s when Taylor and Raushenbush, who had started Shogun as a side project, realized that though it took a while to get rolling, people were signing up and using it and were actually paying for it. That’s why the two decided to start working on Shogun full-time, which is now looking to expand beyond to a general-purpose storefront for businesses trying to get online. Shogun is coming out of Y Combinator’s 2018 winter class. “It was starting to take more free time, every morning and every night I was doing more support,” Taylor said. It was significant enough to the point where we said, ‘this isn’t something that is just a side business. We think that this actually is a startup.’ When we came to the [Y Combinator] interview, it was a pretty compelling case of this startup that had dug itself back up from the dead.” Shogun boils down to an easy-to-use page editor that allows small businesses to build an online storefront. It plugs directly into Shopify and other eCommerce services, and lets nontechnical owners or founders get their products online in a simple and appealing way for consumers. Rather than just going through a platform like, say, Amazon, a tool like this — borne from the frustration of Taylor and Raushenbush working with nontechnical folks needing to edit a page — would allow those businesses to do something more customized. That does mean, of course, that it’s going to be competing with design services like Webflow, but Taylor said that it is trying to orient itself toward nontechnical users rather than more developer-centric tools. While Shogun had basically been making enough money to pay the bills — to the point that it might have made sense to just keep rolling and maybe take on some new financing down the line — the two still decided to go through Y Combinator to get access to the advice for what Taylor calls “course correction.” Rather than just moving forward with what they thought was the best idea, Taylor and Raushenbush wanted access to the firm’s network to basically tell them, no, that’s a dumb idea, and try this instead. Shogun at its heart is a page builder, and that’s what the original target was as the pair started pitching it around to agencies (Raushenbush had some experience in the video creative side as well). And it was generally well-received, but it was to the point that the feedback was the service was great for something like Shopify — and not much else. The pair just left the lights on for it and continued to explore other things, but that use case turned out to be much bigger than anticipated and methodically grew into something that could actually morph into a real business. In April last year, the two decided to work on it full-time, and begin looking beyond just Shopify. “It’s at all different levels,” Taylor said. “It’s for some entrepreneurs, for some just starting out, and even for some with established businesses. They want to customize their storefront. The only option for them to do that is to hire a developer to make custom pages. We come in and say, they can one click install this app, and they can drag and drop really beautiful, custom, seamless pages that integrated perfectly with the rest of their eCommerce store.” | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
ARCANNA Explained Part I – Event clustering
ARCANNA (Automated Root Cause Analysis Neural Network Assisted) is an open-source Elasticsearch plugin which enables us to automatically detect the root cause of an issue across the entire infrastructure stack by making use of supervised machine learning.
ARCANNA is made up of 3 modules, each playing a critical role in the final output:
• Clustering the events
• Determining the probable root cause
• User-provided feedback
In this article we will take a closer look at the first of these 3 modules: event clustering.
What clustering is
Event clustering is an algorithm used in Machine Learning and data mining in order to group together events which have similar characteristics. More specifically, the algorithm determines a number of clusters to which it assigns the available data depending on similarities between them.
In order to do this we make use of the infrastructure topology and dependencies between devices and applications, in addition to the characteristics, to determine in which cluster an event should go.
How it works
In ARCANNA’s case the theory of clustering still holds just that the words mean different things:
• Data events refers to alerts generated by the infrastructure
• The clusters are represented by groups of devices, applications or services
• The characteristics by which the clusters are formed are things like role (switch, server, application), positioning (geographically or in the infrastructure topology), vendor or any other characteristic that the algorithm determines to be valid
As data is being processed the alerts are enriched based on topology correlation and new fields are added with additional information such as the host, error code and so on. These fields will also indicate which cluster of entities the alert is part of as well as a hierarchical positioning with regards to the topology.
Let’s look at an example.
Our sales team which is using a CRM application hosted on the organization’s private cloud can no longer log in.
As data starts streaming into the Elastic Stack in the form of alerts, unsuccessful login attempts, high latency, error codes and so on, ARCANNA begins to analyze these events to determine which characteristics can be used to create clusters of events.
Once the clusters are defined the events will be enriched with additional fields with information regarding the cluster that they are part of and their position in the hierarchy of the topology. The characteristics themselves are determined based on the events that come in. If several events are related to computers running Microsoft Windows 10 for example those computers will, most likely, be clustered together, similarly, if several alerts with regard to high latency are reported from multiple network devices they will also, most likely, be clustered together.
Why use clustering though?
Event clustering is a simple but very efficient solution to a big problem for IT teams nowadays. With infrastructures growing both horizontally (with the addition of new devices) as well as vertically (with the addition of new technologies such as containers) it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine which alerts are related to which problem.
Similarly because so many devices, applications and services are interconnected if one fails several begin to crash resulting in overlapping alerts and notifications. This means a lot of noise that has to be dealt with and a lot of time spent to find the underlying cause.
By clustering the events we can begin to see which events are more likely to be related to our problem essentially reducing the number of false-positive alerts that we have to look at. Going back to our example it is much simpler to check only the users’ computers running Windows 10 or only the application, rather than starting to engage several teams in order to determine what needs to be fixed.
In part II of our article we will look at how ARCANNA goes further down the rabbit hole to determine the probable root cause of issues with the help of neural networks.
For more information on ARCANNA visit this page or check this video from Elastic{ON} New York 2019. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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How to Clean the Speed Sensor on a Vehicle
by Edna Jackson
Speed sensors are part of a vehicle's anti-lock braking system (ABS). The speed sensors are designed to convey data regarding the speed of the vehicle to the in-car ABS computer system. The sensors are magnetic, and this makes them attract dust and debris. The various components of the speed sensors can gather dirt from the road and from the dust that is generated by constant sharp braking. Speed sensors need to be cleaned on a regular basis to avoid damaging the anti-lock braking system.
Step 1
Prepare the area by gathering all materials and placing them within reach. If you need to wear overalls and a face mask to protect from dust, do so at this point.
Step 2
Lift up the front of the car, and place it on the jack stands. Place wheel blocks around the rear wheels. Take the lug wrench, and remove the wheel by unscrewing each nut. Place the wheel in a safe place.
Step 3
Locate the sensor, and decide whether it is an open or disguised sensor. Look for the reference ring; if you can see it to the rear of the brake rotor, then this is an open sensor. Hidden or disguised sensors can be located within the differential housing. This type of sensor does not require regular cleaning or maintenance, as they are hidden away from excess dirt and dust.
Step 4
Take the wrench, and unfasten the sensor. Detach it from the bracket carefully. Pay particular attention to the wires surrounding the housing, as carelessness could cause damage to the wires.
Step 5
Spray the rag with degreaser. Clean the sensor gently, paying careful attention to the top of the sensor, as this is the most sensitive part.
Step 6
Spray the brush with degreaser solution, and carefully remove any dirt from the reference ring. Thoroughly clean in between the holes and crevices of the reference ring, until it is free of debris.
Step 7
Place the sensor back in the housing bracket, and put the wheel back. Secure the wheel using the wrench. Each sensor will have to be cleaned; clean the sensor on the other front wheel.
Step 8
Lower the vehicle and remove the jacks, make sure that all the wheels have been replaced securely.
Repeat the process on the rear wheel sensors.
Tip
• If the anti-lock brake system has been having problems, due to the dirt on the sensors, take the car for a 10-minute drive to make sure that the sensors are working correctly. If they are still causing problems, take the car to a specialist to identify the problem.
Items you will need
• Jack
• Jack stands
• Wheel blocks
• Lug wrench
• Wrench
• Clean soft rag
• Degreaser spray
• Stiff, non-metallic brush
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Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
The Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (Craobh Sinsear Iomána Átha Cliath) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1887 for the top hurling clubs in County Dublin, Ireland.
Sixteen clubs compete. Initially the teams are divided into four groups of four with the group matches being played from April to May with a break to accommodate the All-Ireland Championship and resume during August or September. The group stage is followed by a knock-out phase which takes place during the months of October and November.
Sponsored by Go-Ahead, it is therefore officially known as the Go-Ahead Dublin Senior Hurling Championship.
Since the establishment of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship in 1887, a total of 26 clubs have won the tournament. Faughs have been the most successful club having won 31 titles.
Na Fianna are the title holders.
Origins
The game of hurling has been played in Dublin long since before the foundation of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship and the GAA. According to Irish historian James Ware (1594–1666), it was customary in the 13th century for the inhabitants of Dublin to organise hurling matches on festive days. On Easter Monday 1209, hundreds of Dublin citizens left the safety of the city walls and descended on the woods near Cullenswood, now Ranelagh, for a hurling match. Tragically, the hurlers and spectators were ambushed by rival clans who had come down from the Wicklow Mountains. Over three hundred Dubliners (including women and children) were slaughtered in the 1209 Cullenswood massacre. This day was commemorated by the citizens of Dublin for many centuries afterwards and became known as Black Monday.
Other early written accounts of hurling matches in Dublin include several 18th century newspaper reports. According to these reports, the most popular hurling venues in Dublin at that time were the Crumlin Commons, Irishtown Green and Phoenix Park. One such account recalls a match which took place on the Crumlin Commons in May 1748, where a selection of hurlers from Leinster defeated 20 hurlers from Munster. In a re-match a month later, the Leinster hurlers proved their worth by beating the Munster selection for a second time. Another report describes a hurling match which took place on Irishtown Green in 1757. The game was held between married men and bachelors for a wager of 50 guineas a side. The tradition of a 'married versus singles' hurling match is still staged by many Dublin hurling clubs on St. Stephen's Day. In 1778, police officers dispersed a crowd on Summerhill that had assembled in the fields there every Sunday during the summer for the purpose of playing football and hurling. It is believed that this was the exact spot where Croke Park now stands. According to the Freeman's Journal, in August of 1779, there was a bet between the penny boys of Smithfield, who had arranged a bull bait for the Fifteen Acres, that they would draw a bigger crowd than "the hurlers of the Phoenix Park". An account from 1792 describes a hurling match which took place in Phoenix Park in front of what was described as a vast concourse of spectators. The report claims that the game had to be abandoned before full-time because the spectators forced their way onto the playing ground.
Foundation
The organisation of hurling clubs in Dublin also predates the foundation of the GAA. In 1882, Michael Cusack attended the first meeting of the 'Dublin Hurling Club', formed "for the purpose of taking steps to re-establish the national game of hurling". In September 1883, Cusack began to organise hurling practices in Phoenix Park on Saturday afternoons. The game had long been lost to the city and to most of the remaining parts of the country as well. As a consequence, just four men turned up on that first Saturday. Slowly the numbers grew, with intrigued spectators joining in. Eventually, Cusack had sufficient numbers to found 'Cusack's Academy Hurling Club' which, in turn, led to the establishment of the Metropolitan Hurling Club. Cusack then established a hurling club in his school on Gardiner Place in October 1883. Immediately, the two clubs began to play matches against each other. A report, written by Cusack, records a game played in December 1883: "During the third and fourth quarters the hurling became so fast and furious, the goals were so threatened on the one hand and defended on the other, that spectators expected to be called on after each charge to help the disabled to Steevens Hospital." On Easter Monday 1884, the Metropolitans played Killimor, in Galway. The game had to be stopped on numerous occasions as the two teams were playing to different rules. It was this clash of styles that convinced Cusack that not only did the rules of the games need to be standardised, but that a body must be established to govern Irish sports.
On Saturday, 1 November 1884, the GAA was founded in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary. Michael Cusack was among the founding members present that day. From then on, Gaelic games adopted a more structured approach and were governed in each county by a separate body known as the county board. The Dublin County Board was set up in 1886 and within a year had organised a hurling competition known today as the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship. In 1887, the first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship was played out and was won by the Metropolitans, previously formed by Cusack in 1883.
Records and statistics
The Dublin Senior Hurling Championship has been contested 124 times since its inception in 1887. The first team to win the tournament was the Metropolitans, who never won the title again. The most successful club in the history of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship has been Faughs who have won the competition on 31 occasions, their last title captured in 1999. St Vincents, who are the most successful football club in Dublin, are second with a total of 13 titles, their last in 1993. The record for most consecutive titles is held by Commercials, Garda and more recently Ballyboden St Enda's who each secured a five-in-a-row between the years 1895–99, 1925–29 and 2007-2011 respectively.
Ballyboden St Enda's won 5 consecutive titles since 2007 and contested a total of 8 finals in the last 10 years. In 2009, they won the double, claiming both the hurling and football championship. This was the first time that a Dublin club had won the double since St Vincents had achieved it in 1981.
Group stage
The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least four games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top three teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stage.
Knockout stage
Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams from each group receive byes to separate semi-finals.
Quarter-finals: Teams that finished 2nd and 3rd in the group stage contest this round. The two 2nd placed teams play the 3rd placed teams from the opposite group. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the two group winners contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.
Relegation
At the end of the championship, the two 4th-placed teams and two 5th-placed teams from the group stage take part in a series of play-offs, with the losing team being relegated to the Dublin Senior 2 Hurling Championship.
2023 teams
30 clubs will compete in the 2023 Dublin Senior Hurling Championships: ten teams in Senior 1, ten teams in Senior 2 and ten teams in Senior 3.
Roll of honour
No competition: 1888, 1902.
A: Eoghan Ruadhs Hurling Club and St Oliver Plunketts Football Club amalgamated to form St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA in the 1990s.
B: St Columbas Hurling Club and St Agnes Football Club amalgamated to form Crumlin GAA in 1970.
C: Crokes Hurling Club and Kilmacud Football Club amalgamated to form Kilmacud Crokes GAA in 1966. | WIKI |
Adam Noack
2021
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What Models Know About Their Attackers: Deriving Attacker Information From Latent Representations
Zhouhang Xie | Jonathan Brophy | Adam Noack | Wencong You | Kalyani Asthana | Carter Perkins | Sabrina Reis | Zayd Hammoudeh | Daniel Lowd | Sameer Singh
Proceedings of the Fourth BlackboxNLP Workshop on Analyzing and Interpreting Neural Networks for NLP
Adversarial attacks curated against NLP models are increasingly becoming practical threats. Although various methods have been developed to detect adversarial attacks, securing learning-based NLP systems in practice would require more than identifying and evading perturbed instances. To address these issues, we propose a new set of adversary identification tasks, Attacker Attribute Classification via Textual Analysis (AACTA), that attempts to obtain more detailed information about the attackers from adversarial texts. Specifically, given a piece of adversarial text, we hope to accomplish tasks such as localizing perturbed tokens, identifying the attacker’s access level to the target model, determining the evasion mechanism imposed, and specifying the perturbation type employed by the attacking algorithm. Our contributions are as follows: we formalize the task of classifying attacker attributes, and create a benchmark on various target models from sentiment classification and abuse detection domains. We show that signals from BERT models and target models can be used to train classifiers that reveal the properties of the attacking algorithms. We demonstrate that adversarial attacks leave interpretable traces in both feature spaces of pre-trained language models and target models, making AACTA a promising direction towards more trustworthy NLP systems. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Oracle Text in Five Short Steps
Almost every application I create contains a BLOB (file) table for storing files available for a download. In the most of the cases it will store some documentation related to the application - user manuals, howto's and similar stuff. The download functionality is a nice thing but how about searching the content of those files? There are some examples arround showing how to do that in ApEx but in my opinion the most of them are far to complex. I created an example in my Demo Application, showing how to do that in less than five minutes:
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:76
This example includes the most frequently used functionalities:
1. mixed case search
2. highlighted snippets
3. index synchronization on commit
If you need more, you can always look into the Oracle Text Documentation.
Enjoy.
6 comments:
Tony said...
This is a great post. Very simple and straight forward and really helpful.
I am curious why you need to create a lexar, I understood a "generic" oracle text index to use mixed case anyway.
Denes Kubicek said...
Tony,
Thanks. As far as the standard is concerned, I think that it is case sensitive.
Denes Kubicek
Simakas said...
in CTX_DOC.SNIPPET(...,textkey,...) or the second parameter in your code is ROWID, i get DRG-50857: oracle error in drvdoc.get_rowid, unless i use table primary key column (like my_file_table.id).
thanks for the code!
http://www.oracledba.in said...
i like this
Anonymous said...
Hi,
can you send source code of blob search appliction for Oracle application express
vasusenthil@gmail.com
Denes Kubicek said...
Hello,
I am not sending the source code to anyone since it would be too much work. If you follow the instructions on the login page of my application, you will be able to export it yourself.
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Talk:Electroman (album)
Remixes
No mentions of the remixes provided with the most deluxe version of the album? I might add them in myself if I find time in my busy schedule of doing nothing. There was several remixes for almost every song on the album, it was a second disc full of remixes, I think it was a deluxe import from Italy. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:25, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
I did it now, 15 remixes total, some bootlegs but they're on it. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:50, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Rip Off
Also this album is a complete rip off on Amazon (where I shop), I couldn't find it on HMV website or in store. It's £15 on Amazon which I think is disgraceful seeing as them Ministry Of Sound albums are only £13 or £10 and they have three discs. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:25, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
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Introduction
Introduction
🚀 Start UI [web] is an opinionated frontend starter created & maintained by the BearStudio (opens in a new tab) Team and other contributors. Start UI [web] (opens in a new tab) will help you generate React web app for SEO, PWA, SPA, SSR. Built on top of NextJS and Chakra UI, it represents our team's up-to-date stack that we use when creating web apps for our clients.
This documentation has been written to help developer using Start UI and getting to know the technologies used, the list of features available and how to use them thanks to the guides.
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Please note that the documentation only relates to the [web] (opens in a new tab) starter, and not the [native] (opens in a new tab) one neither the [figma] (opens in a new tab) one.
Getting Started
npx create-start-ui@latest --web myApp
That will scaffold a new folder with the latest version of 🚀 Start UI [web] 🎉
Then just go to the created folder:
cd myApp
# Duplicate the .env.example file to a new .env file (update variables)
cp .env.example .env
# Init the local mocks database and seed users
yarn db:push && yarn db:seed
# Run the development server
yarn dev
Installation
1. Duplicate the .env.example file to a new .env file, and update the environment variables
cp .env.example .env
1. Install dependencies
yarn install
1. Init the local mocks database and seed users
yarn db:push && yarn db:seed
Development
# Run the development server
yarn dev
Storybook
yarn storybook
NodeJS (recommended)
yarn install
yarn storybook:build # Optional: Will expose the Storybook at `/storybook`
yarn build
yarn start
Docker
1. Build the Docker image (replace start-ui-web with your project name)
docker build -t start-ui-web .
1. Run the Docker image (replace start-ui-web with your project name)
docker run -p 80:3000 start-ui-web
Application will be exposed on port 80 (http://localhost)
Static files
Update the next.config.js file with output: 'export' (and remove redirects and rewrites)
{
output: 'export',
}
yarn storybook:build # Optional: Will expose the Storybook at `/storybook/`
yarn build
Then expose the /out folder.
You can use yarn build && npx serve out -c ../static.serve.json to build and run the static build locally.
💡 You will need to setup your server to rewrite all /app/* urls to serve the app.html file.
Using Apache as your web server
If you are using apache (opens in a new tab) to statically deploy your app, you can use the following configuration for public/.htaccess :
# public/.htaccess
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
# Rewrite /app/* to app.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
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TY - JOUR AU - I. Tanzberger PY - 2022/12/31 Y2 - 2023/12/10 TI - Male European robins (Erithacus rubecula) and mercury transference in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia JF - Oecologia Montana JA - OM VL - 31 IS - 2 SE - Standard articles DO - UR - https://om.vuvb.uniza.sk/index.php/OM/article/view/362 AB - Pollutants such as heavy metals are increasingly prevalent in the environment. For example, Organic methylmercury is known for its persistence and bio-accumulative capacity, and thus for its high toxicity in various organisms. Birds are often used as bioindicators for measuring and monitoring the concentrations of contaminants in the environment. In this report, the mercury content in different tissues of 32 male robins (Erithacus rubecula) was investigated. The level of mercury contamination in 29 of 32 birds was within tolerable limits. Significantly more mercury was found in feathers than in muscle tissues (α = 0.05). Migratory robins showed slightly higher Hg levels in soft tissues, while residential birds showed higher Hg levels in their plumage. The latter could be an effect of increased Hg deposition in mountain ecosystems, while the higher amounts of Hg ingested by robins in wintering areas may be excreted near the northern montane nesting areas, contributing to increased Hg exposure. ER - | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Introduction to Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic is a continuously growing practice of non-invasive procedures used to alleviate pain and headaches. It is a healthcare approach focusing on the relationship between the body's structure, specifically the spine, and the body's functions. Practitioners may use a variety of approaches, but primarily they perform adjustments to the spine with the goal of correcting alignment problems and encouraging the body's natural ability to heal itself. Misalignments in the spine can interfere with the flow of energy needed to support health.
The term chiropractic itself comes from the Greek words cheir (hand) and praxis (action) to describe a treatment done by hand or hands-on treatment. Today, chiropractic in the United States is considered to be a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Some chiropractic procedures can even be traced back to ancient times. Chiropractic is based on three key concepts:
The body has the ability to heal itself
The body's structure, especially the spine, and the body's functions are closely intertwined and this relationship affects overall health
Treatment aims to rectify this relationship between structure and function enabling the body to do what it does naturally, heal itself
According to a national survey from 2007, about 8 percent of American adults and 3 percent of adolescents or children had received chiropractic manipulation in the past 12 months. Those figures are probably higher today.
Why Chiropractic?
Many people seek chiropractic care in lieu of surgery, or simply because they have pain that may be brought on by stress or physical injury. This may be chronic low-back pain, neck pain, headaches, or other pain-related health conditions such as fibromyalgia. Although chiropractic is not a treatment for anyone disease or condition, if there is a misalignment, chiropractic may help a body's healing ability. Because chiropractic is a natural, non-surgical, and non-invasive treatment it is wise to consider chiropractic for any of these pain-related issues and definitely before undergoing any surgery for such problems.
If surgery is clinically indicated, chiropractic is also often utilized even after surgery to assist the body in its natural healing process.
Common Chiropractic Misconceptions
Although chiropractic has been around since the late 19th century, there are still various misconceptions about chiropractic treatment. Even though there are over 60,000 chiropractors practicing in the US today, and colleges all over the country offer chiropractic certification, we still see some common misconceptions when the term chiropractic is mentioned. If we can clarify or understand some of these misconceptions it may assist individuals to feel more comfortable about chiropractic care. Here are some of these misconceptions and an explanation of the facts.
Chiropractors can only treat back problems: While chiropractors are known for treating spine problems and back pain, chiropractic treatment itself is more of a holistic approach focused on correcting spinal problems which in turn helps all of the body to operate at its optimal functionality. Chiropractic not only helps alleviate back pain, but may also help to cure a child's ear infection, a person's headaches, lower blood pressure, help with the pain of arthritis, and many other ailments.
Chiropractors can prescribe medicine and perform surgery: While some chiropractors may provide heat/cold therapy, offer additional types of physical therapy and even oversee herbal therapy, they do not prescribe drugs nor do they perform surgery. Chiropractic itself is based on the idea that the body is able to heal itself and the chiropractor is helping the body to realize its innate ability to do so.
Chiropractors are not real doctors: Chiropractors are indeed certified doctors, schooled in the specific field of medicine called chiropractics. They must pass national board exams and licensing tests like all certified doctors before they can practice.
Once you go to a chiropractor you have to go for the rest of your life: A lot of people confuse maintenance appointments with a never-ending series of visits to the chiropractor. However, like regular exercise and good nutrition many chiropractic patients choose to get checked for misalignments regularly as a healthy way of life and to maintain the body's optimal health and performance. A treatment plan will be discussed with the patient and it is always the patient's choice whether or not they are benefiting from repeat visits.
I have had surgery on my spine so I am afraid to use chiropractic: Many chiropractic patients have had surgeries, or are in wheelchairs, or even have steel rods in their backs. They still enjoy the benefits of chiropractic care. Each patient is different as is their situation and treatment plans are based on the needs of the individual.
Someone said I have a pinched nerve: Actually, a pinched nerve is really a bone on a nerve and it is a rare occurrence, happening only to about 15% of the population. Most likely you have an irritated nerve or a facilitative lesion. Chiropractic may help this condition.
Chiropractic for Children?
You may not realize how important it is to have children checked for subluxation or misalignment of the vertebra. Subluxations do occur in children and often have little or no symptoms at this early stage. The birth process alone is a very traumatic experience for a child's body and can certainly cause enough pressure for a subluxation to occur. I am sure you've heard of deliveries resulting in broken collar bones and breech deliveries, etc.
Subluxations can also occur when the child is learning to walk and also when they are older and playing sports and games. What is important to note is that children have certain windows of development that are often only open for a short period of time. This is predicted by the neural system which is the first system formed in a child's development. If the neural system is being affected by subluxation your child's potential is being limited. Chiropractic moms have claimed that their children are more expressive, don't get sick as often, and have better concentration than those who do not benefit from chiropractic treatment.
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of and in the course of a schoolmaster's employment); Stickney v. Keeble (of what contracts time is of the essence); Tamplin Steamship Co. v. Anglo-Mexican Co. (frustration of a commercial adventure); Continental Tyre Co. v. Daimler Co. (the doctrine of enemy character as applied to British incorporated companies during war); Admiralty Commissioners v. S.S. America (the right to sue in respect of another person's loss of life); Bowman v. the Secular Society (illegality of anti-Christian associations); and Banbury v. the Bank of Montreal (authority of agents to bind principals by representations to third parties).
The most striking characteristic of Parker's judgments was their intellectual compactness. He instinctively avoided any parade of authorities. What mattered most to his mind was to state a general legal principle comprehensively and then to bring the case in hand logically within it. Having made a judgment clear, he attached little importance to its form. In the same spirit he was relatively indifferent to the particular part he himself played in a discussion, provided a conclusion could be arrived at that was correct in law and would sustain the credit of the tribunal. On one occasion it so chanced, in a case which concerned the interests of workmen, that the House was divided as four to three, the four being of one political party and the three of the other. Parker was one of the minority and felt that this result hardly looked well. He pointed it out to a colleague on the other side and said, ‘If you will read my judgment, I will read yours.’ The offer was not accepted.
When the European War broke out, Parker was one of the first to see the danger of allowing prices and the cost of living to increase rapidly and unreasonably; and, at the time of the ‘business as usual’ cry, he took steps to urge his views upon ministers privately. He met with no success. During 1915 he gave much thought to after-war problems, and brought the subject before the House of Lords in an elaborate and characteristically condensed address on 14 December 1915. During the passage of the Representation of the People Bill, 1918, he took up the cause of those women who had passed the examinations which qualified men for a university degree, and, speaking as an old Cambridge man and as deputy high steward of the university (which he had been since 1915), he pressed on the House of Lords the right of such women to vote for the representation of their university in parliament. In this he was successful. His most noteworthy contribution, however, to debate on public affairs was made in 1918, a few months before he died. His old friend, the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, had often pressed him to take part in discussions in the House, and, on the occasion of a motion by Lord Parmoor on 19 March 1918 in favour of a League of Nations, Lord Parker brought before the House a detailed scheme, which went far beyond the nebulous ideas of the day in definiteness, in logical construction, and in practical detail. To those who recall it, the occasion was a moving one. It was doubly a dark day, for it was the eve of the final German advance. The light had almost failed, and Parker, then no longer able to see handwriting without strong illumination, went to the table to read out the twenty articles of his scheme, so that his fine head stood out against the gloom by the light of the lamp which he was using. His most important idea was that, for the peace of the world, it was necessary to revive the Greek principle that every man and every nation must learn to take a side. Neutrality among modern states was a temptation to aggressors and an embarrassment to those prepared to defend public rights. Only by collecting an overwhelming and united force against wrongdoers could war, as the instrument alike of the commission and the suppression of wrong, be superseded. The debate, as was natural at the time, ended inconclusively, but the impression produced was profound. To say that the scheme itself was premature or idealist is merely to say that Lord Parker's was the mind of a statesman rather than of a politician. Other counsels prevailed in Paris a year afterwards, but had he lived there can be no doubt that he would have greatly developed the scheme.
Parker's health was already beginning to fail. He continued at work until the summer of 1918, and then, after an illness of no long duration, died on 12 July at Aldworth, in Surrey, the first Lord Tennyson's old home, where he had lived since 1914. He had married in 1884 Constance, only child of John Trevor Barkley, civil engineer, who, with three sons and two daughters, survived him. His name is second to none among the judges of the first two decades of the twentieth century, and will live among the most eminent in the history of English law. 422 | WIKI |
Richard Ruck
Major-General Sir Richard Mathews Ruck (27 May 1851 – 17 March 1935) was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Engineers, spending most of his career in the Submarine Mining Service, before becoming the Director of Fortifications and Works (the equivalent of the Chief Royal Engineer). He was a keen amateur sportsman, who played football for the Royal Engineers, helping them to victory in the 1875 FA Cup Final.
Family and education
Richard Ruck was born at Pennal, Merionethshire, Wales on 27 May 1851, the fourth child and second son of Laurence Ruck (c.1820–1896), a gentleman farmer, originally from Newington in Kent. Richard acquired his second Christian name from his mother, Mary Anne Mathews (1822–1905), whose family could claim descent from Owain Glyndŵr, the last Welsh native Prince of Wales.
Richard's siblings included:
* Mary Elizabeth Ruck (1842–1920): married Robert Travers Atkin, a newspaper editor; their son, James, became an eminent judge and was ennobled as James Atkin, Baron Atkin.
* Arthur Ashley Ruck (1847–1939): served with The King's (Liverpool Regiment), retiring in 1886 with the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was later the Chief Constable of Caenarvonshire. His daughter Amy Roberta (1878–1978) was a writer of romance novels.
* Amy Richenda Ruck (1850–1876): married Francis Darwin, the botanist son of the naturalist Charles Darwin. She died shortly after the birth of her son, Bernard, the golf writer.
* Oliver Edwal Ruck (1856–1934): also served with the Royal Engineers and played in the 1878 FA Cup Final.
Ruck was educated privately, before joining the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Football and sporting career
At the Royal Military Academy, Ruck gained a reputation as an athlete, playing both cricket and rugby football and being a keen gymnast. On joining the Royal Engineers in 1871, he switched to association football. At this time, the Royal Engineers were among the top football teams in England, having reached the final of the first FA Cup tournament in 1872 and again two years later, finishing on both occasions as runners-up. Ruck played on the right of the half-backs and was described as a "good half-back, being a sure kick... using his weight well".
The Engineers reached the FA Cup Final for the third time in four years in 1875 but only after a hard semi-final against Oxford University, with a 1–1 draw followed by a 1–0 victory in the replay. In the final, played on 13 March 1875 at Kennington Oval, the Engineers met the Old Etonians. The match was played in a strong gale and the Engineers spent most of the match against the gale, with the rules requiring ends to be changed after each goal. Alexander Bonsor scored for the Old Boys after 30 minutes followed by an equaliser from Capt Renny-Tailyour within five minutes. Shortly after the equaliser, Ruck collided with Cuthbert Ottaway who was forced to leave the field with a serious ankle injury; in his absence, the Old Boys were regarded as fortunate to have held on for a 1–1 draw.
The replay was three days later; although the Engineers were able to field the same eleven as in the first match, the Etonians had to make four changes, losing the match 2–0, with both the Engineers' goals scored by Capt Renny-Tailyour. At the third attempt, the Royal Engineers won their first, and only, FA Cup Final.
Ruck also represented the Royal Engineers at billiards, cricket and golf. During his military posting to Malta from 1899 to 1902, he laid out a golf course and designed the clubhouse, before winning the inaugural tournament, despite this being open to officers from both the Army and the Royal Navy.
In 1891, he was the founder and first secretary of the Welsh Golfing Union, becoming president in 1933, and was a member of golf clubs at Aberdovey and Woking.
In December 1928, he was the author of a "valuable" article published in the Royal Engineers Journal entitled "R.E. Football in the Early 'Seventies". In the article, Ruck describes the Engineers' use of passing rather than running with the ball: Individually, we were sometimes up against better players than ourselves, but collectively we felt equal to any club. We were a veritable band of brothers.
Military career
Ruck graduated from RMA Woolwich and joined the Royal Engineers as a lieutenant on 2 August 1871. After completing his initial training at the Royal School of Military Engineering in Chatham in November 1873, he was posted to Aldershot until September 1874, when he returned to Chatham to join the Submarine Mining Service, in which he was to serve for over 20 years.
Over the next six years, Ruck was posted to various ports around the British Isles, including Pembroke and Cork, taking command of the 28th Company, Royal Engineers, until 1 March 1881, when he was appointed assistant instructor at the School of Military Engineering, in charge of the Submarine Mining School at Gillingham. He was promoted to captain on 2 August 1883.
Between May and December 1885, Ruck worked in the War Office, before being appointed Assistant Inspector of Submarine Mining Defences in January 1886, with the temporary rank of major in the Army. He was promoted to the permanent rank of major on 17 December 1889, and to Inspector of Submarine Defences at Headquarters on 1 July 1891, replacing Colonel R. Y. Armstrong.
On 31 December 1896, Ruck was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and left the War Office to become Commander, Royal Engineers (C.R.E.) at Shoeburyness, until July 1898, when he was placed on temporary half-pay on account of ill-health. On 1 January 1899, his health was restored and he briefly returned to the War Office, until 26 April 1899, when he took up his first and only overseas posting as C.R.E., West Sub-district, Malta.
Having been promoted to brevet colonel on 17 June 1901, Ruck remained in Malta until 1 June 1902, when he returned to England to take up the post of Deputy Inspector-General of Fortifications, at Headquarters, under General Sir Richard Harrison.
On 1 April 1904, he was promoted to Director of Fortifications and Works (the equivalent of the Chief Royal Engineer), with the substantive rank of Colonel in the Army, obtaining the temporary rank of brigadier general on 17 July 1905.
After four years as Director of Fortifications and Works, on 1 April 1908 Ruck was appointed Major-General in charge of Administration, before retiring at his own request on 1 October 1912, having been appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) in the Coronation Honours of 23 June 1911. In his final role, he took charge of the military arrangements in London during the railway strike in August 1911.
First World War service
On the outbreak of the First World war, Ruck volunteered to re-join the Army, and on 22 October 1914 he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Central Force, with responsibility for organising Territorial units in London and eastern England, covering the coast from The Wash to Portsmouth, and for preparing the defences of London. In April 1915, the command of the Central Force was combined with that of the Eastern Command, and in November 1915, Ruck was appointed Major-General in Charge of Administration to the Eastern Command.
On 6 June 1916, he was replaced by Major General Sir Frederick Robb, and retired for the second time. following which he was mentioned in dispatches. On 1 January 1917, he was appointed a companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.).
Aeronautics
Ruck developed a keen interest in aeronautics and in 1905, he forecast that "in the early future the question of military supremacy would be decided by fighting in the air".
In 1911, Ruck became a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, and was the society's chairman from 1912 to 1919, after which he became a vice-president.
In 1916, he was appointed vice-chairman of the Air Inventions Committee under the Air Ministry, and was also a member of the first Civil Aerial Transport Committee.
For his services on the Air Inventions Committee, Ruck was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) on 1 April 1920.
Inventor
Throughout his career, Ruck submitted numerous applications for patents to cover his inventions, including:
* June 1885: A "counterbalancing float for marine torpedoes".
* May 1890: Hook or shackle.
* October 1906: Variable speed driving mechanism.
* August 1927: Gear-changing apparatus.
* March 1930: Gear-changing apparatus.
Marriage and children
On 8 October 1878, Ruck (aged 27) married 45-year old Mary Constance Pedley née Gully, the widow of Thomas H. Pedley (1806–1871), at the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Marylebone. She was the daughter of the late John Gully (1783–1863), a prize-fighter and politician. By her marriage to Thomas Pedley, Mary had ten children, including William (1858–1920), who played first-class cricket for Sussex and was later an engineer in California, and Eve (1854–1951} who married Richard's younger brother, Oliver, in 1884.
By 1903, Richard Ruck was in a relationship with a 21-year old Frenchwoman, Elizabeth Marie (Lisette) Ducros, with whom he had three children: Alice Bertha (1903–1991), Richard Edward (1905–1976) and Dorise Annette (1908–1997). In January 1905, Lisette Ducros was the subject of an attempted blackmail by Frederick Paxton, who threatened to expose her relationship with "a Mr.... in the War Office", with whom she had a child, and accused her of "keeping a disorderly house" at her lodgings in Clarendon Street, Pimlico. At his trial at the Central Criminal Court on 8 February, Paxton was found guilty of demanding money with menaces, and sentenced to 18 months hard labour.
Ruck's wife, Mary, died on 13 October 1914, but earlier that year, Lisette had married student-teacher Frank Hoare (1894–1980), who would later become a film and TV producer. Richard Ruck adopted the three children shortly after the death of his wife. Alice married Revd. Geoffrey Warwick in a "society wedding" at St. Paul's Church, Regent's Park, London on 23 February 1927. Dorise married Edward Kench at All Saints' Church, Leamington Spa on 11 June 1930.
Death and funeral
Following the death of his friend, John Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend in 1921, Ruck was a trustee of the Raynham estates in Norfolk, during the minority of the 7th Marquess, who inherited the title aged just 5.
During the last few years of his life, Ruck lived with his daughter, Alice and her husband, Revd. Geoffrey Warwick at Woodford, Essex (where Geoffrey Warwick was Vicar of St Peter-in-the-Forest), although his home was at Charles Street in St James's, Westminster. Richard Ruck died, aged 83, on 17 March 1935 at a nursing home in St John's Wood, London.
His funeral was at Golders Green Crematorium on 21 March 1935.
Among the tributes paid to him, one officer said:"He had a very strong character and a quiet efficiency which was very comforting to his subordinates." | WIKI |
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Brazilian literature
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My research outside of GPP focuses on Brazil, and I thought that evaluating a C-Class article would prove to be more informative. I am also a fan of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist.
Evaluate the article
Lead Section
- There is a strong, descriptive introductory sentence.
- There is not an outline of the article's sections in the introduction.
- Introduction is concise and does not feature information not present in the article.
Content
- Relevant and up-to-date
- Information is mostly present, but the section on the contemporary era of Brazilian Literature is lacking.
- No information on the disparities the literature of marginalized Brazilians face. Only briefly addressing the colonial-period, but no mention of any historical marginalization.
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- Article not meant to persuade, just inform.
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- Other Wikipedia articles are used primarily as a citation for information.
- Should feature more peer-reviewed literature and scholarly articles as basis.
- Links that are blue work and take you to other related wikipedia articles. Red links do not, and there are more than a few.
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- Minor grammatical and punctuation mistakes apparent.
- It is a clear and concise read.
- Well organized article, and flows in an way that reflects the real world timeline.
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- Lots of images of authors.
- Captions are basic.
- Image of "colonial Brazil" is a bit out of place and senseless.
- Format is aesthetically pleasing.
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- Major discussion on the addition of a "Paulo Coelho" section, and much biased and opinionated discussion is going on.
- Problems of the article are clearly listed in a section.
- There are questions being posed on the addition of articles and citations.
- Article is C-class.
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- Overall status: definitely a work-in-progress, but coming together and passes for an informative article.
- Strength: objectivity of facts presented in article, and formatting of images.
- Improvements: citations and references and use of peer-reviewed, academic literature.
- Article is a bit underdeveloped, but is not at all "poor". | WIKI |
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