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BkiUbro5qoTDtzcIAk6r | Residential property deals up almost 19% last year
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'Boris Bridge' to Ireland binned over billions
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Lidl plans €11m investment for new store in Dublin's Clonshaugh
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Construction firm Henry Brothers collects top responsible business award
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Consulting engineer expands to Ireland
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BkiUc8U5qX_BfHYHvU8f | Microsoft introduces Windows 10 not only as an operating system but also like a lifestyle. I must admit that this time, unlike previously, I'm excited to click the upgrade button. This time the marketing is so good, leaving all doubts and hates behind. But anyway, no matter how cool, life and world changing it seems I will still wait for first bug reports before I finaly switch from 8.1 to 10.
I'd like to share a video, how Microsoft is presenting the whole philosophy around Windows 10. It makes me believe that when I'm using it I'm doing something good for the planet, that I'm somehow a more important human being that can change something. Watch it yourself, perhaps you will have similar impression, there are also few questions below to check content comprehension, quite easy this time.
Select proper answers or write down words which you hear.
1. People are doing ________ things to upgrade their world.
2. They are making an __________ every single day.
3. Their __________ actions add up.
4. Empower means to give someone the confidence, skills, freedom, etc to do something.
5. Let's __________ each other. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUaVDxK3YB9m8ST8ry | Tanzanian-focused flake graphite development company Volt Resources Limited (ASX: VRC) ("Volt" or "the Company") is pleased to advise that it has received the final formal approval from the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange PLC to list its Tanzanian Note Issue on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange ("DSE").
This approval completes a key phase of the funding process, and Volt's management remains confident of receiving final approval from the Tanzanian Capital Markets and Securities Authority ("CMSA") to proceed with the Note Offer in the near-term.
As previously advised, funds raised will be deployed towards the Stage 1 development of the Bunyu Graphite Project. A Definitive Feasibility Study ("DFS") on the large-scale Stage 2 Expansion at Bunyu will also be undertaken concurrently with the Stage 1 development.
Volt has already received key development approvals covering the respective Stage 1 and Stage 2 developments of the Bunyu Graphite Project (see ASX release dated 22nd October 2018).
Volt looks forward to providing further updates on the CMSA approval process in due course. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUc1_xK1yAgWt7964f | Q: How to use versioned deployments when programmatically creating triggers? When creating a trigger programmatically, i.e. through ScriptApp.newTrigger(), does it always point to the "head" deployment, or the most recent published (versioned) deployment? (See documentation on deployment types here.)
For context, I'm distributing a script in a multi-user environment which relies on triggers to run every few minutes. I'm trying to ensure that changes made in development (i.e. before publishing those changes) are not picked up immediately by all the clients of the script, as this effectively means any code updates in dev are instantly live for all users.
If triggers can only point to head deployments, what are best practices for pointing them at code which can be safely updated in dev (head version)?
A: *
*You want to know that when a trigger is installed by ScriptApp.newTrigger(), which version of script is used.
*You want to know the method for installing a trigger by selecting version of script.
I understand your question like above. If my understanding is correct, how about this answer? Please think of this as one of several answers.
Answer for Q1:
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*When a trigger is installed by ScriptApp.newTrigger(), although the value of "Deployment" is not shown in "Current project's triggers", the latest script is run by the installed trigger. This situation is independent of the version of script. The current latest script is used.
*If the trigger is manually installed, you can select the deployment version at "Choose which deployment should run".
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*Unfortunately, in the current stage, this cannot be achieved by the script yet. I think that this might be achieved by the future update.
Answer for Q2:
In order to install a trigger by selecting version of script, as a workaround, I would like to propose to use a library. The flow of this workaround is as follows. This is a sample flow.
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*Create 2 standalone projects.
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*One is used as a library.
*Another is used as the project to use the library.
*In the project to use the library, for example, function myFunction() {lib.myFunction()} is put. This script runs the function of the library.
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*Install the library to this project.
*You can select the script, that you want to make users run, by selecting the version of library.
*Trigger is installed to this project.
*The project of the library is the project for developing. It manages the version of developing script by "Manage version" of the script editor.
*When the trigger is installed, it runs ScriptApp.newTrigger("myFunction") in the project to use the library. At this time, when the trigger is run, the selected version of library is used. By this, the latest script of library is not used. Users can use the stable script of the version you selected.
Note:
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*You can also see the version of library at Manifests file (appsscript.json). This file can be modified by the script. By this, you can also modify the version of script using by the trigger by the script.
References:
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*Libraries
*Manifests
If I misunderstand your question, I'm sorry.
A: Yes, it always point to the "head" as versioned deployments are only available for Gmail Add-ons.
The above is based on that the only the guide to publish a Gmail add-on includes as step the creation of a versioned deployment -> https://developers.google.com/gmail/add-ons/how-tos/publish#step_1_create_a_versioned_deployment
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BkiUf3k5qhLB3VuyXhE0 | My name is Dawn. Born Long Island, NY moved to Atlanta when I was 8yr. I have a history of working out. I worked at BBally Total Fitness after college before becoming a Police Officer for several years. I love working out, and tried my best to stay active. I really didn't know the proper way to work out, and eat until I started the MA30DAY program. I'm so grateful for this program because it keeps me going, and motivated to do my best. It's not about perfection. It's all about progress!
I became Warrior in honor of my best friend who passed away. After she passed away I stopped working out and eating healthy. She was my motivation to get back healthy, and do a bikini competition in her honor. In the process of making her proud I made myself proud too. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdLY4ubng559gm20y | Home » News » The challenge is bigger and better
The challenge is bigger and better
The First Minister's Reading Challenge is now being piloted in six secondary schools across Scotland as well as extended to all primary school children across the country following a successful trial.
Since the Reading Challenge began in last year more than three quarters of all local authority primary schools in Scotland have signed up.
Speaking during a visit to one of the pilot schools, St Andrew's and St Bride's High School, the First Minister said:
I am incredibly proud of the success the First Minister's Reading Challenge has had in nurturing a love of reading for pleasure amongScotland's young people which is why this expansion to secondary schools is so exciting.
I am determined to ensure we continue to promote reading as one of life's greatest pleasures – and that young people reap the benefits of the resulting educational attainment that can be achieved."
During her trip the First Minister spoke to the high school two reporters about her love of books, reading and politics.
NEW: Watch – FM @NicolaSturgeon speaks to The Oystercatcher about books, reading and politics. https://t.co/HRFqgeFdaY pic.twitter.com/cW7e5Xorqw
— SASB Newspaper (@ABOystercatcher) August 22, 2017
There is still time for schools to enter this years Reading Challenge. Find out more below.
We cannot wait to launch the second year of #FMReadChallenge! From 4 September you will be able to register at https://t.co/HMRDOjEtww pic.twitter.com/70arHVQX1z
— Reading Challenge (@FMReadChallenge) August 21, 2017
Hear more about the First Minister visit by watching the video below. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUfw45qhDCrhZoFPU2 | Cake balls are bite-sized balls made of crumbled cake mixed with frosting and covered in candy coating. They are super-easy to make and form the basis of endless variations of decorated cake pops, cupcake pops, and cake bites.
Bake the cake as directed on the box, using a 9-by-13-inch cake pan. Let cool completely.
Once the cake is cooled, get organized and set aside plenty of time (at least an hour) to crumble, roll, and dip 4 dozen cake balls.
Crumble the cooled cake into a large mixing bowl. The texture of the cake causes it to crumble easily. Just cut a baked 9-by-13-inch cake into 4 equal sections. Remove a section from the pan, break it in half, and rub the two pieces together over a large bowl, making sure to crumble any large pieces that fall off. You can also use a fork to break any larger pieces of cake apart. Repeat with each section until the entire cake is crumbled into a fine texture. If you have large pieces mixed in, the cake balls may turn out lumpy and bumpy. You should not see any large pieces of cake.
Add three-quarters of the container of frosting. (You will not need the remaining frosting.) Mix it into the crumbled cake, using the back of a large metal spoon, until thoroughly combined. If you use the entire container, the cake balls will be too moist.
The mixture should be moist enough to roll into 1 1/2-inch balls and still hold a round shape. After rolling the cake balls by hand, place them on a wax paper-covered baking sheet.
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for several hours in the refrigerator, or place in the freezer for about 15 minutes. You want the balls to be firm but not frozen.
If you're making a project that calls for uncoated cake balls, stop here and proceed to decorate the cake balls, following the project instructions.
Melt the candy coating, following the instructions on the package. Microwave on medium power for 30 seconds at a time, stirring with a spoon in between. You can also use a double boiler. Either way, make sure you do not overheat the coating.
Now you're ready to coat. Take a few cake balls at a time out of the refrigerator or freezer to work with. If they're in the freezer, transfer the rest of the balls to the refrigerator at this point, so they stay firm but do not freeze.
Place one ball at a time into the bowl of candy coating. Spoon extra coating over any uncoated areas of the cake ball to make sure it is completely covered in candy coating. Then lift out the cake ball with your spoon. Avoid stirring it in the coating, because cake crumbs can fall off into the coating.
Holding the spoon over the bowl, tap the handle of the spoon several times on the edge of the bowl until the excess coating falls off and back into the bowl. This technique also creates a smooth surface on the outside of the cake ball.
Transfer the coated cake ball to another wax paper-covered baking sheet to dry. Let the coated cake ball slide right off the spoon. Some coating may pool around the base of the ball onto the wax paper. If so, simply take a toothpick and use it to draw a line around the base of the cake ball before the coating sets. Once the coating sets, you can break off any unwanted coating.
Repeat with the remaining cake balls and let dry completely.
If you have extra candy coating left over, pour it into a resealable plastic bag (and then snip off the corner) or into a squeeze bottle and drizzle it over the tops in a zigzag motion to decorate.
You can make the cake balls ahead of time and store them in an airtight container on the counter or in the refrigerator for several days.
The cake balls will be easier to roll if you wash and dry your hands periodically during the rolling process. Dry your hands completely each time, and make sure you don't get water in the candy coating, as it can make it unusable.
You can use a mini ice cream scoop to get uniform-size cake balls.
Has anyone tried freezing the cake balls prior to coating them?
I've been making cake balls every Christmas for years and yes it is A LOT of work. This is the most accurate and detailed recipe I've seen so far. Dipping them is the hardest part, I used melting chocolate waffer chips (forget the brand) they sell them at Walmart in the Christmas isle. I stick them with toothpicks before dipping them, and tap the excess chocolate off on the side of the bowl, then after they've set remove the toothpick, it will leave a little mark but decorating them covers that up. Also when melting the chocolate I ABSOLUTELY always shave a small amount of gulfwax into the chocolate to make it easier to dip.
I haven't made these yet but I will be soon :).... but I think instead of using frosting in the cake crumbs I will use a pkg of softened cream cheese. I believe it will make it a little less sweet.
These cake balls taste amazing, but be prepared to put some labor into them. This recipe has sugar-coated everything. Couple tips: Use white or chocolate Almond Bark (not chocolate chips for the coating). If you prefer a coating with color, you can find Wilton's Candy Melts at your local crafts store like Michaels. Using food coloring with White Almond Bark will give you a pastel color. It is also so hard to make the balls look "perfect," so don't expect Starbucks looking cake balls. The taste will make up for it though. Don't place the ball into the entire bowl of dipping sauce. Instead hold it on a spoon, and with another spoon dip into the sauce and drizzle over the ball until covered. Also, I find that after coating the ball, using a toothpick to gently slide the ball off the spoon onto the parchment paper works best. It's fun to get creative with them. For Christmas I use a red velvet cake with white Almond bark icing, and white cake with green and red Wilton's chocolate icing. Enjoy!
The end result -- after MUCH time & labor -- was cute too look at but kinda gross to eat: the balls were heavy belly bombs that only kids can stomach. Note: (1) white chocolate coating is a nightmare (kept burning), (2) if you plan to put them on a stick make them SMALL, I used a 1.25" ice cream scoop and they were much too heavy to stay on, (3) make sure the balls are VERY COLD (freeze for 20 min.) before you work with them, and (4) I ended up using my hands to coat them in chocolate. Not worth the effort.
These are fantastic! Who knew you cake from a box would taste like this? I pretty much followed the recipe to the letter and had excellent results. For the coating, I used an entire package of chocolate Almond Bark and had no trouble melting it in the microwave, but I did take the time to chop it first. There is enough left over from the coating process to perform the drizzle technique. Three-quarters of a can of frosting is plenty. I think the key is to have the whole mixture a little less moist than you think it should be - kind of like when you squeeze pie crust dough to form a ball. I did cut off the crispy edges as another member suggested, and I also covered the cake with the pan lid immediately to keep it super moist. They will ooze a tiny bit if you leave any spots uncoated, but storing them in the refrigerator should help. I will be making this again in endless variation!
This was an easy and fun recipe to make. I took them to a party and everyone was asking me for the recipe. I put them on cookie sticks and then placed them in a pot as a centerpiece/desert. They are rich so one was enough for everyone.
the recipe is right on the nose. The only suggestion I would make is to trim off the crispy edge of the cake once you cool it. The edge doesn't crumble like the rest of the cake.
This is one of the easiest things to make - and guests think you've worked your fingers to the bone for them. The directions are easy to follow. While I was preparing the coating, it occurred to me to try making cake balls with my citrus pound cake recipe, my sour cream devil's food cake recipe and my chocolate fudge brownie recipe. Actually, any good recipe can be substituted. For those having problems, don't melt the coating in a microwave, and be careful not to have the double-boiler's water on a hard boil: if the steam gets into the chocolate, it'll 'seize' and be useless. Also: this is for 'A Cook from Delaware': If you have a Bulk Barn or Michael's that sells bakery tools, pick up a set of candy making tools which includes a hoop-like spoon on which you place your cake ball, truffle or mixture that you'll be coating on it, dip it into the coating, gently tap the ball into the coating, turn over to cover completely, pick it up again in the hoop and use the pick to gently roll the ball onto waxed paper. If there's a tiny area that the coating process mission, it's easily fixed by using the pick to smooth over some of the coating.
I was very excited to make these for Valentine's Day gifts and I have to say, I think they were a flop (and believe me, I wanted to LOVE them). I used the Williams-Sonoma Red Velvet cake mix, which is fabulous and making the balls themselves was fine. But....coating them was a nightware. I bought the candy coating as written, melting as written and coated the cakes fully as suggested by another reviewer. Getting them out of the chocolate was a challenge (I ended up wearing gloves and using my hands) and in spite of checking thoroughly, most balls had tiny areas without candy and did ooze immediately. Sorry....I honestly wanted to love this but this was too much work for oozy candy.
I have to admit i kinda hate box cake and canned frosting, but I used both in this recipe and they turned into a new creation (both the darkest chocolate flavor I could find). Sweet and addicting...I ate far too many before i brought them to a Halloween party. The plan was to coat them in green-dyed white candy coating and make them zombie heads...but the cheap Kroger coating did not coat, so a messy green drizzley mess covered them instead. Ugly - buy hey, who said a zombie should look palatable?
I was worried this recipe would taste like plastic, artificial pre-made frosting yuck...but it turned out great! I had fantastic aspirations of making witches and pumpkins and unfortunately, ran out of time. I used Betty Crocker Supermoist Dark Chocolate and Pillsbury whipped white frosting. I left the balls covered overnight in the fridge then dipped them in Ghiradelli 60% cacao chocolate and Halloween sprinkles. SUCH a hit, no one believed they weren't from a bakery. PS don't try to use white chocolate (unless you're just doing a drizzle), it didn't melt very well at ALL. If you need white, use the candy chips as recommended.
these are cute as a button and fairly easy to make. They are just waaaaay too sweet for my taste.
I am so glad I stumbled upon this recipe. Made these for a group meeting, and they were a huge hit! I used a Halloween theme: orange supreme cake mix, orange frosting, semisweet chocolate coating, and Halloween "funfetti" sprinkles on top. Adorable and scrumptious, plus they were super easy (just took some effort to roll and coat). I can see why people are saying cake balls are the new cupcakes. Will definitely make again!
I think next time I will use a double boiler for the almond bark. It got lumpy from re-heating it in the microwave. Also, be very careful to completely cover the ball in coating, if there is ANY without, it will expand and squeeze out like a cake-ball-cyst. Otherwise, it worked great. We're planning on having these for our wedding, so I am trying to perfect the process.
I made these for a bridal shower a few months ago.. they came out really well! One major suggestion..if you're working in the summer months, make sure to turn your A/C on! I did a test run that went really well. The next day, the heat had really picked up, and things were just going awful - chocolate coating wouldn't set right, they were cracking, etc. I gave up, turned on the A/C to relax a bit and decided to give it another go - no problem with the cooler air!
My sister in law made these for my birthday with red velvet cake, vanilla frosting and chocolate coating - it was a major hit! The frosting wasn't too sweet but made the cake extra moist. I highly recommend this! | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUalLxK3YB9raXxdwp | "This is an excellent, hearty soup to go with a casserole or pot pie. Simple ingredients so picky eaters like it, and complex flavor for the more refined."
In a pot over medium heat, mix the beef broth, water, tomato paste, garlic, and bay leaves. Stir in the beef bouillon until dissolved. Season with pepper. Bring to a boil, and mix in the rice. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 25 minutes, until rice is tender. Remove bay leaves, and serve warm with a sprinkling of Cheddar cheese.
See how to make quick tomato soup from scratch.
We used elbow pasta instead of rice and added chicken broth and diced chicken. Good slow-cooker recipe! We really enjoyed it! It was really good. We are definitely making this again.
This was a very good and easy soup. I made it for a soup exchange - done like a cookie exchange. I liked it a lot.
This is a great soup recipe, and it's low in fat and calories. Perfect on a cold fall night! Yum. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUblHxK6-gD5TlcAFD | According to a 2010 survey (Moore 2010) by Keith Wilson, associate professor at Brigham Young University, Easter is hardly more important to Mormons than any other Sunday service. Remembering the crucifiction and ressurrection of Jesus is almost completely overshadowed by the General Conference which the Mormon church convenes every first weekend of April – a weekend that sometimes coincides with Easter.
When Easter does not fall in the first weekend of April, it occasionally happens that the subject is mentioned in a sacrament meeting talk or an Easter song but according to Wilson, the lessons which take up about two thirds of Mormon Sunday services, "have no specific focus on Easter". Nor is much attention paid to Easter in Mormon homes - fewer than half even "knew when Easter was this calendar year".
Compare this to the exuberant ways in which Easter is celebrated by Christians around the world and one can only feel sorry for those poor Mormons who have to sit through eight hours of of monotonously read sermons by their aged leaders – sermons not about Easter but about the importance of white dress shirts instead of coloured ones, the maximum number of earrings per ear, and the bad example mothers set for their daughters if they wear flip-flops to church (Ballard 2010). | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUbY45qsFAfvtmpKPl | Last season, one of the worst in the past 20 years in the state, there were 8,498 reported cases of the flu.
Those eight individuals ranged in age from 41 to 83.
The 2017-2018 flu season had 185 reported child deaths nationwide and about 80 percent of those kids didn't receive a flu shot. More than 200 people have been hospitalized for the flu.
But some workplaces have been reporting an unseasonal spate of staff calling in sick with flu-like illnesses, after a relatively mild season last winter. The Centers Disease Control and Prevention says flu is now widespread in 45 states, including MI.
The total also includes two people who died in previous weeks, but whose deaths were not initially linked to the flu. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUd1rxK6Ot9UjEB4wJ | The Apple iPod mini music player just got better, brighter and longer lasting. The Apple iPod mini can easily manage about 1,000 songs on 4GB of space. It features the Click Wheel-enhanced durability and sensitivity (complete with color coordinated icons), and uses little space, so you can scroll single-handedly. The iPod mini plays up to 18 hours of play on a single battery charge, which is more than twice than the last version. Plus, with up to 25 minutes of skip protection, you won't have to worry about missing a second of your music. You can also charge and sync the mini via one simple USB 2.0 connection. Using the included iTunes software you can easily manage your digital music collection. Organize your music by genre, artist, or album; or build your own dynamic playlists. Music and playlists transfer quickly and automatically from a Mac or PC to the iPod mini. The anodized aluminum case resists stains and scratches. Also includes a Text Notes function for reminders, 4 popular games for on the go, a sleep timer and calendars and to-do lists to stay organized. System Requirements: iPod for Mac requires a Macintosh with USB 2.0 or FireWire port and Mac OS X v10.2.8 or v10.3.4 or later. iPod for Windows requires a PC with FireWire or USB 2.0 port or a Windows-certified FireWire or USB 2.0 card and Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4) or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2. Supports AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Audible and Apple Lossless audio formats. Available storage capacity may vary. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbD85qWTD6heGqQfJ | Abigail Kelly, Toby Rutter (Head), Natalie Lawrence.
A pop-up food bank has begun at Outwood Academy Hemsworth in the run up to Christmas.
The no-questions-asked emergency food bank will be open to all, and no names or details of those who need the food bank will be taken.
Amie Gyte, who works at the academy, said the food bank would support families who faced a gap in their benefits during December.
She said: "It's the universal credit system.
"Families in this area are going to be without money for five weeks over the Christmas period, and we want to help them.
It takes around five weeks for the first monthly payment of Universal Credit to be processed.
The benefit, a new type of payment for working people which merges six benefits into one, has been widely criticised, and was recently described in a report by the UN as a "harsh and arbitrary" system.
According to the Trussell Trust, a UK charity dedicated to ending hunger, more than half of referrals to a food bank between April and September 2018 were due to low income or benefit delays.
The Trust says that just eight per cent of claimants feel their Universal Credit award covers their full cost of living, and that 70 percent found themselves in debt while waiting for payment.
Earlier this year, St Catherine's Church, in Wakefield, launched an emergency appeal after their food bank supplies dropped to a dangerously low level.
The church says that their food bank, which sees as many as 40 visitors every day, issues around 150 food parcels each week, and that numbers have increased as universal credit rolls out.
Angela Jones, the church's volunteer coordinator, said: "We have conversations with people struggling to know when they're going to get money, or worrying it will clash with a bank holiday.
"It's had an effect already, but it's going to get worse. We are seeing an increase in visitors each week.
The food bank at Outwood Academy Hemsworth will run in The Hub from 4.30pm to 5.30pm on Monday, December 10, Monday December 17 and Thursday, December 20.
Dry foods, including cereal, tea and coffee, rice, pasta, biscuits and tinned food such as beans, soup and fruit are all required, and can be left at the academy's reception, or sent to school with students.
Cash donations are also accepted, and will be used to purchase stock for the food bank.
Email A.Gyte@outwood.com for more information.
"Innovative and creative" solutions are needed to end hunger in the UK, a committee was told. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUbW7xK0wg09lKAlIj | Q: Postgres ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE all fields I have a database in which the primary key of a record is a string, its name
Desire: if a new record is presented that matches the name of an old record, update all fields other than the name. What didn't work:
INSERT INTO playlists (name, filter, selection, clips)
VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4)
ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE
this gets a syntax error. It wants me to put something after DO UPDATE, but when I mean "update all fields to the new VALUES", how do I say it?
A: Something like:
... ON CONFLICT(name) DO UPDATE SET(name, filter, selection, clips) = ROW(excluded.*)
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BkiUdR3xaJJQnKrAj6Tl | חומרי לימוד /
Sets & Kits /
How was it Humanly Possible? - A Study of Perpetrators and Bystanders during The Holocaust
Ages 15+ Language: English
Educational Kit
A curriculum that examines how human beings willingly participated in the mass murder of millions of Jewish men, women and children. Specific case studies are presented and examined through historical documents, testimonies, photographs, literature and art. The cases recount the stories of perpetrators, bystanders, and some of the exceptional men and women who maintained their humanity and refused to participate in the genocide of the Jewish people. The unit explores both the unique circumstances and universal features that characterized human behavior in World War II.
The unit contains: A resource book A teacher's guide and CD-ROM containing computerized copies of photographs and other materials
The Auschwitz Album, Teacher's Guide
Through Our Eyes - Children Witness the Holocaust
Ages 12-14 Language: English
Everyday Life in the Warsaw Ghetto
Main camps and killing sites Map
A 70 x 100 cm color map, A smaller map of Auschwitz-Birkenau and its sub-camps is also provided
Desecraters of Memory | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUf5DxK4sA-46xQhwO | We all love Chinese (Indo-Chinese actually) food, especially on cold evenings. So today we bring you a delicious recipe that nobody can say No to!
Ingredients - 200 g paneer, 1/2 tsp ginger paste, 1/2 tsp garlic paste, 2 tbsp cornstarch, 2 tbsp maida, 2 spring onions, 1 onion, 1 capsicum, 1 tbs soy sauce, finely chopped ginger and garlic, vinegar, seasonings as per taste.
- Make a marinade for paneer cubes by mixing maida, cornstarch, water and seasonings. Gently put paneer cubes in the marinade, coating it all over.
- Now fry the paneer cubes, place the cubes gently on a paper towel.
- In a kadai, heat some il. Add chopped ginger and garlic. After a minute, add chopped onion. Fry for a few minutes, then add in chopped capsicum.
- Add a little water.
- Add in cornstarch-water mix to thicken the gravy.
- Add salt, seasonings, vinegar and a little sugar.
- Add the friend paneer cubes to this mix and coat all over.
- Garnish with fresh coriander, and serve hot with fried rice.
Care for a Vegetable Stew? | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdUk5qsBDH82z6bCB | Q: Regex Capturing Group within a Capture Group I am searching through a database to find span tags with video information for the purpose of migration.
My regex works well and I can extract all of the information I need for the most part. The trouble I run into is when the style tag is in a different position than expected. This throws off the expression and results in about 2/3rds of the captures I would expect.
If I try and nest the style capture group inside the main capture group, it fails to capture anything. I also tried using negative/positive lookaheads as well, but it only ever works if I make it an optional capture group. I think the problem is im not nesting it correctly. Most of the related questions give the answer of a negative lookbehind, but my understanding is that's more of a assertion/quantifier.
So how can I always capture the style tag regardless of its position in the span tag?
Regex flavor is .NET (server side)
I have a Regexr setup
/(?<tag><span class='vidly-vid' data-thumb='(?<thumb>http.+\.jpg)'.+aspect-ratio='(?<aspect>\d{1,3}:\d{1,3})'.+sources='\[{"file":.+"(?<src>(?<uri>https:\/\/cf1234.cloudfront\.net\/Vids\/)(?<key>(?<ident>[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|[a-z0-9]{6})\/(?<mp4>mp4_1080.mp4|mp4_720.mp4|mp4_480.mp4|mp4_360.mp4|mp4.mp4))).+style='(?<style>.+width: (?<width>.+)px.+height: (?<height>.+)px.+)'.+<\/span>)/gmi
Sample Data
All of these should match. The first one does NOT, the other three do.
<span class='vidly-vid' data-thumb='https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/Thumbnails/691DBB43-5EC8-4D57-AF7B-99896D9BD5D1_19127.jpg' data-aspect-ratio='4:3' style='border-width: 0px; width: 352px; height: 240px;' data-sources='[{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/6v1j0a/hls.m3u8","label":"HD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/6v1j0a/mp4_360.mp4","label":"360p SD"}]'> </span>
<span class='vidly-vid' data-thumb='https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/Thumbnails/b181cfa5-565d-470a-b93a-2610987bb4da_28142.jpg' data-aspect-ratio='160:117' data-sources='[{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b181cfa5-565d-470a-b93a-2610987bb4da/hls.m3u8","label":"HD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b181cfa5-565d-470a-b93a-2610987bb4da/mp4_480.mp4","label":"480p SD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b181cfa5-565d-470a-b93a-2610987bb4da/mp4_360.mp4","label":"360p SD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b181cfa5-565d-470a-b93a-2610987bb4da/mp4_720.mp4","label":"720p HD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b181cfa5-565d-470a-b93a-2610987bb4da/mp4_1080.mp4","label":"1080p HD"}]' style='border-width: 0px; width: 600px; height: 480px;'> </span>
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" style="width:600px"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="/content/generator/Course_90016206/Case-10-LMLO_MG_FLAVOR1label.jpg" style="height:497px; width:324px" /></td> <td><span class='vidly-vid' data-thumb='https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/Thumbnails/b2a7cbd3-5d31-49a5-bf89-aef0cf9f7414_28142.jpg' data-aspect-ratio='146:225' data-sources='[{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b2a7cbd3-5d31-49a5-bf89-aef0cf9f7414/hls.m3u8","label":"HD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b2a7cbd3-5d31-49a5-bf89-aef0cf9f7414/mp4_480.mp4","label":"480p SD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b2a7cbd3-5d31-49a5-bf89-aef0cf9f7414/mp4_360.mp4","label":"360p SD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b2a7cbd3-5d31-49a5-bf89-aef0cf9f7414/mp4_720.mp4","label":"720p HD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/b2a7cbd3-5d31-49a5-bf89-aef0cf9f7414/mp4_1080.mp4","label":"1080p HD"}]' style='border-width: 0px; width: 324px; height: 500px;'> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
<span class='vidly-vid' data-thumb='https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/Thumbnails/231913a7-b608-4d8b-9332-64b6840c22f0_28142.jpg' data-aspect-ratio='16:9' data-sources='[{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/231913a7-b608-4d8b-9332-64b6840c22f0/hls.m3u8","label":"HD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/231913a7-b608-4d8b-9332-64b6840c22f0/mp4_480.mp4","label":"480p SD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/231913a7-b608-4d8b-9332-64b6840c22f0/mp4_360.mp4","label":"360p SD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/231913a7-b608-4d8b-9332-64b6840c22f0/mp4_720.mp4","label":"720p HD"},{"file":"https://cf1234.cloudfront.net/Vids/231913a7-b608-4d8b-9332-64b6840c22f0/mp4_1080.mp4","label":"1080p HD"}]' style='border-width: 0px; width: 920px; height: 520px;'> </span>
A: I'd personally just split up the regex into more manageable chunks, like so:
var spanRegex = new Regex(@"<span class='vidly-vid'.+<\/span>");
var attrRegexes = new[]{
@"data-thumb='(?<thumb>http.+\.jpg)'",
@"aspect-ratio='(?<aspect>\d{1,3}:\d{1,3})'",
@"sources='\[{""file"":.+""(?<src>(?<uri>https:\/\/cf1234.cloudfront\.net\/Vids\/)(?<key>(?<ident>[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|[a-z0-9]{6})\/(?<mp4>mp4_1080.mp4|mp4_720.mp4|mp4_480.mp4|mp4_360.mp4|mp4.mp4)))",
@"style='(?<style>.+width: (?<width>.+)px.+height: (?<height>.+)px.+)'",
}
.Select(r => new Regex(r))
.ToList();
var results = inputs.Select(i => spanRegex.Match(i).Value)
.Select(i => new
{
i,
attributes =
from r in attrRegexes
let match = r.Match(i)
from g in match.Groups.Cast<Group>().Skip(1)
select new {g.Name, capture = g.Value}
});
Linqpad example
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Below is a password protected page for guests of JD and Kira's wedding. Due to technical difficulties with the wireless connection at the event, the texts were not sent properly. If you would like your photo, please use the provided Username and Password to access the gallery. This link will be available for several months. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUZ-nxK0-nUGYe3IOo | NDPC begins consultations with MDAs
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has begun a series of policy consultation with ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to better understand their long-term development plans.
The policy hearing, which began yesterday with the Ministry of Petroleum and its various departments, is part of the institution's plans to ensure that MDAs align their goals and objectives with the future development of Ghana.
At the event, the Chairman of NDPC, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, said without a long-term development plan in place, it would be chaotic for every developing nation to make progressive growth.
Last year, the NDPC organised regional consultation forums to solicit opinions from its stakeholders towards the long-term development policy framework.
Professor Botchwey said Ghana's current energy problem was as a result of the country's failure to anticipate future population growth and high demands for electricity.
He said in order to avoid future occurrences in the energy sector, there was the need for a strategic long-term development goal to be instituted by the ministry and its relevant stakeholders.
Professor Botchwey said the engagement with the Ministry of Petroleum would go a long way to assist the NDPC to come out with a formidable 40-year development agenda for Ghana.
He said the engagement with various MDAs was not to subject them to any scrutiny but to properly understand their long-term plan for the country.
Petroleum Ministry
The Director of Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Petroleum, Mr Joseph Ben Okai, said the ministry had in place a long-term plan to create an enabling environment for sustainable activities in the upstream and downstream oil and gas sector.
He said the ministry would promote value-added investment, indigenisation of knowledge, expertise and technology in the oil and gas sector and added that by so doing the ministry would promote the establishment of petroleum and gas-based industries.
Mr Okai said the ministry would not work in isolation but would include the relevant stakeholders in ensuring that its long-term development plans were achieved.
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BkiUeFs5qX_Bxod3mQqe | Enter your email address and password for another district or institution below, then select the state for the previous district or institution. We will then attempt to match your account and import that information to West Franklin USD 287.
I already have a Hire account with West Franklin USD 287. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUgF85qWTA5iNCkgXv | Q: Can not connect with SFTP Sublime to OS X server I have an SFTP server running on OS X that I want to connect to with the SFTP package in Sublime Text using macOS and connected with FileZilla without any issue.
For some reason, I get a timeout every time I try to connect to it. I have copied the ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub from server into my local machine ~/.ssh/dem.pub directory and use it my sftp_config.json as below.
// sftp, ftp or ftps
"type": "sftp",
"save_before_upload": true,
"upload_on_save": true,
"sync_down_on_open": false,
"sync_skip_deletes": false,
"sync_same_age": true,
"confirm_downloads": false,
"confirm_sync": true,
"confirm_overwrite_newer": false,
"host": "myhost.com",
"user": "root",
// "password": "password",
"port": "22",
"remote_path": "/path",
"ignore_regexes": [
"\\.sublime-(project|workspace)", "sftp-config(-alt\\d?)?\\.json",
"sftp-settings\\.json", "/venv/", "\\.svn/", "\\.hg/", "\\.git/",
"\\.bzr", "_darcs", "CVS", "\\.DS_Store", "Thumbs\\.db", "desktop\\.ini"
],
//"file_permissions": "664",
//"dir_permissions": "775",
//"extra_list_connections": 0,
"connect_timeout": 100,
"keepalive": 120,
//"ftp_passive_mode": true,
//"ftp_obey_passive_host": false,
"ssh_key_file": "~/.ssh/dev.pub",
Still getting timeout and really got stuck with this.
I have checked this but in this case used Windows: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32817766/cant-connect-to-sftp-server-through-sublime-3-package-sftp
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BkiUfvE5qhLB0iFHB21u | In retrospect, Girija Prasad Koirala seemingly felt an urgent need to establish a high level political mechanism after the Maoists made their presence felt as the largest political force in the Constituent Assembly (CA) after the 2008 elections and subsequently formed a government. Koirala recognised the necessity of such a body after he noticed the frantic and unsporting behaviour of the government. He knew that the Maoists were inexperienced in running a government and also understood their predilection to superciliousness, owing to their lofty percentage in the CA.
But it was a startling matter of concern for Koirala when the Maoists began to systematically hurt democratic institutions, primarily the judiciary and the fourth organ of the state—the media. Apparently, these acts were aimed at embarrassing the coalition constituents, namely, the CPN-UML and the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal, which occupied the third and fourth largest positions in the CA respectively, but were helpless to stop the former as they were part of the government. Another conundrum was that constituents of the government organised more lockouts than the opposition. On some occasions, coalition partners even violently clashed with each other in different parts of the country! More importantly, the UCPN (Maoist) could neither make headway on concerted efforts to take coalition partners into confidence nor could it bring the opposition on board for consensus politics. Consequently, constitution drafting and the process of managing combatants and their arms were consigned to the doldrums.
In such a situation, GP Koirala, leader of the main opposition party in the CA, not only had to create awareness among the people and the international community about the Maoists' bewildering moves against the vital organs of the state, but also had to cautiously provide impetus to the ongoing peace process. Though, it was a difficult responsibility to should, octogenarian Koirala, who had initiated the peace process by ignoring the admonition of some nations that the Maoists were untrustworthy, truthfully wanted to see his roadmap move on. Koirala eventually explored a high level political committee as a tool to cement the fractured ties among conflicting forces. In his original document envisioning the objective of such a mechanism, Koirala had stipulated that a High Level Political Committee (HLPC), as a non-governmental entity, was to sincerely work for the political culture of cooperation, unity and national consensus among parties to give proper direction to the ongoing peace and constitution promulgation process. In view of the precarious socio-political situation, Koirala proposed confidence-building mechanisms down to the VDC level.
In connection with forming the HLPC, Koirala held a series of meetings and confabulations with a cross-section of society. Strategically, these meetings were brought to the attention of media as well. Koirala recognised well that a media campaign in favour of a HLPC was crucial to gain the acquiescence of stakeholders. When he detected a positive response, he proceeded with his mission of concluding peace process logically.
But, the problem was that neither the largest party in government nor its coalition partners were enthusiastic about the HLPC. In the meantime, while there was a growing realisation among domestic and foreign stakeholders—including the Security Council of United Nations as its Resolution 1879 (2009) encouraged a 'high-level consultative mechanism as a forum for discussion on critical peace process issues'—to form a confidence-building forum, the UCPN (Maoist)-led government abruptly resigned, following its controversial decision to sack the then Chief of Army Staff. As a result of the changed political equation, although the Nepali Congress was the second largest force in the CA, it lent critical support to the third force, the UML, to form the government.
Koirala relentlessly persuaded Prachanda and others to agree to be part of the HLPC, since he was scrupulously convinced that without cooperation, unity and consensus, at least among major political forces, the task of management of arms and combatants and constitution promulgation was next to impossible. Finally on July 27, after a serious discussion with Koirala, the Maoist chief agreed to be part of the body. The development was applauded by the international community. Since the UN's Security Council had already encouraged the establishment of a HLPC, one diplomatic mission wished to convene a meeting of three leaders—Koirala, Dahal and Khanal—at her residence. She effectively persuaded, on her own and also with the help of other diplomats in the Capital, the leadership of the UCPN (Maoist) and the UML but could not work it out with Koirala, who preferred a Nepali venue for a Nepali cause.
Despite the favourable situation nationally and internationally, it took another five months to get the HLPC set-up. The Committee finally came into being on January 8, 2010. All the top leaders of major political forces were involved and Koirala headed it as chairperson. As it was a non-governmental body and its decisions were not binding on the government, then Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was invited as an observer to the committee. The main objective of its formation was to institutionalise peace and stability in the country through the management of Maoist arms and combatants and the timely promulgation of the new constitution.
More than four years have been passed since the establishment of the HLPC. Over these years, in spite of various challenges, many positive developments have taken place in peace process. We must offer our kudos to leaders for their courage and political acumen in successfully accomplishing the integration of former combatants without bloodshed and that too, in the absence of UNMIN. The success of this thorny issue can be attributed to unrelenting dialogue and compromise between and among political forces, besides, of course, the goodwill of the international community.
But, another aspect of Nepal's peace process—the promulgation of a new constitution—which is not less exigent from any perspective, remains outstanding. One must not forget that any derailment of constitution writing will have untold effects on the overall peace process. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdQM5qoYDgb9DHhMC | Fort Knox emergency service departments partner with area agencies during crisis exercise
By Jenn DeHaanAugust 27, 2021
The Flaherty Fire Department conducts a practice rescue operation at the Godman Field air traffic control tower Aug. 25, 2021. (Photo Credit: Charlie Leffler, Fort Knox Visual Information) VIEW ORIGINAL
FORT KNOX, Ky. – First responders from Fort Knox and its surrounding communities trained together on Aug. 25 as part of an emergency preparedness exercise held here Aug. 24 to 26.
The goal was to simulate the types of situations that would arise following a tornado on post and then successfully coordinate rescue efforts. During the exercise, installation leaders, directorates, and first responders worked together on various scenarios set up at different locations across post.
Members of Fort Knox Multi-agency Coordination Group oversee operations during an emergency preparedness exercise Aug. 25, 2021. Multiple crisis incidents were simulated simultaneously to test coordination efforts between multiple agencies. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
According to Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security plans specialist Colin Lineberger, exercises like this are key for preparing for a real world crisis.
"We were able to identify some gaps in some of our existing plans and processes, which is the entire point of the exercise," said Lineberger. "If a real world situation were to occur on the installation, those gaps are filled."
Lineberger said several different simulated incidents were executed simultaneously Wednesday including a multi-vehicle accident, damaged buildings with people injured inside, and the rescue of two air traffic controllers trapped inside the tower at Godman Airfield. Additionally, the exercise incorporated other impacts such as damage to Brandenburg gate forcing its closure and downed power lines.
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The Radcliff Fire Department joined Fort Knox responders in practicing a rescue operation during an emergency exercise Aug. 25, 2021. (Photo Credit: Jenn DeHaan, Fort Knox News) VIEW ORIGINAL
2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Fort Knox firefighter works to secure the scene of a simulated building collapse during an emergency exercise Aug. 25, 2021. (Photo Credit: Jenn DeHaan, Fort Knox News) VIEW ORIGINAL
There's a clear purpose using real-life events to test our capabilities, said Lineberger.
"The main benefit is preparedness," said Lineberger. "Just like any training event, you want to train to fight. That's kind of the mantra of the military. Injecting realism in an exercise like this, and kind of straining the system and have multiple incidents going on concurrently is a good thing."
Both the Radcliff and Flaherty fire departments aided in the rescue efforts during the exercise. Radcliff mayor J.J. Duvall was on hand to watch his firefighters work together with Fort Knox firefighters at the scene of a staged car accident. He said it was good to see them collectively in action.
"For many years we've always had a mutual aid agreement between our communities," said Duvall. "We depend on each other for support; not only from our first responders but from the entire community."
Radcliff mayor J.J. Duvall watches as city firefighters work alongside Fort Knox responders at the scene of a simulated multi-vehicle accident Aug. 25, 2021. (Photo Credit: Jenn DeHaan, Fort Knox News) VIEW ORIGINAL
Duvall echoed Lineberger, saying the shared preparedness is beneficial for all involved.
"You never know when a scenario is going to happen in the community," said Duvall, "so [it's about] being prepared just like Soldiers training here at Fort Knox; being ready when something like this comes up and understanding what each other's roles are.
"I think the more training we can do, the better it is for both communities."
Lineberger said the entire intent of the exercise was to ultimately facilitate continuous improvement. He explained this week's event was overdue.
"It's been a long time since we've done an exercise of this scale because of COVID," said Lineberger. "This one was in preparation for a massive, full-scale exercise in September of 2022 – so this was our 'crawl-walk-run' approach to getting ready for that."
Lineberger said though he thought the team performed well, he's confident they will be even better during the next exercise or real-world crisis.
"It really helped us plan and evaluate our command and control of the incidents," said Lineberger. "I think we're in a good place and now after this, we're going to be in an even better place."
Editor's note: Additional photos of the emergency preparedness exercise are available to view on the Fort Knox Flickr page.
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BkiUdw84eIZjv1U1FTOs | Proceeds from the telethon, which is airing from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. today, will got to hurricane relief efforts in Staten Island and other parts of the city that were hard-hit by the storm. The donations will be administered by the not-for-profit Hispanic Federation Inc.
In addition to Mr. Espaillat, Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Assemblymen Herman "Denny" Farrell and Guillermo Linares, Assemblywoman-elect Gabriela Rosa and Democratic District Leader Mark Levine. The event is bringing together a group of politicians that found themselves at odds after the hard-fought congressional primary between Mr. Espaillat and Mr. Rangel last June.
To dial in to the telethon call 1-800-776-4096. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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BkiUdmQ5qsJBjpijFbNG | Q: Can not login, I am encountering login loop in Fedora 36 after changing /etc/profile file when adding flutter I was installing flutter and the I added the following line to /etc/profile:
if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
PATH="..."
else
PATH="/usr/local/bin:...:/etc/lib/flutter/bin"
fi
export PATH
This is exactly how I edited the file. Now I can't login terminal using Alt + Ctrl + F3. Successful login in would give me a non functional bash.
Please note that I only appended this.
So my question is, does that mean my path reads /usr/local/bin:...:/etc/lib/flutter/bin and other directories are not in path. How can I edit the environmental variables?
A: The shell is still functional. You can either run commands via their actual paths:
$ /bin/sudo /bin/nano /etc/profile
(Most programs are either in /bin or /usr/bin; in Fedora the two locations are equivalent.)
or literally change PATH= at the shell the same way you're doing in /etc/profile:
$ PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
$ export PATH
$ sudo nano /etc/profile
In the tutorial that you were following, you were supposed to find the existing place where PATH= configuration was done in /etc/profile, i.e. the actual system paths should have been used instead of the literal ....
When appending new configuration to the file, you can use $PATH to refer to the current value, and only add the needed directories before/after. For example, the tutorial should probably have suggested this instead:
if [ "`id -u`" -ne 0 ]; then
PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH:[PATH_OF_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY]/bin"
fi
export PATH
A: I have finally solved this problem by using my ubuntu OS. While in Ubuntu I did the following :
sudo -H nautilus
I then explored to /etc/ and opened the file Profile and removed the the codes I had added to the file and now I'm back into my Fedora 36 Workstation.
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BkiUe4U5qhLBmqyw5Z6X | Situated on the banks of the smooth, slow Guadaquivir River, Sevilla is the capital of Andalucia in Spain, and Spain's 4th largest city. The city is easy to reach and well connected by transportation lines. Enjoy this scenic area of Spain and get around to the best spots to view wildlife as well as entertainment and urban attractions with a car hire in Sevilla.
Sevilla International Airport is only about a 25 minute drive from the city center. Probably the most convenient and direct way to arrive to the city, Sevilla Airport hosts connections to many international as well as domestic locations. Arrange for a Sevilla car hire to await your arrival at the airport.
Alternatively, La Parra International Airport, is on the way to Sevilla, just 10 km from the city of Jerez. This might be a good option if you are visiting both cities or searching for a deal as the airport works with discount airlines such as Ryanair (from Frankfurt-Hahn and London-Stansted).
You can also reach Sevilla, like many other European cities, by train. The Sevilla Santa Justa Station is on the eastern edge of the city centre. It is the southern terminus of the Spanish high speed Ave train service, and makes it convenient and easy to add Sevilla to your vacation in any of several other Spanish cities. Get from Córdoba in less than an hour, less than three hours from Madrid, or get a bargain and enjoy the ride on a slower train. The overnight train from Barcelona to Sevilla in under 11 hours. Your Sevilla rental car can meet you at the train station.
For the ultimate in thrifty travel take the bus, which can sometimes be only minimally longer than train though much cheaper. Busses run regularly to and from most major cities, departing either from Plaza de Armas bus station near the river, or the Prado de San Sebastian station near the University/Santa Cruz. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUd1k5qoaAwpKBAfR8 | Executive Director at ECAS, Assya Kavrakova was interviewed by Europe Street News on the state of EU citizenship, current threats to freedom of movement, and the relationship between EU citizenship and free movement.
Read full interview by Europe Street News here.
FAIR EU: first five country reports now available! | c4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUaM7xK03BfMLyn5qa | Q: Finding mixed degree polynomials in Scikit learn support vector regression as I understand, support vector regression in Scikit learn takes an integer for the degree. However, it seems to me as if lower degree polynomials are not considered.
Running the following example:
import numpy
from sklearn.svm import SVR
X = np.sort(5 * np.random.rand(40, 1), axis=0)
Y=(2*X-.75*X**2).ravel()
Y[::5] += 3 * (0.5 - np.random.rand(8))
svr_poly = SVR(kernel='poly', C=1e3, degree=2)
y_poly = svr_poly.fit(X, Y).predict(X)
(as copied and slightly modified from here http://scikit-learn.org/stable/auto_examples/svm/plot_svm_regression.html)
Plotting the data gives a rather poor fit (even when skipping line 5 where a random error is given to the Y-values).
It seems like lower order terms are not considered. I tried to pass a list [1, 2] for the degree parameter but then I got an error for the predict command. Is there any way to include them? Did I miss something obvious?
A: I think the lower order polynomial terms are included in the fitted model but are not visible in the plot since the C and epsilon parameters are not well suited for the data. One can usually obtain a better fit by fine-tuning the parameters with GridSearchCV. Since in this case the data is not centered the coef0 parameter also has a significant effect.
The following parameters should give a better fit for the data:
svr_poly = SVR(kernel='poly', degree=2, C=100, epsilon=0.0001, coef0=5)
A: scikit-learn.SVR runs lower order polynomial. A modification of the original example shows this clearly.
X = np.sort(2*np.random.rand(40,1)-1,axis=0)
Y = np.sin(6*X).ravel()
svr_poly1 = SVR(kernel='poly', C=1e3, degree=3)
y_poly1 = svr_poly1.fit(X, Y).predict(X)
svr_poly2 = SVR(kernel='poly', C=100, epsilon=0.0001, coef0=5, degree=3)
y_poly2 = svr_poly2.fit(X, Y).predict(X)
svr_poly3 = SVR(kernel='poly', C=100, epsilon=0.0001, coef0=5, degree=5)
y_poly3 = svr_poly3.fit(X, Y).predict(X)
Plotting this gives
Result of the different SVR algorithms with two models using order 3 but different hyperparameters and one model using order 5
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BkiUcjPxK7Dgs_aSUNWd | Cities, countries, and regions capitalized on Austin's premier international event to seek tourism and economic development dollars.
The front patio of New Japan Islands, with an upside-down Mount Fuji structure.
Westeros invaded Austin earlier this month. As part of the occupying force, a priestess demanded that all before her bend the knee and pledge fealty. Dothraki, Wildlings, and the stoic Unsullied Army threatened to erupt into a full-on melee while representatives of the Seven Kingdoms were literally out for blood.
Yet George R. R. Martin's fictitious world wasn't the only place to take over a corner of Austin as the more than 75,000 visitors attracted by SXSW converged for ten days of screenings and panels and concerts and parties. Nearly twenty very real cities, countries, and regions unleashed marketing armies of their own to capitalize on all those eyeballs.
Japan set up an embassy on Congress Avenue. The city of Fort Worth dispatched a contingent to the Rainey Street entertainment district. Philadelphia temporarily claimed a piece of Sixth Street. Present too were Michigan, D.C., Australia, Scandinavia (which even flew in the Danish princess), Spain, Brazil, and both Germany and the German city of Hamburg. The list goes on. They came seeking to spur both tourism and economic development.
In 2018 Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce went all out by booking a sprawling venue (Fair Market, where this year's Game of Thrones experience took place) for two days to show off a replica of a new helicopter and vertiport from Fort Worth–based Bell Helicopter.
Eleven-year-old Fort Worth singer/songwriter Jack Barksdale performing at Fort Worth's SXSW stage, on Rainey Street.
This year the city scaled down a bit, confining its two-day efforts to a smaller bungalow on Rainey Street. Fort Worth musicians performed. Tacos from celebrity chef Tim Love were served. Bell offered flight simulations, and T-shirts were screen-printed with advertisements of the city's aerospace programs in stylish designs. Visitors also enjoyed free chips and salsa from Fort Worth brand Mrs. Renfro's and whiskey tastings from Firestone & Robertson Distilling Co. The mayor of Fort Worth, Betsy Price, even led a bike ride along the nearby Lady Bird Lake hike and bike trail.
"We think we have an audience where a message of innovation and inclusion and creativity and technology and inspiration hopefully will resonate, and hopefully we will have filled in a picture of Fort Worth a little bit more clearly for them," Jameson said.
Meanwhile, Japan erected a giant red-and-white upside-down Mount Fuji structure on the patio of the 800 Congress event venue. The country's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, along with artist Yoichi Ochiai, built out an experience they dubbed the "New Japan Islands," meant to highlight the country's history, spiritualism (tea ceremonies, monks), and technology (mechanical game pachinko).
The stage at New Japan Islands, designed to resemble a Japanese living room.
Guests had to remove their shoes to enter and then walked along elevated platforms through the space. The centerpiece of the staging mimicked a traditional Japanese living room. Among the programming were an opening ceremonial prayer, zen sessions with monks, a comedy show, and a look at Japanese candy. Free ramen, wagyu beef (which comes from Japanese cattle), and sake were offered. The setup was so elaborate that it won SXSW's official Creative Experience Arrow award for best immersive experience.
The Amplify Philly House on Sixth Street was comparatively ragtag in highlighting the city's technology, business, and music scenes. David Silver, president and cofounder of a coworking space for creatives called REC Philly, was the lead organizer of Philadelphia's SXSW presence. He decided the city should launch a centralized effort after he attended his first SXSW six years ago and found himself running from venue to venue to see Philly musicians.
The house was simple: programming, music, mural art, 3D printing, virtual reality displays, a lounge. It's about "making sure that you understand that Philadelphia has a really vibrant arts and tech community that's rising," Silver said. The city's own DJ Jazzy Jeff headlined one of the house parties. One panel discussion covered the benefits of launching startup companies in the city, and another covered it as a destination for film production.
Worth noting, however, is that one of the Philadelphia's best-known figures, Flyers mascot Gritty, didn't make an appearance at the house, even though he was in town. He popped by Philly-based Comcast's SXSW's activation instead. Supposedly, his schedule was tight.
Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty posing for photos with fans on Rainey Street.
Hockey mascots mixing with tech visionaries, creatives pitching their next projects, entrepreneurs hoping to connect with industry leaders, and those just looking to be entertained—it's just that remarkable assemblage of people from varied backgrounds that draws the world to SXSW. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUfPg4uzliCt-nLwN4 | Jacqueline Wolper is fond of dating men who are younger than her. The Tanzanian actress has now explained her choice for boyfriends.
Jacqueline Wolper was dating Harmonize before she dumped him and moved on with another young man. Wolper has a fixation on young men especially if they are slim. Wolper also dated Diamond Platnumz, another team slim.
Jacqueline Wolper opened up about her choice for men while speaking on EATV's Friday Night Live. The actress confessed that she gets turned on by men who are small body-wise.
Wolper states that she doesn't chose her men based on what they carry between their legs. She reveals that she can't handle big men.
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BkiUdBk5jDKDyKYv5JmK | Duke Energy warns of ongoing scam targeting ratepayers
The scammer warns that Duke Energy will disconnect the customer's electric service if the customer fails to make an immediate payment — usually within about one hour
Duke Energy launched a radio campaign to educate the public about an ongoing payment scam affecting the utility's customers. The educational messages will air in English across all six Duke Energy service areas, and also in Spanish in the Carolinas and Florida.
Here is how the scam works, according to Duke Energy: A customer receives an unsolicited phone call from an individual who falsely claims to be a Duke Energy representative. The scammer warns that Duke Energy will disconnect the customer's electric service if the customer fails to make an immediate payment — usually within about one hour.
The thief instructs the customer to purchase a prepaid debit card — widely available at retail stores — then call him or her back to supposedly make a payment to Duke Energy. The scammer asks the customer for the prepaid debit card's receipt number and PIN number, which grants instant access to the card's funds.
Some of these criminals have recently adopted new tactics, using caller ID spoofing to replicate Duke Energy's customer service number, or falsely claiming to be with a third party collection agency representing Duke Energy.
They can also become aggressive when questioned about the legitimacy of their calls, and some specifically target Spanish-speaking customers, restaurants and other small businesses.
In reality, Duke Energy never asks or requires customers who have delinquent accounts to purchase a prepaid debit card to avoid electric service disconnection. Customers can make payments online, by phone, automatic bank draft, mail or in person.
Duke Energy customers who have delinquent accounts also receive notifications from the company over the course of several weeks prior to electric service disconnection – never just a single notification one hour before disconnection.
The company urges customers who suspect or experience fraud, or feel threatened during contact with one of these thieves, to hang up and call local police, then Duke Energy | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdXPxK6EuNCvepzad | DDI Alliance Expert Committee Meeting Minutes
Submitted by icpsr-web on Tue, 2009-09-29 11:23
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Iris Alfredsson (Swedish Social Science Data Service -- SSD)
Atle Alvheim (Norwegian Social Science Data Service -- NSD)
Nikos Askitas (Institute for the Study of Labor, IZA, Germany)
Michelle Edwards (University of Guelph)
Alexis Furuichi (Princeton University)
Julie Gibbs (University of Surrey)
Arofan Gregory (Open Data Foundation)
Pascal Heus, (Open Data Foundation)
Sanda Ionescu (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research -- ICPSR)
Jannik Jensen (Danish Data Archive -- DDA)
Uwe Jensen (German Social Science Infrastructure Services, Central Archive for Empirical Social Research -- GESIS-ZA)
Mari Kleemola (Finnish Social Science Data Service -- FSD)
Stefan Kramer (Yale University)
Fredy Kuhn (Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences -- FORS)
Sonia Latour (University of Alberta)
Hans Jorgen Marker (Chair, Danish Data Archive -- DDA)
Marc Maynard (Roper Center)
Kate McNeill (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ken Miller (United Kingdom Data Archive -- UKDA)
Meinhard Moschner (German Social Science Infrastructure Services, Central Archive for Empirical Social Research -- GESIS-ZA)
Ron Nakao (Vice Chair, Stanford University)
Robert O'Reilly (Emory University)
Tom Piazza (University of California, Berkeley)
Janet Eisenhauer Smith (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Jon Stiles (University of California, Berkeley)
Wendy Thomas (University of Minnesota)
Mary Vardigan (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research -- ICPSR)
Joachim Wackerow (German Social Science Infrastructure Services, Centre for Survey Research and Methodology -- GESIS-ZUMA)
Wolfgang Zenk-Moltgen (German Social Science Infrastructure Services, Central Archive for Empirical Social Research -- GESIS-ZA)
Bill Block (observer, new member July 1) (Cornell University)
Dan Gillman (observer) (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Linda Harding DeVries (observer) (Statistics Canada)
Nancy Hoebelheinrich (presenter) (Stanford University)
Jeremy Iverson (observer) (Colectica)
Dan Smith (observer) (Colectica)
Welcome, Introductions, and Congratulations
DDI Alliance Chair Hans Jorgen Marker opened the meeting. After a round of introductions, Alliance Director Mary Vardigan stated that DDI 3.0 had been officially published a month earlier and that the Alliance members deserved congratulations for all of their hard work. She singled out members of the Technical Implementation Committee (TIC) who were present -- Chair Wendy Thomas, Vice Chair Achim Wackerow, Arofan Gregory, Pascal Heus, and Ken Miller -- for their dedication to creating the new specification.
Building Alliance Membership
The DDI Alliance Steering Committee supports a proposal to create a new "allied" category of DDI Alliance membership. This membership type would permit statistical agencies, national statistical offices, and other data producers to be members of the Alliance with a voice in the development of the DDI standard. This category of membership would not require a membership fee (many statistical offices cannot obtain money to join organizations like the Alliance) and would most likely not carry voting rights. A document describing this membership category will be drafted.
We need to begin to market DDI to statistical agency data producers in order to have DDI markup generated automatically out of data producing systems. Wendy Thomas will be attending the 2009 meeting of the International Association of Official Statistics, a section of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), in Durban, South Africa, and will present to this group about DDI. It is also important to be on the program of groups like METIS (UNECE-Eurostat-OECD) that discuss statistical metadata. Dan Gillman chairs this group and will bring to their attention the allied membership opportunity.
Mapping to Other Standards
The metadata standards landscape is confusing to users, so we need to think about how to communicate the relationships between and among the standards that are relevant in the social sciences and also provide guidelines for usage. Mappings and crosswalks can illuminate the differences and similarities. DDI particularly needs to clarify its relationship to the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) and to the Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) standard. This work is on the agenda of the Alliance as is a mapping to ISO 11179, the metadata registries standard. Because DDI 3.0 was developed to align closely with ISO 11179, it is basically an XML implementation of that specification, so the relationship between the two is evident. An SDMX-DDI mapping is also being developed and will be available in about six months.
METIS publishes a Common Metadata Framework, divided into four parts:
Part A - Corporate Context
Part B - Metadata Concepts, Standards, Models and Registries
Part C - Metadata and the Statistical Cycle
Part D - Implementation
Each part concentrates on different practical and theoretical aspects of statistical metadata systems, vital knowledge for any person working with statistical metadata. It would be useful to have DDI 3.0 be represented in Part B, where the Neuchatel Terminology Model on variables, concepts, objects, and attributes is presented.
Update on Tools and Related Projects
A summary of the DDI Foundation Tools Program (FTP) was provided. The goal of this project, to which several partners are contributing, is to construct a core library of open source objects and components upon which DDI tools may be built. A Roadmap lays out the sequence of tool development and specific guidelines for tools creation. To date, the Tools Program has produced a Web site, a set of Apache XML Beans (Java objects that represent DDI 3.0 content), a URN generator, and a basic validation tool. Some tools have been donated to the Program, specifically the DDI/DExT tools (sponsored by UKDA/ODaF) that convert from SPSS to other statistical formats and both versions of DDI, and the SPSS/SAS to DDI converter (GESIS ZUMA). Colectica has created a tool called SurveyViz that imports Blaise, CASES, and other CAI formats and permits the visualization of question flow in a survey. Recently, an SPSS to DDI 3.0 converter for R has been developed at the Instituto Regionale di Ricerca della Lombardia (IRER) in Italy.
A new project to create a suite of DDI editing tools building on the FTP is now ramping up. About ten organizations have indicated interest and a meeting was held earlier in the week to assess what each potential partner could contribute in terms of funding and/or in-kind contributions. The goal is to coordinate resources and to build a DDI editor as soon as possible. The first phase will produce a light editor, with more advanced features being added in Phase 2. It is hoped that the basic editor can be created within six to nine months. There are many ways to contribute to the project, including working on documentation, writing up use cases, testing, etc., and any Alliance members are welcome to be part of the effort. We also need a separate tool to convert existing markup to DDI 3.0. It is possible that this could develop into an API with documentation explaining how to use it.
An update was also provided on the following DDI-related projects:
NORC Data Enclave — This project involves not only documentation but also parsing and sharing of source code
EURASI (European Access to Statistical Information) proposal — This project would connect Research Data Centers (RDCs) in Europe and provide virtual access, networking, and anonymization features along with a DDI 3.0 based component for metadata management.
Canadian RDCs — This is a project to connect all of the RDCs in Canada and to use DDI 3.0 for metadata management.
DANS MIXED (Migration to Intermediate XML for Electronic Data) project — DANS has created an XML format for the preservation of microdata.
International Household Survey Network (IHSN) and the Accelerated Data Program, sponsored by the UN OECD/PARIS21/World Bank — These efforts are providing tools to national statistical offices in developing countries to permit them to document and disseminate their data according to best practices. The tools need to scale up because over 60 countries are involved and the number could reach as many as 100. There is now a Web-based data catalog used by national ministries and line ministries. The IHSN has no short-term plans to move to DDI 3.0 as their tools are built on DDI 2.0.
It is hoped that DDI can be designated a United Nations Statistical Commission "preferred standard," as has occurred with SDMX recently.
Transitioning from DDI 2.* to 3.0
A presentation was made on creating an interim version of DDI (a "2.2" version) that would permit a two-step transition from 2 to 3. This would move us away from the DTD, incorporate some features of 3, and perhaps help large-scale users like IHSN and Nesstar to make the transition. This transitional version would be schema-based, have ID validation, add mandatory elements like agency, and facilitate the expression of a codebook view from 3. It would be the final 2.* release and would carry no new functionality.
The Alliance voiced a number of views on this topic. Several members were not convinced that a two-step migration path is necessary. Also mentioned was the fact that another 2.* version could be confusing to users and it is not clear how we would brand this version. It was pointed out that as a standards body, the Alliance cannot control what users do, but we do not want a branching version tree.
Others indicated that if people need features of 3.0, they will adopt it. Nesstar and the CESSDA Preparatory Phase Project (PPP) are evaluating DDI 3.0 and will determine how to proceed based on the results of the evaluation.
The point was made that we have nothing to lose by keeping the migration process internal because we all need a way to migrate. Rather than designating a version 2.2 that would go on SourceForge with other versions and lead to confusion, we should incorporate the concepts of 2.2 into a migration toolkit that the Foundation Tools project has a mandate to create. Part of this migration would be migration guidelines and best practices.
The Alliance decided that there was no support for a designated 2.2 but that we clearly need a migration toolkit, to be developed by the separate Foundation Tools project. Also necessary is a comprehensive 2 to 3 mapping.
Version Branding
Having different versions of the DDI standard has generated some confusion among the current and potential user communities. Now that DDI 3.0 is available, users want to know (1) whether the earlier versions of DDI will remain available and be maintained, or perhaps improved, and (2) whether DDI 3.0 is "superior" to the earlier versions and perhaps supersedes them as the higher number suggests.
The DDI UOG sought to clarify this situation and offered some branding suggestions, including branding DDI Version 2.* as DDI Classic and DDI 3.0 as simply DDI. Other suggestions included DDI First-Generation (2) — Second Generation (3); DDI Codebook or DDI-Publication (2) and DDI Life Cycle (3); and DDI 3.0 as DDI ++. It was decided that this type of branding may be limiting and may cause future problems; thus we should stay with version numbers. However, the UOG recommends that "DDI" be the term used to market the standard in gneral (as opposed to referring to specific version numbers in general publicity materials). In terms of the UN's possibly approving DDI as a preferred standard, no version distinctions are necessary in that process.
Timeline and Next Steps
With DDI 3.0 having been published on April 28, the specification is now in "stabilization mode." At this point, we need to focus our energies on education, tools, and outreach. The Usability and Outreach Group (UOG), in consultation with the TIC, will need to be very active during this period. However, this does not mean that working groups should be idle. They should continue to meet because the process of developing new elements takes a long time.
In terms of uptake of the standard, we have a small group of early adopters and will be creating editing tools in the next six to nine months. It will probably be 12 to 18 months before we have a more significant number of adopters. With the new life cycle orientation of DDI, new audiences like statistical agencies are showing interest, and there may be new constituencies that we are not yet aware of.
With respect to the revisions process, according to the Bylaws we have four basic types of changes: bug fixes, minor revisions without review, minor revisions with review (a scaled down process), and major versions requiring the full review process.
There is a provision for the Director to approve some minor changes upon recommendation by the TIC (these types of changes include bug fixes, documentation changes, controlled vocabularies, etc.), but other minor revisions require review. The TIC proposed that we redefine the revision process in terms of whether there is backwards compatibility.
Specifically, the TIC proposed (and the Alliance approved) that:
TIC will assess the bug tracker Mantis every three months and make recommendations to the Director: No release; bug fix; minor with review; or minor without review (a major revision will always be decided by the Alliance).
Not more than two releases will take place per year (each release requires namespace changes in applications).
We may move to a system of fixed-date releases once the specification is stable.
Controlled vocabularies will be produced and disseminated separately from the schemas and will use OASIS Genericode standard for markup. They will have their own publication cycle. We expect the first release within three to six months.
It was further emphasized that we do not want a new version 3.1 coming out soon because we want people to be able to adopt the specification with confidence.
Hosting Public Registries
The DDI Alliance needs to publish a formal list of organizations using DDI so that each gets its own unique agency code. Each institution would complete a Web form that would generate a URN for its code. We also need a service for resolving references that are external to the DDI instances in order to share metadata. This needs to be available all the time.
It was suggested that we all agree to use the DANS scheme of persistent identifiers based on URNs. This is an alternative to Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and other such schemes. We also need to register DDI as a URN domain, which will take some time. The TIC will draft proposals for the URN service and a potential membership list that includes CESSDA, ICPSR, IHSN, Data-PASS partners, University of Tilburg, and others.
CESSDA Preparatory Phase Project (PPP) Report
The Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) has received a major award to develop the CESSDA research infrastructure and to focus on tackling and resolving a number of strategic, financial and legal issues in order to ensure that European social science and humanities researchers have access to, and gain support for, the data resources they require to conduct research.
The project consists of several interlinked yet individually focused work packages, including work on developing the data portal to allow seamless access to data holdings across Europe, developing common authentication and access middleware tools, developing metadata standards, creating thesauri management tools, extending the coverage of and strengthening the CESSDA research infrastructure, investigating the potential of grid technologies, and improving data harmonization tools. The project will include an evaluation of the capacities of DDI 3.0, so the Alliance will be in communication with the project about this and there is the possibility of a meeting.
Introduction to METS
Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Metadata Coordinator at Stanford University and Co-Chair of the METS Editorial Board, met with the DDI Expert Committee to discuss ways in which DDI and METS, the Metadata Exchange and Transmission Standard, could collaborate. She explained that METS, which got its start in the archival environment, is a standard for digital objects and metadata that are encoded together. METS provides a way to aggregate, package, encode, render, share, and archive information. In Open Archival Information System (OAIS) terms, METS creates syntax for the Submission Information Package, the Archival Information Package, and the Dissemination Information Package.
One possibility for collaboration is to link from a METS record to a DDI instance. METS also has a mechanism called the Endorsed External Schemas, which is another possibility for DDI. DDI is currently on the METS controlled vocabularies list, along with MARC, MODS, EAD, PREMIS, and others, so it is a known metadata type. Another possibility is a Profile Schema that allows the declaration on an instance of best practice in human-readable form. The process is that one submits to the board, which reviews the application for the profile, and then the profile is published in 30 days. A logical use case would be to package a dataset and DDI metadata using a data subset. We could create METS profiles for Version 2 and for Version 3.
Future Meetings of the Alliance
The CESSDA Expert Seminar will be held in Odense, Denmark, in September 2008 and will focus on DDI. If the Alliance has significant agenda items by that time, we could perhaps have a DDI Expert Committee meeting there. There are other meetings to consider — for example, there will be a CESSDA PPP Community Coordination Workshop late in October or early in November focusing on specific work packages. We will determine the date of this workshop and solicit suggestions for agenda items for a fall meeting.
DDI Fall Training
DDI 3.0 training, sponsored by GESIS-ZUMA, will again be offered at Schloss Dagstuhl Leibniz Center for Informatics, November 3-7, 2008. This workshop is geared toward the staff of archives and data producing agencies. The multi-day structure of the workshop provides participants with an opportunity for in-depth assistance on the specialized features of DDI that are important to their organizations' activities.
The following week (November 10-14), there are plans for an Expert Workshop at Dagstuhl, sponsored by the DDI Alliance, GESIS, Minnesota Population Center, and the Open Data Foundation. The premise of this workshop is that with the publication of DDI 3.0, there is now a question of how best to implement it and thus there is a natural growing interest in documenting best practices to support interoperability and sharing of metadata.
The focused expert workshop would be designed to produce two papers addressing this need: one on technical best-practices and the other dealing with organizational approaches, governance, and content. These will form the basis of ongoing work in this area within the DDI community. The intention is to publish these papers on the DDI Alliance Web site and in other places as appropriate.
Suggested topics for the expert workshop include:
Controlled vocabularies: How these should be selected, used within an organization, and communicated to users of DDI.
Governance: Best practices for agreeing on a set of metadata elements within a community of use, how to make decisions over time, how to communicate within a community.
Use of DDI 3.0 Schemes: How best to organize metadata such as variables, questions, concepts, categories and codes so they are optimized for reuse.
Management of DDI 3.0 Identifiers: How organizations should assign and manage the identifiers for which they are responsible across their entire set of metadata.
URNs and entity resolution: How to provide these services at the level of an organization, and at the level of the community.
Workflows: Recommended workflows for archival use, for data production, for data dissemination, for provision of services such as question banks, variable banks, etc.
Metadata storage: How to maintain the metadata set independent of its expression in XML as it flows into and out of applications.
Versioning and publication: What constitutes a published version of a metadata set?
High level architectural model: Recommended multi-level architecture for a suite of applications that use DDI 3.0.
This would most likely be an invited workshop, with key people represented and a good mix from different types of institutions. There was a lot of interest expressed in these topics, especially from the perspective of the CESSDA PPP.
DDI Regional User Groups
Nikos Askitas from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, and Joachim Wackerow (GESIS-ZUMA) made a proposal for a regional European DDI users meeting, modeled on the successful Stata users meetings. The idea is that the DDI Alliance would begin to sponsor regional DDI user meetings and groups, with dedicated Web pages on these meetings. The meetings would have the goal of providing a forum for exchange among users and communication of specific needs back to DDI Alliance.
IZA has proposed to host the first such meeting in 2009 in Bonn, Germany, in September/October (fall seems best since it should not be too close to the IASSIST conference and should not be in the summer). In addition to Europe, North America could host regional user meetings and ideally we can extend the geographic regions over time.
There could be a call for papers and a program committee with representatives from different institutions. Also proposed is an opening plenary event on a topic such as "How DDI can facilitate the research process" with a presentation by a distinguished researcher or a panel session with several persons. Members from Technical Implementation Committee should be available in a session on "Ask the Experts." Optional would be a workshop for beginners (1/2 day or one full day) preceding the meeting. The UOG co-chairs proposed that this meeting, as one of the user outreach activities, be coordinated with the UOG. The next steps are that IZA and GESIS will start planning the workshop.
Intranet for the DDI Alliance
A proposal was made to explore using Drupal, an open source content management system, for the DDI Alliance Web site and also for an internal Intranet for the Alliance Expert Committee members. This would create a more dynamic Web site and would also permit maintenance and creation of content to be shared among members of the Alliance. We could set permissions to only show internal information to Alliance members while the externally facing site would be publicly accessible and would also allow comments from users and more interaction.
Google Groups are another communication mechanism as are email lists and the Marratech video conferencing system that the CESSDA PPP is using.
Usability and Outreach Group
Kate McNeill and Stefan Kramer, co-chairs of the group, reported on the group's mission and its goal to create two-way communications between the Alliance and users of the standard. The group has been using a Google Group to communicate (this mechanism provides uploading of files, wikis, comments features, email, etc.) and has discussed topics such as the various audiences for DDI, marketing efforts including the creation of a brochure, and requirements for a DDI editor.
The group hopes to become very active this year with members making contributions in various areas. Goals include revamping the DDI site, building a list of conferences and attendees, creating training materials, and so forth. Press releases will be written to disseminate information on every report-worthy event. The UOG hopes to have some conference calls with the TIC as the year proceeds.
Qualitative Data Group
The UK Data Archive is spearheading a project to encourage qualitative data software vendors to use a standard schema to describe qualitative data including audio and video components and text analysis. This may be incorporated under the DDI umbrella or become its own product.
Controlled Vocabularies Group
This working group has been meeting via telephone conference calls to develop controlled vocabularies for elements in DDI 3.0 that require such lists. They have made significant progress and hope to publish the first version of the DDI controlled vocabularies within the next three to six months. The list will be published separately from the DDI 3.0 XML schemas.
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7 Examples of When Video Game Logic Makes No Sense
As humans in the real world, we have come to accept our fragile existence is restricted by the laws of nature and physics. When we play video games, we expect that these same laws don't apply, and creative liberties are taken to make the game more enjoyable and playable. However, this doesn't stop us from clearly seeing the hilarious aspects that if in real world, could both be a nuissance and incredibly helpful. This list will explore the uncanny features and abilities that video games contain that make no sense in the real world. Enjoy.
Small Objects Blocking Your Path
Picture this. You're late to be somewhere while walking down the average corridor, when you notice something horrifying. A step ladder is lying on the ground. This can't be happening now, not when you're late, there is no way of passing by this object except finding another route. Oh wait I forgot, you can simply step over, or move it out the way like a normal human being. This isn't the case in most video games however. The developers need to push you to go a certain direction, down a specific route, so in order to do this they must find some way to prevent the player from going off the beaten track. While in most cases this is a simple force field stopping you or a low fence/wall, it is much more hilarious when something like a couple of buckets or boxes stop the mighty protagonist in his tracks.
Carrying the Equivalent of a Shop in Your Inventory
In the real world, if you try to carry something too heavy you run the risk of doing your back in. Or, if you're me you just don't bother trying in the first place. But video game protagonists never seem to have got the memo. Hold 10-20 heavy weapons, no problem. How about 50 iron ingots? Easy. What about a months supply of food and healing items? That's nothing, try a years stock. While games usually do have a weight/item limit, these are often very generous, allowing a ton of space to carry a plethora of items. What happens when you exceed this limit you might ask? While many often just slow your character down or prevent fast-travel, other completely stop from moving. This means that you could be holding a ridiculous amount of items and still be able to move like normal, but if you pick up a pencil which sends you above the carry weight, you're instantly stuck in place. That must be some heavy pencil.
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Having Special Vision
While for many of us, we envy the people that have 20/20 vision without the need for glasses. This would be nothing compared to if people had the special, superhuman vision many video game protagonists have. In games like Assassins Creed, Shadow of Mordor, The Last of Us, the main character has the uncanny ability to see through walls, detect random tiny details as they show up in a glowing colour as well as being able to track where enemies are going. While it would be considered normal if this was some dystopian future, for charaters in medeieval fantasy, realistic real worlds and in our world, this is something the average human is incapable of doing unfortunately. Just magine if we had abilities like this now, I would no longer have to worry about walking up to a corner and accidentally colliding into a poor passerby.
Recover from Deadly Wounds in Seconds
When we get injured, whether that be from a broken bone or something else, the normal thing to do would to go to the hospital. It will then usually take weeks for us to recover. But in video games, all it takes is a few seconds hiding in cover to completely heal from very serious injuries. You can literally be filled with bullets and other greivous wounds, then just by taking some medicine, you instantly recover your health and the bullets embedded in your body disappear. If you're in a Farcry game, apparantly relocating a dislocated thumb heals bullet wounds in the chest. Essentially, all video game protagonists have the fast healing powers of Wolverine.
Imagine being an all powerful being of darkness and you had to wait your turn in a fight, even kids. This is the case for many games, mainly JRPGs like Final Fantasy. It's hilariously absurd to think about, especially when you put it in terms like I just did. Turn-based combat may not be as common today, and I still love it, but idea of it is completely insane. Imgaine in real life, you get jumped on by a group of people who proceed to stand there patiently and aimlessly, waiting for you to decide what to do. Also how do creatures understand the concept of waiting their turn to attack you? It becomes more strange by the fact that you could simply sit around and do nothing for as long as you want while enemies are at the mercy of the power of turn-based combat.
Enemies are Blind and Dumb
If security guards in our world had the mental capacity and sight of video game npcs, every bank and shop across the world would have a 100% successful burglery rate. You woudln't even have to try sneaking around and you would make away with all the money you could carry, or beter yet simply keep going back for more. No other game comes to mind as quickly as Skyrim. Enemies in this game have the memory, sight, and intelligence of a plant. You can literally sneak around and shoot an arrow into a person's head (which doesn't kill them) and they will look around for a like 10 seconds and go back to patrolling as if you don't have an arrow embedded in your skull or other limb. Other games also suffer the same terribly stupid AI such as the Tomb Raider trilogy, but Skyrim stands out far more for its hilarity.
I couldn't make a list of video game logic that doesn't make sense without mentioning the infamous example that inspired the idea. Swan diving from a structure over a hundred feat high into a barrel of hay in our world would lead to your untimely death, and if you somehow survived, you would be considered insane. But in the world of Assassins Creed, this is just simply part of the job description for the far reaching Assassin Brotherhood that goes back millennia. In fact, it must be so common that poor civilians in the games have become accustomed to seeing crazed hooded figures plumeting from the skies into any surface that provides something to break their fall and coming out unscathed.
Thank you for reading my list of video game logic that doesn't make any sense. This was a little different to the content I normally write so I hope you enjoyed. Let me know what you thought in the comments below. And for all things gaming, stay tuned to Honest Gamer.
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6 thoughts on "7 Examples of When Video Game Logic Makes No Sense"
Around The Bonfire says:
30th Jul 2019 at 2:18 pm
Some good points. My logic breaker is always FPS's where you can't see the feet. Even Goldeneye back in the '64 days had rudimentary feet but somewhere it's difficult to program for so we accept floaty camera with no body or feet as believable. No thank you.
Stephen Brown says:
Good example, I completely forgot. Now I can't stop thinking about it. I think I try to ignore that when I play first person games as I don't want to think about the character being a floating head and hands 😂.
When the 360 came out and we were trying Halo multiplayer for the first time, found myself running around like a loon trying to see my feet. Didn't care how advanced the graphics were, lack of feet ruined the immersion.
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Michelle | A Geek Girl's Guide says:
Along with small objects blocking your path, invisible walls are just not a thing lol
screenstreams says:
3rd Sep 2019 at 10:03 pm
And THIS is why I love video games, and all of their ridiculousness. Let's not forget the potential animal cruelty laws in Pokemon, the bizarre laws of Animal Crossing.
#2 on your list actually made me laugh. A whole year of potions? My main character's got this, bro.
There is just so many to talk about 🤣 Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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BkiUeD3xK4tBViZLGTcv | Truly, online meals ordering has created its well worth as a separate enterprise section in the current years as a result of the proliferation of websites and mobile app improvement. Moreover, it makes dwelling extraordinarily less difficult for the busy individuals, saving up their time and changing the manner they dine. As according to research, meals transport section almost makes up nearly forty% of the eating place industry and that seems a terrific sign for investments in food ordering apps. If business owners within the restaurant industry need to stay competitive, it is obvious that they've to specialise their offerings and be exceptional! No doubt, now, an on-call for meals ordering app may be the pleasant weapon for that. This article purposely articulates the features one need to include in such an app to be able to assist restaurant proprietors to recognize maximum benefits.
Users are had to put in some simple information like name, address, phone quantity to create an account within the app from wherein he or she will be able to order often. Thus, the adventure of meals ordering app begins with the feature of a signal-in for person registration which additionally facilitates owners to acquire database of the customers. Tracking up private info help them to spark up a super relationship with customers by using offering customized services.
The app too wishes to put an in depth menu-card citing the food type, charges, servings, etc. Of each object just like the way it's miles furnished at the eating place tables. To make the look for food less complicated, it's far wiser to classify the menu into numerous cuisine types and placed a seek button wherein customers can just kind a name and locate all approximately their favourite dishes. Further, if owners want to make their app better than the rest, they could encompass a feature for order customisation, i.E. Customers can ask for a few greater toppings or garnishing of their meals.
Many restaurants bypass out this biggest characteristic of a food-ordering app that may assist them to fetch greater customers. By putting a reward application so that it will add up points to customer's account whenever an order is located, proprietors can preserve clients hooked on their app for all successive orders. Those reward points after a positive period can be redeemed with the aid of them for exquisite gives or loose meals. Referral schemes may turn similarly beneficial because it encourages the prevailing satisfied users to refer others and earn reward points for every referral, thereby raising the probabilities for the eating place to advantage more customers.
Once a consumer receives convinced with order placement the app, he or she appears for easy charge mode. An app must with wide variety of alternatives together with cash, credit score and debit playing cards are particularly desired. Integrating other viable alternatives for payments like net banking, mobile pockets like Apple Pay or Google pockets can offer introduced advantages by imparting consumer with more comfort.
Not handiest the customers, however restaurant owners too shall acquire out the blessings of on-line ordering from the app. It has to be built with a beautiful dashboard thru which proprietors can manipulate meals gadgets listing, orders, and customers well. While they are able to add, edit or exchange cuisines, upload descriptions or snap shots on the menu, they also can maintain close song of the orders till their deliveries via it. Besides, proprietors can often test into the scores or reviews bagged by their restaurants and work on any enhancements if needed.
This entry was posted in Business Travel on May 29, 2018 by blue.
In the contemporary fashion, the iPads have end up the maximum trendy device for the income representatives who constantly consciousness on numerous transactions. Providing records on a pill without a doubt feels extra like a verbal exchange, even as the same method on a pc should end up less dynamic.
The iPad is embedded with the greatest pixel best within them which constantly engages the ability audience to have a see-via of the product description that's saved inside the shape of a video presentation, virtual catalogues to mention some.
In the modern-day trend, the iPad were quite able to dealing with the starter displays, conversations and convert them into the income funnel with a lot extra ease.
The iPad inside the recent years had been completely designed aiming closer to the notion of the income executives in perspective. It has developed as an enterprising device which turns into pretty handy almost about turning into pretty transportable in each sense.
The most putting characteristic in an iPad has been toward the app capability being embedded. The income rep locate the iPad apps to be a lot smooth and maneuverable that some of the accomplishments inclusive of the customer dating management or the (CRM), report processing, charge processing may be performed dynamically.
On the contrary, the iPads were the tool which allows the run-via the promotional content material when related to a screen that could include sure product animations, product movies, photographs and plenty of extra.
In the current years, the iPad app has been incorporated with commercial enterprise intelligence (BI) equipment and has been capable of assist the sales rep to come with their personal custom designed reports that could communicate approximately the performance and analytics of the product on a day by day, weekly and month-to-month foundation.
This analytics have often helped the sales rep to constantly analyze the product sales and also soak up sure corrective moves for the product which turns into quite susceptible inside the marketplace on the subject of the sales.
The iPads had been the tool which may be without problems connected to projectors, LED TV, video partitions to say a few. These plugins have turned out to be the maximum impactful whilst a product release is scheduled and may be further broadcasted to far flung attendees.
Techno Edge Systems had been constantly striving difficult to bring about more variations inside the iPad condo collection that can embed most of the apps and different related attributes which makes the iPad as a device to bring about extra effect.
On the off threat which you need a siding this is comparative in look to wooden siding without all the issue, this can be the suitable opportunity for you. It would not damage or get water harm, and creepy crawlies do not care for it.
Made out of cement fiberboard, it is heavier than wooden and extra of a trouble to introduce. Be that as it could, the Hardie website online has definite guidelines at the most gifted method to try this securely and get an appropriate outcomes. This siding may be painted to get your preferred coloration; be that as it may, it is not important to color it habitually like you need to do with wood siding.
Hardie board siding is available in 26 particular colors and more than one diverse styles, along with HardiePlank Lap Siding, HardieShingle Siding, and HardiePanel Vertical Siding. The lap siding and the vertical siding are something but difficult to paint and feature a sealer and an introduction to them to ensure them. They likewise accompany a 50-year transferable constrained object guarantee.
There are ten one of a kind environment zones that Hardie siding works by using within the rely of the Hardie Board Siding. There are except 8 elements inside those pretense that the siding is striven for. These 8 factors are what the vicinity elements are if there are hurricanes show if there's hail display, wh the degree of snow is conceivable, what the measure of precipitation is viable, what the sponginess is, the thing that the UV enlarge is, and what the standard temperature generally is. The aggregate of those elements can have an effect on the matter of picking how stable to make the siding.
The primary drawback with Hardie board siding is that you have to take thoughts when introducing it, and it's far tougher to introduce than numerous extraordinary styles of siding. Since you can make silica tidy when you chop this siding, you need to do it in a way so one can restrict this difficulty. In the occasion that you test the agency web page, they'll give all of you the records you need to do that securely, or you could enlist anyone to do it for you.
HEPA channel to assist with the easy and do the slicing outside. For satisfactory effects, you have to likewise paint Hardie board siding with the counseled manufacturers of paint, and you should take after all safety tips exactly maintaining in thoughts the quit aim to make sure your guarantee will also now be extensive.
The Hardie Board Siding that you buy may be tried through the entire of these factors and can be made for each the circumstance which you stay in. This siding in like manner makes use of using a non-ignitable cloth to assist damage the spread of blasting breakout. Despite what air sector you stay in, this siding is secured with the target that it can face up to that one electrical tempest that affordable happens every so reliably.
After a a success 2017, the cell app enterprise is ready to absorb and meet demanding situations in 2018. The cell development situation is on the manner to maturing and becoming greater person- friendly. It targets at integration of business desires and technical issues.
Experience inside the ultimate 12 months exhibits that though the app marketplace has carried out nicely, there are much less number of apps downloads consistent with person. Developers are now searching at apps that interact and satisfy users and additionally inspire regular use in their apps. The intention is to make them technically sound and concurrently increase the call for for use.
The surprising and meteoric rise in use of Bitcoins has fueled hobby in cellular blockchain era. Developers are equipped to latch directly to this hobby. Their simplest concern would be to decide the blessings of the usage of the new technology to update the antique SQL database for character apps.
Apple's Core ML Library has introduced built-in ML models. This offers builders a convenient way to consist of ML generation in iOS apps. In 2018 app builders are anticipated to leverage this advantage.
Chatbots have been launched in 2016. They created messaging structures the usage of the bot to be used on websites. This year those bots are set to enlarge their domain to mobiles. Developers discover it smooth to apply chatbots. They neither must examine new interface nor do they need to broaden native apps that want ordinary updating.
This new entrant is probable to become a favourite this year. It needs no installation and is well suited with all OS. The possibility of embedding it in Google search engines like google and yahoo acts as introduced gain.
Google AMP makes internet surfing on mobiles quicker. Domains are the use of AMP to attain and have interaction extra customers. More and extra apps are predicted to convert to AMP to leverage gain.
5G is prepared to deliver velocity. It will work up to sixty times faster than the prevailing 4G generation. This new community is to roll out slowly with the us based service companies taking the lead.
2018 will see cloud-primarily based apps upward thrust to a whopping 89%. Cloud garage is secure. It clears area on devices and does now not devour into device memory making it a desired storage for private and commercial use. Mobile Backend as a Service lets in for information to transport back and forth from cloud to device without difficulty, quite simply and fast.
Wearables will keep growing this 12 months. Security issues could be part of app development as more and more transactions are executed using mobiles. Developers may be engaged in developing increasingly on-call for apps as their usage increases and startups begin to take a look at these as a means of accomplishing customers. Virtual truth and Augmented Reality apps will see an increase in demand and will force the field of cellular app improvement.
This entry was posted in Business Travel on May 23, 2018 by blue.
None of the wi-fi gadgets have grow to be huge like a telephone. Yes, these are witnessing a excessive penetration in all likelihood because of an multiplied affordability element. However, the device has grow to be a should-have for excursion operators in travel agencies for a myriad of operations. The wireless device has helped journey businesses to reach their customers with engaging travel apps. With most people owning a cellphone, such apps additionally opens a new window to increase logo loyalty resultseasily. Moreover, humans can now deploy a tour app of a tour organization to look, plan and even e book a lodge, flight or cruise with utmost convenience. According to Google, an approximate 60% of records searches regarding a journey destination are completed the use of such devices.
Since, most tour groups ought to cope with a large quantity of tour-associated files like visa playing cards, passports, driving force license, identity playing cards, and extra on a daily basis, having a document scanner app that can work wirelessly will increase their performance manifold. Also, in an age of digitization, travel companies are making a aware attempt to head paperless and such devices powered by the wi-fi era assist them to achieve this.
Apart from a laptop, a telephone, and a wi-fi record scanner, the alternative tool that immensely enables journey groups to supply better effects is a wi-fi printer. Having a wireless printer way a tour agent can print brochures, business cards or vital travel documents at anyplace and each time. No longer, there may be any compulsion to paintings from an office surroundings that hampers productiveness to a massive quantity.
These wireless gadgets carry out better whilst there may be technical guide from an experienced carrier issuer. Also, the devices call for enhancements from time-to-time. There need to be a wireless professional to take care of the overview of wireless bills, buy of new wireless gadgets, and so on. In any such situation, hiring wireless assist carriers is the pleasant pass.
This entry was posted in Computers & Technology on May 22, 2018 by blue.
This entry was posted in Business Travel on May 20, 2018 by blue. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUc3w4uBhi1OGmcOWT | For promotion circulation of the skin.
Racementhol, spruce needle oil, purified turpentine oil, eucalyptus oil, pine needle oil, mountain pine oil, emulsifying wax, polyoxyethylencetylstearylether, stearyl alcohol (Ph.Eur.),high-viscosity paraffin, ethanol, citronic acid, propyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (Ph.Eur.),methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (Ph.Eur.),puriefied water.
Contains racementhol, stearylalcohol, propyl- und methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate.
Rheumatism-oinment S is a rubefacient (warmin skin product) for external application.
The heilusan® Rheumatism-oinment S contains natural camphor for promotion of the circulation of the skin. The cool feeling of the camphor in the beginning of the application is supported by the oinment base. After rubbing in completely a pleasant feeling of intensive heating arises.
The rheumatism-oinment S provides a soothing warm feeling in the affected muscles and joints.
Camphor has been known for its stimulating and warming effect on circulation for a very long time.
Adults and adolescents aged 12 years and above rub thinly on the affected areas of the body 2 – 3 times a day with an approx. 5 cm long strand. 5 cm strand contain ca. 0,06 g D-camphor.
100 ml oinment for application on the skin.
Don't apply in children under the age of 12 years.
Don't apply in the area around the eyes and on mucous membrane.
Store medicinal products out of the reach of children.
Store tube tightly sealed and not above 25°C. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUebnxK7IDLyvTHj5u | "We nearly booked our honeymoon with a big name resort nearby when my wife reminded me to check out VRBO where we found this amazing property. This town home was far more then we were looking for at a far better price. Unbelievable deal for this area.
Rick and his staff were amazing to work with. Very easy going people that make your vacation the relaxing experience you need it to be. This is not some shady individual renting out his house. Rick and his staff are more then I've received at 5 star resorts. They make it easy for you.
As far as the property, Its spotlessly clean. It looks like it was built yesterday from the way it was maintained. Its more impressive than pictures can ever convey. You will be impressed. It has all the little extra detail features you never expected. We had occasional snow overnight during our stay so the garage turned into a great thing. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdlU5qU2Ap6Tgue9e | Tchernov D, et al. (2011) Apoptosis and the selective survival of host animals following thermal bleaching in zooxanthellate corals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(24):9905-9909.
Veal CJ, et al. (2010) Shallow-water wave lensing in coral reefs: a physical and biological case study. Journal of Experimental Biology 213(24):4304-4312.
Saragosti E, Tchernov D, Katsir A, & Shaked Y (2010) Extracellular Production and Degradation of Superoxide in the Coral Stylophora pistillata and Cultured Symbiodinium. Plos One 5(9).
Ohad I, Raanan H, Keren N, Tchernov D, & Kaplan A (2010) Light-Induced Changes within Photosystem II Protects Microcoleus sp in Biological Desert Sand Crusts against Excess Light. Plos One 5(6).
Mass T, Tchernov D, Shavit U, & Genin A (2010) How does flow augment photosynthesis in corals, algae, and sea-grasses? Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 56(1):91-92.
Mass T, Genin A, Shavit U, Grinstein M, & Tchernov D (2010) Flow enhances photosynthesis in marine benthic autotrophs by increasing the efflux of oxygen from the organism to the water. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107(6):2527-2531.
Kuguru B, Achituv Y, Gruber DF, & Tchernov D (2010) Photoacclimation mechanisms of corallimorpharians on coral reefs: Photosynthetic parameters of zooxanthellae and host cellular responses to variation in irradiance. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 394(1-2):53-62.
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Shaked Y, et al. (2005) Evolution of fringing reefs: space and time constraints from the Gulf of Aqaba. Coral Reefs 24(1):165-172. | c4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUcyA5qoTAmEQQolmt | I am a political scientist with a specialization in the European Union: I study its institutions, politics and policies. Much of my work, however, relates to a few broader branches of the literature, among which: the political economy of institutions, the political economy of market integration, public budgeting and redistributive politics. I work predominantly with quantitative methods, and more recently I started to work with experimental and computational social science methods.
I supervise papers and theses in all areas related to political science and quantitative political economy.
Citi, Manuele (2015), European Union budget politics: Explaining stability and change in spending allocations. Forthcoming in European Union Politics.
Citi, Manuele and Mogens K. Justesen (2014), Measuring and Explaining Regulatory Reform in the EU: A Time Series Analysis of Regulatory Dynamics in 8 Sectors (1984-2012). European Journal of Political Research.
Citi, Manuele (2014), Revisiting Creeping Competences in the EU: The Case of Security R&D Policy, Journal of European Integration. Volume 36, Issue 2, pp. 135-151.
Citi, Manuele and Martin Rhodes (2006), New Forms of Governance in the European Union, in Jorgensen, K.E., Pollack, M. and Ben Rosamond "Handbook of European Union Politics", Thousand Oaks/London: SAGE.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Redistributive Politics in a Political Union : The Case of the EU.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Institutional Constraints, Legislative Activism and Policy Change : The Case of the European Union.
Manuele Citi / European Union Budget Politics : Explaining Stability and Change in Spending Allocations.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Institutional Constraints, Legislative Activism, and Policy Change : The Case of the European Union.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Measuring and Explaining Regulatory Reform in the EU : A Time-series Analysis of Eight Sectors, 1984–2012.
Manuele Citi / Reforming the EU Budget : A Time Series Analysis of Institutional and Partisan Effects.
Manuele Citi / Revisiting Creeping Competences in the EU : The Case of Security R&D Policy.
Manuele Citi / EU Budgetary Dynamics : Incremental or Punctuated Equilibrium?.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Explaining Stability and Change in EU Regulatory Legislation : A Panel Data Analysis of Regulatory Dynamics in 8 Sectors.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Measuring and Explaining Regulatory Reform in the EU : A Time Series Analysis of Eigh Sectors, 1984-2012.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Measuring and Explaining regulatory Reform in the EU : A Time Series Analysis of Eight Sectors, 1984-2012.
Manuele Citi / Is Incrementalism a Structural Feature of the EU Decision-Making Process?
Manuele Citi / Reforming Regulatory Regimes in the EU : Measuring Incremental Adaptions and Discontinous Changes.
Manuele Citi; Mogens Kamp Justesen / Seizing Political Opportunity : How the European Commission Becomes a 'Policy Entrepreneur'. | c4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdjU4eIOjSM_xr0lp | using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace Microsoft.Protocols.TestTools.StackSdk.Messages.Marshaling
{
/// <summary>
/// Function Expression
/// </summary>
public class FunctionExpression : BaseExpression
{
private string functionName;
private IExpression expression;
private string text;
/// <summary>
/// Function name
/// </summary>
public string FunctionName
{
get { return functionName; }
set { functionName = value; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Function expression
/// </summary>
public IExpression Expression
{
get { return expression; }
set { expression = value; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Expression text
/// </summary>
public string Text
{
get { return text; }
set { text = value; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="functionName">Function name</param>
/// <param name="text">Function text</param>
/// <param name="expression">Function expression</param>
public FunctionExpression(string functionName, string text, IExpression expression)
{
this.functionName = functionName;
this.expression = expression;
this.text = text;
}
/// <summary>
/// Accept an expression visitor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="visitor">The expression visitor</param>
public override void Accept(IExpressionVisitor visitor)
{
if (visitor == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("visitor");
}
visitor.Visit(this);
}
}
}
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BkiUe_rxK0zjCxh74-g4 | Frank Manning "Bruiser" Kinard (* 23. Oktober 1914 in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, USA; † 7. September 1985 in Jackson, Mississippi) war ein US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler. Er spielte als Offensive Tackle und Defensive Tackle in der National Football League (NFL) bei den Brooklyn Dodgers und in der All-America Football Conference (AAFC) bei den New York Yankees.
Spielerlaufbahn
Collegekarriere
Frank Kinard besuchte in Jackson die High School. Seinen Spitznamen "Bruiser" (Rabauke) erhielt er bereits auf der Schule von einem Mitspieler der Footballmannschaft den er durch einen harten Tackle im Training zu Fall gebracht hatte. Seinen Spitznamen behielt er bis zu seinem Lebensende als Rufnamen bei. Von 1935 bis 1937 studierte Kinard an der University of Mississippi. Er spielte als Tackle in der Offense und Defense der College-Football-Mannschaft. Kinard war ein harter Spieler, der oftmals mehr als 55 Spielminuten (von 60 Spielminuten) auf dem Platz stand. Im Jahr 1936 stand er 708 Minuten auf dem Platz. Insgesamt stand seine Mannschaft in diesem Jahr 720 Minuten auf dem Platz. 1936 spielte er mit seiner Mannschaft, den "Ole Miss Rebels" auch im Orange Bowl. Das Spiel gegen die Catholic University ging mit 20:19 verloren. Sein College zeichnete Kinard aufgrund seiner sportlichen Leistungen in allen drei Studienjahren aus. In den Jahren 1936 und 1937 wurde Bruiser Kinard zum All-American und in die Ligaauswahl gewählt. Im Jahr 1938 spielte er im College-Football-Auswahlspiel.
Profikarriere
Bruiser Kinard wurde 1938 von den Brooklyn Dodgers in der dritten Runde an 18. Stelle gedraftet. Einen Meisterschaftserfolg konnte er mit seiner Mannschaft nicht feiern. 1945 leistete Kinard seinen Wehrdienst im United States Marine Corps in Kinston. Auch für die Marines spielte er Football. Im Jahr 1946 nahm die All-America Football Conference den Spielbetrieb auf und Kinard schloss sich den von Ray Flaherty trainieren New York Yankees an. Die Yankees und die Cleveland Browns sollten in den nächsten beiden Jahren die AAFC dominieren. In beiden Jahren trafen sie im AAFC-Endspiel aufeinander. Die Yankees konnten jedoch keines der beiden Spiele gewinnen. 1946 unterlag man den von Paul Brown trainierten Browns mit 14:9 und 1947 mit 14:3. Nach seinen Spieljahren bei der Mannschaft aus Brooklyn beendete Kinard seine Laufbahn.
Nach der Spielerlaufbahn
Unmittelbar nach Beendigung seiner Spielerlaufbahn wurde Frank Kinard Assistenztrainer der Footballmannschaft an seiner alten Alma Mater. Zeitweise fungierte er dort auch als Head Coach. Nachdem er sich als Mannschaftsbetreuer zurückgezogen hatte, war er von 1971 bis 1974 der sportliche Leiter seines Colleges. Kinard starb im Alter von 70 Jahren und ist auf dem Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson beerdigt.
Ehrungen
Frank Kinard spielte fünfmal im Pro Bowl, dem Abschlussspiel der besten Spieler einer Saison. Er wurde achtmal zum All-Pro gewählt. Er ist Mitglied in der Pro Football Hall of Fame, in der College Football Hall of Fame, in der Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, sowie in der Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame.
Weblinks
Bruiser Kinard in der Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame
Biografie
Nachruf in der New York Times
Kinard in der Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
Einzelnachweise
American-Football-Trainer (Vereinigte Staaten)
Militärperson (United States Marine Corps)
American-Football-Spieler (Ole Miss Rebels)
American-Football-Spieler (Brooklyn Dodgers)
American-Football-Spieler (New York Yankees)
Ehrenbürger von Skopje
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1914
Gestorben 1985
Mann | wikipedia | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUc_c5qoTAkOJ5BPgd | How important is child training from the start?
When Florence was 40 years old, he craved a child. However, when she is pregnant, the doctor informs her that her baby may have learning disabilities. He did not despair and finally gave birth to a healthy baby.
Shortly after Stephen was born, Florence began reading stories and talking to his son on every occasion. As he grew, they played, went for walks, learned to count, and sang together. "Even when bathing, we play," he recalls. His work turned out to be in vain.
When he was a teenager, Stephen graduated with honors from the University of Miami. Two years later, at the age of 16, he graduated from law school, and according to his biography, he later became the youngest lawyer in the United States. His mother, Dr. Florence Baccus — a former teacher and retired tutor — has devoted a lot of time to conducting research on education for children from an early age. He believes that the attention and stimulation, or stimulation, that he gives to his baby changes the child's future.
Default versus Care
What is often debated by child psychologists lately is what factors play a role in the development of a child, whether it's the innate nature or the way he is cared for and trained. Most researchers believe that child development is influenced by the combination of these two factors.
An expert on child development, Dr. J. Fraser Mustard, explained, "According to our current observations, experience in the early years of a child's life affects the development of his brain." Professor Susan Greenfield also stated, "For example, we know that parts of the brain that are associated with the movement of the left-hand finger on the violin players are more developed than others. "
What training should be given
Responding to the results … | commoncrawl | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdFk4uBhhxJ8CUEz0 | Trump caught on camera in Florida handing out some $50 bills. Florida — Someone on Tiktok posted a video of former president Donald Trump in Florida this weekend. They say he was handing out $50 bills. Read more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTQvQP_P3hI
Russia: "When you (Navalny) plot w/ foreign enemies (UK) against your country you deserve no mercy"
WATCH: SpaceX Starship prototype aces test flight but explodes again
Anthony Hopkins wearing two face masks AND a face shield gets his Covid vaccine shot.
Biden goes to sleep.
PSAKI: "Even after you're vaccinated, social distancing and wearing masks will be essential."
Trump caught on camera in Florida handing out some $50 bills.
Man makes the huge mistake of lighting a cigarette in a truck full of butane tanks
16-yo kid destroys a cop cruiser after intentionally crashing into it
Chanel Store in SoHo (NYC) robbed in broad daylight, $165k worth of designer goods were stolen.
UPDATE: What's happening in Washington DC?
Florida — Someone on Tiktok posted a video of former president Donald Trump in Florida this weekend. They say he was handing out $50 bills.
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BkiUbXE4dbjiU8OttL2z | Raja Chinna Roja (1989)
Raja Chinna Roja is a 1989 Tamil children's film directed by SP. Muthuraman.The film was the first Indian film to use animated characters with actors. An aspiring young wannabe actor Raja (Rajinikanth) from a village get into a fast city which is full of crooks and drug dealers. As he searching for a place in the dream factory, he falls for the daughter of the house owner (Jaiganesh). Charmed by his looks and character, the girl (Gowthami) also falls for him. One day he accidentally meet his childhood friend Raghu who is a spoiled rich guy. He offers Raja an acting job, then takes him to his uncle's house. Raja is to be in charge of the administration of the household and take care of five children each of whom have issues. Raja finds out that Raghu is cheating his uncle out of funds and using him to do the same. How he tackles these problems and helps the children become better is the rest of the movie.
Flirting with Forty (2008)
A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.
Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam (Oscar Levant) is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel (Georges Guétary). A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts (Nina Foch) takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
New York Stories (1989)
Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her separated parents to reconciliate; third, by Allen, is a witty piece of comedy about the impossibility of getting rid of the son's role.
La Vie de Bohème (1992)
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
A Soldier's Plaything (1930)
The story takes place towards the end of the first World War. Ben Lyon is gambling with some friends. When one of them accuses him of cheating they get into a fight. When Lyon sees the man fall down the stairs he assume he has died and escapes with his friend, played by Harry Langdon, before the police arrive by joining a parade of men who are enlisting for the army. They end up joining together as Langdon has already made up his mind that he wants to be in the army. They get into trouble with the captain, played by Noah Beery, on numerous occasions leading him to punish them by making them stable cleaners. When Lyon is stationed at the German town of Koblentz, he meets and falls in love with Lotti Loder, the daughter of an innkeeper. He is unable to propose marriage to her, however, with a murder charging hanging over his head. Eventually, the man he thought he murdered turns up and this allows Lyon to finally marry Loder.
Age of Consent (1969)
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
The film is about three husbands having affairs outside their marriage. One of their wives hires a detective named Kishen and finds out that their husbands are cheating. Their wives find out when Kishen scares them by blind folding them and when they tell their girlfriends list, Sanjana gets hurt and leaves and tries to commit suicide but Kishen helps her.
The Collector (1967)
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a "collector" of men.
The Last Run (2004)
When a young accountant is devastated after discovering his inspiringly beautiful girlfriend is cheating on him, his best friend, who's engaged to a girl he doesn't love, convinces him to go on a "run" and sleep with as many women as he can to get over his heart break.
The Tiger and the Snow (2005)
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
She Made Her Bed (1934)
"Duke" Gordon (Robert Armstrong), a circus lion-tamer, tries to tames his wife, Laura (Sally Eilers), just as he does his lions. But she is a one-man woman, married to the wrong man, and refuses to cheat on her cheating husband even though her happiness depends on doing so.
The Postman (1994)
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Before You Say 'I Do' (2009)
George Murray's fiancée Jane Gardner gets cold feet after accepting his ring, terrorized by her first wedding with Doug, who cheated that very day with their wedding coordinator. After a car crash, George finds himself 10 years in the past, just days before Doug's day.
A Fine Madness (1966)
Sean Connery attempted to make a clean break from his "James Bond" image in the boisterous comedy A Fine Madness. Connery plays Samson Shillitoe, a Brendan Behan-like poet with a mile-wide misogynistic streak. Try as he might to complete his latest masterpiece, Shillitoe is constantly interrupted by the women in his life. Driven to a nervous breakdown, he seeks help from the medical establishment -- and ends up a babbling shell of his former self. The film takes scattered potshots at a repressive society that forces the truly creative among us into near-madness; at times, it is sidesplittingly funny, though never quite as potent as the Elliot Baker novel upon which it is based. Sean Connery is brilliant, but the public wanted James Bond to behave himself, thus the film didn't do as well at the box office as it should have.
Love Me, Love My Money (2001)
Skinflint businessman Richard (Leung) doesn't feel bad when he sacks his employees and secretary to cut unnecessary costs. He also doesn't bat an eyelid when his gold-digging girlfriend leaves after he refuses to give her money. She gets her revenge by cancelling his credit cards and giving away his furniture. Suddenly destitute, he's forced to rely on the generosity of Choi (Shu Qi), a good Samaritan who helps him out even though she thinks he's a scumbag who makes a habit of cheating women out of money.
Words and Pictures (2013)
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pictures are more important.
Tart (2001)
A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
The Aviator's Wife (1981)
A student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her airline pilot lover. Then he sees the pilot with a blonde woman and he begins to follow them
The Other Side of the Bed (2002)
When Paula leaves her mate Pedro, he misses her and looks for comfort with his best friends, Javier and Sonia. Paula is having an affair with Javier. The cuckold Pedro tries to find who is the secret lover of Paula, and hires a private eye. Meanwhile, while comforting Pedro, Sonia has one night stand with him and Javier thinks she is cheating him with her lesbian friend Lucia.
Man About Town (2006)
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poet/soldier romances his cousin by proxy.
Desire (1936)
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France, but getting the pearls, back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Prime (2005)
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Uttama Villain (2015)
Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he has to sort out his personal lives, which involves an estranged son and a daughter from the love of his life.
Four Christmases (2008)
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.
Limelight (1952)
Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton.
Bubble Boy (2001)
Jimmy is young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy -- bubble suit and all -- treks cross-country to stop her. Swoosie Kurtz, as Jimmy's overprotective mom, co-stars along with Fabio, who portrays the leader of a religious cult.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
The Sessions (2012)
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Green (Helen Hunt) to lose his virginity.
U Me Aur Hum (2008)
The movie starts with Ajay (Ajay Devgan) telling a boy that he should make his move on a girl he likes. The boy (who is his son) tells him that if he can go woo another older lady, he will tell the girl he likes about his feelings.
Nothing in Common (1986)
On his way up the corporate ladder, David Basner confronts his greatest challenge: his father.
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Concert pianist Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) is trying to have an affair with a married woman, Stella Dunnworthy (Paula Prentiss), while two teenage private-school girls, Valerie Boyd (Tippy Walker) and Marian Gilbert (Merrie Spaeth), stalk him and write their fantasies about him in a diary. Orient's paranoia leads him to believe that the two girls, who seem to pop up everywhere he goes, are spies sent by the husband of his would-be mistress. When Val's mother, Isabel Boyd (Angela Lansbury), finds their diary, she suspects that Henry has acted inappropriately with her daughter. She contacts Orient and they end up having an affair. Val finds out about it, as does her dad.
True True Lie (2006)
True True Lie is 2006 thriller film directed by Eric Styles. The film follows Dana, who after 12 years in an asylum, is reunited with her family and childhood friends Nathalie and Paige. Dana slowly begins to realize that the events that led to her stay there may not have been imaginary. True True Lie stars Jaime King as Nathalie, Lydia Leonard as Dana and Annabelle Wallis as Paige.
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing Holly's past.
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004)
Sameer, fast at losing his temper is re-located to Goa where he falls in love with Rani. But Sameer's new roommate Sunny, has some plans of his own.
Tanu Weds Manu (2011)
Marriages are made in heaven! Though the road to heaven might be a little "tedha'. Meet 'Manu', a seedha saadha Doctor from London. Intelligent, temperate and from a respectable family, The perfect groom which every parent wants for their daughter. 'Family pressure' leads him to Kanpur to meet Tanu the quintessential small town girl who has studied in Delhi. Tanu is a smart, intelligent girl who will do everything that her parents will disapprove. With a mind of her own and a love for rebellion, Tanu is dead against an arranged marriage. But destiny holds something totally different for these dramatically diverse personalities. Their paths keep crossing time and again and weaves this wonderful story through the Indian heartland.
Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002)
Raj has always had a unrequited childhood crush on a friend named Tina, but Tina's best friend Pooja has always had a crush on Raj. When Raj's family move to England to get involved in an internet business, Raj promises Tina that he will keep in touch with her and that their friendship will always be forever. However Tina disregards him and chooses not to respond to his first e-mail, in turn Pooja decides to keep in touch with him but signs under Tina's name. Fifteen years later, and their friendship has blossomed via e-mail, Raj believing that he's getting to know Tina when it's really Pooja. His family decides to go back on a holiday to India for 2 weeks, when Tina discovers the truth about Pooja's e-mails, they decide together that Tina will play along with the charade. When Raj arrives in India, he is struck by Tina's beauty but equally as struck to Pooja's personality. Who will he choose?
Funny Lady (1975)
1930s in New York – The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub.
The Man of My Life (2006)
A man vacationing in the country with his wife and children finds his sexuality unexpectedly challenged in director Zabou Breitman's intimate drama. Frédéric is a family man who needs a vacation. Upon arriving at his cottage in the country, Frédéric makes the acquaintance of Hugo -- the gay neighbor who resides in the adjacent cottage. A free spirit who is open about his sexuality and frequently goes skinny-dipping in the moonlight, Hugo seems to be everything that Frédéric isn't. Soon, the tension between Hugo and Frédéric is palpable. Yet, while they may be at odds over their opposite lifestyles, the two men are also obviously attracted to one another and soon begin to flirt heavily. But Hugo's taunting of hopeless romantic Frédéric begins bordering on cruel when it becomes obvious that Frédéric is jealous of his new lover.
Where the Boys Are (1960)
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for spring break to get away from the mid-western snow despite not having much money to spend once there. On the drive down, they admit their real purpose is to go where the boys are.
Ginger & Cinnamon (2003)
Stefania, works in a bookshop. Shortly before she wants to close for holidays, Andrea, who is left behind by his fiance, enters the store.
The Flirting Scholar (1993)
A scholar in search of true love. Disguising himself as a houseboy, he indentures himself to a rich family in order to pursue the ravishing servant girl who has stolen his heart.
A Month by the Lake (1995)
For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they meet for cocktails and Miss Bentley stands him up -- not even thinking about it -- as she helps the new nanny of an Italian family settle in. Miss Beaumont, a tall, young American who has dropped out of finishing school in Switzerland, is bored and finds some amusement in flirting with the major, whose libido is awakened for the first time since before the great war. And Miss Bentley now finds more about the major to admire than his ears.
Woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.
Hello Goodbye (2008)
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel where Alain (Depardieu) explores his Jewish roots, Gisèle (Ardant) insists they change their life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisèle, a Jewish convert, finds her new life inspiring; Alain fights to embrace Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision. Will Alain and Gisèle learn whether Shalom represents Hello or Goodbye?
My Little Bride (2004)
Boeun (Moon Geun Young) is an ordinary high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, Jungwoo. One day, Boeun's grandfather orders her to marry Sangmin (Kim Rae Won) because of a pact he made with Sangmin's grandfather during the Korean War. Despite the grandchildren's opposition, they are forced to marry because of Boeun's grandfather's strong influence. She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jungwoo. Everything goes smoothly until Sangmin visits Boeun's school as a student teacher. There a teacher called Miss.Kim flirts with Sangmin and she later finds out that Sangmin and Boeun are married.
Le Divorce (2003)
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
The Four Seasons (1981)
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
The Naughty Flirt (1931)
Coquettish socialite Kay Elliott has set her cap for Alan Ward, an associate in her father's law firm. But while pursuing Alan, she must fend off the advances of a greedy fortune-hunter, who is aided and abetted by his equally voracious sister.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous Snow in Hawaii, but also Sarah Marshall.
Ready (2011)
Set in Thailand and India, a case of mistaken identity leads to love; and an accountant and his family concoct a grand scheme to win over the hearts of a woman and her greedy conniving uncles.
Cocktail (2012)
Gautam (Saif Ali Khan) is an incorrigible flirt, who runs after every girl he sees. Meera (Diana Penty) is a pretty girl with desi values and attire, who comes to London from Delhi for a fresh start. Veronica (Deepika Padukone) is the spoilt bombshell who loves partying and drinking. Though different from each other, these three are perfect friends staying under one roof until friendship becomes confusing, and love becomes complicated.
Barfi! (2012)
He is cute. He's shrewd. The girls love him. The cops hate him. He can't speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream, but he will never listen. Cos he can't! Next summer ride a rollercoaster of emotions with Barfii - the Chalu Chaplin!
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
Summer of '42 (1971)
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her. Written by Bob Dawson
In Stereo (2015)
David and Brenda are perfect for each other, and everyone knows it except David and Brenda. After a break-up, they each experience their own rough patch. For David, a self-destructive artistic endeavor and a relationship with an immature beauty—for Brenda, a failing acting career, an eviction notice, and a boyfriend who just doesn't do it for her. A chance encounter brings them together on the streets of New York at a particularly bad time. David invites Brenda to the opening of his first photography exhibit and the stage is set for a night of drinking and flirting which leads to an untraditional proposal of how they can be together without getting back together. A sharply observed, un-romantic comedy by writer/director Mel Rodriguez III, IN STEREO is a stylish and striking first feature that offers an unflinching look at the complexity of modern relationships. | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfi05qhLBqN_YU2rk | Community to help shape a safer Snowy Valleys intersection
The Snowy Valleys community and road users have responded to the NSW Government's call for input on how to improve safety at the Snowy Mountains Highway intersection with Batlow Road.
A total of 65 responses were received by email, phone, letter and online during consultation which closed at the end of August.
"There have been a number of crashes at this intersection which have had lasting effects on the local community. Our goal is to make this intersection as safe as it can be for all road users," Transport for NSW A/ South West Director Jonathan Tasker said.
"Who better to ask than the local community and those who drive these key connector roads about what the issues are and how best to address them?
"The main themes in comments received centre around visibility for those negotiating the intersection, alignment and road markings, and the give way treatment on the Snowy Mountains Highway turning lane."
Mr Tasker said another key part of the feedback received related to the speed limit through the area.
"We have already committed to carrying out a speed zone review along the full length of Batlow Road and on sections of the Snowy Mountains Highway around the Batlow Road intersection," he said.
The community is invited to view the summary of comments compiled in a consultation report available at Snowy Mountains Highway Batlow Road.
Transport for NSW thanks all community members and stakeholders who participated in the consultation period and will continue to keep the community up-to-date as any future safety improvements progress.
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BkiUdxs5qhLBINsxumzf | Home Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Health
Fauci says 1 piece of career advice has propelled him through the last 37 years, and he whispers it to himself every time he enters the White House
Hilary Brueck
Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at a White House press briefing the day after President Biden took office, on January 21, 2021.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has let one piece of advice guide him through advising 7 US presidents.
"Don't be afraid to tell somebody something that they may not want to hear," he said, summing it up.
"To this day," Fauci said, "I still tell myself that."
Dr. Anthony Fauci says he received "the best advice" of his career nearly 37 years ago, and it's career wisdom he still follows to this day.
Shortly after Fauci became director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984, he was asked down to the White House to brief then-President Ronald Reagan about the HIV crisis.
Before he went, Fauci says he asked a good friend, someone 17 years his senior who had worked in the Nixon-era White House, for his best tips about how to approach the situation.
"Do you got any advice for me, as I go down there to brief the president?" Fauci remembered asking back then, during his first ever appearance on the audio app Clubhouse on Tuesday with Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
His mentor had just one piece of clear, bold advice:
"One of the things you've gotta do, is every time you open up the door to the West Wing to go into the White House, tell yourself that you've got to be comfortable with the fact that this may be the last time you're going to open the door and walk into the White House," Fauci remembers his friend telling him.
The mantra is one that Fauci says he still whispers to himself whenever he goes to the White House, and he explained why he believes it's sage career advice for everyone.
Don't be afraid to tell somebody something that they may not want to hear
Dr. Fauci listens as President Trump speaks with the coronavirus task force during a briefing at the White House on Friday, March 20, 2020.
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
The strategy behind the advice is simple.
"If you go in there wanting very much to be asked back, you may wind up telling the President — or some of the President's people — something that's not really the truth, but something that you think they might want to hear just so that you don't offend them," Fauci said.
In essence, the advice can be boiled down to one clear line.
"It was just: go with the truth, go with the evidence, and don't be afraid to tell somebody something that they may not want to hear," he said.
'Rather than shooting the messenger, they listened to what I said'
NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci sits in his office in Bethesda, Maryland in 1988.
Leif Skoogfors/Corbis via Getty Images
The strategy is one that has served Fauci well through the years, until very recently, during some of the darkest, deadliest days of the pandemic in the US.
President Trump didn't always want to hear the truth about the state of the COVID-19 crisis, as Fauci told the New York Times in January.
"There were a couple of times where I would make a statement that was a pessimistic viewpoint about what direction we were going, and the president would call me up and say 'Hey, why aren't you more positive?' Fauci said. "'You've got to take a positive attitude. Why are you so negativistic? Be more positive.'"
Fauci refused to lighten his tone to appease the president, with his mentor's sage advice still ringing in his ears.
"To this day, you know, for the 500th time that I'm going to walk into the White House, I still tell myself that," Fauci said. "I whisper it to myself. 'You know, you're walking in here, this may be the last time you're going to walk into this place.'"
'They even respected me more for telling them an inconvenient truth'
US President George W. Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Fauci on June 19, 2008.
Karen Bleier/Getty
Fauci says that cultivating such an "a-political," no-pussyfooting-around frame of mind is the very reason "why I could get along fabulously well with George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, and get along equally as well with Bill Clinton and Barack Obama."
"Fortunately for me, most of the time — with some obvious exception — when I did in fact tell a president something that maybe was a bit uncomfortable — to their great credit — rather than shooting the messenger, they listened to what I said," Fauci concluded. "They even respected me more for telling them an inconvenient truth, and they asked me back."
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BkiUdiw5qhLBWkLTSLep | Emotional Motsoaledi apologises to families of Esidimeni victims
Aaron Motsoaledi is the last witness in a hearing that was established to find closure for families of over 100 mentally ill patients who died.
JOHANNESBURG - Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has broken down at Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings on Wednesday as he apologised to families of the victims.
Motsaledi has been on the witness stand at the hearings in Parktown on Wednesday evening.
He is the last witness in a hearing that was established to find closure for families of over 100 mentally ill patients who died as a result of the disastrous moves.
Trying to hold back the tears, Motsoaledi says it's unimaginable that human rights were violated in such a way in a democracy.
"When I read the health ombudsman's report about how people were bundled in vans, tied with sheets and chosen like cattle at an auction, I couldn't imagine that in our new democracy."
The health minister has called the Esidimeni transfer project "criminal", saying doctors were wrong in discharging psychiatric patients as a collective when each patient's illness was unique.
He says what pains him is the disregard for the law shown by senior officials in the Gauteng Health Department.
"Doctors discharge patients on the basis of groups, that's not allowed. You can't sit as a doctor and say, 'I'm discharging this group of patients them because of this and that reason'. Each patient must be discharged as an individual."
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BkiUbOnxK4tBVhvvqV62 | 4 Reasons Why Taiwan Should Be Your Next Travel Adventure!
Traveling to Taiwan is one of the great experience that you will love once you visit the country. You can really have a good time and have various new experience in Taiwan. It is a beautiful country that offers some great facilities and if you are coming from Uk then you will certainly experience non-stop flights from the UK to Taiwan.
There are some beautiful adventure landscape and spirited traditions rising beside the cream of Asian elegance. Surely Taiwan is a beautiful place that offers continent on one green island.
Here are 4 reasons why you must travel beautiful place like Taiwan and experience some of the amazing scenes there.
The sixth most visited museum in the world (6.1m people each year), and home to an impressive 696,422 exhibits, When you start with your travel trip in Taiwan, make sure you know the place where you can enjoy the most. There's some great beautiful locations and displays such as the National Palace Museum in Taipei is a tremendous treasury showcasing more than 8,000 years of Chinese art.
You can be on a grassy hill on the outskirts of the city. There you will surely encounter a dramatically beautiful, multi-tiered complex. It is a place that offers vast galleries which are assigned to bright areas that are a sure treat to visitors.
In the mountainous area, you can get to the town of Jinguashi where you can go to the Gold Ecological Park where guests can learn about the antiquity of gold drilling in the region. You will generate some curiosity there at one of the original holes.
Visit the park's museum where you can touch at one of the largest gold bars in the world that weighs in at 222kg.
You can head to different kind of places and have different cultural experience. Heading to Modern Toilet is also an experience where you can have fun, don't go by its name. It actually offers some great food options and a beautiful place to stay.
It is a lavatory-themed restaurant that allows diners to sit at a loos finished area designed with cartoon toilet seats. A diner will surely enjoy and tuck into innovative dishes. The restaurant offers chocolate ice cream styled to resemble excretions; you can surely eat from small reservoirs and bedpans. It is the time that you all should book your adventurous tickets to this themed restaurant.
If you are a food lover and want to experience some great dining options then you can visit Taiwan and enjoy some of the great dining experience. Keeping the Toilet establishments aside, the Taiwan cuisine is a reason why we want to visit Taiwan more and more.
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BkiUb0bxK0zjCxN_r9hj | OpEdNews Op Eds 4/22/2010 at 13:59:59
"Is Glen Beck Gay Enough for Phoenix?"
By mikel weisser (Page 1 of 2 pages) (# of views) 1 comment
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Verizon is gay. So is Frito-Lay. I mean to say I had had my suspicions about that Chester Cheetah all along (after all, I've seen him openly flaming); but now I know for sure. Further more, I have recently learned that Pepsi products are also gay, which explains the brand-name of one of their leading beverages, Gatorade, right?
For that matter, Walgreen's is also gay, along with Home Depot, and the entire Presbyterian and Unitarian Universalist Church. In fact, according to the wide ranging assortment of corporate sponsorships backing the crowds and displays at this year's30th Annual Pride Day parade in Phoenix on April 17th, being gay is as American as well " the Bank of America.
Unofficial police figures estimate that the crowd for the long-running multi-day event Phoenix Pride event at Indian School Park would be over 30,000 and did not dispute that spectators along the parade route and/or participating in the parade that morning exceeded 5,000. When you are talking economies of that scale, many a business is willing to try bi-.
Like Starbucks, there's a gay on every corner these day and he is not checking out your butt, merely questioning your sorry fashion sense. But the Starbucks at this year's Pride Day had a guy in a Star Wars storm trooper suit, gave away free coffee, and raised funds to build a water well in Uganda. You know, Uganda? the country where the American right-wing has sent lobbyists to attempt to convince the Ugandan government to make homosexuality a crime punishable by death. If that's the kind of courage that comes from being queer, I hope we all get gay.
And the morning of the Pride Day parade it seems like it--like all of Phoenix could be happy and gay all at once. For a small town reporter in a pink shirt carrying a moderately clever but clearly heart-felt sign, my first trip to a Pride Day parade had me walking with a mince and I was definitely gay to have finished the parade route with only moderate chaffing.
Dozens, I'm serious, dozens of people queer as folk jumped out of the crowds that lined the parade route to get their picture taken with my sign that read, "With Liberty and Justice for All" in rainbow color painted by children.
And I wore the pink shirt to identify with Phoenix Code Pink, which also must be gay. If not, they'd call it "Phoenix Code Some Super-Butch Color to Appear Exaggeratedly Macho." If Code Pink's stated agenda, "Troops coming home from all wars" is gay, then I'm gay for that.
These days over on the Tea Party end of the American Main-street there is a lot of talk about a gay agenda. But that morning the closest thing I saw to gay agenda was when these two schedules stuck together front to back.
The queer nation mentality however was widely displayed on parade. No wonder the right-wingers were worried. They want to do ridiculous things like love their children unconditionally, dress outlandishly, and love unlimitedly. They wanted to throw darts, hug a lot, and listen to dance music. They wanted to end wars. They wanted to wear fashion disasters that did not involve blue, white, and red--with stars.
And I will tell ya, after some of the train wreck fashion statements I gasped at picketing the Glen Beck rally at the Jobing Arena the week before, I am clear that being around all that gayness left me feeling a lot happier. Glen Beck and his crowd are decidedly not very gay. In fact, they're not happy at all. And they have reason to be worried and not that the soap gets slippery in the shower sometimes. Turns out that despite all his strident pandering, and all their saber rattling, the newest New York Times poll only gives the Tea Party 18% of the electorate.
Over at Beck's rally the people yelled at me that "we need to the kill the commies," when they read my protest sign for the Beck event that read "Insure Domestic Tranquility/Provide for the Common Defense/ These are the Real American Values." The continuing effrontery and foolish arrogance displayed in a typical encounter with a tea partier has me wondering if the reason the 18th century minded White American males are fighting tooth and nail against change is because they have every right to be afraid of revenge? That they know they have acted like jerks?
On the other hand at the Pride Day Parade, people I didn't know kept running up to me, hugging me and yelling, "Happy Pride!" On Pride Day, this supposed sexually deviant LGBT sin-fest, the worst that happened was I got lei-ed by a family of three, complete with bicycle built for two, who carried signs that read, "We love our children unconditionally," with hand-rain bowed Os. Their 6 year old's sign said, "I love my Gay sister and brother."
No. Glen Beck's behind the times. It's no wonder America has gone gay, just like America is already Black and is next to swiftly turn Hispanic. In the land where Manifest Destiny once meant a Christian god meant Indian murder and everyone took it in the shorts, at the 30th annual Pride Day parade both the cowboys driving the Wells-Fargo stage and the Navajo Indians (as represented by Ms Indian Transgender, 2010-2011, Kristel Lee) were merely having fun together (some of the best "being gay" to be had and all). And I bet you already thought of a biker clubs and classic car clubs were gay? Well, at the Pride Day, the crowd of those types of guys were truly jolly; though you may not want to say, "Hey gay guy we love you!" to every biker or car nut you see.
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BkiUd-Q4eIOjRyLa5apw | Q: how could I simulate the back key with tizen I am developing a tizen native application in samsung gear s2,and I want to simulate press the back key event to get to prevous page,how could I get this?
thanks
A: EEXT_CALLBACK_BACK is Hardware Back key event
Register the Back key event callback
eext_object_event_callback_add(ad->win, EEXT_CALLBACK_BACK, win_back_cb, ad);
Ref: https://developer.tizen.org/development/guides/native-application/user-interface/efl/hardware-input-handling/managing-menu-and-back-key-events
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Md. Atikur Rahman Sabuj, Umesh Chandra Biswas and Kamrul Hasan Talukder,"A modified approach to Huffman algorithm for unequal bit costs", Published in International Conference on Computer, Communication, Chemical, Materials and Electronic Engineering (IC4ME2), 2017, Bangladesh, Will be available in IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
Tania Islam and Kamrul Hasan Talukder,"An improved algorithm for string matching using index based shifting approach", Published in the 20th International Conference of Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2017, Bangladesh, DOI: 10.1109/ICCITECHN.2017.8281772, Available in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Publisher: IEEE.
Abu Zonayed Riyadh, Nasif Alvi and Kamrul Hasan Talukder,"Exploring human emotion via Twitter", Published in the 20th International Conference of Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2017, Bangladesh, DOI: 10.1109/ICCITECHN.2017.8281813, Available in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Publisher: IEEE.
Rashedul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Islam and Kamrul Hasan Talukder,"Rule Based Filtering Approach for Detection and Localization of Bangla Text from Scene Images", Published in the 2017 International Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical, Electronics and Computing Technologies, India, DOI: 10.1109/ICRTEECT.2017.16, Available in IEEE Xplore Digital Library.Publisher: IEEE.
Rashedul Islam, Md. Rafiqul Islam and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "An approach to extract text regions from scene image", Published in the 2016 International Conference on Computing, Analytics and Security Trends (CAST), India, DOI: 10.1109/CAST.2016.7914955, Available in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Publisher: IEEE.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Jubayer Shamshed, "ICT Based Framework to Ensure Fair Price and Control Unethical Price Soar for Essential Commodities from Field to Plate in Developing Countries", In the International Journal of the Computer, the Internet and Management (IJCIM), Vol. 24, Number SP1, 2016, ISSN: 0858-7027, Thailand, www.ijcim.th.org.
Tasnim Tarannum, Anwesha Paul and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Human expression recognition based on facial features", Published in the 5th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), May 13-14, 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh. DOI: 10.1109/ICIEV.2016.7760147, Published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Publisher: IEEE.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Tania Mallick, "Connected component based approach for text extraction from color image", Published in the 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), December 22-23, 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 204 - 209, DOI: 10.1109/ICCITechn.2014.7073114, INSPEC Accession Number: 15025759, Published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library , Publisher: IEEE.
Md. Rifat Ahmmad Rashid, Mir Tafseer Nayeem, Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Saddam Hossain Mukta, "A progressive image transmission method based on Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT)", Published in the International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing (IJIGSP), Volume 4, Issue 10, September 2012, pp. 18-24, DOI: 10.5815/ijigsp.2012.10.03, ISSN: 2074-9074(Print), 2074-9082 (Online), Hong Kong.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "An Improved Concurrent Multi-Threaded Wavelet Transform Based Image Compression and Transmission Over Internet", Published in the International Journal of Information and Education Technology, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 2012, pp. 122-127, DOI: 10.7763/IJIET.2012.V2.94, ISSN: 2010-3689.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Communication Among Multiple Threads in the Concurrent Wavelet Transformation for Image Compression", Proceedings of the 12th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD 2011), July 06-08, 2011, Sydney, Australia, Pulished in ACM Digital Library.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Modeling the Communications in the Multi-threaded System for Concurrent Wavelet Transform to Compress the Image", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2011), April 11-13, 2011, Nevada, USA. Pulished in ACM Digital Library.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Enhancement of Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) for Image Transmission over Internet" , Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2011), April 11-13, 2011, Nevada, USA. Pulished in ACM Digital Library.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "2D Image Compression using Concurrent Wavelet Transform", Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Graphic and Image Processing (ICGIP 2010)", Manila, Philippines, 4-5 December 2010, pp. 269-272, ISBN: 978-1-4244-9016-5.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, Md. Mustaneer Rahman and Toukir Ahmed, "An Efficient Speech Generation Method Based on Character and Modifier of Bangla PDF Document", Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2010), 23-25 December 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh,IEEE Xplore.
Md. Sayem Chowdury, G. M. Rokibul Hasan and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "A Composition Technique of Multiple Switching Functions Based on BDD", Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2010), 23-25 December 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, IEEE Xplore.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "A Scheme of Model Verification of the Concurrent Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) for Image Compression", International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering, Vol:3, No:11, 2009.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Use of Concurrent Wavelet Transform (WT) to Image Compression and a Verification Analysis of Communicating Threads for Concurrent WT", Engineering Letters, Volume 16, Issue 2, 2008, pp. 202-209, DBLP.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, Ahmed Shah Mashiyat and Rezoanoor Rahman, "Design and Implementation of a Model of a Specification Language for Formal Verification", Published in the Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Num. 4, 2008, Page 288-293, ISSN: 1815-932X.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Message Sequence Charts to Specify the Communicating Threads for Concurrent Discrete Wavelet Transform Based Image Compression and a Verification Analysis", Proceedings of the SNPD, August 2008, Phuket, Thailand. pp. 218-225, Pulished in ACM Digital Library. Indexed by ACM, IEEE and DBLP.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Message Sequence Charts Based Specification of the Communicating Threads to the Verified Image Compression Technique using Concurrent Wavelet Transform", Published in the Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science), July 2008, Imperial College, London, UK, Vol. I, pp. 653-658.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Haar Wavelet Based Approach for Image Compression and Quality Assessment of Compressed Image", International Journal of Applied Mathematics, Volume 36, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 49-56, ISSN: 1992-9978.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Bus Protocols: MSC-Based Specifications and Translation into Program of Verification Tool for Formal Verification", International Journal of the Computer, the Internet and Management (IJCIM), Volume 15, Number 3, 2007, pp. 26-38, ISSN: 0858-7027.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Discrete Wavelet Transform for Image Compression and A Model of Parallel Image Compression Scheme for Formal Verification", Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science), July 2007, Imperial College, London, UK, pp. 531-535, Vol. I, ISBN: 978-988-98671-5-7. DBLP.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "Development and Performance Analysis of an Adaptive and Scalable Image Compression Scheme with Wavelets", Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT 2007), March 2007, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 250-253, ISBN: 984-32-3394-8. IEEE Xplore.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Koichi Harada, "A Scheme of Wavelet Based Compression of 2D Image", Proceedings of the International Multi-Conference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2006) (Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science), June 2006, Hong Kong, ROC, ISBN: 988-98671-3-3, pp. 531-536. Awarded the certificate of merit (Student Category). DBLP.
Fasial Mahbub Chowdhury and Kamrul Hasan Talukder,"The Unidirectional Edge Method: A New Approach for Solving Point Enclosure problem for Arbitrary Polygon", Asian Journal of Information Technology, Volume 4, Number 5, 2005, pp. 537-540, ISSN: 1682-3915.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, Md. Khademul Islam Molla and Abu Shamim Mohammad Arif, "An Analysis of the Use of CMC in Synchronized Distance Training for Global Organizations", Asian Journal of Information Technology, Volume 4, Number 1, 2005, pp. 83-87, ISSN: 1682-3915.
Ahmed Shah Mashiyat, Md. Rezoanoor Rahman and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Bus Protocols: An Automated Formal Verification", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2005), Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh, December 2005, pp. 147-152, ISBN: 984-32-2873.
Manishankar Mondal, Md. Almas Hossain, Md. Matiur Rahman and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Real Time Face Recognition Using Polynomial Regression and Sub-region Color Component Distribution", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2005), Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh, December 2005, pp. 1177-1182, ISBN: 984-32-2873.
Nilimesh Halder, Lipu Ahmed, Md. Asaduzzaman and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "A New Approach of Equivalence Checking for Sequential Circuits", Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2004), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, December 2004, pp. 585-588, ISBN: 984-32-1804-4.
Ahmed Shah Mashiyat, Ahmed Shah Mehadi and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Bangla off-line Handwritten Character Recognition Using Superimposed Matrices", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2004), BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2004, pp. 610-614. ISBN: 984-32-1836-1.
Nilimesh Halder, Lipu Ahmed, Md. Asaduzzaman and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Equivalence Checking of Sequential Designs with BDD", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2004), BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2004, pp. 372-377, ISBN: 984-32-1836-1 (Awarded as the best paper in ICCIT 2004).
Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Intelligent Systems for Network Management - An alternative to the Centralized Approach of Computer Network Management", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2004), BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2004, pp. 214-219. ISBN: 984-32-1836-1.
Md. Khademul Islam Molla, Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Shamim Hasnat Ripon, "On the Distributed Memory MIMD Architectures", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2004), BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2004, pp. 569-574. ISBN: 984-32-1836-1.
Shamim Hasnat Ripon, Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "Modeling Variability for System Families", Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2003, pp. 37-46, ISSN: 0127-9084.
Md. Khademul Islam Molla, Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Altab Hossain, "Line Chart Recognition and Data Extraction Technique", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS-2690), Springer-Verlag, 4th Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL 2003), Hong Kong, pp. 865-870, ISSN: 0302-9743. DBLP.
Md. Khademul Islam Molla, Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Dipankar Das, "Data Extraction from Line Chart Using Radon Transformation and Projection Method", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2003), Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 590-594, Vol: II, ISBN: 984-584-005-1.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, Md. Khademul Islam Molla, Shamim Hasnat Ripon and Kazi Shah Nawaz Ripon, "Decision tree for the structure of adaptive interview", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2003), Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 132-135, Vol: I, ISBN: 984-584-005-1.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Formal verification of the Alternating Bit Protocol", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2003), Jahangirnagar University,Bangladesh, pp. 875-879, Vol: II, ISBN: 984-584-005-1.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, Md. Khademul Islam Molla and Shamim Hasnat Ripon, "A comparative study of two solution methods to 0/1 knapsack problem", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2003), Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 71-74, Vol: I, ISBN: 984-584-005-1.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder, Md. Khademul Islam Molla and Shamim Hasnat Ripon, "A BDD-based approach to 0/1 knapsack problem", Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science and its Application (ICCSA 2003), San Diego, California, USA, pp. 90-92, ISBN: 0-9742-4480-5.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "SGI Origin and Stanford DASH: A Comparative Study", Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT 2003), Phoenix Park, South Korea, pp. 632-635.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "Minimization of SOP Function using ROBDD", Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT 2003), Phoenix Park, South Korea, pp. 318-321.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "The Impact of NetMeeting and Sametime in Synchronized Distance Training", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2002), East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 341-344, ISBN: 984-32-0450-6.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "A comparison-based study on CRAY T3D and CRAY T3E Systems", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2002), East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 495-499, ISBN: 984-32-0450-6.
Md. Khademul Islam Molla and Kamrul Hasan Talukder, "Bangla Number Extraction and Recognition from Document Image", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2002), East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 200-206, ISBN: 984-32-0450-6.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "An Efficient Method to find the Variable Ordering for Reduced Ordered Binary Decision Diagram (ROBDD)", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2002), East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 505-510, ISBN: 984-32-0450-6.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "Performance Analysis of Back-Propagation Learning Algorithm for Handwritten Digit Classification", Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Multi-topic Conference (INMIC 2002), Karachi, Pakistan, Vol. 8, pp. 56-60, ISBN: 0-7803-7715-X. IEEE catalog number: 02EX644. IEEE Xplore.
Kamrul Hasan Talukder and Md. Khademul Islam Molla, "Equivalence Checking of Combinational Switching Functions using ROBDD", Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Multi-topic Conference (INMIC 2002), Karachi, Pakistan, Vol. 11, pp. 16-20, ISBN: 0-7803-7715-X. IEEE catalog number: 02EX644. IEEE Xplore. | c4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUbmrxK7Ehm9ic_C4E | Q: How can I populate a list of objects from another list using LINQ? I have a collection of Test objects:
IList<Test> TestFromDatabase ;
public class Test
{
public int TestId { get; set; }
public bool? C { get; set; }
public bool? R { get; set; }
public string Text { get; set; }
}
I need to make this into a collection of TestResult objects:
public class TestResult
{
public int TestId { get; set; }
public bool? Correct { get; set; }
}
Can someone show me how I can do this with LINQ
A: Where tests is your test list
List<Test> tests = PerformTests();
var testresults = tests.Select(x=>new TestResult { TestId = x.TestId, Correct = x.C });
I assume that C means correct if not you can put there something else. Read more about Select from linq
It will produce IEnumerable<TestResult> so if you want to make it a List<TestResult> use ToList()
A: You could do what wudzik suggested.
But if your class has a lot of properties I would use Automapper.
You will need to configure automapper first (add the mappings) there is a guide here.
I always place this in a bootstrapper class and call this in the global.asax.
For your example it will look like this:
Mapper.CreateMap<Test, TestResult>();
Once the configuration is done you are able to use the following code to create your list:
List<Test> tests = PerformTests();
List<TestResult>testresults = tests.Select(t=>Mapper.Map<Test, TestResult>(t)).ToList();
Automapper will know which value belongs where if the property names of the two classes are the same. Else you will have to change the configuration a bit.
For your example this will be:
Mapper.CreateMap<Test, TestResult>()
.ForMember(dest => dest.Correct, opt => opt.MapFrom(origin => origin.C));
This way is very useful when you have a lot of properties to map between the 2 classes.
Hope this will help you.
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BkiUd4E4dbghE52z5F5q | In de micro-economie, een deelgebied van de economie, relateert de Slutsky-vergelijking (of Slutsky-identiteit, ook wel Sloetski-vergelijking) veranderingen in de Marshalliaanse vraag aan veranderingen in de Hicksiaanse vraag. De Slutsky-vergelijking is vernoemd naar de Russische econoom Eugen Sloetski (1880-1948) (Slutsky is de Engelse transliteratie). De Slutsky-vergelijking toont aan dat veranderingen in de vraag als gevolg van prijsveranderingen het resultaat van twee effecten zijn:
Een substitutie-effect, het resultaat van een verandering in de ruilwaarde tussen twee goederen; en
Een inkomenseffect, het effect van een prijswijziging resulteert in een verandering in de koopkracht van de consument.
Elk element van de Slutsky-matrix wordt gegeven door
waar de Hicksiaanse vraag en de Marshalliaanse vraag is, op prijsniveau p, vermogensniveau w, en het nutsniveau u. De eerste term staat voor het substitutie-effect, en de tweede term voor het inkomenseffect.
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BkiUdmY4eIZjiv3JLr59 | Dr Sonja Pavlovic received her PhD degree in molecular genetics from the University of Belgrade in 2001. She was named Principal Research Fellow, the highest scientific title, in 2011. Since 1993, she was engaged as a researcher and later as a head of the Laboratory for Molecular Hematology at the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering University of Belgrade (IMGGE). She was a visiting investigator at the Istituto di Clinica e Biologià dell'Età Evolutiva Università degli Studi, Cagliari, Italy and the Centro Ricerca M. Tettamanti, Universita di Milano-Biccoca, H. San Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
At present, she is a Principal Investigator at the Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine IMGGE and a coordinator of the national and international projects dedicated to rare diseases. Research interests of Sonja Pavlovic are molecular genetics of rare diseases, hematological malignancies and pharmacogenomics. She has published more than 100 articles in distinguished international peer reviewed journals, cited for more than 250 times. Her teaching activities include seminars and courses at the Faculty of Biology and School of Medicine, University of Belgrade. Dr Sonja Pavlovic has introduced numerous molecular genetic diagnostic tests in medical practice in Serbia. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfczxaKgQWziNcYVI | Drawing from classic Japanese flavors, the Donburi Bowl features crunchy veggies like edamame, carrots, and hijiki atop our whole-grain brown rice. Combined with a house-made sake vinaigrette and a decadent slow-baked egg, the Donburi is sure to leave you nourished and balanced. 7 day shelf life. (vegetarian, gluten-free). | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
BkiUfpDxK6wB9dbuWJWg | Responsible for all food preparation in a room or dining entity. Cooks meals based on established recipes or customer requests. Ensures meal quality and guest satisfaction. May require a high school diploma or its equivalent. Typically reports to a supervisor. Typically requires 3-5 years of related experience. Has gained proficiency in multiple competencies relevant to the job. Works independently within established procedures associated with the specific job function.
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BkiUfQbxaKgQUJVNiVsV | Devan Shimoyama: My painting style came about from my love of experimenting with all kinds of materials, drag culture, and fashion. I remember when I was first starting to paint, I was fascinated by how unconventional painting materials would mix together to create these psychedelic, shimmering encrusted spills. I'd play around with spray paint, quick-dry enamel, and fabric dye. Those eventually led to my interest in other unconventional painting materials that are much more in line with what drag performers use to get a look together, like rhinestones, glitter, feathers, et cetera, which they're using to create the illusion and fantasy of a wealthy, beautiful fictional character.
The last solo exhibition I had was titled Sweet, which was exploring the toxic masculinity of black barbershops. More recently, I've begun a body of work where I am depicting black individuals tending to their homes and thinking about the importance of black ownership, whether that ownership is businesses, properties, et cetera. I just have been thinking about the importance of people of color actually being able to have more agency and not become such easy targets for displacement and gentrification.
I normally wear either a pair of denim cutoff shorts and a tank top or my bright red Dickies short-sleeve coveralls. I also always wear my Blundstone Chelsea boots as my painting shoes. They're covered in all kinds of splattered paint and glitter.
Wangechi Mutu is the first artist that really blew my mind. I was completely fascinated by her use of ink and collage to make these explosive, hybridized characters that were so indomitable in spirit and strength. Most recently, my best friend, Haley Josephs, has blown my mind pretty consistently with her new work. The colors, the power in the women she's depicting, and the fantastical reality she creates never fail to impress me.
I need to always have jewelry, glitter, rhinestones, and fabric, but also I need to listen to something while I'm working. Depending on what I'm working on, I need to play a good album that matches my mood—currently listening to Kelela, SZA, Blood Orange, and Aminé on rotation.
Josephine Halvorson gave me some of my best studio visits while in grad school at Yale, and I remember her telling me that she could tell when my work was coming from a place of love and talking about love and that there was strength in that. I've kept that in mind ever since, always making sure to make art from something real and true and significant and from a place of love.
I'd say that I make mythological, epic fantasy-figure paintings with drag-queen materials. That's my elevator pitch! | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdd45qrqCyq8KqLkJ | Discovered Dwarf Planet Could Mean Existence of Super Earth
The discovery of a dwarf planet in a region of the solar system previously believed empty may indicate a the existence of a "Super Earth" beyond the reach of the most advanced telescopes.
Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo led the team that discovered the existence of a dwarf planet called 2012 VP113. They published their findings in the March 26 issue of the scientific journal "Nature". At 7.5 billion miles from the sun when it was spotted, the dwarf planet is the 3rd farthest known object in our solar system.
Sheppard works for the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. and Trujillo hails from the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii.
The object was identified from images taken on Nov. 5, 2012 by the Dark Energy Camera located in the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Chile. Snapshots of the night sky were taken an hour apart, then the images were compiled into a time-lapse movie that revealed a new body moving among the stars.
The discovery of 2012 VP113 (nicknamed "Biden" after Vice President Joe Biden by researchers, due to the object's initials) is significant because it is the second object that scientists have discovered in a region of space previously believed to be a wasteland devoid of planets, asteroids, and comets.
A team of scientists including Trujillo discovered the dwarf planet Sedna – the other known object in the region – in 2003. Both Sedna and "Biden" are located in the inner Oort cloud at the outer edge of the solar system. Objects within the Oort cloud are difficult to spot with telescopes because of their distances from the earth. Sedna and "Biden" were both spotted as their orbits drew closest to the sun, allowing sunlight to reflect off their surfaces and bounce back to earth.
The discovery of a second body within the region suggests that it may not be as empty as previously thought – there may be thousands of similar objects, waiting to be discovered.
2012 VP113 is 280 miles across, about half the size of Sedna. (Earth is 7,900 miles across.) Temperatures there average at -430 Fahrenheit, and the planet has a light pink tinge, making it difficult for scientists to spot. The color is caused by radiation, which alters the composition of the ice, methane, and carbon dioxide on the surface.
One of the most intriguing discoveries in relation to VP113 is the similarity of it's orbit to the orbit of Sedna. Both have elongated, erratic orbits that loop extradinarily far beyond the sun. "Biden"'s orbit can reach a distance of 42 billion miles. The similarity in the orbits of the two objects is most likely cause by the gravitational pull of another, larger, body that is beyond scientists' ability to see.
Scientists are excited about the possibility of the existence of a "Super Earth" as large as ten times the mass of our planet, whose gravitational pull draws Sedna and Biden into erratic orbits.
"To me," Mike Brown, a professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, told CNN, "what this discovery really shows is that we are on the verge of finally being able to read the story that Sedna is trying to tell us, and that the next few years should bring a flood of new discoveries in this new region out of the solar system."
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BkiUbis5qoYDgZObNhTC | ARTISTS AND INDUSTRY FRIENDS REFLECT ON PASSING OF MAC DAVIS
Celebrity Music
By California Life HD / October 8, 2020
Mac Davis, a Country music singer, songwriter, and actor, originally from Lubbock, Texas passed away on Tuesday September 29. He enjoyed much crossover success. His early work writing for Elvis Presley produced the hits "Memories", "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation". A subsequent solo career in the 1970s produced hits such as "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me". He also starred in his own variety show, a Broadway musical, and various films and TV shows. Artists and industry friends shared memories and statements upon learning of his passing.
"So saddened with the loss of Mac Davis and my heart is so heavy for his family, friends and fans. I have never heard of anyone who didn't love Mac….everything about him. I just recently featured him on my SXM show and talked about his humor as well as his writing and that, like Roger Miller, he had a way of putting it all together. He will be remembered with love and laughter." –Jeannie Seely
"Mac was the real deal – a brilliant songwriter, wonderful entertainer, great TV host and actor. For years, we shared Managers (Jim Morey), and we always heard from him what a genuinely nice guy Mac was. A true loss – RIP." –Marlon Hargis / Exile
"Mac Davis was a national treasure. His songs, his voice, his stories, his funny sweet nature, and his tv and movie rolls will live on forever in the hearts of all of us who had the pleasure of knowing him, but as well in the hearts of strangers cause Mac never knew a stranger. He will be greatly missed. Rest well friend…we rejoice in your name today as you move on to the promised land!" –Heidi Newfield
"I was fortunate to be friends with Mac over the years. We had a lot of fun working on Rodney Carrington's television series together. With great respect, may he RIP." –Steve Dorff
"As a young wanna be songwriter in Kentucky watching Mac Davis on his Mac Davis Hour was an inspiration and lesson in the magic of creativity. He would ask the audience to give him a song idea or title and he would come up with a song right on the spot. It showed the genius he was. He made it look fun and easy yet at the same time, totally professional and I was in awe of his talent. I realized then I would love to do that. I loved that he kept reinventing himself and kept writing and writing, sharing his talents with younger Nashville songwriters. Everyone wanted to write with him. He was one of a kind and will be missed." –Kent Blazy
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BkiUd4o4eIOjSMCf8JIz | I've just arrived back from my second trip to the Bologna Children's Book Fair. I'm totally exhausted but it was a fantastic few days! Pasta, Parmesan, Prosecco, Piazza Majiore, Parma Ham, Pizza and Picture Books! What more could you ask for?
But arriving at the book fair can sometime feel a little overwhelming. Whether your a regular Bologna Book Fair goer or whether it's your very first time, the book fair is HUGE and there is such a lot to see and do. Where do you start? I asked for some top tips from those in the know. Authors, Illustrators, Editors and even our previous Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell, gave me some of their Bologna 'Do's and Don'ts'.
Benji Davies-Picture book writer and artist.
DO- take some time to explore Bologna itself and not just the fair. It's a beautiful city.
DON'T- feel too overwhelmed by the whole experience-take your time to enjoy it.
DO-bring a sketch book. Also bring a sandwich- the queues for the snack bars are long!
DON'T-rush around too much. There's a lot to see. Take your time!
DO-wear comfortable shoes if you're walking around the fair all day!
DON'T - be afraid to talk to people. You never know who or what in children's publishing you might have in common.
DO-at every opportunity, go into the courtyard and sit down with your sketch book. Book lovers are good at posing naturally. There are big portfolios and big crowds! It's great for people-drawing. You are spoilt for choice. It's not always easy to talk to the publishers. It can be hard to get a spot so you need to book ahead- it's much easier to draw people! And if you love books and you love people, well, you can't find a place that's more full of books and people! Also, DO pay attention on the plane- you can meet Frances Hardinge and she really does wear a hat!
DON'T-Take the early morning flight because once you're here it's absolutely all happening! It's not a quiet place to look around!
DO- consider coming to the fair for 2 days so that it's not so overwhelming. There is a lot to see!
DO-plan ahead. There are lots of good talks and exhibitions at the fair. Another top tip- if you're an illustrator, you can buy an early bird discounted ticket so keep an eye out for that.
DON'T- arrive on the Monday morning. Give yourself a chance to explore and settle in over the weekend.
DO- make time to explore the rest of Bologna- it's beautiful!
DON'T- forget to pick up an exhibition map at the entrance so that you fully explore the fair- it's big!
DO- try to look at as much as you can and explore all the different areas of the fair.
DON'T - be afraid to go on to a stand and introduce yourself but don't put too much pressure on yourself either- just enjoy the experience.
DO- be open to everybody because you never know when an opportunity will come along.
DON'T- stay up too late every night. Keep it to the last night!
Alice McKinley- Children's Illustrator. Alice has just completed her MA at the Cambridge School of Arts.
DO- make sure you bring lots of food and drink to the fair and stay hydrated!
DON'T- get too drunk at the Swine bar!
DO- use the toilets near to the entrance- they're less busy than the rest.
DON'T- feel you have to spend the entire day at the fair. It's huge and you'll crash and burn!
DO- bring your own packed lunch and water, and a big bag to stuff everything in! Also pick up lots of freebies!
Have you been to the Bologna Children's Book Fair before? What are your Do's and Don'ts to make the most of the trip?
I was very excited this year to spot my new picture book with illustrator Kate Hindley, which was proudly displayed on the Nosy Crow Stand. 'The Knight Who Said No' is out on 5th April.
Ooh me too!! I can't wait to go again!
One day, oh one day! And Lucy, how would you compare it to visiting the London Book Fair? Is it similar but with the focus on children's books? Is the atmosphere different?
Oh yes you should definitely come Paeony! It has quite a different feel to the London book fair. More buzzy and it feels like there are more authors and illustrators there.. plus there is pasta and prosecco! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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I have an order limit for international orders, so no orders shipping outside the US can be over $500. However, if I put more than $500 dollars of merch into my cart and go to checkout, I see: There is a $500 USD limit on international purchases. $0.00 The $500 limit thing is what I put in for my error message, but it still allows me to checkout with a shipping cost of $0. How do I impose the shipping limit? Also, is there a way to have the shipping option not show up at all if it is not available? I do love this contribution, so help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I tested this a little further and found out some interesting facts. Coupons work as long as they are for a total of 15% off or less. That is true whether it is percentage or fixed. For example, if I enter 15% off, the coupon works fine. If I change that to 20% off I get logged off and taken to login.php. Also if 15% off the subtotal = $8.85 -> If I set a fixed amount of $8.00 the coupon works just fine, but if I change it to $9.00, it doesn't work anymore. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
Ok, I have looked through a ton of pages and I haven't seen anyone else with this issue. I am having a problem where I keep getting redirected to the login page when I use some of my coupon codes. 1 of the coupons I have set up works fine and takes you to the confirmation page as it should. For all the rest of the coupons this is what happens: - customer adds something to cart - customer clicks checkout and is taken to the login page - customer logs in and is taken to checkout_shipping - customer clicks continue and is taken to checkout_payment - customer chooses payment type and enters coupon code - when they click continue they are logged off and taken back to the login page. no errors are given. the same thing happens if i enter an incorrect coupon code. i have checked to make sure that the coupons are all in the database. any suggestions?
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BkiUcH7xK7Dgs_cY44RB | Why the Spending Stimulus Failed
In the US the intellectual and political left argues that the failed $814 billion stimulus in 2009 wasn't big enough, and that spending control any time soon will derail the economy. But economic theory, history and statistical studies reveal that more taxes and spending are more likely to harm than help the economy, says Michael J. Boskin, a professor of economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Boskin's colleagues John Cogan and John Taylor, with Volker Wieland and Tobias Cwik, demonstrate that government purchases have a gross domestic product (GDP) impact far smaller in New Keynesian than Old Keynesian models and quickly crowd out the private sector.
They estimate the effect of the February 2009 stimulus at a puny 0.2 per cent of GDP by now.
By contrast, the last two major tax cuts – President Reagan's in 1981-1983 and President George W. Bush's in 2003 – boosted growth.
They lowered marginal tax rates and were longer lasting, both keys to success.
In a survey of fiscal policy changes among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) over the past four decades, Harvard's Albert Alesina and Silvia Ardagna conclude that tax cuts have been far more likely to increase growth than has more spending.
Former Obama adviser Christina Romer and David Romer of the University of California, Berkeley, estimate a tax-cut multiplier of 3.0, meaning $1 of lower taxes raises short-run output by $3.
Andrew Mountford of the University of London and Harald Uhlig of the University of Chicago show that substantial tax cuts have a far larger impact on output and employment than spending increases, with a multiplier up to 5.0.
Conversely, a tax increase is very damaging. The best stimulus now is to stop the impending tax hikes, says Boskin.
Source: Michael J. Boskin, Why the Spending Stimulus Failed, Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2010.
For text: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646994256446822.html
For more on Taxes: http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_Category=20
First published by the National Center for Policy Analysis, United States
FMF Policy Bulletin/ 07 December 2010
Publish date: 17 December 2010
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BkiUa8XxK1yAga6Jp1AF | 22 Jul 2020 3:10 PM +00:00 UTC
Cheap Consoles Black Friday 2020: Predictions, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and the latest deals
If you're looking for a great deal this year on these awesome machines - here's everything you need to know!
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Black Friday 2020 is on the horizon, and so is the opportunity to grab one of the major consoles for cheap.
If you want to secure yourself a great deal for the epic sales event, then you'll want to check out our guide below on getting the best deals.
And as always, if you can't wait till November, we've got some great console deals for you right here too!
Cheap Consoles Black Friday 2020
Predictions for Black Friday 2020
Xbox One - Latest Deals
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Black Friday will take place on 27 November this year, after Amazon Prime Day on the retail calendar.
Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch are all incredible consoles that will absolutely stand the test of time, even with PS5 and Xbox Series X coming in Holiday 2020.
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Regardless of next-gen, you'll be able to enjoy current classics like Call of Duty Warzone, Apex Legends, and Fortnite, all the way to highly anticipated releases like Zelda Breath of the Wild 2,Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and FIFA 21.
Black Friday sales may start on the 27 Novemeber, but that doesn't mean retailers won't provide their own pre-Black Friday sales ahead of the day.
Last year, we saw Currys hold flash sales, where amazing deals could be had - so it's good to keep your eye out earlier in November.
We're predicting that we'll see some of the best deals yet for bundle console deals, but it's not quite as predictable as to what the Xbox One S prices will be.
This is due to the Xbox One X and All Digital Version being discontinued.
We'll be updating this page regularly up to that point, but if that's too far away - check the following deals out!
There is currently an amazing Xbox One S deal, with some knock-out titles that are well worth your time!
Whether you're hitting the road in Forza Horizon 4 or experiencing the intense action of Titanfall 2, there's something for everyone right here.
You'll also get a NOW TV subscription to boot!
Don't Miss out:Xbox One S with Forza Horizon 4, Titanfall 2 and NOW TV for £249
The PS4 Pro, as you know, is all about 4K resolution. There are some other enhancements too, but if you're going for PS4 Pro it's because you want the game to look as good as it was meant to be!
READ MORE: Amazon Prime Day 2020 - What to expect this year
IT JUST MAKES (SPIDER) SENSE! Playing on PS4 Pro makes titles come alive!
The hot deals right now include some amazing games - God of War and Death Stranding in particular.
PS4 Pro with Spider-Man for £349
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PS4 Pro with Death Stranding for £349
Nintendo Switch has some truly incredible games - Zelda Breath of the Wild (with a sequel reportedly in the works), and the hugely popular Animal Crossing New Horizons are exclusively playable for Switch.
Not to mention amazing non-exclusive titles like Minecraft Dungeons, and even the upcoming FIFA 21 Legacy Edition.
While big discounts on Nintendo Switches are seemingly less common than with other consoles, the Nintendo Switch Lite is usually a good place to start looking.
There could even be a Nintendo Switch Pro on the way, which we predict would make the original Switch cheaper, but it's pure speculation at this point!
READ MORE: Nintendo Switch Pro - Everything we know so far
The second we've found some deals we know you would be interested in, we'll share them with you right here!
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BkiUbKLxK6EuNBRhGTUv | Quench your thirst in style when you drink a cold beverage from a pilsner glass from Splendids. The 12 oz to 23 oz oversized glasses feature a narrow shape for comfortable holding and contemporary thick glass bases. A pilsner glass is used for many types of light beers, including pale lager or pilsner. These bar glasses are generally smaller than a pint glass and are tall, slender and tapered. The slender glass will show the color, and carbonation of the beer, and the broad top will help preserve a beer head. Our glassware is manufactured by Libbey and Luminarc which are some of the best names in the glassware industry. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUctnxK6Ot9TMSqVsw | At Keepsake on the south side Klein Bonaire, a large section of the reef collapsed in an underwater landslide. On the morning of January 20th, STINAPA personnel investigated the site. The collapsed area is approximately 20m SW of the mooring buoy, starting at a depth of 12m. The collapsed zone extends to a depth of at least 40m. The total length of the collapsed zone is at least 30m, if not longer. The width of the collapse is approximately 16m near the top, and 28m wide at a depth of 23m, widening further at deeper depths. There were very few living corals left within the affected area. STINAPA personnel attempted to right a few toppled corals that remained, but deemed that the area was too unstable to work safely, as there is a risk of further reef collapse.
These types of 'reef collapse' on steep slopes are a natural occurrence on steep reef slopes and are most likely caused by reef bio-erosion. Living organisms such as sponges, worms, urchins and fish break down coral structures by boring, drilling, rasping and scraping the reef. There is speculation that sound waves from large passing ships may exacerbate this reef instability and trigger the collapse. However, there is no evidence to support this claim at the moment. Another attributing factor could be a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred east of the ABCs on Dec 28th, 2016 at 440m depth which may have played a role in destabilizing the reef shelf. At the moment there is no singular, clear cause of this collapse.
The site is unstable and STINAPA advises that divers and snorkelers stay away from the area both to protect people as well as prevent further collapse of the reef.
The collapse begins at depths ranging from 12 to 13m, and extends beyond 40m. There is an outcrop of coral that divides the start of the collapsed zone; the NW side is 6m wide, the dividing coral ledge is 4m wide, and the SE side is also 6m wide (these measurements were taken between 13 & 14m depth). STINAPA personnel measured the width of the collapsed area at 18m where the collapsed zone was 26m wide, and at 28m where the collapsed zone was 23m wide. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdzs4eIZjxkFh18po | iPhone Warning: This new technology could make the iPhone obsolete
Warning: One day, that shiny new iPhone in your hand will be worthless. And that day isn't as far away as you think.
Because all the 6.3 billion smartphones on the planet will be replaced by the revolutionary new device in this little black box.
Apple's CEO has called this "the next big thing"
VVV Insider Trading (Valvoline)
Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $334,447.84
Valvoline Insider Trading History Chart
This chart shows the insider buying and selling history at Valvoline by year and by quarter.
Valvoline Share Price & Price History
This chart shows the closing price history over time for VVV up to the past year.
Valvoline Insider Trading History
11/22/2021 Jamal K. Muashsher SVP Sell 214 $36.17 $7,740.38
11/15/2021 Jamal K. Muashsher SVP Sell 1,527 $35.23 $53,796.21
11/12/2021 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 3,537 $35.28 $124,785.36
8/20/2021 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 4,969 $29.81 $148,125.89
12/1/2020 Craig A Moughler SVP Sell 1,600 $23.25 $37,200.00 15,022
11/27/2020 Heidi J Matheys CMO Sell 2,219 $22.83 $50,659.77 27,204
11/20/2020 Jamal K. Muashsher SVP Sell 419 $22.05 $9,238.95 4,838
11/20/2020 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 444 $22.05 $9,790.20 10,989
11/16/2020 Jamal K. Muashsher SVP Sell 5,578 $22.64 $126,285.92 4,224
11/16/2020 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 802 $22.64 $18,157.28 9,680
11/16/2020 Thomas A Gerrald II VP Sell 4,528 $22.64 $102,513.92 8,884
11/9/2020 Heidi J Matheys CMO Sell 1,000 $23.24 $23,240.00 21,958
10/5/2020 Craig A Moughler SVP Sell 9,054 $20.00 $181,080.00 15,022
9/17/2020 Anthony R Puckett SVP Sell 49 $20.49 $1,004.01 2,132
9/17/2020 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 25 $20.49 $512.25 6,787
9/15/2020 Anthony R Puckett SVP Sell 9,005 $20.95 $188,654.75 2,132
9/15/2020 Heidi J Matheys CMO Sell 5,000 $20.95 $104,750.00 32,136
9/15/2020 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 4,470 $20.95 $93,646.50 6,787
8/10/2020 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 1,186 $21.84 $25,902.24
8/5/2020 Craig A Moughler SVP Sell 9,092 $22.00 $200,024.00 15,022
2/6/2020 Frances E Lockwood SVP Sell 2,500 $23.00 $57,500.00 34,679
11/20/2019 Anthony R Puckett SVP Sell 656 $23.19 $15,212.64 3,043
11/15/2019 Craig A Moughler SVP Sell 557 $23.20 $12,922.40 25,427
8/23/2019 Julie Marie O'Daniel Insider Sell 494 $22.03 $10,882.82 1,083
4/15/2019 Mary E. Meixelsperger CFO Buy 7,500 $18.71 $140,325.00
1/18/2019 Craig A Moughler SVP Sell 2,551 $21.88 $55,815.88 27,221
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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for Valvoline (NYSE:VVV)
92.24% of Valvoline stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.
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Valvoline Institutional Trading History
1/21/2022 Russell Investments Group Ltd. 1,221,130 $45.53M 0.1% -29.0% 0.678%
1/21/2022 Clear Creek Financial Management LLC 122,390 $4.56M 0.7% N/A 0.068%
1/21/2022 Diligent Investors LLC 25,646 $0.96M 0.3% -1.9% 0.014%
1/20/2022 Scharf Investments LLC 4,262,715 $158.92M 4.6% -5.7% 2.368%
1/20/2022 Sciencast Management LP 7,911 $0.30M 0.1% N/A 0.004%
1/20/2022 Retirement Systems of Alabama 236,702 $8.83M 0.0% +1.1% 0.132%
1/20/2022 Capital Insight Partners LLC 71,617 $2.67M 0.5% +1.3% 0.040%
1/20/2022 Nordea Investment Management AB 257,117 $9.53M 0.0% -3.4% 0.143%
1/20/2022 TKG Advisors LLC 14,236 $0.53M 0.4% N/A 0.008%
1/20/2022 Parallel Advisors LLC 14,892 $0.56M 0.0% +82.1% 0.008%
1/20/2022 G&S Capital LLC 12,246 $0.46M 0.2% N/A 0.007%
1/18/2022 Pendal Group Ltd 9,200 $0.34M 0.0% N/A 0.005%
1/14/2022 Spire Wealth Management 3,287 $0.12M 0.0% +186.8% 0.002%
1/14/2022 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 46,500 $1.73M 0.0% +0.9% 0.026%
1/14/2022 Koshinski Asset Management Inc. 1,500 $56K 0.0% N/A 0.001%
1/12/2022 First Hawaiian Bank 32,386 $1.21M 0.0% +7.4% 0.018%
1/12/2022 State of Alaska Department of Revenue 110,245 $4.11M 0.0% +297.4% 0.061%
1/12/2022 Stonnington Group LLC 17,395 $0.62M 0.0% N/A 0.010%
1/10/2022 Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. 17,010 $0.63M 0.0% +4.8% 0.009%
12/27/2021 Jana Partners LLC 1,275,406 $39.77M 3.1% N/A 0.709%
12/14/2021 UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. 332,627 $10.37M 0.0% +4.3% 0.185%
12/14/2021 Strategy Asset Managers LLC 6,541 $0.20M 0.0% N/A 0.004%
12/8/2021 Moors & Cabot Inc. 25,000 $25K 0.0% N/A 0.014%
12/1/2021 Balyasny Asset Management LLC 167,961 $5.24M 0.0% -1.0% 0.093%
11/22/2021 Comerica Bank 1,037,479 $33.69M 0.2% +96.4% 0.576%
11/19/2021 American International Group Inc. 311,315 $9.71M 0.1% -3.2% 0.173%
11/19/2021 Hanlon Investment Management Inc. 31,412 $0.98M 0.2% N/A 0.017%
11/18/2021 Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2,242,109 $69.91M 0.0% -4.8% 1.246%
11/17/2021 Aurora Investment Counsel 59,693 $1.86M 1.3% -1.3% 0.033%
11/16/2021 Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 26,100 $0.81M 0.0% -38.8% 0.014%
11/16/2021 Captrust Financial Advisors 4,183 $0.13M 0.0% -14.1% 0.002%
11/16/2021 Cetera Investment Advisers 14,042 $0.44M 0.0% +69.5% 0.008%
11/16/2021 BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA 33,066 $1.03M 0.0% -8.7% 0.018%
11/16/2021 Atria Investments LLC 38,567 $1.20M 0.0% N/A 0.021%
11/16/2021 Janus Henderson Group PLC 2,381,170 $74.25M 0.0% -6.3% 1.317%
11/16/2021 Utah Retirement Systems 32,752 $1.02M 0.0% -6.3% 0.018%
11/16/2021 Chartwell Investment Partners LLC 48,714 $1.52M 0.0% -1.6% 0.027%
11/16/2021 Intellectus Partners LLC 18,715 $0.58M 0.1% +21.4% 0.010%
11/16/2021 Jane Street Group LLC 28,054 $0.88M 0.0% +3.3% 0.016%
11/16/2021 Tensile Capital Management LP 2,545,721 $79.38M 9.2% +3.2% 1.408%
11/16/2021 UBS Group AG 116,511 $3.63M 0.0% -12.7% 0.064%
11/16/2021 Voloridge Investment Management LLC 119,619 $3.73M 0.0% -34.5% 0.066%
11/16/2021 LPL Financial LLC 11,914 $0.37M 0.0% -66.0% 0.007%
11/16/2021 Maverick Capital Ltd. 2,474 $77K 0.0% N/A 0.001%
11/16/2021 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY 29,408 $0.92M 0.0% -14.1% 0.016%
11/16/2021 Millennium Management LLC 139,821 $4.36M 0.0% -9.3% 0.077%
11/15/2021 Point72 Asset Management L.P. 187,100 $5.83M 0.0% N/A 0.104%
11/15/2021 Man Group plc 119,435 $3.72M 0.0% -24.6% 0.066%
11/15/2021 Ancora Advisors LLC 266,010 $8.29M 0.2% -28.4% 0.147%
11/15/2021 California State Teachers Retirement System 304,056 $9.48M 0.0% -4.0% 0.168%
11/15/2021 Brave Warrior Advisors LLC 7,618,013 $237.53M 8.3% +0.4% 4.214%
11/15/2021 Eaton Vance Management 639,674 $19.92M 0.0% -17.2% 0.354%
11/15/2021 Guggenheim Capital LLC 27,584 $0.86M 0.0% -20.0% 0.015%
11/15/2021 Royal Bank of Canada 933,191 $29.10M 0.0% -25.3% 0.516%
11/15/2021 Aryeh Capital Management Ltd. 1,001,293 $31.22M 12.2% +20.0% 0.554%
11/15/2021 Balyasny Asset Management LLC 167,961 $5.24M 0.0% -1.0% 0.093%
11/15/2021 Invesco Ltd. 5,652,645 $176.25M 0.0% +33.8% 3.127%
11/15/2021 Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 26,440 $0.82M 0.1% -33.5% 0.015%
11/15/2021 Virtus ETF Advisers LLC 47,807 $1.49M 0.7% -16.9% 0.026%
11/15/2021 Neuberger Berman Group LLC 74,981 $2.33M 0.0% -15.7% 0.041%
11/15/2021 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 4,138,823 $129.06M 0.0% +0.2% 2.290%
11/15/2021 Profund Advisors LLC 13,016 $0.41M 0.0% -19.2% 0.007%
11/15/2021 HighTower Advisors LLC 17,732 $0.56M 0.0% +11.9% 0.010%
11/15/2021 Natixis 200,000 $6.24M 0.0% N/A 0.111%
11/12/2021 Renaissance Technologies LLC 2,826,552 $88.13M 0.1% +9.3% 1.564%
11/12/2021 Aristides Capital LLC 10,324 $0.32M 0.1% N/A 0.006%
11/12/2021 Gamco Investors INC. ET AL 847,950 $26.44M 0.2% -4.0% 0.469%
11/12/2021 Wasatch Advisors Inc. 7,483,261 $233.33M 0.9% -14.5% 4.140%
11/12/2021 Foyston Gordon & Payne Inc 110,158 $3.44M 0.9% +16.5% 0.061%
11/12/2021 Schroder Investment Management Group 3,059,554 $95.40M 0.1% -9.7% 1.693%
11/12/2021 Hsbc Holdings PLC 64,432 $2.02M 0.0% +14.7% 0.036%
11/12/2021 Capital Fund Management S.A. 35,738 $1.11M 0.0% +31.7% 0.020%
11/12/2021 Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 820 $25K 0.0% -41.0% 0.000%
11/12/2021 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company 208,372 $6.50M 0.0% +5.0% 0.115%
11/12/2021 Advisory Research Inc. 920,201 $28.69M 1.8% -6.1% 0.509%
11/12/2021 Credit Suisse AG 180,052 $5.61M 0.0% +0.6% 0.100%
11/12/2021 Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. 53,127 $1.66M 0.0% -1.9% 0.029%
11/12/2021 Geode Capital Management LLC 2,206,098 $68.79M 0.0% -1.1% 1.220%
11/12/2021 Wolverine Trading LLC 7,307 $0.23M 0.0% -40.1% 0.004%
11/12/2021 Bank of Nova Scotia 49,935 $1.56M 0.0% -22.8% 0.028%
11/12/2021 Aviva PLC 881,393 $27.48M 0.1% -4.9% 0.488%
11/12/2021 Keeley Teton Advisors LLC 68,380 $2.13M 0.2% -24.1% 0.038%
11/12/2021 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 13,502 $0.42M 0.0% -33.8% 0.007%
11/12/2021 Haverford Financial Services Inc. 29,850 $0.93M 0.2% N/A 0.017%
11/10/2021 Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV 22,207 $0.69M 0.0% +172.1% 0.012%
11/10/2021 American Century Companies Inc. 94,233 $2.94M 0.0% -7.2% 0.052%
11/10/2021 US Bancorp DE 14,677 $0.46M 0.0% -3.3% 0.008%
11/10/2021 California Public Employees Retirement System 404,832 $12.62M 0.0% -1.4% 0.224%
11/10/2021 Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. 1,207,872 $37.66M 0.2% +55.8% 0.668%
11/10/2021 AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC 6,961 $0.22M 0.0% -64.7% 0.004%
11/10/2021 AGF Investments LLC 10,998 $0.34M 0.0% -64.0% 0.006%
11/10/2021 Mutual of America Capital Management LLC 446,461 $13.92M 0.1% +7.6% 0.247%
11/10/2021 Allianz Asset Management GmbH 23,134 $0.72M 0.0% N/A 0.013%
11/10/2021 Handelsbanken Fonder AB 46,600 $1.45M 0.0% +32.4% 0.026%
Valvoline, Inc. engages in producing, marketing and supplying of engine & automotive maintenance products and services. The firm operates through the following segments: Quick Lubes, Core North America and International. The Quick Lubes segment provides services to passenger car and light truck quick lube market through company-owned and independent franchised retail quick lube service center stores and independent express care stores that service vehicles with valvoline products. The Core North America segment sells engine and automotive maintenance products in the United States and Canada to retailers, installers and heavy-duty customers to service vehicles and equipment. The International segment sells engine and automotive products in more than 140 countries outside of the United States and Canada for the maintenance of consumer and commercial vehicles and equipment. Its products include motor oil, gear oil, pro-v racing and antifreeze and radiator. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Lexington, KY.
Read More on Valvoline
Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of Valvoline?
Valvoline's top insider shareholders include:
Frances E Lockwood (SVP)
Heidi J Matheys (CMO)
Craig A Moughler (SVP)
Julie Marie O'daniel (Insider)
Thomas A Gerrald II (VP)
Jamal K Muashsher (SVP)
Anthony R Puckett (SVP)
Who are the major institutional investors of Valvoline?
Valvoline's top institutional investors include:
Scharf Investments LLC — 2.37%
Nordea Investment Management AB — 0.14%
Retirement Systems of Alabama — 0.13%
Clear Creek Financial Management LLC — 0.07%
Which institutional investors are selling Valvoline stock?
During the last quarter, VVV stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Scharf Investments LLC
Nordea Investment Management AB
Diligent Investors LLC
During the last year, company insiders that have sold Valvoline company stock include:
Which institutional investors are buying Valvoline stock?
In the previous quarter, VVV stock was purchased by institutional investors including:
Clear Creek Financial Management LLC
Stonnington Group LLC
TKG Advisors LLC
G&S Capital LLC
Sciencast Management LP
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BkiUf4XxK3YB9ohkPvI9 | Drawing is something that takes place in our house on a daily basis.
The freedom, creativity, therapy, exploration and skills found within free drawing make it appealing on every level.
Every now and again I like to mix things up and let Maddie explore a different way of drawing that she hadn't thought of yet. Today, it's 'Drawing in Bunches'.
I provided some markers already in a "bunch" to demonstrate the new technique of drawing that we were trying today.
Maddie's first move was to attempt to make her own bunch.
The most challenging part was using her fine motor skills and hand, eye coordination to bunch the textas together.
- Teach your child the method of using rubber bands. Loop, pull, twist, loop, pull, twist, loop... etc.
- Challenge your child to come up with a pattern that they can use to decorate an entire piece of paper with. Use this design for homemade wrapping paper etc.Talk to them about what makes a pattern.
That looks like a lot of fun. We will give it a go.
I have always loved doing this. The first time a child tried it, there is always that moment of delight and surprise when they see the effect it produces.
This makes me want to be a kid again. It is a simple idea, but I've never tried it with my preschooler. I bet he would enjoy it!
I like that you used a rubber band.
I like this - it looks so easy to do and quick to set up as well.
Must remember this one when I need an activity - fast!
Looks like great fun! I bet my kids would love this!
Such fun! I remember drawing like that as a child. I'll have to give it a go with my boys. I think my oldest would especially love it.
We tried this with two markers but not with a bunch.Looks fun!
This looks like a lot of fun. It would be easier for my guy to grip more than one marker at a time.
We tried this a few weeks ago, the kids enjoyed it, but I had trouble getting all the pens in the same place!
Great idea! My kids loved it when we did it!
This is a great way to make pens a bit more interesting.
This is my kind of activity =) looks like a lot of fun .
We tried this the other week but I just had R hold the pens in his hand which he found a bit tricky. Will have to try again with a rubber band like this.
We tried this but taped the pens to a toy car as I thought my wee boy would like pushing the car to make patterns but he went mental! The pens where in no way allowed to be grouped together haha strange the things kids react to! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdtI25V5jCITp11g7 | The Full Monty is the Americanised version of the hugely successful film of the same name. BATS have chosen the Broadway version of the show where the action moves from Sheffield to Buffalo, New York. It tells the story of six struggling steelworkers. In order to make ends meet they decide to learn to dance and strip i.e. to do The Full Monty – i.e. everything off!
The set: street scenes, interiors were effectively created and of high quality and cleverly designed. The "Gents" toilets at the club was ingenious. There was minimal disruption during the scene changes. Great and convincing use of props.
The costumes were excellent, with great attention to detail and were in keeping with the characters and story. And this wasn't just the strippers' costumes – much thought had gone into the costumes for the women, showing their sassy side – many items being tight and bright!
The lighting was superb: rising and dimming when necessary, and the blinding flash of backlight at the pivotal moment was perfectly timed. Most of the sound was excellent with voices clear and blended well with the live music. My companion and I both felt that the screaming of the excited women (at the prospect of a stirp show) at the opening of the show was at an uncomfortable level and pitch.
Director and Choreographer Martyn Knight demonstrated his experience and talent as he drew great performances from the entire cast. This was a great example of ensemble performance. The six strippers, led by Paul Morris as Jerry, brought great warmth to their characters as men who found friendship and self-respect through the group. Kathy May-Miller was simply stunning as Jeannette, the chain-smoking piano player drafted in to accompany the strippers. Gavin Brooker deserves special praise having the difficult job of opening the show with a strip – a challenge he rose to with seeming ease. The music, under the direction of Julie Dance , created a solid sound giving the cast superb lead. The show worked well due to the charisma of the leading men with a terrific ensemble supporting them. There were no weak links in this show that had was more to it than stripping men and screaming women: depression, fathers' rights, homosexuality, unemployment and suicide – all covered with toe tapping songs and dances to the obvious delight of the audience. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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Ulcers in the mouth, stomach, duodenum or colon can be completely cured even without medicines or lotions. This wonder therapy is called acupressure. For a complete cure, the patient may not need to visit the clinic. It can be completely cured even online.
Ulcers - Treat It With Acupressure!
Any kind of ulcers either in the mouth or inside the body organs like esophagus, stomach, duodenum or colon can be completely cured even without medicines or lotions. This wonder therapy is called acupressure.
There are a variety of reasons for the occurrence of ulcers. Some of the main reasons include.
Vitamin deficiency. The deficiency of b group vitamins in our diet may cause ulcers. In some cases in spite of taking enough vitamin the body fails to absorb them. This can also cause ulcers.
Helicobacter pylori. The development of bacteria called helicobacter pylori in one's stomach or esophagus causes ulcers.
Body excessive heat. Many people have a hot body with heat stagnation in many of the digestive organs. This also causes ulcers. Incomplete clearance of the digestive system plays a major role in ulcer formation.
Improper eating habits. If one has untimely eating habits or regular skipping of breakfast or lunch for a very long period, he is sure to get ulcers.
Unfavorable food combinations. A person is sure to get ulcers if he eats combination of foods which should not be consumed simultaneously. For example drinking water immediately after consuming fruits especially pineapple, banana, etc.
Every person gets ulcers due to a different reason. But whatever the reason may be ulcers can be completely cured even without medicines. The complete cure for ulcers from the root (stopping of periodical reoccurrence) by regulating the body & strengthening the immune system is done by acupressure. For a complete cure by online acupressure contact me. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUa9M5qsFAfmG_Xutw | Wars Within War: Mexican Guerrillas, Domestic Elites, and the United States of America, 1846–1848
Chapter 5: United Against the Majority
Irving Levinson
TCU Press
Both politically and commercially, we have the deepest interest in her [México's] regeneration and prosperity. Indeed, it is impossible that, with any just regard to our own safety, we can ever become indifferent to her fate. JAMES K. POLK For many, the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, marked the end of the war. In this construct, the fighting ceased and the US Army remained in México while the two nations subsequently agreed to minor changes in this pact. Following the joint ratification of the revised treaty, the invaders departed, and the conflict receded into the past. That notion, however, is incomplete and inaccurate. Although the treaty and the subsequent armistice of March 6, 1848, ended the violence between the two national armies, other armed conflicts occurring throughout México did not cease. During the remainder of that year, campesino and indígena alienation continued to explode into geographically diffuse rebellions against the Mexican government. The United States responded to these uprisings by aiding the elite that stood at the apex of México's socio-economic and political structure. The United UNITED AGAINST THE MAJORITY Levinson_Wars_text_new_WarsLayoutNew4.11.05 10/18/13 2:09 PM Page 87 States did so because the continued existence of that regime remained a necessity for both the legitimization of US territorial conquest and for the establishment of a cooperative post-war Mexican government. The only violence ended by the treaty and the consequent armistice was the conflict between those forces under the commands of the two national governments. The major guerrilla formations along the Veracruz–Mexico City line served under officers authorized to command by the provisions of Substitute President Pedro María Anaya's proclamation of April 28, 1847.1 Only those deemed loyal to the state and the social order had received permission to lead these units. With just two exceptions, their commanders complied with the terms of the armistice. From February 2, 1848, until the final US withdrawal on September 6, 1848, substantial partisan forces attacked only two supply trains. On February 18, 200 Mexican lancers blocked a force of ninety US Army cavalry escorting several wagons from Veracruz to Orizaba. After estimating the total Mexican force in the immediate vicinity to be between 400 and 500 men, Lieutenant Walter L. Biscoe rapidly returned to Veracruz. He set his own losses at five men slain while claiming twenty-five partisan deaths.2 In the far north during that same month, a guerrilla force estimated at 500 New Mexicans, Apaches, and Comanches attacked a US column of at least 200 troops in the vicinity of El Paso.3 The Mexicans killed twenty soldiers, took most of the mules and horses, and killed the oxen. The US troops abandoned their wagons. Although both of these attacks took place after the February 2, 1848, signing of the peace treaty, they nonetheless occurred before the subsequent armistice agreement was signed on March 6, 1848. After that date, Mexican guerrillas no longer challenged any large US convoy. For example, on April 16, 1848, a train of some 400 wagons, 3,500 pack mules, 88 Wars within War Levinson_Wars_text_new_WarsLayoutNew4.11.05 10/18/13 2:09 PM Page 88 and 450 sick and wounded soldiers reached Veracruz from Mexico City having "experienced no opposition from guerilleros or others."4 By contrast , the convoys traveling the same route in 1847 had suffered substantial and repeated attacks. Two days after the arrival of this convoy, a return train of 3,000 pack mules, 200 wagons, and an artillery battery also traveled that same route without being attacked.5 Clearly, most of the light corps commanders of the Mexican army who operated along the Veracruz–Mexico City corridor obeyed their orders to cease hostilities. Some did so with great regret. One partisan commander and army general, Joaquín Rea, found himself so embittered by this turn of events that he requested his passport to leave "our moribund patria," whose defense "we had abandoned."6 However, two of the light corps commanders did not comply with the armistice and continued to fight independently of the campesino-based agrarian rebels. Most prominently, Padre Celedonio de Jarauta and Manuel Montano denounced the peace treaty and vowed to remain at war. Even after suffering severe losses at the hands of a US force on February 28, 1848, Jarauta led 300 cavalry and fifty infantry into Zacualtipán, México, and proclaimed his intention to continue the... | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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Here, it's easy to enjoy the area's most delectable restaurants, upscale shopping, and great entertainment. Meet your friends for a tasty local brunch at nearby Tupelo Honey or visit The Smashed Waffle Company for a coffee and a sweet treat. When you want to go shopping, walk across the street to Cameron Village where plenty of shops and boutiques are located. If you're planning a fun night out, go to a play at Raleigh Little Theatre or take for a walk through Fred Fletcher Park.
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BkiUf5fxK7kjXJwSTjnS | CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Thanks to Senate Bill 86 passing on Wednesday, animals waiting in shelters for their "furever" home have some "paw-some" news.
Ohio has designated a shelter pet as the official pet of the state to raise public awareness of shelter animals.
Senate Bill 86 was created to declare historical sites and enact other special designations. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdnM4ubnjopQia0Ew | This week we have been really busy changing all our outdoor area. Come and look at our pictures!
We are reading books in our new reading area.
We are playing on the instruments.
We are writing about our models we have made.
We love our new water area.
Look at me trying to balance on the beam.
We are all balancing on the beam.
We are in the construction area.
Look at us we are finding letters. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
BkiUfVc5qhLB3L4qcnqP | THIS PROPERTY IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET. Impeccable Allandale Home. This one-story ranch has 2 living areas, a utility room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a 2 car garage. Updated kitchen includes granite counters, SS appliances (convection oven), tile floor and backsplash, and updated cabinetry. Other recent updates include hardwood floors, sprinkler system, energy efficient improvements, exterior paint, 2-inch faux wood blinds, recessed lighting, and privacy fencing. Wonderful closet space for a home of this age. Fully screened back porch. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbbw5qoTDtofJ9E3g | Chalet | The typical Chalet "Les Chenus" road Les Brigues in Courchevel Village labels " MOUNTAIN OD CHARM "
With stunning views of the valley and at least 200 meters from the slopes , this Chalet offers 120 sq. m and can accommodate up to 10 people.
Located in the heart of the mountain, this 120sq m chalet with a garden of 200sq m can accommodate up to 10 people.
A safety deposit will be asked at your arrival.
Semi detached chalet of 246 sqm in the resort of Courchevel Village. Located in a residential area, the chaletis next to the ski slopes and 5 minutes away from the center of the resort.
Semi detached chalet of 226 sqm in the resort of Courchevel Village. Located in a residential area, the chalet is next to the ski slopes and 5 minutes away from the center of the resort. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
BkiUdrzxaL3SujRqKlWm | 2019 Competition: Meet the Programme Finalists
This Programme would not have been possible without the generous help of our partners in scoring applications, providing advice and spreading the word.
FieldSight [Winner]
Watch Fieldsight introduction video on YouTube
Following the devasting Nepal Earthquake of 2015, FieldSight was founded as a Humanitarian digital platform for remote project supervision and monitoring, as well as infrastructure quality assurance. Developed in partnership with UNOPS, FieldSight is built to work on mobile devices and in remote and difficult-to-access locations, creating actionable data and interfaces that help partners deliver higher-quality, lower-risk recovery projects.
FieldSite received:
USD100K in grants
Coaching from our partners
Opportunity to showcase technology at the 2019 AVPN Conference to potential investors and partners
SeismicAI [1st runner up]
Watch SeismicAI introduction video on YouTube
Currently under development, the Israel-based company SeismicAI looks to provide its customers with a commercial-grade Earthquake Early Warning system that can detect seismic activity within two seconds, reducing the amount of time to send out warning messages. The company's goal is to replace outdated seismic models with unique physics and machine learning systems with their more cost-efficient model.
SeismicAI received:
USD30K in grants
PetaBencana.id [2nd runner up]
Watch PetaBencana introduction video on YouTube
First founded in Indonesia in 2013, PetaBencana.id is a free web-based platform that produces megacity-scale visualisations of disasters using both crowd-sourced reporting and government agency validations in real time. The platform harnesses the heightened use of social media and instant messaging during emergency events to gather confirmed situational updates from street level, in a manner that removes the need for expensive and time-consuming data processing.
PetaBecana.id received:
OpenAerialMap
Watch OpenAerialMap introduction video on YouTube
Founded by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) in Washington, D.C., OpenAerialMap (OAM) is a set of tools for searching, sharing, and using, openly licensed satellite and drone imagery. The open source platform provides search and access to this imagery, which ultimately helps decrease loss time in time-sensitive decision making by providing disaster managers and responders with up-to-date, high-quality imagery data.
Watch Peopl in Need introduction video on YouTube
Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, People in Need (PIN) co-developed and piloted the use of automated water gauges in Cambodia following the 2013 floods, which have substantially improved the responsiveness of Cambodia's Early Warning System. The solar-powered water gauges continuously record water levels and transmit data for immediate evaluation. Where it is deemed that threshold levels have been reached, a pre-recorded audio message is sent to registered users in affected areas using Interactive voice response technology.
Why is disaster technology important?
Prudence Foundation and IFRC on disaster technology.
Webinar recording on "Disaster Tech Innovation"
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BkiUc2M5qhLA11kI9sKT | Home / Glossary Term / CV Chondrites
CV Chondrites
MeteoriteWork in progress. A solid natural object reaching a planet's surface from interplanetary space. Solid portion of a meteoroid that survives its fall to Earth, or some other body. Meteorites are classified as stony meteorites, iron meteorites, and stony-iron meteorites. These groups are further divided according to their mineralogy and class named after the Vigarano meteorite that fell in Italy in 1910. They have abundant large, well-defined rimless (?) chondrulesRoughly spherical aggregate of coarse crystals formed from the rapid cooling and solidification of a melt at ~1400 ° C. Large numbers of chondrules are found in all chondrites except for the CI group of carbonaceous chondrites. Chondrules are typically 0.5-2 mm in diameter and are usually composed of olivine of magnesium-rich olivineGroup of silicate minerals, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4, with the compositional endpoints of forsterite (Mg2SiO4) and fayalite (Fe2SiO4). Olivine is commonly found in all chondrites within both the matrix and chondrules, achondrites including most primitive achondrites and some evolved achondrites, in pallasites as large yellow-green crystals (brown when terrestrialized), in the silicate portion (~0.7 mm diameter; 40-65 vol. %), often surrounded by iron sulfide. They also contain 7-20 vol. % CAIsSub-millimeter to centimeter-sized amorphous objects found typically in carbonaceous chondrites and ranging in color from white to greyish white and even light pink. CAIs have occasionally been found in ordinary chondrites, such as the L3.00 chondrite, NWA 8276 (Sara Russell, 2016). CAIs are also known as refractory inclusions since they. The often dark-gray matrixFine grained primary and silicate-rich material in chondrites that surrounds chondrules, refractory inclusions (like CAIs), breccia clasts and other constituents. is dominated by Fe-rich olivine (~60 vol. %). The Allende meteorite is a very famous and well-studied CV meteorite that fell in 1969 in Chihuahua, Mexico.
The more detailed description below is an updated and modified version based on Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification by Weisberg, McCoy and Krot 2006.
The CV (Vigarano-like) chondritesChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised mostly of Fe- and Mg-bearing silicate minerals (found in both chondrules and fine grained matrix), reduced Fe/Ni metal (found in various states like large blebs, small grains and/or even chondrule rims), and various refractory inclusions (such have a high abundance of matrix, large chondrules with a mean diameter (based on Allende study) of ~0.9 mm +/- 0.7 mm1, and a high abundance of large CAIs and AOAs. Nearly all the CV chondrites are classified as type 3 with Mundrabilla 012 classified as a CV2 and NWA 3133 recently reclassified as a CV7. They are divided into three subgroups including two oxidizedOxidation and reduction together are called redox (reduction and oxidation) and generally characterized by the transfer of electrons between chemical species, like molecules, atoms or ions, where one species undergoes oxidation, a loss of electrons, while another species undergoes reduction, a gain of electrons. This transfer of electrons between reactants subgroups (CVoxA for Allende-like and CVoxB for Bali-like) and one reducedOxidation and reduction together are called redox (reduction and oxidation) and generally characterized by the transfer of electrons between chemical species, like molecules, atoms or ions, where one species undergoes oxidation, a loss of electrons, while another species undergoes reduction, a gain of electrons. This transfer of electrons between reactants (CVred) subgroup. Differences between the three subgroups are based largely on petrological characteristics. Matrix/chondrule ratios increase in the order of CVred (0.5–0.6), CVoxA (0.6–0.7) and CVoxB (0.7– 1.2), whereas metalElement that readily forms cations and has metallic bonds; sometimes said to be similar to a cation in a cloud of electrons. The metals are one of the three groups of elements as distinguished by their ionization and bonding properties, along with the metalloids and nonmetals. A diagonal line drawn/magnetite ratios tend to decrease in the same order. The whole-rock O-isotopic compositions of the CV chondrites plot along the CCAM line, with the CVoxB chondrites being slightly depleted in 16O relative to the CVred and CVoxA chondrites.
Although nearly all CV chondrites have been classified as type 3, the CVoxB chondrites contain abundant (hydrated) phyllosilicatesClass of hydroxyl-bearing silicate minerals with a sheet-like structure. They result from aqueous alteration are dominantly serpentine and smectite in meteorites; found in the matrixes of carbonaceous chondrites. Phyllosilicates consist of repeating sequences of sheets of linked tetrahedra (T) and sheets of linked octahedra (O). The T sheet consists of and could be classified as type 2. Further significant mineralogical differences between the CV subgroups are the result of varying degrees of late-stage alteration and may reflect secondary characteristics superimposed onto the members of this meteorite group. The CVoxB chondrites experienced aqueous alteration and contain hydrous phyllosilicates, magnetiteFe oxide, Fe2+Fe3+2O4, containing oxidized iron (Fe3+) found in the matrix of carbonaceous chondrites and as diagnostic component in CK chondrites. In CK chondrites, magnetite is typically chromian, containing several wt. % Cr2O3., Fe,Ni-sulfides, Fe,Ni-carbides, fayalitePure* iron end-member (Fe2SiO4) of the olivine solid solution series and an important mineral in meteorites. When iron (Fe) is completely substituted by magnesium, it yields the the pure Mg-olivine end-member, forsterite (Mg2SiO4). The various Fe and Mg substitutions between these two end-members are described based on their forsteritic (Fo), Ca,Fe-pyroxenes (Fs10–50Wo45–50), and andradite. The CVoxB matrices consist of very fine-grained (<1–2 μm) ferrous olivine (~Fa50), concentrically zoned nodules of Ca,Fe-pyroxenes and andradite, coarse (>10 μm) grains of nearly pure fayalite (Fa>90), and phyllosilicates (Fig. 6). The CVoxA chondrites are more extensively altered than the CVoxB, but contain very minor phyllosilicates. The major secondary mineralsMineral that forms through processes such as weathering, and in the case of meteorites can also include pre-terrestrial alteration. Secondary minerals in meteorites that formed during terrestrial weathering include oxides and hydroxides formed directly from metallic Fe-Ni by oxidation, phosphates formed by the alteration of schreibersite, and sulfates formed by include ferrous olivine (Fa40–60), Ca,Fe-pyroxenes, andradite, nepheline, sodalite, Fe,Ni-sulfides, magnetite, and Ni-rich metal.
The CVoxA matrices are coarser-grained than those in the CVoxB chondrites and largely consist of lath-shaped ferrous olivine (~Fa50), Ca, Fe-pyroxene ± andradite nodules, and nepheline. Some oxidized CVs such as Meteorite Hills (MET) 00430 are mineralogically intermediate between the CVoxB and CVoxA chondrites. For example, the matrix in MET 00430 contains ferrous olivine with grain sizes intermediate between those in the matrices of the CVoxA and
CVoxB chondrites and with inverse compositional zoning (Fa80–50). The reduced CV chondrites Efremovka and Leoville experienced smaller degree of alteration than CVoxA meteorites. Both meteorites virtually lack phyllosilicates and contain nepheline, sodalite, and Ca,Fe-pyroxenes; however, these minerals are much less abundant than in the CVoxA meteorites. The CV chondriteChondrites are the most common meteorites accounting for ~84% of falls. Chondrites are comprised mostly of Fe- and Mg-bearing silicate minerals (found in both chondrules and fine grained matrix), reduced Fe/Ni metal (found in various states like large blebs, small grains and/or even chondrule rims), and various refractory inclusions (such Mokoia contains clasts of the CVoxA and CVoxB materials. Vigarano is a brecciaWork in Progress ... A rock that is a mechanical mixture of different minerals and/or rock fragments (clasts). A breccia may also be distinguished by the origin of its clasts: (monomict breccia: monogenetic or monolithologic, and polymict breccia: polygenetic or polylithologic). The proportions of these fragments within the unbrecciated material that contains CVred, CVoxB, and CVoxA materials. These observations may indicate that the CV subgroups represent different lithological varieties of the CV asteroidal body that experienced complex, multistage aqueous alteration.
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