During Air Cargo Africa 2013, the second biennial international air cargo conference and expo in Africa, Simon Foulds had the opportunity to interview Ram Menen, the divisional senior vice president of Emirates Airlines, about the state of the air cargo industry in Africa.
Menen is one of the founder members of the Emirates Airline and has headed its cargo division since its inception in October 1985.
According to him, the air cargo industry in Africa faces a number of hurdles, of which regulatory issues is the biggest one.
"The biggest issue is accessing the major markets within Africa. For the industry to expand on this continent, we need the various regulatory authorities to open up and liberalise the air so more trade can take place," says Menen.
"Another problem we face is that cargo tends to be directional, with cargo going in one direction and nothing coming back, so the cost of providing a country with that particular service becomes extremely expensive. However, if air cargo was given more freedom to be able reposition flights to be a more flexible to pick up cargo then costs would come down due to flights having return loads.
"Our challenge is that a large part of cargo is carried under the belly of commercial flights and because a number of countries turn down the rights for passenger traffic in order to protect their own national carriers, by default cargo is unable to be delivered to that particular country. What we would like is for countries to separate the two where airlines can maintain cargo rights without infringing on the passenger rights of a countries national airline. It is short sighted, but this is the way certain African countries operate.
Menen says this is just one of the issues which The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are lobbying governments in Africa to address.
One aspect of the industry that Menen says he is proud of having been associated with was the forming of the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group, which has brought together the Global Shippers Forum, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA), IATA and TIACA, allowing them all to speak as one voice in lobbying governments on the continent.
Menen believes once African governments start opening the airspaces there will be a marked increase in intra-Africa trade, especially among landlocked countries.
As for the future growth of the African air cargo market into the rest of the world, Menen believes this will come from routes into China and India being expanded over the next five to ten years.
Asked about the capacity for airports to expand cargo areas, Menen states the problem with most airports is that they concentrate on passenger traffic more than cargo, turning airports into shopping malls. He adds in most cases cargo facilities are more of an afterthought and then the owners try and make the cargo facilities operate more efficiently and they struggle.


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Jerry Robinson
Attended a talk last night with Ross Richie and Chip Mosher at L.A.'s Skirball Center to hear the legendary Jerry Robinson speak about his career. It was great to hear the creator of the Joker talk about Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Siegel and Shuster, and a host of other comics legends. Kudos to interviewer Mark Evanier for keeping things moving. Robinson's almost twice my age and is still more articulate than I am. Bah.
MegaCon in Orlando was awesome and stunningly well-attended. Organizer Beth Widera and her crew always put together a fine show, and this year was no exception. Highlight: meeting Phil Morris, the actor who plays J'Onn J'Onzz on SMALLVILLE and voices a variety of DC's animated characters, including Vandal Savage and Jonah Hex. I say "highlight" because it turns out he knew who I was because he's a huge comics fan with a collection that dwarfs mine.
Wrote a scene yesterday for an upcoming issue of IRREDEEMABLE that–after a long, dry week of having no ideas–really made me happy. I can't say anything about it without spoiling stuff, but I can say that it's probably the darkest and most disturbing five pages I've ever written, and that includes all the stuff that Golgoth did in EMPIRE. Part of my goal for IRREDEEMABLE is to simultaneously entertain you and make you feel the need to take a hot, cleansing shower. Judging by the reactions of the friends who've read the work in progress, so far, so good. I'm really excited about this one. Artist Krause totally gets it and improves upon it, future Eisner-Award-winning colorist Andrew Dalhouse takes it a step further, and now Gene Ha's just turned in three cover sketches and we can't decide which one to use because they're all lovely. Once we choose one, I'll see if I can't get Gene's permission to run all three so I can talk about the selection process.
Off to join the BOOM! crew at the 11:30 screening of some comic book movie.
Today has a special significance for me because–here's something you probably don't know about me–I'm a huge fan of Elvis Aron Presley. Of his music and, at his best, of the man. I grew up in the Deep South to parents and maternal grandparents who were likewise fans. One of my earliest memories in... more
Sorry to bring the room down, but it seems worth noting that it was fifty years ago today that TV's first Superman, actor George Reeves, was found dead of a gunshot wound in his own home. His death was ruled as a suicide, though to this day, some very smart and informed people, far from... more
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Yes, I realize I have very…specific interests, but there is nothing, nothing, nothing I love more than–or delights me as much as–finding out things about Superman than I didn't know before. In fact, I'm not even sure I knew that was possible at this point. But I've just spent the last three days... more
Hitting newsstands exactly 70 years ago today, April 18, 1939: (Thanks, Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics!)
…and this is the height of geekdom, forgive me… …but fifty years ago today, on March 31st, 1959, the world was first introduced to Supergirl, Bat-Mite, and the Space Museum. So, Happy Birthday to three of my favorite things in comics. That is all.
Attended a talk last night with Ross Richie and Chip Mosher at L.A.'s Skirball Center to hear the legendary Jerry Robinson speak about his career. It was great to hear the creator of the Joker talk about Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Siegel and Shuster, and a host of other comics legends. Kudos to... more
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Detail: 13 February 1899: The 1899 cold wave finally strikes the Gulf of Mexico. Florida's coldest temperature ever, -2� was recorded at Tallahassee, along with -1� at Mobile, Alabama, and 7� at New Orleans, Louisiana. - This was perhaps the coldest morning ever on the Gulf Coast. An indication of how bitter and far ranging this cold wave was - ice flows were seen passing through the Mississippi River past New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico! The only other time that has been observed to happen was in 1784.


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(Sputnik) The US Department of Defense announced that Oshkosh has received a more than one third of a billion dollar contract to sell combat vehicles to Cameroon, Iraq and Somalia.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Oshkosh Defense Company has received a more than one third of a billion dollar foreign military sales contract to sell more than 1,500 combat vehicles to Cameroon, Iraq and Somalia, the US Department of Defense announced. "Oshkosh Defense [of] Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $378.1 million… foreign military sales contract for procurement of 1,543 family of medium tactical vehicles," the announced stated on Friday. Work will be performed in Oshkosh with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2018, the Defense Department said. In 2015, Oshkosh defeated Lockheed Martin in a race to win a $6.75 billion Defense Department contract to replace the US armed forces aging fleet of Humvee vehicles.


Anyways just to help some of the newbies out I figured I'd post this. And yes I know they're obvious, but retards still do/don't do it so I'm posting it anyways.
Count EVERYTHING: Yeah this may seem silly but its saved my killmark plenty of times. Count how long till their skills are cooled down, how long till they can fire, (doesn't apply when fighting a gears for obvious reasons) and how long till they can barrel roll again. Those are probably the most important but it helps to count their buffs and your buffs as well. It makes all the difference knowing whether or not a b gear can fire at you in a particular pass, or whether a m gear can purify you.
Sound: This one is mostly important when fighting b gears, but learn that firing sound and it'll help when you can't see the b gear. Its a rather obvious sound, after you hear it a few times just learn to look for it.
Don't Fly Near the Ground: Tbh this ones obvious, but I see plenty of retards doing it anyways. Just don't go near the ground unless your going to terrain missiles, its just begging for a b gear to come and GBM you.
Know when to roll and when to soak it up: In some situations tanking is better than barrel rolling, and vice versa. Generally barrel rolling is the best choice but at other times the speed loss will get you killed. This one only comes from experience, so duel duel duel.
Terraining is better than rolling: This one is true 99.99% of the time, if you can terrain missiles instead of rolling do it. The .01% of the time is when fighting a laggy pinoy and they happen to be capable of shooting missiles through walls.
STAY AWAY FROM BARRIERED A GEARS: If I see you flying around a barriered a gear I'm going to slap you. Just fly away, count to 15, come back and enjoy your KM. If your an I gear and the a gear is stupid sometimes silencing them will cause them to pop barrier.
I could put some more things but they're even more obvious than this, so I'll just stop it here. Anyways, hope I helped whoever is reading this.


Demographics, although important, don't provide you a complete understanding of your target audience. It's often their interests, values, beliefs that act as explanations for consumer behavior. That's where the collection of psychographics come in.
If demographics describe who your target audience is, then psychographics explain why. The "why" will tell you what consumers are expecting and looking for, giving you the opportunity to fulfill these needs.
Psychographics greatly enhance your understanding of your customers, allowing you to improve your strategy. This information can be used in a variety of ways, which we'll get to in a second, but first, let's take a look at some potential psychographic data collection methods.
There are a number of ways to collect psychographic data: focus groups, surveys, analytics reports from Google, etc. You can collect it independently or hire externally. Each source can offer new useful information, but be sure to only gather information you will use – these methods can get costly.
Surveys are relatively inexpensive to produce and can be distributed easily in-person or digitally. Further, customers are usually familiar with this form of research, so it doesn't require the same explanation as you would for a focus group, or other data collection method. Unfortunately, there's often low participation, which may make the data gathered unreliable or inaccurate. Further, some will answer questions in an aspirational way, which doesn't help you to truly understand their real opinion.
Focus groups allow you to create testing audiences that match your ideal customer and better understand their mindset. Further, you can ask more in-depth and follow-up questions, rather than the fixed set of a questionnaire, providing a better understanding of what they're thinking and why. It can be a significant time-drain, however. You have to assemble the focus groups, then spend time interviewing and talking to them. If the answers prove to be un-useful, then that's a whole lot of money and time wasted for nothing.
Everything from Google to Facebook is offering detailed analytics data both easily and often cheaply; take advantage of these information sources! They'll often delve into some behavioral aspects. For analytics on Google or Twitter, you will have to do some work to get things started, but it will pay off when you have access to an in-depth insight into the minds of your customers.
The above options sound time-consuming and tiring? That's because they can be. If research is going to take too much time away from your other responsibilities, you can always hire market research companies to do the job for you. Aside from freeing up your time to focus on other tasks, market research companies specialize in gathering data and can offer some additional benefits, like scientifically rigorous data collection methods and methods to ensure the integrity of the data. This option can get a little costly, but the plethora of useful information and your freed up time may be worth it.
Now that you've taken the time to collect psychographic data, it's time to put it to use. There are a number of ways to do this.
Psychographics unlock a broader understanding of your customers, and what better way to visualize this than creating a customer persona using all the psychographic information you've collected? Customer personas are often used in marketing, so if you've already created one, how do your current personas stack up? Are they accurate according to the psychographic data? Do you need to adjust? Perhaps add a new persona you didn't originally think of? Add some extra details to your current personas? One thing's for sure: your customer personas will definitely improve with this new data.
The more detailed you can make your personas, the better. For B2B companies, consider business-related psychographics to paint this picture. Someone working in the marketing field, for example, may have interests in technology or psychology as well. Finding out these interest help you to improve your personas, and, as a result, your marketing.
Developing your personas may highlight something: there is some diversity in the types of customers you maintain. You may need to approach marketing to one persona entirely differently from another. MailChimp found that engagement soared when companies used segmentation. Opens were 9.92% higher than non-segmented and un-subscriptions were over a quarter lower. Also, clicks rose almost three-quarters when segmenting, as opposed to not. So not only will more people take the time to look at your message, but they'll be more likely to convert.
Behavioral analytics will also tell you where a consumer may be in the customer journey. If they're reading blogs on your website, they may just be in the awareness stage, familiarizing themselves with the types of products you sell. If they're looking at products, but haven't checked out, they're in the consideration stage. Understanding where they are in the process can help you identify how to move them to the next step.
Emotion can often work very well to inspire customers to take action, but it's tough to do appropriately. Different customers react differently to emotional appeals, and the last thing you'd want is to turn off a customer with the wrong emotional appeal. Psychographics will help you zero in on what your customers care about, giving you the ability to play to that.
Understanding the interests of your customers will help you identify which content is most appealing to them and may point out great content ideas that you would have never come up with. This will serve well to keep current customers happy, as well as attract some similar new customers.
Psychographics provide business owners an excellent opportunity to understand their customers thoroughly. When you get it right, customers will feel as though they are understood and it will bring them closer to your brand. Be sure to invest in good data collection and interpretation to ensure success.


Our last Friday of the Lenten Season.
We serve house made pastries, sweet treats and lunch daily, along with delicious smoothies and of course our incredible Good Folks Coffee. Our menu changes daily/weekly and is posted on Facebook and here on our website. We are happy to e-mail you our menu for the week each Monday when you provide us with your address. We promise not to bombard you with unwanted messages-just the good stuff once a week! Be sure to follow us Facebook to stay in the loop!
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Give us a call and we'll have your lunch ready for pickup!
We are open Monday through Saturday. Our mission is to bring you a daily menu selection of clean, locally sourced food while remaining committed to our goal of a low to zero waste kitchen. Changing our menu daily allows us to provide a wide array of options that are seasonally appropriate as well as portion controlled to eliminate waste.
What is a low-zero waste kitchen and why are we so passionate about it?
An estimated 70 billion pounds of food is wasted every year. This is not only heartbreaking when you think in terms of the number of malnourished and under fed Americans there are, but devastating to our carbon footprint with overflowing landfills and oceans full of discarded plastics. Most food waste initiatives address the food waste problem after it has happened, but there are few initiatives that prevent food waste from happening in the first place. We plan our daily menus with the end in mind, buying what we know will sell and striving to maintain a sustainable kitchen pantry. We believe that by keeping our menu fluid, we have less risk of overstocking items that go unused and therefore contribute to an ugly cycle of repeat buying, preparing and disposing. We hope doing our small part in the bigger picture of no waste and sustainability will lead to a greener world for everyone!
Why then, do we serve in disposable containers?
When we began to put together our plan for Fresh we knew it would be primarily a 'carry out' venue, even if our guests were dining or drinking in. We spent hours (and hours!) researching our coffee cups, lunch boxes and plastic containers, to ensure that we were using the most ecologically friendly products we possibly could. In addition, we are faithful plastic, paper and glass recyclers of all approved containers.
Even our used coffee grounds go to good use at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest! Fresh Friend, Cole Alexander, Bernheim Edible Garden Steward, utilizes our Good Folks grounds in his composting process at the forest to promote the beautiful and healthy plants and trees we all enjoy so much! We love that a little part of what we do is being put to such good use.
Good Folks Coffee is a local coffee roaster based in Louisville, Kentucky. Their roastery ships coffee to cafes, grocery stores, offices, restaurants and homes throughout the United States, including FRESH! Like Good Folks, we value relationships with people and put a great deal of care into selecting our coffees. We work hard to discover new coffees, develop relationships, and deliver the coffee you deserve. Coffee should be enjoyable and approachable. With that in mind, we aim to provide consistency and flavor to your daily routine with an emphasis on quality.


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Posted: 12:23 AM, Jan 10, 2018
By: Abraham Jewett, The Daily Aztec Assistant Sports Editor
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Devin Watson goes up for a layup during the Aztecs 85-49 victory over San Jose State University on Jan. 9 at Viejas Arena.

SAN DIEGO ( Daily Aztec ) - San Diego State men's basketball rained down buckets on Tuesday night, defeating visiting San Jose State University, 85-49, as rain fell outside of Viejas Arena.
The Aztecs earned redemption after losing on the road to the Spartans last season, something which gave this years team a bit of extra motivation.
"We just wanted to get one this year. Just wanted to get this W," junior forward Devin Watson said. "We lost to them last year at their place. We knew we had momentum here."
The win was the third straight for the Aztecs, who improve to 11-4 overall, 3-1 in conference and 7-1 at home.
The loss drops SJSU to 3-13 on the season, and the team remains winless in Mountain West Conference play at 0-5.
The game was close for much of the first half, and SDSU carried a 32-23 lead into intermission.
The Aztecs came out of the break on a 16-2 run, however, to put the game out of reach for the visiting Spartans.


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Q: Spark-kafka streaming multiple consumer group for same topic does not work I am new to kafka and spark. I have a use case, where a kafka topic need to be consumed from multiple spark streaming window.
Topic...
kafka-topics.sh --create --topic feed --partitions 10 --zookeeper xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx --replication-factor 2

Code...
package tech.webstar.speed

import org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.{DStream, ReceiverInputDStream}
import org.apache.spark.streaming.kafka.KafkaUtils
import org.apache.spark.streaming.{Duration, StreamingContext}
import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkContext}

/**
  * @author sasajib
  */
class FeedStream2(ssc: StreamingContext, group: String = "default") {

    def start(): Unit = {

        val kafkaStream: ReceiverInputDStream[(String, String)] = {
            KafkaUtils.createStream(ssc, "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx", group, Map("feed" -> 10))
        }

        val window: DStream[(String, String)] = kafkaStream.window(Duration(5000))
        window.foreachRDD(_.foreach(result => {
            println("<===============Window===============================>")
            println(result)
            println(">===============Window===============================<")
        }))
    }
}

object FeedStream2 extends App {
    val sparkConf: SparkConf = {
        new SparkConf()
                .setAppName("speed-layer")
                .setMaster("local[*]")
    }

    val context: SparkContext = new SparkContext(sparkConf)
    val ssc: StreamingContext = new StreamingContext(context, Duration(1000))
    ssc.checkpoint("checkpoint")
    //    context.setLogLevel("ERROR")

    //if I comment out one of these, the code works
    new FeedStream2(ssc, "group1").start()
    new FeedStream2(ssc, "group2").start()

    sys.addShutdownHook(() => {
        ssc.stop()
    })

    ssc.start()
    ssc.awaitTermination()
}

As my understanding, given 2 window should work and consume same message, cause kafka group id is different. But none of the window work.
If I comment out one of the window the code works and print the topic message.
How can I consume same topic message with different spark streaming window?
Thanks.

spark-streaming-kafka vesion: 1.6.2

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Today, I'm diving into the question that most email marketers are asking themselves more often than not – How often should I be emailing my subscribers?
Unfortunately, there's no perfect answer for this, but luckily, email marketing provides you with the insights and tools you need to answer those questions yourself.
The open rate is simply the average number of opened emails divided by the number of subscribers you sent that email to. So for example, a 20% open rate would mean that for every 10 emails delivered to an inbox, two were actually opened. It's not surprising that most email marketers want to know if their subscribers are actually opening their emails. If you've sent a recipient a message at the right time with a subject line that speaks to them about a need they might have, chances are they are going to open it – It's that simple.
The click through rate is the percentage of people visiting a web page who have accessed a link from a particular advertisement. Unlike the open rate, most marketers will agree that click-through rates are a key indicator of email marketing performance. One very important example is ensuring your design is mobile friendly. More then 60% of emails that are opened are on a mobile device so it's important to think about the email marketing experience by putting yourself in the recipient's shoes – this way you are experiencing what your recipients are experiencing.
The Unsubscribe Rate are recipients who clicked on the unsubscribe link (the link is typically added at the top or at the bottom of your newsletters or marketing campaigns). Recipients who unsubscribe aren't always a good thing but they're also not always bad. If this rate is high, you may want to reach out to these subscribers with a survey or possibly do some A/B testing. Any feedback may be good information to take into consideration.
The Bounce Rate indicates invalid or not-existant email addresses and temporary errors. If you have a high bounce rate, it's time to update your information. Confirmed opt-in is one of the many ways you can help assure data quality across all of your subscribe forms. By ensuring that people must activate their subscription with a confirmation email, any erroneous or inactive addresses simply won't make it onto your active subscriber list. This can greatly reduce potential bounces, and lists using confirmed opt-in tend to be more engaged and active too.
Choosing the best frequency or days for sending emails is sometimes the biggest challenge since we are typically looking to maximize response, but want to avoid "over-mailing" since it can lead to unacceptable levels of unsubscribes and an increase in inactive subscribers – to a point where your audience may feel that they are being spammed. Even if they don't unsubscribe they will become "emotionally unsubscribed" as we may call it.
On the other hand, if you are "under-mailing" you are potentially losing the opportunity to gain a prospective proposition or get your promotions in front of the right subscribers and this could lead to loss of engagement or far worse, the loss of sales. If you're not showing enough of a digital presence in your consumers' eyes, it leaves room for other brands to engage them in their own conversation.
Here's a study by MailChimp showing the optimal days to send your emails. Take this information as a guideline to start sending out your promotional emails and your newsletters.
They also say that 84% of consumers find less than half the emails they receive to be 'relevant or interesting'. You also risk marketing to one of the 19 million 'ghost' email accounts which is an email account a consumer has abandoned as a result of irrelevant marketing, according to the DMA's Consumer email tracking study.
It's also important to note what type of lists you are emailing. If it's a general list, then those numbers work. However if the community is smaller and more specific, your emails rate would be much higher, and if they are not you need to work on grabbing their attention.
There are generally a couple companies who I look out for in my inbox because they typically try to sway me into coming back, like offering me enticing offers or promotions – do I always follow through with them? - No, but they always grab my attention. For instance, I haven't reloaded my Starbucks app in quite some time but they've been emailing me constantly so I gave in one day and reloaded my app because they sent me a special offer that I couldn't resist.
However, if I could choose a brand to award a stellar email marketing award to, one that always sticks out in my mind is Sephora. For great email marketing, and marketing in general, for me it's always in the attention to detail. I find their emails timely, their campaigns cohesive and relevant yet always diverse but most importantly, the customer journey I am taken on once I click into an item or rather, the path to purchase I embark on is always seamless. Its email marketing that doesn't feel like email marketing, just great product news and recommendations slipped into my digital sphere.
By taking a step back and reviewing your email marketing strategy and approach, you can establish what your subscribers want to receive from you. Getting the right frequency (of how often you email your subscribers) is no longer a concern when you're consistently sending relevant and useful emails to your subscribers. Sending emails that your subscriber's value will drive better results.


With leadership from CMCD affiliate James Aikens, PhD, we are conducting a randomized trial funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the CarePartner Program for patients with type 2 diabetes. Patients randomized into the intervention arm receive automated telemonitoring and self-management assistance calls for one year. At baseline, patients identify an informal caregiver or CarePartner who receives e-mailed summaries of the telemonitoring data along with guidance on helping the patient address any reported problems. If medically urgent problems are identified during the automated calls, the patient's clinician is alerted automatically. Patients randomized to the control arm receive usual care. Outcomes measured at six months and one year include blood glucose control, blood pressure, and self-management behaviors.
For more information, contact Audrey Barick at abarick@med.umich.edu.


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Cold War and nuclear history; organizational approaches to security; the American state and security policy; science and technology studies
Lynn Eden is a Senior Research Scholar Emeritus. She was a Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation until January 2016, as well as was Associate Director for Research. Eden received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan, held several pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, and taught in the history department at Carnegie Mellon before coming to Stanford.
In the area of international security, Eden has focused on U.S. foreign and military policy, arms control, the social construction of science and technology, and organizational issues regarding nuclear policy and homeland security. She co-edited, with Steven E. Miller, Nuclear Arguments: Understanding the Strategic Nuclear Arms and Arms Control Debates (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1989). She was an editor of The Oxford Companion to American Military History (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), which takes a social and cultural perspective on war and peace in U.S. history. That volume was chosen as a Main Selection of the History Book Club.
Eden's book Whole World on Fire: Organizations, Knowledge, and Nuclear Weapons Devastation (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004; New Delhi: Manas Publications, 2004) explores how and why the U.S. government--from World War II to the present--has greatly underestimated the damage caused by nuclear weapons by failing to predict damage from firestorms. It shows how well-funded and highly professional organizations, by focusing on what they do well and systematically excluding what they don't, may build a poor representation of the world--a self-reinforcing fallacy that can have serious consequences, from the sinking of the Titanic to not predicting the vulnerability of the World Trade Center to burning jet fuel. Whole World on Fire won the American Sociological Association's 2004 Robert K. Merton Award for best book in science, knowledge, and technology.
Eden has also written on life in small-town America. Her first book, Crisis in Watertown (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1972), was her college senior thesis; it was a finalist for a National Book Award in 1973. Her second book, Witness in Philadelphia, with Florence Mars (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1977), about the murders of civil rights workers Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman in the summer of 1964, was a Book of the Month Club Alternate Selection.
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$5 per Lb. BB's, $8 per lb. poly pellets. Colors: Blues,Greens, Red and Black, Light and Dark Wine, Purple and Fuschia.
The Twin Blankets have the weighted area over the top of the bed with approximately 8" of non-weighted fleece on the edges. Note picture at left. Black area is weighted, 40"x56" , Purple is single layer fleece, for tucking under mattress.
Large Weighted Shoulder Blankets are designed for teenaged or adult clients to wrap around their shoulders and warm and calm them while sitting at home or in classroom setting.
In fleece they are 28"x44" with 4 lb of weights.
Small Weighted Blankets are designed for nap time or calming child while sitting on the couch or such.
In Fleece they are 44"x55" with 5 lbs. weight.
Small Weighted Shoulder Blanket are for young school and pre-school age children. They are "20 x "30 with 4 lbs of weight.
Fleece Weighted Lap Pillows are to calm children in the classroom or home setting. They are 9" x18" and have 2.5 lbs. of weight.
Fleece Lap Pillow with Pockets are designed for little fingers to put "figets" in the pockets to distract sensory system and aide in sitting still. They also have elastic loops in the pockets for little fingers to figet with. Please specify age of child and pocket preferrence, Builder Bob, Dora, Lizard, Balls, Horses, Wildlife.
They come with 2.5 lbs. weight.
Weighted Sheets are designed for the individual who has temperature regulation problems. Or for the summer months when fleece is too hot. They come with the standard 5 lbs. weight and are constructed in the same fashioin as the fleece blankets with the weighted area centered over the top of the bed with single layer sheet on both sides. Available in dark and light blue.
Weighted Comforters are designed for the person who cannot tolerate fleece because of the fuzzy texture, or wants to have a picture print on their blanket. The weight is still positioned over the bed area but the backing covers the full area of the blanket as with a commercial comforter. See some of the pattern choices on the "Gallery" page of this website. Or if you have a preference that you do not see, call me and I may be able to get the fabric design you desire. These comforters also come with the 5 lb. standard weight unless more weight is requested.
For use at nap time or seated in chair or couch.
Prints available as with Twin Comforters.
Same as above but backed with Fleece.
When ordering products using the Paypal Buttons, please contact me with an e-mail message or a phone call to confirm color, print or special instructions, as I am new at using Paypal and with the varieties I offer, I have not found all the options for ordering that I am sure a more advanced person could provide on this website. Bare with me, I'm learning. I am a much better seamstress than I am a computer operator.
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New Small Blanket with Removable Weight Packets. Useful for child who need to wash the blanket weekly or more frequently. Weight tunnels are held in a tube with velcro and can be easily removed and replaced. This blanket also offers the option of doubling the weight as the child grows.
Features the same size 44"x55"
Blanket is fleece on one side and cotton on the weight packet side. Currently in navy or light blue.
but can be increased to 10 lbs.
Weight tunnels have velcro on the ends.
The same blanket as above with the same features of removable weight tubes and additional tunnel spaces for adding more weight as needed. This blanket is 60" x 80"
It can be washed as many times as you would wash a sheet without any problems.
tan & brown, light pink and purple and lavender.
Standard blanket comes with 5 lbs. weight and can be increased to 10 lbs. Heavier blankets available with special orders.
This blanket was designed in 2008 for the client who has heavy nightly bed wetting issues. It is constructed of waterproof ripstop nylon which can be wiped down with spray cleaner and a cloth, after the duvay cover has been removed and machine washed.
Constructed with snaps on the edges for attaching the duvay cover. The Duvay cover has snaps on the inside and a zipper at the bottom for easy application to the waterproof blanket. 5 lbs of BB weights is standard. Shipping weight 19Lbs.
Please call me before ordering this product.
Large Size Removable Weight Blankets.


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The Ark 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI
Since his earliest infatuations with guitar, Carl "Buffalo" Nichols has asked himself the same question: How can I bring the blues of the past into the future? After cutting his teeth between a Baptist church and bars in Milwaukee, it was a globetrotting trip through West Africa and Europe during a creative down period that began to reveal the answer.
Appalachian Road Show
Appalachian Road Show is a visionary acoustic ensemble, bringing new-generation interpretations of traditional Americana, bluegrass and folk songs, as well as offering innovative original music, all presented with a common thread tied directly to the heart of the Appalachian regions of the United States. Grammy-nominated banjoist Barry Abernathy joins forces with Grammy-winning fiddler Jim VanCleve, fresh off of his recent stint touring with multi-platinum country artist Josh Turner, as well as esteemed vocalist and mandolinist Darrell Webb, who has recorded and toured with Dolly Parton and Rhonda Vincent, among many others. The group also includes 26-year-old "old soul" guitarist Zeb Snyder, whose fierce and versatile playing recalls Doc Watson and Norman Blake as readily as it does Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Mustard's Retreat
Opener: Jonas Berzznskis
Mustard's Retreat has always sung the songs they enjoyed and cared about, regardless of the trends of the music industry and pop culture. They are committed to simply being themselves, not chasing fame or brass rings, while delighting in and connecting with their audiences as if they were family. The honesty of what they present onstage and the extensive body of outstanding original songs and recordings all contribute to a fiercely loyal audience that continues to grow.
Laith Al-Saadi
An intimate solo performance
Laith Al-Saadi began singing at age four and began playing guitar at 13. At 15 he formed his first blues band, Blue Vinyl. In short order they opened for blues greats like Buddy Guy (to whose work his playing has been compared), Luther Allison, Son Seals, and Taj Mahal and toured the Netherlands. At the University of Michigan, Laith was a member of the Johnny Trudell Orchestra and freelanced with Detroit greats like Thornetta Davis, Jocelyn B, The Reefermen. Laith is a real road warrior who generally can be found playing at least five nights a week around Michigan and beyond, and Michigan's secret got out when he made the finals of television's "The Voice." If you haven't checked out this monster Michigan talent yet, you really should! Tonight Laith performs a rare solo show.
JD Clayton
Arkansas-based singer/songwriter JD Clayton crafts and plays songs from the heart and heartland. Through varied tunes and soul-gripping lyrics, JD weaves a classic Americana vibe, staying true to his Southern roots. From an early age, he developed his musical skills from piano to percussion and blues harp to guitar, uniting them with coming-of-age verse. He delivers to his listening audience the essence of what it means to be young and alive. He comes to Michigan with a new EP, "Side A."
The Ark's Open Stage
Whether you're looking for your big break, want to perfect your live performance skills, or just want to perform live for the sheer fun of it, Open Stage nights offer supportive audiences and a terrific space.
$3, $2 members, seniors, students
Talisk
Opener: Anna Mieke
Groundbreaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling… it's little wonder that Talisk ranks highly amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to emerge from Scotland in the last decade and more. Mohsen Amini (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards' Musician of the Year), Graeme Armstrong and Benedict Morris (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year) fuse concertina, guitar, and fiddle to produce a multilayered signature that has captivated audiences around the globe. At its core, three seemingly acoustic instruments—but in the hands of three master craftsmen one unmistakable, bold sound and captivating live show. Talisk is coming to Michigan with a new album, "Dawn."
Breabach
Securely ranked among Scotland's most skilled and imaginative contemporary folk acts, Breabach unite deep roots in Highland and Island tradition with the innovative musical ferment of their Glasgow base.
Ford Fund Family Series
Justin Roberts & The Not Ready For Naptime Players
Five-time GRAMMY-nominated Justin Roberts is truly one of the all-stars of the indie family music scene. For some 20 years, Justin has been crafting songs for kids and parents that navigate the joys and sorrows of growing up. Along with his band, The Not Ready for Naptime Players, he has traveled the globe, from Hong Kong to New York, and Miami to Seattle. He comes to the Family Room with a new album, "Space Cadet," that's packed with his trademark brand of zany fun. Justin has performed in front of millions of people on the Today show; he's been featured on Nick Jr.; and his song "Get Me Some Glasses" was featured on a World Series broadcast. We're excited to welcome Justin back for his first in-person performance since the pandemic started!
$15, $12 kids
An Evening with George Winston
Due to unforeseen circumstances, George Winston's Feb 11 performance at The Ark will be rescheduled to a future date. You will be notified by email after this date is determined.
Please retain your tickets and they will be honored on the new date. Once the date is announced, patrons will have 30 days to request a refund if they are not able to attend the new date.
Jess Merritt & The Understorey
Opener: Abigail Stauffer
Jess Merritt is an Ann Arbor singer and songwriter whose rich, soulful voice evokes a unique emotional resonance. From power ballads to velvet keys, soul and rock to blues and pop, listeners are headed into a memorable experience by this expansive and versatile artist.
This special "musical memoir" performance marks Jess's 40th birthday and a return to the stage with her band, the Understorey, after a 5-year hiatus. The Understorey is composed of longtime collaborators Josef Deas and Jenny Jones and new members Brennan Andes, Jon Brown and TJ Zindle. The show will feature a mix of original songs, covers and stories about the "path to renaming and reclaiming" herself, along with special guests.
My Folky Valentine
What better time than Valentine's Day to get to know some married or partnered couples who make music together? My Folky Valentine is The Ark's annual celebration of romance! Each year we present a few of the region's top musical couples, in the round during Valentine's Day week. Your hosts, Annie and Rod Capps, invite some of their most talented friends from around the region to share the stage for an evening of grand collaboration and anything but love songs! . . . Okay, well, maybe a few love songs, since this year My Folky Valentine falls on the day itself. Can you imagine anything sweeter than a pair of tickets to see this show? Stay tuned for lineup.


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For the 2018-19 school year, there are 29 top public schools in Pickens County, South Carolina, serving 17,826 students.
Pickens County, SC public schools have a diversity score of 0.24, which is lower than the South Carolina average of 0.42.
The most diverse school district in Pickens County is Sc Public Charter School District. Read more about public school diversity statistics in South Carolina or national school diversity statistics.
Minority enrollment is 19% (majority Black and Hispanic) and the student:teacher ratio is 17:1.


KEENE, NH – (AR15Vault.com) – Samson Manufacturing's new Back Up Sights are true Back Up Iron Sights (BUIS). Since these are never meant to be the primary aiming system, we did away with the dual apertures and went with a single .160 aperture which is small enough for accurate shooting yet large enough to still be of use in low-light. Both front and rear sights lock in the folded and deployed position. The durable construction and solid mounting system guarantee you to stay on zero.
The sights are made from 6061-T6 aluminum with a type III class 2 hard coat anodized finish and attach to any 1913 Picatinny rail. The front sight accepts all aftermarket front sight post replacements with MIL-SPEC dimensions. Rear sights feature a perfect (M4) co-witness height, just over 0.5 MOA per click windage adjustment, and precision laser engraving.
The front sight retails for $41.74, the rear sight is $52.05, and the packaged set of front and rear sights is $86.46. The Back Up Sights can be ordered from the Samson website.


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Q: This code gives me a plot in Matlab but not in Octave The code works fine and gives me the plot when I run it in Matlab but it doesn't give me any output in Octave, please help.
(The code is for generating a 2D lattice and it should output a plot)
function generate_2dlattice_p4mm()
n1=[-2:1:2];
n2=[-2:1:2];
n3=[-2:1:2];
V=[2 0 0; 0 2 0; 0 0 0];
basis=getbasis();
[nb]=size(basis);
atom = 1;
for k= 1:length(n1)
    for l=1:length(n2)
        for m=1:length(n3)
          for b=1:nb
            H= V(1,:)*n1(k) + V(2,:)*n2(l) + ...
            V(3,:)*n3(m) + basis(b,1)*V(1,:) + basis(b,2)*V(2,:) + basis(b,3)*V(3,:);

            X(atom) = H(1);
            Y(atom) = H(2);
            Z(atom) = H(3);

            atom = atom + 1;
          end
        end
      end
    end
 plot3(X,Y,Z,'o','MarkerFaceColor','r','MarkerSize',20);

end

function [b]=getbasis()
  bg1=[0.2 0.3 0; 1-0.2 1-0.3 0; 1-0.3 0.2 0;0.3 1-0.2 0;...
         1-0.2 0.3 0; 0.2 1-0.3 0; 0.3 0.2 0; 1-0.3 1-0.2 0];
  bg2=[0.1 0.3 0; 1-0.1 1-0.3 0; 1-0.3 0.1 0; 0.3 1-0.1 0;...
         1-0.1 0.3 0; 0.1 1-0.3 0; 0.3 0.1 0; 1-0.3 1-0.1 0];
  be=[0.3 0.5 0; 1-0.3 0.5 0; 0.5 0.3 0; 0.5 1-0.3 0]
  bc=[0.5 0 0; 0 0.5 0]
  ba=[0 0 0];
  b=[bg1;bg2;be;bc;ba];
end


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On Monday, November 26, NASA's Mars spacecraft lander InSight touched down on the surface of the red planet. Over the past 47 years, there have been 18 landing attempts on Mars, and, including InSight, only eight have been successful. The InSight lander will stay in one place for its two-year mission. Its job is to study the interior of the planet with a temperature probe and a sensitive seismometer. The temperature probe will measure the heat escaping from the planet's interior, and the seismometer will detect "marsquakes," which can be used to understand the deep interior of the planet. These devices will begin gathering data in two to three months. In addition, an attached camera has already taken photos of the planet's surface, which have been relayed back to Earth.
News12 Westchester stopped by the HRM Planetarium in late November to speak with Taylor about the impact of the latest expedition to Mars. Watch the interview and learn more here.
Learn more about Mars—the only planet visible after sunset right now!—in our weekly planetarium show, The Sky Tonight.


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Crowder never played for Gase, but he did cover the coach during his three years with the Dolphins.
Crowder, who works for WQAM Radio, said that Gase had problems with picking talent and related to his players, and he never proved he was the brilliant offensive mind that had labeled him as.
3, but you never felt like this team had an identity."
MORE: Report: Jets On Verge Of Hiring Gregg Williams As Defensive Coordinator  Gase struggled with players who had "strong personalities," including running back Jay Ajayi and wide receiver Jarvis Landry, Crowder said. And "all the guys I talked to, there was a never a relationship with Adam Gase," Crowder added.
Crowd said that the root of Gase's flaws was his arrogance. of the way he talks, and he blows off questions. "I'm trying to talk about the offense, I'm tired of talking about third down." He has an arrogant demeanor, and a lot of people feel like he didn't earn that arrogance yet to have a Belichickian type approach to the media and the team, "Crowder said.
Peyton Manning, who played for him when he was the offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, reportedly called Jets CEO Christopher Johnson to endorse Gase for the job.
That story sounded familiar to Crowder.
"We got that same call down here," he said. "We were dating the girl and called us, too, and said," Oh, she can cook. " And we find that she couldn't cook. "
WFAN's Chris Carlin asked Crowder if Gase's reputation among players could potentially hurt the Jets in free agency.
Crowder said money, of course, can sway the top free agents But the lower players might actually look elsewhere.
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We are extremely pleased with the redesign of our district website. Thank you for being so easy to work with, receptive to our ideas, and responsive to our requests in a timely manner. Your knowledge and creativity is reflected on our home page. We have received many positive comments from both staff and parents regarding the new site because it is so user-friendly. I would highly recommend Bitsculptor!


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Sadie Chandler - miffy & friends
— Sunday 14th March 2021
Sadie Chandler's work is included in QUT's exhibition miffy & friends, which continues till 14 March, 2021
miffy & friends
Miffy, or nijntje (little bunny) has captivated children and adults alike for 65 years. First conceived by illustrator Dick Bruna (1927–2017) as a bedtime story for his son, Miffy has evolved into a globally recognised and much-loved character. A deceptively unassuming figure, Miffy's outward simplicity belies a legacy grounded in the 20th century avant-garde–abstractionism, colour theory and De Stjil–and owes a debt of influence to the likes of Matisse, Léger and Mondrian. Miffy embodies a universal language of minimalism, expressing a myriad of emotions and subtle nuances that can be understood across generations and cultural milieus.
miffy & friends pairs original Bruna drawings and illustrations with early book covers and posters, through to the iconic figure of Miffy. The exhibition celebrates Bruna's underlying philosophy of allowing room for the imagination, and introduces the influence of Miffy on the work of seven contemporary Australian artists. It teases out concepts that Bruna and other artists have grappled with over the ages, including colour, line and form, and brings these ideas to audiences to instill a love of art, as Bruna did over his lifetime.
Featuring Dick Bruna, Stephen Bird, Sadie Chandler, Nadia Hernández, Carla McRae, Nell, Brian Robinson, and Vipoo Srivilasa.
Curator: Vanessa Van Ooyen
QUT Art Museum
2 George Street, Brisbane
Admission to the Art Museum is always free.
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Consumer satisfaction is not just the goal of any customer-driven business model–it is also a key ingredient of its development strategy. Consumption choices of people across the globe are guided by personal recommendations from friends and loved ones. Customers function as force-multipliers, and can do more to generate interest in a brand than any advertising blitz could. The ability to transform customers into defacto company representatives is what distinguishes a truly dynamic organisation from a more pedestrian one. Value Addition through Service Delivery As a key point of contact between a company and its customers, service-delivery personnel are in a position of some power. How they deliver the service is crucial not just for customer retention—it can also spur existing customers to enthusiastically recommend the brand to friends and family, thus widening the consumer base. Zappos, an apparel vendor, is hugely popular among its customers—75 per cent of whom are return customers. Zappos has an exceptional service-delivery model, with features such as return shipping assistance aimed at making the return process as painless as possible. Its success spurred Amazon to buy it in 2009 for $1.2 billion. The first step in instilling a 'selling through service' ethos, therefore, is to recognise service-delivery's potential to add value to a product. The Sales-Service Spectrum Sales and service delivery aren't two discrete categories, but constitute two ends of a service-centric continuum. Actively promoting this perception among service (and sales) staff can exponentially improve customers' experience of service-delivery, taking it from 'satisfactory' to 'outstanding' while transforming the customer from 'satisfied buyer' to 'enthusiastic brand advocate'. This happens when service-delivery personnel have recognised and taken ownership of their role as active agents of growth, rather than as mere conveyors of goods. Raising Awareness The key to triggering this shift is to create awareness among service-employees of its nuances and benefits. In concrete terms, it means training service personnel to recognise and actively pursue future sales or value-addition opportunities. The service person might, for example, learn to diagnose potential product-utilisation problems during the delivery process, and alert the sales team and product engineers in advance. Service personnel can also incorporate actual sales pitches into the delivery process. When identifying potential issues, they might also practice offering tangible, revenue-generating solutions to customers. This type of 'enlightened service delivery' is possible only when service personnel's capacities have been built. This requires an investment of time and resources on the part of the company. A Service-Oriented Philosophy Making customer-service the cornerstone of their business development strategy requires that companies treat each employee-customer interaction as an opportunity to build trust. When a customer calls with negative feedback or to complain, a customer-oriented organisation will listen carefully, giving the other party the benefit of the doubt. If the customer is handled with care, you strengthen their loyalty to the brand, and create a stronger bond than would have existed had there been no issues to begin with. Create a small sector of your consumer service representative as a project group that aims at selling through service. Use this pilot study as a beginning to see how you can apply the practices that work across the customer service department of your business.
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Q: Why the pchart chart does not render? I have gd2 installed I am trying to integrate a chart into a website. I tested the gd2 installment by trying to see the examples, which works, see here. Then I went ahead and integrate it in my php file, using this code:
 include("grafice/class/pData.class.php");
 include("grafice/class/pDraw.class.php");
 include("grafice/class/pImage.class.php");

  //creaza si populeaza obiectul
 $MyData = new pData();
 $MyData->addPoints(array(4,VOID,VOID,10,8,3),"Proba 1");
 $MyData->addPoints(array(3,10,5,8,5,5),"Proba 2");
 $MyData->addPoints(array(2,7,5,1,9,2),"Proba 3");
 $MyData->setSerieTicks("Proba 2",4);
 $MyData->setSerieWeight("Proba 3",2);
 $MyData->setAxisName(0,"Note");
 $MyData->addPoints(array("Ian","Feb","Mar","Apr","Mai","Iun"),"Labels");
 $MyData->setSerieDescription("Labels","Luni");
 $MyData->setAbscissa("Labels");

 // creaza obiectul chart
 $myPicture = new pImage(700,230,$MyData);

 //deseneaza fundalul
 $Settings = array("R"=>170, "G"=>183, "B"=>87, "Dash"=>1, "DashR"=>190, "DashG"=>203, "DashB"=>107);
 $myPicture->drawFilledRectangle(0,0,700,230,$Settings);

 // suprapune un gradient
 $Settings = array("StartR"=>219, "StartG"=>231, "StartB"=>139, "EndR"=>1, "EndG"=>138, "EndB"=>68, "Alpha"=>50);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(0,0,700,230,DIRECTION_VERTICAL,$Settings);
 $myPicture->drawGradientArea(0,0,700,20,DIRECTION_VERTICAL,array("StartR"=>0,"StartG"=>0,"StartB"=>0,"EndR"=>50,"EndG"=>50,"EndB"=>50,"Alpha"=>80));

 // bordura
 $myPicture->drawRectangle(0,0,699,229,array("R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0));

 // titlul pozei
 $myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"fonts/Silkscreen.ttf","FontSize"=>6));
 $myPicture->drawText(10,13,"EXEMPLU",array("R"=>255,"G"=>255,"B"=>255));

 // titlul graficului
 $myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"fonts/Forgotte.ttf","FontSize"=>11));
 $myPicture->drawText(250,55,"Media Notelor",array("FontSize"=>20,"Align"=>TEXT_ALIGN_BOTTOMMIDDLE));

 //deseneaza marimea 1
 $myPicture->setGraphArea(60,60,450,190);
 $myPicture->drawFilledRectangle(60,60,450,190,array("R"=>255,"G"=>255,"B"=>255,"Surrounding"=>-200,"Alpha"=>10));

 $AxisBoundaries = array(0=>array("Min"=>0,"Max"=>10));
 $scaleSettings  = array("GridR"=>200,"GridG"=>200,"GridB"=>200,"DrawSubTicks"=>TRUE,"CycleBackground"=>TRUE,"Mode"=>SCALE_MODE_MANUAL, "ManualScale"=>$AxisBoundaries);

$myPicture->drawScale($scaleSettings);
 $myPicture->setShadow(TRUE,array("X"=>1,"Y"=>1,"R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0,"Alpha"=>10));
 $myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"fonts/pf_arma_five.ttf","FontSize"=>6));
 $myPicture->drawLineChart(array("DisplayValues"=>TRUE,"DisplayColor"=>DISPLAY_AUTO));
 $myPicture->setShadow(FALSE);

 //deseneaza marimea 2
 $myPicture->setGraphArea(500,60,670,190);
 $myPicture->drawFilledRectangle(500,60,670,190,array("R"=>255,"G"=>255,"B"=>255,"Surrounding"=>-200,"Alpha"=>10));
 $myPicture->drawScale(array("Pos"=>SCALE_POS_TOPBOTTOM,"DrawSubTicks"=>TRUE));
 $myPicture->setShadow(TRUE,array("X"=>-1,"Y"=>1,"R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0,"Alpha"=>10));
 $myPicture->drawLineChart();
 $myPicture->setShadow(FALSE);

 // deseneaza legenda
 $myPicture->drawLegend(510,205,array("Style"=>LEGEND_NOBORDER,"Mode"=>LEGEND_HORIZONTAL));

 //rendereaza poza
 $myPicture->autoOutput("img/example.drawLineChart.png");

Unfortunately, this renders the whole page like so: (I am uploading a picture since you need an account to see it)
Did I did something wrong? I used this code in a function.
ALSO, in WAMP examples not work. Any way around that?

A: I managed to do it, and posting here to help others!
so, I made the function, but I edited the BOLD part
function grafice()
{
/* pChart library inclusions */
include("../class/pData.class.php");
include("../class/pDraw.class.php");
include("../class/pImage.class.php");

/* Create and populate the pData object */

$MyData = new pData();

$MyData->addPoints(array(10,5,7,8), "Probe 1");

$MyData->setSerieWeight("Probe 1",2);

$MyData->setAxisName(0,"Media Generala");

$MyData->addPoints(array("Ian","Feb","Mar","Apr","Mai","Iun"),"Labels");

$MyData->setSerieDescription("Labels","Luni");

$MyData->setAbscissa("Labels");
 $serieSettings = array("R"=>255,"G"=>185,"B"=>11);
 $MyData->setPalette("Probe 1",$serieSettings);

/* Create the pChart object */

$myPicture = new pImage(500,230,$MyData);

/* Draw the background */

$Settings = array("R"=>248, "G"=>226, "B"=>174, "Dash"=>1, "DashR"=>190, "DashG"=>203, "DashB"=>107);

$myPicture->drawFilledRectangle(0,0,700,230,$Settings);

/* Overlay with a gradient */

$Settings = array("StartR"=>238, "StartG"=>216, "StartB"=>174, "EndR"=>238, "EndG"=>216, "EndB"=>174, "Alpha"=>50);

$myPicture->drawGradientArea(0,0,700,230,DIRECTION_VERTICAL,$Settings);

$myPicture->drawGradientArea(0,0,700,20,DIRECTION_VERTICAL,array("StartR"=>0,"StartG"=>0,"StartB"=>0,"EndR"=>50,"EndG"=>50,"EndB"=>50,"Alpha"=>80));

/* Add a border to the picture */

$myPicture->drawRectangle(0,0,499,229,array("R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0));

/* Write the picture title */

$myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"../fonts/Silkscreen.ttf","FontSize"=>6));

$myPicture->drawText(10,13,"Evolutia Mediei Generale",array("R"=>255,"G"=>255,"B"=>255));

/* Write the chart title */

$myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"../fonts/Forgotte.ttf","FontSize"=>11));

$myPicture->drawText(250,55,"Media Generala",array("FontSize"=>20,"Align"=>TEXT_ALIGN_BOTTOMMIDDLE));

/* Draw the scale and the 1st chart */

$AxisBoundaries = array(0=>array("Min"=>0,"Max"=>10));
$scaleSettings  = array("DrawSubTicks"=>TRUE,"Mode"=>SCALE_MODE_MANUAL, "ManualScale"=>$AxisBoundaries);

$myPicture->setGraphArea(60,60,450,190);

$myPicture->drawFilledRectangle(60,60,450,190,array("R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0,"Surrounding"=>-200,"Alpha"=>10));

$myPicture->drawScale($scaleSettings);

$myPicture->setShadow(TRUE,array("X"=>1,"Y"=>1,"R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0,"Alpha"=>10));

$myPicture->setFontProperties(array("FontName"=>"../fonts/pf_arma_five.ttf","FontSize"=>10,"R"=>0,"G"=>0,"B"=>0));

$myPicture->drawLineChart(array("DisplayValues"=>TRUE,"DisplayR"=>0, "DisplayG"=>0, "DisplayB"=>0, "DisplayOffset"=>10));

$myPicture->setShadow(FALSE);

/* Render the picture (choose the best way) */

/* $myPicture->**( I DELETED ThIS)--> autoOutput <---** ("pictures/example.drawLineChart.png"); and added */

 $myPicture->render("pictures/example.drawLineChart.png");

}

Then, when I want to call it, like so :
<?php grafice(); ?>

And then I can do:
<img src="pictures/example.drawLineChart.png" />

Now I just change the picture name with the session id, and so I will have a different graph for everyone ;) Hopefully this will help someone!


Under the walls of the MFA of Ukraine on St. Michael's Square will be held for the third time the MFA Open Air - this time a jazz concert "Music of free people." The event was organized jointly with the Koktebel Jazz Festival. The concert is a symbol of solidarity and support to those who are against the Russian occupation of Crimea.
Beginning at 20:00, start the showing of the film about the Crimea, the movie record with live accompaniment.
In the role of ballroom pianist RoyalMan | Mike Kaufman-Portnikov.
So invite all June 14 at 20:00 come to the Foreign Ministry and listen with Ukrainian jazz - music symbol of freedom and free Ukrainian Crimea.
Number of seats is limited, but space allows viewing stand. Approximate duration of the event - 1,5 hours.


Hi I am new to this thread . . . I just wanted to know what you all thought of Botkier? I already have the trigger and I am thinking about this one. . . you can see it here.
so i was wondering, is botkier out? or on its way? i don't live in a very big city right now, so i really dont know! I just LOVE the leather on my trigger- i have a thing for soft leather. I would appreciate your help. Thanks!
NO WAY! Botkier is really cool right now. Atleast that's what I think.
I must repeat, no way! The trigger will be around for a long time because it is highly functional and well-made.
I must say you have a picked a great bag - I have been eyeing the Safari in Brandy as well.
Thanks. . . well in case you do decide to get it (or any of the other ones) I ordered mine from Activeendeavors.com and got 20% with the code toutie. That is for the entire purchase too!
Okay, so I am sooo new to obsessing over purses and never heard of Botkier before, can someone tell me how to pronounce it?
Like Boat-key-er ... i think if my pronunciation skills are somewhat good in typing! Ha.
Hi, I'm new here too. I just bought the Botkier covertible bag last month from Botkier.com (with that $100 off coupon that was going around here, thanks BTW). Mine is in black. It's a very sturdy purse, well made.


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South Africa Declares Zuma's Associate A 'Fugitive From Justice'
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South Africa's chief prosecutor on Thursday, February 15, 2018, declared Ajay Gupta, one of the three Gupta brothers accused of corrupt links to ousted president Jacob Zuma, a "fugitive from justice".
The declaration comes after Ajay failed to hand himself over to the police.
"I've been adviced by my prosecuting team that Ajay Gupta is a fugitive from justice," Shaun Abrahams, head of the National Prosecuting Authority said.
He did not provide further details.
Meanwhile, a regional court in South Africa had granted bail to seven suspects accused of being part of a corruption scandal involving the wealthy Indian Gupta family and linked to Zuma.
The suspects are accused of money laundering and fraud through a company, Estina, owned by the Gupta family.
Estina took over the management of a small-scale dairy farm in South Africa's Free State province, which over time received payments totalling 220 million rands (18.6 million dollars) from the provincial agriculture department, without tender.
The money had been allocated to support poverty-stricken farmers.
A high court had in January ordered the freezing of all assets linked to the farm.
The suspects include Gupta nephew Varun Gupta, current and former government officials as well as chief executives of two other large Gupta firms.
They were released on bail of between 850 dollars and 17,000 dollars.
The case of the eighth accused, the dairy farm's director, was postponed to Feb. 19, while the entire case is scheduled to be heard on Aug. 17.
Thursday's court appearance comes a day after a special crime unit issued 13 arrest warrants in connection with the case.
Police arrested eight suspects when they raided the homes and business premises of the Gupta family, who allegedly "captured the state" together with Zuma, through lucrative business deals and possibly even influencing ministerial appointments.
"Two suspects remained on the run in South Africa,'' Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said adding that "three (two of Indian nativity and one of Chinese nativity) are believed to be outside of the republic."
Police later confirmed to local journalists that one of those wanted was Ajay Gupta, one of the brothers particularly close to Zuma.
The Times of India newspaper meanwhile reported that brothers Ajay and Atul Gupta have been spotted in northern India.
The brothers on Tuesday attended a Hindu festival in their native city of Saharanpur, according to the report.
"Ajay and Atul were here on Tuesday but left on the same day.
"I am not aware of their whereabouts now," the report quoted their cousin Pradip Agarwal as saying.
The post South Africa Declares Zuma's Associate A 'Fugitive From Justice' appeared first on The Trent.
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E-Evidence coalition letter by EU tech privacy firms | Mailfence Blog
by Mailfence Team · Published September 14, 2020 · Updated September 14, 2020
There is no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world. However, now is not the time for EU institutions to allow risk of abuse by law enforcement powers. That's why EU tech privacy firms have come together once again to plead that the Members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs take a stand and protect service providers against abuse of power by law enforcement authorities.
Members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs this is your chance to take a stand for the protection of journalists, doctors, lawyers, social services providers and others against the risk of abuse of law enforcement powers as well as for the legal certainty necessary for affected companies—both now and in the future. We thank you for reading our E-Evidence coalition letter.
Dear Ms. Sippel,
Dear Shadow Rapporteurs,
Dear Members of the LIBE Committee,
As the European Parliament resumes its important political work in these times of pandemic, we are today writing to you to underline how concerns around the E-Evidence Regulation must continue to remain a priority during the ongoing negotiations. Whereas we recognize the importance of the E-Evidence proposal's overall objective to adapt evidence gathering for the internet age and to speed up cross-border data access for criminal investigations, we believe strong safeguards need to be included in the procedural part of the draft Regulation to secure the respect of fundamental rights.
In this context, we, the undersigned professional associations, media organizations, civil society groups, social services organizations and technology companies, emphasize the crucial importance of actively involving judicial authorities from the executing State and, where applicable, the affected State when law enforcement authorities from one EU Member State act outside their own jurisdiction.
At a time in which respect for the rule of law and media freedom are increasingly challenged in several EU Member States, the LIBE position on E-Evidence must ensure the proper protection of fundamental rights in cross-border law enforcement and act as a counterweight to the highly problematic ''direct cooperation' proposals by the European Commission and the Council.
We, therefore, urge you to join forces across political groups and together ensure that the relevant authority in the executing Member State and, where applicable, in the affected State is required to review a production or preservation order based on their own national legal framework and subsequently validate or reject the order before an online service provider can execute it.
Only a validation by the executing and affected Member States can prevent service providers from becoming the only safety net against abusive requests and breaches of fundamental rights and provide the necessary legal certainty to these companies. It is also a crucial requirement, without which the E-Evidence Regulation would not even qualify as a mutual recognition and judicial cooperation instrument in accordance with the legal basis set out in Article 82 TFEU.
Some LIBE Committee members have suggested that after a certain period of time without a reaction from the executing authority (10 days, for example), the service provider should simply assume a green light. Such an "auto-execution" rule runs counter to the basic notion of mutual recognition and judicial cooperation and would fail to provide a guarantee that executing authorities assess and make a decision about requests before the deadline passes.
Given that many online service providers are currently clustered in a few Member States, whose law enforcement authorities are disproportionately affected by these requests, this is a very real risk. Explicit approval by the executing authority must, therefore, be mandatory before a production or preservation order can be executed. We note the protections set out in Article 10a of the draft compromise text, and consider those to be the minimum criteria against which such approval should be judged.
As Members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs this is your chance to take a stand for the protection of journalists, doctors, lawyers, social services providers and others against the risk of abuse of law enforcement powers as well as for the legal certainty necessary for affected companies—both now and in the future.
We thank you for your consideration and remain open to discuss this issue with you at a time of your convenience.
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Madison, Wisconsin – After identifying three formerly hospitalized patients and one inpatient who have developed Legionnaires' Disease (legionellosis), University Hospital is taking measures to address a suspected risk associated with the hospital's hot-water system.
Legionnaires', which is a type of pneumonia, is caused by bacteria that are typically present at low concentrations in tap water. University Hospital uses a water treatment system designed to keep levels low, but a recent adjustment to that system may have compromised its function. Tests on some units within the hospital recently have shown elevated levels.
When hospital officials learned that four patients had developed symptoms of Legionnaires', the patients were tested and all four tested positive on a urine test. All four of those tests were conducted in the past 10 days. Currently, the hospital is conducting tests to determine if the bacteria are related to the hospital water system.
The risk comes only from hot water in the form of airborne droplets, such as the water in a hot shower. Cold tap water poses no risk. Additionally, healthy patients who may inhale water droplets with the bacteria are at low risk. Those at higher risk are those over 50 and those with lung disease and/or compromised immune systems.
When the hospital became aware of the four patients with Legionnaires', officials stopped all use of hospital showers. That is expected to continue until sometime early Thursday. This afternoon, the hospital will implement a "hyperchlorination" process to flush all hot-water lines in the building to eliminate any Legionella bacteria. The hospital has also notified affected patients and staff of the situation.
The hospital monitors water routinely and whenever a patient is suspected to have Legionnaires'. There have been no cases of Legionella acquired at University Hospital in 23 years.
American Family Children's Hospital is not affected.
Two of the four patients have been discharged from the hospital; the other two remain hospitalized. At this time no additional cases of Legionnaires' have been identified.
The Wisconsin state Division of Public Health has also been notified and will be kept apprised as additional information comes forward.


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Co-Op Features in the Nintendo DS Version
Co-Op Campaign
It's classic Space Invaders gameplay taken to the EXTREME. Join up with another player as you take out waves upon waves of enemies as you try to get the highest score possible. Players share a single pool of lives.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Space Invaders, Space Invaders Extreme combines the classic gameplay of the arcade shooter with brand-new music, sound, and visual effects. This is Space Invaders like you've never played it before! New power-ups are available to assist in your attempt to be the high score master. As the player progresses through the game, new modes are unlocked.
Developer: Taito
Publisher: Square-Enix
Also known as: Space Invaders Extreme
Franchise: Space Invaders
This page contains co-op info for Spac3 Invaders Extr3me on the Nintendo DS. All information about Spac3 Invaders Extr3me was correct at the time of posting. Information is subject to change. If you see any errors please email us.


Hill, L.; Rybar, J.; Styer, T.; Fram, E.; Marchant, G.; Eastman, A.
This online study involved a survey of 4,964 students enrolled at twelve colleges and universities within the United States. The average age of participants was 21.8 years. The purpose of the survey was to identify current distracted driving behaviors among college-age adults and elucidate the opinions of college students about the most effective deterrent or intervention to reduce cell phone use.
Participants reported talking on the phone while driving (90%), texting while driving (90%), texting while driving on the freeway (50%), and texting while at a traffic light (87%). Furthermore, 46% of participants stated they were capable of talking on their cell phone while driving, but that they felt only 8.5% of other drivers were able to do so safely. Results indicated that participants who drove more frequently were more likely to drive while distracted. These results showed that the four strongest predictors for distracted driving were confidence in driving while multitasking, perception of safety while multitasking, social norms, and having a history of crashing due to multitasking while driving.
Hill, L., Rybar, J., Styer, T., Fram, E., Merchant, G., & Eastman, A. (2015). Prevalence of and attitudes about distracted driving in college students. Traffic injury prevention, 16(4), 362-367.


If you have not been affected by it, you are in the minority these days. The figures are staggering of the incidence of divorce in our country, our state and our own community. Over 50% of divorcing couples choose the "do it yourself approach" or pro se (self representing).
If you are in the midst of a divorce or are even contemplating it, you are probably bewildered at this point. There is a lot to consider, from emotional issues relating to yourself and children if you have them, to the physical separating of yourselves, your households and the financial separating of what you have accumulated together as a couple and then the legal filing of the documents to make it all official.
Do you feel like you don't even know where to begin? Many people in this phase of their life report that they have gotten speeding tickets, locked their keys in their cars, found themselves driving and forgotten where their destination was. There are emotional phases before during and after divorce. There are financial stages before during and after divorce also.
Prior to putting the wheels of divorce in motion is an excellent place to begin to get your bearings. What could all the ramifications of you getting a divorce at this time in your life amount to? Who gets what? How do I even know what it is all worth? Will I have enough to survive on after the divorce? None of this seems fair! I am not even sure I want a divorce. I hate the thought of going through all this and I don't want this to be a fight.
A good place to start if either you or your mate is considering a divorce is to take an assessment of your financial situation. That is what we specialize in. Think of it like going on a trip. Before you can go anywhere, you have to know where you are starting from. We assist you in taking a snapshot of your current financial situation and help you plan the stages along the way. You will need to implement a plan for the interim while you are separated but not yet divorced. We will measure various scenarios, allowing you to see what your financial picture will look like after the divorce. How can you negotiate an agreement between the two of you if you don't even know what the options mean to you financially?
We like to work with a couple together, if you are inclined to an amicable settlement. We don't necessarily meet in the same room at the same time. We understand that the emotions run high during this stressful time. We do what is best for the couple. The days of duking it out in court are on the decline. Less than 5% of all cases go to court. You loved each other when you got married. The least you can do for each other is to end it on a civil note. Divorce is a problem to be solved, not a battle to be won. We are your first line of defense. We have had clients remain married and many continue with some sort of friendship after their divorce, and when you have children this is paramount.
Since we are not attorneys, we do not have the power of subpoena in working with you and your spouse. When you mediate your separation and divorce with us we expect you both to be forthcoming with all the necessary financial documentation to assist you in preparing the documents. Not everyone is a good candidate for this process, however, our society is moving quickly towards a collaborative environment.
A good way to simplify the complexities of divorce is to think of it in steps. First we divide the assets, then we help you if there is alimony to consider, then we calculate child support if you have children. We will assist you with everything from start to finish. If your situation needs other specialists, we will refer you to the professional for your particular situation.
Even if you are in the midst of your divorce and you need some assistance untangling the complexities we can help. If you or your spouse began this in an adversarial manner and you are feeling uncomfortable about the path it is taking, it is not too late to stop and reassess the direction you are going in. We are happy to help no matter what stage you are in.


The QE10 vented subwoofer enclosure is the perfect solution for all those who don´t want to build an enclosure for the Q 10W subwoofer chassis by themselves.
Thanks to the very solid construction made from rigid MDF panels as well as the meticulous alignment to the Q 10W driver, excellent bass performance is guaranteed.
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in dw it's work
but when I test in browser it's gone

A: here is a solution:
 u have mentioned "background" property at wrong place.
corrected code is as follows:

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Add personality to your doors.
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This authentique Louis XV old french door will for sure make a buzz at your next dinner!
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Dr. Meha was wonderful. She was nice, knowledgeable and explained things clearly.
The visit with Dr. Bender for an eye exam was nothing less than excellent. I was greeted promptly upon entering and the paperwork was fast and easy. Dr. Bender was very professional, friendly and quick. I will absolutely recommend Dr. Bender.
Overall good visit. I am happy with the service I received and the prescription that was written. It feels good to see clearly again.


Weighing, packaging and inspection equipment manufacturer Ishida Company Limited (Kyoto, Japan) has appointed Hiroshi Sunada new director of Ishida Malaysia to enhance customer support and its operations.
Ishida Malaysia, established as a first subsidiary in Southeast Asia in 1997, has achieved record high sales in three consecutive years and retail scales business is also performing well. Currently 17 employees are engaged in sales and after-sales support.


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Busy Thursday Night Ahead in Oklahoma High School Football
30 of the 35 high school football games we will be following in Oklahoma this week will be played on Thursday night as fall break hits for most schools in our area. In Texas, we'll watch four games, which includes one being played Thursday. Up in Kansas, the regular season concludes with Friday night's slate…Continue Reading
High School Football Coverage: Week 3 Schedule
Z92, 92.3 FM (z92online.com) Woodward (1-1) vs. Weatherford (1-1) Pregame: 6:30 p.m. Kickoff: 7 p.m. Announcers: Sean Gallagher K101 (K101online.com) Game Night: 6-7 p.m. Friday Night Quick Scores: 7-10 p.m. 5th Quarter: 10 p.m.- 1 a.m. 104.5 KZZW (KZZWonline.com, Tune In Radio) Perryton (0-2) vs. Canadian (2-0) Pregame: 6:30 p.m. Kickoff: 7 p.m. Announcers: Stephen…Continue Reading
High School Football: Week 1 Broadcast Schedule
Z92 (92.3 FM) Woodward vs. Clinton 7pm Radio: 92.3 FM (z92online.com) K101 GAME NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT QUICK SCORES, 5TH QUARTER Radio: 101.1 FM (k101online.com) 6pm: Game Night 7-10pm: Friday Night Quick Scores 10pm: 5th Quarter 104.5 KZZW Seiling at Sharon Mutual 7pm Radio: 104.5 FM (kzzwonline.com) and TuneIn Radio
104.5 KZZW to Broadcast Shattuck-Tipton Friday Night
It's week zero for Oklahoma high school football, as several schools from around the state are taking advantage of the early date to pick up a bye week later in the season. This Friday, it's a matchup of last season's Class B Champion, the Shattuck Indians, and the Tipton Tigers, who won their second-straight Class…Continue Reading
WATCH: Woodward Basketball Games at Guymon 1.9.18
Z92 Radio provided audio for Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.'s video for their Game of the Week, as Woodward basketball traveled to Guymon back on January 9. The games have been condensed into one hour broadcasts. The Woodward girls defeated Guymon 69-37 and the boys won 60-51. GIRLS GAME BOYS GAME
High School Football: Week 4 Game Broadcasts
Here are the games our three Omni radio stations will be covering in Week 4: Z92: Woodward (1-2) vs. Bishop McGuinness (3-0) 7pm Pregame: 6:35pm How to Listen: 92.3 FM, z92online.com K101 Community Game: Sharon-Mutual (3-0) at Waynoka (2-0) 7pm How To Listen: 101.1 FM, k101online.com 104.5 KZZW: Canadian (TX) (3-0) at Stratford…Continue Reading