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Q: com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.SqlTransactionRollbackException: DB2 SQL Error: SQLCODE=-911, SQLSTATE=40001, SQLERRMC=68, DRIVER=3.65.110 Know that there is a lot of question of this. This is cause by the row of data is update by other thread, and the other thread could not acquire the lock.
However, I am trying to ask in more details:
I have some code as follow:
// catch all for hibernate super exception
    public SystemErrorCode map(final org.hibernate.JDBCException dae) {
        log.info( "dae : " + dae );
        log.info( "dae error code : " + dae.getErrorCode( ) );
        log.info( "dae sql : " + dae.getSQL( ) );
        log.info( "dae sql exception : " + dae.getSQLException( ) );
        log.info( "dae sql state : " + dae.getSQLState( ) );
        log.info( "dae cause : " + dae.getCause( ) );
        log.info( "dae message : " + dae.getMessage( ) );
        return new SystemErrorCode( "DAO0005", SYSTEM_DAO );
    }

And here is the log:
dae : org.hibernate.exception.LockAcquisitionException: could not execute native bulk manipulation query
dae error code : -911
dae sql : update PHistory SET  currentStatus = :currentStatus , MODIFIEDDATETIME = CURRENT TIMESTAMP where pHistoryId = :pHistoryId
dae sql exception : com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.SqlTransactionRollbackException: DB2 SQL Error: SQLCODE=-911, SQLSTATE=40001, SQLERRMC=68, DRIVER=3.65.110
dae sql state : 40001
dae cause : com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.SqlTransactionRollbackException: DB2 SQL Error: SQLCODE=-911, SQLSTATE=40001, SQLERRMC=68, DRIVER=3.65.110
dae message : could not execute native bulk manipulation query

As I check on the code, actually there is no other thread to update the same record, because the pHistory is the primary and its unique.
However, I am keep hitting this thing in production, and I cant simulate it in my local or either SIT or UAT. I am trying to know what thread, or from where of my code I am actually locking the same row, and then causing this error.

A: I finally found the root cause and manage to solve it. Its actually cause by the huge number of PHistory table records, and many linkage with other table, and less of indexing.
I run a db2expln on this query and found that add the suggested index will improve 99% of the performance. After I add the index, and monitoring for few months, and good news that is no more this exception happen in my program.
So, its actually not cause by other thread updating the same row, I am finding the solution in wrong way. Until I check the index. Thus, in future, if there is some similar issue happen to you, how about put a try for index and see the result.

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Production stops at Norton Motorcycles while potential buyer sought
Administrators from accounting firm BDO were called in on January 29 over unpaid bills
Tom PegdenBusiness Editor
The Norton production facility in Castle Donington
Production has stopped at the Norton Motorcycles factory – but it is understood there have not been any redundancies as yet.
Concrete blocks are reported to have been placed at the entrances to bike headquarters in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, while administrators continue to look for a potential buyer.
It is understood shop floor workers there had continued completing bikes even after the administrators from accounting firm BDO were called in on January 29.
There were believed to be around 70 people working at the business at the time.
It is understood staff are still being paid.
Norton owner Stuart Garner is also understood to have been working with the administrators within the business until at least a few days ago.
It is understood that "four or five Aston Martins and a couple of Range Rovers" used by Mr Garner, were taken away from him as part of the assets of the business.
It comes as Labour MP Meg Hillier, who chairs Parliament's public accounts committee, called for an investigation into the millions of pounds of government funding that had gone into the business in recent years.
Norton owner Stuart Garner on the set of the Bond film Spectre, which featured one of his bikes
Meanwhile the neighbouring Priest House Hotel, also owned by Mr Garner and also in administration, continues to be run by a chain called Legacy Hotels, whilst a buyer for that is sought.
One insider told LeicestershireLive: "The factory is closed. They have put concrete bollards at all the entrances and exits.
"There is 24 hour security on all the gates and they are definitely not manufacturing at the moment.
"I presume they will be keeping the staff employed until they know what's going on.
"It's very serious what has happened to the business, and now MPs are getting involved and red faces are starting to appear."
BDO were brought in by Norton's bank Metro Bank three week's after the bike firm was in the High Court's Insolvency and Companies Court facing a winding up order over £300,000 of unpaid taxes to HMRC.
In a new statement Lee Causer, BDO business restructuring partner, said: "As joint administrators, we are taking all necessary steps to ensure that customers, staff and suppliers are supported through the administration process, as we seek the sale of the business and assets.
"We have had a significant volume of interest and are hopeful that a sale of Norton Motorcycles (UK) Ltd can be secured."
Norton owner Stuart Garner
Pension schemes related to Norton Motorcycles are also being investigated, separately to the administration proceedings.
The Pensions Ombudsman has been looking into a complaint from 30 individuals, relating to three pension schemes which invested in the bike business.
Speaking on ITV news Meg Hillier MP said she intends to write to the department for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) and the Cabinet Office to ask for an enquiry into why the business failed after millions of pounds of government funding were poured into it.
Four years ago then Chancellor George Osbourne joined Mr Garner and local MP Andrew Bridgen on a tour of the north Leicestershire headquarters to announce a £4 million funding package to support Norton and 11 of its supply chain partners – and help create up to 600 full and part-time jobs and 200 apprenticeships.
More recently the Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership provided a £750,000 loan to support construction of a new factory unit for Norton.
The factory is built, but stands empty and the LLEP joins the list of creditors.
Ex-Chancellor George Osborne visits the Norton motorcycle factory in Castle Donington with Andrew Bridgen MP and CEO Stuart Garner (far right) (Image: Mike Sewell)
Ms Hillier said: "I think there are really serious questions here.
"Obviously it's impossible for anybody to have known everything that was going on with this failing company, and particularly the pension issues, but it does beg questions about why more tax payers money was being put into a company that clearly had performance problems."
Norton was founded in Birmingham in 1898 by James Lansdowne Norton, starting out as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade".
Mr Garner took over the historic brand in 2008 and brought its factory to Castle Donington, where it was hand building bikes such as the Commando 961 Cafe Racer, Dominator and V4RR.
The bikes are sold around the world.
What next for Norton Motorcycles?
Castle Donington parish and district Councillor Tony Saffell said the business, and Mr Garner – who was living in Donington Hall – were a big part of the local community.
He said: "As far as I know everything stopped in terms of production on February 11.
"Up until then I think they were still building bikes and the administrators were trying to complete some of the outstanding orders with the stock they still had.
The story behind the collapse of Norton Motorcycles
Pensions Ombudsman investigates complaint into schemes linked to Norton Motorcycles
"I know someone who has been interested in buying the Priest House, who has been to talk to the administrators at Donington Hall, and Stuart was still there and using his laptop to help. That was early last week.
"Stuart Garner used to own four or five Aston Martins and a couple of Range Rovers, maybe three, and I know all of them except one Range Rover were taken away when the administrators came."
LeicestershireLive has tried to contact Mr Garner.
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The city of Barcelona, Spain is the host of the 2018 Golden World Awards (GWA) for excellence in PR and Conference organised by the International Public Relations Association (IPRA).
Award-winning PR firms from over 30 Countries are expected to grace the biggest annual PR event on Friday October 19, 2018.
The Blanquera University in Barcelona will host the Global PR conference with the theme "Voices: a platform for trends in PR" in the morning while the IPRA Gala dinner will hold in the night at the Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza.
The President IPRA, Bart de Vries said the event is for anyone active in PR. "The Conference speakers will cover corporate diplomacy, risk and reputation as well as an insight into what makes for engaging digital presence.
"Not only will a great many winning entries be presented but also, the winning teams from companies, government and PR agencies will be there to receive their awards. In other words it is a gathering of the state-of-the-art public relations across the four continents of the world today. It is an unprecedented opportunity to network and exchange experiences across diverse cultures.
IPRA as the world's most relevant, resourceful and influential professional association for public relations executives, GWA 2018 winners are from various continents Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Latin America and Caribbean.
Some of the leading PR firms across the globe are expected to receive awards at the event. They include Dentsu Inc from Japan, FleishmanHillard of Russia, Hill+Knowlton Strategies from UK, P&G Prima of Turkey, DeVries Global of China; V+O Greece of Greece; fischerAppelt of Germany; Image Merchants Promotion Limited of Nigeria; Ruder Finn Public Relations of China and Hollander van der Mey (HvDM) of Netherland.
Other award recipients include Horizon Communication, Australia; FleishmanHillard, United States of America; Burson-Marsteller Africa, South Africa; Djembe Communications, United Arab Emirates; Marco de Comunicación, Spain; Global Media Alliance, Ghana; Weber Shandwick of India and Taiwan.
Also among the award finalists and potential winners are PR firms and organisations from Israel, Argentina, Turkey, Singapore, Hungary, Indonesia, Romania, Philipines and South-Korea.
The annual IPRA Golden World Awards (GWA) initiative, established in 1990, recognizes excellence in public relations practice worldwide in a variety of categories. Recipients of the award take particular pride in the recognition granted to their entry as meeting international standards of excellence in public relations. The Global Contribution Award recognises a campaign with an objective of meeting one of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The overall IPRA Grand Prix for Excellence is presented to the entry judged as representing the highest standards that year. While there are many national and regional PR awards, there is only one truly global scheme: the GWA.
Voices is a conference that will gather professionals in Strategic Communication and Public Relations from Business Consultancies, PR Companies and Public Institutions, as well as Universities. Hosted by the foremost communications University in the country, this event will feature both local and international content and some examples of GWA winners expertise.


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    url="http://github.com/danielfm/pyruby",
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        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
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type BintrayClient struct {
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		return nil, fakeBintrayClient.ErrorToBeReturned
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February 27, 2010 -- The IT industry is a week removed from the not-so-sudden end to HP's strategic relationship with Cisco, and now consultants are weighing in with a look at how it could affect customers and the IT world.
February 19, 2010 -- HP and QLogic this week announced that HP will resell QLogic's enterprise-class, stackable, 8Gbps Fibre Channel SAN switches.
February 17, 2010 -- HP is slapping a new naming scheme on its entry-level MSA and midrange LeftHand SANs in conjunction with a round of hardware and software upgrades that improve performance, scalability and capacity utilization.
February 16, 2010 -- Overland Storage today announced the SnapServer SAN S2000, Overland's first pure iSCSI SAN array.
February 8, 2010 -- Network convergence will enable enterprises to preserve their existing investments in Fibre Channel storage, reduce data center costs and complexity, and simplify network management.
February 1, 2010 -- The last installment in our series illustrates the inadequacy of traditional SAN management tools in large, heterogeneous storage networks.


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USM Open Source History Text: The World at War: World History 1914-1945 Main Menu Introduction: A Mural as Window On Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry The World Around 1914, Part I: the Journey of Young Gandhi The World Around 1914, Part II: The Era of Nationalism and Imperialism (1848-1914) The First World War The Long Russian Revolution (1917 – 1929) The Decline of the West? Europe from 1919 – 1929 A New Middle East: The Rise of the Middle East State System China Between Qing Collapse and WWII Latin America Between Boom and Bust (1911-1929) Africa Under Colonial Rule: Politics and Race from 1914‐1939 The United States from The First World War to the Great Depression The Great Depression Three Varieties of Radicalism in the 1930s: Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia, and Imperial Japan Three Responses to Modernity: Ho Chi Minh, Ibn Saud, and Getulio Vargas The Second World War Seth Rogoff 5f001fc099cd635507b143be056702764af6929c
Conclusion to WWII
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World War Two, the second major international conflict in a matter of decades, was nothing short of a wholesale assault on the ideals of civilization. This is not an exaggeration. Let us look at some of the numbers, which reflect the devastation. Worldwide, it is estimated that 70 million people died as a result of the Second World War. Nazi Germany suffered over five million military deaths, China about 3.5 million. The Soviet Union saw over 10 million of its soldiers perish—an astounding number—eclipsed only by the more astounding 11 million deaths of Russian civilians. The Second World War was a beginning of a dark new phase of warfare, a phase that saw civilian deaths far exceed deaths of military combatants. Indonesia is a perfect example of this dark trend. The archipelago had no military fatalities and yet lost 4 million people, all civilians, to the war. In Europe, the ratio of military to civilian deaths was also lopsided. The Dutch, in resisting the Nazi advance of 1940, suffered around 15,000 deaths. All told, the Dutch lost over 100,000 civilians during the war along with another 100,000 Jews. Poland was even worse off. The Poles lost a quarter of a million soldiers in a valiant attempt to slow the Nazi Blitzkrieg, but this was nothing in relation to the nearly two and half million Polish civilian death and the three million Polish Jews who died in the Nazi ghettos and extermination camps. The exception to this rule was, for obvious reasons, the United States, which lost over 400,000 at war and only around 1,500 civilians. Overall, the numbers are clear, while an astounding 25 million people died fighting during World War II, an unfathomable and truly horrific number of civilians, over 41 million, died as collateral damage. Modern warfare targeted not just armies but peoples. We see the gruesome extension of this concept in every subsequent war in the twentieth century and today.
All over the world these horrifying death tolls repeated. Beyond the battlefields, a new type of inhumanity welled up. Torture became common. Prisoners of war were abused, degraded, often tortured and killed. Death camps replaced internment camps. Mass murder became the business of nations. The bourgeois world of the belle époque with its emphasis on manners, respectability, honor, and decency, seemed like another age entirely. How did this crisis happen? How could the civilized, modern, and increasingly global world succumb to such barbarism? These were questions asked even at the time and, sadly, we have found, sadly no definitive answers.
What can we say as a coda to this age of disaster, 1914-1945, during which more than 150 million people died as a direct or indirect result of warfare? This so-called "enlightened age," with its ideals of human rights, liberties, and the dignity of the individual had resulted in utter carnage. We might lament that the ingenuity of humankind, its drive for efficiency, industrialization and the mastering of nature, gave way to mass extermination, nuclear warfare, and the vast military industrial complex that still wields tremendous political and economic power on the world stage. We can see this period as an outgrowth of trends emerging in the 19th and early 20th century: a) the debasing of human labor by the conditions in the factories and mines, b) the race for raw materials at all costs (especially to other cultures and the environment) to power industry, c) the division of the world map into nation states which sought to advance their own interests against the interests of others and often against the common interests of humanity, d) the ravaging of nature on an unprecedented scale to satisfy the luxuries of human beings, e) the drive to subjugate millions of people in colonialist, imperialist enterprises for the benefit of a minority back home, f) the hunger for wealth and power that drove Americans and Europeans in North America and Africa to force the removal of hundreds of thousands of Amerindians and Africans, and g) in general, the economic policy, in a worldwide context, to exploit the many in order to enrich the few. This was a violent age of economic, industrial and military conflict, conflict often hidden from Western view in the jungles and grasslands of Africa, the islands of Asia, or the Great Plains of the United States. The historian Eric Hobsbaum was right when he termed this era from 1914 to 1945 the "Age of Catastrophe."
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All Blacks pay tribute to Maradona before match vs. Pumas
By Keiran SmithThe Associated Press
Sat., Nov. 28, 2020timer1 min. read
NEWCASTLE, Australia - New Zealand paid tribute to Diego Maradona when captain Sam Cane laid an All Black jersey — No. 10 — on the field before the start of their Tri-Nations test match against Argentina on Saturday.
As the All Blacks lined up to perform the haka, Cane stepped out, walked toward midfield and laid down the jersey — with Maradona's name and number on it — as Argentine players stood arm-in-arm and watched.
"It was a gesture, a token, of paying our respects to an Argentine legend, a world legend in his field as well," Cane told The Associated Press after the match, which New Zealand won 38-0.
Maradona died Wednesday of a heart attack at age 60 in a house outside Buenos Aires. The soccer great had been recovering from a brain operation.
The idea came from All Blacks halfback TJ Perenara, Cane said.
"Rugby is a game first and foremost that is built on respect I believe, and it was the respectful and right thing to do," Cane said.
Several Argentine players nodded in acknowledgment of the gesture.
"I didn't know (about the tribute) until I did the coin toss with Sam Cane and he told me about it," Pumas flanker Pablo Matera said. "I'm really thankful for that. Diego Maradona was obviously huge for Argentina, so I'm really thankful for that gesture from the All Blacks."
Matera told The Associated Press that Maradona's passing had been a source of inspiration for many of the squad.
"Maradona was a guy who represented our country the best way you could represent us as a sportsman," Matera said. "He's been a huge inspiration for all of us: players, coaches, the people of Argentina.
"So we always have him in our thoughts and we just want to represent our country the way he did."


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Frida Kahlo's influence means more color at Tucson Botanical Gardens
By Natalia V. Navarro Special to the Arizona Daily Star
The re-created facade of Casa Azul, the brilliant home of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, is part of the Tucson Botanical Gardens exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life."
Photos by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
The exhibition houses stories, photos and items in the style of those collected by Frida Kahlo and husband Diego Rivera. The Botanical Gardens has seen record attendance since the exhibit opened.
Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
"It feels like this exhibit was meant to be in Tucson," says the gardens' executive director, Michelle Conklin.
A reimagining of Frieda Kahlo's studio sits outside the entrance to La Casa Azul at the Tucson Botanical Gardens' exhibition, Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life.
Visitors leave messages on a Day of the Dead altar at a Tucson Botanical Gardens exhibition honoring the life of artist Frida Kahlo.
Humberto Spindola's amate paper art sculpture of Two Fridas, Kahlo's double self-portrait, is part of the Tucson Botanical Gardens exhibition, Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life which opened Monday, October 10.
Hummingbirds flit between bright red flowers at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, shaded by the newly painted lapis blue walls. This change in scenery is a part of the gardens' new exhibition to honor the life, times and inspiration of artist Frida Kahlo.
The exhibit, "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life," is a re-creation of the garden outside Kahlo's Mexico City home, nicknamed Casa Azul, as it appeared in the mid-20th century when Kahlo and her husband, painter Diego Rivera, lived there.
It was first developed and displayed at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx, New York, and became a blockbuster. In September of last year, Michelle Conklin, executive director of the TBG, received a call from a colleague at the New York gardens. New York's grant for the exhibit included money for another small garden to show it. Would Conklin be interested in bringing the Frida show to Tucson?
Would she. Conklin flew out to New York in October, on the last weekend of the exhibit there. It covered much of the garden's 250 acres, massive compared to the TBG's 5½ acres. "I said I wanted everything," Conklin recalls. "Every sign, every banner. The only things I couldn't take were paintings and artifacts."
The exhibit was packed into a big freight truck and brought to Tucson in January. Pima Community College housed it for TBG until August, when staff workers, volunteers and experts started pulling the exhibit together.
"The entire exhibit is really a labor of community involvement and love," says Conklin.
She decided to expand on what New York had sent her.
"We felt that since our community is so diverse and has such a strong Mexican-American population, we wanted to do more than (the New York Botanical Gardens) did when it came to really celebrating the culture of Mexico," Conklin says. "It feels like this exhibit was meant to be in Tucson and meant to be in our garden."
In the first two days of the exhibit, the Botanical Gardens surpassed its highest recorded number of visitors with almost 1,000 people coming to explore the living art created by Kahlo and Rivera.
"It's just been overwhelming," says Conklin. "People have come from all over Tucson and across the country. People are coming in dressed up like Frida. Someone from Mexico came in who remembered Frida as a child."
No art, just artistic inspiration
Visitors won't see much of Kahlo's artwork at the exhibit, though. Instead, they will be able to experience the surroundings and atmosphere that inspired her work.
"We're not an art museum," Conklin says. "We just don't have that kind of space for a collection. Our exhibit is focusing not on the art of Frida Kahlo, but how plants and nature inspired her to create art."
Interest in Kahlo is intense.
"Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon," Conklin says. "Her story is so relatable to so many people in a lot of different ways. Whether you are a feminist, whether you are an artist, whether you are a poet, whether you are into fashion or into foods or just Mexican culture."
The Botanical Gardens will continue to host its annual events such as Feast with the Dearly Departed and Luminaria Nights with added Kahlo-inspired extras. It will also hold 11 related lectures and monthly Frida Al Fresco cultural celebrations with after-hours food, music and even look-alike contests.
"This is really an institutional exhibit, so everywhere you go in the garden, you find a little bit of Frida," Conklin says.
At the interior entrance of the TBG, a large doorway now stands, painted the vivid blue color that spans much of the garden.
The gardens staff worked with original designer Scott Pask, an Arizona native and Tony-winning scenic designer, and Pima Community College professors to match the exact color of the original Casa Azul. The trick was to find a true blue paint that has no black in it, according to Conklin.
Conklin used every bit of the 42 gallons of paint donated by Dunn-Edwards Paints to transform the garden walls, parts of the children's garden, and some buildings into a part of Casa Azul.
The real Casa Azul still exists and now serves as a Frida Kahlo museum. It is one of the most visited places in all of Mexico City, according to TBG.
Close to the real thing
Through the doorway, visitors will find a field of marigolds encircling a replica of the Mesoamerican pyramid Rivera built for Kahlo to display their collection of Aztec sculptures as well as succulents and cactuses.
"Marigolds are very symbolic, especially for Day of the Dead," Conklin says. "For one thing, aesthetically, we wanted a pop of color and historically, it fits so well. You can see marigolds in Frida Kahlo's paintings. It felt like a real natural fit."
Scientists and horticulturalists at the New York Botanical Gardens studied archival photographs to discover the plants that populated Kahlo's home. The garden's blue walls are lined with fence-post cactuses, yucca trees, succulents and mesquite trees, all of which would have been a part of Kahlo's daily experience and inspiration, Conklin says.
Also accompanying the large pyramid is a replica of a mosaic fountain with inlaid frog design commissioned by Kahlo for Rivera. Kahlo often called Rivera her "sapo-rana," or "toad frog," because of his large eyes.
More than a garden
Families can explore Kahlo's love of cooking in the children's garden. In the midst of large shady trees sits a miniature kitchen based on the colors and design of the actual kitchen in Casa Azul.
"This has been a great space to teach children about the foods of Mexico, eating right and all those great lessons," Conklin says.
In addition, the train exhibit that has captivated eyes both young and old now has a tiny Casa Azul among its many miniature buildings. Children are also encouraged to put on their own shows in the puppet theater set up at the back of the TBG with puppets of Frida Kahlo and the many unusual pets she kept.
"When you do an exhibit like this, you try to do it in as many disciplines as you can to enhance the experience," Conklin says.
Further into the serene garden are seven poetry panels featuring the work of Mexican poet Octavio Paz, a friend of Kahlo's. While contemplating Paz's work, visitors can also browse the many Mexican plants scattered every few feet in the garden.
"There are pocket gardens everywhere," Conklin says. "Each garden has a different look and a different feel. You can feel like you are all by yourself and gain inspiration or quiet reflection. Every place you sit is like a different painting."
And more than outside
The exhibition also has two indoor exhibits. The first, set in a petite and historic adobe house, examines the Mexico City that Kahlo and Rivera would have lived in. It includes several cases of old Mexican botanical texts and small trinkets similar to things that might have sat on Kahlo's shelves.
The second indoor exhibit, across from the gift shop, is a delicate, life-size sculptural re-creation of Kahlo's painting "The Two Fridas." The fragile and haunting piece by Humberto Spíndola is constructed out of paper and bamboo, a modern application of an Aztec tradition.
"My background was in arts," Conklin says. "Before my first visit to a botanical garden, I was like, 'Why would I want to go to a botanical garden? I would rather go see a play or do this or that.' Then I stepped foot into the garden and I understood that everything is connected: art, music, science, biology, ecology. Botanical gardens bring everything together under one sky."
Natalia V. Navarro is a University of Arizona journalism student apprenticing at the Star.
What: "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life," a replica of the artist's Mexico City gardens.
Presented by: Tucson Botanical Gardens.
When: Through May 31. Garden hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays through Wednesdays; 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays.
Cost: $13; $7.50 children. Members free.
Information: tucsonbotanical.org or 326-9686.
Et cetera: There will be lectures, special dinners and other events linked to the exhibit throughout its run. Details on the TBG website.
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Digital multimeters perfectly are suitable for check of the electric chains being in a static condition, and also for fixing of slow changes of traced parameters. At carrying out the dynamic checks which are carried out on the working engine, and also at identification of the reasons of sporadic failures by absolutely irreplaceable tool there is an oscillograph.
The analysis of the signals developed a lambda probe, which deviation of parameters from norm is unconditional the certificate of violation of serviceability of functioning of a control system as a whole. On the other hand, correctness of a form of impulses given out by the sensor can serve as a reliable guarantee of absence of violations in a control system.
Reliability and simplicity of operation of modern oscillographs do not demand any special special knowledge and experience from the operator. Interpretation of received information can be easily made by a way of elementary visual comparison of the oscillograms removed during check with the temporary dependences given below typical for various sensors and actuation mechanisms of automobile control systems.
Signal form: Sequence of rectangular impulses, individual emissions, sinusoid, sawtooth impulses, etc.
Usually characteristics of the faulty device strongly differ from reference that allows the skilled operator easily and quickly to reveal the refused component by the analysis of the corresponding oscillogram.
The unique performance data of such signals is tension.
Signals of a direct current are developed by the devices presented on СЃРѕРїСЂ. illustrations.
The main characteristics of these signals are the amplitude, frequency and a signal form.
Performance data of the frequency modulated signals are the amplitude, frequency, a form of a signal and width of periodic impulses.
Performance data of signals of pulse-width modulation (ShIM) are the amplitude, frequency, a form of a signal and porosity of periodic impulses.
Performance data are the amplitude, frequency and a form of sequence of separate impulses.
This sort of signals are generated by the module of memory of self-diagnostics of ECM of a control system of the engine.
By the analysis of width and a form of impulses, and also calculation of their quantity in each of groups can be считаны the codes which were stored in memory of malfunctions (a code 1223 - see сопр. illustration).
The amplitude and form of a signal remain the constants, the written-down value will stand out until memory of the module will not be cleared.
The form of a signal given out by an oscillograph depends on a set of various factors and can change considerably. In a look told before starting replacement of a suspected component in case of discrepancy of a form of the removed diagnostic signal with the reference oscillogram, it is necessary to analyse the received result carefully.
Zero level of a reference signal cannot be considered as absolute basic value, - "zero" of a real signal, depending on concrete parameters of a checked chain, it can appear shifted rather reference ( - see an illustration above - the Digital signal) within a certain admissible range.
The full amplitude of a signal depends on supply voltage of a checked contour and also can vary in certain limits of rather reference value ( - see an illustration the Digital signal and  - see an illustration the Analog signal).
In chains of a direct current the range of measurement of a signal is limited to supply voltage. As an example it is possible to give a chain of system of stabilization of turns of the idling (IAC) which alarm tension does not change in any way with change of turns of the engine.
In chains of an alternating current the amplitude of a signal already unequivocally depends on frequency of operation of a source of a signal, so, the amplitude of the signal which is given out by the sensor of provision of a cranked shaft (CKP) will increase with increase of turns of the engine.
In a look told if the amplitude of a signal removed by means of an oscillograph appears excessively low or high (up to trimming of top levels), it is enough to switch only a working range of the device, having passed to the corresponding scale of measurement.
At check of the equipment of chains with electromagnetic management (for example, IAC system) at shutdown of a food tension throws ( - see an illustration the Digital signal) which in the analysis of results of measurement can be ignored quietly can be observed.
It is not necessary to worry also at emergence of such deformations of the oscillogram, as a skashivaniye of the lower part of the forward front of rectangular impulses ( - see an illustration the Digital signal) if, of course, the fact of a vypolazhivaniye of the front is not a sign of violation of serviceability of functioning of a checked component.
The form of a removed signal can be edited and brought to a look convenient for the analysis by switching on an oscillograph of scale of temporary development of the image.
At supervision of signals in chains of an alternating current temporary development of an oscillograph depends on frequency of a source of a signal ( - see an illustration the Analog signal), defined by engine turns.
As it was already told above, for reduction of a signal to a legible look it is enough to switch scale of temporary development of an oscillograph.
In certain cases the oscillogram of a signal appears rather reference dependence developed specularly that speaks a reversivnost of polarity of connection of the corresponding element and, in the absence of a ban on change of polarity of connection, can be ignored in the analysis.
Modern oscillographs are usually equipped only with two alarm wires together with a set various щупов, allowing to carry out device connection practically to any device.
The red wire is connected to a positive pole of an oscillograph and is usually connected to the plug of the electronic module of management (ECM). The black wire should be connected to reliably earthed point (weight).
Management of structure of an air and fuel mix in modern automobile electronic systems of injection of fuel is carried out by timely correction of duration of opening of electromagnetic valves of injectors.
Duration of stay of injectors abroach is defined by duration developed the module of management of the electric impulses submitted on an entrance of electromagnetic valves. Duration of impulses is measured in milliseconds and usually does not fall outside the limits a range of 1 Г· 14 ms. The typical oscillogram of the managing director is presented by operation of an injector of an impulse on СЃРѕРїСЂ. illustrations.
Often on the oscillogram it is possible to observe also a series of the short pulsations following directly an initiating negative rectangular impulse and supporting the electromagnetic valve of an injector abroach, and also the sharp positive throw of tension accompanying the moment of closing of the valve.
Serviceability of functioning of ECM can be easily checked by means of an oscillograph by a way of visual supervision of changes of a form of an operating signal at a variation of working parameters of the engine. So, duration of impulses at an engine provorachivaniye on single turns should be slightly higher, than at operation of the unit on low turns. Increase of turns of the engine should be accompanied by respective increase in time of stay of injectors abroach. This dependence is especially well shown when opening butterfly valve by short pressing a gas pedal.
By means of thin щупа from a set enclosed to an oscillograph connect a red wire of the device to the injector ECM plug of a control system of the engine. Shchup of the second alarm wire (black) oscillograph reliably earth.
Analyse a form of the engine of a signal read out during a provorachivaniye.
Having started the engine, check a form of an operating signal on single turns.
Having sharply pressed a gas pedal, lift frequency of rotation of the engine to 3000 rpm, - duration of operating impulses at the moment of acceleration should increase considerably, with the subsequent stabilization at level equal, or slightly smaller peculiar to idling turns.
Fast closing of a butterfly valve should lead to the flattening of the oscillogram confirming the fact of a perekryvaniye of injectors (for systems with an otsekaniye of supply of fuel).
At cold start the engine needs some enrichment of an air and fuel mix that is provided with automatic increase in duration of opening of injectors. In process of warming up duration of operating impulses on the oscillogram should be reduced continuously, gradually coming nearer to value typical for single turns.
In injection systems in which the injector of cold start is not applied, at cold start of the engine the additional operating impulses which are showing on the oscillogram in the form of pulsations of variable length are used.
In the table provided below typical dependence of duration of operating impulses of opening of injectors on a working condition of the engine is presented.
Start the engine and compare the oscillogram removed from an exit of the inductive sensor with given on СЃРѕРїСЂ. illustrations reference.
The increase in turns of the engine should be accompanied by increase in amplitude of a pulse signal developed by the sensor.
In automotive industry electromagnetic IAC valves of a set of the various types which are giving out signals of also various form are used.
The common distinctive feature of all valves is that fact that porosity of a signal should decrease with increase of load of the engine, connected with inclusion of additional consumers of the capacity causing fall of turns of idling.
If porosity of the oscillogram changes with increase in loading, however at inclusion of consumers violation of stability of turns of idling takes place, check a condition of a chain of the electromagnetic valve, and also correctness of given-out ECM of a command signal.
Usually in chains of stabilization of turns of idling the 4-polar step-by-step electric motor which description is provided below is used. Check of 2-contact and 3-contact IAC valves is made in a similar manner, however oscillograms of alarm tension given out by them are absolutely unlike.
The step-by-step electromotor, reacting to given-out ECM a pulsing operating signal, makes step correction of turns of idling of the engine according to working temperature of cooling liquid and the current load of the engine.
Levels of operating signals can be checked by means of an oscillograph, measuring щуп which is connected serially to each of four plugs of the step-by-step motor.
Warm up the engine to normal working temperature and leave it working at single turns.
For increase in loading at the engine include head headlights, the air conditioner, or, - on models with the power steering, - turn a steering wheel. Turns of idling should fall to short time, however right there again to be stabilized at the expense of IAC valve operation.
Compare the removed oscillogram with given on СЃРѕРїСЂ. illustrations reference.
The oscillograms typical for most often of applied on cars a lambda probes of zirconic type in which basic tension 0.5Р' is not used are provided in the Section. Recently the increasing popularity is gained by titanic sensors, the working which range of a signal makes 0 Г·5 B, and high level of tension stands out at combustion of the grown poor mix, low, - enriched.
Compare the oscillogram displayed a measuring instrument with given on СЃРѕРїСЂ. illustrations reference dependence.
If the removed signal is not wavy, and represents linear dependence, that, depending on tension level, it testifies to excessive repauperization (0 Г· 0.15 In), or reenrichment (0.6 Г· 1 In) an air and fuel mix.
If on single turns of the engine the normal wavy signal takes place, try to squeeze out sharply several times gas loops, - fluctuations of a signal should not fall outside the limits a range of 0 Г· 1 Century.
Sharply squeeze out a pedal of gas and compare a form of a removed signal of an alternating current with given on СЃРѕРїСЂ. illustrations reference oscillogram.
If to achieve unambiguity of a form of a signal it is not possible, replace the KS sensor, or check a condition of electroconducting of its chain.
On the screen of an oscillograph the sequence of rectangular impulses of a direct current should stand out. Compare a form of an accepted signal with given on СЃРѕРїСЂ. to an illustration the reference oscillogram, paying close attention to coincidence of such parameters, as amplitude, frequency and a form of impulses.
Compare a form of an accepted signal with given on СЃРѕРїСЂ. illustrations the reference oscillogram, - positive throws of tension should have constant amplitude.
Unevenness of throws can be caused by excessive resistance of a secondary winding, and also malfunction of a condition of VV of a wire of the coil or a candle wire.


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Sundance 2017: The best films of this year's festival
During the first half of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival (which runs from Jan. 19 to Jan. 29), there was a star-studded women's march on Park City's Main Street on Saturday led by Chelsea Handler…and a lot of snow. Last year's festival gave us The Birth of a Nation, Sing Street, and Manchester by the Sea, but this year has yet to deliver even one comparable definitive breakout (at least not at press time). Still, if you looked hard enough and were willing to brave the elements, there were a handful of titles that movie lovers will be talking about this year. Here are EW's picks for the five best from the first half of the fest.
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Albert Einstein, considered the greatest physicist of all time and named in 1999 Time Magazine's Person of the Century, was born to Jewish parents in Ulm, Germany in 1879. Although most famous for his theory of relativity (and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E=mc²), he was also known as an international advocate of peace, human rights and an early supporter of a homeland for the Jewish people. In 1880 his father, the owner of a small electrical appliance factory, moved the family to Munich, Germany. The Einsteins lived in Munich until 1894, when financial problems induced the family to move to Italy. A year later young Albert left home to attend the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1896 he graduated from the school. Between 1900 and 1909 Einstein worked in the Zurich patent office. At the same time he worked on his Ph.D., which he received in 1905. It was also in 1905 that Einstein introduced the concept of "special relativity," which is a theory of space-time, in his paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies." Special relativity broke from classical mechanics by the two postulates Einstein came up with; that (1) the laws of physics are the same for all observers in uniform motion relative to one another and (2) the speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers, regardless of their relative motion or of the motion of the source of light.
In 1909 he left the patent office to teach at the Federal Polytechnic School. A year later he accepted a call to teach physics at the German University in Prague. Einstein remained in Prague for two years and then returned to Zurich, this time as a full professor. By 1914 he had acquired an international reputation and was offered the position of director of Germany's prestigious center of physical science research, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of the University of Berlin. Resuming his German citizenship Einstein spent the next 19 years living and working in Berlin. Although Einstein shunned publicity, his contradictions to physics made him a celebrated public figure constantly in demand at international conferences and meetings. Photographing a solar eclipse in May of 1919, British astronomer Arthur Eddington and his team claimed to have confirmed Einstein's prediction of gravitational deflection of starlight by the Sun. This event, followed by newspaper headlines exclaiming that Newtonian physics had been overthrown, threw Einstein further in the limelight. Later, it was proved that the instruments used by Eddington could not have accurately measured their claim, but later tests confirmed Einstein's theory. It was also in 1919 that Albert Einstein wed Elsa Löwenthal. His first marriage, to mathematician Mileva Marić (1896), ended in divorce. The couple had three children.
In 1921, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Einstein, who began pursuing his dream of a unified field theory (an attempt to unify all the fundamental forces and the interactions between elementary particles into a single theoretical framework in physics). Post WWI politics in Germany were volatile, complicated by a severe German economic depression. When the German National Socialist Workers Party under Adolf Hitler came to power, with its anti-Semitic rhetoric and disregard for democratic principles, Einstein emigrated to the United States (which he had first visited in 1921) to accept a position at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies. In the quiet New Jersey town, Einstein intended to lead a life of research and reflection, but once again his international fame required that he travel widely attending conferences and giving lectures. As the racial and totalitarian policies of Hitler's Germany caused even more refugees to emigrate to the United States, Einstein became active in organizations that provided help. When World War II came, he lent his name and energies to the Allied cause. Einstein retired from the Institute for Advanced Studies in 1945 but continued to live and work in Princeton until his death on April 18, 1955. Albert Einstein was among the most famous scientists of the 20th century. Typical statements about him refer to a man who fundamentally changed the nature of 20th century science and he is given equal ranking with England's Sir Issac Newton (1643-1727) in the history of physics.
The Albert Einstein House in Princeton, New Jersey, is a simple two-story, "L" shaped frame building with a gabled roof over the front block and a flat roof on the rear block. The exact date of construction and the builder of the Albert Einstein House are unknown, but the home was probably built in the 1870s or 80s. When Albert Einstein first came to Princeton in 1933, he lived at 2 Library Place. In 1936 he purchased 112 Mercer Street. The house remained his home until his death in 1955. 112 Mercer Street was an integral part of Einstein's work in the United States. Ronald Clark, author of the biography Albert Einstein, wrote "…his room at the Institute (for Advanced Studies) or his study in Mercer Street was his natural habitat. It was here that he could best carry on his main work and continue his stubborn rearguard battle against the new movements in physics which he had started nearly a third of a century ago." In April 1955 as Einstein lay in the hospital shortly before his death, he is reported to have asked his step-daughter Margot not to make his Princeton house a museum, a request she honored. The Albert Einstein House was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of Interior on January 7, 1976. Due to the wishes of Albert Einstein, the National Park Service did not publicize this at the time.
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Thirteen PGA TOUR Shops, operated by The Paradies Shops, have been listed among Golf World Magazine's 100 Best Golf Shops for the 15th year in a row; seven of the honorees have been on the list before.
"For nearly 20 years, The Paradies Shops has proudly partnered with the PGA TOUR to offer the traveling public impressive stores with an exciting merchandise selection, always with the Best Price Guarantee," says Gregg Paradies, president and CEO of The Paradies Shops. "To have 13 PGA TOUR Shops named to this list is truly an outstanding accomplishment, and is a testament to our associates' dedication to award-winning customer service."
Winning locations include Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International (CVG); George Bush Intercontinental (IAH); Memphis International (MEM); Palm Springs International (PSP); Sacramento International (SMF); and Lambert-St. Louis International (STL). Repeat winners include Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW); Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW); Jacksonville International (JAX); Southwest Florida International (RSW); McCarran International (LAS); Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) and Reno-Tahoe International (RNO).
The 25th annual list is compiled by Golf World editors and contributors and is judged by on- and off-course shops on revenue, shop layout, and success of promotions and initiatives within the past year.
"Year after year, the outstanding professionals at Paradies continue to demonstrate that they are clearly in a class by themselves in the airport retailing channel," says Tim Hawes, PGA TOUR senior vice president of retail licensing. "Their uncompromising commitment to excellence is once again exhibited by this collection of PGA TOUR Shop awards. We are proud to be in partnership with such an outstanding organization."
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The Brina C. Kssell Publication Award is a new award and is for the best paper in The Auk published within the past 4 years (2014-2017). It is to given in even numbered years, which complements the Painton Award given in odd numbered years for the best paper in the Condor.
The authors bring to bear modern molecular and analytical techniques to address a long-standing question in ornithology (and biogeography generally) that Ernst Mayr attempted to address in 1946: what are the origins of the New World avifauna? Over 800 species of the nine-primaried oscines of the large clade Emberizoidea were sampled to develop a phylogeny that was combined with a temporal and biogeographic analysis. It established that the emberizoid ancestors entered the New World through Beringia, and rapidly diverged in North America to also produce a clade that entered and diversified in South America. Subsequent dispersal between North and South America, especially after formation of the Isthmus of Panama, was mostly north to south (as also seen in mammals). These results largely confirmed Mayr's speculations. This work stood out for its strong grounding in a deep historical question that has vexed ornithologists, for the thoroughness of its sampling, and for a strong quantitative treatment of the large data set.
Barker, F. K., K. J. Burns, J. Klicka, S. M. Lanyon, and I. J. Lovette. 2015. New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies. Auk 132:333-348.
The Loye and Alden Miller Research Award is given for lifetime achievement in ornithological research. Loye Holmes Miller and his son, Alden, left a remarkable legacy to the field of ornithology and to the American Ornithological Society. Together they sponsored 30 PhD students, 28 in avian biology, and their students in turn trained a total of 166. Alden also made contributions to the society and ornithology as a long standing editor of The Condor. Previous recipients at this meeting include Ellen Ketterson and Sue Haig. This year AOS is pleased to honor Dr. Janis Dickinson as the recipient of the Loye and Alden Miller Research Award.
Janis began her career at Hastings Natural History Reservation as an affiliated faculty member with the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the UC Berkeley, with postdoctoral fellowships from NIH and NSF, and then in an appointment as a research zoologist. In 2005, she joined the faculty at Cornell University as the Arthur A. Allen Director of Citizen Science, with a joint appointment between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Department of Natural Resources, where she remained until her retirement in 2017.
Janis has had a distinguished career in behavioral ecology and conservation biology. She has made important contributions to ornithology in three main areas: i) the behavioral ecology of animal mating systems, ii) the evolutionary ecology of cooperative breeding in vertebrates, and iii) the role of citizen science in advancing ornithology. Her scientific output includes over 80 peer-reviewed papers and three edited books. Janis was also a successful mentor for graduate students and postdocs who have continued in careers in ornithology.
For her lifetime contributions to the understanding of avian behavioral ecology and citizen science, AOS is proud to present the Loye and Alden Miller Research Award to Dr. Janis Dickinson.
AOS President Steve Beissinger presenting Janis Dickinson with her award at the 2018 AOS annual meeting in Tucson, Arizona.
The Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award, established in 2005, recognizes extraordinary scientific contributions to the conservation, restoration, or preservation of birds and/or their habitats by an individual or small team. The award honors Ralph Schreiber, a prominent figure in the American Ornithologists' Union known for his enthusiasm, energy and dedication to research and conservation. The award comprises a framed certificate and an honorarium provided by the society's endowed Ralph W. Schreiber Fund. Past recipients attending this meeting include John Fitzpatrick and Joe Wunderle. This year the Schreiber Award goes to Dr. John Sauer.
John is a Wildlife Biologist and Statistician with the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. He has been a driving force and central figure behind the statistical design and analyses of two of the most influential data sets in North American bird conservation – the Christmas Bird Count and the Breeding Bird Survey. Both citizen science datasets provide our view of the status and future trajectories of all North American birds, and both are comprised of messy data! John's efforts to develop robust approaches for analysis have generated highly influential reports on the State of Birds Reports. These reports on population trends and conservation status for North American birds influence millions, if not billions, of dollars of federal, state and private funds for conservation and research in numerous countries. In addition, John has developed a variety of other statistical approaches for modeling population counts, survival rates, and abundance patterns.
In recognition of these contributions to ornithology, AOS is pleased to name Dr. John Sauer as the 2018 recipient of the Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award.
AOS President Steve Beissinger presenting John Sauer with his award at the 2018 AOS annual meeting in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Loiselle is a Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida, where she also serves as the Director of the Tropical Conservation and Development Program. Her published work on ecology and conservation of birds includes over 110 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and is well regarded for its rigor and creativity. Her interests are broad, including the use of GIS methods in species distribution mapping, the ecological role of animals as seed dispersers, mating systems and life histories of tropical birds, and the potential consequences of global change on the distribution of birds and their plant foods in tropical systems of the Western Hemisphere. Bette also has an extensive record of successful mentorship for graduate students and postdocs from Latin America, including many women scientists.
In recognition of a meritorious body of research on birds over a long and distinguished career, I am pleased to award Dr. Bette Loiselle the 2018 Brewster Award.
AOS President Steve Beissinger presenting Bette Loiselle with her award at the 2018 AOS annual meeting in Tucson, Arizona.
The Marion Jenkinson Service Award is given to an individual who has performed continued extensive service to the AOS, including holding elected offices but emphasizing volunteered contributions and committee participation. The award honors Marion Jenkinson Mengel, who served the AOU as Treasurer and in other capacities for many years. Past recipients who are at this meeting include Jim Herkert, Spencer Sealy, John Fitzpatrick, Ross Lien, and Jay Sheppard. The officers of the AOS select the awardee on behalf of the society. The award consists of a framed certificate and an honorarium.
The 2018 award is presented to Nick Mason. Nick recently completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University and is a postdoc at UC Berkeley. So all of his extensive service to the societies occurred while he was a student member. Nick's contributions at such an early stage of his career are extraordinary, and have benefitted both student and non-student members alike. Beginning with service on the Student Affairs committee in 2012, Nick has been responsible for a number of popular innovations at AOS meetings, and for the overall success of this committee's work. Moreover, Nick has contributed to the Collections Committee, Student Systematics Group, Checklist Committee, Meetings Committee and the Membership Committee.
In recognition of his outstanding and diverse service to the AOS and earlier ornithological societies, the society is proud to name Dr. Nicholas A. Mason as the recipient of the 2018 Marion Jenkinson Service Award.
AOS President Steve Beissinger presenting Nick Mason with his award at the 2018 AOS annual meeting in Tucson, Arizona.


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This poem is terrific for learning the rhythm of English (if you are an English language learner). For those of us who have steered a boat under sail, it catches something magical.
John Masefield (1878–1967) was the British poet laureate (the Queen's poet) for many years. As a young man he had indeed sailed on a tall ship. The words of Sea Fever can be seen here.
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A supernova was discovered yesterday in the Cigar Galaxy, M82 in Ursa Major. Mag 11.4 at the moment so should be visible in 4" scopes or bigger, but may get brighter. This is well up in the sky as soon as it gets dark and will be up there (behind the clouds!!!) all night.


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Sergei the meerkat and his rival Gio Compario have put comparison websites at the heart of many people's buying decisions, but soaring energy price rises and new rules on insurance sales mean challenging times for the businesses they advertise.
At a time when consumers are keener than ever to cut bills, the websites have found themselves without any deals to offer on energy because sky-high wholesale prices mean that suppliers are not offering cheap tariffs.
The sites earn commission from companies when customers switch to them, thought to be about £30 for some energy contracts and £40-50 for insurance policies.
On Thursday, one of the biggest, MoneySupermarket, reported a 25% fall in profits last year, and said that revenues from home services, which include energy switching, were down 34%. The company said it was expecting zero revenue from its energy business in 2022.
GoCompare, one of its rivals, said 2021 was a "year like no other" in the energy market. It paused that strand of its comparison service completely in September.
"At the moment, there aren't any competitive deals available for people to compare but we are hopeful that we can offer this service again in the near future and get back to helping our customers save money on their energy bills," a spokesperson said.
In October, USwitch made the unusual decision to advertise to customers that they should "stay put" with their current providers and stop using its energy service until further notice. "It's something we never thought we'd say," a statement from the company said at the time.
The comparison sites also face the challenge of new rules banning loyalty penalties on home and motor insurance.
The regulations, set by the Financial Conduct Authority, came into effect on 1 January, and state that anyone renewing their policy with an existing provider should pay no more than they would as a new customer. Prices for customers who switch regularly have gone up, while those who stay with their providers now pay less.
At the time these rules were first announced, shares in Moneysupermarket and GoCompare's parent company fell, and experts suggested that the incentive to shop around for insurance would reduce once the changes had bedded in.
Rising interest rates also mean the disappearance of some of the best deals on loans and mortgages.
Danni Hewson, financial analyst at AJ Bell, said the companies needed to evolve to get through the rough patch.
"They have enjoyed huge success because they've become an essential tool but can that tool do more to help us buy time in our increasingly busy and costly lives?" she asked.
One way to do this would be focus the business on areas where consumers are still keen to shop around and where they still stand to save money.
"Many people are desperate to get away, but our collective confidence has been knocked by changing restrictions during Covid and many people will be hunting out protection before they even start looking for their holidays," Hewson said.
"Travel is expected to be a big money maker for price comparison sites this year, along with broadband business which has become increasingly important as our homes become more and more connected.
"And whilst that business is unlikely to cover all the losses from the energy side it should help cushion the blow."
MoneySupermarket has already laid out plans to recoup its losses – including sending customers prompts when savings could be made on products.
"While it's true that wholesale energy prices mean there are no competitive energy deals for consumers to switch to for now, there are numerous other ways we help consumers save on their household bills," a spokesperson said.
"In recent months, we are seeing much more switching on borrowing and banking products, as well as travel insurance. So the ways consumers can save with us is increasing, and we are investing in our site and systems to make it easier to do so."
It said it would be adding car insurance comparison to MoneySavingExpert, which it owns.
It also recently bought the cashback site Quidco, which offers a range of ways to save money on products via the site. It was added to the company in November.
USwitch said, too, that there were still products which people could save on.
"Mobile and broadband customers who are out of contract will likely be able to find a better deal elsewhere," a spokesperson said. "A quarter of people are estimated to have let their broadband lapse, meaning that millions of consumers are missing out on the best deals and overpaying."
However, it advised customers to "start the process by haggling directly" with current providers in order to negotiate a better deal before turning to them for a switch.
Ultimately though, the energy price challenge facing most comparison sites will come to an end and when it does, experts said the switching market would recover.
Giles Thorne, financial analyst at the Jeffries Group, said that the lack of cheap energy tariffs was a "temporary rather than a structural phenomena". However, he admitted "the timing of a return in revenue is uncertain".
AJ Bell's Danni Hewson added: "Energy business will have to come back. Consumers and companies alike won't cope if tariffs stay elevated in the long term."
She said consumers had got used to relying on comparison websites when looking for deals.
"Many people feel these sites are essential middlemen, even if they're making the money from supplying companies with our business," she said.
"We want control and we want choice and just being able to compare one product with another can help us understand what it is we really need and what we are prepared to pay for."
One in five secondhand cars in UK cost more than new models
Number of women in FTSE 100 boardroom roles up to 39% in a decade


A stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman illustrated with the striking four-color artwork of Chris Riddell. Drawn from Gaiman's trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, Art Matters is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist's vision-an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives. Art Matters bring together four of Gaiman's most beloved writings on creativity and artistry: "Credo," his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression; "Make Good Art," his famous 2012 commencement address; "Making a Chair," a poem about the joys of creating something, even when words won't come; and "On Libraries," an impassioned argument for libraries. Featuring original illustrations by Gaiman's longtime illustrator, Chris Riddell, Art Matters is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspires us to make art in the face of adversity, and dares us to choose to be bold. (STL101082) (C: 0-1-0) NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops.


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Q: When we create a primary key using hibernate we use @Id as annotation but what annotation should be used to define a foreign key When we create a primary key using hibernate we use @Id as annotation but what annotation should be used to define a foreign key

A: Most often, the @JoinColumn is use for mapping FK. If you have a link table, you need to use @JoinTable instead.


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Why have I been served with paperwork from the court?
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First, let me address the elephant in the room. I can hear you thinking: what does this consultant know about managing people?
I have managed people since the age of 17, many much older than me. I have mostly worked in large corporate organisations so I have seen the changes in protection, wellbeing and development support available in the workplace. I also know that, whether you work in a multinational or a small local firm, common sense can prevail.
Here, in light of Leadership IQ's recent finding that 46 per cent of all new hires fail within 18 months, I want to focus on hiring.
When it comes to building a team, do not rush. All too often I see businesses decide they need a new team, then hurriedly recruit people with no thought for individual roles, responsibilities or synergies. Unpicking this when (not if) it does not work is expensive and time-consuming. And if it is really bad you may not be around to try again.
So take time in deciding what roles the team will perform and how these functions group together into defined roles. Is a hierarchy needed?
Also, think about who the team will interact with, both internally and externally. Identifying stakeholders early means you can sound them out on your plans and keep them on side at the formation stage.
When it comes to recruitment, do not rush. Particularly if you have just lost someone, the temptation is to immediately seek to fill that gap.
A good manager will see someone leaving as an opportunity – a chance to take stock of the role and determine what is needed for the team and the business. Perhaps what you need is something different from the person who has left.
Take time to define the role and be clear when briefing recruiters on what you are looking for in a candidate: their experience, the role they occupy now and the types of organisations they have worked for.
After receiving CVs, be clear in your feedback to recruiters so that they can improve their search. Saying a candidate has too little experience is not specific enough and will waste everyone's time.
Unless it is for a senior role, opt for a two-stage interview process, with the first conducted by someone from HR and a manager from the team. Then conduct the final interview alone.
For certain roles you might ask candidates to prepare a presentation or complete a writing test, but be sure this helps you make a fair assessment.
Taking over a team from outside, or being allocated a team from elsewhere in the business, can be difficult for everyone. I have seen more leaders fail in this scenario than in any other.
If you are in this situation do not try to emulate the previous manager or pander to practices or routines you do not believe in. They are your team now. That said, speaking to the previous manager will be invaluable.
Of course, you should spend time getting to know the individuals in your new team. Setting mini-projects will enable you to assess their capabilities quickly.
I hope the above helps your new staff to be in the 54 per cent of successful hires.


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"We Believe the Church Will Fill the Earth," Ensign, January 2017
There were only six members of the Church when it was organized in 1830 in a small town in New York, USA. Since then the Church has grown to over 15.5 million members, with wards and branches in over 150 countries. This growth is the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy that the Church would roll forth to fill the whole earth (see Daniel 2:31–45). The Church—the kingdom of God on earth—is described as a stone "cut out of the mountain without hands" (Daniel 2:45), revealing that it is a divine, not a man-made, work.
Even as the Church's influence fills the earth, its members will still be relatively few. Nephi foresaw this and wrote of our day, "I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few" because of the surrounding wickedness (1 Nephi 14:12). As the time of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ draws near, the world will become more and more wicked, and "it will become less and less popular to be a Latter-day Saint."1
But Nephi also foresaw "that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth" (1 Nephi 14:12). Wards and branches can be found all over the world, general conference is interpreted in over 90 languages, and almost 75,000 full-time missionaries are sharing the gospel in 418 missions. The gospel is also being spread worldwide through social media and websites such as Mormon.org and LDS.org.
These efforts are significant and extensive but often proceed quietly. "This work of the Lord is indeed great and marvelous, but it moves forward essentially unnoticed by many of mankind's political, cultural, and academic leaders. It progresses one heart and one family at a time, silently and unobtrusively, its sacred message blessing people everywhere."2
The stone prophesied of so long ago truly is rolling forth, and as we do our part, the gospel will continue to spread and fill the whole earth (see Daniel 2:31–45).
To learn more about the Church's future, read Doctrine and Covenants 65; Gordon B. Hinckley, "Stone Cut Out of the Mountain" (Oct. 2007 general conference); L. Whitney Clayton, "The Time Shall Come" (Oct. 2011 general conference).
Ensign Magazine, 2017/01 Jan
What can we do to help the gospel roll forward?
Keeping the commandments and strengthening our testimonies give us a foundation to help spread the gospel.
Teaching our families the gospel strengthens them to live faithfully in a world that teaches them otherwise.
Fulfilling our callings helps strengthen the Church in our local areas.
We can help spread the gospel by simply talking to people about it.
In the temple we can perform ordinances for those who died without hearing the gospel in this life.
Russell M. Nelson, "Stand as True Millennials," Ensign, Oct. 2016, 28.
L. Whitney Clayton, "The Time Shall Come," Ensign, Nov. 2011, 13.
The Future of the Church
"It is only a little handful of Priesthood you see here tonight, but this Church will fill North and South America—it will fill the world."
The Prophet Joseph Smith (1805–44), in a priesthood meeting in 1834, in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 137.


For the second time this year, the yoga aspirants of Sri Swami Madhavanandaji Ashram in London were fortunate to host and participate in a Weekend Yoga Seminar with the founder of the Yoga in Daily Life System, Vishwaguru Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, from 12-14 October 2018.
The 2nd of October, birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, was proclaimed by the United Nations in 2007 to be the International Day of Non-Violence. Since then, it has been observed annually worldwide by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as Sri Swami Madhavananda World Peace Council and Yoga in Daily Life.
On Sunday, 30 September 2018, at Sustipan Park (the most famous park in Split), Yoga in Daily Life Split presented its work as part of the citywide event 'HEALTH IS MY WAY' - doing so for the fourth year in a row.
A report about the Yoga in Daily Life Weekend Retreat in the mountains of southern Hainan Island, south-east China, with Swami Daya Mata.


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Records: Crest Hill man faces battery, trespassing charges
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Ponciano Vargas, 40, of Crest Hill
A Crest Hill man was arrested on charges of aggravated battery, criminal trespass to a building and criminal damage to property, according to Will County jail records.
About 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Ponciano Vargas, 40, of the 2400 block of Ingalls Avenue was booked into jail by the Joliet police.
Court records show Vargas has been charged with aggravated battery, criminal trespass to a residence and criminal damage to property. The offenses allegedly occurred Sunday.
Joliet police Sgt. Christopher Botzum did not provide information about Vargas' arrest on Monday.
Vargas was scheduled to appear for a hearing on his bond at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Will County Courthouse.
His most serious charge is aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
On May 10, Vargas was issued a citation from Joliet police for improper lane use.
On May 15, he pleaded guilty to the charge.
He was sentenced to six months of court supervision and was ordered to pay $120 in fines and fees, including $40 for traffic school tuition, according to court records. He paid the fines the same day.
On June 24, he successfully completed a traffic driver safety program, court records show.
Records: Woman struck Joliet cop at Riverwalk Homes apartment
Cops: Man, woman attack victim in Joliet after receiving eviction notice
Judge rejects lowering bond for Joliet murder defendant
Will County judge jails robbery suspect for profanity, court disruption
Cops: Wisconsin homicide suspect may be hiding in Joliet


From the get-go of talking on the phone, the follow-up for looking over & estimate, to the finish. Wonderful! Glad you're an honest company & stand behind your work. I won't hesitate to recommend you when any of our friends & relatives need some auto body repair.


A couple of months ago, The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel in Suffolk invited me to spend a day trying out their facilities and a couple of their spa treatments. It was a hard decision but I obliged. Can I just say I LOVE SPAS!!! I know everyone does but I think I am obsessed. I have been told my bathroom looks like a spa – it did before a token rubber duck gave birth to a family of rubber frogs, a non-slip crocodile mat and weird little man in a submarine. The rolled towels and scented candles are somewhere in there still I know it.
I was more than happy to escape my so called spa for a proper one. The Bedford Lodge Hotel is a pretty little country abode situated in the equine town of Newmarket. The hotel is in a beautiful Georgian-built property which once formed part of the estate of the sixth Duke of Bedford and whilst some of the hotel is still being refurbished, the spa was newly built in 2013 meaning that everything is still sparkling.
Talking of sparkling, I was warmly greeted with a glass of Champagne and served this delicious crab salad for lunch in the spa lounge. The menu caters for all types of spa-goers with dishes and drinks from super healthy to super indulgent. I sat in a bay window looking out on the spa grounds, savouring every peaceful, uninterrupted morsel and sip – bliss already.
You may be thinking Suffolk is a long way to travel for a spa day, especially if you live in London where there are countless top-knotch spas but actually this is one of the reasons I like The Spa at Bedford Lodge. Not intimidatingly grand nor uncomfortably small but instead cleverly designed to feel cosy and personal yet spacious and fully equipped. The floor to ceiling windows around the hydrotherapy pool flood the room with natural light so whilst you sit and enjoy being pummeled by the numerous water jets, you can also get a little bit mesmerized (in a nice way) by the glittering tiles on the heated mosaic lounge chair.
The thermal areas in the spa (the sauna and steam rooms) also feel unusually spacious and relaxing to sit in. On many occasions I have sat in these rooms and felt bored (I know that could be my inability to switch off) but more floor to ceiling glass and big spacious rooms means you can see what's going on both inside and out. It looks like the days of walking into a room thick with fog and almost sitting on the gentleman in the red speedos, are on their way out, thankfully.
They use ESPA products at The Spa and luxury manicures are by Jessica. The facial was expertly executed with just enough analysis to make you feel like changes were going to happen but then also ample silent scrubbing and massaging around face, head and neck to lull you into a light, relaxing sleep. Nails were buffed and preened by my therapist Rachel who then painted them perfectly in blood red – smooth round the edges and colour evenly applied. There is a small relaxation room to retire to after treatments or, as I did, you can sit upstairs on the veranda daybeds which overlook the pool.
Oh a day at a spa sounds amazing – especially this one!
It was pure heaven Cathy…every mummy should schedule one in at least once every six months haha!


Ots were useful for promoting globalism. Put a starbucks on each street corner and they will go there. Top rank argonauts published any yellowish manuscript to read ten times.
Enterprises, but in his fourth year, Jason made radical changes when his CFO, Theseus, fired and replaced the whole of upper management without warning one cloudy afternoon.
company?!" Jason screamed. "Oh, keep your short on," replied the boss. But by then it was too late.
It would seem Jason wasn't the only one to have failed business school.
Economics is all Greek to me anyway.
Somehow I didn't type the second "s" in "shorts". Perhaps I have failed business school as well.
So true, IceSquad my friend. Long story short: the last time I sold myself shorts they were too long.
I've nominated this for a Newdingles Shorts Story Award.


Coaches are a good option for cheap travel to London from almost anywhere in the UK or Europe. You'll find today's coaches are modern, comfortable and reliable.
Coach services criss-cross the UK with connections to continental Europe too. However, coach journey times tend to be longer than the equivalent train service.
Victoria Coach Station is London's principal coach gateway. It's located in the heart of the city in busy Victoria, a short walk from Victoria mainline railway and Tube station. It is run by Transport for London and is the base of National Express and Eurolines services as well as a selection of smaller coach operators. Victoria Coach Station is equipped with several shops and facilities including a left-luggage office.
National Express is the UK's largest coach operator and offers travel to destinations all over the country. It runs express services from many major towns and cities as well as connecting services for smaller towns and villages. It's a hassle-free, great value travel option to more than 1,200 destinations nationwide, including London's Airports.
Journey time variation depends on route and any interchange waiting time.
York: 4 hours 50 minutes-6 hours.
Eurolines consists of 28 independent operators making up Europe's largest regular coach network. The UK operator is National Express. These services are a great way to get around Europe on a budget. More than 500 destinations are covered across Europe and beyond, from Casablanca to Moscow. Visit the Eurolines website.
It's essential to check accessibility and concessionary rates with the coach operator. UK residents who are registered disabled can buy a Disabled Coachcard and receive one third off fares on National Express. Read National Express's information for disabled travellers.
Coach tours are a great way to see sights and attractions without the hassle of making loads of travel arrangements and hotel bookings. London is within easy reach of many major tourist attractions such as Stonehenge, Leeds Castle and historic Bath. Tour operators such as Golden Tours can be a convenient, good value option. You can also take bus tours within London.