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Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 March 17
Template:New Religious Movements, Cults, and Sects
The result of the discussion was no consensus Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 04:29, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
* New Religious Movements
There are several issues with the template. The templates content appairs to break with WP:NPOV, and it is also most likely violating guidelines like WP:NAVBOX (all the four listed through the heading, and under Disadvantages of a template no. 3 and 8). The template does not separate NRM, cults and sects, and mix up a random collection of NRM, cults and sects in the space named "Major Groups". The mix makes it likely to connect groups (I am most familiar with Jehovah's Witnesses, LdS (removed), adventists (removed) and a few other, but the issue is likely to regard other major groups like Falun Gong) that do have noone or few only connections with possible offensive terms like sect and cult. Some of the groups named are not major at all, but known for mass suicide. Most of the issues are mentioned in the talk page, but the definitions used seems to be biased and random, and as I see it, the template need major changes, changed name included, to be accurate and representing a neutral point of view. Grrahnbahr (talk) 23:15, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* editing of this template has been locked since 7th March. Discussion regrading its future is ongoing. Best raise your objections there rather than start a new discussion here. Semitransgenic talk. 12:39, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* My conserns about the template would not be solved by minor changes within the template. At least a few of the users at the templates talkpage have indicated that the template should be proposed for deletion, and, because of the reasons given above, I do not disagree to them. I can not see any consensus pulling the template out of the above mentioned issues is about to be reached. Grrahnbahr (talk) 00:31, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep but take out the "cult" stuff. The topic of New religious movement is notable and a template would be helpful to people wanting to learn more. Kitfoxxe (talk) 01:49, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* It looks like it used to be two separate templates, one for NRM and one for Cults (or similar). Grrahnbahr (talk) 08:25, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete as per nomination, there is no sufficient RS that list or combine all of the items used for navigation, thus creating a confusion and unnecessary edit conflicts. Wikid as© 07:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep as stated above discussion regarding the template's configuration has been ongoing since 7th of March, it has been locked since that time. Semitransgenic talk. 19:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* I can not see how keeping the template locked or the ongoing discussion could meet the issues raised. Constructive suggestions from some of the participating users is rejected, as one or a few of the template editors don't seem to be willing to loose the grasp on a template with none or weak guidelines for inclusion. Even though some of the suggestions would have been approved, it is still likely the template would break with policies and guidelines, as the template seems to be far from those mentioned above as it stands today. The ongiong discussion is tending to be about keeping the weak guidelines for inclusion rather than making major changes, like User:Semitransgenic stated: "I still think we need some way of presenting a subject space overview, using a template, that addresses church-sect typology as it relates to definitions of NRMs,cults, and sects." (from the templates talkpage), or as I read it, «I think we need some other way to define the template, so we could keep it like it is using random, NPOV-breaking definitions».Grrahnbahr (talk) 21:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* @Grrahnbahr, excuse me, but your WP:AOBF interpretation of my comment above demonstrates your ignorance of the subject matter. I see a group of editors actively involved in consensus building on the article's talk page, and I also see that you have contributed nothing to this process. Are you sure you are the best person to be offering an opinion on the deletion of this article? Semitransgenic talk. 16:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* I see it wasted to make contributions to a template that apparently is breaking guidelines and policies in such a degree, and may even by existence. It is also no need to be contributing in spesific articles, or templates, to be nominating for deletion, as the process itself could be considerated as quality improvement of wikipedia (relax, I won't accuse you for WP:AOBF, not for this, and not for accusing me for "ignorance of the subject matter"). My comment was not ment as a personal attack or accuse for bad faith, but more as pointing out the ongoing discussion could not be used for a reason to keep the template, as it not likely will lead anywhere from where it stands now regarding breaking guidelines and policies. I see lack of will to do highly needed major changes as a reason for this, as the template needs major changes, like a split or a giant rollback, and clear definitions of what articles to include, to be significant closer to a NPOV condition. I think it would be fear for those who wants to keep it, to give up some good reasons why this template is not breaking the policies and guidelines mentioned above. As I see it, neither "locked article" or "ongoing discussion" is good reasons. Grrahnbahr (talk) 19:03, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* it's clear from the talk-page that the current configuration was arrived following a process of consensus building by interested parties and that objections have since been raised. If indeed there is an outstanding issue with guideline compliance, this can be altered via a renewed process of consensus building; and that is why discussion is currently taking place. The guidelines for deletion indicate that only if the template "violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance" should it be nominated. Since interested parties are discussing ways to alter the template the request to delete is unwarranted. -- Semitransgenic talk. 19:48, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* The guideline of deletion says "Reasons to delete a template: ... 4.The template violates a policy such as Neutral point of view or Civility". The nomination is according the guideline, if any doubt. The question is rather if the template is violating the NPOV-policy or not. Even if the consensus says it does not, it could still be deleted if it is consensus to do so. If the nomination fails on the NPOV-isssue, it sure will be a question about breaking all the guidelines listed in the heading is a reasonable cause to delete the template anyway, or if the template could be improved according to the guidelines. Grrahnbahr (talk) 22:47, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* It certainly violates the NPOV as it stands. You are right Grrahnbahr. Wikid as© 22:58, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* it's not a simple case of NPOV violation, the template does not explicitly indicate if a listed group is considered an NRM, cult, or sect, because there is an outstanding definitions problem, something that was in the past discussed on the template's talk page here, and something which has more recently been discussed here. If there is a group listed that is categorically not an NRM, cult, or sect, then it should of course be removed from the list of major groups. Semitransgenic talk. 09:38, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete Per nom, and also per Wikidas' comments above. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 11:34, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep - New religious movements (and sects and cults) are notable issues. The template does not attempt to classify any particular group as a 'cult'. If the mere inclusion of the word cult being near [group xyz] is so offensive to members of group xyz (although Wikipedia is not censored), then rename template to remove the word cult. Given the debate at this template, it would probably be a waste of time attempting to have a template that only lists 'cults'.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 01:58, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* Your are right about New religious movements (and sects and cults) are being notable issues, but I find it doubtly if "New Religious Movements, Cults, and Sects" is. The template content is random and biased, as a lot of the groups mentioned under Major Groups is not major at all. The Wikipedia is not censored is not relevant here, as the issue is not censorship, but reliability and a NPOV (to remove biased and NPOV-breaking content do not have anything to do with consorship, just like removing false or unverified statements not is censoring wikipedia). If it is a waste of time attempting to have the template listing cults only, then, sure deletion would be the only option for this template. Grrahnbahr (talk) 08:47, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* @ Grrahnbahr you keep asserting that some kind of "bias" exists, but you ignore the fact that the current configuration was arrived at so that an existing POV problem with the preceding "cult" template could be circumvented. It's clear from your statements that you feel certain groups listed are not described as an NRMs, cults, or sects, OR, they are not notable enough to be listed in the major groups category. Hardly grounds for deleting an entire template, especially as the items you object to could be removed. Semitransgenic talk. 13:01, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* I've already stated in the nomination why I think the template should be deleted, and also given an explanation why I still think the nomination is highly valid. I won't redraw the nomination in exchange for removing a group or adding a group, because it will not change the issued raised. This nomination is not about a single group, and the nomination seems to be supported by several experienced users. Grrahnbahr (talk) 14:52, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* Your objections to the template are really about content. It is actually preferable that the template does not attempt to separate NRMs, cults and sects, otherwise there would be endless debate that "[group xyz] isn't a cult/sect" (usually from members of xyz). "Major" could be replaced with "notable". And WP:CENSOR is relevant here, because the primary objection to listing certain groups according to their academic classification is to avoid offending members of such groups.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 00:51, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete per nom, there's apparently no uniform definition of what should be included here; until that time, a template — which can only be "listing" and "soundbite-like" — is inappropriate. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 08:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete To random and broad in subject. Agathoclea (talk) 17:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep The terms "New Religious Movements, Cults and Sects" are not necessarily PoV and remain widely used in the Sociology of Religion field. Indeed, they appear in the titles of several major reference works and academic papers dealing with new religious movements, and by such scholars as James R. Lewis, David Bromley, Lorne Dawson, James Beckford, J. Gordon Melton, Geoffrey Nelson and other respected authors. Since academic sources produce solid reference works that include groups under the banner of "New Religious Movements, Cults and Sects", I see no reason to delete the template. Indeed, it could serve the same function (i.e., of tying together articles on these related groups) as does a table of contents in those works. • Astynax talk 23:47, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete The template has a history of being promotional for the anti-cult movement. Even now The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (for example) with millions of members is given equal status with groups of a dozen or so who are noted for committing group suicide. And for that matter with minor anti-cult activist organizations. There does not seem to be any consensus on how to improve it, so deletion is probably the best thing. Articles can still be cross referenced through other means. BigJim707 (talk) 01:07, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Is there any serious objection that they are not all new religious movements?-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 01:11, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Yes, there is. Please give the precise definition of "new religious movement" — there is none, and that's the problem. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 01:19, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* It is not necessary for me to provide an exact definition in order to indicate that socioligists of religion broadly identify a particular group as an NRM (which is inclusive of, but not synonymous with cult or sect). If a particular group is not broadly recognised as an NRM (i.e. considered to be an NRM by few or no academics in the relevant field), it can be removed from the list.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 01:48, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Nonsense. In order to group anything, one needs to know what comprises that group; otherwise, you will only need to find some random "expert" who said that so-and-so is such-and-such. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 17:14, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep The topic of New religious movement is one which many people would like to learn more about. However limit the template to major concepts and groups. Also limit the anti-cult material to perhaps Anti-cult movement and Christian countercult movement. Readers can find out more from those. I'm not sure if individuals should be included, maybe.Steve Dufour (talk) 02:36, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Indeed. Removal of links related to the anti-cult movement is a content issue, not a reason to delete the template.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 02:46, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* arguably, the entire matter is a content issue. Judging from comments above, and those offered in discussion on the articles talk page, it appears the consensus is that we should change the title and trim the 'main groups' section, not delete the template. Semitransgenic talk. 14:28, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Even so if it a matter of content, the lack of will, ability and/or possibility to do highly needed changes to keep the article according to the NPOV-policy − and six of the guidelines listed in WP:NAVBOX − justify a deletion of the template.
* I've listed up the four guidelines given in the heading in WP:NAVBOX:
* 1.All articles within a template relate to a single, coherent subject.
* 2.The subject of the template should be mentioned in every article.
* 3.The articles should refer to each other, to a reasonable extent.
* 4.There should be a Wikipedia article on the subject of the template.
* Noone of those who wants to keep the template, have even commented the NAVBOX-guidelines, so I'll help a little bit:
* 1:All articles do not relate to a single, coerent subject. Several editors here claims the template to be to broad or to random (if a templates subject is random without clear, academic definitions, the articles does not relate to a single, coherent subject). Some of the editors here claims the template is giving the impression to give and overview over sociological classifications, and User:Astynax is mentioning some authors to support the claim. The list of authors are mentioning sect, cults and NRM, but few, if any, of them or any RS, mentioning all in some context in a way it is likely to have build a subject. No subject=no cohorent subject. Even for each of several of the groups included in the major group section, it would be a neverending discussion whether the group belongs there, or is better mentioned as denomination or something else.
* 2:The templates subject is mentioned in just a few, if any, articles. You can say LdS is a religion, a denomination, and probably even claim it to be a NRM if just telling who's say so and reference it well, but could you say it is a "cult, sect and NRM", or state it classified as a "cult, sect, and NRM"? Try it.
* 3:The article do refering to each other in just the slightest amount. The articles are refering to "mainstream" religion, and "mainstream" Christian (but it is already a template covering this). The article about JW may refer to similarities or differences to LdS or adventists, but is it refering to some of the non-christian groups mentioned in the template, or any of the groups known for mass suicide?
* 4:There is no wikipediaarticle on the subject.
* And one more thing, those who wants to keep the template, argue that a single group is covered by a part of the title (like asking if a group is NRM). If I didn't like Obama (Obama is ok, btw), and made a template named "Nazists, Communists and Black presidents", and put Stalin, Hitler and Obama there, and a few other politicians I didn't like, and even some other again, who wasn't much popular, claiming to make an overview for Worlds politics, would it be OK? If somebody wants to remove Obama, I could say, we don't do sencoring here, if Obama is connected to politics, just like Stalin, so be it. And, isn't he a Black precident? It is probably some authors too, who have been writning about communists and capitalists, so finding a connection should't be to hard. I wouldn't make such a template, would you? Grrahnbahr (talk) 16:31, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Actually, the topic 'NRMs, cults, and sects,' is a coherent subject. The will to change it does indeed exist but like i said at the top, the page is locked and has been since the 7th of March, this entire call to delete is moot, because the opportunity to change the template, so that it does conform to required standards, was unavailable to interested parties. Semitransgenic talk. 17:25, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* And you are going to build an article on an term mentioned once in a course description, for a syllabus (yes, it's only mentioned once, on the frontpage, without any kind of context)? Looks like the best out of a google-search for me. It is a good try, but I can't see much of my conserns regarding the template violiting the guidelines listed in WP:NAVBOX is met, but I'm the nominator, so would be up to other editors to decide. Grrahnbahr (talk) 19:03, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* there are many texts with mixed titles offered by academic publishers, such as: “Cults, Sects and New Religions” (Barker 2002), “The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions” (Lewis 1998), “Cults and New Religions: A Brief History” (Bromley 2008), “Cults and new religious movements: a reader” (Dawson 2006), “Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History” (Jenkins 2000), Semitransgenic talk. 19:53, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Weak keep. There seemed to be a fairly good consensus to move the template to Template:New Religious Movements, a solution proposed by Steve Dufour I think. I'd like to see if the move solves the problems before deleting, but don't have especially strong feelings either way on the issue. (The lock is expiring in 3 days, by the way.) ~Adjwilley (talk) 18:52, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep and rename to Template:New Religious Movements. That is the most inclusive term. Also keep some of the "cult" material. BTW there is very little on sects. Borock (talk) 23:52, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete This is a virtually random mix. Four consecutive examples: George Fox, Jim Jones, L. Ron Hubbard, and Li Honghxi. These are related in only the most tenuous possible way. Simply put, I can't imagine anyone actually using this for navigation, so it defeats the purpose of a navbox. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:53, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
* four consecutive examples: all leaders/founders of new religious movements. Hardly a tenuous relationship. Semitransgenic talk. 08:46, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
* Response They're from four centuries of history. One (co-)founded a British Christian reform movement, one was a cult leader, one created a money-making para-religious scheme, and one is an expositor of ancient Chinese medical and philosophical practices. They are not related. I don't know how Quakerism constitutes a new religious movement in 2012... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:46, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
* that's a bit like saying Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and Guru Nanak Dev are not related. Have you looked at the category founders of religions lately? little difference. They all had to start somewhere, but some had more success than others, even Christianty could once have been called a "cult." Semitransgenic talk. 13:15, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
* Right And you'll notice that there isn't a navbox linking those four... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:23, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
* Strong Keep and rename it Template:New Religious Movements (the terms Cult and Sect have negative connotations and are not NPOV). This is an important topic for an encyclopedia to cover, and this template aids in navigation. It should include both new religious movements that are considered fairly mainstream (such as Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.) as well as ones that people often call "cults" (such as Scientology, Raelianism, the Church of the SubGenius, Heaven's Gate, the LaVeyan Church of Satan, the Branch Davidians, Discordianism, Jim Jones's cult, etc.) Not all new religious movements are the same; there is a lot of diversity and just because a cult that committed group suicide appears next to a well-respected new religious movement there should not be a problem. This only serves to highlight the vast diversity among new religious movements and how different they are from each other, how each one of them is unique and different. Creating different categories for cults and for well-respected new religious movements would be NPOV; they have to be treated equally because the "cult" status of many new religious movements is highly debatable. Of course, anything that has been around since the 1700s or earlier is not "new", so, for instance, Quakerism doesn't belong as it is a Christian denomination founded in the 1600s. It should only include religious movements (or "sects" or "cults") from the 1800s and newer. --Yetisyny (talk) 07:54, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
* Thanks for a good explanation for why you want to keep the article. A few issues are not yet mentioned, I hope you could be able to provide suggestions: What is your point of view of all the cult-related articles (like Anti-cult movement and Cult suicide) mentioned in the template? And what about the section named "Major groups", not containing major groups only? And how to "limit the field", as probably approx. thousands of groups could be concidered as NRM? Grrahnbahr (talk) 17:18, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Template:Infobox megalith
The result of the discussion was merge with Infobox archaeological site and/or Infobox ancient site Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 21:15, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox megalith
Redundant to Infobox archaeological site. Has mostly location -related parameters, not specific to megaliths. Only 31 transclusions. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:00, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Support: But somebody will have to edit the 31 transclusions. Some of the parameters are different (eg, Photo), so a simple replacement or redirection will not do. HairyWombat 02:31, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* Support At least some of the pages that use this infobox also include additional parameters that aren't displayed in the box. The infobox also includes fields that are specific to British locales, which isn't useful for such sites in other nations. As mentioned, there are a couple of other boxes that could be used instead (such as Infobox ancient site or Infobox archaeological site, depending on the article). I've tried manually converting a few, and it doesn't appear to be a big job. I'll try doing more later, and refer here in the edit summaries. • Astynax talk 20:04, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
Template:Infobox Legislature Historic
The result of the discussion was merge Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 21:23, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox Legislature Historic
Redundant to Infobox legislature (to which a date_disbanded could be added, or status, allowing for a value of "historic" or, say, "defunct", Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:53, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete—redundant per easily implemented suggestions. Imzadi 1979 → 21:13, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Comment - again, not redundant. It has redundancies, it has overlap, but not redundant, which again you show by mentioning the fields that do not exists in the other template. That is, if you have to add fields, then a template is not redundant. For an example of how words like redundant/redundancies actually have important differences between the base word, here is an example: George W. Bush and Barack Obama have some similarities (male, humans, Americans, US Presidents, went to college, graduated college, married, held state elective office, have post graduate degrees from Harvard, have two daughters, etc.) but few would consider them similar. Please understand the difference between redundancies and redundant, then continue to nominate, but perhaps nominate for a merger, as technically, redundant is improper unless they are actually redundant. Otherwise, I doubt anyone would care if these are merged, but these are the fields that need to be transferred: "year", "before", "after", and "year2". Aboutmovies (talk) 21:18, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Wikitionary has a definition of "redundant", please take time to familiarise yourself with it. Also note that George W. Bush and Barack Obama were not president at the same time; that would be because a second president would have been (ta-da!) redundant. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* And which one of those definitions? Perhaps this one: "Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system". Again, the regular infobox (without any changes) cannot duplicate what this infobox does. It has to be modified to work for former legislative bodies. As to your president "arguement" (and I use that term loosely here), you are right; HAD they been, thus there are only similarities (the term I obviously was unsuccessful in using to educate you) between the two. To try and make it more clear for you, similar and similarities have subtle differences in their meanings, which I tried to explain above; likewise, redundant and redundancies have subtle differences in their meanings. All you need to do is to compare your Wiktionary entry for redundant compared to the Wiktionary entry for redundancy, where to quote the similar portion from redundant definition quote above: "Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system". Notice, very similar, but redundancy talks about only portions of the whole, whereas redundant talks about the total system. Otherwise those terms would be, (ta-da!) redundant. Aboutmovies (talk) 13:57, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
* Merge per nom. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 03:20, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete per nom. - Presidentman talk · contribs Random Picture of the Day (Talkback) 12:41, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
Template:Infobox French winery
The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 21:23, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox French winery
Redundant to Infobox winery (Currently 18 transclusions to 172). Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:41, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete—redundant. Imzadi 1979 → 21:16, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Template:Infobox gold mine
The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 21:24, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox gold mine
Redundant to Infobox mine. (Currently 96 transclusions to 464) Suggested steps: add ounces of gold and related para(s) to the mine infobox; make the gold mines template a wrapper, subst all instances. Delete. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:34, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete—redundant. Imzadi 1979 → 21:16, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete - Redundant. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 20:43, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete per nom, but why not add a more general parameter to the mine infobox ie what type of ore and base the relevant figure on that. Agathoclea (talk) 17:11, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
* The generic mine template already has amount, immediately below products. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:40, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Template:Infobox amateur wrestler
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The result of the discussion was do not merge, but rename the wrestler infobox. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 21:24, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox amateur wrestler
* Infobox wrestler
Propose merging Template:Infobox amateur wrestler with Template:Infobox wrestler.
Redundancy. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:17, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep: The two are as incongruous to each other as the actual "sports"; as the latter relies on billed heights/weights, debuts and what-not additions as a show business venture throughout a performer's career and the former on facts during a brief period so far as schools and championship merits are concerned. Even a happy medium is not likely feasible given the differences in production. Papacha (talk) 19:58, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep: Per Papacha. You don't get the said attributes in Amateur wrestling. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 20:33, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep Real lack of understanding between the two here; they are nowhere near redundant. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:20, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep I fail to see the redundancy in the two. One is 'real sport' and the other is 'show business'. I agree with the previous three folks that also said 'keep'. InFlamester20 (talk) 22:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Comment Placing "Pro" wrestling in the same regard as Amateur wrestling would be a big disrespect to all amateur wrestlers. De132Wiki (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 01:51, 19 March 2012 (UTC).
* This is about how we organise our templates, nothing to do with disrespecting people. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:56, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep/No Merge": Infobox wrestler has several parameters that are needed for articles that amateur wrestler does not. Also to De132Wiki, this is not about respect, as several amateur wrestlers join the wrestling business. Take Kurt Angle as an example.-- Will C 05:33, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Papacha has this one right. These are two separate concepts which both happen to involve men grappling with one another. The at-a-glance information relevant to each is different to that of the other, and there's insufficient transit from one to the other to warrant a merge. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 11:07, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
This is clearly a keep. In which case, Infobox wrestler should be renamed, more precisely - but to what? "Infobox pro wrestler" or "Infobox professional wrestler" perhaps? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:56, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox professional wrestler would match the associated article, so makes sense. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 13:10, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Obvious keep two entirely different sports. Endorse renaming of Template:Infobox wrestler to Template:Infobox pro wrestler. <b style="font-family:sans-serif;text-shadow:2px 2px 2px #9eceee;color:#fd0;"> CRRays Head90 | We Believe!</b> 02:28, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep Whoever proposed this merge obviously don't understand there's a major difference between a amateur wrestler and pro wrestler. 4urge (talk) 19:51, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep as papacha mentioned this is not the same thing and as a name for the pro wrestling template i would suggest a add to pro wrestler like (sports entertainer) --Nakurio (talk) 20:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep/rename Keep separate but rename Infobox wrestler to Infobox Pro-wrestler or Infobox professional wrestler.-- Dch eagle 09:56, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* Strong keep/strong rename "Wrestler" is a generic term in which is describes people who partakes in the combat sport of wrestling. So it makes sense to rename it. Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 13:12, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Deity templates
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The result of the discussion was merge Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 04:37, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox Alusi
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* Infobox Egyptian deity
* Infobox Germanic deity
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* Infobox Hindu deity
* Infobox Norse deity
Redundant - Suggest merger at Infobox deity. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:11, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep :
* No Infobox deity exists as of now.
* Each infobox has specific parameters and colours irrelevant to other infoboxes. Eg. In Infobox Hindu deity, the parameter mount relates to a vahana and links to it. The colour is a orange, the colour related to Hinduism. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 18:40, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Merge and then Delete once a merger to create an "Infobox deity" is done. That merged template would use the correct colors as needed. (infobox road uses colors that are switched by country, and even type of roadway in various countries; that means that Hindu deities can use an orange color while others use the appropriate colors.) In short, the consistency gained and simplicity from consolidation will be a net benefit. As accessibility and MoS changes are needed, it's easier to update one template than seven, a net benefit. Imzadi 1979 → 21:27, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* If somebody does the merger properly(no significant decrease in usability) and somebody (a bot probably) can replace the Infobox Hindu deity in the 200 odd articles where it is used, then it is OK to Merge and Delete. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 02:01, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Relax, you're not going to lose functionality, this is about a better implementation and ease of maintenance. See the FAQ, below. Alarbus (talk) 04:13, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Thank you. In that case, I've struck through your earlier !vote. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Andy, this support to delete is conditional (the conditions in my above vote are met). A proposal to 1 infobox for all places of worship was dropped in the past, after the realization that the parameters/looks were very different. I have not gone through other templates. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 15:43, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Merge per Andy. See Infobox consolidation for FAQ. Alarbus (talk) 04:13, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Don't delete: Don't delete the template. --Tito Dutta (Send me a message) 06:45, 18 March 2012 (UTC).
* This not about deleting, it's about merging to a consolidated implementation. Alarbus (talk) 18:23, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep them as they are. I checked out the Norse template and it has things specific to that pantheon. I would expect the others to be the same. Kitfoxxe (talk) 07:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Template parameters can be optional. We don't fork templates every time there's an optional parameter, when many parameters, and the general purpose, are the same. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Merge In case there are issues then revert. इति इतिUAनेति नेति Humour Thisthat2011 18:53, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* Please Keep them the same. I agree with Kitfoxxe on how some things are only to one deity. Besides, merging it would make it harder to understand some stuff, and a lot more complicated. Also, the effort to put into changing it would be more than its worth since it is great as it is. Merging just wouldn't make sense. KittenVasaio (talk) 07:39, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox consolidation seems to be a project started by the nominator and Thumperward earlier this month, and has no weight as a general practice Wikipedia-wide. So looking at the merits of this proposed merge itself, I find it lacking. The apparent crusade of the nominator to merge infoboxes is not compelling, because granularity is not really a problem. The relevant information in these deities' infoboxes is disparate enough to warrant specific templates. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 04:51, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox consolidation is an essay, not a project, and no claims of special authority are being made. However, it was written in response to FAQs about the process of Infobox consolidation which has been ongoing for three years or more, and which has seen many redundant templates merged or deleted - indeed, five such templates are being removed as the result of discussions elsewhere on this page alone. Excessive granularity (as in this case) is a problem, as has been explained and demonstrated many times during that process. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:13, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
* Comment maybe if someone made an all-purpose Infobox deity first, and then showed that it had the full functionality of all the existing templates, people would be more willing to !vote "merge". As it is, I'm going to have to say keep separate because the hypothesis that all these infoboxes can be safely merged into one without losing anything remains untested. Angr (talk) 22:25, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
* Merge and preserve all the features of the existing deity infobox templates using optional parameters. The merged template should be created first, fully tested, and shown to have full functionality before any of the existing templates are deleted. If this cannot be done, than Keep, as per Angr's comment. --Yetisyny (talk) 06:35, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
* Comment in general, I think the merging would be a good idea. I would think that the replacement Template:Infobox Diety should be created first, before much further discussion. Maybe using as test cases, the merging of the Germanic and Norse templates? It looks like the Norse is the one in use (the what links here for Germanic is just the other Templates, and a couple other non-article links). But it looks like the Germanic has some information classes the Norse one doesn't. And does anyone find it interesting/odd that while the Greek deities have an infobox, the Roman ones don't? Roman just has generic template of Compare Zeus to Jupiter (mythology)--VikÞor | Talk 11:10, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Template:Infobox WSH tournament
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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 22:16, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Infobox WSH tournament
Singe use - subst, or replace with something more generic? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:05, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete - Infobox international ice hockey competition should be usable for the purposes of having an ice hockey infobox for the one article that uses it. -- Whpq (talk) 20:02, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
Template:NECBL Infobox
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The result of the discussion was delete after merging history with forked template. Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 04:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
* NECBL Infobox
Redundant to Infobox baseball team; only 21 transclusions. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:09, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep. Devised for one collegiate summer league in the Northeastern US, now used by a second league. Simpler than Infobox baseball team; would be a nuisance to convert, for little benefit. Spike-from-NH (talk) 19:21, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete—redundant. As accessibility or MoS updated are needed, it's a lot easier to update one template than two. In other words, there isn't "little benefit" to a conversion/merger and rather substantial benefits in the long run to eliminating redundancy. Imzadi 1979 → 21:19, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep. Collegiate summer league teams (here, NECBL members) have some differences in information than do professional teams. This infobox also avoids the clutter of the uniform section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kithira (talk • contribs)
* What differences? Why can a single template not accommodate these? We don't have separate templates just to present a subset of other templates. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:04, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* I have converted one of these (Nashua Silver Knights) from the deprecated one to the preferred one. Wasn't too painful; capitalization of field names is inconsistent. Am pleased that the template didn't make me review old photographs to draw the home and away uniforms. You ought to edit Infobox baseball team to incorporate the fields that it omits, such as Website and cap artwork; also, radio or TV outlet. Spike-from-NH (talk) 16:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
* Comment Keep or delete but certainly rename to match the scheme. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:31, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* This appears to be have been nearly orphaned by now: the layout is plainly nonstandard and it seems that articles would benefit from just using the generic baseball team infobox. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 12:15, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Indeed; there is now only a single transclusion. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:40, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
* history merge with Template:Collegiate baseball team. Frietjes (talk) 19:43, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 21:34, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* BeaconStreetGirls
The template is completely unnecessary, as none of the individual books have enough sources to show notability by themselves and were redirected to the main article of Beacon Street Girls. There's already a list of the books on the page itself (Beacon Street Girls), so there's absolutely no need for this template when it'll just end up redirecting to the main page and there's already a list of books on said page. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 06:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete That makes sense to me. If template adds nothing for reader why have it? Kitfoxxe (talk) 01:50, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Delete - A navbox full of redirects to the same article is not useful. -- Whpq (talk) 20:05, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was keep Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 21:33, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
* Current
This template is unnecessary, largely unwanted, and the "rules" surrounding it's use have turned into process wonkery. There appears to be general acceptance that it is "misnamed" as well, and it's scope and proper use have been in relatively constant flux for quite some time now. The vast majority of it's uses are not on article pages anyway (there are hundreds of transclusions on user pages and Wikipedia pages, for some reason). It seems to me to be a good time to just get rid of this thing. Having it added and then removed to articles seems fairly pointless, and as anyone who reads the talk page will tell you it's superfluous anyway when we consider No disclaimers (and I won't even mention WP:NOTNEWS more than in passing) — <span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace ;font-style:italic">V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 00:52, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep I don't see it as a disclaimer, I see it as indicating you might encounter edit conflicts when editing. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:09, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
* Comment: The IP user makes a valid point. I tend to agree with him; but that's not to say that the template isn't overused. Jared Preston (talk) 17:26, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep It seems like it gives useful information to someone visiting WP for info on a breaking news story. I don't see any real problems. When the interest dies down someone will remove it. If not still no harm is done.Kitfoxxe (talk) 01:54, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
* Strong keep Tagremover (talk) 21:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep. Remove it from the non-mainspace pages. You cite WP:NDA in your support, but if you read the "few notable exceptions" of that page's introduction, you'll see that this template is specifically excepted. It's unambiguously helpful to be able to "alert the reader that the article content may be subject to significant changes in the near future for reasons beyond the control of Wikipedia." Nyttend (talk) 13:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
* Keep The only reason this is there is not many tranclusions on articles the template is still useful, such as a natural event, any conflicts, current awards or elections this can be used for many things. Jay Jay Talk to me 00:27, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
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A boulder to lean on: Habitat complexity shapes the behaviour of juvenile salmon
Ecosystems consist of many different habitats that interact to support a broad range of animals. Diversity of habitats is measured using ‘complexity’, and high complexity levels are generally associated with high biodiversity (Kovalenko et al., 2012). As a result, habitat complexity is important when considering areas to protect, and low complexity often motivates habitat restoration efforts that increase complexity. While the effects of habitat complexity are often thought of in terms of overall populations, the effects of habitat complexity at the level of individual animals are less commonly considered.
Figure 1. Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick. Photo: James Grant
Territorial animals stake claim to a given area and aggressively defend it against intruders. However, as habitat homogeneity decreases and complexity increases this becomes increasingly difficult, and animals may only be able to defend small territories. While smaller territories allow for higher densities of animals to live in an area, this may also result in slower growth rates as smaller territories are typically associated with decreased access to food. Alternatively, habitat complexity could provide more spaces to hide, which generally decreases the threat of predation and reduces levels of aggression— both of which decrease energy consumption. Given the potential costs and benefits of a complex habitat, it is unclear how manipulating habitat complexity actually affects animals at the individual level. Using Atlantic salmon, Caroline Bilhete and James Grant of Concordia University set out to tackle this very question (Bilhete & Grant, 2016).
Researchers caught young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon (YOY; less than one year old) from Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick, and placed them into large mesh enclosures within the stream for seven days. These enclosures contained either a simple environment consisting of only natural stream substrate, or a complex environment in which boulders were added. Mesh size was large enough to allow invertebrate prey items to enter, but small enough to prevent fish from escaping. Over the seven days they monitored rates of feeding, rates of aggression, growth, and territory size of individual fish. They found that fish in the complex environment displayed lower feeding rates, lower levels of aggression, and defended smaller territories than fish in the simple environment. Growth rates, however, were similar across both environments.
Figure 2. Experimental setup in Catamaran Brook. Photo: James Grant
Artificially increasing habitat complexity has widespread effects on the behaviour of juvenile salmon. Individuals were unable to defend as large of territories as those defended by fish in a simple environment, exhibiting a 30% reduction in territory size. Territories are often defended to monopolize access to food, which explains the reduction in feeding exhibited by fish in the complex habitat. However, the reduction in territory size were associated with decreased levels of aggression as well. That growth rates did not differ between treatments potentially suggests offsetting effects of these negative (reduced territory size and decreased feeding) and positive (reduced aggression) factors on overall energy consumption. Alternatively, the authors believe that the animals may simply feel safer in the more complex environment, resulting in a lower metabolic rate, which may compensate for the reduced foraging rate.
Figure 3. Underwater view of control, boulder removed, and boulder added conditions (from left to right). Photos: James Grant
Ecosystems rely on the animals within them to keep them operational. With ecosystems becoming increasingly degraded, one of the most promising ways to combat these effects is by manipulating habitat complexity. However, the work of Bilhete & Grant highlights the importance of monitoring the effects of these manipulations on individuals within each species, and not merely the overarching effects on biodiversity.
References
Bilhete, C. & Grant, J.W.A. 2016. Short-term costs and benefits of habitat complexity for a territorial fish. Ethology. 122: 151-157.
Kovalenko, K.E., Thomaz, S.M., and Warfe, D.M. 2012. Habitat complexity: approaches and future directions. Hydrobiologia. 685: 1-17.
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Galiza Nova
Galiza Nova (Young Galiza) is the youth organisation of the Galician Nationalist Bloc, founded in 1988.
History
Galiza Nova is the youth organisation of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) whose basic function is the organisation and mobilization of youth in order to achieve the national liberation of Galicia and the social transformation of the modern society. Its operation is based on assemblearism, with a decentralized structure divided in local and regional assemblies. The highest political body is the National Assembly that is held every two years, and where all the membership has the right to attend.
Although originally it was an independent organisation, it quickly began to work as the youth organisation of the Galician Nationalist Bloc, until the II Assembly (Compostela, 1990), absorbed ERGA and the Union of the Galician Youth, approved the admission into the BNG. They define their political objectives as the: "national liberation and the transformation of society (without national, class or gender oppression/exploitation and totally demilitarized)," claim a fully sovereign Galiza as the final culmination of the process of national self-determination. Galiza Nova also defends that the relationship between the different nations of the world should be based on equality and internationalist solidarity. Galiza Nova is also against the NATO and defends a Europe of the peoples as opposed to the current European Union of the states. Until its abolition in 2002, the organisation was a strong opponent of conscription and supported insubordination against it.
Galiza Nova was opposed to the ratification of the European Constitution, the Organic Law on Universities and the Organic Law of Education, the war in Iraq, holding a Council of Ministers in A Coruña (during the crisis caused by the sinking of the Prestige oil spill), the celebration of a military parade of the Spanish Armed Forces and the placing a large Spanish flag in the same city and recently showed his support for Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales and Fidel Castro with the slogan "Only the peoples that struggle win. Galiza with the revolution." Galiza Nova had an internal crisis between 2009 and 2012 due to the political differences between Isca!, the Galician Nationalist Youth and the Union of the Galician Youth which ended with the victory of the Union of the Galician Youth, the departures of Isca! and the Galician Nationalist Youth from the organisation and the split of the Galician Student League and the Movemento Estudantil Universitario from the Comités.
In 2013 and 2014 Galiza Nova organised, along with other youth organisations and 3 student unions, demonstrations for the independence of Galicia the eve of the Día Nacional de Galicia.
Festigal
The Festigal is festival organised by Galiza Nova every 24 and 25 of July. It has concerts, sporting activities, talks and debates. It's one of the most important festivals of Galicia, with a record attendance of 100,000 people.
Secretary General
* Catuxo Álvarez (1988–1990)
* Manuel Antelo (1990–1992)
* Bieito Lobeira (1992–1996)
* Martiño Santos (1996–2000)
* Rubén Cela (2000–2004)
* Xosé Emilio Vicente (2004–2007)
* Iria Aboi (2007–2012)
* Alberte Mera García (2012–) | WIKI |
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Sailing Dinghy Spinnaker Rigging and Handling Systems
Sections: Rigging the Spinnaker Marking Sheets Handling the Spinnaker Chute Systems Pouch Systems
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Rigging the Spinnaker
Originally used only on downwind courses, the spinnaker has evolved into the asymmetric design, allowing high-performance sailing dinghies to carry a spinnaker on a beam reach. However many classes still incorporate the conventional spinnaker and this guide explains how to rig and handle the conventional spinnaker.
The spinnaker [ rigging control lines ] start with attaching the three corners of the spinnaker to sheets rather than to a spar or stay, and then relying on the wind’s force to keep it in position. Along with the spinnaker, a spinnaker pole, a halyard and hoisting system and sheets are needed. This whole rig requires skill in hoisting, setting and lowering the spinnaker.
Leading from each clew, the sheets run outside all the rigging to blocks and cleats on the side decks. The windward sheet is known as the guy and when gybing, the old sheet becomes the new guy. The use of a continuous sheet system, where a single piece of rope is attached each of the clews is a popular sheet system.
Spinnaker Design
Made from lightweight nylon sailcloth, spinnakers shape and set is determined by the [ cut of the panels ] and how they are sewn together. Downwind spinnakers usually are cut for a full shape, a wide midsection and broad head. Reaching spinnakers are a flatter and narrower design. Sailing dinghies require only one good all-round spinnaker, whereas yachts have several spinnakers to suit a range of conditions.
Spinnaker Pole
The spinnaker pole’s purpose is extend the spinnaker clew away from the sailing dinghy allowing the sail to set correctly and is constructed of aluminium or carbon fibre with clips at each end. The inner end clips onto a bracket at the front of the mast, while the outer end clips onto the spinnaker guy. Holding the pole vertical is an uphaul and downhaul with which the angle and the height of the outer end is altered setting the spinnaker correctly for the wind strength.
The clip fitting on each end of the pole resembles a dog leash clip, which has retractable plungers, and activated by a line running from end to end and is set with the fitting's openings uppermost. Stowing the spinnaker pole varies from being stowed in the boat or stowed in brackets fitted to the boom.
Turning Blocks
The sheet turning blocks are placed as far aft as practical on the side-decks, with a reaching hook, just aft of the shrouds on each side. The sheet leads under the reaching hook and when sailing on a broad or beam reach, it holds the guy down while keeping it clear of the crew when sitting out or trapezing.
Another rigging system uses [ twinning lines ] instead of reaching hooks comprising of a small block with a light line attached to it.
The block runs along the spinnaker sheet while the line leads through another block, mounted on the gunwale aft of the shroud, and then into a cleat where it is adjusted. The function of the twinning line on the guy is to pull it tight holding it down by the shroud while the twinning line on the sheet is left slack.
Marking the Sheets
Setting the spinnaker can be made routine with markings on the sheets so that they can be pre-set for hoisting and gybing.
When marking these positions on the sheets, the sailing dinghy is set on land, stern-to-wind, and then the spinnaker is hoisted. With the sail set square across the bow of the sailing dinghy, without the pole and neither sheet under a reaching hook, cleat the sheets.
With a permanent marker pen, mark each sheet at the point where it passes through its cleat. When preparing to gybe the spinnaker on water, cleat each sheet at its mark and the sail will correctly set for the gybe.
In making hoisting easier, especially from a windward pouch, place another set of marks on the sheets. With the sail hoisted as before, take each of the spinnaker clews in turn to a point 1m (3ft) ahead of the forestay and pull the sheet tight and cleat then mark at the cleat. Before hoisting, cleat the guy at the mark making the pole easier to fit.
Handling the Spinnaker
Spinnaker handling hoist and lowering methods vary with the design of the sailing dinghy and a good handling system allows these actions to be done quickly, minimizing the chance of a foul-up. Modern dinghies are fitted either with a pouch stowage system on either side of the mast or a chute system at the bow.
Spinnaker Chute Systems
[ Spinnaker chute systems ] are an open moulded mouth set into the foredeck ahead of, or to the side of, the forestay and built into the sailing dinghy.
A fabric sock or plastic tube runs under the foredeck from the mouth of the chute and contains the spinnaker when stowed.
The advantage of this handling system is the spinnaker does not become twisted when hoisted and lowered. Chute system spinnakers are often given a silicone finish which reduces friction and sheds water rapidly, as there is a tendency for a chute to funnel water over the sail when stowed.
Using a Spinnaker Chute Handling System
Hoisting the spinnaker from the chute is done using the halyard attached to the head of the sail, running down inside the mast, then aft to a jamming cleat situated at the end of the centreboard case.
Spinnaker lowering is done using a downhaul, attached to the middle of the sail running down through the chute mouth and tube. Both the halyard and downhaul can consist of a continuous piece of rope.
Releasing the halyard and pulling on the downhaul collapses the sail and it is drawn into the chute ready to be hoisted once again. A spinnaker chute system allows the sail to be hoisted and lowered effortlessly even when on a beam reach but to be safe in strong winds, bear away to a broad reach or run before hoisting or lowering.
Packing Procedure
Importantly, the spinnaker should be packed without twists in its chute before the sailing dinghy goes afloat or else it will be difficult to set the sail. On dry land, attach the halyard, sheets and downhaul to the spinnaker then hoist the sail ensuring it is not twisted.
Pull on the downhaul while lowering the spinnaker, drawing the sail into the chute until it disappears into the mouth. Then take the slack out of the halyard and the sheets and cleat them.
Spinnaker Pouches
Spinnaker pouch handling systems requires more skill than chutes with the spinnaker being stored correctly with no twists ensuring that it is hoisted easily. The pouch system has two light fabric pouches either side of the mast with the sail being stowed in the leeward pouch at the time of hoisting. When the spinnaker is stowed, the spinnaker halyard is hooked under the reaching hook keeping it tidy.
How to Pack the Spinnaker in a Pouch
Importantly the spinnaker should be packed correctly while the sailing dinghy is ashore and is done preferably with two persons.
• The halyard and sheets are attached to the spinnaker and then hoisted.
• As one person slowly lowers the sail, the other grasps the windward clew and gathers in the luff, steadily packing it into the pouch.
• When the luff is stowed, the rest of the spinnaker is gathered, ending up in the pouch with the head and both clews on top.
• The halyard is hooked under the reaching hook and any slack is taken out of the sheets then cleated.
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Modern Elliptic Curve Factorization, Part 1
April 23, 2010
We discussed Hendrik Lenstra’s algorithm for factoring integers using elliptic curves in three previous exercises. After Lenstra published his algorithm in 1987, mathematicians studied the algorithm extensively and made many improvements. In this exercise, and the next, we will study a two-stage version of elliptic curve factorization that features improved elliptic arithmetic and is much faster than Lenstra’s original algorithm. Today’s exercise looks at the improved elliptic arithmetic; we will look at the two-stage algorithm in the next exercise.
If you look at Lenstra’s original algorithm, much of the time is spent calculating modular inverses. Peter Montgomery worked out a way to eliminate the modular inverses by changing the elliptic arithmetic; instead of using the curve y2 = x3 + ax + b, Montgomery uses the curve y2 = x3 + ax2 + x. Additionally, he does a co-ordinate transform to eliminate the y variable, so we don’t need to figure out which of the quadratic roots to follow. Finally, Montgomery stores the numerator and denominator of the a parameter separately, eliminating the modular inverse. We won’t give more of the math; for those who are interested, a good reference is Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective by Richard Crandall and Carl Pomerance.
Here are the elliptic addition, doubling and multiplication rules for Montgomery’s elliptic curves:
A curve is given by the formula y2 = x3 + (An / Ad – 2)x2 + x (mod n).
A point is stored as a two-tuple containing its x and z co-ordinates.
To add two points P1(x1,z1) and P2(x2,z2), given the point P0(x0,z0) = P1P2 (notice that the curve is not used in the calculation):
x = ((x1-z1) × (x2+z2) + (x1+z1) × (x2-z2))2 × z0 mod n
z = ((x1-z1) × (x2+z2) – (x1+z1) × (x2-z2))2 × x0 mod n
To double the point P:
x = (x+z)2 × (x-z)2 × 4 × Ad mod n
z = (4 × Ad × (x-z)2 + t × An) × t mod n where t = (x+z)2 – (x-z)2
Multiplication is done by an adding/doubling ladder, similar to the method used in the Lucas chain in the exercise on the Baillie-Wagstaff primality checker; the Lucas chain is needed so that we always have the point P1-P2. For instance, the product 13P is done by the following ladder:
2P = double(P)
3P = add(2P, P, P)
4P = double(2P)
6P = double(3P)
7P = add(4P, 3P, P)
13P = add(7P, 6P, P)
Richard Brent gave a method to find a suitable elliptic curve and a point on the curve given an initial seed s on the half-open range [6, n), with all operations done modulo n:
u = s2 – 5
v = 4s
An = (v-u)3 (3u+v)
Ad = 4u3v
P = (u3, v3)
Your task today is to write the three functions that add, double, and multiply points on an elliptic curve and the function that finds a curve and a point on the curve; the payoff will be in the next exercise that presents elliptic curve factorization. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
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1. [...] today’s Programming Praxis exercise we have to implement an algorithm for curve factorization. The Scheme [...]
2. Remco Niemeijer said
My Haskell solution (see http://bonsaicode.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/programming-praxis-modern-elliptic-curve-factorization-part-1/ for a version with comments):
add :: Integral a => (a, a) -> (a, a) -> (a, a) -> a -> (a, a)
add (x1, z1) (x2, z2) (x0, z0) n = (f (+) z0, f (-) x0) where
f g m = (g ((x1-z1)*(x2+z2)) ((x1+z1)*(x2-z2)))^2 * m `mod` n
double :: Integral a => (a, a) -> a -> a -> a -> (a, a)
double (x,z) an ad n = (mod x' n, mod z' n) where
x' = 4 * ad * (x-z)^2 * (x+z)^2
z' = (4 * ad * (x-z)^2 + t * an) * t
t = (x+z)^2 - (x-z)^2
multiply :: Integral a => Int -> (a, a) -> a -> a -> a -> (a, a)
multiply 0 _ _ _ _ = (0,0)
multiply 1 p _ _ _ = p
multiply k p an ad n = let half = multiply (div k 2) p an ad n in
if odd k then add half (multiply (div k 2 + 1) p an ad n) p n
else double half an ad n
curve12 :: Integral a => a -> a -> (a, a, (a, a))
curve12 n s = ((v-u)^3 * (3 * u + v) `mod` n,
4 * u^3 * v `mod` n,
(u^3 `mod` n, v^3 `mod` n)) where
u = s * s - 5 `mod` n
v = 4 * s `mod` n
3. Mike said
Python version.
def init( n, seed ):
u = ( seed*seed - 5 ) % n
v = 4*seed % n
num = pow(v-u, 3, n) * (3*u + v) % n
den = 4 * pow(u,3,n) * v % n
A = num, den
P = (pow(u, 3, n), pow( v, 3, n) )
return A, P
def add( p1, p2, p0, n ):
x1,z1 = p1
x2,z2 = p2
x0,z0 = p0
t1 = (x1-z1)*(x2+z2)
t2 = (x1+z1)*(x2-z2)
newx = z0 * pow( t1 + t2, 2, n ) % n
newz = x0 * pow( t1 - t2, 2, n ) % n
return newx, newz
def double( p, A, n ):
x,z = p
An, Ad = A
t1 = pow(x + z, 2, n)
t2 = pow(x - z, 2, n)
t = t1 - t2
newx = t1 * t2 * 4 * Ad % n
newz = (4 * Ad * t2 + t * An) * t % n
return newx, newz
def multiply( m, p, A, n ):
if m == 0:
return 0,0
elif m == 1:
return p
else:
q = double( p, A, n )
if m == 2:
return q
b = 1
while b < m:
b <<= 1
b >>= 2
r = p
while b:
if m&b:
q, r = double(q, A, n), add(q, r, p, n)
else:
q, r = add(r, q, p, n), double(r, A, n)
b >>= 1
return r
n,s = 5569379,4921134
A, P1 = init(n, s)
P2 = double(P1,A,n)
P3 = add(P2,P1,P1,n)
P4 = double(P2, A, n)
P6 = double(P3, A, n)
P7 = add(P4,P3,P1,n)
P13 = add(P6,P7,P1,n)
P13a = multiply(13,P1,A,n)
print P13, P13a, P13 == P13a
4. Hi Programmingpraxis
Could you tell me if my implementation is correct or not specially for multiPoint function as i was trying to reduce one more call of mulitpOint function.
--y^2 = x^3+ax^2+b
data Elliptic = Conelliptic Integer Integer Integer deriving (Eq,Show)
data Point = Conpoint Integer Integer deriving (Eq,Show)
addPoints::Point->Point->Point->Integer->Point
addPoints (Conpoint x_1 z_1) (Conpoint x_2 z_2) (Conpoint x_0 z_0) n = let
x_3= mod ((((x_1-z_1)*(x_2+z_2)+(x_1+z_1)*(x_2-z_2))^2)*z_0) n
z_3= mod ((((x_1-z_1)*(x_2+z_2)-(x_1+z_1)*(x_2-z_2))^2)*x_0) n
in (Conpoint x_3 z_3)
doublePoint::Point->Elliptic->Point
doublePoint (Conpoint x z) (Conelliptic an ad n) = (Conpoint (mod x' n) (mod y' n))
where
x'= mod (4*ad*(x+z)^2*(x-z)^2) n
y'= mod ((4*ad*(x-z)^2+t*an)*t) n
where
t=(x+z)^2-(x-z)^2
multiPoint::Integer->Integer->Point->Elliptic->Point
multiPoint _ 0 _ _ = (Conpoint 0 0)
multiPoint _ 1 pOint _ = pOint
multiPoint n k pOint eCurve =let
p=multiPoint n (div k 2) pOint eCurve
in case even k of
True -> doublePoint p eCurve
_ -> addPoints p (addPoints p pOint pOint n) pOint n -- for 7p i am using 6p+pOint
montgomeryCurve::Integer->Integer->[Integer]
montgomeryCurve s n = let
u=mod (s*s-5) n
v=mod (4*s) n
an=mod (((v-u)^3)*(3*u+v)) n
ad=mod (4*u^3*v) n
in [an,ad,n,mod (u*u*u) n,mod (v*v*v) n]
5. [...] previous example except using Montgomery curve rather than Lenstra curve. Programmingpraxis used Montgomery curve to find the prime factorisation. I personally feel that Lenstra algorithm worked fine when [...]
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We have a Cisco router that we are monitoring an interface on. The sensor polls every 60 seconds and checks the In/Out speed and the In/Out data volume. What exactly do those figures mean? In other words, is the speed a measurement of the current speed at the time of the poll, or is it an average speed since the last check or is it using Cisco's built in 5 minute average value? Also, if it is measuring the speed at the exact moment of the poll, how would we know if there was a major spike in traffic between the interval of time that we checked? I suppose we would just decrease the interval from 60 seconds to something more like 20 seconds. Is that correct?
Thanks, Zack
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Created on Mar 26, 2010 9:02:57 PM
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Dear Zack,
basically we use delta-counters for bandwidth monitoring (for both Netflow and SNMP). This will give you, just as you said, an average of the traffic in the last 60s, if 60s is the scanning interval. Thus, small minimums and maximums in the 60s, will be averaged.
If you need more details, you could of course switch to a lower scanning interval, however please consider that this means a significantly higher load. For PRTG but also for the target devices, we have seen cases where switches reliably responded only if the scanning interval was at least 30s (the counters in the device simply weren't refreshed fast enough).
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Great info here. This was my exact question. To expand a bit, if you're not getting true peak readings and you're trying to determine how much bandwidth you need (in my particular case for a subnet), what do you use? Is there some general best practice - like take the highest 1 minute average and double it or some other arbitrary factor?
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The area of the building measures approximately 11,000 square meters (120,000 sq ft). The historic mosque has a quadrangular layout, measuring 110 by 112 by 109 by 112 metres (361 ft × 367 ft × 358 ft × 367 ft). It has semi-circular bastions along its outer walls. Moreover, along the northern wall, there were detections of square foundations of previously built semi-round towers, whose remains had been incorporated into the towers appearing on the surface.(citation needed) Three circular (three-quarter-round) towers at its corners, and historically had one minaret, according to investigations of the site in the 20th century. The present-day mosque has four minarets. The shaft of a column standing next to the maqam-Nabī, located in the courtyard, and two capitals decorated with acanthus leaves re-employed at the sides of a door seemed to be related to this earlier phase.
The mosque has five gates: Gate of the Threshold (Bāb al-Sudda), Gate of Kinda (Bāb Kinda), Gate of al-Anmat (Bāb al-Anmāṭ), Gate of Hani ibn Urwa, and the Gate of the Snake (Bāb al-Thu‘bān) or Gate of the Elephant (Bāb al-Fīl).
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Ted Cruz, John Cornyn Grill Eric Holder on Federal Harassment of Tea Party
Sen. Cruz focused on the IRS, and Sen. Cornyn focused on the story Breitbart News broke that the scandal was broader in relation to True the Vote, the Texas-based nonprofit that was also seemingly harassed by two Department of Justice agencies (DOJ), not just the IRS. Breitbart News was the first to report that the IRS abuses of Tea Party groups extended beyond the IRS and into the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF, or more commonly known as the ATF). The May 13, 2013 piece by Breitbart News titled Multiple Agencies Involved With IRS Intimidation revealed that True the Vote and the group's founder, Catherine Engelbrecht, had been seemingly targeted since 2010 by various federal agencies. This author wrote: True the Vote's experiences with the IRS's abuse of power were recently discussed by Catherine Engelbrecht in a previous interview with Breitbart News. She said: We applied for nonprofit C-3 status early in 2010. Since that time the IRS has run us through a gauntlet of analysts and hundreds of questions over and over again. They've requested to see each and every tweet I've ever tweeted or Facebook post I've ever posted. They also asked to know every place I've ever spoken since our inception and to whom, and everywhere I intend to speak in the future. Engelbrecht's application with the IRS for non-profit status allegedly triggered aggressive audits of one of her family's personal businesses as well. The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) began a series of inquiries about her and her group; the BATF (Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) began demanding to see her family's firearms in surprise audits of her and her husband's small gun dealership – which had done less than $200 in sales; OSHA (Occupational Safety Hazards Administration) began a surprise audit of their small family manufacturing business; and the EPA-affiliated TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environment Quality) did a surprise visit and audit due to a complaint being called in. Breitbart News followed up the next day with a piece titled True the Vote Founder: DOJ Scrutinized Us After IRS Filing in which this author wrote: However, the experiences of one prominent Tea party-derived group indicate the scrutiny did not stop with the IRS, but involved agencies from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as well. They [FBI] contacted us, asked questions about one of the people whoattended a program, Engelbrecht told Breitbart News. They asked forus to call if he ever showed back up. They repeated [their calls] overtime, but no longer about that individual. They said they were justcalling to check up with us. They called to check up with us a greatdeal and said it was 'routine.' Engelbrecht added: We support law enforcement and the FBI beginningto call wasn't such a big deal in itself, but it came as the IRS wasprobing us and auditing everything. It came as the ATF began surprisevisits and audits of our business. She added: Not only were the IRS, ATF, and FBI now in our lives, butOSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] and a governmentalenvironmental entity started auditing us in surprise visits as well. Engelbrecht said the sheer number of agencies auditing her in suchrapid succession of each other led her to feel she had been targeted forher political activities. The two videos below show Senator Cornyn and Senator Cruz questioning Attorney General Eric Holder. Follow Brandon Darby on Twitter: @brandondarby. PoliticsEric HolderJohn CornynTed Cruz . Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. Copyright 2021 Breitbart | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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A former Army Special Forces officer is blasting Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE's pick for secretary of Defense, accusing retired Marine Corps. Gen. James Mattis of "leaving my men to die" more than a decade ago. Jason Amerine says that when a team of Special Forces was hit by friendly fire in Afghanistan in December 2001, Mattis, who was in charge of a nearby group of Marines, hesitated to approve a rescue operation. "Every element in Afghanistan tried to help us except the closest friendly unit, commanded by Mattis. Men were ready to drive to get us or send horses from the other side of the country if that was what it took," Amerine wrote in a Facebook post. Sources involved in the operation told NBC News that Mattis, who was a brigadier general at the time, turned down repeated requests for assistance even though helicopters under his command were reportedly just 45 minutes away. Mattis retired in 2013 after leading U.S. Central Command, meaning he would need a special waiver from Congress to serve atop the Pentagon, which requires former military officers be out of uniform for seven years before becoming Defense chief. Mattis has not commented publicly on the incident, which NBC News noted was detailed in the 2011 book "The Only Thing Worth Dying For" by Eric Blehm. Neither Trump's transition team nor Mattis offered comment for the NBC report. The former Special Forces officer wrote Friday that the long delay may have caused the deaths of several soldiers, but added that the incident was never properly investigated by officials. "None of that was assessed properly because the [5th Special Forces Group] chose not to call for a formal investigation. 5th Group wanted to end the bad press associated with the friendly fire and the inaction by Mattis only made it worse so they buried my angry complaints and sought to shut me up about everything that happened that day," he wrote. Amerine underscored his criticism of the former general by accusing him of being "indecisive" and "betray[ing] his duty." "Maybe Mattis was a good general later in his career by whatever standard you want but it has been bizarre to suddenly see these facts up for debate. He was indecisive and betrayed his duty to us, leaving my men to die during the golden hour when he could have reached us," Amerine wrote. View the discussion thread. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2019 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Differential behavioural effects of silent bared teeth display and relaxed open mouth display in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Bridget Waller, R. Dunbar
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This study examines the behavioural consequences of the silent bared teeth display (SBT) and the relaxed open mouth display (ROM) in the chimpanzee, and discusses functional similarities with smiling and laughing (respectively) in humans. Rates of affinitive behaviour increase (in relation to baseline levels) following SBT, suggesting that SBT is a signal of affinity. ROM is observed primarily during play, and dyadic play bouts are significantly longer when ROM is bidirectional, indicating that it may be a signal of play. Rates of affinitive behaviour also increased after ROM, suggesting that both displays may have a similar ultimate (evolutionary) function – social bonding; this could explain convergence of the two displays in humans.
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Pages (from-to)129-142
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Isotopes are alternate forms of an element which contain the same number of Protons but a different number of Neutrons. As a result, isotopes have different chemical and physical properties. Isotopes can be recognised by the number in their name. E.g. Uranium-233, Uranium-235 and Uranium-238. There are 24 different isotopes represented in NuclearCraft plus an Oxide of each isotope.
Isotopes are produced in the Isotope Separator, Decay Hastener and Fuel Reprocessor. They come in items and tiny clumps. Nine tiny clumps can be combined into a regular item of that isotope. E.g. an ingot of Uranium placed in an Isotope Separator will produce 2 items of Uranium-238 and 2 tiny clumps of Uranium-235.
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Joint Weibull Models for Survival and Longitudinal Data with Dynamic Predictions
• Dilyara Uvasheva (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (Creator)
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Description
Patients who were previously diagnosed with prostate cancer usually undergo a routine clinical monitoring that involves measuring the Prostate-specific antigen (PSA). The trajectory of this biomarker over time serves as an indication of cancer recurrence. If the PSA value begins to increase, the cancer is said to be more likely to recur and thus, the patient is advised to start a treatment. There are two reasons for stopping the patient follow-up and this poses a certain challenge. One of them is starting a salvage hormone therapy and another is actual recurrence of cancer. When analyzing such data, we need to account for informative dropout, otherwise, neglecting it may lead to increased bias in estimation of the PSA trajectory. Thus, hormone therapy serves as a censoring event, which is a defining feature of survival analysis. Motivated by the PSA data, we need to efficiently describe the dropout mechanism using the joint model. The survival submodel is based on the Weibull distribution and we use the Bayesian inference to fit this model, more specifically, we use the R-INLA package, which is a much faster alternative to MCMC-based inference. The fact that our joint model with a linear bivariate Gaussian association structure is a latent Gaussian model (LGM) allows us to use this inferential tool. Based on this work, we are then able to develop dynamic predictions of prostate cancer recurrence. Making accurate prognosis for cancer data is clinically impactful and could ultimately contribute to the development of precision medicine.
Date made available2022
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FedEx Corporation Earnings on Tap: What to Watch
FedEx shareholders have been taken on a wild ride over the past year. FedEx stock soared to an all-time high around $185 last June before plummeting as low as $120 in January. The share price has started to recover since then.
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FedEx is scheduled to report its third quarter earnings results on Wednesday. Here are three things that investors should keep an eye on.
Did earnings get a boost from falling oil prices ?
During FedEx's Q2earnings call CFO Alan Graf told investors that the company was likely to post weaker earnings growth in Q3 than in Q4 because of tougher comparisons. Last year, FedEx's Q3 profit was lifted by the collapse of oil prices during the quarter.
However, oil prices fell significantly once again during FedEx's recently ended quarter. The price of jet fuel plunged from around $1.25/gallon at the beginning of the quarter to a low of nearly $0.80/gallon. This should have provided a meaningful earnings tailwind for FedEx -- perhaps enough to allow it to beat the average analyst EPS estimate of $2.35.
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Of course, investors should care more about the future than about a single quarterly result. Unless oil prices fall back to their mid-January low point, the benefit from lower fuel prices will be mostly offset by a reduction in fuel surcharges and won't have much of a long-term impact on profitability.
Is the freight turnaround beginning?
Investors should also look for signs of a budding turnaround in FedEx's freight business. FedEx management has previously set a goal of earning double-digit margins in all three of its major business segments. The freight segment took a step backward in the first half of fiscal 2016, with its segment margin falling to 7.4% from 8.8% a year earlier.
The FedEx Freight segment has been a weak spot for the past two quarters. Image source: The Motley Fool.
Most of the problems in FedEx's freight business stemmed from misreading the demand environment . The company was overstaffed because it had expected higher shipment volumes. U.S. industrial production remains relatively weak, but FedEx has started to align capacity with demand.
These actions should bolster the freight segment's margin trajectory. Hopefully, FedEx's Q3 results will show signs that this has started to occur. While the freight business is the smallest of FedEx's three major segments, it's still important to get it back on the right track.
What about the new kid on the block?
Last week, Amazon.com confirmed that it is getting into the air cargo business. It is leasing a fleet of 20 cargo planes to help get packages to customers quickly.
The rapid growth of Amazon.com -- and its Prime two-day delivery service -- has been a boon for package delivery firms like FedEx in recent years. However, Amazon seems to be tired of relying on a few key suppliers to get packages from its warehouses to customers' doors.
FedEx responded to the news by saying that it had expected the move and that Amazon.com remains a valuable customer. But the key question is how far Amazon might go in building its own in-house delivery network. FedEx is investing billions of dollars in its ground network to support e-commerce growth. If the largest e-commerce firm stops relying on third-party delivery firms, FedEx might find it has built too much capacity.
Right now, that scenario still seems like a long shot. Nevertheless, investors should pay attention to any comments that management makes during theearnings callabout how FedEx expects its relationship with Amazon to evolve.
3 companies poised to explode when cable dies
Cable is dying. And there are 3 stocks that are poised to explode when this faltering $2.2 trillion industry finally bites the dust. Just like newspaper publishers, telephone utilities, stockbrokers, record companies, bookstores, travel agencies, and big box retailers did when the Internet swept away their business models. And when cable falters, you don't want to miss out on these 3 companies that are positioned to benefit. Click here for their names. Hint: They'renot the ones you'd think!
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Solaar pleure
"Solaar pleure" ("Solaar weeps") is the 2nd song on the 2001 album Cinquième As by French hip hop artist MC Solaar, and the 1st single. The song is dubbed over in English at the close of the album. The rapper relates his feelings about the current state of the world including his views on poverty and AIDS.
It also provides an allegorical journey after death, going from the expectation of heaven to shock at being sent to hell. This divides the song into two parts as the "heaven" section fades away and then the song begins again with "Non! Pourquoi moi? C'est une erreur! Garde-moi, je suis noble de cœur!" (No! Why me? It's a mistake! Keep me, I am noble at heart) as he is sent to hell.
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* Lyrics : MC Solaar
* Mastered by Black Rose Corporation, Chris Gerhinger
* Mixed by Stephen George
* Music : Alain J, Eric K-Roz
* Photography : Philippe Bordas
* Producer : Black Rose Corporation
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Electric shock: China power demand drops as coronavirus shutters plants
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s industrial power demand in 2020 may decline by as much as 73 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), according to IHS Markit, as the outbreak of the coronavirus has curtailed factory output and prevented some workers from returning to their jobs. The cut represents about 1.5% of industrial power consumption in China. But, as the country is the world’s biggest electricity consumer, the loss is equal to the power used in the whole of Chile and it illustrates the scope of the disruption caused by the outbreak. The reduction is the energy equivalent of about 30 million tonnes of thermal coal or about 9 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), IHS said. The coal figure is more than China’s average monthly imports last year while the LNG figure is a little more than one month of imports, based on customs data. China has tried to curtail the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 1,400 and infected over 60,000 by extending the Lunar New Year holiday for an extra week and encouraging people to work from home. Last year, industrial users consumed 4.85 trillion kWh electricity, accounting for 67% of the country’s total. Xizhou Zhou, the global head of power and Renewables at IHS Markit, said that in a severe case where the epidemic goes on past March, China’s economic growth will be only 4.2% during 2020, down from an initial forecast of 5.8%, while power consumption will climb by only 3.1%, down from 4.1% initially. “The main uncertainty is still how fast the virus will be brought under control,” said Zhou, adding that the impact on the power sector will be relatively modest from a full-year picture in 2020. In Hubei province, the epicenter of the virus outbreak, the peak power load at the end of January was 21% less than planned, data from Wood Mackenzie showed. Industrial operating rates point to a firm reduction in power consumption in China. Utilization rates at plastic processors are between 30% and 60% and the low levels are expected to last for another two week, according to ICIS China. Weaving machines at textile plants are operating at below 10% of capacity, the lowest in five years, ICIS data showed. China is the world’s biggest textile and garment exporter. Reporting by Muyu Xu and Tony Munroe, additional reporting by Tom Daly; Editing by Christian Schmollinger | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Oracle APEX: How to Publish APEX (PWA) to the Google Play Store
Publishing your Oracle APEX Progressive Web App (PWA) to the Google Play Store can significantly increase your app’s visibility and accessibility. Here’s a simple guide to help you through the process.
Prerequisites
Before you start, ensure you have the following:
1. A Valid PWA: Your app must be a PWA with a web manifest and be accessible via HTTPS.
2. Google Developer Account: Sign up for a Google developer account, which has a one-time fee of $25.
3. UI/UX: Have a nice UI and UX in the app, otherwise app will be rejected.
4. Follow Developer Content Policy: it is required to follow the polices from the following link https://play.google/developer-content-policy/
5. Android Device or Emulator: You need an Android device or emulator to test your app.
6. Patience: before published - app might be rejected a few times by Google Play, asking for some additional information about your app.
Web App Manifest
The first thing to start with is the Web Manifest, where you can configure key details of your PWA app.
A web manifest is a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file that provides important configuration settings for a Progressive Web App (PWA). It plays a crucial role in defining how your web application should behave when installed on a user's device.
The manifest is crucial because it bridges the gap between a web app and a native app. By defining these settings, you ensure that your PWA behaves like a native app when installed, providing a seamless and engaging user experience. This consistency is key to user adoption and satisfaction.
Here are the key elements and their importance:
1. name:
• Purpose: This is the full name of your web application.
• Importance: It is displayed to the user in various contexts, such as the app's title on the home screen and in the app launcher.
2. short_name:
• Purpose: A shorter version of the app's name.
• Importance: Used where space is limited, such as on the device's home screen.
3. icons:
• Purpose: An array of images representing different icon sizes for your app.
• Importance: Essential for providing a recognizable and professional appearance on different devices and screen resolutions. Recommended sizes include 192x192, 384x384, and 1024x1024 pixels.
4. theme_color:
• Purpose: The color of the browser's UI elements when the app is launched.
• Importance: Enhances the user's experience by providing a consistent color theme.
5. background_color:
• Purpose: The background color of the splash screen displayed when the app is launched.
• Importance: Improves the visual transition from the splash screen to the app.
6. display:
• Purpose: Defines how the app should be displayed when launched.
• Options:
• fullscreen: Suitable for games or apps that require maximum screen space.
• standalone: The most common setting, hides the URL bar, making the app look like a native app.
• Importance: Determines the user interface and experience of the app.
7. start_url:
• Purpose: The URL where the app should start when launched.
• Importance: Ensures that the app opens at the correct entry point.
8. orientation:
• Purpose: Specifies the default orientation (portrait or landscape) for the app.
• Importance: Helps provide the best user experience by locking the app to the preferred orientation.
9. scope:
• Purpose: Defines the navigation scope of the app, restricting which URLs the app can navigate to.
• Importance: Ensures that navigation stays within the app context.
10. description:
• Purpose: A brief description of the web application.
• Importance: Provides users with an understanding of what the app does.
Example of a Web Manifest
{
"name": "myapp.com",
"short_name": "MyApp",
"icons": [
{
"src": "icon-48x48.png",
"sizes": "48x48",
"type": "image/png"
},
{
"src": "icon-48x48.png",
"sizes": "72x72",
"type": "image/png"
},
...
],
"theme_color": "#007bff",
"background_color": "#ffffff",
"display": "standalone",
"start_url": "/",
"orientation": "portrait",
"scope": "/",
"description": "Description of the app"
}
More about app Manifest - https://www.w3.org/TR/appmanifest/
In APEX, you can add it by navigating to Shared Components > Progressive Web App > Custom Manifest.
Custom Manifest in Oracle APEX
Packaging Your PWA App
To package the PWA into an Android app, I will use PWABuilder, which simplifies the process for us. Follow these steps to package the APEX app using PWABuilder.
PWABuilder
This powerful tool is designed to simplify the process of converting Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) into platform-specific apps, such as those for Android, iOS, Microsoft and Meta Quest. Created by Microsoft, PWABuilder offers an intuitive and straightforward way for developers to package their web applications and make them available across various app stores, enhancing the app's accessibility and user reach.
1. Visit PWABuilder: Go to PWABuilder.com.
2. Enter Your PWA URL: Input the URL of your PWA and click Start button.
PWABuilder Home Page
1. Select Packaging Option: Click "Package for stores".
PWABuilder - Package For Stores
1. Generate Android Package: Choose "Generate Package" under the Android section.
PWABuilder - Generate Package
1. Configure Package Options: On the Google Play tab, fill out the necessary information. Check if all the settngs under "All Settings" is correct.
PWABuilder - Andriod Package Options
1. Download Package: Click "Download Package" to get your Android package.
Ensure your package ID is unique. If you get the same package ID that already exist for some of your apps e.g. com.myapp.www.twa, modify it to e.g. com.myapp.www.twa.pwa.
Publishing Your PWA App
1. Deploy assetlinks.json
Under PWABuilder .zip, you will find - assetlinks.json is a JSON file used to establish a relationship between your PWA and your website. It proves that you own the domain from which your PWA is served and allows the PWA to be installed without the browser URL bar, making it look more like a native app.
Upload the assetlinks.json file to your web server to prove ownership of your PWA. Place this file in the public folder of your server, making it accessible at https://<URL to your PWA>/.well-known/assetlinks.json.
Key Elements of assetlinks.json
1. relation:
• Purpose: Specifies the permissions or actions that are allowed.
• Importance: Ensures the PWA has the necessary permissions, such as handling all URLs related to the domain.
2. target:
• Purpose: Defines the target app and its properties.
• Importance: Establishes the connection between your web app and the Android app package.
Within the target, there are several important fields:
• namespace:
• Purpose: Identifies the type of target. For Android apps, this is always "android_app".
• Importance: Confirms the target is an Android application.
• package_name:
• Purpose: Specifies the package name of the Android app.
• Importance: Uniquely identifies your app in the Play Store.
• sha256_cert_fingerprints:
• Purpose: Lists SHA-256 fingerprints of the app’s signing certificate.
• Importance: Ensures the app is securely linked to your web domain.
Example of assetlinks.json
[
{
"relation": ["delegate_permission/common.handle_all_urls"],
"target": {
"namespace": "android_app",
"package_name": "com.myapp.www",
"sha256_cert_fingerprints": [
"SHA256",
"SHA256" // to be replaced later for production
]
}
}
]
2. Upload App to Google Play Store
1. Log into the Google Play Console: Sign in and create a new app, providing the app name and other details.
2. Complete Dashboard Tasks: Follow the tasks listed on the Dashboard page. It will ask for some details of your app.
Google Play - Dashboard tasks
1. Create a New Release: Under Internal Testing > New Release. In the release creation step, you’ll need to upload an Android App Bundle (.aab) file from the zip file downloaded from PWABuilder.
2. Generate Google Signing Key: Follow the prompts to generate this key.
1. Prepare app screenshots: You will need app screenshots for different devices, that will be listed on the Play Store.
2. Add Testers: You’ll be asked to add Gmail accounts for internal testers, so App will be available for those account on the Play Store.
3. Update assetlinks.json For Production
1. Copy SHA-256 String: Go to the App Signing page in the Google Play Console and copy the SHA-256 string. Menu > Setup > App Signing > Copy - SHA-256 certificate fingerprint
2. Add SHA-256 toassetlinks.json:
[
{
"relation": ["delegate_permission/common.handle_all_urls"],
"target": {
"namespace": "android_app",
"package_name": "com.myapp.www",
"sha256_cert_fingerprints": [
"OLD_SHA",
"NEW_ONE"
]
}
}
]
Testing the App For 14 Days
Before applying for the production, Google will ask you for 20 testers that will test your app for 14 days, so it might be your employees, friends, family... a bit boring.
Google Play - 20 testers
Application is on Play Store
Oracle APEX application on Google Play Store
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When one thinks of weapons of mass destruction, such as incendiary weapons that can raze towns to the ground, or bombs that can level cities with their power, the immediate association is one with the wars and weaponry of the twentieth century – certainly not the sixteenth century.
While most amateur historians are aware of the fact that cannons were in regular use by the late medieval period, and that primitive grenades became relatively widespread in warfare a century or two after this, few know that in the sixteenth century an Italian engineer developed the most powerful bombs Europe – and likely the entire world – had ever seen: entire ships packed with gunpowder, which decimated enemy fleets.
Their destructive prowess would not be surpassed until centuries later. Quite aptly, they were called “hellburners.”
The concept of using an entire ship as a weapon – an incendiary weapon in particular – is not a new concept. In fact, it is quite an ancient one. The first “fireships,” as they were called, were used in the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens from 431-404 BC.
The Spartans attacked the Athenian fleet with an old merchant ship filled with tinder and wood, which they set alight on a particularly windy day and sent off in the direction of the Athenian ships.
Later, during Alexander the Great’s siege of Tyre, an island city, the Tyrians constructed a wooden causeway between their city and the mainland. Alexander’s Macedonian forces attacked this with a similar fireship and destroyed it. Fireships of this type were also used both by and against the Roman Empire.
Hellburners, which were used in the 16th century, were similar in conceptual terms to the fireships of the ancient world. Thanks to gunpowder and advances in ship-building after the late medieval period, which meant that ships of greater size could be constructed, the destructive potential of these weapons increased exponentially.
No longer was their aim merely to set fire to an enemy fleet or dock, an effectively destructive act in itself – no, the explicit aim of a hellburner ship was to utterly obliterate as many ships as possible with an explosion of monstrous proportions.
The concept of the hellburner was developed by an Italian military engineer named Federigo Giambelli. He first approached the Spanish King Phillip II and offered him his services, but after his offer was rejected he set his sights on the Dutch court instead.
At Antwerp he was welcomed with open arms, and, as the Dutch had just begun what was to be the Eighty Years’ War against Spain, Giambelli was able to put his talents to use right away. He had vowed to take vengeance against the Spanish, who had spurned his offer of service, and what better way to get revenge than by destroying their ships?
Giambelli first outlined his design for a hellburner ship in 1585. At this time the Spanish had used their ships to create a blockade across the River Scheldt, which connected Antwerp to the ocean. Unless the blockade was broken, the city would be starved into submission. Giambelli, it turned out, had a perfect idea for how to smash through the blockade.
His plan was simple, yet it would turn out to be brutally effective. He asked the Dutch for three ships to turn into weapons – weapons of mass destruction. Unsure of how feasible his somewhat outlandish plan was, they gave him only two ships which were smaller than he had hoped for: a pair of old merchant ships called Fortune and Hope.
Inside each ship he constructed fire chambers, into which around 7,000 pounds of gunpowder per ship were tightly packed. The fire chambers were surrounded with material that would prove to be immensely destructive when sprayed out as shrapnel in the blasts: old tombstones, rocks, iron hooks, scrap metal, and other such objects.
What was especially innovative about the hellburners was the methods of detonation employed. On Fortune, the explosion would be set off by means of a slow-burning fuse. On Hope, there would be a revolutionary timer mechanism, specially designed by a master clockmaker, connected to a flintlock that would detonate the explosion.
In order to prevent the hellburners from being destroyed and sunk from afar by Spanish cannons, Giambelli and the Dutch prepared thirty-two standard fireships which contained no explosives as decoys. Along with these thirty-two ships, Hope and Fortune were sent adrift down the River Scheldt on the night of April 4, 1585.
The current and ebb tide carried the burning ships toward the Spanish blockade, with Fortune and Hope at the very back of the pack. The Spanish set about extinguishing the fires as the standard fireships approached.
It was reported that many of them laughed mockingly at the sight. The thought of sending such a primitive assault against the might of the Spanish Armada seemed ridiculous. Little did they know what the final two fireships carried deep within their bowels, though.
Fortune ran aground before reaching the Spanish ships, but Hope remained on course. The Spanish allowed Hope to get close enough for them to extinguish the flames – and the clockmaker’s fuse turned out to be perfectly timed. Hope was almost touching the Spanish ships when the 7,000 pounds of gunpowder were detonated, and the Spanish must have thought that God Himself had hurled down a thunderbolt on them.
The explosion was said to have been heard from fifty miles away, and houses and buildings in the nearby vicinity were flattened. Upwards of a thousand Spanish troops were killed instantly, and a quarter of their blockade was smashed to smithereens. The waters of the Scheldt surged and flooded dykes, and debris rained down for miles. It was very likely that this was the largest man-made explosion in history up to this point.
Unfortunately for the Dutch, who had perhaps not been expecting quite such a gargantuan explosion, they were too stunned to fully capitalize on the success of the hellburner’s blast. Despite the initial shock of the explosion, the Spanish recovered relatively quickly, and ultimately managed to rebuild their blockade and take Antwerp within a year.
Giambelli, however, escaped to England, and there he offered his services to Queen Elizabeth. She had heard of his hellburners, and was only too happy to hire him. It turned out, however, that she wanted him more for his reputation than his skills. The Spanish now feared Giambelli’s hellburners, and Elizabeth made it known that he was working for her.
Read another story from us: How The Spanish Armada Failed To Conquer Against The English
During the Battle of the Gravelines in 1588, the English sent five fireships at the Spanish fleet while they were sheltering at Calais. Believing that they were hellburners, the Spanish ships broke formation and scattered – and the English thus managed to stave off the possibility of a Spanish invasion on Giambelli’s reputation alone.
Hellburners were not used again, as it was simply too costly to use that much gunpowder for a single explosion. It would be many centuries before the destructive potency of their explosions was equaled. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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by Discipulus (Monsignor)
on Dec 06, 2017 at 20:11 UTC ( #1205047=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??
Discipulus has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Hello monks and nuns,
I'm in the situation where I want to extract some whois data, live. I tested Net::Whois::Raw and Net::Whois::Parser and while the first returns all the results in a single big string (as raw in the namespace suggests) the latter parses the results and output a hash of scalars/arrays.
The problem is that Net::Whois::Parser does not returns all informations for all tld domains: for example .it domains return no nameservers fields because it happens to be a multiline record for all domain i tested.
Net::Whois::Parser by other hand provides a way to specify a custom parser for specific whois servers.
Let's say I need Domain status and Nameserver fields (but maybe more) there is a better universalistic way to get them parsed for every top level domains?
Due to my ignorance i ignore if for each tld there is only one whois server or one format for the data or if i can have multiple format for different, for example, .it domains (this will be a pain..).
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Re: parsing whois data
by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 06, 2017 at 20:37 UTC
It is up to the NICs WHOIS services what information they serve. Maybe a combination of the modules you use and Net::DNS::Dig fits your needs.
perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
Re: parsing whois data
by Discipulus (Monsignor) on Dec 07, 2017 at 12:43 UTC
Hello,
what follows is a partial implementation for parsing status and nameservers fields from whois data. It's a very elementar approach, but it seems a working one.
I leave it here for eventual future readers of the thread. Please note that I choosed to parse nameservers from whois data even if there are better modules as shmem suggested.
I difenitevely wait the advent of the RDAP protocol: actually whois data is a mess.
use strict; use warnings; use Net::Whois::Raw; use Net::Whois::Parser; sub get_whois_infos { my $dom = shift; # strip eventual third level here? my($raw_dominfo, $whois_server) = whois($dom); my $parsed_info = parse_whois( raw => $raw_dominfo, domain => $who +is_server ); # extract domain status data my $pre_status = $parsed_info->{status} || $parsed_info->{domain_s +tatus}; my $status; if (ref $pre_status eq 'ARRAY'){ $status .= $_ for map{s/\s\S+/ /r} @{$pre_status}; } else{$status = $pre_status ? $pre_status=~s/\s\S+/ /r : '-not defi +ned-'} # extract nameservers data my @ns; # the following should be ok for .com .org .info .name if ($parsed_info->{nameservers} and ref $parsed_info->{nameservers +} eq 'ARRAY'){ foreach my $ele(@{$parsed_info->{nameservers}}){ push @ns, $$ele{domain}; } } # the following is needed for it biz eu net else{ my $switch = 0; foreach my $line(split /\n/,$raw_dominfo){ # .it format #Nameservers #namserver1.isp.it #namserver2.isp.it # .eu format #Name servers: # namserver1.isp.it # namserver2.isp.it if ($dom =~ /\.it$|\.eu$/){ if ($line =~/name\s?servers/i){$switch = 1; next} next unless $switch; push @ns, $1 if $line =~/^\s*([\S]+)$/; $switch = 0 if $line =~/^$/; } # .biz .net both can issue: "Maximum Daily connection lim +it reached. Lookup refused." #Name Server: namserver1.isp.it #Name Server: namserver2.isp.it elsif($dom =~/\.biz$|\.net$/){ push @ns, $1 if $line =~/^Name Server:\s+([\S]+)$/; push @ns, "-$1-" if $line =~/(Maximum Daily connection + limit reached. Lookup refused)/; } else{ push @ns, "-Unable to parse whois data for $dom-"; + } } } return ({status=>$status, ns=>\@ns},"($whois_server answer)\n\n$ra +w_dominfo"); }
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Is anyone able to find a source that indicates that "steel tonic" is referring to in the Victorian era? Sydney Tyber (talk) 01:55, 26 March 2014 (UTC) | WIKI |
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El Salvador–Guatemala relations are the bilateral relations between El Salvador and Guatemala. El Salvador has an embassy in Guatemala City. Guatemala has an embassy in San Salvador. Both countries are members of the Central American Integration System, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Organization of American States, and the Organization of Ibero-American States. | WIKI |
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Nov 18 (Reuters) - Ivanhoe Mines Ltd * Ivanhoe Mines-parties acknowledge, they shall not be entitled to any dividends from Kamoa Copper prior to repayment of 80% of all shareholder loans * Says Kamoa-Kakula Copper project will be developed with full support of DRC government * Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin Mining sign landmark agreement to transfer an additional 15% interest in the Kamoa-Kakula Copper project to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo * Ivanhoe Mines-agreement transfers additional 15% interest in Kamoa-Kakula copper project to DRC government, increasing total stake in project to 20% Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Partitioning of Prokaryotic Functional Diversity under Different Land Use
Project phases 2014-2020
Scientific investigators:
Prof. Dr. Michael Friedrich
Dr. Tim Richter-Heitmann
Shreya Tilve
(Uni Bremen)
Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann
Dr. Johannes Sikorski
Selma Vieira
Carlo Marzini
(DSMZ Braunschweig)
Hypotheses:
1. Particular species of Acidobacteria and Actinobacteria catalyse the degradation of refractory organic carbon and plant litter, and dominate in bulk soil particles.
2. Specifically adapted Alphaproteobacteria constitute a dominant fraction within the plant rhizosphere and control the flux of organic carbon from plants to the soil environment.
3. Different species of Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Alphaproteobacteria are adapted to and occur under different environmental conditions in bulk soils.
ProFunD focuses on bacterial species involved in the degradation of root exudates and leaf litter that dominate different soil compartments, with the aim to better understand the links between functional bacterial biodiversity, plant diversity and productivity, edaphic factors and land use.
Bacteria can constitute up to 60-80% of all soil microbiota and are important determinants of the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, of soil fertility and pathogen control. The specific composition of soil bacterial communities is likely to control major ecosystem processes. Evidence has shown that members of the Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria are distributed in the soil environment in a non-random fashion and preferentially colonize different compartments. Differences in the overall composition of the bacterial community across different soil compartments are expected to have major effects on organic carbon sequestration, nutrient regeneration and turnover, and on the microbial food chain. Yet, very little is known on the partitioning of different species of these bacterial groups in the soil environment, their abiotic and biotic controls, and the functional implications of these diversity patterns for the carbon and nutrient cycling.
This work intends to determine the partitioning of active Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Alphaproteobacteria between the rhizosphere of dominant plant species and the bulk soil particles and to quantify the functions of dominant members of these three groups in the soil carbon fluxes under different ecological conditions.
• The distribution of individual species of Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Alphaproteobacteria between the rhizosphere of six dominant plant species and bulk soil particles will be systematically studied by high throughput Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA and will then be related to the specific composition of plant exudates, specific plant traits, physicochemical soil parameters and land use.
• The contribution of bacteria affecting the C- and N-transfer from plant roots to bulk soil, and from plant litter to bulk soil, will be evaluated in a series of Functional Diversity Mesocosm experiments. We will apply a combination of 13C/ 15N-RNA Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) and 13C-RNA Captured RNA Isotope Probing (CARIP) to probe the assimilatory capabilities of these bacteria and deduce their different functions in soil.
• The relative abundance of Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria in all 300 experimental plots (EPs) will be quantified by high throughput Illumina sequencing of the 16S rRNA, as a prerequisite for a better understanding of the interrelation between these bacteria, plant diversity, edaphic factors and land use.
Work will be conducted in close cooperation with several other microbiological projects, as well as with plant and soil-based studies to enable data integration and synthesis.
Further project contribution of Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann, Dr. Johannes Sikorski: MicroSYSteM I-II
Previous project contribution of Prof. Dr. Michael Friedrich, Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann, Dr. Johannes Sikorski, Dr. Tim Richter-Heitmann: ProFIL
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Hot Looks
Hot Looks were posable 19 inch "fashion model" dolls made by Mattel in 1987 and 1988. The doll's bodies were made from stockinette with a sturdy, bendable armature within to aid in posing, and their heads were vinyl with long, thick rooted vinyl hair, and inset faceted button-like earring studs, upon which hoops and various other dangles could be hung. The line was introduced in the 1987 Mattel Toy Catalog, with a textual crash course on the concept of fashion "temperatures", describing color schemes that were deemed appropriate for certain complexions and coloring: people (or dolls) with dark hair and eyes were dubbed "Hot", and were suggested to wear fashions with bright, vivid, dramatic colors; those with red hair and green eyes were considered "Medium", where earth tone colors were suggested; while blondes and iight-haired individuals were seen as "Cool", and were prescribed fashions with icy pastel shades. The five dolls in the 1987 line-up, all international teenage models at The Hot Looks Modeling Agency, were: and
* Zizi ("Hot", #3899) from Kenya.
* Elkie ("Cool", #3703) from Sweden
* Chelsea ("Warm", #3704) from England
* Mimi ("Cool", #3702) from France
* Stacey ("Hot", #3701) from the United States.
Twelve additional fashions were sold separately for the dolls in 1987, Four in each of the three temperature ranges. A Hot Looks Fashion Kit was also available, a large hexagonal black-and-white plastic case filled with additional shoes, belts, earring dangles, and other fashion accessories.
In 1988, all the talk of fashion temperatures was judiciously edited out of the proceedings. The line expanded, with four new dolls, eight new extra outfits, and three new accessory assortments. but not all of these items were released worldwide. The four new dolls received a couple of noteworthy alterations from their 1987 predecessors: their inset stud earrings were changed to large round beads, with figural dangles being inserted from underneath, and their pinky fingers, which were extended on the 1987 dolls, were streamlined into an "easier to dress" mitten-like fabric hand. The new models were: and and were released in limited markets in Canada, while the new clothing and accessory sets were available in the U.S. and elsewhere. Eight of the twelve 1987 outfits were reissued, and given names to go along with their stock numbers, and to match the new packaging of the 1988 releases. Any model could-- and DID-- wear any extra outfit in the 1988 Catalog, regardless of their previously prescribed fashion temperature.
* Starr (#5510) from Hollywood
* Sachi (#5522) from Japan
* Steff (#5516) from Australia
* Shawna (#5517) from Scotland,
Interestingly, the 1988 Mattel Catalog spelled the names of two of the 1987 dolls in a unique way: ZiZi and MiMi each received additional capitalization in the text for their entries. | WIKI |
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Periapical Abscess
A periapical abscess is an infection at the base or root end of the tooth (called the apex), and usually encompasses the bottom 1/3 of the tooth root. The abscess is a collection of pus that develops in response to a bacterial infection within the center of the tooth (the pulp). The source of this original infection can be either an untreated cavity, or a broken or fractured tooth. Both create an opening in the enamel, which allows bacteria into the tooth's pulp. This openingmay occur either on the crown portion of the tooth or along the root's surface. It's through this opening that bacteria enter the tooth's pulp, causing the infection.
Acute abscesses may also form as a result of other conditions in the root tip area, such as a dental granuloma or a radicular cyst. The original source of these problems is again an infection in the dental pulp. In addition to pus formation, an abscess can also cause a great deal of pain, especially when you chew or otherwise apply pressure to the infected tooth. A fever and swollen lymph nodes in the neck may also develop as your body attempts to fight off the infection. Periapical abscesses often drain on their own through openings called fistuloustracts (or gum boils).
We are usually able to restore health to an area affected with a periapical abscess.
* We may need to remove the infected portions of the tooth pulp by performing root canal therapy. This creates immediate drainage of
the infection and will usually alleviate the most severe symptoms.
* We may prescribe antibiotics to fight the infection.
* To relieve pain you can rinse with warm salt water. Dissolve one teaspoon of salt in one cup of warm water, and gently swish and spit.
* If root canal therapy or other treatments cannot remove the infection the affected tooth may need to be extracted (removed).
If the abscess is not treated, it may result in widespread infection in the surrounding soft tissue, the jaw bone, or elsewhere in the body, creating a much more serious infection. You may experience a periapical abscesses in the acute phase (described above), or you may have a low-grade, ongoing (chronic) infection with minimal symptoms. However, until the source of the infection is treated, periapical abscesses - either acute or chronic - will persist for an indefinite period of time. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Talk:Nonviolent Soldier of Islam
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Ideas for how page could be further expanded / refined: Health Researcher (talk) 00:39, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
* Explain the book's content better (right now there's hardly anything)
* Can we use the book's cover for an image in the info box?
* Some more of the ideas from some of the reviews should be integrated into the article.
* Check if the book has been used as a reading for courses at educational institutions. universities and colleges (e.g., web search).
* It's been cited by other books and journal articles - what do they say / use it for? (e.g., see Google Scholar).
* Track down better publication info for Arabic edition. | WIKI |
Star Drama Presents
Star Drama Presents (previously Star Drama Theater) is an ABS-CBN Saturday program which featured a mix of veteran and upcoming stars from the Philippine entertainment industry from February 18, 1993, to February 17, 2001. The weekly program featured an actor for a thirteen week season. By 2000, Star Drama Theater was renamed Star Drama Presents after the series was reformatted from monthly anthologies featuring one actor to months-long miniseries featuring an entire cast.
Various actors and actresses from Philippine Movies and TV get a special line up in this anthology with different stars in each month. The first featured star was Nora Aunor who was contracted to appear for one season. Her stint was billed as a "TV comeback" after a brief hiatus. She and ex-husband Christopher De Leon did a notable episode which highly rated during its initial telecast. After a 2-season stint of "Nora" the anthology moved on to featuring various stars ranging from award-winning actresses such as Elizabeth Oropesa, Dawn Zulueta, Lorna Tolentino, Agot Isidro; to younger actresses Aiko Melendez, Manilyn Reynes, Sheryl Cruz, Rica Peralejo, Rico Yan, Judy Ann Santos, Angelika dela Cruz, Jericho Rosales, Patrick Garcia, Jolina Magdangal, Carmina Villarroel, Claudine Barretto, Rica Peralejo, Jericho Rosales, Diether Ocampo, Dominic Ochoa and Donita Rose; and on the last years of the show it served as a venue for actors and actresses signed with Star Magic to showcase their thespic abilities.
This series was streaming on Jeepney TV's YouTube Channel beginning September 20, 2020 every last quarter of the month, 5:00 pm. It was replaced by Star Studio Presents. | WIKI |
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Names from Base appear in modules
The standard behavior is that names from Base are accessible as properties of normal modules.
julia> module Foobar end
Main.Foobar
julia> Main.Foobar.:*
* (generic function with 237 methods)
Do we like this? It seems a bit odd to me: They don’t appear in names(Main.Foobar; all=true) or propertynames(Main.Foobar), so I wouldn’t expect them to be properties. The alternative would be that the names are accessible from within Foobar but aren’t actually properties of it.
Yes, I expect to access imported names (like FooBar importing * from Base) with dot syntax. Unfortunately, names isn’t good at showing those. The imported keyword doesn’t work for implicit imports or explicit imports with using:
julia> module A
module B
export b, c, d
b = 1; c = 2; d = 3
end
using .B
using .B: c
import .B: d
end
Main.A
julia> A.b, A.c, A.d
(1, 2, 3)
julia> names(A;imported=true)
2-element Vector{Symbol}:
:A
:d
Ironic because explicit imports with using are now more recommended than with import so that module qualification protects against unintended method definitions on imported functions like it always protects against unintended reassignment of imported variables.
If you don’t want this behavior, you can use a baremodule
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Could someone explain why it’s desirable? I’m not seeing the advantage currently.
For example I find it more intuitive that this would define a new function rather than extending the Base function.
julia> module Foobar end
Main.Foobar
julia> Foobar.:*(a::Symbol, b::Symbol) = Symbol(string(a,b))
julia> Foobar.:*
* (generic function with 237 methods)
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That just seems intuitive to me when imported names exist at all. If you want to make a new function particular to FooBar, it should be done in the module itself with no qualification.
julia> module Foobar end
Main.Foobar
julia> @eval Foobar (*)(a::Symbol, b::Symbol) = Symbol(string(a,b))
* (generic function with 1 method)
I would agree that it’s ideal that qualified modules are exactly the origin module, but that’s necessary for reassigning global variables at the moment and it’s a pain when modules get nested. Seems good enough just specify one imported module without going down the whole import chain.
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wild Terra Online
The result was delete. czar 08:36, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
Wild Terra Online
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Non-notable game, fails WP:GNG. I could only find 2 reliably sourced articles in Siliconera and Igromania, respectively. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 04:55, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:02, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* Draftify, needs work. There are some coverage.. — The Magnificentist 13:16, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* Again, those are not significant, and not enough to base an article on. I am not even sure that most of those are reliable sources.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 19:53, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* A source isn't unreliable until proven. — The Magnificentist 20:01, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* Even assuming those are all totally 100% the most reliable on the planet, they are mainly 1 paragraph descriptions, so they aren't significant. The first one is merely a by the numbers patch note/press release with no further input on the part of the writer. The second, third and fourth, more press release type articles with no original thought.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 20:40, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* Not necessarily. "Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material." These sources address the topic directly and in detail, and they're not trivial mentions. One paragraph is considered significant enough. — The Magnificentist 20:55, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* According to WP:PROMO such blatantly promotional things as press releases sent out by the game devs do not make something notable even if it is on a secondary source. Said source has to actually state why the game is notable.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 21:11, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
* Zxcvcvbnm is correct that in their assertion that press releases, by definition, are not third party coverage, but rather, first party coverage, because they're written by the company themselves. Even if third party sources repost them, they're still entirely the work of a first party. It doesn't make the sources unusable, but it doesn't help in proving notability. These sources listed, not only do I doubt their reliability, but beyond that, they're mostly either exact reposts of press releases, or primarily press releases with a couple comments before/after the repost. Either situation doesn't really constitute significant coverage. If this is all the sourcing that is out there, I'd !vote for delete. Sergecross73 msg me 16:31, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
* Erm? I'm fairly certain a source is reliable until shown that it is. Can you show those sources all exhibit the quality controls we expect of a reliable source? (I have asked a question at WT:V regarding this since there does not appear to be an obvious answer in policy/guideline.) --Izno (talk) 13:38, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
* Well, regardless of default status, as soon as its been questioned in any capacity (as Zxcvbnm has done above) that WP:BURDEN would basically require TheMagnificentist to prove their assertion that it's reliable anyways. Sergecross73 msg me 16:31, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
* Though Sergecross is right, it is to be noted that there is a discussion of the burden issue at Wikipedia_talk:Verifiability. Regards, TransporterMan ( TALK ) 18:05, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Winged Blades Godric 15:12, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
* Delete as a non-notable video game failing to satisfy WP:GNG with multiple reliable independent in-depth sources, such as WP:VG/RS. The two non-primary sources, one MMORPG is just an announcement and Xsolla does not appear to be reliable and is not independent (it's an interview). Of the four sources above, all appear to be brief announcements, feature lists and basically PR. No content to do proper WP:WAF. — HELL KNOWZ ▎TALK 12:49, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jdcomix (talk) 15:10, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
* Delete - Weeks have passed from initial comment, and no better sources have been provided, and I'm not convinced the current ones are WP:RSs or provide significant coverage, so I think it fails the WP:GNG. Sergecross73 msg me 20:43, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
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Up from the Skies: The Polydor Years
Up From the Skies: The Polydor Years is a 1998 compilation album featuring the music of Ellen McIlwaine during her 1972–1973 recording years with Polydor Records. The first half of the album is made up of her debut solo album Honky Tonk Angel while the second half consists of her second album We the People.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Ellen McIlwaine except where noted.
* 1) "Toe Hold" (Isaac Hayes/David Porter) – 4:32
* 2) "Weird of Hermiston" (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown) – 5:06
* 3) "Up From the Skies" (Jimi Hendrix) – 3:52
* 4) "Losing You" – 2:22
* 5) "It's Growing" (Smokey Robinson/Warren Moore) – 3:05
* 6) Ode to Billy Joe (Bobbie Gentry) – 4:13
* 7) "Pinebo (My Story)" (Guy Warren) – 2:41
* 8) "Can't Find My Way Home" (Steve Winwood) – 3:39
* 9) "Wings of a Horse" – 4:01
* 10) "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (J.D. Miller) – 2:38
* 11) "Wade in the Water" – 4:55
* 12) "Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)" – 4:26
* 13) "All to You" – 3:05
* 14) "Sliding" – 2:52
* 15) "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune" (Jack Bruce/Pete Brown) – 2:25
* 16) "Farther Along" (Traditional) – 3:44
* 17) "I Don't Want to Play" – 3:20
* 18) "Underground River" – 3:54
* 19) "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die)" (Al Fields/Tom Delaney/Timmie Rogers) – 2:25
* 20) "Jimmy Jean" – 2:59
* 21) "We the People" – 3:23
* Tracks 1–11 were originally released as Honky Tonk Angel, March 1972, except for track 5, which is previously unreleased.
* Tracks 12–21 were originally released as We the People, January 1973. | WIKI |
Understand about the Latest Body Fat Reduction Treatments
Understand about the Latest Body Fat Reduction Treatments
If you’ve been struggling with stubborn fat in certain areas of your body, you’re not alone. Despite our best efforts with diet and exercise, it can be difficult to target specific areas of fat, and sometimes those last few pounds just won’t budge. Fortunately, there are a variety of non surgical facelift treatments available that can help you achieve your desired body shape and feel more confident in your appearance. In this blog, we’ll explore the latest fat reduction treatments and what you need to know before trying them out.
Suggestion for Body Fat Reduction Treatments
1. CoolSculpting
CoolSculpting is a non-invasive fat reduction treatment that uses controlled cooling to freeze and eliminate stubborn fat cells. The treatment is performed using a specialized device that is applied to the targeted area of the body, such as the abdomen, thighs, or arms.
During the procedure, the device delivers controlled cooling to the fat cells, causing them to crystallize and die off. The body then naturally eliminates the dead fat cells over time, resulting in a slimmer, more contoured appearance.
1. Liposuction
Liposuction is a surgical fat reduction treatment that involves the removal of fat cells from the body using a suction device. The procedure is typically performed under general anesthesia, and involves making small incisions in the skin through which a thin tube, or cannula, is inserted.
The cannula is used to break up and suction out the fat cells from the targeted area of the body, resulting in a slimmer, more contoured appearance. While liposuction can be an effective option for many patients, it carries a higher risk of complications than non-invasive treatments like CoolSculpting.
1. Mesotherapy
Mesotherapy is a non-surgical fat reduction treatment that involves the injection of a special cocktail of vitamins, minerals, and medications directly into the targeted area of the body. The injections are designed to break down and eliminate stubborn fat cells, while also promoting the production of collagen and elastin for smoother, more toned skin.
Mesotherapy is a safe and effective option for many patients, with few reported side effects. However, it’s important to note that the treatment is not a substitute for a healthy diet and exercise regimen, and results may vary depending on individual factors such as age, body type, and overall health.
1. Ultrasonic Cavitation
Ultrasonic cavitation is a non-invasive fat reduction treatment that uses low-frequency ultrasound waves to break down and eliminate stubborn fat cells. During the procedure, a specialized device is applied to the targeted area of the body, which emits ultrasonic waves that create bubbles in the fat cells. These bubbles eventually burst, causing the fat cells to break down and be eliminated by the body’s natural processes.
Ultrasonic cavitation is a safe and effective option for many patients, with few reported side effects. However, it’s important to note that the treatment is not a substitute for a healthy diet and exercise regimen, and results may vary depending on individual factors such as age, body type, and overall health.
1. Laser Lipolysis
Laser lipolysis is a minimally invasive fat reduction treatment that uses laser energy to break down and eliminate stubborn fat cells. The procedure is performed using a small cannula that is inserted into the targeted area of the body, and a laser fiber is used to deliver energy to the fat cells, causing them to break down and be eliminated by the body’s natural processes.
Laser lipolysis is a safe and effective option for many patients, with few reported side effects. The procedure typically involves less discomfort and a shorter recovery time than traditional liposuction. However, it’s important to note that the treatment is not a substitute for a healthy diet and exercise regimen, and results may vary depending on individual factors such as age, body type, and overall health.
Fat reduction treatments are a great option for those looking to target stubborn areas of fat and achieve a more toned, contoured appearance. While there are a variety of treatments available, it’s important to remember that they should be used in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle to achieve the best results.
Be sure to consult with a qualified healthcare professional to determine which fat reduction treatment is best for you, based on your individual goals and preferences. With the right treatment and dedication to a healthy lifestyle, you can say goodbye to stubborn fat and achieve the body shape you desire.
1. Radiofrequency Fat Reduction
Radiofrequency (RF) fat reduction is a non-invasive treatment that uses radiofrequency energy to heat and destroy stubborn fat cells. During the procedure, a specialized device is applied to the targeted area of the body, which delivers controlled RF energy deep into the skin to heat the fat cells.
However, as with other fat reduction treatments, it’s important to note that RF fat reduction should be used in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise regimen for best results.
1. Cryolipolysis
Cryolipolysis, also known as “fat freezing,” is a non-invasive fat reduction treatment that uses cold temperatures to freeze and destroy stubborn fat cells. During the procedure, a specialized device is applied to the targeted area of the body, which delivers controlled cooling to the fat cells.
This cooling causes the fat cells to crystallize and break down, eventually being eliminated by the body’s natural processes. Cryolipolysis is a safe and effective option for many patients, with minimal discomfort and no downtime.
Final Thoughts
In conclusion, fat reduction treatments are a great option for those looking to target stubborn areas of fat and achieve a more toned, contoured appearance. While there are a variety of treatments available, it’s important to remember that they should be used in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle to achieve the best results. Be sure to consult with a qualified healthcare professional to determine which fat reduction treatment is best for you, based on your individual goals and preferences. With the right non surgical facelift treatment and dedication to a healthy lifestyle, you can say goodbye to stubborn fat and achieve the body shape you desire.
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Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid
Nor Zamani binti Abdol Hamid (born c. 1962) is a Malaysian civil servant and educator who served as the 18th Director-General of Education from 22 June 2021 to 29 July 2022.
Education
She obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology, as well as a master's degree in education at University of Malaya.
Career
Zamani started her career as the Head of A-Level Department at Kolej Tunku Kurshiah in 1986. In her 35-year career at the Ministry of Education, she served various positions, including the Deputy Director-General of Education.
On 2 July 2021, the Ministry of Education announced that Zamani was appointed Director-General of Education on 22 June. She is the 3rd woman educator to hold the position, after Asiah Abu Samah and Habibah Abdul Rahim.
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* Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
* MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Knight Commander - PMW.svg Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2022) | WIKI |
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Effect of vibration on weld metal hardness and toughnessPučko, Bogdan (Avtor) Gliha, Vladimir (Avtor) weldingwelded jointsresidual stressesvibrational stress reliefhardnesstoughnesssteelVibration of welded parts is usually applied to achieve effects similar to thermal stress relief. With vibration, it is not only residual stresses that are affected. Using two different welding processes, the influence of vibration on hardness and toughness of the weld was measured. For each weldingprocess, two series of Charpy specimens were made over the temperature range from -60 to +20°C. The only difference between the two series was in performing welding with or without vibration. Slight differences in weld metalhardness were observed. Toughness measurements show an increase in impacttoughness and a significant increase in fracture toughness in samples which were vibrated during welding.20052012-06-01 09:41:10Neznano27037UDK: 621.791.05:620.178.3COBISS_ID: 9701654ISSN pri članku: 1362-1718NUK URN: URN:SI:UM:DK:SOD6DQGFsl | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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In addition he delivered the Second Inaugural Address. President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was carried out on March 4, 1865 during his second appearing as President of the United States. A point that was stated in his address was slavery. He reminded everyone how slavery was the main point of the Civil War and he felt and proposed it insulted GOD. Another point was about the war.
The speech Abraham Lincoln gave on March 4th, 1865, titled the ‘Second Inaugural Speech’, was mainly political theology, in which he sought to address the major issues in which he would face in his presidency. His voice was very strong and clear, and he used diction, a passive voice, and a very well mannered tone in order to achieve the full purpose of his speech to the ‘fellow countrymen’. He achieves this effect very well, while speaking to both the North and the South about binding up the nation’s wounds that have stricken them in the core. The diction that Lincoln chooses to use displays that he is very educated, and that he wished to establish that he was speaking to both divided parts of the country, the north and the south, and that he planned on bringing the two together in his words.
The Battle of Gettysburg occurred between July 1 and July 3 of 1863 in Gettysburg, PA. The battle only lasted for three days, but in that short period, there were more lives lost than during the entire Civil War. It is said that it was the turning point of the war and began the Union’s road to victory. The Union was led by Major General George Meade while the Confederates followed General Robert Lee. Around 50,000 soldiers from both sides lost their lives on that battlefield before the Confederate Army retreated.
When analyzing Abraham Lincoln’s early presidential speeches, his objective to preserve the Union becomes quite apparent. However, we must not overlook Lincoln’s devotion to equality as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. Examining the Address at Independence Hall and the Gettysburg Address reveals Lincoln’s dedication to upholding the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. In reading Lincoln’s early presidential speeches, many view Lincoln’s motivation for abolishing slavery solely as a measure imperative to preserving the Union. However, his intentions run deeper than war-time necessity in that he possesses a profound reverence for the Declaration of Independence and its ideals of equality, that, although not always explicitly
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is one of the most practical yet inspiring speeches in the history of the United States. As Morrison points out in his article, Lincoln’s refusal to encapsulate the somber tragedies of Gettysburg in his speech is an effective method that fairly portrays just how indescribable the gruesome events of Gettysburg were. Furthermore, Wills argues that Lincoln's subtle and simple words are powerful enough to describe the situation at Gettysburg as a proof of the winning ideology. Essentially, Lincoln calculates his words tactfully to express that the ideological fight of the war is more important than the wars military importance. But as Kaplan points out, Lincoln’s address also serves as a monologue of advice and unity for the public to swallow during a period of gruesome
In the speech “Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln uses repetition to make an emotional appeal to the audience. He underscore to the people to maintain the nation in freedom and to preserve the soldiers who died at the war to fought for independence. For instance, Lincoln said, “We are met on a great battle-field of that war.” and “...we can not dedicate--we can not consecrate--we can not hallow--this ground.” In his speech he repeated the words “we” and “we can not” multiple times.
Lincoln’s Last Days Part One: The Beginning of the End of the War (pages 1-58) 1. Explain why the Battle of Petersburg was a turning point in the war? I think the Battle of Petersburg was a turning point in the war because the Union started to get an advantage.
Although I very much admire President Lincoln and most of his ideals, I believe that Lincoln’s stance on the treatment of the South is far too lenient. First off, Lincoln never believed that the South had legally seceded from the union; thus, his plan for Reconstruction is based upon forgiveness rather than solely economic gain and the hopes of true reconciliation. Lincoln being elected as president was the last straw for secession for the southern states, and it can be proven that the sole reason he wishes to reunite the North and the South back into the Union is to gain support of the South. Additionally, Lincoln’s 10 percent plan, which would readmit 10% of voters from the election of 1860 in the union as well as guarantee the protection of private property to southerners, gained popularity among his
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address did not get any attention in his lifetime and it was long forgotten. The speech was about honoring fallen soldiers but it helped the people listening what the Civil War was about. That it wasn’t just some war, it was about freedom, equality and national unity. Abraham Lincoln demonstrated this by using Pathos, Ethos, and Logos in his speech. The speech might not have got much attention in Lincoln’s day but now Gettysburg Address is one of Lincoln's greatest speeches and one of the most famous speeches in U.S History.
Abraham Lincoln’s Establishment of Impartiality During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln served his presidency to the United States (U.S.) during one of the most decisive and divisive time periods in the nation’s history. Lincoln began his presidency shortly after the official formation of the Confederacy in the Southern states of the U.S. President Lincoln delivered his first Inaugural Address in 1861 to an already divided nation with the knowledge that the potential for a civil war was growing and that conflict was imminent. Taking the reins of a nation that was seemingly at irreconcilable odds, Lincoln served his first four-year term as president from 1861-1865; a time period that saw the violence of the American Civil War engulf and divide an entire nation. Near the end of the Civil War in 1865, Lincoln was elected for a second presidential term. It was during Lincoln’s second Inaugural Address in March of 1865 that he was tasked with again speaking before a divided | FINEWEB-EDU |
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Shane Malins is the creator and musician for "Amour Glamour." He plays all the instruments in his music which include guitar, bass, drums, omnichord, piano, synthesizer, and vocals. He is based in Los Angeles, California. Amour Glamour is an indie creation and a spuratic clash of feelings and musical inspirations. If Cher and David Bowie had a baby, it would sound nothing like his tunes. He has been in numerous bands and played several shows and festivals but decided to go solo. He grew up going to shows and it's the only thing he could ever see himself doing realistically. Some of his lovely inspirations include Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT, Jim Morrison of The Doors, and Bradley Nowell of Sublime. It is your mom's new favorite bedroom pop with a jazzy twist. | WIKI |
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Steph Adams' Steph Adams is an international bestselling Author with four published books, Art Director, Editor, Columnist and Business women who was born in Perth, Western Australia. After graduating from St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls in 1994, Adams travelled internationally working as an international Model. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Curtin University of Western Australia in Graphic Design, Marketing and Psychology.
Career Steph Adams is the Editor of LAQUA Magazine which she founded in 2017. In her career, Adams has contributed work as an Art Director to British Vogue, Net-a-Porter, Harpers Bazaar, Elle, Condé Nast Traveler, Gourmet Traveller, Belle, Donna Hay, Vogue Entertaining & Travel. and Marie Claire.
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What is HTTPS?
According to Instant SSL by Camodo, “Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is the secure version of HTTP, the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to.”
The ‘S’ at the end of HTTPS stands for ‘Secure’
It means that all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted. HTTPS is often used to protect highly confidential online transactions like online banking any online order forms.
Instant SSL by Comodo also shares, “When you request a HTTPS connection to a webpage, the website will initially send its SSL certificate to your browser. This certificate contains the public key needed to begin the secure session. Based on this initial exchange, your browser and the website then initiate the ‘SSL handshake’”
When your website is secure, it will show a lock icon on the top of the URL to indicate the security on your website and a portion of the web URL will turn green.
What Does This Mean for You?
Since July of 2018, Google Chrome launched the new version of Google Chrome. Google Chrome now marks all HTTP sites as “not secure.” ALWAYS check your Google Analytics to see if you are losing traffic or if there is any potential for your website to get hacked. Security for your website is VERY imperative to have if you want to avoid unwanted visitors to your website. To secure your website, you will need an SSL certification. If you need help with this, click HERE and we can assist you.
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Talk:More teenagers attracted to computer crime, say experts
Do we need the large red stop hand?
I'm not sure it adds anything to the article? JoshuaZ (talk) 22:16, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Where?
This article is missing Where (one of the Five Ws) and it is entirely unclear where these teenagers or even the experts are located. Given the digital divide it does not seem possible that these observations are universal. Please clarify. --SVTCobra 01:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
* US, UK, Canada, Spain, New Zealand...Should have added some details of recent exploits by teens. There is a recent story, but it was felt that the focus was more on Scientology. Thanks for pointing out the missing 'W' and the reviewer comment (above) on the piece being pretty basic.-- T harikrish Talk 05:03, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
* This is missing How. By how much is it increasing, who is measuring it, over what time period. There have been script kiddies for a long time, as far as i can tell this is nothing new. In addition, the first paragraph does not make grammatical sense, and the last paragraph (If you get caught you won't get a job) seems somewhat one sided considering how many of the caught crackers are hired as security consultants. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:18, 29 October 2008 (UTC) | WIKI |
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| September 1910-February 1911|
Hart, Schaffner, and Marx strike
Codification in 1911 improved standards within the labor workers standards. The emergence of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
The 1910 Chicago garment workers' strike, also known as the Hart, Schaffner and Marx (HSM) strike, was a labor strike established and led by women in which diverse workers in the garment industry showed their capability to unify ethnic boundaries in response to an industry infamous for low wages and poor conditions. The strike began on September 22, with sixteen women protesting the establishment of a bonus system that heavily favored particular workers and also mandated a cut in the piece rate of ¼ cent. The strike was initially supported by the United Garment Workers (UGW), however the UGW withdrew its support and the strike came to a halt when a deal was agreed upon between the labor leader Sidney Hillman and HSM in January 1911, with the radical strikers holding out until February 18. The strike was successful, as the Rate Committee mandated contracts that presented workers with improved wages and conditions.
1910 Chicago garment workers' strike Wikipedia
From 1880 to 1920, there had been a significant amount of labor strikes as the conditions, treatment, and wages of workers did not equal the amount of time and quality of work the average laborer dedicated. The rise of the garment industry in this time period was particular relevant to women, as by the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the garment industry was Chicago's third-largest employer and the single largest employer of women. The 1910 Chicago Garment Workers' Strike was preceded by similar garment labor strikes in different locations, such as the Uprising of the 20,000, and subsequent strikes in Cleveland and Philadelphia. Fair treatment was desired by women as they did an equal amount of work compared to men, yet men oftentimes received a higher pay rate and/or concealed benefits.
The strike began on September 22, 1910, when sixteen women protested the Hart, Schaffner, Marx firm due to a biased bonus system and a cut in the piece rate. The strike grew rapidly and tremendously by the end of the first week as 2,000 women had joined the effort. The peak of the strikers came when the strike was sanctioned by the UGW with 41,000 workers walking off the job. Even though, the UGW supported the strikers, its support was not sufficient as the UGW did not call a general strike but relied upon the workers that did not have contracts and the HSM was able to counter the strikers by providing work to non-union subcontractors. This resulted in the strike losing an edge on the HSM and subsequently the strike began to decline. The UGW backed out of support in December 1910 as the Chicago Federation of Labor and the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) encouraged that the strikers reach a deal. A deal was reached when the labor leader Sidney Hillman collaborated with the HSM firm. After a bitter, four-month strike, Hillman was instrumental in convincing the HSM to accept most worker demands, including recognition of newly formed Local 39 of the UGW, and an agreement to settle some future disputes by arbitration.
The strike was successful as women and workers received important support and attention that led to a re-codification of rules that were part of the deal. This deal also led to other codifications in 1913 and 1916. Also, the strike marked the start of what became the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and began the career of Sidney Hillman as a labor leader.
The strike claimed five lives. The first was striker Charles Lazinskas, killed by a private detective on December 3, and Frank Nagreckis was shot and killed while picketing on the 15th. Then between December 24 and January 3, eighteen-year-old non-union worker John Donnelly was shot to death by three unknown men, bystander Ferninand Weiss was shot and killed by a private detective, and a company guard named Fred Reinhart was killed by strikers in an ambush. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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José "Pepín" Bello Lasierra (13 May 1904 – 11 January 2008) was a Spanish intellectual and writer.
Bello, born in Huesca, Aragon, was the son of engineer Severino Poëysuan Bello. His parents were friends of such Spanish intellectuals as Joaquin Costa, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and Francisco Giner de los Rios. At the age of eleven, he participated in the Madrid artist promotion "Residencia de Estudiantes de Madrid" where he met Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel, Federico García Lorca, and Rafael Alberti.
Bello, who studied medicine, was a profound influence on his creative contemporaries. Even though some of his paintings, which he called "Artists Without Deeds", were published, he was known mainly as the organizer of art events. He also managed a hydropower plant in the province of Huesca, operated a tannery in Burgos, and owned a drive-in theatre in Madrid. None of these business ventures, however, were ultimately successful.
Bello died in his sleep in Madrid at the age of 103. He was regarded as the last survivor of the "Generation of '27" and the only member to survive into the 21st Century, but Francisco Ayala, who died in 2009, later came to be regarded as the last surviving member of the generation. | WIKI |
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Rh The British treaty once concluded, other powers followed suit. To some of them the nature of the terms mattered little; for the preponderance of British commercial and residential interests has always been so great in Japan as almost to make it a case of "Eclipse first, and the rest nowhere." The United States—the only power which might have been expected to stand out for better terms—was precluded from so doing, partly by her traditional policy of exceptional condescension towards Japan, partly, as it would seem, by the fact of her government, like that of Great Britain, having failed to appreciate in all its practical details, the position which affairs would assume when the old order should have been abrogated and the new set up in its stead. Meanwhile the China war of 1894-5 took place, Japan's marvellous successes in which made resistance to any of her demands increasingly difficult. The German and French negotiators, however, kept their heads; and under the most favoured nation clause, resident Britishers and Americans by a stroke of good luck, nowise thanks to the good management of their rulers—have come to share in certain ameliorations stipulated for by other powers:—their doctors, for instance, may practise, and their newspapers may continue to exist, though subject now to the Japanese censure, no longer independent as of old.
Such is the story of Japanese treaty revision, so far as it is publicly known. But we have access to no private sources of information, and we are (but for that we thank God) no politician. Diplomacy is not a game of chance. It is a game of skill, like chess, at which the better player always wins. The Japanese negotiators, who, to be sure, had more at stake than their opponents, entirely overmatched them in brains. By playing a waiting game, by letting loose Japanese public opinion when convenient, and then representing it as a much more potent factor than it actually is, by skilful management of the press, by adroitly causing the chief seat of the negotiations to be shifted from Tōkyō, where some of the local diplomats possessed an adequate knowledge of the subject, to the European chanceries which | WIKI |
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NLRP1-dependent pyroptosis leads to acute lung injury and morbidity in mice
Kovarova, M;Hesker, PR;Jania, L;Nguyen, M;Snouwaert, JN;Xiang, Z;Lommatzsch, SE;Huang, MT;Ting, JP;Koller, BH;
Acute inflammation in response to both exogenous and endogenous danger signals can lead to the assembly of cytoplasmic inflammasomes that stimulate the activation of caspase-1. Subsequently, caspase-1 facilitates the maturation and release of cytokines and also, under some circumstances, the induction of cell death by pyroptosis. Using a mouse line lacking expression of NLRP1, we show that assembly of this inflammasome in cells is triggered by a toxin from anthrax and that it initiates caspase-1 activation and release of IL-1. Furthermore, NLRP1 inflammasome activation also leads to cell death, which escalates over 3 d following exposure to the toxin and culminates in acute lung injury and death of the mice. We show that these events are not dependent on production of IL-1 by the inflammasome but are dependent on caspase-1 expression. In contrast, muramyl dipeptide-mediated inflammasome formation is not dependent on NLRP1 but NLRP3. Taken together, our findings show that assembly of the NLRP1 inflammasome is sufficient to initiate pyroptosis, which subsequently leads to a self-amplifying cascade of cell injury within the lung from which the lung cannot recover, eventually resulting in catastrophic consequences for the organism. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Infineon BGA735L16
Description
The BGA735L16 is a highly flexible, high linearity tri-band (2100, 1900/1800/2100, 800/900 MHz) low noise amplifier MMIC for worldwide use. Based on Infineon’s proprietary and cost-effective SiGe:C technology, the BGA735L16 uses an advanced biasing concept in order to achieve high linearity. The device features dynamic gain control, temperature stabilization, standby mode, and 2 kV ESD protection on- chip as well as matching off chip. Because the matching is off chip, different UMTS bands can be easily applied. For example, the 1900 MHz path can be converted into a 2100 MHz path and vice versa by optimizing the input and output matching network.
Features
1. Gain: 16 (17) / -7.5 dB in high / low gain mode (all bands)
2. Noise figure: 1.1 / 1.1 / 1.1 dB in high gain mode (800 MHz / 1900 MHz / 2100 MHz)
3. Supply current: 3.4 (4.0) / 0.65 mA in high / low gain mode (all bands)
4. Standby mode (< 2 μA typ.)
5. Output internally matched to 50 Ω
6. Inputs pre-matched to 50 Ω
7. 2kV HBM ESD protection
8. Low external component count
9. Small leadless TSLP-16-1 package (2.3 x 2.3 x 0.39 mm)
10. Pb-free (RoHS compliant) package
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10 Replies Latest reply: Apr 15, 2013 2:06 PM by 811419 RSS
Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
811419
Hello,
Can anyone offer examples of using large SELECT XmlElement/XmlAgg/XmlForest/XmlConcat queries in heavy-use applications? We have an application that generates complex XML messages with hundreds of elements, using data from 60+ tables, but we're not convinced that Oracle provides a robust engine for this kind of application, even if I break it down into smaller pieces using XMLTYPE temporary variables.
[We're using Oracle 10.2.0.5 Patch 20 x64.]
If anyone thinks otherwise, I would be eager to hear your reasoning or experience.
Thanks.
Update: I heard from one of the authors of the white paper at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database-features/xmldb/icde2005-industrial-strength-sqlxml-129281.pdf; Anand Manikutty was kind enough to respond to my inquiry:
"... SQL/XML is an extremely robust technology which has been deployed by a large number of customers. To add to what Vikas Arora et al.'s paper states, this technology makes Oracle a truly industrial strength technology for XML processing. It is flexible, reliable and high performant. I have personally used it myself in developing web-based applications, and it worked extremely well in the admittedly limited context that I used it under."
Edited by: Kit.net on Apr 10, 2013 12:45 PM
• 1. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
odie_63
Hi,
Kit.net wrote:
but we're not convinced that Oracle provides a robust engine for this kind of application
Can you first share your experience on the subject ? Right now, I don't see any facts.
Are you having difficulties with building the queries?
Are you looking for performance, maintainability, both?
Can anyone offer examples of using large SELECT XmlElement/XmlAgg/XmlForest/XmlConcat queries in use?
Why do you need specific examples?
SQL/XML functions can be used to build any structure you require, with no additional layer to manipulate the data.
Would you prefer using a tedious DOM approach, building the document element by element, row by row ?
XSLT may be another option. SQL/XML functions would be only used to generate a "raw" XML doc with the necessary data, then the stylesheet would take care of building the final document.
Again, share your use case.
• 2. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
811419
We have a series of web services that return XML documents from data stored in Oracle. I implemented one with a big SELECT XmlElement(...), but we started seeing core dumps, so we have an SR (service request) open with support.oracle.com. I found SQL/XML the most elegant (fewest lines of code, easy to read and maintain) and efficient (100x faster) way to develop, as you point out, but the response we're getting from Oracle is underwhelming.
I'm trying to decide whether it's worth trying to pursue, or give up and generate the XML using client code. If there are other industrial-strength applications using SQL/XML, that might be worth knowing at this point.
• 3. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
odie_63
Kit.net wrote:
If there are other industrial-strength applications using SQL/XML, that might be worth knowing at this point.
How much data are you dealing with ? Gigabyte(s)?
I experienced some issues too with aggregation context close to a few hundreds of MBs.
• 4. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
975554
I am using SQL/XML to generate XML and I find it easy to create and maintain the code. I have tried client tools such as Altova but it was very!!!!! slow when I was creating XML for a large dataset. I am creating XML into a CLOB and then using dbms_xlsprocessor to create the OS file. In terms of how big the OS file can be I am finding out that the limit is somewhere around 700mb. I also have been working with Oracle on a SR for over 4 months concerning a memory error when the size of the XML it too big. Oracle created Bug 16219864 for it. For by latest issue see: "xmlagg is executing slow on unicode database " in Oracle Discussion Forums/ XML /General XML.
• 5. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
811419
The maximum possible size of data was 2,476,831 bytes (selecting 25 records at a time); but the core dumps recurred after stepping to a single record.
Once the database is in a state where it will core dump, it seems to core dump repeatedly on certain sets of data, but this is mysterious to me, because it runs through all the data multiple times without a problem before it gets into this state.
• 6. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
odie_63
The maximum possible size of data was 2,476,831 bytes (selecting 25 records at a time); but the core dumps recurred after stepping to a single record.
This is strange indeed. You're far from the limit I observed, 2MB is still a small amount of data.
I'm curious to know what Oracle Support has to say.
Another issue I used to have (and producing a core dump) occurred when using an ORDER BY clause in a SELECT supposed to return a single row and column (via XMLAgg).
Pretty innocuous at first sight but that query crashed the instance all the time, regardless of the volumetry. Removing the unnecessary ORDER BY clause solved the problem. Version was 10.2.0.5 back then.
• 7. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
811419
I appreciate the helpful replies.
I have 9 calls to XmlAgg() that use ORDER BY.
• 8. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
975554
What version of the database are you on? I am on 11.2.0.3.
I too have XML queries having large number of xmlagg functions (the most is 30). My problem is not size(as long as I keep the OS file below 700mb) it is speed on a unicode database. I also have used views to limit the number of joins and the size of the where clause which makes the XML query much easier to read.
• 9. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
811419
Hi, thanks for your posts.
We're on Oracle 10.2.0.5 Patch 20 x64.
• 10. Re: Examples of large SELECT XmlElement - is Oracle support robust?
811419
Oracle continues to stand behind their SQL/XML technology, but I did not hear from many who are actually using it for large projects. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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DDC-2543: EntityManager#getReference returns NULL on JOINED inheritance. #3268
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doctrinebot opened this Issue Jul 3, 2013 · 7 comments
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Jira issue originally created by user naroga:
The following line returns null, when it shouldn't:
$em->getReference('app:PessoaJuridica', 3);
PessoaJurica inherits from Pessoa. Here goes the mapping.
/****
* Pessoa
*
* @Table(name="pessoa")
* @Entity(repositoryClass="Sicneo\Database\Repository\Pessoa")
* @InheritanceType("JOINED")
* @DiscriminatorColumn(name="tipo", type="string")
* @DiscriminatorMap({
* "Física" = "PessoaFisica",
* "Jurídica" = "PessoaJuridica",
* "Internacional" = "PessoaInternacional"
* })
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2012 Funarbe Inc. (http://www.funarbe.org.br)
*/
class Pessoa
{
...
}
/****
* PessoaJuridica
*
* @Table(name="pessoajuridica")
* @Entity(repositoryClass="Sicneo\Database\Repository\PessoaJuridica")
*
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2012 Funarbe Inc. (http://www.funarbe.org.br)
*/
class PessoaJuridica extends Pessoa
{
...
}
The thing is: both 'Pessoa' and 'PessoaJuridica' with ID=3 exist on the database. Pessoa.tipo = "Jurídica". Everything seems to be correctly set up, but getReference keeps returning null.
These are my tables:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pessoa;
|| id || nome || tipo || ativo || dtregistro ||
| 1 | Bruno | Física | 1 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 |
| 2 | Gestor teste | Jurídica | 1 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 |
| 3 | Coordenador teste | Jurídica | 1 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 |
| 4 | Pessoa Internacional | Internacional | 1 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 |
| 5 | Empresa | Jurídica | 1 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 |
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT id, cnpj FROM pessoajuridica;
|| id || cnpj ||
| 3 | 33153182000190 |
| 5 | 88302137000141 |
| 2 | 99276220000100 |
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
More info:
$em->getRepository("app:Pessoa")->find(3); //returns a PessoaJuridica entity, as it should.
and
$em->getRepository("app:PessoaJuridica")->find(3); // returns null. No idea why.
@doctrinebot
Comment created by @ocramius:
Did you validate your mappings first? Also, is PessoaJuridica a leaf of your inheritance?
@doctrinebot
Comment created by naroga:
Symfony's profiler tells me there are no invalid mappings. Also, as you can see from the entities above, PessoaJuridica inherits from Pessoa and is defined on the DiscriminatorMap. It is a leaf. Everything seems to be consistent, but I keep getting null when trying to fetch the entity (from ->find(3)) or its proxies (from ->getRereference).
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Comment created by @ocramius:
[~naroga] what about the logged SQL ? Any queries being run?
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Comment created by naroga:
My logging is disabled. I'm not really running the project with symfony, I'm running with Zend Framework 1. I only imported the mappings to a symfony project and called an entity on the controller so I could have my mappings validated. The error occurs on a real life scenario, on ZF1. I have no SQL loggers there.
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Comment created by @ocramius:
[~naroga] can you attach an EchoSQLLogger to your connection and see if the query is going through and if it's then a problem in SQL or in the UnitOfWork?
https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/blob/master/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Logging/EchoSQLLogger.php
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Comment created by naroga:
There was no bug. After much debugging, I figured out the problem. Something was messing with the tables, causing the issue.
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CONFEDERACIÓN DE ASOCIACIONES AGRÍCOLAS DEL ESTADO DE SINALOA, A.C., Consejo Agrícola de Baja California, A.C., Asociación Mexicana de Horticultura Protegida, A.C., Asociación de Productores de Hortalizas del Yaqui y Mayo, and Sistema Producto Tomate, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and The Florida Tomato Exchange, Defendant-Intervenor.
Slip Op. 19-69 Court No. 19-00059
United States Court of International Trade.
Dated: June 6, 2019
Neil H. Koslowe, Thomas B. Wilner, and Lisa Rainer, Shearman & Sterling LLP, of Washington, D.C., argued for Plaintiffs Confederación de Asociaciones Agrícolas del Estado de Sinaloa, A.C., Consejo Agrícola de Baja California, A.C., Asociación Mexicana de Horticultura Protegida, A.C., Asociación de Productores de Hortalizas del Yaqui y Mayo, and Sistema Producto Tomate. With them on the brief was Robert S. LaRussa.
Elizabeth A. Speck and Joshua E. Kurland, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, of New York, N.Y., argued for Defendant United States. With them on the brief was Joseph H. Hunt, Assistant Attorney General. Of counsel was James H. Ahrens, II, Office of Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Jonathan M. Zielinski, Cassidy Levy Kent (USA) LLP, of Washington, D.C., argued for The Florida Tomato Exchange. With him on the brief were Robert C. Cassidy, Jr., Charles S. Levy, and James R. Cannon, Jr.
Choe-Groves, Judge:
Plaintiffs Confederación de Asociaciones Agrícolas del Estado de Sinaloa, A.C. ("CAADES"), Consejo Agrícola de Baja California, A.C. ("CABC"), Asociación Mexicana de Horticultura Protegida, A.C. ("AMHPAC"), Asociación de Productores de Hortalizas del Yaqui y Mayo ("APHYM"), and Sistema Producto Tomate ("SPT") (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), brought this action on May 9, 2019, related to the Department of Commerce's ("Commerce") withdrawal from a suspension agreement and subsequent continuation of an antidumping duty investigation. Summons, May 9, 2019, ECF No. 1; Compl., May 9, 2019, ECF No. 2. For the reasons that follow, Plaintiffs' motion for a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") and Preliminary Injunction ("PI") is denied.
BACKGROUND
Commerce initiated an antidumping duty investigation on April 18, 1996 into fresh tomatoes from Mexico to determine whether imports of fresh tomatoes were, or were likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value ("LTFV"). Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, 61 Fed. Reg. 18,377 (Dep't Commerce Apr. 25, 1996). The U.S. International Trade Commission completed an investigation and issued an affirmative preliminary injury determination on May 16, 1996. Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, USITC Pub. 2967, Inv. No. 731-TA-747 (May 1996) (Preliminary), available at https://www.usitc.gov/publications/701_731/PUB2967.pdf (last visited Jun. 6, 2019). Commerce issued an affirmative preliminary determination on October 28, 1996, finding that imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico were being sold at LTFV in the United States. Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination: Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico, 61 Fed. Reg. 56,608 (Dep't Commerce Nov. 1, 1996) ("Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico Preliminary Determination").
On the same day, Commerce signed an agreement with producers, who accounted for substantially all imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, and suspended the antidumping duty investigation. See Suspension of Antidumping Investigation: Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, 61 Fed. Reg. 56,618 (Dep't Commerce Nov. 1, 1996).
Over the next twenty-three years, Commerce and producers of fresh tomatoes from Mexico entered into a series of agreements that suspended the 1996 antidumping duty investigation. See Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico: Termination of Suspension Agreement, Rescission of Administrative Review, and Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Investigation, 84 Fed. Reg. 20,858 (Dep't Commerce May 13, 2019) ("Termination of Suspension Agreement, Rescission of Administrative Review, and Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Investigation"). The most recent of these agreements entered into force on March 4, 2013. Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico: Suspension of Antidumping Investigation, 78 Fed. Reg. 14,967 (Dep't Commerce Mar. 8, 2013) ("2013 Suspension Agreement").
The 2013 Suspension Agreement provided that any party may withdraw from the Agreement upon 90 days' written notice. 2013 Suspension Agreement at 14,971. Commerce provided written notice of its intent to withdraw from the 2013 Suspension Agreement on February 6, 2019. Letter from P. Lee Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy & Negotiations, Enforcement & Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce to Signatories to the 2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico (Feb. 6, 2019), Attachment A, May 14, 2019, ECF No. 22-1.
Commerce provided notice of its intent to continue the suspended antidumping duty investigation on May 7, 2019, which was published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2019. Termination of Suspension Agreement, Rescission of Administrative Review, and Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Investigation, 84 Fed. Reg. 20,858 (Dep't Commerce May 13, 2019).
Plaintiffs brought the present action and moved for a TRO and PI on May 9, 2019. Summons, May 9, 2019, ECF No. 1; Compl., May 9, 2019, ECF No. 2; Pls.' Mot. for TRO and PI Against Defendant, May 9, 2019, ECF No. 8. Plaintiffs' TRO and PI motion seeks to enjoin Commerce from (1) "ordering a suspension of the liquidation of entries of fresh tomatoes from Mexico," (2) "resuming its antidumping investigation into those tomatoes," and (3) "instructing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to require a cash deposit or bond for each entry of those tomatoes, pending the Court's disposition of this civil action." Pls.' Mot. for TRO and PI Against Defendant, May 9, 2019, ECF No. 8; Pls.' Mem. in Support of Mot. for TRO and PI, May 9, 2019, ECF No. 9 ("Pls.' Mem."). The court expedited briefing on the TRO and PI motion and requested supplemental briefing on subject-matter jurisdiction on May 10, 2019. Order, May 10, 2019, ECF No. 13.
The Florida Tomato Exchange ("FTE") moved to intervene on May 10, 2019. Partial Consent Mot. to Intervene as a Matter of Right, May 10, 2019, ECF No. 14. The court permitted FTE to intervene as a Defendant-Intervenor under USCIT Rule 24(b). Order, May 10, 2019, ECF No. 18.
Defendant and FTE responded on May 14, 2019. Def.'s Resp. to Pls.' Mot. for TRO and PI, May 14, 2019, ECF No. 22 ("Def.'s Resp."); Resp. of the FTE to Pls.' Mot. for a TRO and PI, May 14, 2019, ECF No. 21 ("FTE's Resp."). Plaintiffs replied on May 15, 2019. Pls.' Mem. in Reply to Def.'s and Intervenor's Opp'ns to Pls.' Mot. for TRO and PI, May 15, 2019, ECF
No. 23 ("Pls.' Reply"). Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint on May 15, 2019. Am. Compl., May 15, 2019, ECF No. 24 ("Am. Compl.").
The court held a TRO and PI Hearing on May 16, 2019. Hearing, May 16, 2019, ECF No. 25. Plaintiffs, Defendant, and Defendant-Intervenor provided supplemental briefing and exhibits on May 17, 2019. Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 29; Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27; Def.'s Suppl. Br., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 28 ("Def.'s Suppl. Br."); Suppl. Br. FTE, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 26. Defendant moved to strike Plaintiffs' post-hearing briefs and Plaintiffs' supplement exhibit numbers 8 through 14 on May 20, 2019. Def.'s Mot. to Strike Portions of Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem., or Alternatively for Leave to File a Sur-Reply to Pls.' Mem., May 20, 2019, ECF No. 30. The court denied Defendant's motion to strike. Order, May 20, 2019, ECF No. 31. Plaintiffs filed a supplemental memorandum on May 28, 2019. Pls.' Emergency Supplemental Memorandum, May 28, 2019, ECF No. 33 ("Pls.' Suppl. Mem."). Defendant responded. Def.'s Resp. to Pls.' Emergency Suppl. Mem., May 29, 2019, ECF No. 34 ("Def.'s Suppl. Mem. Resp."). Plaintiffs replied. Pls.' Reply to Def.'s Resp. to Pls.' Emergency Suppl. Mem., May 30, 2019, ECF No. 35.
DISCUSSION
I. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
The U.S. Court of International Trade, like all federal courts, is one of limited jurisdiction and is "presumed to be 'without jurisdiction' unless 'the contrary appears affirmatively from the record.' " DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. United States, 442 F.3d 1313, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting King Iron Bridge & Mfg. Co. v. Otoe Cty., 120 U.S. 225, 226, 7 S.Ct. 552, 30 L.Ed. 623 (1887) ). The Court is empowered to hear civil actions brought against the United States pursuant to the specific grants of jurisdiction enumerated under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1581(a) - (i) (2012). The party invoking jurisdiction must allege sufficient facts to establish the court's jurisdiction, id. (citing McNutt v. Gen. Motors Acceptance Corp. of Ind., 298 U.S. 178, 189, 56 S.Ct. 780, 80 L.Ed. 1135 (1936) ), and therefore bears the burden of establishing it. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377, 114 S.Ct. 1673, 128 L.Ed.2d 391 (1994).
Plaintiffs plead jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1581(i)(2) and (4). Am. Compl. ¶ 2. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i), the Court has exclusive jurisdiction over:
any civil action commenced against the United States, its agencies, or its officers, that arises out of any law of the United States providing for- ...
(2) tariffs, duties, fees or other taxes on the importation of merchandise for reasons other than the raising of revenue; ... [and]
(4) administration and enforcement with respect to the matters referred to in paragraphs (1)-(3) of this subsection and subsections (a)-(h) of this section.
28 U.S.C. § 1581(i). The court's residual jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i) may not be invoked when jurisdiction under another subsection of § 1581 is or could have been available, unless the remedy provided under that other subsection would be manifestly inadequate. Ford Motor Co. v. United States, 688 F.3d 1319, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2012).
When determining jurisdiction, the court looks to the true nature of the action. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. United States, 544 F.3d 1289, 1293 (Fed. Cir. 2008). The true nature of an action depends on the facts asserted in the pleadings.
Hutchison Quality Furniture, Inc. v. United States, 827 F.3d 1355, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2016). To determine the true nature of an action, the court identifies the particular agency action that is the source of the alleged harm, which in turn identifies the subsection of 28 U.S.C. § 1581 that provides the appropriate vehicle for judicial review. Id.
Plaintiffs do not explicitly identify a subsection of 28 U.S.C. § 1581 that would form the predicate for 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i) jurisdiction, so the court examines the facts and claims alleged by the Plaintiffs. See Pls.' Reply 11.
The Amended Complaint's factual statement begins with the 1996 investigation into Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico. See Am. Compl. ¶ 6 (citing Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, 61 Fed. Reg. 18,377 (Dep't Commerce Apr. 25, 1996) ). Plaintiffs' factual statement then addresses the 2013 Suspension Agreement and Commerce's withdrawal from the 2013 Suspension Agreement. Id. at ¶¶ 7-17. Plaintiffs allege that Commerce is not authorized by 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i) and the statute's implementing regulations to (1) "order[ ] a suspension of the liquidation of unliquidated entries of fresh tomatoes from Mexico," (2) "resum[e] the antidumping duty investigation into fresh tomatoes from Mexico that [Commerce] initiated in 1996 'as if' it were based on a preliminary determination made on May 7, 2019," and (3) "instruct[ ] the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ... to require a cash deposit or bond for each entry of fresh tomatoes from Mexico," and that Commerce's actions are "void ab initio. " See Am. Compl. at ¶ 16; Pls.' Reply 11; see also TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 2:42:53-2:43:22, 3:01:02-3:02:30. Defendant counters that Commerce's actions are permitted by the statutes governing an antidumping investigation, and Plaintiffs may challenge Commerce's actions following the final determination pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c). Def.'s Resp. 10, 17; see also TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 3:05:20; FTE's Resp. 7-13.
The court concludes that the facts and allegations in Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint indicate that the particular agency action at issue is Commerce's withdrawal from the 2013 Suspension Agreement. For the purpose of assessing jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i), the court determines that the true nature of Plaintiffs' action pertains to administration and enforcement of a matter described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c).
A. Availability of 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c)
The court considers whether jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) is or could be available in the present action. See Ford, 688 F.3d at 1323. Plaintiffs argue that jurisdiction under section 1581(c) is not available. See TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 17:30-19:10; Pls.' Reply 12 ("Given the true nature of CAADES' lawsuit, the only statute that confers jurisdiction on this Court is 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i)."); see also Am. Compl. ¶¶ 1-2 (asserting jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i) without elaboration). Defendant counters that jurisdiction under section 1581(c) is not yet available and that jurisdiction will be available to Plaintiffs' challenges "when Commerce completes its resumed investigation." Def.'s Resp. 7. Defendant-Intervenor argues that Plaintiffs do not show that jurisdiction under 19 U.S.C. § 1581(c) is either unavailable or inadequate. See FTE Resp. 7-9.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c), the U.S. Court of International Trade has exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action commenced under 19 U.S.C. § 1516a. See 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c). In the context of a suspension agreement, 19 U.S.C. § 1516a identifies three determinations subject to judicial review: (1) the determination to suspend an antidumping duty investigation, (2) the final determination of a continued investigation, and (3) an injurious effect determination. 19 U.S.C. §§ 1516a(a)(2)(B)(iv) & (v). The determination to withdraw from a suspension agreement is not specifically provided for in 19 U.S.C. § 1516a. See 19 U.S.C. § 1516a.
The court concludes that jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) is unavailable in the context of Plaintiffs' present action arising out of the 2013 Suspension Agreement because (i) Plaintiffs challenge the legality of specific Commerce instructions following the withdrawal from a suspension agreement, (ii) 19 U.S.C. § 1516a does not identify Commerce's decision to withdraw from a suspension agreement as reviewable, and (iii) Plaintiffs do not directly challenge an identified determination reviewable under 19 U.S.C. § 1516a.
B. Jurisdiction Under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i)
Plaintiffs' complaint challenges (1) the "suspension of the liquidation of unliquidated entries of fresh tomatoes from Mexico," (2) the "resum[ption of] the antidumping duty investigation into fresh tomatoes from Mexico that [Commerce] initiated in 1996 'as if' it were based on a preliminary determination made on May 7, 2019," and (3) Commerce's "instruct[ions to] the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ... to require a cash deposit or bond for each entry of fresh tomatoes from Mexico." Am. Compl. ¶ 1. The court determines that Plaintiffs' first and third challenged actions (the suspension of liquidation and the instructions requiring a cash deposit or bond) arise out of a duty on the importation of merchandise for a reason other than the raising of revenue, i.e. , the continued antidumping investigation. See Termination of Suspension Agreement, Rescission of Administrative Review, and Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Investigation at 20,860. The court determines that all three challenged actions pertain to the administration and enforcement of a matter referred to in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c), i.e. , actions leading to a final determination from a continued investigation. See 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(a)(2)(B)(iv). The court concludes that subject-matter jurisdiction exists over this action under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i).
II. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
Because the court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i) and in light of Plaintiffs' motion for emergency injunctive relief in this action, the court exercises its discretion to waive the exhaustion of administrative remedies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2637. See 28 U.S.C. § 2637(d).
III. Plaintiffs' Motion for TRO and PI
USCIT Rule 65 allows for a court to grant injunctive relief in an action. USCIT R. 65 ; 28 U.S.C. § 2643. The court considers four factors when evaluating whether to grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction: (1) whether the party will incur irreparable harm in the absence of such injunction; (2) whether the party is likely to succeed on the merits of the action; (3) whether the balance of hardships favors the imposition of the injunction; and (4) whether the injunction is in the public interest. See Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20, 129 S.Ct. 365, 172 L.Ed.2d 249 (2008) ; see also Wind Tower Trade Coal. v. United States, 741 F.3d 89, 95 (Fed. Cir. 2014). No one factor is necessarily dispositive because the weakness regarding one factor may be overborne by the strength of the others. Belgium v. United States, 452 F.3d 1289, 1292-93 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting FMC Corp. v. United States, 3 F.3d 424, 427 (Fed. Cir. 1993) ).
A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits
Plaintiffs contend that pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i) and the statute's implementing regulations, Commerce may not (1) suspend liquidation on entries of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, (2) resume the antidumping duty investigation "as if" the preliminary determination had been made on May 7, 2019, and (3) require cash deposits or bonds. See Am. Compl. ¶¶ 1, 16; Pls.' Reply 1, 23; see also TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 2:42:53-2:43:22, 3:01:02-3:02:30. In order to succeed on the merits, Plaintiffs must establish that: (1) Commerce took these actions pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i), (2) Commerce's actions were not taken under the authority of 19 U.S.C. § 1673b (preliminary determinations) and 19 U.S.C. § 1673d (final determinations), and (3) that Commerce's actions were not permitted pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i). See Pls.' Mem. 1.
First, Plaintiffs are unlikely to be able to establish that Commerce's instructions were issued under the authority of 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i), which is a provision relating to violations of a suspension agreement. Plaintiffs assert that the Government must have issued its instructions pursuant to the violation provisions in 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i), despite the Government's denial of this assertion. Defendant states that Commerce withdrew from the 2013 Suspension Agreement pursuant to Section VI.B of the 2013 Suspension Agreement. Def.'s Suppl. Br. 4; see also Termination of Suspension Agreement, Rescission of Administrative Review, and Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Investigation at 20,861. Plaintiffs do not contest that Commerce may withdraw from the 2013 Suspension Agreement pursuant to Section VI.B of the 2013 Suspension Agreement, but assert that 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i) must be the apparent basis for Commerce's actions because: (1) Commerce cited Section 734(i)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, which is codified as 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i)(1)(B), "for guidance" and Commerce states that its actions are "[c]onsistent with Section 734(i)(1)(B)," and (2) Plaintiffs argue that the Government "pretend[ed]" to have made a preliminary determination as of May 7, 2019, when Commerce withdrew from the 2013 suspension agreement. See Termination of Suspension Agreement, Rescission of Administrative Review, and Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Investigation at 20,861 ; Pls.' Suppl. Mem. 2-5.
It is unlikely that Plaintiffs will succeed on the merits in this action. The court finds that the stated basis for Commerce's withdrawal from the 2013 Suspension Agreement is the voluntary withdrawal provision with 90 days' notice, and that Commerce did not withdraw from the 2013 Suspension Agreement due to a perceived violation of the 2013 Suspension Agreement.
The court also finds that a preliminary determination was made in 1996 when Commerce issued an affirmative preliminary determination decision pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673b, finding that imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico were being sold at LTFV in the United States. Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico Preliminary Determination at 56,608. Because Commerce did not cite 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i) as the authority for its actions and Commerce's actions could be based on an affirmative preliminary determination issued pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673b, the court concludes that Plaintiffs are unlikely to be able to prove the first necessary finding, that Commerce took these actions pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i).
Second, Plaintiffs are unlikely to be able to establish that Commerce's actions were not taken under the authority of 19 U.S.C. § 1673b (preliminary determinations) and 19 U.S.C. § 1673d (final determinations). See 19 U.S.C. §§ 1673b, 1673d. The court has already addressed that an affirmative preliminary determination was noticed pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673b in 1996. See Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico Preliminary Determination at 56,608. Regarding Plaintiffs' challenge to Commerce's suspension of liquidation on entries of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, the court notes that following an affirmative preliminary determination from both the ITC and Commerce, 19 U.S.C. § 1673b requires Commerce to "order the suspension of liquidation of all entries of merchandise subject to the determination." 19 U.S.C. § 1673b(d)(2). Plaintiffs challenge Commerce's resumption of the antidumping duty investigation "as if" the preliminary determination had been made on May 7, 2019. Under 19 U.S.C. § 1673d, Commerce is required to proceed toward the issuance of a final determination following an affirmative preliminary determination. 19 U.S.C. § 1673d(a)(1) ("Within 75 days after the date of its preliminary determination ... the administering authority shall make a final determination."). Plaintiffs' claim overlooks the fact that the 1996 Preliminary Determination was noticed on the same day as the 1996 Suspension Agreement, and that Commerce's schedule for issuance of a final determination is explicitly based on Commerce's schedule as set forth in the 1996 Preliminary Determination:
As explained in its 1996 Preliminary Determination, Commerce previously postponed the final determination until the 135th day after the date of the preliminary determination. Commerce, therefore, intends to issue its final determination in the investigation 135 days after the effective date of withdrawal from and termination of the 2013 Agreement.
Termination of Suspension Agreement, Rescission of Administrative Review, and Continuation of the Antidumping Duty Investigation at 20,860. Plaintiffs also challenge Commerce's instructions requiring a cash deposit or bond. The court notes that under 19 U.S.C. § 1673b, Commerce must "order the posting of a cash deposit, bond, or other security." 19 U.S.C. § 1673b(d)(1)(B). The court concludes that each of Commerce's actions challenged by Plaintiffs are mandated actions required by statute following a preliminary determination.
Third, as each of Commerce's actions challenged by Plaintiffs are required by 19 U.S.C. §§ 1673b and 1673d, Plaintiffs' claims are likely to fail on the merits before the court reaches the issue of whether Commerce's actions were permitted pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1673c(i).
Because Commerce is required to take each of the actions challenged by Plaintiffs following an affirmative preliminary determination, the court determines that Plaintiffs have not met their burden to establish a likelihood of success on the merits. The likelihood of success on the merits weighs against the issuance of a TRO or PI.
B. Irreparable Harm Absent Immediate Relief
Plaintiffs must show that they will suffer irreparable harm absent a grant of injunctive relief. See Winter, 555 U.S. at 20, 129 S.Ct. 365. Irreparable harm includes "a viable threat of serious harm which cannot be undone." Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States, 710 F.2d 806, 809 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (internal citations omitted). An allegation of financial loss alone generally does not constitute irreparable harm if future money damages can provide adequate corrective relief. See Sampson v. Murray, 415 U.S. 61, 90, 94 S.Ct. 937, 39 L.Ed.2d 166 (1974). Bankruptcy or substantial loss of business may constitute irreparable harm because "loss of business renders a final judgment ineffective, depriving the movant of meaningful judicial review." Harmoni Int'l Spice, Inc. v. United States, 41 CIT ----, ----, 211 F. Supp. 3d 1298, 1307 (2017) (citing Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc., 422 U.S. 922, 932, 95 S.Ct. 2561, 45 L.Ed.2d 648 (1975) ). "Price erosion, loss of goodwill, damage to reputation, and loss of business opportunities" may also constitute irreparable harm. See Celsis In Vitro, Inc. v. CellzDirect, Inc., 664 F.3d 922, 930 (Fed. Cir. 2012). The showing of irreparable harm must be concrete and more than merely speculative.
Plaintiffs argue that they will suffer irreparable harm in the form of lost sales, loss of goodwill, and loss of business opportunities. See Pls.' Mem. 7. Plaintiffs contend that Mexican tomato growers "stand to lose half their exports" which represent "sales and customers that the Mexican [tomato] [g]rowers cannot retrieve," and that "[e]ven if the Mexican [tomato] [g]rowers ultimately ... recover the cash deposits," the Mexican tomato growers "will never recover the lost sales revenue and may never recover lost partners and customers." See id. Plaintiffs' arguments regarding irreparable harm proffer that a reduction in imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico would have a disruptive effect on the supply chain of fresh tomatoes, and that Plaintiffs will incur a "significant burden" due to Commerce's requirement to submit data pertaining to the continued investigation in a few weeks as compared to several months. Id. at 7-8. In support, Plaintiffs offered, inter alia , testimonial and documentary evidence, including: the declaration and testimony of Mr. A. Martin Ley, declarations of certain Plaintiffs and industry participants, two declarations of Plaintiffs' counsel, Mr. Neil Koslowe, a memorandum from Dr. Timothy J. Richards, a University of Arizona study summary, a letter to the Department of Commerce's Secretary Wilbur Ross from a Mexican government official, a news article, documentary submissions relating to the 2013 Suspension Agreement, and documents pertaining to Commerce's continued investigation into fresh tomatoes from Mexico.
Defendant and Defendant-Intervenor counter that Plaintiffs have not demonstrated immediate, irreparable harm and challenge Plaintiffs' evidence as speculative and unsupported. Def.'s Resp. 10-11; see also FTE's Resp. 16-18.
First, the court considers Plaintiffs' assertions of lost sales and loss of export volume. Plaintiffs submitted, inter alia , the declaration and testimony of Mr. Ley, who was subject to cross-examination, and the declaration of Mr. Ureta. Mr. Ley testified that Mexican tomato growers would experience lost sales. See TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 39:25-41:18. The court found Mr. Ley's testimony as a fact witness to be credible based on his demeanor and his experience in the fresh tomato industry. See TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 34:20; Ley Decl. ¶¶ 1-2. Mr. Ley explained that following Commerce's withdrawal from the 2013 Suspension Agreement, the fresh tomato import/export industry has experienced difficulty servicing contracts, keeping contracts in place, filling orders, and providing tomatoes. See TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 38:58-39:14; Ley Decl. ¶¶ 1-2. Mr. Ley added that 35 percent of Mexican tomato growers were ending the growing season early and 20 percent of Mexican tomato growers were shifting from tomatoes to other crops. See Ley Decl. ¶ 5. Mr. Ley stated that as a result of the early end of the tomato harvest and the shift to other crops, tomato growers would suffer lost sales and Mexican employees would lose their jobs. See Ley Decl. ¶ 6. Mr. Ureta, the President of SPT, stated that many of SPT's members have not been able to post the required bonds and many of SPT's members "have given up on selling to the U.S. market" due to the cash deposit requirement. Ureta Decl. ¶¶ 1-2.
Plaintiffs' business decisions to forgo selling in the United States market, end their growing season, or switch production to other agricultural crops are insufficient evidence to establish irreparable harm in this action. Compare Corus Group PLC v. Bush, 26 C.I.T. 937, 944, 217 F. Supp. 2d 1347, 1355 (2002) (considering the argument that "sound business principles would require it to close ... rather than operate at a loss" and finding insufficient evidence of the danger of imminent closure) with U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. v. United States, 42 CIT ----, ----, 319 F. Supp. 3d 1303, 1308 (2018) (finding irreparable harm when Plaintiff's financial records demonstrated the company would have been able to meet a bond requirement for "at best, a couple weeks" before going out of business).
The court finds that Plaintiffs' evidence concerning lost sales is supported by mere generalized statements as to trends in the industry and estimated percentages of growers, importers, and exporters affected, and that Plaintiffs' evidence regarding lost sales is unspecific and inconclusive as to the immediate, irreparable harm Plaintiffs will suffer absent injunctive relief.
In regard to the loss of export volume, Plaintiffs submitted, inter alia , the declarations of Mr. Diaz, Mr. Valdez, and Mr. Manson. Mr. Diaz, the Director of AMHPAC, stated that 46 percent of AMHPAC's membership did not have a bond in place, 24 percent of AMHPAC's membership had "experienced moderate to severe disruption in their normal business operations," 43 percent of AMHPAC's membership had reduced shipments to the United States, and 10 percent of AMHPAC's membership stopped shipping to the United States. Diaz Decl. ¶¶ 1-5. Mr. Valdez, the President of CABC, stated that 89 percent of the tomato producers in CABC's membership have not been able to secure bonds required for import into the United States, 21 percent of CABC's membership stopped shipping to the United States, and some of CABC's members are unable to renew lines of credit from those businesses' "long-standing" lenders in Mexico. Valdez Decl. ¶¶ 1-4.
Mr. Manson is President of Pacific Brokerage Company, Inc. and a licensed Customs broker. Manson Decl. ¶ 1. Mr. Manson declared that he processes the Customs entries for twelve of the "largest" Mexican tomato growers and helps those entities to secure the required bonds and accounts to process payments of cash deposits. Id. at ¶ 2. Mr. Manson stated that "[c]ollateralization of either or both bonds is extremely difficult in the current environment of very high tariffs on many products" and that "[t]he surety my company uses for bonds has required 100% collateral for all except one company." Id. at ¶¶ 3-4. Mr. Manson also declared that based on Mr. Manson's conversations with other Customs brokers, Mr. Manson "understand[s] that about one-third of Mexican growers have reduced volumes and the remaining two-thirds have stopped shipping." Id. at ¶ 5.
Plaintiffs' evidence fails to connect the cash deposit or bond requirement and the attendant circumstances of that requirement with specific and substantiated information regarding the ultimate consequences to Plaintiffs' business operations. Plaintiffs' evidence is unspecific regarding the nature and consequences of the business disruptions. Upon review of all Plaintiffs' evidence concerning the loss of export volume, the court concludes that Plaintiffs have not met their burden to show how loss of export volume constitutes irreparable harm. See also Harmoni Int'l Spice, 41 CIT at ----, 211 F. Supp. 3d at 1307 (discussing that loss of business may be irreparable harm if it would deprive the movant of meaningful judicial review).
Second, the court considers Plaintiffs' assertions as to loss of goodwill and loss of business opportunities. In support, Plaintiffs offered, inter alia , the declaration of Mr. Jamie Chamberlain, the President of Chamberlain Distributing Inc. ("Chamberlain Distributing"), which is an importer of Mexican tomatoes, and the declaration of Mr. Escalante, the Director of CAADES's Vegetable Division, as well as the declaration and testimony of Mr. Ley. Chamberlain Decl. ¶ 1; Escalante Decl. ¶ 1; see TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 40:27-40:45; Ley Decl. ¶ 10. Mr. Chamberlain stated that the implementation of a 17.56 percent cash deposit duty on fresh tomatoes from Mexico caused his company to stop importing Mexican tomatoes. Chamberlain Decl. ¶¶ 1-3. As an example of lost business opportunities, Plaintiffs offer that Chamberlain Distributing had contracts with customers to receive tomatoes until the end of May, and that as a result, Chamberlain Distributing had to cancel those commitments. Id. at ¶ 6.
Mr. Escalante stated that 33 percent of CAADES's membership "experienced difficulties" securing bonds required to import fresh tomatoes into the United States, 21 percent of CAADES's membership reduced shipments to the United States, 23 percent of CAADES's membership stopped shipping to the United States and ended their export season two months early, and 43 percent of CAADES's membership was "in high risk of losing their contracts." Escalante Decl. ¶¶ 1-5.
Mr. Ley testified that he believed that for every ten contracts held by Mexican tomato producers, he estimated that four were being re-negotiated and six were being terminated as parties to the contracts sought "escape" clauses or were "walking away" from the contracts. See TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 40:27-40:45; Ley Decl. ¶ 10. Mr. Ley noted that these contractual relationships take years of work for businesses to obtain certification and qualification with buyers. See TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 40:45-41:18. Mr. Ley also stated that tomato growers who import 15 loads or less of fresh tomatoes per week account for approximately 90 percent of the Mexican tomato growers, and that Mr. Ley believed that many growers who import 15 loads of fresh tomatoes per week are unable to secure a bond. See TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 40:27-40:45; Ley Decl. ¶ 4.
The court finds that Mr. Escalante's concern that CAADES's membership is "in high risk of losing their contracts" is too uncertain to show that such a consequence will occur absent a TRO or PI, and Mr. Escalante's concern is not sufficiently supported by Plaintiffs' other evidence. Mr. Ley's testimony that at least some percentage of contracts are being re-negotiated also suggests that at least some industry participants are seeking interim solutions, which weighs against Plaintiffs' contention of irreparable harm. The court concludes that Plaintiffs' evidence regarding loss of goodwill and loss of business opportunities is insufficient and too speculative to meet Plaintiffs' burden regarding irreparable harm.
Fourth, the court considers Plaintiffs' assertions regarding market disruptions and disruptions in the supply chain. Pls.' Reply 2-3. In support, Plaintiffs submit, inter alia , a memorandum from Dr. Timothy J. Richards and a University of Arizona Study Summary. The first exhibit is Dr. Richards' memorandum, which discusses the economic impact of restricting tomato imports into the United States. Richards Mem. 1-3. Dr. Richards' memorandum discusses a study that attempts to model the possible price effects assuming various reductions in tomato supply from Mexico. Id. Dr. Richards' memorandum states that "[t]erminating the suspension agreement will reduce the supply of tomatoes in the [United States] market, and raise prices paid by consumers in the [United States], particularly during the winter tomato season (October - June). The exact extent of these effects depends on the sensitivity of prices to changes in supply." Richards Mem. 1.
In considering Dr. Richards' memorandum, the court notes that Dr. Richards' memorandum appears to be written in Dr. Richards' capacity at Badger Metrics, LLC, to the President of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. Dr. Richards did not appear in person to testify before the court about his memorandum. Plaintiffs did not provide Dr. Richards' curriculum vitae or any other information that provides context as to the preparation of Dr. Richards' memorandum. See Koslowe Decl. (May 9, 2019). It is not clear from the record whether Dr. Richards participated in the study discussed in the memorandum, whether Dr. Richards is merely summarizing the results of another entity's study, or if Dr. Richards is conducting an analysis based on a model or data from another entity. Without further record evidence or the testimony of Dr. Richards, the court cannot assess whether the discussion and conclusions in Dr. Richards' memorandum are valid or reliable. See generally Fed. R. Evid. 702. The court concludes that Dr. Richards' memorandum adds little weight to Plaintiffs' arguments regarding irreparable harm.
Plaintiffs also submitted a two-page summary of a study conducted by the University of Arizona, which discusses the contribution of Mexican fresh tomatoes to the United States economy. See University of Arizona Study Summary. Plaintiffs proffer that the court may infer from Dr. Richards' Memorandum and the University of Arizona Study Summary that "the broader U.S. economy would suffer significant harm if Commerce imposes duties" and "[t]he reduction in imports that will be caused by the termination of the agreement, as modeled in the ASU study, would have a clear disruptive impact throughout the supply chain." Koslowe Decl. (May 9, 2019), ¶¶ 6-7.
As an example, Plaintiffs submitted the declaration of Mr. Mojardin, the Research Programs Coordinator at CAADES. Mojardin Decl. ¶ 1. Mr. Mojardin declared that he visited a Walmart Supercenter in Foothills Mall in Tucson, Arizona on May 10, 2019, and that the store had no tomatoes from Mexico on display. Id. at ¶ 3. Mr. Mojardin reports that he asked two store clerks if there was a specific reason as to why the store did not have any tomatoes, and a store clerk replied that he did not have any information. Id. at ¶ 5. In the absence of a sufficient causal connection between the shortage of tomatoes asserted in Mr. Mojardin's declaration and the alleged irreparable harm from the Government's withdrawal from the suspension agreement and resumption of the investigation at issue in this case, the court does not draw any inference regarding irreparable harm from Mr. Mojardin's example.
Defendant counters that Plaintiffs presented no evidence that Commerce's instructions, issued after a party's withdrawal from the 2002, 2008, and 2013 Suspension Agreements, caused widespread disruption in the fresh tomato market. See Def.'s Suppl. Br. 4, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 28.
Plaintiffs' motion for a TRO and PI also addresses the burden incurred by the requirement to collect and submit data in relation to the expedited continued investigation over a period of weeks versus a period of months. Pls.' Mot. for TRO and PI 7. The court concludes that Plaintiffs have not sufficiently shown that the burdens identified by Plaintiffs support a determination of irreparable harm.
Although the court acknowledges the potential disruptions to the fresh tomato market and supply chain alleged by Plaintiffs in this matter, the court concludes that Plaintiffs' evidence fails to meet the high burden required to show irreparable harm and that injunctive relief is warranted. Plaintiffs' evidence, when viewed in its totality, is insufficient to support a determination of irreparable harm absent injunctive relief.
C. Balance of Hardships
Plaintiffs contend that the balance of hardships tips in Plaintiffs' favor because Plaintiffs "face irreparable harm" and argue that their requested injunction would maintain the status quo. Pls.' Mem. 10 (discussing the balance of the equities). Defendant disputes Plaintiffs' assertions of irreparable harm and argues that Plaintiffs have no vested right to import merchandise into the United States, that the United States may suffer hardship in the collection of duties, and that Plaintiffs suffer no hardship by being subject to "an ordinary consequence of the statutory scheme." Def.'s Mem. 25. Defendant-Intervenor adds that the domestic industry would suffer hardships if an injunction were granted and argues that the hardships to Defendant and the domestic industry outweigh Plaintiffs' hardships. See FTE's Resp. 22-23.
When assessing the balance of hardships, the court must "balance the competing claims of injury and must consider the effect that granting or denying relief would have on each party." Winter, 555 U.S. at 24, 129 S.Ct. 365. The court notes that Plaintiffs' requested injunctive relief would exceed the status quo. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin Commerce from ordering suspension of the liquidation of entries of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, resuming its antidumping investigation, and instructing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to require a cash deposit or bond for each entry of tomatoes. Pls.' Mot. for TRO and PI 1. Each of the actions challenged by Plaintiffs is required under 19 U.S.C. §§ 1673b and 1673d, thus issuance of the requested relief in an injunction would suspend the effect of the statute in this matter. The court determines that Defendant and Defendant-Intervenor would face hardship as a result of the injunction. Absent further justification by Plaintiffs, the balance of the hardships tips in favor of denying Plaintiffs' motion.
D. Public Interest
Plaintiffs argue that a TRO or PI is in the public interest because the public interest is served by ensuring compliance with Commerce's governing statutes and regulations, and Plaintiffs believe that Commerce's actions will have a negative effect on consumers and the economy. Pls.' Mem. 10-11. Defendant counters that an injunction does not serve the public interest because an injunction would encourage circumvention of antidumping and countervailing duties investigations, would provide Plaintiffs prematurely with the advantages of a final favorable adjudication of the action, and would not serve the public interest by providing a supply of fresh tomatoes from Mexico. Def.'s Resp. at 26-27. Defendant-Intervenor adds that the public interest is best served by the effective enforcement of the trade laws, including the resumption of a suspended antidumping duty investigation and correct collection of antidumping duties. FTE's Resp. at 23-24. The public interest is neutral and does not favor one party or another.
IV. Conclusion
The court has subject-matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i). In consideration of Plaintiffs' motion for a TRO and PI, the court determines that Plaintiffs have not met their burden to establish a likelihood of success on the merits and irreparable harm absent injunctive relief, the balance of the hardships tips in favor of denying Plaintiffs' motion, and the public interest is neutral. Plaintiffs' motion for a TRO and PI is denied.
An order will issue accordingly.
Judge: Do you believe that there is a basis for any party to withdraw from the Suspension Agreement, just on voluntary withdrawal?
Mr. Koslowe: Yes, there is. And we don't challenge that. The Agreement itself says on 90 days written notice either side can withdraw.
Judge: And there doesn't have to be a violation, or-?
Mr. Koslowe: Nope.
Judge:-a finding that it doesn't meet the requirements of the Act?
Mr. Koslowe: No.
TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 10:05-10:30.
See Ley Decl., May 15, 2019, ECF No. 23-1 ("Ley Decl."); Diaz Decl., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-1 ("Diaz Decl."); Escalante Decl., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-2 ("Escalante Decl."); Valdez Decl., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-3 ("Valdez Decl."); Ureta Decl., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-4 ("Ureta Decl."); Mojardin Decl., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-5 ("Mojardin Decl."); Manson Decl., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-6 ("Manson Decl."); Chamberlain Decl., May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-7 ("Chamberlain Decl."); Koslowe Decl., May 9, 2019, ECF No. 10 ("Koslowe Decl. (May 9, 2019)"); Koslowe Decl., May 28, 2019, ECF No. 33-1 ("Koslowe Decl. (May 28, 2019)"); Mem. from Dr. Timothy J. Richards, PhD, Badger Metrics, LLC, to Lance Jungmeyer, Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (Apr. 22, 2019) ("Richards Mem."), Koslow Decl. (May 9, 2019) Ex. 1, May 9, 2019, ECF No. 10-1; Dari Duval, Ashley K. Bickel, & George Fisvold, Mexican Fresh Tomatoes: Agribusiness Value Chain Contributions to the U.S. Economy, Dep't of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension (Nov. 2018), Koslowe Decl. (May 9, 2019) Ex. 2, May 9, 2019, ECF No. 10-2 ("University of Arizona Study Summary"); Rajesh Kumar Singh, A tax on a tax: U.S. customs demands bigger bonds as trade tariffs rise, Reuters, Mar. 29, 2019, Pls.' Reply, Ex. 1, May 15, 2019, ECF No. 23-2; letter from Robert S. LaRussa and Thomas B. Wilner, counsel for CAADES, CABC, AMHPAC, UARS, and CNPH, to Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce (Dec. 5, 2017), Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem. Ex. 8, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-8; letter from Robert S. LaRussa, counsel for CAADES, CABC, AMHPAC, APHYM, and SPT to Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce (Jul. 13, 2018), Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem. Ex. 9, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-9; letter from Robert S. LaRussa, counsel for CAADES, CABC, AMHPAC, APHYM, and SPT to Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce (Jul. 16, 2018), Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem. Ex. 10, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-10; letter from Robert S. LaRussa, counsel for CAADES, CABC, AMHPAC, APHYM, and SPT to Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce (Nov. 26, 2018), Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem. Ex. 11, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-11; U.S. Dep't of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service Shipping-Point Data for Roma Tomatoes Imported 2013-2018, Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem. Ex. 12, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-12; letter from Robert S. LaRussa, counsel for CAADES, CABC, AMHPAC, APHYM, and SPT to Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce (Nov. 28, 2018), Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem. Ex. 13, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-13; Mem. to File from P. Lee Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy & Negotiations, Enforcement & Compliance, Pls.' Post-Hr'g Mem. Ex. 14, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 27-14; letter from Thomas B. Wilner, counsel for CAADES, CABC, AMHPAC, APHYM, and SPT to Hon. Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce (May 15, 2019), Pls.' Suppl. Mem. Ex. 1, May 28, 2019, ECF No. 33-2; Mem. from Jacob Keller and Yang J. Chun, International Trade Compliance Analysts, to Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations (May 24, 2019), Pls.' Suppl. Mem. Ex. 2, May 28, 2019, ECF No. 33-3; and letter from Minoo Hatten, Program Manager, Antidumping/Countervailing Duty Operations, International Trade Administration, U.S. Dep't of Commerce, to Bioparques De Occidente, S.A. de C.V., Ceuta Produce, S.A. de C.V., Negocio Agricola San Enrique, S.A. de C.V. (May 24, 2019), Pls.' Suppl. Mem. Ex. 3, May 28, 2019, ECF No. 33-4.
Plaintiffs do not claim that cash deposits would constitute irreparable harm, but Plaintiffs state that "[m]ost growers simply cannot satisfy the very stringent requirements adopted for bonding. Therefore, their importers will have to comply with any cash deposit requirements." See Pls.' Reply 4, fn. 6; see also TRO and PI Hr'g Oral Argument at 19:05, May 16, 2019, ECF No. 25 ("We can get back our cash deposits - that's a financial remedy. We're not concerned about that.").
In supplemental briefing, Defendant clarifies that Customs "currently requires either a bond or a cash deposit." Def.'s Suppl. Br. 3 (emphasis removed); see also Def.'s Suppl. Br. Ex. 1, ¶ 1, May 17, 2019, ECF No. 28-1 ("As a result, the suspension of liquidation on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico is reinstated and cash deposits or the posting of a bond equal to the estimated margins listed in Paragraph 3 below are now required.").
The court notes that neither Mr. Chamberlain nor Chamberlain Distributing Inc. is a Plaintiff or Plaintiff-Intervenor in this action.
Plaintiffs submitted two pieces of documentary evidence as attachments to Mr. Ley's declaration: (1) a Reuters article to support Mr. Ley's statement that "bonding requirements have surged since the Trump Administration's imposition of tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, as well as most imports from China" and (2) a letter to Secretary Ross from a Mexican government official. Declaration of A. Martin Ley, Exs. 1 & 2, May 15, 2019, ECF Nos. 23-2 & 23-3.
It is not clear from the record before the court whether either or both of Dr. Richards' memorandum and the University of Arizona Study Summary was prepared in anticipation of litigation.
Defendant argues that because Mr. Koslowe is the Plaintiffs' attorney and offers only speculative allegations of harm, the Koslowe Declaration (May 9, 2019) is weak evidence. See Def.'s Resp. 10-14. Defendant argues also that "the declaration and attachments focus primarily on the effect of a reduction in Mexican tomatoes to United States customers and not the immediate harm to the [P]laintiffs." Id. at 13.
Pls.' Mot. for TRO and PI 7 ("Commerce's announced actions also will impose an immediate and significant burden on the Mexican Growers by forcing them to submit data in a few short weeks that normally is collected over several months."); but see Pls.' Reply at 4-5 ("CAADES is not complaining about submitting data to Commerce pursuant to a timely antidumping investigation. Instead, CAADES submits that it is irreparably harmed by Commerce's unlawful action in treating its outdated preliminary determination of 1996 'as if' it were made on May 7, 2019, and forcing respondents, including CAADES, to submit entirely new information for individual companies still to be selected so that Commerce can make a final determination on that new data in a few short weeks.").
FTE argues that the harm to the domestic industry is discernable based on the conclusions of the final determination of the Sunset Review regarding the 2013 Suspension Agreement. FTE's Resp. 22; see also Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico, Final Results of the Full Sunset Review of the Suspended Antidumping Duty Investigation, 83 Fed. Reg. 66,680, 66,681 (Dep't Commerce Dec. 27, 2018).
Even if Plaintiffs could meet their burden to establish irreparable harm, in the context of the balance of hardships, Plaintiffs' alleged hardships would not rise to the level to tip the balance of the hardships in favor of granting the requested injunctive relief.
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South Africa Inflation-Linked Bond Yields Fall to One-Month Low at Auction
South African inflation-linked bond
yields fell to the lowest levels in more than a month at a
weekly government auction of the debt after the central bank
said inflation will rise above its target level this year. The Pretoria-based Reserve Bank sold 600 million rand ($89
million) of linkers, as the bonds are called, with investors
bidding for 2.7 times the amount, according to the central
bank’s data on Bloomberg. The average yield on the 2.6 percent
securities maturing in 2028 fell to 2.6 percent, the lowest
since the auction of June 3, from 2.65 percent at last week’s
auction. The consumer price index of Africa ’s largest economy rose
to 5 percent in June, the highest in 15 months, from 4.6 percent
in April, the Pretoria-based statistics agency said on July 20.
The rate will breach the 6 percent target in the fourth quarter,
and average 6.3 percent in 2012, Central Bank Governor Gill
Marcus said yesterday. “Given the 5 percent CPI print this week, we expect the
auction to clear at market levels or slightly stronger,” Rand
Merchant Bank analysts led by Theuns de Wet said in a research
note before today’s auction. In addition to 170 million rand of 2.6 percent linkers due
2028, the central bank sold 280 million rand of 2.75 percent
notes due 2022 at an average yield of 2.55 percent down from
2.58 percent at the previous auction, and 150 million rand of
3.45 percent bonds due 2033 at 2.585 percent, from 2.6 percent. To contact the reporter on this story:
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A primary culture system for functional analysis of C. elegans neurons and muscle cells.
Christensen M, Estevez A, Yin X, Fox R, Morrison R, McDonnell M, Gleason C, Miller DM, Strange K
Neuron. 2002 33 (4): 503-14
PMID: 11856526 · DOI:10.1016/s0896-6273(02)00591-3
C. elegans has provided important insights into neuromuscular system function and development. However, the animal's small size limits access to individual neurons and muscle cells for physiological, biochemical, and molecular study. We describe here primary culture methods that allow C. elegans embryonic cells to differentiate into neurons and muscle cells in vitro. Morphological, electrophysiological, and GFP reporter studies demonstrate that the differentiation and functional properties of cultured cells are similar to those observed in vivo. Enriched populations of cells expressing specific GFP reporters can be generated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Addition of double-stranded RNA to the culture medium induces dramatic knockdown of targeted gene expression. Primary nematode cell culture provides a new foundation for a wide variety of experimental opportunities heretofore unavailable in the field.
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Animals Caenorhabditis elegans Cell Culture Techniques Cell Differentiation Cells, Cultured Flow Cytometry Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Genes, Reporter Green Fluorescent Proteins Indicators and Reagents Ion Channels Luminescent Proteins Membrane Potentials Motor Neurons Muscle Proteins Muscles Nerve Tissue Proteins Nervous System Neurons
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* Keep Although the current version of the article is terrible, she is an artist who has had a major exhibition of 60 of her sculptures at the Kunsthal, a respected art museum in Rotterdam. That makes her notable. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:36, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
* There is also coverage of her in a book called Contemporary Ceramics. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:46, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
* I have expanded the article, adding several new references. I believe that she meets WP:ARTIST as a result of solo exhibitions at major museums. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 06:29, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
* Keep as per Cullen328. WordSeventeen (talk) 03:49, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
* Keep. Although it's possible that this article was originally COI-generated, Having an item in the Victoria and Albert Museum (acquired in 2010), and a beautiful one at that, certainly presents an international notability. Softlavender (talk) 06:46, 27 March 2015 (UTC) UPDATE: She actually has three pieces in the V&A Museum: . Softlavender (talk) 09:03, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
* Actually, it seems that that the article was started by a new editor acting in good faith at a Wikipedia Women's Edit-a-thon, and I see no evidence of a COI. The editor signed up at Meetup/Morgantown/ArtAndFeminism, and created this article minutes later. It is unlikely that an editor in West Virginia has a COI regarding an artist in Holland. Cullen<sup style="color:#707">328 Let's discuss it 06:55, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
* Ah, OK, thanks Cullen; I thought due to the original relative cluelessness and promotional tone and the fact that it's the only article edited by the user, that it might be the artist herself. Striking that part of my comments. Thanks for expanding, citing, and cleaning up the article -- well done. Softlavender (talk) 07:04, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
* Keep. I like that crying dog. Pity we can't nominate it at Featured picture candidates ... it's probably not free... Hafspajen (talk) 09:36, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
* Nomination withdrawn: per the above arguments. Many thanks,, you are such a brilliant editor.
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118 STAT. 2748 PUBLIC LAW 108–446—DEC. 3, 2004 to provide early intervention services under this part; and ‘‘(iii) training personnel to coordinate transition services for infants and toddlers served under this part from a program providing early intervention serv ices under this part and under part B (other than section 619), to a preschool program receiving funds under section 619, or another appropriate program; and ‘‘(B) may include— ‘‘(i) training personnel to work in rural and inner city areas; and ‘‘(ii) training personnel in the emotional and social development of young children. ‘‘(9) Policies and procedures relating to the establishment and maintenance of qualifications to ensure that personnel necessary to carry out this part are appropriately and ade quately prepared and trained, including the establishment and maintenance of qualifications that are consistent with any State approved or recognized certification, licensing, registra tion, or other comparable requirements that apply to the area in which such personnel are providing early intervention serv ices, except that nothing in this part (including this paragraph) shall be construed to prohibit the use of paraprofessionals and assistants who are appropriately trained and supervised in accordance with State law, regulation, or written policy, to assist in the provision of early intervention services under this part to infants and toddlers with disabilities. ‘‘(10) A single line of responsibility in a lead agency des ignated or established by the Governor for carrying out— ‘‘(A) the general administration and supervision of pro grams and activities receiving assistance under section 633, and the monitoring of programs and activities used by the State to carry out this part, whether or not such pro grams or activities are receiving assistance made available under section 633, to ensure that the State complies with this part; ‘‘(B) the identification and coordination of all available resources within the State from Federal, State, local, and private sources; ‘‘(C) the assignment of financial responsibility in accordance with section 637(a)(2) to the appropriate agen cies; ‘‘(D) the development of procedures to ensure that serv ices are provided to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families under this part in a timely manner pending the resolution of any disputes among public agen cies or service providers; ‘‘(E) the resolution of intra and interagency disputes; and ‘‘(F) the entry into formal interagency agreements that define the financial responsibility of each agency for paying for early intervention services (consistent with State law) and procedures for resolving disputes and that include all additional components necessary to ensure meaningful cooperation and coordination.
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Australia's election: 5-week sprint for the top job
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, of the conservative Liberal Party, has called a general election for May 18. He'll face off against Bill Shorten of the opposition Labor Party. Where things stand: Morrison starts a few points back in the polls. His pitch to voters is that Labor would endanger strong economic growth. Whoever wins might not last long. Australia has had a revolving door of prime ministers in recent years — Morrison is the 5th since 2013. Climate change is expected to play a role after a year of extreme weather events. Health care, education and jobs are also on voters' minds. And immigration is also a factor. Morrison, a former immigration minister, is associated with a crackdown on asylum seekers. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Black Mirror's Hated in the Nation creates a world where everyone is at fault
The third season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, a Twilight Zone-esque anthology TV series about technological anxieties and possible futures, was released on Netflix on October 21st. It’s the first season of the show produced by Netflix, after two three-episode series and a special produced by Britain’s Channel 4. In this series, six writers will look at each of the third season’s six episodes to see what they have to say about current culture and projected fears. Read our thoughts on Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, and Episode 5. **Warning: spoilers ahead.** Black Mirror is fixated on the concept that no matter how shiny, useful, and fast-paced the future gets, all technology will eventually kill us, or at least destroy our relationships and humiliate us in front of the entire world. The third season’s final episode, "Hated in the Nation," is no exception, and this time around, creator Charlie Brooker has an entire 90 minutes to ruminate on the ways in which everything can go to shit. That amount of breathing room isn’t necessarily a good thing for a show this likely to get tangled in its own critiques; the concept of self-inflicted destruction is only entertaining to a point, and Brooker and his crew don’t fully seem to have figured out where that point is. self-inflicted destruction is only entertaining to a point "Hated in the Nation" is structured like a police procedural, as cynical but ultimately benevolent law-enforcement officials try to protect innocent citizens from a mysterious, deranged villain. The episode revolves around a series of grotesque deaths caused by little robot honeybees, or Autonomous Drone Insects. 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Template talk:Nazi Germany-stub
Use of swastika as tag image
Can some symbol besides the swastika be found for this stub? Mtsmallwood (talk) 06:07, 2 January 2009 (UTC) Copied from File talk:Nazi Swastika.svg by Scott5114
* I agree that it should be replaced; the use of the swastika is regulated in Germany to only educational use. Using such an image in a stub tag seems rather gratuitous. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 09:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
* I am no fan of the Nazis, but this symbol is unmistakeably associated with the topic and seems entirely appropriate in this context. Otherwise where do we stop: ban all flags and emblems of historic regimes we don't agree with? Surely a recipe for confusion at the very least. --Bermicourt (talk) 12:28, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
* See your point but I think it was the sheer number of stubs with the swastika on it that was bothering me. So it's the use as a stub image I guess that is the narrower question. Let me think a bit and perhaps I can propose something constructive.Mtsmallwood (talk) 16:46, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
* Rightly or wrongly, Nazi-related subjects have always been popular which is probably why there is a plethora of stub articles. There is a fascination with the topic, which is fine if it helps us to ensure their particular chapter of history isn't repeated! --Bermicourt (talk) 17:42, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
* This isn't germany and we aren't in the habit of banning images for no good reason. I would be worried if the swastika were being used in unrelated articles or on user/project pages. But in this case it is the most iconic image of the Nazi regime. What other image should be used? Maybe the Iron Cross but that isn't historically limited to the Nazi regime and also has some associated baggage. Protonk (talk) 23:15, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* There is no need to have the swastika used in the Nazi template. There is nothing wrong in having no image. Dr. Loosmark 23:24, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* "I'm offended" is not a reason to remove something. Personally, I don't feel that running and hiding from historical images is useful either. If you can think of a better icon to denote articles related to Nazi Germany, by all means, propose them, but moral outrage alone isn't going to generate a lot of support for a change. Resolute 23:39, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* As a thought though, perhaps using the Nazi Germany flag logo (🇩🇪) instead, which would be smaller and de-emphazise the swastika slightly, might help? Resolute 23:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* That's hard to see and therefore serves its purpose less well. --erachima talk 00:03, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* If we were to size it comparible to that of other nation stubs (i.e.: ) it would work better. It's just a thought, though I doubt it would satisfy anyone hell bent against the use of the Swastika as a logo. Resolute 00:11, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Resolute seems to be right:
That looks right to me and might be more in line with other stubs about nations/regimes. Protonk (talk) 07:49, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* File link is here. Protonk (talk) 07:50, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* As of now, four editors have backed that proposal, one opposed on ground of readability. I suggest we try it, and see if the shift provoked any reactions. --Soman (talk) 12:29, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
off with the swastika
I propose the removal of the swastika from the template. Dr. Loosmark 23:16, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* I don't. It's one of the most immediately understandable images in pretty much all mankind. This is the military equivalent of the golden arches. The point of the template is to show what the article concerns, and the swastika does that in spades. Half Shadow 23:22, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* Any particular reason? I daresay it seems to me to be the image most associated in the public mind with all things Nazi, and thus best fit to do the job of communicating the message "THIS SHORT THING IS A SORT OF NAZI SHORT THING MAKE IT BIGGER WILL YOU". If not this, what? Some avant garde Albert Speer drawings? A tastefully abstracted Hitler 'tache? Skomorokh 23:25, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* About the only image I can think of that would be close would be the SS logo. Resolute 23:40, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* Because we all know how inoffensive that is... Plus it's more specific, and thus less well-suited to a general Nazi Germany template. --erachima talk 23:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* I strongly disagree with this proposal. This template is placed on articles related to Nazi Germany. The swastika is the most prominent symbol of Nazi Germany. It serves its purpose in this template, as an immediate visual indicator of what the article is about, excellently. Also, any image which served this purpose comparatively well (i.e. a mugshot of Hitler) would be equally if not more shocking to the easily offended. --erachima talk 23:27, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
* The image used is a cropping of the national flag used during the period of Nazi Germany. It is by far the symbol most strongly associated with Germany at the time, and it is factually correct. To substitute it with another symbol would essentially constitute historical revisionism, an attempt to rewrite history to make it PG13. What we could do is use the entire Nazi Germany flag (as suggested by Resolute above), which would make the swastika smaller, but I wouldn't see much point in that. --Soman (talk) 00:56, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* The swastika is far and away the most easily identifiable symbol of Nazism. The image is a perfect conveyance of the information the template is supposed to give, immediately recognizable to most if not all editors and as such is the ideal option to visually categorize the stub. Nothing else even comes close. It's removal would subtract value from the tagging. Can not support this proposal. -- ۩ M ask 01:09, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I also have to object. If anyone was able to propose a suitable alternative, I'd support it, but honestly any suitable symbol would likely be just as bad. Anything that is easily connected to the Nazi party will always incite strong feelings in people, and that's not going to change any time soon. Sodam Yat (talk) 03:48, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* No. Wikipedia is not censored. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 04:33, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Another NO. I could argue for days the importance of the Nazi symbol, but at the end, this is not a legitimate proposal. We're not censored. Simple as that. We don't remove offensive images. Swarm Talk 07:02, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Comment: Amazing that some of you equal not using the Nazi logo in a template with censorship. This is not about censorship it's about common sense. Just because something isn't de facto banned it doesn't mean it has to be used widely. There are for sure legitimate educational use of the swastika on wikipedia, for example an article about Nazi Germany can show how the Nazi flag looked like. Not showing that would be a way of censorship. Or a map about the Nazi Germany expansion can have a swastika as legend and so on. What I oppose is having a template with the swastika which can be then be attached to any topic connected with the Nazi Germany. For example a victim of the Nazis can have that template stamped on the article. Dr. Loosmark 10:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* To me it would be common sense to leave the Nazi logo in place. The template doesn't designate ownership by the Nazis, it just shows there was an association. A victim of the Nazis would be associated - not in a nice way, to be sure. I would think there would be more appropriate templates to be applied in those cases though. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 12:17, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Agreed; I think it'd be better to use the WWII-stub tag for people such as holocaust survivors/victims, for example, unless we have a specific holocaust-stub tag. I don't think the flag should be removed (and I like the proposal, above, to change the image to the uncropped flag), but no need to use this stub where other alternatives exist. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 12:52, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Strongest possible oppose the swastika was the symbol on the national flag of Germany in the period 1933-45. The alternative template using the full flag is actually better, but the swastika should stay. Mjroots (talk) 12:23, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
The swastika symbol is prohibited in Germany; what are the implications of that? Would a Wikipedia editor in Germany who adds this template to an article be breaking the law? Ucucha 14:44, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* A comment made earlier (perhaps in the ANI thread) was that the use of the swastika is prohibited except for use in an educational manner. I'd say this qualifies. Regardless, presenting the image of Muhammad is prohibited in various Islamic nations, and we don't cater to those prohibitions either. Resolute 14:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Use of the swastika is prohibited when it's clear that the bearer endorses Nazi-ism. The sign is certainly depicted in textbooks, on historic photographs and whatnot. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 14:48, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* How is a template with the Nazi swastika "educational"? Dr. Loosmark 15:24, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Eh, perhaps because it shows the Nazi German flag as it actually looked like? This, for example, would not be educational
* as it does not show the actual flag/symbol employed by the Nazi German state. --Soman (talk) 16:38, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* What's exactly the problem with having no flag? Dr. Loosmark 16:43, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* More than a dozen people have explained this to you; [redacted] Half Shadow 16:58, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Nobody has explained that to me yet, what was repeated a couple of times is that the swastika is an image that's best associated with everything Nazi. I don't disagree with that. The problem in my view is that the templates on wikipedia are attached to all kind of articles even those who aren't directly connected to the topic. To demonstrate my point: somebody might add that template to an article about a Jewish person who was a victim of the Nazi or something connected with their regime. Dr. Loosmark 17:33, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* If that happened, one could either 1) boldly remove it 2) replace it with a more refined stub or 3) expand the article beyond stub, negating the need for any stub templates. – xeno talk 17:36, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* On articles where it is a miscategorization, the template would be made no less inappropriate by omission of the flag. On articles where it is a correct categorization, the flag adds value to the page. It is educational for the precise same reasons it offends you. You apparently do not understand this, but as you can plainly see from this page, as well as your ANI posting, the rest of the community disagrees with you and does see the educational value in the use of the flag. Consensus is clear here. Please move on. --erachima talk 17:47, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* This is a touchy area, due to the various emotions the Nazi swastika can arouse. Project templates typically have an illustration. If not the Nazi swastika, then what would its opponents suggest? I thought maybe a picture of Adolf would work, but someone suggested that would be even more inflammatory. Now let's suppose some well-known holocaust survivor is linked to the project. Now you've got a holocaust survivor with a Nazi symbol on his page - which could certainly be construed as a BLP violation. Is there some relatively neutral symbol that can be used? (And although I like the cute irony of the rainbow, I don't think that will work). Or how about a little outline map of Germany with the twisted cross overlaid on it, minus the blood-red? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:28, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Less identifiable (OK class, hands up if you can identify Germany from a 30px outline! That's what I thought.) and is still going to offend exactly the same group. If anything it would be harder to defend, because our current use of the symbol of Nazi Germany to identify subjects related to Nazi Germany is straightforward, while the use of an unofficial offensive symbol of our own devising is just baffling. --erachima talk 18:37, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* What about the BLP issue? Also, if you must use the twisted cross, lose the blood-red and just go with this from commons: Nazi swastika clean.svg ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* What exactly is the BLP-issue? The thing doesn't say "this article is a stub about a Nazi. Please write more on how this person single-handedly gassed Jews and Gypsies"... Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 18:47, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I believe I just said this. We are using the flag of the country to identify articles related to the country. Also, removing the color would be a significant problem for our readers with vision issues. --erachima talk 18:51, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* BLP issues have to do with being cautious to prevent wikipedia from being sued, among other things. If a well-known holocaust survivor sees a Nazi flag on his article's talk page, he might just pick up his phone and call his attorney. To be sure, of course, we should run it by Godwin, the legal eagle here. But what bothers me about the insistence on the blood-red flag is the implicit argument that it's OK for us, therefore it shouldn't be a problem for anyone else. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:54, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Said person cannot erase the tragdedy of history. If you were almost gassed by the Nazis, then your personal history is linked to this flag. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 18:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* It's kind of like rubbing salt into the wound. Beyond that, he might claim that the mere presence of that flag on his page is damaging his reputation. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:00, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* We're not going to censor the page, and we're certainly not going to half-assedly censor the page in a fashion that decreases the quality of the article while not removing the offensive content, and we're all the more not going to half-assedly censor the page in a fashion that decreases the quality of the article, does not remove the offensive content, and weakens our educational defense in the event of the vanishingly small possibility that someone actually sues us. You're proposing a "compromise" that is the worst of all possible worlds. --erachima talk 19:03, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Strongest possible oppose per Mjroots. – ukexpat (talk) 15:13, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Comment At the risk of seeming overly PC, I can certainly see why people might be offended about this. Those who feel strongly that Wikipedia ought not to be censored are, of course, going to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the neonazis on this, presumably unwittingly. But it is not censorship to exercise mature editorial judgment. Just ask yourself if you would rather build a Wikipedia whose Nazi articles have little swastikas at the bottom, or one where they don't. I'm not sure exactly why there needs to be a separate template for Nazi stubs, or why it should need any illustrative icon. Surely we can find a route through all these little bits of logic and policy to the Wikipedia we want to see? S HEFFIELD S TEEL TALK 18:57, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I do want to see this kind of wikipedia. Uncensored. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 18:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Keeping the blood-red Nazi flag off the pages of its victims is not censorship. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:02, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* In fact, that reminds me of something... One time, on the ANI page, I posted a tiny Nazi flag as a sarcastic response to someone who claimed wikipedia was run by Nazis or some such usual nonsense. It turns out that for some browsers, if you hover on the link you will see the first picture that's on the page. Guess what that first picture was - and boy, did they yell at me about that. I wasn't aware of that feature, and I zapped the flag from my comment. Now, was that not also "censorship"? Or was that somehow "different" just because it offended a different group of editors? The answer still is that the there is nothing neutral about the Nazi flag, and it has to be used carefully. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:07, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Article space and project space are different things. Canonical example would of course be that we have an article on the word fuck, but if I go around calling everyone who disagrees with me a "fucker" I'm not going to be here very long. --erachima talk 19:11, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* @SheffieldSteel; the problem is that Wikipedia is a global internet community, which transcends (or at least, seeks to transcend) cultural and national barriers. What is offensive to some is not offensive to others. The nazi flag is a highly controversial symbol in most of the Western world, but which itself is a minority region in the world. For example, the Star of David evokes highly negative feelings in the Middle East, should we avoid usage of that symbol too? I think the core essence of it is not censorship to exercise mature editorial judgment should relate to obvious BLP issues, not the usage of political symbols. --Soman (talk) 19:16, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I think that's a terrible reason to be concerned about not censoring an image. Because we'll make strange bedfellows? The ACLU sides with skinheads and other disreputable folks all the time in order to defend the right to assemble in america. If we gave up defending a principle because we find ourselves in agreement on some temporal matter with people we find unpleasant, then what principles would we have left? Also with respect to BB the holocaust victim argument is a canard. No person-stub should be classified as a "Nazi Germany" related article, which would be the only way the situation you describe would persist. Protonk (talk) 20:28, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I can't believe there are people who don't see removing this as censorship. This action blatantly fits the definition of censorship. Wanting to remove the swastika on the grounds that it is offensive is blatant censorship. This is a symbol that represents an extremely important piece of world history. This is exactly why WP:NOTCENSORED exists. Swarm Talk 00:23, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
C'mon Sheffield, surely you are intelligent enough to make an argument that does not rely on demonizing people opposed to censorship by claiming they are standing "shoulder to shoulder with neonazis". Well, I presume you are, at any rate. Resolute 00:38, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
* Oppose WP:NOTCENSORED. "This is not about censorship it's about common sense." Yeah, sure it is. Let's change the picture on Adolf Hitler to a furry caricature while we're at it. Vodello (talk) 17:14, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Coming soon on this channel...
* Please remove File:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg from SAPresidents which is shown on the pages of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, and others. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 19:07, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
An alternative approach
It seems from comments above that the main problem with the template is its usage in articles on people who were in fact not Nazis or even opponents/victims of the regime. Can't we agree on a consensus, rather than debating imagery, to limit the use the stub template for the instutions, officials, military units, etc. of the Third Reich. By such a logic a concentration camp could have the template, an individual inmate would not. --Soman (talk) 19:03, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* It is my understanding that this is how the template is to be used anyway. All the above discussion is predicated on the idea that the template might be first misused and then misunderstood. --erachima talk 19:06, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* If it's restricted to Nazi officials, that's a somewhat different matter, even if posting the bloody flag also kind of serves to glorify them. I don't think anyone would inherently object to the Nazi symbol being on Hitler's page. But I still think the more subdued cross would be a better choice. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:09, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* It's in use on Barthel Schink, who was publicly hanged by the gestapo. – xeno talk 19:10, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* And? He was hanged. It's quite obvious he didn't endorse that, now did he? Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 19:11, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Just providing an example of the stub tag used on a victim. – xeno talk 19:12, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I realize that. Sorry if that came across differently. I think it's absolutely correctly used here. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 19:14, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* No problem. For the record I'm just providing the example, not an opinion either way. – xeno talk 19:17, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Barthel Schink is exactly the type of article I had in mind when I first reported this template. IMO it is at least bad taste to have a Nazi swastika there, if not even flatly insulting. Dr. Loosmark 19:24, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* In my opinion, that is a perfectly good usage. Mr. Schink was a hero who fought against the Nazi's. The Nazi's are fairly represented with their own party symbol. I literally have no idea how this is supposed to be "flatly insulting." Are you inferring that the presence of the swastika on his article somehow brands Mr. Schink as a Nazi? ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 19:52, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Not at all. What I find problematic is that the article of a hero is "stamped" with the symbol of the murderers who killed him. Dr. Loosmark 19:58, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* And... what? You think that the nazi flag being present on a page describing an incident in which they executed a dozen men without trial somehow supports their ideology? Frankly, Loosmark, you baffle me. Do you think so poorly of our readers that you do not believe they can understand the context of the article? --erachima talk 20:05, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I understand that you find this problematic, I am more curious as to why. He is famous for having fought against Nazi's. His page has a Nazi symbol on it, because he is famous for fighting Nazi's. What is "problematic" about this simple, clear communication device? ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 20:05, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* By the way, everything about your language on this topic suggests that you are objecting on the basis of your own morality -- that you are offended. This is where I still believe this comes back to censorship -- you are proposing the censoring of something which you find morally offensive. You find it morally offensive that a man who fought the Nazi's has a swastika on his page, even though there is a perfectly good, rational reason for including this symbol. Is that accurate? Or is there some more purely rational reason I am missing? I say all this with all due respect. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 20:08, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Concur that this seems a perfectly valid use of the template. Victim is not 'stamped' with anything. What is your problem with this? -- ۩ M ask 22:52, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Nazi-victim-stub
Problem solved. No? Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 19:16, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Nothing could possibly go wrong with this approach! --erachima talk 19:20, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* There doesn't appear to be a preponderance of Nazi-victim-stubs anyway - stub templates are usually created only after they will have 20-30 members right away and more expected. – xeno talk 19:23, 16 July 2010 (UTC) (though a case could be made to ignore this rule)
I was gonna suggest
or some other picture. Not all victims were Jews... Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 19:26, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Actually, although that picture points to a specific victim, the entire nation were victims of the Nazi madness. Maybe that illustration would work as the symbol in the Nazi template? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* You can barely make out what it is. – xeno talk 19:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* My point is that graphically labeling people as "nazi victims" is just as if not more potentially offensive than labeling their article "related to Nazi Germany". Using the yellow badge as the icon of course being one of the more blatantly obvious missteps one could make. --erachima talk 19:33, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* (ec)How so? How is being called a Nazi victim when that's clearly documented offensive? Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 19:36, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* (ec)Insulting to who exactly? The victims? They would likely agree. The Nazis? Who cares what they think? So who's the "victim" of such an alleged "insult"? "Related to Nazi Germany" is very insulting, like they had a choice in the matter. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:42, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* It's an issue of labeling. Emphasizing a person's identity as a "victim" can lead to said victimization dominating their life. I would be opposed to any "victim" template on these grounds. --erachima talk 19:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* If they're a Nazi victim, they've already had their life pretty well defined by now. What about the plain cross instead of the bloody-red version? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:50, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* You're missing the point. nazi-victim-stub is no more appropriate than rape-victim-stub is. Also, what does your apparent phobia of the color red have to do with anything? --erachima talk 19:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* So what about this Nazi_swastika_clean.svg or this Reichsadler.svg ? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:57, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Harder to identify for those with sight issues and less iconic, respectively. --erachima talk 19:59, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* I hardly see how a topic that was started by proposing the removal of the swastika altogether is solved by replacing the current image with one that is literally just a swastika :). I think it has the same "offensive" issues as the current (and, IMO, completely un-problematic) one, while being simultaneously less clear. As for the second, I share erachima's concerns. For one thing, viewed as a tiny image, that might as well be a symbol of Ancient Rome. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 20:13, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* How about something like this? Nazi Germany test.PNG ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:14, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Well, if that accomplishes an effective compromise and if there's actually consensus that some compromise needs to be achieved (I'm seeing strong consensus for the status quo, at the moment, but perhaps I'm being less than objective), that's a clever solution. My own preference would be for no change at all but if there's some emerging consensus for making a change, I'd pick this, sure. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 20:17, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Even harder to see, less iconic, still a swastika. At this point you seem to just be complaining about the use of the color red, which to me seems completely nonsensical. Please explain. --erachima talk 20:19, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* It would be easier to see with proper coloration. This was just a quick-and-dirty test. How many times have I said "blood-red"? Several, I think. Colors evoke strong emotions, and the blood flowed in Nazi Germany. The best symbols I can think of for Nazi Germany are the swastika and Hitler. If Hitler won't do (and probably too small anyway), that leaves some kind of swastika, maybe a more subdued kind like I've demonstrated. There are other symbols you could use. Maybe a guard tower from a death camp? Again, might be too small. The eagle is not bad, because the swastika is very small on it, and maybe that would be a good thing? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:25, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Your use of emotionally loaded language like "blood red" is precisely why I'm having a difficult time taking you seriously. You appear to be more concerned with political and emotional rhetoric than the actual question we are here to discuss, "what is the most educational, illustrative image for the template nazi-stub?" If we are talking educational value, then the color is a positive attribute because it makes it easy to see. If we are instead talking ideological value, then I refuse to live in a world where we cower eternally in fear at the sight of a few hex values and simple geometric shapes. --erachima talk 20:35, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Do we write wikipedia for ourselves, or for our readers? How is their education level improved by seeing Hitler's flag over and over again? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:37, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
What pages properly fall under this template is a separate matter (some pages it is currently used in may be inaccurate or redundant templating), and regardless of the conclusion of that discussion I have a very hard time believing that you honestly think that associating the Nazi flag with the pages of people they murdered glorifies Naziism. --erachima talk 21:07, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* The eagle really is a symbol of Ancient Rome, though -- we really can't use that. And I don't think anybody else in here is concerned with the "blood red" bit -- I've seen you mention it a number of times but nobody else. Other folks are more concerned with the swastika. As for guard tower, Nazi Germany was about more than the Holocaust. That's definitely not a solution. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb 20:31, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* More than just the color, the flag itself is used by hate groups to glorify Hitler and Nazi Germany, and plastering it all over the place in wikipedia just feeds into that. A more subdued version of the twisted cross might be less inflammatory. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:35, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Educating the world about the past, and the failures and atrocities that the Nazi flag oversaw, has the precise opposite effect from glorifying the Nazis. Propaganda is all about symbols without context, and training the public to, when they see them, react rather than think. Instant endorsement of anything branded with the flag and instant revulsion towards anything associated with it are BOTH propaganda-trained emotions, and the enemies of clear thought and freedom. --erachima talk 20:43, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Posting the Nazi flag everywhere effectively endorses it. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* That is a disingenuous line of argument and you should be ashamed of yourself for attempting it. We are not discussing posting the Nazi flag everywhere, we are discussing posting the Nazi flag on articles about the Nazis. --erachima talk 20:50, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* If you confine it to actual Nazis and not to their victims, that might be OK. If you attach it to their victims also, you should be ashamed. And what about my illustration below, of Nazi Germany with the swastika? Got a problem with that? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:54, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* As before, hard to identify, less iconic, still has a swastika on it.
* And I have a very hard time believing that you honestly don't think that repetitive use of the Nazi flag glorifies Nazism. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:35, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Of course I don't. Why would I? How could I? I don't buy into a fear-addled worldview in which an abstract combination of colors and shapes can become inherently offensive no matter the context. That is, as I explained above, the mark of a propaganda-driven mindset, and it is fought through education. --erachima talk 22:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* This might stand out a little better: Nazi Germany test2.PNG ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:34, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't we start an anti-fascism-stub template? That could be quite useful, and be used in pages not apt for the nazi Germany stub. --Soman (talk) 19:36, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Anti-fascism is a political movement, might be a useful template to have depending on the number of articles we have on the subject, but it has an independent meaning from "got killed by the Nazis", so would probably not address this concern. --erachima talk 19:49, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* But it would be a useful alternative in the case of Barthel Schink, for example. --Soman (talk) 20:16, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
We could just not essentialize people who were victims of the regime with a stub like this. There are enough german or russian or jewish or french or polish person stubs to go around. Protonk (talk) 20:35, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Agreed. This would be a redundant stub template. Resolute 20:42, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
Use of fylfot
Rather than saying it in half a dozen places, can I please oppose the use of the fylfot (the swastika symbol without any appendages from a flag). This is because that image is not just associated with the Nazis, it is in use in other parts of the world with a benign meaning that is frequently overshadowed by the association with the Nazis. I would much prefer we use the flag icon, as it is then really clear that this is an article relating to the Nazi regime. Individual victims of course do not need to be tagged with it - they are people, and the stubs will also be Jewish related or Polish related or LGBT related or whatever. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:11, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* That is another very good point. We should not allow the Nazis brief use of the symbol to overshadow thousands of years of history by teaching "swastika = nazis" without qualification. (This was also the subject of a prior debate with respect to Template:Hinduism.) --erachima talk 22:20, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Quite. It has come up before. The scarlet flag, white circle and swastika only has one associated meaning - let's stick with that. Its clear, works well at a small scale (which the stamp certainly doesn't), and everyone knows what it is. Make rules about when to use the 'Nazi-related' stub, if that's the issue-I would have thought that tagging short articles about Holocaust victims as 'Nazi-related' would be more of a potential offence than the flag would.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:37, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
* Very good point indeed, I agree completely. Swarm Talk 00:25, 17 July 2010 (UTC) | WIKI |
Shaki fortress
Shaki fortress is a medieval fortress located in the center of Shaki in northern Azerbaijan which served as Shaki Khan Haki Celebi's citadel. It consists of Shaki Khan’s palace.
History
Built in the era of Shaki Khan Haki Celebi (1743-1755) in the capital of Shaki Khanate, the walls of fortress are 1,300 metres long 2.2 metres thick and consists about 40 buildings. It reflects the important administrative and commercial role of the city and the status of hub of the silk trade, the city had earlier. The winter palace, built in 1797, which acted as residences for the khan’s family and servant’s quarters during Khan's reign is inside the fortress, which was inscribed as UNESCO World heritage site in 2019.
Later history
The fortress underwent a restoration between 1958 and 1963. The city is based on the forests of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, while the fortress lies on the southern part of the range. | WIKI |
Omitting Git-ignored files in Emacs dired
Adding the following snippet to your .emacs file will cause Emacs’ dired mode to omit all files ignored by Git. This only works if you have dired-omit-mode on, which is ordinarily bound to Meta-o.
The code
Here is the code you would add to your .emacs file:
(add-hook ‘dired-load-hook #’(lambda nil (load “dired-x” t)))
(eval-after-load “dired-x”
‘(progn
(defvar dired-omit-regexp-orig (symbol-function ‘dired-omit-regexp))
(defun dired-omit-regexp ()
(let ((file (expand-file-name “.git”))
parent-dir)
(while (and (not (file-exists-p file))
(progn
(setq parent-dir
(file-name-directory
(directory-file-name
(file-name-directory file))))
;; Give up if we are already at the root dir.
(not (string= (file-name-directory file)
parent-dir))))
;; Move up to the parent dir and try again.
(setq file (expand-file-name “.git” parent-dir)))
;; If we found a change log in a parent, use that.
(if (file-exists-p file)
(let ((regexp (funcall dired-omit-regexp-orig)))
(assert (stringp regexp))
(concat
regexp
(if (> (length regexp) 0)
“\\|” “”)
“\\(“
(mapconcat
#’(lambda (str)
(concat “^”
(regexp-quote
(substring str 13
(if (= ?/ (aref str (1- (length str))))
(1- (length str))
nil)))
“$”))
(split-string (shell-command-to-string
“git clean -d -x -n”)
“\n” t)
“\\|”)
“\\)”))
(funcall dired-omit-regexp-orig))))))
A note to fellow Emacs coders: I tried writing this as a piece of defadvice, rather than hijacking the definition of dired-omit-regexp, but for some reason it never called this function. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Chief Scientist of Western Australia
The Chief Scientist of Western Australia is an independent adviser to the Government of Western Australia on science and innovation within Western Australia. The Chief Scientist also advises on science in the economy, the development of scientific industries, and promoting the state's scientific leadership internationally within the Asia-Pacific region.
Role
The Chief Scientist advises the government, particularly the premier and the Minister for Science, on scientific matters, and on a strategic direction for science in Western Australia.
The Chief Scientist reports to the Minister for Science, and works with the Science and Innovation division of the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation. The role also involves the encouragement of collaboration at local, national and internal levels; advocating for scientific investment from industry and the federal government; advocating for policies and initiatives throughout government and the community; and acting as a public ambassador.
Government ministers or bureaucrats may ask the Chief Scientist for scientific information on subjects related to their portfolios, such as radio astronomy, the Peel-Harvey inlet, or supercomputers. The Chief Scientist consults with experts on the subject, and present a briefing on the matter. The Chief Scientist may also approach government with their own concerns or ideas.
While in the role, Chief Scientists can continue their scientific endeavours, in local laboratories or in other parts of the world such as Nevada and South Africa.
History
The position was created in 2003, with the inaugural appointment of Bruce Hobbs. Hobbs resigned in May 2006 over a difference in opinion regarding government funding. The second, Lyn Beazley, was the first woman to be appointed as a chief scientist in Australia. The third appointment was Peter Klinken in 2014. All three appointees were researchers and professors at the University of Western Australia.
Chief Scientists
There have been three Chief Scientists of Western Australia: | WIKI |
Popovë
Popovë or Kështjellas is a village located in the Municipality of Podujevo, Kosovo.
Geography
Village is located on the gorge of Kaçandoll river (major tributary of the Llapi river). The village has a close geographical position toward four Municipal Centers in North-eastern Kosovo: Podujevo (9 km), Vushtrri (12 km), Mitrovica (18 km), Pristina (24 km). | WIKI |
In React, we have 2 types of state: application state and component state. Component state is the state that only lives within one small building block (called a component), while application state is shared across the whole application (all components). When introducing state, your first thought should be to define it within your component. Only when the state is used in different parts of the application, you mark it as the application state.
In this blog post, we want to give you an overview of the tools that are available today to deal with application state. We call those tools global state managers”. We’ll talk you through the benefits and possible drawbacks of the different global state managers we already used for our projects. As state is shared over all components and can change over time, the choice of the state managers can have a great impact on your application and how you structure it. So you better make a well-thought-out decision.
We'll compare 4 different state managers:
1. Context
2. Recoil
3. Redux
4. MobX
Context
Context is probably one of the easiest and fastest ways to manage state in React. It’s been part of React since the 0.16.3 version (this was released in March 2018). It was already available before but until then this tool wasn’t recommended. It's an easy stepping stone towards global state management, given the fact that it corresponds to standard state management within a React component.
Context is mainly recommended for data that doesn't require frequent updates. When the dataset increases, context will be less effective for your project.
To quote Sebastian Markbag, Front End Engineer React at Facebook: My personal summary is that new context is ready to be used for low-frequency unlikely updates (like locale/theme). It's also good to use it in the same way as the old context was used. I.e. for static values and then propagate updates through subscriptions. It's not ready to be used as a replacement for all Flux-like state propagation.
In addition, context is not made to scale with large applications. It is made for small, infrequently varying datasets within the application, e.g.: theme variable, language, logged-in state...
An example of how to use Context:
context state management react
Recoil
Recoil is relatively new in the state management market. It’s created by developers at Facebook who had to deal with performance issues in existing state management tools.
As we already suspected, Recoil is made to use with bigger, more complex data structures. It’s written as if it was a regular React API.
Recoils key features:
• Shared data: using the same pieces of data in several separate components
• Derived data: edited data across state changes
Recoil works with both atoms and selectors:
Atoms can be seen as pieces of state. Both the selectors as the components can read these atoms to use the data within and to recalculate it when the atom changes. Every atom also has a unique key.
Selectors are functions that an atom or any other selector has as input. They provide us with the possibility to edit data outside of components, which makes that some logic stays out of the components. Selectors can be both synchronous and asynchronous, which makes the library suitable to execute API calls for example.
An example of how to use Recoil:
Recoil state management react
Redux
Redux is a well-known state management tool for web applications. There is a React package (react-redux) available to integrate Redux in React.
Typically, Redux stores your data within nodes. If you structure your application in different feature modules, each module could have its data stored within its own node. The combination of all those nodes is called the Redux store.
Redux has a typical structure with some core concepts: action, reducer, and selector.
An action can be dispatched (e.g. by one of your components) when something happens. This action impacts your application state. Therefore reducers listen to all actions and update their state if necessary. Finally, components listen to state changes through selectors to update the view. Setting up this structure for each action already requires you to write some code. Having to do this for all actions within each module of your application will make you end up with a lot of code.
Before React came with hooks, connecting components to the Redux state was very tedious. No more need for using “mapStateToProps”, “mapDispatchToProps”, and higher-order components. Now the store is easily accessible by using the useSelector (to select state) and useDispatch (to dispatch actions) hooks.
Using Redux is not difficult, but you have to invest some time to grasp this pattern and how the concepts are related to each other. Redux proves to be a very predictable and reliable state management tool that we use in most applications within icapps. It also comes with debugging tools making it possible to view the full Redux store or to see all dispatched actions together with their impact on the current state.
An example of how to use Redux:
Redux state management
MobX
Essentially, Mobx is a simple, scalable, and battle-tested state management solution. It works in a reactive, mutative way and when used with React, it does an internal comparison of the state to determine which React components should rerender.
With 24.4k stars on Github [https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx] at the time of writing this blog post, it is a popular choice for state management.
Due to its reactive nature, Mobx is more simplistic but very different from other state management tools like Redux.
You could easily mutate a deeply-nested observable and Mobx would know what relevant components to re-render. This is a lot harder in state management tools that rely on immutable changes, like Redux (although there are libraries like Immer to help you with this), though, we strongly believe the application state should be as normalized and simple as possible. For handling side effects, Mobx has built-in actions and reactions that can be used to manually or automatically update state.
An example of how to use MobX:
MobX state management
To Sum up
state management tool
Since the choice of state manager has an important impact on the stability of your application, we feel like it’s important to regularly compare and try out new and different state managers available. With this knowledge in mind, we can make the right decision. At icapps, we use Redux as the state manager for 90% of all our projects. Redux is a very reliable and powerful tool to maintain larger, more complex projects. Although Redux has a steep learning curve, it's worth the investment because this state manager is so powerful and widely used. Plus, due to its large scalability, a great amount of data can be handled with Redux.
When we feel the need to isolate some smaller components
within the application, components that don’t require many updates, we use Context to manage them separately. The combination of Redux and Context has been successful in our experience. But, we always keep an eye on innovation and we are able to adjust to the requirements of the project and our customers. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
DIY Network
How to Repair a Cartridge-Type Faucet
Cartridge faucets are so named because inside their handle is a movable brass or plastic cartridge. Master plumber Ed Del Grande gives step-by-step instructions on how to repair a cartridge-type faucet.
More in Plumbing
a new cartridge usually fixes a cartridge faucet
• Time
1 hour
• Price Range
$1 - $50
• Difficulty
Easy
Highlights:
Step 1: Remove the Handle
After turning off the water under the sink, remove the old cartridge.
Tip: Check to see whether a solid-brass replacement cartridge is available. Brass cartridges far outlast plastic.
First remove the decorative cap to expose the screw holding the handle in place. Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to remove the screw, then remove the handle and decorative sleeve.
cap removed to expose screw holding handle
Step 2: Remove the Retaining Clip
With the handle out of the way, use needle-nose pliers to remove the retaining clip holding the cartridge in position. Carefully slide out the old cartridge.
remove retaining clip and slide out old cartridge
Step 3: Replace the Cartridge
Inspect the old cartridge. If it has more damage than a broken O-ring, you'll need to replace it.
Drop in the new cartridge and push it firmly into place.
Carefully replace the retaining clip and sleeve.
Reattach the handle and secure it with the screw.
Step 4: Check the Water
Check the flow of water to make sure that the hot- and cold-water adjustments work properly. If hot water flows out when the handle is turned to cold, remove the handle and rotate the cartridge 180 degrees. Reattach the handle and check your results.
If everything works properly, replace the decorative cap and you're done.
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List of furniture designers
This is a list of notable people whose primary occupation is furniture design.
A
* Alvar Aalto (1898–1976)
* Eero Aarnio (born 1932)
* Robert Adam (1728–1792)
* Thomas Affleck (1745–1795)
* Franco Albini (1905–1977)
* Davis Allen (1916–1999)
* Gordon Andrews (1914–2001)
* Ron Arad (born 1951)
* Ini Archibong (born 1983)
* David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 1961)
* Gae Aulenti (1927–2012)
* Jean Avisse (1723–1796)
B
* Bae Se-hwa (born 1980)
* Fred Baier (born 1949)
* Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby (born 1969)
* Milo Baughman (1923–2003)
* Mario Bellini (born 1935)
* Harry Bertoia (1915–1978)
* Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992)
* Cini Boeri (1924–2020)
* André Charles Boulle (1642–1732)
* Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976)
* Marcel Breuer (1902–1981)
* Jeremy Broun (born 2000)
* Stephen Burks (born 1969)
* Busk + Hertzog
C
* Louise Campbell (born 1970)
* David Caon (born 1977)
* Achille Castiglioni (1918–2002)
* Livio Castiglioni (1911–1971)
* Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913–1968)
* Wendell Castle (1932–2018)
* Don Chadwick (born 1936)
* William Chambers (1723–1796)
* Eliphalet Chapin (1741–1807)
* Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779)
* Thomas Chippendale, the younger (1749–1822)
* Antonio Citterio (born 1950)
* John Cobb (1715–1778)
* Kenneth Cobonpue (born 1968)
* Muriel Coleman (1917–2003)
* Mac Collins (born 1995)
* Joe Cesare Colombo (1930–1971)
* Henry Copland (1728–1754)
* Charles Cressent (1685–1768)
D
* Mario Dal Fabbro (1913–1990)
* Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi (1767–1855)
* Niels Diffrient (1928–2013)
* Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005)
* Tom Dixon (born 1959)
E
* Ray (1912–1988) and Charles Eames (1907–1978)
* Charles Eastlake (1836–1906)
* Thomas Elfe (1719–1775)
* Olav Eldøy (born 1948)
* Paul Evans (1931–1987)
F
* Grant Featherston (1922–1995)
* Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (1762–1853)
* Paul T. Frankl (1887–1958)
* Naoto Fukasawa (born 1956)
G
* Peter Ghyczy (born 1940)
* Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721)
* Ernest Gimson (1864–1919)
* Eileen Gray (1878–1976)
* Molly Gregory (1914–2006)
* Hector Guimard (1867–1942)
H
* Christopher Guy Harrison (1960–2020)
* Ambrose Heal (1872–1959)
* George Hepplewhite (c. 1727–1786)
* René Herbst (1891–1982)
* James Hilton (born 1973)
* Matthew Hilton (born 1957)
* Jacques Hitier (1917–1999)
* Josef Hoffman (1870–1956)
* Thomas Hope (1769–1831)
* Luke Hughes (born 1957)
* Richard Hutten (born 1967)
I
* Yinka Ilori (born 1987)
* James Irvine (1958–2013)
J
* Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971)
* Dakota Jackson (born 1949)
* Charles Hollis Jones (born 1945)
* Hella Jongerius (born 1963)
* Finn Juhl (1912–1989)
K
* Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016)
* William Kent (1685–1748)
* Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980)
* Florence Knoll (1917–2019)
* Silas Kopf (born 1949)
* Susan Kozma-Orlay (1913–2008)
* James Krenov (1920–2009)
* Shiro Kuramata (1934–1991)
L
* Max Lamb (born 1980)
* Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779–1819)
* Paul László (1900–1993)
* Charles Limbert (1854–1923)
* François Linke (1855–1946)
* David Linley (born 1961)
* Piero Lissoni (born 1956)
* Mathias Locke (18th century)
* Samuel Loomis (1748–1814)
* Ross Lovegrove (born 1958)
* Wendell Lovett (1922–2016)
* Fred Lowen (1919–2005)
M
* Sal Maccarone (born 1949)
* Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928)
* Vico Magistretti (1920–2006)
* Terence Main (born 1954)
* John Makepeace (born 1939)
* Sam Maloof (1916–2009)
* Cecilie Manz (born 1972)
* Sabine Marcelis (born 1985)
* Enzo Mari (born 1932)
* Daniel Marot (1661–1752)
* Wendy Maruyama (born 1952)
* Bruno Mathson (1907–1988)
* Judy Kensley McKie (born 1944)
* Alessandro Mendini (1931–2019)
* Børge Mogensen (1914–1972)
* Thomas C. Molesworth (1890–1977)
* Carlo Mollino (1905–1973)
* Jasper Morrison (born 1959)
* Olivier Mourgue (born 1939)
N
* George Nakashima (1905–1990)
* George Nelson (1908–1986)
* Marc Newson (born 1963)
* Marcus Nonnenmacher (1653–1720)
* Nolen Niu (born 1975)
* Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988)
* Arne Norell (1917–1971)
* Wallace Nutting (1861–1941)
O
* Jean Francis Oeben (1721–1763)
* Jay Sae Jung Oh (born 1982)
* Jonathan Olivares (born 1981)
* Sergio Orozco
P
* Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832)
* Augustus Pugin (1812–1852)
* Verner Panton (1926–1998)
* Xavier Pauchard (1880–1948)
* Kenneth Peacock (1922–2000)
* Charlotte Perriand (1903–1999)
* Charles Percier (1764–1838)
* Alan Peters (1933–2009)
* Duncan Phyfe (1768–1854)
* Giancarlo Piretti (born 1940)
* Warren Platner (1919–2006)
* Ferdinand Plitzner (1678–1724)
* Charles Pollock (1930–2013)
* Jean Prouvé (1901–1984)
* Andrée Putman (1925–2013)
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* Ernest Race (1913–1964)
* Dieter Rams (born 1932)
* Karim Rashid (born 1960)
* Lilly Reich (1885–1947)
* Jean Henri Riesener (1734–1806)
* Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964)
* Jens Risom (1916–2016)
* T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings (1905–1976)
* David Roentgen (1743–1807)
* Samuel Ross (born 1991)
* André Jacob Roubo (1739–1791)
* Alexander Roux (1813–1886)
* David Rowland (1924–2010)
* Gordon Russell (1892–1980)
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* Eero Saarinen (1910–1961)
* Kasper Salto (born 1967)
* Richard Sapper (1932–2015)
* Sergio Savarese (1958–2006)
* Timothy Schreiber
* Frans Schrofer (born 1956)
* George Seddon (1727–1801)
* Maarten van Severen (1956–2005)
* Thomas Shearer (18th century)
* Thomas Sheraton (1751–1806)
* Alma Siedhoff-Buscher (1899–1944)
* Bořek Šípek (1949–2016)
* Janice Smith
* Rosanne Somerson (born 1954)
* Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007)
* Russell Spanner (1916–1974)
* Mart Stam (1899–1986)
* Philippe Starck (born 1949)
* Gustav Stickley (1858–1942)
* Bill Stumpf (1936–2006)
* Sympson (fl. 1660s)
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* Michael Thonet (1796–1871)
* Matteo Thun (born 1952)
* Frederick William Tod (1879–1958)
* Johannes Torpe (born 1973)
* David Trubridge
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* Patricia Urquiola (born 1961)
V
* Henry van de Velde (1863–1957)
* William Vile (c. 1700–1767)
* Lella Vignelli (1934–2016)
* Massimo Vignelli (1931–2014)
* Arne Vodder (1926–2009)
W
* Katie Walker (born 1969)
* Marcel Wanders (born 1963)
* Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007)
* Russel Wright (1904–1976)
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* Tokujin Yoshioka (born 1967)
* Michael Young (born 1966)
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* Giorgia Zanellato (fl 2000s), Italian designer
* Nika Zupanc (born 1974) | WIKI |
Potential impact of a nonavalent HPV vaccine on HPV related low-and high-grade cervical intraepithelial lesions: A referral hospital-based study in Sicily
Carmelina Bellavia, Alessandra Vassiliadis, Teresa Maria Assunta Fasciana, Giuseppina Capra, Alberto Firenze, Domenica Matranga, Antonino Perino, Carmelina Bellavia, Teresa Fasciana, Lucia Giovannelli, Giovanna Scaduto, Antonio Perino, Maria Francesca Guarneri, Giuseppina Capra, Alessandra Vassiliadis, Domenica Matranga, Alberto Firenze, Giovanna Scaduto, Maria Francesca Guarneri
Risultato della ricerca: Articlepeer review
17 Citazioni (Scopus)
Abstract
While bivalent and quadrivalent HPV vaccines have been used for about 10 years, a nonavalent vaccine against HPV types 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52 and 58 has been recently approved by FDA and EMA and is now commercially available. The objective of our study was to evaluate the potential impact of the nonavalent vaccine on HPV infection and related low- and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL, HSIL), compared to the impact of the quadrivalent vaccine, in a female population living in Sicily (Italy). Low estimates of HPV vaccine impact were calculated as prevalence of HPV 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52 and 58 genotypes, alone or in association, but excluding presence of other HPV types; high estimates were calculated as prevalence of HPV 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52 and 58 genotypes alone or in association, in the presence of other HPV types. The nonavalent HPV vaccine showed increased impact, compared to the quadrivalent vaccine. Estimates of potential impact varied from 30.9% (low estimate) to 53.3% (high estimate) for LSIL, and from 56.9% to 81,0% for HSIL. The proportion of additional cases potentially prevented by the nonavalent vaccine was 14.4%–23.8% for LSIL, and 19.0%–32.8% for HSIL. The benefit of the nonavalent vaccine compared to the quadrivalent vaccine was more than 80% for both low and high impact estimates for LSIL and more than 50% for both low and high impact estimates for HSIL. The present study confirms that the switch from a first generation HPV vaccines to a nonavalent vaccine would increase the prevention of cervical HSIL in up to 90% of cases.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1839-1843
Numero di pagine5
RivistaHUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
Volume13
Stato di pubblicazionePublished - 2017
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Efe Arda Koyuncu
Efe Arda Koyuncu (born 8 July 2005) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir.
Career
Koyuncu is a youth product of Bayrampaşa Demirspor, Haliç, and İstanbul Başakşehir, before joining the latter's senior team in 2022. On 13 April 2022, he signed his first professional contract with İstanbul Başakşehir, keeping him at the club until June 2025. He made his professional debut with İstanbul Başakşehir in a 0–0 Süper Lig tie with Galatasaray on 7 May 2022, where he was a starter and played the entire match. At 16 years old and 10 months, Koyuncu is the youngest professional debutant in the history of İstanbul Başakşehir, taking the record from Ravil Tagir.
International career
Koyuncu is a youth international for Turkey, having represented the Turkey U17s. | WIKI |
Page:Tragedies of Euripides (Way 1894) v1.djvu/112
80 No home of a father hast thou
For thine haven when trouble-storms lower.
Usurped is thy bridal bower
Of another, in pride of her power,
Ill-starred, overqueening thee now.
Enter Jason.
Not now first, nay, but ofttimes have I marked
What desperate mischief is a froward spirit.
For in this land, this home, when thou might'st stay
Bearing unfractiously thy rulers' pleasure,
Banished thou art for wild and whirling words.
Me they vex not—cease never, an thou wilt,
Clamouring, "Jason is of men most base!"
But, for thy words against thy rulers spoken,
Count it all gain—mere exile punishing thee.
For me—still strove I to appease the wrath
Of kings incensed: fain would I thou shouldst stay.
But thou rein'st not thy folly, speaking still
Evil of dignities; art therefore banished.
Yet, for all this, not wearied of my friends,
With so much forethought come I for thee, lady,
That, banished with thy babes, thou lack not gold,
Nor aught beside. Full many an ill is brought
In exile's train. Yea, though thou hatest me,
Ne'er can I harbour evil thought of thee.
Caitiff of caitiffs!—blackest of reproaches
My tongue for thine unmanliness can frame—
Thou com'st to me—thou com'st, most hateful proved
To heaven, to me, to all the race of men! | WIKI |
Talk:Lake Michigan Conference (college conference)
Is MSOE a member?
I noticed my removal of MSOE from the list of members was undone. Perhaps I was mistaken, but this seems ambiguous. Perhaps someone who understands the situation better can shed some light on this. Edurant 21:57, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Requested move 21 April 2019
The result of the move request was: No consensus to move, and no alternative titles have been proposed — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:33, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
Lake Michigan Conference (defunct) → ? – There has to be a better disambiguator than (defunct), but I'm not sure what it is. (Wisconsin) might work except not all the schools were in Wisconsin. (NCAA) or (college conference) probably would work, but I am also not a topic expert so I would like some advice. I caught this oddball while looking for radio stations using this disambiguator. The other article with a similar name, Lake Michigan Conference (Michigan), relates to a conference of high schools; it's probably the primary topic, as it is pulling more than twice the pageviews. Raymie (t • c) 02:24, 21 April 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Iffy★Chat -- 21:17, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
* Comment: I will note additionally that Lake Michigan Conference (Michigan) is currently in an unacceptable state, with Lake Michigan Conference being a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT to a parenthetically disambiguated page. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:10, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
* That page looks especially loaded with cruft, though we do have other articles on Michigan's conferences. (For what it's worth, the structure of HS athletics in Michigan seems to be very different from other states—I did articles on almost every HS in Arizona and there is no equivalent to the structure Michigan has—and we have an article tree including most of those. A topic expert might be necessary to help me navigate that.) Raymie (t • c) 06:51, 21 April 2019 (UTC)
Requested move 5 October 2020
The result of the move request was: Pages moved. Lake Michigan Conference (defunct) → Lake Michigan Conference (college conference) and Lake Michigan Conference (Michigan) → Lake Michigan Conference (closed by non-admin page mover) OhKayeSierra (talk) 21:57, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
– After some deliberation, this is likely the best course of action. Better than "(defunct)". The high school conference is a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC receiving two to three times the pageviews (38 vs. 120); additionally, the undisambiguated title redirects there. Raymie (t • c) 02:50, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
* Lake Michigan Conference (defunct) → Lake Michigan Conference (college)
* Lake Michigan Conference (Michigan) → Lake Michigan Conference
* What about Lake Michigan Conference (college conference)? Although "Conference" is in its name, it's a proper name so I parse "(college)" as meaning that it is a college. – Thjarkur (talk) 09:18, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
* Prefer Lake Michigan Conference (college conference) per the reasoning above. (t · c) buidhe 19:43, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
* This is fine. Raymie (t • c) 20:35, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
* The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. | WIKI |
Gadget Lab Podcast: The Case for Male Birth Control
Hormonal male contraception is not a new idea—in fact, researchers have been working on solutions for men since the pill was invented for women. But early tests around male contraceptives were inconclusive, and as birth control pills exploded, there wasn't as much interest in a male version. A new male contraceptive gel, one that reduces sperm count, could change that. It’s been in the works for more than a decade, WIRED’s Arielle Pardes reports this week, and it looks promising. Even if the gel eventually make its way to pharmacies, though, there may still be societal hurdles to overcome. And survey results are mixed, Arielle tells us on this week’s Gadget Lab podcast: Some men indicate they would be reluctant to use birth control, while others are for it. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
When You’d Rather Not Be a Reference
The Workologist A woman my husband and I know recently texted us a request to give her our endorsement, should an unspecified potential employer call. I wasn’t happy that she texted instead of asking in person or on the phone so that we could get more information. But that is the way she likes to communicate. The real issue: She believes the conspiracy theories that fly around the internet, and stridently lets everyone know her ultraconservative views on politics, religion, and everything else. (We are her only friends in our neighborhood.) She seems intelligent and capable, as well as honest and kind on a personal level. Perhaps she would be a good employee. However, I am reluctant to recommend her because I would feel responsible if she can’t control spouting her strong and (in many cases) reprehensible opinions. My husband says we would be heartless not to help her. We know she and her spouse lost big in the 2008 crash. (“She may be starving!” he says.) She hasn’t worked for decades. I think she should ask someone from her church for a recommendation. What to do? ANONYMOUS When someone asks you for a favor, you have the final say over the medium by which you choose to respond. The easy answer to that text is, “Call me and let’s discuss.” If she chooses not to follow up, the matter is closed. But let’s say she calls. That brings you to the bigger issue: How to deal with a request for an endorsement from someone you don’t really endorse. Think about what you would say if you had to speak to the potential employer. The challenge is that most of your assessment, both pro and con, is conjecture. She might be a good employee; she might shoot off her mouth. Really, you don’t know. The honest assessment is that you have no idea whether she’d be a good workplace fit, because you never worked with her. Sounds pretty tepid? That’s the point. Tell this person what you’d be willing to say, and let her decide if she wants to list you as a reference or (as you suggest) find someone else. There’s nothing mean or rude about this. You should handle such requests according to your own standards. It’s far kinder to be transparent than to let this person assume she’ll get a full-throated endorsement when that isn’t the case. It’s possible that disclosing your parameters will cause your acquaintance to clarify what she’s looking for, and why. Maybe you can adjust your response accordingly, or determine that there are ways you can be helpful that don’t make you uncomfortable. It is, of course, perfectly fine to offer a hearty endorsement of an acquaintance you’ve never worked with, as long as you’re honest and your enthusiasm is genuine. But the more you find yourself thinking about all the caveats and hedges you need to include, the more likely it is that you’re better off saying as little as possible. I work in a very small office. My boss, the owner of the company, is a very nice, sweet person — a tranquil, soft-spoken Buddhist. And I think one of my co-workers takes advantage of him. She comes in late every morning and takes Fridays off. Despite her huge salary, all her clients were inherited and she makes no effort to bring in new ones. (I have brought on more than 25 new customers in my short time here.) Most recently she took three months off, paid, for a supposed “hip replacement.” But I overheard her on the phone talking to a liposuction specialist, and it appears she had a nose job, too. In any case, our business suffered tremendously while she was out, because her customers did not place new orders, and she did not want anyone soliciting them. The bottom line is that I think she is deceiving the boss and he’s too nice to see what’s happening. Should I say anything? ANONYMOUS Framing this as a matter of protecting your overly nice and (from your description) possibly clueless boss seems fishy. I think the real issue is that you find this co-worker irritating. Start by separating legitimate problems from murkier and more subjective, or even outright speculative, complaints. For instance, if you feel that the new business you’re bringing in hasn’t been properly valued or rewarded, that’s a real concern. Clearly it’s a problem if this colleague is territorial about her customers in ways that hurt the overall business. These are topics you can bring up with your boss in concrete ways, particularly if you can suggest solutions. But if that conversation tips into your theories about a colleague’s personal life, based on overheard phone calls, you could find yourself on thin ice. The boss presumably knows that this colleague takes Fridays off; he may also know the full details (whatever they are) of her leave. Instead of coming across as concerned, you risk seeming like a busybody or a tattletale. That doesn’t mean you might not have legitimate issues or grievances. Just make sure you frame them as directly relevant to you and the business. Don’t worry about the boss being too nice to someone else; focus on making sure he’s fair to you. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Turbo-compound engine
A turbo-compound engine is a reciprocating engine that employs a turbine to recover energy from the exhaust gases. Instead of using that energy to drive a turbocharger as found in many high-power aircraft engines, the energy is instead sent to the output shaft to increase the total power delivered by the engine. The turbine is usually mechanically connected to the crankshaft, as on the Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone, but electric and hydraulic power recovery systems have been investigated as well.
As this recovery process does not increase fuel consumption, it has the effect of reducing the specific fuel consumption, the ratio of fuel use to power. Turbo-compounding was used for commercial airliners and similar long-range, long-endurance roles before the introduction of turbojet engines. Examples using the Duplex-Cyclone include the Douglas DC-7B and Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, while other designs did not see production use.
Concept
Most piston engines produce a hot exhaust that still contains considerable undeveloped energy that could be used for propulsion if extracted. A turbine is often used to extract energy from such a stream of gases. A conventional gas turbine is fed high-pressure, high-velocity air, extracts energy from it, and leaves as a lower-pressure, slower-moving stream. This action has the side-effect of increasing the upstream pressure, which makes it undesirable for use with a piston engine as it increases the back-pressure in the engine, which decreases scavenging of the exhaust gas from the cylinders and thereby lowers the efficiency of the piston portion of a compound engine.
Through the late 1930s and early 1940s one solution to this problem was the introduction of "jet stack" exhaust manifolds. These were simply short sections of metal pipe attached to the exhaust ports, shaped so that they would interact with the airstream to produce a jet of air that produced forward thrust. Another World War II introduction was the use of the Meredith effect to recover heat from the radiator system to provide additional thrust.
By the late-war era, turbine development had improved dramatically and led to a new turbine design known as the "blowdown turbine" or "power-recovery turbine". This design extracts energy from the momentum of the moving exhaust, but does not appreciably increase back-pressure. This means it does not have the undesirable effects of conventional designs when connected to the exhaust of a piston engine, and a number of manufacturers began studying the design.
History
The first aircraft engine to be tested with a power-recovery turbine was the Rolls-Royce Crecy. This was used primarily to drive a geared centrifugal supercharger, although it was also coupled to the crankshaft and gave an extra 15 to 35 percent fuel economy.
Blowdown turbines became relatively common features in the late- and post-war era, especially for engines designed for long overwater flights. Turbo-compounding was used on several airplane engines after World War II, including the Napier Nomad and the Wright R-3350. The exhaust restriction imparted by the three blowdown turbines used on the Wright R-3350 is equal to a well-designed jet stack system used on a conventional radial engine, while recovering about 550 hp at METO (maximum continuous except for take-off) power. In the case of the R-3350, maintenance crews sometimes nicknamed the turbine the parts recovery turbine due to its negative effect on engine reliability. Turbo-compound versions of the Napier Deltic, Rolls-Royce Crecy, Rolls-Royce Griffon, and Allison V-1710 were constructed but none was developed beyond the prototype stage. It was realized in many cases the power produced by the simple turbine was approaching that of the enormously complex and maintenance-intensive piston engine to which it was attached. As a result, turbo-compound aero engines were soon supplanted by turboprop and turbojet engines.
Some modern heavy truck diesel manufacturers have incorporated turbo-compounding into their designs. Examples include the Detroit Diesel DD15 and Scania in production from 1991.
Starting with the 2014 season, Formula 1 switched to a new 1.6 liter turbocharged V6 formula that uses turbo-compounding. The engines use a single turbocharger that is connected to an electric motor/generator called the MGU-H. The MGU-H uses a turbine to drive a generator, converting waste heat from the exhaust into electrical energy that is either stored in a battery or sent directly to an electric motor in the car's powertrain.
List of types
* Detroit Diesel
* DD15
* Napier
* Napier Nomad
* Wright Aeronautical
* Wright R-3350: The turbo-compound version was the only turbo-compound aero-engine to see mass production and widespread usage.
* Dobrynin
* Dobrynin VD-4K
* Zvezda
* Zvezda M503: Soviet-built 42 cylinder diesel naval engine used in the Osa-class missile boat
* Renault
* Renault Energy F1: 1.6 liter turbocharged V6 engine built for Formula 1. Unlike its contemporaries, still uses a wastegate as an emergency measure to control boost pressure in case the turbo-compounding with the MGU-H fails.
* Ferrari
* Ferrari 059: 1.6 liter turbocharged V6 engine built for Formula 1 for the Ferrari F14 T as well as the Sauber C33.
* Mercedes-Benz
* Mercedes PU106: 1.6 liter turbocharged V6 engine built for Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 programme.
* Honda
* Honda RA615H: 1.6 liter turbocharged V6 engine built for Formula 1 for the McLaren MP4-30. | WIKI |
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Description
Most cars are idly parked 90-95% of the time. With an accelerated shift to using electric vehicles (EVs), batteries of EVs offer enormous potential in terms of using their vast collective storage capacity as a flexible solution to support the grid, which can be taxed with an intermittent renewable energy supply. Bidirectional electric vehicle charging (V2X) refers to EV chargers that allow not only for charging the battery of the EV but also for taking energy from the car battery and pushing it back to the grid when needed.
There are two primary receivers of power from an EV: the grid (V2G) and the electricity from a home or building (V2H). Bi-directional charging creates greater synergy between the clean transport sector and renewable energy sources, as the car batteries can store excess energy created by variable renewable sources such as wind and solar, then provide power to the grid or home when demand is high or energy production is low. This reduces curtailment, lowers the need for grid infrastructure investments and allows for higher renewable energy integration. In addition, V2H charging can act as an emergency power source during power outages and V2G can provide vehicle owners with extra income through arbitrage of time-variable energy prices.
Problems to be solved
Grid congestion
Growing energy consumption
Unsteady power generation from renewable sources
Uneven peaks in energy usage
Benefits
The main goal of Bi-directional Electric Vehicle Charging is to increase the grid flexibility. Thereby, it increases potential revenue streams through arbitrage or provision of ancillary services and the integration of solar PV as well as the self-reliance in case of electricity blackouts while it enables the optimization of smart micro grids, Besides that, the solution achieves the benefits listed below. Whereas some benefits are likely to be fulfiled with a basic implementation of the solution, the fulfilment of the potential benefits depends on the functions implemented in a specific project.
Functions
Functions help you to understand what the products can do for you and which ones will help you achieve your goals.
Each Solution has at least one mandatory function, which is needed to achieve the basic purpose of the Solution, and several additional functions, which are features that can be added to provide additional benefits.
Mandatory Functions
Charging electric vehicles
Storing electricity into car battery
Feeding energy from the battery back into the grid
Managing energy supply and demand
Providing flexibility to the grid (V2G)
Potential Functions
Providing backup power (V2H)
Using the EV battery for balancing and frequency control
Informing customers
Paying for the energy fed back into the grid
Variants
The variants of bi-directional charging concern whether power goes from the vehicle to the grid (V2G) or to a building or home (V2B or V2H).
Description
The smart grid controls vehicle charging and returns electricity to the grid. The transmission system operator may be willing to purchase electricity from customers at times of peak demand or to use the EV battery capacity for ancillary services such as balancing and frequency control.
Supporting City Context
Cities with high solar photovoltaic (PV) generation profiles benefit more from bi-directional charging than those with high wind generation profiles because solar energy is generated and stored during the day and then can be dispatched at night when the vehicle is connected to the grid. Other supporting factors include dynamic electricity pricing and competitive ancillary service markets. (IRENA, 2019)
Use Cases
Vehicle to X (V2X) Charging for Electric Vehicles
In Barcelona, an innovative form of Vehicle-to-X (V2X) charging for Electric Vehicles has been implemented. This can increase the renewable energy penetration, energy storage, grid flexibility and facilitate energy management optimization.
The Parker Project- V2G Services
The Parker project tested the validity of a company fleet with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) services to support the power grid and support greater integration of renewable energy, while earning revenue.
Description
Vehicles supply supplemental power to the building or home. This does not directly affect grid performance but rather provides a back-up power supply. It can also help the vehicle owner to avoid demand charges or increase the usage share of power produced on-site by distributed generation.
Supporting City Context
In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, commercial V2H has been available in Japan since 2012 to provide emergency electricity in case of a power outage. Market deployment has not yet been reached elsewhere.
Cost Structure
The costs of a Bi-directional Electric Vehicle Charging System occuring due to the interface costs which are 3-5 times higher than that of unidirectional smart charging. Additionally new hardware is neccessary and the batteries might be degredated quicker.
City Context
As cities generate more and more renewable energy to reach their carbon neutrality targets, bi-directional charging offers a cheaper energy strorage system to balance and optimize the grid. However, for bi-directional charging to be successful in a city, there must be regulations and policy supporting such a solution:
• For V2G technology to be enticing enough to be deployed at a high scale, EV owners must be able to ‘stack’ revenue streams from the flexibility services their car’s battery provides. A Danish pilot project found revenue streams of an average 1860 EUR per year (Andersen, 2021).
• There also needs to be a high level of EV deployment in the city with the same V2X capabilities to enable aggregation of the EV batteries to create a sort of virtual power plant.
• The EV charging stations and distribution networks need to be interoperable to prevent vendor lock-in and allow for cost-effective connectivity between EVs and diverse charging infrastructure.
• Studies have additionally shown that solar-based electricity systems see the most incremental benefits from bi-directional charging.
As the technology is new, cities can promote the sustainable behavior by building the infrastructure on a small scale (e.g. the municipal fleet) with the intention to build on the solution long-term. In addition, to support wide scale deployment of bidirectional charging, newly planned charging stations should be ‘smart’ chargers that are capable of facilitating the grid service described with the V2X solution.
Supporting Factors
1. High EV deployment so EVs can be aggregated
2. Regulation that enables price signals to optimise charging and discharging
3. Interoperability between EVs, charging stations and distribution networks
Government Initiatives
• In the UK only home charge points that use smart technology are eligible for government funding under the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (IRENA, 2019)
• EU Clean Energy Package removes ‘double charging’ fees for drawing and injecting power into the grid (IRENA, 2019)
Stakeholder Mapping
Market Potential
• According to Germany’s Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW), 5.6 million EVs were on the world’s roads as of the beginning of 2019. If most of the passenger vehicles sold from 2040 onwards were electric, more than 1 billion EVs could be on the road by 2050. This would mean that by mid-century around 14 terawatt-hours (TWh) of EV batteries would be available to provide grid services, compared to a projected 9 TWh of stationary battery capacity. EVs typically only need to charge for 10% of the time they stand idle and are parked 95% of the time leaving 85% of their lifetime to, in theory, provide grid flexibility services (Mohammadi, 2019).
Cost Structure
Bidirectional charging points are still a nascent technology and very few are on the market. Thus, the cost structure varies widely and is expected to change as the technology matures.
Data and Standards
• International norms to standardise V2X charging technology include IEC 63110 and IEC 61850 (IRENA, 2019)
• An updated version of the ISO 15118 – 2 standard, which is concerned with communication between EV and a charging station) is expected to be released in Europe in 2021(ISO 15118-20). This will enable ‘Plug & Charge’ functionality. (IRENA, 2019)
The creation of this Solution has been supported by EU funding
Use Cases
The Parker Project- V2G Services
The Parker project tested the validity of a company fleet with Vehicle to Grid (V2G) services to support the power grid and support greater integration of renewable energy, while earning revenue.
Vehicle to X (V2X) Charging for Electric Vehicles
In Barcelona, an innovative form of Vehicle-to-X (V2X) charging for Electric Vehicles has been implemented. This can increase the renewable energy penetration, energy storage, grid flexibility and facilitate energy management optimization.
Related Solutions
Public Charging System for Electric Vehicles
The current EU regulation on emissions for cars is the strictest worldwide. Along with further restrictions the thresholds cannot be meet with conventional cars only anymore. One alternative technology, reducing the local emissions, are electric vehicles.
Building Energy Management System
According to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU.
Smart Microgrids
Microgrids are emerging as an attractive, viable solution for cities, utilities, and firms to meet the energy needs of communities by leveraging more sustainable resources, while increasing resilience, reducing emissions, and achieving broader policy or corporate goals.
Energy Storage Systems
Energy storage systems are used to store energy that is currently available but not needed, for later use. The goal is to create a reliable and environmentally friendly system. As the share of renewables increases, so does the need for storage. With storage, energy can be used when it is needed.
Energy Efficient Retrofitting of Buildings
Improving energy efficiency of the building stock in a city needs strategic and long-term thinking. Complex ownership structures, market barriers, diversity of building typologies, consumer preferences and multiple stakeholders involved makes energy efficient retrofitting a big challenge.
District Heating & Cooling Systems
State-of-the-art district heating and cooling systems are paving the way for municipalities to reduce overall carbon emissions and to speed up the energy transition through the efficient distribution of heat and cold from renewable energy sources.
Peer to Peer Energy Trading
Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading creates an online marketplace where energy can be traded with low barriers. This makes local renewable energy more accessible.
Municipal Energy Saving Systems
The supply of energy to households, public buildings and services accounts for the majority of GHG emissions in the majority of municipalities. Energy Saving Systems represent punctual solutions to optimise energy consumption.
Virtual Power Plant
VPPs are a response to the growing number of distributed energy resources (DER) making their way onto the grid, as VPPs allow their production to be pooled to achieve the flexibility and scale needed to trade in the electricity market; unleashing gains for prosumers, aggregators, and grid operators.
Smart Home System
The majority of public funding for energy efficiency within the EU is proposed in the building sector. The federal funds for energy efficiency in residential buildings added up to €97 million in 2019. A Smart Home System is one possibility to improve residential energy efficiency.
Smart Lighting
Smart streetlights enable the reduction of running expenses associated with public lighting by delivering several value-added services to cities and citizens.
Local Energy System
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A one-wheeled vehicle, known as a monowheel, was invented in the 19th century and was one of the most interesting modes of transportation of its time. The monowheel consisted of a single large wheel with a seat for one or more passengers.
Passengers’ feet were placed on the outer side of the wheel, while a motor or pedal mechanism was located inside the wheel to propel the wheel. This unusual invention had the advantage of being very light and easy to control.
However, the monowheel had several disadvantages, including the fact that it was dangerous for passengers because it had no stability and it was difficult to maintain balance. Despite these drawbacks, the monowheel became popular during the 19th century and several improved versions were developed over the years. Today, the monowheel is still used as a recreational activity or in some cycling competitions.
The first monowheel was invented by Jean Joseph Merlin of France in 1817. Merlin’s monowheel was powered by a steam engine and was capable of speeds of up to 20 miles per hour. However, the steam engine made the monowheel very heavy and difficult to control. In the 1860s, a new type of monowheel was invented that was powered by a bicycle chain. This type of monowheel was lighter and easier to control than Merlin’s monowheel, and it became more popular.
In the early 20th century, several new designs for monowheels were developed. These designs included monowheels with electric motors, monowheels with two wheels, and monowheels with three wheels. Today, monowheels are still used as a recreational activity. They are also used in some cycling competitions, such as the annual Monowheel World Championships. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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Thyroid Cancer
When cancer develops in your thyroid it can affect many areas of your health. Your thyroid gland is a key organ that produces hormones to regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight. At CHRISTUS Health, our board-certified physicians and medical team have experience in diagnosing and treating various thyroid cancers.
Thyroid cancers are most commonly present in middle-aged women. These cancers typically present as a neck mass and are diagnosed with ultrasound and needle biopsy. The vast majority of thyroid cancers are differentiated, meaning, they have a very good prognosis.
Types of Cancer
Papillary Thyroid Cancer: This is the most common type of thyroid cancer that affects people from the age of 30 to 50.
Follicular Thyroid Cancer: People over 50 are at greater risk for developing this rare and more aggressive type of cancer.
Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: This is another rare type of thyroid cancer that affects people in their 60s or older.
Medullary Thyroid Cancer: It is a type of cancer that affects individuals between the ages of 40 and 50.
Signs & Symptoms
During the initial stages of thyroid cancer, there are usually no symptoms or signs, but as the disease progresses, common symptoms include:
• Enlarged lump nodule
• Swallowing difficulties
• Excessive neck and throat pain
If you are experiencing any signs or symptoms, we suggest making an appointment with your CHRISTUS physician.
Treatment Options
Oncology Surgery
If your cancer is confined to one location and has not spread, the most common treatment approach is surgery. If your tumor has spread to local lymph nodes only, sometimes these can be removed. Some cancers require a combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.
Radioiodine Treatment
Most thyroid cancers take up radioactive iodine (I-131) with high affinity, delivering high doses of beta radiation to areas of the gross tumor. This provides an easy and highly effective technique to treat these cancers, as I-131 is given as a single oral tablet.
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How to Burn More Than Two Hours on a DVD-R
by Matt McGew
A standard DVD-R blank disc holds approximately two hours of video. If, however, you want to put more than two hours on a single DVD-R disc, you can use compression software which allows you to burn more digital information onto a single disc. Compression software works by lowering the quality of the video. Since lower quality video requires less storage capacity, you can fit more than two hours of compressed video on a blank DVD-R disc.
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Download and install DVD compression software on your computer. Examples of DVD compression software include DVD Shrink, Nero and DVD neXt Copy. Open the DVD compression program by clicking on its icon on the Desktop.
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Insert the DVD you want to burn into the DVD-R drive on your computer.
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Click the "Open Disc" or "Open" option and select the DVD containing the video you want to burn. Allow the compression program to analyze the DVD disc. The program will break the DVD into its component files.
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Select the "Main Movie" file and adjust the "Compression Settings" so that the total size of the file is less than 4.7 GB. If the compression program you are using doesn't show a "Main Movie" file, you want to select the largest available file. This is your "Main Movie" file even if the compression program labels the file differently.
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Select the option to compress the file and burn the compressed file to a new disc. Your compression program will prompt you to insert a blank DVD-R disc into your DVD burner drive.
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Wait while the compression program burns the compressed video file onto the blank disc. When the process is complete, the program will prompt you to remove the DVD-R disc.
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wxGridCellNumberEditor(3erl) Erlang Module Definition wxGridCellNumberEditor(3erl)
NAME
wxGridCellNumberEditor - Functions for wxGridCellNumberEditor class
DESCRIPTION
Grid cell editor for numeric integer data.
See: wxGridCellEditor, wxGridCellAutoWrapStringEditor (not implemented in wx), wxGridCellBoolEditor, wxGridCellChoiceEditor, wxGridCellEnumEditor (not implemented in wx), wxGridCellFloatEditor, wxGridCellTextEditor, wxGridCellDateEditor (not implemented in wx)
This class is derived (and can use functions) from: wxGridCellTextEditor wxGridCellEditor
wxWidgets docs: wxGridCellNumberEditor
DATA TYPES
wxGridCellNumberEditor() = wx:wx_object()
EXPORTS
new() -> wxGridCellNumberEditor()
new(Options :: [Option]) -> wxGridCellNumberEditor()
Types:
Option = {min, integer()} | {max, integer()}
Allows you to specify the range for acceptable data.
Values equal to -1 for both min and max indicate that no range checking should be done.
getValue(This) -> unicode:charlist()
Types:
This = wxGridCellNumberEditor()
Returns the value currently in the editor control.
setParameters(This, Params) -> ok
Types:
This = wxGridCellNumberEditor()
Params = unicode:chardata()
Parameters string format is "min,max".
destroy(This :: wxGridCellNumberEditor()) -> ok
Destroys the object.
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This is taking way to long. Use fastezt connection pool to share fastest jdbc connections efficiently between all requests, but don’t use the JDBC ResultSet object itself as the cache object. Another bad practice is to connect and disconnect several times throughout your application to perform SQL statements. Clearly, a Jxbc driver fastest jdbc process the second request more efficiently that it can process the first request.
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Here is how you might prevent a particular prepared statement from going to the implicit cache:. Performance jdhc improve significantly if you specify getString 1getLong 2 fastest jdbc, and getInt The guidelines in this section will help you select which JDBC objects and methods will give fastest jdbc the best performance.
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Connection pooling is one fastest jdbc the largest performance improvements available for applications which are database intensive. Coding commits while leaving autocommit on will result in extra commits being done for every db operation.
Prepared SQL statements get fasyest in the database only once, future invocations do not recompile them. Before you borrow the fifth connection to trigger fastest jdbc, you can disable harvesting on a certain connection for testing purposes. The table is large, about k rows fastest jdbc my current solution is running very slowly.
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Si Euli
Si Euli is a traditional dagger or knife that originates from Nias (mostly North Nias ), an island off the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia. There are versions of this knife worn by men or for daily use.
Description
A dagger with a narrow, straight blade carried diagonally in the centre of the belt. The hilt is separated from the blade by a cylindrical brass ring and is curved at the end or makes a slight curve at about halfway. In the latter case the top of the hilt is flattened. The scabbard is straight and has a cross-piece at the mouth protruding towards the blade's edge or towards both sides. To the rear it may have a small protrusion, but also a prominent protrusion the point of which curves somewhat upwards. The scabbard may be wound with a brass wire and may have a small angled foot. Sometimes it has small chains with bells. | WIKI |
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4 Files and directories
At the end of this chapter you:
In this chapter we go through the day-to-day use of a computer. During the process you will come across a number of new commands. Since you learned how to get help from the system in chapter 3 the commands will simply be used without much explanation. All these commands and their on-line help are available in your practice acccount. It is highly recommended that you repeat those examples and refer the on-line help as we progress. Some options we discuss are subtle, taking notes will help to remember them.
4.1 Handling files
4.1.1 What is a file
Like any other operating system Unix stores information in chunks called files due to their similarity to ordinary office files. Each file has a name, content and some administrative information like file size, the physical place in the storage medium, various timestamps, the owner, etc. sometimes called the meta information, because they are about the content, not the content itself.
The file system in Unix is organized in such a way that you can maintain your own personal files without interfering with files belonging to others. In Unix jargon it is called your home. Every user has a ’home’ of his own. (Remember the HOME environment variable from the assignment last week?)
For the examples below we have copied two files to your home. The ls (list) command lists the names of files:
$ ls
knave queen
So the files are named knave and queen. Notice that the list is sorted alphabetically.
Hint: We will be manipulating those files. Don’t be afraid you might break something. You can always get a fresh copy from user e00000. The command for this is ’cp /home/e00000/file knave’. The meaning will be discussed below.
It is important to note that you can not ’open’ a file without knowing the kind of information in it and how exactly they are coded. For example, if you somehow open a HTML file with a photo viewer, you won’t see anything useful. People use filename extensions like .txt, .c, .html, ... as a convenience, but there is no mechanism to gurentee that the content matches the extension! The file (file type) command will tell you the kind of information in a file. Let’s try it:
$ file knave
knave: ASCII text
$ file queen
queen: ASCII text
So both files are simple text files.
To get the time of last modification run ls with the option -l (long). If the time resolution is not good enough use the ls --full-time option:
$ ls l knave
rwrr 1 user group 91 Dez 30 22:15 knave
$ ls fulltime knave
rwrr 1 user group 111 20141230 22:15:47.787031906 +0100 knave
You can update the time stamp of a file by “touching” it:
$ ls l knave
rwrr 1 user group 91 Dez 30 22:15 knave
$ touch knave
$ ls l knave
rwrr 1 user group 91 Feb 11 22:15 knave
Hint: The touch command can be abused to create empty files, because touch creates an empty file if the given file does not exist.
$ touch king
$ ls l king
rwrr 1 user group 0 Feb 11 22:30 king
In fact ls -l brings a whole list of meta information. In this chapter we are going to discuss only a few of them. For the sake of completness you will find the full list in the next table:
Column nr.Description
1 File type and file access permissions
2 Number of links
3 File owner
4 Group owner
5 File size (in bytes)
6, 7 and 8 Month, day and time of last modification to the file
9 Name of file
The final meta information we are going to look at is where a file is kept in the file system. When the file system was created it organizes the space in blocks and gives an index to each block called inode. The inode of the starting block of a file is all what the file system needs to find a file. The ls -i lists the inodes of files:
$ ls
3156545 knave 3156550 queen
4.1.2 What’s in a file name
So far we have used filenames without saying what a legal name is. First, in its initial design Unix filenames were limited to 14 characters. In today’s Unix systems a file name could be upto 254 characters long, which should be ample, and should be utilized. Second, although you can use almost any character in a filename, common sense says you should avoid non-printable (invisible) characters and characters that have other meanings. We have already seen that the hyphen and double hyphens are used by Unix commands to denote their options. So if you had a file whose name was -t, you would have a tough time listing it with ls.
Besides the hyphen as a first character, there are other characters with special meaning. To avoid pitfalls, you would do well to use only the latin characters a-z and A-Z, the digits 0-9, the period ’.’, the underscore ’_’ and the hyphen ’-’. The hyphen should not be used as the first character. The period, the underscore and the hyphen are conveniently used to divide filenames into chunks, as in assignment1_perera_sunil.txt or draft-2015-02-13.odt. Finally don’t forget that the case distinctions matter - Assignment1_Perera_Sunil.txt is not the same as assignment1_perera_sunil.txt! The command line user tends to prefer lowercase - for easy typing.
4.1.3 Copying, moving and deleting files
The cp (copy) command duplicates files. Its syntax is cp source target. Example:
$ cp knave knave2
$ ls
knave knave2 queen
Keep in mind that if the target exists, it will simply be overwritten. If you want to be informed when that happens, use the -i (interactive) option.
To move files use the mv (move) command:
$ mv knave knave2
$ ls
knave2 queen
The rm (remove) command deletes files:
$ ls
knave knave2 queen
$ rm knave2
$ ls
knave queen
Note that the file will be silently removed. If you want add confirmation to it, use the -i option:
$ ls
knave knave2 queen
$ cp i knave knave2
cp: overwrite ‘knave2’? y
4.1.4 Content of a file
To look at the content of a file byte-by-byte you take a ’dump’. The original Unix program for this is od (octal dump). It was common those days to work in the octal (base 8) system!
$ od knave
0000000 062163 005146 066040 066154 000012
0000011
$ od h knave
0000000 6473 0a66 6c20 6c6c 000a
0000011
$ od c knave
0000000 s d f \n l l l \
0000011
The example above demonstrates that the default behaviour of od could be changed by using options: -h (hexadecimal), -c (ASCII character).
There is another command which is often abused to display the content of text files. It is the cat (concatenate, to join) command, which was originally meant to join two or more files in to one. But you can just make it print the content of files by giving their names as arguments:
$ cat queen
The Queen of Hearts,
she made some tarts,
Print knave too. How do you print the full poem out of them?
4.2 Handling directories
4.2.1 Absolute paths
When you are logged in to a shell, you are always “in” some directory called current directory or working directory. The pwd (print the name of working directory) command tells you where you are. Immediately after log in, you begin the session in your home directory:
$ pwd
/home/e00000
$ echo $HOME
/home/e00000
The cd (change directory) command changes the current directory to the directory specified:
$ pwd
/home/e00000
$ cd /usr/bin
$ pwd
/usr/bin
Paths to directories in the examples above always started with a /, the ’root’, which is the beginning of a Unix file system. Such paths are therefore called absolute pathes.
Now to come back to your home, you can of course enter ’cd /home/e00000’. But that kind of typing is prohibitive. Unix allows many short cuts. For example just cd without any arguments takes you to your home.
Another short cut is the hyphen: ’cd -’ takes you to the previous directory you were in. Try them out!
4.2.2 Relative paths
The cd command also allows relative paths. For example, let’s assume that you are in /usr. Then change to /usr/bin it is enough to type cd bin because the directory bin is where you “stand”.
$ cd /usr
$ pwd
/usr
$ cd bin
$ pwd
/usr/bin
In every directory, except in the root, there is a special directory with the symbol ’..’ (two dots) which points to the directory above it, the so called parent directory. For example to go back to /usr from /usr/bin, you could do cd ..:
$ pwd
/usr/bin
$ cd ..
$ pwd
/usr
Another short cut to remember is the ’~ ’ (tilde), which denotes your home directory. More interestingly, ˜ loginname stands for the home directory of the user loginname. Try changing to the home directories of others!
Note for the experts: Don’t close your home directories for others yet. That’ll take the fun out of the game!
4.2.3 Creating, moving and deleting directories
The mkdir (make directory) command is used to create directories:
$ mkdir progs
$ ls
knave progs queen
$ ls
knave progs/ queen
The previous example shows that the command ls alone would not mark directories differently. The option -F prints a slash behind directory names. (OK, in RasPi color is activated. Remember, the shell should also work on monochrome monitors!)
You can move directories, just like files:
$ mkdir progs
$ mv progs /tmp
knave progs queen
$ ls
knave progs/ queen
The rmdir (remove directory) command removes the dirctory specified as an argument to it:
$ ls
knave progs/ queen
$ rmdir progs
OR
$ rmdir progs
rmdir: failed to remove ‘progs’: Directory not empty
$ rmdir rf progs
$ ls
knave queen
4.3 Assignment for the week
The agents of a call center were maintaining there logs by throwing all their log files in to a single directory. Each agent had his own way of naming files. You have the job of bringing order in to this. Your proposed solution is the hierarchial directory structure: the top directory, called calls, will have subdirectories tech (the tech team), sales (the sales team), etc. Within those team directories the agents will have their own directories, named after their IDs, say anula, saman, ...
Assignment:
Submission: Make a record of all the commands you issued in you practice Unix to the assignment tool in Moodle so that you will have clear record like in the examples in the lecture note. Also add your comments to the right of the commands. Your solution finally look like this:
$ cd # change to my home
$ mkdir ... # create ...
$ cd ... # change to ...
...
Summary
You have learned the meaning and the basic usage of the following commands: | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
John McCain on his cancer: It's 'very, very serious'
Washington (CNN)Sen. John McCain's brain cancer is "very, very serious," the Arizona Republican said in an interview Sunday night, adding that doctors told him "it's a very poor prognosis." "So I just said, 'I understand. Now we're going to do what we can, get the best doctors we can find and do the best we can. And at the same time, celebrate with gratitude a life well-lived,'" he said on CBS's "60 Minutes." He recalled how he went back to Washington, against his doctors' requests because it was only 11 days after his brain surgery, to vote on health care. "I got very choked up," McCain said, recalling the standing ovation he got on the Senate floor. "And then, of course, you know, all of them coming over and giving me a hug. It was deeply moving, I had never seen anything like that." Trump takes on McCain over health care vote During the interview, McCain was asked whether his "no" vote on the Senate's health care bill over the summer was to get back at President Donald Trump for saying he wasn't a war hero during the campaign. "If I took offense at everybody who has said something about me, or disparaged me or something like that -- life is too short," McCain responded. "You've got to move on. And on an issue of this importance to the nation, for me to worry about a personal relationship, then I'm not doing my job." And on Trump, McCain refused to say whether he believed he was unfit to be President, instead saying that he trusts the American people for voting for him. "First of all, I believe in our system. The American people selected Donald Trump to be President of the United States. We have to respect that," McCain said. "Second of all, he has a very strong national security team around him who I know has significant influence over him." When asked whether Trump ever apologized for saying he wasn't a war hero, McCain said no. He also emphasized he and Trump are from different backgrounds. "I'd be glad to converse with him. But I also understand that we're very different people. Different upbringing. Different life experiences," McCain said. "He is in the business of making money and he has been successful both in television as well as Miss America and others. I was raised in a military family. I was raised in the concept and belief that duty, honor, country is the lodestar for the behavior that we have to exhibit every single day." | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac
Born at Toulouse in 1657; died at Castelsarrasin, 16 October, 1730. He was the son of a parliamentary councillor, and entered the army at the age of sixteen. Sent to Acadia in 1683 he served in the Port Royal garrison, studied the conditions of the English colonies, and in 1689 proposed the conquest of New York and Boston. He took part in the unsuccessful Caffinière expedition during which the English destroyed an establishment that he had just begun on Mt. Desert Island, given him in 1688 by Governor de Denonville, together with an estate at the mouth of the Union River on the coast of Maine. Despite his adventerous marriage at Quebec (1687) with Thérèse Guyon, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, he returned to France in financial straits. The king took him under his protection, and in 1691 sent him out to Frontenac, Governor of New France. The latter, meditating an attack on the coast of New England, used all the information he could obtain from the crafty and resourceful young officer, who prepared several memoirs for this special purpose. Under these influential patrons Cadillac advanced, and was successively made captain of an infantry, naval ensign, and, in 1694, commandant of Michillimakinac. In this last office he distinguished himself by his skill in controlling the savages of the West who threatened to unite with the Iriquois; but he likewise took advantage of his position to carry on illegal traffic, and quarraled with the Jesuits who endeavoured to prevent his abuses in the brandy traffic. Returning to Quebec in 1697 he wrote an interesting account of Michillimakinac, and was sent to France by Frontenac for the purpose of making known the latter's views. Falling seriously ill, he promised to erect a chapel in the Franciscan church at Quebec, which promise he fulfilled in 1699. He then proposed to the Court to build a fortified post at the head of Lake Erie, thus to secure the line of fortifications from the West and prevent the Indians of the interior from trading with the English.
In June, 1701, Cadillac founded the city of Detroit, which he called Pont Chartrain in honour of his protector. Here he erected a church and a fort, attracted colonists, parceled out land, gathered the Indians, proposing to civilize them by having them intermarry with the French, and, in 1705, obtained a monopoly of the trade of this post, at first given to a special company. He next aimed at making Detroit "the Paris of New France", suggested the cutting of a canal between Lakes Erie and Huron, and asked that the settlement be made a marquisat in his favour. Having become absolute master of Detroit, with the promise of being appointed its first governor, his ambition eventually led to his undoing. The merchants of Montreal complained that he was depriving their city of trade, Governor Vaudreuil objected to the power that he was arrogating to himself, and the Jesuits protested against abuses in his transactions with the Indians. Recalled to France in 1710, Cadillac subsequentially made Governor of Louisiana, where he arrived in 1712. Entering into partnership with Crozat, he devoted himself chiefly to mining and to trading with the Spaniards. However, in 1716 he was deposed, tried, and sentenced to the Bastille, whence he emerged in 1718, and was restored to favour. In 1722 he obtained a decree whereby he regained possession of his Detroit property and he was later made Governor of Castelsarrasin, department of Tarn and Garonne, where he died. His body was interred in the old Carmels church, since transformed into a prison. Cadillac was shrewd and far-seeing, and would have been capable of great things had not his career been blighted by a caustic temperament and an insatiable desire for gain.
Archives coloniales de France, series C., II; Acadie, II, carton 10; Canada, series C., II, XI-XXXI, series B., XIX-LXIII; Archives des affaires étrangères, Canada, IV; MARGE, Découv. et Etablis., V, 133-346; ROCHEMONTEIX, Jésuits et Nouv. France au 18e siècle, I, 59-74, 242; SULTE, Hist. Can. Franc., VI, viii; RAMEAU, Notes historiques sur la colonie canadienne du Détroit (1861); VERREAU, Quelques notes sur Antoine Lamothe de Cadillac in Revue Canadienne (1883); BURTON, A Sketch of the Life of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (Detroit, 1895); IDEM, In the Footsteps of Cadillac (1899).
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What is Polimixina B in English?
What is Polimixina B in English?
Medical Definition of polymyxin B : the least toxic of the polymyxins used in the form of its sulfate chiefly in the treatment of some localized, gastrointestinal, or systemic infections.
Is polymyxin natural?
Colistin. Colistin is a polymyxin antibiotic that is a natural product isolated from Bacillus polymyxa and consists of 10 linked amino acids, with 6 forming a peptide ring structure attached to a fatty acid side chain.
What is the target of the drug Polymyxin?
Polymyxins are antibiotics. Polymyxins B and E (also known as colistin) are used in the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections. They work mostly by breaking up the bacterial cell membrane. They are part of a broader class of molecules called nonribosomal peptides.
What is another name for polymyxin?
Brand names: Maxitrol, Neo-Poly-Dex, Methadex, Poly-Dex Dexamethasone/neomycin/polymyxin b ophthalmic is used in the treatment of: Blepharitis. Conjunctivitis, Bacterial.
What is the generic name for polymyxin B?
Polytrim (polymyxin B / trimethoprim) is a cheap and effective medication used for bacterial infections on the eyes and eyelids, but it must be used many times a day.
Is polymyxin the same as penicillin?
No. Polytrim (polymyxin B / trimethoprim) does not contain penicillin and is different from penicillin-like antibiotics.
Is polymyxin same as polymyxin?
The polymyxins comprise a separate class of antibiotics and include a number of different compounds. However, only polymyxin B and polymyxin E (also known as colistin) are in clinical use [1]. They were isolated from Paenibacillus polymyxa and became available for clinical use in the 1950s [2,3].
Is polymyxin a penicillin?
Is Polytrim (polymyxin B / trimethoprim) a penicillin? No. Polytrim (polymyxin B / trimethoprim) does not contain penicillin and is different from penicillin-like antibiotics.
What drugs are polymyxin?
Polymyxin B and trimethoprim combination is used to treat eye infections, including acute bacterial conjunctivitis and blepharoconjunctivitis. Polymyxin B and trimethoprim belong to the class of medicines known as antibiotics. They work by killing the bacteria or preventing their growth.
What family is neomycin in?
Neomycin belongs to a class of drugs known as aminoglycoside antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria in the intestines.
Can you buy polymyxin B over the counter?
One cannot simply buy polymyxin B sulfate online without first consulting a medical provider in the United States as polymyxin B requires a prescription to be dispensed by a pharmacy. Because of this, polymyxin B OTC is not available, either.
Is polymyxin the same as Polytrim?
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Introduction:
In the world of gaming, one of the most popular battle royale games is Apex Legends. However, like any other online game, it is not immune to technical issues. Two common problems that players encounter are the “untrusted system file ‘igdumd64.dll’ error” and the game not launching at all. These issues can be frustrating, but fear not! In this comprehensive technology blog review, we will explore ways to optimize your PC and fix these problems, ensuring an optimal gaming experience for Apex Legends players.
How to Optimize Your PC and Fix the “untrusted system file ‘igdumd64.dll’ error” and “Apex Legends won’t launch”:
To get the most out of your PC and address these Apex Legends issues, follow these methods, techniques, and strategies:
1. Update Your Graphics Drivers:
One of the most common causes of the “untrusted system file ‘igdumd64.dll’ error” and game launch issues is outdated or faulty graphics drivers. Ensure that you have the latest drivers installed for your graphics card. Visit the manufacturer’s website to download and install the appropriate drivers. This will provide better compatibility and stability for Apex Legends.
2. Verify the Game Files:
Sometimes, the game files may get corrupted or incomplete during installation, leading to various issues. To fix this, use the game’s built-in file verification feature. In the Origin launcher, right-click on Apex Legends, select “Repair,” and wait for the process to complete. This will check for any missing or corrupted files and automatically replace them.
3. Disable Overclocking and Superfluous Software:
Overclocking your PC components can sometimes cause system instability, resulting in issues with Apex Legends. Return your CPU, GPU, and RAM speeds to their default settings and check if the problem persists. Additionally, disable any unnecessary background applications or services that may be consuming resources and interfering with the game’s performance.
4. Allocate Sufficient System Resources:
Ensure that your PC is allocating enough resources to run Apex Legends smoothly. Open the task manager and close any resource-intensive applications running in the background. You can also adjust the game’s graphics and performance settings to strike a balance between visual quality and smooth gameplay.
Pros and Cons Analysis:
Now, let’s delve into the benefits and drawbacks of optimizing your PC and fixing the “untrusted system file ‘igdumd64.dll’ error” and game launch issues.
Pros:
1. Enhanced Gameplay Experience: A well-optimized PC ensures smoother gameplay, minimal stuttering, and increased frame rates, providing a more immersive experience in Apex Legends.
2. Improved Stability: By addressing the “untrusted system file ‘igdumd64.dll’ error” and game launch issues, you eliminate crashes and freezes, allowing for uninterrupted gameplay.
3. Optimized Performance: When your PC is properly optimized, you maximize its potential, allowing Apex Legends to run at its best, showcasing stunning graphics and responsive controls.
Cons:
1. Technical Knowledge Required: Optimizing your PC and troubleshooting technical issues might require some technical expertise, which can be daunting for novice users.
2. Time-Consuming: The process of troubleshooting and optimizing your PC may take some time, depending on the complexity of the problems and the available resources.
3. Compatibility Issues: Despite your best efforts, there might be cases where optimizing your PC does not entirely resolve all issues due to compatibility issues with specific hardware configurations.
Key Features and Benefits of Optimizing Your PC and Fixing the Apex Legends Issues:
Here are some key reasons why you should consider optimizing your PC and resolving the “untrusted system file ‘igdumd64.dll’ error” and game launch issues:
1. Enhanced System Performance: By optimizing your PC, you unlock its full potential, resulting in faster boot times, improved application responsiveness, and overall system efficiency.
2. Better Game Compatibility: Resolving the Apex Legends-related issues allows for smoother gameplay without any unexpected crashes or errors, ensuring seamless compatibility between your PC and the game.
3. Extended Hardware Lifespan: When you optimize your PC, you reduce the strain on your hardware components, which can help in extending their lifespan and minimizing the need for frequent upgrades.
Alternative Choices to Optimizing Your PC and Fixing the Apex Legends Issues:
If you are still facing difficulties with your PC or Apex Legends, here are some alternative choices that you can consider:
1. Seek Professional Help: If the troubleshooting process seems overwhelming or you are unsure about certain steps, consider reaching out to professional IT services or gaming forums where experts can guide you through the process.
2. Check for Game Updates: Keep an eye on Apex Legends’ official website and forums for any updates or patches released by the developers. Sometimes, the issues you are experiencing might be resolved in the latest update.
3. Contact Customer Support: If the issues persist even after attempting various methods, reach out to Apex Legends’ customer support. They have the expertise to address specific issues and provide you with personalized solutions.
Best Product Recommendations:
Based on user feedback and expert reviews, the following product versions are considered excellent choices for optimizing your PC and fixing the Apex Legends-related issues:
1. CCleaner: A comprehensive PC optimization tool that cleans up junk files, fixes registry errors, and manages startup programs, ensuring optimal system performance.
2. MSI Afterburner: An overclocking utility that allows you to fine-tune your GPU settings, providing better performance and stability during intense gaming sessions.
3. NVIDIA GeForce Experience: A software suite that helps you keep your graphics driver up to date and optimizes game settings for better performance and visual quality.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, optimizing your PC and addressing the “untrusted system file ‘igdumd64.dll’ error” and game launch issues in Apex Legends is crucial for an enjoyable gaming experience. By following the methods and techniques mentioned in this review, you can unlock your PC’s full potential, enhance system performance, and eliminate compatibility issues. Remember, optimization requires technical knowledge and some time investment, but the benefits of smooth gameplay and improved stability are well worth it.
FAQs:
Q1. What if I have already updated my graphics drivers and verified the game files, but the issues persist?
A1. In such cases, it is recommended to seek professional help or contact Apex Legends customer support for further assistance. They can provide personalized solutions based on your specific hardware and software configurations.
Q2. Will optimizing my PC and fixing the Apex Legends issues improve performance in other games as well?
A2. Yes, optimizing your PC can enhance overall system performance, benefiting not just Apex Legends but other games as well. It ensures smoother gameplay, reduced loading times, and improved graphics quality.
Q3. Can overclocking my PC components cause damage to my hardware?
A3. While overclocking can increase performance, it also puts additional stress on your hardware. It is important to monitor temperatures and ensure proper cooling to avoid any potential damage. Additionally, not all hardware configurations can be safely overclocked, so do thorough research and consult expert advice before making any changes.
Q4. Are there any free alternatives to the recommended PC optimization tools?
A4. Yes, there are free alternatives available, such as BleachBit, MSI Afterburner (free version), and GeForce Experience. While these may have some limitations compared to their paid counterparts, they still offer useful features for optimizing your PC.
Remember, a well-optimized PC and a properly functioning Apex Legends game go hand in hand for a seamless gaming experience. So, apply these techniques, explore different software tools, and embark on endless adventures in the world of Apex Legends with confidence and optimal performance.
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Understanding Transactions And Database Rollbacks That Involve 3rd Party API Integration
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Tags: ColdFusion
ColdFusion's CFTransaction tag is pretty awesome - you just wrap up a bunch of database interactions in the CFTransaction tag and any error thrown by any of the interactions automatically rolls-back the entire set of database mutations. But, what if part of your database interaction workflow involves calling a 3rd party API? In that case, you can't simply rely on the inherent behavior of the CFTransaction tag; rather, you have to perform both the local and remote cleanup yourself.
This is exactly the type of situation that Ryan Jeffords and I were dealing with last week. We had an application that created a user in our local database and then created a payment processing account and subscription plan in a remote payment gateway. The workflow was such that the local user record needed to be created before the remote payment account could be requested. The only problem was that the last step of the payment gateway integration could fail if the supplied credit card was invalid. In such a case, we needed to rollback not only the local database but also the remote payment gateway.
The linear processing looked a bit like this:
1. LOCAL - Create user record.
2. REMOTE - Create payment account.
3. REMOTE - Create payment subscription (this could FAIL).
If step #3 failed, we needed to roll back the remote mutations in step #2 and the local mutations in step #1.
To do this, we needed to use more than just the CFTransaction tag; we needed to use a whole CFTransaction / CFTry / CFCatch / CFReThrow tag workflow. To demonstrate, I have set up a little simulation that involves both local and remote API calls:
• <!---
• Start our transaction. This workflow will include an update to
• a local database AND an update to a remote, non-database API.
• --->
• <cftransaction>
•
•
• <!---
• Inside the transaction, we are going to wrap our database
• interaction in a try/catch. This is because we might need
• to do a partial recovery from any failures. Typically, we
• could just leave this up to the inherent nature of the
• CFTransaction tag; however, since we are dealing with 3rd
• party APIs, we have to do a little manual labor.
• --->
• <cftry>
•
•
• <!--- Insert the user into the local database. --->
• <cfset userID = insertUser() />
•
• <!---
• Now that we have created the local user, let's create
• the payment processing account and scheduling in the
• 3rd party API.
• --->
• <cfset accountID = createPaymentAccount( userID ) />
•
• <!--- Set up the recurring payment. --->
• <cfset createPaymentSubscription( userID, accountID ) />
•
•
• <!---
• Catch any errors that have occurred. These may be either
• from the databse or the 3rd party API. Since the error
• may have occured in a remote location, we need to do both
• local AND remote clean-up.
• --->
• <cfcatch>
•
•
• <!---
• Something has gone wrong with the user creation.
• Start off by rolling back the database.
• --->
• <cftransaction action="rollback" />
•
•
• <!---
• Now that we've rolled-back the database updates
• (local cleanup), let's clean up the 3rd party API.
• More likely than not, this is where the error has
• come from to begin with.
•
• Since we aren't sure where in the process the remote
• API interaction failed, wrap the clean-up itself in
• its own Try/Catch. This way, if part of the 3rd party
• API fails (ie. we try to delete something that wasn't
• created), we can still let the rest of the clean-up
• process take place.
• --->
• <cftry>
•
• <!--- Try to delete the payment account. --->
• <cfset deletePaymentAccount( accountID ) />
•
• <!--- Try to delete the payment subscription. --->
• <cfset deletePaymentSubscription( userID, accountID ) />
•
• <!--- Catch any API errors. --->
• <cfcatch>
•
• <!---
• One of the 3rd party API calls failed.
• There's nothing more we can do about that.
• --->
•
• </cfcatch>
•
• </cftry>
•
•
• <!---
• Now that we've handled both the local database
• rollbacks and the remote 3rd party API rollbacks,
• let's re-throw the error so that it can bubble up
• the application stack to a point that can use it
• to communicate back to the user.
• --->
• <cfrethrow />
•
•
• </cfcatch>
•
• </cftry>
•
•
• </cftransaction>
•
•
• <!--- Woohoo! User was created. --->
• Groooovy! User was created!
Because our clean-up involves both local and remote locations, we need to manually execute the rollback. This gives us a chance to interact with the 3rd party API before re-throwing the error, allowing it to bubble back up the application stack (where it would, presumably, be used to let the client know that a problem has occurred).
Reader Comments
@Ben,
Yes, very nice.
There was a push for a generic approach to this problem back in the '90s called "2-Phase Commit". It wouldn't have worked in this case, because it requires that all databases you're using have to support it. In other words, not only your local database, but also your remote system's API, would have to have special commands to support committing in 2 different contexts.
Because you love knowing things, here's the overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-phase_commit_protocol
@WebManWalking,
I've never even heard of that. Sounds like it could be interesting. I wonder how a remote database could even possibly support such a two-phase commit. I suppose there would have to be an explicit commit on all mutations.
... which is probably all outlined in that Wikipedia link :)
@WebManWalking, @Rob,
Is this kind of distributed transaction model typically supported by APIs? Or is this more of a theoretical approach (in a perfect world...) kind of thing?
@Ben,
You can definitely implement as part of your API. The main issue, though, is that all of the distributed resources that make up your API (database, web service, etc.) have to support distributed transactions - some commercial products do, and some don't.
@Ben,
The problem that 2-Phase Commit was intended to address is synchronization of separate, autonomous systems that each have their own rollback/commit mechanisms. They could reside on the same computer or different computers. They could be databases or messages ("book an airplane ticket").
How do they talk to each other such that transactions distributed across those multiple systems will either commit as a unit or rollback as a unit?
If each of the autonomous systems supports 2-Phase Commit, and you adhere to the commit sequence, no problem.
@Ben,
Rob's posts made me more aware of the progress since the mid '90s. So in response to your questions, yeah, it's usable now, provided that the products you're using support it.
I hope you understood the reasoning behind integrating messages into the transaction environment. If "book an airplane ticket" is part of the same transaction as billing a credit card (triggered by the code handling the message), and the credit card database goes down, the message can be rescheduled as soon as the database comes back up. That would be different from the credit card being rejected, which commits to a message response of rejected, the credit card doesn't get debited and the message doesn't get rescheduled. Only actually unprocessed messages get rescheduled.
I used airline tickets as an example, because that's exactly the kind of high-volume distributed transaction that needs to integrate message recovery together with database recovery. Different airlines. Different credit cards. Millions of dollars a day at stake.
@Ben,
This applies to a case that I'm working on now where a centralized inventory table is inserted/updated through an autonomous transaction since this may be updated for different operations such as procurement/sale/return. So if an order has multiple items and the update fails for a subsequent item, i would have to do a manual undo for the previous items since the autonomous transaction would have committed the previous items.
Good one!
Aaah, these situations are always fun. One thing you may not have taken into account above is if *YOUR* server (in addition to the 3rd Party's) server/request crashes between the different remote requests. One way I've dealt with such situations when integrating with 3rd parties was to create a work queue.
So when a user submitted a form that had its data processed locally AND by 3rd party APIs I would save the form information to a database table that had a bunch of flags representing each step in the process/transaction to be completed.
Then I would kick off the processing of the tasks. The task manager would execute each of the tasks in sequence updating the database fields with the result of each task.
If a task failed, I could undo each of the previous tasks in a controlled / persistent fashion. Sometimes a task would soft-fail and I'd be able to re-try that step again and potentially finish processing the entire queue still. After "x" soft fails I would hard-fail.
I didn't realize this when I coded my implementation, but the concept I was trying to code was similar to the command pattern. If I were to code something like this again today, I'd probably go the command pattern route and make the handling of work queues more generic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_pattern
The thing I like about the work queue is it was PERSISTENT. So the first database transaction in processing the form is used to save the work queue.
Then you call a task manager (outside the original transaction) which processes the queue and each task gets its own transaction to update its state with. There's still the possibility that a task result doesn't get logged to the database/persistent store but it's pretty unlikely.
Great post. Properly coding for situations like you describe above is often overlooked and developers aren't always taught how to deal with them. Glad you're calling attention to it.
I see it's been a while since this post was active with comments, but I 've been referring to this article and discussion for the past few weeks while trying to build in some failsafes on a CF scheduled task.
Basically, we query the database, and immediately hit the 3rd party gateway API to make a CC or ACH charge.
We had a database fail the first week of the year which caused numerous double charges, as the DB didn't get updated with the response of the first transactions.
Since recording(updateing) that response is the key to failsafe against duplicate charges, how would you approach the problem.
I've started diagramming Flag points in the process, and even considered Inserting the initial query results into a unique table to keep track of them and their stage in the process.
I would love to get some input from some CF pros like you and your audience Ben.
Thanks for the great resource.
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Create external references in the products worksheet
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Noah Lang works in the sales department of Spring Software, a software development company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is creating a workbook that summarizes the company's projected revenues by product line and location. He wants you to complete the workbook by finalizing data entry and applying consistent formatting across the worksheets. You will also insert links to other worksheets and workbooks, and create a new worksheet based on the existing worksheet structure and formats.
GETTING STARTED
• Download the following file from the SAM website:
o NP_Excel2013_T6_P1a_FirstLastName_1.xlsx
• Open the file you just downloaded and save it with the name:
o NP_Excel2013_T6_P1a_FirstLastName_2.xlsx
o Hint: If you do not see the .xlsx file extension in the Save file dialog box, do not type it. Excel will add the file extension for you automatically.
• To complete this SAM Project, you will also need to download and save the following data files from the SAM website onto your computer
o support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_employees.xlsx
o support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsx
• With the file NP_Excel2013_T6_P1a_FirstLastName_2.xlsx still open, ensure that your first and last name is displayed in cell B6 of the Documentation sheet. If cell B6 does not display your name, delete the file and download a new copy from the SAM website.
PROJECT STEPS
1. Open the support file support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_employees.xlsx. Switch back to the NP_Excel2013_T6_P1a_FirstLastName_2.xlsx workbook and go to the Products worksheet.
Create external references in the Products worksheet to the contact information found in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_employees.xlsxworkbook as described below:
a. Using external cell references, link cell F5 in the Products worksheet to cell E5 in the SalesDept worksheet (in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_employees.xlsxworkbook).
b. Using external cell references, link cell F12 in the Products worksheet to cell E6 in the SalesDept worksheet (in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_employees.xlsxworkbook.)
c. Using external cell references, link cell F19 in the Products worksheet to cell E7 in the SalesDept worksheet (in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_employees.xlsxworkbook).
d. Now that the information is available in the current worksheet, break the links in the workbook to convert the formulas with external references to values.
Close the support file support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_employees.xlsx.
2. Open the support file support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsxSwitch back to the NP_Excel2013_T6_P1a_FirstLastName_2.xlsx workbook and go to the Revenue to Date worksheet.
Create external references in the Revenue to Date worksheet to the sales information found in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsxworkbook as described below:
a. Using external cell references, link cell C5 in the Revenue to Date worksheet to cell D4 in the Sales worksheet (in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsxworkbook).
b. Using external cell references, link cell C6 in the Revenue to Date worksheet to cell D5 in the Sales worksheet (in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsxworkbook.)
c. Using external cell references, link cell C7 in the Revenue to Date worksheet to cell D6 in the Sales worksheet (in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsxworkbook).
d. Using external cell references, link cell C8 in the Revenue to Date worksheet to cell D7 in the Sales worksheet (in the support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsxworkbook).
e. Do not break the links.
Close thesupport file support_NP_E13_T6_P1a_sales.xlsx.
3. Group the Cambridge, Framingham, Nashua, and Waltham worksheets andmake the following formatting updates:
a. Merge and center the range B2:F2
b. Bold the merged range B2:F2
c. Change the font size of the merged range B2:F2 to 18 point.
d. Change the font color of the merged range to White, Background 1 and change the fill color of the merged range to Orange, Accent 2, Darker 25% (6th column, 5th row in the Theme Colors Palette).
4. With the Cambridge, Framingham, Nashua, and Waltham worksheetsstill grouped, update the text in the merged cell B3:F3 to read Projected Revenues.
5. With the Cambridge, Framingham, Nashua, and Waltham worksheets still grouped,enter a formula in cell C9 that uses the SUM function to calculates the total projected revenues for 2014 (which appears in the range C5:C8). Use the fill handle to copy the formula from cell C9 into the range D9:F9.
6. With the Cambridge, Framingham, Nashua, and Waltham worksheetsstill grouped, format the range C5:F9 using the Accounting Number format with 0 decimal places. Ungroup the worksheets.
7. Go to the ConsolidatedbyOffice worksheet and insert worksheet references as described below:
a. In cell C5, insert a formula that references cell C9 (the total projected revenue in 2014) in the Cambridge worksheet.
b. In cell C6, insert a formula that references cell C9 (the total projected revenue in 2014) in the Framingham worksheet.
c. In cell C7, insert a formula that references cell C9 (the total projected revenue in 2014) in the Nashua worksheet.
d. In cell C8, insert a formula that references cell C9 (the total projected revenue in 2014) in the Waltham worksheet.
e. Copy the formulas in the range C5:C8 to the range D5:E8.
8. Insert a hyperlink in cell B11 that links to cell A1 in the Consolidated by Productworksheet. (Tip: In the Insert Hyperlink option, select the Place in This Document option to link to the Consolidated by Productworksheet.) The hyperlink should display the text Click here for projected revenues by product(without a period.)
9. Go to the Consolidated by Product worksheet. In cell C5, insert a formula using the SUM function and 3-D references that totals the values of C5 in the Cambridge, Framingham, Nashua, and Waltham worksheet. Fill the formula in cell C5 to the range C6:C8 without copying the formatting. Then copy the formulas in the range C5:C8 to the range D5:E8.
10. In cell B13, addScreenTip to the existing hyperlink that reads Revenue to date by product (without a period.)
11. Group the Cambridge, Framingham, Nashua, Waltham, Consolidated by Office, and Consolidated by Product worksheets. Add a header to the grouped worksheets that uses a Header & Footer element to display the sheet name in the center header section.
12. With the Cambridge, Framingham, Nashua, Waltham, Consolidated by Office, and Consolidated by Product worksheets still grouped, insert a footer that displays the custom text Confidential-For Internal Distribution Only in the center footer section. Ungroup the worksheets.
13. Spring Software is opening an office in Manchester, NH. You need to create a new worksheet for this office that looks like the other regional worksheets.
a. Create a copy of the Cambridge worksheet. Position the new worksheet after the Framingham worksheet.
b. Name the new worksheet Manchester.
c. Edit the text in the merged cell B2:F2 to be Spring Software-Manchester Office.
d. Clearthe contents from the range C5:E8.
Your workbook should look like the Final Figures on the following pages. The Framingham, Nashua, and Walthamworksheets are not shown in the final figures, as the formatting should match the Cambridge worksheet.Save your changes, close the document, and exit Excel. Follow the directions on the SAM website to submit your completed project.
Note: When you open your graded solution file for this project, you may be given a warning regarding the external links in your document. Click the Don't Update option in the dialog window.
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Indian stocks likely to rise this year, depending on economic recovery: Reuters poll
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian stocks are likely to rise this year but only by a bit more than half as much as in 2019, according to market strategists polled by Reuters poll, who said much will depend on whether the domestic economy recovers from its current slowdown. Median forecasts in the Feb. 17-25 Reuters poll of more than 50 stock market brokers and analysts reflected a slightly more pessimistic view about the Indian market’s prospects than in a poll three months ago, amid a weak economy and a variety of external risks. The benchmark BSE Sensex Index .BSESN, which rallied over 14% in 2019, has plunged this week, echoing a global sell-off caused by the spread of the coronavirus. Most forecasts in the poll were collected last week. The annual government budget on Feb. 1 also failed to impress stock market traders and investors, leading the index to a daily decline of more than 2%. The latest Reuters survey forecast the BSE Sensex index would gain over 4% to 42,000 by mid-2020 from Tuesday’s close of 40,281.20, down from the 42,696 predicted three months ago. It was expected then to rise to a record high of 43,560 by the end of the year - also down from the 43,645 predicted in the November poll - the forecast full-year gain of 5.6% would be the smallest in four years. “Given the strong run in global indices, we expect Indian markets to maintain a positive bias. However, the degree of outperformance or underperformance would depend on the economic recovery and earnings revival,” said Ajit Mishra, vice president of research at Religare Broking. The Indian economy was expected to grow at an annualized rate of 6% in fiscal 2020-21, according to a separate Reuters poll conducted a month ago, down from the 6.8% predicted in an October poll. [ECILT/IN] Indian corporate earnings growth, which has been weak in recent years, is set to improve, according to 39 of 45 respondents, or nearly 90% of them. That view was partly driven by corporate tax cuts late last year and in this year’s budget, along with an expectation economic growth will pick up gradually. Poll participants were almost evenly split when over the impact of the recent budget on Indian stocks. A slight majority, 24 of 45, said the latest budget was a net positive for India equities. The rest said it was not. “Given the lack of a major stimulus in the union budget to counter the economic slowdown and sector-specific stimulus for stressed sectors ... there is not much to enthuse about the earnings or growth outlook,” said Sher Mehta, director at Virtuoso Economics. Indian stocks aren’t likely to get any significant support from the Reserve Bank of India, either. Inflation hit a near- six-year-high last month, reducing the chances of a rate cut in the near term despite the economic slowdown. Indian stocks remain historically expensive, with the price-to-earnings ratio currently at its highest in the last decade. “A handful of stocks that helped the index create new highs witnessed sharp multiple expansions, which in our view are unsustainable,” said Kedar Kadam, head of equity research at Cholamandalam Investment. Polling by Shaloo Shrivastava and Richa Rebello; editing by Ross Finley, Larry King | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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