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Serial at 115200 baud. I'm having problems with that, ok at 9600 though.
Added by DaveStyles almost 9 years ago
Hi,..
I'm having problems with my PC talking to my mbed up at 115200, via teraterm when using the TEST firmware.
Luckily I now have a working eclipse environment in which I can change the firmware and recompile at will.
I've dropped down to 9600, recompiled and all seems ok. The only question is, was it 115200 for a reason ?
I only have those micro usb leads that are about 5 feet long around, so I think it's probably a lead problem, but just checking it wasn't that fast for a specific reason before I drop the speed on the real firmware.
cheers,
Dave.
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RE: Serial at 115200 baud. I'm having problems with that, ok at 9600 though. - Added by KalleP about 8 years ago
The short 1m USB cable that I think came with my MBED (or some other place) would not work to detect the mass storage drive. I used some other 2m long cable and the USB worked fine.
At first I did not get my serial debug to connect but Windows (and MACOS) need to install drivers from the MBED website. After that it was fine, sometimes garbage characters come through when first connecting to the USB serial port with terraterm.
Remember that serial OVER USB is moving the data at the FULL USB speeds of 2MB/s and only converts to NRZ ASYNCH when it leaves the USART at the other end (on the MBED magic chip I believe) so it can connect to the ARM serial port. Any speed connected effects on the serial link have to be occurring between the two ICs on the MBED module and not in the cable, the USB negotiation could not take place with a flaky or marginal cable.
A rare problem could surface if the characters cause host side interrupts at a speed faster than it can cope with but I don't think any modern PC could not keep up, they can stream video over USB these days. The ARM chip on the MBED could also have issues with the character rate but it seems unlikely that only you would experience it.
Kalle
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Four Men Are Charged With $600 Million Bank Fraud Linked to Metal Trading
Narenda Kumar Rastogi, Anil Anand, Manoj Nijhawan and Udhay Shankar Balakrishna of New Jersey are charged with defrauding banks of more than $600 million through international scheme to secure loans for illusory metal-trading deals; prosecutors say men presented themselves to banks as brokers of metals-trading deals and created illusion of legitimate transactions by creating shell companies, fabricating documents, and recruiting people around world to pose as customers; add they successfully deluded banks that financed deals for at least two years; US Attorney James B Comey says men have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud; Rastogi, citizen of India, was chief executive officer of Allied Deals, Hampton Lane and SAI Commodity, metal-trading firms based in New Jersey through which fraud was run; other men were senior officials of RBG Resources, London-based firm owned by Rastogi's brother Virenda Rastogi, who was also involved; defendants secured loans from at least nine banks, including J P Morgan Chase, FleetBoston Financial and PNC Bank (M) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
This page provides an overview of Infosys Equinox’s microservice-based approach for its 8 release.
The Infosys Equinox 8 release was built with a microservice architecture. Microservices are an approach to structuring software systems that breaks up the mass of a design into a set of core services, each of which is built as a standalone, deployable unit. Like many other software design approaches, microservices are a mechanism to improve the structure of a system by reducing local complexity and imposing an orderly approach to encapsulating data. By breaking the system into smaller, standalone services, we can evolve each microservice as needed by the business, and we can deploy, scale-out, and manage each microservice independently.
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Microservice-based approaches need to coordinate the work of multiple microservices into a coherent whole. Infosys Equinox uses Apache Camel-based orchestration to link the collection of microservices into a coherent system. Each service has storefront (user-facing) and administrative orchestration. For several services which combine the efforts of multiple underlying services, a composite orchestration calls these services.
Each Infosys Equinox microservice is a standalone spring boot web services exposing REST-style (Representational State Transfer) interfaces. Each microservice has its own persistence, caching, and administrative interfaces. Microservices may be deployed individually, or in clusters, according to the needs of the customer. Each microservice may be deployed as a docker and scaled using Kubernetes (automated deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications) and related cloud-based approaches.
There are no horizontal dependencies between the Infosys Equinox microservices outside the REST application programming interface (API). Infosys Equinox applies traditional semantic versioning, and within the 8.x release provides API-level compatibility. As these APIs are declared with JSON data models, additional request and response elements may be added to existing microservices without breaking compatibility.
Because Infosys Equinox microservices provide an API-only level of integration, it is straightforward to wrapper a customer’s existing implementation of a service as a microservice and use orchestration to include it in a Infosys Equinox deployment. For example, a customer’s proprietary implementation of inventory management, or an existing ERP system can be directly referenced and integrated into a consistent solution.
TIP: Checkout our Terminology and Concepts page for terms and concepts and their associated definitions within the context of the Infosys Equinox Platform.
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2022-01-10 | JP – Minor copyedit.
2019-05-01 | PLK – Minor copyedit.
2019-01-21 | PLK – Content uploaded. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Access Data from the Twitter API using Tweepy (Python)
How to Access Data from the Twitter API using Tweepy (Python)
The Twitter API allows you to do many things including retrieve tweet data. In order to access this data, you need a developer account. This tutorial goes over:
• How to Setup a Twitter Developer Account
• How to use tweepy (Python) to access Twitter Data
How to Setup a Twitter Developer Account
1.) Create a twitter account if you do not have one.
2.) On the twitter developer account page, you will be asked to answer a few questions. For example, I was asked for a phone number, country, and use case. The next step is to read and agree to the developer agreement.
3.) Verify your email.
4.) After verifying your email, you will be sent to a welcome screen. Name your app and click on Get keys.
5.) You now have access to your keys. Make sure to save your information to a secure location. You will need them to access data using the twitter api. This is enough information for OAuth 2.0.
Using tweepy to Access Twitter Data
This section briefly goes over how to use the Python tweepy library to access twitter data. To get started with the library, you need to install it through pip.
pip install tweepy
Search for Tweets from the Last 7 Days
The code below will search and return tweets for the last 7 days with a maximum of 100 tweets per request. This particular code searches for tweets (not retweets) in english that contain the hashtag #petday.
# OAuth2.0 Version
import tweepy
#Put your Bearer Token in the parenthesis below
client = tweepy.Client(bearer_token='Change this')
"""
If you don't understand search queries, there is an excellent introduction to it here:
https://github.com/twitterdev/getting-started-with-the-twitter-api-v2-for-academic-research/blob/main/modules/5-how-to-write-search-queries.md
"""
# Get tweets that contain the hashtag #petday
# -is:retweet means I don't want retweets
# lang:en is asking for the tweets to be in english
query = '#petday -is:retweet lang:en'
tweets = client.search_recent_tweets(query=query, tweet_fields=['context_annotations', 'created_at'], max_results=100)
"""
What context_annotations are:
https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api/annotations/overview
"""
for tweet in tweets.data:
print(tweet.text)
if len(tweet.context_annotations) > 0:
print(tweet.context_annotations)
Note that in order to get tweets older than just the last 7 days, you will need to use the search_all_tweets method which is ONLY available if you upgrade to the academic research product track or other elevated access levels. There is also a good blog on using that method here.
Get More than 100 Tweets at a Time using paginator
If you need more than 100 Tweets, you have to use the paginator method and specify the limit i.e. the total number of Tweets that you want. Replace limit=1000 with the maximum number of tweets you want.
# OAuth2.0 Version
import tweepy
#Put your Bearer Token in the parenthesis below
client = tweepy.Client(bearer_token='Change this')
"""
If you don't understand search queries, there is an excellent introduction to it here:
https://github.com/twitterdev/getting-started-with-the-twitter-api-v2-for-academic-research/blob/main/modules/5-how-to-write-search-queries.md
"""
# Get tweets that contain the hashtag #petday
# -is:retweet means I don't wantretweets
# lang:en is asking for the tweets to be in english
query = '#petday -is:retweet lang:en'
tweets = tweepy.Paginator(client.search_recent_tweets, query=query,
tweet_fields=['context_annotations', 'created_at'], max_results=100).flatten(limit=1000)
for tweet in tweets:
print(tweet.text)
if len(tweet.context_annotations) > 0:
print(tweet.context_annotations)
Conclusion
This tutorial was about getting started with the Twitter API. Future tutorials will go over how to export twitter data as well as sentiment analysis. If you have any questions or thoughts on the tutorial, feel free to comment here on the cnvrg.io discourse.
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Igor Oyono
Igor Venancio Oyono Oyana (born 7 February 2008) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker for Athletic Bilbao.
Club career
As a youth player, Oyono joined the academy of Barakaldo CF, and helped the team win the league. In 2020, he joined the academy of Villarreal CF where he was considered one of the best prospects, playing in teams above his own age. In January 2024, he signed for Athletic Bilbao on a six-year contract.
International career
Oyono has represented Spain internationally at youth levels. He played for the under-17 team at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Style of play
Oyono mainly operates as a striker. He is left-footed and is known for his strength and speed.
Personal life
Oyono was born in Barakaldo (Biscay, Basque Country), Spain to Equatoguinean Fang parents. He holds Spanish and Equatoguinean citizenships. | WIKI |
String Theory: Branes are Required by M-Theory
By Andrew Zimmerman Jones, Daniel Robbins
Joe Polchinski’s work proved that D-branes weren’t just a hypothetical construct allowed by string theory, but they were essential to any version of M-theory. Strongly motivated by Edward Witten’s proposal of M-theory, he began working intently on D-branes. Furthermore, he proved that the D-branes and p-branes were describing the same objects.
In a flurry of activity that would characterize the second superstring revolution, Polchinski showed that the dualities needed for M-theory only worked consistently in cases where the theory also contained higher dimensional objects. An M-theory that contained only 1-dimensional strings would be an inconsistent M-theory.
Polchinski defined what types of D-branes string theory allows and some of their properties. Polchinski’s D-branes carried charge, which meant that they interacted with each other through something similar to the electromagnetic force.
A second property of D-branes is tension. The tension in the D-brane indicates how easily an interaction influences the D-brane, like ripples moving across a pool of water. A low tension means a slight disturbance results in large effects on the D-brane. A high tension means that it’s harder to influence (or change the shape of) the D-brane.
If a D-brane had a tension of zero, then a minor interaction would have a major result — like someone blowing on the surface of the ocean and parting it like the Red Sea in The Ten Commandments. An infinite tension would mean the exact opposite: No amount of work would cause changes to the D-brane.
If you picture a D-brane as the surface of a trampoline, you can more easily visualize the situation. When the weight of your body lands on a trampoline, the tension in the trampoline is weak enough that it gives a bit, but strong enough that it does eventually bounce back, hurling you into the air.
If the tension in the trampoline surface were significantly weaker or stronger, a trampoline would be no fun whatsoever; you’d either sink until you hit the ground, or you’d hit a flat, immovable trampoline that doesn’t sink (or bounce) at all.
Together, these two features of the D-branes — charge and tension — meant that they aren’t just mathematical constructs, but are tangible objects in their own right. If M-theory is true, D-branes have the capacity to interact with other objects and move from place to place. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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OV7670 Camera and Image Sensor with Nano 33 BLE
Use the OV7670 Camera and Image sensor with an Arduino Nano 33 BLE to take pictures and convert them to.PNG format.
The OV7670 is an image sensor that can be used to capture pictures when controlled by a microprocessor such as the Nano 33 BLE. To quote the datasheet from OmniVision:
“The OV7670/OV7171 CAMERACHIP image sensor is a low voltage CMOS device that provides the full functionality of a single-chip VGA camera and image processor in a small footprint package. The OV7670/OV7171 provides full-frame, sub-sampled or windowed 8-bit images in a wide range of formats, controlled through the Serial Camera Control Bus (SCCB) interface.”
While the OV7670 is a powerful and versatile IC, it produces only Raw pixel data. For most images to be useful, they need to be in jpeg, png, tiff or similar format. This project shows how you can capture a raw image from the camera and then convert this into a png file.
Here are the major components for this project
- Arduino Nano 33 BLE
- OV7670 camera module
- Breadboard
- Connectors
- Computer with Python ver 3 installed”
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@article {Hawley376, author = {Hawley, Joshua S. and Murray, Clinton K. and Griffith, Matthew E. and McElmeel, M. Leticia and Fulcher, Letitia C. and Hospenthal, Duane R. and Jorgensen, James H.}, title = {Susceptibility of Acinetobacter Strains Isolated from Deployed U.S. Military Personnel}, volume = {51}, number = {1}, pages = {376--378}, year = {2007}, doi = {10.1128/AAC.00858-06}, publisher = {American Society for Microbiology Journals}, abstract = {The susceptibilities of 142 Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex isolates (95 from wounded U.S. soldiers deployed overseas) to 13 antimicrobial agents were determined by broth microdilution. The most active antimicrobial agents (>=95\% of isolates susceptible) were colistin, polymyxin B, and minocycline.}, issn = {0066-4804}, URL = {https://aac.asm.org/content/51/1/376}, eprint = {https://aac.asm.org/content/51/1/376.full.pdf}, journal = {Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy} } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.
* Name of article: Ebonics (word)
* Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: This article seems to have a balance of complete and incomplete information, with notes requesting better citations. I had found this article a couple weeks ago when searching Wikipedia for interesting linguistics-related topics, and I really like the cultural and field-related nuance this page can provide in contrast to the technical content in the African-American Vernacular English page.
Lead
* Guiding questions
* Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? Yes. This article's opening sentence not only defines ebonics, but also provides an etymology of the word.
* Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? This article only has two major sections ("original usage" and "common usage and controversy"). These two sections are mentioned in the Lead.
* Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? The lead does not contain any new information that cannot be found elsewhere in the article.
* Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? The lead is reasonably concise; it is only two sentences long.
Lead evaluation:
This article's lead is appropriately concise and detailed to introduce the topic and the article's major sections. To begin, the article's opening sentence not only defines ebonics, but also provides an etymology of the word. Then the lead continues on by summarizing the main ideas of each section without introducing new information, while still remaining brief — totaling just two sentences.
Content
* Guiding questions
* Is the article's content relevant to the topic? All of the article's content is relevant to the title topic.
* Is the content up-to-date? The content in the article is not necessarily outdated, but all but one source is from 2002 or earlier.
* Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong? All the content in this article is on-topic, but there are some missing discussion points that could potentially help the reader — e.g., why stigma against the word is distinct from stigma against the field of AAE/AAVE.
* Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics? This article directly references a sociolect of marginalized people in the United States, and uses a considerable proportion of of the article to explain how ebonics historically intersects with systems of discrimination, particularly in academics.
Content evaluation:
This article addresses a topic that is pertinent to historically underrepresented ideas about the validity of English varieties found in the African diaspora. The content of the article discusses the coining of the word ebonics to describe and legitimize those varieties of English. All parts of the article refer to the word and its usage, but some of the information may be outdated, seeing as all but one source are from 2002 or earlier. It may be worth updating the article's "common usage" section to reflect a more contemporary view of the word, and whether it is being reclaimed.
Tone and Balance
* Guiding questions
* Is the article neutral? The article appears to be neutral because it does not use persuasive or opinionated language. However, some viewpoints are overwhelmingly represented.
* Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? A quote at the end of the article from Walt Wolfram seems to be heavily biased against the use of the word, suggesting the word delegitimizes the very thing it represents.
* Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? There could be more representation for people who still use or defend the word's usage, aside from the person who coined it.
* Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another? There does not appear to be any persuasive language or wording in the article, even though it states repeatedly that most linguists avoid using the term ebonics in favor of AAE or AAVE.
Tone and balance evaluation:
The tone of this article is sufficiently academic and steers away from editorial or opinionated language. However, upon further examination, the article leans heavily into supporting statements from academics who discredit the use of the word "ebonics." For instance, the final paragraph of the article suggests that the word "Ebonics" trivializes the field and study of AAE/AAVE but the "why" of that statement is not further explored aside from an appeal to Walt Wolfram's authority. It may be worth mentioning that the citation for this sentence does not come from an academic publishing source. In light of this imbalance, there could be more representation for people who still use or defend the word's usage, aside from the person who coined it. There is a description of how Afrocentric proponents use the word without discussing the validity of those claims. The bulk of the article spends time discrediting the use of the word without clearly explaining why.
Sources and References
* Guiding questions
* Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information? The article does a good job of citing information from legitimate sources.
* Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic? The sources aren't entirely thorough, because the article does not meaningfully explore proponents of the word's usage, or discuss the validity of criticisms against it. But the facts stated in the article do have adequate citations.
* Are the sources current? Most of the sources are fro 20+ years ago, but this is likely due to the fact that most scholarship on the topic occurred in the late 20th century.
* Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible? A large proportion of the sources are written by African-American authors, though most seem to be men.
* Check a few links. Do they work? I clicked through several links and they are functional.
Sources and references evaluation:
The article in its current state thoroughly cites information from legitimate sources with functioning hyperlinks, though none of the citations are particularly recent. This may be excusable because a bulk of the political and social discussion surrounding the word was 20-30 years ago, although it may be worth mentioning what the current status and use of the word is in more recent times. The existing sources draw heavily upon the scholarship of African-American authors, but I feel like finding new voices, particularly recent ones, may show a change in cultural attitude toward these words due to social movements like feminism and intersectionality.
Organization
* Guiding questions
* Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read? This article is concise and easy to read, but it does not clearly explore the arguments for and against using the word ebonics in an organized fashion.
* Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors? The article does not appear to have any grammatical or spelling errors that I could notice.
* Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic? The article organization could use more help, because it is broken into two large sections that may read more clearly with subsections.
Organization evaluation:
The article does not have any spelling or grammar errors, and is arranged in logical sections. This makes it easy to read, especially because the topics aren't exhausted at-length. However, this brevity does leave some room for questions about why some people chose/choose to use the word ebonics while others favor AAE/AAVE. These opposing views could be better represented with smaller subsections to address each viewpoint fully.
Images and Media
* Guiding questions
* Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic? The article does not include any images.
* Are images well-captioned? N/A
* Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations? N/A
* Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way? N/A
Images and media evaluation:
This article does not include any images to help anchor the discussion. While images may lead to some type of bias, there are some topically appropriate images that could be sourced. For instance, the word ebonics was coined by a single person, Robert Williams, in a book called Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks. It would not be inappropriate to include an image of Williams or the cover of his book to help break up the wall of text.
Checking the talk page
* Guiding questions
* What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? Wow, the Talk page on this article is hot and sizzling with contention! It seems like there haven't been any Talk contributions since 2015, and a bulk of the Talk discussion occurred in 2011-2012. Much of the discussions are about whether the article is biased, and those interactions have gotten heated due to the racial and political nature of the topic.
* How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? The article is ranked as a "Start Class" article, which means there is room for improvement. It is part of three WikiProjects.
* How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? In class, we focus on talking about concepts within the bounds of their definitions, but this topic sprawls beyond "just" linguistics. This means that the Talk page discussion intersects with many other fields, such as sociology and politics.
Talk page evaluation:
The talk page is very spirited and has a lot of conflicting opinion. It seems like there haven't been any Talk contributions since 2015, and a bulk of the Talk discussion occurred in 2011-2012. Much of the discussions are about whether the article is biased, and those interactions have gotten heated due to the racial and political nature of the topic. Wikipedians in the Talk page seem to be frustrated with perceived political agendas (i.e., "political correctness" as one user states) enforced by other editors, rather than the academic implications of this word being either used or discouraged. In class, we focus on talking about concepts within the bounds of their definitions, but this topic is very large and expands well beyond the field of linguistics — and as such, it is an emotional topic as well. I believe the contention in the Talk page is why the article has had a hard time progressing beyond its "Start Class" rating, even though it is part of three WikiProjects: African Diaspora, Linguistics, and English Language.
Overall impressions
* Guiding questions
* What is the article's overall status? The article is ranked as a "Start Class" article, which means there is room for improvement, without being considered a stub.
* What are the article's strengths? The article strongly references the published thoughts of black academics, which can be rare in many field-related articles. It also does a good job of explaining a historical event that centers around the word's usage, and how that affected a school in California.
* How can the article be improved? The article can be improved by including more robust discussion about why the term was deemed necessary for coinage and why it fell out of fashion.
* How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed? The article is underdeveloped because it could include more discussion about why some use the word and why others don't.
Overall evaluation:
This article is ranked "Start Class," meaning that it could be a good starting point for readers interested in the topic, but it isn't thorough enough to be a definitive overview. The strengths of this article lie in its strong sourcing from African-American scholars, while contextualizing the word in a historical context. The article falters because it does not explain why the word ebonics was coined but seemingly pushed aside in preference to other terms. I think discussing the alternative terms and why they are preferred, especially in academia, would help contextualize the controversy around ebonics, and also provide a better opportunity to explain the viewpoint of people who still use the word. In summary, the article is off to a good start, and is decently developed, but does not provide a complete overview.
Optional activity
* Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback
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* Link to feedback: Talk:Ebonics (word) | WIKI |
Practice kegel exercises and improve your sex life
By | September 29, 2017
The body contains a number of thrive max muscles that play a key role in its proper functioning. The muscles of the pelvis, exactly those of the pelvic floor, hold the uterus, bladder, rectum, and small intestine.
These muscles weaken for reasons such as childbirth, age, overweight, chronic constipation, weighs or high impact sports. This weakening produces uncomfortable urinary incontinence, which makes things as simple as coughing, sneezing or laughing produce involuntary urine output.
Weak muscles can also result in unsatisfactory sexual intercourse as the vaginal canal is too relaxed.
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The important thing is that there is a way to improve this condition quite simply and without having to resort to surgery.
In 1948 these muscles were identified by Dr. Arnold Kegel, an American gynecologist who also invented a series of exercises as a non-surgical treatment for the relaxation of the genitals.
Kegel Exercises
Step One
Identify the muscles to contract
The first step is to identify exactly what these muscles are, which can be tricky at times.
There are three ways to find them for yourself.
Interruption of urine: When you are urinating, stop urine, this way you can identify which muscles you are contracting; those are the muscles of the pelvic floor.
Vaginal Tact: If you have not identified the muscles well, you can try to identify them using the touch. Insert a finger, previously sanitized, into the vagina and tighten. You will notice that the entrance of the vagina contracts. You can repeat the contraction to be able to identify which muscles you need to work on.
The Mirror Technique: Sitting with your legs slightly apart in front of a mirror, you contract your muscles and watch as the perineum rises and closes the entrance of the vagina.
If still using these techniques it is difficult to recognize what the muscles are, visit your gynecologist who will help you identify them.
Do the exercises
1. Make sure you have an empty bladder before you start with the exercises.
2. Concentrate only on contracting the pelvic floor muscles.
This gives better results. Avoid contracting other muscles such as the buttocks or abdomen.
3. For a better concentration breathe deeply. Inhale and exhale as you do each repetition of the exercises.
4. To make sure you do not move your abdomen, place your hand on your belly and make sure it does not move.
5. Put yourself in a comfortable position. You can make them sitting on a chair or lying on the floor with your knees slightly bent, as shown in the box. Make sure your glutes and your belly muscles are relaxed.
6. Duration of the contractions
To begin, tighten the muscles of the pelvic floor and keep them tight for 5 seconds.
7. Relaxation stage
After contracting for 5 seconds, rest for 10 seconds and then repeat the contraction. An easy way is counting up to 10 between one contraction and another.
Increase the contraction time as you get accustomed. You can increase one second per week. until it reaches 10 seconds. After you do, there is no need to squeeze any longer. It continues with the routine of 10 repetitions of seconds of contraction and 10 of rest about 3 or 4 times to the day.
8. How many times should you do them?
Each workout should be done 10 times, that is, 10 contractions should be performed with their corresponding breaks between one and another.
9. How many sessions should you perform per day?
You should repeat the sessions 3 or 4 times a day. [5
10. How long do the results look?
That depends a lot on the type of ailments. there are people who see an improvement on the 4th week, but others take two or three months; what is sure, if you are constantre; sooner or later, you will see improvement, both in incontinence problems and in cases of flaccidity of the genital area.
11. Should I stop?
No, once you have regained thrivemax Testo the tone of your muscles, you must continue with the routine forever. Like all muscle, those on the pelvic floor need to exercise. Although you can decrease the number of sessions to two daily.
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[][src]Crate unstructured
This library provides types for usage with unstructured data. This is based on functionality from both serde_json and serde_value. Depending on your use case, it may make sense to use one of those instead.
These structures for serialization and deserialization into an intermediate container with serde and manipulation of this data while in this intermediate state.
Purpose
So why not use one of the above libraries?
• serde_json::value::Value is coupled with JSON serialization/deserialization pretty strongly. The purpose is to have an intermediate format for usage specifically with JSON. This can be a problem if you need something more generic (e.g. you need to support features that JSON does not) or do not wish to require dependence on JSON libraries. Document supports serialization to/from JSON without being limited to usage with JSON libraries.
• serde_value::Value provides an intermediate format for serialization and deserialization like Document, however it does not provide as many options for manipulating the data such as indexing and easy type conversion.
In addition to many of the futures provided by the above libraries, unstructured also provides:
• Easy usage of comparisons with primitive types, e.g. Unstructured<T>::U64(100) == 100 as u64
• Easy merging of multiple documents: doc1.merge(doc2) or doc = doc1 + doc2
• Selectors for retrieving nested values within a document without cloning: doc.select(".path.to.key")
• Filters to create new documents from an array of input documents: docs.filter("[0].path.to.key | [1].path.to.array[0:5]")
• Convenience methods for is_type(), as_type(), take_type()
• Most of the From implementation for easy document creation
Example Usage
The primary struct used in this repo is Document. Document provides methods for easy type conversion and manipulation.
use unstructured::{Document, Number};
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
let mut map = BTreeMap::new(); // Will be inferred as BTreeMap<Document, Document> though root element can be any supported type
map.insert("test".into(), 100u64.into()); // From<> is implement for most basic data types
let doc: Document = map.into(); // Create a new Document where the root element is the map defined above
assert_eq!(doc["test"], Document::Number(Number::U64(100)));
Document implements serialize and deserialize so that it can be easily used where the data format is unknown and manipulated after it has been received.
#[macro_use]
extern crate serde;
use unstructured::Document;
#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
struct SomeStruct {
key: String,
}
fn main() {
let from_service = "{\"key\": \"value\"}";
let doc: Document = serde_json::from_str(from_service).unwrap();
let expected: Document = "value".into();
assert_eq!(doc["key"], expected);
let some_struct: SomeStruct = doc.try_into().unwrap();
assert_eq!(some_struct.key, "value");
let another_doc = Document::new(some_struct).unwrap();
assert_eq!(another_doc["key"], expected);
}
Selectors can be used to retrieve a reference to nested values, regardless of the incoming format.
• JSON Pointer syntax: doc.select("/path/to/key")
• A JQ inspired syntax: doc.select(".path.to.[\"key\"")
use unstructured::Document;
let doc: Document =
serde_json::from_str("{\"some\": {\"nested\": {\"value\": \"is this value\"}}}").unwrap();
let doc_element = doc.select("/some/nested/value").unwrap(); // Returns an Option<Document>, None if not found
let expected: Document = "is this value".into();
assert_eq!(*doc_element, expected);
In addition to selectors, filters can be used to create new documents from an array of input documents.
• Document selection: "[0]", "[1]", "*"
• Path navigation: "[0].path.to.key" "[0] /path/to/key" r#" [0] .["path"].["to"].["key"] "#
• Index selection: "[0] .array.[0]"
• Sequence selection: "[0] .array.[0:0]" "[0] .array.[:]" "[0] .array.[:5]"
• Filtering multiple docs: "[0].key | [1].key"
• Merging docs: "*" "[0].key.to.merge | [1].add.this.key.too | [2].key.to.merge"
use unstructured::{Document, Number};
let docs: Vec<Document> = vec![
serde_json::from_str(r#"{"some": {"nested": {"vals": [1,2,3]}}}"#).unwrap(),
serde_json::from_str(r#"{"some": {"nested": {"vals": [4,5,6]}}}"#).unwrap(),
];
let result = Document::filter(&docs, "[0].some.nested.vals | [1].some.nested.vals").unwrap();
assert_eq!(result["some"]["nested"]["vals"][4], Document::Number(Number::U64(5)));
Macros
anyvec
foreach_numeric_primitive
walk
Structs
DefaultOther
UnstructuredType
Enums
Number
Unstructured
UnstructuredError
Traits
DocumentConvertible
UnstructuredDataTrait
Type Definitions
Document
Mapping
Sequence | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
(671e) Economic and Process Engineering Evaluations of Polymer-Grade Terephthalic Acid Production In A Spray Reactor
Authors:
Li, M. - Presenter, University of Kansas
Niu, F. - Presenter, University of Kansas
Zuo, X. - Presenter, University of Kansas
Busch, D. H. - Presenter, University of Kansas
Subramaniam, B. - Presenter, Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas
There is emerging interest in developing renewable plastics derived from feedstocks (such as renewable p-xylene) from plant-based biomass. In such cases, it is imperative that green conversion technologies are also employed. CEBC researchers have been investigating a spray process concept as a greener alternative to the conventional Mid-Century (MC) process for terephthalic acid (TPA) production from p-xylene. Compared to the MC process in which the air is dispersed into the stirred liquid phase containing p-xylene and the Co/Mn/Br based catalyst dissolved in acetic acid, the spray process uses a nozzle to disperse the reaction mixture as fine droplets into a gas phase dominated by saturated acetic acid vapor and also containing O2 (in slight excess over the stoichiometric amount needed for p-xylene oxidation to TPA) and CO2 (as carrier for O2). The increased gas/liquid interfacial area was aimed at eliminating O2 starvation in the liquid phase, thereby avoiding incomplete oxidation to achieve improved selectivity and purity of the TPA product. In the MC process, the crude TPA from the stirred reactor contains significant amount of impurities such as approximately 1400 ppmw 4-carboxybenzaldehyde (4-CBA) and 600 ppmw p-toluic acid due to the incomplete oxidation. To obtain polymer-grade TPA, a purification process by hydrogenation associated with a significant number of additional processing steps is required. Employing a semi-continuous spray process (p-xylene sprayed continuously but no continuous product withdrawal), it was confirmed by reliable analytical methods that the solid TPA product meets the polymer-grade purity specification of 25 ppmw 4-CBA or less, implying the hydrogenation step is not required. Comparative economic analyses show that the total capital investment and utility costs associated with the spray process are roughly half of that in the MC process, thus significantly reducing the cost of the polymer grade TPA product. Preliminary experimental results from continuous operation of the spray reactor show that p-xylene was being converted mostly to TPA and that the purest solid TPA product obtained in the reactor contains 3 ppmw 4-CBA. Based on reactor modeling, factors affecting the control of reactor temperature and open-loop stability of the reactor are also elucidated.
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Mayo Clinic Health Library
Coconut oil for weight loss: Does it work?
Updated: 05-22-2019
Coconut oil is widely promoted for weight-loss. While the promises of coconut oil's benefit sound great, the research is less clear. A few studies have looked at the benefit of coconut oil on weight loss, and results have been mixed. While some studies have reported a decrease in participants' body mass index (BMI) and waist size, others have not.
All of the studies have been short-term. And it's important to note that the better designed studies have evaluated coconut oil as part of a reduced-calorie diet and exercise plan. There is no evidence that coconut oil will have a beneficial effect on weight loss if you simply add it to your diet.
Coconut oil is from the dried fruit (nut) of the coconut palm tree. Although it's called an oil, it's essentially solid at room temperature, more like the texture and consistency of vegetable shortening. Coconut oil is nearly 100 percent fat, and 82 to 92 percent of that is saturated fat. One tablespoon of coconut oil contains 11 grams of saturated fat.
All fats are not the same
Fats can be characterized as saturated or unsaturated. Saturated fats can be further divided into short-, medium- and long-chain fatty acids. These types of fats have different effects in the body. Unlike long-chain fatty acids, medium-chain fatty acids are absorbed directly into the bloodstream. They don't raise blood cholesterol as much as long-chain fatty acids do, and they don't appear to be stored in the body's fat tissue as readily as long-chain fatty acids are.
Coconut oil has been of interest because it contains both medium-chain and long-chain fatty acids. The primary component, however, is lauric acid. Based on its structure and function, lauric acid lands in the middle, behaving in some ways like a medium-chain fatty acid and in others like a long-chain fatty acid.
Many studies of medium-chain fatty acids and health benefits have been conducted with manufactured oils — derived in part from coconut oil or other plant oils — that don't contain lauric acid. Therefore, it's important not to draw conclusions about the benefits of coconut oil based on studies with oils called medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oils.
Other research findings
Researchers have also looked at the effect of coconut oil on blood cholesterol levels. Coconut oil appears to raise low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol — the "bad" cholesterol — but not as much as foods that contain long-chain fatty acids, such as meat or full-fat dairy products. Some studies show that coconut oil may increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol — the "good" cholesterol — but whether this has a beneficial effect on heart disease is not known.
The entire body of evidence regarding dietary fats still supports the use of unsaturated oils, such as olive, canola, safflower or sunflower oil, instead of saturated fats or coconut oil for the management of cardiovascular risk factors.
Coconut oil also adds calories to your diet, about 120 calories per tablespoon of coconut oil, which is why it will likely not aid weight loss if it's not used with a calorie-controlled diet and physical activity.
The bottom line
Research about the potential benefits of coconut oil asks important questions, but it's too soon to draw clear conclusions. More research is needed with larger study groups and long-term follow-up to understand the impact of coconut oil on weight loss, blood cholesterol, and cardiovascular risk factors. And those results will need to be compared with the overall body of information about nutrition and health.
Although eating coconut oil in moderation isn't going to result in great harm to your health, it's not likely to help you lose weight either. If you enjoy the flavor of coconut oil, use it sparingly as part of an overall healthy dietary pattern. For successful, long-term weight loss, stick to the basics — regular physical activity and an overall calorie-controlled, healthy-eating plan rich in fruits, vegetables and other plant products. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Rh forty-six years, spent in obeying the divine command to "make known to the world the truth which he had gained." He was now forty-one years of age, mature in spirit as in body, filled with an abundant life, capable as never before of holding a steady balance between the worlds of spirit and of sense. The double life of action and contemplation, of supernal love and of human work, towards which that God Who is both active and at rest had led through joy and pain the growing soul, was possible to him at last. We know from the witness of others the courage and industry with which that self-giving life was led : a life, rooted in the Infinite yet manifesting itself in a universal charity towards all finite things, which obtained for Devendranath even in his lifetime the title of "great saint" His aim was the aim of all the true mystics, to "be to the Eternal Goodness what his own hand is to a man" an instrument wherewith the Supreme Artist could do His creative work. His achievement might have been expressed in the beautiful words which Walt Whitman has placed on the lips of the aged Columbus that perfect type of heroic love in action, whose every enterprise was filled with God
Thou knowest my years entire, my life, My long and crowded life of active work, not adoration merely ; Thou knowest the prayers and vigils of my youth, Thou knowest my manhood s solemn and visionary meditations, Thou Knowest how before I commenced I devoted all to come to Thee, | WIKI |
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Staten Island Ferry
A Staten Island Ferry boat was named after Merrill in 1951- http://www.siferry.com/SIFerry_Current_Ferries.aspx (See "Past Staten Island Ferries" —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:06, 8 April 2010 (UTC) | WIKI |
Make an Air Purifier on the Cheap
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I'm sure there are some of you out there, like myself, whose room is full of dust, allergens, and other debris. After looking at the prices of some of the purifiers on the market, I decided to make one myself, and construct an instructable on how to recreate it.
Step 1: What You'll Need
You will need the following parts:
A foot of 3 - inch diameter PVC tubing
A 3 - inch diameter computer fan (mine was 12V)
An AC/DC adapter, with a DC output the same as your fans
Filter for a room air conditioner
Toggle switch
Hose clamp for the 3 - inch pipe
I already had the fan and adapter laying around, but everything shouldn't cost more than 20 dollars.
You will need the following tools:
Drill and various bits
Soldering iron + solder
Hot glue gun + sticks
Step 2: Preparation
Start by drilling two small holes for the wires of the adapter, and the wires of the fan. Make sure your holes are placed close enough to the top so that you have room to install the fan.
Next, make one larger hole in between the two smaller ones to accommodate the toggle switch.
Step 3: Assembly Pt. 1
Twist together, then solder the negative wires together.
The twist and solder each of the positive wires to the prongs of the toggle switch. (Positive on the adapter has a white stripe)
Step 4: Assembly Pt. 2
Push the toggle switch through the large hole, and screw on the anchor that comes with it. Next, using the hot glue gun, glue the holes where the wires go into, and around the toggle switch to form an air tight seal. Allow a couple minutes to completely cool.
Then, place the fan on the top, make sure its centered with the air flow going AWAY from the pipe, and hot glue the corners down. Then, form a nice tight seal around the edges of the fan and pipe.
Step 5: Put on the Filter
The filter unfolds to a pretty large sheet. I decided to cut a third of it off, then fold it into a square. This made it 4 layers thick.
Place it on top of the pipe, opposite side of the fan, and secure it with the hose clamp. Tighten as hard as you can, then trim off the excess filter corners.
Step 6: All Done!
Plug it in, and listen to that baby purr. It's extremely quiet and blows pretty nicely. Set it somewhere in your room, and let it clean your air. I would recommend changing the filter about once a month, or when the color looks about #333333.
This was my first instructable, so if you like, lemme know!
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horeb edward
5 months ago
please tell it can purify dirty air or pollutants?
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MichaelS918
1 year ago
Awesome ible. Simple and functional. I am a bit curious as to why you used the thicker walled PVC pipe as opposed to the thinner walled version. Unless you wanted to be able to drill, tap and screw into the PVC pipe ends at some point.
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EliezerC
3 years ago
heys, one question.. how come the fan blows away from the pipe? shouldn't it be blowing into the pipe so the filter catches the pet dander, hair and particles?
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ejsilver26EliezerC
Reply 1 year ago
The fan blows the cleaned air out of the pipe. It will not get clogged with dirt and dust that way. Furnaces have the filter before the motor for the same reason. If you had the fan blow in, the fan, wires, tube, etc would get dirty pretty fast.
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pootislordEliezerC
Reply 1 year ago
It would probably work better the way you described.
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t1ber1umEliezerC
Reply 3 years ago
it should work as long as you are forcing the air through the filter .
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pootislordDebiprasannaB
Reply 1 year ago
Switches are cheap, under a buck. Wire is cheap, about a buck. The tube is cheap, about a buck. The filter is probably like 5 dollars, the fan can be salvaged, and the glue gun you could already have.
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killerstrike311
2 years ago
it can purify dirty air or not?
if not it is just a child's play
the air purifier available in market purifies the poisonous fumes also
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pootislordlordloihi
Reply 1 year ago
Cooking Crack, rat poison, or bombs :). Either way, get a professional one if you are concerned with poisonous fumes.
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KathrynR30
1 year ago
Great idea! Are there any other options of fans you could use where you would not have to solder anything??
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pootislordKathrynR30
Reply 1 year ago
Sure, eletrical tape and splices, or wire nuts, hot gluing spliced wires, there's a lot of solutions, but nothing is easier than plain soldering. It's not easy, but you'll get better over time!
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DaveS259
1 year ago
What's the purpose of the tube?
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majenko
2 years ago
I'm wondering if something similar could be created by simply attaching a fan to a cheap engine air filter...
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DrTroopmajenko
Reply 1 year ago
I am currently building one like this to filter cigarette smoke. I used the same concept as listed here, but I used several 120mm computer fans. there is a rosewill set in amazon for $13 and I used an old cone air filter from a car(the little cheap ones for 4cyl cars. I used a box but l plan on building it with wood after I get all of the bugs out. I have the filter on a poster tube so that it can sit close to the floor and still reach beside my desk. at the base of the tube I placed the box with the fans pulling air through the tube and the filter.
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keshavj
3 years ago
make it easy by video
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LesleyF2
3 years ago
sounds easy lol
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aaron52
3 years ago
well ill try this 1 more time...... re: a desktop for parts .... fan 12v, ps 12v and 5v out possily with a switch built in and the mian power switch.... use the powersupply to power the fan ---- if you short the power good signal on the the connector that pluged in to the mobo it allows you to turn it on buy the switch or if no sw. the plugging it in .. find the green wire in the connector and short it to and of the black wires..note...... sometimes they have a different color for the powergood so you should google the PS model you have + powergood wire color.... just an fyi
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Gottwinkies
8 years ago on Introduction
Very nice, very inspring! Now I find myself eyeballing my old computer with the toasted hard drive- Mouhahahahaaa! Those little fans have so many uses, but I didn't think about hooking one to an adapter. Thanks! | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Assessment of the Relationship between Coastal Geometry and Depositional Environment along the Australian Coastline; Developing Models for Application to Ancient Systems
Nanson, Rachel 1; Vakarelov, Boyan 1; Ainsworth, Bruce 1; O'Reilley, Daniel 1; Midtkandal, Ivar 1
1 School of Petroleum, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Coastal depositional systems can be broadly defined as deltaic, estuarine or non-fluviatile and can be classified by wave, tide or fluvial process domination and influence. Coastal geometries (local accommodation space, shelf morphology and degree of embayment) and processes (sediment supply rates and calibre, fluvial discharge and the nature of sediment supply) modify the influence of waves, tides and river flows, the resulting deposystem types and, in turn, the nature and geometries of the depositional elements they contain. Detailed topographic, bathymetric, tide, wave and river data are available for Australian coastal regions and allow geometric and process controls on coastal sedimentary systems to be investigated.
The morphologies of coast-normal transects (shelf profiles) influence wave / tide energy ratios at the shoreline. Wide shelves generally amplify tidal strength and dampen wave action through frictional losses across the shelf, resulting in tide-dominated coastal systems. In contrast, narrow shelves generally have a more subdued effect on wave energy and do not amplify tidal ranges, resulting in wave-dominated coastal systems. A preliminary investigation of shelf profiles sampled from non-fluviatile Australian coastlines indicates a shelf profile - system type trend: the modal distance to shelf edge for wave-dominated strandplains (40km) is less than one quarter the distance for mudflats (185km). However, many systems deviate from this trend and indicate the influence of other geometric and process factors.
Embayed coastlines have the potential to attenuate wave energy and amplify tidal energy, resulting in different process domination at the shoreline for any given shelf slope. A model for coastline embayment to shelf edge relationship to predict system types is under development; the preliminary shelf accommodation measure, which incorporates both distance to shelf edge and coastal embayment, demonstrates strandplain shelf accommodation less than one sixth of that for mudflat shorelines.
The applicability of modern coastal morphology to system type relationships to ancient systems is currently being tested.
AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90090©2009 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, June 7-10, 2009 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Sujudi
Sujudi (9 September 1930 –23 June 2007) was an Indonesian physician and academic who became the country's Minister of Health from 1993 until 1998. Previously, he worked in the University of Indonesia as a lecturer, with his highest office being the university's rector from 1986 until 1994.
Early life and education
Sujudi was born on 9 September 1930 in Bogor as the seventh of twelve children. His father, Martamihardja, worked as a field officer in the Indonesian People's Bank. Sujudi began his studies at the Taman Siswa elementary school in Bogor. After finishing his primary education there in 1944, Sujudi continued his education at Bogor's junior high school and high school. He completed his secondary education in 1950.
Upon finishing high school, Sujudi initially wanted to study chemistry at the Bandung Institute of Technology. However, due to his parents' financial condition, he decided to enter the medical faculty of the University of Indonesia (UI) in Salemba, Jakarta. He initially stayed in Bogor and had to commute to Jakarta, but later moved to Jakarta after obtaining a scholarship from the Department of Health.
Sujudi finished his propaedeutics exam in 1952 and became an assistant lecturer in microbiology in 1954. Upon receiving his undergraduate degree in February 1956, Sujudi was sent by UI to study medicine at the Stanford University for a year. He returned to Indonesia in 1957 and continued studying medicine until he obtained a medical license in 1959.
Career
Sujudi began to teach in UI's medical faculty immediately after obtaining his medical license. He taught microbiology in the faculty and became the head of the faculty's microbiology section in 1966. As the head of the microbiology section, Sujudi established academic network with medical schools in Japan. He sent most of his staff, including future rector Usman Chatib Warsa and researcher Pratiwi Sudarmono, to pursue postgraduate studies in Japan.
Seven years later, in December 1972, Sujudi obtained a doctorate degree from UI. He was made as a professor in microbiology on 16 November 1974. Shortly after becoming a professor, the dean of the medical faculty appointed Sujudi as the deputy dean for student and alumni affairs. Three years later, UI's rector Mahar Mardjono appointed him as the first deputy rector.
Mardjono's term as rector ended in 1982. The university's academic senate, which consisted of UI professors and dean, nominated Sujudi and Harsya Bachtiar from the literature faculty to replace Mardjono. Sujudi was mostly favored to become the new rector due to his position as well as support from the entirety of UI, including the literature faculty. Sujudi won the rector election, but the central government refused to confirm the election results. The central government then appointed military historian Nugroho Notosusanto as rector. Nugroho demoted Sujudi from the highly influential post of first deputy rector to the head of UI's research center in June 1984.
Rector of the University of Indonesia
After three years of serving as rector, Nugroho died on 3 June 1985. Nugroho's first deputy, W. A. F. J. Tumbelaka, was named as acting rector and appointed Sujudi as the secretary of the academic senate. An election for a new rector was held around December 1985, with Sujudi facing Padmo Wahjono from the law faculty. As with the previous election, most of the academic senate supported Sujudi, and he was elected as the definitive rector in 1986 without facing much opposition from the government. He was re-elected as rector in January 1990. Following his appointment as health minister in March 1993, Sujudi continued holding the rector's office, with the day-to-day running of the university being handed over to his deputy Muhammad Kamil Tadjudin. Tadjudin replaced Sujudi as UI's rector on 22 January 1994.
Moving to Depok
As rector, Sujudi supervised the process of moving UI's campus from Salemba to Depok in West Java. The moving process had already been planned during Mardjono's tenure and construction of the new campus was initiated by Nugroho. Sujudi described the old campus in Salemba as being too cramped, with almost no room for lecturers. Aside from continuing the construction of new buildings, Sujudi also ordered the construction of a railway station inside the new campus and proposed the merger of two subdistricts in order to simplify administrative matters in the new campus. The new campus was inaugurated on 5 September 1987. Despite this, unfinished construction and security problems still remained issues until several months later. The new campus was also criticized due to a lack of accommodation for students and lecturers as well as a lack of attention in developing the community surrounding the campus.
Student politics
Before Sujudi became rector, student organizations were mostly banned. Peter Sumariyoto, the last chairman of the UI student council before it was dissolved in 1982, was expelled by Nugroho after refusing to resign from his position. After Nugroho was replaced by Sujudi, Sujudi summoned the chairman of student senate from all faculties to a meeting. The meeting resulted in the established of an all-UI forum to coordinate student activities in the university. The plan was approved by Sujudi and the forum became a temporary replacement for the UI student council.
In July 1990, the Minister of Education issued a decree which permits the re-establishment of student councils. The decree was met with rejection by the forum, as they perceived that the decree brought the student movement under government control. Sujudi stated his contentment regarding the student rejection of the decree. Sujudi's statement was widely publicized and became viewed as his opposition to government's policy. Seeing it being interpreted as such, Sujudi later revised his statement, stating that the rejection was a "hasty attitude" and that the forum should revise their statement. The forum finally accepted the minister's decree following a prolonged meeting with the university's authority and representatives from the department of education.
Research university plan
In February 1989, Sujudi proposed his plans to transform UI into a research university. The concept for the transformation had already been developed by Sujudi during his time as the head of microbiology section and UI's research center. Despite receiving a considerable amount of support from the university's internal, Sujudi's plans was opposed by the university's alumni association, who stated that such transformation would result in the commercialization of the university.
Health minister
Towards the end of his term as rector, Sujudi became more active in various organizations. He held leading positions in academic organizations, such as the chairman of the Association of Indonesian Microbiologists and the education director of the Al-Azhar Foundation. In 1990, Sujudi became member of the Indonesian Association of Muslim Intellectuals, an organization established by minister of research and technology B. J. Habibie. His membership in ICMI led to his appointment by President Suharto as a member of the People's Consultative Assembly in early 1993 and as minister of health on 19 March 1993.
On the new year's eve of 1994, Sujudi announced that the amount of certified AIDS sufferers in Indonesia has increased to more than four-fold. The health department began preventive measures to curtail the disease by establishing an agency to combat the spread of the virus and implementing mass-scale HIV/AIDS testing for social groups deemed as "high-risk". In one incident, American basketball player Magic Johnson was blocked from entering Indonesia after Johnson reportedly contracting the HIV virus. The month after the incident, Sujudi introduced mandatory regular HIV/AIDS checks for expatriates in Indonesia in order to prevent further spread of the disease. There were suggestions to initiate a government campaign of condom usage, but Sujudi rejected the suggestion as "culturally unacceptable".
Under Sujudi, the distribution of alcohol was much more regulated. The sales of alcoholic beverages were limited to hotels and duty-free shops in an attempt to reduce sales of both legal and illegal alcohol. Sujudi was reluctant to take similar steps for tobacco, as he considered restricting sales of tobacco would have a negative effect on tax revenue and the livelihoods of women who sold cigarettes. Despite his reluctance, the department of health under Sujudi began to ban smoking in its own premises and advocated a smoking ban in all government offices.
At the end of his term, in early 1998 Indonesia experienced a financial crisis which causes prices to skyrocket, including medical supplies. Hospitals around the country had to use makeshift medical appliances. In order to handle the medical crisis, Sujudi began importing raw materials for medical supplies as well as medical supplies with a reduced exchange rate that the department would subsidize. About a month after the import began, Sujudi's term as health minister ended.
Later life, death, and legacy
Sujudi remained active in organizations and companies after his retirement as health minister. He became the president commissioner of pharmaceutical company Millenium Pharmacon Internasional and medical company Kosala Agung Metropolitan, as well as a member of the board of advisors of the Indonesian Humanitarian Committee and the day-to-day chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross Society.
On 23 June 2007, Sujudi died at the Pertamina Central Hospital in Jakarta at around 10.20a.m. Prior to his death, Sujudi was about to gave a speech in an event held at the hospital when he suddenly fell unconscious to the ground due to a heart attack. He was taken to the emergency room to receive medical treatment and died half an hour later. His body was laid at his residence in Cipayung, East Jakarta, before buried at the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery the day after.
Following his death, a building in the Department of Health and a road inside UI was named after him. The Bogor chapter of the Indonesian Doctors Association proposed to name Bogor's central hospital after Sujudi.
Personal life
Sujudi was married to Faika Sujudi on 3 August 1963. The couple had three children.
Honors
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* Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana rib.svg Star of Mahaputera, 2nd Class (Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana) (15 August 1996)
* Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from the Monash University (June 1994)
* National Order of Merit - Officer (France).png Officer of the National Order of Merit (Officier de l'Ordre national du Mérite) (23 November 1989)
* JPN Zuiho-sho (WW2) 2Class BAR.svg Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class (26 December 1988) | WIKI |
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better poet than Papa." It was reserved for Moore's followers to present their verses and stories in the chastened form acceptable to English drawing-rooms, and permitted to English youth. "La Belle Assemblée" published in 1819 an Eastern tale called "Jahia and Meimoune," in which the lovers converse like the virtuous characters in "Camilla." Jahia becomes the guest of an infamous sheik, who intoxicates him with a sherbet composed of "sugar, musk, and amber," and presents him with five thousand sequins and a beautiful Circassian slave. When he is left alone with this damsel, she addresses him thus: "I feel interested in you, and present circumstances will save me from the charge of immodesty, when I say that I also love you. This love inspires me with fresh horror at the crimes that are here committed."
Jahia protests that he respectfully returns her passion, and that his intentions are of an honourable character, whereupon the circumspect maiden rejoins: "Since such are your sentiments, I will perish with you if I fail in delivering you"; and conducts him, through a | WIKI |
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Rh some twenty or thirty minutes. A melted composite metal is poured over the face of the type and an impression of the whole print taken as easily as a mould in plaster of Paris. The process is by no means an agreeable one. The furnace, heated with a seven times seven degree of heat, makes the room insufferable; whilst the fumes of the liquid metal load the air with a burning and choking stench. The reader, however, is privileged to remain outside this department; I have no intention of taking him over it, or going through it myself. It is one of those places on which distance confers enchantment.
Far more worthy of a visit are the paper and machine rooms.
If the reader will reflect for a moment on the vast consumption of paper necessitated by the incredible demand for newspapers at the present day, it will strike him that the quantity of this article employed must be prodigious. Enormous is another big word which I might have employed; but "prodigious" seems to convey an idea of moral and material bulk. It is something vast, that startles and baffles the powers of conception, and puzzles the mind. Take the Representatives of the dear and cheap press, for example. Consider for a moment the number of sheets which each day's impression devours. Setting the circulation of the former down at between 60,000 and 70,000, and of the latter at above 100,000,—which is, I am assured, under the mark,—for these journals alone more than 400 reams daily are required, or for the three hundred and thirteen publishing days of the year, a hundred and twenty-five thousand reams.
Whence are we to obtain the raw food with which even these cormorants of the press shall be satisfied? Thanks to the repeal of the paper-duty, Belgium, France, Austria, and even Italy come to the aid of the English mills, and ship to our ports the necessary material. It would be difficult for the untutored mind to puzzle out the arithmetical problem suggested by the figures introduced above. A glance at the warehouse, or a walk through the vaults in which the stock is kept, will give a far better notion of the quantities consumed. We could form a juster idea of what sized pyramid so many billions of sands would make if we were told it would form one as large as St. Paul's, than if we were to strive till doomsday to evolve it all out of our own consciousness. So with this paper calculation. The eye is the best assistant. These piles upon piles, these groves of virgin quires, waiting to be rendered serviceable to mankind, which at present encumber the room from floor to ceiling, reveal to us the wealth which is devoured every four-and-twenty hours.
Before, however, this paper is fit for use every ream has to be wetted, otherwise it would not take the ink. Tanks have therefore to be kept well supplied with water, and numerous hands are separately engaged to perform the "wetting process." In fact, the paper-room of a first-class journal is in itself a curiosity, with its Pelions of paper, its gushing tanks and sloppy troughs, its stone slabs,—reminding one of a fishmonger's stall,—on which the paper is damped, and with its ministering spirits in paper caps and tucked-up sleeves.
What a number of rolling wheels, what a measured and monotonous click-clack of rising and falling frames! This is the machine-room, where the paper, to speak technically, is machined, that is, passed through the press. Excuse the oily odour, the hot breath, the steaming air, that greet you. A large quantity of gas is required to give sufficient light, besides, in that room close by lies the enormous boiler which generates the motive power that puts this whole network of machinery in action. What noise, what confusion! Roller and wheel whirling madly round, with cranks and metals leaping backwards and forwards, to and fro, like iron imps; how instinct of life it all is! What a merry chase this sliding piece has after that revolving drum, and see, just as it is on the point of catching it, it stops short and beats an ignominious retreat; and can it be that all this apparent fun and frolic is work in earnest?
The machine is what is called a cylindrical one; it is American, constructed by Hoe of New York, whose fame is universal. On a huge cylinder or drum, in the centre, are placed the turtles which I have already mentioned, containing the journal in type. A roller which delights to wallow in a bath of ink, presses at regular intervals against the cylinder and thus wets the surface of the type. On either side of the drum are, according to the size of the machine, four, six, or ten huge flaps, called "feeders," which work like punkahs stroking the air. On each of these feeders a ream of paper is so adjusted that by a slight touch of the man or boy who stands by to attend to this particular duty, each sheet is individually drawn between the rollers, which catch it up like lightning, whirl it round the cylinder, and by means of straps, deposit a printed sheet of paper on a platform underneath the spot whence it started. One half of the impression only has been taken. When a sufficient number of copies, thus semi-finished, have been printed off, the turtles are removed, and the remaining ones put on. A bell rings, the | WIKI |
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-- Vodacom Customer Numbers Fall 8.7% After Change to Disconnection Policies
Vodacom Group Ltd. , the South
African mobile-phone operator owned by Vodafone Group Plc , said
the number of subscribers fell 8.7 percent after it changed its
disconnection policy and registration laws slowed additions.
The customer tally declined to 37.7 million in the three
months ended June 30, the Johannesburg-based company said today
in a statement. Revenue rose 0.7 percent to 14.4 billion rand
($1.9 billion) from a year earlier, it said.
In South Africa, which accounts for 87 percent of sales,
Vodacom lost 3.1 million customers primarily because the company
shortened the length of time it allows SIM cards to forward
calls before disconnection, to seven months from 13 months.
New South African laws that require mobile operators to
register SIM cards with proof of identity and residential
address for customers buying air time also hurt growth. A cut in
termination rates, the fees operators charge to carry each
other’s traffic, reduced Vodacom’s revenue by 393 million rand.
Sales from international operations declined 14.5 percent
as the company added more low-paying customers, mostly in
Tanzania, where subscribers climbed to 8 million from 5.9
million a year earlier, the company said.
Vodacom declined 1.1 percent to 62.10 rand at the 5p.m.
close in Johannesburg, paring the stock’s gain this year to 9.9
percent.
World Cup Promotions
Visitors to South Africa for the FIFA World Cup soccer
tournament boosted Vodacom sales by as much as 50 million rand,
Chief Executive Officer Pieter Uys said on a conference call.
Vodacom may have lost some market share to MTN Group Ltd.
during the event as Vodacom chose to save promotions for other
projects rather than spend amid so much “noise” from
competitors, the CEO said.
“We have come back and we have launched a new TV
advertising campaign and value offers,” Uys said.
South Africa’s mobile operators, which include MTN and Cell
C Ltd., have lobbied the government to extend a Dec. 31 deadline
to register mobile-phone users, Uys said. The government has
agreed to meet with operators to discuss the matter, he said.
Vodacom has registered about 15 million of its customers
since new information laws came into effect in July 2009, the
CEO said. Registering the remainder will take longer than the
time permitted, he said. Companies must disconnect unregistered
subscribers on Jan. 1 unless the deadline is changed.
To contact the reporter on this story:
Nicky Smith in Johannesburg at
nsmith38@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Alan Dershowitz, Louis Freeh lobby for Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler
Celebrity defense attorney Alan Dershowitz and former FBI Director Louis Freeh have registered to lobby the U.S. government on behalf of an Israeli businessman who has been accused of getting rich from corrupt mining deals in Africa, according to a registration form reviewed by CNBC. The businessman, Dan Gertler, who has a net worth of just over $1 billion, was sanctioned in 2017 and 2018 by the Trump administration for the alleged abuses in affiliation with his business dealings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lobbying is an unusual role for Dershowitz, who is one of President Donald Trump's most vocal advocates in the media and has famously defended high-profile clients such as O.J. Simpson. There were no other publicly available records that list Dershowitz as a registered lobbyist, according to a CNBC review. Dershowitz, however, insists he's acting as an attorney for Gertler. "I am acting as a defense lawyer, not a lobbyist. But the rules require registration if you present a defense to a non-judicial agency," he told CNBC. Dershowitz and Freeh are lobbying the Treasury Department, which enacted the sanctions, on Gertler's behalf. The filing shows that at least part of their lobbying efforts for Gertler started in October 2018. They appear to have officially registered to act on his behalf on Monday, the date signed on the document by Freeh's partner, Gregory Paw. Gertler, according to the Treasury Department, "has amassed his fortune through hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals" in the DRC. The Treasury put a freeze on his U.S. assets two years ago. In 2017, Gertler sold his stake in two Congo mines to Glencore, a commodities trading company based in Switzerland, for more than $960 million. The lobbying disclosure form shows that Dershowitz, Freeh and their associate, Gary Apfel of law firm Pepper Hamilton, are targeting the Treasury and, specifically, the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The document describes their lobbying push as a focus on "extractive industry & charitable activity." Freeh and Dershowitz have known each other for years. After Dershowitz was accused of sexual misconduct by a woman who has claimed she was abused by late financier Jeffrey Epstein, he hired Freeh's security firm to conduct an independent investigation. Freeh, in 2016, announced that his team "found no evidence to support the accusations of sexual misconduct" against Dershowitz. "In my opinion, the totality of the evidence found during the investigation refutes the allegations made against Professor Dershowitz," Freeh said in a statement at the time. Dershowitz was a staunch defender of Trump during special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and has become an advocate for the president during the impeachment inquiry into the July 25 phone call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The New York Times reported in December that Dershowitz was acting as an advisor for Gertler as he fought off the sanctions. Dershowitz told the Times that Gertler is a "very good person" and is "being targeted primarily because of the actions of other people." He said at the time he was not using his access to Trump to lobby to the administration on Gertler's behalf. "I would never raise an issue like this," he told the Times. Dershowitz once defended Epstein, who was accused of child sex trafficking before he was found dead in his jail cell from an apparent suicide in August. The two were also friends. Freeh started using his law firm, Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan, to lobby for clients earlier this year. As Politico reported at the time, one of Freeh's first clients was Kuwait-based KGL Investment Company. His team was reportedly pushing for the release of Marsha Lazareva, a KGL executive who had been detained in that country since 2017. Apfel and a representative for Freeh did not return a request for comment. Calls to Gertler's office in Israel were not returned. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC. and Elizabeth A. Blosser, Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION and Janet Reno, Defendants.
Civil No. 3-95-1147.
United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.
April 19, 1996.
James Bopp, Jr., Paul R. Scholle, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, and Frank J. Walz, Best & Flanagan, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.
Lawrence M. Nobel, Richard B. Bader, Stephen E. Hershkowitz and Kenneth E. Kellner, Office of the General Counsel for the
Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Federal Election Commission.
Lonnie F. Bryan, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorneys Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Janet Reno.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KYLE, District Judge.
Introduction
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. (“MCCL”) and Elizabeth A. Blosser’s (“Blosser”) Consolidated Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and Trial on the Merits, and Defendant United States Attorney General Janet Reno’s (“Attorney General”) Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. MCCL commenced this action challenging regulations Defendant Federal Election Commission (the “Commission”) promulgated pursuant to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, (the “Act” or the “FECA”), 2 U.S.C. §§ 431-455. These regulations, found at 11 C.F.R. § 114.10, define an exemption to the Act’s prohibition against the use of corporate funds to influence federal elections. MCCL claims these regulations violate the First Amendment and the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 551-706.
A hearing on MCCL’s Consolidated Motion was held before the undersigned on March 11, 1996. At the hearing, the Commission moved (1) to engage in additional discovery; (2) to file the complete administrative rulemaking record relative to 11 C.F.R. § 114.10; (3) to strike the Affidavit of Jacqueline A Schwietz, MCCL’s Co-Executive Director; and (4) to file supplemental briefing on the merits of MCCL’s claims. The Court granted the Commission’s motion to file supplemental briefing on the merits and denied the remainder of its motions.
The Court is currently in receipt of the Commission’s supplemental brief and MCCL’s response thereto. The Commission has also re-filed motions to engage in additional discovery, to file the complete administrative record pertaining to 11 C.F.R. § 114.10, and to strike the Affidavit of Jacqueline A. Schwietz. This Memorandum Opinion and Order follows.
Background
I. Parties
MCCL is a nonprofit corporation organized under Minnesota law. MCCL’s purpose is “to educate the public through the presentation of detailed and factual information about fetal development, abortion, alternatives to abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and related issues.” (Am.Compl. ¶ 10.) In accordance with this purpose, MCCL claims it makes expenditures for communications and publications such as a newsletter, candidate surveys and voter guides. (Id. ¶ 16.) Blosser is a resident of Minnesota; she is not a member of MCCL but claims the regulations challenged in this case impair her ability to receive information contained in MCCL’s communications. (Id. ¶¶ 5, 55.)
The Commission is an independent agency of the United States Government empowered to administer, interpret, enforce, and make such rules as are necessary to implement the FECA. 2 U.S.C. §§ 437c(b)(l), 437d(l) and 437g.
The Attorney General is charged under the FECA with the enforcement of certain penal provisions of the FECA and is empowered to receive reports of apparent FECA violations from the Commission and to take appropriate action; she is sued in her official capacity. See 2 U.S.C. § 437g.
II. FECA Regulations
The regulations challenged in this case were promulgated pursuant to FECA § 441b. This section prohibits corporations and labor organizations from using general treasury funds to make a “contribution or expenditure in connection with any [federal] election.” 2 U.S.C. § 441b(a). In Federal Election Comm’n v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc., 479 U.S. 238, 107 S.Ct. 616, 93 L.Ed.2d 539 (1986) (“MCFL ”), the Supreme Court placed a limiting construction on § 441b’s campaign spending restrictions; it held that § 441b’s prohibition against the use of corporate general treasury funds to make independent campaign expenditures was unconstitutional as applied to MCFL, a small nonprofit corporation, because this restriction “infringe[d] protected speech without a compelling justification for such infringement.” Id. at 263, 107 S.Ct. at 630. The Supreme Court observed MCFL had the following three features “essential” to its holding:
(1) it was formed for the express purpose of promoting political ideas, and [could not] engage in business activities.
(2) it has no shareholders or other persons affiliated so as to have a claim on its assets or earnings.
(3) [it] was not established by a business corporation or a labor union, and it is its policy not to accept contributions from such entities.
Id. at 263-64, 107 S.Ct. at 631.
The Supreme Court’s description of these three features forms the basis for 11 C.F.R. § 114.10, the regulation at issue in this case. See 60 Fed.Reg. 35,292, 35,293 (July 6, 1995) (explaining that the “new section 114.10 has been added to implement the MCFL Court’s conclusion that nonprofit corporations possessing certain essential features may not be bound by the restrictions on independent expenditures contained in section 441b.”) Section 114.10 establishes requirements a nonprofit corporation must satisfy to be exempt from § 441b’s prohibition against corporate campaign expenditures. Section 114.10 provides that an entity will not be a “qualified nonprofit corporation” and will be bound by § 441b’s spending restrictions unless, inter alia:
(1) its only express purpose is the promotion of political ideas and it does not engage in any “business activities
(2) its members are not offered and do not receive any benefit which “is a disincentive from them to disassociate the corporation on the basis of the corporation’s position on a political issue,” including credit cards; and
(3) it “does not directly or indirectly accept donations of anything of value from business corporations, or labor organizations.”
11 C.F.R. § 114.10(e)(1) — (5). With respect to this first requirement, the regulations further provide:
(i) The term business activities includes but is not limited to:
(A) Any provision of goods or services that results in income to the corporation; and
(B) Advertising or promotional activity which results in income to the corporation, other than in the form of membership dues or donations.
(ii) The term business activities does not include fundraising activities that are expressly described as requests for donations that may be used for political purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates.
11 C.F.R. § 114.10(b)(3)(i) and (ii).
In addition to defining a “qualified nonprofit corporation,” § 114.10(e) and (f) impose certification and reporting requirements “qualified nonprofit corporations” must satisfy in order to retain their exempt status. Specifically, § 114.10(e) provides in pertinent part:
(1) Procedure for demonstrating qualified nonprofit corporation status. If a corporation makes independent expenditures ... that aggregate in excess of $250 in a calendar year, the corporation shall certify that it is eb'gible for an exemption from the prohibition against corporate expenditures contained [in this section]....
(ii) This certification may be made either as part of a filing FEC Form 5.... or by submitting a letter [which] eertif[ies] that the corporation has the characteristics [of a “qualified nonprofit corporation”] set forth in [§ 144.10] paragraphs (c)(1) through (5).
(2) Reporting independent expenditures. Qualified nonprofit corporations that make independent expenditures aggregating in excess of $250 in a calendar year shall file reports as required by 11 C.F.R. § 109.2.
Section 114.10(f) provides in pertinent part:
Solicitation; disclosure of use of contributions for political purposes. Whenever a qualified nonprofit corporation solicits donations, the solicitation shall inform potential donors that their donations may be used for political purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates.
Each of these requirements is challenged in this case.
III. MCCL
MCCL claims it has the following pertinent characteristics with respect to the regulations at issue:
• MCCL has approximately 32,500 members and 160 local chapters throughout Minnesota;
• No part of MCCL’s net earning inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual;
• MCCL has no capital stock;
• Except for “reasonable compensation for services rendered to it,” MCCL does not afford pecuniary gains to its members, directors, officers or any other persons;
• MCCL offers its members the opportunity to obtain “affinity” credit cards;
• The majority of MCCL’s funding comes from individual donations;
• MCCL does not have a written policy against accepting contributions from business corporations into its “general fund” and in fact accepts such contributions in an amount which is “insignificant” in relation to the total contributions received by MCCL during the year;
• MCCL engages in traditional fundrais-ing activities of nonprofit organizations and in incidental business activities related to its advocacy of issues, such as selling advertisements in its newsletter; renting its membership list; conducting bake, wreath and corsage sales; and seeking donations through direct mail, telemarketing and major gift solicitations. MCCL does not expressly describe its fundraising activities as requests for donations which may be used for political purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates.
(Am.Compl. ¶¶ 8-15; Schwietz Aff. ¶¶ 14^-17.)
TV. MCCL’s claims
MCCL has alleged six related causes of action asserting that the regulations set forth in § 114.10 are “in excess of the statutory authority” of the Commission and thus void under 5 U.S.C. § 706: Count 1 alleges that § 114.10 exceeds the limiting construction to § 441b imposed by the Supreme Court in MCFL; Count 2 alleges that the certification requirement imposed by § 114.10(e) exceeds statutory reporting requirements contained in 2 U.S.C. § 434(c)(1) and (2); Count S alleges that the Commission does not have authority to impose the disclosure requirement contained in § 114.10(f) because this requirement exceeds the conditions Congress authorized it to establish; Count k alleges that the disclosure requirement imposed by § 114.10(f) constitutes an unconstitutional infringement on speech; Count 5 alleges that § 114.10(b)(3)(ii)’s required fundraising disclosures constitute an unconstitutional infringement on speech; and Count 6 alleges that § 114.10 chills MCCL’s ability to engage in free speech and thus violates Blosser’s First Amendment right to receive constitutionally protected political information.
MCCL accordingly seeks (1) a declaration that § 114.10 is in excess of the Commission’s authority, void under 5 U.S.C. § 706, and unconstitutional “in that it infringes Plaintiff ... Blosser’s right to receive information”; (2) a declaration the § 114.10(f) “is unconstitutional in that it constitutes a content based restriction on speech which is not narrowly tailored to serve an overriding [governmental] interest” and (3) an order enjoining Defendants from enforcing § 114.10. (Am.Compl. at 11.)
Discussion
Based on the allegations contained in its Verified Amended Complaint, MCCL clearly does not meet the requirements of a “qualified nonprofit corporation” as defined in § 114.10(c). MCCL engages in FECA “business activities” under § 144.10(c)(2) because it sells advertising in its newsletter, rents its membership list, and engages in fundraising activities that are not expressly described as “requests for donations that may be used for political purposes.” See 60 Fed.Reg. 35,292 at 35,298 (July 6, 1995) (explaining that “a corporation that publishes a newsletter or magazine and sells advertising space in that publication will be engaging in business activities, and will not be a qualified nonprofit corporation”). MCCL also allows members to obtain “affinity” credit cards, which the Commission views as an impermissible benefit under § 114.10(c)(3)(ii). See id. at 35,300 (“credit cards ... will be considered disincentives to disassociate. Consequently, corporations that offer such things as affinity credit cards ... will not be qualified nonprofit corporations”). Finally, MCCL accepts corporate business donations prohibited by § 114.10(c)(4)(ii). See id. at 35,301 (“knowingly accepted prohibited donations will void a corporation’s exemption, even if the corporation accepts only a de minimis amount”). As is clear from the regulations and the Commission’s commentary, each of these facets of MCCL’s activities will disqualify it from an exemption to federal campaign spending restrictions. See id. at 35,298 (“[cjorporations that do not have all of [§ 114.10(e)’s] characteristics are not qualified nonprofit corporations, and are therefore bound by the independent expenditure prohibition” (emphasis added).)
I. Analysis
A Caselaw
The Commission promulgated § 114.10 in an attempt to define the scope of the “qualified nonprofit” exemption the Supreme Court established in MCFL, and relied upon the Supreme Court’s discussion of MCFL’s three features “essential” to its holding. (See supra at pp. 635-636). The Commission considered two interpretations of MCFL when drafting this definition: (1) a formal interpretation and (2) a functional interpretation. As is clear from § 114.10, the Commission adopted a formal interpretation and read MCFL as establishing a strict, “bright-line” constitutional test corporate nonprofits must satisfy to qualify for the § 441b exemption.
The Eighth Circuit specifically rejected this interpretation of MCFL in Day v. Holahan, 34 F.3d 1356 (8th Cir.1994), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 936, 130 L.Ed.2d 881 (1995). In Day, MCCL — the same entity as in this case — challenged the “nonprofit exemption” contained in Minnesota’s campaign finance legislation. Minnesota modeled its exemption on the three conditions the Supreme Court set out in MCFL. Id. at 1363 (explaining that “[t]he Minnesota legislature looked at three features of MCFL that, in the Supreme Court’s view, qualified MCFL for exemption, and translated them into requirements for exemption under Minnesota law”). Minnesota’s exemption provided that a nonprofit corporation was exempt from state campaign expenditure limitations if that corporation:
(1) [could] not engage in business activities;
(2) has no shareholders or other persons affiliated so as to have a claim on its assets or earnings; and
(3) was not established by a business corporation or labor union and has a policy not to accept significant contributions from those entities.
See id. at 1363 (quoting MinmStat. § 211B.15, subd. 15). MCCL alleged this exemption was too restrictive and accordingly infringed upon its First Amendment rights to make campaign expenditures and engage to in other protected speech.
In defending its exemption, Minnesota, like the Commission, construed MCFL as requiring literal compliance with the three “essential” characteristics noted in MCFL and incorporated into the Minnesota statute. See id. (“[tjhe state claims that, because MCCL’s activities did not strictly conform to the statute (MCCL engages in incidental business activities and has no policy of refusing significant contributions from corporations), MCCL is not exempt from the prohibitions of section 211B.15”). The Eighth Circuit unequivocally rejected Minnesota’s construction of MCFL and the “formal” approach to the qualified nonprofit exemption, stating:
the conditions that nonprofit corporations must meet to qualify for the exemption were taken from the Minnesota legislature’s reading of the Supreme Court’s opinion in MCFL. But the analysis in MCFL, upon which section 211B.15, subd. 15 was based, is not a constitutional test for when a nonprofit corporation must be exempt. Instead, it is an application, in three parts, of First Amendment jurisprudence to the facts in MCFL. The state goes too far in concluding that the factual findings o/MCFL translate into absolutes in legal application.
Day, 34 F.3d at 1363 (emphasis added); see also id. at 1364 (stating the Court must “look[ ] to the purpose of ... [the] exemption and the facts here, rather than merely the factual application in MCFL ”); id. (stating the Court must “consider the purpose underlying the Supreme Court’s conclusion.... rather than relying on the factual finding itself’).
Day held Minnesota’s restrictions unconstitutional as applied to MCCL and that MCCL qualified for exempt nonprofit status. Id. at 1365. In reaching this conclusion, Day observed that MCCL would not qualify for Minnesota’s exemption because it engaged in minor business activity such as renting its mailing list and selling advertisements in its newsletter, and because it did not have a policy against accepting “significant” corporate contributions. Id. at 1364.
The Second Circuit has recently adopted Day’s construction of MCFL and rejected the formalist approach presently advocated by the Commission. In Federal Election Comm’n v. Survival Educ. Fund., Inc., 65 F.3d 285 (2nd Cir.1995), the Second Circuit considered whether the defendant nonprofit corporation was entitled to the § 441b exemption even though it received contributions from business corporations. The Commission barred the defendant nonprofit from receiving the exemption because it received corporate contributions, and commenced a civil action against it for violating § 441b. The district court granted the defendant’s summary judgment motion and deemed defendant eligible for the exemption.
On appeal, the Commission argued, as it does here, that “only an absolute policy against accepting contributions from business corporations and labor unions would guarantee that a nonprofit group ... would not abuse its corporate form.” Id. at 291. The Second Circuit disagreed, stating:
[w]e think the FEC misunderstands the nature of MCFL_ [This] decision[ ] involve[s] as-applied First Amendment challenges to elections laws. The Court’s listing of the factors essential to its holding on the facts of a particular ease does not impose a code of compliance that other nonprofit corporations must follow to the letter.
Id. The Second Circuit adopted Day’s functional approach to MCFL and explained “[w]e agree with the analysis in Day. The rigidity with which the FEC would have us apply MCFL would impoverish political debate.” Id. at 292. The Second Circuit accordingly affirmed the district court and held the defendant nonprofit was entitled to the § 441b exemption.
B. Application
The Commission recognizes that its interpretation of MCFL conflicts with the Eighth Circuit’s as set forth above. The Commission argues that this ease is distinguishable from Day because the Commission did not contest MCCL’s assertions regarding the extent of its business activities or the amount of corporate funding it received in Day. In this case, the Commission contests these assertions. The Commission accordingly claims: (1) MCCL has not proven it would qualify for an exemption under the Day analysis and thus does not have standing to challenge the regulations; (2) the Court should not rule on MCCL’s claims until the Commission has an opportunity to build a factual record to support its regulations; and, alternatively, (3) if the Court finds MCCL’s claims are governed by Day, § 114.10(f) is severable from the remainder of § 114.10.
1. Standing
In order to demonstrate it has standing in this matter, MCCL must show: (1) it has suffered or will suffer an injury in fact, (2) there is a causal connection between this injury and the challenged regulations, and (3) it must be likely that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision. See Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness v. Thomas, 53 F.3d 881, 886 (8th Cir.1995) (citing Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 559-61, 112 S.Ct. 2130, 2136, 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992)).
The Commission has not specifically challenged the first two standing requirements. Nor would such a challenge be successful. MCCL seeks to make campaign expenditures on behalf of its members to support it philosophical position. Such independent expenditures constitute expression “at the core of our electoral process and of the First Amendment freedoms.” Federal Election Comm’n v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, 479 U.S. 238, 251, 107 S.Ct. 616, 624, 93 L.Ed.2d 539 (1986) (quotation omitted); Day, 34 F.3d at 1360 (recognizing that “[i]t is clear that independent expenditures are protected speech” and that restrictions on independent expenditures also implicate “protected assoeiational freedoms” by impairing the ability of like-minded people “to pool their resources in furtherance of common political goals”) (citations and quotations omitted). Infringement of this protected speech is thus an “injury in fact” for standing purposes. There is no question the challenged regulations specifically restrict MCCL’s ability to make these expenditures. As a result, the constitutional “injury in fact” and “causation” requirements are satisfied.
The more complicated issue is the “re-dressability” requirement, upon which the Commission focuses. It argues that MCCL does not have standing because MCCL has not demonstrated it would qualify for exemption under the standard the Commission claims was “established” in Day, and thus “would receive no benefit from a ruling that the Commission is required to accept the Day standard.” (Comm’n Suppl.Br. at 3.) The Commission has accordingly moved to strike the Affidavit of Jacqueline Schwietz, which sets forth financial information regarding MCCL’s total revenues, the revenues obtained from business donations, and the revenues obtained from advertising in its newsletter. {See supra, notes 7 & 8.) The Commission claims these figures are hearsay, have not been authenticated, are impermissi-bly conclusory, and should not be considered in determining whether MCCL would qualify for an exemption under Day.
The Commission has misconstrued the standing requirement in this case, the nature of the Eighth Circuit’s decision in Day, and the relief MCCL seeks in its Verified Amended Complaint. Day concluded that Minnesota’s nonprofit exemption was unconstitutional “as applied” to MCCL, and that MCCL “should qualify” for an exemption from § 441b. Day, 34 F.3d at 1365. In this ease MCCL has not sued the Commission seeking a declaration that it is entitled to an exemption from § 441b. Rather, MCCL seeks a declaration that the Commission’s regulations are not valid under 5 U.S.C. § 706, which authorizes a court to set aside agency regulations which are unconstitutional. The issue here is not whether MCCL would apply for the § 441b exemption if the regulations were written differently or were rewritten in accordance with Day. The issue in this case is whether the regulations, as toritten, are valid.
Thus MCCL need not demonstrate to this Court that it would qualify for an exemption under Day in order to have standing in this case or to succeed on its claims. MCCL must demonstrate the regulations as written impose unconstitutional restrictions on protected speech, and that the relief it seeks — a declaration that these regulations are void— will eliminate these restrictions. Assuming the regulations are unconstitutional, this relief will redress the harm they cause, and MCCL has standing to pursue this litigation. The Court need not and will not determine whether MCCL would qualify for an exemption under its views regarding how § 114.10 might have otherwise been drafted. That is a task for the Commission. Moreover, because the Court has not made a factual finding regarding the financial information contained in Sehwietz’s Affidavit, the Court will deny the Commission’s motion to strike this Affidavit as moot.
2. Discovery
The Commission claims that the Court may not rule on the constitutionality of the regulations, even accepting the Day analysis, because it has not engaged in discovery to determine whether MCCL’s business contributions or activities are “significant.” The Commission objected to consolidating the Plaintiffs Motion for a Preliminary Injunction with a trial on the merits on this ground and requested during argument — several times — that the Court defer ruling on the merits of MCCL’s claims until it conducted discovery and compiled the administrative record. The Court denied these requests. {See Tr. dated Mar. 11, 1996 at 23, 28, 29). The Court permitted the Commission to file an additional brief with respect to the merits of MCCL’s claims. Notwithstanding the Court’s clear instructions, {id. at 28) the Commission subsequently filed a motion and brief reiterating its request to conduct discovery and file the administrative record.
The Court will deny the request to engage in discovery and to file the administrative record. The Commission’s motion is predicated on its misconception of this litigation. The Commission seeks additional discovery to show that MCCL would not qualify for the exemption it claims was established in Day. As set forth above, however, the issue in this case is whether the regulations as written are valid, not whether MCCL would qualify for a different exemption the Commission might have adopted. Thus additional discovery is not warranted.
Similarly, the Court finds the administrative record is not relevant to resolving the claims in MCCL’s Verified Amended Complaint. MCCL claims the challenged regulations constitute an unconstitutional restriction on protected speech. This is purely a legal question for the Court; the administrative record will be of no assistance in resolving this issue. See Maine Right to Life Comm. v. Federal Election Comm’n, 914 F.Supp. 8 (D.Me.1996) (denying Commission’s motion to file the administrative record to defend the constitutionality of its regulations because the legality of the regulation “derive[ed] from the language of the court decisions, not the administrative record”). As a result, the Court will adhere to its prior ruling and decide this case on the merits based on the material currently presented.
3. Effect of Day on the Challenged Regulations
Day is dispositive of several claims in the present ease. Based on Day’s interpretation of MCFL, § 114.10(c)(2)’s prohibition against any “business activities” and § 114.10(c)(4)(ii)’s prohibition against the receipt of corporate donations is, unquestionably, too restrictive. Day concluded these conditions are not narrowly tailored to serve the purposes of restricting nonprofit independent expenditures. See id. at 1362 (citing Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 494 U.S. 662, 659, 660, 110 S.Ct. 1391, 1397, 108 L.Ed.2d 652 (1990)). Accordingly, at a minimum, these facets of § 114.10(c) are “contrary to a constitutional right” and thus void under 5 U.S.C. § 706.
The more difficult question before the Court is the extent to which Day impacts § 114.10 generally. The Minnesota statute considered in Day did not disqualify a nonprofit from the exemption if the nonprofit offered “any” benefit to its members which may be a disincentive for members to disassociate themselves from it, such as “affinity credit cards,” (see § 114.10(3)) and did not require the nonprofit’s “only” express purpose to be the promotion of political ideas (See § 114.10(1)). Moreover, the Minnesota statute did not impose additional certification, reporting, and disclosure requirements on nonprofits entitled to the exemption, (see § 114.10(e) and (f)). MCCL’s challenge to § 114.10 includes a First Amendment challenge to these additional provisions.
The impact of Day is governed by the severability doctrine. Under this doctrine, a statute or regulation which contains unconstitutional provisions must be stricken in its entirety unless (1) that which remains after the unconstitutional provisions are excised is “fully operative as law” and (2) the body enacting the statute or regulation would have enacted the constitutional provisions even in the absence of those which are unconstitutional. See New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144, 186, 112 S.Ct. 2408, 2434, 120 L.Ed.2d 120 (1992); Upper Midwest Booksellers Ass’n v. City of Minneapolis, 780 F.2d 1389, 1399 (8th Cir.1985); see also Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v, Danforth, 428 U.S. 52, 83, 96 S.Ct. 2831, 2848, 49 L.Ed.2d 788 (1976) (holding that if the provisions are “inextricably bound together” then they must “stand or fall as a unit”).
The Court finds the additional provisions of § 114.10 challenged in this case are not severable from those provisions which are unconstitutional under Day. These provisions are not “fully operative as law” in the absence of the unconstitutional provisions. Section 114.10(c) sets out a precise, five-part definition of “qualified nonprofit corporations” entitled to the exemption. This was the Commission’s very purpose for enacting § 114.10. See 31 C.F.R. § 114.10(a) (stating that the Commission enacted § 114.10 to “describe those nonprofit corporations that qualify for an exemption from the prohibition against independent campaign expenditures”). The Court has concluded two of these components—§ 114.10(c)(2) and (4)— are unconstitutional. The Court does not find the Commission would expand the definition of “qualified nonprofit corporation” to include any corporation which merely has the remaining three parts, and that § 114.10(c) would be “fully operative” in the absence of these two essential conditions. Thus the definition of a “qualified nonprofit corporation” set out in § 114.10(c) is void in its entirety.
Moreover, because the Court finds the Commission’s definition of “qualified nonprofit corporations” is void, the remainder of § 114.10 also falls. The remaining provisions purport to place conditions on “qualified nonprofit corporations” as that term is precisely defined in the regulations. In the absence of that definition, these remaining provisions are clearly not “fully operative” and capable of enforcement. As a result, they must also be voided.
Based on its finding that the remainder of § 114.10 is not severable from § 114.10(c)(2) and (4), the Court will not consider whether §§ 114.10(c)(1), (3), (5), (e) and (f) are independently unconstitutional. Such a constitutional determination is neither necessary nor prudent. The Court will, however, briefly address the parties’ arguments with respect to these provisions with the following observations. Day fundamentally opposed the Commission’s construction of MCFL. Day rejected a “bright-line” approach to implementing the MCFL exemption, and instead looked to the particular characteristics of the nonprofit as they relate to the purpose of § 441b and the members’ First Amendment rights. Thus Day casts serious doubt on § 114.10(c)(l)’s requirement that a qualified nonprofit’s “only” express purpose be the expression of political ideas and § 114.10(c)(3)(ii) requirement that a qualified nonprofit not have members which receive “any” benefit which is disincentive to disassociate themselves from the corporation. On the other hand, the Commission’s regulations implementing an exemption likely will not run afoul of Day. The certification and reporting requirements do not restrict MCCL’s qualification for the § 441b exemption and ability to engage in protected speech; these requirements appear well within the Commission’s authority and are entitled to deference. The Court also observes that § 114.10(f)’s requirement that nonprofits inform potential donors that their donations may be used for political purposes does not appear to unnecessarily restrict protected speech. Indeed, such a requirement is well-suited to protecting political speech and furthering the purpose of § 441b; of equal importance, it was specifically sanctioned by the Supreme Court in MCFL. See MCFL, 479 U.S. at 261, 107 S.Ct. at 629. These issues may, however, be resolved another day.
Conclusion
Based on the foregoing, and upon all the files, records, and proceedings, herein, IT IS ORDERED that:
(1) Defendant Janet Reno’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 14) is GRANTED and Plaintiffs’ claims against her are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE;
(2) Defendant Federal Election Committee’s Motion to Strike the Affidavit of Jacqueline A. Sehwietz (Doc. No. 39) is DENIED AS MOOT;
(3) Defendant Federal Election Committee’s Motion for Leave to File the Administrative Rulemaking Record (Doc. No. 40) is
DENIED;
(4) Defendant Federal Election Committee’s Motion for Expedited Discovery (Doc. No. 42) is DENIED; and
(5) IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that the regulations found at 11 C.F.R. § 114.10 are void under 5 U.S.C. § 706.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
. MCCL initially moved this Court for a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Commission and the Attorney General from enforcing § 114.10. MCCL subsequently moved to consolidate its motion for a preliminary injunction with a trial on the merits of its claims. The Court granted this motion.
. At argument, MCCL acknowledged that, since the Court consolidated MCCL’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction with a trial on the merits, Reno was no longer a necessary party to this action and her Motion to Dismiss should be granted. The Court will accordingly not address the issues raised in that Motion.
.The Court will refer to Plaintiffs MCCL and Blosser collectively as "MCCL" except where otherwise noted.
. Section 441b distinguishes between "general treasury funds” and "separate segregated funds”; monies from bona fide “separate segregated funds” may be used to make contributions and expenditures in connection with federal elections. See 2 U.S.C. § 441b(b)(4)(B). A "separate segregated fund” consists of contributions solicited from the corporation’s stockholders, executive and administrative personnel, and employees (or families of those persons) under conditions specified by the statute. See id. §§ 441b(b)(2)(C), (b)(4)(A)(i), (b)(4)(B). Expenditures from a "separate segregated fund” are not at issue in this case.
. MCFL shares certain characteristics with MCCL. In particular, MCFL made certain campaign expenditures consistent with its corporate purpose to "foster respect for human life and to defend the right to life of all human beings, bom and unborn, through educational, political and other forms of activities ...” and claimed that § 441b infringed upon its First Amendment right to make such expenditures. See MCFL, 479 U.S. at 241-42, 107 S.Ct. at 619.
. MCCL defines its “members” as "persons who have made a financial contribution to MCCL in the past two years." (Am.Compl. ¶ 8.)
. MCCL has provided evidence that business contributions, corporate or otherwise, accounted for 1.43% of its total donations in 1991, 0.98% of its total donations in 1992, 1.20% of its total donations in 1993, 1.94% of its total donations in 1994; 0.98% of its total donations in 1995. (Schwietz Aff. ¶¶ 5-9.) These figures are supported by MCCL financial statements appended as Exhibit A to Schwietz's Affidavit. The Commission contests these figures and sought to verify these figures through discovery. For the reasons set forth infra, the Court will adhere to its decision not to permit additional discovery in this matter; the Court need not make a factual finding that these figures are accurate in order to resolve MCCL’s claims.
. MCCL has provided evidence that, between 1991-1995, the percentages of general fund revenues attributable to sales of advertising space in its newsletters were as follows: 1991 — 0.0%; 1992 — 0.9366%; 1993 — 0.0%; 1994 — 0.9145%; and 1995 — 0.0%. (Schwietz Aff. ¶ 11; id., Ex. A.). MCCL has also provided evidence that, between 1991-1995, the percentages of general fund revenue attributable to the rental of MCCL's membership list ’ were as follows: 1991— 0.4327%; 1992 — 2.8257%; 1993 — 0.0%; 1994— 2.1581%; and 1995 — 0.0%. (Id. ¶ 13.)
.5 U.S.C. § 706 requires a reviewing court to "hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be ... contraiy to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity-”
. The Commission does not use the terms "formal" and "functional." However, the Commission’s commentary to § 114.10 makes clear these were the two approaches it considered.
For example, with respect to engaging in corporate business activities, the Commission stated "commentators objected to a complete prohibition on business activities ... arguing that the presence of minimal business activities would not have changed the result in MCFL"; the Commission rejected this approach and concluded that "the plain language of the MCFL opinion endorses a complete prohibition on business activities.” 60 Fed.Reg. 35,292, 35,299 (July 6, 1995).
With respect to "members” acceptance of benefits from the subject nonprofit, the Commission stated "commentators ... recommended that a substantiality test be used, so that benefits that are insubstantial or create an insignificant disincentive to disassociate would not disqualify the corporation"; the Commission rejected this test, stating “the Commission has decided against including a substantiality test for benefits that ostensibly create a less significant disincentive to disassociate with the corporations. Any disincentive, no matter how small," would be prohibited. Id. at 35,300.
And with respect to corporate business donations, the Commission stated “[m]ost of the commentators objected to an absolute ban on the acceptance of business corporation and labor organizations donations ... suggesting] the Commission engage in factual analyses to determine whether an organization is under the influence of a business corporation” or adopt a "de minimis test”; the Commission rejected these suggestions and concluded "knowingly accepted prohibited donations will void a corporation's exemption, even if the corporation accepts only a de minimis amount.” Id. at 35,300-301.
. The Commission states that it “does not dispute that the reasoning in Day conflicts with the Commission’s analysis of MCFL and the Commission's regulation governing exemption from the Act’s prohibition against corporate independent expenditures.” (Comm’n Suppl.Br. at 12). In its commentary to § 114.10, the Commission also remarked:
The U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Day v. Holohan [Holahan], 34 F.3d 1356 (8th Cir. 1994) does not affect this conclusion. In that case, the Eighth Circuit decided that a Minnesota Statute that closely tracked the Supreme Court’s three essential features was unconstitutional as applied to a Minnesota nonprofit corporation. The Commission believes the Eighth Circuit's decision, which is controlling law in only one circuit, is contrary to the plain language used by the Supreme Court in MCFL, and therefore is of limited authority.
60 Fed.Reg. 35,292, 35,297 (July 6, 1995). With respect to this commentary, the Court makes only two observations. First, after Survival Education Fund, it appears Day is now the law in the only two circuit-level courts to address this issue. But see Federal Election Comm’n v. NRA Political Victory Fund, 778 F.Supp. 62, 64 (D.D.C.1991) (holding that nonprofit was not entitled to MCFL exemption because it did not "state a policy equivalent to that of MCFL"), rev. 'd on other grounds, 6 F.3d 821 (D.C.Cir.1993), cert. dismissed for want of jurisdiction, U.S. , 115 S.Ct. 537, 130 L.Ed.2d 439 (1994). Second, and more importantly, Day is the controlling law in this Circuit, and, accordingly, for this Court.
. Day concluded that MCCL's limited business activities were sufficient to qualify it for exempt nonprofit status. Day noted, however, that "the state may wish to revisit MCCL’s qualification for the exemption” if the amount of revenue MCCL received from its business activities or from business donations materially increased. Day, 34 F.3d at 1365. The Commission's current argument is premised on this dicta.
. The Commission made no attempt to engage in discovery or to submit the administrative record between the filing of the Complaint on December 14, 1995 and the argument on the Motion before the Court on March 11, 1996.
. As a related argument, the Commission and the Attorney General claim this Court should defer addressing the merits this action because MCCL has not sought an advisory opinion from the Commission pursuant to 2 U.S.C. § 437f. The Court does not agree. FECA does not require an interested party to seek an advisory opinion. More importantly, § 437f provides that a person may request an advisory opinion “concerning the application of ... a rule or regulation prescribed by the Commission, with respect to a particular transaction or activity by the person.” 2 U.S.C. § 437f(a)(l) (emphasis added). MCCL does not challenge the application of § 114.10 to a particular transaction. MCCL claims § 114.10 is unconstitutional on its face. The advisory opinion process would be of no assistance in resolving this claim. See Maine Right to Life Comm. v. Federal Election Comm’n, 914 F.Supp. 8, 10 (D.Me.1996) (holding that party asserting constitutional challenge to Commission regulation need not seek prior advisory opinion from Commission pursuant to 2 U.S.C. § 437f). The Court pays no deference to the Commission’s interpretation of the First Amendment.
. Notably, the Commission does not argue that §§ 114.10(c)(1) and (3) and (5) are severable from § 114.10(c)(2) and (4).
. The Commission concedes that "absent its promtdgation of 11 C.F.R. § 114.10(c), setting forth the requirements for exemption from the Act’s independent expenditure prohibition, it would not have promulgated 11 C.F.R. § 114.10(e), which requires that corporations that make independent expenditures certify that they meet the requirements of 11 C.F.R. § 114.10(c).” (Comm'n Suppl.Br, at 13.) The Commission argues, however, that § 114.10(f) is severable because it “stands independently of § 114.10(c).” The plain language of § 114.10(f) defeats this argument. It reads "[w]henever a qualified nonprofit corporation solicits donations, the solicitation shall inform potential donors that their donations may be used for political purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates” (emphasis added).
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Inflammatory rheumatic diseases, among which in Germany a million and a half people are suffering, not only attack the joints. Among the little-known consequences also damage to the inner ear. Some of the rheumatic forms, it can even lead to sudden hearing loss, such as a rheumatism,-the expert of the German society for rheumatology (DGRh) on the occasion of the world day of hearing explains.
The classic joint, rheumatism, rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) often starts at the age of 50 to 70 years. At this time the hearing is for many people. “It is, therefore, difficult to whether the RA promotes the development of hearing loss in old age,” explains Professor Dr. med. Hendrik Schulze-Koops, President of the German society for rheumatology (DGRh) and a senior rheumatologist at the hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
Many epidemiological studies suggest, however, that people with RA suffer more than others under the hearing impairment.
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The rare inflammatory rheumatic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis causes damage to the hearing. In this disease, the entire body accumulations of small inflammatory nodules, which cause damage to the tissue. Is affected also the connection between the middle ear and the pharynx, which favors inflammation of the middle ear. In Germany, a few hundred people are ill. “Hearing impairment in this disease very often,” says Professor Schulze-Koops.
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Audio cutting on Traktor. Any thoughts?
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So both me and a mate, are experiencing the same issue with Traktor.
Basically what will happen is that the audio, will cut, literally for about half a second, possibly once every 30 mins. Almost as if there is a spike in the CPU of the laptop. Well frustrating.
This is the same on his lappy, and on my one. He has recently had his rebuilt too, but to no success. What do you lot think might be causing it, and has anyone had the same issues??!?
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its windows services.
Something is calling home/pinging the USB's/could be literally anything. Strip down windows services, uninstall everything you dont need. Kill tasks one by one to try and isolate what it is.
Turned off wifi? Also, hows your midi latency?
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If its windows / software related something will probably be logged in event viewer - right click my computer -> manage -> event viewer on left hand side. Check the application and system ones at the time that you're getting the sound blips and it might point you in the right direction
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- Go to RUN and type "msconfig", go to startup tab and disable everything (its all the bullshit that starts up when windows logs on)
- Make sure the sound card is plugged directly into a usb port, not through a hub
- Make sure the port is USB 2 or 3.
- Hit ctrl + shift + esc and hit the process' tab and sort by CPU usage and see whats hogging resources.
- Do the same but sort by Memory.
- Turn off WIFI
- Make sure the laptop is plugged in to mains power
- Make sure the laptop isnt set to Power Saver or anything equally stupid (click the battery icon in the task bar to change power settings).
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Cool, nice response chaps, havnt checked this thread yet. Will take the suggestions onboard and have a mess about with the settings.
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One last thing to add, if you're using a USB 3.0 port, switch to a dedicated USB 2.0 port. In theory, USB 3.0 should still function as a 2.0 when 2.0 device is plugged in. However, several manufacturers (Apogee, N.I., etc.) have reported interface issues when using a 3.0 port.
Cheers.
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Seems like some of the advice has worked. Turning of the multi core cpu seemed to improve, and turning off all start up programmes seemed to help, not sure how it will handle 3 decks, but certainly better than how it was.
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Hello
I'm using C++ Builder an Win.
Does any one know how to get a CSDIL_ from/over a PIDL?
Reason:
By browsing the (Deskop) Folder and showing the contents in a TreeView, I want to be able to exclude CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS, CSIDL_DRIVES, CSIDL_PRINTERS .... or even not from the TreeView.
If you have a nice CSIDL_, it is easy to get a good PIDL.
But what if you hav a PIDL and want to get the appropriate CSIDL_?
Can any one help me please?
Thanks in advance!
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For Windows Vista, you can use:
SHGetKnownFolderIDList Function
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762187(VS.85).aspx
(what they call a "KNOWNFOLDERID" is just a CSIDL_xxxx value)
For earlier OSes:
I've never tried it, but it seems possible that you could get the filesystem path for the items you need to exclude, then compare the filesystem path of the PIDLs that you have.
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762203(VS.85).aspx
SHGetSpecialFolderPath
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762204(VS.85).aspx
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It might also be worth while to look at :
SHGetFileInfo Function
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762179(VS.85).aspx
You can pass it a PIDL and the flag SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME and perhaps work from that.
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To identify the folders on theyr path is the idea tht helps!
I'm using i.e.:
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, CSIDL_BITBUCKET , &pidl)
and
GetDisplayName(desktops_ShellFolder, pidl, TRUE);
which returns something like
::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Thats the way to identify it later :-)
Thank a lot for bringing me on the right way! :-)
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Glad to help. Thanks for the points and the grade.
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Tenants Association of Punjab
The Tenants Association of Punjab (AMP, Anjuman Muzareen Punjab) represents almost a 100,000 peasants in the Punjab province of Pakistan, who work and live on Pakistani government- and military-owned land, managed by the Punjab Seed Corporation.
The peasants had been working the land since 1900, under British rule, mostly under a crop share agreement. This agreement continued after independence. The military and the government of Pakistan imposed a cash rent on the farm land, which the peasants tried to resist. There has been a dispute between the military who own the land and the peasants, which has led to military action, imprisoning and killing various members of AMP.
The Chairman, Younis Iqbal, and others were arrested in 2001. At the time of their arrest, another faction was brought forward, supported by the Peoples' Rights Movement and the Labour Party Pakistan. The AMP General Secretary Meher Abdul Sattar was arrested again under the Section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO) in 2016. | WIKI |
Bayswater City SC
Bayswater City Soccer Club is a soccer club based in Bayswater, Western Australia. They currently compete in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia.
History
The club in its current form was formed as a result of a merger in 1980 between Lathlain Meazza (formed 1973) and Rosemount Juventus (formed 1978) becoming Rosemount Meazza. In 1981 Rosemount Meazza merged with Bayswater United (formed 1963), becoming Bayswater Inter. In 1995 Baywater Inter changed their name to Bayswater City. In 1995 Bayswater City merged with Stirling Panthers to become Bayswater City Panthers. This merger lasted until 2003 when the name Bayswater City returned.
Stadium
The club plays home matches at Frank Drago Reserve. | WIKI |
Four cholera cases confirmed in Sudan, three die of acute watery diarrhoea
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - At least four cases of cholera have been confirmed in Sudan’s Blue Nile state and three people with acute watery diarrhoea have died, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, The ministry said it had identified 37 people with acute watery diarrhoea between Aug. 28 and Sept. 8 and that three of them have died. It was not immediately clear when they died or if they had cholera. Cholera can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea. The four cases of cholera identified were found when a ministry-run laboratory analysed six samples. There are no official statistics on cholera in Sudan and the extent of its prevalence is unknown. But in 2017, Egypt’s Cairo airport began screening passengers arriving from Sudan for signs of the disease after a reported outbreak there. Teams from the Health Ministry and the World Health Organisation (WHO) travelled to Blue Nile state to support sanitation and water safety measures, disposal of waste and food safety, the ministry said in a statement. It also asked the WHO to import cholera vaccinations. Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz; Writing by Yousef Saba; Editing by Angus MacSwan | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
DIDELPHIS AURITA PDF
AnAge entry for Didelphis aurita. Classification (HAGRID: ). Taxonomy Genus: Didelphis; Species: Didelphis aurita; Common name: Big-eared opossum . Didelphis aurita was long considered a subspecies of Didelphis marsupialis, however recent DNA evidence places Didelphis aurita as its own species. Parasitol Res. Jan;(1) doi: /s Epub Dec 1. Identification of opossums Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuweid, ).
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Nine-year demography of the black-eared opossum Didelphis aurita Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae using life tables. Demografia do marsupial Didelphis aurita Didelphimorphia: A population wurita the black-eared opossum, Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwiedwas studied during by capture-mark-recapture in the Atlantic Forest in the diddlphis of Rio de Janeiro.
Cohorts were established with females marked still in the pouch, classified into five age classes. Population parameters were estimated using life tables.
Fecundity was inversely correlated with survival, reproductive value was inversely correlated with mortality and residual reproductive value was inversely correlated with fecundity. The intrinsic rate of increase was always close to zero and tended to be slightly negative. The black-eared opossum can be considered a good model species for this type of study.
Atlantic forest; cohort; intrinsic factors; small mammals; survival. A taxa de fecundidade foi inversamente correlacionada com a sobrevida, o valor reprodutivo inversamente correlacionado com a mortalidade e o valor reprodutivo residual inversamente correlacionado com a taxa de fecundidade. Demographic studies are important to understand factors that influence population ecology as well as for planning conservation and management strategies SCHWARTZ et al.
These studies also permit a better understanding and analysis of tradeoff relationships, such as between survival and fecundity STEARNS These details are fundamental for understanding life-history strategies, ecology and persistence of populations.
Management programs require these kinds of data, especially long-term data, even for wildlife species that are not endangered. Life table use permits the estimation of age-specific parameters of the population of interest, such as mortality, fecundity and reproductive value.
Captures may include only females, under the assumption that all females are available for fertilization by the males, since reproduction, and thus demographic data, comes from the females STEARNS However, to obtain the demographic parameters, females from all age classes need to be captured. For example, negative correlations are often found in mammalian populations between survival and fecundity or between mortality and reproductive value. Occasionally arboreal, this mostly terrestrial, generalist species is found in all habitat types of the Atlantic Forest, as well as urban and rural areas and may often be dominant among small mammals Ddielphis et al.
The population dynamics of D. The objective of this study was to carry out a nine-year qurita analysis of D. Specifically, we wished to test the following hypotheses: This would be the case, if there is a cost to didelphia, such that a large current reproductive effort reduces future reproductive value more than a small current reproductive effort ZAMMUTO The grids vary in distance from the highway: Despite didelphjs being a national park, the forest in the study area suffers from a variety of human disturbances, such as dirt roads and cottages.
During the study, the greatest average maximum temperature was Total didelphos rainfall varied from a minimum of 0. Animals were captured in the three grids during five days every other month between Auritta April Traps 25 stations per grid were placed every 20 m total area 0. Oats, banana, peanut butter and bacon were used as bait. Upon capture, didelphjs location didelhpis date were recorded, along with didelpgis of body mass, body size, tail length, reproductive condition and teeth eruption and functionality pattern following GENTILE et al.
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Females were used for life table construction and only females that were marked while young and still within the pouch were used, comprising eight cohorts: Each cohort began in August, the month when females began to be captured auriat young in the pouch see results.
The cohort was not analyzed because many were still alive. Animals were included in the analysis until disappearing from the study area. Females were classified into five age classes. Thus, age classes of similar time intervals were established, based on teeth and development characters: Hypotheses were tested using Spearman Correlation Statistica 6.
Fifty six litters were marked and monitored during this study. The maximum of 12 litters per year was observed in and the minimum of three litters in Of these, females were captured, 27 of which didelpphis recaptured after weaning and nine of which lived for more than 16 months Tab.
The longest lived individual survived days 20 months. In the cohort, not a single individual marked in the pouch was recaptured and in only one individual was recaptured after weaning. Thus, it was not possible to establish life tables for these two cohorts. The proportion of females recaptured after weaning l x was aurira in all aaurita Tab.
All cohorts showed an accentuated decrease in l between first and second age classes, i. Survival also declined after the second age class, but with less intensity Fig.
Similarly, survival rate p x was greatest for the second age class and mortality d x in the first age class Tab. In most cohorts, adult survival was 1. Mortality rate q x was highest in lactant and young, while lowest values were found for adults in most cohorts, since adults were also captured iddelphis senescent Fig.
Young had the greatest life expectancy values e xfollowed by subadults Fig. After this class, life expectancy declined. The first females with didephis in the pouch were captured in August and by February didwlphis of reproductive periodmost females were still lactating, but without young in the pouch. Females began to breed at approximately 5 months days of age. Average litter size was 7. Sex ratio in the pouch was 1: The cohort was the largest, dideelphis five litters l.
Females from these cohorts produced one litter per season, except for two females, that each had two litters during one breeding season.
Didelphis aurita
Fecundity rate increased augita subadults to adults, where it reached its maximum Fig. In theevidence of reproduction was only found in the senescent age class, therefore fecundity rate was didelpnis in all other age classes. Fecundity rate in the and cohorts for the senescent class was zero. Fecundity could not be estimated for the cohort because the only female in reproductive age showed no signs of reproduction. Reproductive value increased to the third or fourth age classes, after which it declined Fig.
Qurita greatest residual reproductive values were those of young and subadults Fig. Mortality was negatively correlated with reproductive value, supporting the third hypothesis that high mortality rates reduce the contribution to future generations. Dixelphis cohort was apparently atypical due to small population size, high survival and low mortality, and fecundity rates.
In this cohort, only senescent females reproduced, so reproductive value was constant in the last three age classes Fig. Generation time G c varied from Only one female, born in Augustreproduced at the end of the same breeding season in which she was born January Overall generation time was The intrinsic rate of increase, r 0was close to, and usually somewhat less than zero, suggesting a population decline Tab.
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The intrinsic rate of increase r 0 varied between Also, the net reproductive rate R 0 tended to values below 1.
The large sample size required for use of life tables is often the major hurdle against didelpihs use. Individuals must be followed from birth to death, which can be difficult.
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The opossum can be considered a good mammalian model for the use of life tables, because of its large population size, especially in disturbed areas and around dwellings, ease of capture and ability to capture and mark young in the pouch. The survival and mortality curves suggest that the opossum has a type III survival curve due to the accentuated decline in survival after the first age class PEARL A second possibility is related to the reproductive strategy of marsupials, with little investment in gestation and a large investment dudelphis lactation.
The loss of young at the beginning of lactation should be common, since until this time, the investment of the female was low, also resulting in a type III curve. As a consequence, the life expectancy increases after the young age class and auruta declines throughout life. High post-weaning mortality is apparently best explained by vulnerability of the recently weaned young. Generation time for the cohort was atypical and almost as twice as high compared to the preceding and following years.
Perhaps this iddelphis an artifact of finding no reproductive females during this year, except among the senescent class. Since birth dates vary along the season and litters may be produced at the beginning or end of the breeding season, this will influence the generation time among cohorts.
And, generation time of one cohort can influence that of subsequent cohorts.
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This is one of the reasons for the need of longterm studies. Few adults survived from one breeding season to the next and turnover rates were high each year.
This was most evident in the cohort, where not a single young produced came from a female of the preceding cohort. Dixelphis new individuals that formed that cohort had to come outside the study area. Spatial dynamics among females not studied here may be an important component in the population auriita each year. In the case of D. A strong correlation between leaf litter production and opossum population dynamics was found in a previous study in didellphis same location as this study GENTILE et al.
The decline in reproductive value at the senescent age class is due to the increased mortality at that time.
Thus, senescent females will contribute less to future generations than adult females. The negative relationship between fecundity rate and survival supports the hypothesis that an increasing cost of reproduction in an age class reduces survival in the same and subsequent age classes, due to the stress that reproduction induces ZAMUTTOCASWELL Basic understanding of mammalian demography aruita tropical forests like the Atlantic Forest requires the study of common and dominant species, such as D.
In fragmented forest areas, specifically where large predators are absent, species of Didelphis tend to increase in abundance. Population monitoring and demographic analyses of Didelphis augita be of fundamental importance to understand community structure, especially in disturbed areas, where they may reach very large population sizes. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
2008 Kadima leadership election
An election for the leadership of Kadima was held on 17 September 2008 as a concession to Kadima's coalition partner, Labour, which had threatened to bring down the government if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert didn't stand aside following police investigations into alleged corruption during his terms as minister and as mayor of Jerusalem.
As Kadima remained the largest party in the Knesset and the coalition, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the designated new leader after balloting, had the chance to form a government without a need for elections.
The election was the party's first official leadership election. Previously, in 2006, there had been a leadership vote, but it was for interim leader.
Candidates
* Tzipi Livni, foreign minister of israel
* Avi Dichter, Internal Security Minister
* Shaul Mofaz, Transport Minister
* Meir Sheetrit, Minister of the Interior
Campaign
On 28 July 2008 Livni announced that she would challenge Prime Minister Olmert for party leadership. Olmert was being politically dragged down by corruption investigations. Livni argued that the party had been misled under Olmert's leadership On 30 July Olmert announced that he had against seeking reelection as party leader and prime minister.
The two front-runners throughout the campaign consistently remained Mofaz and Livni, with Livni always holding a consistent lead in the polls.
While both frontrunners supported a two-state solution, Mofaz attacked Livni for wanting to divide Jerusalem in a final peace deal with the Palestinians, and claimed that his military experience would make him a more qualified Prime Minister. Livni and her supporters claimed that a vote for Mofaz is the same as a vote for the Likud due to Mofaz's hawkish and more right-wing positions. Livni also enjoyed a "clean" reputation, being seen as having honesty and integrity, and being free from corruption allegations. Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert remained neutral in the primary, but was alleged to privately favor Mofaz.
Results
Exit polls released after the poll indicated a double-digit victory for Livni. The actual vote count turned out much closer, amid very low turnout, with Shaul Mofaz coming within a few hundred votes of winning an unexpected victory over Livni. Supporters of Mofaz called for a recount but Mofaz rejected any legal challenge of the declared result and called Livni to congratulate her on her victory, as did Sheetrit and Dichter.
Aftermath
After Mofaz's loss, he announced that he would be taking a break from politics and leaving the government and Knesset. However, he would remain a member of Kadima. Soon after, however, he rescinded his statement, and went on to win the 2nd place in Kadima's Knesset list for the 2009 election. In a rematch in 2012, he won the leadership, and in the 2013 election led the party to a stunning collapse, winning 2 seats.
After her election, Livni failed to form a governing coalition, having failed to reach an agreement with Shas. Subsequently Knesset elections were held on 10 February 2009. | WIKI |
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Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange on 18–19 August.
Summary
The United States entered as the defending Olympic champions, having set new world and Olympic records at the 2012 London Olympics. Jamaica were the reigning world champions from 2015, having defeated the Americans there. Germany had the fastest time of the year before the event (41.62 seconds) and the other main medal contenders included Great Britain and Netherlands (all three made the 2016 European podium).
During the second heat the United States missed their second handover which was caused by Kauiza Venancio of the Brazilian team bumping Allyson Felix as she approached the handoff to English Gardner. The American appeal was upheld, and they were given a second chance to qualify for the final, which the United States team accomplished with the fastest qualifying time of 41.77.
There was no further plot twist in the final. Even though the United States were along the curb in the less advantageous lane 1, Tianna Bartoletta shot out to the lead around the first turn, making up the stagger on Canada's Farah Jacques before the halfway point in the turn. It was a clean, unobstructed pass to Allyson Felix because Canada was still waiting for the incoming runner to arrive. Felix pulled away down the backstretch, with Jamaica's double sprint gold medalist Elaine Thompson separating from the rest of the field. As English Gardner ran a great turn, USA passed Germany in lane 4, while Jamaica was just about to make up the stagger on Trinidad and Tobago to their immediate outside. By the time Gardner handed off to Tori Bowie, the USA had a 3-metre lead over Jamaica, Great Britain just ahead of Trinidad and Tobago racing for bronze. On the run in, Bowie lost some ground on the lead over Jamaica's two time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, but still held a comfortable lead, as Great Britain's Daryll Neita separated from Trinidad and Tobago's Khalifa St. Fort, who was also caught by Germany's Rebekka Haase before the line.
The British team claimed their national record. USA ran the second fastest time in history (only behind their own world record four years earlier). Jamaica ran the fifth fastest time in history.
The following evening the medals were presented by Adam Pengilly, IOC member, Great Brittan and Víctor López, Council Member of the IAAF.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following national records were established during the competition:
Schedule
All times are Brazil time (UTC−3)
Round 1
Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified. | WIKI |
Article
Geometry optimization and transition state search in enzymes: Different options in the microiterative method
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (impact factor: 1.36). 12/2003; 98(4):367 - 377. DOI:10.1002/qua.20072 pp.367 - 377
ABSTRACT In the current article we present a systematic analysis of the different options in the so-called “microiterative method” used to locate minima and transition-state (TS) structures of big systems on quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics potential energy surfaces. The method splits the system in two parts: a core zone in which accurate second-order search is carried out, and an environment that is kept minimized with a cheap first-order algorithm. The different options studied here are: the alternating frequency between the environment minimization and the TS search in the core, the number of atoms included in each zone, and two alternative ways to reduce the computational cost in the calculation of core–environment interactions. The tests have been done at two different steps of the enzymatic mechanism of mandelate racemase: a proton transfer and a carbon configuration inversion step. The two selected TS structures differ in the number of atoms involved in their associated transition vectors; the proton transfer TS is an example of a local motion, whereas the carbon configuration inversion TS corresponds to a more global movement of several groups and residues, including an important number of atoms. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2004
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// Copyright 2016 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#ifndef AUTHPOLICY_POLICY_USER_POLICY_ENCODER_H_
#define AUTHPOLICY_POLICY_USER_POLICY_ENCODER_H_
#include <vector>
#include <base/bind.h>
#include <components/policy/core/common/policy_types.h>
#include "authpolicy/policy/policy_encoder_helper.h"
namespace enterprise_management {
class CloudPolicySettings;
} // namespace enterprise_management
namespace policy {
class RegistryDict;
// Private helper class used to convert a RegistryDict into a user policy
// protobuf. Don't include directly, use |preg_policy_encoder.h| instead.
class UserPolicyEncoder {
public:
UserPolicyEncoder(const RegistryDict* dict, PolicyLevel level);
// Toggles logging of policy values.
void LogPolicyValues(bool enabled) { log_policy_values_ = enabled; }
// Extracts all user policies from |dict_| and puts them into |policy|.
void EncodePolicy(enterprise_management::CloudPolicySettings* policy) const;
private:
// Gets a PolicyLevel as string.
const char* GetLevelStr() const;
// Boolean policies.
void EncodeBoolean(enterprise_management::CloudPolicySettings* policy,
const BooleanPolicyAccess* access) const;
// Integer policies.
void EncodeInteger(enterprise_management::CloudPolicySettings* policy,
const IntegerPolicyAccess* access) const;
// String policies.
void EncodeString(enterprise_management::CloudPolicySettings* policy,
const StringPolicyAccess* access) const;
// String list policies are a little different. Unlike the basic types they
// are not stored as registry value, but as registry key with values 1, 2, ...
// for the entries.
void EncodeStringList(enterprise_management::CloudPolicySettings* policy,
const StringListPolicyAccess* access) const;
private:
// Template for the Encode*() methods above, to be passed into EncodeList().
template <typename T_Access>
using Encoder = void (UserPolicyEncoder::*)(
enterprise_management::CloudPolicySettings* policy,
const T_Access* access) const;
// Encodes all policies of one of the types above. |access| is a pointer to a
// NULL-terminated list of policies of a certain type from policy_constants.h.
// |encode| is a pointer to one of the encoders above, e.g.
// &UserPolicyEncoder::EncodeBoolean.
template <typename T_Access>
void EncodeList(enterprise_management::CloudPolicySettings* policy,
const T_Access* access,
Encoder<T_Access> encode) const;
const RegistryDict* dict_ = nullptr;
PolicyLevel level_ = POLICY_LEVEL_MANDATORY;
bool log_policy_values_ = false;
};
} // namespace policy
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Tony Tolbert
Anthony Lewis Tolbert (born December 29, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UTEP Miners and was selected in the fourth round of the 1989 NFL Draft.
Early years
Tolbert grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, and attended Dwight Morrow High School, where he was an All-conference selection. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Texas-El Paso.
Tolbert was light for a defensive end (6 feet 2 inches and 175 pounds as a freshman), but developed into a pass rusher.
As a junior, Tolbert was named the starter at outside linebacker, contributing to a 7-4 record, for the program's first winning season since 1970. He posted 49 tackles (five for loss), four sacks, three passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. Against Colorado State University, he tallied five tackles and one sack, helping the school win its first football road game in seven years.
Tolbert's best year was his senior season, when he tied a school record with 11 sacks, while making 101 tackles, 15 tackles for loss (led the team), two passes defensed, one forced fumble and earning All- WAC honors. UTEP's 1988 team is the winningest football team in school history with 10 wins. It also clinched its first bowl bid since 1967, losing 38-18 to Southern Mississippi University in the Independence Bowl.
In 2014, Tolbert was named to the UTEP football Centennial team. He graduated with a degree in criminal justice.
Professional career
Tolbert was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (85th overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft, after falling because he was considered a tweener (slow to play linebacker and light for a defensive end at 230 pounds). As a rookie, Tolbert was converted into a defensive end. He started five games at left defensive end over Ed "Too Tall" Jones, making 52 tackles, two sacks, 18 quarterback pressures, five passes defensed (led the team) and one forced fumble. Tolbert had 10 tackles, one pass defensed and one forced fumble against the Kansas City Chiefs.
In 1990, Tolbert played at both end positions and defensive tackle on passing downs. He started four games, in place of an injured Jim Jeffcoat and Danny Stubbs. He registered 55 tackles, six sacks (third on the team), 24 quarterback pressures (third on the team), three passes defensed and one forced fumble.
In 1991, Tolbert took advantage of a contract holdout by Stubbs and became the regular starter at left defensive end. He posted 73 tackles (fifth on the team), seven sacks (led the team), 25 quarterback pressures (led the team), five passes defensed and two forced fumbles.
In 1996, he was named to the Pro Bowl, when he had a career-high of 12 sacks and 85 tackles.
Tolbert played with chronic knee pain through the final years of his career, because of a degenerative knee condition. Despite playing in pain, Tolbert started all 16 games in 1997, compiled five sacks and led all Cowboys defensive linemen in tackles for the seventh consecutive season, with 60. Tolbert's five sacks were the most on the team that year.
On June 16 1998, Tolbert was released because of his declining performance while playing on aching knees.
As a defensive end for the Cowboys from 1989-1997, Tolbert played an important role in the Cowboys' rise to prominence in the 1990s and their three Super Bowl victories. Tolbert became one of the stalwarts on one of the best defenses of the 1990s. During that time, he teamed up with Charles Haley to become one of the top pass-rushing duos in the NFL. Although Tolbert came into the league as a pass rush specialist, he developed into an effective run stopper, making him the leading tackler among Cowboy defensive linemen for seven straight years.
During Tolbert's career, he recorded 59 quarterback sacks in 128 games played over the course of nine seasons, plus he returned his only interception 54 yards for a touchdown. He had more sacks during the 1990s than any other Cowboy player.
Personal life
Ten years after Tolbert retired, he had knee-replacement surgery on both knees, the result of seven knee surgeries during his nine-year career. | WIKI |
Marine Artillery Scout Observer Course
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the Right Rev. Thomas Vowler Short, a Devonshire man, now Bishop of St. Asaph, 'Bishop Short's Hints on Teaching Little Children to Read;' 'Instructions for Teaching Arithmetic to Little Children.' Having tried them both with my own children I can answer for their value, and also for that of many other books written for National Schools, as suited for parental use. My farming friends may rest assured that the economy of labour has not made more advance within the last twenty years in the art of growing turnips than it has in the art of teaching children to read and to count. At the same time either a natural gift or some special information and training is required for teaching young children well. Without, however, depreciating the more intellectual methods, I venture still to think the old-fashioned Multiplication Table, which must be learned sooner or later, is very good discipline, and the sooner it is learnt the better. There must be some learning by rote in education, only let what is learned be learned quite perfectly. The old spelling-books are worse than useless. The 'Spelling-book Superseded,' published, by the Irish Board, will be a good substitute and a great help to a mother.
Children have generally a love of poetry, and the memory is their strongest faculty; a few simple pieces of poetry are easily learned early, and will give pleasure in after life, only let them be simple and natural. I never knew a child who did not enjoy Watts' Hymns, or Hymns for Little Children, of which this is a specimen:—
"All things bright and beautiful,   All creatures great and small,  All things wise and wonderful,   The Lord God made them all.
 Each little flower that opens,   Each little bird that sings,  He made their glowing colours,   He made their tiny wings.
 The rich man in his castle,   The poor man at his gate,  God made them, high or lowly,   And ordered their estate.
 The purple-headed mountain,   The river running by,  The sunset, and the morning,   That brightens up the sky. | WIKI |
disassuefarsi
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* 1) to become unaccustomed, to become dishabituated
* 2) to break one's habit
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lootie
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From a derivation of.
Noun
* 1) An irregular soldier whose main object was plunder; a marauder.
* 2) * 1808–10,, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 93:
* Hyder Ali's stragglers, or looties as they were called, committed such repeated depradations upon all the European habitations, even to the edge of the works of the fort, that the proprietors removed everything valuable. | WIKI |
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ρ-アルミナを含むα-アルミナスラリーの硬化現象に及ぼす硬化温度の影響
石黒 智明鈴村 暁男小川 宏隆
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2001 年 50 巻 9 号 p. 1007-1012
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The effect of curing temperature on hardening of α-alumina slurry including ρ-alumina was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (DTA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). From the experimental results, it was clarified that the penetration resistance rapidly increased as the curing temperature increased. It was thought that the hardening of the slurry was progressed with following two stages. At the first stage, alumina particles were mainly coagulated by the neutralization effect of polynuclear hydroxo-aluminum ion which was produced by the dissolution of ρ-alumina. At the second stage, alumina particles were bound to each other with the pseudoboehmite which was produced by the hydration reaction of ρ-alumina. The logarithmic time required to reach the same penetration resistance increased almost linearly with an increase of the reciprocal curing temperature, after the correction for the delay time which was caused by heating from the initial temperature (280K) to the curing temperatures (318-363K). The apparent activation energy for the hardening was approximately 79kJ/mol. This value was nearly equal to the apparent activation energy for the dissolution of aluminum anodic oxide film. This suggested that the dissolution of ρ-alumina was the rate-controlling step of the hardening.
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Ron Assouline
Ron Assouline is a film director, screenwriter, creative director, producer, and a lecturer at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC). Assouline is also the founder and owner of Filmind, a film and advertising firm. He has directed many films for museums around the world, but mainly in Israel, including Journey to Jerusalem, a 100 episode series, shown regularly at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and A Human Sanctuary, a historic drama film presented at the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum. Assouline has also produced and directed many television commercials, including those for Benjamin Netanyahu's 1996 election campaign and Ehud Barak's 1999 campaign.
Biography
Ron Assouline was born in Israel, in the city of Ness Tziona in 1957. After his military service as a combat tank commander, he studied in the Department of Film and Television at the Faculty of Arts of Tel Aviv University (TAU). His graduation dramatic film, A Different Shadow, won the director's prize as well as the first prize in the category of photography at the Israeli Short Film Competition hosted by the Israeli Film Institute. The film was displayed at the Tel Aviv Museum. Soon after, Assouline began his professional career in the media industry as a director and producer, and in 1988 he founded Filmind.
Advertising
Assouline has planned or directed many popular commercials for companies and public-sector organizations, including the glass boy in Life Depends On Your Speed, the disappearing driver in Words Can Kill – No Texting While Driving the glass walls in Feel the Road When Crossing, Don't Let Alcohol Drive, for the Israeli Road Safety Authority. His campaign for the National Lottery campaign the Loto-Gutzim Let the Numbers Improve Your Life was called a breakthrough by advertising strategist Atara Biller.
Assouline has managed several branding campaigns including Drive Wise for the Israeli Road Safety Authority, which won two Webi Awards in 2013.
Political Campaigns
Since 1984, Ron Assouline has served as lead film director and media campaign manager in national elections in Israel and abroad. Among his campaigns: the elections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 1999, and Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer in 2006. In the 1996 Israeli elections Assouline implemented a change of language in propaganda broadcasts under Arthur Finkelstein's strategy "Making A Secure Peace". The campaign ended with the surprising election of Benjamin Netanyahu together with the Likud party, over incumbent Prime Minister Shimon Peres of the Labor Party. In the 1999 Israeli elections, he was recruited by James Carville, Robert Shrum, and Stanley Greenberg - the American political consultants who contributed to the election of President Bill Clinton in 1992. Ron directed and managed the TV and radio campaign of "One Israel" under the headline "Israel Wants Change", which resulted in Ehud Barak's landslide victory. In 2010, he created "The Partners Campaign" for the Geneva Initiative, in which he directed the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Saeb Erekat, Riyad al-Maliki, Yasser Abed Rabbo, Jibril Rajoub, and Sufian Abu Zaida in a direct appeal to the Israeli public.
Museums
Since 1988, Assouline has developed and directed content for many museums and experience centers. Among the most prominent are the Herzl Museum in Jerusalem, the visitors center of the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum with its center piece A Human Sanctuary, the Chain of Generations at the Western Wall, which won the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) award in 2008 for outstanding achievement in the field of media, and the Golan Magic at Katzrin, which won the gold medal at the NYF Festival in New York.
He also directed Journey to Jerusalem, a cinematic work of 100 episodes, shown regularly at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The film portrays the life and wanderings of the Jewish communities around the world, from the destruction of the Second Temple until today.
In 2012 Assouline and Filmind created the Israeli pavilion at Floriade - the world's horticulture exposition in the Netherlands.
Television
Starting with the airing of the Israeli Channel 2 pilot in 1987, Assouline directed television programs for the new channel, including: Seven Thirty Around the World with Orly Yaniv, and the fashion program Pose hosted by model Anat Biran. He also directed and produced the Movie Magazine with Anat Atzmon and Dan Turjeman for the Film Channel on cable television.
In 1994, with the launching of commercial television broadcasting in Israel and the establishment of Channel 2, he managed the screen design of Channel 2 and News2, directed the prime time travel program Passport hosted by Nir Hachlili, was involved in the graphic design of Wheel of Fortune with Erez Tal, and other programs of the three franchisees of Channel 2 (Keshet, Reshet and Tel'ad). In addition, he developed the graphics package for the program Tonight with Gabi Gazit for Channel 1.
Awards
* US International Film & Video Festival, 1994 - Gold award for FEPZ
* TEA Award for Outstanding Achievements for The Chain of Generations
* Israeli Film Institute 1984 – Best Film and Best Photography for A Different Shadow
* Golden Lens 1994 - First Prize for MUL_T_LOCK. The Art of Locking
* Israel Festival of Visual Communications, 1995 - First Prize for MUL_T_LOCK. The Art of Locking
* Israel Festival of Visual Communications, 1996 - Major Award for KOOR. Going Global
* Israel Festival of Visual Communications, 1997 - Second Prize for Tadiran Communications. ''The Answer is Yes"
* Golden Cactus 2011 – for HishGad (lottery) Chefs Advertisement
* Golden Cactus 2011 - for LOTTO Landlord Advertisement
* Golden Cactus 2011 – for LOTTO Boss Advertisement
* Golden Cactus 2011 – for LOTTO Bank Advertisement
* WEBI Awards 2013 - Two awards for the Road Safety Authority website and digital activity
* NYF New York Festival - Gold award for Golan Magic | WIKI |
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Rh between the sun, the planets, and their satellites. It is known how, with much caution and even reluctance. Sir Isaac Newton himself proposed his grand hypothesis, which was destined to become the first great and imposing example, illustrating the power of true scientific method.
But then came Oerstedt's discovery of the motions of magnets under the influence of electric currents. The force acting in these phenomena had a new and very singular character. It seemed as if it would drive a single isolated pole of a magnet in a circle around the wire conducting the current, on and on without end, never coming to rest. Faraday saw that a motion of this kind could not be produced by any force of attraction or repulsion, working from point to point. If the current is able to increase the velocity of the magnet, the magnet must react on the current. So he made the experiment, and discovered induced currents; he traced them out through all the various conditions under which they ought to appear. He concluded that somewhere in a part of the space traversed by magnetic force there exists a peculiar state of tension, and that every change of this tension produces electro-motive force. This unknown hypothetical state he called provisionally the electrotonic state, and he was occupied for years and years in finding out what was this electrotonic state. He discovered at first, in 1838, the dielectric polarization of electric insulators, subject to electric forces. Such bodies show, under the influence of electric forces, phenomena perfectly analogous to those exhibited by soft iron under the influence of the magnetic force. Eleven years later, in 1849, he was able to demonstrate that all ponderable matter is magnetized under the influence of sufficiently intense magnetic force, and at the same time he discovered the phenomena of diamagnetism, which indicated that even space, devoid of all ponderable matter, is magnetizable; and now, with quite a wonderful sagacity and intellectual precision, Faraday performed in his brain the work of a great mathematician without using a single mathematical formula. He saw with his mind's eye that, by these systems of tensions and pressures produced by the dielectric and magnetic polarization of space which surrounds electrified bodies, magnets or wires conducting electric currents, all the phenomena of electro-static, magnetic, electro-magnetic attraction, repulsion, and induction could be explained, without recurring at all to forces acting directly at a distance. This was the part of his path where so few could follow him; perhaps a Clerk Maxwell, a second man of the same power and independence of intellect, was necessary to reconstruct in the normal methods of science the great building, the plan of which Faraday had conceived in his mind and attempted to make visible to his contemporaries.
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Chionanthus pubescens
Chionanthus pubescens is a tree in the family Oleaceae. It grows as a deciduous species and is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental tree.
Distribution and habitat
Chionanthus pubescens is native to Ecuador and Peru. Its habitat is semi-deciduous forest, often occurring on hillsides. | WIKI |
Sequence within additional data store
I replaced UniqueNumbers component in order to use different sequence names for different entities.
But now, I would like to use not only different sequence names, but sequences from the additional data store, not the main one. Is it possible, without rewriting the whole UniqueNumbers class?
Unfortunately, now you have to override quite a lot of methods to provide transactions and EntityManager for additional data store. I have created an issue to make this class more extension friendly.
Ok, thank you for the response. I will try to find some workaround for this.
However, your response triggered an interesting question - if I create an entity in additional data store, and the sequence is being created and used in the main data store - is it all in one single JTA transaction?
There are no global JTA transactions in CUBA, so transactions for different data stores are completely independent.
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2021 South American Swimming Championships
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Wives and Daughters/Chapter LVII
The whole town of Hollingford came to congratulate and inquire into particulars. Some indeed—Mrs. Goodenough at the head of this class of malcontents—thought that they were defrauded of their right to a fine show by Cynthia's being married in London. Even Lady Cumnor was moved into action. She, who had hardly ever paid calls 'out of her own sphere,' who had only once been to see 'Clare' in her own house,—she came to congratulate after her fashion. Maria had only just time to run up into the drawing-room, one morning, and say,—
'Please, ma'am, the great carriage from the Towers is coming up to the gate, and my lady the Countess is sitting inside.' It was but eleven o'clock, and Mrs. Gibson would have been indignant at any commoner who had ventured to call at such an untimely hour, but in the case of the Peerage the rules of domestic morality were relaxed.
The family 'stood at arms,' as it were, till Lady Cumnor appeared in the drawing-room; and then she had to be settled in the best chair, and the light adjusted before anything like conversation began. She was the first to speak; and Lady Harriet, who had begun a few words to Molly, dropped into silence.
'I have been taking Mary—Lady Cuxhaven—to the railway station on this new line between Birmingham and London,' and I thought I would come on here, and offer you my congratulations. Clare, which is the young lady?'—putting up her glasses, and looking at Cynthia and Molly, who were dressed pretty much alike. 'I did not think it would be amiss to give you a little advice, my dear,' said she, when Cynthia had been properly pointed out to her as bride elect. 'I have heard a good deal about you; and I am only too glad, for your mother's sake,—your mother is a very worthy woman, and did her duty very well while she was in our family—I am truly rejoiced, I say, to hear that you are going to make so creditable a marriage. I hope it will efface your former errors of conduct—which, we will hope, were but trivial in reality—and that you will live to be a comfort to your mother,—for whom both Lord Cumnor and I entertain a very sincere regard. But you must conduct yourself with discretion in whatever state of life it pleases God to place you, whether married or single. You must reverence your husband, and conform to his opinion in all things. Look up to him as your head, and do nothing without consulting him.'—It was as well that Lord Cumnor was not amongst the audience; or he might have compared precept with practice.—'Keep strict accounts; and remember your station in life. I understand that Mr—' looking about for some help as to the name she had forgotten—'Anderson—Henderson is in the law. Although there is a general prejudice against attorneys, I have known of two or three who were very respectable men; and I am sure Mr. Henderson is one, or your good mother and our old friend Gibson would not have sanctioned the engagement.'
'He is a barrister,' put in Cynthia, unable to restrain herself any longer. 'Barrister-at-law.'
'Ah, yes. Attorney-at-law. Barrister-at-law. I understand without your speaking so loud, my dear. What was I going to say before you interrupted me? When you have been a little in society you will find that it is reckoned bad manners to interrupt. I had a great deal more to say to you, and you have put it all out of my head. There was something else your father wanted me to ask—what was it, Harriet?'
'I suppose you mean about Mr. Hamley!'
'Oh, yes! we are intending to have the house full of Lord Hollingford's friends next month, and Lord Cumnor is particularly anxious to secure Mr. Hamley.'
'The squire?' asked Mrs. Gibson in some surprise. Lady Cumnor bowed slightly, as much as to say, 'If you did not interrupt me I should explain.'
'The famous traveller—the scientific Mr. Hamley, I mean. I imagine he is son to the squire. Lord Hollingford knows him well; but when we asked him before, he declined coming, and assigned no reason.'
Had Roger indeed been asked to the Towers and declined? Mrs. Gibson could not understand it. Lady Cumnor went on,—
'Now this time we are particularly anxious to secure him, and my son Lord Hollingford will not return to England until the very week before the Duke of Atherstone is coming to us. I believe Mr. Gibson is very intimate with Mr. Hamley; do you think he could induce him to favour us with his company?'
And this from the proud Lady Cumnor; and the object of it Roger Hamley, whom she had all but turned out of her drawing-room two years ago for calling at an untimely hour; and whom Cynthia had turned out of her heart. Mrs. Gibson was surprised, and could only murmur out that she was sure Mr. Gibson would do all that her ladyship wished.
'Thank you. You know me well enough to be aware that I am not the person, nor is the Towers the house, to go about soliciting guests. But in this instance I bend my head; high rank should always be the first to honour those who have distinguished themselves by art or science.'
'Besides, mamma,' said Lady Harriet, 'papa was saying that the Hamleys have been on their land since before the Conquest; while we only came into the county a century ago; and there is a tale that the first Cumnor began his fortune through selling tobacco in King James's reign.'
If Lady Cumnor did not exactly shift her trumpet and take snuff there on the spot, she behaved in an equivalent manner. She began a low-toned but nevertheless authoritative conversation with Clare about the details of the wedding, which lasted until she thought it fit to go, when she abruptly plucked Lady Harriet up, and carried her off in the very midst of a description she was giving to Cynthia about the delights of Spa, which was to be one of the resting-places of the newly-married couple on their wedding-tour.
Nevertheless she prepared a handsome present for the bride: a Bible and a Prayer-book bound in velvet with silver-clasps; and also a collection of household account-books, at the beginning of which Lady Cumnor wrote down with her own hand the proper weekly allowance of bread, butter, eggs, meat, and groceries per head, with the London prices of the articles, so that the most inexperienced housekeeper might ascertain if her expenditure exceeded her means, as she expressed herself in the note which she sent with the handsome, dull present.
'If you are driving into Hollingford, Harriet, perhaps you will take these books to Miss Kirkpatrick,' said Lady Cumnor, after she had sealed her note with all the straightness and correctness befitting a countess of her immaculate character. 'I understand they are all going up to London to-morrow for this wedding, in spite of what I said to Clare of the duty of being married in one's own parish-church. She told me at the time that she entirely agreed with me, but that her husband had such a strong wish for a visit to London, that she did not know how she could oppose him consistently with her wifely duty. I advised her to repeat to him my reasons for thinking that they would be ill-advised to have the marriage in town; but I am afraid she has been overruled. That was her one great fault when she lived with us; she was always so yielding, and never knew how to say "No."'
'Mamma!' said Lady Harriet, with a little sly coaxing in her tone. 'Do you think you would have been so fond of her, if she had opposed you, and said, "No," when you wished her to say, "Yes?"'
'To be sure I should, my dear. I like everybody to have an opinion of their own; only when my opinions are based on thought and experience, which few people have had equal opportunities of acquiring, I think it is but proper deference in others to allow themselves to be convinced. In fact, I think it is only obstinacy which keeps them from acknowledging that they are. I am not a despot, I hope?' she asked, with some anxiety.
'If you are, dear mamma,' said Lady Harriet, kissing the stern uplifted face very fondly, 'I like a despotism better than a republic, and I must be very despotic over my ponies, for it is already getting very late for my drive round by Ash-holt.' But when she arrived at the Gibsons', she was detained so long there by the state of the family, that she had to give up her going to Ash-holt.
Molly was sitting in the drawing-room pale and trembling, and keeping herself quiet only by a strong effort. She was the only person there when Lady Harriet entered; the room was all in disorder, strewed with presents and paper, and pasteboard boxes, and half-displayed articles of finery.
'You look like Marius sitting amidst the ruins of Carthage, my dear! What's the matter? Why have you got on that woe-begone face? This marriage is not broken off, is it? Though nothing would surprise me where the beautiful Cynthia is concerned.'
'Oh, no! that's all right. But I have caught a fresh cold, and papa says he thinks I had better not go to the wedding.'
'Poor little one! And it's the first visit to London too!'
'Yes. But what I most care for is the not being with Cynthia to the last; and then, papa'—she stopped, for she could hardly go on without open crying, and she did not want to do that. Then she cleared her voice. 'Papa,' she continued, 'has so looked forward to this holiday,— and seeing—and—, and going—oh! I can't tell you where; but he has quite a list of people and sights to be seen,—and now he says he should not be comfortable to leave me all alone for more than three days,—two for travelling, and one for the wedding.' Just then Mrs. Gibson came in, ruffled too after her fashion, though the presence of Lady Harriet was wonderfully smoothing.
'My dear Lady Harriet—how kind of you! Ah, yes, I see this poor unfortunate child has been telling you of her ill-luck; just when everything was going on so beautifully; I am sure it was that open window at your back, Molly,—you know you would persist that it could do you no harm, and now you see the mischief I am sure I shan't be able to enjoy myself—and at my only child's wedding too—without you; for I can't think of leaving you without Maria. I would rather sacrifice anything myself than think of you, uncared for, and dismal at home.'
'I am sure Molly is as sorry as any one,' said Lady Harriet.
'No. I don't think she is,' said Mrs. Gibson, with happy disregard of the chronology of events, 'or she would not have sate with her back to an open window the day before yesterday, when I told her not. But it can't be helped now. Papa too—but it is my duty to make the best of everything, and look at the cheerful side of life. I wish I could persuade her to do the same' (turning and addressing Lady Harriet). 'But you see it is a great mortification to a girl of her age to lose her first visit to London.'
'It is not that,' began Molly; but Lady Harriet made her a little sign to be silent while she herself spoke.
'Now, Clare! you and I can manage it all, I think, if you will but help me in a plan I have got in my head. Mr. Gibson shall stay as long as ever he can in London; and Molly shall be well cared for, and have some change of air and scene too, which is really what she needs as much as anything, in my poor opinion. I can't spirit her to the wedding and give her a sight of London; but I can carry her off to the Towers, and nurse her myself; and send daily bulletins up to London, so that Mr. Gibson may feel quite at ease, and stay with you as long as you like, What do you say to it, Clare?'
'Oh, I could not go,' said Molly; 'I should only be a trouble to everybody.'
'Nobody asked you for your opinion, little one. If we wise elders decide that you are to go, you must submit in silence.'
Meanwhile Mrs. Gibson was rapidly balancing advantages and disadvantages. Amongst the latter, jealousy came in predominant. Amongst the former,—it would sound well; Maria could then accompany Cynthia and herself as 'their maid,'—Mr. Gibson would stay longer with her, and it was always desirable to have a man at her beck and call in such a place as London; besides that, this identical man was gentlemanly and good-looking, and a favourite with her prosperous brother-in-law. The ayes had it.
'What a charming plan! I cannot think of anything kinder or pleasanter for this poor darling. Only—what will Lady Cumnor say? I am modest for my family as much as for myself. She won't—'
'You know mamma's sense of hospitality is never more gratified than when the house is quite full; and papa is just like her. Besides she is fond of you, and grateful to our good Mr. Gibson, and will be fond of you, little one, when she knows you as I do.'
Molly's heart sank within her at the prospect. Excepting on the one evening of her father's wedding-day, she had never even seen the outside of the Towers since that unlucky day in her childhood when she had fallen asleep on Clare's bed. She had a dread of the countess, a dislike to the house, only it seemed as if it was a solution to the problem of what to do with her, which had been perplexing every one all morning, and so evidently that it had caused her much distress. She kept silence, though her lips quivered from time to time. Oh, if the Miss Brownings had not chosen this very time of all others to pay their monthly visit to Miss Hornblower! if she could only have gone there, and lived with them in their quaint, quiet, primitive way, instead of having to listen, without remonstrance, to hearing plans discussed about her, as if she was an inanimate chattel.
'She shall have the south pink room, opening out of mine by one door, you remember; and the dressing-room shall be made into a cozy little sitting-room for her, in case she likes to be by herself. Parkes shall attend upon her, and I am sure Mr. Gibson must know Parkes's powers as a nurse by this time. We shall have all manner of agreeable people in the house to amuse her downstairs; and when she has got rid of this access of cold, I will drive her out every day, and write daily bulletins, as I said. Pray tell Mr. Gibson all that, and let it be considered as settled. I will come for her in the close carriage to- morrow, at eleven. And now may I see the lovely bride elect, and give her mamma's present, and my own good wishes?'
So Cynthia came in, and demurely received the very proper present, and the equally correct congratulations, without testifying any very great delight or gratitude at either; for she was quite quick enough to detect that there was no great afflux of affection accompanying either. But when she heard her mother quickly recapitulating all the details of the plan for Molly, Cynthia's eyes did sparkle with gladness; and almost to Lady Harriet's surprise, she thanked her as if she had conferred a personal favour upon her, Cynthia. Lady Harriet saw, too, that in a very quiet way, she had taken Molly's hand, and was holding it all the time, as if loth to think of their approaching separation— somehow, she and Lady Harriet were brought nearer together by this little action than they had ever been before.
If Molly had hoped that her father might have raised some obstacles to the project, she was disappointed. But, indeed, she did not when she perceived how he seemed to feel that, by placing her under the care of Lady Harriet and Parkes, he should be relieved from anxiety; and how he spoke of this change of air and scene as being the very thing he had been wishing to secure for her; country air, and absence of excitement as this would be; for the only other place where he could have secured her these advantages, and at the same time sent her as an invalid, was to Hamley Hall; and he dreaded the associations there with the beginning of her present illness.
So Molly was driven off in state the next day, leaving her own home all in confusion with the assemblage of boxes and trunks in the hall, and all the other symptoms of the approaching departure of the family for London and the wedding. All the morning Cynthia had been with her in her room, attending to the arrangement of Molly's clothes, instructing her what to wear with what, and rejoicing over the pretty smartnesses, which, having been prepared for her as bridesmaid, were now to serve as adornments for her visit to the Towers. Both Molly and Cynthia spoke about dress as if it was the very object of their lives; for each dreaded the introduction of more serious subjects; Cynthia more for Molly than herself. Only when the carriage was announced, and Molly was preparing to go downstairs, Cynthia said,—
'I am not going to thank you, Molly, or to tell you how I love you.'
'Don't,' said Molly, 'I can't bear it.'
'Only you know you're to be my first visitor, and if you wear brown ribbons to a green gown, I'll turn you out of the house!' So they parted. Mr. Gibson was there in the hall to hand Molly in. He had ridden hard; and was now giving her two or three last injunctions as to her health.
'Think of us on Thursday,' said he. 'I declare I don't know which of her three lovers she may not summon at the very last moment to act the part of bridegroom. I'm determined to be surprised at nothing; and will give her away with a good grace to whoever comes.'
They drove away, and until they were out of sight of the house, Molly had enough to do to keep returning the kisses of the hand wafted to her by her stepmother out of the drawing-room window, while at the same time her eyes were fixed on a white handkerchief fluttering out of the attic from which she herself had watched Roger's departure nearly two years before. What changes time had brought!
When Molly arrived at the Towers she was convoyed into Lady Cumnor's presence by Lady Harriet. It was a mark of respect to the lady of the house, which the latter knew that her mother would expect; but she was anxious to get it over, and take Molly up into the room which she had been so busy in arranging for her. Lady Cumnor was, however, very kind, if not positively gracious.
'You are Lady Harriet's visitor, my dear,' said she, 'and I hope she will take good care of you. If not, come and complain of her to me.' It was as near an approach to a joke as Lady Cumnor ever perpetrated, and from it Lady Harriet knew that her mother was pleased by Molly's manners and appearance.
'Now, here you are in your own kingdom; and into this room I shan't venture to come without express permission. Here is the last new Quarterly, and the last new novel, and the last new essays. Now, my dear, you need not come down again to-day unless you like it. Parkes shall bring you everything and anything you want. You must get strong as fast as you can, for all sorts of great and famous people are coming to-morrow and the next day, and I think you'll like to see them. Suppose for to-day you only come down to lunch, and if you like it, in the evening. Dinner is such a wearily long meal, if one is not strong; and you would not miss much, for there is only my cousin Charles in the house now, and he is the personification of sensible silence.'
Molly was only too glad to allow Lady Harriet to decide everything for her. It had begun to rain, and was, altogether, a gloomy day for August; and there was a small fire of scented wood burning cheerfully in the sitting-room appropriated to her. High up, it commanded a wide and pleasant view over the park, and from it could be seen the spire of Hollingford Church, which gave Molly a pleasant idea of neighbourhood to home. She was left alone, lying on the sofa—books near her, wood crackling and blazing, wafts of wind bringing the beating rain against the window, and so enhancing the sense of indoor comfort by the outdoor contrast. Parkes was unpacking for her. Lady Harriet had introduced Parkes to Molly by saying, 'Now, Molly, this is Mrs. Parkes, the only person I ever am afraid of. She scolds me if I dirty myself with my paints, just as if I was a little child; and she makes me go to bed when I want to sit up,'—Parkes was smiling grimly all the time;—'so to get rid of her tyranny I give her you as victim. Parkes, rule over Miss Gibson with a rod of iron; make her eat and drink, and rest and sleep, and dress as you think wisest and best.'
Parkes had begun her reign by putting Molly on the sofa, and saying, 'If you will give me your keys, Miss, I will unpack your things, and let you know when it is time for me to arrange your hair, preparatory to luncheon.' For if Lady Harriet used familiar colloquialisms from time to time, she certainly had not learnt it from Parkes, who piqued herself on the correctness of her language.
When Molly went down to lunch she found 'cousin Charles,' with his aunt, Lady Cumnor. He was a certain Sir Charles Morton, the son of Lady Cumnor's only sister: a plain, sandy-haired man of thirty-five or so; immensely rich, very sensible, awkward, and reserved. He had had a chronic attachment, of many years' standing, to his cousin, Lady Harriet, who did not care for him in the least, although it was the marriage very earnestly desired for her by her mother. Lady Harriet was, however, on friendly terms with him, ordered him about, and told him what to do, and what to leave undone, without having even a doubt as to the willingness of his obedience. She had given him his cue about Molly.
'Now, Charles, the girl wants to be interested and amused without having to take any trouble for herself; she is too delicate to be very active either in mind or body. Just look after her when the house gets full, and place her where she can hear and see everything and everybody, without any fuss and responsibility.'
So Sir Charles began this day at luncheon by taking Molly under his quiet protection. He did not say much to her; but what he did say was thoroughly friendly and sympathetic; and Molly began, as he and Lady Harriet intended that she should, to have a kind of pleasant reliance upon him. Then in the evening while the rest of the family were at dinner—after Molly's tea and hour of quiet repose, Parkes came and dressed her in some of the new clothes prepared for the Kirkpatrick visit, and did her hair in some new and pretty way, so that when Molly looked at herself in the cheval-glass, she scarcely knew the elegant reflection to be that of herself. She was fetched down by Lady Harriet into the great long formidable drawing-room, which, as an interminable place of pacing, had haunted her dreams ever since her childhood. At the further end sate Lady Cumnor at her tapestry work; the light of fire and candle seemed all concentrated on that one bright part where presently Lady Harriet made tea, and Lord Cumnor went to sleep, and Sir Charles read passages aloud from the Edinburgh Review to the three ladies at their work.
When Molly went to bed she was constrained to admit that staying at the Towers as a visitor was rather pleasant than otherwise; and she tried to reconcile old impressions with new ones, until she fell asleep. There was another comparatively quiet day before the expected guests began to arrive in the evening. Lady Harriet took Molly a drive in her little pony-carriage; and for the first time for many weeks Molly began to feel the delightful spring of returning health; the dance of youthful spirits in the fresh air cleared by the previous day's rain. | WIKI |
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jQuery Question
Chrome Origin null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin
I have ready many of the other posts ppl have asked here about the origin not allowed blablabla,
Now I have tried to add --Access-Control-Allow-Origin and enable apps and even disabled security but every time I try my button on the php page it just keeps stating
Origin null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.
Can anyone help me at all? Here is the code that is causing the problem
page.php
<html land="en">
<head>
<meta carset="utf-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css";
</head>
<body>
<!-- Document Ready Event -->
<input id="text" type="text" /><input id="submit" type="button" value="Submit" />
<div id="feedback"></div>
<script src="../jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Script.js
$('#submit').click( function()
{
var text = $('#text').val();
$.get( 'PHP/reverse.php', { input: text }, function( data )
{
$('#feedback').text( data );
});
});
Answer
Origin null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin means that you are trying to perform Ajax on a local file. This is forbidden for security reasons. Even if this was not the case, your PHP wouldn't run because PHP is supported by web servers, not web browsers.
You have a web server installed. You have to request your pages through the server, rather than accessing them directly from your file system.
Use a URL starting with http://localhost/
You will need to move your files so that they are under the server's DocumentRoot (or reconfigure the server so that it can access them from their present location).
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Saba Malaspina
Saba Malaspina (died 1297 or 1298) was an Italian historian, writer, and clergyman. Born around the mid-13th century in southern Italy, he was from a "Roman family with a strong tradition of support for the papal cause" and was the deacon (later bishop) of the diocese of Mileto. Little is known about his early years and education. His honorific of magister indicates that he studied at a university. In 1275, he collected tithes for crusading on Pope Gregory X behalf. Around 1283, while serving as the amanuensis of Pope Martin IV, Malaspina began writing the Liber gestorum regum Sicilie; he finished writing his history of Sicily on 29 March 1285, by which time he had already obtained Roman citizenship.
Drawing upon records from both the Angevin and papal archives, the Liber begins with the birth of Manfred in 1232 and ends with the death of Charles of Anjou in 1285, with a focus on the events after the death of Frederick II (Manfred father) in 1250. In writing the Liber, Malaspina was particularly influenced by the Aeneid by Virgil. He dedicated the ten-volume work to the members of the Roman Curia.
Étienne Baluze published the first edition in 1713, although only of the years down to 1276. The first complete edition was published by Giuseppe Del Re posthumously in 1868. The latest edition, titled Die Chronik des Saba Malaspina by its editors, came out in 1999.
On 12 July 1286, Pope Honorius IV ordained Malaspina as bishop of Mileto. In 1288 or 1289, Malaspina was captured by the forces of Roger of Lauria when they occupied Mileto. He successfully escaped and fled to Larino, where he became the local parish administrator. In 1295, Pope Boniface VIII formally named him as the "spiritual and temporal administrator of Larino". Saba Malaspina died in late 1297 or early 1298.
Although traditionally seen as an apologist and propagandist for the papacy, Clifford R. Backman argues that Malaspina was a "reluctantly charmed, enamored-yet-critical admirer of Charles of Anjou". On the other hand, Michael Lower suggests that he was "disillusioned" with Charles' rule. Marc Laureys describes him as "the only important Roman historiographer from the 13th century", while Backman writes that Malaspina was both a "professional scribe of such high standing" and a "literary artist of considerable ability". The Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle regards Malaspina's Sicilian chronicle as "one of the most important sources for the history of Southern Italy". | WIKI |
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//
// C++ Implementation: BoatAnimation
//
// Description:
//
//
// Author: Thibaut GRIDEL <tgridel@free.fr>
//
// Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Thibaut GRIDEL
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
//
//
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <QtGui>
#include "boatanimation.h"
#include "headinganimation.h"
#include "situationmodel.h"
#include "splineanimation.h"
#include "trackmodel.h"
#include "boatmodel.h"
#include "boat.h"
/**
Populates the internal lists of Positions and Headings function
of time
This method parses the path of the \a track, does some stalling
analysis and determines position and heading as a function of time.
It also gives the pale color to \a track boats, while keeping
original color for animation \a boat.
*/
BoatAnimation::BoatAnimation(TrackModel *track, BoatGraphicsItem *boat, int maxSize, QObject *parent)
: QParallelAnimationGroup(parent),
m_track(track),
m_boat(boat),
m_headingAnimation(new HeadingAnimation(boat->boat(), "heading")),
m_sailAngleAnimation(new HeadingAnimation(boat->boat(), "trimSailAngle")),
m_posAnimation(new QSequentialAnimationGroup),
m_maxSize(maxSize),
m_time(QTime::currentTime()) {
QPainterPath path = m_track->path();
int size = m_track->size() - 1;
if (size < 0) {
return;
}
m_boat->setOrder(0);
QPointF point = path.elementAt(0);
// setPosAt(0,point);
BoatModel *model = m_track->boats()[0];
m_headingAnimation->setDuration(2000*m_maxSize);
m_headingAnimation->setStartValue(model->heading());
m_sailAngleAnimation->setDuration(2000*m_maxSize);
m_sailAngleAnimation->setStartValue(model->trimmedSailAngle());
// through all boats of the track
for (int i=0; i< size; i++) {
qreal index = 0;
QPointF c1 = path.elementAt(i*3+1);
QPointF c2 = path.elementAt(i*3+2);
QPointF end = path.elementAt(i*3+3);
bool stalled = ((point == c1) || (c2 == end));
QPainterPath curve(point);
curve.cubicTo(c1,c2,end);
qreal length = curve.length();
float e = 8;
// through 8 intermediary points between 2 boats
for (int j=1; j<=e; j++) {
qreal percent = curve.percentAtLength(length*j/e);
index = (i*e+j)/(maxSize*e);
if (!stalled) {
m_headingAnimation->setKeyValueAt(index, fmod(360+90-curve.angleAtPercent(percent),360.0));
}
}
model = m_track->boats()[i+1];
if (stalled) {
m_headingAnimation->setKeyValueAt(index, model->heading());
}
m_sailAngleAnimation->setKeyValueAt(index, model->trimmedSailAngle());
SplineAnimation *splineAnimation = new SplineAnimation(m_boat->boat(), "pos", m_track->boats()[i]->path());
splineAnimation->setStartValue(point);
splineAnimation->setEndValue(end);
splineAnimation->setDuration(2000);
m_posAnimation->addAnimation(splineAnimation);
point = end;
}
// dim all track boats
foreach(BoatModel *boat, m_track->boats()) {
boat->setDim(true);
}
}
/**
Resets the color and List of BoatModels in the track
*/
BoatAnimation::~BoatAnimation() {
while (!m_boats.isEmpty()) {
m_track->addBoat(m_boats.last());
m_boats.pop_back();
}
// undim all track boats
foreach(BoatModel *boat, m_track->boats()) {
boat->setDim(false);
}
}
/**
Updates TrackModel and animation boat position and heading
at \a step time, with a rate limit of one refresh every 40ms
*/
void BoatAnimation::afterAnimationStep(qreal step) {
// limit update rate to 40ms
if ((m_time.elapsed() < 40) && (step != 0) && (step != 1)) {
return;
}
m_headingAnimation->setCurrentTime(step*2000*m_maxSize);
m_sailAngleAnimation->setCurrentTime(step*2000*m_maxSize);
m_posAnimation->setCurrentTime(step*2000*m_maxSize);
int index = floor(step * m_maxSize);
BoatModel *boat;
for (int i=m_track->size()-1; i > index; i--) {
boat = m_track->boats()[i];
m_boats.push_back(boat);
m_track->deleteBoat(boat);
}
if (!m_boats.isEmpty()) {
for (int i = m_track->size()-1; i < index; i++) {
m_track->addBoat(m_boats.last());
m_boats.pop_back();
}
}
if (index > m_track->size() - 1) {
return;
}
boat = m_track->boats()[index];
m_boat->boat()->setOverlap(boat->overlap());
m_boat->boat()->setFlag(boat->flag());
m_boat->boat()->setText(boat->text());
m_boat->boat()->setTextPosition(boat->textPosition());
m_boat->boat()->setSpin(boat->spin());
// trigger next update rate calculation
m_time.start();
} | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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{outline||<1> - |Step <1> - } Contributed by: Michael Morrison
Background
Recently, I was tasked with building an installer for the project I'm currently on. The solution we had built consisted of a Windows application that hosted a web browser control, a web application that actually did all the work, several class libraries and two Windows services that both the Windows application and web application communicated with. Making an installer/setup project for each component wasn't an option. We needed one installer. One that would not only install the windows application, but also check to see if certain components like MSMQ and IIS are installed and configured properly, deploy the website to the machine, install the two Windows services and some other things.
Unfortunately, one msi cannot call another msi file (only one is allowed to run at any given time), so my solution was to create an msi installer project in VS for the Windows application and add a Custom Action to launch a console application that would take care of the rest. So I created a Solution folder called Setup which contained a Setup project and the Console application and also a Web Deployment project.
The Web Deployment project is an add-on that MS created that among other things (like being able to use 1 dll for the website instead of the dynamically generated "nameless" dlls a normal build creates) packages up a website project and allows you to "deploy" it. But this wasn't going to work for us, because I wanted it to build/package it up but not deploy it. It would be "deployed" by my console app. So how was I going to do this? If only there was a way I could zip up the files in the website, then I could include them as an embedded resource of the console app and have it extract it out to the machine upon installation. But running the Web Deployment project and then zipping up the files it creates and putting it into the console app's file structure/project manually was too cumbersome and wouldn't have passed muster. What to do, what to do?
Solution
This brings us to the point of this article. Well, knowing that VS uses MSBuild as its build engine, and having delved ever so slightly into MSBuild itself previously, I was convinced there must be some way of doing this. I looked at all the options available to MSBuild and there wasn't a zip facility like there is with NAnt. Well now what?
A quick search on the net for "Zip" and "MSBuild" brought me to a site that hosts an open-source project called MSBuild Community Tasks. One of the tasks is a Zip task that will Zip up files for you. Perfect! So how to do what I did? Well download the tasks and install them as normal. (These tasks will work on any project that contains an MSBuild proj file (any type except Website project)).
Editing the Deployment Project File
So, first I right clicked on my deployment project and chose to "Open Project File" (for other project types you have to "Unload Project" first, then choose to "Edit" it) . I changed my Web Deployment project to Output to a single folder, regardless of the build configuration:
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
<OutputPath>.\Web</OutputPath>
<EnableUpdateable>false</EnableUpdateable>
<UseMerge>true</UseMerge>
<SingleAssemblyName>RCCMSWeb</SingleAssemblyName>
<DeleteAppCodeCompiledFiles>true</DeleteAppCodeCompiledFiles>
<DeleteAppDataFolder>true</DeleteAppDataFolder>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>false</DebugSymbols>
<OutputPath>.\Web</OutputPath>
<EnableUpdateable>false</EnableUpdateable>
<UseMerge>true</UseMerge>
<SingleAssemblyName>RCCMSWeb</SingleAssemblyName>
<DeleteAppCodeCompiledFiles>true</DeleteAppCodeCompiledFiles>
<DeleteAppDataFolder>true</DeleteAppDataFolder>
</PropertyGroup>
Adding the Reference to MSBuild Community Tasks
Then I added a reference to the MSBuild Community Tasks under the line for the WebDeployment tasks import
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v9.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets" />
Essential Code
and then the meat of the operation:
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<Copy SourceFiles="$(SourceWebPhysicalPath)\PrintForms\**\*.*" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" />
</Target>
<Target Name="BeforeMerge">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterMerge">
</Target>
-->
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<ItemGroup>
<ZipFiles Include="$(OutputPath)\**\*.*" Exclude="*.zip" />
</ItemGroup>
<Zip Files="@(ZipFiles)" WorkingDirectory="$(OutputPath)\" ZipFileName="..\RCCMSWeb.zip" ZipLevel="9" />
<Attrib Files="..\WinComponentsSetup\zip\RCCMSWeb.zip" Normal="true" />
<Delete Files="..\WinComponentsSetup\zip\RCCMSWeb.zip" Condition="Exists('..\WinComponentsSetup\zip\RCCMSWeb.zip')" />
<Move SourceFiles="..\RCCMSWeb.zip" DestinationFolder="..\WinComponentsSetup\zip" />
<Attrib Files="..\WinComponentsSetup\zip\RCCMSWeb.zip" ReadOnly="true" />
<RemoveDir Directories="$(OutputPath)" />
</Target>
Explaining the MSBuild XML
So first, I've added a Target called AfterBuild. MSBuild recognizes this as a default and knows it's going to do this after it's finished building the website. I create an ItemGroup and create a group called ZipFiles that sets up some parameters, namely to include every file in the output folder excluding any zip files. Then the Zip task, takes that item and uses it as it's Files property, sets the Working Directory (so paths will be relative to that directory) names the ZipFile and how many levels down it should go to zip.
Next we have to get that zip file into our console app project. If this is the first time we've built this, it doesn't exist, but assuming we've built the solution before, and that we're under source control, we need to delete the existing zip file in the destination(console app) directory. The Attrib task lets us set the file to Normal (not Read-Only). Then we delete the file (as the Delete task suggests). Then we move the newly built zip file and reset it's attribute to Read-Only.
Finally, since we no longer need it, we remove our OutputPath directory (the one created by the web deployment build). Now, if this is the first time we've done this, the only thing left to do is to pull the zip file into the console app's project (via Add...Existing Item...), set it's Build Action to Embedded Resource and check in the project file.
Voila!
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72 men make the unreasonable one, is not this the flame contradiction? that very inconsistency which appeared so unaccountable?
To give some little opening to such characters and behaviour, it is to be observed in general, that there is no account to be given, in the way of reason, of men's so strong attachments to the present world: our hopes and fears, and pursuits, are in degrees beyond all proportion to the known value of the things they respect. This may be said, without taking into consideration religion and a future state; and when these are considered, the disproportion is infinitely heightened. Now, when men go against their reason, and contradict a more important interest at a distance, for one nearer, though of less consideration; if this be the whole of the case, all that can be said is, that strong passions, some kind of brute force within, prevails over the principle of rationality. However, if this be with a clear, full, and distinct view of the truth of things, then it is doing the utmost violence to themselves, acting in the most palpable contra- diction to their very nature. But if there be any such thing in mankind, as putting half-deceits upon themselves; which there plainly is, either by avoiding reflection, or (if they do reflect) by religious equivocation, subterfuges, and palliating matters to themselves; by these means conscience may be laid asleep, and they may go on in a course of wickedness with less disturbance. All the various turns, doubles, and intricacies in a dishonest heart, cannot be unfolded or laid open; but that there is somewhat of that kind is manifest, be it to be called self-deceit, or by any other name. Balaam had before his eyes the authority of God, absolutely forbidding him what he, for the sake of a reward, had the strongest inclination to: he was likewise in a state of mind sober enough to consider death and his last end: by these considerations he was restrained, first from going to the king of Moab, and after he did go, from cursing Israel. But notwithstanding this, there was great wickedness in his | WIKI |
Eugen Mihăescu
Eugen Mihăescu (born 24 August 1937 in Bucharest) is a Romanian painter and politician. He is a member of the Greater Romania Party and was a Member of the European Parliament from 1 January 2007, date of the accession of Romania to the European Union, until 20 May 2007. While in the European Parliament, he was the vice-chair of the far-right Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty group. | WIKI |
rRNA mutations that inhibit transfer-messenger RNA activity on stalled ribosomes
Jacob Crandall, Milagros Rodriguez-Lopez, Michael Pfeiffer, Bailey Mortensen, Allen Buskirk
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
Abstract
In eubacteria, stalled ribosomes are rescued by a conserved quality-control mechanism involving transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) and its protein partner, SmpB. Mimicking a tRNA, tmRNA enters stalled ribosomes, adds Ala to the nascent polypeptide, and serves as a template to encode a short peptide that tags the nascent protein for destruction. To further characterize the tagging process, we developed two genetic selections that link tmRNA activity to cell death. These negative selections can be used to identify inhibitors of tagging or to identify mutations in key residues essential for ribosome rescue. Little is known about which ribosomal elements are specifically required for tmRNA activity. Using these selections, we isolated rRNA mutations that block the rescue of ribosomes stalled at rare Arg codons or at the inefficient termination signal Pro-opal. We found that deletion of A1150 in the 16S rRNA blocked tagging regardless of the stalling sequence, suggesting that it inhibits tmRNA activity directly. The C889U mutation in 23S rRNA, however, lowered tagging levels at Pro-opal and rare Arg codons, but not at the 3′ end of an mRNA lacking a stop codon. We concluded that the C889U mutation does not inhibit tmRNA activity per se but interferes with an upstream step intermediate between stalling and tagging. C889 is found in the A-site finger, where it interacts with the S13 protein in the small subunit (forming intersubunit bridge B1a).
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)553-559
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of bacteriology
Volume192
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
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General Dutch Union of Domestic Workers
The General Dutch Union of Domestic Workers (Algemene Nederlandse Bond van Huispersoneel, ANBH) was a trade union representing domestic workers in the Netherlands.
The union was founded in October 1930, and affiliated to the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV). Membership was low, but reached 1,000 by 1940. The union's general secretary, Geertruida Van Andel, became sympathetic to the German occupation, although the union was nonetheless banned in 1942.
In 1945, the union was revived by Anke Weidema, while in 1947, it absorbed the Dutch Union of Hairdressers, renaming itself as the General Union of Private Sector Hygiene and Domestic Services. On 1 August 1954, it merged into the General Union of Miscellaneous Industries. | WIKI |
Emerson–Holmes Building
The Emerson–Holmes Building is a historic building at 566 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia that was built in 1859. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
It is narrow—just 23 ft—and was built to serve as dentist offices for Dr. George W. Emerson, a dentist from Hew Hampshire. It has a "distinctive" facade and interior designed by master builder James B. Ayres and possibly built by artisans from Italy who had been brought to build the P.L. Hay House. The building was used for 82 years as dentist offices by Dr. Emerson and successors. The building also has residential space on the third floor.
Another NRHP listed building, the Militia Headquarters Building, was immediately adjacent to this building, but has since been demolished.
Photos
The building was surveyed by the Historic American Buildings Survey program, the photos were taken by L.D. Andrew on August 2, 1936. | WIKI |
Talk:Association of Surgeons in Training
Unreferenced?
I'm slightly confused regarding the assertion that the source is unreferenced - the link is given on the page to the website from which the information is derived. Beyond that, and my personal knowledge (as I am currently the Treasurer of ASiT), I'm not sure what references are sought.
Further advice would be gratefully received.
Jfbcubed 19:32, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Royal Colleges
I have slightly amended the wording and specified which Royal Colleges I am referring to, in response to a "dn" tag. Jfbcubed 22:34, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Advertisment
The article seems to be worded as an advertisement of the ASiT, and needs revision. Traya101 (talk) 13:37, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
* It might come across that way, but it isn't intended. After all, this is merely a charitable organisation intent on promoting excellence in surgical training in the United Kingdom. There is no ulterior agenda. Jfbcubed (talk) 23:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm a little new at this; I volunteered to help the administrator Whatamidoing in reviewing the stubs on medical articles. With regards to the stub classification, I think this should be upgraded to "start". I asked this very question yesterday, and although links are wonderful things, I think their is an attempt to maintain the academic integrity by citing published literature. Perhaps a "reference" should answer the question "How is this article significant in the real world?" Has the Times written an article about the school? Have academic journals written about the school itself? Your contributions are EXTEMELY valuable, but I find learning the process of being a good Wikipedian a little tedious....but ultimately worthwhile. doctorwolfie (talk) 12:44, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
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Talk:16 Cygni Bb
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* 55 Cancri b
* 55 Cancri c
* 55 Cancri d
* 55 Cancri e
* 16 Cygni
* 16 Cygni Bb
* Upsilon Andromedae
* Upsilon Andromedae b
* Upsilon Andromedae c
* Upsilon Andromedae d
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unclear if it could form?
though it is unclear whether such moons could actually form.[6] I will remove this claim, for it makes no sense, the abstract that is linked says ~10-4 of the size of their host planet, so the size of the moon that could form scales with the size of the planet, and http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v385/n6613/abs/385234a0.html that specifically speaks of this system, says >0.12 earth size is enough for a substantial enough an atmosphere sustained longterm, and the article claims it could be as much as 14 times as large as jupiter. well, a moon only 5 times as large as Jupiters Ganymede is hence large enough, and depending on how large that gas giant really is it could be allmost 3 times larger than that minimum size, so theres nothing in the reference given that raises doubt if such a moon could form there or not.--<IP_ADDRESS> 09:29, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
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Page:The Seven Seas (Kipling, 1896).djvu/186
164 An' fourpence a day for baccy—an' bloomin' gen'rous, too;
An' now you can make your fortune—the same as your orf'cers do.'
Back to the Army again, sergeant,
Back to the Army again;
'Ow did I learn to do right-about-turn?
I'm back to the Army again!
A man o' four-an'-twenty that 'asn't learned of a trade—
Beside 'Reserve' agin' him—'e'd better be never made.
I tried my luck for a quarter, an' that was enough for me,
An' I thought of 'Er Majesty's barricks, an' I thought I'd go an' see.
Back to the Army again, sergeant,
Back to the Army again;
'Tisn't my fault if I dress when I 'alt—
I'm back to the Army again! | WIKI |
saklaw
Noun
* 1) extent; scope; limit
* 2) comprehension; inclusion
* 1) comprehension; inclusion
Adjective
* 1) within the extent, scope, or limit of
* 2) under the jurisdiction or power of
* 3) included; embraced; comprised; comprehended
* 1) included; embraced; comprised; comprehended | WIKI |
Talk:Buescher
I don't think that is a serious entry here. There's no clear indication, what is meant by "FFL" (the link is a broad disambiguation list), texts Benjamin Buescher and One3 Creative are not existing, so the understandable meaning of the entry is "Benjamin Buescher in California plays guitar". Hopefully he enjoys it, but that's no encyclopaedic fact. ThomasPusch (talk) 17:45, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
* Benjamin Buescher, guitarist for FFL and owner of One3 Creative in California | WIKI |
Natural Communities
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 07:41 -- cadoughe
Natural communities generally occur in continuously varying patterns. Most of the environmental factors that determine communities vary over continuous gradients. We can best decipher the tremendous complexity of natural communities by categorizing them according to their ecology.
Natural communities are valuable elements of natural diversity for a variety of reasons. They are generally regarded as coarse filters for diversity of organisms. By protecting examples of all the natural community types, the majority of species can be protected without laborious individual attention. Like species, communities have an intrinsic value as natural systems, as well as aesthetic value to human beings. These thirteen communities represent some of the most common communities as well as those considered of high visual interest across the landscape.
Community Types
Community types
Spruce-Fir
Generally found above 5,500 feet (though locally lower in suitable sites) and extending to the tops of all but the highest peaks.
Beech Gap
High elevations, within the range of spruce-fir forests. Primarily in south-facing gaps, but may occur on exposed ridgetops in areas lacking spruce and fir or adjacent to grassy balds.
Grassy Bald
Slopes, ridgetops, and domes of high mountains, usually on gentle slopes.
Heath Bald
Extremely exposed high elevation sites: peaks, sharp ridges, and steep slopes.
Northern Hardwood
Medium to fairly high elevation coves, flats, and slopes, particularly on north-facing slopes.
High Elevation Red Oak
Found on dry to moderately moist slopes and ridgetops at mid to high elevations (around 3,500- 5,500 feet).
Pine-Oak/Heath
Exposed sharp ridges, knobs, low elevation peaks, and steep south slopes.
Montane Oak-Hickory
Dry to moderately moist slopes and partly sheltered ridgetops at moderate to fairly high elevations (about 2,500-5,000 feet).
Hemlock
Slightly less moisture than cove forest sites, including open valley flats, slopes above cove forests, sheltered low ridges, narrow ravines, and open north-facing slopes at fairly high elevations.
Acidic Cove
Sheltered low and moderate elevation sites, primarily narrow, rocky gorges, steep ravines, and low gentle ridges within coves.
Rich Cove
Sheltered, moderately moist, low to moderate elevation sites, primarily broad coves and lower slopes.
Short Leaf Pine-Oak
Found at low elevations, generally below 2,300 feet.
Montane Alluvial
Stream and river floodplains at low elevations, generally below 2,300 feet.
Community Inventory
What is biodiversity?
Biological diversity, or biodiversity, describes the variety and abundance of all life forms in a given place - plants, animals, and other living organisms such as fungi, lichens, and mosses. Biological diversity also describes the processes, functions, and structures that sustain that variety and allow it to adapt to changing circumstances. Moreover, it encompasses the complexity of gene pools, species, communities, and ecosystems at spatial scales from local to regional to global.
Is biodiversity important in Western North Carolina?
The temperate ecosystems of the Blue Ridge Mountains are exceptionally diverse. Ancient geological events followed by climatic reversals and weathering formed the mountains that today feature the highest peaks in the eastern United States. In the moist, deep-soiled, densely-forested valleys, the daily range of temperature, wind, and humidity remains relatively constant. On the thin-soiled and exposed ridges, balds, and mountain tops, the daily range of climate conditions is much wider. This variability in elevation, aspect, climate, geology, and soils accounts for the occurrence of hundreds of plants and animals that exist at the edge of their natural range.
The geographic isolation of high-altitude species in the Blue Ridge Mountains has allowed some to evolve into unique species of their own, adding further to the biological diversity of these mountains. Examples are the Blue Ridge goldenrod and the spreading avens.
Secure Habitats
Acidic Cove Forest G5
Red maples, tulip poplars, rhododendron, sweet birch, and eastern hemlock are the dominant species in this forest. The presence of thick rhododendron and hemlock indicates that the soil is acidic. Fewer types of plants and trees can tolerate this acidic soil.
Example: White Water River Gorge
Montane Oak-Hickory Forest G5
This forest receives less rainfall even though it is at a moderate elevation. The dryer soil supports white oak, red oak, chestnut oak, pignut hickory, and mockernut hickory, plus a variety of small trees such as dogwood and sourwood. A diverse understory of shrubs and herbs is present, but not as diverse as in a Rich Cove forest.
Example: The Black Mountains
Rich Cove Forest G4
The rich, moist soils of the Rich Cove Forest support a wide range of trees and plants. Sugar maple, sweet buckeye, basswood, and Carolina silverbell are only a few of the types of trees growing in this forest. Spring wildflowers are well known in the lush, diverse herb layer present in the type. Mosses and rotting logs make the damp forest floor suitable for salamanders.
Example: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Threatened Habitats
Red Spruce-Fraser Fir Forest G2
This rare and extremely endangered community type only exists above 5,500 feet. More than a mile above sea level, the high rainfall, fog, and low temperatures make the climate similar to Maine and Canada.
Logging and fires in the 1910’s and 1920’s radically changed these communities, with some sites no longer supporting spruce-fir forests.
Threats: Balsam wooly adelgid, air pollution
Example: Mt. Mitchell
Grassy Bald G2
The origin of these treeless mountain tops is unknown. Grassy Balds are gentle slopes, ridgetops, and domes of high mountains where grasses, sedges, and herbs dominate with patches of shrubs and some small trees.
Threats: Woody plant invasion
Example: Roan Mountain
Montane Alluvial Forest G2*
Sycamore, tulip poplar, sweet birch, and hemlock are found at low to mid elevation. Subject to occasional flooding, water scrubs away perennials and leaves behind many seeds from annuals. For this reason, fewer large trees survive and more dense shrubs and small plants are found here.
Threats: Development
Example: French Broad River | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Class Agent (0.8.2)
Agent(mapping=None, *, ignore_unknown_fields=False, **kwargs)
Agents are best described as Natural Language Understanding (NLU) modules that transform user requests into actionable data. You can include agents in your app, product, or service to determine user intent and respond to the user in a natural way.
After you create an agent, you can add Intents, [Entity Types][google.cloud.dialogflow.cx.v3beta1.EntityType], Flows, Fulfillments, Webhooks, and so on to manage the conversation flows..
Attributes
NameDescription
name str
The unique identifier of the agent. Required for the Agents.UpdateAgent method. Agents.CreateAgent populates the name automatically. Format: projects/.
display_name str
Required. The human-readable name of the agent, unique within the location.
default_language_code str
Required. Immutable. The default language of the agent as a language tag. See `Language Support
supported_language_codes Sequence[str]
The list of all languages supported by the agent (except for the default_language_code).
time_zone str
Required. The time zone of the agent from the `time zone database
description str
The description of the agent. The maximum length is 500 characters. If exceeded, the request is rejected.
avatar_uri str
The URI of the agent's avatar. Avatars are used throughout the Dialogflow console and in the self-hosted `Web Demo
speech_to_text_settings google.cloud.dialogflowcx_v3beta1.types.SpeechToTextSettings
Speech recognition related settings.
start_flow str
Immutable. Name of the start flow in this agent. A start flow will be automatically created when the agent is created, and can only be deleted by deleting the agent. Format: projects/.
security_settings str
Name of the SecuritySettings reference for the agent. Format: projects/.
enable_stackdriver_logging bool
Indicates if stackdriver logging is enabled for the agent.
enable_spell_correction bool
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Talk:List of cowboys and cowgirls
A third of the "Fictional Cowboys" section is dedicated to characters from the Red Dead franchise?
Curious to know how other folks feel about this. I'm as much of an RDR/RDR2 fan as the next person, but it feels like this list either needs to be completely exhaustive, listing every fictional cowboy that's ever existed, or it needs to be trimmed down to cowboys of note. I think John Marston and Arthur Morgan are fine additions as the main characters for their respective entries in the series, but listing out the remaining characters in the games who don't even have their own Wikipedia pages seems excessive. Shoom'lah (talk) 20:22, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Removed real names on
* Ned Buntline (Edward Judson (cowboy))
* Deadwood Dick (Nat Love)
It is inconsistent unless you are going to list everybody’s real name. GT
Some Redirects on this page are innacurate!
Shanghai Pierce redirected to some WWF wrestler. T.P O'Connor redirected to an Irish Polititian. Both not cowboys! | WIKI |
How To Use DiffMerge
mainTo people who don’t know what merge conflicts are, they are these magical things that make our life pleasant when we are coding in a group. Okay that was a joke! Too subtle? Anyway, when you are working in a team on a central code base, multiple people might end up modifying the same thing, which usually results in a conflict. Merge conflicts are bound to happen when you are working in parallel with a team of developers. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, then you haven’t been coding long enough. Most of the version management tools try to manage this automatically. If people are working on different things that are independent of each other, then there will be no problems. But unfortunately, we are not in utopia. Here on earth, conflicts happen all the time.
When Git cannot automatically merge changes, a merge fails and it will show warning messages. The conflicted file gets filled with these annoying signs – “<<<<<<<“, “=======”, “>>>>>>>”. The only solution when this happens is to merge them manually. Luckily, to make the merge less painful, there are visual tools that assist us in doing this. DiffMerge is one such tool and Git allows using it as opposed to using the default tool that comes with Git.
Installing DiffMerge
DiffMerge is great to perform 3-way merges as it supports 3-way file comparison. The three versions being the old one, the current one and the new one that will go into the repo. During a conflict, you are presented with the version of the branch you are working on, the common file ancestor, and the branch you are merging in. I will be describing how to set it up in Mac OSX, but the rules are more or less the same for any Unix-style system. Before we start, make sure you download the DiffMerge OSX installer from here.
Once you run the installer, just type the following on your command line to see if diffmerge works:
>> diffmerge
You should see the DiffMerge window pop up. If you want to compare two random files, type the following on the terminal:
>> diffmerge file1.py file2.py
You should see a window pop up with these two files being displayed side-by-side. You will also see the differences being highlighted.
Setting up DiffMerge for Git
Now that we have DiffMerge, let’s make it our default merge tool for git. Run the following commands in your terminal:
>> git config --global merge.tool diffmerge
>> git config --global mergetool.diffmerge.cmd "diffmerge --merge --result=\$MERGED \$LOCAL \$BASE \$REMOTE"
>> git config --global mergetool.diffmerge.trustExitCode true
DiffMerge is now the default tool. To start a three-way merge and perform a visual merge for each file in conflict, run the following command:
>> git mergetool
Diff Tool Configuration
Sometimes you may want to compare two revisions to see what’s changed. These tools are called diff tools and are commonly used to compare changes between revisions. You can setup Diffmerge to be your visual diff tool by running the following commands in your terminal:
>> git config --global diff.tool diffmerge
>> git config --global difftool.diffmerge.cmd "diffmerge \$LOCAL \$REMOTE"
This will allow you to compare two different versions of files visually. For example:
>> git difftool master file1.py
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Yeniköy, Sarıkamış
Yeniköy (Νεοχώρι) is a village in the Sarıkamış District, Kars Province, Turkey. It was founded in 1878 by Pontic Greek settlers who abandoned the region in 1919. As of 2022 the village had a population of 441 people.
History
Yeniköy was founded in 1878 by Pontic Greek Crypto-Christian settlers from Erzurum, Chaldia and Nicopolis shortly after the Kars Province was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). After founding the village its residents began practicing Orthodox Christianity openly once again, building a stone church in 1884. A school was also established at some point. In 1913, Yeniköy had a total population of 1029, by 1918 it had grown to approximately 1600 people. Most of the population was engaged in animal husbandry and farming.
On 3 March 1918, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Ottoman Empire, returning the Kars region to the Ottomans. In September 1919, fearing that their village will be affected by the Greek genocide and the Turkish–Armenian War, Yeniköy's residents abandoned their village for Kars. The men of the village attempted to return to their village to harvest their crops by were prevented from doing so by Armenian military personnel. Yeniköy's residents eventually fled further to Batumi. Greek refugees lived in camps in squalid conditions, suffering hunger and typhus. The Greek government began organizing evacuations in May 1919, and Yeniköy residents were eventually brought to Thessaloniki. High mortality caused by outbreaks of malaria caused the refugees to request the Greek government to allocate them housing in a mountainous area. Between 1921 and 1922 they were gradually resettled in the village of Notia.
Yeniköy is currently belongs to the Sarıkamış District, Kars Province, Turkey. As of 2022 the village had a population of 441 people. | WIKI |
CUBA-ticker fund soars after Fidel Castro's passing
Shares of the Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc. soared 18% toward an eight-month high in active premarket trade Monday, in the aftermath of Fidel Castro's death over the weekend. Volume of about 167,000 shares ahead of the open was already six times the full-day average. The fund (CUBA) invests in issuers likely to benefit from economic and political progress in the Caribbean Basin, including Cuba. "At such time as it becomes legally permissible for U.S. entities to invest directly in Cuba, the fund will consider such investments," according to the fund's prospectus. The fund's holding as of June 30 included shares of Mastec Inc. , Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. , Carnival Corp. , Nextera Energy Inc. , Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. and Copa Holdings S.A. . CUBA has lost 3.6% year to date through Friday, while the S&P 500 has gained 8.3%. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Andre Boe
Andre Boe (born 24 October 1962) is a Cameroonian former footballer who is last known to have played as a goalkeeper for Molesey. He was known for his unorthodox style and attention-grabbing antics on the field where he "sometimes played more like an outfield player".
Club career
In early 1996, Boe appeared in three league matches for Scottish second division side Greenock Morton as a short-term replacement for an injured David Wylie. He made his debut with the team on 24 February, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Dumbarton where he memorably stood near the half-way line and waved to the crowd in the first half. After that, he played for Molesey in the English seventh division but left due to "cultural reasons".
International career
He reportedly earned 62 caps for the Cameroon national team, although that number has been disputed. | WIKI |
Creating SymLink to Python3 Library
shellscript
python
#1
Just a quick tip for anyone having difficulties with KM not finding Python3...
sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3 /opt/local/bin/python3
This creates a symbolic link to the Python3 executable and places it in the /opt/local/bin folder, thus avoiding the need to alter the existing scripts. The same principle can be applied to any other combination of folders.
Python Example Code?
#2
Note, of course, that as Python3 is not part of the standard OS installation, and can be installed in various ways, and to various locations, you need to know where the executable really is.
#3
Hence the quoted comment.
#4
and quickly resolved in Terminal.app etc with
which python3
34
#5
I always preferred
type -a
or short:
type
Basically it’s the same as which but you have some neat options.
The neat options:
type -a shows all
type -p shows the command that would get executed
type -t shows the type | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Query syntax
Query syntax
The query syntax for the metadata query API is similar to that of a SQL database. To query for all files and folders that match a contract metadata template with a contract value of over $100 the following metadata query could be created.
{
"from": "enterprise_123456.contractTemplate",
"query": "amount >= :value",
"query_params": {
"value": 100
},
"fields": [
"name",
"metadata.enterprise_123456.contractTemplate.amount"
],
"ancestor_folder_id": "5555"
}
In this case the from value represents the scope and templateKey of the metadata template, and the ancestor_folder_id represents the folder ID to search within, including its subfolders.
The fields parameter
By default, this API will only return the base-representation of a file or folder, which includes their id, type, and etag values. To request any additional data the fields parameter can be used to query any additional fields, as well as any metadata associated to the item.
For example:
• created_by will add the details of the user who created the item to the response.
• metadata.<scope>.<templateKey> will return the base-representation of the metadata instance identified by the scope and templateKey.
• metadata.<scope>.<templateKey>.<field> will return all fields in the base-representation of the metadata instance identified by the scope and templateKey plus the field specified by the field name. Multiple fields for the same scope and templateKey can be defined.
The query parameter
The query parameter represents the SQL-like query to perform on the selected metadata instance. This parameter is optional, and without this parameter the API would return all files and folders for this template.
Every left hand field name, like amount, needs to match the key of a field on the associated metadata template. In other words, you can only search for fields that are actually present on the associated metadata instance. Any other field name will result in the error returning an error.
The query_params parameter
To make it less complicated to embed dynamic values into the query string, an argument can be defined using a colon syntax, like :value. Each argument that is specified like this needs a subsequent value with that key in the query_params object, for example:
{
...,
"query": "amount >= :amount AND country = :country",
"query_params": {
"amount": 100,
"country": "United States"
},
...
}
Logical operators
A query supports the following logical operators.
Operator
ANDMatches when all the conditions separated by AND are TRUE.
ORMatches when any of the conditions separated by OR is TRUE.
NOTMatches when the preceding condition(s) is not TRUE.
LIKEMatches when the template field value matches a pattern. Only supported for string values. See pattern matching for more details. See additional limitations below.
NOT LIKEMatches when the template field value does not match a pattern. Only supported for string values. See pattern matching for more details. See additional limitations below.
ILIKEIdentical to LIKE but case insensitive. See additional limitations below.
NOT ILIKEIdentical to NOT LIKE but case insensitive. See additional limitations below.
INMatches when the template field value is equal to any one of a list of arguments provided. The format for this requires each item in the list to be an explicitly defined query_params argument, for example amount NOT IN (:arg1, :arg2, :arg3).
NOT INSimilar to IN but when the template field value matches none of the arguments provided in the list.
IS NULLMatches when the template field value is null.
IS NOT NULLMatches when the template field value is not null .
Any match on a string or enum field is case sensitive except when using the ILIKE operator.
Comparison operators
A query supports the following comparison operators.
Operator
=Ensures a template field value is equal to the specified value
>Ensures a template field value is greater than the specified value
<Ensures a template field value is less than the specified value
>=Ensures a template field value is greater than or equal to the specified value
<=Ensures a template field value is less than or equal to the a specified value
<>Ensures a template field value is not equal to the a specified value
Bit-wise and arithmetic operators are not supported by the Metadata Query API.
Pattern matching
The LIKE, NOT LIKE, ILIKE, and NOT ILIKE operators match a string to a pattern. The pattern supports the following reserved characters.
• % The percent sign represents zero, one, or multiple characters, for example %Contract matches Contract, Sales Contract, but not Contract (Sales),
• _ The underscore represents a single character, for example Bo_ matches Box, Bot, but not Bots,
Both of these reserved characters can be used before, after, or in between other characters. A pattern can include multiple reserved characters, for example Box% (____) would match Box Contract (2020).
An example query would looks something like this. Note that the %-wrapped string is not in the query attribute but in the list of query_params.
{
...,
"query": "country ILIKE :country",
"query_params": {
"country": "%United%"
},
...
}
The backslash character \ can be used to escape the % or _ characters if those need to be matched literally, for example 20\% would match the literal value of 20%. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
cDNA cloning and transcriptional properties of a novel Gc box-binding protein, BTEB2
Kazuhiro Sogawa, Hiroaki Imataka, Yuichi Yamasaki, Hiroshi Kusume, Hisaku Abe, Yoshiaki Fujii-kuriyama
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
177 Citations (Scopus)
Abstract
We have cloned a cDNA for a novel GC box-binding protein designated BTEB2 from a human placenta cDNA library using rat BTEB cDNA (Imataka et al. (1992). EMBO J. 11,3663-3671. as a hybridization probe. BTEB2 consists of 219 amino acids and contains three contiguous zinc finger motifs at its C-terminus. The zinc finger domains showed 59% and 64% sequence similarity to those of Sp1 and BTEB2, respectively. Adjacent to the N-terminal of the zinc finger motifs, a short sequence rich in basic amino acids is conserved between BTEB2 and Sp1. Furthermore, This basic sequence concurs with the N-terminal half of the consensus sequence for basic domains of the proteins containing both helix-loop-helix and leucine zipper motifs. The other region of BTEB2 is notably rich in proline, serine, threonine, and alanine residues. BTEB2 expressed in Escherichia coli showed DNA-binding activity whose specificity was closely similar to that of Sp1. Cotransfection experiments using Hepa-1 cells (a mouse hepatoma cell line) with a BTEB2 expression plasmid and GC box-containing reporter plasmids revealed that BTEB2 apparently activated the expression of the CAT activity. Moreover, when BTEB2 was fused to GAL4 DNA-binding domain, the chimeric protein could enhance the transcription through promoters containing GAL4-bindlng sites. Analysis of the BTEB2 mRNA by RNA blot analysis demonstrated that the mRNA was expressed specifically in testis and placenta with different sizes, 20S and 28S, respectively, among various organs examined.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1527-1532
Number of pages6
JournalNucleic acids research
Volume21
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993 Apr 11
Externally publishedYes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Genetics
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Highway Technologies
Highway Technologies, Inc. was a large, Houston-based US construction company with offices in 33 cities that filed for bankruptcy in May 2013, laying off 740 of its 825 employees. The company was founded 30 years ago.
The company supplied "highway barriers, traffic control devices and rent[ed] barriers for detours and emergency closures".
Liquidation of company assets began in June 2013 and continued through November 2013, with some local branches sold in their entirety to new owners.
Locations
The company operated in over 30 US cities, with as many as 50 to 80 employees at some locations:
* Flagstaff, Arizona
* Fort Mohave, Arizona
* Prescott, Arizona (reopened as part of Trafficade Work Zone Services)
* Tempe, Arizona
* Tucson, Arizona
* San Jose, California
* Ventura, California
* Denver, Colorado, reopened as Colorado Barricade in August 2013.
* Loveland, Colorado
* Clearwater, Florida
* Fort Myers, Florida
* Jacksonville, Florida
* Jupiter, Florida
* Orlando, Florida
* Bloomington, Illinois
* Carbondale, Illinois
* East St. Louis, Illinois, reopened as Warning Lites of Southern Illinois, LLC in August 2013
* Springfield, Illinois
* Villa Park, Illinois
* Baton Rouge, Louisiana
* Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Springfield, Missouri
* Missoula, Montana
* Richland, New Jersey
* North Las Vegas, Nevada
* Portland, Oregon
* Austin, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Houston, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
Company bankruptcy
The Houston-based company laid off 740 employees, of 825 total, on May 17, 2013, and filed for bankruptcy on May 22. The bankruptcy filing indicated that company assets were between $50 and $100 million while liabilities were between $100 and $500 million.
Disruptions
Event disruptions occurred as a result of the suspension of operations in a number of cities. In Denver, the Colfax Marathon and the American Ninja Warrior competition lost the contracted support services for the provision of traffic barricades for the event. Fifteen active projects were shut down in Montana by the closure of the Missoula office, where 180 employees lost their jobs.
Liquidation
"Bankruptcy was seen as the best option to protect the company's assets for its creditors". At the May 23, 2013, bankruptcy court hearing, approval was given "to start to sell any assets below $200,000. The company pursued the sale of its assets both piecemeal and on a turnkey — intact branches — basis through private sales and auctions"
Some Highway Technologies local enterprises were sold in their entirety to new owners. In early August, the Denver branch emerged from bankruptcy as Colorado Barricade, sold at a price of US$775000 plus assumption of certain liabilities pertaining solely to the existing operation, and hired back some 20 of the 50-plus employees of Highway Technologies Denver operation within the first week of operation.
Over 60,000 remaining assets were sold off in auctions held between August and November 2013, including 4700 items sold at one two-day auction in Texas in late August. | WIKI |
Talk:Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Florence)
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Page Name and URL Correction and Redirect
The page name and URL should be updated to reflect the corrected title of the painting to "Judith Beheading Holofernes." There is an earlier version of the same subject by Gentileschi at a museum in Naples. This one is at the Uffizi and the reference source for the correction. Cashrojas (talk) 23:56, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
* No they should not! Both titles are fully disambiguated, and since the subject is the same we should use the same title. Museum translations are not very important - set up a redirect if you like. Johnbod (talk) 01:56, 21 June 2023 (UTC) | WIKI |
Which plan is best for a beginner?
vps
#1
So i am a website developer. I already have 6 websites (clients) and i would like to buy a VPS plan so that i can host all my clients websites on the same server.
I am expecting to have 20 websites in the next few months and i cant decide what’s best plan for me.
I know it’s hard to decide because it depends on how much traffic the websites have or how much disk space they will need, but let’s just assume that the websites are not huge, most of them will be more like informative (custom html from scratch) and the rest will be wordpress (eCommerse, blogging etc)
thanks in advance :slight_smile:
#2
i suggest you, go through some hosting forum and review site then only you will make idea which provider is best for you.
by the way, Can you please detail your requirements/needs ?
#3
It looks like you have a lot of different needs which may be best served by different products. Small static sites can probably be well served by shared hosting plans. Larger sites with ecommerce may require a bit more careful approach than a virtual server with a bunch of other services… If I were you, I’d separate business-critical sites like ecommerce from the rest.
For the business critical sites, I’d use DreamHost Cloud, putting different services on separate servers: SQL database on one server, frontend on another… I’d also invest time into configuration management tools like ansible.
For blogs, I’d save headaches and use DreamPress: let someone else deal with security upgrades, fixes, operating systems upgrade, speed optimization etc. Customers will be happier, too.
HTH
#4
The original post is 18 months old. We are reviving this thread because why?
#5
Because Jacob Wallace is hawking his web hosting business.
#6
At least he didn’t recommend four different products for six websites. :wink:
#7
Well, it’s not a bad idea itself but can be overwhelming for a novice of course :slight_smile:
So threadstarter probably will be happy with one VPS properly configured and running :slight_smile: until (if) he faced some performance or security problems of course.
There is a lot of web control panels available now: WebMin, Vesta, ServerSuit or cPanel if you can afford it, so I think even novice can configure and use webserver without need to know anything about Linux and web hosting now.
Therefore I suggest to use VPS for everyone now except those who didn’t want or can spent even small time and effort to configure it.
#8
I recommend you to read the reviews first and then decide. For blogs, i always go for DreamPress. And, for Dreamhost shared hosting, this review can be helpful to you.
I can understand the confusion of choosing plan because I passed from the same situation.
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Goldikova
Goldikova (15 March 2005 – 5 January 2021 ) was a champion French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times and was the 2010 European Horse of the Year.
She was based in France, although she also raced in the United States and England. She won 14 Group One races, with nine victories over colts and geldings, putting her above Miesque as the only European-trained horse to have won more than 10 Group I races since their introduction in the 1970s. Goldikova is the only horse to have won three (2008, 2009, 2010 ) Breeders' Cup Mile races. She was ridden by Olivier Peslier in all of her race starts.
Background
Goldikova was bred by Alain and Gérard Wertheimer and sired by July Cup winner Anabaa. Her dam, Born Gold, is also the dam of Prix Vermeille winner Galikova, who was sired by champion sire Galileo.
Goldikova was put into training with Freddy Head, former six-times Champion Jockey in France.
2007: two-year-old season
Goldikova won both of her starts at age two, capturing the Prix de Toutevoie and the Prix de la Lorie at Chantilly Racecourse.
2008: three-year-old season
At age three, Goldikova began the 2008 season in April, running monthly thereafter. She started with two seconds and a third and loss to Zarkava (in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the Prix de Diane), then had three consecutive wins. The first one came in the Prix Chloé, followed by the Prix Rothschild, in which she defeated both the French Classic winner, Darjina, and the British Classic winner, Natagora.
Goldikova's third straight victory of the year came in September at Longchamp Racecourse in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin in which she defeated Darjina and Natagora again as well as top Irish colt Henrythenavigator. She again defeated the males in winning the 2008 Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park in California and was a finalist for the Eclipse Award's American Champion Female Turf Horse for 2008.
2009: four-year-old season
Racing at age four, Goldikova made her first start in May's Prix d'Ispahan, finishing seventh on a soft course. In July, she won England's Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. On 2 August, she won her second consecutive Prix Rothschild at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse. At the same Deauville course on 16 August, Goldikova won her sixth group one race, easily defeating her male counterparts in the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse. Goldikova then returned to Santa Anita Park to win her second Breeders' Cup Mile, with a different racing style. She was second last for much of the race and at the top of the stretch went five horses wide. Then she changed leads again and surged past Courageous Cat to win in 1:32.26.
2010: five-year-old season
Following her 2009 Breeders' Cup win at Santa Anita Park, Goldikova was rested at the Head family's Haras du Quesnay in Normandy until mid February, when she was put back in training at Freddy Head's base at Chantilly Racecourse. On 23 May, she won her 2010 debut at Longchamp in the Prix d'Ispahan, completing the 1850 m in 1:49.4 while holding off Byword (who subsequently won the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot) and setting a new stakes record in the process.
In her second start of 2010, on 15 June, Goldikova won the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, defeating the 2009 winner Paco Boy by a neck in 1:37.74, taking 0.5 seconds off of the stakes record. It was her ninth group 1 victory, and sixth victory against males. On 1 August, Goldikova competed a three-peat of wins in the Prix Rothschild. After she settled in third throughout the race, Oliver Peslier barely had to ask an effort of her before she raced away from the rest of the field. On 15 August in the Prix Jacques Le Marois, two weeks after the Prix Rothschild win, Goldikova suffered her first defeat of the year, second to Makfi. Her connections believed that it was largely because of the very soft ground, which she has shown her extreme dislike for in the past. However, she beat Paco Boy again for the second time.
On 3 October, Goldikova made her final start before the Breeders' Cup Mile, defeating a field of 16 males in the Prix de la Forêt at Longchamp, including Dick Turpin, Paco Boy, and 1,000 Guineas winner Special Duty. By winning, she broke the record set by Miesque for the most Group/Grade I wins ever by a European mare.
She made history on 6 November 2010 when she became the first horse to win a Breeders' Cup race three times by winning the Breeders' Cup Mile at Churchill Downs, defeating Champion Turf Horse Gio Ponti by 1 3/4 lengths. On 16 November Goldikova was awarded with two Cartier Racing Awards, Horse of the Year and Champion Older Horse. She became the only horse to win the Champion Older Horse award twice.
2011: six-year-old season
Goldikova made her six-year-old debut on 22 May by winning the Prix d'Ispahan for the second time, beating Champion Stakes winner Cirrus des Aigles.
On 14 June Goldikova finished second by ¾ length to Canford Cliffs in the Queen Anne Stakes. Jockey Olivier Peslier was fined for being two pounds overweight when he weighed in. Goldikova won her 14th Group/Grade 1, a European record, when winning her fourth consecutive Prix Rothschild at Deauville. On 15 August, Goldikova attempted to extend her record of Group/Grade I wins to 15 in the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville, France. She did not take to the soft ground, which was the case for this year's Prix Jacques Le Marois. Goldikova ran second, beaten a length, to Group I winner Immortal Verse.
Goldikova prepped for the Breeders' Cup Mile in the Group 1 Prix de la Forêt on the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe undercard at Longchamp. She was beaten a head by five time Group 1 winner Dream Ahead. This was Goldikova's final race in France before she headed to her career finale in the US. On November 4, 2011, Goldikova finished third in the Breeders' Cup Mile, one length behind longshot Court Vision, who edged out Turallure by a nose. Goldikova was attempting to win an unprecedented fourth straight Breeders' Cup Mile. The final time was 1:37.05 over good ground.
Assessment and honours
Goldikova was officially rated the joint 6th best horse in the world in 2008 on a rating of 125. The only filly rated higher than her was Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Zarkava. In 2009, with a rating of 130, she was rated the second best horse in the world, behind only 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sea the Stars. Goldikova achieved a rating of 125 in 2010, the joint 11th best in the world and the top rated mare. At the end of the 2011 season she was officially rated as the joint 14th best horse in the world and the 3rd best filly or mare on a rating of 124.
In 2017, Goldikova was inducted into the American Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Retirement
Goldikova was retired from racing immediately after her third-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Mile. In early 2012, she was covered by champion sire Galileo at Coolmore Stud in Ireland. On Sunday 3 February 2013, Goldikova gave birth to her first foal, a colt. She returned to Galileo for the 2013 covering season. Goldikova died on 5 January 2021.
Foaling record
2013 Goldikovic (IRE), bay colt, foaled 3 February, by Galileo (IRE) – unraced to date (9/11/16)
2014 Terrakova (IRE), bay filly, foaled 4 February, by Galileo (IRE) – winner of Prix Cléopâtre (Gr.3), and 3rd Prix de Diane (French Oaks, Gr.1).
2016 Filly by Intello (GER) | WIKI |
-- Rousseff `Sphinx' Tops Brazil Poll on Lula Legacy of Economy, Market Gains
At a rally in Campinas this month,
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke for more
than half an hour as he praised his chosen successor, Dilma Rousseff . She spoke to the crowd of potential voters for just 14
minutes. Five days before Rousseff may finally step out from her
mentor’s shadow by winning Brazil’s presidential election, her
campaign style has given scant indication of how she will guide
Latin America’s biggest economy. “Dilma is a sphinx,” said Edmar Bacha , a former president
of the country’s development bank and one of the architects of
the so-called Real Plan in 1994 that is credited with taming
hyperinflation of 5,000 percent. “We don’t know who she is or
what she represents, and we are electing her president.” The Worker’s Party candidate has said little about how she
will tackle challenges that include setting the stage for faster
growth and keeping pace with Russia, India and China, Brazil’s
peers in the BRIC group of big emerging markets. Government
spending is increasing at twice the rate of growth, and the
country has the world’s second-highest real interest rates. “She has proven to be someone with an aggressive
personality,” said Arminio Fraga , the chairman of Sao Paulo-
based BM&F Bovespa stock exchange and a former central bank
president. “That could be channeled to good things. But we just
don’t know.” Novice Candidate The 62-year-old Rousseff, who has never before run for
political office, has mostly talked during the campaign about
continuing Lula’s cash transfers and social welfare programs.
Those measures have lifted 21 million Brazilians out of poverty
and helped Lula win a 78 percent approval rating in polls. “What Lula started will continue with Dilma,” the
candidate’s election song says. Voting is compulsory in Brazil. Unlike in 2002, when Lula wrote a “Letter to the Brazilian
People” promising to meet fiscal targets and limit spending,
Rousseff hasn’t presented a formal platform this year. In a meeting with investors in New York in May, Rousseff
said that Brazil could “gradually reduce” its inflation target
of 4.5 percent by 2014. In August, she said the recovery of the
world economy wouldn’t allow such a reduction. She has also
vowed to cut tax rates and increase the number of taxpayers. The lack of specifics doesn’t seem to worry investors. The
extra yield they demand to own Brazilian dollar bonds instead of
U.S. Treasuries narrowed to 211 basis points, or 2.1 percentage
points on Sept. 28, from a nine-month high of 251 on June 8,
according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s EMBI+ Index. That compared
with the average 287 basis points for developing nations. Brazilian Debt One reason for investors’ comfort is the presence in
Rousseff’s camp of economic adviser Antonio Palocci , said
Mohamed A. El-Erian , chief executive officer of Pacific
Investment Management Co. in Newport Beach, California, the
world’s biggest bond fund. Pimco has made Brazilian debt its favorite among emerging
markets partly because of its confidence in the 49-year-old
Palocci, who four years ago resigned as Brazil’s finance
minister, El-Erian said in a telephone interview last month. Rousseff is favored to run ahead of opposition rival Jose Serra in the Oct. 3 elections. Her lead over her two main
opponents shrank to a one-month low in opinion polls this week
as voters digested revelations in the press involving
allegations by businessmen of influence peddling by family
members of Erenice Guerra, who succeeded Rousseff as Lula’s
cabinet chief. Serra has also accused the Worker’s Party of
leaking the income-tax records of his allies and relatives.
Rousseff has denied any wrongdoing, as has Guerra. Lead in Polls A poll by Belo Horizonte-based Sensus taken Sept. 26-28 and
released today showed her with 47.5 percent support, compared
with 25.6 percent for Serra. The survey had a margin of error of
2.2 percentage points. In the previous Sensus poll, taken Sept.
10-12, Rousseff had 50.5 percent. Should no candidate win more
than 50 percent of valid votes in the first round, triggering a
runoff in four weeks, Rousseff would win with 53.9 percent to
Serra’s 34.5 percent, according to the poll. “I represent the project of transformation of Brazil in
these last eight years, a process that in a real and concrete
way changed Brazil, that made Brazil grow again,” Rousseff said
in a TV Record debate on Sept. 28. “We gave self-esteem back to
Brazilians.” The daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant lawyer and a
Brazilian teacher, Rousseff attended a private school and fell
in love with opera before entering university. She dropped out
to combat the military dictatorship that took power in 1964,
joining two Marxist underground groups that carried out armed
bank robberies and kidnappings of politicians. Planned Kidnapping One of the organizations, named VAR Palmares, planned but
did not carry out the kidnapping of Finance Minister Delfim Netto in an effort to exchange him for political prisoners,
according to journalist Robert Espinosa, former military leader
of the group. Rousseff disdained radical clichés back then,
Espinosa said. “She argued that Brazil was already a fully capitalist
country, and that anti-imperialist rhetoric was outdated,”
Espinosa said. Rousseff, who declined to be interviewed for this story,
has denied that she used weapons herself. Arrested and Tortured Rousseff said she was “barbarically tortured” after being
arrested in 1970, according to testimony she gave to congress in
2008. Upon her release from jail 28 months later, she studied
economics and settled in the state of Rio Grande do Sul with her
second husband, Carlos Araujo, an underground leader. They
separated in 1994. Their only child, Paula, was born in 1976. As the first woman to become a state energy secretary in
Brazil, Rousseff won attention when Rio Grande do Sul was the
only state in Brazil that didn’t have to ration electricity
during a nationwide energy crisis in 2001. Lula named Rousseff energy and mining minister and
chairwoman of Rio de Janeiro-based state-controlled oil producer
Petroleo Brasileiro SA in 2003. She oversaw a redesign of
regulations governing electrical power and gas exploration,
boosting the role of the state in both. Lula picked Rousseff to be his cabinet chief in March 2005.
In a bid to groom his successor, the former union leader handed
her control of the government’s Growth Acceleration Program, a
1.6 trillion reais ($933.1 billion) infrastructure drive, and a
program to build 1 million homes for the poor. Treated for Cancer In April 2009 Rousseff announced that she was being treated
for lymphoma. Her doctors pronounced her in “excellent health”
in September 2009. She left Lula’s Cabinet in March to meet a
legal deadline to run for office. The incoming administration needs to manage 55.1 billion
reais in infrastructure projects for the 2014 World Cup and the
2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and must implement measures to
reduce tax rates and overhaul oil industry regulations, said
Gustavo Franco , a former central bank president. Economists see growth slowing to 4.5 percent next year,
from 7.53 percent this year, and inflation accelerating to 5.15
percent in the 12 months ahead, according to a central bank
survey taken Sept. 24. Rising government spending is another cause for concern,
Franco said. Federal expenditures rose 18.2 percent in July from
the same month last year, while gross domestic product expanded
by 8.8 percent in the second quarter, according to data from the
Treasury and the national statistics agency. “We’re on an unsustainable pace of fiscal spending
growth,” Franco said in an interview in the Rio de Janeiro
office of money manager Rio Bravo Investimentos, where he is
chief strategist. “If Dilma misbehaves, the market will exact a
price.” To contact the reporters on this story:
Iuri Dantas in Brasilia at
idantas@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Joshua Goodman at
jgoodman19@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Salivary Statherin Peptide-Binding Epitopes of Commensal and Potentially Infectious Actinomyces spp. Delineated by a Hybrid Peptide Construct
AUTOR(ES)
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Adhesion of microorganisms to host receptor molecules such as salivary statherin molecules is a common event in oral microbial colonization. Here we used a hybrid peptide construct (with both a hydroxyapatite-binding portion and a test peptide portion) to map the interaction of Actinomyces species (and Candida albicans) with statherin. Adhesion to hybrid peptides and truncated statherin variants revealed three binding types, types I to III. (i) Type I strains of rat, hamster, and human infection origins bound C-terminal-derived QQYTF and PYQPQY peptides. The QQYTF peptide inhibited statherin binding for some strains but not for others. (ii) Type II strains of human and monkey tooth origins bound middle-region-derived YQPVPE and QPLYPQ peptides. Neither strain was inhibited by soluble peptides. (iii) Type III strains of human infection origins (and C. albicans) did not bind to either statherin-derived peptides or truncated statherin. Moreover, the type I strains inhibited by QQYTF were also inhibited by TF and QAATF peptides and were detached from statherin by the same peptides. In conclusion, it is suggested that commensal and potentially infectious microorganisms bind middle or C-terminal statherin differently and that other microbes might require discontinuous epitopes.
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Du Plessis back in training ahead of Australia test series
February 20, 2018 / 2:40 PM / Updated 31 minutes ago Du Plessis back in training ahead of Australia test series Reuters Staff 2 Min Read CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa captain Faf du Plessis will begin training on Wednesday as he seeks to prove his fitness ahead of the four-match home test series against Australia starting on March 1. Du Plessis missed the majority of the one-day international and Twenty20 series against India after picking up a fracture to his right index finger. ”He will start batting tomorrow and we are hopeful he will come through that and be available to captain the team for the first test against Australia,” team manager Mohammed Moosajee said in a news release from Cricket South Africa on Tuesday. Two more key players are on course to feature in the first test in Durban with AB de Villiers having fully recovered from a knee injury and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock over his wrist problem. Middle-order batsman Temba Bavuma will play in a club game on Sunday following his recovery from a hand fracture and if he shows no ill-effects, will be available for selection for the first test. Seamer Dale Steyn, who is two wickets shy of becoming South Africa’s most successful bowler in tests, remains a serious doubt for the first game of the series as he recovers from ligament damage in his foot. ”He is doing his running training and also increasing his bowling intensity,“ Moosajee said. “He will in all likelihood feature in the series against Australia, but the CSA medical team will want him to play some form of cricket before a test match.” South Africa, who beat India 2-1 in a recent test series, have not defeated the Australians at home since 1969-70. They have won their last three test series in Australia. Reporting by Nick Said, editing by Ed Osmond | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:Shakespeare's Stage
AfD note
This article was nominated for deletion 2 Feb, 2006. The result of the discussion was that the content was unencyclopedic original research, but that the page should be retained as a redirect. The two redirect recommendations were to Elizabethan theatre and Globe Theatre. Since Elizabethan theater refers to an era in performance history, not to a specific theater, and not specifically to Shakespeare, I decided that the Globe Theatre (the latest incarnation of which is, in fact, named "Shakespeare's Globe Theatre"), where Shakespeare's plays were staged, was a more appropriate destination for the redirect. A record of the discussion can be found here. Tom e rtalk 07:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC) | WIKI |
Talk:Japanese Korean Army
The title
I moved the title from Chosen Army of Japan to Japanese Korean Army since this is the only common name in English sources as I briefly addressed in the edit summary while moving. --Caspian blue 17:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
* 0 on "Chosen Army of Japan" at Google scholar
* 2 on "Chosen Army of Japan" at Google books (unreliable book whose contents are copied from Wikipedia)
* 0 on "Chosen Army of Japan" at Google news
* 1 on "Japanese Chosen Army" at Google books
* 1 on "Japanese Chosen Army" at Google scholar
* 0 on "Japanese Chosen Army" at Google news
* 1 on "Japanese Korean Army" at Google scholar
* 25 on "Japanese Korean Army" Google books
* 0 on "Japanese Korean Army" Google news
* 0 on "Korean Army of Japan" at Google scholar
* 0 on "Korean Army of Japan". Google books
* 0 on "Korean Army of Japan" Google news
* 0 on "Chosen-gun" Google news
* 0 on "Chosengun" Google news
* The term Chōsen Army appears in the following Western-language sources, among numerous others:
The Google Books search gives several hits for Japanese Korean Army, but the seach engine also picks up the wording anti-Japanese Korean Army in its count, as well as instances of the phrase Japanese, Korean Army out of context. A number of reputable historians including Peter Duss use the term Chōsen Army, so it is not accurate to state that "Japanese Korean Army" is the only common name. --MChew (talk) 04:42, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
* Blackburn, Carl. Forgotten Captives in Japanese-Occupied Asia. Routledge (2008), ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>, page 114
* Clark, Donald N. Living Dangerously in Korea: The Western Experience, 1900-1950. Eastbridge (2003). ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>, page 287
* Duss, Peter. The Japanese Wartime Empire, 1931-1945. Princeton University Press (1996), ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>, page 29
* Humphreys, Leonard A. The Way of the Heavenly Sword:the Japanese Army in the 1920s. Stanford University Press (1995), ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER> page 23
* Millett, Allan R. The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning. University Press of Kansas (2005). ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>. Page 5
* Rottman, Gordon L. Japanese Army in World War II: Conquest of the Pacific 1941-42. Osprey Publishing (2005) ISBN<PHONE_NUMBER>. Page 10
* Thanks, but your sources do not still outnumber the number of sources to back up current title even though all matters are considered. The "presented sources" is the best one because "chosen" is the past tense of "choose", so just the Google related hits are very inaccurate. The term is also way much used for Israel-Palestine or bible-related subjects as well as other military topics such as Chinese armies. So "Chosen Army" is inherently "ambiguous", and "inaccurate" while there is absolutely not hit for "Chosen Army of Japan". So I don't think the retitle is a wise solution. If you insist that the macaroon should be used, well, I don't see that much in your source.--Caspian blue 05:30, 18 January 2010 (UTC) | WIKI |
Brynjulf Bergslien
Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien (12 November 1830 – 19 September 1898) was a noted Norwegian sculptor.
Background
Bergslien was born in Voss in Hordaland county, Norway. He was a son of Lars Bergeson Bergslien and Kirsten Knutsdotter Gjelle. He was a brother of noted painter and master artist Knud Bergslien. In 1861 he married Johanne Christine Tønnesen (1842–1930).
Career
He studied under Jens Adolf Jerichau and Herman Wilhelm Bissen in Copenhagen between 1853 and 1861. In 1861 he settled in Kristiania (now Oslo) where he ran his own engraving workshop. Bergslien also operated an artist's training studio. Among his students were Sigvald Asbjornsen and Gustav Vigeland.
He sculpted several prominently placed statues in Oslo, including that of King Charles John of Norway and Sweden (1875) at Slottsplassen in front of the Royal Palace. He was also noted for the statue of f Henrik Wergeland (1881) at Eidsvolls plass. Other notable statues include that of Peter Christian Asbjørnsen (1891) at St. Hanshaugen Park.
Bergslien Park
Brynjulf Bergslien and Knud Bergslien were the uncles of painter and sculptor Nils Bergslien. Monuments honoring the three famous Bergslien artists now exist in Bergslien Park located in Voss, Hordaland, Norway. | WIKI |
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Example: Capturing Multiple Logging Frameworks with Slf4j
This page describes how to configure Jetty for capturing multiple logging frameworks logging events into a single logging implementation handled by Slf4j.
When using Slf4j, you can configure a single logging solution for the variety of logging libraries available in common use. With careful setup, you can support all of the following logging APIs at the same time, with a single configuration file to control the output of events produces by these APIs.
Logging APIs that Slf4j supports:
To accomplish this you must make some careful choices, starting with a single underlying logging framework. This decision guides the rest of your choices about JARs to place on the Server classpath.
Table 21.1. Slf4j Logging Grid
Logging APISlf4j Binding JarSlf4j Adapter JarUnderlying Logging Framework
Logback APIn/alogback-classic.jarlogback-core.jar
Log4jlog4j-over-slf4j.jarslf4j-log4j12.jarlog4j.jar
JDK 1.4 Loggingjul-to-slf4j.jarslf4j-jdk14.jar(Core Java Classlib)
Commons Loggingjcl-over-slf4j.jarslf4j-jcl.jarcommons-logging.jar
Logging API
The Logging API that you are either capturing events from and/or using to write out those events (for example, to disk).
Slf4j Binding JAR
Special JARs, created and maintained by the Slf4j project, that pretend to be the various Logging API implementation classes, but instead just route that Logging API's events to Slf4j to handle.
There MAY be multiple Slf4j binding JARs present on the classpath at the same time.
For a single logging API, if you choose to use the Slf4j binding JAR, then you MUST NOT include the SLf4j adapter JAR or underlying logging framework in the classpath as well.
Slf4j Adapter Jar
These JARs are created and maintained by the Slf4j project and route Slf4j logging events to a specific underlying logging framework.
There MUST NOT be multiple Slf4j adapter JARs present on the classpath at the same time.
Logging events that these adapter JARs capture can come from direct use of the Slf4j API or via one of the Slf4j binding JAR implementations.
Underlying Logging Framework
This is the last leg of your configuration, the implementation that processes, filters, and outputs the logging events to the console, logging directory on disk, or whatever else the underlying logging framework supports (like Socket, SMTP, Database, or even SysLog in the case of Logback).
Caution
There MUST NOT be multiple underlying logging frameworks on the classpath. If there are, the Slf4j framework fails to load.
Note
Some third party libraries provide their own implementations of common logging APIs; be careful not to accidentally include an underlying logging framework.
For example, if you are using SpringSource you likely have a com.springsource.org.apache.log4j.jar along with a log4j.jar, which have the same classes in them. In this example, use the com.springsource.org.apache.log4j.jar version and exclude the log4j.jar, as the SpringSource version includes extra metadata suitable for using SpringSource.
The following sections use Logback as the underlying Logging framework. This requires using logback-classic.jar and logback-core.jar, and excluding any other Slf4j adapter JAR or underlying logging framework.
It also requires including the other Slf4j binding JARs in the classpath, along with some special initialization for java.util.logging.
Quick Setup of Multiple Logging capture to Logback using Jetty 9.2.1+
A convenient replacement logging module has been created to bootstrap your ${jetty.base} directory for capturing all Jetty server logging from multiple logging frameworks into a single logging output file managed by logback.
[mybase]$ mkdir modules
[mybase]$ cd modules
[modules]$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetty-project/logging-modules/master/capture-all/logging.mod
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 1293 100 1293 0 0 3693 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 3694
[modules]$ cd ..
[mybase]$ java -jar /opt/jetty-dist/start.jar --add-to-start=logging
INFO: logging initialised in ${jetty.base}/start.ini (appended)
MKDIR: ${jetty.base}/logs
DOWNLOAD: http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/1.6.6/slf4j-api-1.6.6.jar to lib/logging/slf4j-api-1.6.6.jar
DOWNLOAD: http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/slf4j/log4j-over-slf4j/1.6.6/log4j-over-slf4j-1.6.6.jar to lib/logging/log4j-over-slf4j-1.6.6.jar
DOWNLOAD: http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/slf4j/jul-to-slf4j/1.6.6/jul-to-slf4j-1.6.6.jar to lib/logging/jul-to-slf4j-1.6.6.jar
DOWNLOAD: http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/slf4j/jcl-over-slf4j/1.6.6/jcl-over-slf4j-1.6.6.jar to lib/logging/jcl-over-slf4j-1.6.6.jar
DOWNLOAD: http://central.maven.org/maven2/ch/qos/logback/logback-core/1.0.7/logback-core-1.0.7.jar to lib/logging/logback-core-1.0.7.jar
DOWNLOAD: http://central.maven.org/maven2/ch/qos/logback/logback-classic/1.0.7/logback-classic-1.0.7.jar to lib/logging/logback-classic-1.0.7.jar
DOWNLOAD: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetty-project/logging-modules/master/capture-all/logback.xml to resources/logback.xml
DOWNLOAD: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetty-project/logging-modules/master/capture-all/jetty-logging.properties to resources/jetty-logging.properties
DOWNLOAD: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jetty-project/logging-modules/master/capture-all/jetty-logging.xml to etc/jetty-logging.xml
INFO: resources initialised transitively
INFO: resources enabled in ${jetty.base}/start.ini
[mybase]$ java -jar /opt/jetty-dist/start.jar
That's cool and all, but tell me what that just did.
The replacement logging.mod performs a number of tasks.
1. mybase is a ${jetty.base} directory
2. The jetty-distribution is unpacked (and untouched) into /opt/jetty-dist/ and becomes the ${jetty.home} directory for this demonstration.
3. The curl command downloads the replacement logging.mod and puts it into the ${jetty.base}/modules/ directory for use by mybase only.
4. The start.jar --add-to-start=logging command performs a number of steps to make the logging module available to the ${jetty.base} configuration.
1. The --module=logging command is added to the ${jetty.base}/start.ini configuration
2. Required ${jetty.base} directories are created: ${jetty.base}/logs and ${jetty.base}/resources
3. Required libraries are downloaded (if not present already):
• slf4j-api.jar - API jar for Slf4j (used by most of the rest of the jars)
• log4j-over-slf4j.jar - Slf4j jar that captures all log4j emitted logging events
• jul-to-slf4j.jar - Slf4j jar that captures all java.util.logging events
• jcl-over-slf4j.jar - Slf4j jar that captures all commons-logging events
• logback-classic.jar - the Slf4j adapter jar that routes all of the captured logging events to logback itself.
• logback-core.jar - the logback implementation jar, that handles all of the filtering and output of the logging events.
These libraries are put in the ${jetty.base}/lib/logging/ directory.
4. Required configuration files are downloaded (if not present already): jetty-logging.properties, and logback.xml
The configuration files are put in the ${jetty.base}/resources/ directory.
5. Required java.util.logging initialization commands are downloaded (if not present already): jetty-logging.xml
The xml file is put in the ${jetty.base}/etc/ directory.
5. At this point you have your mybase configured so that the jetty server itself will log using slf4j, and all other logging events from other Jetty Server components (such as database drivers, security layers, jsp, mail, and other 3rd party server components) are routed to logback for filtering and output.
You can verify the server classpath by using the start.jar --list-config command.
In essence, Jetty is now configured to emit its own logging events to slf4j, and various slf4j bridge jars are acting on behalf of log4j, java.util.logging, and commons-logging, routing all of the logging events to logback (a slf4j adapter) for routing (to console, file, etc...)
See an error or something missing? Contribute to this documentation at Github!(Generated: 2015-03-31T01:01:30+00:00) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Autism spectrum disordermolecular profiling analysis and identification of candidate genes through complex systems biology approaches
1. DÍAZ BELTRÁN, LETICIA
Supervised by:
1. Francisco José Esteban Ruiz Director
2. Dennis P. Wall Co-director
Defence university: Universidad de Jaén
Fecha de defensa: 24 June 2021
Committee:
1. Carlos Cano Gutiérrez Chair
2. Beatriz Montes Berges Secretary
3. Joaquín Goñi Cortés Committee member
Type: Thesis
Teseo: 679973 DIALNET
Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) encompass a wide range of neurological and developmental conditions characterized by alterations in social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. There are many subtypes of autism, influenced by a combination of genetic, neurological, immunological and environmental factors and often accompanied by a substantial burden of comorbidity. The enormous clinical and etiological variability among individuals with ASD makes systems biology the most promising approach in the search for effective treatments. In this doctoral thesis different strategies of the emerging field of systems biology are explored to better understand the clinical and neurobiological heterogeneity of autism by using genome-wide search for autism candidate genes. Our goal is to disentangle the complexity of ASD underlying neurological mechanisms, overlapping genes, comorbidities and differential evolutionary constraints, in order to identify novel genes and biological pathways that may specifically impact functional outcomes, contributing to advance in the field of personalized medicine. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
2019 Central Bedfordshire Council election
Elections to Central Bedfordshire Council were held on 2 May 2019, along with other local elections. The whole council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2023.
Arlesey
No UKIP (-20.7) or Independent (-16.4) candidates as previous.
Aspley and Woburn
No Green candidate as previous (-26.8).
Biggleswade North
No UKIP (-23.6) or Green (-11.0) candidates as previous.
Biggleswade South
No Independent (-12.1) or Green (-10.0) candidates as previous.
Caddington
No Independent (-22.4) or Green (-9.1) candidates as previous.
Dunstable Central
No Independent candidate as previous (-16.7). | WIKI |
Global Patent Index - EP 0902356 A3
EP 0902356 A3 20000112 - Use of a link bit to fetch entries of a graphics address remapping table
Title (en)
Use of a link bit to fetch entries of a graphics address remapping table
Title (de)
Gebrauch eines Link-Bits um Eintragungen einer Tabelle für graphische Adresswiederabbildung abzuholen
Title (fr)
Usage d'un bit de liaison pour extraire des entrées d'une table de remappage de l'adressge graphique
Publication
EP 0902356 A3 20000112 (EN)
Application
EP 98307111 A 19980903
Priority
US 92642697 A 19970909
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0902356A2] A computer system having a core logic chipset that functions as a bridge between an Accelerated Graphics Port ("AGP") bus device such as a graphics controller, and a host processor and computer system memory wherein a Graphics Address Remapping Table ("GART table") is used by the core logic chipset to remap virtual memory addresses used by the AGP graphics controller into physical memory addresses that reside in the computer system memory. The GART table enables the AGP graphics controller to work in contiguous virtual memory address space, but actually use non-contiguous blocks or pages of physical system memory to store textures, command lists and the like. The GART table is made up of a plurality of entries, each entry comprising an address pointer to a base address of a page of graphics data in the computer system physical memory, and feature flags that may be used to customize the associated page of graphics data. One of the feature flags is used as a link bit for each GART table entry such that when the core logic chipset reads selected ones of the GART table entries stored in the system memory, it stores a first one of the selected ones in its cache memory and determines if the link bit thereof is set. If the link bit of the first one of the selected ones is set then a next one of the selected ones is stored in the cache memory and if the link bit thereof is set then a subsequent one of the selected ones is stored in the cache memory until one of the link bits thereof is determined not to be set. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
G06F 3/14
IPC 8 full level
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/39 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06F 3/14 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 12/1027 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 12/1081 (2013.01 - EP US); G09G 5/39 (2013.01 - EP US); G09G 5/363 (2013.01 - EP US); G09G 2360/121 (2013.01 - EP US); G09G 2360/125 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0902356 A2 19990317; EP 0902356 A3 20000112; JP H11167523 A 19990622; US 5933158 A 19990803
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 98307111 A 19980903; JP 25582998 A 19980909; US 92642697 A 19970909 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Gold Price Forecast – Potential Breakout Alert
FXEmpire.com -
In late September, I wrote the final washout in metals and miners is underway. Prices bottomed a few days later, and a new rally is starting. We believe gold could breakout above $2100 before year-end.
Daily Gold Futures
The final washout is likely over and progressive closes above the trendline would support a bullish breakout.
The pivot highs between $1960 and $1980, could pose a challenge. A daily close below $1940 would signal that the trend may not be ready to break out.
Daily Silver Futures
Silver, on the other hand, is holding its ground above the $22.00.
To gain more confidence in thesilver markets strength, I’m looking for consecutive closes above $23.50. On the flip side, I consider $22.00 as a vital support level that must hold.
GDX Monthly Chart
As I assess gold miners via GDX, I can’t help but wonder if we are on the verge of an important breakout.
Stepping back for a broader perspective, the monthly chart of GDX reveals the potential formation of a massive bullish engulfing candle. This would occur if the monthly candle finished well above the prior open at $29.66.
A candle of this nature could signify a significant market bottom and the potential for a substantial breakout. Interestingly, the last time such a monthly bullish engulfing candle emerged was in April 2020, coinciding with a period of peak fear and uncertainty.
10-Year Treasury Yield
I can’t shake off my concerns about the 10-year Treasury yield. There’s a nagging worry that we might witness a spike above 5%. Such a spike could pose a substantial risk to the markets.
Gold Price Forecast Video by AG Thorson
Conclusion
The final washout in metals and miners appears complete, and we may be in the beginning stages of a substantial advance. When gold breaks above $2100, I don’t think it will stop until it approaches $3000. Gold miners could soar.
AG Thorson is a registered CMT and an expert in technical analysis. For regular updates, please visit www.GoldPredict.com.
This article was originally posted on FX Empire
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Screen size calculator
Frame size
• Aspect ratio: 2.39 (landscape orientation)
• Type of aspect ratio = Cinema 'Scope'
• Screen Diagonal = 86.4 cm = 34 inch = 2.83 foot = 0.864 meter
• Height = 333 mm = 33.3 cm = 13.1 inch = 1.09 foot = 0.333 meter
• Width = 79.7 cm = 31.4 inch = 2.61 foot = 0.797 meter
• Screen Surface = 412 inch2 = 2.86 foot2 = 0.266 meter2
Pixel density
Viewing distance
• Minimum viewing distance = 69.4 cm = 27.3 inch = 2.28 foot = 0.694 meter
(max 70° viewing angle for full field-of-view experience)
• Visual Acuity minimum distance = 79.6 cm = 31.3 inch = 2.61 foot = 0.796 meter
(pixel < 1/60° so that individual pixels cannot be seen)
• Ideal viewing distance = 154 cm = 60.6 inch = 5.05 foot = 1.54 meter
(30° viewing angle for full field-of-view experience)
• Maximum viewing distance = 177 cm = 69.7 inch = 5.81 foot = 1.77 meter
(min 26° viewing angle for full field-of-view experience) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Difluorine complex
A difluorine complex is a molecular complex involving a difluorine molecule (F2) and another molecule. The first example was gold heptafluoride (AuF7). Instead of being a gold(VII) compound, AuF7 is an adduct of gold pentafluoride (AuF5) and F2. This conclusion has been repeatedly supported by calculations. Unlike dihydrogen complexes, which feature η2-H2, difluorine complexes feature "end-on" or η1-F2 ligand. | WIKI |
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/*
* Copyright 2019 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
*
* Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
* that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
* tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
* in the file PATENTS. All contributing project authors may
* be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
*/
#ifndef API_TASK_QUEUE_TASK_QUEUE_BASE_H_
#define API_TASK_QUEUE_TASK_QUEUE_BASE_H_
#include <memory>
#include "api/task_queue/queued_task.h"
#include "rtc_base/system/rtc_export.h"
#include "rtc_base/thread_annotations.h"
namespace webrtc {
// Asynchronously executes tasks in a way that guarantees that they're executed
// in FIFO order and that tasks never overlap. Tasks may always execute on the
// same worker thread and they may not. To DCHECK that tasks are executing on a
// known task queue, use IsCurrent().
class RTC_LOCKABLE RTC_EXPORT TaskQueueBase {
public:
// Starts destruction of the task queue.
// On return ensures no task are running and no new tasks are able to start
// on the task queue.
// Responsible for deallocation. Deallocation may happen synchronously during
// Delete or asynchronously after Delete returns.
// Code not running on the TaskQueue should not make any assumption when
// TaskQueue is deallocated and thus should not call any methods after Delete.
// Code running on the TaskQueue should not call Delete, but can assume
// TaskQueue still exists and may call other methods, e.g. PostTask.
// Should be called on the same task queue or thread that this task queue
// was created on.
virtual void Delete() = 0;
// Schedules a task to execute. Tasks are executed in FIFO order.
// If |task->Run()| returns true, task is deleted on the task queue
// before next QueuedTask starts executing.
// When a TaskQueue is deleted, pending tasks will not be executed but they
// will be deleted. The deletion of tasks may happen synchronously on the
// TaskQueue or it may happen asynchronously after TaskQueue is deleted.
// This may vary from one implementation to the next so assumptions about
// lifetimes of pending tasks should not be made.
// May be called on any thread or task queue, including this task queue.
virtual void PostTask(std::unique_ptr<QueuedTask> task) = 0;
// Schedules a task to execute a specified number of milliseconds from when
// the call is made. The precision should be considered as "best effort"
// and in some cases, such as on Windows when all high precision timers have
// been used up, can be off by as much as 15 millseconds.
// May be called on any thread or task queue, including this task queue.
virtual void PostDelayedTask(std::unique_ptr<QueuedTask> task,
uint32_t milliseconds) = 0;
// Returns the task queue that is running the current thread.
// Returns nullptr if this thread is not associated with any task queue.
// May be called on any thread or task queue, including this task queue.
static TaskQueueBase* Current();
bool IsCurrent() const { return Current() == this; }
protected:
class CurrentTaskQueueSetter {
public:
explicit CurrentTaskQueueSetter(TaskQueueBase* task_queue);
CurrentTaskQueueSetter(const CurrentTaskQueueSetter&) = delete;
CurrentTaskQueueSetter& operator=(const CurrentTaskQueueSetter&) = delete;
~CurrentTaskQueueSetter();
private:
TaskQueueBase* const previous_;
};
// Users of the TaskQueue should call Delete instead of directly deleting
// this object.
virtual ~TaskQueueBase() = default;
};
struct TaskQueueDeleter {
void operator()(TaskQueueBase* task_queue) const { task_queue->Delete(); }
};
} // namespace webrtc
#endif // API_TASK_QUEUE_TASK_QUEUE_BASE_H_ | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Eatoniellidae
Eatoniellidae, commonly known as eatoniellids, are a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cingulopsoidea.
According to taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Eatoniellidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Eatoniellidae include:
* Crassitoniella Ponder, 1965
* Eatoniella Dall, 1876
* Liratoniella Ponder, 1965
* Pupatonia Ponder, 1965
* Genera brought into synonymy:
* Eatonia E.A. Smith, 1875 : synonym of Eatoniella Dall, 1876 | WIKI |
Nuxeo starting very Slow
Hello, We have upgraded nuxeo to version 9.10. And Nuxeo starting is very slow , about 45 minutes to start ! We think that it provokes by the size of the data ( 145G) because we have a other application Nuxeo in version 9.10 with a smaller size of the data (14G) and it isn't the same problems.Thanks for your helping Regards, Eric Galant
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I doubt the size of data (files, DB ?) has any effect on starting Nuxeo.
Do you have Elasticsearch configured and reindex on startup set to true ?
What is written into server.log during startup ?
05/03/2018
Yes, we have Elasticsearch configured : elasticsearch.addressList=localhost:9300
elasticsearch.clusterName=nuxeoelasticsearch
elasticsearch.indexNumberOfReplicas=0
elasticsearch.httpEnabled=true
audit.elasticsearch.enabled=true
The log server.log :
2018-05-04 06:14:32,021 INFO [localhost-startStop-1] [javax.enterprise.resource.webcontainer.jsf.application] jsf.core.injection.provider_generic_web_configured
2018-05-04 06:40:54,209 WARN [http-nio-0.0.0.0-8080-exec-12] [com.sun.jersey.spi.inject.Errors] The following warnings have been detected with resource and/or provider classes: WARNING: A HTTP GET method, public java.lang.String org.nuxeo.elasticsearch.http.readonly.Main.searchWithPayload(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo,javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap) throws java.io.IOException,org.json.JSONException, should not consume any entity. WARNING: A HTTP GET method, public java.lang.String org.nuxeo.elasticsearch.http.readonly.Main.searchWithPayload(java.lang.String,javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo,javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap) throws java.io.IOException,org.json.JSONException, should not consume any entity. WARNING: A HTTP GET method, public java.lang.String org.nuxeo.elasticsearch.http.readonly.Main.searchWithPayload(javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo,javax.ws.rs.core.MultivaluedMap) throws java.io.IOException,org.json.JSONException, should not consume any entity.
05/04/2018
An embedded ElasticSearch with lots of documents could be a problem
05/04/2018
How I could disabled an embedded ElasticSearch ? Thanks.
05/04/2018
Either set elasticsearch.enabled to false in nuxeo.conf … or setup a cluster
https://doc.nuxeo.com/nxdoc/configuration-parameters-index-nuxeoconf/
05/04/2018
Please check out all the add-ons installed in nuxeo and if they are compatible with each other. You can check the extensions installed using “nuxeoctl mp-list” on windows. In my case, when I installed nuxeo diff add-on and the server never started because it was not having nuxeo jsf ui compatible with nuxeo diff.
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You can find below the result at the command nuxeoctl mp-list, I don't think there are a conflict between add-on.
Local packages: studio started ubo-ubo-studio-nuxeo-uni-0 (id: ubo-ubo-studio-nuxeo-uni-0-0.0.0-SNAPSHOT) hotfix started nuxeo-9.10-HF01 (id: nuxeo-9.10-HF01-1.0.1) hotfix started nuxeo-9.10-HF02 (id: nuxeo-9.10-HF02-1.0.0) hotfix started nuxeo-9.10-HF03 (id: nuxeo-9.10-HF03-1.0.1) hotfix started nuxeo-9.10-HF04 (id: nuxeo-9.10-HF04-1.1.0) hotfix started nuxeo-9.10-HF05 (id: nuxeo-9.10-HF05-1.1.0) hotfix started nuxeo-9.10-HF06 (id: nuxeo-9.10-HF06-1.1.0) addon started cas2-authentication (id: cas2-authentication-1.5.3) addon started nuxeo-dam (id: nuxeo-dam-6.3.3) addon started nuxeo-drive (id: nuxeo-drive-1.7.4) addon started nuxeo-jsf-ui (id: nuxeo-jsf-ui-9.10.0-HF01) addon started nuxeo-platform-importer (id: nuxeo-platform-importer-1.8.3) addon started nuxeo-showcase-content (id: nuxeo-showcase-content-1.2.3)
05/03/2018
I am not very sure but seems like problem lies in dependency between DAM and JSF UI. My opinion will be:
1. Uninstall all jsf add-ons.
2. Then install "nuxeo-jsf-ui (id: nuxeo-jsf-ui-9.3.0)"
3. Start the server.
See if it works
05/03/2018
Is it getting timed out while start?
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No, because we set this value : launcher.start.max.wait=3600 launcher.stop.max.wait=3600
04/30/2018
I moved Elasticsearch in the other machine (cluster) but the problem is the same. The startup of Nuxeo is very slow. We use nuxeo version 9.10 and the size of data is 140G.
10/29/2018 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Rockingham (1767 ship)
Rockingham was launched in America in 1767 as Almsbury. By 1768 Samuel Enderby & Sons were her owners and her name was Rockingham. At least from 1773 Enderbys were using her as a whaler, and she made eight whaling voyages for them under that name. On 4 July 1773, she met the Phipps' expedition by Shpitzbergen. In 1782 Enderbys renamed her Swift, and as Swift she then performed ten whaling voyages on the Brazil Banks and off Africa until through 1793. She was still listed in Lloyd's Register as whaling until 1795.
Rockingham
Rockingham entered Lloyd's List in 1768 as Almsbury, renamed to Rockingham. Her owner was Enderby & Co., her master was John Reed, and her voyages were Newfoundland-London and New England–London.
In 1774 Rockingham, Reed, master, was sailing from Liverpool to Lisbon. She received extensive damage in the Bay of Biscay and had to put back to Plymouth for repairs.
She made eight whaling voyages for Enderby between 1775 and 1782. For her first whaling voyage Captain Elihu L. Clark sailed from Britain on 11 November 1775 for the Brazil Banks. Rockingham returned the next year with 19½ tuns of sperm oil and 20½ tuns of whale oil.
Rockingham left on 10 October 1776 for the Brazil Banks under the command of Captain Tristram Barnard (or Barnet). She returned from her second whaling journey on 8 July 1777 with 26 tuns of sperm oil and 33 tuns of whale oil. She underwent repairs in 1777.
Barnard sailed her again in 1777 on her third whaling voyage. She returned with 24½ tuns of sperm oil and 46 tuns of whale oil. She again underwent repairs in 1778.
Rockingham sailed on her fourth whaling voyage under the command of W. Gardner and later under Barnabas Ray to the southward of Greenland Seas and the Davis Strait. She returned on 8 August 1779 with 21½ tuns of whale oil.
In 1779 Barnabas Ray sailed Rockingham for the Brazil Banks and Africa on her fifth whaling voyage. She returned with 33¼ tuns of sperm oil.
Captain William Goldsmith sailed Rockingham on her sixth whaling voyage on 3 April 1780 with the destination of the Brazil Banks and Africa. She returned on 25 October 1781. In 1781-82 Rockingham made two trips, one with William Folger as master, and the other with Peearce (or Pease) as master.
Swift
In 1782 Rockingham underwent a good repair and Enderbys renamed her Swift. She then went on to perform another nine whaling voyages.
In 1782 Captain William Goldsmith sailed Swift on her first whaling voyage under that name. She returned on 21 March 1783 with 74 tuns of sperm oil. She underwent a good repair on her return.
In 1783 Goldsmith sailed Swift to the Brazil Banks on her second whaling voyage. She returned on 28 April 1784 with 80 tuns of sperm oil from 27 fish (whales).
Captain P. Pease left for the Brazil Banks on 21 June 1784. Swift returned from her third whaling voyage with 76 tuns of sperm oil.
Swifts fourth whaling voyage', in August 1785, again took her to the Brazil Banks and Africa, again under the command of Captain Pease. She returned on 8 September 1786 with 28 tuns of sperm oil and eight tuns of whale oil.
Captain Simon Paul sailed Swift on her fifth whaling voyage, leaving Britain on 16 December 1786 for the Brazil Banks. Swift and Paul were reported to have been "all well" at Cape Verde on 8 January 1787. He returned on 21 September 1787 with 95 tuns of whale oil and 75 cwt of whale bone (baleen).
George Hales was Swifts master on her sixth whaling voyage'. She left in 1787 and returned on 18 August 1788 with 86 tuns of whale oil, 69 cwt of whale bone, and 3009 seal skins. Hales was again master on Swifts seventh whaling voyage'. She left in 1788 and was "all well" at "St Hellen's Bay" on 9 March 1789. On 10 September she was at 14.9°N, -23.43333°W. She returned to Britain on 20 September 1789 with nine tuns of sperm oil, 98 tuns of whale oil, and 70 cwt of whale bone. Captain Blatchford was master on Swifts eighth whaling voyage'. She left in 1791 and returned on 8 June 1792. Blachford (or Blackford) sailed for the Brazil Banks in 1792. Swift returned from her ninth whaling voyage on 14 July 1793 with 125 tuns of whale oil and 90 cwt of whale bone. For her tenth whaling voyage Swift for Africa on 1793. She returned with 32 tuns of sperm oil, 100 tuns of whale oil, and 75 cwt of whale bone.
Fate
Swift was last listed in Lloyd's Register in 1797 with Blanchard, master, S. Enderby, owner, and trade London–South Seas. The information had not changed since 1794, suggesting that it was stale. | WIKI |
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Joseph G. BUTLER, as Chapter 7 Trustee, and John W. Strachan, Plaintiffs, v. Edward T. MOORE, Lawrence W. Rosenfeld, Eastern Towers, LLC, Eastern Properties, LLC, Horizon Towers, LLC, Tower Investors Trust, Glover Property Management, Inc., 5G Towers, LLC, 5G Investment Trust, LLC, Tower Acquisitions, Inc., Tower Acquisitions, LLC, Tower Acquisition Trust, Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., Ground Lease Acquisitions, LLC, Ground Lease Acquisition Trust, and Midwest Towers Investment, LLC, Defendants.
Civil Action No. 10-10207-FDS
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
Signed 03/30/2017
Kenneth C. Sullivan, Kevin J. Walsh, Michael F. Connolly, Allison W. Phinney, III, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC, Doreen M. Zankowski, Saul Ewing LLP, Boston, MA, Wynter Lavier Deagle, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff.
John D. Hanify, Michael Thomas Mar-eucci, Christopher M. Morrison, Jeffrey J. Upton, Kristin D. Casavant, Boston, MA, Douglas E. Hausler, Lampert, Hausler & Rodman, P.C., Chelmsford, MA, for Defendant.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO REMEDY
SAYLOR, J.
This action arises out of a dispute concerning a closely held business that developed towers for the cellular telephone industry. The principal dispute involves a seríes of transactions in which the majority owners of the business froze out the minority owners and appropriated assets and business opportunities for their own benefit. The Court previously issued a decision on liability, and the proceeding is now at the remedy stage. Familiarity with the Court’s previously-issued Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law is presumed.
I. Procedural Background
In November 2006, defendants Edward Moore and Lawrence Rosenfeld caused Eastern Towers, Inc., to file a voluntary petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. With two very minor exceptions, plaintiff Strachan is the only remaining creditor. The reference to the Bankruptcy Court was withdrawn in 2010, and the matter was then tried to the Court without a jury.
On January 27, 2012, the Court ordered the case bifurcated into liability and remedy phases. After a bench trial as to liability, the Court issued Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law on March 26, 2015. Following the issuance of the judgment, the Court granted defendants’ motion for a new trial as to remedy on the grounds that the conclusions of law inappropriately included findings that should have been reserved for the remedy phase. Defendants have now moved for summary judgment as to the proper remedy, and plaintiffs have cross-moved for partial summary judgment as to the same issue.
II. Additional Factual Background
Except as noted, the following facts are either based on those Findings of Fact or are not disputed by the parties.
A. 2010 Sale of Thirteen Towers
1. The Court’s Findings of Fact identified 33 towers that had been acquired and developed in violation of the fiduciary duties of Moore and Rosenfeld to Eastern Towers. (COL ¶ 270).
2. Of those 33 towers, 13 were sold on September 1, 2010, to SBA Towers III, LLC, an unrelated third party. (Exs. 913.400, 913.401, 913.403).
3. The 13 towers that were sold were as follows:
a. Four towers that were formerly owned by Eastern Properties, LLC ■ (Esko, Ivan, Manitowish, and Berg-land);
b. One tower- that was formerly owned by Tower Acquisition Trust or Tow-, ' er Acquisitions, Inc. (South Grant-ham); •
c. Eight towers that were formerly . owned by 5G Investment Trust, LLC (Antigo, Trego, Lake Nebaga-mon, West Fergus ■ Falls, Grand Rapids, Americus, Tennille, ' and Oakland).
(Id.).
4. The seller of the 13 towers bn September 1, 2010, was Midwest Towers Investment, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned and controlled by Moore and/or Rosenfeld. (Id). Midwest Towers Investment, LLC is a single member LLC owned by 5G Investment Trust. (Phillips Rpt. at 2 n. 4).
5. Midwest Towers Investment, LLC had apparently acquired the 13 towers by means of an asset purchase agreement dated July 14, 2010. (Ex. 913.402). The sellers" of the towers under that July 14, 2Í010 agreement were 5G Investment Trust, LLC; Eastern Properties, LLC; and Tower Acquisition Trust. (Id.),
6. The sales price for that transaction, as reflected on the closing statement dated September 1, 2010, was $15,464,924.30. (Ex. 913.401). That amount included the Marblehead tower (which is not subject to the Court’s remedy) and may have included other towers, but did not include the Oakland tower (which is). The Oakland tower was sold separately for a stated price of $813,135. (See SOF ¶ 50; Floyd Rpt., Ex. 6-H).
7. Of that approximately $15.4 million purchase price, $171,719.39 was paid to Media Capital Advisors, Inc., as a broker fee. (Id,).-
8. Another $2,068,377.70 of the purchase price was paid to TB Bank in three separate wires to pay off loans that had been incurred by Eastern Properties, LLC. (Id.), That debt had been used to finance the acquisition of'the towers, and involved the same loan facility that had been originally intended to be used by Eastern Towers.
9. The remaining proceeds from the sale of the towers, after adjustments for items such.as taxes and rent, totaled $13,126,691.19, (Ex, 913.401). That amount was paid by wire transfer on or about September 1, 2010, to the IOLTA Client Account of Lampert, Hausler & Rodman, P.C., a law firm that represents Moore and Rosenfeld. (Id.).'
10. The approximately $13.1 million in proceeds from the sale of the towers were then distributed by the law firm to Moore and Rosenfeld directly or indirectly (through entities owned or controlled by them). (Id.).
11. None of the proceeds of the sale were paid directly to Midwest Towers Investment, LLC. (Id).
12. Apparently because the July 10, 2010 sale included at least some other assets, plaintiffs contend, and defendants admit, that the sales price for the 13 relevant towers was $8,433,949. (Def. Counter-Statement of Material Facts, Dkt. No. 211, No. 46 at 14).
13. The plaintiffs contend, and defendants admit, that the sales prices assigned to the 13 towers were as follows: •
a. $482,386 for Esko;
b. $313,214 for Ivan;
c. $568,778 for Manitowish;
d. $431,580 for Bergland;
e. $475,000 for South Grantham;
f. $2,701,533 for Antigo, Trego, and Lake Nebagamon;
g. $977,899 for West Fergus Falls and Grand Rapids;
h. $1,670,424 for Americus and Ten-nille; and
i. $813,135 for Oakland.
(Id, No. 48-50 at 14-15; Floyd Rpt., Ex. 6-H).
14. Of the 33 towers described above, 20 have not been sold. Those towers are as follows:
a.Towers owned by Eastern Properties, LLC:
1. Beverly
2. Franklin Church
4. Franklin Industrial
5. Weare
6. Webster
7. Pembroke
8. Carver
9. Goshen
10. Loudon
11. Hopkinton
12. Gilmanton
13. Grantham (Yankee Barn Road)
14. North Loudon
b. Towers owned by 5G Investment Trust, LLC:
1. Hawley
2. Heritage Hills
3. Wakefield
4. Washington Borough
5. Orwigsburg
c. Tower owned by Tower Acquisition Trust or Tower Acquisition, Inc.:
1. Newburyport
d. Tower owned by Horizon Towers, LLC:
1. Wayland
B. Acquisition of Ground Leases between 2008 and 2013
1. Between 2008 and 2013, Moore and Rosenfeld acquired ground lease rights, or purchased real property, for the tower sites for the Beverly, Loudon, South Grantham, Pembroke, and Hopkinton towers. The acquisitions were conducted through a new entity called Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc. (Def. Counter-Statement of Material Facts, Dkt. No. 211, No. 36 at 12).
2. In 2008, Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., acquired the ground lease for the Beverly and Loudon tower sites. (Id, No. 37 at 12).
3. In 2008, Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., purchased the land on which the Lou-don tower sits. {Id., No. 39 at 13).
4. In 2009, Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., acquired the ground lease for the Pembroke tower site. {Id., No. 40 at 13).
5. In 2009, Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., purchased the land on which the South Grantham tower sits. {Id.).
6. In 2013, Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., acquired the ground lease for the Hopkinton tower site. {Id., No. 44 at 14).
C.Acquisition of Interest in 4G Towers, LLC in 2004
1. In 2004 and 2005, 5G Investment Trust purchased and sold a majority ownership in 4G Towers, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company that owned towers in Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Washington. {Id, No. 32 at 10).
2. At least $103,222 of the payment made by 5G Investment Trust for its interest in 4G Towers, LLC came from Eastern Properties, LLC. (Id., No. 33 at 11-12).
3. In 2004 and 2005, 5G Investment Trust received $3,955,009 in distributions from 4G Towers, LLC and recorded a profit of. $1,189,384 from its investment. {Id, No. 34 at 11; Floyd Rpt., Ex. K).
D. Distributions to Moore and Ro-senfeld and/or Related Entities
1. Between 2003 and 2004, Moore and Rosenfeld received at least $571,700 in distributions from Eastern Towers, LLC and/or Eastern Towers, Inc. (Floyd Rpt., Ex. I).
2. Between 2003 and 2014, Moore and Rosenfeld received at least $7,630,546 in distributions from Eastern Properties, LLC. {Id, Exs. I, J).
3. Between 2004 and 2014, Moore and Rosenfeld received at least $285,000 in distributions from Horizon Towers, LLC. (Id, Ex. I).
4. Between 2005 and 2014, Moore and Rosenfeld received at least $7,126,909 in distributions from 5G Investment Trust. (Id).
5. Between 2009 and 2014, Moore and Rosenfeld received at least $507,428 in distributions from Tower Acquisitions Trust and/or Tower Acquisitions Inc. (Id, Ex. 10-A).
6. As noted, in 2005, Moore and Rosen-feld received an additional $3,955,009 in distributions from 5G Investment Trust as part of the liquidation of their investment in 4G Towers.
7. Those amounts total $20,076,592.
E. Payment of Litigation Fees and Expenses
1. As of December 31, 2014, the Tower Entities had paid at least the following amounts for professional services rendered on behalf of Moore, Rosenfeld, and other defendants in connection with this litigation:
a. Jones Day was paid $2,071,005;
b. Murphy & King, P.C. was paid $627,261;
c. Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. was paid $129,022;
d. Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP was paid $71,882;
e. Lampert, Hausler & Rodman, P.C. was paid $59,408;
f. Steel Tree Partners, LLC was paid $50,783; and
g. Carlton, Healy <& Fredrick LLP was paid $3,358.
(Floyd Rpt., Ex. 8-A).
2. Those amounts total $3,102,714. (Id.).
III. Standard of Review
The role of summary judgment is to “pierce the pleadings and to assess the proof in order to see whether there is a genuine need for trial.” Mesnick v. General Elec. Co., 950 F.2d 816, 822 (1st Cir. 1991) (internal quotation marks omitted). Summary judgment is appropriate when the moving party shows that “there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). “Essentially, Rule 56[ ] mandates the entry of summary judgment ‘against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party’s case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial.’ ” Coll v. PB Diagnostic Sys., 50 F.3d 1115, 1121 (1st Cir. 1995) (quoting Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986)). In making that determination, the court must view “the record in the light most favorable to the nonmovant, drawing reasonable inferences in his favor.” Noonan v. Staples, Inc., 556 F.3d 20, 25 (1st Cir. 2009). When “a properly supported motion for summary judgment is made, the adverse party ‘must set forth specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.’” Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 250, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e)). The non-moving party may not simply “rest upon mere allegation or denials of his pleading,” but instead must “present affirmative evidence.” Id. at 256-57, 106 S.Ct. 2505.
IV. Analysis
A. Overview
“Courts have broad equitable powers to fashion remedies for breaches of fiduciary duty in a close corporation.” Brodie v. Jordan, 447 Mass. 866, 871, 857 N.E.2d 1076 (2006) (citing Zimmerman v. Bogoff, 402 Mass. 650, 661, 524 N.E.2d 849 (1988)). In doing so, courts should be guided by the principle of preventing unjust enrichment. See Demoulas v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc., 424 Mass. 501, 556, 677 N.E.2d 159 (1997). “The objective in addressing unjust enrichment is to recover simply the amount derived from the wrongdoing.” Id. at 558, 677 N.E.2d 159 (citing USM Corp. v. Marson Fastener Corp., 392 Mass. 334, 338-39, 467 N.E.2d 1271 (1984)).
The parties dispute what form of remedy is most appropriate, given the Court’s findings in the liability phase. As a general matter, plaintiffs seek a constructive trust over all tower assets, along with the return of any distributions received by defendants (including any proceeds received from tower sales), all amounts paid by the entities for professional fees, and prejudgment interest. Defendants, however, contend that plaintiffs’ proposed remedy amounts to an unfair windfall, and that the more appropriate remedy is the return of (some) distributions received in combination with equitable liens imposed on (some) tower assets in favor of the individual minority shareholders.
For the reasons set forth below, the Court concludes that the imposition of constructive trusts and disgorgement are the appropriate remedies, in order to provide the most effective and equitable manner of recovering defendants’ gains derived from their fiduciary breaches.- However, as also set forth below, defendants may be entitled to a credit or offset for certain contributions made to those entities, including any additional capital invested or taxes paid. There is a further question, which the Court does not resolve now, as to the percentage of equity interest in Eastern Towers attributable to Strachan, which will become important if the liquidation of the business produces surplus equity that must be distributed to the owners.
B. The Nature of the Remedy
■ There are two claims of breach of fiduciary duty in this ease: one by Eastern Towers (brought as a derivative action) and one by Strachan (brought as a minority shareholder).
To the extent that Moore and Ro-senfeld breached their fiduciary duties to Eastern Towers, the appropriate remedy is restitution of the improper gains, to put the entity in the position that it would have been in but for the breach. See Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 556, 677 N.E.2d 159 (“Where a corporate fiduciary obtains a gain or advantage through a violation of his duty of loyalty, a court may properly order restitution of the gain, so as to deny any profit to the wrongdoer and prevent his unjust enrichment.”) (citations omitted). In this case, as set forth below, that means the imposition of a remedy that returns assets to Eastern Towers, whether by means of a constructive trust over the new entities created by defendants, disgorgement of distributions, or otherwise.
To the extent that Moore and Ro-senfeld breached their fiduciary duties to Strachan, the appropriate remedy is to restore the benefits that he reasonably expected due to his ownership of a minority interest in the enterprise. See Brodie, 447 Mass. at 870-71, 857 N.E.2d 1076 (“Because the wrongdoing in a freeze-out is the denial by the majority of the minority’s reasonable expectations of benefit, it follows that the remedy should, to the extent possible, restore to' the- minority shareholder those benefits which she reasonably expected, but has not received-because of the fiduciary breach.”). In this case, that means the imposition of a remedy that address'es Strachan’s reasonable expectations of continued employment and sharing in the company’s profits.
Thus, the first question is what assets should be returned to Eastern Towers. For the reasons set forth below, it is appropriate to impose a constructive trust over five different entities that own tower assets, as well as to require disgorgement of various distributions made to Moore and Rosenfeld or to entities they own or control. The remedy will also include the.restitution of legal fees paid by Eastern Towers on behalf of Moore and Rosenfeld.
The second question is what amounts should be awarded to Strachan for his loss of employment opportunity. ‘That issue was addressed in the Court’s Finding of Facts and Conclusions of Law, in which it concluded that Strachan was entitled to the value of his lost pay from February 26, 2004, to April 9, 2006. See COL ¶309.
The third — and more difficult — question is .how to award Strachan his reasonable expectations of sharing in the company’s profits. That question turns on the amount of equity interest attributable to Strachan, which is addressed below.
Defendants contend that a “reasonable expectations” analysis should apply to all of the claims — that is, that plaintiffs should receive only the benefits that they reasonably expected but did not receive because of the breach of fiduciary duty — and that those expected benefits are substantially less than the amounts sought by the plaintiffs. Defendants reason that Eastern Towers was essentially unharmed by many of the breaches, because the company was insolvent or otherwise incapable of taking advantage of the business opportunities usurped and that it had no reasonable expectation of profiting from those opportunities. Defendants further contend that Strachan was unwilling or unable to invest additional capital into the business, and that at the very least his equity interest would have been substantially diluted over time as Moore and Rosenfeld contributed additional capital.
Defendants, however, ignore the fact that it was their own conduct that led to the financial difficulties that they claim would have prevented Eastern Towers from capitalizing on the opportunities. See COL ¶252 (“If Eastern Towers was not able to take advantage of the business opportunities in late 2003 or early 2004, it was because Moore and Rosenfeld had crippled the finances of Eastern Towers in a variety of ways .... ”).
Furthermore, and in any event, a “reasonable expectations” analysis is not appropriate as to the corporation’s claims. When the benefits of a corporate opportunity have been denied to a corporation through a breach of fiduciary duty, the law is well-settled that the corporation’s alleged inability to exploit an opportunity does not excuse the conduct of those who took the opportunity for themselves without offering it to the corporation. See Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 532, 677 N.E.2d 159; see also Durfee v. Durfee & Canning, Inc., 323 Mass. 187, 202, 80 N.E.2d 522 (1948) (corporation’s alleged credit weakness did not allow director to take opportunity that should have been disclosed); Energy Resources Corp. v. Porter, 14 Mass.App.Ct. 296, 302, 438 N.E.2d 391 (1982) (fiduciary who secretly acquires corporate opportunity barred from asserting that corporation would have been unable to exploit opportunity). That is because it is for the corporation to decide “whether and how to ad.dress obstacles” standing in the path of taking advantage of the opportunity. Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 532, 677 N.E.2d 159. WTiether Eastern Towers might not have been able to exploit those opportunities, or indeed might not have survived, is not the relevant inquiry.
In short, a corporation’s ability to execute an opportunity is not the controlling factor in the remedy phase, where the objective generally is to prevent the unjust enrichment of the defendants by transferring the benefits unfairly received by the defendants back to the corporation. See id. at 535-36, 677 N.E.2d 159 (upholding trial court’s decision to return usurped assets to corporation despite argument that it would have been unable to take advantage of the opportunity, stating “[W]e do not need to address whether [the corporation] could have feasibly pursued these opportunities.”). Accordingly, and as in Demoulas, the Court need not undertake an analysis as to whether Eastern Towers would have been able to successfully pursue the opportunities defendants took for themselves, and, if so, to what extent it would have been successful.
The Court will also reject defendants’ request that it essentially bypass the bankruptcy trustee and the bankruptcy process by awarding equitable liens directly to Strachan and Sanford. In substance, defendants contend that potential inefficiencies in the bankruptcy process — including the possibility that the trustee could sell some assets at less than fair market value — mitigate in favor of simply imposing equitable liens in favor of the individual minority shareholders.
The remedy, however, must be awarded to the party that suffered the loss. Here, the corporate opportunities that were usurped rightfully belonged to Eastern Towers; the claim itself was brought (and the right to relief established) by the trustee acting on behalf of the entity, and it is therefore the entity that is entitled to relief. Cf. Bessette v. Bessette, 385 Mass. 806, 809-810, 434 N.E.2d 206 (1982) (claim for diverted assets belongs to the corporation); COL ¶277 (“[T]he claims for breach of fiduciary duty against Moore and Rosen-feld based on the withdrawal of capital and the transfer or diversion of bank financing and tower assets are claims that must be brought as derivative claims on behalf of the corporation and LLC,”).
The bankruptcy trustee has a duty to collect assets and ensure the proper payment of creditors and distribution of excess equity, if any, to shareholders. See In re AFI Holding, Inc., 355 B.R. 139, 148 (9th Cir. BAP 2006), aff'd and adopted, 530 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2008) (A trustee’s “primary job is to marshal and sell assets.”) (quoting In re Reed, 178 B.R. 817, 821 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 1995); see also 11 U.S.C. § 704 (duties of trustee). It is, of course, possible that the bankruptcy process may not maximize asset value. But defendants themselves wrongfully diverted corporate opportunities, and then initiated the bankruptcy proceeding as to the corporation. Any potential inefficiency is not a reason to give defendants continued control over the tower assets.
Defendants argue that “this is not a typical bankruptcy proceeding” because there is, in fact, likely to be a surplus in the estate after payment of creditors and administrative expenses. (Def. S.J. Mem. at 1). That may well be true. Nonetheless, this Court cannot simply ignore the bankruptcy proceeding and award relief directly to the shareholders rather than the corporation. Any relief awarded by the Court will become an asset of the bankruptcy estate. See 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1), (a)(6). With the assets collected, the bankruptcy court will then order the payment of expenses and the satisfaction of the creditors’ claims. See 11 U.S.C. § 726(a)(l)-(6). If there is a surplus, it will be returned to the corporation (the debt- or). Ultimately, that surplus will be divided among the shareholders according to their ownership interests. The bankruptcy court, no less than this Court, is capable of ordering fair and equitable relief on matters within its jurisdiction.
Finally, defendants are not entitled to any compensation or credit for any financial risk they may have undertaken in their pursuit of the usurped opportunities. It is well-established that a person who breaches a fiduciary duty, and is therefore unjustly enriched, is not entitled to keep any profits received from the breach. Durfee, 323 Mass. at 198, 80 N.E.2d 522 (“the law ... denies to the betrayer all benefit and profit.”) (quoting Guth v. Loft, Inc., 23 Del.Ch. 255, 270, 5 A.2d 503 (1939)). That remains true no matter what additional risk was undertaken or, for that matter, what business acumen was demonstrated in achieving the gain. Defendants are likewise not entitled to credit for the opportunity cost of their investments, whether in the form of an internal rate of return or otherwise. Defendants may, however, receive credit for certain personal investments or taxes paid, as set forth below.
C. Constructive Trusts and Disgorgement
Relying in large part on the SJC’s opinion in Demoulas, plaintiffs urge that the Court impose a constructive trust over the various entities, as well as distributions from those entities to Moore and Rosen-feld, including any proceeds from sales of towers.
1. Constructive Trusts Generally
As the Court noted in its earlier decision, “a constructive trust is a flexible tool of equity that the court may impose where one acquires an interest in property in breach of a legal duty to one who has granted that interest.” COL at ¶378 (alterations and citations omitted).
In Demoulas, the defendants created several “new” entities for the very purpose of carrying out the same type of real estate business formerly conducted by three “original” entities whose opportunities the defendants had usurped. 424 Mass. at 540-41, 677 N.E.2d 159. The only substantial difference between the new and original entities was their ownership structures. Id. As here, assets were transferred from the original entities to the new entities for less than fair value. Id. at 541, 677 N.E.2d 159. The Supreme Judicial Court did not analyze each individual asset acquired by the new entities to determine whether a particular asset constituted a corporate opportunity usurped from the original entities. Instead, the court found that because all of the business that was carried out by the new entities could have been carried out by the original entities, the new entities themselves constituted corporate opportunities that were wrongfully diverted from the original entities. Id. The court ultimately concluded that “[b]ecause the very formation of the [ ] new companies was a diversion of corporate opportunities, the assets of those companies, which reflect profits made since their formation, rightfully belonged]” to the original entities. Id. at 542, 677 N.E.2d 159.
That reasoning applies equally well to the circumstances of this case. As in Demoulas, defendants here created multiple new entities, including Eastern Properties, LLC; 5G Investment Trust, LLC; Horizon Towers, LLC; and Tower Acquisition Trust. The entire business of those four entities constituted diverted corporate opportunities of Eastern Towers. Furthermore, the accounting records of defendants’ entities do not accurately attribute revenues or expenses on a per-tower basis. Where an entity itself represents a diverted opportunity, imposition of a constructive trust over the entity as a whole precludes the need for the tedious, and likely incomplete, calculation of distributions taken and offsets owed on an asset-by-asset basis. Because the net result of those transactions are necessarily reflected in the final balance sheet of the entity itself, imposing a trust over an entity as a whole will incorporate the various revenues received and expenses paid.
Defendants contend that the imposition of constructive trusts would result in a windfall to Strachan. In substance, defendants contend that Strachan refused to make additional capital - contributions, which would have been necessary to grow the business or'keep it from failing, and that he is now being rewarded despite not having capital at risk. Defendants, of course, ignore the various things that they themselves did to harm the finances of the enterprise, inhibit its growth, and discourage Strachan from investing additional funds. Indeed, defendants’ position seems to be that the business succeeded only because Strachan was pushed out of the way. In any event, defendants, not Stra-chan, breached their fiduciary duties to the company, and the issue defendants raise is not a reason to avoid the imposition of constructive trusts. The question of whether Strachan’s equity interest would' likely have been diluted as the business expanded is a separate one, addressed below.
Accordingly, and as in Demoulas, constructive trusts will be imposed over various entities in order to return assets to the estate of the corporation.
2. Disgorgement Generally.
Where an asset representing a usurped opportunity has been sold to a third party, and the proceeds have.been distributed out of a corporate entity, the court may order restitution of the sale proceeds to the relevant entity. See Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 539, 677 N.E.2d 159. Here, there appear to have been multiple asset sales to third parties, followed by distributions either to Moore and Rosen-feld or to entities owned or controlled by them. Defendants will be required to disgorge any distributions or other financial benefits received from their ownership interest in the relevant entities. See Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 556, 677 N.E.2d 159.
3. Credit for Personal Investments and Taxes Paid
Plaintiffs are not, however, entitled to- an unfair windfall. Accordingly, when calculating the amount that the defendants have been unjustly enriched, the defendants will be entitled to • “credit for any investments that they have personally made in [the entity] and for any taxes on [ ] profits -that they were required to pay.” Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 556, 677 N.E.2d 159. Thus, for example, to the extent that a distribution constituted a return of capital personally invested, by. Moore or Rosen-feld, such amounts must be accounted for, but need not be disgorged (assuming, of course, that the investment itself is not traceable to a breach of fiduciary duty).
It is likely, of course, that there will be disputes concerning the disgorgement of distributions or other proceeds to the corporation, or what amount of - offsets are appropriate. Based on, the Court’s review of the.,evidence, it . is not likely to be a simple task to untangle the defendants’ financial affairs, including the amount of distributions and the source of defendants’ contributions to the various entities; among other things, basic questions ■ such as the amount of a distribution, or the source of a contribution, or whether, the contribution was debt or equity, may- require substantial additional evidence. Moore and Rosenfeld used a great, number of business entities, and did not always observe formalities with care, nor did they always follow appropriate accounting principles. See, e.g., Phillips Report' at 6 (“transactions were not always recorded in a consistent manner.”). The final amounts may therefore need to be determined in a future proceeding. The trustee shall bear the burden of proving the corporation’s entitlement to recover for any distribution of benefits to defendants and defendants shall bear the burden of proving entitlement to any particular offset. Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 556, 677 N.E.2d 159.
■ A discussion of the various entities and investments follows.
4. Eastern Properties, LLC
Moore and Rosenfeld created Eastern Properties, LLC to purchase towers built by Eastern Towers using the TD Bank-north financing opportunity. (See FOF ¶¶ 237, 241, 290; COL ¶ 147; see COL ¶ 261 (“The assets and creditworthiness of Eastern Properties, and indeed its very existence, were largely the result of breaches of fiduciary duty by Moore and Rosenfeld.”)). Eastern Properties purchased four towers on June 2,2003 (Beverly, Franklin Church, Franklin Industrial, and Weare), and five more between June 2003 and May 2004 (Webster, Pembroke, Carver, Goshen, and Loudon). (FOF ¶¶289, 359). Eastern Properties also purchased four towers from ETS on June. 1, 2004 (Hopkinton, Gilmanton, Grantham (Yankee Barn Road), and North Loudon), and four towers from Minnesota Towers, Inc., on July 9, 2004 (Esko, Ivan, Berg-land, and Manitowish). (FOF ¶¶ 435, 439). All seventeen tower .purchases .constituted diverted corporate opportunities that .belonged to Eastern Towers. (See FOF ¶¶ 435-36, 439; COL ¶¶ 128-r29, 131, 255-62). • . ■
Accordingly, the Court will impose a constructive trust over' the assets and liabilities' of Eastern Properties in favor of the trustee. In addition, the' Court will order that defendants disgorge any distributions or other financial benefits received from their ownership interest in Eastern Properties, subject to credit for any investments that they have personally made in Eastern Properties and for any taxes on profits that they were required to pay.
5. 5G Investment Trust and ,5G Investment Trust, LLC
The formation and funding of 5G Investment Trust and 5G Investment Trust, LLC also represented corporate opportunities that were diverted from Eastern Towers. 5G Investment Trust was formed in December 2004 in order to take title to new towers, in a new entity in an attempt to insulate those holdings against, claims by Strachan. (FOF ¶¶ 13, 486). 5G Investment Trust was then added to the TD Banknorth loan facility originally intended for Eastern Towers. (FOF ¶ 265, 486-89). Moore and Rosenfeld thereby diverted corporate opportunities that rightfully belonged to Eastern Towers in breach of their fiduciary duties. (COL ¶¶ 163, 256-59, 373).
From December 2004 to November 2005, 5G Investment Trust acquired eleven towers (Antigo, Hawley, Heritage Hills, Grand Rapids, Trego, Wakefield, Washington Borough, Orwigsburg, West Fergus Falls, Oakland, and Lake Nebagamon) from Minnesota Towers. (FOF ¶ 491). The eleven towers eventually became the property of 5G Investment Trust, LLC, which Moore and Rosenfeld created in 2006. (FOF ¶¶ 493, 14). In July 2010, 5G Investment Trust, LLC, sold six of the towers (Antigo, Trego, Lake Nebagamon, West Fergus Falls, Grand Rapids, and Oakland). 5G Investment Trust, LLC, retained the other five towers (Hawley, Heritage Hills, Wakefield, Washington Borough, and Orwigsburg).
In 2006, 5G Investment Trust acquired two towers (Americus and Tennille), using Glover Property Management, Inc., as trustee. (FOF ¶494). In July 2010, 5G Investment Trust sold those two towers.
In 2007, 5G Investment Trust, LLC developed a tower in Newburyport, Massachusetts. (FOF ¶ 495).
Accordingly, the Court will impose a constructive trust over 5G Investment Trust, LLC in favor of the trustee. In addition, the Court will order that defendants disgorge any distributions or other financial benefits received from their ownership interest in 5G Investment Trust, LLC, subject to credit for any investments that they have personally made in 5G Investment Trust, LLC and for any taxes on profits that they were required to pay.
5G Investment Trust (as opposed to 5G Investment Trust, LLC) is not a defendant in this proceeding. It is therefore doubtful whether, in the current procedural posture of the case, the Court has the power to impose a constructive trust over 5G Investment Trust. Nonetheless, the profits from the sale of the Americus and Tennille towers represent benefits derived from the breach of fiduciary duty by Moore and Rosenfeld. It is unclear whether those assets remain in 5G Investment Trust, or whether they have been distributed or transferred to Moore or Rosenfeld or some other related entity. In any event, Moore and Rosenfeld will be required to disgorge any distributions received from 5G Investment Trust arising out of the July 2010 sale of towers, or otherwise make restitution to the bankruptcy estate, net of any qualifying offsets.
6. Horizon Towers, LLC
Horizon Towers, LLC was created on July 2, 2004, to permit Moore and Rosen-feld to continue the cell-tower business without the participation of Strachan or Sanford. (FOF ¶443). In August 2004, Moore and Rosenfeld caused Eastern Towers to sell the Wayland WIP to Horizon Towers for $40,000 in breach of their fiduciary duties. (FOF ¶¶ 471, 478; COL ¶ 245). Horizon was also used to pay the salaries of some Eastern Towers employees. (See FOF ¶ 447). In October 2004, Horizon Towers requested and received a renewal of the $1 million construction line that had originally been approved for Eastern Towers, Inc.; that transfer also constituted a breach of fiduciary duty. (FOF ¶ 481; COL ¶ 162). “Presumably, the construction line was then used to finance the development of the Wayland tower by Horizon Towers.” (COL ¶ 156). Horizon eventually constructed a tower in Wayland in 2006. (FOF ¶ 480).
Thus, the creation and business of Horizon Towers, LLC also constituted a corporate opportunity of Eastern Towers. Accordingly, the Court will impose a constructive trust over Horizon Towers, LLC in favor of the trustee. In addition, the Court will order that defendants disgorge any distributions or other financial benefits received from their ownership interest in Horizon Towers, LLC, net of any qualifying offsets.
7. Tower Acquisition Trust
a. Newburyport Tower
The Newburyport tower site was first acquired by 5G Investment Trust, LLC, in 2007. (FOF ¶ 495). At some point, the rights to the Newburyport site were apparently transferred to Tower Acquisition Trust, another entity owned and/or controlled by Moore and Rosenfeld. (FOF ¶ 495, n. 67). The acquisition and development of the Newburyport site and tower represented a breach of fiduciary duty to Eastern Towers. (COL ¶¶ 256-59).
The evidence as to which entity presently owns the Newburyport site and tower is mixed. The evidence at the trial suggested that it was owned by Tower Acquisition Trust. For example, Exhibits -931.102, 931.104, and 931.114 are photographs of the base of the tower, in which a sign is visible that indicates the tower is owned by Tower Acquisition Trust. Exhibit 931.300 is a copy of a lease agreement between Tower Acquisition Trust and AT&T Wireless, and Exhibit 931.301’ is a lease agreement between Tower Acquisition Trust and Metro PCS; both are telecommunications companies that are tenants oh the tower. For those reasons, the Court concluded that the tower was owned by Tower Acquisition Trust. (FOF ¶ 495, n. 67).
Evidence submitted in connection with the summary judgment motions, however, indicates that the Newburyport tower may in fact be owned by a corporation called Tower Acquisitions, Inc. (Floyd Rpt., Ex. 5-H). Defendants have also admitted that Tower Acquisitions, Inc., “wholly owns” Tower Acquisition Trust. (Def. Counter-Statement of Undisputed Material Facts, Dkt. No. 211, No. 24 at 8).
Both entities (Tower Acquisition Trust and Tower Acquisitions, Inc.) were made defendants to this action by means of the Third Amended Complaint, and therefore are subject to the jurisdiction of the Court in fashioning a remedy. The Court intends and expects to impose a constructive trust over the relevant entity (or, alternatively, over the relevant assets), and to order disgorgement of distributions and other financial benefits, subject to any relevant offsets for investments or taxes. It appears that Tower Acquisition Trust is the appropriate entity. Should the evidence indicate that in fact the appropriate entity is Tower Acquisition, Inc., the Court will amend its order accordingly.
b. The South Grantham Tower
On December 23, 2008, defendants acquired a tower site on Springfield Road in South Grantham, New Hampshire. (FOF ¶ 496). The tower site in South Grantham had been identified by Chris Tracy, an Eastern Towers employee, in the fall of 2003. (Id. ¶ 433). The South Grantham site, like the other New Hampshire sites purchased by Eastern Properties, was a corporate opportunity that had been brought to the attention of Eastern Towers through the efforts of an employee of Eastern Towers. The exploitation of the South Grantham opportunity was the direct product of defendants’ breach of fiduciary duty.
As with the Newburyport tower, the evidence as to the ownership of the tower in South Grantham is somewhat mixed. The evidence at the trial suggested that it was owned by Tower Acquisition Trust. However, according to evidence submitted in connection with the summary judgment motion, the South Grantham tower was actually purchased by Tower Acquisitions, Inc. (not Tower Acquisition Trust) in December 2008 from Environmental Telecommunications Systems, LLC. (Floyd Rpt., Ex. 5-H n.A).
In any event, the South Grantham tower has been sold. As noted, on July 2, 2010, Midwest Towers Investment, LLC sold multiple towers, including the South Grantham tower, to a third party. The proceeds of that sale apparently were not distributed to Midwest; instead, part of the proceeds were used to pay a broker fee and to pay off loans that had been incurred by Eastern Properties, LLC, and the remainder was distributed directly or indirectly to Moore and Rosenfeld. The proceeds from the sale of the tower will therefore be subject to disgorgement by Moore and Rosenfeld.
D. Whether the Remedy Should Include Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc.
Plaintiffs also seek a constructive trust over ground lease rights and real property acquired by Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc. It is true, as defendants note, the Court made no liability finding as to those particular transactions or those particular defendants.
Nonetheless, it is obvious that the acquisition of ground lease rights (or the real property itself) for the towers in Beverly, Loudon, Pembroke, and Hopkinton was not a separate line of business, but was an integral part of the tower business itself. Indeed, the ground lease for the Beverly site was first located and acquired by Stra-chan and Sanford. (FOF ¶¶ 46, 57). Those acquisitions are therefore plainly within the scope of defendants’ breach of fiduciary duty, and subject to an appropriate remedy. The Court will therefore impose a constructive trust over Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc.
E. Whether the Remedy Should Include the Investment in 4G Towers, LLC
The parties dispute whether any remedy is appropriate with respect to 5G Investment Trust’s purchase and sale of a controlling interest in 4G Towers, LLC. In 2004, 5G Investment Trust acquired a majority ownership stake in 4G Towers, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company that owned and managed towers in Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Washington. (PSMF ¶32; Floyd Rpt., Ex. 6-B). At least $103,322 of that investment came from Eastern Properties. (PSMF ¶ 33). 5G Investment Trust sold its investment in 2005. (PSMF ¶ 32). In 2004 and 2005, 5G Investment Trust received $3,955,009 in distributions from 4G Towers, and recorded a profit of $1,189,384 from its investment. (PSMF ¶ 34).
Defendants seek to exclude profits and distributions received from 4G Towers on the grounds that (1) no specific evidence or findings have been made as to whether 4G Towers was a diverted corporate opportunity of Eastern Towers, Inc. and (2) § 5.2 of the Eastern Towers, LLC Operating Agreement specifically allowed defendants to purchase stock in another tower compa-hy-
The second contention has already been addressed by the Court in its Conclusions of Law: “[Wlhatever effect § 5.2 may have on the fiduciary obligations of Moore and Rosenfeld as members of Eastern Towers, LLC, it ha[d] no legal effect on their fiduciary obligations to Eastern Towers, Inc. Moore and Rosenfeld therefore owed a fiduciary duty to Eastern Towers, Inc., and to Strachan and Sanford, to present business opportunities to the corporation, regardless of the operation of § 5.2.” (COL ¶ 139).
It is true that no specific findings were made in the Findings of Fact as to 4G Towers or 5G Investment Trust’s investment in that entity. It is also true that 4G Towers is not a defendant. However, 5G Investment Trust was formed in order to insulate the tower investments of Moore and Rosenfeld from Strachan’s threat of litigation, and 5G Investment Trust used the bank loan facility originally intended for Eastern Towers. (FOF ¶¶ 13, 265, 486-89). Furthermore, defendants do not dispute that 5G Investment Trust acquired and sold an ownership interest in 4G Towers, and that 4G Towers was also in the business of owning towers for the cellular telephone industry. It is also undisputed that at least $103,322 of the funds used to acquire the stake in 4G Towers came from Eastern Properties. (See Def. Response to PSMF ¶ 33, Dkt. No. 211).
In substance, the purchase of a controlling interest in 4G Towers is little different than the direct purchase of towers by 5G Investment Trust from Minnesota Towers. (Cf. FOF ¶¶ 491, 493). The latter represented a corporate opportunity that should have been presented to Eastern Towers. (COL ¶¶ 256-59). Similarly, the purchase of an interest by 5G Investment Trust in 4G Towers also represented a corporate opportunity belonging to Eastern Towers. Because the investment was sold, and any profit or loss from the investment in 4G Towers is presumably reflected in the balance sheet of 5G Investment Trust, it is unnecessary for the Court to impose a constructive trust over 4G Towers. To the extent that defendants may have received proceeds, revenues, or distributions from 4G Towers those distributions must disgorged, again subject to any qualifying offsets.
F. Whether the Court Should Reconsider Strachan’s Individual Claim for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Strachan’s termination was. intended by Moore and Rosenfeld as a critical step in freezing him out of the business and usurping and diverting business opportunities for their own benefit. (COL ¶289). That termination, which caused both the loss of his employment and the cessation of his vesting rights, was a breach of the fiduciary duty owed to him by Moore and Rosenfeld as majority shareholders of Eastern Towers. (COL ¶ 306).
1. Strachan’s Loss of Employment
Defendants now seek to re-litigate the conclusion that Strachan likely would have been employed at least four years, or until April 9, 2006, if not for defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duty. (See COL ¶ 308). The Court will not disturb that conclusion for the reasons given in its earlier findings and conclusions. Accordingly, Strachan is entitled to damages for lost wages from the date of his termination, February 26, 2004, to April 9, 2006.
It appears, however, that the Court made an arithmetical mistake in calculating that amount. Strachan is entitled to pay at an annualized rate of $75,000 for the period from February 26, 2004, to April 9, 2006, or 773 days, at a daily rate of $205.48, for a total of $158,835.62.
2. Strachan’s Equity Interest
There remains the difficult issue of the amount of equity interest in Eastern Towers attributable to Strachan. There are two principal questions: (1) whether that equity interest should be 25% or 20%, as fully vested, and (2) whether that interest would have likely been diluted over time,
a. Whether Strachan Has a 25% or 20% Equitable Interest
The Court has previously determined that Eastern Towers, Inc. and Eastern Towers, LLC should be treated as a single entity for purposes of the claims for breach of fiduciary duty. (COL at ¶ 95). While that disposition satisfactorily addressed a great many issues, it left at least one unresolved question: the equity interest of Strachan in the combined enterprise. According to the available evidence, Stra-chan had a 25% equity interest in the corporation, but only a 20% (when fully vested) equity interest in the LLC. The Court left the resolution of that issue for another day, because (among other things) it was by no means clear that there would be a surplus to distribute to the equity owners once the business was liquidated.
The parties now appear to agree that if Eastern Towers recovers the assets wrongfully misappropriated by Moore and Rosenfeld, there will be a surplus to distribute after creditors and expenses are paid, and therefore the issue must be resolved. As a practical matter, one number or the other must be selected; it is impossible to split the equity interest between the corporation and the LLC in any meaningful way.
The selection of either number has the potential for unfairness, and it is impossible to reach a perfect solution. However, under the circumstances, it appears that assigning a 20% interest to Strachan (after full vesting on April 9, 2006) most accurately reflects the expectations and understandings of the parties as the business developed after April 2002. Any equitable relief ordered by the Court will therefore be based on, or at least begin with, that assumption.
b. Whether Strachan’s Interest Would Have Been Diluted over Time
Defendants have submitted an affidavit from Wayne Brown, an expert witness, that purports to set out a calculation of the dilution over time of Strachan’s equity interest, assuming that he had stayed with the company and that Eastern Towers (rather than the various Moore and Rosen-feld entities) had acquired the 33 towers at issue. (Brown Aff., Dkt. No. 211, Ex. 12). According to Brown, a 20% equity interest owned by Strachan would have diluted to 4.57% over time had all 33 towers had been acquired by Eastern Towers.
The Brown affidavit contains much that is unexplained or unsatisfactory. It is unclear, for example, whether he used the actual purchase price of the towers in calculating the capital requirements, or to what extent he projected that purchases would be made on a cash basis as opposed to using debt financing. Most significantly for present purposes, he apparently assumed that neither Strachan nor Sanford would ever contribute any additional capital. Put another way, he assumed that Strachan and Sanford would at all times have remained unhappy and mistrustful minority partners who were reluctant to invest any more of their limited resources in the enterprise. That is a doubtful proposition; in the but-for world in which Moore and Rosenfeld were loyal and trustworthy partners from the onset, it is far more likely that Strachan and Sanford would have been far more willing to undertake greater personal risk to finance the growth of the enterprise.
Nonetheless, it may be unrealistic to assume that the interests of Strachan and Sanford would not have been diluted as the enterprise grew. Expanding businesses require capital. It appears unlikely that the growth of the business could have been based on debt financing alone, or only from the cash flow generated by the existing towers. Furthermore, Strachan and Sanford were men of relatively limited means, at least compared to Moore and Rosenfeld, who were both quite wealthy. It therefore may be true that the business could only have expanded at such a rate with increased capital contributions; that those contributions would have come disproportionately from Moore and Rosen-feld; and that Strachan and Sanford’s equity interests would have been diluted to some degree as a result. If no allowance at all is made for that fact, Strachan might receive an unfair windfall when the assets of Eastern Towers are eventually liquidated.
The question then becomes: diluted to what extent? On the present record, the Court cannot say. That issue is complicated by the fact that any calculation would have to project (and account for) hypothetical capital contributions from Strachan. Any determination of the equity interest fairly attributable to Strachan will require additional evidence, and cannot be resolved on summary judgment.
G. Whether the Court Should Return Professional Fees and Expenses Advanced for Defense of Moore and Rosenfeld
The trustee seeks the return of all professional fees advanced for the defense of Moore, Rosenfeld, and the tower entities. See Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 556, 677 N.E.2d 159. Defendants appear to concede that fees spent on the defense of Moore and Rosenfeld should be returned, but contend that the trustee is not entitled to the return of fees advanced for other defendants.
It appears that no attempt was made to separate fees incurred on behalf of the entities from fees incurred on behalf of Moore and Rosenfeld individually; at the very least, there is no evidence to that effect. In all likelihood, that was because there was no practical way to keep the amounts separate. Although technically different defendants, the various entities were created and controlled by Moore and Rosenfeld, and were used, specifically to divert opportunities away from Eastern Towers for their personal benefit. There is no reason, based on the present state of the evidence, why all such fees should,not be returned.
Accordingly, the trustee is entitled to the return of professional fees advanced for the defense of Moore; Rosenfeld; Eastern Properties, LLO; Horizon Towers, LLO; 5G Investment Trust; and'5G Investment Trust, LLC; and any other entity named as a defendant in this litigation. According to the Floyd Report, the amount of those fees was $3,012,714 as of December 31, 2014. (Floyd Rpt., Ex. 8-A). Plaintiffs contend that the amount is “inexplicably low” and that defendants have not produced the relevant invoices and other supporting documentation. (PI. S.J. Mem. at 16 n.ll). The precise amount of the fees, including fees expended up to the present, cannot be ascertained from the present record, and therefore summary judgment is inappropriate as to that issue.
H. Whether the Court Should Award Prejudgment Interest on Disgorged Funds
Plaintiffs are also entitled to prejudgment interest on any damages award or funds disgorged by defendants. Demoulas, 424 Mass. at 559, 677 N.E.2d 159. “[I]f the funds had not been distributed, any return on those funds would now be among the business assets and liabilities” subject to the Court’s remedial orders. Id. Thus, in keeping with the primary objective of the remedy for breach of fiduciary duty, an award of interest accruing from the date of the distribution or other .transfer is necessary to prevent unjust enrichment.
Accordingly, the Court will' order defendants to pay interest on distributions and other transfers, including payment of attorney’s fees, in .the amount of 6% per year, calculated from the date of distribution or transfer to the date of the filing of this suit. See id. at 559, n.63, 677 N.E.2d 159 (citing Mass, Gen. Laws ch. 107, § 3). Strachan shall also be entitled to an award of prejudgment interest on his damages award, at the applicable statutory rate, to be calculated from the date of the filing of this. suit. ,
Y. Conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part and defendants’ motion for summary judgment is DENIED.
The Court hereby VACATES Part V.B (“Relief’) of its March 26, 2015 Conclusions of Law.
The Court orders the following relief, subject to the resolution of certain disputed factual issues, as set forth below:
1. The Court declares that the ownership interests and rights of the following defendants: ■
Eastern Properties, LLC;
Horizon Towers, LLC;
Tower Investors Trust;
5G Towers, LLC;
5G Investment Trust, LLC;
■Tower Acquisition Trust;
Glover Property Management, Inc.; and
Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc.,
(the “Tower Defendants”), whether currently existing or in the past, in the following properties:
Beverly, ■ Massachusetts (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Franklin, New Hampshire (“Church”) (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Franklin, New Hampshire (“Industrial”)'(Eastern Properties, LLC);
Weare, New Hampshire (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Webster, New Hampshire (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Pembroke, New Hampshire (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Carver, Massachusetts (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Goshen, Massachusetts (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Loudon, New Hampshire (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Hopkinton, New Hampshire (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Gilmanton, New Hampshire (Eastern Properties, LLC);
South Grantham, New Hampshire (“Springfield Road”) (Tower Acquisition Trust);
Grantham, New Hampshire (“Yankee Barn Road”) (Eastern Properties, LLC);
North Loudon, New Hampshire (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Wayland, Massachusetts (Horizon Towers, LLC);
Esko, Minnesota (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Ivan, Arkansas (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Bergland, Michigan (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Manitowish, Wisconsin (Eastern Properties, LLC);
Antigo, Wisconsin (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Hawley, Pennsylvania (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Heritage Hills (York), Pennsylvania (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Grand Rapids, Minnesota (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Trego, Wisconsin (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Wakefield, Pennsylvania (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Washington Borough, Pennsylvania (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
West Fergus Falls, Minnesota (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Oakland, Maryland (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin (5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Americus, Georgia (Glover Property Management, Inc., as Trustee for 5G Investment Trust, LLC);
Tennille, Georgia (Glover Property Management, Inc., as Trustee for 5G Investment Trust, LLC): and
Newburyport, Massachusetts (5G Investment Trust, LLC),
including any telecommunication towers and related facilities and any related real property, leasehold interests, rents, profits, bank accounts, and intangible property (the “Tower Assets”), were improperly acquired, by fraudulent conveyance or transfer, wrongful diversion or usurpation of corporate or business opportunities, or both, from Eastern Towers, Inc., and Eastern Towers, LLC by defendants Edward T. Moore, Lawrence W. Rosenfeld, and the Tower Defendants.
2. Any ownership interests or rights of Eastern Towers, LLC in the Tower Assets shall be transferred and conveyed and made available as reasonably necessary to plaintiff Joseph G. Butler, as Chapter 7 Trustee for debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., to be liquidated and distributed or otherwise used to satisfy the creditors of debtor Eastern Towers, Inc.
3. A constructive trust is hereby imposed against the following entities, for the benefit of debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., to be administered by plaintiff Joseph G. Butler, as Chapter 7 Trustee for debtor Eastern Towers, Inc.:
Eastern Properties, LLC;
5G Investment Trust, LLC;
Horizon Towers, LLC;
Tower Acquisition Trust; and
Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc.
Those entities and their assets, through the constructive trusts, shall be available to plaintiff Joseph G. Butler, as Chapter 7 Trustee for debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., as part of the estate of the debtor for distribution to creditors of the debt- or and for any other valid purpose under federal bankruptcy law. The trustee may sell, liquidate, convey, or transfer those entities or their assets as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate his duties and responsibilities as trustee; provided, however, that the trustee makes appropriate arrangements for satisfying or otherwise addressing any legitimate liabilities that those entities may have incurred.
4.Defendants Edward T, Moore and Lawrence W. Rosenfeld shall disgorge, and pay over, to plaintiff Joseph G. Butler, as Chapter 7 Trustee for debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., all distributions, payments, .dividends, interest, compensation,- and other financial or monetary transfers made to or on behalf of them, or to their family members, or to entities under their direction or control, from any of the Tower Defendants, or arising out of the sale of any Tower Assets, whether made directly or indirectly. Any such disgorgement and payment shall be subject to the following conditions:
In calculating any funds or amounts that are to be disgorged and made available to the bankruptcy estate, Edward T. Moore and Lawrence W. Rosenfeld shall be entitled to a credit or offset for (1) any funds that Moore and Rosenfeld have personally invested in the Tower Defendants and (2) any payments that Moore and Rosenfeld have made of federal, state, or local taxes on the earnings of any of the Tower Defendants, whether imposed on actual distributions or dividends from those entities or because they were treated for tax purposes as having received such distributions or dividends; provided, however, that any such invested funds, or tax payments made, are not themselves traceable to the violation of any fiduciary duty owed to Eastern Towers, Inc.; Eastern Towers, LLC; or John W. Strachan.
The final amount to be disgorged by Moore and Rosenfeld pursuant to this paragraph 4 shall be determined in a future hearing in this proceeding.
5. Defendants Edward T. Moore and Lawrence W. Rosenfeld shall pay $520,000 to plaintiff Joseph G. Butler, as Chapter 7 Trustee for debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., as damages for the wrongful withdrawal of $270,000 in capital of Eastern Towers, Inc., and $250,000 in capital of Eastern Towers, LLC on June 2, 2003, in violation of their fiduciary duties.
6. Defendants Edward T. Moore and Lawrence W. Rosenfeld shall disgorge, and pay over, to plaintiff Joseph G. Butler, as Chapter 7 Trustee for debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., all payments made for professional services in defense of this litigation. The final amount to be disgorged by defendants Moore and Rosenfeld pursuant to this paragraph 6 shall be determined in a future hearing in this proceeding.
7. Plaintiff John W. Strachan is hereby awarded compensatory damages in the amount of $158,835.62, for loss of his salary from Eastern Towers, Inc., from February 26, 2004, to April 9,2006, at a rate of $76,000 per year.
8. The Court declares that plaintiff John W. Strachan has a 25% equity interest in debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., a 20% equity interest in Eastern Towers, LLC, and a 20% equity interest in the combined enterprise of Eastern Towers, Inc., and Eastern Towers, LLC. That equity interest may be subject to modification, as necessary or appropriate, for equitable purposes should the bankruptcy proceeding result in a surplus to be distributed to the shareholders of the debtor after liquidation pursuant to Chapter 7. If necessary or appropriate, that issue will be resolved in a future hearing, either in this proceeding or in the bankruptcy court proceeding.
9. Debtor Eastern Towers, Inc., is hereby awarded prejudgment interest at the statutory rate on any amounts disgorged or transferred pursuant to paragraphs 4, 5, and 6 of this order.
10. Plaintiff John W. Strachan is hereby awarded prejudgment interest at the statutory rate on damages payable pursuant to paragraph 7 of this order.
So Ordered.
. Defendants have settled the claims brought by Timberline Construction subsequent to the Court’s decision in March 2015.
.The sale of the towers appears to have taken the form of an asset sale, rather than the sale of an ongoing business, and appears to1 have principally involved the sale of property (the towers themselves, and any appurtenant structures and equipment) and the assignment of leases, both as lessee (ground leases for the property on which the towers were constructed) and lessor" (the leases with telecommunications companies that were tenants on the towers). {See, e.g., Exs. 913.400, 913.403).
. The purchase- and sale agreement and related documents indicate that Marblehead Office, LLC, which is apparently a limited liability company owned and controlled by Moore and/or Rosenfeld, was also a seller of the towers. (See Exs. 913.400, 913.403). It is up-clear what ownership interest Marblehead Office, LLC, held in the 13 towers, or how that ■ interest was acquired. It is unclear whether any proceeds of the sale went to Marblehead Office, LLC.
. Attorney Douglas Hausler represented Moore, Rosenfeld, and/or their business entities in certain of the transactions involving Eastern Towers, (See, e.g., FOF ¶¶278, 457).
. Although defendants contend that Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., is the relevant entity in each instance, the evidence suggests that the reality may be more complicated. The South Grantham tower site is illustrative. A Site Lease Agreement “dated for identification only as of November 1, 2008” was executed between an individual named Paul Kneeland and Tower Acquisition Trust. (Ex. 932.204). Under that agreement, Kneeland (who represented that he owned the property) leased the land on which the South Grantham tower is located to Tower Acquisition Trust. (Id.). Next, a Site Lease Agreement "dated for identification only as of January 1, 2009” was executed between Tower Acquisition Trust and Ground Lease Acquisition Trust. (Ex. 932.203), Under that agreement, Tower Acquisition Trust (which represented that it owned the property) leased the property to Ground Lease Acquisition Trust. (Id.). Next, on July 24, 2010, Tower Acquisition Trust executed a document purporting to assign the lease to Midwest Towers Investment, LLC. (Ex. 932.200). That was apparently a mistake, because a “Ratification and Confirmation of Lease” dated August 24, 2010, was executed between Ground Lease Acquisition Trust and Midwest Towers Investment, LLC. (Id.). That document essentially acknowledged the error and assigned the lease to Midwest Towers. (Id.). It then appears that Midwest Towers assigned the lease as part of the sale of 13 towers to SBA Towers III, LLC.
. This matter is particularly unusual because there is likely to be a surplus in the estate and the bankruptcy proceeding is a liquidation proceeding brought under Chapter 7,
. If there is a surplus, then a substantial portion of the funds disgorged by Moore and Rosenfeld will eventually be returned to them as an equity distribution after liquidation of Eastern Towers. That is not, however, a reason to bypass the bankruptcy process in its entirety.
. Defendants also appear to be seeking payment, or some unspecified form of credit, for the value of their time managing the tower assets since 2005. Under the circumstances, the Court sees no reason to order such relief. Defendants in substance are asking to be paid for managing assets that never should have been in their exclusive control to begin with.
. As set forth below, defendants also created Ground Acquisitions, Inc., to acquire ground leases and/or real property in connection with the development of the tower opportunities that were diverted from Eastern Towers.
. The entities as to which constructive trusts are imposed may have debt or other financial obligations, whether with third parties (such as bank debt) or inter-company loans (or loans from Moore or Rosenfeld). When the bankruptcy court liquidates the debtor, any legitimate debt obligations should be addressed before distribution of any surplus to the corporation, and ultimately to the shareholders. Whether any inter-company loans, or loans from defendants, should be cancelled as a part of that process is a question that this Court cannot resolve on the present record, and in any event is properly for the bankruptcy court to decide.
. The parties agree that Eastern Properties sold four of those towers — Esko, Ivan, Berg-land, and Manitowish — in an arms-length transaction on July 2, 2010, for a total price of $1,795,958. (See Floyd Rpt., Ex. 3-H). Because the proceeds of that sale will be recovered, either as assets of Eastern Properties or as distributions made to defendants, the Court need not make any further ruling at. this time with respect to those towers.
The July 2, 2010 sale also included eight towers sold by defendant 5G Investment Trust, one tower sold by Tower Acquisition Trust, and one tower in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The'sales by 5G Investment Trust and Tower Acquisition Trust are discussed below. Moore owned the Marblehead tower before the formation of Eastern Towers, and plaintiffs conceded at oral argument that it should not be subject to any remedy ordered by the Court.
. The entity was originally named 5G Towers, LLC; the name was changed to 5G Investment Trust, LLC in July 2006. FOF ¶ 14.
, Glover Property Management, Inc., is a corporation owned by Moore and engaged in property management. (FOF ¶ 12). Glover performed accounting and bookkeeping services for Eastern Towers, for which it was paid. (FOF ¶ 94). Glover also served as the only manager of Eastern Properties, LLC. (FOF ¶ 262). It is clear that Moore and Rosen-feld used Glover in connection with the scheme to usuip and divert business opportunities belonging to Eastern Towers, Inc. (See COL ¶ 373). However, it does not appear that Glover itself was either created for the purpose of taking advantage an opportunity belonging to Eastern Towers, nor was Glover’s business wholly given over to conducting the business of those opportunities. Accordingly, a constructive trust over the Glover itself is not appropriate under the circumstances.
.At some point, 5G Investment Trust, LLC transferred the rights to the Newburyport site to another company formed by Moore that developed a tower on the site. (FOF ¶ 495 n.67). The effect of that transfer will be addressed below.
. Moore and Rosenfeld also created a limited liability company under the laws of Nevada called Tower Acquisitions, LLC. (Id., No. 25 at 8-9). It is unclear whether the LLC has, or ever had, any ownership interest in the Newburyport tower. Defendants have admitted that Tower Acquisitions, LLC “does not have any assets.” (Id., No. 27 at 9).
. Midwest Towers Investment, LLC was made a defendant to this action by means of the Third Amended Complaint. It is unclear whether it owns any assets, and in any event it appears that the proceeds of the South Grantham sale were distributed directly to Moore and Rosenfeld, not to Midwest Towers. Accordingly, the Court will order that defendants disgorge any distributions or other financial benefits received from their ownership interest in the South Grantham tower, subject to any qualifying offsets.
. Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc., also purchased the land on which the South Grant-ham tower sits in 2009, It is unclear whether that land was sold with the tower in July 2010, or whether it is still owned by Ground Lease Acquisitions, Inc.
. Moore and Rosenfeld diverted the bank financing opportunity, withdrew their $522,000 capital investment, and forced Eastern Towers to enter into the one-sided Tower Purchase Agreement. It is hardly surprising that Strachan declined to invest additional capital in the business.
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* ... that during Operation Python, oil reserves, ammunition warehouses and workshops, worth $3 billion were destroyed by the Indian Navy? Source: BR Archive
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House Intel Chairman Nunes: Brussels bombers appeared to target Americans
The Brussels bombers appeared to be going after Americans based on the targets they picked, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said today. "It looks like it was targeted toward Americans to some degree," he told reporters. "I say that because of the location of the first bombers at the airport which was right by the United, American [Airlines] and Delta Air Lines stands." Coupled with the metro bombing, which was close to the U.S. Embassy, Nunes said that "if you’re going to pick some locations where you might hit Americans, those would be the locations." Nunes said he based his assessment on briefings from U.S. spy agencies. American Airlines has rejected the notion that it was a target. "We may never know," Nunes acknowledged. "It looks suspicious." Among those injured in the airport attack was a U.S. airman and his family. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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