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From signing with a major to pioneering the mosh-pit ballad, Green Day have never hidden their ambition. American Idiot, which tells the sagas of two characters (the television-glazed Jesus of Suburbia and the more nihilistic St. Jimmy) as both struggle through a war-torn world and an "information age of hysteria," is a particularly big leap. The album adheres to the tenets of rock operas dating back to Tommy: songs with multiple sections, lyrical darts aimed at the Man, and story that periodically makes no sense. A girl enters and leaves, and one of the men — who may be the same person — dies and returns "home," wherever that is.
All of which should make anyone want to hole up with an Ramones album. But Green Day — namely, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong — make the journey entertaining enough. At various times, American Idiot evokes football-game chants, '50s greaser rock, military marches, classic rock (hints of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "All the Young Dudes"), and the band's own past ("Wake Me Up When September Ends," an elegiac bookend to their own "Good Riddance [Time of Your Life]"). As often happens with concept albums, the disc tends to rely on lyrics over music, so some of the songs are forgettable. But Green Day are now slinging mud not at their audience but at America's pumped-up militaryindustrial complex — where "a flag [is] wrapped around a score of men" and war rages "from Anaheim to the Middle East" — without losing their bratty humor or power chords.


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La SS Deutschland è stata un transatlantico di proprietà della compagnia tedesca Hamburg-Amerika Line. Ha navigato per 25 anni sotto tre diversi nomi.

È stata l'unica nave a quattro fumaioli della Hamburg-Amerika. I suoi motori molto potenti le hanno permesso di vincere ben 8 volte il Blue Riband, attraversando l'Atlantico in poco più di cinque giorni, a scapito però della comodità dei passeggeri. Le vibrazioni dei motori erano tali che è stata soprannominata The Cocktail Shaker.

Nel 1910 è stata ritirata dalla rotta transatlantica e adibita a nave da crociera con il nome di Viktoria Luise, diminuendo la potenza dei motori.

La nave non è stata usata durante la prima guerra mondiale sempre a causa dei motori. Nel 1921 è stata rinominata Hansa e adibita al trasporto di migranti, ma le restrizioni dei flussi migratori verso gli Stati Uniti hanno reso poco vantaggioso quest'ultimo impiego. È stata quindi demolita nel 1925.

Altri progetti

Transatlantici tedeschi

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Here are a few helpful cooking and baking supplies to have on hand in your vegan kitchen. Of course, none of these are absolutely necessary! Vegan cooking can be as simple or complex as you like.
Perfect for making smoothies and creamy soups.
Food processors are wonderful for making dips and spreads as well as vegan cheese and many other wonderful vegan dishes!
Great for tossing salads together and for mixing batter and dough!
Wet lettuce can ruin any good salad dressing. A salad spinner is a wonderful tool that will keep your salads sprightly! I recommend this one, which is collapsible and can also be used as a mixing bowl and a colander. It's 3-in-1 and doesn't take up much space!
A high-quality knife is well worth the investment; it is an absolute essential in my kitchen. It will make cutting vegetables SO much easier and will last for years and years if you take care of it (no dishwashing!) and can be re-sharpened endlessly. I have a Zwilling J.A. Henckles knife that I love and use every day.
I like to have one cutting board for fruit and one for garlic, onions, and vegetables. Garlic can be difficult to wash out completely, and there's nothing worse than garlicky apples in your oatmeal.
Not essential, but these are great if you get bad onion eyes like I do! Plus they make chopping onions so easy.


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package com.google.appengine.tools.development;

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import com.google.common.io.Resources;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Set;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public final class IsolatedAppClassLoaderTest {
  private static final String WEB_DEFAULT_LOCATION_DEVAPPSERVER1_PATH =
      "com/google/appengine/tools/development/jetty9/webdefault.xml";
  private static final String WEB_DEFAULT_LOCATION_DEVAPPSERVER2_PATH =
      "com/google/appengine/tools/development/devappserver2/webdefault/jetty9/webdefault.xml";

  @Test
  @org.junit.Ignore
  public void calculateCorrectContentForServletsFiltersDevappServer1() throws Exception {
    Set<String> classes = getClassesInAppDefinition(WEB_DEFAULT_LOCATION_DEVAPPSERVER1_PATH);
    assertThat(classes).hasSize(56);
    Set<String> classesFromWebDefault1 =
        ImmutableSet.of(
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerRequestLogFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerModulesFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.StaticFileFilter",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.TransactionCleanupFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.api.blobstore.dev.ServeBlobFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.HeaderVerificationFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.ResponseRewriterFilterJetty9",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.LocalResourceFileServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.blobstore.dev.UploadBlobServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.images.dev.LocalBlobImageServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.FixupJspServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalLoginServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalLogoutServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalOAuthRequestTokenServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalOAuthAuthorizeTokenServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalOAuthAccessTokenServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.DeferredTaskServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.SessionCleanupServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.CapabilitiesStatusServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.DatastoreViewerServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.ModulesServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.TaskQueueViewerServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.InboundMailServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.SearchServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.AdminConsoleResourceServlet",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.adminConsole_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.datastoreViewerHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.datastoreViewerBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.datastoreViewerFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexesListHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexesListBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexesListFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchDocumentHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchDocumentBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchDocumentFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.capabilitiesStatusHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.capabilitiesStatusBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.capabilitiesStatusFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.entityDetailsHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.entityDetailsBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.entityDetailsFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.indexDetailsHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.indexDetailsBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.indexDetailsFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.modulesHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.modulesBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.modulesFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.taskqueueViewerHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.taskqueueViewerBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.taskqueueViewerFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.inboundMailHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.inboundMailBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.inboundMailFinal_jsp");
    assertThat(classes).containsExactlyElementsIn(classesFromWebDefault1);
  }

  @Test
  @org.junit.Ignore
  public void calculateCorrectContentForServletsFiltersDevappServer2() throws Exception {
    Set<String> classesWebDefault2 =
        getClassesInAppDefinition(WEB_DEFAULT_LOCATION_DEVAPPSERVER2_PATH);
    assertThat(classesWebDefault2).hasSize(54);
    Set<String> classesFromWebDefault2 =
        ImmutableSet.of(
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.StaticFileFilter",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.TransactionCleanupFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.HeaderVerificationFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.ResponseRewriterFilterJetty9",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.devappserver2.RequestIdFilter",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.LocalResourceFileServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.blobstore.dev.UploadBlobServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.images.dev.LocalBlobImageServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.tools.development.jetty9.FixupJspServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalLoginServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalLogoutServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalOAuthRequestTokenServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalOAuthAuthorizeTokenServlet",
            "com.google.appengine.api.users.dev.LocalOAuthAccessTokenServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.DeferredTaskServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.SessionCleanupServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.CapabilitiesStatusServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.DatastoreViewerServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.ModulesServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.TaskQueueViewerServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.InboundMailServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.SearchServlet",
            "com.google.apphosting.utils.servlet.AdminConsoleResourceServlet",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.adminConsole_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.datastoreViewerHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.datastoreViewerBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.datastoreViewerFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexesListHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexesListBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexesListFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchIndexFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchDocumentHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchDocumentBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.searchDocumentFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.capabilitiesStatusHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.capabilitiesStatusBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.capabilitiesStatusFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.entityDetailsHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.entityDetailsBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.entityDetailsFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.indexDetailsHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.indexDetailsBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.indexDetailsFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.modulesHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.modulesBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.modulesFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.taskqueueViewerHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.taskqueueViewerBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.taskqueueViewerFinal_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.inboundMailHead_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.inboundMailBody_jsp",
            "org.apache.jsp.ah.jetty9.inboundMailFinal_jsp");
    assertThat(classesWebDefault2).containsExactlyElementsIn(classesFromWebDefault2);
  }

  private static Set<String> getClassesInAppDefinition(String appDefPath) throws Exception {
    URL resourceURL = Resources.getResource(appDefPath);
    try (InputStream stream = resourceURL.openStream()) {
      return IsolatedAppClassLoader.getServletAndFilterClasses(stream);
    }
  }
}

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As above so below meaning
What does as above so below meaning? The phrase "As Above, So Below" is the last line of an ancient Hermetic maxim; it signifies that the human (below) can perceive and understand reality (above) only by analogy with his/her own self (or identity), the microcosm. For example, one can understand the movements of the planets in the sky only by observing oneself.
The phrase as above so below also appears in an ancient Egyptian religious tradition where, as the Wikipedia article states: "It was believed that as the heavenly Nile river flowed into Egypt from Aethiopia (i.e. Ethiopia), the earthly counterpart of this would flow from Egypt back to its source."
According to a different Hermetic tradition, as mentioned in the Wikipedia article: "As above, so below" (alternatively phrased as "that which is above is like that which is below") was a common form of esoteric aphorism among various ancient and medieval cultures. The concept was utilized by Hermeticists, Gnostics, and alchemists. It is often used to signify the unity and correspondence of all things, a common principle along with various metaphysical systems. It is similar to another Hermetic phrase: "as without so within".
As above so below may have been related with what 19th-century occultist Eliphas Levi termed the systole and diastole of the Divine breath, of which he said: "The systole motion causes the descent of the seminal moisture into the conjugal vessel; from that, it rises upward to fructify the astral light in a movement of expansion and dilation.
This is followed by a diastole motion as if inhalation were produced under a pressure which then exhausts itself in a complete expiration. These two motions are the systole and diastole of that great mystery of generation which is prefigured by all creation".
The phrase "As Above, So Below" appears in many grimoires describing evil summoning rituals, such as The Lesser Key of Solomon. This has led to the phrase being connected to Satanism and demon-summoning, due to misunderstood quotations from Aleister Crowley. In fact, the 19th degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry compels Masons to protect a "Brother when in danger".
A similar phrase is found in a Latin translation of Asaph in Psalm 73:15, "Sicut supra", which was used in a hymnal from Augsburg in 1535. It appears that the phrase is found in many magical grimoires and other works. In modern times it has been popularized by its use in various books on magic and the occult, especially those of ceremonial magician Aleister Crowley.
What does as above so below meaning?
The phrase "as above, so below" is used in many metaphysical and spiritual teachings. The exact meaning of the saying varies depending on the source it's attributed to.
A common definition of this phrase is that everything one experiences correspond to their internal state; what one sees around them (because they are aware of it) is a reflection of what one feels inside. Another definition suggests that the microcosm (inner self or world) is a reflection of the macrocosm (outer world).
Spiritual meaning of as above so below
In spiritual teachings, the saying is interpreted as applying to spiritual matters, meaning that there's a connection between inner and outer worlds and that the human body serves as a conduit between both.
Some spiritual texts suggest that if we don't like what we see in our outside world, we should first change our internal world; once we've made peace with ourselves, peace will manifest itself on the outside as well. A more spiritual definition of this phrase is as follows: to have a good understanding of the world, one should understand both the internal and external.
As above so below meaning symbolically
In this context, it's said that all things in the sky (sun, moon, stars) are present on earth as well; we just don't see them because they're covered by clouds or other obstacles.
Similarly, all earthly things are said to exist in the sky as well. The exact interpretation depends on the context; some sources say that each planet has its counterpart "in heaven", while others suggest that all living things (plants, animals) on earth correspond with something up there. It's also suggested that minerals correspond with planets and other astral bodies.
According to the Golden Dawn, when looking at a symbol, one should look at its opposite as well; for example, when studying astrology, one should study alchemy too. The rationale is that by understanding what something is made of (and how it's made), the true nature of the thing becomes more obvious.

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Movie: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Studio: New Line Cinema
Website: http://www.haroldandkumar.com
Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Ethan Embry, Steve Braun
Director: Danny Leiner
Screenwriter: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Music Score: David Kitay
WorkNameSort: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Our Rating: 3.00
If you grew up in New Jersey on a diet of White Castle burgers and Cheech and Chong movies $#150; as did this reviewer $#150; it's practically a genetic certainty that you'll be drawn to this modern-day stoner comedy. And about half the time, suspending your subsequently learned suspicion of the genre proves worth it. Stars John Cho (inhibited workaholic Harold) and Kal Penn (hard-core hedonist Kumar) display radiant charisma as their characters undertake an all-night, cannabis-fueled quest for the little square hamburgers that invited a world to "eat 'em by the sack."
Often, the boys' misadventures attain a farcical perpetual motion that's as funny as anything playing out on today's movie screens. But it's simply maddening how often such inspired passages give way to toilet dalliances and other cheap shots, exposing the movie's craven need to keep its hand in the youth-film cesspool. Grounding it all in "reality" is a running excoriation of anti-Asian bigotry that seems pretty darn daring for a pursuit like pot cinema ... until you remember that Cheech and Chong were Mexican and Chinese to begin with. I guess we've just learned to think of them as all-American.
The Gist Film


This article analyzes how transformations of land governance in the new Republic of South Sudan play into processes of everyday state formation. National land tenure reforms and decentralization policies have increased polarization between local public authorities in and around Yei Town, who vie for legitimacy amongst returning refugees, internally displaced people and migrants arriving in the wake of the civil war. Ambiguously worded national policies and shifts in the composition of the population provide a structure of opportunity that works largely to the advantage of chiefs and at the expense of other, more localized customary authorities. Our analysis shows how chiefly and state power are mutually reinforcing. Evolving notions of community land rights further legitimize the centrality of the state in land governance. Highlighting the institutional competition between state and customary authorities, as well as among customary authorities, our findings emphasize the centrality of the state – however limited its presence may be – in land governance, and nuance political economy analyses that overemphasize the role of ethnicity in land contestation in South Sudan.
Mathijs van Leeuwen is a rural development sociologist, who specialises in conflict and peacebuilding in developing countries. After his graduation at Wageningen University in 1999, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of International Relations Clingendael, and with various NGOs in Kenya, Sudan, Guatemala and Bolivia. His PhD research at Wageningen Disaster Studies concerned discourses and practices of civil society peacebuilding and their international support. This research was conducted in collaboration with the Dutch development organization Cordaid and its local partners in Burundi, DRC, Rwanda, and Guatemala.
Since January 2010 he works as an Assistant Professor at CICAM, teaching on 'Conflicts and Governance in Africa', 'Civil Society and Peacebuilding', and 'Conflicting Theories'.


Do you know that feeling you get when you are the first to thread on a pristine white blanket of snow? It's a feeling of privillege to be one of the first to see the beuaty of a snowfall and a little feeling of remorse at having to ruin it with your footprints. Anyway at 3am on Wednesday morning last I didnt dwell too long on such feelings as my main concern was getting me, my baggage and the rental car from Lesson Street to Dublin airport.
By that time there was what seemed 6 inches of snow on the ground. The car was struggling to get traction on the soft snow, but fortunately no skids - though negotiating the corners around Merrion Square and Pearse Street were a little bit hairy I managed to get to the airport in about 40 mins. I was surprised to see the main streets of Dublin covered with snow, as well as the Motorway to the airport. I guess the gritting teams begin their work later.
Mood at the airport was good among the early travellers and staff - people snapping selfies with the unusual snow background as the snow contined to fall. By 4.30 I was checked in for my 6am flight to Nairobi with a 3 hour lay over in Amsterdam. At check-in there was no talk of delays and flights would depart. I even had time for for a last Irish breakfast. As I was enjoying breakfast soon the information screens were updated - my flight was showing a delayed departure of 7.30.
I had over an hour to wait so as I had not slept I decided to set my alarm and get a quick nap in the area of Terminal 1 that has nice stretch out couches rather than the standard torture chairs of the rest of the airport. I didnt go into a deep sleep but I didn't manage to wake alert to the alarm either. My heart skipped a beat as I looked at my watch - it was 7.20. I looked at the screen to see that my flight was on final call. I sprinted to my gate which was 211 but in the rush thought it was 221 and so I arrived at 221 to find an empty departure area. Had I missed my flight?
Then a moment of composure - I was at the wrong gate. Quick speed, and back tracking, I got to gate 211 to be the last passenger to board the flight. As I was boarding the steps of the plane I could see that crews were still de-icing the wings of the plane. I caught my breath, ( even took a picture) knowing it would be a while before we departed. I am one of those people who can always sleep on a plane so once I had taken my seat I knew I could sleep in comfort and arrive in Amsterdam probably still in time to catch my connecttion to Nairobi.
However it was after 8.30 before we departed from Dublin and on arrival in Amsterdam the flight to Nairobi had already left. The chaos caused by the snow was added to by the a computer crash of the entire KLM system leading to further delays. I was lucky to meet some very effecient KLM staff who were dealing with some very irrational and badly behaved passengers. I guess travel adds pressure on people!. Anyway I decided to be calm in the knowledge that the staff I was dealing with were doing their best and it was not their fault that snow was falling or that the computer system was down. I was very impressed with one lady who seemed to be able to manage two phone calls at once, assist colleagues with nods and signals and also deal with two customers - all at the same time. When I shared my impression with her - she simple said in that wonder Dutch accent - 'Vomen can multe-dask.' In time I was booked on a KLM flight to Dubai with an onward connection from Dubai to Nairobi. Rather than arriving in Naorbi on Wednesday at 10pm I would arrive on Thursday at 7 am. In the scale of things I was happy with these new arrrangements. But that plan did not work out.
The computer issues at KLM meant a significnat delay in the flight to Dubai and when I arrived in Dubai I was met by staff telling me go to gate D18 to catch the flight to Nairobi. It was 2 am local time. I had to negotiate a seciurity check at Dubai transfer section which took about 15 minutes to pass through and by the time I got to D18 I was met with some very sympathetic staff who informed me the flight was closed and I would have to wait for the next flight which was due to depart at 7am! Nothing for it but to enjoy the Dubai airport for 5 hours. It is one of the nicest airports I've ever been too and even though it was the middle of the night everything was open with very few passengers around. I found a very nice cafe serving scrambled eggs and smoked Salmon, and playing Ed Sheeran - I felt at home.
By the time I boarded the flight for Nairobi my legs were aching with tiredness and I strugdled to get comfortable. The first hour of this five hour flight was the most uncomfortable of the entire trip. After an hour, my tiredness levels got the better of me and I feel into a deep sleep waking just in time for meal time and with about two hours to go before landing.
Nairobi airport is one I like. The walking distance from the arrival gate to Immigration was short. The process of getting a visa on arrival took less than 5 minutes. I had learnt in Dubai that my checked in bags were still in Amseterdam so I did not have to wait for my baggage but rather make a report of delayed baggage. I found a very helpful memeber of staff of Kenyian Airliens who took my details and then I took the short 200 metre walk to the airport exit where John who runs a taxi business was waiting for me.
It was now nearly 1 pm and over 30 hours since I had left the snow of Dublin - to exchnage it for the first day of the rainy seaaon in Keyna and boy does it rain here! The picture below captures the aftermath of a shower of tropical rain yesterday. I am relieved to know that South Sudan is still in its dry season so I hope my Visa application for South Sudan goes well tomorrow and I can fly onto Juba teh capital of South Sudan in a few days time.
My baggage has now arrived from Amsterdam and the extra few days in Nairobi has given me a chance to see some of Nairobi, meet Jesuits of this Province and also catch up on much need sleep. God's providence at work! In my next post I will share some of my initial experience of Nairobi.
The Jesuit Mission Office in Dublin supports my work in South Sudan. It also supports the work of many other individuals and groups in others parts of the world where the needs are great. If you are in a position to make a donation today, click the banner.


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NHS on verge of "inevitable" financial crisis
The NHS could be in financial crisis by 2015/16 or earlier, a new report has claimed.
Released by healthcare thinktank the King's Fund, the report states that a significant increase in funding is needed.
Better procurement and clinical practice could go some way towards improving efficiency.
However, the King's Fund believes a financial crisis is now "inevitable". The main ways of reducing costs – holding down salaries, reducing prices paid to hospitals and cutting management costs – have now been "exhausted", the report said.
And the introduction of the Better Care Fund in 2015/16 will divert a further £1.8 billion in NHS funding to support joint working with social care.
The report argues that new funding should not be used to disguise the need for change by propping up unsustainable services.
The NHS productivity challenge: experience from the front instead calls for:
– A stronger national focus on collating and disseminating good practice in improving efficiency.
– More emphasis on encouraging doctors, nurses and other frontline staff to identify and lead changes in clinical practice.
– Stronger leadership at a regional level to plan and implement changes to services across large geographical areas.
– A more sophisticated approach to the way in which hospitals are paid and NHS organisations are incentivised to improve efficiency.
John Appleby, chief economist at The King's Fund and lead author of the report, said: "There is still scope to improve efficiency in the health service, and efforts to release savings should be re-doubled. However, it is now a question of when, not if, the NHS runs out of money. Without significant additional funding, this will lead to rising waiting times, cuts in staff and deteriorating quality of care.
"It is essential that politicians from all parties are honest about the scale of the financial pressures facing the NHS and initiate a public debate about the long-term sustainability of the health and social care system before, not after, the general election."
NHS Confederation chief executive Rob Webster said: "This is a helpful addition to the overwhelming evidence that the health service is facing the most challenging period in its history.
"Continuing to do things in the same way as we have always done is clearly no longer an option. It is essential that the NHS has both the space and the permission to change what it does and how it does it."


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Andy Mahoney is an assistant research professor in Geophysics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.
Dr. Mahoney's research focuses on landfast and nearshore sea ice dynamics as well as human-sea ice relationships using field measurements and observations, and remote sensing data. Currently he is involved with the Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONet) and Mapping and Characterization of Recurring Spring Leads and Landfast ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas project. His research interests also include historic sea ice data and the growth of sea ice under the influence of ice shelves in Antarctica.
Andy says: My broad field of expertise is sea ice geophysics, but my research interests encompass climate change, coastal dynamics, ice-ocean interaction and the relationship between humans and sea ice. Arctic sea ice is a rapidly changing component of the global climate system and reports of its retreat make frequent headlines in international media. My research interests include the local implications of these changes for the Arctic residents. Sea ice geophysics also has an important role to play in providing data and information to stake holders and policy makers as commercial interests in the Arctic grow.


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Le´Veon Bell (18. února 1992 Reynoldsburg, Ohio) je profesionální hráč amerického fotbalu, hrající na pozici Running backa za tým Pittsburgh Steelers. Začal hrát za Michiganskou státní univerzitu a byl draftován týmem Steelers v roce 2013 v druhém kole draftu. Dnes patří mezi nejlepší hráče Národní Fotbalové Ligy.

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Home » Headlines » U.S. » Liberty Bridge closes after a fire causes a traffic nightmare
Liberty Bridge closes after a fire causes a traffic nightmare
By Daniel Contreras / Saturday, 03 Sep 2016 02:49PM
Pittsburgh – The Liberty Bridge caught fire while people worked on a renovation project Friday afternoon. The bridge had to be closed along with the Liberty Tunnel, causing long traffic backups in and out the city. No one was hurt, and PennDOT warned the bridge would be closed during Labors Day weekend and maybe after Tuesday. Motorists are being detoured to the Fort Pitt Bridge.
The fire caused significant damages that weakened the massive structure to the point of a possible catastrophic failure, according to PennDOT officials. The flames affected a 30-foot beam that has to be replaced, stated Dan Cessna, executive director of the PennDOT district that covers Pittsburg. The beam is essential for the bridge, and if it collapses, the bridge will collapse as well.
The Liberty Bridge caught fire while people worked on a renovation project, causing significant damages that weakened the massive structure. Photo credit: Margaret J. Krauss / 90.5 WESA
PennDOT spokesman, SteveCowan, said the fire began during the renovation project. It is suspected that workers were cutting steel and using blowtorches that sent sparks flying to a construction tarp that later ignited plastic piping. No one was injured.
The fire was reported about 01:00 p.m. Friday and the Liberty Bridge, along with the Liberty Tunnel had to be close. Water traffic underneath the bridge was also halted for safety reasons. An investigation has already started.
Mr. Cessna said PennDOT would look into whether the construction tarp was supposed to be fireproof. Cessna stated he has been doing bridge repairs for 25 years, and he confessed never to have seen anything like the fire on the Liberty Bridge before.
Cessna said the area where the beam is located is small, and it is isolated. The problem is that the beam is a buckled compression member and on a deck truss like the Liberty Bridge, any member could be compromised. And if it is not changed, it could cause a catastrophic failure. Crews need to monitor the damage.
After evaluations, inspectors found the damaged beam had to be changed. After knowing the inspector's verdict, PennDOT began monitoring the bridge for structural failures. Crews will continue to keep a watch, Post-Gazette reports.
Mr. Cowan stated PennDOT anticipated the contractor, the Joseph B. Fay Co. of Tarentum would be fully liable for costs determined by a full investigation. PennDOT said the contractor would repair the bridge after the extent of the damage is determined.
After Labor Day people living in Pittsburgh will be probably stuck in traffic
The construction project on Liberty Bridge had already reduced traffic. Still, a long line of cars formed after the fire, and now that the bridge is close, motorists have to find alternative routes, which usually causes traffic.
Officials have said the bridge and the tunnel would be closed at least through the long Labor Day weekend. But they also said the bridge would be possibly closed longer. PennDOT's executive director stated they are working on the design as they speak to the press, and if everything goes as planned, the bridge could open on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, it will not be open before rush hour when people is returning to the city from the long weekend.
The Liberty Bridge was built in 1928, and works on the bridge are part of a two-year renovation project that began in March, the first major work on the structure since 1986. It cost $80 million, and the works include deck replacement and ramp reconstruction, structural steel repairs, painting, concrete repairs, signage improvements and installations of a new alternating overhead lane-control system, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Donald Trump as Debate Moderator Makes the GOP Look Like a Joke
by David Winston
This week, I was asked to participate in US News & World Report's "Debate Club," where myself and four others, including Grover Norquist, weighed in on the question: Should the GOP presidential candidates participate in Donald Trump's debate?
Virtually no one in the Republican mainstream is happy about the prospect of a GOP debate featuring celebrity billionaire Donald Trump as moderator. Texas Rep. Ron Paul, in declining his invitation, said the event would create an "unwanted, circus-like atmosphere." Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has likewise refused to participate, and conservative voices like George Will, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer, and the National Review editorial board have lambasted Trump's involvement.
The reaction to the debate on the right has been one of alarm, and for good reason: the choice of Trump as moderator contributes to the perception that the Republican Party no longer takes itself seriously.
Onlookers have watched as Republicans flirted with nominating a pizza mogul with zero years of political experience. They saw recent frontrunner Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, struggle to remember which agencies he would eliminate if elected. Last year, they were faced with a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who felt the need to go on the air and announce, "I'm not a witch." And now the GOP has anointed a reality TV star whose biggest conservative credential is that he forced the president to take time away from orchestrating Osama bin Laden's assassination in order to prove—again—that he was born on U.S. soil.
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Does the Pipsta work with Pi2?
Pipsta is compatible with the new Raspberry Pi 2 B model!
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How much does Pipsta cost?
The Pipsta kit costs £69.99 plus VAT.
Do you sell Pipsta to schools and colleges?
We are able to offer bespoke packages to schools, colleges and other interest groups.
If you are interested in placing a bespoke order please contact us at sales@pipsta.co.uk and we'll work with you to create a package that's right for you.
What can I do with a thermal printer?
Thermal printing is a digital process which produces images by heating the thermal paper as it passes over the print head. This process allows you to print quietly and quickly.
There are many different applications for Pipsta, visit our tutorials and projects for inspiration!
What size paper rolls can I use?
The printer is designed to house 36mm diameter and 57.5mm wide thermal paper rolls.
What is a linerless label/where can I buy them?
Lineless labels have no backing paper or restriction on the length of the label, you can simply print, stick and go!
The adhesive means the labels can be re-stuck hundreds of times on a variety of surfaces (provided it's clean).
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer. It enables people of all ages and experience to explore computing and programming.
Does it work with all models including the B+?
The Pipsta is optimised to work with Raspberry Pi B+ model. It is also compatible with the B model and the A+ model.
To keep things simple, the Pipsta is only able to print in black as it uses thermal printing technology.
The printer doesn't use ink. The print is created as the thermal paper passes over a heated print head, so the only consumable is the paper itself!
What's included in the Pipsta kit?
Please note that the kit does not include a Raspberry Pi.


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Beaumont City Council presses pause on plan to…
Beaumont City Council presses pause on plan to film its meetings
December 26, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.
BEAUMONT – The public debated the private recently as the Beaumont City Council questioned a plan to film the City Council meetings and make them available to viewers at home.
Concerned about whether making the meetings available online or on-air would breach the privacy of citizens, the council ultimately asked staff to find a happy medium on the issue.
Currently, council meetings are not available to the public for viewing.
City Council meetings are public events, held in public spaces, like City Hall, and are open to anyone to attend. Concerned citizens are encouraged to speak to their council members on issues in the city. But anything said by a private citizen goes on the public record at the meetings, and therein lies the problem for the Beaumont council.
Council member David Castaldo considered taping the meetings a "controversial issue" that affected the protection of privacy of the meetings' attendees.
The problem the council and staff faced is the difficulty of protecting privacy at a public event, and whether there is a way to balance the two concepts.
Ideas suggested were putting audio of the meeting on a podcast, streaming the meeting online, or filming the meeting and broadcasting it on a public access television channel. The ideas would range in costs for the city.
Victor Dominguez spoke to the council, advising them that they should "do it top-notch. (Filming) is a powerful tool to get people informed and aware" of issues affecting their community.
The discussion item came up at a meeting where City Manager Alan Kapanicas presented a schedule of budget reviews, which added an element of heightened fiscal attention.
Ultimately, the council asked Kapanicas and staff to look at solutions and costs associated with making copies of the meetings available to the public, while reviewing legal aspects of privacy issues.
The Beaumont City Council meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 6 p.m., in room 5 at the Beaumont Civic Center.


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Q: Accessing WP core with my PHP script I'm trying to create a script that would download and install wordpress + plugins + themes automatically.
All the stages until installing are working out. The files are downloaded and the wp-config.php is working - but when I try to run the wp install I get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method stdClass::add_query_var() in C:\Apache24\htdocs\wp\wp\wp-includes\taxonomy.php on line 371

From doing some research - it seems that the problem is finding the right way to include wordpress functions in my script - this is my code
define( 'WP_INSTALLING', true );
global $wp;
require_once( $directory . 'wp-blog-header.php' );
/** Load WordPress Bootstrap */
require_once( $directory . 'wp-load.php' );

/** Load WordPress Administration Upgrade API */
require_once( $directory . 'wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php' );

/** Load wpdb */
require_once( $directory . 'wp-includes/wp-db.php' );

var_dump($wp);
// WordPress installation
wp_install( $data[ 'weblog_title' ], $data['user_login'], $data['admin_email'], (int) $data[ 'blog_public' ], '', $data['admin_password'] );

in taxonomy line 371 theres a function call :
$wp->add_query_var( $args['query_var'] );

I suspect that $wp never gets defined.
Does anyone know what I should change to do that?
I made sure that it crashes on the wp_install - never goes past that in my script.

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Description DENTON is an opulent down-filled jacket for men with an aviator silhouette. Features a detachable down-filled inner bib and collar for extra versatility. Napoleon pocket with leather welt and zipper. Rib knit cuff and hem for a comfortable, snug fit. Matte hardware and leather trims complete this style.
Comfort zone down to -20°C/-4°FC.
Shell (Woven): 57% Polyester, 43% Nylon. Lining (Woven): 100% Nylon. Filling: 100% Polyester, 90% Duck Down, 10% Feathers (Pekin Duck, Anas Platyrhynchos Domesticus). Water resistant & Water repellent.
DENTON hip length powder touch coat with hood is rated 2.0 out of 5 by 1.
Rated 2 out of 5 by Raf_ from Uncomfortable Hood Easily one of the best looking jackets i've ever seen. However, the hood of this jacket is massive and doesn't lay flat like normal hood jackets. The hood is always touching/pushing the back of your head (even when the jacket is unzipped) which is a very uncomfortable feeling, your ears also touch the hood when you look left and right. You can see this in the pictures/video of the jacket. This is especially annoying since there is no fur with this jacket so it is not a soft feeling, and if you have short hair, as it makes a scratching noise against your head everytime you take a step or look around. Over time I developed neck pains as i was subconsciously pushing my head forward to avoid having the hood scratch my head. Although it looks cool that the hood is so big and keeps its wide shape, it is actually a design flaw. The only way to avoid this is to fold the hood back, or to flatten the hood by pushing it down, both options ruin the look of the jacket. Everything else about this jacket is amazing. It definitely attracts the right attention without being loud, the subtle branding is great too. However I can't say I recommend this.


These originate from Eritrea (Ethiopia), near sea level. The species, massawana, derives from an old locality name, Massawa, in Eritrea.
Identification: Most online sources describe bright red flowers. Leaves occur in rosettes as with other aloes and are green to gray-green, with thorny edges. I was able to find very little information about these.
See the Aloe comparison table.
Aloe massawana description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 12 Oct 2018.


1. A day of fasting each week.
2. A committed hour of adoration each week.
4. One day of recollection / prayer for members of the ministry — maybe in Lent?
Why is it important that these be commitments? Because perseverance in grace is everything. Grievous sins take place in the darkness, away from healing and revealing light. Sinners count on darkness covering their unspeakable sins. We must shed light on sin. And with Jesus, we must make it our mission to love and sacrifice when we are most exhausted, most bored, least desiring to persevere, when no one will see but Jesus. It is in those moment that we are most perfectly configured to Jesus Christ crucified.
Jesus, in his greatest night of agony asked the apostles if they would stay awake with him for an hour. Will you? Jesus 'needs' souls willing to love Him back for the immense love with which he saves us.
24 people signed up to make this commitment at the Holy Hour and Mass. If you are willing to make this commitment, email stmary22401@gmail.com. Depending on the number of folks willing to commit, we may be able to expand our adoration hours. Wouldn't that be great?


Banner Engineering has introduced its next generation touch buttons for the K30, K50, and K70 multi-color indicators and pick-to-light sensors. Banner's next generation (Gen 2) touch buttons employ smart electric field sensing. This technology provides the Gen 2 touch buttons with excellent immunity to false triggering caused by the buildup of detergents, oils, and other foreign materials as well as exposure to direct water spray. It also improves actuation performance with gloves.
The K70 is a brand new addition to Banner's multi-color and pick-to-light sensor family. The K70 features a 70 mm touch dome with a 30 mm base, making it optimal for larger industrial applications in addition to jobs that require more visibility. There are nine color options with the K70 and one-, two-, and three-color models for flexible performance.
The next generation K30 and K50 offer flexible communication and simplified setup of a single device or multi-point applications. The K50 is available in one-, two-, and three-color models, while the K30 is available in one- and two-color models. New FDA models are also available, which are constructed from FDA-grade material and fully encapsulated for use in food and beverage applications. The FDA models are gray in color to better match stainless steel and to differentiate them from the standard models, which are black.
In addition to excellent immunity, next generation K30, K50, and K70 indicators are ergonomically designed to eliminate hand, wrist, and arm stresses associated with repeated switch operation, requiring no physical force to operate. The indicators can also be easily actuated with bare hands or in gloves.
Enjoy the video below from Banner!
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Q: How create tabbed view in anko I want create timetable app, but I have problem with create tabbed view like in the picture. I tried to use the tabhost and tabwidget, but without effects. Is it possible, build tabview using anko?
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A: if your problem is the anko side, at first you should use
"org.jetbrains.anko:anko-support-v4:${versions.anko}"
and then the anko code could be like this
coordinatorLayout {
  lparams(matchParent, matchParent)

  appBarLayout {
    lparams(matchParent, wrapContent)

    myTabLayout = themedTabLayout(R.style.ThemeOverlay_AppCompat_Dark) {
      lparams(matchParent, wrapContent)
      {
        tabGravity = Gravity.FILL
        tabMode = TabLayout.MODE_FIXED
      }
    }
  }
  myViewPager = viewPager {
    id = R.id.viewpager
  }.lparams(matchParent, matchParent)
  (myViewPager!!.layoutParams as CoordinatorLayout.LayoutParams).behavior = AppBarLayout.ScrollingViewBehavior()
}

at last the kotlin side can be like @Saurabh's solution :
 mPagerAdapter = PageAdapter(supportFragmentManager, this)

// Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
myViewPager!!.adapter = mPagerAdapter

myTtabLayout.setupWithViewPager(myViewPager)

// set icons
myTabLayout.getTabAt(0)!!.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_call)
myTabLayout.getTabAt(1)!!.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_fav)
myTabLayout.getTabAt(2)!!.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_contacts)

A: You have to create it by using TabLayout with ViewPager using fragments.
Here is the Kotlin code snippet
 // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
    // primary sections of the activity.
    mPagerAdapter = PageAdapter(supportFragmentManager, this)

    // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
    mViewPager = findViewById<ViewPager?>(R.id.container)
    mViewPager!!.adapter = mPagerAdapter

    val tabLayout = findViewById<View>(R.id.tabs) as TabLayout
    tabLayout.setupWithViewPager(mViewPager)

    // set icons
    tabLayout.getTabAt(0)!!.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_call)
    tabLayout.getTabAt(1)!!.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_fav)
    tabLayout.getTabAt(2)!!.setIcon(R.drawable.ic_contacts)


When local Boy Scouts Troop 1204 had its equipment trailer stolen in November, it was left without camping supplies.
Police said the white enclosed cargo trailer was taken sometime between Nov. 9-13 from the parking lot at St. Stephen Catholic Community at 14544 Lebanon Road.
The trailer contained camping supplies such as tents and lanterns and has an estimated value of about $5,000. The trailer has "Boy Scouts of America Troop 1204, Hermitage, TN, Unit 1" printed on both sides of the trailer.
Mt. Juliet police Sgt. Cory Cook heard about the theft and began to think of ways the department could help the troop replace its trailer and camping equipment. So, he contacted Boy Scout Troop 911 to organize a service project at the department's firearms training facility, and the scouts were able to collect more than 2,200 pounds of brass ammunition shells.
The shells were swapped for cash, and it brought in $2,800 for Troop 911, which donated the proceeds to Troop 1204 to help cover the loss of the trailer.
The Boy Scout troops recognized Cook this week for his efforts to assist the troop in replacing its equipment trailer and camping supplies.
Anyone with information about the crime is encouraged to contact Mt. Juliet police at 615-754-2550. Information may also be given anonymously by calling 615-754-8477 or at mjpd.org.


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Q: Copy&paste range into a sheet with values in it I've been working on a VBA macro that copies values from two sheets into another one. I create a temporal sheet where I paste the values from one sheet and work with them cause where I have to paste them have more or fewer columns and I can't mess with the data of the sheet where I'm copying. Everything is ok till I paste. The sheet where I paste has data in it, some formulas, and stuff that I need to know.
This is my code, sorry is too big
Sub Actualiza_Cartera()

    Dim i, r, erow  As Integer
    Dim myUnion As Range
    Dim myCell As Object
    ReDim arrayNombre(1 To 4)

    arrayNombre(1) = "Forward EUR Fisico"
    arrayNombre(2) = "Forward EUR Comp"
    arrayNombre(3) = "Forward CNH"
    arrayNombre(4) = "Forward PEN"

'    Application.DisplayAlerts = False 'this is commented till this works
'    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

'    Limpia contenido sheet POR PLAZO
    Worksheets("Final_Sheet").Select
    last_col = Cells(7, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column     'Get last column
    last_row = Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row               'Get last row
    Range(Cells(7, 1), Cells(last_row, last_col - 1)).Select    'Seleccionar tabla
    Selection.ClearContents                                     'Borrar el contenido

'   crea página temp
    Sheets.Add.Name = "temp"

'   COPIA SID
'   activa, selecciona y copia tabla de Vigentes_SID
    Worksheets("Vigentes_SID").Select
    last_row = Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row                   'Get last row
    last_col = Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column         'Get last column
    Range(Cells(2, 1), Cells(last_row, last_col)).Select            'Select entire table
    Selection.Copy                                                  'copia seleccion
    Sheets("temp").Select
    Range("A1").Select
    Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False                                   'pega a temporal
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

'   comienza a formatear datos
    Range("E:F").Columns.Delete 'borra columnas que no se usarán

'    Reordena las columnas según el formato
    Columns("G:G").Cut
    Columns("C:C").Insert Shift:=xlToRight
    Columns("G:G").Cut
    Columns("F:F").Insert Shift:=xlToRight

'    Inserta columnas faltantes para la planilla de risk
    Columns(6).EntireColumn.Insert
    Columns(6).ClearFormats
'    Inserta columnas faltantes para la planilla de risk
    Columns(7).EntireColumn.Insert
    Columns(7).ClearFormats

'    Cambiar formato de columnas
    Columns("D:E").Select
    Selection.NumberFormat = "m/d/yyyy"
    Range("H:H, J:J").Select
    Selection.NumberFormat = "#,##0_ ;[Red]-#,##0 "
    Range("I:I").Select
    Selection.NumberFormat = "#,##0.00_ ;[Red]-#,##0.00 "

'    Rellena columnas agregadas en blanco
    Range("F1").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "USD"
    LastRow = Range("E" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    Range("F1").AutoFill Destination:=Range("F1:F" & LastRow), Type:=xlFillCopy

    Range("G1").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=IF(RC[1]<0,""V"",""C"")"
    LastRow = Range("H" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    Range("G1").AutoFill Destination:=Range("G1:G" & LastRow), Type:=xlFillCopy

    Range("C1").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[2]-TODAY()"
    LastRow = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    Range("C1").AutoFill Destination:=Range("C1:C" & LastRow), Type:=xlFillCopy

'    Copia los datos llamados por la función a valores para no perderlos al eliminar columnas
    Range("G1").Select
    Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Copy
    Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

    Range("C1").Select
    Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Copy
    Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

'   Loop para seleccionar y eliminar corredora y facility
    For r = Sheets("temp").UsedRange.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
        If Cells(r, "B") = "CORREDORA" Or InStr(Cells(r, "B").Value, "FACILITY") Then
'            Sheets("temp").Rows(r).EntireRow.Delete
             If Not myUnion Is Nothing Then
                 Set myUnion = Union(myUnion, Rows(r).EntireRow)
             Else
                 Set myUnion = Rows(r).EntireRow
             End If
        End If
    Next

    If myUnion Is Nothing Then
        ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1).Select
    Else
        myUnion.Select
    End If
    Selection.Delete

'    copia datos de temp a por plazo
    last_row = Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row           'Get last row
    last_col = Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column 'Get last column
    Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(last_row, last_col)).Select    'seleccionar tabla
    Selection.Copy
    Sheets("Final_Sheet").Select
    Range("A7").Select
    Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False

    Set myUnion = Nothing
    Sheets("temp").Select
    Cells.Clear

'   COPIA FORWARD

'   Loop copia y pega desde hojas Forward
    For i = LBound(arrayNombre) To UBound(arrayNombre)
        Worksheets(arrayNombre(i)).Select
        For r = Sheets(arrayNombre(i)).UsedRange.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
            If IsDate(Cells(r, "A").Value) = True Then
    '           Sheets("temp").Rows(r).EntireRow.Delete
                If Not myUnion Is Nothing Then
                    Set myUnion = Union(myUnion, Rows(r).EntireRow)
                Else
                    Set myUnion = Rows(r).EntireRow
                End If
            End If
        Next

        If myUnion Is Nothing Then
            Cells(1, 1).Select
        Else
            myUnion.Select
            Selection.Copy
            Worksheets("temp").Select
            last_row = Sheets("temp").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
            If last_row = 1 Then
                Sheets("temp").Cells(last_row, 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
                Application.CutCopyMode = False
                last_col_aux = Sheets("temp").Cells(3, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
                last_row_aux = Sheets("temp").Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row
                Sheets("temp").Range(Cells(last_row, last_col_aux + 1), Cells(last_row_aux, last_col_aux + 1)) = arrayNombre(i)
                Columns("S:S").Select
                Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
                Selection.Clear
            Else
                Sheets("temp").Cells(last_row + 1, 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
                Application.CutCopyMode = False
                last_col_aux = Sheets("temp").Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
                last_row_aux = Sheets("temp").Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row
                Sheets("temp").Range(Cells(last_row + 1, last_col_aux), Cells(last_row_aux, last_col_aux + 1)).Value = arrayNombre(i)
                Columns("S:S").Select
                Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
                Selection.Clear
            End If
            Set myUnion = Nothing
        End If
    Next i

'   Pone valor moneda
    Range("S1").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=IF(OR(RC[-1]=""Forward EUR Fisico"",RC[-1]=""Forward EUR Comp""),""EUR"",IF(RC[-1]=""Forward CNH"",""CNH"",IF(RC[-1]=""Forward PEN"",""PEN"",""ERROR"")))"
    LastRow = Range("R" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    Range("S1").AutoFill Destination:=Range("S1:S" & LastRow), Type:=xlFillCopy

    Range("S1").Select
    Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Copy
    Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

    Range("R:R").Columns.Delete

'   Reordenamiento de columnas
    Columns("J:J").Cut                      'folio
    Columns("A:A").Insert Shift:=xlToRight

    Columns("M:M").Cut                      'cliente
    Columns("B:B").Insert Shift:=xlToRight

    Columns("O:O").Cut                      'plazo
    Columns("C:C").Insert Shift:=xlToRight

    Columns("R:R").Cut                      'moneds
    Columns("F:F").Insert Shift:=xlToRight

    Range("G:G, K:K, M:P, R:S").Columns.Delete             'delete columnas no usadas

'   unifica precio
    Range("K:K").Columns.Insert Shift:=xlToRigh
    Range("K1").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=IF(RC[-1]="""",RC[-2],RC[-1])"
    LastRow = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    Range("K1").AutoFill Destination:=Range("K1:K" & LastRow), Type:=xlFillCopy

    Range("K1").Select
    Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Copy
    Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

    Range("I:J").Columns.Delete

'   da formato a las fechas
    Columns("D:E").Select
    Selection.NumberFormat = "m/d/yyyy"

'   rellena con 1 si no tiene folilo
    Range("K:K").Columns.Insert Shift:=xlToRigh
    Range("K1").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=IF(RC[-10]="""",1,RC[-10])"
    LastRow = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    Range("K1").AutoFill Destination:=Range("K1:K" & LastRow), Type:=xlFillCopy

    Range("K1").Select
    Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Copy
    Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

'   Reordenamiento de columnas
    Columns("K:K").Cut                      'folio
    Columns("A:A").Insert Shift:=xlToRight
    Range("B:B").Columns.Delete

'   selecciona y copia de temp "forward"
    last_row = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row           'Get last row
    last_col = Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column 'Get last column
    Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(last_row, last_col)).Select    'Select entire table
    Selection.Copy                                          'copia seleccion

    Worksheets("Final_Sheet").Select
    last_row = Sheets("Final_Sheet").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
    Sheets("Final_Sheet").Cells(last_row + 1, 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
        :=False, Transpose:=False                           'pega a temporal
    Application.CutCopyMode = False

    Sheets("temp").Delete

End Sub

My problem is the copy&paste that is between lines 111 to119 (copies the first sheet), plus 238 to 248 that copies below the first data the values of the second sheet.
This data that I'm copying goes from columns "A" to "K" in the sheet Final_Sheet, in this sheet in column "L" I have some formulas (color green in my image), the thing is that if column "M" or "N" is empty, after copying everything is alright, BUT if I put other formulas on column "M" o "N" after copying in the range that is in salmon color, all the formulas or values in "L" column are deleted. Is there any way that this doesn't happen?

There are a few comments in my code but they are in Spanish, have a nice day, sorry to bother

A: I tried to replicate,
and it seems your range selections are different in column size, so some of them do overlap on Final_Sheet on Columns with formulas.
Difficult to advise without seeing original data you are dealing with...
It may be as the raw data has some empty cells which are not empty and the code .End(xlToLeft).Column selects more than you excpected.
If raw data files are always in the same format, better specify which columns you want to copy data from without blindly selecting them using .End(xlToLeft).Column.
Or go by column Header name if you have them constantly named the same.
On another hand, - such an easy task may be much more reliable and repeatable on Excel Power Query.


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Children play in a fishing village on the shore of Koh Rong island in 2010. (Aaron Bradford/Creative Commons)
Koh Rong Land Dispute Flares Up With Reports of Arrests
by Aun Pheap
Tensions are rising in one of the country's hottest tourist destinations as a lingering land dispute stretching back almost a decade has again flared up.
The Royal Group, the business conglomerate owned by tycoon Kith Meng, received a land concession in 2008 to develop 5,000 hectares of the 7,830-hectare Koh Rong island and 2,450-hectare Koh Rong Samloem island, putting forward a $3.38 billion plan with casinos, hotels, golf courses and polo fields.
Little of the proposed development has progressed, however, with a $30 million five-star villa complex under construction but reportedly tied up in red tape.
The islands off the coast of Sihanoukville have been surging in popularity in recent years. Last month, National Geographic added Lazy Beach on Koh Rong Samloem to its list of the world's best beaches, and news.com.au labeled Cambodia's island getaways as 2017's "it destination."
On Tuesday, Royal Group representative Chhun Buntha and deputy Preah Sihanouk provincial police chief Nop Panha visited the island. According to villagers living within the Royal Group's concession, the pair threatened them with eviction.
Mr. Buntha said the villagers were warned to stop clearing protected forests.
Chy Viley, whose family has been living on Koh Rong since 1991, cultivating coconut trees, cashews and jackfruit, said Mr. Buntha threatened her family's home and livelihood.
Mr. Buntha and the deputy police chief "came to the area and told villagers that the company would remove us soon because we were living on state land," she said on Thursday.
Mr. Buntha, however, denied Ms. Viley's account of the meeting.
"The company has no plan to evict those families. We just wanted provincial authorities to stop people from clearing the forest," Mr. Buntha said.
He said police arrested 11 people for clearing state forests, but they were released after being warned not to do it again.
Noun Bunthol, head of the provincial intersectoral division, said national authorities would settle the land dispute.
"We are now waiting for a decision from the government, and if the government decides to divvy up the land for the families, we will issue land titles for
Recalling Davos Swagger, Hun Sen Pontificates on Trump
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Asma Khalid
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Asma Khalid is a political correspondent covering the 2020 presidential campaign.
Before joining NPR's political team, Asma helped launch a new team for Boston's NPR station WBUR where she reported on biz/tech and the Future of Work.
She's reported on a range of stories over the years — including the 2016 presidential campaign, the Boston Marathon bombings and the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger.
Asma got her start in journalism in her home state of Indiana, but was introduced to radio through an internship at BBC Newshour in London during grad school.
The Republicans Who Could Keep A Hold On Blue States This Year
By Asma Khalid & Brakkton Booker • Nov 3, 2018
It's a political puzzle that frustrates Democrats — in two states where Donald Trump is deeply unpopular, two incumbent GOP governors have remained consistently popular.
Maryland and Massachusetts are places where Trump has his lowest approval ratings in the country — 35 percent. Yet, the Republican governors in those states have approval ratings near 70 percent.
How Massachusetts' Republican Governor Has Remained So Resilient In A Blue State
By Asma Khalid • Nov 2, 2018
As More Democrats Embrace 'Progressive' Label, It May Not Mean What It Used To
By Asma Khalid • Oct 29, 2018
Democrats Andrew Gillum and Tony Evers are both carrying the progressive banner in tight races for governor, but their differing ideologies and strategies show how the label has broadened appeal and less definition in 2018.
Gillum is the charismatic 39-year-old mayor of Tallahassee barnstorming the state of Florida in his bid to become the state's first black governor. His progressive agenda, embraced by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, combined with identity politics is intended to bring together a coalition.
Married Women May Be Moving Away From The GOP
By Asma Khalid • Oct 2, 2018
Christine Garcia, a 37-year-old stay-at-home mom, doesn't consider herself a particularly political person. But like a lot of women, she has strong opinions about President Trump.
"Maybe on the business side ... the money is better as far as I understand," Garcia said. "But a lot of the other things are very worrisome," she added with a laugh, as she pushed her daughter on a swing in a park in Birmingham, Mich., an affluent suburb of Detroit.
Garcia considers herself a fiscal conservative but a social liberal.
Election Laws May Discourage Some From Voting, Even If They Are Allowed
By Asma Khalid • Sep 13, 2018
Jagada Chambers was sent to prison for attempted second-degree murder in 2000. The story, as he tells it, was that he was on spring break with friends during college and got into a physical altercation with an acquaintance.
He was released four years later, in August 2004, and his understanding was that his voting rights were gone forever.
When It Comes To Not Voting, Some Americans Want To But Face Legal Barriers
On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote
Just in the past few months, elections in the U.S. have been decided by hundreds of votes.
The 2016 presidential election tilted to Donald Trump with fewer than 80,000 votes across three states, with a dramatic impact on the country. Yet, only about 6 in 10 eligible voters cast ballots in 2016.
Ayanna Pressley's Upset Victory Shows Power Of Women Of Color In Democratic Politics
By Asma Khalid • Sep 4, 2018
In a surprise defeat that reflects a changing Democratic Party, Boston City Council member Ayanna Pressley has defeated 10-term Democratic Rep. Mike Capuano in Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District.
Pressley is poised to become the first African-American woman to represent Massachusetts in the state's congressional history.
"It's not enough for Democrats to be back in power," she said at her election night celebration. "It matters who those Democrats are."
Black Campaign School Seeks To Build Black Political Power
By Asma Khalid • Aug 6, 2018
Quentin James was tired of the Democratic Party taking black votes for granted without investing in building black political power. So, in 2016, he started the Collective PAC to fund progressive black politicians. The following year, James, a veteran of the Obama campaign, established a boot camp — the Black Campaign School — to train those candidates.
Race, Gender And Age In Democratic Party Politics
By Asma Khalid • Jul 12, 2018
Trump Administration Readies Tariffs On $200 Billion Of Chinese Imports
Updated at 2:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday
The Trump administration has published a preliminary list of additional Chinese products that could be targeted with tariffs in the escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies. The list covers some $200 billion in Chinese exports that could be hit by a 10 percent tariff. It's an extensive list of over 6,000 goods that include seafood, propane and toilet paper, among many other things.
GOP Enthusiasm Fueled By Trump Could Undercut Democrats' Midterm Hopes
By Asma Khalid • Jul 8, 2018
Mike Davis didn't think Donald Trump could get elected.
Davis is the kind of Republican who backed Ohio governor John Kasich in the 2016 primaries, the kind of Republican who subscribes to the Wall Street Journal. Davis, 64, is the former mayor of Dunwoody, Ga., a small city in the state's 6th Congressional District, one of the most highly-educated districts in the country.
Political 'Counterculture': Young Republicans Hold Unique Space In The Trump Era
By Asma Khalid • Jun 24, 2018
Robert Lee, Chelsea Magee and Colt Chambers are political activists who all sound pretty typical for their generation when it comes to issues like immigration and same-sex marriage.
Trump's Tariffs Worry A Small Steel City In Pennsylvania
By Asma Khalid • Jun 8, 2018
Dan Moore, a 58-year-old steel mill worker, gives the president an A+ on everything from tax cuts to foreign policy, but he is not so sure about tariffs.
"We need tariffs, but when it starts to impact the company where you work ... you're thinking, well wait a minute, time out!" he said.
Moore is worried the tariffs might cost him his job. The mill where he works, NLMK Pennsylvania, in the town of Farrell, not far from the border with Ohio, employs 750 workers and is a subsidiary of Novolipetsk Steel, or NLMK, Russia's top steelmaker.
Stacey Vs. Stacey: The Democratic Fight For Governor In Georgia
By Asma Khalid • May 21, 2018
The two candidates running for governor in the Georgia Democratic primary on May 22 have plenty of similarities: they're both women named Stacey; they're both former legislators in the Georgia House of Representatives; they're both lawyers; and they're both calling for similar progressive policies, such as expanding Medicaid.
But Stacey Abrams is black. And Stacey Evans is white. The color of their skin is the most obvious, if not superficial, difference between the two women.
And it's led to a racialized campaign full of competing strategies on how you win.


Costa Rica news can be a little bit difficult to find if you do not live here. But since I do I've prepared this page to show you what's going on in my country. Every day I read the newspapers, watch the news on TV or listen to an entertaining radio show in the afternoon in order to be well informed, so let me share the sources with you.
This is the view from room 623 where I stayed for three days !
or to fuel the car for the four hours drive from the capital city of San Jose.
The Allegro Papagayo is more for families..
Costa Rica is a really small country and locating it on the world map could be a little bit tricky, however in the next GoogleMap I have marked it for you.
As you can see, it is located in Central America, Ifyou zoom into the image you will see that Costa Rica is between Nicaragua and Panama and that have the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean around it, that's why the Costa Rica Beaches are so popular.
If you need to know where is Costa Rica located you have come to right place, especially because during my lifetime I have heard different and funny versions about where we supposedly are; the first thing that you need to know is that Costa Rica is located in the American Continent, right there in the middle.
Let me show you the Allegro Papagayo and learn the CostaRican word [PURA VIDA] at the end !
Learn the Top 10 COSTA RICAN WORDS we use in my country !
Pura Vida, Mae, Zarpe, Goma, Pepiado, Mejenga, Teja, Cabras, Nave and a lot more.THE best part is that everything is FREE!
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The Archpriest, leader of the Church, has defied a summons to the Immortal Capital. You have been chosen to retrieve the recalcitrant pontiff.
a guide to designing your own heists.
By the author of the CoinsandScrolls blog and Tomb of the Serpent Kings.
How long does this adventure take? I'm looking for a heist adventure that would be no more than 4-6 hours.
Playtests varied, but ~5-6 hours seems about right. I'd recommend ~3 hrs for city exploration and planning and 2-3hrs for the actual heist (depending on the speed of the plan).
Soooo awesome. Just bought the PDF. This has been one of the products I've really been looking forward to picking up.
Quick question: With Tomb of the Serpent Kings serving as a great example dungeon, and with Kidnap the Archpriest serving as an awesome example city adventure, are there any plans for making a wilderness adventure of the same caliber? It'd be so cool to have all 3 major bases covered.
Page 45 refers to "the Twist table", but i can't seem to find this table anywhere in the PDF - am I missing something?
Hi Anna, it looks like that table got rolled into the Archpriest Vice Table on pg. 22 at some point. Sorry about that.
I suppose the twist is that there's no table. Truly, a revelation worthy of M. Night Shyamalan.
Maybe it's just me, but I bought the PDF and it's missing some of the pages and images. Specifically, things like the NPC schedule page and the time tracker page.
Hi Ivan, that's odd. I've checked the file and everything seems to be in place. The NPC schedule pages should be on PDF pp.18-20. The time tracker page should be PDF pg. 51. Is it possible that you're using an older PDF viewer?
I think it is something with the PDF images and tables--they don't show up in Preview on Mac, but they do show up in Adobe (but if someone stores their PDFs in iBooks they are forced to open them in Preview). Did you flatten the PDF?
Right, I was using Preview (and I tried a couple other ones as well) but it did show up using Adobe. What does "flatten" the PDF do, and how do I do that?
I've had the same problem, Ivan, when viewing this pdf on a Mac using Preview. Pages 18-20, the top half of page 30, the lower left of pages 34,38 and all of pages 42, 46-47, 49 are missing. Unclear if any info from the bottom of page 41 is missing.
If I open the file in Chrome, it's possible to see the missing art.
I'm sure I just can't find it but does it say how long this usually takes to run? One-shot? I'm looking for one shots to play at a reunion and this seemed really interesting to have as a choice.
Playtests varied between 4 and 8 hrs. You can definitely play this module as a one-shot, but I'd make sure you have pre-generated characters. I'd also encourage choosing rumours and vital NPCs ahead of time to ensure the players don't spend too much time planning and scheming before acting.
I really appreciate the prompt response. I'll be picking the softcover up and giving it a shot, thanks!
I came here after watching QuestingBeast's YouTube review of this product.
The parallel timelines of the different characters reminded me of Zelda Majora's Mask on the N64, where going back to the start of a 3 day time loop is the mechanic in which the game is based upon. Also; I found the heist mechanic to be novel, and something I wanted to explore for integration into my own campaign.
I share the quibble about the pages of text that are primarily tables being very fuzzy and hard to read (I've got poor eyesight). I hope you'll be able to reset those pages as better quality at some time in the future. It does limit the utility of some of the sections for me.
I like that the resource of Time is stressed. In "old school" games, time was considered so much more important. As a DM in AD&D for many years, I would count time that torches burnt for, how much food characters had on them, and how many arrows had been expended.
My currently preferred system is...See more RuneQuest, and the notion of kidnapping a high ranking religious would work very well with their system of religions and cults.
Am glad I purchased this title, I feel that you've made a really genuinely novel product that has broad applications across multiple systems.


Are these The Lightning Network Flaws Picked out by Dan Larimer?
Lightning Network (LN) has been praised by many as the solution to the Bitcoin network's scalability problem. However, the founder of EOS, Dan Larimer believes there are many problems associated with this solution.
Dan Larimer, while expressing his thoughts on Lightning Network, believes it is a high jack of protocol. He added that the issues of this solution are too many, without delving into them.
Ruzin predicted that in the future where there would be small blocks and high mining fees, lightning entities would lose customer funds, prevent customers from moving their money, and charge customers exorbitant routing and liquidity fees. When that happens, then centralization would set into Bitcoin, something we have been trying to avoid since the creation of the cryptocurrency.
According to the blog post, LN payments below about $0.02 aren't trustless, so $50 could end up requiring trust too if fees rise. The complaints are that Lightning Network (LN) Hashed Time-Locked Contract (HTLC) does not work for small payments. At the default minimum fee rate of 10 nBTC/vbyte, that makes it uneconomical to attempt to claim a routed micro-payment below about 2,000 nBTC ($0.008 at $4,000 USD/BTC). As fees rise, larger and larger micro-payments become uneconomical to claim.
When the LN channels are required to route payment the dust limit, they trim those HTLCs by increasing the potential transaction fee of their channel by the amount of the micro-payment rather than adding an HTLC. This fee pays miners if the circuit is closed in a state that includes this fee. However by mutual agreement between channel counter-parties, the cost can be removed in a later stage.
Ruzin in his post highlighted that the lack of absolute trust on the LN is just one of the reasons why this scaling solution is not ideal. He adds that LN scales transactions and not users, and for that reason, the cost of running a full validating node will still be high. There is also a liquidity problem as most wealth states cannot be reached via Lightning transactions, which implies that payment failures are unavoidable.
On the issue of centralization, Ruzin said that Lightning hubs would have to centralize so that they can reduce routing and eliminate the liquidity problems. Besides, the average miner fees on LN would not be enough to secure the Bitcoin blockchain when the block reward gets exhausted.
These flaws are further brought to the fore with complains that some users are losing funds on lightning channels for no reason despite not carrying out transactions.
While LN has been praised in some quarters for the fantastic work it has done on the Bitcoin blockchain, it is evident that there are still some issues yet to be addressed, chief amongst which is the centralization and its inability to work with low transaction volumes. Encouragingly, David Harding, a Bitcoin writer, is positive and believes there are solutions. However, they they aren't worth bothering about at the moment.


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Lawyer for Prep School Grad Disqualified
Jaye Rancourt was disqualified
Published at 1:54 pm on May 24, 2016
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A judge has disqualified the lawyer for a New Hampshire prep school graduate convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old freshman, saying she wasn't entirely removed from the defense team that she now claims was ineffective.
Owen Labrie was convicted last year of misdemeanor sex assault charges and a felony charge of using a computer to lure an underage student for sex and was sentenced to a year in jail. He's out on bail pending appeal.
In her arguments seeking a new trial, Jaye Rancourt said Labrie's team didn't challenge the computer offense until after his trial and conviction.
Massachusetts 14 mins ago
Gov. Baker to deliver Annual State of the State Address
Rancourt was hired as Labrie's local lawyer; she didn't appear at trial. A judge on Tuesday agreed with prosecutors that she wasn't relieved of her attorney-client relationship obligations.
Labrie was arrested in 2014, days after graduating from St. Paul's School in Concord.


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Today in Aviation History: October 24th
More articles by NYCAviation Staff »
Written by: NYCAviation Staff
Tags: British Airways, Concorde, On This Day in Aviation History, US Navy
2003 – Farewell, Concorde. Following its retirement by Air France earlier in the year, British Airways completes the final revenue flight of any remaining Concorde. Speedbird 2 Heavy, operated by G-BOAG, departs JFK Airport's Runway 31R and lands at London Heathrow three hours later.
Here is a clip from a Discovery Channel special about the final flight, including some fantastic footage of the final takeoff. You may notice some old school NYCA'ers interviewed in this clip. Visit Discovery.com to watch the entire show.
2000: First flight of the Lockheed Martin X-35, the prototype of the F-35 Lightning II.
1998 – A Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Deep Space 1 comet and asteroid research probe is launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison by a British court, the longest sentence ever handed down in the country. A Syrian immigrant, Hindawi attempted to take down an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv by hiding a bomb in his unwitting pregnant fiance's baggage. El Al security found the bomb before the woman boarded and arrested both her and Hindawi.
1960 – A prototype of the Soviet R-16 intercontinental ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, killing at least 120 people including the country's Chief Marshal of Artillery, Mitrofan Nedelin. The resulting delay in the development of the long-range missile was part of Nikita Khrushchev's motivation for deploying shorter-range missiles to Cuba, which in-turn spurred the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1957 – The US Air Force issues a proposal to build a reusable manned spaceplane. Boeing's X-20 Dyna Soar design wins the contract the following year, but the program is canceled just after construction began.
1946 – The White Sands Rocket, officially designated V-2 No. 13, reaches an altitude of 107 miles and snaps the first photograph of earth ever captured from space.
1944 – The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Princeton is sunk by a Japanese bomb off the coast of the Philippines during the battle of Leyte Gulf. Allied forces would achieve a decisive victory two days later.
1912 – Australian aviation pioneer Harry Hawker wins the British Empire Michelin Cup for endurance, flying for over eight hours in a Burgess-Wright airplane.
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Profile of Sheikh Shafiul Islam »
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Journalism & Mass Communication / Re: Tips for Making the Perfect Hot Dog
dr marjan it's really a reality for us to become American or British in the face of demand of the days...ha.ha.ha
Journalism & Mass Communication / Re: Gender Sensitivity in the Sports Page of Bangladesh Press
thanks for your nice comment. i feel encouraged
Story, Article & Poetry / Re: তখন সত্যি মানুষ ছিলাম
thanks for the poem
Thanks for your kind information, Wish to try it at home.
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Journalism & Mass Communication / Gender Sensitivity in the Sports Page of Bangladesh Press
Gender Sensitivity in the Sports Page of Bangladesh Press
Sheikh Md. Shafiul Islam, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, Daffodil International University
A content analysis of the women sports news of five national dailies was conducted from 05 October to 08 November 2008. The objective of the content analysis was designed to find out and understand the coverage of the women sports news in the Bangladesh press and the position of the women journalists working in the sports beat.
The study measured the quantity, nature, treatment, source, way and quality of the women sports news along with the presentation of the women sportspersons' photographs during the study period. The content appeared in the selected dailies demonstrates that a total of 746 news items were published on the sports during the stated period. Among the published stuff, the Independent holds the top position with 13 news items on the women sports (7.38%) while the Daily Ittefaq is in the bottom without any item (00%). The findings show that the English Dailies cover more women sports news than that of the Bangla dailies. Of 31 news items on the women sports, 24 have been published in two English Dailies, The Daily Star and the Independent. Only 7 news items have been published in the Prothom Alo and Inqilab. The most frustrating finding of the study is that the Dality Ittefaq, being one of the leading and ancient newspapers of the country did not publish any news on women sports. The study reveals that a paradoxical role of the press is visibly noticed in their contents; invisibility of women and at the same time more visibility of the women. In some instances, the women are more visible and important than the male sports news especially in the cases of creating sensation. The press at the same time is very habituated consciously or unconsciously to present the women as passive, sex symbol, helpless, fashionable and victims while in the women are absent in the real competition of the sports and laborious practice of the sports. This trend of the press is very much noticeable in the presentation of the photographs where they are usually presented as the passive, fashionable, sex symbol and object of appealing. The study also revealed that the sports pages of the studied newspapers are mostly carried out and strongly controlled by the male sports journalists. Out of 32 sports journalists working for the sports pages of the dailies, 31 are male while the rest one (3.1%) is a female sports journalist working in the Independent as a sub-editor.
Journalism & Mass Communication / The Radio as an Instrument for Change: Bangladesh Perspective
The Radio as an Instrument for Change: Bangladesh Perspective
Robaet Ferdous, Associate Professor, Mass Communication and Journalism, Dhaka University
Sheikh Mohammad Shafiul Islam, Assistant Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication, Daffodil International University
The radio is a mighty electronic media having gigantic power to reach the audience with news, education, entertainment and developmental motivation programmes. Due to nature of the media, it can even reach the remotest areas of the world within seconds. The radio is very useful to those million of illiterate people of the developing countries who cannot read and write. In Bangladesh, the state owned radio channel 'Bangladesh Betar' has played an effective and glorious role during and after the liberation war. In the 1980s, radio played significant role to campaign on population control, alleviation of poverty, prevention of cholera, mass education and other development issues. At present, the media is losing its appeal gradually though it has still a great potentiality in creating new opportunities for development as a tool of change. The article aims at analyzing the role of radio as an instrument for facilitating positive changes in the development sectors of the country.
[For detailed article, please consult 'Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, Vol.30, No.1, June 2013]


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The 1958 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 4, 1958, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Dakota, concurrently with other Class 1 elections to the Senate and various other federal, state, and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator William Langer was re-elected to a fourth term, defeating a primary challenge from Lieutenant Governor Francis Clyde Duffy and winning the general election with 57.21% of the vote, defeating Democratic-NPL candidate Raymond G. Vendsel who won 41.49% of the vote. Two independent candidates, Arthur C. Townley and Custer Solem, also ran, had minimal impact on the outcome of the election, winning 1,700 (0.83%) and 973 (0.48%) votes, respectively. Townley was known as the creator of the National Non-Partisan League, and had previously sought North Dakota's other senate seat in 1956. This was the last time North Dakota's class 1 seat was won by a Republican until Kevin Cramer won it in 2018.

Election results

See also
 1958 United States Senate elections

Notes

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1958 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

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Drewry Maritime Research opens for business in Shanghai, China.
By HeavyLiftPFI2012-02-27T00:00:00+00:00
February 27 - Drewry, one of the leading independent advisory and analytical research organisation in the maritime sector, and a regular editorial contributor to HLPFI, has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai.
Recent restructuring of Drewry's core services into three new brands, Drewry Maritime Research, Drewry Maritime Advisors and Drewry Supply Chain Advisors, is now complimented by the opening of the new Chinese office which Drewry says is now better placed to serve key clients, while also using local market knowledge to support international clients.
Drewry says it is no stranger to the Chinese market, having built long-established relationships over the past decade and completed numerous assignments for leading organisations, while also jointly organising the annual World Shipping Summit held in China since 2003.
Arjun Batra, group managing director, stated: The development of our three core businesses under the Drewry brand enables us to provide one of the most comprehensive analytical and advisory services available to the maritime and logistics sector.
Our Shanghai office, coupled with our existing locations in London, Delhi and Singapore, places Drewry at the heart of a global industry that requires local, national and international knowledge to provide our clients with the continuous support they need, he added.
Drewry's continued success in the market has been driven by the demand for an independent source of expertise and knowledge from sectors such as shipping, banking and finance.
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