What is a patch panel - Also known as a patch bay or patch field, a patch panel is a routing device featuring a number of connection jacks of a similar or certain type, facilitating the interconnectedness and routing of various hardware. With a patch panel, testing circuits and signal flow can be done with flexibility and ease, and are a dream come true for working with multiple hardware devices. Most commonly used in commercial and home recording studios, television and radio production, and computer networking, patch panels increase workflow and productivity, and can also stimulate creativity.
Through years of being a home recording enthusiast, I've acquired a few nice pieces of hardware. While it is far from being a full arsenal, there are definitely a few great choice options for tracking purposes and master buss duties at the mix and mastering phase of a project. The only main distraction was my thinking that I did not have enough gear to justify getting a patch panel. Having to go behind my desk every time I wanted to use a different preamp or hardware insert was getting old - fast. Also, I was noticing how some of my connection points were starting to be a little more difficult to seat properly.
Upon learning that a band wanted to bring in a few hardware pieces of their own for an upcoming session, the time had come to bring in a patch panel. They were able to quickly patch into my system with ease, and a number of routing options were immediately in play. Also, gone were a few ground humming issues that seemed to be tied to a certain outlet in my studio. Looking back on how much time was spent without the use of a patch panel made me realize my own inefficiencies, and also made me look forward to the freedom the new patch panel presented for myself and future clients.
With the patch panel, easy customization of signal flow became available. The wear and tear of constantly plugging and unplugging made me feel like the life of my gear was extended and protected. The constant push and pull on the inputs and outputs of hardware were eliminated, ending fears of losing the use of a certain piece due to technical problems from a heavy hand during connection - this is speaking from experience, believe me. The organization of the patch panel provides easy circuit identification, as well as different grounding options ensuring clean, consistent signal flow.
Patch panels are fast becoming popular in home cinema installations, home recording studios, computer networking, and radio and television broadcasting. My patch panel has changed the landscape of my personal home studio, providing increased stability, efficiency, and new routing options that were never realized or explored previously. Patch panels offer a much more organized and refined approach to networking and studio workflow. The time saved by implementing a patch panel into my home studio has meant more time creating, and less time troubleshooting. I just wish I had made the move sooner!
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There has been much talk on the interwebz of late about trolls. Actually that's a lie, it's not of late, it's always. There is always someone unwilling to put their name to a comment for all sorts of reasons, not just to flame (though that's normally the case). But you're deluded if you think not putting your regular email address on a comment or blocking out your name in a tweet somehow grants you traceless anonymity.
The other day I met up with my Aunty Steffi (not her real name, except for the Aunty part), in the city on her lunch break. She has only just found her way to the world of Facebook and all she knows of blogs is that I have one and it's where I word vomit occasionally. She pulled out a piece of paper and slid it across the table for me to read.
"This was on my desk when I got in to work yesterday" she said, her face defiant.
"Oh my gawd you have a TROLL!" I screeched. A totally appropriate response given our food court location.
As someone who has been teased for laughing too much and too loudly, seeing this cowardly unsigned letter made my blood boil.
Now this could have been an awful story. I could be telling you how Steffi was so upset by the letter that she now feels uncomfortable going to work. That she has let this cretin win... but that's not the case. Because all of the women in my family are of the kick-arse variety.
"That's terrible, Steffi! What did you do?"
"I stuck it up above the kitchen sink and wrote next to it: 'Can the person who left this on my desk please come and see me so we can discuss this like adults'"
Her colleagues have rallied around her in support and the ongoing "Shhhh you're breathing too loud" jokes that have started since the discovery of the note are made loud enough for whomever printed the note to hear. She won't go down without a fight... and she most definitely will not go quietly.
And just like all things on the internet, all things in an office are traceable. The IT department can, within minutes, find out which computer sent that document to the printer...
So, Steffi's troll, welcome to the 21st Century where there is no such thing as anonymity. Douche.
Have you been bullied at work?
Tags bullying, Haters be hating, passive aggressive, trolls, work
felicakes March 29, 2012 at 1:21 PM
I certainly have received one or two troll msg like that at work. It sucks when people dont man up and come to speak to you like adults! FFS.
Miss Cinders March 29, 2012 at 1:25 PM
What a gutless act. Your Aunt sounds awesome, tell her to laugh her arse off! Oh and to fart really loud too - that's what TJ15 said to do lol
Mrs BC March 29, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Whoever wrote that needs to be counselled in acceptable workplace behaviour. How childish! Love the way your Aunt responded.
Dr Bron Harman March 29, 2012 at 1:30 PM
I'd start bringing smelly lunches to work
stinkb0mb March 29, 2012 at 2:15 PM
no, never been bullied at work but i've heard of it happening to plenty of people - seriously what are we back at fucking school?
your aunt rocks - seriously, love her approach and even happier to read that all her colleagues, the ones who she's supposedly "annoying or disturbing" - are supporting her so well!
hope the bully gets outed - i'm all for people letting others know if something is bothering them but be BRAVE ENOUGH TO PUT YOUR NAME TO YOUR COMPLAINT!! otherwise it's just words that mean nothing and i [and most others] won't take any notice of! hell we probably won't take much notice of them even if you do put your name to it!
~x~
I can't believe that actually happens. Yes, indeed, Mr/Ms Lame, you are sitting in the same office, so if you have an issue, ADDRESS IT IN PERSON! Or just let it be, out of courtesy and common sense.
I wonder if one of the people 'rallying' around your aunt is in fact the anonymous author?!
Here I Am LouLou March 29, 2012 at 9:59 PM
Hi miss glow,
Love your style - and aunt stefi's too x.
No I haven't ever been bullied at work but I've been bullied on my blog and twitter AND it's still going on.
I think I will publish the direct emails, the attempted comments and the innuendo tweets from the blogger to expose them and show the world this so called "lovely" person is a TROLL AND PARISITE just like Aunty Stefi's.
I wonder if regret and sorry would be in her dictionary.
Keep up your fabulous work as always,
x Loulou
PS TROLLS are low-lifers and always will be!
Jade @ Oh Antipodes March 29, 2012 at 10:00 PM
Uggg! What is that? I see this all of the time these days and I think to myself, why don't these people have the balls to say it to their face? If I have a problem with someone, I let them know! It certainly gets problems solved a lot quicker and usually a lot more amicably! I'm lucky enough not to have been bullied at work, but I was at school and it did effect me, but I've learned to deal with it and move on.
Yvette Pointon March 30, 2012 at 7:53 AM
oh wow!! Wish I had the courage to do that!! Go your Aunty!
Happylan March 30, 2012 at 10:26 AM
I would like to say I can't believe people would do that, but I have worked in a few environments where that kind of thing has happened. It's still ridiculous! Glad your Aunty stuck it to them - I probably would've cried into my coffee.
Holly Homemaker March 30, 2012 at 12:28 PM
GO AUNTY STEFfI!
Miss Pink April 2, 2012 at 9:17 AM
OMG that is hilarious! I think I'm going to write Mr Black a troll note and leave it on his pillow. This snoring shit has GOT to stop. He won't ever know it's me, will he?

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Equinor and partners submit plan for the Oseberg field in the North Sea
The plan for the Oseberg field involves an investment of $1.11bn.
By Archana Rani
The Oseberg field is located in the North Sea. Credit: Harald Pettersen / Equinor ASA.
Equinor and its partners have submitted an amended plan for the development and operation (PDO) of the Oseberg oil and gas field in the North Sea.
This plan, which involves an investment of $1.11bn (Nkr10bn), was submitted to the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) Marte Mjøs Persen.
Equinor is a licence-owner of the Oseberg field and currently operates with a 49.3% stake. Other licence partners include ConocoPhillips Skandinavia (2.4%), Petoro (33.6%), and TotalEnergies EP Norge (14.7%).
The Oseberg field started production in 1988.
The amended PDO includes converting the oil field into a sustainable gas producer by tapping into the remaining gas resources.
As part of this plan, the partners will install two new compressors to boost recoverable gas volumes.
Equinor said that their focus is on reducing carbon emissions from the Oseberg Field Centre and the Oseberg South platform. The two locations will also be partially electrified.
An engineering, procurement, construction and installation (ECPI) contract worth more than $439.7m (Nkr4bn) has been awarded to Aibel for the partial electrification of the Oseberg Field Centre and Oseberg South.
Aibel will also upgrade the gas processing capacity at the Oseberg Field Centre.
Equinor stated that three modules, with a total weight of 3,748 tonnes will be installed on the platforms.
The reconstruction programme at the Oseberg Field Centre is planned to be completed in four years. Work on Oseberg South is scheduled for completion in one year.
Equinor said that the field is expected produce approximately 3.2 billion barrels of oil, an increase from the earlier estimate of around one billion barrels of oil when the field first started production.
Production of oil is in the tail phase, and experts think that 60% of the gas resources are still in the ground.
Oseberg is considered a major field for gas in the NCS, with Equinor expecting to generate over 3.5 trillion cubic feet of gas by 2040.
Equinor project development senior vice-president Geir Tungesvik said: "It is important to Equinor and the Oseberg partners to produce oil and gas with the lowest possible emission level.
"This investment decision allows us to increase production of Oseberg gas considerably in the future, while reducing CO₂ emissions by an estimated 320,000 tonnes per year. During the project planning, we have received good support from and cooperated closely with our partners."
Last year, emissions from Oseberg totalled approximately one million tonnes of CO₂.
Emissions from the field have been cut down by about 15% since 2010, with the company aiming to further reduce emissions by 50-70% in 2030.
The new compressors and electrification from shore are considered essential to achieve this ambition, stated Equinor.
In March, Equinor and partners secured a licence from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) to build, own and operate the required electrical facilities to provide the Oseberg Field Centre and the Oseberg South platform with power drawn from onshore.
The partners plan to commission the new facility at the Oseberg field in 2026.
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This is a 3D printed Polished Vinyl sculpture of a Buddha from Thailand.
I found this model to be beautiful with it's intricate details and the overwhelming calm and stillness it portrays.
It stands 6 inches tall, 2.5 inches deep, and 5 inches wide. If you'd like a larger model hit the "request custom order" and I'll work up a quote to your specifications.
This Thai Buddha is made of PVB, a 3D print-able vinyl variant that dissolves in alcohol, giving the model a nice glazed finish. It almost looks like it has been cast in ceramic and given a clear glaze.
Every item in my shop is test printed and checked for not only aesthetics, but also the intended use. All of my items I list I personally test to ensure they meet my stringent standards. This item is printed in PVB, a vinyl typically used in car windshield safety coverings but has been developed for 3D printing for it's ability to be smoothed with isopropyl alcohol. While it is strong and lightweight, it will dissolve in alcohol and possibly discolor when submerged for long periods in water.
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Q: Opening base64 image from html2canvas I'm trying to actually view the string image that html2canvas is rendering.  I have a web page that opens from a hyperlink.  I want in the end to use the Image button to take a screen shot of the web page.  I am getting the base64 string but how do I view the string image?
      $(document).ready(function(){

      html2canvas(document.body,{
          onrendered: function (canvas){
              var data = canvas.toDataURL();
              alert(data);
          },
          width:300,
          height:300
      });

A: You do that by appending something like data:image/png;base64, to the base64 string, and using it as the source for an image tag that is inserted somewhere :
  html2canvas(document.body,{
      onrendered: function (canvas){
          var data = canvas.toDataURL();
          var img  = document.createElement('img');
          img.setAttribute('download','myImage.png');
          img.src  = 'data:image/png;base64,' + data;
          document.body.appendChild(img);
      },
      width:300,
      height:300
  });

A: Using the Answer from @adeneo, instead of:
img.src  = 'data:image/png;base64,' + data;

try this:
img.src  = data;

since the data image prefix is already inside the data variable.

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Kambaira is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

References

Kainantu–Goroka languages
Languages of Eastern Highlands Province

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This one is the video mash-up episode!
85 dB TV #12 starts off with the famous pinball machine old school sesame street music video.
A joint from People Under the Stairs is mashed with an award-winning short titled "From Behind" to get the jazz related hip-hop vibe in full effect. Next, Tack-Fu gets his hair back in shape courtesy of Iowa City's infamous barber Big J over an original 85 decibel Monk track filmed in time-lapse mode.
French hip-hop producer Le' Reveur kills it over a German student film piece, followed by more humorous manipulation of communist propaganda symbols developed by the 85 decibel Monks graphics department.
A graffiti video featuring the artist BLU is set to a dope track by DJ Krush and after that Joey Beats blesses the next video with a sick track.
DJ Cam hits the mark with a tune set to a classic 1920's silent cartoon featuring Koko the Clown & his dog a turning the world upside down, and finally 85 dB TV winds down with a mash-up featuring a track by DJ Farina over an award winning short titled "40 Matches".


Nathan Free, from Lake Boga in Victoria, received a Nuffield Scholarship supported by Horticulture Australia Limited, using funds from the National Vegetable R&D Levy and matching funds from the Australian Government. Nathan studied variety selection and soil amendments during conversion from conventional to certified organic farming.
As managing director of Alkira Organics, Nathan is responsible for vegetable production, packaging, marketing and dispatch at his family's certified organic horticultural production business. The 350-hectare property comprises organic stone fruit and organic vegetables, including zucchini, melon, pumpkin, tomato, corn, broccoli and kale.
Nathan believes there is massive potential for the organic industry to develop, but the more demanding crops and the ability to achieve higher yields is holding the industry back.
"I intended to identify which varieties of vegetables are working well using organic production methods on an international scale.
"In addition, I hoped to tap into knowledge around the world regarding soil amendments that can bridge the gap during the conversion to organic as well as building the organic matter in soils," he says.
Nathan traveled to the USA and UK.


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Manipal Global Education Services ropes in Ravi Panchanadan as MD and CEO
Franchise India Bureau Jun 05 2018 - 2 min read
Prior to that, he had handled both consumer and enterprise businesses for the company, in India and abroad.
Higher educational and training services provider Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) has announced the appointment of Ravi Panchanadan as managing director and CEO, said a company statement issued today.
Panchanadan had been appointed the president and COO of MaGE in 2017. Prior to that, he had handled both consumer and enterprise businesses for the company, in India and abroad. He has headed universities in Malaysia as well as MENA region, apart from leading professional learning and assessment businesses in India.
Panchanadan, who has close to three decades of experience across FMCG, IT and ITES industries, brings to his new role a thorough understanding of the best business practices and the latest technologies. This experience is expected to help him expand the existing businesses and develop new engines of growth, both in the national and international markets.
He has taken over from S Vaitheeswaran, who had been heading the company for six years. Vaitheeswaran moves to his new role as the group CEO – Manipal Education & Medical Group (MEMG) at the corporate office.
Manipal Global Education Services provides customised training solutions for industry partners as well as direct-to-learner diplomas and certificate programmes in various fields such as information technology, finance and management. The company offers higher education services that include a range of services for educational institutions in India; corporate training programs in partnership with major banks and other institutions; vocational training across a number of sectors; and technology-driven services in areas such as testing and education delivery.
Prior to taking up this role, Panchanadan managed consumer as well as enterprise businesses for MaGE. He was the director and CEO of Manipal Education (Middle East & Africa Region), Manipal International University, Malaysia as well as the chief executive officer of MeritTrac Services (a 100% subsidiary of MaGE).
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Mohan, A. V., P.-S. Gehring, M. D. Scherz, F. Glaw, F. M. Ratsoavina & M. Vences
Comparative phylogeography and patterns of deep genetic differentiation of two gecko species, Paroedura gracilis and Phelsuma guttata, across north-eastern Madagascar. pp. 211-220 plus Supplementary data (PDF) and Supplementary Table S2 (Excel file).
Abstract. Phelsuma guttata and Paroedura gracilis are two species of geckos endemic to lowland and mid-elevation rainforests of the northern half of Madagascar's rainforest band. To test for concordant phylogeographic patterns in the two species and to assess intraspecific phylogeny and genetic diversity, we sequenced DNA from two mitochondrial genes (16S and ND4) and three nuclear genes (CMOS, PDC, RAG1). The mtDNA trees of both species suggest a strong phylogeographic split between phylogroups from the North East and Northern Central East biogeographic regions of Madagascar. However, this pattern is not mirrored in the nuclear gene dataset, where common alleles can be found across the two biogeographic regions. Private alleles characterize some of the northernmost and southernmost populations, especially the Montagne d'Ambre population of P. gracilis. In this species the two main mitochondrial clades agree with two distinct dorsal colour pattern phenotypes – striped versus cross-banded – separated at the junction of North East and Northern Central East. As no obvious geographic barrier to gene flow is apparent, the observed concordant phylogeographic pattern indicates that the border between these two regions might represent an area of secondary contact after divergence in refugia. Both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA reveal a higher genetic divergence among lineages of P. gracilis as compared to Ph. guttata, calling for a more detailed taxonomic assessment of the former species.
Key words. Squamata, Gekkonidae, comparative phylogeography, genetic diversity, Madagascar.


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George Rekers Has Company: The Top Ten Outed Right-Wing Homophobes
Gus Garcia-Roberts
Gus Garcia-Roberts | May 6, 2010 | 8:00am
Unless you've spent the last 48 hours holed up in a French B&B humping the homosexuality right out of your rent-a-boy, you've probably heard about Miami New Times' exposé of gay-bashing evangelist George Alan Rekers' European tryst with a male prostitute.
Is there any homophobe out there that's not secretly had sex with men? Buju Banton, put your hand down. Catching counts.
Let's induct the top ten members into the Hall of Hypocritical Homophobic Homosexuals:
10. Richard Curtis, Republican member of the Washington state House of Representatives
How anti-gay is he? He voted against domestic partnerships for same-sex couples and voted against a bill prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in a workplace.
How gay is he? He had sex with a gay male porn star -- oh, and Curtis wore lingerie under his clothing.
Totally gay quote: "I have not had sex with a guy."
9. Bob Allen, Republican member of Florida House of Representatives
How anti-gay is he? Supported a ban on same-sex couples adopting children.
How gay is he? Offered twenty bucks to a male undercover cop in exchange for letting him perform fellatio on him.
Totally gay quote: "This was a pretty stocky black guy, and there was nothing but other black guys around in the park," Allen, on the cop who he thought was trying to rob him. See, he offered to blow the guy because he feared he "was about to be a statistic".
8. Glenn Murphy, Jr., Chairman, Young Republican National Federation
How anti-gay is he? Dude, he's a Young Republican.
How gay is he? Got another Young Republican drunk and performed fellatio on him while he was asleep.
Totally gay quote: "We are the children of Reagan."
7. Roy Ashburn, Republican California state senator
How anti-gay is he? He voted against a day honoring slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, voted against expanding anti-discrimination laws, and voted against gay marriage.
How gay is he? After being caught drunk driving with a male lover in the car, he publicly came out of the closet.
Totally gay quote: "I felt my duty is to represent my constituents, not my own point of view, not my own internal conflict."
6. Edward L. Schrock, Virginia Congressman
How anti-gay is he? He supported asking military recruits about their sexual orientation in order to bar gay soldiers.
How gay is he? Caught on tape soliciting sex from a male prostitute.
Totally gay quote: "I have come to the realization that these allegations will not allow my campaign to focus on the real issues facing our nation and region."
5. David Dreier, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives in California
How anti-gay is he? Voted against gay marriage, gay adoption, and inclusion of sexual orientation in hate crime legislation.
How gay is he? Our sister paper in Los Angeles reported that he was getting it on with his chief of staff and paying him a very handsome salary in return.
Totally gay quote: None. Dreier refuses to address allegations about the affair and runs away when people ask him about his sexual orientation.
4. Larry Craig, U.S. Senator from Idaho
How anti-gay is he? Twice voted to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage. Twice voted against sexual orientation being included in hate crime legislation. Strangely, three times voted to have a margarita machine installed in the bathroom of the Minnesota airport.
How gay is he? He solicited sex from an undercover cop in said airport bathroom.
Totally gay quote: "Let me be clear: I am not gay and never have been."
3. Mark Foley, U.S. Representative from Florida
How anti-gay is he? Foley had a moderate voting record. But before we give him a pass, let's remember that he is a) a Republican and b) Chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. Kinda funny-- read: sad-- considering...
How gay (not to mention molester-y) is he? For years, he sent sexual text messages to teenage Congressional pages.
Totally gay (not to mention molester-y) quote: "How my favorite young stud doing?:"
2. Ted Haggard, evangelist
How anti-gay is he? "Homosexual activity, like adulterous relationships, is clearly condemned in the Scriptures."
How gay is he? Hired male prostitutes. Also, used crystal meth.
Totally gay quote: "I think of myself as a heterosexual but with issues."
1. George Alan Rekers, evangelist and junk scientist
How anti-gay is he? Founder of the right-wing Family Research Council and board member of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, which teaches that homosexuality can be cured.
How gay is he? You better just read the story.
Totally gay quote: "I had surgery and I can't lift luggage. That's why I hired him."


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Q: Importing Numbers using DataFrame I'm trying to import numbers from a xlsx file using pandas DataFrame. But I'm getting numbers in a slightly different format,
let's say the number is: 9582*****4
the number i get using this code is 9582*****4.0
df=pd.read_excel("Contacts.xlsx")
for i in range(len(df)):
    print(df.iloc[i,0])

It was working just fine till last night.

A: i guess you need to change the data type from float to int
df=pd.read_excel("Contacts.xlsx")

df = df.astype(int) # for all columns

type df = df.astype({"Column_name": int}) # for specific column

for i in range(len(df)):
    print(df.iloc[i,0])


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When it comes to ancient documents, there is no one-size-fits-all criterion for determining their date. There are, however, general principles, based on two types of evidence: external and internal.
External evidence refers to clues outside the document that can either pinpoint a date or help give us a window. For example, if a given document is clearly cited in another dateable text, then the established text provides a "no later than" cut-off date for our text. Alternatively, an external source may give explicit verification of a document's authorship and/or dating. The only questions are (1) whether there is any reason for the source to have distorted or fabricated this report, and, if not, (2) whether there is good reason to doubt its accuracy.
Internal evidence includes any signs within the text itself that may give a clue to its date. Many of these can provide a "no earlier than" cut-off date. Internal evidence includes:
• An explicit statement of audience, authorship (assuming that the named author is not a pseudonym), or time of writing.
• Allusion to any dateable events, figures, movements, ideas, practices, texts, or other material culture.
The original language of composition.
• The style, word choice, and genre of the document, which may be traceable to a particular author or setting.
• The substantive concerns of the document, which may be traceable to a particular author or setting.
• The more external and internal evidence there is, the greater likelihood of a consensus for a proper dating. The less evidence, the more we are left to an educated guess.
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Q: Is it possible to hide a specific ColumnHeader in WPF DataGrid? I wonder if it is possible to hide a specific Column Header in DataGrid,for example i want to hide the Header of Column 2,because i need to put a Contol inside that ,and don't need the header anymore.

A: Not sure if I understand you correctly.
Yes, you can hide it by doing something like:

You can put whatever you want into header of column2, it needs only UIElement as far I know. You can put there calculator etc. Just switch it depending on your needs.

A: try to apply DataGridColumnHeader style
    <Style x:Key="CustomHeader" TargetType="{x:Type DataGridColumnHeader}">
    <Setter Property="Template">
        <Setter.Value>
            <ControlTemplate TargetType="DataGridColumnHeader">
                <Grid  >
                    <!-- Put the code for the controller here -->
                </Grid>
            </ControlTemplate>
        </Setter.Value>
    </Setter>
</Style>

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Enjoy events at the Four State Fairgrounds in Texarkana or take your family to the Discovery Place Children's Museum, paint your masterpiece at the Painting with a Twist or if you love vintage cars, visit the Four States Auto Museum located in downtown Texarkana.
There's a great selection of restaurants located near the Hotel. Enjoy the food variety at the Golden Coral or in you love Chinese, then have a sampling at The One. Just about any food craving you have can be satisfied. Our knowledgeable staff can surely direct you to your favorite restaurant.
Just down the street from this hotel in Texarkana is the Central Mall, where you'll find such favorites as Dillards and JC Penney as well as Chuck E. Cheese's and Chick-fil-A. Don't leave town without exploring this local shopping mecca.
Just a 10-minute drive for the hotel's guests in Texarkana, Texas, the historic Ace of Clubs house is an 1885 Victorian home on the National Register of Historic Places. The unique home has three octagonal wings and one rectangular to form a club shape.
Championship golf is just a short drive from the hotel. Texarkana is home to the Texarkana Golf Ranch, a Hank Haney course set along the banks of Bringle Lake. Players enjoy beautiful views and dramatic 50-foot elevation changes over 18 challenging holes.


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Mining the farm: How miners turned to agriculture in the Hunter Valley
Agriculture / Industry News / Mining & Resources
Two industries that have often found themselves at loggerheads are now finding ways to work together to get the most out of the land and turn a profit.
Originally published by ABC
As the mining boom draws to a close, coal miners who own vast swathes of land in the Hunter Valley are increasingly focussing on farming and grazing.
Farmers were once considered the lifeblood of the nation, but there are 40 per cent fewer of them in Australia than there were 30 years ago.
"They were part of a vibrant agricultural region and the Hunter Valley was one of our strongest agricultural regions historically," National Farmers Federation president Fiona Simson told Lateline.
Around the coal fields of Muswellbrook, as land is retired from mining, companies like BHP are experimenting with planting pastures and landscapes suited for grazing cattle.
So far, according to grazier Trevor Petith, it's proving successful, with trials showing that cattle grazing on rehabilitated pasture have grown quicker and heavier.
"The trial, I think has been a good example of what be done when the country is rehabilitated," he said.
Mr Petith and his wife Narelle are leasing a 1,500-hectare property, Edderton, from BHP on the edge of New South Wales' largest open cut coal mine, Mount Arthur.
Mr Petith said it is an agreement that works well for both parties.
"The only disadvantage of farming like this is that you are on a lease… that is always in the back of your mind, that you could lose the lease," he said.
"Both sides have got to realise the benefits of the country being looked after and producing food and I think the mines allowing farmers to lease country is doing that and producing food."
Elsewhere in the region, mining giant Glencore took a different approach and instead of leasing its land to farmers, they bought a pastoral company, Colinta Holdings.
"I think there are arguments either way. My philosophy is that we are good at what we do, we understand the mining sector, we are able to operate within that and control our own destiny," managing director Gary Johncock said.
"I think in terms of asset value, of maintaining properties, we've been able to satisfy the requirements there. I think it works for us to manage our own operation."
Ms Simson said partnerships between miners and farmers are likely to continue well into the future.
"Certainly not farming as we know it, but I think it is certainly how we are going to see farming in the Muswellbrook region and in the Hunter go into the next decade," she said.
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This song was written by Homer Joy in November 1972 for the Capitol label, Buck recorded it in 1973 and was included in his album, Is not It Amazing, Gracie (Capitol 1973), both recordings went unnoticed, until Dwight Yoakam recorded with Buck Owens on June 17, 1988, for the reprise records label. In October 1988, the song reached number one on the country charts. It was the first number for Dwight and the twenty-first number one for Buck, (the last of his career).
Homer Joy was a composer from Arkansas, who was contacted by the Buck Owens office in 1972. They wanted me to compose songs in the style of Hank Williams, to record an album, A Homer did not like the idea, he wanted to be the same and not to compose like Hank. He said he would think about it. Finally, he said yes, with the proviso that they let him record some of his songs. They said yes, but every day he came to the studio, and he was always busy, tired of this situation, that same night he went out for a walk in Bakersfield, thinking and walking, the idea came to him to write a song about his experience in Bakersfield. As usual, at 8 in the morning he went to the studio, finally they let him record his songs, Homer picked up a guitar and sang the song he had composed that The same night, the manager of the studio listened to the song, and went to look for Buck, and they told him to sing it again. That same day Homer recorded it and Buck included it in his album, "Is not It Amazing, Gracie" (Capitol 1973). It was a song that did not have much success.
At the beginning of 1980, Buck decided to retire of the spectacle.
One day in 1987 Dwight showed up at Buck's offices, to convince him to return, Dwight got Buck back on stage. They finally recorded the song together, which was included in Dwight's third album, "Good Night From A Lonely Room ", (Reprise Records 1988).


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Recent researches have stated the fast deployment of IPv6. It has been demonstrated that IPv6 grows much faster, being so more and more adopted by both Internet service providers but also by servers and end-hosts. In parallel, researches have been conducted to discover and assess the usage of MPLS tunnels. Indeed, recent developments in the ICMP protocol make certain categories of MPLS tunnels transparent to traceroute probing. However, these studies focus only on IPv4, where MPLS is strongly deployed.
In this paper, we provide a first look at how MPLS is used under IPv6 networks using traceroute data collected by CAIDA. At first glance, we observe that the MPLS deployment and usage seem to greatly differ between IPv4 and IPv6, in particular in the way MPLS label stacks are used. While label stacks with at least two labels are marginal in IPv4 (and mostly correspond to a VPN usage), they are prevalent in IPv6. After a deeper analysis of the label stack typical content in IPv6, we show that such tunnels result from the use of 6PE. This is not really surprising since this mechanism was specifically designed to forward IPv6 traffic using MPLS tunnels through networks that are not fully IPv6 compliant. However, we show that it does not result from non dual-stack routers but rather from the absence of native IPv6 MPLS signaling protocols. Finally, we investigate a large Tier-1 network, Cogent, that stands out with an original set-up.
B. Donnet—This work is partially funded by the European Commission funded mPlane ICT-318627 project.


The Office of Student Conduct supports the educational mission of Indiana University South Bend by motivating student success, providing a fair and equitable accountability process, and facilitating honest dialogue that contributes to developing engaged citizens.
Our students and community will strive to become engaged citizens, encourage accountability in oneself and others, and maintain healthy and respectful relationships.
The Office of Student Conduct believes that each student is unique, and deserves the opportunity to develop as an individual at Indiana University South Bend. Students and community members may show human fallibility. We recognize these imperfections and work to assist students in changing their behaviors and choices.
Students are given the opportunity to conduct themselves as active and engaged members of the community. We encourage students to remember the difference between choices and mistakes. We ask students make intentional choices while on and off campus that will propel them towards a fulfilled education and career.
Our conduct process is educational in nature; rooted in best practices, theory, and assessment. There are, and will be, instances that will ask us to consider the safety and well-being of students over their choice of the individual. It is our responsibility to keep the campus safe while assisting in the development of those we serve.
The Office of Student Conduct encourages and promotes collaboration within academic and administrative departments. It is our goal to reach mutual agreements, support, and challenge, decisions with these departments regarding the appropriate paths that ensure our students are meeting their academic and personal goals.


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Pfizer's Besponsa Is Yet Another Win for the Biopharma Giant
Published August 20, 2017 MarketsMotley Fool
Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) scored another cancer drug victory this past week when the FDA green-lighted Besponsa, a drug that battles back against a rare and deadly type of leukemia. The approval adds yet another arrow to Pfizer's quiver of cancer treatments, and it could boost the company's sales by $1 billion, or more.
Tackling a deadly disease
After failing a trial evaluating its use in a subset of non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients back in 2013, Besponsa was rescued from the risk of ending up in the dustbin when it delivered a decisive knock-out blow to cancer in patients diagnosed with relapsing or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or ALL.
Specifically, 35.8% of patients receiving it experienced complete remission for a median eight months, which was significantly better than the 17.4% who experienced a complete remission for a median 4.9 months in the placebo arm of its study. Nearly 90% of Besponsa patients achieved minimal residual disease, which also handily outperformed the 31.6% with MRD in the placebo group.
ALL patients' best chance for recovery is stem cell transplant, and Besponsa appears to do better at getting patients to a point where that's possible, too. In its study, 48% of Besponsa patients proceeded to stem cell transplantation. The same can only be said for 22% of chemotherapy patients.
Besponsa's performance is particularly impressive because patients who fail to respond to initial therapy, or who see their disease return following it, are tough-to-treat, and sadly, they have a poor prognosis.
Generally, ALL is an aggressive cancer, and it's treated with intensive chemotherapy. About 6,000 patients will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year with ALL, about 40% of whom are adults. Of these adults, approximately 10% to 20% will fail to respond to chemotherapy, and about 50% of patients who do respond, will end up in relapse. In cases where the patient has relapsed, the median survival is less than six months.
Boosting cancer revenue
Besponsa's addressable market isn't very big, but that's not stopping industry watchers from pegging its peak sales in billion dollar plus blockbuster territory.
Those estimates might be aggressive given the indication's small patient pool, but even if Besponsa delivers sales in the hundreds of millions annually, it will still be a nice win for the big-cap pharma giant. Pfizer's tirelessly been working to establish itself as a leading cancer company following the loss of patent protection on its $14-billion per year cholesterol drug, Lipitor, and Besponsa represents yet another success in its quest.
Pfizer already markets the fast-growing breast cancer drug Ibrance. It sells the kidney cancer drug Sutent and the lung cancer drug Xalkori. It bulked up its cancer lineup with its $14 billion acquisition of Medivation last year, which brought with it the multibillion dollar prostate cancer drug Xtandi. And earlier this year, it notched approval for its PD-1 targeting immuno-oncology drug Bavencio in bladder cancer. Altogether, Pfizer's cancer drug sales in the second quarter were $1.59 billion, up 44% year over year.
Besponsa isn't going to be the company's best-selling cancer drug, but its sales should still contribute to Pfizer regaining its growth momentum. This year, Pfizer expects sales of between $52 billion to $54 billion, and while that's still below peak revenue during Lipitor's heyday, it still represents a transition back to year-over-year revenue increases.
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Students receive full tuition waiver, and pocket allowance of Rs 1000 pm for the duration of the program.
This is merit based scholarship, hence, the recipients must maintain a minimum CPI of 6.5.
However, if CPI falls below 6.5 (but remains above 6.0) then pocket allowance is withdrawn.
Normally, Parents annual income should be within certain limits (currently,Rs 6.0 Lakhs).
For undergraduates (B.Tech, BS, Major-Minor, Major-Major M.Sc.(2 year), M.Sc.-Ph.D. (UG Part)).
Deadline - 10th November 2014, 5:30 PM (Indian Standard Time).
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Q: Replace text in an applescript using an applescript I have several hundred lengthy applescripts to edit where I need to find and replace the following code snippet in various places in each script.
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5"
set myLayer to current layer of current document
if last character of mySport is "s" then
set contents of text object of myLayer to mySport & ""
else
set contents of text object of myLayer to mySport & "'s"
end if
end tell

I want to replace it with
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5"
set myLayer to current layer of current document
set contents of text object of myLayer to mySport & "'s"
end tell

Is there a way to write an applescript to find and replace several lines?
code screen grab
The second problem is how do I deal with the apostrophe contained inside the quotes?
You can probably tell that I'm an artist and not a developer or scripter! I tried to get an answer a while back but unsuccessfully and the problem is now become critical.
Many thanks in anticipation of an answer.

A: The best would have been to set this subroutine as a separate script library and call it it in each of your scripts. Doing so, only one change would be enough. I advice you to do this way for next time.
I dig to find a way to make change in a script, but that's not that easy. Script Editor as very limited capability for scripting. the work around is to use the GUI scripting, which means that any changes made by Apple in future versions may no longer work.
The script bellow simulate your keyboard action to search & replace CurString to NewString :
set myScript to "Users:imac27:Desktop:Testscript.scpt" -- path to your script

set CurString to "Set B to 2"
set NewString to "Set X to 5"

tell application "Script Editor"
open myScript
activate myScript
delay 2
tell application "System Events"
    keystroke "f" using {option down, command down} --mode search & replace
    keystroke tab using {shift down} -- got to search area
    keystroke CurString -- set the search target
    keystroke tab -- goto replace area
    keystroke NewString -- set replace value
    -- click on menu "Replace all " which is the 7th item of "Search" menu item (=item 14th of menu "Edit")
    tell process "Script Editor" to click menu item 7 of menu of menu item 14 of menu 4 of menu bar 1
end tell
compile front document
save front document
close front document
end tell

This script opens the script, it does the search, replaces, clicks on "replace" menu, then it compiles new version, saves it and closes it. If you have many scripts, you must run it through a loop for each script.
I tested it OK with simple line : replace "Set B to 2" by new line "Set X to 5".
However, your issue is more complex because you want to replace several lines, not only 1. I did not found a way to set the search area with multiple lines. I tried with CR (13) or LF (10), but it does not work. May be someone has an idea for that part ?
Also, if you want to add a " in your search or replace patterns, you can use the following :
set Guil to ASCII character 34
Set CurString to "this is a " & Guil & "s" & Guil & " between quotes"

In this case, the CurString value will be : this is a "s" between quotes

A: I purchased Script Debugger from Late Night Software and it enables the script to access pieces of code and replace them. Mark Alldritt was amazing in the support he offered and the software is now my "first use" destination.

A: You are sure of your original script and the final script? In this case no hesitation to use xxd and sed below in hexadecimal script which you wrote you can test this script, no danger for your script. Naturally, you  change your path and names at your convenience.
    set thePath to POSIX path of (choose file)

        tell application "Script Editor"
            set doc to open thePath
            save doc as "text" in POSIX file "/Users/yourname/Desktop/yourscriptold.txt"
            close thePath
        end tell

        set scp to do shell script "xxd -p -c 100000  /Users/yourname/Desktop/yourscriptold.txt " & " | sed -e 's#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#74656c6c206170706c69636174696f6e202241646f62652050686f746f73686f7020434320323031352e35220a736574206d794c6179657220746f2063757272656e74206c61796572206f662063757272656e7420646f63756d656e740a73657420636f6e74656e7473206f662074657874206f626a656374206f66206d794c6179657220746f206d7953706f7274202620222773220a656e642074656c6c#' > /Users/yourname/Desktop/yourscriptnew.txt"

        set scp to do shell script "xxd -r -p /Users/yourname/Desktop/yourscriptnew.txt >/Users/yourname/Desktop/yournewscript.txt"

            do shell script "osacompile -o " & "/Users/yourname/Desktop/temporyname.scpt" & " /Users/yourname/Desktop/yournewscript.txt"

do shell script "rm -f /Users/yourname/Desktop/yourscriptold.txt "
do shell script "rm -f /Users/yourname/Desktop/yourscriptnew.txt "
do shell script "rm -f /Users/yourname/Desktop/yournewscript.txt "


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KT, and the Yonsei University Health System set out to improve the medical environment in Africa
Via KT PR Room
kt (CEO Hwang Chang-Gyu, kt.com), the Yonsei University Health System and Rwanda's Kigali Public University are collaborating to improve Rwanda's medical treatment system. On July 21st they revealed that the three had signed a MOU on a digital healthcare pilot project.
The Memorandum of Understanding was reached, after group of leaders from Ministry of Health and Welfare (Headed by Gwon Deok-Cheol) visited the Rwandan Department of Health. During the visit, the two countries had a discussion on coordinating their health care, in June of this year. It was during this meeting that the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the Rwandan government concluded a MOU on coordinating healthcare.
The central African country of Rwanda is an example of a country which has fallen behind in terms of medical treatment. Rwanda has 1/4th the number of doctors per person when compared to the African average, at just 0.65 doctors per 10,000 people. It takes over an hour to reach medical facilities for 27% of the population, showing the lack of medical infrastructure. This makes it difficult to have early diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, often missing a critical window.
In order to improve this, kt and the Yonsei University Health System are launching a pilot project, using the best integrated ICT technology, to create a mobile diagnosis program and offer the best possible medical solutions and improve the medical environment in Rwanda.
The mobile diagnosis program kt will be implementing will allow the detection of malaria, dengu, aids and kidney failure using small samples of blood and urine. The health analysis data will be able to be transmitted over the LTE network kt began constructing in Rwanda in 2013. The data will be sent to the Medical Data Amalgamation Center built at the Kigali Public University. Yonsei University Health System's medical consultant team will be systematically managing the project.
The director of kt's Healthcare Business Management Cha Dong-seok said
"The mobile diagnostic device is the optimal way of improving medical access. The conclusion of the MOU and launching of the pilot project are expected to improve the medical treatment environment in Rwanda."
Yonsei University Health System's medical college dean Song Si-yeoung said
"When establishing Severance hospital's u-Health system in Rwanda, we hope to apply the experience learned from the remote healthcare system in Russia and central Asian countries, to guide in setting up the system. Yonsei University Health System is continually pushing to improve the health of humanity in Africa's neglected regions through continuous research and development."
Rwanda's Minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho said
"With the recent signing of the MOU, the basic preparations to Rwanda's health and medical systems have begun. This is an opportunity to improve access to medical services, resolve the information gap."
kt stated "starting in 2012 a dielectric analysis platform named Genome Cloud was released, and it has been driving the bio-info-medics industry. From 2015 kt and the city of Daegu been working together to develop and provide top of the line healthcare. Through this cooperation they built an On-demand Daily Healthcare Model Complex, which is fundamental in pushing forward global healthcare.
※ Image Background: Signing of the MOU on location in Rwanda
On June 10th in Ministry of Health government building in Kigali Rwanda a memorandum of understanding was signed to improve the healthcare environment in Rwanda. In the picture from the left Lee Dong-gu Korean diplomat for Rwanda, Song Si-yeoung Yeonsei Medical Center's dean of medical department, Gwon Deok-cheol the Ministry of Health and Welfare's health care policy leader, Agnes Binagwaho Rwanda's Minister of Health, Cha Dong-seok director of kt's Healthcare Business Management
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Pray for Nigerian leaders, Aisha Buhari urges women
Gibson Achonu, Owerri
The wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, has urged Nigerian women to tenaciously pray for the country's leaders to rule the nation with the fear of God.
The President's wife, who was represented by the wife of the Vice-President, Dr Dolapo Osinbajo, made the appeal on Tuesday during the valedictory women's August meeting themed, "Sharing Our Common Cultural Values."
The meeting which hosted about 30,000 Imo women was organised by the wife of the Governor of Imo state, Dr (Mrs) Nkechi Okorocha.
Mrs Buhari said, "The meeting was also an opportunity to pray for the future of Nigerian children."
She maintained that women as mothers should be the vessel of transformation and reconciliation in the country.
Earlier in her speech, Mrs Okorocha expressed satisfaction that she had impacted in the lives of women in the state through her pet projects; especially She Needs A Roof Project.
He said, "The skills acquisition centres in Orlu, Okigwe and Owerri have been able to economically empower women and youths in the state. Where white collar jobs have been overtaken by entrepreneurship, it is no longer fashionable to keep waiting when opportunities abound.
"It, therefore, gives me great joy that more than one thousand people have acquired different skills from this project"
Speaking about her SNARP project, she said, "I look back and recall how devastated I was, after my encounter with women and orphans without shelter in the rural communities. I wept profusely and could not sleep, but today I can take a deep breath because more than 370 of these vulnerable individuals can no longer be said to be living without roofs over their heads. I say this because we did it."
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Q: Night-time Shortwave radio broadcast I recently read an article from https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/am-stations-at-night
It says:

During daytime hours when ionospheric reflection does not occur to any great degree, AM signals travel principally by conduction over the surface of the earth. This is known as "groundwave" propagation.

My queries are:

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*Do the AM signals refer to "shortwaves" or the medium waves? I think it can't be medium waves as they don't undergo ionospheric reflection and instead undergo ground wave propagation.

*Do the shortwaves do undergo ionospheric reflection at daytime also but cover smaller range when compared to night time and at the same time during daytime, shortwaves undergo ionospheric reflection to cover a range larger than that achieved by medium waves via ground wave propagation?

A: "Medium wave" generally refers to the band of frequencies between 300 kHz and 3 Mhz (100 to 1000 m wavelength), and this includes the AM broadcast band (530 - 1600 kHz in the US).
"Long wave" refers to lower frequencies, 30 to 300 kHz (1 - 10 km), while "short wave" (also called "HF") refers to higher frequencies in the range 3 to 30 MHz (10 - 100 m).
All of these frequencies can be reflected by the ionosphere under the right conditions, with the effect tapering off toward the upper end of the SW band.
The ionosphere, created mainly by UV radiation from the sun, is lower and denser during the day, and higher and thinner at night, which is why it allows longer propagation distances at night.

Here's a more complete listing of the commonly-named bands:
$$
\begin{matrix}
\text{Band Name} & \text{Frequencies} & \text{Wavelengths} \\
\hline
\text{ELF} & 3  - 30 \text{ Hz} & 100,000 - 10,000 \text{ km} \\
\text{SLF} & 30 - 300 \text{ Hz} & 10000 - 1000 \text{ km} \\
\text{ULF} & 300 \text{ Hz} - 3 \text{ kHz} & 1000 - 100 \text{ km} \\
\text{VLF} & 3 - 30 \text{ kHz} & 100 - 10 \text{ km} \\
\text{LF (also LW)} & 30 - 300 \text{ kHz} & 10 - 1 \text{ km} \\
\text{MF (also MW)} & 300 \text{ kHz} - 3 \text{ MHz} & 1000 - 100 \text{ m} \\
\text{HF (also SW)} & 3 - 30 \text{ MHz} & 100 - 10 \text{ m} \\
\text{VHF} & 30 - 300 \text{ MHz} & 10 - 1 \text{ m} \\
\text{UHF} & 300 \text{ MHz} - 3 \text{ GHz} & 1 \text{ m} - 10 \text{ cm} \\
\text{SHF} & 3 - 30 \text{ GHz} & 10 - 1 \text{ cm} \\
\text{EHF} & 30 - 300 \text{ GHz} & 1 \text{ cm} - 1 \text{ mm} \\
\end{matrix}
$$
ELF is interesting because the "resonant frequency of the Earth" falls into this band. If you think of the space between the Earth's surface and the ionosphere as a waveguide, the path length (circumference) is roughly 40,000 km, corresponding to a frequency of about 7.5  Hz. This frequency also penetrates fairly well into seawater, which is why the military has used this band to communicate with submerged vessels.
EHF is also known as "millimeter wave", and at these frequencies (and up), you can start to do useful imaging. This is the kind of wavelength used for security scanners, etc.


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