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Q: Replace numeric of different length in a string with different text length Problem: Numeric is of different length could be 1, 200, 1000, 39 99995 etc. And need to replace with a text eg. "Apple" which is of different lenth comapring to the numeric values.
let str: String = "hello i have 1313 object of 10 string class with 1 object, similar to 9999 errors"
Expected Result = "hello i have Apple object of Apple string class with Apple object, similar to Apple errors"
I have tried with below code:
 var originalString: String = "hello i have 1313 object of 10 string class with 1 object, similar to 9999 errors"

    let strippedString: NSMutableString = NSMutableString(capacity: originalString.characters.count)
    var numArray: [String] = []
    var locArray: [NSNumber] = []
    var scanner: NSScanner = NSScanner(string:originalString)
    let numbers: NSCharacterSet = NSCharacterSet(charactersInString: "0123456789")
    while scanner.atEnd == false {
        var buffer: NSString?
        if scanner.scanCharactersFromSet(numbers, intoString: &buffer) {
            strippedString.appendString(buffer! as String)
            numArray.append(buffer! as String)
            locArray.append(scanner.scanLocation)
        }
        else {

            scanner.scanLocation = (scanner.scanLocation + 1)
        }
    }
    for (index, _) in numArray.enumerate() {
        var loc : Int = Int(locArray[index] ) - (String(numArray[index]).characters.count)
        let len = String(numArray[index]).characters.count
        let dupStr = "Apple"
        if(index != 0 && len !=  dupStr.characters.count)
        {
            loc = loc + (dupStr.characters.count - len) + 1
        }
        originalString.replaceRange(originalString.startIndex.advancedBy(loc)..<originalString.startIndex.advancedBy(loc + len), with: dupStr)
    }
    print(originalString)

A: Swift 2
NSScanner is great, but if you want a simpler solution for this task, you could use componentsSeparatedByString, map, Int() and joinWithSeparator, like this:
let originalString = "hello i have 1313 object of 10 string class with 1 object, similar to 9999 errors"
let tokens = originalString.componentsSeparatedByString(" ")
let newTokens = tokens.map { (token) -> String in
    if let _ = Int(token) {
        return "Apple"
    }
    return token
}
let result = newTokens.joinWithSeparator(" ")
print(result)

Prints:

hello i have Apple object of Apple string class with Apple object, similar to Apple errors

There's also a short version for the mapping:
let newTokens = tokens.map { Int($0) != nil ? "Apple" : $0 }

Swift 3
componentsSeparatedByString(_:) is now components(separatedBy:), and joinWithSeparator(_:) is now joined(separator:).
let tokens = originalString.components(separatedBy: " ")
let newTokens = tokens.map { Int($0) != nil ? "Apple" : $0 }
let result = newTokens.joined(separator: " ")

A: var str: String = "hello i have 1313 object of 10 string class with 1 object, similar to 9999 errors"
var comp: [AnyObject] = [AnyObject](array: str.componentsSeparatedByString(" "))
for var i = 0; i < comp.count; i++ {
  var numberRegex: NSRegularExpression = NSRegularExpression.regularExpressionWithPattern("^[0-9]", options: NSRegularExpressionCaseInsensitive, error: nil)
  var regexMatch: Int = numberRegex.numberOfMatchesInString(comp[i], options: 0, range: NSMakeRange(0, (String(comp[i])).length))
    if regexMatch != 0 {
      comp[i] = "Apple"
    }
}
var result: String = comp.componentsJoinedByString(" ")
print(result)


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PRESS RELEASE – The United Airlines Guam Marathon is kicking off UGM weekend this Friday, April 6, with the two-day Håfa Adai Expo at the Pacific Islands Club Pacific Pavilion in Tumon. The expo serves as the official pickup location for race bibs and packets,and interested participants can register in person for all four races – marathon, half marathon,10K and 5K. Packet pickup and registration will not be available on race day, April 8.
GSE notes that the Håfa Adai Expo is open to the public and welcomes residents to enjoy the exciting lineup planned — live entertainment; vendor booths, shopping for athletic gear, appareland gifts; and fun photo opportunities. Official UGM 2018 merchandise and running gels will be on sale. The Håfa Adai Expo is open on Friday, April 6 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. and on Saturday, April 7 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
On race day, April 8, the festivities will begin at 3:00 a.m. with the start of the marathon. Therewill be live entertainment at the starting line, which is located in front of the Guam Visitors Bureau's office. United Airlines will be giving away a roundtrip ticket to anywhere the airlines flies in Asia or Micronesia at the start of each race – marathon at 3 a.m., half marathon at 4 a.m., 10k at 5 a.m. and 5k at 6 a.m. All registered participants are automatically entered to win.
Friends and family are invited to join participants after the race for the BBQ Beach Party starting at 6:30 a.m. and the awards ceremony at 7:25 a.m. Live music, games and local food and beverage concessions will be available. Attendees are encouraged to park at the south lot of the Joseph Flores Memorial (Ypao Beach) Park.
For more information about registration, the courses, and aid stations, go to unitedguammarathon.com. The UGM app is free to download for Android or ios smart phones. Official race results will be posted on UGM's website and the UGM app.


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In tough economic times, it is a natural for a Real Estate Agent's attitude to waver. This market leads to confusion and lost focus. Should you make more calls, do more marketing, hold open houses, finally get to that project? What if none of those things work? Should you stay in the business? Can you afford to? These thoughts and the feelings they generate are a far more serious issue than the market and the problems that arise from the market.
You create what you focus on. Your focus creates your life. There are always opportunities in Real Estate. The Agents who looks for the opportunities find them, explore them and find ways to win. The Agents that look at the problems find those explore them and only see ways that limit their opportunities.
Focus creates feelings. The quality of our life is dictated by what we feel at any given moment. Focus creates your attitude. Do you control what you focus on and what you think about? Or do you allow outside influences, circumstances, and others reactions to dictate your focus which means that you, unnecessarily, give up control over your attitude and emotional state allowing outside influences to control the quality of your life?
Think about this. If a hostage is blindfolded, gagged and bound, in silence, what do they have left? All they have left are their thoughts and feelings. Through that experience, those thoughts and feelings completely dictate their quality of life. And how they manage those thoughts and feelings through that experience will largely dictate the quality of their life after it.
What you think about, you bring about. By managing what you think about, what you focus on you have power over your thoughts and their feelings.
This is true every day and every moment of your life. How you manage your focus will dictate your attitude. You can focus on things that make you strong and clear or focus on things that will diminish your quality of life.
Our subconscious mind accepts whatever we choose to believe. You manage your attitude and your life by choosing the thoughts you focus on and hold in your mind. Choose empowering thoughts and you control the life you live. Allow disempowering thoughts and you lose control.
Focus leads to feelings. Control the focus and the feeling follows. You hear good news; good thoughts and good feelings follow. You hear bad news and bad feelings follow. Feelings follow focus, so control what you focus on and you control your feelings.
Anthony Robbins, the famous motivator refers to this as your "state," your emotional state of being. He teaches millions of people all over the world to control their state by controlling "what you focus on and the meaning you give it." He adds a very important dimension to this. He adds physiology, which is what you do with your body.
Most people do not make an effort to control their emotional state. Most people live with emotional states that disturb them. And they make no effort to change it, perhaps because they do not know that it is possible to change from sadness, frustration, fatigue and other negative emotional states to positive ones by changing focus, meaning and physiology.
That is exactly what controls our attitude. What we think about (focus on) dictates the attitude we bring about.
It's important to acknowledge that we cannot control the thoughts that pop into our minds. However, we can control whether we hold onto a thought, let it go, or replace it. We do not have to be controlled by the thought that popped into our mind but we are controlled by the thoughts we choose to hold there or allow to remain on our mind.
All this contributes to the way you create your attitude of success. The obvious goal is to fill your mind with the thoughts of what you desire. Fill your mind with belief in your confidence to live the life you desire, a life you love. And create the habit of catching negative, disempowering thoughts and replace them with positive, empowering thoughts. Here's how.
You break an age old habit that is taught and reinforced by nearly everyone in our society. The age old habit is to focus on what to do. You go to bed each night and/or wake each morning and you shape your day around what you have to do. That focus will nearly always be frustrating. You may be asking what else is there to focus on?
The answer is to focus on what you want (not what you want to do), what you want to accomplish? What do you want to achieve? What do you want to create? Then focus on why you want those things. Once you are clear on what you want and why; your to do list becomes the vehicle instead of the goal, itself. Break the habit of the letting your day be dictated by your to do list. Instead let your day be led by what you want to achieve and why you want it. Your days will be more productive, more satisfying and more fulfilling.
As you repeat each affirmation or focus on what you want and why, take a moment to hold the image in your mind. Believe it is already yours. Hold the image long enough to actually feel that it is already accomplished. Experience that feeling. This is the actual practice of focusing on what you want, holding it in your mind and adding meaning to it. Results will come naturally. You don't need to know how you will do a thing. Replace doubt with faith. Then your mind and heart are free to creatively come up with the best methods. Results naturally follow.
As mentioned earlier, physiology is a main factor in your emotional state. As you experience your daily affirmations stand tall. If you feel like raising your arms toward the sky and letting the power of your faith flow through to you, raise them, smile and feel the glory of your success.
Physiology is a key to shifting your attitude. If you find your mind getting negative during the day, change your physiology. Go for a walk. Eat a piece of your favorite fruit. Simply stand up; clap your hands and begin thinking of your success; jump up and down, pump your fist. Feel the power of your successful future.
Physiology also includes exercise, diet, and sleep. When I see my thoughts go awry, or when I wake up and question my abilities or at some point in the day I find my mind losing belief in myself, the first questions I ask are, "Did I get enough sleep? Have I been exercising regularly? Did I miss meals or eat too much junk food recently?" Most often one of those is the reason. I commit to address the problem. That makes it easy to use positive physiology, focus and meaning to shift my attitude to positive.
The most prescribed drugs in the United States are anti-depressants. Clinical depression is a debilitating disorder. At the same time most people are pretty normal when it comes to their attitude. It is perfectly normal to suffer from mild non-clinical depression. Many of my coaching clients who were in that state are now living happier more successful lives simply by employing the strategies above.
Reread the strategies above. Look at your goals, what you want and why. Set goals, or set new specific ones. Repeat your daily affirmations or create new ones. Start every day and focus each day on what you want and why. Make that a habit. Add physiology to your affirmations and change your physiology when your thoughts begin to sour. Look at your diet, exercise, and sleep habits. Make one small improvement. See its positive effect. Then make another.
With practice attitude shifts take no time at all. They happen in an instant. Make your next instant a powerful and positive one because you control it.
Rich Levin is a coach and speaker whose focus is teaching Agents to understand and control their business. Through that understanding achieve exceptional happiness and wealth in their life. Take control of your business, register for a 2009 Strategy Session.
Rich conducts a 15 minute webinar that will start your day with focus 1st Fifteen Training Webinar every week day morning. Rich is President of Rich Levin's Success Corps Inc. Contact him at 585-244-2700 or rich@richlevin.com.
Under the recently adopted Federal Reserve Board Regulation Z amendment, the timeframe for securing a mortgage may prove to be challenging for some borrowers. The new rule takes effect on July 30, 2009 and applies to loan applications filed on or after that date. Its purpose is to better protect consumers and to help promote responsible lending practices. It also sets up advertising standards and requires that mortgage disclosures are provided to borrowers earlier in the transaction.
• The new requirements apply to all mortgages secured by a borrower's home, including primary and second homes and refinances. Investor loans continue to be exempt.
• Lenders must give good faith estimates of mortgage loan costs within three business days after the consumer applies for a loan (early disclosure). The lender may not collect any fees before the disclosure is provided, except for a reasonable fee for obtaining a credit report.
• The closing may not take place until expiration of a seven-day waiting period after the consumer receives the early disclosure.
• Consumers may shorten or waive the three-day and/or seven-day waiting periods for a "bona fide personal financial emergency," but only after receiving an accurate Truth in Lending Act (TILA) disclosure. In the final rule's preamble, the Fed stated that it "believes waivers should not be used routinely to expedite consummation for reasons of convenience." The Fed decided not to insulate lenders from liability even where a consumer modifies or waives the waiting periods.
• If the annual percentage rate (APR) changes by more than 0.125 percent, the lender must provide a corrected disclosure to the borrower and wait an additional three business days before closing the loan. The APR includes not only the interest rate on the loan but certain other costs related to settlement, so it will be important for any fees that affect the APR to be as accurate as possible, as early as possible, to minimize the need for a corrected TILA disclosure.
There are four distinct skills you need to develop to take full advantage of this tremendous opportunity with buyer leads.
3. Develop and conduct a winning buyer presentation.
First you need the habit and discipline of contacting enough of the leads that you generate to reach your goals. Most Agents generate enough leads to reach their next level of production. What they lack is the habit of following up on all the leads they generate.
When you get a lead, call it that minute. If you can't that minute and most of the time you can. But if you really can't, call it at the next ten minute break you have in your day.
Now if you are really disciplined and most Agents aren't, you could set aside time to make lead follow up calls. Most Agents that try this, don't make the calls immediately and don't honor the lead follow up times and therefore simply lose lots of leads for lack of follow up. So, I suggest you develop your discipline to call back immediately. If it is an e-mail respond immediately. The point is to make the contact.
The second skill is your ability to convert the lead into an appointment with you. For most Agents, for all but the highest producers this is the ability to convert the lead into an appointment to meet with you in what we call a buyer appointment.
This conversion skill includes the language, the scripts and the approach to get the person wanting to meet with you. You make them see that they will buy a better home for a great price if they meet with you and learn what you have to teach rather than continuing on their own.
When you contact the lead do two things. First give the person the information they want. Second ask them probing question that helps them and you.
Like this, "The price on that property is $249,900. Is that the price range you are in or are you looking higher or lower than that?" Give the information and ask a relevant question.
Or, "That house is 1400 square feet with three bedrooms and one bath. What size home are you looking for?" Give the information and ask a relevant question.
Continue this process until you feel comfortable with asking for an appointment to proceed.
The third skill is the ability to conduct a buyer appointment that educates the buyer in the process, creates tremendous confidence in you and your ability to help them find and purchase the best possible property.
Show them how you are watching out for them and ensuring their success as you describe their process of buying and also so they know what to expect from you. You describe things they probably hadn't thought of. At the same time you educate them and you distinguish yourself as the type of Agent they want working for them. Continually ask for their agreement as you go through the process and describe your function.
The fourth and final skill to turn the maximum number of leads to sales is your habit of what we call lead retention. Lead retention means your system of recording the lead's information and prompting yourself to stay in contact with them until they buy or you choose to drop them.
The key here is to have a simple contact management system. The simplest contact management system is to record each lead on an index card or calendar then prompt yourself to call them.
The most efficient method is to use a contact management system like Top Producer, Microsoft Access, Outlook, ACT or some other system that contains both a database of the information on the lead and a calendar to prompt you to call them.
For most Agents, doubling your business or at least adding fifty percent to your business is possible with this skill. Begin to retain your leads, staying in touch with them by phone in addition to your auto notification by e-mails. Use a contact management system to retain your relationship with the maximum number of leads and your next level will occur.
Of course we all know that you can have these four skills and still not get the job done if you don't put the skills to use.
If you want to increase your effectiveness at these skills and never get to it and continue to suffer lost leads, disloyal buyers, and continuous disappointment then call me for a free strategic business planning session and we can discuss how to have you start implementing these skills immediately.
Rich Levin is a National Real Estate Authority with over 30 years experience; the last 15 dedicated to coaching and speaking. His specialty is in raising Agent Production while improving quality of life. He has spoken in 38 States at events from small offices to the NAR convention.
Statistics released by the Genesee Region Real Estate Information Services (GENRIS), the information subsidiary of the Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS® (GRAR), showed that the housing market in the 12-county region remained relatively stable.
Transactions for the Second Quarter were holding steady with 2,450 homes sold. Although that figure points to a 13.7 percent decrease compared to Second Quarter 2008, it is a 48.7 percent increase in contrast to First Quarter 2009. The median sale price of homes remained slightly unchanged at $117,900, when compared to Second Quarter 2008, and increased 12.3 percent over First Quarter 2009. Pending sales were down slightly at 2.2% from Second Quarter 2008 but up a whopping 55 percent over First Quarter 2009. The number of homes listed was at 6,595 and consistent when compared to Second Quarter 2008, down only 3 percent. Closings year-to-date decreased slightly at 17.2 percent compared to 2008.
GRAR also noted that while home sales increased 27.2 percent from First Quarter 2008 to Second Quarter 2008, that was pale in contrast when comparing First Quarter 2009 to Second Quarter 2009, which showed a 55 percent increase. GRAR officials believe the surge may be as a result of the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit. Although the program is scheduled to conclude on November 30, 2009, GRAR wants to remind prospective first-time home buyers that it could take anywhere from 60 to 90 days to close on a home. In order to take advantage of the tax credit, buyers should be under contract by mid-September. Additionally, inventory in the traditional first-time buyer sector is expected to tighten as the tax credit deadline nears, which will make finding the right home more difficult.
There were several towns within Monroe County which realized a significant increase in home sales over First Quarter 2009. They included: Gates, Greece, Brighton, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Perinton, Pittsford, and Webster.
Tucholski also stated that people still consider homeownership a wise investment because of the stability in home values in our local market. This is also true for sellers because they are not losing money on the sale of their homes.
Chuck Hilbert, president of the GRAR Board of Directors said that that the First-Time Homeowners Tax Credit has been well-received and has helped to drive the local market.
GRAR recently launched its new Time 2 Buy marketing campaign that focuses on the benefits of owning a home and why now is a good time to buy.
Hilbert stated that the National Association of REALTORS, the New York State Association of REALTORS, and many individual associations, including GRAR, are focusing their lobbying efforts on extending the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit into 2010.
Despite a lower number of permits being issued in the greater Rochester area the first half of 2009, builders remain optimistic for the remainder of the year and beyond.
New home building permits were down over 35%. An unusually snowy winter and unsettled national economy is to blame. "The winter months were long and hard on our industry and the lack of consumer confidence due to the national economic uncertainty early this year has not helped our local industry," said Dawn Aprile, Chairman of the Rochester Home Builders' Association and President of Premium Development Corporation. "Many local businesses were affected by the national economy. It has just been recently that we are seeing consumers realizing how solid the housing market is in the greater Rochester area and they are now looking to take advantage of the market," Aprile said.
"Rochester is a pre-sold market." said Rick Herman, Chief Executive Officer of the Rochester Home Builders' Association. "The housing market is good in Rochester compared to the rest of the country. We have a very well balanced market, prices remain stable, and values rarely drop. Housing is a secure investment in our area." Herman added.
Some products are moving faster than others when it comes to new home sales. The starter market is experiencing a brisk business due to the $8,000 Federal Tax Credit and the "downsizing" of homes also seems to be solid. The Greater Rochester Area has experienced an "adjustment" or "soft landing" when it comes to new homes. Builders are confident that as consumer confidence is regained, the market will take off again in 2010 with stronger numbers.


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Top 5 Gulf Coast National Parks Highlights
National parks #116 - #128 of 417
#116 - De Soto National Memorial (Bradenton, FL) #117 - Gulf Islands National Seashore (Pensacola, FL) #118 - New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (New Orleans, LA)
#119 - Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (New Orleans, LA) #120 - Natchez National Historical Park (Natchez, MS)
#121 - Natchez Trace Parkway (Natchez, MS, to Nashville, TN,) #122 - Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN) #123 - Vicksburg National Military Park (Vicksburg, MS) #124 - Poverty Point National Monument (Pioneer, LA) #125 - Cane River Creole National Historical Park (Natchitoches, LA) #126 – Big Thicket National Preserve (Beaumont, TX) #127 – Padre Island National Seashore (Corpus Christi, TX) #128 – Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park (Brownsville, TX)
Sitting in the backseat of a friend's car as we drove Highway 1 from Miami to Key West, I kept looking from left to right.
On one side, the Atlantic Ocean.
On the other, the Gulf of Mexico.
This thin sand bar, or at many times simply a manmade bridge, was all that separated me from two of the United States' (and spring breakers') most famous destination waters. Each had played a role in my past (the Atlantic serving as my constant request as a child tagging along on family vacations, and the Gulf as an adult seeking warmer ocean waters), yet both were largely unexplored except for the customary trip my family made to Ormond Beach or a long-weekend once spent exploring Saint Petersburg and Clearwater Beach.
Since this national parks journey has already allowed me to explore and share about the Atlantic parks via my blog Top 5 Highlights of Southeast National Parks, I figured it was time to give the same treatment to the Gulf Coast National Park Service sites.
Thus, I present:
1. Relax on Pristine Undeveloped Beaches
Like Cape Cod National Seashore, Fire Island National Seashore, and Canaveral National Seashore experienced earlier on this trip, Gulf Islands National Seashore and Padre Island National Seashore continue the reputation of sharing America's coast before it was developed by humans. In fact, Padre Island National Seashore represents the world's longest, undeveloped barrier island.
Those beaches not only offer unique opportunities to camp next to crashing waves and under stars farther from light pollution, but some breath-taking scenery. Upon crossing into Gulf Islands National Seashore, both Andy and I let out unexpected, audible gasps at the beauty of the sand bar. Compared to the overdeveloped Pensacola Beach, which must be driven through to access the portion of the park near Fort Pickens, the National Seashore is filled with short rolling hills of sand so white you can't wait to put your feet in...
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Padre Island National Seashore
Spotting dead jellyfish with family friends
Check out the Pensacola News Journal coverage of my visit to Fort Pickens, where I met a local couple hoping to visit all 400+ sites over their lives
2. Drive a Guided Tour Around Vicksburg Battlefield
Having lived near-ish to Gettysburg, PA, before this project, I often heard friends gushing about their incredible experiences driving the Gettysburg Battlefield with an official tour guide in their vehicle.
Years before that, I heard residents in my one-time home, Memphis, talk about Vicksburg as the "Southern Gettysburg"; lumping it together not only for its historic significance, but also because it similarly offered guided vehicle tours.
While often times I'm let down by the overhype from previous park visitors, this one did not disappoint!
As my guide shared, because this site was recognized for its historic significance so soon after the Civil War, actual soldiers were enlisted to help develop the park. Those firsthand accounts led to incredibly accurate information about where each state's regiments were stationed, and where various sections of the 47-day siege took place.
Getting to hear of General Grant's siege strategy, all while looking at the exact spots that influenced his decisions, was an incredibly powerful experience. So much so that I don't want to give away details about the trickery and tragedy involved in this battlefield, but I do want to highly-recommend hiring a tour guide for this National Military Park rather than just doing the self-guided driving tour.
Watch below for clips of my visit from Jackson's "Mississippi News Now"
One of the difficult terrains that caused General Grant to lay siege to Vicksburg rather than try to overtake the land
Vanny McVanface with the Illinois State Memorial (each state with soldiers has their own unique memorial)
Great acoustics inside for singing! Lots of reverb!
With the U.S.S. Cairo: a MASSIVE raised Civil War river boat that was so fanciful it looked like it belonged in the fictionalized history of the movie "Wild Wild West" (1999 - with Will Smith).
3. Explore the Unique Vegetation
The one binding element between every site that hugs the Gulf Coast is the vegetation it shares. The combination of swamp plants, palm trees of all variations, and boundless cypress trees gave this coastal area a completly unique flavor compared to the sandy beaches of the American Atlantic Coast or rocky bluffs of the Pacific Coast. Truly, this is an ecosystem bridging the divide between easily (human) habitable lands and the ocean. That brackish area provides an outdoor experience less advertised than pristine or jagged coastlines, but just as important to America's culture.
Units where this can be especially noticed include the Big Thicket National Preserve and the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.
Big Thicket National Preserve
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
4. Take in a Local New Orleans Event
As I'm learning about many Historical Parks, if they have the name of a town in them (Lowell, Natchez, New Orleans), they likely aren't the standard single-location parks we're used to. Instead, they are often amorphous collections of museums, houses, stores, and monuments that try to recreate a moment in time.
Some, like Natchez National Historical Park, the Natchez Trace Parkway, and the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, are quiet, contemplative trips to that past. And others, like New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, are—well—the complete opposite!
Though I was fortunate to coincidentally land in NOLA on the Friday before Fat Tuesday, one doesn't have to visit during Mardi Gras to find something lively. Whether it's taking a Ranger-guided walking tour of the French Quarter, listening to jazz in one of the many historic venues, or simply eating beignets from Café du Monde, visitors can get a taste of this unique American melting pot no matter what time of year.
That melting pot is on display in places other than the French Quarter though. It was in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (located well within metropolitan New Orleans) that I got my best understanding of how this shipping port was influenced by the French, British, Spanish, and other cultures that traded across its waters. Whether through the comprehensive video on Cajun culture in the Barataria Preserve Visitor Center, or the informative Ranger walk—explaining both why a park was named after a pirate, Jean Lafitte, and the special vegetation that inspired #3 above—this NPS site should not be overlooked by its more famous, French Quarter-located sibling.
The one, two punch of these NOLA sites or the 1, 2, 3 combination of the Natchez sites show how an immersion into an entire area's NPS sites provides a comprehensive understanding of its past and present.
The Natchez Trace Parkway was a beautiful drive (seen here just north of the southern entrance) mostly due to the lack of advertisements or development, allowing the natural beauty to be showcased with every mile.
The deep grooves of earth are characteristic indications of the Natchez National Scenic Trail
Photo Credit - Cory James Photography
Read more about my impressions of NOLA in this New Orleans Times-Picayune coverage, or watch the below Voice of America summary of the NOLA's two NPS sites:
5. Dip Your Toes in History
At the De Soto National Memorial you can literally dip your toes in history. That's because this beach-side site is the (alleged) landing location of Hernando De Soto before he traveled the American Southeast for 3 years as far as Tennessee and Louisiana and along the way murdered Native Americans in an insatiable hunt for gold.
Oh sorry, did that sound too gruesome?
That's because it was.
It was a good reminder that American history isn't always pretty, and that even as I asked, "Why do we want to honor that history with a park?", it's important to have reminders of our past so we don't make the same mistakes in the future.
It was that silver lining that allowed me to make a connection to De Soto's journey (he had a three-year journey discovering America, and now I'm on a three-year journey discovering America) that I didn't feel horrible about revealing to Sarasota Magazine.
But De Soto's influence on present day America isn't the only history the Gulf Coast sites provide. In fact, were it not for the battle that took place between the United States and Mexico at the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, I would likely have half as many parks to visit. It's partially due to this site that Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California are part of the U.S. and not Mexico.
Under-discovered gems of history can also be found in central Louisiana, as Cane River Creole National Historical Park provides a look into early Creole culture, and proof of even earlier—far earlier—influence can be found at Poverty Point National Monument (also a newly named World Heritage Site) in the mounds that date to a civilization thriving on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1650 – 700 BC.
Standing by the waters of Hernando De Soto's landing site
From the top of the highest mound at Poverty Point National Monument
One of the preserved buildings of small town culture at Cane River Creole National Historical Park
A Mexican cannon stands guard at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Its these sites that prove the Gulf Coast National Park Service sites offer more than just the opportunity to swim in waters warmer than the neighboring Atlantic, even if that ocean is just on the other side of a bridge…
Upcoming Units (COMMENT with recommendations. What should I do at each park? Local interesting detours? Food stops?)
Texas through New Mexico
-San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
-Waco Mammoth National Monument
-Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
-Amistad National Recreation Area
-Big Bend National Park
-Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River
-Chamizal National Memorial
-Fort Davis National Historic Site
-Guadalupe Mountains National Park
-Carlsbad Caverns National Park
-White Sands National Monument
-Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
-Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
-Petroglyph National Monument
-El Malpais National Monument
-El Morro National Monument
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Q: How to seek the relation of a sequence of number? I have the following sequence:
$$
n=2\Rightarrow\frac{1}{8},\frac{6}{8},\frac{1}{8}\\
n=4\Rightarrow\frac{1}{384},\frac{76}{384},\frac{230}{384},\frac{76}{384},\frac{1}{384}\\
n=6\Rightarrow\frac{1}{46080},\frac{722}{23040},\frac{10543}{46080},\frac{5887}{11520},\frac{10543}{46080},\frac{722}{46080},\frac{1}{46080}\\
n=8\Rightarrow\frac{\{1, 6552, 331612, 2485288, 4675014, 2485288, 331612, 6552, 1\}}{10321920}
$$
I analysis the denominator $n=2, 4, 6, 6, 10, 12,14,16$
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8=2^3\\
384=2^7\cdot 3^1\\
46080=2^{10}\cdot 3^2 \cdot 5^1\\
10321920=2^{15}\cdot 3^1 \cdot 5^1 \cdot 7^1\\
3715891200=2^{18}\cdot 3^4 \cdot 5^2 \cdot 7^1\\
1961990553600=2^{15}\cdot 3^5 \cdot 5^2 \cdot 7^1 \cdot 11^1\\
1428329123020800 =2^{25}\cdot 3^5 \cdot 5^2 \cdot 7^2 \cdot 11^1 \cdot 13^1\\
1371195958099968000 = 2^{31}\cdot 3^6 \cdot 5^3 \cdot 7^2 \cdot 11^1 \cdot 13^1
$$
Obviously, they come from the prime
$\{2,3,5,7,11,13\}$
However, for the numerator, it is hard to find the relations

A: As regards the numerator see here: http://oeis.org/A060187
Given $n$ a row is given by
$$\sum_{i=0}^k(-1)^{k-i}\binom{n+1}{k-i}(2i+1)^n$$
for $k=0,\dots,n$.

A: OEIS search?
Only one sequence
https://oeis.org/search?q=8%2C+384%2C+46080%2C+10321920

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Adiponectin in children and young adults with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
C. B. Sethna, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellFollow
V. Boone, Northwell Health
J. Kwok, Northwell Health
D. Jun, Northwell Health
H. Trachtman
Pediatr Nephrol
BACKGROUND: Adiponectin is an adipokine that is elevated in kidney disease. Evidence suggests that adiponectin exerts a direct effect on the podocyte and may play a role in the pathogenesis of proteinuria. The objectives of this study were to characterize serum and urine adiponectin levels over time in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and to evaluate the role of baseline levels of adiponectin as a predictor of clinical remission. METHODS: This was a study of 60 individuals, ages 3-38 years, with steroid-resistant FSGS enrolled in the FSGS clinical trial. Serial measurements of serum and urine adiponectin were obtained at baseline and 26 and 52 weeks. RESULTS: Participants were of mean age 19.4 +/- 10.2 years (50 % male, 33 % black). Serum adiponectin (baseline mean 14.3 +/- 6.6 mug/ml) and urine adiponectin:creatinine (Uadp/cr) (baseline mean 126.8 +/- 178.9 mug/ml) directly correlated with proteinuria at all time points (r = 0.37-0.81; all p < 0.05). Proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and hyperlipidemia were significant independent predictors of greater serum adiponectin and Uadp/cr in multivariate analysis. Lower tertiles of baseline serum adiponectin were associated with greater response to treatment at 52 weeks when adjusted for age, sex, body mass index (BMI) z score, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) [odds ratio (OR) 0.48; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.26-0.91, p = 0.023). For log Uadp/cr, the OR for remission was 0.43 (95 % CI 0.21-0.89, p = 0.02) at 52 weeks. However, when baseline urine protein:creatinine was added to the models, the relationships were no longer significant. CONCLUSIONS: Serum and urine adiponectin levels were directly associated with proteinuria and paralleled changes in proteinuria over time in children and young adults with FSGS. Although baseline adiponectin was lower in responders, response to treatment in patients with FSGS was not associated with serum and urine adiponectin levels but, rather, was related to proteinuria.
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If you've got time just for one beer-soaked stop in the A, head towards the funky Little 5 Points neighborhood to sidle up the bar at the Porter. Just keep your eyes peeled. Although The Porter's leather-bound beer list is sprawling—it has more than 400 types of brews—its entrance is narrow and unremarkable. But that's just part of the fun, ducking into a tiny slice of a bubbling oasis. Open and beloved since 2008, the Porter has only continued to gain steam with locals and visitors alike with its impressive brew offerings, stylish new American food and cool dark innards.
Fries and a beer is a match made in this beige heaven. Sure, it is quite the carboload but also makes for an extremely satisfying snack. Pair the Porter's Belgian fries with Tropicália from Athens-based brewery Creature Comforts. This American IPA is ripe with juicy passion fruit notes, balanced with an aromatic citrus hops and gentle bitter bite. At 6.5 % ABV, it's best reserved for guzzling after 5 p.m.—or maybe earlier. I don't know your life—especially when serving as base for a Belgian fry feast. The Porter's fries are legendary—cut thick and toasty and crisp on the outside, white and fluffy once bit into. Rolled in a special mixture of herbs and minced roasted garlic, these taters taste almost more like an Italian pasta than traditional French fries. The onion aioli makes the feast even more decadent. Definitely not for the faint of heart or stomach.
When Creature Comforts unveiled Tropicália in 2014, the employees had no idea how insanely fast and far its popularity would spread. Its hint of pine and bright tangerine notes—along with Beer Advocate's "nearly perfect" review and 96 score—made it almost impossible to find on Atlanta taps on on shelves well into 2017. Grocers like Savi in Inman Park quietly announced new shipments on Tuesdays while Grant Park's Kroger typically housed an empty slot above the Tropicália label and price tag. Bartenders got used to offering Bell's Two Hearted as a similar-ish alternative, when they'd inevitably 86'd the brew from the menu. After all, Creature Comforts is a small operation and and the specifically fruity hops are pricy. Since the craze has died down enough to keep it flowing in bars across the city, it's back in the realm of possibility. And, of course, Tropicália tastes great on its own, but anchors by these starchy canoes of deliciousness, it reaches even closer to paradise.
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Q: VUE:how to bind multiple tabs to one component and let it activates only one time? I have those tabs to be created dynamically by results returned from spring boot.
Lets's say, there are 3 tabs generated.
Now I bind one component to those generated tabs.
But, once I click on either one of those tabs, the component will be activated 3 times simultaneously.
Is there anyway I can do to activate the component only once when I click a tab?
The component is fixed, so it is always activated 3 times no mater which tab I click.
//this is where the tabs details are generated:
 for (let i = 0; i < logData.length; i++) {
      let log = logData[i];

          let newTabName = ++this.tabIndex + '';

          this.accCopFinanceSheetEditTabs.push({
            title: log.sheetName,
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Children of Morta (Switch) Review
by Jordan Rudek - November 18, 2019, 9:41 am PST
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There may not be an Urkel in this clan, but family still matters.
Children of Morta is a game that thoroughly surprised me. The limited looks I had seen made me expect something in the vein of Hyper Light Drifter or even a Zelda-esque, but it is nothing like either. Instead, Children of Morta is a rogue-lite action RPG that feels like a more narrative-focused Gauntlet with a little bit of Diablo mixed in. As various members of the Bergson family, you attempt to discover the source of an evil corruption that is spreading throughout the land and threatening your way of life. It's a heartfelt, satisfying, and challenging adventure whose sheen is dulled slightly by some performance issues.
Saying too much about the story would do Children of Morta a disservice, but it is touching and delivered in brief vignettes between dungeon runs. You are given brief glimpses into the lives of the Bergsons and the relationships between different individuals in the family. The game begins with a brief prologue-like section that teaches you the basics: roll, jump, dodge with the B button while attacking with the Y button. You can also use the right analog stick to attack, which works well with the two ranged characters. The first person you meet is John, who fights with a sword and shield, but he is quickly joined by Linda, an archer who can fire arrows and move at the same time. You gradually unlock four other characters, and each one plays quite differently.
Underneath the Bergson house is a chamber with a giant crystal surrounded by three gateways. The grandmother activates the crystal and uses it to bring you back to the house when your life meter runs out, which gives narrative purpose to the rogue-lite elements of the game. Each gateway takes you to a world that contains two or three areas, with each of those divided into two, three, or four floors. The overall objective is fairly straightforward: take your chosen character from the starting floor to the end where a boss encounter awaits. Defeating all of the bosses in a given area releases a guardian spirit of sorts that sheds light on the history of the Corruption and points you towards your next objective.
Defeating enemies in the dungeons gives you experience points and gold drops, as you might expect, but charms and relics are also present and can power you up for that run, making it easier to reach and defeat the end boss. Leveling up gives you skill points that allow you to fill out a skill tree for each character that grant you damage-dealing and crowd-control abilities, but a really neat perk is that every few levels you open up a bonus that applies to every family member. For example, when Linda reaches level four, every Bergson receives a permanent boost to their movement speed. This mechanic encourages you to play as different family members. That's the carrot. The stick is that if you use one character too many times, they begin to suffer the effects of Corruption, which reduces their maximum health by a percentage, and need to rest by sitting out a few runs.
Gold can be used to purchase health, damage, speed, and other upgrades from Ben the Blacksmith. More upgrades become available as you find certain artifacts and documents in the dungeons, so exploring each floor thoroughly and carefully is a good strategy early on while you're weaker and not flush with cash. Other bonuses can be purchased as well, such as boosts to experience gained and how often gemstones are dropped. Gemstones function as a type of currency within the dungeons themselves; they can be used to open locked chests and to exchange for various items, like the aforementioned relics and charms, with a shopkeeper who randomly appears. The floors of each dungeon are randomly generated and contain different enemies and traps that change when you move to a new world.
The pixel art of Children of Morta is absolutely gorgeous, especially in the Bergson house. Incredibly minute details and an effective use of color make playing the game a visual delight. Additionally, the excellent voicework of the narrator breathes even more life into the experience. There are instances where the simplicity of the graphics can make recognizing traps and other dungeon elements a little tricky, however. In terms of audio, the music during the final boss encounter completely bugged out for me, which meant that I missed out on all of the ending narration and theme. It's actually a spectacular sequence, and I was pretty bummed that it was partly ruined by an audio glitch, so hopefully that gets fixed before or around launch.
Children of Morta is one of the most wonderful surprises of 2019, and it needs to be on your radar. The progression system and unlockables mean that even an unsuccessful 20-minute run will yield tangible growth to make the next run easier. Those who aren't wholly into rogue-lites, like me, will still enjoy the variety and action of the gameplay. Better still, it's impossible not to be captivated by the Bergson family's struggle for survival and togetherness against a formidable evil. A two-player co-op option is the cherry on top of this exquisitely-crafted experience. However you choose to go through it, Children of Morta is an absolute must-play.
Beautiful pixel art style
Heartfelt story about family and struggle
Two-player co-op
Unique and varied progression systems
Audio bug during the final boss and ending
Slow-down when high number of enemies is on screen
Steep early difficulty curve
Developer 11 bit studios
Release Nov 20, 2019
Publisher 11 bit studios
Children of Morta [Switch]


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Goodnight Sunshine
Goodnight Sunshine now a Kindle e-book!
Mark Cameron's debut novel, Goodnight Sunshine, is now available as a Kindle e-book. The e-book is compatible with all Kindle e-readers and applications, including tablets and phones running iOS or Android.
Initial pricing for the e-book version of Goodnight Sunshine is $4.99 US or $5.99 in Canada. Pricing for international Amazon sites varies by region.
To purchase Goodnight Sunshine for Kindle, please visit your local Amazon site and search for "Goodnight Sunshine".
To order Goodnight Sunshine in print (trade paperback), visit our Buy Now page to see a listing of retailers or to purchase a copy of the book directly from Catch Our Drift Productions.
30 Days of Sunshine 2016 BC Book Tour
Press Kit available here...
GIBSONS, BC, CANADA (05/03/2016) – Sunshine Coast author Mark Cameron is loading up the family camper van for 30 Days of Sunshine, his inaugural BC Book Tour. This promotional tour for Cameron's debut novel, Goodnight Sunshine, will have his family of four exploring the southern half of British Columbia in their 19-foot camper van, stopping along the way to engage with readers at a variety of libraries, farmers' markets and bookstores. The tour will include over 25 stops on a path spanning more than 4200 km.
Cameron aims to build relationships with readers, librarians and booksellers around the province—in person. "As an author, I spend much of my time writing in isolation," he says. "I don't want to spend the rest of my time in isolation, promoting myself online." Cameron's partner is a freelance editor, and their two children also enjoy writing and reading. "We want to reach out to as much of the literary community in BC as we can by dropping in to introduce ourselves in person."
The tour has expanded and will take closer to 40 days to complete, but the family hopes that at least 30 of those days will hold sunshine—both inside and outside of their vehicle. "I am thrilled about showing our kids more of the beautiful province we live in, but I know this trip will be both rewarding and challenging," says Cameron. "On one hand, we're travelling in luxury—with a bathroom and kitchen. But when the weather forces us inside, it's harder for everyone to maintain a sunny attitude." Since 2010, the Cameron family has spent the equivalent of two full years in their tiny home on wheels.
All events are free and open to the public. The tour kicks off in Cameron's home town, Gibsons, on June 1st.
Other cities and towns currently booked on the tour include: North Vancouver, Grand Forks, Salmo, Trail, Nelson, Creston, Cranbrook, Golden, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Sorrento, Kelowna, Merritt, Kamloops, Cache Creek, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, Prince George, Burns Lake, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Courtenay, Tofino, Nanaimo and Victoria.
Goodnight Sunshine is the fictional story of Oliver Bruce—a disenchanted family man drawn to Ecuador seeking an invention that could transform the global energy landscape. Published by Catch Our Drift Productions, the novel was released in November, 2015. The e-book release will coincide with the launch of the summer tour.
Mark Cameron is an avid traveler, entrepreneur, husband, and father of two unschooled children. Follow the touring family's adventures on Twitter and Facebook @markofwords or go to www.markofwords.com to connect with Mark.
Mark Cameron
C/O Catch Our Drift Productions Inc.
Author e-mail: markofwords@gmail.com
Publisher e-mail: info@catchourdrift.ca
Press kit available at: www.catchourdrift.ca/press-kit
Schedule of events: www.markofwords.com/30days/
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Nea Zichni (gr.: Δήμος Νέας Ζίχνης, Dimos Neas Zichnis) – gmina w Grecji, w administracji zdecentralizowanej Macedonia-Tracja, w regionie Macedonia Środkowa, w jednostce regionalnej Seres. W 2011 roku liczyła 9309 mieszkańców. Powstała 1 stycznia 2011 roku w wyniku połączenia dotychczasowych gmin Alistrati i Nea Zichni. Siedzibą gminy jest Nea Zichni.

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Q: Spark Temptable vs Broadcasting I have a question/opinion that needs experts suggestion.
I have a table called config that contains some configuration information as the table name suggests. I need this details to be accessed from all the executors during my job's life cycle. So my first option is Broadcasting them in List[Case Class] .But suddenly got an idea of making the config as Temptable using registerTempTable() and use it accross  my job.
This temp table approach  can be used an alternative to Broadcast variables ( I have extensive hands-on on Broadcasting)?

A: registerTempTable does just give you the possibilty to run plain sql queries on your dataframe, there is no performance benefit/caching/materialization involved.
You should go with broadcasting (I would suggest to use a Map for configuration parameters)

A: registerTempTable() then using it for lookup, will mostly use the broadcast join only internally given the scenario the table/config file  size < 10MB.


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Q: DisplayPort won't wake up screen when laptop placed in docking station My laptop is connected to an external monitor via DisplayPort(in a port in the docking station). When I boot my laptop while it is connected to the docking station everything works fine, but if I detach the laptop from the docking station and reattach it, the external monitor does not wake up. It does recognize something happened, as it display a power-saving mode message, but, but it remains black. The laptop itself thinks it's connected, as it switches to the multi-monitor mode.
I'm running Arch Linux on a Dell Latitude E7440 with kernel version 3.16.1-1-ARCH and KDE 4.14.0. I have the xf86-video-intel driver installed. I'm using kscreenfor monitor management, but even if I go to the system settings to set it up manually I can't wake up the screen.
When I connected the same screen via DVI it worked fine.

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You love wine. You spend a lot of time drinking it, thinking about it, and buying it. You'd love to start a real collection rather than stashing the bottle haphazardly on a rack in your kitchen, but you live in a small loft apartment. There's hardly enough room for your stuff, let alone enough empty space for a wine cellar or even a wine refrigerator. Your dreams of a great wine collection have been dashed against the rocks of your cramped reality. Right? Wrong.
This Avanti wine chiller holds 52 bottles and can be built into your cabinetry.
A lack of space doesn't make collecting wine impossible. You just have to get creative. Many reputable wine refrigerator manufacturers also make small wine cabinets that are perfect for the collector with big dreams and small spaces. These wine cabinets are just like their full-sized counterparts: they are outfitted with high-tech humidity and temperature controls designed for wine storage. Storing your wine in the proper environment is what makes it age well. The right climate will provide a cool, moist place for your bottles, letting the reactions between the chemicals in the wine, which give properly aged wine its rich, nuanced flavor, a chance to happen. Wine cabinets keep these same chemicals from being adversely affected by light, humidity fluctuations, and vibrations, thus protecting your investment and helping ensure that when you finally open that bottle of Cabernet, it will have been worth the wait.
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George Lucas Apologizes For Calling Disney 'White Slavers' Who Bought 'Star Wars'
The box office is currently being destroyed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and there are not a lot of people who have been down on it. George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, has had some choice things to say about it and Disney. Now, Lucas has publicly apologized for saying that he sold his precious franchise to "white slavers."
As the New York Times reported, Lucas recently did an interview with Charlie Rose, where he criticized The Force Awakens and said it was simply too "retro" for his liking. He said that he had ideas for the new film, but Disney went their own route.
"They looked at the stories, and they said, 'We want to make something for the fans'… They decided they didn't want to use those stories, they decided they were going to do their own thing….They weren't that keen to have me involved anyway — but if I get in there, I'm just going to cause trouble, because they're not going to do what I want them to do. And I don't have the control to do that anymore, and all I would do is muck everything up," he said. "And so I said, 'Okay, I will go my way, and I'll let them go their way.'
"They wanted to do a retro movie. I don't like that. Every movie I work very hard to make them completely different, with different planets, with different spaceships, make it new."
Well, he's allowed to have his own opinion on the film, and Lucas certainly continued to talk. As he did, he referred to the movies as his "kids" and then went on to say that he "sold them to the white slavers."
It appears as if Lucas caught himself and stopped talking before going any further with that comment about Disney. Back in late 2012, Lucas sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney for an incredible $4.05 billion.
Now, Lucas is backtracking, and BBC News reports that he has issued a statement that apologizes for the way he spoke of Disney. Lucas said he "misspoke and used a very inappropriate analogy and for that I apologize."
He went on to say how he has been working with Disney for 40 years and hand-picked the company as the "custodians" of the Star Wars franchise. Lucas said he has great respect for the company and for Disney CEO Bob Iger's leadership with the franchise.
"I rarely go out with statements to clarify my feelings but I feel it is important to make it clear that I am thrilled that Disney has the franchise and is moving it in such exciting directions in film, television and the parks. Most of all I'm blown away with the record breaking blockbuster success of the new movie and am very proud of J.J. [Abrams, The Force Awakens director] and Kathy [Kennedy, Lucasfilm president and Star Wars brand manager]."
The Star Wars franchise still has two more films, at least, coming in the next few years. Through Wednesday, The Force Awakens earned $629.034 million at the domestic box office and $1.3 billion worldwide.
Making matters even more insane with those numbers is that it doesn't even open in China until January 9.
George Lucas first gave his full approval of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, then criticized it, and has now backtracked again. Going back on calling Disney "white slavers" is something else he's now done, but that was rather expected. The franchise is thriving and going to live on for years to come, no matter what the creator may say.
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SAN DIEGO — The Kroner Family Foundation has given UC San Diego $1 million to provide unbiased, in-depth research in financial decision-making, the university announced Friday.
UC San Diego alumnus Ken Kroner, also the foundation director, and his wife Jennifer have launched the Pacific Center for Asset Management (PCAM), according to Judy Piercey, UCSD spokeswoman.
The institute is a partnership between UC San Diego's Rady School of Management and the Division of Social Sciences. It will steer academic research agendas toward topics of concern to asset owners, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and foundations.
"UC San Diego is among the first research universities to actually have academics focus on the broad, high-level problems that asset owners care about," Ken Kroner said in a news release. "Asset owners generally don't have the resources or the time to find solutions. And asset managers may have alternative agendas, such as selling product."
Ken Kroner is chair of the Campaign for UC San Diego, a comprehensive fundraising effort wrapping up 2022. According to UCSD, the campaign's goals include enhancing student support, transforming the campus, and redefining medicine and healthcare on a global scale.
PCAM is housed at the Rady School of Management, in collaboration with the Division of Social Sciences; its employees will work with affiliates at other UC campuses and other institutions in the western United States.
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That was the mantra of young prodigy Hector Chevas's mentor in architectural design, Gellini. But even Gellini couldn't imagine the horrors that his prize student and adopted son would fill Suburbia's new Heartland Mall with to wreak revenge on those who killed Gellini and murdered Hector's only friends. "Black Friday" was never blacker.
But Hector, in turn, couldn't imagine that, in the middle of his deathly rampage, an "angel" from his past would re-appear into his life; wild-child Janey, whose life he'd saved years before, and who'd never forgotten her promise to "always love him...for reals." But was that love strong enough now to learn the unimaginable truth; to call Hector's "dead" soul back to life and resurrect him from his mad plunge into oblivion?
A most unique combination of dark drama and blazingly bright romance, MALLED is a story filled with tragedy, terror, raw emotion, unspeakable horrors, and, above all, the awesome power of a ferocious, undying love.
Lee Tidball retired from a career as a 6th grade teacher to become a full-time novelist and screenwriter. He's written nearly a dozen screenplays that he and his manager market in Hollywood. Besides publishing Malled with Short On Time Books of Florence, Arizona, Lee has also published the Princess Reborn series of graphic novels (both based on his screenplays) and the stand-alone middle-grade/YA historical fantasy Windfork Secrets with Zetabella Publishing of Toronto, Canada. Most recently, he has begun writing a prequel series of novels to Princess Reborn based on his award-winning TV pilot script Midnight Princess. He currently lives in northern California with the two loves of his life, his partner, Cyndie, and his Giant OCR1 road bike. He enjoys movies, theater, history, staying in shape, and traveling to scenic and/or historical destinations around the world.


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Kites that have been created by pupils at Macclesfield schools are being displayed at St Peters from Thursday November 8th to Sunday November 11th. The installation has been created by Mike Thorpe to fill the body of the church with the words and hopes of these students: what do we want the peace for. This installation is part of the reflection on 100 years since the signing of the armistice at the end of the First World War. The armistice itself was not a peace treaty. That was still come to come. And when it did, it sowed the seeds for another war, not a lasting peace. Throughout the week we have been reflecting on what peace looks like and what brings it about.


Part of a collection of desk and wall clocks conceived by George Nelson Associates from 1947-1953. Now an icon of mid-century modern design, the Nelson Night Clock has a brushed finish and a quiet, stately presence. This is an authentic Nelson clock produced by Swiss company vitra, with permission from the Nelson estate.


Effect of long-term feeding of albino rats on rice and on rice-tapioca diets on the blood and on the liver.
Subrahmanyan, V. and Murthy, H. B. N. and Bhagavan, R. K. and Swaminathan, M. and Sankaran, A. N. (1958) Effect of long-term feeding of albino rats on rice and on rice-tapioca diets on the blood and on the liver. British Journal of Nutrition, 12. pp. 292-296.
In a previous paper, Subrahmanyan, Murthy & Swaminathan (1954) reported that replacement of 25 % of rice in a poor rice diet by tapioca flour enhanced significantly the growth of young rats. This effect was shown to be due to the supplementary value of the extra calcium present in the tapioca flour. Since partial replacement of rice by tapioca flour caused a slight lowering in the protein content of the diet, the possibility remained that the ill effects, if any, due to it, may not be observed in a period of 8 weeks. It was therefore thought desirable to conduct long-term feeding experiments and to study the effect of prolonged feeding of such diets on the concentration of haemoglobin in the blood, on the red-blood cell count, and on the composition and histological appearance of the liver. A third group of rats on the control rice diet, supplemented with the same amount of calcium (as calcium lactate) as that supplied by tapioca in the rice—tapioca diet, was also included with a view to ascertaining the effect of the calcium supplement on growth and on the liver and blood of rats.


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Kakeru Funaki (jap. , Funaki Kakeru; * 13. April 1998 in der Präfektur Nara) ist ein japanischer Fußballspieler.

Karriere

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Funaki erlernte das Fußballspielen in der Jugendmannschaft von Cerezo Osaka. Seinen ersten Vertrag unterschrieb er 2017 bei Cerezo Osaka. Der Verein spielte in der höchsten Liga des Landes, der J1 League. 2017 gewann er mit dem Verein den J.League Cup und Kaiserpokal. 2020 lieh ihn Júbilo Iwata aus. Der Verein aus Iwata spielte in der zweiten Liga, der J2 League. Für Iwata stand er sechsmal in der zweiten Liga auf dem Spielfeld. Der Zweitligaaufsteiger SC Sagamihara aus Sagamihara lieh ihn die Saison 2021 aus. Am Ende der Saison belegte man in der zweiten Liga den 19. Tabellenplatz und stieg in die dritte Liga ab. Für Sagamihara bestritt er 17 Zweitligaspiele. Nach der Ausleihe kehrte er Ende Januar 2022 zu Cerezo zurück.

Nationalmannschaft
Mit der japanischen U20-Nationalmannschaft qualifizierte er sich für die U-20-Weltmeisterschaft 2017.

Erfolge
Cerezo Osaka
 J. League Cup: 2017
 Kaiserpokal: 2017

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German DJ, musician and record producer Christian Löffler tries to combine melancholy with euphoria. Löffler started to play music by the age of 14. Living in a secluded region, lacking a musical surrounding, he had to teach himself the essentials of making electronic music.
Before long he developed his own deep and moving sound, colored with a melancholic undertone- Music for the soul & for the body.
Due to the fact that Löffler is also working as a visual artist, he's following the same approach when making music that he's following when painting or taking photos.
The extraordinary capacities of this young producer have kept eyes and ears closely following the fresh talent as Löffler's deep moving melancholic sound, is absolutely irresistible.


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Death rate at salmon farms doubles to 20m fish a year
Jerome Starkey, Countryside Correspondent
July 7 2017, 12:01am, The Times
A worker at a salmon farm on Loch Linnhe near Fort William. For every seven fish that reach supermarket shelves one will have died on the farmDAVID CHESKIN/PA
The number of salmon dying on Scottish fish farms has doubled to 20 million a year because of parasites, diseases, and overcrowding in their cages, a campaign group claimed yesterday.
For every seven fish that reach supermarket shelves one will have died on the farm, according to research by the Salmon & Trout Conservation Trust, which questioned how farms could be endorsed by the RSPCA given the levels of mortality.
Researchers compared government figures for the weight of dead fish with annual production statistics and found that death rates had risen from less than 7 per cent in 2014 to almost 14 per cent last year. The rate is almost three times higher than the 5 per cent mortality rate tolerated on intensive chicken farms…


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Lisa Hirmer is a Guelph-based artist whose work combines visual art, social practice, performance, and art-based forms of critical research. Her experimental public-focused work explores and responds to the nebulous, complicated reality of public opinion (acknowledging that this is itself a complicated idea). Her work as a photographer and writer explores contemporary landscapes and built environments, focusing on material traces left by difficult to visualize political/economic/social forces at work in the world. She has presented her work across Canada and internationally, including at Confederation Centre Art Gallery (Charlottetown), Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Foreman Gallery (Lennoxville), Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Peninsula Arts (Plymouth, UK), Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto), and Flux Factory (New York). She has recently done residencies with Arts House (Australia), the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural Wor! ld (U.K.), and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (USA), and is the 2016 Artist in Residence for the City of Guelph.


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The Fringe is changing. Held over one weekend (Sat 5 and Sun 6 Oct) rather than spread throughout the main festival, it will be a smorgasbord of delights and surprises for audiences to sample, produced and hosted by our inspirational partners, Playful Being.
All events will be free and audiences will be encouraged to drop in and out during the day.
The weekend will be a take-over of Church House and the area around it.
If you are excited by our plans for the new look Fringe and want to contribute to its success, we'd love to hear from you.
You will be a group or individual from, or with strong links to, the Yorkshire Region. Our selection aims to encompass a range of art forms and events to reflect the diversity of the region. We welcome applications from Fringe newcomers and Fringe veterans alike.
Events can take place indoors or outdoors. They could be hour-long performances or interactive workshops, promenades or flashmobs, 15 minute pop ups, improvised interventions or anything else that fits with the vision of the weekend. The maximum time slot is one hour, and shorter performances or pop-ups could be repeated.
This might be your first performance or a chance to present a new body of work. You might experiment with a whole new format or give existing work a new spin. You could think about how to make your event interactive and engage audiences in new ways, or how you could draw on other art forms as well as your own.
In the spirit of the new style Fringe, we are encouraging Fringe performers to be "unplugged" where possible. There will be a basic PA set up in Church House, and you are welcome to bring your own equipment (if you have everything you need, including the necessary tech skills), but otherwise there will be no tech support.
Please seek further guidance from us on this if you need it.
Fringe performers are not offered any payment or expenses and admission to the Fringe is free.
Audiences are not required to book in advance.
Jess Penrose and Mel Taylor of Playful Being are great believers in the transformative power of seeing the familiar with new eyes; of making the ordinary, extraordinary. Whatever they are doing creatively, they always aim to bring a playful approach.
Between them, they have over twenty years' experience as facilitators and event organisers. They are seasoned Event Managers for the main festival and have run several Playful Being workshops for the Fringe.
Want to be part of the new look Fringe?
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Margaritaville Online is a free social browser game, an everyday escape to a virtual tropical paradise inspired by Jimmy Buffett's songs, books and lifestyle where you can live the island dream and sail the open seas, fish the flats, play carefree mini-games, customize your boat and oasis and more!
Live the island dream as you build your beach oasis and search for adventure in your own private tropical paradise. Leave your cares behind as you serve up frozen concoctions to your friends from your very own island beach bar. Explore lush islands, white sandy beaches and azure blue seas in search of forgotten treasure aboard your very own boat. Play games, swap fish stories and share your tropical adventures with all your Facebook friends and fellow islanders. Welcome to Margaritaville!
Margaritaville online is available for free on Facebook and iPad with an iPhone version coming soon, the game is developed by Exploding Barrel Games and published by THQ.
You start by creating your character and then go into a bookstore seeking shelter from the rain, where you come across a book by Jimmy Buffett, the singer who popularized the Margaritaville song and serves as inspiration to the whole game. You'll be taken to an tropical paradise called Margarita Island, where you are greeted by Captain Frank. Frank asks you to pick up trash on the beach, which starts the game play. From here on is up to you, perform quests, play and party with your friends in a beautiful 3D top view animated world. Margaritaville currently has more than 150 quests, 30 zones and a dozen mini games to play.
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Die Aleuaden ( Aleuádai) waren eine aristokratische Familie aus Thessalien im antiken Griechenland.

Die Aleuaden herrschten in Larisa und der Umgebung der Stadt. Laut der Überlieferung durch Aristoteles und Plutarch soll Aleuas der Rote die politische und militärische Ordnung des thessalischen Bundes geschaffen haben. In der Folgezeit bekleideten diverse Vertreter der Familie das tageia genannte Oberamt des Bundes. Laut Herodot (7,6; 130; 9,58) kontaktierten Vertreter der Aleuaden Familie Xerxes I., um diesen zu einem Einfall in Griechenland zu bewegen. Während der Perserkriege kämpften Teile der Familie auf Seiten der Perser.

Seit 404 v. Chr. wurde die Politik in Thessalien von der Auseinandersetzung zwischen den Aleuaden und den aufstrebenden Tyrannen von Pherai bestimmt. Auch bei dieser Auseinandersetzung bemühten sich die Aleuaden um fremde Hilfe, zunächst der Perser, später auch seitens der Makedonen. Philipp II. griff zwischen 356 und 349 v. Chr. mehrfach in den Konflikt ein und besiegte die Pheraischen Tyrannen schließlich. In der Folge gliederte er Thessalien jedoch in seinen Herrschaftsbereich ein. Aus Dank für die Unterstützung erhielten mehrere Vertreter der Aleuaden das Amt eines Tetrarchen. Thessalien blieb noch lange Zeit von der willkürlichen Herrschaft einzelner Familien bestimmt.

Stammbaum

Familienmitglieder

Mögliche weitere Familienmitglieder waren:

 Medios, für das Jahr 395 v. Chr. als Dynast von Larisa genannt (Diodor 14, 82, 5).
 Philinna von Larissa, eine Frau Philipps II. von Makedonien.
 Medios von Larissa, ein Offizier Alexanders des Großen und Admiral während der Diadochenkriege.
 Thorax von Larisa, ein Krieger des Antigonos I. Monophthalmos in der Schlacht bei Ipsos 301 v. Chr. (Plutarch, Demetrius 29, 5).

Literatur
 R. J. Buck: The Formation of the Boeotian League, In: Classical Philology, Vol. 67 (1972), S. 94–101. (JSTOR)
 Hermann Diels und Walther Kranz (Hrsg.): Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, Berlin 1952 (Diels-Kranz).
 J. S. Morrison: Meno of Pharsalus, Polycrates, and Ismenias. In: The Classical Quarterly 36 (1942), S. 57–78.
 D. L. Page (Hrsg.): Poetae Melici Graeci, Oxford 1962 (PMG).
 Valentin Rose (Hrsg.): Aristotelis qui ferebantur librorum fragmenta, Leipzig 1886 (AF) (online)

 H.D. Westlake: Thessaly in the Fourth Century B.C., 1935 ()

Einzelnachweise

Dynastie (griechische Antike)
Griechisches Adelsgeschlecht


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This small stick format is the ideal travel companion. Easy to use. Gives you a refreshing and moisturizing feeling all day long.
Alum is a double potassium aluminum sulfate and potassium. The potassium alum is the only true and natural alum obtained from a mineral extracted from a kalunite quarry. The ore is then purified and the natural resulting impurities are removed through multiple filtrations. Recrystallization in water gives it its final shape with a purity close to 100%. Natural alum has a mottled uneven aspect where one must be able to detect natural crystallization. This specific alum shape is used to produce Laboratoires Osma's cosmetics.
The stone alum or alum crystal has been used since antiquity by the Greeks and Romans as a cosmetic product as well as in many industrial fields (water treatment, skins ...). Many medical books report the use of potassium alum stone.
The main mining areas of alum are China, South America and the Middle East. In Europe, alum was produced mainly by Italy, France and Hungary with much smaller mines.


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Alex McCarty had conquered her eating disorder years ago and was now in complete control of her health and her life. However, her friend and manager Sandy Dalebout didn't think so.
As Alex traveled from the Bay Area, through northern Nevada to Utah, up into eastern Idaho, she had plenty of time to think about the conversation she'd had with Sandy the day before.
"It's for your own good, Alex. You'll see," Sandy told her as she helped load suitcases into the trunk of the car. "The timing is perfect. Your sister needs help right now and you need some time off. Go. Relax. Eat. Have a nice visit. And don't come back until you've gained at least ten pounds."
Alex didn't plan on gaining any weight. She didn't need to. And she resented Sandy for questioning her judgment. Alex was a national health and fitness consultant, for goodness' sake. Her whole career was based on knowing the difference between being healthy and being too thin.
So, instead of enjoying springtime in California, she was plowing through skyscraping mountains in a raging blizzard, headed toward her sister, Jamie, and brother-in-law, Steve's, house in Island Park, Idaho, near Yellowstone National Park.
The narrow road, barely visible through the blur of snow outside, was slick and difficult to follow. Alex gasped, terrified, as the back wheels of her car shifted, fishtailed, then grabbed hold. As her car proceeded at a slow crawl, Alex's breathing returned to normal but her heart banged wildly in her chest.
Tightly she gripped the Mazda's steering wheel and searched through dense, whirling snow for pole reflectors. Had she driven past the town? Was she anywhere near civilization?
Keeping her eyes on the nearly invisible road ahead, Alex felt along the console until she located her cell phone. However, when she turned it on, the NO SERVICE indicator flashed. Either the heavy shroud of storm clouds or the towering mountains prevented contact with the world. She would have given anything to hear something other than the static on the radio and the scrape of wipers on the windshield. It was like being sucked into a swirling, white vacuum.
Darn you, Sandy. This is all your fault.
Sandy was concerned because Alex had lost "a little" weight, but Alex wasn't in the least surprised or even worried about losing a few pounds. Her career demanded constant traveling, extensive lectures, and long hours demonstrating new ideas in the ever-changing world of aerobic exercise. But Sandy wouldn't listen to reason. She felt like Alex hadn't "been herself" lately; it seemed like she was lacking energy, always picking up whatever cold or flu bug was going around the gym, and just plain looking too thin.
And then, after the last fitness convention when Alex had passed out in her hotel room, Sandy had completely overreacted when she found out. In all honesty, Alex had to admit that it had even scared her a little. She was relieved when the doctor attributed her collapse to overwork and lack of rest, which made sense to her, but Sandy was convinced Alex was anorexic.
Slowing the car to barely six miles an hour, Alex continued to follow the curve in the road. Even at a snail's pace the tires slid. She held her breath. The tires caught and the car inched forward.
Last night in her hotel room in Salt Lake City, when she had watched the news, the weatherman had said nothing about a major snowstorm hitting eastern Idaho. Would she have changed her plans had she known it was going to snow? Probably not. She had to get to Jamie's. Her younger sister needed her. After two miscarriages Jamie was finally expecting again, but now she was having complications with this pregnancy.
The thought stabbed Alex with guilt. She loved her sister and wanted to help, support, and encourage her, but she'd kept her distance all these years because Steve and Jamie were such religious fanatics. The last time Alex, Jamie, and their mother had been together was at their grandfather's funeral in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, three years ago.
Alex and her mother had sat through Steve and Jamie's explanation of life after death, then their "testimonies" about the importance of the eternal family unit. After that, Alex and her mother had spent the rest of the day avoiding the young couple.
Unlike her mother, Alex managed to separate her sister from her religion and tried to maintain some kind of relationship with her. She liked spending time with Jamie but she always had a plan ahead of time to dodge and divert their attempts at brainwashing her. She didn't want anything to do with this crazy cult they belonged to. Especially since this was the same religion responsible for killing their father nineteen years ago. To make matters worse, Jamie had left home after high school and gone to college--to BYU of all places--and joined the Mormon Church.
Things had never been the same since. Alex wondered if the tension between her mother and Jamie would ever cease. She was tired of getting caught in the middle.
Glancing down at the dashboard, Alex noticed there was a quarter of a tank of gas left. How long would that keep her alive if she was forced to stop and wait out the storm? There was nothing in the car to keep her warm once the fuel was gone. Wool blankets and mittens weren't exactly standard trunk storage items back home in Palo Alto.
The outline of a road sign appeared on her right. Snow clung to its surface, covering desperately needed information.
"Where in the world am I?" Alex strained to make out any words on the sign, but keeping the car on the road demanded her complete attention.
"Why didn't I call Jamie and Steve this morning?" She banged on the steering wheel with the heel of her right hand. At least then they would know to look for her if she didn't show up.
"And why do I keep talking to myself?"
Because I'm scared!
Alex fumbled with the heat switch, moved it to defrost, and bumped up the fan. The digital clock flashed 11:51 a.m.
Even with her headlights on she could barely see to the front end of the car. With a click of the lever, she turned on the high beam. The snowflakes doubled in number and size. Quickly she clicked the lights back to low.
"You're going to be fine," she told herself. "Just keep going." There had to be a service station or house somewhere along here soon.
She leaned forward, stretching the tension out of her back.
"Come on, Texaco."
Her stomach churned, partly from nerves, partly because it was empty. She hadn't eaten since the bagel and diet drink she'd had the day before. To keep her appetite at bay, she kept plenty of gum close by, chewing it until the flavor left, then popping another piece in her mouth. Wrappers from three packs of cinnamon Trident littered the passenger's seat. But the gum didn't fool her stomach. Her system knew all that chewing was supposed to produce some kind of sustenance. But Alex had learned to discipline herself, and she refused to give into her appetite. Besides, she hated feeling full. It made her feel as if she'd lost control of herself.
The movement of the wipers broke the hypnotic slant of snow dancing toward her, scattering her thoughts. A flicker of light in the rearview mirror caught her eye.
Could it be? She glanced again at the reflection. Yes! There it was. Headlights. Two dim but beautiful disks of yellow moving closer.
Her mind raced. Somehow she had to flag down the driver and find out where she was.
She looked back at the lights in the mirror, and relief eased her knotted stomach. But when she looked forward again, she saw that she'd missed a turn and was headed straight off the road.
She spun the steering wheel to correct her course, but the rear end of the car whipped sideways, pulling it into a perfect spin. Once, twice. But it was too late.
"NO!" she screamed. She stomped on the brake and locked her arms against the steering wheel. Still spinning, the car careened off the side of the road and nose-dived into a canal, landing at the bottom. On impact Alex's head slammed into the side window and everything went black.