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Health insurance mandate
A health insurance mandate is either an employer or individual mandate to obtain private health insurance instead of (or in addition to) a national health insurance plan.
Australia
Australia's national health insurance program is known as Medicare, and is financed by general taxation including a Medicare levy on earnings; use of Medicare is not compulsory and those who purchase private health insurance get a government-funded rebate on premiums. Individuals with high annual incomes (A$70,000 in the 2008 federal budget) who do not have specified levels of private hospital coverage are subject to an additional 1% Medicare Levy Surcharge. People of average incomes and below may be eligible for subsidies to buy private insurance, but face no penalty for not buying it. Private insurers must comply with guaranteed issue and community rating requirements, but may limit coverage of pre-existing ailments for up to one year to discourage adverse selection.
Japan
Japan has a universal health care system that mandates all residents have health insurance, either at work or through a local community-based insurer, but does not impose penalties on individuals for not having insurance. The Japanese health ministry "tightly controls the price of health care down to the smallest detail. Every two years, the doctors and the health ministry negotiate a fixed price for every procedure and every drug. That helps keep premiums to around $280 a month for the average Japanese family." Insurance premiums are set by the government, with guaranteed issue and community rating. Insurers are not allowed to deny claims or coverage, or to make profits (net revenue is carried over to the next year, and if the carryover is large, the premium goes down). Around 10% evade the compulsory insurance premium; municipal governments do not issue them insurance cards, which providers require. Voluntary private insurance is available through several sources including employers and unions to cover expenditures not covered by statutory insurance, but this accounts for only about 2% of health care spending. In practice, doctors will not deny care to patients in the low-priced universal system because they make up the great majority of patients nationwide, and doctors would not be able to earn enough by serving only the small number of patients with private insurance. Total spending is around half the American level, and taxpayers subsidize the poor.
Netherlands
The Netherlands has a health insurance mandate and allows for-profit companies to compete for minimum coverage insurance plans, though there are also mutual insurers so use of a commercial for-profit insurer is not compulsory. The government regulates the insurers and operates a risk equalization mechanism to subsidize insurers that insure relatively more expensive customers. Several features hold down the level of premiums which facilitate public compliance with the mandate. The cost of health care in the Netherlands is higher than the European average but is less than in the United States. Half of the cost of insurance for adults is paid for by an income-related tax with which goes towards a subsidy of private insurance via the risk reinsurance pool operated by the regulator. The government pays the entire cost for children. Forty percent of the population is eligible for a premium subsidy. About 1.5 percent of the legal population is estimated to be uninsured. The architects of the Dutch mandate did not envision any problem with non-compliance, the initial legislation created few effective sanctions if a person does not take out insurance or pay premiums, and the government is currently developing enforcement mechanisms.
Switzerland
Switzerland's system is similar to that of the Netherlands with regulated private insurance companies competing to provide the minimum necessary coverage to meet its mandate. Premiums are not linked to incomes, but the government provides subsidies to lower-class individuals to help them pay for their plans. About 40% of households received some kind of subsidy in 2004. Individuals are free to spend as much as they want for their plans and buy additional health services if desired. The system has virtual universal coverage, with about 99% of people having insurance. The laws behind the system were created in 1996. A recent issue in the country is their rising health care costs, which are higher than European averages. However, those rising costs are still a little less than the increases in the United States.
History
An individual mandate to purchase healthcare was initially proposed by The Heritage Foundation in 1989 as an alternative to single-payer health care. Stuart Butler, an early supporter of the individual mandate at The Heritage Foundation, wrote: "If a young man wrecks his Porsche and has not had the foresight to obtain insurance, we may commiserate, but society feels no obligation to repair his car. But health care is different. If a man is struck down by a heart attack in the street, Americans will care for him whether or not he has insurance." The Heritage Foundation changed its position in 2011, calling the individual mandate unconstitutional.
From its inception, the idea of an individual mandate was championed by Republican politicians as a free-market approach to health care reform. Supporters included Charles Grassley, Mitt Romney, and John Chafee. The individual mandate was felt to resonate with conservative principles of individual responsibility, and conservative groups recognized that the healthcare market was unique.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton proposed a health care reform bill which included a mandate for employers to provide health insurance to all employees through a regulated marketplace of health maintenance organizations and an individual mandate. However, the Clinton plan failed amid concerns that it was overly complex or unrealistic, and in the face of an unprecedented barrage of negative advertising funded by politically conservative groups and the health insurance industry. At the time, Republican senators proposed a bill that would have required individuals, and not employers, to buy insurance, as an alternative to Clinton's plan.
Hillary Clinton's plan in 2008 also included an individual mandate.
Purpose
The need for mandates to carry coverage in a system structured as currently in the U.S. arises when there is an attempt to make health insurance available to all people, regardless of their pre-existing conditions. It is a tool used when insurance companies are required to offer insurance at the same rates to all those who want it, as they are under the Affordable Care Act.
The purpose of the federal or state mandates to carry coverage is to avoid free-rider problems and adverse selection problems in health insurance pools, so that there are not disproportionately many sicker people, or older people more likely to get sick, in the insurance pools. When there is excessive adverse selection, premiums can get high, or very high, and there can be so called "death spirals", where premiums rise to extreme levels, as only the sickest people are in the pools.
Massachusetts
An individual health-insurance mandate was initially enacted on a state level: the 2005 Massachusetts health care reform law. In 2006, Republican Mitt Romney, then governor of Massachusetts, signed an individual mandate into law with strong bipartisan support. In 2007, a Senate bill featuring a federal mandate, authored by Bob Bennett (R-UT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), attracted substantial bipartisan support.
Before the law was passed, per capita health care costs in Massachusetts were the highest for any part of the country except D.C. From 2003 to 2008 (three years prior and two years after enactment) Massachusetts insurance premiums continued to outpace the rest of United States, however the rate of growth year to year for Massachusetts for that period slowed as a result of the law.
, more than 97 percent of Massachusetts residents were insured, which made it the state with the lowest percentage of people without health insurance.
The Massachusetts state mandate to carry coverage was not stopped during the ACA, and for many years there was both a Federal and state mandate to carry coverage for MA residents. Post the stopping of the Federal mandate in 2018, the state mandate remains in place.
Some have criticized the state of Massachusetts related to the mandate because post-ACA, the state has kept Medicaid estate recovery regulations broader than the federally-required-minimum (long-term-care associated expenses) so that they recover from estates all medical expenses paid on behalf of Medicaid recipients age 55 and older, including those 55 and older who get the ACA's expanded Medicaid.
The criticism is that people affected are subject to having their estates need to pay back full medical expenses, not even just some kind of premium equivalent. The people affected are subject to the mandate, and would have to pay a penalty for declining the Medicaid or ACA expanded Medicaid. What could be considered unfair is that, although the mandate is for the stated purpose of allowing risk to be pooled effectively for insurance, the people subject to estate recovery of all medical expenses in fact have no risk pooling for themselves, and have to potentially pay back all medical bills paid for them.
Other state individual mandates
New Jersey and the District of Columbia adopted an individual healthcare insurance mandate effective January 1, 2019, and California, Rhode Island, and Vermont have done so effective January 1, 2020. Other states provide community rating and guaranteed issue without mandates.
Affordable Care Act
Romney's success in installing an individual mandate in Massachusetts was at first lauded by Republicans. During Romney's 2008 Presidential campaign, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) praised Romney's ability to "take some good conservative ideas, like private health insurance, and apply them to the need to have everyone insured." Romney himself said of the individual mandate: "I'm proud of what we've done. If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing it, then that will be the model for the nation." In the 2008 Presidential campaign Senator Barack Obama campaigned against an individual mandate. Obama attacked Hillary Clinton and John Edwards for their support of the individual mandate during primary debates and in television ads.
However, following the adoption of an individual mandate as a central component of President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2009, Republicans began to oppose the mandate. In 2009, every Republican Senator (including Bennett, who had co-written the 2007 bill featuring a mandate) voted to describe the mandate as "unconstitutional". (Explaining his opposition, Bennett later said: "I didn't focus on the particulars of the amendment as closely as I should have, and probably would have voted the other way if I had understood that the individual mandate was at its core. I just wanted to express my opposition to the Obama proposal at every opportunity.") The New York Times wrote: "It can be difficult to remember now, given the ferocity with which many Republicans assail it as an attack on freedom, but the provision in President Obama's health care law requiring all Americans to buy health insurance has its roots in conservative thinking."
Other Republican politicians who had previously supported individual mandates, including Romney and Orrin Hatch, similarly emerged as vocal critics of the mandate in Obama's legislation. Writing in The New Yorker, Ezra Klein stated that "the end result was... a policy that once enjoyed broad support within the Republican Party suddenly faced unified opposition."
The Affordable Care Act signed in 2010 by Obama included an individual mandate to take effect in 2014.
On August 30, 2013, final regulations for the individual mandate were published in the Federal Register, with minor corrections published December 26, 2013.
By the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is set at $0 effective 2019. The act does not repeal the individual mandate as this was ruled to violate the reconciliation process.
On December 14, 2018, District Judge Reed O'Connor of Texas ruled that the Obamacare individual mandate was unconstitutional because [the] "Individual Mandate can no longer be fairly read as an exercise of Congress's Tax Power and is still impermissible under the Interstate Commerce Clause—meaning the Individual Mandate is unconstitutional." California and several other states led the appeal of the case to the Fifth Circuit Court. The Fifth Circuit affirmed in part with O'Connor's opinion on the unconstitutionality of the ACA without the individual mandate in December 2019. The case was raised to the Supreme Court to be heard as California v. Texas during the court's 2020–21 term; in a 7–2 decision issued on June 17, 2021, the Court ruled that Texas and other states that initially challenged the individual mandate did not have standing, as they had not shown past or future injury related to the provision. The Supreme Court otherwise did not rule on the constitutionality of the individual mandate in this case.
Constitutional challenges
The ACA mandate was challenged in federal courts by Republican state attorneys general. On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the provision as constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, which upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by a 5–4 vote. The Court ruled that although the "individual mandate" component of the act was not constitutional under the Commerce Clause, it was reasonably construed as a tax and was therefore valid under the Congressional authority to "lay and collect taxes." In a September 2010 working paper, a forthcoming article in the New York University Journal of Law & Liberty, and a lecture given at NYU, Randy Barnett of Georgetown University Law Center argues that the mandate is unconstitutional under the doctrine of the Commerce and Necessary and Proper Clauses, and that enforcing it is equivalent to "commandeering the people." Penalizing inaction, he argues, is only defensible when a fundamental duty of a person has been established. He also asserted that Congress fails to enforce the mandate under its taxing power because the penalty is not revenue-generating according to the Act itself.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the individual mandate was rendered in June 2012, in the case of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.
Criticism of individual mandate
Insurance lobbyists (AHIP) in the United States advocate that the mandate is necessary to support guaranteed issue and community rating, which limit underwriting by insurers; insurers propose that the mandate is intended to prevent adverse selection by ensuring healthy individuals purchase insurance and thus broaden the risk pool. The mandate has been considered at the heart of health care reform proposals in the United States and "absolutely necessary" pre-condition to universal health care, since any non-compulsory reform would fail to expand coverage. A 2008 AHIP/Kaiser forum cited Dutch and Swiss mandates (see above); AHIP's published report does not mention penalties but says Switzerland "enforces the rules in many ways..." In October 2009, Kaiser Health News reported that "The insurance industry is clearly worried about the mandate being defanged."
Some studies of empirical evidence suggest that the threat of adverse selection is exaggerated, and that risk aversion and propitious selection may balance it. For example, several US states have guaranteed issue and limits on rating, but only Massachusetts has an individual mandate; similarly, although Japan has a nominal mandate, around 10% of individuals do not comply, and there is no penalty (they simply remain uninsured - see above). Without mandates, for-profit insurers have necessarily relied on risk aversion to charge premiums over expected risks, but have been constrained by what customers are willing to pay; mandates eliminate that constraint, allowing insurers to charge more. Governments that impose a mandate must subsidize those who cannot afford it, thus shifting the cost onto taxpayers.
University of Chicago economist Casey B. Mulligan argues that, despite adverse selection, an individual mandate is unnecessary and reducing efficiency as long as insurance is subsidized enough. "Consumers who turn down the government aid by failing, say, to buy a subsidized plan are owed gratitude by us Federal taxpayers. The ACA did the opposite with its 'individual mandate'...." A cost-benefit analysis confirming Mulligan's argument appeared in the 2019 Economic Report of the President, which also concludes that adverse selection is not sufficient economic justification for prohibiting unsubsidized plans that exclude "essential benefits" such as coverage for maternity or mental health.
The insurance mandate faced opposition across the political spectrum, from left-leaning groups such as the Green Party and other advocates of single-payer healthcare to right-leaning groups, such as The Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks, and the Cato Institute and some members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Opponents such as Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, make a philosophical argument that people should have the right to live without government social interference as a matter of individual liberty. He has stated that federal, state, and local governments are not willing or able to raise the necessary funds to effectively subsidize people who cannot currently afford insurance. He has also stated that the costs of increasing coverage are far higher than other reforms, such as reducing the number of errors and accidents in treatment, which would accomplish as much or more benefit to society.
Public opinion polls from 2009 through 2012 continued to find that most Americans rejected penalizing people for not buying health insurance.
Employer mandates
In the United States, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) includes both employer and individual mandates that take effect in 2014. The PPACA's employer mandate requires that all businesses with 50 or more full-time employees provide minimum affordable health insurance to at least 95% of their full-time employees and dependents up to age 26, or pay a fee by 2016. In the two largest EU countries, France and Germany, Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) mandates employers and employees pay into statutory sickness funds. In France, private health insurance (PHI) is voluntary and used to increase the reimbursement rate from the statutory sickness system. The same applies in Germany where it is also possible to opt out of SHI if you are a very high earner and into a PHI but if a person has reached the age of 55 and is in the PHI sector he or she must remain covered by PHI and cannot opt back into SHI. Persons who are unemployed can usually continue their payments through social insurance and the very poor receive support from the government to be insured. Most workers are insured through compulsory membership of "sickness funds" that are non-profit entities established originally by trades unions and now given statutory status. In Germany and France, as is the case with most European health care finance, the personal contribution to health care financing varies according to a person's income level and not according to their health status. Only 0.2% of Germans are uninsured, mainly self-employed, rich and poor, and persons who have failed to pay contributions to the statutory insurance or premiums to the private health insurance. Between 1990 and 2000 the share of French SHI income coming directly from employees via salaries fell from around 30% to just 3% and employer direct contributions also fell. The difference was made up by a rise in income from government taxation, thus widening the mandatory contribution base to the health insurance system. | WIKI |
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requested the cabman to drive, was that of a sound and old-established hotel in the neighborhood of the Strand, and at no great distance from the station.
Then, having stood bareheaded until the cab turned out into the traffic stream of that busy thoroughfare, the first traveler, whose baggage consisted of a large suitcase, hailed a second cab and drove to the Hotel Astoria—the usual objective of Americans.
Taking leave of him for the moment, let us follow the lady.
Her arrangements were very soon made at the hotel, and having removed some of the travel-stains from her person and partaken of one cup of China tea, respecting the quality whereof she delivered herself of some caustic comments, she walked down into the Strand and mounted to the top of a Victoria bound ’bus.
That she was not intimately acquainted with London, was a fact readily observable by her fellow passengers; for as the ’bus went rolling westward, from the large pocket of her Norfolk jacket she took out a guide-book provided with numerous maps, and began composedly to consult its complexities.
When the conductor came to collect her fare, she had made up her mind, and was replacing the guidebook in her pocket. | WIKI |
Buyiswa Fazzie
Buyiswa Fazzie (Siwisa; 7 July 1931 – 8 September 2018), also known as Ethesian Fazzie, was a South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. During apartheid, she was the president of the Port Elizabeth Women's Organisation, the women's wing of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation.
Early life and activism
Fazzie was born on 7 July 1931 in Grahamstown in the former Cape Province. During apartheid, she was a member of the women's committee of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO); with Ivy Gcina, she founded the Port Elizabeth Women's Organisation as a wing of PEBCO. She was the inaugural president of PEWO from 1983 to 1991.
Parliament: 1994–1999
In South Africa's first post-apartheid elections in 1994, Fazzie was elected to represent the ANC in the National Assembly, the lower house of the new South African Parliament. She held her seat until the next general election in 1999. She later worked as a civil servant in the Department of Health.
Personal life and death
She was married to Umkhonto we Sizwe activist Henry Fazzie, who was detained for long periods during apartheid and with whom she had children. She died on 8 September 2018 after a long illness. | WIKI |
Levi Celerio
Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 – April 2, 2002) was a Filipino composer and lyricist who is credited with writing over 4,000 songs. Celerio was recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines for Music and Literature in 1997.
He is also known for using the leaf as a musical instrument which led to being recognized as the "only man who could play music using a leaf" by the Guinness Book of Records. This led to him making guest appearances on television shows recorded outside the Philippines.
Aside from being a musician, Celerio was also a poet and a film actor who appeared in various Philippine films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life and education
Levi Celerio was born on April 30, 1910, in Tondo, Philippines to Cornelio Cruz and Juliana Celerio and was born to a poor family. Celerio's affinity for music was a result of influence from his mother who is a harpist and a member of a church choir. He was estranged from his father who is involved in the real estate and jewelry business. His father was never married to his mother.
His mother encouraged him to be involved in music as a distraction from the squalid conditions of their neighborhood. Despite this, Celerio became a close acquaintance of gang leader Asiong Salonga. At his mother's encouragement, Celerio started playing the violin at age 11 taking lessons from a member of the Philippine Constabulary Band. Celerio later performed with the band as its member while simultaneously attending Torres High School. It was during his high school years that Celerio learned about his father.
He also attended the Academy of Music Manila Conservatory of Music to study violin for two semesters. Then director Alexander Lippay recommended him for a scholarship at the Academy of Music in Manila. He received scholarship and became the youngest member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra.
Orchestral and poetry career
Levi Celerio was a member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra but his stint with the musical troupe ended when he fell off a tree and broke his wrist. He temporarily worked as a comic illustrator and later decided to shift to songwriting.
Prior to turning to songwriting, Celerio got involved in poetry and was a humorist in the orchestra of Premiere Productions. He held high regard to the poet, Jose Corazon de Jesus. However, his poems failed to gain positive reception and his works were regarded as "lacking in style". Later in his career, he had Filipino Palindromes and Take It From Levi, a collection of love poems he wrote published.
Songwriting
Levi Celerio is credited for writing more than 4,000 songs, many of which are dedicated to his wife and children. He wrote Filipino folk, Christmas, and love songs and some of his songs were used in feature films.
Among Original Pilipino Music (OPM) songs he composed are "Ikaw", "Kahit Konting Pagtingin", "Saan Ka Man Naroroon? (1968)". He wrote the lyrics of the Filipino lullaby "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan". He also composed folk songs including "Ako ay May Singsing", "Ang Pipit", "Dungawin Mo Hirang", "Itik-Itik", "Pitong Gatang", and "Waray-Waray" "Sa Ugoy ng Duyan", in particular, was a collaboration with Lucio San Pedro, a fellow National Artist.
"Ang Pasko ay Sumapit", officially titled "Maligayang Pasko at Masaganang Bagong Taon" is an example of a well-known Christmas song by Celerio, which was the Tagalog version from the original Cebuano song, Kasadya Ning Taknaa, by Vicente Rubi and Mariano Vestil. He also wrote the Christmas carols "Pasko Na Naman" and "Noche Buena" with composer Felipe Padilla de León in 1965.
National Artist for Music and Literature
On October 9, 1997, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1114, President Fidel V. Ramos proclaimed him a National Artist for Music and Literature. His citation read that his music "was a perfect embodiment of the heartfelt sentiments and valued traditions of the Filipino".
Guinness recognition
Celerio was known for using the leaf as a musical instrument which resulted in the Guinness Book of World Records to recognize him as "the man who could play music with a leaf". According to his daughter, he first learned to play the leaf as an instrument during World War II. According to the account, he had to prove himself as a musician when he had an encounter with Japanese soldiers. He managed to pick a young leaf and play them a song and he was left unscathed.
Other honors and awards
The University of the Philippines conferred him an honorary doctorate degree in Humanities in 1991. The Film Academy of the Philippines gave Celerio the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989. He is also the recipient of the CCP Gawad Para Sa Sining in 1991, and the Gawad Urian Award in 1993.
Television appearances
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Celerio was involved in various Philippine film as a character actor. He portrayed a variety of roles which ranged from a beggar, a rapist, a liquor thief and pickpocket, and a palm-reader. His Guinness recognition led to his guest appearance in The Ed Sullivan Show He also guested in The Merv Griffin Show and That's Incredible! (1970s ).
Later years
In his old age, Celerio occasionally appeared in public, usually at a concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He also played violin at the Camelot Hotel bar and other small venues.
Death and legacy
Celerio died in the afternoon of April 2, 2002, at the Delgado Clinic in Kamuning, Quezon City due to multiple organ dysfunction. He also had a prior episode of stroke. He was buried with full military honors at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
On his 108th Birth Anniversary on April 30, 2018, Google Philippines featured Celerio in a Google Doodle.
Personal life
Levi Celerio was married to Lina Celerio and has 4 children. He had four failed relationships. Singer-comedian Veronica Palileo is a half-sister of his and director-actor Tony Cruz was a half-brother. He also played the piano as a past time but not in a professional capacity.
In popular culture
* Portrayed by Ariel Rivera in an episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya titled Byulin. | WIKI |
Thestorides of Phocaea
Thestorides of Phocaea (Θεστορίδης) was a legendary or semi-legendary early Greek poet, one of those to whom the epic Little Iliad was ascribed.
Thestorides figures as a major character in the fictional Life of Homer fraudulently ascribed to Herodotus. According to this, when Homer came to Phocaea Thestorides offered him food and lodging in exchange for the right to record his poetry in writing. Homer had little choice but to accept, and recited to Thestorides the Iliad, the Odyssey and also an epic on local history and legend, Phocais. This story is unique among the ancient legends concerning Homer as it embodies the claim that writing was known in Homer's circle; all other sources state or imply that Homer's poems were transmitted orally to his followers or descendants. The Life adds that Thestorides afterwards moved to Chios, where he performed Homer's poems as if they were his own and became famous. Homer heard rumours of this and eventually travelled to Chios also; Thestorides, threatened with disgrace, left the island hastily. | WIKI |
SCEC Award Number 19234 View PDF
Proposal Category Collaborative Proposal (Data Gathering and Products)
Proposal Title Collaborative research: Complementing CGM with Sentinel-1 InSAR data
Investigator(s)
Name Organization
Yuri Fialko University of California, San Diego Susan Owen National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ekaterina Tymofyeyeva University of California, San Diego
Other Participants
SCEC Priorities 1a, 2a, 3a SCEC Groups Geodesy
Report Due Date 04/30/2020 Date Report Submitted 05/18/2020
Project Abstract
The SCEC Community Geodetic Model (CGM) aims to describe surface deformation in Southern California at highest possible spatio-temporal resolution and accuracy. This requires an optimal integration of GPS and InSAR data. Sentinel-1 mission of the European Space Agency provides several key features essential for CGM, including: i) frequent and regular acquisitions. The nominal revisit time for the currently operational Sentinel-1A and 1B satellites is 6 days. This can be compared to the minimum revisit time of 35 days for the previous ESA missions such as ERS-1/2 and ENVISAT. ii) A smaller revisit time not only improves temporal resolution, but also significantly reduces problems with decorrelation of the radar phase, and helps mitigate atmospheric artifacts by virtue of averaging. iii) Wide-swath capability. 300-km-wide swathes of Sentinel-1 ensure a complete coverage of Southern California with just a few tracks. iv) Uniform coverage from both ascending and descending satellite orbits. Data from two different look directions allow us to separate horizontal and vertical components of surface displacements. Incorporation of Sentinel-1 data is therefore expected to result in a significant improvement of CGM. We have set up a system for routine systematic processing of all of Sentinel-1 data from Southern California. We also developed and implemented algorithms for corrections for the atmospheric noise, and errors due to multi-looking and filtering of the radar phase.
Intellectual Merit Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data are increasingly used to image deformation due to active faults. One of the well-recognized limitations of InSAR measurements of low-amplitude long-wavelength signals such as those due to interseismic deformation is increased uncertainty at wavelengths greater than several tens of kilometers. This stems from a number of factors, including imprecise knowledge of the satellite orbits and regional trends in phase delays due to the signal propagation through the ionosphere and troposphere. As a result, the long-wavelength component of the InSAR measurements is typically constrained to fit some axilliary (e.g., Global Navigation Satellite System, or GNSS) data, or model assumptions. We investigate to what extent InSAR data from the current generation of InSAR satellites - in particular, Sentinel-1A/B mission - are able to provide constraints on the long-wavelength tectonic deformation that are independent from those provided by the GNSS data. Toward this end, we processed a dataset from Southern California and compared the InSAR time series to the timeseries from the continuous GNSS network. We used the CANDIS method, a technique based on iterative common point stacking, to correct the InSAR data for tropospheric and ionospheric artifacts when calculating secular velocities and time series, and to isolate low-amplitude deformation signals in our study region. We computed the 3 orthogonal components of surface motion using overlapping InSAR tracks with different look geometries, together with an additional constraint provided by GPS measurements of the local azimuth of the horizontal velocity vector. The InSAR time series were computed using both filtered and unfiltered radar phase. The results show a good agreement with the independent GNSS data.
Broader Impacts Evaluation of seismic hazard is based primarily on historic seismicity
and long-term fault slip rates inferred from paleoseismic data.
Geodetic observations provide an important additional source of
information about contemporaneous accumulation of strain in the
seismogenic layer. UCERF3 model now incorporates estimates of fault
slip rates based on geodetic data. A major outstanding question is
whether geodetic observations can help identify areas of seismic
hazard that haven't been recognized based on available seismic and
geologic data. While mature faults such as the San Andreas fault by
and large have clear expression in geomorphology, young developing
faults and fault zones may be more difficult to recognize. Sentinel-1
InSAR data help us better understand a potential contribution of
geodetic observations to estimates of seismic hazard such as
UCERF. The performed analysis of space geodetic data helps improve our
understanding of the associated seismic hazard to populated areas in
Southern California. This project has provided training and support
for one graduate student (Zeyu Jin).
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China hikes 2019 non-state oil import quota as private refiners expand
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has hiked its 2019 crude oil import quota for “non-state trade”, generally meaning independent refiners, by 42 percent to 202 million tonnes, as two private companies prepare to launch commercial production at major new plants. It is the second consecutive year that Beijing has increased the quota, which is equivalent to 4.04 million barrels per day (bpd). The Commerce Ministry said in a statement companies must submit their applications for the quotas by Nov. 10. The ministry did not provide a detailed breakdown of quota recipients, but they should include mostly independent refiners, which make up around two-thirds of the total. “The main reason is that some major independent refineries have new production capacity that will go online in 2019,” said Dong Xiucheng, a professor at the China Petroleum University. At least two private refiners, Hengli Group and Zhejiang Petrochemical, are preparing to launch commercial production of two new large plants. The move also underscores the growth of large private refiners, which are looking to build new petrochemcial plants making plastics, rubber and polyester as middle-class consumers demand high-end goods from cars to electronics. The government has cracked down on smaller operators, often known as teapots, which often use outdated equipment to make lower grade fuels. Reporting by Josephine Mason and Hallie Gu; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Mark Potter | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
New attribute in System/User table
New attribute in System/User table
I want a new dimensions for my users (system/user table) to store an abbreviation for the user, which I can use throughout my application.
Eg:
Name: john Doe
Abbreviation: JD
But i see it's not possible to add an attribute to the System/User table... What will be the way forward to get this done? And any suggestions on how to create this abbreviation manually?
It should be a global attribute that can be used throughout the application (over several modules).
Imho the approach would be:
Create an Entity "ExtendedUser" with UserID as PK and you are done.
expose it and when creating a user, wrap it to create a user inlcduing the extended user.
Alternatively, in case you have data coming from another system, or resides in an existing table, you can use the External_Id in the User entity to store a reference. In your use-case, J's solution is far the best, but in others referring to an external Id can be better (especially to avoid creating a simple 1:1 link table).
Kilian Hekhuis wrote:
Alternatively, in case you have data coming from another system, or resides in an existing table, you can use the External_Id in the User entity to store a reference. In your use-case, J's solution is far the best, but in others referring to an external Id can be better (especially to avoid creating a simple 1:1 link table).
Thanks Kilian... maybe I am going to populate this External ID with the abbreviation, I think it can work in my application... But one question more:
Any idea about how to auto-populate this field via a (hopefully) built-in function? Or no change, and it should be entered manually?
What is "auto population" in this case? You'll need to create some bootstrap probably. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Ben Bernanke confirmed as Federal Reserve chairman for second term
January 29, 2010
In a 70 to 30 vote on Thursday, the United States Senate voted to confirm chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term.
The vote, which was not split along party lines (11 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against Bernanke), was the closest vote ever for a Federal Reserve chair appointment. The previous closest vote was in 1983, when was confirmed by the Senate, 84 to 16. Complaints against Bernanke mostly involved his presiding over the major economic downturn, as well as the bailout of. In the case of the latter, Bernanke agreed to the AIG matters being audited by the Government Accountability Office.
The supporters of Bernanke included Democratic Senator of New Jersey, who said in support, "Let us not judge the man or the work prematurely." Conversely, Democrat Barbara Boxer of California questioned his commitment to all economic aspects, stating, "The American people have the right to ask whether the Fed is truly committed to supporting Main Street's economy, not just Wall Street."
Among the opposers included Republican Senator of Kentucky, the lone vote against Bernanke on his original appointment. He said, "a vote for Ben Bernanke is a vote for bailouts." Republican of Ohio voted in support for Bernanke, as did Utah Senator.
Bernanke was originally looking to pass easily, but opposition began rising in the Senate chambers after 's seat was lost to the Republicans, though Obama began outreach to Democratic Senators after the election, putting the confirmation back on track. | WIKI |
“Poland paid ransom under the guise of obtaining reparations” – said prof. Bogdan Musiał during the Congress of National Remembrance organized in Warsaw by the Institute of National Remembrance. At the same time, he pointed out that Poland had no agreement with Germany regarding reparations, and that the only agreement to waive reparations was concluded between Germany and the USSR and Poland was not a party to it.
“In the Potsdam Agreement, to which Poland was not a party, there was a solution concerning Poland – it was provided that Poland would collect reparations through the USSR” – said Dr. Konrad Graczyk. “This mediation was spared all other members of the anti-Hitler coalition. Poland was supposed to collect these reparations through the USSR. Later, in subsequent agreements, their value was set at 15 percent. In the following months, years after World War II, this percentage was lowered, for which consent was forced on the Polish government. As part of collecting reparations from the eastern reparations mass, Poland received any benefits, but they were benefits in goods. These goods were different, of different quality, for example, in 1949 a significant percentage of reparations was 6 million classics of Marxism-Leninism printed in the GDR, motorcycles, chemicals, chemical reagents, various products were transferred from the GDR as reparations, but the whole agreement was burdened with the so-called compensation clause, or the coal clause, which made the whole regulation properly facade. That is, the USSR wrongly assumed that the eastern mass, i.e. the area of the GDR, which the Soviet Union had occupied, had been depleted by the so-called reclaimed lands. The value of the regained lands annexed to Poland and the Eastern Borderlands lost by Poland and annexed to the USSR was compared. The Soviets received the balance that they had lost and imposed a solution consisting in compensating for this difference in the form of coal supplies, which was extremely unfavorable for Poland” – he reminded. “One more thing is worth mentioning. In the area of the regained territories, Poland took over 2,000 German steam locomotives and their value was again deducted by the USSR and Poland had to pay for these 2,000 German locomotives as part of reparation settlements, which proves the superficiality of this solution at the time” – he added. “Among these locomotives were Polish locomotives which Deutsche Bahn appropriated, and we received, as reparations, and paid for them, Polish locomotives of the Polish State Railways” – added Dr. Krzysztof Rak.
“In 1946, the Polish side proposed to reduce the 15 percent to 7.5 percent. Not because the Poles were so generous, but because this annex was so unfavorable for Poland that in fact Poland was plundered by the Soviets under the guise of obtaining reparations. It was better for Poland to resign. According to Soviet calculations, Poland obtained USD 280 million, and for the coal that Poland had to provide in return, selling it on the market, it would obtain about USD 1 billion” – noted Prof. Bogdan Musiał, emphasizing that back then coal was really a wealth. “Poland paid ransom under the guise of obtaining reparations” – he concluded. At the same time, he pointed out that Poland had no agreement with Germany regarding reparations, and that the only agreement to waive reparations was concluded between Germany and the USSR and Poland was not a party to it. “The Soviet Union also renounced reparations on behalf of Poland. They could not renounce on our behalf. Besides, no document has been signed to this day, so in fact Poland has not renounced reparations neither to the Soviet Union nor to Germany” – he concluded, emphasizing that the statement (Bierut’s) is not a legal act. “There is no legal act, so Germany’s reference to this document is really ridiculous” – he concluded. “Germany has reparations agreements with all countries, with the exception of Poland” – the historian noted.
“Bierut’s statement from 1953 is a key document in the whole story we are talking about today. If I had to define it from a legal point of view, this statement of August 23, 1953 is an international unilateral act of waiver. The most important thing for this of the document is crucial, is whether it can function in international turnover. Prof. Jan Sandorski, who presented a full analysis of this statement, put forward a scientific thesis that it is invalid ab initio. Let us recall that in this statement the Bierut government on January 1, 1954, he renounces reparations and considers the case closed. From the legal point of view, Prof. Sandorski says that it is invalid ab initio, i.e. it had no legal effects from the beginning – because this declaration is affected by the defect of the declaration of intent, we cannot in any way respect. That is, whether someone succeeding invoked the fact that it confirms the resignation of the government of Bolesław Bierut, it does not matter in the slightest, because if something is invalid from the beginning, it cannot suddenly be valid” – said attorney Beata Komarnicka-Nowak.
“The German side, referring to why it does not want to pay reparations to Poland in its recent scientific studies, especially the scientific services of the Bundestag, when preparing a fairly extensive analysis, refers only to this statement and believes that it is important, and even if it were not important, the government of Prime Minister Belka confirmed that it was important in 2004. And that’s it for all this great legal analysis, we are dealing only with a refusal on the basis of a document that does not really exist” – explained the lawyer. “We have a reliable legal analysis of a man who did this scientifically” – she noted.
“The disadvantages of the declaration of will are as follows: it was issued under political coercion and under economic coercion in conditions of limited sovereignty. These are the three reasons why it is absolutely invalid ab initio” – emphasized Komarnicka-Nowak.
It can be seen, therefore, that there are no legal grounds that could justify Germany’s refusal to pay reparations due to Poland. Historical evidence also argues that Poles should be compensated for the harm done to them during World War II. The decision of the authorities in Berlin to refuse to pay the amounts due to Poland is a strictly political decision, resulting from bad will and a colonial approach to our country. As long as Germany does not settle accounts for the destruction caused during World War II, it was still mentally and politically stuck in the Third Reich, and thus will be a potential threat. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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Tosnensky District
Tosnensky District (То́сненский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central southwestern part of the oblast and borders with Kirovsky District in the north, Kirishsky District in the east, Chudovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southeast, Novgorodsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, Luzhsky District in the southwest, Gatchinsky District in the west, and Pushkinsky and Kolpinsky Districts of the federal city of Saint Petersburg in the northwest. The area of the district is 3585.4 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Tosno. Population (excluding the administrative center): 77,194 (2002 Census);
Geography
The northern part of the district is heavily urbanized and consists essentially of suburbs of Saint Petersburg, whereas the southern part is swampy and hardly populated. The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Neva River. The rivers in the north and in the west of the district drain into left tributaries of the Neva, of which the Tosna and the Izhora are the principal ones. The rivers in the south and in the east of the district drain into the Tigoda and the Kerest, left tributaries of the Volkhov River. The Tigoda crosses the southeastern part of the district, while a short stretch of the Kerest makes the boundary between the district and Novgorod Oblast.
History
Originally, the area of the district was populated by Finnic peoples. From the 9th century, the area was changing hands between Novgorod Republic (from the 15th century, the Grand Duchy of Moscow), and Sweden. In 1617, according to the Treaty of Stolbovo, the area was transferred to Sweden, and in the 1700s, during the Great Northern War, it was conquered back by Russia. The city of Saint Petersburg was founded in 1703.
In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, the area was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known since 1710 as Saint Petersburg Governorate). In 1727, Novgorod Governorate split off. The eastern part of the area was a part of Novgorodsky Uyezd of Novgorod Governorate. The western part remained in Saint Petersburg Governorate and later was split between Tsarskoselsky and Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezds (renamed in 1913 Petrogradsky Uyezd and in 1924 Leningradsky Uyezd; the governorate was accordingly renamed Petrogradsky in 1913 and Leningradsky in 1924). On November 20, 1918 Tsarskoye Selo was renamed Detskoye Selo, and the uyezd was renamed Detskoselsky. On February 14, 1923 Detskoselsky and Petergofsky Uyezds were abolished and merged into Gatchinsky Uyezd, with the administrative center located in Gatchina.
On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Lyubansky District, with the administrative center in the town of Lyuban, was established. The governorates were also abolished, and the district was a part of Leningrad Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. It included parts of former Novgorodsky Uyezds. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were abolished as well, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On August 19, 1930 Lyubansky District was abolished, and Tosnensky District with the administrative district in Tosno was established on the areas occupied by Lubansky District and parts of Detskoselsky and Kolpinsky Districts. On August 20, 1935 Tosno and Krasny Bor were granted urban-type settlement status. Between September 1941 and January 1944, during World War II, the district was occupied by German troops. On December 9, 1960 parts of abolished Mginsky District were transferred to Tosnensky District, and in 1977, they were split off to form Kirovsky District. On February 1, 1963 Tosno was granted town status.
On August 1, 1927 Detskoselsky District was established as well, with the administrative center in the town of Detskoye Selo. It was a part of Leningrad Okrug of Leningrad Oblast and included areas formerly belonging to Gatchinsky and Novgorodsky Uyezds. The town of Slutsk was also a part of the district. On August 19, 1930 the district was abolished and split between Tosnensky, Krasnogvardeysky, and Leningradsky Prigorodny Districts.
Another district established on August 1, 1927 was Kolpinsky District, with the administrative center in the town of Kolpino. It was a part of Leningrad Okrug of Leningrad Oblast and included areas formerly belonging to Leningradsky and Gatchinsky Uyezds. On August 19, 1930 the district was abolished and split between Tosnensky and Leningradsky Prigorodny Districts.
On August 19, 1936 Slutsky District was established. It included some aread from abolished Leningradsky Prigorodny District and from Tosnensky District. On June 23, 1939 parts of Krasnogvardeysky District were transferred to Slutsky District. Between September 1941 and January 1944 parts of the district were occupied by German troops. On April 23, 1944 Slutsk was renamed Pavlovsk, and the district was renamed Pavlovsky. On July 25, 1953 Pavlovsky District was abolished and split between the city of Leningrad, Gatchinsky, and Tosnensky Districts.
Industry
The economy of the district is based on construction industry, machine building industry, timber industry and peat extraction. In particular, the enterprises located in the district in 2011 produced 10% of the total amount of ceramic tiles in Russia.
Agriculture
The main agricultural specializations in the district are meat and milk production, as well as growing of vegetables, mainly potatoes. As of 2011, Tosnensky District produced 70% of all pork produced in Leningrad Oblast.
Transportation
Two railway lines, connecting Saint Peterburg with Moscow and Veliky Novgorod, respectively, cross the district from north to south. Ulyanovka (Sablino railway station), Tosno, and Lyuban are the main railway stations within the district. Sablino serves furthermore as a railway node and is connected by railways with Mga and Gatchina. Gladkoye narrow gauge railway and Pelgorskoye peat narrow gauge railway for hauling peat operate in the district.
The M10 highway, connecting Saint Petersburg in Moscow, crosses the district from north to south, mostly running parallel to the railway. The A120 road, encircling Saint Petersburg, crosses the northern part of the district. There are also local roads, which in particular form a dense network in the northern part of the district, in the suburbs of Saint Petersburg. This infrastructure makes Tosnensky District one of the most developed districts in Russia.
Culture and recreation
The district contains twenty-two cultural heritage monuments of federal significance and additionally eighty-one objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. The federal monuments include the Maryino Estate of Stroganovs, currently in the village of Andrianovo, and the ensemble of the Forest School in the settlement of Lisino-Korpus.
The only state museum in the district is the Tosnensky District Museum, located in the town of Tosno. | WIKI |
Santee Is Latest Blow to Myth Of Suburbia's Safer Schools
Shooting spree by student at Santana High School brings chorus of whys from the mostly white, mostly middle-class families of Santee, California, echoing stunned reaction in recent years of some other supposedly safe suburban residents who believed that 'it can't happen here'; child psychiatrists, educators and other researchers have been asking similar questions since teenagers began shooting other teenagers at suburban high schools in last five years; their explanations point to easy availability of guns, but they also wonder whether violent student outbursts are byproducts of communities themselves, where children come and go as they please, and where ups and downs of student life and cliques are magnified by school's position as center of the local universe; also noted is suburban schools' reluctance to institute intrusive security measures, like metal detectors and security guards; photo (M) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
It's All Yours
It's All Yours is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer and Mischa Auer. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It has sometimes been counted as a screwball comedy.
Cast
* Madeleine Carroll as Linda Gray
* Francis Lederer as Jimmy Barnes
* Mischa Auer as Baron Rene de Montigny
* Grace Bradley as Constance Marlowe
* Victor Kilian as City Clerk
* George McKay as License Clerk
* Charles Waldron as Alexander Duncan
* J.C. Nugent as E.J. Barnes
* Richard Carle as Judge Reynolds
* Arthur Hoyt as Dabney | WIKI |
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5 the too great freedom that you take with Mr. Trippit. You have been ſeen with him (if ſame lies not in the ſide box's of both theatres, at the blue coat hoſpital on a Sunday night, and afterwards at a certain tavern, not a mile from the ice, which is a houſe (as I have been credibly informed) of no good repute You have both more ver, been ſeen at Ran! igh aſſem y Vauxhall gardens and what is ſtill more flagrant a upar's fire works. Don't imagine, niece, that I am in the leaſt prejudiced, or ſpeak out of any private picque but let me tell you, your familiarity with him give me no ſmall concern, as his character is one of the beſt, and as he his acted in the moſt ungererous manner by two or three very virtuous young ladies of my aquaintance, who entertained a too favourable opinion of his honour 'Tis poſſible as you have no great expectacion from your relations, and he has an an duity as is reported, of ol a year left him by his uncle, that you may be tempted to imagine his addreſſes an offer to your advantage. 'Tis much to be queſtioned, however, whether his fair promiſes he may poſſibly make you, I have heard it whiſpered, that he is privately engaged to a rich, old doating lady, not far from Hackney. Beſides, admitting it to be true, that he is really entitled to the anuity above mentioned, yet is is too well known that he is deeply in debt; that he lives beyond his income and has very little if any regard for his reputation In ſhort not to mince the matter, he is a perfect libertine, and is ever boaſting ot favours from our weak ſex whole fondneſs and frailty are the conſtant topics of his ralliery and ridicule,
all things, therefore, duly conſidered, let me prevail on you, dear Niece, to avoid his company as you | WIKI |
Each time the computer trade tries to make inroads into the home leisure center by offering merchandise which are designed to use the home TELEVISION display screen as a computer screen, consumers offer lots of resistance. The option culminates in students designing and growing software natively for cloud computing platforms. Associates levels in pc and knowledge expertise provide college students with a very primary, foundational education in computers and know-how. The Pc Expertise program leads to an Associate in Applied Science diploma, and is coordinated by the Math, Engineering and Pc Science (MEC) department.
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The TE program additionally consists of an introductory course in laptop purposes and a studying skills course. Pc science researchers have spent many years developing pc packages that are able to help folks in making complex choices by modeling the behavior of human consultants in various fields.
Electronics and Computer Know-how diploma holders can pursue work in areas comparable to field service, gross sales and manufacturing, building, installing, testing, evaluating, and maintaining digital techniques, tools and equipment. College students who have no need to create pc applications or construct programs can earn a different training in laptop technology.computer technology
To offer students with a sound basis in the Mathematics, Fundamental Sciences and Engineering fundamentals necessary to formulate, clear up and analyze engineering issues. They are typically both translated into machine code by a compiler or an assembler earlier than being run, or translated directly at run time by an interpreter Generally programs are executed by a hybrid method of the two techniques. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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"Ariel" newspaper banner, as published by the BBC - who also own its copyright - but freely available to staff and visitors to its premises - scanned by Zir 20:57, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Fair use rationale
Fair use claimed for the Ariel (newspaper) article because:
* no free alternative photo to illustrate Ariel (newspaper) banner is available.
* the newspaper itself is freely available to staff and visitors to BBC premises.
* does not detract from the value of the text, or the copyright holder's ability to make further profit from it, as it is not a current issue.
* the content (illegible on this photo) is © Copyright BBC | WIKI |
Why There Are No Noyontara Flowers In Agargaon Colony: Stories
Why There Are No Noyontara Flowers In Agargaon Colony: Stories is a collection of short stories by Bangladeshi novelist Shahidul Zahir. It was translated from Bengali to English by Indian translator V. Ramaswami. The collection was published on 5 September 2022 by Harper Perennial. The book received mixed reviews after its publication. Indian poet and writer Jerry Pinto has described it as "unforgettable".
The name of the collection is derived from the 1991 short story "Agargaon Colony-te Nayantara Phul Keno Nei", which was published in the short story collection Dumur Kheko Manush O Annanya Galpo (1999). The anthology consists of ten short stories, six of which are taken from Dumur Kheko Manush O Annanya Galpo and four from the collection Dolu Nadir Hawa O Annanya Galpo (2004).
Criticism
Debpriya Sanyal of The New Indian Express said about the title of the story collection, (the Name) explores the concept of existence, reality, as well as the relationship between man and nature, within a layered structure. Indian writer Manjula Padmanabhan said translator V. Ramaswamy "appears to have done such a painstaking job that even though the words are in English, the fragrance of the writing remains Bengali."
Siddhartha Deb stated this "haunting and apocalyptic … a literature of the future". Rakhchanda Jalil of The Wire described it as "short, pithy, compact … unsettling the present and casting a dark shadow on the future". On the other hand, writer Somak Ghoshal from Mint newspaper said: (it is) "a rare gift … Zahir synthesizes hard-hitting social realism with a surge of surrealist paranoia to forge a style that keeps the reader on tenterhooks."
According to Frontline magazine, the ten stories in the anthology go beyond the boundaries of language and storytelling and blend folklore, oral storytelling traditions, and magical realism with a deeper understanding of socio-political realities. | WIKI |
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( 21 ) as deſirous to put them in a fright, he ſent his ſervant and ordered them all, both men and women, to come up before his gate directly o-morrow at kail-time; and all that did not come, was to flit an remove out of my Lord's ground directly, which put the whole town n a terrible conſternation! Some ran to wiſe willie, to know what it meant; willie ſaid, it was before ſomething, and he was ſure death was the worſt o't, ſome what will. O, ſays witty Eppie. I ken well what's to come he's gaun to tak de men a' ſo gers, an de wives ragoons, becauſe they'r de bell fighters: I en there's ſomething to come on the town, for our Nancy ſaw Maggy's gaiſt the ſtreen, t was buried four weeks ſince ſyne. A hech, o' willie that's a ſign meal is dear in the ther warld, when ſhe comes to this ane again; we'll tak our dinner afore we ge, we'll may- e ne'er come back again. So off they went, amenting all in a crowd My Lord and the aptain was looking over window to them. The captain cries to them. To the right about. O, good bliss vou, my Lord, ſaid they, what is dat in ſay? Said my Lord, Turn your ace to Maggy's hill, and your a-e to the ea. This they did in all haſte. An what will we do now? ſaid willie, No more, ſaid ay Lord, but go away home, william. O my ow! O my bleſſing come o'er your bonny ace, my Lord; I wiſh you may never die, or yet grow ſick. nor nae body fell you; on're the beſt Lord in a' de warld, for we | WIKI |
@article {Struck:2010:1938-6478:2324, title = "Cold Weather Design and Operational Considerations for Deep-bed Denitrification Filters to Achieve Limit-of-Technology Nutrient Removal", journal = "Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation", parent_itemid = "infobike://wef/wefproc", publishercode ="wef", year = "2010", volume = "2010", number = "15", publication date ="2010-01-01T00:00:00", pages = "2324-2353", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "1938-6478", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wef/wefproc/2010/00002010/00000015/art00046", doi = "doi:10.2175/193864710798159138", keyword = "nitrogen, phosphorus, limit-oftechnology, cold weather operation, Tertiary denitrification, nutrient removal, pilot testing", author = "Struck, P. and Emerson, J. and Nixson, D. and Stinson, B. and Neupane, D. and Peric, M. and Pepprah, E. and Singh, G.", abstract = "For several decades deep bed downflow denitrification filters have proven reliable as tertiary treatment for achieving low effluent nitrogen levels. The majority of these facilities are operating in the southeastern region where wastewater temperatures are generally warmer. In recent years, a number of facilities have also been installed in the mid-Atlantic region to meet nutrient reduction requirements. While wastewater temperatures are comparably colder in this region most of these facilities are either operating in seasonal denitrification mode (low flow, warm period), or operating in filtration mode only (no external carbon addition) where the plant's upstream process is capable of meeting current total nitrogen requirements. Also, it is found that many of these facilities are operating at lower loading conditions and therefore reported performance data may not be representative of design conditions. In an effort to confirm the design criteria for typical mid-Atlantic cold weather operation and year-round performance to meet limit-of-technology (LOT) levels (TN 3 mg/L, TP 0.3 mg/L) required for treatment plants in Maryland, as well as other jurisdictions within the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and the City of Baltimore collaborated on a denitrification filter pilot testing program. Testing was conducted at the Back River WWTP from January through July of 2009 and the results are presented in this paper, and compared with performance observed at full-scale facilities.In summary, the cold weather testing demonstrated the system's ability to achieve the effluent objectives (for nitrate removal) at loading rates from 40-50 lbs nitrate/1,000 ft3/day. The average hydraulic loading rates were up to 3.0 gpm/ft2, with 80-90% removal efficiency at average wastewater temperatures of about 13 \textdegreeC. During warmer weather testing the nitrate mass removal capacity increased and the system was able to achieve lower effluent concentrations at loadings similar to or higher than those for cold weather testing. The filter system was also hydraulically tested during warmer weather at peak-day loading rates up to 9 gpm/ft2 (at a loading near 100 lbs nitrate/1,000 ft3/day) while still achieving about 80% nitrate removal, demonstrating the system's ability to handle peak flows and loads without significant reduction in effluent quality.", } | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. Schedules Earnings Release for Second Quarter and Fiscal Period Ended December 31, 2024
NEW YORK, March 22, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICMB) ("ICMB" or "Company") today announced that it will release its financial results for the second quarter and fiscal period ended December 31, 2024 on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, after the close of the financial markets. The Company will host an earnings conference call at 10:00 am (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to review its financial results and conduct a question-and-answer session. All interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing (800) 550-9893 5-10 minutes prior to the call; international callers should dial (858) 609-8959. Participants should enter 872058# as the passcode, then press 2 when prompted. For those who are not able to listen to the call, a replay will be available shortly after the call by visiting our website at http://icmbdc.com/earnings-calls/.
About Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc.
The Company is an externally-managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company's primary investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation by investing in debt and related equity investments of privately held middle-market companies. The Company seeks to invest primarily in middle-market companies that have annual revenues of at least $50 million and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization of at least $15 million. The Company's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, CM Investment Partners LLC. To learn more about Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc., please visit www.icmbdc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included herein or on the conference call may contain "forward-looking statements," which relate to future performance or ICMB's financial condition, are based upon current expectations and are inherently uncertain. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance condition or results and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control, including the impact of significant market volatility on the Company’s business, its portfolio companies, its industry and the global economy. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein, except as required by law. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
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Contacts
Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. Investor Relations Email: ICMBinvestorrelations@investcorp.com Phone: 212-703-1154 | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Rh it up with fine snow that we made our journeys to and from the house, so to speak, blindfold, and took our chance of the drifts. But the evening of the 11th promised better. The wind dropped, and in an hour fell to a flat calm: then, after another hour, began to draw easily off shore—the draught itself being less noticeable than the way in which it smoothed down the heavy sea running. Though the cold did not lift, the weather grew tolerable once more: and each time I crossed the townplace with a lamb in my arms, I heard the surf running lower and lower in the porth below Vellingey.
By day-break (the 12th) it was fallen to nothing: the sky still holding snow, but sky and sea the same colour; a heavy blueish grey, like steel. I was coming over the towans, just then, with a lamb under either arm (making twelve, that night) when I happened to look seaward, and there saw a boat tossing, about a gunshot from the shore.
She was a long boat, painted white; very low in the sheer, and curved at stern and stern like a Norwegian; her stern rounded off without a transom, and scarcely bluffer than her bows. She carried a mast, stepped right forward; but no sail. She was full of people. I counted five sitting, all white with snow one by the mast, three amidships, and one in the stern sheets, steering. At least, he had a hand on the tiller: but the people had given over pulling, and the boat without | WIKI |
In the 1870s when William Gilson Farlow was studying under Asa Gray at Harvard, there were no facilities in America for the study of cryptogams. Farlow traveled to Europe to study under leading scientists and return to share what he had learned. This drive to acquire knowledge and to share it with others seems a common theme in Farlow's life. He was a fascinating and inspiring teacher known for being helpful to all his students. G.P. Clinton (1867-1937) writes, "...but even more important than his lectures was his work with students in research. Here his inspiring personal teaching - for he never left them to an assistant - developed many distinguished students." This drive to help others learn is seen again in the concept of Farlow's Icones.
In his introduction to Icones Farlowianae, Farlow explained that he hoped the book would allow more people access to the study of fungi.
- One of the aims of the author in preparing the present work has been to furnish to those who are not in the possession of large libraries and collections the means of identifying the more striking and characteristic of our larger fungi .
Unfortunately the other aspects of this work are not as easy to trace as Farlow's purpose. His initial conception of the project is much more difficult to pinpoint. Farlow did not record the date he decided a book of the larger fungi of New England was needed, nor did he mention in any correspondence when he began to collect materials for this book. However, using specimens, correspondence, notes, drawings, and ephemera that was left behind, it is possible to estimate when Farlow's idea became a reality.
The real work on the book appears to have begun in the mid to late 1880's. This seems a reasonable estimate for two reasons. First, Farlow's earliest notes regarding types of fungi that appear in the Icones date from the mid-1880s. Second, in early March of 1889 Farlow met Joseph Bridgham of Providence, Rhode Island. Bridgham was a natural history artist of some renown and an entomologist with a special interest in lepidoptery. It is unclear how they met although it might have been through Alexander Agassiz (1835-1910) or Professor Samuel Henshaw (1852-1941), both of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, who Bridgham also drew for . At their meeting Farlow discussed his need for an artist to create drawings of specimens for him. Bridgham wrote to Farlow on April 16, 1889, asking about the work they had discussed.
Bridgham and Farlow came to an agreement and in a letter dated June 11, 1889, Bridgham discusses his salary for the work he is doing for the museum, probably the Museum of Comparative Zoology. He states "I have made the price $5.50 per day - which is almost 75 cents per hour for a day of 7 1/2 hours. My agreement with you for [work] is somewhat under that rate." Whatever the exact rate, Farlow and Bridgham agreed it was fair and work was begun. Beginning in August 1889, Farlow began to make periodic trips to Providence to drop off specimens and review drawings in progress.
Farlow assembled as much information as possible for Bridgham, and later his second artist L.C.C. Krieger, with a detailed account of the fungus. Pictures were made of the fresh specimens and copious notes were collected regarding color, size, characteristics, and habitat. If possible Farlow also provided spore prints, a print of the gill pattern of a mushroom made by placing the mushroom cap on a small piece of card stock and allowing it to sit so that the spores fall out and mark the card.
|Farlow also kept very detailed notes as to which items Bridgham was working on and which had been completed. It was quite a lot to keep track of considering that Bridgham drew over 303 different fungi during the 10 years that he drew for Farlow.|
|Each time Bridgham took possession of new materials to make a drawing, Farlow drew up a dated receipt (the image to the left), for Bridgham to sign. Farlow also kept track of the work in notebook (the image to the right ) where he marked down exactly what images were to be done, in progress, and completed|
Farlow's next step was to find a printer. In his correspondence with Nathaniel Britton (1859-1934), of the New York Botanical Garden, he discusses his problems in finding someone suitable. In a letter dated July 30, 1889 Farlow tells Britton that he has to go to Providence to visit his artist because, while the drawings are good the engravings made from them are very poor . He goes even farther in a letter dated January 17, stating "Printers are dreadful. Some are nominally cheaper than others, but, if accuracy in setting up scientific papers is needed, the extra corrections make the cheaper men nearly as dear as the more expensive and the result is, on the whole, not a success. At least, my own attempts at economy in printing have been expensive and sometimes mortifying. I am now ready to pay more to a man close at hand and practically under my thumb, which means someone whom I can scold and bully." Farlow was most likely referring to the Boston Heliotype Printing Company, the company that he hired to print up the final plates. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 23.djvu/713
FORTY-EIGHTH CON GRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 434-438. 1885. 635 Harrison Mitchell, late of Company K, Forty-eighth Indiana. Volunteers, ou the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. 435.-An act granting a pension to Joseph McIntosh, gut], 3, 13g5_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior Joseph maintain. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension P•¤¤i¤¤· roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph McIntosh, late of the Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteers (claim in Pension Office numbered thirteen hundred and forty-five), Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. act granting a pension to Mary Allen. und, 3, 1885 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretar·y of the Inte- M", mm rior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension- radon. roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Mary Allen, widow of John Allen, late a private in Company H, Seventy-second Regiment Missouri Enrolled Militia. Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. 437.-An act for the relief of the State National Bank of Boston Manaohu- ¤¤f·¢¤· Much a, mss. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the claim of the State National Bank of Boston for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, in Stats Nntivmi gold, deposited by said bank in the subtreasury of the United States at ,B,““k °f B°'*'”‘• Boston. Massachusetts, February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and c1'.,,,, of ,,,_ sixty-seven be, and hereby is, reterred to the Court of Claims for its do- rei-red to Court or cision and adjudication upon the merits thereof, as a court of equity and GMM- justice, without regard to the statute of limitations, according to the practice of said court. Sec. 2. That said claim may be heard and determined by said Court. of Claims on the petition of said bank now pemllng therein. To_b• had on Sec. 3. That there shall he the right of appeal from the nnding and r¤¤¤1¤sr»•‘¤i¤¤¤- judgment of the said Court of Claims to the Supreme Court of the Right etsppeal. United States, as in other cases. Approved, March 3d, 1885. CHAP. 438.-An act granting a pension to June: Biochim. Be itemwtedby me smaasarzem of Rrpmmmsmqrm United .."‘;.";.}..°“'*;.. States ofrtsuerica in Cqress auenbled, That the Secretary of- the In~ terior be, and he is here y, directed to place the name of James Stock- Jmgmhm ton, formerly of Company D, Tl:irty·ilrst Regiment Missouri State Ml- Pension. litia, on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitationeof the pension laws. Approved, March 3d, 1885. | WIKI |
/*============================================================================ CMake - Cross Platform Makefile Generator Copyright 2000-2009 Kitware, Inc., Insight Software Consortium Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License"); see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details. This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the License for more information. ============================================================================*/ #ifndef cmStringCommand_h #define cmStringCommand_h #include "cmCommand.h" class cmMakefile; namespace cmsys { class RegularExpression; } /** \class cmStringCommand * \brief Common string operations * */ class cmStringCommand : public cmCommand { public: /** * This is a virtual constructor for the command. */ virtual cmCommand* Clone() { return new cmStringCommand; } /** * This is called when the command is first encountered in * the CMakeLists.txt file. */ virtual bool InitialPass(std::vector const& args, cmExecutionStatus &status); /** * This determines if the command is invoked when in script mode. */ virtual bool IsScriptable() const { return true; } /** * The name of the command as specified in CMakeList.txt. */ virtual const char* GetName() const { return "string";} /** * Succinct documentation. */ virtual const char* GetTerseDocumentation() const { return "String operations."; } /** * More documentation. */ virtual const char* GetFullDocumentation() const { return " string(REGEX MATCH \n" " [...])\n" " string(REGEX MATCHALL \n" " [...])\n" " string(REGEX REPLACE \n" " \n" " [...])\n" " string(REPLACE \n" " \n" " [...])\n" " string(\n" " )\n" " string(COMPARE EQUAL )\n" " string(COMPARE NOTEQUAL )\n" " string(COMPARE LESS )\n" " string(COMPARE GREATER )\n" " string(ASCII [ ...] )\n" " string(CONFIGURE \n" " [@ONLY] [ESCAPE_QUOTES])\n" " string(TOUPPER )\n" " string(TOLOWER )\n" " string(LENGTH )\n" " string(SUBSTRING )\n" " string(STRIP )\n" " string(RANDOM [LENGTH ] [ALPHABET ]\n" " [RANDOM_SEED ] )\n" " string(FIND [REVERSE])\n" " string(TIMESTAMP [] [UTC])\n" " string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER )\n" "REGEX MATCH will match the regular expression once and store the " "match in the output variable.\n" "REGEX MATCHALL will match the regular expression as many times as " "possible and store the matches in the output variable as a list.\n" "REGEX REPLACE will match the regular expression as many times as " "possible and substitute the replacement expression for the match " "in the output. The replace expression may refer to paren-delimited " "subexpressions of the match using \\1, \\2, ..., \\9. Note that " "two backslashes (\\\\1) are required in CMake code to get a " "backslash through argument parsing.\n" "REPLACE will replace all occurrences of match_string in the input with " "replace_string and store the result in the output.\n" "MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512 " "will compute a cryptographic hash of the input string.\n" "COMPARE EQUAL/NOTEQUAL/LESS/GREATER will compare the strings and " "store true or false in the output variable.\n" "ASCII will convert all numbers into corresponding ASCII characters.\n" "CONFIGURE will transform a string like CONFIGURE_FILE transforms " "a file.\n" "TOUPPER/TOLOWER will convert string to upper/lower characters.\n" "LENGTH will return a given string's length.\n" "SUBSTRING will return a substring of a given string. If length is " "-1 the remainder of the string starting at begin will be returned.\n" "STRIP will return a substring of a given string with leading " "and trailing spaces removed.\n" "RANDOM will return a random string of given length consisting of " "characters from the given alphabet. Default length is 5 " "characters and default alphabet is all numbers and upper and " "lower case letters. If an integer RANDOM_SEED is given, its " "value will be used to seed the random number generator.\n" "FIND will return the position where the given substring was found " "in the supplied string. If the REVERSE flag was used, the command " "will search for the position of the last occurrence of the " "specified substring.\n" "The following characters have special meaning in regular expressions:\n" " ^ Matches at beginning of input\n" " $ Matches at end of input\n" " . Matches any single character\n" " [ ] Matches any character(s) inside the brackets\n" " [^ ] Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets\n" " - Inside brackets, specifies an inclusive range between\n" " characters on either side e.g. [a-f] is [abcdef]\n" " To match a literal - using brackets, make it the first\n" " or the last character e.g. [+*/-] matches basic\n" " mathematical operators.\n" " * Matches preceding pattern zero or more times\n" " + Matches preceding pattern one or more times\n" " ? Matches preceding pattern zero or once only\n" " | Matches a pattern on either side of the |\n" " () Saves a matched subexpression, which can be referenced \n" " in the REGEX REPLACE operation. Additionally it is saved\n" " by all regular expression-related commands, including \n" " e.g. if( MATCHES ), in the variables CMAKE_MATCH_(0..9).\n" "*, + and ? have higher precedence than concatenation. | has lower " "precedence than concatenation. This means that the regular expression " "\"^ab+d$\" matches \"abbd\" but not \"ababd\", and the regular " "expression \"^(ab|cd)$\" matches \"ab\" but not \"abd\".\n" "TIMESTAMP will write a string representation of " "the current date and/or time to the output variable.\n" "Should the command be unable to obtain a timestamp " "the output variable will be set to the empty string \"\".\n" "The optional UTC flag requests the current date/time " "representation to be in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) " "rather than local time.\n" "The optional may contain the following " "format specifiers: \n" " %d The day of the current month (01-31).\n" " %H The hour on a 24-hour clock (00-23).\n" " %I The hour on a 12-hour clock (01-12).\n" " %j The day of the current year (001-366).\n" " %m The month of the current year (01-12).\n" " %M The minute of the current hour (00-59).\n" " %S The second of the current minute.\n" " 60 represents a leap second. (00-60)\n" " %U The week number of the current year (00-53).\n" " %w The day of the current week. 0 is Sunday. (0-6)\n" " %y The last two digits of the current year (00-99)\n" " %Y The current year. \n" "Unknown format specifiers will be ignored " "and copied to the output as-is.\n" "If no explicit is given it will default to:\n" " %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S for local time.\n" " %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ for UTC.\n" "MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER will write a string which can be used as an " "identifier in C."; } cmTypeMacro(cmStringCommand, cmCommand); static void ClearMatches(cmMakefile* mf); static void StoreMatches(cmMakefile* mf, cmsys::RegularExpression& re); protected: bool HandleConfigureCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleAsciiCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleRegexCommand(std::vector const& args); bool RegexMatch(std::vector const& args); bool RegexMatchAll(std::vector const& args); bool RegexReplace(std::vector const& args); bool HandleHashCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleToUpperLowerCommand(std::vector const& args, bool toUpper); bool HandleCompareCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleReplaceCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleLengthCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleSubstringCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleStripCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleRandomCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleFindCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleTimestampCommand(std::vector const& args); bool HandleMakeCIdentifierCommand(std::vector const& args); class RegexReplacement { public: RegexReplacement(const char* s): number(-1), value(s) {} RegexReplacement(const std::string& s): number(-1), value(s) {} RegexReplacement(int n): number(n), value() {} RegexReplacement() {}; int number; std::string value; }; }; #endif | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Using Google Pub/Sub from bash
5 Oct 2017 14:35
Background
Several of our customers want their Electric Imp agents to be able to talk to Google’s APIs, in particular Google Pub/Sub.
As part of that, I’m implementing RS256 signing for Electric Imp agents, so that agents can generate and sign JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
Disclaimer: any discussion of Electric Imp features, roadmap, etc. is basically rumour and hearsay, is totally unofficial and unsanctioned, and shouldn’t be relied on.
Rather than just dive in and knock out some C++ (and Squirrel) code, I thought I’d explore how it all works first.
Using bash, because that’s how I roll.
Google Pub/Sub Topics and Subscriptions
To use Pub/Sub, you’ll need an overall project, at least one pub/sub topic, and at least one subscription.
Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/ and either create a new project or select an existing project.
Google will generate a unique ID for your project. For example, it might call it “bamboo-analyst-182014”.
From the “hamburger” menu, choose the “Pub/Sub” entry, and then choose “Topics”. Then click on “Create Topic” and enter a suitable name. I called mine “friday” (because it was Friday at the time).
Then click on your topic and click the “Create Subscription” button. Enter a suitable name for your subscription.
Creating your subscriptions via the console isn’t particularly scalable. In a real application, you’d probably do this in code.
Service Account
To access Pub/Sub, you’ll need to create a service account.
Go to https://console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts/ and click “Create Service Account”. Enter a suitable name and select the appropriate roles. At this point, I wasn’t sure which ones I wanted, so I granted all of the Pub/Sub roles. You can fix that later in the “IAM” tab.
You’ll need a public/private keypair for your service account. You can create this when you initially create the service account, or you can create a new keypair later. A service account can have multiple keys, if necessary.
The console will download the private key (as JSON, by default) to your PC. You need to keep this key somewhere safe, because it’s (a) the only copy; (b) intended to be private.
Creating a JSON Web Token (JWT) in bash
To access the Google Pub/Sub API, we need an access token. To get an access token, we need to present a JWT token.
Install jq
Install jq; see https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
base64url helper function
You’ll need this:
base64url() {
base64 -w 0 | tr '+/' '-_' | tr -d '='
}
Service Account Email / Private Key
You’ll need to deal with the JSON file you just downloaded:
PRIVATE_KEY_JSON_PATH=$HOME/Downloads/foo-bar-bbec76ee9047.json
service_account_email=$(jq -r '.client_email' < $PRIVATE_KEY_JSON_PATH)
jq -r '.private_key' < $PRIVATE_KEY_JSON_PATH > my.key
JWT Header
You need a header:
jwt_header=$(echo -n '{"alg":"RS256","typ":"JWT"}' | base64url)
Don’t forget the -n.
Obviously, the input is a constant, so the output will always be the following:
eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9
JWT Claims
# The 'jq -Mc' uses jq to validate the JSON, and removes the whitespace (and colour).
jwt_claims=$(cat <<EOF |
{
"iss":"$service_account_email",
"scope":"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/pubsub",
"aud":"https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token",
"exp":$(date +%s --date="+600 seconds"),
"iat":$(date +%s)
}
EOF
jq -Mc '.' | base64url)
JWT Signature
jwt_signature=$(echo -n "${jwt_header}.${jwt_claims}" | \
openssl dgst -sha256 -sign my.key | base64url)
JWT
jwt="${jwt_header}.${jwt_claims}.${jwt_signature}"
Exchange the JWT for an access token
token_json=$(curl -s -X POST \
https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token \
--data-urlencode \
"grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer" \
--data-urlencode \
"assertion=$jwt")
access_token=$(echo $token_json | jq -r '.access_token')
Subscribe
# set these appropriately
project=<project-name>
sub=<subscription-name>
subscription=projects/$project/subscriptions/$sub
curl -s -X POST \
https://pubsub.googleapis.com/v1/$subscription:pull \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"maxMessages":10}'
Note that you must specify the content type, or you’ll get a confusing error about “Invalid JSON payload received.”. You also have to specify a value for maxMessages.
When you run the curl pull command, it will block, waiting for messages to be published.
Publish
You can publish a message from the Pub/Sub page in the Google Cloud Console. Select the relevant topic and click the “Publish Message” button.
A message has a body and can have zero or more key/value pairs (both strings).
Receiving a message
When you publish the message, your curl pull command should complete (if it hasn’t already timed out); it will print out something like the following:
{
"receivedMessages": [
{
"ackId": "QV5A...LLD5-PT5F",
"message": {
"data": "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh",
"attributes": {
"foo": "12"
},
"messageId": "151442302373991",
"publishTime": "2017-10-05T15:37:04.514Z"
}
}
]
}
You can see the attributes, and you can see the message. It’s base64-encoded, so you’ll need to decode it:
$ base64 -d <<< "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh"
Hello World!
Acknowledging a message
If you run the curl pull command again, you’ll get the same message again. This is because you didn’t acknowledge the message.
To do this, take the ackId field from the message and run the following:
acknowledge='{"ackIds": ["QV5A...LLD5-PT5F"]}'
curl -s -X POST \
https://pubsub.googleapis.com/v1/$subscription:acknowledge \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d $acknowledge
Note that you have to do this before the ack deadline expires. The deadline is per-subscription, and defaults to 10 seconds.
Publishing a message
# set these appropriately
project=<project-name>
top=<subscription-name>
topic=projects/$project/topics/$top
cat <<EOF |
{
"messages": [
{
"data": "$(echo -n "Hello World!" | base64)"
}
]
}
EOF
jq -Mc '.' |
curl -s -X POST \
https://pubsub.googleapis.com/v1/$topic:publish \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${access_token}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d @-
Message Ordering
You might notice that, when you pull messages from your subscription (and particularly if you’re not acknowledging them), you don’t always get the complete list of messages, and they’re not always in a consistent order.
You might then ask “are messages guaranteed to be delivered in order?”. Google answers that question here: Message Ordering. (tl;dr: no).
References | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Page:A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen, vol 8.djvu/266
214 industrious, sober, and frugal habits, was enabled to bequeath to them property to the value of between ₤2000 and ₤3000, which doubtless would have been considerably increased had his life been spared a few years longer. A short time before his last illness he had received an order from the Marquis of Breadalbane for a picture, for which he was to be paid ₤1000. To this brief sketch, we can only add the following summary of his character, as given by a brother-artist and friend of Thomas Duncan:—"Had his life been prolonged, there is no question he would have achieved a lofty position in historical painting; nor must we omit to mention his portraits, which were faithfully and skilfully rendered. As a colourist, indeed, he had few superiors. As an instructor of his art he was kind, conciliatory, and anxious for the improvement of his pupils; and in every relation of domestic life he contrived to secure the esteem and affection of all around him."
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.—A brave and pious officer, who fell in the Caffre war in 1851, was the eldest son of Thomas J. Fordyce, Esq., of Ayton, Berwickshire, an extensive landed proprietor, of great worth and intelligence. Under the parental roof he was trained from his earliest years in the best lessons of a religious education. His accomplished and truly Christian mother, who "had no greater joy than to see her children walking in the truth," was her son's faithful instructress in that knowledge which maketh wise unto salvation. A portion of the Sacred Volume was committed each morning to memory, and around the family altar prayer was offered daily to the Lord. At the age of twelve, the subject of this memoir had mastered several of the higher Latin classics, and acquired a tolerable knowledge of Greek. For the acquisition of languages he discovered peculiar aptitude, analyzing with much facility the passages of his favourite authors. It was manifest, from the enthusiasm with which he followed Caesar and Hannibal, and other heroes of antiquity, through their respective fields of conflict, that he was destined, with Providence as his director, for a military life. The writer of these observations has a vivid recollection of the graphic skill with which, after rising from the pages of Livy or Tacitus, he described the successes or discomfitures of the combatants, and pronounced on the equity or injustice of the causes of warfare. Before leaving home for a private seminary in England, he was thoroughly conversant with the works of our best modern historians, travellers, and poets. After his return, he completed his literary curriculum in Edinburgh, and was resident for some time with Doctor (now Bishop) Terrot, enjoying under his able superintendence advantages equivalent to those of an English university.
His first commission as an ensign in the 34th regiment was dated in 1828. lie served with that corps (then in Nova Scotia) until 1832, when he obtained an unattached lieutenancy. The same year, however, he returned to full pay, first in the 94th, and soon after in the 21st. He served with the 21st North British Fusiliers until 1836, when he obtained his company in the 35th regiment, from which he exchanged into the 11th Foot in 1839. Having in 1844 obtained his step as major in the latter regiment, he exchanged the same year into the 74th Highlanders. In 1846 he became lieutenant-colonel and | WIKI |
Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball
The Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball team represents Santa Clara University in NCAA Division I basketball competition. The team plays home games at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara, California and have been members of the West Coast Conference since its formation in 1952. The team is currently coached by Herb Sendek, who had previously been the head coach at NC State and Arizona State. Sendek was hired on March 29, 2016.
Santa Clara has a long history of basketball success, having appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments and 6 National Invitational Tournaments and producing a number of both collegiate All-Americans and NBA players. The 2010–11 team won the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and the 2012–13 team won the 2013 College Basketball Invitational. They are the only team to have won a CBI and a CIT.
More recently, the Broncos have returned to the NIT in both 2022 and 2023, and in each season produced a first round draft pick in the NBA draft.
History
Basketball made its inauspicious debut at Santa Clara in 1904 with a 9–7 victory over Alameda High School. Later that year, Santa Clara played its first intercollegiate game, a loss to the University of the Pacific, then located just down the road from Santa Clara. Early schedules composed of high school and YMCA opponents gave way to wholly intercollegiate schedules, and by 1916, the Broncos were matching up with teams like Stanford, USC, and Nevada, in addition to traditional arch-rivals San Francisco and St. Mary's. Santa Clara has long had a series of long-tenured coaches; since 1935, only seven different men have coached the Broncos.
The first long-tenured coach of Santa Clara was Harlan Dykes, who led the team to a 101–48 record. Much like the university football team, the Broncos played many home games in San Francisco, both at Kezar Pavilion and at the Civic Center.
More sustained success for Santa Clara came under Head Coach George Barsi, whose tenure spanned from 1935 to 1945. Barsi was a graduate of Santa Clara in 1930. Barsi's "Magicians of the Maplewood" included future Warriors Head Coach Bob Feerick as well as Santa Clara's first All-American, Ralph "Toddy" Giannini. The Broncos dazzled crowds in excess of 20,000 at Madison Square Garden and defeated City College of New York and La Salle University by 20 points apiece during an exhibition match-up. Santa Clara was among the first teams to shoot one-handed or run the fast break.
Some of Santa Clara's earliest basketball stars, like Bruce Hale, Dick O'Keefe, and Stan Patrick, played in the NBL, the forerunner to the modern NBA.
Following the post-war period, former Santa Clara star Bob Feerick returned to coach the Broncos. Under his guidance, the Broncos advanced to the 1952 Final Four, as well as Elite Eight trips in 1953 and 1954. Santa Clara forward Ken Sears appeared on the cover of the new Sports Illustrated in December 1954, becoming the first basketball player, college or pro, to do so. After leading the Broncos back to the NCAA tournament in 1960, Feerick left Santa Clara in 1962 to coach the NBA's San Francisco Warriors, who had just relocated from Philadelphia. Replacing Feerick was Dick Garibaldi, a member of the 1952 Final Four team, who led the Broncos for eight seasons and compiled an overall record of .640. His 1968 squad finished at 27–2, dropping only one regular season game, to local rival San Jose State. Led on the court by Bud Ogden and Dennis Awtrey, Santa Clara reached as high as second in the AP poll. The Broncos also appeared in the NCAA tournament in 1967 and 1969. In a three-year period, they compiled a .850 record.
Garibaldi resigned in the summer of 1970 to work for Converse shoes, and Carroll Williams became the longest tenured coach in Santa Clara's basketball history, leading the Broncos from 1970 to 1991. He led the team to a .550 record. Despite the sustained success, Williams took the Broncos to an NCAA tournament only once (1987); in addition, the team reached the NIT in 1984, 1985, and 1989. Williams' tenure produced two of Santa Clara's most memorable players, Kurt Rambis and Nick Vanos, the former remembered for his time with the Lakers and the latter remembered for his untimely death shortly after entering the NBA. Both players would have their numbers retired.
Dick Davey became the head coach in 1992, after serving as an assistant for many years. He experienced immediate success, thanks to a young Canadian point guard, Steve Nash, who led the Broncos to three NCAA tournaments in 1993, 1995, and 1996. In 1993, the fifteenth-seeded Broncos upset second-seeded (and #5) Arizona, becoming the second team to do so. Nash went on to become Santa Clara's most decorated player at the professional level, twice winning the NBA MVP award.
Following the 2006 season, Davey retired under controversial circumstances, as it appeared some boosters had pushed hard for his retirement. Davey compiled .560 overall record, and a .580 record in West Coast Conference play. He won three straight regular season WCC titles and one WCC tournament.
He was replaced by Kerry Keating, an assistant coach from UCLA. In nine seasons at the helm of the Broncos, Keating led the Broncos to both CBI and CIT championships, but was unable to take the Broncos to the NCAA tournament or finish better than 4th in the WCC. Keating's overall record as head coach was .460, with a .370 record in WCC play. Keating is the only coach to post a lifetime losing record in conference play with Santa Clara. On March 7, 2016, Keating was fired by Santa Clara.
Three weeks later, Santa Clara announced the hiring of Herb Sendek, whose head coaching experience included time at Miami University, North Carolina State, and Arizona State. Sendek's resume includes trips to the NIT or NCAA tournament in 18 of his 22 seasons as a head coach. In 2022, Santa Clara returned to the NIT for the first time since the 1980s, and saw Jalen Williams drafted 12th overall, the first Bronco selected in the NBA draft since Steve Nash. The following year, Brandin Podziemski was drafted 19th overall by the Golden State Warriors.
Rivalries
Santa Clara maintains a number of rivalries, most of which are almost a century old. Santa Clara's most heated rivals have traditionally been the other Bay Area WCC members, San Francisco and Saint Mary's. All WCC members are treated like rivals, as are all four in-state members of the Pac-12.
San Francisco Dons
Santa Clara and San Francisco first met in 1908, and have met 211 times since. Santa Clara has leads the series, 111–101. As two comparably sized Jesuit institutions within an hours drive of each other, the Broncos and Dons are natural rivals. The rivalry was heightened in the 1950s, with Santa Clara advancing to the Final Four in 1952, and San Francisco winning the tournament in 1954 and 1955. In a time when the NCAA tournament field was limited to 16 teams, the winner of the rivalry series was often the WCAC representative. The rivalry has remained competitive to the present day, however, it has lost some of its luster following San Francisco's self-imposed death penalty in 1981. Up to that point, the Dons had been one of college basketball's powerhouses, and the Broncos had played the role of foil. Santa Clara has won a majority of the match-up since the San Francisco program was revived in 1985.
San Jose State Spartans
San Jose State and Santa Clara first played in 1909, and Santa Clara leads the all-time series, 82–32. The rivalry between the two schools was formalized in 2002 as the Rivalry Series which compiled point totals in men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's cross-country, baseball, softball, and women's volleyball, tennis and water polo.
Saint Mary’s Gaels
Saint Mary's and Santa Clara first played in 1910, and Santa Clara leads the all-time series, 131–83. The rivalry between the two schools has been most intense in football, and was less competitive in basketball. However, with both schools dropping football and Saint Mary's recent rise to prominence in basketball have heightened the rivalry.
Pacific Tigers
Santa Clara and Pacific own the oldest intercollegiate basketball rivalry in California, with the series beginning in 1904. Santa Clara leads the all-time series 89–51. The rivalry was initially one of proximity, as Pacific was founded in Santa Clara and later moved to San Jose. When the basketball rivalry began, the schools were located a stone's throw from one another. When Pacific relocated to Stockton in 1923, the rival lessened somewhat. Pacific was a founding member, along with Santa Clara, of the WCAC conference in 1952. However, the rivalry took another hit when Pacific moved to the 1971 to join the Big West Conference. However, the teams remained fixtures on one another's schedules. With Pacific returning to the WCC in 2013, the rivalry will take-on renewed significance.
Stanford Cardinal
Stanford and Santa Clara first met in 1912, and Stanford leads the all-time series 51–25. Both universities are in Santa Clara County, and have long shared a rivalry on and off the court. The two teams have not met on the court since 2008. Former Bronco head coach Dick Davy served as an assistant at Stanford from 2008 to 2012 following his retirement as head coach of Santa Clara in 2007. Santa Clara's Kevin Foster passed Stanford's Todd Lichti as the leading scorer in Bay Area college basketball history. The series is set to resume in 2019.
Gonzaga Bulldogs
A newer rivalry for the Broncos has been with the Gonzaga Bulldogs. The teams first met in 1946, but did not become regular competitors until Gonzaga joined the West Coast Conference in 1979. Gonzaga leads the all-time series 49–31. In 2007, Santa Clara became the first, and to date, one of only two WCC members to beat Gonzaga in the McCarthey Athletic Center. In 2012, the attendance at the Santa Clara-Gonzaga game was 4,907, a Leavey Center record.
NCAA tournament results
The Broncos have appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 11–13.
The Broncos win over Arizona in 1993 was the second time in tournament history that a 15 seed has upset a 2 seed.
NIT results
The Broncos have appeared in six National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 2–6.
CBI results
The Broncos have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational. Their record is 5–1 and were the 2013 champions.
CIT results
The Broncos have appeared in one CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Their record is 5–0 and were the 2011 champions.
All-Americans
* Ralph Giannini (1939–40)
* Bob Feerick (1941–42)
* Ken Sears (1954–55)
* Bud Ogden (1969–69)
* Dennis Awtrey (1969–70)
* Mike Stewart (1971–72)
* Steve Nash (1995–96)
* John Bryant (2008–09)
Conference Players of the Year
* Ken Sears (1953, 1955)
* Dennis Awtrey (1969, 1970)
* Mike Stewart (1972)
* Kurt Rambis (1980)
* Steve Nash (1995, 1996)
* Marlon Garnett (1997)
* Sean Denison (2007)
* John Bryant (2009)
San Francisco Years
The earliest Santa Clara Bronco home games were played at the San Jose YMCA, located down the Alameda from the campus. By 1927, however, the Broncos had adopted Kezar Pavilion, about 50 miles north of campus in San Francisco, as their home arena. In 1932, the Broncos began splitting time between the San Francisco Civic Center and Kezar. Though it may seem strange in a modern context to play games so far from campus, before the post-war boom, the vast majority of the Bay Area's population lived in San Francisco, and with them, the majority of Santa Clara's alumni and fans. Santa Clara's campus was considered rural and isolated at the time. With the Construction of the Seifert Gymnasium on campus in 1935, some less marquee match-ups were scheduled to be played on campus, much to the delight of the student body.
San Jose Civic Auditorium
With its construction in 1935, San Jose finally had a building worthy of hosting intercollegiate basketball. Though the Broncos would still play 'home' games in San Francisco intermittently until 1951, San Jose Civic became Santa Clara's true home. The San Jose Civic Auditorium was designed for stage productions, giving the building a unique feeling during basketball games. Those sitting on the ground floor had an intimate view of the game, and opposing students were often state on opposite sides of the balconies. During the Second World War, due to wartime travel restrictions, most home games were played at the smaller, on-campus, Seifert Gymnasium.
Toso Pavilion
Following Santa Clara's successful run in the late 1960s, boosters and fans clamored to move the team to a modern, spacious, on-campus home. The Civic Auditorium was small for major college basketball tenant, and scheduling was made difficult by sharing the space with both concerts and productions, as well as the rival San Jose State Spartants basketball team, who also called the venue home. With funds raised, Santa Clara began construction on Toso Pavilion in 1974. Once it was completed in 1975, the Broncos moved, for the first time, to an on-campus home with modern amenities. The facility featured an air supported vinyl fabric roof supported by 11 large fans constantly producing a higher air pressure inside the dome than outside, similar to the Pontiac Silverdome or BC Place Stadium. The inside of the facility featured the main activity floor, two recreation areas, and team locker rooms. The building was named for Hal Toso, a basketball player at Santa Clara in the 1920s, and a major donor, supporter, and member of the Santa Clara Athletic Hall of Fame.
Leavey Center
The roof of Toso Pavilion developed several tears, and by 2000, the decision was made to renovate the building. A more permanent roof structure was built, and the interior of the building was renovated and brought to modern standards at a cost of $14 million. The newly christened Leavey Center was named for Thomas Leavey, a 1922 Santa Clara Alumnus who founded Farmers Insurance. The Leavey Center contains the whole of the Athletic Department, and locker rooms for all team, excluding baseball, are in the building. The Capacity was reduced from 5,000 seats to a listed capacity of 4,500 with the renovation, due to the addition of chairback seats. However, larger crowds have been known to watch the Broncos play, with 4,907 on hand to watch the Santa Clara-Gonzaga game in 2012. The Leavey Center has also played host to nine West Coast Conference Basketball championships, most recently in 2005.
Other off campus venues
Santa Clara has been known to host games against some opponents at off-campus sites to accommodate larger crowds. In 2004, Santa Clara upset No. 3 North Carolina 77–66 at Oracle Arena. Santa Clara has also hosted Kansas, San Jose State, and others at the SAP Center, which is located on Santa Clara Street in downtown San Jose, only a few miles from campus. | WIKI |
User:Vijay Varma (ram)
' Vijay Varma ' is a professional boxer plays for South region under South region selection committee members.
* 5 times finalist of 11 unofficial boxing tournaments.
* 7/11 times topper of punch power test.
* Topper of the south region unofficial boxing tournaments. | WIKI |
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Leila and the Wolves
Leila and the Wolves (ليلى والذئاب) is a 1984 drama film from Lebanese director Heiny Srour and assistant director Sabah Jabbour.
It was filmed in often treacherous areas and the filming lasted seven years. In the film, the protagonist Leila, a modern Lebanese woman living in London, time travels through the 1900s to the 1980s, with each trip focusing on the centrality of women in Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements. The film won the Grand Prize in the Third World competition at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg. | WIKI |
User:Somkshah
Som Kumar Shah lives in Biratnagar, Nepal. He is a post graduated student in computer science. He has a working experience of more than 12 years in the field of Information Technology (IT). His area of interest is computer programming, database application etc. He lives in Biratnagar, Nepal. | WIKI |
User:Rmcwatt
Hello, my name is Rick.
I am:
- A graduate of the University of Western Ontario with an Honours Bachelor of Arts with an Honours Double Major in Political Science and Criminology,
- A graduate of Fanshawe College,
- A Infantry Officer in Her Majesty's Canadian Forces,
- An Auxiliary Constable,
- A Special Constable,
- A Member of St. John Ambulance. | WIKI |
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Combat Zone
Etymology
Possibly from the large number of servicemen frequenting the area during World War II and the violence associated with them.
Proper noun
* 1) A neighborhood on the southern edge of downtown Boston that included numerous bars, peep shows, pornography vendors, and prostitution. | WIKI |
Tecun Uman
Tecun Uman (1500? – February 20, 1524) was one of the last rulers of the K'iche' Maya people, in the Highlands of what is now Guatemala. According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado while waging battle against the Spanish and their allies on the approach to Quetzaltenango on 12 February 1524. Tecun Uman was declared Guatemala's official national hero on March 22, 1960, and is commemorated on February 20, the popular anniversary of his death. Tecun Uman has inspired a wide variety of activities ranging from the production of statues and poetry to the retelling of the legend in the form of folkloric dances to prayers. Despite this, Tecun Uman's existence is not well documented, and it has proven to be difficult to separate the man from the legend.
Battle of El Pinar
In 1522 Hernán Cortés sent Mexican allies to scout the Soconusco region of lowland Chiapas, where they met delegations from Iximche and Q'umarkaj at Tuxpán; both of the powerful highland Maya kingdoms declared their loyalty to the king of Spain. But Cortés' allies in Soconusco soon informed him that the K'iche' and the Kaqchikel were not loyal, and were instead harassing Spain's allies in the region. Cortés decided to despatch Pedro de Alvarado with 180 cavalry, 300 infantry, crossbows, muskets, 4 cannons, large amounts of ammunition and gunpowder, and thousands of allied Mexican warriors from Tlaxcala, Cholula and other cities in central Mexico; they arrived in Soconusco in 1523.
Pedro de Alvarado and his army advanced along the Pacific coast unopposed until they reached the Samalá River in western Guatemala. This region formed a part of the K'iche' kingdom, and a K'iche' army tried unsuccessfully to prevent the Spanish from crossing the river. Once across, the conquistadors ransacked nearby settlements in an effort to terrorise the K'iche'. On 8 February 1524 Alvarado's army fought a battle at Xetulul, called Zapotitlán by his Mexican allies (modern San Francisco Zapotitlán). Although suffering many injuries inflicted by defending K'iche' archers, the Spanish and their allies stormed the town and set up camp in the marketplace. Alvarado then turned to head upriver into the Sierra Madre mountains towards the K'iche' heartlands, crossing the pass into the fertile valley of Quetzaltenango. On 12 February 1524 Alvarado's Mexican allies were ambushed in the pass and driven back by K'iche' warriors but the Spanish cavalry charge that followed was a shock for the K'iche', who had never before seen horses. The cavalry scattered the K'iche' and the army crossed to the city of Xelaju (modern Quetzaltenango) only to find it deserted. Although the common view is that the K'iche' prince Tecun Uman died in the later battle near Olintepeque, the Spanish accounts are clear that at least one and possibly two of the lords of Q'umarkaj died in the fierce battles upon the initial approach to Quetzaltenango. The death of Tecun Uman is said to have taken place in the battle of El Pinar, and local tradition has his death taking place on the Llanos de Urbina (Plains of Urbina), upon the approach to Quetzaltenango near the modern village of Cantel. Pedro de Alvarado, in his third letter to Hernán Cortés, describes the death of one of the four lords of Q'umarkaj upon the approach to Quetzaltenango. The letter was dated 11 April 1524 and was written during his stay at Q'umarkaj.
The legend
The legends relate that Tecun Uman entered battle adorned with precious quetzal feathers, and that his nahual (animal spirit guide), also a quetzal bird, accompanied him during the battle. In the midst of the battle, Alvarado and Tecun Uman met face to face, each with weapon in hand. Alvarado was clad in armor and mounted on his warhorse. As horses were not native to the Americas and peoples of Mesoamerica had no beasts of burden of their own, Tecun Uman assumed they were one being and killed Alvarado's horse. Another version says he merely attacked the horse in an attempt to knock Alvarado down, having no prior illusion that both man and animal to be one and the same. Tecun Uman quickly realized his error and turned for a second attack but Alvarado's thrust his spear into his opponent's heart. The K'iche' prince's nahual, filled with grief, landed on the fallen hero's chest, staining its breast feathers red with blood, and thereafter died. From that day on, all male quetzals bear a scarlet breast and their song has not been heard since. Further, if one is to be placed in captivity, it would die, making the quetzal a symbol of liberty.
Another account claims a much more complex confrontation of religious and material forces. In this version Tecun Uman himself literally transformed into a quetzal or, in some variations, into an eagle adorned with three crowns - one of gold, one of diamonds and one of emeralds. Other natives had attempted to kill Alvarado, but he was protected by a powerful maiden, commonly associated with the Virgin Mary. Tecun Uman called upon his own magic, and in the intention of killing Alvarado, struck Alvarado's horse dead. Upon learning he had killed only the beast and not the man, he had attempted to correct his mistake, but was quickly impaled by Alvarado's spear.
A different version states Tecun Uman had an opportunity to kill Alvarado but ultimately failed and was slain by one of Alvarado's subordinates, a soldier known by the name of Argueta.
Local folklore from the area around the former K'iche' capital of Q'umarkaj preserves the belief that he was buried at the small archaeological site of Atalaya, 600 m from Q'umarkaj itself.
Historical evidence
The true existence of a historical Tecun Uman is subject of ongoing debate. One piece of evidence to suggest he lived comes from a letter written by Alvarado to Hernán Cortés. However, the letter is quite sparing in details, with Alvarado only mentioning of the battle that ensued: "in this affair one of the four chiefs of the city of Utatlán was killed, who was the captain general of all this country." Alvarado did not provide a name for the K'iche' general; nor did he mention how or by whose hand the man was killed. Several other indigenous documents describe the arrival of Alvarado in what would become Guatemala, including the Título C'oyoi which describes the battle in terms similar to the modern legend. This document also contains the earliest known reference to the K'iche' leader as Tecum Umam.
The Popol Vuh confirms the observations of Bartolomé de las Casas and the Título de Totonicapán, which record that four lords ruled the K'iche' at the time of the Spanish conquest. The first-born son of the Keeper of the Mat (the most powerful of the lords) was expected to prove himself by leading the K'iche' army and was given the title "nima rajpop achij", the same title given to Tecun Uman in the Título K'oyoi. This is all tied together by the genealogy of the K'iche' lords that is given near the end of the Popul Vuh and a section of the Título de Totonicapan, which both refer to the son of the Keeper of the Mat as "Tecum" at the time of Alvarado's arrival.
A second explanation for the absence of greater detail in Alvarado's letter is that Tecun Uman actually did battle with one of Alvarado's subordinates, by the name of Argueta. This suggestion is based on the claim of Argueta's descendants that the lance they keep as an heirloom of their predecessor is stained with the blood of the K'iche' hero.
Name
It is believed that "Tecun Uman" was more than likely not the ruler's name at all but may have functioned as a sort of title. The earliest recorded appearance of the name is in the Título C'oyoi in which he is referred to as "nima rajpop achij adelantado Tecum umam rey k'iche' don k'iq'ab'." Translated, this phrase means: "great captain-general Tecum, grandson of the K'iche' king Don K'iqab'." Therefore, the word "uman" or "umam" simply means "grandson of" and is not part of Tecun's name at all. It has been suggested that "umam" may have been a reference to his genealogy, or the name may have originally been derived from another title given to the hero, "q'uq'umam", meaning "ancient one of quetzal feathers", or it might have come from the indigenous name for a prominent local volcano: "Teyocuman."
Baile de la Conquista
The Guatemalan Baile de la Conquista ("Dance of the Conquest") is a traditional dance borrowing its structure from the Spanish Baile de los Moros ("Dance of the Moors"), which commemorates the expulsion of the Moors from Spain. The dance is known to have been performed throughout certain regions of colonial Latin America during a time when Catholic priests encouraged its use to aid them in the conversion of various native populations.
In Guatemala, the dance recounts the early events of the conquest, centering on the confrontation between Tecun Uman and Pedro de Alvarado, which in turn serves as a symbol for the much larger conflict in which they were involved. The dance reenacts the invasion led by Alvarado and the conquest of Guatemala. To fit the traditions of the Baile de los Moros, the role of the Moorish prince is replaced with that of Tecun Uman. It has therefore been suggested that the structure of the dance forced them to create a leader for the native armies, with Tecun Uman created specifically for that purpose. This theory is generally given little credence, in light of the observation that such documents as the Título K'oyoi appeared long before the first performances of the Baile de la Conquista.
National Hero
Tecun Uman was declared a National Hero of Guatemala on March 22, 1960, and is celebrated annually on February 20 for the bravery and dignity he demonstrated in opposition to the Spanish Conquistadors. Tecun Uman's namesakes include a small town in the department of San Marcos on the Guatemala-Mexico border as well as countless hotels, restaurants, and Spanish schools throughout Guatemala. He is also memorialized in a poem by Miguel Ángel Asturias that bears his name. In contrast to his popularity, he is at times rejected by Maya cultural activists who consider his status as a national hero a source of irony, considering the long history of mistreatment of Guatemala's native population. | WIKI |
Gell baronets
The Gell Baronetcy of Hopton in the County of Derby, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 January 1642 for John Gell, Hopton Hall, Derbyshire, chief barmaster in the wapentake of Wirksworth from 1638–1644. The family gained importance and wealth through lead mining interests near Wirksworth. Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet received the baronetcy on the eve of the English Civil War, but fought for the Parliamentary side.
The Gells lost much of their financial wealth and were left in debt at the 1660 restoration of the monarchy, from previous expenditure 'agitating for Parliament', then in 1661 they lost important local mineral rights, forcing the family to borrow large sums of money, sell off land and lead mines, and controversially 'enclose' - seize and fence off - nearby common land in Carsington and Wirksworth, to use as collateral for more loans, which led to ongoing dispute with neighbours. By 1708 3rd baronet Philip Gell had the estate debt free, but two years later defaulted on another loan which took until 1718 to clear, one year before his death.
The 2nd and 3rd Baronets both served as Members of Parliament for Derbyshire, a privilege of the gentry, though by 1690 the Gell's staunch Presbyterianism religion was at odds with Anglican voters, and 3rd baronet Philip lasted only a year as MP. The male line of the family became extinct on the decease of the Philip in 1719, but his nephew John Eyre Gell (d. 1739) took the name of Gell upon inheriting the estate - His son, Philip Eyre Gell (1723–1795) may have built the Via Gellia to serve the family lead mines, while another son, John Gell (1740–1806), became an admiral. Philip Eyre Gell had two sons, Philip Gell (1775–1842), who inherited the estate, and Sir William Gell (1777–1836), an antiquarian. Philip was succeeded by daughter Isabella, who died in 1878, thus ending the line.
The Via Gellia, a wooded valley road running from Wirksworth, was named after the Gell family, in mock Latin style. It is most likely that it was named after, or possibly by, Philip Eyre Gell who was ultimately responsible for its construction.
Gell baronets, of Hopton (1642)
* Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet (1592–1671)
* Sir John Gell, 2nd Baronet (1612–1689)
* Sir Philip Gell, 3rd Baronet (1651–1719)
Descendants
Notable descendants of the Gell family of Hopton Hall:
* Philip Eyre Gell (1723–1795). High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1755. Son of John (Eyre) Gell (nephew of the 3rd Baronet).
* Admiral John Gell (1740–1806), commander in the Royal Navy. Brother of Philip Eyre Gell.
* Philip Gell MP (1775–1842), politician and High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1822. Son of Philip Eyre Gell.
* Sir William Gell FRS (1777–1836), archaeologist. Son of Philip Eyre Gell.
* Reverend John Philip Gell (1816–1898), married Eleanor Isabella Franklin (daughter of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin). Descendant of Ralph Gell (1491–1564), grandfather of the 1st baronet, who originally acquired the Hopton estate in 1553.
* Philip Lyttleton Gell (1852–1926), editor for Oxford University Press. Son of Reverend John Philip Gell. | WIKI |
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Project Moved
Please note that Bandit is no longer maintained under OpenStack and has been moved to the Python Code Quality Authority:
https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
All patches and issues should be raised on the PyCQA github repository.
Overview
Bandit is a security linter for Python source code, utilizing the ast module from the Python standard library.
The ast module is used to convert source code into a parsed tree of Python syntax nodes. Bandit allows users to define custom tests that are performed against those nodes. At the completion of testing, a report is generated that lists security issues identified within the target source code.
Bandit is currently a stand-alone tool which can be downloaded by end-users and run against arbitrary source code. As it matures and is proven to be useful, we see it being a possible addition to OpenStack CI gate tests with non-voting and eventually voting capabilities.
Bandit can be obtained by cloning the repository at https://git.openstack.org/openstack/bandit.git. The README.rst file contains documentation regarding installation, usage, and configuration.
There is a video of bandit being presented at the OpenStack 2015 Summit in Vancouver.
Gate Testing with Bandit
Bandit can help maintain the security of OpenStack projects when it's used as a gate test. Projects such as Keystone have created a gate test which runs Bandit to ensure that common security code mistakes are not introduced when code is modified. New: you now have two ways to set up a Bandit gate and we'll cover the steps for both below.
Full run Bandit gate:
This option works well for projects that already have clean Bandit runs. To set up a full run Bandit gate for an OpenStack project, follow these steps:
1. Add bandit (the package name on pypi) to the test-requirements.txt file. See global-requirements.txt and copy the bandit line. While running Bandit only actually requires the bandit package, it's easiest for now to just leave it in with the rest of the test requirements. This file lists the requirements for creating the virtual environment Bandit runs in and gets updated automatically in most projects by the OpenStack proposal bot.
2. We need to have bandit in 2 tox environments: A bandit env that's used by the bandit team for integration tests, and the pep8 env. See Keystone's for an example.
The following is a good starting point:
# B105-B107: hardcoded password checks - likely to generate false positives in a gate environment
# B401: import subprocess - not necessarily a security issue; this plugin is mainly used for penetration testing workflow
# B603,B606: process without shell - not necessarily a security issue; this plugin is mainly used for penetration testing workflow
# B607: start process with a partial path - this should be a project level decision
bandit -r project -x tests -s B105,B106,B107,B404,B603,B606,B607
Test this by running tox -e pep8. Initially, there will likely be several other tests that fail. Exclude these and work on fixing them in separate commits.
If you have any questions or comments please contact tmcpeak or tkelsey in #openstack-security on Freenode IRC.
Bandit Baseline Gate
This is the best option for projects which may have some legacy Bandit findings. Just because a project has some pre-existing security issues doesn't mean Bandit can't help prevent new ones! To set up a Bandit Baseline gate for an OpenStack project, follow these steps:
1. Decide on the appropriate tests to run, not every test supported by bandit will be a good fit for every project. The bandit command line arguments -s and -t can be used to filter the test set to run.
2. (optional) Add a Bandit config for your project. If you need to configure specific test parameters, in addition to switching tests on or off wholesale, then a bandit config may be needed. Bandit ships with the tool 'bandit-config-generator' that can help generate a config file if needed. This config is completely optional and is only needed if the defaults for specific tests are not sufficient.
3. Add "bandit" (the package name on pypi) to the test-requirements.txt file. While running Bandit only actually requires the bandit package, it's easiest for now to just leave it in with the rest of the test requirements. This file lists the requirements for creating the virtual environment Bandit runs in and gets updated automatically in most projects by the OpenStack proposal bot.
4. Add a tox environment to run the Bandit basline. To do this we'll add two targets:
1. a standalone target "codesec" codesec tox target which is useful for developers to check their changes
2. a "linters" target: linters tox target. By adding a linters target, we're extending our linters to run Bandit in addition to the normal flake8 tests.
3. In both cases the arguments for 'bandit-baseline' should be identical to what you want to pass into Bandit. For example, if you created a config file above, you'll want to specify it with '-c myconfig.yaml'. In the example above we're running: 'bandit-baseline -r bandit -ll -ii' which tells Bandit (and bandit-baseline) to run scan the 'bandit' directory recursively and filter medium+ severity and confidence issues.
5. Change the OpenStack infra zuul/layout.yaml for your project to use 'python-jobs-linters' instead of 'python-jobs' like we did for the Bandit project itself here: zuul layout change example. This enables your project to use the 'linters' target in your python-jobs gate instead of just flake8. Note: if you do this you'll have a voting Bandit gate. You should make sure you're comfortable with Bandit and how it works before changing this.
Per-task Configurations
By default Bandit runs all plugins that it finds in the plugins directory. While this may be useful for doing a thorough manual review, for use cases such as automation and gate testing, this is probably overkill. When it is desirable to create specific sets of tests for specific tasks you should create a config file file for each task. This file can control the list of tests that should be run as well as tuning any parameters relevant to those tests. Once a custom config has been created, you can run it by using the "-c" command line option to point to the config file. Another way to control the tests that are run is to use the -t and -s command line options to select a set of tests, this is normally more convenient than using a full blown config when test parameters don't need refining.
Projects using bandit
Project name Status
anchor
experimental
cinder
non-voting
designate
non-voting
keystone
voting
keystonemiddleware
voting
octavia
voting
python-keystoneclient
voting
swauth
voting
Team
Bandit is a tool from the OpenStack Security project.
Core project team:
• Jamie Finnigan (chair6)
• Travis McPeak (tmcpeak)
• Tim Kelsey (tkelsey)
• Eric Brown (browne)
• Ian Cordasco (sigmavirus24)
• Stan Pitucha (viraptor)
• Luke Hinds (lhinds)
• Gage Hugo (gagehugo) | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Supplementary Materialsba009068-suppl1. transplanted KT203 with donor grafts formulated with XBP-1Cdeficient B cells displayed reduced cGVHD compared with controls. Reduction of cGVHD correlated with impaired B-cell functions, including reduced production of antiCdouble-stranded DNA immunoglobulin G antibodies, CD86, Fas, and GL7 surface expression, and impaired T-cell responses, including reduced interferon- production and follicular helper T cells. In a bronchiolitis obliterans cGVHD model, recipients of transplants made up of XBP-1Cdeficient B cells exhibited improved pulmonary function correlated with reduced donor splenic follicular helper T cells and increased B cells compared with those of wild-type control donor grafts. We then tested if XBP-1 blockade via an IRE-1 inhibitor, B-I09, would attenuate cGVHD and preserve the graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect. In a cutaneous cGVHD model, we found that prophylactic administration of B-I09 reduced clinical features of cGVHD, which correlated with reductions in donor T-cell and dendritic cell skin infiltrates. Inhibition of the IRE-1/XBP-1 pathway also preserved the GVL effect against chronic myelogenous leukemia mediated by allogeneic splenocytes. Collectively, the ER stress response mediated by the IRE-1/XBP-1 axis is required for cGVHD development but dispensable for GVL activity. Visual Abstract Open in a separate window Introduction Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) remains a prominent cause of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT)-related morbidity and mortality even with available treatments. Despite this, the most effective treatment of hematological malignancies, including leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, is usually allo-HCT. Although there has been progress in understanding acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) development, mechanisms responsible for development of cGVHD are less understood and remain a major obstacle in providing optimal allo-HCT therapies. One potential unexplored strategy for combating cGVHD involves targeting the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. This process is guaranteeing in the treating hematological malignancies.1-4 The ER stress response is utilized by various kinds of immune system cells to handle cell stress in order to avoid apoptosis.5-11 The 3 major regulators from the ER tension response are IRE-1, Benefit, and ATF6.12 IRE-1 is crucial for the function of plasma cells particularly.13-15 When activated, IRE-1 converts unspliced XBP-1 (XBP-1u) messenger RNA (mRNA) into spliced XBP-1 (XBP1s) mRNA via its ribonuclease activity. XBP-1s is certainly translated into XBP-1s proteins eventually, which works as a transcription aspect regulating genes for proteins folding, proteins degradation, and unfolded proteins response function.13,14 Noncanonical features, such as for example binding to promoters of genes encoding inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in macrophages, show the multifunctional character of this protein.16 Here, we KT203 use both genetic and pharmacologic approaches to uncover the role of the IRE-1/XBP-1 pathway in preclinical mouse models of cGVHD and present a potential therapeutic strategy to prevent cGVHD that is applicable in patients after allo-HCT. Materials and methods Mice Female B10.D2 mice (H-2d, CD229.1?) were purchased from Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME); BALB/c (H-2d, CD229.1+), B6.Ly5.1 (H-2b, CD45.1), and B6D2F1 (H-2b/d) were purchased from Charles River Laboratories (Wilmington, KT203 MA), and B10.BR (H-2k) were purchased from Jackson Laboratory and bred in a specific pathogen-free facility at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC, Charleston, SC). B-cell conditional XBP-1 knock-out (KO) strain (XBP-1fl/flCD19-Cre+) and littermate wild-type (WT) control strain (XBP-1fl/flCD19-Cre?) were generated by crossing XBP-1fl/fl mice with CD19-Cre mice on a B6 background described previously.17,18 Experimental animals were housed in the American Association for Laboratory Animal CareCaccredited Animal Resource Center at MUSC. All animal experiments were approved by the MUSC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) T-cell depletion (TCD-BM) or T- and B-cell depletion (TBCD-BM) of bone marrow was performed for donor strains as described hamartin previously.19 In B6 to BALB/c and B10.D2 to BALB/c models, recipients were monitored with cGVHD clinical scoring system described previously.19 On day 30 or 60 posttransplant, recipient spleens and trunk skin were collected for flow cytometry analysis, and skin paraformaldehyde fixed and sectioned for hematoxylin and eosin staining. An independent pathologist scored skin sections for cGVHD as described previously.19 In the B6 to B10.BR model, recipients were given 120 mg/kg intraperitoneal (IP) cyclophosphamide on days. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Oil rises on OPEC output cuts, China demand forecast
Oil prices rallied for a second day on Thursday, supported by reports that key members of OPEC were starting to cut production and by forecasts of strong demand growth in China. U.S. crude ended Thursday's session up 76 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $53.01. Brent crude futures were up 98 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $56.08 a barrel by 2:38 p.m. ET (1938 GMT). The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed in November to cut oil production to try to reduce a global supply glut that has depressed prices for more than two years. Several OPEC members appear to be implementing the deal. "All the focus is now on OPEC compliance, which seems to be moving ahead as planned," said Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at SEB Markets in Oslo. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Thursday the kingdom had cut production to its lowest in almost two years, a move that would help accelerate a rebalancing of the global oil market. Falih told a conference in Abu Dhabi global demand for oil would grow by well over 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2017 and the market would tighten in two to three years. Saudi Arabia has cut February term crude supplies to refiners in India and Southeast Asia, seeking to comply with an OPEC deal, but it has held most of its exports to the rest of Asia steady for a second month, industry sources said on Wednesday. Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq told the conference Kuwait had already cut its oil output by more than it promised under the OPEC deal, without giving further details. Iraq oil minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi told reporters Iraq was "hoping for a better price." Iraq had reduced its oil exports by 170,000 bpd and was cutting them by a further 40,000 bpd this week, he said. Separately, Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the country was starting to implement its own planned cuts, in conjunction with an agreement among non-OPEC producers to reduce output. "The idea is that if these producers honor their word, they'll take close to two million barrels off the market," said Gene McGillian, manager of market research at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut. He said U.S. crude should continue to trade between $50 and $55 a barrel, but may have difficulty breaking through the upper end of that range. BMI Research estimated overall compliance with production cuts at about 73 percent, led by high compliance from members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, namely Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. Prices were also lifted by news of record Chinese car sales, which grew by 13.7 percent between 2015 and 2016 to 28 million sold vehicles. Reflecting China's growing fuel consumption, its net crude imports will rise 5.3 percent to 396 million tons (around 8 million bpd) in 2017, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) said on Thursday. Its crude demand will hit a record 594 million tons this year (around 12 million bpd), CNPC said. In the United States, traders said an inventory report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Wednesday implied oversupply. Crude stocks unexpectedly rose by 4.1 million barrels to 483.11 million barrels. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Ways to make sure widgets are keyboard navigable
Sent by an ABCD OpenScholar meeting attendee:
Thanks for the presentations today about various "container" widgets today. In the meeting, I asked if the accordion widget was keyboard navigable and no one had an answer so I just wanted to report that I did a quick test and it does seem to be keyboard navigable.
To test, in Safari (for OS X) I enabled "Press Tab to highlight each item on a web page" then tried moving through the contents of one of the presented examples, Dorm Amenities | Freshman Dean's Office. When navigating the page with the keyboard, I could use the Tab key to get to the accordion widget but then had to use the up and down arrow keys to navigate the individual items (arrow keys are a common part of web page keyboard navigation). When navigating by keyboard, pressing Enter/Return triggers the onClick event for whatever page element has "focus," same as a mouse click would and in the accordion widget it does expand and collapse the selected content.
Usability could be further improved, it's hard to tell which item in the widget has focus (the triangle color changes very slightly), but it's really good that the content can be reached without a mouse or "touch" (on a mobile device).
Looking at the page source, it looks like this accessibility has been been enabled by adding ARIA standard attributes. It's really great that attention was paid to the usability of the widget's design. Another technique is to use an HTML "focusable element" as the element to be clicked or a focusable element within the element. Which HTML elements are focusable "out of the box?" I don't have the complete list but the element , , and all are. For example, each item in the accordion widget has an header element that you click to show or hide content in a . The headers are semantically appropriate so you wouldn't want to replace them with a different element but you could wrap the contents in an element and link it to the id of the div to be displayed/hidden, e.g. Apley Court. Alternately, instead of using an empty span with a CSS background image to show the triangles, you could make the triangle image a part of the page content, e.g. Apley Court. Because the image is now a focusable element, an onClick event bound to the parent element will still be triggered when the image has focus and Enter/Return is pressed. Wrapping some or all of the contents in a element is a a third way, I don't know all the pros and cons to each option.
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Sunway Monorail
The Sunway Monorail, alternately SunTrek 2000 was a Malaysian monorail system that operated within the vicinity of Sunway City, Subang Jaya, Selangor, west from the country's capital city, Kuala Lumpur. The system included a single looped line with three stations around Sunway City, and was the second monorail system to operate in Malaysia following the Genting Monorail, and the first public monorail in the country, opening in 2000 and predating the launch of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail by three years.
Line and rolling stock
The monorail primarily ran along a 3 km steel-tracked loop system surrounding the Sunway Lagoon water theme park, stopping at three key locations on the northern and western side of the loop:
* Sunway Pyramid East monorail station - One station east of the Sunway Pyramid shopping centre.
* Sunway Pyramid west monorail station - One station west of Sunway Pyramid, currently within the site of the shopping Centre's 2006-2007 extension. Now has been refurbished to Johnny Rockets a franchise hamburger restaurants.
* Sunway College monorail station - One station east former name of Sunway University and a Malaysian campus of Monash University, both of which are situated side-by-side.
* Additionally, a branch line extends 600m west towards the monorail system's depot from the loop.
The monorail system operated with two five-car SL5 trains in its rolling stock; the trains produced by Severn-Lamb, a British locomotive manufacturer. The total cost of the loop was an estimated US$10 million.
Expansions, closure and potential revivals
The Sunway Monorail system was intended to support additional extensions in the following years. Plans were made to construct two addition loops with interconnecting stations at all three loops, but none of the plans were realised.
The system ceased operation within years following its opening. Despite its closure, portions of tracks along the line, as well as its depot, remain.
In 2007 there were unconfirmed reports on plans regarding a potential revival of the monorail link, additionally connecting to the KTM Komuter's Setia Jaya station (proposed to be renamed Sunway station).
The system was later on modified as a walkway connecting various universities around the area, as well as being incorporated into the currently in operation BRT Sunway Line, which connects Port Klang Line's Setia Jaya station to the Kelana Jaya Line's USJ7 station via Bandar Sunway. | WIKI |
The Mental State Examination in Psychiatry
mental state examination
Experienced psychiatrists record most of the information about the MSE while taking a history. This process can pose a difficulty for a new student to psychiatry.
In other areas of medicine, there is perhaps a clearer division between the taking of the history and the performance of a physical examination although again experienced physicians often integrate examination and history.
I would suggest that when starting out in psychiatry it may be better for you to think about separating the taking of the history from the taking of the mental state examination until you are more comfortable with both processes.
For some students, however, this may not feel natural. In this case, I would still suggest that you still deliberately allocate some of your time towards the end of the interview to run through a checklist of the mental state examination (this is what I do in my clinical practice). Again, you may be familiar with this sort of approach in medicine.
This assessment involves noting behaviour such as smiling, laughing, crying, but also the feelings generated in the interviewer. An important skill is the ability to reflect on how the patient makes you feel. Psychodynamic viewpoints often use the concepts of transference and counter-transference to describe the two-way transfer of feelings. For example, some patients may easily become dependent on their doctor, transferring feelings that they would normally have towards a parental figure. Similarly, the previous personal experience of a doctor may influence his or her reaction to the patient: this is called counter-transference.
Being aware of this counter-transference helps understand your reaction to the patient and may also help you to keep yourself healthy, particularly if such feelings are strong.
So what is in fact the difference between the history and the mental state examination? Well, the textbooks will tell you that the history is an account of what has happened to the patient and gives a longitudinal perspective, whereas the mental state is what is happening to the patient right now.
In point of fact, the distinction is often not so clear and another way of looking at the MSE is a way of collecting and reporting on the current symptoms of the patient some of which will have been occurring for some time, some of which may be occurring close to or at the time of interview, others of which may be part of the current episode but perhaps not present exactly at the time of the interview.
Some of the information between history and MSE will overlap. For example, if the patient has developed delusions, the history will indicate what they are and how long they have been present, while the MSE will record the types of delusions and the patient’s reaction to them. As another example, the patient may appear tired on MSE, they may report as part of their history that they have been suffering from insomnia for the last 4 weeks.
Non-verbal behaviour is generally regarded as more difficult to control consciously than verbal behaviour, so it is powerful evidence of the mental state and a major focus of the MSE.
It is particularly important to note if there is a discrepancy between what is said and the non-verbal signals. For example, the patient may be reluctant to acknowledge that they are experiencing auditory hallucinations, however, their distractibility by unseen stimuli which interrupts the conversation flow indicates that auditory hallucinations are likely present.
Non-verbal behaviour is generally regarded as more difficult to control consciously than verbal behaviour, so it is powerful evidence of the mental state and a major focus of the MSE.
A key difference between the physical examination and the MSE is that in the physical examination we are using our body and in some cases instruments (for e.g. a stethoscope) to gather information.
In the MSE we are using our mind to gather information. It is important to attempt to understand the person’s experience.
Phenomenology is the study of subjective experience. It is also the term that we use in psychiatry to describe various mental state findings. Phenomenology is, in fact, a field of philosophy introduced to medicine by the German Psychiatrist Karl Jaspers.
In taking the mental state and describing the phenomenology therefore it is actually both useful and ok to note your own feelings as valid diagnostic data when assessing mood.
SOME HEADINGS:
I have seen many different formats for recording the MSE and most frameworks are ok in my opinion
If you would like a mnemonic then ABCDE, SIR will probably suffice
A Appearance
B Behaviour
C ognition & Content- including orientation, memory and speech plus thoughts (content)
D Delusions and Hallucinations
E Emotions- including Mood and Affect
S Suicidal thoughts- must be enquired about in every MSE
I Insight & Judgement
Personally, I prefer a slightly longer list of headings:
• Appearance & Behaviour – here I include any signs of medication side effect, I also normally describe any rapport issues at this time
• Speech – here I include both speech quality as well as form (as in formal thought disorder)
• Content – here we are talking about both delusional ideas (ego syntonic) as well as neurotic or anxious symptoms (ego dystonic)
• Mood – here I tend to include all those symptoms either consistent with a depressive or manic disorder, as well as my risk assessment questions
• Affect – how the person appears during the interview versus how they are describing themselves
• Perceptions
• Cognition – including memory
• Insight & Judgement
Some useful tips and examples for obtaining the MSE
Appearance and Behaviour
This is generally performed by observation. Consider clothing & self-care, apparent age versus stated, level of activity, presence of abnormal movements indicative of side effects. Is the person easily engaged in the interview or is there some difficulty establishing rapport.
For assessing EPSEs check out this useful video from psychscenehub.
Describe the volume & tone as well as the rate of speech. You may notice rapid speech which in the context of thoughts moving rapidly from one idea to another is “flight of ideas” which is consistent with mania. Rule of thumb “if the person is confusing you” they probably have thought disorder which normally indicates either mania or psychosis.
Ask the person to describe how they are experiencing their thoughts.
Content
“Do you have any worries or other things you keep thinking about?” Is a good question to kick off here which will likely elicit any anxious or ruminating thoughts as well as possibly delusional ideas.
“Do you feel anyone might be planning to harm you?” is good for persecutory delusions.
“Do you feel you have any special powers?” is good for bizarre or grandiose delusions.
Mood
I generally find that if the person has a mood disorder I have already covered mood by the time I get to compiling the MSE. However, it’s always important to ask about mood symptoms in all patients, in particular, the presence of suicidal thoughts.
Try a normalizing approach here.
Many people have thoughts about suicide and as a health professional it’s important for me to ask you if you have had such thoughts?”
Affect
How does the patient make you feel?
Do they remain relatively the same in their feelings during the course of the interview or are they all over the place labile affcet (Labile affect is generally indicative of a significant mood disturbance, normally Bipolar I Mania although can also occur in Schizoaffective Disorders as well as a range of organic conditions)? Is their affect appropriate to the topic of conversations i.e. do they look sad when talking about sad things. Mood congruency is particularly noted when discussing the persons reaction to delusional symptoms. For e.g. classically if psychosis is present in Depression it is normally of a mood-congruent nature, i.e. delusions of persecutions or nihilistic delusions (ideas that the body is rotting or in fact already dead). Or is their affect disconnected? Mood incongruency can be a little tricky to interpret. It is classically seen in schizophrenia where the patient may be for e.g. experiencing grandiose delusions but seem largely unaffected emotionally by these. It can also occur in both mania with psychotic features (e.g. persecutory delusions) as well as Major Depression with psychotic features.”
Perceptions
“Have you had any unusual experiences?” works well for ideas of reference but you may need to specifically ask about experiences related to the television, radio, computer etc…
“Have you heard voices when there appears to be no one there?” is generally okay for auditory hallucinations. Note many persons experiencing auditory hallucinations are fearful of revealing this fact so they may be more obvious in their behaviour.
Cognition & Memory
At the minimum consider whether the person appeared to be grossly normal.
Are they oriented to time, place and person?
Are they able to remember recent news events?
Are they able to keep in tune with the interview?
If in doubt perform a short formal cognitive assessment using a standardised instrument.
Don’t rely on just one observation. Remember that cognition and memory can be impaired in a range of organic as well as mental health conditions. The reliability of one observation or even one MMSE is not as good as a series of observations.
Insight & Judgement
Again often difficult to assess in one interview as insight and judgement often need to be considered relative to the choice confronting the person.
Some good general questions:
“What do you think is going on?”
“Do you feel that you are ok or is there a problem?”
“Do you feel that you are safe?”
It is always important to ask about mood symptoms in all patients, in particular, the presence of suicidal thoughts.
How to describe the MSE
I would encourage students to not get overly caught up in phenomenological definitions. In most cases, its okay just to describe what is going on in lay terms.
For example, if you are not sure if the person’s affect is labile you could just say that they had quite a range of affect during the interview, with laughter, sadness and irritability at times and you felt that this was unusual.
There are a limited number of phenomenological terms you should be familiar with. These include:
• Delusions. For early career purposes, the classical definition of fixed, false beliefs held in the face of conflicting evidence and not consistent with culture and background will suffice. However, it’s interesting to note that we rarely set out to collect evidence that conclusively disproves a delusion. Others might note that a person holds an idea with a level of ‘delusional intensity’.
• Thought Disorder. This is normally broken into two components: 1. Formal Thought Disorder (a disorder of the flow and logic of thought) which can be seen in a range of conditions, including mania, schizophrenia and depression; Disorder of Content (e.g. delusions but also neuroses & obsessions).
• Hallucinations
• Insight
• Judgement
Flight of Ideas versus Tangentiality (or Loosening of Associations)
I am often asked by students what the difference is between flight of Ideas and tangentiality (or loosening of associations). In and of themselves these two types of thought disorder can appear to be very similar as both are characterized by thoughts appearing illogical and disconnected.
As we have talked about previously its important to use all parts of your mind as the diagnostic instrument when capturing the MSE or phenomenology. Thought disorder will likely be one of many phenomena present in a patient which either cluster around a problem with mania or psychosis.
Which is to say if the patient appears to be suffering mania its probably flight of ideas and if the patient appears to be suffering psychosis it’s likely to be tangentiality.
For a more thorough and in-depth discussion of this subject go here
Putting it all together with the History
It is helpful to consider the psychiatric assessment as a hierarchical process where we are seeking to exclude certain conditions first based upon their significance as well as different options for management. Whilst the history can tell us much about what has been happening to the patient, the mental status examination can really help us hone in on the why?
In general, we want to exclude the presence of a physical condition first, before moving on to exclude a functional psychosis (for e.g. schizophrenia) or mania, followed by excluding neurotic conditions (anxiety disorders and depressive disorders) and finally then personality disorder.
Of course, there are other conditions in psychiatry that do not neatly fit into these categories so this is meant as a guide only.
Some helpful videos and other resources
The following videos were prepared by an Australian organization the Palmerston Organisation for the training of Alcohol and Other Drug Professionals and they nicely highlight examples of mental state features in 3 different cases:
As part of the Perth Co-occurring Disorders Capacity Building Project, 3 case vignettes complete with video explainers were developed for a target audience of alcohol and drug counsellors in order to better teach the mental state examination. Because the target audience is in a related field to psychiatry I think the videos are also pitched quite well at a medical student and JMO level. In particular, the approach taken is to not get overly pedantic about precise phenomenological descriptions but to describe well the findings.
A training guide complete with an overview of the MSE in the 3 cases is provided here.
A suggested guide to MSE is provided here.
Across the Tasman the University of Auckland have developed a series of videos for a medical student and general practice trainee audience. Unfortunately, these are not available on a streaming service or creative commons (I have asked) so you will have to go here to check them out yourself but they are very good albeit a little dated (from the 90s by the look of it).
The University of Nottingham have also published a series of example video interviews which are once again very handy for practising the MSE. Again they are a little bit dated but I think demonstrate some good signs, including some of the interesting findings in relation to appearance and behaviour.
Finally, the other Newcastle University has an extensive youtube channel with videos demonstrating a range of disorders as well as some abnormal movements, including catatonia and dystonia.
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Rh and my sister led the happiest of lives. But Fate, mysterious Fate, ordained that Death, which had given them happiness, should destroy it. The Maharajah was accidentally shot at a shooting party, and my sister's life was darkened for ever.
She lives for her children and for her stepsons. Some English ladies once said to me that they had no idea the Maharajah had any children by his first marriage, as the whole family seemed so united and devoted to the Maharani.
My fourth sister, Monica, who is very handsome, prayed that luxury might never come into her life for fear the world should make her forget God. We call her Moni ; she has the most happy, contented disposition imaginable. No one has ever heard her utter an unkind word. She takes everything as it comes, quietly and without complaint, and thinks herself the happiest woman in the world. Her faith in God is wonderful. She married a Professor in the Education Department, a very clever man, whose name is Sadhu Mahalanobis.
Sujata, the youngest, has always made sunshine in our midst. She is as sweet as some lovely flower, and I think her one idea is to give every one as much pleasure as she can. She was so pretty that when our present King as Prince of Wales lunched with us he asked, "Who is that very pretty girl in the sari?" Sujata married a Mr. Sen, brother of my fourth sister-in-law.
How happy we were! I think that Providence | WIKI |
Democratic Front (Montenegro)
The Democratic Front (Демократски фронт / Demokratski front, DF) was a right-wing populist and socially conservative political alliance in Montenegro. It was composed of the New Serb Democracy, Movement for Changes and Democratic People's Party, with some other minor parties as the alliance's partners at the local level, while United Montenegro and Workers' Party were external members of the Democratic Front parliamentary group. The alliance was formed mainly to overthrow the Democratic Party of Socialists, the party in power from the introduction of the multi-party system until the 2020 parliamentary election.
Catch-all alliance (2012–2015)
Miodrag Lekić led the alliance's list in the parliamentary election of October 2012. Lekić ran in the 2013 presidential election, supported by both his Democratic Front and the Socialist People's Party. According to the electoral committee's report, he was narrowly defeated by incumbent Filip Vujanović of the ruling DPS. However, many independent observers insisted that Vujanović's victory came about as the result of a massive electoral fraud.
In March 2015, Lekić split from the alliance due to internal disagreements, having decided to form a new centre-right, moderate and pro-EU political party, DEMOS.
Shift to the right (2015–present)
After Lekić departed from the alliance, the Democratic Front significantly changed its public appearance and its rhetoric and ideology became more radicalized. At the 2016 parliamentary election, DF came second, behind ruling DPS, with 20.32% of the vote with 18 seats won, remaining in opposition. On 9 May 2019, members of alliance leadership Andrija Mandić and Milan Knežević, along with 12 another people found guilty by the Higher Court in Montenegro for the "plotting to commit terrorist acts and undermine the constitutional order of Montenegro on the day of 2016 parliamentary election."
2020 parliamentary election
On 3 August 2020, the Democratic Front alliance decided to sign an agreement with the Socialist People's Party, United Montenegro, Workers' Party, as well some minor extra-parliamentary parties, forming a pre-election coalition under the name For the Future of Montenegro, in order to participate at the forthcoming 30 August 2020 elections. The coalition common list for 2020 election is led by a Montenegrin university professor, Zdravko Krivokapić. Many media, analysts, but also political opponents have labeled the new coalition as the "Vučić's list", because major parties in the new coalition have very close cooperation with the populist SNS-led regime in Serbia, the largest number of constituents of the new coalition were present at several meetings in Belgrade during 2019 and 2020, organized by Serbian President (also the SNS chairman) Aleksandar Vučić, gathering "leaders of Serb communities" in Serbia's neighboring countries. The August 2020 election resulted in a victory for the opposition parties and the fall from power of the ruling DPS, which has ruled the country since the introduction of the multi-party system in 1990. The electoral coalition list won 32.55% of the popular vote, which equals 27 seats in the parliament, of which the Democratic Front member parties get 20 MPs. In October 2020, Democratic Front parliamentary club was joined by United Montenegro and the Workers' Party, while the Movement for Changes decided to form separate parliamentary group, under the name "Democratic Front - Movement for Changes".
Since a political split with their candidate for PM, Zdravko Krivokapić, after he questioned their competence to participate in his cabinet, leaders of the Democratic Front, Andrija Mandić and Nebojša Medojević started to publicly criticize the alleged influence of the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well of the businessman Miodrag Davidović on Krivokapić's decisions and on composition of his cabinet, which they eventually supported in parliament after all. Mandić claimed that Krivokapić had been appointed head of the "For the Future" list after "pressure and conditioning of electoral support" by "parts of the Serbian Church", accusing parts of the church and Krivokapić of "acting on someone's orders from abroad", while Medojević stated that Bishop Joanikije Mićović and priest Gojko Perović set the terms of the church's support and threatened to withdraw Krivokapić from the electoral list, a few days before handing over the electoral lists for 2020 parliamentary election, which Perović categorically denied. During October and November Medojević and Mandić have repeatedly conditioned their parties' support for the Krivokapić Cabinet, if they were not part of it. Mandić explicitly asked Krivokapić to "return the mandate and that they would look for a new PM designate". Unfoundedly accusing and public insults were publicly condemned by the Serbian Church, PM Krivokapić, Davidović, but also by the DF's coalition partner the Socialist People's Party, while the True Montenegro left the parliamentary group of the Democratic Front, out the protest.
The DF maintained a very close cooperation with the right-wing populist SNS regime in Serbia led by Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia. Since the mid-2010s, Vučić and members of his party have repeatedly publicly supported DF activities in Montenegro. In December 2020, Vučić, speaking to the media about Serbia future relation with the new government in Montenegro and PM Krivokapić, called DF leaders "sole true representatives of Serbian community in Montenegro". In 2021, Vučić even claimed the existence of a conspiracy that "many in Montenegro" allegedly want the "destruction" of this political alliance.
Dissolution
After an argument with Knežević on 13 May 2023, Medojević decided that PZP would have its own ticket in the 2023 parliamentary election. The day after, on 14 May 2023, the Democratic Front held a press conference where the leaders announced the dissolution of the alliance.
Former members
Members of the Democratic Front's parliamentary group only. Regional-level partner parties
Alliance leadership
* Miodrag Lekić (2012–2015)
* Presidency (2015–present)
Presidency
Since Lekić's abandonment the alliance, it is led by the Presidency, which consists of six members, two representatives from all three major parties; New Serb Democracy (NSD), Movement for Changes (PzP) and Democratic People's Party (DNP). Since March 2015 members of the collective presidency are:
NSD
* Andrija Mandić
* Strahinja Bulajić
PzP
* Nebojša Medojević
* Branko Radulović
DNP
* Milan Knežević
* Predrag Bulatović | WIKI |
Here's My Top AI Stock to Buy in September
Artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the imagination of businesses and investors alike over the past year. This spring, the hype over ChatGPT's capabilities displayed last November began translating into blockbuster revenue and profits for AI leaders such as Nvidia and others.
The stocks of industry leaders have run very far already. So which one of them is the best AI stock to buy in September?
Booming AI spending has crowded out spending on other types of tech, such as general-purpose servers. Meanwhile, consumer electronics sales of PCs and smartphones have struggled amid high interest rates and the post-pandemic hangover.
While AI sentiment has broadly boosted tech and semiconductor stocks, some AI beneficiaries with broader exposure haven't appreciated as much as AI "pure plays." And many are still well below their 2021 highs.
That includes my pick for the month of September, which trades at a cheap valuation. It not only has underrated prospects in AI, but it should also benefit more than many think from a broader industry recovery.
Is this Micron's moment?
Over the past year, Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) has endured the most brutal memory downturn since 2008.
Memory isn't unlike oil in that it's somewhat (though not completely) commoditized, with pricing that can swing wildly up and down, depending on supply and demand. However, the three major DRAM suppliers have all cut their capital plans and decreased production by 30% or so in recent months. Meanwhile, demand seems to be bottoming, while artificial intelligence brings the potential for a better-than-expected demand next year.
That's a pretty nice setup that should fuel the next memory upturn. While the market has given Micron some credit for a potential recovery, its 41% year-to-date gain is still below the 47% gain of the iShares Semiconductor ETF and far below the 232% gain seen in AI chip leader Nvidia. And Micron still trades 30% below its all-time highs while valued at just 1.7 times book value, making it relatively inexpensive, compared with other tech and chip stocks.
MU data by YCharts.
Micron should eventually lead in HBM for artificial intelligence
Another knock against Micron is that it fell behind rivals in high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, a small niche of the market that's currently in high demand for AI applications. Currently, Korean rival SK Hynix is seen as a leader in this DRAM niche because over the past decade, Micron pursued a different technology architecture called hybrid memory cube.
However, the industry eventually standardized on HBM for high-performance computing, and in 2018, Micron shifted its strategy. Yet it appears Micron isn't only rapidly catching up to SK Hynix and Samsung in HBM, but is also likely to surpass both by early 2024.
In July, Micron announced that customers were sampling its new HBM3 product, which boasts 24GB of capacity in just eight layers of vertically stacked DRAM modules, and bandwidth over 1.2 TB/s. Those specs actually beat out SK Hynix's leading HBM chip, which currently has 24GB of capacity in 12 layers, and a speed of 1 TB/s.
Even with SK Hynix recently introducing a souped-up version of that HBM3 product called HBM3E, the speed of that new version will only increase to 1.15 TB/s, still below that of Micron's new HBM3.
Micron's new HBM product won't start shipping until early 2024 and won't ramp up until later next year. Still, that leaves more high-margin growth for investors to look forward to.
DRAM memory is the key bottleneck in fast artificial intelligence. Image source: Getty Images.
Don't forget the rest of the memory market recovery
Micron's fast progress in HBM is another example of its growing technology lead, even in non-AI memory. In 2022, the company surpassed rivals in achieving leading-edge memory nodes for the first time, becoming the first vendor to ramp up 232-layer NAND flash and 1-beta DRAM.
However, Micron's technology success was overshadowed by an extreme cyclical downturn that hit the industry around the same time.
But that technology lead has helped Micron weather the storm and come out stronger on the other side. Last week, industry research site Trendforce issued some encouraging data from the second quarter. It appears DRAM industry revenue bottomed in the first quarter, with all three major DRAM vendors growing quarter over quarter in Q2.
According to Trendforce, SK Hynix saw the greatest quarter-over-quarter growth of 50% on the back of price increases of 7%-9%, thanks to its HBM products. But remember, Micron is poised to capture a significant part of the HBM market next year.
However, Micron far outpaced Samsung, with a 15.7% revenue increase and stable prices, while Samsung grew revenue only 8.6%, as its DRAM selling prices continued to fall. This is because Micron's mix skewed toward higher-end DDR5, which are premium products that benefit from Micron's technology lead.
Even in the beleaguered NAND flash industry, Micron is showing some technological differentiation over its peers. In Trendforce's study of NAND flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) sales, Micron outpaced all competitors in Q2, thanks to its high proportion of advanced 176-layer PCIe SSDs.
In a down market for NAND, Micron's SSD revenue only declined 1.8%, whereas all other competitors saw 20%-35% declines. That allowed Micron to gain market share, going from the fifth-largest SSD vendor to third place in just one quarter.
Micron's recovery could be better than expected
The memory market is extremely cyclical, with booms usually leading to busts and vice versa. But the most recent bust was one of the worst ever, with all major vendors curtailing production and cutting capital expenditures. And with new demand drivers from AI kicking in, the memory industry is sowing the seeds of its next upswing.
However, Micron's recent technological achievements over rivals means it could have an even better recovery than in past cycles. That's why it's my top AI stock to buy this month.
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Classical Music Listings for March 25-31
Full reviews of recent classical performances: nytimes.com/classical. A searchable guide to these and other performances is at nytimes.com/events. ★ ‘De Materie’ (through Wednesday) Louis Andriessen’s enormous, four-act 1980s masterpiece that reflects on matter and the spirit, continues its North American premiere run in a production by Heiner Goebbels. Peter Rundel conducts the International Contemporary Ensemble and the ChorWerk Ruhr in a score that soars across the centuries. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, armoryonpark.org. (David Allen) '¡Figaro! (90210)' (through April 3) The characters in this updated version of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” are familiar, but the problems facing Figaro and Susana — now undocumented workers in the mansion of a Beverly Hills real estate mogul — are decidedly contemporary. The new libretto by Vid Guerrerio in English (and Spanglish) condenses Beaumarchais’s drama to two and a half hours. Melissa Crespo is the director; Raphael Fusco conducts. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday through Thursday at 7 p.m. with no performance on Monday; the Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, 646-223-3010, dukeon42.org. (da Fonseca-Wollheim) Metropolitan Opera (Friday through Thursday) There’s comic and tragic Donizetti this week, with Vittorio Grigolo as lustrous voiced Nemorino in Bartlett Sher’s staging of Donizetti’s lighthearted ★ “L’Elisir d’Amore” (Saturday at 8 and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.) And following her magnificent portrayal of the title character in “Maria Stuarda,” Sondra Radvanovsky sings the final of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in David McVicar’s new production of ★ “Roberto Devereux” on Monday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Fresh from their collaboration in “Manon Lescaut,” Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna join forces again in Anthony Minghella’s beautiful production of Puccini’s ★ “Madama Butterfly” (at 8 p.m. on Friday and 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday). There’s also Mozart on the menu, when Fabio Luisi conducts the final performance this season of Richard Eyre’s staging of “Le Nozze di Figaro,” updated to 1930s Seville, with Mikhail Petrenko as Figaro, Anita Hartig as Susanna, Isabel Leonard as Cherubino, Amanda Majeski as the Countess and Luca Pisaroni as the Count (on Saturday at 1 p.m.) Full schedules are online. Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, 212-362-6000, metopera.org. (Vivien Schweitzer) ‘Revolutionaries: The Late Works of Beethoven and Ginastera’ (Thursday) As part of the Concerts at One series, Trinity Wall Street offers an unusual lineup in this festival. which pairs Beethoven with music by the 20th-century Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera. For this installment, the cellist Ashley Bathgate performs Ginastera’s Puneña No. 2, Op. 45 (“Hommage à Paul Sacher”), Britten’s Cello Suite No. 3 and Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1. At 1 p.m., Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, 212-602-0800, trinitywallstreet.org. (Schweitzer) ‘Klang’ (Friday and Saturday) It’s going to take an entire day and all three of the Metropolitan Museum’s buildings to perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s visionary acoustic and electronic work titled “Klang” (“sound” in German). The composer had hoped to write an enveloping piece in 24 parts, one for each hour of the day. But he died in 2007 having finished only 21. For this American premiere, the Met presents the various pieces over two days, with repetitions, at the main museum on Fifth Avenue, the Cloisters in Washington Heights and the new Met Breuer Building on Madison Avenue. (Check the website for specific times and locations.) Friday at 5 p.m. through Saturday at 8:30 p.m.; 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Anthony Tommasini) New York Philharmonic (Wednesday, Thursday) “Spanish Nights” are the theme this week at the Philharmonic, as Bramwell Tovey conducts the ballet music from Massenet’s “Le Cid” and Falla’s “Nights in the Garden of Spain,” with the pianist Joyce Yang, and the same composer’s ballet, “The Three-Cornered Hat,” performed in complete. (Also through April 5.) At 7:30 p.m., David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, 212-875-5656, nyphil.org. (Allen) Roomful of Teeth (Thursday and next Friday) This trailblazing vocal ensemble brings its distinctive blend of vocal traditions from around the world and fresh contemporary art music to an elegant fin-de-siècle interior with a program that includes Elliot Cole’s “Hanuman’s Leap,” based on an old Indian epic. At 7:30 p.m., Board of Officers Room, Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street, 212-933-5812, armoryonpark.org. (da Fonseca-Wollheim) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
New-ADGroup Esacping special characters
Hi all
I am trying to create a few AD groups with PowerShell and I can’t seem to escape special characters. One group I am trying to create -==My Group
I have tried “-==My group” “-`=`=My Group” and neither seem to work, I get New-ADGroup : The name provided is not a properly formed account name error
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Tim
That’s… an odd name.
The backtick is PowerShell’s escape character; you wouldn’t use a backslash. But that’s only PowerShell; there may be additional checking in the code of that command which is causing the rejection. PowerShell wouldn’t normally need you to escape - or =, so it’s AD most likely causing the error.
But backslashes are definitely not allowed. So they may be your problem source.
Thanks Don
I am replacing an old Small Business Server 2011 that is bad shape. I was using PowerShell to get the ADgroup listing and recreate them on the new server. I am not going to worry about creating the exact groups. Just going to replace them with something more sane.
Thanks again.
Tim
There’s an IBM post that says = isn’t allowed in user, group and computer names
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSPREK_6.1.0/com.ibm.itame.doc_6.1/am61_admin607.htm
The standard AD escape character \ doesn’t work with = nor does the trick of using the ASCII code
Given the form of a distinguished name
CN=Testgroup2,OU=UserGroups,DC=Manticore,DC=org
I could understand = not being allowed
This
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11216.active-directory-requirements-for-creating-objects.aspx#Group_Objects
implies that = is allowed
BUT this
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/2a8ae68c-02fa-4c4e-bd47-36fd934b8dd8/newaduser-the-name-provided-is-not-a-properly-formed-account-name?forum=winserverpowershell
states that = NOT allowed in AD names.
AD administrative center just fails with a = in the name
AD Users and Computers says that nay of these
/[]:;|=,+*?" are illegal characters for the pre-Windows 2000 group name and will be replaced by a underscore _
My opinion at the moment is that you’re not going to be able to create groups with = in the name | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
The capped wheatear is 17?18 cm long and weighs 32 g. Its legs and pointed bill are black. This common species is striking and unmistakable in appearance. The adult has a black cap, cheeks and breast band, and white eye stripe and throat. The rest of the underparts are white with buff on the flanks and lower belly. Like other wheatears, it has a distinctive tail pattern with a black feathers on the base and centre of the tail forming an inverted T against the otherwise white rump. The juvenile has a brown cap and cheeks, and the breast band is weak and diffuse. However, the breast band, larger size, and white at the base of the outer tail feathers distinguish it from the migrant northern wheatear, which is rare over most of the capped wheatear's range. Like other wheatears, it perches on mounds and hops over the short grass, or flies low over the ground.
Habitat and Distribution
This wheatear is found in open dry sandy and stony habitats and short grassland with a few bushes and termite mounds in Africa, from Kenya and Angola south to the Cape. It is largely non-migratory, but undertakes seasonal movements.
Feeding
This solitary species feeds on insects, especially ants.
Breeding
It is monogamous and builds a nest of straw, grass, and leaves in a hole in the ground or a termite mound. It may use man-made drainage pipes if available. Typically three or four, sometimes more, eggs are laid.
Calls and Songs
The capped wheatear's song is a loud melodic warble interspersed with slurred chattering, and it has a chik-chik alarm call. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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102 CADOGAN. Dragoons, 1721 j Major Gen. 1739 ; Got. 2nd troop of Horse Guards, 1713-76 ; Lieut. Gen., 1745 ; Gen. of the Horse, 1761-70 ; Gov. of Sheemess, 1710 ; Gov. of Grave- send and Tilbury Fort, 1752-76. A trustee of the British Museum ; F.K.S., &c 1 1« m. 25 July 1717 at St. Geo. the Martyr, Queen square, Midx., Elizabeth, 2nd and yet da. and coheir (whose issue became sole h.) of .Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., President of the College of Physicians and Lord of the Manor of Chelsea, Midx., by Klizabeth, da. and coheir of John LaNQLET, Alderman of Loudon. She (/. 20 May 176S and was her. at, Caversham, Oxon. Will pr. Sep. 1768. He d. 21 Sep. 1776 in his 92ud year and was bur. 30th at Caversham. Will pr. 1776. III. 1770. 1 ami .'>'. Charles Sixiank (Cadouan), I'.AKi in Caikioax _ . . of Oakley, onlv s. and h., b. 29 Sep. 1728 in the parish of St. Geo. Han. ■harldom. M p {or Cambridge, 1749-76. Keeper of the Privy Putts to II 1800 Prince Edward (of Wales) 1756; Surveyor of the King's Gardens, 1764; Master of the Mint, 1769-84; Hereditary Trustee of the British Museum. On 27 Dec. 1800 he was or. VISCOUNT CHELSEA, Co. Midx. and EAKL CADOGAN.(») He m. firstly 30 May 1747 at St. Geo. llau. sq. Frances, da. of Henry (Bromley), 1st Baron Monteort by Frances, da. of Thomas Wyndha.m of Trent, Somerset. She d. 25 May 1768 and was bur. 30th at Caversham. Hew. secondly, 10 May 1777, Man-, da. of Charles CHURCHILL, Col. in the army, by Mary, the hr/ttimatcd da. of Robert (Walpole), 1st Earl oe Ohfohd. She was divorced 1796.0') He d. 3 April 1S07. 2 ami 4. Ciiahle-s IIenry Sloane (Cadogax), Earl C'AIHXiAU, Ac, s. and h., being eldest of the six sons by 1st wife; fc. 29 Nov. ami bop. 13 Dec. 1749 at St. Geo. Han. sq., was sometime au officer in the army. Hereditary Trustee of the British Museum. He d. until. 23 Dec. 1S32. Will pr. July 1833. Earldom. III. Barony. IV. !>1S07. 3 ami 0. George (Caiiogan), Earl Cadogas, &c., br. and h., being 8th s., the 2nd s. by the 2nd wife, of the first Earl of the creation of 1800. He was b. 5 May 1783 >18oo. j n St. James square, Midx. and bttp. there; entered the Royal Navy 1796 ; Post Ga.pt. 1807 ; Hear Admiral of the Blue, 1811 ; and, finally, Admiral of the Red, 1863. Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV, 1831 : Naval Aidc- de-Camp to the Queen, 1837. Knight of Maria Theresa of Austria, 22 July 1814 in reward for services (in co-operation with the Austrian troops) on the coast of the Adriatic. C.B.. 4 June 1815. On 10 Sep. 1S31 he was (in his brother's life time)cr. BARON OAKLEY OF CAVERSHAM, co. Oxford. Heredi- tary Trustee of the British Museum. He hi. 4 April 1S10, Louisa Honoria, sister of the 1st Baron Wallscourt [I.], 5th da. of Joseph Blake of Ardfry, co. Galway, by Honoria, da. of Dermot Daly. She d. 12 Sep. 1815. He d. 15 Sep. 1864 in his 83rd year at (No. 138) Piccadilly, Midx. Earldom. IV. Barony. V. ( a ) When the family name is taken as the Peerage title it is more usual in the case of Earldoms, or even of Marquessates, to omit the word " of "; e.g. (among Marquesses) Conyngham, Comwallis, Townshend, &c; also (among Earls) Amherst, Aunesley, Bathnrst, Cadogan, Cairns, Cathcart, Cowley, Graham, Grey, Fitzwilliam, Howe, Nelson, Poulett, Russell, Spencer, Stanhope, Wakiegrave, &c. In some cases "of" is omitted when the title was the surname (not of the party enobled, but only) of a family from whom the grantee derived descent, e.g. (among Earls) Beauchamp, Brooke, Brownlow, Ferrers, Granville, Innes, Mauvers, Sondes, Strange, Sydney, Vane, &c. Contrariwise, the word "of" is sometimes retained (more especially when the sur- name is of local origin), e.g., Earl of Berkeley, Earl of Coventry, Earl of Craven, &c. The Marquess Camden, Earl Cawdor, &c„ seem, as English titles, somewhat anomalous, tho', in the Irish peerage, names of places are not unfrequently so treated, e.r/., Earl Belmore, Earl Castle Stewart, Earl Erne, Earl Fife, Earl Mountcashell, Earl Wintertou, &c. ( b ) The cauBe was crim. con. with Rev. Mr. Cooper. | WIKI |
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Auteur (up) Blondeau-Bidet, E.; Hiroi, J.; Lorin-Nebel, C.
Titre Ion uptake pathways in European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax Type Article scientifique
Année 2019 Publication Revue Abrégée Gene
Volume 692 Numéro Pages 126-137
Mots-Clés Ion transporters; Na uptake; Ncc2; Nhe3; Osmoregulation; Teleost
Résumé Ion uptake mechanisms are diverse in fish species, certainly linked to duplication events that have led to the presence of a multitude of paralogous genes. In fish, Na+ uptake involves several ion transporters expressed in different ionocyte subtypes. In the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, several key transporters potentially involved in Na+ uptake have been investigated in seawater (SW) and following a 2 weeks freshwater (FW) acclimation. Using gel electrophoresis, we have shown that the Na+/H+-exchanger 3 (nhe3, slc9a3) is expressed in gills and kidney at both salinities. Quantitative realtime PCR analysis showed a significantly higher nhe3 expression in fresh water (FW) compared to SW. Its apical localization in a subset of gill ionocytes in freshwater-acclimated fish supports the role of NHE3 in Na+ uptake. Interestingly, NHE3-immunopositive cells also express basolateral Na+/K+/2Cl− cotransporter 1 (NKCC1) and are mainly localized in gill lamella. Among the three nhe2 (slc9a2) paralogs, only nhe2c shows differential branchial expression levels with higher mRNA levels in SW than in FW. The increased branchial expression of the ammonia transporter rhcg1 (Rhesus protein), nhe3 and cytoplasmic carbonic anhydrase (cac) in FW could indicate the presence of a functional coupling between ion transporters to form a Na+/NH4+ exchange complex. Acid-sensing ion channel 4 (asic4) seems not to be expressed in sea bass gills. Na+/Cl- cotransporter (ncc2a or ncc-like) is about three times more expressed in FW compared to SW suggesting coupled Na+ and Cl− uptake in a subset of gill ionocytes. Besides the main pump Na+/K+-ATPase, branchial NCC2a and NHE3 may be key players in ion uptake in sea bass following a long-term freshwater challenge.
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Auteur (up) L'Honore, T.; Farcy, E.; Blondeau-Bidet, E.; Lorin-Nebel, C.
Titre Inter-individual variability in freshwater tolerance is related to transcript level differences in gill and posterior kidney of European sea bass Type Article scientifique
Année 2020 Publication Revue Abrégée Gene
Volume 741 Numéro Pages 144547
Mots-Clés chloride uptake; cl-cotransporter; dicentrarchus-labrax; fish ion regulation; Freshwater acclimation; gene-expression; Intraspecific variation; Ion transporters; marine teleost; nkcc; oreochromis-mossambicus; Osmoregulation; prlr; rainbow-trout; rich cells; slc26 anion transporters; slc26a6
Résumé Acclimation to low salinities is a vital physiological challenge for euryhaline fish as the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax. This species undertakes seasonal migrations towards lagoons and estuaries where a wide range of salinity variations occur along the year. We have previously reported intraspecific differences in freshwater tolerance, with an average 30% mortality rate. In this study, we bring new evidence of mechanisms underlying freshwater tolerance in sea bass at gill and kidney levels. In fresh water (FW), intraspecific differences in mRNA expression levels of several ion transporters and prolactin receptors were measured. We showed that the branchial Cl-/HCO3- anion transporter (slc26a6c) was over-expressed in freshwater intolerant fish, probably as a compensatory response to low blood chloride levels and potential metabolic alkalosis. Moreover, prolactin receptor a (prlra) and Na+/Cl- cotransporter (ncc1) but not ncc-2a expression seemed to be slightly increased and highly variable between individuals in freshwater intolerant fish. In the posterior kidney, freshwater intolerant fish exhibited differential expression levels of slc26 anion transporters and Na+/K+/2Cl(-) co-transporter 1b (nkcc1b). Lower expression levels of prolactin receptors (prlra, prlrb) were measured in posterior kidney which probably contributes to the failure in ion reuptake at the kidney level. Freshwater intolerance seems to be a consequence of renal failure of ion reabsorption, which is not sufficiently compensated at the branchial level.
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Auteur (up) Masroor, W.; Farcy, E.; Blondeau-Bidet, E.; Venn, A.; Tambutte, E.; Lorin-Nebel, C.
Titre Effect of salinity and temperature on the expression of genes involved in branchial ion transport processes in European sea bass Type Article scientifique
Année 2019 Publication Revue Abrégée J. Therm. Biol.
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Mots-Clés cftr anion channel; chloride channel; cod gadus-morhua; Dicentrarchus labrax; dicentrarchus-labrax; fresh-water; functional classification; Gill; h+-atpase; Ion transporter; mRNA expression; na+/k+-atpase; na+/k+/2cl(-) cotransporter; Salinity; seawater-acclimated medaka; Thermal acclimation
Résumé The responses of European sea bass to temperature increase and salinity decrease were investigated measuring mRNA expression levels of main genes involved in ion transport. Juvenile fish were pre-acclimated to seawater (SW) at 18 degrees C (temperate) or 24 degrees C (warm) for two weeks and then transferred for two weeks to either fresh water (FW) or SW at the respective temperature. Unlike temperate conditions, there is no change in Na+/K+-ATPase ala (nka ala) and Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (nhe3) mRNA expression following FW transfer in warm conditions. This is linked to the high expression of these genes in warm SW compared to temperate SW. Na+/Cl--cotransporter (ncc2a) expression however is increased following FW transfer in temperate and warm conditions. Main transporters involved in ion excretion (Na+/K+/2Cl-1( )cotransporter, nkcc1 and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, cftr) as well as nitrogen excretion (Rh-glycoproteins, rhcg1 and rhbg) and acid-base regulation (V-H+-ATPase, vha-a and b) are highly expressed in SW warm conditions vs FW warm. Overall, our results suggest a higher activation of ion transport processes in warm conditions and more strikingly in SW. This is linked to a strong interplay between diverse ion transporters in order to coordinate physiological responses at the gill level.
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Auteur (up) Maugars, G.; Manirafasha, M.-C.; Grousset, E.; Boulo, V.; Lignot, J.-H.
Titre The effects of acute transfer to freshwater on ion transporters of the pharyngeal cavity in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Type Article scientifique
Année 2018 Publication Revue Abrégée Fish Physiol. Biochem.
Volume 44 Numéro 5 Pages 1393-1408
Mots-Clés atlantic salmon; atpase alpha-1 isoforms; branchial chloride cells; carbonic-anhydrase; Dicentrarchus labrax; gill na+/k+-atpase; Gills and extrabranchial organs; Ion transporters; k+-atpase; mitochondrion-rich cells; Osmoregulation; salinity transfer; salmon salmo-salar; seawater acclimation; Seawater to freshwater transfer; Teleost fish
Résumé Gene expression of key ion transporters (the Na+/K+-ATPase NKA, the Na+, K+-2Cl(-) cotransporter NKCC1, and CFTR) in the gills, opercular inner epithelium, and pseudobranch of European seabass juveniles (Dicentrarchus labrax) were studied after acute transfer up to 4days from seawater (SW) to freshwater (FW). The functional remodeling of these organs was also studied. Handling stress (SW to SW transfer) rapidly induced a transcript level decrease for the three ion transporters in the gills and operculum. NKA and CFTR relative expression level were stable, but in the pseudobranch, NKCC1 transcript levels increased (up to 2.4-fold). Transfer to FW induced even more organ-specific responses. In the gills, a 1.8-fold increase for NKA transcript levels occurs within 4days post transfer with also a general decrease for CFTR and NKCC1. In the operculum, transcript levels are only slightly modified. In the pseudobranch, there is a transient NKCC1 increase followed by 0.6-fold decrease and 0.8-fold CFTR decrease. FW transfer also induced a density decrease for the opercular ionocytes and goblet cells. Therefore, gills and operculum display similar trends in SW-fish but have different responses in FW-transferred fish. Also, the pseudobranch presents contrasting response both in SW and in FW, most probably due to the high density of a cell type that is morphologically and functionally different compared to the typical gill-type ionocyte. This pseudobranch-type ionocyte could be involved in blood acid-base regulation masking a minor osmotic regulatory capacity of this organ compared to the gills.
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John Thomas Herlihy June 5th 1960
John Thomas Herlihy
John Herlihy is a Director with IBM. He is married and has two sons. They all live in Danbury, CT. He was born in Maplewood, NJ ,where - he lost his virginity to a homeless man living in Grove Park. This led to his dual life as a bisexual.
EARLY LIFE
John was born June 5th, 1960 in a barn near Maplewood, NJ. Mr. & Mrs. Herlihy adopted him and raised him a God fearing Catholic. He is a log cabin Republican and could be seen looking for love in the woods of South Mountain Reservation.
HIGH SCHOOL
John went to Seton Hall Prep and was voted most likely to be gay.
COLLEGE YEARS
John graduated from NJIT with a degree in business and a minor in computer science. It was during this period of his life that he started coming out of the closet. His reserve for the sexuality that he harbored for most of his life was eroding and he could now " PUTT FROM THE ROUGH."
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Ernie, as he is known by those who are close to him, began a dual life of bi-sexualuality while working at IBM. He would sit and wait in the bathroom stalls tapping the toes of older men in hopes of a response. Senator Larry Craig was the man who taught John this when he was his intern. Senator Graig was his mentor and the person most responsible for teaching him the joys of homosexuality. Ernie started carousing the bathroom stalls at all major airports looking for love. He used his wide stance to lure other gay men into sex. | WIKI |
Talk:Yusef Salaam
It may be time for this person to have their own Wikipedia page
It looks likely they will be a New York City council member:
"A Central Park Five member could soon be a N.Y. councilman. Who is Yusef Salaam?"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/28/yusef-salaam-central-park-harlem-council/, June 28, 2023 mennonot (talk) 18:39, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
* Probably enough coverage to pass WP:GNG, especially once elected. This probably won't stay a redirect for much longer. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 19:33, 8 July 2023 (UTC) | WIKI |
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private subroutine array_new_i1d(array, DATA, gift)
Arguments
Type IntentOptional Attributes Name
type(array_i1d_obj), intent(out) :: array
integer, DIMENSION(:), POINTER, CONTIGUOUS :: DATA
logical, intent(in), optional :: gift
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SUBROUTINE array_new_i1d(array, DATA, gift)
TYPE(array_i1d_obj), INTENT(OUT) :: array
INTEGER, DIMENSION(:), POINTER, CONTIGUOUS :: DATA
LOGICAL, INTENT(IN), OPTIONAL :: gift
INTEGER :: lb, ub
LOGICAL :: g
ALLOCATE (array%low)
array%low%refcount = 1
g = .FALSE.
IF (PRESENT(gift)) g = gift
IF (g) THEN
array%low%data => DATA
NULLIFY (DATA)
ELSE
lb = LBOUND(DATA, 1)
ub = UBOUND(DATA, 1)
ALLOCATE (array%low%data(lb:ub))
array%low%data(:) = DATA(:)
END IF
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-- Oil Trims Quarterly Advance on U.S. Supply Speculation
Oil traded near its highest closing
level in three days as gains in equities tempered signs of
faltering demand in the U.S. and China. West Texas Intermediate recovered from earlier declines as
stocks advanced, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average erasing
losses from last year’s earthquake, after Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled he will continue to stimulate
the U.S. economy . U.S. crude stockpiles probably rose to a six-
month high last week, a Bloomberg News survey showed. Profits at
Chinese industrial companies fell in the first two months of the
year for the first time since 2009. “ Oil prices are expected to remain high,” said Thina
Margethe Saltvedt, an analyst at Nordea Bank AB (NDA) in Oslo who
predicts Brent crude will average $124 a barrel this year.
“Liquidity-boosting measures from the world’s most powerful
central banks increase appetite for risk assets.” Oil for May delivery was at $106.93 a barrel, 10 cents
lower in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange
at 1:07 p.m. London time. It had slid as much as 36 cents to
$106.67. Yesterday’s close of $107.03 was the highest since
March 21. Prices have risen 8.2 percent this year and are headed
for a second quarterly gain. Brent for May settlement was at $125.21, down 44 cents, on
the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European
benchmark contract’s premium to New York-traded West Texas
Intermediate was at $18.28. It closed at $18.62 yesterday. Technical Support Oil in New York has technical support at $103.39 a barrel,
according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s a horizontal
resistance line going back to May 31 last year, which was
surpassed on Feb. 17. It also coincides with a Fibonacci
retracement level on the weekly chart. Buy orders tend to be
clustered near chart-support levels. U.S. crude inventories increased 2.8 million barrels, or
0.8 percent, to 349.1 million in the seven days ending March 23,
according to the median of six analyst estimates in the
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report. That would be the fifth gain in six weeks. Stocks
increased after weather-related delays along the Gulf of Mexico
subsided. Gasoline stockpiles probably fell 1.7 million barrels and
distillate supplies, a category that includes heating oil and
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* 07 Mar 2023 – Draft:Rhiannon MacFadyen submitted for AfC by Cowgirlstrawberry13 was declined by Skarmory on 31 May 2023
* 30 Apr 2023 – Draft:Isabella Koen submitted for AfC by Ralexa35 was declined by Raydann on 31 May 2023
* 07 May 2023 – Draft:Lia (singer, born 2000) submitted for AfC by ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy was moved to Lia (South Korean singer) by Nkon21 on 31 May 2023
* 16 May 2023 – Draft:Turkish Calligraphy submitted for AfC by Civic Responsibility project was moved to Turkish Calligraphy by Raydann on 01 Jun 2023
* 21 Jan 2023 – Draft:Chieko Mori submitted for AfC by Maplesylop was declined by Turnagra on 04 Jun 2023
* 30 Apr 2023 – Draft:Chantal Da Silva submitted for AfC by Onel5969 was accepted to Chantal Da Silva by InterstellarGamer12321 on 05 Jun 2023
* 01 Feb 2023 – Draft:Oompa (rapper) submitted for AfC by Onel5969 was accepted to Oompa (rapper) by Carpimaps on 08 Jun 2023
* 04 Feb 2023 – Draft:Riki (American musician) submitted for AfC by Ride eternal was declined by BuySomeApples on 09 Jun 2023
* 14 Aug 2022 – Draft:Hope Kroll submitted for AfC by Third-Winding was declined by Carpimaps on 10 Jun 2023
* 29 Mar 2023 – Draft:Corinne May Botz submitted for AfC by N2sx1z was accepted to Corinne May Botz by Scope creep on 10 Jun 2023
* 30 May 2023 – Draft:Antonietta Grassi submitted for AfC by Dongoodes was accepted to Antonietta Grassi by Scope creep on 10 Jun 2023
* 07 Jun 2023 – Draft:Valeria LG Barrett submitted for AfC by Vlgb.pr was declined by CurryTime7-24 on 10 Jun 2023
* 15 Mar 2023 – Draft:Rhea Solanki submitted for AfC by Wikiedree was declined by Twinkle1990 on 13 Jun 2023
* 08 Mar 2023 – Draft:Seher Bedi submitted for AfC by Addytorials was declined by DreamRimmer on 14 Jun 2023
* 29 Mar 2023 – Draft:Neha Pandey submitted for AfC by Kleio B was declined by DreamRimmer on 14 Jun 2023
* 25 May 2023 – Draft:Elisabeth Niggemeyer submitted for AfC by Alandeus was declined by Scope creep on 15 Jun 2023
* 16 Jun 2023 – Draft:Romy Fay submitted for AfC by Laynerosen was declined by Greenman on 16 Jun 2023
* 16 Feb 2023 – Draft:Rita Carmo submitted for AfC by Acablueberry was accepted to Rita Carmo by Taking Out The Trash on 17 Jun 2023
* 14 Jun 2023 – Draft:Pamela Harris Lawton submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was declined by Hoary on 17 Jun 2023
* 15 Jun 2023 – Draft:Jenna Chalmers submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was declined by OceanHok on 18 Jun 2023
* 19 Jun 2023 – User:Film with me/sandbox submitted for AfC by Film with me was declined by HitroMilanese on 19 Jun 2023
* 07 Jun 2023 – Draft:Lin, Mei-Hsiu submitted for AfC by Peter17042 was declined by Asilvering on 21 Jun 2023
* 21 Feb 2023 – Draft:Fiona Robinson (artist) submitted for AfC by I dream of horses was declined by Scope creep on 23 Jun 2023
* 11 Jan 2023 – Draft:Preeti Vasudevan submitted for AfC by CadenzaArtists1 was declined by Greenman on 26 Jun 2023
* 30 Jun 2023 – Draft:Hope Kroll submitted for AfC by Third-Winding was declined by Greenman on 01 Jul 2023
* undated – Draft:Ashlyn Jade Lopez submitted for AfC was declined by 97198 on 02 Jul 2023
* 07 Jun 2023 – Draft:Jessie Gillespie Willing submitted for AfC by MelissaThacker was accepted to Jessie Gillespie Willing by JSFarman on 05 Jul 2023
* 02 Mar 2023 – Draft:Jasmine Arielle Barnes submitted for AfC by Blackmusiclover was declined by Tutwakhamoe on 06 Jul 2023
* 07 Mar 2023 – Draft:Yoko Okumura submitted for AfC by Superia235 was declined by Tutwakhamoe on 06 Jul 2023
* 10 Mar 2023 – Draft:Linda Ólafsdóttir submitted for AfC by ImTheWolrus was declined by Tutwakhamoe on 07 Jul 2023
* 06 Jan 2023 – Draft:Lina Geoushy submitted for AfC by Linageoushy was accepted to Lina Geoushy by Satdeep Gill on 08 Jul 2023
* 09 Jul 2023 – Draft:Madame Zo submitted for AfC by Chainsawpunk was accepted to Madame Zo by Netherzone on 10 Jul 2023
* undated – Draft:Karin Karinna Bühler submitted for AfC was declined by Tutwakhamoe on 11 Jul 2023
* 17 May 2023 – Draft:Yu Chen submitted for AfC by Chliniin was moved to Draft:Chen Yu (actress) by Robert McClenon on 13 Jul 2023
* 15 Mar 2023 – Draft:Akiko Tokuoka submitted for AfC by MaMingRoberto was declined by Jamiebuba on 14 Jul 2023
* 26 May 2023 – Draft:Trayce Gigi Field submitted for AfC by Lifetravelsaug was declined by Robert McClenon on 15 Jul 2023
* 16 Jul 2023 – Draft:Lila Tirando submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was closed by MurielMary on 15 Jul 2023
* 12 May 2023 – Draft:Destry Spielberg submitted for AfC by Count3D was moved to Destry Spielberg by MurielMary on 16 Jul 2023
* 17 Mar 2023 – Draft:Joan Williams (artist) submitted for AfC by ArtDataArt was accepted to Joan Williams (artist) by Bradv on 19 Jul 2023
* 20 Jul 2023 – Draft:Karin Karinna Bühler submitted for AfC by Superannicka was accepted to Karin Karinna Bühler by Raydann on 21 Jul 2023
* 21 Mar 2023 – Draft:Cami Stone submitted for AfC by Ssirdeck was accepted to Cami Stone by Theroadislong on 22 Jul 2023
* 22 Mar 2023 – Draft:Jayne Regan Pink submitted for AfC by Magoon11 was moved to Jayne Regan Pink by Theroadislong on 23 Jul 2023
* 21 Jul 2023 – Draft:Cat Ce submitted for AfC by 11JimmyWall was declined by CurryTime7-24 on 24 Jul 2023
* 20 Mar 2023 – Draft:Elza Matiz submitted for AfC by Amberderuiter123 was declined by Cabrils on 26 Jul 2023
* 02 May 2023 – Draft:Bianca Raffaella submitted for AfC by ArtDataArt was declined by Voorts on 26 Jul 2023
* 02 Jul 2023 – Draft:Patte Loper submitted for AfC by Sarahnphillips was declined by Losipov on 26 Jul 2023
* undated – Draft:Hoda Zarbaf submitted for AfC was declined by Hoary on 27 Jul 2023
* 21 May 2023 – Draft:Janell Shirtcliff submitted for AfC by QuietHere was moved to Janell Shirtcliff by QuietHere on 26 Jul 2023
* 27 Jul 2023 – Draft:Dain Yoon submitted for AfC by Ovid7 was accepted to Dain Yoon by S0091 on 27 Jul 2023
* 24 May 2023 – Draft:Hsieh, Hsin-Ying submitted for AfC by Ophelia0424 was declined by Greenman on 28 Jul 2023
* 27 Jul 2023 – Draft:Sandy Liang submitted for AfC by Luiysia was accepted to Sandy Liang (fashion designer) by Gobonobo on 28 Jul 2023
* 03 Apr 2023 – Draft:Baharak Salehniya submitted for AfC by Xarovan was declined by DoubleGrazing on 29 Jul 2023
* 20 Jun 2023 – Draft:Xavi Jordan submitted for AfC by WaywardCentaur was declined by Hey man im josh on 03 Aug 2023
* 24 Mar 2023 – Draft:Hansy Better Barraza submitted for AfC by StudioooL was declined by Tutwakhamoe on 04 Aug 2023
* 10 Jul 2023 – Draft:Elisabeth Niggemeyer submitted for AfC by Benjamin983 was accepted to Elisabeth Niggemeyer by Asilvering on 04 Aug 2023
* 03 Aug 2023 – Draft:411 Music Group submitted for AfC by Alymacq was declined by Jamiebuba on 04 Aug 2023
* 04 Aug 2023 – Draft:Ilina Arsova submitted for AfC by Yvonne585 was declined by Greenman on 05 Aug 2023
* 06 Aug 2023 – Draft:Aileen Burdock submitted for AfC by Opal12345 was declined by Umakant Bhalerao on 06 Aug 2023
* 21 Apr 2023 – Draft:Petra Pico submitted for AfC by Dfellersart was accepted to Petra Pico by MurielMary on 12 Aug 2023
* 29 Jun 2023 – Draft:ART FOR CHANGE submitted for AfC by Whaleboat123 was declined by Sirdog on 13 Aug 2023
* 11 Jul 2023 – Draft:Shelly Bahl submitted for AfC by GhostofAmritaSherGill was declined by Paul Vaurie on 13 Aug 2023
* 08 Aug 2023 – Draft:Fawn Veerasunthorn submitted for AfC by Gouleg was accepted to Fawn Veerasunthorn by Robert McClenon on 19 Aug 2023
* 19 Apr 2023 – Draft:Gypsy Wood submitted for AfC by Cwestby was declined by DoubleGrazing on 24 Aug 2023
* 11 Apr 2023 – Draft:Nina Elder submitted for AfC by Wikiwowwhoayeah was accepted to Nina Elder by Ca on 01 Sep 2023
* 14 Apr 2023 – Draft:Suzana Norberg submitted for AfC by Filmforme was declined by Asilvering on 01 Sep 2023
* 30 Apr 2023 – Draft:Choi Wook-Kyung submitted for AfC by Shylocxs was declined by DoubleGrazing on 01 Sep 2023
* 30 Apr 2023 – Draft:Yvonne Rosalind Barlow submitted for AfC by ClydeHoops was declined by Asilvering on 01 Sep 2023
* undated – Draft:Gunnel Adlercreutz submitted for AfC was accepted to Gunnel Adlercreutz by Thilsebatti on 02 Sep 2023
* 30 Apr 2023 – Draft:Zeinab Barnovi submitted for AfC by Sokoworld was declined by DoubleGrazing on 02 Sep 2023
* 12 Aug 2023 – Draft:Jenny Okun submitted for AfC by ErThomas1 was declined by OlifanofmrTennant on 02 Sep 2023
* 15 Aug 2023 – Draft:Yunhee Min submitted for AfC by ArtStudio4000 was declined by OlifanofmrTennant on 02 Sep 2023
* undated – Draft:Svitlana Biedarieva submitted for AfC was moved to Svitlana Biedarieva by Ipigott on 02 Sep 2023
* 25 Apr 2023 – Draft:Kristin Oppenheim submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was accepted to Kristin Oppenheim by Asilvering on 03 Sep 2023
* 06 May 2023 – Draft:Bessma Khalaf submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was declined by Greenman on 03 Sep 2023
* 03 May 2023 – Draft:Françoise Oklaga submitted for AfC by Kward1999 was moved to Françoise Oklaga by Edward-Woodrow on 03 Sep 2023
* 03 May 2023 – Draft:Yelena Moskovich submitted for AfC by Kward1999 was declined by TipsyElephant on 04 Sep 2023
* 06 May 2023 – Draft:Amber McMillan submitted for AfC by Babylon Pacifique was declined by DoubleGrazing on 04 Sep 2023
* 02 Sep 2023 – Draft:Suzane Reatig submitted for AfC by Tradelady2 was declined by Greenman on 04 Sep 2023
* 15 Jul 2023 – Draft:Amalie Olufsen submitted for AfC by Kaizero was declined by Timtrent on 10 Sep 2023
* 25 Apr 2023 – Draft:Jennifer Paredes submitted for AfC by Filmforme was accepted to Jennifer Paredes by Utopes on 12 Sep 2023
* undated – Draft:Earth Poetica submitted for AfC was declined by Stuartyeates on 14 Sep 2023
* 06 May 2023 – Draft:Marcela Cantuária submitted for AfC by Onel5969 was moved to Marcela Cantuária by Cullen328 on 15 Sep 2023
* 27 Apr 2023 – Draft:Karenssa LeGear submitted for AfC by Filmforme was accepted to Karenssa LeGear by Ca on 20 Sep 2023
* undated – Draft:April Brucker submitted for AfC was declined by Timtrent on 23 Sep 2023
* 17 May 2023 – Draft:Sherron Francis submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by DoubleGrazing on 24 Sep 2023
* 15 Sep 2023 – Draft:Helena Barbagelata submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was accepted to Helena Barbagelata by Ortizesp on 26 Sep 2023
* 17 Sep 2023 – Draft:Atoosa Pour Hosseini submitted for AfC by Cine Bobo was accepted to Atoosa Pour Hosseini by Devonian Wombat on 26 Sep 2023
* 20 Sep 2023 – Draft:Marta Maldonado submitted for AfC by Jorgefdez7777 was declined by Greenman on 27 Sep 2023
* 29 Apr 2023 – Draft:Supriya Nayak submitted for AfC by Arjunsoumithran was declined by Timtrent on 28 Sep 2023
* 15 May 2023 – Draft:Leca Araujo submitted for AfC by Goldabrun was declined by Timtrent on 28 Sep 2023
* 06 Aug 2023 – Draft:Marina Velez Vago submitted for AfC by SoggyComic99 was declined by Jamiebuba on 28 Sep 2023
* undated – Draft:Frances Walker submitted for AfC was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Draft%3aFrances_Walker deleted]
* 26 Jul 2023 – Draft:Lanka Bandaranayake submitted for AfC by Gabriel2954 was declined by Qcne on 01 Oct 2023
* 15 Aug 2023 – Draft:Alystyre Julian submitted for AfC by Malvikajolly was declined by Noneate on 02 Oct 2023
* 06 Sep 2023 – Draft:Maria Temnitschka submitted for AfC by Kokitoki was declined by Spinster300 on 03 Oct 2023
* 16 Sep 2023 – Draft:Alia Azamat Ashkenazi submitted for AfC by Akella8877 was declined by Spinster300 on 03 Oct 2023
* undated – Draft:Frances Walker (artist) submitted for AfC was accepted to Frances Walker (artist) by Spinster300 on 07 Oct 2023
* 20 May 2023 – Draft:Myriam Rignol submitted for AfC by Onel5969 was accepted to Myriam Rignol by Spinster300 on 07 Oct 2023
* 01 Jun 2023 – Draft:DaMaris B. Hill submitted for AfC by Diannaa was accepted to DaMaris B. Hill by Spinster300 on 07 Oct 2023
* 14 Jun 2023 – Draft:Kate Manheim submitted for AfC by Woolstation was accepted to Kate Manheim by Spinster300 on 07 Oct 2023
* 10 Jul 2023 – Draft:Mariette Teisserenc submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was accepted to Mariette Teisserenc by Spinster300 on 07 Oct 2023
* 12 Feb 2021 – Draft:Mary Sitarenos submitted for AfC by FredZed was declined by Johannes Maximilian on 08 Oct 2023
* 22 Jul 2023 – Draft:Linda Ravenswood submitted for AfC by 2600:1700:D570:1890:F474:5A36:6915:1BCE was declined by Spinster300 on 08 Oct 2023
* 09 Mar 2023 – Draft:Simone Prouvé submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was moved to Simone Prouvé by Spinster300 on 08 Oct 2023
* 30 Sep 2023 – Draft:Alice Hoogstad submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was accepted to Alice Hoogstad by Spinster300 on 09 Oct 2023
* undated – Draft:Silvia Steiger submitted for AfC was declined by Spinster300 on 12 Oct 2023
* 17 May 2023 – Draft:Yuma Taru submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by Timtrent on 12 Oct 2023
* 06 Aug 2023 – Draft:Kruti Mahesh submitted for AfC by Arjunsoumithran was moved to Kruti Mahesh by Rajmama on 11 Oct 2023
* 06 Sep 2023 – Draft:Kwon Yoon-duck submitted for AfC by Wikishovel was closed
* 14 Aug 2023 – Draft:Hope Kroll submitted for AfC by Third-Winding was declined by MicrobiologyMarcus on 25 Oct 2023
* 26 Oct 2023 – Draft:Sreenanda Shankar submitted for AfC by Danceguru1212 was declined by Johannes Maximilian on 27 Oct 2023
* 14 Sep 2023 – Draft:Mary Manning (American photographer) submitted for AfC by Bklibcat67 was moved to Draft:Mary Manning (photographer) by Hoary on 28 Oct 2023
* 01 Sep 2023 – Draft:Gaynor Colbourn submitted for AfC by Workingunistudent was declined by Cabrils on 01 Nov 2023
* 01 Sep 2023 – Draft:Perryn Butler submitted for AfC by Workingunistudent was declined by Cabrils on 01 Nov 2023
* 28 Oct 2023 – Draft:Zhou Yiran submitted for AfC by Unleashgift was declined by Robert McClenon on 01 Nov 2023
* 25 Jul 2023 – Draft:Olimpia Melinte submitted for AfC by Edienoiu was declined by Johannes Maximilian on 02 Nov 2023
* 28 Jul 2023 – Draft:Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was declined by Greenman on 02 Nov 2023
* undated – Draft:HURA submitted for AfC was declined by Justiyaya on 03 Nov 2023
* 21 Jul 2023 – Draft:Awilda Rodríguez Lora submitted for AfC by Lawrlafo was accepted to Awilda Rodríguez Lora by Vanderwaalforces on 03 Nov 2023
* 03 Aug 2023 – Draft:Susan Soon He Stanton submitted for AfC by Paisleyatheart was accepted to Susan Soon He Stanton by S0091 on 03 Nov 2023
* 10 Aug 2023 – Draft:Ye Min (architect) submitted for AfC by YWasd was declined by Vanderwaalforces on 04 Nov 2023
* 28 Aug 2023 – Draft:Gemma Marmalade submitted for AfC by 12119meadow was declined by Vanderwaalforces on 04 Nov 2023
* 29 Aug 2023 – Draft:Hsieh, Hsin-Ying submitted for AfC by Jessiechen99 was declined by Praseodymium-141 on 04 Nov 2023
* 19 Sep 2023 – Draft:Jenny Okun submitted for AfC by ErThomas1 was declined by Drmies on 04 Nov 2023
* 20 Aug 2023 – Draft:Lee Tzu-Tung submitted for AfC by Andrewintw was accepted to Lee Tzu-Tung by Praseodymium-141 on 05 Nov 2023
* 02 Sep 2023 – Draft:Lily Tung Crystal submitted for AfC by MeiLiYang was declined by WikiOriginal-9 on 05 Nov 2023
* 21 Oct 2023 – Draft:Bessma Khalaf submitted for AfC by Jabz Labz was declined by Vanderwaalforces on 05 Nov 2023
* 23 Sep 2023 – Draft:Isabella Koen submitted for AfC by Ralexa35 was declined by TechnoSquirrel69 on 06 Nov 2023
* 11 Oct 2023 – Draft:Lilia Chak submitted for AfC by Uccaxap was declined by Netherzone on 06 Nov 2023
* 13 Oct 2023 – Draft:Delilah Bon submitted for AfC by DarkGreenAndSunny was accepted to Delilah Bon by WikiOriginal-9 on 06 Nov 2023
* 08 Oct 2023 – Draft:Riki (American musician) submitted for AfC by Ride eternal was declined by Kilaseell on 07 Nov 2023
* 10 Nov 2023 – Draft:Maniniwei submitted for AfC by Ytlin77 was declined by Utopes on 12 Nov 2023
* 11 Nov 2023 – Draft:Hsieh, Hsin-Ying submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was accepted to Hsieh Hsin-Ying by Vanderwaalforces on 13 Nov 2023
* 14 Nov 2023 – Draft:Susan Chen submitted for AfC by Arthistoryxxx was accepted to Susan Chen by Turnagra on 18 Nov 2023
* 18 Nov 2023 – Draft:Lanka Bandaranayake submitted for AfC by Jeraxmoira was declined by Vanderwaalforces on 18 Nov 2023
* 25 Nov 2023 – Draft:Lizet Benrey submitted for AfC by Filmforme was declined by PK650 on 27 Nov 2023
* 22 Nov 2023 – Draft:Menuka Poudel submitted for AfC by Nplssngr was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Draft%3aMenuka_Poudel deleted]
* 02 Dec 2023 – Draft:Aimee La Joie submitted for AfC by Filmforme was declined by Lizthegrey on 06 Dec 2023
* 22 Nov 2023 – Draft:Su Wen Chi submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by Praseodymium-141 on 08 Dec 2023
* 03 Dec 2023 – Draft:Suzane Reatig submitted for AfC by Tradelady2 was declined by MicrobiologyMarcus on 12 Dec 2023
* 09 Dec 2023 – Draft:Maria Temnitschka submitted for AfC by Kokitoki was moved to Maria Temnitschka by Spinster300 on 11 Dec 2023
* 22 Nov 2023 – Draft:Tang Huang-Chen submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by 2NumForIce on 14 Dec 2023
* 06 Dec 2023 – Draft:Zhou Lianxia submitted for AfC by Dazzabubs was accepted to Zhou Lianxia by Cerebellum on 17 Dec 2023
* 12 Dec 2023 – Draft:Christina Georgiou submitted for AfC by Blunatic28 was declined by Ca on 18 Dec 2023
* 28 Nov 2023 – Draft:Norio Sakurai submitted for AfC by NeoAyana was accepted to Norio Sakurai by BuySomeApples on 20 Dec 2023
* 19 Dec 2023 – Draft:Nellie King Solomon submitted for AfC by Slacker13 was moved to Nellie King Solomon by Ipigott on 21 Dec 2023
* 11 Dec 2023 – Draft:Hoda Zarbaf submitted for AfC by Asemoon74 was declined by Charsaddian on 23 Dec 2023
* 15 Dec 2023 – Draft:Bridgett Artise submitted for AfC by Bignews1and2 was declined by Mach61 on 27 Dec 2023
* 08 Dec 2023 – Draft:Roberts Projects submitted for AfC by Ashsnomac was moved to Roberts Projects by ToadetteEdit on 27 Dec 2023
* 29 Dec 2023 – Draft:Raven Tour submitted for AfC by Purehoney12 was declined by KylieTastic on 29 Dec 2023
* 18 Dec 2023 – Draft:Mel Tregonning submitted for AfC by SBDeakin was accepted to Mel Tregonning by MurielMary on 01 Jan 2024
* 19 Dec 2023 – Draft:Anna Appleby submitted for AfC by Dr Astoke was moved to Anna Appleby by Jaireeodell on 31 Dec 2023
* 30 Dec 2023 – Draft:Harriet Amelia Greenwood submitted for AfC by Ewhite31 was moved to Draft:Harriet Greenwood by MurielMary on 01 Jan 2024
* 02 Jan 2024 – Draft:Alice Lethbridge Avery submitted for AfC by Ewhite31 was accepted to Alice Lethbridge Avery by MurielMary on 02 Jan 2024
* 01 Jan 2024 – Draft:Charlotte Ann Sadd submitted for AfC by Ewhite31 was accepted to Charlotte Ann Sadd by Qcne on 04 Jan 2024
* 17 Dec 2023 – Draft:Yoko Okumura submitted for AfC by Superia235 was accepted to Yoko Okumura by Theroadislong on 07 Jan 2024
* 16 Dec 2023 – Draft:Nikki Romney submitted for AfC by JonJaySon was moved to Nikki Romney by Ca on 08 Jan 2024
* 03 Jan 2024 – Draft:Sriyanka Ray submitted for AfC by Suryabeej was accepted to Sriyanka Ray by Mach61 on 09 Jan 2024
* 07 Jan 2024 – Draft:Janet Panetta submitted for AfC by Jackeyed One was declined by MurielMary on 09 Jan 2024
* 27 Nov 2023 – Draft:Alex Prager submitted for AfC by Clickhere21 was declined by Robert McClenon on 13 Jan 2024
* undated – Draft:Laura Åkerlund submitted for AfC was accepted to Laura Åkerlund by Spinster300 on 15 Jan 2024
* 05 Jan 2024 – Draft:Anne Marie Maes submitted for AfC by Sarriassa was declined by Spinster300 on 15 Jan 2024
* 12 Jan 2024 – Draft:Chun-Mei Hsu submitted for AfC by Ch0176 was declined by Spinster300 on 16 Jan 2024
* 16 Jan 2024 – Draft:Saadia Gardezi submitted for AfC by Hrstry was moved to Saadia Gardezi by Hrstry on 20 Jan 2024
* 21 Jan 2024 – Draft:Oceana Ling-Kurie submitted for AfC by Koohiboohi was declined by KylieTastic on 21 Jan 2024
* 09 Jan 2024 – Draft:Lizet Benrey submitted for AfC by Filmforme was accepted to Lizet Benrey by Mach61 on 23 Jan 2024
* 23 Jan 2024 – Draft:Meera Sethi submitted for AfC by Indugeita was accepted to Meera Sethi by BuySomeApples on 24 Jan 2024
* 26 Jan 2024 – Draft:163 braces submitted for AfC by H.Teddy was declined by HitroMilanese on 26 Jan 2024
* 19 Jan 2024 – Draft:Anveshi Jain submitted for AfC by Jeraxmoira was accepted to Anveshi Jain by Sj on 27 Jan 2024
* 10 Dec 2023 – Draft:Kathryn Schott submitted for AfC by Filmforme was declined by Ca on 30 Jan 2024
* 04 Feb 2024 – Draft:Kat Alioshin submitted for AfC by Jsemeria was declined by TipsyElephant on 05 Feb 2024
* 18 Jan 2024 – Draft:FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology submitted for AfC by Nikilila was declined by Asilvering on 06 Feb 2024
* 23 Jan 2024 – Draft:Apichaya Thongkham submitted for AfC by Nhatiennn was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Draft%3aApichaya_Thongkham deleted]
* 24 Jan 2024 – Draft:Melissa Croghan submitted for AfC by BRGVA was closed by Spinster300 on 19 Jan 2024
* 24 Jan 2024 – Draft:Yoly Pacheco submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was rejected by K.e.coffman on 10 Feb 2024
* 14 Feb 2024 – Draft:Mary Farmer submitted for AfC by Zaccwm was accepted to Mary Farmer by Theroadislong on 16 Feb 2024
* 04 Jan 2024 – Draft:Bridgett Artise submitted for AfC by Bignews1and2 was declined by S0091 on 18 Feb 2024
* 11 Feb 2024 – Draft:Amanda Kasmira Cryer submitted for AfC by Joshdatant was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Draft%3aAmanda_Kasmira_Cryer deleted]
* 10 Jan 2024 – Draft:Sheila Carrasco submitted for AfC by Suryakriz was moved to Sheila Carrasco by Suryakriz on 19 Feb 2024
* 08 Feb 2024 – Draft:Shana Levenson submitted for AfC by Dcorc was declined by Qcne on 20 Feb 2024
* 22 Feb 2024 – Draft:Blanche Chloe Grant submitted for AfC by Hdgknsn was accepted to Blanche Grant by Theroadislong on 23 Feb 2024
* 25 Feb 2024 – Draft:Heather Nigro submitted for AfC by Mzheatheranne was declined by HitroMilanese on 28 Feb 2024
* undated – Draft:Caitlin Bassett (actress) submitted for AfC was accepted to Caitlin Bassett (actress) by S0091 on 29 Feb 2024
* undated – Draft:Yanyun Chen submitted for AfC was moved to Yanyun Chen by Earthlsea on 03 Mar 2024
* 04 Mar 2024 – Draft:Katie Bowler Young submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by Dan arndt on 05 Mar 2024
* 06 Mar 2024 – Draft:Kat Alioshin submitted for AfC by Jsemeria was declined by TipsyElephant on 08 Mar 2024
* 09 Mar 2024 – Draft:Ada Driver submitted for AfC by AdaWoolf was accepted to Ada Driver by Lettler on 11 Mar 2024
* 27 Jan 2024 – Draft:Gia Kim submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by Randompersonediting on 13 Mar 2024
* 10 Mar 2024 – Draft:Ilona Katkics submitted for AfC by MemeGod27 was declined by Eejit43 on 16 Mar 2024
* 16 Mar 2024 – Draft:Amber McMillan submitted for AfC by THEFLOWERSHOP was accepted to Amber McMillan by S0091 on 17 Mar 2024
* 11 Mar 2024 – Draft:Ethel Fanny Everett submitted for AfC by Aliciakc was accepted to Ethel Fanny Everett by Twinkle1990 on 19 Mar 2024
* 18 Mar 2024 – Draft:Hermia Boyd submitted for AfC by Ephemeralentropy was moved to Hermia Boyd by Ephemeralentropy on 18 Mar 2024
* 10 Feb 2024 – Draft:Trisha Ashley submitted for AfC by Kerravondarrow was accepted to Trisha Ashley by Spinster300 on 21 Mar 2024
* 15 Mar 2024 – Draft:Adele Y. Schonbrun submitted for AfC by TLeeTLee was moved to Adele Y. Schonbrun by Ariel Cetrone (WMDC) on 21 Mar 2024
* 21 Mar 2024 – Draft:Kat Alioshin submitted for AfC by Jsemeria was declined by TipsyElephant on 22 Mar 2024
* 19 Feb 2024 – Draft:Shelly Bahl submitted for AfC by GhostofAmritaSherGill was declined by Spinster300 on 26 Mar 2024
* 26 Feb 2024 – Draft:Stephanie Boluk submitted for AfC by LoveElectronicLiterature was declined by Johannes Maximilian on 07 Apr 2024
* undated – Draft:Brooke deRosa submitted for AfC was declined by Ibjaja055 on 13 Apr 2024
* 16 Apr 2024 – Draft:Amanda Kramer (director) submitted for AfC by Loneclaire was accepted to Amanda Kramer (director) by Jamiebuba on 16 Apr 2024
* 30 Mar 2024 – Draft:Colleen Brown (artist) submitted for AfC by Pusheen56 was accepted to Colleen Brown (artist) by Cambalachero on 17 Apr 2024
* 29 Jan 2024 – Draft:Jenny Okun submitted for AfC by ErThomas1 was declined by Jeromeenriquez on 21 Apr 2024
* 02 Feb 2024 – Draft:Moran Kliger submitted for AfC by Yakov-kobi was declined by ToadetteEdit on 21 Apr 2024
* 26 Mar 2024 – Draft:Sue Ann Pien submitted for AfC by TheZoodles was accepted to Sue Ann Pien by Xegma on 24 Apr 2024
* 17 Apr 2024 – Draft:Rana Beiruti submitted for AfC by Kijjdh was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Draft%3aRana_Beiruti deleted]
* 10 Apr 2024 – Draft:Helen Keiser submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by 97198 on 27 Apr 2024
* 27 Apr 2024 – Draft:Kathryn Schott submitted for AfC by Filmforme was declined by ToadetteEdit on 27 Apr 2024
* 03 Apr 2024 – Draft:Bessma Khalaf submitted for AfC by MML2023 was declined by Xoak on 28 Apr 2024
* 06 Apr 2024 – Draft:Malene Heerup English submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was declined by Greenman on 29 Apr 2024
* 21 Feb 2024 – Draft:Earth Protectors submitted for AfC by Chiara ravasio 96 was declined by Xoak on 08 May 2024
* 23 Mar 2024 – Draft:Carl Larsson-gården submitted for AfC by Amhmr was moved to Carl Larsson-gården by Bonadea on 07 May 2024
* 10 Apr 2024 – Draft:Susan Botti submitted for AfC by Croshak was declined by Iwaqarhashmi on 08 May 2024
* 24 Jul 2023 – Draft:Gina Torrecilla submitted for AfC by SC1208 was declined by Utopes on 09 May 2024
* 11 Feb 2024 – Draft:DeAna Fai submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) was declined by Samoht27 on 09 May 2024
* 08 May 2024 – Draft:Bunny Rogers submitted for AfC by Velvet22 was accepted to Bunny Rogers by Atlantic306 on 09 May 2024
* 10 May 2024 – Draft:My Dress Hangs There submitted for AfC by Mnmnop was accepted to My Dress Hangs There by Gobonobo on 10 May 2024
* undated – Draft:Annette Abrard submitted for AfC was declined by Iwaqarhashmi on 13 May 2024
* 26 Apr 2024 – Draft:Paulina Villarreal Vélez submitted for AfC by Attis42 was declined by TheNuggeteer on 16 May 2024
* undated – Draft:Women and Their Work submitted for AfC was accepted to Women and Their Work by SL93 on 20 May 2024
* 10 Mar 2024 – Draft:Women Songwriters Hall of Fame submitted for AfC by <IP_ADDRESS> was moved to Women Songwriters Hall of Fame by SL93 on 20 May 2024
* 15 Feb 2024 – Draft:Phyllis Atkins submitted for AfC by Freebleed was declined by Samoht27 on 22 May 2024
* 29 Mar 2024 – Draft:Philippa Lindenthal submitted for AfC by EddieWestVillage was moved to Philippa Lindenthal by Cambalachero on 21 May 2024
* 16 Feb 2024 – Draft:Aimee La Joie submitted for AfC by BellaNYork was declined by Superboilles on 30 May 2024
* 22 May 2024 – Draft:Palak sindhwani submitted for AfC by NiraliDangar was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Draft%3aPalak_sindhwani deleted]
* 23 May 2024 – Draft:Araceli Limcaco-Dans submitted for AfC by Rjdisidoro was moved to Araceli Limcaco-Dans by Ca on 01 Jun 2024
* 13 May 2024 – Draft:Pauline Nguyen submitted for AfC by Dviva was declined by TheTechie on 04 Jun 2024
* 25 May 2024 – Draft:Caitlin Teal Price submitted for AfC by Spicy was declined by Hoary on 07 Jun 2024
* 04 Jun 2024 – Draft:Madeleine Ryan submitted for AfC by Sparklesoup was moved to Madeleine Ryan by Sparklesoup on 07 Jun 2024
* 10 Mar 2024 – Draft:Aliya Shagieva submitted for AfC by KorlePKS was declined by SafariScribe on 15 Jun 2024
* 29 May 2024 – Draft:Linda Litteral submitted for AfC by JessicaBonin was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Draft%3aLinda_Litteral deleted]
* 11 Jun 2024 – Draft:Bonnie Rychlak submitted for AfC by Gaw54 was moved to Bonnie Rychlak by Ipigott on 21 Jun 2024
* 11 Mar 2024 – Draft:Erika Kobayashi submitted for AfC by Esmb17 was declined by SafariScribe on 23 Jun 2024
* 28 May 2024 – Draft:Thea Green Lundberg submitted for AfC by Edelmiro Lopez was declined by SafariScribe on 23 Jun 2024
* 19 Mar 2024 – Draft:Yuma Taru submitted for AfC by 林文仁 was declined by SafariScribe on 24 Jun 2024
* 02 Mar 2024 – Draft:Autumn Best submitted for AfC by Wikimarqi was declined by SafariScribe on 26 Jun 2024
* 07 Apr 2024 – Draft:Nour Bishouty submitted for AfC by Kijjdh was accepted to Nour Bishouty by Mdann52 on 28 Jun 2024
* 28 Jun 2024 – Draft:Svetlana Shavrina submitted for AfC by BlueberryCandy was declined by Johannes Maximilian on 29 Jun 2024
* 20 May 2024 – Draft:Meekyoung Shin submitted for AfC by Dalmationrotary was accepted to Meekyoung Shin by TheNuggeteer on 04 Jul 2024
* 01 May 2024 – Draft:Caroline Crew submitted for AfC by Coach119 was declined by SafariScribe on 07 Jul 2024
* 12 Jun 2024 – Draft:Marilou Schultz submitted for AfC by Bklibcat67 was moved to Marilou Schultz by Yuchitown on 06 Jul 2024
* 10 Jun 2024 – Draft:Maria Sweeney submitted for AfC by Kapyidu was declined by SafariScribe on 08 Jul 2024
* 12 Jun 2024 – Draft:Reisha Perlmutter (artist) submitted for AfC by Gnome Scribes was declined by SafariScribe on 12 Jul 2024
* 09 Jul 2024 – Draft:Shanaya Kapoor submitted for AfC by Nikkyadav was declined by HitroMilanese on 12 Jul 2024
* 19 Apr 2024 – Draft:Chitra Ramanathan submitted for AfC by Joe Roe was declined by Johannes Maximilian on 13 Jul 2024
* 30 May 2024 – Draft:Norah Fulcher submitted for AfC by AnnieJThomas was accepted to Norah Fulcher by Xegma on 13 Jul 2024
* 16 Jun 2024 – Draft:Jane Fine submitted for AfC by ChurroCat was declined by Greenman on 13 Jul 2024
RM
* 28 May 2023 – Portal (video game) move request to Portal (2007 video game) by BarrelProof was not moved; discussion
* 07 Jun 2023 – Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (born 1980) move request to Maria Theresia Wilson by D1551D3N7 was moved to Maria Theresia Wilson; discussion
* 07 Jun 2023 – Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis move request to Gloria von Thurn und Taxis by D1551D3N7 was moved to Gloria von Thurn und Taxis; discussion
* 05 Jun 2023 – Emma Black move request by Joeykai was moved by ModernDayTrilobite on 19 Jun 2023; discussion
* 12 Oct 2023 – Shani Louk move request to Kidnapping of Shani Louk by Phillycj was moved to Kidnapping of Shani Louk by Elli on 19 Oct 2023; discussion
* 08 Jun 2024 – Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm move request to Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm by Amortias was moved to Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm by BilledMammal on 16 Jun 2024; discussion
* 27 Jun 2024 – Sasha Waters Freyer move request to Sasha Waters by 1AmNobody24 was moved to Sasha Waters by Red Slash on 10 Jul 2024; discussion
GAN
* 20 Jun 2023 – Summer Days (Georgia O'Keeffe) GA nominated by Ppt91 was promoted by Grnrchst; discussion
* 26 Jun 2023 – Edith Schloss GA nominated by Delabrede was not promoted by Mujinga; discussion
* 24 Jun 2023 – Nasta Rojc GA nominated by SusunW was promoted by Simongraham; discussion
* 18 Jul 2023 – Martha Poma GA nominated by Krisgabwoosh was promoted by Grnrchst; discussion
* 27 Oct 2023 – Grimes GA nominated by LWu22 was closed; discussion
* 04 Sep 2023 – Louise Nevelson Plaza GA nominated by Ppt91 was promoted by SusunW; discussion
* 25 Sep 2023 – Mural (Julie Mehretu) GA nominated by Ppt91 was promoted by UndercoverClassicist; discussion
* 04 Dec 2023 – Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky GA nominated by APK was promoted by Dylan620; discussion
* 05 Dec 2023 – Tove Jansson GA nominated by Chiswick Chap was promoted by Ljleppan; discussion
* 21 Feb 2024 – Abigail Larson GA nominated by KRKwrites was promoted by Z1720; discussion
* 03 Mar 2024 – Claire von Greyerz GA nominated by Kusma was promoted by Z1720; discussion
* 05 Mar 2024 – Cleo Damianakes GA nominated by Cielquiparle was promoted by Bruxton; discussion
* 22 Mar 2024 – Pauline Baynes GA nominated by Chiswick Chap was promoted by Simongraham; discussion
* 28 May 2024 – Luise Duttenhofer GA nominated by Kusma was promoted by Simongraham; discussion
* 25 May 2024 – Dana Gluckstein GA nominated by Gumballhead1of2 was not promoted; discussion
GAR
* 10 Aug 2023 – Charizard nominated for GA reassessment by Greenish Pickle! was closed; discussion
CfD
* 02 Oct 2023 – Category:WikiProject Women artists members CfDed by Qwerfjkl was closed; discussion
* 05 Nov 2023 – Category:Kentucky women artists CfDed by Smasongarrison was closed; discussion
* 09 Feb 2024 – Category:Women artisans CfDed by HouseBlaster was closed; discussion
* 09 Feb 2024 – Category:Women video game programmers CfDed by HouseBlaster was closed; discussion
* 09 Feb 2024 – Category:Women video game producers CfDed by HouseBlaster was closed; discussion
* 02 Mar 2024 – Category:18th-century American women sculptors CfDed by Smasongarrison was closed; discussion
* 12 Apr 2024 – Category:Native American women artists CfDed by Katya0133 was closed; discussion
PROD
* 22 Oct 2023 – Kathleen Laurel Sage PRODed by Schazjmd was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Kathleen_Laurel_Sage deleted]
* 21 Dec 2023 – Marianna Gartner PRODed by Slacker13 was deproded by GB fan on 21 Dec 2023
* 16 Dec 2023 – Cicely Carew PRODed by Bri was deproded by Randy Kryn on 23 Dec 2023
* 31 Dec 2023 – Karen O'Rourke PRODed by Slacker13 was deproded by DaffodilOcean on 02 Jan 2024
* 04 Jan 2024 – Kristine Sargsyan PRODed by 9H48F was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Kristine_Sargsyan deleted]
* 19 Jan 2024 – Kylie InGold PRODed by LibStar was [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=delete&page=Kylie_InGold deleted]
* 26 Mar 2024 – Juno Doran PRODed by Boleyn and endorsed by Bearian on 26 Mar 2024 was deproded by Kvng on 30 Mar 2024
* 10 Apr 2024 – Mubarack Nissa PRODed by 2001:8F8:172B:371E:6D96:2203:B8A6:E73F was deproded by Kvng on 15 Apr 2024
* 22 Apr 2024 – Deborah Adler PRODed by Slacker13 was deproded by Ser Amantio di Nicolao on 23 Apr 2024
* 22 Apr 2024 – Ashley Zelinskie PRODed by Slacker13 was deproded by Kvng on 27 Apr 2024
* 13 Jun 2024 – Lisa Solberg PRODed by GreenLipstickLesbian was deproded by Salvidrim! on 14 Jun 2024
* 23 Jun 2024 – Nicola Brandt PRODed by JaredUram was deproded by JaredUram on 30 Jun 2024
RfC
* 17 Dec 2023 – Buffy Sainte-Marie RfC by Skyerise was closed; discussion
FTRC
* 15 May 2024 – Tokyo Mew Mew FT removal nominated by Armbrust was closed; discussion | WIKI |
Page:The Vow of the Peacock.pdf/279
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I have seen the snake steal amid flowers; Showers that came down on April hours; And have seen—alas! 'tis but outward show— The sunshine of yon green earth below: Glad of rest must the wretched and way-worn be— Angel of Death, they are ready for thee! | WIKI |
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Long before the Internet made cruising for sex just another perk of your BlackBerry, the quest for carnal knowledge was a more sophisticated act. Need proof? Check out “The Pretty Women of Paris” (Hanbury Press), a reprint of a long-lost directory to the who’s who of the Ashley Duprés of yore. Originally written in the 1880s as a catalog featuring filles de joie for visiting johns, the book features elegant pinup illustrations hidden between uncut pages and plenty of colorful, user-friendly descriptions. (One lady of the evening, Georgina Dupont, is described as possessing “a large pair of palpitating hemispheres that are always ready to burst out of her stays.”) Hand-bound in crimson French silk, the petite tome — not to be confused with the more lascivious “Guide des jolies femmes de Paris” recently written by a speechwriter in President Nicolas Sarkozy’s administration — is a love letter to all those forgotten members of the world’s oldest profession. [?][?][?]ALEX HAWGOOD. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Stephen Winthrop
Stephen Winthrop (20 December 1806 – 25 August 1835) was an English cricketer who was associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club and made his first-class debut in 1829. | WIKI |
Page:Final French Struggles in India and on the Indian Seas.djvu/267
Rh under Bussy related in the first book in this volume. Subsequently to the treaty of Versailles, and till the death of Bussy at Pondichery in January, 1785, Raymond occupied the same post with the rank of captain. But on Bussy's death, he, with the consent of the governor, took service with Nizám Ali Khan, the Súbadár of the Dekhan.
The Súbadárs of the Dekhan had always been partial to the French. It had been under the brother of the Nizám Ali that Bussy with his corps of Frenchmen had gained so great a renown. In July, 1758, Bussy had been compelled, by the policy of Lally, to leave Haidarabád. He then made over charge to M. de Conflans. The following year, however, Conflans surrendered to the English, and the ruler of the Dekhan had been forced not only to renounce the French alliance, but to agree never to permit a French contingent to be quartered within his territories.
This treaty was regarded as binding by Nizám Ali Khan when, in 1761, he imprisoned and succeeded his brother. But there was another brother, Basálat Jang, who held in jaghír from Nizám Ali the district of Gantúr. Basálat considering himself as bound by no treaty, and anxious to have in his service a body of foreigners upon whom he could depend, took into his pay a body of French troops. These were commanded by the younger Lally, a nephew of the more famous general. Nizám Ali, moved by the English, required | WIKI |
Raja Vikramarka (1990 film)
Raja Vikramarka is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty, starring Chiranjeevi, Radhika and Amala. The film is inspired by the 1988 American film Coming to America. It was dubbed in Tamil as Sathiyama Naan Kavalkaran and in Hindi as Daulat Ki Duniya.
Plot
Raja Vikramarka is the prince of Skanda Dweepam, a small kingdom. As he is a prince, he is not allowed to live his own free life. His father Raja Bhupathi arranges his marriage with another kingdom's princess. She turns out to be nothing more than a sycophant, one without a brain or spine of her own. Vikramarka leaves the kingdom along with his trusted friend, Jockie, to live his own life. In the modern big city, he finds a friend and works as a mechanic, during which time he saves a woman Rekha from two attempts on her life. Her uncle Vishwanatham hires him as her bodyguard. Vishwanatham later reveals to him that he was in fact the assassin trying to kill her for her money. To thwart his plot, Vikramarka agrees to handle the murder attempts, while at the same time trying to save her. After being thrown out of the house, Vishwanatham, along with his allies Kanaka Rao and Raja Kotappa join forces to kill Vikramarka and his parents. Vikramarka saves the day and rules as king of his land.
Cast
* Chiranjeevi as Raja Vikramarka, a prince
* Radhika as Maya
* Amala as Rekha
* Rao Gopal Rao as Vishwanatham, Rekha's uncle and an assassin
* Kaikala Satyanarayana as Raja Bhupathi
* Kota Srinivasa Rao as Raja Kotappa
* Allu Rama Lingaiah as Joginatham
* Brahmanandam as Janaki / Jockey
* Gollapudi Maruti Rao as Kanaka Rao
* Sudhakar as Kireeti
* King Kong as Tarjan
* K. R. Vijaya as Queen
* Annapurna as Savitri
* Sri Lakshmi as Mangala
* Srilatha
* Sandhya
* Narayana Rao as Ganapathi
* Hari Prasad as Hari
* Prasad Babu as Thangavelu
* Manik Irani as Billa
* Nalinikanth
* Arun Kumar
* Vijay Kumar
* Jaggarao
* Ashok Kumar
* Anjaneyulu
* Seshagiri Rao
* Madhava Rao
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by the duo Raj–Koti, their 100th soundtrack as composers. The album consists of six songs. Lyrics for all songs were penned by Veturi. | WIKI |
Health
Diabetes type 2: what is it, and how can you prevent it?
The GQ Doctor will see you now. This week: what you can to do to prevent the rise in type 2 diabetes...
**Dear GQ Doc, I seem to be reading more about diabetes than ever. They say it's a lifestyle disease, but I'm not sure how to avoid it? Dean, via email **
Before a world of smart televisions, super-soft sofas and food that can generate sewer fatbergs, just consider what the ancient philosopher Hippocrates said while you read on: "If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health."
Let me start by saying that you can rest assured, for there are positive, simple steps you can take to help avoid developing type 2 diabetes. Diabetes extends across a spectrum of complex disease that is related to your body sugar homeostasis (balance and regulation). Of the four clearly different types - type 1, type 2, gestational and maturity onset diabetes of the young - and with others suggested, each has a slightly different mechanism of causation and management. The lifestyle-triggered diabetes that you are worried about is type 2 diabetes. And it's a growing club, with Diabetes UK reporting that of the 4.5 million people diagnosed with diabetes, 90 per cent have type 2.
Your body likes sugar. After all, it's a fantastic source of energy, with its rightful resting place in your cells where it is metabolised to generate energy. To achieve this, it needs a hormone called insulin, which is made in your pancreas to facilitate sugar relocation from your bloodstream and into your cells. In type 2 diabetes your cells begin to slowly respond less and less to insulin and, in time, become "insulin resistant". As a result, your sugar becomes harder to move into your cells and accumulates in your bloodstream. This chronic elevation of blood sugar levels damages blood vessels, tissues and organs. This has the potential, if left unchecked, to cause catastrophic and irreversible damage to your eyes, kidneys and heart. And that's the abridged list.
Now, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes comes via three channels: your genes, your lifestyle and the environment around you. Your genes (and, actually, age, since type 2 diabetes is more prevalent in middle age) are naturally fixed and beyond your control. And indeed while true – there is a genetic component – it is a poor lifestyle coupled with an unfavourable environment that aggressively potentiates your risk by insidiously increasing the resistance of your cells to insulin. And these lifestyle triggers are the same likely suspects that you hear about every day:
*** Physical inactivity
• High-sugar diets
• Sedentary behaviour**
The environment is, again, a familiar literary wellbeing rant that can be found in every corner of social media. It comes in the guise of our sedentary office-based lives, high-fat and sugar foods on demand, and entertainment that is in constant delivery and streamed via, well, what's likely to be in your hand right now. There's no need to say any more on that, really. Nail. Coffin.
Now, the NHS has become aggressively punctual in diagnosing type 2 diabetes. And this makes sense, for it is treatable, potentially reversible and early intervention will limit longer-term vascular complications. The NHS cost of diabetes-related care currently stands at 10 per cent of the total NHS budget (or an eye-watering £1 million per hour), so it's fair to see why it, too, is keen to stem this crisis. And it is a crisis. This is why people between the ages of 40 and 74 are now offered five-yearly NHS Health Checks, which includes history, an examination and vascular disease blood tests that include HbA1c - a marker for diabetes. Of course, if you are under 40 years old and have concerns then I would recommend speaking to your GP to discuss these.
Dr Nick Knight is a GP registrar with a special interest in sports, exercise and lifestyle medicine. Follow him on Twitter (@DrNickKnight) and Instagram (DoctorNickKnight).
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Euneomys
Euneomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:
* Patagonian chinchilla mouse (Euneomys chinchilloides)
* Burrowing chinchilla mouse (Euneomys fossor)
* Biting chinchilla mouse (Euneomys mordax)
* Peterson's chinchilla mouse (Euneomys petersoni) | WIKI |
What’s the point of Good Oral Health?
By treating dental caries and periodontal gum disease we are improving/maintaining our own systemic health. There is a definite link between taking care of your teeth and gums and your overall health. We all know how abusing our bodies can have a negative effect on our health such as smoking, alcohol and poor diet. I believe that how we take care of ourselves definitely effects quality of life.
People in the dental field constantly preach to us the importance of brushing and flossing. Even the use of fluoride toothpaste and mouthrinses have a positive effect. Having healthy teeth that are not loose and in proper alignment have many benefits such as allowing us to properly chew our flood that are required in a healthy diet. We have seen people without teeth that can only eat refined carbohydrate diet which lead to poor nutrition. We also see that in a social setting the positive effects such as looking more successful whether its to ask someone out or a job interview.
Most of us have heard in the media the link between gum disease and heart disease. There are also links between diabetes and gum disease. These relationships have to do with the bacteria from your mouth getting into your bloodstream effecting your entire body. Also this is a constant battle going on in your mouth with your immune system fighting the bacteria in leading to your own bodies destruction by an autoimmune reaction.
To put things simply, we need to take care of our mouth just like athletes take care of their bodies. We have the old adage: an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure. By spending the time and money brushing and flossing on a daily basis with a fluoride toothpaste while seeing your dentist/hygienist on a regular basis to catch things when they are small you will be doing yourself a big favor to saving money and living a long healthy life. I have seen it many times people use the excuse I didn’t have insurance before or have the finances for not seeking regular dental care. When they do come in, the many years of neglect are evident and things then cost thousands of dollars and we can never get them back to a totally healthy state. We just manage the disease. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keeley Dorsey (3rd nomination)
The result was delete. —Angr If you've written a quality article... 19:29, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Keeley Dorsey
AfDs for this article:
* ( [ delete] ) – (View AfD) (View log)
Neutral As per whatever the result of Articles for deletion/Mickey Renaud (2nd nomination) is. I don't want to restate much and much of my arguement is there. I view it as heavily biased to keep this aticle and delete Renaud, considering the fact that the one main notability factor of each is their deaths. Editorofthewiki 03:18, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* Speedily close debate. This nomination appears to be no more than WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. No two people are alike, and binding two different articles to the same outcome is ridiculous. There have already been two debates on this article. Give it a rest and let this ride for a time. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 03:31, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* The two peopleare alike in the way that they were junior athletes whe died -- and very little else, in the case of Dorsey. BTW, how many times did it take toget Daniel Brandt deleted? Editorofthewiki 03:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* I didn't realize we were keeping score. A better question might be how many times were the same arguments rehashed over and over again, before the proponents of keeping foo-bar-article got tired of defending it?. Neier (talk) 08:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
* While I agree this is nothing more than a WP:OTHERSTUFF nom, I have to agree with the nom in that this person never played at the professional level therefore should fail WP:BIO. On those grounds, delete. Travellingcari (talk) 03:58, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* My heart goes out to his family and friends, but Delete per WP:BLP1E and WP:NOT. -- brew crewer (yada, yada) 04:39, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* Keep - bad faith nomination, and still meets WP:BIO as there are multiple RS with significant coverage, and this person (as covered under athlete criteria) played at the top level of amateur American style football, Div. I college football. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:12, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* How does "he was not a major recruit" translate into "played at the top level"?-- brew crewer (yada, yada) 07:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* Exactly as I wrote: "played at the top level of amateur American style football, Div. I college football." As in he played Division I football, and that is the highest amateur level of that sport. It's not Heisman Trophy winners only, its anyone who has played Div. I football if they also have the coverage in RS, as you can read all about at WP:BIO. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:53, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* I personally don't have any objection to keeping this article, but only if Renaud gets one as he did much more than this guy. If the afd closes as a keep, I will close this as nominator. If it doesn't, than the discussion will go on. Editorofthewiki 15:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* As someone else pointed out, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS applies to your argument. An article on Renaud (I'm not even aware of who this person is/was) would need to be considered on its own merits and not just because this one was kept (or even not kept). Nicholas Perkins (T•C) 23:20, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* Delete Whilst he played at the top level of amateur American football, the top level of American football is professional, so not notable per WP:BIO Nicholas Perkins (T•C) 14:20, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* Delete Never played at a professional level, and while it's sad that he died young, Wikipedia is very specifically NOT a memorial. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 15:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* Delete. Since he never played professionally, he would need to have won some major awards at the collegiate level like a Hank Gathers to be notable. Patken4 (talk) 16:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
* Delete. Wikipedia is not a memorial, and this is not Len Bias. Quale (talk) 03:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
* Keep - was notable; is notable. Was verifiable; is verifiable. Neier (talk) 08:49, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
* Delete Did not play professionally, the fact that the top level of american football is professional trumps that he played amateur football. -Djsasso (talk) 15:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
* Where in WP:BIO does it say that? Aboutmovies (talk) 18:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
* Probably the same place that is says the highest level of amateur competition is good enough when there are higher levels aka professional. :P It is no more of an iterpretation of WP:BIO than your assertion is. -Djsasso (talk) 20:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
* Keep. In my opinion, guidelines for WikiProject College football override WP:BIO and WP:N (although it can be argued that the article meets the criteria for both). Either WP:N guideline should be rewritten to conform to the Project, or the project should be MfD, and that I would never support. It can't be both ways—besides, the article is properly sourced after all. MrPrada (talk) 00:06, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* Then I would suggest joining the debate that I listed at the top. As I have very few objections to keeping this article I'm probebly going to have to close this as the nominator. Editorofthewiki 00:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* No, wikiproject guidelines never trumps policy. Secret account 01:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* I'd have to agree to disagree. WP:N is a guideline as well, and Wikiprojects have their own guidelines for notability. Occasionally they are contrarian, in this case, they aren't, so I'm keeping my keep. MrPrada (talk) 02:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* Delete per my comment in the first AFD, little used backup that sadly died, was never notable to begin with, sad but WP:BLP1E comes to affect, as the only news coverage of him was because of his death. Secret account 01:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* Except, WP:BLP1E exists for people who are in news articles that cover the person in the context of a particular event. In this case, reliable coverage about him can be found for more than the instance of his death. Coverage of the games he played in and scored make WP:BLP1E irrelevant. He is notable and received coverage for multiple reasons. Neier (talk) 13:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* Playing in a college football game isn't notable, there are many thousands who did that, as for the coverage, it proves that he played but that's it, normally those type of game coverage are passing mentions, saying that he ran for xxx yards and that's it, not about the subject himself. There are not any non-passing mention sources out there that is not about his death and that's a perfect violation of WP:BLP1E Secret 21:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* It is not a perfect violation of WP:BLP1E. A perfect violation would be if a player with no game experience, no recruiting hype, etc had died. That player would have had no other mentions in reliable sources, and the only articles would have been about his death. That is not the case here. Without going into wikilawyer mode myself, BLP1E even says that articles on the one-shot people MAY be unwarranted (emphasis mine) not that they should be deleted. I'm not saying (or not not saying) that playing in a college game is notable. That particular decision is irrelevant here. The fact is that his death was notable, and, that BLP1E is inapplicable due to the pre-existing coverage (non-notable though it may have been). Neier (talk) 22:40, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
* His death may have been newsworthy, but not notable. And this article isn't about his death, its about him. This very definately qualifies under the short burst of news coverage not making one notable. -Djsasso (talk) 23:18, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
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Hi,
Once we had ChapterGrabber, where you loaded your chapters, hit "reset chapter names" and all the chapters would be renamed "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2" to "Chapter n". I have a bunch (a pretty big one) of chapters where the name is the time, god knows what program did extract the chapters like that.
Thing is, ChapterGrabber is no longer maintained and it doesn't work with the newer MKV chapter format it seems (opening an XML throws a "format not yet supported"). It still works with BDs, as those never change ofc.
Any alternatives? We could "brute force" it, mass searching and replacing XML files. I'd have to search for "<ChapterString>nn:nn:nn.nnn</ChapterString>" with "n" being any number and replacing it with "<ChapterString>Chapter n</ChapterString>", "n" there being from 1 to whatever. I know something called regular expressions exists to do the searching, but can you put it to count from 1 for the replacing? Some kind of complex cmd batch maybe? | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
mounture
Etymology
From, from ; equivalent to.
Noun
* 1) The angle at which a gun is raised for firing.
* 2) The angle of ascension.
* 3) The part of a loom that holds the harnesses.
* 4) A part on any mechanical device that is used for mounting other parts.
* 5) * 16th century, George Gascoigne, The Posies
* A peece as well renforst, as ever yet was wrought, The bravest peece for breech and bore, that ever yet was bought: The mounture so well made, and for my pitch so fit, As though I see faire peeces moe, yet fewe so fine as it: A peece which shot so well, so gently and so streight, It neyther bruzed with recule, nor wroong with overweight.
* 1) The act or process of mounting.
* 2) A horse or other animal used for riding; a mount.
* 3) * late 14th century, Anonymous,
* After messe a morsel he and his men token; Miry was the mornyng, his mounture he askes. Alle the hatheles that on horse schulde helden hym afier Were boun, busked on hor blonkkes bifore the halle yates.
* A peece as well renforst, as ever yet was wrought, The bravest peece for breech and bore, that ever yet was bought: The mounture so well made, and for my pitch so fit, As though I see faire peeces moe, yet fewe so fine as it: A peece which shot so well, so gently and so streight, It neyther bruzed with recule, nor wroong with overweight.
* 1) The act or process of mounting.
* 2) A horse or other animal used for riding; a mount.
* 3) * late 14th century, Anonymous,
* After messe a morsel he and his men token; Miry was the mornyng, his mounture he askes. Alle the hatheles that on horse schulde helden hym afier Were boun, busked on hor blonkkes bifore the halle yates.
* 1) A horse or other animal used for riding; a mount.
* 2) * late 14th century, Anonymous,
* After messe a morsel he and his men token; Miry was the mornyng, his mounture he askes. Alle the hatheles that on horse schulde helden hym afier Were boun, busked on hor blonkkes bifore the halle yates.
* 1) * late 14th century, Anonymous,
* After messe a morsel he and his men token; Miry was the mornyng, his mounture he askes. Alle the hatheles that on horse schulde helden hym afier Were boun, busked on hor blonkkes bifore the halle yates.
Etymology
Borrowed from ; equivalent to.
Noun
* 1) A mount; a.
* 2) A podium or support for mounting. | WIKI |
Phase 2 – Weight Training
Goal: Build as much muscle mass as possible
Length: 2 Months
The second phase of the abercrombie workout is the muscle-building phase. This phase consists of a two month program that maximizes muscle growth through heavy-weight, low repetition training and increased caloric intake.
Unlike phase one, the muscle building phase is broken down into a three day split. A three day split requires the user to lift weights three days a week, ideally Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Why only 3 days? Again, this is because muscle doesn’t grow while your working out, but rather while your recovering. By spending 4 days a week recovering, the body is able to maximize its recovery following an intense workout. By having this extra recovery time we’re able to make the largest possible size and strength gains.
However, working out three days a week doesn’t mean that phase two of theabercrombie workout is easy, in fact the workouts themselves are built around taking your body to failure. What’s Failure? “Failure” is an training term that means lifting untilyour muscles are unable to do another rep. By taking our muscles to this point we’re able to activate the most muscle tissue possible, which results in the largest mass gains.
To achieve the fitness model body we’ll be doing 3 sets per exercise, with each set consisting of four to six reps.
Now that we have covered the basics the muscle building-phase the abercrombie workout is broken down as follows:
1. Monday: Chest, Back, Traps
2. Wednesday: Triceps, Biceps, Shoulders
3. Friday: Lower body, Forearms, Abs
*during the second phase of the abercrombie workout additional ab work is performed on the off days as part of the cardiovascular routine
Monday
Exercise Sets Reps
Flat Bench Press 3 4-6
Incline Dumbbell Press 3 4-6
Decline Barbell Bench Press 3 4-6
Flat Bench Dumbbell Fly’s 3 4-6
Lat Pull-Downs 3 4-6
Dumbbell Shrugs 3 4-6
Seated Cable Rows 3 4-6
Wednesday
Exercise Sets Reps
Tricep Extensions (Rope) 3 4-6
Barbell Bicep Curls 3 4-6
Lying Tricep Extensions 3 4-6
Dumbbell Shoulder Press 3 4-6
Lateral Dumbbell Raises 3 4-6
Upright Rows 3 4-6
Tricep Dips 3 Failure
Friday
Exercise Sets Reps
Squats 3 4-6
Standing Calf Raises 3 4-6
Leg Extensions 3 4-6
Weighted Crunch 3 14-16
Cable Crunches 3 14-16
Knee Raises 3 Failure
Reverse Curls 3 8-10
Now that we’ve got the weight training portion of phase two complete let’s move on to the cardio portion: Cardio – Phase Two.
12 thoughts on “Phase 2 – Weight Training
1. This workout is awesome!!! I am 3 days away from finishing the first phase of this workout. I can’t wait to start the second phase, but really it is the third phase I am looking most forward to!!
This one girl I have my eyes on said that I look more buff than before. I cannot thank the authors and this website enough for the progress I have been having lately. I will go through with this workout to the end!
2. For phase two how much weight is recommended? It says to use heavy weight but doesn’t go into much detail.
1. @marcos valdes
in phase 2, use a weight, that lets you be able to do just 6 reps, and not a single one more. pick up a dumbbell (or barbell or watever) do one rep and if you think, ‘i could propably do 5 of those’, then go ahead, and try do bust out that sixth one also. the last rep should really be nearly impossible. by showing your muscles their limits, you make them see, that they have to grow, so to speak.
also, keep a weight-journey. by writing down how much you’ve been able to lift on day x, not only can you look up, how much you should at least lift the next time, but it also shows you the progress you made from day x to day y, which is really motivating.
2. Hey Marcos what’s up? Use the amount of wieght where you reach failure at the indicated amount of reps. What I mean by that is if the rep range is 4-6 make sure you choose an appropriate weight that is heavy enough to reach falure at the given rep count. Simple. Also I would say if you have not reached failure during your set even though it says 4-6 go until you reach failure then up the weight on your next set so you can stay in the given rep range and still reach failure.
3. @marcos. When you are weight training, it varies depending on your strength. For phase two, you should lift so that your reps are 4-6 to failure. So if you can do more than 6 you should up your weight.
4. Marcos, test yourself. Put a little less than your max weight from Phase One, if its too light and you’re able to fly through the 3 sets, than you’re getting stronger and need to increase it until that very last rep of the last set is a struggle. Feel the burn
3. Is it fine if there’s a lag time between the bulking and cutting phase (I don’t have access to a gym for around 2 months)
4. Wow! this is it.This is what i wanted.By doing such routine workout i gonna have a great body.I really praise and thankful to the author of this workout routine.
5. How much time do you rest between sets for phase 2, (Hypertrophy 1-2 minutes or Strength 3-5 minutes)? Excellent workout guide, just about to start phase 2!
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-- Florida's State-Run Insurer Warns 213,000 Clients of Mail-Forwarding Scam
Florida’s government-owned provider
of residential insurance warned clients that their premium
checks may have been stolen after an unidentified person had the
company’s mail forwarded to an apartment.
As many as 213,000 customers who may have sent checks from
June 14 to June 28 will be asked to contact the insurer to see
if payments were received, said Christine Turner Ashburn, a
spokeswoman for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Because
Citizens takes checks at multiple addresses, it is unclear how
many were lost, she said. The U.S. Postal Service said a mail
carrier didn’t notice an increase in deliveries to the apartment
between the change of address request June 24 and when Citizens
canceled it June 29.
“We cannot absolutely be sure that nothing slipped
through,” postal service spokesman Joseph Breckenridge said
today in a phone interview.
Citizens will spend $97,000 on a direct-mail campaign to
potential victims, and will credit customers for payment if
their checks were cashed in the scam, Ashburn said. The company
will reimburse fees that banks charge to stop payments on
checks, according to the insurer’s website .
“We’re obviously not going to make the consumer pay
twice” Ashburn said. “We don’t have any choice but to err on
the side of the consumer.”
Ashburn said the insurer is unsure how many customers may
have had their checks cashed illegally. Someone filed change-of-
address forms to the Post Office for both Citizens’ corporate
headquarters and for a P.O. box it uses, in each case asking
letters be forwarded to an apartment in Hialeah, she said. The
second request wasn’t processed, she said.
The insurer is working with criminal investigators, she
said. The mail-forwarding scheme was previously reported by
Florida newspapers including the St. Petersburg Times and Miami
Herald.
To contact the reporter on this story:
Sarah Frier in New York at sfrier@bloomberg.net . | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Talk:Maude Burge
Notability
, what makes Burge notable? I'm asking here because you appear to be a seasoned editor, so I'm surprised to see something to thinly sourced. I suggest than an entry in Una Platts' book isn't enough to establish notability. What have I overlooked? Schwede 66 22:11, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
* I created this in relation to WikiProject Women in Red/Meetup/56 as she was on WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by nationality/New Zealand. It actually has four sources and she has co-billing in a deal from Hawkes Bay Art Gallery and Museum. The sources in Google are a bit slim, but Google isn't necessarily a very accurate barometer on the notability of people who died before 1960. The image search does seem to get many paintings by her including three on the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa site. I'll grant Kate Sperrey's article is better done, artist from the same project, than what I did and that Ms Burge's Welsh article is less than a year old.--T. Anthony (talk) 02:14, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
* Well, if Te Papa has some of her paintings I shall relax. I agree that the WWW isn't the best source for people who died in 1957. If I were you, I'd hunt around in a library next time you visit one. Schwede 66 06:02, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
Place of birth
The infobox names Upper Hutt, but Lower Hutt is given in the biography section (and in the unknown parameter "born" in the infobox). There appears to be no mention of either in any of the existing sources. Some sources, e.g Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook (ref 4) have Wellington, but it is unclear if this refers to the city or the region (which includes Lower and Upper Hutt). EdwardUK (talk) 03:17, 20 October 2021 (UTC) | WIKI |
Article
[Factors relevant to newborn birth weight in pregnancy complicated with abnormal glucose metabolism].
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
Zhonghua fu chan ke za zhi 09/2010; 45(9):646-51.
Source: PubMed
ABSTRACT
To investigate the influencing factors of neonatal birth body mass in women with abnormal glucose metabolism during pregnancy.
A study was conducted on 1157 singleton gravidas, who were diagnosed and treated for abnormal glucose metabolism and delivered in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Hospital, Peking University from January 2005 to December 2009, by reviewing the medical records. Based on the pre-pregnant body mass index, the selected cases were divided into 4 groups: low body mass group [body mass index (BMI) < 18.5 kg/m(2), n = 53], ideal body mass group (BMI 18.5-23.9 kg/m(2), n = 647), over body mass group (BMI 24.0-27.9 kg/m(2), n = 323), and obese group (BMI ≥ 28.0 kg/m(2), n = 134). 1157 newborns were divided by birth body mass into 3 groups: normal birth body mass group (body mass 2500-4000 g, n = 987), of which 545 cases of birth body mass 3000-3500 g for the appropriate newborns, macrosomia group (body mass ≥ 4000 g, n = 112); low birth body mass group (body mass < 2500 g, n = 58). The following information was collected, including pre-pregnancy body mass, height, gestational age of diagnosis and body mass gain after diagnosis, maternal serum level of cholesterol, history of adverse pregnancy, and family history of diabetes, gestational age, delivering body mass, neonatal birth body mass. The influence of pre-pregnant BMI, body mass gain during pregnancy, gestational age of diagnosis, body mass gain after diagnosis, maternal serum level of cholesterol, family history of diabetes on the newborns' birth body mass was analyzed. The appropriate ranges of gestational body mass gain were calculated in women with abnormal glucose metabolism.
(1) The average neonatal birth body mass for each group respectively were (3142 ± 333) g for low body mass group, (3339 ± 476) g for the ideal body mass group, (3381 ± 581) g for over body mass group, and (3368 ± 644) g for obese group. The neonatal birth body mass was increasing with maternal pre-pregnant BMI, and average birth body mass of the newborns in low body mass group was lower than other 3 groups, respectively, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05), when it was compared among the obese group, ideal weight group and over body mass group. (2) The body mass gain during pregnancy in women delivered normal birth weight newborn and delivered macrosomia for each group respectively were (13.5 ± 4.5) and (17.1 ± 5.4) kg for the ideal body mass group, (11.6 ± 4.9) and (15.3 ± 6.4) kg for the over body mass group, (10.3 ± 5.0) and (14.7 ± 7.4) kg for the obese group. The difference was statistically significant in 3 groups (P < 0.05). The difference of body mass gain during pregnancy in women delivered normal birth weight newborn and delivered macrosomia for low body mass group could not be compared statistically, because of only 1 case delivered macrosomia. (3) The gestational age of diagnosis in women who delivered normal birth weight newborn and macrosomia for the ideal body mass group respectively were (27.8 ± 5.8) and (29.8 ± 5.3) weeks, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The gestational age of diagnosis in gravidas who delivered normal birth weight newborn and macrosomia for the over body mass group respectively were (26.7 ± 6.8) and (30.2 ± 4.1) weeks, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The gestational age of diagnosis in women who delivered normal birth weight newborn for obese group was (26.2 ± 7.5) weeks, less than that of pregnant women who delivered macrosomia [(25.7 ± 9.3) weeks], but the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The difference of the diagnosed gestational age for low body mass group could not be compared statistically, because of only 1 case delivered macrosomia. (4) The serum triglyceride (TG) levels of pregnant women who delivered macrosomia was (3.1 ± 1.5) mmol/L, higher than that of pregnant women who delivered normal birth weight newborn [(2.7 ± 1.2) mmol/L], and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01). The serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels of pregnant women who delivered macrosomia was (1.4 ± 0.3) mmol/L, lower than that of pregnant women who delivered normal birth weight newborn [(1.7 ± 0.9) mmol/L], and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01). The serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and cholesterol level of pregnant women who delivered macrosomia respectively was (2.8 ± 0.8) and (5.4 ± 1.1) mmol/L, less than those of pregnant women who delivered normal birth weight newborn [(3.0 ± 0.9) mmol/L and (5.6 ± 1.1) mmol/L], but the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). (5) The final regression model of variables into the top three were pre-pregnant BMI, body mass gain during pregnancy and maternal serum level of HDL-C, when analyzing the related factors of affecting neonatal birth body mass with multiple logistic regression analysis such as age, history of adverse pregnancy, family history of diabetes, pre-pregnancy BMI, body mass gain during pregnancy and after diagnosis of abnormal glucose metabolism, maternal serum level of cholesterol, abnormal glucose metabolism categories, gestational age and other factors (P < 0.01).
Pre-pregnant BMI, body mass gain during pregnancy and maternal serum level of HDL-C may affect the neonatal birth body mass whose mothers were complicated with abnormal glucose metabolism during pregnancy.
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Lomazzo
Lomazzo (Western Lombard: Lomazz ) is a town and comune in the province of Como, in the Italian region of Lombardy. It is situated halfway between Como and Milan. The ancient historical center of the town was founded on the top of a hill situated in the valley on the right bank of Lura. The municipal territory contains a large portion of the Lura Park. Lomazzo received the title of Città (City) with a presidential decree on July 11, 2006. Lomazzo borders the following municipalities: Bregnano, Cadorago, Cirimido, Guanzate, Rovellasca, Rovello Porro, Turate.
History
For more than one thousand years, the central street of Lomazzo has been the political and religious border that cut the town in two parts, from south to the north. The communal administration was divided as well, so the town of Lomazzo was governed separately by two municipalities: Lomazzo Comasco (parish of San Siro, also called Lomazzo di Sotto or, in dialect, Lumazz de Sott) and Lomazzo Milanese (parish of San Vito, also called Lomazzo di Sopra or Lumazz de Sura).
In the Middle Ages the border between the communes of Como and Milan already passed through Lomazzo. Still in the 16th century the custom duties were collected at the passage of Lomazzo border, for the feudal rights granted to the Carcano family by the Spaniards, who at the time controlled the Duchy of Milan.
The division of Lomazzo originated during the barbarian invasions. The Lombards settled down near the existing inhabited nucleus, remaining separate from the existing community so they could practice their Arian religion. Probably, when they were converted to Catholicism, they maintained a separate church. The missionaries were sent from towns of the diocese of Milan, so the first community continued to be in the diocese of Como and the new community remained faithful to the diocese of Milan.
Ghibelline Como and Guelph Milan warred bitterly during the medieval period. This conflict was contemporary with the war between the Lombardy free cities and the Holy Roman emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
Due to its double administration, the town of Lomazzo was always declared neutral ground by the two factions. After the wars, the ambassadors met here and here they proclaimed the peaces. The first peace treaty was signed in 1249, but war renewed and years of disagreement continued.
In 1282, Giovanni De Avvogadri, expelled by the Ghibellines from his bishopric in Come, excommunicated them from Lomazzo, starting the war between Como and Milan. In 1286, after four years of intense war, representatives of the republics of Lombardy and of northern-Italy free cities, arrived to Lomazzo to sign the Peace of Lomazzo, at the presence of Loterio Rusca, Lord of Como, and Ottone Visconti, Lord of Milan.
Reunion
The civil union of Lomazzo was completed in 1816, when the Austrian puppet state of Lombardy-Venetia unified the two communities of Lomazzo Comasco and Milanese to become the single municipality of Lomazzo. The two parishes were also unified in 1981 under the bishopric of Como.
Main sights
* The Arch of the Peace (1875), on the road from Saronno to Como, replacing the medieval one.
* Church of St. Syrus (1732). It houses a 16th-century panel by Morazzone (Adoration of the Magi). Other good canvasses embellish the small lateral church of Saint Joseph, built in 1629, with contemporary decoration.
* Medieval Tower (1904), one of the symbols of Lomazzo.
* Brolo di San Vito, the square in front of St. Vitus Vito church. A commemorative stone reminds the Peace of Lomazzo
* Church of Saint Vito (19th century), designed by the Swiss Simone Cantoni.
People
* Michele Carcano, (1427-1484), Franciscan preacher, co-founder of the montes pietatis banking system
* Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo (1538–1600), painter
* Giuditta Pasta (1797-1865), soprano, born from Negri's family of Lomazzo
* Francesco Somaini, (1926-2005), sculptor
* Dolores Puthod, (1934-), painter at the theatre La Scala
* Claudio Villa (1959- ), comics artist
Culture
Events in the town include:
* Re-eanctement feast of the “Peace of Lomazzo – 1286”.
* Carnival of Lomazzo, first Sunday before Lent.
Transportation
Lomazzo is connected by A9 Milano-Como-Chiasso Highway. It is also an important railway station on the line Milano-Saronno-Como of the Ferrovie Nord Milano.
Lomazzo is connected with all towns around by bus services (S.P.T. buses: bus line C64/C66 Lomazzo – Appiano – Olgiate; bus line C84 Lomazzo – Cantù; F.N.M.A. buses: bus line Lomazzo – Cislago). | WIKI |
Convert Float In Datetime Python With Code Examples
Convert Float In Datetime Python With Code Examples
In this tutorial, we will try to find the solution to Convert Float In Datetime Python through programming. The following code illustrates this.
from datetime import datetime
datetime.fromtimestamp(*your_timestamp_here*)#.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') to convert to a formated string
We have demonstrated, with a plethora of illustrative examples, how to tackle the Convert Float In Datetime Python problem.
How to convert float to date in Pandas?
How to convert float to datetime in Pandas Dataframe. The given dataframe column 'Admission_date' contains the value of date as float64 type of format yyddmm. To convert float date value to datetime the Pandas dataframe pd.
What date type is a float?
Numeric Data Types A floating point (known as a float) number has decimal points even if that decimal point value is 0. For example: 1.13, 2.0, 1234.345.
How do I convert a string to a datetime in Python?
We can convert a string to datetime using strptime() function. This function is available in datetime and time modules to parse a string to datetime and time objects respectively.03-Aug-2022
How do you convert float to int in Python?
A float value can be converted to an int value no larger than the input by using the math. floor() function, whereas it can also be converted to an int value which is the smallest integer greater than the input using math. ceil() function.16-Jul-2022
How do I convert a value to a date in Python?
To create a date, we can use the datetime() class (constructor) of the datetime module. The datetime() class requires three parameters to create a date: year, month, day.
How do I convert pandas to datetime?
Steps to Convert Strings to Datetime in Pandas DataFrame
Is date a float or string?
It's a string, which is converted into a date. Internally, a date is stored as a number, not a string.09-Nov-2013
What data type is datetime?
The DATETIME type is used for values that contain both date and time parts. MySQL retrieves and displays DATETIME values in ' YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss ' format. The supported range is '1000-01-01 00:00:00' to '9999-12-31 23:59:59' . The TIMESTAMP data type is used for values that contain both date and time parts.
What are the 5 kinds of floating?
While different floating techniques can be used, the keys to all of them are relaxation and economy of motion.
What does %% time mean in Python?
%%time is a magic command. It's a part of IPython. %%time prints the wall time for the entire cell whereas %time gives you the time for first line only. Using %%time or %time prints 2 values: CPU Times.21-Mar-2018 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
List of University of Turin, Faculty of Law people
The following is a list of famous scholars, practitioners, alumni and others affiliated with the storied University of Turin, Faculty of Law:
Notable alumni and former academics
* Luigi Einaudi
* Norberto Bobbio
* Piero Gobetti
* Enrico di Robilant
* Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, European Court of Human Rights Judge
* Anna di Robilant, alum and law professor at Boston University School of Law
* Fernanda Nicola, professor of law at American University, Washington College of Law
* Kakai Kissinger (1975–), UNITO law alum, is a Kenyan human rights activist and attorney.
Twentieth century
* Pitigrilli, pseudonym for Dino Segre (1893–1975) (UNITO Law, class of 1916), an Italian writer.
* Mario Einaudi (1905–1994), law faculty alum and chair of Cornell University Government Department from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1959 to 1963.
* Luciana Frassati Gawronska (1902–2007), was an Italian writer and author.
* Gustavo Rol (1903–1994), noted parapsychologist.
* Fernando de Rosa (1908–1936), a former UNITO Law student who attempted to assassinate Umberto II of Italy in Brussels on 24 October 1929.
* Giovanni Palatucci (1909–1945) was an Italian police official who saved thousands of Jews from being deported to Nazi extermination camps.
* Raf Vallone (1916–2002), law faculty alum and famous Italian actor.
Nineteenth century
* Clemente Solaro, Count La Margherita (1792–1869), a famous Piedmontese statesman.
* Bartolomeo Gastaldi (1818–1879), a law faculty alum who went on to become a famous Italian geologist and palæontologist, and one of the founders of the Club Alpino Italiano.
* Giuseppe Giacosa (1847–1906), law faculty alum, was a famous Italian poet, playwright and librettist.
* Lidia Poët (born 1855 in Pinerolo, Piedmont) was the first modern female Italian advocate. Her disbarring led to a movement to allow women to practice law and hold public office in Italy.
Eighteenth century
* Carbo Sebastiano Berardi (1719–1768), famous canon law scholar.
Notable current academics
* Gianmaria Ajani
* Roberto Caranta
* Raffaele Caterina
* Sergio Chiarloni
* Mario Dogliani
* Fausto Goria
* Michele Graziadei
* Edoardo Greppi
* Enrico Grosso
* Ugo Mattei
* Pier Giuseppe Monateri
* Paolo Montalenti
* Ugo Pagallo
* Marco Ricolfi
* Rodolfo Sacco
* Gustavo Zagrebelsky | WIKI |
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Rh The king, therefore, on the 10th of May, wrote to the Syndic, saying, 'that he heard that "quelques docteurs," certain doctors, were disposed to discuss the Edict;' and added: 'It is my will that if any one betakes himself to do this, you stop him, by declaring to him the order which you have received from me in this present letter.'
Some advised a second deputation of the Parliament. But Colbert writes to the Procureur De Harlay that he was afraid of two things: the one, 'to let so much authority be seen;' the other, 'of letting it become known to the Court of Some that the opinions of the Faculty on the subject of the Declaration of the Clergy are not in conformity with the contents of that Declaration.'
The 1st of June passed without any new order for the registration of the Edict. The opposition had become much more vivid. Colbert wrote to De Harlay, telling him that 'the king had received a letter, saying, that "all was lost;" that the king was thinking of expelling MM. Masure, Desperier, and Blanger, who appeared to have a chief part in the affair; but that it would be at variance with his principle, of avoiding as much as possible the appearance of any opposition on the part of the Faculty, or the using of authority on the part of his Majesty.' De Harlay, in answer, addressed to Colbert a document, dated June 2, under the title of 'Projet de réglement pour la tenue des Assemblées de Sorbonne.' After giving his opinion that it was wiser | WIKI |
Talk:Top7
function
a protein has per definition a function in the cell. What is the designed function of this protein?--<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 18:43, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
Wiki Education assignment: Biochemistry I
— Assignment last updated by Nfrontella12 (talk) 02:24, 24 November 2023 (UTC) | WIKI |
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Rh 796 E X C E X G FOR DIRECT PAPEK. It appears from the direct rates between Londjn and Paris at 25-30 and 25-35 1st _TO remit or transfer monsy from London to Paris, it is better for Paris to draw upon London at 25-35 short, than for London to remit to Paris at 25-30 short, because by the former operation there will be made 5 cents, per pound, or about one-fifth per cent, more than by the latter. Id. To have returns from Paris, it is better, by the same 5 cents, for London to draw upon Paris than for Paris to remit to London, because the bills will cost so much less French money, or produce so much more in sterling. FOR INDIRECT PAI-EB.. 1st. For remittances to Paiis it appears from the arbitrated results that bills on Frankfort, bought in London at 121 florins per 10 sterling, and sold in Paris at 212 francs per 100 florins, will produce 12 cents, more than direct remittances from London to Paris, or 7 cents, more than is yielded by direct drafts of Paris upon London. 2&lt;/_- For returns from Paris, it appears from the arbitrated results that bills on Leghorn, bought in Paris at 85 centimes per paper lira Italiana, and sold in Lon don at paper lira It.iliana 29 4~i per pound sterling, will cost 29 cents, less than direct bills from Paris, and will give 24 cents, more than drafts from London on Paris. Such is the manner in which the various exchanges are calculated in order to ascertain which will answer best for a speculation in bills through intermediate places. The contingency of a change of rates has to be considered, and the charges of brokerage and com mission on the operation have to be deducted from the result, or may be reduced when the operation is done by branches of the same house, or on joint account. The elasticity of arbitrated rates of exchange is put to the severest strain when a large subsidy, or monster indemnity, like that of France to Germany, has to be paid by one country to another. Tn these cases it is necessary to employ extensive banking co-opera tion, and at centres on which the drafts are heavy to arrange means for the support of the exchange. PARS OF EXCHANGE. (Abstracted from Tate s Modern Cambist, 16th edition.) London receives from or gives to Amsterdam, 11"19 florins and stivers for 1 sterling. Antwerp and Brussels, 25 15 francs 1 sterling. Hamburg, lierlin, and German bank places, 20"4- i) ,,. . .. imperial marks and pfennige f " * Paris, 25-22 francs, 1 sterling. Lisbon, 53$ pence sterling 1 milreis. Madrid, 48 to 50 pence sterling 1 duro (hard dollar). Gibraltar, 4!).j pence sterling ,, 1 hard dollar. Malta, 49 pence sterling 1 pezza. St Petersburg. 37^ pence sterling ., 1 silver rouble. Warsaw, 6 40 silver roubles and cop 1 sterling. Copenhagen, 9 10 rigsdal and sk 1 sterling. Christiania. 4"6(ij species and sk ,. 1 sterling. Stockholm, 18-05 riksdaler ,, 1 sterling. New York, 49J pence sterling ,. 1 gold dollar. Rio Janeiro, 27 pence sterling ,, 1 milreis gold. Buenos Ayres, C7 shillings sterling ,. 1 onca gold. Calcutta, Bombay, and Rangoon, 23 pence sterling 1 Govt. rupee. Canton, 2 78., 7 rt pence sterling 1 tael sycee silver. Japan, 51 to 52 pence stei ling 1 Span, or Mcx. dollar. (It. SO ) EXCHEQUER, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. The name scaccarium, from which the word "exchequer" is derived, was used under the Norman kings of England to signify the treasury. Madox, in his learned History of the Exchequer, exhausts the possible definitions of the word. According to some, it is connected with scaccus or scaccnm, a chess-board, and the exchequer of England " was in all probability, called scaccarium because a chequered cloth (figured with squares like a chess-board) was anciently wont to be laid on the table in the court or place of that name." " From the Latin," continues Madox, " cotneth the French eschequier or exchequier, and the English name from the French. Or if any one thinks more likely that -the French word was the ancienter, and the Latin one formed from it, I do not oppose him, nay, I incline to believe it was so." Another and less probable explanation is, that the original word was statarium, " from its stability, as it was the firm support of the crown or kingdom." But Madox points out that from the early 1 Those marked (*) include premium on gold or silver on account of dcpreciat ion of paper currency. The mint par of Vienna is about 10 35. In Genoa and other Italian cities it would be about 25-30. The full metallic par of the Turkish piastre is lll-5 = l sterling. Where the quotations in the above table are sterling with silver money, the price of silver has been taken at 5s. an ounce, and the par of exchange has to be deduced from lower and higher prices of silver, as compared with that standard. 2 _ Foreign merchants trading with China usually keep their accounts in dollars ana cents; and the dollar issued from the mint at Hong Kong forms an acceptable boas of exchange from that station. times of tire Conquest onwards it was always called scaccarium and never statarium. At the present day, exchequer means two very different and independent institutions, the historical origin of which is one and the same. It is 3. court of law one of the three superior courts at Westminster. It is also the treasury. The connexion between the treasury aucl the court is still kept up in one or two points. The chancellor of the exchequer still takes his seat in the Exchequer .Court on certain formal occasions, and the Exchequer Court (or, as it is now called, the Exchequer Division) is still the appropriate tribunal for cases connected with the revenue. The Exchequer makes its appearance among English institutions in close connexion with the King s Court (curia regis) the germ from which so large a portion of the English constitution has sprung. In the language of later times it might be called a committee of that court specially charged with the management of the revenue. The King s Exchequer, says Theodore, " was anciently a member of his court, and was wont to be held in his palace. It was a sort of subaltern court, partly resembling in its model Qiat which was properly called the curia regis, for in it the king s barons and great men who used to be in his palace near his royal person ordinarily presided, but sometimes the king himself; in it the king s chief-justiciar, his chancellor, his treasurer, his constable, his marshal, and his chamberlain performed some part of their several offices." And just as the curia regis was not a pure court of law, so the Exchequer was not merely a financial council but a court of law. Its principal business, says Madox, related to the revenue, and although the justices on circuit had cognizance of revenue matters, such matters, as they arose, were certified or sent into the Exchequer " to which place the affairs of the royal revenue tended as to their centre." Madox divides the business of the Exchequer, during the period between the Conquest and the reign of King John, under the head of revenues, causes, non-litigious business, and matters of public policy. From the reign of Henry III. the Exchequer was recognized as a separate court, the others being the King s Bench and the Common Pleas (q.v.). Mr Stubbs thinks that a separate staff of judges was not assigned to each court until the end of the reign of Henry. The special business of the Exchequer wa3 as before the decision of revenue cases, but from a very early time, and in spite of repeated prohibitions, the lawyers of the Exchequer com peted for the ordinary litigious business the common pleas of the country. They finally succeeded by means of the well-known fiction which allowed one of the litigants to own that he was indebted to the king, and forbade his opponent to traverse the averment. The organization of the court seems to have been somewhat later in point of time than that of the Common Pleas and the King s Bench. The barons of the Exchequer were not at first recognized as judges. They are not mentioned in the statutes of Nisi Prius (13 Edward I. c. 30, and 14 Edward III. c. 16). In the reign of Elizabeth the Exchequer was definitely recognized a court of co-ordinate jurisdiction with the Com mon Pleas and the King s Bench. The Exchequer was further distinguished from the two other courts by possessing an equitable as well as a common law jurisdiction. " The Court of Equity," says .Blackstone, "is held before the lord treasurer, the chancellor of the ex chequer, the chief baron, and the three puisne ones," whereas the common law jurisdiction is exercised by thebarons onlyof the exchequer, and not the treasurer or chancellor. This equity jurisdiction was abolished in 18-tl, when two addi tional vice-chancellors were appointed in the Court of Chancery. Bv the Judicature Act of 1873 the Court of Exchequer
* Vienna, 1 11 50 florins and kreuz, 1 sterling.
* Genoa, and Italian towns, 29-50 lire and centes.... ,, 1 sterling.
* Constantinople, 125 piastres 1 sterling. | WIKI |
Mahal Kita, Final Answer
Mahal Kita, Final Answer is a 2002 Philippine romantic comedy film directed by Ike Jarlego Jr. The film stars Bong Revilla and Rufa Mae Quinto.
The film is streaming online on YouTube.
Plot
Benito is a rich, playboy businessman afraid of commitment. Joanna is a "kontesera", a girl who eternally auditions in all types of contests (including joining the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire), only to end up failing each time. Their paths cross when Joanna applies for a job at Benito's company despite not being qualified. At first Benito rejects Joanna for the position of secretary but later on when he sees the stocks and sales graphics of his company declining when Joanna leaves, he asks Joanna to come back and get hired after seeing the graphics stay up. He slowly realizes Joanna is his lucky charm in life because it was only her who saves an investor from pulling out of his company, keeps on winning in high-stakes gambling with his friends, and straightened the problems confronting his houseboy Jimboy and stepsister Nanette.
But as the saying goes "luck runs out", Benito loses everything when Joanna leaves him to take care of a family emergency. The only people that stuck with him was Jimboy (who is now openly gay) and his family who never left his side. He was also convinced by his mother to start his business again after she revealed she never spent the monthly allotments sent to her through any of his emissaries, including Joanna. It was then Benito realized Joanna was more than just his lucky charm in life.
When Joanna joined Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for the second time as a contestant, she was able to answer all the questions correctly, winning the jackpot prize. But she was more than happy when Benito showed up in the studio to profess his love for her.
Cast
* Bong Revilla as Benito Pinlac
* Rufa Mae Quinto as Joanna
* John Lapus as Jimboy
* Patricia Javier as Gwen
* Bobby Andrews as Kenneth
* Anne Curtis as Nanette
* Berting Labra as Jose
* Janice Jurado as Anabel
* Eddie Arenas as Benito's stepfather
* Marita Zobel as Benito's mother
* Jeanette Diaz as Wenn
* Chubi del Rosario as Jojo
* Mandy Ochoa as Benito's friend
* Edwin Reyes as Benito's friend
* James Sicangco as Benito's friend
* Mon Confiado as Sarhento
* Shanah Caratiquet as Joanna's sister
* O.J. Jacinto as Joanna's sister
Christopher de Leon cameos as host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. | WIKI |
Talk:Eric Hacker/GA1
GA Review
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Reviewer: Zepppep (talk · contribs) 18:08, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
* I will be reviewing the article.
* It may be difficult, but not impossible, for the article to be expanded, as the subject's major league experience is rather limited and so far, notability reasons concerning his minor league career aren't evident, but nevertheless, expansion is needed. It is not broad in its coverage.
* The lead lacks details to how many years he spent in the minors and when he made his major league debut. The section also mentions much of his feats/stats whilst in the minors, yet according to the article, this seems unwarranted as the mentions (as worded) don't pass notability requirements as seen here.
* Would denote the length with a years range, rather than "seven seasons." Also, the year of his MLB debut isn't specified so the reader isn't sure which year is being referenced in the lead. Zepppep (talk) 09:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
* The "High school" section contains only two sentences (one of which is about football). Additionally, there are grammar/WP:MoS concerns throughout this small section and the article at large ("double-A," "triple-A", innings represented with fractions rather than decimal points, "1 strikeouts," etc.). Also, in this section, the state in which the subject's high school is not mentioned.
* I fixed the abbreviations for A, AA, and AAA. However, the innings are supposed to be represented with fractions so non-baseball fans will understand they do not mean three-and-one-tenth innings. Also, clicking on the high school will reveal to the reader which state it is located in. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 23:18, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
* I thought it was to be decimals only, but I can't find a reference for that. I see one FA with decimals, another with fractions, so for now will let it slide. The state definitely needs to be specified. Zepppep (talk) 03:37, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
* "1 strikeouts" isn't just incorrect because of noun-verb disagreement, but because numbers less than 10 should be written out in prose (see: Manual of Style/Dates and numbers. So "1 strikeout" still needs to be dealt with. Zepppep (talk) 09:09, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
* I believe it should either appear as "Class AA" or "Double-A", but not simply "AA." Zepppep (talk) 09:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
* The "NYY" subsection is misleading, as the subject appears to not have played a single game with the club. If he was in their farm system, that is different from playing on the big league team or being on the big league team's 25-man roster.
* Rather than simply adding "organization" to the subsection heading, might recommend headings or organization of the article which denote "Minor league career." I realize he has drifted back and forth between the minors when as a member of other clubs, but again, he never appeared on the 25-man roster or played a game for NYY. Zepppep (talk) 09:16, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
* When a player is in the minor leagues, his Wikipedia article states that he is in the team's organization in the lead; however, if you would prefer, I could change organization to minor leagues in the Yankees' header. Because Hacker has spent so much of his career in the minors, I think minor league career or a different organization of the article would just make it more confusing. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:28, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
* Zepppep (talk) 18:08, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
* I have addressed the first wave of changes. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:28, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
* I'd organize it as "Minor league career," and then "Major League career." Yes, he does go back and forth between majors and minors but again, the meatiest part of the article would be clearly laid out to the reader under "minors" as he played in the minors only for several years. It's not at all uncommon for a pro baseball player's pre-major league career to be in its own section. It's a suggestion.
* I understand what you're saying, but usually when a pro baseball player's pre-major league career is in its own section, the player has spent more time in the majors than Hacker says. I think the organization needs to remain where it is right now. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:31, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* lead: "he returned to the Giants"; did he return to the majors, or in fact, the Giants?
* "2002-2009" use endashes to separate
* "American" should be linkable
* can get rid of "Previously,..."
* "minor league system" minor league should be linkable upon first mention
* HS: his senior season of baseball is mentioned before his senior year of football, although most likely the latter occurred first
* Would strongly recommend expansion of this section, or consider merging this with minor section
* personal life details, such as his wife's name, should probably be referenced Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* NYY org: "Class AAA" should be linkable upon first mention
* Same goes for Class A and Class AA upon first mention Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* Pirates: "August 3-9" endash
* "triple-A" should be capitalized, or rather, to be consistent with other markup present in article, be "Class AAA" Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* Twins: "outrighted off..." explain this to the reader, assuming their knowledge of baseball or pro sports is quite limited
* This should probably go in the Pirates section (or wherever it is used first) Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* second stint: "103 walks, and 43 walks" probably mean "strikeouts" for one of those
* It appears this section goes from majors, to minors, to majors. If he went to the majors that season and never pitched again with the Giants during the season, I would give his majors season stats next to his majors' details. For the 26 appearance with Fresno, the league in which he was fourth in a stat in should be re-mentioned.
* Stats have not been updated, or at least shown to reflect through '2012 season' Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* I see PCL is explained upon first mention, with an accompanying abbreviation. However, "PCL" is used multiple times until this same paragraph, where it's full text version is used. Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* Pitching style: it appears the Black comment comes after one performance. I would be hesitant to draw conclusions about a pitcher's style from one game. Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* Removed most of the Black quote; however, I left in the part about Hacker's delivery because a pitcher's delivery does not change much from game to game. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:25, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
* I'm not going to be super strict re: refs, considering this is GAN. However, 1) date format should be consistent throughout, 2) ref #34 should mention the agency (Associated Press) and it appears the date is position differently than other refs of the same type, #20 has an incorrect title and the author is missing, 3) if it's going to be listed, might as well be correct: Major League Baseball is not the publisher of such articles, but rather Major League Baseball Advanced Media, I believe. Zepppep (talk) 21:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* General comments: this article contains one quote. There are 3 sections which contain quite little information, and if they're not expanded, should be incorporated into the article. The info box could be updated (or shown to be updated) thru 2012 season.
* Zepppep (talk) 06:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* Second wave of changes addressed. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:31, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
* Third wave of changes addressed. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 11:25, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
* "He made his major league debut with the Pirates on September 22, 2009, and pitched in three games for them." Suggest "...and pitched in three games for them that season", or perhaps "...and pitched in three games for them on the season" or three career games/appearances with the club.
* "Giants" is mentioned three times in consecutive sentences in the lead. Needs a little word variety.
* His current home mention should come later in that section. The timing seems a bit confusing as it's written now.
* Redundant to mention he was 1) born in Duncanville, 2) went to Duncanville HS "in Duncanville." The reader can probably get the point that the HS is Duncanville.
* "on the football team" &ndash which football team?
* the "former major leaguers" mention of his HS seems a bit trivial, especially considering there is so little information about his HS baseball career in the article. Look to expand the HS section. Look to expand his early life section. I would also try to find a source which mentions why he ultimately decided baseball over football.
* The 2005 complete game ranking amongst other pitchers is a bit trivial (his placement in the league of CBs is not particularly noteworthy, and also, the reader is unlikely to have any idea just how many pitchers played in the league that year). Would probably just mention along with his other '05 stats that he recorded on complete game.
* Not sure I would combine his minor league totals for 2007 (IL and FSL can't really be considered comparable). Just leave the stats separate for each league.
* What does the Gardenhire quote mean, exactly? A "long guy." A reader with little baseball background might not be sure what this means.
* There are a few mentions where his stats in one league seems to the reason the he was promoted to a higher league. If this was in fact the reason, a reference needs to be added, otherwise it's speculative to say the reason he finished with XX stats was the reason for his being promoted. He might've been promoted because of injuries to the higher league team, or for any number of reasons. If you can't find a source that states why he was promoted, then I would just mention his stats and then that he was promoted, without any speculation on why he was promoted.
* Quotes more than 40 words are to be indented.
* After his call-up quote in the PIT | WIKI |
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For the next two days Smales was kept busy tunning between the cottage and Guildford with the articles of furniture which Andromeda deemed necessary for comfort. Then on the morning of the third day they packed up their baggage and left the hotel for good. George bustled with unwonted activity and was duly rewarded. Miss Short was most affable to Per- seus when he went to pay the bill. She had seen little of him, it is true, but that was not because she wished it. She expressed the hope that his stay in Guildford had been pleasant. He replied, unthinkingly, that it had been ex- tremely so, nor did he quite realise the nature of his answer until he saw the smile creep round her mouth. Really the ladies of Guildford were quite humorous, and sympathetic, no doubt, to the lonely wayfarer. o
“Now, John,” said he, when they were finally installed in the cottage, acting on a previous | WIKI |
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Getting Started with Log Parser Studio - Part 1
Getting Started with Log Parser Studio - Part 1
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Hopefully, if you are reading this you already know what Log Parser 2.2 is and that Log Parser Studio is a graphical interface for Log Parser. Additionally, Log Parser Studio (which I will refer to from here forward simply as LPS) contains a library of pre-built queries and features that increases the usefulness and speed of using Log Parser exponentially. If you need to rip through gigabytes of all types of log files and tell a story with the results, Log Parser Studio is the tool for you!
None of this is of much use if you don’t have LPS and know how to get it up and running but luckily this is exactly what this blog post is about. So let’s get to it; the first thing you want to do of course is to download LPS and any prerequisites. The prerequisites are:
1. Log Parser Studio (get it here).
2. .NET 4.x which can be found here.
3. Log Parser 2.2 which is located here.
Once everything is downloaded we’ll install the prerequisites first. Run the installer for Log Parser 2.2 and make sure that you choose the “Complete” install option. The complete install option installs logparser.dll which is the only component from the install LPS actually requires:
Next we want to install .NET 4 and you can run the webinstaller as needed. Once it is installed all that is left is to install Log Parser Studio. Oh snap, LPS doesn’t require an install, all you need to do is unzip all the files into a folder in the location of your choice and run LPS.exe. Once you have completed these steps the install is complete and the only thing left is a few basic setup steps in LPS.
Setting up the default output directory
LPS (based on the query you are running) may export the results to a CSV, TSV or other file format as part of the query itself. The default location is C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\ExLPT\Log Parser Studio. However, it’s probably better to change that path to something you are more familiar with. To set a new default output directory run LPS and go to Options > Preferences and it is the first option at the top:
Click the browse button and choose the directory you wish to use as your default output directory. You can always quickly access this folder directly from LPS by clicking the show output directory button in the main LPS window. If you just exported a query to CSV and want to browse to it, just click that button, no need to manually browse:
Choose the log files you wish to query
Next you’ll want to choose the log file(s) you want to query. If you are familiar with Log Parser 2.2 the following physical log file types are supported: .txt, .csv, .cap, .log, .tsv and .xml. To choose the logs you need open the log file manager by clicking the orange “log” button shown in the screenshot above. Technically, you can query almost any text based file, more on that in upcoming articles.
In the log file manager you can choose single files, multiple files or entire folders based on log type. Just browse to the logs you care about. You can house multiple file types in the log file manager and only the ones that are checked will be queried. This is very handy if you have multiple log types and you need to quickly switch between without having to browse for them each time:
Note: When adding a folder you need to double-click or select at least one log file. LPS will know that you want all the files and will use wildcards accordingly instead of the single file you selected. If you use the Add Files button then only files you select will be added.
Running your first query
By this point you are ready to start running queries. All queries are stored in the LPS library which is the first window you see when opening LPS. To load any query to run, just double-click it and it will open in its own tab:
The only thing left is to execute the query and to do so just click the execute query button. If you are wondering why I chose such an icon as this it’s because Log Parser uses SQL syntax and traditionally this icon has always been used to identify the “run query” button in applications that edit queries such as SQL Server Management Studio. If you are wondering why there is another button below that is similar but contains two exclamation points you might be able to guess that it executes multiple queries at once. I'll elaborate in an upcoming post that covers grouping multiple queries together so they can all be executed as a batch.
Here are the results from my test logs after the query has completed:
We can see that it took about 15 seconds to execute and 9963 records were returned, there are 36 queries in my test library, zero batches executing and zero queries executing.
Conclusion
And that’s it, you are now up and running with LPS. Just choose your logs, find a query that you want to use and click run query. The only thing you need to be aware of is that different log formats require different log types so you’ll want to make sure those match or you’ll get an error. In other words the format for IISW3C format is different than the format for an XML file and LPS needs to know this so it can pass the correct information to Log Parser in the background. Thankfully, these are already setup inside the existing queries, all you need to do is choose an IIS query for IIS logs and so on.
Most every button and interface element in LPS has a tool-tip explanation of what that button does so be sure to hover your mouse cursor over them to find out more. There is also a tips message that randomly displays how-to tips and tricks in the top-right of the main interface. You can also press F10 to display a new random tip.
You can also write your own queries, save them to the library, edit existing queries and change log types and all format parameters. There is a huge list of features in LPS both obvious and not so obvious, thusly upcoming posts will build on this and introduce you the sheer power and under-the-hood tips and tricks that LPS offers. It’s amazing how much can be accomplished once you learn how it all works and that’s what we are going to do next. :)
Continue to the next post in the series: Getting Started with Log Parser Studio - Part 2
Comments
• how can I query against exchange 2003 message tracking log? I tried with log type W3CLOG with no luck (I get an error, see this screenshot: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/.../logParser.png)
thank you
• Did you try IISW3CLOG instead of W3CLOG? If that doesn't work I will get you a method for 2k3 message tracking logs. I remember there could be special steps for 2003 Message Tracking logs and will test for you and reply as soon as I can.
• I just posted the solution. Please try this method and see if it works for you:
blogs.technet.com/.../log-parser-studio-exchange-2003-message-tracking-logs.aspx
• Hi Kary,
Thanks for a great tool! Is there a way to access parsing errors through the GUI? Since all rows appear in the output whether they parsed or not, maybe you could add an error column with information about what the error is. Even just dumping it to a text file would be helpful.
• Hello Sunshine,
My apologies... Can you elaborate as I'm afraid I don't quite understand the question. :)
• Hi. I think Sunshine is asking where can we review the errors if LPS fails to read the log file.
• Errors can come from two locations. LPS itself and any true parsing errors are returned via LP 2.2. Both of these are typically shown in a message box with any available exception information. Otherwise there aren't any errors, just queries that are misconfigured. That being said, any errors that LPS knows about regardless of where they come from are logged to a text file already (CTRL+ALT+E). However, keep in mind that 99% of the errors in that text file are the same ones presented to the user when they occurred and only serves as a record of what went wrong. I am still unclear as to " Since all rows appear in the output whether they parsed or not" and what that means. :) Additionally but slightly unrelated, if you enable "Log all queries to file" in preferences you'll have a record of every query that you run whether it is in the library or not. This is helpful if a query isn't returning what you need and you keep making modifications. This log tracks those modifications so that you never lose a query.
• Do I need to do a find and replace for exchange perflogs headers? I'm getting a blank result.
• Hi Wyatt, which perflogs?
• exchange CAS and Mailbox server performance logs. it's a binary log that convert to csv. headers are still intact.
• Due to the way performance monitor logs are laid out, I don't know of a great way to query them usefully. I'll check something in a few when I get free and reply back. There are certainly ways to query them with CSV and/or TEXTWORD log types but need to see how useful it is.
• CSV works. It just requires knowing what you want and how you want it. Choose CSVLOG as the log type then just run the default "new query" to see the basic results:
/* New Query */
SELECT TOP 10 * FROM '[LOGFILEPATH]'
• The query ran but came back blank. I've feeling the default headers need to be change.
• Possibly in the perfmon. I ran the query as-is with the out of the box CSV settings and the results came back but I just grabbed a random performance log I had lying around. Have you tried resetting the default CVSLOG settings in LPS just to be sure?
• Kary, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to help me.
I'm getting Log row too long error when choosing CSVLOG type. The registry edit of CSVInMaxRowSize has already been done.
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putchar Function
Put a character to stdout.
Include
<stdio.h>
Prototype
int putchar(int c);
Argument
c
character to be written
Return Value
Returns the character or EOF if an error occurs or end-of-file is reached.
Remarks
Same effect as fputc with stdout as an argument.
When building with the MPLAB XC8 compiler for PIC MCUs, the putchar() function relies on the putch() function being properly defined to direct output to the required peripheral or location. Printing will not work as expected until the putch() stub (found in the pic/sources/c99/common/putch.c of your compiler distribution) is completed. See Example code for 8-bit PIC MCUs for information on defining putch() so that printed text appears in an MPLAB X IDE simulator window.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
char *y;
char buf[] = "This is text\n";
int x;
x = 0;
for (y = buf; (x != EOF) && (*y != '\0'); y++)
x = putchar(*y);
}
Example Output
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The Effects of LPS With or Without Growth Factors on S16 Rat Schwann Cell Proliferation
Published: 4 January 2023| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/4dccwyxws6.1
Contributor:
Caitlyn Henry
Description
As a preliminary study, the immortalized S16 rat Schwann cell line was cultured with different combinations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS, a cell wall immunostimulatory component found in Gram-negative bacteria) and growth factors (the neuronal mitogen heregulin and the artificial plant extract forskolin) to determine the effects of the different treatment combinations on cell proliferation. The cells received one of the following treatments: N2 control media, 12.5 ng/mL of heregulin (H), 2 uM of forskolin (F), or heregulin plus forskolin (H+F), and 0 ,5, 50, or 500 ng/mL of LPS, for 1, 3, 12, or 24 hours. The CyQUANT MTT Cell Viability Assay Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific) was used to perform the proliferation assay. Optical density was measured as an indicator of cell proliferation, with a high optical density representing high proliferation and a low optical density representing low proliferation. It was hypothesized that, for all time points, cells treated with LPS plus growth factors would experience more proliferation than cells treated with LPS only. The results only partially support the hypothesis because there were some cases where the LPS + growth factor treatments had less proliferation than the LPS only (N2) treatments (i.e., H + 5 or 50 ng/mL of LPS for 24 hours). One of the most important findings is that between the treatments used, it appears as though either 5 or 50 ng/mL of LPS combined with both heregulin and forskolin for 24 hours results in the highest optical density, and therefore the most Schwann cell proliferation. It also appears as though Schwann cells can tolerate higher concentrations of LPS for shorter periods of time and lower concentrations of LPS for longer periods of time. This indicates that, eventually, higher doses of LPS may become too toxic for the Schwann cells to handle, inhibiting proliferation, and causing cell death. Also, considering Schwann cells treated with LPS for 24 hours had generally higher optical densities than cells treated with LPS for 1, 3, and 12 hours, there may be some period of recovery between 12 and 24 hours. When looking at each individual growth factor treatment, the results suggest that during exposure to particular concentrations of LPS for 24 hours, Schwann cells grown in the presence of forskolin, with or without heregulin, experience an increase in proliferation, whereas Schwann cells grown in the presence of heregulin experience a decrease in proliferation. These findings suggest that, when Schwann cells are stimulated with LPS, heregulin and forskolin, alone, activate two very distinct pathways to initiate opposite responses, with heregulin hindering cell division and forskolin promoting cell division. However, when heregulin and forskolin are combined, the forskolin-activated cAMP pathway may overcompensate by promoting even more cell division to offset the decrease in cell division initiated by the heregulin pathway.
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Institutions
Misericordia University
Categories
Molecular Biology, Cell Signaling, Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, Peripheral Nerve Injury, Neuro-Inflammation, Schwann Cells
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John Bridge
Lieutenant-Commander John Bridge, (5 February 1915 – 14 December 2006) was a British bomb disposal expert of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and a recipient of the George Cross. He was the first person to be awarded a Bar to the George Medal.
Early life
John Bridge was born on 5 February 1915 at Culcheth, near Warrington in Lancashire. He attended Leigh Grammar School, and read physics at the University of London He then completed a fourth year of study training to be a teacher at Westminster Training College, before taking up a post at Firth Park Secondary School in Sheffield as a physics teacher. He volunteered for the Navy in 1940.
Second World War
Bridge led a squad which defused a bomb with a delayed action fuse in September 1940, for which he received the George Medal. In March 1941, he defused 15 bombs, including a bomb which had fallen in the Naval dockyard at HMNB Devonport, for which he received a King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. In October 1941 he was awarded a bar to his George Medal after defusing a bomb in the docks in Falmouth.
In 1943, Bridge cleared mines and depth charges from Messina harbour in Sicily, preparing the way for the Allied invasion of Italy. He made 28 dives to defuse groups of booby trapped depth charges and rendered safe another 207 mines and depth charges, tethered at or below the waterline. His longest dive during the action lasted twenty hours. He served as a naval bomb safety officer during the Normandy landings of June 1944, defusing many bombs, mines, and shells. He cleared mines in the river Scheldt and various harbour basins in September of that year. He was then posted back to England and promoted to lieutenant commander.
For his work in Messina harbour, Bridge was awarded the George Cross in June 1944, although the investiture did not take place until March 1945, the citation for his George Cross read:
* For the most conspicuous and prolonged bravery and contempt of death in clearing Messina Harbour of depth charges. The recommending officer stated that he had never before had the fortune to be associated with such cool and sustained bravery as Lieutenant Bridge displayed during the 10 days of the operation.
Bridge received the medal from King George VI at Buckingham Palace on 16 March 1945.
Post-war and later life
After his military service Bridge returned to his previous profession of teaching in 1946. He became director of education for Sunderland borough council in 1963 and retired in 1976. He wrote a volume of wartime memoirs entitled Trip to Nijmegen.
The headquarters of the Fleet Diving Squadron of the Royal Navy is named the Bridge building after John Bridge. John Bridge died on 14 December 2006, aged 91, just before the official renaming ceremony. The Guard of Honour at his funeral was formed of Royal Navy Clearance Divers and he is considered one of the fathers of the branch. | WIKI |
Allotrope Definition and Examples
Allotropes of carbon including a coal, charcoal, graphite, and diamonds.
Allotropes of carbon including a coal, charcoal, graphite, and diamonds. Dave King / Getty Images
The term allotrope refers to one or more forms of a chemical element that occur in the same physical state. The different forms arise from the different ways atoms may be bonded together. The concept of allotropes was proposed by Swedish scientist Jons Jakob Berzelium in 1841.
Allotropes may display very different chemical and physical properties. For example, graphite is soft while diamond is extremely hard.
Allotropes of phosphorus display different colors, such as red, yellow, and white. Elements may change allotropes in response to changes in pressure, temperature, and exposure to light.
Examples of Allotropes
Graphite and diamond are both allotropes of carbon that occur in the solid state. In diamond, the carbon atoms are bonded to form a tetrahedral lattice. In graphite, the atoms bond to form sheets of a hexagonal lattice. Other allotopes of carbon include graphene and fullerenes.
O2 and ozone, O3, are allotropes of oxygen. These allotropes persist in different phases, including the gas, liquid, and solid states.
Phosphorus has several solid allotropes. Unlike the oxygen allotropes, all phosphorus allotropes form the same liquid state.
Allotropism Versus Polymorphism
Allotropism only refers to different forms of chemical elements. The phenomenon in which compounds display different crystalline forms is called polymorphism.
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Helmenstine, Anne Marie, Ph.D. "Allotrope Definition and Examples." ThoughtCo, Sep. 9, 2017, thoughtco.com/allotrope-definition-in-chemistry-606370. Helmenstine, Anne Marie, Ph.D. (2017, September 9). Allotrope Definition and Examples. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/allotrope-definition-in-chemistry-606370 Helmenstine, Anne Marie, Ph.D. "Allotrope Definition and Examples." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/allotrope-definition-in-chemistry-606370 (accessed January 18, 2018). | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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edn
extensible data notation [eed-n]
Rationale
edn is an extensible data notation. A superset of edn is used by Clojure to represent programs, and it is used by Datomic and other applications as a data transfer format. This spec describes edn in isolation from those and other specific use cases, to help facilitate implementation of readers and writers in other languages, and for other uses.
edn supports a rich set of built-in elements, and the definition of extension elements in terms of the others. Users of data formats without such facilities must rely on either convention or context to convey elements not included in the base set. This greatly complicates application logic, betraying the apparent simplicity of the format. edn is simple, yet powerful enough to meet the demands of applications without convention or complex context-sensitive logic.
edn is a system for the conveyance of values. It is not a type system, and has no schemas. Nor is it a system for representing objects - there are no reference types, nor should a consumer have an expectation that two equivalent elements in some body of edn will yield distinct object identities when read, unless a reader implementation goes out of its way to make such a promise. Thus the resulting values should be considered immutable, and a reader implementation should yield values that ensure this, to the extent possible.
edn is a set of definitions for acceptable elements. A use of edn might be a stream or file containing elements, but it could be as small as the conveyance of a single element in e.g. an HTTP query param.
There is no enclosing element at the top level. Thus edn is suitable for streaming and interactive applications.
The base set of elements in edn is meant to cover the basic set of data structures common to most programming languages. While edn specifies how those elements are formatted in text, it does not dictate the representation that results on the consumer side. A well behaved reader library should endeavor to map the elements to programming language types with similar semantics.
Spec
Currently this specification is casual, as we gather feedback from implementors. A more rigorous e.g. BNF will follow.
General considerations
edn elements, streams and files should be encoded using UTF-8.
Elements are generally separated by whitespace. Whitespace, other than within strings, is not otherwise significant, nor need redundant whitespace be preserved during transmissions. Commas , are also considered whitespace, other than within strings.
The delimiters { } ( ) [ ] need not be separated from adjacent elements by whitespace.
# dispatch character
Tokens beginning with # are reserved. The character following # determines the behavior. The dispatches #{ (sets), #_ (discard), #alphabetic-char (tag) are defined below. # is not a delimiter.
Built-in elements
nil
nil represents nil, null or nothing. It should be read as an object with similar meaning on the target platform.
booleans
true and false should be mapped to booleans.
If a platform has canonic values for true and false, it is a further semantic of booleans that all instances of true yield that (identical) value, and similarly for false.
strings
Strings are enclosed in "double quotes". May span multiple lines. Standard C/Java escape characters \t, \r, \n, \\ and \" are supported.
characters
Characters are preceded by a backslash: \c, \newline, \return, \space and \tab yield the corresponding characters. Unicode characters are represented with \uNNNN as in Java. Backslash cannot be followed by whitespace.
symbols
Symbols are used to represent identifiers, and should map to something other than strings, if possible.
Symbols begin with a non-numeric character and can contain alphanumeric characters and . * + ! - _ ? $ % & = < >. If -, + or . are the first character, the second character (if any) must be non-numeric. Additionally, : # are allowed as constituent characters in symbols other than as the first character.
/ has special meaning in symbols. It can be used once only in the middle of a symbol to separate the prefix (often a namespace) from the name, e.g. my-namespace/foo. / by itself is a legal symbol, but otherwise neither the prefix nor the name part can be empty when the symbol contains /.
If a symbol has a prefix and /, the following name component should follow the first-character restrictions for symbols as a whole. This is to avoid ambiguity in reading contexts where prefixes might be presumed as implicitly included namespaces and elided thereafter.
keywords
Keywords are identifiers that typically designate themselves. They are semantically akin to enumeration values. Keywords follow the rules of symbols, except they can (and must) begin with :, e.g. :fred or :my/fred. If the target platform does not have a keyword type distinct from a symbol type, the same type can be used without conflict, since the mandatory leading : of keywords is disallowed for symbols. Per the symbol rules above, :/ and :/anything are not legal keywords. A keyword cannot begin with ::
If the target platform supports some notion of interning, it is a further semantic of keywords that all instances of the same keyword yield the identical object.
integers
Integers consist of the digits 0 - 9, optionally prefixed by - to indicate a negative number, or (redundantly) by +. No integer other than 0 may begin with 0. 64-bit (signed integer) precision is expected. An integer can have the suffix N to indicate that arbitrary precision is desired. -0 is a valid integer not distinct from 0.
integer
int
int N
digit
0-9
int
digit
1-9 digits
+ digit
+ 1-9 digits
- digit
- 1-9 digits
floating point numbers
64-bit (double) precision is expected.
floating-point-number
int M
int frac
int exp
int frac exp
digit
0-9
int
digit
1-9 digits
+ digit
+ 1-9 digits
- digit
- 1-9 digits
frac
. digits
exp
ex digits
digits
digit
digit digits
ex
e
e+
e-
E
E+
E-
In addition, a floating-point number may have the suffix M to indicate that exact precision is desired.
lists
A list is a sequence of values. Lists are represented by zero or more elements enclosed in parentheses (). Note that lists can be heterogeneous.
(a b 42)
vectors
A vector is a sequence of values that supports random access. Vectors are represented by zero or more elements enclosed in square brackets []. Note that vectors can be heterogeneous.
[a b 42]
maps
A map is a collection of associations between keys and values. Maps are represented by zero or more key and value pairs enclosed in curly braces {}. Each key should appear at most once. No semantics should be associated with the order in which the pairs appear.
{:a 1, "foo" :bar, [1 2 3] four}
Note that keys and values can be elements of any type. The use of commas above is optional, as they are parsed as whitespace.
sets
A set is a collection of unique values. Sets are represented by zero or more elements enclosed in curly braces preceded by # #{}. No semantics should be associated with the order in which the elements appear. Note that sets can be heterogeneous.
#{a b [1 2 3]}
tagged elements
edn supports extensibility through a simple mechanism. # followed immediately by a symbol starting with an alphabetic character indicates that that symbol is a tag. A tag indicates the semantic interpretation of the following element. It is envisioned that a reader implementation will allow clients to register handlers for specific tags. Upon encountering a tag, the reader will first read the next element (which may itself be or comprise other tagged elements), then pass the result to the corresponding handler for further interpretation, and the result of the handler will be the data value yielded by the tag + tagged element, i.e. reading a tag and tagged element yields one value. This value is the value to be returned to the program and is not further interpreted as edn data by the reader.
This process will bottom out on elements either understood or built-in.
Thus you can build new distinct readable elements out of (and only out of) other readable elements, keeping extenders and extension consumers out of the text business.
The semantics of a tag, and the type and interpretation of the tagged element are defined by the steward of the tag.
#myapp/Person {:first "Fred" :last "Mertz"}
If a reader encounters a tag for which no handler is registered, the implementation can either report an error, call a designated 'unknown element' handler, or create a well-known generic representation that contains both the tag and the tagged element, as it sees fit. Note that the non-error strategies allow for readers which are capable of reading any and all edn, in spite of being unaware of the details of any extensions present.
rules for tags
Tag symbols without a prefix are reserved by edn for built-ins defined using the tag system.
User tags must contain a prefix component, which must be owned by the user (e.g. trademark or domain) or known unique in the communication context.
A tag may specify more than one format for the tagged element, e.g. both a string and a vector representation.
Tags themselves are not elements. It is an error to have a tag without a corresponding tagged element.
built-in tagged elements
#inst "rfc-3339-format"
An instant in time. The tagged element is a string in RFC-3339 format.
#inst "1985-04-12T23:20:50.52Z"
#uuid "f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6"
A UUID. The tagged element is a canonical UUID string representation.
comments
If a ; character is encountered outside of a string, that character and all subsequent characters to the next newline should be ignored.
discard
# followed immediately by _ is the discard sequence, indicating that the next element (whether separated from #_ by whitespace or not) should be read and discarded. Note that the next element must still be a readable element. A reader should not call user-supplied tag handlers during the processing of the element to be discarded.
[a b #_foo 42] => [a b 42]
The discard sequence is not an element. It is an error to have a discard sequence without a following element.
equality
Sets and maps have requirements that their elements and keys respectively be unique, which requires a mechanism for determining when 2 values are not unique (i.e. are equal).
nil, booleans, strings, characters, and symbols are equal to values of the same type with the same edn representation.
integers and floating point numbers should be considered equal to values only of the same magnitude, type, and precision. Comingling numeric types and precision in map/set key/elements, or constituents therein, is not advised.
sequences (lists and vectors) are equal to other sequences whose count of elements is the same, and for which each corresponding pair of elements (by ordinal) is equal.
sets are equal if they have the same count of elements and, for every element in one set, an equal element is in the other.
maps are equal if they have the same number of entries, and for every key/value entry in one map an equal key is present and mapped to an equal value in the other.
tagged elements must define their own equality semantics. #uuid elements are equal if their canonic representations are equal. #inst elements are equal if their representation strings designate the same timestamp per RFC-3339.
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known. Ilis special studies in Italian literature heljierl to pave the way for the general histories of that subject. His greatest work, "Dell' Istoria della volgar poesia" (6 vols., Rome, 1698), was one of the best productions of its kind and is still of consid- erable value. In it he treats of the origin and development of Italian poetry, appreciates the works of the one hundred chief Italian poets, arranges the poets in chronological order, and discusses the art and kinds of poetry. Tliis huge work was followed in 1702 by the "Commentarii intorno alia sua Istoria della volgar poesia", in 5 volumes, which was at first undertaken to supersede the "Istoria"; but since this had met wdth such favour, the new work became a supplement to it.
Crescimbeni will also be remembered as one of the founders of the Academy of "Arcadia, conversatione di belle lettere", over which he presided from its foundation in 1690 to the time of his death. "Arca- dia" was a kind of pastoral republic, whose members included the leading scholars and poets of Italy who strove to root out the perverted taste of the seven- teenth century in matters of art and literature, and to introduce a simpler an<l more natural style into Italian jjrose and ])oetry. The society grew out of a somewhat similar society which had been patronized by Queen Christine of Sweden (d. 1689), who had taken up her residence in Rome. "Arcadia" grew in importance and numbers; "Colonies" were estab- lished in the principal Italian cities; and its influence extended even beyond the borders of Italy. The members assumed shepherds' names, and took as their device a Pan's pipes surrounded by laurels. (See Academies, Roman.)
The Life of Crescimbeni, with a list of his works edited and inedited, written by a contemporary, Francesco Mancurti, is in the final edition of the "Istoria" (Venice, 1730-17.31), VI, 213 sq. This biographical article also gives much information on the history of the "Arcadia". The rime were edited in Rome in 1695, and more completely in 1723.
Joseph Dunn.
Cresconius (or Crisconius), a Latin canonist of un- certain date and place, flourished probably in the latter half of the seventh century, though it may have been at the end of the sixth or even in the eighth century. He was probably a bishop of the African Church. We owe to Cresconius a collection of canons, known as "Concordia canonum", inclusive of the Apostolic Canons (see Canons, Apostolic), nearly all the canons of the fourth and fifth century councils, and many papal decretals from the end of the fourth to the end of the fifth century. The content is taken from the collection of Dionysius Exiguus, but the division into titles (301) is copied from the "Breviatio can- onum ' ' of Fulgentius Ferrandus, a sixth-century dea- con of Carthage. In many manuscripts the text of Cresconius is preceded by an index or table of contents (breviarium) of the titles, first edited in 1588by Pithou. In its entirety the work was first published by Voellus and Justellus in the appendix (33-1 12) to their " Bibli- othec:i Juris canonici" (Paris, 1661), and is in P. L., L.\.'\^XV11I, 829 sqq. One of its best manuscripts, the tenth-century " Vallicellianus" (Rome), has anotc in which Cresconius is declared thoauthorof ametrical account of the "bella et victorias" of the "Patricius" Joliannes in Africa over the Saracens. This wa.s fonn- erly interpreted to mean the African victory of the By- zantine " Patricius Johannes" in 697, hence the usual date of Cn'sconius. Some, however, hold that the poem in question is the "Johaimis" of Flavins Cres- conius Corippus, a Latin poet of about .'J.'iO, and on this ba.sis identify liiin with iiur canonist, thus placing the latter in thc'sixtli century. Others (with Maassi'-n, p. 810) \\\nw admitting that the poem in question can be none other than the " Johannis" of the aforesaid Latin
poet (unknown to Fabricius, and first edited by Maz- zuchelli, Milan, 1820), maintain that it has been wrongly attributed to our Cresconius, and that it can- not therefore aid in fixing his date. The "Concordia canonum " was much used as a handy manual of eccle- siastical legislation by the churches of Africa and Gaul as late as the tenth century. Few of its manuscripts postdate that period.
Ttie best account of Cresconius and his work is in Maassen, Gesch. dcT Qucllm und Lilt. dcs. can. Rechls in Abendicinde, etc. (Graz, 1S70). 806-13, S46-47. corrective of Fabricius, BM. Lai., I. 400-01; see also Venables in Diet, of Christ. Biogr., I, 712-13).
John Webster Melody.
Cressy, Hugh Paulinds Serenus, Doctor of The- ology and English Benedictine monk, b. at Thorpe- Salvin, Yorkshire, about 1605; d. at East Grinstead, Sussex, 10 August, 1674. He was the son of Hugh Cressy by Margery, daughter of Thomas d'Oylie, a London physician belonging to the old Oxford family of that name. Educated first at Wakefield Grammar School, when fourteen years old he went to Ox- ford (1619) w-here he took the degree of B.A. in 1623 and that of M.A. in 1627. He was elected a Fellow of Merton College and took orders in the Established Church. Leaving Oxford he became chaplain, first to Tliomas, Lord \\'entworth, an<i afterwards to Lucius Cary, Lord Falkland, with whom he went to Ireland in 1638. During his sojourn in Ireland he was ap- pointed Dean of Leighlin, but returned to England the following year (1639). A canonry in the collegiate church of Windsor, which he received in 1642, he was never able to enjoy, owing to the disturbed state of the country; the following year (1643) his patron, Lord Falkland, was killed at Newbury. Cressy then attached himself to Charles Berkeley, afterwards Lord Falmouth, and travelled with him through several Catholic countries of Europe; this experience re- sulted in his conversion to the Catholic Faith at Rome in 1646. From Rome he went to Paris where he re- ceived further instruction from Henry Holden, a doc- tor of the Sorbonne. He then wrote his "Exomolo- gesis" (Paris, 1647), a work in which he published tc the world the motives which led him to change his religion.
After becoming a Catholic Cressy's first inclinatior was to be a Carthusian monk; this intention was set aside and he joined the English Congregation of thi Order of St. Benedict at .St. Gregory's, Douai, but st poor was he at the time that Queen Henrietta Maris provided him with money for his journey; he was pro fessed at St. Gregory's, 22 August, 1649. From 165 to 1652 he acted as chaplain to the Benedictine nun in Paris, returned to Douai (165.3-60), and was thei sent to the mission in England, residing at Somerse House as one of the cha])lains to Charles the Second' queen. In the English Benedictine Congregation h held the office of definitor of the iirovince in 1666 ani was appointed the titular cathedral prior of Rocheste in 1669. His last years were spent with the Cary ' family at East Grinstead, Sussex, where he died in h sixty-eighth year. The moderate party in the ( 'In ire of England respected him as a prudent and leaiiic man, and when Dr. Stillingfleet charged him wit credulity and want of historical judgment, his defenc was taken up by Anthony Wood who commemlcil hir for "his grave and good style, proper for an ecclrsi.i, tical historian" and spoke of him as one who "dot mostly (piote his author and leaves what he says to tl judgment of his readers". Cre.ssy's "Church lli-iloi of Brittany or England, from the Beginning of (lui tianity to the Norman Conquest" (Rouen, liii,. brings the narrative ilown to about the middli- cf il fourteenth century. A second part, "i''roni 11 ('on(|uest Downwards", was discovered at Duiiii 1S5, but is yet in MS. (Gillow). His other wnr are: Appcndi.Y to "Exomologesis" (Paris. 1647 | WIKI |
Talk:Cheese dream
Untitled
I was wondering if this might be more accurately titled "Cheese Nightmare"? (<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 21:34, 8 February 2011 (UTC))
I loooove cheese dream!!!! YAAAASSS!!!
- Alex McEwan — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 14:02, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Alex McEwan?!?! Arent you the inventor of the Cheese Dream?!?! :D I love you man!!! <3 <3
- Always dreaming about Cheese — Preceding unsigned comment added by CharlesBurns93 (talk • contribs) 14:10, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Local versions?
I live in western Canada and to everyone I know here a "cheese dream" is a buttered slice of bread topped with a Kraft singles slice of processed cheese, salt and pepper, then placed under a broiler until the cheese is deep brown and bubbly. Bacon or tomato is sometimes, but rarely, added. Just wondering if this is a local or more widely known variant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 10:53, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
Is this a joke?
Serious question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 12:48, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
* Why would it be? --King Starscream (talk) 14:22, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
* @King Starscream Well for one, in the featured image it is clearly burnt. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:28, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
Disambiguation, other subject with the same name
I was completely unaware of this being a sandwich until I came upon this page. I've live my whole life in America and never heard of it. The thing I've always heard of referred to as a cheese dream is a purported phenomenon where eating certain types of cheese have an effect on dreams, like making them more vivid, unusual, or scary than normal. This is theoretically linked to either the tryptophan or B vitamins that many cheese contain, or potential psychoactive compounds produced by the mold in some types of cheese. It might be better to name the article I was looking for "Effects of cheese on dreams" or something, and have a disambiguation link on this page for that. --King Starscream (talk) 14:21, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Perhaps English origin, not American?
See 1940s wartime mention here:. Equinox ◑ 08:43, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
American Cultual Imperialism Gone Mad
I'm not sure why this has it's own article when it is not distinct from cheese on toast (maybe you could claim it is a regional variant, but even that is stretching it.)
Don't get me wrong, this article is insane and I love it. I ended up on it today because I had to show my partner (an American) what Americans think cheese on toast should be. Derifity (talk) 15:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Open faced? Combine articles?
This article has a grilled cheese sandwich being referred to as a Cheese Dream in 1916: https://columbiametro.com/article/living-the-cheese-dream/. This article from 1908 has a grilled cheese sandwhich referred to as Cheese Dreams: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1908-08-23/ed-1/seq-13/
However, this one states it's open-faced: https://www.sandwichtribunal.com/2020/09/i-dream-of-cheeses/
Honestly I don't see why we need separate articles for cheese on toast, grilled cheese. They're all basically the same thing. Tengu99 (talk) 05:18, 8 June 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
1942 World Series
The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning in five games for their first championship since and their fourth overall.
The 1942 Cardinals set a franchise record for victories with 106. Every Cardinals player, except for Harry Gumbert, was a product of the team's farm system, which had been created by Branch Rickey.
The Yankees won Game 1 despite a Cardinals rally, but the Cardinals swept the rest of the games. The loss was the Yankees' first since the 1926 World Series, also at the hands of the Cardinals. The Yankees had won eight World Series in the interim (a record for most consecutive series won between losses) and had won 32 out of 36 World Series games in that period, including five sweeps (1927 vs. the Pirates, 1928 vs. the Cardinals, 1932 and 1938 vs. the Cubs and 1939 vs. the Reds).
Game 1
In Game 1, Red Ruffing had a no-hitter until Terry Moore singled for St. Louis with two out in the eighth inning. The Yankees scored the game's first run in the fourth on Buddy Hassett's two-out double with two on off of Mort Cooper. Next inning with runners on second and third, Joe DiMaggio's fielder's choice made it 2–0 Yankees. In the eighth with two on, Hassett's single scored a run, then an error on Red Ruffing's fly ball scored two more. Red Rolfe singled to lead off the ninth off of Max Lanier and scored on an error on Roy Cullenbine's bunt attempt. Charlie Keller walked and an error on a pickoff attempt allowed Cullenbine to score. In the bottom of the ninth, with two on and two outs, Marty Marion put the Cardinals on the board with a two-run triple, then scored on Ken O'Dea's single. After Jimmy Brown walked, Spud Chandler relieved Ruffing and allowed an RBI single to Terry Moore. Another single loaded the bases, bringing Stan Musial to the plate as the potential winning run, only to have Musial ground out to end the game as the Yankees took a 1–0 series lead with a 7–4 win.
Game 2
In Game 2, Walker Cooper's two-run double in the first, the Cardinals' first hit of the game, put them up 2–0 off of Tiny Bonham. In the seventh, innings Johnny Hopp singled and scored on Whitey Kurowski's triple to make it 3–0 Cardinals. Johnny Beazley pitched seven shutout innings, but in the eighth allowed a two-out single to Roy Cullenbine, who stole second and scored on Joe DiMaggio's single. A two-run home run by Charlie Keller then tied the score, but the Cardinals regained the lead in the bottom half when Enos Slaughter doubled with two outs and scored on Stan Musial's single. Slaughter threw out Tuck Stainback going from first to third on a single with no outs in the ninth. Beazley then retired the next two hitters to end the game as the Cardinals tied the series with a 4–3 win heading to New York.
Game 3
Ernie White pitched a six-hit shutout against New York, walking none. The last time the Yankees were shutout in a World Series game was by Jesse Haines in 1926. The Cardinals scored the game's first run in the third off of Spud Chandler on Jimmy Brown's groundout with runners on second and third, then added an insurance run in the ninth off of Marv Breuer on Enos Slaughter's RBI single with two on, the run unearned due to catcher Bill Dickey's error on Terry Moore's bunt attempt, to take a 2–1 series lead.
Game 4
In Game 4, the Yankees struck first in the bottom of the first when Red Rolfe doubled off of Mort Cooper and scored on Roy Cullenbine's single. In the top of the fourth, the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs on two singles and walk before Whitey Kurowski's two-run single put them up 2–1. A walk loaded the bases before Cooper's two-run single made it 4–1 Cardinals. Atley Donald relieved starter Hank Borowy and allowed a one-out RBI single to Terry Moore and two-out RBI double to Stan Musial. In the bottom of the sixth, after a leadoff single and walk, Cullunbine's RBI single made it 6–2 Cardinals and one out later, Charlie Keller's three-run home run cut their lead to one. Harry Gumbert relieved Cooper and Joe Gordon reached first third baseman Kurowski's throwing error, then scored on Jerry Priddy's double to tie the game, but the Cardinals took the lead for good in the seventh. After two leadoff walks, an RBI single by Walker Cooper put them up 7–6, and Marty Marion hit a sacrifice fly off of Tiny Bonham later that inning. The Cardinals added another run in the ninth Johnny Hopp hit a leadoff single, moved to third on two groundouts and scored on a single by Max Lanier, who pitched three shutout innings to close the game and earn the win, leaving the Cardinals one win away from the championship.
Game 5
In Game 5, Phil Rizzuto's leadoff home run in the bottom of the first off of Johnny Beazley put the Yankees up 1–0, but the Cardinals tied the score in the fourth on Enos Slaughter's leadoff home run off of Red Ruffing. The Yankees retook the lead in the bottom half when Red Rolfe hit a leadoff single, moved to third on an error and groundout and scored on Joe DiMaggio's single, but the Cardinals again tied the game in the sixth on two leadoff singles and a sacrifice fly by Walker Cooper. In the top of the ninth, Whitey Kurowski's two-run home run put the Cardinals up 4–2. Though the Yankees put two on in the bottom of the ninth on a single and error with no outs, Beazley picked off Joe Gordon at second and retired the next two batters to end the game and give the Cardinals the championship.
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1942 World Series (4–1): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)
1942 World Series in literature
* This World Series was used as a background for the plot endings in Philip Roth's 2004 novel The Plot Against America. | WIKI |
A monthly checkup of your computer system is one of the first measures you can take to ensure that it runs efficiently. Remove apps from your computer that are no longer in use that take up crucial hard disc storage space. Keeping your computer up to date can assist you in keeping it working at peak performance. Here are seven suggestions for maintaining a proper computer service or pc repairs tips:
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You are more exposed to hackers when it comes to your personal information, and using a strong password is the best method to safeguard it. Maintaining a backup is also a good idea if you want to avoid data loss in the future. Backing up your data is an essential element of routine maintenance, and it’s necessary to check it regularly. Make sure you’re backing up all of your data, particularly those crucial to you.
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Increase the speed of your computer and keep it working smoothly; by routinely cleaning your hard drive as a part, you may minimize the amount of garbage on your computer’s hard disc, which can negatively impact its performance. Alternatively, you may uninstall any ineffective software slowing down your computer’s performance. It is critical to ensure that the disc is clear of extra files and that the disc is clean. It is possible to use Disk Cleanup to clean out your hard drive and free up space.
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These applications might cause the computer to load up slowly or take up valuable resources during the booting process. By deactivating applications that start up automatically, you can keep your data safe from theft and malware infection. Additionally, uninstalling any unwanted apps will help to keep your computer clean and clear of clutter.
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Maintaining your computer at an adequately scheduled time interval is critical in computer service or pc repairs if you want to prolong its life and avoid future issues. Maintaining your computer at its peak performance and keeping it working smoothly is possible if you follow these guidelines.
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It is critical to consider the position of your computer. Make sure that your PC is kept away from direct sunlight and heat. It is recommended that it be connected to a surge protector. It is also essential to ensure that your backups are up to date if your computer is located in an area where power might be interrupted. It is necessary to do so because it may help avoid overheating the CPU, a battery, and a glitchy operating system.
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Joseph Cilley
Joseph Cilley may refer to:
* Joseph Cilley (state senator) (1734–1799), soldier and New Hampshire state senator
* Joseph Cilley (senator) (1791–1887), his grandson, U.S. senator | WIKI |
A relation between clar covering polynomial and cube polynomial
Heping Zhang, Wai Chee SHIU*, Pak Kiu SUN
*Corresponding author for this work
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16 Citations (Scopus)
Abstract
The Clar covering polynomial (Zhang-Zhang polynomial) of a hexagonal system is a counting polynomial of resonant structures called Clar covers, which can be used to determine the Kekulé count, the first Herndon number and Clar number. In this paper we prove that the Clar covering polynomial of a hexagonal system H coincides with the cube polynomial of its resonance graph R(H) by establishing a bijection between the Clar covers of H and the hypercubes in R(H). Moreover, some important applications of this relation are presented.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)477-492
Number of pages16
JournalMATCH Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry
Volume70
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Scopus Subject Areas
• Chemistry(all)
• Computer Science Applications
• Computational Theory and Mathematics
• Applied Mathematics
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Golden Acres, Pasadena, Texas
Golden Acres is an area in Pasadena, Texas, United States that was formerly an unincorporated community in Harris County.
Golden Acres is located southeast of Downtown Pasadena. The name comes from the developer's slogan, "a golden opportunity."
History
A post office in Golden Acres opened in 1946. In 1949 the community had 400 residents and two businesses; at a later point Golden Acres had five businesses. Mail was delivered from Pasadena after the post office closed in 1959. In 1960, the population remained at 400. 1980s state highway maps show six churches, various residences, and a school in Golden Acres.
Education
Golden Acres is in Pasadena Independent School District.
Zoned schools, all in Pasadena, include Golden Acres Elementary School, Lomax Middle School, Bondy Intermediate School, and Pasadena Memorial High School
Residents of Pasadena ISD (and therefore Golden Acres) are zoned to San Jacinto College. | WIKI |
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