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Drip Drop Dead by Willow Rose is Book 12 of the Emma Frost books. I like all Willow Rose books, she is one of my "Go To" authors for thrillers. Many of her novels are part of a series and one of my failings is I pick one of her novels not in order. That is OK because I have never found one of her novels not to be a stand-alone novel. Rose presents enough of a back story to not frustrate me but not enough so there is a teaser element and I want to move on to another novel to get a complete character picture. Note that this is Book 12 so there are a lot of backstory teasers and I look forward to reading more in this series.
The first half of Dead is set up but that does not mean lack of action. We find mysterious deaths by drowning. Usually, drowning victims are found near bodies of water; ponds, pools, lakes, places to which they traveled and met unfortunate ends. Not in this novel. The water travels to, actually pursues, the victims. Against this background, we find interesting characters.
Emma Frost, the writer lives in an interesting household with interesting relationships. There is not a husband but an interesting detective playmate, Morten, appears occasionally with updates on investigations into mysterious water deaths and perhaps to satisfy Emma's occasional needs. There are "children" who a reader may assume didn't appear on earth through a normal birthing process involving Emma. To find out if this is true, read the story. Maya, a somewhat willful, independent teenager lives in the Frost home while retreating into occasional flashbacks about a previous boyfriend who was a serial killer. Vincent, a boy a few years younger, goes to a special school for students with mental challenges. He requires the care and supervision of others for daily tasks such as dressing. Skye, a younger girl, tends to levitate a lot and is the only person in the family who can communicate well with Victor. They do so by telepathy. Emma has been a successful author up to the point where this story opens. In a fit of pique directed at her publisher's unwillingness to publish her latest project, she follows the indie publishing route. Emma, with her author and amateur investigator career, provide the overall context of the novel. She reveals a great truth about the central requirement to be a successful author. I don't believe it is a spoiler, I will mention it below. It is a great temptation for at least one reader, me, to assume this is almost autobiographical Willow Rose.
This is a fast-paced action novel I read in one session. One of the things unique for me is the social setting of the story. Set in Denmark on Fanoe island, the setting is one of social care and respect for the rights but also the responsibilities of everyone. Wide latitude is given to one and all for independent behavior. One neighbor reminds another that it is a duty to shovel snow so no one gets hurt. Emma finds it natural that Victor speaks to her rather harshly, chalking it up as a natural process of a special needs child. Emma speaks to Maya as if she were an adult and accepts a boyfriend sleeping over in her room. Emma has no problem with the levitating Skye and no problem in raising her without fear of government intervention. Emma's playmate, policeman Morten, has no problem accommodating Emma's hiding of Skye from authorities. Morten also turns a blind eye to Emma's constant hacking of police database information about mysterious deaths.
Everything combines to make a great story, one that is unusual enough to keep me reading Willow Rose books. The great secret revealed in this novel is about writers and perhaps about Willow Rose.
The fuel for writers, perhaps the Muse in physical form, is chocolate chip cookies.
On to more Willow Rose stories. I gave this novel five Amazon stars for what I thought was a creative mix of genres; mystery, crime, and (almost) paranormal.
This novel is available through Kindle Unlimited. For me, that means reading is next to free because I read at least one novel or short story collection per day and most are available on Kindle Unlimited. I read on my laptop and sometimes on my phone. On my Android, there is something called Flip Mode. It seems that if I read on a device with Flip Mode enabled, the author doesn't get paid. Willow Rose encourages readers to read her novels with Flip Mode disabled in an Important Message note (Kindle Loc 94). I make sure to read Willow Rose novels on my laptop. Her writing skills deserve a financial reward.


A new study has found that the mining industry only benefits a few while condemning mining-affected communities to poverty and violence. The research, conducted in eight communities across South Africa, also found that mining-affected communities were faced with deteriorating health and well-being.The research, to be launched early next month, was conducted by ActionAid SA (AASA)...A total of 73% of respondents indicated that no individuals in their households were either currently employed or previously employed by the mine. Of the 27% who indicated that someone in their household was employed at a mine, 41% indicated that they were casual or manual jobs. A total of 79% indicated there was no benefit from the mines at all. Forty percent of women indicated that jobs are only accessible through sexual favours.


It may seem hard to combine both academic and narrative styles into your narrative essay. Those styles are quite different, so finding the borderline requires some effort. If you have a quality example, you can understand what nuances to keep in mind and how to compose an impressive paper. The following tips will help you get a great sample for free.
Online libraries and resources of writing labs.
You should check the collections provided by your school's library and writing lab. These resources are carefully chosen so that students who struggle with their assignments could find some help and get inspired.
There are many websites with educational materials gathered to help students cope with their homework, including sample papers, how-to guidelines, lists of common mistakes, and useful tips and tricks.
On the websites of high-rated writing services, you will find plenty of free example assignments of different academic levels, along with suggestions on how to compose a strong work.
Many independent writers write about education, so you can find plenty of useful educational materials on their blogs. It makes sense to seek step-by-step guidelines on how to write a narrative piece to impress your professor.
You are likely to get great samples of academic writings from your fellow students. They may share their assignments or tell you what examples and templates they have used. It is a good idea to ask them what details your professor pays attention to.
There are many claims that free resources provide low-quality materials, most of them are plagiarized and do not meet the basic requirements of the professors. However, if you have some time to choose reliable examples of narrative essays, you will definitely find some great free options. For example, websites that end with .edu usually share only high-quality content. School-related websites also carefully select academic materials.
So, there is not much point to pay for a sample essay. Instead, learn what a qualitative document should look like. Its content should correspond to the title of the assignment. The work should be logically structured and contain enough evidence to support the main point. You need to also pay some attention to the formatting, as a top-quality paper is always formatted according to one of the popular formatting styles.


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Cause Marketing vs. Purpose-Driven Brands
By Stef Benrubi March 29, 2019
As our Content Strategist & Copywriter, Stef's days in the office are spent thinking up smart strategies, brainstorming brand concepts, and creating engaging content. She loves using both the creative and analytical parts of her brain to empower brands through a blend of word-smithing and strategic thinking.
In today's marketplace, brands are increasingly expected to represent something larger than their product or service. Consumers crave a deeper meaning in order to establish connection and loyalty. In fact, the 2018 Edelman Earned Brand study shows that "Belief-Driven Buyers" have become mainstream. Results showed that 64% of those surveyed across the globe would "choose, switch, avoid or boycott a brand based on its stand on societal issues."
The desire for brands to "mean more" is a natural evolution of the consumer mindset. Everyone has a world of information at their fingertips that simply cannot be ignored. We have the ability to vote with our wallets in virtually every purchase we make. Ignoring that opportunity and buying whatever's easiest isn't just uncool — it's unethical.
So, with these growing expectations, brands have adapted their approach to marketing themselves in myriad ways. Incorporating some form of higher intent is now par for the course. But there are two expressions of this that seem to have people a bit confused.
Both cause marketing and purpose-driven branding have been industry buzzwords for… more than a minute. But all too often, these concepts get confused for one another. While both are a signal of brands taking a greater initiative in the world around them, they are two different animals that sometimes look very much alike.
The reason they can look alike is because both are ways for brands to share their values. And also, because they often incorporate some form of CSR (corporate social responsibility). A good thing, no doubt. But this is where the confusion arises. Brands are eager to demonstrate their values, and creating initiatives with an altruistic objective is great way to do that. And that can happen within both cause marketing and purpose-driven branding.
Cause Marketing Is Focused and Fleeting
Cause marketing is typically campaign-focused. It starts when a brand chooses a charitable cause — ideally one that has a logical connection to the brand and who they are as a company — and finds a way to support that cause through their business. Generally, this involves partnering with a charity that the brand supports by incorporating a unique way to collect and donate proceeds via their business.
The well-known Yoplait Lids to Save Lives is a great example of cause marketing, and a long-running one, at that. Starting in 1998, Yoplait called on consumers to send in Yoplait lids which trigger donations to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Yoplait ran the campaign every September and October until 2016. It supported breast cancer research as well as their brand — with sales, visibility, and positive press tying them to a cause that many of their consumers care about.
There are hundreds of examples of this. Target's Take Charge of Education, the Stella Artois #PourItForward chalices for clean water, Coca Cola's partnership with the World Wildlife Federation to save their beloved polar bears, and more. And while all of these exhibit brand values, none of them demonstrate brand purpose. Cause marketing is tied to corporate giving — donating to a cause via charity — while purpose is built on initiatives woven into the business itself.
Purpose Is Broad and Long-Lasting
Purpose-driven brands incorporate beliefs and values into the very core of their business. They are baked into the culture, business operations, and long-term initiatives. A purpose is re-interpretable in nearly countless ways. It may or may not be tied do a specific cause. Often, it is broader and more aspirational.
Where cause marketing is "tacked on" to a brand, purpose is part of the blueprint. It is foundational. The associated mission is not a single goal that can be achieved simply. It's something that lends itself to numerous smaller goals that contribute to a larger ongoing effort. Purpose infuses business decisions with a particular ethos that can take many forms.
For instance, Patagonia is one of the most oft-referenced of purpose-driven brands. In December, they updated their mission statement to crystallize what the company is all about in the eyes of founder Yvon Chouinard: "We are in business to save our home planet." That's a big task, which is exactly why it's a great purpose.
Purpose means having a larger objective behind everything you do, and proudly wearing it on your sleeve. In Patagonia's case, that has included publicly backing senate candidates that will work to protect natural resources, as well as giving employees a paid day off to vote.
And, of course, the ways Patagonia lives its purpose exist well beyond politics. Internally, they promote a culture of people aligned with the same beliefs. An article published by Fast Company last December quoted Chouinard on the topic: "Whenever we have a job opening, all things being equal, hire the person who's committed to saving the planet no matter what the job is," he says. "And that's made a huge difference in the people coming into the company."
In addition, they are committed to reducing waste by making products that last; working with influencers who support the same causes; manufacturing with an eye on environmental impact; and proactively working to heal and repair the planet. They use 100% organic cotton to lessen the use of pesticides and lower impact on the environment. They've donated 1% of profits to natural preservation since 1985. The list goes on. The point is, their purpose is the guiding principle behind what they do and how they do it.
Purpose-Driven Brands Take Many Forms
Yes, everyone references Patagonia because they're a standout example of a purpose-driven brand. But there are many other purpose-driven brands that are making conscious efforts to achieve something larger through the way they do business.
Apparel company Life is Good states their purpose as "spreading the power of optimism" and does so through their product line messaging and through the Life is Good Kids Foundation, which "spreads the power of optimism to help kids heal."
Dove encourages women to embrace their unique beauty by promoting self-acceptance and body positivity. Tesla's on a mission to "accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy." And Starbucks seeks to "inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time."
Note, all of these examples are altruistic, but brand purpose is not required to have ties to a specific social good, environmentalism, or some other cause. Though, often, they do. And that's why people tend to conflate purpose-driven branding with cause marketing. What's most important when it comes to purpose is that it is authentic and that it can manifest in everything a brand does. For reference, here are some purpose-driven brands that are less closely tied to CSR or cause:
Nike: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.
Coca-Cola: to refresh the world, inspire moments of optimism & happiness, and create value & make a difference.
Google: to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Southwest Airlines: to democratize the skies.
The Value of a Purpose-Driven Brand
Purpose-driven brands have a big intention that is intrinsically linked to their business, its objectives, and the way they operate. This is what makes them so easy for consumers to get behind. They are consistent. Their values are clear. And when those values align with the consumer, you have a much better shot at lasting, authentic loyalty — and, oftentimes, advocacy. Purpose has a tendency to transform customers into brand champions. Because when your brand values promote something they believe in, you're already on the same team.

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Metadata and Dataloads Librarian
Harvard University - Harvard Library — Cambridge
As a member of the Metadata Management section, under the supervision of the Head of Metadata Management, the incumbent facilitates timely access to Harvard Library collections by fulfilling a variety of roles that support discovery through impro...
Managing Director of Library Technology Services
Harvard University - Harvard Library — Cambridge, MA
Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT) is a community of Information Technology professionals committed to understanding our users and devoted to making it easier for faculty, students, and staff to teach, research, learn, and work throu...
Linked data visualization contract position
The Harvard Library is engaged in a collaborative project with Cornell University and Stanford University to develop tools for creating, managing, and utilizing linked open data for libraries to improve discovery. We have an opening for a four ...
21-Sep-2017Data AnalystHarvard Library43742BRDuties & ResponsibilitiesUnder the direction of the Head of Assessment for Harvard Library, the Data Analyst supports the development of the practices, applications, and technologies for the collect...
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Metadata Technologies Program Manager
The Harvard Library is looking for a collaborative leader to develop and contribute to a diverse metadata program focusing on incorporating emerging technologies, such as linked data, and experimenting with innovative approaches to creating discov...
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Position Overview:Reporting to the Director, Library Systems, Library Technology Service (LTS), the Alma Training Manager will be a member of a high performing team charged with coordinating change management efforts and development and execution ...


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Q: Comparing strings between columns in Pandas Dataframe I want to build a function that compare rows between two columns. The objective is to discover if a string is similar to other and replace them. These strings might have errors (some unwanted letter or spaces). To face this problem, I did something like that:
from difflib import SequenceMatcher
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

def similarity(column1: str, column2: str, dataframe1, dataframe2):
    series1 = dataframe1[column1]
    series2 = dataframe2[column2]
    results = []
    for check in series1:
        for row in series2:
            rating = SequenceMatcher(None, check, row).ratio()
            if rating >= 0.7:
                results.append([check, row, rating])
                series1 = series1.replace([check], row)
            else:
                None
    return series1

Yes! It is working, but for 30 minutes so far! I actually have no idea if will return the expected result, but there is a better way to do that (than that linear search approach using for loops)? I am using on a DataFrame with 171284 rows
Thank You!

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New Treatment In Mice Could Hold Potential For Alzheimer's
October 10, 2013 October 10, 2013 News	Care, News
Researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Leicester have shown success with a potential new treatment for prion disease in mice, suggesting it could also hold benefits for the treatment of other neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. The research, funded by the Medical Research Council, is published on Wednesday 9 October in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are all characterised by the build-up of abnormally folded proteins in the brain and the subsequent death of nerve cells. In addition, these diseases also show activation of a cellular defence mechanism known as the unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR aims to protect cells from the damage caused by wrongly folded proteins, and does this by temporarily shutting down the protein production system in cells.
The researchers had previously shown that prion disease in mice triggered an over-activation of the UPR, causing a long-term shut down in the production of proteins critical for the survival of brain cells. To test this further, they re-activated the UPR in mice with prion disease.
The team treated the mice with a compound designed to target the UPR and prevent protein production from being switched off. They found that the experimental drug prevented the loss of brain cells in mice affected by prion disease and slowed the rate of memory and thinking problems.
The authors suggest that these proteins could be used to aid drug development to help people affected by prion disease and potentially other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Dr Eric Karran, Director of Research at Alzheimer's Research UK, the UK's leading dementia research charity:
"Targeting a mechanism relevant to a number of neurodegenerative diseases could yield a single drug with wide-reaching benefits, but this compound is still at an early stage. It will be important for these findings to be repeated and tested in models of other neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.
"While Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, other diseases that cause dementia are also characterised by the abnormal build-up of proteins in the brain. If this process is also working overtime in these conditions too, targeting it could be a promising avenue for investigation. However, what is true in animals does not always hold true in people and the ultimate test for this compound will be to see whether it is safe and effective in people with these diseases."
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Carnival Paradise (formerly Paradise) is a  operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on 29 January 1998, and christened as Paradise by Paula Zahn.  During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name.

History
Carnival Paradise was built to be the world's first completely non-smoking cruise ship and she was entered into service supported by several anti-smoking and cancer-prevention groups. "No smoking" signs were placed prominently on both sides of the ship and on the stern under the name.

Non-smoking rules were strictly enforced. No smoking materials of any kind were permitted aboard. If anything was seen or found, the passenger was fined $250 and put off at the next port, with their transportation home under the passenger's own expense. Due to poor revenue, Carnival decided to discontinue the smoke-free policy in December 2003, claiming that non-smokers tend to not drink or gamble as much as those accustomed to smoke.

Scheduled to arrive at the Port of Long Beach, California, on 20 September 2004, her arrival was delayed due to several major hurricanes (see 2004 Atlantic hurricane season). Her cruise through the Caribbean and Panama Canal, and up the Mexican coast was further hindered by more hurricanes. After having skirted the bad weather with minimal inconvenience, Paradise arrived at the Long Beach cruise terminal in the early morning. Later that day, the non-smoking signs were painted over.

In 2021, she was repainted into Carnival's new livery.

Service history
After her arrival in Long Beach, she undertook 3-day and 4-day cruises to Ensenada, Mexico and Santa Catalina Island, California.

In late 2011, Carnival moved Carnival Paradise to Tampa, replacing the Carnival Inspiration, which went to California. Currently, Carnival Paradise takes 4 and 5 night voyages to Grand Cayman and Cozumel, Mexico. The ship also used to sail to Havana, Cuba and Key West, Florida on select sailings from 2017 to 2019.

In 2018, she underwent a month-long dry dock in Freeport, Bahamas, which added a 14th deck to the front of the ship to accommodate 38 new cabins.

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Official website
Carnival Paradise Photo Gallery

Paradise
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Heavy losses force Madge to restructure
Heavy second quarter losses have forced Madge Networks founder and CEO Robert Madge to admit defeat in his attempt to make the company a one-stop shop networks solutions provider. The company has pulled out of ATM, axed its ATM staff and restructured into four divisions.
By Marc Ambasna Jones | July 25, 1997 -- 09:58 GMT (02:58 PDT) | Topic: Tech Industry
Madge is creating four new divisions focusing on separate customer segments including Token Ring users, Madge's Ethernet users, companies deploying video conferencing, and carriers deploying ISDN. Investment in ATM research and development has been "scaled back" according to the company, although sources close to Madge suggest this means pulling out of Madge-branded ATM products altogether.
The company announced results earlier this week reporting revenues of $102.1 million for the second fiscal quarter, down from $112.5 million for the same period in 1996. The Company reported a net loss for the second quarter of $6.7 million, or $(0.15) per share, compared to a net loss of $5.5 million, or $(0.12) per share for the same period last year.
Madge admitted that the company "under performed," in the quarter and blamed "weakness in system product sales, especially in the Americas," for not producing the expected revenue.
The company is now looking to make savings of around $19 million a quarter from its ATM exit as well as from reducing the number of its worldwide business centres, "both resulting in reduced headcount," admitted the company, although other divisions as well as ATM are expected to be affected. The UK will be used to consolidate European operations and act as the European headquarters.
"Madge will no longer try to compete in an over-crowded end-to-end solutions market by trying to provide a full range of networking products to the general marketplace," said Madge. "It also means that we can significantly reduce our internal infrastructure, which was built to support a full end-to-end networking solution, thus reducing our costs and helping us return to healthy profitability."
Madge's European representatives were locked in a meeting today discussing the company's future. "They're deciding on what the new Madge will look like or whether there will be a Madge at all," said a UK spokesperson. "By that I mean they are looking at perhaps changing the way the whole company operates."
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As such, great care must be taken to properly cover this story with this in mind, exercising caution not to spread misleading or false information, or repeat messaging from individuals or entities who may have prejudicial or ulterior motives.
It is important to also resist the urge to use this matter, or any aspect of it, to paint members of the Universal Zulu Nation, the greater hip-hop community or the culture itself with any sort of broad, generalized brush.
However, allegations of this nature, no matter who is involved, must never be outrightly dismissed or diminished. Victims of any kind must never feel intimidated or fearful of bringing such violations to light, nor should they be ridiculed for doing so after the fact. Innocence before being proven guilty is equally as important as providing an accuser the benefit of the doubt.
We encourage hip-hop organizations, media outlets, participants and allies to spread this message in an attempt to tamp down occurrences of rampantly speculative, biased and journalistically unsound reporting throughout the media landscape.


Big news for the half a million Americans who get surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome each year. Carpal Tunnel pain, the most common diagnosis for wrist and hand pain in America has been shown to respond well to Acupuncture therapy. Acupuncture is a non-invasive, natural treatment that is the mainstay of Chinese Medicine. The National Institute of Health announced that new research from Brain: a Journal of Neurology showed "better sustained symptom improvement at 3-month followup" for patients treated with acupuncture.
Not only did the patients getting acupuncture notice less Carpal Tunnel pain, the researchers were able to show measurable changes in the brain that demonstrate why they response to acupuncture was so positive. It is also interesting to note that this study used both "local acupuncture", putting the needles into the affected wrist, and "distal acupuncture" where the needles are placed in specific points in the opposite ankle. These distal points were found to relieve the pain from carpal tunnel just as well as the local acupuncture.
In our experience Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) responds very well to acupuncture. The reason for this is because CTS pain usually comes from trigger points that are aggravated by repetitive strain on the arm and hand muscles. This can be from mouse & computer work, cell phone use & texting, sewing, or many other activities. Most patients notice improvement within the first few treatments. They also find that when properly treated, the results last for years and years. More information about how acupuncture treats Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is here.
If you or someone you know is suffering from wrist pain or CTS encourage them to see an acupuncturist before they try surgery. Acupuncture is very relaxing and there is no recovery time as with surgery.


My Thoughts: You might remember my gushing review Of Anna And The French Kiss last year. I loved that book so much. It was incredible so Lola had a lot to live up too. Would it live up to the expectations, would it be incredible? Would it just be ok?
We are introduced to Lola Nolan. Come on, even that name is neat. She has a very unique style and is very creative. She lives with her two dads (this is a bit complicated story) and has lived in the same house forever. During the years a boy lived next door named Crickett. His sister is a famous skater so they move around a lot, coming back here and there. Rewind two years, and we find out Lola and Crickett liked each other, but nothing was ever done about it. They end on a bad note and don't talk for two years. Lola moves on to a new guy, Max. Max is 22 years old. Quite a bit older. He's also in a band and has tattoos.
Lola is going on with her life when a moving van pulls up and it's none other than Crickett's family. Oh no, what is she going to do? Can she face the boy who broke her heart?
As time goes on, Lola and Crickett connect again and get to know each other more and more. It's like he never left and she feels attracted to him for who he is.
But of course there are obstacles in the way. The boyfriend Max, Crickett being away at college, her family, his family, of course there has to be problems separating them. I'm going to stop right there, I don't want to ruin one bit of the plot. I want you to experience the magic of Lola And The Boy Next Door all by yourself.
And yes, there are some Etienne and Anna throughout the book. They are in it quite a bit actually which was kind of exciting.
When I started Lola And The Boy Next Door, I knew I was going to enjoy it. There is just something magical about Perkin's writing style. She makes you feel alive. She makes you feel like you are really the girl who is in love with the boy. She makes your heart jump, she makes your heart ache. It was charming, cute, sweet, brain candy, and realistic.
I loved Crickett. I loved how he made a bridge to connect their windows, I loved how he wore his pants tight, I loved the bracelets he wore and how he had to write everything down. I loved his love for his family. I loved how sweet he was.
I loved Lola too. I loved her sense of style, I loved how you could tell she wanted to be strong, but sometimes it just got to her and she had to let it out. I loved how she would speak her mind most of the time, I loved the different wigs and clothes she wore. I loved how she was proud of it.
Point blank, I loved Lola and the Boy Next Door. And this is the exact kind of book that makes me love YA. I adore Perkins. I adore Crickett and Etienne. How Perkins can create two totally different guys and make me fall in love with each of them the same is incredible.
Lola And The Boy Next Door was everything I hoped it would be. I did like Anna And The French Kiss a tad more but I think that has to do with Anna going to Paris, and who wouldn't want to meet a hot french guy?
Lola focuses more on having the boy you are meant to be with right in front of your eyes all your life. It has to do with romance, soul-mates, magic.
The whole time I was reading Lola I was mesmerized. There is just this sweetness about it that makes me want to jump up and down, and smile, and laugh. And be happy.
Overall: If you couldn't tell by now, I loved Lola! I want to go on a date with this book. A little extreme huh? Well, can I take Crickett on a date instead? Just for one night? Please Please Lola? If you haven't picked up Lola And The Boy Next Door, do it now! Go order it right now! While your at it, order Anna too!!!!
Lola And The Boy Next Door is a must read!!!
Cover: Love it! I loved Anna's cover too! I love how we get to see their faces this time and that they are sitting in a window! I also love that they look like how they are described. Lola is very stylish and Crickett even has bracelets on! Hot! Adore!


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Spelthorne Borough Council
Complaint made after Spelthorne Council leader 'whispered to his wife' in planning meeting
Six opposition councillors submitted the complaint to Spelthorne Borough Council
Rebecca CurleyLocal Democracy Reporter
Cllr Ian Harvey, leader of Spelthorne Borough Council
A complaint has been made against a council leader who whispered to his wife, who is also a councillor, during a planning meeting.
Cllr Ian Harvey, leader of Spelthorne Borough Council , was asked to sit back down by the chairman of the planning committee at a meeting on September 18.
The complaint alleges he had gone over to his wife, fellow Tory, cllr Helen Harvey who is vice-chairman of the planning committee and whispered something to her.
Mr Harvey is not a member of the committee but is allowed to attend as a guest councillor.
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The whispering occurred during a debate about an application by Knowle Green Estates, the council-owned housing company, to build a 8,241 square metre warehouse on Green Belt land on Northumberland Close in Stanwell.
A petition signed by 298 people objecting to the application was submitted. Residents who signed the petition were at the meeting.
The committee refused the application by 10 votes to five.
Five days after the meeting a formal complaint about the council leader's actions was submitted to the council.
The email, signed by six opposition councillors from the Labour and Green parties, states the whispering was "wrongful conduct" and requests an independent investigation and assessment by a Hearings Panel.
It also asks if the complaint should be dealt with by the deputy monitoring officer as the council's monitoring officer, Michael Graham is company secretary for Knowle Green Estates.
The complaint refers to a planning meeting on September 18 (Image: Google Street View)
A spokesperson for Spelthorne Borough Council said they would not comment on complaints until the process is complete.
She said: "All investigations into complaints are undertaken in line with standard council protocols.
"There is no conflict between Mr Graham's role as Monitoring Officer and his role as Company Secretary of Knowle Green Estates Ltd."


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Join us for this special evening and book signing. Copies of Margaret Roach's all-new version of her first award-winning book, A Way to Garden, is being published in spring 2019 by Timber Press, on its 21st anniversary. Copies will be available for purchase and signing at this event (before it's on shelves)!
Cocktail hour begins at 6, presentation to begin at 7.
Margaret Roach is the recipient of Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 2018 George Robert White Medal of Honor, our highest honor for her contributions to horticulture.
After 15 years at Martha Stewart Living and a decade each at Newsday and The New York Times, now writes the nationally acclaimed blog A Way to Garden and is author of the 2011 corporate-dropout memoir, And I Shall Have Some Peace There, about walking away from "success" for a quieter life lived closer to nature. Her book The Backyard Parables (2013) blends garden memoir and how-to advice.


Patna witnessed a new landmark in India's Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector with 16 TEUs of container cargo (equivalent to 16 truckloads) belonging to food giants PepsiCo India and Emami Agrotech Ltd from Kolkata reaching the city's Gaighat IWT terminal on river Ganga late evening on Friday.
The 815 kms long voyage was a momentous one with the opening up of Kolkata-Patna as a new Origin-Destination pair on Inland Waterways.
Earlier, on November 12, 2018, Honble Prime Minister had received the country's first IWT containerised cargo that reached Varanasi from Kolkata.
Plans are at an advanced stage to operationalise Patna-Varanasi sector of NW-1 for container cargo movement. Container cargo transport comes with several inherent advantages. Even as it reduces the handling cost, allows easier modal shift, reduces pilferages and damage, it also enables cargo owners to reduce their carbon footprints.


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Sighted on Sunday 08. December 2002
Reported on Sunday 08. December 2002
Shape: Cigar | Duration: 30 minutes
We tracked a large cigar shaped object accross town until it went out of view over the treeline.As we exited off the highway to go into the city, I spotted the big, bright light in the sky. It was straight ahead of us about 150 feet off the ground and about 2 miles away. The sky was thinly veiled in clouds, the crescent moon and some stars still visible behind them. The light we saw was almost as large as the crescent moon and almost as bright.It was on the underside of the clouds, and was clearly visible. It was a cigar shape and moved with as we drove into the city. We were traveling at 60 mph. and as the object flew with us, covered a much greater distance in the same time. I would guess it traveled about 150 mph. We got caught at what seemed like every stop light trying to follow the light as it passed over the town and away toward the next town. We kept up the best we could and finally lost sight of it as it disapeared over the tree line about 5 miles away. At this point, we were way out in the country and no roads lead in the direction the object flew. Just farm and swampland. The object must have been of huge dimensions as we could tell it was always at least a couple miles away for most of the chase, but was still as big as moon. I tried to call the local airport to see if they had any anomolous aircraft on radar, but no one answered the phone.
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The oil and gas industry includes the processes of exploration, extraction, upgrading, refining, transporting and marketing oil products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil, <gasoline> and feedstock for bulk and fine chemicals . There are two types of crude oil: one is <conventional> and the other is <unconventional> to which oil sand resource belongs. There are an estimated 1.5 and 170.4 billion barrels of established conventional and bitumen crude oil remaining as of 2009 in Alberta . A typical production flow of conventional oil is shown in Figure 1. The extraction of heavy oil (bitumen) from oil sands conserves is shown in Figure 2; the rest of the flow is the same as the conventional crude oil.
Mixing is involved in every step of the oil industry from exploration to marketing products. While drilling oil and gas wells, drilling fluid is applied. The fluid consists of a mixture of clay and a stabilized water-in-oil emulsion. The emulsion is prepared batchwise by dispersing water in oil in agitated tanks. The main functions of drilling mud include providing hydrostatic pressure to prevent formation fluids from entering into the well bore, keeping the drill bit cool and clean during drilling, carrying drill cuttings out of the well and suspending the drill cuttings while drilling is paused and the drilling assembly is brought in and out of the hole. Thus, mixing technology plays an important role in the exploration stage .
Meanwhile, mixing is important for product sampling in the pipeline transport. When crude oil is sampled to determine its water content before its custody is transferred to refineries, the water has to be uniformly dispersed across the cross-section of pipes. Thus, a mixer system has to be installed upstream of the sampler. Adequate mixing should create a good dispersion but still allow water to easily settle in downstream storage tanks. Optimum mixing can add a high value for refineries as even a sampling error of 0.1% can cost refineries about $250, 000 per medium-sized tanker .


In the past few months I discovered that the Cross House was lighted by gas/electric combination fixtures throughout.
This means that the 1894 house may have been the first in Emporia, or one of the first, to have electric lighting.
This is all way cool.
But, what lighted the front porch?
This is the Cross House front porch when brand new. What lighted it? Image: Walter Anderson Collection ESU Archives.
The stained glass panel above the double entry doors lighted up (and still does). But this would not have offered much light onto the porch.
I am assuming that there was a fixture attached to the wood ceiling of the porch. Would this have been gas/electric? Or gas? Or electric?
Soon, the shingle roofing on the porch is going to be torn off. When the wood sheathing is exposed, I am going to cut a hole into the sheathing, so I can crawl into the attic of the porch. If there was gas/electric porch lighting, the evidence should still be evident: a gas pipe, and adjacent knob and tube wiring.
I am eager for this exploration.
If there was a ceiling porch fixture, would it have looked sorta kinda somewhat like this gas/electric combination pendant? If so, what kept the gas flame from blowing out during high winds?
Circa-1955. The house was now the Palace Motel (New & Modern!). Note the front porch. See the thin horizontal white lines between the column tops? I think those are neon tubes. Image: Mouse family archives.
Circa-1970? You can see that there were no sconces. And the presumed neon tubes are gone. There appears to be some sort of ceiling fixture although it would certainly not be original. Multiple mail boxes are on the wall to the right of the doors (the house was now divided into many apartments).
2016, yesterday. Currently, there are a pair of sconces on each side of the entry doors. The previous owner installed the electrical boxes. I purchased a pair of circa-1910 cast-iron fixtures but only installed one. I knew it was not quite right, and was reluctant to proceed with installing the matching fixture. So, this is how things have remained. Yesterday though, I removed the sconce. I also removed the electrical box to the left. I could fill in the hole through the siding but it will always look like a repair, so I will replace the damaged siding. I will also remove the box on the right, as well as the curious electrical boxes above. This damaged siding will also get replaced and painted. Thus, the walls to each side of the entry doors will, once again, be sconce-less, as they originally were. Only the bronze historical plaque will remain.
With the sconces removed, the porch is going to be dark at night, although the stained-glass panel will really pop!
I still assume there was a ceiling fixture, and am hoping The Exploration will reveal some answers.
I am also hoping that readers might know some answers!
Hi Ross. 🙂 I know of and support your mission to put things right at Cross House.
Just my thought – I like having the lights on either side of the door, even if they wouldn't have been original. I like having good lighting around the entry door so that I can see who is out there, on a dark winter's night; I also like that my home's front door is lit up enough that no one gets the idea that they can break in without being very clearly seen by a neighbor, etc. So, what about getting & installing fixtures that you love for the sides of the front door? As well as a ceiling fixture, if there was one. For me, (and of course, my opinion doesn't really matter) function triumphs over being a purist here. Do you know that at age 50 we need twice as much light to be able to see what a young'un can see? Light is our friend, as we age.
My house was built later than yours – 1904 – so of course the lighting situation and aesthetic was different than when Cross House was built. Originally there were no light fixtures on my columns at each edge of the front of my home. Detective work revealed that they were wired in in the 20's, allegedly because Mrs. Lyons (the original owner) liked to garden into the evening; I have thanked her numerous times through the years, as I too, like to garden into the night, and those lights help me do that, as well as welcome folks to my door in the dark. Just my thoughts.
Neon tubes would, indeed, be crazy on a private residence.
But the Cross House was converted into a motel in 1950, and neon was common to motels of the era.
From what I know of good manners during the time your house was built, prime visiting hours would have been in the afternoon; evening was a time to spend with family. It would be very unusual for anyone to come calling to the front door after the sun had gone down.
It's entirely possible that the house would have had a fixture to light up the stained glass above the entry, but no lighting (especially gas lighting) on the porch ceiling.
It seems like you constantly discover something new, surprising or wonderful about the Cross House. It will be interesting to hear what you discover from your detective work above the porch roof.
Yes, the vestibule (between the two sets of entry doors) did have a gas/electric ceiling fixture, and this lighted the stained-glass above the doors.
But until I can access the porch attic (soon! soon!), I am only guessing that there was also a porch ceiling fixture.
If there was a porch pendant, as we have discussed offline, it would almost certainly have been made of black wrought iron, in the leafy/scrolly/ruffled lantern-with-opalescent-glass style popular at the time, and now virtually forgotten by most pre-1910 home owners.
These were made well into the 1910s, and are often dated earlier than they really are. The simpler the design, generally the later the date. They were offered in gas/electric combos also. The opalescent glass could have had the swirls or could have been plain (or pearlescent as it was sometimes called). In rare cases the glass was straw opalescent (vaseline) or even colored.
WAY cool, Bo! Thank you!!!!!!!
All the fixtures seem gas (originally). Might you know of any gas/electric examples?
Always an adventure to be had at the Cross House.
This is off-subject, but your massive oak or oak-grained solid front doors remind me of a phrase still in use in Oxford and Cambridge universities where the older rooms in residence halls have double doors–the outer, solid one is oak, and the inner one for daily use is lighter. When the outer door is closed, a don or a student is said to "sport his oak" and not be at home to visitors. Thus, when Ross sports his oak, he is not receiving.
That is a wonderful story! Thank you! I smile at: Ross sports his oak.
It is my understanding that when the Cross House was built, if the outer set of solid doors were closed, this meant that the family was not receiving. When the outer set was open, revealing the glass inner set, the family was receiving.
I'm excited to see what you find. I don't find the sconces offensive, but an authentic ceiling light could be very cool.
I may seek your expertise on locating an appropriate porch ceiling light for our home (1912 Foursquare). It's currently a very crappy hardware-store special, and when I finish restoring the porch, there's no way I'm going to leave it there.
You have not met Fussy Ross.


The following content originally appeared in the article by Anne Field on CreditCards.com on May 25, 2017.
When people marry later in life, they face a wide range of financial complications younger couples don't. And that's as true for credit card use as anything else.
The reasons partly have to do with numbers. CreditCards.com resesarch has consistently found people age 50 and older have credit cards more often than younger people.
But more than that, there are all those complexities that arise simply from having lived longer: two individuals with their own long-standing, well-established spending habits and histories, not to mention offspring from previous marriages. Plus, if you are approaching retirement – or have already reached that stage of life – there's less time to bounce back financially from any setback.
Different attitudes toward credit card use and debt. Attitudes toward credit cards can vary widely, and you can't assume your new mate uses plastic the way you do. One spouse may have spent a lifetime regularly revolving a balance from one month to the next, while the other always pays off the bill in total and finds it troubling to have any debt.
"Some people use their cards for emergencies; some use them instead of cash," says Lili Vasileff, a financial adviser in Greenwich, Connecticut, who specializes in divorce. Once they've tied the knot, she says, spouses quickly realize if their new partner approaches credit card usage differently, and it can cause tension.
Credit card debt related to offspring and exes. "Later in life you often have a set of obligations that have nothing to do with the other person you marry," says Lauren Klein, president of Klein Financial Advisors in Newport Beach, California.
First, there's the matter of children, particularly offspring who are grown-up. One – or both – new spouses may be helping out adult children. "It's not uncommon for parents to go into debt for their kids, co-signing a student loan, lending money for a business, helping during a spate of unemployment," says Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, a personal finance expert and president of TheMoneyCoach.net.
While one spouse may feel obligated to help her children, the other may feel differently. "That other spouse may be more reluctant to assume these debts because it's not even their child," says Rosemary Frank, who heads Rosemary Frank Financial, a financial advisory firm in Brentwood, Tennessee.
More complex are issues related to an ex-spouse's debts. For example, if a new husband had been married before, he may be legally responsible for his former wife's credit card debt, per their divorce decree, says Khalfani-Cox.
What's more, no matter what a divorce decree requires, credit card companies can still come after the primary or joint account holder.


Perfectly faded in all the right places, this vintage beauty features apricot pink, sunshine yellow and silvery white tribal pattern. Dark grey hand woven wool border and tassles.
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import org.apache.batik.parser.ParseException;
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import org.w3c.dom.svg.SVGException;

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 * This class is a base implementation for a live
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 *   This class provides support for an SVG list representation of an
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 *   For a specific attribute, it requires an {@link #getValueAsString()
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        revalidate();
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        if (index < 0 || index >= itemList.size()) {
            throw createDOMException
                (DOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR, "index.out.of.bounds",
                 new Object[] { new Integer(index) } );
        }

        SVGItem item = (SVGItem)itemList.remove(index);

        // Set the item to have no parent list.
        item.setParent(null);

        // Reset the DOM attribute.
        resetAttribute();

        return item;
    }

    /**
     * Inserts a new item at the end of the list.
     * If newItem is already in a list, it is removed from its previous list
     * before it is inserted into this list.
     *
     * @param newItem The item which is to be inserted into the list. The
     *   first item is number 0.
     * @return The inserted item.
     * @exception DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR:
     *   Raised when the list cannot be modified.
     * @exception SVGException SVG_WRONG_TYPE_ERR:
     *   Raised if parameter newItem is the wrong type of object for the given
     *   list.
     */
    protected SVGItem appendItemImpl(Object newItem)
        throws DOMException, SVGException {

        checkItemType(newItem);

        revalidate();

        SVGItem item = removeIfNeeded(newItem);

        itemList.add(item);

        // Set the item's parent.
        item.setParent(this);

        if (itemList.size() <= 1) {
            resetAttribute();
        } else {
            resetAttribute(item);
        }

        return item;
    }

    /**
     * Removes the specified object from its parent list if it is an item, or
     * creates a new item if the specified object is not an item.
     *
     * @param newItem an instance of {@link SVGItem} to remove from its parent
     *   list, or an SVG object for which a new {@link SVGItem} should be
     *   created
     * @return item the {@link SVGItem} just removed from its parent list, or
     *   the newly created {@link SVGItem}
     */
    protected SVGItem removeIfNeeded(Object newItem) {
        SVGItem item;
        if (newItem instanceof SVGItem) {
            // This is an existing item, so remove it from its parent list.
            item = (SVGItem)newItem;
            if (item.getParent() != null) {
                item.getParent().removeItem(item);
            }
        } else {
            // This must be an SVG object, so create a new SVGItem from it.
            item = createSVGItem(newItem);
        }
        return item;
    }

    /**
     * Initializes the list, if needed.
     */
    protected void revalidate() {
        if (valid) {
            return;
        }

        try {
            ListBuilder builder = new ListBuilder();

            doParse(getValueAsString(), builder);

            List parsedList = builder.getList();
            if (parsedList != null) {
                clear(itemList);
            }
            itemList = parsedList;
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            itemList = null;
        }
        valid = true;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the DOM attribute value to be the string representation of the
     * given list.
     */
    protected void setValueAsString(List value) throws DOMException {
        String finalValue = null;
        Iterator it = value.iterator();
        if (it.hasNext()) {
            SVGItem item = (SVGItem) it.next();
            StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer( value.size() * 8 );
            buf.append(  item.getValueAsString() );
            while (it.hasNext()) {
                item = (SVGItem) it.next();
                buf.append(getItemSeparator());
                buf.append(item.getValueAsString());
            }
            finalValue = buf.toString();
        }
        setAttributeValue(finalValue);
        valid = true;
    }

    /**
     * Method to be called by a member {@link SVGItem} object when its value
     * changes.  This causes the DOM attribute to be reset.
     */
    public void itemChanged() {
        resetAttribute();
    }

    /**
     * Resets the value of the associated attribute.
     */
    protected void resetAttribute() {
        setValueAsString(itemList);
    }

    /**
     * Appends the string representation of the given {@link SVGItem} to
     * the DOM attribute.  This is called in response to an append to
     * the list.
     */
    protected void resetAttribute(SVGItem item) {
        String newValue = getValueAsString() + getItemSeparator() + item.getValueAsString();
        setAttributeValue( newValue );
        valid = true;
    }

    /**
     * Invalidates this list.
     */
    public void invalidate() {
        valid = false;
    }

    /**
     * Removes an item from the list.
     *
     * This operation takes place when an
     * item was already in one list and
     * is being added to another one.
     */
    protected void removeItem(SVGItem item) {
        if (itemList.contains(item)) {
            itemList.remove(item);
            item.setParent(null);
            resetAttribute();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Clears the list and sets the parent of the former list items to null.
     */
    protected void clear(List list) {
        if (list == null) {
            return;
        }
        Iterator it = list.iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            SVGItem item = (SVGItem)it.next();
            item.setParent(null);
        }
        list.clear();
    }

    /**
     * A class for receiving notification of parsed list items.
     */
    protected class ListBuilder implements ListHandler {

        /**
         * The list being built.
         */
        protected List list;

        /**
         * Returns the newly created list.
         */
        public List getList() {
            return list;
        }

        /**
         * Begins the construction of the list.
         */
        public void startList(){
            list = new ArrayList();
        }

        /**
         * Adds an item to the list.
         */
        public void item(SVGItem item) {
            item.setParent(AbstractSVGList.this);
            list.add(item);
        }

        /**
         * Ends the construction of the list.
         */
        public void endList() {
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Pulsar4X.Entities.Components
{

    /// <summary>
    /// GeneralComponentDefTN covers the definitions for the basic components that all ships must have.
    /// </summary>
    public class GeneralComponentDefTN : ComponentDefTN
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes this basic component.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Title">Name which will be displayed to the user, they don't choose the names of these particular components however.</param>
        /// <param name="ComponentSize">Size of the component. this will determine crew capacity, fuel capacity, engineering percentage, and htk in addition to being merely size.</param>
        /// <param name="ComponentCrew">Crew requirement of the component, fuel tanks won't require any, orbital habitats will require a lot.</param>
        /// <param name="ComponentCost">Cost requirement of the component, mineral costs have yet to be done though those are just a percentage of total cost.</param>
        /// <param name="GeneralComponentType">What type of component is this? see the enum in ComponentTN.cs for a list.</param>
        public GeneralComponentDefTN(string Title, float ComponentSize, byte ComponentCrew, decimal ComponentCost, ComponentTypeTN GeneralComponentType)
        {
            Id = Guid.NewGuid();

            Name = Title;
            size = ComponentSize;
            crew = ComponentCrew;
            cost = ComponentCost;
            componentType = GeneralComponentType;

            minerialsCost = new decimal[Constants.Minerals.NO_OF_MINERIALS];
            for (int mineralIterator = 0; mineralIterator < (int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.MinerialCount; mineralIterator++)
            {
                minerialsCost[mineralIterator] = 0;
            }

            switch (componentType)
            {
                case ComponentTypeTN.Crew: //25% Duranium 75% Mercassium
                    minerialsCost[(int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.Duranium] = cost * 0.25m;
                    minerialsCost[(int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.Mercassium] = cost * 0.75m;
                    break;
                case ComponentTypeTN.Fuel: //50% Duranium 50% Boronide
                    minerialsCost[(int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.Duranium] = cost * 0.50m;
                    minerialsCost[(int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.Boronide] = cost * 0.50m;
                    break;
                case ComponentTypeTN.Engineering: //100% Duranium
                    minerialsCost[(int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.Duranium] = cost;
                    break;
                case ComponentTypeTN.Bridge:      //50% Duranium, 50% corbomite
                    minerialsCost[(int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.Duranium] = cost * 0.50m;
                    minerialsCost[(int)Constants.Minerals.MinerialNames.Corbomite] = cost * 0.50m;
                    break;
                //case ComponentTypeTN.FlagBridge: 50% corbomite, 50% Uridium
                //case ComponentTypeTN.MaintenanceBay: 50% Duranium, 50% Neutronium
                //case ComponentTypeTN.OrbitalHabitat: 25% Duranium, 25% Boronide, 50% Mercassium
                //case ComponentTypeTN.RecFacility: 20% Duranium, 20% Tritanium, 60% Boronide
                //case ComponentTypeTN.DamageControl: 50% Duranium, 25% Neutronium, 25% Uridium
            }

            isDivisible = false;

            if (componentType <= ComponentTypeTN.MaintenanceBay)
            {
                if (size < 1.0f)
                    htk = 0;
                else
                    htk = 1;
            }
            else if (componentType == ComponentTypeTN.FlagBridge || componentType == ComponentTypeTN.DamageControl)
            {
                htk = 2;
            }
            else if (componentType == ComponentTypeTN.OrbitalHabitat || componentType == ComponentTypeTN.RecFacility)
            {
                htk = 25;
                isDivisible = true;
            }

            isMilitary = false;
            isObsolete = false;
            isSalvaged = false;
            isElectronic = false;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// GeneralComponentTN covers the basic components that all ships must have.
    /// </summary>
    public class GeneralComponentTN : ComponentTN
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Definition for this component.
        /// </summary>
        private GeneralComponentDefTN GenCompDef;
        public GeneralComponentDefTN genCompDef
        {
            get { return GenCompDef; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// This is the component itself, which tracks whether or not it is destroyed, and in the case of fuel/engineering whether the component has a cargo load.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="definition"></param>
        public GeneralComponentTN(GeneralComponentDefTN definition)
        {
            GenCompDef = definition;

            Name = definition.Name;

            /// <summary>
            /// In the case of destroyed fuel/engineering bays I will assume that all supplies are evenly distributed by percentage and merely subtract an average.
            /// </summary>
            isDestroyed = false;
        }
    }
}