Archer and Bull is your new age Talent Management firm that understands the new business landscapes. We invest a tremendous amount of time, effort and money to understand your business and the skills that you are seeking, for now and for the future. Archer & Bull uses tools that measure not just skills and competencies but check for culture fitment as well.
Job Title: CBSE Teachers – Physics, Mathematics & Chemistry Company Name: Archer and Bull Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Key Duties and Responsibilities: Plan and teach lessons following the CBSE curricula that differentiate for individual student needs in a multicultural environment Use a wide range of technologies and creative teaching styles. Regularly contribute to curriculum planning and development including interdisciplinary units of work and the development of transdisciplinary skills. Plan with colleagues to deliver effective team teaching when possible. Develop assessment tasks following CBSE guidelines and use a wide range of formative assessment Supervise projects and tutor students for further career goals, and competitive exams such as SAT etc.. Attend regular curriculum planning and student progress meetings. Foster strong relationships and keep parents informed about student progress and attending parent meetings. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: Post -Graduate qualification from a reputed University and Teaching qualifications Three to five years of teaching experience – CBSE/ICSE Curriculum Excellent English speaking and writing ability. Current teaching qualifications and proven teaching experience. Experience in planning hands-on learning experiences for students. Knowledge of, and a commitment to educational philosophies Ability to plan, deliver and reflect on lessons which stimulate and motivate student learning Work and plan in collaboration within curricular teams Be a caring, compassionate, organized mentor & teacher Have strong interpersonal skills Enjoy teaching and working in a multi-cultural environment.
Job Title: Sr Executive Finance – Cash Company Name: Archer & Bull Location: Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Sr Executive Finance – Cash will reconcile Group Cash Book and Bank Statements in order to ensure that all entries are correct and bank statements reflects the true position. Prepare accurate daily bank position reporting and reconciling of unidentified entries in bank statements and corresponding entries in the system. GROUP finance governance structure – namely control, reporting and value creation. Produce and distribute Daily Cash Position report. Complete Daily Bank Reconcile in Microsoft Dynamics. Complete month end Bank Reconciliation in line with Month End Close procedure. Prepare all month end closing schedules for Cash Management. Prepare Cash Management KPIs for weekly review and month end operations presentation. Notify Accounts Receivables and relevant departments on any direct deposit, transfers and charges in the bank. Prepare the necessary accounting entries in the cash book. Identification and application of all transfers to be carried out by Cash Management, in line with the relevant KPIs. Notify Accounts Receivables of returned Cheques for their follow up and necessary action, and notify Accounts Payable on unclaimed Cheques of more than six months old and maintain up to date control document. Complete daily Cash Collection report, investigation and resolving any issues. Complete monthly analysis and resolution of past due PDC and quarterly PDC reconciliation against bank PDC list. Perform adhoc duties assigned by the management. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The applicant must hold a Bachelor's Degree Two to three years' experience in Finance handling cash and bank reconciliations. Interpersonal, communication, numerical, analytic and problem-solving skills. Able to liaise effectively with colleagues and department. SAP knowledge is must. Experience on YARDI software will be preferred.
Job Title: Classification/ Accreditation Manager – Tourism and Hotels Company Name: Archer & Bull Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Job Summary: The Classification/ Accreditation Manager – Tourism and Hotels will be responsible for reviewing and updating policies, rules and regulations and enhancing corrective action methodology therein and liaising with external regulatory authorities for coordination of regulatory efforts Key Duties and Responsibilities: to ensure Benchmark against all competitive destinations and their classification requirements Identify gaps in classification guidelines and develop new recommendation Communicate process enhancements to all the hotel stakeholders and develops to understand the challenges to adhere to the current standards Create preliminary and detailed guidelines for hotel developers & operators to ensure compliance when opening new hotels Develop classification guidelines for other tourism products and offerings in the destination to ensure quality, satisfaction and sustainability Develop and introduce environmentally friendly and sustainable tourism guidelines for hotels in conjunction with public works. Analyse the current standards of the hotels and identify areas of improvement for better guest experience, product offering and hotel upkeep Monitor the hygiene Audit results conducted by 3rd parties of the five star hotels standard. Develop processes hygiene factors are maintained at all times. Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The applicant must hold a University graduate. At least five to seven years' experience in a managerial level. The applicant must hold a Hotel or accreditation background with technical experience in Operations Quality driven. The individual would be responsible for Hotel classification for RAK (All Hotels). Keen eye for details. Well organized & structured. Good team player. Resilient and is able to handle unpleasant situations that may arise.
Job Title: Sr Executive Finance – Malls (RAK) Company Name: Archer & Bull Location: Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Job Summary: The Sr Executive Finance – Malls will manage the overall finance at one of the asset of the company. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Revenue control Monthly revenue reporting and completeness check Revenue reconciliation Revenue review for turnover based contracts Utility demands, recording and receipt Customers/Receivables Receipts & Collection Rent & Service Charges Reconciliation Accruals & Periodic Postings Ageing & follow up for non-payments Correspondence, filing & Misc. General Accounting Daily general ledger clearing and reconciling Prepaid accounts clearing & tally with physical Provisions & accrual creations in absence of invoices Monthly closing Petty Cash Handling Gift vouchers management (Marketing, events, Staff Welfare & general GV sold) Monthly Business Review reporting Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The applicant must hold a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting or a similar qualification. Three to four years of experience within Finance or Accounting, with experience in a similar capacity. Ability to communicate with customers and vendors. Ability to multitask and manage deadlines. Advanced knowledge of MS Office package 2003/ 2007, and SAP Fico modules. A keen eye for detail.


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Q: How to solve "No SLF4J providers were found" when the "slf4j-api" and "slf4j-simple" are already imported? I am using Guice in a gradle project. When running the main method, I got the following error:
SLF4J: No SLF4J providers were found.
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#noProviders for further details.

I did some research and added two dependencies in the dependencies section of the build.gradle file as shown below:
dependencies {
    ...
    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.0-alpha1'
    testImplementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-simple', version: '2.0.0-alpha1'
}

But the error is still there...
Do I need to bind the SLF4J provider with something via Guice?
My main method is very simple, so as the AbstractModule class for Guice, as shown below (not sure if they are relevant):
public class Restful {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new ApplicationModule());
    }
}

and
public class ApplicationModule extends AbstractModule {
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
        bind(UserDao.class).toInstance(new UserDao());
    }
}

Thank in advance!

A: You added slf4j-simple only in test scope, you want it also in runtime scope.
I.e. change testImplementation to implementation in your build definition.

Note that slf4j-simple as the name suggests is a minimal implementation of SLF4J API, you might want to use a more customizable one for production code like logback, log4j2...

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A bully shoves your child on the playground. Should they stand down, or fight back?
Most parents would teach their kid to ignore the bully, walk away, or get help.
I say, fight back — and hear me out.
Whether they're the bullied or the bully, our kids will experience bullying at some point in their childhood. In fact, they'll continue to face it in some way or another throughout their adult life. But research shows that parents and schools are doing a poor job at preparing our kids for dealing with bullies, and consequently, for the realities of life.
In fact, a growing number of clinical psychologists say that teaching our kids to 'take the hit and seek support later' is NOT the way to curb bullying.
Shocking, I know. We've all read the articles arguing that the appropriate response to bullying is to identify and prevent the root of the problem – and that an 'eye for an eye' isn't the solution. To some extent, I agree. It's our job as parents to ensure our kids don't grow into bullies. It's our job as teachers to address bullying in schools and to work to prevent it. But, no matter how hard we try to shut bullying down, the reality is, our world is unkind. Kids will be mean. And, mean kids often grow into mean adults if their behaviour isn't checked. So, if you truly think that we shouldn't teach our kids to fight back – to rightfully defend themselves in the face of abuse – then I call B.S. Because, I know that NO parent wants their child to accept victimization.
Here's the reality. By telling our children to constantly 'stand down' and 'walk away,' we're impeding their self-confidence and ability to defend themselves when threatened with violence. In fact, 'zero-tolerance' policies on the playground may actually prevent your child from protecting him or herself against a bully's attack. Most of the time, these policies don't stop bullies from hurting others. But, they may prevent more obedient children from defending themselves with equal force when attacked.
Don't get me wrong. NOBODY has the right to hurt another person. However, when it does happen, a victim's fear of being disciplined for responding with force only punishes that child further. Succumbing to a playground bully's abuse and walking away may mean your child is unable able to play in a specific area or with a certain friend without being picked on. This teaches our kids to accept defeat, which often only feeds the bully's power. Some psychologists even argue that when physical attacks are not met with some degree of physical response, they tend to happen again. If the bully discovers that they can push your child around, they will continue to do so.
Several studies on primary school-aged children argue that submission to bullies only increases a child's risk of ongoing abuse at school. One U.S. survey actually found that the most successful anti-bullying strategies reported by victims is counter-aggression. Others even suggest that 'fighting back' can increase social cohesion and mutual respect in the long run.
This is why many professionals are urging parents to give their children permission to 'fight back' against bullies – even if it means getting detention. I say, instead of overprotecting our kids and sugar-coating conflict resolution strategies, we should let them fight their own battles. By teaching children to stand down, or worse, by rescuing them from facing their bullies (be it that playground a**hole or your kid's first boss), parents are sheltering kids from realizing their own courage and responsibility. This fails to prepare them with the experience and confidence they need to face the hardships of real life.
No, I'm not suggesting we allow our kids to beat the crap out of each other. This is not what we teach. We recognize that responding to violence with violence, often only leads to more violence, and that doesn't solve anything. But, what we should NOT do is frighten our kids with zero-tolerance policies that limit their ability to defend themselves. Instead, we give them the courage and permission to stick up for themselves and for others. And sometimes, that means fighting fire with fire.
The key is to know how and when to use that fire. That's where Martial Arts can help. We teach our students the wisdom of self-defence, and the virtues of respect, self-control, and accountability – critical tools that help our kids protect themselves against bullies.
So, I'll end with this. As parents and teachers, it's our duty to ensure our kids know not only how to defend themselves, but that they can defend themselves. If we don't teach them to stand tall and fight back, then how do we expect them to survive the realities of the real world?
For other (more conservative) bullying prevention tips, check out the Public Safety Canada's Overview of Approaches to Address Bullying and Cyberbullying.


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KATHLEEN TOLAN is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her most recent play, Memory House, premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, was subsequently produced in Chicago at Victory Gardens Theater under the direction of Sandy Shinner, and went on to receive productions around the country. Her earlier plays include The Wax (Playwrights Horizons), A Girl's Life (Trinity Repertory Company),Approximating Mother (Women's Project), Kate's Diary (The Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons) and A Weekend Near Madison (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Astor Place Theatre, and other regional theaters and in Europe). She is currently working on a new play, Istanbul Notes, for Seattle Repertory Theatre. She has received numerous commissions and awards including the Thornton Wilder Fellowship, the McKnight National Residency and Commission, the Charles H. Revson Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, several MacDowell Colony and Hedgebrook residencies, and two Sundance Institute residencies. Ms. Tolan is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild of America, Ensemble Studio Theatre and PEN American Center. Ms. Tolan currently teaches playwriting at Purchase College, State University of New York, where she is the coordinator of the Dramatic Writing Program.


On Friday, March 9th 2018 the Sacramento Advertising Club hosted a Galla event to celebrate and award local winning entries to the national American Advertising Federation's annual Addys competition. The event was well attended by students, faculty and staff from the Art Institute of California, where students from the school swept every student category they entered.
Many comments were made about the high quality of the student work and how it compared favorably to the professional work that was submitted. The winning entries go on to compete at the regional level, and if they win at that level, they continue on to compete at the national level.
Besides participating in the competition, the Art Institute of California – Sacramento played a major role in all aspects of the Sacramento Ad Club events around the Addys, including both the Gallery night which was held in February at the Art Institute, and the Galla event in March. Early on in the evening, The Sacramento Ad Club President, Chris Terrazas, thanked the Art Institute for all their hard work and contributions to the event.
The Art Institute's current student Alejandra Gutierrez and alum Michelle Barnhill organized the entire Galla event. Many Art Institute students were involved in every aspect of running the event from checking in guests to photographing the event.
I am thankful to have been able to serve as their Faculty Advisor throughout the process. Collecting & submitting work, communicating, and coordinating everything has been a big job, but it has paid off big too!
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Detail Oriented Task-Oriented Self-Starter Analyze existing procedures in order to complete daily monitoring tasks. Confer with local subject matter experts in order to resolve incoming queries from various trading desks. Review incoming alert exceptions in order to determine proper treatment and possible disclosure requirements. Assist local subject matter experts in producing various reporting documents in order to comply with regulatory requirements.
Requires 1-3 years prior experience Intermediate Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc) skills required Strong communication skills required Experience in operational processes, regulatory reporting, or project management skills would be advantageous.


Have you at any time thought of, what could possibly, go mistaken, due to the fact of the steps, or failure to act, of our general public officers? The truth of general public leadership, is, although, we normally blame and complain, about what, these leaders, do, the real blame, should really go, to the American citizens, and its willingness, to consider, the vacant claims, and rhetoric, somewhat than demanding the truth of the matter, and related, sustainable, feasible options! In these days, of so many, phony details, 50 percent – truths, and populist, extremely – simplistic rhetoric, our nation threats, losing its discover, and its area, in the entire world, for symbolizing the greatest, democratic, liberty, and freedom – centered, options/ solutions. With that in thoughts, this article will briefly try to look at, evaluation and explore, 5 rational fears, we all should really have, due to the fact of the existing political atmosphere.
one. Why we elect, who we elect? The character of political leaders: Study, why we vote, for specific candidates? Heritage shows us, most voters elect and pick out, folks, centered on their populist rhetoric, and claims, somewhat than ones, who make claims, which feed, their personal agenda, biases, and prejudices! We should really look at, and analyze, the vital character of an individual, their motives and motivations, and the best way, our nation, should really commence!
2. Natural environment: Whilst the relaxation of the entire world, at least, acknowledges, the truth of local climate adjust, and how people influence our atmosphere, President Trump made a decision, to have the United States, take out by itself, from the Paris Accords (just one of the only nations, to do so). He discussed, this shift, by diminishing the prevailing impression of the huge vast majority of authorities, and utilizing, minimizing restrictions, as just one of the justifications. However, having said that, as President Macron, of France, just lately stated, the entire world, does not have, a World B, due to the fact, the potential and sustainability of our entire world, is at – hazard, due to the fact of the failure to make feasible, sustainable options/ decisions, currently!
three. Electrical power (oil and gas, and so forth): President Trump's choice to reverse the gas financial state requirements, for automobiles, detailing it, in conditions of economic decisions, and so forth, unless/ right until, we aim on minimizing our dependence of fossil fuels, our atmosphere, electricity – independence, and so forth, is, at – hazard! Should not America be the leader, somewhat than trailing, most of the relaxation, of the designed nations, of the entire world?
4. Social Plan: Why does it appear, Donald Trump, equates, creating America good, all over again, to minimizing, our emphasis, on social justice, freedoms and liberties, we have emphasised, and fought for, for generations? The entire world has been emphasizing growing this emphasis, but we have been heading in the reverse direction! What would make America, good, unless/ right until, we aim on what has, historically, manufactured us, so?
5. Top quality of daily life (liberty and freedom): For generations, the relaxation of the entire world, has looked, at the United States, to be a leader, in the struggle for liberty and freedom! We want to re – aim on this essential eyesight!
What could possibly, go mistaken, if we commence, as we have been, in these past sixteen months, or so? Long run generations will search back again, and how, will we explain this?


The interfaces described in this help file have been deprecated. CIAO 4.10 includes a new object based interface which should be used instead of these routines. This document is provided for legacy support.
Before a region can be used by the other routines in the region library - e.g. to calculate the area or to find out if a point lies inside or outside the region - it must be parsed. The regParse() routine does this parsing and returns an object which represents this region and should be used when calling the other routines. An error is thrown if the region is not valid; for instance due to a syntax error or using a shape that is not understood by the CIAO region library.
The region module is not available by default; see "ahelp region" for information on loading the module.
See 'ahelp dmregions' for a description of the CIAO region syntax.
and stored the result in the variable circle_var. This variable can then be used with other functions from the region library, as will be shown in the following examples.
See 'ahelp dmregions' for a description of the syntax of CIAO regions.
In this example we used the regArea() call to calculate the area of the first region from the previous example.
See the bugs page for the region library on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.


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Anti-Aging Research Science A4M Anti-Aging Aging Anti-Aging
Anti-aging compound that improves metabolic health in mice improves muscle glucose metabolism in people
According to a news release, in the first clinical trial of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the compound previously demonstrated to counteract aspects of aging and improve metabolic health in mice also has clinically relevant effects in people. Further studies underway to determine the extent of clinical benefits.
A natural compound previously demonstrated to counteract aspects of aging and improve metabolic health in mice has clinically relevant effects in people, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
A small clinical trial of postmenopausal women with prediabetes shows that the compound NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) improved the ability of insulin to increase glucose uptake in skeletal muscle, which often is abnormal in people with obesity, prediabetes, or Type 2 diabetes. NMN also improved the expression of genes that are involved in muscle structure and remodeling. However, the treatment did not lower blood glucose or blood pressure, improve blood lipid profile, increase insulin sensitivity in the liver, reduce fat in the liver or decrease circulating markers of inflammation as seen in mice.
The study, published online on April 22 in the journal Science, is the first randomized clinical trial to look at the metabolic effects of NMN administration in people.
Among the women in the study, 13 received 250 mg of NMN orally every day for 10 weeks, and 12 were given an inactive placebo every day over the same period.
"Although our study shows a beneficial effect of NMN in skeletal muscle, it is premature to make any clinical recommendations based on the results from our study," said senior investigator Samuel Klein, MD, the William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science and director of the Center for Human Nutrition. "Normally, when a treatment improves insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle, as is observed with weight loss or some diabetes medications, there also are related improvements in other markers of metabolic health, which we did not detect in our study participants."
The remarkable beneficial effects of NMN in rodents have led several companies in Japan, China and in the U.S. to market the compound as a dietary supplement or a neutraceutical. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not authorized to review dietary supplement products for safety and effectiveness before they are marketed, and many people in the U.S. and around the world now take NMN despite the lack of evidence to show clinical benefits in people.
The researchers studied 25 postmenopausal women who had prediabetes, meaning they had higher than normal blood sugar levels, but the levels were not high enough to be diagnosed as having diabetes. Women were enrolled in this trial because mouse studies showed NMN had the greatest effects in female mice.
NMN is involved in producing an important compound in all cells, called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD). NAD plays a vital role in keeping animals healthy. Levels of NAD decline with age in a broad range of animals, including humans, and the compound has been shown to contribute to a variety of aging-associated problems, including insulin resistance in studies conducted in mice. Supplementing animals with NMN slows and ameliorates age-related decline in the function of many tissues in the body.
Co-investigator Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, Ph.D., a professor of developmental biology and of medicine who has been studying NMN for almost two decades and first reported on its benefits in mice said, "This is one step toward the development of an anti-aging intervention, though more research is needed to fully understand the cellular mechanisms responsible for the effects observed in skeletal muscle in people."
Insulin enhances glucose uptake and storage in muscle, so people who are resistant to insulin are at increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. But the researchers caution that more studies are needed to determine whether NMN has beneficial effects in the prevention or management of prediabetes or diabetes in people. Klein and Imai are continuing to evaluate NMN in another trial involving men as well as women.
This work was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Grant numbers DK56341, DK104995, AG037457, AG047902. Additional support from the Tanaka Fund and The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Shin-ichiro Imai receives a part of patent-licensing fees from MetroBiotech (USA) and Teijin Limited (Japan) through Washington University and also serves as invited chief scientist at the Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation in Kobe, Japan. Jun Yoshino is an inventor of a patent application related to NMN (#20180228824). Samuel Klein receives research support from Janssen Pharmaceuticals and serves on a scientific advisory board for Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
This article was written by Jim Dryden at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Yoshino M, Yoshino J, Kayser BD, Patti G, Franczyk MP, Mills KF, Sindelar M, Pietka T, Patterson BW, Imai S, Klein S. Nicotinamide mononucleotide increases muscle insulin sensitivity in prediabetic women. Science First Release, published online April 22, 2021.
https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/anti-aging-compound-that-improves-metabolic-health-in-mice-improves-muscle-glucose-metabolism-in-people/

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Q: What is the easiest way to embed a bluetooth to any device? For example I have a speaker with buttons: volume up, down, play, pause, next, previous.
I want to embed into this speaker a blutooth feature to simulate buttons pressing.
For controlling I will use a mobile phone (android), controlling application I can create by myself.
I have no expierence in electronic, but I can try.
Easy solutions would also be wellcome. Are there any easy to integrate universal solutions I can buy?
I also have an arduino (it is too big for my purpose) and can use for prototyping. I have a bluetooth board http://www.bluesoleil.com/products/H0002201304270003.html

A: I will try but it is a shot in the dark. I think that you need to try to remove the buttons and plug the Arduino ports instead. Buttons usually are making a short circuit, so you can connect an output of one of the Arduino ports, and set it high. when you want a click set it to low for few milis, and then high again. Good luck!


Is the Elephant in the room or the brain?
We are all familiar with the phrase "elephant in the room" – an unspoken negative stimulus in a situation that everyone is aware of but with little recourse on how to handle it knowing all the while that the 'elephant' is compromising the integrity of the best and often obvious solution to the issue at hand. Every organization and team has a mutation of an elephant. There are indeed some elephants in our own homes. There are many strategies out there on how to deal with, or at least work through these elephants. However, I'd like to offer a challenge to whether the elephant is in the room as an existential threat or whether it is a reflection of what our brain interprets as an insurmountable and too risky a threat.


Hi! I'm an ordinary Kiwi mum who needs to feed her family well while spending less, wants to learn new skills, and inspire others along the way. Starting basically from scratch, I decided to set a goal to grow 1000 kgs of food in my back yard in 2013. To read all about how I got to this point, see the About Us page. To see photos and read about how my garden is growing, as well as find info on growing food, saving money, preserving, making your own cleaners and other DIY, and more, read my blog. I'm just getting started here, so be sure to check back often for new content.
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.....growing a ton of food in their back yard. Yes, an actual ton!
When I decided at the end of 2012 to set the goal to grow 1000 kgs of food this year, I was starting with 4 small raised beds (2m x 1m), and one 3.25 x 1.25m bed, all of which were overgrown. I started by weeding those and planting some new seedlings. I determined I would plant whatever I could, wherever I could.
I'm by no means an expert gardener, but I'm ready to give things a go and learn along the way. I decided from the start to keep a garden diary to record what was going on each day and month, and to take photos of the garden at the beginning of each month so I could see the changes. You can see my monthly photos on the Blog, along with monthly totals of how much has been harvested.
Do you grow food in your garden? Would you like to? Wondering how to get started, or looking for more inspiration to keep you going? Want to know how to preserve food, cut costs, or feed your family well? Do you have your own ideas you'd like to share? Questions? You've come to the right place! Read my blog and post questions or comments. You can also drop me a line through the Contact page. If you'd like to share some of your own gardening adventures or other homesteading experiences, I'd love to hear from you. If you would like to share your homesteading successes here too, with photos and your own story, I'm interested in hearing from you - together we can encourage and inspire others.
Homesteading is really just living closer to the way our forebears did - by learning the old skills we can do so much more for ourselves! Homesteading involves doing things at home to sustain and nurture your family. It involves a broad range of skills, and different folk chose to engage in various ones. Homesteading might involve growing food in the garden, raising chickens for eggs and/or meat, keeping livestock (sheep, cattle, goats, rabbits etc) depending on available space, cooking, preserving, sewing, knitting, weaving, spinning and other crafts of all kinds. Perhaps it might involve soap making, making home-made cleaners and beauty products, seed saving, cutting your own firewood or a myriad other things.
The way most modern Westerners live is not normal. Everything about our lifestyle today is new - it has only been around for a short period of time. And most of it is entirely dependant on cheap fuel. Our stores carry only enough product for a couple of days - they rely on "just in time shipping" to bring more every day or every couple of days. We live lives full of hurry and rush, buy food from the supermarket, don't know our neighbours, drive all over the place, waste hours watching TV or playing computer games, dash from one meeting to activity to another. We're often worn out, frazzled, and unhealthy. Our bodies were never designed for this kind of lifestyle. It comes at a cost - to our health, our finances, our families, and our peace. And it's not sustainable - not for us, not for the planet.
Homesteading is about slowing down a little, learning some of the old ways. Learning to feed ourselves real food - food that nourishes and heals. Getting to know some of our neighbours. Developing skills, spending time with our families, sharing our excess with others. Homesteading definitely involves some hard work! But it's good work, and a more peaceful way.
Homesteading also gives us the gift of being less reliant on "them" and more self-reliant. With homesteading skills, if disaster strikes, whether in the form or a natural disaster, economic collapse, job loss or illness, or whatever, you will be more prepared and able to cope. You will know what to do to care for your family, and you will have the things you need on hand.
"Prepping" is a popular phenomenon these days. We should definitely all be more prepared for the unexpected. Most of what modern preppers are talking about, though, is really what was just normal living in the old days - keeping ample supplies on hand, putting up food, growing your own, being ready to care for your own without outside help. These are all skills that can be learned.
Many folk think that in order to homestead, you need a nice big piece of land out in the country, and if they can't afford that, they throw up their hands and say they can't do anything. But we ALL can homestead, even if all we have is a square-handkerchief size yard. Sure, where space is limited, you have to be more creative, and some things won't be possible. But we can all do something, and we can all learn new skills. If you don't have room to grow your own wheat, you can learn more about wheat, and where to buy it organically, how to grind your own and make your own bread. If you don't have enough room to grow all the tomatoes your family needs for a year, you can learn to bargain, and get to know your local growers and buy in a years supplies when they are at their cheapest, and learn to preserve them. You might not be able to keep sheep, but you could learn how to bring home a side of mutton from the butcher and cut it up yourself, saving a lot of money. Do you get the idea? Wherever you are, whatever you have, you can focus on what you do have and can do. We can all learn new things. We can all learn old skills. We can all homestead and provide for our own and save a lot of money plus be healthier and happier.
My family and I have lived on large properties in the past, and just being on much land doesn't automatically make it easier! Yes, it broadens your choices, but it can also cost more money to get things started, and if you don't have or acquire the skills first, then it can be quite overwhelming. That is why I encourage you to start where you are. And it's why we are doing what we are doing, right here on our section in the middle of town. I want to show you that you don't have to own a farm to grow your own food.
I remember when I was a very small child, my great-grandmother's house has stores of home-bottled fruit on shelves in the basement. But I never learned this skill growing up. Years later, when I was pregnant with my 4th child, we lived in the country and a friend there did masses of preserving every year. I begged her to teach me, which she did, and once I knew the basic process, I was able to branch out on my own and do more and more. You can do this too. Learn the basics of one skill, then keep on using it and you'll learn to apply it in new ways.


Chu DK, et al. Lancet. 2018 Apr 28;391(10131):1693-1705.
Question & Methods: The authors wanted to summarize the best available evidence of RCTs to guide rational use of O2 therapy.
Findings: Their review of over 16 000 patients provides high-quality evidence that liberal supplemental O2 increases in-hospital mortality (RR1.21), mortality at 30 days (RR 1.14) and mortality at longest follow-up (RR1.10).
Limitations: Heterogeneity of definitions, un-blinded studies, and description of duration of therapy; practically, the density of the paper will likely limit its dissemination.
Interpretation: High-quality evidence indicates that liberal O2 increases mortality among a broad range of illnesses and that this likely has a dose response relationship; specific trials are needed to further clarify.
A meta-analysis may attempt to address a compelling clinical dilemma. One of the key questions to ask when appraising meta-analyses is whether the pooling of the included studies is appropriate. Clinical heterogeneity reflects clinical differences between study populations, the intervention, co-interventions and/or outcomes when pooling studies in meta-analysis. This is distinct from statistical heterogeneity which can be determined by visually assessing the forest plot, measuring the I2 statistic or the Cochran's Q. Always ask yourself if the meta-analysis is combining apples with apples.


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Just curious, has spam prevention been improved in the last few years of this script development? I used Questions2Answer script a few years ago on a few sites. Even though I used plugins for anti-spam protection (except for having the FB logon as only option), the amount of spam users who created new accounts every day was amazing.
Spammers know exactly what to look for in a Google search to find sites that are using the Questions2Answer script. And as they know, there is a weakness in the default spam prevention ability for sites using this script.
Can the developer please address this concern?
Can you turn your request into concrete actions that can be turned later into code?
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Q: JQuery - Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of undefined in Google Geocoding I am trying to use reverse-geocoding in Laravel-5.8

< script type = "text/javascript" >
  function GetAddress() {
    var lat = parseFloat(document.getElementById("txtLat").value);
    var lng = parseFloat(document.getElementById("txtLong").value);
    var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);
    var geocoder = geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    geocoder.geocode({
      'latLng': latlng
    }, function(results, status) {
      if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        if (results[1]) {
          $("#myaddress").results[1].formatted_address;
        }
      }
    });
  } <
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<input type="button" value="Get Address" onclick="GetAddress()" />

<input type="hidden" id="txtLat" value="{{ $currentLocationFilter[0] ?? '' }}" readonly/>
<input type="hidden" id="txtLong" value="{{ $currentLocationFilter[1] ?? '' }}" disabled/>

<input type="text" id="myaddress" value="0" disabled>

GetAddress(), I want to display the result in myaddress but I got this error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of undefined

and it points to:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of undefined

This works:
alert("Location: " + results[1].formatted_address);

but I don't want to use alert
How do I get this resolved?
Thanks

A: The line of code throwing the error is attempting to access a property of a jQuery object, results, which does not exist; hence the error you see.
From the context of the alert() which you state is working, it would appear that you're trying to set the value within the #myaddress element. As such, use the val() method of the jQuery object to set the value of the target input element:
$("#myaddress").val(results[1].formatted_address);

Here's a complete example, with the inline event handlers removed as they are no longer good practice and should not be used.
jQuery($ => {
  $('#get-address').on('click', () => {
    var lat = parseFloat($("#txtLat").val());
    var lng = parseFloat($("#txtLong").val());
    var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);

    var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    geocoder.geocode({
      latLng latlng
    }, function(results, status) {
      if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        if (results[1]) {
          $("#myaddress").val(results[1].formatted_address);
        }
      }
    });
  });
});

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Deaf actor and British Sign Language user Danny Murphy was cast as Wesley in this year's release of The Parts You Lose, where he had to learn American Sign Language for the role and worked alongside a cast including Aaron Paul. With his comedy show The Danny Murphy Show, he has recently toured America, and has a YouTube channel and Facebook page where he uploads comedy sketches. We found out from Danny about touring with The Danny Murphy Show, filming for The Parts You Lose and being an anti-bullying ambassador.
What was Wesley like to play in The Parts You Lose?
It was a very different experience for me because I have a deaf family and we always use sign language to communicate with each other. We always support each other and we are a very happy family.
But, regarding my role as Wesley, life is a bit different, Wesley has a hearing family and his dad abused him and wouldn't let him use sign language, which is, in fact, very disgraceful. I had to "display" a more restrictive family environment to show the true colours of the family.
My character Wesley is a very quiet person and he was always being bullied by the students from school.
It's really weird because I am very outgoing, I love to chat and am very friendly with everyone, unlike Wesley. One big thing is that my first language is British Sign Language, and Wesley in the movie uses American Sign Language (ASL); so, in order for me to learn a new language for me, I had to deal with it. However, I loved learning American Sign Language because I am so keen on learning new things for myself.
Can you tell us about your role in the film?
Wesley's role is a deaf boy who has a hearing family and they always speak to each other without using Sign Language, that caused Wesley to feel alone and quiet. In addition to that, he usually got bullied from the students at his school.
Then, as the plot goes, Wesley found a man who is a dangerous fugitive and he wanted to know more about him.
Wesley hid the dangerous man in the barn and offered treatment to him. Meanwhile, Wesley's family weren't aware of the fugitive except for a police officer who began to suspect that Wesley was up to something. Wesley started to like the fugitive man because he taught him to be brave and stand up for himself. Moreover, that fugitive was willing to learn sign language for him as opposed to his own family.
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How did you get involved with the cast, which included Aaron Paul and Mary Elizabeth Winstead?
My fan 'Johnny Critser' (he is now my personal assistant) sent me info about the audition encouraging to try out for the role and I decided to audition for it – but I felt that I wouldn't get this part because it's for ASL signing boys and many people auditioned for this film.
But I got good news, they requested me to go to Canada for a final call audition and I flew to Winnipeg, Canada and met Christopher Cantwell, a director from this movie, he pretended to be Wesley's father and I pretended to be Wesley and we acted the scene out and they kept the footage of me.
After that, I returned to England and a few days later they emailed my parents informing them I got this part! I was so excited over the good news.
How was it learning American Sign Language for the role?
I love ASL and I was able to quickly learn it.
But I'm nervous when I use ASL on stage or in the front of the cameras, but I seem to pull through each time, thankfully because I have an ASL tutor/mentor named Joanna Kucharski Hawkins from Canada and she taught me a lot. Right now, I am still learning more ASL because I believe that I will be in more movies, if movie producers see my talent in acting.
What's the experience like presenting TV shows on CITV and CBBC?
This is pretty different from the previous Hollywood production with the film The Parts You Lose, it was so fun and gave me lots of experiences for different job roles and wacky challenges. Episodes on CITV and CBBC are released very quickly, but the movie took a long time to get released. I love any type of film production nonetheless, all of them are so much fun!
Can you tell us about your comedy sketches and how you come up with the ideas?
Sometimes I ask for ideas from the deaf community and I just get tons of ideas for this! I make scripts for the skits and I start filming myself for a few hours but it's not the easy part.
The hard part actually is that I have to edit each video for twelve hours, just for three minutes of video. I also I have to add the Captions as well.
I have plenty of ideas to create these videos, but I have been very busy lately and it's difficult for me to post new comedy videos as regularly as before.
You toured with The Danny Murphy Show, how did this go and are there plans to do more?
Recently, I went to Colorado, Kansas and Texas and it's very amazing to travel to see beautiful sights and many fans love my show and asked me to make more videos.
It encourages me to do this. I can see the audience laugh so hard and that is pretty much my experience. Of course, my acting job and doing comedy are two completely different things because I always use facial expressions and tell many jokes but in this movie, I don't use facial expressions very much and I had to act quiet and it was very emotional for me!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to more travels all over the world for my show, I love meeting new deaf people and communicating with them.
How did it feel being nominated at the Chronicle Champions Awards, and winning The Diana Award from the British Deaf Association?
I didn't expect that to happen! They just nominated me and emailed me straightaway. I'm so excited and feel very grateful for this award and it has inspired me a lot so I feel like doing much more.
Can you talk about being an anti-bullying ambassador?
Being an anti-bullying ambassador, many hearing students bullied me around in the old mainstreamed school and I have had enough of this. I made a video about it and I went to a new school and nobody bullied me anymore.
But I notice some deaf people bullied one another and I told them to stop. They kept being curious as to why I always asked them to stop it, because I'm an anti-bullying ambassador.
On the other hand, I always have a tendency to make a joke over someone and I didn't realise it upset some folks. That made me a better person as I learned from many experiences in life.
Some kids were jealous I'm the anti-bullying ambassador, which is very disappointing, but I won't let them pull me down. The people who always say, "you can't" and "you won't", are probably the ones that are scared that you will fulfil it!
What is Deaffest like to be part of?
I'd never been to Deaffest before, but I'd heard about it. They asked me to go there and I just said "YES!" because I always wanted to go to the Deaffest! I went there and it was a huge experience for me! I met lots of deaf filmmakers, they knew about me and gave me lots of advice, I learned from all of them.
I did perform on the stage with another deaf comedian John Smith and many people loved it! I will go to Deaffest again!
How did you get into acting?
I didn't plan for this, but my parents said that I just started to act naturally. I always wanted to be an actor in the theatre and the movies and I did! You must always have a goal and dreams and they will come true!
Have you got any advice for a Deaf young actor starting out in the industry?
Don't be desperate for this, I know many deaf young actors want to become a famous actor. It is hard for us to find the movie roles because there aren't enough opportunities for young deaf actors.
But, if there is an audition, break a leg! Don't be nervous or be close-minded, we must break the barrier to show them who you are! I wish them good luck in finding acting roles in major films.
What do you enjoy doing away from the camera?
I spend time on social media, spend time with my family and play sports. But for now, I must spend my time on GCSE homework because I will have big tests next year! Wish me luck!
What are your career plans over the next few months?
I really don't know, I would like to become a filmmaker in college and maybe do more movies/TV work offered in the future. I love acting, I was born to act and it is in my family blood because everyone in the family are a ham for the cameras and they can act pretty good too!
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UM-Flint leadership addressed student concerns in the Kiva last Tuesday, Nov. 9.
Student Government director of student relations Jack Griswold opened the event, introducing and recognizing Dean of Students Julie Snyder, Vice-Chancellor Christopher Giordano and UM-Flint Chancellor Deba Dutta before Student Government vice-president and event MC Amena Shukairy opened the event and welcomed UM-Flint Chancellor Deba Dutta to the floor.
Dutta spoke briefly about the importance of a partnership with Student Government when it comes to institutional priorities. As an organization, the university has three simple things to think about: growing enrollment, investing in people and programs, and focusing on innovation.
"We need to remind ourselves that at the end of every decision there is a student," Dutta said. "The students are … why the university exists."
Dutta was followed by Student Government president Levi Todd, who spoke about the Go Blue Guarantee, diversity in Student Government and equity before the floor was opened to questions and concerns.
One issue that came up repeatedly was housing and accommodations on campus. One senior, Nick, a psychology major and sociology minor, voiced his concerns that Wolverine Homecoming failed to address student needs.
Nick cited housing, financial and food insecurities, as well as lacking accommodations for international students and food services that aren't open on weekends as issues the campus is facing, questioning what homecoming was able to accomplish. "I felt like having a parade and having a dance as well wasn't addressing any of those needs," he said.
Todd stated that one of the reasons Wolverine Homecoming was brought to campus was in response to students' desire for traditions, school pride and community involvement. "After receiving that feedback … we saw it in the best interest that we should bring our homecoming to the Flint campus," Todd said.
Shukairy noted that senators are already working on some of these issues as a part of their caucus. Todd encouraged students to present issues they would like Student Government to take up this year to Student Government either by email, through concerns boxes, or at their office.
As the voice of the students, Student Government members want to know what concerns students have. "That is the reason we're holding this forum today," he said.
Other students also expressed concern over housing issues. One said she felt there was a lapse of communication in housing after a lack of response when reaching out for help. Another said she was not able to receive proper accommodations after a surgery.
Issues like these are some of what Student Government senator Jacquindre Brown hopes to tackle with his caucus, which centers around housing. "We're working on it," he said, "and we're trying to do it soon."
Another student brought up the issue of menstrual hygiene products in university bathrooms. "One of the main platforms that this Student Government ran on is inclusivity," she said. "Currently, menstrual hygiene products are only available in women's bathrooms." She asked if there could be a way to expand this service into all campus bathrooms to benefit transgender and nonbinary students.
Snyder replied that she, along with Dr. Luke and Samara Howell, would be meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10th with Facilities and Operations to explore the topic so services can be offered in a safe way before presenting a plan to Student Government for support.
Communication and mental health also came up throughout the night. Senior Lydia Powell asked about the disconnect she feels on campus. "There is a huge gap between students, faculty and staff," she said. "What kind of efforts would be put forth to build that bridge?"
Snyder agreed that the pandemic has made things different. In answer, she proposed a question of what students would like to see to help bridge that gap and advised that the concerns be brought before the Faculty Council and Staff Council to help address the issue.
Lastly, Giordano addressed the issue of mental health and student wellbeing. "This is a priority," he said. While facing added difficulties from the pandemic, campus staff has been working to restructure and provide better support for students.
Giordano gave a reminder that legal services and telehealth are now available to students, and other partnerships through the Recreation Center, Counseling and Psychological Services, and disability services. A partnership with UM-Ann Arbor will soon be brought to campus, allowing Flint students to access resources there.
Disability services are also continuing to grow. In response to a question about the possibility of the university's disability department expanding, with mentions of a lack of staff and high response times, Giordano said that department capacity changes to match student needs.
"Currently, we have … about 160 registered students through that office. So, as those needs continue to increase then we look at the support and staff structure to see how we can continue to build that capacity."
"Everybody wakes up every day to create a better experience for students," Giordano said. "And that's part of what we did today."Student Government can be contacted with further questions, comments, and concerns by email at [email protected], in-person at the Student Government office, or online via social media.
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Driving simulators are used for all kinds of vehicles. Most are used for regular driver training in a pasenger car, but training simulators are also available for truck driving, train driving, driving armoured vehicles, and special purpose vehicles such as ambulances, police cars and fire engines. There are big differences between those. For ambulance, police and fire trucks, special manoeuvers are trained. In general, training in an ambulance, or similarly a police car or fire engine, it is very dificult to train drivers on public roads while carrying light and sound signals. It is also considered dangerous to drive such a vehicle at high speed in a town just to practice these skills. So, because a simulator offers much more opportunities to practice driving at high speed and to use the light and sound signals properly, it has a big advantage over practicing these skills on public roads.
Simulators for truck driving are exclusively used for professional driver training: the truck drivers are very skilled professional drivers. Also, a truck is more expensive than a passenger car, so drivers are more willing to pay a higher price per hour. This makes these machines much more cost effective. A disadvantage however is that these drivers are very well practiced already and miss the sensation of motions in lower cost driving simulators. So this group demands more realistic sensations that can only be obtained by using a motion platform, where the physical sensation of accelerations is simulated. This makes these truck driving simulators much more expensive because the cost of hardware is much higher. Another disadvantage of this particular group of customers is that they tend to be more susceptible to simulator sickness. As drivers are more experienced they are more prone to get cybersickness because they have learned the associations between visual and motion cues. Motion cues are absent in fixed-base simulators and they are available in motion based simulators. However, the motion cues are very difficult to simulate so they are still more susceptible to simulator sickness.
Driver training simulators for learning to drive in a passenger car offer the biggest opportunities to improve driving skills in learner drivers. Also, the targte grouo usually consists of youg and inexperienced drivers that have a very low risk of simulator sickness. On the other hand, learner passenger cars are relatively cheap,. so the cost benefits of these type of simulators are smaller.


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Juan Manuel Trevino, Jr., Monticello, pleaded guilty to failure to maintain control and striking fixtures upon highway. He was fined a total of $300 plus court costs.
Matthew Ryan Toomer, Olin, pleaded guilty to failure to speeding and no insurance. He was fined a total of $290 plus court costs.
Jazlyn Marie Andrea, Springville, pleaded guilty to failure to obey traffic control device. She was fined $195 plus court costs.
A car versus deer accident took place on Feb. 24 at 6:28 p.m. on County Road E-34. Kristin Marie Linvell, 52, of Anamosa was driving a 2015 Subaru Outback when she encountered a deer in the roadway. No injuries were reported. Linvell's vehicle sustained an estimated $1,500 in damages.
Alyssa Jacquline Strong, Monticello, pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of driving without a valid driver's license. She was sentenced to two days in jail, and fined $200 plus court costs.
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Iran plans to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to solve its water shortage problem, while the country's Department of Environment is reviewing the studies to decide the volume of water transfer.
The Iranian Department of Environment is a governmental organization, under the supervision of the president, that is responsible for matters related to safeguarding the environment.
"The necessary studies have been completed and the reports have been submitted to the Department of Environment," Ali Moridi, head of Department of Environment's soil and water office told Trend in an interview.
"Regarding technical and environmental issues, the most important is the volume of water that should be transferred. The expert sessions discussed the amount of transferred water to be used for drinking purposes and industrial needs," he said.
"The National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran would decide how much of the water transfer would be allocated to drinking water," Moridi said.
Speaking of water volume to be transferred for industrial use, he said the issue is being discussed.
Referring to a report of the Department of Environment, he said the report did not have the necessary supporting documents on volume of water transfer for industry and the presumed costs to be paid.
Referring to water transfer from the Persian Gulf, the official said that no "convincing studies have been conducted" with regards to this, and "only the assessment needs have been predicted so it requires further studies".
Responding to the criticism over water transfer from the Caspian Sea to Semnan Province, he said that "the criticism over Caspian Sea water transfer was related to the volume of water, the presumable volume is 7 cubic meters per second that would be 220 to 230 million cubic meters per year. The figure is equal to small river discharge in the north of Iran."
Moridi insisted that the volume of water transfer would not affect the Caspian Sea water since 90 percent of Caspian Sea water is supplied from the rivers that originate from Russia and flow through Iran side of the Sea.
"So, 7 cubic meters per second would not have an effect on the Caspian Sea water volume," said the official.


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A trunnion is a component that allows the part that is mounted into it to move freely in one direction but prevents movement in other directions. They are often used to provide additional strength and stability to an assembly. Typically, the mounted part is able to rotate within the trunnion, in the perpendicular plane only. Where appropriate, the interior of the trunnion can be machined to incorporate grooves or protrusions that will prevent all movement and hold the mounted part rigidly in place. There is a wide range of contexts in which it is appropriate to use a trunnion, and at FTC we collaborate closely with our customers to ensure that the specific design meets their precise requirements.
We produce trunnions specifically for global leaders in the aerospace industry such as Eaton and their Aeroquip range. However, we have the capacity to produce a variety of differently designed trunnions to meet the needs of a very broad range of aerospace customers, both Tier 2 and Tier 3, and can even supply directly to OEMs.
FTC's manufacturing capacity
At our plant in California, FTC has a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment. This means that we have the capacity to produce standardized, bulk, repeatable orders to regular customers. It also means that we have the ability to utilize our teams of expert engineers and technicians to innovate, develop, and devise solutions to apparently intransigent problems. We can work with a wide variety of materials to ensure that the trunnions are manufactured from the material that will meet the precise needs of the environment in which they will be deployed. As a consequence of our experience and our extensive facilities, we have an enviable reputation for quality and reliability throughout the industry.
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Newswise -- A team of scientists at Florida State University has gotten the first detailed look at the surface of the virus that causes AIDS, taking an important step in the international effort to understand how the deadly virus works.
"Future research efforts will use this information to devise new approaches to hopefully neutralize the AIDS virus," said biology Professor Kenneth Roux, who is heading up the research. "These findings have important implications for our understanding of how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is formed, how it attacks our immune system and how it evades being neutralized by antibodies."
Using electron tomography, a process similar to a CAT scan, the scientists discovered that the molecule used by HIV to attack the body's immune system is composed of three separate but identical units arranged like a boat's propeller. Scientists throughout the world previously thought that this molecule, called "gp120," was only loosely attached to the virus' surface. But Roux and his team found that the molecules are much more tightly bound to HIV and are fewer in number than initially believed.
The findings suggest that a harmless form of the virus itself may be useful in developing an AIDS vaccine that would produce antibodies to attack HIV. A vaccine containing purified forms of the molecule may also stimulate the production of antibodies to attack HIV and neutralize it, Roux said.
The team's findings were recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Roux was assisted by postdoctoral associate Ping Zhu, biology professor Kenneth Taylor, postdoctoral associate Jun Liu and researchers at the National Cancer Institute.
To provide the first comprehensive view of the HIV surface, the scientists took about 35 pictures of the virus at various angles by rotating it under an electron microscope. Next, they combined the images to make one complete 3-D picture of the virus.
Future phases of the research will include seeing how antibodies attack gp120 molecules to identify better ways to neutralize HIV and seeing how the molecules behave when they attack the T-cells that help make up the human immune system, Roux said.
AIDS killed more than 4 million people worldwide in 2001, according to the World Health Organization, which estimates that about 40 million people are currently infected with HIV. Some 40,000 people in the United States become infected with HIV each year.
Roux has been involved with several research collaborations aimed at trying to develop an AIDS vaccine for nearly seven years. He and Zhu were part of an international team that announced last June the discovery of the unique structure of a human antibody that attacks HIV by attaching to the sugar coating the virus uses to mask itself from other antibodies in the immune system.


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Essentially about families and food, about public holidays and private passions, about how to celebrate the small everyday pleasures as well as the big occasions, it includes everything from Christmas, Thanksgiving , Hanukkah and Eid, to Passover and Easter; from Valentine's Day to that first breakfast in bed and Sunday lunch fit for the In-Laws; from Meatless Feasts to Midnight Feasts, from Partytime to the ultimate Chocolate Cake Hall of Fame; from weddings to funerals, from Georgian and Venetian feasts to children's favourites.
Heartwarming, passionate, informed, refreshingly uncomplicated and full of ideas, Feast is destined to become a classic like How to Eat. Written with the same enjoyment, sensuality and practical awareness, and packed with over 300 recipes from all over the world and from near to home, Feast proclaims Nigella's love of life and great food to celebrate it with.


Sacrificing the summer vacation for a time in the farm is not exactly the kind of time out you'll be looking for if you're any normal teenager. But Anna in Farm Mania is not your average teen. Well, she's normal alright, but she loves farming, and this is your chance to take time out with her in this time management game from Realore Studios.
The story of Farm Mania starts after gramps from the farm asks Anna to spend her summer vacation with him. You see, he's already too old to tend to the crops and animals, making the whole farm too run-down and neglected. Good thing that Anna is much in love with agriculture, and thus, begins her goal of making the farm as thriving as possible before summer's end.
Just like the other farm-based time management games, your task in Farm Mania is to plant crops, tend to your livestock and sell all the produce off for profit. Your objectives for each day are summarized during the start of each level and are outlined for you on the bottom of the screen during the actual game. Keep in mind that you have to complete all the objectives before the timer runs out, because if you manage to beat the level within 75% of the time, you'll earn bonus money for all your efforts.
At first, you'll only have to deliver a certain number of crop types to the market through Johnny, the farm's delivery boy. But as the game progresses, the gameplay picks up as you go about raising chickens and goats to name a few, and even making flour and baking pastries too! Good thing that grandma takes care of all the baking and grandpa gathers the water and feed, so you just keep your mind focused in gathering produce and rearing animals and crops, making the gameplay pretty convenient even with its frantic nature.
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Q: graphql- same query with different arguments Can the below be achieved with graph ql:
we have getusers() / getusers(id=3) / getusers(name='John). Can we use same query to accept different parameters (arguments)?

A: I assume you mean something like:
type Query {
    getusers: [User]!
    getusers(id: ID!): User
    getusers(name: String!): User
}

IMHO the first thing to do is try. You should get an error saying that Query.getusers can only be defined once, which would answer your question right away.
Here's the actual spec saying that such a thing is not valid: http://facebook.github.io/graphql/June2018/#example-5e409
Quote:

Each named operation definition must be unique within a document when
  referred to by its name.

Solution
From what I've seen, the most GraphQL'y way to create such an API is to define a filter input type, something like this:
input UserFilter {
    ids: [ID]
    names: [String]
}

and then:
type Query {
    users(filter: UserFilter)
}

The resolver would check what filters were passed (if any) and query the data accordingly.
This is very simple and yet really powerful as it allows the client to query for an arbitrary number of users using an arbitrary filter. As a back-end developer you may add more options to UserFilter later on, including some pagination options and other cool things, while keeping the old API intact. And, of course, it is up to you how flexible you want this API to be.
But why is it like that?
Warning! I am assuming some things here and there, and might be wrong.
GraphQL is only a logical API layer, which is supposed to be server-agnostic. However, I believe that the original implementation was in JavaScript (citation needed). If you then consider the technical aspects of implementing a GraphQL API in JS, you might get an idea about why it is the way it is.
Each query points to a resolver function. In JS resolvers are simple functions stored inside plain objects at paths specified by the query/mutation/subscription name. As you may know, JS objects can't have more than one path with the same name. This means that you could only define a single resolver for a given query name, thus all three getusers would map to the same function Query.getusers(obj, args, ctx, info) anyway.
So even if GraphQL allowed for fields with the same name, the resolver would have to explicitly check for whatever arguments were passed, i.e. if (args.id) { ... } else if (args.name) { ... }, etc., thus partially defeating the point of having separate endpoints. On the other hand, there is an overall better (particularly from the client's perspective) way to define such an API, as demonstrated above.
Final note
GraphQL is conceptually different from REST, so it doesn't make sense to think in terms of three endpoints (/users, /users/:id and /users/:name), which is what I guess you were doing. A paradigm shift is required in order to unveil the full potential of the language.

A: a request of the type works:
Query {
    first:getusers(),
    second:getusers(id=3)
    third:getusers(name='John)
}


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The Centralized Reliability and Events Database (ZEDB) gathers and analyses operating experience gained at nuclear power plants. The analysis is performed unsing a two-stage Bayesian model to calculate plant specific and generic reliability data.
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These will become your FAVORITE chocolate chip cookies!
Preheat oven to 350′ and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a bowl, combine apricots, flour, baking powder and salt.
In another bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time and blend well before adding the next. Add vanilla and set aside.
Add wet to dry and then fold in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
Drop on cookie sheet in heaping tablespoonful sized blobs. Leave room between for spreading.
Bake 9 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through baking. Cool on wire rack.
Also, I used a melon baller to measure out the cookies and I baked them for 10 minutes, so rotating the pan at 5 minutes. With the smaller cookies, 9 minutes seemed like the right time.
I've also kept this dough on hand in the fridge to make them fresh for guests. Just right out of the oven, after slightly cooling on a wire rack, is just divine. ENJOY!!!


It doesn't appear that spring is coming any time soon to West Michigan, but the arrival of the Detroit Tigers Winter Caravan Thursday night was a sign that it can't be that far off.
The West Michigan Whitecaps hosted its annual Winter Banquet at the Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, and a number of Tigers, including manager Ron Gardenhire, made the journey through the snowstorm to participate in the festivities.
Please check out the photo gallery that MLive's Alyssa Keown has assembled above.