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Road signs in Peru are regulated by the Manual de Dispositivos de Control del Tránsito Automotor para Calles y Carreteras, developed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Peru. This standard is based on the United States' Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) developed by the Federal Highway Administration, Colombia's Manual de Señalización Vial and Chile's Manual de Señalización de Tránsito. As a result, road signs in Peru are similar in design to those used in the United States on one side and in neighbouring Chile and Colombia on the other side.
Regulatory signs
Regulatory signs are used to notify users of the existing limitations, restrictions, prohibitions and/or authorisations that govern the use of the road and whose non-compliance constitutes a violation of the provisions contained in the National Traffic Regulations in force, as well as other MTC regulations.
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Defined in xtensor/xfixed.hpp
template<class ET, class S, layout_type L, bool SH, class Tag>
class xfixed_container : public xt::xcontainer<xfixed_container<ET, S, L, SH, Tag>>, public xt::xcontainer_semantic<xfixed_container<ET, S, L, SH, Tag>>
Dense multidimensional container with tensor semantic and fixed dimension.
The xfixed_container class implements a dense multidimensional container with tensor semantic and fixed dimension
See also
xtensor_fixed
Template Parameters
• ET – The type of the elements.
• S – The xshape template paramter of the container.
• L – The layout_type of the tensor.
• SH – Wether the tensor can be used as a shared expression.
• Tag – The expression tag.
Constructors
inline explicit xfixed_container(const inner_shape_type &shape, layout_type l = L)
Create an uninitialized xfixed_container.
Note this function is only provided for homogenity, and the shape & layout argument is disregarded (the template shape is always used).
Parameters
inline explicit xfixed_container(const inner_shape_type &shape, value_type v, layout_type l = L)
Create an xfixed_container, and initialize with the value of v.
Note, the shape argument to this function is only provided for homogenity, and the shape argument is disregarded (the template shape is always used).
Parameters
template<class IX = std::integral_constant<std::size_t, N>, class EN = std::enable_if_t<IX::value != 0, int>>
inline xfixed_container(nested_initializer_list_t<value_type, N> t)
Allocates an xfixed_container with shape S with values from a C array.
The type returned by get_init_type_t is raw C array value_type[X][Y][Z] for xt::xshape<X, Y, Z>. C arrays can be initialized with the initializer list syntax, but the size is checked at compile time to prevent errors. Note: for clang < 3.8 this is an initializer_list and the size is not checked at compile-or runtime.
Extended copy semantic
template<class E>
inline xfixed_container(const xexpression<E> &e)
The extended copy constructor.
template<class E>
inline auto operator=(const xexpression<E> &e) -> self_type&
The extended assignment operator.
Public Functions
template<class ST = std::array<std::size_t, N>>
inline void resize(ST &&shape, bool force = false) const
Note that the xfixed_container cannot be resized.
Attempting to resize with a different size throws an assert in debug mode.
template<class ST = shape_type>
inline void resize(ST &&shape, layout_type l) const
Note that the xfixed_container cannot be resized.
Attempting to resize with a different size throws an assert in debug mode.
template<class ST = shape_type>
inline void resize(ST &&shape, const strides_type &strides) const
Note that the xfixed_container cannot be resized.
Attempting to resize with a different size throws an assert in debug mode.
template<class ST = std::array<std::size_t, N>>
inline const auto &reshape(ST &&shape, layout_type layout = L) const
Note that the xfixed_container cannot be reshaped to a shape different from S.
typedef xfixed_container<T, FSH, L, Sharable> xt::xtensor_fixed
Alias template on xfixed_container with default parameters for layout type.
This allows to write
xt::xtensor_fixed<double, xt::xshape<2, 2>> a = {{1., 2.}, {3., 4.}};
instead of the syntax
xt::xfixed_container<double, xt::xshape<2, 2>, xt::layout_type::row_major> a = ...
Template Parameters
• T – The value type of the elements.
• FSH – A xshape template shape.
• L – The layout_type of the tensor (default: XTENSOR_DEFAULT_LAYOUT).
• Sharable – Whether the tensor can be used in a shared expression.
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« Ruby Gem of the Week Series
Get a free wiener lager, welsh red ale or kriek lambic beer delivered to your home (computer) in JSON and much much more
webservice library - Script HTTP JSON APIs (Web Services); Load (Micro) Web Services At-Runtime and More.
github: rubylibs/webservice, rubygems: webservice, rdoc: webservice
What’s the webservice library?
The webservice library lets you script HTTP JSON APIs also known as web services or microservices in classy Sinatra 2.0-style get / post methods with Mustermann 1.0 route / url pattern matching.
Dynamic Example
You can load web services at-runtime from files using Webservice.load_file. Example:
# service.rb
get '/' do
'Hello, world!'
end
and
# server.rb
require 'webservice'
App = Webservice.load_file( './service.rb' )
App.run!
and to run type
$ ruby ./server.rb
Classic Example
# server.rb
require 'webservice'
class App < Webservice::Base
get '/' do
'Hello, world!'
end
end
App.run!
and to run type
$ ruby ./server.rb
Rackup Example
Use config.ru and rackup. Example:
# config.ru
require `webservice`
class App < Webservice::Base
get '/' do
'Hello, world!'
end
end
run App
and to run type
$ rackup # will (auto-)load config.ru
Note: config.ru is a shortcut (inline) version of Rack::Builder.new do ... end:
# server.rb
require 'webservice'
class App < Webservice::Base
get '/' do
'Hello, world!'
end
end
builder = Rack::Builder.new do
run App
end
Rack::Server.start builder.to_app
and to run type
$ ruby ./server.rb
Bonus - “Real World” Examples
See
beerkit / beer.db.service - beer.db HTTP JSON API (web service) scripts e.g.
get '/beer/(r|rnd|rand|random)' do # special keys for random beer
Beer.rnd
end
get '/beer/:key'
Beer.find_by! key: params['key']
end
get '/brewery/(r|rnd|rand|random)' do # special keys for random brewery
Brewery.rnd
end
get '/brewery/:key'
Brewery.find_by! key: params['key']
end
...
worlddb / world.db.service - world.db HTTP JSON API (web service) scripts
get '/countries(.:format)?' do
Country.by_key.all # sort/order by key
end
get '/cities(.:format)?' do
City.by_key.all # sort/order by key
end
get '/tag/:slug(.:format)?' do # e.g. /tag/north_america.csv
Tag.find_by!( slug: params['slug'] ).countries
end
...
sportdb / sport.db.service - sport.db (football.db) HTTP JSON API (web service) scripts
Built with Ruby (running Jekyll) on 2021-07-25 15:15:02 +0000 in 0.371 seconds.
Hosted on GitHub Pages. </> Source on GitHub. (0) Dedicated to the public domain.
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Thomas Dunne
Thomas Dunne may refer to:
* Thomas Dunne (Irish politician) (1926–1990), Irish Fine Gael politician and Member of the European Parliament
* Thomas Dunne (Lord Lieutenant) (born 1933), Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire in the United Kingdom
* Tommy Dunne (born 1974), Irish hurler
* Thomas Griffin Dunne (born 1955), known as Griffin Dunne, American actor and film director
* Tom Dunne, Irish radio disc jockey
* Tom Dunne (hurler) (1863–?), Irish hurler
* Tom Dunne (footballer) (1906–1983), Australian rules footballer
* Tommy Dunne (footballer, born 1927) (1927–1988), former Irish footballer
* Tommy Dunne (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2015), former Irish international footballer
* Tommy Dunne (footballer, born 1946) (1946–2001), Scottish former footballer
* Tommy Dunne (footballer, born 1972), former footballer and manager
* Thomas L. Dunne (born 1946), American publisher
* Thomas Dunne (geologist) (born 1943), American geologist
* Tommy Dunne (Gaelic footballer), former Laois Gaelic footballer
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The 1972 Annual World's Best SF
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the initial volume in a series of nineteen. It was one of two follow-up volumes to the previous year's World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 edited by Wollheim and Terry Carr for Ace Books, the other being Carr's The Best Science Fiction of the Year. The Wollheim/Saha title was first published in paperback by DAW Books in May 1972, followed by a hardcover edition issued in July of the same year by the same publisher as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club. For the hardcover edition the original cover art of John Schoenherr was replaced by a new cover painting by Frank Frazetta. The paperback edition was reissued by DAW in December 1977 under the variant title Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series One, this time with cover art by John Berkey.
The book collects fourteen novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Wollheim. Most of the stories were previously published in 1970 or 1971 in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Galaxy Magazine, Analog, Playboy, and If, the anthologies Quark/4, Orbit 8, Orbit 9, and New Writings in SF 19, and the collection In the Pocket: And Other SF Stories / Gather in the Hall of the Planets. One story was first published in this anthology.
Contents
* "Introduction" (Donald A. Wollheim)
* "The Fourth Profession" (Larry Niven)
* "Gleepsite" (Joanna Russ)
* "The Bear with the Knot on His Tail" (Stephen Tall)
* "The Sharks of Pentreath" (Michael G. Coney)
* "A Little Knowledge" (Poul Anderson)
* "Real-Time World" (Christopher Priest)
* "All Pieces of a River Shore" (R. A. Lafferty) (Originally published in 1970)
* "With Friends Like These . . ." (Alan Dean Foster)
* "Aunt Jennie's Tonic" (Leonard Tushnet)
* "Timestorm" (Eddy C. Bertin)
* "Transit of Earth" (Arthur C. Clarke)
* "Gehenna" (K. M. O'Donnell)
* "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" (Harlan Ellison) (Originally published in 1970)
* "Occam's Scalpel" (Theodore Sturgeon)
Awards
"The Fourth Profession" was nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Novella.
"The Bear with the Knot on His Tail" was nominated for the 1972 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and placed seventh in the Locus Poll Award for Best Short Fiction.
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Jobless Claims in Line, but Oil Rises on ECB Comments
Research Highlights
U.S. unemployment determines the state of the U.S. economy, which largely determines global demand for oil.
The U.S. is the world's largest consumer of oil, and therefore the state of the U.S. economy largely determines world oil demand. One indication of the U.S. economy's strength is the initial jobless claims figure (the number of people who have filed for unemployment benefits for the first time).
Last week's jobless claims figure was more than forecast (as determined by the average forecast of a number of economists and experts), which resulted in a negative indicator for the U.S. economy. This in turn negatively affected oil demand and oil prices. Despite these complications, oil traded up slightly, as the market speculated that the Fed would continue stimulus measures based on weaker data.
Supply and demand ultimately determine oil prices, and oil consumption is one factor in the demand equation. U.S. employment figures affect U.S. oil consumption, as employment is one measure of the strength or weakness of the U.S. economy. Additionally, the more people are employed, the more miles people drive to and from work, which in turn fuels a portion of demand for oil, as some of the commodity is used to make transportation fuels. Therefore, many market participants track U.S. employment figures as one indicator of the demand for oil, and consequently oil prices affect the earnings of upstream energy producers, such as Exxon Mobile ( XOM ), Chevron Corp. ( CVX ), Hess Corp. ( HES ), and ConocoPhillips ( COP ). Lower valuations of these companies also affect exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ), such as the Energy Select Sector SPDR ( XLE ), which is comprised of upstream energy producers in addition to oilfield service providers and refiners.
Jobless claims remain neutral while oil prices increase
On June 6, the Department of Labor reported that initial jobless claims for the week ending May 31 totaled 346,000 compared to the estimate of 345,000. This was a neutral data point, as the figure was very close to the forecast total.
Despite the neutral indicator, crude traded up on the day, closing at $94.75 per barrel compared to the $93.75 per barrel price recorded a day earlier. News sources noted that comments by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi boosted markets, as Draghi stated that the Eurozone would return to growth by the end of 2013.
From a longer-term perspective, initial jobless claims spiked during the recession but have gradually trended downward. Note, however, that although initial jobless claims have largely returned to pre-recession levels, the U.S. unemployment rate is still significantly above its pre-recession level, as the chart above indicates.
U.S. jobs and oil demand closely linked
Although, for several reasons (such as seasonality), the demand for oil fluctuates much more than the jobs figure, the trends of U.S. jobs and oil demand appear to be closely linked.
Therefore, market participants watch unemployment figures and jobless claims as one indicator of domestic oil demand. A worse-than-expected report on jobless claims can cause oil prices to trade down. Given lower oil prices, upstream energy companies realize lower revenues, which ultimately affects earnings and valuation. Conversely, a better-than-expected report on jobless claims can cause oil prices to trade up, boosting oil companies' revenues.
Last week's close-to-forecast figure on initial jobless claims was a neutral short-term indicator for oil prices, though oil traded up on speculation that Europe would begin to recover this year. Over the medium-to-long term, both initial jobless claims and the broader unemployment rate appear to be trending downwards, and both these trends are also positive for oil demand and oil prices.
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Rh the Boy to stand by it, and to keep it fast, and to look through the Blunderbuss Holes, and if he did see any Man coming towards the Door, he should tell me of it, and come into the Cabbin for the Blunderbuss and Amunition which I had hid away before we were taken.
"After that I had loaden, I came out with it into the Steeridg and look't forward, out of the Companion, to see if any Man did lye over the Steeridg Door—but seeing no Man there, I went out upon Deck and look't up to the Maintop, for fear the two wounded Men were there and should throw down anything upon my Head; but seeing no Man there, I asked the Boy if he could tell what was become of the two wounded Men that came to themselves and went out upon the Deck whilst I was engaged with the three Men in the Steeridg. The Boy told me they had scrambled over-board. But I thought it very strange that they should be accessary to their own deaths. Then I ordered the Boy to stand by the Steeridg Door to see if that Man betwixt Decks did come up, and if he did, to tell me.
"Then I went forward to the Two Men that had cried for Quarter, but they, being afraid, ran forward and were going up the Fore-shrouds, but I held up the Blunderbuss at them, and said, Veni abau et montea Cuttelia et ally abau, and then they put off their Hats and said, Monsieur, moy travally pur Angleterre si vous plea; but I answered Alle abau, for I don't want any Help; and then they unlid the Scuttle, and went down. Then I went forward, and as I came before the foot of the Mainsail I look't up to the Foretop, and seeing no Man there, I look't down in the Forecastle, and showed the two men a Scuttle on the larboard side that went down into the Forepeak, and
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Suspected sockpuppets
Same kind of promotional edits on Tianjin International School. Lorstaking (talk) 16:15, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Comments by other users
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
Same location and similar UA. Meatpuppetry is possible. — Berean Hunter (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
* Looks to me like two students at the school; CU seems to support that conclusion. Situation noted, but I'm going to try to explain to them what they're doing that's against the rules, and see where we go from there. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:35, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
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The Benefits of Regular Dental Cleaning
Maintaining good oral health is crucial for overall well-being. Proper dental care not only helps prevent gum disease and tooth decay but also contributes to a healthy smile and fresh breath.
Regular dental cleaning plays a vital role in promoting oral health. By removing plaque and tartar buildup, dental cleaning helps prevent various dental issues and keeps your teeth and gums in optimal condition.
dental cleaning
What is Dental Cleaning?
Dental cleaning, also known as a dental prophylaxis, is a professional dental procedure performed by a dental hygienist or dentist.
It involves the thorough cleaning of teeth, gums, and mouth to remove plaque, tartar, and stains. Dental cleaning typically includes scaling, which involves the removal of hardened plaque (tartar) from the tooth surfaces, and polishing, which smoothens the tooth surfaces and removes surface stains.
Benefits of Regular Dental Cleaning
Regular dental cleaning offers a multitude of benefits for your oral health. Firstly, it helps prevent gum disease. Plaque buildup can lead to gum inflammation, which, if left untreated, can progress to gum disease. Dental cleaning removes plaque and tartar, reducing the risk of gum disease and its associated complications.
Secondly, dental cleaning helps prevent tooth decay. Plaque buildup also contributes to tooth decay by producing acids that attack the tooth enamel. Removing plaque regularly through dental cleaning helps prevent the formation of cavities and preserves the integrity of your teeth.
Furthermore, dental cleaning improves your oral hygiene and freshens your breath. By removing plaque, tartar, and stains, dental cleaning leaves your teeth clean and smooth, giving you a fresh and pleasant breath.
Common Misconceptions about Dental Cleaning
Despite its numerous benefits, there are some common misconceptions about dental cleaning. One misconception is that dental cleaning is painful. In reality, dental cleaning is a relatively painless procedure. The dental professional uses specialized tools and techniques to ensure your comfort during the cleaning process.
Another misconception is that dental cleaning is unnecessary if one brushes and flosses regularly. While good oral hygiene practices are essential, they cannot entirely eliminate plaque and tartar buildup. Dental cleaning reaches areas that are difficult to clean with regular brushing and flossing, providing a deeper level of cleanliness.
How Often Should You Get a Dental Cleaning?
The frequency of dental cleaning depends on various factors, including your oral health condition and individual needs. In general, it is recommended to get a dental cleaning every six months. However, your dentist may suggest more frequent cleanings if you have gum disease, a history of dental issues, or other specific conditions.
Regular dental check-ups are essential as they allow your dentist to monitor your oral health and detect any potential problems early on. By getting regular dental cleanings, you can maintain optimal oral health and prevent the need for more extensive and costly dental treatments.
The Dental Cleaning Process
During a dental cleaning appointment, your dental hygienist or dentist will perform a series of steps to clean your teeth and gums thoroughly. The process typically begins with an examination of your oral health, including checking for any signs of gum disease or tooth decay.
Next, the dental professional will use specialized tools to remove plaque and tartar from your teeth. This process, known as scaling, may involve both manual instruments and ultrasonic devices to effectively remove the buildup.
After scaling, your teeth will be polished using a gritty toothpaste and a high-speed dental polishing tool. This step helps remove surface stains and leaves your teeth smooth and shiny.
Tips for Maintaining Oral Health Between Cleanings
While regular dental cleanings are essential, maintaining good oral health between cleanings is equally important. Here are some tips to help you keep your teeth and gums healthy:
1. Brush your teeth twice a day using a fluoride toothpaste.
2. Floss daily to remove plaque and food particles from between your teeth.
3. Use mouthwash to kill bacteria and freshen your breath.
4. Limit sugary and acidic foods and drinks, as they can contribute to tooth decay.
5. Avoid smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, as they can harm your oral health.
6. Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water, which helps wash away bacteria and food debris.
By following these oral hygiene practices and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, you can significantly contribute to your oral health and prolong the benefits of dental cleanings.
Finding a Reputable Dentist for Regular Dental Cleanings
To ensure you receive the best dental care, it is crucial to find a reputable dentist for your regular dental cleanings. Start by asking for recommendations from family, friends, or colleagues. Look for dentists who have positive reviews and a proven track record of providing excellent dental services.
When selecting a dentist, consider their qualifications, experience, and the range of services they offer. A dentist who is knowledgeable, skilled, and up-to-date with the latest dental techniques and technologies will provide you with the highest quality of care.
The Cost of Dental Cleanings and Insurance Coverage
The cost of dental cleanings can vary depending on various factors such as location, dental clinic, and individual dental needs. Generally, dental cleanings are affordable and cost-effective compared to the potential expenses associated with dental problems that could arise from neglected oral hygiene.
Many dental insurance plans cover routine dental cleanings as part of preventive care. Before scheduling a dental cleaning, check with your insurance provider to understand your coverage and any out-of-pocket costs you may incur.
In Summary
Regular dental cleaning is a fundamental component of maintaining optimal oral health. By removing plaque, tartar, and stains, dental cleaning helps prevent gum disease, tooth decay, and other oral health issues.
It is recommended to get a dental cleaning every six months or as advised by your dentist. In addition to regular cleanings, practicing good oral hygiene and finding a reputable dentist are crucial for long-term oral health.
Invest in your oral health by scheduling regular dental cleanings, and enjoy the numerous benefits it brings – a healthy smile, fresh breath, and the peace of mind that comes with knowing you are taking care of your teeth and gums.
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Should You Do Cardio Before or After Working Out With Weights?
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When is the best time to do your cardio? Don't listen to the amateurs in the gym...get the honest answers that will make a real difference. Get the maximum benefit from your cardio.
Cardio Lowers Your Glycogen Levels
Strength training is very intense. It takes a lot of energy, especially if you are training hard. Glycogen is the stored form of sugar in the body and your body's primary source of energy.
If you do cardio before working out with weights, your energy levels will be very low. You won’t be able to lift as much weight and you probably will have a shorter workout. This is an undesirable situation because muscle burns calories 24 hours a day.
Cardio generally burns calories only while you are doing the exercise. By training first, you have all the energy you need to lift weights at maximum intensity. During weight training, you don’t deplete glycogen stores as easily as you do during cardio.
By training with weights first, you can train hard and still have energy left over to do your cardio workout. The added benefit of this is that you have slightly depleted your glycogen stores and at some point your body turns to stored fat to help you complete your cardio workout. Doing cardio after training results in more muscle and less fat.
Cardio Releases Cortisol
Cortisol is an adrenal hormone that can hinder your attempts to gain muscle. Although this hormone is necessary for the process of energy production, too much of it is catabolic.
When cortisol is high, it leads to the breakdown of muscle tissue and in bodybuilding that is never the goal. Both weight training and cardiovascular exercises raise cortisol levels, but weight training raises cortisol levels and testosterone, which enables you to complete your weight workout successfully.
If you do cardio exercise before weight training, cortisol is released. After it’s released it starts breaking down muscle tissue and leaves you with less energy to complete your workout with weights. By saving your energy until after strength training, you eliminate the risk of losing muscle through cortisol’s catabolic effects.
Burn More Calories After the Workout
Strength training doesn’t burn lots of calories during the workout, but it burns calories for many hours after your workout. Your body is struggling to build muscle and it needs the energy to do that.
When you train with weights and then train with cardio you are giving your body more work to do. Not only does it need to repair torn muscle fibers, but it also wants to replenish your glycogen stores and that’s not going to be an easy feat.
When you finish both the weight and cardio workout, and then have a meal, your body will focus on building muscle. Your body’s first priority will be to keep you strong and healthy.
So if you eat plenty of protein – moderate amounts of carbohydrates and vegetables – that food will not be stored as glycogen but will immediately go towards muscle repair. The effect of doing cardio after a workout is so powerful that it can increase your metabolism for up to 48 hours after your workout.
Prevent Injury
As we have already established, doing cardio before weight training lowers your energy levels. Weight training combined with low energy is a recipe for disaster. Gaining lean mass is always paramount in your mind.
You’ll begin to workout, attempt to lift a heavy weight and something will happen. If you’re lucky you just won’t be able to lift the weight. If you’re unlucky, you’ll lift the weight with bad form and injure yourself. An injury can put you out of commission for a few days, weeks, or for life.
It’s just not worth it.
Get the Balance Right
Save the cardio until after you've finished working out with weights and you will prevent unwanted injuries. There is no doubt that cardio workouts need to be incorporated into your exercise routine.
Cardio helps your heart, helps you burn fat and just makes you feel good. But if you do your cardio exercises after weight training you'll be assured that you have adequate glycogen levels, you won't release excess cortisol, you'll burn more calories and prevent injury. Save the cardio for last, it will be worth the wait.
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Ex-House intel chair: Russian meddling into 2016 election was 'wildly successful'
Russia’s efforts to interfere with last year’s U.S. presidential election were “wildly successful,” former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said Tuesday, and are still bearing fruit today in the form of continued infighting at the highest levels in Washington. "Their purpose was to sow discontent and mistrust in our elections. They wanted us to be at each others' throat when it was over," Rogers said, according to Reuters, at a panel discussion hosted by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "It's influencing, I would say, legislative process today. That's wildly successful." Rogers appeared at the panel with former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who is scheduled to testify before Congress next week on Russian meddling into last year’s election. Most prominently, the Kremlin’s efforts at influencing the presidential race took the form of cyberattacks launched against the Democratic National Committee and other prominent Democrats, leaking embarrassing email conversations through third-party websites like WikiLeaks and others. As early as October, the intelligence community identified the Russian government as the culprit behind the attacks. But despite the intelligence community’s unanimous assessment, President Donald Trump for weeks disputed that the Russian government, with which he had promised warmer relations, had been behind the wave of cyberattacks. He took even greater issue with the intelligence community’s conclusion that the Kremlin had taken its action not just to create confusion but with the specific aim of aiding Trump’s candidacy and harming that of Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump eventually conceded that Moscow was to blame, but not before calling into question the credibility and professionalism of the intelligence community, and comparing it to Nazi Germany because of leaks about Russia’s involvement in the election that the president believed were targeting him as he prepared to take office. Clinton on Tuesday reiterated that she believes Russian meddling was a major factor in her losing the 2016 election, telling CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that "I was on the way to winning until a combination of Jim Comey’s letter on Oct. 28and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. And the evidence for the intervening event is, I think, compelling, persuasive.” With crucial campaigns underway in France and upcoming in Germany, Clapper said that Russia’s success in the U.S. presidential election is likely to embolden the Kremlin and inspire more efforts at interfering in western democracies. "This is the most assertive, most aggressive and most directly impactful of any engagement that they have had in our elections," Clapper said. "They have to regard what they did as a huge success. They've been doing it in France, and they'll do it in Germany."
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AWS IoT Core Message Broker has a quota for maximum inbound unacknowledged QoS 1 publish requests: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/iot-core.html#message-broker-limits
What does this quota mean?
Is it that AWS IoT Core can only have 100 messages waiting to send a PUBACK. Does this quota mean the client is limited on how many QoS 1 messages it can publish?
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AWS IoT Core will not wait to send a PUBACK, however there may be reasons for reaching that quota. As an example: In a situation where the downlink (i.e. Server -> Client) connectivity is slower then uplink (Client -> Server) connectivity it can cause a situation where this quota could be overrun. So yes, client is limited on how many "unacknowledged" QoS1 messages it can publish.
This should also be seen in conjunction with "Outbound publish requests per second per account". A broker sends the message to all subscribing clients and then replies with a PUBACK packet. If because of downlink connectivity or for some other reason, outbound queue is full, that will build a backlog of unacknowledged QoS1 messages.
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Name ONE director before Alice Guy-Blaché
"first female director in the motion picture industry and is considered to be one of the first directors of a fiction film."
* As I understand it, Alice Guy-Blaché is THE First Film Director.
* "Classic Program:
This program salutes the many women who have directed, scripted, and edited films throughout motion picture history. Highlighted are Alice Guy Blache, who was the world's first director; Anita Loos, screenwriter; and Mae West, who wrote and starred in her own films, changing the image of the passive woman previously portrayed in movies. Leni Riefenstahl, the controversial film-maker who directed 'Triumph of the Will' and 'Olympia' for the Nazis, is discussed, along with modern day women who combine their talents as actresses, directors, writers, and editors. '''Produced by Terry Hodel in 1974. From Pacifica Radio Archives', 1<PHONE_NUMBER>'', www.pacificaradioarchives.org Program #BC1880 "
* The Lumieres were making films before Guy. While it is arguable whether their actualities counted as narratives or not (especially the one with the water hose), what is clear is that Guy and Melies both attended the March 1895 exhibition(and/or the December 1895 exhibition as accounts vary) showing of the Lumiere brothers films, both were inspried, and both at the same time began directing films. At look at Guy's and Melies's early films both show narratives, so it would be difficult to argue that one or the other of them were the "first." So the proper wording makes sense to be "one of the first directors of a fiction film." Cygnature (talk) 19:55, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
* The current wording is "the second person and the first woman to be a film director and writer of narrative fiction films." Maybe a better wording might be "among the first, and certainly the first woman, to be a director and writer of narrative fiction films." Peaceray (talk) 20:48, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Place of death disputed
About the place of her death, Please see view 91 here : http://archives.cg94.fr/consultation/eta/img-viewer/etat-civil/94067/1MI_002595_01/viewer.html. It is a marginal mention in her birth certificate from the city of Saint-Mandé, where she was born — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pierregil83 (talk • contribs) 10:15, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
* Sorry but page 91 of that? I can't make it out. Are you saying some registrar or clerk made a hand-written notation in her French birth record of her place of death, is that it? If so, I'm not swayed. Mahwah and Wayne are in two different counties. A French clerk with no knowledge of US geography does not seem to me to be a reliable source, when contrasted with numerous U.S. based records that she died elsewhere...Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:52, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
* Ok, I try to explain in english, I hope you 'll understand. If you go on this link, at the bottom of the page, enter number 91 and ok, and you're on the right page where you can read her certificate of birth, which was scanned, as the whole register 1973 in Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne). You can enlarge the page to see better. Here you will find all her first names in the registry (see the french page Alice Guy Blaché) the original phrase in french is the following: "Décédée à Wayne (Comté de Passaic), Etat de New Jersey (Etats Unis d'Amérique) le vingt-quatre mai mil neuf cent soixante-huit, selon acte transcrit au consulat Général de France à New York le 27 mai 1968. Signé (par le Maire de St Mandé) le 14 juin 1968". which means : Died in Wayne (Passaic County), New Jersey (United States of America) on May 24, 1968, as transcribed act at Consulate General of France in New York, on May 27, 1968. Signed (by the Mayor of St Mandé) June 14, 1968. He is not a clerk with no knowledge of us geography...! In France, we have strict rules on civil status, don't you ? unless the Consulat was wrong, but I cant't say more...sorry if my translation is not perfect.Pierregil83 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pierregil83 (talk • contribs) 18:29, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
* Thank you for taking the trouble to explain that. As I understand, Blache lived and is buried in Mahwah. But she died in a nursing home that could well have been in Wayne, for all I know. I can't find anything definitive verifies that Wayne is not correct. Encyclopedia Britannica does say Mahwah but that doesn't refute your source as an encyclopedia is but a WP:TERTIARY source. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:42, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
* I changed it back to Wayne. I left the disputed tag to alert people to this discussion. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:02, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Desilu
It is written at Mrs. Guy-Blaché is the only women to own and lead her own film company. But didn't Lucille Ball own and manage Desilu after her divorce? (talk 10:10, 23 August 2013 (CEST)
Source/style query
The word 'probably' jumped out at me; not a very Wiki word, it seemed to me.
The edit's also a virtual quote.
And the source is (Google blurb): "About – Women Film Pioneers Project Columbia University › cdrs › wfpp › about The Women Film Pioneers Project (WFPP) is a freely accessible, collaborative online database that showcases the ...".
Which to me sounds like maybe a Wiki-like operation. I know I learned to stay away from Wiki-like sources in earlier days. There is the Columbia U. role, maybe offsetting the Wiki-likeness.
The edit was just made. I'm leaving it in. I'll discuss this all more if anyone's interested. Or maybe I'll come back and edit. Cheers. Swliv (talk) 19:23, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
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Using the chapter parameter
Hi, rather than comment Contains one chapter about Alice Guy Blaché, if you have access to the books, I think that it would be far better to use the parameter & put in the title of the chapter that pertains to Guy-Blaché. Peaceray (talk) 05:43, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
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Wright State University Lake Campus/2016-1/Phy1060/log/Bobby Britton
Learned how you can make certain degree angles with your hands or fists.
* 1/19 Tuesday
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Went over test/quiz questions.
* 1/21 Thursday
Went over test/quiz questions.
1/25 Monday
Went over test/quiz questions.
1/26 Tuesday
Went over test/quiz questions.
1/28 Thursday Lab
Parallax Lab. Found out degrees of angles by using our fingers and fists.
2/2 Tuesday Lab
Angular size lab continuation.
2/4 Thursday Lab
Measured and recored the width of our pinky and 3 fingers.
2/11 Thursday Lab
Talked about what our next lab will be and we also went over test questions.
2/16 Tuesday Lab
Drew lines that simulated force and tension between the string and hook. Talked about Hooke's Law.
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Watched movie and made up questions about the movie.
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swayok/alternative-laravel-cache
Replacements for Laravel's redis and file cache stores that properly implement tagging idea. Powered by cache pool implementations provided by http://www.php-cache.com/
5.4.13 2020-09-08 17:10 UTC
This package is auto-updated.
Last update: 2021-01-09 15:47:17 UTC
README
This is full-featured replacement for Laravel's Redis and file cache storages. All storages support proper tagging. Cache pools provided by http://www.php-cache.com/ + I've added HierarchialFilesystemCachePool based on code of FilesystemCachePool provided by http://www.php-cache.com/. All classes in this lib only proxies between Laravel's cache system and cache pools from http://www.php-cache.com/ and my own pools.
What is proper tagging?
For example, you have:
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->put('tag-test1', 'ok', 20);
How Laravel's native cache works with tags and Redis (Laravel 5.2):
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->get('tag-test1'); //< 'ok'
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->get('tag-test1'); //< null
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->get('tag-test1'); //< null
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->get('tag-test1'); //< null
Cache::get('tag-test1'); //< null
Cache::forget('tag-test1'); //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->flush(); //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->flush(); //< won't delete anything
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->flush(); //< flushed
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->flush(); //< won't delete anything
If you think that this is correct behavior - go away, you don't need this lib.
How it works with this lib:
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->get('tag-test1'); //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->get('tag-test1'); //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->get('tag-test1'); //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->get('tag-test1'); //< 'ok' - use Cache::get('tag-test1') instead
Cache::get('tag-test1'); //< 'ok'
Cache::forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->forget('tag-test1'); //< deleted - use Cache::forget('tag-test1') instead
Cache::tags(['tag1'])->flush(); //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag1'
Cache::tags(['tag2'])->flush(); //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag2'
Cache::tags(['tag1', 'tag2'])->flush(); //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag1' or 'tag2'
Cache::tags(['tag2', 'tag1'])->flush(); //< deleted all cache entries with tag 'tag2' or 'tag1'
How to use it:
For Laravel 5.4+
Add to composer.json:
"require": {
"swayok/alternative-laravel-cache": "5.4.*"
}
For Laravel 5.3
Add to composer.json:
"require": {
"swayok/alternative-laravel-cache": "5.3.*"
}
Filesystem support
Add to composer.json:
"require": {
"cache/filesystem-adapter": "^1.0"
}
Redis support
To use predis add to composer.json:
"require": {
"cache/predis-adapter": "^1.0"
}
To use php-redis extension add to `composer.json:
"require": {
"ext-redis": "*",
"cache/redis-adapter": "^1.0"
}
Declare ServiceProvider
For Laravel 5.6+
Package auto-discovery will work.
For Laravel < 5.6
Add to config/app.php:
$providers = [
\AlternativeLaravelCache\Provider\AlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider::class,
]
Supported cache drivers
• redis - redis cache with proper tagging
• file - file-based cache with proper tagging
• hierarchial_file - hierarchial file-based cache with proper tagging (http://www.php-cache.com/en/latest/hierarchy/). This driver also supports / instead of | so you can use /users/:uid/followers/:fid/likes instead of |users|:uid|followers|:fid|likes as it better represents path in file system.
permissions configuration parameter for file-based cache drivers (config/cache.php)
'stores' => [
'file' => [
'driver' => 'file',
'path' => storage_path('framework/cache/data'),
'permissions' => [
'file' => [
'public' => 0644,
],
'dir' => [
'public' => 0755,
],
]
],
],
These permissions passed to vendor/league/flysystem/src/Adapter/Local.php and merged with default permissions. There are 2 types: public and private but only public permissions will be used in AlternativeLaravelCache.
Notes
By default, service provider will replace Laravel's redis and file cache stores. You can alter this behavior like this:
class MyAlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider extends AlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider {
static protected $redisDriverName = 'altredis';
static protected $fileDriverName = 'altfile';
}
File cache storage currently supports only 'driver' => 'file'. You can extend list of file cache drivers by
overwriting AlternativeCacheStoresServiceProvider->makeFileCacheAdapter().
Yep, there are not many tests right now and possibly there will never be more.
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Class: DOMAppender
DOMAppender
DOMAppender extends SimpleLogAppender and implements the publishing of log messages by incrementally extending the text content of a supplied container DOM object. Log lines are separated by <br> elements.
new DOMAppender(level, category, DOMObj)
Constructor for DOMAppender.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description
level String <optional>
The threshold level at which the SimpleLogAppender is created. It should be one of "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR" and "FATAL". If not or wrongly specified INFO is assumed.
category String <optional>
The category this appender should listen to. If not specified the appender will get log for every available category. See SimpleLogAppender#setCategoryFilter.
DOMObj DOMElement The DOM object to use for log message publishing.
Throws:
if the DOMElement parameter is missing.
Type
IllegalArgumentException
Extends
Method Summary
log
Publish a log message on the specified DOM object.
setNextOnTop
Setter method that specifies if new log messages have to be shown on top of the previous ones.
setUseInnerHtml
Setter method that specifies how new log lines have to be included in the given container DOM object.
Inherited Methods
Method Detail
log(category, level, mex, header)
Publish a log message on the specified DOM object.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
category String the logger category that produced the given message.
level String the logging level of the given message. It should be one of DEBUG INFO WARN ERROR FATAL.
mex String the message to be logged. It could be a String instance, an Error instance or any other object, provided that it has a toString method.
header String a header for the message
setNextOnTop(nextOnTop)
Setter method that specifies if new log messages have to be shown on top of the previous ones.
Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description
nextOnTop boolean <optional>
Layout of log messages in the DOM object; if true the newest log line is displayed on top of DOM object. false by default.
setUseInnerHtml(useInnerHtml)
Setter method that specifies how new log lines have to be included in the given container DOM object. In fact, some log lines may contain custom parts (for instance, field values) that may be expressed in HTML and intended for HTML rendering. In this case, instead of putting the log messages in text nodes, the appender can be set for directly adding messages to the innerHTML of the container object.
WARNING: When turning HTML interpretation on, make sure that no malicious code may reach the log.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
useInnerHtml boolean Flag to switch On/Off the use of innerHTML. false by default.
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118 EXCERPTS AND NOTES. branches emigrant trains halted for rest to escape the heat of the day under its beneficent shade. It came to be known to the early travelers of the plain as the Lone Tree. Finally its branches withered and its trunk rotted and the old tree fell down, and the spot where it stood was almost for- gotten. A short time ago a move was set on foot by the old settlers to set up some suitable mark on the spot where the Lone Tree stood, and the matter has been taken before the county board of supervisors. A marble shaft will be set up. On the shaft will be the simple words, ''Here stood the old Lone Tree on the Oregon Trail." Reprinted from The Morn- ing Oregonian, Monday, January 9, 1911. FLAX CULTURE IN EARLY DAYS. The following interesting and valuable item of economic history is reprinted from columns of The Morning Oregonian of January 17, 1911 : "I wish to add my personal plea for the culture of flax. The whole subject has been ably and enthusiastically discussed in the columns of The Oregonian, nor am I qualified to speak upon its merits. But I remember that my father, who was a practical farmer, raised most satisfactory crops of flax in Polk County more than 35 years ago. The fiber was not utilized then, but the seed was sold in Salem to Joseph Holman, who managed a mill for the expressing of oil. The byproduct of oil cake was returned to the grower, and was most valuable for feeding young cattle. "As there seems no doubt of the exceptional quality of the Oregon-grown flax, it is to be hoped the farmers will look with favor upon this profitable industry and that flourishing linen mills, twine manufactories, etc., will reward those who have labored so faithfully for their establishment. "Some day the small farmer if there is one in Eastern Oregon and Washington will consider the cultivation of flax, for that section is its habitat. A few years ago I found some fine specimens growing wild in the sagebrush, six miles from
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hidden fields in HTML forms
Rick Robino see-sig at wavedivision.com
Mon Aug 2 23:54:48 CEST 1999
Skip Montanaro <skip at mojam.com> wrote:
Thanks Skip, I appreciate the quick response (I would actually like
to use this thing myself!).
> Rick> Could anyone point me in the right direction of finding a cgi
> Rick> class that catches hidden fields sent to it from an HTML form?
> Rick> cgi.py doesn't recognize them;
> Rick,
> There's no reason for cgi.py to recognize anything special about hidden
> fields. They are only hidden from the web user, not the cgi script. To
> cgi.py, an input is an input.
Understood - everything is there, but cgi.FieldStorage seems to only
accept keys from the text types of the form input.
> If you want to fiddle around with the <INPUT> TYPE attribute and see what
> the CGI script sees, set your <FORM>'s ACTION attribute to
> http://www.musi-cal.com/cgi-bin/query
I've been using the apache cgi script logging facility and can see
the whole string, including hidden fields, being passed. But thanks
for the tip here, I'll check it out.
> That script uses cgi.FormContent() to grok form inputs and spits back
> several bits of information about them and the environment in which the
> script was executed. If you give it a hidden input, e.g.:
> <form METHOD=GET ACTION="http://www.musi-cal.com/cgi-bin/query">
> <input TYPE=hidden name="hidden" value="You can't see it but I can!">
> <input TYPE=text name="visible" value="Users see this!">
> <input TYPE=submit>
> </form>
> you'll see what I mean.
Hmmm... I did use your test - "query" and saw the hidden field output:
Raw Input:
hidden=You+can%27t+see+it+but+I+can%21&visible=Users+see+this%21
Form Fields:
hidden: ["You can't see it but I can!"]
visible: ['Users see this!']
Maybe my problem is that the main class my data is coming from doesn't
ever use the raw_input method because I'm only using cgi.FieldStorage().
and not FormContent(). What I've done (remember, I'm just starting
off), was to rip off the FormData class used as an example in the
"Learning Python" book. Here it is, modified to ignore blank fields:
class FormData:
""" A repository for information gleaned from a CGI form """
def __init__(self, formdict):
for fieldname in self.fieldnames:
if not form.has_key(fieldname):
bad_web()
else:
setattr(self, fieldname, form[fieldname].value)
(thanks Mark Lutz and David Ascher!)
When I use this, in classes I haved defined for emailing and formatting
the data as HTML output, it chokes because the form.has.key(fieldname)
test does not pass. Thats my problem: the whole string gets sent to the
cgi, but I'm missing something from my base class definition that pays
attention to field types other than "Text". If you want, I can send
the cgi and the form (149 and 161 lines, respectively).
This is probably where I need to learn more, and the FormContent class
is probably the class that will help me here. However, the docstring for
that class says:
"""This class is present for backwards compatibility only."""
What do you think? Should I use FormContent or extend cgi.FieldStorage
somehow? I'm sure I just don't have a good enough grasp of what is
going on here to see the light, but I'll spare the group my personal
tutelage.
If anyone has time to pound into my head some conceptual notions of
classes, functions and other fundamentals and has time to write me, I'd
appreciate it. I learn best by doing and getting the basics down pat,
but I seem to be stuck in this example and the book, although great, is
becoming paper which my body is refusing to do anything but stare at.
I can call if in the U.S., and I can pay with beer too ;)
--Rick
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Rick Robino mailto:rrobino at wavedivision.com
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Etex
Etex Group NV (Etex) is a Belgian multinational corporation founded in 1905 and headquartered in Zaventem, Belgium. The group has an annual revenue of €3.808 million in 2023 and 13,777 employees spread across 45 countries. Etex Group is still largely owned by the founding Emsens family.
History
The company was founded in 1905 in Belgium as Eternit by Alphonse Emsens, who had acquired a license to produce cement reinforced with asbestos fibers, known as asbestos cement. This technique was patented in 1900 by Austrian inventor Ludwig Hatschek. Although Hatschek initially wanted to market the product worldwide himself, he faced difficulties in securing patents in various countries, leading him to license his technique to hundreds of companies globally.
* In 1930, Eternit expanded in Europe and began exporting to Latin America, with its first non-European branch opening in Argentina in 1937.
* In 1981, The German company Promat was acquired, active in the development of fire-resistant building materials.
* In 2011, Etex acquired an 80% stake in Lafarge's European and Latin American gypsum division. The remaining 20% was purchased in 2013.
* In 2017, the Spanish company Pladur was acquired. The acquisition was completed in 2018.
* In 2019, Etex sold Umbelino Monteiro, a specialist in the ceramic roof tile industry, to French group Edilians. That same year Etex also sold roofing specialist Marley to Inflexion Private Equity.
* In 2020, the subsidiary Creaton was sold to the French company Terreal. That same year Etex acquired FSi Limited, a UK supplier of intumescent sealants and ablative-coated stonewool batts.
* In 2021, various acquisitions followed, including Sigmat, a market leader in the UK for lightweight steel frames production; Horizon Offsite, also active in steel frame production in the UK and Ireland; Evolusion Innovation, an offsite engineering and consultancy firm; and a majority stake in e-Loft, an offsite construction company headquartered in Ploufragan, France.
* In 2022, the Spanish company URSA Insulation was integrated into Etex Group.
* In 2023, the Danish insulation specialist Skamol was acquired. In June, Remagin was launched, a new brand focusing on offsite construction, grouping existing Etex brands (EOS framing, Horizon Offsite, and Sigmat). In October, it was announced that Etex would acquire the fiber cement and plasterboard divisions of the Australian company BGC, with the acquisition completed in March 2024. In December, the fiber cement innovator SCALAMID was acquired.
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Is Buspar Good For Anxiety?
Buspar is undoubtedly one of the most commonly prescribed medications for anxiety. It helps individuals counteract stress, relax, and think clearly. In the end, it becomes easier to handle everyday tasks without the burden of uncontrollable stress.
According to WebMD, Buspirone (the active ingredient) reduces irritability and jitters. Additionally, it may help patients deal with sleep deprivation, sweating, and irregular heartbeat. As an anxiolytic, this medication uses an effective mechanism of action by controlling natural substances in the brain (neurotransmitters).
This capability answers the question – is Buspar good for anxiety? Medical practitioners recommend taking the drug orally between two and three times per day. It can be taken with or without food but you should follow the same pattern to ensure a positive outcome.
You can split the tablet to guarantee the correct dosage. The instruction sheet provides guidelines on how to split the tablet properly. On the other hand, you should avoid consuming grapefruit, which may contribute to the development of adverse reactions.
Relief
Anxiety is a condition that affects millions of people in the United States annually. Fortunately, sufferers can count on a wide variety of treatment options to find long-lasting relief. Some of the solutions combine medication, counseling, and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Buspar is a popular treatment option thanks to its proven efficacy. The majority of medical practitioners use SSRI and SNRI antidepressants to treat generalized anxiety conditions. These types of inhibitors provide an effective solution for different types of anxiety disorders.
Doctors usually add Buspar to the treatment regime to enhance effectiveness. This medication is often prescribed as a standalone treatment option since some patients do not respond to SSRI and SNRI inhibitors. The approach is also relevant to patients exhibiting adverse reactions.
Buspar is a superior option when compared to Xamax since it has fewer potential side effects. Research studies revealed that the active ingredient Buspirone is effective at counteracting anxiety in the same way as benzodiazepines. The best part is that it comes with minimal side effects.
Benzodiazepines previously dominated the market as the best treatment option for anxiety disorder. However, the situation changed as newer and more effective medications appeared on the market. In the end, patients experience limited withdrawal symptoms thanks to the introduction of newer medicines.
Research studies
Scientists are conducting extensive studies to determine the suitability of Buspar as a treatment option for depression. The studies focus on whether patients who derive clinical benefits from SNRI and SSRI inhibitors could maximize results with the addition of Buspar.
Initial tests showed that one in three patients who failed to find relief from depression after taking SSRIs benefited from the addition of Buspar. When taking the medication, you should always follow the manufacturer’s instructions. It is vital to avoid consuming alcohol while taking Buspar as it retards its efficacy.
A combination of alcohol and medication can make you feel sedated. On the other hand, Buspar does not work well with grapefruit.
Mechanism of action
The product requires some considerable time to show meaningful results. In some cases, it may start producing results in 14 days. Many patients may experience relief after more than two weeks. Hence, the need to exercise patience. Physicians may prescribe a benzodiazepine, such as Ativan and Xanax or hydroxyzine (Vistaril).
These medications provide faster relief of the symptoms while the patient is waiting for Buspar to kick in. Clinical studies have shown adverse reactions associated with withdrawal are less likely with Buspar than benzodiazepines. In a few cases, the medication may trigger side effects, such as muscle aches, nausea, and irritability.
These reactions may start immediately after discontinuing the treatment. For this reason, a physician can recommend gradually decreasing the dosage to minimizing the withdrawal symptoms.
One of the advantages of Buspar is that generic medication is available to patients at an affordable price. The market is overflowing with the generic buspirone since the patent expired in 2001. Furthermore, the majority of medical insurance schemes cover anxiety tablets like Buspar.
It comes as no surprise that many people ask the question – is Buspar good for anxiety? Anyone struggling with anxiety disorder needs relief from restlessness and constant worries. Thankfully, buspirone is a potent ingredient capable of helping patients relax and resume normal day-to-day activities.
Anxiety disorder can undermine personal relationships, productivity in the workplace, and the quality of life. BuSpar or buspirone hydrochloride (HCL) is pharmacologically and chemically different from other medications used to treat anxiety. Hence, it does not trigger side effects in the same way as benzodiazepines or other sedatives.
Many patients find relief from this medication without experiencing any unwanted adverse reactions. These benefits have helped make buspirone hydrochloride a popular treatment option. Its efficacy is supported by clinical evidence and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its use for treating anxiety in 1986.
The original patent holder, Bristol-Meyers Squibb discontinued production for the medication in 2001. This development paved the way for the introduction of generic buspirone hydrochloride on the market. In turn, the generic products are helping to keep the prices lower.
Summary
Buspirone hydrochloride forms part of medications classified as azapirone. This class also incorporates antipsychotic and anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) drugs that help patients combat the symptoms of stress-related conditions. These medications act directly on the neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin to control symptoms of anxiety.
Part of its mechanism of action entails acting on serotonin receptors as an agonist. Buspar can be combined with other medications or singularly. Physicians can use it as first-line treatment if a patient reacts adversely to medications, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
The doctor evaluates the patient’s condition to determine the ideal treatment option. Any signs of side effects may result in the alteration of the treatment plan to ensure positive patient outcomes. Some patients may need to adopt a gradual reduction of dosage to prevent unwanted withdrawal side effects.
Buspar may be taken for several months or the whole year to maximize results. The lengthy treatment period helps counteract the symptoms of anxiety disorder.
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Tesla Battery Range Degradation
Tesla Battery Range Degradation
One of the most common topics of discussion for Tesla owners is whether or not there’s a perfect recipe for maximizing the life of the Model S battery.
We’ve never met a single Model S owner that didn’t have their own charging ritual for preventing battery degradation, but does it really work? A recent posting on the Tesla Motors forum may have just the answer that will put this topic to rest.
An email excerpt, allegedly from a Tesla Motors representative, indicates that battery pack balancing, whereby the battery undergoes a sequence of full range charges and later discharged to a lower limit, does not provide an effective increase to the estimated range of the vehicle. In fact, it appears that frequent full charges may actually decrease the amount of energy the battery can store and accelerate battery degradation.
Related: What Does the Tesla Model S Battery Warranty Cover?
Tesla uses a proprietary algorithm to calculate the ‘upper limit’ of the battery as described in the statement below:
“As far as your question about ‘pack balancing’, it is not really necessary. Fully charging your battery to the maximum several times may increase the estimated range that is displayed on your dash, but not necessarily because your battery packs need balancing. The algorithms used for estimating range are based on determining how much energy is stored in your battery. However, the only accurate way to measure the amount of energy a battery can store is to fully charge the battery, then completely discharge the battery to zero, then measure the amount of energy that was released. While this would give an accurate measurement, it would not be good for the battery. So the Model S uses algorithms to estimate the amount of energy a battery can store.
When a battery is fully charged, the algorithm is able ‘learn’ the ‘upper limit’ for the battery. But since you don’t fully charge your battery often (which is a good thing), the algorithm for your vehicle may no longer have an accurate value for the ‘upper limit’, causing your Estimated Range calculation to be slightly off. By fully charging your battery several times, your algorithm may relearn the ‘upper limit’ of your battery, so it may start to show a different/higher number for your Estimated Range. It is important to understand, however, that fully charging your battery several times, is not going to actually help your battery. In fact, frequent full charging of your battery can actually accelerate battery degradation.”
Source: Tesla Motors Forum
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How to declutter your home, from people who know
Americans are engaged in a frenzy of decluttering, thanks in large part to the Netflix series "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo." If you're trying to get organized, you might want to start small and take your time, according to two decluttering experts we spoke with. They said the best decluttering process for you could depend on your organization style. Here are their best tips for decluttering. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. If you want to go full Marie Kondo and dump all your belongings in the middle of the room at once, have at it. But, if you're like most people, a more incremental approach to decluttering your house might be more successful. "We think Marie Kondo has been remarkable," Karen Shinn, co-founder of Toronto-based Downsizing Diva and a member of the National Association of Senior Move Managers, told Business Insider. "We are thrilled to have her on the scene." But Shinn sees decluttering as a more of a process, not something that can be done in one day. And Lis McKinley, owner of the organization company Let's Make Room, shared her view. "Unless you know what questions to ask yourself to decide whether you're going to keep something or not, you can get stuck," McKinley told Business Insider. We asked McKinley and Shinn to share their best advice for decluttering your home. Here's how you should do it, according to the experts.
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Know your organizing goal
McKinley asks people to think about their goal for decluttering. Do you want to be able to have people over and entertain more? Are you looking for a sense of peace? "When they get started, they kind of start to develop a curating muscle, if you will," McKinley said. "People are looking for reasons to hold onto things." Instead, you should ask yourself whether each object supports your goal for your home.
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Start small
"Start small. And start with something that's impacting your daily life," McKinley said. "Sometimes taking on something simple like organizing your hanging clothes or organizing one drawer in your dresser can be very motivating because you can see the results quickly."
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Take stock of everything you have
"You want to know what you have," McKinley said. She described a recent job for a client where her crew laid out all the clothes in a closet in categories: black pants, blue jeans, white blouses, graphic T-shirts, and so on. The client was able to come in and immediately see what she had and pick the best items in each category to keep.
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'Edit' your stuff
Shinn likes to call the process of getting rid of the items you don't need, want, or use "editing." "I think that's a nicer word than decluttering or purging," she said. She sees huge benefits for her clients after they "edit" their belongings. "You really have lightened up not only your living space but your life," she said. "There's a lot of maintenance to your clutter." McKinley sees two organizing styles among her clients: hiders and pilers. Hiders stash things in cabinets and drawers. If they never edit, stuff starts to spill out. Pilers feel more organized if they can see everything. They often end up with so much stuff lying around that they can't find anything. "For some people, organizing does need to be about editing," McKinley said. "For others, it's not so much about editing, it's about actually assigning homes for things."
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The flow of paper into our lives is a major source of clutter. We tend to keep too much because we're afraid to let it go. "Paper is only as valuable as the information on it," McKinley said. "If the information on a piece of paper cannot be easily found elsewhere and it's likely you're going to want it, then keep it." If you can get the information online, recycle the paper. McKinley suggests keeping vital records and recent financial information and not much else.
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Assign a home for every item you're keeping
"You know when you've got a pair of scissors. You don't have to buy another pair because you don't remember where you put the other pair," Shinn said. Having a home for everything you keep and storing like items together can save you time and money.
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Keep photos of things, not the things themselves
"Our things are a reflection of who we are," McKinley said. "For a lot of people, they're afraid that if they let that go, they're going to forget that part of their lives." If you want a keepsake that reminds you of a trip or a special person in your life, keep just one thing that best honors that memory. For the rest, McKinley suggests taking a photo and letting it go.
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Don't worry about where it's going
When people are trying to decide whether to keep or give away an item, they often get hung up trying to figure out who they can give it to, according to McKinley. They often want to pass things on to family members. "Don't think about the recipient of it. Decide if you want to keep it," she said.
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On the other hand, Shinn said it is important to be conscious about how you disperse the items you don't want any longer. This is particularly important as more people declutter their homes. "All of the items that are joyless are piling up into what we are calling the joyless avalanche," Shinn said. "If you do nothing with it, it ekes back into where it was." "If it doesn't bring you joy, spread the joy and give it to someone else," she said. Shinn suggests putting a donation box somewhere in your house that's easy to get to. "Make a deal with yourself to fill it up every month," she said. "Then deliver it to your favorite charity."
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Mark Patrick Hederman
Don Mark Patrick Hederman, OSB, former Abbot of Glenstal Abbey, County Limerick, Ireland, is a Benedictine monk, teacher, lecturer and writer. Formerly headmaster of the school at Glenstal, he was later named academic dean.
Biography
Hederman comes from Ballingarry, the second son in a family of four. Of Glenstal, he said in 2009, "I came here as a boy to school when I was twelve years of age, and apart from about ten years of my life spent in Africa, America and other parts of Europe, I have never lived anywhere else. ... It only existed as a monastery thirty years before I arrived."
Dom Patrick earned a doctorate degree from UCD in the philosophy of education. He has lectured in philosophy and literature outside Ireland, most notably in the United States and Nigeria.
Hederman helped found the cultural journal, The Crane Bag. With Richard Kearney he edited the two-volume collection The Crane bag book of Irish studies. (Dublin : Blackwater/Folens, 1982).
The election as fifth Abbot of Glenstal by the community of Benedictine monks, to an eight-year term, "came as a shock to those who knew him and his work because of the maverick figure that he is in the Irish Church." Also, at 64, Hederman was the oldest to be chosen for the position since the monastery became an Abbey in the 1950s.
In a piece published in early 2011, Abbot Hederman was quoted by novelist and writer Russell Shorto speaking about the sexual-abuse scandals in the Irish Catholic Church.
Writings
* Anchoring the altar, published by Veritas House (2002); ISBN 1-85390-599-2, ISBN 978-1-85390-599-5
* The Haunted Inkwell: Art and Our Future (paperback), published by Columba Press (1 January 2001); ISBN 1-85607-347-5, ISBN 978-1-85607-347-9
* Underground Cathedrals, published by Columba Press (31 May 2010); ISBN 1-85607-695-4, ISBN 978-1-85607-695-1
* Walkabout: Life as Holy Spirit, published by Columba Press (20 May 2005), ISBN 1-85607-476-5; ISBN 978-1-85607-476-6
* Kissing the Dark: Connecting with the Unconscious, published by Veritas Publications (15 December 1999; 25 March 2005 as paperback); ISBN 1-85390-424-4, ISBN 978-1-85390-424-0
* Tarot: Talisman or Taboo? – Reading the World as Symbol', published by Currach Press (1 May 2003); ISBN 1-85607-902-3, ISBN 978-1-85607-902-0
* The Boy in the Bubble: Education as Personal Relationship, published by Veritas Publications (29 November 2012); ISBN 1-84730-405-2, ISBN 978-1-84730-405-6
* "The Opal and the Pearl", published by Columba Press (September 2016);<PHONE_NUMBER>068
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208 Gouri greatly resented this, but her resentment only made her husband's behaviour still stranger.
At last when Paresh, unable to contain himself any longer, began in secret to cross-question the maid about her, the whole thing reached his wife's ears. She was a woman of few words; but her pride raged within like a wounded lioness at these insults, and this mad suspicion swept like a destroyer’s sword between them. Paresh, as soon as he saw that his wife understood his motive, felt no more delicacy about taxing Gouri to her face; and the more his wife treated it with silent contempt, the more did the fire of his jealousy consume him.
Deprived of wedded happiness, the childless Gouri betook herself to the consolations of religion. She sent for Paramananda Swami, the young preacher of the Prayer-House hard by, and, formally acknowledging him as her spiritual preceptor, asked him to expound the Gita to her. All the wasted love and affection of her woman's heart was poured out in reverence at the feet of her Guru.
No one had any doubts about the purity of Paramananda's character. All worshipped him.
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See Naples and pie: pizza making wins world heritage status
JEJU, South Korea, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The art of Neapolitan pizza making won world heritage status on Thursday, joining a horse-riding game from Iran and Dutch wind mills on UNESCO’s culture list. UNESCO accepted the art of Neapolitan “pizzaiuolo” on the world body’s list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. “Congratulations #Italy!” it said in a tweet after a meeting in Jeju, South Korea where the decision was made. Italy had argued the practice of pizzaiuolo - from preparing and flipping the pizza dough to baking it in a wood-fired oven - was part of the country’s cultural and gastronomic tradition. Traditional Neapolitan pizza has a relatively thin crust with the exception of the rim, which, when baked, bloats like a tiny bicycle tyre. It is rigorously made in a wood-burning brick oven and has two classic versions: Marinara (tomato, garlic, oregano and oil) and, the most famous, Margherita (tomato, mozzarella, oil and basil). Tradition holds the Margherita pizza was created in 1889 by a local chef in honour of Queen Margherita, who was visiting the city. It has the red, white and green colors of the Italian flag. UNESCO also accepted Chogan, an Iranian horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling, and the craft of millers operating windmills and watermills in the Netherlands. Traditional boat making on the Indonesian island of South Sulawesi, and Nsima, a maize-based culinary tradition from the African country of Malawi, also joined the list. Food culture already on the UNESCO list includes Turkish coffee culture and tradition, the gingerbread craft of northern Croatia and the traditional ancient Georgian method of Qvevri wine-making. (Reporting by Reuters Television; Writing by Darren Schuettler; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) ))
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Got one of these scary messages about having to recreate everything and here is what I learned is that it appears only with Snow Leopard and what happens is that the backup is marked as bad and you get a choice, lose all your backups or else no more future backups 🙁 As Apple says
1. There is a magic file on the Time Capsule or what ever hard disk you use to keep Time Machine Backups called something like My Macbook.sparebundle. This is actually a complete file system. So what you have to do is drag this on top of the icon for the disk utility (isn’t that confusing, because there seems to be no command in it.) according to JThon
2. The main reason for this is apparently according to a comment on Jtron’s post:
An Apple “Genius” told me today that this is very common with the drive on another machine over wireless. I have an external Seagate drive connected to my airport and was backing up that way.
He explained to me that with a TimeCapsule you get a ton of extra cache (like server level amount) so there is a nice big buffer in case of a wireless drop of any kind. With ordinary external drives you do not get a large amount of cache, so it becomes very easy for TimeMachine to go through a wireless hiccup during backup and thus corrupt your backup files. Supposedly this is why Apple still doesn’t officially support 3rd party external hard drives over wireless for TM. Of course it doesn;t hurt that the best solution is to pay more money and buy a TC.
1. Then you can run Verify Disk on the bundle and see if it can be fixed. Apparently you can go harder core and use the Unix utility
So combining hdiutil and fsck_hfs we might have a way to fix the disk image. Note: Make sure you turn off Time Machine in the System Preferences panel. We don’t want Time Machine trying to mount our image and back up to it until we’re done making all the repairs.
First I ran hdiutil:
hdiutil attach -nomount -readwrite Bhaal_0011247e3338.sparsebundle
After a minute or two of thinking we had success:
/dev/disk1 Apple_partition_scheme
/dev/disk1s1 Apple_partition_map
/dev/disk1s2 Apple_HFSX
The next step was run fsck_hfs on the main volume.
fsck_hfs -rf /dev/disk1s2
-f is required to force a check since this is a journaled file system. I also used -r to have it rebuild the filesystem catalog for the “invalid sibling link” this is required (thanks Dan). At this point I went out for breakfast since I was running a disk repair utility over my wireless internet to my Linux SAMBA server. After coming back from breakfast we had success!
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Muhammad Hanif Malik
Muhammad Hanif Malik Awan is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 1997 to 1999 and again from June 2013 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from December 2012 to March 2013.
Early life and education
He was born on 5 May 1952 in Gujrat.
He has received matriculation level education.
Political career
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-95 (Gujrat-cum-Jhelum) in 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 20,726 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) (PML-J).
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-95 (Gujrat-cum-Jhelum) in 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 29,854 votes and defeated a candidate of PML-J.
He could not contest the 2002 general election due to graduation degree requirement.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-107 (Gujrat-IV) as a candidate of PML-N in by-polls held in 2012. He received 70,434 votes and defeated Rehman Naseer, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-114 (Gujrat-VII) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 40,428 votes and defeated Raja Muhammad Naeem Nawaz, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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-- China’s Stocks Decline on Property Tax Concern
Chinese stocks fell, dragging down
the benchmark index by the most in a week, on speculation the
government will expand a property tax and after a Japanese
report showed shipments to China declined last month. China Vanke Co. led real-estate companies to the biggest
decline among the Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) Index’s industry groups
after the Legal Evening News reported Hubei province is
proposing property-tax rules. China Shipping Development Co.,
part of the nation’s second largest sea-cargo group, fell 2.2
percent after posting its first half-year loss since at least
1998. Anhui Quanchai Engine Co. slumped 3.4 percent after a unit
of China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd.
cancelled a bid for Anhui Quanchai’s parent. “Property taxes and industry curbs are affecting the
market,” said Zhang Yanbin, an analyst with Zheshang Securities
Co. in Shanghai . “I would expect more bad earnings to come out
in the next few days, pushing the market lower.” The Shanghai Composite retreated 0.5 percent to 2,107.71 at
the close, while the CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300) decreased 0.8 percent to
2,295.59. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) of Chinese
companies traded in Hong Kong slid 1.4 percent. The Bloomberg
China-US 55 Index (CH55BN) , the measure of the most-traded U.S.-listed
Chinese companies, lost 1.3 percent in New York . The Shanghai Composite has fallen 14 percent from this
year’s high on March 2 amid concern the economic slowdown is
worsening. A Japanese government report today showed a wider-
than-estimated trade deficit in July after shipments to China
slid 12 percent. China’s imports rose 4.7 percent in July,
compared with the estimate for a 7 percent gain and a 6.3
percent increase in June, the customs bureau said Aug. 10. Property Stocks “It’s unavoidable that Japan ’s economic growth will lose
steam this quarter,” said Kohei Okazaki, an economist at Nomura
Securities Co. in Tokyo . “Global demand is looking stagnant as
China’s economy is slowing while the advanced nations’ economies
remain weak.” A gauge of property stocks in the Shanghai Composite slid
1.7 percent, the most among five industry groups. China Vanke,
the biggest developer, dropped 2.2 percent to 8.14 yuan . Poly
Real Estate Group Co., the second-largest, lost 3.5 percent to
9.49 yuan. Gemdale Corp. declined 2.7 percent to 5.03 yuan. The central province of Hubei is proposing detailed
property tax rules, the Legal Evening News reported yesterday,
citing Xu Zhengyun, a spokesman for the provincial taxation
bureau. The tax will be based on market value instead of the
purchase price of the properties, the newspaper said, citing an
unidentified person. Hubei Denial Hubei denied “rumors on the Internet” that it is
proposing detailed property tax rules, according to a statement
posted on the province’s local taxation bureau website today. The nation’s two-year effort to curb a real-estate bubble
included imposing a property tax for the first time in Shanghai
and Chongqing, raising down-payment and mortgage requirements,
increasing building of low-cost social housing and placing home
purchase restrictions in about 40 cities. China’s prices of new homes rose in the largest number of
cities in 14 months in July. Prices climbed from a month earlier
in 49 of the 70 cities tracked by the government, the National
Bureau of Statistics said last weekend. That was the most since
May last year and compared with 25 cities in June. Rising property prices are constraining aggressive policy
action from the central bank, Zhang Zhiwei, China economist at
Nomura Holdings Inc., said Aug. 20. Policy makers cut interest
rates in June and July after two reductions in reserve-
requirement ratios for lenders this year as the economy expanded
at the slowest pace since 2009. China’s benchmark index rebounded by the most in a week
yesterday on speculation more cities will roll out stimulus
plans to avert a deeper slowdown. Stimulus Outlook The southern province of Guangdong drafted a plan for more
than 1 trillion yuan ($157 billion) of investment in marine
industries, the China Business News reported today, without
saying where it got the information. This comes after Xinhua
News Agency reported Chongqing municipality plans to boost
industrial investment to 1.5 trillion yuan in the five years
through 2015. The investment will help Chongqing expand its
total industrial output beyond 3 trillion yuan, Xinhua said. “Provincial and municipal governments are announcing
multi-trillion yuan investment programs one after another. But
we ask how these programs can be financed?,” Hao Hong, managing
director for research at Bocom International Holdings Co., wrote
in a note today. “If the government borrows, be mindful of the
crowding out effect, both on rising market interest rates and on
declining incentives for private investment.” Earnings Drop Dongfang Electric Corp., China’s second-biggest maker of
power equipment, lost 1.6 percent to 15.77 yuan. The company’s
first-half net income fell 19 percent from a year earlier to
1.24 billion yuan from a year earlier, according to a statement
to the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday. China Shipping Development retreated 2.2 percent to 4.51
yuan. The first-half loss of 495 million yuan compared with a
net income of 684 million yuan a year earlier, the company said
in a stock exchange filing yesterday. Anhui Quanchai Engine fell 3.4 percent after Rongsheng
Heavy said its unit cancelled a bid for Quanchai Engine’s
parent. Rongsheng Heavy, the country’s largest shipbuilder
outside state control, reported yesterday an 82 percent drop in
first-half profit on weaker demand for new vessels. Thirty-day volatility on the Shanghai Composite was at 12.1
yesterday, compared with this year’s average of 18.6. About 6.1
billion shares changed hands in the gauge, 24 percent lower than
the average volume this year. The iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund , the biggest Chinese
exchange-traded fund in the U.S., dropped 0.5 percent to 34.29,
extending its retreat to a fifth day. To contact the reporters on this story:
Weiyi Lim in Singapore at
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Individual and co-occurring SNAP risk factors: Smoking, nutrition, alcohol consumption, and physical activity in people with multiple sclerosis
Julia M. Balto, Ipek Ensari, Elizabeth A. Hubbard, Naiman Khan, Jennifer L. Barnes, Robert W. Motl
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Background: Smoking, poor nutrition, excess alcohol consumption, and insufficient physical activity underlie most preventable causes of morbidity in the general population and may be associated with comorbidities and health outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the frequency of co-occurrence of these risk factors in people with MS remains unclear. Methods: Sixty-nine individuals with MS completed self-report measures of smoking status, nutrition, alcohol use, physical activity levels, and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. The data were analyzed using t tests and χ2 analyses. Results: Poor diet was the most common risk factor, with 85.5% of the sample not meeting dietary guidelines. Of participants with two risk factors, 90.3% were not meeting dietary and physical activity guidelines. Seventy-three percent of women were not meeting physical activity guidelines, compared with 38% of men (χ2 = 7.5, P < .01). There were also differential rates by sex of the most commonly co-occurring risk factors: 65% of women reported the co-occurrence of insufficient physical activity and poor diet, compared with 38% of men (χ2 = 4.2, P = .05). Conclusions: These results indicate that 85.5% of the sample was not meeting nutrition guidelines, 90.3% of participants with two risk factors reported the co-occurrence of poor diet and insufficient levels of physical activity, and physical activity levels and the total number of risk factors varied across sex.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)298-304
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of MS Care
Volume18
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Clinical Neurology
• Advanced and Specialized Nursing
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* 1) To fax again; to send again by fax machine.
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Edges (musical)
Edges (sometimes produced as Edges: A Song Cycle) is a work of musical theatre by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul. This work is a song cycle about coming of age, growth and self-discovery of people mostly in their 20s. Its most famous song, "Be My Friend", has come to be commonly known as the "Facebook song".
History
The musical was written by Pasek & Paul in 2005 when they were 19-year-old undergraduates in musical theatre at the University of Michigan. They decided to write their own show after being unhappy with the roles they were assigned in musical theatre productions at the school.
In 2006 the duo won a $20,000 Jonathan Larson Award, becoming the youngest to have ever won the award, which was established by the estate of Rent composer Jonathan Larson to encourage composers, lyricists, and bookwriters at the beginning of their careers.
Productions
After over 30 productions at colleges across the United States, the first professional production was at the Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, New York, in 2007 starring Colin Hanlon, Whitney Bashor, Farah Alvin and Steven Booth. Justin Paul was musical director for the production. The show has now been done over 100 times across North America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa.
A 2008 Toronto production featured Sara Farb, Jordan Bell, Eric Craig and Gabi Epstein.
In 2010 Edges was brought out to Australia by James Anthony Productions in Sydney to the Parade Theatre in Kensington.
A Philippine production ran for three weeks in July 2010 at the Ateneo de Manila University. It was staged by Ateneo Blue Repertory under the direction of Mahar Mangahas.
A non professional production was performed at the Landor Theatre, London, UK from May 31, 2011 to June 5, 2011, the inaugural production of Notion Theatre Company, directed by Katherine Hare and with musical direction by Leigh Thompson.
The South African premiere production took place in June 2011, directed by Paul Griffiths with musical direction by Garth Tavares. The cast featured Roland Perold, Luella Holland, Shannyn Fourie and David Fick. The production toured the South African National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July.
A Cantonese production was performed in Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong in 2012. This production was presented by theatre company Musical Trio.
Edges made its Singapore premiere in April 2013 at the Drama Centre. It was staged by Derrick Chew, Artistic Director of Sightlines Productions with musical direction by Joel Nah. The cast included Benjamin Kheng, Mina Kaye, Kristy Griffin and Linden Furnell.
Edges made its premiere in Paris, France in June 2013 presented by American Musical Theatre Live. The production was directed by Stéphane Ly-Cuong with musical direction by John Florencio and vocal direction by Miranda Crispin.
The UK professional premiere took place at the Tabard Theatre from 29 July - 30 August 2014 with direction by Adam Philpott and Choreography by Lewis Butler
Edges made its Houston premiere in April 2016 at Frenetic Theatre. The production was produced by PMT Productions and starred Blair Carrizales, Danny Dyer, Scott Lupton, and Chaney Moore. The production was directed by Travis Kirk Coombs and Music Directed by Eduardo Guzman. On July 13, 2018 Edges was performed as part of a Masters' thesis project at the Guildford School of Acting. In January 2024, the musical was revived by 'Taylor Jay Productions' at Phoenix Arts Club, London.
2005 Original
* "Become" - Man 1, Woman 1, Man 2, Woman 2
* "Boy with Dreams" - Man 1
* "Caitlyn and Haley" - Woman 1, Woman 2
* "Be My Friend" - Woman 1, Man 2, Woman 2, Man 1
* "Transition #1"
* "Lying There" - Woman 1
* "I Once Knew" - Man 1
* "Transition #2"
* "I Hmm You" - Man 2, Woman 2
* "I've Gotta Run" - Woman 2
* "Man of My Dreams" - Woman 1, Man 1, Man 2, Woman 2
* "Transition #3"
* "Part of a Painting" - Man 2
* "Ready to Be Loved" - Woman 1, Woman 2
* "Coasting" - Man 1, Man 2, Woman 1, Woman 2
2007 Revised Version
* "Become" - Man 1, Woman 1, Man 2, Woman 2
* "Monticello" - Man 1
* "Lying There" - Woman 1
* "I Hmm You" - Man 2, Woman 2
* "Along the Way" - Man 2
* "Pretty Sweet Day" - Man 1, Man 2
* "Transition #2"
* "Perfect" - Woman 2
* "Better" - Man 2, Woman 2
* "Coasting" - Man 1, Man 2, Woman 1, Woman 2
* "In Short" - Woman 1
* "Transition #3"
* "Dispensable" - Man 2, Woman 1
* "I've Gotta Run" - Woman 2
* "I Once Knew" - Man 1
* "Part of a Painting" - Man 2
* "Transition #4"
* "Ready to Be Loved" - Woman 1, Woman 2
* "Like Breathing" - Man 1, Woman 1, Man 2, Woman 2
Samples of the songs can be found at the composers' official site.
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Antivirus for iPad
What is an iPad? You won’t be surprised someone may ask you someday “what is an iPad?” For the clarity of this post and other posts related to the iPad’s I will be giving you a simple and concise definition of an iPad. An iPad is a tablet computer designed and developed by Apple inc. primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including e-books, movies, music, games, apps and web content etc according to Wikipedia.
The iPad runs on iOS, same operating system Apple iPod and iPhones run on. So simply apps that run on iPhones can run on iPads as well. So from the definition above it is clear the iPad is a computer and as such one may be wondering if there are malicious threats to the iPads just as there are always threats to other computers. That is the basis of this article.
What is an Antivirus? A simple definition of an antivirus will be that they are software programs designed to detect and destroy computer viruses. (Source: Wikipedia)
iPad Antivirus: Since the iPad is a computer, are there threats to it? Does an iPad need an antivirus? Where can I get an antivirus for my iPad? And so many more questions that could come in mind when you think of the iPad as a computer. But the answers are quite simple. No! the iPad does not require an antivirus.
Antivirus for iPad
Why don’t an iPad need an antivirus? The iPad does not allow downloads except from iTunes or app store, iPad does not allow multitasking or background processes. So there is no way a virus could get into it, how would it run since there is no background processes. Apple makes no antivirus apps for iPads, so if any third party is promoting any antivirus program for iPad, it’s not necessary in anyway.
I hope you read my earlier post on “Comparing iPad 3 and iPad 2” i hope you find my articles on iPads good, you should also Subscribe to NetMediaBlog Feeds by Email so you can recieve more of my articles on iPad on your email.
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1. Wim says
So what with documents (containing virusses)? Since you are able to open documents (from public sites) with your iPad, this posses an issue.
2. Nwosu Desmond says
If a document contains a virus, on what format is the virus? Just like i said in the post, iPads don’t allow background processes so the virus will just be there as an exe or any other format that can not run on your machine.It will sit there and cant do anything to your machine because it can not run a process since you didn’t install it, even if you install it you will have to manually launch it for it to run.
3. MH says
What about attachments or links in your email? Would they be launched when you click to open the attachment or link?
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You can compile a .NET Vuser script to check its syntax, without running the script. To compile the script directly from VuGen, press Shift+F5 or select Vuser > Compile. If VuGen detects a compilation error, it displays the error in the Output window. Double-click on the error to go to the problematic line in the script.
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an irresistible longing to be with Dame Holle. Three days after he died, and it was said of him, “He preferred the society of Frau Hulda to heaven, and now till the judgment he must wander with her in the forest .” In like manner, in Scandinavian ballads, we are told of youths who were allured away by the sweet strains of the Elf maidens. Their music is called ellfr-lek, in Icelandic liuflíngslag, in Norwegian Huldreslát.
The reader will have already become conscious that these northern myths resemble the classic fable of the Sirens, with their magic lay; of Ulysses with his ears open, bound to the mast, longing to rush to their arms, and perish.
The root of the myth is this: the piper is no other than the wind, and ancients held that in the wind were the souls of the dead. All over England the peasants believe still that the spirits of unbaptized children wander in it, and that the wail at their doors and windows are the cries of the little souls condemned to journey till the last day. The ancient German goddess Hulda was ever accompanied by a crowd of children’s souls, and Odin in his wild hunt rushed over the tree-tops, accompanied
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NOBLE : A Non-Blocking Inter-Process Communication Library
Paper i proceeding, 2002
Many applications on shared memory multi-processor machines can benefit from the exploitation of parallelism that non-blocking synchronization offers. In this paper, we introduce a library support for multi-process non-blocking synchronization called NOBLE. Noble provides an inter-process communication interface that allows the user to select synchronisation methods transparently to the one that suits best for the current application. The selection can take place even at run-time. The library provides a collection of the most commonly used data types and protocols in a form, which allows them to be used by non-experts. We describe the functionality and the implementation of the library functions and illustrate the library programming style with example programs. The examples show that using the library can considerably reduce the runtime on distributed memory machines.
data structures
non-blocking
shared memory
Concurrent
software library
Författare
Håkan Sundell
Chalmers, Institutionen för datavetenskap, Datakommunikation och Distribuerade System
Philippas Tsigas
Chalmers, Institutionen för datavetenskap, Datakommunikation och Distribuerade System
Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Languages Compilers and Run-time Systems for Scalable Computers
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Dietmar Schweninger
Dietmar Schweninger is an Austrian para-alpine skier. He represented Austria at the 1980 Winter Paralympics, at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and at the 1988 Winter Paralympics. In total, he won two gold medals and two bronze medals in alpine skiing.
He also competed in the Men's giant slalom for single-arm amputees event in disabled skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics, a demonstration sport during the 1984 Winter Olympics.
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Can the wonderful user called Drmies explain for the idiot I am why Karl Zéro or the absolute joke called Frigide Barjot should be related to the journalist Frédéric Taddéï? I am very curious.--DeansFA (talk) 20:50, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
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Case Study – Ikuta
Case Study in K-12 Classrooms (Japan)
1. Grade-level and other descriptors
Third-grade junior high school male student
2. Disability (s) and/or needs of the target student
The student has Down syndrome. He could usually understand what he should do and could move smoothly along a daily schedule in school. The student could often help the teacher and his classmates, but he had done his friend’s work without permission and was not good at cooperating with his classmates. He had verbal communication with ambiguous pronunciation and always wanted to communicate with others, but, due to his ambiguous pronunciation, the surrounding persons could not understand what he said. He was glad with what he had performed, but could not recognize what he could not do. At that time, he did not ask anyone for help and therefore could not perform. Then, he threw items and acted violently. It was difficult for him to express his desires with speaking words and phrases. However, he could read Japanese Hiragana characters and some easy Chinese character Kanji that he was used to seeing.
3. Teaching materials and tools used and/or created
By using multimedia-enabled dot codes, the teachers created content beginning with the phrase; “I feel now,” with which the student could express his feelings to the teacher when he became depressed. By touching the Post-it-like sticker icon the teacher pasted on the document with various illustrations by using a speaking-pen, he was able to then tell his feelings to the teachers. The teachers considered that it might be difficult for him to find the suitable illustration that could express his feelings, therefore, they also created two simple communication cards of “Yes!” and “No!” When he was depressed, the teachers asked him, “What happened?” Then, the teachers asked him to select a card and to express his feelings with the help of a speaking-pen.
4. Activities performed for the target student(s)
The student was very much interested in the speaking-pen from the beginning and understood how to use it at once. However, he often refused to use the created content to express his feelings. The teachers repeated speaking to him with easy and gentle phrases; soon he started using the created content to express his feelings. By using the speaking-pen, instead of speaking with ambiguous pronunciation, he gradually started to relax. Touching the Post-it-like sticker icon the teacher had pasted nearby the illustrations of, for example, “Yes,” “No,” “Irritated,” “I didn’t like it,” and “I apologize” sheet (Figure a) enabled him to tell the teacher why he did such things and what he should do next (Figure b).
5. Outcomes attained
The fact that he did not have to speak in his own mouth made him feel at ease and not stubbornly rejecting teachers. Therefore, it was no longer necessary for him to show dislike by problematic behavior. The student passed to the third year of junior high school, where he progressed and tried to tackle a difficult problem that he could not have succeeded by then. In addition, by using this teaching material as a tool for expressing his feelings and communicating with the teacher, the student could face his own feelings himself. This seemed to be because he became able to think what he wanted to do. By tasting the comfort of conveying feelings, the student started to think, together with the teacher, what to do if he did not like anything, even if he stiffened the attitude a little in usual life. The student started moving after confirming to the teacher whether he could act, and gradually became able to cooperate with his classmates.
6. Future issues
This activity stimulated not only problem-solving actions, but also this student’s cognitive growth, thus it became possible to objectively see the self, but not the emotion by using the speaking-pen in the scene which confronts with the self and reconciles the feeling of the self. This student advances to high school. The teachers consider that, in the future, as an adult in the society, it will be necessary for him to raise the quality of his communication by asking for the help when he would be in trouble and accurately telling what he wants to do. The above-mentioned school activity clearly showed that the utilization of electronic equipment such as a speaking-pen was really useful for him as auxiliary equipment to express his thoughts and, thus, live joyfully and safely.
Figure (a) The created sheet pasted with do-code icons and (b) touching the dot-code icon with the speaking-pen G-Speak
Ikuta, S., Urushihata, C., Saotome, N. & Abe, S. (2020a). School Activities for Disabled Students Using Self-Made Contents With Multimedia-Enabled Dot Codes. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1990-1999).
Posted By Shigeru Ikuta, Senior Scholar of Otsuma Women’s university
Emeritus Professors of Tokyo Metropolitan University & Otsuma Women’s University
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252 "What's the trouble here, Fairbanks?" inquired Adair, with whom the young engineer was a prime favorite and an oldtime friend.
"Dallas will tell you," intimated Ralph.
"Yes," burst out Zeph excitedly; "I want these three fellows arrested, Mr. Adair. They must be locked up safe and sound, or they'll do great harm."
"Ah—Evans? Slump?' observed Adair, recognizing the twain who had caused the Great Northern a great deal of trouble in the past. "They'll do on general principles. Who's this other fellow?"
"He's the worst of the lot, the leader. He's an awful criminal," declared Zeph with bolting eyes and intense earnestness. "Mr. Adair, if you let that crowd go free, you'll do an awful wrong."
"But what's the charge?"
"Conspiracy. They're trying to"
"Well, come up to the police station and give me something tangible to go on, and I'll see that they get what's coming to them," promised ths road detective.
"I can't—say, see! my train. I've got to go with that train, Ralph," cried Zeph in frantic agitation. "Try and explain, don't let those fellows get loose for a few hours—vast fortune—Marvin Clark—Fred Porter—Fordham Cut—big plot!"
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Korangi Town
Korangi Town is an administrative subdivision or town within Karachi, Pakistan. It lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before Korangi District was formed.
History
The federal government under introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Korangi Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East, before it was made part of Korangi District.
Hospital and healthcare
* Indus Hospital
* LRBT Free Tertiary Eye Hospital Korangi
* Sultan General Hospital Korangi
* Chiniot General Hospital Korangi
Universities
* United Medical & Dental College
* Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law
Neighbourhoods of Korangi Town
Note: Korangi Town should not be confused with Korangi neighbourhood in neighbouring Landhi Town. • Bilal Colony
• Chakra Goth
• Gulzar Colony
• Hasrat Mohani Colony
• Hundred Quarters
• Allahwala Town
• Gulshan-e-Mehran
• Korangi Sector 33
• Mustafa Taj Colony
• Nasir Colony
• Zaman Town
• Bhittai Colony
• Qayyumabad
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The IIS 10.0 web server must have a global authorization rule configured to restrict access.
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V-218825 IIST-SV-000159 SV-218825r881082_rule Medium
Description
Authorization rules can be configured at the server, website, folder (including Virtual Directories), or file level. It is recommended that URL Authorization be configured to only grant access to the necessary security principals. Configuring a global Authorization rule that restricts access ensures inheritance of the settings down through the hierarchy of web directories. This will ensure access to current and future content is only granted to the appropriate principals, mitigating risk of unauthorized access.
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Microsoft IIS 10.0 Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-12-09
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Check Text ( C-20297r881080_chk )
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Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.
Click the IIS 10.0 web server name.
Double-click the ".NET Authorization Rules" icon.
Ensure "All Users" is set to "Allow", and "Anonymous Users" is set to "Deny", otherwise this is a finding.
If any other rules are present, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-20295r881081_fix)
Open the IIS 10.0 Manager.
Click the IIS 10.0 web server name.
Double-click the ".NET Authorization Rules" icon.
Alter the list as necessary to ensure "All Users" is set to "Allow" and "Anonymous Users" is set to "Deny".
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Votto apologizes for Canada remarks, addresses Reds criticism
May 16, 2018 / 8:11 PM / Updated 6 minutes ago Votto apologizes for Canada remarks, addresses Reds criticism Reuters Staff 4 Min Read
Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto landed himself in hot water on multiple fronts when a Yahoo! Sports podcast released Tuesday featured the star slugger sharing critical thoughts toward Canadian baseball and the Reds. May 12, 2018; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto (19) throws to first base on a groundout by Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy (not pictured) during the first inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Regarding the Reds, Votto said the team is off to “the worst start I’ve ever seen.” Cincinnati was 10-27 at the time and is now 14-29 entering Wednesday.
“It’s been noted in the past that this was historically one of the worst starts for this franchise,” Votto said on the podcast. There are so many people that are losing interest in our organization — and deservedly so.”
Votto told reporters Tuesday his comments about the organization were out of frustration and the he “overstepped my bounds.”
“I never want to be apologetic for anything I say,” he said. “But I think I may have been a bit overzealous with some of the things I said because I feel at the time we weren’t playing very well, and I was frustrated. Ultimately, I want what’s very best for the organization.
“I’m proud to wear a Reds uniform, and I look forward to doing that until the last day of my Major League Baseball career.”
Of Canada, Votto said he “couldn’t give a rat’s” about James Paxton’s no-hitter in Toronto earlier this month — the first time a Canadian has thrown a no-hitter on home soil. Paxton, the ace of the Seattle Mariners, is from British Columbia, while Votto is from Toronto.
“I don’t care almost at all about Canadian baseball,” Votto said on the podcast. “I wasn’t raised inside of Canadian baseball really. I’m coming up on half of my life being in the United States working and being supported by American baseball.
“As far as Toronto, and Canadian baseball, and the country of Canada, and [James Paxton] being Canadian, I don’t care at all.” May 8, 2018; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton (65) throws a pitch in the first inning during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
Votto has since issued a written apology via the Canadian Baseball Network.
“I was asked recently about James Paxton and his no-hitter on Canadian soil,” Votto began. “I am not sure how I could have been so ridiculously selfish and short-sighted in my reply.
“When asked about baseball in Canada, the Blue Jays and specifically this event, it took me back to the times and my resentment for not making Team Canada in high school, not being drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays out of high school, or not being picked for the Olympic team while in the minor leagues.
“Clearly my reply came out of a side of jealousy for a Canadian baseball athlete being celebrated in the city of Toronto. It was an odd reply and one I am terribly ashamed of.”
Votto has twice played for Canada in the World Baseball Classic (2009, 2013). He has received the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year two times (2010, 2017) and has won the Tip O’Neill Award, given annually to a Canadian baseball player for “individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball” seven times.
“As I write this I am saddened that I was so flagrant with my remarks and more importantly that I offended so many people that mean so much to me,” Votto wrote. “I would not be where I am now without the efforts of so many Canadian baseball people and the fans of Canadian baseball.
“To James Paxton, the Blue Jays, the Toronto fans, the women and men all across Canada that work so hard to promote and support Canadian baseball, I am sorry for my selfish comments and I humbly ask for your forgiveness.”
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Terraformation: The Process of Creating a new world
Terraformation” Many people may not have heard the term yet, and those who know about it may have learned it through a science-fiction story or Wikipedia or a scientific book.
In recent years, this term is being used in an increasingly severe manner. And the reason behind this is people with a new curiosity in space exploration. Who thinks or believes that we can make other planets (Mars or Moon) similar to Earth and live there.
Terraformation is a science fiction concept that appears to be from Science fact. But despite all this, the question remains; What is terraforming? And how does it work? And how far are we from actually achieving it? If everything was possible, does Technology exist to terraform the entire planet?
Answering any or all of these questions will become a central issue for the future of humanity. But today, we will know a little about it and will also know whether Mars can be terraformed or not.
What is Terraforming?
Terraforming or Terraformation is a hypothetical process of engineering, any hostile environment, or any celestial body (planets, moons, asteroids, etc.) to be suitable for human life by modifying the temperature, atmosphere, surface topography, ecology to make a planet or moon’s environment similar to Earth’s climate.
This means the concept of making a planet more hospitable to humans. Or the “creation of a new world.”
Study on Terraforming.
The term was first coined by an American science fiction writer, Jack Williamson, also known as the “Dean of Science Fiction.” The term appeared as part of a science-fiction story called “Collision Orbit,” published in the 1942 edition of the magazine Astounding Science Fiction.
After this, astronomer Carl Sagan proposed the engineering of the planet Venus in an article published in 1961 in the journal Science. Sagan envisioned Venus’s atmosphere with algae, which would convert water, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide into organic compounds.
However, later discoveries concerning conditions on Venus made this apparent method unimaginable.
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Later, Sagan envisaged making Mars habitable for human life in an article published in the magazine “Planet Engineering on Mars” in 1973, where he proposed two scenarios for transforming Mars. These include transporting less albedo material or planting dark plants on the polar ice cap to ensure that it absorbs more heat, melts, and turns the planet into an “Earth-like state.”
Three years later, In 1976, in a study, NASA officially addressed planetary engineering. The study concluded that it is possible to support life on Mars and can be made into a habitable planet. The first conference session on terraforming, called “Planetary Modeling,” was held that same year.
In March 1979, NASA engineer and author James Oberg held a special session, the First Terraforming Colloquium, at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston.
In 1984, James Lovelock and Michael Allaby published The Greening of Mars. Lovelock’s book was one of the first to describe a novel method of warming Mars, where chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are added to the atmosphere.
How does terraforming works?
Like agriculture, Terraformation requires a significant amount of time and effort to achieve results. The ideal goal of terraforming would be to create an aerobic environment that can naturally sustain the life of plants, animals, and humans and requires minimum earthly materials, such as machinery, Technology, and other items supplied from the Earth.
The first step of Terraformation involves developing a stable, sustainable ecosystem, a process known as “Ecopoiesis.” Ecopoiesis refers to the origin of an ecosystem. In space exploration, Haynes describes Ecopoiesis as the “fabrication of a sustainable ecosystem on a currently lifeless, sterile planet.”
Terraforming Mars by Stefan Morrell
Fogg defines Ecopoiesis as a type of planetary engineering and is one of the first stages of terraforming. This primary stage of ecosystem formation is usually limited to the early seeding of microbial life.
Ecopoiesis alone will not suffice to create an environment in which humans or animals can survive from the outside, so terraforming must be used in conjunction with the process of Ecopoiesis to create a stable, earth-like environment.
These are some steps that must be taken before the procedures of Ecopoiesis, and as a result, Terraformation can be attempted/completed. The steps are as follows:
• Presence of liquid water
• The temperature should be able to support life.
• A reduction of UV and cosmic radiation.
• Need an energy source for life.
• An increase in atmospheric mass.
• The surface must meet the geophysical, geochemical, and astronomical criteria.
• Changes in atmospheric composition to increase oxygen and nitrogen.
Once the situation becomes more suitable for the species’ life, the importation of microorganisms can begin. As conditions come closer to the Earth, plant life can also be brought. This will accelerate the production of oxygen, which would theoretically enable the planet to support animal life.
Prospective Candidate for Terraforming.
Here are some examples of the most likely candidates for terraforming in our solar system, depending on the Earth’s atmosphere.
Within the solar system, many more planets and moons exist that may be well suited to terraforming. But apart from Earth, only Venus and Mars are located within the Sun’s habitable zone (aka “Goldilocks Zone”). However, due to Venus’ fugitive greenhouse effect and Mars’ lack of a magnetosphere, their atmospheres are either too thick and hot or too thin and cold to sustain life.
Terraformed Venus
There is even speculation that Mercury and the Moon (or at least some parts) could be terraformed for human settlement. Terraforming the moon will be possible because we have so much evidence and information about the moon’s environment, and we can do it in future years.
Not only Mars and Venus but our bodies of another celestial solar system that can be terraformed. Some of them are the moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto), and Saturn’s moon (Titan) is also on the list, which has an abundance of ice water. Scientists have speculated that if the surface temperature rises, the viable atmosphere will be created through electrolysis and the introduction of buffer gases.
Can Mars be Terraformed?
When it comes to terraforming, Mars is the most popular destination. The reason for choosing Mars is, without any doubt, that Mars is the most like Earth in the Solar System. The same rotational cycle and tilt angle (25.19° compared to Earth’s 23°) result in approximately the same day length (24 hours and 40 minutes) and seasons. And the presence of ice water under the planet’s crust and on the frozen North Polar Cap will solve the problem of water on Mars.
Terraformation of Mars
Of course, mars can be terraformed, that doesn’t mean that terraforming Mars would be easy. The planet, about 70% the size of Earth, has an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide and boasts an average temperature of -81 degrees Fahrenheit (-62 degrees Celsius). Because the atmosphere is so thin (Earth’s is more than 100 times denser), the atmosphere would have to be much thicker, and its structure would have to change. Above all, Mars lacks a magnetosphere, meaning that its surface receives significantly more radiation than Earth.
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Most notable of these are the depletion of the oceans, the thin Martian atmosphere, and the planet’s surface’s friction temperatures. Luckily these problems are not infallible. Scientists have proposed a range of different terraforming options by which these barriers can be overcome.
How to Terraform mars?
At first, use large space mirrors to reflect sunlight on the barren surface of Mars. By focusing on the heat and radiation of the Sun in the Martian polar caps, these giant solar mirrors can radically raise the temperature, resulting in the release of frozen water and carbon dioxide at the planet’s extremities.
Is Terraforming Mars is Doable by utilizing Our Present Known Technology?
Then, prolonged warming of the planetary crust will eventually contribute to the release of greenhouse gases, such as chlorofluorocarbons, which will thicken the Martian atmosphere, thereby maintaining more significant amounts of solar radiation and rising surface temperatures further.
Also, factories will produce oxygen by mixing carbon dioxide and undergoing artificial photosynthesis, delivering oxygen to humans’ atmosphere and breathing. It is theorized that bombarding the terrestrial planet with icy, ammonia-laden asteroids would generate vast warmth and saturation.
Mars’s higher ambiance with greenhouse gasses and water vapor burned off the asteroids within the entry course.
Scientists believe that by using these methods, Mars’ atmosphere can be restored. However, the question of which way would be most effective is still being debated.
Challenges in Terraformation.
Finally, after knowing all the things, we have to see what the problem is
• Mars Terraforming is not Possible by Using current Technology.
• It requires extensive connectivity of resources.
• Take a long time for this around more than 50 years.
• Lack of Fund or investment by space agencies.
• There is not enough COremaining on Mars to provide significant greenhouse warming.
Conclusion:
After all the discussions, we are once again left with an important question. Why should we? Is it just because the Earth is getting smaller for us? It’s not right, we are human beings, and our work is to learn something new. Mars is there, so we want to go there and learn something from there.
If this happens, then it will be the most significant achievement for humans.
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Tomato clownfish
The tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacentridae, the clownfishes and damselfishes. It is native to the waters of the Western Pacific, from the Japan to Indonesia. Other common names include blackback anemonefish, bridled anemonefish, fire clown, and red tomato clown.
Characteristics of anemonefish
Clownfish or anemonefish are fishes that, in the wild, form symbiotic mutualisms with sea anemones and are unaffected by the stinging tentacles of the host anemone, see. The sea anemone protects the clownfish from predators, as well as providing food through the scraps left from the anemone's meals and occasional dead anemone tentacles. In return, the clownfish defends the anemone from its predators, and parasites. Clownfish are small-sized, 10 - 18 cm, and depending on species, they are overall yellow, orange, or reddish or blackish color, and many show white bars or patches. Within species there may be color variations, most commonly according to distribution, but also based on sex, age and host anemone. Clownfish are found in warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans and the Red Sea in sheltered reefs or in shallow lagoons.
In a group of clownfish, there is a strict dominance hierarchy. The largest and most aggressive fish is female and is found at the top. Only two clownfish, a male and a female, in a group reproduce through external fertilization. Clownfish are sequential hermaphrodites, meaning that they develop into males first, and when they mature, they become females.
Description
The adult fish is bright orange-red, with a white head bar or vertical stripe just behind the eyes, joined over the head and with a distinctive black outline. Females are mainly blackish on the sides. Males are considerably smaller and are red overall. Juveniles are a darker red, with two or three white bars. They have 9-10 dorsal spines, 2 anal spines, 16–18 dorsal soft rays and 13–15 anal soft rays. They reach a maximum length of 14 cm.
Color variations
The only color variation is sex related with females having darker coloration or dark spots on their sides.
Similar species
The Australian clownfish (A. rubrocinctus) has a similar coloration, however the female does not have the distinctive black outline of the white band, the band is poorly developed and may be discontinuous on top of the head. Geographic location is the easiest way to distinguish small juveniles as they are otherwise difficult to distinguish. The cinnamon clownfish (A. melanopus) is also similar, but has a broader white headbar and outside Melanesia it has black pelvic and anal fins.
Distribution and habitat
This species is found as far north as Ryukyu Islands, Japan, to the South China Sea and surrounding areas including Malaysia and Indonesia.
Some authors report that this species is associated with a single species of anemone, the bubble-tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Other authorities report that it may be associated with the sebae anemone (Heteractis crispa), as well.
In aquaria
As a pet, many marine hobbyists agree that at least 20 USgal of tank volume is necessary for the fish, however others believe larger is necessary for this fish to have ample room for maneuvering. Many hobbyists use a quarantine tank prior to introduction into the main tank as it helps to rid the tomato clownfish of saltwater-borne diseases.
This species of fish thrives well even without a host anemone. In the absence of a host, it may "adopt" corals of a tank to reside. It will eat most meat or vegetable food preparations, including dried algae, mysis shrimp, and brine shrimp. The tomato clownfish has been reported to be aggressive and territorial when mature, and specimens have been known to be extremely aggressive even towards clownfishes of other species. For this reason, it is best kept singly or in mated pairs. It can be bred in captivity, and the fry can be fed on baby brine shrimp and rotifers.
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Active Site Topology of Artificial Peroxidase-like Hemoproteins Based on Antibodies Constructed from a Specifically Designed Ortho-carboxy-substituted Tetraarylporphyrin
Mahy, J.-P.
Eur. J. Biochem. 1998, 257, 121-130, 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570121.x
The topology of the binding site has been studied for two monoclonal antibodies 13G10 and 14H7, elicited against iron(III)‐α,α,α,β‐meso‐tetrakis(ortho‐carboxyphenyl)porphyrin {α,α,α,β‐Fe[(o‐COOHPh)4‐porphyrin]}, and which exhibit in the presence of this α,α,α,β‐Fe[(o‐COOHPh)4‐porphyrin] cofactor a peroxidase activity. A comparison of the dissociation constants of the complexes of 13G10 and 14H7 with various tetra‐aryl‐substituted porphyrin has shown that : (a) the central iron(III) atom of α,α,α,β‐Fe[(o‐COOHPh)4‐porphyrin] is not recognized by either of the two antibodies; and (b) the ortho‐carboxylate substituents of the meso‐phenyl rings of α,α,α,β‐Fe[(o‐COOHPh)4‐porphyrin] are essential for the recognition of the porphyrin by 13G10 and 14H7. Measurement of the dissociation constants for the complexes of 13G10 and 14H7 with the four atropoisomers of (o‐COOHPh)4‐porphyrinH2 as well as mono‐ and di‐ortho‐carboxyphenyl‐substituted porphyrins suggests that the three carboxylates in the α, α, β position are recognized by both 13G10 and 14H7 with the two in the α, β positions more strongly bound to the antibody protein. Accordingly, the topology of the active site of 13G10 and 14H7 has roughly two‐thirds of the α,α,α,β‐Fe[(o‐COOHPh)4‐porphyrin] cofactor inserted into the binding site of the antibodies, with one of the aryl ring remaining outside. Three of the carboxylates are bound to the protein but no amino acid residue acts as an axial ligand to the iron atom. Chemical modification of lysine, histidine, tryptophan and arginine residues has shown that only modification of arginine residues causes a decrease in both the binding of α,α,α,β‐Fe[(o‐COOHPh)4‐porphyrin] and the peroxidase activity of both antibodies. Consequently, at least one of the carboxylates of the hapten is bound to an arginine residue and no amino acids such as lysine, histidine or tryptophan participate in the catalysis of the heterolytic cleavage of the O‐O bond of H2O2. In addition, the amino acid sequence of both antibodies not only reveals the presence of arginine residues, which could be those involved in the binding of the carboxylates of the hapten, but also the presence of several amino acids in the complementary determining regions which could bind other carboxylates through a network of H bonds.
Metal: Fe
Ligand type: ---
Host protein: Antibody 13G10 / 14H7
Anchoring strategy: Antibody
Optimization: Chemical & genetic
Reaction: Peroxidation
Max TON: ---
ee: ---
PDB: ---
Notes: ---
Crystal Structure of Two Anti-Porphyrin Antibodies with Peroxidase Activity
Golinelli-Pimpaneau, B.
PLoS One 2012, 7, e51128, 10.1371/journal.pone.0051128
We report the crystal structures at 2.05 and 2.45 Å resolution of two antibodies, 13G10 and 14H7, directed against an iron(III)-αααβ-carboxyphenylporphyrin, which display some peroxidase activity. Although these two antibodies differ by only one amino acid in their variable λ-light chain and display 86% sequence identity in their variable heavy chain, their complementary determining regions (CDR) CDRH1 and CDRH3 adopt very different conformations. The presence of Met or Leu residues at positions preceding residue H101 in CDRH3 in 13G10 and 14H7, respectively, yields to shallow combining sites pockets with different shapes that are mainly hydrophobic. The hapten and other carboxyphenyl-derivatized iron(III)-porphyrins have been modeled in the active sites of both antibodies using protein ligand docking with the program GOLD. The hapten is maintained in the antibody pockets of 13G10 and 14H7 by a strong network of hydrogen bonds with two or three carboxylates of the carboxyphenyl substituents of the porphyrin, respectively, as well as numerous stacking and van der Waals interactions with the very hydrophobic CDRH3. However, no amino acid residue was found to chelate the iron. Modeling also allows us to rationalize the recognition of alternative porphyrinic cofactors by the 13G10 and 14H7 antibodies and the effect of imidazole binding on the peroxidase activity of the 13G10/porphyrin complexes.
Metal: Fe
Ligand type: Porphyrin
Host protein: Antibody 13G10
Anchoring strategy: Antibody
Optimization: Chemical & genetic
Reaction: Peroxidation
Max TON: ---
ee: ---
PDB: 4AMK
Notes: ---
Metal: Fe
Ligand type: Porphyrin
Host protein: Antibody 14H7
Anchoring strategy: Antibody
Optimization: Chemical & genetic
Reaction: Peroxidation
Max TON: ---
ee: ---
PDB: 4AT6
Notes: ---
Thermostable Peroxidase-Activity with a Recombinant Antibody L-Chain-Porphyrin Fe(III) Complex
Imanaka, T.
FEBS Lett. 1995, 375, 273-276, 10.1016/0014-5793(95)01224-3
In order to engineer a new type of catalytic antibody, we attempt to use a monoclonal antibody L chain as a host protein for a porphyrin. TCPP (meso‐tetrakis(4‐carboxyphenyl)porphyine) was chemically synthesized and Balb/c mice were immunized using TCPP as a hapten. Two hybridoma cells (03‐1, 13‐1), that produce monoclonal antibody against TCPP, were obtained. Genes for both H and L chains of monoclonal antibodies were cloned, sequenced and overexpressed using E. coli as a host. ELISA and fluorescence quenching method show that the independent antibody L chains from both Mab03‐1 and Mab13‐1 have specific interaction with TCPP. Furthermore, the recombinant antibody L chain from Mab13‐1 exhibits much higher peroxidase activity than TCPP Fe(III) alone. The enzyme activity was detectable with pyrogallol and ABTS (2,2‐azinobis‐3‐ethylbenzthiazolin‐6‐sulfonic acid) but not with catechol. This new catalytic antibody was extremely thermostable. Optimum temperature of the peroxidase reaction by the complex of 13‐1L chain and TCPP Fe(III) was 90°C, while that the TCPP Fe(III) alone was 60°C.
Metal: Fe
Ligand type: Porphyrin
Anchoring strategy: Antibody
Optimization: ---
Reaction: Peroxidation
Max TON: ---
ee: ---
PDB: ---
Notes: ---
The Third Generation of Artificial Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidase Rationally Designed in Myoglobin
Lin, Y.-W.
ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 7888-7893, 10.1021/acscatal.9b02226
Approaches to degradation of industrial dyes are desirable, of which bioremediation is more favorable. In addition to the use of native enzymes, rational design of artificial enzymes provides an alternative approach. Meanwhile, few designs can achieve a catalytic activity comparable to that of native enzymes. We have previously designed two generations of artificial dye-decolorizing peroxidases (DyPs) in myoglobin (Mb) by introduction of Tyr43 and Trp138 in the heme pocket; however, the activity is moderate. To improve the activity of the artificial DyP, we herein designed a third generation by introduction of an additional Trp (P88W) to the protein surface, named F43Y/F138W/P88W Mb. The third generation of artificial DyP was shown to exhibit a catalytic efficiency exceeding that of various native DyPs and comparable to that of the most efficient native DyPs. Titration of reactive blue 19 (RB19) and molecular docking studies revealed crucial roles of Trp88 in substrate binding and oxidation, which acts as a catalytic site. This study not only provides clues for heme protein design but also suggests that the artificial DyP has potential applications for bioremediation in the future.
Metal: Fe
Ligand type: Porphyrin
Host protein: Myoglobin (Mb)
Anchoring strategy: Dative
Optimization: Genetic
Reaction: Peroxidation
Max TON: 30
ee: ---
PDB: ---
Notes: 3rd generation based on previous studies
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In this part of the blog series, I want to create the VPN connection from Azure to my on-premises lab environment.
As I did in the last part, I will create a new branch in Github for my work. I am doing this to ensure that my main branch is always running without errors. I will call this new branch for “VPN”.
The first step is to create the template file for the Virtual Network Gateway in Azure. I found the documentation for this item here. As with some of the other resources, there are a lot of settings that I can use, but not all of them are needed. I adapted the template for my needs, and it now looks like the code below. I have saved this file as “VirtualNetworkGateway.bicep” and placed it under the same template folder as the virtual network.
param virtualNetworkGatewayName string
param rgName string
param location string = resourceGroup().location
param sku string
@allowed([
'Vpn'
'ExpressRoute'
])
param gatewayType string = 'Vpn'
@allowed([
'RouteBased'
'PolicyBased'
])
param vpnType string = 'RouteBased'
param VirtualNetworkName string
param SubnetName string = 'GatewaySubnet'
param PublicIpAddressName string
param enableBGP bool = false
resource PublicIpAddressName_resource 'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses@2021-02-01' = {
name: PublicIpAddressName
location: location
properties: {
publicIPAllocationMethod: 'Dynamic'
}
}
resource virtualNetworkGateway 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways@2021-02-01' = {
name: virtualNetworkGatewayName
location: location
properties: {
gatewayType: gatewayType
ipConfigurations: [
{
name: 'default'
properties: {
privateIPAllocationMethod: 'Dynamic'
subnet: {
id: resourceId(rgName, 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets', VirtualNetworkName, SubnetName)
}
publicIPAddress: {
id: resourceId(rgName, 'Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses', PublicIpAddressName)
}
}
}
]
vpnType: vpnType
enableBgp: enableBGP
sku: {
name: sku
tier: sku
}
}
dependsOn: [
PublicIpAddressName_resource
]
}
output vngid string = virtualNetworkGateway.id
The code above contains a new expression called “@Allowed”, this expression allows me to control which values are approved for the parameter listed below this expression. This is a great way to ensure that the values passed on are correct when you have a set of approved values. To create a Virtual Network Gateway, I need to create a public IP address, so I have a resource for that, and I have made the resource for the gateway dependent on this public IP address. I now need to create the execution file that will use this template. I will call this file “DeployVPN.bicep”. Unlike the virtual network deployment file, I have chosen to add all the values into the module section instead of creating parameters and variables for them. I have pasted in the code for the deployment file below.
module virtualNetworkGateway './Templates/VirtualNetworkGateway.bicep' = {
name: 'VirtualNetworkGateway'
params: {
enableBGP: false
gatewayType: 'Vpn'
location: resourceGroup().location
PublicIpAddressName: 'pip-vng-sharedservices-001'
rgName: resourceGroup().name
sku: 'Basic'
SubnetName: 'GatewaySubnet'
virtualNetworkGatewayName: 'vng-sharedservices-001'
VirtualNetworkName: 'vnet-sharedservices-001'
vpnType: 'RouteBased'
}
}
Next, I will create the template for the Local Network Gateway and place it in the same folder as the others. The documentation on Local Network Gateways can be found here. I have pasted my template code below.
param localNetworkGatewayName string
param location string = resourceGroup().location
param gatewayIpAddress string
param addressPrefixes array = []
resource localNetworkGateway 'Microsoft.Network/localNetworkGateways@2021-02-01' = {
name: localNetworkGatewayName
location: location
properties: {
localNetworkAddressSpace: {
addressPrefixes: addressPrefixes
}
gatewayIpAddress: gatewayIpAddress
}
}
output lngid string = localNetworkGateway.id
The last bit of the VPN connection is what Microsoft calls Connection. This is what ties the Virtual Network Gateway together with the Local Network Gateway. The documentation for the connection can be found here. I have pasted in my code below. ‘
param connectionName string
param location string = resourceGroup().location
param connectionType string
param virtualNetworkGatewayId string
param enableBgp bool
param sharedKey string
param localNetworkGatewayId string
resource connectionName_resource 'Microsoft.Network/connections@2021-02-01' = {
name: connectionName
location: location
properties: {
connectionType: connectionType
virtualNetworkGateway1: {
id: virtualNetworkGatewayId
properties: {
}
}
enableBgp: enableBgp
sharedKey: sharedKey
localNetworkGateway2: {
id: localNetworkGatewayId
properties: {
}
}
}
dependsOn: []
}
With all the templates in place, I can update the execution code to include the Local Network Gateway and the Connection. Below is my updated execution code. I did obscure my public IP address and preshared key for security’s sake.
module virtualNetworkGateway './Templates/VirtualNetworkGateway.bicep' = {
name: 'VirtualNetworkGateway'
params: {
enableBGP: false
gatewayType: 'Vpn'
location: resourceGroup().location
PublicIpAddressName: 'pip-vng-sharedservices-001'
rgName: resourceGroup().name
sku: 'Basic'
SubnetName: 'GatewaySubnet'
virtualNetworkGatewayName: 'vng-sharedservices-001'
VirtualNetworkName: 'vnet-bicep-sharedservices-001'
vpnType: 'RouteBased'
}
}
module localNetworkGateway './Templates/LocalNetworkGateway.bicep' = {
name: 'LocalNetworkGateway'
params: {
addressPrefixes: [
'192.168.1.0/24'
'192.168.10.0/24'
]
gatewayIpAddress: '80.80.80.80'
localNetworkGatewayName: 'lng-sharedservices-001'
location: resourceGroup().location
}
}
module connection './Templates/Connection.bicep' = {
name: 'connection'
params: {
connectionName: 'cnt-sharedservices-001'
connectionType: 'IPSec'
enableBgp: false
localNetworkGatewayId: localNetworkGateway.outputs.lngid
location: resourceGroup().location
sharedKey: 'dhsjkdlahldk23e2mda'
virtualNetworkGatewayId: virtualNetworkGateway.outputs.vngid
}
}
At this point, I have all my coding done for the VPN connection, so I can now update my Github actions YAML file to include VPN in my deployment. Notice below that I have updated the branch to be the new working branch.
name: CI
# Controls when the action will run.
on:
# Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
push:
branches: [ VPN ]
pull_request:
branches: [ main ]
# Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
workflow_dispatch:
# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
build-and-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: Login to Azure
uses: azure/login@v1
with:
creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS_BLOGSERIES }}
- name: Deploy resource group
uses: azure/arm-deploy@main
with:
scope: subscription
subscriptionId: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION }}
region: westeurope
template: ./ResourceGroup/ResourceGroup.bicep
- name: Deploy virtual network
uses: azure/arm-deploy@main
with:
scope: subscription
subscriptionId: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION }}
region: westeurope
template: ./Network/DeployNetwork.bicep
- name: Deploy VPN connection
uses: azure/arm-deploy@main
with:
scope: resourcegroup
resourceGroupName: rg-bicep-sharedservices-network-001
subscriptionId: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION }}
region: westeurope
template: ./Network/DeployVPN.bicep
deploymentMode: incremental
I will now save all my files and commit them to my Github repository under the new branch. This will also kick off the Github action, and my VPN connection will then be deployed. Deploying the Virtual Network Gateway is a lengthy process that normally takes 30-45 min based on my experience. Below you can see the connection has been deployed and the status is now “Connected”.
When the deployment is done, I now have the VPN part of my code completed, and the Github action can deploy all the items I currently have in my code. I will again merge my code into the main branch and delete the VPN working branch.
For the next part of this blog series I will deploy two virtual machines and join them to my on-premises domain.
Stay tuned.
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Page:Defence of India Act, 1962 on Gazette of India.pdf/16
430 10. (1) The members of a Civil Defence Service shall perform such functions in relation to the carrying out of measures for civil defence as may be assigned to them by rules made under this Act or by any other law for the time'being in force.
(2) The Director or any person authorised in this behalf by the Director or by the State Government may by order at any time call out a member of a Civil Defence Service for training or to discharge any such functions as aforesaid.
11. If any member of a Civil Defence Service on being called out by an order under sub-section (2) of section 10 neglects or refuses without sufficient excuse to obey such order or to discharge his functions as a member of the Civil Defence Service or to obey any lawful order or direction given to him for the performance of his duties, he shall, on conviction by a competent court, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
12. (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may—
* (a) prescribe the duties of members of Civil Defence Services and regulate the manner in which they may be called out for service;
* (b) regulate the organisation, appointment, conditions of service, discipline, accoutrement, and clothing of members of any or all of the Civil Defence Services;
* (c) prescribe the form of certificates of membership of any or all of the Civil Defence Services;
* (d) provide that a contravention »f, ar an attempt to contravene, and any abetment of or attempt to abet the contravention of, any of the provisions of the rules or of any order issued under any such provision shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both;
* (e) provide for the arrest and trial of persons contravening, or reasonably suspected of contravening, any of the provisions of the rules or of any order issued under any such provision;
* (f) provide for the seizure, detention and forfeiture of any property in respect of which such contravention, attempt or abetment as is referred to in clause (d) has been committed;
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Conclusion and Issues
Sam Hart
2007-05-24 15:30:33
When it's all said and done, you should have a working Hg repository server and should be able to pull/push from/to it.
However, there were some small issues that I ran into that I should note simply because they seemed to be a bit tricky.
abort: consistency error adding group!
The first problem I ran into was when I tried to get a friend of mine online to try out the new repository for our IRC bots code. When he tried to clone the repo, he got the following error:
[17:02] < schultmc> | $ hg clone http://dev.samhart.net/bots/
[17:02] < schultmc> | destination directory: bots
[17:02] < schultmc> | requesting all changes
[17:02] < schultmc> | adding changesets
[17:02] < schultmc> | adding manifests
[17:02] < schultmc> | adding file changes
[17:02] < schultmc> | abort: consistency error adding group!
[17:02] < schultmc> | transaction abort!
[17:02] < schultmc> | rollback completed
Additionally, when I tried to clone it, I would either get the same error he did, or get the following:
$ hg -v clone http://dev.samhart.net/bots
destination directory: bots
requesting all changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
abort: premature EOF reading chunk (got 6822 bytes, expected 34384)
transaction abort!
rollback completed
The strange thing was, other repos worked fine, and a "hg verify" on the server revealed them all to be in working order.
As it turns out, both of these problems have the same root cause: errors on the server. In my case the system was running out of resources, so adding a bit more swap solved the problem. However, it could also be things like permission problems or other misc. Apache errors.
At any rate, if you get errors that look like the above, chances are they are server errors and you should look very closely at what's going on during each attempted transaction.
Stacktrace on push with wrong username/password
This is just an ugly stacktrace, but doesn't seem to cause any problems. If you try to push and use the wrong username/password, you will get a stacktrace that looks a lot like the following:
** unknown exception encountered, details follow
** report bug details to http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/bts
** or mercurial@selenic.com
** Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 0.9.3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/hg", line 12, in ?
commands.run()
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/commands.py", line 3000, in run
sys.exit(dispatch(sys.argv[1:]))
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/commands.py", line 3223, in dispatch
return d()
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/commands.py", line 3182, in
d = lambda: func(u, repo, *args, **cmdoptions)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/commands.py", line 1971, in push
r = repo.push(other, opts['force'], revs=revs)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/hgext/mq.py", line 2025, in push
return super(mqrepo, self).push(remote, force, revs)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/localrepo.py", line 1360, in push
return self.push_unbundle(remote, force, revs)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/localrepo.py", line 1438, in push_unbundle
return remote.unbundle(cg, remote_heads, 'push')
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/httprepo.py", line 352, in unbundle
heads=' '.join(map(hex, heads)))
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/mercurial/httprepo.py", line 235, in do_cmd
resp = urllib2.urlopen(urllib2.Request(cu, data, headers))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 130, in urlopen
return _opener.open(url, data)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 364, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 471, in http_response
response = self.parent.error(
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 396, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 337, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 741, in http_error_401
host, req, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 720, in http_error_auth_reqed
return self.retry_http_basic_auth(host, req, realm)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 730, in retry_http_basic_auth
return self.parent.open(req)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 364, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 471, in http_response
response = self.parent.error(
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 396, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 337, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 916, in http_error_401
host, req, headers)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib2.py", line 807, in http_error_auth_reqed
raise ValueError("AbstractDigestAuthHandler doesn't know "
ValueError: AbstractDigestAuthHandler doesn't know about Basic
I've been searching the various bug databases involved (Debian's and Mercurial's) but haven't found this particular problem yet. Will likely be filing a bug in a bit.
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os_errno.c [plain text]
/*-
* See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.
*
* Copyright (c) 1999,2007 Oracle. All rights reserved.
*
* $Id: os_errno.c,v 1.5 2007/05/17 15:15:47 bostic Exp $
*/
#include "db_config.h"
#include "db_int.h"
/*
* __os_get_errno_ret_zero --
* Return the last system error, including an error of zero.
*/
int
__os_get_errno_ret_zero()
{
/* This routine must be able to return the same value repeatedly. */
return (errno);
}
/*
* We've seen cases where system calls failed but errno was never set. For
* that reason, __os_get_errno() and __os_get_syserr set errno to EAGAIN if
* it's not already set, to work around the problem. For obvious reasons,
* we can only call this function if we know an error has occurred, that
* is, we can't test the return for a non-zero value after the get call.
*
* __os_get_errno --
* Return the last ANSI C "errno" value or EAGAIN if the last error
* is zero.
*/
int
__os_get_errno()
{
/* This routine must be able to return the same value repeatedly. */
if (errno == 0)
__os_set_errno(EAGAIN);
return (errno);
}
/*
* __os_get_syserr --
* Return the last system error or EAGAIN if the last error is zero.
*/
int
__os_get_syserr()
{
/* This routine must be able to return the same value repeatedly. */
if (errno == 0)
__os_set_errno(EAGAIN);
return (errno);
}
/*
* __os_set_errno --
* Set the value of errno.
*/
void
__os_set_errno(evalue)
int evalue;
{
/*
* This routine is called by the compatibility interfaces (DB 1.85,
* dbm and hsearch). Force values > 0, that is, not one of DB 2.X
* and later's public error returns. If something bad has happened,
* default to EFAULT -- a nasty return. Otherwise, default to EINVAL.
* As the compatibility APIs aren't included on Windows, the Windows
* version of this routine doesn't need this behavior.
*/
errno =
evalue >= 0 ? evalue : (evalue == DB_RUNRECOVERY ? EFAULT : EINVAL);
}
/*
* __os_strerror --
* Return a string associated with the system error.
*/
char *
__os_strerror(error, buf, len)
int error;
char *buf;
size_t len;
{
char *p;
switch (error) {
case EBADFILENAME:
p = "EBADFILENAME";
break;
case EBADSEEKPOS:
p = "EBADSEEKPOS";
break;
#ifndef HAVE_BREW_SDK2
case EDIRNOEXISTS:
p = "EDIRNOEXISTS";
break;
#endif
case EDIRNOTEMPTY:
p = "EDIRNOTEMPTY";
break;
case EFILEEOF:
p = "EFILEEOF";
break;
case EFILEEXISTS:
p = "EFILEEXISTS";
break;
case EFILENOEXISTS:
p = "EFILENOEXISTS";
break;
case EFILEOPEN:
p = "EFILEOPEN";
break;
case EFSFULL:
p = "EFSFULL";
break;
#ifndef HAVE_BREW_SDK2
case EINVALIDOPERATION:
p = "EINVALIDOPERATION";
break;
case ENOMEDIA:
p = "ENOMEDIA";
break;
#endif
case ENOMEMORY:
p = "ENOMEMORY";
break;
case EOUTOFNODES:
p = "EOUTOFNODES";
break;
default:
p = __db_unknown_error(error);
break;
}
(void)strncpy(buf, p, len - 1);
buf[len - 1] = '\0';
return (buf);
}
/*
* __os_posix_err
* Convert a system error to a POSIX error.
*/
int
__os_posix_err(error)
int error;
{
int ret;
switch (error) {
case EBADFILENAME:
#ifndef HAVE_BREW_SDK2
case EDIRNOEXISTS:
#endif
case EDIRNOTEMPTY:
case EFILENOEXISTS:
ret = ENOENT;
break;
case EOUTOFNODES:
ret = EMFILE;
break;
case ENOMEMORY:
ret = ENOMEM;
break;
case EFSFULL:
ret = ENOSPC;
break;
#ifndef HAVE_BREW_SDK2
case EINVALIDOPERATION:
ret = DB_OPNOTSUP;
break;
#endif
case EFILEEXISTS:
ret = EEXIST;
break;
case EBADSEEKPOS:
case EFILEEOF:
ret = EIO;
break;
default:
ret = EFAULT;
break;
}
return (ret);
}
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ROBERTS v. BRADFIELD.
Equity Practice; Parties, Nonjoinder of; Constitutional Law ; Contracts ; Sectarian Institutions.
1. To a suit in equity to enjoin the Treasurer of the United States from paying out any moneys of the United States or the District of Columbia to a private charitable organization, under a contract between the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and such corporation, the Commissioners and the corporation are necessary parties.
2. The nonjoinder of such parties in such a suit, is a sufficient justification for the reversal of a decree of the lower court sustaining a demurrer to the bill of complaint therein and granting the injunction prayed for, although the defect is first urged in the appeal.
3. A bill in equity- is maintainable in the District by a resident taxpayer on behalf of himself and-other taxpayers, to prevent an illegal disposition of public moneys by the District authorities.
4. A contract between the Commissioners of this District and a private charitable organization, incorporated as a hospital by act of Congress, and under sectarian control, whereby the Commissioners agree to erect an isolated building or ward upon the hospital property, a portion of which building or ward is to be reserved for poor patients suffering with contagious diseases, for whose treatment and accommodation the Commissioners are to pay a given sum from appropriations made by Congress in the act of March 3, 1897, providing for the erection of such a building, does not violate the provision-of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting the passage of laws “ respecting an establishment of religion,” and a bill in equity by a resident taxpayer will not lie to enjoin the District authorities from paying public moneys to the corporation under the terms of such a contract.
5. The provisions of the act of Congress of March 3, 1897, making appropriations for the expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, declaring it to be the policy of the Government of the United States to make no appropriations for sectarian purposes, and enacting that after June 30, 1898, no money appropriated for charitable purposes in thé District shall be paid to any church or religious denomination or to any institution or society which is under sectarian control, does not control the discretion of the District Commissioners in the matter of the making of such a contract and does not render it invalid.
No. 782.
Submitted March. S. 1898.
Decided April 4,1898.
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a decree overruling a demurrer to and granting the prayers of a bill to enjoin the Treasurer of the United States from paying any money to a hospital undejr a contract between it and the Commissioners of the DistricjUof Columbia.
Reversed.
The Court in its opinion stated the ca.se as follows:
There is an appeal by Ellis H. Roberts, the Treasurer of the United States, from a decree enjoining him from paying any money of the United States or the District of Columbia to the Providence- Hospital under a contract made there-, with by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
The bill was filed by Joseph Bradfield, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the District of Columbia, “ in the interest of himself and all other citizens of the United States similarly situated.”
The contract, payments under which are sought to be enjoined, is made an exhibit to the bill, and reads as follows :
Articles of agreement entered into this sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, by and between the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the directors of Providence hospital, a body corporate in said District, whereby it° is agreed on the part of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia—
That they will erect on the grounds of said hospital an isolating building or ward for the treatment of minor contagious diseases, said building or ward to be erected without expense to said hospital, except such as it may elect, but to be paid out of an appropriation for that purpose contained in the District appropriation bill, approved March 3, 1897, on plans to be furnished by the said Commissioners, and approved by the health officer of the District of Columbia, and that when the said building or ward is fully completed, it shall be turned over to the officers of Providence hospital, subject to the following provisions:
First. That two-thirds of the entire capacity of said isolating building or ward shall be reserved for the use of such poor patients as shall be sent there by the Commissioners of the District from time to time through the proper officers. For each such patient, said Commissioners and their successors in office are to pay at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per annum, for such a time as such patient may be in the hospital, subject to annual appropriations by Congress.
Second. That persons able to pay for treatment may make such arrangements for entering the said building or ward as shall bo determined by those in charge thereof, and such persons will pay to said Providence hospital reasonable compensation for such treatment, to be fixed by the hospital authorities, but such persons shall have the privilege of selecting their own physicians and nurses, and in case physicians and nurses are selected other than those assigned by the hospital, it shall be at the expense of the patient making the request.
And said Providence hospital agrees to always maintain a neutral zone of forty (40) feet around said isolating building or ward and grounds connected therewith to which patients of said ward have access.
As witness the signatures and seals of John W. Ross, John B. Wight, and Edward Burr, acting, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and the corporate seal of the said The Directors of Providence Hospital and the signature of president thereof, this sixteenth day of August, A. D. 1897.
(Signed) John W. Ross, [seal.]
(Signed) John B. Wight, [seal.]
(Signed) Edw. Burr, Acting, [seal.]
Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Witness as to the Commissioners :
William Tindall.
.(Signed) Sister Beatrice, [seal.]
President Providence Hospital.
Witness as to Sister Beatrice:
W. C. Woodward.
Having set out the contract, the grounds of the relief prayed for are thus alleged in the bill:
“ 4. That, the said Providence hospital is a private eleemosynary corporation, and that to the best of complainant’s knowledge and belief it is composed of members of a monastic order or sisterhood of the Roman Catholic Church and is conducted under the auspices of said church; that the title to its property is vested in the ‘Sisters of Charity of Emmettsburg, Maryland;’ that it was incorporated by a special act of Congress approved April 8, 1864, whereby, in addition to the usual powers of bodies corporate and politic, it was invested specially with ‘full power and all the rights of opening and keeping a hospital in the city of Washington for the care of such sick and invalid persons as may place themselves under the treatment and care of said corporation.
“ 5. That in view of the sectarian character of said Providence hospital and the specific and limited object of its creation, the said contract between the same and the Surgeon General of the Army and also the said agreement between the same and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are unauthorized by law and, moreover, involve a principle and a precedent for the appropriation of the funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment, and also a precedent for giving to religious societies a legal agency in carrying into effect a public and civil duty which would, if once established, speedily obliterate the essential distinction between civil and religious functions.
“6. That the complainant.and all other citizens and taxpayers of the United States are injured by reason of the said contract and the said agreement, in virtue whereof the public funds are being used and pledged for the advancement and support of a private and sectarian corporation, and that they will suffer irreparable damage if the same are allowed to be carried into effect by means of payments made through or by the said defendant out of the Treasury of the United States, contrary to the Constitution and declared policy of the Government.”
The defendant demurred generally to the bill, and the case was submitted thereon, resulting in the grant of the injunction as prayed.
Mr. Henry E. Davis, U. S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Mr. Daniel W. Baker, Assistant Attorney, for the appellant.
Mr. Joseph Bradfield, p. p., and Mr. J. A. D. Richards and Mr. L. A. Bailey for the appellee.
Mr. Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court:
1. The record does not show that objection was made to the bill for want of necessary parties defendant; and neither that question, nor the right of the complainant to maintain the suit as a taxpayer of the District of Columbia, are noticed in the opinion of the learned justice who presided below.
The Treasurer of the United States, who alone was made a party, has no interest whatever in the controversy.
He is an officer of the United States, having custody, among other money, of that raised by taxation in the District of Columbia, and is charged with the ministerial duty of paying out the same upon claims and requisitions duly certified to him by the proper officers under the necessary appropriations made by Congress.
It is under this view of his .duty in the premises, alone, that his action in any matter could be compelled by mandamus or restrained by injunction. Noble v. Union River Logging R., 147 U. S. 165, 172.
The persons directly interested in defending this suit are the parties to the contract which the plaintiff seeks to annul. They are the Commissioners of the District, on the one hand, who have acted in the performance of a duty imposed by law; and the Providence hospital, on the other, which has promised a consideration valuable in law.
Had objection been made on account of their nonjoinder the trial court would, no doubt, have ordered the plaintiff to make them parties defendant, under the penalty of dismissal of his bill.
The defect being palpable and having been pressed upon our attention on the argument, we have no doubt of our power — indeed, it is questionable if it is not our duty — to reverse the decree because of the omission of the plaintiff to bring into the controversy the parties aforesaid who are directly and substantially interested in the result. California v. Southern Pacific Co., 157 U. S. 229, 255; N. O. Water Works Co. v. New Orleans, 164 U. S. 471, 480.
In view, however, of the failure to call attention to this defect of parties on the hearing below, and of our opinion that the bill should have been dismissed for want of merit, we have concluded to treat the case as if all the interested parties were sufficiently represented by the appellant, and thus speed the final settlement of the question, which is one affecting important public interests.
2. The right of a court of equity to take jurisdiction over the case made by the bill was necessarily raised by the demurrer. In making the contract that is the occasion of the controversy, the District Commissioners acted as the governing officers and representatives of the District of Columbia in its capacity of a municipal corporation. Had it and its representatives been made parties to the bill as the real defendants against whom relief is sought, the question would have been freed from much doubt. In a case in the Supreme Court of the United States, -where similar relief was asked against the unlawful acts of the authorities of a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey it was said by Mr. Justice Field, who delivered the opinion of the court, that:
“Of the right of resident taxpayers to invoke the interposition of a court of equity to prevent an illegal disposition of the'moneys of the county or the illegal creation of a debt which they, in common with other property holders of the county, may otherwise be compelled to pay, there is at this day no serious question. The right has been recognized by the State courts in numerous cases; and from the nature of the powers exercised by municipal corporations the great danger of their abuse and the necessity of prompt, action to prevent irremediable injuries, it would seem eminently proper for courts of equity to interfere upon the application of the taxpayers of a. county to pi’event the consummation of a wrong, when the officers of these corporations assume, in excess of their powers, to create burdens upon property holders. Certainly, in the absence of legislation restricting the right to interfere in such cases to public officers of the State or county, there would seem to be no substantial reason why a bill by or on behalf of individual taxpayers should not be entertained to prevent the misuse of corporate powers. The courts may be safely intrusted to prevent the abuse of their process in such cases.” Crampton v. Zabriskie, 101 U. S. 601, 609; see, also, Brown v. Trousdale, 138 U. S. 389, 394; Colvin v. Jacksonville, 158 U. S. 456; Ogden City v. Armstrong, 168 U. S. 224, 236.
Having declined to dismiss the bill for the failure to make the District of Columbia, or the Commissioners thereof, parties defendant, we are constrained to regard the bill, in passing on the point, as if in reality directed against the District of. Columbia to prevent a damage irremediable at law. In other words, accepting the sufficiency of the allegation of irreparable damage, which is admitted by the demurrer, we will regard the bill as directed against Ellis H. Roberts, not as the Treasurer and representative of the United States, but as, ex officio, the representative treasurer, so to speak, of the District of Columbia, and as such charged by law with the duty of paying out the money thereof under the contract made with its representatives.
3. The authority for the contract in this case is found in the general appropriation act for the expenses of the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1897. Under the general head of “Health Department” is found the following clause: “For two isolating buildings, to be constructed, in the discretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on the grounds of two hospitals and to be operated as a part of sucli hospitals, thirty thousand dollars.” 29 Stat. 679.
It is a matter of common knowledge that there is no hospital in the District for the isolation and proper care of persons suffering from even the “minor contagious diseases,” so called in the contract aforesaid; and that all attempts heretofore made to meet the imperative demand therefor, through the erection of a suitable building by the District itself, have been thwarted by the opposition of residents and property owners who feared injury to person and property from its location in their neighborhood.
This accounts for the aforesaid clause of the act and the discretion thereby conferred upon the Commissioners. In the exercise of that discretion they made the contract with the Providence Hospital.
As wo have seen in the statement of the case, the complainant’s bill alleges: “That the said Providence Hospital is a private eleemosynary corporation, and that to the best of complainant’s knowledge and belief, it is composed of members of a monastic order or sisterhood of the Roman Catholic Church and is conducted under the auspices of said church; that the title to its property is vested in the Sisters of Charity of Emmettsburg, Maryland; that it was incorporated by a special act of Congress, approved April 8, 1864.”
The aforesaid act of incorporation is a public act, and for a complete understanding of the case is here given in full:
“Chap. 1. An act to incorporate Providence Hospital of the City of Washington, District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Lucy Gwynn, Teresa Angela Costello, Sarah McDonald, Mary E. Spalding and Mary Carroll, and their successors in office, are hereby made, declared and constituted a corporation and body politic, in law and in fact, under the name and style of the directors of Providence Hospital, and by7 that name they shall be and are hereby made capable in law to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, in any court within the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia; to have and use a common seal, and to alter or amend the same at pleasure; to have, purchase, receive, possess and enjoy any estate in lands, tenements, annuities, goods, chattels, moneys or effects, and to grant, devise or dispose of the same in such manner as they may deem most for the interest of the hospital; Provided, That the real estate held by said corporation shall not exceed in value the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
“Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation and body politic shall have full power to appoint from their own body a president and such other officers as they may deem necessary for the purposes of their creation; and in case of the death, resignation or refusal to serve of any of their number, the remaining members shall elect and appoint other persons in lieu of those whose places may have been vacated; and the said corporation shall have full power and all the rights of opening and keeping a hospital in the city of Washington for the care of such sick and invalid persons as may place themselves under the treatment and care of the said corporation.
“Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that the said corporation shall also have and enjoy full power and authority to make such by-laws, rules, and regulations, as may be necessary for the general accomplishment of the objects of said hospital: Provided, that they be not inconsistent with the laws in force in the District of Columbia: And provided, further, that this act shall be liable to be amended, altered, or repealed at the pleasure of Congress.” ■ Approved April 8, 1864; 13 Stat. 43.
Pounded on the allegations aforesaid, the contention is that the provision of the law, as given effect by the Commissioners in contracting to pay money thereby appropriated to the above named corporation, is in violation of that part of the First Amendment of the Constitution which provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise,; thereof.”
We do not understand it to be denied that Congress, in legislating for the District of Columbia, possesses the combined powers of the general government and that of a State; nor that appropriations of money for the necessary care of the public health and the maintenance of proper public charities are within those powers.
It seems to have been the practice of Congress for many years to provide, in part at least, for the care of the sick, and other objects of charity, through appropriations of money to private institutions and associations, in consideration of actual services in these regards, or upon special contracts therefor.
This practice seems, also, to have prevailed unquestioned in respect of the power, though not always as regards its policy or expediency. And we do not understand the complainant as denying the power to authorize contracts of this nature made with private persons, or with associations of persons, not sectarian, or under the control of an organized church. It is expressly admitted in the opinion of the learned justice who rendered the decree appealed from.
He found nothing on the face of the provision of the appropriation act in conflict with the Constitution; but based his objection entirely upon the manner in which the Commissioners exercised the power conferred through the contract made with Providence Hospital, by reason of the character of its alleged ownership and control.
The contention, then, goes no further than that, under!; the conditions mentioned, which are alleged to prevail in the case of Providence Hospital, the contract for the payment of money, for services rendered, becomes a grant by law in aid of an establishment of religion, and is therefore within the prohibition of the First Amendment.
Conceding the power of Congress to appropriate money for a given purpose, and to contract for the execution of that purpose with a natural person, or an association of persons, not subject to the authority and control of an organized church, it is clear that no court would undertake, in such case, to inquire into the religious beliefs of the single individual, or of the natural persons composing the association or corporation;, for such an inquiry, or a law requiring it, would be an interference with the free exercise of religion.
As shown in the incorporation act above set forth, Providence Hospital is a formal, private corporation, of unlimited duration, subject only to the power of Congress to amend and repeal. Its incorporators are natural persons, whose remaining members are vested with the power to fill vacancies as they shall occur. Power is conferred to establish and conduct a hospital, to have a corporate seal, to contract and to sue and be sued in its corporate name, and to receive and hold real estate and other property for the purposes of its creation.
It is not declared the trustee of any church or religious society. Its property is to be acquired in its own name and for its own purposes. That property and its business are to be managed in its own way, subject to no visitation, supervision or control by an ecclesiastical authority whatever, but only to that of the Government which created it. In respect, then, of its creation, organization, management and ownership of property, it is an ordinary private corporation, whose rights are determinable by the law of the land, and the religious opinions of whose members are not subjects of inquiry. Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 679, 724, 725; Robertson v. Bullions, 11 N. Y. 243, 251; Keyser v. Stansifer, 6 Ohio, 363; Warner v. Bowdoin Square Bap. Ch., 148 Mass. 400, 404.
Notwithstanding other inconsistent allegations of the complainant’s belief in respect of the real ownership and control of Providence Hospital, this case, in accordance with the foregoing views, might be ended here in a reversal of the decree. But, construing the bill most favorably to the complainant, and assuming it to be true, as he alleges he believes it to be, that the corporation called Providence Hospital is “composed of members of a monastic order or sisterhood of the Roman Catholic Church, and is conducted under the auspices of said church; that the title to its property is vested in the Sisters of Charity of Emmettsburg, Maryland,” and that it is in fact a “religious establishment,” we are, nevertheless, of the opinion that the injunction can not be be sustained.
The authorities relied upon as directly supporting the opposite view are two messages of President Madison to the Congress of the United States. In the first of these, February 21,1811, he vetoed an “Act incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Church in the town of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia.”
The reasons given for refusing to approve the act are thus stated: “The bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the esssential distinctions between civil and religious functions, and violates in particular the article of the Constitution of the United States which declares that ‘Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment.’ . . . This particular church, therefore, would so far be a religious establishment by law, a legal force and sanction being given to certain articles in its constitution and administration.” The concluding paragraph of this message touches the vory question presented here, upon the assumption that Providence Hospital is a religions establishment: “Because the bill vests in the said incorporated church an authority to provide for the support of the poor and the education of poor children of the same, an authority which, being altogether superfluous if the provision is to be the result of pious charity, would bo a precedent for giving to religious societies, as such, a legal agency in carrying into effect a public and civil duty.” Messages of the Presidents, Richardson, Vol. 1, 489, 490.
A few days later he vetoed an act for the relief of certain persons “and the Baptist Church at Salem Meeting House, in the Mississippi Territory;” “'Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land of the United States for the use of said Baptist church comprises a principle and precedent for the appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that‘Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment.’ ” Idem, 490.
This second veto message is based on an objection, namely, a gift of lands to a religious establishment, that does not exist in this case at all, and therefore is not relevant to the question as presented here.
It seems strange, however, that, in both messages, President Madison should have made the mistake of quoting the words of the amendment as prohibiting laws “respecting a religious establishment” instead of “respecting an establishment of religion.”
In the light of previous English and colonial history, and of the circumstances which led directly to the adoption of the amendment, we venture to suggest that “ establishment of religion,” as used therein, can hardly be regarded as altogether synonymous with “ religious establishment.”
The history of the origin of the First Amendment is given by Chief Justice Waite, in the ease of Reynolds v. United States, 98 U. S. 145, 162, 164. He quotes from a letter of Mr. Jefferson, written just after its adoption, as follows:
“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the Government reach actions only and not opinions — I contemplate with, sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ thus building a wall of separation between Church and State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore man to all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.” The Chief Justice then adds: “Coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured.”
Without assuming to express an opinion of the real scope of the prohibitory words, we suggest that it seems to be the opinion of learned commentators of very high authority, that the declaration was intended to secure nothing more than complete religious liberty to all persons, and the absolute separation of the Church from the State, by the prohibition of any preference, by law, in favor of any one religious persuasion or mode of worship. Cooley, Const. Lim. (6th Ed.) 575; 2 Story Const., Sec. 1871 et seq.; 2 Kent’s Com. 34, 35; Rawle Constitution, 121 et seq.) see, also, Trustees First Meth. Ep. Ch. v. City of Atlanta, 76 Ga. 181, 196.
Within four years after the messages aforesaid, vetoing the act incorporating the Protestant Episcopal Church of Alexandria (then in the District of Columbia), a case came before the Supreme Court of the United States, wherein the members of the vestry of the same church sued the overseers of the poor to quiet the title to certain land belonging to the church, which the defendants claimed under certain forfeiture acts •of the legislature of Virginia. Terrett v. Taylor, 9 Cranch, 43, 47, 49, 51. The legal establishment of the Episcopal Church in Virginia ended with the Revolution; but a statute of 1776 confirmed and established its rights to its lands and other property.
The act of 1784, chapter 88, made the vestry of each parish a corporation with perpetual succession. This was repealed inl786,chapter 12, but with a proviso saving the church property and authorizing the trustees to preserve it for the church uses. These property rights were further confirmed by act of 1788, chapter 47. The foregoing statutes were all repealed by act of 1798, chapter 9, “as inconsistent with the principles of the Constitution and of religious freedom.” By act of 1801, chapter 5, the property of the church was declared to be in the State, and vacant glebe lauds were required to be sold by the overseers for the benefit of the poor of the parish. (This act was passed after the cession of the territory, comprising Alexandria, to the United States as a part of the District of Columbia.)
The court held that the lands of the established church did not become the property of the State at the Revolution; that it was competent for the legislature to incorporate the church and confirm its title; and that this legislative grant was irrevocable.
Mr. Justice Story, who delivered the opinion of the court, said in discussing the incorporating act of 1776 : “ It is conceded on all sides that at the Revolution the Episcopal Church no longer retained its character as an exclusive religious establishment. And there can be no doubt that it was competent to the people and to the legislature to deprive it of its superiority over other religious sects, and to withhold from it any support by public taxation. But, although it may be true that ‘religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence/ and that ‘all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience/ as the bill of rights of Virginia declares, yet it is difficult to perceive how it follows, as a consequence, that, the legislature may not enact laws more effectually to enable all sects to accomplish the great objects of religion by giving them corporate rights for the management of their property, and the regulation of their temporal ae well as spiritual concerns. Consistent with the Constitution of Virginia the legislature could not create or continue a religious establishment which should have exclusive rights and prerogatives, or compel the citizens to worship under a stipulated form or discipline, or to pay taxes to those whose creed they could not conscientiously believe. But the free exercise of religion can not be justly deemed to be restrained by aiding with equal-attention the votaries of every sect to perform their own religious duties, or by establishing funds for the support of ministers, for public charities, for the endowment of churches, or for the sepulture of the dead. And that these purposes could be better secured and cherished by corporate powers can not be doubted by any person who has attended to the difficulties which surround all voluntary associations.”
Again, referring to the incorporation act of 1766, he said: “It is asserted by the Legislature of Virginia, in 1798 and 1801, that this statute was inconsistent with the bill of rights and Constitution of that State, and therefore void. Whatever weight such a declaration might properly have as the opinion of wise and learned men, as a declaration of what the law has been or is, it can have no decisive authority. It is, however, encountered by the opinion successively given by former legislatures from the earliest existence of the Constitution itself, which were composed of men of the very first rank for talents and learning. And this opinion, too, is not only a contemporaneous exposition of the Constitution, but has the additional weight that it was promulgated or acquiesced in by a great majority, if not the whole, of the framers of the Constitution.”
Notwithstanding the views expressed by President Madi-’, son, and which were sustained by Congress in acting upon his messages, subsequent Congresses continued to incorporate in the District of Columbia charitable, educational and religious societies, some of which were under the control of different churches. In 1832 an act was passed and approved giving Columbian College lands of the value of §25,000; and in 1833 a similar grant was made to Georgetown College. 4 Stat. 603; 6 Stat. 538. Both were then notoriously under chuTch auspices: the former Baptist; the latter Roman Catholic. (For a statement of donations that have been made by Congress to charitable institutions under the direct control of different churches, see report of joint select committee to investigate the charities and reformatory institutions in the District of Columbia, made March 21, 1898
May 5, 1870, the general incorporation act of the District of Columbia was approved, and the second class of corporations authorized to be formed are “Religious Societies,” to the government of which eleven sections are devoted. R. S. D. C., Sec. 533 et seq. The validity of the incorporation of a church under this act was affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States, though the question of the constitutionality of the statute itself was not raised or noticed. B. & P. R. Co. v. Fifth Baptist Church, 137 U. S. 568.
In the act of 1848, establishing the territorial government of Oregon, ■ Congress expressly exercised the power denied by President Madison in the second message hereinabove referred to. A provision of this act granted the title to not more than 640 acres of land then occupied as missionary stations among the Indians in that territory, to “the several religious societies to which said missionary stations respectively belong.” 9 Stat. 323. The power of Congress to make this donation to religious establishments-passed unquestioned in two cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, wherein the priority of titles claimed thereunder was the subject of controversy. Missionary Society (Methodist Episcopal) v. Dalles, 107 U. S. 336, 339; Catholic Bishop of Nesqually v. Gibbon, 158 U. S. 155, 171. Referring to the character of the grant in this last case, Mr. Justice Brewer said: “That this was a donation instead of a grant of the right to purchase, is immaterial. The donation feature was inserted because of the benefits supposed to flow from the religious work of the mission, and proceeded upon the same principle that exempts from taxation the property of religious organizations.”
In this connection, also, it may not be irrelevant to remark the uniform practice of Congress to provide chaplains for each House, at public expense, as well as chaplains in the army and navy.
The principle conserved by the First Amendment is found, in one form or another, in the Constitutions of the States of the Union; and yet the practice has been common in them all — unquestioned, so far as we are advised — -to admit religious establishments and societies for religious purposes, to incorporation both by special law and under general incorporation acts.
Considering the general terms of the Amendment, the common practice of Congress and State legislatures for so many years, and the judicial decisions above cited, we could not, if the case turned upon the particular question, justify ourselves in holding that Congress has not the power to incorporate, within the District of Columbia, a religious establishment or an association or society under the express control of a church' or sect.
If, then, such a corporation may be lawfully created, why may not Providence Hospital, though, as alleged, owned and conducted by “a monastic order or sisterhood of the Roman Catholic Church,” contract with the duly authorized agents of the Government to receive, not a subsidy or a gift of money, but compensation for actual services to be rendered? /
If the United States were engaged in war, would they he denied the power, no matter how advantageous or necessary it might be in some instances, to contract with religious societies or associations for hospital supplies, or for nursing their sick and wounded soldiers in their own or in private hospitals?
If a church or religious establishment were the lowest bidder on a proposition by the United States for the lease or sale of a building for any legitimate government use or purpose, would the power be denied to authorize the lease or purchase because of the character of the ownership of the offered property ?
In our opinion a law authorizing a contract to be made without discrimination 'or preference, or a contract made under general discretion reposed in authorized agents, for the rendition of actual services in nursing the sick or preventing contagion, with a corporation that may be under the control of a church, can not be declared void as “a law” or an act authorized by law, “ respecting an establishment of religion.”
In Illinois, under a constitutional provision specially prohibiting appropriations of public money in aid of any church or sectarian institution whatsoever, it has been held that a school board could contract’ with a church for the lease of rooms in it to be occupied by a public school. Millard v. Board of Education, 121 Ill. 297.
As we have before remarked, all the States seem to have provisions in their constitutions of the same general purport as the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which have not been regarded as interfering with the incorporation of churches or sectarian establishments. But many of them, also, contain special prohibitions of donations or grants of public money in aid of such establishments. So far as we can ascertain, there have been but few decisions interpreting these special provisions, in application to facts having any similarity to those of this case.
Notwithstanding we may have already consumed more time than necessary in the discussion of this case, we will review the decisions referred to as briefly as possible.
(1) County of Cook v. Industrial School for Girls, 125 Ill. 540.
This was an action of assumpsit to recover the value of the board, tuition and clothing of girls committed by order of court to the custody of the Industrial School. It appeared that the plaintiff was a corporation in name only, and that whilst commitments were to it by the judgments of the proper courts, the girls were in fact delivered to two institutions owned and controlled by the Roman Catholic Church, called House of the Good Shepherd, and St. Joseph’s Orphan School. The girls were divided between these two, and the charges for tuition and care were received by them. After holding that no services were performed by the plaintiff, the court discussed at length and denied the power of the legislature to appropriate money for services to be rendered by any church or sectarian denomination. Holding that the two schools aforesaid were sectarian, it was declared that the act under which the payment was claimed, entitled “An act to aid industrial schools for girls,” was in violation of section 3, of article 8, of the Constitution of Illinois. The effect of that section is thus stated in the opinion of the court: “The second clause of section 3 provides, that no grant or donation of land, money or other personal property shall ever be made to any church or for any sectarian purpose by the State, that is, the General Assembly, or any such public corporation, that is, any county, city, town, township or school district, etc. The first clause says that neither the State nor any such public corporation shall ever make any appropriation, or pay from any public fund whatever, anything in aid of any church or sectarian purpose. Evidently the second clause was intended to prohibit something different from the first clause. The second prohibits grants and donations; the first, grants and appropriations‘in aid.’ If the appropriations and payments mentioned in the first clause mean simply ‘donations’ and nothing more, then it was surplusage to add the second clause to the section. Upon the plainest principles of construction, the first clause has reference to a different kind of aid from that to be derived from donations. Its language is comprehensive enough to embrace all appropriations and payments, whether based on a consideration or not.”
In the course of the opinion the decision in Millard v. Board of Education, 121 Ill. 297, cited above, is approved and its principle distinguished.
(2) State of Nevada v. Hollock, 16 Nev. 373.
In this case a mandamus was refused to compel the State Comptroller to audit-an account in favor of the Nevada Orphan Asylum (a sectarian asylum and school), under the provisions of “An act to appropriate funds for the relief of the several orphan asylums of this State, approved March 3, 1881.” The act was held toi violate section 10 of the Constitution of Nevada as amended, which declares that “No public funds of any kind or character whatever, State, county or municipal, shall be used for sectarian purposes.” The State had asylums, it appears, of its own; and the court said, referring to the title of the act as showing the intent: “It can not be doubted that the appropriation was intended to be a mere charity. . . . The seventy-five dollars appropriated for each orphan is a contribution only. Should it be given, it would be used for the relief and support of a sectarian institution, and in part, at least, for sectarian purposes. Should it be admitted that it would be used in part for legitimate purposes, still it is impossible to separate the legitimate use from that which is forbidden.” The asylum was a school, and daily religious instruction was given, but not forced upon those of another faith. Daily religious services were held, which all were required to attend. Children of other beliefs were not compelled to join in the prayers, but were required to kneel in silence.
(3) Synod of Dakota v. State of South Dakota, 2 S. D. 366; S. C., 14 L. R. A. 418.
An act of the territorial legislature authorized payment to Pierre University — an institution under the control of the Presbyterian Church — for the education of a certain number of scholars each year. The constitution of the State, subsequently adopted, contained a section very much like that of Illinois on the same subject, with this additional clause : “And no sectarian instruction shall be allowed in any school or institution aided or supported by the State." It was held that this section of the constitution abrogated the statute.
Bearing in mind the essential difference between the constitutional prohibition controlling the foregoing decisions, respectively, and that of the Federal Constitution, which governs here, we do not find any necessary antagonism between them and the conclusion at which we have arrived; on the contrary, inferences, logically deducible therefrom, would seem to support that conclusion.
In State v. Hallock, supra, the court, in giving the history of the amendment of the constitution, shows that it was the result of popular dissatisfaction with a general clause prohibiting sectarian instruction in schools maintained at public expense, and was apparently devised to meet the situation presented.
As we have seen, also, in the extract quoted above from the opinion in Cook Co. v. Industrial School, the court found that by reason of a special clause prohibiting appropriations in aid of any church or sectarian purpose, in addition to one prohibiting donations merely, the intention was to go farther and “embrace all appropriations or payments, whether based on a consideratioffor not."
4. Another point raised on the argument remains to be considered. Under the head of “Charities,” in the same general appropriation act, large sums of money are set apart to many charitable institutions and societies, by name, that are under church supervision, control and ownership. The last item of such appropriations is followed by the following clause: “And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government of the United States to make no appropriation of money or property for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding, by payment for services, expenses or otherwise, any church or religious denomination or any institution or society which is under sectarian or ecclesiastical control; and it is hereby enacted that, from and after the thirtieth day of June, 1898, no money appropriated for charitable purposes-in the District of Columbia shall be paid to any church or religious denomination, or to any institution or society which is under sectarian or ecclesiastical control.” 29 Stat. 683.
We can not agree with the learned justice who granted the injunction, that the foregoing declaration of a departure in public policy limits and controls the discretion of the District Commissioners in the matter of the contract under consideration. The act was approved March 3, 1897, and its appropriations are limited to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. The new policy is expressly declared to take effect and be in force from and after June SO, 1898.
How, then, is it possible to hold that an act, the purpose of which will have been accomplished on June 30, 1898, is to be restrained in its operation by a clause injected into it which does not come into existence and operation until after that date?
It is, indeed, difficult to conceive what effect this declaration or enactment can have in any event. Clearly it can not affect appropriations of money that will be exhausted before it takes effect; and it cannot bind the succeeding Congress when it comes to enact an appropriation bill for the year beginning July 1, 1898. It seems to be nothing more than a mere declaration of an abstract view of public policy that was not permitted to affect the operation of the act of which it was made a part, and that can not, for obvious reasons, control or limit expenditures under specific appropriations which may be similarly itemized and designated in the act of a succeeding Congress.
Payments under these special appropriations have not been embraced in this bill, and in referring to them, in considering the effect of the provision aforesaid which accompanies them, we are not to be understood as expressing an opinion in respect either of the power of Congress to grant money in aid of associations of persons engaged in works of public charity, whether under sectarian control or not, or of the policy of so doing if the power exists.
As regards the policy that should prevail in the matter of the support of charities in the District, or the wisdom of contracting for the erection of buildings for such purposes upon other than public property, these are matters for the exclusive determination of Congress and it would not be within our province even to intimate an opinion thereon.
The sole question for our determination is the power of Congress and the District Commissioners in the matter of the appropriation and contract involved in this case.
Finding no valid objection to that power as exercised, we must reverse the decree with costs, and remand the cause with direction to dismiss the bill. It is so ordered.
Reversed.
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Organ-level quorum sensing directs regeneration in hair stem cell populations
Chih Chiang Chen, Lei Wang, Maksim V. Plikus, Ting Xin Jiang, Philip J. Murray, Raul Ramos, Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez, Michael W. Hughes, Oscar K. Lee, Songtao Shi, Randall B. Widelitz, Arthur D. Lander, Cheng Ming Chuong*
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Summary Coordinated organ behavior is crucial for an effective response to environmental stimuli. By studying regeneration of hair follicles in response to patterned hair plucking, we demonstrate that organ-level quorum sensing allows coordinated responses to skin injury. Plucking hair at different densities leads to a regeneration of up to five times more neighboring, unplucked resting hairs, indicating activation of a collective decision-making process. Through data modeling, the range of the quorum signal was estimated to be on the order of 1 mm, greater than expected for a diffusible molecular cue. Molecular and genetic analysis uncovered a two-step mechanism, where release of CCL2 from injured hairs leads to recruitment of TNF-α-secreting macrophages, which accumulate and signal to both plucked and unplucked follicles. By coupling immune response with regeneration, this mechanism allows skin to respond predictively to distress, disregarding mild injury, while meeting stronger injury with full-scale cooperative activation of stem cells.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)277-290
Number of pages14
JournalCell
Volume161
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Cicerone lets you capture how users browse the guide by letting you retrieve the id of the element currently highlighted. The method get_highlighted_el will return the id the the currently highlighted step.
library(shiny)
library(cicerone)
guide <- Cicerone$
new(opacity = .3)$
step("one", "Try", "Try")$
step("two", "Cicerone", "Cicerone")$
step("three", "Right", "right")$
step("four", "Away", "away")
ui <- fluidPage(
use_cicerone(),
h1("Try", id = "one"),
h1("cicerone", id = "two"),
h1("right", id = "three"),
h1("away", id = "four"),
verbatimTextOutput("highlighted")
)
server <- function(input, output){
guide$init()$start()
output$highlighted <- renderPrint({
guide$get_highlighted_el()
})
}
shinyApp(ui, server)
You can also fetch the previously highlighted element with get_previous_el. There are also the input$ciceroneId_cicerone_next and input$ciceroneId_cicerone_previous which are triggered every time the user presses “next” or “previous”. Where ciceroneId is the id used when creating the guide. The id defaults to NULL and internally generates a random id; to capture those events you will have to supply the id.
library(shiny)
library(cicerone)
guide <- Cicerone$
new(
opacity = .3,
id = "guide" # supply id
)$
step("one", "Try", "Try")$
step("two", "Cicerone", "Cicerone")$
step("three", "Right", "right")$
step("four", "Away", "away")
ui <- fluidPage(
use_cicerone(),
h1("Try", id = "one"),
h1("cicerone", id = "two"),
h1("right", id = "three"),
h1("away", id = "four"),
verbatimTextOutput("highlighted")
)
server <- function(input, output){
guide$init()$start()
output$highlighted <- renderPrint({
input$guide_cicerone_next
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305 -6. Rings, ideals, homomorphisms
It will be important to understand the subfields of a given field; this is a key step in figuring out whether a field {{mathbb Q}^{p(x)}} is an extension by radicals or not. We need some “machinery” before we can develop this understanding.
Recall:
Definition 1 A ring is a set {R} together with two binary operations {+,times} on {R} such that:
1. {+} is commutative.
2. There is an additive identity {0.}
3. Any {a} has an additive inverse {-a.}
4. {+} is associative.
5. {times} is associative.
6. {times} distributes over {+,} both on the right and on the left.
So {{mathbb Z}} is a ring with the usual operations, as is each {{mathbb Z}_n.} Any field is a ring. These are all examples of commutative rings, since {atimes b=btimes a} holds in them. They are also rings with identity, since there is a multiplicative identity {1} in all of them.
If {{mathbb F}} is a field, {{mathbb F}[x]} is a commutative ring with identity.
Here is an exercise, to check your understanding: Suppose {R} is a ring. Is {R[x]} a ring?
If {{mathcal M}_n({mathbb F})} denotes the collection of {ntimes n} matrices with coefficients in the field {{mathbb F},} then {{mathcal M}_n({mathbb F})} is a ring. In general, it is not commutative. Here is another exercise: Is there some {n} such that {{mathcal M}_n({mathbb F})} is commutative?
If {X} is a set and {{mathcal P}(X)} is its power set, i.e., the collection of all subsets of {X,} then we can turn {{mathcal P}(X)} into a commutative ring with identity: For {A,B} subsets of {X,} define {A``+mbox{''}B=Abigtriangleup B:={xin Acup B: xnotin Acap B}.} This is the symmetric difference of {A} and {B.} Define {A``timesmbox{''}B=Acap B.} Check that this is indeed a commutative ring with identity. What is the {0} element? What is the {1} element?
Definition 2 If {R} is a ring, a subring of {R} is a subset {Ssubseteq R} which is a ring with the operations inherited from {R.}
Just as with subfields, there is an easy way of verifying whether a given subset of a ring is a subring.
Proposition 3 Let {R} be a ring and let {Ssubseteq R.} Then {S} is a subring of {R} iff the following conditions hold:
1. {S} is closed under addition and multiplication.
2. {Sneemptyset.}
3. Whenever {ain S,} then {-ain S.} {Box}
The proof of the proposition is an easy modification of the corresponding argument for subfields.
Here are some examples:
For any ring {R,} both {R} and {{0}} are subrings of {R.}
For any integer {n,} let {n{mathbb Z}={nm:min{mathbb Z}}} be the set of multiples of {{mathbb Z}.} Then {n{mathbb Z}} is a subring of {{mathbb Z}.}
In fact: Suppose {Ssubseteq{mathbb Z}} is a subring. Then {S=n{mathbb Z}} for some {n.} Indeed, either {S={0}} or else {S} must contain a positive element. Using the division algorithm, one easily checks that if {n} is the smallest positive element of {S,} then {S=n{mathbb Z}.}
Let {R={mathcal M}_n({mathbb C}).} An {ntimes n} matrix {A} has eigenvector {{mathbf v}} iff {A{mathbf v}} is a scalar multiple of {{mathbf v},} i.e., for some complex number {lambda,} {A{mathbf v}=lambda{mathbf v}.} Fix a column vector {{mathbf v}} with {n} entries, and let {S} be the collection of matrices in {R} with eigenvector {{mathbf v}.} Then {S} is a subring of {R.} Make sure you verify that this is indeed the case.
Definition 4 Given rings {(A,+_A,times_A,0_A)} and {(B,+_B,times_B,0_B),} a homomorphism between {A} and {B} is a function {h:Arightarrow B} such that for any {a,bin A}:
1. {h(0_A)=0_B.}
2. {h(a+_A b)=h(a)+_B h(b).}
3. {h(atimes_A b)=h(a)times_B h(b).}
Informally, {h} translates the operations of {A} into the operations of {B} in a “coherent” way.
Proposition 5 If {h:Arightarrow B} is a homomorphism of rings and {C=h[A]:={h(a):ain A},} then {C} is a subring of {B.} {Box}
This is easy. It is a good idea to check first that {h(-a)=-h(a)} for any {a.}
Here are some examples:
Let {A={mathbb Z}} and {B={mathbb Z}_n} and let {h:Arightarrow B} be the map that to each {kin A} assigns its class modulo {n.} Then {h} is a homomorphism.
Let {A={mathbb Q}[x],} let {rin{mathbb C}} and let {h:Arightarrow{mathbb C}} be the evaluation by {r:} {h(p(x))=p(r).} Then {h} is a homomorphism. For example, if {r=sqrt2,} then {h[A]={mathbb Q}(sqrt2).} This is not only a subring of {{mathbb C},} it is in fact a field.
Proposition 6 Suppose {h:Arightarrow B} is a ring homomorphism. Then {h} is 1-1 iff the only {a} such that {h(a)=0_B} is {a=0_A,} in symbols, {h^{-1}(0_B)={0_A}.} {Box}
For example, if {A={mathbb Q}[x],} {B={mathbb C}} and {h(p(x))=p(pi),} then {h} is 1-1, because {pi} is transcendental, i.e., there is no nonzero polynomial in {A} such that {p(pi)=0.}
We just saw that the image of a homomorphism is a subring of the target ring. Homomorphisms also provide us with subrings of the source ring. These are special subrings:
Definition 7 Let {R} be a ring. A subset {Isubseteq R} is an ideal provided the following hold:
1. {Ineemptyset.}
2. Whenever {a,bin I,} then {a-bin I.}
3. Whenever {ain I} and {bin R,} then {abin I} and {bain I.}
Lemma 8 If {I} is an ideal of a ring {R} then {I} is a subring of {R.} {Box}
Here is an example: Let {R={mathbb Q}[x],} let {p(x)in R} and let {I} be the set of all polynomial multiples of {p,} {I={p(x)q(x):q(x)in R}.} Then {I} is an ideal. It is the ideal generated by {p(x),} and we write {I=(p(x)).}
On the other hand, if {R={mathcal M}_2({mathbb C}),} {{mathbf v}} is a column vector with 2 entries and {S} is the collection of matrices in {R} with eigenvector {{mathbf v},} then this is a subring of {R} but not necessarily an ideal, since there is no reason why {A{mathbf v}=lambda{mathbf v}} should imply that {AB{mathbf v}} is a multiple of {{mathbf v}} for an arbitrary {Bin R.} As an exercise, find a counterexample.
Proposition 9 Let {h:Arightarrow B} be a ring homomorphism. Let {I=h^{-1}(0_B):={ain A: h(a)=0_B}.} Then {I} is an ideal of {A.} {Box}
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Viewing Services
To view a description of all the loaded and active units, run the systemctl command without any options or arguments:
systemctl
To see all the loaded, active, and inactive units and their description, run the following command:
systemctl --all
To see all the unit files and their current status but no description, run thie following command:
systemctl list-unit-files
The grep command filters the services by a search term, a helpful tactic to recall the exact name of a unit file without looking through a long list of names. Example:
systemctl list-unit-files | grep network
org.freedesktop.network1.busname static
dbus-org.freedesktop.network1.service enabled
systemd-networkd-wait-online.service enabled
systemd-networkd.service enabled
systemd-networkd.socket enabled
network-online.target static
network-pre.target static
network.target static
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Magadha
Magadha is the southern region of Bihar in India.
Cities
* — a small town atop a craggy rock
* — site of the Buddha Sakyamuni's enlightenment
* — a major pilgrimage city and a ritual place famous for Pind daan
* — the capital of Bihar
* — a census town
* — meaning the abode of Kings
* — small hamlet famous as a health resort
Other destinations
* — ruins of an ancient university
* — the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India
Get in
* Patna Airport, Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
* Gaya Airport
Do
Chhath Puja is the biggest festival at the western parts of Magadha. It usually takes place from late October to early November. Chhath involves worshipping and thanking the sun god Surya for bestowing the riches of life on Earth.
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package CatalystX::Temporal::Controller::AutoResult;
use Moose::Role;
requires 'result_GET';
requires 'result_PUT';
requires 'result_DELETE';
around result_GET => \&AutoResult_around_result_GET;
with 'CatalystX::Helper::DateTimeToString';
sub AutoResult_around_result_GET {
my $orig = shift;
my $self = shift;
my ($c) = @_;
my $obj = $c->stash->{ $self->config->{object_key} };
my $ref = {
created_at => $self->_ts_as_string( $obj->created_at ),
id => $obj->id,
created_by => {
id => $obj->get_column('created_by'),
name => $obj->created_by->name,
},
};
my $return_data_as = $self->config->{return_data_as} ? lc $self->config->{return_data_as} : 'array';
my $name = $self->config->{data_related_as};
my $func = $self->config->{build_row};
foreach ( sort { $b->valid_to <=> $a->valid_to } $obj->$name->all ) {
my $ret = $func->( $_, $self, $c, $obj );
push @{ $ref->{data} }, $ret;
}
$ref->{data} = $ref->{data}[0] if ( $return_data_as eq 'hash' && !exists $c->req->params->{with_history} );
$self->status_ok( $c, entity => $ref );
$self->$orig(@_);
}
around result_PUT => \&AutoResult_around_result_PUT;
sub AutoResult_around_result_PUT {
my $orig = shift;
my $self = shift;
my ($c) = @_;
my $something = $c->stash->{ $self->config->{object_key} };
my $data_from = $self->config->{data_from_body} ? 'data' : 'params';
my $params = { %{ $c->req->$data_from } };
if ( exists $self->config->{prepare_params_for_update}
&& ref $self->config->{prepare_params_for_update} eq 'CODE' ) {
$params = $self->config->{prepare_params_for_update}->( $self, $c, $params );
}
$c->model('DB')->txn_do(
sub {
my $name = $self->config->{data_related_as};
my $old = $something->$name->search(
{
'valid_to' => 'infinity'
}
)->next;
die { error_code => '400', message => 'Cannot execute PUT on non-existing resource' }
unless $old;
$old->update(
{
deleted_by => $c->user->id,
valid_to => \'now()',
}
);
$c->stash->{data_collection}->execute(
$c,
for => 'patch',
with => {
%$params,
created_by => $c->user->id,
# hate Date::Verifier... can't pass Str or hashRef or arrayref
_old_data => { dv => $old }
}
);
}
);
$self->status_accepted(
$c,
location => $c->uri_for( $self->action_for('result'), [ @{ $c->req->captures } ] )->as_string,
entity => { id => $something->id }
) if $something;
$self->$orig(@_);
}
around result_DELETE => \&AutoResult_around_result_DELETE;
sub AutoResult_around_result_DELETE {
my $orig = shift;
my $self = shift;
my ($c) = @_;
my $config = $self->config;
my $something = $c->stash->{ $self->config->{object_key} };
$self->status_gone( $c, message => 'object already deleted' ), $c->detach
unless $something;
$c->model('DB')->txn_do(
sub {
my $delete = 1;
if ( ref $self->config->{before_delete} eq 'CODE' ) {
$delete = $self->config->{before_delete}->( $self, $c, $something );
}
my $name = $config->{data_related_as};
$something->$name->search(
{
'valid_to' => 'infinity'
}
)->update(
{
deleted_by => $c->user->id,
valid_to => \'now()',
}
);
$something->update(
{
deleted_by => $c->user->id,
deleted_at => \'now()',
}
) if $delete;
}
);
$self->status_no_content($c);
$self->$orig(@_);
}
1;
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Rix
The result was delete. MBisanz talk 23:40, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
Matthew Rix
* – ( View AfD View log Stats )
WP:BLP, with significant advertorial overtones, of a music industry figure with no properly sourced indication of notability for any specific reason -- this basically amounts to "person who is automatically notable because he exists", which is not how a person gets a Wikipedia article. The sourcing is entirely to primary sources like his own web page, his own self-published social media content and the web page of a music conference he's directly involved in, with the closest thing to an independent source being a glancing mention of his existence on the website of a non-notable blogger. This is not the kind of sourcing it takes to get someone over WP:GNG. Bearcat (talk) 23:10, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:57, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* delete per nom - apart from the blatantly promotional nature of the article, WP:BEFORE for me turns up passing mentions at best, amongst all the other people of the same name - David Gerard (talk) 13:19, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:07, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
* Delete as spam for this "motivational coach". Nothing approaching an encyclopedia entry here. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:38, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
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Friends first as 'sick' slopestyle set for Olympic debut | News Home | Reuters
3 Min Read ROSA KHUTOR, Russia (Reuters) - There are Olympic medals at stake for the first time in the sport's history but for most competitors in slopestyle snowboarding, camaraderie seems to come first. As the competitors stood laughing and joking in the mixed zone, American snowboarder Sage Kostenburg told Reuters that he hoped that sense of friendship wouldn't disappear when qualifying begins on Thursday. I really hope not, we're all pretty good friends and we get on well, so it would be a shame if all that was to change and everyone turned up tomorrow all serious, the 20-year-old said, grinning. Obviously I would be so stoked to win an Olympic medal, but just the fact that slopestyle is in the Olympics for the first time is so sick. Not many people get to do this, you know? Kostenburg and his fellow snowboarders will be some of the first competitors in action at the Sochi Games when they begin qualifying on Thursday, a day before the opening ceremony. The slopestyler said that qualification made the process a bit more difficult, as the athletes balance the prospect of direct qualification for the final against the need to keep something special in reserve to put them in the medal hunt. Qualifying is hard - you can qualify directly for the finals, but you don't want to blow your best routine straight away. You've got to keep something for the show! Besides, everyone knows what everyone else can do, but you've still got to keep some secrets for the crowd. A few meters away Australia's Scotty James was shooting the breeze and laughing in the sunshine as other competitors passed by on their way to the locker rooms. I think that's just the nature of snowboarding - we're all pretty good friends and we like to have a laugh. I don't think that will change tomorrow. I think that's pretty cool too, that no-one is too stressed out and stiff. I definitely try to take more of a friendly approach, to talk to everyone, have a laugh and a bit of fun about it, the Australian told Reuters. James said he was proud to be part of the biggest-ever Australian team at the Winter Games, and that he would be aiming for a spot in the final. In slopestyle I'm aiming for a spot in the final and then just laying down the best run I can when I get there, (but) I'm in half-pipe as well, and there I'd like to make the podium. Both snowboarders expect the first slopestyle snowboard event at the Olympics to be a crowd-pleaser. Everyone's been out there this morning throwing it down and I've been doing my best too. I think it's going to be a great competition, Kostenburg said. Given the easy, relaxed relationship that exists between the competitors, it seems that they will all celebrate no matter who wins, but Kostenburg is unsure of exactly what they will do. I don't know. Maybe go up there and just ride some powder, get a free run, he says, before bursting into a wide smile. With that medal around my neck! philip@eblana.se All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. 2018 Reuters. All Rights Reserved.
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Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2018; 22 (24): 8649-8656
DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201812_16629
The ratio of miR-21/miR-24 as a promising diagnostic and poor prognosis biomarker in colorectal cancer
J.-P. Hao, A. Ma
Department of Colorectal Surgery, the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Hexi District, Tianjin, China. aima1979@126.com
OBJECTIVE: Optimal management of cancer treatment will be guided by sensitive and specific biomarkers. Searching for potential biomarkers is always a hot spot in cancer research, including colorectal cancer (CRC). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been recently proposed as biomarkers for cancers.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Based on previous miRNA analysis in our hospital and data mining, we hypothesized that the ratio of miR-21/miR-24 (miR-21/24) may serve as plasma biomarkers in CRC patients. The plasma levels of miR-21 and miR-24 were analyzed from the 186 CRC patients before surgery and 97 healthy controls by qRT-PCR. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was further used to evaluate the difference in diagnostic accuracy associated with the expression of miR-21, miR-24 and their ratio. Chi-square2-test or Fisher’s exact test was performed to determine the relationship between the ratio of miR-21/24 and clinicopathological parameters. Kaplan-Meier and log-rank testing were performed to evaluate the effect of miR-21/24 ratio on the survival of colon cancer. Hazard ratios (HRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by Cox regression models.
RESULTS: ROC curves revealed that the diagnostic accuracy AUC (area under the curve) in CRC tissue of miR-24, miR-21, and the ratio of miR-21/24 were 0.8971, 0.9128 and 0.9875, respectively. Notably, the ratio of miR-21/24, with the best accuracy among these miRNAs, was significantly correlated with several important prognosis factors in CRC, such as tumor size, TNM stage, lymph metastasis and histologic differentiation (all p<0.05). By Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox regression analysis, the ratio of miR-21/24 was shown to be a significant survival risk factor for CRC patients.
CONCLUSIONS: We showed that the plasma ratio of miR-21/24 is a potentially powerful tool for detecting CRC and predicting prognosis.
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To cite this article
J.-P. Hao, A. Ma
The ratio of miR-21/miR-24 as a promising diagnostic and poor prognosis biomarker in colorectal cancer
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
Year: 2018
Vol. 22 - N. 24
Pages: 8649-8656
DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_201812_16629
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Zero-inflated model
In statistics, a zero-inflated model is a statistical model based on a zero-inflated probability distribution, i.e. a distribution that allows for frequent zero-valued observations.
Introduction to Zero-Inflated Models
Zero-inflated models are commonly used in the analysis of count data, such as the number of visits a patient makes to the emergency room in one year, or the number of fish caught in one day in one lake. Count data can take values of 0, 1, 2, … (non-negative integer values). Other examples of count data are the number of hits recorded by a Geiger counter in one minute, patient days in the hospital, goals scored in a soccer game, and the number of episodes of hypoglycemia per year for a patient with diabetes.
For statistical analysis, the distribution of the counts is often represented using a Poisson distribution or a negative binomial distribution. Hilbe notes that "Poisson regression is traditionally conceived of as the basic count model upon which a variety of other count models are based." In a Poisson model, "… the random variable $$ y $$ is the count response and parameter $$ \lambda $$ (lambda) is the mean. Often, $$ \lambda $$ is also called the rate or intensity parameter… In statistical literature, $$ \lambda $$ is also expressed as $$ \mu $$ (mu) when referring to Poisson and traditional negative binomial models."
In some data, the number of zeros is greater than would be expected using a Poisson distribution or a negative binomial distribution. Data with such an excess of zero counts are described as Zero-inflated.
Example histograms of zero-inflated Poisson distributions with mean $$ \mu $$ of 5 or 10 and proportion of zero inflation $$ \pi $$ of 0.2 or 0.5 are shown below, based on the R program ZeroInflPoiDistPlots.R from Bilder and Laughlin.
Examples of Zero-inflated count data
* Fish counts "… suppose we recorded the number of fish caught on various lakes in 4-hour fishing trips to Minnesota. Some lakes in Minnesota are too shallow for fish to survive the winter, so fishing in those lakes will yield no catch. On the other hand, even on a lake where fish are plentiful, we may or may not catch any fish due to conditions or our own competence. Thus, the number of fish caught will be zero if the lake does not support fish, and will be zero, one or more if it does."
* Number of wisdom teeth extracted. The number of wisdom teeth that a person has had extracted can range from 0 to 4. Some individuals, about one-third of the population, do not have any wisdom teeth. For these individuals, the number of wisdom teeth extracted will always be zero. For other individuals, the number extracted will be between 0 and 4, where a 0 indicates that the subject has not yet, and may never, have any of their 4 wisdom teeth extracted.
* Publications by PhD candidates. Long examined the number of publications by 915 doctoral candidates in biochemistry in the last three years of their PhD studies. The proportion of candidates with zero publications exceeded the number predicted by a Poisson model. "Long argued that the PhD candidates might fall into two distinct groups: "publishers" (perhaps striving for an academic career) and "non-publishers" (seeking other career paths). One reasonable form of explanation is that the observed zero counts reflect a mixture of the two latent classes – those who simply have not yet published and those who will likely never publish."
Zero-inflated data as a mixture of two distributions
As the examples above show, zero-inflated data can arise as a mixture of two distributions. The first distribution generates zeros. The second distribution, which may be a Poisson distribution, a negative binomial distribution or other count distribution, generates counts, some of which may be zeros.
In the statistical literature, different authors may use different names to distinguish zeros from the two distributions. Some authors describe zeros generated by the first (binary) distribution as "structural" and zeros generated by the second (count) distribution as "random". Other authors use the terminology "immune" and "susceptible" for the binary and count zeros, respectively.
Zero-inflated Poisson
One well-known zero-inflated model is Diane Lambert's zero-inflated Poisson model, which concerns a random event containing excess zero-count data in unit time. For example, the number of insurance claims within a population for a certain type of risk would be zero-inflated by those people who have not taken out insurance against the risk and thus are unable to claim. The zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) model mixes two zero generating processes. The first process generates zeros. The second process is governed by a Poisson distribution that generates counts, some of which may be zero. The mixture distribution is described as follows:
* $$ \Pr (Y = 0) = \pi + (1 - \pi) e^{-\lambda} $$
* $$\Pr (Y = y_i) = (1 - \pi) \frac{\lambda^{y_i} e^{-\lambda}} {y_i!},\qquad y_i = 1,2,3,...$$
where the outcome variable $$y_i$$ has any non-negative integer value, $$\lambda$$ is the expected Poisson count for the $$i$$th individual; $$\pi$$ is the probability of extra zeros.
The mean is $$ (1-\pi) \lambda $$ and the variance is $$ \lambda (1-\pi) (1+\pi \lambda) $$.
Estimators of ZIP parameters
The method of moments estimators are given by
* $$ \hat{\lambda}_{mo} = \frac{s^2+m^2}{m} - 1, $$
* $$ \hat{\pi}_{mo} = \frac{s^2-m}{s^2 + m^2-m}, $$
where $$m$$ is the sample mean and $$s^2$$ is the sample variance.
The maximum likelihood estimator can be found by solving the following equation
* $$ m(1- e^{-\hat{\lambda}_{ml}}) = \hat{\lambda}_{ml} \left( 1 - \frac{n_0}{n} \right). $$
where $$ \frac{n_0}{n}$$ is the observed proportion of zeros.
A closed form solution of this equation is given by
* $$ \hat{\lambda}_{ml} = W_{0}(-s e^{-s})+s $$
with $$W_0$$ being the main branch of Lambert's W-function and
* $$ s = \frac{ m }{1 - \frac{n_0}{n}} $$.
Alternatively, the equation can be solved by iteration.
The maximum likelihood estimator for $$\pi$$ is given by
* $$ \hat{\pi}_{ml} = 1 - \frac{m}{\hat{\lambda}_{ml}}. $$
Related models
In 1994, Greene considered the zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) model. Daniel B. Hall adapted Lambert's methodology to an upper-bounded count situation, thereby obtaining a zero-inflated binomial (ZIB) model.
Discrete pseudo compound Poisson model
If the count data $$Y$$ is such that the probability of zero is larger than the probability of nonzero, namely
* $$ \Pr (Y = 0) > 0.5 $$
then the discrete data $$Y$$ obey discrete pseudo compound Poisson distribution.
In fact, let $$G(z) = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty P(Y = n)z^n$$ be the probability generating function of $$y_i$$. If $$ p_0=\Pr (Y = 0) > 0.5 $$, then $$|G(z)| \geqslant p_0 - \sum\limits_{i = 1}^\infty p_i = 2p_0-1 > 0$$. Then from the Wiener–Lévy theorem, $$G(z)$$ has the probability generating function of the discrete pseudo compound Poisson distribution.
We say that the discrete random variable $$Y$$ satisfying probability generating function characterization
* $$ G_Y(z) = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty P(Y = n)z^n = \exp\left(\sum_{k=1}^\infty \alpha_k \lambda (z^k - 1)\right), \quad (|z| \le 1)$$
has a discrete pseudo compound Poisson distribution with parameters
* $$(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \ldots ) = (\alpha_1 \lambda,\alpha_2 \lambda, \ldots ) \in \mathbb{R}^\infty \left( \sum_{k = 1}^\infty \alpha _k = 1, \sum\limits_{k = 1}^\infty |\alpha_k| < \infty, \alpha_k \in \mathbb{R},\lambda > 0 \right).$$
When all the $$\alpha_k$$ are non-negative, it is the discrete compound Poisson distribution (non-Poisson case) with overdispersion property.
Software
* pscl, glmmTMB and brms R packages
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Maelienydd
Maelienydd, sometimes spelt Maeliennydd, was a cantref and lordship in east central Wales covering the area from the River Teme to Radnor Forest and the area around Llandrindod Wells. The area, which is mainly upland, is now in Powys. During the Middle Ages it was part of the region known as Rhwng Gwy a Hafren (Between the Wye and the Severn) and its administrative centre was at Cefnllys Castle.
Early history
According to historic manuscripts, the region between the Wye and the Severn was once regarded as a unit. Manuscripts use various alternative spellings for this, such as Ferlix, Fferllys, Fferleg, and Fferreg; in his Hanes Cymru, the historian John Davies argued, based on these alternatives, that it was probably named Fferyllwg, and that the name may refer to ironworkers (Fferyll in Welsh).
Welsh tradition (as reported for example by the 1844 Topographical Dictionary of Wales), claims that Ferlix was part of the realm of King Caradoc (more usually associated with Gwent), but on his death, the realm was divided between his sons; Cawdraf received Ferlix, while Meurig received the rest of the realm, as Gwent. In any case, manuscripts give Tangwydd ap Tegid, an 8th-century ruler of Ferlix, the following pedigree:
* Cawrdaf ap Caradoc
* Caw ap Cawrdaf
* Gloyw ap Caw
* Hoyw ap Gloyw
* Cynfarch ap Hoyw
* Cyndegg ap Cynfarch
* Teithwalch ap Cyndegg
* Tegid ap Teithwalch
* Tangwydd ap Tegid
Welsh annals claim that during the reign of Tangwydd's father, Tegid, the Mercians seized parts of Ferlix, by constructing Offa's Dyke through it. For unclear reasons, Tangwydd also became ruler of Brycheiniog, which lay adjacent to Ferlix; Elisse ap Rhain, the previous king of Brycheiniog, only had daughters, so it is possible that Tangwydd obtained Brycheiniog by marriage.
Hwgan, Tangwydd's son and successor, attempted to invade Mercia, while King Edward the Elder was distracted by the Viking invasion; Hwgan, however, hadn't reckoned with Edward's sister, Æthelflæd, who lead an army against him. Æthelflæd defeated Hwgan, in battle, then invaded his lands, captured Hwgan's castle (in Brycheiniog). and took his wife prisoner. Hwgan decided to form an alliance with the Vikings, but died soon after, while defending Derby (at the time held by the Vikings) from the Saxons.
New dynasties
As Hwgan had been an aggressor against the Saxons, his son Dryffin was forced by King Æthelstan to pay tribute, and was deposed from Ferlix. He was replaced by Elystan Glodrydd, Æthelstan's god-son (and namesake), united Ferlix with his existing realm of Buellt; Dryffin and his heirs would now only rule in Brycheiniog. Elystan was succeeded by his son, Cadwgan, who was succeeded by his eldest son, Idnerth; a younger son gave rise to the Cadogan family, who were raised to the nobility many centuries later.
Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066 many Welsh princes, who owed allegiance to the Saxon kings, assisted anti-Norman revolts such as that of Eadric the Wild. Hence, in 1080, when a revolt broke out in Northern England, the Normans pre-emptively occupied Wales to prevent any further Welsh assistance to the Saxons. In turn, this led to a Welsh revolt in 1094, but by the end of the century it was successfully suppressed by a number of Norman magnates; the northern parts of Ferlix were conquered by Ranulph de Mortimer. He founded the castles of Dinieithon (near present Llandrindod Wells) and Cymaron (between Llanbister and Llangunllo).
Ranulph's daughter (Hawise) had married Stephen of Aumale, the cousin of William Rufus, the King. In 1095, Ranulph took part in an unsuccessful conspiracy to replace the king with his son-in-law, and was consequently exiled. Idnerth was able to recover his lands in northern Ferlix; he reached agreement with Philip de Braose, the conqueror of southern Ferlix, to regain most of the remainder, but had to consent to Braose retaining Buellt and the area around New Radnor. Idnerth passed his lands to his son, Madog, but when Madog died, in 1140, Ferlix was divided between Madog's sons.
The exile of Ranulph and his family had continued throughout this time, due to supporting a rival of William's brother (and successor) Henry (namely, Robert Curthose the Duke of Normandy). After Henry's death, in 1135, Ranulph's family supported the successful invasion of England by Stephen of Blois, and were able to return. In 1142, once forces loyal to Empress Matilda (the legitimate heir of King Henry) managed to capture Stephen, and Stephen's partisans began to abandon his cause, Hugh de Mortimer (grandson of Ranulph) invaded northern Ferlix, killing Hywel and Cadwgan, sons of Madog, in the process. In 1144, Hugh repaired Cymaron Castle, and from this base, two years later, he invaded the south of Ferlix, leading to the death of Maredudd, another of Madog's sons.
After 1148, Matilda's son Henry gradually weakened Stephen's position, and eventually was acknowledged his heir; in 1155 Henry became king. During this period, Henry's growing political strength enabled him to force Hugh to surrender his Welsh castles. The two remaining sons of Madog had by now re-divided Ferlix between them; Cadwallon received the northern half, which became Maelienydd, while his brother, Einion Clud, ruled the southern half, which became Elfael.
In 1176 Cadwallon founded Cwmhir Abbey. In 1179, Cadwallon visited King Henry II of England (for reasons which do not survive). Upon his return, on 22 September, he was killed by some retainers of Hugh de Mortimer's son, Roger; the king was outraged, and imprisoned Roger for 3 years.
Maelgwn
Maelienydd was inherited by Cadwallon's son, Maelgwn ap Cadwallon (not to be confused with Maelgwn ap Cadwallon of Gwynedd, also known as Maelgwn Gwynedd, who lived centuries before), but King Henry seized Cymaron castle, to use the income from its lands to pay back large debts that Cadwallon owed him. When Roger Mortimer was released, he seized much of Maelienydd, including Cymaron, though Maelgwn was able to recover it with the help of Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth, his cousin's father-in-law; Maelgwn had opted to become a vassal of Rhys, in order to increase his ability to resist Mortimer. One of the main versions of Welsh law, the Cyfnerth Redaction, is thought to originate from Maelienydd during this time.
King Henry was succeeded by Richard the Lionheart, who soon decided to drive forward the Third Crusade. On 5 March 1188, Gerald of Wales visited Ferlix with Baldwin, the Archbishop of Canterbury, seeking soldiers for the Third Crusade; they met Maelgwn at his castle of Crug Eryr (described by Gerald as 'Cruker'), and convinced him to take the cross (i.e. join the crusade) like his cousin Einion o'r Porth (ruler of Elfael and son of Einion Clud) had done a few days earlier.
Richard's absence during the crusade allowed Rhys to increase his already great dominance over other Welsh princes, establishing effective hegemony; when Richard returned he was determined to restrain Rhys. Shortly thereafter, the murder of Einion (himself recently returned from Crusade) by Gwalter, his own brother, lead to military intervention by the Sheriff of Hereford (William de Braose); when Rhys opposed this, the king had the excuse he needed to suppress the power of Deheubarth. Local Norman magnates were provided with troops by the king, to invade lands under the sway of Deheubarth; Roger Mortimer was the magnate who attacked Maelienydd, and by 1200 had conquered it. In that year, Roger granted a charter of liberties to Cwmhir Abbey.
Maelgwn and his brother, Hywel, found refuge in Gwynedd. Maelgwn died in exile, two years later.
Gwyneddian hegemony
In 1210, Hywel, and Maelgwn's eldest son, Madog, came to an accommodation with Roger Mortimer. However, two years later, they murdered William de Mora, so King John had them executed (by hanging) at Bridgnorth. Maelgwn's remaining sons – Cadwallon and Maredudd – inherited the land, and vengefully became vassals of Gwynedd, the dominant state in North Wales, ruled by Llywelyn Fawr. In 1230, Ralph Mortimer, Roger's son and heir, married Llywelyn's daughter. Ten years later, however, following the repudiation of the Treaty of Gwerneigron by Llywelyn's son and successor, Dafydd, Ralph invaded Maelienydd. In 1242, he constructed Cefnllys Castle at the former site of Dineithon.
In 1247, the grievances of Gwynedd were settled by the Treaty of Woodstock. Two years later, Maelgwn's grandsons (Maredudd ap Maelgwn, and Hywel ap Cadwallon, not to be confused with the hanged Hywel), petitioned the king to be restored to part of Maelienydd – Ceri; despite the advice of the king's advisors, who pointed out Maredudd and Hywel's past support for Gwynedd's rebellion, this seems to have been granted.
Nevertheless, a few years later the subsequent Gwyneddian prince, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (grandson of Llywelyn Fawr), became aggrieved by Henry III's suggestion of adjusting the Treaty of Woodstock to provide for Llywelyn's younger brother, who had now reached adulthood. Llywelyn attacked the Perfeddwlad, which was held by Henry's son, Edward. Henry's problems with his barons (eventually leading to the Second Barons' War) prevented him from fully resisting Llywelyn's campaign, so Llywelyn took advantage by expanding Gwynedd's power even further. In 1262 Maelienydd fell to Llywelyn.
In 1275, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd married Eleanor de Montfort, the daughter of Henry's greatest enemy. Aggrieved by this, Edward, the new king, declared Llywelyn a rebel, and in 1277 attacked Gwynedd with an enormous army. Llywelyn was forced to agree, by the Treaty of Aberconwy, to limit his authority to Gwynedd alone. Maelienydd was given to Llywelyn Fawr's other grandson, Roger Mortimer, the son of Ralph; this hence became a Marcher Lordship, outside of either English or Welsh law; Maredudd's son, Madog, however, was confirmed in possession of Ceri, which was detached from Maelienydd as a distinct Marcher Lordship. Madog's son married Einion o r Porth's granddaughter.
In 1282, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd again attacked Edward's lands, and was subsequently killed in Buellt, while attacking the local castle; his headless body was buried in Cwmhir Abbey. As the forces of Ceri had sided with Llywelyn, Ceri was declared forfeit, and handed to Roger. Strictly speaking, however, Ceri was not the last part of Ferlix to be dominated by the family of Elystan Glodrydd. In the 15th century, the descendant and heir of Roger Mortimer, Richard Plantagenet, appointed Ieuan ap Philip as castellan of Cefnllys; Ieuan was a scion of the Cadogan family, and thus a direct male descendant of Elystan Glodrydd, by a cadet branch
Fate
In 1277, Elfael had been acquired by the Tosny family, apart from the area around Radnor, which had been given to Roger Mortimer (in right of his wife, Maud de Braose, heir of Philip de Braose). By the 15th century, the Tosny lordship had been inherited by Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso, whose grandson, Henry, married Richard Plantagenet's granddaughter, and heir, Elizabeth of York. Ferlix was therefore re-united when Maelienydd, Radnor, and the rest of Elfael, was inherited by Henry and Elizabeth's son, King Henry VIII. Following Henry VIII's Laws in Wales Acts, Ferlix became the main part of Radnorshire. The name survives for the general area.
Subdivisions
Maelienydd was subdivided into four commotes:
* Dinieithon
* Ceri
* Rhiwallt
* Buddugre
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564 TREATY WITH THE NEW YORK INDIANS. 1838. Oct. 9, 1838. We the undersigned sachems, chiefs and head men of the American Assent of the party of the St. Regis Indians residing in the State of New York, do S_t. Regis In- hereby give our free and voluntary assent to the foregoing treaty as {1*****:* *0 me amended by the Senate of the United States on the eleventh day of June Qzgjczsby the 1838, the same having been submitted to us by Ransom H. Gillet a Senate. commissioner on the part of the United States, and fully and fairly explained by him to our said tribe in council assembled. The St. Regis Indians shall not be compelled to remove under the treaty or amendments. Dated October 9th, 1838. Lorenn-tnie·enne, Sa.ga.tis-asi-kgar-a-tha, Sasesori-hogane, Simon-sa-he-rese, Louis-taw-roniate, Resis-tsis-kako, Thomas—talsete, Ennias-kar-igiio, Saro-sako-ha-gi-tha, Sak-tsior-ak-gisen, Louis-te-ka·nota-tiron, Tier·kaien-take-ron, Michael Gareault, Kor-ari-hata·ko, W. L. Gray, Int. 'I`omas·te-gaki-gasen, Louis-tio-0n·sate, Saro·thar-0n—ka·tha, Tier-ana·sa-ker-rat, Ennias-anas-ota-ko, Tomas-ska-en-to·gane, Wishe-te-ka·nia-tasoken, Tier-sa—k0-eni-saks, T0mas·tio-nata-kgente, Saro-tsio-her-is-:-rn, Wishe·aten-en-rahes, Sak-tho-te-ras-en, Tomas·ioha-hiio, Saro-saion-gese, Ennias-kana-gaien-·t0n, Louis-onia-rak-ete, Louis-taro-nia-ke-thou, Louis-aion-gahes, Louis-ari-ga-ke-wha, Sak-tha-nen-ris-hon, Sak-tsio·ri-te-ha, Sa-ga-tis—ania-ta-ri·c0, Louis-te-ga-ti-rhon, Louis-sa-ka-na-tie, Tier·atsi·non-gis·aks. The foregoing assent was signed in our presence. R. H. GILLET, Com. VVITNESSBS:—·J3m€S B. Spencer. Heman W. Tucker. A. K. Williams, Agent St. Regis Indians. Frs. Marcoux Dictre. To the Indian names are subjoined marks. We the undersigned, chiefs, head men and warriors of the Onondaga OASS<¢é¤f Oflhé tribe of Indians residing on the Seneca reservations in the State of ,h‘;‘l';9;§;"S;g New-York, do hereby give our free and voluntary assent to the foreamgndgdby the going treaty as amended by the Senate of the United States on the S¤¤¤¢¢· eleventh day of June, 1838, the same having been submitted to us, by Ransom H. Gillet, a commissioner on the part of the United States and fully and fairly explained by him to our said tribe in council assembled. Dated August 31st, 1838. Silversmith, William Jacket. Noah Silversmith, To the Indian names are subjoined marks. The above signatures were freely given in our presence. R. H. GILLET, Com. H. A. S. DEARBORN, Superintendent of Massachusetts
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Lambretta Scooter Museum
The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. It houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971.
The private collection goes from three model 'A's first produced in 1947, to Lambro three-wheelers, Lambretta mopeds, and associated automobilia.
In 2006, the shop and museum were sold to Stuart Lanning. After a long period of closure, the museum and its exhibits were refurbished and re-opened on 9 August 2008. The museum was offered for sale again in 2013.
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Fran Frey
Fran Frey (December 23, 1903 in Indiana - December 1, 1962 in California) was a singer and saxophonist best known for his work for George Olsen and His Music in the 1920s and early 1930s. Among his better known songs are "The Varsity Drag" of 1927; "Big City Blues" of 1929, and "A Garden in the Rain", also of 1929. Frey sang on 77 songs with the George Olsen band on recordings and on the radio. "Who?" sold more than a million copies.
Frey was heard on the Oldsmobile Program on CBS radio in 1933.
Although he played for several other bands after Olsen's, including Victor Young's, he never achieved the level of fame he had in earlier years.
Frey died of a heart attack in his home on December 2, 1962 at the age of 58. At the time of his death, he was writing music for the Ice Capades and for Columbia Pictures.
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I use firefox on two computers (iMac desktop and HP laptop). I have sync enabled for both, but recently, the order of items in the Bookmarks toolbar is different from one device to the other. If I reorder the Toolbar items the way I want on one device, the comeout vastly different on the other. If I then go to the second and reorder, that messes up the order on the original machine. This is a new bug...not serious, but very annoying. I'm used to seeing bookmarks items in a certain position, and it's annoying to have to hunt for them elsewhere in Bookmarks.
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Any chance that you also have Firefox for Android or Firefox for iOS (the mobile device versions of Firefox) connected to that same Sync account?
If not, you may have a minor corruption situation going on with one or both of those "desktop" Firefox installations.
Disconnect both 'devices' from Sync and run "Place Maintenance" on each. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/
Then change the Password for your Sync account to "flush" the corrupted data from the Sync server, and connect each of those 'devices' one at a time, a few hours apart.
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* 1) Could you please name the tune that this guy sings on his drive?
* 2) I am unable to purchase things in my game. Could you please help?
* 3) music
* 4) The Instrumental music in the background
* 5) the solution to head trauma
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* 1) Universal Pulse by 311
* 2) Pokemon 3rd Gen. Celibi
= May 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 May 3
* 1) Film genre dealing ethnic groups
* 2) I don't hold out much hope on this one.
* 3) Making a new wiki page
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* 1) River of Love
* 2) Flintstones choral finale
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* 1) Plays/movies/other media with the same or a similar tradition as The Mousetrap
* 2) fictional talk show host
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* 1) Old stop motion short film about a doll left at playground and the journey to return home
* 2) Script search
* 3) Pokemon Species by Popularity
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* 1) Question about Boreal Taiga music Wikipedia creation: references and acceptance of the page
* 2) Extinct languages in entertainment
* 3) Factual and unbiased WW2 movies
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* 1) My Little Pony
* 2) Hockey lines
* 3) Non-centers handling faceoffs in hockey
* 4) Does the NBC still have radio?
* 5) Lately, Bryan Jewelry, I believe, has been playing a commercial with a song that sounds like from the olden days, that I think is called GIVE ME A KISS.
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* 1) boat's horn
* 2) The Bottled City of Kandor - Size, etc
* 3) Insight for writing songs
* 4) Film
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* 2) a goalkeeper kooking for u17 team to play in
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* 2) eevee evolution in pokemon silver
* 3) African history 20th century films
* 4) Sonic Generations Jet, Wave and Storm appearances?
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* 1) Fianl Fantasy Japan Sales
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* 2) Django unchained
* 3) Old Macintosh game, help?
* 4) Andreas Johnson song on TV
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* 2) Triple minor penalty in hockey
* 3) Players who have won the Stanley Cup
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* 2) Russian rap? song
* 3) Movies, Clocks, Shirts, and Olympiads
* 4) Casey Jones
* 5) What does Maryann chant?
* 6) Female "The Doctor"
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* 2) COD: UO
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* 1) cricket
* 2) Is the term "Multichannel video programming distributor" used outside the United States?
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* 1) Identify pop song by played on LOGO network in ~2006
* 2) Bruce Li movie
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* 1) Bob Carlisle Butterfly Kisses Dolls
* 2) What's a player's first ever ELO score?
* 3) Which alien film do i remember vaguely from about 15 years ago?
* 4) Human race in Star Wars
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* 2) Identification of Cee Lo Green song
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* 2) Why did Alex Forrester in Fatal Attraction call Beth, Michael Douglas' wife selfish at the end?
* 3) Female Hong Kong celebrity
* 4) CM Punk move
* 5) podcast of french radios
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* 1) looking for a video
* 2) Hallmark movie with a horse and a boy?
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* 1) At which tempo should a (classical) piano piece be played if it does not include a tempo indication?
* 2) The famous movie star who had a totally different career before?
* 3) Tag scenes in two episodes of The Brady Bunch
* 4) The New Adventures of Speed Racer - The Mutants
* 5) I Am A Gamer
* 6) Lucas Oil Stadium field dimensions
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* 2) Are professional footballers slaves?
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* 1) song in fast and furious 3
* 2) What do 998 and 698 mean?
* 3) Is there a list of actors who played God?
* 4) Incorrect info on kevin dubrow/quiet riot
* 5) Regarding release date of "Sri Jagadguru Aadi Sankara" Telugu Movie
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836 to Parents, being a most popular Vertue among the Romans.
Æneid the 6th. Line 586. The next in place and Punishment are they, Who prodigally throw their Lives away, &c.
Proxima sorte tenent mæsti loca, qui sibi letum Insontes peperere manu, lucemque perosi, Projecere animas, &c.
This was taken, amongst many other things, from the Tenth Book of Plato de Republicâ: No Commentator besides Fabrini, has taken notice of it. Self-Murther was accounted a great Crime by that Divine Philosopher: But the Instances which he brings, are too many to be inserted in these short Notes. Sir Robert Howard in his Translation of this Æneid, which was Printed with his Poems in the Year 1660; has given us the most Learned, and the most Judicious Observations on this Book, which are extant in our Language.
Line 734.Lo to the secret Shadows I retire, To pay my Penance, till my Years expire.
These two Verses in English seem very different from the Latin.
Yet they are the Sense of Virgil; at least, according to the common Interpretation of this place:
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Cyber criminals increasingly turned to "formjacking" as their go-to means of carrying out attacks against companies last year, according to tracking by Symantec. Using that method, hackers have stolen sensitive customer data by inserting a few lines of malicious code onto e-commerce websites. When a customer makes a purchase online, the malicious code makes a copy of their data -- payment card details, username, address -- and then sends it to the hackers' servers. That information can then be sold on the dark web or used to commit fraud. Symantec began warning about increased formjacking in September. “This is a significant and sustained campaign, with activity increasing substantially in the week of September 13 to 20,” the company wrote in a blog post at the time. After discovering another attack in December, Symantec researchers said the form of attack highlights “the fact that attackers are continuously altering and improving their malicious code and exploring new delivery mechanisms to infect more users.” Attention to these types of attacks came into greater focus following last year’s Ticketmaster breach, in which hackers stole some credit card information in what turned out to be an extensive digital credit card skimming campaign. Other major companies like British Airways also fell victim formjacking. In July, RiskIQ reported that in addition to Ticketmaster, the threat group known as Magecart targeted more than 800 e-commerce sites around the world in its campaign. Updated at 10:47 a.m. on Feb. 15. View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.
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Mphande is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* David Mphande (1938–2018), Malawian politician and educator
* Gift Mphande (born 2003), Zambian footballer
* Lyton Mphande (born 1963), Malawian boxer
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Populated places in the United States with African American majority populations
* The result of the discussion was: Listify & delete. Timrollpickering (talk) 23:53, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
* Listify and Delete Category:Populated places in the United States with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Alabama with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Arkansas with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in California with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Connecticut with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Delaware with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Washington, D.C. with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Florida with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Georgia (U.S. state) with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Counties of the United States with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in the United States with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Illinois with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Indiana with African American majority populations
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* Delete Category:Populated places in Minnesota with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Mississippi with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Missouri with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Nebraska with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Nevada with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in New Jersey with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in New York with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in North Carolina with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Ohio with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Oklahoma with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Pennsylvania with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in South Carolina with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Tennessee with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Texas with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Virginia with African American majority populations
* Delete Category:Populated places in Washington (state) with African American majority populations (currently empty because the only article that was in it provided only data that showed that it was in 2000 not an African-American majority population location, with no data provided for any other year)
* Delete Category:Populated places in West Virginia with African American majority populations
* Nominator's rationale These categories are much better served by lists. With cities we generally only apply categories that current fit for the city, otherwise Istanbul, Uzhgorod and Lviv among many other cities would be in an unmanagable amount of place categories. So in theory we would apply these categories only when it currently works. Well we have West Las Vegas, an article which does not even tell us if the category currently works, in fact, the article never provides evidence that it ever actually was a majority African-American area. On the other hand we have St. Louis, Missouri which in the Missouri category even though its population was 51.2% African-American in 2000. In 2010 the most often reported African-American percentage for St. Louis is 49.2%. However that is the African-American alone including those who marked themselves Hispanic. The non-Hispanic African-American percentage is 49.0%. However African-American alone or in combination with one or more other races was 50.7%, so over half the population of St. Louis self-identified as African-American in the 2010 census. with a list we could include these three different percentages, but we can not with a cateogry. Another place like this is Bowie, Maryland, African-American alone was 48.7% at the 2010 census, however African-American alone or in combination with two or more races was 51.1%. Over half the population checked that they were African-American in the 2010 census. Considering that South Carolina and Louisiana once had African-American majority populations but no longer do, it is likely there are lots of places that at times in the past fit inclusion criteria for this category but do not presently fit it.John Pack Lambert (talk) 23:54, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment I have also emptied the Nevada category. The West Las Vegas article lacked any information proving an African-American majority at any time. I moved that to the clearly justifiable Category:African-American history of Nevada.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:01, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Actually that is and has historically been African-American from what I know about the area. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:14, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
A further problem with these categories is that they are based on arbitrary criteria. An area which is 50.1% African-American is included in this category, while a 49.9% African-American neighbourhood will be excluded from it. Categories are like a binary switch; an article is either in the category or not, and this crude labeling creates a distorted picture of the demographics of an area. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:28, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* comment after the lists with proper citations exist (names here would help), then this can be considered and not sooner. Too many nominations here say listify without any evidence that the lists are actually created at any time. Hmains (talk) 03:30, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Categories for deletion/Working/Manual is where listifications go until they're listified; the categories remain until it's done. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:44, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Keep As a strong defining characteristic of these locations, such as Lawnside, New Jersey. Unsourced entries should be pruned and removed, though that has no relevance as to the merits of the category structure itself. Alansohn (talk) 03:41, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Listify and delete - while it is a strong defining characteristic, this is a potentially-epheremal categorisation as population tides shift and ebb and flow. As a rule, we don't categorise by things that aren't permament, or at least in cases where the categorisation won't remain appropriate even after a change (i.e. if a ballplayer changes teams, he remains in the original team's players category, but if one of these cities was no longer African-American majority at the next census, the categorisation would suddenly be inappropriate). - The Bushranger One ping only 03:44, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Listify and delete all. This is often a defining characteristic of an area at a particular time, but as others have noted it is often an ephemeral characteristic. The USA has a highly mobile population, and there have been huge demographic shifts in the 20th century; phenomena such as white flight and gentrification have involved radical changes in the demographic mixes of urban areas.
* Comment to BHG: we do have Category:Populated places in the United States with African American plurality populations, with its tree, for places where the largest single group is african americans, but the %is below 50. However, i do think her point about changing demographics matters, and thus the plurality tree may be just as problematic, if not more, as there is Category:Populated places in the United States with Hispanic plurality populations, which groups various ethnicities. PS im leaning towards BHG's listify and deleteMercurywoodrose (talk) 03:30, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Actually the main problem with the Hispanic plurality category (and for the record I created that category, as well as the African-American plurality one) is not that Hispanics can be of any race. It is that Hispanicness is defined by the US census in a binary system. You have two choices, either you are Hispanic or you are not Hispanic. If the majority of a population is not Hispanic, the Hispanic are in the minority, there is no other choice in a binary system. If the census also included similar options of Francophone, Slavic, Arabic and Jewish along with the Hispanic question, it would be possible.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:27, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
* Listify & delete per the above, and in addition, these are WP:CURRENT categories - otherwise every place would be categorized in and forever remain in Category:Populated places in the United States with Native American majority populations. All the other race/ethnicity majority/plurality categories have the same failings, so those should go as well. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 06:10, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Technically a lot of places in the United States never had Native American majority populations in any meaninful way because they did not exist until created by Euro-Americans. However the South Carolina and Louisiana among other categories under this nomination would have to be creatly expanded if they covered any place that ever had an African-American majority population.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:22, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
* Listify & delete per nomination. Altairisfar (talk) 21:32, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
Category:Films featuring the Howrah Bridge
* The result of the discussion was: delete. The Bushranger One ping only 22:10, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
* Propose deleting films featuring the howrah bridge
* Nominator's rationale: Delete. We do not categorize films by what landmarks appear in the film. See, eg, CFD for Films featuring the World Trade Center. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:43, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete per nominator. This type of categorisation is a recipe for horrendous category clutter, and the landmarks are rarely a defining characteristic of a film. This sort of association is much better handled by lists or by a section of the head article, and in this case the films are listed at Howrah Bridge. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:03, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete per nom & BHG. Certainly trivial and non-defining for nearly all of the films; only three of the 23 articles currently in the category even mention the bridge. Maralia (talk) 01:14, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete -- This is a Performance by performer category in substance. I do not like the idea of listifying, as this would constitute a popular culture trivia article or section, of a kind that were culled wholesale some years back. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:04, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete This is like Category:Films that John Wayne performed in. It is the opposite of performance by performer, which is sticking John Wayne in Category:The Quiteman actors and similar categories for other films he was in. This is putting films in categoires by the actors. Thus we could but Star Wars in Category:Films that Harrison Ford performed in, Category:Films that Alec Guinness performed in, Category:Films that Mark Hamil performed in, Category:Films that Carrie Fisher performed in and so on. This is a horrible idea and will lead to lots and lots of category clutter.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:47, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
Category:Saltpeter works
* The result of the discussion was: no consensus.---Mike Selinker (talk) 17:40, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
* Propose renaming Category:Saltpeter works to Category:Nitraries
* Nominator's rationale: Rename. An opposed speedy. The article about saltpeter works is at Nitrary, so it makes sense for the category name to match. "Saltpeter" is a term that was used, and often in the Americas, but our article is at nitre. (Regarding the statement in the speedy discussion that the category only contains articles about saltpeter works in the Americas—the category is not so limited by its name. It is not "Saltpeter works in the Americas", and such a subcategory would probably not be warranted, since there are overall so few articles to include right now. If we get an article about a nitrary in Europe, for instance, it could be included in this category. The article Nitrary is certainly not limited to a discussion of nitraries in the Americas.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:18, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Category:Saltpeter works to Category:Nitraries – C2B per article Nitrary. "Saltpeter" is a term that was really only used in the Americas.Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:48, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
* Oppose: The category regards the Americas only. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 16:35, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
* I think you think too short. The history of the Salitreras in Chile has different consequences in that country than the history of Nitrary in the USA. Saltpeter was for a long time the main export product of Chile and Chile's economy was strong dependent of the saltpeter. The worst economic crisis in the history of Chile is related to the end of the Salitreras, in the 1930s. This is not the case of the USA. The USA, as far as I know, were never dependent of the nitre. So your rationale it makes sense for the category name to match doesn't match: the name is, for you, the same, but the history isn't.
* The "Salitreras" (Saltpeter works) are an important phase of the economic, social and political life of Chile at the end of the 19 century and beginning of the 20 century and they must be put in a common category in order to inform the reader about the relation to other articles in the wikipedia.
* This rationale is valid also for some articles that are still "stub"-class. The fact that the Salitreras are not mentioned in the stub doesn't mean that it is not related to. It means only that the article has to be improved to a standard WP article, this regards for example Pedro Gamboni.
* Of course there have been another places in the world with "nitra". They must have their own (place related) category and we can unite them all under "Category:nitraries". But to mix, as you want to do, Montpellier with the Santa María de Iquique (cantata) doesn't make any sense. The social, economic and political history of Montpellier is very different to the history of Pisagua and Maria Elena, for example.
* I am not very interested in the history of the USA, but, tell me, what have to do
* Pedro Gamboni
* Santa María School massacre
* Santa María de Iquique (cantata)
* Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
* María Elena
* etc
* with the history of the USA?. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 09:49, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* I didn't ever say they have anything to do with the USA. I only mentioned the "Americas", meaning North and South America. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:04, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* oppose, probably merge instead I see two reasons for not going through with this rename. In the first place, evidence suggests that "nitrary" was never a common name for this sort of factory. GBook searching produces almost nothing but typos of "on the contrary", and one of the legitimate hits is for a book on the OED that states that the word "nitrary" didn't appear in the first edition. Assuming that this claim is true, it's extremely unlikely that the term is anything but an extreme obscurity, and that some other name was more typically used. The bigger problem, though, is that only two of the articles on the category are on places where saltpeter was produced. Most of the articles are on places or facilities related to the Chilean nitrates trade. The history of nitrate production is a much bigger topic than this, and if there were a category for that, I would merge all this to such a category. But as it stands both the proposed name and the scope of the category are in question. Mangoe (talk) 13:48, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* It should be pointed out that the category and at least one main article was recently created. So making assumptions on what is right based on these could be unwise. Vegaswikian (talk) 18:52, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Merge to what, Mangoe? Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:04, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Well, that's a good question. I was hoping that someone knew of an overall category for nitrate manufacture. Mangoe (talk) 02:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* I don't think there is anything of that nature currently. The closest thing we have are the parents and, and they are pretty much just categories for the different types of minerals. I think you're right though that there is probably potential for something broader. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:20, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Oppose -- It is Nitrary that should be renamed to Saltpeter Works. Actually, since most of the article is about England and Europe, it should be Saltpetre works. I acknowledge that the category is largely about mining in Chile, which is in America, but the mines were (I suspect) developed by British industrialists. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Oppose. I have tried to include in the category some of the articles of the wikipedia that are directly relationed with the Salpeter:
* Caliche sangriento
* Chacabuco
* FC Caleta Coloso a Aguas Blancas
* FC de Junin
* Pedro Gamboni
* Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
* List of Saltpeter works in Tarapacá and Antofagasta
* María Elena
* Santa María School massacre
* Santa María de Iquique (cantata)
* John Thomas North
Another name for the War of the Pacific is Saltpeter war (so the name of the German article de:Saltpeterkrieg de:Salpeterkrieg. The causes of the Chilean Civil War of 1891 were, among others, the differences between Congress and President about the salitre policy and the first move of the (Navy) insurgents was to occupy the Salitreras.
So, this short list demostrates the importance of the Saltpeter in Chile. Is there any place in the world, where Saltpeter had such importance?. In the USA?, France?. No. Is there any place in the world where Saltpeter had any importance?. I believe there is no such place, nowhere are more than 200 Saltpeter works diseminated in a (relative) little region as in Tarapaca and Antofagasta and I don't want to include in the category places in the USA or France. This is a category regarding Tarapaca and Antofagasta.
IMO, to name the category with another name than "Saltpeter works", Nitrary, Nitratine, Caliche, Niter, would only make the issue complicated and unintelligible for most of the reader, who aren't interested in chemical terms and "Caliche" is really unknown in the English speaking world.
Do we need to add "in Chile" to the category name?. No. IMO, it would be like to rename the Category:Gangs of New York to Category:Gangs of New York in New York.
Should we merge it to other categories?. No. As far as I know, Saltpeter was known and used before 1850, but not in a such industrial form as after 1850.
--Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 21:45, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Oppose the current name is more common.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:53, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
* Move to (History of the) nitrate industry by analogy with, etc. I can see why the less common Nitre has been used for the article, to avoid the WP:ENGVAR problems of salt petre/-er even though the latter is overwhelmingly the WP:COMMONNAME, but that doesn't mean that the category has to slavishly follow. I think a name involving "nitrate industry" is a much more self-evident title to modern readers. I'd also make the comment that the discussion hitherto has been very Americas-centric. India was the original source for much of Europe's saltpetre in the Middle Ages, with domestic European production starting in significant volumes a century before Columbus, the Chilean mines are an afterthought in comparison. (source Weapons & Warfare in Renaissance Europe, Bert S. Hall (Johns Hopkins 1997)).Le Deluge (talk) 02:37, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
* We can't build an analogy to the petrol or textil industry. All over the world are a lot of places where we will find oil: in the north sea, in Venezuela, in Iran, Iraq, in Siberia, in USA. The same for the textil industry. That is not the case of the Saltpeter. There is no UNESCO World Heritage Site for the Indian Saltpeter works, there was no Indian Railway built only for the Saltpeter industry, etc, etc. There is no such analogy.
* Initially I thought the category only for Tarapaca and Antofagasta Saltpeter works, but now after looking in google for "Saltpeter works" and "nitraries" I noted that the second one gets only 276 hits. "Saltpeter works" gets 171.000 hits. There is really no reason to sustain "nitraries" as a posible option. I solicited the rename of the article Nitraries to Saltpeter works in the talk page Talk:Nitraries. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 18:18, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
* I don't deny that the Chilean industry has a special place in the history of the nitrate industry, and there should probably be a dedicated Chile subcategory - but it is not exclusive. The analogy with textiles is pretty exact - traditionally it was made by many people working in small units, then production was industrialised. I don't know how many places outside England have textile factory World Heritage Sites or railways primarily intended for textiles - but that doesn't mean England is the only place textiles have ever been produced. The pre-industrial stage always leaves less impressive archaeology - you can get a feel for it on p25 here, but note these archaeologists describe Bengal as for centuries "the saltpetre centre of the world". And the world used a lot of saltpetre before the industry took off in Chile - think of the many wars of the Middle Ages let alone before you get to the Napoleonic wars, which were all supplied from Europe and India on a grand scale. That book I mentioned has 64 pages devoted to gunpowder between 1325 and 1500, including six pages just on salt petre - this was a very big industry before any nitrate arrived in Europe from Chile. As I mentioned above, the reason the article has ended up at the less common word nitrary will be to avoid the conflict between US and British English on salt petre/peter. Have a read of WP:ENGVAR to see why a less common word ends up getting used in those situations. The current category has the same problem, peter versus petre. Le Deluge (talk) 19:44, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment (nominator). I agree with the merging to a new category such as or, as suggested above. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:44, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
* The community has opposed to rename the article and the given reasons are also valid for other fantasy names. Please, stop proposing new pseudo-scientific names for the category, count the votes and close the discussion. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 21:20, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
* Please note that this is not a vote but a process to determine a consensus. So we don't count opinions to close a discussion. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:26, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
* Oppose. I don't see the case for moving. According to the niter article, saltpeter or saltpetre are used and from the discussion have a better claim on WP:COMMONNAME. Likewise niter alludes to it being ambiguous and potassium nitrate points out that it is a form of saltpeter and not niter. Also it is clear that saltpeter is ambiguous. So the only question for this discussion seems to be is the current name ambiguous? I'm not sure that it is not, but on the other hand I have no idea how to change it. But the proposed options don't work. So leave it where it is. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:32, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
* However, we are still faced with the problem that the majority of the articles in the category are not about saltpeter works, or nitraries, or whatever we call them. Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:48, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
* @Vegaswikian - what's the problem with something involving the "nitrate industry"? It's a WP:COMMONAME (92k Ghits), WP:ENGVAR-neutral, has Wiki category precedents, and is chemically precise whilst flexing sufficiently to cope with the fact that medieval chemists couldn't distinguish KNO3, NaNO3, Ca(NO3)2 and Mg(NO3)2 and the natural and purified forms. Le Deluge (talk) 12:54, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
* The issue really is that the category as it stands is only about the Chilean nitrate industry of some point in the past. I feel the need for a main article to pull this all together. Mangoe (talk) 14:02, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
* The current Nitrary article could be that article, its unsatisfactory title aside. It's coming at it from the other end, it's all about the Indian/European industry with not enough about the Chilean industry (and some pretty major holes in the earlier stuff as well). I think we can square this circle by renaming the article Nitrary to History of the nitrate industry and renaming Category:Saltpeter works to Category:History of the nitrate industry.Le Deluge (talk) 16:47, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
A long time ago Good Olfactory proposed a new name for the category, but the name was absolutely refused and other proposals were also refused. I closed the discussion, but, God heavens, Le Deluge open it again. That is fine, finally I found a English Wikipedia page for talking about anything: history, chemical products, countries in Asia and America, any thing, any issue, any time.
Well, what can we talk now?. I propose two new names for the category: It is a little bit too long, so I propose a second one:
* Category:Saltpeter or Salpeter but in any case Nitrate
* Category:SS may be N
Deluge, Good Olfactory, please, give your opinions to my proposal, and do not close the discussion, I have a lot of such proposals to be thrown in the page. --Best regards, Keysanger (what?) 14:06, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Category:Isms
* The result of the discussion was: delete as re-created material previously deleted as a result of a discussion, which was here. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:12, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Propose deleting isms
* Nominator's rationale: Delete. We don't categorize topics by aspects of their names. Trovatore (talk) 20:05, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* delete per nom. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 20:47, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Category:Deaths by date
* The result of the discussion was: delete. See also a past request here . Materialscientist (talk) 23:41, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Propose deleting deaths by date
* Category:April 5 deaths
* Category:August 14 deaths
* Category:December 8 deaths
* Category:January 21 deaths
* Category:March 26 deaths
* Category:March 28 deaths
* Category:March 5 deaths
* Category:November 26 deaths
* Category:November 29 deaths
* Category:September 18 deaths
* Category:September 9 deaths
* Nominator's rationale: Like Category:Births by date, this is overcategorization. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:56, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete, WP:OCAT like births below. – Fayenatic L ondon 19:02, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* delete, per FL. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 20:47, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete. This is a trivial characteristic. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:23, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Category:Births by date
* The result of the discussion was: delete. See also a past request here. Materialscientist (talk) 23:41, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Propose deleting births by date
* Category:April 1 births
* Category:April 20 births
* Category:April 22 births
* Category:December 16 births
* Category:December 18 births
* Category:December 26 births
* Category:February 20 births
* Category:February 25 births
* Category:July 7 births
* Category:June 18 births
* Category:May 24 births
* Category:November 27 births
* Category:October 10 births
* Category:October 9 births
* Nominator's rationale: Births by date is excessive categorization. Year of birth is much more meaningful. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:11, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Keep. Births by date allows us to see who shares a common birthdate. Any user would be able to quickly and easily see who shares his or her own birthday.Hoops gza (talk) 18:14, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* And why does this not work better as a list which can also show the year? How exactly are these not over categorization? Vegaswikian (talk) 18:54, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Every date already has a page (see April 20, for example), which is superior to a category in this case. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:59, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete; I agree that the lists in Category:Days of the year do a better job already. – Fayenatic L ondon 19:00, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* delete; over categorization. --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 20:47, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete again. Not again! See here. Every few years, an editor seems to decide that this is a good idea. But this is not a good idea. "Sharing a birthday" is trivial. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:23, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Delete - categorise by year, list by date. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:51, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Category:Magic: The Gathering duel decks
* The result of the discussion was: speedy delete per WP:CSD -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:32, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Propose deleting magic
* Nominator's rationale: Empty category. All pages in this category were deleted as a result of the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra p b p 15:41, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Speedy delete then, and it could simply have been tagged for C1. - The Bushranger One ping only 15:49, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
World University Cycling Championships
* The result of the discussion was: delete. The contents are all in the parent categories.--Mike Selinker (talk) 05:22, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
* Propose merging:
* Category:1947 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:1949 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:1950 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:1978 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:1986 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:1990 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:2006 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:2008 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Category:2014 World University Cycling Championship to all parents
* Nominator's rationale: 8 of these sub-categories of Category:World University Cycling Championships contain only an eponymous article. The 9th contains only 3 articles. These small subcats are an impediment to navigation, and the parent categories will not be overloaded by upmerger. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:13, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* WikiProject Cycling has been notified. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:42, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Merge even when all of these are upmerged Category:Wolrd University Cycling Championships will only contain 25 articles, which is hardly enough to justify a split (and that is assuming none of the articles involved in upmerging are already there).John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:04, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Racing drivers by nationality
* The result of the discussion was: keep all. All sportspeople categories are "(demonym) (sport) (players)." Greater issues should be tackled globally.--Mike Selinker (talk) 17:02, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
* Category:Algerian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Algeria
* Category:American racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from the United States
* Category:Puerto Rican racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Puerto Rico
* Category:Angolan racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Angola
* Category:Argentine racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Argentina
* Category:Australian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Australia
* Category:Austrian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Austria
* Category:Bahraini racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Bahrain
* Category:Belgian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Belgium
* Category:Bolivian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Bolivia
* Category:Brazilian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Brazil
* Category:British racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from the United Kingdom
* Category:English racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from England
* Category:Northern Ireland racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Northern Ireland
* Category:Scottish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Scotland
* Category:Welsh racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Wales
* Category:Bulgarian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Bulgaria
* Category:Canadian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Canada
* Category:Chilean racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Chile
* Category:Chinese racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from China or Category:Racing drivers from the People's Republic of China
* Category:Colombian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Colombia
* Category:Cypriot racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Cyprus
* Propose splitting Category:Czech racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Czechoslovakia and Category:Racing drivers from the Czech Republic
* Category:Danish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Denmark
* Category:Dutch racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from the Netherlands
* Category:Ecuadorian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Ecuador
* Category:Egyptian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Egypt
* Category:Emirati racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from the United Arab Emirates
* Category:Estonian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Estonia
* Category:Filipino racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from the Philippines
* Category:Finnish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Finland
* Category:French racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from France
* Category:Georgian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Georgia
* Category:German racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Germany
* Category:Greek racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Greece
* Category:Hong Kong racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Hong Kong
* Category:Hungarian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Hungary
* Category:Icelandic racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Iceland
* Category:Indian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from India
* Category:Indonesian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Indonesia
* Category:Iranian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Iran
* Category:Irish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Ireland
* Category:Israeli racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Israel
* Category:Italian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Italy
* Category:Japanese racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Japan
* Category:Jordanian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Jordan
* Category:Kenyan racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Kenya
* Category:Latvian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Latvia
* Category:Lebanese racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Lebanon
* Category:Liechtenstein racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Liechtenstein
* Category:Lithuanian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Lithuania
* Category:Macanese racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Macau
* Category:Malaysian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Malaysia
* Category:Mexican racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Mexico
* Category:Monegasque racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Monaco
* Category:Moroccan racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Morocco
* Category:New Zealand racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from New Zealand
* Category:Norwegian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Norway
* Category:Pakistani racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Pakistan
* Category:Paraguayan racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Paraguay
* Category:Peruvian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Peru
* Category:Polish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Poland
* Category:Portuguese racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Portugal
* Category:Qatari racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Qatar
* Category:Rhodesian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Rhodesia
* Category:Romanian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Romania
* Category:Russian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Russia
* Category:Sammarinese racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from San Marino
* Category:Saudi Arabian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Saudi Arabia
* Category:Serbian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Serbian
* Category:Singaporean racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Singapore
* Category:Slovak racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Slovakia
* Category:South African racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from South Africa
* Category:South Korean racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from South Korea
* Category:Spanish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Spain
* Category:Swedish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Sweden
* Category:Swiss racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Switzerland
* Category:Taiwanese racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Taiwan
* Category:Thai racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Thailand
* Category:Turkish racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Turkey
* Category:Ukrainian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Ukraine
* Category:Uruguayan racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Uruguay
* Category:Venezuelan racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Venezuela
* Category:Zambian racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Zambia
* Category:Zimbabwean racing drivers to Category:Racing drivers from Zimbabwe
* Nominator's rationaile: Awhile back the by-state subcategories of "American racing drivers" were renamed to the "X of Y" format as being clearer and more precise; note that the by-subdivision categories for Canada, Australia, and Germany also already follow "X of Y". This follows the same logic - the format currently used ("Y X") produces some awkward demonyms (both in the 'name as demonym' format i.e. 'Liechtenstein racing drivers' and the 'where the heck is that' format i.e. 'Sammarinese racing drivers'), as well as some tehnically-correct-but-still-odd situations (a driver who was born in Canada but moved to Australia is 'from Australia' but is not 'Australian', for instance - with Hong Kong hitting both the 'name as denomym' and 'from not from' options - note also that 'American' isn't as unambiguous as 'United States' as a Peruvian friend repeatedly reminds me, and this also avoids the 'British' vs 'United Kingdom' trap). Now it's true that the sportspeople trees generally use the "Y X" format, but that has all the same issues, and it may eventually be desirable to rename the whole tree, at least as much as possible, to "X of Y", but the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, as they say. Also note that "X of Y" better fits the formats of parents Category:Sportspeople by sport and nationality and Category:Motorsport people by nationality - sport, then nationality, not the other way around, and Commons also uses "X of Y" (albiet with the en.wiki-depreciated "racecar drivers" phrasing). (Note that if this passes, the subcategories of Category:Formula One drivers by nationality and Category:Rally drivers by nationality will be speedy nominated to the new standard.) - The Bushranger One ping only 03:19, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
As the nom notes, this is the first step in what will be a long journey. However, it's a long-overdue journey, because the use of the adjectival format causes a lot of problems. The cumbersome "name as demonym" problem is the most widespread, but there are also a number of neutrality issues (e.g. United Kingdom/British), as well as scope issues. Some of those scope issues are very messy: e.g. "Afghan people" may mean either i) people from Afghanistan, or ii) ethically Pashtun people. As the nominator notes, "Fooers from Bar" is clearer and more precise. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:20, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Rename all per nominator.
* We clearly use "Afghan" to refer to nationals of Afghanistan, and have a Pashtun category for the other meaning. I do not think this is the problem you claim it is.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:46, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
* I think Keep as is. I don't think subdividing by occupation then by citizenship is a broken categoring system, nor the use of demonyms to denote citizenship one that should be avoided. I think there could be, though, a separate category tree that divides people by occupation by the country is which they are active, as this is often less trivial information, but it would need to be named Category:Actors in the United States, Category:Racing drivers in Japan, etc. On the other hand, 'drivers from the United States' is ambiguous, meaning both drivers whose citizenship is American and those active in the States regardless of citizenship; but perhaps we want such "dual-purpose" categories, to be less precise? The other key here is of course use of hatnotes on category pages that explain the intended meaning beyond that which necessarily should names can convey. Literally a few demonyms are ambiguous, but these few can still be used when accompanied with an effective hatnote. As for some others that aren't so commonly known; if published dictionaries say these are actual words, they need to be used on WP, not avoided. Mayumashu (talk) 16:10, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* Hatnotes do not work with categories. You don't see the hatnote when adding a cat to a page. Also, these already in many cases include "residence" not "citizenship". - The Bushranger One ping only 22:52, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
* It's impossible to name categories without any ambiguity, unless you want names to be ten, fifteen words long, etc. Besides, who would add a cat to a page without doing a edit preview, to view the hatnote, to see if in fact the category added to is indeed correct? Mayumashu (talk) 02:49, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
* Doing a preview doesn't show the hatnote, and I'd bet that the majority of editors don't click the category to see if it's correct. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:12, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment. A driver who was born in Canada but moved to Australia may well be 'Australian'. Most people who have moved to and live in a country permanently are nationals of the country they live in—typically permanent residents. You don't have to have citizenship of a country to be a national of it. Generally, you just have to be "from" there. I find that's the #1 confusion people have about the categories by nationality—they are about nationality, not citizenship, and the former is a much broader concept than the latter. Anyway, I would generally oppose seeking a mandate/consensus for the broad elimination of the widespread "FOOian BOOers" format via this isolated discussion. I think if users want to propose changing that, it will require a discussion with much broader input. Good Ol’factory (talk) 01:29, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* And the inevitable result of such an attempt would be "speedy oppose, you're nominating too many categories at once". Been there, seen that. - The Bushranger One ping only 03:49, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Actually, I wasn't thinking of a CFD at all. Because it is such a major change, I think such a change would probably be best discussed via a request for comment or some other similar method, accompanied by notices being placed on all the country-specific WikiProject discussion boards. If users are serious about pursuing it, I think this is one of the rare instances where we would definitely need to reach beyond just CFD. And I would certainly object to the change being taken project-wide based on a handful of discussions about racecar driver categories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:03, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* I support GO's idea of an RFC on the wider issue. However, I think that this discussion is useful as a preliminary testing of the waters, and I congratulate The Bushranger for starting it. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 08:13, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Ah, I understand now. And I can certainly see your point, and the need for a broader discussion. That said, as BHG suggests, perhaps this could be an 'example case', to show how the tree would appear after the move for the purposes of the discussion? If so, I won't nominate further sportspeople categories following this one for 'Y X to X of Y' pending such a discussion. (Well, I wouldn't either way, but as I said having a 'test case' to say "this is how it would be afterwards" might be good. ) - The Bushranger One ping only 17:44, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Just to be clear, my comment was not meant to state any opposition to this particular rename proposal for the nominated categories. Good Ol’factory (talk) 22:18, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Oppose per Naming_conventions_(categories) which states under the "occupation" section that "People are usually categorized by their nationality and occupation, such as Category:Ethiopian musicians." Tim! (talk) 22:27, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
* Usually, yes. As pointed out before, that causes...problems, though. And the guideline even notes that that requires some to use "X of Y" as it is, leaving category trees in mixes of formats, which looks silly. - The Bushranger One ping only 07:45, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment there are drivers whose official nationality is different from their nominal citizenship/residence and their birth country. Isn't this categorized by the country of their professional driver's license? -- <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 07:21, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* I'm not exactly sure. I'd presume so, though. - The Bushranger One ping only 07:44, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Keep -- This is a case of change for the sake of it. British is perfectly acceptable as an adjective for UK. There may be cases of some variety of dual nationality, but that can easily be reflected by allowing the article to have two separate national categories. Czech is an ethnicity; Slovak is another; so that there is no need to split the Czech category. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:22, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* I'm sure the Czech Republic and Slovakia would argue that point with you. - The Bushranger One ping only 22:02, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
* Keep The common way to describe someone from a given nationality in a given profession is nationality + profession. People speak of "American actors", "French runners", "German chemists", "Soviet physicists", "Indian singers", "Ethiopian dancers", "Spanish bull fighters" and so on. The categorization of people by nationality works as long as people realize these are by nationality categories. The rename just leads to longer names that do not help. The reason we do not use the denonyms for sub-units is because they are non-standard and not widely known. There may be csome cases where the denonym chosen is not the best one, but in most cases it is very clear the one we chose is the best one. The biggest problem I have seen in this regard is applying current country names to people who were clearly not from that country (Pakistan is probably the most egregious offender in this regard), but that comes from misapplying the category, not from being poorly named. Another problem comes when people who are clearly just foriegn nationals working abroad, such as actors who retain connection with their home countries but act elsewhere get classed as nationals of the country where they work, but the new names would not help with that really. The current system works, it does not need to be changed.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:28, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment, last december there was an attempt to rename the American category that failed. It is 100% clear that in common usage American has a precise meaning and is the most common way to refer to nationals of the United States of America. Complaints by some people about this do not change the fact that that is how the term is used in actual speach.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:30, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment if the issue is with Category:Afghan people and its uses than a better solution would be to propose renaming to Category:Afghanistan people, not messing with perfectly clear categories. However to me a bigger question is, to what extent can we use Category:Afghan people to group those who were subjects of the Durrani Empire when it streched far past the later imposed Durand Line. The general consensus is that Afghan, just as much as German, French, Chinese and Turkish refers to nationals of a specific country, and we use it to describe people by nationality, not ethnicity.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:34, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
* The issue is that "X of Y" is much clearer and just as valid as having forced country-name-as-demonym cases that look distinctly unprofessional. When we have two valid choices, one of which is better than the other, shouldn't we use the better one? The fact that there are cases where we have to use the country name, instead of the demonym, indicates that the current system does not work. - The Bushranger One ping only 02:37, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
* If that is your issue, than seek to get the specific cases to be renamed to "Writers of the Republic of the Congo" or some such. That is clearly not an argument to get rid of all the real denonyms that really do work.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:41, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
* My issue is that having some at "Y X" format with demonyms and others at "X of Y" format with country names only feeds the nabobs who point fingers at Wikipedia and laugh at "how silly it is". When we have a choice between one naming system that, ideally, might be preferable but only works most of the time, and another that perhaps isn't as ideal but works all the time, we should choose the latter. Having a single, uniform standard is encyclopedic and professional; having one that requires "exceptions" is the opposite of that. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:14, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
* The reality is that common usage is to use denonyms. We follow common usage and should keep the denonyms.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:32, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
* Then we need to use demonyms in all cases instead of picking and choosing. It's not just cases like Georgian = Georgia (country) vs Georgia (U.S. state), I've had my wrist slapped in the past for suggesting changes to demonyms at CFDS because the demonyms were deemed "too obscure". - The Bushranger One ping only 00:35, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
* Another problem that will naturally arise is how to deal with categories that use more complex variations. —so will that become "People of American descent from Canada", or "People from Canada of people from the United States descent", etc. Can we use a demonym in one context but not another? —"Immigrants to the United States from Canada"? "Emigrants from Canada to the United States"? That's a bit forced and artificial, I would say, and will attract as much mockery as the current inconsistencies. If we changed to the other format, we would really just shift the problems of inconsistency to another subset of categories. It won't be a panacea. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:38, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
* And another problem (as long as I'm bringing some up) is that not all people who are accurately described as "FOOian BARs" are accurately described as "BARs from FOO". For instance, there are many Samoan people who were born in and live in New Zealand, who never set foot in Samoa their entire lives. They cannot be described as being "from Samoa", but they are accurately described as "Samoan people" whether you are considering nationality, citizenship, or ethnicity. This issue is relatively widespread across a number of countries/nationalities. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:50, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment Another problem is all the Americans born abroad. There are a bunch of people born in Germany who are clearly, without question Americans, and who never were Germans. The same would come up for a lot of other groups as well. The from categories would actually make the whole thing worse. Fromness works on a non-national level because there is not nationality being implied.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:16, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
* Comment Also our current system rightly treats Category:American expatriates in Germany as a distinct group from Category:German people. The proposed change would conglomerate them all into Category:People from Germany. On the other hand it would open up to some interpretations claims that people who were naturalized into a given nationality might not qualify for the "from x" categories.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:20, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
* I actually like the FOOian form exactly because it is a little bit ambiguous. "FOOian people" can be identified as meaning people of the FOOian nationality, but it can also be interpreted as meaning simply "people from FOO". A "French person" can be a person from France, or it can mean a person with French nationality. This allows us to tie multiple category trees into —such as —while maintaining a plausible argument for accuracy. That same flexibility might be lost if we nail the meaning of the categories to one meaning in preference over the other. (Anyway, this is off topic and would be more appropriate in the proposed request for comment, so I will save my other comments for there.) Good Ol’factory (talk) 21:02, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
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The vision system for the high dynamic range (HDR) video signals is developed. The system performs the HDR image compression to the signal with dynamic range of 48 dB without loss of sharpness in the light and dark areas and no artifacts, and has moderate hardware costs when it is implemented in FPGA. The Retinex compression algorithm based on the bilateral function is considered. A simplified HDR compression algorithm is proposed, that uses the intelligent image analysis of local characteristics instead of the bilateral function .
Development of theoretical basics, methods and tools for design of modern high speed computer systems in Grid and Cloud systems
A new architectural concept of parallel computing in GRID systems and cloud environment is proposed, which uses FPGA as a high-performance heterogeneous computing resource. FPGA is used as heterogeneous programmable operating unit for processing data streams, allowing for achievement of optimized performance-related energy consumption. The concept simplifies programming the computational problems for these systems.
Architectural conception and network processor development which provide intelectual data processing.
A set of methods for pipelined computer system synthesis is developed. The methods are based on mapping the spaced synchronous dataflow graphs (SSDFG) into the system structure and its schedule. The input data of the methods are initial SSDFG, given period of the algorithm implementation, and optimization criterium. The developed methods provide minimising the clock period as well as processor unit, register, multiplexor number, interprocessor communications, memory volume, energy consumption minimizations.
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convergents.cpp
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14 #include <iostream>
17 #include "DGtal/arithmetic/LighterSternBrocot.h"
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22 using namespace DGtal;
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26 void usage( int, char** argv )
27 {
28 std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[ 0 ] << " <p> <q>" << std::endl;
29 std::cerr << "\t - computes the successive convergent of the fraction p / q." << std::endl;
30 }
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35 int main( int argc, char** argv )
36 {
37 if ( argc < 3 )
38 {
39 usage( argc, argv );
40 return 1;
41 }
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44 typedef LighterSternBrocot<DGtal::int64_t, DGtal::int64_t, StdMapRebinder> SB; // the type of the Stern-Brocot tree
45 typedef SB::Fraction Fraction; // the type for fractions
46 typedef Fraction::ConstIterator ConstIterator; // the iterator type for visiting quotients
47 typedef Fraction::Value Value; // the value of the iterator, a pair (quotient,depth).
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51 DGtal::int64_t p = atoll( argv[ 1 ] );
52 DGtal::int64_t q = atoll( argv[ 2 ] );
53 Fraction f( p, q ); // fraction p/q
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57 // Visit quotients u_k as pair (u_k,k)
58 std::cout << "z = ";
59 ConstIterator itbegin = f.begin(), itend = f.end();
60 for ( ConstIterator it = itbegin; it != itend; ++it )
61 {
62 Value u = *it;
63 std::cout << ( ( it == itbegin ) ? "[" : "," )
64 << u.first;
65 }
66 std::cout << "]" << std::endl;
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70 Fraction g; // fraction null, 0/0, invalid
71 for ( ConstIterator it = itbegin; it != itend; ++it )
72 {
73 Value u = *it;
74 std::cout << "z_" << u.second << " = ";
75 g.push_back( u ); // add (u_i,i) to existing fractions
76 std::cout << g.p() << " / " << g.q() << std::endl;
77 }
79 return 0;
80 }
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DGtal is the top-level namespace which contains all DGtal functions and types.
Aim: The Stern-Brocot tree is the tree of irreducible fractions. This class allows to construct it pr...
boost::int64_t int64_t
signed 94-bit integer.
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How to Create a Dictionary in Python
Here are 2 ways to create a Dictionary in Python:
(1) Using curly brackets {}
my_dictionary = {1: "aaa", 2: "bbb", 3: "ccc"}
(2) Using the dict() function
my_dictionary = dict({1: "aaa", 2: "bbb", 3: "ccc"})
Note that each dictionary stores data in key: value pairs. In addition, the keys must be unique and cannot be repeated.
Examples of dictionaries
Example 1: create a dictionary in Python using curly brackets {}
Create a simple dictionary using the curly brackets {} approach:
my_dictionary = {1: "blue", 2: "green", 3: "red", 4: "yellow", 5: "orange"}
print(my_dictionary)
print(type(my_dictionary))
The resulted dictionary:
{1: 'blue', 2: 'green', 3: 'red', 4: 'yellow', 5: 'orange'}
<class 'dict'>
Note that “print(type(my_dictionary))” was added at the bottom of the code to demonstrate that you created a dictionary:
Example 2: create a dictionary using the dict() function
Optionally, use the dict() function to create a dictionary:
my_dictionary = dict({1: "blue", 2: "green", 3: "red", 4: "yellow", 5: "orange"})
print(my_dictionary)
print(type(my_dictionary))
You’ll get the same results:
{1: 'blue', 2: 'green', 3: 'red', 4: 'yellow', 5: 'orange'}
<class 'dict'>
Example 3: create a dictionary with lists
Finally, create a dictionary, where each value in the dictionary would be a list:
my_dictionary = {
1: ["blue", "navy blue", "royal blue"],
2: ["green", "forest green", "dark green"],
3: ["red", "dark red", "maroon"],
}
print(my_dictionary)
print(type(my_dictionary))
The result:
{1: ['blue', 'navy blue', 'royal blue'], 2: ['green', 'forest green', 'dark green'], 3: ['red', 'dark red', 'maroon']}
<class 'dict'>
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Functional Specialization of Cerebral Hemispheres
1981 Nobel Prize Medicine (Part 2)
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1981 Nobel Prize Medicine (Part 2)
In 1981 Roger Sperry was recognized as a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his seminal discoveries concerning the functional specialization of cerebral hemispheres.
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The research conducted by Sperry was definitely the most fascinating chapter in the history of brain research. He was able to provide profound insights into the specialized functions of the two cerebral hemispheres. Sperry showed that despite the similarities in the anatomic structures of the two hemispheres, their corresponding functions are very distinct and unique. His research also demonstrated the great importance of the structure that links the two cerebral hemispheres.
Read about Nobel Prize Medicine 1981, Part 1: The Visual System
The research conducted by Sperry was definitely the most fascinating chapter in the history of brain research. He was able to provide profound insights into the specialized functions of the two cerebral hemispheres. Sperry showed that despite the similarities in the anatomic structures of the two hemispheres, their corresponding functions are very distinct and unique. His research also demonstrated the great importance of the structure that links the two cerebral hemispheres.
Read about Nobel Prize Medicine 1981, Part 1: The Visual System
Background
The workings of the human brain have been one of the most fascinating enigmas in the field of research. Can you imagine how difficult it is to study the functions of the brain? It is the most protected organ in our body; no other vital organ is completely covered by a set of protective bones. Its functions are almost limitless. Unlike any other organ in the body, the brain is responsible for all the processes that take place within an organism.
It was known that the brain is composed of two structurally identical halves or hemispheres. Scientists also knew that the two hemispheres of the brain perform different tasks despite their structural similarities. These two hemispheres are connected by millions of nervefibers collectively known as corpus callosum. It is much like a bridge connecting two islands; allowing traffic from one island to reach the other island; allowing information from the left hemisphere to reach the right hemisphere and vice versa.
Scientists have not succumbed to the challenges of studying the functional specialization of cerebral hemispheres. As early as the 1860's, Broca was able to identify a small part in the left cerebral hemisphere that was responsible for speech. In the 1940's, Penfield and Jasper introduced the concept of contralateral motor innervations wherein movements of the left side of the body are controlled by the right cerebral hemisphere and the movements of the right side of the body are controlled by the left hemisphere.
Because of these discoveries, scientists thought that the left hemisphere is the dominant hemisphere; the left hemisphere is responsible for speech and since most of us are right-handed, then the left hemisphere controls our dominant hand. This notion of having a “dominant” hemisphere changed when Sperry published his findings in his split-brain studies.
The Winner
Roger W. Sperry was born on the 20th of August 1913 in Hartford, Connecticut. His father was in banking and his mother was trained in business school. He received early schooling from Elmwood, Connecticut and William Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. He received a 4-year Amos C. Miller scholarship and attended Oberlin College. He received his AB in English in 1935 and studied two more years for an MA in Psychology. He then switched to zoology for his Ph.D. work under Paul Weiss at University of Chicago which he finished in 1941. He then conducted a postdoctoral research as a National Research Council Fellow at Harvard University under Professor Karl S. Lashley.
The Discovery
Sperry started his work on cerebral functions in the 1950's with experimental studies in animals. Sperry severed the corpus callosum, the connection between the two cerebral hemispheres, of monkeys and noticed that the hemispheres retained their ability to learn and function independently but the two halves could not communicate or access the information stored in the opposite half. His next step was to test his findings in human subjects, but he had no volunteers.
He learned that in the 1940's, severe cases of epilepsy were treated by surgically severing the corpus callosum, a surgical technique called commissurotomy; the corpus callosum is also referred to as cerebral commissure. Patients who underwent commissurotomy showed reduced seizure frequency and severity with very little effect on the patient’s behaviour and ability to learn. These patients were the perfect subjects for Sperry’s further investigation on the functional specialization of cerebral hemispheres and brain function.
Ten commissurotomy patients underwent his split-brain experiment. First, he asked patients to look at the center of a screen or a piece of paper with one eye at a time. Images or words are presented to one eye, hence, one hemisphere at a time. If the stimulus is presented to the left eye, only the right hemisphere can process the stimulus. On the other hand, if the stimulus is presented to the right eye, only the left hemisphere can process the image.
Sperry found that if a word is presented to the left hemisphere, the patient can easily read the word but if the same word was presented to the right hemisphere, the patient cannot read the word but understands the meaning or context of the word. Similarly, if an image of an object was presented to the left hemisphere, the patient can name the object but if the same image was presented to the right hemisphere, the patient cannot communicate what the object is but can select the corresponding object from a set of different objects placed in front of him.
Due to these findings he concluded that the left hemisphere is responsible for reading and naming object while the right hemisphere is responsible for understanding the meaning and context of the words and objects.
Furthermore, he also found that the isolated left hemisphere can perform calculations easily while an isolated right hemisphere can only perform simple addition up to the number 20.
All in all, Sperry found that the left hemisphere is concerned with speech, writing, abstract thinking, symbolic relationships, temporal relationships, leading hemisphere in control of nervous system and calculations.
On the other hand, the right hemisphere is responsible for concrete thinking, spatial relationships, comprehension of complex relationships, word comprehension, facial recognition, interpreting auditory stimuli, space perception, reproducing three-dimensional pictures, intuition and higher brain functions. The right brain is essentially mute since it can only feel, process and understand but cannot communicate those thoughts while the left brain is the expressive brain capable of communicating with the environment.
Significance
The work of Sperry proved to be an inspiration to many new scientists. His discoveries sparked a movement in cognitive science and triggered more researches to be conducted aiming to uncover the higher functions of the brain.
With the advent of more sophisticated brain imaging techniques, it is now easier to localize brain functions. Scientists used cerebral blood flow to identify regions of the brain responsible for different cognitive tasks. Scientists can now easily monitor the cerebral blood flow in all parts of the brain. Since we know that after eating a meal, most of our blood is directed to our GI system and in times of emergencies, our blood is directed to our muscles. This means that the more work a region of our body does, the more blood is delivered to it.
Applying this same logic to our brain, if a patient is asked to move his right leg, the region of the brain with a significant increase in blood flow during the course of the movement is responsible for the control of that movement. By the use of this method, most of our functions are now localized to a certain region or groups of regions in our brain.
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How a 23-year-old making $172,000 in New York City spends his money
This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the U.S. and details how they earn, spend and save their money. Drake Pooley is standing in the middle of his Williamsburg apartment, surrounded by tiny bottles of shampoo, body wash and lotion. Collected from his weekly work trips, he can tell you which hotel chain offers each beauty brand, and the benefits of the Hilton's Crabtree & Evelyn soaps compared to, say, the Bliss products stocked at W hotels. If you're like Pooley, away from home four days a week, often working until 11 p.m. out of a hotel room, those seemingly insignificant details can make all the difference. As an associate management consultant for a top New York City-based firm, the 23-year-old spends Monday through Thursday in a different U.S. city — Chicago, Cincinnati and Nashville are all recent destinations — helping organizations come up with solutions for the problems plaguing them. He doesn't mind the long days. Working hard, Pooley says, is in his blood. His dad is an entrepreneur who is always coming up with a new business idea to test out. But it's his grandmother, a Lithuanian who came to the U.S. from Venezuela at 14, who Pooley most admires. "My grandmother was actually a refugee. She was the hardest working person I ever met," he says. His family's experience immigrating to the U.S. informs all of Pooley's financial and work decisions. He makes a point to do charity work — he operates a website that reviews and critiques resumes for students and people making under $35,000 per year, for free — and donates to politicians and organizations that support immigrants' rights. All of those mini bottles of shampoo and conditioner will be donated to a homeless shelter. "I recognize the immense privilege I have as a 23-year-old to work in these settings, and I want to make sure that I'm always putting the best foot forward and doing as much as I can," he says. Pooley's situation is somewhat unique in that he knows what his projected earnings will be for the next few years. Right now, he earns a base of $120,000 at his day job and will receive an additional $47,250 in compensation in the form of a performance bonus, profit share and extra 401(k) match. In July 2020, his annual salary will increase to $158,000. He often works 15-hour days, with breaks for meals and a run in the hotel fitness center. The six-figure salary helps make the constant travel and hours worth it. "When I first entered consulting, the idea of long days was really scary to me, but I've actually adjusted over time," he says. "You can make that work-life balance work for you." On the side, he coaches Chinese college students on U.S. and Chinese employment processes, helping them navigate the beginnings of their careers in a foreign country. He charges $100 per hour and brings in around $400 per month. "I've lived in China twice, and I'm very familiar with how Chinese students think and also the cultural differences," he says. He also manages to find time to help his dad revamp his sticker and T-shirt company, Ultra Hot. "I've always been a workaholic," he says. "I always have to have some sort of project going on." Here's a breakdown of how Pooley saves and spends in a typical month. Pooley is strict with his budget. Saving money is a priority for him, and he never puts something on a credit card that he doesn't have money in the bank to pay for. "I'm always thinking about money, to be honest," he says. "From a security standpoint, I'm very aware of what's going in and out of my accounts, and I want to make sure that I'm being the most responsible that I can be." That mindset helped him pay off his $12,000 in student loan debt from graduate school — he received a dual master's degree in global commerce and global strategic management from the University of Virginia and ESADE University in Barcelona — in his first year out of school. A combination of private scholarships, aid from his parents and finishing his undergraduate education in three years enabled him to graduate with a bachelor's degree from Auburn University with no student loan debt. Currently, he's saving for business school, which he hopes to attend next year. "If I have a few bad weekends, where I'm going out more than I planned, and I really wanted to buy a new suit or something, I will then say, 'Okay, I can only spend X amount of money for the next few weeks,'" he says. "If I can do that then I will let myself buy what I want. If I can't, then it's not in the cards, and I won't get it." The largest portion of Pooley's gross income is put toward his savings: $700 to his high-yield Ally account, $500 to a Roth IRA and $1,583, on average, to his Roth 401(k). His employer matches 25% of his 401(k) contributions, up to 6% of his total salary, and each August he receives a 401(k) bonus worth 10% of his salary and bonus from the previous year. His IRA is invested in a socially-responsible fund. You can read more about so-called impact investing here. "I think consumers have a lot of power in the buying decisions they make," he says. "I want to support companies through my investments that are supporting gender equality, supporting clean energy, supporting economic empowerment." For his 401(k), he subscribes to the Warren Buffett personal investing method: low-cost index funds. "The most important lesson I've learned about money is that you should always be investing in low-cost index funds, because they are going to be the most secure growing over time," says Pooley. "Trying to find tips and tricks to get rich quick never works, and you should be playing the long game as early as possible." He has a savings plan in mind. He wants to max out his retirement accounts — that's $6,000 for the IRA and $19,000 for the 401(k) this year — and hit $20,000 in liquid savings. Once he does that, he'll divert some of his savings toward a brokerage account to buy stocks. "My investment plan really is just to save as much as I can knowing that the security will provide a lot of mental health benefits to me and I'll feel a lot more secure in my future," he says. Pooley splits a two-bedroom apartment in a new development in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Though he lived in Manhattan when he first moved to New York City from Houston, where he grew up, he said living in Brooklyn was the more financially responsible move. Pooley's father is an avid surfer, and he grew up traveling around with his dad to "remote surfer spots" like Nicaragua and Mexico. But it was during grad school, when he studied on three different continents, when Pooley truly caught the travel bug. He's already visited 46 countries. This year alone, he's traveled to Qatar, Singapore, Shanghai, the Maldives, the Azores region of Portugal, Mexico City, Dubai and Australia, as well as domestic destinations, like Auburn University in Alabama, where he went to college. Up next, he has trips planned to Tahiti and Bora Bora. His work offers a generous vacation policy, which also helps Pooley power through the 100-hour weeks. Drake Pooley on vacation. Photo courtesy of Drake Pooley. To help fund his trips, he uses five travel rewards credit cards, with annual fees totaling $910: "When you're in grad school not really making any money you have to find ways to travel creatively," he says. "I figured out how to utilize a lot of different points." The mileage and points he accrues and other perks associated with the cards are well worth the price for Pooley, and he was able to partially fund many of his trips with his points (and in a few cases completely fund them). According to Pooley, his trip to the Maldives retailed for close to $33,000, but he spent just $2,200. "My biggest splurge is definitely travel, but I do it in a way where I'm getting a lot more value than what I'm actually spending," he says. "I spend around $5,000 to $7,000 a year on travel, but with points I'm getting crazy experiences for super cheap this year." It helps that his company lets him keep the points he earns through his weekly work travels. Last year, he says, he accrued 95,000 points on his corporate card. Pooley also writes a points newsletter for coworkers and friends, in which he gives tips on hacking the travel rewards card game. Because he's traveling during the week for work, most of Pooley's food is covered by his company. When he's in New York, he likes to splurge on brunches with friends, happy hours with coworkers and nights out. Though he tries to keep his food expenses at around $400 per month, he says his recent travel has inflated this portion of his budget. "Food is the hardest thing to budget for," he says. "One of the benefits to always traveling for work is that I have an expense account that pays for all of my expenses Monday through Thursday, so I'm only responsible for expenses pretty much Friday afternoon through Sunday." He rarely cooks because he's not home long enough to make a trip to the grocery store worthwhile, he says, and indeed, his refrigerator is virtually empty. Instead, he goes to Williamsburg restaurants for meals or the corner bodega for snacks. Pooley got Lasik eye surgery earlier in the year and is making monthly payments for the $5,000 procedure. He charged it to on a medical credit card, which allows him to pay it off interest-free over 18 months. According to Pooley, he was able to knock the price for the procedure down by around $2,000 because he shopped around before he committed to a doctor. "I got bids from multiple Lasik doctors," he says. "Always negotiate your medical bills." Charity work is important to Pooley, but his busy schedule doesn't allow him to volunteer as much as he'd like, so he makes sure to donate to causes that are important to him. Currently, he donates monthly to four Democratic presidential candidates, until he determines who he's voting for, and gives to the finance program at Auburn University, his alma mater. He also supports CUNY Citizenship Now, an organization that provides free legal services to people seeking U.S. citizenship, in honor of his late grandmother. "I want to be able to provide new immigrants, wherever they're from, the opportunity to become American citizens, just like my grandmother had the opportunity to," he says. CNBC Make It asked Whitney Morrison, certified financial planner and principal financial advisor at LegalZoom, to comment on what Pooley is doing right with his money and where he could improve. Overall, Morrison says Pooley is doing a great job, noting his savings rate is high for someone his age. "His lifestyle is really lean," she says, and "his job is setting him up for financial success." But there are still a few things he could improve. Pooley has most of his bases covered, Morrison says, but he needs to make sure he still qualifies for a Roth IRA. Income contribution limits start when an individual makes a modified adjusted gross income of $122,000, and completely phases out at $137,000. With his bonus, Pooley likely doesn't qualify. "The IRS won't like that," says Morrison. He could face a 6% penalty on the total amount contributed when he files his taxes. Right now all of Pooley's retirement savings are contributed post-tax, which means he won't pay taxes on distributions in retirement. But if he also contributed to a traditional 401(k), he could lower his tax liability now, which could help with other goals he has. "Just like people want to diversify their investments, they can diversify their tax risk," Morrison says. She suggests that Pooley split his 401(k) contributions evenly between a traditional account and a Roth 401(k). Unlike with a Roth IRA, there are no income limits on contributions to a Roth 401(k). It's great that he is so committed to maxing out his retirement accounts and building his short-term savings, but Morrison says Pooley needs some sort of "mid-term" savings vehicle or investments, like a brokerage account. "Once he hits his emergency fund goal, I would tell him to stop putting the $700 toward cash savings, and start putting it toward 'life goals,'" she says, like buying a house. "He needs a mid-term investment account for the 40 years he can't touch his retirement accounts." It's always good to consider what your goals are at every stage in your life. Pooley wants to be financially independent, and he is on the right path — but tweaking the amount of money he's putting into retirement accounts now might be prudent. "For someone who is 23, focusing on retirement is smart, but at the same time you have to prepare for the next 40 years of your life," says Morrison. "You already have 10% profit sharing and your employer's 401(k) match, do you really need to be maxing out your 401(k) right now?" Beyond that, Morrison recommends thinking about the concrete steps to reach financial independence and any other goals Pooley might have along the way. Eventually Pooley would like to help entrepreneurs like his dad grow their companies. But for now, his goals are to work hard, save money and graduate from business school. "I'm really just focusing on being financially independent," he says, "so I can do whatever I choose to do, whether that's continuing a career in consulting or going into a different industry or living on a beach in Zanzibar." What's your budget breakdown? Share your story with us at makeitcasting@nbcuni.com for a chance to be featured in a future installment. We are especially interested in hearing from people in Austin, Denver and Nashville.
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* Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965), Russian composer
* Hizgil Avshalumov (1913-2001), soviet novelist, poet and playwright.
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* David Avshalomov (1946-), American classical composer, vocalist, and conductor.
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Hague, Saskatchewan
Hague is a small rural town in Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately 47 kilometres north of Saskatoon. Hague was established in the late nineteenth century as a Mennonite community farming the fertile land in the area.
Hague is growing due to its relatively low cost of living compared to Saskatoon. However, the town's connection to the farming community remains strong. It has a school, arena (with hockey and curling), grocery store, hardware store, Credit Union, post office, one restaurant, two gas stations, and a vehicle dealership. Construction on Highway 11 North was completed July 2011, twinning the Highway between Hague and Saskatoon.
History
Hague was first settled by farmers in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hague had a population of $889$ living in $339$ of its $355$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $874$. With a land area of 1.27 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
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Consider the following:
program main
integer, parameter :: n=10, m=20
integer ints(n,m)
real floats(m,n)
!... initialize ints
! ...
floats=transpose(ints)
!... do stuff with floats
end
looking at the documentation for gfortran, it seems that transpose(ints) will return an integer array which will then be cast to reals. In this operation, the compiler (gfortran) creates a temporary array for the transposed array which seems like a waste (compile with gfortran -O3 -Warray-temporaries -o test test.f90). Also note that if you change the real array "floats" into an integer array, the warning goes away.
Is there a way to do this (for arbitrary types) without generating a temporary array? (I also tried floats(:,:)=transpose(ints) because I read somewhere that it mattered ... ). Does it behave this way with other compilers?
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You could try
floats = transpose(real(ints))
but I wouldn't be very surprised if gfortran (or any other compiler) generated a temporary array to implement this. I'd be more surprised if it didn't.
You might also try
forall (J=1:N, K=1:M) floats(K, J) = real(ints(J, K))
Again, I wouldn't be surprised if a compiler created a temporary array to implement this.
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• I was hoping you'd answer. The first still generates a temporary (in gfortran). The second doesn't (or at least it doesn't warn me about it). Also, if I remove real in real(ints(j,k)) then it should work for arbitrary types. (mainly I need all permutations of integer,real and double precision). It seems silly to me that the compiler would need to generate array temporaries in this situation (I could write a module to do it using subroutines and overloading as necessary), but maybe I'm just naive.
– mgilson
Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 19:44
• In place transposition is not trivial. See, e.g., en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-place_matrix_transposition
– M. S. B.
Commented Jul 25, 2012 at 20:14
• @M.S.B. I'm not talking about doing it in place -- In fact, I don't want to do it in place. (I don't want ints to be changed) -- I do however, have a very good place for the result to go (floats). I suppose part of the difficulty here is that transpose could be used as part of a larger expression where a temporary would be necessary...
– mgilson
Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 20:09
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do i = 1, n
do j = 1, m
floats(j,i) = real(ints(i,j))
enddo
enddo
You could make your own transpose interface for handling different data types, although it would have to be a subroutine and not a function.
interface transpose_
module procedure transpose_ints_to_reals
end interface
subroutine transpose_ints_to_reals(ints_in, reals_out)
...
end subroutine
call transpose_(ints,floats)
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• Yes, I understand that I can do this, however, it is error prone as I would have to duplicate the same routine many times for different types. If Fortran had some mechanism to auto-generate the function for the different types and overload it, that would be perfect, but AFIK, that mechanism doesn't exist.
– mgilson
Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 23:49
• Yep, Fortran doesn't have a lot of nice features :(
– bdforbes
Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 1:21
• Fortran does have a lot of nice features for numerics though. The existence of a transpose function to begin with is very nice.
– mgilson
Commented Jul 27, 2012 at 14:02
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Some strategists are backing away from shares of Nike, which have fallen nearly 12 percent in the past month, securing its place as the worst-performing Dow component in that time. "Shares have been weaker on a relative basis, and [are] faced by what we see are these top-down headwinds from this bearish apparel and retail industry," Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, said Tuesday on CNBC's "Trading Nation. " "We see more attractive opportunities elsewhere." Still, there is some good news. The stock itself has become "tactically oversold at the lower end of its trading range," said Wald, which presents a bit of good news for the beaten-down athletic wear manufacturer. While at this point he wouldn't swoop in and buy the stock, he does not necessarily see further losses at this juncture. Nike shares were trading modestly lower Wednesday, just below $53 per share. The broader weakness seen in the athletic retail space gives Mike Binger, senior portfolio manager at Gradient Investments, pause about Nike, and he would not own the stock at current levels. "When I look at the landscape of the athletic apparel industry, I see Dick's Sporting Goods, I see Under Armour, I see Foot Locker, I see Finish Line ... all of them [have] negative business trends; the stocks have been crushed, slashing estimates, " Binger said on "Trading Nation." Nike's valuation, at 21 times expected forward earnings, also raises a flag, given its earnings are forecast to decline for fiscal 2018. "It's one of those stocks that's certainly not going to attract a growth investor because earnings are declining; it's not going to attract a value investor because it has a high multiple. It's stuck in purgatory, and it's hard to make money on a stock like that," he said. In late August, shares in the company fell after Jefferies analyst Randal Konik wrote in a note to clients that the brand has begun losing some of its dominance in the athletic apparel space to competitor Adidas. "With expectations for less robust fundamentals, Nike's premium valuation conflicts with intensifying US competition unfolding," Konik wrote. The stock has declined nearly 8 percent in the last year. Disclaimer
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Haeckel's "tree of life"
Haeckel’s “tree of life”
Being the way we are we humans attempt to comprehend the world in a manner which is intuitively graspable. Obviously some ideas are derived from environmental inputs. If you learn a little math and start talking about a multi-dimensional universe beyond the three spatial ones which we can grasp, then obviously you’re seeing the power of higher order abstraction detached from lived experience. But science is usually not so rarefied in relation to our lived reality. Our intuitions about the world often interface with our broader theories, many of which clearly shape scientific models, even if in the end these models extend far beyond the limits of our Gestalt cognition. How we grasp the whole of the universe has an effect on how we break nature apart at its joints.
The evolutionary ideas which were ascendant in the Victorian age, crowned by Charles Darwin’s theory of the origin of species via natural selection, illustrate both of these realities. On the one hand evolutionary ideas are as old as the Greeks, and likely older in that the Ionians made formal and abstract many folk theories which were likely floating about in the world of antiquity. But there were those then, and now, who had difficulty comprehending the evolutionary nature of speciation, and the morphological change which results in phyletic gradualism (e.g., for Creationists “macroevolution” is always the problem). The likely psychological root of skepticism of speciation is that humans seem to have innate ideas as to the nature of kinds and categories. Plato’s speculations about eternal forms leverage deep intuitions that we have about the world around us which can be discerned even in infants that there are essences, an order and plan. What evolutionary biologists term “population thinking” is not natural, and continuity is often rendered in a discrete fashion when it comes to everyday terminology. A concept such as species has the dual benefit of both being intuitive and aligning with our natural prejudices about the world, and also being useful in the everyday practice of science. But the fact is species are not a real phenomenon, such as the acceleration of a ball in space, but a useful shorthand which brackets a range of concepts.
speciation My attitude toward the term “species” is strongly informed by the instrumental views which are interleaved throughout H. Allen Orr and Jerry Coyne’s book from the mid-aughts, Speciation. That is not to say that the book is perfect, at least from the perspective of some plant biologists. But that’s why I emphasize an instrumental view of species, what might be a useful classification for a plant biologist may not be a useful one for a zoologist, let alone a bacterial geneticist. Species as a concept only exists to delineate and clarify our thinking unless you have a religious model which presupposes ideal kinds brought about by the hand of a designer. Scientific taxonomy is only a rough and approximate mapping of the reality of natural history and evolutionary genetics, which it purports to collapse informatively. And with all the problems with the species concept, recall that it is the “most real” of taxonomic categories which we use (e.g., the biological species concept is moderately coherent).
Naturally this does not mean that there are no differences between the populations we term species, simply that we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the way we describe nature is often shorthand which obscures as well as illuminates. The debate about species concepts can be informative and interesting, but it has its limits. I do not hold to the position that there is “one definition to rule them all.” Which brings me to a new paper in Science on crows, The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows:
The importance, extent, and mode of interspecific gene flow for the evolution of species has long been debated. Characterization of genomic differentiation in a classic example of hybridization between all-black carrion crows and gray-coated hooded crows identified genome-wide introgression extending far beyond the morphological hybrid zone. Gene expression divergence was concentrated in pigmentation genes expressed in gray versus black feather follicles. Only a small number of narrow genomic islands exhibited resistance to gene flow. One prominent genomic region (<2 megabases) harbored 81 of all 82 fixed differences (of 8.4 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms in total) linking genes involved in pigmentation and in visual perception—a genomic signal reflecting color-mediated prezygotic isolation. Thus, localized genomic selection can cause marked heterogeneity in introgression landscapes while maintaining phenotypic divergence.
Citation: Poelstra, J. W., et al. "The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows." Science 344.6190 (2014): 1410-1414.
Citation: Poelstra, J. W., et al. “The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows.” Science 344.6190 (2014): 1410-1414.
You may wonder how a paper on the population genomics of crows relates to the broader philosophical issues I was alluding to earlier. Simple, as science advances it sheds light on the true and fine-grained shape of the world around us, rather than our coarse preconceptions. We look through the glass darkly to infer our innate ideas. Modern taxonomy has its origins in Carl Linnaeus’ system, and the status of carrion vs. hooded crow in terms of whether they are species or subspecies has a history which goes back at least to this period. This paper in Science seems to have “solved” the issue in substance, if not style. By substance I mean that the authors have extracted enough genetic information that all the blank spots in our discussion are filled in to my satisfaction. On the whole genome level one can’t differentiate the two crow species/subspecies as clear and distinct entities. German carrion crows are genetically closer to Polish hooded crows in terms of total genome content. But, when it comes to a few specific regions of the genome which affect diagnostic physical characteristics, the pigment of pelage, as well as variation in behaviour, the two groups in fact are quite distinct. To obtain these sorts of results the science had to be top notch. Or at least 2014, not 1814. They sequenced a male hooded crow to greater that 100x coverage to generate a reference sequence, which is very high. Then they sequenced a 60 carrion and hooded crows to greater than 10x coverage, which is reasonable for population genomic work, especially if you can align it to the reference.
Citation: Poelstra, J. W., et al. "The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows." Science 344.6190 (2014): 1410-1414.
Citation: Poelstra, J. W., et al. “The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows.” Science 344.6190 (2014): 1410-1414.
The basic major result is illustrated in the figure to the right. What you see is that overall the genetic divergence between German carrion crows and Spanish carrion crows, the latter being the putative source population, is rather large comparatively (Spanish vs. Germany vs. Swedish vs. Polish). In contrast there is minimal genetic divergence between German carrion crows and Polish hooded crows, as one might predict by geographic. But, there are exceptional regions of the genome, as is clear when you look at the emphasized spikes in F ST. In other words, continuous gene flow has homogenized between population differences, as you’d except from basic theory (across two demes N >= 1 sufficient to prevent divergence), but selection pressures along very salient traits have resulted in a shaper distinction along a few genomic regions. The interesting point here is though that this isn’t due to any ecological distinction. For example, when it comes to pigmentation some human populations (e.g., Africans and Melanesians) resemble each other despite huge whole genome differences (Melanesians are just another branch of “Out of Africa” humanity). But one can posit a clear ecological rational for why this might be. Not so for carrion and hooded crows. Intuitively it seems obvious that Germany shares more ecologically with Poland than it does with Spain. So what’s going on? The authors provide a likely answer: “A key feature that distinguishes the crow system is the apparent lack of ecological selection on the maintenance of separate phenotypes. Instead, the data presented here are consistent with the idea that assortative mating and sexual selection can exclusively cause phenotypic and genotypic differentiation.” Instead of a speciation gene, these may be “speciation genomic regions” (yes, it has less of a ring to it, I admit).
So where does this leave us in terms of species concept? Well, your mileage may vary. In the accompanying commentary by Peter de Knijff there is some bashing the bar code of life idea of systematically identifying species differences using DNA. I don’t think there’s a problem with the bar code of life as long as one understands that one shouldn’t confuse the measure with what one is measuring. The concept species is not like the speed of light, it is freighted with assumptions, and means different things to different people. If one understands that ahead of time then a consistent language or measuring stick can still be highly useful, if not ultimately informative in a deep ontological sense (i.e., atoms/quarks are fundamental to material objects in a way that species are not in regards to variation among living organisms).
This specific result is also not entirely surprising, though it is nice to see it worked out in a specific case. The connection between physical appearance and species distinctions is an old and intuitive one, despite the importance of genealogical concepts when it comes to our intuitive essentialism. And this applies to taxonomic levels which are lower, as far back as Charles Darwin sexual selection was posited as the reason for racial differences in appearance for humans (Jared Diamond promoted this view in The Third Chimpanzee). Back in 2003 Henry Harpending brought to my mind the idea that human differences in phenotypes can persist across populations despite overall genomic similarities. To me this reinforces that genomics has come not to bring peace to old truths, but a sword of empirical reality to old preconceptions. Rather than dithering as to the “best” term to describe genetic variation and evolutionary process, we can actually go about describing it in close to its entirety, and let the chips fall where they may. Compute and quantify. The rest is commentary.
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1. Great post. This is a truly important paper and links well with the currently hot topic of ‘supergenes’ recently reviewed by Thomson and Jiggins in Heredity: http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v113/n1/full/hdy201420a.html
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2. “Intuitively it seems obvious that Germany shares more ecologically with Poland than it does with Spain.”
It may not be relevant to this but generally I wonder if there’s an eco-border somewhere around Poland and Germany related to the effect of the Gulf stream i.e. a line where the effect tapers off and it becomes full continental.
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3. Razib-
This is a very good piece. Probably the best this month.
Just thought I’d say ‘kudos.’ You’re quality posts on genetics often don’t get the comments and circulation of the lighter stiff.
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4. #3, the genetics posts are the ones which have the ‘long tail’ in terms of driving search traffic 5 years after being posted.
#2, if the change is clinal you would see the genetic change like that too. but it’s not. at least for the salient trait.
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Creating a Kubernetes Nginx Ingress Controller and create a rule to a sample application
Xavier Geerinck
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Whenever you are creating an application that you want to expose to the outside world, it's always smart to control the flow towards the application behind it. That's why Kubernetes has something called Kubernetes Ingress. But what is it?
Kubernetes Ingress
Kubernetes Ingress allows you to expose HTTP and HTTPS routes from outside the cluster to services within the cluster. The traffic routing is then controlled by rules defined in the ingress sources.
For this article, I will explain how you can get started on creating your own Nginx Ingress Controller. Of course this is not the only possibility, so feel free to check other ingress controllers such as Istio, HAProxy, Traefik, ...
Some advantages of using an ingress controller:
• Rate limiting, Timeouts, ...
• Authentication
• Content based routing
Sample Hello World application
Before we create our controller, let's get started on creating a simple demo application. The only thing our application will do is process the HTTP request, wait a couple of seconds and return a "Hello World" response.
Creating our sample app
I decided to create this application in Node.js. So if you have npm and node installed, run the following commands:
npm init -y
npm i express --save
Whereafter you can create an index.js file with the following content:
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000
app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
console.log('Got request, waiting a bit');
await delay(15 * 1000);
res.send('Hello World!')
})
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
})
const delay = async (timeout = 1000) => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => setTimeout(resolve, timeout));
}
Packaging it as a container
Since everything is created in terms of application code, we can package it all up into a Docker container by creating a Dockerfile:
Dockerfile
FROM node:latest
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
# Install deps
RUN apt-get update
# Create Certificate
RUN apt-get install ca-certificates
# Install Package.json dependendencies
COPY package.json .
RUN npm install
# Copy Source Code
ADD . /usr/src/app
CMD [ "npm", "run", "start" ]
EXPOSE 3000
That we can build with (choose one for your use-case):
# Local build (for local use)
# Note: when using minikube, make sure to run `eval $(minikube docker-env)` to build images in minikube context
docker build -t local/node-sample-helloworld .
# Remote build (to push to docker repository)
docker build -t thebillkidy/node-sample-helloworld .
docker push thebillkidy/node-sample-helloworld
Running it on Kubernetes
Once it is build, we can now run it on our Kubernetes cluster. For that we create a Deployment YAML file:
kubernetes.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: d-node-sample-helloworld
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: node-sample-helloworld
replicas: 1
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: node-sample-helloworld
spec:
containers:
- name: main
image: thebillkidy/node-sample-helloworld:latest # if local, utilize local/node-sample-helloworld
imagePullPolicy: Always # if local, utilize Never
ports:
- containerPort: 3000
That we can apply with kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml and should now show the following after running kubectl get deployments -A:
NAME READY UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE
d-node-sample-helloworld 1/1 1 1 37s
Kubernetes is getting more popular everyday and it's no wonder why! When you are running applications on-premise or in-cloud, the possibility of having the applications in a portable way is a strong one! Removing the friction for scaling-out your application when you are ready for it, or even bursting scenarios.
Nginx Ingress Controller
We now have a simple Hello World application running, but it's only available internally! What we could do now is expose it through Kubernetes and a LoadBalancer, but let's actually utilize our Ingress Controller here! So let's get started creating this Ingress Controller.
Installation
The first step that we should do is create the NGINX Ingress controller. For this we can follow these steps:
Note: before the stable/nginx-ingress chart was utilized. But this is now deprecated!
# ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx (repo)
# ref: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/tree/master/charts/ingress-nginx (chart)
# 1. Create namespace
kubectl create namespace ingress-nginx
# 2. Add the repository
helm repo add ingress-nginx https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx
# 3. Update the repo
helm repo update
# 4. Install nginx-ingress through Helm
helm install ingress-controller ingress-nginx/ingress-nginx --namespace ingress-nginx
Once we ran the above, we should now be able to access the ingress controller by loading the external IP (kubectl -n ingress-nginx get svc).
Note: when working with Minikube or others, we can utilize kubectl port-forward svc/ingress-controller-ingress-nginx-controller --namespace ingress-nginx --address 0.0.0.0 8000:80 and access it on http://localhost:8000
We are now ready to expose our application!
Exposing our Application
Once an ingress controller is created, we need to expose our application internally:
kubectl expose deployment d-node-sample-helloworld --name svc-node-sample-helloworld
and configure our Ingress controller to route traffic to it as defined in the Kubernetes Ingress API. By creating a YAML file:
ingress-node-sample-helloworld.yaml
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: ingress-node-sample-helloworld
annotations:
# Target URI where the traffic must be redirected
# More info: https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/docs/examples/rewrite/README.md
nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/rewrite-target: /
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
spec:
rules:
# Uncomment the below to only allow traffic from this domain and route based on it
# - host: my-host # your domain name with A record pointing to the nginx-ingress-controller IP
- http:
paths:
- path: / # Everything on this path will be redirected to the rewrite-target
backend:
serviceName: svc-node-sample-helloworld # the exposed svc name and port
servicePort: 3000
Which we apply with kubectl apply -f ingress-node-sample-helloworld.yaml
Now once this is applied, we should be able to execute a cURL request to access our application! So let's try this:
# Execute a GET request with the specified host and IP
# Note: the Host should match what is written in spec.rules.host
curl -k -X "GET" -H "Host: my-host" http://YOUR_IP
Or we can also open it in our browser and navigate to http://YOUR_IP
Note: If this is not working, check kubectl describe ing and make sure that the configuration is correct
Conclusion
In this article a demonstration was made on how you can set up your own ingress controller for Kubernetes. This is of course a small step in the entire chain of use cases, where most often you want to do more such as rate limiting, or even monitoring it.
The next article will explain more in-depth how you are able to start monitoring what we have just set-up through Prometheus and visualize all of it in Grafana.
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Talk:Severn, Maryland
Original Research
Moving some OR material here (there's lots more in the article, but this has been tagged since February):
* Severn has gone from a small rural town, prior to the 1980s, to a town straining to contain its population growth. Property values have risen exponentially (more than doubled between 1998 and 2004) because the town is located fifteen miles southwest of Baltimore City and twenty-eight miles northeast of Washington, DC, allowing residents to work in either city. Traffic gridlock has become a major concern and aggravation for long-time Severn residents who were used to the rural setting it once was. There is a small but significant culture shock between these long time Severn residents and affluent professionals moving in to the area as real estate development continues to boom.
Toddstreat1 05:20, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
* == Transportation ==
* During rush hour, driving to DC takes between 30 minutes and 1 hour each way. Baltimore, fifteen miles to the northeast, is only a twenty-minute drive. There is one major highway adjacent to Severn, Baltimore-Washington Parkway which leads to points North and South. And the I-95 entrance is about ten minutes away (a little further along MD Route 175 past the B/W Pkwy exits). While routes I-295 and I-95 provide fast access north and south, MD Route 100 provides rapid east and west travel from Pasadena, Md., west to Columbia, Md.. MD Route 32 runs parallel to MD-100 connecting Annapolis, Md., to Columbia, Md., through Severn as well. Severn is a very strategic location for affluent families looking to escape the oversaturation and inflation of Washington, Baltimore and some other suburbs-mainly Montgomery County suburbs. It is a fifteen minute drive to BWI airport and has several highways passing through the area, including access to the MARC Train commuter rail service in Odenton only ten minutes away. It is poised to be the next sought-after community just as many Montgomery County suburbs were ten to fifteen years ago.
Toddstreat1 17:41, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
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Funds for Endangered Parrots
The Funds for Endangered Parrots (FbP) (German: Fonds für bedrohte Papageien) is a German non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the field of species conservation, which supports and operates projects worldwide for endangered parrot species.
History
A working group for parrots was established in 1989 within the German Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (Zoologische Gesellschaft für Arten-und Populationsschutz e. V. (ZGAP), which itself was founded in 1982. This working group was the first organisation worldwide to highlight the parlous situation of the Spix's macaw, which has now become extinct in the wild. Funds for Endangered Parrots was formed from the working group in October 1991.
The Funds does not only decide on the promoting of projects - for the most part on its own initiative. More than 475.000 euros in today's currency was raised in the first twenty years.
Since 1996 the Funds has organized an annual open one-day convention in the autumn for members and all other interested parties.
Species conservation and project promotion
Almost 50% of all parrot species are endangered and almost 25% of the species are critically endangered. The main reasons for this are persistent habitat destruction, such as land clearance with fire or settlement, on one hand and on the other the continuing trade in birds, which still offers wild-caught stock. Apart from these two main reasons there is a long list of others such as hunting and persecution as pests, the infiltration of other animal species into the habitat, changes to the habitat, the loss or reduction of breeding habitat and nesting trees and the lack of suitable food sources for the birds. The Funds supports projects, which serves the conservation of parrots. Of great importance is close cooperation with conservation groups and the local people in the relevant region to ensure, through partnership and education, the long-term success of measures for the protection of the species concerned and their habitats.
The following are just two examples of the work of the Funds. With the conservation project for the Santa Marta conure in Colombia the Funds promotes a project of the Colombian foundation Alianza para Ecosístemas Críticos. The latter strives for close co-operation with the Indigenous people of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The endemic Santa Marta conure is a keystone species for education on the uniqueness of the flora and fauna of the mountain chain. The conservation project means that all involved work as equal partners in observation activities within the Indian reservation and in the determination of distribution patterns, the identification of breeding areas and migratory routes as well as the analysis of population and causes of decline. By optimizing cheese production among the small farmers in the distribution area of the conure through a dairy specialist working on behalf of the Funds and the establishment of a brand for this production the long-term security of the habitat structure of the conure is assured at the same time.
The causes for the endangered status of the citron-crested cockatoo on the Indonesian island of Sumba are somewhat different. The main causes are the loss of nesting availability and most of all capture for the trade, i.e. the black market. Apart from the creation of basic data on distribution, density and the importance of the various endangering factors, the surveillance and prevention of the trade is a main project task. The prosecution of poachers could be achieved for the first time. At the same time a strategy for creating awareness among the local people was developed, which includes, for example, visiting schools showing an educational film made by a Funds supporter. As many small schools do not have electricity, seeing such a film is a great event. The local partner here is BirdLife Indonesia.
Further examples of supported projects for parrot species:
* Asia: umbrella cockatoo, red-vented cockatoo, Palawan racket-tailed parrot, red and blue lory
* Americas: Lear's macaw, red-fronted macaw, yellow-eared parrot, St. Vincent amazon, rusty-faced parrot, lilacine amazon, great green macaw.
* Africa: black-cheeked lovebird
The Funds is represented in the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) through the ZGAP. The Loro Parque Fundación and BirdLife International are international partner organisations of the Funds.
Conventions
The one-day annual conventions, which have been held since 1996, bring together members and other interested parties. The day's agenda consists of presentations on a wide range of topics relevant to parrots such as conservation in the wild and the activities of the Funds as well as European Endangered Species Programme and breeding registers, Psittaculture, reports on the breeding and keeping of less endangered species, diet, veterinarian and biological advances, reports from the field and the latest developments in taxonomy. All the presentations are concluded by open discussion.
The conventions, which to date have been held in Germany, are usually attended by only 150 persons, so that there is a considerable dissemination effect among German parrot-keepers. The proceeds of the conventions are used for conservation projects. They are held either alongside a parrot and bird exhibition or at the premises of a zoo or bird park. The venue in 2000 was the bird show at Achern, in 2001 the DEU-BE-LUX bird show at Bitburg, in 2002 the bird show at Bielefeld-Senne, in 2003 the bird show at Coburg, in 2004 the Walsrode Bird Park, in 2005 the Ornithea bird show in the Porz suburb of Cologne, in 2006 the NiederRheinPark Plantaria at Kevelaer and in 2007 Leipzig Zoo. The convention in 2008 will be held at the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart and 2009 dem Vogelpark Walsrode.
Composition and tasks
Funds for Endangered Parrots consists of parrot specialists dedicated to the protection of parrots in the wild. It functions formally as a working group, which chooses a committee for decision-making and project oversight for two-year periods The tasks of the Funds, i.e. the committee members, are the analysis and assessment of project applications, suggestions for projects, evaluation of work carried out on the projects as well as the preparation and organisation of the conventions. The committee at present consists of Thomas Arndt, Dr. Marcellus Bürkle, Detlev Franz, Hans-Jürgen Künne, Dr. Rainer Niemann, Dr. Matthias Reinschmidt, Klaus Sasse, Marion Wiegel and René Wüst (spokesperson for the Funds).
Literature
* George Arc, Franz Robiller (Hrsg.): Das große Lexikon der Vogelpflege. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4425-5
* Hans-Jürgen Künne: Der „Fonds für bedrohte Papageien“. In: Gefiederte Welt 121, 3/97, S. 95–97.
* Rene Wüst: 20 Jahre Artenschutz für Papageien. In: ZGAP Mitteilungen 2/2009, S.29
* Rene Wüst: Fonds für bedrohte Papageien: 20 Jahre Artenschutz für Papageien. In: Gefiederte Welt
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Bolton says we're a long way from deploying U.S. missiles in Europe
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Washington is a long way from taking decisions about deploying missiles in Europe as a consequence of its planned withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, U.S. national security advisor John Bolton said on Tuesday. Bolton, speaking at a news conference in Moscow after a Kremlin meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said he and Putin had lengthy discussions about the treaty and Washington’s intention to quit the pact. He said there was a new strategic reality where nuclear missiles were no longer a bilateral issue, because China now also had missiles of the type that would be outlawed by the INF treaty if Beijing were a party to it. Reporting by Andrew Osborn; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Alison Williams
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 46
United Nations Security Council Resolution 46, adopted on April 17, 1948, having referenced the goals of United Nations Security Council Resolution 43 and noting that the United Kingdom was still the Mandatory Power in charge of the Palestinian territory, it was responsible for ending the conflict there and every member of the Council was due to aid it achieve such a peace.
With that in mind it called on both the Arab Higher Committee and the Jewish Agency to immediately cease all acts of violence, to stop outside combatants from entering the territory, stop importing weapons, refrain from any immediate political activity which might later prejudice the rights or claims of any community, cooperate with the British authorities and refrain from any actions which might endanger the safety of any of the Holy Places in the territory. The resolution further called upon all the countries of the region to cooperate in any way they could, particularly enforcing the movement of fighters or arms into the territory.
The resolution was adopted by nine votes to none, with abstentions from the Ukrainian SSR and Soviet Union.
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Look Door Viewer FAQs
Look Door Viewer FAQs
Have a Question About the Look Door Viewer?
Do the monitor and camera need to be installed close together?
Yes – the monitor and camera are connected by a cable. The monitor must be connected to the camera for it to function. The monitor should sit on the inside of your door, and the camera should be on the exterior side.
Can the Look be installed on a wall?
This is not an intended install of the Look Door Viewer. Additionally the cable connecting the camera to the monitor is not long enough to support the thickness of a standard wall.
Will Look fit where my current mechanical peephole or door viewer is?
In most cases, yes. Look requires a 9/16” hole for installation. Newer doors will typically be this size, older doors may be 1/2” and need to be slightly enlarged to accommodate Look.
Will Look connect to my home network?
Look requires a 2.4 GHz WiFi network with a password. There may be issues connecting your Look to your home network if the network requires 40 MHz channels or only allows N rate connections, these are advanced settings that are not common.
Is Look built to withstand outdoor conditions?
The Look camera is designed to be fully exposed to rain and dust. The camera is designed to work in temperatures as low as -20 C or -30F. The monitor is designed for temperatures above freezing.
Will Look work with a storm door?
Look will still allow visitors to ring the doorbell on your Look and have live two way communication with you. When installed behind a glass storm door the PIR or motion sensor will not function reliably and we therefore recommend that it is turned off within the app.
Can Look be linked to my existing home doorbell?
At this time look cannot be integrated into your current traditional doorbell.
Why doesn’t my Look display any video after install?
When you first power on your Look it will be in WiFi Direct Mode – you need to use the Look App to setup the device before it will display video on the screen. Please refer to the Look App Quick Start Guide.
Why is my Look LED flashing blue and red?
Blue and red flashing indicates Look is in pairing mode. This means you must go through the connection process using the Look app. Please refer to the App Quick Start Guide.
Why is my Look LED flashing red and pink?
This typically indicates that Look is having trouble associating with the WiFi network. Please check the signal strength and that your password for your WiFi has not changed.
Can I view the video feed from my Look at any time?
You can view a live video feed from your Look up to 60 seconds after a doorbell press or motion event.
Can more than one person talk to a visitor at once?
The Look only supports one live two-way communication session at a time. If a second user attempts to answer a doorbell they will get a notification explaining that the Look is already in use.
Where will I see notifications when someone rings the doorbell?
When someone presses the doorbell on your Look, you will hear a doorbell chime from the device. You will also get a notification on your smartphone through the Look app. You can disable notifications to your phone within the app if you desire.
Can I store more images if I use a bigger microSD card?
The Look stores 5,000 images on the SD card, increasing the size of the card does not increase this limit. Please note the microSD card is required for operation and is provided with your Look.
Can the visitor at my door see me during two way communication?
No, you can see and hear your visitor via the app, but the visitor will only be able to hear you.
What type of battery does the Look use?
The Look comes with a rechargeable battery pack. The battery can be recharged while installed in the device or when removed using the provided micro USB cable and a standard 1 amp USB charger from your smartphone or other smart devices.
How long does it take to recharge the Look battery?
Depending on your charger, the battery will take a few hours to recharge. Using a charger with less than 1amp output, such as some ports on a computer will cause the charging time to be longer. The battery LED will be green when completely charged.
How long will my battery typically last?
The battery life you’ll experience with Look really depends very heavily on the settings you choose within the app as well as the traffic at your front door. For example, choosing to turn motion detection off, you’ll save quite a bit of battery life. If you choose to have photos taken rather than video, again you’ll save battery. Recharging the Look is very easy – Just pop out the rechargeable battery pack and connect to a power source via the micro USB cable that’s provided in the packaging.
Sometimes images of my guests' faces can be very dark, how can I improve this?
Sometimes, the position of your home versus the sun can create images where the user's face is dark. You can brighten your visitors' faces by adjusting the daytime video settings. Typically increasing brightness will help this issue, but will cause the background to be less clear. All doors are unique so you may need to adjust the setting more or less based on your opening.
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Lawson D. Franklin House
The Lawson D. Franklin House is a historic mansion in White Pine, Tennessee, United States.
History
The mansion was built in 1835–1840 for Lawson D. Franklin, Tennessee's first millionaire.
Architectural significance
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 13, 1973.
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Science without sense…double nonsense
Píldoras sobre medicina basada en pruebas
Give me a bar and I’ll move the earth
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But I don’t accept any bar. It must be a very special bar. Or rather, a series of bars. And I’m not thinking about a bars chart, those so well-know and used that PowerPoint makes them almost without you asking for it. No, these graphs are very dull; they just represent how many times it repeats each of the values of a qualitative variable, but tell us nothing more.
I’m thinking about a much meaningful plot. I’m thinking about a histogram. Wow, you’ll say, but isn’t it another kind of bar chart?. Yes, but it has a different kind of bars, much more informative. To begin with, the histogram is used (or it should be) to represent frequencies of continuous quantitative variables. The histogram is not just a bar graph, but a frequency distribution. What does that mean?. Well, at the bottom, the bars are somewhat artificial. Let’s suppose a continuous quantitative variable such as weight. Imagine that our distribution ranges from 38 to 118 kg of weight. In theory, we can have infinite weight values (as with any continuous variable), but to represent the distribution we divide the range into an arbitrary number of intervals and draw a bar for each interval so that the height of the bar (and therefore its surface) is proportional to the number of cases inside the interval. This is a histogram: a frequency distribution.histogramas
Now, suppose we make the intervals more and more narrow. The profile formed by the bars is increasingly looking like a curve as intervals narrow. In the end, what we’ll come up with is a curve, which will be called the probability density curve. The probability of a given value will be zero (one would think that it should be the height of the curve at that point, but it is not other than zero), but the probability of the values of a give interval is equivalent to the surface area under the curve in that interval. And what will be the area under the entire curve?. Very easy: the probability of finding any of the possible values, i.e., one (100% if you like percentages).
As you see, the histogram is much more than what it seems at first sight. It tells us that the probability of finding a value lower than the mean is 0.5, but not only that, because we can calculate the probability density of any value using a tiny formula that I prefer not to show you to avoid you closing your browsers and stopping reading this post. Moreover, there’s a simpler way to find it out.
With variables following a normal distribution (the famous bell) the solution is simple. We know that a normal distribution is perfectly characterized by its mean and standard deviation. The problem is that each normal curve has its own distribution, so the probability density curve is specific to each distribution. What can we do?. We can invent a standard normal distribution whose mean is zero and whose standard deviation is one and we can study its probability density so that we need neither formulas nor tables to know the probability of a given segment.
Once done, we take any value of our distribution and transform it into its soul mate in the standard distribution. This process is called standardization and is as simple as subtracting the mean from the value and dividing the result by the standard deviation. Thus we obtain another statistic that physicians in general, and particularly statisticians, venerate the most: the z score.
The probability density of the standard distribution is well known. A z-value of zero is in the mean. The range of z = 0 ± 1.64 comprises 90% of the distribution; the rage of z = 0 ± 1.96 includes 95%; and z = 0 ± 2.58, 99%. What we do in practice is to choose the desirable standardized z value for our variable. This value is typically set at ±1 or ±2, according to the variable measured. Moreover, we can compare how the z-score is modified in successive determinations.
The problem arises because in medicine there’re many variables whose distribution is skewed and does not fit a normal curve, such as the height, blood cholesterol, and many others. But do not despair, mathematicians have invented a stuff called the central limit theorem, which says that if the sample size is large enough we can standardize any distribution and work with it as it fit the standard normal distribution. This theorem is a great thing because it allows standardizing even non-continuous variables that fit other distributions like the binomial, Poisson, or other.
But all this does not ends here. Standardization is the basis for calculating other features of the distribution such as the asymmetry index and kurtosis, and it is also the basis for many hypothesis contrasts seeking a known distribution to calculate statistical significance. But that’s another story…
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Ketosis Controversy
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate and normal-protein diet that has been used for the treatment of clinically refractory childhood epilepsy since the 1920s. During a low carbohydrate intake, the controlled and regulated production of ketone bodies causes a physiological state known as dietary ketosis.
Although beneficial effects of the ketogenic diet have been proven, there is still controversy surrounding some of the issues. Proponents of the ketogenic diet proclaim it as a magical diet that can even cure cancer, while opponents denounce the diet due to misconceptions about the underlying physiology. As with so many issues of controversy, the reality lies somewhere in between.
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A potential role in cancer
Carcinogenesis is a complex process in which normal cells turn into cancer cells via multiple sequential mutations occurring randomly in the DNA over many years. Hyperinsulinaemia, hyperglycemia and chronic inflammation may influence the neoplastic process through various pathways, and a majority of cancer cells express insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptors.
It has been demonstrated that insulin can stimulate mitogenesis (induction of mitosis), even in cells lacking IGF-1 receptors. Multiple cancer mechanisms can also be stimulated, including proliferation, protection from apoptosis (programmed cell death), invasion and metastasis.
Taking into account the tangible relationship between carbohydrates, insulin and IGF-1, a connection between carbohydrates and cancer is a potential consequence; hence certain links have been recognized since the 1920s when it was observed that glycosuria falls off strikingly in diabetic patients who developed cancer.
Even though randomized controlled trials of a ketogenic diet on patients are lacking and the bulk of evidence in relation to its influence on patient survival is still anecdotal, some recent studies suggest that the insulin inhibition caused by a ketogenic diet could be a viable adjunctive treatment for patients with cancer.
Still, the relative contributions of genetic mutations, immune cell dysfunction, metabolic disturbances and influences of the microenvironment are likely to differ depending on the type of tumor and thus necessitate different treatments. That is the reason why many experts believe that, as with many other hyped cancer cures, the ketogenic diet could be helpful for some tumors, but almost certainly not for others.
Side effects and drawbacks of the ketogenic diet
Like most dietary approaches, the ketogenic diet has certain benefits and drawbacks. Most of the side effects from this type of dieting are related to nutrient and energy deficiencies. Lack of carbohydrates, proteins and other nutrients can result in lack of weight gain and growth retardation – especially at a young age.
Rare side effects include cardiomyopathy, prolonged QT syndrome, mineral and vitamin deficiencies, pancreatitis, basal ganglia injury and bruising. The long-term results of the aforementioned side effects have not been properly studied; hence follow-up and monitoring of any adverse responses are necessary.
If ketogenic diets are equated with high-protein diets (which is not always a correct association), there are potentially hazardous implications for kidney function that can lead to its progressive impairment. Increased consumption of dietary protein results in high levels of nitrogen, subsequently causing an increase in glomerular pressure and hyperfiltration.
Another common criticism of epilepsy studies is that the live brain has not been studied as meticulously as in vitro preparations. In addition, rats treated with 2-3 weeks of a ketogenic diet did not show changes in tests of locomotor function or in a conditioned fear test. There were also no changes in electrophysiological estimates of long-term potentiation in vivo.
The extent of medical complications and their potential importance mandate a high level of expertise, practical knowledge and a high index of suspicion in children undertaking a ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet has been proven beneficial for epilepsy and other health issues, but for a small group of patients (namely children) its complications can be severe and life-threatening.
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Last Updated: Apr 8, 2021
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Most people have a love-hate relationship with the autocorrect feature on their smartphones.
If you’re a sloppy typist, autocorrect can be incredibly useful at correcting typos. However, the feature could try to autocorrect words not found in the built-in dictionary.
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We’ll show you how to disable autocorrect on your iPhone and Android device to make typing easier.
How to Turn Off Autocorrect on iPhone
If you’re having autocorrect issues on your iPhone, you can turn the feature off with a few taps.
1. Open Settings.
1. Tap General.
1. Tap Keyboard.
1. Toggle the Auto-Correction switch off.
Try typing some text in a new message window. Instead of auto-correcting your words, your phone will flag words as possible misspellings.
You can tap on the misspelled word and pick the correct spelling from the alternative words and spellings list.
Alternatively, go back to your iPhone keyboard settings screen and toggle the Check Spelling switch to off. The red lines that indicate a misspelled word won’t appear going forward.
Add Words or Phrases to the Dictionary
If you prefer not to turn off autocorrect on your iPhone, you can add words or phrases to the built-in dictionary so that they’re not flagged.
1. Tap Settings > General > Keyboard.
1. Tap Text Replacement.
1. Tap the + (plus) icon and add the words or phrases you want in the Phrase box.
1. Tap Save. Once saved, the words or phrases won’t be flagged as incorrect.
Note: You can also enable dictation on your iPhone to use voice recognition and avoid typing words altogether. Just tap the microphone icon in the text message box and start talking.
Turn Off Autocorrect on Samsung Galaxy Devices
If you’re using a Samsung Galaxy device, follow the steps below to turn off the autocorrect feature.
1. Open Settings.
1. Tap General Management.
1. Tap Language and Input.
1. Tap the On-screen keyboard.
1. Tap Samsung Keyboard.
1. Tap Smart Typing.
1. Toggle the Predictive Text switch off. Your keyboard will no longer try to make suggestions or predict what you’re trying to say.
Add Abbreviations or Words to Your Dictionary
If you don’t want to disable autocorrect, you can add words or abbreviations to your dictionary.
1. Tap Settings > System > Languages & Input.
1. Tap On-screen Keyboard to open the virtual keyboard settings.
1. Tap your active keyboard from the list.
1. Tap Smart Typing > Text shortcuts to open the dictionary settings.
1. Tap Add.
1. Enter the shortcut and expanded phrase, and then tap Add.
Turn Off Spell Checker (Samsung Keyboard)
You may have disabled autocorrect, but you’ll still get word suggestions from the Android spell checker as you type. If you don’t want these suggestions, you can disable the Android Spell Checker.
1. Tap Settings > System > Languages & Input.
1. Tap the On-screen keyboard.
1. Tap Samsung keyboard and then tap Smart Typing > Auto spell check.
1. Toggle the Auto spell check switch to Off.
How to Turn off Autocorrect on Android (Gboard)
By default, Android devices use Gboard, a typing app with several features including handwriting, Google Translate, predictive text, emoji search, etc.
1. Open Settings.
1. Tap General Management.
1. Tap Language and Input.
1. Tap the On-screen Keyboard.
1. Tap Gboard (or the keyboard you use) from the list of installed keyboards.
1. Tap Text Correction.
1. Tap Auto-correction in the Corrections section to turn it off.
Note: Once you disable autocorrect, the keyboard will still offer correction suggestions.
Avoid Embarrassing Auto-Correct Errors
We’ve all had moments when we’ve sent a message only to find that the autocorrect feature changed a word, and it doesn’t make any sense.
By tweaking the autocorrect settings, you can turn off the feature and avoid embarrassing errors.
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Pyractomena ecostata
Pyractomena ecostata, the keel-necked firefly, is an endangered species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae.
It is endemic to the United States, where it has a disjunct distribution of two widely geographically separate regions; one in coastal regions around the Mobile Bay region of Alabama and east through most of peninsular Florida, and the other in saltmarshes surrounding Delaware Bay and Cape May in the states of Delaware and New Jersey. This distribution is likely real and not just a consequence of selective sampling, as it is a distinctive species and would be easily detected. P. ecostata may be a relict species with its distribution being a consequence of marine transgression following the end of the Last Glacial Maximum; prior to this, it may have had a much wider distribution along the Atlantic coast until sea level rise reduced its range to just two regions.
It is found in brackish habitats, especially those that receive some saltwater intrusion, including black needlerush (Juncus roemerianus) marshland in Florida and the margins of coastal meadows in New Jersey; however, it has also been detected in wet pastures along highways in Florida, so saltwater intrusion is not necessary for its survival.
The species is endangered due to many factors. Unsustainable coastal development has destroyed many of the saltmarsh habitats it needs in Florida. Sea level rise may completely wipe out the habitats it relies on if global temperatures rise to more than 4oC of pre-industrial concentrations. In addition, the invasion of wetlands by common reed (Phragmites australis) and light pollution may also be significant threats.
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3 Safe Dividend Stocks Yielding 5%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’
Let’s talk about keeping safe. It’s a topic we can all relate to, these days, as reports of the coronavirus crisis continue to come in. Cases are rising in the wake of economic reopenings and wide-spread protests, but the fatality rate of the disease appears lower than had initially been feared. Still, social distancing seems to be the order of the day, as a precaution.
You can stay safe in your investing, too. ‘Safe’ dividends come from companies that managed to avoid payout cuts during the height of the corona crisis – an important point, as many previously reliable dividends were suspended or slashed in recent weeks. They also feature low payout ratios, indicating that the paying company can easily afford them.
Using TipRanks database, we’ve pinpointed three 'safe' dividend stocks with yields starting at 5%, an upside potential starting at 25%, and ‘Moderate or Strong Buy’ consensus rating from Wall Street’s analyst corps. These are stocks that will both grow the portfolio and provide a steady income – and success on multiple fronts is a key strategy to surviving a difficult market environment.
Xperi Corporation (XPER)
First on the list is a Silicon Valley tech licensing company, Xperi. The company made news late last year when it merged with TiVo, with combined entity using the Xperi name. That merger was completed on June 1 of this year. Xperi has its hands in communications, data storage, memory, and mobile computing, among other fields, and its licensed products are found in the automotive, imaging, and semiconductor industries. Xperi boasts a $1.7 billion market cap, and showed full-year billings of $413.9 million.
The company’s strong growth helped it weather the corona storm in Q1. Despite a sequential drop in earnings, first quarter billings beat the forecast by a wide margin, coming in at $112.8 million. The company sees Q2 showing billings in the $85 to $90 million range, in line with estimates.
The important metric for our purposes is the dividend, which was paid out at 20 cents per share back in March, and again at 20 cents in May. Xperi has a 6-year history of maintaining its dividend payment, and the payout has been steady at 20 cents quarterly for the past three years. The payout ratio is only 29%, showing that the payment is clearly affordable under current earnings. The yield is excellent, at 5.56%.
Craig-Hallum’s 5-star analyst Richard Shannon sees the TiVo acquisition as the key factor in XPER’s current outlook. He writes, “The stock has traded down since the acquisition closing, and with such negative sentiment being priced in we don’t think it would take much for the stock to correct to a more reasonable 10x multiple (~40-50% upside) once the acquisition is better understood…”
To this end, Shannon rates XPER a Buy along with a $20 price target, which suggests an upside of 37% for the stock over the coming year, (To watch Shannon’s track record, click here)
Overall, Xperi holds a Strong Buy rating from the analyst consensus, and Wall Street is unanimous, with 3 Buy ratings on the stock. Shares are priced at $14.38, and the average price target of $25.33 indicates a very bullish 73% upside potential. (See Xperi stock analysis on TipRanks)
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI)
Moving on, we come to the oil industry. Solaris is an infrastructure company, providing the gear and equipment that the extraction companies need to pull out and gas out of the ground. The company offers solutions for enhanced drilling, well completion and cleaning, and safety features. Solaris is a small-cap player, with just $322 million in market cap, but boasts that its products are key to increasing efficiency in the North American shale oil sector.
Solaris’ stock has underperformed the overall markets, and SOI is still down 45% from its February peak levels. A strong Q1 earnings report could only partially offset downward pressure. The company reported over $11 million in net cash provided by operations, and ended the quarter with $11 million in positive free cash flow. The solid cash position bolstered SOI’s quarterly dividend, which was held steady at 10.5 cents per share. The most recent payment was made in June.
Solaris has been operating publicly for less than two years; its June dividend payment was only the company’s seventh since the IPO. During that time, the dividend has been increased once, and currently features a low payout ratio of 32% and a high yield of 5.9%.
Analyst Tom Curran, of B. Riley FBR, has an upbeat opinion of this stock, writing, “Given its pristine balance sheet, highly FCF generative, specialty-rental business model, and #1 market position that should strengthen and grow, we continue to recommend SOI for investors trying to identify attractively valued, secular winners in the U.S. land OFS space.”
Curran puts solid numbers with his Buy recommendation, including an $11 price target that implies a one-year upside of 56%. (To watch Curran’s track record, click here)
Wall Street is somewhat more divided on SOI shares, a circumstance reflected in the Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating. That rating is based on 7 reviews, including 4 Buys and 3 Holds. Shares are priced at $7.04, and the average price target suggests an upside potential of 29% for the next 12 months. (See Solaris stock analysis on TipRanks)
Paramount Group, Inc. (PGRE)
Last on our list is a real estate investment trust. Paramount owns and operates commercial office space in some of the country’s most desirable locations, including addresses on Broadway, Avenue of the Americas, and Fifth Avenue in New York City, Market Plaza in San Francisco, and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.
The sheer quality of the company’s portfolio allowed it to post a modest earnings gain during the first quarter, a time when many REITs found themselves under pressure from reduced incomes as tenants and clients had difficulties paying bills. PGRE saw earnings rise modestly from 26 cents per share to 27 cents during the quarter.
In better news for investors, Paramount kept up its dividend. The current payment is 10 cents per common share, paid quarterly. It has been held at this level for the past two years, and the payout ratio of 37% suggests that it can easily remain so. The dividend yield, at 5.26%, compares favorably to most common investments; the average dividend yield among S&P companies is only 2%, and the Treasury bonds are yielding less than 1% in most cases.
Reviewing the stock for Wells Fargo, Blaine Heck wrote, “[We] believe that despite tough leasing and operating conditions in the NYC office market for the foreseeable future, shares trade at a meaningful discount to fair value, the company is poised to reap the rewards of previously executed leasing progress in its NYC portfolio, and more recently at 300 Mission (formerly 50 Beale) in San Francisco, and we’re positive on the company recycling capital … into the [strong] San Francisco office market…”
Heck backs his assessment, and his Buy rating, with a $15 price target, suggesting a 99% upside potential for the year ahead. (To watch Heck’s track record, click here)
PGRE shares have a 2 to 1 split between the Buys and the Holds, giving the stock an analyst consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The average price target is $11, which indicates room for 46% growth from the current share price of $7.60. (See Paramount stock-price forecast on TipRanks)
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Evaluation of dietary diversity scores to assess nutrient adequacy among rural Kenyan women
Background
The major cause of micronutrient deficiencies are low intake due to monotonous diets, especially among women of child bearing age. Dietary diversity score has been found to be a good proxy indicator for micronutrient adequacy. However, there are still outstanding methodological questions related to seasonal effects, food intake methods, selection of foods and the cut-off for estimating the prevalence of acceptable nutrient adequacy. This thesis evaluated the performance of a simple dietary diversity score for assessing nutrient adequacy in the diets of rural women in Kenya.
Methods
The study was conducted in Mbooni Division, Makueni District, Kenya among non-pregnant, non-lactating women of reproductive age having a child between 2-5 years. Food consumption data was collected by 3 non-consecutive 24hour-recalls and a qualitative 24hour-recall in pre-harvest (period 1, October 2007, n=73) and post-harvest (period 2, April 2008, n=203) seasons. Dietary diversity scores (DDS) were derived based on 10 and 13 food groups with minimum intake threshold per food group of 0 and 15 g respectively. Mean probability of adequacy (MPA) was calculated based on intake of 11 micronutrients.
Results
The dietary diversity score (DDS) and mean probability of adequacy (MPA) were significantly but moderately associated in both seasons (r=0.40 and r=0.38 period 1 and 2) and the association was independent of season (p=0.45). The DDS from a qualitative 24 hour recall (DDSql) showed little agreement with quantitative 24 hour recall (DDSqn) with a mean difference (DDSqn-DDSql) of -0.51±1.46 (Period 1) and -0.58±1.43 (period 2), with lower correlation between MPA and DDS for DDSql (r=0.14 and 0.19 in period 1 and 2, p>0.05) compared to DDSqn (r=0.40 and 0.54 in period 1 and 2, p<0.01). The Informative food-based scores and the food group-based scores were moderately associated with mean probability of adequacy (r=0.54-0.59 in period 1; r=0.37- 0.45 in period 2) with higher values for informative food based scores. The Minimum Dietary Diversity of Women (MDD-W) and mean probability of adequacy were significantly but moderately associated in both seasons (r=0.43-0.58 in period 1; r=0.24-0.50 in period 2) with but the use of a cutoff of consuming 5 or more food groups as indication of nutrient adequacy resulted in high total misclassification in both periods.
Conclusion
A dietary diversity score can be used as a simple proxy for micronutrient adequacy, independent of season. The dietary diversity score derived from qualitative free-listing 24-hour recall formed a poor indicator, needing further refinement to improve its performance. The informative food-based score performs moderately better in predicting nutrient adequacy, but its advantages do not outway those of the food group-based scores, and the latter is therefore preferred. The Minimum Dietary Diversity score for Women, formed a good indicator to predict nutrient adequacy, but using the cutoff of 5 or more food groups resulted in an overestimation of prevalence of adequate intake in our resource poor population.
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AG Sessions to face House panel in closed-door hearing | TheHill
Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsDOJ should take action against China's Twitter propaganda Lewandowski says he's 'happy' to testify before House panel The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy MORE will appear before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday as part of its sprawling investigation into Russia’s election interference, a high-profile interview that comes even as Republicans say the probe is winding down. The committee is also set to interview Erik Prince, the military contractor who The Washington Post reported attended a secret meeting in the Seychelles in January as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and then-President-elect Trump. Sessions, a Trump campaign adviser, will face two sharply divergent lines of questioning, as partisan tensions have frayed even further on the embattled committee and it has begun to appear more and more likely that the panel will issue two reports at the end of its investigation. Democrats will be focused on what Sessions knew about the contacts that lower-level campaign aides — like George Papadopoulos — had with Russians during the presidential race. A plea deal made public in special counsel Robert Mueller’s federal investigation into Russia’s election meddling showed that the young national security adviser tried repeatedly to negotiate a meeting between Trump, his campaign officials and individuals whom he believed to be “members of President Putin’s office.” “I’m also concerned about the degree to which the wall between the White House and the Justice Department is being broken down,” Inteligence Committee ranking member Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffAre Democrats turning Trump-like? Schiff offers bill to make domestic terrorism a federal crime New intel chief inherits host of challenges MORE (D-Calif.) added. Republicans, meanwhile, are poised to question the former Alabama senator on what they say is stonewalling from the Department of Justice on committee requests for information. “It doesn’t make much sense to me why we’re having such trouble getting information from an administration that’s aligned with us,” said Rep. Chris StewartChristopher (Chris) Douglas StewartFCC proposes new 3-digit suicide prevention hotline number GOP lawmaker's town hall erupts in shouting over mass shootings, Trump Live coverage: Mueller testifies before Congress MORE (R-Utah). “That’s kind of my start point.” Chairman Devin NunesDevin Gerald NunesJuan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America Trump expected to nominate Texas GOP lawmaker to replace Dan Coats: report House Republicans claim victory after Mueller hearings MORE (R-Calif.) for months has wrangled with the Justice Department over a pair of subpoenas demanding documents related to a controversial dossier linking President Trump to Russia. The interview, which will take place behind closed doors, is the second time the beleaguered attorney general will face House lawmakers in less than a month. He faced a sharp grilling from both parties in a public appearance before the Judiciary Committee two weeks ago. In that appearance, Sessions fiercely defended himself against charges that he lied to senators at a pair of hearings earlier this year when he said he had no knowledge of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials over the course of the election. He also said that reports about a meeting last year with Papadopoulos jogged his memory of the interaction, but that he does not remember specific details besides warning him that he does not “represent the campaign with the Russian government, or any other foreign government.” Democrats hope they will glean further details in a classified setting on Thursday. “There are potential opportunities with a sitting administration official with security clearances to get into matters that we may not have been able to get into with other witnesses, so there may be areas of questioning that we can do that were not possible to do publicly,” Schiff said. Prince, whose sister is Education Secretary Betsy DeVosElizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosTrump aides pushed for states' ability to block migrant kids from enrolling in public schools: report Criminal justice reform should extend to student financial aid Buttigieg to Detroit audience: Don't judge Indiana by Pence and we won't judge Michigan by DeVos MORE, will likely be pressed on the reported meeting in the Seychelles, which allegedly occurred less than two weeks before the inauguration. According to The Washingotn Post, the United Arab Emirates brokered the meeting “in part” to explore whether Russia might be persuaded to back away from its relationship with Iran and Syria. Prince has acknowledged that he traveled to the Seychelles and that he met with a Russian government official while there — but he denies that he was acting on behalf of the Trump presidency. “We talked about the Russian business climate, where we thought oil was headed price-wise and how much he thought Russia would like to do business in America,” Prince told the New York Observer, which is owned by the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. “It had nothing to do with national security, the Trump campaign or anything else.” But according to The Washington Post, the rendezvous caught the eye of federal investigators as part of their broader probe into Russian meddling in the U.S. election. The back-to-back interviews come as Republicans have become increasingly impatient to wrap up the panel’s investigation — something committee Democrats say is premature. Rep. Mike ConawayKenneth (Mike) Michael ConawayTexas faces turbulent political moment Democratic Party official: Texas is 'biggest battleground state in the country' Another Texas congressman planning to retire MORE (R-Texas), who is leading the investigation following Nunes’s recusal in April, has said that he hopes to complete the probe by February. Other GOP members, claiming they have seen no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, see no point in dragging the investigation out. Democrats say the panel has much more to do and have complained that the majority is not following investigative best practices by demanding that witnesses turn over relevant documents prior to interviewing with the committee. “It’s my concern with a number of the interviews that we have coming up this month that we don’t have the documents yet,” Schiff said. But while Sessions may face sharp questions from Republicans on document production — and possibly the terms of his own recusal from the federal Russia investigation, which has frustrated conservatives who believe it was unnecessary — he is likely to get some cover on the question of coordination between the campaign and Moscow. “There isn’t much new, if you’re talking about Russia-specific collusion — we’ve been over that ad nauseum,” Stewart said. “There’s nothing that hasn’t been asked, in my opinion, and I think that’s generally shared.” View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.
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