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Holomíctico es una calificación que se aplica a los lagos que tienen la característica que las aguas se mezclan completamente al menos una vez al año; a diferencia de un lago meromíctico en el cual la capa profunda (hipolimnion) nunca se mezcla con la capa superficial (epilimnion).

En general, la mayor parte de los lagos mundiales son holomícticos.

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 Amíctico
 Monomíctico
 Dimíctico
 Polimíctico
 Meromíctico
 Estratificación
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A simple php class for verification code identification.

**This class is too slow to use in a prod env, please use other libraries such as [tesseract](https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract) instead.**

## Usage
* Import the class file and create the instance of the class

```
include "VC/VC.php";
$object = new VerifyCode();
```

* Teach the program with some image sample

```
$object->Init_Image("VC/1.jpg", array('g', '4', 'J', 'p'));
$object->Init_Image("VC/2.jpg", array('B', 'H', 'd', '7'));
$object->Init_Image("VC/3.jpg", array('T', 'F', '5', 'H'));
...
```

* Identify the unknown verify code

```
echo $object->Recognize_Image("verifyCode.jpg");
```

## Postscript
* It's just a identification program for very simple verify code.
* If want to speed it up, you can write a cache file instead of teaching the program everytime.

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Microsoft released .NET Core 2.1 in May 2018, as a long-term support (LTS) release, which means it was supported for three years or an additional year after the next LTS release.
Now, the company has announced that it will end support for the .NET Core 2.1 development platform on August 21, 2021, which means that those running the platform after that date will be at risk of security issues. And starting from September 2021, security updates will not be issued .NET Core 2.1 and every computer that has .NET Core 2.1 installed, will be potentially unsecure.
Therefore, Microsoft advises that users should migrate to successors such as .NET Core 3.1 or .NET 5, or risk facing potential security issues.
While .NET 5 which arrived in November 2020, as part of Microsoft's push to unify the .NET technologies will serve as a merger of .NET Framework and .NET Core as it is intended to unify the .NET platforms. And the first preview of .NET 6 has already been published last month, with the public version due in November 2021.
What .NET Core 2.1 users are expected to do right away
As there will be no more updates for .NET Core 2.1, including security fixes, or technical support, Microsoft advises that users should to update to a currently supported successor, such as .NET Core 3.1 or .NET 5, with the supported versions available for download at dotnet.microsoft.com.
The end of support is scheduled for August 21, 2021; Microsoft has cautioned that if any user should run into issues and need technical support, they may not be able to help you.
So, if you are a developer and your application uses NET Core 2.1, it is strongly recommended that you migrate your application to a supported version, such as .NET 3.1 or later. And if you're an end-user, it is recommended that you reach out to the vendor of your software to confirm that your version of the software is up-to-date.
How to Upgrade to .NET Core 3.1 or Later versions
The upgrading instructions for .NET Core 3.1 are as follows:
Open the project file (the *.csproj, *.vbproj, or *.fsproj file).
Change the target framework value from netcoreapp2.1 to netcoreapp3.1. The target framework is defined by the TargetFramework or TargetFrameworks element.
For instance, change netcoreapp2.1 to netcoreapp3.1.
You'll need to update your .NET Core 2 to a supported version (.NET Core 3.1 or .NET 5.0) before this date in order to continue to receive updates.
Microsoft set to End Support for .NET Core 2.1 platform
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Thomas Leonidas Crittenden
Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (May 15, 1819 – October 23, 1893) was a lawyer, politician, and Union general during the American Civil War.
Crittenden was born in Russellville, Kentucky, the son of U.S. Senator John J. Crittenden, brother of Confederate general George B. Crittenden, and cousin of Union general Thomas Turpin Crittenden. He married Catherine Todd, the daughter of his father's second wife. Their son, John Jordan Crittenden III, served in the United States Army and died with Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.
Crittenden was admitted to the bar and served in the United States Army during Mexican-American War as a volunteer aide to General Zachary Taylor and as lieutenant colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. After the war's end he served as U.S. consul in Liverpool.
When the Civil War began in 1861, Kentucky was a state that declared its neutrality and was at risk of supporting the Confederacy. Crittenden and his father remained loyal to the Union, but his brother joined the Confederate Army, a sad, but common, occurrence in this border state. Crittenden had been a major general in the Kentucky militia since 1860. He was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in September and placed in command of the 5th Division in the Army of the Ohio. He led the division at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. After Shiloh he was appointed major general of volunteers and commanded the II Corps in the Army of the Ohio during the Perryville Campaign although his corps was only lightly engaged in the fighting.
When Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans assumed command of the army, Crittenden's forces were redesignated the Left Wing of the Army of the Cumberland and were heavily engaged at the Battle of Stones River. (He received a brevet promotion to brigadier general in the regular army in 1867 for his service at Stones River.) The Army of the Cumberland was reorganized and Crittenden's corps was once again renamed, this time the XXI Corps. He led the corps through the Tullahoma Campaign and at the Battle of Chickamauga. Crittenden and fellow corps commander Alexander McDowell McCook were blamed for the defeat and relieved of command, but both were later exonerated and acquitted of any charges. During the Battle of Spotsylvania in 1864, Brig. Gen. Thomas G. Stevenson was killed leading the 1st Division, IX Corps. Stevenson was immediately superseded by Col. Daniel Leasure. The decision was made to replace the colonel with a more experienced commander and General Crittenden was chosen to take command of the division. He assumed command on May 12 and led it during the final days of Spotsylvania and through the Battle of Cold Harbor, before resigning on December 13, 1864.
Postbellum
After the war Crittenden served as the state treasurer of Kentucky and was appointed as a colonel and then brevetted to brigadier general in the regular army before retiring in 1881. He died in Annandale, Staten Island, New York, and is buried in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function
import functools

import sys
import os
sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
import numpy as np
import PIL.Image as Image
from PIL import ImageDraw
import tensorflow as tf
import tensorflow.contrib.slim as slim
from libs.logs.log import LOG
import libs.configs.config_v1 as cfg
import libs.nets.resnet_v1 as resnet_v1
import libs.datasets.dataset_factory as dataset_factory
import libs.datasets.coco as coco
import libs.preprocessings.coco_v1 as preprocess_coco
from libs.layers import ROIAlign

resnet50 = resnet_v1.resnet_v1_50
FLAGS = tf.app.flags.FLAGS

with tf.Graph().as_default():

  image, ih, iw, gt_boxes, gt_masks, num_instances, img_id = \
    coco.read('./data/coco/records/coco_trainval2014_00000-of-00048.tfrecord')

  image, gt_boxes, gt_masks = \
    preprocess_coco.preprocess_image(image, gt_boxes, gt_masks)

  sess = tf.Session()
  init_op = tf.group(tf.global_variables_initializer(),
                     tf.local_variables_initializer())
  # init_op = tf.initialize_all_variables()

  boxes = [[100, 100, 200, 200],
           [50, 50, 100, 100],
           [100, 100, 750, 750],
           [50, 50, 60, 60]]
  # boxes = np.zeros((0, 4))
  boxes = tf.constant(boxes, tf.float32)
  feat = ROIAlign(image, boxes, False, 16, 7, 7)
  sess.run(init_op)

  tf.train.start_queue_runners(sess=sess)
  with sess.as_default():
      for i in range(20000):
        image_np, ih_np, iw_np, gt_boxes_np, gt_masks_np, num_instances_np, img_id_np, \
        feat_np = \
            sess.run([image, ih, iw, gt_boxes, gt_masks, num_instances, img_id,
                feat])
        # print (image_np.shape, gt_boxes_np.shape, gt_masks_np.shape)

        if i % 100 == 0:
            print ('%d, image_id: %s, instances: %d'%  (i, str(img_id_np), num_instances_np))
            image_np = 256 * (image_np * 0.5 + 0.5)
            image_np = image_np.astype(np.uint8)
            image_np = np.squeeze(image_np)
            print (image_np.shape, ih_np, iw_np)
            print (feat_np.shape)
            im = Image.fromarray(image_np)
            imd = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
            for i in range(gt_boxes_np.shape[0]):
                imd.rectangle(gt_boxes_np[i, :])
            im.save(str(img_id_np) + '.png')
            # print (gt_boxes_np)
  sess.close()


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Layne Turner, a plant and soil science major at Arkansas State University, is the recipient of the Katherine Franzen Memorial Scholarship for the spring semester.
Franzen was a farmer and businesswoman from Arkansas County. Each spring, the Franzen family selects an ASU student for the award. Turner is from Gillett.
Scholarship recipients must be from Arkansas County and a full-time student at Arkansas State majoring in an agriculture-related field. Recipients must maintain a minimum 2.25 grade point average and must exhibit leadership qualities.
The Katherine Franzen privately-funded scholarship was established in 1992 by her grandson, Tom W. Franzen, to honor his grandmother who lived in Stuttgart.
The scholarship, which goes to a full-time second semester freshman, was founded to help students advance their education in the agricultural field.
Katherine E. Franzen (1914-2001) was a lifelong resident who contributed to a number of causes in the Stuttgart area. She was especially known for presenting anonymous gifts and sought no personal recognition, university officials said.
Turner is the son of Jammy and Laura Turner of Gillett.
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More than two dozen people were taken to a hospital Saturday night when carbon monoxide poisoning forced the evacuation of a wedding reception on Madison's East Side, according to the Madison Fire Department. Emergency personnel were called to the indoor soccer club Salon Centinela, 5018 Blazing Star Drive, after someone fainted during a wedding reception there, said Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster. Once inside, paramedics were approached by other guests concerned about an odor in the building and a generator that was running indoors to supply power to a live band. Others also said they weren't feeling well. Firefighters entered the building with handheld air monitors, which immediately detected carbon monoxide near the entryway and ultimately peaked at 405 parts per million in the center of the building, Schuster said. Although the generator supplying power to the band was being moved outside, firefighters determined the building needed to be evacuated and ventilated. Firefighters used a microphone to shut down the band and calmly evacuated about 300 wedding guests. They also ventilated the building. A Madison Metro bus provided a medical staging area for the many wedding guests, ranging from young children to older adults, who were feeling ill. UW Hospital East set up a triage area to assist with the large number of patients.


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Reliable measurement of elastic modulus of cells by nanoindentation in an atomic force microscope
Zhoulong Zhou, Alfonso H W Ngan, Bin Tang, Anxun Wang
The elastic modulus of an oral cancer cell line UM1 is investigated by nanoindentation in an atomic force microscope with a flat-ended tip. The commonly used Hertzian method gives apparent elastic modulus which increases with the loading rate, indicating strong effects of viscoelasticity. On the contrary, a rate-jump method developed for viscoelastic materials gives elastic modulus values which are independent of the rate-jump magnitude. The results show that the rate-jump method can be used as a standard protocol for measuring elastic stiffness of living cells, since the measured values are intrinsic properties of the cells. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
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Zhou, Z., Ngan, A. H. W., Tang, B., & Wang, A. (2012). Reliable measurement of elastic modulus of cells by nanoindentation in an atomic force microscope. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 8, 134-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.11.010
Zhou, Zhoulong ; Ngan, Alfonso H W ; Tang, Bin ; Wang, Anxun. / Reliable measurement of elastic modulus of cells by nanoindentation in an atomic force microscope. In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2012 ; Vol. 8. pp. 134-142.
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January 02, 2012 by Leigha Horton in AFTRA, Fringe 2011, Minnesota Public Radio, readings, rehearsals, SAG, Science Museum of Minnesota, screen, stage, The Year in Review, travel, videos, Voice-over gigs
While relatively tedious to compile, I've come to love these year-end reviews. They remind me that I actually make a living at my craft, no matter how insecure I get during the course of the year about my abilities or accomplishments (or seeming lack thereof). Lists like these remind me that I am doing what I love, and am being rewarded for it. Lists like these remind me that my career choice bought me passage into my very first house, all on my own, and keeps me there.
Because let's be honest - there is always a point (or five) in the year when I panic. I think, ohmygod, they've finally realized that I'm a total fraud and NOW I WILL NEVER WORK AGAIN. EVER. This happens regularly. Without fail. And then I end up inexplicably landing another incredible gig and think, oh, well, okay – maybe I'm not that bad. It is a joy and an honor to be so lucky.
Without further ado, my performance highlights of 2011:
January Continued part-time work at the Science Museum of Minnesota on the Science Live team – performing live science demonstrations and science-related short plays for museum audiences.
Marketplace Events spots - third year running. Ty Pennington and me on national TV and radio urging you to attend home shows across the U.S. TV commercials aired on HGTV and ABC and their affiliates. Recorded at Audio Ruckus.
VOs for General Mills, but I took very poor notes about this, and have no recollection of what it was for. My guess is that it was, perhaps, some pickups for the 42 spots I did back in December for Progresso Light Soups, Yoplait and Yoplait Light Yogurts, and Big G Cereals national TV spots. Note to self in 2012: take better notes. Recorded at Babble-On for Shout! Creative.
February Script workshop and stage-direction reading for public presentation of Carson Kreitzer's new play, Behind the Eye, as part of The Playwrights' Center's Ruth Easton series. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park for a world premiere in April.
Not much else to report other than travel to Florida. It was warm. I remember needing that. Oh yes, and travel to Madison, WI, to teach museum-theater techniques to institutions across the U.S.
March VO for the trailer of TRIUMPH67, an independent feature-length film that went on to become the official selection of the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival.
Spent the day in studio at Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), recording the voice for a sultry character in The Winner, a pilot for Minnesota Stories – a new program dedicated to showcasing Minnesota writers.
VO for Target - a short film about inclusiveness called You Make Us. Recorded at Audio Ruckus.
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio at Minnesota Public Radio
April Table-read of a new script by Patrick Coyle at The Jungle Theater.
The Winner, recorded in March, airs twice on Minnesota Public Radio.
May VO for Cadillac. With Laurence Fishburne. I played his talking GPS. Recorded at Babble-On for Fallon.
I bought my very first house, all by myself. I think this is what officially makes me an adult, but I'm still not quite sold on that idea. The only reason I'm including this here, amongst my gigs, is because those VO gigs are what made this possible.
Home, in as many words.
June Script workshop and stage-direction reading for public presentation at the Playwrights' Center of Scratch, a new play by Shira Naharit.
Started rehearsals for Minnesota Middle Finger, Ben San Del's Minnesota Fringe Festival entry. Yes, Fringe is in August. We started way, way early because of everyone's insane schedules. I think when all was said and done we only had 12 rehearsals.
July VO demos for Hormel, recorded at Modern Music/Fischer Edit for BBDO.
Co-wrote and produced a short satirical 1950's-style educational film, The Wonders and Worries of Nanotechnologyon behalf of the Science Museum of Minnesota for The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). Film + Production by Teddy Media.
August 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival, and my performance in Ben San Del's Minnesota Middle Finger with the incomparable John Middleton and Tim Hellendrung.
VO spots (more, again) for Marketplace Events home shows with Ty Pennington – TV and Radio. Continued airings on HGTV and ABC. Recorded at Audio Ruckus.
Three-day script workshop at The Playwrights' Center of Outcasts of Eden, a new play by Andie Arthur.
Served as host/barker for the AFL-CIO Labor Pavilion at the Minnesota State Fair, on behalf of AFTRA.
Cast in kaotic good productions' The Cooking Show con Karimi & Comrades: Viva Las Roots! to be presented at Intermedia Arts in October 2011.
Script workshop at The Playwrights' Center
September Cast as both Anne Bonny and Mary Read in the Science Museum of Minnesota's next major exhibition, Real Pirates, as well as cast in the publicity crew for advance event appearances. Exhibition opens mid-February 2012.
Attended the 7th annual Ivey Awards – Minneapolis/St. Paul's version of the Tonys. Very, very swank. Very, very inspiring. I know I said that last year, but I still mean it.
VO spot for General Mills – radio spot for Yoplait Yogurt in the NYC market. Recorded at Audio Ruckus for Shout! Creative.
Real Pirates coming soon to the Science Museum of Minnesota
October Cast in The Peanut Butter Factory's next production, Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries – a two-person show with Adam Whisner to be presented late winter/early spring 2012.
Went on a three-day writing retreat to northern Minnesota with the company of kaotic good productions' The Cooking Show con Karimi & Comrades: Viva Las Roots! to create character and storyline.
VO narration for short documentary Does Every Silver Lining Have a Cloud?, a look at the effect of nanosilver on the environment, created by the Museum of Life + Science in Durham, North Carolina, on behalf of the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). Recorded at Babble-On.
VO for the National Marrow Donor Program's annual council awards ceremony recognition film segments. Recorded at Aaron/Stokes for Blue 60 Pictures.
Script workshop and stage-direction reading at the evening performance of Sarah Gubbins' new work, The Water Play at The Playwrights' Center.
Performances of kaotic good productions' The Cooking Show con Karimi & Comrades: Viva Las Roots!at Intermedia Arts.
November Performances continue of kaotic good productions' The Cooking Show con Karimi & Comrades: Viva Las Roots!at Intermedia Arts.
Got my eyes did. Yep. Lasik. No more contacts or glasses. This changes everything on stage and in the recording booth, for the better.
Spent the day at the Hennepin County Courthouse, serving as a key witness in Faegre & Benson's mock trial program.
Spices in the Viva Las Roots! kitchen.
December VOs for Marketplace Events Home Shows with Ty Pennington – fourth year running! Recorded at Audio Ruckus.
Appeared on Kare 11 News morning program as Anne Bonny, marketing for the Science Museum of Minnesota's Real Pirates exhibition opening February 2012.
Script workshop and stage-direction reading at the evening performance of Kira Obolensky's new play, Vasa Lisa at The Playwrights' Center, co-presented by Ten Thousand Things. Workshop in preparation for a late-spring full production by Ten Thousand Things.
Real Pirates get sassy with the news crew at KARE 11.
Epilogue 2011, you treated my career well, and for that I thank you. 2012, we're going to roll up our shirtsleeves and till this soil for continued growth. My last major career goal was to make my living as an artist, which I have been doing for the last few years; it's time to dream bigger dreams. And then run to catch them.
January 02, 2012 /Leigha Horton
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August 16, 2011 by Leigha Horton in Fringe 2011, stage
Another Fringe Festival notch on the belt, another wonderfully surprising success. Our show did exceptionally well, but more importantly I got to share the stage with two of the most delightful actors in the twin cities – Tim Hellendrung and John Middleton. My god, those guys… love. Just…love. The final numbers are in, and out of 167 shows and just over 48,000 tickets sold, Minnesota Middle Finger was #5 in ticket sales. Audiences who chose to review our show gave us a solid 4.5 average rating out of 5 kitties (yes, instead of stars we have kitties; don't ask). We officially sold out twice. We received the "encore" performance in our venue. All in all, a pretty fine experience.
And so, a little photographic capsule of the past eleven days:
And that, dear friends, wraps up another year. Goodnight, sweet Fringe. Sleep well, and dream inspiring dreams, for I long to see them breathe come morning.
August 16, 2011 /Leigha Horton
Fringe 2011, stage
Minnesota Middle Finger
My love for the Minnesota Fringe Festival runs deep. Unnaturally, gloriously deep. I've performed in every festival, save two, since 2000, and have written about it here since 2005 (save for a little, intended gap in 2009 coverage): 2000 – The Last Cherry Pit, Ministry of Cultural Warfare (MoCW) 2001 – Into the Acid Fountain (The Federico Fellini Variety Hour), MoCW 2002 – Slaughter House Warming, MoCW 2003 – Industrials, MoCW 2004 – In Defense of Sin (My Friends' Best Stories), MoCW 2005 – served as The Voice of the Fringe for the official Fringe Festival podcasts (this also happens to be what launched my professional voice-over career, so I think this means I owe the Fringe my firstborn or something. I can't remember. I'll have to go back and check the paperwork). 2006 – The Unbearable Lightness of Being American, MoCW 2007 – The Tyranny of God's Love, MoCW (appeared onstage via video, as was touring another show at the time) 2008 – blogged my brains out in exchange for a Fringe Press Pass 2009 – (just watched, and didn't want to talk about it) 2010 – See You Next Tuesday, Walking Shadow Theatre Company
It is now a joy and a pleasure to add 2011 to the list:
2011 – Minnesota Middle Finger, Ben San Del
Tim Hellendrung, John Middleton, and I opened Ben San Del's Minnesota Middle Finger last night to a sold-out house, robust laughter, and excellent reviews. It's been such an honor to work with these delightful guys, and I cannot wait to see how the rest of the run plays out. Do come!
Sat., Aug. 6, 8:30 pm Sun., Aug. 7, 5:30 pm Thur., Aug. 11, 10 pm Fri., Aug. 12, 4 pm Sat., Aug. 13, 7:30 pm


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What Is a Meme? How the Internet Appropriated a Biological Term
By Jessica Eggert
When we think of the word "meme," Be Like Bill, Grumpy Cat and macros like "I don't ___ always, but when I do, ___" instinctively come to mind, but the origin of the meme had nothing to do with the internet. It was created long before the internet by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and largely appropriated by the internet over the last several years.
In his 1976 book The Selfish Gene on adaptation and natural selection, Darwin-inspired Dawkins evolved the word meme from the Greek word "mimimeme," which means "that which is replicated." Dawkins contended that life depends on replication and much like ideas, cells of organisms jump around. He cut the word down to one syllable so that it sounded like "gene," according to Mental Floss.
Memes as we recognize them now — viral gifs, macros, videos and photos — have existed long before the internet and before Dawkins even made them a thing. American photographer Harry Whittier Frees created the first lolcats (though he didn't call them that) in the 1870s when he photographed live, posed animals for postcards and children's books.
Behold the OG lolcat, eloquently captioned "What's delaying my dinner?":
The earliest internet memes date back to the mid 1990s, according to Gizmodo, when memes like this dancing baby and this gif of dancing hamsters — which received 17 million views in three months — were passed around through emails and blogs.
While Dawkins surely didn't foresee the evolution of the internet meme, he told Wired in 2013 that because internet memes are essentially viral ideas, it makes total sense. "The meaning is not that far away from the original," he said. "It's anything that goes viral. In the original introduction to the word meme in the last chapter of The Selfish Gene, I did actually use the metaphor of a virus. So when anybody talks about something going viral on the internet, that is exactly what a meme is and it looks as though the word has been appropriated for a subset of that."
The key ingredients in a successful meme, according Gizmodo, is that it can appeal to a wide audience, it's funny, it's posted to a popular social media platform at "peak viewing times" and "you can't go wrong with cute, cuddly animals."


I'm in San Francisco on business for a few days.
Don't worry, I'll still make the Wednesday night raids … well, y'know, assuming the Warcraft servers have been revived.
I'm not so out of the loop that I didn't hear about how Patch 1.10 soloed the servers and wtfpwned the server spawn for many hours. Announced player compensation for the inconvenience: 50 cents.
Any wagers on how fast they'll push Patch 1.10 to live? how much downtime for hotfixes/server crashes? how much forum screaming? And the million-dollar question: Will this patch attract or drive away our priests?
I was a little optimistic about that additional downtime, but I'm still refining my prognosticative techniques. Honestly, I know of no other industry that would push several major system and code changes all at once and hope for the best. Only in gaming is this considered standard protocol.
Shortly after discovering that I could use my stick to kill roaming wildlife, I used my stick to beat down a fellow cow because his humpback annoyed me. I was disappointed that I couldn't skin him.
I hope as my kind evolve we lose the hunch. That's just unsightly.


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Live Review: The Dustbowl Revival @ 9:30 Club — 2/7/20
Posted on 02/10/2020 by Ari Strauss	in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Americana, California, Los Angeles, roots, The Dustbowl Revival.
The Dustbowl Revival frontman Z. Lupetin performs at 9:30 Club, Feb. 7, 2020. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
LA-based roots band The Dustbowl Revival in town to promote its new album, Is It You, Is It Me, hit the stage at 9:30 Club on Feb. 7 with a bit of trepidation.
That evening, the legendary DC concert venue was hosting two back-to-back shows and The Dustbowl Revival was headlining the early show. This meant the doors to the venue opened at 6pm and the band was due to take the stage at 7:30pm, after a brief opening set by supporting act, Birds of Chicago. The Dustbowl Revival frontman Zach Lupetin (who goes by "Z") would later tell the audience he was worried no one could leave work in time make the show.
Alas, the band's fears were unwarranted. The Dustbowl Revival's DC fanbase is loyal and strong. By the time the band took the stage to begin their set, the venue was full.
The Dustbowl Revival performs before a full crowd during the "early show" at 9:30 Club, Feb. 7, 2020. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
A banner featuring the Is It You, Is It Me album cover hung prominently over the stage and served as the band's backdrop during their performance. The album released just a week prior to the 9:30 Club show, on Jan. 31, via the band's own Medium Expectations label and Nashville's Thirty Tigers. It is Dustbowl Revival's fifth LP release.
Produced by Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Josh Ritter) and engineered by Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens), Is It You, Is It Me represents the first time Dustbowl Revival did not approach the recording process with road-tested material. Instead, they spent an intense two-week effort creating and developing the songs in studio as they recorded them. The resulting 13-song track list slowly build and culminate into some of Dustbowl Revival's most powerful musical moments to date.
Stream Is It You, Is It Me by The Dustbowl Revival on Spotify:
The Dustbowl Revival is comprised of Z. Lupetin (guitar/vocals), Liz Beebe (vocals/ukulele), Connor Vance (fiddle/electric guitar), Matt Rubin (trumpet/keys), Ulf Bjorlin (trombone), and Josh Heffernan (drums). Bassist Yosmel Montejo recorded with the band on Is It You, Is It Me and is laying down rhythm on the current tour as well.
The set opened with "Penelope," a track from Is It You, Is It Me, and in fact, a majority of the setlist came from the new album. Midway through the show, most of the band took a short break while Z and Liz stepped forward to the edge of the stage and performed "Just One Song" without amplification, using only Zach's unplugged acoustic guitar as accompaniment.
Later in the show, Liz spotted a woman in the back wearing a tiara. She asked if it was the woman's birthday or a bachelorette party. When the woman answered that it was indeed a bachelorette party, Liz was excited, "Oh wonderful! This next song is dedicated to you. Its called 'Good Egg,' and is about finding yourself a good guy." After a bit of a pause, she continued, "…or a gall. Dustbowl Revival is an inclusive band, but this sing is written from a hetero female perspective."
Birds of Chicago, the supporting band, joined The Dustbowl Revival on stage for the last song of the set, an impressive cover of The Band's "The Weight," which featured rare vocal solos from Ulf, Matt, and Connor.
The band came back on stage for an encore and performed "The Story." Then, following an appeal by the crowd, they closed the show with "Lampshade On," a hit from 2015 that's become a Dustbowl Revival staple.
Watch the official video for The Dustbowl Revival's "Lampshade On" on YouTube:
Debtors' Prison
Honey I Love You
Get Rid of You
Just One Song (Zach and Liz, unplugged)
Runaway Chorale
The Weight (The Band cover; with Birds of Chicago)
Lampshade On
Enjoy some additional photos of Dustbowl Revival performing at 9:30 Club on Feb. 7, 2020. All images copyright and courtesy of Ari Strauss.
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Does the field of aircrafts, fighter jets, space shuttles and missiles excite you? If your heart races when thinking of aerospace science and technology and you want to be an aerospace engineer then you are reading the right article. An aerospace engineer deals with concepts such as aerodynamics, airfoil, control spaces, lift, and drag of flying machines. It is an extremely interesting branch dealing with the making of aircraft, rockets, flying craft and spacecraft. Imagine working with NASA and producing the next generation of stealth bombers. This is what the aerospace engineers do. Subjects like structural design, guidance, navigation, control, instrumentation and communication, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, celestial mechanics, propulsion, acoustics and many more subjects are taught in aerospace engineering.
Aerospace engineers are also involved in the design of spacecrafts. They are able to design the huge and massive rockets that pierce through the earth's atmosphere at tremendous speeds so that they are able to reach to space. Imagine the kind of drag that the bodies of such rockets would be resisting. Imagine the kind of temperatures that the surfaces of such rockets and satellite launchers would be having when they pierce through the atmosphere. Aerospace engineers have to design heat resistant surfaces that could resist such temperatures and also perform the function of working as a shield to such temperatures and still remain structurally intact. Aerospace engineers are also involved in designing the flying machines in such a manner that they create minimum amount of drag on the body of the plane so that they can perform the maneuvers in the air without comprising the structural integrity of the air plane. They also have to design the aircraft in such a manner that the flow of air in high speed does not create unnecessary drag on the fighter aircraft which in turn affects the performance and speed of the fighting machine.
Hence the aircraft and flying machines have to be sturdy and are a product of various types of engineering branches such as computer engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. For example, an aircraft's landing gear might be designed by a mechanical engineer while the avionics of an aircraft might be the product of an electrical or computer engineer. It is a highly specialized job and strict quality control measures are required to be taken in the development and production of flying machines. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment of aerospace engineers is expected to grow five percent from 2010 to 2020, slower than the average for all occupations. Aerospace engineers earned a median salary of $97,480 in the year May 2010, stated the Bureau report. If you want to learn more about aerospace engineering, you are welcome to navigate to schoolanduniversity.com and know more about this career path.


Alex is the founder of the Canadian War Studies Association. He holds a PhD from the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. He completed his MA in War Studies from KCL, and obtained his BA in History from Simon Fraser University.


You can do this every day, in a hundred ways.
Why not practice it with the first three people you encounter after reading this?
It is really a very easy thing to do — yet it can affect a person mightily. All you have to do is look for the best in that person, and then show it to them,right then and there.
Describe it. Admire it. Thank them for it.
Do this for three people every day and watch how your whole life can change.
At last you will realize what you are doing here. All the rest will be just stuff and nonsense.


Huntingdon Valley-Churchville Rotary always strives to increase its visibility. Many thanks to Drew Slousky and crew for remounting our Rotary wheel on a newly donated utility trailer. Look for a fresher and brighter Rotary presence at future community events.


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Film and cinema technology
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This part of the collection reconstructs the basic lines of film projection technology from 1895 until around 1990. The collected items can be roughly divided into devices for professional, stationary cinema use and devices for mobile projection / school and home use. In accordance with the collection's concept, mainly projectors made and used in East Germany are obtained and preserved.
A jewel and, at the same time, "piece of evidence" of the complicated projection procedures of the early years is the double Bioscope projector, a permanent loan from the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv. Used by Max Skladanowsky for the projection of his first films at the Wintergarten in Berlin, the projector is now part of the museum's foyer exhibition.
Rarities from the years 1910 to 1920 include a self-made device, type Pathe III, a 35 mm projector by Buderus, Hannover, and a Herkules projector made by Kinematographenwerk Leipzig (serial number 9).
Several versions of the Imperator steel projector, mass-produced as of 1909 by Heinrich Ernemann in Dresden, are among the stored items. A device with the serial number 746 (year of manufacture: 1909/10) and a fragment of one of the 1914 jubilee series projectors that were placed in a case are especially remarkable.
The biographies of two companies serve to exemplify the enhancement of projection equipment manufacturing between 1920 and 1950: the Ernemann AG / Zeiss Ikon AG / VEB Pentacon Kamera- und Kinowerke Dresden (Ernemann II, III, IV, VII, VII B and the Dresden series) as well as the Johannes Nitzsche AG Leipzig (Matador, Reform, Saxonia I, IV and V).
As of 1970, the COMECON directives required GDR cinemas to increasingly use Czech projectors instead of the Ernemann and Dresden series. Thus, 35 mm devices by Meopta Prerov (Meo 4 and 5) became part of the collection.
As the 70 mm format gained more and more popularity during the 1960s and early 1970s in the GDR as well, Pentacon built the universal projector Pyrcon UP 700 for 35 mm and 70 mm film. In 1980, 10 GDR cinemas were still equipped with this device. Filmmuseum Potsdam was allowed to take over a UP 700 from the House of Culture and Education Neubrandenburg.
An important portion of the collection consists of portable and school cinematographs that were introduced around 1920 and were also distributed as 16 mm devices from 1930 onwards. Besides well-known models, such as Kinox (Ernemann) and Monopol (Ica), rarer items have been collected, e.g., the Wanderton projector, produced in Babelsberg as of 1935 by Mechanoptik, Gesellschaft für Präzisionsmechanik mbH. Also, numerous portable projectors - most notably the TK 35 - have a permanent place in the collection.
Amateur and family cinemas form a large section of the collection. Most of them are easy-to-use devices for 8 mm, 9.5 mm or 16 mm film, while some are even able to play two or three formats, such as the Heurtier Supertri from 1953/58.
Various specific technological paths of film projection have been documented as well, e.g., a projector with optical compensation via mirror segments (models III and IV) developed by Emil Mechau already before World War I. Cassette projectors, "showcase" or "cabinet" cinemas were extremely popular, as they made continuous film projection possible (some of them even during daylight). Among the collected items are a Kolm projector of Wuppertal-based Kinomat-Film (built around 1925) and a Scopitone film jukebox from the 1960s.


Firstly you need to go to the plickers website and download a set of cards. You get two images per card and a total of 40 cards they look like this.
As I was only trying this app out I left them just as a piece of paper but I would recommend that you laminate them.
Then next thing you need to do is go to the website and create a class. This is pretty straight forward. You imput a class name and then the name of each person, sadly you cannot import a list but you can just add first names or even initials.
You are now pretty much all set to use plickers. You will however need to download the free app to your phone or tablet.
You now need some questions. This is done very simply via the plickers app select your class and then write your questions by tapping the + at the bottom of the screen. Select which of the 4 options will be the correct answer.
The questions screen looks like this.
Next the faffy bit. You need to hand an answer card to each student in your class BUT and this is important, you must give each student the correct number of card according to the class list on the website. This can be a bot of a pain at the beginning of a lesson but I a sure you can become quite slick at it as the students will get to know which number they are.
When you are ready to ask the students as question go to your plickers app and select your class and then the question that you want to ask them. Plickers does not display the questions or the options for the students, you could do this verbally or as I did and write them on the board, make sure that you know which response is the correct one according to the plickers app.
You now tap the camera icon at the bottom of your screen and the students hold up their response cards. Each side of the card is labelled A,B,C,D. If a student thinks the answer is A they must hold their cards with the letter A uppermost on the card like this.
With all the students holding up their cards you now scan the classroom from right to left with your smartphone/tablet camera and the app records the answers. The very clever thing about this app is you can see on your screen which cards the camera as picked up and those which it hasn't. You may need to scan a couple of times in order to record the answers. Make sure that your students hold their cards at the edges otherwise it will not scan. Your screen should look like this when you scan.
The app then records the answers the students have given and colour codes then green for correct and red for incorrect. You can very quickly see who has understood and who hasn't. Like this.
In one sense yes I did. I liked the fact that in a one iPad classroom you can still very easily have a polling app that works very well and gives you that instant feedback that you get with other apps like Socrative or Google forms. However, I did find the handing out of cards bit of a faff but as previously said I guess that you become much slicker at it and train your students to collect their own correct cards on arrival to the classroom. Plickers is great to use on the hop you can very quickly put together you poll in the app ask the question and poll the results, it would be great to use as a plenary. The fact that the questions don't appear on screen for the students is annoying especially of you give them 4 options as the students can never remember what you have said so you have to write them on the board. Would I use the App again? Yes I would but as I have iPads in my classroom I prefer all the options that Socrative gives me. For the 1 iPad classroom this app is utterly perfect, very clever and great for using in the hoof.
Student cards could be stuck on the inside cover of their exercise book or planner, so that they always have them?
I like this app and would like to use it more next year.
That is a good idea. I too struggled with handing them out. More likely to do it again now!


Twenty-two graduates of Hotel Dieu Hospital School of Nursing received their diplomas at the graduations exercises held Sunday, May 19.
22 New Nurses Leave School — Twenty-two graduates of Hotel Dieu Hospital School of Nursing received their diplomas at the graduations exercises held Sunday, May 19. Mass was celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for the graduates by Rev. Aldeo Daigle. His Excellency Msgr. Romeo Gagnon and Rev. Laurent Nadeau addressed the graduating class.
Summer Scholarship For Van Buren Student — Miss Linda Gerard, a junior at Van Buren District High School, was awarded a tuition scholarship to the summer session of French studies at the University Laval in Quebec. Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gerard of Van Buren and is a student of French three.
St. Louis Church Gets Facelift –– Many may have noticed the monster-like scaffolding straddling the facade of the St. Louis Church located in Fort Kent. The repairs began on Monday, May 17, and will last for approximately 10 weeks. St. Louis Church, built in 1902, needs a few repairs, explained the Rev. John Paul Labrie.
Happy 92nd Birthday — On May 13, Anne Sanfacon Cyr celebrated her 92nd birthday. Cyr, the daughter of Flarent Sanfacon and Julia Thibodeau, was born in Grand Isle in 1901. She married Patrick Cyr in 1922. Cyr resides at High View Manor in Madawaska.
2009 Moose Lottery To Be Held In Fort Kent — "Fort Kent is the perfect location because we have so many more moose in the County than anywhere else, and we have a high percentage of people from Aroostook County who hunt moose," said Sen. John Martin. Since 1999, the department has rotated the lottery throughout the state.


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Haus Hermannsberg ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Weingut im Stadtteil Oberlößnitz der sächsischen Stadt Radebeul. Es liegt in der Weinbergstraße 34/34a unterhalb des namensgleichen Weinbergs Hermannsberg; oben im Berg liegt auf der Hangkante eine Bergwarte, die so genannte Cikkurat (Schnecke im Weinberg). Der Weinberg Radebeuler Hermannsberg aus verwittertem Syenit gehört zur Einzellage Radebeuler Goldener Wagen und liegt innerhalb des Denkmalschutzgebiets Historische Weinberglandschaft Radebeul.

Bereits zu DDR-Zeiten, spätestens 1973, wurde Haus Hermannsberg zum Denkmal der Architektur in Radebeul erklärt.

Beschreibung

Der Hauptbau des Weinguts ist ein symmetrisches, siebenachsiges und zweigeschossiges Gebäude, das traufständig auf der Straßenflucht der Weinbergstraße steht. Es hat ein hohes Krüppelwalmdach. Mittig ragt ein drei Achsen breiter Dreiecksgiebel in das Dach, ehemals durch Akroteren geschmückt und heute noch mit einem Rundfenster im Giebelfeld. Beidseitig des Giebels findet sich jeweils eine Giebelgaube. Vor den durch eine Verdachung zusammengefassten mittleren drei Fenstern des Obergeschosses der Straßenansicht hängt ein auskragender, hölzerner Balkon, darunter befindet sich der Hauseingang. Die Erdgeschossfassaden tragen Rebspaliere. Auf der Hofseite befindet sich eine Freitreppe mit einem kreuzgratgewölbten Bogen, die zur Tür im Erdgeschoss führt. Zu dem Gebäude gehört ein großer Gewölbekeller.

Im Obergeschoss des Kernbaus sind dem Festsaal zwei durch eine Fachwerkwand getrennte Räume vorgelagert. Bei der letzten Restaurierung fanden sich an den Wänden barocke Fassungen, die aufwendig restauriert wurden. Die einzelnen Wandelemente tragen auf einer altrosa Wand aus Illusionsmalerei hergestellte, hellblaue Profile mit grauen Schattenrücklagen, die Wand- und Sockelspiegel einfassen. In den Wandspiegeln befinden sich aufgemalte Girlanden. Die schmalen Supraporte-Felder enthalten einfache Landschaftsszenerien. Diese Wandmalereien im Chinoiserie-Stil entstanden etwa zur selben Zeit wie die Fassadenfresken von Schloss Pillnitz. Damit handelte es sich wohl um die Sommerwohnung des Gutsbesitzers.

Beidseitig des Kernbaus stehen angebaute Flügelbauten mit flacheren Satteldächern. An den rechten, fünfachsigen Flügel auf der Ostseite ist rechtwinklig dazu noch ein weiteres Nebengebäude angesetzt. Gleich daneben führt zwischen Haus Hermannsberg und dem benachbarten Haus Friedeborn ein Hohlweg auf den Berg. Der linke Flügelbau steht wie der Hauptbau mit seinen sechs Achsen entlang der Straße. Auf der linken Seite befindet sich ein großes, stichbogiges Wirtschaftstor, vor dem sich ein Reiterstein erhalten hat. Die Tür rechts neben dem Tor wird durch eine Dreiecksgiebelverdachung geschützt.

Geschichte
Auf einer Karte von Hans August Nienborg aus dem Jahr 1714/15 ist an der betreffenden Stelle des Ballbergs bereits ein Gebäude eingezeichnet, ältester bekannter Besitzer war der Dresdner Ratsherr Klette im Jahr 1735. An Stelle des eingezeichneten fünfachsigen Gebäudes ließ Generalleutnant von Fröden, Besitzer von 1792 bis 1816, um 1800 den heutigen siebenachsigen Mittelbau entstehen, außerdem wurde der linke Wirtschaftsflügel errichtet. Der Mittelbau wurde um 1850 vom Kaufmann Christian Heinrich von Mangelsdorf, Besitzer von 1831 bis 1855, um den rechten Anbau erweitert und wahrscheinlich auch um den Dreiecksgiebel in der Frontmitte zur Straße ergänzt, auch erhielt er sein spätklassizistisches, villenartiges Aussehen.

Im Jahr 1857 kaufte der Zwickauer Stadtrat, Gutsbesitzer und Forstinspektor des königlichen Kammerguts Wiesenburg, Carl Friedrich Rau, das Weingut als Altersruhesitz. Sein Sohn Hermann Alfred Rau gab ihm später seinen heutigen Namen Hermannsberg. Nach einer anderen Quelle starb Carl Friedrich Raus Erbe und Enkel Paul Hermann Rau 1889 auf dem Anwesen. Dessen Bruder Carl Alfred Rau soll diesen Teil des größeren Weinbergs Ballberg ihm zum Gedenken Hermannsberg und das Anwesen Weingut Hermannsberg getauft haben. Das Gebäude sollte bis nach 1960 in Familienbesitz bleiben.

Der Weinbau wurde aufgrund der Folgen der sächsischen Reblauskatastrophe 1907 eingestellt, die ehemaligen Pressräume wurden zur Wohnung umgebaut. Weitere Umbauten geschahen 1887 (Gebrüder Ziller), 1891 (Bauunternehmung F. W. Eisold) sowie 1938/1939.

Seit den 1970er Jahren verfiel das Anwesen immer mehr, 1993 wurde es verkauft und ab 1995 in den folgenden zehn Jahren umfänglich restauriert, auch erhielt es auf der Hauskante zum Hohlweg einen Eckstein ("Theatermasken") vom Radebeuler Bildhauer Detlef Reinemer, einem emeritierten Professor der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden. Ein Teil der Anlage enthält heute Wohnungen, während der andere Teil wieder ein Weingut beherbergt.

Heutiges Weingut Drei Herren

Im September 2004 wurde das Weingut unter dem Namen Drei Herren von drei "Herren" neu gegründet, von dem Kunsthistoriker Rainer Beck, damals noch Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Kunstgeschichte an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden und familienseits einer Weinbauernfamilie entstammend sowie dem einheimischen Winzer Claus Höhne. Der dritte der ursprünglichen Herren ist inzwischen ausgeschieden, seine Stelle nimmt Antje Wiedemann ein, die Sächsische Weinkönigin 2003 und Deutsche Weinprinzessin 2004. Ihr "…mann" im Namen bestärkte die Gründer, den gewählten Namen beizubehalten.

Das heutige Weingut Drei Herren nimmt einen Teil der Bauten des Hauses Hermannsberg einschließlich des alten, großen Gewölbekellers ein. Neben dem Weinverkauf befinden sich dort auch die Wirtschaftseinrichtungen nebst Gärtanks und Abfüllanlagen. Die ehemals herrschaftlichen Räume des Obergeschosses werden für Verkostungen genutzt.

In jüngster Zeit wurden 1000 m² Weinbergsmauern saniert und die Terrassen zur Pflanzung vorbereitet, so dass die weitere Aufrebung des Weinbergs gut 100 Jahre nach Aufgabe des Weinbaus wieder möglich ist.

Das Weingut, das neben seinem Hausberg auch noch den aus Biotit-Granodiorit bestehenden Sörnewitzer Taubenheimer Berg bewirtschaftet, erhielt mehrfach den Bundesehrenpreis.

Literatur

 Theodor Mögling: Das Neueste im Gebiete der Land- und Forstwirthschaft, so wie deren technischen Nebenfächer; oder gedrängter, systematisch geordneter Auszug aus den Protokollen der Versammlungen deutscher Land- und Forstwirthe vom Jahre 1837–1844. Carl Mäcken's Verlag, Reutlingen 1846, S. 701–704.

Weblinks

 Geschichte des neuen Weinguts Drei Herren
 Weingut Drei Herren. Besprechung im Gault-Millau (Eine Weintraube seit 2010).

Einzelnachweise

Kulturdenkmal in Radebeul
Winzerhaus in Radebeul
Bauensemble in Radebeul
Eisold (Baumeisterfamilie)
Gebrüder Ziller
Erbaut in den 1710er Jahren
Erbaut in den 1790er Jahren
Erbaut in den 1800er Jahren
Erbaut in den 1830er Jahren
Barockbauwerk in Radebeul
Klassizistisches Bauwerk in Radebeul
Bauwerk des Eklektizismus in Radebeul
Historische Weinberglandschaft Radebeul
Denkmal der Kulturgeschichte (Kreis Dresden-Land)
Oberlößnitz
Weinbergstraße (Radebeul)


Colorado native Darwin McGowan is an oil and gas pipeline inspector who spent most of 2018 working in Fort Lupton, where he also expects to spend most of this year. When the 5 header is not working, he's usually roping, including wintering when work allows in Queen Creek, Arizona. McGowan, who's 69, calls Bethany, Oklahoma, home.
Q: What's it like to be an oil and gas pipeline inspector?
A: It's a great job, because you get to spend most of your time in your truck.
Q: How long have you been at that?
A: I started doing it in 2010, and since then have worked in North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Q: You work long hours. But that also allows you chunks of time to take off and rope, right?
A: We usually work six days a week, 12 to 16 hours a day. That allows for some team roping timeouts during the year. I typically work seven or eight months a year, and am off four or five months. And yes, a lot of that time is spent roping.
Q: Do you still carry a dummy around in the back of your truck for work breaks?
A: No. I keep it where I stay now. Times have changed, and I'd be fired for roping the dummy on the job site.
Q: Talk about the role roping has played in your life.
A: Roping has connected me with lots and lots and lots of great people who have become my really good friends.
Q: The biggest check of your career was the $100,000 model that went with the win at the 2012 Reno Rodeo Invitational, when you headed for Brad Bottom. What did you do with that money?
A: I bought a really good horse—Fudge—with part of it, which is the horse I still ride today. I also paid $39,000 of it to the government in taxes. I worked seven days a week most of that year, so my tax bracket was the highest it's ever been.
Q: What's your second favorite win?
A: This last spring I won the #10 roping at the Patriot in Fort Worth with Kenny Van Pelt, and that paid $29,000 a man. That week I won a little over $36,000, including some money at a roping in Stephenville, Texas, too.
Q: Is there anything left on your roping bucket list?
A: Yes. My bucket list is to win a World Series Finale in Las Vegas. It was a huge win to win Perry's (Di Loreto) roping in Reno. The Patriot was a pretty big deal, too. The money that goes with those big wins is great, but there's a lot of prestige to being the winner that's pretty cool, too.
Q: What's your idea of a good roping, and how do you pick which ones are worth taking time off?
A: The high entry fee ropings are the best ones, because of the greater return. I feel like if it's your day, it's your day. A lot of us are not professional ropers, and if it happens to be your team's day and you can reap some big rewards that makes it even more fun.
Q: You're a dad and a granddad. Tell us about your daughter, Lynn, and grandkids, Laurel and Luke.
A: My daughter and her kids live in Seminole, Oklahoma. Lynn is a self-employed massage therapist. Laurel is a freshman at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, who's studying physical therapy. Laurel's a huge Boomer Sooner fan. Luke is a junior who plays center for the Seminole Chieftains High School football team, and first baseman for the Seminole High baseball team.
McGowan and Bottoms receiving their Reno Rodeo Invitational award package in 2012.
Q: Your steer roping, calf roping, team roping son Dixon died on May 10, 1997 at 23 on the day he graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford with a degree in business administration after falling asleep at the wheel. He was being mentored by your dear friend Arnold Felts, and was ranked seventh in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world steer roping standings at that time. What do you miss most about dear Dixon?
A: I miss not being able to watch him completely grow up. I long for being with him and for being a grandpa to his kids. Dixon was a very quiet, polite kid who was very dedicated to his roping. Being able to visit with people who knew Dixon helps me get through every day. It's because of him, and taking him to the junior, high school, college and pro rodeos early in his career that I made some great friends I still have today. I love hearing Dixon stories. It helps me get through life on a daily basis knowing that because of him I still have this huge nucleus of friends.
Q: How has losing Dixon changed your perspective and priorities in life, and do you have advice for people who tend to sweat the small stuff?
A: I live for today. I plan for tomorrow, too, but nothing after that, because life is not guaranteed. After Dixon died my whole perspective on life changed. Nothing's a big deal anymore. People make small stuff into a big deal. Life is what it is, and you can't change some things. Make the best of it, and go on with it. Enjoy every day and every conversation with the people closest to you. I don't take anything for granted, and I look forward to enjoying every day. My family, friends and roping family are so important to me. I love people, and I'm not afraid to tell people who are dear to me that I love them. I appreciate those people every day.


Brudern House also commonly known as Parizsi Udvar is one of the oldest art deco attractions in the city. Today it functions as a Shopping Mall and is frequented equally by locals and tourists. The most amazing part is that it is actually a shopping passage which reflects the marriage of various architectural styles such as Moorish, Venetian Gothic, Art Deco, and Neo Gothic.Started by the Joszef Brothers, this place was initially known as Brudern Haz. After acquiring of the aforementioned place by a corporation and the hiring of a German architect, this place was converted into one of the most beautiful attractions to see. Architecture, specially of the distinct kind is a part of Budapest's identity and Parizsi Udvar is a must visit to witness old Budapest and its first shopping arcade in its full glory.
Public visit is restricted only to the shopping courtyard. For interior visit, special permission is required.
You can visit the exterior of the building anytime of the day.
Shops have different opening hours.
How popular is Parisi Udvar?
People normally club together Girl With Her Dog Statue and Budapest Keleti Railway Station while planning their visit to Parisi Udvar.
Beautiful building, though currently closed for renovation.
For me, one of the most beautiful buildings of Budapest! It is now abandoned and going to be restored into a hotel, but if you are lucky you can find the doors open and check the amazing retro interior inside the passage. You feel like you are in a movie and I hope it will be a nice restoration.


So if you get lost in the countryside in the UK the absolute maximum you would possibly need to walk is 44 miles. And this is only if you cannot see a road from a little under half a mile away.
Which coordinate system are they using in the article?
OSGB36, most likely (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid).
You can use https://epsg.io/map#srs=27700&x=262540.000553&y=778255.00082... to plot the listed coordinates.


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A UN official worries that males may "abuse" the new GRA bill
Leave a Comment / United Nations / By bantintphcm
A United Nations official has raised concerns that controversial new gender legislation could be abused by predatory men.
Reem Al-Salem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, wrote to the UK government this week to convey her concerns about the bill.
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill aims to change how a person obtains a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC), including by lowering the minimum age from 18 to 16, and reducing the amount of time an applicant needs to live in their acquired home. Gender and removal of the diagnostic condition for gender identity disorder.
My letter to the UK government regarding #GenderRecognitionReformBill From # scotland Currently before the Scottish Parliament it is now public and can be accessed here: https://t.co/Av2tpJIrqR. .
– Reem Al-Salem United Nations Report on Violence against Women and Girls (UNSRVAW) November 23, 2022
The legislation passed phase two in Holyrood this week, with substantial amendments including an increase in the waiting time for applicants aged between 16 and 17 as well as a sweeping change that says the bill will have no impact on the Equality Act 2010.
Opponents said the changes would put women at risk, including by increasing the number of trans women who could use single-sex services.
But the Equality Act allows transgender people to be excluded in some circumstances from single-sex spaces, something supporters – including Social Justice Minister Shona Robson – said should assuage concerns.
In the letter, Ms. Al Salem said: "I share the concern that such proposals are likely to open the door for violent males who identify as men to abuse the gender certification process and associated rights.
"This presents potential safety risks to women in all of their diversity (including women born female, transgender women, and gender non-conforming women)."
However, the rapporteur praised the Scottish government's attempts to reform the gender recognition process, saying she welcomed attempts to bring the legislation "more in line with international standards".
But she said current legislation "does not adequately take into account the specific needs of women and girls in all their diversity, particularly those at risk of male violence and those who have experienced male violence".
She added that the bill: "does not provide for any safeguards to ensure that the procedure, as far as can reasonably be assured, will not be victimized by sexual harassers and other perpetrators of violence. These include access to both single-sex spaces and gender-based spaces."
The rapporteur said that the majority of sexual offenders are male, and the offenders will make "great efforts" to reach the people who wish to offend them.
Shauna Robson MSP (Andrew Milligan/PA)
She concluded by appealing "strongly" to the Scottish government to consider all the results of the reforms.
So I strongly appeal to the Scottish government to be dedicated
Sufficient time to complete a comprehensive assessment of all expected outcomes of the proposed amendments and to ensure that their compatibility with relevant legislation, such as the Equality Law and other relevant legislation, has been carefully articulated to achieve legislative compatibility," Ms. Al-Salem wrote.
A Scottish Government spokesperson said: "We have noted Ms. Al-Salem's message and will respond in detail to the issues raised, many of which Parliament has taken up during Phase One and Phase Two of the bill.
"We have always been clear that the Bill does not conflict with our continued strong commitment to upholding the rights and protections that women and girls currently enjoy under the Equality Act 2010, and we have accepted an amendment that brings this position beyond question.
There is overwhelming support for the principles of the bill – which is in line with the UN Human Rights Office's stated position that being trans is not a disease and trans people should be legally recognized "through a simple administrative process based on self-identification".
More than two-thirds of the members of parliament and members of all five parties voted in favor of the first stage.
"We have also noted the evidence presented to the Equality Commission in support of the bill by the UN Independent Expert on Protection from Violence and Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity."


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Get Real: This Month's Reasons to Care About VR
Originally published Feb 25, 2019 4:42:51 PM, updated February 25 2019
By Amanda Zantal-Wiener
@amanda_zw
Welcome to the inaugural edition of "Get Real": a monthly roundup of the biggest stories about virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality, that go to show why it's time to pay attention to this area of tech. Let's get real.
Mixed Reality Goes Beyond Gaming and Enters the Workforce
The biggest story we're looking at this month -- and, perhaps, the one that has us the most excited -- comes with the kickoff of MWC Barcelona: the event formerly known as Mobile World Congress, where the latest products, services, and other "innovations" in the mobile technology sector are unveiled and discussed by various companies and industry leaders.
Source: Microsoft
Once upon a time, the idea of "mobile" may have strictly concerned phones. But now, the obsessed-over topics of discussion have expanded to include the next generation of infrastructure to support the growing number of people using wireless connectivity (read: 5G), as well as the growing number of wireless devices that rely on it to function most effectively.
Those devices include cordless XR -- an all-encompassing term used to describe these various forms of digital reality -- headsets, which require a wireless connection to run the programs and user experiences for which they were built -- be it a game, a three-dimensional film, or educational content.
During a Sunday night press event, Microsoft unveiled one such device: the HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset, which was designed not for consumers, but strictly for professional and educational use cases.
The HoloLens 2 -- the second edition of the 2016 inaugural version of the headset -- looks to be an asset in industrial, medical, and educational environments, largely to aid in learning or assembly processes.
Case in point: Dieter Bohn of The Verge's hands-on experience with the HoloLens 2 involved affixing bolts to an ATV that was missing them. The headset superimposed holographic directional symbols (like arrows) instructions onto the real-life environment around Bohn, which guided him through the process.
Out of the highlights of the experience, two things stood out the most from Bohn's account of the experience: the first being how natural the process seemed, and the second, "playing the part of a worker because that's who the HoloLens 2 is exclusively designed for -- workers, not consumers."
The potential (and hopeful) use cases for the HoloLens 2 align with the growing business case for XR: to use immersive technology to teach, or create other virtual experiences that have shown to improve empathy and efficiency among teams.
As Steve of DrashVR told me at Oculus Connect in October, "You can cram a lot more information that's 'learning by accident' or 'learning by play' when it's in VR. That's the feedback I've heard first-hand: that people can learn more from 10 minutes of VR than in a semester of classes."
There's one other thing to note, however: The HoloLens 2's $3,500 price tag, at which it's now available to preorder. According to Bohn, Microsoft is intentionally selling the units only to enterprise organizations who wish to distribute the headsets among employees.
If this initial distribution is successful -- and sees additional demand -- there's a potential for the hardware to scale and, therefore, see a decreasing unit price, making it more accessible to smaller businesses.
But regardless of the price point, the reality -- no pun intended -- remains that XR is permeating the business side of use cases at an increasing rate. Where a $3,500 mixed reality headset might not be a feasible purchase for some organization, there's the $199 standalone Oculus Go VR headset, which can replicate some of the desired outcomes: education and empathy, to name a couple.
"VR has the potential to be an incredible tool for connecting the most curious, passionate and collaborative individuals together," HubSpot Academy Senior Manager Christopher LoDolce recently noted. "The trifecta of learning is knowledge transfer -- typically teacher in front of the classroom -- an application like homework or something learned at work, and then, discussion. If you are able to simulate an in-person experience with VR and incorporate the trifecta, it would break down barriers."
Apple Hires a Marketing Boss for Its Augmented Reality (AR) Division
Apple appointed Frank Casanova its first-ever head of AR marketing earlier this month, signaling what Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says could be a growing "importance of the technology to the company's future."
Casanova's move into this role was preceded by the departure of Avi Bar-Zeev -- credited as the inventor of the HoloLens headset -- who was reportedly working on Apple's somewhat surreptitious plans for Apple's AR headset.
The news also arrives amid talk of Apple shifting its focus from hardware to services -- which some have blamed on missed expectations on iPhone sales -- and a rumored press event on March 25, where the company is expected to make a services-related announcement.
With these recent personnel and leadership changes, how soon the world could see new AR technology from Apple -- especially in the form of such hardware as a headset -- is difficult to predict, though it doesn't appear likely to be making its debut any time soon. Read full story >>
The Mirrorworld Is Coming
XR is made (arguably, eerily) better with the help of artificial intelligence (AI): machine learning technology that has been taught, somehow, to know where there are windows in the environment where you're using a headset, and where to superimpose holographic whales swimming outside your building.
That's the experience described by "Mythbusters" star Adam Savage to Wired of using Magic Leap AR glasses for the first time.
"I turned it on and I could hear a whale, but I couldn't see it. I'm looking around my office for it. And then it swims by my windows -- on the outside of my building," Savage recounted for the publication. "So the glasses scanned my room and it knew that my windows were portals and it rendered the whale as if it were swimming down my street."
What Savage is recounting is known to some as the mirrorworld: a future phenomenon in which every fragment of the real world -- streets, buildings, individual rooms, and more -- can be replicated into XR in a way that allows our surrounding environments to be fully integrated with the virtual or augmented experience.
But even though it will be quite some time before the mirrorworld becomes -- if you'll excuse the potential overuse of the word -- a reality, the groundwork is already in place. Kevin Kelly explains where we've already seen glimpses of it, such as through Google Earth and AR-enabled games like Pokémon Go, and what needs to happen next before we can truly live in a mirrorworld. Read full story >>
Why One Tech Veteran Is Especially Excited About VR This Year
Earlier this month, Nate Mitchell -- a co-founder and head of product at VR hardware company Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 -- penned a blog post titled, "Why I'm Excited for VR in 2019."
A big factor behind Mitchell's enthusiasm is the perhaps imminent release of the Oculus Quest -- the latest headset from the company, which boasts more realistic-than-ever imagery and improved freedom of movement that creates an even more immersive experience.
I had a chance to try the Quest at Oculus Connect last October, and while I tend to be a bit skeptical when it comes to any technology that's been described as "better than ever" -- not to mention, someone who reliably ends up with motion sickness after using VR -- wearing this particular headset was a particularly positive experience.
Just to give a quick breakdown: The Oculus Quest is essentially a stand-alone headset with Rift-level quality, which is a step above the Oculus Go. It also has six degrees of freedom (6DOF) and improved hand controls. #OC5
— Amanda Zantal-Wiener (@Amanda_ZW) September 26, 2018
At the time, I wrote that using the Quest for a game called Superhot felt, well, not so game-like -- and more like I could actually walk around the environment portrayed, duck for cover, and hide when my enemies where coming for me -- so much that I was sweating by the time I was done with the demo.
Perhaps these experiences lend themselves to Mitchell crediting the Quest as something that can "jumpstart the next chapter for VR."
"Oculus Quest is just another milestone on our long journey to bring VR to everyone," he wrote, pointing the the company's ambitious goals for XR use metrics. "Our commitment to research continues—and it's accelerating." Read full story >>
Amanda Zantal-Wiener
Amanda covers tech for News & Trends by HubSpot. Her work has previously appeared in Thrillist, the Boston Herald, and EcoSalon.
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Ziegler Beekeeping and Honey Supply - Our Journal - Not a laying worker?
Nuc#1 Checked the queen cells. The where ripped open from the sides suggesting that another queen,or laying worker did it. I ended up finding a queen in the hive with a very small cluster of brood. Seems like what I really observed was an overactive queen instead of a laying worker. Oddly enough, she is not laying many eggs. there is some larva at various ages... a few capped cells, but lots of open comb.