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Guilty (PJ Harvey song)
"Guilty" is a song by the English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. Recorded during the sessions for her ninth studio album The Hope Six Demolition Project, it was released as a non-album single on 13 July 2016 on Island Records.
Background and recording
"Guilty" was recorded during the sessions for PJ Harvey's ninth studio album, The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016). The sessions were held in a purpose-built studio in Somerset House in London, England, from 15 January to 14 February 2015 as part of Recording in Progress, where members of the public could observe the sessions through one-way glass at 45-minute intervals. Several publications listed "Guilty" as among the song titles written on a wall chart in the studio during the first week of the sessions, and the track was finished by the end of January, according to the single's official press release.
Flood and John Parish produced the sessions for The Hope Six Demolition Project. In a feature interview in Uncut a month prior to the album's release, Flood described the recording process of "Guilty as "fascinating" and "one of the discovery songs" where he and Parish "could push forward into a new territory." Flood was experimenting with contact microphones during the song's sessions, using them to record percussionist Kenrick Rowe's tom-tom drum and processing the signal through a whammy effects pedal. A second experiment featured Flood manipulating the pitch of the tom drum through an electric-guitar amplifier.
However, "Guilty" was not included on the final track listing of The Hope Six Demolition Project. Explaining the situation, Flood said: "[As] the session went on, ["Guilty"] became quite a difficult song to get to the place where Polly, John and I felt it should go. By the end of the process, even though it was finished, it felt a little bit outside the rest of the material—as if it had come from a different place in time. The record felt stronger as a body of work for not having it on."
Music and lyrics
"Guilty" was written by Harvey and has a length of three minutes and 55 seconds. According to the International Standard Musical Work Code database, the song's official title is "He Must Be Guilty", with "Guilty" registered as an alternate title. It has been described as "dark [and] dramatic" by Exclaim!, with Consequence of Sound adding that the subject matter of drone strikes by the United States "[calls] out the unfairness in what we label justice" and "fits well within the core concept" behind The Hope Six Demolition Project; Paste said the song's lyrics "frankly condemns what is believed to be justice and equality in the global perspective."
Harvey's vocals on "Guilty" are in a lower register than most of her recordings on White Chalk (2007), Let England Shake (2011) and The Hope Six Demolition Project, on which she "predominantly used her hauntingly distanced upper register rather than the gravelly blues-steeped style" of her earlier material, according to Flavorwire.
Release and reception
"Guilty" was released as a non-album single on 13 July 2016; it was released only as a digital download. The single's cover art features a black-and-white photograph of a sculpture of a two-headed dog (possibly Cerberus); the artwork was designed by Michelle Henning, who was the art director and cover-art designer of The Hope Six Demolition Project.
Critical response to "Guilty" was largely positive. Les Inrockuptibles referred to the song "intense and lyrical" and said it was a "perfect bonus that extends an already impeccable record [The Hope Six Demolition Project]."
Track listing
* Digital download
* 1) "Guilty" (PJ Harvey) – 3:55
Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from Deezer.
* Performers
* PJ Harvey – vocals
* Terry Edwards – guitar
* Flood – background vocals
* Enrico Gabrielli – basset clarinet
* James Johnston – background vocals
* John Parish – bass, piano, synthesiser, percussion, background vocals
* Kenrick Rowe – percussion, background vocals
* Alessandro Stefana – guitar, background vocals
* Technical personnel
* Flood – production, mixing
* John Parish – production
* Adam "Cecil" Bartlett – recording, mix engineering
* Caesar Edmunds – mix engineering
* Rob Kirwan – recording
* Drew Smith – mixing
* John Dent – mastering
* Design personnel
* Michelle Henning – artwork | WIKI |
Anyone tried Intel D945GCLF(2)?
• I'm looking for a home solution, my existing router gets flooded once the table is full so when I use torrents or any kind of multi-node protocol, the response becomes sluggish from client to router and I am also getting some traffic spikes which is not cool.
it's a simple 2Mbit adsl but the router is terrible.
http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GCLF2-D945GCLF2D/D945GCLF2-D945GCLF2D-overview.htm
http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GCLF/D945GCLF-overview.htm
CLF only has 100 Mbit interface on it, CLF2 has 1000 Mbit. I am not bothered with that, but I need some grounds for upcoming 20/20 Mbit FTTH coming to my house in near future so I want to prepare myself properly. there are 6 home computers, three of them operating constantly (mainly internet browsing and occasional P2P, everything else is offline, like DAW and video edit) + three laptops mainly for browsing and multimedia. laptops connect through WLAN (it will be used through a Netgear WIFI router in AP mode), switch is a 4-port Level One. switch is my latest concern as they are easily available. first I need a decent configuration with as less power consumption as possible.
any ideas if an Atom is capable of something between 20-50 Mbit on most severe occasions?
thanks!
• @gybe:
http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GCLF/D945GCLF-overview.htm
The D945GCLF works well using the latest bios (LF_0229), without it you could have acpi and sata issues. Runs also very cool.
The …GCLF2 works under freebsd 7.2 but i've not tried pfsense on it.
• I'm using a 945GCLF2 at work and it works fine with pfSense 1.2.3RC2.
Do update the BIOS or you might have issues with ACPI and some SATA drives.
It runs just fine even without a BIOS update except with the following quirks:
• The bootloader won't see a SATA drive on occasion and needs multiple reboots to get it to load once.
• One of the 4 cores (2 physical + 2 HT) will be permanently loaded by ACPI processes.
In short, it works well but you should update the BIOS.
For my machine, I have a 3M/768K line and average CPU load is <1%.
No packages are running and I'm just using it as a simple router with massive state table, nearly unlimited port forwarding and Traffic Shaping.
A pfSense rig should suit your needs quite nicely. They're quite similar to mine when I made the switch to pfSense.
I used to torrent to the tune of 25,000 connections per machine at home and nothing from Dlink/ Linksys with or without 3rd party firmware would survive for more than 5 minutes.
At work, I have 30+ computers in a cybercafe and some of the games open up quite a fair number of connections as well. Easily 500+ active connections per machine. So far, so good. The traffic shaper does it's job well and a lot better than with some of the Linux router distros I've tried.
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Bharath Babu Nunna1, Debdyuti Mandal1, Joo Un Lee2, Harsimranjit Singh1, Shiqiang Zhuang1, Durgamadhab Misra3, Md Nasir Uddin Bhuyian3 and Eon Soo Lee1*
Nunna et al. Nano Convergence (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40580-019-0173-6
Abstract:
Integrating microfluidics with biosensors is of great research interest with the increasing trend of lab-on-the chip and
point-of-care devices. Though there have been numerous studies performed relating microfluidics to the biosensing
mechanisms, the study of the sensitivity variation due to microfluidic flow is very much limited. In this paper, the sensitivity
of interdigitated electrodes was evaluated at the static drop condition and the microfluidic flow condition. In
addition, this study demonstrates the use of gold nanoparticles to enhance the sensor signal response and provides
experimental results of the capacitance difference during cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) antigen–antibody conjugation
at multiple concentrations of CA-125 antigens. The experimental results also provide evidence of disease-specific
detection of CA-125 antigen at multiple concentrations with the increase in capacitive signal response proportional
to the concentration of the CA-125 antigens. The capacitive signal response of antigen–antibody conjugation on
interdigitate electrodes has been enhanced by approximately 2.8 times (from 260.80 to 736.33 pF at 20 kHz frequency)
in static drop condition and approximately 2.5 times (from 205.85 to 518.48 pF at 20 kHz frequency) in
microfluidic flow condition with gold nanoparticle-coating. The capacitive signal response is observed to decrease at
microfluidic flow condition at both plain interdigitated electrodes (from 260.80 to 205.85 pF at 20 kHz frequency) and
gold nano particle coated interdigitated electrodes (from 736.33 to 518.48 pF at 20 kHz frequency), due to the strong
shear effect compared to static drop condition. However, the microfluidic channel in the biosensor has the potential
to increase the signal to noise ratio due to plasma separation from the whole blood and lead to the increase concentration
of the biomarkers in the blood volume for sensing.
Keywords: Biosensor, Interdigitated gold electrodes, Microfluidic channel, Gold nanoparticles, Capacitance
measurements
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House Dems sound alarm over White House legal defense fund | TheHill
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are ringing alarm bells about a legal defense fund that was set up for the White House and Trump campaign staffers being investigated by special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerTrump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony Kellyanne Conway: 'I'd like to know' if Mueller read his own report MORE. Called the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, LLC, the organization is a blanket account that accepts donations — and doles out funds — to help defray the legal costs associated with the Russia probes in the Justice Department and in Congress. Aides in the White House, in addition to those involved in the presidential transition and campaign, are eligible to receive money. Neither the president nor any of his family members has access to the fund. Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Elijah CummingsElijah Eugene CummingsCan the Democrats unseat Trump? Democrats slam alleged politicization of Trump State Department after IG report Senior Trump officials accused of harassing, retaliating against career State Dept. employees MORE (Md.), the top Democrat on the Oversight panel, are raising concerns about the lack of overall clarity of the fund’s requirements. Specifically, they are asserting that there is a lack of transparency and loopholes that could allow for mismanagement and abuse. There is no disclosure, for example, of who receives money from the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust. More than 20 White House aides have given interviews with Mueller’s team, as part of the Russia probe. At least 17 people who worked on the Trump campaign have also spoken with the special counsel. The lawmakers are requesting documents from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), an independent government agency, including communications between OGE and the White House and with Wiley Rein, the law firm that set up the fund. “The structure of the Fund appears to allow secret donations to these individuals, and it raises serious concerns about whether it complies with ethics, tax, and elections laws as well as OGE guidance,” said the Democrats' letter, which was sent to Acting OGE Director David Apol on Monday. “A draft agreement released by your office appears to permit lobbyists and other individuals seeking official action from the Trump Administration to donate money to the Fund. Although registered lobbyists, those representing foreign governments and anyone with business before the government are prohibited from contributing to the fund, Democrats point out that the outline for how the fund will operate does not “include a prohibition of donors giving money to the Fund on behalf of undisclosed donors." There’s a carve-out, however, for those with business before about 20 independent government agencies, such as the Federal Communications Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the Democrats, that means a White House staffer that deals with those agencies could still take money from the fund that has been donated by someone being investigated, or appearing before, those agencies. Within the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, there are also two accounts: those for executive branch aides and those who worked on the campaign or are no longer employed by the government. The ban on contributions from prohibited individuals, such as lobbyists, does not apply to the nongovernmental recipients. “This is a shell game,” wrote former OGE Director Walter ShaubWalter Michael ShaubEx-ethics chief rips Trump July 4 event as 'taxpayer-funded campaign ad' Here are the top paid White House staffers The Hill's Morning Report - Trump touts handshake with Kim, tariff freeze with Xi MORE in a Los Angeles Times op-ed. “For legal purposes, any bad money taints the whole fund because money is fungible: Every dollar the fund accepts from a questionable source and pays to a nongovernmental beneficiary frees up a dollar for those who do work for the government.” “All the book-cooking in the world can’t remove the taint,” continues the op-ed, which was cited by the Democrats in their letters. The White House and Apol at OGE did not respond to a request for comment. Wiley Rein did not comment. The outline for the fund, created at the end of January, does not say a donor is prohibited from talking — or writing — to a recipient about a donation that the contribution was made because of the person's official position, which has been another point of contention for Democrats. 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 |
ms-signalr-client
packaged version of the Microsoft Javascript SignalR client
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ms-signalr-client
Unofficial package for the SignalR JS Client
This is a package for Microsoft's ASP.NET SignalR JavaScript Library. Current packaged version is v2.2.2-pre.
Usage
Include the library in your page using one of the following methods:
ES6 Loader
``` import $ from 'jquery'; import 'ms-signalr-client'; ```
require JS
``` require('jquery'); require('ms-signalr-client'); ```
HTML
``` ``` Set up a connection to a signalR host, and Hub. Make sure you update the address, port, and hubname values to suit your environment. ``` var connection = $.hubConnection('http://address:port'); var proxy = connection.createHubProxy('hubname'); // receives broadcast messages from a hub function, called "broadcastMessage" proxy.on('broadcastMessage', function(message) {
console.log(message);
}); // atempt connection, and handle errors connection.start({ jsonp: true }) .done(function(){ console.log('Now connected, connection ID=' + connection.id); }) .fail(function(){ console.log('Could not connect'); }); } ```
Tests
To run tests, run the following command: ``` $ npm run test ``` Tests will be run using:
• PhantomJS (headless browser)
• Mocha (test runner)
• Chai (assertion library)
Version numbering
The build number is a little ahead of the offical jquery.signalr repo. This is due to fixes to this package requiring a package version bump.
Problems
If you have problems with this package, log them on the bug tracker. If you have issues with the jquery.signalr library, go to the SignalR bug tracker.
Licence Information
As per the following:
• All client code is Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
I make no claims on this code, but I have kindly packaged it up for you. :) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
User:AnonymousEditor95
Hi, I'm a native of Novato, California who currently resides in Überlingen, Germany.
Call me Anon or Tracer
Visit Novato!
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P.S. I like local history, geography, photography, and trains
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Rush Creek Open Space Preserve
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Vince Mulroy Wildlife Preserve
1910 Ignacio rail accident
Translated Pages:
Agabama River
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Galgentobel
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Gilead's HCV Combo Drug Harvoni Secures CHMP Backing - Analyst Blog
Good news flowed in at Gilead Sciences ( GILD ) with the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommending the approval of Gilead's Harvoni for treating adults affected with chronic hepatitis C infection. Harvoni is the proposed brand name in the EU for the once daily fixed-dose combination of ledipasvir (a NS5A inhibitor: 90 mg) and Sovaldi (sofosbuvir: 400 mg).
The CHMP rendered its opinion after an accelerated review procedure. The procedure is adopted for candidates that are expected to be of primary public interest. The CHMP's opinion will now be reviewed by the European Commission (EC) with a final decision expected in the next few months. We expect the EC to approve the cocktail therapy.
The CHMP's favorable opinion was based on encouraging data from three phase III studies (ION-1, ION-2 and ION-3). The studies evaluated the combination with or without ribavirin in almost 2000 genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients with compensated liver disease. Apart from data from the above mentioned studies, CHMP also considered data from SOLAR-1 (decompensated cirrhotic and pre- and post-transplant patients), ELECTRON-2 (genotype 3 patients) and phase II studies on genotype 4 HCV patients before rendering the favorable opinion.
Approval of the combination oral therapy would boost Gilead's top line further as the HCV market in Europe offers significant commercial potential with the dreaded infection affecting approximately nine million people there, according to Gilead. Gilead also stated that the majority of the HCV affected population in Europe suffer from the genotype 1 version. The CHMP opinion comes close on the heels of Gilead seeking Japanese approval for the cocktail therapy (read more: Gilead (GILD) Seeks Japanese Approval for HCV Combo Drug ).
The fixed dose combination is also under review in the U.S. with a decision expected next month. Apart from Gilead, AbbVie ( ABBV ) is also looking to bring its HCV combination therapy into the market.
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AD Oliveirense
Associação Desportiva Oliveirense is a Portuguese sports club from Santa Maria de Oliveira, Vila Nova de Famalicão.
The men's football team played several years on the third tier, and was supposed to contest the 2020–21 Campeonato de Portugal. However they filed for bankruptcy and was denied a license. Vilaverdense was invited as third-place finishers in AF Braga's District League and accepted the invitation. AD Oliveirense subsequently played in AF Braga's II Série C. | WIKI |
Talk:Arp 271
Copyediting
I thought English recognized data as a singular noun, not plural, like it is in Latin. Please correct me if I am wrong.
"The data were acquired through three different filters (B, V, and R) for a total exposure time of 4440 seconds."
Lekro (talk) 01:25, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
* This is correct. I moved that part to the image's description page and corrected it. ❤ Yutsi Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 13:33, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Copyright issues?
I suspect that much of this text is originally from http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1035a/, but am not sure about the policy on this. Lekro (discuss) 02:33, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
* It says here that the captions are licensed under the CC Attribution 3.0 license, so we should be able to use it as long as we cite the webpage. ❤ Yutsi Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 13:33, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
Reference for Milky Way - Andromeda Collision
Not so speculative any more, the predicted collision mentioned in the article has had some serious corroboration: and . Perhaps these can serve as citations sought for the article. MarkGoldfain (talk) 04:20, 26 August 2013 (UTC) | WIKI |
Arvine Heights Historic District
Arvine Heights Historic District is a national historic district located at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. The district encompasses 61 contributing buildings (37 residences) in an exclusively residential section of Rochester. The district developed between about 1920 and 1942, and includes residential buildings in a variety of architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow / American Craftsman. The dwellings reflect modest designs directed toward a middle-class clientele in a newly developing area of Rochester's Nineteenth Ward.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. | WIKI |
The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)
"The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" is a 1968 pop song, which was the theme song for the children's television program The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. Originally released by Decca Records on the album titled We're the Banana Splits, the single release peaked at No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 8, 1969, and No. 94 in Canada, on January 20, 1969. The writing of the song is credited to Mark Barkan and Ritchie Adams, who were the show's music directors.
However, there are claims that the theme was written by jingle writer N. B. Winkless Jr. of the Leo Burnett Agency, but was credited to Adams and Barkan for contractual reasons. This was confirmed by Winkless’ son Terence, who played Bingo on the show, in his 2020 memoir From the Inside: My Life As Bingo of the Banana Splits. “In no uncertain terms, the Tra-La-La song was written by my dad on the slightly out of tune upright piano in our living room in Kenilworth, Illinois.”
In 1995, Hollywood Library released the 1,000-copy limited-edition CD reissue We're the Banana Splits/Here Come the Beagles which, in addition to the original album version, included an alternate version on the song.
The song went on to appear in the 2023 film Nimona.
Cover versions
American punk rock band The Dickies made the song a hit in the United Kingdom in 1979 with their cover version, marketed by A&M Records as "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)". The record reached No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. This version also appeared in the film Nimona.
A version by Liz Phair with Material Issue was the first track included on the 1995 album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, which peaked at 67 on The Billboard 200.
In 2019, American rock band Fall Out Boy recorded a cover to serve as the theme for The Banana Splits Movie.
In 2006, an overzealous Wikipedia editor suggested that the song may have inspired the Bob Marley and the Wailers song "Buffalo Soldier", because of a perceived similarity between the Tra La La song and Buffalo Soldier's bridge. A 2010 BBC investigation concluded that any influence was unlikely. | WIKI |
Adding a Streetview to a stop
Updated 1 month ago by Antoine Gouritin
In order to help users make the most of your tour, especially in the GuidiGO web app, you could add a Google Street View map to each stop, like in this example.
Follow these steps to proceed:
1. Head to the 2. Stops tab.
2. Select a stop.
3. Click the Add a view or a model button and select Standard mode.
4. The default view that Street View associates with the address of your stop on Google Maps will appear.
5. You will then have two options.
Option 1: The default view suits you
1. Adjust the angle of the view and the zoom level to get a view exactly as it will appear to the user.
2. Click Save.
You can go back to default view at any time, by simply clicking Reset.
Option 2: The default view does not suit you
1. Verify and, if necessary, correct the address of your stop.
2. If the address is correct and you wish to change the view nonetheless, click Change View.
3. Paste the complete Street View URL that you wish to use as a replacement in the popup field (see the next paragraph).
4. Click Next and then Save.
How to find a Street View URL
1. Open Google Maps in a new tab.
2. Enter the name of the landmark and/or the desired address.
3. Click Pegman in the bottom right corner of the screen and move it to the desired location on the map.
4. Navigate the map, rotate the view and use +/- buttons until you set the one you want.
5. Copy the complete URL in your browser’s address bar.
Add your own 360° view
If Google Street View does not cover your stop, you could create and add a 360° view yourself.
1. Select Image upload in the Street View popup of the stop.
2. Upload an equirectangular image in the 2:1 format.
3. Adjust the angle of the view and the zoom level.
4. Click Save.
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Is Kurt Eberling, Sr. the inventor of Spaghetti-O's, the same Kurt Eberling who commanded German troops in the Battle of the Scheldt in WWll? ( or was that his son? ) Does anybody know? | WIKI |
Unrest
Unrest, also called disaffection, is a sociological phenomenon, including:
* Civil unrest
* Civil disorder
* Domestic terrorism
* Industrial unrest
* Labor unrest
* Rebellion
* Riot
* Strike action
* State of emergency
Notable historical instances of unrest
* 19th century Luddites
* 1978–79 Winter of Discontent (UK)
* 1989 Purple Rain Revolt (South Africa)
* 2003 Maldives civil unrest
* 2004 Unrest in Kosovo
* 2005 Belize unrest
* May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan
* Arab Spring
* Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–14)
* 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
* 2022 Kazakh unrest
Film and television
* Unrest (2017 film) | WIKI |
History of Visual Communications
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1. Cave Paintings
1.1. A beautiful detailed and colorful representation found on the inside of cave walls and ceilings
1.1.1. Lascaux France
1.1.1.1. Closed because carbon dioxide from tourists was damaging paintings
1.1.2. Altamira Spain
1.1.2.1. Discovered by Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and his daughter Maria
1.1.3. Chauvet Pont d'arc
1.1.3.1. Oldest known cave painting site
1.1.3.1.1. Discovered by Eliette Brunell, Christian Hillarie, and Jean Marie Chauvet
1.2. Common themes
1.2.1. Large animals
1.2.2. Human hand tracings
1.2.3. Abstract patterns
2. Cuneiform
2.1. Sumerians
2.1.1. Where Cuneiform was created
2.1.2. Theocratic culture ruled by priest king
2.1.3. Skilled artisans
2.1.4. Music was important
2.2. Created to keep track of business transactions
2.3. Written on clay tablets
2.3.1. Used a wedge shaped stylus
2.3.2. Series of pictographs
3. Hieroglyphics
3.1. Created in Egypt
3.2. Combination of logographic and alphabetic elements
3.2.1. Logograms are visual symbols representing objects or elements
3.3. Information about religion and government
3.4. Scribes
3.4.1. Military leaders
3.4.1.1. Communicate in battles
3.4.2. Priests
3.4.2.1. Walls of temples decorated
3.4.2.2. Read and write instructions on the walls and papyrus for rituals
3.4.2.2.1. Papyrus
3.5. Rosetta Stone
3.5.1. A slab with inscriptions on it
3.5.1.1. Deciphered by Jean Francois Champollion
3.5.2. 3 Lannguages
3.5.2.1. Egyptian Hieroglyphics
3.5.2.2. Demotic
3.5.2.3. Greek
4. Phonetic Alphabet
4.1. 3 theories of origin
4.1.1. Direct variation of heiroglyphics
4.1.2. Ties with cuneiform
4.1.3. Independent creation
4.2. One sign represents one spoken sound
4.2.1. Letters start with constants
4.3. Long term effects
4.3.1. First widespread script
4.3.2. Used in multiple languages
5. The Books
5.1. Scrolls
5.1.1. Constructed
5.1.1.1. Separate sheets glued together at edges
5.1.1.2. Long continuous pieces of papyrus
5.1.2. Rolled
5.1.2.1. Simply rolled up
5.1.2.2. Wooden rollers at each end
5.1.3. Only allowed sequential use
5.2. Codex
5.2.1. Cover and bound collection of handwritten pages
5.2.2. Advantages
5.2.2.1. Compact
5.2.2.2. Sturdy
5.2.2.3. Ease of reference
5.2.3. Adopted by Christianity
5.2.3.1. Used for bibles and scriptures
5.2.3.2. Monastic monks became scribes of church
5.3. Parchment
5.3.1. Substrate made form animal skins
5.3.2. Made from animal skin, hair, and fat removed and skin smoothed out. The hide was soaked in water. Calcium flour and salt were added.
5.3.3. Vellum is finer quality parchment
5.3.4. Replaced papyrus
5.4. Illuminated manuscript
5.4.1. Borders illustrations and ornamentation added to each page of text
5.4.2. Reserved for religious texts
5.4.3. Declined after printing press
6. Printing Press
6.1. Johannes Gutenberg
6.1.1. Introduced modern book printing
6.1.2. Father was a merchant and goldsmith
6.1.3. Created oil based ink
6.2. Developed from technology of the screw type for pressing wine grapes and olive seeds
6.2.1. Movable type
6.2.1.1. System of printing that uses movable components of a document
6.3. China
6.3.1. First movable type system devolved here
6.3.2. Paper created here
6.3.2.1. Ts'ai Lun
6.4. 4 Major Printing Processes Used Today
6.4.1. Relief Printing
6.4.2. Intaglio
6.4.3. Porous
6.4.4. Lithography
6.5. Impacts on Communication
6.5.1. Perfected script and made it easier to read
6.5.2. Books were made faster
6.5.3. Current information could be shared locally and around the world
6.5.4. Cost of books decreased allowing more people to buy them
6.5.5. Demand grew; population became more literate
6.5.6. Readers wanted books written in their own language and a greater variety
6.5.7. Book trade began to flourish as well as industries such as paper making
6.5.8. Economies became stronger with more art and science which lead to the Renaissance
6.6. Caxton
6.6.1. First book in English
6.7. The Boston Newsletter
6.7.1. First American news weekly
6.7.2. John Campbell
6.8. John Fust invested in inventions
6.8.1. If Gutenberg didn't repay Fust with interest in 5 years Fust got the press tools and materials
6.8.2. Took credit for first book to be printed along with Schoeffer
6.8.2.1. Bible was first book to be printed
6.8.2.2. Schoeffer was Gutenberg's assistant
6.8.2.3. Schoeffer admitted it was Gutenberg later
7. Linotype Machine
7.1. Clephane
7.1.1. An easier way to transcribe and copy his notes
7.1.2. Christopher Scholes
7.1.2.1. Only commercially successful typewriter
7.1.3. Ottmar Mergenthaler
7.1.3.1. Casting the type from a metal matrix
7.2. Set mechanically rather than by hand
7.3. Name from fact that it produces an entire line of metal type at once
7.4. New York Tribune had first one
7.5. Linotype Keyboard
7.5.1. 90 Characters
7.5.2. No Shift Key
7.5.3. Arrangement corresponded to letter frequency with more used letters on the left
7.5.4. Black keys were lowercase
7.5.5. White keys were uppercase
7.5.6. Blue keys were punctuation, digits, and small capital letters with fixed width spaces
8. Photography
8.1. Camera obscura
8.1.1. 4th century- A way to observe light
8.1.2. An optical device that projects an image of its surroundings onto a screen
8.1.3. 1500s- A darkened room with a convex lens inserted into one wall
8.2. Photographic Processes
8.2.1. Dagurreotype
8.2.1.1. Louis Daguerre
8.2.1.2. Exposed a light sensitive metal sheet which created a direct positive image
8.2.2. Calotype
8.2.2.1. William Fox Talbot
8.2.2.2. The subject was exposed onto a light sensitive paper producing a negative image
8.2.2.3. Basis of modern photography because from the negative unlimited duplicates could be made
8.2.3. Wet Collodion Process (Wet Plate Process)
8.2.3.1. Archer
8.2.3.2. Glass plates were used for the negative. Plates were coated with collodion. Dark rooms had to be portable
8.2.4. Dry Plate Process
8.2.4.1. Richard Maddox
8.2.4.2. Dry plates were coated with gelatin, a colorless water soluble glutinous protein from animal tissue
8.3. Eastman
8.3.1. Roll Film
8.3.2. "You press the button we do the rest"
8.3.3. Eastman Kodak Company
8.3.4. The Brownie
8.4. James Clerk Maxwell
8.4.1. First color photograph
8.5. Edwin Land
8.5.1. Instant photogrpahy
8.6. Muybridge
8.6.1. Paved the way for motion picture photogrpahy
8.6.2. Zoopraxiscope
8.6.2.1. Device used to project a series of images in successive phases of motion
9. Computers
9.1. Mark Series
9.1.1. Howard Alken
9.1.2. Grace Hooper
9.1.3. Created for navy gunnery and bullistic calculations
9.2. Univac
9.2.1. John Preseper
9.2.2. John Maucly
9.2.3. Universal Automatic Computer
9.3. IBM
9.3.1. International Business Machines
9.3.2. IBM 701 EOPM Computer
9.3.3. Fortan
9.3.3.1. IBM mathematical formula translating sysem
9.3.4. Floppy disk
9.3.4.1. First memory disk
9.4. Mouse
9.4.1. Douglas Engelbart
9.4.2. Named because it had a tail
9.4.3. Interactive pointer on screen
9.5. Arpanet
9.5.1. First internet
9.5.2. Developed to protect the flow of information between military installations by creating a network of geographically separated computers
9.6. Intel 4004
9.6.1. First single microchip processor
9.7. Ethernet
9.7.1. Robert Metcalfe
9.7.2. Xerox
9.8. MS-DOS
9.8.1. Bill Gates
9.8.2. Computer operating system
9.9. PC
9.9.1. Personal Computer
9.10. Apple
9.10.1. Apple Macintosh Computer
9.10.1.1. Windows operating system was Bill Gates' response
9.10.2. Apple Lisa
9.10.2.1. First computer with a GUI
9.10.2.1.1. GUI developed by Xerox | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Beef demand drives Cargill's first-quarter profit
(Reuters) - Global commodities trader Cargill Inc [CARGIL.UL] reported a 14 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday on higher demand for beef. The company, which is one of the world’s largest suppliers of ground beef, said net income rose to $973 million in the first quarter ended August 31, from $852 million, a year earlier. As beef prices have come down, consumers have bought more, according to Cargill. The company’s animal nutrition and food ingredients units, which have driven the quarter’s profit, have been showing positive results for the past five straight quarters. Excluding one-time items, Cargill reported quarterly net income of $888 million, up from $827 million a year earlier. Revenue came in at $27.3 billion, slightly up from the $27.1 billion it posted last year. Reporting by Taenaz Shakir in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Customer Problem
The client was facing frequent downtime and heavy resource usages on his website hosted in Amazon AWS instance. So he needs to ensure High Availability ( HA ) for his website. The client’s requirement was to setup a loadbalancer to ensure high avaliablity and also he needed caching for faster content delivery. The application uses websockets, so it must work via LB ( HTTPS).
Xieles Solution
We proposed AWS autoscaling with the image of the master server to ensure HA.
AWS autoscaling provides HA for your application and it monitors the performance of the resources. It will adjust the resource capacity based on the requests and usage. It is very easy to setup AWS application scaling with multiple resources, but implementing websokets with LB is tricky. Web Sockets provide a persistent connection between a client and server that both parties can use to start sending data at any time.
The Challenge
In the application load balancing, we need to use WebSockets XSS
• AWS ELB doesn’t support WebSockets on HTTP/HTTPS (Layer 7).
• Switching ELB protocols to TCP/SSL does the trick, but we do not receive X-Forwarded-For header from ELB anymore.
This can be done by enabling proxy protocol on the LB, so it starts using proxy_protocol. We could do only from AWS CLI. In order to do this, the web server must be Nginx. Proxy protocol adds an additional header to requests to pass server client’s IP which can be used if there is a load balancer between your server and clients.
In our case, the server is configured with Apache web server. So we can’t use proxy_protocol anymore. On Apache, it could be fixed by creating an additional target group with websocket port and enabling stickiness. Then increase the connetion timout of the application. Here we have 3 WebSockets. So we have created 3 Listeners for LB and passed the request to corresponding Target groups (websockets). From that websockets target, it goes to the target instances.
Customer Benefits: The main benefit is assured HA for his website. AWS autoscaling will adjust the resource capacity, so it is cost effective. We need to pay only for what we use. By the help of Elastic Cache, the contents will be served faster as it will load from Cache cluster. So less resource usage. This architecture will be able to handle to up to 50 K requests and this was confirmed after serveral benchmarking tests.
Technical Details
• The main server is configured with Apache + PHP 5.6 and Amazon S3 is used for backup.
• RDS Postgresql is used for database.
• Elastic Cache Cluster with Memcached Engine is used for caching.
• To Ensure HA AWS autoscaling with desired capacity 2 and maximum instance 10.
Project Duration
The total time duration of this project was around 6 hours. It is possible to deployment within 2 to 3 hours, but we need to do some benchmarks to ensure HA for the application. So we used Apache Jmeter and also Apache benchmark to test Autoscaling to ensure High Availability. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Futurebasic/Language/Reference/usr saveimagefileaspict
Syntax
USR SAVEIMAGEFILEASPICT
Revised
June 2001 (Release 5)
Description
Use this simple function to convert a graphic image file into a PICT format. destName$ indicates the name of the converted file and destVol% its location. The following example allows to select a graphic file whose format is recognized by QuickTime and save the converted file with a PICT format. INCLUDE "Subs Image Files.Incl"
err = USR SaveImageFileAsPICT(fName$,vRef%,
PRINT "You now have a file named:"fName$" Converted"
STOP END IF Note: Before you can use this function, you must include it in your project with the following statement: include "Subs Image Files.Incl | WIKI |
Advocates for the diet recommend that it be seriously considered after two medications have failed, as the chance of other drugs succeeding is only 10%.[9][31][32] The diet can be considered earlier for some epilepsy and genetic syndromes where it has shown particular usefulness. These include Dravet syndrome, infantile spasms, myoclonic-astatic epilepsy, and tuberous sclerosis complex.[9][33]
HCG, or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, is a hormone produced during pregnancy by the placenta after implantation, and doctors sometimes prescribe it for fertility issues. But this hormone has also gained popularity as a weight-loss supplement — and using it as such can be dangerous. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns against purchasing over-the-counter hCG, as these supplement products are illegal. (34)
It is well known that vitamin D works to promote calcium absorption for strong bones. However, recent research also suggests that vitamin D may have important effects on the immune system and may help regulate cell growth and differentiation. A clinical trial is underway to determine what role vitamin D supplementation might play in reducing MS disease activity. Read more about vitamin D in Vitamin D Deficiency and Possible Role in Multiple Sclerosis. Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis – Relationship between Vitamin D and Interferon β-1b presents data demonstrating how vitamin D might enhance the effect of interferon beta on MS disease activity. The National MS Society also provides guidelines for healthcare professionals on managing vitamin D issues in clinical practice.
But there is another meaning of this word. Diet can also refer to the food and drink a person consumes daily and the mental and physical circumstances connected to eating. Nutrition involves more than simply eating a “good” diet—it is about nourishment on every level. It involves relationships with family, friends, nature (the environment), our bodies, our community, and the world.
Many people choose to forgo food from animal sources to varying degrees (e.g. flexitarianism, vegetarianism, veganism, fruitarianism) for health reasons, issues surrounding morality, or to reduce their personal impact on the environment, although some of the public assumptions about which diets have lower impacts are known to be incorrect.[3] Raw foodism is another contemporary trend. These diets may require tuning or supplementation such as vitamins to meet ordinary nutritional needs.
Prostate cancer treatment may affect your appetite, eating habits, and weight, but it is important for you to maintain a healthy weight, get essential nutrients, and remain as physically active as possible.If you have difficulty eating due to side effects from treatment, there are ways to make eating more comfortable. Working with a registered dietitian/nutritionist (RDN) can help make sure you are getting the nutrition you need.
Vitamin A is abundant in our food supply, so there is little risk of a deficiency. It is needed for regulation of the immune system, vision, reproduction, bone growth, cell division, and cell differentiation. A deficiency will result in night blindness and a decreased immune system, resulting in a decrease in the ability to fight infections. This can occur from an inadequate diet, chronic diarrhea, and an excess intake of alcohol. Dietary sources of vitamin A include
The Mayo Clinic Diet is a long-term weight management program created by a team of weight-loss experts at Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic Diet is designed to help you reshape your lifestyle by adopting healthy new habits and breaking unhealthy old ones. The goal is to make simple, pleasurable changes that will result in a healthy weight that you can maintain for the rest of your life.
The word diet first appeared in English in the 13th century. Its original meaning was the same as in modern English, “habitually taken food and drink.” But diet was used in another sense too in the Middle and early modern English periods to mean “way of living.” This is, in fact, the original meaning of diet’s Greek ancestor diaita, which is derived from the verb diaitasthan, meaning “to lead one’s life.” In Greek, diaita, had already come to be used more specifically for a way of living prescribed by a physician, a diet, or other regimen.
“When we put limits on our food consumption, it’s like we’re putting our whole being on alert that this is a different experience,” says Gregory. “It’s like you’re going on a private retreat, and during this time you’re operating differently. Food is such a primary part of our daily lives that when we’re eating differently, it calls us into a different way of living.”
In Asia, the normal diet includes rice and noodles as the main energy source, making their elimination difficult. Therefore, the MCT-oil form of the diet, which allows more carbohydrate, has proved useful. In India, religious beliefs commonly affect the diet: some patients are vegetarians, will not eat root vegetables or avoid beef. The Indian ketogenic diet is started without a fast due to cultural opposition towards fasting in children. The low-fat, high-carbohydrate nature of the normal Indian and Asian diet means that their ketogenic diets typically have a lower ketogenic ratio (1:1) than in America and Europe. However, they appear to be just as effective.[54]
“A lot of people think the foundation of a paleo diet is high-fat meat, but I suggest that it’s vegetables,” says Hultin. The concept is to eat only foods — including meat, fish, poultry, eggs, fruits, and vegetables — that would have been available to our Paleolithic ancestors. This means grains, dairy, legumes, added sugar, and salt are all no-no’s.
Focus on exercise: According to an eight-year study published in the journal Circulation, women who were the most physically fit were the least likely to die from any cause, including cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women in the United States. “Being fit is more important than weight or body mass index for heart health,” says Martha Gulati, M.D., the lead author of the study and an associate professor of medicine at Ohio State University in Columbus. In addition to helping you stay trim, exercise alleviates stress, lowers cholesterol, and increases blood flow. The three of them combined improve heart health more than diet alone does.
There’s a large spectrum of where people can fall on a vegetarian diet: For example, vegans consume no animal products, whereas ovo-lacto vegetarians eat both dairy and eggs. The eating style may help with weight loss, suggests a review published in August 2017 in Nutrients, but some vegans and vegetarians may become deficient in specific nutrients, such as calcium, iron, zinc, and vitamin B12, according to an article published in December 2017 in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. (23,24)
When in the hospital, glucose levels are checked several times daily and the patient is monitored for signs of symptomatic ketosis (which can be treated with a small quantity of orange juice). Lack of energy and lethargy are common, but disappear within two weeks.[17] The parents attend classes over the first three full days, which cover nutrition, managing the diet, preparing meals, avoiding sugar, and handling illness.[19] The level of parental education and commitment required is higher than with medication.[44]
Some diet plans, such as the MIND diet and the DASH diet, are meant to focus on certain areas of health — and weight loss may be a bonus. Others are created with weight loss as a primary goal. “It is important to remember that we are all very unique individuals,” says Kyle. “We all have different states of health and different lifestyles, which could affect what diet plan is best for us. That means that you should not be considering what is working for your friends or family members — and instead should pay attention to what works for you individually.”
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How to Fix Unity Panel Constantly Freezing in Ubuntu 13.10
This is only a temporary solution until a better one is implemented by Canonical
Ubuntu 13.10 in action
If you noticed that your Unity panel in Ubuntu 13.10 was freezing constantly, here is a solution that will provide a temporary workaround.
If you noticed that your Unity panel in Ubuntu 13.10 was freezing constantly, here is a solution that will provide a temporary workaround.
Long before the release of the stable version of Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander), a problem with the Unity panel plagued the distribution. I hoped that it would be fixed in time, but the problem lingers.
The Unity panel is the one that holds all the indicators and menus for the opened applications. When using Ubuntu 13.10 for a few hours, the panel would freeze, along with the dash button.
The menus would not change according to the applications that had focus, and it became downright annoying when I couldn't even shutdown the computer without opening the terminal.
The solution is very simple. You will need to restart compiz. To do this, you will need to open a terminal and enter the following commands:
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
setsid unity
compiz will restart. You might have to resize the Unity icons again, but that's a minor inconvenience. You can now continue to enjoy Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander).
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IT’S UNSAFE TO USE COTTON BUDS FOR THE EARS
Some, if not many people do not realize they shouldn’t clean their ears with cotton buds/swabs. People have been led to think that it's normal to clean their ears – they think that ear wax is dirty, that it's gross or unnecessary but that's not true at all."
Anyone in the medical field can tell you, they have seen many catastrophes resulting from using cotton swabs.
Cotton buds/swabs were developed in 1923 by Leo Gerstenzang. After observing his wife using wads of cotton on toothpicks to clean his baby's ears, he developed a cotton-tipped swab that he considered safer. The product was initially called Q-tips Baby Gays (Q for quality) and Q-tips survive to this day. The first instances of medical concern over the use of cotton buds were in 1972 with reports of tympanic membrane perforation, otitis externa and cerumen impaction. Manufacturers then advised against use of cotton buds in the external auditory canal. Nonetheless, cotton-bud-related injuries are a common reason for attendances at ear, nose and throat (ENT) referral clinics.
If your ears are blocked with wax it can be tempting to use a cotton bud/swabs to clean them out, but doing so could make your situation worse.
Even though it seems like you’re doing a good job of cleaning your ears with a swab because you see some wax come out, you’re mostly pushing the wax in further, as opposed to removing it. When we put cotton buds/swabs in our ears, the bud pushes the wax down the ear canal towards the eardrum and impacts it. If this build-up of earwax presses up against the skin of the eardrum, it can mean it doesn't vibrate as well and therefore cause hearing problems.
There are a number of items that people use to clean their ears. Some of the most interesting seen in the doctor’s office are:
• Cotton swabs (Q-Tips)
• Hair pins
• Tweezers
• Pens and pencils
• Straws
• Paper clips
• Finger nails
• Toys
• The earpiece of glasses
• Keys
While this is only a partial list, it's important to realize nothing should be placed inside the ear to remove dirt and debris.
The ear canal has specialized cells that produce cerumen, commonly known as ear wax. Ear wax can be likened to tears, which help lubricate and protect our eyeballs. Ear wax does something similar for the ear canal, where the skin is thin and fragile and highly susceptible to infection. The body produces ear wax to protect the ear canal. What you're taking out is supposed to be in there. There's a natural migration that carries the wax out when left alone.
Ear wax causes foreign bodies to adhere to it, preventing them from going further into the ear, and it has anti-bacterial properties. Removing it is like taking the wax off the surface of polished wooden furniture. It makes the delicate underlying skin of the ear more susceptible to infection.
The skin in your ears acts like a conveyor belt. It travels along your ear canal from your ear drum bringing any debris with it. If you use cotton buds or anything else to clean your ears, you can disrupt the ears' natural cleaning system. Often the only thing this achieves is to push wax further down the ear canal, making you feel deaf temporarily and causing damage to your ear canal or your ear drum. If your 'conveyor belt' isn't working and you experience a build-up of ear wax, the best thing to do is visit your doctor to have your ears cleaned out in a simple procedure.
Ear wax consists of a mixture of exfoliated skin and secretions and is produced in the outer third of the ear canal. Some people produce large amounts, which can affect hearing, especially if the wax becomes waterlogged and expands - after swimming, for example. For some people, ear wax accumulates much faster than others. This can lead to wax build-up that causes decreased ability to hear and in some instances, pain. As an easy way to avoid seeing a medical professional, many folks resort to using swabs to remove the excess wax. While this may seem like an excellent alternative to spending countless minutes waiting in a doctor’s office waiting room, using a cotton swab may do more harm than good.
The eardrum is easily reached with a swab. Because the eardrum is so delicate, it can be easily ruptured by using even the gentlest of pressure when using a swab. Ask anyone who has experienced a punctured eardrum - it isn’t a pleasant experience. The pain is quite severe and the ear may also leak a clear fluid.
If you go too far down the ear canal with the swab, you can literally put a cotton-bud-sized hole in your eardrum. Dr. Christopher Chang, an otolaryngologist in Warrenton, Virginia, said that usually when he sees this it’s because the patient was cleaning her ear, and her boyfriend came into the bathroom, startling her and causing her to jerk her arm. Or she was multitasking and accidentally bumped her elbow into the wall.
The result: very sharp pain and bleeding. Hearing loss is not uncommon. The good news is that the vast majority of the time the body will heal the hole closed on its own. Depending on how big the hole is, it may close up completely in a week. More severe cases can take a couple months to heal, and in the worst-case scenario, surgery is required. If it happens to you, call a doctor right away and definitely don’t put any water in your ear because it could trigger an infection.
So this leaves us with the question, do we really need to clean out our ears? The answer is a little confusing, as both a “yes” and a “no,” are appropriate. The outer ear that can be seen does need a good cleaning every now and then. This can be accomplished with a little soap, water and a washcloth.
In most cases, the ear canal does not need to be cleaned. During hair washing or showers, enough water enters into the ear canal to loosen the wax that has accumulated. Additionally, the skin in your ear canal naturally grows in an outward, spiral pattern. As it sloughs off, ear wax goes with it. Most of the times the wax will loosen and fall out on its own while you are asleep. The need for a cotton swab isn’t really necessary.
For those that have heavy wax build-up, a trip to the doctor may be needed. Doctors can easily remove ear wax with a little peroxide mixed with water and injected into the ear. The process is virtually painless and is very effective in removing impacted wax. If this frequently becomes a problem, patients can ask their physicians for directions to do the procedure at home.
If you are experiencing wax or dirt build-up in your ears, contact your medical care professional for instructions on how to safely clean your ears. Never stick anything into your ear canal, including your own fingers. This could further impact the wax or damage the eardrum. As a good rule of thumb, if you aren’t sure if what you are doing is safe, contact a hearing health professional or a physician.
The little padded sticks have long been marketed as household staples, pitched for various kinds of beauty upkeep, arts and crafts, home-cleaning, and baby care. Few more detailed uses of cotton swabs are:
Lighting candles with short wicks
Have you ever blistered your fingers trying to light a short wick? No more! Simply dab the end of the bud in alcohol, use a match or lighter to light it, and hold it to the candle. The flame will melt the wax and reveal the wick.
Taking perfume on nights out
Lugging around a bulky bottle of Chanel No 5 in a teeny clutch can be such a slog. Avoid arm ache by dousing the ends of the buds in perfume and popping them into a re-sealable bag. Also works with eye shadow.
Cleaning lint out of hairdryer vents
A big problem, I know. But lint blocks the machine's airflow, so cleaning your dryer out regularly is recommended to ensure that it's functioning at full capacity.
Fixing stuck zips
Apply olive oil or shampoo to the teeth of the pesky zip, using (what else?) a trusty bud.
Cleaning computer keyboards
Computer keyboards reportedly harbour more germs than your average toilet seat. Dip a cotton bud in alcohol (the cleaning kind, not the drinking kind) and run it up and down the crevices of your keyboard to give it a good clean.
Starting fires
Cotton buds coated in Vaseline or lip salve make great DIY fire starters. Perfect for camping – but please use responsibly.
Brushing your cat's teeth
Or cleaning their eyes. Either way, cotton buds are handy for general pet face maintenance.
If you’re hooked on swabs, the best way to return your ears to their natural state is to quit using them. But this can be admittedly hard, especially if the inside part of the ear feels itchy. If the drum is not punctured, you can use a drop or two of mineral oil or baby oil to get rid of the itch and sensation.
Doctors say don't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear. The reality is that you should not stick anything in your ear canals.
Since no matter what is said, some will keep cleaning their ears with cotton swabs, here’s how to do it without massacring yourself:
For one thing, be gentle. That soft cotton tip can leave grooves and scratches in the fragile skin.
As a rule of thumb, Dr. Christopher Chang said not to put the swab in so far that you can’t see the cotton anymore. The eardrum is only about 2 to 3 cm in from the opening of the ear canal. The first centimetre in is cartilage, which has a little give when you press against it, and the skin is slightly tougher there. After that, the canal is surrounded by bone. There’s no give there, and that’s where the eardrum connects, so consider it the danger zone. Conveniently, the cotton head on a cotton bud is about 1 cm long, so stopping there ought to keep you relatively safe.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that we’re condoning cleaning your ears this way. You should probably just let them be, and go to an ENT if the wax situation is getting out of hand.
....making effort to "STAYWELL"
REFERENCE:
http://www.healthyhearing.com/report/47773-Swab-hearing-loss
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-dangers-of-putting-cotton-buds-in-your-ear-why-cant-we-resist-the-temptation-despite-warnings-on-a6840251.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/3303501/Listen-to-me-dont-put-cotton-buds-in-your-ears.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/you-use-cotton-buds-clean-7495466
http://diply.com/engineer-medical/article/never-use-cotton-swabs-to-clean-ears-again
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Pepsi Uses Games to Mask Doritos Ads for Teens, Groups Say
PepsiCo Inc.’s Frito-Lay unit uses
online video games and concerts to disguise marketing campaigns
for its Doritos chips aimed at teenagers, consumer groups said
in a complaint to U.S. regulators. The Federal Trade Commission should investigate PepsiCo and
Frito-Lay for deceptive and unfair digital marketing practices,
including collecting teens’ personal information “without
meaningful notice and consent,” according to the complaint
filed today by the Washington-based Center for Digital
Democracy, Consumer Watchdog and two other groups. “Frito-Lay has infiltrated the lives of teens by
developing covert advertising campaigns centered on things teens
love,” including video games and music, according to the
complaint . The digital campaign influences teens to buy Doritos,
a salty snack high in calories and fat that contributes to
adolescent obesity, the complaint alleges. PepsiCo is the world’s largest snack maker, controlling
almost two-thirds of the U.S. salty snacks market. The company’s
Frito-Lay North America unit, with brands including Doritos,
Cheetos and Lay’s potato chips, accounted for $13.4 billion of
the company’s $57.8 billion in global sales last year. “We haven’t received a copy of the filing or any documents
from the organizations,” Aurora Gonzalez, a Frito-Lay
spokeswoman, said in an e-mail last night before the complaint
was filed. “Without seeing the documents first hand I wouldn’t
want to conjecture on the allegations.” Gonzalez didn’t immediately return calls and e-mails today. ‘Whole New Frontier’ The FTC has received the complaint will “review it
carefully,” Elizabeth Lordan, an agency spokeswoman, said in an
e-mail. The complaint is the first filed to the FTC about
digital marketing to teens, Lordan said. Food companies that once relied primarily on television to
reach children are now using a variety of digital media in their
marketing campaigns, Mary Story , a professor specializing in
child and adolescent nutrition at the University of Minnesota ,
said in an interview. “It’s a whole new frontier that parents are not really
aware of and there’s just not regulation at all about these new
types of marketing,” said Story, who isn’t involved in the
complaint. Story directs the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Healthy Eating Research Program, which has provided grant
funding to the Center for Digital Democracy. Rihanna Video Within the food industry , PepsiCo stands out for
“aggressively using the most sophisticated tools to target
teens in far-reaching ways,” Jeff Chester, executive director
of the Center for Digital Democracy, said in an interview. “Pepsi has purposely created immersive environments that
are designed to influence the attitudes and behaviors of young
people, including at the subconscious level,” he said. “‘I
don’t think anyone has come close to what Pepsi has done.” The “immersive” Doritos marketing campaigns have included
Hotel 626 and Asylum 626, online interactive games that provide
a horror-film experience, and a website featuring video of pop
singer Rihanna, according to the complaint. Such campaigns
conceal the nature of the marketing and are deceptive, the
complaint says. President Barack Obama ’s administration is trying to reduce
a child obesity rate that has almost tripled since 1980 to 17
percent, or 12.5 million Americans, William Dietz, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention’s director of nutrition and
obesity programs, said last week at a joint hearing of two House
Energy and Commerce subcommittees. Industry Resistance A working group of officials from the FTC, CDC and two
other agencies in April proposed voluntary guidelines for
advertising to children for food with added sugars, salt and
saturated fat. The regulators, facing resistance from food companies
including Nestle SA (NESN) and Kellogg Co. (K) , are now scaling back those
guidelines to address concerns raised by industry and lawmakers,
David Vladeck , director of the FTC’s Consumer Protection Bureau,
said at last week’s hearing. The final guidelines will recommend restricting food ads
targeted at children younger than 12, rather than anyone under
age 18 as originally proposed, Vladeck said. “The FTC still has a 20th-century mindset when it comes to
protecting consumers in today’s digital environment,” Chester
said. “They have been lagging and foot-dragging, and consumers,
especially teens, are being placed at risk.” The other two groups filing the complaint are Consumer
Action , a nonprofit advocacy group founded in 1971, and The
Praxis Project, a Washington-based nonprofit that seeks to
promote community health. To contact the reporters on this story:
Eric Engleman in Washington at
eengleman1@bloomberg.net ;
Duane D. Stanford in Atlanta at
dstanford2@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Michael Shepard at
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Richard Brompton
Richard Brompton (1734 - 1783) was an English portrait painter.
Life
Brompton was a pupil of Benjamin Wilson. He then went to Italy, and spent some time in Rome, where he had lessons with Raphael Mengs. He was also introduced to the patronage of the Earl of Northampton, and accompanied the earl to Venice when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. In Venice, Brompton painted a conversation-piece, in which he introduced the portraits of the Duke of York and several English gentlemen then on their travels. The picture was afterwards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting. Extravagant living and debtors brought him to the King's Bench, but he was rescued by the Empress of Russia, at whose request he went to St. Petersburg, where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. During this time he was patronized by the empress favorite, Grigory Potemkin. He died in that city in 1783.
Among his best works are:
* The Prince of Wales in the Robes of the Garter, in 1772; mezzotinted by John Saunders.
* Prince Frederick in the Robes of the Bath; mezzotinted by John Saunders.
* William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1772
* Admiral Saunders; in the Old Royal Naval College, formerly Greenwich Hospital]] (pictured) | WIKI |
Harry Gardiner
Harry H. Gardiner (1871 – July 28, 1956), better known as the Human Fly, was an American man famous for climbing buildings. He began climbing in 1905, and successfully climbed over 700 buildings in Europe and North America, usually wearing ordinary street clothes and using no special equipment. "One hundred and twenty of those who have sought to imitate me in this hazardous profession have fallen to death," Gardiner is quoted as saying in a 1905 article published in Muscle Builder. "There is no chance of 'rehearsing' your performance. Each new building is an unknown problem. If you do not guess the right answer, death awaits below, with a breath of up-rushing air, and arms of concrete." Former President Grover Cleveland reportedly nicknamed him "The Human Fly." When he visited Logan, West Virginia in January 1927, the Logan Banner described him as a "boyish-looking man of 57 years." Gardiner reportedly moved to Europe after New York enacted legislation forbidding anyone from climbing on the outside of buildings. Details surrounding his death are unknown, but a person matching his description was found beaten to death at the base of the Eiffel Tower in 1933.
Climbs
Some of the climbs Gardiner performed:
* June 9, 1916 in Omaha, Nebraska—More than 30,000 spectators, "the largest in the history of Omaha," watched as Gardiner scaled The Omaha World-Herald building. "It seems all a part of a day’s work to me," Gardiner said. "There’s the wall with the little projections, ledges and places to which I must hold. And there's the top of the building, where I'm going to stop."
* August 9, 1916 Gardiner climbed up to the top of the 10-story Torrey Building in Downtown Duluth, Minnesota. The event was sponsored by the Duluth Herald who reported about it in that day’s issue. An estimated 25,000 people watched the climb.
* August 12,1916 Gardiner climbed to the top of the 16-story Alworth Building in Downtown Duluth, Minnesota as reported in that day’s Duluth Herald. About 5,000 people witnessed Gardiner climb up what was Minnesota’s second tallest building at that time. Once he got to the top, he climbed further up the tall flag pole that was on the roof.
* October 7, 1916 in Detroit – The Detroit News had hired Gardiner to attract attention to the News' ad-taking office by climbing up the 14-story Majestic Building at 12:15 PM. He wore all white, tennis shoes and rimless spectacles.
* January 30, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama – Gardiner scaled the 16-story "Empire Building" at the so-called Heaviest Corner on Earth.
* October 31, 1918 in Vancouver, British Columbia – Gardiner climbed up the outside of the 17-story World Building known today as the Sun Tower to promote Victory Loans. The Vancouver World newspaper was published in this building at the time.
* November 11, 1918 in Hamilton, Ontario – Gardiner climbed the Bank of Hamilton building to celebrate the end of World War I. While climbing the side of the building, Gardiner stuck his head into one of the open windows and signed some insurance papers. He also purchased a $1,000 bond. The 47-year-old professional Fly admitted that he had to try for insurance at the Bank of Hamilton because it had so far been impossible for him to gain insurance elsewhere, since he was considered a high risk. This spectacle brought much attention to the Bank of Hamilton.
* January 1927 in Huntington, West Virginia – A few days before arriving in Logan, WV, "an enormous assemblage" watched as Gardiner climbed the Coal Exchange Building in Huntington, WV. The building was described as a few hundred feet tall, "as high as any building in the state."
* January 27 and 29, 1927 in Logan, West Virginia – Sponsored by the Neely-Gunther-Nowlan Post of the American Legion, Gardiner climbed the north wall of the Logan County Courthouse on January 27 at 7:30 p.m. and unfurled a U.S. flag. On January 25, the Logan Banner provided details about how the climb would occur: "As he climbs he will perform many a stunt to amuse and startle the interested throng. All this time his figure will be in the glare of a searchlight provided for the purpose and his feat will be done without the aid of any mechanical device." Crowd attendance was estimated at more than 5000 persons. Plans to climb the White-Browning building were canceled when Gardiner could not procure permission to scale it. On January 29, he climbed the five-story Pioneer Hotel in Logan. On February 1, the Banner described is thusly: "With the aid of a hook at each window, he was able to get finger holds on the sills and then lift himself in safety and prepare for the next step upward. To scale the last lap and reach the roof he made use of the braces for the electric hotel sign for a foothold and also the lowered hook to get a finger hold on the edge of the roof." Most spectators watched from Stratton Street and extended sixty to seventy feet out on Cole Street; hundreds watched from the windows of nearby buildings. From Logan, Gardiner traveled to Williamson, West Virginia where he climbed the Mountaineer Hotel.
Gardiner is mentioned in a story of present-day skyscraper climber Alain Robert, The New Yorker magazine, April 20, 2009. | WIKI |
BAM Energy Group
BAM Energy Group (formerly BAM Solar Power) is a photovoltaic system systems installer based in Miami, Florida. The company provides design, installation, monitoring and maintenance services for solar energy.
In January 2010, BAM installed the first solar electricity system on a cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. The installation covered a surface area of 21,000 sq. ft. (1950 m2) on deck 19 and cost US$750000. In January 2011, BAM installed an 80 kW system on RCL's Allure of the Seas, covering the largest area to date on a cruise ship - 2000 square meters. The system powers the shopping district, cost US$600000, and used Uni-Solar durable BIPV laminates designed to withstand foot traffic and marine conditions. | WIKI |
burnie
Noun
* 1) A small brook.
* 2) * c. 1820s,, "Sing on, Sing on, My Bonnie Bird"
* A bramble shade around our head, A burnie popplin by
* A bramble shade around our head, A burnie popplin by | WIKI |
Dpon-chen
The dpon-chen or pönchen, literally the "great authority" or "great administrator", was the chief administrator or governor of Tibet based at the Sakya Monastery during the Yuan dynasty. The office was established in the 1260s and functioned as the Tibetan local government serving the Yuan emperors, unlike the Sakya Imperial Preceptors (Dishi) who were active in the Yuan imperial court.
The Yuan dynasty set up a government agency and top-level administrative department known as the Bureau of Buddhist and Tibetan Affairs in Dadu (modern-day Beijing) that supervised Buddhist monks in addition to managing the territory of Tibet; one of the department's purposes was to select a dpon-chen to govern Tibet when the Sakya Lama (e.g. Drogön Chögyal Phagpa) was away. The Dpon-Chen was invariably a Tibetan nominated by the ruling Sakya Lama and approved by the reigning emperor. His function was, apart from being the chief executive head of the Sakya Government, to appoint a tripön for each of the 13 myriarchies, and to act as liaison between the Yuan government and Tibet. Nevertheless, this system also led to conflicts between the Sakya leaders and the dpon-chens. While dpon-chens had a small army in Sakya itself, their major military support came from the Yuan imperial court when an internal rebellion or external invasion occurred. As the Yuan dynasty declined in the mid-14th century however, in Tibet, Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen toppled the Sakya and founded the Phagmodrupa dynasty, marking the end of the dpon-chen system. | WIKI |
Krupa na Vrbasu
Krupa na Vrbasu (Крупа на Врбасу) is a village by the river Vrbas in the municipality of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sport
* FK Krupa - football club. | WIKI |
Hip arthritis: its causes and treatment in Türkiye
Hip arthritis: its causes and methods of treatment
Inflammation of the hip joint causes damage to the joint structures and causes progressive pain that will prevent the patient from moving in the future. Dr. Çetin Işık will help you choose the best treatment at the lowest costs.
Hip arthritis is divided into several types depending on the type of inflammation occurring. Rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatism) is the most dangerous type because of its effect on other organs of the body, such as the heart. Learn with us about hip arthritis, its causes and treatment methods.
Overview of hip osteoarthritis
Hip arthritis Hip arthritis It is damage and deterioration of joint cartilage that leads to roughness and thinning of the cartilage, thus narrowing the space between the bones. This results in the bones rubbing against each other, causing pain andjoint stiffnessIn addition, bone spurs form on the edges of the bone as a result of friction.
Right hip arthritis with pictures compared to a normal hip joint
The difference between a normal right hip joint and right hip osteoarthritis
The hip joint is considered a ball-socket joint, where the femoral head forms the ball, while the socket is part of the pelvis and is known as the acetabular cavity. This type of joint allows wide movement of the joint in many directions.
There are also structures that support and strengthen the joint, such as cartilage that covers the ball and acetabulum to help it glide smoothly, in addition to muscles and ligaments.
Causes of hip arthritis
Each type of arthritis has its own cause, as there are 5 main types of arthritis:
1. : Degenerative arthritis: It is the most common type of hip arthritis, usually caused by degeneration of the joint with age, so it is more common in the elderly. There are many factors that contribute to its occurrence, such as obesity, a previous injury to the hip, overloading the joint, and problems with the skeletal structures of the hip (hip dysplasia).
2. Rheumatoid Arthritis: It is a systemic disease that affects the entire body, not just the joints. It is caused by the autoimmune system attacking various body tissues, including the joints, which leads to inflammation of the synovial membrane (the capsule surrounding the hip joint), so the inflammatory cells release substances that destroy the hip cartilage, and this type is considered the most common. In women, it usually affects both hips.
3. Psoriatic arthritis: This type occurs in patients with psoriasis; It is an autoimmune skin disease (the body attacks itself). Untreated inflammation may lead to joint damage and pain and swelling in the hip joint before or after the skin symptoms of psoriasis (red spots covered with thick, silvery scales) appear.
4. Post-traumatic arthritis: A fracture or other injury to the joint may cause damage to the joint cartilage, which develops years later into arthritis.
5. Ankylosing spondylitis: It is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the spine and the sacroiliac joint (the joint between the spine and the pelvis), and may sometimes affect the hip joint. It is more common in men and usually begins between the ages of 17-35.
Symptoms of hip arthritis
Symptoms of hip arthritis usually occur as a result of damage to the joint cartilage, and include the following:
• Pain: usually occurs in the groin (that's what some call it). Hip arthritis), pain can be triggered by certain movements and not others because the cartilage does not wear down evenly. The pain may get worse after standing or walking for long periods or after a long rest (when waking up in the morning).
• Hip stiffness: The cause of stiffness is inflammation of the synovium, which leads to difficulty moving the hip or rotating the leg.
• Joint cracking: hearing a popping sound when moving the damaged hip joint.
• Joint weakness: Feeling pain when moving the joint reduces its movement, so the hip joint becomes weak and symptoms get worse.
Diagnosis of hip arthritis
is diagnosed Hip arthritis By hearing the patient's complaints and examining him physically, some tests are also performed to detect inflammation, such as blood tests (genetic markers) and rheumatoid antibodies (to detect rheumatoid arthritis).
A simple X-RAY scan can also be performed to see cartilage erosion, bone spurs, and cysts, if present. Although the cartilage cannot be seen in a simple photograph; However, the narrowing of the space between the bones indicates erosion and loss of cartilage.
A simple radiograph of hip arthritis showing narrowing of the joint space as a result of inflammation compared to a normal joint space in a healthy hip joint
A simple x-ray of the normal hip joint compared to the affected hip joint
Treatment of hip arthritis
Treatment methods for hip arthritis vary depending on several factors, such as the type and stage of inflammation, the patient’s age, and the severity of the pain. Contact us for a free consultation and your doctor will decide the best way to treat arthritis
Treatment usually aims to relieve pain and prevent the injury from getting worse because articular cartilage cannot be restored after it is lost.
Hip arthritis can be treated with or without surgery, or it can be treated with both methods together.
Treating hip arthritis without surgery
Non-surgical treatment for hip osteoarthritis includes:
• Lifestyle modification: Avoiding activities that aggravate hip inflammation, such as running and jumping, helps reduce the pain attacks that the patient feels, and losing weight also helps reduce the pressure on the hip joint.
• Use walking aids such as canes.
• Physical therapy exercises: These exercises help improve hip strength and maintain joint activity to avoid lethargy and worsening symptoms.
• Medications for treating hip arthritis: They help control pain and inflammation depending on the type of inflammation, including these medications Arthritis injections Various types and vitamin and mineral supplements, in addition to immunosuppressive medications and biological medications.
Surgical treatment of hip arthritis
Surgical treatment of hip arthritis is resorted to when non-surgical treatment fails to relieve pain. Surgical treatment can help reduce pain, improve lifestyle, and enable the patient to perform daily activities.
Surgical treatment options range from operations that preserve the hip joint to operations in which the hip joint is replaced.
Options to preserve the hip joint include:
• Hip resection: This treatment option is performed in young patients and when the area of inflammation is small; Where the affected part of the joint is cut and rotated away from the hip joint so that the body’s weight is concentrated on the unaffected parts of the joint. The importance of this procedure lies in preserving the hip joint, but it requires a longer rehabilitation time.
• Hip arthrotomy: The hip joint is opened and bone spurs and soft pieces of cartilage are removed.
• Hip arthroscopy: It is used to remove infected objects from the joint, as before, but it is a minimally invasive surgery (done through small holes).
Treating hip arthritis through arthroscopic hip operations using special tools inserted through small holes
Hip arthroscopy
Includes options that require Hip replacement the following:
• Total hip replacement: also known as “total hip arthroplasty”, in which the ball and socket (femoral head and acetabular cavity) are replaced with artificial parts.
• Partial hip replacement: Also known as “hemi hip arthroplasty”, in which only one side of the hip joint (the femoral head) is replaced instead of both sides, and this procedure is most common in elderly people who have suffered a fracture of the femoral neck .
• Hip resurfacing: This procedure is an alternative to total hip replacement, in which the meniscus and acetabular cavity (socket) are replaced, but the patient's natural femoral head (ball) is preserved.
The method of total hip replacement involves removing the hip joint, placing the artificial socket and head, and implanting the metal column inside the femur
Total hip replacement
The danger of hip arthritis
There are many complications that occur when the disease is neglected and not treated, including:
• Severe pain and loss of joint function
• Deformation of the joint
• Tendon damage and rupture
• Sleep problems
Prevention of hip arthritis
due to bad luck; There is no sure way to prevent hip arthritis, but there are measures that can be taken as you age to maintain joint health. These measures include the following:
• Maintain a healthy weight; Excess weight causes pressure on the weight-bearing joints (hip - knee), in addition to excess fat causing changes in cartilage.
• Exercise at least 30 minutes daily; Exercise increases the strength of the muscles surrounding the joint and helps protect the joints from stiffness, in addition to being an important part of treatment.
• Control blood sugar level; High levels of blood sugar increase the risk of osteoarthritis.
• Avoid exposure to joint injury; As it increases Hip injuries The risk of hip arthritis.
It should be noted that it is necessary to consult a doctor when the pain worsens and continues as soon as possible to maintain joint function and perform your work to the fullest.
Hip arthritis can be treated with or without surgery depending on the severity and location of the inflammation. You can contact us to obtain a free consultation and plan treatment at the hands of the best doctors in Istanbul.
Sources:
1. Washington University Physicians
2. Johns Hopkins Medicine
3. HSS
Common questions
Hip arthritis usually cannot be cured because cartilage damage cannot be reversed, but the pain can be relieved with treatments and lifestyle improvements.
Symptoms of hip arthritis include pain that worsens when making certain movements, in addition to stiffness and cracking in the joint. Weakness in the joint may occur due to lack of use of the joint.
The cause of hip inflammation varies depending on the type of inflammation, as the most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis, which occurs due to joint degeneration with age.
Hip arthritis can cause severe pain, and as the disease worsens, loss of joint function may occur.
When hip arthritis is ignored, the disease worsens and the pain gets worse, which affects the patient’s activities.
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Moritz Stehling
Moritz Frederick Stehling (born May 25, 1987 in Bonn) is a German professional footballer, who plays in the RFCU Kelmis.
Career
The goalkeeper played for Alemannia Aachen, Roda JC, Union La Calamine, Fortuna Sittard and in the Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Tammeka Tartu. | WIKI |
Rebel in Paradise: A Biography of Emma Goldman
Rebel in Paradise: A Biography of Emma Goldman is a 1961 biography of Emma Goldman by historian Richard Drinnon. | WIKI |
Croatian interlace
The Croatian interlace or Croatian wattle, known as the pleter or troplet in Croatian, is a type of interlace, most characteristic for its three-ribbon pattern. It is one of the most often used patterns of pre-romanesque Croatian art. It is found on and within churches as well as monasteries built in early medieval Kingdom of Croatia between the 9th and beginning of the 12th century. The ornamental strings were sometimes grouped together with animal and herbal figures.
Most representative examples of inscriptions embellished with the interlace include the Baška tablet, baptismal font of Duke Višeslav of Croatia and the Branimir Inscription. Other notable examples are located near Knin, in Ždrapanj and Žavić by the Bribir settlement, Rižinice near Solin and in Split and Zadar.
Croatia has a civil and military decoration called the Order of the Croatian Interlace.
Pleter Cross
During the 8th century, the Pope assigned Croatia with its own idiosyncratic cross based on Croatian interlace. It is commonly known as The Pleter Cross. The symbol is still very much used and adored in Croatia in the modern day as it represents both Christianity and Croatian Culture.
Gallery
Examples: | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Muthuwella/Archive
02 December 2010
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the three suspected socks have been involved in desperate attempts to save an article here Articles for deletion/Anushka Wirasinha (2nd nomination) and in a deletion review. LibStar (talk) 06:48, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
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New IPsock has shown up at. At WP:Deletion_review/Log/2010_November_29 they admit that they're Chamithra (although denying the others) and just using the IP to evade the sockpuppet block. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:49, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments
* It does seem highly strange that a new account's first edit would be a DRV. But Chamithra is an older account, so this could be meatpuppetry. I'm adding a CU to suss out what's going on here. — Hello Annyong (say whaaat?!) 13:36, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
* Chamithra and Muthuwella were both set up the same day, 24 June, immediately after Anushka Wirasinha was first deleted at AfD; they have been more or less SPAs on the subject, and there were other SPAs at the second AfD. Still, my impression is of a fan club, with off-Wiki canvassing probably going on: meat-puppetry at worst, rather than actual socking. JohnCD (talk) 13:59, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
* ✅ the following are the same:
* TN X Man 14:53, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
* I assumed too much good faith. Ah well... JohnCD (talk) 17:22, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
* Blocked and tagged the socks, and blocked the master account for three days. — Hello Annyong (say whaaat?!) 15:10, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
* Per this edit, I've blocked for a week. — Hello Annyong (say whaaat?!) 12:54, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
* I assumed too much good faith. Ah well... JohnCD (talk) 17:22, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
* Blocked and tagged the socks, and blocked the master account for three days. — Hello Annyong (say whaaat?!) 15:10, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
* Per this edit, I've blocked for a week. — Hello Annyong (say whaaat?!) 12:54, 3 December 2010 (UTC) | WIKI |
Pachatusan
Pachatusan (Quechua pacha earth, tusa, a prop to support a wall or building, pachatusa prop of the earth, -n a suffix) is a mountain northeast of the city of Cusco in the Andes of Peru, about 4842 m high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, San Salvador District, in the Cusco Province, in the districts San Jerónimo and Saylla, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Oropesa District. It is situated on the western bank of the Vilcanota River, beside the mountain Huaypun in the south-east. Pachatusan lies above the sanctuary of San Salvador named Señor de Huanca.
By the local people Pachatusan is venerated as an apu.
On February 16, 2009, the cultural archaeological landscape of Pachatusan was declared a National Cultural Heritage by Resolución Directoral Nacional No. 231/INC. | WIKI |
Islam's View Of The Crusades
Saladin could quite easily be the single most important Muslim figure chronicled in Paul Cobb's The Race for Paradise (an Islamic History of the Crusades). His significance is both historical and contemporary; in the case of the latter, it is quite clear that his actions still reverberate today. From a historical perspective, it is evident what the most major accomplishment Saladin achieved was: he was able to reclaim the city of Jerusalem from the invading Franks in 1187. This fact has immense importance, largely attributed to the eminence surrounding this particular city in both Muslim and Christian cultures. Historically, then, Saladin is regarded as one of the greatest leaders in the history of medieval Islam due to the fact that he was able to do what scant few other Muslim leaders could do: defeat the Franks in battle and actually send them scurrying away. As such, it is quite natural that this leader is also revered historically from his military prowess -- which is quite often a key facet in the esteem that a leader has, particularly one that encounters foreign cultures as Saladin did with the Franks.
Saladin's modern legend is informed by a couple of different facets of his historical depiction. However, the significance of his historical actions is somewhat different when viewed through a contemporary lens. The reason that Saladin was largely able to recapture Jerusalem was because during his reign, there was a degree of unification within that part of the Muslim world that had been difficult to achieve beforehand. Thus, in modern times Saladin is lauded for uniting the Muslims against the Franks, and presenting a unified front against what some regarded as a common foe in the Turks. Unifying the various factions and in-fighting that had historically categorized Muslim resistance (and which played no small role in the achievements the Franks were able to effect during the Crusades), is the part of Saladin's modern legacy for which he is roundly identified with and denoted for in contemporary times.
Saladin's actions in the 12th century reverberate...
There were many Muslims who considered the Crusades just the latest events in a series of the min which Europeans tried to conquer their land and alter their way of life in the process. There are some individuals -- both in Occidental culture and in Muslim culture -- that believe that the purported War on Terror is merely a continuation of this proclivity on the part of Westerners. In that respect, Saladin's actions are seen as those of a champion's for the simple fact that he was able to overthrow the Westerners that invaded the Middle East. Quite likely, there are Muslims today who wish they could overthrow the presence of Westerners in the Middle East the way that Saladin did in the 12th century. Consequently, Saladin's actions are likely idealized and an example of what some Muslims might wish could take place in modern times.
In more than one instance, Muslim communities that found themselves under Christian ruled as a result of the success of the Franks in the Crusades actually allied themselves with their invader. Significantly, these alliances engendered situations in which Muslims living in occupied territories actually engaged in warfare with other Muslims -- for the express purpose of defending the Franks and the territory which these Europeans had effectively stolen in the middle east. The author of the Race for Paradise denotes that this sort of "alliance-making" (Cobb 32) was not uncommon for Muslim communities in the Mediterranean Basin who found…
Furthermore, when groups began people naturally turned to the group leader for direction and advice. It would be accurate to state that most of the relating was to the group leader at that point. However, by exercising linking behavior, I was able to get the group members to look to each other for understanding and help. Initially, I had to point out when people were saying things that would indicate
In the Nineteenth Century, Mahmud II and Abdulmecid promulgated reforms that gave to millet the sense it has always had to Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Western scholars, diplomats, and politicians. The millet system furnished, degree of religious, cultural, and ethnic continuity within these communities, while on the other it permitted their incorporation into the Ottoman administrative, economic and political system. An ethnic-religious group preserved its culture and religion while being subject
Thus, paramount American interests were to be presented as being really the interests of the Europeans themselves. It would be a situation wherein America was simply helping along people who were, at present, unable to adequately help themselves. The concept had much in common with the goals of many charity or self-help organizations - people grow and are transformed by learning to help themselves. They are given assistance so as | FINEWEB-EDU |
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meth·od
(meth'ŏd),
The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure.
See also: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique.
[G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way]
method
The manner in which a particular thing is performed.
method
Medtalk The manner in which a particular thing is performed. See Cold turkey method, Comparative method, Confidence profile method, Confirmation method, Contrast-enhanced method, Delphi method, Designated comparison method, Diary method, Direct fluorescent antibody method, Empirical method, Heuristic method, Immunoperoxidase method, Micro method, Natural experiment method, Parametric method, Pisano method, Reference method, Rhythm method, Sandwich method, Shotgun method, Socratic method, Street intercept method, Substitute method, Time sampling method, Unproven method for cancer management, Valid method, Validated method, Westergren method.
meth·od
(meth'ŏd)
The orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure.
See also: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique
[G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way]
method
A systematic procedure or process used for attaining a given objective; for example, doing an examination or an experiment. See procedure.
Bruckner's method An objective method of detecting the presence of strabismus. The examiner illuminates both eyes of the patient simultaneously with an ophthalmoscope from a distance of about 1 metre. Looking through the ophthalmoscope the examiner focuses on the fundus reflexes seen in the two pupils. If one pupil appears brighter it is considered that this eye may be strabismic and perhaps amblyopic. The reason may be due to the fact that this eye will be deviated and optical aberrations will make the pupil area appear brighter and whiter. The examiner may also note the position of the corneal reflexes when carrying out this test. This test is more reliable when patients are wearing their correction. Syn. Bruckner's test. See Hirschberg's method.
cross-cylinder method See cross-cylinder test for astigmatism.
Donders' method See push-up method.
Drysdale's method A method that has been applied for the determination of the radius of curvature of hard contact lenses. The principle consists of placing a light source in a modified microscope in focus at the surface of the lens and at the centre of curvature of the surface, the distance between the two being recorded on a dial as the radius of curvature. See back optic zone radius; Radiuscope.
duochrome method See duochrome test.
fogging method Method of relaxing accommodation during the subjective measurement of ametropia. This is achieved by placing enough plus lens power (or less minus lens power) in front of an eye to form an image in front of the retina. In this condition, any effort to accommodate will produce a poorer image and relaxation of accommodation is thus achieved (Fig. M8). Then, plus lens power is decreased (or minus lens power increased) until the patient reports no further improvement in visual acuity. This point represents the maximum positive lens power (or minimum negative lens power) and it is called the best vision sphere (BVS). See refractive error; fan and block test; plus 1.00 D blur test.
von Graefe's method See diplopia test.
van Herick, Shaffer and Schwartz method A technique for estimating the angle of the anterior chamber. It is based on the fact that the width of the angle of the anterior chamber is correlated to the distance between the posterior corneal surface and the anterior iris as viewed near the corneal limbus. This is done using a slit-lamp with a narrow slit beam perpendicular to the temporal or nasal corneal surface, viewing from the straight-ahead position and comparing the depth of the anterior chamber to the thickness of the cornea. If the AC depth is equal to or greater than the corneal thickness, the angle is considered to be grade 4 (corresponding to a wide open angle). If the AC depth is equal to one-half the corneal thickness, the angle is considered to be grade 3 (this is the most common angle width). If the AC depth is equal to one-fourth the corneal thickness, it is considered to be grade 2, and if the AC depth is less than one-fourth the corneal thickness, it is considered to be grade 1 (corresponding to a very narrow angle). Grade 0 is considered to be a closed angle. The method is most useful for predicting the possibility of angle-closure glaucoma. The results of this method are in good agreement with those of the Shaffer classification using a gonioscope. Syn. van Herick's technique. See gonioscopy; shadow test.
Hirschberg's method Method for estimating the objective angle of strabismus. The examiner's eye is placed directly above a small penlight source fixated by the subject and observes the position of the corneal reflex of the deviating eye. The angle of strabismus can be estimated on the basis that each mm of deviation, relative to the corneal reflex in the fixating eye, represents approximately 7º (12 Χ) of strabismus (Fig. M9). Syn. Hirschberg's test. See Bruckner's method; Krimsky's method.
Humphriss method Method of binocular subjective refraction in which the eye not being refracted is blurred by means of a +0.75 D (or +1.0 D) spherical lens above the correcting lens. This lens produces a suppression of foveal vision while allowing peripheral fusion to maintain binocular alignment of the two eyes during refinement of the correction to the other eye. Syn. Humphriss immediate contrast test (HIC). However, HIC differs somewhat from the above method because it relates only to one specific procedure: a +0.25 D sphere is followed by a −0.25 D sphere in front of the unfogged eye and the patient has to indicate which is the clearest. The above method can be used for many types of refractive procedures. See refractive error; balancing test.
Javal's method Method for determining the objective angle of strabismus using a perimeter. The patient is seated before a perimeter arc with the deviating eye at the centre of the arc while the other eye fixates a distant point straight ahead. The examiner moves both a light source and his eye directly above it, until the corneal reflex appears centred in the entrance pupil of the deviating eye. The position of the source on the arc can be read to give the objective angle of strabismus. Angle lambda must be added in convergent and subtracted in divergent strabismus as the criterion used was the pupillary axis, which makes an angle with the line of sight. Strictly speaking, angle kappa, rather than lambda, should be taken into account. See angle of deviation.
Krimsky's method Method used to determine the objective angle of strabismus. The examiner's own eye is placed directly above a small penlight source fixated by the subject and observes the position of the corneal reflexes. Prisms are placed in front of the deviating eye until the examiner finds the prism power that makes the corneal reflex appear to occupy the same relative position as that in the fixating eye. Syn. prism reflex test. See Hirschberg's method.
minus lens method Method of measuring the monocular amplitude of accommodation which consists in placing minus lenses in front of one eye while the subject fixates the smallest optotypes (usually subtending about one minute of arc, that is the 6/6 or 20/20 line). Progressively stronger lenses are used until the patient reports that the test appears blurred. The determination of the amplitude must take into account the vergence at the eye of the fixation point and the test must be carried out with the patient's distance correction. If the minus lens to blur is −4 D and the fixation distance 40 cm, the amplitude will be equal to 6.5 D. See subjective accommodation.
preferential looking method (PL) A method of assessing visual acuity in infants. It consists of presenting two stimuli on a uniform background, one of which contains a pattern (e.g. a checkerboard or a grating) and the other a plain field of equal shape, size and luminance, and observing the infant's eyes. If the infant can resolve the pattern he or she tends to fixate that stimulus for a larger percentage of time. By reducing the size of the detail in the pattern, a threshold can be obtained when the infant fixates at either stimulus for the same length of time. See objective visual acuity; Teller acuity cards; Cardiff acuity test.
push-out method See push-up method.
push-up method Method of determining the near point of accommodation by moving a test object (made up of small optotypes subtending one minute of arc (that is the 6/6 or 20/20 line) at the eye and uniformly illuminated) closer to the patient's eye. It is usually done monocularly and then binocularly. The near point is achieved when the small test object yields a sustained blur and not just begins to blur. Alternatively, the card is moved back after appearing blurred until the small test object just appears to clear again. This is often called the push-out method. In older patients, plus lenses may be needed to carry out the test and the power of the lens is subtracted from the reading. The amplitude of accommodation is deduced by taking into account the vergence at the eye of the far point (it is at infinity in emmetropes and corrected ametropes). Syn. Donders' method. See amplitude of accommodation; near point rule.
Smith's method A method of estimating the depth of the anterior chamber. It is performed with a conventional slit-lamp. The angle between the illumination beam and the microscope, which is placed along the straight-ahead position, is set at 60º. To examine the patient's right eye the examiner looks through the right eyepiece and through the left eyepiece to examine the left eye. A beam of moderate thickness is oriented horizontally and focused on the cornea. Two horizontal images of the slit will appear separated by a dark space one sharply focused corresponding to the cornea and the other out of focus corresponding to the anterior lens surface. The slit is lengthened until the two separate reflections just touch. At this point the length of the slit is measured and multiplied by a factor of 1.4 to arrive at an estimate of the depth of the anterior chamber. The method gives optimum results within the range of 1.4 mm and 3 mm. It is most useful in assessing shallow chambers as this could lead to angle-closure glaucoma. See shadow test.
method of stabilizing the retinal image See stabilized retinal image.
Fig. M8 Principle of the fogging method: the eye is rendered artificially myopicenlarge picture
Fig. M8 Principle of the fogging method: the eye is rendered artificially myopic
Fig. M9 Hirschbergs method used in a case of convergent strabismusenlarge picture
Fig. M9 Hirschberg's method used in a case of convergent strabismus
meth·od
(meth'ŏd)
The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure.
[G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way]
Patient discussion about method
Q. What are the screening methods for autism? I have a friend who has an autistic child. My daughter is 5 months old and I was wondering if there are any screening methods that help determine autism.
A. The general screening methods for autism are used by parents and pediatricians to evaluate a child’s irregular behavior for his/her age. As a parent, if you see any regression of the child- for instance, he was able to say mom and now he doesn’t say it anymore, or if a child hasn’t started speaking when they should. Those are reasons to go see someone about the possibility of autistic disorder.
Q. I was wondering is there any method to keep her in control? My 11 year old daughter is very impulsive. She will not let others speak. She talks to everyone irrespective of whether she knows them or not. Sometimes I have also noted that she blabbers something without her knowledge. I can understand that she is having ADHD but how do others know that she suffers from ADHD? Though I am guiding her positively, it is hard for her to remember these instructions. She is very impulsive that she acts immediately. She lacks good sleep as may be needed for the kids of her age. I was wondering is there any method to keep her in control?
A. parenting ADHD children can be a stressful job. but with the proper treatment, be that medication or behavioral, she would calm down a bit and even sleep better from my experience. i strongly recommend trying alternative treatments like acupuncture and biofeedback in order to reduce symptoms and not completly rely on medication. nothing wrong with medication- but nothing's wrong about lowering their amount also...:)
Q. What Are the Methods of Terminating a Pregnancy? What ways are there today to end an unwanted pregnancy?
A. "If you're not ready for it, don't have the economic ability to feed it or cant raise it in the conditions he deserve" then it would be even better to have the child and give it up for adoption. There are so many married couples who can't have a child any other way and really do want one to love and cherish.
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Template talk:Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Occupation entries
I think we should eliminate the "Occupation" section and replace it with a "Related" section with links to the occupation article and timeline. The other entries are related to the occupation, and therefore the wildlife refuge (once removed), but IMO they are not specifically related to the refuge or worthy of inclusion in the navbox. If we included groups/people in the navboxes of every activity and event in which they are involved, navboxes would be out of control. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:27, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
I had changed the navbox to this, but my edits were undone. Thoughts? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:31, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
* This template is sort of a continuation of the deleted category, and can serve as easy navigation among articles related to the refuge itself and to the occupation. Since there aren't many articles related to the occupation (main, timeline, Bundy, Ritzheimer, Ward, and Finicum) they can be included in the bottom "Occupation" section, with the current layout. MB298 (talk) 00:30, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
* I agree with . All of these articles are notable enough to warrant links in the template. I don't understand why they were deleted in the first place. Parsley Man (talk) 00:45, 8 March 2016 (UTC) | WIKI |
Dave Huppert
David Blain Huppert (born April 17, 1957) is an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and former manager of the Lakeland Flying Tigers of Minor League Baseball's Florida State League (FSL) in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Playing career
Huppert was originally signed as a player by the Baltimore Orioles in 1977. He caught 31 of 33 innings on April 18, 1981, for the Rochester Red Wings against the Pawtucket Red Sox in the longest game in professional baseball history.
Huppert reached the major leagues as a catcher with the Orioles in 1983 and again with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1985. He appeared in a total of 15 games, he collected one hit—a single against Joe Niekro.
Managerial career
Huppert began his managerial career with the Helena Gold Sox in 1986 at the age of 29. He went on to work in the farm systems of the Milwaukee Brewers (1986–91), Chicago White Sox (1993–98), Florida Marlins (1999–2001), Montreal Expos (2002–04), Philadelphia Phillies (2006–10) and Detroit Tigers (since 2011).
For the Expos, he was the manager of the Double-A Harrisburg Senators for one year (2002), and the Triple-A Edmonton Trappers for two years (2003–04). He worked alongside the legendary Frank Robinson as third base coach for the Washington Nationals during that team's inaugural season in 2005, after its transfer from Montreal.
Huppert moved to the Phillies' organization in 2006. He replaced Steve Smith as Philadelphia's third-base coach during Smith's two-game suspension in September 2008.
In December 2010, Huppert was hired to manage the Lakeland Flying Tigers. Huppert spent the next six seasons managing the Flying Tigers, 2016 was his final season in this role.
Though 2016 and 28 seasons as a minor-league skipper, Huppert posted a managerial record of 1,909–1,831 (.510). He recorded winning records 15 times in those 28 seasons, earning playoff berths 12 times. Huppert managed teams to league titles four times: the 2001 Florida State League (Advanced-A) co-champion Brevard County Manatees, the 2006 South Atlantic League (Low-A) champion Lakewood BlueClaws, the 2007 Florida State League champion Clearwater Threshers and the 2012 Florida State League champion Lakeland Flying Tigers.
Huppert was named Manager of the Year in 1988 with the Stockton Ports in the California League and in 2001 with Brevard County. | WIKI |
Use of Ogg formats in HTML5
The HTML5 draft specification adds and elements for embedding video and audio in HTML documents. The specification had formerly recommended support for playback of Theora video and Vorbis audio encapsulated in Ogg containers to provide for easier distribution of audio and video over the internet by using open standards, but the recommendation was soon after dropped.
Motivation
Because some visitors and publishers choose not to take part in the use of proprietary software, web content has been made available through open standards in order to reach these users. As multimedia is already mainstream on the web through proprietary data formats (such as Windows Media Video and MP4) and browser plugins (such as Adobe Flash Player), developers had hoped Theora and Vorbis would become part of the HTML5 specification.
Users affiliated with the free software movement claimed the following advantages:
* The potential for universal adoption of Theora and Vorbis, no matter the computer or the user, would ease "codec hell" by eliminating an unnecessary amount of codecs required to view and publish videos to a select few.
* Browser plugins needed to accommodate the many different codecs would then become a thing of the past:
* Browsers could handle the playback of Theora and Vorbis and allow the user to customize the manner in which that was done.
* Bugs and exploits in obsolete versions of those plugins would affect the user less, as they are phased out; the loss of multiple attack vectors would happen once browser plugins were ultimately removed.
* The HTML5-conformant player, not having to be coded for compatibility with different browsers, could make bugs and exploits easier to find during browser development, and any exploits found would only be able to target that one browser.
* Free software encoders would compete with rival proprietary encoders, increasing encoder quality through competition.
* Embedding of multimedia by the use of clear and straightforward and elements would require less effort than mastering the element or learning ActionScript as required by Adobe Flash.
CTO at Opera Software, Håkon Wium Lie explained in a Google tech talk entitled "The element" the proposal of Theora as the video format for HTML5: "I believe very strongly, that we need to agree on some kind of baseline video format if [the video element] is going to succeed. [...] We want a freely implementable open standard to hold the content we put out. That's why we developed the PNG image format. [...] PNG [...] came late to the party. Therefore I think it's important that from the beginning we think about this."
After the presentation, Lie was asked whether Opera will support other formats than Ogg: "My opinion is that browsers shouldn't support other codecs, at least not in the beginning, until we have established a baseline format. [...] We don't want to contaminate with other formats."
Support
Opera Software and Mozilla have been advocates for including the Ogg formats into the HTML standard. Support has been available in experimental builds of Opera 9.5 since 2007, and Ogg Theora is fully supported since Opera 10.50. Gecko 1.9.1 (browsers based on this engine include Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and SeaMonkey 2.0 ), released on June 30, 2009, was the first non-experimental layout engine to support Ogg formats. Google Chrome included support in their 3.0 release (September 2009), along with support for H.264. However, they did not support MPEG-1 (the parts patents on which are thought to have expired), citing concerns over performance.
Microsoft began work in October 2017 on implementing support for Ogg, Vorbis, and Theora in Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge.
In October 2023, Google announced their plans to deprecate and remove support for the Theora video codec starting with experiments reducing Theora support in Chrome 120 and a full removal in Chrome 123, Google states that the reason for the removal is due to low use and security risks associated with the codec.
Opposition
On October 17, 2007, the World Wide Web Consortium encouraged interested people to take part in a "Video on the Web Workshop", held on December 12, 2007, for two days. A number of global companies were involved, submitting position papers. Among them, Nokia's paper states that "a W3C-led standardization of a 'free' codec, or the active endorsement of proprietary technology such as Ogg [...] by W3C, is, in our opinion, not helpful". Xiph.org's codecs, while licensed under a BSD-style permissive free software license, implement a standard controlled by Xiph.org themselves, rather than a multi-vendor community such as MPEG. Apple Inc., a member of the MPEG LA, has also opposed the inclusion of Ogg formats in the HTML standard on the grounds that H.264 performs better and is already more widely supported, citing patents on their codec's efficiency and the lack of precedents of "Placing requirements on format support", even at the "SHOULD" level, in HTML specifications.
Recommendation retracted
On December 10, 2007, the HTML 5 specification was updated, replacing the reference to Theora and Vorbis with a placeholder:
"It would be helpful for interoperability if all browsers could support the same codecs. However, there are no known codecs that satisfy all the current players: we need a codec that is known to not require per-unit or per-distributor licensing, that is compatible with the open source development model, that is of sufficient quality as to be usable, and that is not an additional submarine patent risk for large companies. This is an ongoing issue and this section will be updated once more information is available."
The removal of the Ogg formats from the specification made it completely file format neutral, like previous versions of HTML. The decision was criticized by a number of Web developers. A follow-up discussion also occurred on the W3C questions and answers blog.
In response to criticism, the WHATWG has cited concerns over the Ogg formats still being within patent lifetime and thus vulnerable to unknown patents. Such submarine patents may also exist for formats like MP3. Also, the AVC patent licensing policy is subject to change in a not-yet-clear manner.
Adoption
As of December 31, 2020, Adobe Flash Player has stopped receiving support from Adobe, with HTML video being one of the main technologies replacing it.
"WebRTC Audio Codec and Processing Requirements" Internet standard drafts, published in 2011–2013, require free formats, including Opus, which was developed, among others, by programmers associated with Xiph.Org Foundation (the maintainer of Ogg). | WIKI |
Halozyme Therapeutics Inc (HALO) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Revenue Growth and ...
Total Revenue: $326 million, a 41% increase over the prior year's second quarter.
Royalty Revenue: $206 million, a 65% year-over-year increase.
Adjusted EBITDA: $226 million, a 65% increase over the prior year's second quarter.
2025 Revenue Guidance: Raised to $1.275 billion to $1.355 billion, representing 26% to 33% growth over 2024.
2025 Royalty Revenue Guidance: Increased to $825 million to $860 million, representing 44% to 51% growth year-over-year.
Share Repurchase: Completed $250 million tranche, initiated another $250 million tranche under the $750 million plan.
Net Debt Position: $977 million with a net leverage ratio of 1.2 times.
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Marketable Securities: $548.2 million as of June 30, 2025.
GAAP Diluted EPS: $1.33.
Non-GAAP Diluted EPS: $1.54.
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Release Date: August 05, 2025
For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.
Halozyme Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:HALO) reported a record quarter with total revenue of $326 million, a 41% increase over the prior year.
Royalty revenue grew impressively by 65% year over year to $206 million, driven by strong performance from blockbuster subcutaneous therapies.
The company raised its 2025 financial guidance for the second time this year, projecting total revenue of $1.275 billion to $1.355 billion, representing 26% to 33% growth over 2024.
Halozyme completed the second $250 million share repurchase tranche and initiated a third $250 million share repurchase program, reflecting strong cash generation.
The company has 14 growth catalysts, with 11 already realized, contributing to strong revenue and EBITDA growth for multiple years.
Halozyme is involved in ongoing IP litigation with Merck, which could impact future operations and financials.
Research and development expenses decreased, which may indicate reduced investment in innovation.
The company faces potential regulatory challenges related to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and its impact on fixed combination drugs.
There is uncertainty regarding the timeline for resolving the IP litigation with Merck, which could take several years.
The company's net debt position stands at $977 million, with a net leverage ratio of 1.2 times, which could limit financial flexibility.
Q: Can you help us understand the status of the IP litigation with Merck? A: Helen Torley, President and CEO, explained that Halozyme is pursuing Merck for infringing 15 of their MDA patents. They expect a scheduling order from the court soon and anticipate the first decisions on the PGR petitions by June 2, 2026. Halozyme remains confident in prevailing on these validity issues.
Q: What's your confidence that there will be no impactful changes on the regulatory front? A: Helen Torley stated that Halozyme has submitted a comment letter to CMS regarding the IRA draft policy, arguing its flaws and emphasizing the benefits of subcutaneous delivery with ENHANZE. They are actively engaging with OMB and Congress and believe they have compelling arguments to prevent changes.
Q: How do you use sell-side input in setting guidance? A: Nicole Labrosse, CFO, mentioned that guidance is based on trends, partner inputs, and royalty reports. They use these data points to provide updated projections for the full year.
Q: Can you expand on the guidance and potential to update longer-term guidance ranges? A: Nicole Labrosse noted that while they see great trends for 2025, they update guidance for subsequent years once a year at the start of the year. More updates will come next year.
Q: What is the interest level in the high-volume auto-injector? A: Helen Torley confirmed multiple discussions with partners, with some waiting to test the new prototype. There is strong interest, particularly in areas like inflammation and immunology, where at-home delivery is becoming more prevalent.
For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Hockey: New Zealand determined to capitalize on lifeline
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - New Zealand slipped into the men’s Olympic hockey tournament by the back door but now they are here they plan to take full advantage of the opportunity, according to coach Colin Batch. The “Black Sticks” initially failed to qualify but, as the highest-placed unqualified team, got a belated invite in December after South Africa decided against sending a team. “We did have quite a rocky road to get here,” Batch told reporters on Tuesday. “We didn’t qualify outright, we know that. We’ve been given a lifeline and the guys are really gelling well together. We will approach the tournament with nothing to lose. “There’s a different mindset with our group. It has changed significantly over the last six or seven months and I think that might be an advantage for us. “Opposition teams that have been scouting... well we are different and we’ve got some different players involved with our group. So I see that as an advantage for us.” Captain Simon Child was also keen to make use of that second chance, saying: “We just want to make the most of the opportunity we’ve been given. “We were very unlucky not to qualify directly, but at the same time we were very fortunate to get a spot here. “We’ve definitely got a point to prove and we want to show, not just the New Zealand public, but the other teams that we deserve to be here.” New Zealand will get an immediate chance to check their progress as they open their campaign on Saturday against world number one-ranked Australia, perennial semi-finalists and champions in 2004. “We’re very familiar with the Aussie team and one of their strategies is to put you under a lot of pressure in the first quarter,” said Child. “So we know that if we can get through the first quarter we know we’ll be right in there towards the back end of the game. “They’re a very good team and the best way to combat them is to fight fire with fire.” New Zealand won the gold in 1976, when they beat Australia in the final, but it has been pretty thin pickings since then, with a best finish of sixth in 2004. Child, however, thinks the change to the tournament format gives them more of a chance than in previous years where the top two in each pool advanced to the semi-finals. This year the top four in each group go into the quarter-finals. “The new format certainly works in our favor,” said Child. “Typically, if you look at the last few Olympics, we’ve finished third, fourth or fifth in our pool which meant we were playing in the classification games. But this time around it means we could get a crack at the knockout stages. “We get through pool play, get as many points as we can, get into the knockout stages. Ideally look to avoid the likes of Germany and Holland in the crossover, but certainly back ourselves against either of those teams. We’d love to play India or Argentina or Ireland in that quarter-final.” Editing by Ken Ferris | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Cryptogenic Strokes Have an Unknown Cause
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A cryptogenic stroke is a stroke of unknown cause. This means that the stroke cannot be attributed to any specific cause or risk factor, even after thorough testing. Before labeling any stroke a cryptogenic stroke, your stroke team will search for the common and uncommon causes of stroke. The most common causes of stroke include smoking, heart disease, high blood pressure, vascular disease and high cholesterol.
What Is a Stroke?
A stroke is brain damage due to interruption of blood flow to a region of the brain. It is among the top causes of death and disability in the United States. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a blood clot or bleeds. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood, oxygen, and nutrients it needs, so the brain cells in that region may suffer permanent damage.
Effects
The brain is an extremely complex organ that controls thinking, movement, and sensation. If a stroke occurs and blood flow can't reach the region that controls a particular body function, that part of the body won't work as it should.
Because the different areas of the brain all control specific functions, a stroke can cause any physical or cognitive (thinking) problems.
Most of the time, your medical team can effectively diagnose a stroke.
The next step is urgent stabilization of your medical condition and stroke treatment to minimize any damage from the stroke.
Why Is It Important to Figure Out the Cause?
A stroke can be caused either by a blood clot blocking the flow of blood to the brain -called an ischemic stroke -or by bleeding of a blood vessel — called a hemorrhagic stroke.
A TIA (transient ischemic attack), or "mini-stroke", is caused by a temporary blood clot that resolves and does not cause permanent damage.
If you have a TIA or an ischemic stroke, the potential causes are somewhat different than the causes of a hemorrhagic stroke. The reason that your medical team works so hard to search for and identify the cause of your stroke is that your stroke risk can often be controlled and managed, substantially reducing your chances of having another stroke.
A stroke typically occurs as the result of years of buildup of disease in the blood vessels of the heart or the brain. Most people who experience a stroke are at high risk of having another stroke. Having one stroke causes a handicap, and having another stroke adds another handicap, which can significantly interfere with your daily life.
How Your Medical Team Searches for the Cause
If you have had a stroke, you can expect a number of medical tests that examine the structure of your brain to see exactly where the stroke is located and what type of stroke it is. These tests include brain imaging tests, such as Brain MRI, Brain CT, Brain MRA and Brain MRV. It is unlikely that you would need to have all of these imaging tests, because one test may give enough answers so that other tests are not needed.
When it comes to searching for the underlying cause of your stroke, your doctor may order any of a number of blood tests that examine your heart, your blood clotting tendency, your vitamin B12 level, and even your thyroid function. Again, you would not need to have all of these tests. Your doctor will decide which tests to order depending on your medical history, your family history, the type of stroke you had and the results of preliminary tests.
There are also some lifestyle factors that can add to your risk of strokes, such as smoking, a high-fat diet, major stress and mood problems and lack of physical exercise.
Less common causes of stroke include pregnancy or the use of birth control pills. Post-menopausal hormone therapy may pose special stroke risks for women and the use of testosterone therapy for men may increase the risk of stroke.
A Word From Verywell
If you have been told that you have had a cryptogenic stroke, you might be concerned about your health. However, rest assured that the process of searching for causes after a cryptogenic stroke generally uncovers previously unnoticed health problems — ultimately resulting in better health when those problems are addressed and managed.
As you recover from your stroke, you may need one or more types of rehabilitation programs. You should also learn as much as you can about stroke prevention so that you can make the lifestyle changes necessary to prevent yourself from experiencing another stroke.
Further Reading:
Clinical Practice. Cryptogenic Stroke, Saver JL, N Engl J Med. 2016 May 26;374(21):2065-74
Cryptogenic Stroke: Research and Practice, Yaghi S, Bernstein RA, Passman R, Okin PM, Furie KL, Circ Res. 2017 Feb 3;120(3):527-540. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308447. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Case to Watch: Oracle, Rimini to square off on $28.5M fee award in copyright case
Lawyers for software-support company Rimini Street will try to convince a federal appeals court on Friday that Oracle is entitled to no more than $2.1 million in attorneys’ fees for winning a long-running copyright infringement case, not the $28.5 million a trial judge re-imposed last year after part of the $124 million judgment was reversed on appeal. Mark Perry of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher will tell a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at oral arguments that a Las Vegas federal judge disobeyed its 2018 order to reconsider attorneys’ fees in light of Oracle’s “more limited success in the litigation.” To read the full story on Westlaw Practitioner Insights, click here: bit.ly/2XG0BNT | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
User:EAPBTS/The electronic anthology project/built to spill
The Electronic Anthology Project began as the idea of Built To Spill bassistBrett Nelson.Always having loved and been hugely influenced by 80's New Wave (a huge factor in wanting to even create music in the first place) he wondered what a guitar driven band like Built To Spill would sound like if made a little more new wave circa 1982.He entered his home studio in November 2009 not knowing if fellow band mate Doug Martsch would even be into his idea which would require him to re-sing all the songs.With one rule "synthesizer and drum machine only" he started and soon had "I Would Hurt A Fly" nearly done and sent a rough mix to Doug who quickly agreed to re-sing all the songs.Emerging eight months later with one song off of each Built To Spill record done local friend and ex-bandmate(The Suffocation Keep) Jon Mullin mastered the final mixes that brett and Doug had completed.Brett's son Nicholas did the cover layout/art with anagrams of the original titles provided by Stephanie,Brett's wife.Brett hopes to redo other bands music as future Electronic Anthology Projects. | WIKI |
User:Afcstockport
From humble beginnings as a work team playing regular friendlies on Sunday nights, the AFC Stockport story began in earnest when the side finally made their debut in the Stockport & District Sunday Football League in 2008. After building a large squad following successive title victories, the club expanded in 2010 to include a reserve side who also compete in the SDSFL as well as a ladies team that joined in the Cheshire Women’s & Girls Football League. Three teams, one club is the motto which we hope will build solid foundations for the future. The 1st Team won the SDSFL Division 1 last season and the Ladies Team won the Division 2 League Cup. A great achievement from the club as a whole in the 2011/12 season. This along with three pre-season trophies in the bag, made the 2011/12 the most successful in AFC’s short history. | WIKI |
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这里有新鲜出炉的Bootstrap入门，程序狗速度看过来！
Bootstrap Web前端CSS框架
Bootstrap是Twitter推出的一个开源的用于前端开发的工具包。它由Twitter的设计师Mark Otto和Jacob Thornton合作开发，是一个CSS/HTML框架。Bootstrap提供了优雅的HTML和CSS规范，它即是由动态CSS语言Less写成。Bootstrap一经推出后颇受欢迎，一直是GitHub上的热门开源项目，包括NASA的MSNBC（微软全国广播公司）的Breaking News都使用了该项目。
这篇文章主要为大家详细介绍了bootstrap选项卡扩展功能，增加关闭，超出一行显示下拉，具有一定的参考价值，感兴趣的小伙伴们可以参考一下
用了下bootstrap，虽然好看，但是控件跟之前用的easyui相差很大，功能太少，不得不自己写。
花了几个小时把tabs控件扩展了下。下面是代码
页面代码：
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title></title>
<link href="Content/bootstrap.css" rel="external nofollow" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="Scripts/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<script src="Scripts/bootstrap.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.pagetabs{height:41px;}
.nav-tabs > li{padding: 0 1px;}
.nav-tabs > li > a{color: #555;padding:8px 25px 8px 15px;border-top:4px solid transparent;background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ddd;border-bottom-color:transparent;}
.nav-tabs > li > a > .close{display:inline-block;float:inherit;position: absolute;top: 1px;font-size: 18px;font-weight: inherit;right: 5px;}
.nav-tabs > li.active > a, .nav-tabs > li.active > a:hover, .nav-tabs > li.active > a:focus{border-top: 4px solid #ffa405;}
.nav-tabs > li > a:hover{background-color:#e3e3e3;border:1px solid #ddd;border-bottom-color:transparent;}
.pagetabs .dropdown-toggle,.pagetabs .dropdown-toggle:hover{border:none;background-color:transparent;padding:8px;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="tabtest" style="width:600px;"></div>
</body>
</html>
<script>
$(function () {
var toolbar = $('<div class="btn-group"></div>');
$("#tabtest").before(toolbar);
Tabs.init({ selector: $("#tabtest"), close: true });
for (var i = 1; i <= 40; i++) {
(function (i) {
toolbar.append($('<button type="button" class="btn btn-default">' + i + '</button>').click(function () {
Tabs.addtab({ title: "测试" + i, bindcode: i, content: i + " " + lwFW.dateHelper.toString(new Date(), "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") });
//Tabs.addtab({ title: "测试" + i, bindcode: i, url: "http://www.baidu.com" });
}));
})(i);
};
});
</script>
控件代码：
//选项卡
var Tabs = (function ($) {
var options = {
selector: undefined,//
close: false,//是否可以关闭标签
//contextmenu: false,//右键菜单
closeCallback: function () { }
};
var _newtab;
var _tabcontent;
var _drop;
var tab = function () {
this.options = {
title: "",
bindcode: undefined,
url: undefined,
close: false
};
var isfull = false;
this.init = function (setting) {
$.extend(this.options, setting);
};
this.addtab = function (setting) {
$.extend(this.options, setting);
var li, litop, hasdata;
if (!_drop) {
_drop = new droplist();
};
hasdata = ishas(this.options);
if (!hasdata.has) {
li = $('<li><a href="#page' + this.options.bindcode + '" rel="external nofollow" data-toggle="tab">' + this.options.title + '<span class="close">×</span></a></li>');
li.data("data", $.extend(true, {}, this.options));
} else {
li = hasdata.selector.off("click");
};
li.prependTo(options.selector);
li.find("span.close").show().on("click", function () {
closetab(this);
});
options.selector.children("li").not(li).removeClass("active");
li.addClass("active");
litop = _drop.options.selector.position().top, paneltop = options.selector.position().top;
if (litop > paneltop) { //超出检测
_drop.addDropItem();
};
};
function closetab(target) {
var pager = $(target).parent().attr("href");
$(target).closest("li").remove();
options.selector.next().find(pager).remove();
if (options.selector.find("li.active").length <= 0) {
options.selector.find("li>a:first").tab("show");
};
var li = _drop.options.ulpanel.children("li:first");
if (li.length <= 0) return;
li.find("span.close").show();
_drop.options.selector.before(li);
if (_drop.options.selector.position().top > options.selector.position().top) {
li.find("span.close").hide();
_drop.options.ulpanel.append(li);
return;
};
li.off("click");
if (_drop.options.ulpanel.children("li").length <= 0) {
_drop.options.selector.css({ "visibility": "hidden" });
};
};
function ishas(setting) {//检测选项卡是否存在
var lis = options.selector.find("li"), lidata, hasdata;
hasdata = { selector: undefined, has: false };
$.each(lis, function () {
lidata = $(this).data("data");
if (!lidata) return true;
if (lidata.title === setting.title && lidata.bindcode === setting.bindcode && lidata.url === setting.url) {
hasdata = { selector: $(this), has: true };
return false;
};
});
return hasdata;
};
};
var tabcontent = function () {
this.options = {
selector:undefined
};
var option = {
bindcode: undefined,
url: undefined,
content:undefined
};
this.init = function () {
var content = $('<div class="tab-content"></div>');
this.options.selector = content;
options.selector.after(this.options.selector);
};
this.addContent = function (setting) {
var page,iframe;
$.extend(option, setting);
hasdata = ishas(option);
if (!hasdata.has) {
page = $('<div id="page' + option.bindcode + '" class="tab-pane"></div>').data("data", $.extend(true, {}, option));
if (!option.url) {
page.html(option.content);
} else {
iframe = $('<iframe src="' + option.url + '" onload="lwFW.windowHelper.autoiframe(this)" scrolling="no"></iframe>');
page.append(iframe);
};
page.appendTo(this.options.selector);
} else {
page = hasdata.selector;
};
this.options.selector.children("div").not(page).removeClass("active");
page.addClass("active");
};
function ishas(setting) {//检测选项卡是否存在
var divs = _tabcontent.options.selector.children("div"), divdata, hasdata;
hasdata = { selector: undefined, has: false };
$.each(divs, function () {
divdata = $(this).data("data");
if (!divdata) return true;
if (divdata.bindcode === setting.bindcode) {
hasdata = { selector: $(this), has: true };
return false;
};
});
return hasdata;
};
};
var droplist = function () {
this.options = {
selector: undefined,
ulpanel: undefined
};
this.init = function (panel) {
var li = $('<li class="dropdown pull-right"><a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" rel="external nofollow" ><b class="caret"></b></a><ul class="dropdown-menu"></ul></li>');
this.options.selector = li.css({ "visibility": "hidden" });
this.options.ulpanel = li.children("ul");
this.options.selector.appendTo(panel);
};
this.addDropItem = function () {
additem(this.options.selector, this.options.ulpanel);
};
function additem(li, ul) {
var item = options.selector.children("li").not(li).last();
li.css({ "visibility": "visible" });
if (item.length <= 0) return;
item.find("span.close").hide();
ul.append(item);
item.one("click", function () {
itemtarget(this, li, ul);
});
};
function itemtarget(target, selector, ulpanel) {
var item = options.selector.children("li").not(selector).last();
$(target).find("span.close").show();
$(target).prependTo(options.selector);
if (item.length <= 0) return;
if (selector.position().top > options.selector.position().top) {
item.find("span.close").hide();
ulpanel.append(item);
};
item.one("click", function () {
itemtarget(this, selector, ulpanel);
});
};
};
function init(setting) {
$.extend(options, setting);
if (!options.selector) {
return;
};
if (options.selector[0].tagName.toLowerCase() != "ul") {
var selector = $('<ul class="nav nav-tabs pagetabs"></ul>').appendTo(options.selector);
options.selector = selector;
};
if (!_drop) {
_drop = new droplist();
};
_drop.init(options.selector);
if (!_tabcontent) {
_tabcontent = new tabcontent();
};
_tabcontent.init();
if (!_newtab) {
_newtab = new tab();
};
};
function addtab(setting) {
if (!_newtab) {
_newtab = new tab();
};
_newtab.addtab(setting);
if (!_tabcontent) {
_tabcontent = new tabcontent();
};
_tabcontent.addContent(setting);
options.selector.find('li>a').filter('[href=#page' + setting.bindcode + ']').tab("show");
};
return {
init: function (setting) {
init(setting);
}, addtab: function (setting) {
addtab(setting);
}
};
})(jQuery);
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Using herbs to neutralize poisons and toxins
From environmental hazards like heavy metals, radiation, and toxic chemicals, to food contaminants like salmonella and botulism, the human body is constantly bombarded by poisons. Food poisoning alone affects between 60 and 80 million people worldwide each year, resulting in approximately 6 to 8 million deaths. There is no telling how many people are harmed each day by environmental poisons.
Symptoms of heavy metal poisoning include an increased sense of smell, aversion to perfumes and strong cleansers, low tolerance to alcohol, poor reaction times, seizures, psychotic behaviors, memory loss, senility, infertility, impotency, small back spots on the gums, weakness, dizziness, insomnia, nerve problems, hyperactivity, learning disabilities, bronchitis, miscarriages, bad breath, and body odor.
A heavy build-up of heavy metals and environment poisons is common in today's society. Nicotine, insecticide, herbicide, over-treated water, hair dye, aluminum cookware, deodorants, smoke, smog, paint fumes, and habitual use of antacids contribute to the problem. (Antacids interfere with the body's enzyme production and reduce its ability to carry off heavy metals.) Heavy metal poisoning requires detoxification. A seven day diet of vegetables, brown rice, fruits, cilantro, and lots of water can help cleanse the kidneys and liver of heavy metal poisons.
Antioxidants and vitamins are very important in the treatment of heavy metal poisoning. Vitamin E, vitamin C, and zinc should be taken in supplement form. Herbs can also help rid the body of heavy metals. Evening primrose oil, milk thistle seed, green tea, and dandelion are recommended especially for patients with iron overload disease. A hot seaweed bath is also known to remove many heavy metals from the body. Use a dry brush on skin before and after the bath.
Symptoms of food poisoning usually come on suddenly and may include body aches, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, cold sweats after eating, severe abdominal pains, severe headaches, chills, fever, red rash on skin, weakness, limp muscles, paralysis that spreads downward, double vision, dry mouth, speech difficulty, cramps, and respiratory failure.
Light cases of food poison may be treated at home. Do not drink milk, juice, alcohol, or vinegar until poison is removed from the stomach. Eat some high fiber foods and yellow vegetables (like squash and sweet potato) as soon as possible. Fresh lettuce is known to neutralize many poisons. Other things that may bring relief include strong black tea, burnt toast (absorbs poison just like activated charcoal tablets), milk of magnesia, or aloe vera juice. Plantain tea, skullcap tea, yellow dock tea, or elecampane tea may also help. Other herbs to try include ginger, cinnamon, cloves, licorice, cumin, barberry, thyme, rosemary, yellowroot, peppermint, and peony root.
The best defense against all poisons is a strong immune system. Regular use of immunity enhancers like astragalus, garlic, ginseng, and green drinks can help strengthen, protect, and speed up the healing process.
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# /packages/imsld/tcl/imsld-xowiki-procs.tcl ad_library { Procedures to interact with XoWiki. @author Derick Leony (derick@inv.it.uc3m.es) @creation-date 2008-07-21 @arch-tag: 876d6655-8af7-4df1-a6a8-9051cf4dda27 @cvs-id $Id: imsld-xowiki-procs.tcl,v 1.9 2019/11/15 09:09:58 gustafn Exp $ } namespace eval ::imsld {} namespace eval ::imsld::xowiki {} ad_proc -public imsld::xowiki::file_new { {-href ""} -path_to_file {-file_name ""} -type:required {-parent_id ""} {-item_id ""} {-title ""} {-package_id ""} {-user_id ""} {-creation_ip ""} {-creation_date ""} -edit:boolean -complete_path -manifest_identifier } { @author Derick Leony (derick@inv.it.uc3m.es) @creation-date 2008-07-21 @return @error } { upvar files_struct_list files_struct_list # search the file and while doing so, create all the parent folders for that file (if they were not already creatd) set found_p 0 # structx = directory loop, count_y and count_x are going to be used to update the files_structure_list set structx $files_struct_list set count_y 0 while { [llength $structx] > 0 && $found_p == 0 } { # for each directory set dirx [lindex $structx 0] set count_x 0 # search in the dir contents foreach contentsx [lindex $dirx 1] { if { [lsearch -exact [string tolower $contentsx] [string tolower $complete_path]] >= 0 && [string eq [lindex $contentsx 1] $type] } { # file found, see if the parent dir is created set found_p 1 # have we already created this file? set found_id [lindex $contentsx 2] set parent_id [lindex [lindex $dirx 0] 1] break } incr count_x } if { !$found_p } { # proceed only if the file hasn't been found, since we will use the counter later incr count_y set structx [lrange $structx 1 [expr [llength $structx] -1]] } } set mime_type [cr_filename_to_mime_type $complete_path] set community_id [dotlrn_community::get_community_id] set xw_url "[dotlrn_community::get_community_url $community_id]xowiki/" array set node [site_node::get_from_url -url $xw_url] set package_id $node(package_id) ::xowiki::Package initialize -package_id $package_id -url $xw_url -user_id [ad_conn user_id] if { $mime_type eq "text/html" || $mime_type eq "text/xml" } { set file [open $complete_path] set content [read $file] close $file set content [imsld::xowiki::convert_syntax -content $content -manifest_identifier $manifest_identifier] regexp {(.*?)} $content match content set page [$package_id resolve_page $file_name method] if {$page eq ""} { set page [::xowiki::Page new \ -title $title \ -name $file_name \ -package_id $package_id \ -parent_id [$package_id folder_id] \ -destroy_on_cleanup \ -text [list $content $mime_type]] $page initialize_loaded_object $page save_new } else { $page set text [list $content $mime_type] $page save } } else { set page [$package_id resolve_page "file:$file_name" method] if {$page eq ""} { set page [::xowiki::File new \ -title $title \ -name "file:${file_name}" \ -package_id $package_id \ -parent_id [$package_id folder_id] \ -destroy_on_cleanup \ -mime_type $mime_type ] $page initialize_loaded_object $page set import_file $complete_path $page save_new } else { $page set import_file $complete_path $page save } } # update file structure if { $found_p } { set file_list [list $complete_path file [$page item_id]] set content_list [lreplace [lindex [lindex $files_struct_list $count_y] 1] $count_x $count_x $file_list] set dir_list [list [lindex [lindex $files_struct_list $count_y] 0] $content_list] set files_struct_list [lreplace $files_struct_list $count_y $count_y $dir_list] } return [$page item_id] } ad_proc -public imsld::xowiki::convert_syntax { -content:required -manifest_identifier:required } { Gets a text and returns its conversion to XoWiki Syntax @author Derick Leony (derick@inv.it.uc3m.es) @creation-date 2009-06-15 @param content @return @error } { # Here we assume that resources (URLs referenced by the SRC # attribute) will be a file in XoWiki, while links (URLs # referenced by the ALT attribute. if { [catch {dom parse $content document} errmsg] } { ns_log notice "imsld::xowiki::convert_syntax ERROR: Not a valid XML file, aborting parse process!" # the docuemnt is not an XML file, just return it return $content } set root [$document documentElement] if { $root eq "" } { # Content is too generic, we cannot proceed return $content } # Since XoWiki will crop the IMS LD namespace, we need to include # it within each LD tag. set ld_tags [$root selectNodes -namespaces {imsld "http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsld_v1p0"} //imsld:*] foreach ld_tag $ld_tags { $ld_tag setAttribute xmlns:[$ld_tag prefix] [$ld_tag namespaceURI] } # Changing links foreach link [$root selectNodes //a] { if { ![catch {set href [$link getAttribute href]}] } { if { ![regexp {://} $href] } { regsub {^\./} $href "" href set href "$manifest_identifier/$href" } set label [[$link firstChild] nodeValue] set wiki_text "\[\[$href|$label]]" set parent [$link parentNode] if { $parent eq "" } { set parent $root } $parent replaceChild [$document createTextNode $wiki_text] $link } } # Changing styles foreach style [$root selectNodes //a\[@type="text/css"\]] { if { ![catch {set href [$style getAttribute href]}] } { if { ![regexp {://} $href] } { regsub {^\.?/} $href "" href set href "$manifest_identifier/$href" $style setAttribute href "download/file/$href" } set label [[$link firstChild] nodeValue] } } # Changing images foreach image [$root selectNodes //img] { if { ![catch {set src [$image getAttribute src]}] } { if { ![regexp {://} $src] } { regsub {^\.?/} $src "" src ns_log notice $manifest_identifier set src "$manifest_identifier/$src" } set wiki_text "\[\[image:$src]]" set parent [$image parentNode] if { $parent eq "" } { set parent $root } $parent replaceChild [$document createTextNode $wiki_text] $image } } set wiki_content [$root asXML] $document delete return $wiki_content } ad_proc -public imsld::xowiki::page_content { -item_id -run_id } { @author Derick Leony (derick@inv.it.uc3m.es) @creation-date 2008-07-31 @param item_id @return @error } { set page [::xowiki::Package instantiate_page_from_id -item_id $item_id] set result [$page render_content] return $result } ad_proc -public imsld::xowiki::page_url { -item_id } { @author Derick Leony (derick@inv.it.uc3m.es) @creation-date 2008-07-31 @param item_id @return @error } { set page [::xowiki::Package instantiate_page_from_id -item_id $item_id] $page volatile return [::[$page package_id] url] } ad_proc -public imsld::xowiki::page_list { } { @author Derick Leony (derick@inv.it.uc3m.es) @creation-date 2008-12-19 @return @error } { set community_id [dotlrn_community::get_community_id] set xw_url "[dotlrn_community::get_community_url $community_id]xowiki/" array set node [site_node::get_from_url -url $xw_url] set xowiki_package_id $node(package_id) ::xowiki::Package initialize -package_id $xowiki_package_id -url $xw_url -user_id [ad_conn user_id] set page_list [list] db_foreach select_pages \ [::xowiki::Page instance_select_query \ -folder_id [::$xowiki_package_id folder_id] \ -with_subtypes true \ -select_attributes {name page_id} \ -from_clause ", xowiki_page P" \ -where_clause "P.page_id = bt.revision_id" \ -orderby "ci.name"] \ { if {[regexp {^::[0-9]} $name]} continue lappend page_list [list $name $item_id] } return $page_list } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Semiconductor notes and topic for boards class 12 Physics (Handwritten)
Materials are divided on the basis of their conductivity. If materials conduct electricity, its a metal and if it does not then conduct it's an insulator, but there is a third category as well which lies between these two, which is known as semiconductor.
A semiconductor is a material that can behave like an insulator but shows conductivity depending upon the surroundings and situation. Due to this nature of semiconductor, we can even control the flow of electrons in a circuit with the help of them.
In this article, I am going to provide you with some basic details about semi-conductors as well as if you are a class 12 student then I am going to give you important topics from chapter 14 Semiconductor.
What is a semiconductor ?
As I told you earlier semiconductor lies between metal (conductors) and non-metal (insulators) therefore it behaves like an insulator and doesn't conduct electricity but depending upon the situation it can also conduct electricity and behave like an insulator.
Semiconductor classification on the basis of resistivity and conductivity:
How did we know about all these things that a particular material will conduct in same condition and in some it will not?
Well for that let's divide solids on the basis of the relative value of electrical conductivity (σ) or resistivity (ρ) and classify them as:
a. Metal: Metals posses very low resistivity and high conductivity which means they can easily conduct electricity.
b. Semiconductor: As I told you earlier, there resistivity and conductivity lies between metal and an insulator.
c. Insulator: They have high resistivity and low conductivity due to which they don't conduct electricity.
Important topics:
Important topics from Semiconductor for boards are Energy Band, Semiconductor basics, p-n junction and Optoelectronic Devices such as solar cell, photodiode, and Zener diode.
For 1 marker and MCQ for class 12 boards, conceptual questions from these topics as well as a photodiode and p-n junction questions can be asked.
All these topics are provided in the notes given below, they are highly in-depth class 12 physics notes of Ray optics so refer to them, it's more than enough for boards.
Handwritten Notes:
This article is a brief summary of chapter 14, Semiconductor for all the derivation related to this chapter and other important things. I have prepared my special handwritten notes. These notes have all the derivation of this chapter and important topics for your board exam :)
So do read these notes if you are a class 12th student and preparing for your board exam. These notes are easy to understand. To download them CLICK HERE.
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Škoda Kushaq
The Škoda Kushaq is a subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) manufactured by the Czech automaker Škoda Auto in India since 2021. The vehicle is heavily based on the Volkswagen T-Cross and its derivative for the Indian market, the Volkswagen Taigun. The name 'Kushaq' was derived from the Sanskrit word 'Kushak' which denotes 'King' or 'Emperor'.
Overview
The vehicle was previewed as the Vision IN Concept in February 2020. The production model debuted in 18 March 2021 as the first product from Škoda Auto Volkswagen India’s "India 2.0 project". The car is built on the Volkswagen Group MQB A0 IN platform dedicated for Indian market and closely related with the Volkswagen Taigun. It is manufactured in Chakan, Maharashtra, India with a local parts content of 95 percent to achieve a lower price point.
The Kushaq in India is available with two petrol engine options, which are the entry-level 1.0-litre three-cylinder TSI producing 115 PS and a 1.5-litre four-cylinder TSI with 150 PS. The 1.0-litre engine is available with 6-speed manual and 6-speed torque converter automatic gearbox options, while the 1.5-litre TSI unit, is available with a 6-speed manual and a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic option. Both engines are produced at Škoda's Chakan plant.
The Kushaq contains 95% local parts.
In May 2022, Škoda released the Monte Carlo edition for the Kushaq.
Markets
There are lots of cars in the market and each body type category has its own popularity. Even though people are more eager to buy SUVs, there is a huge section that prefers Sedans. When we talk about Sedans there are certain brands that come to our mind. In which Skoda will be top preference and if talk about a particular model then you can look out for Skoda Kushaq and Skoda Slavia.
Middle East
In 2023, Škoda started exports of the Kushaq for the Middle East.
Brunei
As the follow-up of the reintroduction of Škoda Auto brand in Brunei, Škoda Auto's distributor in Brunei, TCY Motors unveiled the Kushaq, offered in Ambition and Style variants powered with 1.0-litre TSI petrol engine mated with 6-speed automatic and other Škoda cars on 24 January 2024.
Safety
The Škoda Kushaq is equipped as standard with double frontal airbags, anti-lock brakes, i-Size anchorages, ESC (electronic stability control), multi-collision brakes, a claimed high-strength steel structure, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners and three-point seatbelts with adjustable head restraints for all passengers. The highest 'Style' trim level is additionally equipped with side and curtain airbags, hill start assistance and a tyre pressure monitor. At launch, side and curtain airbags and the tyre pressure monitor were not available on cars equipped with an automatic transmission, but this has since been corrected.
In October 2022 the Kushaq was independently rated for safety by the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP, based on Latin NCAP 2016) crash-testing a Volkswagen Taigun at Volkswagen's expense, and scored five stars for adult and child occupant protection, the first car to do so under the organisation's new assessment protocols. In the frontal offset test, protection of all body regions was good or acceptable, except for the driver's left tibia. In the side mobile barrier and pole tests, protection of the driver's chest was rated marginal, and protection of the driver's abdomen was rated acceptable in the side pole test. The Kushaq could pass minimum European regulatory requirements for electronic stability control and pedestrian protection. | WIKI |
User:Kink Drizzo
Emmanuel Dengiir Mijok AKA's Kink Drizzo. born 22.12.1997. A very trying young artist, although his own country still unsettled, his got farther thoughts of his own life. Said to believed that his' got only one way to make a change and deal with the responsibility he gonna face in the future. Claims to be tired of running out his country. Drizzo grew up in Malakal with his mother and siblings where he fell the struggles of his mother.he lived for so long far from his Dad, while his Dad's in the City (Juba). Some years later, his helpless mother gets no choice till she decided to send her son to meet his father for he might get the better living than what he's getting. In juba, not more than 3 years, He and his stepmother, run to Kenya for safety during the 15/12/2013 fight that caused a lot of harms is his country South Sudan. It was all about the education. Suddenly, he rushed to Kakuma leaving the stepmother. He moved on with the education and planned his music career. | WIKI |
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Dawes was terrified beyond expression at these two incidents, so that he scarcely knew what to do. The confederates then ordered him to call a man named James Talbot who had declined to take part in the plot. Talbot was in the forecastle saying his prayers. He came up, and the confederates did not instantly put him to death, as he had quite expected, but, on the contrary, gave him some grog. The captain and mate being now out of the way, the confederates then got up a keg containing dollars. They then divided the captain's clothes, the sum of eight pounds, which he possessed, and a gold watch. Dawes was ordered to go back to the helm and to steer for Long Island, while Talbot was likewise compelled to do as he was told. The next day several more kegs of specie, amounting to £1000 each, were divided and the specie placed into bags and sewn up. After this the money was divided up without counting it.
Gibbs had been acting as captain ever since the two murders, and when they arrived about fifteen miles south-south-*east of Southampton Light the ship's boats were ordered out, half the money was placed in each, and the survivors got in. Before doing so, however, the ship was scuttled and set fire to in the cabin, so that before long she would founder and so not exist as possible evidence against the assassins. But after the boats had rowed away towards the shore, soon after daylight, they stuck on the bar. One of them was saved by throwing overboard about £1000 in dollars, but the other was seen to fill and founder as the men in her vainly sought to cling to the masts of the craft. Those in the other craft, however, were more fortunate and landed on Barron Island, buried the money in the sand and soon afterwards fell in with a man who took them to the only house on the island. | WIKI |
What is VulkanRT? Can you remove it from Program Files?
If you looked into the Program Files and discovered something named “VulkanRT”, you might have started scratching your head as to what it could be. It’s best to stop uninstalling it before you even catch your breath. The program is commonly found in the Program Files (x86) folder within Windows 10 or in the list of programs.
Have you been wondering what the heck VulkanRT is, and should I delete it from my system if you have noticed it on your system?”
The Vulkan Runtime Libraries, or VulkanRT, are not spyware or malware (although they are falsely claimed as such on many websites), so you should not be concerned. Additionally, uninstalling it is far more of a disadvantage than an advantage.
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What is VulkanRT?
AMD and NVIDIA install VulkanRT software on their video cards. When your computer’s graphics drivers are updated, this software is installed.
From a company called Khronos Group (also part of Vulkan) comes the cross-platform VulkanRT 3D graphics and computation API. You may not be aware that cross-platform apps are programs that run on a variety of software platforms (OS), including Windows, IOS, Linux, Android, etc.)
People often wonder, “Is this a virus?”, when they come across unfamiliar computer programs. It’s not a virus.
There is a royalty-free application programming interface (API) for this software courtesy of the Khronos Group, an American non-profit consortium. Among its applications are video games and interactive media, such as high-performance, real-time 3D video applications.
APIs such as VulkanRT are designed to help people who use 3D graphics to maximize hardware performance for better performance.
Comparatively, Direct3D 11, Metal, and Direct3D 12 offer significantly higher performance and more balanced GPU and CPU usage. Additionally, it is capable of running parallel tasks and rendering 2D applications. In addition, the work can be distributed effectively among the cores.
Should you uninstall VulkanRT?
In a nutshell, NO. Some websites claim VulkanRT is allegedly a virus, but this is not the case. Don’t uninstall it especially of you play games as it is required by some games.
AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards come with this software, and certain games require it to function. By installing the game, sometimes it will also install these Runtime Libraries so that the game will run smoothly.
The API is intended to provide greater control over GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) usage from the CPU (Central Processing Unit).
Similar to Mantle and Direct3D, the function is comparable. The result is a simpler rendering process, as well as CPU multithreading efficiency. Graphics drivers are included only for dedicated GPUs.
Many online websites can determine whether your computer is equipped with a dedicated GPU, and they will provide you with a driver.
By doing so, you can install drivers as and when required, preventing mistakes in driver installation. In case you removed VulkanRT, you can restore it through this method (if you removed the program), but many of these sites contain advertisements, therefore we recommend you don’t uninstall the default application. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Memory And Attention Difficulties Are Often Part Of a Normal Life
Do you often forget where you put the keys or what you were looking for in the fridge? It's not necessarily a sign of cognitive decline – it might just come down to being tired, stressed or worried.
From young adults to people in their 60s, everyday functioning in today’s world can place high demands on our attention and memory skills.
Memory lapses such as forgetting an appointment, losing our keys, forgetting a distant relative’s name or not remembering why you opened the fridge can leave us believing our thinking skills are impaired.
But you might be too hard on yourself. Tiredness, stress and worry, and feeling down or depressed are all common reasons adults experience attention and memory difficulties.
Attention and memory systems
Attention and memory skills are closely connected. Whether we can learn and remember something partly depends on our ability to concentrate on the information at the time.
It also depends on our ability to focus our attention on retrieving that information when it’s being recalled at a later time.
This attention system, which is so important for successful memory function, has a limited capacity – we can only make sense of, and learn, a limited amount of information in any given moment.
Being able to learn, and later successfully remember something, also depends on our memory system, which stores the information.
Changes in attention and memory skills
In people who are ageing normally, both attention and memory systems gradually decline. This decline starts in our early 20s and continues slowly until our 60s, when it tends to speed up.
During normal ageing, the number of connections between brain cells slowly reduce and some areas of the brain progressively work less efficiently. These changes particularly occur in the areas of the brain that are important for memory and attention systems.
This normal ageing decline is different from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, which cause progressive changes in thinking skills, emotions and behaviour that are not typical of the normal ageing process. Dementia comes from a group of diseases that affect brain tissue and cause abnormal changes in the way the brain works.
If you’re concerned your memory difficulties may be a symptom of dementia, talk to your GP, who can refer you to a specialist, if needed, to determine whether these changes are due to normal ageing, dementia or some other cause.
If you experience persistent changes in your thinking skills, which are clearly greater than your friends and acquaintances who are of a similar age and in similar life circumstances, see your GP.
Normal attention and memory difficulties
Broadly, there are two main reasons healthy adults experience difficulties with their memory and/or attention: highly demanding lives and normal age-related changes.
A person can be consistently using their attention and memory skills at high levels without sufficient mental relaxation time and/or sleep to keep their brain working at its best.
Young adults who are working, studying and then consistently using attention-demanding devices as “relaxation” techniques, such as computer games and social media interaction, fall into this group.
Adults juggling the demands of work or study, family and social requirements also fall into this group.
Most adults need around seven to nine hours of sleep per night for their brain to work at its best, with older adults needing seven to eight hours.
Most of us need seven to nine hours of sleep a night. Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock
The second common reason is a combination of ageing-related brain changes and highly demanding work requirements.
For people in jobs that place a high load on thinking skills, the thinking changes that occur with normal ageing can become noticeable at some point around 55 to 70 years of age. It’s around this time age-related changes in the ability to carry out complex thinking tasks become large enough to be noticeable. People who are retired or don’t have the same mentally demanding jobs generally experience the same changes, but may not notice them as much.
This is also the age many people become more aware of the potential risk of dementia. Consequently, these normal changes can result in high levels of stress and concern, which can result in a person experiencing even greater difficulties day to day.
Emotional distress can take its toll
Feeling down and sad can affect memory and concentration. When a person is feeling worried and/or down regularly, they may become consumed by their thoughts.
It’s important to recognise how you’re feeling, to make changes or seek help if needed. But thinking a lot about how you’re feeling can also take a person’s attention away from the task at hand and make it difficult for them to concentrate on what is happening, or remember it clearly in the future.
So feeling worried or down can make it seem there is something wrong with their memory and concentration.
Boosting your attention and memory skills
There are a number of things that can be done to help your day-to-day memory and attention skills.
First, it’s important to properly rest your mind on a regular basis. This involves routinely doing something you enjoy that doesn’t demand high levels of attention or memory, such as exercising, reading for pleasure, walking the dog, listening to music, relaxed socialising with friends, and so on.
Playing computer games, or having a lengthy and focused session on social media, requires high levels of attention and other thinking skills, so these are not good mental relaxation techniques when you are already mentally tired.
It’s also important to get enough sleep, so you are not consistently tired – undertaking exercise on a regular basis often helps with getting good quality sleep, as does keeping alcohol consumption within recommended limits.
Looking after your mental health is also important. Noticing how you are feeling and getting support (social and/or professional) during longer periods of high stress or lowered mood will help ensure these things are not affecting your memory or concentration.
Finally, be fair to yourself if you notice difficulties with your thinking. Are the changes you notice any different to those of other people your own age and in similar circumstances, or are you comparing yourself to someone younger or with less demands in their life?
If you have ongoing concerns about your attention and memory, speak with your GP, who can refer you to a specialist, such as a clinical neuropsychologist, if needed.
Written by Jacqueline Anderson
Originally published at The Conversation
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Oil prices under pressure as hedge funds adjust positions: Kemp
LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds cut their net long position in the main crude futures and options contracts by 63 million barrels, 10 percent, in the week to June 14, as the rally in oil prices showed signs of running out of steam. The one-week reduction in the net long position was the largest since July 2014, according to an analysis of data published by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Intercontinental Exchange. Hedge funds and other money managers cut their combined net long position in the three main Brent and WTI futures and options contracts from a near-record 633 million barrels to 570 million (tmsnrt.rs/28IVPRX). The combined net long position in WTI on Intercontinental Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange was cut by 46 million barrels, 19 percent, to 198 million barrels (tmsnrt.rs/28IVSgJ). The net long position in Brent on the Intercontinental Exchange was cut by 17 million barrels, 4 percent, to 372 million (tmsnrt.rs/28IVWNj). For some time, the concentration of bullish hedge fund positions has been one of the biggest short-term downside risk factors for oil prices (“Risks rise as hedge funds place record bet on oil”, Reuters, May 3). If and when the hedge funds tried to take some of their profits from the big rise in prices during the first five months of the year by liquidating long positions, the rally was always in danger of a sharp reversal. Some of the more tactically-minded hedge fund managers have been waiting for long liquidation as an opportunity to short the market aggressively. Hedge funds’ bullish long positions were cut by 34 million barrels in the week to June 14 but short positions increased by 30 million barrels. Aggressive shorting of oil prices has been most noticeable in the NYMEX WTI contract, where the number of hedge fund short positions increased by 19 million barrels in the week to June 14. Over the last 14 days, hedge fund short positions in NYMEX WTI rose by a total of 43 million barrels, more than 80 percent, from the previous low of just 53 million barrels. Unsurprisingly, the liquidation of hedge fund long positions and aggressive short selling has stalled the rally and seen both spot prices and timespreads come under pressure over the last fortnight (tmsnrt.rs/28IW67o). Price weakness has been most pronounced in futures contracts nearest to expiry, which has caused the contango to widen moderately (tmsnrt.rs/28ILfjo). Some analysts have cited concerns about financial market risks associated with Britain’s forthcoming referendum on membership of the European Union as a catalyst for the drop in oil prices. There are also signs that rising oil prices have begun to spur fresh oil and gas drilling in the United States which would be bearish for prices if it occurred too early. In truth, once oil prices stopped rising and the traders sought to reduce their long positions, it was always likely there would be a pull back in oil prices. The near-doubling of oil prices between late January and early June was fueled by a mixture of improving fundamentals and momentum-driven trading. Take away the rising trend and some degree of retrenchment was more or less inevitable (“Oil rally loses momentum”, Reuters, May 11). From a fundamental perspective, the risks for oil prices appear evenly balanced, with the possibility of stronger than expected production growth matched by rapid growth in consumption. Most analysts predict oil production and consumption will be close to balance throughout the remainder of 2016 and 2017. In the short term, the critical question is whether the hedge fund long liquidation and aggressive shorting will continue and pile further pressure on prices and spreads. Hedge fund long positions remain unusually large while short positions are still modest, so there is more scope for both liquidation and shorting in the next few weeks. Editing by William Hardy | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Immerzeel, ii. 309; Kramm, v. 1284; Quellenschriften, xiv. 258; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 521.
PIETÀ, (pity, compassion), the lamentation of the Virgin and the Holy Women over the deposed body of Christ. The incident is not mentioned in the Gospels, but is a late invention of art.
By Giovanni Bellini, Brera, Milan; wood, tempera, half-lengths, life-size. The dead body of Christ, sustained in a standing position, behind a marble parapet, by the Virgin and St. John. Fine work of the master's early time; formerly in Zampieri Collection, Bologna; presented to Brera in 1811 by Eugène Beauharnais, then Viceroy of Italy.—C. & C, N. Italy, iii. 144; Meyer, Künst. Lex, iii. 414.
Pietà, Correggio, Parma Gallery.
By Correggio, Parma Gallery, canvas. The body of Christ, after the descent from the cross, in the lap of Mary; weeping Magdalen at the Saviour's feet, and other mourners by his head; Joseph of Arimathea descending ladder, whence the picture is sometimes called Vierge de l'Échelle (of the Ladder). Painted at same time as Martyrdom of Sts. Placidus and Flavia (1522-24). Old copy, attributed to Correggio, in Madrid Museum. Engraved by Rosaspina, Hubert, and Ravenet.—Meyer, Correggio, 305, 480; Künst. Lex, i.; Landon, Œuvres, viii. Pl. 14; Landon, Musée, x. Pl. 3.
By Anton van Dyck, Munich Gallery; canvas, H. 6 ft. 1 in. × 4 ft. 6 in. The Virgin, seated at foot of a rock, and St. John kneeling by her side, support between them the body of Christ; behind, one of the holy women wringing her hands; in foreground, emblems of the crucifixion. Sketch in Munich Gallery.—Eastlake, Notes, 70.
By Anton van Dyck, Munich Gallery; wood, H. 3 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 7 in. The body of Christ extended on drapery on the ground, the upper part resting on the knees of the Virgin, behind whom is the cross; at left, three angels; above, in clouds at right, three cherubim. Sketch also in Munich Gallery. Same composition (1 ft. × 1 ft. 6 in), Louvre. Engraved by Vosterman; Viennot; J. Smith; Normand; Schiavonetti; Chr. de Méchel.—Smith, iii. 16; Gal. de Düsseldorf, Pl. 70; Guiffrey, 249; Filhol, xi. Pl. 50; Klas. der Malerei, Pl. 15; Eastlake, Notes, 71; Landon, Musée, v. Pl. 3.
By Quinten Massys, Antwerp Museum; wood, triptych, centre panel, H. 8 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft. 9 in.; wings, H. 8 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 10 in. Centre: The body of Christ mourned over by his friends and the holy women; the Virgin, overcome with grief, is supported by John; Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus sustain the head and the upper part of the body, whilst the holy women anoint the wounds of the Saviour. Right wing, face: the head of John Baptist is placed on the table of Herod, while musicians play on an elevated platform; do, reverse, St. John Baptist. Left wing, face: John Evangelist in the caldron of boiling oil, under which executioners stir up the fire; do., reverse, St. John Evangelist. Ordered in 1508 by the carpenters' guild of Antwerp for their altar in Notre Dame, where it remained until 1580, when it was removed to the | WIKI |
The New International Encyclopædia/Karamnassa
KARAMNASSA,. A river in the Province of Bengal, British India. After a course of about 150 miles it enters the Ganges from the right. It is subject to floods and has been known to rise 25 feet in a night. The river is repugnant to all caste Hindus, and its name signifies ‘the destroyer of religious merit.’ | WIKI |
Lifestories
Lifestories (originally Signs of Life) is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "What is it like to be told that you have advanced colon cancer?", and "Exactly what goes on during the first 45 minutes of a heart attack?", such as in the show's first and third episodes, starring Richard Masur as the character Don Chapin, and Michael Murphy as the character Frank Roberts, respectively.
"Steve Burdick" controversy
"Steve Burdick" was originally scheduled to air on December 2, 1990. Had it aired on that date it would have been one of several programs relating to AIDS airing in early December, which has been designated as World AIDS Month (December 1 being World AIDS Day). Gay and AIDS activists accused NBC of pulling the episode out of fear of advertiser backlash, a charge that NBC denied. A network spokesperson also denied that network schedulers were aware of World AIDS Month and, in a perhaps unfortunate choice of phrase, characterized the decision to pull the episode as a "straight programming decision". Series producer Jeffrey Lewis also believed there was an economic motive, saying "I suspect a show about AIDS would not be popular with advertisers — particularly (when it focused on) a gay person with AIDS." NBC changed Lifestories from a weekly series to a monthly one in December and on December 5 confirmed that "Steve Burdick" would be the first of the monthly episodes aired. | WIKI |
Frederick Stratten Russell
Sir Frederick Stratten Russell (3 November 1897 – 5 June 1984) was an English marine biologist.
Russell was born in Bridport, Dorset, and studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1924 he worked for the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth, becoming its director in 1945. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1938, was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1961, and knighted in 1965. The National Marine Biological Library at the Marine Biological Association retains much of Russell's scientific and personal papers for the period 1921-1984.
Russell studied the life histories and distribution of plankton. He also discovered a means of distinguishing between different species of fish shortly after they have hatched. He was the author of The Medusae of the British Isles (1953–1970). He served in both World Wars, being awarded, among others, the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He was the father of W. M. S. Russell.
Taxon named in his honor
* Russell’s dragonet, Callionymus russelli C. R. Johnson, 1976 | WIKI |
By Michael Pramik
Posted On: Jan 13, 2023
A village in eastern Ohio might seem like an unlikely place for a museum, but its secluded location in a way reflects the historically significant items contained within its walls.
The Belmont County burg of Flushing is the site of the Underground Railroad Museum, which tells the story of Ohio's importance as a refuge for runaway slaves seeking freedom in the 19th century. It contains the personal collection of the late John S. Mattox, an insurance agent whose interest in abolition led to a mastery of the underground railroad, the history of the slave trade, and African art.
The museum is in a former bank across from what used to be the Allstate insurance office where Mattox worked. Open during limited hours from February through October (and by appointment the other months), it houses much of Mattox's 8,000-piece collection and serves as a sober reminder of an important period of Ohio's history.
Curator Kristina Estle
"His passion and love for history were contagious," says museum curator Kristina Estle, who worked as an intern for Mattox while in college and has run the museum since his unexpected death of a stroke in 2019.
Photos of museum founder John Mattox, his wife, Rosalind, and their two children
Mattox was born in North Carolina and raised in New Jersey. He earned a degree from Hutson-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, then moved to New York to train racehorses. That's where he met his wife, Rosalind, and they later moved to her native town of Flushing. They had two children, John Mattox Jr. and Suzanne Evans, who now own the collection.
Mattox began purchasing African art and slave memorabilia, and eventually his collection grew. He often traveled around the state with several pieces, telling groups of people about the way slaves were treated, their daily rituals and the inner workings of the underground railroad in Ohio.
The couple established the Underground Railroad Museum in 1993 and later moved it to its current location.
Through a series of a dozen wall displays, the museum tells the tale of prominent people in Belmont County's history who were involved in the underground railroad, including William Bundy Jr., Eli Nichols, Thomas Pointer, Jacob Van Pelt, and Joel Wood. The museum's other displays include a map of escape routes throughout the state. Estle said there were 220 known sites in Ohio where enslaved peoples could seek refuge.
Visitors can see many other interesting items in the museum, including:
- A mock of enslaved peoples quarters, including a table setting and tools they might have used
- A library related to slavery, the underground railroad, African art, and other topics
- A timeline covering the history of slavery
- Several types of restraints and other items owners used to control enslaved peoples
- A vivid mural depicting the inside of a slave ship, painted by a local artist
- A model farmhouse owned by Jacob Holloway, a Flushing resident who was a key participant in the local underground railroad
- Intricately carved wooden masks and other objects from Africa
Belmont County played a vital role in the underground railroad, assisting many freedom seekers in their quest to move northward. Estle says nearby Wheeling, W. Va., was considered for some time to be the last stop for slavery. Enslaved peoples were bought and sold at the slave auction block, located in downtown Wheeling's Market Plaza. Many attempted to reach Canada through Ohio.
Mural on the side of the Underground Railroad Museum building
Estle said Belmont County has 200 miles of underground railroad trails and more than 25 known stations, houses, churches, barns, or schools where enslaved peoples would stay for a night or more before moving to the next safe spot.
Enslaved peoples made their way along the underground railroad with the help of "conductors," who were abolitionists interested in ending slavery. Many in Belmont County were Quakers. The first Quaker yearly meeting house built west of the Alleghenies is in Mount Pleasant, about 15 miles east of Flushing.
Estle grew up near Flushing but had never heard of Mattox's collection until a professor at Ohio University Eastern suggested she seek him out for information. She eventually became his intern then took over after his death. She has thoroughly researched Belmont County's role in the underground railroad and eagerly shares her knowledge with museum visitors.
She said Mattox made museum visitors feel at home.
"Any visitor could walk into the museum unsure and leave feeling like they had a new best friend," she said. "I learned from him that you do not need a fancy, multimillion dollar institution. You just need to give people your undivided attention. It's all about the personalized experience."
*Photos provided by Wendy Pramik | FINEWEB-EDU |
I often hear/read that when getting issue with Magento 2 there is a magic solution, running setup:upgrade command. Probably that this command solves many troubles you can get, but how ? What’s inside that could lead to solve your issue ?
Let’s take a closer look at the content of this command.
1. updateModulesSequence
1. Cache dir is cleaned: /var/cache/
2. Generated files are cleaned if option –keep-generated is not used.
What “generated” files corresponds to ? All files that are subject of code generation: code-generated classes and materialized static view files.
• var/generated/code/
• var/generated/metadata/
• var/view_preprocessed/
• pub/static/
3. app/etc/config.php file is generated
2. installSchema
1. A verification is made to ensure database config is set (assertDbConfigExists) and a connection can be established (assertDbAccessible).
2. An other verification is made to check if setup_module (setupModuleRegistry) and other core tables (session, cache, cache_tag, flag) are existing (setupCoreTables)
3. Declarative schemas are installed (declarativeInstallSchema). It’s the step where database tables are created/updated
4. Finally for each modules:
• Old schema install scripts are installed/updated (handleDBSchemaData and getSchemaListener);
If –convert-old-scripts command option is used then old scripts will be converted to new db_schema.xml format (convertationOfOldScriptsIsAllowed)
• Setup version are updated in database
• Schema patches are applied by PatchApplier
• Recurring schema scripts are executed
3. installDataFixtures
1. As for installSchema step, tests to database are run
2. Permission to write in app/etc/ and var/ directories is checked
3. Finally for each modules:
• Old data scripts are installed/updated.
• Data version are updated in database
• Data patches are applied by PatchApplier
• Recurring data scripts are executed
4. Configs are imported
If needed, app:config:import is executed in order to update Magento configurations.
Configurations are read from config.php and env.php files and saved in flag table into system_config_snapshot row.
A hash of this config is also saved into config_hash row during app:config:dump.
It’s that hash which will be used by the changeDetector to determine if configurations has been changed, and in this case execute the config import command. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Human Brain: A Captivating Visual Journey into Health
Picture Of Human Brain
The human brain is a complex and fascinating organ that plays a crucial role in our overall health and well-being. Understanding how the brain functions is essential for diagnosing and treating neurological conditions, as well as for advancing medical research. By unraveling the mysteries of the human brain, we can unlock new possibilities for promoting better health and enhancing our quality of life. In this article, we will delve into the significance of visualizing the human brain through pictures and explore its implications for our understanding of health.
The significance of visualizing the human brain through pictures
Visualizing the human brain through pictures is of immense significance. It provides us with a unique opportunity to explore the intricate workings of this complex organ. By capturing images of the brain, we can gain a deeper understanding of its structure and function. These visual representations allow us to witness the connections between different regions and comprehend how they work together. Through pictures, we can unravel the mysteries of the human brain and unlock valuable insights into our overall health.
Exploring the different parts and functions of the human brain
The human brain is a complex organ composed of various regions, each with its own unique functions. By exploring these different parts, we can gain a deeper understanding of how the brain influences our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
The cerebral cortex, for example, is responsible for higher cognitive functions such as language processing, problem-solving, and decision-making. The frontal lobe controls executive functions like planning and impulse control. The temporal lobe plays a crucial role in memory formation and auditory processing.
Moving deeper into the brain, we encounter the limbic system, which regulates emotions and motivation. The amygdala processes fear and helps us respond to potential threats. The hippocampus is involved in memory consolidation.
Further down lies the brainstem, which controls vital bodily functions like breathing and heart rate. It also acts as a bridge between the spinal cord and higher brain regions.
Understanding these different parts and their functions allows us to appreciate the intricate workings of the human brain. It highlights how interconnected these regions are and how disruptions in one area can impact overall brain function.
By visualizing these parts through pictures, we can better comprehend their location within the brain and their relationships with one another. This visual representation aids researchers in studying specific areas of interest and assists healthcare professionals in diagnosing neurological conditions accurately.
Overall, exploring the different parts of the human brain provides valuable insights into our mental processes and behaviors. It deepens our appreciation for this remarkable organ's complexity while emphasizing its significance in maintaining optimal health and well-being.
How a picture of the human brain can aid in diagnosing and treating neurological conditions
A picture of the human brain can be a powerful tool in diagnosing and treating neurological conditions. By visualizing the brain, doctors can identify abnormalities or lesions that may be causing symptoms. This allows for more accurate diagnoses and targeted treatment plans. Additionally, brain images can help monitor the progression of a condition and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments over time. Overall, pictures of the human brain provide invaluable insights that contribute to improved patient care and outcomes in the field of neurology.
The role of brain imaging techniques in medical research and advancements
Brain imaging techniques play a crucial role in medical research and advancements. They provide valuable insights into the structure and function of the human brain, aiding in the understanding and treatment of various neurological conditions. By using techniques such as MRI, CT scans, and PET scans, researchers can visualize abnormalities, track disease progression, and evaluate treatment effectiveness. These imaging tools have revolutionized our ability to study the brain and have paved the way for groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience.
Understanding the limitations and challenges of interpreting brain images accurately
Understanding the limitations and challenges of interpreting brain images accurately is crucial in order to make informed decisions about an individual's health. While brain imaging techniques have revolutionized our understanding of the human brain, there are certain factors that can affect the accuracy of these images. For example, movement artifacts during imaging can distort the image, making it difficult to interpret. Additionally, variations in brain structure and function among individuals can complicate the interpretation process. It is important for healthcare professionals to be aware of these limitations and take them into consideration when analyzing brain images. By acknowledging these challenges, we can strive for more accurate interpretations and ultimately enhance our ability to diagnose and treat neurological conditions effectively.
The potential future developments in brain imaging technology
The potential future developments in brain imaging technology are promising. Scientists and researchers are constantly working towards improving current techniques and developing new ones. One area of focus is the development of more advanced imaging modalities that can provide higher resolution and more detailed images of the brain. This would enable better visualization and understanding of the intricate structures and functions of the brain. Additionally, there is ongoing research in the field of functional imaging, which aims to capture real-time activity within the brain. This could revolutionize our understanding of how different regions of the brain interact and communicate with each other. Furthermore, advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning may play a crucial role in analyzing and interpreting brain images more accurately and efficiently. These developments hold great potential for enhancing our ability to diagnose neurological conditions at an early stage, leading to improved treatment outcomes. Overall, the future of brain imaging technology looks promising, with exciting possibilities for further advancements that will undoubtedly contribute to better health outcomes for individuals worldwide.
In conclusion, the utilization of pictures of the human brain is of utmost importance in promoting better health. By visualizing the intricate workings of this complex organ, we gain a deeper understanding of its functions and potential abnormalities. This knowledge allows for early diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions, leading to improved outcomes for patients. Furthermore, brain imaging techniques play a vital role in medical research and advancements, paving the way for innovative treatments and therapies. While there are challenges in accurately interpreting brain images, ongoing developments in technology hold promise for even greater precision in the future. Ultimately, by unlocking the mysteries of the human brain through captivating visuals, we can enhance our overall well-being and lead healthier lives.
Published: 21. 01. 2024
Category: Health
Author: Lucian Sterling
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Models
Models represent a single item/record of a Collection.
Creating separate classes for Models are optional. Only create them if you want to expose some methods on fetched rows.
Naming Convention
Ideally, Models are named after a Collection's alias. From our examples before, our Posts Collection, will have a model named Post.
Defining a Model
We will create a Model file at ./models/Post.js:
// ./models/Post.js
var f = require('firenze');
module.exports = f.createModel({
lengthOfTitle: function () {
return this.get('title').length;
}
});
It's usage will be clear when we discuss Fetching Data.
Connect it to Collection
We also need to let our Collection know to use the newly created Model class when serving records:
// ./collections/Posts.js
var db = require('../config/db');
var Post = require('../models/Post');
module.exports = db.createCollection({
table: 'posts',
modelClass: Post
}); | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- | -- Module : ALife.Creatur.Genetics.BRGCWord8 -- Copyright : (c) Amy de Buitléir 2013 -- License : BSD-style -- Maintainer : amy@nualeargais.ie -- Stability : experimental -- Portability : portable -- -- Utilities for working with genes that are encoded as a sequence of -- bytes, using a Binary Reflected Gray Code (BRGC). -- -- A Gray code maps values to codes in a way that guarantees that the -- codes for two consecutive values will differ by only one bit. This -- feature can be useful in evolutionary programming because the genes -- resulting from a crossover operation are likely to be similar to -- the inputs. This helps to ensure that offspring are similar to -- their parents, as any radical changes from one generation to the -- next are the result of mutation alone. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies, FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, DefaultSignatures, DeriveGeneric, TypeOperators #-} module ALife.Creatur.Genetics.BRGCWord8 ( Genetic(..), Sequence, Writer, write, runWriter, Reader, read, runReader, copy, consumed, DiploidSequence, DiploidReader, readAndExpress, runDiploidReader, getAndExpress, getAndExpressWithDefault, copy2, consumed2, putRawWord8, getRawWord8, putRawWord8s, getRawWord8s ) where import Prelude hiding (read) import ALife.Creatur.Genetics.Diploid (Diploid, express) import ALife.Creatur.Util (fromEither) import Codec.Gray (integralToGray, grayToIntegral) import Control.Applicative ((<$>), (<*>)) import Control.Monad.State.Lazy (StateT, runState, execState, evalState) import qualified Control.Monad.State.Lazy as S (put, get, gets) import Data.Char (ord, chr) import Data.Functor.Identity (Identity) import Data.Word (Word8, Word16) import GHC.Generics type Sequence = [Word8] type Writer = StateT Sequence Identity write :: Genetic x => x -> Sequence write x = execState (put x) [] runWriter :: Writer () -> Sequence runWriter w = execState w [] type Reader = StateT (Sequence, Int) Identity read :: Genetic g => Sequence -> Either [String] g read s = evalState get (s, 0) runReader :: Reader g -> Sequence -> g runReader r s = evalState r (s, 0) -- | Return the entire genome. copy :: Reader Sequence copy = S.gets fst -- | Return the portion of the genome that has been read. consumed :: Reader Sequence consumed = do (xs, i) <- S.get return $ take i xs -- | A class representing anything which is represented in, and -- determined by, an agent's genome. -- This might include traits, parameters, "organs" (components of -- agents), or even entire agents. -- Instances of this class can be thought of as genes, i.e., -- instructions for building an agent. class Genetic g where -- | Writes a gene to a sequence. put :: g -> Writer () default put :: (Generic g, GGenetic (Rep g)) => g -> Writer () put = gput . from -- | Reads the next gene in a sequence. get :: Reader (Either [String] g) default get :: (Generic g, GGenetic (Rep g)) => Reader (Either [String] g) get = do a <- gget return $ fmap to a getWithDefault :: g -> Reader g getWithDefault d = fmap (fromEither d) get class GGenetic f where gput :: f a -> Writer () gget :: Reader (Either [String] (f a)) -- | Unit: used for constructors without arguments instance GGenetic U1 where gput U1 = return () gget = return (Right U1) -- | Constants, additional parameters and recursion of kind * instance (GGenetic a, GGenetic b) => GGenetic (a :*: b) where gput (a :*: b) = gput a >> gput b gget = do a <- gget b <- gget return $ (:*:) <$> a <*> b -- | Meta-information (constructor names, etc.) instance (GGenetic a, GGenetic b) => GGenetic (a :+: b) where gput (L1 x) = putRawWord8 0 >> gput x gput (R1 x) = putRawWord8 1 >> gput x gget = do a <- getRawWord8 case a of Right x -> do if even x -- Only care about the last bit then fmap (fmap L1) gget else fmap (fmap R1) gget Left s -> return $ Left s -- | Sums: encode choice between constructors instance (GGenetic a) => GGenetic (M1 i c a) where gput (M1 x) = gput x gget = fmap (fmap M1) gget -- | Products: encode multiple arguments to constructors instance (Genetic a) => GGenetic (K1 i a) where gput (K1 x) = put x gget = do a <- get return $ fmap K1 a -- -- Instances -- instance Genetic Bool where put False = putRawWord8 0 put True = putRawWord8 1 get = fmap (fmap word8ToBool) getRawWord8 word8ToBool :: Word8 -> Bool word8ToBool x = if even x then False else True instance Genetic Char where put = putRawWord8 . fromIntegral . ord get = fmap (fmap (chr . fromIntegral)) getRawWord8 instance Genetic Word8 where put = putRawWord8 . integralToGray get = fmap (fmap grayToIntegral) getRawWord8 instance Genetic Word16 where put g = putRawWord8 high >> putRawWord8 low where x = integralToGray g high = fromIntegral (x `div` 0x100) low = fromIntegral (x `mod` 0x100) get = do h <- getRawWord8 :: Reader (Either [String] Word8) let high = fmap (\x -> fromIntegral x * 0x100) h :: Either [String] Word16 l <- getRawWord8 :: Reader (Either [String] Word8) let low = fmap fromIntegral l :: Either [String] Word16 return . fmap grayToIntegral $ (+) <$> high <*> low instance (Genetic a) => Genetic [a] instance (Genetic a) => Genetic (Maybe a) instance (Genetic a, Genetic b) => Genetic (a, b) instance (Genetic a, Genetic b) => Genetic (Either a b) -- -- Utilities -- -- | Write a Word8 value to the genome without encoding it putRawWord8 :: Word8 -> Writer () putRawWord8 x = do xs <- S.get S.put (xs ++ [x]) -- | Read a Word8 value from the genome without decoding it getRawWord8 :: Reader (Either [String] Word8) getRawWord8 = do (xs, i) <- S.get let xs' = drop i xs if null xs' then return $ Left ["End of sequence"] else do let x = head xs' S.put (xs, i+1) return $ Right x -- | Write a raw sequence of Word8 values to the genome putRawWord8s :: [Word8] -> Writer () putRawWord8s ys = do xs <- S.get S.put (xs ++ ys) -- | Read a raw sequence of Word8 values from the genome getRawWord8s :: Int -> Reader (Either [String] [Word8]) getRawWord8s n = if n == 0 then return $ Right [] else do (xs, i) <- S.get let xs' = drop i xs if null xs' || length xs' < n then return $ Left ["End of genes"] else do let ys = take n xs' S.put (xs, i+n) return $ Right ys -- -- Diploid genes -- type DiploidSequence = (Sequence, Sequence) type DiploidReader = StateT ((Sequence, Int), (Sequence, Int)) Identity readAndExpress :: (Genetic g, Diploid g) => DiploidSequence -> Either [String] g readAndExpress (s1, s2) = evalState getAndExpress ((s1, 0), (s2, 0)) runDiploidReader :: DiploidReader g -> DiploidSequence -> g runDiploidReader r (s1, s2) = evalState r ((s1, 0), (s2, 0)) -- | Return the entire genome. copy2 :: DiploidReader DiploidSequence copy2 = do (ra, rb) <- S.get let as = evalState copy ra let bs = evalState copy rb return (as, bs) -- | Return the portion of the genome that has been read. consumed2 :: DiploidReader DiploidSequence consumed2 = do (ra, rb) <- S.get let as = evalState consumed ra let bs = evalState consumed rb return (as, bs) -- | Read the next pair of genes from twin sequences of genetic -- information, and return the resulting gene (after taking -- into account any dominance relationship) and the remaining -- (unread) portion of the two nucleotide strands. getAndExpress :: (Genetic g, Diploid g) => DiploidReader (Either [String] g) getAndExpress = do (sa, sb) <- S.get let (a, sa') = runState get sa let (b, sb') = runState get sb S.put (sa', sb') return $ expressEither a b getAndExpressWithDefault :: (Genetic g, Diploid g) => g -> DiploidReader g getAndExpressWithDefault d = fmap (fromEither d) getAndExpress expressEither :: Diploid g => Either [String] g -> Either [String] g -> Either [String] g expressEither (Right a) (Right b) = Right (express a b) expressEither (Right a) (Left _) = Right a expressEither (Left _) (Right b) = Right b expressEither (Left xs) (Left ys) = Left $ (map ("sequence 1: " ++) xs) ++ (map ("sequence 2: " ++) ys) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Chaparral Star Academy
Chaparral Star Academy is a public charter school in Austin, Texas. It is an open-enrollment, publicly funded charter school in Austin, Texas. The students often participate in out-of-school activities, such as national figure skating, gymnastics, and equestrian competitions. Chaparral Star Academy offers an intensive curriculum designed for students making use of a more compact daily schedule. Students may choose from a morning session or an afternoon session. The schedule is ideal for highly motivated students involved in major programs outside of the classroom and families in need of a more flexible daily schedule.
Lower school
Grades K-5, core subjects
Middle school
Grade 6–8, high school preparatory curriculum, core subjects which allows students the opportunity to earn high school credits.
Upper school
Grade 9–12, college preparatory curriculum based on the State of Texas Distinguished high school graduation requirements, AP level instruction in most core subjects, broad range of electives, college-bound literature studies, and activities including Martial Arts and award-winning Speech and Debate. 11th and 12th grade students are strongly encouraged to participate in ACC's dual credit program, earning both high school and college credit simultaneously.
Grade K-6 are limited to 15 students; middle school and high school is limited to 20.
First graduating class: 2001
School awards
A 2008 National Charter School of the Year
Rated Exemplary by the TEA in 2009 and 2010
A 5-Year TEA Recognized Campus 2006-2008
21 Gold Performance Awards
Ranked as the number 1 Public High School in Austin by Children at Risk in 2012
A 2016 National Speech and Debate Association Middle School of Excellence | WIKI |
Onchocerca
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Onchocerca
Black fly.jpg
Adult Black Fly with Onchocerca volvulus emerging from the insect's antenna.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Secernentea
Order: Spirurida
Family: Onchocercidae
Genus: Onchocerca
Onchocerca is a genus of parasitic roundworm. It contains one human parasite - Onchocerca volvulus - which is responsible for the neglected disease Onchocerciasis, also known as "River Blindness" because the infected humans tend to live near rivers where host black flies live. Over 40 million people are infected in Africa, Central America, and South America.[1] Other species affect cattle, horses, etc.
List of species[edit]
Life cycle of Onchocerca volvulus
References[edit]
1. ^ "Medical Microbiology", Indiana State University. Accessed 14 February 2008.
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Penicillin (disambiguation)
Penicillin is a group of antibiotic medicines.
Penicillin may also refer to:
* Penicillin (band), a Japanese visual kei/alternative rock band
* Penicillin (cocktail), a cocktail based on whiskey, ginger, and lemon
* Penicillin (counter-artillery system), a Russian military sensor system
* "Penicillin (It Doesn't Mean Much)", a song by The Velvet Teen from Elysium, 2004 | WIKI |
Aspartame and Cancer Risk: Should You Put Down the Diet Coke?
Aspartame and Cancer Risk: Should You Put Down the Diet Coke?
Misagh Karimi, M.D.
If you drink diet soda to save calories, chew sugar-free gum to protect your teeth, or start your mornings with a non-fat yogurt, you may be wondering if you need to change your habits in light of new findings about aspartame — the artificial sweetener used in all of these products and many more.
In July 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) categorized aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic” to humans. The internet is filled with wild claims that anything artificial is bad for you and that diet sodas are basically toxic. On the other hand, aspartame has long been one of the most-used — and most-studied — sweeteners in the world and has been FDA-approved for decades.
All of this news can be a bit overwhelming and confusing. So, what do these new findings mean for you?
The short answer for most adults is this — you don’t need to worry about having a diet soft drink every now and then. But cutting back on sugar and artificial sweeteners is worth the effort.
It’s always best to consume whole, unprocessed foods, including fruit, vegetables and plant-based sources of protein. They not only help reduce cancer risk but provide a host of overall health benefits.
What the WHO says
The WHO actually released two reports on aspartame at the same time. The first report said aspartame is possibly linked to cancer — in other words, it is potentially harmful. The second said aspartame is generally safe unless consumed in very large amounts — that is, the actual risk is low.
The WHO cautions against jumping to conclusions, saying that the reports were primarily meant to encourage further research.
What’s been lost in the news is that the WHO reported in May there is little evidence artificial sweeteners help reduce body fat and they may increase risk of type 2 diabetes and heart problems.
What the FDA and others say
Aspartame was approved by the FDA as safe for use in food in 1981; since then, no evidence has emerged that’s compelling enough for the FDA to reverse its decision.
The FDA sets the acceptable daily intake of aspartame at 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day and says approved sweeteners are safe when used in moderation That works out to a daily amount of around:
• 17-18 cans of diet soda
• 75 Equals or Nutrasweets
• 23 Splendas, Sweet Ones or Newtames
• 45 Sweet’N Lows
• 9 Truvias
That should be plenty for most people.
A 2022 study found that people who consumed higher amounts of aspartame had a slightly higher risk overall of developing cancer, especially breast cancer and obesity-related cancers. However, it is unclear precisely what amount of aspartame a person would need to consume over time to increase their risk of developing cancer.
Enjoy sweeteners in moderation
The news about aspartame is not something most people need to worry about. Being on the WHO’s list of possible carcinogens — a list that also includes aloe vera and Asian pickled vegetables — does not mean aspartame causes cancer. At most, there is limited evidence suggesting a possible link. It is hard to disprove that something is “possible,” and no strong connections between aspartame and cancer have been established despite decades of research.
Instead, recognize this as an opportunity to take action and reduce your cancer risk by making healthy dietary choices — the sooner, the better.
What I recommend to my patients is to moderate their intake of sugar and artificial sweeteners and eat a diet low in animal fat, low in processed foods and high in vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
If you consume aspartame regularly and are worried about its potential effects on your health, ask your physician for individualized guidance.
Misagh Karimi, M.D., is the director of clinical operations at City of Hope Newport Beach and a medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal cancers at City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center in Irvine.
To make an appointment at any of City of Hope’s Orange County locations, call 888-333-HOPE (4673).
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Talk:Starfruit
I removed the disambiguation and changed it to a direct redirect. My reasoning behind this was that "starfruit" is much more commonly used to refer to the fruit, not the plant. I have added about to the carambola page though. If you disagree feel free to comment or revert my change. - down load ׀ talk 01:51, 4 November 2011 (UTC) | WIKI |
South Africa watchdog to oppose Zuma bid to set aside influence peddling report
JOHANNESBURG, June 19 (Reuters) - South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog will oppose President Jacob Zuma’s court bid to set aside an influence-peddling report, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said on Monday. The Public Protector, a constitutionally-mandated watchdog, released the report in November last year, after an extensive probe over allegations of influence-peddling against Zuma, whose administration has been marred by scandals. The carefully worded report by Thuli Madonsela, Mkhwebane predecessor, stopped short of asserting that crimes had been committed and called for a judge to investigate the allegations. Zuma has denied any wrongdoing, and is challenging the Public Protector’s report in court. (Reporting by Tiisetso Motsoeneng; Writing by Ed Stoddard; Editing by James Macharia) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Portal:Comics/Anniversaries/March/March 16
* 1892: debut of Kamratposten, Swedish children's magazine
* 1927: birth of Gino D'Antonio, Italian comics writer and artist known for the comic book series Storia del West
* 1957: birth of Steve Lafler, American comic book writer, artist, and editor, and publisher for Cat-Head Comics
* 1958: birth of Kate Worley, American comic book writer known for Omaha the Cat Dancer
* 1961: birth of Todd McFarlane, Canadian comics artist and writer best known for his work on Spider-Man
* 1966: birth of Gary Shipman, American comic books artist best known for Pakkins' Land
* 1969: birth of Harold Sakuishi, Japanese manga artist
* 2004: launch of Two Lumps, American webcomic by James L. Grant and Mel Hynes
* 2017: death of Skip Williamson, American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement | WIKI |
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ABSTRACT: Cardiac surgical procedures assisted by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) impair cognitive functions. Several studies, however, showed that cognitive functions were unaffected in patients undergoing either primary coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or more complex surgery assisted by CPB. Therefore, we conducted a straightforward study to compare patient groups who differed significantly in terms of risk factors such as prolonged CPB times. Consecutive patients (n = 54) were included, undergoing either non-primary CABG, e.g. valve and/or CABG, (n = 30) or primary CABG (n = 24), assisted by CPB. Cognitive function was determined pre-operatively on the day of hospital admission, and post-operatively after one and six months using the Cognitive Drug Research computerized assessment battery. Data from the fourteen individual task variables were summarized in four composite scores: Power of Attention (PoA), Continuity of Attention (CoA), Quality of Episodic Memory (QoEM), and Speed of Memory (SoM). In the non-primary CABG patients, both CoA and QoEM improved after 1 month (p = 0.001 and p = 0.016, respectively), whereas, after 6 months, CoA (p = 0.002), QoEM (p = 0.002) and SoM (p < 0.001) were improved. In primary CABG patients, CoA improved at one month after surgery (p = 0.002) and, after six months, not only CoA (p = 0.003), but also QoEM and SoM were improved (p = 0.001 and p = 0.030, respectively). The test performance was similar in non-primary and primary CABG patients after surgery. Our present study shows a post-operative improvement of cognitive composite scores after cardiac surgery assisted by CPB in both non-primary CABG and in primary CABG patients.
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Talk:Trust money
Good job! :D Bonkers The Clown (Nonsensical Babble) 05:25, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
Possible merge with IOLTA and/or creation of Lawyer Trust Account
I've just created this Trust money article that concentrates on withdrawing trust money for legal costs in Australia. There is also an article on Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts that exists and is based on America. What are editor opinions on creating Lawyer Trust Account and have it cover at least Australia and America and cover at least the topics of interest earned on the trust money (and how that interest is used) and the laws regulating the handling of trust money. One article could get very large so it may be better to rename Trust money to Withdrawing trust money for legal costs and be more specific, Also allow the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts to be more specific and use the Lawyer Trust Account for the general top level regulations applying to each State and Country. I'd also like to integrate them with Law Society, Legal Practitioners Conduct Board, Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal and Bar association and other legal organizations. I have created 2 user articles - User:Philiashasspots/Legal Practitioners Conduct Board and User:Philiashasspots/Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal that I was going to add details for the Australian State LPDTs and LPCBs. I have notified 3 other editors of this discussion who may have an interest. User_talk:Bearian User_talk:Rewinn and User_talk:Bilby Philiashasspots (talk) 23:35, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
* I would go along with a merger. Bearian (talk) 00:15, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
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Andy John
Andrew Thomas Griffith John (called Andy; born 9 January 1964) is the current Archbishop of Wales, of the Church in Wales. He became the Bishop of Bangor in 2008 and was appointed archbishop in 2021.
Early life
A native of Aberystwyth, John attended Ysgol Penglais before studying law at the University of Wales, Cardiff. After graduating in 1986, he studied theology at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 1988, followed by a diploma in pastoral studies at St John's College, Nottingham in 1989.
Ordained ministry
He was ordained deacon in the Diocese of St Davids and a priest at Petertide 1990 (on 30 June at St Davids Cathedral by George Noakes, Bishop of St Davids and Archbishop of Wales). Until his election as Bishop of Bangor, all his ministry was in the Diocese of St David's. Initially he was curate for Cardigan, Y Ferwig and Mwnt from 1989 to 1991 and then in Aberystwyth from 1991 to 1992. He was a vicar in the Rectorial Benefice of Aberystwyth from 1992 to 1999. From 1999 he was vicar of Henfynyw with Aberaeron and Llanddewi Aberarth, to which was added Llanbadarn Trefeglwys in 2005. In 2006 he was appointed vicar of Pencarreg and Llanycrwys and the Archdeacon of Cardigan.
Episcopal ministry
John was elected Bishop of Bangor on 9 October 2008 and was consecrated in Llandaff Cathedral on 29 November 2008, along with the new Bishop of St David's, Wyn Evans. He was enthroned in Bangor Cathedral on 24 January 2009.
On 6 December 2021, John was elected to serve as Archbishop of Wales (remaining Bishop of Bangor) by an Electoral College of the Church in Wales meeting at Holy Trinity Church, Llandrindod Wells; his election was confirmed (and therefore he legally took up the archiepiscopal See) immediately. He was formally enthroned as Archbishop of Wales on 30 April 2022.
He was honoured as a member of Gorsedd Cymru in 2023 as had two previous archbishops of Wales, Barry Morgan and Rowan Williams.
Views
John identifies himself with the Evangelical tradition of Anglicanism. However, some of his actions and views also align with Catholicism and with liberalism.
Personal life
He and his first wife, Reverend Caroline John, have four children. Following their divorce, he remarried. | WIKI |
User:Crakkerjakk/Sandbox
* Stars
* Lance Kerwin
* Linden Chiles
* Lynn Carlin
* Kim Richards
* Guest Starring
* Melissa Sue Anderson
* Special Appearance by
* Vincent Van Patten
* Dennis Rucker as Tiger
* Jennifer Shaw as Mrs. Larson
* John Devlin as Salesman
* Tom Lacy as Counselor
* Benny Medina as Roland
* Lanny Horn as Tom
* Raymond Singer as Jonah
* Produced by Martin Manulis
* Written by Dan Wakefield
* Directed by Joseph Hardy
* Music - Richard Baskin
* "James" - sung by Lee Montgomery - words and music by Richard Baskin
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Plato's number
Plato's number is a number enigmatically referred to by Plato in his dialogue the Republic (8.546b). The text is notoriously difficult to understand and its corresponding translations do not allow an unambiguous interpretation. There is no real agreement either about the meaning or the value of the number. It also has been called the "geometrical number" or the "nuptial number" (the "number of the bride"). The passage in which Plato introduced the number has been discussed ever since it was written, with no consensus in the debate. As for the number's actual value, 216 is the most frequently proposed value for it, but 3,600 or 12,960,000 are also commonly considered.
An incomplete list of authors who mention or discourse about includes the names of Aristotle, Proclus for antiquity; Ficino and Cardano during the Renaissance; Zeller, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Paul Tannery and Friedrich Hultsch in the 19th century and further new names are currently added.
Further in the Republic (9.587b) another number is mentioned, known as the "Number of the Tyrant".
Plato's text
Great lexical and syntactical differences are easily noted between the many translations of the Republic. Below is a typical text from a relatively recent translation of Republic 546b–c: Now for divine begettings there is a period comprehended by a perfect number, and for mortal by the first in which augmentations dominating and dominated when they have attained to three distances and four limits of the assimilating and the dissimilating, the waxing and the waning, render all things conversable and commensurable [546c] with one another, whereof a basal four-thirds wedded to the pempad yields two harmonies at the third augmentation, the one the product of equal factors taken one hundred times, the other of equal length one way but oblong,-one dimension of a hundred numbers determined by the rational diameters of the pempad lacking one in each case, or of the irrational lacking two; the other dimension of a hundred cubes of the triad. And this entire geometrical number is determinative of this thing, of better and inferior births.
The 'entire geometrical number', mentioned shortly before the end of this text, is understood to be Plato's number. The introductory words mention (a period comprehended by) 'a perfect number' which is taken to be a reference to Plato's perfect year mentioned in his Timaeus (39d). The words are presented as uttered by the muses, so the whole passage is sometimes called the 'speech of the muses' or something similar. Indeed, Philip Melanchthon compared it to the proverbial obscurity of the Sibyls. Cicero famously described it as 'obscure' but others have seen some playfulness in its tone.
Interpretations
Shortly after Plato's time his meaning apparently did not cause puzzlement as Aristotle's casual remark attests. Half a millennium later, however, it was an enigma for the Neoplatonists, who had a somewhat mystic penchant and wrote frequently about it, proposing geometrical and numerical interpretations. Next, for nearly a thousand years, Plato's texts disappeared and it is only in the Renaissance that the enigma briefly resurfaced. During the 19th century, when classical scholars restored original texts, the problem reappeared. Schleiermacher interrupted his edition of Plato for a decade while attempting to make sense of the paragraph. Victor Cousin inserted a note that it has to be skipped in his French translation of Plato's works. In the early 20th century, scholarly findings suggested a Babylonian origin for the topic.
Most interpreters argue that the value of Plato's number is 216 because it is the cube of 6, i.e. 6$3$ = 216, which is remarkable for also being the sum of the cubes for the Pythagorean triple (3, 4, 5): 3$3$ + 4$3$ + 5$3$ = 6$3$.
Such considerations tend to ignore the second part of the text where some other numbers and their relations are described. The opinions tend to converge about their values being 480,000 and 270,000 but there is little agreement about the details. It has been noted that 6$4$ yields 1296 and 48 × 27 = 36 × 36 = 1296. Instead of multiplication some interpretations consider the sum of these factors: 48 + 27 = 75.
Other values that have been proposed include:
* 17,500 = 100 × 100 + 4800 + 2700, by Otto Weber (1862).
* 760,000 = 750,000 + 10,000 = 19 × 4 × 10000, 19 being obtained from ($4⁄3$ + 5) × 3 and being the number of years in the Metonic cycle.
* 8128 = 2$6$ × (2$7$ − 1), a perfect number proposed by Cardano. It is known that such numbers can be decomposed into the sum of consecutive odd cubes, so 8128 = 1$3$ + 3$3$ + 5$3$ + ... + 15$3$.
* 1728 = 12$3$ = 8 × 12 × 18, by Marsilio Ficino (1496).
* 5040 = 144 × 35 = (3 + 4 + 5)$2$ × (2$3$ + 3$3$), by Jacob Friedrich Fries (1823). | WIKI |
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298 rushed to the breach near the Kashmír bastion, and in a few seconds gained the crest of the glacis. Upon them there the whole fire of the rebels seemed to be concentrated. So fierce was it that for ten minutes it was impossible to let down the ladders. At last they let down two, and down these the officers led their men. Once in the ditch, to mount the escarp and scramble up the breach was the work of a few seconds. There the rebels, who had been so bold up to that point, did not await them. They could not stand the hand-to-hand encounter, but fell back on the second line. The breach at this point was won.
Simultaneously the second column, its engineers in front, pressed forward towards the breach in the Water bastion, whilst the storming party, carrying the ladders, moved to the appointed spot, and though exposed to a tremendous fire, which made great execution in their ranks, let down their ladders and carried the breach; their supports, by mistake, rushed to the counterscarp of the curtain, slid into the ditch, climbed the breach, and won the rampart. The mistake was a fortunate one, for although the actual storming party had been reduced by the fire concentrated upon it in its advance to twenty-five, the supports entering into a vital point of the defences, where an attack had not been anticipated, paralysed the rebels. Jones promptly seized the situation to clear the ramparts as far as the Kábul gate, on the summit of which he planted the column flag, carried that day by Private Andrew Laughnan of the 61st.
Meanwhile, the forlorn hope, composed of the two officers and their following, whose names are given in a preceding page, had advanced straight on to the Kashmír gate, in the face of a very heavy fire. Arrived | WIKI |
UKRD Group
The UKRD Group Ltd was a British media company that owned 15 commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. The name originates from UK Radio Developments. Since its acquisition in March 2019, it has been run as a subsidiary of Bauer Radio.
History
Formed on 22 August 1990 as a company to invest in commercial stations following the relaxation of station ownership laws, its first investment was a stake in Cornwall's Pirate FM 102, which was designed and launched by former County Sound boss Mike Powell who, after leaving County Sound, had formed Infinity Radio. Shortly after the launch, Infinity Radio merged with UK Radio Developments and Powell became CEO of the embryonic UKRD Group. Under Powell's leadership, UKRD became one of the fastest growing private radio groups in the UK, rapidly adding Star FM in Slough and winning the Guildford radio franchise which gave birth to 96.4 The Eagle, the new County Sound (a recreation of the original Guildford commercial station of the same name) and Delta Radio. Subsequently, it acquired several more stations, and launched further stations on the issue of new local licences.
UKRD acquired a significant minority share-holding in Faze FM, which ran Kiss 102 in Manchester and Kiss 105 in Yorkshire. The stations had a branding deal with EMAP's Kiss FM, London. UKRD sold its interests in the Kiss stations in 1997 to the Chrysalis Group, who added them to its Galaxy Radio network. It also had a helping hand in the launch of South Hams Radio in December 1999, which was closed in 2009 to make way for Heart.
From 2001, the head of the organisation was William Rogers, one-time leader of Penwith District Council, Cornwall.
UKRD Group's head office was within the Carn Brea Studios of Pirate FM 102 in Redruth, Cornwall. It also had offices in Guildford, Exeter and Bristol.
In 2009, it acquired The Local Radio Company which had 20 local radio stations. UKRD disposed of many non-profitable stations, as well as re-branding Alpha Radio, Minster Northallerton and Durham FM into Star Radio North East.
In 2010, UKRD was ranked 27th in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For (SMEs) and was ranked first in the same category every year between 2011 and 2014.
In July 2018, Global announced it had bought 2BR from UKRD. The station was previously merged with The Bee.
In March 2019, Bauer Radio acquired 10 stations from UKRD as well as three local DAB multiplexes and the interest in First Radio Sales
Stations previously owned by UKRD Group
Prior to their sale to Bauer Radio, UKRD owned the following stations:
* 2BR Radio 2BR
* Eagle Radio
* Eagle 70s
* Eagle 80s
* Encore Radio
* Escape to Cornwall
* KL.FM 96.7
* Minster FM
* Mix 96
* Pirate FM
* Pirate 70s
* Spire FM
* Spirit FM
* Stray FM
* Wessex FM
* Yorkshire Coast Radio
Crowdfunded local 'replacements' for former UKRD Group stations
As most of the UKRD Group stations were rebranded under the Greatest Hits Radio brand by Bauer Radio, a number of schemes were launched to establish local radio 'replacements' for these services, many of which featured the same staff/presenters as the UKRD stations and many of which were set up through crowdfunding schemes. In Sussex, V2 Radio was set up to fill the gap vacated by Spirit FM, with test transmissions starting in West Sussex in December 2020, and the new service launching fully on 18 January 2021. In York, YorkMix Radio launched with former presenters from Minster FM on air, after a successful crowdfunding scheme to get local radio back on air, whilst in the Aldershot and Woking area, Radio Biscuit could be found with presenters from Eagle Radio. and Your Harrogate Radio is scheduled to launch on 1 March. | WIKI |
Fletcher Benton
Fletcher C. Benton (February 25, 1931 – June 26, 2019) was an American sculptor and painter from San Francisco, California. Benton was widely known for his kinetic art as well as his large-scale steel abstract geometric sculptures.
Life
Born in the coal, nugget and iron-producing district of southern Ohio, Benton was a successful sign painter as a youth. After serving in the United States Navy, he graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1956. Thereafter he moved to San Francisco, and began as an instructor at the California College of Arts and Crafts and then went to Europe, traveling by his motorcycle through Scandinavia, Holland, Belgium and France; he spent some time in Paris and then in New York and later moved back to San Francisco.
Benton was a part of the Beatnik movement in San Francisco during the ‘50s and ‘60s working as a sign painter by day and an expressionist artist (painting) by night. In 1961, he had a solo exhibition at the California Palace Legion of Honor, showing his portraits of fellow artists like David Simpson and William Morehouse. Frustrated with the limitations of paint on canvas, Benton began to work with movement in geometric pattern pieces and boxes which he was familiar with from his work in commercial signs. This was at the beginning of the kinetic movement; Benton worked largely in isolation, unaware of other efforts of kinetic artists. His early works of this series were exhibited at Gump's Gallery in San Francisco.
In the late 1970s, he abandoned kinetic art, switching to more traditional media for sculpture: bronze and steel.[5] These works are designed to be viewed from all angles and have often been characterized as new constructivism; he worked in this style until his death in 2019. Some of his most popular series in this style are the Folded Square Alphabets and Numericals, Folded Circle, Donuts, and Steel Watercolors.
Benton has large-scale steel sculptures permanently installed world-wide including San Francisco's Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, Grounds For Sculpture sculpture park in Hamilton, NJ, the city of Cologne, Germany, the city of Berlin, among others.
Public collections
His work is included in the collections of the:
* Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
* Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
* Brooklyn Museum
* Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
* Whitney Museum of American Art
* Minneapolis Institute of Art
* Grounds For Sculpture
* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
* Stanford Museum of Art
* Albright-Knox Art Gallery
* Denver Art Museum
* The Victoria and Albert Museum
* Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
* Laumeier Sculpture Park
* Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany
* Rockefeller Collection
* Sheldon Museum of Art
* Boulevard Jacqmain corner in Brussels Belgium
* de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Fletcher Benton, Going Around the Corner with X, 2008, painted steel, Gift of the artist with assistance from Paula Kirkeby, in honor of William Rewak, S.J., 2013.4.1.
Works
* Tilted Donut Wedge with Two Balls, Besselpark, Berlin
* Donut No. 3, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri (Replica of Titled Donut Wedge with Two Balls)
Awards
In 2008, Fletcher Benton was a recipient of the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. In 1993 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Miami University at the Miami University Art Museum. His sculpture Folded Circle Two Squares was the founding piece and one of the signature sculptures of the Miami University's 3 acre Sculpture Park which now features works by Mark di Suvero, Nancy Holt, and others. In 1995, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters by the University of Rio Grande, located in Gallia County, Ohio.
Interviews
* KQED Spark segment on Fletcher Benton. Original air date: March 2008.
* Karlstrom, Paul. Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Oral history interview with Fletcher Benton, 1989 May 2–4.
* . Original airdate: October, 2010. | WIKI |
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Etymology
Literally: "Year from a year". Akin to 🇨🇬.
Adverb
* 1) year by year
* 2) every year | WIKI |
mcrl2::data::data_expression
Include file:
#include "mcrl2/data/data_expression.h
class mcrl2::data::data_expression
data expression.
A data expression can be any of:variablefunction symbolapplicationabstractionwhere clauseset enumerationbag enumeration brief A data expression
Public member functions
data_expression()
brief Default constructor.
data_expression(const atermpp::aterm &term)
brief Constructor. param term A term
data_expression(const data_expression&) noexcept = default
Move semantics.
data_expression(data_expression&&) noexcept = default
bool is_default_data_expression() const
A function to efficiently determine whether a data expression is made by the default constructor.
application operator()(const data_expression &e) const
Apply a data expression to a data expression.
application operator()(const data_expression &e1, const data_expression &e2) const
Apply data expression to two data expressions.
application operator()(const data_expression &e1, const data_expression &e2, const data_expression &e3) const
Apply data expression to three data expressions.
application operator()(const data_expression &e1, const data_expression &e2, const data_expression &e3, const data_expression &e4) const
Apply data expression to four data expressions.
data_expression &operator=(const data_expression&) noexcept = default
data_expression &operator=(data_expression&&) noexcept = default
sort_expression sort() const
Returns the sort of the data expression.
Private member functions
const_iterator begin() const
const_iterator end() const | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Pristina
Pristina (Albanian: Prishtinë, Serbian: Priština), the capital city of Kosovo, is not beautiful: it is messy, with centuries-old Ottoman heritage competing with communist designs and post-communist architectural monstrosities. However, there is a powerful draw to this city of 162,000 people (2011), offering much to passing visitors.
Understand
As the youngest capital city in Europe, Pristina has the physical remnants of the periods of old and new. After a rapid modernization campaign in the mid-20th century, much of the historic centre was destroyed and, as a result, only a small portion remains. However amongst what's left are many hidden gems to be found, and the areas that were lost have been replaced by modern structures and monuments that speak more to Kosovo's fascinating recent history than to any other period of time. Whilst the concrete jungle of Pristina's centre can be quite overwhelming, there are plenty of opportunities to get out into the nature of the city's parks and its beautiful rolling outskirts, as well as an abundance of easy day trip possibilities all around the region. Along the main boulevard, Rr Nëne Terezë/Mother Teresa St., you can feel a palpable energy from the wide mix of amiable, welcoming locals and international residents enjoying the bustling street life and vibrant coffee culture that exists during the day.
Come the evening, restaurants, bars and nightclubs across the city fill with a variety of customers and music, offering many options, from a quiet local beer with friends to a heavy night of dancing that can last well into the next day. Pristina is a city that loves to almost constantly host events and festivals, so chances are high that you'll walk into a unique cultural experience that you hadn't anticipated.
* Pristina Tourist Information Office
Talk
The main language you will hear in the street is Albanian. English is widely spoken in the 3-km² space in the centre of town where internationals and those working for international organizations predominate. The further you go from the centre, the less likely you will be to hear English spoken. However, most people from Pristina, especially young people, speak at least a little English, or will happily find a friend who does, so you are unlikely to have any difficulties getting by.
Navigating around the city is easy even if you don't speak or read Albanian. The city centre is small and walkable (though watch out for crazy drivers who often hop sidewalks and plow through intersections), and people are generally receptive to efforts to communicate in broken Albanian and English. Serbian is Kosovo's other official language, but it is seldom heard on the streets in the capital. You should be able to speak Serbian in some government offices, but you should avoid speaking it in public, except in Serbian areas, where you should be avoid speaking in Albanian. German is easily the next most widely spoken foreign language. Ties between the Kosovo Albanian diaspora in Germany and Switzerland and Kosovo are very strong, as many older Kosovo Albanians have lived and worked in Germany and Switzerland.
By plane
Getting there and away:
* By bus – Public bus line 1A to and from the airport costs €3 and leaves every two hours between 08:00-24:00 from the airport and between 07:00-23:00 from Pristina—although in September 2023 the airport website states opening hours to 20:00.
* By taxi – There is a fixed price for taxis from the airport to Pristina of €25.
By bus
There/away by taxi: If you decide to take a taxi from the bus station, try to get the ones that are branded since they have taximeters which starts at €1.50, and overall are cheaper than private ones. A trip to the city center should cost no more than €3. Anything more than this is a ripoff. Some of the drivers will even quote you prices as high as €15.You can negotiate the price with the private ones, and you should agree ahead about the price to your destination.
Coming in Kosovo from the surrounding countries is fairly easy, due to the amount of buses with a regular daily schedule.
Bus from Albania
Bus from Tirana: 05:30; 06:00; 07:00; 14:00; 14:30; 15:00; 16:00; 17:00; 17:30; 18:00; 20:00. The ticket price is €10 one way or €15 return and takes at least 4 hours due to the numerous stops.
Bus from Shkodër is at: 17:40; 19:40; and 21:10. The bus actually departs at Ulcinj in Montenegro and stops in the city's outskirts and stops to pick up people up in Shkodër before going onwards to Pristina. The ticket price is between €12-15.
Bus from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Overnight bus from Sarajevo (east) runs daily, departing at 22:00, via Novi Pazar, Serbia. At the ticket office in Sarajevo, you have to buy a ticket to Novi Pazar. Don't worry: the same bus continues on to Pristina, so when you get to Novi Pazar, just stay on the bus and tell the ticket person that you want to buy a ticket to Pristina. Trip to Novi Pazar takes about 7½ hours (€15 one-way or €22 with a return ticket - return has to be within a month) and arrives in Novi Pazar at around 05:30, just stay on the same bus and buy the ticket to Pristina (€7 one-way, takes about 3 hours).
Alternatively, you can take the day bus from Sarajevo to Novi Pazar (Bus departs daily from Sarajevo at 15:00, takes about 7 hours, €15 one-way). Spend the night there and continue on to Pristina the next day as buses depart frequently through the day; buses from Novi Pazar to Skopje, North Macedonia also make stops in Mitrovica and Pristina. This bus stops on the road right outside of the main bus station in Pristina.
Bus from Montenegro
Bus from Podgorica runs daily, once a day, starts at 21:30. The ticket price is €16-18.
Bus from Ulcinj is at: 16:00; 18:00; 19:30. The ticket price is €15, one way.
Bus from North Macedonia
Bus from Skopje starts at 08:00 or 10:00, several times a day until 18/19:00. (550 denar or €10, one-way) (as of Dec 2022).
Bus from Serbia
Bus from Belgrade: 12:00; 16:30; 21:30. The ticket is €15 one way.
Bus from Niš is at: 08:00; 13:45. The ticket is €8-10.
Bus from Novi Pazar (see the section on traveling by bus from Bosnia and Herzegovina)
On general information on border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, see Kosovo.
By train
There are trains which travel from North Macedonia and Serbia to Pristina. These take a long time to get there. See Kosovo
By car
Apart from the highway to Albania and the modern one to the border with Macedonia, the connection with other cities is fairly close but roads are not well maintained and traffic can be heavy at times.
By bus
City buses run every 5 minutes on the main central routes (Lines 3 and 4), while other lines run every 15 minutes. The last bus is at 23:30. The cost is €0.50 (2023) and payment is made to a conductor on the bus. See the map of bus lines, this is out of date but can be used as a general guide - for example, as of September 2023 Line 2 no longer runs, and some bus stops have new names. The closure of bulevardi Xhorxh Bush to traffic until November 2023 means some lines taking diversions. Further information including routes and timetables can be found (in Albanian) on the Trafiku Urban website.
By taxi
Taxis are abundant with prices starting at €1.50. Make sure to pick a branded taxi since those are metered. No trip around the centre or from the centre to Arbëria, Velania, Sunny Hill (Kodra e Diellit), etc. should cost more than €4. All taxi companies use online communication platforms like Viber and WhatsApp.
By car
The roads in Pristina (and in general throughout Kosovo) are pretty good, but improvements are still being made. Nevertheless, caution should be made about slow moving vehicles. Traffic is heavy during working hours in Pristina and in the summer when diaspora comes. Sometimes you might get stuck in traffic due to road repairs/improvements. There is a free toll highway from the border with Albania (Morine border crossing) all the way to Pristina, which takes just more than an hour to get too, compared to 3 hours that it used to take.
Museums and galleries
* National Museum of Kosovo.jpg
* Goddess on the Throne is a terracotta figurine found at a site near Pristina in 1956. It represents a well-preserved specimen of small Neolithic artifacts from the Vinca culture (5700–4500 BC). The figurine represents a female deity, representing the cult of the great mother idol. It is considered one of Kosovo's most precious archaeological artifacts and is preserved in the National Museum of the country. The Museum and the Municipality of Pristina has adopted the image of the 'Goddess' as the institution’s distinctive logo.Hyjnesha muze.jpg
* Goddess on the Throne is a terracotta figurine found at a site near Pristina in 1956. It represents a well-preserved specimen of small Neolithic artifacts from the Vinca culture (5700–4500 BC). The figurine represents a female deity, representing the cult of the great mother idol. It is considered one of Kosovo's most precious archaeological artifacts and is preserved in the National Museum of the country. The Museum and the Municipality of Pristina has adopted the image of the 'Goddess' as the institution’s distinctive logo.Hyjnesha muze.jpg
* Ethnographic Museum in Prishtina.jpg
Parks
Do
* Stay out late because the streets are safe and Albanians love foreigners. Also go out to bars and such, as they are usually filled but make sure you drink some "Peja" beer (Key word PEJA)
* Privately owned outdoor swimming pools are springing up around Kosovo, some just outside the city and worth the euro to cool off in the summer.
* Hike to the Bear Sanctuary through Gërmia Park. It is a good 8 km from the city but with rewarding views on a good day. From the sanctuary you can take back the bus along the main road—see sanctuary website for more details.
* Watch football – Fadil Vokrri Stadium, capacity 13,500, in city centre, hosts Kosovo's national soccer team. It's also the home ground of Pristina FC, who play in Football Superleague of Kosovo, the country's top tier: they often win it and qualify for European competitions.
* Privately owned outdoor swimming pools are springing up around Kosovo, some just outside the city and worth the euro to cool off in the summer.
* Hike to the Bear Sanctuary through Gërmia Park. It is a good 8 km from the city but with rewarding views on a good day. From the sanctuary you can take back the bus along the main road—see sanctuary website for more details.
* Watch football – Fadil Vokrri Stadium, capacity 13,500, in city centre, hosts Kosovo's national soccer team. It's also the home ground of Pristina FC, who play in Football Superleague of Kosovo, the country's top tier: they often win it and qualify for European competitions.
Places
* National Theatre, Pristina 2012.JPG
Festivals and events
Kosovo's festival scene is on the rise throughout the Balkans. There are many festivals that take place throughout the year in Pristina. New festivals are also popping up all of the time. If you are planning to travel to Pristina it is a great idea to see if any of the major festivals are happening throughout your stay. The most popular festivals in Pristina are centered on music, art and alcohol. The most up-to-date information for festivals can be found on their Facebook page
* Manifesta 14 Prishtina – A prominent European contemporary art event, that will take place in the summer of 2022 for a 100-day programme of exhibitions, workshops, tours and events all around town.
* Sunny Hill Festival – An international music festival organized by Sunny Hill Foundation taking place in Gërmia Park since 2018. The 3-day festival occurs in early August and hosts big names in the modern music industry, such as: Miley Cyrus, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix, Dua Lipa, etc.
* Beer and Wine Festival – Usually takes place at the end of June on the platform behind “Newborn” monument. The Beer and Wine Festival is set up with several booths selling local and international beers at low prices. The festival has two large music stages and gets quite lively late at night. It can sometimes be difficult with queues but once you get in there is plenty of space for everyone to have a good time.
* PriFilm fest – Multiple stages around town (+383 38 221 144). PriFilm Fest is one of Pristina's most famous international film festivals. The festival is set up with multiple screening locations around town. PriFilm Fest presents the city with many first time premieres in Kosovo and world premieres. The quality of films that are shown are quite remarkable. The festival is also known for their after parties.
* Erdhlezeti (Fazli Grajcevci across from Dit e Nat bar) – This annual block party music festival takes place in the parking lot across from the well known café Dit' e Nat'. This festival is dedicated to music, the change of seasons and especially to the arrival of Summer. Beer, barbecue and love are the other ingredients that make this day special. It is a favourite with bands playing live into the night.
* Visions of Beyond (hapesira) (Kalaja e Harilaqit) – Visions of Beyond is festival that combines techno music with cultural heritage. The festival takes place yearly at a fortress on one of the small mountains overlooking Pristina. The organizers bring in up-and-coming DJs from Western Europe that transport us to a new place and time.
* Turkish Jazz Week – Turkish Jazz Week (typically during the month of May) brings together Turkish and Kosovar musicians to serenade us with their beautiful sounds for a week long every year.
* NO RECESS – The newest arts platform in Pristina, Kosovo, spontaneously launched but aiming to become a sustainable, long-term project. NO RECESS Live Music Festival is a 7-day event that will bring seven live performances (one each night of the festival) by international and local alternative music artists.
Buy
* For shopping, Pristina is full of good bargains but low on selection. Silver is sold in the old quarter and is a pretty good value; Albanians are known throughout the former Yugoslavia as silversmiths.
* The outdoor bookstalls adjacent to the Grand Hotel are a good place to pick up your copy of the Code of Lekë Dukagjini. Or a map of Pristina that most likely has names for all the streets no one has ever heard of.
* For shopping, Pristina is full of good bargains but low on selection. Silver is sold in the old quarter and is a pretty good value; Albanians are known throughout the former Yugoslavia as silversmiths.
* The outdoor bookstalls adjacent to the Grand Hotel are a good place to pick up your copy of the Code of Lekë Dukagjini. Or a map of Pristina that most likely has names for all the streets no one has ever heard of.
* For shopping, Pristina is full of good bargains but low on selection. Silver is sold in the old quarter and is a pretty good value; Albanians are known throughout the former Yugoslavia as silversmiths.
* The outdoor bookstalls adjacent to the Grand Hotel are a good place to pick up your copy of the Code of Lekë Dukagjini. Or a map of Pristina that most likely has names for all the streets no one has ever heard of.
Eat
There are a variety of restaurants with something for everyone's taste. Radio taxi drivers will know the location of most major restaurants frequented by internationals. Try a traditional qebabtore (you can find one anywhere), or a Turkish doner shop (best ones around the corner from Payton Place, near UNDP) for a real taste of the local food and great value. If you are a foreigner you may have to do a fair bit of pointing to order, but it should be worth it.
Drink
Pristina is a destination known for the experience it provides. A massive part of that experience will be sightseeing the many cafés and bars that have diverse yet stylish interiors around town. The nightlife and festival scene in Pristina has improved rapidly in the past two years and is predominantly known for techno music. Whilst visiting Pristina you will not go thirsty, thanks to the variety of local, low cost delights. The water is clear and safe to drink in Pristina. As a foreigner, you will not have a problem drinking water from the tap, but if you prefer bottled water there are 13 local water brands for you to consume.
A unique quality of Pristina is the passion behind the coffee culture, and emphasis on the craft of making espresso-based coffee. Internationals have assisted in spreading the word about how delicious the macchiato are in cafés around town. Kosovo baristas and patrons have high expectations for how well coffee is made and care put into producing each cup for the city that loves to drink coffee. The Kosovo macchiato can be described as stronger, shorter latte (or a flat white to those from down under) and is served either small (similar to a piccolo) or large (a regular size).
Pristina's bars and cafés stock some of the best local spirits produced around the country. The most common local beer that you will find around town is Peja. Peja beer is an easy to drink lager made in the west of Kosovo. Other local beers you can find around town are Pristina, Greembeer and Sabaja. Sabaja is the only local craft brewery in Kosovo. Most wine produced in Kosovo comes from in and around Rahovec in the south west of Kosovo. Local wines have improved over time and you are often served a heavy pour for a fair price at most cafes and bars. Wine marketing is still up and coming in Kosovo, so when you order at a bar it is regular practice to order in a general fashion; red, white or rose. Don't let this discourage you from asking the waiter about the wine options they have at their establishment. Most establishments will stock a variety. Rajika (Raki), local homemade brandy, is served at most cafes and bars around town. Raki (singular form) is served in a shot glass and meant to be sipped and enjoyed. It can be made from various fruits and nuts, however the most popular varieties you can find in Pristina bars are grape, pear, apple and quince.
In addition to the wide variety of cafes and bars you can find around town, you also have constant events happening on the main boulevard, such as a Christmas market in November or December serving mulled wine and warm spiced rum every day and night. It is worth taking a wander throughout the boulevard during your stay as Pristina is famous in the region for the constant pop-up festivals that occur. These include fresh fruit and vegetable markets, coffee and tea festival, wine and local craft festivals and more, all taking place on the main boulevard throughout the year.
Most locals refer to Pristina's café/bar scene by splitting it up into four main areas/roads lined with bars and cafes open daily from 08:00-00:00. These four main streets are in the city center perpendicular to the main pedestrian boulevard.
Smoking is still allowed in bars and clubs all over Kosovo. This can be off-putting, but once won't kill you.
Four areas
* ABC street (Rr. Rexhep Luci) – In the heart of the city center with ABC Cinema at the top of the street. The street is lined with cafés and bars most of which serve food.
* Pishat street (Rr. Qamil Hoxha) – Off the main boulevard in the center of Pristina. This street has several cafés with vibrant interiors and a famous traditional restaurant at the top.
* Kafe e Vogel street (Rr. Fehmi Agani) – Lined with expat-focused restaurants on one side and local, chill cafés on the other end. At the top of this well-known café/bar street in town you will also find an English pub (Back Garden Pub) with a pub quiz every Thursday night.
* Raki Street (Rr. 2 Korriku) – The most frequented street in town Kosovo's youth. This street is happening during the day just a few small tavernas on each side serving local grilled cuisine. During the evenings (especially Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) the street is full of young people hanging out, drinking and people watching. This street is famous for its variety of low cost, local raki and delicious low cost grilled meats.
Cafes and bars
When you are strolling around town in Pristina you will see a variety of combination cafes/bars/restaurants. It is quite typical for most establishments to serve food although some only have drink menus. The majority of cafes/bars that you see are open daily (with the exception of Sundays for about half) from 08:00-00:00. The majority serves coffee, soda, juice, beer, wine, raki and basic spirits. It is recommended to experience multiple cafes/bars during your stay in Pristina. You will find the wait staff to be friendly and almost always you can find someone that speaks English to help you out. The best way to find the location and events for each bar/café is to use their Facebook pages.
Clubs and festivals
Pristina's nightlife is on the rise and becoming one of Europe's leading capitals for techno music. Although Pristina is known for its techno music you can experience an array of talented artists from genres such as traditional, jazz, rock, popular, rap, new age and more. For live music Pristina offers constant cool jazz scenes for you to enjoy and jam sessions to delight! Throughout the region, Pristina has a reputation for the amount of festivals that take place and are created each year. If you are interested in experiencing some of the best electronic music offered in Pristina exhibited through pop up parties throughout the year follow the promotion company Hapesira. The employees at Hapesira are the front-runners of the electronic music scene in Pristina. Pristina's club scene varies from casual Berlin style parties to classy, well-dressed establishments. Although small, the city gives off the vibe that it has something for everyone if you just know where to go. For up-to-date information on events at each club please refer to their Facebook pages.
Clubs
The amount of locations is constantly evolving, as of 2022/2023 check out:
Besides, these are some established ones:
Sleep
Accommodation can be very expensive in Pristina, as everything is tailored for internationals on expense accounts and hefty per diems. If you look around you should be able to find fliers offering accommodation. If you can find these places, go there as the cost is usually €10-15 per night.
Splurge
Stay safe
In the Dardania neighbourhood (the residential blocks between the bus station and the centre), be careful when the beggar children are around: they may follow you for a while, speaking (presumably in Albanian), and may just come too suspiciously close to your bag and pockets behind you in the meantime.
Pristina is rebuilding, and some of the city roads now are new, but if you are driving, you still must be on the lookout for large potholes.
Embassies and other diplomatic missions
* 🇦🇱 Albania
* 🇧🇪 Belgium
* 🇨🇳 China
* Czechia
* 🇩🇪 Germany
* 🇭🇺 Hungary
* 🇮🇹 Italy
* 🇯🇵 Japan
* North Macedonia
* 🇫🇮 Finland
* 🇫🇷 France
* 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
* 🇲🇪 Montenegro
* 🇳🇱 Netherlands
* 🇳🇴 Norway
* 🇷🇴 Romania
* 🇷🇺 Russia
* 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
* 🇺🇸 United States
* 🇸🇰 Slovakia
* 🇸🇮 Slovenia
* 🇸🇪 Sweden
* 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Go next
* Gjakova – The western Kosovan city with the largest Ottoman-era bazaar in the Balkans, is 89 km, 90 minutes and €4 away by bus.
* Prizren – Can be interesting. Buses depart from the bus terminal or you could hire a taxi for the day.
* Gračanica – Nearby, and can be arranged by taxi for roughly €5 from near Albi Mall.
* Novo Brdo – A rural area with diverse food and activities.
* Skopje (North Macedonia) – The capital city is only a two-hour bus ride from town, buses depart regularly from the bus station. The trip will cost €5, or €10 using the Skopje airport shuttle. | WIKI |
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/2010 December 29
= December 29 =
Inverse of an infinite tridiagonal matrix
Is there a particular condition for when we can define the inverse of an 'infinite' tridiagonal matrix? I'm not sure if the definition even really makes sense, but I want to look at a matrix over a basis over $$\mathbb{Z}$$, so infinite in 2 directions, and I want the matrix ('M', say) to satisfy $$M(e_i)=e_{i+1} \forall i \in \mathbb{Z}$$. Obviously because of countability we could reformulate the problem so that we only need to look at a basis over $$\mathbb{N}$$, but the form of the matrix (can we call it a matrix, if it's infinite dimensional?) wouldn't be as nice. Anyway, my problem involves looking at whether or not $$M-\lambda I$$ is invertible, the matrix in question having only $$-\lambda$$s on the diagonal and +1s on the subdiagonal. Is there going to be any specific way to tell when it's singular? I am aware for finite tridiagonal matrices we have only got to solve a set of simultaneous equations to find a solution, but I'm not sure when the infinite dimensional case is or isn't soluble. Ta all :) Spalton232 (talk) 04:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* Matrix threory is not likely to be helpful to you in this case; too many of its fundamental results depend on induction from one of the corners, which cannot even get started in the doubly-infinite case. You'd be better off with abstract linear algebra, simply looking at the linear transformations and ask if they are invertible. And that can depend not only on the coefficients, but also which vector spaces you're working with. For example, do you allow vectors with infinitely many nonzero entries?
* In your particular problem, I think your transformation will not be invertible for any nonzero $$\lambda$$. If your vectors must have finitely many entries, then there's no vector that maps to $$e_i$$ for any $$i$$ (because the difference between the highest and lowest significant index always increases as you apply the map). On the other hand, if you allow infinitely many nonzero entries, then you can find nonzero input vectors that map to 0. –Henning Makholm (talk) 16:26, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
so what's a fractal dimension anyway?
and why is it a "dimension". Could you give some examples?
If you have an L shaped tetris block that is 1 unit deep like this (the numbers are how many units deep): [1] [1] [1][1] you can turn it along three dimensions getting either from the original to, turning clockwise in the first dimension (the plane of your screen) [1][1][1] [1] or you can get from the original to, turning about the plane of the table your screen is sitting on: [1] [1] [2] or you can get from the original to, turning about the plane cast by your eyes if you look up and down the exact center of your monitor, so that if you had laser vision you would cut it in two vertically: [3][1] fine. Great. Now please give me an example of doing the same thing with fractal dimensions. You can use any fractal you want, though of course you might have to inline some pictures instead of ascii art! Up to you... <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 14:54, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* Fractal dimensions are not based on how many ways you can turn something. See Fractal dimension. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:59, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* For what it's worth, ordinary dimension is not based on the number of ways you can turn something either. A better explanation for why your Tetris-piece example shows that (three-dimensional) space has dimension 3 is that it is possible to have three mutually perpendicular lines in that space (the three axes you're rotating around)—the rotation itself has nothing to do with it. —Bkell (talk) 15:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* The last ASCII-art image seems wrong to me. IMHO it should be [3][1] --CiaPan (talk) 15:12, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, fixed it!! Now, could you please do the same three operations on the following self-similar fractal, based on the cantor set: Step 1: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Step 2: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Step 3: aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa Step 4: aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
So, for me, it would be obvious to call the white-space dimensions, like this: Step 1: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Step 2: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa111111111111111111111111111aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Step 3: aaaaaaaaa222222222aaaaaaaaa111111111111111111111111111aaaaaaaaa222222222aaaaaaaaa Step 4: aaa333aaa222222222aaa333aaa111111111111111111111111111aaa333aaa222222222aaa333aaa
So it seems, like if I have the following fractal diagram: aaa333aaa222222222aaa333aaa111111111111111111111111111aaa333aaa222222222aaa333aaa
I should be able to "rotate" the 1, 2, and 3's. What would I get? Wouldn't the possible "orientations" be: aaa333aaa222222222aaa333aaa111111111111111111111111111aaa333aaa222222222aaa333aaa to aaa222aaa333333333aaa222aaa111111111111111111111111111aaa222aaa333333333aaa222aaa or to aaa333aaa111111111aaa333aaa222222222222222222222222222aaa333aaa111111111aaa333aaa or to aaa111aaa333333333aaa111aaa222222222222222222222222222aaa111aaa333333333aaa111aaa or to aaa222aaa111111111aaa222aaa333333333333333333333333333aaa222aaa111111111aaa222aaa or to aaa111aaa222222222aaa111aaa333333333333333333333333333aaa111aaa222222222aaa111aaa
It seems to me, like given any simple fractal: http://www.google.fr/images?q=simple+fractal Like I should just be able to "grab it" and rotate the fractal about fractal dimensions in much the same way as I described above!!
Am I just going crazy, or does what I say even make ANY sense whatsoever??? Thanks!!! <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:55, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* I don't think you understand what dimension means, let alone fractal dimension. The concept of "dimension" has nothing to do with rotations. "Rotating a fractal about fractal dimensions" is completely nonsensical. —Bkell (talk) 18:27, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* you're right, a two-dimensional paint program could not possibly refer to something more limited when it says "rotate", then you refer to when you pick up an object in front of you and rotate it to orient in a different direction. Obviously, and as you correctly write, dimensions have nothing to do with rotation. The only thing you have to specify when rotating an object is how many degrees you're doing the rotation by: dimensions have absolutely nothing to do with the rotation. There is, after all, only one way to rotate a playing die clockwise by 180 degrees, just as there is only one way to rotate an object clockwise by 180 degrees in Microsoft Paint. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:36, 29 December 2010 (UTC) <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:34, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* No, to rotate an object in 3D you need to specify an axis of rotation. In 4D you need to specify one or two planes of rotation. In general, a rotation is translation plus an orthogonal linear transformation of determinant 1. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 20:26, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* Thanks Meni. Obviously what I (IP has changed) meant by "plane" in 3D rotation can be interpretered as the appropriate axis instead. Could you please answer my question about Fractals? I can give you many further examples if it would help you. But the basic idea is this: the biggest dimension (level1) branches off into 5 smaller versions of the big picture (level2), those branch off into 5 (level3), those branch off into 5 level4's etc. So, you grab one level2 branch: there are at least TWO ways of promoting it to level1. Okay, it's level1 now, but there had been two dimensions hanging off of it: level3 and level4. You could make level3 be now level4, and level4 stay level 4. You could make level3 be level4 and level4 be level 3. You could make what had been level3 and level4 both be now level3. Etc. You understand. So, I want to learn about this kind of rotation using Fractal dimensions, Meni Rosenfeld. Thank you for your help. Maybe looking at a Fractal picture like this: http://api.ning.com/files/c-kkgOyXZLgfrSt8QT3WaqogZ8vBLYCqKC1At2ZLAYMrjg7bV1lcMX0N9h-uHkZImWby0qQFa44IIIrXwFXZ34cqt7hU*7w*/fractal_plant_image_s1.png can help you think while you look at what I wrote. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:08, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* What Meni meant there was you can actually rotate a 4D object in two different ways at different speeds at the same time. Also if constructing a fractal by making smaller copies the stages are not dimensions. Fractal dimension describes the idea, have you gone through why for instance the dimension of the Cantor set is log32? The idea you have of moving a fractal around is the idea of getting the symmetry group (mathematics) of the shape. Rotations are elements of a group so it is part of the same idea. Dmcq (talk) 23:56, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* In the real world the concept of a rotating a rigid body does not apply unless it is always rotating. If you rotated a sphere the equator would shrink and crack if it was rigid because of relativity, it only works because in our world things aren't rigid. Dmcq (talk) 19:48, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Irreducible quartic polynomials with Galois group A4
Hello everyone,
I could use some help getting started with this problem - I have a lecturer who has given a thousand different lemmas and theorems and corollaries and no clue as to what to use when. Unfortunately, whilst I have a very effective toolbox for galois theory, I can't seem to find the right screwdriver. The problem is as follows:
Let P be an irreducible quartic polynomial over K with $$ char(K)\neq 2$$, whose Galois group is $$A_4$$. Show that its splitting field can be written in the form $$L(\sqrt{a},\sqrt{b})$$, where L/K is a Galois cubic extension and a, b ∈ L.
It's probably not a hard problem, but I'm struggling to get going - what should I do? Thankyou very much! Otherlobby17 (talk) 19:52, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* The crucial result is the appropriately-named fundamental theorem of Galois theory. The required field L corresponds to the subgroup V of $$A_4$$. L/K is Galois because V is normal, and cubic because V has index 3. The full splitting field has Galois group V as an extension of L, and looking at the subgroups of V (and using the quadratic formula) shows that it's of the given form. Feel free to ask again if you have trouble filling in any of the details. Algebraist 20:10, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Homology and Cohomology
Let M be a smooth manifold. Let Ωk(M) denote the space of differential k-forms on M, Γk(M) the space of closed differential k-forms on M and Λk(M) the space of exact differential k-forms on M. the spaces Ωk(M), Γk(M) and Λk(M) are very useful, for example the k-th de Rham cohomology of M is given by the quotient space Γk(M)/Λk(M). But what is the homology and cohomology of the spaces Ωk(M), Γk(M) and Λk(M) themselves? — Fly by Night ( talk ) 22:20, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
* You can only ask for the cohomology of something that forms a chain complex.
* With Ωk(M), you have an exterior derivative d to Ωk+1(M), with d2 = 0. The cohomology is then given by the sequence of groups ker(d)/im(d), where it is understood that we take the appropriate versions of d (in the appropriate indices).
* If you look only at closed forms, then you are looking at a chain complex, where the maps d are just the zero maps, by definition. Hence the cohomology of that complex is itself. Same for the exact forms. It's not something you're going to want to work with, as these spaces are going to be infinite dimensional most of the time. --SamTalk 16:57, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
* Or did you mean something else when you asked for the cohomology of the "spaces themselves"? If you want to look at the de Rham cohomology of those treated as spaces, well, they are just vector spaces. The Rham cohomology should just be $$H^0(V,\mathbb{R}) = \mathbb{R}$$ and 0 in higher dimensions, by the Poincaré Lemma (there are slight subtleties associated to the fact that these spaces are infinite dimensional, but in any case you can consider the corresponding Čech cohomology and treat it as giving you the right answer). --SamTalk 17:04, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
* Thanks for your comments. What I wanted was the homology and cohomology of the spaces Ωk(M), Γk(M) and Λk(M) themselves. So the underlying manifolds are Ωk(M), Γk(M) and Λk(M) themselves. In terms of the de Rham cohomology, we have a cochain complexes given by
* $$0 \longrightarrow \Omega^0\left(\Omega^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^1\left(\Omega^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^2\left(\Omega^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^3\left(\Omega^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \cdots . $$
* $$0 \longrightarrow \Omega^0\left(\Gamma^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^1\left(\Gamma^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^2\left(\Gamma^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^3\left(\Gamma^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \cdots . $$
* $$0 \longrightarrow \Omega^0\left(\Lambda^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^1\left(\Lambda^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^2\left(\Lambda^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \Omega^3\left(\Lambda^k(M)\right) \stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow} \cdots . $$
* I had thought that the space of differential k-forms is retractable and so, by the Poincaré lemma, must have trivial cohomology groups. Then by Poincaré duality, the homology groups must be trivial. But I wasn't sure if the infinite dimensionality caused problems. As for closed and exact, I guess you're right: they're vector spaces so they must have trivial co/homology groups. 'What about the relative homology groups over some coefficient ring R'':
* $$ H_i(\Omega^k(M),\Gamma^k(M);R) \ \text{ and } \ H_i(\Omega^k(M),\Lambda^k(M);R) $$
* Or '''What about the homology groups
* $$ H_i(\Omega^k(M)/\Gamma^k(M);R) \ \text{ and } \ H_i(\Omega^k(M)/\Lambda^k(M);R) $$
* I guess that in this last pair, we have vector spaces and trivial topologies yet again. — Fly by Night ( talk ) 20:16, 30 December 2010 (UTC) | WIKI |
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10 workout moves for your hotel room
Mar 6, 2018
By Michelle Konstantinovsky
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Pop travel quiz: You’re on a trip, the hotel gym is packed, and you only have a few minutes to spare. Do you abandon on all hopes of a decent workout? Not if you know how to complete a quick, effective, full-body routine without ever leaving your hotel room!
We asked fitness instructor and blogger Jackelyn Ho to create a fun, challenging, travel-friendly workout plan. Here are Jackelyn’s top 10 moves to do before hitting the breakfast buffet:
1. Single-Leg Lunges
Leg Lunge
Leg Lunge
Stand in front of a bed or chair and begin with feet hip-width apart. Then, place one leg behind you on the bed or chair. Place hands on hips and perform lunges by bending your front knee. Repeat 15 times on each side.
2. Single-Leg Squats
Woman doing a single leg squat
Woman doing a single leg squat
Stand in front of a chair with feet hip-width apart. Extend one leg in front of you. Keeping your hips square, slowly lower down into a squat until your glutes tap the chair, and then stand up. Do 15 reps on each side.
3. Tricep Dips
Woman doing a tricep dip
Woman doing a tricep dip
Place your hands on the edge of a chair, fingertips facing toward you. Extend your legs in front of you and then lower and raise yourself by bending your elbows. Repeat 15 times.
4. Elevated Plank with Oblique Crunches
Woman doing a plank
Woman doing a plank
Place both feet on a chair or stable, elevated surface, and place hands onto the ground. Assume plank position and then lift your right leg and bring it toward your right elbow for an oblique crunch. Repeat 10 times and then switch sides.
5. Froggers/Half Burpees
Woman doing a frogger
Woman doing a frogger
Assume plank position with hands under your shoulders and feet extended behind you. Then jump both feet to the outside of your hands and then back into a plank position. Repeat 20 times.
6. Lunge to Front Kick
Woman doing a lunge to front kick
Woman doing a lunge to front kick
Begin in a lunge with your right leg extended behind you, then kick it to the front. Return back to lunge position and repeat 15 times before switching sides.
7. Leg Circles for Glutes
Woman doing a leg circle
Woman doing a leg circle
Begin by kneeling. Extend your right leg out to the side and place your left hand on the ground next to you. Make little circles with your glutes and then reverse directions. Do 15 reps and then switch sides.
8. Walking Push-Ups
Woman doing a push up
Woman doing a push up
Start in a push-up position with one hand staggered a few inches in front of the other. Perform a push-up and then move the other hand a few inches forward. Do 15 reps.
9. Luggage Overhead Presses
Woman doing a luggage press
Woman doing a luggage press
Fill your luggage, then stand with your feet hip-width apart and raise the luggage above your head. Bend your arms to bring the luggage closer to your head and then extend your arms to bring the luggage toward the sky. Repeat 15 times.
10. Luggage Rows
Woman doing a luggage row
Woman doing a luggage row
Begin standing with your feet hip-width apart. Bend your knees slightly and then lean forward slightly. Grab both ends of the luggage in each hand and then pull your elbows back toward your rib cage for a row and repeat 15 times.
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Night of the Physicists
In the spring of 1945 the Allies arrested the physicists believed to have worked on the German nuclear programme during the Second World War, among them the renowned scientists Werner Heisenberg, Otto Hahn and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. They were interned in a country house near Cambridge where their conversations were secretly recorded. MI6’s Operation Epsilon sought to determine how close Nazi Germany had come to building an atomic bomb, and it was in this remote setting that the German physicists first heard of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 6 August 1945 was a day that changed the course of history. The terrible weapon unleashed on Japan caused unprecedented destruction and loss of life. Having worked under the assumption that nuclear fission was known only to them, the Germans were shocked that the Allies had such a bomb at their disposal. This is the story of the wartime race to develop an atomic bomb, and the genius, guilt, complicity and hubris of the Nobel Prize-winning scientists working to create a weapon that would undoubtedly have won the war for the Germans. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Jardines de la Reina
Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen) is an archipelago in the southern part of Cuba, in the provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila.
It was named by Christopher Columbus to honour the Queen of Spain, Isabella I of Castile. Since 1996 a marine reserve was established covering a large swath of the archipelago. In 2010, Jardines de la Reina was established as a national park (Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina). With an area of 2170 km2, it is one of Cuba's largest protected areas.
Geography
It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between the Gulf of Ana Maria (north-west), Gulf of Guacanayabo (south) and Caballones Channel (west). It extends on a general north-west to south-east direction, paralleling the Cuban coast for 150 km from Cayo Breton to Cayos Mordazo. Cuba's second largest archipelago (smaller only than Jardines del Rey), it is formed by more than 600 cays and islands. Other cays in the archipelago include Caguamas, Cayos Cinco Balas, Cayo Anclitas, Cayo Algodon Grande, Cayos Pingues and Cayo Granada. Part of the archipelago is also known as Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (The Labyrinth of the Twelve Leagues)
Table of Islands
1)The Islands area and population data retrieved from the 2012 census.
Fishing
The archipelago is a popular destination for diving and sport fly-fishing. Only catch and release fly-fishing and a limited, well-regulated lobster fishery is allowed in the park, although many other fisheries occur surrounding the park and close to cays out of the park limits. It used to be one of Fidel Castro's favorite fishing spots. Species of fish found here include Cubera snapper, Bonefish, Yellowfin grouper, Black grouper, Atlantic goliath grouper as well as Strombus gigas (the large Caribbean conch) and Whale shark. Besides being an extraordinary site for fly fishing, one its main attractions for diving is the abundance of reef sharks.
Diving
Jardines de la Reina (The Gardens of the Queen) is one of the most popular scuba destinations of Cuba. The underwater landscapes include canyons, pinnacles and caves. Healthy mangroves, sponges and black corals cover the reef. The Jardines de la Reina also host numerous silky and Caribbean reef sharks. In the mangroves labyrinth it’s possible to find crocodiles and snorkel with them. | WIKI |
Winter Preparations to Keep Your Sweet Ride Sweet
Winter driving
The glory days of summer cruises have come to an end. The drives through the changing leaves on the trees along country roads are telling us that winter is approaching, and with that comes the responsibility of performing the maintenance required to prep your car – inside and out – to survive the salt, pebbles, and ice.
Protecting the Exterior
The salt, and in some states pebbles, does quite a number on auto paint, and you’ll want to keep a thick layer of protectant to buffer your paint against road crud. A high-quality waxing with a wax high in carnauba is a great choice because carnauba is natural, highly stiff, and will stick to the paint through the harshest elements. An orbital buffer and/or a professional will be necessary for this kind of wax.
Paint sealant makes for even better prep and would be applied prior to the wax. Usually, these sealants are acrylic, resin, or synthetic polymer and although lacking in luster, that will be fixed with your carnauba waxing after the sealant, which will last 5-7 months – the entire winter season.
Don’t forget to top up your windshield fluid with the slightly more expensive and much more useful winter-mix. You will thank yourself when you can actually see even though the windows are covered in ice.
In some parts of the United States, snow tires are mandatory, but if you live in an area that gets a lot of snow, getting a set of snow tires is worth the money. Snow tires have much deeper treads and are a bit wider than a standard tire. In a worst case scenario, a set of tire chains in the trunk couldn’t hurt.
Inside the car
First off, you’ll want to clean the dust out of the vents, especially if you don’t use your air conditioner. A lot of dust and pollen can get into the vents and spray them into the air when the blower is turned on. A Shop-Vac both sucking and blowing will accomplish this better than simply running the air.
Fill your car with at least a gallon of water and some power bars or non-perishable food so if you ever break down and have to wait, you’ll be fed and watered. Other emergency supplies to include would be thermal blankets, road flares, and hand warmers.
And finally, we’d like you to turn on the air conditioner. Yes. The air conditioner. Running it at least 5 or 6 times during the winter will keep your A/C system and related hoses/grommets lubricated and help protect the mechanical parts from atrophy.
Lookin’ Good
Keeping your car looking good can be a challenge in winter. It suddenly seems like everyone drives a white car! Besides for the wax mentioned above, make sure to periodically take your car to a car wash to get some of the salt and crud off. Most car washes have an undercarriage spray option, which helps to get the salt off the bottom of the car.
Another part to keep looking clean are the wheels. Try Rust-Oleum Wipe New Wheels. Wipe New Wheels is the only consumer product to provide lasting & powerful protection against road salt, brake dust, grime, and corrosion. Wipe New Wheels’ nano-polymer formula gives the consumer unprecedented results and durability; it restores original luster, makes cleaning easier, and protects from harsh elements in just one wipe, and one application. Innovative Wipe-it technology makes application fast & easy.
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Monte Pecoraro
Monte Pecoraro is a mountain in the Serre Calabresi, in southern Calabria, southern Italy. It has an elevation of 1423 m.
It is located in the territory of Mongiana, in the province of Vibo Valentia. | WIKI |
This film was adapted from the letters from Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the military officer in charge of the Fifty-fourth regiment. His letters showed the strength, courage, and motivation from the men in the Fifty-fourth company. This division was the first all black regiment in Massachusetts during the Civil War. This group consisted of African Americans willing to fight and die for the Union. At first the United States government was undecided about the use of black soldiers in the army and used them in demeaning tasks.
I believe I found two great examples of negroes taking charge and showing the United States that they are just as good or even better than the white men who are given free reign over what can or cannot be done in the military. These men proved that when put into a war situation that they can stand up and take a bullet without any complaints. Sure some may have gone AWOL when the time came but it is proven that the black militia had a lot less men who went AWOL compared to the regular militias. I will be talking about the negroes who made many contributions to the United States military which helped with working towards not only their freedom but also making that step into the next phase to where negroes can be accepted into another part of society where they were thought to be stupid and couldn’t handle the pressures of military life. I begin with Benjamin Quarles’s book, “The Negro in the American Revolution.” Quarles had used many resources of manuscripts and published sources which you can find in his bibliography in the book.
However, you could argue that although they had won the right to vote, segregation still continued throughout the South and lynchings and discrimination continued in the North. I would say that there was substantial change for blacks in the North as they were getting more highly paid and were starting to receive better education, although the lack of equality still remained between black and white Americans as black Americans were still being paid much less than white workers. I also believe that as there were many black campaigns and activists after the war, this could suggest that there was still a want for equality on the black Americans half which puts forward the idea that despite having helped fought for their country, they were still being treated as second class
Assess the view that divided leadership was the most important factor in preventing the advancement of African-American civil rights between 1865-1914 After the end of the civil war, there was much optimism amongst African-Americans that they would finally have civil rights after decades of slavery in the South. However, there were many problems facing the advancement of civil rights for blacks. Firstly, people in the south were still very hostile towards them as they still saw them as slaves. Also, segregation was a key issue because it highlighted the fact that there was no equality between blacks and whites. The failure of a common goal between African-American leaders did not help solve these issues, but it was not the main problem facing blacks and was not the most important factor preventing advancement of civil rights.
I do not think he would have as much trouble being respected. Some people refused to call him “President Obama”; they refer to him as “Obama." There are some White people that do not like to see African Americans in power or have a high ranking position. The will disagree with everything they promote whether it is right and certainly if it is wrong. Take Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for example, Dr. King played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement that led to the desegregation of the South.
No one should feel unwanted or hated by the country they were born and raised in, just because their skin color or their just different. African Americans were segregated against for years and they couldn’t do anything about it. Luckily we have had many strong leaders in our time that have contributed to abolishing segregation and slavery. Two of these leaders are Martin Luther king jr. and our past president john F. Kennedy. These men were both very different in lifestyles, with one being black and one white, but they both wanted the same thing.
America has a dark history of slavery, but after 1863 vassalage was abolished. Even so this did not stop the racism; unjust treatments and racial segregation was still a part of every colored man’s life. It was still legal to treat African Americans as if they were worth less. In public places blacks were separated from whites in that the black areas were in much worse conditions than the white’s. Sidewalks where no blacks could walk, seats on the busses where they couldn’t sit, and toilets where only whites could go,
How far do you agree that the impact of WW2 was the reason why the position of black Americans improved 1945-55? WW2 changed the civil rights for black Americans extremely quickly with many black Americans fighting in the war. This lead too many people actually respecting black Americans and helped them gain rights. With 1.2 million black Americans fighting for America against the fascists of Germany they realised that even though they were fighting for equality they didn’t even have this in their own country. This therefore questioned the double V campaign as it was supposed to be a victory at home as well as at war but without equality then this would not be possible.
Although in most places in the north they’re was no longer rigid racial etiquette they were aloud to mix with whites, but it remained still that they were poorer and so lived in more undesirable places with poor living conditions so they never really mixed with white Americans anyway. This shows that the Second World War never really had an effect on the lives of African Americans because they still had to deal with major segregation in the south. Although the laws may have changed the attitudes of most White people didn’t change because they were so used to their standard ways of living. However there were changes of attitudes by the government as on December 5, 1946, Truman established by executive order the President’s Committee on Civil Rights. The committee was instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the United States and propose measures to strengthen and protect the civil rights of American citizens.
History 1302 D. Goodrich 2/8/13 African Americans in Post-Civil War After the freeing of slaves in 1862, African-Americans after the war, things did not change that much. Laws were passed to help African-American during this time. More laws were passed against segregation in place like restaurants and other public places. Even with these laws being passed, African-Americans still experienced discrimination and racist people everywhere, and it would be a long time before things would change for them, even after being declared people with new found freedom. This rebuilding was supposed to give African-Americans a chance at a new and better life than what they had experienced in the past. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Bonnaroo: An Afternoon of Death
MANCHESTER, TENN.–Sunday was for the Bonnaroo diehards. The big mainstream headliners, Tool and the Police, were gone, and so were some of their fans. Theafternoon lineup leaned toward roots and blues–and, for some reason, songs about death. I started my afternoon with Mavis Staples, who recently released, “We’ll Never Turn Back” (Anti), an album of songs from her days in the civil-rights movement. She sang some of them, along with her gospel-soul hit, “I’ll Take You There”; then, since it was Father’s Day, she dedicated a song to her dad, Roebuck Staples, who led the Staple Singers. It was “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”–a funeral song–sung with gutsy rasps and the optimism of a gospel believer. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
The 3-Day Water Fast: Dive In, But Watch Your Step
Hey Angels and Alphas,
By now, you’ve probably heard about the 3-day water fast, as it has been a hard-to-ignore topic on social media. But are you thinking about ditching food for three days and living on water alone?
The practice of fasting spans centuries, embedded deeply within the fabric of various cultures and religions as a means for spiritual purification, mental discipline, and physical rejuvenation.
Among numerous fasting methodologies, the 3-day water fast has emerged as a popular choice for those seeking to detoxify their body, initiate weight loss, and potentially harness a myriad of health benefits attributed to this practice.
This article will delve into the essence of the 3-day water fast, exploring its potential advantages, inherent risks, and providing guidelines to undertake this challenge in a manner that prioritizes safety and well-being.
Let’s get right into it!
Understanding the 3-Day Water Fast
At its core, a 3-day water fast requires an individual to abstain from consuming any food or beverages other than water for a duration of 72 hours. This period of dietary abstinence is believed to trigger several physiological processes, including autophagy, a natural mechanism through which the body purges damaged cells, facilitating the regeneration of newer, healthier cells.
Potential Benefits Explored
Engaging in a 3-day water fast can be an enlightening experience, offering benefits that range from weight loss due to caloric restriction to improved insulin sensitivity, which is crucial for maintaining optimal blood sugar levels and preventing type 2 diabetes. The process of autophagy, stimulated by fasting, plays a pivotal role in cellular repair and detoxification, potentially reducing the risk of certain diseases. Moreover, individuals often report experiencing enhanced mental clarity and emotional well-being, alongside a reduction in inflammation markers, which are implicated in numerous chronic conditions.
Navigating the Risks (and there are many)
Despite its potential benefits, the 3-day water fast is not devoid of risks. Prolonged fasting without adequate preparation can lead to nutrient deficiencies and electrolyte imbalances, endangering heart and muscle function.
Certain populations, including individuals with diabetes, pregnant women, those with a history of eating disorders, and children, face heightened risks and should only consider fasting under medical supervision. Furthermore, the potential for rapid weight regain post-fast underscores the necessity for mindful dietary management.
How to Approach a 3-Day Water Fast Safely
To embark on a 3-day water fast safely, preparation is key.
Gradually reducing intake of caffeine, sugar, and processed foods can mitigate withdrawal symptoms. Maintaining hydration with 2-3 liters of water daily is essential for managing hunger and supporting the body’s detoxification processes.
Participants should prioritize rest, avoid strenuous activities, and plan for a gradual reintroduction of foods post-fast, starting with easily digestible items to ease the digestive system back into normal function.
Above all, consulting a healthcare professional before commencing a fast is imperative, ensuring the fast is conducted in a manner that aligns with individual health needs and conditions.
The bottom line is…
The 3-day water fast presents an opportunity for physical and mental reset, offering a pathway to potential health benefits underpinned by a tradition of fasting. However, it necessitates a mindful approach, underscored by preparation, moderation, and professional guidance.
For those seeking to explore the transformative potential of fasting, the 3-day water fast can serve as a profound, albeit challenging, journey towards achieving a healthier lifestyle, provided it is approached with caution and respect for the body’s limits and needs. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Heritage Perth
Heritage Perth is an organisation that deals with cultural and architectural heritage in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia.
The organization is supported by the City of Perth, and is independent of other Western Australian heritage organisations such as the Heritage Council of Western Australia and the National Trust of Western Australia.
Earlier efforts by the City of Perth to work on heritage within its area were hampered by lack of supporting government legislation in relation to heritage conservation, and lack of understanding of the importance of heritage and cultural tourism. In recent times a more sophisticated understanding has evolved, culminating in the annual Heritage Council Heritage Awards and council awareness of the issues.
Earlier in the history of the City of Perth activities of promoting the history of Perth were conducted by a range of organisations in Western Australia, however Heritage Perth is now the main body dealing specifically with the history of Perth.
It conducts annual Perth Heritage Days, which have run since 2009, as well as producing newsletters and web based information about places and people of Perth's history.
In 2018, the City of Perth, under commissioners, defunded the operation of the organisation. | WIKI |
• Thomas Pedersen
• Alexander Bilgram Kristensen
• Peter Haahr Taankvist
4. term, Computer Science, Master (Master Programme)
Colored Petri nets offer a compact and user friendly representation of traditional Petri nets also known as P/T nets. Colored Petri nets with finite color ranges can be unfolded into traditional P/T nets. However, this unfolding may produce exponentially larger P/T nets. We present two novel formal techniques based on static analyses for reducing the size of unfolded colored Petri nets. The first method identifies colors that behave equivalent in the colored Petri net and groups them into equivalence classes representing the colors, producing a smaller quotiented colored Petri net. The second method analyses which colors can ever exist in any place and excludes colors that can never be present in a given place. Both methods show great promise individually, but even more when combined. The combined method is able to reduce the size of multiple colored Petri nets from the Model Checking Contest compared to state of the art unfolders MCC, Spike and ITS-Tools, while still remaining competitive in terms of unfolding time. Lastly, we show the effect of the smaller unfolded nets by verifying queries from the 2020 Model Checking Contest using the unfolded nets from each tool.
LanguageEnglish
Publication date3 Jun 2021
Number of pages33
ID: 413695062 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Two-man saw
A two-man saw (known colloquially as a "misery whip" ) is a saw designed for use by two sawyers. While some modern chainsaws are so large that they require two persons to control, two-man crosscut saws were primarily important when human power was used. Such a saw would typically be 4 to 12 ft long, and sometimes up to 16 ft, with a handle at each end. In some cases, such as when felling Giant Sequoias, sawblades could be brazed together end-to-end in order to create longer saws.
The technique in using a two-man saw involved a sawyer standing at each end. Together the sawyers would alternate pulling the saw through the wood. If the kerf began closing, causing the saw to bind, wedges would be inserted behind the sawblade in order to keep the kerf open. Cutting from underneath a suspended log, called "underbucking", might also have been used if binding became a big problem.
Many variations on the design were used, but they mainly fell into two types. Felling saws were used to fell the trees, and bucking saws were used to cut felled trees into log lengths for the sawmill. The two applications require slightly different designs: a felling saw has a narrower blade, allowing wedges to be more easily inserted, while a bucking saw has a wider blade, giving it more strength.
Two-man saws were designed to cut in both directions. Careful tooth design was necessary to clear the sawdust during the cut.
Two-man saws were known to the ancient Romans, but first became common in Europe in the mid-15th century. In America, crosscut saws were used as early as the mid-17th century, but felling saws only began to replace axes for felling trees in the late 19th century.
Some Japanese saws are used by two persons, although they are of a different design. | WIKI |
UPDATE 2-Consumer tissue group Essity hit by rising pulp and energy costs
* Q3 adjusted EBITA 3.0 bln SEK vs consensus 3.3 bln * Customer price hikes to have main impact in 2019 * Shares down 3.4 percent (Adds CEO comment, detail, share reaction) By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Swedish hygiene products group Essity reported a steeper-than-expected 12 percent drop in core profit as rising pulp and energy costs outweighed higher selling prices and cost savings, sending its shares lower. CEO Magnus Groth told analysts on a conference call on Monday he expected a significant increase year-on-year in the fourth quarter too in pulp, petrol-based raw materials and energy costs. “Pulp prices are... actually stabilising now since a few months, but there is no real reason why they should be coming down,” Groth said. “We are not really seeing, in the short to medium term, any changes there.” Other major consumer product companies such as Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark are also affected by all-time-high pulp prices, a major ingredient for tissues, diapers and sanitary towels. The global pulp shortfall and price spiral over the past couple of years is partly due to a spike in Chinese demand, which has coincided with the closure of a few large mills that has capped global output. It is exacerbated by a Chinese import ban on unsorted mixed recycled fibre that has left Chinese companies in sudden need of large amounts of fresh fibre for packaging materials. Sweden’s Essity is the world’s biggest maker of incontinence and professional tissue products with its Tena and Tork brands. In consumer tissue such as napkins, it is Europe’s biggest, and also the biggest in China through a majority stake in Vinda . Essity said profit before amortisation and one-off items shrank 12 percent from a year ago to 3.0 billion crowns ($331 million), against a Reuters poll forecast for a 3 percent drop. The group’s profit took a 1.4 billion crown hit from higher raw material prices. Profit at the Consumer Tissue division tumbled 38 percent, more than twice as much as expected. Essity, which is also a big producer of baby diapers and feminine care products, had warned in July that raw material costs would rise significantly in the quarter. Shares in the company were down 2 percent at 1009 GMT, taking a year-to-date drop to 11 percent. CEO Groth predicted consumer tissue product price increases currently being negotiated would mainly take place in 2019, with full effect in the second quarter. “For some contracts in Europe, additional price increases have already been implemented with gradual effect in the fourth quarter of 2018. Activities to increase prices are also ongoing in Personal Care and Professional Hygiene,” it added. Essity, which was spun off from forestry firm SCA in 2017, said on Monday it was intensifying a savings programme announced in September. $1 = 9.1316 Swedish crowns
Reporting by Anna Ringstrom, Editing by Georgina Prodhan and
Emelia Sithole-Matarise | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
History | Edit
You can export the settings of the XML Schema Documentation dialog box to an XML file by pressing the Export settings button. With the exported configuration file, you can generate the same documentation from the command-line interface by running the following script:
• schemaDocumentation.bat on Windows.
• schemaDocumentation.sh on OS X / Linux.
The script is located in the Oxygen XML Editor installation folder. The script can be integrated in an external batch process launched from the command-line interface. The script accepts a variety command line arguments that allow you to configure the documentation.
The accepted syntax and arguments are as follows:
schemaDocumentation schemaFile [ [-cfg:configFile] | [ [-out:outputFile] [-format:<value>] [-xsl:<xslFile>] [-split:<value>] [-openInBrowser:<value>] ] | --help | -help | --h | -h ]
schemaFile
The XML Schema file.
-cfg:configfile
The exported configuration file. It contains the output file, output format options, split method, and some advanced options regarding the included components and components details. If an external configuration file is specified, all other supplied arguments except for the XML Schema file will be ignored.
-out:outputFile
The file where the generated documentation will be saved. By default, it is the name of the schema file with an html extension.
-format:<value>
The output format type used when generating the documentation. Possible values are as follows:
• html - To generate documentation in HTML format.
• pdf - To generate documentation in PDF format.
• docbook - To generate documentation in DocBook format.
• custom - To generate documentation in a custom format.
-xsl:<xslFile>
The XSL file to be applied on the intermediate XML format. If there is no XSL file provided, the result will be in the HTML format.
-split:<value>
The split method used when generating the documentation. Splitting is recommended for large schemas. Possible values are as follows:
• none (default value) - To generate one single output file.
• namespace - To generate an output file for every namespace in the schema.
• component - To generate an output file for every component in the schema.
• location - To generate an output file for every schema location.
-openInBrowser:<value>
Opens the result of the transformation in a browser or system application. Possible values are true or false (default value).
--help | -help | --h | -h
Displays the available options.
Example:
Example of the script in a Windows command line:
schemaDocumentation example.xsd -out:schemaDocumentation.html
-format:custom -xsl:example.xsl -split:namespace | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Introduction: Understanding Shire Horses
Shire horses are one of the largest horse breeds in the world, originally developed in England for agricultural purposes. These gentle giants are known for their impressive size and strength, but also for their kind and docile temperament. They have become popular in recent years as show horses, driving horses, and even for therapeutic riding programs. Understanding the temperament of Shire horses is essential for anyone who wants to work with or care for these majestic animals.
History of Shire Horses and their Temperament
Shire horses have a rich history dating back to medieval times, where they were used as warhorses and for heavy farm work. Over time, their temperament was selectively bred to be calm and gentle, as they were often used in crowded towns and cities. Their patient and willing nature also made them popular for pulling carts and carriages, which required a steady and reliable temperament. Even today, Shire horses are known for their patient and gentle nature, making them perfect for work with humans. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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