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Previously I wrote about building an issue category predictor using LSTM networks on Keras. This was a two-layer bi-directional LSTM network. A neural network architecture that has been gaining some "attention" recently in NLP is Attention. This is simply an approach to have the network pay some more "attention" to specific parts of the input. That's what I think anyway. So the way to use Attention layers is to add them to other existing layers.
In this post, I look at adding Attention to the network architecture of my previous post, and how this impacts the resulting accuracy and training of the network. Since Keras still does not have an official Attention layer at this time (or I cannot find one anyway), I am using one from CyberZHG's Github. Thanks for the free code!
I reduced from this for a few different configurations to try what would be the impact on the loss and accuracy of the predictions.
1-att-d: 2 bi-directional layers, followed by single attention. dropout 0.2 and 0.1 after each bi-lstm.
1-att: 2 bi-directional layers, followed by single attention. no dropout.
So not too different from my previous results.
At least with this type of results, it is nice to see a realistic looking training + validation accuracy and loss curve, with training going up and crossing validation at some point close to where overfitting starts. I have recently done a lot of Kaggle with the intent to learn how to use all these things in practice. And I think Kaggle is really great place for this. However, the competitions seem to be geared to trick you somehow, the given training vs test sets are usually really weirdly skewed, and the competition on getting those tiny fractions of accuracy great. So compared to that this is a nice, fresh view on the real world being more sane for ML application. But I digress..
The tables above show how adding Attention does increase the accuracy by about 10%, from bit below 50% to about 54% in the best case.
Besides the impect from adding Attention, the rest of the configurations seem merely fiddling with it, without much impact on accuracy or loss.
Dropout quite consistently has a small negative impact on performance. As I did not try that many configurations, maybe it could be improved by tuning.
The Kaggle kernels I ran this with have this nasty habit of sometimes cutting the output for some parts of the code. In this case it consistently cut the un-trainable Glove version output at around 9th epoch, which is why all those in the above tables are listed as best around 8th or 9th epoch. It might have shown small gains for one or two more epochs still. However, it was plateauing so strong already I do not think it is a big issue for these results.
Due to training with smaller batch size taking longer, I had to limit epochs to 10 from previous post's 15. On the other hand, Attention seems to converge faster, so not that bad a tradeoff.
I used the Attention layer from the Github I linked. Very nice work in that Github in many related accounts BTW. Definitely worth checking out. This layer seems very useful. however, it seems to be tailored to the Github owners specific needs and not documented in much detail There seem to be some different variants of Attention layers I found around the interents, some only working on previous versions of Keras, others requiring 3D input, others only 2D.
For example, the above Attention layer works on the 3D inputs. SeqSelfAttention takes input as 3D sequences, outputs 3D sequences. SeqWeightedAttention takes input as 3D, outputs 2D. There is at least one implementation being copy-pasted around in Kaggle kernels that uses 2D inputs and outputs. Some other custom Keras layers seem to have gone stale. Another I found on Github seems promising but has not been updated. One of the issues links to a patched version though. But in any case, my goal was not to compare different custom implementations, so I will just wait for the final and play with this for now.
As noted, I ran these experiments on Kaggle kernels. At the time they were running on NVidia P100 GPU's, which are intended to be datacenter scale products. These have 16GB GPU memory, which at this time is a lot. Using the two attention layers I described above, I managed to exhaust this memory quite easily. This is maybe because I used a rather large sequence length of 1000 timesteps (words). The model summary I printed above shows the Attention layers having only 16449 and 129 parameters to train, so the implementation must otherwise require plenty of space. Not that I understand the details at such depth, but something to consider.
Some of the errors I got for setting up these Attention layers also seemed to indicate it was building a 4D representation by adding another layer (of size 1000) on top of the layer it was paying attention to (the bi-LSTM in this case). This sort of makes sense, considering if it takes a 3D input (as LSTM sequence output) and pays attention to it. This attention window is just one parameter that could be tuned in this Attention implementation I used, so a better understanding of this implementation and its tuning parameters/options/impacts would likely be useful and maybe help with many of my issues.
Overall, as far as I understand, using a smaller number of timesteps is quite common. Likely using fewer would give very good results still but allow for more freedom to experiment with other parts of the model architecture without runnign out of memory. The memory issue required me to run with a much smaller batch size of 48 down from 128 and higher from before. This has yet again the effect of slowing performance as with smaller batch size takes longer to process the whole dataset.
Tradeoffs in using different types of Attention: 3D, 2D, attention windows, etc.
I previously did a review on applications of machine learning in software testing and network analysis. I was looking at updating that, maybe with some extra focus. As usual, I got distracted. This time to build an actual system to do some of the tasks discussed in those reviews. This post discusses how I built a bug report classifier based on bugreport descriptions. Or more generally, they are issues listed in a public Jira, but nevermind..
The classifier I built here is based on bi-directional LSTM (long short-term memory) networks using Keras (with Tensorflow). So deep learning, recurrent neural networks, word embeddings. Plenty of trendy things to see here.
The natural place to go looking for this type of data is open source projects and their bug data bases. I used the Qt project bug tracker (see, even the address has word "bug" in it, not "issue"). It seems to be based on the commonly used Jira platform. You can go to the web site and select some project, fill in filters, click on export, and directly get a CSV formatted output file that can be simply imported into Pandas and thus Python ML and data analytics libraries. This is what I did.
Since the export interface only allows for downloading data for 1000 reports at once, I scripted it. Using Selenium Webdriver I automated filling in download filters one month at a time. This script is stored in my ML-experiments Github. Along with a script that combines all the separate downloads into one CSV file. Hopefully I don't move these around the repo too much and keep breaking the links.
Before running in full speed to build some classifier, it is generally good to explore the data a bit and see what it looks like, what can be learned, etc. Commonly this is called exploratory data analysis (EDA).
#where each comment is a different field, etc.
In addition, I ran various other summaries and visualizations on it to get a bit more familiar with the data.
The final point was to build a classifier and see how well that does. A classifier needs a classification target. I went with the assigned component. So, my classifier tries to predict the component to assign bug report to, using only the bug reports natural language description.
To start with, a look at the components. A bug report in this dataset can be assigned to multiple components. Similar to the "Affects version" above.
This shows having and issue assigned to more than 2 components being rare, and more than 3 very rare. For this experiment, I only collected the first two components the bugs were assigned to (if any). Of those, I simply used the first assigned component as the training target label. Some further data could be had by adding training set items with labels also for second and third components. Or for all of them if feeling like it. But the first component served good enough for this experiment.
How many unique ones are in those first two?
So there would be 172 components to predict. And how does their issue count distribution look like?
Above shows how the issue count distribution is very unbalanced.
To summarize the above, there are 172 components, with largely uneven distributions. Imagine trying to predict the correct copmponent from 172 options, given that for some of them, there is very limited data available. Would seem very difficult to learn to distinguish the ones with very little training data. I guess this skewed distribution might be due to new components having little data on them. Which, in a more realistic-scenario, would merit some additional consideration. Maybe collecting these all to a new category like "Other, manually check". And updating the training data constantly, re-training the model as new issues/bugs are added. Well, that is probably a good idea anyway.
I will use the "description" column for the features (the words in the description), and the filtered "comp1" column shown above for the target.
Before using that, I need to get the data to train, that is the X (features) and y (target).
To get the features, tokenize the text. For an RNN the input data needs to be a fixed length vector (of tokens), so cut the document at seq_length if longer, or pad it to length if shorter. This uses Keras tokenizer, which I guess should be quite confident to produce suitble output for Keras..
The "comp1_label" in above now has the values for the target y variable.
I am using Glove word vectors. In this case the relatively small set based on 6 billion tokens (words) with 300 dimensions. The vectors are stored in a text file, with one word per line, along with the vector values. First item on line is the word, followed by the 300 dimensional vector values for it. So the following loads this into the embedding_index dictionary, keys being words and values the vectors.
With these loaded, convert the embedding index into matrix form that the Keras Embedding layer uses. This simply puts the embedding vector for each word at a specific index in the matrix. So if word "bob" is in index 10 in word_index, the embedding vector for "bob" will be in embedding_matrix.
I use two model versions here. The first one uses the basic LSTM layer from Keras. The second one uses the Cuda optimized CuDNNLSTM layer. I used the CuDNNLSTM layer to train this model on GPU, saved the weights after training, and then loaded the weights into the plain LSTM version. I then used the plain LSTM version to do the predictions on my laptop when developing and demoing this.
The first layer is an embedding layer, and uses the embedding matrix from the pre-trained Glove vectors. This is followed by the two bi-LSTM layers, each with a Dropout layer behind it. The bi-LSTM layer looks at each word along with its context (as I discussed previously). The dropout layers help avoid overfitting. Finally, a dense layer is used to make the prediction from "cat_count" categories. Here cat_count is the number of categories to predict. It is actually categories and not cats, sorry about that.
The "weights=[embedding_matrix]" parameter given to the Embedding layer is what can be used to initialize the pre-trained word-vectors. In this case, those would be the Glove word-vectors. The current Keras Embedding docs say nothing about this parameter, which is a bit weird. Searching for this on the internet also seems to indicate it would be deprecated etc. but it also seems difficult to find a simple replacement. But it works, so I go with that..
This shows how the embedding layer turns the input into a suitable shape for LSTM input as I discussed in my previous post. That is, 1000 timesteps, each with 300 features. Those being the 1000 tokens for each document (issue report description) and 300 dimensional word-vectors for each token.
Another interesting point is the text at the end of the summary: "Non-trainable params: 6,000,000". This matches the number of parameters in the summary for the embedding layer. When the embedding layer is given the paremeter "trainable=False", all the parameters in it are fixed. If this is set to True, then all these parameters will be trainable as well.
Notice that I use the build_model_lstm_cuda() version here. That is to train on the GPU environment, to have some sensible training time.
The callback given will just save the model weights when the validation score improves. In this case it monitors the validation loss getting smaller (no mode="max" as in my previous version).
In most of the issue reports I tried this on, it seemed to get the "correct" one as marked on the issue tracker. In the ones that did not match, the suggestion always seemed to make sense (sometimes more than what had been set by whoever sets the value), and commonly in case of mismatch, the "correct" one was in the top suggestions still. But overall, component granularity might useful to consider as well in building these types of classifiers and their applications.
The figure is a bit small but you can hopefully expand it. At least I uploaded it bigger :).
Non-trainable Glove alone improves all the way for the 15 iterations (epochs) and reaches validation accuracy of about 0.4 and loss around 2.55. The improvements got really small there so I did not try further epochs.
Trainable, uninitialized (no Glove) got best validation accuracy/loss at epoch 11 for 0.488 accuracy and 2.246 loss. After this it overfits.
Trainable with Glove initialization reaches best validation accuracy/loss at epoch 8 for 0.497 accuracy and 2.154 loss. After this it overfits.
Overall, non-trainable Glove gives quite poor results (but I guess still quite usable) over trainable embeddings in the two other options.
Glove initialized but further trained embeddings converge much faster and get better scores.
I guess further trained Glove embeddings would be a form of "transfer" learning. Cool, can I put that in my CV now?
My guess is that the bug descriptions have many terms not commonly used in general domains, which causes the effect of requiring updates of the general Glove embeddings to be more effective. When I did some exploratory analysis of the data (e.g., TF-IDF across components) these types of terms were actually quite visible. However, they are intermixed with the general terms, which benefit from Glove and mixing the two gives best results. Just my "educated" guess. Another of my guesses is that, this would be quite a similar result in other domains as well, with domain specific terminology.
Also, as noted earlier, an issue can be linked to several components. And from my tries of running this with new data and comparing results, the mapping is not always very clear, and there can be multiple "correct" answers. This is also shown in my prediction example above. The results given by Keras predict() are actually listing the probabilities for each of the 160+ potential targets. So if accuracy just measures the likelihood of getting it exactly right, it misses the ones that are predicted at position 2, 3, and so on. One way I would see using this would be to provide assistance on selections to an expert analyzing the incoming bug reports. In such case, having "correct" answers even in the few top predictions would seem useful. Again, as shown in my prediction example above.
With that, the 50% chance of getting it 100% correct for the top prediction actually seems very good. Consider that there are over 160 possible targets to predict. So not nearly as simple as a binary classifier, where 50% would match random guessing. Here this is much better than that.
Besides the LSTM, I also tried a more traditional classifier on this same task. I tried several versions, include multinomial naive bayes, random forest, and lgbm. The features I provided were heavily pre-processed word tokens in their Tf-IDF format. That classifier was pretty poor, perhaps even useless poor. Largely perhaps due to my lack of skills in feature engineering any domain, and in lack of hyperparameter optimization. But it was still the case. With that background, I was surprised to see good performance from the LSTM version.
Overall, the predictions give by this classifier I built are not perfect but much closer than I expected to get. Out of 160+ categories getting most time the correct one, and often close to the correct one, based only on the natural language description was a very nice result for me.
In cases where the match is not perfect, I believe it still provides valuable input. Either the match is given in the other top suggestions, or maybe we can learn something about considering why some of the others are suggested, and is there some real meaning behind it. All the mismatches I found made sense when considering the reported issue from different angles. I would guess the same might hold for other domains and similar classifiers as well.
training the final classifier on the whole training data at once, after finishing the model tuning etc.
This is about time-series prediction/classification with neural networks using Keras. I will not go into theory or description of recurrent neural nets or LSTM itself, rather there are plenty tutorials out there. Search engines give plenty more. Try some if not already familiar. I just try to focus on what I found confusing after reading those, and how did that go.
Just based on the raw signal data, the challenge in this competition was to classify the signal as fault/not faulty.
The shape of the (training) data is 800k rows and 8712 columns, one column for each signal, one row for each signal value measured in 20 millisecond intervals.
Goal is to use this raw data to identify fault patterns. LSTM networks were very popular in this competition as the data is a set of 8172 time-series instances. So good place to learn how to use LSTM.
I like Kaggle in general for this, as there are good kernels to get started, and discussion on what works. Of course, I always do poor on the competitions but I find it good practice anyway.
One thing I found confusing, and based on my internet searches, many others too, is how to shape and form the input for the LSTM network. To train it, and to run the "predictions".
The input shape should be a 3-dimensional array of (number of observations, number of timesteps, number of features). Using the data from above, what would that be?
Each signal measurement would be one observation. In the way above data is structured, this would be 8712 observations, 800000 timesteps, and 1 feature (the raw value). So input shape would be (8712, 800000, 1).
1 feature, which is just the raw measurement value for the signal.
I initially tried to train the network with this setup. Didn't go very well. Found some links that say the number of timesteps should be much less, such as below 200, max around 250-500, 10 steps or less, or up to 1000 timesteps. Not really sure what, but certainly much less than 800k.
The above would process the data into a set of 160 buckets, so producing the 160 timesteps.
The above gives 1+1+1+1+1+7 = 12 features. I had a few more features, and experimented with various others, but this works to illustrate the concept.
So, assume we have the 160 timesteps with 12 summary features each. This would mean the LSTM input shape is now: (8712, 160, 12).
This works nicely because underneath most things in Python ML libraries rely on Numpy arrays (or arrays of arrays etc.). Assuming that df_train in the code above has a number of values that is divisible by the given reshape sizes, Numpy will reshape (as the name says..) it into a set of multi-dimensional arrays as requested.
In the above the number of elements for one signal is 160*12=1920. Because a signal now has 160 timesteps (buckets) each with 12 features. Since we know the number of rows (measured signals) we expect to have, the total can be calculated as 8172*1920 = 15690240.
There are many ways to build the initial set of features. I started with putting all the features for a timestep on a single row. So I had rows with 1920 columns. 8172 such rows. Reshaping in the end worked fine and produced the correct shape of (8172,160,12).
However, with such a shape, it was a bit difficult to apply Pandas operations on the data, such as scaling all the features using sklearn scalers. Pandas operations expect a dataframe to have 2-dimensional data, where each column has data for a single feature. For example, the scalers then scale one column at a time. With 1920 columns, each feature data was at every 12th column.
To address this, I ended up with data in the format of 160 * 8172 = 1307520 rows. Each row with N columns, where N equals the number of features I had. In this case 12. The 160 timesteps for each signal were each timestep on a single row, and 160 rows following each other for one signal. Immediately followed by another 160 for the next signal, and so on. Final size in this case being a dataframe with a shape of (1307520,12). As calculated above this is the 160 timesteps for all 8172 rows, meaning 160 * 8172 = 1307520 rows.
and so on for all 8172 signals in chunks of 160 rows.. So each feature in its own column, each timestep on its own row.
This scales all the features for all timesteps and all observations (signals here) at once correctly. Well, I think it does anyway, so correct me if wrong :).
The dataframe.values is a Numpy array, so the Numpy.reshape function is there.
X would now be suitable to use as input for an LSTM network. The one I have not shown how to build yet. Only a million words and stuff so far but no LSTM and this was to be all about LSTM. Nice. Good job.
The transformation of the raw input data can be done once and used many times to experiment with different LSTM and other ML models and NN architectures. Since pre-processing large datasets takes time, this speeds up the process immensely.
Pandas is built to be single-core (as is Python itself..), so you have to do tricks like this or else your multiple cores are just sitting idly and wasted.
Kaggle specific: By running preprocessing in a separate kernel, I can run it in parallel in one kernel while experimenting with models in other kernels.
Kaggle specific: Kaggle CPU kernels have 4 CPU cores, allowing 2*faster preprocessing than in GPU kernels which have only 2 CPU cores. But you need GPU kernels to build LSTM models.
In some parallel architectures like PySpark this would be less of a problem, but I do not have access to such systems, so I work with what I have, huh. Maybe someday if I am rich enough or whatever. Plz send food, beer, monies, and epic computer parts, thx.
CuDNNLSTM is a specialized LSTM layer optimized for NVidia GPU's. I always though Keras would come with automatically chosen optimal GPU implementation and pick it automatically based on backend. Seems not.
CuDNN is NVIDIA's Deep Neural Network library.
Bidirectional LSTM refers to a network using information about "past and future". This is only useful if you actually know the future, as in translating text from one language to another and you know what words will follow the current word. In this case, I know the whole signal, so the LSTM can also look at what values follow the current "bin" value in the following bins (timesteps).
The "return_sequences" flag tells the layer to give out a similar 3D array as the original input. So each of the 128 cells in the first layer will not just output on value for the sequence but also output an intermediate value for each timestep. So instead of shape (128), the output would be (160, 128).
The second LSTM layer outputs a shape of (64), which is just the final output of the LSTM processing the timesteps. This is suitable shape for the following dense layer, since it is just an array.
But let's see how the model actually looks like.
This shows how the LSTM parameters affect the basic structure of the network.
input_signal: layer shows the shape of the input data: 160 time steps, 12 features. None for any number of rows (observations).
lstm1: 128 LSTM units, with return_sequences=True. Now the output is (None, 160, 128), where 128 matches the number of LSTM units, and replaces the number of features in the input. So 128 features, each one produced by a single LSTM "unit".
lstm2: 64 LSTM units, with return_sequences=False. Output shape is (None, 64). Outputting values at every timestep is disabled (return_sequences=False), so this is just 2 dimensional output. 64 features, one for each LSTM "unit". This for each row in the input as it comes through lstm1.
dense1, dense2, output: regular dense network layers.
So bi-directional doubles the number of features the LSTM layers produce, as it goes both forward and backward across the timesteps.
Training and predicting with the LSTM model is no different from others, but a quick look anyway.
With this, I managed to train the LSTM and have it produce actually meaningful results. Not that I got anywhere in the competition but it was a good experience for me, since my first tries I produced some completely broken input data, formatted wrong and all. The training with that broken data format delivered zero results, which might be expected since the features were all wrong, and data for them was mixed up. I feel I mostly learned to use an LSTM, even if I failed the Kaggle competition for the smallest fractions of target metric.
From all this, I wandered a bit to look at other things, such as what is the actual structure of an LSTM network when build with Keras, how to combine other types of data and layers alongside LSTM in the same network, and what is adversarial validation. Maybe I will manage to write a bit about them next.
ROC and AUC are terms that often come up in machine learning, in relation to evaluating models. In this post, I try examine what ROC curves actually are, how they are calculated, what is a threshold in ROC curve, and how it impacts the classification if you change it. The results show that using low threshold values leads to classifying more objects into positive category, and high threshold leads to more negative classifications. The Titanic dataset is used here as an example to study the threshold effect. A classifier gives probabilities for people to survive.
By default, the classifier seems to use 50% probability as a threshold to classify one as a survivor (positive class) or non-survivor (negative class). But this threshold can be varied. For example, using a threshold of 1% leads to giving a survivor label to anyone who gets a 1% or higher probability to survive by the classifier. Similarly, a threshold of 95% requires people to get at least 95% probability from the classifier to be given a survivor label. This is the threshold that is varied, and the ROC curve visualizes how the change in this probability threshold impacts classification in terms of getting true positives (actual survivors predicted as survivors) vs getting false positives (non-survivors predicted as survivors).
Area under the curve (AUC) and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) are two terms that seem to come up a lot when learning about machine learning. This is my attempt to get it. Please do let me know where it goes wrong..
FIGURE 1. Example ROC/AUC curve.
It uses true positive rate (TPR) and false positive rate (FPR) as the two measures to compare. A true positive (TP) being a correct positive prediction and a false positive (FP) being a wrong positive prediction.
There is an excellent introduction to the topic in the often cited An introduction to ROC analysis article by Tom Fawcett. Which is actually a very understandable article (for most part), unlike most academic articles I read. Brilliant. But still, I wondered, so lets see..
To see ROC/AUC in practice, instead of just reading about it all over the Internet, I decided to implement a ROC calculation and see if I can match it with the existing implementations. If so, that should at least give me some confidence on my understanding on the topic being correct.
To do this, I needed a dataset and a fitting of some basic classifier on that data to run my experiments. I have recently been going through some PySpark lectures on Udemy, so I could maybe learn some more big data stuffs and get an interesting big data job someday. Woohoo. Anyway. The course was using the Titanic dataset, so I picked that up, and wrote a simple classifier for it in Pandas/Scikit. Being a popular dataset, there is also a related Kaggle for it. Which is always nice, allowing me to create everything a bit faster by using the references, and focus on the ROC investigation faster.
The above is of course just a cut off into the middle of the notebook, where I already pre-processed the data to build some set of features into the features variable, and took the prediction target (survived) into the target variable. But that is quite basic ML stuff you find in every article on the topic, and on many of the "kernels" on the Kaggle page I linked. For more details, if all else fails, check my notebook linked above.
This shows the test set has 262 rows (data items), there are 9 feature variables I am using, and the prediction probabilities are given in 2 columns. The classifier is a binary classifier, giving predictions for a given data instance as belonging to one of the two classes. In this case it is survived and not survived. True prediction equals survival, false prediction equals non-survival. The predicted_probability variable contains probabilities for false in column 0 and true in column 1. Since probability of no survival (false) is the opposite of survival (1-survival_probability, (true)), we really just need to keep one of those two columns. Because if it is not true, it has to be false. Right?
FIGURE 2. The ROC curve I nicked from Kaggle.
How to read this? In bottom left we have zero FTP, and zero TPR. This means everything is predicted as false (no survivors). This would have threshold of 100% (1.0), meaning you just classify everything as false because no-one gets over 100% probability to survive. In top right corner both TPR and FPR are 1.0, meaning you classify everyone as a survivor, and no-one as a non-survivor. So false positives are maximized as are true positives, since everyone is predicted to survive. This is a result of a threshold of 0%, and everyone gets a probability higher than 0% to survive. The blue lines indicate a point where over 95% of true positives are identified (TPR value), simultaneously leading to getting about 66% FPR. Of course, the probability threshold is not directly visible in this but has to be otherwise looked up, as we shall see in all the text I wrote below.
In the confusion matrix, there are 156 correct non-survivor predictions (true negatives), 19 wrong ones (false negatives). 62 correct survivor predictions (true positives), 25 wrong ones (false positives). The precision of the classifier is given as 0.7654320987654321 and accuracy as 0.8320610687022901.
The code above filters the predicted probabilities to get a list of values where the probability is higher than or equal to 0.5. At first look, I don't know what the numbers in the array are. However, my guess is that they are indices into the X_train array that was passed as the features to predict from. So at X_train indices 0,1,3,4,8,… are the data points predicted as true (survivors). And here we have 81 such predictions. That is the survivor predictions, how about non-survivor predictions?
So, 156 out of the 181 predicted non-survivors actually did not make it. Again, matches the confusion matrix.
This is a perfect match on the accuracy_score calculated above. So I conclude with this that I understood the default behaviour of the classifier correct. Now to use that understanding to see if I got the ROC curve correct. In FIGURE 1 far above, I showed the sklearn generated ROC curve for this dataset and this classifier. Now I need to build my own from scratch to see if I get it right.
At 1% threshold, everyone that the classifier gave a probability of 1% or higher to survive is classified as a likely survivor. In this dataset, everyone is given 1% or more survival probability. This leads to everyone being classified as a likely survivor. Since everyone is classified as survivor, this gives true positives for all 87 real survivors, but also false positives for all the 175 non-survivors. At 6% threshold, the FPR has gone down a bit, with only 169 non-survivors getting false-positives as survivors.
At the threshold high-end, the situation reverses. At threshold 94%, only 3 true survivors get classified as likely survivors. Meaning only 3 actual survivors scored a probability of 94% or more to survive from the classifier. There is one false positive at 94%, so one who was predicted to have a really high probability to survive (94%) did not. At 95% there is only one predicted survivor, which is a true positive. After that no-one scores 96% or more. Such high outliers would probably make interesting points to look into in more detail, but I won't go there in this post.
FIGURE 3. ROC curve for thresholds of 1-99% in 1% steps.
FIGURE 4. My 1-99% ROC vs sklearn ROC.
There are some very small differences in the sklearn version having more "stepped" lines, whereas the one I generated from threshold of 1-99% draws the lines a bit more straight ("smoother"). Both end up with the exact same AUC value (0.877). So I would call this ROC curve calculation solved, and claim that the actual calculations match what I made here. Solved as in I finally seem to have understood what it exactly means.
Still, loose ends are not nice. So what is causing the small difference in the ROC lines from the sklearn implementation vs my code?
In the above, I print two arrays/lists. The first one (fpr) is the sklearn array. The second one (fpr2) is the one I generated myself. The fpr2 contains many duplicate numbers one after the other, whereas fpr has much more unique numbers. My guess is, the combination of fpr and tpr, as in the sklearn values might have only unique points, whereas fpr2 and tpr2 from my code has several points repeating over multiple times.
What causes this? Looking at sklearn roc_curve method, it actually returns 3 values, and I so far only used 2 of those. The return values are for variables fpr, tpr, thr. The thr one is not yet used and is actually named thresholds in the sklearn docs. What are these thresholds?
FIGURE 5. Overlapping ROC curves with shared thresholds.
This time only one line is visible since the two are fully overlapping. So I would conclude that at least now I got also my ROC curve understanding validated. My guess is that sklearn does some nice calculations in the back for the ROC curve coordinates, to identify threshold points where there are visible changes and only providing those. While I would then use the ROC function that sklearn or whatever library I use (e.g., Spark) provides, this understanding I managed to build should help me make better use of their results.
FIGURE 6. ROC thresholds vs Accuracy.
Here a number of thresholds actually give a higher score than the 0.5 one I used as the reference for default classifier. The highest scoring thresholds being 0.5802 (58.02%) and 0.5667 (56.67%). The 0.5 threshold gets 218 predictions correct, with an accuracy of 0.8320 (matching the one from accuracy_score() at the beginning of this post). Looking at the thresholds and accuracies more generally, the ones slightly above the 0.5 threshold generally seem to do a bit better. Threshold over 0.5 but less than 0.6 seems to score best here. But there is always an exception, of course (0.515 is lower). Overall, the difference between the values is small but interesting. Is it overfitting the test data when I change the threshold and evaluate against the test data? If so, does the same consideration apply for optimizing for precision/recall using the ROC curve? Is there some other reason why the classifier would use 0.5 threshold which is not optimal? Well, my guess is, it might be a minor artefact of over/underfitting. No idea, really.
Before I forget. The title of the post was ROC/AUC. So what is area under the curve (AUC)? The curve is the ROC curve, the AUC is the area under the ROC curve. See FIGURE 7, where I used the epic Aseprite to paint the area under the FIGURE 5 ROC curve. Brilliant. AUC refers to the area covered by this part I colored, under the ROC curve. The value of AUC is calculated as the fraction of the overall area. So consider the whole box of FIGURE 7 as summing up to 1 (TPR x FPR = 1 x 1 = 1), and in this case AUC is the part marked in the figure as area = 0.877. AUC is calculated simply by calculating the size of the area under the curve vs the full box (at full size 1).
FIGURE 7. Area Under the Curve.
I believe the rationale is, the more the colored area covers, or the bigger the AUC value, the better overall performance one could expect from the classifier. As the area grows bigger, the more the classifier is able to separate true positives from false positives at different threshold values.
To me, AUC seems most useful in evaluating and comparing different machine learning algorithms. Which is also what I recall seeing it being used for. In such cases, the higher the AUC, the better overall performance you would get from the algorithm. You can then boast in your paper about having a higher overall performance metric than some other random choice.
ROC I see as mostly useful for providing extra information and an overview to help evaluate options for TPR vs FPR in different threshold configurations for a classifier. The choice and interpretation depends on the use case, of course. The usual use case in this domain is doing a test for cancer. You want to maximize your TPR so you miss out on fewer people with cancer. You can then look for your optimal location of the ROC curve to climb onto, with regards to the cost vs possibly missed cases. So you would want a high TPR there, as far as you can afford I guess. You might have a higher FPR but such is the tradeoff. In this case, the threshold would likely be lower rather than higher.
It seems harder to find examples of optimizing for low FPR with the tradeof being lower TPR as well. Perhaps one could look onto the Kaggle competitions, and pick, for example, the topic of targeted advertising. For lower FPR, you could set a higher threshold rather than lower. But your usecase could be pretty much anything, I guess.
Like I said, recently I have been looking into Spark and some algorithms seem to only give out the estimation as an AUC metric. Which is a bit odd but I guess there is some clever reason for that. I have not looked too deep into that aspect of Spark yet, probably I am just missing the right magical invocations to get all the other scores.
Some special cases are also discussed, for example, in the Fawcett paper. At some point in the curve, one classifier might have a higher point in ROC space even if having overall lower AUC value. So that some threshold would have higher value on one classifier, while other thresholds lower for the same (classifier) pair. Similarly, AUC can be higher overall but a specific classifier still better for a specific use case. Sounds a bit theoretical, but interesting.
Why is it called Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC)?
You can easily find information on the ROC curve history referencing their origins in world war 2 and radar signal detection theory. Wikipedia ROC article has some start of this history, but is quite short. As usual, Stackexchange gives a good reference. The 1953 article seems paywalled, and I do not have access. This short description describes it as being used to measure the ability of a radio receiver to produce quality readings and enabling the operator to distinguish between false positives and true positives.
Elsewhere I read it originated from Pearl Harbour attack during WW2, where they tried to analyze why the radar operators failed to see incoming attack aircraft. What do I know. The internet is full of one-liner descriptions on this topic, all circling around the same definitions but never going into sufficient details.
Well the conclusion is that this was way too long post on a simple term. And trying to read it, it is not even that clearly written. But that is what I got. It helped me think about the topic and clarify and verify what it really is. Good luck.
Practical examples of applying machine learning seem to be a bit difficult to find. So I tried to create one for a presentation I was doing on testing and data analytics. I made a review of works in the area, and just chose one for illustrate. This one tries to predict a target category to assign for an issue report. I used ARM mBed OS as a test target since it has issues available on Github and there were some people who work with it attending the presentation.
This demo "service" I created works by first training a predictive model based on a set of previous issue reports. I downloaded the reports from the issue repository. The amount of data available there was so small, I just downloaded the issues manually using the Github API that let me download the data for 100 issues at once. Automating the download should be pretty easy if needed. The amount of data is small, and there are a large number of categories to predict, so not the best for results, but serves as an example to illustrate the concept.
And no, there is no deep learning involved here, so not quite that trendy. I don't think it is all that necessary for this purpose or this size of data. But could work better of course, if you do try, post the code so we can play as well.
The Github issues API allows me to download the issues in batches. For example, to download page 12 of closed issues, with 100 issues per page, the URL to request is https://api.github.com/repos/ARMmbed/mbed-os/issues?state=closed&page=12&per_page=100. The API seems to cut it down to 100 even if using bigger values than 100. Or I just didn't quite use it right, whichever. The API docs describe the parameters quite clearly, I downloaded open and closed issues separately, even if I did not use the separation in any meaningful way in the end.
The code here is all in Python. The final classifier/prediction services code is available on my Github repository.
The above code uses the common NLTK stopwords, a set of punctuation symbols, and a few commonly occurring symbol combinations I found in the data. Since later on I clean it up with another regular expression, probably just the NLTK stopwords would suffice here as well..
Above code is intended to remove all but standard alphanumeric characters from the text, remove stop words, and tokenize the remaining text into separate words. It also splits URL's into parts as separate words. The lemmatization changes known words into their baseforms (e.g., "car" and "cars" become "car"). This just makes it easier for the machine learning algorithm to match words together. Another option is stemming, but lemmatization produces more human-friendly words so I use that.
To process those files, I need to pick only the ones with an assigned "component" value. This is what is the training target label. The algorithm is trained to predict this "component" value from the issue description, so without this label, the piece of data is not useful for training.
process the given set of files by collecting issue body text and labels.
There is a limited number of such labeled data items, as many of the downloaded issues do not have this label assigned. The print at the end of the above code shows the total number of items with the "component" label given, and the number in this dataset is 1078.
bigram = gensim.models.Phrases(all_text_tokens, min_count=5, threshold=100) # higher threshold fewer phrases.
#build whole documents from text tokens. some algorithms work on documents not tokens.
The above code uses thresholds and minimum co-occurrence counts to avoid combining every possible word with every other possible word. So only word-pairs and triplets that commonly are found to occur together are used (replaced) in the document.
#remove all targets for which we have less than 10 training samples.
And after filtering, the last four rows will have been removed. So in the end, the dataset will not have any rows with labelsl "rpc", "uvisor", "greentea-client", or "compiler". This is because I will later use stratified 5-fold cross-validation and this requires a minimum of 5 items of each. Filtering with minimum of 10 instances for a label, it is at least possible to have 2 of the least common "component" in each fold.
In a more realistic case, much more data would be needed to cover all categories, and I would also look at possibly combining some of the different categories. And rebuilding the model every now and then, depending on how much effort it is, how much new data comes in, etc.
Now, to turn the text into suitable input for a machine learning algorithm, I transform the documents into their TF-IDF presentation. Well, if you go all deep learning with LSTM and the like, this may not be necessary. But don't take my word for it, I am still trying to figure some of that out.
TF-IDF stands for term frequency (TF) – inverse document frequency (IDF). For example, if the word "bob" appears often in a document, it has a high term frequency for that document. Generally, one might consider such a word to describe that document well (or the concepts in the document). However, if the same word also appears commonly in all the documents (in the "corpus"), it is not really specific to that document, and not very representative of that document vs all other documents in the corpus. So IDF is used to modify the TF so that words that appear often in a document but less often in others in the corpus get a higher weight. And if the word appears often across many documents, it gets a lower weight. This is TF-IDF.
Traditional machine learning approaches also require a more fixed size set of input features. Since documents are of varying length, this can be a bit of an issue. Well, I believe some deep learning models also require this (e.g., CNN), while others less so (e.g., sequential models such as LSTM). Digressing. TF-IDF also (as far as I understand) results in a fixed length feature vector for all documents. Or read this on Stack Overflow and make your own mind up.
Anyway, to my understanding, the feature space (set of all features) after TF-IDF processing becomes the set of all unique words across all documents. Each of these is given a TF-IDF score for each document. For the words that do not exist in a document, the score is 0. And most documents don't have all words in them, so this results in a very "sparse matrix", where the zeroes are not really stored. That's how you can actually process some reasonable sized set of documents in memory.
#transfor all documents into TFIDF vectors.
Above code fits the vectorizer to the corpus and then transforms all the documents to their TF-IDF representations. To my understanding (from SO), the fit part counts the word occurrences in the corpus, and the transform part uses these overall counts to transform each document into TF-IDF.
In the above I am using RandomForest classifier, with a set of parameters previously tuned. I am also using 5-fold cross validation, meaning the data is split into 5 different parts. The parts are "stratified", meaning each fold has about the same percentage of each target label as the original set. This is why I removed the labels with less that 10 instances in the beginning, to have at least 2 for each class. Which is till super-tiny but thats what this example is about.
The last part of the code above also runs a prediction on one of the transformed documents just to try it out.
use this to get a set of predictions for a given issue.
:param issue: issue id from github.
This code takes as parameter an issue number for the ARM mBed Github repo. Downloads the issue data, preprocesses it similar to the training data (clean, tokenize, lemmatize, TF-IDF). This is then used as a set of features to predict the component, based on the model trained earlier.
The "predict_component" method/function can then be called from elsewhere. In my case, I made a simple web page to call it. As noted in the beginning of this post, you can find that webserver code, as well as all the code above on my Github repository.
That's pretty much it. Not very complicated to put some Python lines one after another, but knowing which lines and in which order is perhaps what takes the time to learn. Having someone else around to do it for you if you are a domain expert (e.g., testing, software engineering or similar in this case) is handy, but it can also be useful to have some idea of what happens, or how the algorithms in general work.
Something I left out in all the above was the code to try out different classifiers and their parameters. So I will just put it below for reference.
In above code, "top_tfidf_feats" prints the top words with highest TF-IDF score for a document. So in a sense, it prints the words that TF-IDF has determined to be most uniquely representing that document.
The "show_most_informative_features" prints the top features that a given classifier has determined to be most descriptive/informative for distinguishing target labels. This only works for certain classifiers, which have such simple co-efficients (feature weights). Such as multinomial naive-bayes (MultinomialNB below).
In the code above, I use loops to run through the parameters. There is also something called GridSearch in the Python libraries, as well as RandomSearch (for cases where trying all combos is expensive). But I prefer the ability to control the loops, print out whatever I like and all that.
The above code also shows two ways I tried to train/evaluate the RandomForest parameters. First is with k-fold, latter with single test-train split. I picked MultinomialNB and RandomForest because some internet searching gave me the impression they might work reasonably well for unbalanced class sets such as this one. Of course the final idea is always to try and see what works.. This worked quite fine for me. Or so it seems, machine learning seems to be always about iterating stuffs and learning and updating as you go. More data could change this all, or maybe finding some mistake, or having more domain or analytics knowledge, finding mismatching results, or anything really.
What the unbalanced refers to is the number of instances of different components in this dataset, some "components" have many bug repots, while others much less. For many learning algorithms this seems to be an issue. Some searches indicated RandomForest should be fairly robust for this type so this is also one reason I used it.
Running the above code to experiment with the parameters also produced some slightly concerning results. The accuracy for the classifier ranged from 30% to 95% with smallish parameters changes. I would guess that also speaks for the small dataset causing potential issues. Also re-running the same code would give different classifications for new (unseen) instances. Which is what you might expect when I am not setting the randomization seed. But then I would also expect the accuracy to vary somewhat, which it didn't. So just don't take this as more than an example of how you might apply ML for some SW testing related tasks. Take it to highlight the need to always learn more, try more things, and get a decent amount of data, evolve models constantly, etc. And post some comments on all the things you think are wrong in this post/code so we can verify the approach of learning and updating all the time :).
In any case, I hope the example is useful for giving an idea of one way how machine learning could be applied in software testing related aspects. Now write me some nice LSTM or whatever is the latest trend in deep learning models, figure out any issues in my code, or whatever, and post some comments. Cheers.
Previously I wrote about a few experiments I ran with topic-modelling. I briefly glossed over having some results for a set of Finnish text as an example of a smaller dataset. This is a bit deeper look into that..
I use two datasets, the Finnish wikipedia dump, and the city of Oulu board minutes. Same ones I used before. Previously I covered topic modelling more generally, so I won't go into too much detail here. To summarize, topic modelling algorithms (of which LDA or Latent Dirilect Allocation is used here) find sets of words with different distributions over sets of documents. These are then called the "topics" discussed in those documents.
This post looks at how to use topic models for a different language (besides English) and what could one maybe do with the results.
Lemmatize (turn words into baseforms before use) or not? I choose to lemmatize for topic modelling. This seems to be the general consensus when looking up info on topic modelling, and in my experience it just gives better results as the same word appears only once. I covered POS tagging previously, and I believe it would be useful to apply here as well, but I don't. Mostly because it is not needed to test these concepts, and I find the results are good enough without adding POS tagging to the mix (which has its issues as I discussed before). Simplicity is nice.
I used the Python Gensim package for building the topic models. As input, I used the Finnish Wikipedia text and the city of Oulu board minutes texts. I used my existing text extractor and lemmatizer for these (to get the raw text out of the HTML pages and PDF docs, and to baseform them, as discussed in my previous posts). I dumped the lemmatized raw text into files using slight modifications of my previous Java code and the read the docs from those files as input to Gensim in a Python script.
The format of the topic list I used here is "topicX=word1[count] word2[count]", where X is the number of the topic, word1 is the first word in the topic, word2 the second, and so on. The [count] is how many times the word was associated with the topic in different documents. Consider it the strength, weight, or whatever of the word in the topic.
topic0 = mostly website related terms, interleaved with a few odd ones. Examples of odd ones; "liivi" = vest, "luku" = number/chapter (POS tagging would help differentiate), "murre" = dialect.
topic1 = mostly Finnish language related terms. "viro" = estonia = slightly odd to have here. It is the closest related language to Finnish but still..
topic3 = another Finnish language reated topic. Odd one here is "kasvi" = plant. Generally this seems to be more related to words and their forms, where as topic1 maybe more about structure and relations.
Overall, I think this would improve given more passes over the corpus to train the model. This would give the algorithm more time and data to refine the model. I only ran it with one pass here since the training for more topics and with more passes started taking days and I did not have the resources to go there.
My guess is also that with more data and more broader concepts (Wikipedia covering pretty much every topic there is..) you would also need more topics that the 50 I used here. However, I had to limit the size due to time and resource constraints. Gensim probably also has more advanced tuning options (e..g, parallel runs) that would benefit the speed. So I tried a few more sizes and passes with the smaller Oulu city board dataset, as it was faster to run.
The word "oulu" repeats in most of the topics. This is quite natural as all the documents are from the board of the city of Oulu. Depending on the use case for the topics, it might be useful to add this word to the list of words to be removed in the pre-cleaning phase for the documents before running the topic modelling algorithm. Or it might be useful information, along with the weight of the word inside the topic. Depends.
topic0 = generally about the board structure. For example, "kaupunki"=city, "kaupunginhallitus"=city board, "päivämäärä"=date, "päätösesitys"=proposal for decision.
topic1 = Mostly city service related words. For example, "kunta" = county, "palvelu" = service, "asiakaspalvelu" = customer service, "myös" = also, so something to add to the cleaners again.
topic2 = School related. For example, "koulu" = school, "tukea" = support, … Sharing again common words such as "kaupunki" = city, which may also be considered for removal or not depending on the case.
topic10 = mostly garbage related to HTML formatting and website link structures. still a real topic of course, so nicely identified.. I think something to consider to add to the cleaning list for pre-processing.
topic12 = Seems related to some city finance related consultation (perlacon seems to be such as company) and associated event (the forum). With a bunch of meeting dates.
So in general, I guess reasonably good results but in real applications, several iterations of fine-tuning the words, the topic modelling algorithm parameters, etc. based on the results would be very useful.
So that was the city minutes topics for a smaller set of topics and more passes. What does it look for 100 topics, and how does the number of passes over the corpus affect the larger size? more passes should give the algorithm more time to refine the topics, but smaller datasets might not have so many good topics..
Without going too much into translating every word, I would say these results are too spread out, so from this, for this dataset, it seems a smaller set of topics would do better. This also seems to be visible in the word counts/strengths in the [square brackets]. The topics with small weights also seem pretty poor topics, while the ones with bigger weights look better (just my opinion of course :)). Maybe something to consider when trying to explore the number of topics etc.
Even the smaller topics here seem much better now with the increase in passes over the corpus. So perhaps the real difference just comes from having enough passes over the data, giving the algorithms more time and data to refine the models. At least I would not try without multiple passes based on comparing the results here of 1 vs 20 passes.
For example, topic2 here has small numbers but still all items seem related to grey market economy. Similarly, topic7 has small numbers but the words are mostly related to arts and culture.
So to summarize, it seems lemmatizing your words, exploring your parameters, and ensuring to have a decent amount of data and decent number of passes for the algorithm are all good points. And properly cleaning your data, and iterating over the process many times to get these right (well, as "right"as you can).
To answer my "research questions" from the beginning: topic modelling for different languages and use cases for topic modelling.
First, lemmatize all your data (I prefer it over stemming but it can be more resource intensive). Clean all your data from the typical stopwords for your language, but also for your dataset and domain. Run the models and analysis several times, and keep refining your list of removed words to clean also based on your use case, your dataset and your domain. Also likely need to consider domain specific lemmatization rules as I already discussed with POS tagging.
Secondly, what use cases did I find looking at topic modelling use cases online? Actually, it seems really hard to find concrete actual reports of uses for topic models. Quora has usually been promising but not so much this time. So I looked at reports in the published research papers instead, trying to see if any companies were involved as well.
Bug localization, as in finding locations of bugs in source code is investigated here. Source code (comments, source code identifiers, etc) is modelled as topics, which are mapped to a query created from a bug report.
Matching duplicates of documents in here. Topic distributions over bug reports are used to suggest duplicate bug reports. Not exact duplicates but describing the same bug. If the topic distributions are close, flag them as potentially discussing the same "topic" (bug).
Ericsson has used topic models to map incoming bug reports to specific components. To make resolving bugs easier and faster by automatically assigning them to (correct) teams for resolution. Large historical datasets of bug reports and their assignments to components are used to learn the topic models. Topic distributions of incoming bug reports are used to give probability rankings for the bug report describing a specific component, in comparison to topic distributions of previous bug reports for that component. Topic distributions are also used as explanatory data to present to the expert looking at the classification results. Later, different approaches are reported at Ericsson as well. So just to remind that topic models are not the answer to everything, even if useful components and worth a try in places.
In cyber security, this uses topic models to describe users activity as distributions over the different topics. Learn topic models from user activity logs, describe each users typical activity as a topic distribution. If a log entry (e.g., session?) diverges too much from this topic distribution for the user, flag it as an anomaly to investigate. I would expect simpler things could work for this as well, but as input for anomaly detection, an interesting thought.
Tweet analysis is popular in NLP. This is an example of high-level tweet topic classification: Politics, sports, science, … Useful input for recommendations etc., I am sure. A more targeted domain specific example is of using topics in Typhoon related tweet analysis and classification: Worried, damage, food, rescue operations, flood, … useful input for situation awareness, I would expect. As far as I understood, topic models were generated, labeled, and then users (or tweets) assigned to the (high-level) topics by topic distributions. Tweets are very small documents, so that is something to consider, as discussed in those papers.
Use of topics models in biomedicine for text analysis. To find patterns (topic distributions) in papers discussing specific genes, for example. Could work more broadly as one tool to explore research in an area, to find clusters of concepts in broad sets of research papers on a specific "topic" (here a research on a specific gene). Of course, there likely exist number of other techniques to investigate for that as well, but topic models could have potential.
Generally labelling and categorizing large number of historical/archival documents to assist users in search. Build topic models, have experts review them, and give the topics labels. Then label your documents based on their topic distributions.
Bit further outside the box, split songs into segments based on their acoustic properties, and use topic modelling to identify different categories/types of music in large song databases. Then explore the popularity of such categories/types over time based on topic distributions over time. So the segments are your words, and the songs are your documents.
Finding image duplicates of images in large data sets. Use image features as words, and images as documents. Build topic models from all the images, and find similar types of images by their topic distributions. Features could be edges, or even abstract ones such as those learned by something like a convolutional neural nets. Assists in image search I guess..
Most of these uses seem to be various types of search assistance, with a few odd ones thinking outside the box. With a decent understanding, and some exploration, I think topic models can be useful in many places. The academics would sayd "dude XYZ would work just as well". Sure, but if it does the job for me, and is simple and easy to apply..
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Jack Sigler, Callsign: King, has been a lot of things in his life. A soldier, a father, a hero. But now he's taking up a new title: guardian.
After a life fighting billionaire madmen, terrorists, and unnatural threats, he's stuck thousands of years in the past, using his knowledge of history and modern warfare to right wrongs and stand up for those in need.
When he meets a 12-year-old boy - the prince of the Babylonian Empire - who is to be sacrificed to the ancient goddess Tiamat by a twisted High Priest, King steps in, sword swinging. But what starts as a simple snatch-and-grab, quickly turns into a pitched battle against a legion of men and hideous creatures. As Tiamat rises from her ancient resting place, the fate of the world - and King's future - is at stake.
Trapped millennia in the past and gifted with regenerative abilities, King must live out the centuries until he returns to his own time and his family. The Jack Sigler Continuum series tells the events that occurred in King's life as a result of the full-length novel, Omega, but no prior reading is required to enjoy the Continuum series. Each story will be a standalone adventure, and a great jumping-on point.
Jack Sigler: Continuum, Book 1
Autor: Jeremy Robinson, J. Kent Holloway
Jack Sigler, Callsign: King, has been a lot of things in his life. A soldier, a father, a hero. But now he's taking up a new title: guardian. After a life fighting billionaire madmen, terrorists, and unnatural threats, he's stuck thousands of years in the past, using his knowledge of history and modern warfare to right wrongs and stand up for those in need.
Patriot: A Jack Sigler Continuum Novella
Sometimes, the cost of immortality is too high…. The year is 1775, and the first rumblings of the American Revolution are only just being felt. But the War for Independence may be over before it even begins. When General George Washington learns of a daring expedition by British troops to discover a place of ultimate power - and the key to immortality itself - he knows that to salvage the war effort, his forces must get there first. And to find the legend, Washington must employ a legend - an immortal pirate....
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The distribution of species of aerobic chemolitho-autotrophic microorganisms such as ammonia-oxidizing bacteria are governed by pH, salinity, and temperature as well as the availability of oxygen, ammonium, carbon dioxide, and other inorganic elements required for growth. Impounded mangrove forests in the Indian River Lagoon, a coastal estuary on the east coast of Florida, are dominated by mangroves, especially stands of Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) that differ in the size and density of individual plants. In March 2009, the management of one impoundment was changed to a regime of pumping estuarine water into the impoundment at critical times of the year to eliminate breeding sites for noxious insects. We collected soil samples in three different Black mangrove habitats before and after the change in management to determine the impacts of the altered hydrologic regimes on the distribution of 16s rRNA genes belonging to ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria (β-AOB). We also sampled soils in an adjacent impoundment in which there had not been any hydrologic alteration. At the level of 97% mutual similarity in the 16s rRNA gene, 13 different operational taxonomic units were identified; the majority related to the lineages of Nitrosomonas marina (45% of the total clones), Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143 (23%), and Nitrosospira cluster 1 (19%). Long-term summer flooding of the impoundment in 2009, after initiation of the pumping regime, reduced the percentage of N. marina by half between 2008 and 2010 in favor of the two other major lineages and the potential ammonia-oxidizing activity decreased by an average of 73%. Higher interstitial salinities, probably due to a prolonged winter drought, had a significant effect on the composition of the β-AOB in March 2009 compared to March 2008: Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143 was replaced by Nitrosospira cluster 1 as the second most important lineage. There were small, but significant differences in the bacterial communities between the flooded and non-flooded impoundments. There were also differences in the community composition of the bacteria in the three Black mangrove habitats. N. marina was most dominant in all three habitats, but was partly replaced by Nitrosospira cluster 1 in sites dominated by sparsely distributed trees and by Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143 in sites characterized by taller, more densely distributed Black mangrove trees.
Aerobic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea play an important role in the global nitrogen cycle by converting ammonium to nitrite (Kowalchuk and Stephen, 2001; Schleper and Nicol, 2010). Nitrite can then be further oxidized to nitrate by nitrite-oxidizing bacteria or used as an electron acceptor in a large number of microbial and chemical redox reactions. The diversity of aerobic AOB is limited to a small number of genera within the classes of the beta- and gammaproteobacteria (Kowalchuk and Stephen, 2001) but, based on studies applying the phylogenetic 16s rRNA gene and the functional amoA gene, the ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria (β-AOB) are widely distributed and occur in many habitats. The studies that have been reported also demonstrated that their abundance is influenced by the prevailing environmental conditions. On the basis of the 16S rRNA gene, for example, it was shown that sequences belonging to the Nitrosomonas oligotropha lineage dominated in the more frequently flooded and actively nitrifying habitats in tidal freshwater wetlands, whereas sequences related to the Nitrosospira lineage were more abundant in habitats that were less frequently flooded and less active in relation to ammonium oxidation (Laanbroek and Speksnijder, 2008).
Mangroves are tree-dominated intertidal wetlands along tropical and subtropical coastlines with a specialized flora adapted to waterlogged and saline conditions. Mangroves are often found in distinct zones of different species and stature (Feller et al., 2003; Lovelock and Feller, 2003) with temperature, salinity, frequency of tidal inundation, soil texture, degree of soil anoxia, pH, predation, and competition being factors that account for the zonation (Alongi, 2008). Nutrient availability also varies spatially in mangroves and plays a key role in their size and distribution (Feller et al., 2003). Research on the abundance and diversity of AOB in mangroves has been limited to studies of polluted and rehabilitated mangrove sediments in Southeast Asia (Wickramasinghe et al., 2009; Cao et al., 2011b; Li et al., 2011). Hence, there is little information about the distribution and abundance of AOB in mangroves at the global scale and even less is known about the abundance and distribution of AOB in relation to spatial variations of mangrove species and the factors that control their distribution and growth.
Almost all mangroves in the Indian River Lagoon of Florida were impounded, primarily between 1954 and 1970, to control noxious salt-marsh mosquitoes and biting midges (Rey and Kain, 1991; Brockmeyer et al., 1997). In later years culverts were placed in the dikes around the impoundments to restore limited tidal exchange and in a few impoundments, tropical storms destroyed sections of the dikes resulting in increased tidal exchange with the estuary.
In 2008 we initiated a study to determine the effects of altered hydrologic conditions on ecological characteristics of mangroves. The study was made possible because the St. Lucie County Mosquito Control and Coastal Management Services1 had developed plans to alter the hydrology of one impoundment by pumping water into it during the season when nuisance insects were most problematic. We hypothesized that the hydrological changes would give rise to changes in ecological processes in the mangroves, including the growth rates of mangroves, the rates of nitrogen cycling, and the community composition of the AOB.
Here we report on the diversity of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria before, during, and after the changes in hydrology in three different Black mangrove habitats, i.e., locations with dwarf, sparse, and dense trees. We tested the hypotheses that changes in soil characteristics associated with habitat type and management-directed flooding for insect control would alter the community structure of the ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria and thereby the rates of potential ammonia-oxidizing activity.
Soil samples were collected in March 2008, 2009, and 2010 in two mangrove-dominated impoundments (27°33′N, 80°19′W) in the Indian River Lagoon, a coastal sub-estuary, located on North Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County, FL, USA. The climatic conditions and subsoil characteristics of the study area have been previously described (Stringer, 2010; Stringer et al., 2010). Most of the mangroves in the Indian River Lagoon were impounded between 1954 and 1970 to control numbers of salt-marsh mosquitoes and biting midges. Following the establishment of the impoundments, most of the mangroves died. Subsequently, breaches in the dikes as a result of hurricanes and the installation of culverts through the dikes resulted in the restoration of tidal exchange between the impoundments and the estuary. Since the restoration of tidal exchange, mangrove-dominated vegetation has re-established in the impoundments (Brockmeyer et al., 1997). Avicennia germinans L. (Black mangrove) was the dominant species in both impoundments (Feller et al., 2003; Lovelock and Feller, 2003). However, the heights of the mangroves differed. The tallest mangroves occurred in the wettest habitats and at the upland-wetland border, while the shortest trees occurred in areas where the soil salinities were very high (18). Other abundant species throughout the impoundments were Conocarpus erectus (Button bush), Batis maritima (Saltwort), Salicornia virginica (Glasswort), and Salicornia bigelovii (Dwarf glasswort).
The March 2008 sampling represented conditions in the two impoundments prior to the pumping of estuarine water into Impoundment 24. In March 2009, rotational impoundment management (i.e., seasonal flooding by pumping water into the impoundment from the lagoon) was initiated and it coincided with our soil sampling. During the period of rotational pumping of estuarine water (March–October) much of the impoundment had standing water; at other times, water levels were allowed to fluctuate naturally through the culverts. Due to the changes in management practice initiated in March 2009, groundwater levels changed substantially in Impoundment 24. Water levels also changed in Impoundment 23 (Stringer, 2010) demonstrating that the impoundments, which are immediately adjacent to each other, were hydrologically connected by groundwater that flows beneath the dike that separated them. Changes in groundwater levels were greatest in Impoundment 24, but were evident throughout Impoundment 23, with the magnitude of the changes diminishing with distance within Impoundment 23 from Impoundment 24 (M. Rains, pers. comm.).
The soil samples that were collected for the analysis of the diversity of β-AOB were obtained at sites within each impoundment that had been the focus of earlier experiments (Feller et al., 2003; Whigham et al., 2009). All sampled sites were within 500 m of the dike between both impoundments and they were dominated by A. germinans L. (Black mangrove). One of the habitats sampled was referred to as "dwarf Black mangrove" or "dwarf" (Feller et al., 2003; Lovelock and Feller, 2003) because average tree height was less than 1 m and tree density was low resulting in less than 30% canopy coverage. Another Black mangrove-dominated habitat was located between the areas dominated by dwarf trees and wetter habitats that had taller trees. We refer to this habitat as "sparse Black mangrove" or "sparse." Tree height in the sparse habitat averaged 1.8 m and tree density resulted in a canopy coverage that ranged from 30 to 80%. The third Black mangrove-dominated habitat, hereafter called "dense Black mangrove" or "dense," had trees that averaged 3.6 m in height and the tree density resulted in a canopy coverage of greater than 80%. Within each impoundment, we selected five locations in each of the three habitats resulting in a total of 30 locations where soil samples were collected.
In the March 2008, 2009, and 2010 sampling periods, three soil cores (3.9 cm diameter and 10 cm long) were collected at each of the 30 sites. The sample locations were within 1-m of a Black mangrove that was being monitored for growth and leaf nitrogen content. Samples were collected with an aluminum tube that was sharpened at one end. The cores were immediately sealed at both ends with rubber stoppers and transported to the laboratory. One of the cores was used for removal of pore water that was analyzed for salinity, and pH. The top 10-cm of the two other cores were combined and thoroughly mixed by hand and subsequently sub-sampled for the determination of moisture content, for measurements of potential rates of nitrification, and for the analysis of the community structure of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria (β-AOB). Samples for the genetic analyses of the β-AOB were freeze-dried and stored until further analyses.
To estimate the numbers of active ammonia-oxidizing cells in the soil samples, potential ammonia-oxidizing activities (PAAs) were determined in slurries of 20 g fresh weight soil mixed with 50 ml of mineral medium containing ammonium at a final concentration of 1 mM, according to the protocol of Belser and Mays (1980), as modified by Verhagen and Laanbroek (1991). Salinities of the mineral media were adapted to the pore water salinity of each individual sample. The linear production of nitrite plus nitrate over time under optimal conditions of substrate, pH, and temperature was taken as a measure of the potential rate of ammonium oxidation. Measurements were performed within 16 h after collection of the soil samples and the rates were followed for 6 h with 90 min sampling intervals.
Environmental DNA was extracted from the 0.5 g freeze-dried soil samples. The samples were homogenized by vortexing with 1 ml cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) buffer (Zhou et al., 1996) and 0.5 g sterilized zirconia–silica beads (diameter 0.1 mm). The homogenized samples were subsequently subjected to disruption by bead-beating at a 5.0-m/s rotation for 60 s. After the addition of 5 μl proteinase K (20 mg/ml), the samples were incubated for 30 min at 37°C, and then vortexed after 15 min. After the addition of 150 μl of a 20% SDS solution, the samples were incubated for 1 h at 65°C in a Thermoblock apparatus and vortexed every 15–20 min. After centrifugation at 10,000 × g for 10 min, 600 μl of supernatant was collected in 2-ml screw-cap tubes. The rest of the sample was re-extracted with 450 μl CTAB buffer and 50 μl of a 20% SDS solution, vortexed for 10 s, incubated for 10 min at 65°C, and centrifuged at 6,000 × g for 10 min. Again, 600 μl was collected, added to the previously extracted supernatant, mixed with 1 ml phenol–chloroform–isoamyl alcohol solution (25:24:1, vol/vol/vol), and centrifuged at 6,000 × g for 10 min. One milliliter of supernatant was collected and placed into a new screw-cup tube containing 700 μl isopropanol, and the tube was incubated for 1 h at 24°C. After 20 min of centrifugation at 15,000 × g, the isopropanol was decanted and the pellet was resuspended and washed with 1 ml 70% cold ethanol. This was followed by 5 min of centrifugation at 15,000 × g, decantation of the ethanol, drying of the pellet under vacuum centrifugation, and finally, resuspension in 100 μl water (Sigma). Quantification was done with 2-μl DNA samples and a ND-1000 apparatus (Nanodrop Technology, Wilmington, DE, USA). DNA could not be obtained from four soil samples. These samples were all from Impoundment 23 in different years and mangrove habitats: one sample was from the zone with dwarf Black mangrove trees; three were from the "dense" habitat.
Extracted DNA was amplified by nested procedure using two 16s rRNA gene primer sets specific for the majority of the betaproteobacterial AOB, i.e., the βAMO161f and βAMO1301r primer set of McCaig et al. (1994) and the CTO189f and CTO654r primer set of Kowalchuk et al. (1997). One hundred nanograms of purified DNA was used as template for a 50-μl PCR mixture containing 1× Mg-free buffer (Invitrogen Corp., Carlsbad, CA, USA), 0.5 μM of each primer, 200 μM of each deoxynucleotide triphosphate, 1.75 mM MgCl2, 400 ng/μl bovine serum albumin, 1.25 U GoTaq Hot Start Polymerase (Promega). The thermocycling program for both steps consisted of 2 min of denaturation at 95°C followed by 35 cycles of 30 s of denaturation at 95°C; 30 s of specific annealing at 59°C (βAMO primer set) or at 57°C (CTO primer set) and 45 s of elongation at 72°C; 5 min of final elongation was performed for all reactions. Nested amplifications of 25 cycles were performed with the primer set CTO189f and CTO654r on 1:100 dilutions of PCR products from the βAMO primer set. All reactions were verified by UV illumination of 1% agarose gels stained in a gel red or ethidium bromide solution.
Polymerase chain reaction fragments were ligated into the pGEM T-vector system (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA) and transformed into JM109 competent E. coli cells (Promega) according to the manufacturers' instructions. Transformed colonies were screened for inserts of the correct size by PCR. In total 90 clone libraries were created comprising 8 −32 clones each. The number of clones was based on the number of bands detected by provisional DGGE analyses of the nested PCR products. Representative clones of the libraries were amplified with vector primers T7 and SP6 and PCR products were tested by standard preparative agarose gel electrophoresis. To ensure sequence read without ambiguities, vector products were sequenced with sufficient overlap of sequencing reads using the T7 and SP6 vector primers (Promega). Sequencing reactions were performed by Macrogen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sequences were aligned and checked for chimeras using Sequencher 4.1 (Gene Codes Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI, USA). The resulting contigs were visually inspected and ambiguities manually resolved. Low quality contigs were removed from the dataset. After removing sequences of insufficient length or quality, the remaining 844 sequences were further analyzed. The aligned sequences were clustered in operational taxonomic units (OTUs) with the cluster program of MOTHUR software version 1.18.1 (Schloss et al., 2009). In addition, MOTHUR was also used for establishing rarefaction curves and group (i.e., OTU) representatives. OTUs at the level of 97% mutual similarity in their 16S rRNA gene sequences (418 bp) were chosen for further analyses. Sequence identification of the OTU-representatives was done by the BLASTN facility from the National Center for Biotechnology Information2. The partial 16SrRNA gene sequences were submitted to the GenBank database under accession numbers JQ725556–JQ726359.
Analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) between communities of β-AOB obtained from different impoundments, years, and mangrove habitats was done with the PRIMER software version 5.2.9 (Primer-E, Plymouth, UK). The same software was used for non-parametric multi-dimensional scaling of the β-AOB communities and for linking the community distribution to the measured environmental parameters (BIOENV).
The values for the PAAs obtained for the different impoundments, sampling years, and mangrove habitats were analyzed with the STATISTICA software version 10 (StatSoft, Inc., Tulsa, OK, USA). A non-parametric Spearman rank correlation analysis between the potential ammonia oxidation activities and other soil characteristics was performed with the same software package.
Soil moisture content in the three habitats in 2010 was significantly higher than the moisture content measured in 2009 (Figures 1A,B; ANOVA on log-transformed data: F = 4.01, p = 0.0223). There were no significant differences in soil moisture between 2008 and 2009 or between 2008 and 2010. There were no significant differences in soil moisture between the two impoundments but there were significant habitat differences (ANOVA on log-transformed data: F = 29.12, p = 0.0000); with increasing moisture in soils from the dwarf habitat compared to soils from sparse and dense habitats, respectively (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Average soil moisture content (A,B), pore water salinity (C,D), and pore water pH (E,F) in the samples collected in the three habitats in impoundments 23 (A,C,E) and 24 (B,D,F). Mangrove habitats are indicated by different colors: Blue = dwarf, red = sparse, and green = dense; SE in brackets.
Pore water salinity differed significantly between years with significant higher values in 2009 (Figures 1C,D; Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric ANOVA: H = 48.7758, p = 0.0000). Pore water salinity did not differ significantly between impoundments or the three habitats (Figures 1C,D).
Pore water pH differed between years with significantly lower values in 2010 after the estuarine water was pumped into Impoundment 24 (Figures 1E,F; ANOVA: F = 10.32, p = 0.0001). Again, there were no significant differences between impoundments, but pH differed across the three habitats (ANOVA on log-transformed data: F = 29.12, p = 0.0000) with significantly lower values in the dense mangrove habitat.
Matching the soil characteristics of the three mangrove habitat types with the community compositions of the AOB resulted in Spearman Rank correlations of 0.028, 0.011, and −0.034 for soil moisture content, salinity, and pore water pH, respectively.
The activity of potential AOB declined significantly (Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric ANOVA: H = 19.5664, p = 0.0001) between 2008 and 2009 (Figure 2). Activity levels were lowest in 2010 but the differences between 2009 and 2010 were not significant. PAAs were not significantly different between impoundments or habitats. Testing the relationship between PAAs and the three habitats yielded a Spearman Rank correlation of 0.108.
Figure 2. Average potential ammonia-oxidizing activities measured in soil suspensions collected from three different habitats characterized by dwarf (blue bars), sparse (red bars), or dense (green bars) Avicennia germinans. Soils were collected in March 2008, 2009, and 2010 in impoundments 23 and 24 in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. SE are presented in brackets.
Based on 97% mutual similarity between the 16S rRNA genes (418 bp), the 844 qualified sequences could be classified into 13 different OTUs. Due to differences in sequence quality the numbers of approved clones differed among impoundments, sampling years, and mangrove habitats (Table 1). Accounting for 45% of the total clones, OTU01 was the most numerous OTU and had the highest relative numbers in Impoundment 24, the dwarf habitat and in 2008 (Figures 3–5). With 23% of the total, OTU04 was the second most numerous and had the highest relative abundances in Impoundment 24 and the dense habitat. Its relative abundances were similar in 2008 and 2010 and lower in 2009. The third most important OTU was OTU06 with 19% of the total clones. The relatively abundance of OTU06 was lowest in Impoundment 23 and in 2008 and much higher in the sparse habitat. The relative abundances of the other OTUs were much lower and with the exception of OTU02 and OTU03, the minor OTUs were often absent in replicate samples of the impoundments, sampling years and habitats (Table 1).
Table 1. Distribution of clones related to ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria over the different operational taxonomic units (OTUs), impoundments, sampling years, and Black mangrove habitats.
Figure 3. Frequency distribution of different operational taxonomic units (OTUs) representing ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria. Soil samples had been taken in a non-flooded (number 23) and a rotationally flooded (number 24) Black mangrove-dominated impoundments in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Different colors indicate different OTUs.
With three exceptions, the OTUs were present in both impoundments (Table 1). OTU01 contributed most (i.e., 34% of all OTUs) to the dissimilarities between both impoundments. OTU06 and OTU04 added 25 and 23%, respectively to these dissimilarities, while the other OTUs were less important for the dissimilarity between the impoundments. The major OTUs were present in all years (Table 1). Some minor OTUs were only enumerated in one of the years. Figure 4 shows the frequency distributions of the OTUs for the three years. With 35% of the total OTUs on average, OTU01 contributed most to the dissimilarities between the years. In addition, OTU04 and OTU06 accounted each for 25% on average, to the dissimilarities between the years with OTU04 being most important for dissimilarities between 2008 and 2010 and OTU06 between 2008 and 2009 and between 2009 and 2010. The dwarf and sparse habitats did not contain unique OTUs (Table 1). OTU01 was most abundant in the dwarf habitat samples whereas OTU06 and OTU04 had the highest relative abundances in the sparse and dense habitats, respectively (Figure 5). Of all OTUs, OTU01 contributed the most to differences between the dwarf and sparse habitats and between the dwarf and dense habitats (38% both). OTU06 was the second most abundant OTU that contributed to the differences between the dwarf and sparse habitats (27%) and OTU04 also contributed to differences between the dwarf and dense habitats (29%). OTU01, OTU04, and OTU06 contributed equally to the dissimilarity between the sparse and dense habitats (29, 30, and 26%, respectively).
Figure 4. Frequency distribution of different operational taxonomic units (OTUs) representing ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria. Soil samples had been taken in three subsequent years (2008–2010) in two Black mangrove-dominated impoundments in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Different colors indicate different OTUs.
Figure 5. Frequency distribution of different operational taxonomic units (OTUs) representing ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria. Soil samples had been taken in three different habitats (dwarf, sparse, dense) dominated by Black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) in two impoundments in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Different colors indicate different OTUs.
Sequences of the clones being representative for the different OTUs according to the MOTHUR analysis showed close relationship with uncultured clones originating from mostly estuarine and marine habitats (Table 2). Exceptions were the closest relative of OTU01 that were found in a saline wetland in Chile and OTU09 and OTU10 that were encountered in nitrifying bioreactors. All OTUs were similar to uncultured clones at a level of at least 97%. The number of lineages of β-AOB to which the OTUs belonged was rather limited. Only the lineages of Nitrosomonas aestuarii/Nitrosomonas marina, Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143, Nitrosomonas europaea, and Nitrosospira emerged from the search. OTUs belonging to the N. aestuarii/N. marina lineage, further referred as N. marina lineage, were by far the most numerous (Table 2), followed by OTUs identified as being related to Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143 and Nitrosospira lineages. Only 14 out of 844 sequences belonged to the two OTUs related to N. europaea and they originated from a restricted number of soil samples in 2009 (Table 1).
Table 2. Operational taxonomical units (OTUs) affiliated to ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria recovered from mangrove soils and their most close relatives as retrieved from BLAST search.
Operational taxonomic units of β-AOB do not appear in single populations but in communities usually composed of different OTUs. In 16 of the 90 soil samples analyzed a single OTU of β-AOB was enumerated. The number of sequences obtained from the soil samples was variable with numbers ranging from 0 to 24, with an average of 10. The variable number of sequences per sample or community made it difficult to compare the community structure of the β-AOB. Hence, absolute numbers of sequences were converted to percentages of OTUs in the different soil samples; samples containing less than 5 sequences were arbitrarily excluded from further analyses, as small differences in these numbers will have a large effect on the relative distribution of OTUs.
Based on a pair-wise ANOSIM, the communities present in Impoundment 23 were significantly different from those detected in Impoundment 24 (Table 3), but the difference was small (R-value close to zero). The comparison between years did not yield a significant time effect on the distribution of β-AOB, although the communities in 2008 were slightly different from those in 2010 (Table 3). The β-AOB community composition differed significantly between habitats with the greatest difference between the dwarf habitat and the other two (Table 3).
Table 3. Pair-wise similarities among communities of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria as obtained from an analysis of similarity (ANOSIM) between impoundments, sampling years, and habitats of Black mangroves.
Overall, the communities of the β-AOB were significant different between the three mangrove habitats. Hence, the hypothesis that environmental factors that determine differences in the growth, stature, and density of Black mangroves also affect the community composition of the β-AOB was confirmed. Communities in the dwarf mangrove habitat were more different from the communities in the sparse and dense mangrove habitats and the latter two were more similar to each other. Whigham et al. (Feller et al., 2003) showed that, although all mangrove habitats were limited by nitrogen availability, this limitation was most severe in the dwarf Black mangrove habitat. The degree of nitrogen limitation was expected to also have a selective pressure on the community composition of the β-AOB (Bollmann et al., 2002).
Overall, the communities of the β-AOB were slightly different in the two impoundments (Table 3), which may have been due to differences in management (i.e., the pumping of estuarine water into Impoundment 24) or to small differences in the characteristics of the vegetation in the two impoundments. There were only salt pans, i.e., habitats with no other plant species than Black mangroves, in Impoundment 24 before the flooding of March 2009 started. In Impoundment 23 the dwarf Black mangroves were always more intermingled with other shrub plants.
The hypothesis that flooding of Impoundment 24 would affect the composition of the betaproteobacterial community was not unequivocally confirmed. Although the communities changed significantly between 2008 and 2010, the change between March 2009 and March 2010, a period during which estuarine water was pumped into the impoundment for several months, was not significant. A non-significant change in the community composition did occur between 2008 and 2009, during which time east Florida experienced a prolonged winter drought leading to extremely low groundwater levels in the two impoundments (M. Rains, pers. comm.). Despite the winter drought of 2008/2009, the soil moisture content at the sampling sites was not significantly different between March 2008 and March 2009. Soil moisture increased significantly between 2009 and 2010 as a result of the pumping that was initiated the exact time that we sampled the sites in 2009. At the time of our 2009 sampling, however, the impacts of the addition of water to Impoundment 24 had not yet resulted in a change in soil moisture. Independent of sampling year, we found a consistent pattern of significantly increasing soil moisture from the dwarf habitat to the dense Black mangrove habitat with intermediate soil moisture content in the sparse mangrove habitat.
One might be surprised that flooding had only a limited effect on the community composition of the β-AOB. Since flooding will limit oxygen availability in the soil, it will also repress the activity of these obligate-aerobic bacteria. Hence, changes in community composition under flooded, oxygen-restricted conditions can only be due to differences in survival between the different lineages.
In addition to the change in community composition of the β-AOB between March 2008 and 2009, the activity levels of the potential AOB changed over the same time period from relatively high to low and they remained low in 2010 (Figure 2). In a preliminary study, we had also measured relatively high PAAs in soils collected from Impoundment 24. In March 2006, the average PAAs in soils from the dwarf, sparse, and dense mangrove habitats were 15, 19, and 34 nMol ammonia h−1 g−1 dry weight, respectively (P. Baas, unpublished results). In soils collected at the same sites in March 2007 the average PAAs were 14, 15, and 40 nMol ammonia h−1 g−1 dry weight, respectively (H. J. Laanbroek, unpublished results). Hence, the values measured in 2009 and 2010 in Impoundment 24 were low compared to the three previous years; indicating that activity level and community composition of β-AOB were affected by winter drought in 2008/2009 and not by the altered management that started in March of 2009. The potential activities measured in this study were in the same range as those observed in a Rhizophora apiculata (Red mangrove) forest in Makham Bay, Thailand, by Kristensen et al. (1998).
Although the winter drought in 2008/2009 was not reflected in a measurable change in the soil moisture content, pore water salinity had increased by an average of 72% in the three habitats (range 61–90%) between March 2008 and 2009 (Figure 1). Following the onset of pumping of estuarine water into the impoundment in March 2009, pore water salinities decreased by an average of 43% (range 36–49% for the three habitats) by March 2010.
The effect of salinity on the community composition of β-AOB has been observed before, but typically in estuaries where salt concentrations vary from freshwater values to marine salinities of ∼30‰. In our study, salinities measured in the soils ranged from 29 to 79‰). In marine-dominated estuarine systems, β-AOB belonging to the Nitrosospira lineage (cluster 1) dominate, but also members of the N. marina and Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143 lineages have been identified (Francis et al., 2003; Cebron et al., 2004; Bernhard et al., 2005; Freitag et al., 2006; Mosier and Francis, 2008; Sahan and Muyzer, 2008; Jin et al., 2011). Francis et al. (2003) stated that although salinity appears to play a role, no single physical or chemical parameter entirely explains the pattern of β-AOB diversity estuaries, suggesting that a combination of environmental factors may shape the overall level of AOB diversity in dynamic estuarine ecosystems.
In Mono Lake, a saline (68–79‰) and alkaline (pH 9.8) lake located just east of the Sierra Nevada range in northern California, Ward et al. (2000) measured a dominance of β-AOB related to N. europaea and Nitrosomonas eutropha in 1995, whereas Carini and Joye (2008) observed a dominance of Nitrosomonas halophila-related AOB in 2002/2003. The differences in the composition of β-AOB at Mono Lake were proposed to be the result of a switch in hydrological mixing regimes resulting in reduced ammonia availabilities.
Based on their most close relatives, the major OTUs (i.e., OTU01, OTU04, and OTU06) identified from the impoundment soils represented the lineages N. marina, Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143, and Nitrosospira cluster 1, respectively (Table 2). OTU01 consisting of N. marine-related clones was relatively abundant in Impoundment 24, in 2008, especially in the dwarf habitat (Figures 3–5). Prior to the pumping of water, the dwarf habitats in Impoundment 24 had the appearance of salt pans with no mangroves or scattered dwarf black mangroves in their center and high interstitial salt concentrations (Figure 1D). Subsequent to the initiation of flooding in Impoundment 24, the habitat was colonized by Salicornia spp. and interstitial salinities decreased. Also prior to the flooding of the impoundment, interstitial salinities were very high in all habitats, but especially in the salt pans, due to the regional drought that occurred in 2009 (Figure 1). The increase in interstitial salt concentrations in 2009 was coupled to an increase in relative numbers of OTU03 (Figure 4), which is also related to the N. marina lineage. The presence of the two related OTUs in the habitats with high interstitial salinities demonstrates that this lineage is more adapted to hypersaline concentrations.
OTU04 was comprised of Nitrosomonas sp. Nm143-related clones and it had a higher relative abundance in all habitats in 2010 and in the dense habitat in all 3 years that the soils were sampled (Figures 4 and 5). Soil moisture was highest in 2010 compared to 2008 and 2009 and it was also highest in the dense habitat in all 3 years (Figure 1). Therefore, it seems that members of this lineage are more adapted to higher moisture contents, which could be translated to limited oxygen availability, but also to changed accessibility of redox-sensitive nutrients such as iron and phosphate.
OTU06 consisting of Nitrosospira cluster one-related clones was relatively abundant in the sparse habitat. We were unable to identify a single soil factor or group of factors that were associated with OTU06. From an earlier study on the distribution of β-AOB in a tidal freshwater wetland (Laanbroek and Speksnijder, 2008), however, it was concluded that Nitrosospira lineages were better survivors under nutrient-limited conditions. Previous research at the current study sites has demonstrated the importance of nitrogen limitation on the growth form of black mangroves (Whigham et al., 2009). Nitrogen limitation is important in all three habitats but it may be the factor that is specifically associated with Nitrosospira cluster 1 in the sparse habitat.
A goal of our study was to determine if changes in impoundment management would alter the distribution of members of the β-AOB. Studies related to numbers and diversity of aerobic nitrifying microorganisms in mangroves are limited. Archaeal and bacterial amoA genes were found in rehabilitated and pristine mangrove forests dominated by Gray (Avicennia marina) and White (A. alba) mangroves in the vicinity of Bangkok, Thailand (Wickramasinghe et al., 2009). Most AOB related sequences belonged to the lineages N. aestuarii/N. marina and Nitrosospira. No members of the ammonia-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria were detected. The numbers of bacterial amoA genes in a Kandelia obovata-dominated mangrove forest in the New Territories of Hong Kong, outnumbered those of archaeal amoA genes by a factor of 5–12 (Li et al., 2011). The distance between individual mangrove trees had a significant effect on the community composition of the ammonia-oxidizing community of betaproteobacteria. The communities of β-AOB were grouped by the distance to the mangroves, whereas those of the archaeal amoA genes clustered into surface and deeper sediment groups. Most of the bacterial amoA clones identified from the mangrove forest soils belonged to clusters mostly related to the N. marina lineage. In a parallel analysis on the presence and diversity amoA genes of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in polluted mangrove sediments in the Mai Po Nature Reserve of Hong Kong, the dominance of the N. marina/N. oligotropha was confirmed (Cao et al., 2011a). No Nitrosospira-related amoA genes were detected. However, when applying the 16S rRNA gene, Co and co-workers detected two clusters of Nitrosospira-related sequences. The β-AOB outnumbered the AOA with 3–6 in the polluted mangrove sediments (Cao et al., 2011a).
Meyer and colleagues (Meyer et al., 2005) reported for the first time on the presence of Planctomycetes in mangrove soils. These microorganisms are capable of oxidizing ammonia under anoxic conditions (i.e., Anammox bacteria). Wickramasinghe et al. (2009) observed different phylotypes of ammonia-oxidizing Planctomycetes in rehabilitated mangrove forests in Thailand. The Anammox bacteria were related to Candidatus Scalindua brodae and Candidatus Scalindua wagneri. Again, no members of the ammonia-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria had been detected. In a study on the presence of Anammox bacteria in a mangrove forest soil near a shrimp pond in Haiphong, Vietnam, Amano et al. (2011)) observed mixed communities of Anammox bacteria dominate by phylotypes associated with Candidatus Scalindua sorokinii and Candidatus Scalindua wagneri. In the mangrove forest soils, they observed smaller numbers of sequences belonging to Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis, the phylotypes that dominated the sediment of the shrimp pond.
In this study we observed a limited diversity among the lineages of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria in the three habitats. Although the lineages were not equally distributed among the different habitats, we were unable to identify critical soil factors that may have been responsible for the differences. However, as the distribution of the β-AOB lineages seems to parallel the differences in plant size and density in the three habitats, focusing future efforts on revealing the factors responsible for differences in the mangroves should also provide insight in to the factors responsible for differences in the microbial communities. Based on previous studies on nutrient limitations in mangroves, potential governing factors that should be examined are nutrient (i.e., ammonium) availability, salinity, frequency of tidal inundation, degree of soil anoxia, and pH. Such studies could well be done in microcosms containing natural mangrove soils as we have applied in a study on the effect of marine and estuarine water on the community composition of β-AOB present in a tidal freshwater wetland (Coci et al., 2005).
One might wonder whether the dynamics in environmental parameters are immediately reflected in changes in microbial community compositions that are based on DNA analyses. Inactive cells remain present in the soil when conditions change. Analysis at the RNA level would likely have given a more actual representation of the presence of active β-AOB and hence a better correlation with changing environmental conditions.
We like to thank Dr. Mark Rains of the University of South Florida for the information related to the hydrology of the impounded mangrove forest in the Avalon State Park at North Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County, FL, USA. We also want to acknowledge the help we obtained from Dr. Valery Paul, Woody Lee, and staff of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce. The research was supported by a grant of the Smithsonian Marine Science Network and by resources of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Utrecht University, and the Netherlands Institute of Ecology. This is publication number 5252 of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and publication number 879 of the Smithsonian Marine Station.
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function Convert-ADSPowerShellForMarkdown {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Converts PowerShell code into valid Markdown URI Link text
.DESCRIPTION
Converts PowerShell code into valid Markdown URI Link Text
.PARAMETER inputstring
The endoded URL from the website
.PARAMETER LinkText
The text to show for the link
.PARAMETER ToClipBoard
Will not output to screen but instead will set the clipboard
.EXAMPLE
Convert-ADSPowerShellForMarkdown -inputstring "Set-Location C:\temp" -LinkText "CLick this link to set the location" -ToClipboard
Converts the PowerShell code Set-Location C:\temp so that it works with MarkDown, creates a link and sets it to the clipboard
.NOTES
June 2019 - Rob Sewell @SQLDbaWithBeard
SQLDBAWithABeard.Com
#>
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]$inputstring,
[string]$linktext = " LINK TEXT HERE ",
[switch]$ToClipBoard
)
clear
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web") | Out-Null
$encodedstring = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($inputstring)
$linkage = $encodedstring.Replace('+', ' ').Replace('%3a', ':').Replace('%5c', '%5c%5c').Replace('%22', '\u0022').Replace('%27', '\u0027').Replace('%0D%0A', '').Replace('%3b%0a','\u003B ').Replace('%0a','\u000A').Replace('%0d','')
$outputstring = @"
<a href="command:workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence?%7B%22text%22%3A%22 $linkage \u000D \u000D %22%7D">$linktext</a>
"@
if ($ToClipBoard) {
if ($IsCore) {
$outputstring | Set-Clipboard
}
else {
Write-Warning "Set-Clipboard - Doesnt work on Core - Outputting to screen"
$outputstring
}
}
else {
$outputstring
}
}
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Jayanta Mongkol, the Prince Mahisara Rajaharudaya (; ; 30 January 1866 – 15 April 1907) was a son of King Mongkut, Rama IV, and his Royal Consort Huang. He was 13 years younger than his brother, Chulalongkorn, who would become Rama V. The prince was a leading member of the progressive clique known as the "Young Siam", on whom King Chulalongkorn relied for support in his efforts to reform the country. At the king's insistence, the younger members of his family and extended family were all educated in Western ways, sometimes attending schools abroad.
Biography
Prince Jayanta began his public career with the Royal Guard and was later transferred to a civilian post in the Bureau of the Royal Secretariat. In 1895, Prince Jayanta was given the royal title Prince Mahisara Rajaharudaya, and was promoted to a very high position in the Siamese court. There was a major shuffle of ministerial posts, with eight of the 12 minister positions going to members of the Young Siam. In 1896 the Prince was put in charge of the Ministry of Treasury (later Finance Ministry), which had recently absorbed the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1897, when HM King Rama V embarked on a nine-month tour of Europe, Prince Jayanta, as the Minister of Treasury, accompanied him and saw first-hand the government administration of several European states, and the important role banks played in developing the economy and promoting international trade.
Upon returning home, the Prince assumed the task of developing international trade relations and bringing Siam's business practices in line with those in Europe. There was certainly a great need for an indigenous bank but the Prince realised that founding a bank would take time and expertise, while at the same time, there would be resistance from the established foreign banking community. The Prince also turned his attention to further reforming the awkward pod duang currency into a European-style metric system, involving just two units (1 baht equivalent to 100 satang). The reform made bookkeeping much easier and paved the way for the introduction of Siamese banknotes in 1902. Having succeeded with his currency reforms, Prince Jayanta went on to launch a small Siamese-owned private trust in 1904 called the Book Club. Three years later, this trust was the foundation for Siam's first commercial bank, Siam Commercial Bank, Limited, which was launched under a royal charter on the Prince's birthday, 30 January, in 1907. Because of his achievements, he is widely acknowledged as the 'Father of Thai Banking'.
References
Literature
Century of Growth: The First 100 years of Siam Commercial Bank. Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2007.
Thai male Phra Ong Chao
19th-century Chakri dynasty
20th-century Chakri dynasty
Children of Mongkut
Jayanta family
1865 births
1907 deaths
Ministers of Finance of Thailand
Members of the Privy Council of Thailand
Sons of kings
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Introducing Jobbik: Hungary's Second Largest Party
Alasdair McKay
Vassilis Petsinis
Jobbik, described as a radical right-wing populist party, has enjoyed considerable success in Hungary's elections. What accounts for the party's popularity among certain segments of the Hungarian electorate?
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his FIDESZ party have consolidated their status as preponderant political actors in Hungary. Further along the right angle of the political spectrum, Jobbik (Movement for a Better Hungary) currently stands as the second most popular party in the country. This short piece sets in context the reasons behind Jobbik's appeal to certain segments of the Hungarian electorate, including an overview of the party's formation trajectory and a brief assessment of Jobbik's prospects for the future.
Jobbik's political origins and intra-party structure
Jobbik was made up by a variety of grass-roots nationalist groupings. At its early stage (2003-2004), the party had brought under its auspices initiatives as diverse as an aggregate of nationalist student groupings (the Jobboldali Ifjúsági Közösség, Right-Wing Students Association) and a nucleus of political activists that later evolved, at least partially, into the (unarmed) self-styled militia of the Magyar Gárda ('Hungarian Guard'). From an instrumental perspective, Jobbik has been highly keen on political activism and the intensive mobilization of its popular bases of support. In particular, the party has been harshly criticized for its links with the Magyar Gárda and the ensuing implications for a more militant (occasionally violent) engagement into politics. By contrast to other far right parties across the 'new' Europe and the preponderant status of their leaders, the chairman Gábor Vona does not enjoy a status comparable to that of, say, Marian Kotleba in the 'Our Slovakia' party or Volen Siderov in Bulgaria's Ataka. This more 'horizontal' and devolved arrangement has enabled Jobbik to approach a variety of target-groups within the frame of its political campaign.
Reaching out to the masses: Capitalizing on corruption and Hungary's economic crisis
The period between 2006 and 2008 saw the delegitimization of the Socialists (MSZP), on charges of corruption. This resulted into MSZP's rapid decline of popularity and the decisive restructuring of Hungary's party landscape. For a start, Jobbik demanded that political crime is introduced to the Hungarian penal code as a separate legal category. In light of these developments and the subsequent outbreak of the economic crisis (2008), the absence of potent political forces on the left of the MSZP facilitated Jobbik's campaign of artificial anti-capitalism. The party embedded the concept of so-called 'Eco-social National Economics' into its political programme (2010). In this platform, Jobbik has called for the renegotiation of Hungary's foreign debt, the establishment of a banking system independent from the interference of multinational corporations, the state-ownership of sectors such as health and education and the long-term renationalization of various others. This campaign of artificial anti-capitalism enhanced Jobbik's appeal to these segments of the society mostly imperiled by Hungary's economic stagnation. Jobbik's more concrete emphasis on social issues and adoption of an, ostensibly, leftist platform on the economy signified the major departure from MIÉP (Hungarian Justice and Life Party) and older initiatives of the Hungarian far right.
Appealing to the youth
Jobbik's extensive involvement in social media such as Facebook serves as a rough indication of the party's popularity among the Hungarian youth. Its leadership has been successful in orchestrating a fashionable youth sub-culture around the party with plenty of happenings and other infrastructure (e.g. nationalist rock-bands such as Hungarica and Kárpátiaand Internet portals such as barikad.hu and kuruc.info, etc.). In addition to economic and social welfare anxieties, Jobbik has managed to take advantage of a rather common grievance among the younger generation in Hungary and throughout Central and Eastern Europe. This is, namely, the allegation that mainstream parties are either built upon nepotism or dominated by the older generation, leaving little space for the political representation of young people. By contrast, Jobbik's links to the Magyar Gárda, and its political activism as a whole, have refrained pensioners and other elderly voters from opting for the party.
Centering on unresolved problems
Jobbik has also capitalized on social grievances and unresolved problems that do not necessarily interweave with corruption and the economic crisis. In its political programme (2010), the party dedicates an entire section to 'Gypsy Issues'. In its own words '. . . the coexistence of Magyar and Gypsy is one of the severest problems facing Hungarian society . . . a potential time-bomb'. 'Gypsy crime' is introduced as a separate category and the programme acknowledges that '. . . certain criminological phenomena are predominantly and overwhelmingly associated with this minority'. Further along the text, the party equates 'Gypsy integration' with 'assimilation into society-at-large' through 'work and not welfare'.
Words have matched with deeds. Between 2007 and 2011, the Magyar Gárda performed a string of 'patrolling operations' in areas seen as threatened by 'Gypsy crime' and other activities such as blood-donation and charity work. These activities took place in impoverished localities across the Hungarian northeast (e.g. Miskolc and Debrecen). This is one of the least developed parts of the country, with a long record of friction between the local population and the Roma minority. In October 2011, the successful mobilization of the Magyar Gárda in the northeastern district of Gyöngyöspata resulted in the departure of the Roma community, the resignation of the local mayor and the Jobbik candidate's victory in the elections that followed. The utilization of the Magyar Gárda undoubtedly brandished Jobbik's image to these rural residents that consider themselves excluded by the remote, or even absent, state. Most importantly, Jobbik has managed to establish its electoral stronghold in the northeast.
An apparent shift?
The last few years have witnessed the more decisive turn of the ruling FIDESZ towards the right. In particular, Viktor Orbán has displayed a tough stance in regards to the refugee crisis and staunchly objected to the soft borders principle within the EU. Back in autumn 2015, the Hungarian Premier rushed to justify the erection of a razor-wire fence along the Serbian-Hungarian border on the basis that 'European and Christian values must be safeguarded…Hungary must be free to defend its borders'. More recently, on October 2nd, 2016, Orbán called an (unsuccessful) referendum on the EU refugee quotas for Hungary.
Until lately, the ruling party's gradual shift towards the right also facilitated Jobbik's political engagement. Nevertheless, now this seems to be evolving into a boomerang for Vona and his associates. Although it remains Hungary's second most popular party in its own right, some of the latest opinion polls demonstrate that Orbán's capitalization on public anxieties over the refugee crisis has cost a non-negligible percentage of voters to Jobbik. In this light, the party assumed a neutral stance during the latest referendum. Although he also objects to the refugee quotas arrangement, Vona refrained from granting his assent to what he dubbed 'Viktor Orbán's personal project'.
Consequently, the last months have witnessed an apparent shift on the part of Jobbik. In its programmatic statements, Jobbik's leadership declares the party 'non-Islamophobic'. Gábor Vona, Márton Gyöngyösi, and other high-rank affiliates have been networking extensively in countries such as Turkey and Kazakhstan. Moreover, Jobbik has been quick to strike a 'pro-Palestine' outlook and castigate Israel not solely for its aggression against the Palestinians but also over the, allegedly, belligerent foreign policy towards other states in the Middle East (namely Iran). Nevertheless, the new realities of the refugee crisis and the wave of sexual assaults in Cologne on New Year's Eve 2016, have demonstrated that the party can be situationally-adaptive in its outlooks on the Muslim world. Endorsing a body politics approach, Jobbik has recently become highly vocal over the necessity to safeguard Europe's Christian pillars of identity and protect Hungarian and European women from the 'rapacious Islamic invaders'.
Furthermore, the party has intensified its charges of corruption against FIDESZ and ostensibly watered down its rhetoric on 'Gypsy crime'. The extent to which this new strategy may facilitate Jobbik to reclaim its lost voters from FIDESZ remains to be seen within the immediate future. Lastly, Gábor Vona's decision to purge the more extremist elements from the party (April 2016) was interpreted by various commentators, in Hungary and abroad, as an early indication of Jobbik's firmer shift towards the mainstream of Hungarian politics. Nevertheless, it is still rather precarious to jump to concrete conclusions; let alone presume that Jobbik might drastically antagonize FIDESZ's predominance in the country's political scene in the near future.
Image by Leigh Phillips/Flickr.
Vassilis Petsinis is a visiting researcher at Tartu University (Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies). His specialisation is European politics and ethnopolitics with a regional focus on central and eastern Europe (including the Baltic States). He holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham. His personal profile on academia.edu can be accessed here.
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Numerous recent studies have called into question the accuracy, and fundamental fairness of Pennsylvanias capital sentencing system. On its face this seems to be strong argument, and it would be except for one small detail. Consider the justifiable outcry that would ensue if Germany reinstated the death penalty and Jewish inmates were far more likely to receive the death penalty for the same crime as a German inmate. The point here is that preventing crime takes long-term research into the causes, effective police work and rehabilitation. It's past time for us to join the rest of the civilized world in ending the death penalty once and for all.
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Cliffjumper will die in the pilot.
This was brought up on a couple of Transformers forums in recent days. The logic behind it is that since he's voiced by a celebrity (the Rock), and does not show up in all of the promotional material (missing from some group shots, has no profile on the Hubworld site), they may be setting him up as a special "guest" character who will make a big appearance in the "Darkness Rising" miniseries, and go out in the end with a Heroic Sacrifice.
Or he lives and becomes a part timer.
Confirmed, minus the sacrifice part, for now at least. Fate is cruel, indeed...here's hoping he can come back somehow.
Okay, he does, but...uh, not in the way you'd think...or like.
Jack's mom will find out about Arcee.
Because the two of them gossiping about Jack would a combination of adorable and hilarious.
Confirmed, courtesy of MECH. Here's hoping for gossiping to commence in the next episode.
The reason there was little to no security at the Texas center is because Soundwave killed them all.
Because I can't think of any other reason.
All but confirmed, albeit subtly. Check this ◊ out.
How'd that get past the censors?
Because it wouldn't be too hard to say that he's just unconscious if anyone freaks?
Megatron will put Dark Energon in the Nemesis.
And it will cause some "interesting" reactions to the system. In particular, it will cause the warship to become semi-sentient.
Considering that the Nemesis is supposedly the deactivated form of Trypticon, it would be less "become semi-sentient" and more "reanimate his corpse".
Shockwave will show up.
He's the Big Bad of Dark of the Moon, so it would be stupid to not put ol' one-eye in there.
...Except he's not the Big Bad of DOTM. He's barely in it. Still, he is one of the most popular and well known 'Cons in the franchise, so he probably will show up.
And he's going to be playing a big role in the sequel to War For Cybertron. Since Prime shares a Continuity Family with the games, it's not a big stretch to think this may suggest an eventual appearance for him in the show.
Believe it or not, his Hall of Fame video shows a brief clip of him fighting Cliffjumper and Arcee, so confirmed.
But Cliffjumper's dead. And since the show Kills Off For Real, that means it had to happen before the series started. So...Jossed?
Not really, considering he has appeared in the show.
Confirmed. He appeared in the flashback of "Out Of The Past", and, seeing the trailer, will most likely appear in Season 3. With Predaking.
Airachnid will usurp Starscream as The Starscream.
She's made it clear that she doesn't "like to share" with the other Deceptacons. Now that she's been pressed into service for Megatron she could try to take over. She'll do a better job than the Trope Namer, prompting Starscream to reconsider his position in the Decepticons. The summary for "Partners" claims that Starscream will want to become an Autobot, and Airachnid stealing his Personal Trope could be the reason for the decision.]
Now that Starscream has declared his neutrality and Airachnid pinned the blame on him, this seems more likely than ever.
Almost confirmed! As of "One Shall Rise, Part 2", upon Megatron's leave to find Unicron and (unbeknownst to her) team up with the Autobots to stop him Airachnid declares that they need to be ready for a possible future without Megatron with a smile on her face.
This was confirmed...and came and went. She Starscreamed, Soundwave kicked her ass, and then she got trapped in stasis lock...
Starscream will join MECH.
He's abandoned both sides in the Autobot/Decepticon war, but never said anything about the third faction. In exchange for sharing leadership with Silas, Starscream will share his Decepticon intell, allowing MECH to finish Project Chimera ahead of schedule. And Silas will travel in Starscream's cockpit, spawning all sorts of Shipping Fan Fics.
Seems interesting. He could also trick Silas into making knockoff Vehicons, which he then may try to use to doublecross MECH.
Just like in Transformers vs. G.I. Joe? When Starscream had Cobra build Bruticus!
While the Bruticus thing hasn't been confirmed yet, him allying with MECH is CONFIRMED as of the 3/10/2012 episode Operation Bumblebee part one.
Though the partnership is dissolved in part two... in the worst way possible. I don't see Starscream teaming back up with MECH after that.
Earth is Unicron (or at least has some sort of connection to him.)
Yeah, this does seem a little like an Epileptic Trees guess, but bear with me. I just saw episode 23 on YouTube. There. Was. A. Volcano. Spewing. Dark. Energon. Half of the comments were essentially:
YouTube User: HOLY SH*T! EARTH IS UNICRON!
The prophecy talked about a "world forged from chaos." Unicron is known as the "chaos bringer". Do the math.
CONFIRMED. The Earth itself formed around Unicron's battered body after he was cast away from Cybertron by Primus. He isn't so much the planet itself as he is one with it; he can bend its surface to his will to create avatars for himself, since he transcended his physical form eons ago.
Optimus' return will be cemented when Jack gives him back the Key to Vector Sigma.
Optimus asked Jack to hold it "until [his] return"; hence, when Jack gives him back the key, it will confirm that he's back to stay. And it will be awesome.
Starscream will take the T-Cog from the last clone in order to fix himself up.
He has the scientific knowledge of how to clone himself. Is this really so implausible?
AW SCRAP, THIS IS GOING TO HURT!! (Bites down on crowbar and cuts himself open)
Confirmed, then subverted as he gives up to try and seize a relic, but probably confirmed later on.
He got the T-Cog, lost his nerve before he could get through, and later had it implanted by Knock Out instead of himself when he returned to the 'Cons..
"Grill" will be a Clip Show.
The premise is a government hearing regarding whether the Autobots are a threat, and the bulk of the promo clip on the Hub's website was recycled footage. The hearing will probably be a review of Autobot/Decepticon activity on Earth using flashbacks.
My guess, it'll be a "for those of you just tuning in, here's the score" episode.
"Toxicity" will end on a massive cliffhanger.
It probably won't be a "To Be Continued" ending, but my money's on it being a major game-changer. It also seems to be the last episode before the mid-season break. Cue flailing.
Kind of a Moment of Awesome for the writers — how many shows can use the exact same cliffhanger twice in a row? Also, sometimes I hate it when I'm right.
Out Of The Past is going to be a retelling of the prequel comic
There was a prequel comic that preceded the show about Cliffjumper investigating Decepticon activity on Cybertron, being captured by Starscream, rescued by Arcee (Who he hadn't seen in some time), and using a Space Bridge to go to Earth to meet up with Optimus and the rest of the team. Out Of The Past will be a retelling of that event, since it actually appears the episode is a story Arcee is telling a distraught Miko. There are some similarities based on what we've seen so far that would seem to corroborate this, the only noticeable divergence being the presence of Shockwave, who wasn't part of the prequel comic.
Who will Nolan North voice?
According to the Transformers Wiki, Mr. North will be voicing a character. So, let's take some guesses as to who he'll voice:
Cliffjumper— simultaneously reprising his role from Fall of Cybertron and taking over for the most likely unavailable Dwayne Johnson. This appearance would probably take place in the supposed flashback scene with Cliff, Arcee, and Shockwave that was shown at Botcon.
Shockwave, just because he hasn't had a voice actor confirmed yet.
Bumblebee, he's also due to be voiced, though granted he probably can't do a boyish enough voice. He's capable by all means, but it would probably be Playing Against Type.
Deadpool. Just Cuz.
Whoever the new Autobot joining the team in "New Recruit" is.
Confirmed, with Smokescreen.
Knock Out will eventually be forced to take Silas down.
Let's face it, the guy now resides in the body of his best friend and Knock Out will decide this is too far, feeling that Breakdown should get the chance to R.I.P.
Confirmed at the end of The Human Factor. Knock Out seems like he's going to enjoy every minute of dissecting Silas.
Season 3 will have Ultra Magnus.
If he does appear in the show, he'll end up being "Prime"'s answer to "Dark Of The Moon"'s Sentinel Prime.
Doesn't seem likely, given his established role in Aligned continuity as leader of the Wreckers, as well as his thoroughly sympathetic portrayal in Rage of the Dinobots.
Confirmed! Yes!
MECH will build a copy of Optimus Prime, and then the real one will be determined by having a race.
Silas took some scans of Optimus before flying away. He will likely use these to build an inferior copy of him that appears identical. For the sake of making a Call-Back to a G1 episode with this premise Optimus and the copy will have a race.
Add a little Dark Energon to the mix and call him Nemesis Prime. In that case he might actually survive (for a change).
Confirmed. Well, except for the race. He doesn't survive, though.
Peter Cullen will obviously play the clone as well, and he'll sound like Venger.
Miko will, indeed, pilot a giant mecha suit
In the form of the Apex Armor which Smokescreen retrieved from Starscream. It was stratigically placed at the end of new Recruit, what else is one supposed to think.
And then she will give Bulkhead a much needed hug.
Alternatively, the Apex Armor will be used to get Bulkhead back into the fight while he's still recovering. This will lead to A Very Special Episode where Bulk has grown to rely on it, and is forced to fight without it and prove that he doesn't need special gadgets to kick tailpipe.
I'm betting on Raf to get the Apex Armor.
Instead of the Apex Armor, maybe the Optimus Maximus armor.
She'll become a Headmaster.
CONFIRMED, as of the Beast Hunters episode "Chain of Command"— she suits up with the Apex Armour to join her fellow Wreckers in fighting Predaking.
The new Autobot in the fourth episode of Beast Hunters is Ultra Magnus.
Given that we've seen his TV CGI render (via one of the Rage of the Dinobots covers) and the fact that he has two upcoming toys with a consistent design, it's almost certain that he's finally going to appear. How he acquires the Forge of Solus Prime may be the result of him taking the position of interim Autobot leader while Optimus is sidelined by his severe injuries.
Cerebus Syndrome has officially set in.
Not to say that the humor levels will go down, but that the drama/tragedy levels will continue to go up compared to previous episodes. At the very least, we'll see a higher ratio of high-stakes adventures to stand-alone episodes.
Thoughts as to who may be the old enemy may be
.For "Thirst" it's said that some messing around by Knock Out and Starscream creates problems for the crew. Some guesses for who may be behind them.
Airachnid, as she's still in stasis.
C.Y.L.A.S perhaps, though he's probably dead so this is less likely.
Probably Confirmed. C.Y.L.A.S./Breakdown appears in the "Thirst" preview, apparently resurrected by Dark Energon.
The ship (Trypticon) itself, if its sentience is revived.
Even less likely but perhaps Unicron, though admittedly they're probably saving him for the finale or The Movie if it ever gets made. Or the follow up series if it ties into this show.
Zombie Skyquake
Turned out to be CYLAS (in Dark Energon vampire form) and Airachnid.
The captured ally in Synthesis?
The plot for synthesis is: The Autobots attempt to rescue one of their own by tracking the Decepticon warship. The question is, who, and how did he or she get captured?
Most likely Ratchet, since he's been working on Synthetic Energon, and Megatron is awfully interested in this new Synthetic/CNA fusion of Cybermatter in Evolution. And that one of the episode's synopsis, Persuasion, states that Megatron is appealing to Ratchet.
Synthetic Energon will be used to restore Cybertron.
In evolution, we learned that explosion + synthetic energon = Cyber Matter, not unlike the effect of the Omega Lock. After the Decepticons are dealt with, the Autobots will seed Cybertron with the stuff and ignite it to restore the planet to it's former glory.
In "Minus One", this turns out to be the Decepticons' new plan. They still need to repair the Omega Lock to launch the stuff, and they need to stabilize it which is why they need Ratchet, the one who created it. Worse, they still plan to cyberform Earth too.
Megatron is afraid of Predaking.
In his opinion, Project Predacon went horribly wrong the moment Predaking revealed his sentience. Things were fine when Megatron thought Predaking was just a tamable beast. Now Megatron's stuck with a warrior ambitious enough to call himself "king" who is also bigger and stronger than him. Worse, he was smart enough to hide his true intelligence from Megatron. Predaking insisting that Megatron revive every Predacon still on Earth in "Minus One" is even more ominous. Small wonder Megs snaps at Predaking and demands that he fight as a beast — Megs really wishes that's all Predaking is.
Ratchet says this to Predaking in Sythesis, so confirmed.
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I flashed another SD card with Raspian and the RTC works perfectly there. So i know the hardware is fine.
There seems to be something somewhere that is forcing the date and time back to Fri Feb 12, 02:28:16 (year 2006). I have looked and looked but cannot find anything anywhere.
Going to GPS isn't an option as it won't give me anything other than a further power drain when i'm out in the field and i'll still have to set my mount manually initially anyway.
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I noticed that when i ran lsmod|grep rtc it brought up details for the ds1307 (i have a ds3231)? I amended the config.txt to show a ds1307 but this still did not work.
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I could also make use of the information on making the RTC set the system clock as I am in a similar situation. Stellarmate raspi with a DS1307 RTC which, from what I understand is a "less precise" DS3231.
I have the same dtoverlay line in my /boot/config file; the RTC driver is loaded, from the i2cdetect command; haven't checked the output of lsmod | grep rtc. I know the RTC is accessible and works as I can issue hwclock -w and hwclock -r command to set and read the RTC but the RTC date and time won't be used at boot time to set system date and time. I can always set the system clock manually after boot but I would prefer the system to set it up automatically, especially in a headless configuration.
Have you tried these manuals?
The latter does not use dtoverlay, but instead assumes manual configuration of the rtc kernel module.
Thanks for the info Radek.
I'll add "hwclock -s" to rc.local and see if it fixes it when I get back home. Hope its "as simple as that", and that the solution can work for Brian and others.
Just as a follow-up, adding hwclock -s to /etc/rc.local worked! The system clock is now set correctly when the system boots.
If i type date; sudo hwclock -r i get both times simulaneoulsy but in different formats??
Do you think this could be the issue somehow? I also cannot find the Internationalisation Options in raspi-config???
When I issue "date; sudo hwclock -r" I get an output similar to yours. I don't have any Internationalisation Options in raspi-config either.
Have you tried adding "hwclock -s" in /etc/rc.local, before the "exit 0" line? It solved the problem for me.
Replied by yoandresmza on topic More RTC madness!!!!
Thanks for reviving this thread. You made me realize that my suggestion (in #34237) of putting "hwclock -s" in rc.local was not quite correct; sorry for that.
In my case, what worked was to put "/sbin/hwclock --hctosys" in rc.local (before the "exit 0"), not "hwclock -s" as mentionned in my previous post. "--hctosys" will set the system time and date with the time/date from the hardware clock.
Sorry for the confusion, must have been my winter cold :-/ !
Replied by Ihoujin on topic More RTC madness!!!!
You may need to put '&' at the end of the command in RC.local for it to continue properly.
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UPDATE: The Toner case refernced above settled just before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was set to address the stacking issues raised therein. As such, the Pennsylvania Superior Court's decision in the matter stands.
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There Were Tether Ball Terrors Back In The Day Before Schools Banned the Game
Today's a "remember when" day.
Do you remember playing tether ball in school?
It was banned decades ago, but when I was growing up in the 1950s every school yard had several tether ball setups that consisted of a long metal pole with a rope attached at the top, and a ball fastened securely on the end of the rope (tether).
The rules were simple. Two players stood on opposite sides of the pole. Each player then tried to hit the ball one way; one clockwise, and one counterclockwise.
The game ended when one player managed to wind the ball all the way around the pole so that it is stopped by the rope.
You'd be surprised at how much damage a tether ball can inflict. Bullies often dominated through intimidation. Look the wrong way for one moment and you'd find yourself eating that ball!
Trash talk contributed to the bullies seeming invincibility. I only saw one bully have to eat both his words and the tether ball, but it was very instructive.
The elementary school I went to in Southern California was a mix of whites and hispanics with just a few blacks. I felt sorry for them because they were picked on mercilessly.
In particular, there was one black girl named Sonya who was taller than most of the boys, and that included the school tether ball champion and bully, Peter.
Long story short; she challenged him to a game of tether ball and served up a can of whoop ass! She made that bully look like a fumbling fool.
Afterwards all he could do was leave, swearing profusively, as Sonya called for the next person in line!
Those were the days when we played red rover, dodgeball, kickball, freeze tag, and capture the flag. All banned now in 21st century schools.
The only thing that remains is the memories...
Growing Voting Bloc for Trump: White Supremacists
All the remaining GOP presidential candidates are still looking for endorsements.
But when White Supremacists come calling, presidential candidates usually bend over backwards to disassociate from them, immediately disavowing everything they stand for.
Usually.
Donald Trump has sent mixed signals about his feelings for the KKK and hatemonger David Duke.
Worse yet, no one in his organization is saying anything about another white supremacist who is openly endorsing Trump for president in numerous states.
William Johnson, head of the American Freedom Party, which promotes white nationalism, is sending out robocalls to Utah residents attacking Mitt Romney, who delivered a blistering critique of Trump Thursday.
Here's what the robo calls say:
"The American National Super PAC makes this call in support of Donald Trump. My name is William Johnson. I am a farmer and a white nationalist.
"This robocall goes out to all millennials and others who are honest in all their dealings. Mitt Romney has viciously attacked Donald Trump.
"Mitt Romney and his establishment conservatives are both mean spirited and dishonest. The white race is being replaced by other peoples in America and in all white countries. Donald Trump stands strong as a nationalist. Mitt Romney and his establishment conservatives pretend they don't care.
"Mitt Romney and his mean-spirited, establishment conservatives protect big moneyed interests where captains of industry reap billions in profits while the working man struggles to make ends meet in a rented apartment. Donald Trump is a populist. He cares about the working man.
"Vote Trump. Telephone: (213) 718-3908."
It's obvious to anyone listening to this robocall that it's coming from a hate group. This group has already campaigned for Trump in Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Minnesota.
More than enough time for Trump's people to know white supremacists are a part of his voting block. Perhaps a BIG part.
Trump has said he doesn't want their support (wink! wink! vote for me!) but he continues to appeal to their base instincts and outright racist creed.
One last thought; why do white supremacists like Trump? I think the answer is they know something that you and I don't!
Unsolved Mystery: One Very Lucky Night in Vietnam
The year I was in Vietnam (1970), American engineer units were turning over all of their heavy equipment to the South Vietnamese engineer companies.
(photo-Dave Stancliff-1970, Vietnam)
The United States was winding down the war. My unit, 31st eng battalion, 79th Group, was responsible for supervising on-the-job training for the modern equipment we were giving the South Vietnamese.
One night, after a day of showing the ARVN's how to operate a bucket-loader, I got roaring drunk with some guys in my squad and some ARVN soldiers.
We drank Tiger beer until the early morning hours. Passing out, one by one in the hooch that served as a makeshift bar. None of us were too concerned about the war that night.
We were near a bridge. Somehow, in my drunken state that night, I managed to stagger outside to relieve my aching bladder.
Like all the bridges in South Vietnam, there was some security.
In this case, security was a common anti-swimmer device consisting of concertina wire suspended from floating buoys and secured on the river bottom.
Tidal fluctuation, prevalent in most of Vietnam's waterways, caused the concertina to shift and agitate unpredictably, making it miserable for anyone who tried to swim through it.
There were also guards at various points and lights on the bridge itself. That night I was slowly staggering south of the bridge looking for a place to pee.
I vaguely remember going towards the water, my boots and pants getting wet, when suddenly someone grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the river bank.
It was a young Vietnamese boy. Maybe eleven or twelve years old with a grim look on his face. "Nguy hiem" (dangerous) he warned me. Then he disappeared and I passed out.
At daylight a guard found me sleeping on the river bank. When I told him what happened he shook his head in wonderment.
There were no civilians in the camp, and certainly no children. Who was my benefactor? For weeks afterwards I told my story to everyone I met, hoping I'd find out who the boy was.
I left Vietnam without finding out who saved me from being caught by that concertina wire and drowning in my drunken state.
It's one mystery I guess I'll never solve.
Where The Presidential Candidates Stand On The Issues Of Rape And Abortion
Let's set aside all the silly drama going on with the Republican party and take a look at some real campaign issues.
Voters should know where the presidential candidates stand when it comes to abortion and rape.
DONALD TRUMP - His ex-wife Ivana claimed he sexually assaulted her during their marriage. When asked for a response from the Trump camp recently about the allegation, this is what his lawyer Michael Cohen said:
"You're talking about the front-runner for the GOP, presidential candidate, and private individual who never raped anyone. And, understand that by the very definition, you can't rape your spouse."
The fact of the matter is Cohen is 100% wrong. Go here for a full explanation.
So where does he stand (if only temporarily)?
Donald Trump shocked attendees at the conservative CPAC conference in February when he declared himself pro-life after years of supporting the pro-abortion position.
MARCO RUBIO - The answer is brief and bombastic: "There shouldn't be Abortion Ban Exceptions for rape." Period.
JOHN KASICH - This guy is cagey and doesn't want to be cornered into telling his real feelings about abortion.
He repeatedly refused to answer questions asked by the editorial board of the Cleveland Plain Dealer recently about why he signed into law a budget that included a provision that prohibited state-funded rape crisis counselors from referring women to abortion services?
When pressed, Kasich said he would allow exceptions for abortion in the case of rape, incest or risk to the life of the mother.
TED CRUZ - He's very straightforward and believes there show be NO EXCEPTIONS for rape victims.
HILLARY CLINTON - Is also straightforward on her opinion:
"I think abortion should remain legal, but it needs to be safe and rare. And I have spent many years now, as a private citizen, as first lady, and now as senator, trying to make it rare, trying to create the conditions where women had other choices."
BERNIE SANDERS - He's been a life-time defender of pro-choice. He co-sponsored the Freedom of Choice Act in 1993. In light of his voting record, Bernie has repeatedly received ratings of 100% from NARAL Pro-Choice America.
There you have it folks. I hope this breakdown helps.
Putting Life In Perspective: Things Aren't That Bad in America Today
Is America going to hell in a handbasket or does it just seem that way?
Watching and listening to the news and social media outlets is like walking through a minefield of anger. It's a polarizing palable anger that stalks the land like a ravenous beast.
Because it's an election year, fiery rhetoric is stoking that anger to new heights. Presidential candidates claim our world is on the edge of collapsing into chaos
Politics of fear plague our country. Rants about crazed illegal immigrants taking over America, coupled with calls to ban all Muslims from our shores, embrace that anger like deadly lovers.
Contrary to what you've been hearing and seeing, things aren't all that bad in America today. They're not perfect. No society is.
I highly recommend you watch the following series to gain a real perspective on how far this country has come, and how terrible it was.
It'll help you put everything into perspective right now. This free YouTube link is an excellant documentary:
The Great Depression - Episode 1: A Job At Ford's
I ended up watching the whole series and found it both enlightning, and encouraging, to know that we don't live in such bad times after all!
But don't just take my word for it. See what Warren Buffet thinks about the economy here.
Best Example of Political Opportunism Yet In 2016 Election
What better time is there to display the art of political flip-flopping than an election year?
Most of the presidential candidates have been caught flip-flopping on various issues throughout the election process because Google exists. All people have to do is to Google a pol's past and whamo!
The finest example of professional flip-flopping yet this year has to be Chris Christie's endorsement of Donald Trump. Only a few weeks had passed since he told the world Trump was unfit to be a president.
His abrupt about face freaked out Meg Whitman (Hewlett-Packer CEO) his National Finance Co-Chair for his now defunct campaign. She called his swift move "an astonishing display of political opportunism."
An angry Whitman told reporters that Christie is mistaken if he ever thinks he'll get her support for anything again. She called on his donors and supporters to reject Christie and Trump outright.
Meanwhile a chorus of conservative commentors called his move "irresponsible" and a "disgrace."
I couldn't agree more. If Christie is hoping for a VP spot with Trump for his defection...he better not hold his breath. Trump is the king of flip-floppers!
If Elected President, This Man Promises To Weaken The First Amendment
We're watching the Twilight Zone of politics this election year.
It's one thing being crude and rude, or to double down on lies, but when a front running presidential candidate promises to weaken the First Amendment...then we've entered the Twilight Zone!
Every news cycle day there's something new about Trump in the press. Give him credit, he knows how to get attention. But, in the last week he got more attention than he wanted from the press and his ego wouldn't stand for it!
Feeling butt hurt about recent reports of his fradulent University and the pending lawsuit against him has triggered Trump's famous temper.
"I love the free press. I think it's great," he said Saturday on Fox News Channel, before quickly adding, "We ought to open up the libel laws, and I'm going to do that," he threatened.
This is a typical Trump tactic; when he doesn't like something or wants to drag unfavorable court cases (or IRS audits) out he sues.
Trump has no problem with being a hypocrite. On one hand he's telling his followers that he'd be tough on illegal immigrants, and on the other he's hoping you don't look into his past.
When he built Trump Tower he used undocumented immigrant labor (about 150 polish men) who were only paid a fraction of what others in the construction trade were being paid.
"They were undocumented and worked 'off the books,'" Manhattan federal Judge Charles Stewart said of the workers after they became the subject of a 1983 lawsuit. "No records were kept, no Social Security or other taxes were withheld."
During the 16-day non-jury trial, a number of the Polish workers testified that Trump underlings had threatened them with deportation if they caused trouble.
The judge ruled that Trump knew the Polish workers were working "off the books," that they were doing demolition work, that they were non-union, that they worked in unsafe conditions, that they were paid substandard wages with no overtime pay, and that they were paid irregularly if at all.
There's your good businessman, who also had to file bankruptcy four times. Trump last month threatened to sue the Post after the newspaper wrote an article about the bankruptcy of his Atlantic City casino.
The reason I feel like this is a Twilight Zone episode is simple; he's leading the polls for Republican candidates.
I can only hope his uneducated followers (Trump quote: "I love uneducated people!") and other followers wake up in time before it's too late.
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This afternoon, teams from Solanco, Cocalico, Elizabethtown, Garden Spot, Manheim Central, and Lebanon traveled to Willow Street to take on the Lampeter-Strasburg Golf Team at its home course, Meadia Heights Golf Club. The Section Two match proved to be a challenging 18 holes, particularly for the visiting teams. The match began at noon, and the final scores were being recorded just before 5 p.m., which proved to be a celebratory time for L-S. The team placed first in the match, preserving its Section Two lead above Solanco.
"It was a big win for us since we came in first and Solanco came in third," senior Jake Groff pointed out. After today's match, L-S leads Section Two 32-4, while Solanco trails closely with a record of 30-6. Groff went on: "Smitty came up big with his 87 and Mikey with his 86."
Sophomore Ryan Smith and senior Mike Saladino played exceptional rounds with the second and third best scores for the team. Groff shot a 78, the best score for the team and one of the lowest in the entire match. Rounding out the scorecard for the Pioneers were sophomore Andrew Fink, 94; junior Christian Eby, 95; and freshman Austin Lauver, 98. L-S was the only team in the match of which all of its members shot below 100.
L-S went 6-0 in today's match with a total score of 345. In second place was Cocalico (5-1) with a total of 363, and in third was Solanco (4-2) with a score of 368.
Coach Mike Chiodo referred to the gap between first and second, implying that L-S had a comfortable lead in today's round. When asked about how he believed the team performed, he says that the team members "played to their averages," as he expected, which helped L-S to be victorious as a team. He also says that the team "breaking 350 would be an advantage" in today's match, and the Pioneers were successful in doing so. Chiodo acknowledged the home course advantage, playing at Meadia Heights, which he noted is one of the "toughest courses in the section" along with Lebanon Country Club.
The Pioneers will finish out their Section Two season with an away match at Tanglewood, the home course of Solanco, before Districts in October. As Solanco will have the home course advantage, the match should be a challenge for the Pioneers to stay on top.
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The Society of Food Hygiene & Technology > News > Speciality Pie Maker Opts For On-Line Certification
Speciality Pie Maker Opts For On-Line Certification
Jenny and Claude Harry – The Harry Pie Store
When London-based speciality pie maker The Harry Pie Store was successful in securing a listing with Waitrose, one of the requirements was to undertake a certification programme in order that they could demonstrate traceability at every step of the production process.
The family business which was built around an original recipe for a leek tart known as a 'Flamiche aux Poireaux' from the region of Picardy in France offers six pie products including Tomato & Mozzarella; Leek; Carrot, Orange and Ginger; Mushroom; Provençal and Salmon & Dill. All products are finished frozen for bake-off, either by the end consumer at home, or by the retailer and sold from the deli counter. Harry's Pie Store also supplies a number of farm shops and delicatessens.
The product listing with Waitrose for four products from the range meant that The Harry Pie Store had to ensure that its food safety procedures were correctly documented as Claude Harry, who is joint owner with his wife Jenny Harry, explains:
"As a small business – there is only my wife and I – and our first step into supplying a retailer, the prospect of having to meet the requirements of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard, a usual requirement was a daunting prospect. While demonstrating compliance of food safety requirements is of course essential for any size of food business, conventional food safety schemes seemed too 'heavy duty' and time consuming for us."
"Waitrose is a supporter of SOFHTe Certification, which is a web based certification scheme designed especially for small businesses like us, and in contrast with other programmes designed for small food businesses, this scheme is less expensive and less onerous. The increase in demand for locally sourced products by many retailers means it makes sense to have a nationally recognised certification programme but designed for the needs of a small business. SOFHTe certification gives us confidence in our product, and we always mention it when introducing the pies to a new customer."
The SOFHTe certification standard covers the whole range of issues relevant to running a successful food manufacturing process from products, storage and delivery, HACCP and staff training, to the working environment, hygiene including handwashing and dealing with customer complaints and product recall. The participating company completes detailed questionnaires on its business procedures which are audited by experts at SOFHT. On-site audits are made on a random basis so food businesses need to ensure that their on-line answers are accurate and up to date.
The Harry Pie Store was awarded with the Society of Food Hygiene Technology's (SOFHT) 'Most Innovative SOFHTe Certification Scheme Member' at its 2011 Awards.
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We need this forum (thread)...So here it is !!!
Let the rumour mill startaaah !!!!
I'm guessing the release of it depends whether they decide to extend The Joshua Tree tour to Australia/New Zealand. If not, I'm imagining it'll come out October/November/December, but if they do, I'm thinking January/February/March with the I&E tour recommencing a few months later.
Always appreciate your input, @peterferris8 !!! C'mon ppl, don;t be shy.....put your 2 cents in it....!!!!
To be honest, I don't care when it comes. SOE will be realeased and that's the most important. Whether it's at the end of this year, the beginning of 2018 or later that year: no problem.
Wish there was a * BEST Answer* feature !!!!
Haha. Yeah. I'd like them to just release things rather than take so much time... and less marketing/hype would be good too.
Another strong contender for the best comment ever !!!
I'm British, we don't use cents...will gladly throw in 2 pence though!
We gotta start a donation pool !!!
Joking aside. If there is an album ready to release - add no more dates to the current tour - release in the Autumn. Aussies/ Japan get first bite on touring early 2018?
We need the new songs out there asap - if anything - to decide if they're any good!?
'Innocence' I get. It was the band looking at themselves. I hope 'experience' generates songs that pull on the bands experience to write great tracks again and take us somewhere completely different.
Can't see the band releasing SOE until they have milked all they can from TJT tour.
Then there could be the band going into the studio to do some more recording because they have just realised they aren't happy with this or that!!
You know Brian Eno stole my idea & turned it into something. ??
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Q: join or merge empty table with layer I'm building a municipal model with many pipes, manholes & other structures as vector layers - these are coming from several different sources of information and the field structure can be slightly different depending on the source. I then need to add many new fields to each table for field data capture. What I'm wondering, is if there's a way to build an empty table within a template, or a script that I can run (or something else) to automate this task? I'll have many tables that I need to add these same fields to in this project, and I've got another dozen similar projects after this one... I would really like to find a way to add these same fields automatically rather than manually.
A: I'm sure this can be done with a script as well. But the easiest way to do it would be using the Processing Modeler. From Processing> Graphical Modeler...
There is the "Add field to attributes table" function.
Simply create model that adds the fields that you need and run it for each table. You can even run it in batch mode for multiple layers at once.
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Q: Restlet find origin IP I would like to find out the origin IP address a request came from to my resource.
I have the next two methods to retrieve it.
String ipAddress = (Series) Request.getCurrent().getAttributes().
get("org.restlet.http.headers").getFirstValue("X-Forwarded-For");
String ip = ipAddress.split(" ")[0];
and
List<String> ipsList = Request.getCurrent().getClientInfo().getForwardedAddresses();
String ip = ipsList.get(ipsList.size() - 1);
Two questions:
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*Are they both correct (does it work)?
*Which is better (if they both work, which is better regarding efficiency/resources/runtime)?
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Grown in Amador County, the Helwig 2012 is an excellent example of a complex red Zinfandel that emanates from the Sierra Foothills. Dark and rich on the palate, it features soft chewy tannins that fill the mouth with flavors of raspberry jam, Christmas cake spice, light smoke and vanilla. It is deep crimson in color and is quite approachable despite its complexity. The Helwig 2012 Zinfandel is ready to drink now but will continue to age beautifully for the next five to seven years.
This Zinfandel was meant to accompany most grilled meats and a variety of hearty Italian dishes. If you are searching for a wine to stand up to any barbeque sauce, check this one out. You will agree that it's the real deal.
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Gases have no definite volume and they do not have specific shape.
Their density is much lower than solids and liquids.
They are highly compressible and exert pressure equally in all directions.
At constant temperature, the volume of a given mass of gas is inversely proportional to its pressure.
Here, V is the volume, P is the pressure.
The value of constant k, depends upon the amount of gas, the temperature of the gas and the units in which P and V are expressed.
Isotherms: Graphs of V vs p or pV vs p at constant temperature known as Isotherms.
The volume of the given mass of a gas increases or decrease by 1/273 of its volume for each degree rise or fall of temperature respectively at constant pressure.
The volume of a given mass of a gas is directly proportional to the absolute temperature at constant pressure.
Absolute zero is the theoretically possible temperature at which the volume of the gas becomes zero. It is equal to 00C or 273.15K.
Isobars: A graph of V vs T at constant pressure is known as isobar.
Charles' law explains that gases expand on heating, so hot air is less dense than cold air.
At constant volume, pressure of a given mass of a gas is directly proportional to the temperature.
Pressure Vs. temperature (Kelvin) graph at constant molar volume is shown in figure.
Isochore: Each line of graph is called isochore.
Avogadro's law states that equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure contain equal number of molecules.
Where n is the number of moles of the gas.
Avogadro constant: The number of molecules in one mole of a gas = 6.022 x 1023.
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On Aug. 26, Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell, '71, delivered the 2010 William K. Stoffer Lecture at Albion's opening convocation, focusing on sustainability. The lecture was the first event in Albion's theme year of sustainability.
Heartwell has promoted sustainability across the city since 2004, stressing the need to encourage sustainability on three fronts—economic, environmental and social equity.
Albion has dedicated the 2010-2011 academic year to sustainability in its strategic plan; wellness and global diversity will follow sustainability in a three-year cycle of theme years. The 2010 William K. Stoffer Lecture kicked off Albion's "Week of Impact," with activities ranging from a Kalamazoo River clean-up to the ongoing Sustainability Year Film Series.
Currently, Grand Rapids is participating in several wind turbine projects, using alternative fuel in city vehicles and continuing to improve water quality in the Grand River, among other measures, according to Heartwell.
Due to the city's initiatives, Grand Rapids received the 2010 Siemens Sustainability Award for being the most sustainable mid-size (50,000-500,000 residents) city in the nation.
Heartwell also fielded questions from both students and faculty at a question-and-answer session held in Bobbit Auditorium prior to the William K. Stoffer Lecture.
John Rogers, Rochester first-year and Ford Institute member, attended the question-and-answer session.
Of all Grand Rapids' environmental initiatives, Heartwell most enjoys the improved water quality in the Grand River.
The next Year of Sustainability event is the "Ballet in the Pasture" presentation by Joel Salatin, a Virgina farmer featured in Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. The event is scheduled on Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the College's Goodrich Chapel.
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Lawrence man gets probation for giving drugs to teenager
By KMAN Staff on September 13, 2019 State News
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 56-year-old Lawrence man was sentenced to three years of probation for giving a teenager drugs that nearly killed him.
Dana Wingert pleaded no contest Wednesday to seven charges, including two counts of endangering a child. He had previously pleaded not guilty and was scheduled to go to trial in October.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports a police affidavit says the boy and his 16-year-old friend passed out from a cocktail of drugs and alcohol they took at Wingert's home on April 21. Police were able to revive the 16-year-old but the 15-year-old was taken to a hospital in critical condition and placed on life support.
Cheryl Wright Kunard, assistant to the Douglas County district attorney, said Thursday she could not update the boy's condition.
Man charged in fire that killed 2 children, his girlfriend
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The most beautiful Monasteries in Serbia
The history of Serbia has experienced both great and sad days, and many of their beautiful and exquisite monasteries has been in the center of all of these. We would now look at these monasteries from the territory of Kosovo up the hill to Vojvodina, these are the outstanding and most beautiful monasteries in Serbia.
Studenica Monastery
It is nearly impossible to talk about a beautiful monastery in Serbia without the Studenica Monastery beeping rapidly on the radar. Having been founded in the 12th century, this is said to be the most beautiful and outstanding monastery in Serbia. It is located close to the Ibar gorge, this beautiful monastery is a deep image of the medieval architecture of Serbia. This turned out to be more beautiful with it the church of the virgin, and the church of the king encompassed behind its walls, both built using white marble. The founder of the Serbian kingdom Nemanja Stefan and his wife Ana both have their crypt there. If you are going from Belgrade to Kopaonik Ski resort you can visit Studenica because it is just 12 kilometers from the main road from Kraljevo to Kopaonik.
Žiča Monastery
The rich history that the Žiča monastery in Serbia can be said to be a mini version of the Serbian orthodox church. The whole nation cherishes the monastery as a great symbol of their history, if Studenica is considered the Serbia gem of architecture, then Žiča is the glory of Serbia history. The people of Serbia holds the Orthodox monastery as a symbol of inspiration and faith. The great coronation of the seven Serbian kings was conducted in this monastery. Between the years of 1206 through 1220, this monastery was built with Stefan and Saint Sava as the founders. The idea they had was to create a sacred place that would be a center for spirituality and future coronations. It is said that the monastery was always open to the kings, so they have access anytime, and the gate undergoes a restructuring whenever the rulership of a king ends. The Zica monastery has always been a place of faith and inspiration for the people of Serbia, and for anyone seeking peace, therefore it became a target of treasure bandits and enemies looking to exploit or harm the Serbia nation. With threats from the ottomans, and in 1941 when Serbia was occupied by the Germans, the monastery was set ablaze and was later restored a decade afterward, another attack was suffered in 1987 with an earthquake. Ever since the 13th century, the monastery has constantly been painted red as an expression of their deep struggle and hardship suffered in the past. The dramatic red of the monastery sets it apart from the others on the Kings Route. Serbian Kings weren't considered official until they had been crowned here, and Žiča was also the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church for the first 34 years of its independence.
Manasija Monastery
The historical background of the Manasija is not known. Its Foundation Charter isn't safeguarded, sources are rare, and there is so little data that it is difficult to decipher more than 500 writer's long stretches of "excruciating executions, servitude, and last plunder." Life in such troublesome and wicked eras – when, in the late spring of 1790, the Turks welcomed around 200 Serbs to gather together and worship at Manasija, only to deceive all and put them to death. This cruelty left profound scars of devastation. There was no more possible to maintain the monastery which then led to the monastery to be ravaged, consumed, and obliterated. Turks utilized the religious community as a fortress and the used the church as a stable for horses. The most simple however partly complete and inadequate information about the development of the manasija monastery were recorded by Constantine the Philosopher "of Kostents" in his composition from 1432-1433 about the life of Despot Stefan Lazarević. The Despot's account was found in 1884 in the Zograf Monastery on Mount Athos. This account is considered an extensive, vital and reliable historical background of the Serbian history of the Serbian people.
Resava, early called Manasija – most likely because Despot Stefan, inferable from his rich abstract style, was classified "second Manasija" (after the Byzantine writer Constantine Manasija from the twelfth century) – is referenced in our medieval narratives and records, far separated in time and containing a handful of data, based on which it is difficult to unequivocally exhibit life and work in the religious community, its sufferings, and recuperations. Day-Trip to Mansija Monastery and that part of Serbia is one of the most popular tours from Belgrade.
Sopoćani Monastery
The Sopocani Monastery is referred to as the Medieval Monastery of Serbia, it is located 16 km west of Novi Pazar, it is close to the Stari Ras, and it's close to the spring of Raška River, this monastery is the main focus of the Serbian Medieval State. Sopoćani Monastery is the grand gift of King Uros I (1243-76, the child of the King Stefan Prvovencani the First-delegated and Ana Dondolo, Venetian princess). In the medieval era, it was known as the Sopot Monastery. Shortly after the clash with all the Turks in Kosovo Polje (1389), Sopocani Monastery suffered serious damage had to be restored by the Serbian Despotate when specific changes had been done and special attention was paid to the strengthening of its fortifications. At the start of the century that is 16th Monastery had been without the lead roof while the narthex was partially damaged.
Rača Monastery
The Raca monastery is located just next to the Raca river, in the proximity of Bajina Bašta, there is Raca Monastery. Raca Monastery was built in the mid-13th century as a possible endowment of the Serbian King Dragutin Nemanjić, who later became a monk called Teoktist. Raca Monastery was destroyed by Turks in the late part of the 17th century, and since then it has been restored and demolished more than once. The recent day Monastery church, devoted to the Ascension of Jesus Christ, ended up being reconstructed in 1795 having Saint Achilles' church in Arilje as a model. The church of Raca Monastery is built of limestone and provides an effect of a craft that is accurate as it is a close replica of the old Serbian Raška school of design. The iconostasis and fresco paintings of the Raca Monastery have got all features of church paintings which had their roots in the post tradition that is byzantine but also by western art college. In a guest-house that is brand new, there is Raca Monastery Treasury where visitors can appreciate the manuscripts and copies dating from the 17th and the 18th hundreds of years.
Aside from the aforementioned, Serbia is endowed with a host of other jaw-dropping, beautiful monasteries worth your time while visiting. They include Visoki Dečani monastery, Mileševa monastery, Gračanica monastery, Đurđevi Stupovi monastery, and the epic Krušedol monastery
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Here is some Artificial Grass Inspiration also called Artificial Turf that has been done in Toronto, Mississauga, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal and across Canada. You will find several artificial grass application and inspiration for your next project. SGC offers several products for your landscaping backyard, putting green, pet turf area, playground area, rooftop, terrace and more. We also offer all the accessories for the installation of your artificial grass.
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In a far corner of a Thurrock field………
IN A FAR corner of a cemetery in Chadwell St Mary lay the grave of Neil Robin Wright.
The 30-year-old options broker from Tilbury, died on September 11th, 2001 in the Twin Towers.
Neil worked for the global financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald. The company were based between the 101st and 104th of the north tower. They lost 658 employees, more than any other organisation in the terrorist attacks.
Cantor Fitzgerald host a website where people can pay tribute to the employees murdered by the attack masterminded by Osama Bin Laden.
On Neil's page it reads:
"Throughout secondary school his aptitude for maths and a personality that was to ensure his success in life were so apparent. Head teacher had a soft spot for Neil often forgiving him for misdemeanours, having faith that he would succeed in life whatever.
"The work experience at Barclays Bank was to be instrumental in shaping his future in the world of finance. At 16 Neil landed his first job in the City of London at Barclays Bank. He worked hard and played hard too! Evenings were often spent with friends drinking in one of the many bars (some things never changed). From Barclays, to Marshalls and then Cantor Fitzgerald, nothing would stop Neil going up the ladder".
Nothing appeared in the local papers ten years ago. But with the death of Osama Bin Laden, we thought we would pay tribute to a young man from Tilbury, who followed his dreams and headed west only to be struck down in the prime of his life.
Labour slam Tories over attempts to "woo the BNP vote"
Thurrock For All May 4, 2011 At 3:48 am
Condolences once again
Thurrock Museum set to mark Tilbury and the floods
Cash-strapped Thurrock Council may have to wait longer for Thames Freeport windfall
Police bosses funds domestic abuse training sessions
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Q: C Makefile exercises from HeadFirst C I am learning C from Head First C. One short exercise is connected with Makefile. The source code is:
oggswing: oggswing.c oggswing.h
gcc oggswing.c -o oggswing
swing.ogg: whitennerdy.ogg oggswing
oggswing whitennerdy.ogg swing.ogg
(Please assume that the indented lines start with the required tab.)
I do not understand oggswing whitennerdy.ogg swing.ogg. There isn't any command like gcc or the other. I can't find any solutions why is that correct? Could you help me?
A: oggswing is the result of building oggswing.c.
It can then be executed to process the two .ogg files (in whatever way it implements).
And oggswing will be built because it is a dependency for the target swing.ogg.
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Below is a list of water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) organizations with independent evaluations (out of nearly 1300 WASH organizations around the world that we have identified to date). We understand this list is not complete or comprehensive. Rather it is a list of evaluations (some of which might not be fully independent) that we assembled using the tools that a regular donor would have, such as web searches or word of mouth. We hope you can learn from them!
Has your organization had an independent evaluation? Have you done an independent evaluation of a WASH program? Please send an email or include the link in the comments section below.
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Collaborating With The Enemy
Christians are at war. We are at war with satan, evil people, and ourselves. I know how to combat my own sin by prayer and repentance. With evil people we pray, have government to protect us, and preach the gospel. But how are we to combat the world's main occupier-- the prince of the power of the air, Ephesians 2:1-3?
While thinking about this, I recalled a PBS mini-series that I enjoyed watching, "Foyles War," click here. The enemy activity-- such as a bomb or a spy-- does not happen on occupied turf but in British territory. So this did not help to show how to deal with an occupying enemy.
Another mini-series called "Island at War" shows a British Island being taken over peacefully by the enemy, click here. The romance between a German soldier and an islander girl that portrayed favorably the German military commander of the occupation further inflamed the debate about the depiction of collaboration in the film. For more details go to here.
Another instance of collaborating with the enemy was the Vichy government in France. It is one of the best-known and most significant examples of collaboration between former enemies of Germany and Germany itself. For more details go here.
So here is the problem. The Church is divided. Some support the view of the occupier of the "world"-- satan. Some support Scripture. Here is what Ross Douthat said:
"MODERNITY has left nearly every religious tradition in the Western world divided.
The specific issues vary with the faith, but there is an essential sameness to what separates Reform Judaism from Orthodox Judaism, evangelical churches from mainline Protestantism, the liberal Episcopal Church from the conservative Anglican Church in North America.
In each case, disagreements about the authority of tradition, the reliability of Scripture, and eventually the proper response to the Sexual Revolution have made it impossible for liberal and conservative believers to remain in community or communion."
So what is a Christian to do? What am I to do? To me it looks like the churches that take the view of the "world" are collaborating with the enemy. They approve of killing innocent unborn babies, approve of gay marriage, and approve of unmarried couples living together in housing that some churches support. They say they have to do so because the secular population doesn't understand our religion and can't be expected to live according to God's laws. But what is actually happening here? The Christians who support these things endorse what "the deceiver" is doing by not standing for morality. They are worthy of death—Romans 1:32. I pray that those in The Church who have been working with the enemy, will wake up, and turn away from sin before it is too late. Meanwhile, those in The Church, including myself, who refuse to collaborate with the adversary, will need to seek God through prayer and Scripture. We will need God's protection and wisdom in dealing with our foe.
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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (6 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist (or, more accurately, proponent of manned flight). Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs. His son, Paul Nadar, continued the studio after his death.
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Wine Not// Happy National Mulled Wine Day! Here's a recipe from the queen herself (#weloveIna) to make for tonight. Get cookin' and get cozy!
Reader Q // What is your diet and what do you do to stay in shape?! Now that we are nearing swimsuit season, this question has been popping up a lot in my in box! I swear by Bulldog Yoga (you can try the online classes here – first 30 days are free!) for an awesome full body workout. And here is a post I wrote on my eating habits.
Now trending// We are seeing woven mules everywhere recently and dying to get our hands on a pair (or 3). Should I do a post on how to style these? Rounding up some of my favorites below!
ICYMI // This week I showed an easy way to get a "glossy" makeup look, my favorite shoe picks for spring, slithered into a new skirt, styled 3 different pants, re-dreamed up my wedding registry and styled spring's hottest pants several ways!
You Hear Me Looking At You?!// Bose came out with Bluetooth sunglasses and I am SO intrigued. Does anyone have these? Do I need them?!
The amazing weekend sales are HERE!
J.Crew – Up to 50% off need-now styles. I definitely need this gingham blazer right now.
Lord & Taylor – Extra 20% off with code SMART. Just added this ruffled embroidered blouse to my cart.
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Northeast OHIO Library 24 hours daily Reference
Search Guy spotted a Cleveland.com Piece on Ieleene's ol' stompin' grounds.
"In Northeast Ohio, the public library never closes. They say the Clevenet library consortium's KnowItNow24x7 service has a reference librarian always standing by, ready to answer your online question.
That doesn't mean you can bring a blanket, snuggle up on one of those comfy chairs and read Dr. Phil books till sunrise.
The buildings need to close (after all, the FBI needs that time to search our library-checkout records). "
June 30, 2004 by Blake Uncategorized 0
TECH TIME: 50 Coolest Websites
An Anonymous Patron writes "Time Magazine has listed Their 50 Coolest Websites, the list includes Tara's Cookin' "With Google""
Library Book Thief Heading to Prison
This should serve as an example to would-be book thieves…
"A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing library books from the University of Oregon and selling them on eBay." The bad part about it is, in some instances of other thefts, his mother was his accomplice… Read More.
June 30, 2004 by Ieleen Uncategorized 0
Library experts 'sidelined in crisis summit'
Brits writes "The British government was accused yesterday of "pointedly ignoring the real decision-makers" in its planning for a conference on the 154-year-old public library service. The Guardian Has The Full Story"
Ex-Head NY Pub. Library awarded Medal of Freedom by Pres.
search-engines-web.com notes The Associated Press reports Vartan Gregorian, scholar and historian, who headed the New York Public Library in the 1980s was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Whitehouse Site has more on the life of Dr. Vartan Gregorian that began in Iran, in a town called Tabriz.
SOFA, so good with the First Amendment
Fang-Face writes "The First Amendment Center, with American Journalism Review magazine, did the 2004 national State of the First Amendment survey. One thousand two respondents were contacted by telephone between 06 May and 06 Jun 2004. The sampling error is plus-or-minus 3%. Among key findings in the 2004 survey:
In response to a general question, 58% say current government regulation on broadcast television with regard to references to sexual activity is about right, with 16% saying there is too much and 21% saying there is too little regulation.
But when asked more specific questions, 49% would extend that authority beyond the existing 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. time frame to also include late-night and overnight programs. And even though cable programming today is exempt from FCC standards applied to broadcasters, 54%, would support permitting the same 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. regulations to apply to cable television, with 45% in favor of applying such regulation around-the-clock.
Parents, by wide majority — from 71% to 87% — are seen as having the main responsibility to keep children from seeing "inappropriate material" on television, radio, movies or printed material. Survey respondents ranked the content providers — programmers, movie producers or theater owners and publishers — as the second-most-responsible group, with government running a distant third or fourth choice.
Even as 67% of those responding to the survey said that the nation's educational system does a fair-to-poor job of teaching students about the First Amendment, 72% disagreed that a high school student should be allowed to wear a T-shirt with a message or picture that might be offensive to others.
You can see the Foreword to the 2004 report by Gene Policinski; or this analysis of the survey report by Paul K. McMasters; or the Associated Press article all of which are minor variations on a theme. The Report itself, in .PDF can be found here."
High Court ruling boosts Internet filters
conservator writes "An Associated Press article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer states that the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion striking down the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) is simultaneously a fairly strong endorsement of the effectiveness of filtering software. The Court's majority opinion, written by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, provides ample evidence for this assertion."
"Although filtering software is not a perfect solution because it may block some materials not harmful to minors and fail to catch some that are, the Government has not satisfied its burden to intro-duce specific evidence proving that filters are less effective."
Nicholson Baker moves from taking on libraries to taking on Bush
ffirehorse writes "According to an article in the British newspaper The Independent, Nicholson Baker, who spent much of the 1990s railing against libraries and librarians for real or imagined offenses against old-fashioned card catalogs, old runs of original-edition newspapers, and weeded books, has written a new novel consisting of two characters talking for 115 pages about ways to assassinate George W. Bush."
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Clinton Nears 1 Million Book Mark
According to Bill Clinton's publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, Clinton's memoir book, "My Life," has sold over 900,000 copies in the US and sales are expected to reach the 1 million mark by the week's end. The number doesn't include international sales. The book is in its third printing. Read More.
Rowling Announces Next Potter Title
While there's no exact release date, the next Harry Potter book has a title. "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" will hit stores… well… sometime… More from Fox News.
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4 impressions of Rick Springfield's…
4 impressions of Rick Springfield's classy (bleepin') show with the Pacific Symphony in Costa Mesa
Rick Springfield performs with the Pacific Symphony at Pacific Amphitheatre Thursday. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, Contributing Photographer)
By Peter Larsen | plarsen@scng.com | Orange County Register
Walking out of Rick Springfield's very fun and truly enjoyable show with the Pacific Symphony on Thursday, I ended up next to two women who appeared to be fans of the rocker going back to his '80s heyday.
"Sixty-nine? He's 69?" one says to the other, loud enough to turn heads in the crowd. "He's so sexy!"
From there, the conversation dove into a discussion of Springfield's attributes so explicit my editor would faint if I included them here. Let's just say they had the same general idea other women who were shouting things like, "I want to have your baby!" at the singer throughout the show.
And let's face it, Springfield is one fit almost-septuagenarian. I heard at least one guy shouting out his love for Springfield during the show, too. And it wasn't me.
But the important thing to know is that Springfield is more than just a pretty boy of a certain age, for in a show that ran two hours including an intermission, he showed he's still got a lot more than a pretty face and "Jessie's Girl," his signature hit, to offer.
Here's what stood out at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa on Thursday.
1) A classy (bleepin') night: Springfield arrived on stage in a slim-cut burgundy tuxedo, his band dressed in black, the Pacific Symphony conducted by Albert-George Schram in white formal wear.
The opening number, "Affair Of The Heart," featured the strings to swell effect, and if not for all the plastic cups of beer that folks were swilling in the seats you might have almost thought this was a highbrow night out. Almost.
"Welcome to a night of (bleepin') culture!" Springfield announced at the end of that first number, the first of many times he playfully joked about a guy like him performing with an orchestra.
He and the musicians then moved into "I've Done Everything For You," a harder rocking number, and that and the next few tunes more or less drowned out the more delicate sounds of the symphony. But they played on every song in the show, and eventually the tunes and arrangements gave them more space to shine
A cover the Beatles' "She's Leaving Home" saw most of his band leave the stage — though his four backing vocalists were featured along with the orchestra — while "I Get Excited" was arranged for just Springfield and a string quartet. Both were highlights.
2. A sentimental guy: Springfield talked a lot between songs, explaining their origins and what they meant to him.
Early in the show, he sang "Souls," a deeper cut from his 1983 album "Living In Oz," a number written for his then-girlfriend, now-wife Barbara. A love song, it was followed by another she inspired. That one, "Don't Talk To Strangers," came from the same era, written as he was being "a bad boy out on the road in 1982," and was wrongly paranoid that she was being naughty at home.
Shortly before intermission, he paired songs written in tribute to his late mother and father, "Irreplaceable" for her, "My Father's Chair" for, well, that's an obvious one, right? Emotional ballads with photos of his parents on the video screen behind him, when he wiped his eyes at the end of the second number you felt it was genuine.
3. Chatter-boxing: Did we mention he talked a lot on Thursday? Springfield's long worked as an actor — and it was clear that his tenure as Dr. Noah Drake on the soap opera "General Hospital" in the early '80s was what brought a lot of these fans into his camp — and his ease on stage added to the fun of his performance.
"Oh, dude, popcorn?" he said at one point to a fan in the front row, helping himself to some of the guy's snacks. "I told you this was going to be a classy (bleepin') gig.
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"My mom would have loved this except she wouldn't have been happy with me swearing: 'Richard, you've got to be a good example for the kids!'
"The kids are all in their 50s, mom! They've already decided if they want to swear or not."
Then, after choking for a moment on a piece of the caramel corn he'd snagged: "Note to self: When you're going to sing don't eat any friggin' popcorn!"
4. Rockin' out symphonically: After slower songs and ballads dominated the first set, the second half of the show found Springfield playing more electric guitar and songs like "Kristina" and "World Start Turning" rocking harder to build to the finish.
"You Better Love Somebody" and "Human Touch," a pair of his bigger hits, also rocked hard. The latter song saw him go into the crowd for an extended walk across the seats of fans during which he posed for selfies, offered high fives, and in the case of one overly enthusiastic guy, strap a watch on Springfield's wrist for some strange reason.
And then, of course, the big one. "Jessie's Girl," the song that if you only know one Springfield song you know. It featured two women crashing the stage to hug Springfield, a big crowd sing-along, and a warm finish to the night, that sent some fans home with visions of, well, we won't go there, but you heard what was on their minds at the start of this story.
Rick Springfield with the Pacific Symphony
When: Thursday, July 11
Where: Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa
Peter Larsen has been the Pop Culture Reporter for the Orange County Register since 2004, finally achieving the neat trick of getting paid to report and write about the stuff he's obsessed about pretty much all his life. He regularly covers the Oscars and the Emmys, goes to Comic-Con and Coachella, reviews pop music, and conducts interviews with authors and actors, musicians and directors, a little of this and a whole lot of that. He grew up, in order, in California, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon. Graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore. with degrees in English and Communications. Earned a master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Earned his first newspaper paycheck at the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat, fled the Midwest for Los Angeles Daily News and finally ended up at the Orange County Register. He's taught one or two classes a semester in the journalism and mass communications department at Cal State Long Beach since 2006. Somehow managed to get a lovely lady to marry him, and with her have two daughters. And a dog named Buddy. Never forget the dog.
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Anna d'Habsburg, (Viena 1275/80-1327), filla primogènita de l'emperador Albert I d'Habsburg i d'Elisabet de Tirol, i serà educada en la cort per ser casada, com era el habitual en la seva època per a les dones.
Biografia
Família
Els seus germans més notables van ser Rodolf I de Bohèmia, Frederic el Bell, Leopold I duc d'Àustria, Albert II d'Àustria, el duc Otó d'Àustria i Agnès, reina d'Hongria.
Els avis materns d'Ana eren Meinard II de Gorízia-Tirol, duc de Caríntia, i la seva esposa Elisabet de Baviera, reina d'Alemanya. Els seus avis paterns van ser Rodolf I d'Habsburg i la seva primera esposa, Gertrudis de Hohenberg. Les seves ties paterns i oncles incloïen a Rodolf II duc d'Àustria, Matilde, duquessa de Baviera, Clemència, reina d'Hongria, i Judit, reina de Bohèmia.
Primer matrimoni
Anna es va casar en primeres noces el 1295 a Graz, amb Herman, marcgravi de Brandenburg-Salzwedel. Van tenir quatre fills:
Judit de Brandenburg (1301-1353), hereva de Coburg, casada amb el comte Enric VIII de Henneberg
Joan (1302-1317), va succeir al seu pare, però va morir jove
Matilde de Brandenburg (morta en 1323) es va casar amb Enric IV el Fidel
Agnès de Brandenburg (1297-1334), hereva d'Altmark (Antiga Marca), es va casar amb el marcgravi Valdemar de Brandenburg, (1281-1381) i el 1319 amb el duc Otó de Brunswick-Gotinga (1290-1344).
En 1308, Herman va morir, i el seu fill Joan el va succeir.
Segon matrimoni
En 1310 Anna es va casar amb Enric VI de Silesia, duc de Breslàvia, fill d'Enric V el Gros i la seva esposa Isabel de Kalisz.Van tenir tres filles:
Elisabet de Brieg (c. 1311-20 de febrer 1328), es va casar abans de 10 de gener 1322 amb el duc Conrad I d'Oleśnica.
Eufèmia de Brieg (Ofka) (vers 1312 - 21 de març posterior a 1384), es va casar abans de 29 de novembre de 1325 amb el duc Boleslau el Vell de Niemodlin (Falkenberg).
Margarita de Brieg (vers 1313 - 8 de març 1379), abadessa de Santa Clara en Breslàvia (1359).
Anna va morir el 19 de març de 1327 a Legnica. Va deixar al seu marit vidu, i no havia pogut tenir un fill home. Quan el seu marit va morir deu anys més tard, el ducat de Breslau o Breslavia es va fusionar amb la corona de Bohèmia.
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Marcgravis
Ducs
Dinastia dels Habsburg
Morts a Polònia
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Television episodes, Episode stubs, Articles with Wikipedia content, Good Luck Charlie episodes
Take Mel Out to the Ball Game
Good Luck Charlie
"Take Mel Out to the Ball Game"
Season 1 Number 10
Andrew Orenstein
Eric Dean Seaton
Good Luck Charlie Episodes
"Up a Tree" "Boys Meet Girls"
"Take Mel Out to the Ball Game" is the tenth episode of Season 1 of the sitcom Good Luck Charlie.
Teddy realizes that she has a great-uncle named Mel through her father but also learns that they do not speak to each other any more. So she and Ivy go to meet Uncle Mel to find out what happened. After they meet, she learns that he loves baseball. He convinces Teddy to sneak him out of the nursing home. When they go to a baseball game, Teddy learns that Uncle Mel loves baseball a little too much when he causes quite a ruckus, including after he moons the team on the Jumbotron and the police get involved. Afterwards, Teddy invites Mel over to end their argument and discovers the reason they hated each other was because when Bob was ten, Mel was his baseball coach and, while attempting to make Bob a better player, ended up humiliating him in front of the team. Meanwhile, PJ and Gabe meet a photographer who offered to pay them $100 to use Charlie as a baby model and do it behind Amy's back when she doesn't approve of it.
Bridgit Mendler as Teddy Duncan
Leigh-Allyn Baker as Amy Duncan
Bradley Steven Perry as Gabe Duncan
Mia Talerico as Charlie Duncan
Eric Allan Kramer as Bob Duncan
Jason Dolley as PJ Duncan
Blake Clark as Mel Duncan
Raven Goodwin as Ivy Wentz
John Ross Bowie as Walter
Mary Pat Gleason as Rita
Iris Braydon as Female Fan
This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The article or pieces of the original article was at Take Mel Out to the Ball Game. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Disney Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Good Luck Charlie • Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Bob Duncan • Amy Duncan • PJ Duncan • Teddy Duncan • Gabe Duncan • Charlie Duncan • Toby Duncan • Ivy Wentz • Emmett Heglin • Spencer Walsh • Estelle Dabney • Jo Keener • Mary Lou Wentz • Harry Wentz • Skyler • Vonnie • Victor • Frank Duncan • Linda Duncan • Mel Duncan • Hank Blankenhooper • Petunia Blankenhooper • Raymond • Lauren Dabney • Nicole • Kai • Emma
Hang in There Baby
Season One: "Study Date" • "Baby Come Back" • "The Curious Case of Mr. Dabney" • "Double Whammy" • "Dance Off" • "Charlie Did It!" • "Butt Dialing Duncans" • "Charlie is 1" • "Up a Tree" • "Take Mel Out to the Ball Game" • "Boys Meet Girls" • "Kit and Kaboodle" • "Teddy's Little Helper" • "Blankie Go Bye-Bye" • "Charlie Goes Viral" • "Duncan's Got Talent" • "Kwikki Chick" • "Charlie in Charge" • "Sleepless in Denver" • "Girl Bites Dog" • "Teddy's Broken Heart Club Band" • "Teddy Rebounds" • "Pushing Buttons" • "Snow Show" • "Driving Mrs. Dabney"
Season Two: "Charlie is 2" • "Something's Fishy" • "Let's Potty" • "Appy Days" • "Duncan vs. Duncan" • "L.A.R.P. in the Park" • "Battle of the Bands" • "The Singin' Dancin' Duncans" • "Teddy's Bear" • "Meet the Parents" • "Gabe's 12 1/2 Birthday" • "The Break-up" • "Charlie Shakes it Up!" • "Baby's New Shoes" • "Bye Bye Video Diary" • "Monkey Business" • "PJ in the City" • "Sun Show" • "Amazing Gracie" • "Termite Queen" • "The Bob Duncan Experience" • "Ditch Day" • "Alley Oops" • "Scary Had a Little Lamb" • "Return to Super Adventure Land" • "Can You Keep a Secret?" • "Story Time" • "It's a Charlie Duncan Thanksgiving" • "Teddy on Ice"
Film: Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Season Three: "Make Room for Baby" • "Bad Luck Teddy" • "Amy Needs a Shower" • "Dress Mess" • "Catch Me if You Can" • "Name That Baby" • "Special Delivery" • "Welcome Home" • "Baby's First Vacation" • "Wentz's Weather Girls" • "Baby Steps" • "T. Wrecks" • "Teddy and the Bambino" • "Team Mom" • "Le Halloween" • "Guys & Dolls" • "Nurse Blankenhooper" • "Charlie Whisperer" • "Study Buddy" • "A Duncan Christmas" • "All Fall Down"
Season Four: "Duncan Dream House" • "Doppel Date" • "Demolition Dabney" • "Go Teddy!" • "Rock Enroll" • "The Unusual Suspects" • "Rat-A-Teddy" • "Charlie 4, Toby 1" • "Futuredrama" • "Teddy's New Beau" • "Teddy's Choice" • "Bug Prom" • "Weekend in Vegas" • "Fright Night" • "Sister, Sister" • "Bob's Beau-Be-Gone" • "Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas" • "Accepted" • "Down a Tree" • "Good Luck Teddy"
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Q: Span of a linear mapping
Let $ L : \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^m$ be a linear mapping such that $\text{rank}(L) = m$. If $\{v_1, \dots , v_k\}$ spans $\mathbb{R}^n $, then $\{L(v_1), \dots, L(v_k)\}$ spans $\mathbb{R}^m$.
I have to either prove or disprove this statement and I'm not really sure how. Does the $\text{rank}(L) = m$ refer to the standard matrix of $L$? Any hits on how to solve this?
A: You know that if $v_1, \dots, v_k$ span $\mathbb{R}^n$ then we can pick a subset of $n$ of them that are linearly independent, and in particular form a basis for $\mathbb{R}^n$. We know that the rank of $\mathcal{L}$ is $m$. Maybe you have seen that $rk(\mathcal{L}) = dim(im(\mathcal{L}))$? I suggest you look at what could happen to the linearly independent vectors we picked, or perhaps the form of the matrix of $\mathcal{L}$ in this basis.
A: if $\{v_1, \dots , v_k\}$ spans ${\mathbb R}^n$ and $L$ linear implies that $B = \{Lv_1, Lv_2, \cdots, Lv_k\}$ spans the image/range of $L.$ now the $rank(L) = \text{ dimesion of } range(L) = m$ shows that $m \le k$ and $B$ spans ${\mathbb R}^m.$
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Translation:The children are eating fruit.
Is "Children eating fruit." a possible translation?
"Children eating fruit" would be "Dzieci jedzące owoce". Here you put emphasis on the children more and use what they are doing as their description.
In "children eat fruit" or "children are eating fruit" you are pointing out what the children are actually doing.
If you mean "Children eat fruit" than yes.
It seems "owoce" is plural. How would it be ·"A fruit"?
However, we wouldn't say "a fruit" here. In English, "fruit' is generally uncountable. We could say "some fruit", or more often we'd probably simply specify, e.g. "an apple".
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Franklin and Marshall College Diplomats Summer Prospect Day
The Franklin and Marshall College Diplomats Summer Prospect Day is going to fall on the 8th of June from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 o'clock in the evening. This high-level lacrosse prospect camp is inviting high school freshmen to senior boys who are serious about playing lacrosse at the college level. It is going to take place at the top-notch Tylus Field which is on the Franklin and Marshall College campus. Furthermore, this lacrosse day camp will include individual position development drills, competitive games, a campus tour, and a college recruiting seminar. Another schedule of the program is also set on the 15th of June. The registration cost for this event is $175 per camper. Registration is on a first come first served basis. Overall, this lacrosse training program will be motivational and enjoyable. It will be under the supervision of the Diplomats men's lacrosse coaching staff and current plays.
Franklin and Marshall College is a private, coeducational, residential, liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Its name is in honor of Benjamin Franklin, one of the nation's Founding Fathers, and John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. Additionally, Franklin and Marshall College is a member of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges. It is also part of the Annapolis Group and the Oberlin Group. Presently, Franklin and Marshall College is serving around 2,200 undergraduate students. 47 percent of this undergraduate population are male students and 53 percent are female students. The college's undergraduate student population is also through a very selective enrollment acceptance rate of 36 percent. Correspondingly, the college's student to faculty ratio is 9:1. Franklin and Marshall College is a top-performing academic institution. In fact, it is 39th in the National Liberal Arts Colleges of the 2018 edition of the US News and World Reports Best College rankings. It is also 28th in the Best Value Schools rankings and 13th in the Most Innovative Schools rankings. Meanwhile, in sports, Franklin and Marshall College fields its collegiate teams in the Centennial Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III. They are the Diplomats and blue is their identity color.
Franklin and Marshall College Diplomats Summer Prospect Day Organizers
The head coach of the Franklin and Marshall College Diplomats men's lacrosse team is Todd Cavallaro, a native of Corning, New York. Coach Todd Cavallaro is now in his 11th season at the helm of the Diplomats men's lacrosse program. He is an alumnus of the Johns Hopkins University. In addition, Coach Todd Cavallaro is the 2013 and 2017 Centennial Conference (CC) Coach of the Year awardee. He is also the 2017 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Coach of the Year awardee. Ultimately, he led the Diplomats to the Centennial Conference title. Then, the Diplomats assistant coaches are Joey Severns, Rich Lefever, and David Alyanakian. Coach Joey Severns is a Hampden-Sydney College graduate and is now in his third year with the coaching staff. Coach David Alyanakian, a native of Moylan, Pennsylvania, is a bachelor's degree in political science and a minor in communications graduate from Lynchburg College. Moreover, Coach Rich Lefever, a 2017 US Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee is in his first year with the Diplomats coaching staff. He is the former Elizabethtown College's offensive coordinator. Finally, Roly Shover is the volunteer assistant coach.
Franklin and Marshall College,
The Franklin and Marshall College Diplomats Summer Prospect Day is inviting all rising freshmen to senior boys who are aspiring to become a lacrosse student-athlete. It is going to take place at the state-of-the-art Tylus Field which is the home field of the Franklin and Marshall College Diplomats men's lacrosse coaching staff. It will be on the 8th of June.
http://www.godiplomats.com/sports/m-lacros/Summer_Prospect_Day_2018.pdf
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Avalanche at Swiss ski resort Andermatt buries 'a number' of people
Mountain rescuers and helicopters were searching last night for victims of four avalanches in Austria and Switzerland that injured at least two skiers. More holidaymakers were feared to have been buried under snow, Swiss and Austrian police said. After a big avalanche struck the Swiss resort of Andermatt, emergency workers rescued two people, who were airlifted to hospital with minor injuries. Four other skiers were pulled from the snow unhurt. The slopes were crowded when the avalanche occurred. Stefan Kern, a resort spokesman, said: "It is possible that other people have been buried," he said. Reto Pfister, a police spokesman, said rescuers were assuming that there could be other victims and would continue searching. A large rescue team with avalanche dogs trained to sniff out people under the snow were combing the slopes at Andermatt, but had found no other other victims by the end of the day. Three avalanches also came down at the Ankogel resort in Austria, where two off-piste skiers were buried but managed to climb out of the snow. Rescuers were also continuing the search at Ankogel, but had not found anyone by the end of the day, a police spokesman said. The avalanche risk throughout the Alps is at level three on a scale of five, according to the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research. The threat stems mainly from fresh snow and snowdrifts caused by wind. "A dangerous avalanche can sometimes be triggered by a single skier if conditions are hazardous and there's a lot of loose snow," an official said. A skier who narrowly escaped the Andermatt avalanche with his daughter told the online newspaper 20 Minutes: "It happened in a flash. Our only thought was to get a move on to try to get out of the way. We were very lucky. I'm thanking my guardian angel." He said helicopters arrived minutes after the avalanche, which officials said was about 300 metres (yards) long and 60 metres wide. No one had been reported missing by last night. A Swiss official said: "The police have to keep looking in case there's anyone else trapped out there, but we're crossing our fingers and hoping there isn't. If anyone was missing, their families or friends would usually have notified us by this stage."
Mexico farm town buries 3 of 9 slain Americans
November 8, 2019 Sexual Health
As Mexican soldiers stood guard, a mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the rocky soil Thursday at the first funeral for the victims of a drug cartel ambush that left nine American women and children dead. Clad in shirt sleeves, suits or modest dresses, about 500 mourners embraced in grief under white tents erected in La Mora, a hamlet of about 300 people who consider themselves Mormon but are not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members of the extended community — many of whom, like the victims, are dual U.S-Mexican citizens — had built the coffins themselves and used shovels to dig the shared grave in La Mora's small cemetery.
Snowstorm buries Pacific Northwest, with more on the way
February 11, 2019 Sexual Health
SEATTLE (AP) — Residents of the Pacific Northwest took to neighborhood hills with skis, sleds or even just laundry baskets Saturday to celebrate an unusual dump of snow in a region more accustomed to winter rain.
Tanzania buries ferry disaster dead as toll hits 224
September 25, 2018 Sexual Health
Tanzania declared the whole nation was in mourning Sunday as the first dozen bodies were buried from a devastating ferry capsize on Lake Victoria that left people 224 dead. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa led "national funerals" on the island of Ukara, where the MV Nyerere had been coming in to dock on Thursday. The prime minister said a memorial would be built on Ukara.
Anger engulfs families as Italy buries its bridge victims
August 19, 2018 Sexual Health
GENOA, Italy (AP) — With anger and grief, Italians began burying some of their dead Friday from the Genoa highway bridge collapse, holding funerals in the victims' hometowns. Several angry families rebuffed the offer of a state funeral and the cardinal of Naples was merciless in his condemnation of negligence by Italian officials.
Homes Destroyed, New Land Created as Lava Buries Hawaii's Vacationland
June 9, 2018 Sexual Health
A neighborhood called Vacationland on Hawaii's Big Island had disappeared as lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay, turning it into new land that now juts into the sea.
Volcanic lava buries two housing tracts on Hawaii's Big Island
By Terray Sylvester PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – An ever-creeping wall of lava from Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside housing tracts at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, government scientists reported on Wednesday, an area where civil defense officials said nearly 280 homes once stood. The obliteration of the Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland subdivisions by a river of molten rock some 10 to 15 feet (3 to 4.6 meters) tall brings to at least 400 the number of homes and other structures consumed by lava during the past month. "Vacationland is gone, there's no evidence of any properties there at all," Wendy Stovall, a vulcanologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), told reporters on a conference call.
Pakistan buries teen killed in Texas school shooting
May 23, 2018 Sexual Health
Hundreds mourned a Pakistani exchange student killed in a mass shooting at a Texas high school last week during her burial in Karachi Wednesday. Sabika Sheikh was among the 10 people gunned down at a high school in Santa Fe last Friday when a heavily armed student opened fire on classmates. Relatives sobbed and hugged as Sheikh's remains arrived at her family home in a casket draped with a Pakistani flag.
Hamas buries Hamas engineer slain in Malaysia
April 28, 2018 Sexual Health
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians joined a mass funeral on Thursday for a Hamas scientist who was gunned down in Malaysia last week, as Hamas' leader accused Israel of killing him and vowed revenge.
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Chanel has released its Emoticon Flap Bag (CC Peace Cat Graphic Bag) not too long ago and now, we are seeing this cutie in a tote bag version which means a larger storage to keep up with your daily needs at work or while you're out and about enjoying a relaxing time at the beach.
Eclectic, charming and definitely an eye candy, the newest Emoticon Tote Bag is everything you could ever ask for in a tote bag! With its playful mixture of patterns, this bag is just too beautiful and lovely not to take a second look!
Take this tote bag with you anywhere you go as it can hold most of your things and not only your daily essentials. Better yet, this lovely is also a good companion at the beach as it can fit all your beach needs such as your wide brimmed hat, sunglasses, towel, and a good book to read.
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Just make an issue of refusing alcoholic beverage on Thanksgiving and let them jump to conclusions. Or propose a toast to July 22! Good luck!
Oooo, this sounds fun. Do you have an ultrasound picture? If you do, you could make copies of it and put them in little thanksgiving cards for everyone and hand them out at the same time. If not, you could take a picture of a positive pregnancy test and put it in a card. Or, you could make a toast to a safe and happy and healthy nine months, like Grandpa Viv suggested - that would be really nice. It would take a second and then everyone would catch on and get really excited. What about buying a little bib or onesie that says "Grandma/Grandpa/Auntie (etc.) Loves Me" and then wrap one or two up and give them to the respective few individuals, who will then freak out? My cousin did that and it was awesome - everyone celebrated. The pie thing is also cute - you could write "Boy or Girl?" or "Guess Who's Expecting?" - fun fun. I am probably rambling now but this sounds great! How exciting for the two of you!
Okay, sorry, its me again. I thought of a few more ideas - what about baking some sugar cookies (that you don't show anyone until dessert time) and frost half of them pink and half of them blue? Or (if you are a crazy picture person like me or you have recently gone on vacation or got some new furnishings, have pets, etc.) you could bring pictures to the gathering to show everyone and then mix in your positive pregnancy test photo or ultrasound photo.
have everyone say what they are thankful for and you go last,surprise!
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Concerns over 'Area Boys' on Lekki-Epe Coastal Road
By Robert Egbe On Dec 8, 2021
The encroachment of the Coastal Road and surrounding areas around the Okunde Bluewater Hospitality and Tourism Scheme is a menace that has refused to go away despite the efforts of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, writes ROBERT EGBE.
The Lekki-Epe Expressway is stressed. This is a fact that is not lost on the Lagos State government. To ease the stress on the road and make life better for road users and residents of the axis, the government decided to construct an alternative route: enter the Lekki-Epe Coastal Road. The Coastal Highway has been in the pipeline since the days of the military administration of Col. Raji Rasaki.
However, this effort is being sabotaged by encroachers. Squatters have turned the area into a den for drug traffic, prostitution and other vices and are blossoming beyond belief.
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Task Force) issued a three-day removal notice to all owners of makeshift structures, shanties, kiosks and vehicles at Maroko and on Lekki Coastal Road, Lekki in July 2021. The task force Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye, led his team to issue the removal notices. He said the order became necessary for the construction of the Lekki Coastal Road, which serves as an alternative route to the Lekki-Epe Expressway. The spokesman for the task force, Mr. Femi Moliki, said the road, which leads to Lekki Free Zone, was dotted by illegal structures, shanties, abandoned vehicles, containers and trading activities, and that all illegal structures would be demolished within three days! The order, according to CSP Jejeloye was for all the mechanics, block makers, bamboo and wood sellers, shanties and other illegal occupiers, to move or be removed within a few days.
"The stretch of the road has been taken over by mechanics, block makers, bamboo and wood sellers, shanties and other illegal occupiers, which will impede effective road construction," Jejeloye said.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had in 2020 said the setbacks would be cleared and maintained, pending when the Lagos State government would commence work on the Coastal Highway.
In August, the government demolished shanties and illegal structures on Lekki coastal road. In a statement issued by Head, Public Affairs of the unit, Femi Moliki, said the task force is prepared to monitor and prevent future encroachments and illegal occupation of any part of Lekki coastal road.
"We have enlightened the occupants on the strategic nature of the road where they had built their shanties. Immediately it was cleared in 2019, they mobilised themselves and extended their occupation of the road.
"They have turned it into hideouts for criminals. They sell drugs, some of which were seized during our assessment of the area, while traffic robbers and other dangerous criminals also dwell here.
"These cannot be allowed to thrive in Lekki. The essence of the demolition is to monitor the place and safeguard it so that criminals don't return there again,'' he said.
Also in August, the Taskforce arrested 30 people for rebuilding shanties destroyed by the agency on the road.
Moliki said: "The 30 persons were arrested Tuesday, when a team led by Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, inspected the stretch of road, which his agency spent two days to clear for motorists to use in order to decongest Lekki–Epe Expressway.
"The trespassers who had re–grouped and re–built shanties removed by the officers of the agency on the road, were shocked when officers of the agency besieged Marwa Ghetto this morning.
"CSP Jejeloye, who expressed shock at the level of shanties in the area, stated that government would arraign the illegal occupants to serve as a deterrent to others.
"Jejeloye said Government has been very lenient with them. We were here days before notices were served for them to understand the need to move away from this road. Days after that, I was here to serve them 3 – day removal notice. We came on the fifth day and we still allowed them to move their belongings before we removed all the shanties.
"We explained and explained again that this Marwa Ghetto they have built all their shanties is standing on a strategic route that serves as an alternative route to Lekki – Epe Expressway. It also leads to Lekki Free Trade Zone.
"Here we are again, they have regrouped and rebuilt shanties on it. It is like daring the Government. We would make a scapegoat of these 30 people we have arrested and clear the shanties again."
But days after, the encroachers are back. There is an upsurge of "area boys" who besiege visitors to the private beaches at Landmark and Lekki Leisure Centre. An operator of one of the entertainment centres in the Hospitality and Tourist Zone lamented about the losses faced by them as a result of these unwholesome activities. They had invested millions of dollars in the hope that the area would turn into the entertainment Mecca that Lagos State officials had promised them.
Residents of Blue Water Apartments, an upmarket eighteen-storey apartment block built by El Alan Construction, a leading construction company were said to be equally afraid of the area boys who had invaded the neighbourhood.
A source said: "This unwelcome development seems reflective of the inability of governments across the country to secure lives and property of citizens. Lagos State officials seem powerless to take decisive action against these illegal squatters despite repeated threats to evict them, amid rumours that some of the squatters have tight political connections with powers that be."
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Home Features Rose the Hat & The True Knot From 'Doctor Sleep' Explained
Rose the Hat & The True Knot From 'Doctor Sleep' Explained
Luke Alphonso
With the release of Doctor Sleep fast approaching, the further continuation of the story of Danny Torrance from The Shining, we at HNE decided now might be the best time to start preparing for what they should expect from the upcoming adaptation.
Have no fear; there's no spoilers ahead for Doctor Sleep outside of the basic plot premise outlined in the summary, but we at least want to answer the prevailing questions for those unfamiliar with the work: who are those weird, pale cult-like members running around in the trailers for the film?
Allow us to shed a little light; bridging the gap between both the original 1979 novel and 1980 Stanley Kubrick film, Doctor Sleep is the continuation of Danny Torrance's story as he combats the demons in his head and takes on the challenge of helping a little girl with a power very much like his own by the name of Abra Stone. The 'shining,' a sort of psychic sense only gifted to a small assortment of people, connects both Danny and Abra over the years as she grows up, helping the two bond and reach out to each other on an emotional supportive level. This sense also allows Abra to reach out to other children much like her, which brings her into direct conflict with the central evil of this story; the True Knot.
Existing for countless decades, the True Knot is a nomadic, wandering group of immortal beings that have discovered the secret to eternal life, a secret that connects itself with the 'shining.' Under their leader, Rose the Hat, a transfixingly beautiful woman with a morbid and horrid duty for her people, the True Knot seek out this secret through select children who have the ability to 'shine.'
Once they've identified and tracked a child with this power, they feed, subjecting them to excruciating torture so they can absorb the psychic traces from that agonizing pain. These traces they call "steam," and it is the means by which they can achieve immortal life and continue to wander the world as ancient beings. When Rose the Hat sets her eyes on Abra, whose 'shine' is so powerful that she believes it can sustain her True Knot forever, it's up to Danny to face his inner fears and demons to help Abra escape this horrid fate.
In addition to the True Knot being typically described as "ancient," with stark white and whisping hair accentuating their hunched posture, they also have not been able to adjust accordingly to the modern worlds technology and research, something that puts them at a great disadvantage with their foe Danny Torrance, who uses this knowledge against them throughout the original novel.
While the film is set to follow the plot of King's novel very closely, there is the notable exception of their appearance in the upcoming movie. Many will note that, despite their previous description as decrepit and ancient beings, the True Knot in this film seem much more youthful; there's even some direct comparison to the youth of vampires in modern media today.
The Director of the adaptation, Mike Flanagan, cites a very specific reason for that, stating in an interview with CinemaBlend, "We're taking them in a bit of a different direction. Because they went for the kind of kitschy, polyester, RV culture that I think might be funny if we were to present that literally. And so Rebecca [Ferguson] and the cast really helped shape this new, very weird, interesting and darker version of them that I think is going to be a pleasant surprise for a lot of fans of the book. Because, as cool as I thought it was in the story of these kind of silver-haired, plaid, geriatric vampires…it's funny. And so, our cast is much younger because part of the appeal of that family as well, for me, is what if you can bring a family unit together like that with the promise of living young forever. Which is, I think, at the heart of all vampiric stories."
Flanagan actually brings up a very good point; by establishing some central relationships between these antagonists based on this more youthful age, the audience might actually be able to associate these themes of doing right by family and our children when they are juxtaposed by the unlikely relationship between Danny and Abra. It's a minor change, but one that I think can speak volumes for the material.
In addition to feasting on the psychic traces of children, the Top Knot actually possess some twisted power of their own, a dark and malevolent manifestation of psychic ability that one might interpret as their own 'shine.' This is mostly used to affect the perceptions of their victims, from creating hypnotic suggestions and impulses in people's minds to hiding their presence so as to not be detected by their prey. This in conjunction with their morose and twisted desire to feed and torture makes them a formidable and dangerous enemy for Danny and Abra, as well as the rest of the world.
What do you think of psychic vampires and The Shining? Leave your comments down below and feel free to follow me at @LukeAdaVA on Twitter!
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Brendan Eder is a composer, producer, and drummer based in Los Angeles. As a film composer, he is best-known for collaborations with director Ari Aster (Midsommar). Credits as a producer include Paul Bergmann, Lellopepper, Haunted Summer, and Band Room. Brendan leads a crossover classical chamber group called Brendan Eder Ensemble described by Buzzbands LA as "…whimsical, jazzy explorations that make woodwinds sound like the sexiest things on the planet." Brendan also releases as Popularity Contest.
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"I have had the pleasure of working with Brendan Eder on four short films, and I am immensely proud of the work he has done on each of them. He is extremely versatile, his taste is impeccable, and he is a remarkably quick study. He is also a joy to be around. He's naturally collaborative, even as his work becomes increasingly idiosyncratic. His encyclopedic knowledge of music always proves daunting, and his seriousness and commitment has consistently served as an invigorating force during the scoring process. I am thrilled to be working with Brendan, and I count myself (and my films) lucky to have met him before he's impossible to book."
Ari Aster — Midsommar
"Brendan came onto our short film project after we had worked with two other composers who couldn't get the vibe of the movie. He instantly understood what we were going for and delivered music that blew my mind. It seriously elevated the project and enhanced the story. We always get compliments on the music every time it screens! He did what two other highly regarded composers couldn't! Plus, Brendan is such a joy! He hit deadlines, communicated effortlessly, and, most importantly, created music that was perfect for our film. If you don't want cookie-cutter, sounds-like-everything-else-out-there music, I would recommend giving Brendan a call!"
Emily McGregor — Here, Hold Grandma
"Brendan is a musical chameleon. His previous scores were NOTHING like what I had in mind for my own film but I trusted that he was a good enough musician to give me what I wanted. My instincts were right. After explaining my vision and providing a few references, Brendan adeptly translated my mind's eye into a thrilling, stylish, and sexy score. It truly brought my film to life."
Sam Quinn — JOUST
"Brendan isn't just a talented composer, he also happens to be a gifted storyteller. This was important to us when hiring a composer because we wanted the score to stand out almost as its own character. The intention was never to have it merely highlight certain feelings and emotions but also set the overall tone of the film by driving much of the action. Brendan's ability to understand what I was going for and then deliver such stellar work is the exact reason I'd only want to work with him on future projects"
Will Prescott — Feeding Mr. Baldwin
"Brendan and I talk about story and emotions, and he comes back with just that—but always beyond my expectations. He produced an excellent 1960s-esque pop song for my film, which perfectly captured the mood for the most important scene in the movie. Brendan is a true collaborator"
Jeremy Lerman — Mazel Toes
"Brendan Eder is a genuinely fresh and original talent who is also refreshingly easy to work with. As the composer on my project, he proved he has a rich and fertile imagination that allows him to come up with a variety of creative solutions, even when working against a tight deadline. The network was as pleased with Brendan's music as we were. I highly recommend Brendan to score any television or feature project."
Paul Boorstin — Inside: America's Secret Weapon
"Brendan Eder is an amazing composer. What he did for my film elevated it beyond my expectations. I genuinely enjoyed working with him and look forward to doing it again on my next project.
Nathaniel Atcheson — Dead Herring
"Brendan delivered creativity and playfulness to my professional commercial project for Alphyn Industries. From the music reference styles I gave him he crafted an original composition which fit the comedic style and tone of the piece perfectly. I highly recommend Brendan to other film and video producers in search of a talented and dynamic composer.
Rowan Brooks — Wonder Guy
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An attorney of President-elect Donald Trump said Friday that his client made a personal sacrifice when he agreed to resolve three fraud lawsuits against him for $25 million.
SAN DIEGO — An attorney for President-elect Donald Trump said Friday that his client made a personal sacrifice when he agreed to resolve three fraud lawsuits against him for $25 million.
Daniel Petrocelli said Trump agreed to settle the Trump University lawsuits on one big condition — that he would admit no wrongdoing. By settling the case now, Petrocelli said, Trump avoids the distractions that could have come with one of the cases scheduled to go to trial here Nov. 28.
In January, Trump is to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. The lawsuits threatened to take time away from his duties as president and president-elect.
With the settlement, more than 7,000 former Trump University students now stand to get more than half their money back, up to around $35,000. The first of the three cases was filed in 2010 and accused Trump University of ripping off students and not delivering the education they were promised in real estate investing.
"He was willing to sacrifice his personal interest, put this behind him and move forward," Petrocelli said after the court hearing here announcing the settlement.
Asked if Trump would have settled the case if he were not elected president on Nov. 8, Petrocelli told USA TODAY he didn't know.
"I'm not sure what path we would have taken," he said.
But if he did settle, Petrocelli said, Trump was adamant that there would be no admission of fault. That's a common provision in civil settlements such as this. In this case, it would have looked especially bad for Trump if that wasn't made clear. If the case went to trial, a jury could have found him liable for fraud, possibly opening the door to impeachment proceedings on those grounds, some legal scholars said.
Trump's attorneys denied the fraud allegations and have said more than 95% of Trump University attendees rated the program as positive on evaluation forms.
And that's just fine for the plaintiffs who sued him. Their attorneys agreed to put in more than six years of work on this case pro bono, meaning they will not receive attorneys' fees. Their agreement not to receive such fees facilitated an easier road to settlement and more money for their clients.
In the end, the election may have been the biggest factor in getting a deal done with Trump, whose famous book is titled The Art of the Deal. Trump would have had to testify in the proceedings, possibly in a video-recorded session and not in court.
In this case, it even brought together Trump and Petrocelli, who previously donated to the campaign of Hillary Clinton, the presidential candidate Trump defeated in the Nov. 8 election.
After the hearing, Petrocelli was asked if he voted for his client to become president.
He laughed at the question at first but wouldn't say.
"I don't think we want to talk about voting here," said Petrocelli, who is based in Southern California and previously helped win a wrongful death case against former football star O.J. Simpson.
Federal Election Commission records show Petrocelli donated $2,700 to the Clinton campaign in January — nearly two months after he joined the case as Trump's attorney in November 2015. He previously donated $1,000 to Clinton's U.S. Senate campaign in 1999 and 2000.
"I had contributed in the past, but I was very, very pleased that our client prevailed in this election," Petrocelli said.
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Edition I
Why We Shouldn't Forget Lorene Scafaria
Hustlers is such a rousing, seemingly effortless movie that it's easy to forget that it didn't write and direct itself.
By Richard Lawson
Writer-director Lorene Scafaria and Constance Wu on the set of STXfilms' Hustlers.Courtesy of STXFilms.
When Hustlers premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, much of the buzz for the film centered on Jennifer Lopez, who gives a transfixing, undeniably megawatt performance. Her stripper-grifter with a heart of, if not gold, at least bronze, is the film's most dazzling component, so much so that some Oscar forecasters have seeded her as a shoo-in for a supporting actress nomination. Which would be a coup, for both the Lopez legacy and the movie, a commercial success made by women and released in the not terribly Oscar-friendly wilds of mid-September.
If Lopez is the film's best chance for awards recognition, so be it. She'd be a shining emblem for a movie that earned a good deal of money on a relatively small budget, and that speaks to current economic turmoil without being preachy or tedious. A win—or just a nomination—for Lopez would be a win for Hustlers at large. She'd be the movie's surrogate, as so often happens at the Oscars with films starring women. (See: Still Alice, Loving, 45 Years, etc.) But I think there's a bigger case to be made for the movie's awards worthiness when it comes to the film's writer-director, Lorene Scafaria.
There are a few different ways to assess Scafaria's stellar work on Hustlers. The first is to just watch the film and appreciate its formal graces. Scafaria, working with cinematographer Todd Banhazl, stages the film—about New York City strippers navigating the late-aughts financial crash by drugging and robbing Wall Street clients—with frenetic but controlled energy. Hustlers has a marvelous sense of motion to it, rollicking us along while occasionally stopping for some contemplative, poignant, or otherwise lovely moment. It's a dexterously crafted film, stylish without smothering its substance, archness and sincerity commingling.
One could also admire Hustlers as a career milestone. Hustlers marks an exciting evolution for Scafaria, who previously made the wistful dramedies Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and The Meddler, the latter a terrific character study that saw Susan Sarandon doing her best work in maybe 20 years. Strong as those films were, they were aesthetically more modest, more straightforward. What Hustlers does instead is show us yet another facet of Scafaria's talent, eye-poppingly demonstrating that she can deftly handle narrative loops and kinetic visuals as well as anyone.
Wu and Jennifer Lopez in the film.
© STXFilms/Everett Collection.
Hustlers is a wonderful showcase for her writing as well. Adapted from a New York magazine article written by Jessica Pressler, Hustlers has to survey a scam and articulate it while also locating the human element crucial to our connection to the story. Scafaria handles that tricky project beautifully; Hustlers is funny and suspenseful, warm and wise. It's a clever movie, one that can operate as pure criminal entertainment for those that want it, but that has depth worth mining as well. It prods at a good deal of American reality, connecting the gaze of patriarchy to the function of money in bracing ways. Hustlers has a merry verve but it's also a piercing look at the scramble for solvency in a time of middle-class erosion.
That's all stuff I love about Hustlers, and stuff I think Scafaria deserves accolades for. Then there's the fact that it's a small miracle the movie got made at all. Scafaria shot the film over 29 crammed days this past spring. She then hurried to get the film ready for an early-fall release, with a stopover in Toronto. She filmed in New York City, working with a big and starry cast, for just $20 million. That there was a film to be screened in Toronto is a feat. That it's also one brimming with wit and finesse is a real triumph.
I know that sounds grandiose, and that $20 million is a fortune for indie filmmakers. Scafaria was not toiling away in the salt mines. But Hustlers is scrappy for a large, commercial release, which counts for something, as does its hefty profit. That's an accomplishment the industry, and Academy voters, should appreciate. Think about all the crowing there was about the hardship of making The Revenant when that film was on its awards hunt.
Sure, the Hustlers cast wasn't eating bison liver in the snow, nor did Scafaria have to wrangle a legion of extras to stage a battle sequence. But! There was still a degree of difficulty in Hustlers' execution—those dance scenes alone!—that I think might be more considered, more respected even, were the movie made by a man. And, maybe, were it not a film about strippers, one of whom is played by Jennifer Lopez. The movie, and Scafaria, have to conquer some prejudices to earn the esteem they deserve.
Scarfaria's made a populist hit with an actual message.
It's probably a total pie-in-the-sky fantasy that Scafaria would ever get recognized by top-tier awards-voting bodies for a film like this. But I'm placing some hope in the fact that the Academy has a new shape, particularly the directors branch. Those ranks have diversified, so we might start seeing some interesting, unexpected choices. Just last year, Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski scored a best director nomination for his Cannes darling Cold War. If that's a sign that this wing of the Academy is thinking more critically and broadly, then who knows what surprises may be in the offing.
Could Scafaria be in that mix? She's made a populist hit with an actual message, putting together a killer ensemble piece while still giving one industry stalwart the role of her later career. Maybe there's some dim glimmer of a chance that enough wild voters in the Academy will see the merit in rewarding all of that. Then again, Marielle Heller couldn't get in for last year's Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which was arguably more of a Respectable Indie. They're different movies, but both are about women running cons in a city that seems either indifferent or hostile to their existence. Maybe Heller's omission indicates that, though new members have been brought in, the Academy still thinks a certain way about movies made by the likes of Heller and Scafaria.
But hey, if for no other reason, the Academy should vote for Scafaria because wouldn't it be fun to have all that Hustlers energy at a staid awards show? The cast might turn up for Lopez, but it's easier to imagine them all arrayed—Cardi B, Constance Wu, Lizzo, Keke "Sorry to This Man" Palmer, Riverdale's own Lili Reinhart—to support their fearless leader. Those are optics the Academy should aspire to. And the best way to achieve that would be to honor the woman who assembled them all in the first place.
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John has responsibility for geography in his school. He wanted his unit on land use in the local neighbourhood to go beyond recording the shops and the parks, the schools and the transport.
"I started by using a parish map (http://www.achurchnearyou.com) with our local Anglican church marked on it. This immediately put the work in a different framework. We also used an aerial map of the same location. We spent some time exploring the maps and getting to know what was in the parish. I then asked pupils to list what different land uses they knew of in the parish. (Being a village school this was not too difficult.) We used the normal criteria. I made no changes there.
"We listed what we knew from memory, then different groups walked parts of the parish with adults and took photographs. We created a large parish map and marked the different types of land use, adding photographs around the map.
"I gave the pupils a second question: 'How does the land use serve the needs of people in the parish?' We talked about people not just being bodies, but minds, emotions and spirits as well. We discussed the sort of things that might come under each heading. For example, we saw the playing field as serving not just physical, but also emotional needs (friendship) and the church as serving spiritual and physical and friendship needs. We soon found that things fitted in more than one category. We talked about these not being separate 'parts' but woven together.
"We looked at our map and used colours to indicate what needs were being met. Some things had lots of colours. We analysed the land use and created graphs and this led to a discussion about whether all of people's needs were being met. Children made suggestions concerning what was needed."
John saw his geography lesson as a way of helping his students to see people in a holistic way and to connect geography with faith and a focus on the needs of others.
He engaged students in gathering information and organising it in the light of guiding questions, helping them to make connections and gain a broader picture that included faith in a subject other than RE.
John reshaped his practice by choosing a fresh context to frame the work (parish map, serving the community), choosing questions, resources, and tasks that supported the focus and encouraged the class to be outward looking (thinking about the community's needs), and discussing the relationship of the work to faith.
John put faith at the centre of the local community, for the parish is about the area a church serves. John's lesson reflects the Bible's teaching that people are not just minds or bodies; human beings are whole creatures. The students thought about their hopes for the local community when they looked at what was missing in the community in order to serve all the needs of the people living there.
By using a parish map and his second question, John integrated faith into geography in a natural way. The students still covered the material in the curriculum but they did it differently. It helped them to see their area differently, and to relate it to other people's needs, not just their own.
Changing the viewpoint you use can radically alter a lesson, it does not have to be a map, it can be an account of an event from a different perspective, it can be a view from an unusual angle in art, for example Salvador Dali's view of Christ from above. Changing viewpoints and contexts can help students to see things differently.
The Bible is not precise in its terms: 'soul' can stand for the whole human being and take on the meaning 'person' or stand for an aspect of our being (Genesis 2:7). People are not like glove puppets, with the soul inside the body. The two are intricately connected and affect each other – they describe different facets of what we are as whole people. Worship involves the whole person as do most activities.
The human spirit makes us aware of a spiritual dimension of life and helps us to connect with God, but spirit, body and mind are intimately connected. We perceive and express the spiritual through our senses, minds and emotions.
'Flesh' is not the same as body in the Bible. It can refer to 'flesh and blood' as we use the term, but flesh is also used to describe any aspect of human nature that veers away from God, so it can apply to mind and emotions as well as the body. The Bible does not see the soul as good and the body as bad; both can be spiritual. The Bible talks of the mind being renewed by God (Romans 12:2). As a result those who serve human bodily, intellectual or emotional needs are as important as those who serve humanity's spiritual needs.
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Q: Who was Lord Commander of the Night's Watch at the end of the show? Edd appears to be leading the Watch early in S8 (though seemingly appointed by Jon rather than elected).
He clearly can't be by the end as he's killed at Winterfell.
We know the Watch still exists at the end, but who's in charge?
We can't rule out Jon from what I've seen -
he's returned to them - but there's nothing to suggest he returns into a position of authority or is immediately elected.
A: As is, unfortunately, the motto of season 8...
We Do Not Sow Know
We can, however, rule out Jon as at the end of the final episode he leaves Castle Black and the Seven Kingdoms to go live in the North with the Free Folk.
Of the only other members we know of there is Samwell Tarly, who is now the Grand Maester and so would not be Lord Commander and also doesn't appear to be a member of the Night's Watch at all anymore.
As far as I'm aware all of the other known members are dead and so we don't have a known named character that could be the new Lord Commander. In fact considering the events of the final season there might not even be a new Lord Commander yet.
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Rabindranath Tagore, poetry and politics
Posted on March 8, 2009 by petrel41
This video is called RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1961, Documentary) – by Satyajit Ray.
From British daily The Morning Star:
Credit where it's due
JOHN GREEN revisits the mighty exploits of Asia's first Nobel laureate but finds it tough to pin down his legacy.
RABINDRANATH Tagore was a towering figure during the late 19th and early 20th century and was lionised internationally.
He was a polymath – a novelist, philosopher, essayist, playwright, painter and composer.
The songs that he wrote are deemed to be some of the most beautiful in the world and many have become a staple of Bengali folk tradition. He was also a mystic and guru.
Born in 1861 into a wealthy Bengali business family, Tagore eschewed material wealth in later life in favour of the simple life.
He was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi's and an admirer of the Soviet Union and its efforts to uphold communism, but his biographers describe this as "the greatest blunder of his life," not realising that the Soviet attempt to build a society based on co-operation, egalitarianism and solidarity was something that he, too, aspired towards.
Although Tagore was brought up in a liberal Hindu tradition, he was a fierce opponent of the caste system, religious fundamentalism and hierarchies in general.
He perceived his life's work as an attempt to bridge the gulf between Western and Indian culture, seeing positive aspects in both.
Like Gandhi, although he met and talked with many leading politicians, he remained largely aloof from the machinations and infighting of party politics.
This attitude often made his followers and admirers angry and frustrated.
Tagore was dedicated to what he regarded as untarnished truth, complete honesty and higher morality, which could be discovered by introspection rather than social action.
He was also a committed pacifist, who regarded the use of violence to overthrow British colonial rule in India and even [in] the battle against fascism in the 1930s as misguided.
He viewed the growing influence of technology as a danger and argued that science and technology must serve humankind and not vice versa.
But despite his indisputable achievements and the widespread admiration and awe that he inspired, it is difficult to describe what his legacy is and how much of his work is relevant today.
This book offers a very detailed and perceptive portrayal of the man and his times and, since it is co-written by an Englishman and an Indian, it provides an understanding and appreciation from both perspectives.
To the end of his life, Tagore remained optimistic about humanity, believing that with adequate guidance, broad-based educational systems and egalitarian policies, it could surmount all its difficulties.
In the face of a public outcry, the Congress Party, the dominant partner in India's coalition government, has dropped as candidates for the coming national election two veteran congressmen who helped instigate a horrific 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom in Delhi: here.
From the second half of the 1950s, between 1956 and 1958, food movements became an annual occurrence. The Food Movement of 1959 however was a turning-point in the history of class struggle in West Bengal: here.
Rabindranath Tagore (sourcewatch.org)
Favour by Tagore translation by ranu (sabethville.wordpress.com)
Anita Desai reads 'The Postmaster' by Rabindranath Tagore (guardian.co.uk)
(Udaasheen) Indifferent by Tagore translated by ranu (sabethville.wordpress.com)
An Auspicious Union by R.Tagore translated by Ranu (sabethville.wordpress.com)
Fresh Quotes: January: Rabindranath Tagore (strawberryindigo.wordpress.com)
Most central schemes named after Nehru-Gandhi family (rediff.com)
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Administrator on October 4, 2009 at 9:46 am said:
Montblanc's $25,000 Gandhi pen stirs controversy
Source: OpEdNews.com (via USA Today) (10-3-09)
MUMBAI, India — An incongruous billboard has appeared high above Mumbai's slums: A thin Mohandas Gandhi, the ascetic father of India's independence, sits wrapped in simple white cloth above the image of a fat Montblanc pen.
German luxury penmaker Montblanc launched a limited-edition commemorative fountain pen in honor of Gandhi this week, just in time for the 140th anniversary of the birth of the Mahatma — or "Great Soul" — on Friday.
The price? $24,763.
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Cover of Taschen's new anthology of pages from Arts & Architecture 1945-1949.
German publisher Benedikt Taschen – lascivious promoter of the sexiest aspects of California modern culture – has released a new book of his preferred pages from the legendary mid-20th century design periodical, Arts & Architecture.
His retro volume, Arts & Architecture 1945-49, reboots interest in the Los Angeles magazine's pervasively influential graphic design and typography strategies, supervised by its longest-serving publisher, John Entenza, and art director, Alvin Lustig.
Fans of this blog's hero, Douglas Snelling, will notice inclusion of several dramatic advertisements originally placed in A&A by the adventurous modern New York furniture manufacturer H.G. Knoll.
Furniture experts know that Snelling copied Knoll's early 1940s chair designs by Jens Risom and Ralph Rapson, but it's less widely realised that he also interpreted for middle class Australians the radical typography and graphics of both Knoll's ads and Lustig's editorial pages in Arts & Architecture.
From 1946 to 1956, 'the Snelling line' of furniture was advertised regularly in Australian brochures and magazines using similar graphic strategies to Knoll's late 1940s advertising for its chairs called 'the Rapson line' and storage systems by Charles and Ray Eames.
Compilation of late 1940s Knoll furniture advertisements (top row) and late 1940s-early 1950s Snelling line ads (bottom row).
Benedikt Taschen has not included A&A's April 1949 article 'House for Urban Development in Sydney, Australia', about Snelling's first model for a small suburban dwelling – but has selected several articles on early house concepts by Harry Seidler (before he built the Rose Seidler house in Sydney).
Snelling and Seidler were the only Sydney architects published in Arts & Architecture between 1945 and the early 1950s. Through the 1950s, until Entenza sold the magazine in 1962, he promoted Seidler as regularly as any of his annointed California architects – but ignored Snelling's work after publishing a second article on his 'Small House for a Mid-Suburban Lot' in January 1950.
Taschen's new book of Arts & Architecture page layouts will amaze design disciples who are not familiar with the Barbara Goldstein collection of page facsimiles – Arts & Architecture: The Entenza Years (published by The MIT Press in 1990 and re-released by LA bookshop Hennessey & Ingalls in 1998).
Double page layout by Arts & Architecture's art director, Alvin Lustig.
Goldstein's book covered most of the Entenza period, from his official announcement as publisher in 1943 (after beginning work at the magazine in 1938) to his sale of the business in 1962. As well as extensive coverage of the Case Study Houses and other architecture projects designed by Eames, Rapson, Richard Neutra and other emerging innovators of the 194os and 1950s, Goldstein included important essays on new art concepts, criticism of emerging modern trends, surveys of new works by painters, sculptors and ceramic artisans and a guest essay by Entenza's collaborator, Esther McCoy.
Taschen's new A&A anthology is the first to include some of its few product advertisements (even prosaic basins and toilets). In the multi-lingual introduction, David Travers, Entenza's successor as A&A publisher, explained how the tiny venture made ends meet (by not paying or scarcely paying its content providers).
Those 'mid-'40s' years of excitement have been superbly time-capsuled here by Benedikt Taschen – who, by the way, is the current owner-occupant of the octagonal, spaceship-style, Chemosphere house in the Hollywood Hills. It was designed in 1960 by John Lautner, one of Snelling's work colleagues at the Douglas Honnold office in Beverley Hills in 1947, and his early 1960s technical design adviser on how to recycle water for Sydney's first Lautner-style infinity pool.
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The Athletics Handbook explains the rules, expectations, and procedures of the Athletic Department.
Every student will receive a copy of the Handbook before each season of sport.
Parents are encouraged to read and go over the Handbook with their student-athlete and contact the Athletic Director with any questions, comments, or clarification.
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.ttr_comment_text{width :calc(100% - 10px);} A World Apart Hero Interview By Camelia M Skiba
A World Apart Hero Interview By Camelia M Skiba
A World Apart
Camelia Miron Skiba's hero, Major David Hunt in A World Apart, is the interviewee today. Let's meet this fascinating character!
Tell us about the main character in your current book. What is he like?
Major David Hunt is a trauma surgeon for the US Air Force deployed to the Black Sea during the Iraq Invasion. His traits—service to God and country, sacrifice, professionalism, honor, courage, heroism, and compassion—epitomize our image of the American soldier. Yet, David is not infallible; he's stubborn, uncommunicative, and by-the-book to a fault.
If your main character was here today, what would he say is his strongest point?
Patriotism. Impeccable career as a fourth generation soldier and using his talent as a distinguished trauma surgeon to serve his country.
Does he think he has a weakness? (If so, what does he think it is? What does his lover think it is? What does his enemy think it is?)
He's weakness is clouded judgment caused by … Romanian Lt. Cassandra Toma trauma surgeon in the Romanian National Army. She's deployed at the same military base as David. He's unable to resist her even when she breaks military procedures and is more stubborn than "the mother of all mules." Cassandra hates judgmental, arrogant, and rigid people, qualities she believes David embodies. He has no enemies.
What drives your hero to do the things he does? What makes him want to be the "good guy?"
David is driven by his sense of honor and his duty as a soldier and as a doctor. His priorities are saving lives and keeping Cassandra safe at all costs. In doing so he becomes a controlling nut, butting heads with her, which drives them apart.
What's your main character's favorite guilty pleasure?
Music—the thing that frees him from his leadership responsibilities if only for a short time. That and his love of Cassandra, which drives him to take actions that he never could have foreseen in himself.
Answered as Major David Hunt
If you didn't know how old you were how old would you be?
I feel as if I lived many lives. War takes you to a different dimension, where life measures in fleeting moments, priceless in saving one's life. In the time that stretches between incoming casualties I feel old. When the Blackhawks are on approach and the adrenalin is kicking, I feel 18.
If money were not an object, where would you most like to live?
As an active officer I'll live wherever my country needs me.
What song would best describe your life?
Bon Jovi's "It's My Life."
If you were a tool, what would people use you to do?
A scalpel–precise, wielded with skill, it's confident and serves a specific purpose.
Tell us an embarrassing story that has to do with a pet. If you have no pets, a story about a significant other will do. ^_^
English is Cassandra's second language. She's actually cute saying something when she actually means something else. Once she told me to write her off instead of write her up. She calls jerky beef instead of beef jerky.
If you came with a warning label, what would it say?
Just do it! Take no shit. Handle with care. Fragile. Hot to the touch. Keep out of reach of children. For adult use only. Store in a dry place. Harmful if swallowed. Refrigerate after opening. Can't touch this. Hammer time. Do what I say, not what I do. I'm too sexy for this shirt. If you don't know where you are, you don't belong here. Carpe Diem!
I Write. I Love. I Dream. I Write.
I'm Chris' wife, Patrick's mom and Bella's owner. During the day, I'm the assistant to the Director at SESE at Arizona State University, and romance's slave at night.
I moved to the U.S eight years ago, following my heart and the man who stole it. I love comedies, historical dramas and happily-ever-after stories. English is not my native, not my second, but my third language.
Camelia M. Skiba
Some fun facts about me:
Each year I participate in one big event that requires me to physically train. My biggest sportive accomplishment was the 3-day 60-mile Susan G. Komen Walk.
Annually I pick a color I decree my favorite (this year it's salmon).
I refused to text until 2010, always preferring to hear voices rather than sending emotionless messages. Politics bore me to death and I have no tolerance for arrogance.
"A World Apart" is my second book. My debut novel "Hidden Heart" came out March 2011.
I love pizza with ham or bacon.
I'm always ready for a comedy.
When I'm alone, I write.
You'd never be able to tell, but I'm actually shy.
If I had a halo it would be a rainbow.
If I could clone my dog I'd do it.
I can never be drunk because I don't drink.
In a war that's not hers, she loses everything.
Everything she loses is because of him.
Forgiveness is not an option.
Lieutenant Cassandra Toma, trauma surgeon in the Romanian National Army starts her deployment at a joint-unit air base on a wrong foot, clashing on her first day with her new commander, Major David Hunt. Her rebellious nature and sassiness rival her excellent performance in the operating room—the only reason why she's not reprimanded, or maybe not the only reason.
They meet. They clash. A forbidden passion consumes them with the intensity of an erupting volcano, leaving her heartbroken and him with tarnished honor and pride as an officer. The only way out for David is disappearing into the dangerous warzone in Iraq. Their flame was supposed to be over when destiny brings them back under the same roof, this time with a common goal—to find Cassandra's brother, Maj. Robert Toma, kidnapped by insurgents while on patrol.
To rescue Robert, Cassandra and David put aside their resentments, uniting forces against a common enemy. Trying to forget the painful past, Cassandra opens up to give David—and their love—another chance. What she doesn't realize is that her anguish is the result of David's impetuous action—one reckless choice he made for which she may never forgive him.
His mistake, his secret, could cost them both the love they've finally found.
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Camelia Miron Skiba 03/27/2012 at 2:50 pm
Kayelle,
Thank you so very much for hosting my tour. David asked me to tell you he had a lot of fun chit-chatting with you. He's sending his regards and…a gallon of ice cream :)))
Oooh! Tell him thank you. And he picked my favorite — cold. LOL I love ice cream of just about any flavor. :) Glad to have you today.
Sherry Gammon YA Author 03/28/2012 at 9:15 pm
Awesome book! I highly recommenced!
Kayelle Allen 03/29/2012 at 3:52 am
Thanks so much, Sherry! I'm glad you stopped by.
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Q: Selecting half the elements with :nth-child? Take the following code for instance:
<ul>
<li>Hello World</li>
<li>Hello World</li>
<li>Hello World</li>
<li>Hello World</li>
</ul>
Is it possible, using :nth-child() or otherwise, to select exactly half of the total elements? The code should select the first/last two lis in the above instance, then if I were to increase the number of lis to six, it would select the first/last three.
I feel I'm going to have to use JavaScript...
A: The only way you'd be able to get anywhere near to that in pure CSS is to do a selector on either nth-child(odd) or nth-child(even). If you want exactly the last half (and not either odd or even), then you'd have to use JavaScript/jQuery.
Using jQuery, you could get them using:
var yourList = $("ul li");
yourList = yourList.slice(0, Math.floor(yourList.length/2));
A: Examples
Create a CSS class with style for those elements:
.half {
background-color: #18D;
}
Then, use jQuery to add that class to the specified set of elements:
$(function () {
var $lis = $('ul li')
var length = $lis.length
// Add class to first half:
$lis.slice(0, Math.floor(length / 2)).addClass('first')
// Add class to last half:
$lis.slice(length - Math.floor(length / 2)).addClass('first')
})
If you do want to include the element in the middle in the event of an odd amount of elements, change Math.floor to Math.ceil. All possibilities can be seen in the examples.
A: You can select half of the elements in pure CSS... up to a point.
The only drawback is that you've to know the maximum number of total items. Could be 150 but it would then not work with 151.
Here's a demo: http://jsfiddle.net/tcK3F/ (*)
Minimal CSS:
/* selecting half or more items. Up to 6 */
li:first-child:last-child,
li:nth-child(n+2):nth-last-child(-n+2),
li:nth-child(n+3):nth-last-child(-n+3),
li:nth-child(n+4):nth-last-child(-n+4),
li:nth-child(n+5):nth-last-child(-n+5),
li:nth-child(n+6):nth-last-child(-n+6) {
color: white;
background: darkblue;
}
/* selecting half or less items. Up to 6 */
li:nth-child(n+2):last-child,
li:nth-child(n+3):nth-last-child(-n+2),
li:nth-child(n+4):nth-last-child(-n+3),
li:nth-child(n+5):nth-last-child(-n+4),
li:nth-child(n+6):nth-last-child(-n+5),
li:nth-child(n+7):nth-last-child(-n+6){
font-style: italic;
border: 2px solid red;
}
Based on an idea from:
The trick is from André Luís and seen in a post from Lea Verou: Styling elements based on sibling count. I adapted it to your need of a split selection.
Quick explanation:
:nth-last-child(-n+3) will select the 3 last items from a parent; :nth-child(n+3) will select all items except the first 3 ones. Combine them and you can select elements in pure CSS based on what follow them (or how many children are in a parent). Except you'll have to combine 75 of them with 74 commas if you want this trick to work with 150 elements... :)
Compatibility is IE9+ (JS polyfills exist)
(*)
first part of HTML code: even number of list items;
second part: odd number of list items
first CSS rule: will select last N from 2N items or last N+1/2 items from 2N+1 and style them in white on blue (ex: 3 items in a total of 5 or 6).
second CSS rule: will select last N from 2N items or last N-1/2 items from 2N+1 and style them with red border and italic (ex: 2 items in a total of 4 or 5)
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Q: String representations: improvements over ropes? I want a representation for strings with fast concatenation and editing operations. I have read the paper "Ropes: an Alternative to Strings", but have there been any significant improvements in this area since 1995?
EDIT: One possibility I've considered before is using a 2-3 finger tree with strings as leaves, but I have not done a detailed analysis of this; this gives amortized constant-time addition/deletion on ends and logarithmic (in the number of chunks of the smaller string) concatenation, as opposed to vice versa for ropes.
A: This is an old question! I wonder if anyone reads this. But still it's intrigueing.
In your comments, you say you look for:
Faster asymptotics, or constant
factors, or less memory use
Well, ropes have O(1) insertion, and O(n) iteration. You can't do better than that. Substrings and indexing is obviously going to be more costly. But most use cases for large documents don't require editing or random access. If you only concatenate at the end, a 1D vector/list of strings could improve the insertion time constant. I used to use this in JavaScript because it had such slow string concatentation.
It is said that memory representation is less efficient than using strings.
I doubt that: If you work in a language that has garbage collection, the rope allows you to use the same string fragment instance in multiple places. In a rope that represents a HTML document, there will be many DIV's, SPAN's and LINK elements. This might even happen automatically assuming these tags are compile time constants, and you add them to the rope directly. Even for such short phrases, the rope document will reduce in size significantly, to the same order of magnitude as the original string. Longer strings will produce a net gain.
If you also make the tree elemenst read only, you can create subropes (longer phrases expressed as ropes), that occur multiple times or are shared across rope based strings. The downside of this sharing is that such shard rope sections can't be changed: to edit them, or to balance the tree you need to copy the object graph. But that does not matter if you mostly concatenate and iterate. In a web server, you can keep a subrope that repesents the CSS stylesheet declaration that is shared across all HTML documents served by that server.
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The Internet Association criticized AT&T's call for an "Internet Bill of Rights" which the wireless carrier wants to have drafted and enacted by the United States Congress. While the company pledged to protect the principles of net neutrality as part of its Wednesday proposal, its vision of an open Internet doesn't just include a legislative framework regulating ISPs but has the same rules applied to all websites and services. The lobby group that includes the likes of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Uber, and Netflix expressed skepticism in regards to AT&T's latest move. In a statement provided to Ars Technica, the consortium said AT&T can hardly be "serious" about its intentions to protect the neutrality of the Internet given its history of "opposing [similar] consumer protections." AT&T sued the FCC in 2015 in an attempt to repeal the Title II regulations and lost in court but ultimately saw the rules revoked by the new leadership of the regulator chaired by Ajit Pai.
The Internet Association reiterated that it's advocating for a highly specific and firm set of rules that are easily enforceable, the kind that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal in mid-December, two years after the same agency put them into place under former Chairman Tom Wheeler. The latest official communication from the group also repeated its beliefs that the repeal of the so-called Title II protections was directly instigated by "AT&T and their allies," alluding to other ISPs in the country. Besides calling for the regulation of all digital businesses, AT&T's proposal suggested only partial protections meant to ensure the open Internet; while the company explicitly stated it doesn't throttle or otherwise censor websites based on their content and never intends to do so, it contained no mentions of the possibility that it will eventually try to strong-arm online companies into paying for prioritized access.
The so-called "Internet fast lanes" are the most realistic consequence of the net neutrality repeal as they wouldn't directly require consumers to pay more for accessing the web but would still result in slower connections to certain domains, i.e. the ones whose owners refuse to pay to have their websites prioritized. The FCC's controversial decision has already been challenged in a number of courts, with these disputes being unlikely to be resolved until 2018.
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Is your red-eared slider male or female? Determining the gender of reptiles can be much trickier than sexing mammals. These animals carry most of their sexual characteristics inside their bodies. However, male and female red-eared sliders do have some visible differences between them. Once a young turtle reaches the correct size, it's possible to determine red-eared slider gender with some accuracy by measuring the size of tails, claws, and shells.
These animals carry most of their sexual characteristics inside their bodies.
Image Credit: Olga Buntovskih/iStock/GettyImages
Red-eared slider size and claws
If you want to know whether your red-eared slider is male or female, start by looking at its size. Note, however, very young turtles usually cannot be sexed accurately, because they don't yet show major differences between male and female. A young turtle must be at least 4 inches long before accurate sexing is possible.
Once they are older, or at least longer than 4 inches long, female red-eared sliders are usually larger than males, but have a smaller, thinner tail and shorter front claws. Males have longer, thicker tails and visibly longer front claws than females.
Measuring claws and tails is one of the easiest ways to determine red-eared slider gender at a young age. At an older age, measure length: the female red-eared sliders can grow shells more than 10 inches long, while males rarely grow longer than 7 or 8 inches long.
Red-eared slider age
There is no set age for young red-eared sliders to reach sexual maturity. Captive turtles often grow more quickly than wild ones and reach maturity faster. Males are likely to reach four inches long between the ages of two and four years old, while females of that age are often an inch or more longer.
Captive turtles often grow more quickly than wild ones and reach maturity faster.
Image Credit: pumppump/iStock/GettyImages
Trying to sex these animals earlier rarely yields reliable results. Size of captive turtles doesn't always indicate age. Watch your young turtle's diet carefully. Overfed turtles can grow more quickly and reach sexual maturity faster than wild turtles or pets that receive normal diets.
Red-eared slider cloaca
All turtles, including young red-eared sliders, have a single opening, called the cloaca or vent, which serves both for excretion and reproduction. Observing the cloaca is a good way to determine the gender of young turtles. Male red-eared sliders have a much longer tail than females, and the cloaca is positioned lower on the tail. In females, the cloaca is close to the body, while males have a cloaca located almost at the tip of the tail.
Red-eared slider snout
Sexing red-eared sliders becomes easier as the turtles age. In older males, the nose and snout are longer, and the end of the plastron, the ventral part of the shell, is partially concave to provide stability during mating.
These features are present in young turtles, but are generally too subtle to notice. Owners who have trouble determining whether their turtles are male or female might have better results if they wait a few months, then try again.
Female mating behavior
Trying to sex these animals earlier rarely yields reliable results.
Image Credit: Dmitriy Sidor/iStock/GettyImages
After sexual maturity, female red-eared sliders might lay eggs or present laying behavior, even if males are not present. Turtles that are laying eat less and will likely be more active. For instance, digging is common, especially in cages with appropriate nesting materials such as peat moss or potting soil. Sometimes they will lay eggs in water. Males do not display this behavior.
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package com.anpmech.launcher;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import com.anpmech.launcher.threading.SimpleTaskConsumerManager;
public final class ImageLoadingTask implements Runnable, SimpleTaskConsumerManager.Task {
private final Context mContext;
private final int mIconSizePixels;
private final ImageView mImageView;
private final LaunchableActivity mLaunchableActivity;
private Drawable mActivityIcon;
private ImageLoadingTask(final ImageView imageView, final LaunchableActivity launchableActivity,
final int iconSizePixels) {
mContext = imageView.getContext();
mImageView = imageView;
mLaunchableActivity = launchableActivity;
mIconSizePixels = iconSizePixels;
}
@Override
public boolean doTask() {
mActivityIcon = mLaunchableActivity.getActivityIcon(mContext, mIconSizePixels);
final Handler handler = new Handler(mContext.getMainLooper());
handler.post(this);
return true;
}
@Override
public void run() {
if (mImageView.getTag() == mLaunchableActivity) {
mImageView.setImageDrawable(mActivityIcon);
}
}
public static class Factory {
private final int mIconSizePixels;
public Factory(final int iconSizePixels) {
mIconSizePixels = iconSizePixels;
}
public SimpleTaskConsumerManager.Task create(final ImageView imageView,
final LaunchableActivity activity) {
return new ImageLoadingTask(imageView, activity, mIconSizePixels);
}
}
}
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Mabel Irene Arbour (nee Woods) passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Forest View Place, Clearwater, BC. She was 101 years of age. Born in McBride BC on November 14, 1914, she is survived by her son Ted (Sharon), Campbell River; daughter Pearl (Darryl) McRae, Clearwater; grandchildren – Sean (Deanna) Arbour; Jason (Dori) Arbour; Jamie Arbour – all from Campbell River, Jason (Vicky) Simons, Quesnel; Marshall (Samantha) McRae, Clearwater; Becky (Daniel) Bogner, Busselton, WA, Australia, and 8 great-grandchildren. Mabel was predeceased by her husband Moe in 1993, and by her mother, Pearl Woods in 1988.
Mabel was a daughter, wife, mother, caregiver and volunteer.
This is what her children had to say about Mabel: There are so many wonderful memories of Mom. She was part of one of the pioneering families in McBride and so learned about hard work as a young child. She carried this work ethic with her through her entire life. With strength and courage she survived breast cancer and went on to live for 32 more years.
Mom loved to bake; she was known to get up early in order to have a fresh hot batch of biscuits ready to follow the daily porridge she made for the family breakfast. She also was famous for her bread and Icelandic Cake. She loved her coffee hot and sweet as well as the occasional drink of rye and ginger-ale — no ice.
Mom was a prolific knitter. She knitted numerous sweaters and afghans and was famous for her knitted dishcloths which have been sent to many places around the world. Mom loved her grandchildren and enjoyed doing things with them. From taking them to the Pumpkin Patch in Vernon to overcoming her fears of water and boats in order to go whale-watching, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought her a great deal of joy.
Mom was game for anything, even in her later years. She loved to travel and hike. Once she wasn't able to hike any more, she used the stairs to keep herself fit. She loved to take tours with Saddle Rose Tours to explore places she hadn't been before. In the past few years when she wasn't able to do that anymore, she just wanted to get in the car when someone was going somewhere, even if it was just to the grocery store. Mom was such a character. Anyone who knew her knew that if she managed to get behind you, she was bound to pinch your bum! She also loved to play cards and was hard to beat at cribbage, even in her last few years.
Mom will be fondly remembered by anyone who was lucky enough to have met her. Rest In Peace Mom.
The family wishes to thank all the staff and Doctors at Dr. Helmcken Hospital for taking care of Mabel. A graveside burial service for Mabel will take place on Tuesday March 29 10:00 a.m. at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Vernon, BC. Reception to follow at Schubert Center. In lieu of flowers contribution to Forest View Place – Recreation Program; Breast Cancer Society of Canada, or charity of your choosing.
On behalf of the Jeck family, who's ranks have thinned over the years, my wife Ev and I would like to express our deepest condolences to Pearl and Ted and their families, and to all others who fondly remember Mabel (Woods) Arbour. It was a great pleasure to spend a few moments with Mabel at her 100th and 101st birthday celebrations. We were able to renew early memories of times growing up in McBride where we both were born. A wonderful, bright and cheery lady to the end.
What great memories of you and parents, Ted. Always a joy to tie up my horse at the gate (winter) or wheel in my bike (summer) and trundle up to your beautiful home to deliver the Toronto Star Weekly to your mother Mabel, and family there.
Teddie, I will never forget seeing you excel in the boxing classes, for phys ed in High School (teacher Bill Simmons).
Great to see your names, from the email sent by Ray, May your Mum's rewards be great…what a long and blessed life she had.
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Celebrating 10 years of bringing the global lithium supply chain together, the annual conference gathers together more than 350 attendees to learn how to handle the growing demand in the global lithium market. The key themes of the conference will include supply leaders, new regulations in China, North America, Argentina and Chile, the latest technology for processing lithium, risks or concerns from investors, and of course, electric vehicles and lithium's future role.
Hatch will be represented by Troy Cassels, Process Engineer, who will be presenting on the significant challenges for lithium projects in today's modern world. His presentation, "Li Project Economics: The Highway to Success" is on Thursday, June 28 at 2:15 p.m. PDT.
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Q: iOS first launch tour - detecting if the app is launched for the first time Brand new to this site, pretty amateur knowledge here! Started teaching myself a few weeks ago. Got a pretty solid iPhone app however the last feature I would like to implement is the ability to;
Create a 'first launch only' guided tour.
What i want to know is; if it is the users first launch of the application how can i redirect the view to a new view controller that isn't the 'initial view controller' without the tap of a button, all programatically.
Ive read a few tutorials about detecting first launch which i understand.
Ive also read a few tutorials and tried everything in the book to try and implement "performSegueWithIdentifier" however nothing is working for me!
Perhaps its because I'm using Xcode 5 and testing on iOS 7.
If anyone can help me, I would be forever grateful!
(void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"FirstLaunch"]) {
}
else {
// Place code here
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"FirstLaunch"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
}
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
A: If you have not registered any defaults using [[NSUserDefaults standardDefaults] registerDefaults:], the first time you call [[NSUserDefaults standardDefaults] boolForKey:@"FirstLaunch"] you will receive NO as that key does not exist.
I prefer to use a more semantic key name, such as hasPerformedFirstLaunch, then it's a matter of checking if that returns NO and executing the first launch sequence:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
if (![[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"hasPerformedFirstLaunch"]) {
// On first launch, this block will execute
// Set the "hasPerformedFirstLaunch" key so this block won't execute again
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"hasPerformedFirstLaunch"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
}
else {
// On subsequent launches, this block will execute
}
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
A: Here is a Guided tour sources https://github.com/sofienazzouz/Guided-Tour , now if you want to call the guided tour from your delegate you should call it like this
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
//// initialize your initialViewController here however you want
if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"knewOrRecentUser"]) {
self.navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:self.initialViewController];
} else {
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:@"old" forKey:@"knewOrRecentUser"];
GuidedTourViewController *guideTour = [[GuidedTourViewController alloc] init];
self.navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:guideTour];
}
[self.window setRootViewController:self.navigationController];
}
A: neilco
What you provided does work but you left out the code to turn the screen red (or what ever color you like) during the first launch of the APP.
Now this may not seem like much but when a newbie does venture through it is best to provide as much info as possible so that even WE can understand what is happening. YES that does include ME!! <<= newbie
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
if (![[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"hasPerformedFirstLaunch"]) {
// On first launch, this block will execute
// Place code here
self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
// Set the "hasPerformedFirstLaunch" key so this block won't execute again
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"hasPerformedFirstLaunch"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
}
else {
// On subsequent launches, this block will execute
}
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
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A few weeks ago I wrote about my first delivery of Detox Delight. I had committed to a 5 day juice fast and I was excited about trying a new, healthy experience. I was hoping to shed some weight, and be one of those cool people who can say, "Oh, yes, I've done a detox." It sounds so enlightened, n'est-ce pas?
Like the American expat I met last month who went into ecstasies about the 43 liquid fast she'd do every year when she lived in the US. I was totally impressed as she went on about the evolution and how your body adapts over time. I asked why she'd stopped her annual tradition.
But exactly how enlightened was I? Or rather, how light had become?
First of all, let me say that I cheated. On the evening of the fourth day we had a dinner date that had been planned months earlier. There was no way I could cancel, or re-schedule. But with that one exception, I stuck to the program. I loved the first few days, feeling virtuous and all that, but by day three, my mouth was craving texture, my taste buds crying out for some variety, I wanted to cry each evening as I prepared the family dinner (yes, I still had dinner duty). What saved me was the authorization to eat a piece of dried fruit or a few nuts each day. I'd cherish my little snacks like precious gem stones.
The results? I lost 2.5 kilos, and put 1 back on almost immediately. The rest has stayed off despite a ski holiday that included a daily tea time treat, 6 units of alcohol and 1 fondue dinner. Which kind of gives you an idea of the true results; I am healthier.
2/ I've gone dry. All that drinking has me thinking about what I do drink, so my alcohol consumption has gone way down. On holidays I had the equivalent of a drink per day, but in Paris its now closer to 2 drinks per week. The hardest part was learning how to get around social drinking. At my "cheat" dinner, I had to excuse myself and explain why I wasn't having an apéro. You'd have thought a green head was growing out of my left shoulder by the expression on their face as I explained the concept of Detox.
3/ Bye bye bread. I've nearly cut it out of my diet. Unless its an integral part of my meal, like that fondue I had in the Alps, a pulled pork sandwich from a local wine bar, or perhpas the wrappers around the gyoza I'll be having for lunch today. I am not eating bread after breakfast and I am avoiding starches all together. Proteins keep me from being hungry, vegetables fill me up, so this seemed like the easiest thing for me to cut back on.
4/ Veg-o-rama! I was a vegetarian for much of my adult life. Then I moved to Paris and became a confirmed carnivore. I even love a good tartare now! But French cuisine is not a big fan of vegetables, considering both beans and potatoes a worthy substitute. While a hearty cassoulet is a scrumptious feast, and is just what the doctor ordered for hearty men working out in the frozen fields from dawn until dusk, it is not exactly on my prescription sheet, so I am re-learning to build my meals around foods that recently had roots.
I am loving all the healthy influences of Detox Delight, but those five days were torture for an undisciplined gal like me. Next time I'd be tempted to choose their option that includes salads, and foods with textures. But I think the best solution for me would be a weekly Detox Delight, allowing me to clean out my system and reminding me to stay on track for the rest of the week, month, year!
Its mushroom season, and I am a girl with a thing for fungi. Truffles, chanterelles, morels, girolles, it all make my head go into a spin and my mouth start watering. Right now the markets have baskets over flowing with cèpes, the large fat mushrooms (sometimes crawling with worms) that look something like a porcini and are simply heavenly.
Sunday Mr French went out for a baguette for our lunch and came back with an entire kilo of the little beasties for our dinner. I was over the moon, not only would be I be having one of my favorite treats, but I would be offer dinner duty. I knew this because I have been banned from being anywhere near the spore bearing plants and an open flame. Something about my energy instantly turns them into a rubber mush, disappointing everyone, especially me. Mr French has tried to teach me how to prepare them, but I simply can not seem to learn. And maybe I don't want to, because it is kind of nice being served your favorite dish from time to time.
This week I was granted kitchen access on the condition the camera stay in my hands at all times and I touch nothing related to food. So this is how you prepare a poêlée de cèpes bourgignon. The bourgignon part is important, because that means you get to serve it with wine. Carefully select a kilo of the beauties (any 'shroom will do, doesn't really have to be cèpes). Wash them lightly and brush off the dirt. If they're large, cut them in 1/4. Then dice up an onion, 2 cloves of garlic and a bunch of flat leafed celery. Sautée the onion and garlic in a pan until almost golden. Set aside.
In another pan, sautée the mushrooms at high heat. This is important because they give off a ton of water. In fact, that is where I ruin the dish. I forget to drain the pan from time to time, removing any excess liquid. If you do this into a small bowl you can then save the 'shroom juice for a risotto some other night. But if that's complicated, but be sure to drain regularly. Just as the mushrooms look done, toss them in the pan with the onion and garlic. Heat through and sprinkle with the parsley.
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"Shell Gas B.V., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, said on Monday that it has entered into an agreement with Total Gaz Electricité Holdings France to acquire its 26% equity in the Hazira LNG and Port in Gujarat. The company did not disclose financial details of the deal. The agreement is subject to regulatory approvals," reported Mint.
AZB & Partners advised Shell Gas B.V. led by a team of partners Vinati Kastia, Abhishek Shinde, Daksh Trivedi and lawyer Srishti Goyal.
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"Isaac really enjoyed putting the glasses on and taking turns to guess what we were. It's a really simple game to explain with minimal play pieces."
"It's definitely going to be more appreciated the older Isaac gets. We've helped him guess the cards. It's a great game for the whole family to play."
"Teach kids all about guessing and describing with this fun game. Yes, you can play too..."
Encourage kids to use their thought processes with the Petit Collage What Am I? Game. It features 50 colourful object cards, which are placed on a pair of glasses. Other players then describe the object for the glasses wearer to guess. Suitable for 2-4 players, it'll keep them occupied and learning for hours.
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The fees were fair, although other agents in the area are slightly cheaper I would say Ryder & Dutton are worth paying extra as the service is far better. I had my property up with another local agent before I changed to Ryder & Dutton and I found Ryder & Dutton's marketing so much better I had more than double the viewings. They also have an online portal where you can keep track of how many views the property has had on Rightmove, feedback on viewings and how the sale is progressing.
Having no knowledge of Estate Agent fees, I'm not sure of what to say, but my wife assures me that the fees are much lower than expected.
Slightly higher than some others, however the service far excels a lot of the others on the market. You get what you pay for!
Worth every penny, wish we had done it sooner!
More expensive than some of the other internet estate agents but you get a very good personal service. They do all the chasing and moving the sale on for you.
Before my first appointment, I did think the fees were abit unreasonable, but after going through the process, it was totally worth it.
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The Irish Police Commando Sweater is a modern and authentic police commando sweater from the Republic of Ireland. These sweaters are made to keep officers warm and provide a professional look while on duty. You will appreciate the warmth and great fit these sweaters provide. Ideal for wearing as a standalone sweater, they can also be used for a cold busting layered system.
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Intelligent systems can optimise their structure and properties in order to function successfully within a complex, partially changing environment. The innovative scientific concept unites research expertise in the areas of computer science and materials science with expertise in biology, with the primary focus set to be on the basic research and development of intelligent systems.
What makes the new Institute unique worldwide is that it brings together software and hardware expertise in three sub-areas for the first time under one roof – namely perception, learning, and action. Machine learning, image recognition, robotics and biological systems will be investigated in Tübingen, while so-called learning material systems, micro- and nanorobotics as well as self-organisation will be explored in Stuttgart. Although the focus will be on basic research, the Institute has a great potential for practical applications, e.g. robotics, medical technology, and innovative technologies based on new materials.
"The support from Baden-Württemberg has given us the opportunity to establish a promising research field in an area connected with information technology, biology and materials science. This will not just enhance our international scientific appeal, but also strengthen the sustainability of our industry on a local and regional level," said Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society.
The Founding Directors include Bernhard Schölkopf, who previously worked as a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Joachim P. Spatz from the Max Planck Institute for Metal Research, and Michael J. Black from Brown University, USA. With Black's appointment, a leading world expert for machine vision will be at the helm of the Institute. The computer scientist took up his work in Tübingen on January 1, 2011. Further appointments are planned.
Steeped in materials science and engineering technology, the Stuttgart location will play a crucial role in the institute's scientific reorientation. The site enjoys close ties with the University of Stuttgart, the Fraunhofer institutes and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. The Tübingen campus – with the Max Planck Institutes for Biological Cybernetics and Developmental Biology – will contribute its know-how in the field of life sciences. Cooperative partners include the University of Tübingen, the University Hospital and non-university research intuitions in the region. "The spatial and thematic linking of these establishments will increase the potential and appeal of the newly-oriented Institute, and give it a competitive edge on the international stage," said Bernhard Schölkopf.
Whereas existing infrastructure can, for the most part, be used in Stuttgart, a new institute building is part of the planning in Tübingen. The Baden-Württemberg state government has promised a separate financing package worth over 41 million euros for the project, and the state cabinet made a decision approving these funds on 15 February 2011.
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A minor DAQ system with a huge effect. The FACER, who recently left the experimental development, is the first instrument that measures the importance of a city within the fashion industry.
To achieve these results, the multi-layered algorithm of the FACER has been structured to include all type of branches, including magazines, agencies and last but not least all fashion brands of a city as well as the acceptance of the fashion city in the same.
Due to its major importance in all related fashion EDAQS, the official lists of the FACER remain unpublished until the full set of IFDAQ series have been released.
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08/09/2016 12:32 am ET Updated Aug 15, 2016
This Olympian Just Got Engaged To Her Girlfriend In Rio
Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo was all smiles after the competition.
Credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Marjorie Enya, right, and her partner Isadora Cerullo kiss in Deodoro Stadium in Rio.
The Brazilian women's rugby sevens team may not have fared so well on Monday, earning a ninth-place finish in the Olympics' inaugural showing of the sport. But for athlete Isadora Cerullo, the night ended in smiles, kisses and love after her girlfriend proposed to her on the field in Rio.
Cerullo's longtime partner, Majorie Enya, a manager at the Deodoro Stadium, popped the question after delivering an emotional speech Monday night, BBC Sport reported.
"As soon as I knew she was in the squad, I thought I have to make this special," Enya told the outlet. "I know rugby people are amazing and they would embrace it."
Enya, 28, called her girlfriend the "love of my life," and said she was excited to start a new life together.
The couple live together in Sao Paolo and have been together for two years. Cerullo, 25, holds dual U.S. citizenship and moved to Brazil to prepare for the games.
Take a look at photos from the proposal below.
Credit: David Rogers/Getty Images
For more Olympics coverage:
How To Sound Like You Know Your Stuff While Watching Olympic Gymnastics
As Olympics Begin, Senators Renew Call For Equal Pay For U.S. Women's Soccer Stars
Members Of The Olympic Refugee Team Come To Rio With A Simple Message
Olympians Who've Made History Before Stepping Into Rio
Nick Visser
Senior Reporter, HuffPost
2016 Summer Olympics Isadora Cerullo Women's Rugby
Jo Pavey, Oldest Track-And-Field Athlete Ever
Jo Pavey, representing team Great Britain, has the distinction of being the oldest track athlete in Olympic history (she is 42). In 2014, she became the <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/age-is-no-barrier-for-these-5-inspiring-old-olympians-in-rio_n_579f503be4b0693164c1b4e0">oldest woman to win gold in competition</a> at the European Championships.
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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I want to share with you some of the benefits of network marketing and what it's done for me lately.
Is this thing worth it? Are there some real benefits of network marketing? Is it worth the effort?
I can tell you an example from just the last 48 hours of what it has done for me and my husband. My mother-in-law called us on Sunday, and she was in the ER. She had been having some tests run, and they were going to keep her overnight, so we ran over there and found out that she needed us to do some things for her. This was late Sunday night, when most people are going to bed because they have to go to their jobs in the morning.
She knew that, but it just dawned on me, I have the complete freedom to drop something and go help someone if I need to.
She needed our help right then, which meant we did a little running around. We got some things for her from her home, brought them back up to the hospital and got in bed around 2:00am. Yes, that's late, but the thing I didn't have to worry about was getting up at 6:00am to go to a job. I didn't have to worry about calling a boss and telling them that I needed to do something the next day for my mother-in-law. I didn't have to worry about any of that, because I have complete time freedom.
A few years ago, when my network marketing business started to replace my income, that's when I started to have time freedom. Most people don't even know what this feels like. They have no concept. Some of them don't even believe that it could happen for them. Financial freedom is great, but having time freedom for those that you love and those you want to spend time with and do things for, that's priceless.
Most people believe that for them to have financial freedom and time freedom is absolutely impossible, because that's what the world has told us. That's what the normal working schedule in corporate America has told us, but it doesn't have to be that way.
I'm a living example and I'm around all kinds of living examples. I work with people every single day who are living this kind of a lifestyle, so it can happen for you.
What if you started working on something part-time, started carving time out for things that could make you free, and you started to actually make this work?
Would it be worth it for you?
Even if you can't see it right now, but you want this kind of lifestyle, and you want to know more, let me know.
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The anxiety leading up to surgery can be tough! It's so hard, but try to relax and enjoy those last few weeks/days before surgery. Take TONS of pictures, and get lots of snuggles in. Make sure you are clear from your team as to what their post op restrictions are so you can be prepared (Do they allow bottles or pacifiers or do you need to use a special feeder? Do they require the use of no no's?). Cleftopedia's Hospital Gear section can help you find some of the items you may need. Also, find out what their liquid/fasting restrictions are prior to surgery as it can vary by team. Here, we share more tips from fellow cleft parents on how you can best prepare for an upcoming surgery.
Parent Surgery Tip #1: Breathe… and accept help!
Take time to allow yourself to go through your emotions, and remember, you are not alone. Don't feel bad about accepting help!
Breath…. it's harder on us parents then our children. Lean on people and accept help there's no need to be super mom.
If someone asks, "do you need anything?" tell them you need a home-cooked meal. One that you could freeze, thaw, and serve. The last thing you will want to do when you get home from surgery and recovery is cook. And take-out tastes gross after awhile.
Accept the family support. You will think "no I don't want everyone there" but when it comes down to it the more people to lean on the better.
Parent Surgery Tip #2: Pack smartly!
When packing for surgery, try not to overpack as you have to lug all that extra stuff around with you wherever you go. Bring the essentials, and don't forget to bring a few comfort items not just for your baby, but for you as well!
Bring snap or zip up onesies so you don't have to lift anything over their head and risk bumping their fresh incision lines.
Pack a white noise machine!!
Pack snacks. I stress ate.
Don't forget change for the vending machines.
Pack lots of water, and an extra blanket and pillow- hospital pillows are made of plastic!
Bring snacks. I brought a stroller and a bouncy seat and she slept in the stroller because you can recline it.
Pack a notebook to keep track of ounces taken (everyone that comes in the room will want to know, handy to be able to glance at the notebook and know immediately) and pain medicine times (to make sure you stay in top of pain management).
Bring some slippers or flip flops to wear. Even sneakers feel awful after wearing them for 24+ hours straight.
I loved Sleep Sacks at palate repair since my son had his IV in his foot. I could have all the wires and tubes come out the bottom with less threat of tangling them up.
Bring your own formula if you use formula!!! The premixed and the power are very different (I made that mistake and paid dearly for it!!).
Bring their favorite food or drink (especially those older babies doing more than formula). Going home usually means they have to show they can eat and drink…so pack their favorites. Stock up at home on soft/liquid foods. Nutrition is important but keeping then hydrated is more important. I feed whatever they will eat.
I always found it helpful to have full snap pajamas for the kids when they were in the hospital. The gowns are unfamiliar and uncomfortable, but you need to be able to run all the lines through (IV, heart monitor leads, pulse ox) the garment, and the snap Jammies work perfectly! My kids were always happier in their own stuff!
Parent Surgery Tip #3: Don't forget the less obvious stuff!
Often, when preparing for surgery we think immediately of the bigger things like what to pack or the support we need. But there's also a slew of less obvious considerations that can mean a huge difference in making the whole surgery experience just a little bit easier to bear! And we all know every little bit counts!
Stock up on extra tylenol to have on hand at home ahead of time so you don't have to run out for it post op .
Take a picture of your room assignment, wing/number/nurse and save it on your phone. It can be hard finding your way back without a photo reminder when you're tired!
Check on meals for parents. We were not allowed to leave our son in his room alone and I had no idea about that rule. Thankfully he had amazing nurses who sat with him when I ran to get myself some food or take a bathroom break!!
Keep as close to your normal schedule as you can on the night before! Excitement and stress are very closely related for kids and they need the sleep.
Try to get lots of sleep the night before. I know it's hard but being in the hospital is so draining. Also it's ok to have a big cry. Once I finally did I felt way better.
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Remove This Item Sub-genre: Action/Adventure
Joan the Girl of Arc
By Darrah Cloud.
Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult | Family (all ages) | Praise Groups
When Joan D'Arc, a shepherd in Domremy, France, 1420s, hears a voice while tending sheep one day, she can't believe what—and whom—she's hearing. But the voice is joined by others who claim they're saints and ask her to go to war for France. In a suit of armor made especially for her, she leads the French army to win the Hundred Years' War, using the wits and methods of the real teenage girl that she was. But when she refuses to deny the voices she heard, she is sentenced to death.
Baba Yaga and the Black Sunflower
Book and lyrics by Carol Korty. Music by Scott Wheeler.
Product Code: BL9000
Cast Size: 3 to 5m., 3 to 7w., 5 either gender.
This play is a coming-of-age story set in old Russia about a spirited young girl, Maryushka, determined to find where she belongs. Maryushka bravely and defiantly does her tasks—initially by playing tricks and fooling around—until she gets into trouble—real trouble. She's expelled from her village to find her baby brother who was snatched up by Baba Yaga's geese. Deep in the forest, she finds her true self in the course of completing three difficult tasks for Baba Yaga and brings her baby brother safely home. Learn More
The Blue House
By José Cruz González.
Middle School | High School | Family (all ages)
This is the story of 13-year-old Maricela, who lives in a vibrant Chicago neighborhood with a rich and sad history. Haunting dreams of strangers from another time lead Maricela to an abandoned lot where the mysterious Blue House once stood and where Maricela encounters the spirit of a mysterious African-American woman. Told in English and Spanish, this thrilling story, set during the 1919 Race Riot and present day, celebrates the power of courage, love and forgiveness. Learn More
By Rosemary Frisino Toohey.
Cast Size: 2m., 3 either gender.
A trio of cockroaches in a research lab live a life of ease and are joined by a cockroach bred aboard a spaceship, who encourages them to be independent and ignore the rules. He's independent, he moves differently, he even thinks! If the other roaches change their pattern, will it be the dawn of a new day? Or will it mean curtains for cucarachas? Learn More
The Country of the Blind
By Frank Higgins. Adapted from the story by H.G. Wells.
Product Code: CF1000
Cast Size: 3m., 3w. with doubling. May be expanded to 6m., 5w., extras.
An adaptation of H.G. Wells story about a poor farmer in a South American village that must choose between sight and love. Learn More
Product Code: MF3000
Comedy | Drama | Farce | Melodrama | Satire
Set in Florence, Italy, in 1524, this comedy is about the famous political thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli. Learn More
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Q: Max Size of value in an array PHP Is there a limit on a value string in php Associative array?
I have a query that returns value of GROUP_CONCAT as CSV for an array element. When I run the query directly, I see all values being returned. When I print the array in PHP, the string is truncated.
Not sure how get around it?
Any ideas?
More info:
I just var_dump the results I got from query. Here it is.
It shows 1024. Looks like there is a limit. What is it?
array(5) {
["FIELD_ID"]=>
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The issue still exists even after setting the variable group_concat_max_len to 5000. Any other ideas? Any issues with PDO?
After restarting MySQL, it works. Thanks!
A: You might need to read up on the length of the max concat here.
Command-Line Format --group_concat_max_len=#
Option-File Format group_concat_max_len
Option Sets Variable Yes, group_concat_max_len
Variable Name group_concat_max_len
Variable Scope Global, Session
Dynamic Variable Yes
-- Permitted Values
Platform Bit Size 32
Type numeric
Default 1024
Range 4 .. 4294967295
-- Permitted Values
Platform Bit Size 64
Type numeric
Default 1024
Range 4 .. 18446744073709547520
Edit: I find it rather amusing that the string that is returned to you is 1024 in length - which just happens to be the default max length in mysql. Coincedence?
A: When you're using GROUP_CONCAT in mysql with the default length limit of 1024, anything above that in your results will get cut off. This happened to me as well.
To determine if this is the issue, try this:
// echo string length to determine what your variable value length is
echo strlen($variable_here);
Then check what the concat limit is set to in mysql by executing this query:
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'group_concat_max_len'
I ran it in phpMyAdmin. If you get the same value from strlen and the SHOW VARIABLES query, you'll need to update your my.conf file or ask your host to do it. In WHM/cPanel, it is located in /etc/my.conf and in that file you'll need to have something like this:
[mysqld] #<-- Under that
group_concat_max_len=5120 #<-- add this
I chose 5x1024 to make it 5120 just to not have to deal with it again. Once you've saved the conf file back to the server, you'll need to restart the mysql service. If you're using WHM, you can do that under Home » Restart Services »
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Once I did the above, the strlen did in fact echo out 3519 and the value was no longer cut off.
A: Your question is somewhat tricky to answer becuase:
1. you give very little information on the actual size of your string.
2. You're asking several questions (array size and string size).
You should check out this question and then supply us with extra information like which version of php you're using and also as @FLuffeh says in his comment please show us some code.
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Un canular téléphonique est une blague réalisée par téléphone, parfois par un animateur de radio ou de télévision, afin d'en assurer une diffusion dans sa propre émission. Piégeant généralement des anonymes, certains canulars sont toutefois plus remarqués car ils sont parvenus à tromper des personnalités.
Légalité
En France
L'article 222-16 du code pénal précise que
L'interprétation généralement donnée par les tribunaux est de considérer le seuil de pendant une période de , ou lorsque sont proférées des menaces ou insultes. Une enquête auprès des opérateurs téléphoniques peut aider à identifier les auteurs dans le cas d'appels masqués.
Certains canulars téléphoniques ont donné lieu à une condamnation ou à des sanctions. Cyril Hanouna, un animateur de la télévision française, a été sanctionné par le CSA après un canular téléphonique où, après avoir publié une fausse annonce sur Vivastreet, il a diffusé en direct et à l'insu des personnes piégées, majoritairement gays, une conversation téléphonique où il se faisait passer pour quelqu'un cherchant des rencontres « chaudes ». Certaines victimes ont également mis en avant que l'absence de masquage des voix aurait permis à des proches de les identifier.
Canular téléphonique aux conséquences tragiques
En 2012, un canular téléphonique a provoqué le suicide d'une infirmière (au Royaume-Uni).
Imposteurs spécialisés en canulars téléphoniques
Belgique
François Pirette
Fun Radio Belgique
Canada
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États-Unis
Ryan Dunn
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France
Arthur
L'appel automatique de Georges, dans l'émission Manu dans le 6/9 (NRJ)
Difool
Romano
Francis Blanche
Gérald Dahan
Jean-Yves Lafesse
Jacques Legras
Maurad (alias Michel Topper sur Rire & Chansons)
Pierre Péchin
Laurent Baffie
Olivier Bourg : Le Coup de Bourg
Sébastien Cauet
Toph
Mikl
Guillaume Radio 2.0
Martin (Laigle), d'abord dans l'émission Bob, Isa et Martin ou dans les libres antennes de Max et de Sophie sur Fun Radio, et pour l'Appel trop con sur Rire et chansons.
Italie
Lo Zoo di 105
Autres
Oceane (France / États-Unis)
Patson : Côte d'Ivoire
Canulars téléphoniques célèbres
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Steel Challenge is completely new to sport shooting in Guyana and has been pioneered locally by the G.S.S.F. The G.S.S.F. became an affiliate of the Steel Challenge Shooting Association in August 2014 and was duly issued with Affiliate Number: SCSA196.
Steel Challenge is the ideal event for people from all backgrounds; professionals, beginners, the young as well as persons that have limited mobility, to shoot at multiple reactive targets and compete in a fun safe environment. It provides what is considered to be a level playing field for most type of pistol shooters.
Steel Challenge is considered to be the fastest shooting competitions in the world. A standard competition consists of eight (8) different stages where competitors shoot five different steel targets set out at various angles and distances, one of which is designated as a "stop plate" devised to be shot last. Registering a hit on the plate stops the time.
The total time it takes to hit all five plates is used for the score for a string of fire (Your time is your score.) Misses and penalties add 3 seconds to the time for each. Competitors are scored using an electronic timing device which records the time that every shot is fired. Some stages require 5 strings of which the best 4 are used for score while others require 4 strings and the best 3 are used for the score per stage.
A time of 30.00 seconds is used for each string in any stage that the competitor has not shot. (A total of 120 seconds for a best 4 of 5 strings stage; 90 seconds for a best 3 of 4 strings for specific stages).
The shooter with lowest time wins.
Competition / Matches
Steel Challenge is the perfect way to introduce newer shooters to competitive shooting because it is easy to understand Rules and the instant audible feedback of the bullet hitting the plate is both encouraging and satisfying.
The competition requirements are as simple as the scoring: the shooter would assume his/her position in the shooting box with hands up above their shoulders. Upon the audible beep of the timer, draw their firearm and shoot at the targets, timer stops when the shooter hits what is designated to be the stop plate.
The competitor's best four scores out of five strings of fire on each stage will then be added together for collective score. The lowest total time/score for all stages wins the overall match.
Eye and Ear protection.
A non-cancelable holster for centrefire pistols. For .22 pistols no holster is required.
9mm /.38 Special is the minimum caliber permitted for all divisions except for the .22 rimfire event and also the Wildcat events which are only shot at lower Tier matches.
All ammunition used in competition must be safe, serviceable and appropriate for the firearm being used.
Minimum cartridge for centerfire competitions (38 Special 9X19).
Rimfire firearms must be .22 Long Rifle (.22LR) only. No powderless cases.
*Total amount of ammunition required with no misses for an eight (8) stage match is 195 rounds.
Three to five magazines are recommended and/or speed loading devices for revolvers
The G.S.S.F. hopes that Steel Challenge will grow and intends to promote this sport to its members and affiliates nationwide and shall strive to have by the end of 2015 all of their regular Steel Challenge competitors classified and listed with a SCSA world ranking on the SCSA website.
The G.S.S.F. recognises that the training and practice required to participate in steel challenge competitions also provides a solid foundation necessary for other forms of practical shooting sports.
More so the fun element derived from the instant audio feedback of a hit on the steel plate is especially appealing to shooters and spectators at our events and competitions.
Learn more about steel challenge visit their website at www.steelchallenge.com
GSSF HOSTS SUCCESSFUL STEEL CHALLENGE TIER 1 MATCH
On September 20th, the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation hosted their Inaugural Steel Challenge Tier 1 Match at the GDF Timehri Range. The GSSF as an affiliate of the Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA), is seeking to promote this completely new type of sport shooting to local competitive pistol shooters by organising such matches on a regular basis.
In her opening remarks GSSF President Ms. Vidushi Persaud paid tribute to the members who came out to take part in the event and praised the outstanding effort that was put in by the match committee to ensure that everything was organised for this Inaugural Match. She noted that the success of the events of any sporting organizations depends primarily on commitment and the co-operation of all: there is no substitute for good relations and teamwork.
GSSF Steel Challenge Tier 1 Match
Timehri Rifle Ranges
GSSF members are hereby invited to participate in GSSF Steel Challenge Tier 1 Match, to be held on Saturday 29th November 2014 at the GDF Yarrowcabra Ranges, Timehri.
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Single Slam – Drowning In The Sound by Trivium
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Ahead of their appearance at Download Festival in a couple weeks, Trivium have released a new single called Drowning in the Sound.
Album Reviews 2018
Album Review – Dominion by Dragonlord (Universal/Spinefarm)
26/09/2018 25/09/2018 Brendan 'Unholydarklotus' Fisher Alex Bent, Black Metal, Black Wings of Destiny, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Dominion, Dragonlord, Eric Peterson, Fantasy, Jon Allen, Leah, Lyle Livingston, Metal, Nevermore, Psypheria, rapture, Sadus, side project, Spinefarm, Steve Di Giorgio, Steve Smyth, Symphonic, Symphonic Black Metal, Testament, Trivium, Universal
Testament's iconic guitarist, Eric Peterson's black metal side project, Dragonlord, have released their 3rd album called Dominion. Dominion was released on the 21st of September via Universal or Spinefarm, depending on where you live in the world.
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Album Review – The Sin and the Sentence by Trivium (Roadrunner Records)
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Trivium, have released their brand new album, The Sin and the Sentence via Roadrunner Records, The Sin and the Sentence is Trivium's 8th album overall.
Single Slam – The Heart From Your Hate by Trivium (The Sin and the Sentence)
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The second single from Trivium's new album The Sin and The Sentence is called The Heart From Your Hate from their new album due out on the 20th of October
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Don't throw away your pumpkin on Friday after Halloween night...!!! ...bring it to the Village Hall on Saturday, 2nd November and enter it in the competition for the "Best Carved Pumpkin"... tiny tots can also enter the "Best Drawn Pumpkin" competition.
Both the Youth club and Messy Church are joining in these competitions and if you would like to enter a drawing, or a carved pumpkin, simply bring your entry to the Village Hall between 1pm — 2pm on Saturday, 2nd November.
Make sure you have your name and age clearly marked on your entry. All the entries will be used to decorate the set of "The Mongrel of the Minshervilles" play in the evening and you never know, you might win!
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Fall just makes me want to eat pumpkin. Unfortunately, many delicious pumpkin things (pie, bread, cookies, muffins, donuts, ice cream -- the list goes ON and ON) are sugary, fattening, calorie filled guilt on a plate. Well -- great news! I have figured out a guilt free way to have all of that pumpkin-y spice-y goodness without all of the fat and calories. Pumpkin Pudding Parfaits!
If you make this into little parfaits, they are so darn cute -- but let's be honest, it tastes just as good if you throw it all into a little bowl and call it a day. Enjoy!
Prepare pudding according to package directions. Be sure to whisk for the full two minutes as the box instructs to ensure creamy texture.
Whisk in pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon.
Allow to set up in the refrigerator for at least 5 minutes (longer is better).
In 4 small glasses (I used juice glasses), spoon in about 1/3 cup of pumpkin pudding, spreading with a spoon to create an even layer.
Next, add a layer of cool whip, followed by the last layer of pumpkin pudding.
Top with a dollop of cool whip and sprinkle with crushed graham crackers and pecans.
Enjoy immediately while graham crackers are still crunchy.
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April 8, 2019 – Panasonic has introduced a new Aquarea Cascade Controller, with a highly integrated interface, to deliver increased energy-efficiency for large applications.
The controller can operate up to 10 Aquarea air-to-water heat pumps (160kW) simultaneously or in cascade mode, helping to meet the heating or cooling demand of commercial buildings more efficiently.
For large projects, efficiency is the key to creating a more sustainable building and reducing heating and cooling costs. Cascade control is increasingly being utilised, making use of parallel-connected heat pumps and switching on the most efficient number of these as demand is increased or decreased.
The new Aquarea Cascade Controller makes it possible to connect up to 10 Aquarea heat pumps in parallel, to suit the needs of large-scale applications such as shops and hotels. Each heat pump within the cascade requires its own Modbus Interface (PAW-AW-MBS-H) to allow it to communicate with the Aquarea Cascade Controller.
The Aquarea Cascade Controller directly integrates with the building's BEMS by a built-in modbus for a smart way to manage heating, cooling, domestic hot water (DHW) and monitor energy-usage. Photovoltaic solar panel functions, a 3-way external valve for cooling and up to three external heat meters can also be connected to the controller at one time, enabling facilities managers and maintenance professionals to oversee all operations and view essential information in one place.
In addition, the controller includes a touch screen display with information about each of the connected heat pumps - ideal for quick servicing and maintenance tasks.
This scale of cascade control presents a more efficient solution for commercial buildings. It helps to maximise the lifespan of the Aquarea units, which can be intelligently managed to balance the load, and offers a contingency solution if maintenance is required, minimising downtime.
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Carlo, the owner, was great and very helpful. I appreciated the pick up service down at Capri.
The place was beautiful and very peaceful, just off the beaten path. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful with coordinating spa services and shuttles around the island, even airport transportation for a last minute guest. Plan a few hours (or a whole day :) ) just to sit by the pool!
The glitzy island of Capri is famous for being the playground of the rich and famous. Sitting between the coast of Naples and the shores of Sorrento, Capri is the place to sip limoncello in the sun, stay in beautiful boutique hotels, splurge on handmade leather sandals and fall in love with Italy. Travelling to and from the island of Capri can either be done by boat or ferry from Naples or Sorrento, or by private helicopter from destinations such as Rome, Naples, Florence, Sicily and Sardinia.
Capri Heliport is based right in the heart of Capri, so you can arrive in style and start sightseeing without wasting a single second. From Rome, the flight time is approximately one hour, and from Naples you can expect a swift 20-minute journey. Several independent helicopter transfer companies touch down at the Damecuta heliport in Anacapri, while helicopter sightseeing flights over the Bay of Naples also depart from and land here.
Capri is brimming with beautiful places to stay, and you can be sure to find something to suit your personal taste and preference.
Many hotels will offer a transfer service for guests and will be able to pick you up from the Capri Heliport. Alternatively, you can coordinate an on-the-ground taxi transfer via your private helicopter company. Those seeking lavish amenities and arresting views of Mount Vesuvius will find plenty of upscale accommodation in Capri town. Those looking for home cooking and rustic designs can choose a smaller scale boutique hotel in Anacapri or one of the numerous B&Bs scattered around the shores.
Capri is steeped in myth and mystery and was even hailed by the Greeks as the Land of the Sirens. Perhaps the most famous sight on the island is the Blue Grotto. Swim in the cool blue waters or rent a small motorboat to pass through this stunning underwater cavern. Chartering a yacht for the day allows you to explore in style, while those who prefer to remain on dry land can hike deep into the pretty hills.
As soon as you touch down at the Capri Heliport, you'll be hit with the tempting scent of food. This stretch of Italian coastline is laden with fresh fish, creamy mozzarella, bright vegetables and hand-rolled pasta. Whether you're looking for fine dining in the island's most exclusive spots or heaped bowls of clams and linguine in quaint seaside taverns, Capri is a gourmet wonderland.
Capri certainly lives up to its reputation as a swanky, upmarket destination, yet this is an island of two halves; on one side you have the lavish hotels, superyachts and designer boutiques. On the other you have the wooded hills, family-run B&Bs and charming coves. With such a wide range to choose from, you can use Expedia's search filters to find the Capri accommodation that suits you best.
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NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL SOON HAVE ITS FIRST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
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Story by Charity Chambers
TONTITOWN --
In August, students will be walking these halls at Ozark Catholic Academy for the first time. School officials say for over 20 years they've been trying to bring a Catholic high school to Northwest Arkansas and now the time has finally come.
"Being able to have a Catholic high school is very special to me." said Olivia Burtis, a 9th Grader at Bentonville High School.
From Pre-K through 8th grade, Olivia Burtis attended a Catholic school in NWA. But when she made it to high school she no longer had that option.
"It was a huge transition because my old school was much smaller than a huge public high school so it was different ." said Burtis.
There are 2 Catholic schools in Northwest Arkansas; one in Rogers and one in Fayetteville. Both only serve up to the 8th grade.
"We're the largest metropolitan population in the United States that does not have a Catholic high school." said John Rocha, the Head of School at Ozark Catholic Academy.
Starting in August, Ozark Catholic Academy -- in Tontitown -- will offer 9th and 10th grade for students across Northwest Arkansas. 11th grade will be added in 2019 and the school hopes to add 12th grade in 2020. Rocha said this is something that's long overdue.
"From 2000-2010 there's been a population increase of 123% growth in both counties in terms of just Catholics so there's a population need for a school."
Rocha said they have 12 students signed up for classes next fall. They hope to have 35 come August.
"We anticipate a third of the school to be non-catholic and within 10 years we anticipate that we'll have a population between 250-300 students here." said Mark Braden, a member of the Governing Board.
Olivia -- who'll be in the 10th grade next year -- said she can't wait to walk through those doors on august 16th.
"I have friends that are like oh my gosh I'm so happy for you, I'm so glad you're gonna be happy where you are." said Burtis.
This will be the third Catholic high school in the entire state, the others being in Little Rock.
Northwest Arkansas' only Catholic high school has a location. Now it just needs students and faculty to fill the classrooms.
John Rocha March 5, 2018
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Catholic High School Preparing to Welcome Students in Tontitown
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Dan's Top 100 Everything: #99 Enlightened
I've never seen a show quite like Enlightened. It defies simple description. Probably the most succinct description would be "dramedy about a woman's struggle to find meaning in life while working at a soul-sucking corporation." Sounds fun, right? In its two seasons — just eighteen half hour episodes — Enlightened tracks Amy Jellicoe (a bewilderingly…
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Widely regarded as the finest drama in modern TV history — if not all of TV history — The Wire needs no introduction to its fans, while those who haven't seen it are probably baffled what the hype is all about. It's just a cop show, right? Well, yes and no. It's a long-form show…
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Aspen Lofts and the Brand New Aspen West are situated in a convenient Southwest Omaha, Nebraska location, and features studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments for rent. There are six different loft floor plans and seven Aspen West Floor Plans to choose from at Aspen Lofts. This apartment community also offers a clubhouse, swimming pool and much more. At Aspen Lofts, we welcome pets too, both cats and dogs (breed restrictions apply)! Located right near the interstate, you'll love to call Aspen Lofts your home. Call today to schedule an appointment!
Aspen Lofts Apartments accepts cats and dogs up to a maximum of two (2) pets per apartment. Dogs under the age of six (6) months are prohibited. Certain breed restrictions apply. Please contact the leasing office for more details.
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