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package com.streamsets.datacollector.validation;

import com.streamsets.pipeline.api.impl.ErrorMessage;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.api.impl.LocalizableString;
import com.streamsets.pipeline.api.impl.Utils;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class RuleIssue {
  private final String ruleId;
  private final LocalizableString message;
  private Map<String, Object> additionalInfo;

  public static RuleIssue createRuleIssue(String ruleId, ValidationError error, Object... args) {
    return new RuleIssue(ruleId, error, args);
  }

  private RuleIssue(String ruleId, ValidationError error, Object... args) {
    this.ruleId = ruleId;
    message = new ErrorMessage(error, args);
  }

  public void setAdditionalInfo(String key, Object value) {
    if (additionalInfo == null) {
      additionalInfo = new HashMap<>();
    }
    additionalInfo.put(key, value);
  }

  public Map getAdditionalInfo() {
    return additionalInfo;
  }

  public String getRuleId() {
    return ruleId;
  }

  public String getMessage() {
    return message.getLocalized();
  }

  public String toString() {
    return Utils.format("Rule[id='{}' message='{}']", ruleId, message);
  }

}


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, AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 12, 2021 / FEATURING "DON'T GO CHANGING" NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO RELEASED TODAY
Universal Music Canada
30 OCTOBER 2020 (TORONTO, ON) - Multi-PLATINUM singer/ songwriter Kip Moore will release WILD WORLD DELUXE on February 12th, 2021. Offering four new tracks, the extended release of Moore's fourth studio album follows the critical response and fervent fan demand following the release of WILD WORLD earlier this year. Upon its release critics were quick to note how "especially vital; occasionally, even rare" (Esquire) the collection is, as well as praise Moore for "digging deeper than ever before… his most honest music yet" (Entertainment Tonight), as the record has garnered over 165 million streams worldwide.
Moore also dropped the first new track on WILD WORLD DELUXE today, "Don't Go Changing," and shared the impactful new music video for the song, available to watch here. Moore shot the gritty video directed by Alex Ferrari at independent music venues across Nashville, TN including The 5 Spot, The End, The Basement, Mercy Lounge and Exit/In as a thought-provoking call to action to fans to help support and donate to Music Venue Alliance Nashville. The organization's key goal is currently to help independent music venues working to survive during the pandemic, as well as retaining and nurturing the eco-system of Nashville, TN's beloved music scene. For more information and to donate visit: mvan.org and to join the conversation #Keep615Live.
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Listen to "Don't Go Changing" and watch the video BELOW:
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October 30, 2020 9:00am ET by Pressparty
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Who would have thought. Second night in Iceland and we get treated to the Northern Lights. What an experience. They move and wander across the sky like celestial snakes. We didn't expect to see them on the Northeast coast so the 1am wandering was worth missing sleep for.
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Q: Mongodb $setOnInsert not working with $max and $min I have the following query that works fine without $max and $min, however, when $max and $min are included nothing happens?
Summary.update({
  productId: _product._id,
},{
  $addToSet: {
    attrs: _variant.attrs,
    vars: {
      variantId: _variant._id,
      title: _variant.title,
      imgs: _variant.imgs,
    }
  },
  $max: { 'price.highest': _price.highest },
  $min: { 'price.lowest': _price.lowest },
  $setOnInsert: self.summary
},{
  upsert: true
},function(err,update){
  ...
});

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

A: Your query does come with come caveats, so it really only remains to explain what would be going wrong.
First and foremost is that your MongoDB server version must be at least version 2.6.x or greater in order to have the $min and $max update operators available.
Now consider the basic test conditions:
> db.test.update(
    { "a": 1 },
    {
        "$setOnInsert": { "b": 2 },
        "$min": { "c": 1 },
        "$max": { "d": 1 }
    },
    { "upsert": true }
  )
WriteResult({
    "nMatched" : 0,
    "nUpserted" : 1,
    "nModified" : 0,
    "_id" : ObjectId("559f114dbe78f212535e2f5f")
})

On a first execution since there is no data for a matching value of "a" an upsert is performed creating the new object in the collection:
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("559f114dbe78f212535e2f5f"),
    "a" : 1,
    "d" : 1,
    "c" : 1,
    "b" : 2,
}

Now if you change the values of $min or $max the expected behaviour is to modify those fields where the value falls within the constraints, like so:
> db.test.update(
    { "a": 1 },
    {
        "$setOnInsert": { "b": 3 },
        "$min": { "c": 2 },
        "$max": { "d": 2 }
    },
    { "upsert": true }
  )
  WriteResult({ "nMatched" : 1, "nUpserted" : 0, "nModified" : 1 })

Since the value to $min is larger than the stored value this field is not changed. However the value to $max is larger than the stored value and that is modified. There was a different value in $setOnInsert, but this does not affect the data since the operation is not an upsert this time:
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("559f114dbe78f212535e2f5f"),
    "a" : 1,
    "d" : 2,
    "c" : 1,
    "b" : 2
}

If you then issue a statement with either the same values for $min and $max or that othewise fall out of the contraints of being respectively "lower" or "higher" values then nothing will be updated:
db.test.update(
    { "a": 1 },
    {
        "$setOnInsert": { "b": 3 },
        "$min": { "c": 2 },
        "$max": { "d": 2 }
    },
    { "upsert": true }
)
WriteResult({ "nMatched" : 1, "nUpserted" : 0, "nModified" : 0 })

That is the expected behavior of the operators in this context. Of course if you submit either $min or $max on a field that does not exist yet, then the field is added to the document with the specified value, just like with $set or $push or similar.
So either you are subitting values that do not meet the requirements for updating or your supported server and/or driver versions are not capable of handling the operators. These are all the things you need to check to see why you don't think you are getting the expected results.
As a side note, beware that you know what you are expecting with $addToSet as well. In a similar way, if the complete object exists already then nothing will be modified. If however you have an object with various keys as you do, then changing any one of those values makes the whole object "unique" and a new member will be added. If you mean to do something else like have only "one" of the keys to contain a unique vallue thene there is other logic you need to apply and cannot simply use $addToSet to handle it.
Also, here is a full listing you can run with node and mongoose in addition to the above test conditions. This is tested against MongoDB 3.x and mongoose 4.0.6:
var async = require('async'),
    mongoose = require('mongoose'),
    Schema = mongoose.Schema;

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/test');

var testSchema = new Schema({
  "a": Number,
  "b": Number,
  "c": Number,
  "d": Number
});

var Test = mongoose.model('Test',testSchema,"test");

async.series(
  [
    function(callback) {
      Test.remove({},callback);
    },
    function(callback) {
      Test.findOneAndUpdate(
        { "a": 1 },
        {
          "$setOnInsert": { "b": 2 },
          "$min": { "c": 1 },
          "$max": { "d": 1 }
        },
        { "upsert": true, "new": true },
        callback
      );
    },
    function(callback) {
      Test.findOneAndUpdate(
        { "a": 1 },
        {
          "$setOnInsert": { "b": 3 },
          "$min": { "c": 2 },
          "$max": { "d": 2 }
        },
        { "upsert": true, "new": true },
        callback
      );
    },
    function(callback) {
      Test.findOneAndUpdate(
        { "a": 1 },
        {
          "$setOnInsert": { "b": 3 },
          "$min": { "c": 2 },
          "$max": { "d": 2 }
        },
        { "upsert": true, "new": true },
        callback
      );
    }
  ],
  function(err,results) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log( JSON.stringify( results, undefined, 2 ) );
    process.exit();
  }
);

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Aloys Sprenger, född den 3 september 1813 i Nassereith, Tyrolen, död den 19 december 1893 i Heidelberg, var en österrikisk orientalist.

Sprenger studerade 1832–1836 i Wien, begav sig sistnämnda år till London och 1843 till Indien, där han 1845 utnämndes till föreståndare för högskolan i Delhi. Åren 1848–1850 vistades han i Lucknow för att upprätta en katalog över därvarande bibliotek, och resultatet därav, A catalogue of the arabic, persian and hindustany manuscripts of the libraries of the king of Oudh. Volume I containing persian and hindustany poetry (1854; band II har aldrig utkommit) blev ett verk, som genom sina biografiska anteckningar om persiska skalder och sina noggranna beskrivningar av den persiska vitterhetens främsta alster utgör en förträfflig källa för kännedomen om persisk litteratur.  År 1850 kallades Sprenger till föreståndare för de muslimska högskolorna i Calcutta och Hugli samt till sekreterare i Asiatiska sällskapet i Bengalen. År 1859 utnämndes han till professor i orientaliska språk i Bern.

Bland de källskrifter i arabisk och persisk litteratur, som utgavs av honom, märks Sujuti, Itqan on the exegetic sciences of the qoran (1852–1854), Muhammed et-Tahanawi, A dictionary of the technical terms used in the sciences of the musalmans (1853–1864), Ibn Hadjar, A biographical dictionary of persons who knew Mohammad (1853–1888), alla utgivna med biträde av orientaliska lärde och införda i Bibliotheca indica. Bland hans övriga arbeten märks Masudis Meadows of gold (1841, engelsk översättning), en upplaga av Sa'dis Gulistan (1851) samt Das Leben und die Lehre des Mohammad (1861–1865; 2:a upplagan 1869), Die alte Geographie Arabiens als Grundlage der Entwicklungsgeschichte des Semitismus (1875) och Babylonien, das reichste Land in der Vorzeit und das lohnendste Kolonisationsfeld für die Gegenwart (1886).

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Q: Is there a way in Sprite Kit to get coordinates of a finger that doesn't move at the moment? To avoid unexpected game behaviour I'd like to know coordinates of all fingers on the touchscreen at any given moment. Is there a way of doing this?
For example get coordinates of the fist finger when second is taken off from the screen.
Thanks in advance!

A: Here's the solution based on trojanfoe's idea.
import SpriteKit

class GameScene : SKScene {

struct fingerTrackData {
    var fingerID : Int // used to identify fingers in other part of the code
    var lastLocation : CGPoint // location of each finger
}

// array that stores information about each finger coordinates
var fingerTracks : [fingerTrackData] = []

override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    for touch in touches {

        let location = touch.locationInNode(self)

        // getAvailableFingerID() returns available fingerID to avoid ID duplication
        self.fingerTracks.append(fingerTrackData(fingerID: self.getAvailableFingerID(), lastLocation: location))

    }
}

override func touchesMoved(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    for touch in touches {

        let location = touch.locationInNode(self)

        self.updateFingerTracks(location)

    }

}

override func touchesEnded(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    for touch in touches {

        let location = touch.locationInNode(self)

        // deregistering unnecessary finger tracks
        self.fingerTracks.removeAtIndex(self.getClosestFingerArrayIndexByLocation(location))

    }
}

override func touchesCancelled(touches: Set<UITouch>?, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    // touchesCancelled occurs e.g. when more than 5 fingers on iPhone is on the screen

    // Deregistering all tracks here
    self.fingerTracks.removeAll()

}

override func update(currentTime: NSTimeInterval) {

    // to see in console what is actually happening in array
    if fingerTracks.count > 0 {

        for fingerTrack in self.fingerTracks {

            print("Finger: \(fingerTrack.fingerID) Location: \(fingerTrack.lastLocation)")
        }

    } else {

        print("---")

    }
}

/*
 * Below are some helper functions for convenience
 */

func getClosestFingerArrayIndexByLocation (location: CGPoint) -> Int {

    var fingerTrackKeyToUpdate : Int = 0
    var shortestDistance : CGFloat = 100500 // some big number that is much bigger than screen size

    for (fingerTrackKey, fingerTrack) in self.fingerTracks.enumerate() {

        // calculating distance from previous record for each finger
        let calculatedDistance = sqrt(pow(fingerTrack.lastLocation.x - location.x,2) + pow(fingerTrack.lastLocation.y - location.y,2))

        // shortest one gives us finger ID
        if calculatedDistance < shortestDistance {

            shortestDistance = calculatedDistance

            fingerTrackKeyToUpdate = fingerTrackKey
        }

    }

    return fingerTrackKeyToUpdate
}

func updateFingerTracks(location: CGPoint) {

    let closestFingerArrayIndex = self.getClosestFingerArrayIndexByLocation(location)
    let fingerIDToUpdate = self.fingerTracks[closestFingerArrayIndex].fingerID

    self.fingerTracks[closestFingerArrayIndex] = fingerTrackData(fingerID: fingerIDToUpdate, lastLocation: location)

}

func getClosestFingerIdByLocation(location: CGPoint) -> Int {

    return self.fingerTracks[self.getClosestFingerArrayIndexByLocation(location)].fingerID

}

func getAvailableFingerID() -> Int {

    var availableFingerID : Int = 0

    if self.fingerTracks.count > 0 {

        var checkAgain = true

        while checkAgain {

            checkAgain = false

            for fingerTrack in self.fingerTracks {
                if availableFingerID == fingerTrack.fingerID {
                    checkAgain = true
                    availableFingerID++
                }
            }
        }
    }

    return availableFingerID
}

}

A: Thanks all for your assistance!
class GameScene : SKScene {

// stores all touches at any moment
var touchTracks : [UITouch] = []

override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    for touch in touches {

        self.touchTracks.append(touch)

    }
}

override func touchesEnded(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    for touch in touches {

        var touchIndexToRemove : Int?
        for i in 0..<self.touchTracks.count {

            if self.touchTracks[i] == touch {
                touchIndexToRemove = i
            }
        }
        self.touchTracks.removeAtIndex(touchIndexToRemove!)

    }
}

override func touchesCancelled(touches: Set<UITouch>?, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {

    // touchesCancelled occurs e.g. when more than 5 fingers on iPhone is on the screen
    // Deregistering all tracks here
    self.touchTracks.removeAll()

}

}


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The value of vocational trainee schemes
Apprenticeships and internships are now commonplace in many early talent recruitment strategies, but have you considered vocational trainee programmes for school leavers?
According to the Confederation of British Industry (2017), work placements for a week or two remain the most widespread work experience, being offered by more than nine in ten of firms providing work experience.
While a couple of weeks within a company can provide young people with basic insight, more needs to be done to provide meaningful opportunities to allow young talent to become work-ready.
A survey by CIMA (2016) found that eight out of ten British school-leavers lack essential business skills and require significant training before being put to work.
No one knows the importance of experience and skills more than an employer, but for young people who have left education and are starting out in the businesses world it can be difficult to develop these necessary attributes.
While apprenticeships and internships might spring to mind as a way of developing young people, it's also worth employers considering trainee offerings.
Trainee programmes help young people, typically aged 16-24, who don't yet have the skills and experience they need for the workplace.
Trainee programmes in practice
The Brokerage has been working with Newton Investment Management Limited since 2012, partnering with them to recruit bright, motivated young Londoners for their Vocational Trainee Programme (VTP).
The benefits of a vocational training programme are two-fold. The young trainees are equipped with the necessary skills and exposure, while employers gain access to fresh talent that they're able to nurture for their future talent pipelines.
Chief Operating Officer at Newton, Andrew Downs, explains: "The vocational trainee programme enables us to recruit smart, competent young people into starter positions here at Newton. Not only are they extremely well-motivated and hardworking, their age and educational backgrounds bring great diversity of thought into the firm. The high retention rate means that these individuals continue to benefit our business, both in their day-to-day work and in supporting other trainees through the programme."
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School leavers seeking employment at your company will most likely be from your local area. Recruiting local talent demonstrates a real commitment to supporting your community. Providing support through vocational trainee schemes, apprenticeships or entry level roles can enable young people without family connections to the professional world to gain access to exciting careers on their doorstep.
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ESP have provided a rapid response to the landslide issues at Pantteg and have created an accurate hazard and risk assessment based on the most up to date methods of landslide and geohazard assessment. This has been through the creation of a dedicated project team of engineering geologists and technicians.
We have worked efficiently and with tight deadlines to deliver and communicate important information to the residents of Pantteg. This has been implemented in a way that considers the needs of a number of different stakeholders, as well as being sympathetic to the residents who are affected by our assessments.
Over the last few years, we have been working on behalf of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council to deliver a landslide assessment to define the hazards and risks at Pantteg, a small village in the Swansea Valley. The landslide system is very active and further instability is likely to occur on a frequent basis.
The current phase of work started following ground movements in February 2017 and the residents were evacuated after further movement in June 2017, but the area has experienced stability issues since 1897.
We have carried out a Lidar survey of the village in addition to movement monitoring to create a hazard and risk map of the area. Local residents were given the opportunity to see a 3D fly-through model showing the landslip area and other detailed information at a public meeting, at which our Matthew Eynon presented to and answered questions from residents and other stakeholders.
"We have used huge resources and a large amount of public money and have engaged trusted geological experts to give residents in the Pantteg area a greater understanding of the land that surrounds them and which they live on". "Earth Science Partnership is now providing residents in the Pantteg area with the most detailed information they possibly can about the risks posed by landslides which have plagued this area going back at least to the 1890s," said Neath Port Talbot Council leader Rob Jones.
Through 2017 and 2018 our Matthew Eynon has been the Expert Witness for the Local Authority at the Residential Property Tribunal (Wales) for the evacuated premises at 84, 86 and 90-92 Cyfyng Road, Ystalyfera [RPT/0012/10/17, RPT/003/04/17 & RPT/003/10/17].
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"The Earth Science Partnership have provided professional and technical advice for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council on a number of projects of different sizes and complexity since early 2015. Whilst working for the Council, they have provided a number of different ground investigation solutions and advice."
They have also been appointed to advise on the high profile Pantteg and Godre'r Graig Landslide since 2015 and have provided a number of factual reports that are helping Neath Port Talbot to formulate a Management Strategy for the area.
Part of ESP's work involved the production of a Ground Instability Risk Map of Pantteg and then a Residential Property Risk Map. They have also attended televised public meetings to discuss their findings following the publication of the work and have given Expert Witness evidence on behalf of Neath Port Talbot at Residential Property Tribunals.
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Why Camila Cabello Says Fans Are Going to Miss Eric Who on The Voice
"I have just fallen in love with your personality and who you are throughout the journey of this show," Cabello told the singer.
Eric Who, Alyssa Witrado, Devix, and Kiqué found themselves in the bottom four during The Voice's Live Results episode on November 22. After each delivering outstanding Last Chance performances, Kiqué won the Instant Save, sending Eric Who, Alyssa Witrado, and Devix home.
And fans will feel the absence of Eric Who in future episodes, the singer's Coach, Camila Cabello, says. "I loved that performance so much because I just felt your heart, and I think that's why I have just fallen in love with your personality and who you are throughout the journey of this show," she told Eric Who after he sang "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus during his Last Chance number. "It's your heart, and I think that's what people are 'gonna miss about you if we don't have you on this show: The heart of you, because you just have this incredible personality and spirit. That's what I love about you."
John Legend echoed this sentiment, saying, "Eric, I've loved watching you throughout your journey on this show because whenever you're on stage, I feel like you exude so much joy and gratitude for being in this moment. And I love just seeing you shine on this stage. I thought this was such a beautiful song for you to choose, and you sang it with such passion and belief and emotion. I felt it. Beautiful job."
"this was a magical end🥰," Eric Who wrote on Instagram following his elimination. No doubt we'll be seeing more of his magic in the future.
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Escape rooms, in which groups work together to escape a themed room by finding clues and solving puzzles, have been soaring in popularity over the past few years. With different themes and varying difficulties, an escape room is a great fit for a family outing, a bachelor or bachelorette party, a team-building exercise, or simply as an alternative to going to the movies.
Driving along Beach Road in the village of Lake George, the lake on one side and a shopping plaza on the other, visitors notice a new sign in front of what used to be Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe. "Escape LG: Unlock Your Adventure" is written in large white letters.
Escape LG is being opened by Elizabeth and Evan Jalazo, who have visited dozens of escape rooms and hope to create a truly immersive experience for Lake George residents and visitors. The Jalazos expect to open by Memorial Day, offering a new adventure for families visiting Lake George during the summer.
"We will be operating four themed rooms: Blackbeard's Brig, The Lucky Duck Speakeasy, The Lost Jewel of Zanzibar and What Ever Happened in Raven Woods? Each one challenges the player to a series of puzzles, codes and ciphers that lead to the ultimate secrets of the room. But you must solve it within 60 minutes to be successful," said Beth Jalazo.
Each of the four rooms feature themed decorations, electronic puzzles, and traditional locks and keys. Guests are given an hour to escape, and each room provides a unique and challenging experience.
Escape LG can be found on Facebook and will be announcing its opening date soon.


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Bulgarian Navy Commander Awarded for Helping Archaeology Research of Black Sea Coast by National History Museum in Sofia
November 21, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Underwater Archaeology
The Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Navy, Rear Admiral Mitko Petev, has been presented with an award by the National Museum of History in Sofia for aiding the Museum's researchers in their archaeological study of Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.
Archaeologists Find Thracian, Byzantine Settlements, Medieval Monastery on Bulgaria's St. Thomas Island in Black Sea
August 23, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Underwater Archaeology
An Ancient Thracian settlement, an Early Byzantine settlement, and a small monastery from the Late Middle Ages have been discovered by archaeologists on Bulgaria's tiny St. Thomas Island (Snake Island) in the Black Sea.
Sunken Fortress from Ancient Thrace Discovered at Bulgaria's St. Thomas Island Which Used to Be Black Sea Peninsula
August 20, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Underwater Archaeology
A now sunken fortress from Ancient Thrace has been discovered at the tiny St. Thomas Island (also known as Snake Island) off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast during an underwater archaeology expedition, which has also found that the island used to…
Large Sunken Island Existed off Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast till Middle Ages, According to Roman Era Maps, Geomorphology Research
May 14, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Underwater Archaeology
A sizable but now destroyed and/or sunken island – likely the size of Greece's Aegean island of Thasos – existed in the Black Sea off the southern Black Sea coast of today's Bulgaria but disappeared as a result of natural…
Early Byzantium's Haemimontus Province on Bulgaria's Southern Black Sea Coast Presented in New Book Based on 8 Years of Excavations
April 24, 2018 · by Ivan Dikov · in Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages
A new book presents findings about the Haemimontus province of the Early Byzantine Empire in the Late Antiquity (5th – 7th century AD) based on 8 years of archaeological field research of fortresses and settlements on the southern Black Sea…
Archaeologists Find 14th Century Byzantine Gold Coin in Kaliakra Cape Fortress on Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast
August 8, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire
A Byzantine gold coin minted between 1305 and 1320 has been discovered by archaeologists excavating the picturesque Kaliakra Cape Fortress on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast near the town of Kavarna.
Archaeologists to Resume Excavations of Half-Sunken Ancient Black Sea City Byzone near Bulgaria's Kaliakra Cape after 10-Year Break
July 19, 2016 · by Ivan Dikov · in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome / Roman Empire, Ancient Thrace, Antiquity, Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages, Ottoman Empire
Bulgarian archaeologists are going to resume, after a ten-year pause, the excavations of the ancient and medieval Black Sea city Byzone, the predecessor of today's town of Kavarna, also known as Karnava in the Middle Ages, part of which collapsed…
Archaeologists Find Byzantine (Nicaean) Gold Coins in Necropolis in Kaliakra Cape Fortress on Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast
September 17, 2014 · by Ivan Dikov · in Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine Empire, Middle Ages
Three Byzantine coins from the so called Nicaean Empire, a successor state of Byzantium in the 13th century, have been discovered by archaeologists in a newly found necropolis in the Kaliakra Cape Fortress on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. The coins…


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We know that the process of galvanization increases the ability of steel to withstand the nature forces of rust and corrosion bought on by water and the elements.
As with all structures maintenance is required to ensure the safety and longevity of the structure; however few materials, at this cost can boast up to and above thirty years of maintenance free use as is seen with galvanized steel.
This durability, despite the increased initial capital investment has been shown to save money over time as this maintenance or continual painting is not required, as would be the case with a non-galvanized steel construction. A prime example of this cost is the Goldengate Bridge in San Francisco, California (picture above), where 28 full time painters are required to constantly paint the bridge as its non-galvanized steel bears the brunt of nature and its original rivets are constantly being replaced with new galvanized ones.


James Madison has elevated its program to the point where its right there with North Dakota State as one of the elite programs in all of FCS football. The Dukes fell just short of repeating as national champions in 2017 as they lost 17-13 to the Bison in Frisco, Texas. Head Coach Mike Houston and his staff have established a culture of excellence that should thrive in 2018 despite having to reload with some new talent on defense.
Running the football is going to be crucial for James Madison as Marcus Marshall and Trai Sharp are the best 1-2 combination at running back in the CAA. Marshall rushed for 850 yards on 5.9 yards per carry and eleven touchdowns. Sharp rushed for 759 yards while averaging 4.7 yards per carry with four touchdowns. Quarterback must be addressed with the loss of Bryan Schor to graduation. Ben DiNucci is a transfer from Pittsburgh and he will compete with Cole Johnson and Hunter Etheridge for the starting job. Riley Stapleton and David Eldridge are rock solid wide receivers that combined for 84 receptions, 1,148 yards and nine touchdowns in 2017. Clayton Cheatham made a strong first impression as a freshman at tight end last season. Cheatham caught four touchdown passes out of his eight receptions in 2017. The offensive line will be led by Jahee Jackson, who started 13 games at right tackle and should take an even bigger step forward in his junior season.
The Dukes were outstanding defensively in 2017 as they limited teams to just 11.1 points per game and 90.5 rushing yards per game. Forcing turnovers was another strength for James Madison in 2017. They had 31 interceptions and 44 total forced turnovers last season. Rashad Robinson is a top candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award this season as the FCS Defensive Player of the Year. Robinson had 51 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble, seven interceptions, and nine pass breakups. Jimmy Moreland is another ballhawk at the other cornerback position and will be looking to build off an eight-interception season in 2017. Darrious Carter will be the primary pass rusher for the Dukes this season as Carter picked up 54 tackles in 2017, including 8.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss. Ethan Ratke is back at kicker and Ratke made 14 of 18 field goals and will be pushed by Jon Gray for the starting job. Harry O'Kelly returns as the starting punter in 2018. O'Kelly averaged 41.3 yards per punt as freshman last season and did a great job of flipping field position by landing 25 punts inside the 20-yard line.
A trip to Raleigh to play NC State will kickoff the 2018 season for the Dukes. The Wolfpack return quarterback Ryan Finley on offense so this opener will be a great stress test for James Madison's defense. The next major test for the Dukes will happen on September 29th as a road trip to Richmond will be a key one in deciding the CAA championship race. Stony Brook comes to Bridgeforth Stadium on October 27th to start off a two-game stretch that will most likely dictate whether James Madison finishes with a top four seed in the FCS playoffs. The other game in this stretch is a trip to New Hampshire that could be the place where the Dukes see their conference win streak end. It could end against the Wildcats because it's a game on the road in early November with the potential for horrendous weather in New Hampshire. Bottom line, James Madison should win ten regular season games and have a top three seed in the FCS Playoffs this season.


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USG proposes inclusion of accessibility assembly
By MARIA EBERHART
November 19, 2019 in News
Undergraduate Student Government proposed a resolution that aims to increase representation of disabled students on campus.
(Ally Wei | Daily Trojan)
The Undergraduate Student Government proposed a resolution to incorporate the Student Assembly for Accessibility under the Programming Branch of USG during the Senate meeting Tuesday. SAA represents students with disabilities on campus.
The Programming Branch of USG currently encompasses a variety of student organizations, including five special-interest committees that plan campus events and 10 community-focused assemblies that represent the interests of different student groups. Assemblies such as the Black Student Assembly and Queer & Ally Student Assembly serve as funding and advocacy umbrella organizations that unify individual member organizations.
USG Director of Accessibility Affairs Gwen Howard, who helped draft the resolution, said the inclusion of SAA under the Programming Branch would allow the organization to reap the various benefits of USG's recognized assemblies. These benefits include increased funding and greater visibility and support that comes from a USG endorsement.
"What works best to change culture is bringing people together and talking about different issues," Howard said. "That really can't happen without a budget and settings and venues and being able to be face-to-face with other people and build camaraderie around that."
Statistics cited in the resolution indicate that disabled students do not believe they receive adequate services or recognition on campus. A 2018 survey conducted by former USG Director of Accessibility Affairs Hailey Robertson found that 50% of participants were not satisfied with the level of academic support and resources for accessibility.
Co-director of SAA Javin D'Souza, who collaborated on the resolution with Howard, said the resolution would also build a stronger community on campus for disabled students.
"This overarching representation is at least going to send a message to students that there is a space for you when there historically has not been," D'Souza said.
The resolution has garnered the support of Colleges Against Cancer, Kicks for Kids, National Alliance on Mental Illness and Eye to Eye, all founding member organizations of SAA.
The resolution calls for SAA to be integrated as the 11th cultural assembly of the Programming Branch after a successful trial period, which would last from Jan. 13 to March 31. SAA would be granted $6,000 from the administrative budget during the trial semester to fund member organization expenses.
During the meeting, the Senate also passed more amendments to the 2020 Elections code to clarify issues of candidate endorsement and elections teams. USG members, excluding those from the Elections and Recruitment team, Judicial Council, associate director of marketing, director of graphics and the elections commission, may publicly support and campaign on behalf of candidates. However, they cannot endorse candidates, and support cannot hold affiliation with USG.
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A lot has changed since Brian Baker last coached college football over two decades ago. When the man now guiding the Mississippi State defensive line last had his toes in the sand of the college game, Bill Clinton was still in his first term as president, dial-up internet was the best thing since sliced bread and cell phones were the size of cinder blocks.
For the last 20 years, save for last season when he assisted at a high school in Texas, Baker has coached in the National Football League. Now, Baker is back on a college campus and feels rejuvenated after admitting he'd become complacent in the professional ranks.
"I'm 54 years old and I've been coaching for over 30 years," Baker said. "I consider it a blessing to be in a situation where you are challenged every single day. I guess with human nature, I kind of fell into a comfort zone in the NFL although I had been with several teams and had to learn several systems.
At MSU, Baker is a new man. No longer does he feel he is on cruise control. While in Baker's words, "ball is ball", the threats posed by high-tempo college offenses and dynamic, dual-threat quarterbacks keeps his defensive mind running at all times.
"You've got to figure out a way to defend those kinds of offenses," Baker said.
Still, that's not what Baker declares is his biggest adjustment now that he's back to coaching in college. Recruiting was different in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the last time Baker was attempting to lure players onto a school's campus.
Social media has changed the recruiting game as well. In Baker's younger days, a tweet was a sound a bird made, not an online post that thousands and thousands of people could read. Now, Twitter and other outlets have complicated the entire recruiting process as prospective student-athletes share their feelings in public forums. Upon joining the Bulldogs, Baker had to adjust with the times.
Baker's technological game is catching up to speed. He has a Twitter account with more than 1,500 followers so far.
While he still may have things to learn in order to use his phone to recruit effectively, there's one part of the equation Baker says is timeless.
On a personal, one-on-one level, Baker appears to have gotten right back on his old horse when it comes to recruiting. Yes, he's still figuring out things, from his phone to how to slow down college offenses, but all that is refreshing.
After getting too comfortable in the NFL, Baker likes not having all the answers. He's thrilled to wake up every day in Starkville looking to figure things out.
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Chinese banks probed over aid to North Korea's nuclear arms
If the US government discovers that the banks deliberately helped to fund North Korea's weapons program, they could be hit with billions in fines could result
By Christian Berthelsen and Tom Schoenberg / Bloomberg
The US is investigating hundreds of millions of dollars in financial transactions involving three big Chinese banks that allegedly helped finance North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to an unsealed appeals court opinion.
The July 30 ruling upheld an earlier order by a Washington district court judge directing the banks to comply with subpoenas for information about the transactions.
The appeals court said prosecutors do not "currently" suspect the Chinese banks of knowingly breaking the law, but that the banks "hold records that the US government thinks may clarify how North Korea finances its nuclear weapons program."
US prosecutors suspect that a state-owned North Korean bank used a Chinese front company to export "hundreds of millions of dollars" in coal and other minerals, receiving revenue in US dollars it could use to buy materials vital to the dictatorship's weapons program, according to the 44-page ruling.
The US has sought banking records from 2012 to 2017, suggesting the scheme spanned at least five years.
If the US government finds evidence that the banks willfully aided the operation, it could hit them with billions of dollars in fines "similar to those imposed against large European banks for Cuba, Iran and Sudan sanctions violations," said Brian O'Toole, a former CIA and US Treasury Department official who is now a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
"That kind of action is preferable to sanctioning the Chinese banks," or freezing them out of the US financial system, O'Toole said. "That would have broader systemic issues for US-China trade, the Chinese economy and, by extension, the global economy."
The case, a barbed thicket of legal and foreign relations issues between the US, China and North Korea, comes at a precarious time for all three.
The US and China are engaged in a fast-escalating battle over trade, currency and economic supremacy, even as US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un seem to be slipping back toward confrontation.
Washington has hesitated to impose severe penalties over China's banking services to North Korea for fear of disrupting trillions of dollars in trade. With relations so rocky, that could now change.
Meanwhile, a new UN report found that North Korea has perfected its technology for hacking into financial systems to shunt billions of dollars to its nuclear weapons program.
The three banks, which have not been identified in court papers, appear to be China Merchants Bank Co, Bank of Communications Co and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co, all among China's top 10 banks by assets, based on a related asset-seizure case.
China Merchants Bank declined to comment, while Bank of Communications and Pudong Bank did not immediately reply to requests.
Defense lawyers listed on the case declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment. It was not clear which lawyers were representing which banks.
Lower court judge Beryl Howell imposed a fine of US$50,000 a day against each bank for failing to comply with the subpoenas.
With the appeals court's decision upholding a contempt citation, the stiff fines should have gone into effect on Friday.
The banks could seek a higher appeal, but that would not automatically keep the fines suspended. The US attorney's office in Washington said the fines were scheduled to start on Friday and declined to comment further.


Nothing better to entertain you than a good story while I hit the road back to Ohio. And there's nobody better at giving us a story and a chuckle than Cassy Muronaka (that's her brooch at the left) on her Sometimes Daily, Always Random blog.
She shares her craft store closing sale adventures in hilarious detail. Her suburban haikus are a hoot. Often her photos speak for themselves. Cassy is that lovely combination of wry humorist and crazy neighbor whose writing makes her a dear friend. Look at all the publications she's been in!
On top of all that, she makes a mean cane. She's a perfect road trip companion. Enjoy.
Note: The "Readers' Links" page has duplicates and weird stuff going on. I'll just keep slamming your sites up until I get home to tidy things. Bear with me.
Very amusing stories, I really enjoyed reading them.
I'm always disappointed at "going out of business." sales. I never bother to check them out anymore.
What a talented woman! Amazing work and delightful blog.
Cynthia, thank you so much! I'm so flattered. Believe me, now that I've got a cellphone with internet access, this site always accompanies me on roadtrips, too.
And she is the President of the fabled Orange County (CA) Polymer Clay Guild.


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Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat warned a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to India could worsen relations Delhi's relations with Pakistan.
India's plans to buy military hardware from Israel will further compound the issue, Arafat told the Hindu newspaper in an interview published Sunday.
Sharon "can't offer anything. What he is saying will escalate the situation and war between Pakistan and India," Arafat said.
Sharon's visit, scheduled for 9 September, is to be the first by an Israeli head of state since the two countries established full diplomatic relations some 11 years ago.
Talks between the two premiers are expected to focus on the war on terror. India may seek Israeli help in securing its borders in Kashmir against separatist infiltrators from the Pakistani side of the line of control.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last year suggested India deploy a series of sensors to track the movement of people across the troubled Kashmir border - the main point of contention between the nuclear rivals. The Israeli government has the technology.
Relations between India and Pakistan reached crisis point last year when the two nuclear rivals amassed troops on their respective borders in a tense stand-off. The countries have been trying to thaw tensions since with a number of meetings.
India accuses Pakistan of training, funding and arming rebels in Indian-controlled Kashmir, where a number of deadly bombings and suicide attacks have taken place.
Though Pakistan denies the charge, it admits providing moral, political and diplomatic support to, what it calls the Kashmiri freedom movement.


Mohamed Salah has made a flying start to his pre-season campaign in his attempts to justify a £13.0m price-tag and 50 percent ownership in Fantasy Premier League.
The Egyptian only has 30 mintues under his belt but hugely impressed in Liverpool's win over Manchester City.
Meanwhile, the defending champions continue to get through their summer programme using mostly young players, and we were given a little more information to help us differentiate between Riyad Mahrez and Leroy Sané – but not much.
In another Scout Notes article we talk about how some more pre-season goals, assists and line-ups could affect our plans for Gameweek 1.
Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) returned to Liverpool action with a bang as the Reds beat Manchester City in New York. Coming on as a second-half substitute the Egyptian had scored within a minute, hit the bar and could have had a hat-trick in just 30 minutes of football. While it's still early days, such enthusiasm upon his return to the side will go some way to justifying the 50 percent ownership for Salah in spite of his new price of £13.0m. Once he has started a pre-season match for Liverpool we should learn even more about how ready he is to follow up his record-breaking FPL performance of last season.
Sadio Mané (£9.5m), also a second-half substitute, got started on improving on his 12 percent ownership by scoring Liverpool's late winner. He netted from the penalty spot after Dominic Solanke (£5.0m) had been brought down but had plenty of chances to score earlier in the match, twice the Senegalese was put through but missed golden opportunities. If he continues to make the same attacking runs, though, he should rack up a healthy collection of goals before Gameweek 1 and will have a strong case for investment given Liverpool's fixtures.
In the ongoing discussion about who could replace an injured Joel Matip (£5.0m) and an absent Dejan Lovren (£5.0m) in central defence, Joe Gomez (£5.0m) got the nod alongside Virgil van Dijk (£6.0m) for this one, although he played the same number of minutes as Ragnar Klavan (£4.5m) who replaced him at half-time. Also of note was that van Dijk took a direct free-kick for Liverpool in the first-half, although his effort was deflected wide by the wall.
Manchester City deployed the 3-5-2 formation that Pep Guardiola used before Benjamin Mendy's (£6.0m) injury last season, although there was just one change to the side that lost to Borussia Dortmund, Cameron Humphreys replacing Douglas Luiz.
LIVERPOOL XI (4-3-3): Karius (Kelleher 45'); Robertson (Moreno 62'), van Dijk (Phillips 62'), Gomez (Klavan 45'), Clyne (Camacho 60'); Fabinho (Chirivella 62'), Milner (Grujic 62'), Wijnaldum (Solanke 45'); Jones (Salah 60'), Sturridge (Mané 45'), Lallana (Woodburn 45').
Winger Josh Murphy (£5.0m) is beginning to emerge as Cardiff's key attacking asset ahead of 2018/19, although the Bluebirds remain to be fully tested in pre-season. The former Norwich City man added his fourth goal in as many summer matches against Rotherham, but Neil Warnock's men still tasted defeat against Championship opposition.
The Bluebirds did create some chances in the first-half with Bobby Reid (£5.5m), stationed on the opposite flank of the front three to Murphy, looking his usual lively self. His early cross was a good one but striker Kenneth Zohore (£5.0m) couldn't get on the end of it.
Murphy's fellow new signing Greg Cunningham (£4.5m) provided the assist for his goal in the 13th minute, crossing in for him to finish. That was the third goal set up by the former Preston left-back this summer, although he's not a guaranteed starter by any means yet, Joe Bennett (£4.5m) playing 38 times for Cardiff in 2017/18 and starting three of a possible four pre-season matches.
Frustratingly for Fantasy managers it's hard to get an accurate fix on the level of quality within this Cardiff squad. Their pre-season exploits so far have seen them take on two tenth tier non-league sides from the South West Peninsula League, relatively local to Warnock's Cornwall home, and now Rotherham, a former club of his. In their most recent outing, they were largely poor.
Warnock experimented with a 3-4-3 formation in this match, although the suggestion from local media is not to read too much into that in terms of Warnock's tactical preference. Instead, the theory is that he deployed that system, and used youngster James Waite in the middle of the pitch, to send a message to those upstairs that he needs a new midfield signing. As ever, the former Sheffield United boss was very forthright on his transfer plans after the match, with him keen on bringing Liverpool defensive midfielder Marko Grujic back to south Wales on loan.
Matt Palmer's header made it 1-1 before half-time and Michael Smith scored one of Rotherham's many second-half chances to win the game.
Aaron Gunnarsson (£4.5m) came on at the interval for his first match action of the summer, since returning late as a result of Iceland's involvement in the World Cup.
CARDIFF CITY XI (3-4-3): Etheridge (Smithies 45'); Morrison (Connolly 67'), Manga, Cunningham; Bennett (Bamba 45'), Waite (Gunnarsson 45'), Ralls (Paterson 61'), Richards (Hoilett 45'); J. Murphy (Mendez-Laing 61'), Zohore (Madine 61'), Reid (K.Harris 70').
In a 3-1 pre-season win over Lyon, Terence Kongolo (£4.5m) went some way to furthering his case for inclusion in Huddersfield's starting line-up when they host Chelsea in Gameweek 1. The centre-back has now played more minutes in that position over the summer (300) than any of his colleagues with Mathias 'Zanka' Jorgensen (£4.5m) still not involved in match action despite a return to training this week. Furthermore, Kongolo added a goal in the second-half stabbing home from a Philip Billing (£4.5m) knock-down.
Christoper Schindler (£4.5m) has only 255 minutes to his name so far this off-season but the club captain missed some time due to a slight injury, which he has recovered from now. He is almost certain to start 2018/19 at centre-back with either one of Michael Hefele (285 minutes) or Jon Stanković (240 minutes) the main competitors for Kongolo if Zanka looks to be unavailable for a short time. However, it's worth noting that Huddersfield are still with just one clean sheet in seven pre-season matches.
Further up the pitch, there was a first start for Ramadan Sobhi (£5.0m) on the left flank of attacking midfield and Aaron Mooy (£5.5m) featured in the first XI from the beginning for the first time since returning from World Cup leave.
Laurent Depoitre (£5.5m) put on a good performance in his challenge to wrestle the starting centre-forward role back from Steve Mounié (£6.0m) as he scored a second-half brace. Alex Pritchard (£5.0m)'s chipped ball into the box resulted in a close-range effort from the Belgian to be saved and converted on the rebound. Billing's excellent dribbling allowed him the space to put Depoitre through again in the 88th minute, he took a touch away from the defender and guided his shot into the net for 3-1.
The Terriers have been short on goals in the summer so far, the three scored at the John Smith's Stadium only the third time they've found the net in seven matches. Depoitre himself has become the club's top-scorer of pre-season in just one performance so Fantasy managers should keep an eye on whether he can start to pull starts away from Mounié.
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN XI (4-2-3-1): Hamer; Löwe (Malone 45'), Schindler (Kongolo 45'), Stanković (Hefele 45'), Hadergjonaj (Smith 45'); Sabiri (Billing 45'), Mooy (Hogg 45'); Sobhi (van La Parra 45'), Kachunga (Pritchard 45'), Diakhaby (Quaner 54'); Mounié (Depoitre 45').
Demarai Gray (£5.5m) led the line for Leicester as they eked out a largely uneventful 0-0 draw with Akhisarspor in Austria, but the FPL midfielder is not expected to hold down that position come the start of the season. This looks to be the last pre-season match in which Gray will be used in a central role now that attacking reinforcements are slowly filtering back from World Cup leave. As we discovered in our recent statistical analysis of Leicester, the 22-year-old has some work to do before he can be considered for Fantasy investment in 2018/19 – although he was easily the biggest goal threat on Wednesday night.
There was another start at centre-back for Wes Morgan (£4.5m) and Jonny Evans (£5.0m) furthering the belief that they will be the route into Leicester defence early on this season with Harry Maguire (£5.5m) still not back from World Cup duty. Nevertheless, the England man still has 22.4 percent ownership compared to Morgan's 1.0 and Evans' 1.4.
New signing Danny Ward (£4.5m) was the star of the show for the Foxes. He made a string of impressive saves in the first-half to earn the praise of local press watching on, the Leicester Mercury claiming he may well provide decent competition for Kasper Schmeichel (£5.0m), who was watching from the stands amid transfer speculation linking him with a move to Chelsea.
He was one of six World Cup players to have rejoined the Leicester squad now, including Adrien Silva (£5.0m), Wilfried Ndidi (£5.0m), Ahmed Musa, Kelechi Iheanacho (£6.0m), Yohan Benalouane (£4.0m), although none of them have been involved in matches yet. But Claude Puel revealed they will probably feature against Udinese on Saturday. The only ones still absent from the squad are Maguire, Jamie Vardy (£9.0m) and Shinji Okazaki (£5.0m).
LEICESTER CITY XI (4-3-3): Ward (Jakupovic 45'); Chilwell (Fuchs 62'), Morgan (Johnson 62'), Evans (Knight 62'), Amartey (Ndukwu 62'); Elder, Mendy (Choudhury 62'), Iborra (King 62'); Diabaté (Kapustka 62'), Gray (Slimani 62'), Maddison (Ulloa 62').
Aside from the weak bench and the lack of Sane/Mahrez (Sanchez -> KDB is an easy switch in a few GWs), would you change anything?
Not tempted by any premium strikers as Aguero is a rotation risk and Auba's first two fixtures are terrible. I don't really want to start the season off with Ramsey either but at 7.5 I can't find a much better nailed on option.
I like it although not convinced on Sanchez for the price so would downgrade him and upgrade one of your strikers.
His first two fixtures are decent (LEI bha) and he should be playing OOP while on pens as well. At 10.5 it only takes 1 transfer to switch him to literally any other mid (except Sterling), so I'm willing to take the gamble for the first 2 GWs seeing as Auba's first two games are mci and CHE.
I think Ramsey is the more threatening player and he's less likely to be dropped / subbed off early.
I think Sigurdsson is a better 7.5 than Ramsey because I'm not sure Ramsey is gonna start.
I don't see why Ramsey won't start - he is one of our most important players.
Ramsey -> Sigurdsson could be worth it though since Siggy is on set pieces and might be on pens, and his fixtures are much better.
Pedro is also one to monitor. Cheers.
Doesn't really matter.. they will be on the bench surely?
I've just reread your post.... your having TWO 4.5m strikers? That's a bad decision.
I'm playing 4-5-1 with a defender as my first sub. I've seen loads of people do it.
It will be extremely hard to shift funds into your forwards once the season has started going that route in my opinion.
What if you want to get Kane, Aguero, Aubameyang, Lukaku etc in as a second striker if they are on fire at the start of the season?
I think from what you've told me your team financial balance will make things hard for you with regards to transfers and switching your structure.
Hey guys, been tinkering with not starting Salah thinking he was too much, until his performance last night just reinforced the fact that he is a must have.
Cheers for your time guys!!
Shaw looks terrible in preseason.
Rest looks alright I suppose.
First draft. What do you guys think?
I got 0.5 in the bank. Should I upgrade Shaw -> Baily?
Yea. Shaw looked terrible in the last preseason game.
Not 100% sold on the defence so that may need a tweak but pretty happy with the rest.
looks ok but you can save 0.5 and get a 4.0 keeper in as Ederson can just play every game?
Pope injury should settle the goalkeeper argument. Maybe they will have a shoulder injury job share.
Not too bothered over 2nd keeper but definitely think I'd need an upgrade on Perez. Unwilling to take a gamble on City or United due to Jose/Pep rotation. Suggestions welcome. Mainly a team for GW1-GW3 before returning players settle in once again and changes will inevitably happen.


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Q: Recognize shape in image and get positional info of it I am aware of the existence of the package wrapfig and features to shape text more sophisticatedly (also this). My question aims for some advanced tool to be used with them:

Is there a workflow to have shapes in images recognized ?

(1) compare comments and edit

Afterwards, how do I make this information accessible in LaTeX ?

Ultimately I would like to have pictures with white or transparent areas as background. The lesser requirements to the 'background'-part in the image do it, the better.
These edges should be detected and be made available in some way (eg. TikZ-nodes).
An obvious usage would be to have text flow around the content of an image nicely - imagine eg. a product shot of a lamp on the right of ones text. (1)

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(1) After looking at pullquotes (mentioned in the comments by Torbjørn T.) I must say it seems to be covering all needs with picture inserts.
Apparently it is using ImageMagick's edge-detection:
  [...]
  \edef\@tmp
  {%
    convert \img@pq\space -resize \strip@pt\@tempdima x\strip@pt\@tempdimb! -bordercolor white -border 10x10 -morphology Erode Disk:10.3 -resize
    \number\objrows@pq x\number\objlines@pq! -black-threshold
    95\@percentchar\space-monochrome \img@pq.pqshape.txt
  }%
  \immediate\write18{\@tmp}%
  [...]

However, it is still unclear to me how this data is passed on to LaTeX and if this can be used in other ways (eg. TikZ-nodes).


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Warren National Park covers an area of some 3,000ha in the south-west of the state of Western Australia. The park straddles a section of the Warren River and contains significant tracts of established eucalyptus forest that draw in excess of 120,000 visitors per annum from both domestic Australian and international tourism markets. The focus of visitor activities is upon informal outdoor recreations in which the enjoyment of the natural environment is a dominant motive and alongside popular recreations such as walking and picnicking there is provision for overnight camping in three formal and nine informal camp sites. The formal sites generally offer easy access via gravelled tracks and contain cleared ground on which to pitch tents together with basic infrastructure such as tables, benches and toilet facilities. In contrast, the informal sites are only accessible by use of off-road vehicles and tents are pitched on ground that has already been trampled or cleared by previous users. There is no other infrastructure.
campsites adjacent to the Warren River revealed degradation of riverbanks (including root exposure and bank collapse) as well as changes in the species composition of riverbank plants arising from trampling.
Although these findings relate to a specific location in Australia, the authors draw a number of direct parallels between their findings and similar studies conducted in the USA and Canada that suggest issues of compaction, increased run-off and deleterious effects upon vegetation through the use of natural areas by tourists are essentially ubiquitous.
Source: Smith, A.J. and Newsome, D. (2002) 'An integrated approach to assessing, managing and monitoring campsite impacts in Warren National Park, Western Australia', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol. 10 (4): 343–59.


The Associated Press The Capitals' Evgeny Kuznetsov celebrates his series-clinching OT goal in front of Matt Murray.
Only this time they didn't crumble. Even with Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson and Andre Burakovsky out. Even with a handful of rookies — including Australian Nate Walker — thrust into the lineup. Even on the road against a two-time defending champion with a special knack for torment.
Washington spent the series saying its forgettable playoff history littered with squandered leads and blown opportunities — particularly against the Penguins — is not a factor. That this time is different. That this team is different. Twice the Capitals rallied in the third period to stun Pittsburgh, including a four-goal outburst in Game 5 that brought them to the brink of their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 20 years.
Notes: Crosby's assist pushed his career playoff total to 185, tied with Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman for 10th most all-time. … Walker's assist was the first ever in the playoffs by an Australian when he set up Chiasson's score.


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Manhattan gallery brings Calder Crags and Vanuatu Totems together again
Calder Crags and Vanuatu Totems from the Collection of Wayne Heathcote. Courtesy Venus Over Manhattan.
By Katherine Keener
Venus Over Manhattan has created an exhibition of works, that on the surface, seem quite the juxtaposition. Visitors find works by Alexander Calder situated right next to totems and figures from Vanuatu, a Pacific nation of around 80 islands, in 'Calder Crags and Vanuatu Totems from the Collection of Wayne Heathcote.' However, upon closer inspection, the combination becomes natural and calls upon the link between the two art worlds at hand created by Calder himself.
In 1974, Calder created a series of standing mobiles, dubbed Crags. Like many of the works synonymous with Calder, bright, primary-coloured pieces of metal gently counterbalance each other, but unlike most of the mobiles, which are suspended in the air, these mobiles are grounded. They extrude from large black metal formations that resemble craggy rock formations. Each kinetic mobiles balances peacefully in the valleys of the crags. Originally shown at the Perls Galleries in New York, the Crags are a synopsis of Calder's overarching themes: 'marrying the weighty permanence of his bold constructions with the agile beauty of his suspended shapes.' The exhibition also features two of Calder's geometric totems that remind viewers of Calder's stabiles. They also create a more to-the-point connection between the Crags and the Vanuatu Totems.
Amongst the Crags are more than 20 Vanuatu Totems on display at Venus Over Manhattan. They are striking works created on the islands of Ambrym, Banks, and Malekula and are all from the collection of Wayne Heathcote. Heathcote acquired the works in the 1970s with the assistance of Nicolai Michoutouchkine, founder of the Museum of Oceanic Art in Port Vila, Vanuatu. At the centre of the totems are two fern figures that are notably different, in size and style, from their counterparts. Some of the works utilize 'curvilinear forms and bright sections of hand-painted color,' representing the styles often found in Ambrym. Another group focuses on geometric figures, most common to thank Banks Island, while a third group, representative of Malekula, combine earth and vegetable matter to create over-modelled, fully-rendered figures. Though the islands of Vanuatu offer an incredible amount of diversity, with more than 100 different languages spoken among a population of only about 250,000, the Vanuatu people are brought together through Kastom, a social, political, and religious structure. The totems they create act as temporary dwellings for spirits and are integral to their society.
The link between the Calder Crags and Vanuatu Totems is not simply the totem-style works by Calder but more relative to the 'circulation of ethnographic objects' at the time and the impact they had on Surrealists and others. Calder, like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, collected a number of works by African and Oceanic works and drew inspiration from there at various points in his career. Often times, Calder displayed such works he collected alongside his own works in his home. So, Venus Over Manhattan took a page from Calder's book bringing the unlikely pairing back.
'Calder Crags and Vanuatu Totems from the Collection of Wayne Heathcote' is currently on view at Venus Over Manhattan in New York City until June 8th.
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