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BkiUdmY5qWTD6ix2jZyf | Astaxanthin is a natural antioxidant carotenoid derived from the fermentation of the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis. Clinical studies have demonstrated that Astaxanthin supports the skin (during exposure to a normal amount of sunlight), eyes and a healthy inflammatory response.* Most Astaxanthin research has been conducted with daily intakes of between 4 and 12 mg.
NOTE: Pregnant and lactating women should consult their healthcare professional before use.
Non-GMO safflower oil and non-GMO natural mixed tocopherols. Softgel consists of gelatin, glycerin and water.
Biotcis Research Bio Cyanidins. Polyphenols from the highest quality pine bar extract (Pycnogenol) and grape seed extract (95% OPCs). Provides superior botanically based antioxidant support.
Bluebonnet's Grape Seed Extract 100 mg Vcaps provide 100% natural grape seed extract derived from champagne grapes imported from France. This patented Leucoselect® grape seed extract provides a standardized amount of potent antioxidants (oligomeric proanthocyanidins, monomeric polyphenols and flavonoids) per serving in easy-to-swallow vegetable capsules for maximum assimilation and absorption.
Indena® and Leucoselect® are registered trademarks of Indena S.p.A.
NOTE: 1 capsule provides approximately 40 mg of caffeine.If you have a medical condition (especially hypertension or cardiovascular abnormalities), are pregnant, lactating, trying to conceive, or taking medications (especially hypertensive or cardiac), consult your health care practitioner before using this product.
The herbs in Herbal Detoxification, including full-spectrum Turmeric and Green Tea, have been carefully selected and combined to provide additional synergistic benefits.
Our full-spectrum process extracts precious plant compounds to preserve Nature's full complexity, delivering a super-pure, super-potent herbal extract.
Supplemental source of this important phospholipid, which is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is important for normal cellular membrane function and repair.
Bluebonnet's Policosanol 20 mg Vcaps provide a mixture of 85% aliphatic alcohols derived from sugarcane wax. Available in easy-to-swallow vegetable capsules for maximum assimilation and absorption.
Jarrow FORMULAS® Resveratrol 100™ contains 100 mg of resveratrols (3,4',5-trihydroxystilbenes) and resveratrol glucosides (piceids) extracted from Hu zhang ("tiger cane") root. Polygonum extracts have a history of usage in traditional eastern medicine as cardiotonics.
Jarrow FORMULAS® Resveratrol 100™ provides approximately 90% resveratrol in the trans configuration.
Resveratrol has also been studied for its ability to activate Phase 2 detoxification enzymes to maintain healthy cell replication and to modulate genes known to enhance life span.
Bluebonnet's Rutin 500 mg Vcaps provide 100% natural rutin, a bioflavonoid from Sophora japonica in easy-to-swallow vegetable capsules for maximum assimilation and absorption.
Biotics Research VasculoSirt. A state of the art product, providing comprehensive support for healthy cardiovascular function.
"Margaret's Favorite Multi + Antioxidants"
Looks expensive but if you add up the ingredients separately, it would be much more expensive. Features CoQ10, Trans-Resveratrol, R-Alpha Lipoic Acid, Green Tea Extract, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Olive Leaf, Quercitin, Phytolens, Lutien, and Lycopene. Very unusual and potent formula. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
BkiUdv05qsJBjnECp3J- | Improper Food Storage - Can You Afford It?
Improper Food Storage is not really smart or economical. It was a time when we constantly threw food away on a regular basis (not intentionally). The majority of the time, I don't know if the food was on the edge or bad. It basically had to do with the way it was stored or if it was wrapped in saran wrap or aluminum foil at all.
Let's face it after a hard days work, or taking care of the kids all day, after you cook that daily dinner you know the dishes need to be washed, leftovers put away, and the kitchen cleaned. The sooner the task is completed the better which means the faster you put the food away the quicker you can take care of the dishes and possibly relax watching cooking shows on TV, playing with the kids, or snuggling in the arms with your significant other.
Well I was truly guilty of improper food storage by literally throwing the leftover food on a plate or bowl, with or without saran wrap or aluminum foil.
One of the main reasons food was thrown away (not necessarily spoiled) was because it was always a guessing game, what is under the bulky aluminum foil or in the colored container? Would it be safe to unwrap or uncover it and jepordize the smell of the kitchen or entire house? Does anyone know how long this has been in the refrigerator? In my past experiences if you couldn't tell me exactly when a food was cooked It's Outta Here!
My wife is one of those I believe it was cooked on Thursday Oh maybe Tuesday it should still be good type of person. So you can see how improper food storage effects the smooth running of a household.
Over the last year I have learned more about Proper Food Storage which equates to saving money.
I now take my time to properly place newly purchased groceries into quality air tight storage containers to extend the shelf life of products ie. cereals, cornmeal,flour, cookies, and bread. I've also learned how to properly Freeze Meats so that they will at the minimum reach the suggested guidelines for meat storage.
Learn to organize your refrigerator or at least make sure you use the FIFO method (first in first out) basically bringing the food that's been in the refrigerator the longest to the front so that it would not be forgotten or eaten first before it goes bad or at least served at the leftover family buffet or potluck.
Please realize that clear containers are not as exciting as colorful containers but for the refrigerator they're great to see what's in the bowl, you can save your pretty colorful bowls for serving.
So take some time out of your busy schedule, organize your kitchen storage containers, don't practice improper food storage from now on don't look at putting your food away as time consuming but a money saving opportunity. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbVHxK19JmejM7qWx | Uber offers peer-to-peer ridesharing, taxi service hailing, food delivery, and other services. The company has operations in 785 metropolitan areas worldwide. Its platforms can be accessed via its websites and mobile apps.
Most Uber drivers use their own cars although drivers can rent or lease a car to drive with Uber. Drivers must meet requirements for age, health, car age and type, have a driver's license and a smartphone or tablet, and must pass a background check.
If you're looking for a way to make money driving, starting a career as an Uber driver could be the option you've been looking for and registering with Driversng will help you kick start your career.
You are the boss when you drive for uber because you can drive with the Uber app day or night. You are allowed to set your own schedule with flexible shifts.
You get paid weekly when you work with uber. Uber drivers get to set up weekly automatic direct deposits to their bank account and payment is calculated automatically on a weekly cycle.
When you drive for uber you get to use your own car once your vehicle passes the Uber vehicle requirements.
Yeah, you read right! You can drive with uber even if you don't own a car.
Be legally allowed to drive in your country: You need to have a valid driving license for the country. Whether you want to drive for uber Mexico, or uber Mumbai, or uber taxi Malaysia, or uber Australia, or uber taxi cape town, or uber USA e.t.c.
Before hitting the road, you are required to share the documentation below. If you want to use your own car, you'll also need to provide registration and insurance.
All vehicles need to be in excellent working and physical condition. Also accepted vehicles vary per city.
3. Vehicle must be 10 years old or newer (the model year 2007) – Varies city to city.
After registration drivers are instructed to bring registered cars to an inspection centre for a vehicle inspection. Requirements vary by city.
5. No company benefits such as pension, holiday pay, sick leave, etc.
6. Spotify syncing option (where passengers can control the music in some cars from their own smartphones) can be annoying if you don't like their music taste, or if they're drunk and start blasting tunes in your ear!
7. Passenger ratings can't guarantee that they won't get in drunk and throw up in your car.
Is it worth becoming an Uber driver?
If you already have a suitable car to use, Uber is a great option for you and also a good part-time job for students.
From what we can see (and what we've heard from drivers) if you don't already have a suitable car, it is worth thinking about whether this is the right option for you.
Have you applied to drive with Uber with Driversng? Do you drive for uber? Was this article helpful? We want to hear from you! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUc-Y5qYVBNAWDbMpj | In one afternoon, you and Patsy Anderson will look at everything you are doing: your work, your family, your hobbies, your interests, what's working, what's not. What were you passionate about, as a child? How has that evolved over time? Who inspired you?
We rediscover all the things you LOVE . . . things you might have forgotten in the midst of all the challenges you've faced throughout your life.
Out of that, we will discover that you have a Concept for a Business.
You may think you are doing a dozen different things. In reality, you have Products within the Concept. Then we discover how to tailor those products to the needs of your audience -- and how to structure a price for each one.
When you know your Concept, you will Speak Your Purpose. You will have a Message that is uniquely YOU, and you will be able to deliver it as only you can. Nobody else will be able to copy you -- nor will you be a clone of anyone else. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUfnc5qhLB3L4qc83X | By Miriam Valverde on Friday, January 18th, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.
The United States is in its 28th day of a partial federal government shutdown over the funding of a border wall with Mexico.
President Donald Trump is unwilling to sign a spending deal to re-open the government if it doesn't include billions of dollars for a border wall, and Democrats in Congress aren't willing to support a bill that provides the money. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he won't have the Senate vote on a proposal that doesn't have Trump's approval.
Trump has floated the possibility of declaring a national emergency as a resort for building the border wall, to the chagrin of Democrats who say he's inventing a crisis.
So far, Trump has not discarded that option.
The move presents a number of questions, so we went searching for answers on it would mean for the shutdown, the border wall's construction, and the precedent for future presidents.
Does a president have legal authority to declare a national emergency?
Yes. A relevant law is the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
The act itself did not give a legal definition for a national emergency, nor did it set specific criteria for declaring one. Rather, it created procedural requirements.
It requires a president to formally submit to Congress and to the Federal Register a declaration of the national emergency; to specify the statutory authorities he or she is invoking; and to renew the declaration every year, or it will automatically expire.
"Even though the Constitution itself grants the president very little in the way of emergency authority, Congress has ceded broad powers to the president that he can invoke merely by claiming that an emergency exists," said Gene Healy, a vice president at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
Does declaring a national emergency automatically end a government shutdown?
No. The end of the current shutdown depends on Congress and the president reaching an agreement to re-open government. Whether and how funding is allocated for Trump's wall is a significant part of that, said Andrew Boyle, a counsel in the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.
"If the budget impasse were broken, then the shutdown would end," said Toni Massaro, a constitutional law professor and Milton O. Riepe Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.
Under a national emergency declaration, is a president allowed to unilaterally divert funds (including obligated funds) from one agency/department to another to accomplish a policy goal?
Congress has delegated broad powers allowing a president to repurpose funds after declaring a national emergency, but there are still laws to follow. Declaring a national emergency does not automatically get Trump $5.7 billion for a border wall.
According to some media reports, the White House has asked the Army Corps of Engineers to examine if funds from its budget for civil work projects, including flood control projects in areas affected by recent natural disasters, could be used for the border wall.
"He would have to try to use statutory powers previously given by Congress that purportedly allow him to reallocate money for that purpose," Boyle said.
If Trump declared a national emergency, expert said he might rely on 10 U.S. Code Section 2808 and 33 U.S. Code Section 2293. In very broad terms, they concern the use of the armed forces to undertake military construction projects, and the termination or deferment of Army civil works project and using those resources to undertake other construction "essential to the national defense."
"Even if the federal courts hear the matter, they may defer to the president's invocation of emergency power," Massaro said, noting the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in favor of the Trump administration in the travel ban case. "Courts are especially deferential when a president claims something is a matter of 'national security.'"
Would the military be barred from building the wall?
Boyle, from the Brennan Center, is skeptical of claims that the Posse Comitatus Act prevents the military from building the border wall. The particular details of how the military is used could affect that debate.
Military construction projects on their face are not a law enforcement activity, like policing, Boyle said. Also, the military has already been sent to the border to provide Customs and Border Protection logistical support and to help repair border fencing.
Do presidents commonly declare national emergencies?
National emergency declarations are used relatively frequently, Boyle said. A president can issue his or her own national emergency declaration and renew declarations from past presidents that have not expired, he said.
A Brennan Center database says there's been at least 58 national emergency declarations since November 1979; 31 are still in effect today. They often deal with situations related to foreign governments and foreign entities and rely on powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Events leading to national emergency declarations include the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The longest-running national emergency declaration is from 1979, first issued by Democratic President Jimmy Carter in the wake of the Iran hostage crisis. It froze Iranian government assets within U.S. jurisdictions. Trump renewed the declaration in November 2018.
A new national emergency declaration from Nov. 27, 2018, blocks property of certain individuals contributing to human rights abuses in Nicaragua, who are undermining that country's democratic processes or institutions, or are involved in related actions.
Would declaring a national emergency to build a border wall be an unusual move? What kind of precedent does that set?
Trump's consideration strikes many as unusual, Massaro said, "because the evidence of a national emergency seems especially weak."
The United States has grappled with its immigration flow for decades.
"There is little to support claims of 'gushing' in between points of entry or that the gaps in the existing barriers are the source of any threats to national security," Massaro said by email. "Building a wall on the southern border may not solve the specific perils identified by the president; and the president's party had absolute control of the federal government for the past two years and did not authorize funds to build the wall."
Trump said he would declare a national emergency if he can't get Congress to agree with him; experts say that would amount to using emergency powers to do an end-run around the legislative process.
"If it ended up 'working' — a pretty substantial 'if'— the resulting precedent would encourage more instances of rule-by-emergency-decree in future budget battles," the Cato Institute's Healey said. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdY025V5hc_OxxcV8 | Tunnicliffe, V.. "Water Flea". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 31 July 2018, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/water-flea. Accessed 20 April 2019.
Water Flea, tiny crustacean that swims with jerky movements.
Water Flea, tiny crustacean that swims with jerky movements. The "fleas," found in almost any drop of pond water, use powerful strokes of their antennae for propulsion. These branchiopods belong to the suborder Cladocera, a cosmopolitan, freshwater group of about 400 species. The water flea feeds on phytoplankton and detritus, filtered through bristles on its appendages. Sexes are separate; the female broods eggs in a dorsal chamber. Population sizes are highly seasonal and adverse times are passed in dormant stages. Numerous aspects of cladoceran biology are studied in Canada: there is high commercial potential in their cultivation for fish food.
Canadian Biodiversity WebsiteA great information source for all budding biologists. Learn about biodiversity theory, natural history, and conservation issues. From McGill's Redpath Museum. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUa3rxaJJQn1aAA9eE | CanWeld 2021 returns as virtual event
Click image to enlargeAfter a break through 2020, CWB Group's annual CanWeld Conference is returning in 2021 with another highly interactive virtual event.
Taking place on Oct. 13 to Oct. 14, 2021, the two-day virtual event will increase the visibility of Canada's manufacturing and highlight the automotive, steelmaking and metal fabrication industries.
The event combines convenience, technical presentations, networking opportunities, and content that is relevant to current industry trends at no cost to attend.
"The past 15 months have tested us and showed us the importance of the relationships in our lives," says Michael Stewart, chief financial officer and vice-president of corporate services at the CWB Group. "Even through such volatile times, the welding community has stood strong and found new and innovative ways to collaborate and interact. Change is inevitable in the workforce, and I am proud to say that the welding community was swift and efficient in its response to a difficult situation."
Attendees will be able to participate in a live virtual expo with exhibits from event sponsors, allowing viewers to connect with suppliers as you would during normal live events.
CWB Group says its virtual events have gained more participation and engagement than any previous years.
At this year's event, attendees will:
Get information on the latest welding trends
Learn about the most recent technology updates
Attend expert speaker sessions
Support industry suppliers in the expo pavilion
The event will be hosted on Oct.13 and 14, 2021, and registration is open! Visit https://conference.cwbgroup.org to register.
SigmaNEST kicks off 2014 outdoor adventure contest
SigmaTEK Systems LLC has kicked-off its 2014 Outdoor Adventure give-away for North American manufacturers and fabricators.
Mazak smart factory concept exceeds ISO standards
The recent ISO recertification of Mazak Corp.'s Florence, KY, manufacturing operations, comes on the heels of the company's adoption of a new manufacturing concept it calls "iSMART Factory."
Haimer, Fullerton sign licensing deal
Fullerton Tool Co., a solid carbide tool manufacturer, and Haimer USA have recently signed a licensing agreement for Haimer's patented Safe-Lock anti-pullout system.
FABTECH Canada keynote: David Fraser of INKAS Armored Vehicle Manufacturig
Leadership, innovation and an out-of-the-box strategy are the keys to success in today's manufacturing environment. That's the message retired Canadian Army Maj. Gen. David Fraser, chief operating officer, INKAS Armored Vehicle Manufacturing, will tell thousands of delegates later this month in his opening keynote speech at FABTECH Canada.
Alberta announces $58M for Natural Gas Challenge winners
The Government of Alberta through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) has earmarked millions of dollars to fund a number of innovative projects that improve productivity and reduce emissions in the natural gas sector.
Manufacturing PMI signals growth for start of 2018
The latest IHS Markit Canada Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), released at the beginning of this month, indicates that 2018 is off to a strong start for Canadian manufacturing.
Thomas Skinner celebrates 30th anniversary
Thomas Skinner's Edmonton location hosted an open house on October 4 to celebrate its 30th anniversary and showcase its new showroom and training facility.
Automotive rebound: Canada, US, bounce back
Despite recent concerns about an economic slowdown, car sales continue to climb according to Scotiabank's Global Auto Report.
World's largest anti-vibration boring bar
Europe's biggest manufacturer of horizontal lathes collaborated with its partner – and broke a world record in the process, with help from Sandvik Coromant
Tariffs had no impact on NAFTA talks: Trudeau
Tariffs imposed by the US Trump administration on Canadian steel and aluminum had no effect on trade talks – and Canada may ratify the new USMCA agreement even if they remain in place, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in an interview with CNN.
Walter Surface Technologies launches internship program
Walter Surface Technologies has launched a national internship program for business and engineering students. "Next To Succeed" is an extension of a Quebec based internship program the company launched last year, "Objectif Releve."
Bombardier's Global Manufacturing Centre on track for 2023
Bombardier has announced that construction of its new manufacturing facility at Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, ON is on track for the planned opening in 2023.
Manufacturing accelerates at fastest pace in seven months
In September, Canadian manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in seven months as new orders and production picked up.
1,800+ attend first Montreal CanWeld event
More than 1,800 people attended CanWeld 2017 in Montreal, QC. Held at Place Bonaventure September 12 and 13, the event included the welding industry's well-known CanWeld conference with 346 attendees and a trade show featuring close to 50 exhibiting companies.
Machining group to launch skills training centre
The Canadian Tooling and Machining Association (CTMA) has announced the creation of a new training and development centre to address the skilled trades shortage. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUd0c4eIfiUSz0sjeH | Analog multimeter Sanwa YX 360 TRF Analog multimeter Sanwa Electric Instrument SANWA YX360TRF Easy to read the mean value of values changing in short cycles. A digital tester does not give stable value determination. No need for the operating power supply except for resistance range(excludi..
3-3/4 digits 4000 count Easy to read large LCD Thermo plastic elastomer, high resistance against drop shock Safety cap on current terminal Data hold, Range hold, Relative function Continuity check, Diode test Auto power off function (30min.) Download Manual ZIP file (PDF/1,277K) B..
Digital multi-meter SANWA (Sanwa) sealed pattern digitally multi-meter CD771 ■Good point ● Data hold range hold リラティブ function ● An LED lamp turns on with a conduction check buzzer ● Automatic power off function to operate in approximately 30 minutes ◆It becomes the..
3-3 / 4 digits 4000 count 0.7% best accuracy Capacitance measurement Not suitable for measuring condensers with large leak current Frequency measurement (AC sine wave only) Data hold / Range hold Relative value Auto power off (30min.) (cancelable) Low power ohm (input voltage 0.4V..
มิเตอร์เข็มแท้ Sanwa YX 361 TR .. | c4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUgBbxK7IDOB8Ti0QO | Q: What does this JS snippet do? `"development" !== 'production'` It's all over this react.js file:
if ("development" !== 'production') {
var typeofSpec = typeof spec;
var isMixinValid = typeofSpec === 'object' && spec !== null;
"development" !== 'production' ? warning(isMixinValid, '%s: You\'re attempting to include a mixin that is either null ' + 'or not an object. Check the mixins included by the component, ' + 'as well as any mixins they include themselves. ' + 'Expected object but got %s.', Constructor.displayName || 'ReactClass', spec === null ? null : typeofSpec) : void 0;
}
When would it ever be false? In what way is it useful? Was it autogenerated?
A: The purpose of "development" !== 'production' is to enable development mode. The reason it is done this way is so that the block is removed from the production build during minification.
When building for production, "production" !== "production" can never be true, so the block is removed by the minifier.
| stackexchange | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdzA5qhLBRA7e77bC | How can you make an anniversary even more special? Perfect Day has the answer for you – experience gifts. Anniversaries become more meaningful and memorable when the celebrators experience something together – an activity they have long dreamed of, a relaxing time together, or even learning something new together. You can make an anniversary unforgettable when you give an experience gift. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUc9M4eIXhpe8BPoCL | Hold your next school function at The Cruising Yacht Club.
The Burgee Room is an excellent room, overlooking the ocean.
It is an ideal backdrop for your special event.
Contact The Cruising Yacht Club to book! | c4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
BkiUfenxK1ThhAqzY0eY | Cook bacon in a large pot over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper-towel-lined plate; set aside. Pour off all but 2 Tbsp. drippings.
Add onion, celery, and garlic to drippings in pot and sweat over medium heat until onion is softened, about 5 minutes.
Stir in flour and cook 1–2 minutes. Add potatoes, dry mustard, and paprika; cook, stirring to coat potatoes, 1 minute. Stir in broth, Worcestershire, and Tabasco. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, partially covered, until potatoes are soft, 10–15 minutes. Coarsely mash potatoes, then stir in Cheddar and half-and-half until Cheddar is melted, 2 minutes. Remove soup from heat; season with salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
Garnish servings with bacon and scallions. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
BkiUdog4eIZjyngnd-Un | Life Studios Inc. filmed and edited this fantastic dreamscape of Carnival – our coming Fall/Winter 2012-2013 issue, filmed entirely on location at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Enjoy!
Carnival – Life Studios Inc + Perfect Wedding Magazine from Life Studios Inc Wedding Video on Vimeo. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
BkiUcXTxK3xgpbERClfI | This Thursday is Oilfield Prayer Day, an annual event whose mission is to build a stronger Christian fellowship in the oil field.
This proclamation inviting Christians – but not Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, or worshippers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster – to thank God for the blessings of the oil and gas industry, seems a clear violation of the constitutional separation of church and state. Responding to concerns, Gov. Fallin revised the proclamation to invite people of all faiths to pray for the industry.
An executive proclamation doesn't have the force of law and can be seen as merely symbolic. But more dangerous entanglements of government and religion are at our front door.
Last year the Oklahoma Supreme Court used Section 5 to order the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the state Capitol grounds. The Legislature responded by asking voters to repeal Section 5. If SQ 790 passes, it opens the door not only for the use of public property for religious monuments but also for the use of public dollars for religious schools.
The separation of church and state is meant to liberate religions from state interference while protecting people of all faiths from state-imposed religion. I pray that Oklahomans of all faiths will proclaim their commitment to this principle on Nov. 8. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUfjnxK7IDPjMdLkll | State SenatorRob Sampson
Sampson, Mastrofrancesco Respond to CT House GOP Proposed $50M Restaurant Aid
Time for government to get out of the way and let these businesses, customers make decisions for themselves.
Yesterday, the CT House Republican caucus leadership released their plan for a bailout of "targeted" restaurants and bars. (https://www.cthousegop.com/house-republicans-announce-pandemic-relief-legislation-to-help-bars-restaurants/) Republican State Senator Rob Sampson and Republican State Representative Gale Mastrofrancesco have issued the following statement in response.
We share the concerns of our Republican colleagues about the damage being done to Connecticut restaurants. We also strongly support returning tax dollars to overtaxed citizens. However, this specific proposal is misguided, and we believe it to be counterproductive.
Senator Sampson asks "Where will the money come from to support these ailing restaurants? From other people who are also struggling of course. What aid is offered countless other businesses and individuals who continue to struggle as a direct result of the lockdowns and impositions? Why are landlords and gym owners not being helped in the same way? Offering assistance is a nice gesture but it is worth noting that these businesses are suffering because of the government's inexplicable and unscientific response, and not the virus itself.
This proposal exemplifies big government policy making, and I am disappointed to see my Republican colleagues support it. I've been speaking out for the last six months in opposition to pseudo-science and government overreach. Sadly, I have had little help from most of my Republican colleagues (with a few courageous and patriotic exceptions) and now I see the Republican party leadership in the state has progressed from pleading for the Governor's attention to also abetting a gross abuse of power. The Republican Party exists to defend individual liberty – not government transfer payments, picking winners or losers, or prolonging an unnecessary and unconstitutional lockdown."
Rep Mastrofrancesco commented "Having family in business that have suffered through the pandemic due to the governor's restrictions, I am sympathetic to the goals of the republican proposal. It will undoubtedly serve to help some struggling restaurants and bars in the short term. However, it falls short of addressing the long-term economic impact that Governor Lamont and the Democrat party's response to the pandemic has had on all our businesses and families.
Offering small amounts of money to certain restaurants and bars while still restricting their ability to operate and make a living only treats the symptoms and not the cause of the problem. There are also many other businesses that have suffered due to the governor's restrictions – like movie theatres, bowling centers, churches, sporting events, and even landlords not getting paid – just to name a few.
I am extremely concerned that this type of proposal sends the wrong message and will only prolong the governor's broad executive powers which are set to expire on Feb 9th. We are in the tenth month of the so-called 2 week shut down to "flatten the curve." The original goal was to prevent our hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. Now there is no end in sight, nor has there been any legitimate, let alone bipartisan, discussion. If we want to truly help our struggling businesses, we need to restore the legislature's law-making authority and end the unnecessary restrictions on businesses of all types."
Sampson added "I find it offensive that our state government, and most municipal governments, have done nothing to limit their own expenses and the resulting cost to each of us as taxpayers. If they want to do something productive, start by shutting down aspects of the government and reducing the tax burden. Most of all, get out of the way and let these businesses and their customers make decisions for themselves. This is what it means to live in a free country."
We certainly don't blame restaurant owners in the state for seeking relief. We have been frequenting local restaurants regularly since this all began to support them. We encourage them to use their strength in numbers to remind Governor Lamont and the General Assembly that the government is supposed to work for them, not the other way around. Tell Governor Lamont that no one is forced to visit your establishments against their will, and that you simply want an opportunity to serve your customers and earn a living.
It is far past time for us to reclaim our state, country, and way of life from those who seek to limit us as free people.
Sen. Sampson serves the 16th Senatorial District representing Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, Waterbury and Wolcott.
Rep. Mastrofrancesco serves the 80th Assembly District representing Southington and Wolcott.
Both were reelected to serve their second terms in their respective seats in November 2020.
State Senator Rob Sampson | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
BkiUeHTxK3xgpZzQon6p | De Europese kampioenschappen beachvolleybal 2012 werden van 30 mei tot en met 3 juni gehouden op het strand van Scheveningen in de Nederlandse stad Den Haag. De wedstrijden werden gespeeld in een stadion dat plaats bood aan 3.000 toeschouwers.
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Aan de kampioenschappen deden zowel bij de mannen als de vrouwen 32 tweetallen mee, dus 64 teams en 128 spelers in totaal. De 32 teams per toernooi waren in acht poules van vier verdeeld, waarvan de groepswinnaars direct naar de achtste finales gingen. De nummers twee en drie speelden in een tussenronde. Vanaf de tussenronde werd via een knock-outsysteem gespeeld. Het prijzengeld per toernooi bedroeg €100.000.
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Officiële website | wikipedia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUd205qg5A51O-ML4K | Richard F. Ellenberger attended law school and graduated from The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law in 1965. Richard Ellenberger began practicing law in 1965.
Richard Ellenberger is an attorney at Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP, helping people with General Litigation issues. Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP has an office in Toledo, Ohio, serving the local community.
Richard Ellenberger was selected to Super Lawyers for 2013 - 2019. Super Lawyers is an exclusive list of top-rated attorneys in specific practice areas who were chosen after thorough evaluation of numerous criteria. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUau26NNjgBtygdFjQ | TOOLS, UTENSILS, AND WEAPONS - 2
Fighting weaponry used by Australian Aborigines included:
(a) Thrown objects:
A range of fighting spears with stone spear tips, hardwood multi-barbed spear tips and spatulate spear points exist. Some spears were held and thrust at the enemy, some were hand-thrown, but most were thrown with the aid of a spearthrower.
Clubs were sometimes thrown at the enemy, used like a throwing stick. (Today, wooden clubs are replaced by any available piece of metal, such as tyre levers, star pickets, scrap pieces etc.)
A throwing club, (nulla nulla), from Cedar Creek, northern Queensland.
Boomerangs and throwing sticks. Non-returning boomerangs were designed to throw in one direction at an enemy or prey.
(b) Parrying objects:
Small wooden clubs, able to be held in one hand, were used throughout the country. Specific shapes occur in different regions, and include a pineapple club in Queensland, the leangle of Victoria, the lilil of New South Wales, and a beaked club on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin.
Large wooden clubs, requiring the use of two hands and used like battle axes, were used in northern Queensland, across Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, and around the Lake Eyre basin in northern South Australia.
Two men with their weapons, a large battle axe, two painted shields, and a boomerang. They wear painted body decoration, necklaces, and waist bands. The man on the right wears a European leather belt (replacing the traditional waist band) and pubic decoration.
Cardwell, north Queensland.
From 17 Years Wandering Among the Aboriginals.
The murrawirrie is a large boomerang-like club used by the Wangkangurru and Dieri people of inland South Australia.
Photograph from Savage Life in Central Australia, second edition 2009, published by David M. Welch
(c) Defensive objects
Shields. These fall broadly into two groups. Firstly, narrow hardwood shields used to ward off blows from a club when used in close conflicts. Secondly, wider shields used to defend oneself from spears thrown by the enemy.
A painted shield greater than one metre long, from Harveys Creek, north Queensland. At the top left is beeswax which has been used to fill in and repair gashes in the wood from battle scars.
Instead of using a shield, the spearthrower was used as a stick to deflect spears in parts of northern Australia.
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BkiUdjI5qoaAwrv3WxX0 | Q: Count and label observations per participant using loop I have repeated-measures data.
I need to create a loop that will incrementally count each observation, within a participant, and label it.
I am new to writing loops. My logic was to say, for each item in the list of unique ids, count each row in that, and apply some function to that row.
Could someone point our what I am doing wrong?
data$Ob <- 0
for (i in unique(data$id)) {
count <- 1
for (u in data[data$id == i,]) {
data[data$id ==u,]$Ob <- count
count <- count + 1
print(count)
}
}
Thanks!
Justin
A: You can also use ave:
set.seed(1)
data <- data.frame(id = sample(4, 10, TRUE))
data$Ob = ave(data$id, data$id, FUN=seq_along)
data
id Ob
1 2 1
2 2 2
3 3 1
4 4 1
5 1 1
6 4 2
7 4 3
8 3 2
9 3 3
10 1 2
A: # Generate some dummy data
data <- data.frame(Ob=0, id=sample(4,20,TRUE))
# Go through every id value
for(i in unique(data$id)){
# Label observations
data$Ob[data$id == i] = 1:sum(data$id == i)
}
Be aware though that for loops are notoriously slow in R. In this simple case they work fine, but should you have millions and millions of rows in your data frame you'd better do something purely vectorized.
A: But you don't need a loop...
data <- data.frame (id = sample (4, 10, TRUE))
## id
## 1 3
## 2 4
## 3 1
## 4 3
## 5 3
## 6 4
## 7 2
## 8 1
## 9 1
## 10 4
data$Ob [order (data$id)] <- sequence (table (data$id))
## id Ob
## 1 3 1
## 2 4 1
## 3 1 1
## 4 3 2
## 5 3 3
## 6 4 2
## 7 2 1
## 8 1 2
## 9 1 3
## 10 4 3
(works also with character or factor IDs)
(isn't R just cool!?)
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BkiUa1DxK4sA-5Y3qTLU | Open somewhere in the muddled middle.
To putter round the self, at least a little.
Yet yearning cuts through solace like a knife.
Intensely joyful, rich with hard-earned grace.
Eventually, each moment finds its place. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbZM4dbjiU7srvuFM | Q: Self signed certificate converted to CA verified I'm using a self signed certificate for a number of SSL connections. However I have one connection that needs the cert to be CA authenticated.
Now if I use the same self signed certificate and create a certificate authority request
and import what I receive, will anything have to change on my existing direct trust SSL connections ?
what exactly will having the cert CA verified change ?
A: If anyone has the same question. The answer is that the certificate signing request is used by the CA to generate a public key. This can then be used on the server as a CA verified cert.
Typically your application / server should have a location / import operation for this.
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BkiUfFrxK7kjXLSrHPRM | The DV alternate to the basic utility hoodie (this one can be seen from 300 meters back).
When you really want to get your point across this is the hoodie to use.
The LEAVE ME ALONE hoodie is printed on a 8 oz. Poly/Cotton blend garment. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
BkiUa5_xK7kjXJwSOxVS | Tag: Elizabeth II
The Crown – Now on DVD!
November 10, 2017 November 9, 2017 - Ann Leave a comment
Good news if you're a fan of English history or royalty. Or, you know, a fan of excellent film making and story telling. The first season of The Crown, starring Claire Foy and Matt Smith is now available on DVD!
Opening with the young Elizabeth about to marry Philip, season one of this brilliant series follows the first ten years of her reign, from her accession to the crown upon the death of her father King George VI through the turbulent years guiding postwar England into a new, modern era. There is a strong push/pull between the old ways – which just won World War II – and the inevitable new. English society, with its long-held class structure and tradition, struggles with the changes and the Royal family, as an example to the country, must show the way, often with great personal sacrifice.
Highlights from the first season include Elizabeth and Philip's sometimes rocky early marriage as Philip struggles to find his place as consort and yet maintain some independence (Parliament at first refused to allow him to take flying lessons); Elizabeth's sister Margaret falling in love with a divorced man (very scandalous, especially after Edward VII abdicated to marry a divorcee); Elizabeth's coronation; the question of how to treat the disgraced Edward VII and the reluctant stepping down of Winston Churchill. Throughout, Elizabeth remains serene (at least on the surface) and steadfast in her devotion to her country. The demands put on her, not just by the government and her duties, but by her advisors and family, is staggering.
Beautifully filmed, superbly acted (Claire Foy won an Emmy for her role), sparkling storytelling, this is a series well worth bingeing on – if you don't have Netflix (who produced it) or missed it when it first came on, now is the time to catch up – season two begins December 8!
For more background both on the events and how they actually happened (the writers took some liberties although they stayed close to the facts) as well as insights on filming the series, pick up The Crown. Volume 1: the Official Companion by Robert Lacey. The book includes side-by-side shots from the time period with shots of the same event from the film – the similarities are striking. In addition, Lacey provides more information on why things happened like they did in more detail than can be done in the series. It makes for fascinating reading (and watching)!
Posted in Books, DVDs - Tagged Elizabeth II, English history, English royalty
The Queens of England
January 23, 2017 January 20, 2017 - Ann Leave a comment
People! Have you been watching the new series about Queen Victoria on PBS? Mark your calendar immediately – this is one of those must-see, highly addictive historical series that Masterpiece Theater is famous for (i.e. Downton Abby)
Opening just as the 18-year-old finds out her uncle has died and she is now the Queen of England, Victoria stars Jenna Coleman and airs on Sunday nights. As we have come to expect from Masterpiece Theater, the costumes and jewels are lavish and the sets are breathtaking (Filmed mostly in Yorkshire with various manors and castles standing in for Buckingham and Kensington Palaces and Westminster, you'd be hard put to tell the difference on screen) Coleman does an admirable job with this massive role, playing the young Queen who, in the early episodes, struggles to find her way. Sheltered and controlled by her mother and her mother's partner (who had planned to rule thru Victoria), Victoria breaks with them quickly and forges ahead on her own. Nowadays, when we think of Queen Victoria, we tend to think of the old woman, heavy and dressed entirely in black with a dour expression. We often forget that she was once a young girl who loved to dance, who fell in love, who ruled the largest Empire in the world. In Victoria we catch a glimpse of that young girl, her naivete, her mistakes, her growth and her courage. It is fascinating to watch.
Victoria is currently showing on PBS. You can catch the first couple of episodes (there are 8 all together) online on pbs.org or you can request the DVD from the library. I recommend that you do!
While you wait for the next episode (or to fill your life-of-the-royals needs), here are some further recommendations.
Young Victoria starring Emily Blunt. Covering almost the same time period of Victoria's life as the PBS show, this is another beautiful, superbly acted look at the young Queen, focusing on the romance between Victoria and Albert (which will begin in episode 3 of Victoria)
Mrs. Brown starring Judy Dench takes a look at the elderly Queen, still deeply in mourning for her beloved Albert, who meets and forms a deep friendship with the Scotsman who looks after her horses. Was there more than friendship?
For a great book about her life, try Victoria the Queen by Julia Baird or Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams. For a closer look at their famous romance, check out We Two: Victoria and Albert by Gillian Gill or A Magnificent Obsession by Helen Rappaport.
If you'd rather go a little more modern, there's a terrific series, The Crown, now running on Netflix about Elizabeth II – it just won Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress (Claire Foy who plays Elizabeth) and Best Television Drama. Each season will cover about a decade of Elizabeth's life, with the first season starting just before she married Phillip and ending shortly after Winston Churchill (superbly played by John Lithgow) retires as Prime Minister. It's promised to come out on DVD eventually, but no release date has been announced so either queue it up on your Netflix account, or find a friend that already subscribes!
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BkiUfXLxK6nrxjHzDkZU | require "fileutils"
def run(command)
puts `#{command} 2>&1`
end
# Link dotfiles to paths where they'll actually be accessed.
run "ln -s ~/dotfiles/gitconfig ~/.gitconfig"
run "ln -s ~/dotfiles/gitignore ~/.gitignore"
run "ln -s ~/dotfiles/inputrc ~/.inputrc"
run "ln -s ~/dotfiles/irbrc ~/.irbrc"
run "ln -s ~/dotfiles/rp5rc ~/.rp5rc"
run "ln -s ~/dotfiles/slate ~/.slate"
run "ln -s ~/dotfiles/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf"
run "brew bundle --file ~/dotfiles/Brewfile"
# Clean up Homebrew cache.
run "brew cleanup"
# Eliminate useless fading animation on iTerm2 hotkey window.
run "defaults write com.googlecode.iterm2 HotkeyTermAnimationDuration -float 0.00001"
# Disable Mission Control/Expose.
run "defaults write com.apple.dock mcx-expose-disabled -bool TRUE && killall Dock"
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BkiUdjY4eIfiUWUdddqh | I have a few hand-made programs and shell scripts that are useful for various tasks. These can be found in the Downloads page.
Whenever I find an interesting technical article online (and I remember to add it on here), these can be found on the Links page. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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Each of our knowledgeable employees is dedicated to providing exceptional service to put our clients' minds at ease. By streamlining the communication between our partners and clients, Centsible Granite is able to provide faster turnarounds with greater attention to detail.
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BkiUffvxK1yAgWt8Aeo7 | For as long as he could remember, Ulysses Juno has never needed to breathe through his nose or mouth. Whenever he tried to hold his breath, he could feel fresh air filling his lungs as quickly as toxic air was disappearing. He didn't know why he was different, but he figured that he'd take advantage of it, in as many ways as possible. He worked a number of wildly different jobs, each one designed to exploit his gift. He was a stage magician in his younger days, remaining trapped in tanks of water for far longer than any human should have, and he never even needed to drop the curtain and fake it. His assistants never understood how he did it. He worked down in mines for many years, and was able to execute tasks that were so dangerous, no one else wanted to do them. But he was always fine, and didn't have to worry about contracting some kind of lung disease. He lived in the highest altitudes, the most polluted cities, and spent one entire year never once coming out of the deepest lake on the planet, just for fun. His body had access to another dimension, and it is through this that his air supply could be found. The air would essentially be teleported straight into his lungs, oxygen would be exchanged, and then the carbon dioxide would be released back into the other dimension. He was captured by a team of unethical scientists. When they first stole his ability and gave it to Phaedra Wirth, she began to suffer from radiation poisoning. This was when the scientists discovered that Ulysses had adapted to something referred to as plex radiation simply by having been exposed to it his entire life. This tolerance was not a part of his ability, and was thusly not transferred over to Phaedra. Fortunately, they had in their possession another anomaly; one who could withstand all forms of radiation, Molly Bloom. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdUrxaJiQnhPtn1Hm | News Sports GameTimePA Business Good News Obituaries E-Edition Legals
Franklin County area police log
ST. THOMAS >> A female food delivery driver was beaten and robbed by two men in the St. Thomas area on Sunday evening.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, the woman was delivering food to 360 St. Thomas-Edenville Road at about 8:45 p.m. when two white men approached her vehicle, opened the door and proceeded to punch her in the head and midsection. The men then stole her Samsung Galaxy cell phone and purse.
Anyone with information can call police at 264-5161.
(Incident no. H03-2383587)
Greene Township
RETAIL THEFT >> Police are looking for two women who got away with 60 pairs of Victoria's Secret panties without paying. The incident happened at 8:21 p.m. April 15 at Chambersburg Mall. Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, said in a report that the suspects are two Hispanic women. Anyone with information can call police at 264-5161.
(Incident no. H03- 2380626)
THEFT >> Three Greene Township residents reported to police that $400 was stolen from a locked safe inside a residence at 2282 Hafer Road. Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, said the money was stolen between 4 p.m. April 24 and 6:20 a.m. April 26. Anyone with information can call 264-5161.
HARASSMENT >> Deborah Jane Albright, 47, Fayetteville, reported that she received threatening letters in the mail on March 22, according to Pennsylvania Sate Police, Chambersburg.
Guilford Township
DRUG POSSESSION >> A 36-year-old Fayetteville man was found to be in possession of marijuana during a traffic stop at 9:33 a.m. April 26, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg. Fatari Selassie Reid was pulled over for an expired registration on Interstate 81, and police smelled marijuana. Upon questioning Reid, he admitted that he had marijuana cigarettes in the vehicle. Police said a search of the vehicle revealed a Ziploc bag of marijuana. Charges were filed on Reid through district court, according to police.
HIT AND RUN >> A hit and run occurred at 4 a.m. off of Falling Spring Road, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg. Police said a vehicle was traveling in front of Falling Spring Elementary School and intentionally left the road, then hit a newly planted garden bed. The vehicle then fled southeast into the wooded area behind the school, and down a dirt path, police said.
CRASH >> A school bus rear-ended a van on Loudon Road at about 3 p.m. April 24, according to Mercersburg police.
Calvin E. Bricker, Greencastle, was driving a Chevrolet van north in front of an International school bus driven by Angel M. Rife, Mercersburg. Bricker stopped to turn left into 241 Loudon Road, but Rife was unable to stop in time and the bus hit the rear of the van, police said.
Rife was injured and taken to Chambersburg Hospital. Bricker suffered minor injuries. Bricker's van sustained major damage and was towed from the scene, while the bus sustained minor damage and could be driven away.
(Incident No. MPD2015-0336)
SAFETY SEAT CHECK >> Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg, will hold a child passenger safety seat check from 2 to 6 p.m. May 20 at All Things Automotive, 21518 Great Cove Road. This is a free service offered to anyone who wishes to have their child safety seat checked for proper installation.
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BkiUbBfxaKgS2EKBgWxr | The March of Dimes kicked off its biggest annual fundraiser, March for Babies, on Wednesday at the Amarillo Civic Center Grand Plaza. The event raised more than $150,000 in the Amarillo community last year to help March of Dimes lead the fight for the health of all mothers and babies.
The Zamora family is the 2019 March for Babies ambassadors and other local families affected by premature birth, maternal and infant death.
This year's March for Babies will be held Saturday, April 27, at Town Square Village. The goal is to raise $160,000 and $43,000 has been raised to date.
The March of Dimes was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to combat polio. Roosevelt himself was a victim of polio. The polio virus spreads from person to person and can invade an infected person's brain and spinal cord, causing paralysis.
Today, the March of Dimes supports research, leads programs and provides education and advocacy so that every baby can have the best possible start, according to a released statement.
The 2019 March for Babies is sponsored locally by Owens Corning, United Supermarkets, Smart Chemical, Happy State Bank, Betenbough Homes, Joe's Catering and the People's Federal Credit Union.
To register for the Amarillo event, visit marchforbabies.org/event/amarillo.
For more information about the March of Dimes, visit marchofdimes.org or nacersano.org. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdxM4eIOjRq_TxrC2 | Neoathyreus lobus es una especie de coleóptero de la familia Geotrupidae.
Distribución geográfica
Habita en Argentina, Paraguay y Bolivia.
Referencias
Lobus
Coleópteros de Argentina
Coleópteros de Paraguay
Coleópteros de Bolivia | wikipedia | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbDI5qhLACDi6Ahsf | Q: Cache in Apollo is avoiding GraphQL from resolving the polymorphic association In GraphQL (Apollo, Sequelize and SQLite), I am using a field to resolve the model type of a polymorphic association. When caching, a problem in resolving the association appears.
Backend:
class AssignTModel extends Model {
async getAction(options) {
if (!this.actionType) return Promise.resolve(null);
const mixinMethodName = `get${uppercaseFirst(this.actionType)}`;
const action=await this[mixinMethodName](options);
if (action) action.myResolve=this.actionType;
return action;
}
}
AssignTModel.init({
id:{ type: Sequelize.INTEGER,
primaryKey: true,
autoIncrement: true },
. . .
actionId:{ type: Sequelize.INTEGER},
actionType:{ type: DataTypes.STRING },
}, {sequelize,modelName: 'assignt'});
. . .
AssignTModel.belongsTo(ReminderModel, { foreignKey: 'actionId', constraints: false });
AssignTModel.belongsTo(ServiceModel, { foreignKey: 'actionId', constraints: false });
const AssignT = sequelize.models.assignt;
. . .
const typeDefs = gql`
union Action = Reminder | Service
type AssignT{
id:Int
. . .
action:Action
}
. . .
type Query {
. . .
action(id:Int):[Action],
. . .
const resolvers = {
. . .
Action:{
__resolveType(obj, context, info){
if(obj && obj.myResolve && obj.myResolve === "reminder" ){
return 'Reminder';
}
if(obj && obj.myResolve && obj.myResolve === "service" ){
return 'Service';
}
return null;
},
},
. . .
AssignT: {
. . .
action: async (assignt) => assignt.getAction(),
},
Frontend:
In the React.JS application when I enable Cache on a Query I am getting a problem in resolving the polymorphic association:
FORM_QUERY = gql`query ($id:Int){
nodes:assignT(id:$id){
id
. . .
action {
... on Reminder{
id
label
}
... on Service{
id
label
}
}
}
}`;
Not OK --> <Query query={FORM_QUERY} variables={{id:id}} fetchPolicy="cache-and-network">
OK --> <Query query={FORM_QUERY} variables={{id:id}} fetchPolicy="no-cache">
This problem does not appear on the GraphQL Playground that is why I doubted the Cache.
How can I solve this problem while maintaining Cache?
A: Found and solved. I am posting the answer so it may help someone facing the same problem.
The problem was about not using the IntrospectionFragmentMatcher.
In fact, I have seen this warning but I was planning to solve it later on and did not directly make the link to my problem.
the solution is as follows:
import { InMemoryCache, NormalizedCacheObject,IntrospectionFragmentMatcher } from 'apollo-cache-inmemory';
import {ApolloClient} from "apollo-boost";
const possibleTypes = {
__schema: {
types: [{
kind: 'UNION',
name: 'Action',
possibleTypes: [
{ name: 'Service' },
{ name: 'Reminder' },
]
},
]
},
}
const fragmentMatcher = new IntrospectionFragmentMatcher({
introspectionQueryResultData: possibleTypes
})
const cache = new InMemoryCache({
fragmentMatcher
})
const uri= 'http://localhost:4000/';
const link = createHttpLink({ uri, fetch });
const client= new ApolloClient({
cache,
link
});
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BkiUduI241xg-MOC_dvx | BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) - A surge in the baht is adding to the challenges facing Thailand's trade-dependent economy this year as exports decline.
The baht's climb of about 5 per cent against the US dollar in the past six months is the strongest in the world, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Exports are already suffering from the US-China trade war and fell in December for the second straight month, Commerce Ministry figures showed on Monday (Jan 21).
Currency strength is a worry and will hurt shipments, Pimchanok Vonkorpon, the ministry's director general of trade policy and strategy, said in a briefing after releasing the trade data.
The baht has jumped thanks to Thailand's US$207 billion of foreign reserves, a current-account surplus and dollar weakness sparked partly by the Federal Reserve's recent dovish tilt.
The currency will continue to be strong this year, said Krung Thai Bank Pcl chief strategist Jitipol Puksamatanan. But ING Groep NV Economist Prakash Sakpal said politics could be a headwind amid uncertainty stemming from the general election due in 2019 after more than four years of military rule.
Exports of goods and services are equivalent to about two-thirds of gross domestic product in South-east Asia's second-largest economy. Growth in shipments has fizzled since a peak in early 2018 and the back-to-back fall over November and December is the first since 2016. The 1.72 per cent December contraction exceeded the Bloomberg survey estimate of a 0.2 per cent drop.
Some commentators remain sanguine about the overall economic outlook. The World Bank, for instance, said last week that rising private consumption and investment are filling much of the gap from easing exports.
The Bank of Thailand raised its benchmark interest-rate in December for the first time since 2011, by a quarter point to 1.75 per cent, as it strives to normalize policy and prevent a build up of risk in the financial sector. But the baht's climb could complicate matters by weighing on already below-target inflation.
"Low inflation may lead to a long pause in our slow rate-hike cycle this time," said Kampon Adireksombat, chief economist at Kasikorn Securities Pcl in Bangkok. "We expect the central bank to raise the rate only once this year, in the fourth quarter." | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
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BkiUeX7xK6Ot9UjECca9 | Q: Error 1215 and 1146 When Sourcing MySQL Code I am working through the "Learning MySQL" book published by O'Reilly and I am trying to source the following SQL code posted on the book's website:
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS music;
CREATE DATABASE music;
USE music;
CREATE TABLE artist (
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
artist_name CHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id)
);
CREATE TABLE album (
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_id SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_name CHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id,album_id),
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id) REFERENCES artist(artist_id)
);
CREATE TABLE track (
track_id SMALLINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
track_name CHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_id SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
time DECIMAL(5,2) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id,album_id,track_id),
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id) REFERENCES artist(artist_id),
FOREIGN KEY (album_id) REFERENCES album(album_id)
);
CREATE TABLE played (
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_id SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
track_id SMALLINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
played TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id,album_id,track_id,played),
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id) REFERENCES artist(artist_id),
FOREIGN KEY (album_id) REFERENCES album(album_id),
FOREIGN KEY (track_id) REFERENCES track(track_id)
);
-- And the whole bunch of data input into those tables.
INSERT INTO played VALUES (1, 3, 0, "20060814102103");
INSERT INTO artist VALUES (1, "New Order");
INSERT INTO album VALUES (2, 1, "Let Love In");
INSERT INTO track VALUES (0,'Do You Love Me?',2,1,'5.95');
However, when I tried SOURCE MySQL is giving me ERROR 1215 (HY000): Cannot add foreign key constraint
and ERROR 1146 (42s02): Table 'music.track' doesn't exist. I've been mulling over this for a while. What seems to be wrong?
A: The reason your code is failing is because you have a compound primary key on the album and track table.
In order to allow the foreign key to be created successfully, you must add another index to each table for each column of the compound key.
Try modifying your code for each table to add an index as follows.
On the album table:
INDEX (album_id),
On the track table:
INDEX (track_id),
So your complete code looks like this (excluding the database creation and inserts):
CREATE TABLE artist (
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
artist_name CHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id)
);
CREATE TABLE album (
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_id SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_name CHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id,album_id),
INDEX (album_id),
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id) REFERENCES artist(artist_id)
);
CREATE TABLE track (
track_id SMALLINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
track_name CHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_id SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
time DECIMAL(5,2) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id,album_id,track_id),
INDEX (track_id),
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id) REFERENCES artist(artist_id),
FOREIGN KEY (album_id) REFERENCES album(album_id)
);
CREATE TABLE played (
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_id SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
track_id SMALLINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
played TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id,album_id,track_id,played),
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id) REFERENCES artist(artist_id),
FOREIGN KEY (album_id) REFERENCES album(album_id),
FOREIGN KEY (track_id) REFERENCES track(track_id)
);
A: Your foreign key must reference an entire candidate key.
CREATE TABLE track (
track_id SMALLINT(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
track_name CHAR(128) DEFAULT NULL,
artist_id SMALLINT(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
album_id SMALLINT(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
time DECIMAL(5,2) DEFAULT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (artist_id,album_id,track_id),
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id) REFERENCES artist(artist_id),
/* This won't work, not referencing an entire key: */
/*FOREIGN KEY (album_id) REFERENCES album(album_id)*/
/* This should work: */
FOREIGN KEY (artist_id,album_id) REFERENCES album(artist_id,album_id)
);
You'll have to make a similar change in the played table.
Here is a SqlFiddle of those changes, including inserting data in the right order, with existing values of keys.
There is also the idea that if album_id is it's own candidate key (it's unique), then just make that the primary key of album. You wouldn't need to have the artist_id column in track, then, as you know the artist of a track by the album. You can carry this out to other child tables (played) as well.
Of course if you're using track_id as the ordinal on an album (it's not unique, every album probably has a track_id = 1), then you should stick to your compound keys, or make surrogate keys with other unique constraints.
Having defaults on primary keys is puzzling as well, considering they'd only work for the first insert.
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Street Art at Maryland Theatre for the Performing Arts
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Street Art is any visual art developed in Public Spaces. Found in streets all around the world, this art form is a direct communication between their creators and the public at large. Today, Street Art may be consider the most powerful, current, and valorized art movement in existence.
The strength and beauty of Street Art in Brazil, is caused by the pure representation, through vivid colors and strong lines, of the optimism and perseverance found in the Brazilian people.
The art work selected for the site of the Maryland Theatre for the Performing Arts is a representation of all the above with an addition of a local flair. Three amazing and talented local artists were selected to share this experience with the Brazilian artists. Their collaboration will display the power and beauty of street art. The art is scheduled to stay up until construction on the center begins.
"Art has no boundaries. Art come in all shapes, forms and colors. Art represents the most powerful and pure dreams…"
Roberta Pardo
All images © 2104, Kevin Carroll / A Digital Cure Photography for Eye On Annapolis.
About the Brazilian Artists
Binho Ribeiro
Working on the streets since 1984, he is one of the pioneers of Street Art in Brazil and Latin America. He gains respect where ever he goes. San Thiago, Buenos Aires, Nagoya, Tókyo, Osaka, Paris, Los Angeles, Quito, Lima, Turim, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Beijing, Amsterdan, Bruxels, Accra and almost all Brazilian states have witness his talent.
Fabio Luiz Santos Ribeiro aka Binho Ribeiro, developed a kind of expression that allow his creations to come to life.
His passions include the skate and business worlds. He is the owner of the brand and store "3 Mundo" ( Third World) and he mentors other street artists on their path for acknowledgment and stardom.
"Started the art of graffiti in 2002 and soon fell in love with the endless possibilities of interaction between the city and its people's daily lives. Trademarks of her work include strong face expressions, body movements and characters' costumes, all with the purpose of involving and establishing a connection with the spectator.
Her work is intense and causes conflicting feelings common to human nature such as love and jealousy, innocence and hatred, joy and anger. The scenery is pure fantasy, full of colors and patterns. Without a precise technique, she plays with light and shadows creating an inviting and almost 3D effect.
The personality and adherence of her work brought her respect among new and experienced graffiti artists. TIKKA's art is pure and characterizes freedom. This freedom gives spectators the change to play with feelings such as innocence, evil, malice, sensuality, amusement, anguish, happiness, etc. What TIKKA puts on walls and canvases doesn't reflect her as a person but her work which is free, fun and serious at the same time.
Her many accomplishments include projects for big brand names such as Ellus, Spezzato, Credicard, Marie Claire, Morumbi Shopping Mall, and Oxford. She also participated in many prestigious graffiti events for instance the " 1st Bienal Internacional de Graffiti Fine Art". Finally, her work was exhibited in Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte ("1st Bienal Internacional de Graffiti", Quina Gallery and Espaco Colmeia), Brasilia (Expo "Recycling Concepts and Ideas" and "The Art of Kayapo Women"), Los Angeles (Carmichael Gallery), London (Edgeart), and Paris (Expo "400ml")."
GEN DUARTE
" Wilson, better known as Gen Duarte, was born in Paraiba (extreme north Brazil) and moved to Sao Paulo when he was still a little boy. The city became the scenery of his artistic development which started in 1998. A self-taught painter and graffiti artist, his first contact with the graffiti world happened in the unhinged metropolis. His references were mostly the city walls, and some magazines circulating at the time. Part of the new graffiti network and possessing a very unique style, he creates beauty that is abstract and illustrative, always showing a predominant style. He uses creativity with the intention of bringing fantasy and imagination to his spectators. His characters are light and fun, with curves and details that harmonize with the physical space in question.
During his first years as a graffiti artist, his main focus was letters. Throughout the years he emerged and developed many different styles. In recent times, he's worked on projects for big national brands such as Chilli Beans, 775 of Brazil, Ecomotion, Camaleon Bar, Army PR Agency, Abimad, Elma Chips, and Marche Stores among others."
Rodrigo Branco
The artist Rodrigo Branco, was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He spent most of his life in the Grajau neighborhood, on the extreme south of the capital. Considered as a cultural center,the area and the local artists had great influence on the development of his artistic point of view.
Rodrigo adresses a particular topic: people. He is inspired by looks and faces of his everyday life, memories of his time in Grajau and his researches and photographic documents. He gives characters no definition to its borderlines, strong colors and unusual faces. Powered by the expression of restless traces, strong and striking features, on walls, canvases or paper, his work challenges us.
Vermelho (red in english) is a demiurge, creator of fantastic dreamy worlds. He is a believer that beauty is everywhere, even in the most obscure places. His characters are enchanted, sensitive and delicate. The fight between good and evil can be found in most of his work and is represented in this dreamy like settings where he leaves to the spectator to figure out who the evil or the good are.!
A self taught artists, he develop his technic on the streets of the metropolitan Sao Paulo, where you can find many of his work since 1998. Today he is a well round artist, one of the most influential Street artist in Brazil, working as a Graffiti artist, illustrator, sculpture and cinematographic!
About the Local Artists
As a child, I made systems to organize and explain to myself the chaotic nature of the world. These systems were aligning my things in order and allowing an atlas to form to extinguish my existing obsessive compulsive disorder. This would be the catalyst to my aesthetics and view on minimal form and function. I work within a frame of mind that compels me to take an image and condense it to it's simplest state, an object. Concept and expression are suppressed in many of my works to give the viewer an unadulterated experience. I implore the viewer to take a moment and leave their predispositions behind, a kind of cleansing as these works have done for me.
Jeff Huntington
Jeff Huntington received an MFA in 1997 from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA in 1995 from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC. His work has been included in more than eighty exhibitions nationally and internationally over the past 25 years. His paintings are in private and public collections throughout the world, including The Rockford Art Museum in Rockford, Illinois and in U.S. embassies in the Philippines and Panama. Reviews of his work have been featured in numerous publications, including The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The New York Times, Juxtapos, The New Art Examiner, as well as a feature on CNBC. Some awards received include The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Fellowship (Canada), The Jacob Kainen Award for Excellence in Figurative Painting, a Maryland State Arts Council grant and The Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting. Huntington is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Corcoran in Washington, DC. His paintings are represented by Porter Contemporary in New York City, Reyes+Davis in Washington, DC, Gallery 1301 in Baltimore, MD, and The Annapolis Collection Gallery in Annapolis, MD.
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Features, International
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Equestrian enthusiasts around the world will recognize their voices nearly anywhere. We know their names, what they sound like and sometimes even what they look like, but we don't know anything else about them. Phelps Sports is thrilled to begin a new series, "Behind The Voice", where we hope to get to know a little bit more about the equestrian sports commentators that make our sport exciting and accessible to audiences around the world.
To kick things off we sat down with quite possibly one of the most recognizable voices in equestrian sports, Steven Wilde, whose rich British accent can be heard across horse show venues around the world. Originally from Wiltshire, England, Wilde has been long involved in equestrian sports commentating. Today, he boasts a long list of events on his resume, including four Olympic Games, seven European Championships, two World Championships, over 100 World Cup Qualifiers and over ten years on the Longines Global Champions Tour.
Steven Wilde and John Kyle at the National Horse Show.
How did you get your start in commentating equestrian sports?
Really by accident! I grew up around horses because my mother rode internationally back in the U.K. and my dad was involved in helping run some of the bigger shows nationally. My parents didn't want me to get into horses at all, but I rode ponies for a bit before going to University. As a teenager though, I ended up helping out at a lot of the shows to earn a bit of extra cash. When I had done just about every job, someone said I should try out a bit of commentating! That was in 2001 and the Winter National Championships back in the U.K. was my first event. It rocketed after that!
I probably slotted in at the right time as well because there was sort of an opening for the position and I was lucky to work with some great people like Mike Tucker, who did commentating in both the U.K. and in the States, Nick Brooks-Ward, who does Olympia and has done three or four previous Olympic Games, so I had some really great teachers that had worked all over the world. Sadly, there are a few that are no longer with us, but Nick [Brooks-Ward] and I are still going!
Do you think "your voice" has changed over the years?
I think it is something that has changed over the years. I was lucky enough to have a good upbringing because if you heard the local accent of where I am from regionally you would probably say I would never be an announcer, but my grandmother always made sure that I had decent elocution growing up! Another factor in my voice has been the fact that I have been lucky enough to travel globally. Your voice gets shaped by the different places you are in and because I don't spend a very long time in any one place, I have ended up with a very good transatlantic accent that allows me to hopefully, sit on both sides of the world. I have commentated anywhere from the Middle East to China, so when you spend time everywhere you become less influenced by where you grew up. These days I would say I have a smattering of American mixed in with my British and everywhere else I have been!
What does a typical day in the life look like for you as an announcer?
It really depends on the client and if I am doing television or straight announcing. Somewhere like the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is very different from doing the Global Champions Tour (GCT) television day.
Somewhere like WEF, you are on-site from seven o'clock and you are going through all of the classes. If it is a Saturday with a night class, it is a long day!
If it is a television day, you might not be going on until three, four, five o'clock in the afternoon, but you are spending most of your day researching. Everybody thinks you just finish the show and then go home, but you actually spend a day or two days preparing for the next one. When you have TV days you usually have production meetings in the morning, and running through every detail of how it is going to work because once you go on air, you are probably live and there is no going back at that point! After the production meeting, it is a matter of going through your notes and deciding what you need to add based on who or what we are introducing to the program. Whether it is guests in the studio or a specific story you feel is going to come out, you have to be prepared. There is a rule of thumb in television that you do three hours of research to every one hour on the air, so once you start stretching that out it takes quite a while. Thankfully, when you see people all the time, it makes things a bit easier because you watched how they did last weekend and can talk about it this week.
It depends on the show if I prefer doing TV or direct announcing. Saturday night at WEF or any day at Olympia is incredible to be in the arena with the crowd going nuts – it is amazing! Whereas in television, you are delivering to an audience that you can't see or hear, so you don't know what their reaction is. In television, you can go into much more detail and you are really thinking about how you are crafting your words, especially for those really big moments because unlike in the arena, a television bit will get replayed!
With a life that is on the road so much, what does your year typically look like, and do you have a home base somewhere?
In a usual year, I would typically start at the WEF for the first part of the year with a few trips to the Middle East in-between. That is quite nice because it is the longest I get to stay in one place. The rest of the year is hopping on and off planes like crazy. After WEF, I move onto the GCT in Mexico, Miami, Shanghai and nearly all of that tour. I go back to the U.K. for the Royal Windsor Horse Show, which is always a pleasure being in the Queen's back garden. Following that it is back on the GCT with a few of my home events like the Hickstead Derby mixed in. Last year I did the European Championships in Rotterdam for BBC and the Tokyo Olympic test event. In September, I switch over to eventing mode for the Burghley Horse Trials before going back to the States for the GCT in New York. From there I have been going to Nations Cup Final in Barcelona for the past few years and then I really jump between the U.S. and Europe for the World Cup classes. I end on a high at Olympia, which is one of my favorite shows, especially with all of the Christmas cheer. Following Christmas, the cycle starts all over again! I do try to slot in a day or two to enjoy the places we are in throughout the year.
My home base is in Wiltshire, England, but I am not there very often. I try to fly home Sunday night after the show so that I am home either Sunday night or Monday morning. That gives me Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at home when I am doing the European shows. It is better that way because it gives you a bit more time. It is tiring but you get used to it – I enjoy what I do so it doesn't feel like work!
What show is your favorite to announce at?
I wouldn't say I have a favorite because I am really lucky to do some of the best shows in the world, but we all sort of have a top few. I do love doing Olympia at Christmas – it is amazing! I guess any of the home shows are special to me because I am not at home as often. Hickstead is a lovely family to work with and it truly is like being with family because we all stay in the house together. The U.S. shows have become a bit of home over the years as well. Saturday nights at WEF are great because you get a big audience and you can really go for it!
What are your favorite classes to announce for?
I don't have a specific favorite, but I do love doing the big championship moments. It doesn't matter if it is the Olympic Games or the GCT, they are incredible to be a part of. Prague last year with Ben Maher was a moment that made you hold your breath. The emotions you go through watching these riders from across the world come together for these big moments where everything is on the line is something you never shake. When Nick Skelton won the Olympic Games I had tears running down my eyes while trying to commentate. A lot of the athletes are friends of course but more importantly, you have bought into an emotion. You want to convey what is going on but you also feel a part of it yourself, so you are emotionally charged with it. When you have to keep yourself level but also bring emotion to the audience it is difficult! Things like the Puissance are fine, but it is really those big important moments where you are really under pressure to get it right that mean the most.
You get nervous, which I think is good because it means you care. I always say that the day I don't get nervous I will just pack up. You need to be on edge and feel some emotion. If you are nervous, it means that you know what is on the line.
What are the biggest changes you have seen in the sport since your career started and what things have stayed the same?
Funnily enough, the way I got back into it was because my parents didn't want me to have anything to do with it! My mum having ridden she always told me there was no money in it so I should go do something else! So back when I started I was doing the county shows at home and the big national shows at home. Now, the sport is very international and I have been lucky enough to ride that wave and go around the world to do all of those. That train changed almost quite dramatically when I started. Last year I did countless 5* events, purely because there were so many! I remember being in a car with John Whitaker and we were talking about the number of shows when he started and there were four or five shows a year that were big international shows. Even in 10 years that has tripled! When I started, if I did Olympia and the Horse of The Year Show I was doing well. Now, we are doing shows on the beach in Miami and other amazing places. It has changed a lot in terms of the number of shows and in terms of globalization.
I think the competitiveness of the riders has stayed the same. Their ability to handle pressure has been consistent no matter the size of show or where it is. The lucky thing is that because we are in a sport that has longevity, there have been a lot of new faces along the way in addition to the people I have known for 20 odd years at that level. When you talk to a lot of them you realize that it wouldn't matter if they were jumping for $1,000 or $1,000,000, they want to do well. The horses have also stayed the same. The point has always been that we have to consider the welfare of the horse all the way through. As much as we have changed the surrounding of these events, what happens in the arena is still the same anywhere around the world. The comrade and the people involved have absolutely stayed the same.
There are very few people on my list that I haven't interviewed at some point and you get an insight into how they think and how they work. That is what I find interesting. You get to see how each of them handle it and channel it as opposed to the rest of us that end up shaking and falling apart! The riders actually pick it up and use it, and that is the difference between them and us.
Has the use of live streams changed your job in any way?
It has changed it in a good way as far as numbers go because it has kept me employed. I think it has also allowed the sport to come into many more people's lives than it was able to a few years ago. It is all about a global audience now. When I was growing up it was all about it being shown on BBC, which is great and is a good audience, however, now it is all about people looking at a show and everyone around the world being able to watch it. Live streams have changed that in that people can view it around the world. We aren't just covering for NBC or BBC any more, which would only reach a British or American audience. Now, anyone around the world can see it, which is great because you get a lot of responses from around the world. I have lots of friends that find it on social media, so the feedback is coming from a truly global family.
Overall, I think some of it is for the better in that we are reaching a global market, but with the way television has gone it, unfortunately, means that our sport and many others are not reaching a general audience anymore. There are so many specialized sports channels that now it is about finding it on one of those sports channels rather than on one of the national channels. You do still find it every now and again on the BBC, but the days of where they would show the whole thing are gone. Now what we do is what we call "Red Button," which is essentially a live stream version that is edited into an hour-long program for that Sunday or as a highlight real on Monday, which is great for an audience but it isn't the same. When my mother was show jumping, Horse of The Year would be on every night at 9 o'clock on the BBC. Imagine that being the case now! People would look at it like we have three heads! So live stream has given us a global audience because television and the way it is used has changed so much. Live stream has given us more outlets, but we don't have as much of the mainstream coverage. That is not peculiar to equestrian sport, however, that is across the board – everyone has gone into their specialized streams.
How do you think the sport could be changed to be more network television-friendly/more spectator-friendly like it was in the past?
I think it is about highlighting the highlights. At WEF and Tryon they have done a great job of developing Saturday nights into an event that everyone goes to. A lot of shows globally have a lot going on all day long and for that reason, it isn't that spectator friendly. It also depends on who you are trying to gear it towards. Somewhere like Olympia is geared towards being entertainment and more like theater. It is a small field with entertainment in-between and you can enjoy it with your whole family whether you are horsey or not.
A lot of it is down to production, but also what you are trying to achieve. Every football match is not about filling the stands. The majority of the sport is about people competing in the sport, but we somehow have to make the highlights stand out. The good thing is that we have a lot of big sport now and a lot going on, but then how does anybody outside of the sport ever sift through to find what they are supposed to be watching or following? There is a huge amount of sport, which is great, but for the outside audience, it is difficult to find what to look at now. Around the world, we have sort of lost the power of events standing out as they all get lost in the noise. In Europe, Aachen stands out around the world but there are another 500 shows that take place throughout the year. The majority of Germany does not go to watch those other shows but chances are that most will watch Aachen because it has that history and sport.
We have ended up with more sport, but we are a bit lost in where we are aiming our audience. There are a lot of shows that are great in their respective regions, but sometimes we are guilty of being horse people looking at horse events and saying "That is interesting," because some of us will sit through a class of 70 horses and be fascinated by it, but to the general public that is as dull as dishwater! They don't really know what they are looking at it. People want small class sizes so that it is short and sharp.
At the end of the day, it all depends on what your show is being tailored for. That is not to say anyone has it right or wrong, it just depends what your formula is. It is not good trying to sell to the public something that isn't a public event.
Steven Wilde interviews Robert Ridland at the 2019 Washington International Horse Show. Photo by Ashley Neuhof Photography
Most embarrassing moment/biggest mess up?
I actually had one this year at WEF! In fact, there was a running total between myself and Max Von Zimmermann, who did the Nations Cup this year with me at Deeridge. He announced a big welcome to "Jessica Simpson" instead of "Jessica Springsteen" and we were howling about that one! Unfortunately, a few weeks later I followed it up at the last show we did in Wellington by announcing Paris Sellon as "Paris Hilton"! That was of course on Saturday night where everyone was a bit tense because CoronaVirus had just sort of begun, so a few people actually found a bit of comic relief from it! That was probably my most recent ones but there have been various other ones over the years where my words have got mixed up and have not come out as well as I would have liked! My Paris Hilton one was truly a classic though, and I still apologize to Paris Sellon today!
What is your favorite memory as an announcer?
It would probably have to be Nick Skelton winning the gold medal in Rio, just because I had known him all of my life and I knew how much this meant. This was really the end of his career and his whole background story leading up to this something else. I was around for the years that he was told he would never ride again and as lovely and as cantankerous as he can be at times, he is someone that has always been in my life. I announced in London with the team there when he just missed out on the individual gold, so for him to come back and win it at his last shot in 2016 was something I will never forget. He was in tears, we were in tears and I was lucky enough to go celebrate with him that night. There have been a few incredible moments, but that memory is certainly up there on the list.
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by Passer by
So people were saying that Elite Dangerous and No Man's Sky would never be out, but both managed to come out (Elite already, NMS in June) before this clown show ever got finished.
Heck, at this rate, we'll see The Last Guardian AND Persona 5 before Star Citizen is done.
by General Paranoia
Passer by wrote: So people were saying that Elite Dangerous and No Man's Sky would never be out, but both managed to come out (Elite already, NMS in June) before this clown show ever got finished.
I recon we're more likely to see Derek Smart's Battlecruiser 3000AD finished and bug free first!
by Ajsalium
Duke Nukem Forever took 15 years to complete...
Ajsalium wrote: Duke Nukem Forever took 15 years to complete...
Dwarf Fortress, started in 2002 and is still in Alpha... the developer estimates another 20 years or so before it's ready for release.
(Rumors that Bill is cloning it for The Mental Pygmy's fortress v4.0 have so far been unsubstantiated)
Well, that simply makes no sense. What technology are they going to program it for?
It'll be packaged with tabletop books for FMA Skirmish and Stargrunt 3
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A third GOP candidate emerges in third congressional district
A Republican state senator from the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale plans to run for the third district congressional seat currently held by Democrat Leonard Boswell. Brad Zaun has filed the paperwork necessary to begin raising money for his race and will formally announce his candidacy on Monday.
"I just don't believe that Leonard Boswell listens or acts where the people he represents," Zaun says. "And I just think that it's been very frustrating for me and I just can't stay silent anymore and it's time for me to stand up and I think that I'm frustrated with most of the elected officials in Washington, D.C. because they don't listen."
Two other Republicans have announced they, too, will run for the seat. That sets up a three-way primary in June with Zaun, retired pilot Dave Funk of Runnells and former I.S.U. wrestling coach Jim Gibbons competing for the Republican nomination and the chance to challenge Boswell next November.
"I believe with my background of owning a hardware store for several years, as a small businessman, as a council member, as a mayor, as a state senator — I have the best chance of beating Leonard Boswell," Zaun says. "And my focus is Leonard Boswell, not the other good people who are in this race already."
Zaun says Boswell's vote for health care reform will be a key campaign issue because Des Moines is a major hub for the insurance industry.
"I don't know how a congressman who represents the second-largest insurance capitol of the United States could vote which would ultimately, if this is passed, displace thousands of his constituents," Zaun says. "And they'd be out of work."
Boswell was first elected to congress in 1996 and Boswell has indicated he plans to seek an eighth term in 2010. Boswell was not among the congressional Democrats targeted, nationally, by the G-O-P in 2008, but Zaun says he's been assured the National Republican Congressional Committee will invest money to defeat Boswell in 2010.
"They've told me that this is going to be a priority and this seat is going to be one of the top targeted seats," Zaun says.
Zaun, who currently works for a commercial real estate company, was elected to a four-year term in the state senate in 2008, which means he does not have to give up his state senate seat to run for congress. Zaun says Washington is "a mess" and this is a good time to run for congress.
"Based on the 'tea parties' and the town hall meetings, everyone as a citizen is very frustrated about what is going on in Washington, D.C.," Zaun says. "I think that of any time to run against an incumbent, this would probably be the most ideal time."
Another Republican has said he is considering running for Iowa's third district congressional seat, too. Mike Mahaffey, an attorney from Monticello, is a former chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa who ran against Boswell in 1996 in a race that is the closest any Republican has come to defeating Boswell. Boswell won that contest 49 to 48 percent. Former Iowa Congressman Greg Ganske, a Republican from Des Moines, did not seek reelection in 1996, as he ran for the U.S. Senate instead.
Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Democratic Party, Leonard Boswell, Republican Party | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUcvo4uzlhZUrOXujx | In my last post, you were introduced to a complimentary white balance and corrective gel pair that could be used to create some unusual color effects. In that post I demonstrated how the combination of a 30M lens filter and a "Full Green" correction gel can yield a magenta toned sky with normal flesh tones. If you look at the illustration (Photo #1), you can see the filter/flash pairing of the filter and corresponding gelled flash at the top. I use the term "normal" with the admission that some color adjustment in post processing may be required to produce an acceptable image (Photo #2). I gave credit to Joe McNally in the last post, and will here paraphrase the explanation he gave in his book, "The Moment It Clicks". To wit: When photographing in mixed light sources, concentrate on the skin tones. In his example, the room had a variety of light sources, but chose 30M/Full Green combination for a reasonable rendition of flesh tones illuminated by the speedlight, and a close match to the room's ambient florescent lighting. The little existing daylight and incandescent lighting was thrown under the proverbial bus.
For this second variation (Photo #3), my goal was a twilight sky rendered deep blue. In this case, the coupled pair would have been an 80a filter and the CTO (aka Color Temperature Orange) correction gel on the flash, as seen in the lower half of Photo #1. Had I been using daylight film 30 years ago, I would have gone with this filter and gel combination. Today, I simply used the camera's Incandescent White Balance Preset instead.
Both of the full Green and CTO filtration were/are available as acetate gels for the Nikon SB-800, and as plastic snap-on filters for the SB-700 and SB-910. The SB-900 was designed to use an acetate gel mounted in a clear snap-on holder. But when I learned that the SB-910 snap-on incandescent and fluorescent filters fit the SB-900, I bought several sets.
Just a quick reminder: Full Green filtration converts a daylight balanced light source (your flash) to a simulated fluorescent lightsource, and the CTO converts a daylight source to ""incandescent". This can be a slippery slope, because there are several interpretations of the proper color of an incandescent light source, each with a tint on the redness scale. To quickly summarize, "redness" is measured in Kelvin degrees, and the higher the degree level, the bluer the tint. For example: There is the endangered incandescent light bulb (2700-3300 degrees Kelvin), the Type A (movie) Photoflood (3400 degrees Kelvin), and the Type B Photoflood (3200 degrees Kelvin). Daylight is usually pegged at around 5600 Kelvin degrees.
Improvised Bounce Surface: I had planned on making a quick outdoor shot using on-camera bounced flash, and to take advantage of the drizzly evening sky. Since the alcove outside of my office building is painted a pale shade of pink, light bounced of the exterior would give the subject a definite red tint. To remedy this, I gaffer taped a piece of unbleached muslin, a readily obtainable fabric, to a glass door for use as a bounce surface. The pale beige color gives the bounced light a bit of warmth which never hurts when photographing people. You can see the muslin taped to the door here in Photo #4.
I decided to try an angled on-camera bounce flash instead of my normal "point to the rear" selfie lighting. Because the flash head was set at an angle, raw direct light will often spill from the edges of the flash head, or in this case, from the edges of the filter, as you can see in Photo #5. The speedlight is aimed at the muslin at same angle it would be when I actually made the photo. The quick fix was to improvise a "gobo" (GO Between Optics). Gobos can be anything that goes between the light source and the camera.
You can see in Photo #6 that I made a shade with wide gaffer tape. It covers the two surfaces that could be seen from by the subject, and therefore might have an effect on the final photograph. In Photo #7, you can see that it prevented any direct light from spilling onto the subject. Notice that direct light no longer "leaks" onto the subject which allows the subject to enjoy the uniform warmth of the fabric. The tiny hot spot in the middle is the reflection of the flash from the glass behind the muslin, which has no impact on the image itself. Now I could have covered the window with cardboard to prevent the reflection, but that's going TOO far.
The havoc caused by light leaks, along with the gaffer tape gobo remedy, we in part inspired by Joe McNally. The normal response might be, "That little bit of light won't make any difference to the final image." Maybe so, but hard light, like the wink of light from an infra red trigger, can create tiny, annoying highlights that may just appear where you least expect them.
This choosing of complimentary white balance settings and flash mounted filters and gels can be carried even further. Cokin, the filter people, once made complimentary flash/camera filters combinations to create some "far out" color effects. I've never seen such a pair for sale, but found them in a product list of a 20 year old filter set found in a second hand store. And photographer and impresario Gary Fong crated a You Tube video on using his Collapsible Cloud Dome and the accessory filter set to create some startling effects.
With one last look at our hero, I leave you with some advice. Photoshop could probably be used to simulate these lighting effects, but more consistent results can be achieved when doing it "in camera". With careful planning and a judicious use of your camera's white balance settings and the two gel filters you should have gotten with your Nikon speedlight, you can go a long way in creating images that will inspire questions like, "How did you do that?" Granted, blue skies are not that unusual, but it does have an ethereal feeling, even if the subject does not. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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BkiUdko4eIXhrWWONybj | Live Updates: Trump says 2020 election results still 'have a long way to go'
President Trump, continuing to contest the results of the 2020 election, said Thursday there's still a "long way to go."
Despite President-elect Joe Biden proceeding with his Cabinet selections and initiating moves to assume the White House in January, Trump has maintained that the vote was rigged. He said, however, that he would vacate the office after the Electoral College vote is finalized.
"Certainly I will. … You know that I will," he told reporters.
"It's going to be a very hard thing to concede," Trump later added.
Trump also said he'd travel to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in what will be closely watched runoff contests to determine the balance of power in the Senate.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/live-updates-trump-says-2020-election-results-still-have-a-long-way-to-go
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BkiUdUHxaKgQJoJrLYfp | Prevent library material theft with metro Security Systems.
The theft of library material is an ongoing problem for most libraries, according to Milton Burger, Managing Director of Milestone Integrated Systems. Says Burger, "Many installations have been completed in libraries and great results have been achieved in the prevention of material theft. Much theft from libraries not only pertain to the theft of books for personal use but a great deal of books are removed so that articles/graphics may be cut out and used in school projects, naturally the books are then dumped."
"Meto Security Systems makes use of exit-mounted detection pedestals as well as deactivation and reactivation stations. The principle of operation is that a security tag as thin and inconspicuous as a needle is inserted into the book where it cannot readily be detected. If the book is removed through the correct procedures the tag is deactivated so that when the person passes through the detection pedestals no alarm will sound."
"On return of the book the tag is automatically reactivated before the book is placed back on the shelf. Should the tag not be deactivated the alarm will sound indicating that a book has been illicitly removed from the library," says Burger.
Adds Burger, "One of the great benefits of the Meto System is that the tags can be deactivated and reactivated preventing library books from setting off alarms at other retailers. Unwanted alarms are not only frustrating but highly embarrassing for retailer and library patrons and when choosing a library asset management security system, it is essential to make sure that tags can be deactivated when leaving the library."
For details contact Milton Burger of Milestone Integrated Systems on tel: (011) 452-7466, fax: (011) 452-7468 or e-mail: meto@milestone.co.za.
Q: Why did you feel that you needed to put a security system into your library?
A: To prevent unauthorised removal of library material.
Q: What kind of losses were you incurring yearly?
A: A total of 530 books from the English and Afrikaans fiction and non-fiction collections over the period of a year.
Q: How were the books being stolen?
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BkiUdO05qsBC5S8FoP7v | TROON DREAM FOR AMATEUR GOLFER MARIE
July 6, 2019 buzzardrugbyNews
A Leighton-based grandmother who took up golf just three years ago is facing a tough challenge after winning a dream trip to play at a Scottish club which has hosted the world-famous Open Championship on nine occasions and which until three years ago, banned women from being club members.
Marie Bigrave won the trip to play Royal Troon located close to the Firth of Clyde in South Ayrshire in Robbie John's Captain's Day at Leighton's Plantation Road club, helping to raise £3,800 for Robbie's charity, Newlife, which supports disabled children with equipment, grants and health services.
The chance-in-a-lifetime prize was donated by Leighton club member Denis Leitch, whose late great grandfather David Hutchison Leitch, a top amateur golfer of his day, won a championship silver salver at Troon in May 1888 – and kept it until it was discovered in a family house clearance 125 years later.
Denis subsequently donated the 18 inch x 14 inch salver on "permanent loan" to the Troon club, where it now takes pride of place in the trophy cabinet.
Swedish-born Marie can take three guests with her for the golf-and-accommodation package to play at the club founded 141 years ago, and where guests are required to produce a handicap certificate to "establish proficiency."
"I've never been to Scotland before, never mind playing a club as prestigious as Troon," says Marie, adding: "That means I've got to get a lot of practice in before this time next year to get my official playing handicap."
Mother of two and three times a grandmother, Marie, who has worked in the NHS for 30 years and who is currently an assistant practice manager at a GP's surgery in Wing, took up golf three years ago, joining Leighton's successful Academy programme with Linda Duckworth, with whom she still plays at the Leighton club.
Both Marie and husband Steve, a retired BT project manager, are qualified 'golf safeguarding officials" and heavily involved in the sport, Steve now playing off a handicap of 19. Marie and Steve will be inviting two long time friends to join them on the trip to Troon, a club proud of its Open history, but which only lifted its ban on women members in 2016 after being advised it would not be considered as a future Open Championship circuit venue unless it did so.
Grandmother Joan Waples has completed a hat-trick of trophy wins in the space of two months at the Leighton club she's been a member of for 45 years. Having already won the Spring Meeting and Rosewear Bowl, 78-year-old Joan won Leighton Ladies Buckmaster Salver Medal with a nett 73, beating Bronze "A" division winner Norma Stevens-Hack by a shot. Anne Tilbury carded a nett 78 to beat Christine Robinson by s shot for the Silver Division top spot while Margaret Osborne was Bronze "B" winner with a nett 78, Angela Blackhall finishing runner-up.
Barbara Bradley teamed up with Verity Barfoot from the South Beds club to win Leighton Ladies invitation day with 41 points.
Leighton club Captain Robbie John won the Rushmere Society White Trophy at Porters Park golf club with a 39 point haul, two clear of club colleague Philip Spratt-Callaghan….and took home the nearest-the-pin prize for good measure. Former Leighton Captain David Hawkins finished third in the Bedfordshire Captains Day at Pavenham.
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By Bright Staff | Nov 13, 2017 5:00:00 AM
Monday November 13, 2017 - San Jose, CA – Bright Computing, a global leader in cluster and cloud infrastructure automation software today shared its plans for co-marketing activity with SUSE during Supercomputing 2017.
Bright Computing Announces Reseller Agreement with HPE for High Performance Computing and AI
By Bright Staff | Nov 9, 2017 1:00:00 AM
Thursday November 9, 2017 - Denver, CO – Bright Computing, a global leader in cluster and cloud infrastructure automation software, today announced a reseller agreement for High Performance Computing and AI markets with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, (HPE), a leading Hybrid IT and Intelligent Edge technology solutions provider.
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BkiUcjQ4ubnjosH9Gsu7 | Mike Pence Makes History in Pro-Life Movement
Dr. Tom Barrett
In 1973 the US Supreme Court made history by creating law, a function reserved by the Constitution only for Congress. The Supremes said it was legal to murder unborn infants in the womb. The next year the first national March for Life took place in Washington, DC, with marchers strongly championing the rights of unborn Americans to one of the three vital unalienable rights (God-given rights that cannot be taken away) in the Declaration of Independence: Life. They have marched in every one of the 44 years since then.
Last week Vice-President Mike Pence made history by being the first Vice-President and the highest-ranking government official to ever take part in the march. Many presidents (particularly Democrats) have ignored the Marchs or acted as if the marchers had leprosy. Some past presidents have given weak support for the March. Some even sent low-level representatives to the March.
But President Trump is the first president ever to send his Vice-President and his Counselor (the highest-ranking woman in his administration) to represent the White House. It is also noteworthy that his pro-life speech was the Vice-President's first major address since the Inauguration.
By the way, Vice President Pence and Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway are no strangers to the March for Life. This was no political stunt to play to Trump's base of Evangelical Christians. Both Pence and Conway participated in the March for Life in the past, long before they were household names in America.
Trump even gave his personal support to the marchers. He tweeted that "The March for Life is so important. To all of you marching – you have my support." Most presidents – even Conservative presidents – have been afraid to publicly support Life. But Trump is fearless in this regard.
To understand how serious Trump is about supporting Life, one of his first executive actions was to reinstate what has become known as the Mexico City Policy. This policy has become something of a political football.
In 1984 President Ronald Reagan implemented the policy, which bans federal funds from being given to international organizations that perform or promote abortions. George H.W. Bush continued the pro-life policy, but – not surprisingly – Bill Clinton reversed it when he took office. President George W. Bush reinstated it, but Obama tore it up when he was elected. Now Trump has once more reinstated the Policy.
The moral of this mini-history lesson? If you don't want your tax dollars to pay for abortions in foreign nations, never elect a Democrat president again.
By reinstating the Mexico City Policy President Trump took an important first step toward keeping his campaign promise to defund Planned Parenthood. I'm planning a major article on Planned Parenthood, but here are just a few facts that make it clear that not on federal dollar should be used to fund this bloodthirsty organization.
Although it claims to provide a "broad range" of healthcare services to women, unimpeachable statistics and former employees show that it is almost exclusively an abortion mill.
Planned Parenthood (PP) claimed for years that it provided mammograms to its clients. A former employee revealed that not one PP location had a mammogram machine. PP had to remove this lie from its website.
PP claims adoptions as one of its services. But from 2009 to 2013 it aborted 209 infants for every one that was adopted.
They tout their excellent prenatal care, but according to their own annual reports, prenatal services have been cut in half since 2009. According to the same reports, cancer screenings have also been cut drastically since 2006.
A Merillville, IN PP official stated clearly: "No, we don't do prenatal services. I mean, it's called Planned Parenthood. I know it's kind of deceiving."
PP spent $30 Million taxpayer dollars in 2016 trying to get Hillary Clinton elected. Now they're spending tens of millions more trying to stop Trump from defunding them.
Documented undercover videos show PP officials selling baby parts, a clear violation of federal law.
Far from providing healthcare services to a wide range of women, PP's 2015 annual report shows that they saw only 2.5 million women for all reasons. That means that 98% of American women of child-bearing age did not set foot in a PP location in 2015.
Although it claims that abortion is just one of many services it provides, many PP locations provide only abortions – no health care of any kind is available at these locations.
The organization murders over 350,000 infants every year – almost 1,000 every day. That is one out of every three abortions in the United States. But they still claim to be a "health care provider."
The United States government gave $500 Million to this criminal organization last year – and will give it another half Billion dollars this year unless Mr. Trump stops it.
The Bible makes it clear says in this verse and many others that an infant in the womb is a life created by Him:
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb…
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalms 139:13, 16
Thank God that we have a president, a vice-president, and a large percentage of the new Administration that is staunchly pro-life. After eight years of a pro-death president, it is a refreshing change.
INTERNET RESOURCES:
VIDEO: Pence Speech: "Life is Winning Again in America"
VIDEO: Kellyanne Conway's Speech to the March for Life
Services Planned Parenthood Claims it Provides
Planned Parenthood Spokespeople: "We Don't Offer Prenatal Care"
We Don't Need to Spend our Taxpayer Dollars on Planned Parenthood
NOTE: This article was originally published at www.ConservativeTruth.org
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Dr. Tom Barrett has been a pastor for over 40 years and currently oversees ordained ministers in South Florida. He has always been a bi-vocational minister, working in the financial services arena as a Branch Manager and National Vice President. He is a Patriot who has studied and taught the Constitution in both church and secular settings. A prolific author he has written a book on Conservative principles (The Best of Conservative Truth) and has written over a thousand feature articles that have been published in local and national newspapers as well as on the Internet. He speaks nationally on the Christian foundations of our nation and its Constitution, and internationally on Biblical financial principles. He has lectured at seminaries, universities, economic summits, churches, and the International Money Shows. His websites are www.ConservativeTruth.org (writing); www.ChristianFinancialConcepts.com (ministry); www.InvestmentGrade.gold (precious metals), and www.DrTom.TV (personal). His work is followed by thousands at www.Facebook.com/DrTomTV.
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BkiUdmw25V5jB4AVR2HS | Arctic Monkeys To Play Olympic Opening Cermony?
Marc Zanotti Jul. 27, 2012
Say what you will about the official theme song Survival by Muse or the new Dizzee Rascal tune Scream, also to be played throughout the London 2012 Games, but at least the selection committee in charge of choosing the tunes are trying to select legitimate acts as opposed to whoever the current 'it' act is.
Blur are signed on to headline the closing concert for the London Olympics on August 12th at Hyde Park, a gig that will not spell the end of the band; and now it's looking a strong chance that the Arctic Monkey's could play during the opening ceremony tomorrow.
Last month NME reported on a leaked document that supposedly contained a list of names performing at the opening ceremony, including Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Happy Mondays, MIA and Adele.
Further evidence of a possible performance by the Arctic Monkeys came yesterday after Argentinean journalist Juan Martin Rinaldi tweeted a photo (embedded below) of the band's frontman Alex Turner rehearsing at the London's Olympic Stadium. NME noted the rehearsal could just as easily be for the closing ceremony, and the Arctic Monkey's representation could neither confirm nor deny the reports.
Splendour In The Grass 2012 Live Updates: Day One
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BkiUfYPxK7kjXLlzeIiS | SNS at CABSAT 2019
March 12-14, 2019 — Visit us at CABSAT 2019
Join us at CABSAT for hands-on demonstrations of the newest features in EVO and ShareBrowser.
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What We're Showcasing
Enhanced workflows for Adobe, FCP X, Avid, and Resolve
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Discover the latest updates to ShareBrowser, including customizable metadata fields, extended file support for previews, and new integrations for Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X, and After Effects.
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Andrew McKay 2019-07-01T14:00:00-05:00
When Avatar was released in December of 2009, it was the most expensive movie ever made, in total budget and total storage costs. The VFX team needed over 1 petabyte (PB) of storage to complete the film—which out of a 162m runtime, was 60% CGI—and it wasn't even shot in 4K. Five years later, in 2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 more than doubled that and generated roughly 2.4PB during the process of scanning 1.5 million feet of 35mm film to 4K.
Today, it's relatively common for a feature production to surpass the 1PB mark, and even boutique production companies and corporate video teams are buying hundreds of terabytes worth of media storage. When almost all of the popular DSLR cameras and even cell phones are capable of shooting 4K, it's no surprise that we see it in video workflows outside of film and TV. Even if you're not working on a blockbuster with a $300m budget, the growing prevalence of 4K, HDR, HFR, and other in-demand formats is being felt everywhere, especially on storage. That's why it's more important than ever to consider your workflow and infrastructure carefully so that you can get the most out of your 4K shared storage investment.
To Boldly Pro (Where No Mac Has Gone in a While)
The wait is finally over. Just 6 years since the release of the last Mac Pro, lovingly dubbed "The Trashcan," Apple has announced a brand new Mac Pro that harkens back to the original 2006 version. The new Mac Pro pays fromage to the cheese-grater design of its predecessor, but there's nothing cheesy under the hood. In fact, the Mac Pro announced at WWDC marks a significant turning point in Apple's quest to win back the post-production and VFX professionals.
Eric Newbauer 2019-05-23T14:19:58-05:00
New Replication and Remote/Cloud Sync Features in EVO
EVO can now automatically sync, copy, and backup your shares, folders, and files to other on-site systems and cloud services.
Slingshot—the automation engine and API for EVO—includes a new type of replication job created specifically for backup and other redundancy goals. The new "replication" job type accommodates cases where entire directories and incremental changes need to be handled. Sources and destinations can be shares hosted by EVO, USB drives hosted by EVO, other networked storage systems, or AWS S3 buckets.
Central Post LA Chooses EVO to Enable Dolby Atmos Mixing & QC Workflows
Bipolar Studio Builds Award-Winning VR Experiences with EVO
Microsoft's Channel 9 Studio Using EVO and TriCaster
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BkiUbt05qoaAwmU2sAjK | Dear Readers, many years ago I lived in a flat which looked out onto Wanstead Flats, an area of ancient common land in east London. Cows used to graze there during the spring and summer, and they occasionally wandered into my tiny front garden, where they ate all the daffodils and tore out the winter-flowering pansies. If I threw open my front door to remonstrate they merely raised their heads, blossoms dangling from their jaws and a look of complete indifference on their faces. Sometimes they would make their sedate way up the side of the block to the car park and back 'garden', which was a mass of concrete split occasionally by thistles and dandelions, and even these would be mulched down by my bovine visitors. The only plants that survived were the brambles tumbling onto my 'patio' from the house next door, and the great knotted thickets of Bittersweet that scrambled through it.
Bittersweet (or Woody Nightshade) can be found in most woodlands and looks like some exotic vine, with its purple and canary-yellow flowers, and translucent cerise berries. Its leaves are said to smell of burnt rubber. It is a member of the Solanum genus, which includes tomatoes, aubergines and potatoes, but also Deadly Nightshade, for which this plant is sometimes mistaken, although the berries of Deadly Nightshade are black.
The red berries of Bittersweet look delicious, but John Robertson, the author of my go-to blog on 'dangerous' plants The Poison Garden, states that they have an extremely bitter taste, which does not become sweet regardless of the length of time that they are chewed. A nine year-old girl did die of what appeared to be Bittersweet poisoning in 1948, but she must have been either very hungry, or, as Robertson speculates, have had an impaired sense of taste in order to eat enough for a fatal dose. However the Modern Herbal website suggests that the name Bittersweet refers to the taste of the root and stem rather than the berries. I wonder if the berries merely look as if they should be sweet, and in fact taste disappointingly bitter? The species name 'dulcamara' means 'sweet-bitter', and maybe this is the simplest explanation.
The genus name, 'Solanum' is said to have derived from the Latin phrase for 'ease' or 'solace', and it has been suggested that the plants were used for their sedative properties. Another name for the plant, 'Felonweed', refers to its use for abscesses of the fingers or toes (known as whitlows these days, but formerly known as felons). Bittersweet has also been used for a variety of skin conditions, including eczema and scrofula.
In the UK, a garland of Bittersweet used to be hung around the necks of sheep who were suspected by their shepherds to be under the 'evil eye', and horses that appeared to be 'hag-ridden' were given a necklace of Bittersweet and Holly. In Lincolnshire it was pigs who were protected with Bittersweet. Writing about this, I find I have a lump in my throat as I think about the days when farm animals were seen as individuals, with needs and personalities, rather than as the generic production units that they have so often become today. This attention to the needs of the animals in our care, this strange tenderness, still lingers on in small farms and in wild places, but has no place in an intensive pig unit or a battery farm or a mega-dairy. So many animals pass from farm to plate not only ungarlanded, but unregarded, their short, miserable lives a testament to our ability to separate ourselves from the creatures that surround us, and to our tendency to inflict things on others just because we can.
'on the third collarette of Tut'ankhamun's third coffin, and shows the fruit threaded on strips of date palm'.
The collar appears to have been made up of red Bittersweet berries and blue glass beads and it seems that the Egyptians also had a tradition in which the plant was protective.
There is something about Bittersweet that makes me think that it not to be messed with. Of course, when we comment on the 'personality' of a plant it is more likely to be about how we see it at the time than about the plant itself, but still. The more time I spend with plants, the more I am convinced that they are not just a green back-drop to our everyday lives, but are rather more active than their sedentary nature would give us to suppose. There is much to be gained by regarding our botanical neighbours as members of our larger communities rather than as 'things' to be exploited or ignored. After all, without plants we would have no oxygen, no food and no atmosphere. A little respect seems a small price to pay.
This entry was posted in London Plants on November 11, 2015 by Bug Woman.
You are so right on about plants having personalities…with a true ability to communicate as well. Have you read any of Stephen Buehner's books or Pam Montgomery's book, Plant Spirit Healing?
I haven't, Marla, but they're on my list for sure!
Your comment about disregarding other non human life is something I've spent most of my adult life feeling strongly about and doing what I can to redress the balance , so glad you share that sensibility.
I am always amazed at how we can take account of the feelings of our pets and yet condemn other creatures to unspeakable suffering, Julia. As a species, we seem to have an ability to compartmentalise that doesn't serve the reality of the connections and commonalities between all living things. Our collective empathy muscle could certainly do with more work. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUcm_xK4tBVicoCLG0 | Q: How to do Laplace transform in this? How to solve this problem...
I tried yo split the numerator but I still don't know what to do.
A: Using Laplace Transform formulae,
$$L^{-1}\dfrac b{(s-a)^2+b^2}=e^{at}\sin bt$$ and $$L^{-1}\dfrac{s-a}{(s-a)^2+b^2}=e^{at}\cos bt$$
Now $s^2+4s+5=(s+2)^2+1^2$
Can you recognize $a,b$ here?
Write $s+8=(s+2)+6\cdot1$
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We started collecting the spray cans as they started finishing during the mural painting. A collection that would grow day after day, can by can. As the images slowly start unfolding and the wall gains colour, the mural's story unfolds. Thank you to everyone who has been showing us support!
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BkiUczfxK1ThhAcYkAVB | Students will: explore the different winter sports featured at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and develop key movement, balance and teamwork skills. Curriculum focus: PE. This resource is part of the Winter Games campaign.
Equipment: Winter Team Sports Challenge, cones, three bean bags, hula hoop, ball, target marker, gym mat.
These team challenges are a great way to explore Winter sports, without the need for complicated equipment, or snow! To discover more about the teamwork at the Winter Games, check out our active assembly and film featuring athletes and support staff from Team GB and ParalympicsGB.
All the events test many different skills and attributes such as speed, stamina, strength, balance, co-ordination, accuracy and control – not to mention courage as all the events take place on snow or ice!
Pupils compete in teams of six and take on seven different modified winter sporting events (pupils may want to compete dressed in hats, scarves and gloves).
Teams will gain an understanding of winter sports, experience the Olympic and Paralympic Values and win points for their team as they take part in each winter sporting event.
Points could also be awarded for the best team celebratory cheer, fair play or those who have shown exceptional teamwork.
The team with the most points at the end of the challenge wins.
Each event will require teams to demonstrate the Olympic and Paralympic Values. You could award points for those that display them exceptionally well: Olympic Values: respect, excellence and friendship; Paralympic Values: courage, determination, equality and inspiration.
Ask pupils to create a cheer for their team and to use this as their team celebration as they take part in each event.
Hold a whole school celebration where you can praise the pupils for their efforts, award Values certificates for individuals or teams that have shown exceptional commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Values, or even have a short closing ceremony. Why not ask young leaders, the school council or a group brought together specially for the day to plan and stage a five-minute ceremony? | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdXw25V5hRtkVbIvy | A tornado spins near Interstate 40 south of El Reno on April 24, 2006, as traffic moves on the interstate. The tornado did some damage at the El Reno Regional Airport. Russell D. Perkins/The Oklahoman via AP file
Matthew Cappucci: I'm being chased away from storm chasing ... by storm chasers
By Matthew Cappucci
I had heard grumblings about the downsides to storm chasing for a long time — poor driving habits, traffic jams as cars converge near violent storms and the dangers of rogue chasers and hobbyists. It had always been on my mind, but four years of venturing to the Plains had taught me it was just something I'd have to live with. I always brushed it off as an unavoidable byproduct of chasing.
But Monday was different. I witnessed firsthand the practices that will drive me away from the sport I once loved with my entire being. The past week of storm chasing has been eye-opening. In just seven days, I've encountered:
• Chase vehicles parked perpendicular to roads blocking major intersections
• Multiple chasers with red/blue police lights "pulling over" others to clear their path to the storm; in 70 mph winds and egg-sized hail and less than a mile from a tornado, this could have been deadly
• Traffic jams 200 cars deep
• Chasers parking on/in the road to take pictures, blocking traffic
• Chasers barreling down a one-lane road at 90 mph
• Chasers driving on the wrong side of the road
The dangers speak for themselves.
There's a reason why my biggest fear about storm chasing isn't weather-related; it's not the softball-sized hail, it's not hurricane-force winds and it's not even lightning or the tornado. It's other chasers. On Monday, when a large tornado passed by Mangum, Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported just one injury, not from wind but "involving two vehicles with storm chasers."
The perils have been manifest before. Three storm chasers were killed in an accident in Texas on March 28, 2017, when a pair of Weather Channel contractors blew through a stop sign at 70 mph. In 2013, veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras fell victim to a tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma; his son, Paul, and chase partner Carl Young also perished. A Weather Channel vehicle was tossed 200 yards, breaking the driver's neck. Scores of other chasers cheated death that day.
But so far, the storm-chase community has been incredibly lucky. On its current track, storm chasing is a ticking time bomb. It's only a matter of time before a major catastrophe occurs — with many more fatalities. Chaser-clogged roads and an erratically moving tornado are a recipe for disaster. It's not a matter of if — it's when.
Much of the problem stems from the sheer number of chasers on the road. Back in the 1970s and '80s, there were only a handful out there. Those who were were generally trained atmospheric scientists who understood the dynamics of what they were dealing with.
But the mid-2000s ushered in an era of do-it-yourself storm chasing — popular TV shows such as the Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers" and the advent of smartphones spurred many to think, "I can do this." And in many cases, they can. But in my opinion, they shouldn't.
It's easy to turn on the TV and see a severe weather risk area plastered on a map. Driving to it is simple. And nowadays, high-resolution computer models are made available to the public online. The sheer amount of information out there gives the tools of the trade to anybody. But that doesn't mean they know how to use them.
Storm behaviors change. Cell service drops out. And computer models are often shaky at best. Today's "home-grown" storm chasers may have what they need to get by 99 percent of the time. It's easy to know what to do when things go right. But it's only a matter of time before things go wrong.
It's not just amateurs contributing to this chasing turning point. "Professional" storm chasers, too, are only making it worse. With stiffer competition and more of it, many are taking to the extreme to get the best, most up-close footage. This often means taking unnecessary risks and putting others at risk as well. Yet time and time again, it's gobbled up by the public, encouraging this "bad behavior" further.
Branding things as "extreme" gets clicks and views. That makes money. And across the board, we're much more likely to celebrate an "extreme storm chaser" than we are a "safe storm chaser." You're not going to turn on the TV and see a headline that reads "storm chaser records tornado from a safe distance."
It's part of a larger cultural issue that's in the process of redefining storm chasing. For many, the practice we fell in love with simply doesn't exist anymore.
And with big profits on the line, the dangerous behavior will only get worse. Illegal driving won't be policed by law enforcement; they're busy during severe weather. And there's no real way to limit practically the number of storm chasers or tourists that venture out.
It's going to get worse before it gets better. And it will take a major event to drive greater change and prompt discussions about the sport in general.
Maybe it'll be from more devastating car accidents. Perhaps a tornado will sweep over a chaser traffic jam. Or maybe an "extreme" storm chaser won't have dumb luck on their side. The number of things that can go wrong are endless.
And one of these days, they will.
Matthew Cappucci is a reporter for The Washington Post.
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#059 – 11/07/2011 News
Rob, Bryan, and G1 go over the geeky news for November 7, 2011.
Person of Interest and Unforgettable get full season pickups
CBS has announced that two of its new series, Unforgettable and Person of Interest, have both been picked up for a full season.
Person of Interest – behind the scenes preview
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BkiUe-nxK7FjYHGH1tAa | Effect of Boeing hiring not immediate
— Sep 21st, 1996
OLYMPIA (AP) — More jobs at the Boeing Co. won't cause a sharp spike in state tax revenue right away, the state's chief economist says.
Chang Mook Sohn said Boeing's hiring will dramatically affect revenue collections only after several years of growth at the company.
"It takes time to feel the Boeing expansion over the overall economy," Sohn said. "It takes some three to four years before you see the complete effect of a better economy."
Sohn spoke Thursday at the quarterly meeting of the state Forecast Council, which predicted that state revenue will increase by a modest $57.1 million over the next 10 months, largely as a result of hiring by Boeing.
Boeing, which laid off employees last year, plans to increase its employment in Washington state by 9,800 jobs this year.
The Forecast Council predicted that the state will have $500.7 million in unspent tax revenue accumulated by next July, when the state's fiscal year ends. The 1997 Legislature could choose to spend a portion of that money, use it to fund tax breaks, or keep it for emergencies and bolster the state's bond rating on Wall Street.
The Legislature already has agreed to spend $17.6 billion over the two-year period that ends June 30.
The Forecast Council also predicted the state will take in $19.2 billion over the two-year period that begins July 1. That's $250 million more than the Legislature will be allowed to spend under Initiative 601, a measure passed by voters in 1993 to limit state spending.
Under the law, the Legislature can deal with future excess revenue only by cutting taxes, thereby avoiding collecting money that can't be spent, or by setting it aside in a special fund that eventually can be used to finance school construction projects.
Senate Majority Leader Sid Snyder, D-Long Beach, and House Speaker Clyde Ballard, R-East Wenatchee, said they expect to propose property tax cuts when the Legislature returns in January.
"These figures confirm that the taxes raised in 1993 should not have been raised," Ballard said. "We've talked about reducing property taxes, and that will continue being a priority.
STATE REVENUE: Lowry likely to veto part of tax-cut package
OLYMPIA (AP) — Gov. Mike Lowry is expected today to veto a big chunk of a $501 million tax cut package after economic forecasters said revenue to cushion against downturns was shrinking. "Five hundred million in tax cuts just puts us in too much jeopardy ... [Read More...]
OLYMPIA; Forecast: state red ink getting worse
NUTGRAPH: The revenue prediction Gov. Lowry and the Legislature have been waiting for came today, and the figure is $110 million worse than anticipated. By David Ammons Associated Press Writer OLYMPIA -- Washington's chief economist today knocked another $610 million hole in the state budget. ... [Read More...]
Rosy budgetnews might stop tax talk
OLYMPIA — Washington's rekindled economy will pump an unexpected $739 million into the state treasury, significantly easing lawmakers' efforts to bridge a huge budget gap, revenue forecasters said Thursday. The good news, the largest quarterly increase ever, was called "the luck o' the Irish" on ... [Read More...]
WASHINGTON STATE: Strong economy should boost tax revenue
The Associated Press OLYMPIA -- Washington's seemingly recession-proof economy is expected to generate an unexpected $181 million more in state taxes during the next two years, partially paying for tax cuts lawmakers approved this year, forecasters said this week. Employment and personal income are ... [Read More...]
State revenue forecast edges upward
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BkiUa7c25V5hc_Oxv5of | Q: Integration test for different instances of same application I have a java application(no Spring). Replica of this application working at another server, with another instance of databse. Database table 'settings' have property master Y or N(for replica). After any action on master, i sending message to kafka an kafka sending action to replica with db update action. Any ideas for testing full cycle of this process?
I used testcontainers for getting kafka and databases. But i havent idea how to launch in testcontainer instance of my application with db.
A: What you need here is to containerize your java application. On each master action (merge), configure your CI/CD to create a docker image of your application. Then you can deploy your application using test containers.
GenericContainer container = new GenericContainer("myAppImage:release1")
.withImagePullPolicy(PullPolicy.defaultPolicy());
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BkiUe9bxK7IABDHEZXg_ | Q: Operating system inside I have three questions which are causing me a lot of doubts:
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*If one thread in a program calls fork(), does the new process
duplicate all threads, or is the new process single-threaded?
*If a thread invokes exec(), will the program specified in the parameter
to exec() replace the entire process including ALL the threads?
*Are system calls preemptive? For example whether a process can be scheduled in middle of a system call?
A: For exec, from man execve:
All threads other than the calling thread are destroyed during an execve().
From man fork:
The child process is created with a single thread — the one that called fork().
A: W.r.t. #3: Yes, you can invoke a system call that directly or indirectly makes another thread ready to run. And if that thread has a greater priority than the current and the system is designed to schedule it right then, it can do so.
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BkiUbQM4uBhhxKZ5uNbt | NOAA and Navy Documents
A brief guide to Navy and NOAA documents held in a Shared Housing Agreement at ODU
Trillian Hosticka, Barbie Selby, Angie Taliaferro
This library is a Congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the Government information is guaranteed by public law.
Alderman Library is the Regional Federal Depository Library for Virginia, and a depository for Virginia, the United Nations, and the European Union. Government documents can be checked out like other library materials. Knowledgeable staff are happy to assist you in your research.
In 2018, documents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and portions of the Navy documents and microfiche were moved from the Regional Depository at the University of Virginia to the Perry Library at Old Dominion University. Besides being located in Norfolk, VA with its maritime interests, ODU is also an ASERL Center of Excellence for Navy and NOAA government documents. These documents and microfiche from NOAA and the Navy supplement and enhance ODU's existing government information collection to create a comprehensive collection for researchers interested in these areas.
Accessing Documents Held at ODU
The records for these documents have been removed from UVA's online catalog and will soon be made available in ODU's catalog. They can also be accessed in person at the Perry Library or requested via interlibrary loan (if you are not affiliated with UVA, please ask at your local library about this service).
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Visiting ODU's Library
ODU's Perry Library is located at 4427 Hampton Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23529 with parking nearby. There are some restrictions on borrowing for non-ODU affiliated patrons, but all are welcome to visit the library and do research on site. If you have any questions about accessing their collection, reference help is available via chat, e-mail, or phone.
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BkiUduQ5qYVBUpKVF8Hd | Wednesday night went off with a bang, as the students of Sonoma State University enjoyed a night of tremendous fun and excitement at Santa Rosa's very own Epicenter. Dubbed "The Seawolf Takeover", the $18 million dollar sports and entertainment complex opened their doors to students to enjoy a night of complimentary fun and exploration as a kick-off to the new semester.
From 9 p.m. until midnight, interactive 3D zombie rides, upscale bowling, laser tag, and arcade games kept students busy. If games weren't desired, a trampoline park was available for all acrobatic joys.
"We wanted to focus on creating a place for all students to come to, a place to have fun art that doesn't solely rely on alcohol to have a good time," said senior management Ryan Porter.
To add even more entertainment, Epicenter rolled out karaoke for additional fun throughout the night. AS President Wilson Hall and duet partner Jeaneia Arciaga took advantage and paired up to sing an upbeat duet of T-Pain's "Bartender;" a fun and riveting performance that had the crowd singing along.
Epicenter also houses its own restaurants, soccer fields, and a 24 hour gym, truly making it a place for all ages to enjoy.
With its overall success, the Epicenter has informed that they will be offering value passes throughout the school year. This will give students a chance to have a place to go to when they need a night away from their studies. and all the laughter and fun to be had just proves that the center is not just restricted to children There's much to see, explore and experience at the center; and with discounted prices, more epic nights are to come. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbI45qg5A5wELCbq1 | I can't believe it but I'm missing some mounting bolts! Took the front bar off to work on the car and now I have 6 bolts missing on both sides. The main chassis rear bolt with spacer I have but the 2 front chassis and 4 side bar bolts are gone.
Any advice on what to get because ECB couldn't care less unless you buy the whole mount again for $400, ORLY!
Any suggestions on sizes and strengths?
Get high tensile - no idea of sizes, sorry. Shouldn't be hard to figure out; just measure the diameter and length.
I would put 8.8 grade bolts and size that fit the holes.
Yes 8.8 grade would be the go.
I'm fairly sure (99.9%) that's what I had on my nudge bar when it I had one.
BTW, whats the story with the dripping radiator fluid I can see there ?
PigSti pretty sure I still have the fitting instructions for the ECB bar. I assume it is the 2002-2005 Forester. The fitting instructions list all the bolts etc.
Can you confirm your model.
Here it is for the SG 02-05 model, however if you have the 05-08 model I suspect the bolt would be the same.
Sorry but there is no link or pic for me to get. Are you sure that you have attached or linked the file?
Oddities of my client cookies no doubt but nothing visible for me here.
Perhaps try CODE tags instead? | c4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
BkiUfKPxK02iP4WkBem- | THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMON'S MINES (Television Release USA 2006)
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines—works on the same formula story telling method as its prequel—has a sound script. The familiarity of story line, reminiscent of other long running movie series such as Pink Panther or James Bond creates a desire to see Noah Wyle in another Librarian movie. Bob Newhart's precious likableness, always welcome to see, coupled with Jane Curtain's stableness and Olympia Dukakis' elegance add to the supporting backstory and predictable story line. Good watch in every way.
The Librarian searches out the secrets of the mines of King Solomon.
Thank you to Director Jonathan Frakes for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Dean Devlin, Kearie Peak, Marc Roskin, and Jim Shamoon for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle), Emily Davenport (Gabrielle Anwar), Judson (Bob Newhart), Charlene (Jane Curtin), Margie Carsen (Olympia Dukakis), General Samir (Erick Avari), and Jomo (Hakeem Kae-Kazim), Uncle Jerry (Robert Foxworth), and Tommy Yellow Hawk (Zahn McClarnon).
Yes. There's a certain comfortableness in seeing characters appear in sequels as long as the quality of entertainment stays intact. The Librarian movie series, so far, has performed very well within expectations. So well, in fact, that it is not difficult to imagine these movies producing the magical maximum number of movie series ever made. Good watch for those who love the Librarian films. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbPjxaJiQnsTQxM79 | mtdesign started in 2006 when the simple need for more Apple Motion templates in the market sparked off graphic design artist, Darryl Allen, to fill the gap and create MotionTemplatesOnline.com.
Over a period of 5 years, Darryl saw the need for more Motion templates from other artists in the market, and the business grew to include works from other artists. Motion Templates Inc was thus incorporated in 2011 and 4 years down, they are one of the largest, best selling artists on MotionElements. They are also our chosen featured artist for the month of May.
We asked Darryl our questions to find out more about the magic behind the work.
How many of you are there in Motion Templates Inc?
I'm the President / CEO of Motion Templates with no other employees. But I work with other freelance artists to produce our templates.
We are working on more dynamic 3D space projects, Motion 5 plugins, and Motion templates for videographers and photographers. In 2015, we are creating not only Motion 4 and 5 templates but FCPX templates for users who don't feel comfortable using Apple Motion.
What's the most enjoyable thing about what you do?
To see our customers happy. When they are in a crunch and need a project done quickly for a client, they may find a template from us and get the project done on time and on budget. That is our satisfaction.
What tickles your creative bone? Who/What is your biggest muse?
(1) It's the early morning quietness with a cup of coffee, looking out the window and seeing nature's animals and birds feeding. The ideas just start flowing and get captured on a writing pad.
When and How did you start of selling stock?
Back in 2006– there just wasn't enough templates to choice from and use in Apple Motion, so I spent endless hours learning the program and decided to built a website/ store and start selling them.
Do you have a favourite piece you made? If so, what is it and why is it your favourite?
I would say I don't have any favorites but the video wall and wedding templates are the most exciting I think.
That satisfaction of happy customers out weighs the hard work that go into them.
Find more wonderful Motion templates on mtdesign's MotionElements Artist Page.
You can also visit their online store at MotionTemplatesOnline.com. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUaujxK7kjXJwSOl0C | Red Bulls Disappointed with Colorado Tie, but Remain Only Undefeated Team in MLS
by Kevin McCrudden, Managing Editor
The New York Red Bulls played to a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night at Red Bull Arena. Bradley Wright-Phillips put away a penalty in the 29th minute to answer a 25th minute strike from the Rapids.
With the draw, the Red Bulls move to 3-0-4 on the season and remain the only undefeated side in MLS.
Red Bulls to Face Chelsea FC and FC Porto as a Part of the International Champions Cup
Red Bulls to face Chelsea FC, FC Porto at Red Bull Arena in July
RBA will also host Paris Saint-Germain vs ACF Fiorentina
ICC at Red Bull Arena schedule
Tuesday, July 21: ACF Fiorentina v Paris Saint-Germain FC
Wednesday, July 22: New York Red Bulls v Chelsea FC
Sunday, July 26: New York Red Bulls v FC Porto
Red Bulls Take On Colorado Rapids Tomoorw Night at Red Bull Arena @ 7:30
HARRISON, N.J. (April 28, 2015) -- The New York Red Bulls are back in action tomorrow evening, April 29, when they close out a three-game home stand with a match against the Colorado Rapids. Kickoff at Red Bull Arena is set for 7:30 p.m.
The Red Bulls played to a 1--1 draw with the LA Galaxy on Sunday evening to move to 3-0-3 on the season and remain the only undefeated team in MLS.
Cosmos Win Home Opener 2-0 Over Rowdies for Raul's Debut
The Cosmos beat rivals Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 as Spanish legend, Raúl makes his home debut in front of a Cosmos modern day era record crowd of 12,550.
In addition to Raul, Cosmos legends Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Werner Roth and Hon. Randy Horton were in attendance.
NYC FC Falls to Portland Timbers 1-0 on Another Late Goal
BRONX | For the third straight match, New York City FC suffered late-game heartbreak.
Dairon Asprilla's shot in the 79th minute took a deflection and agonizingly ended up in the back of the net as the Portland Timbers eked out a 1-0 victory in front of 21,891 on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium.
New York City FC falls to 1-3-3 (6 points) while Portland improves to 2-2-3 (9 points).
NY Cosmos
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BkiUctE5qoTAjdlTL4XL | Monterrey, Mexico MX
Thunderstorms Early
Scattered thunderstorms early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low 23C. Winds E at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.
Wind: 19 km/h SE
Wind: 11 km/h ESE
Wind: 9 km/h E
Monterrey, Mexico - Detailed weather forecast, long range monthly outlook and climate information
Monterrey is the largest city in Nuevo Leon State, in Mexico, and it also serves as its capital city. The city of Monterrey is one of the richest in culture and history in all of Mexico, and as a result, it has been considered as the commercial hub as well as the city with the highest quality of life in the whole of Mexico, commonly viewed as the most Americanized city. Monterrey has earned the Beta World City Title and has grown to be an important industrial, business, and tourist center in the region.
Located beautifully in a region surrounded by scenic mountains, Monterrey has a vibrant blend of ancient structures and modern architectural skyscrapers that add massively to the beauty and the attractiveness of the city. Numerous museums, art galleries, ancient baroque and palaces, as well as towers and ruins from the past eras crown the beauty of Monterrey.
The outdoors is vibrant, complete with natural scenic and well-manicured lawns in beautiful parks and gardens, the scenic outskirts of the city, and several themed fun parks for the entire family fun.
When to visit Monterrey
Monterrey experiences a semi-arid climate that is classified as BSh in the Köppen climatic classification. Monterrey is one of the warmest cities in Mexico, and as such its weather is characteristic of hot and humid summers, mild winters, and cool, temperate springs and autumns. Periodical extreme weather is typical in Monterrey including extremely hot days within winter and very cold days during summer. As a result, the weather seasons may vary from year to year. Snowfall is rare, but natural disasters including extreme heat and summer fires as well as hurricanes tend to occur in Monterrey.
During winter, from December to February, the temperature remains moderately mild, with the mercury in the range of 8°C (46.4°F) and 23°C (73.4°F). The readings may change occasionally, and the temperature may rise above the registered range. This season is the driest in the year, and as such precipitation collected is very minimal, often barely going above 16.5mm (0.6") on average, with as low as only four rainfall days per month. The sunshine hours per day average three and a half and most days may be reported to have intense cloud cover with an average of 64.5% in humidity.
Summer goes from May to September and is mainly characteristic of a higher temperature range of between 21°C (69.8°F) and 35°C (95°F). The nights remain cool, but the early mornings may be a bit cold. The highest rainfall is received in summer, with September being the wettest month. The average precipitation in September is 151mm (5.9") collected from approximately eight and a half rainfall days in the month. The other months also receive rainfall, albeit in lesser amounts, concentrated mostly in the afternoons. The sun glows for up to nine hours per day on average during summer, and the sky is reportedly clear and beautiful.
The period between March and May, during spring, makes the peak of the tourist season in Monterrey. The days receive ample sunshine and warm, pleasant temperature. During spring the beauty of Monterrey can be felt more with the blossom festivals and the fresh, crisp, and scented air. Picnicking and outdoor activities thrive more during the spring season.
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Longitude: -100.316113°
Elevation: 542 m
Monterrey @ Wikipedia
Fundidora Park - the public park offering amenities such as play areas, walking trails, an arena, and Sesame Street Park.
Macroplaza - this huge plaza with monuments, fountains, and gardens is surrounded by museums and other buildings.
Museum of Contemporary Art in Monterrey - a museum showcasing contemporary art in a uniquely designed space with an outdoor sculpture garden.
Parque chipinque - stunning park in forested surrounds known for its nature trails and mountainside observatory.
Parque La Huasteca - scenic mountain park with guides, hiking, biking and a campground with amenities in the canyon.
Planetarium Alfa - popular planetarium with interactive science and technology exhibits, an aviary and an IMAX theater.
Museo de Historia Mexicana - modern museum housing regionally significant artifacts, temporary exhibits, and a gift shop.
Parque Plaza Sesamo - a family-friendly destination with a Sesame Street theme featuring rides, games and a water park.
La Estanzuela Monterrey Natural Park - scenic outdoor park with hiking trails, canyons, and waterfalls, plus picnic shelters and an entry fee.
Palace Museum - museum with 400+ artifacts and artworks showcasing the social and political history of Nuevo Leon.
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Weather Atlas: Monterrey, Mexico - Detailed weather forecast, long range monthly outlook and climate information. Monterrey, Mexico - Current weather, an hourly forecast for today, tomorrow, detailed 10-day weather forecast and long range monthly outlook. Climate information with charts. Country: Mexico, City: Monterrey. [1451441] | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdto4uBhi551MkMnn | Feeding wildlife can disrupt animal social structures
Credit: UGA
A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and San Diego State University has found that the practice of feeding wildlife could be more detrimental to animals than previously thought.
In a paper published recently in Nature Scientific Reports, researchers found that feeding wildlife can disrupt the social lives of animal communities, which they discovered by observing and documenting the behavior of moor macaque monkeys along a wooded roadway on the island of Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia.
Monkeys gather along this heavily traveled roadway to accept food from passing motorists, and the researchers wanted to know what factors made some monkeys more inclined to interact with humans and how those interactions affected the group as a whole.
In particular, the researchers wanted to know whether social relationships influenced the amount of time some monkeys spent along the road and how traits like age and sex contributed to those decisions.
"It's a bit like the old saying that goes, 'If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?'" said Kristen Morrow, a doctoral student in anthropology at UGA and lead author of the study. "Yes, there is a food reward associated with humans, but this is risky behavior, and wild monkeys like these are generally very cautious around humans. So, we wanted to know how this behavior impacts their community."
In general, the researchers found that male macaques were more likely to take the risk of approaching humans, who commonly offered the monkeys bread, fruit, potato chips and other processed foods.
They also found that macaques who have greater influence within the community of monkeys would visit the roadside more frequently.
While this regular proximity to humans may have resulted in a food reward, it also disrupted normal social behaviors that are typical of these macaques in the forest farther away from humans.
"When the monkeys were along the road there were fewer social connections between individuals. This change can reduce the opportunities for positive interactions, such as grooming one another or resting nearby one another," Morrow said. "These are important behaviors, because they serve as a foundation for social learning and relationship building that lead to a strong, cohesive community."
Disruption of these social bonds could be detrimental to the monkeys' health, life span, reproductive success and infant survival, according to the study.
In total, the macaques spent about 20% of their time along the road and 80% in the forest. But their behavior along the road was often in stark contrast to their behaviors in the forest, where they spend most of their time foraging for wild fruit away from the noise and distractions of the busy roadway.
Over time, it's possible that these regular interactions with humans could fundamentally change the social structures of this and other communities of monkeys, Morrow said.
This is important information to have as people try to address conservation issues related to loss of habitat or where animals are more likely to interact with humans, Morrow said.
"Our results suggest that moor macaques are attracted to the road because they perceive that the benefit of receiving food provisions outweighs any risks associated with being in close proximity to people and moving vehicles," said Erin Riley, professor of anthropology at San Diego State University and the senior author on the paper. "This finding suggests that a macaque-focused approach to managing this interface may be ineffective. Instead, efforts are likely better focused on changing people's behavior by expanding their knowledge of the negative effects of feeding the macaques and why protecting them is important."
The researchers collected their data six hours per day, six days a week from August 2016 to January 2017. Every 30 minutes, the researchers would scan the group and record each individual macaque's location and their behaviors, which could include rest, feeding, play or aggression.
They followed the study group for about 565 hours, during which they completed more than 1,200 scan samples of the monkeys.
"While this study tells us a lot about the potential impacts of human interactions with this community of macaques, we need to do more research to understand how these behaviors affect wildlife," Morrow said. "Humans and animals are crossing paths more frequently, and we need to understand the effects of these interactions to build effective conservation practices."
Kristen Morrow
https://news.uga.edu/feeding-wildlife-disrupt-animal-social-structures/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56288-z
Tags: BiologyEcology/EnvironmentZoology/Veterinary Science | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUa3w25V5hd-428OQB | GM, Fiat Chrysler, and the top three Japanese automakers all posted declines in U.S. sales in October. But some fared better than others in a tough month.
U.S. sales of Toyota's Highlander SUV jumped almost 33% in October, helping the company best most of its rivals in a tough sales month. Image source: Toyota.
General Motors (NYSE:GM), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (NYSE:FCAU), Toyota (NYSE:TM), Honda (NYSE:HMC), and Nissan all posted drops in U.S. sales in October, as slumping demand for sedan models and a quirk of the calendar made year-over-year sales growth hard to find.
Analysts expect the overall industry's sales in the U.S. to decline in October, the third monthly drop in a row, adding evidence to the idea that the U.S. new-vehicle market may have passed its cyclical peak.
About that quirk of the calendar: Last month had two fewer "selling days" than did Oct. 2015, making for a tough year-over-year comparison. "Selling days" exclude Sundays and other days when new-car dealers are typically closed.
GM's overall sales dropped 1.7%, but that was more than explained by a planned drop in sales to rental-car fleets. Under CEO Mary Barra, GM has made a point of emphasizing more profitable retail sales, while cutting back less profitable sales to rental-car companies. While overall sales were down, GM's U.S. retail sales rose 3% in October, paced by strong gains for SUVs and some car models at both the Chevrolet and Buick brands.
Fiat Chrysler's Ram truck brand posted a 12% sales increase in October, a month after FCA dramatically boosted its incentives on its full-size Ram pickups. But FCA's Jeep brand, its biggest global driver of profits, saw sales slip for the second month in a row. Sales of the midsize Jeep Cherokee, the brand's biggest seller a year ago, were down 23%. But FCA was most hurt by the sales performance of its sedan models: Overall truck and SUV sales were up 12%, but car sales dropped 33%.
Toyota, long dependent on its mainstay Corolla and Camry sedans, has struggled a bit to adapt to a strong shift in buyer preferences toward SUVs. U.S. sales of Toyota-brand cars as a group were down 17% last month, while Toyota-brand SUV sales rose 2%, not enough to make up the difference. Supply may be an issue, as Toyota is expected to boost production of its hot-selling compact RAV4 crossover in the future. One highlight: Sales of the Highlander SUV jumped almost 33%. Sales at Toyota's luxury brand, Lexus, were down 6.2%, with a 19.7% drop for cars partially offset by a 6.1% gain for its SUV models.
As with Toyota, gains for Honda's popular SUVs weren't quite enough to offset declines in its sedan sales. Honda-brand truck models, including the HR-V, CR-V, and Pilot SUVs, the Ridgeline pickup, and the Odyssey minivan, were up 1.1% as a group with the small HR-V up 46.5%, but sales of Honda's cars fell 4.9% on a 15% drop in Accord sales. Sales at the premium Acura brand were down 20% on steep declines in sales of the ILX and TLX sedans. A bright spot: Sales of Acura's MDX SUV rose 14.7%.
A good month for Nissan, but at what cost?
Nissan did somewhat better than its Japanese rivals when it came to offsetting industrywide car declines with SUV sales. While sales of Nissan-brand cars dropped 14.5%, sales of its trucks (including SUVs) were up 12.7%, helped by a big jump in sales for its Titan pickup. The concern: Nissan uses an unusually aggressive dealer-incentive program that pays big end-of-month bonuses to dealers that hit sales targets, meaning that Nissan's sales may be coming to some extent at the expense of profits. TrueCar estimates that Nissan's incentive payouts rose to $4,109 per vehicle last month, up over 15% from a year ago.
Sales at Nissan's premium Infiniti brand were up 0.6%.
A fire at an electrical substation interrupted power to Ford Motor Company's (NYSE:F) world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, for several hours on Monday. Ford said that while battery backups protected its data, parts of its data center were shut down as a precaution. That prevented Ford dealers from reporting sales for the last day of October, and that in turn meant that the Blue Oval didn't have its numbers ready to go on Tuesday morning. The company said that it will report its full U.S. sales results later this week. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUaiDxK6nrxl9bK65v | Noivern spend the day sleeping in dark caves. At night, particularly on those of new moons, they venture out into forests in search of prey. Noivern use their echolocation to locate and ambush unsuspecting victims. They emit ultrasonic sound waves from their ears to disorient prey before they swoop in. These Pokémon are omnivores, however, and enjoy eating many different kinds of fruits and berries—they seem to have a particular affinity for Persim Berries. They can create sonic waves powerful enough to shatter boulders. Noivern tend to be aggressive Pokémon that will indiscriminately attack those who enter their territories. A peace offering of fruit, however, will often be enough to calm hostile Noivern down. In battle, Noivern can utilize many sound-based attacks to bring down foes, such as the dizzying Supersonic and the powerful Boomburst. They communicate warnings to other Noivern about territorial boundaries using sonar; those unfortunate enough to be caught between two conflicting Noivern may sometimes faint from dizziness. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdgA5qsNCPeN2F3C_ | "Illustrate" means to come up a real world event or scenario that fulfills a dramatic function in your story.
The encoding stage of story creation has nothing to do with the actual writing that will become a part of a screenplay, novel, or whatever. It has everything to do with conceptualizing the specific implementation of an aspect of your story's deep dramatic structure by fleshing out the raw idea into a tangible manifestation.
Still, we can't simply write a story in which we say, "The goal is to OBTAIN." We must turn that raw structural concept into a real world item. For example, a goal of OBTAINING might be encoded or ILLUSTRATED as finding a treasure, obtaining someone's love, obtaining a diploma - anything at all that is "obtaining" rather than, say, "becoming". In this manner, the deep structure becomes the heart and soul of the symbols through which you tell your story. In other words, illustrating story points based on deep structure ensures that the audience will feel an overall sense and logic to what they are seeing. Simply, the story will hang together.
Still, this story/body is not in motion until we incorporate Storyweaving. Storyweaving is a lot like the meaning of exposition. It is the process of doling out your encoded deep structure to the audience. Here, the word "illustrate" takes on a different meaning. Now, instead of illustrating the structure, we have to illustrate the encoding!
For example, suppose the raw structural goal in your story is to Obtain. Further suppose that the goal to Obtain is encoded as Obtaining a treasure. Okay, now how do you tell that to your audience? Do you come right out and say it in the first scene? Do you trick the audience into thinking the goal is something else and then let them in on the secret? Do you illustrate the goal by bringing it up in several different scenes in a story, of is it more like Hitchcock's McGuffin, getting the chase started and then never being heard of again until the end of the story? Making these choices is the process of storyweaving, and the choices you make are another form of "illustration". | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUdr84uBhi3S2lSGIB | With so much untapped potential at the disposal of African nations, hydropower is attracting huge investment.
At full capacity, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam will hold 74 billion m3 of water in total. To put this into perspective, that's 13 times more water than Ethiopia's entire 100 million-strong population uses in a year. The dam wall will be 155m high (by comparison, Victoria Falls is 108m) and nearly 1.8 km in length. At a price tag of nearly US$5 billion, the dam (which is about 65% complete) will be the biggest on the continent and eventually produce about 6 000 MW of hydropower from its 16 turbines.
The GERD, to use its ungainly acronym,is just one of the dams being built in Ethiopia that will produce hydropower. The 1 870 MW Gilgel Gibe III project, on the Omo river, brought its first units online in 2015. It's the third such project, following the existing Gibe I (184 MW) and Gibe II (420 MW). Two others are planned – Gibe IV (1 472 MW) and Gibe V (560 MW). The Ethiopian plants are among several large hydro facilities on the continent expected to be in production by 2020.
There's much to like about hydropower. The energy is clean and long-lasting (facilities can operate for at least 50 years). Unlike renewables such as solar or wind, which are intermittent, hydro produces continuous power – as long as there's water. The downside, however, can be significant.
Firstly, the huge costs of designing and building dams and the infrastructure to transport the electricity can cripple many emerging countries' budgets if funding is not provided mostly by external sources. Secondly, the long lead-in time needed to build and fill them (in the GERD's case, more than 10 years from when construction first began). Thirdly, the environmental impact these dams – especially ones the size of the GERD – have on rivers and nature in general. By damming rivers, water courses are changed with a knock-on effect on biodiversity and agricultural activities.
There are geopolitical considerations too. The GERD has heightened tensions between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, as each of the three countries rely heavily on the Nile for their agricultural economies. Egypt in particular is concerned that the GERD's damming of the Nile will restrict the amount of water available to its own farming activities, with dire consequences. Although Ethiopia and the other two countries have signed agreements concerning water availability and use, the issue has not been completely resolved.
Despite the complex challenges, Africa has massive potential for hydropower. Apart from the Nile, large rivers such as the Niger, Zambezi and Congo are relatively untapped at present and several countries have a large capacity to generate electricity from hydro.
There's Ethiopia's 45 GW and the DRC's 45 GW – both huge – down to Uganda's 3 GW and South Sudan's 3 GW, according to estimates by the International Hydropower Association. Even though these are much smaller, they are still substantial compared to other methods of power generation.
Many nations currently rely heavily on hydropower. Sudan receives around 75% of its electricity from the source, Kenya nearly 50% and Tanzania about 30%. Even semi-desert Namibia receives around 60% of its electricity now from the 332 MW Ruacana site on the Angolan border. It has been projected that,by 2020, Ethiopia will produce 95% of its electricity from hydro.
Even smaller countries are investing heavily. Take Uganda for example. So far it has three big hydro facilities – Owen Falls, Nalubaale and Bujagali – all located near Jinja on the Nile. These generate more than 600 MW in installed capacity combined. And plans for more are under way.
'Our strategy is to develop half a dozen hydropower stations on the Nile,' Ibrahim Kasita, Ugandan communication director in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, told African Business Magazine in 2017.
Meanwhile, in tiny Guinea, China's Exim Bank approved US$1.3 billion in financing for a 450 MW hydro plant on Souapiti dam, about 50 km from the capital Conakry in mid-March this year, according to Reuters. The government reportedly wants to export electricity to neighbouring countries and use the sales to help repay the loan.
In contrast to many other countries, the continent's most sophisticated economy, South Africa, has a relatively small hydropower output and potential. A lack of suitable rivers is the primary reason, but the country's water- stressed climate and propensity for drought have also been factors that have precluded investment in hydropower plants.
That said, two plants were developedmore than 40 years ago by energy parastatal Eskom. Located on the Orange (the Gariep and Vanderkloof dams), they're still capable of contributing around 660 MW combined towards the country's entire energy mix (approximately 45 GW of installed capacity).
For many years, South Africa has bought power from the 2 075 MW Cahora Bassa hydro project in Mozambique but this has at times been plagued by maintenance issues. The Baseline Study on Hydropower, an assessment carried out by the (then) Department of Minerals and Energy in 2002, pointed to specific areas that could show 'significant potential for the development of all categories of hydropower in the short and medium term'.
In 2011, South Africa began implementing the highly successful Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) programme. It concentrates predominantly on wind and solar, but some small hydro projects have been constructed – most recently, the Stortemelk plant, which started operations in mid-2016. The 4.5 MW, ZAR190 million project is located on the Ash river in Clarens, Free State province, and utilises flow from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
According to Anton Louis Olivier, MD of Renewable Energy Holdings (REH), the developers, there are opportunities for smaller plants to contribute to the country's renewable energy plans. 'Unlike big hydro plants, these small-scale plants can be built in three to four years from inception,' he says.
Stortemelk is the third in a series ofhydro plants developed by REH. The firm has also been involved in the Merino (4 MW) and Sol Plaatje (3 MW) hydropower stations developed under the Bethlehem hydro project. Another plant, Boston (4.5 MW), is currently in development.
Olivier adds that retrofitting existing dams and reservoirs to generate energy is also an option. Stortemelk, as with the other plants, has won plaudits for its innovative design.
'We wanted to create a project that would last, that worked really well and could do so for a long time,' says Olivier.
Also notable is Stortemelk's ownership structure. Through the course of its 20-year power purchase agreement term, 1% ofits gross revenue will contribute towards supporting socio-economic development in Clarens' disadvantaged communities. This, according to Olivier, makes Stortemelk an example of how multidisciplinary engineering and design thinking can create future-proofed solutions. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUc684eIZjlTb7HmNd | Where do you find your silent space?
Silent Spaces
Why Silent Space matters
Glendurgan Garden Cornwall
County/Country: Cornwall, England
Organisation: National Trust
Created by the Fox family in the 1820s to be a 'small peace [sic] of heaven on earth', Glendurgan is a wild and wonderful garden near Falmouth in Cornwall. It's a place for relaxation and reflection as well as for adventure and play. There are three valleys to explore, a puzzling maze at its heart and a little beach at its lowest point with gentle views of the Helford River.
Cool shady spots contrast with open and sunny areas, native plants with exotics. In spring, the wildlflower banks are a delight. As summer approaches their flowers are left to seed, creating the perfect habitat for many different types of wildlife. As the year progresses, rich greens in the depths of the valleys are followed by dramatic autumn colour.
The Fox family developed large orchards of champion fruit trees on their estates. Many prize species were transplanted to Glendurgan, not for fame and glory, but for food. Some of the paths we walk now were once lined with pear trees. There were caged raspberries for picking and orange trees for blossom to be used at family weddings. Today, Glendurgan is experimenting with an edible garden which includes citrus trees, kiwi, oriental pears and nuts such as pecan.
The Silent Space
The Olive Grove
This orchard was planted in 2010 on the site of one of the original Fox family orchards. It includes native apples, fig and apples trees. It's the perfect environment for a quiet relaxing stroll. Take a moment to enjoy its beauty in silence.
The School Room
In 1829, despite her busy life with many children of her own, Sarah Fox started and ran the first school in Mawnan Smith parish. She built a schoolroom high up in the garden for all the children of the neighbourhood. In 2002, with help from the Fox family and Mawnan Primary School, it was reconstructed. It's a perfect spot to take a seat and to contemplate the view across the valley.
Image @ Glendurgan NT
Web link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
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BkiUdjI5qsBB3MeCv_fg | The NBA and iHeartMedia are planning to make a whole lot of podcasts together
They plan to launch more than 20 co-produced podcasts
Jul 29, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC |
Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images
The NBA and iHeartMedia, which owns iHeartRadio, will be launching more than 20 new co-produced podcasts as part of a multiyear partnership, the two companies announced. The first show is scheduled to debut in the fall.
"The new shows will be produced using a wide variety of content from the NBA archives to tell the backstories of some of the greatest moments in sports history, along with a mix of the latest league news, player commentary, insider analysis, and much more," according to a press release.
The lineup could include daily shows as well as limited series, and it may pull from the NBA's archives of content, according to Bloomberg. "We've been looking for the right partner to help bring our archives to life," David Denenberg, the NBA's SVP of national and local network partnerships, said to Bloomberg. "We have tons of audio footage that's never seen the light of day."
More details will be revealed "at a later date," the companies said in the press release.
The partnership between the two companies marks another push from a big sports organization into sports podcasts. ESPN and Netflix teamed up with Spotify last year on podcasts for The Last Dance, the docuseries about Michael Jordan. And it's not just traditional sports that are getting the podcast treatment — Spotify and Riot Games, developer of the hugely popular game League of Legends, announced a multiyear partnership in August. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUcs84uBhivVgoimHl | House Minority Leader Craig Ford announces run for re-election
Rep. Craig Ford, a Democrat from Gadsden and the Minority Leader in the Alabama House of Representatives, announced today that he is seeking re-election to his district in the Alabama House of Representatives.
House District 28 is located entirely within Etowah County.
"I enjoy serving the people of District 28, and I believe I can do more for education, state employees, law enforcement, firefighters and the people of Etowah County by serving another term in the House," said Ford.
Ford said his priorities are education and job creation.
In the legislature, Ford has sponsored numerous bills to provide cost-of-living pay increases for educators and public employees, repeal the Alabama Accountability Act, and provide full funding for participants in the state's Pre-paid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) Program.
Ford has also been a strong advocate for vocational and workforce development training, as well as dual enrollment for high school students.
"It's about schools, it's about jobs and it's about families," said Ford.
"We need to make the people here at home our priority.
"I want to be your voice in Montgomery, not Montgomery's voice to you."
Craig Ford has served in the Alabama House of Representatives since 2000, when he won a special election to fill the seat after his father, Rep. Joe Ford, passed away.
In 2010 Ford was elected the House Minority Leader and has served in the House leadership ever since. He serves on the House Rules Committee, Ways and Means Education Committee, and the Commerce and Small Business Committee.
Outside of the legislature, Ford is a partner in Hodges-Ford Insurance and the owner of the Gadsden Messenger Newspaper. He and his wife, Gwen, have two children, Jonathan and Wells Elizabeth. Gwen teaches at Gadsden State Community College. Ford is also a former member of the U.S. Army Reserve and the Alabama National Guard, where he rose to the rank of Captain. Ford earned his degree in Marketing from Auburn University in 1991. Ford is also a charter member of the Coosa Valley Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, serves as an Associate Member of the Alabama Retired Teachers Association, is an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Gadsden, and is a former board member of the YMCA, Break Away Ministries, and Coosa Baseball. He continues to be involved in coaching youth sports. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdAE5qYVBL5XJbwI_ | Los Angeles isn't exactly the best place to feel the fall spirit but sometimes all it takes is a sip laced with fall flavors to get you into the swing of the season—palm trees and all. So if you're looking for something a little bit stronger than a pumpkin spice latte, these seasonal cocktails from L.A.'s chicest watering holes are just the things you need. Cheers!
Sunset's chic farm to table spot brings a bit of autumn to their buzzing neighborhood patio with a maple offering of epic proportions. A delicious combo of Wild Turkey 101 rye, maple syrup and a touch of Angostura, the Rye Maple Fizz is guaranteed to warm you to your bones, autumn chill or not.
Tap into the fall harvest with Birch's celebration of some of fall's most deliciously sweet offerings,—apples and pears—with a drink of the same name. Made with Apple lambic, pear cider, burnt sugar, bourbon and nutmeg this inventive cocktail is as delicious as it is stunning.
With roasted pineapple, all-spice infused Coco Lopez and Jameson caskmates, this cocktail from Butcher's & Barbers is like a fall take on the piña colada—and we definitely approve.
If you're wanting something to ease a long day, this boozy seasonal punch from downtown hot-spot Redbird has just about everything we could possibly need for a quick pick me up: bourbon, brandy, brown sugar, roasted orange, clove, and a of course, a touch of champagne.
If you think a mushroom cocktail sounds like the last thing you'd want, think again. Sherry infused with black truffle, mulled vermouth, orange oil and black truffle bitters make up the latest crazy cocktail concoction from Gracias Madre's esteemed barman, Jason Eisner and surprisingly enough—it's the perfect sip for an earthy, mulled, not to mention delicious, taste of fall. Trust us on this one.
It's safe to say that if you're a fan of the pumpkin spice latte then you've just found your signature fall drink. Studio City's adult interpretation of the fall staple uses rum, pumpkin syrup, and a cinnamon sugar rim to keep you in the pumpkin spice even while imbibing.
There's nothing like a warm coffee and a cold nose to make you feel like its fall out. Especially when that coffee's a Mexican coffee topped with freshly grated cinnamon from Santa Monica's beach-front Mexican spot, Red O.
Earthy scotch meets homemade cherry brandy in this warming rendition of the classic post-prohibition cocktail by Terrine head bartender Ryan Wainwright.
Culver city's Indian spot embraces the spirit of the season with a tasty cider-esque sipper of Laird's applejack, vermouth, and just the right touch of Indian spices to keep things deliciously interesting.
As seasonally straightforward as it is dangerously easy to sip, this beauty of a cocktail from Fig & Olive's fall cocktail menu combines all of our favorite fall flavors into one. All hail the delicious combo of vanilla infused vodka, apple brandy, pumpkin spice marmalade, and ginger syrup.
West hollywood's ultra-chic rooftop bar knows how to do fall right with a cocktail as tasty as it is 'grammable. A mix of house spiced espresso, Genever, cognac and bitters, express yourself is just the sip to get you feeling all sorts of fall. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdwg5qoTBC5y2MHqf | Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) derive from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst. They differentiate into three primary germ layers: ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm, giving rise to virtually all the cells of the body except the placenta.
ESCs can be grown in the lab in an undifferentiated state and are capable of long-term growth and self-renewal. Two important transcription factors, associated with maintaining the stem cell population, are Oct4 and Nanog.
ESCs will differentiate in culture and spontaneously differentiate if allowed to clump together. Through manipulating the conditions under which ESCs are grown, it is possible to get ESCs to differentiate into different cell types.
Popular embryonic stem cell markers include: CD49f, CD117, CD324, CD326, Klf4, Nanog.
Takahashi and Yamanaka (2006) found that under certain conditions a terminally differentiated cell could be reprogrammed into a pluripotent stem cell, capable of making any cell in the body. However, these induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are less efficient at differentiating into all the cell types compared to ESCs.
Since this initial discovery, the technique of creating iPSCs has been refined and there is a considerable interest in their potential for drug development, modeling disease and transplantation medicine.
Genes that are important for maintaining ESCs are also involved in the process of reprograming differentiated cells to form iPSCs, including: Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, c-Myc, Lin28 and Nanog.
Popular iPSC markers include alkaline phosphatase, CD13, CD30, Nanog and Sox2.
Both ESCs and iPSCs have the potential to become multiple cell types, resulting in a unipotent, terminally differentiated cell with a specific function. As both iPSCs and ESCs start to differentiate into different lineages the markers that they express change as they commit to different cell fates and lose their pluripotency. For instance, cardiac and hematoendothelial progenitors can be identified by the expression of the cell VEGFR2 and CD34, whilst Nestin can be used to identify neural progenitor cells.
Bio-Rad offers a broad collection of antibodies useful for studying pluripotent stem cells and those in the early stages of differentiation. Click on the following related links to explore our product range by marker or use the filters in the table below to sort the attributes in order to find the antibody that fits your exact requirements.
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