I really didn't know what to expect when I started reading this book, only I got something I never expected. Summary: Charlie Wyatt has no social filter. I think, though a guy could enjoy it, the book is more suited to a female audience because it is centrally a love story. I picked this book because I sort of thought that it could somehow connect with my life. Charlie is the exact opposite of Gloria, he's completely honest, a freak show, way too nice, and he's hiding a secret from everyone.
That sums up Charlie quite nicely. The book wasn't completely terrible, and I feel like it had potential to be really great. If she reads the book, I would hope that she'd realize that there are people that want to be in her life and she should let them in. Everything is realistic; there's no nonsense characters or traditional fairy tale plots. I get that he is pretty cheesy and weird, and he's especially strange, but like Gloria in the story I felt that he was innocently sweet. Honestly, I just picked up this book because 1.
Not sure when this is based in, but if you start to live in your car for a days because of grief, you need help. I found this book in a used book sale in the library. I recommend this book to someone looking for a book to make them smile. Charlie knew this girl was anything but typical, particularly to him. This has to be my first or one of the first one star books I have read.
He was just quirky enough to work for me. Because thats how I feel, I even had a bizarre thought that maybe I should eat one of the pages. The father views this as completely normal, not weird at all that all his son's abnormal behavior starting with the superman suit underneath his clothes ending with inability to not offend others by keeping his mouth shut accumulates into him trying to run away and hurl his telescope out the window. A novel about freaks, geeks, crushes, and friends—and how sometimes you can be all of them at once. But when I feel like things i. On the mornings when I felt the need to don my Superman costume the most, when the red buzz of the baby monitor felt like it was coming from inside my head, I didn't want to accept the single irrefutable truth that this was the life I had, and that it wasn't going to suddenly cease belonging to me.
But most importantly, the spontaneous order that brings them together is exactly what they both need. It was about the two main characters becoming basically obsessed with each other, which was kind of a letdown. While there was a small collection of entertaining bits there wasn't enough to keep me fully invested in the story. Not sure when this is based in, but if you start to live in your car for a days because of grief, you need help. His mom suffers from a terrible rare disease and he has had to watch her slowly get worse all his life.
I am embarrassed to say it was because it was a young adult novel written by a guy. Their unexpected romance is perfect. Charlie is the freak, a self contained genius with near zero social skills and absolutely no problem being himself. And Charlie is slightly autistic, which only made him more fun, and nice, and good. I loved that he seemed real despite his craziness. Broken and strong and artistic.
Then, suddenly, they become more than friends. Charlie knew this girl was anything but typical, particularly to him. Then, the other guy, who one day because of grief pretty much stands motionless at his job for quite a while, not leaving, just standing there ignoring all the people in line telling him to do his job. Freak Magnet by Andrew Auseon was a very interesting read. This was a fun read and I am glad that I had the opportunity to go into Charlie's and Gloria's world, even if just for a little while. Andrew Auseon portrayed many completely realistic characters with their own trials and tribulations, and their own way of coping with them, while weaving a love story into it. And Charlie is slightly autistic, which only made him more fun, and nice, and good.
It was a fun, light, cute read. Despite his awkwardness, I found Charlie to be the more engaging narrator here. But in an almost cosmic way, Charlie and Gloria develop a meaningful relationship. Worse yet they don't even kiss at the end. There is quirky, and then there is unable-to-function-in-society. Jenny: Besides, my heart belongs with Will from Firelight Carla - Are we mad? Gloria is solemn, preferring to live her life in her brother's old car, surrounding herself in dirt and her duvet.
He is 17-years old, and fascinated by two things: astronomy and Superman. Then she meets Charlie, and when I say meets, well you'll know what I mean when you read this book. Meet the freak: Charlie is definitely dancing to his own tune. One day a unusual stranger named Charlie Wyatt falls in love with Gloria and tell her how he feels as soon as he goes up to her. And Charlie is the next freak drawn to this magnet.
I get that he is pretty cheesy and weird, and he's especially strange, but like Gloria in the story I felt that he was innocently sweet. The characters were good and well written, and I enjoyed reading about them. It was fun, witty, and real- three characteristics that when mixed together make for pure awesomeness. He's also working his first mind-numbing job and helps his father care for his mother, who was diagnosed with Huntington's when Charlie was just seven. The challenge the face is whether Charlie can break down Gloria's walls before sorrow drowns them Gloria is the Magnet, a tough, quirky, guarded girl with a chip n her shoulder the size of a barn door. It felt like she simply liked to cut up her sentences. However, Charlie is not at all like the others, and, as Gloria soon finds out, they have more in common than she thinks.


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The problem with air pollution in India
Liam Bates, co-founder of air-monitoring technology start-up Kaiterra speaks to Lounge on purifiers, masks and understanding pollution
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Liam Bates, co-founder of Beijing-based air-monitoring technology start-up Kaiterra. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint
By Sohini Dey
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution causes seven million deaths annually across the world. Of this, 3.8 million deaths are caused by household or indoor air pollution. The statistics are pretty grim—a majority of the world's population breathes polluted air all the time. If you think these statistics don't apply to you, Liam Bates would like to disabuse you of the notion. The co-founder of Beijing-based air-monitoring technology start-up Kaiterra was in Delhi, a city often in the news for its hazardous pollution levels, for an event earlier this month. "Pollution is hard to detect, especially when the sky is blue like today," he jokes before turning his attention to indoor air pollution. "You hear statistics like breathing polluted air for an hour is like smoking 200 cigarettes. And then you realize that the time you spent sleeping was equal to smoking 100 cigarettes." Bates spoke to Lounge about the importance of air monitoring and the state of air in India. Edited excerpts:
What got you interested in air monitoring and how did you start the company?
I live in Beijing and a few years ago, it was a lot like (what) Delhi is now. It's different there now but there was a lack of awareness about air pollution and it really started from wanting to understand the issue. I invested in air-monitoring equipment and I was shocked to realize that there wasn't much of a difference in pollution level indoors and outside. The equipment was quite expensive and there weren't too many options in the market then. So it really grew from a pain point—what on earth we were breathing and helping other people see it.
What kind of research and development went into developing your products?
Traditional air-monitoring equipment can be extremely expensive and bulky—you would have to call in a team of specialists to use the air-monitoring equipment. We had to try and bring down the price, miniaturize it and also make it look good. Our first product (prototype) was made in a paper cup, and we went from that to a plastic prototype, 3D printing and so forth. Laser Egg was a relatively affordable product, which also measured air accurately and now we have the Sensedge for bigger spaces. We want to make air monitoring more accessible.
India, especially Delhi, is always in the news for pollution levels. How difficult is the situation here?
Depending on the season, Delhi is unfortunately one of the most polluted places in the world. But there are many places that don't measure air quality. Pakistan has only recently started publishing air quality data and many places in Africa don't measure or publish any air quality information. Delhi is more like 'one of the most polluted cities in the world that publish air quality information'.
And it's not just Beijing and Delhi. We have seen people adopting our devices in cities like New York and San Francisco too.
What do you think are the challenges in understanding and purifying the air?
The major lack of awareness is actually how easy and sometimes low-cost it can be to fix the problem. Some purifiers are better than others, but even a cheap purifier is useful. If the air is cleaner by 50%, that's already a lot better. There are also these similar concepts that a lot of people have—if I stay inside, it's fine, or I live next to a park. That's nonsense.
A lot of people think they are better off with trees and parks around. Aren't they?
There's no correlation between them at all. Trees don't have a filtration system for the polluting particle. Planting trees is good for morale, for making people feel happy. But it can't fix air pollution. You have to ban vehicles that don't use clean fuel, you close factories or make them install filtration systems. Those are things that actually fix pollution.
What are some of the shortcomings of available purifiers?
Low-cost purifiers may not work as well. It comes down to how much clean air the device can put out. If you have a very large space, (the machine) would be more expensive, But there are lots of affordable, small devices that you can just put in your bedroom. Bedrooms usually aren't huge and you can run it all the time and get 8 hours of clean air while you sleep.
Are there any other popular myths about indoor air pollution?
Earlier, a lot of people would turn off their air purifier during the day. They would come home and turn it on, and by the time the air was clean, they were almost ready to wake up and go to work and turn it off. That's not very efficient and it also happens that people forget to turn it on. Leave the purifier turned on 24x7; most of these things consume very little electricity. You can also leave it on a lower fan speed and in the long run, you might even save electricity and also have better air.
And can masks be effective in keeping the effects of pollution away?
It depends—some of them work very well. Like there are some brands that are very good—3M, for example, makes great masks. But I see people buying really expensive masks and I have to ask, would you rather spend the money on masks or improving the air inside. People spend 90% of their time indoors. Fixing the air in your home is a more logical cost-benefit.
What are your plans in the coming months, especially for India?
As a company, we want to fix the problems of outdoor (air pollution). We don't want to be selling band-aids, you know, but work on the root causes that have been unidentified. And so the first step is to work out what the problem is. We have a lot of internal research and we hope to eventually make the data public
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Lol I dont think so i do have him on snapchat havent talked to him a whole lot though wish I could bring him back really miss the guy. Had some good memories.
Hey, whats up brothers and sisters i don't know if anyone even remembers who i am but I've come back and wanted to say hello and give you a little update. I'm still a filthy Weeaboo, that part hasn't changed, i'm 20 years old now last time i was super active was when i was about 17 turning 18 been quite a while hasn't it. As soon as i got out of high school i immediately decided to go to college and get a major in Psychology so i had no free time and focused on that but stopped after going for a year. Had to sell alot of things in order to pay off my debts and finally am able to commit some time into the community once again. Ended up getting everything back quite a while ago but i had family matters i had to take care of. How has everyone been, what did i miss?
I nominate to remove blackout But really, looking through all these maps, i agree with removing them at least with the current state of the population as Rootbeer stated. Now if i remember correctly "jb_ivanns_is_a_faggot_csgo_v2" was one map that had a anime room, that's something that i'm going to miss greatly.


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TRB Webinar: Visualizing Effects of COVID-19 on Transportation: A One-Year Retrospective
March 8, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST
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The Transportation Research Board will host a Visualizing Effects of COVID-19 on Transportation: A One-Year Retrospective webinar on March 8, 2021 that will delve into the pandemic's effect on transportation.
Presenters will discuss visualizations of where these impacts have been especially notable, including the drastic reduction in road and air traffic and in public transit ridership during early days of the pandemic. They will provide perspectives from the local, state, and international levels.
Highlighted presentations include:
Visualizing COVID-19 impacts on urban mobility: Kaan Ozbay, New York University
Visualizing COVID-19 impacts on state level-mobility: Michael Pack, University of Maryland
Visualizing COVID-19 impacts on air travel: Mark Duell, FlightAware
Question and answer session: Charles Lattimer, University of Maryland
The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.
Professional Development Hour Information
Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs). TRB's webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.
This webinar was organized by the TRB Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation.
Learn more at the National Academies' Visualizing Effects of COVID-19 on Transportation: A One-Year Retrospective webpage.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Alimta (pemetrexed disodium) for use in combination with cisplatin for the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma-a rare type of cancer. Alimta received a priority review and is designated as an orphan drug. It is the first drug approved for this condition.
Cancer of the mesothelium, a membrane that covers and protects most of the internal organs of the body is rare; about 2,000 new cases are diagnosed in the United States each year. This form of cancer is usually associated with a history of asbestos exposure. Asbestos fibers lodged in the lung attach to the outer lung lining and chest wall, causing tumors to grow. By the time symptoms appear, the disease is usually advanced, and patients live, on average, nine to thirteen months following diagnosis.
"Up to now there has been no effective treatment for treating mesothelioma. Alimta offers new promise in treating this fatal cancer," said FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan M.D., Ph.D, "and its quick approval demonstrates FDA's commitment to making safe and effective products available as soon as possible."
The effectiveness of Alimta was established in one randomized clinical trial comparing the effects of treatment with Alimta given with cisplatin to treatment with cisplatin alone. Patients receiving Alimta and cisplatin lived three months longer after randomization than patients given cisplatin alone (12 months vs. nine months). Alimta must be administered with vitamin B-12 and folic acid supplementation to decrease the incidence and severity of adverse effects.
The most common adverse reactions observed with use of Alimta are low white blood count, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, rash, and diarrhea. Patients and caregivers should be encouraged to report the onset of fever, chills, diarrhea, and mouth ulcers immediately, since these symptoms could be a sign of infection, resulting from bone marrow suppression by the drug. Orphan drugs are developed to treat rare diseases, that is, conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. The Orphan Drug Act provides a seven-year period of exclusive marketing for the drug to the first sponsor who obtains marketing approval for a designated orphan drug.
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If you have a special event coming up, you might have an eye on the latest lacy looks, in many shades from blush pink to smoky grey.
Fashion lovers might also be interested to know about a major new exhibition Lace in Fashion, at The Fashion Museum in Bath, running until January 2018. The exhibition showcases over 60 exquisite pieces, showing how lace has been used in fashion from the time of Shakespeare to the present day and featuring designs from Karl Lagerfeld, Norman Hartnell, Alexander McQueen, Erdem, Valentino and Christopher Kane amongst others.


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At least 70 snakes caught
2020-07-17 Majorca	By Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Almost 70 snakes caught in Majorca.
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Almost 70 snakes have been captured in three Municipalities of the Pla de Mallorca, according to the Minister of Environment & Territory, Miquel Mir, who presented the data of the Trades Control Plan on Thursday.
Since the first cages were delivered 68 specimens have been caught in Lloret, Maria and Sineu.
The snakes were delivered to the University of the Balearics, or UIB, for analysis, but Global data won't be available from all the Municipalities until the end of the season. So far, most of the snakes have been located in the most central Municipalities of the Island.
Minister Mir lauded the coordination between the Department and the Commonwealth of Pla, the UIB, the Insular Directorate for Local Cooperation & Hunting, the Balearic Association of Hunting Entities and the Natura Park foundation and stated that "to guarantee the preservation of biodiversity, it is essential not only to carry out the shock plans, but to curb the entry of invasive species."
Credit was also given for the work carried out by the different local corporations and the Consortium for the Recovery of the Balearic Fauna, or Cofib, for providing the 189 cages and training Municipal Officials.
Cofib supplied another 61 cages to individuals in other Municipalities and they were transferred thanks to the collaboration with the European Union PDR program, which is managed through the Balearic Agricultural & Fisheries Guarantee Fund, or Fogaiba.
There are two species of snake in Majorca; the 'serp de garriga' and the 'serp d'aigua'.
In the last decade there has been a process of accidental colonisation by two new species; the 'serp de ferradura' and the 'serp blanca'.
Despite being harmless to people and domestic animals, their presence generates social alarm, especially in urban areas due to their mainly diurnal activity and links to human environments.
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Madhuri Dixit to make her Marathi debut
Indian By PTI Wed, Oct 18, 2017
Bollywood dancing diva Madhuri Dixit is all set to make her debut in a Marathi film. The 50-year-old actor, whose career in Hindi films spans over three decades, is set to feature in a slice-of-life Marathi movie that revolves around the self-realisation journey of a woman with a dash of humour attached to its narrative style.
Talking about the project, Dixit said, "It is a story of every household yet it has a silver lining. It not only gives you hope and inspiration but also encourages you to live life in the true sense. The most fascinating factor for me to choose it is that it is going to carve a niche in everyone's heart."
The yet-to-be-titled film will be directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar, who has co-written the script along with Devashree Shivadekar. On what took her a long time to take up a Marathi project, the 'Dedh Ishqiya' actor said it was the right script for her.
"Marathi cinema is evolving so beautifully and seeing such incredible stories being told makes me beam with pride. I have received a number of scripts over the years since doing a Marathi film was always something I was open to. But the scripts didn't excite me as this one did. When I read this script, it stood out and with the amazing team behind it, I knew that this is what I wanted to be a part of," she said.
The movie is in pre-production stage and will go on floors by the year end.
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Piers Morgan reignites feud with Jeremy Clarkson after he suffered 'smashed testicles' from cow attack
PIERS Morgan has teased his "frenemy" Jeremy Clarkson for suffering "smashed testicles" from a cow attack.
The TV presenters famously got into a punch-up at the 2004 Press Awards.
But despite the one-time showbiz rivals being pals again, they still enjoy winding each other up whenever possible.
Spotting an opportunity to poke fun at The Clarkson's Farm star, Piers shared a story on Twitter about his nasty injury.
Jeremy, 61, was hurt while trying to herd his cattle into a brand new £175,000 barn.
The former Top Gear presenter said it was the worst farming experience he'd had and he was "very miserable" after it happened.
Piers joked: "Is it too late to give that cow a New Year honour?"
Describing what happened in his Sunday Times column, Jeremy said: "I had a plastic bag full of cow treats, which I rattled to let the beasts know that food was in the offing, but as they're pasture-fed, they had no interest in my nutty snacks.
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"One of them, though, did have an interest in killing me."
Jeremy continued: "It's said a cow cannot kick backwards but I can testify to the fact that this isn't true. A cow can kick in any direction.
"They are like Bruce Lee, only more deadly and determined because, having failed to connect with her hoofs, she went for another tack – putting her head between my legs and then raising it smartly.
"This worked well and immediately I was on my knees in the mud with crossed eyes, trying to push the cow away. This, it turns out, is impossible. It's like trying to push Westminster Abbey."
The pair, who also clashed in 2003 when Jeremy allegedly threw wine at Piers as they boarded Concorde's last flight, began to make-up in a six-hour drink session in 2014.
They publicly ended their feud last year when Piers went on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? hosted by Jeremy.
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Graham Sykes was Britain's top male backstroke swimmer of the late fifties and early sixties. Originally an engineer with the Standard Motor Company he competed internationally competition between 1956 and 1962 with his career highlight being a victory in the 110 yards backstroke at the 1962 British Empire Games in Australia. He also won an Empire Games bronze with the English medley relay team in 1958 and silver in the same event in 1962.
His best Olympic performance came in 1956 where he finished sixth in the 100m backstroke final and failed narrowly to reach the final of that event in 1962. Sykes was captain of the British swimming team for the Roma Olympics and swam the lead-off leg for the medley relay team that took seventh place. He won seven British titles at 110 and 220 yards and was national record holder at 100y, 110y and 100m.
Sykes retired from international competition in 1962 though he continued to compete at regional level and continued his involvement with the sport as an official for many years.
He later helped to develop the SportSystems race management software system.


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Dominion extends poop power push with $200M Vanguard Renewables partnership
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Dominion Energy announced a $200 million partnership with dairy and food waste energy company Vanguard Renewables on Wednesday to develop five renewable natural gas projects.
The announcement follows the creation last year of Align Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) — a joint venture between the utility and Smithfield foods. The two companies in October announced they would spend a combined $500 million on renewable natural gas projects through 2028, doubling their previous investment.
The projects with Vanguard, sited in Georgia, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, are expected to wrap up development and begin operations in the next five years or sooner, Dominion spokesperson Aaron Ruby told Utility Dive. The projects will produce a collective 1 billion cubic feet of RNG.
Renewable natural gas is created through trapping the methane emitted by manure and food waste and upgrading it as a fuel to burn. States like Minnesota have been exploring the option as a viable way to cut carbon emissions from buildings, though some critics say investment in electrification is a better, lower emissions route.
Dominion's partnership with Vanguard is not a direct RNG service to Dominion customers, rather Dominion is acting as the capital partner, investing in, owning and marketing the projects, while Vanguard, the largest waste-to-energy company in the Northeast, will design, develop and operate the projects. Though Vanguard's anaerobic digesters typically can include manure or food waste, or a combination of both, this project will focus exclusively on manure-to-energy, according to Ruby.
Driving the utility's gas arm to invest in such projects is customer demand for lower emitting gas, including large commercial and industrial customers, said Ruby. A dairy RNG production would include 20,000 to 30,000 cows, where the manure is processed through Vanguard's anaerobic digesters, capturing the methane that would have otherwise been emitted. The process cuts emissions from agricultural operations and opens up an additional revenue stream for those farms as well.
CenterPoint Energy proposed a renewable natural gas option for its customers in August 2018, which was later rejected by Minnesota regulators in June. Vermont Gas and Southern California Gas Company both have voluntary programs as well, though the practice overall is not very widespread. But interest is growing as the utility and transportation sectors push to decarbonize, Matt Tomich, president of waste energy advocacy group Energy Vision told Utility Dive.
"The norm historically was for utilities to ... do everything they could to make it difficult for biogas producers, whether that be agricultural projects or landfill projects or others, to get access to the pipeline network," he said.
But now, more utilities are open to the idea as consumer demand for lower-emission fuels is growing. And partnerships are a boon to farmers as well.
"The dairy industry in particular has struggled from depressed milk prices and overall challenging economics for the last several years," said Tomich. "And so to us, this is also another kind of source of income and a new way to improve on farm economics."
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Men's Soccer: Bell, Kessler Earn All-Region Honors
Courtesy UVA Sports Media Relations
Virginia men's soccer sophomores Joe Bell and Henry Kessler were each named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second Team for the first time in their careers.
Both were Third-Team All-ACC selections back on Nov. 7 and it marks the third-straight year Virginia has placed multiple student-athletes on the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region teams.
Bell (Wanaka, New Zealand) played every minute for the Cavaliers during the 2018 season and has started the first 38 games of his UVA career. He finished the year with second on the team lead with five assists and added a goal, a game-winner in the 90th minute of the season opener against No. 19 New Hampshire on Aug. 24. He was an honorable mention on TopDrawerSoccer.com's National Team of the Week on Aug. 28 and ranked No. 25 on the TDS Midseason Top 100 list. Bell assisted on a goal in four-straight games from Sept. 18 to Oct. 29.
Kessler (New York, N.Y.) was thrust into the Cavaliers starting center back role at the beginning of the season and helped solidify one of the most formidable back lines in the country. He started all 16 games in which he appeared playing full time in all but three of those matches. Over the first seven games, the Virginia defense conceded only one goal for only the second time in school history and posted the country's 12th lowest goals against average (0.68) through Dec. 1.
The Cavaliers qualified for their 38th-straight NCAA Tournament in 2018, the longest streak in collegiate soccer. UVA advanced to the round of 16 for the 27th time in program history and eventually fell to 7th-seeded Notre Dame in overtime on Nov. 25.


Mix all the dry ingredients well and put them into a large crockery or other non-metallic container. Stir in the water, then add the onion, garlic, and lemon.Add the meat, which should be submerged. It may help to put a plate bottom-down on top of the meat, then weight the plate. Put the container in a cool place for 15 days, turning the meat every day or two.
When you are ready, rinse the meat and cook it by any corned beef recipe.


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Zigfrīds Imants Lenc did not have a name on his home planet, because names were superfluous, but in Lummings, Alabama, where he operated the Latvian restaurant opposite the abortion clinic, his regulars called him Red Ziggy. The "Red" did not refer to the young man's politics. Customers at Café Riga found the eatery's proprietor zealously neutral in political matters, as impervious to provocation as the mimes at the Twelve Oaks Mall. Newcomers often speculated that his colorful nickname arose from the young man's perpetually blush-slapped cheeks: a plausible, yet inaccurate guess. Rather, Ziggy had purchased the eatery from an old-timer known as Red Wally, who'd once made headlines for refusing Rosa Parks a soft drink. Ziggy replaced his predecessor's ham hocks and black-eyed peas with pickled mushrooms and black balzam; the food critic at the Press Sentinel plucked the "Red" off Wally and pinned it onto Zigfrīds. But the review itself had been generous. Café Riga could claim to be the only Latvian restaurant in metropolitan Birmingham-the only Latvian restaurant in the entire state, in fact-which explained Red Ziggy's placement. If the proprietor knew little about Baltic cuisine, his clientele knew even less, so mistakes were unlikely to attract attention. This low profile suited his mission: to observe the outlying planet's inhabitants. Unfortunately, Dr. Schnabel opened his clinic six weeks after Red Ziggy baked his first pīrāgi, drawing competing demonstrators and the national media to Lummings; four months later, Erin Gwench of Saint Agatha's College in Creve Coeur, Rhode Island, came to torment his soul…
"Appel presents a cast of characters worthy of his quirky title. Among them Red Ziggy, a restaurateur from a distant planet who opens Birmingham, Alabama's only Latvian eatery, and Happy Gallows, a widower with granddaughter who advertises in the newspaper for 'housekeeping and discourse.' The topics are weighty-abortion, climate change, cancer-but the touch light enough to make you wonder whether you're reading miracles and conundrums of this world or some other. An intriguing read."
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Jacob M. Appel is a physician, attorney and bioethicist based in New York City. He is the author of more than two hundred published short stories and is a past winner of the Boston Review Short Fiction Competition, the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award for the Short Story, the Dana Award, the Arts & Letters Prize for Fiction, the North American Review's Kurt Vonnegut Prize, the Missouri Review's Editor's Prize, the Sycamore Review's Wabash Prize, the Briar Cliff Review's Short Fiction Prize, the H. E. Francis Prize, the New Millennium Writings Fiction Award in four different years, an Elizabeth George Fellowship and a Sherwood Anderson Foundation Writers Grant. His stories have been short-listed for the O. Henry Award, Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best American Mystery Stories, and the Pushcart Prize anthology on numerous occasions. His first novel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up, won the Dundee International Book Prize in 2012. Jacob holds graduate degrees from Brown University, Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, Harvard Law School, New York University's MFA program in fiction and Albany Medical College's Alden March Institute of Bioethics. He taught for many years at Brown University and currently teaches at the Gotham Writers' Workshop and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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70 YR OLD FLORIST SUED TILL BANKRUPTCY FOR NOT SUPPORTING GAY CUSTOMER'S WEDDING
Stutzman is the Washington florist who has been sued for living out her Christian beliefs. In 2013, a long-time friend and customer came to her flower shop and asked her to provide flowers for his gay wedding. Stutzman had known this man and had done business with him for about nine years. Nevertheless, she told him that she could not participate in his wedding "because of my relationship with Jesus."
[EXPOSED] CONFESSIONS OF A GAY SAF OFFICER
I'm an officer with the saf. And I am gay. I was being investigated by the MSD for allegations of "bringing disrepute to the saf" by visiting a gay club earlier last year, and further, being penalized by confessing I am gay. I was deemed a security threat, had my security clearance downgraded, transferred to a non-ops unit and my promotion stalled among all the ridiculous "measures" to "manage" me. The most humiliating thing was to sign a form which basically says i can't be gay & to refrain from engaging in any homosexual activities.
GAY PEDOPHILE SEXUALLY ABUSED 30 BOYS & KEPT 2,000 VIDEOS OF THESE SEX ACTS
Yap Weng Wah, a 31 year old Malaysian quality assurance engineer admitted to preying on 31 young boys aged between 11 and 15 over a three year period. This was one of Singapore's worst case of sex crimes against young boys. After one of the boys made a police report, police who raided his home were shocked to find more than 2,000 homemade video clips in his laptop.
OPEN LETTER TO MOE: CEASE THE HIRING OF MALE GAY TEACHERS
Does MOE and her respective schools have any safeguards to ensure that our school grounds do not become a hunting ground for these sexual predators? I hope our Education Minister Mr Heng Swee Keat has not turned a blind eye to these incidents and I hope he can set a proper directive and address this issue before parents lose trust in our educational institutions.
YALE-NUS GRAPPLES WITH SINGAPORE'S ANTI-GAY SECTION 377A
In recent months, campus discussion regarding freedom of expression at Yale-NUS has been focused on Singaporean laws limiting free speech. But on Wednesday when, Singapore's highest court upheld a law — Section 377A — criminalizing sex between men, questions arose regarding whether students at Yale-NUS are free to explore their sexual orientation.
GAYS WHO WANT SECTION 377A REPEALED CAN WAIT LONG LONG
There is no point in contesting any of this, guys, straight or otherwise. We've got a long way to go before we even reach AWAREness standards. But for gay men, how about taking it one step at a time? Challenge the mandatory jail time on 377A. Get it knocked down to a fine per time. You see, it adds up. Take it as a tax for making the government tlose potential GST-paying, CPF contributing citizens.
LGBT GROUPS: WE DISAGREE WITH THE COURT'S INSISTENCE ON MAKING GAY SEX A CRIME
Community groups representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on Thursday (Oct 30) called the ruling by the Court of Appeal on Section 377A of the Penal Code "a narrow interpretation" and "unacceptable". This comes a day after the nation's highest court ruled that a law which criminalises sex between men is constitutional, and did not infringe on the rights of the people who filed two separate appeal - Kenneth Chee Mun-Leon, Gary Lim Meng Suang, and Tan Eng Hong.
NUS LAW DON WALTER WOON & PROF TOMMY KOH CROSS SWORDS OVER ANTI-GAY SEX LAW
The subject of universal human rights took a local turn at a university forum on Tuesday night, with two top lawyers disagreeing over whether an anti-gay sex law should be done away with. National University of Singapore (NUS) law don Walter Woon said he was in favour of repealing the law because of what he sees as a "constitutional problem". NUS Centre for International Law chairman Tommy Koh agreed that the provision should in principle be done without, but said abolishing it was "not so simple" given potential political pushback. A majority of Singaporeans were against a repeal going by opinion polls, Prof Koh said.
MOE JC TEACHER JAILED FOR SEX WITH 14 YR OLD BOY HE MET ON FB
A junior college teacher who engaged in sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy he befriended on Facebook was jailed for 25 months yesterday. Physics teacher Paul Tan Sze Aik, 37, admitted to three charges with three other offences, including having obscene films, taken into consideration during sentencing.
GAY MEN SEEKS TO DECRIMINALIZE HOMOSEXUAL SEX
The law that criminalises sex between men should be modified so that it does not apply to private acts between consenting adults, the lawyer for a gay couple argued in the Court of Appeal on Monday. Senior Counsel Deborah Barker, representing Mr Gary Lim, 46, and Mr Kenneth Chee, 39, said her clients are not asking for affirmation that male homosexual conduct is acceptable in Singapore.


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Today's tide times for Nea Smyrni
The predicted tide times today on Wednesday 20 January 2021 for Nea Smyrni are: first low tide at 1:37pm, first high tide at 10:20pm. Sunrise is at 7:37am and sunset is at 5:35pm.
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The tide chart above shows the height and times of high tide and low tide for Nea Smyrni. The red flashing dot shows the tide time right now. The grey shading corresponds to nighttime hours between sunset and sunrise at Nea Smyrni.
Tide Times are EET (UTC +2.0hrs). Last Spring High Tide at Nea Smyrni was on Thu 14 Jan (height: 0.10m 0.3ft). Next high Spring Tide at Nea Smyrni will be on Wed 27 Jan (height: 0.10m 0.3ft).
Nea Smyrni tide chart key: The tide chart above shows the height and times of high tide and low tide for Nea Smyrni. The grey shading corresponds to nighttime hours between sunset and sunrise at Nea Smyrni.
Nea Smyrni tide times for January and February
January and February Tide charts for Nea Smyrni: The tide charts below show the height, time and date of high and low tides for the next 30 days.
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni (tomorrow): Thursday 21 January 2021
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Friday 22 January 2021
High Tide 12:23 PM(Fri 22 January) 0.13 ft (0.04 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Saturday 23 January 2021
Low Tide 7:27 AM(Sat 23 January) 0.1 ft (0.03 m)
High Tide 11:52 PM(Sat 23 January) 0.26 ft (0.08 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Sunday 24 January 2021
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Monday 25 January 2021
High Tide 00:21 AM(Mon 25 January) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
Low Tide 8:15 AM(Mon 25 January) 0.03 ft (0.01 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Tuesday 26 January 2021
High Tide 00:58 AM(Tue 26 January) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
Low Tide 8:45 AM(Tue 26 January) 0.03 ft (0.01 m)
Low Tide 6:31 PM(Tue 26 January) 0.13 ft (0.04 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Wednesday 27 January 2021
High Tide 1:28 AM(Wed 27 January) 0.33 ft (0.1 m)
Low Tide 7:14 PM(Wed 27 January) 0.13 ft (0.04 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Thursday 28 January 2021
High Tide 2:01 AM(Thu 28 January) 0.33 ft (0.1 m)
Low Tide 9:44 AM(Thu 28 January) 0.0 ft (0.0 m)
High Tide 2:38 AM(Fri 29 January) 0.33 ft (0.1 m)
Low Tide 10:13 AM(Fri 29 January) 0.0 ft (0.0 m)
Low Tide 10:43 AM(Sat 30 January) 0.0 ft (0.0 m)
High Tide 5:27 PM(Sat 30 January) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
High Tide 3:40 AM(Sun 31 January) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
Low Tide 11:16 AM(Sun 31 January) 0.03 ft (0.01 m)
High Tide 6:10 PM(Sun 31 January) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
Low Tide 10:11 PM(Sun 31 January) 0.16 ft (0.05 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Monday 01 February 2021
Low Tide 11:44 AM(Mon 01 February) 0.03 ft (0.01 m)
High Tide 6:56 PM(Mon 01 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
Low Tide 11:22 PM(Mon 01 February) 0.16 ft (0.05 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Tuesday 02 February 2021
Low Tide 12:17 PM(Tue 02 February) 0.07 ft (0.02 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Wednesday 03 February 2021
Low Tide 1:11 AM(Wed 03 February) 0.16 ft (0.05 m)
High Tide 5:28 AM(Wed 03 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Thursday 04 February 2021
Low Tide 1:20 PM(Thu 04 February) 0.1 ft (0.03 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Friday 05 February 2021
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Saturday 06 February 2021
High Tide 11:24 PM(Sat 06 February) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
Tide Times for Nea Smyrni: Sunday 07 February 2021
High Tide 00:06 AM(Mon 08 February) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
High Tide 00:48 AM(Tue 09 February) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
High Tide 3:12 PM(Tue 09 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
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High Tide 3:44 PM(Wed 10 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
High Tide 2:02 AM(Thu 11 February) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
Low Tide 9:37 AM(Thu 11 February) 0.0 ft (0.0 m)
High Tide 4:09 PM(Thu 11 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
High Tide 2:35 AM(Fri 12 February) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
Low Tide 10:05 AM(Fri 12 February) 0.03 ft (0.01 m)
High Tide 4:41 PM(Fri 12 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
High Tide 3:05 AM(Sat 13 February) 0.3 ft (0.09 m)
High Tide 5:08 PM(Sat 13 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
Low Tide 10:56 AM(Sun 14 February) 0.03 ft (0.01 m)
High Tide 5:33 PM(Sun 14 February) 0.2 ft (0.06 m)
Low Tide 10:09 PM(Sun 14 February) 0.16 ft (0.05 m)
Low Tide 11:31 AM(Tue 16 February) 0.1 ft (0.03 m)
Low Tide 11:45 AM(Wed 17 February) 0.1 ft (0.03 m)
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Exciting discoveries unearthed in 2005 gave us an unexpected glimpse of the Medieval Period at Mellor, which was previously only confined to the historical record.
A Barbed Iron Arrowhead was found in Trench 35 and the packing around a double line of postholes (used to secure each post during the construction of a building) found in the adjoining Trench 33, have been found to date from between the 11th to the 13th Centuries. Furthermore, the exposed area uncovered a series of post pits which held a pottery assemblage dating from the 12th, 13th and 14th Centuries, tying in with a radiocarbon date in the deep postpit of AD1000 to 1250.


The U.S. Senate has approved two Republicans nominated by President Donald Trump to serve on FERC, which oversees the nation's power grid and natural gas pipelines. The unanimous vote yesterday restores a voting quorum that will now allow American energy companies the ability to move forward with projects that will create jobs and improve our security. Among them is the $1 billion PennEast pipeline in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
On May 29, 2015, NJ Spotlight presented a public roundtable on the pros and cons of pipeline construction in the Garden State.
Business Manager Greg Lalevee presented the Local 825 viewpoints. If you'd prefer to read NJ Spotlight's written coverage, click here.
Local 825 Business Manager Greg Lalevee responds to anti-pipeline editorial with a call for objectivity.
SPRINGFIELD, NJ, Sept. 2, 2014 – Operating Engineers Local 825 and the Engineers Labor-Employer Cooperative (ELEC) today jointly announced full support for a proposed 100-mile long pipeline from Luzerne County, Pa., into New Jersey.
FERC approves Spectra Energy Pipeline — construction begins!
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave final approval of the natural gas pipeline expansion to run through parts of Jersey City and Bayonne and offshore of Hoboken. The approval is the latest in a years-long effort to find an acceptable route for the pipeline and allow work to begin.
That report said the 20-mile pipeline would have "limited adverse environmental impacts" mostly during the construction phase. The plan received final approval by the commission's board on May 21.
IUOE Local 825 members had supported the pipeline project for more than two years to help meet increased demands for natural gas in our region and provide good jobs for our members.
Pending approval of a final implementation plan, a controversial interstate energy expansion project got the green light from state and federal regulatory officials to construct nearly 7 miles of natural gas pipeline through Hunterdon County.
The $341 million Northeast Supply Link project is designed to expand the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co.'s existing underground pipeline infrastructure to transport natural gas produced by Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale fields to northeastern markets. The project is expected to deliver gas to Princeton and New York by November 2013, with construction scheduled to begin this spring, according to a spokeswoman for the project's owner, Tulsa-based natural gas transporter Williams Partners LP.


Green card through marriage and divorced in under 2 years?
The removal of conditions process is an additional safe-guard that USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) uses to make sure that a marriage is bona fide before approval for a permanent green card. If you obtained your green card through marriage and had been married for less than two years when you received your green card you will have to submit an application for removal of conditions, I-751. This allows you to obtain your "permanent" green card which is valid for ten years. For those whose marriage has since ended, this can be a confusing process. Some are not sure whether they can still file for removal of conditions.
This article explains why you should still file for removal of conditions and how to go about it even after your marriage has terminated.
Even when a marriage has terminated you still must file for the removal of conditions before the expiration date written on the card. If you do not file, you will automatically lose your status on the expiration date and become removable from the United States because these consequences are so severe, it is very important to file the petition before the expiration date.
Normally, when you are still married, you and your petitioner-spouse apply for the Waiver jointly, meaning that you both sign it and appear together for an interview. However, there are several circumstances where USCIS allows you to apply for a Waiver of the "joint filing requirement". One of the circumstances is where the marriage was bona fide but then later was terminated either by divorce or annulment. In this case, you will need to submit to USCIS a certified copy of the divorce judgment and or annulment. In addition, USCIS will need to see bona fide of your marriage up to the point of separation. In other words, just because the marriage may have ended, USCIS still needs to be satisfied that the marriage was still real and entered into in good faith.
Some of our clients that are separating ask us whether to seek a divorce or an annulment, and whether or not it makes a difference. Although we are not divorce attorneys, for the purposes of waiving the joint filing requirement, USCIS accepts termination of a marriage by either divorce or annulment and they do not appear to be treated differently. Throughout the instructions to the Form I-751 it indicates that a conditional resident may apply for a Waiver when the marriage was "terminated due to divorce or annulment", indicating that either is acceptable.
What if the Divorce or Annulment is Not Yet Final?
USCIS has indicated that if the divorce or annulment is not yet final, a Request for Evidence (RFE) may be issued asking for a copy of the final divorce judgment or annulment and a written statement asking to have the petition treated as a Waiver of the joint filing requirement. The RFE will generally allow a response within 87 days. If the divorce or annulment becomes final during the response time then USCIS will evaluate the petition.
As always, we recommend submitting ample evidence that your marriage was real for however long it lasted. Your marriage ending should not be an obstacle to prevent you from obtaining your permanent greencard.
This article is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. This blog is for educational purposes only. Remember that each case is unique. If you have questions about your own immigration case, please call us at (916) 613-3553 or Email us to schedule a consultation.


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Today we're celebrating a very special birthday – a 110th birthday, that is! The Montreal Children's Hospital first opened its doors on January 30, 1904 and was the first pediatric hospital in Quebec. Known as the Children's Memorial Hospital at the time, it was actually located on Guy Street in Montreal. It was a bilingual institution with the sole mandate of caring for sick children. Were you ever cared for at the Children's? Help us celebrate an exciting milestone by sharing your experience with us. Send us an email: info@thechildren.com.


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Q: react-dates triggers unexpected redux actions I'm learning React and Redux. I got stuck with a connection of the react-dates component to the Redux. The main problem is that something (possibly react-dates) fires redux actions (SET_START_DATE, SET_END_DATE) at the start of an app, even though they should happen after I click on a date inside of a calendar. Thus I'm getting these errors:
Failed prop type: Invalid input type: `startDate` of type `string`
supplied to `withStyles(DateRangePicker)`, expected `object`.

Failed prop type: Invalid input type: `endDate` of type `string`
supplied to `withStyles(DateRangePicker)`, expected `object`.

Uncaught TypeError: date.format is not a function

Component's code with DatePicker:
import 'react-dates/initialize';
import 'react-dates/lib/css/_datepicker.css';

import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {connect} from 'react-redux';

import {DateRangePicker} from 'react-dates'
import {setEndDate, setStartDate} from "../actions/filters";

class Filters extends Component {

state = {
    calendarFocused: null
};

onDatesChange = ({startDate, endDate}) => {
    this.props.setStartDate(startDate);
    this.props.setEndDate(endDate);
};

onFocusChange = (calendarFocused) => {
    this.setState(() => ({calendarFocused}));
};

render() {
    return (
        <div>

            {
                <DateRangePicker
                    startDateId="startDate"
                    endDateId="endDate"
                    startDate={this.props.startDate}
                    endDate={this.props.endDate}
                    onDatesChange={this.onDatesChange}
                    focusedInput={this.state.calendarFocused}
                    onFocusChange={this.onFocusChange}
                    showClearDates={true}
                    numberOfMonths={1}
                    isOutsideRange={() => false}
                />
            }

        </div>
    );
   }
}

function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
       startDate: state.filters.startDate,
       endDate: state.filters.endDate
   };
  }

function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
   return {
       setStartDate: (startDate) => dispatch(setStartDate(startDate)),
       setEndDate: (endDate) => dispatch(setEndDate(endDate)),
   };
}

export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(Filters);

Actions:
// SET_START_DATE
export const setStartDate = (startDate) => ({
    type: 'SET_START_DATE',
    startDate
});

// SET_END_DATE
export const setEndDate = (endDate) => ({
    type: 'SET_END_DATE',
    endDate
});

Reducers:
import moment from 'moment';

const filtersReducerDefaultState = {
    startDate: moment().startOf('month'),
    endDate: moment().endOf('month')
};

export default (state = filtersReducerDefaultState, action) => {
    switch (action.type) {

        case 'SET_START_DATE': {

            console.log(action.startDate);

            return {
                ...state,
                startDate: action.startDate
            }
        }

        case 'SET_END_DATE': {
            return {
                ...state,
                endDate: action.endDate
            }
        }

        default:
            return state;

    }
};

I'm using these dependencies:

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*"react": "^16.4.2",

*"react-dates": "^17.2.0",

*"react-redux": "^5.0.7",

*"redux": "^4.0.0",

*"redux-thunk": "^2.3.0"

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May 5, 2014 Electricity Grid, Vulnerabilities
Report : Our National Power Grid is 'Inherently Vulnerable'
Our national power grid spans three interconnected regions.
What happened the last time you flicked a light switch? The power came on, right? And the time before, and the time before. More importantly, you also expect it to continue coming on next time you flick the switch, too.
Well, maybe you don't have such expectations, because you're a cautious prepper, and the unknown is unsurprising to you. But all the unaware people around us – their lives would be destroyed if our national electricity distribution grid failed to function as it needs to, distributing electricity from the places in the country where it is generated to the places in the country where it is needed, smoothing out regional peaks and troughs of demand, and so on.
If you look around you, you probably see houses or offices, stores full of goods, cars and trucks on highways, and so on – all the essential things of our society. But our entire society is built on the thing you don't see – electricity. Given the essential nature of this intangible, you might be forgiven for assuming that the integrity of the electrical grid is assured, protected, and robustly engineered to be fail-safe and fault-tolerant.
On the other hand, you know what they say about making assumptions…..
With that as introduction, here now is a semi-secret report by New Jersey's Regional Operations Intelligence Center (ROIC) which monitors regional (terrorist) threat levels. The report is of course written in 'officialese' and is careful not to make any comments or express any opinions that are too extreme or upsetting. But it does note an uptick in probing type activity against grid infrastructure locations across the entire country, including at least three intrusions in NJ located facilities in October 2013 and another three in January 2014. It focused on three more intrusions over the last year (in AR, AZ and CA) that it says highlights the grid's vulnerability.
The report's conclusion? Our national grid is 'inherently vulnerable' to attacks that could wipe out power across vast portions of the country.
The report is as significant for what it doesn't say as for what it does say. While it acknowledges that many 'critical links' in the grid infrastructure sit open and unprotected in remote locations, and correctly says this makes the grid vulnerable, it fails to consider the implications of a grid failure, and – perhaps most significantly of all – it fails to mention how long it would take to restore the grid after an attack that took out more than one or two or three key locations.
As we've reported in previous articles on this topic (and, if nothing else, do read this article in particular – Why Our Electricity Grid is So Vulnerable), the huge problem we have is that the super-transformers that are used in the grid are not made in the US, but instead are made in China, and have to be ordered years in advance of delivery. If we need one more super-transformer, we might have to wait three years, but what happens if we need ten or a hundred of them? Sure, the first might be delivered in three years time, but how long until the tenth and the one hundredth arrive?
That's a problem with no upside, only downside. Indeed, who really cares about the delivery date for the 100th replacement super-transformer. The three-year delay to receive the first of them is more than enough cause for concern. What part of our society can function for three years without electricity? For three months? For three weeks? For many people and businesses, three days will be a struggle, three weeks will see starvation set in, and in way less than three months, unconstrained anarchy will reign.
It is an enormous puzzle as to how our nation happily (?) spends billions of dollars a year on aviation type security, but willfully overlooks a vulnerability that is much easier to exploit and which could have much greater negative impacts on very many more people than could any type of attack on our aviation system.
Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do as preppers to reduce the national vulnerability to our power grid going down. But there's a lot we can do to reduce our personal vulnerability to such things.
Have you done so for yourself? Are you doing so at present?
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Yep, this site explainw more about what a Carrington Event is and what it would do ( a CME of the sun)
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/p/carrington-event-and-astronomy.html
garylandggsboo
If it's of interest, we created an extreme exercise pertaining exactly to such an event. It was carefully prepared after much study. Unfortunately, few of our listening audience seemed to feel inclined to participate. There are multiple entries and scenario updates, which directly address some of the dynamics presented in this article.
http://garylandggsboo.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/carrington-event-exercise-pic-001/
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I don't know what a "super transformer" is, except for the obvious, but every time I drive down a road that has those tall metal or wood towers with high tension cables on them I think of how easy it would be for ISIS or any terrorist group to cause mass anarchy. especially if you have two lines of towers crossing or even running in parallel to each other. Topple one tower onto the other before you blow the second and you have caused a giant shock in both directions all the way back to major distribution centers. Is that where the super transformers are?
David Spero
A 'super' transformer is simply a 'really big one'. 🙂
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#define SQLPP_CONTAINER_COLUMN_H

namespace sqlpp
{
	namespace container
	{
		template<typename Column>
			struct column_t
			{
				static_assert(::sqlpp::is_column_t<Column>::value, "Invalid argument for column_t");

				using _column_spec_t = typename Column::_spec_t;
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				template<typename T>
				auto operator()(T& t) const -> decltype(_column_spec_t::template accesssor_t<T>::get(t))&
				{
					return _column_spec_t::template accesssor_t<T>::get(t);
				}

				template<typename T>
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					return _column_spec_t::template accesssor_t<T>::get(lhs) < _column_spec_t::template accesssor_t<T>::get(rhs);
				}

				template<typename T>
				bool greater(const T& lhs, const T& rhs) const
				{
					return _column_spec_t::template accesssor_t<T>::get(lhs) > _column_spec_t::template accesssor_t<T>::get(rhs);
				}
			};
	}

	template<typename... Args>
		struct interpreter_t<::sqlpp::container::context_t, column_t<Args...>>
		{
			using T = column_t<Args...>;

			static ::sqlpp::container::column_t<T> _(const T& t, ::sqlpp::container::context_t& context)
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Home News GRIPP participates in "Groundwater Thursday" at 7th Africa Water Week, Libreville, Gabon
GRIPP participates in "Groundwater Thursday" at 7th Africa Water Week, Libreville, Gabon
The 7thAfrica Water Week (AWW-7), which took place during 29th October to 2nd November, 2018 in Libreville, Gabon, could be labelled "Groundwater Thursday", as many sessions were dedicated to emphasizing the significance of groundwater in achieving AWW-7's theme on "Water Security and Safely Managed Sanitation for Africa".
Speaking on the sub theme "Influencing Policy and Practice" in a session convened by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW) and Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor (UPGro), Kitchinme Bawa Gotau, an AMCOW representative from Nigeria, said "AMCOW will set up a desk at the Secretariat in Abuja to coordinate all groundwater activities across the continent." In addition, the council will work with all partners to harness their unique expertise that will enable the desk grow into an institution.
Kitchinme Bawa Gotau, AMCOW Representative
Timothy Williams, Director, Africa at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), who spoke on behalf of GRIPP said, "AMCOW has a dependable partner in GRIPP, which is committed to serving as a platform for collating knowledge and evidence to promote sustainable groundwater development in Africa and beyond." He also called on AMCOW and partners to coordinate and streamline the needs assessment across the continent to give a true picture of different groundwater needs in different regions.
Timothy Williams, Director, Africa, IWMI
Andrew Bullock, a Research Specialist for UPGro and supporting the Rural Water Supply Network in their UPGro knowledge brokering role, moderated the session and shared key issues that came up on "Groundwater Thursday". These include: improving access to groundwater, identifying the exploitation bottlenecks, mapping and monitoring for different purposes and ascertaining the different impact pathways of groundwater. He also reminded participants that the greatest beneficiaries of groundwater are women, children and the vulnerable in society.
Andrew Bullock (first from left) Research Specialist, UPGro
At least eight groundwater networks, including GRIPP, pledged to support AMCOW set up a desk to coordinate all groundwater activities across the continent (see box below).
Africa Water Week reiterates the importance of getting groundwater higher on the political agenda, which GRIPP has worked to do at Stockholm World Water Week around groundwater-based natural infrastructure and will continue to do so zealously. The immense contribution of groundwater to water security in Africa cannot be overemphasized since it is less vulnerable to drought and furthermore, every second person depends on it to meet his or her basic water needs.
Box 1. AMCOW convenes with African networks in support of a pan-African groundwater initiative to improve groundwater management for the benefit of the African people, 7th Africa Water Week, Libreville, Gabon.
Written on behalf of UPGro, RWSN, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP), International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC), Africa Groundwater Network (AGW-Net), International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), Southern African Development Community – Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI), GRIPP and AMCOW.
Recognizing the dependency of the African population on groundwater, which makes a significant contribution to the security of water supplies for domestic and productive uses across the continent, providing a drinking water source for over 50% of the population and a buffering against climate change.
Further recognizing the potential of groundwater in adaptation and mitigation strategies, use in the agriculture and industrial sectors, and as part of improved, resilient and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, to make further and significant contributions to economic growth and poverty reduction.
Future development of groundwater resources will depend upon implementation of the following:
Aquifer characterization and understanding
Conjunctive use of water resources and Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)
Management of transboundary aquifers and transboundary cooperation
Capacity strengthening within the water sector for sustainable groundwater management
Groundwater and land-use planning
Coastal aquifer management to avoid seawater intrusion
Sharing groundwater knowledge
A number of active groundwater networks convened in Gabon to forge a strong connection with the African political agenda around water. The networks displayed a number of examples where improved groundwater management is providing improvements to the lives and livelihoods of the African people.
Having taken stock of AMCOW's original aspirations for a strategic pan-African groundwater initiative, the networks were cognizant of the efforts to forge a pan-African groundwater commission. In dialogue with the AMCOW Secretariat, the networks responded to the need for guidance to invigorate a pan-African groundwater program over the medium-term to demonstrate the benefits of a politically-connected pan-African approach. Having heard AMCOW's outlook for the future, the networks expressed their support in that direction and their willingness to work in partnership with AMCOW to find a fruitful way forward.
See further key messages on groundwater In Africa in three languages from the 1stSADC Groundwater Conference in Johannesburg, 26-28 Sep, 2018.
Stay up to date on the best available knowledge on groundwater solutions by joining GRIPP's mailing list.
Photo Credits: Matilda Dennis Quaicoe, IWMI
Africa Water Week, AWW, GRIPP, groundwater.
Conjunctive management of shared surface and groundwater systems in the SADC Region, Africa
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The vicious saberon are a cat-like species native to Draenor.
Few creatures embody the savagery of Draenor as much as the saberon, vaguely feline beasts who have adapted to nearly all of this world's diverse environments. From the icy caverns of Frostfire to the steamy jungles of Tanaan to the maze-like rocky outcroppings of Nagrand, there's not a niche that the ferocious saberon haven't conquered. Saberon outwardly appear more advanced than beasts; they have a social structure, and can shape simple tools into weapons. Adventurers should be especially wary of saberon hunting parties, whose coordinated attacks, sharp rending claws, and ability to shadowstep behind prey make them deadly indeed.
After the Mag'har of the alternate Draenor arrived on the main universe Azeroth, saberon could be seen running off toward the Northern Barrens.
Saberon are cat-like humanoids, standing around 6-7 feet tall. Their ranks include hunters and warriors, as well as witchdoctors and "shadowshapers", both wielders of magic. The saberon have highly developed rituals and customs.
Melee types usually wear minimal clothing, often a simple loincloth, and may fight barehanded or with dual-wielded knife-like weapons. In contrast, the magical types are lavishly decorated with complex garments, ornamentation and feathers, and wield large and lengthy jawbones as weapons. These saberon are adorned with necklaces, belts, shoulders, bracers and headdresses, and wear wrap-like garments covering their lower bodies.
The difference between the appearance of the two groups is likely due to the higher position or rank of the magic-wielding types within saberon culture, but may also relate to religious or ritual purposes.
They cook and eat other humanoids such as orcs.
A saberon in its lair.
Saberon have strong hearts, and shaman of the Laughing Skull clan find many uses for them.
Conceptually they seem to be based at least partially on the tigon model.
The basic saberon model is also used for the druid [Claws of Shirvallah] form.
Saberon models were in the game during Mists of Pandaria.
Saberon use the same model skeleton and animations as saurok and male worgen.
Saberon are the only civilized Draenor race whose origins are not covered in Chronicle Volume 2. In fact, the only time saberon are mentioned in the book at all is in the story of Terokk.
This species vanished or was completely annihilated when Draenor of the main universe was shattered into Outland.


M101 / NGC5457 or most commonly known as the Pinwheel Galaxy is a face on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major and has a distance of around 21 million light years from Earth.
This is the first time I have ever imaged this object, I will re-visit next year when I will image at F2.8 with a wider field of view using a keller reducer.
Getting the best FWHM in your images is something that I have struggled with when imaging a whole night. As the temperature fluctuates, so does the FWHM in your images, this was a problem I had with my images at the beginning of the season. I looked around and the only focuser I could find was not a stepper motor focuser, so it didn't offer predictable results. Since I am using the stock focuser for my Sky-Watcher Quattro 8-CF (and it's a solid focuser at that), I did not really want to change focuser mid-season, so I did some research and landed upon the PrimaluceLabs Sesto Senso ROBO Focuser.
Now my expectations here were pretty low since I tried an electronic focuser and tried to use some sort of Auto Focus routine without any length of success, but when the Sesto Senso arrived I was excited as I looked at it and thought to myself that this would do the job.
Out of the box the Sesto Senso is very solid, good quality feel to it, and came with a bunch of different adapters for different focusers, one specifically for my Sky-Watcher Focuser too. I read the installation instructions a couple of times and set to work on upgrading my scope.
After all the physical installation was done, I then needed to install the software on the observatory PC, since I image using Sequence Generator Pro, I proceeded to install Sesto Software and the ASCOM driver so that SGPro could talk to the focuser, again this was relatively simple to do. Once this was completed it was important to load up the Sesto software and perform a calibration so that the Sesto Senso knows where the most innner and outer focus positions are.
I use 20 data points to achieve focus.
Focus frame is 10 seconds for all filters, this is to get a better normalised focus frame, I was finding 5 seconds was too short and gave un-predictable results.
I set it to re-focus after a temperature change of 3.0 Degrees C since the last focus.
I re-focus on any centering action which is useful if you use a mirrored telescope like me.
I have now been using the Sesto Senso for a few months now and it has not failed me, I maintain a good FWHM value throughout the night and it an awesome piece of kit, well done Primaluce Labs. Is there anything that I would change about it?
Only one thing…….It requires separate power, which in all honesty I can understand why but if I could run the power through USB that would be a bonus.
One problem I have with the Auto Focus routine in SGPro is that in the image sequence, since my filters for LRGB are all parfocal, but my Narrowband filters are not, I only wish to focus on a filter change if it's going from LRGB to Narrowband to LRGB or Narrowband to Narrowband, unfortunately SGPro doesn't have that intelligence in the sequence, I am trying to persuade Jared to have that in there to make life that bit more simple.
Anyway I hope this review inspires you to consider this awesome piece of kit, it's certainly helped me!
I spent a lot of time looking at PowerBoxes/USB Controllers, the late Per Frejvall had developed a very nice Remote USB Hub but of course with the passing of Per, these are no longer available. I looked at two hubs, the HitechAstro Mount Hub Pro abnd the one I settled for was the Pegasus Astro Ultimate PowerBox.
I configured the software to automatically power my devices the moment the unit is switched on, so what do I have connected to the PowerBox?
I didn't connect my QHY183M at the moment as I discovered that during image download it seemed to cause a timeout on the QHY5L-II Camera, I have raised a ticket with Pegasus Astro on this one. From a Power perspective, I only have my QHY183M and my Rear Fan assembly/heater connected as I currently do not have the power cable to connect directly to the hub for the EQ8 Pro (On Order). There is also a temperature sensor for the ultimate version, which works well as an interface for Sequence Generator Pro and my Auto Focuser routines.
Voltage. I am running 13.8V regulated bench power supply capable of delivering up to 15A which is powering the hub, however when devices such as the camera, dew heater, fan assembly are all running, the voltage level drops down to around 12V according to the software, I would not expect this to do so, I would expect it to remain 13.8V. My EQ8 Pro mount is powered by the same supply (but not through the hub currently) and during slew the voltage in the software does not change, so it's obviously something being caluclated within the hub somewhere.
Ability to reboot or "Disconnect" a specific USB Port remotely would have been nice.
The main reason I wanted something like this was the ability to reboot the hub remotely, with standard USB Hubs this is not possible, as above, I would love to have a bit more granularity on this and have it on a per USB port but it works well for me right now.


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Q: how to use the number in array to decide the checked radio I have the array $row_3,and simply want his value to display in the radio input . For example ,if $row_3 is 0,the first radio is selected ,when the $row_3=1,the second ...
the below code is here ,I do not know how the compare the value of the input.
<input value="<?php echo $key; $key++;?>" type="radio"
 class="radioOrCheck" name="answer<?php echo $num_select;?>"
<?php echo (value== $row_3) ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; ?>
  id="0_answer_<?php echo $num_select;?>_option_<?php   echo $key;?>"
 />

I have retrive the value of it use jquery,like  var ans_s = $('input:radio[name=' + radio_name + ']:checked').val();

A: You are using value to compare with $row_3 and below declare that value=
Try to use $key === $row_3 or vice versa.

A: I do not know the value variable in you php code echo (value== $row_3).
but if you already has value in $row_3,you can do like this
<input value="<?php echo $key; $key++;?>" type="radio"
 class="radioOrCheck" name="answer<?php echo $num_select;?>"
<?php echo ($key == $row_3) ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; ?>
  id="0_answer_<?php echo $num_select;?>_option_<?php   echo $key;?>"
 />

And I don't know the javascript meanning,it get the checked radio button value,then what you want to deal with ans_s

A: <?php for ($i = 0; $i < count($row_3); $i++) { ?>
    <input type="radio" value="<?=$row_3[$i]?>" <?=($value == $row_3[$i] ? " checked" : "")?> />
<?php } ?>

A: very appreciate for help,the code below has solved my question.
<input value="<?php echo $key; ?>" type="radio" class="radioOrCheck" name="answer<?php echo $num_select;?>"  <?php if($key==$row_3){echo 'checked';} ?>


A new exhibition has opened at the Museum of Bath At Work giving visitors an insight to the everyday working life of Big Issue vendors.
The exhibition, called "Have You Heard The News? Bath and The Big Issue", is the biggest exhibition the museum has ever held and will run until 1st September. Bath was the second city, after London, to set up a Big Issue office back in 1991 and is also home to one of our Big Issue Foundation offices.
The Mayor of Bath, Patrick Anketell-Jones, and his wife attended the launch of the exhibition on 4th April as did Foundation CEO, Stephen Robertson who spoke at the launch.
The museum was established in 1978 as the Bath Industrial Heritage Trust. Today, the museum seeks to present the commercial development of Bath over a 2000-year period. Richard Wyatt from Bath Newseum sat down with museum director and curator Stuart Burroughs to discuss what some might think an unusual subject for the museum.
The Museum of Bath at Work is open 10.30am until 5pm seven days a week and entry costs £8 for adults, £7 for concessions and £5 for children.
Read more about some Bath based vendors The Big Issue Foundation has supported such as Ian and Stuart B!