After a competitive Combine event last October, six drivers were selected to the 2016 NASCAR Drive for Diversity® (D4D) class and will join the industry's premier development program for multicultural and female drivers, and pit crew members.
Combine at Langley Speedway on October 20, 2015 in Hampton, Virginia.
Talented drivers from across the Americas will compete for Rev Racing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, and attempt to follow in the footsteps of D4D graduates and current NASCAR national series drivers Kyle Larson, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Daniel Suárez.
The 2016 class will be formally introduced to the industry as part of the Charlotte Motor Speedway NASCAR Media Tour on Jan. 19.
Rev Racing will field four teams in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and two in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. The 2016 class is led by returning driver Collin Cabre and newcomer Rubén Garcia Jr., fresh off his NASCAR Mexico Series championship last fall.
After an impressive first year with D4D in which he won the season finale at Dover International Speedway and finished in the top 10, the 22-year-old from Tampa will again compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.
At age 20, the Mexico City native won four races in the NASCAR Mexico Series en route to his first NASCAR championship. He brings his talents to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East for his rookie season with Rev Racing.
The 20-year-old Colombian-American from Alhambra, California, made his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West debut in 2014 and achieved four top-10 finishes in five starts with his family-run team. He will compete in the K&N Pro Series East.
The 22-year-old from Fremont, Ohio, had her best NASCAR D4D Combine last year after turning in strong performances in previous combine events. A second-place finisher in the ARCA/CRA Super Series, Kern will compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.
Following an impressive showing at the Combine, Baca, 24, will race in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. Baca is from Monterrey, Mexico, and competed in his native country's Super Copa Telcel series in 2015.
Originally from Bogota, Colombia, Garcia, 18, earned the 2015 Wendell Scott Trailblazer Award for his competitiveness in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. He will return to the series with Rev Racing following a strong performance at the Combine last fall.
Under Rev Racing owner and CEO Max Siegel's leadership, NASCAR D4D aligns drivers with a team of executives, athletic directors, crew chiefs and mentors tasked with helping drivers achieve career successes; thus, improving their goal of reaching one of NASCAR's three national series.
Since it began fielding D4D cars in 2010, Rev Racing has been the most consistent team in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, registering 17 total wins with six different drivers and at least one victory in each season. The 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener will take place on Feb. 14 at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, where Rev Racing scored a win with Suárez in 2014.
The 2015 NASCAR season featured a series of firsts and milestones for D4D alumni. Suárez and Wallace Jr. were in close contention to win Sunoco Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, with Suárez becoming the first Mexican driver to earn top rookie honors.
In 2015, more than 25 graduates of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Pit Crew Development Program, also run by Rev Racing, pitted for national series teams. Mike Russell, jackman for the No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing team in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, became the first African-American D4D graduate to win a national series championship.


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When getting a roofing repair done, especially in an emergency circumstance, you desire a roofing repair contractor who's going to have the ability to come out fast and get the job done quick for you.
If you require any type of roof work for your house or business, call our roofer in Holcombe at 877-960-0157. At Roofing Company, Inc., our Holcombe roofing contractors help you pick the right type of roof for your house or business. You must always bear in mind that it's wise to work with a reputable contractor with experienced and reputed Dallas roofing contractors.
Different professionals should be also offering their price quotes on the basis of roof's materials that you want to repair or set up in the roof. You ought to also have a look at which the roofer position the estimate in accordance with the roof's materials which have actually already been used in roof. It'll always be a best concept to consider the aid of the Dallas roofing contractors in this case, since repairing the roof isn't really the job of a common man.
If you are having difficulty searching for a excellent roof cleansing service provider, then go on the internet and enter searches that ping back results for specialists in your area who can service your requirements. If it is a large roofing job contractors will frequently hire sub-contractors to assist with the installation. A lot of contractors concentrate on particular types of roof like tile or metal roofs.
This short article supplies a few pointers to assist you choose the right roofing contractor for your home. Hence, one need to be very fussy and mindful when working with a roofer for his services. It becomes extremely tough to work with a roofer nowadays as a lot of people have actually joined this company.
To avoid expensive repair work at a later phase, property owners can choose to carry out occasional no pressure roof cleaning from professional specialists. As a effective barrier for your commercial building, metal roofing will withstand water seepage and show strength and endurance for a long period of time. FAHEY ROOFING + CONTRACTING OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ROOFING AND CONTRACTING SERVICES.
I have a couple of properties and desire I had actually understood of Fahey Roofer prior to having other so-called Roofing contractors attempt my other jobs. "The excellent communication we had with the task representative and manager. We have new roofs on all our buildings and just needed to pay a portion of the cost to have them replaced. There are numerous roofing business to pick from, but our dedication to your fulfillment sets Roofing Contractors apart from our competitors.
Whether you require a new roof for a little commercial space or a beautiful vast mansion, our experienced and knowledgeable team will astound you with their professionalism and the quality of their work. Because time, our roofing company has proudly roofed almost 30,000 houses and commercial properties. There are a lot of services that a general contractor extends that can be cost effective and time-saving.
With the proper advice of your specialist and also knowledgeable roof services provider, you will make certain to land with the ideal alternative on each factor to consider. – Roof assessment and also maintenance can be done on a biannual basis as advised by the National Roofing Contractors Organization (NRCA).
We make our job offered to you when you are in need of roof services and also routine maintenance. Our entire staff is committed to giving you with excellent roof services that leave you entirely pleased. In company since 1989, Accent Roof is a complete roofing firm with greater than three decades of sector experience.
Steel roofing systems are superior to standard roof products in 6 fundamental means. Countless roof coverings are replaced every year with average asphalt tiles, but let us review the benefits of steel roofing over asphalt shingles. Via these services, we offer long lasting roof with cutting-edge and also trusted techniques.
Our services include roofing system repair work, installation, and upkeep. Our wide range of services for household and also commercial roof includes: As a neighborhood, family-owned service headquartered in Clay Region, Florida, Patriot Roof covering Services is devoted in ordering to help our next-door neighbors shield and improve their residences with a reliable and attractive roof covering.
Yet exactly how do you know when it's time to repair the roofing system, and also where are one of the most reputable, budget friendly professionals, that will constantly do one of the most quality job? Nearly all facilities, whether property or business, require appropriate roofing setup as well as maintenance in order to provide safety and security as well as convenience for its citizens. As far as a lot of professional roofer are concerned, any roof covering repair service begins with examination.
With the help of technologies, makers who work together with well established roofer have actually developed far better methods in generating top-quality items as well as supplies. Established roof covering companies also use solutions for residential establishments. Roofing is their main company, yet they do supply a variety of fundamental building and construction solutions.
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As one of the largest roof companies in Buffalo, our specialist technicians are well versed in the facility procedures required for academic buildings. Business roof covering fixing and also maintenance for buildings of any type of size. Full-Service Landscaping Whether you require landscape layout, a hardscape, turf setup, or regular maintenance, look for a company that provides the complete range of landscaping services.
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Bon Bon Jour is what you need if you want to get a great looking bouquet of flowers, sweets or fruits.
Bon Bon Jour needed an online shop to meet the growing need of its customers to order creative bouquets online.
The website is available in both English and Bulgarian and supports Bulgarian Lev as well as Euro.


You read that right, I used my phone untill it died. This is not a review or even a preview, but a postview.
The upside of a post-mortem about a phone is that I used it for years, so I know all the details and annoyances. The downside is that Philips no longer makes the phone, but no matter, I wouldn't recommend you buy it anyway.
It's a practical phone. It lies confortably in your hand, it's super sturdy, even after years, it lasts a week on a charge, and it even has a few games on it.
It doesn't have a camera, wifi, bluetooth or pretty mutch anything else, but it's great for calling and texting. The T9 feature works good, but always uses the interface language and does not allow adding words.
My number one annoyiance with the phone is that in the phonebook the screen displays only 8 of the 10 digits of a phone number in a hard to follow sliding motion.
Speaking of the phone book, I recently discovered that copying contacts to the SIM card is hard.
The menu of the phone is easy to use, but there is hardly any reason to. On a daily basis, I tend to use the directional pad to get to the most frequently used functions. This does mean it is fairly easy to do stuff accidentally if you forget to lock it.
One thing to keep in mind is that it doesn't warn you when the inbox is full. It just doesn't receive anymore text messages. Once in a while, when people stop replying to my messages, I need to check if it's me or my phone.


Cocaine(COC) Drug Urine Test is a simple one step test for the rapid, qualitative detection of COC and primarily benzoylecgonine as metabolites in urine. The cutoff of the test is 300 ng/ml of COC. It is the same as the SAMHSA recommended cutoff. The COC cocaine test provides only a preliminary analytical result. A more specific alternative chemical method must be used in order to obtain a confirmed analytical result. Gas chromatography, mass spectrometry (GC/MS) is the preferred method. Clinical consideration and professional judgment should be applied to any drug of abuse test result, particularly when preliminary positive results are used. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST: Cocaine, derived from the leaves of the coca plant, is a potent central nervous system stimulant and a local anesthetic. Cocaine induces euphoria, confidence and a sense of increased energy in the user; these psychological effects are accompanied by increased heart rate, dilation of the pupils, fever, tremors and sweating. Cocaine is used by smoking, intravenous, intranasal or oral administration, and excreted in the urine primarily as benzoylecgonine in a short time. Benzoylecgonine has a longer biological half-life (5-8 hours) than cocaine (0.5-1.5 hours) and can generally be detected for 24-80 hours after cocaine use or exposure. The COC cocaine test is based on the principle of the highly specific immunochemical reactions between antigens and antibodies, which are used for the analysis of specific substances in biological fluids. The sensitivity of the test is 300 ng/ml of COC.
1 - 9 Tests $2.38 ea.
10 - 24 Tests $1.64 ea.


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CSU Energy Institute researchers work to broaden access to electricity in rural Rwanda
The Rwandan government recently launched an ambitious goal to electrify the entire country by 2024 to bolster its economy and improve the health and incomes of its nearly 12 million residents, many of who live in remote rural areas, some hours from paved roads.
Running power lines from a national electric grid is not only costly but would only provide electricity to roughly half of the population. Instead, the Rwandan government is looking at smaller, community-based microgrids and small household systems that generate electricity on-site and distribute solar power to the end consumers.
Researchers at Colorado State University, in collaboration with the University of Rwanda and energy startup MeshPower, are helping the nation reach its electrification goals, through a large-scale project to design, build and install microgrids in rural villages.
Full article: Colorado State University
Access to electricity is growing rapidly around the world – except in Africa
Schneider, Eastlands College of Technology launch Electric and Solar lab

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Here he is on liberty and the Nanny State. It's required homework before celebrating the 4th of July. OK, if you're reading this you likely don't need to do the homework, but pass it on to someone who does. Recent college graduates perhaps?


Hidden History - Women In Industry.
St Ives is well known for its fishing, mining, artists and tourists, but for about forty years it was the home of a vibrant textile industry based in former pilchard cellars near to The Island. The industrial manufacture of textiles is not usually associated with a seaside town in Cornwall.
The majority of the employees were women who went into the factories when they left school at the age of fourteen. Maybe for this reason the work that they did has almost been forgotten. The Town Council, by the 1970s, had removed all traces of industry from the centre of St Ives and transferred it to new industrial estates. The buildings themselves were demolished to make way for luxury accommodation to expand the tourist industry.
Tomorrow (Friday 25th October) - between 11.00 am and 3.00 pm - volunteers from the Archive will be hosting an event and workshop. As many employees as possible are invited from the various textile companies located Downlong between the 1930s and 1970s: Crysede, Hamptons, Flawns, Berketex and Fryers.
One of the key events will be an opportunity for everyone to assist in the making of a 'camouflage net' of memories. These nets were originally made at home, during the war, by young women and children. On this occasion, strips of calico with individual memories and images will be sewn into the net and these will be a lasting reminder of this chapter of St Ives history.


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Further update - for Sunday 12th April 2020 from Councillor Fraser Macpherson and Councillor Craig Duncan :
After some delay and technical problems with the text service, steps have been taken to protect people with the highest clinical risk - the 'shielded' group.
144,000 people have now been sent a letter. As people are newly diagnosed, or if clinicians feel it is required, the NHS will continue to add to the central list.
Councils, GPs and health boards will be told who is on the shielding central list.
The letter invites them to register by text. Over 24 000 people have registered so far.
Those in the 'shielded' group can request grocery boxes to be sent to them, free of charge. Dundee contact number - 0300 123 1403 (08:30 to 17:00). The out of hours urgent requests number is 01382 307964.
Supermarkets will provide priority delivery slots starting this coming week. People who have registered for the SMS service were sent a text on the 9th April asking if they would like their details passed to the supermarkets. Thousands have signed up already.
NHS STAFF LISTENING SERVICE
A new Staff Listening Service is available and provides a space for staff to confidentially reflect on their experience and consider how the current situation affects them personally and professionally voice their concerns, worries and hopes without criticism.
There's new guidance for mortgage providers on payment holidays for consumers in financial difficulties and use of repossession during this period: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/pressreleases/new-guidance-mortgage-providers-lenders-coronavirus
There's also measures for a temporary payment freeze on loans and credit cards and enabling customers with an existing arranged overdraft to request from their provider that up to £500 is provided interest free for up to three months: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-proposes-temporary-financial-reliefcustomers-impacted-coronavirus
Advice on scams https://www.fca.org.uk/news/news-stories/avoid-coronavirus-scams
Advice on home, travel and car insurance: https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-sets-outexpectations-general-insurance-firms-during-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic
£5 million is now available to help support any university and college student struggling as a result of Covid-19 - including those attending private institutions. University and college students will be able to apply for any emergency discretionary payments directly to their own institutions.
UK Government news: www.gov.uk/search/news-and-communications
Scottish Government Updates: www.gov.scot/news
Dundee City Council updates: www.dundeecity.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19
Dundee community support : www.dundeecity.gov.uk/community-support-%26-helpline
NHS Inform information – COVID 19: https://www.nhsinform.scot/coronavirus
Federation of Small Businesses: fsb.org.uk/coronavirus
This is an anxious and uncertain time but we want you to know that we are here to try to help constituents in whatever way that we can.
WEST END WARD – Bailie Fraser Macpherson
Phone – Dundee 459378 (home)
E-mail – fraser.macpherson@dundeecity.gov.uk
Facebook updates : www.facebook.com/dundeewestend
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Vikes, More Vikes!
(Brent Schwert)
Don't send my boy to Ripon, a dying mother said
Don't send my boy to Ripon; I'd rather see him dead
Send him to ol' Lawrence; it's better than Grinnell
But rather than at Ripon, I'd see my boy in hellFolks, it's been a long time since Lawrence football had this much to play for. Not only do the Vikes close out the 2006 campaign on Saturday at home against the hated Red Hawks, but a win guarantees a winning season for the Vikings, most of whom were in diapers the last time Lawrence's record was weighted left. As far as college football in Appleton, WI goes, this is as exciting as it gets.
The LU/Ripon rivalry has a long, brutal history. It is, in fact, the oldest college football rivalry in the state of Wisconsin, having started way back in 1893. Only three games into the series, there were already inclinations of the game's significance.
In 1896, ****The Lawrentian**** said of the brutal feelings between the teams, "Such playing will kill football . If Ripon or football must die, we are sorry, but it ought to be Ripon."
The rivalry doesn't stop with football. LU-Ripon basketball games the past few years have had all the intensity of Cameron Indoor Stadium, both in Alexander and down the road at the Storzer P.E. Center, Ripon's court.
In 2004-05, Ripon handed the Vikings their first conference loss on a jumper from Bo Johnson (whose name shall never be said aloud) with two seconds left. That game was in Ripon, and the students rushing the court in the middle of December proved just how seriously Red Hawk fans take the rivalry. By the way, the Vikings beat Ripon twice that season, including in the final game of the MWC tournament.
And the rivalry isn't just limited to the "fan-friendly trinity" of football and men's and women's basketball. Ask a baseball player, a tennis player, a softball player. They'll all tell you the same thing: Better dead than red.
But I digress. The issue at hand is clearly this: Never since anyone who reads this paper — besides perhaps Goldgar and Warch –came to this fine institution has a Lawrence/Ripon football game meant as much as this one does. Saturday afternoon. 1:00 p.m. Wear Blue.
Lawrence Bleeds Blue: Better Dead Than Red.
Peter Griffith (Brent Schwert) Don't send my boy to Ripon, a dying mother saidDon't send my boy to Ripon; I'd rather see him deadSend him to ol' Lawrence; it's better than GrinnellBut rather than at Ripon, I'd see my boy in hellFolks, it's been a long time since Lawrence football had this much to play…


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Taste&Travel
Taste & Travel
Pelagos at Four…
Pelagos at Four Seasons Astir Palace Athens Hotel Got First Michelin Star
Iuliia Tore
Just six months after Chef Luca Piscazzi welcomed his first guests at newly-opened Pelagos, located within Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens in Greece's capital, the cutting-edge Mediterranean fine dining restaurant has earned its first Michelin star in Michelin Guide Greece 2021.
Michelin Guide Italy 2021 unveiled.
The Rome-born chef knew he wanted to become a chef ever since he would help out his grandmother in the kitchen at a tender age. At 19, he completed his culinary studies and swiftly packed his bags for London.
While he may not have known it at the time, a Michelin star was always in the cards for Piscazzi. He went on to work in restaurants with the coveted status, from Rome to Hong Kong to Beijing to London. In the UK capital, he served as head chef to ground-breaking French Chef Anne-Sophie Pic at her restaurant La Dame de Pic London. Located within Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square, it achieved two Michelin stars during Piscazzi's tenure.
"After being at the helm of La Dame de Pic London for four years, I felt a strong urge to bring my own cuisine and identity to the table," Piscazzi says. "When I discussed my aspirations with Four Seasons, the company offered me the opportunity to do just that, namely at Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens, and I enthusiastically accepted their offer."
Piscazzi started shaping his inventive concept for the launch of Pelagos in April 2020, during Greece's first COVID-19 lockdown.
"I am laser-focused on innovatively and sustainably showcasing seasonal local produce from the land and, particularly, the sea that surrounds us. I'm not interested in applying techniques simply to wow people. For me, the most important element of a dish is its flavour," he says.
On May 13, 2021, the Pelagos team proudly hosted its first guests, introducing its unique brand of unconventional Mediterranean gastronomy combined with the refined yet relaxed service for which Four Seasons is known.
"Four Seasons has provided me with tremendous support over the past year in this journey, which has brought such brilliant results," Piscazzi says. "Pelagos' relaunch has proven to be my greatest passion project so far, a project where I have brought together years of experience in delivering memorable dining experiences."
Piscazzi underlines the fact that the Michelin star was the result of deep dedication and focus on the part of Pelagos' kitchen team and service team led by restaurant manager Cedric Vinckier.
"Here at Pelagos, we seek to contribute to Greece's evolution as a world-class dining destination with the highest standards of service. For us now, the sky's the limit," Piscazzi says.
Lead With Care
Health and safety remain the first priority at Four Seasons. To offer a safe environment for guests and employees, Four Seasons properties across the globe are implementing Lead With Care, a full-scale health and safety enhancement designed in collaboration with leading experts.
As Four Seasons Astir Palace Athens welcomes guests back, the entire team is committed to ensuring the highest standards of health and hygiene, without compromising the quality of the guest experience.
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Don't Leave Home Vacant With AC Turned Off.
You may be saving electricity, but you'll end up paying more due to humidity levels.
In April of 2018, Dryzone was called out to a home in Naples, FL about a mold problem in a house that required mold testing. The customer decided to leave the HVAC unit turned off while the property was vacant. This in turn caused high humidity levels throught the home and allowed mold to grow. Dryzone was able to test for mold, find the source of the original mold problem and treat the mold successfully. If there is one lesson to be learned here, don't leave your home vacant for a long period of time without proper ventilation and humidity control such as air conditioning.


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"""Includes bioportalSearchWidgets class.

bioportalSearchWidgets uses ipywidgets to create search boxes for the purpose
of collecting metadata via searching the Bioportal ontology API.

"""

import ipywidgets as widgets
import requests
from IPython.display import display
from metadataCollector import MetadataCollector

class BioportalSearchWidgets:
    """Uses ipwidgets to create search boxes.

    Provides a template for a search box and a results box.
    Connects to the bioportal REST API to return ontology information.

    Use of this class must adhear to a strict call order as follows.

    1) Initialize object to provide callback.
    2) add_search_widget, this may be called as many times as needed to
       add the necessary metadata collecting widgets.
    3) display_widgets, this displays the already created widgets which step
       2 created.

    """

    def __init__(self, submit_callback,
                 bioportal_api_key='efa3babf-b23c-4399-89f7-689bb9d576fb'):
        """Initialize variables, provide valid api key for bioportal.

        param: submit_callback: Callback to be executed on submit. The
               single parameter to the callback is a dictionary whose keys
               are the topics and whose values are a dictionary whose keys
               are selected keywords and whose values are bioportal responses
               for the keyword.

        """
        self._widgets = []
        self._submit_callback = submit_callback
        self._apply_widget = None
        self._api_url = 'http://data.bioontology.org/'
        self._key = bioportal_api_key
        self._headers = {'Authorization': 'apikey token=' + self._key}

    def add_search_widget(self, topic, ontologies, required=False):
        mc = MetadataCollector(topic, ontologies, required, self.__value_changed_callback)
        self._widgets.append(mc)

    def GET(self, url, params=None):
        """Convenient method for requests.get().

        Headers already included in call. JSON response data is returned.

        :param url: The website to access JSON data from.
        :param params: Parameters for the REST request.

        """
        request = requests.get(url, headers=self._headers, params=params)
        return request.json()

    def display_widgets(self):
        self._apply_widget = widgets.Button(description='Submit',
                                            disabled=True)
        for widget in self._widgets:
            widget.display()
        display(self._apply_widget)
        self._apply_widget.on_click(self.__on_apply_clicked)

    def __value_changed_callback(self):
        for widget in self._widgets:
            if widget.is_required():
                if not widget.has_results():
                    self._apply_widget.disabled = True
                    return
        self._apply_widget.disabled = False

    def __on_apply_clicked(self, change):
        final_results = dict()
        for widget in self._widgets:
            if widget.has_results():
                results = widget.get_results()
                topic = widget.get_topic()
                final_results[topic] = results
        self._submit_callback(final_results)

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August 27, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - The following is a partial list of U.S. military interventions from 1890 to 2014.
In addition to the list is a Briefing on the History of U.S. Military Interventions.
Ellsberg in Protest & Survive.
Versions of this list have been published on Zmag.org, Neravt.com, and numerous other websites.
Turkish newspaper urges that the United States be listed in Guinness Book of World Records as the Country with the Most Foreign Interventions.
NICARAGUA 1907 Troops 'Dollar Diplomacy' protectorate set up.
PANAMA 1918-20 Troops 'Police duty' during unrest after elections.
LEBANON 1958 Troops, naval Army & Marine occupation against rebels.
CHINA 1958 Nuclear threat China told not to move on Taiwan isles.
VIETNAM 1960-75 Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; one million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in 1968 and 1969.
CUBA 1961 Command operation CIA-directed exile invasion fails.
GERMANY 1961 Nuclear threat Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.
CUBA 1962 Nuclear threat, naval Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union.
PANAMA 1964 Troops Panamanians shot for urging canal's return.
INDONESIA 1965 Command operation Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup.
GUATEMALA 1966-67 Command operation Green Berets intervene against rebels.
DETROIT 1967 Troops Army battles African Americans, 43 killed.
UNITED STATES 1968 Troops After King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.
CAMBODIA 1969-75 Bombing, troops, naval Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.
OMAN 1970 Command operation U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.
LAOS 1971-73 Command operation, bombing U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion;carpet-bombs"countryside."
SOUTH DAKOTA 1973 Command operation Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.
CAMBODIA 1975 Troops, bombing Gassing of captured ship Mayagüez, 28 troops die when copter shot down.
ANGOLA 1976-92 Command operation CIA assists South African-backed rebels.
IRAN 1980 Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.
LIBYA 1981 Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.
EL SALVADOR 1981-92 Command operation, troops Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash.
NICARAGUA 1981-90 Command operation, naval CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.
LEBANON 1982-84 Naval, bombing, troops Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells Muslim positions. 241 Marines killed when Shi'a rebel bombs barracks.
GRENADA 1983-84 Troops, bombing Invasion four years after revolution.
HONDURAS 1983-89 Troops Maneuvers help build bases near borders.
IRAN 1984 Jets Two Iranian jets shot down over Persian Gulf.
LIBYA 1986 Bombing, naval Air strikes to topple Qaddafi gov't.
IRAN 1987-88 Naval, bombing US intervenes on side of Iraq in war, defending reflagged tankers and shooting down civilian jet.
SUDAN 1998 Missiles Attack on pharmaceutical plant alleged to be 'terrorist' nerve gas plant.
IRAQ 2003-11 Troops, naval, bombing, missiles Saddam regime toppled in Baghdad. More than 250,000 U.S. personnel participate in invasion. US and UK forces occupy country and battle Sunni and Shi'ite insurgencies. More than 160,000 troops and numerous private contractors carry out occupation and build large permanent bases.
SOMALIA 2006-? Missiles, naval, troops, command operation Special Forces advise Ethiopian invasion that topples Islamist government; AC-130 strikes, Cruise missile attacks and helicopter raids against Islamist rebels; naval blockade against 'pirates' and insurgents.
IRAQ 2014-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation Air strikes and Special Forces intervene against Islamic State insurgents; training Iraqi and Kurdish troops.
SYRIA 2014-? Bombing, missiles, troops, command operation Air strikes and Special Forces intervene against Islamic State insurgents; training other Syrian insurgents.
The map documents a partial list of occasions, since 1890, that US forces were used in a territory outside the US.
It does not include threats of nuclear weapons against a territory, such as during the Berlin Air Lift (1948-49).
It also excludes any time US military personnel were deployed to a foreign country for an exclusively humanitarian purpose – e.g. sending troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to provide assistance to refugees fleeing the Rwandan genocide (1996-97).
On Monday, President Donald Trump announced that the US would be increasing the number of troops it had in Afghanistan.
During the televised remarks from Fort Myer, Virginia the President did not allude to the specific numbers, but said the troops would be there to train members of the Afghan army.
Despite withdrawal policies advocated by President Obama, and President Trump while he was campaigning, there remains a significant US military presence throughout the world.
According to these figures from the US Department of Defense, the US had 199,005 members of its military on active duty at that time.
When numbers were published for the June quarter, the UK was home to 8,126 active duty US soldiers.
Moreover, there were zero active duty military in June, in the Central African Republic, Georgia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Macao, Montenegro, the island of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Swaziland.


text:
package org.drools.ide.common.server.util;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

import org.drools.ide.common.client.modeldriven.dt52.ActionInsertFactCol52;
import org.drools.ide.common.client.modeldriven.dt52.ActionSetFieldCol52;
import org.drools.ide.common.client.modeldriven.dt52.AttributeCol52;
import org.drools.ide.common.client.modeldriven.dt52.ConditionCol52;
import org.drools.ide.common.client.modeldriven.dt52.GuidedDecisionTable52;
import org.drools.ide.common.client.modeldriven.dt52.MetadataCol52;
import org.drools.ide.common.client.modeldriven.dt52.Pattern52;
import org.drools.ide.common.server.util.upgrade.GuidedDecisionTableUpgradeHelper1;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

public class GuidedDTXMLPersistenceTest {

    private GuidedDecisionTableUpgradeHelper1 upgrader = new GuidedDecisionTableUpgradeHelper1();

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        GuidedDTXMLPersistence.getInstance();
    }

    @Test
    public void testRoundTrip() {

        GuidedDecisionTable52 dt = new GuidedDecisionTable52();

        dt.getActionCols().add( new ActionInsertFactCol52() );
        ActionSetFieldCol52 set = new ActionSetFieldCol52();
        set.setFactField( "foo" );
        dt.getActionCols().add( set );

        dt.getMetadataCols().add( new MetadataCol52() );

        dt.getAttributeCols().add( new AttributeCol52() );

        Pattern52 p = new Pattern52();
        ConditionCol52 c = new ConditionCol52();
        p.getChildColumns().add( c );
        dt.getConditions().add( p );

        dt.setData( upgrader.makeDataLists( new String[][]{new String[]{"1", "hola"}} ) );
        dt.setTableName( "blah" );

        String xml = GuidedDTXMLPersistence.getInstance().marshal( dt );
        System.out.println( xml );
        assertNotNull( xml );
        assertEquals( -1,
                      xml.indexOf( "ActionSetField" ) );
        assertEquals( -1,
                      xml.indexOf( "ConditionCol" ) );
        assertEquals( -1,
                      xml.indexOf( "GuidedDecisionTable" ) );

        GuidedDecisionTable52 dt_ = GuidedDTXMLPersistence.getInstance().unmarshal( xml );
        assertNotNull( dt_ );
        assertEquals( "blah",
                      dt_.getTableName() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getMetadataCols().size() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getAttributeCols().size() );
        assertEquals( 2,
                      dt_.getActionCols().size() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getConditions().size() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getConditions().get( 0 ).getChildColumns().size() );

    }

    @Test
    public void testBackwardsCompatability() throws Exception {
        String xml = BRLPersistenceTest.loadResource( "ExistingDecisionTable.xml" );
        GuidedDecisionTable52 dt_ = GuidedDTXMLPersistence.getInstance().unmarshal( xml );
        assertNotNull( dt_ );
        assertEquals( "blah",
                      dt_.getTableName() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getMetadataCols().size() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getAttributeCols().size() );
        assertEquals( 2,
                      dt_.getActionCols().size() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getConditions().size() );
        assertEquals( 1,
                      dt_.getConditions().get( 0 ).getChildColumns().size() );

        assertTrue( dt_.getActionCols().get( 1 ) instanceof ActionSetFieldCol52 );
        ActionSetFieldCol52 asf = (ActionSetFieldCol52) dt_.getActionCols().get( 1 );
        assertEquals( "foo",
                      asf.getFactField() );
        assertEquals( false,
                      asf.isUpdate() );
    }

}


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House Democrats make deal to see underlying evidence from Mueller report on Trump
By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro
House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., listens during opening statements as as House Democrats start a hearing to examine whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the first of several hearings scheduled by Democrats on special counsel Robert Mueller's report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 10, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)
The House expects to receive the first files of underlying evidence from Robert Mueller's report soon, after a sudden shift by the Justice Department as Democrats weigh impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
It's unclear if the deal, announced just moments before the start of a Judiciary Committee hearing with Watergate star witness John Dean, will ultimately be enough for Democrats who have called for the full, unredacted report and underlying documentation from the special counsel's work. But it signaled the first real breakthrough in the standoff over the report and came at the start of a week of ramped-up action by the House in the Trump-Russia probe.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the committee, said the Justice Department will provide some of Mueller's "most important files" and all members of the committee will be able to view them. He said the files will include those used to assess whether Trump obstructed justice.
In response to the agreement, Nadler said the panel will not vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in criminal contempt, for now. But the House will still vote on a resolution Tuesday that would empower the committee to file a civil lawsuit for the materials, if Democrats decide to do so.
That was the expected outcome even before the deal, as Democrats have shifted their strategy toward lawsuits and away from criminal contempt. Criminal contempt would be referred to the Justice Department, where it would certainly be rejected. And Democrats have been encouraged by some early wins in court as Trump has broadly fought congressional oversight.
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Nadler said in his statement that he would give the Justice Department some time to comply.
"If the Department proceeds in good faith and we are able to obtain everything that we need, then there will be no need to take further steps," Nadler said in a statement. "If important information is held back, then we will have no choice but to enforce our subpoena in court and consider other remedies."
The sudden turn of events came ahead of a pivotal week for House Democrats, who are torn over whether to move forward with impeachment proceedings and searching for ways to focus public attention on Trump's actions.
Dean, a White House counsel under Richard Nixon who helped bring down his presidency, testified Monday that Mueller has provided Congress with a "road map" for investigating Trump.
He said he saw parallels between Mueller's findings regarding Trump and those of congressional investigators looking into Nixon's administration decades ago. He pointed to the way the presidents used their pardon power in an attempt to influence witness testimony, and their efforts to seize control of the investigation and direct the efforts of prosecutors.
Former White House counsel for the Nixon administration John Dean is sworn in before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Mueller Report on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 10, 2019. (Andrew Harnik / AP)
Trump, apparently watching the televised hearing, tweeted, "Can't believe they are bringing in John Dean, the disgraced Nixon White House Counsel." He added his oft-repeated claim, "No Collusion - No Obstruction!"
At times, Dean, who said he last appeared before Congress in 1974, was forced to fend off attacks from committee Republicans.
The top Republican on the committee, Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, dismissed Dean as a "godfather" figure. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, criticized Dean's work and noted he pleaded guilty after Watergate. And Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, a Trump ally, derided his appearance as a Capitol Hill version of "That '70s Show."
In addition to Dean, two former U.S. attorneys who served during the Obama administration, Barbara McQuade and Joyce Vance, also testified before the committee. Both have become regulars on cable news shows, analyzing developments in the Mueller investigation and offering criticism on Twitter of the president's conduct.
The Justice Department said it was pleased the House committee had "agreed to set aside its contempt resolution and is returning to the traditional accommodation process." The department "remains committed to appropriately accommodating Congress's legitimate interests related to the Special Counsel's Investigation and will continue to do so provided the previously voted-upon resolution does not advance," spokesperson Kerri Kupec said in a statement.
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And at the same time, the Justice Department announced it was stepping up its counter-probe into the origins of the Russia investigations, a priority for Trump and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill.
The department said Monday it has asked intelligence agencies to preserve all relevant records and access to witnesses. Republican lawmakers are eager to dig into those documents and determine why Trump's campaign was under scrutiny.
Democrats and Republicans are vying to win over public opinion in the fallout from Mueller's probe.
While the special counsel concluded there was not sufficient evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to swing the 2016 election, Mueller also said he could not exonerate the president of obstruction of justice in the investigation.
The procession of hearings and votes in the week ahead is partly designed to mollify anxious Democrats who have pushed House Speaker Pelosi to begin impeachment proceedings immediately. A growing number of Democrats say the House should start impeachment proceedings in part because Trump is obstructing justice now by refusing to comply with congressional subpoenas for documents and testimony. Pelosi, D-Calif., prefers to continue the investigations.
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On Tuesday, the House has scheduled the vote to authorize lawsuits against Barr and former White House counsel Donald McGahn for failing to comply with subpoenas from the Democratic-controlled House. The vote will put the full House on record approving the lawsuits, if leaders and committees decide they want to move forward with them.
On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee intends to review the counterintelligence implications of the Russian meddling.
During a meeting with Nadler and other committee heads last week, Pelosi made the case that she would rather see Trump voted out of office and "in prison" than merely impeached, according to a report in Politico. A person familiar with the exchange confirmed the account to The Associated Press.
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#ifndef ZYDIS_INTERNAL_ENCODERDATA_H
#define ZYDIS_INTERNAL_ENCODERDATA_H

#include <Zycore/Defines.h>
#include <Zydis/Mnemonic.h>
#include <Zydis/SharedTypes.h>

/**
 * Used in encoder's table to represent standard ISA sizes in form of bit flags.
 */
typedef enum ZydisWidthFlag_
{
    ZYDIS_WIDTH_INVALID = 0x00,
    ZYDIS_WIDTH_16      = 0x01,
    ZYDIS_WIDTH_32      = 0x02,
    ZYDIS_WIDTH_64      = 0x04,

    /**
     * Maximum value of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_WIDTH_MAX_VALUE = (ZYDIS_WIDTH_64 | (ZYDIS_WIDTH_64 - 1)),
    /**
     * The minimum number of bits required to represent all values of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_WIDTH_REQUIRED_BITS = ZYAN_BITS_TO_REPRESENT(ZYDIS_WIDTH_MAX_VALUE)
} ZydisWidthFlag;

/**
 * Used in encoder's table to represent mandatory instruction prefix. Using this enum instead of
 * actual prefix value saves space.
 */
typedef enum ZydisMandatoryPrefix_
{
    ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_NONE,
    ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_66,
    ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_F2,
    ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_F3,

    /**
     * Maximum value of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_MAX_VALUE = ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_F3,
    /**
     * The minimum number of bits required to represent all values of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_REQUIRED_BITS = ZYAN_BITS_TO_REPRESENT(ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_MAX_VALUE)
} ZydisMandatoryPrefix;

/**
 * Used in encoder's table to represent vector size supported by instruction definition.
 */
typedef enum ZydisVectorLength_
{
    ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_INVALID,
    ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_128,
    ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_256,
    ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_512,

    /**
     * Maximum value of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_MAX_VALUE = ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_512,
    /**
     * The minimum number of bits required to represent all values of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_REQUIRED_BITS = ZYAN_BITS_TO_REPRESENT(ZYDIS_VECTOR_LENGTH_MAX_VALUE)
} ZydisVectorLength;

/**
 * Used in encoder's table to represent hint type supported by instruction definition.
 */
typedef enum ZydisSizeHint_
{
    ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_NONE,
    ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_ASZ,
    ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_OSZ,

    /**
     * Maximum value of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_MAX_VALUE = ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_OSZ,
    /**
     * The minimum number of bits required to represent all values of this enum.
     */
    ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_REQUIRED_BITS = ZYAN_BITS_TO_REPRESENT(ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_MAX_VALUE)
} ZydisSizeHint;

/**
 * Used in encoder's primary lookup table which allows to access a set of instruction definitions
 * for specified mnemonic in constant time.
 */
typedef struct ZydisEncoderLookupEntry_
{
    /**
     * Index to main array of `ZydisEncodableInstruction`.
     */
    ZyanU16 encoder_reference;
    /**
     * The number of entries.
     */
    ZyanU8 instruction_count;
} ZydisEncoderLookupEntry;

#pragma pack(push, 1)

/**
 * This structure is encoder's internal representation of encodable instruction definition.
 */
typedef struct ZydisEncodableInstruction_
{
    /**
     * Index to one of decoder's instruction definition arrays.
     */
    ZyanU16 instruction_reference;
    /**
     * Compressed information about operand count and types. Operand count is stored in lowest bits.
     * Types of subsequent operands are stored in higher bits.
     */
    ZyanU16 operand_mask;
    /**
     * The instruction-opcode.
     */
    ZyanU8 opcode;
    /**
     * The mandatory ModR/M value.
     */
    ZyanU8 modrm;
    /**
     * The instruction-encoding.
     */
    ZyanU8 encoding                 ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_INSTRUCTION_ENCODING_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * The opcode map.
     */
    ZyanU8 opcode_map               ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_OPCODE_MAP_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * The combination of allowed processor modes.
     */
    ZyanU8 modes                    ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_WIDTH_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * The combination of allowed address sizes.
     */
    ZyanU8 address_sizes            ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_WIDTH_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * The combination of allowed operand sizes.
     */
    ZyanU8 operand_sizes            ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_WIDTH_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * The mandatory prefix.
     */
    ZyanU8 mandatory_prefix         ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * True if `REX.W` is required for this definition.
     */
    ZyanU8 rex_w                    ZYAN_BITFIELD(1);
    /**
     * The vector length.
     */
    ZyanU8 vector_length            ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_MANDATORY_PREFIX_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * The accepted sizing hint.
     */
    ZyanU8 accepts_hint             ZYAN_BITFIELD(ZYDIS_SIZE_HINT_REQUIRED_BITS);
    /**
     * Indicates that next instruction definition can be safely used instead of current one. This
     * is used with some `VEX` instructions to take advantage of 2-byte `VEX` prefix when possible.
     * 2-byte `VEX` allows to use high registers only when operand is encoded in `modrm_reg`
     * (high bit in `REX.R`). Encoder uses swappable definitions to take advantage of this
     * optimization opportunity.
     *
     * Second use of this field is to handle special case for `mov` instruction. This particular
     * conflict is described in detail inside `ZydisHandleSwappableDefinition`.
     */
    ZyanU8 swappable                ZYAN_BITFIELD(1);
} ZydisEncodableInstruction;

#pragma pack(pop)

/**
 * Contains information used by instruction size prediction algorithm inside
 * `ZydisEncoderEncodeInstructionAbsolute`.
 */
typedef struct ZydisEncoderRelInfo_
{
    /**
     * Sizes of instruction variants. First index is effective address size. Second index is
     * desired immediate size (8, 16 and 32 bits respectively).
     */
    ZyanU8 size[3][3];
    /**
     * See `ZydisSizeHint`.
     */
    ZyanU8 accepts_scaling_hints;
    /**
     * True if instruction accepts branch hint prefixes.
     */
    ZyanBool accepts_branch_hints;
} ZydisEncoderRelInfo;

/**
 * Fetches array of `ZydisEncodableInstruction` structures and its size for given instruction
 * mnemonic.
 *
 * @param   mnemonic    Instruction mnemonic.
 * @param   instruction This variable will receive a pointer to the array of
 *                      `ZydisEncodableInstruction` structures.
 *
 * @return  Entry count (0 if function failed).
 */
ZyanU8 ZydisGetEncodableInstructions(ZydisMnemonic mnemonic,
    const ZydisEncodableInstruction **instruction);

/**
 * Fetches `ZydisEncoderRelInfo` record for given instruction mnemonic.
 *
 * @param   mnemonic    Instruction mnemonic.
 *
 * @return  Pointer to `ZydisEncoderRelInfo` structure or `ZYAN_NULL` if instruction doesn't have
 *          relative operands.
 */
const ZydisEncoderRelInfo *ZydisGetRelInfo(ZydisMnemonic mnemonic);

#endif /* ZYDIS_INTERNAL_ENCODERDATA_H */


Because we all know it's getting rough.
We've reached that point in the semester where every student is stressed, exhausted, and on the verge of a breakdown. There's nothing worse than having a ton of work to do but absolutely no energy or motivation to get it done. It's SO important to keep yourself from getting burned out. But with these tips, you can ace this semester while keeping your mental and physical health intact.
It may seem impossible to make time to exercise when your schedule is packed, but moving your body first thing in the morning will seriously do wonders to wake you up and prepare you for a busy day. Take some time in the morning to relax, reflect, and be in tune with yourself before you head out into the world to tackle your responsibilities! Your mind and body will thank you.
Your energy and productivity will soar when you have a solid sleep schedule! Even when schoolwork is piling up, try to close your laptop and get to bed early. Then, wake up earlier in the morning to get a head-start on a productive day! You'll get much more work done once you've had a good night's rest.
The food you eat really does affect the way you function. If you want to be at your best, you have to eat well! Eating healthy will make you feel better, give you more energy, and help you make the most out of each day. Even though it can be hard to give up the classic college meals of chicken nuggets and pizza, you'll be better off later on if you start making healthy choices now.
Sometimes, your mental health can get lost in the craziness of schoolwork and other responsibilities, but it really is the most important thing. Nothing else in your life matters as much as your personal well-being. It's so important to always put your physical and mental health before a deadline, a grade, or a project. It can be hard to prioritize your health sometimes, but in the end, you'll be glad you did!
Although your studies should always come before your social engagements, you'll go crazy if you don't have some fun every once in a while. In between your classes and homework, be sure to have some "me" time. Go out with friends, watch a few episodes of your favorite show, read a few chapters of that book you've been wanting to read, or have a one-person dance party in your room! You're only young once, so don't forget to have fun!!!


Everybody has heard about dehydrated foods. It is the simplest and least-costly method to store food for extended amounts of time it is something that's less expensive for families to complete in your own home–whether they can manage to take the time preparing and dehydrating foods for emergency food storage. What of freeze-dried foods? With a people the word might be brand-new, or seem familiar but unclear about the meaning. Some might have attempted freeze-dried food without realizing they've. For those who have had "astronaut frozen treats" before, then you've attempted freeze dried food.
When gathering food for emergency food storage, hiking, camping or any other similar reasons, it's good to understand the main difference between these two kinds of prepared food storage. Not simply will understanding the difference help you know the way they are made, but assist you to know why some processes will improve for the kinds of food you want to keep versus other kinds of food.
Traditional food drying, or lack of fluids, has been available since ancient occasions for food upkeep. Because the ease of refrigerators were not around, the sun's rays, wind and air needed to perform the drying. By removing nearly all water, enzymes and microorganisms are inhibited, stopping or seriously slowing their usual routine of spoiling food.
Today, solar or electric food dryers can be purchased for use on your the place to find provide more consistent results. With the price of getting one, not to mention time it requires to organize dehydrated food yourself, these reasons frequently steers individuals from that route. Fortunately, with improved technologies, the web, and firms mass producing dehydrated foods, consumers can purchase dehydrated food at reasonable prices–as well as save numerous hrs of dehydrating food yourself.
Unique process food is not around too lengthy, so when the idea was initially practiced, it had not been employed for food. During The Second World War, certain medical supplies were spoiling before coming for their destinations. Scientists determined that by freezing the types of materials in a certain point then drying to get rid of the created crystals, it might preserve its condition without refrigeration. As the process needed to be modified with regard to preserving the feel of food when freeze-drying, a quicker freezing process is performed to avoid crystallization from smashing the cell-walls of food.
Now comprehending the huge difference backward and forward ways of preserving food for emergency food storage, hiking or the rest of the reasons use dry food, which method is the greatest? Just like just about all solutions to broad questions, the reply is: "this will depend." Each process has its own advantages, so when used properly, can provide consumers searching to buy food storage the very best possibilities.
Traditional lack of fluids is less costly than unique process. With no need of more costly and complicated equipment, standard lack of fluids will produce preserved food in a cheaper cost. Nonetheless, this method has more limitations, including the caliber of some kinds of food's texture and taste. Most dehydrated foods might have virtually no seasonings or any other ingredients. When you rehydrate the food, usually more cooking could be needed whether it's a complete meal you would like. This is exactly why lack of fluids is much better for easier foods for example snacks, fruits, grains, etc.
Unique process, while more costly, can open your world to a lot of more options for preserving food. Entire meals with full ingredients, seasoning, etc. could be freeze-dried together. Furthermore, only water is required to ready your meal again, reducing the requirement for preparation. Still, having a greater expense, unique process might not always be the greatest answer each time.


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Dover, Darwin, and Design: One Chimp's Opinion
Apes are capable of planning ahead and communicating about the past. I was so taken by these and other research findings, that I struggled with fatigue to finish the chapter I was reading in primatologist Frans De Waal's new book, Our Inner Ape. The last line I remember reading before falling asleep is: "Caretakers generally have a higher opinion of ape's mental abilities than the philosophers and psychologists..."
And then I had a dream.
I was sitting in the courtroom of the most recent "intelligent design" trial in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The judge was about to give a summation and was banging her gavel. Nothing unusual except—the judge was a bonobo (a.k.a. pygmy chimp.) She wore rimless glasses and protruding from underneath her black judicial robe was the high collar of a wine colored blouse.
"A plague on both your houses is my verdict," she said in a slightly shrieky voice, a little like Eleanor Roosevelt's, and then continued:
"The prosecution's claim that you are descended from the ape family and that we share over 98% of our genetic makeup is prima facie absurd. How could we be related to a species as violent, treacherous, lying, and greedy as humans? Your genetic research and theory of evolution are undoubtedly flawed
We bonobos are overwhelmingly loving and peaceful. If some of our males begin to assault each other, my sisters and I surround them, stop the fighting, and then often engage them in calming sexual activity. Apparently, during one of your slaughters known as the Vietnam war, some humans sought to emulate our behavior and carried signs stating "make love not war." They were unsuccessful and your slaughters continue.
It saddens us that our overweight and rather clumsy chimp cousins occasionally give a thrashing to a female whose sexual behavior they are unable to control. But their misbehavior does not begin to compare to that of some human males who jealously murder their ex-wives or girlfriends, force them to wear what look like beehive keepers outfits, stone to death female victims of rape, or demand that females be sexually mutilated to ensure fidelity.
Bonobos are repelled by the lethal raids that our chimp cousins sometimes carry out on neighboring communities, but a few casualties here and there pale next to your own experts' estimate of over 170 million humans killed in your twentieth century alone.
As for the defense's belief in intelligent design, I agree with the prosecution that "intelligent design" is a cover up for creationism. Many of you truly believe this world was created by a perfect deity who made humans in his image, and are offended by the evolutionist's theory that you are descended from us.
At this point the judge shook her head and rolled her eyes in disbelief.
She went on:
"How extraordinary that humans who have created gas chambers to murder millions of their brothers and sisters and bombs which annihilate cities in seconds, have the chutzpah to view themselves as morally superior to us.
I am aware that some members of your species occasionally demonstrate empathy and kindness, and abhor war and violence. Some primatologists even believe that you have the potential to become as peaceful and loving as we are. If so, you certainly have a long way to go.
Your 21rst century has barely begun and already you have slaughtered hundreds of thousands in countries known as Iraq and Sudan. Some of your young ones blow themselves up for the joy of killing large numbers of humans whose leaders they hold responsible for their people's suffering. The young men who engage in these murders apparently believe they will be rewarded with endless sexual pleasure in a place they call "paradise." (We bonobos enjoy frequent and highly pleasurable sex with no preliminary homicide.)
Is this what you describe as 'superior intelligence and morality?'"
It was at this point that my clock radio went off and I woke up smiling at this extraordinary dream. Then I heard " Fifty Iraqis and six Americans were killed this morning in Baghdad when a car bomb… A shooting spree in a suburban mall…"
Myriam Miedzian (Myriamm@earthlink.net), a New York-based researcher, has written numerous articles and op-eds, and is the author of "Boys will be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence." (Anchor Books). This is her first attempt at writing in a chimp's voice.


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Nine Questions
By Annie Holub
Jessica Lansdon coordinates the Optimist Club every Thursday night at Club Congress, where guest DJs work in shifts controlling the turntables, dance floor and mood of the room. "Being a disc jockey, you have a lot of power," says Lansdon, "but in the end, after the moment has passed, it's a really finite and innocuous kind of control: a little like social experiments without the nasty ethical dilemmas." Lansdon co-DJs with DJ Buttafly on Saturday nights at Congress. She's also an artist; her work will be showing in November at the New Platform Gallery.
What was the first concert you ever saw?
Taj Mahal (I still have an autographed ticket stub). First of my own volition: Debbie Gibson Electric Youth Tour. First "show": Jawbreaker and Jawbox.
What CDs are in your changer right now?
Jimmie Rodgers, OMD, Deerhoof, Greg Ashley, the Xanadu soundtrack, The Fiery Furnaces, Donna Summer, Kitty Wells, Franz Ferdinand, Nancy Sinatra, Vetiver, Pete Drake, 45 of Linda Ronstadt's "Different Drum" over and over.
How many total albums do you own (CDs, vinyl, cassettes, 8-tracks)?
CDs--more than 400. Vinyl--less than 1,000. Tapes--less than 200.
Do you download music, and if so, legally?
Downloading music is illegal?
What was the first album you owned?
I grew up without TV, so records were my Saturday morning cartoons. My favorites were: The Royal Guardsmen, Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron; The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Edd "Kookie" Burns' Kookie, Star of 77 Sunset Strip.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
I bet a children's choir singing "Georgy Girl" would really get the tears going.
Musically speaking, what do you love that your friends don't know about? What are your guilty pleasures?
Ummm, xenophobic country Western songs?
What band or artist changed your life, and how?
Wings, Brian Wilson, Dolly Parton. These days, Yoko Ono is on my mind; her songs are remarkable, noisy, beautiful, amazing.
Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time?
Tie: The Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds; Surf's Up, The Beach Boys.
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June 2, 2019 by dandelionsalad
The Bankers' "Power Revolution": How the Government Got Shackled by Debt + New Book: Banking on the People by Ellen Brown
Screenshot by Dandelion Salad via Flickr
by Ellen Brown
The Web of Debt Blog, May 31, 2019
This article is excerpted from my new book Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, available in paperback June 1.
The U.S. federal debt has more than doubled since the 2008 financial crisis, shooting up from $9.4 trillion in mid-2008 to over $22 trillion in April 2019. The debt is never paid off. The government just keeps paying the interest on it, and interest rates are rising.
In 2018, the Fed announced plans to raise rates by 2020 to "normal" levels — a fed funds target of 3.375 percent — and to sell about $1.5 trillion in federal securities at the rate of $50 billion monthly, further growing the mountain of federal debt on the market. When the Fed holds government securities, it returns the interest to the government after deducting its costs; but the private buyers of these securities will be pocketing the interest, adding to the taxpayers' bill.
In fact it is the interest, not the debt itself, that is the problem with a burgeoning federal debt. The principal just gets rolled over from year to year. But the interest must be paid to private bondholders annually by the taxpayers and constitutes one of the biggest items in the federal budget. Currently the Fed's plans for "quantitative tightening" are on hold; but assuming it follows through with them, projections are that by 2027 U.S. taxpayers will owe $1 trillion annually just in interest on the federal debt. That is enough to fund President Donald Trump's trillion-dollar infrastructure plan every year, and it is a direct transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy investors holding most of the bonds.
Where will this money come from? Crippling taxes, wholesale privatization of public assets, and elimination of social services will not be sufficient to cover the bill.
Bondholder Debt Is Unnecessary
The irony is that the United States does not need to carry a debt to bondholders at all. It has been financially sovereign ever since President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the dollar off the gold standard domestically in 1933. This was recognized by Beardsley Ruml, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in a 1945 presentation before the American Bar Association titled "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete."
"The necessity for government to tax in order to maintain both its independence and its solvency is true for state and local governments," he said, "but it is not true for a national government." The government was now at liberty to spend as needed to meet its budget, drawing on credit issued by its own central bank. It could do this until price inflation indicated a weakened purchasing power of the currency.
Then, and only then, would the government need to levy taxes — not to fund the budget but to counteract inflation by contracting the money supply. The principal purpose of taxes, said Ruml, was "the maintenance of a dollar which has stable purchasing power over the years. Sometimes this purpose is stated as 'the avoidance of inflation.'"
The government could be funded without taxes by drawing on credit from its own central bank; and since there was no longer a need for gold to cover the loan, the central bank would not have to borrow. It could just create the money on its books. This insight is a basic tenet of Modern Monetary Theory: the government does not need to borrow or tax, at least until prices are driven up. It can just create the money it needs. The government could create money by issuing it directly; or by borrowing it directly from the central bank, which would create the money on its books; or by taking a perpetual overdraft on the Treasury's account at the central bank, which would have the same effect.
The "Power Revolution" — Transferring the "Money Power" to the Banks
The Treasury could do that in theory, but some laws would need to be changed. Currently the federal government is not allowed to borrow directly from the Fed and is required to have the money in its account before spending it. After the dollar went off the gold standard in 1933, Congress could have had the Fed just print money and lend it to the government, cutting the banks out. But Wall Street lobbied for an amendment to the Federal Reserve Act, forbidding the Fed to buy bonds directly from the Treasury as it had done in the past.
The Treasury can borrow from itself by transferring money from "intragovernmental accounts" — Social Security and other trust funds that are under the auspices of the Treasury and have a surplus – but these funds do not include the Federal Reserve, which can lend to the government only by buying federal securities from bond dealers. The Fed is considered independent of the government. Its website states, "The Federal Reserve's holdings of Treasury securities are categorized as 'held by the public,' because they are not in government accounts."
According to Marriner Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1934 to 1948, the prohibition against allowing the government to borrow directly from its own central bank was written into the Banking Act of 1935 at the behest of those bond dealers that have an exclusive right to purchase directly from the Fed. A historical review on the website of the New York Federal Reserve quotes Eccles as stating, "I think the real reasons for writing the prohibition into the [Banking Act] … can be traced to certain Government bond dealers who quite naturally had their eyes on business that might be lost to them if direct purchasing were permitted."
The government was required to sell bonds through Wall Street middlemen, which the Fed could buy only through "open market operations" – purchases on the private bond market. Open market operations are conducted by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which meets behind closed doors and is dominated by private banker interests. The FOMC has no obligation to buy the government's debt and generally does so only when it serves the purposes of the Fed and the banks.
Rep. Wright Patman, Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Currency from 1963 to 1975, called the official sanctioning of the Federal Open Market Committee in the banking laws of 1933 and 1935 "the power revolution" — the transfer of the "money power" to the banks. Patman said, "The 'open market' is in reality a tightly closed market." Only a selected few bond dealers were entitled to bid on the bonds the Treasury made available for auction each week. The practical effect, he said, was to take money from the taxpayer and give it to these dealers.
Feeding Off the Real Economy
That massive Wall Street subsidy was the subject of testimony by Eccles to the House Committee on Banking and Currency on March 3-5, 1947. Patman asked Eccles, "Now, since 1935, in order for the Federal Reserve banks to buy Government bonds, they had to go through a middleman, is that correct?" Eccles replied in the affirmative. Patman then launched into a prophetic warning, stating, "I am opposed to the United States Government, which possesses the sovereign and exclusive privilege of creating money, paying private bankers for the use of its own money. … I insist it is absolutely wrong for this committee to permit this condition to continue and saddle the taxpayers of this Nation with a burden of debt that they will not be able to liquidate in a hundred years or two hundred years."
The truth of that statement is painfully evident today, when we have a $22 trillion debt that cannot possibly be repaid. The government just keeps rolling it over and paying the interest to banks and bondholders, feeding the "financialized" economy in which money makes money without producing new goods and services. The financialized economy has become a parasite feeding off the real economy, driving producers and workers further and further into debt.
In the 1960s, Patman attempted to have the Fed nationalized. The effort failed, but his committee did succeed in forcing the central bank to return its profits to the Treasury after deducting its costs. The prohibition against direct lending by the central bank to the government, however, remains in force. The money power is still with the FOMC and the banks.
A Model We Can No Longer Afford
Today, the debt-growth model has reached its limits, as even the Bank for International Settlements, the "central bankers' bank" in Switzerland, acknowledges. In its June 2016 annual report, the BIS said that debt levels were too high, productivity growth was too low, and the room for policy maneuver was too narrow. "The global economy cannot afford to rely any longer on the debt-fueled growth model that has brought it to the current juncture," the BIS warned.
But the solutions it proposed would continue the austerity policies long imposed on countries that cannot pay their debts. It prescribed "prudential, fiscal and, above all, structural policies" — "structural readjustment." That means privatizing public assets, slashing services, and raising taxes, choking off the very productivity needed to pay the nations' debts. That approach has repeatedly been tried and has failed, as witnessed for example in the devastated economy of Greece.
Meanwhile, according to Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari, financial regulation since 2008 has reduced the chances of another government bailout only modestly, from 84 percent to 67 percent. That means there is still a 67 percent chance of another major systemwide crisis, and this one could be worse than the last. The biggest banks are bigger, local banks are fewer, and global debt levels are higher. The economy has farther to fall. The regulators' models are obsolete, aimed at a form of "old-fashioned banking" that has long since been abandoned.
We need a new model, one designed to serve the needs of the public and the economy rather than to maximize shareholder profits at public expense.
An earlier version of this article was published in Truthout.org.
NEW BOOK! Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age
My new book, nearly 3 years in the making, is finally in print. It's called Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age and is published by the Democracy Collaborative. As our democracy hangs in the balance, I hope this book allows many more people to understand why having control over the money supply is central to the idea of democracy, and what we can do to wrest that control from big private banks and put it squarely in the hands of the people. From the back cover:
Today most of our money is created, not by governments, but by banks when they make loans. This book takes the reader step by step through the sausage factory of modern money creation, explores improvements made possible by advances in digital technology, and proposes upgrades that could transform our outmoded nineteenth century system into one that is democratic, sustainable, and serves the needs of the twenty-first century.
Banking on the People is a compelling and fast-moving primer on the new monetary revolution by the godmother of the public banking movement now emerging throughout the country. Brown shows how our new understanding of money and its creation, long concealed by bankers and others capturing the benefits for their own purposes, can be turned to support the public in powerful new ways.
— Gar Alperovitz, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, Co-Founder of The Democracy Collaborative and author of America Beyond Capitalism and other books
More lucidly that any other expert I know, Ellen Brown shows in Banking on the People how we can break the grip of predatory financialization now extracting value from real peoples' productive activities all over the world. This book is a must read for those who see the promising future as we seek to widen democracies and transform to a cleaner, greener, shared prosperity.
— Hazel Henderson, CEO of Ethical Markets Media and author of Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age and other books
Ellen Brown shows that there is a much better alternative to Citibank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Public banks can safeguard public funds while avoiding the payday loans, redlining, predatory junk-mortgage loans and add-on small-print extras for which the large commercial banks are becoming notorious.
— Michael Hudson, Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and author of Killing the Host and other books
Banking on the People offers a tour de force for those activists, NGOs, and academics wanting to understand the forces at play when we talk about the democratization of finance. A must read!
— Thomas Marois, Senior Lecturer, SOAS University of London, author of States, Banks and Crisis and other publications
Ellen Brown is an attorney, founder of the Public Banking Institute, and author of thirteen books including Web of Debt and The Public Bank Solution. Her latest book is Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, published by the Democracy Collaborative. She also co-hosts a radio program on PRN.FM called "It's Our Money." Her 300+ blog articles are posted at EllenBrown.com.
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leftymathprof | June 2, 2019 at 4:28 PM
MMT and other methods of making banking more transparent make as much sense to me as trying to implement methods to prevent people from cheating at the board game "Monopoly." Cheating isn't the main problem. If you eliminate the cheating, you may get a more "fair" determination of who the winner is, you may ensure that everyone has an equal chance to become the winner, but the outcome still is that all the players but one end up totally impoverished. That's not a good system. I'm not interested in a more transparent and honest capitalism. I want socialism.
dandelionsalad | June 2, 2019 at 4:45 PM
I agree with you, Lefty. Well stated!


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Q: Save UIImage in application path (sorry for my english)
I need save an image in the application path and after load the image on ImageView.
To get the application path:
NSString * imagePath = NSHomeDirectory();
imagePath = [imagePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"/image.png"];

After, to save the image:
NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(self.imageView.image);
[imageData writeToFile:self.imagePath atomically:YES]

To load the image saved on app path
self.imageSaved.image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:self.imagePath];

The problem is that the image wasn´t save into the path
Regards
Edit:
Problem solved, only i need change the path for file
[imagePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"Documents/image.png"];

Thanks for your answers.

A:    NSString *imagePath = NSHomeDirectory();
   imagePath = [imagePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"/Documents/image.png"];

or
   imagePath = [imagePath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"/Library/image.png"];

A: You can't save there on iOS applications.  You can only save into your documents directory.
NSArray *dirPaths;
NSString *docsDir;

dirPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory,
    NSUserDomainMask, YES);

docsDir = [dirPaths objectAtIndex:0];

EDIT I guess what I should say is you SHOULD only save files to the documents directory if they are files like the one you are creating in your example.

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The Year 2 team is led by Miss Stead and Mrs Evans and is supported by Miss Smith, Mrs Baugh and Mrs Kingwell.
In Year 2 we provide an exciting curriculum which aims to inspire all of our pupils to rise to the challenges that will enable them to develop their skills and the personal qualities they need, in order to embrace the future with confidence.
In English we will study a variety of different texts including Fiction, Non-Fiction and Poetry. Throughout the year, the children will develop their written skills by taking part in letters and sounds activities, G.P.S (Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling) and daily English lessons. Through daily reading at home and frequently at school either independently, one-to-one, in small groups or whole class, children will develop their sight vocabulary, comprehension and inference skills.
Children will work in smaller groups for Maths which will be led by Mr Richardson, Miss Stead and Mrs Evans. All areas of Maths will be covered during the year, including Number, Geometry, Measurement and Statistics. During Maths lessons, children will begin to learn to solve mathematical problems, reason mathematically and become fluent in mathematical concepts. They will learn to use simple written methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as well as develop mental strategies to solve problems.
Through hands-on, practical lessons including investigations, children will have the opportunity to learn about different topics. They will develop their use of scientific reasoning and begin to draw conclusions from what they have observed.
Topics being covered this term are 'Fire' and 'Famous for more than five minutes'. All our topic work throughout the year incorporates the subjects Art and Design, Design Technology, History and Geography. Science this will taught as a stand-alone subject.
Religious Education is taught in accordance with the Norfolk Agreed Syllabus and reflects the Statement of Entitlement, which can be viewed in school on request. The primary aim of Religious Education is to promote religious literacy through a balanced approach of Philosophy, Theology and Human Science.
In P.E, children will learn key basic skills in different sports including the importance of sportsmanship and working as a team. They will also consider how to use their body to move and balance to create individual and group routines in Dance and Gymnastics. A full P.E. kit is required for every lesson. This includes a light blue polo shirt, black shorts and trainers with optional black tracksuit, jogging bottoms or sweatshirt for the winter months.
In computing lessons, children will learn about topics such as e-safety, digital media, presenting data and word processing. They will also learn about programming and coding using different software on our top of the range iPads and laptops.
The children will visit the school library each week. This year, they will visit the school Library each Wednesday. Please make sure children bring in their library books on our library day each week so that they can be changed. Unfortunately, we are unable to issue a new library book without your child returning their last one.
Spellings will be sent out each Friday to be tested on the following Friday. All homework is now topic related so children will receive a homework leaflet each half term. We do expect each child to complete some of the activities in the homework leaflet and hand them in when they have finished a piece of work. Homework will be displayed in each classroom.


With more than 40 years experience, Warner Electric has become the recognized leader of clutch/brake technology for commercial and residential power lawn mowers and garden tractors.
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Over the years the industry has continued to tighten the standards for mower blade stop times. Today, the ANSI commercial riding mower blade stop standard is 7 sec. (5 sec. for residential riding mowers). Federal law currently requires a 3 sec. blade stop on all walk-behind mowers.
Commercial customers are asking for faster ground speeds with enhanced suspensions for operator comfort due to tough terrain. Since their livelihood depends on their equipment, contractors also want better reliability and improved uptime productivity. These trends challenge OEMs to design mowers with extremely reliable clutch/brakes that can maintain required blade stopping performance over years of service in harsh outdoor conditions.
While new commercial mowers had been tested for blade stop time compliance, there were no initial standards set for durability. The development of Warner Electric's Commercial MagStop (CMS) clutch/brake represents the latest innovation in permanent magnet braking technology.
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Warner in-house testing capabilities include ANSI stop times, cycle tests, blade spindle bearing temperature and other mower performance parameters. Three large environmental test chambers can each house an entire mowing machine. These chambers allow for 24/7/365 unattended tests that simulate a variety of high-temperature conditions combined with load cells that simulate different grass mowing conditions.
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public (Nasdaq: JAZZ) reported earnings on May 7. Here are the numbers you need to know.
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EPS came in at $1.37. The 13 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ anticipated $1.35 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $1.37 for Q1 were 51% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.91 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.71 for Q1 were 48% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.48 per share.
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $204.5 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $1.48.
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