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Q: Unexpected T vs &T as type parameter in Rust I'm genericising a Graph that I wrote. Current signature is
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Graph<T: Clone + Hash + Eq> {
    nodes: HashMap<T, Node<T>>,
    edges: HashMap<T, Vec<Edge<T>>>
}

#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
pub struct Node<T: Clone + Hash + Eq> {
    pub id: T,
    pub x: f64,
    pub y: f64
}

#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
pub struct Edge<T: Clone + Hash + Eq> {
    pub id: T,
    pub from_id: T,
    pub to_id: T,
    pub weight: i64
}

I'm using it in a specific function and the calls to other functions are failing to compile.
First, the use:
fn reducer<T>(graph: Graph<T>, untested_nodes: HashSet<T>, mut results: Vec<HashSet<T>>) -> Graph<T>
   where T: Clone + Hash + Eq {
    match untested_nodes.iter().next() {
        None => {
            collapsed_graph(&graph, &results)
        }
        Some(root) => {
            let connected_nodes = explore_from(&root, &graph);
            let difference = untested_nodes.difference(&connected_nodes)
                                           .cloned()
                                           .collect();
            results.push(connected_nodes);
            reducer(graph,
                    difference,
                    results
                    )
        }
    }
}

The signature of explore_from
fn explore_from<T: Clone + Hash + Eq>(root: &T, graph: &Graph<T>) -> HashSet<T> {

The compiler error:
   Compiling efficient_route_planning v0.1.0 (file:///Users/stuart/coding/efficient_route_planning)
src/connected_component.rs:19:55: 19:61 error: mismatched types:
 expected `&weighted_graph::Graph<&T>`,
    found `&weighted_graph::Graph<T>`
(expected &-ptr,
    found type parameter) [E0308]
src/connected_component.rs:19             let connected_nodes = explore_from(&root, &graph);
                                                                                ^~~~~~
src/connected_component.rs:19:55: 19:61 help: run `rustc --explain E0308` to see a detailed explanation
src/connected_component.rs:20:56: 20:72 error: mismatched types:
 expected `&std::collections::hash::set::HashSet<T>`,
    found `&std::collections::hash::set::HashSet<&T>`
(expected type parameter,
    found &-ptr) [E0308]
src/connected_component.rs:20             let difference = untested_nodes.difference(&connected_nodes)
                                                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/connected_component.rs:20:56: 20:72 help: run `rustc --explain E0308` to see a detailed explanation
src/connected_component.rs:23:26: 23:41 error: mismatched types:
 expected `std::collections::hash::set::HashSet<T>`,
    found `std::collections::hash::set::HashSet<&T>`
(expected type parameter,
    found &-ptr) [E0308]
src/connected_component.rs:23             results.push(connected_nodes);
                                                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
src/connected_component.rs:23:26: 23:41 help: run `rustc --explain E0308` to see a detailed explanation
error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
Could not compile `efficient_route_planning`.

The full code: https://github.com/shterrett/efficient_route_planning/blob/generic-graph/src/connected_component.rs#L19
As far as I can tell, everything should be &Graph<T>, not &Graph<&T>. I'm not sure where the error is.
Versions:
% multirust show override
multirust: default toolchain: stable
multirust: default location: /Users/xxxxxx/.multirust/toolchains/stable

rustc 1.8.0 (db2939409 2016-04-11)
cargo 0.9.0-nightly (8fc3fd8 2016-02-29)

A: The problem seem to be here
let connected_nodes = explore_from(&root, &graph);

untested_nodes.iter().next() returns Option<&T>, so the match Some(root) makes root: &T. This implies that &root is &&T, and the inferred T in explore_from is &T (T of reducer). I expect that removing the reference from root fix this:
let connected_nodes = explore_from(root, &graph);

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A four-year follow-up of school children after mass treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Mwea, Central Kenya
Poly-parasitism infections are common in school children in tropical regions, especially in Africa. In a school based schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths de-worming model project in Mwea, Kenya, approximately 40,000 school age children from 86 schools were treated annually with a standard dose of praziquantel (40mg/kg body weight) and albendazole (400mg). A cohort of approximately 2,300 children from 5 sentinel schools were followed up at multiple time points each year for four years and examined for intestinal helminths (Schistosoma mansoni, Trichuris trichiura, Hookworm (Necator americanus) and Ascaris lumbricoides). The overall prevalence of infection in the five schools before treatment was 47.4% for S. mansoni, 16.7% for N. americanus, 0.8% for T. trichiura and 1.7% for A. lumbricoides. The mean intensity of infection, as measured by eggs per gram of faeces (epg) was 146.2 for S. mansoni, 36.3 for N. americanus 1.0 for T. trichiura and 35.8 for A. lumbricoides. After 4 rounds of treatment, prevalence of S. mansoni reduced significantly by 88.7% to 5.4% (3.6% – 7.1%), a 97.1% reduction. The prevalence and intensity of S. mansoni infection varied by school according to its proximity to irrigated area, with those schools closest to the irrigated areas presenting higher infection prevalence and intensity. Re-infection with schistosomiasis following treatment was observed and is likely to reflect continued environmental transmission due to non-treatment of the adult population. Soil-transmitted helminths are less prevalent in the cohort, with corresponding lower intensity. This may allow albendazole treatment to be reduced to every 2 or 3 years. This study has shown that periodic administration of anthelminthic drugs reduces the prevalence and intensity (which is likely to be a close proxy of morbidity) of intestinal parasitic infections in school-age children. Adults in the community could also be targeted where resources allow in order to further increasing the effectiveness of de-worming programmes.
Kihara, J. H., Muhohu, N., Mwobobia, I., French, M., Churcher, T. S., Njoroge, P., ... Mwandawiro, C. S. (2012). A four-year follow-up of school children after mass treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Mwea, Central Kenya. African Journal of Health Sciences, 23(4), 232-237.

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"Association of fahr disease with Rhabdomyolysis and hypoparathyroidism" by Suneel Kumar, Ahsan Ali Gaad et al.
Ahsan Ali Gaad, JPMC, Karachi.
Mohsin Irshad Abbasi, JPMC, Karachi.
Fahr syndrome is an idiopathic deposition of calcium in the basal ganglia (most commonly in the Globus pallidus) of the brain; other most common sites may include striatum pallidum. It can have a wide variety of presentations like progressive psychosis, dementia, movement disorders, gait disturbances or it can also be asymptomatic. Department of Neuro-medicine Hyderabad admitted this 28 year old male first. And then was referred to us in the department of Neuro-medicine JPMC Karachi. He is a known case of epilepsy for 8 years, who now presented with the complaint of fever, fits, and altered sensorium for 3 days. The CT scan of his brain showed hyperdense areas, bilateral symmetrical extensive basal and cerebral calcifications. CSF examination of the patient showed unremarkable results. On further examinations, it was found he also had Rhabdomyolysis and Hypoparathyroidism. It is unusual to have an association of Fahr syndrome with Rhabdomyolysis and Hypoparathyroidism. Our case report describes the unique behavior of this syndrome.
Kumar, Suneel; Gaad, Ahsan Ali; Irshad Abbasi, Mohsin; Afzal, Munir; Shah, Shahnaz; and Kumar, Dileep (2018) "Association of fahr disease with Rhabdomyolysis and hypoparathyroidism," Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS): Vol. 13 : Iss. 4 , Article 8.


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MILLION-STRONG DIASPORA HOMECOMERS ASK, "WHAT CAN WE DO FOR ETHIOPIA/NS WE LOVE?!"
Author's Note:
I invite my readers to review my 10-POINT PROPOSAL for Diaspora Ethiopian Engagement During the Great Ethiopian Diaspora Homecoming. I invite and urge my readers to evaluate and develop these ideas and propose better ones. I offer them only as starting points for discussion.
In this commentary ("travelogue"), I try to articulate my reasons for responding to PM Abiy Ahmed's "Great Diaspora Ethiopian Homecoming" call and my experience in travelling to Ethiopia from the U.S.
Ethiopia, love it or leave it!
A million-strong diaspora Ethiopians continue to respond to PM Abiy Ahmed's "Great Ethiopian Diaspora Homecoming" call because they love Ethiopia.
PM Abiy issued a call to diaspora Ethiopians to come home as call in early December 2021 on the heels of a mad and madding call by the U.S., E.U., UN and a few other Western countries to evacuate their citizens and workers out of Ethiopia allegedly because the capital was going to be overrun by the terrorist Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and unravel into a full-fledged civil war.
"Evacuation" was just one of many tricks of the Biden Administration (other tricks including de-listing Ethiopia from AGOA, subversion of UN Security Council to ostracize Ethiopia, demonization of Ethiopia using Western presstitutes, etc.) masterminded by the Princess of Darkness Susan Rice, and other Western powers used to wage a broader psyops/hybrid war on Ethiopia.
The Bidebn administration calculated that if it could perpetuate a lie about an imminent fall of Ethiopia into the hands of the terrorist TPLF, Ethiopians would believe it, raise a white flag and surrender.
The U.S. thought it could repeat its June 1991 sleight-of-hand and re-install the TPLF to power.
Back then, Assistant Secretary of State Herman Cohen literally walked the TPLF to power by making a lot of noise about Ethiopia imploding into a civil war.
In November 2020, the U.S and the TPLF foolishly tried to restage 1991 and restore the TPLF to power by covertly arranging a "mebreqawi" (blitzkrieg) attack on regional centers and the capital on American presidential election day when world had its eyes peeled on the contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
As Ethiopia's fair-weather friends called on their citizens to evacuate, PM Abiy Ahmed responded with a masterstroke. Foreigners who do not love Ethiopia can leave because Ethiopians who love Ethiopia will come back a million-strong.
A few expatriates left Ethiopia believing the madding "evacuation" call by the Biden administration and its lackeys.
But I, and hundreds of thousands of other diaspora Ethiopians, have returned home to show our support for the Motherland.
I, like many other Ethiopians, stayed away from Ethiopia for decades (nearly fifty years for me) because I hated the Derg regime and the thug-tatorship of the TPLF.
But though I left Ethiopia for nearly a half century, Ethiopia never left me.
You can take the boy out of Ethiopia, but you can never take Ethiopia out of the boy's heart.
So, when I heard PM Abiy Ahmed make his "Great Ethiopian Diaspora Homecoming" call, I was delighted and raring to go!
The U.S.-Western-U.N.-TPLF (Axis of Evil) conspiracy achieved a miracle in Ethiopia.
That conspiracy brought Ethiopians at home and in the diaspora into full solidarity and loudly declare, "Those who do not love Ethiopia are free to leave it. Just be careful the door does not hit your rear side on your way out!"
"The best laid plans of mice and men (or should I say the Axis of Evil) often go awry."
The perfect storm of unity and solidarity among Ethiopians foiled the diabolical conspiracy of the Axis of Evil.
Instead of Ethiopia, the TPLF imploded after PM and Commander-in-Chief Abiy Ahmed joined the troops at the front in November 2021.
His appearance at the various battlefronts to personally direct operations was electrifying, galvanizing and unprecedented in the history of modern warfare.
No modern head of state, democratically elected or otherwise, has ever left the comfort of his office to fight with the infantry for weeks.
His extraordinary action led to a massive rush to join the armed forces to fight the TPLF and the U.S. proxy war in Ethiopia.
It took the TPLF six months to capture locations in Amhara and Afar regions but was driven out in less than three after sustaining massive casualties estimated in the hundreds of thousands.
The Axis of Evil claimed the TPLF was not defeated by the Ethiopian military but by drones in a wicked attempt to diminish the sacrifices and achievements of the Ethiopian defense and special forces and militia and Fano fighters.
If drones, without military boots on the ground, could win wars, the U.S. would not have left Afghanistan in total humiliation in August 2021.
But the TPLF committed unspeakable crimes against humanity when it invaded Amhara and Afar regions as documented extensively in various human rights reports.
The terrorist TPLF in the end was driven out of Amhara and Afar regions because it hated Ethiopia!
Those who love Ethiopia won against those who hate Ethiopia!
That is because the power of love reigns supreme over the power of hate.
The Axis of Evil will always fail because they hate Ethiopia and its bright and prosperous future.
Ethiopia still stands tall, and shall continue to stand for eons, because Ethiopians love Ethiopia!
Why did I respond to PM Abiy's "Great Diaspora Homecoming" call?
As I mentioned above, I had been away from Ethiopia for nearly one-half century.
I returned to Ethiopia for the "Great Diaspora Homecoming" because I love Ethiopia, just like everyone who responded to the call. Period.
At dedication of Africa Park across from Jubilee Palace
Truth be told, I returned to Ethiopia to accomplish a specific mission.
The PM's call was a personal challenge to me to put my money where my mouth is, as the old saying goes.
To me, the PM was saying, "Answer you own question which you had raised so many times over the years. "Ask not what Ethiopia /ns can do for you but what you can do for Ethiopia/ns?
So, the Great 2022 Diaspora Ethiopian Homecoming is my chance to answer my own question, "What can I personally (and in concert with others) do for Ethiopia/ns?"
I am in Ethiopia during Homecoming 2022 driven by a compelling moral obligation to serve.
To serve my brothers and sisters victimized by TPLF terror and crimes and the psyops/hybrid war unleashed by the Axis of Evil.
For the past 16 years, I have used my pen (computer keyboard) to serve Ethiopia by defending her honor, sovereignty and dignity in the court of world public opinion.
Few who have sought to dishonor Ethiopia have been spared my rapier commentaries grounded in facts and irrefutable analysis.
This is not empty boasting or self-congratulation. No one has ever challenged any of my commentaries on the facts and analysis. Period!
I have challenged four American presidents and their administrations.
No, I don't have an inflated ego.
When I say I have challenged them, I mean it in the same vein as Marian Wright Edelman's observation: "You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation."
So, I and a million-strong diaspora Ethiopian fleas have come home to join 115 million other fleas to fight against the Axis of Evil and ensure Ethiopia prevails and prospers against all odds.
Ethiopian Airlines Made It Happen for me
I had a choice of airlines to take to join the Great Ethiopia Homecoming 2022.
That is the same airlines the US Embassy in Addis lists to urge its citizens and personnel to use in evacuating Ethiopia in the dozens of mindless and delusional emails and advisories it has sent and posted on its social media accounts for well over a month.
I chose Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) for one and only one reason.
I am proud of EAL.
Not just because EAL has been recognized as the "best African carrier" for successive years or its legendary service. Nor because of its extraordinary service during the early days of Covid shuttling PPEs all over Africa.
I am proud of EAL because it is literally an All-Ethiopia Airlines.
The vast majority of its pilots are young Ethiopian men and women. So are the flight attendants.
The maintenance crew is all Ethiopian and highly skilled. They service regional airlines as well.
EAL is highly profitable and has world-class management.
EAL has the largest African fleet of planes.
The Star Alliance system in which EAL partners with certain American airlines takes the anxiety and stress out of travel.
To me, processing boarding passes, luggage, etc., felt like using an ATM machine. It is virtually contactless.
At the airport counter, passengers are directed to dozens of service kiosks and input flight information, show negative Covid test results, weigh luggage (2 bags maximum 50 pounds) and scan their passports. A duty airline staff confirms the information and away to baggage delivery.
The whole process took less than ten minutes at Los Angeles airport, including wait time to use the kiosk.
I flew the Boing 777 200 LR with over 300 seats.
It was a sold-out flight.
My visual guesstimate of passengers is 95% Ethiopians/diaspora Ethiopians and the rest passengers from other African countries.
The seats in coach were very comfortable and spacious. There was more than enough legroom.
The aircraft is kept in extraordinarily clean condition.
The flight was smooth and comfortable with the exception of two or three short patches of air turbulence as we approached the African coastline and over Europe as the flight/entertainment (free of charge) display monitor behind every seat indicated.
The onboard service was excellent. The flight attendants were attentive, accommodating, professional and hardworking.
For the first seven hours of the flight, the flight attendants were on their toes providing cabin service.
Most passengers snoozed in the second half the flight.
The food was in coach was excellent. For a vegetarian/vegan, I enjoyed the fare they offered.
Beverages including wine were offered free of charge.
The flight was quite pleasant. There were many young people who were heading back for the homecoming. All of them appeared visibly excited and ready to do their part.
Passengers were well-mannered. People chatting, laughing and walking in the aisles covered in face masks.
I stood by my seat and did my own flight exercises to overcome the fatigue of the long flight.
Frankly, I could not think of anything to complain about.
No doubt, wearing a Covid mask for 13 hours is not fun, but surprisingly I adjusted to it and it did not bother me at all.
For those who have not flown internationally in the Covid era, it is important to take the Covid test within the 120 hours (5 day) window required by Ethiopian Airlines.
This is particularly important for those who are not taking the direct flight provided by Ethiopian Airlines from the U.S. An overnight stay in another country could make the test invalid by exceeding the five-day Covid time window especially if the PCR test is taken on the weekend.
A 13-hour flight could be pretty daunting if one does not like to sleep on planes.
I had no problems because I had Les Payne's 612-page book "The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcom X" (2020), winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize and 2020 National Book Award along with virtually every other major book award.
The book is based on research conducted over the past 28 years. I recommend it highly.
Ask what you can do for Ethiopia, Diaspora Ethiopians!
On April 29, 2018, barely three weeks after Dr. Abiy Ahmed was named prime minster, I wrote a commentary entitled, "Ask Not What Abiy Ahmed Can Do for Ethiopia, Ask What You Can Do for Your Ethiopia!"
I argued PM Abiy has his work cut out for him and we, particularly in the Ethiopian diaspora, should do our part and not sit on the sidelines complaining and griping.
Today, as the Axis of Evil gang up and beat on Ethiopia, PM Abiy has called on the Ethiopian diaspora reserve forces to do their part.
Indeed, the support and struggle waged by diaspora Ethiopians in fighting the psyops/hybrid war of the Axis of Evil has been stunning.
Ethiopians the world over came as one as did Ethiopians throughout Ethiopia.
Their common cause: Defense of the Cradle of Humanity, Ethiopia's dignity, unity and sovereignty.
Those of us who have responded the Great Diaspora Homecoming call and others who could not make it are asking, "What can we do for Ethiopia /ns in its hour of need/"
Socrates said, "The unexamined life not worth living."
I believe Socrates was referring to an individual's duty to examine the foundations of his/her moral obligations by seeking knowledge and wisdom to live a better life and improve the lives of others around him/her.
My view is the unexamined conscience makes life miserable by plunging the individual into self-delusion, self-deception, self-doubt, selfishness and self-absorption.
The examined conscience produces iron-clad commitment to the cause of Ethiopian unity, dignity, sovereignty and prosperity.
I am proud to say, I have been consistent in what I have done over the past 16 years.
I examined my conscience in my 2007 commentary "The Hummingbird and the Forest Fire".
The question I faced alone in my conscience in The Hummingbird was this: Will I do something, anything, in the face of the Meles Massacres after the 2005 election or just let it go like everybody else by turning blind eyes, deaf ears and muted lips and pretend it did not happen or convince myself, "Someone else will take care of it but not me."
Will I let the Meles Massacres define me as a coward or will I define it the moment by striking back at the thugmaster and his TPLF gang of thugs by using my pen and bring them to justice every week before the court of would opinion and convict them, "GUILTY".
In 2021, for the second time, I am faced with a similar choice: Will I let the Axis of Evil define Ethiopia's historic moment?
My answer is a defiant and emphatic, "HELL, NO!"
2005 de ja vu in 2021!? Never!
Like all diaspora Ethiopians who responded to the Homecoming call, I am responding to the call of the Motherland.
The Motherland calls for peace.
The Motherland calls for post-war reconstruction and rebuilding.
The Motherland calls for reconciliation and avoidance of retribution.
The Motherland calls, "COME HOME MY CHILDREN IN THE DIASPORA. COME HOME AND HELP ME!"
Here I am!
I ask myself, "What can I do for Ethiopia as a public intellectual?"
I am in Ethiopia to serve.
Ethiopia has a democratically elected government, the first one in its 3-thousand plus years history.
When it comes to Ethiopia, my personal motto is, "Lead, follow or get out of the way."
I am ready to follow and lead where asked.
Prof. Edward Said observed, "The intellectual is an individual endowed with a faculty for representing, embodying, articulating a message, a view, an attitude, philosophy or opinion to, as well as for, a public."
I should like to argue there are three basic types of Ethiopian intellectuals today.
1) those who are willing to give and serve because they believe it is an honor and a privilege,
2) those who complain and gripe and angle for opportunity and
3) those who are Ethiopians but carry the White Man's Burden and want to save Ethiopia and Ethiopians from themselves.
I belong to the first category.
Those in the second category are looking out for No. 1. Ethiopia and Ethiopians are their means to an end.
Those in the third category think because they have lived and made careers in the in the West, they have all the answers and look down on the people doing the heavy lifting in Ethiopia.
PM Abiy's homecoming call to me is a personal call to join the struggle for peace, prosperity and unity.
Against the background of Africa's post-colonial Founding Fathers (Africa Park)
My mission and the mission of those who think like me is straightforward:
1) learn from the objective situation on the ground;
2) listen and talk to the people victimized by TPLF terrorism and thank and congratulate those who defended against and defeated the TPLF;
3) put our money where our mouth is and join existing resource mobilization efforts;
4) pledge partnership with the democratically elected government of Ethiopia with commitment for long-term engagement and constructive role; and
5) propose and share practical ideas to address the issues of peace, reconstruction and unity and become water carriers for those who are doing the heavy lifting in the country.
I hereby issue a challenge to all diaspora Ethiopians, and particularly intellectuals, to come to the aid of the Motherland in her hour of need.
I invite all to consider my 10-point plan for diaspora engagement during the Great Diaspora Ethiopian Homecoming.
Come on over and show Ethiopia some LOVE…


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Donald Trump gives interview to Washington Post despite ban
by Dylan Byers @CNNMoney August 2, 2016: 5:22 PM ET
Trump: Khan has 'no right' to claims
Donald Trump's freeze on The Washington Post may be thawing.
More than six weeks after banning Post reporters due to suspicions of bias, Trump agreed to meet with some of its reporters backstage at a campaign rally in Ashburn, Va., on Tuesday, the paper confirmed to CNNMoney.
The meeting didn't actually happen -- Steven Ginsberg, the Post's senior politics editor, said that it fell apart due to a disagreement about the ground rules. ("We had requested what we thought was on the record visit with Mr. Trump about the presidential campaign," Ginsberg said in an email.)
But Trump did give an interview to at least one Post reporter, resulting in a report about Trump's refusal to endorse fellow Republicans Paul Ryan and John McCain in their upcoming primary races.
"This is not the first time Donald Trump has done an interview with a Post reporter since the ban was announced (Chris Cillizza spoke with him in July) and we haven't received word of any change," Ginsberg said.
"There has been no change," Hope Hicks, a Trump spokesperson, said in an email.
Trump had said at a rally Monday that the Post "has gotten a little bit better lately," and some Post employees have been able to secure credentials to events. Columnist Dana Milbank received a credential for Tuesday's rally in Ashburn, and a Post photographer was invited to a campaign event following the Republican National Convention last month.
Since the ban was imposed in mid-June, Post reporters have not been allowed into the press area at campaign rallies. They have been able to attend as private citizens.
Trump announced the ban in a June 13 Facebook post. "Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post," he wrote.
Related: Donald Trump opens door to Washington Post
The trigger for the ban was a headline on a Post story about his comments following the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida: "Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando shooting." The Post later adjusted its story to make the headline tamer; it now reads, "Donald Trump seems to connect President Obama to Orlando shooting."
At the time, Post spokeswoman Kris Coratti told CNNMoney that the headline was changed for editorial reasons: It was changed "shortly after it posted to more properly reflect what Trump said. We did so on our own; the Trump campaign never contacted us about it," Coratti said.
It wasn't Trump's first time using this weapon against the press. Other news outlets that have been on the Trump blacklist include BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post and Politico.
It may not be his last, either. On Monday, Trump implied that he may try to ban the New York Times from his rallies.
"The Washington Post has gotten a little bit better lately, I took away their press credentials. I should do it with the Times," he said. "The problem is, you get more publicity for doing it... But the New York Times is really, really dishonest."
CNNMoney (Los Angeles) First published August 2, 2016: 2:43 PM ET


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News Industry Ad Study Knocked as 'Tripe'
A study that estimates Google last year raked in $4.7 billion from news content has drawn widespread criticism. That $4.7 billion is a conservative estimate, according to the News Media Alliance, the trade group that released the study. That's because the estimate doesn't take into account Google's advertising revenue from publishers and data collected from […]
Researchers discover "Fishwrap" influence campaign recycling old terror news
Enlarge / Old news, new fish. (credit: Rick Barrentine/Getty Images) Researchers at Recorded Future have uncovered what appears to be a new, growing social media-based influence operation involving more than 215 social media accounts. While relatively small in comparison to influence and disinformation operations run by the Russia-affiliated Internet Research Agency (IRA), the campaign is […]
Microsoft teases next-gen Xbox news at E3 event
Many have suspected that Microsoft would talk about its next Xbox at its E3 event, and that now appears to be virtually guaranteed. Gamers have discovered that Microsoft's E3 countdown videos have included background references to "R255 G36 B0," or t…
Some good news for far-future sea level rise
Enlarge / Velocity of recent ice flow around Antarctica. Thwaites Glacier is one of the smaller purple regions on the left side of this image. (credit: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3849) Glaciers are moody things with a myriad of personalities. Some are pretty stubborn, refusing to melt too much as Earth's climate warms. But others are quite sensitive, with […]
Equity transcribed: Funding news round-up, a16z's future, an upcoming IPO and more Lyft
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I did the math, and Apple News Plus is actually a pretty good deal – CNET
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You knew Texture wasn't long for this world once Apple News+ arrived — and sure enough, the end is in sight. Texture has warned subscribers that its all-you-can-read magazine service will end on May 28th, 2019. You'll have a month-long free News+…
Apple Presents Its Spin on Entertainment and News
Apple announced a raft of new services, including original TV programming and news and magazine offerings, at an event held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. The Apple TV+ service, which will launch in the fall, already has a number of high-profile shows in its lineup, including Amazing Stories, a science fiction anthology […]
Apple's Plans for Subscription News Service Irk Publishers
Apple plans to launch a subscription news service at an event next month. The service has been described as "Netflix for news," because it would let customers access an unlimited amount of content from publishers for a single monthly fee. It will be based on a reworked version of Texture, the media subscription service Apple […]


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My Loser-Fu is Unstoppable!
You say that like Hawaiian Punch and Vodka is a bad thing.
-- Johnnie Royale
Kaiser denied me health insurance. Bring on the cascading bummers!
They sent me a very nice letter explaining that they don't insure anyone that actually might get sick someday. This means that in addition to being unemployed, homeless, and unloved, I am one of the proverbial seventy zillion Americans living without health insurance.
I thought about moving to Canadia or some other socialist country where health coverage is provided by the government. I've heard that Cuba has some kick-ass hospitals, for example, and they're famous for cigars, so maybe I could take up smoking. But I was brought up better than that. I am a red-blooded American boy and I understand that when the government provides basic neccessities to the populace, it's saying that there's no need for individual achievement. And that's a load of horsepucky! Why, it's part of our national heritage that in a free-market capitalist system, each individual gets the rewards that he or she deserves. If you don't put in to society, you don't get back. If the government were to start handing out free health care, that would be like saying that each individual human being has intrinsic value. Then they'd have to start making killing people illegal and make all sorts of draconian laws protecting our so-called "rights." And we can't have that, now can we?
But I digress. See the bottom line is not whether the government needs to take care of my needs, but whether I refuse to. I've tried to come up with all the rationalizations in the world to cover my lame-ass behavior: I'm an alcoholic, or depressed, or have ADHD. I've tried blaming it all on my mother, or my father, but none of that works like the plain and simple truth:
I am a loser.
What a relief to put it out there as refreshingly and cleanly as that! It sums it up so nicely. I mean, I could try blaming my unemployment on the sluggish economy, but that doesn't have nearly the emotional punch and resonance as facing up to the fact that I have no marketable skills! I mean, maybe in the Clinton years a blind felon could get a job as a security guard, but today we have George Bush in office, and the economy reflects those good old American values. If I don't have skills, I don't deserve a job!
Since I don't deserve a job, I don't deserve money. Since I don't deserve money, I don't deserve food, a place to live, or medical attention either. See? It's so simple and brilliant! Yay America!
But I have to admit that it's not always so clear to me. Sometimes I get tempted by fallacies about self-esteem and so-called mental disorders. I'm someone that sometimes can't get out of bed in the morning and has trouble accomplishing even small tasks. Calling that a "mental disorder" or "depression" is like calling a garbage man a "sanitation engineer." Ha! Must be some Marxist made that one up! Every schoolchild knows that we're masters of our own destiny here in America!
But even that begs the question: if I had some debilitating illness that prevented me from being productive to society, then why waste society's time and resources trying to make me well? That seems stupid. I mean, it's not like I have any marketable skills or anything.
See, and here's the best part: I don't really believe any of this. I'm just looking for tons of fan mail to splicer@pigdog.org telling me, "No, d00d, you're not a loser! You're s00per-speshul and we love yu!"
I can't think of anything more pathetic than asking for validation from Pigdog Journal readers. Can you?
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The Psychedelic Furs : Made of Rain
by Wil Lewellyn
The Psychedelic Furs are one of many bands from the '80s who became defined, essentially, with one radio hit—a song, it's worth noting, that might not even be the best summary of who they are as a band. I took a while to recognize this, myself; as a kid in the '80s I used to confuse them with Echo and the Bunnymen, as in those days anything that was not Motley Crüe or Twisted Sister probably would have also been lumped into that category. But I have since recognized the error of my ways.
Four decades later, the band's latest effort finds them creating songs that contain a great deal of depth and very little of the "Love My Way" brand of new wave pop. The first thing that's striking on Made of Rain, the band's first new album since 1991, is how great Richard Butler's voice sounds. He showcases way more emotion in songs like "Wrong Train" than one might normally associate with his detached rasp. The first two songs have swirling sonic layers reminiscent of Bowie's Outside, if the industrial elements were replaced with shoegaze.
The morose heart ache of "This Will Never Be Like Love" is wonderfully glum. The drums to the more uptempo "Ash Wednesday" are nuanced enough to allow the vocals to coast with their haunting phrasing. A sardonic sneer accompanies the more hard-driving "Don't Believe," with more pointed lyrics sung with grit. "Come All Ye Faithful" has a slinky groove and more bounce to the bass line, while the danceable feel continues on lead single "No One." Even when the Furs delve further into the more pop-leaning hooks, there's a lot more muscle to back them.
The Psychedelic Furs are back to what they do the best with "Hide the Medicine," which doesn't find them as moody as they sound in the first half of the album, but they're still in fine form. The band is at their best when they catch you up in the enthralling splendor of sound they summon. Longtime fans of the band have likely been in the passenger seat during the maturation process of the Psychedelic Furs' career, so perhaps none of this is going to be a surprise, and is in fact the album you were hoping it would be. Given that they're a band that hasn't released new music in nearly three decades, however, The Psychedelic Furs sound as strong as ever.
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Xerox Chief Commercial Officer Joanne Collins Smee (Photo: Business Wire)
September 10, 2018 02:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time
NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xerox (NYSE: XRX) announced today the appointment of Joanne Collins Smee as chief commercial officer and a member of the company's Executive Committee, effective immediately.
Collins Smee will be responsible for sales excellence, channel strategy, order to cash and technology, services, software, and future solutions offerings. This includes delivering compelling offerings through effective and enabled routes to market with a seamless order to cash process for our clients.
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Offensive Showcase Carries Mustangs Past Madison County, 35-8
September 17, 2021 3:15 PM by FCNP.com
By Mike Abler
Now- senior running back Graham Felgar celebrates with a teammate who graduated last year during the Mustang's February win over Skyline High School. Felgar makes up an experienced senior class for Meridian that is looking to make some noise this season. (Photo: Courtesy Tracy Roou)
After splitting their first two games, Meridian High School stampeded back over .500 with a 35-8 win on the road against Madison County High School last Friday.
The Mustangs didn't waste any time putting points on the board. The scoring started with a seven-yard run from senior running back Griffin Harrison, then senior quarterback Evans Rice threw a 56-yard bomb to senior tailback Patrick Whitaker to build a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.
Another touchdown pass from Rice and a safety by the defense would have the Mustangs going into halftime with a 22-0 lead.
Head coach Adam Amerine said his team also employed a different style of play. While they're usually a running team, they let the ball fly against Madison County.
"Traditionally, we like to run and run some more but Evans was throwing the ball well. So we rolled with that," he explained.
It helped to provide impressive results on both sides of the ball. Rice was nearly unstoppable, completing 7 of 8 passes for 238 yards and three touchdown passes.
The only missteps by the offense was an incompletion by Rice and a missed extra point.
Another star of the game was Whitaker, who had three receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown. He accomplished all this on four targets.
The offense racked up 366 yards of total offense against Madison and will look to continue their dominance against Langley High School on the road. The following two games after that will be at home against Brentsville District High School and Skyline High School.
This game was a shot in the arm for the Mustangs who opened the season with a 37-7 win against Falls Church, until they suffered a 34-14 drubbing from Kettle Run High School. After failing to make the postseason during the spring Covid season due to total points scored, despite being co-district champions, Meridian is looking to turn things around this season.
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While there are seven games left this season, Amerine knows there are keys to continuing their success.
"We need to practice better and expand a few things," he said. Amerine added that "We need to be ready for the tough opponents later in the year.
Langley is coming off an 0-3 start, but after that Meridian will face Brentsville which is 2-1, further cementing the fact that the games will get tougher as the season progresses.
Meridian is 1-1 on the road so far this year, if they can keep the hot streak going, they might be able to get themselves a winning streak.


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Q: Does every strictly increasing, unbounded sequence of positive real numbers contain arbitrarily long, finite subsequences which are "sort of increasing" or "sort of decreasing" (as defined below)? Is the following true?
If $(x_0, x_1, \dots)$ is a strictly increasing, unbounded sequence of positive real numbers, then there exist fixed $M,N \geq 1$ such that the sequence  $(x_0, x_1, \dots)$ contains an ($M,N$)-expander of length $k$ for every $k\in \mathbb{N}$.
Definition of an $(M,N)$-expander:
If $M,N \geq 1$ are integers, then
an $(M, N)$-expander of length $k$ of $(x_0, x_1, \dots)$ is a subsequence
$(x_{i[1]},x_{i[2]},\cdots,x_{i[k]})$ of $\mathfrak{X}$ such that
$i[j+1]-i[j]\leq M$ for all $1\leq j\leq k-1$ and either
\begin{equation}
\frac{x_{i[n+1]}-x_{i[n]}}{x_{i[m+1]}-x_{i[m]}}\leq N
\textrm{ for all }1\leq m\leq n\leq k-1
\end{equation}
 or
\begin{equation}
\frac{x_{i[m+1]}-x_{i[m]}}{x_{i[n+1]}-x_{i[n]}}\leq N
\textrm{ for all }1\leq m\leq n\leq k-1
\end{equation}
 Is this an open question?
This is a question that was asked (formulated a little differently) in the following paper, of which I am one of the authors:
'Relative ranks of Lipschitz mappings on countable discrete metric spaces', Topology and its Applications 158 (2011) 412-423;
In that sense, it is an open problem. However, as far as I know, this question has been not been widely considered, and so it is not a well-known open problem that is known to be difficult. If, nevertheless, this question is inappropriate for this forum, then I appologise.
Motivation
If the answer is "yes, it is true", then the results in the the paper mentioned above prove the following conjecture about the semigroup $\mathfrak{L}_{\mathfrak{X}}$ of all Lipschitz functions from a countable subset $\mathfrak{X}$ of $\mathbb{R}$ to itself (where the semigroup operation is composition of functions):

Conjecture:

If $\mathfrak{X}$ is any countable subset of the real numbers, then
either $\mathfrak{X}$ contains a Cauchy sequence and there exists a single function from $\mathfrak{X}$ to $\mathfrak{X}$ that together with $\mathfrak{L}_{\mathfrak{X}}$ generates all functions from $\mathfrak{X}$ to $\mathfrak{X}$;
or $\mathfrak{X}$ contains no Cauchy sequences and the least number of functions from $\mathfrak{X}$ to $\mathfrak{X}$ that together with $\mathfrak{L}_{\mathfrak{X}}$ generate all functions from $\mathfrak{X}$ to $\mathfrak{X}$ is the uncountable cardinal $\mathfrak{d}$ (the dominating number).

A: If I have understood the question correctly, I believe this is false.
Construct an infinite, increasing, unbounded sequence using the following two definitions for the next term
x_i+1 = x_i + 1/x_i
x_i+1 = x_i^2
Starting with 1 as the first term, use the first definition once, then the second definition once, then the first definition twice, then the second definition twice, then the first definition thrice, then the second thrice, ect.
This would create arbitrarily long sections where the differences were very small or very large. No matter what N and M were, you could choose k to be large enough that it would run into a section longer than length M where the differences would be arbitrarily large and another where they would be arbitrarily small.
Hope my reasoning is clear and correct.


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Althea Gibson Biography
Althea Gibson was the first African-American tennis player to win in a major competition.
A stamp bearing Althea Gibson's image, circa 2013. Editorial credit: catwalker / Shutterstock.com.
In every sport there are trailblazers. In the world of tennis, that was Althea Gibson. A top-ranked player in the 1950s, she was the first African-American player to win in a major competition. After retiring from the court, she turned to golf, and went on to become the first black woman to play for the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Gibson was born in Silver, South Carolina on August 25, 1927 and grew up in Harlem, New York. As a child she was a natural athlete, playing basketball and paddle tennis, but she severely disliked school, often skipping classes and eventually dropping out. In 1941, after being given a tennis racket and the gift of lessons at a tennis club by her neighbors, Gibson entered and won the New York State Championship hosted by the American Tennis Association, a predominantly black organization. It was the first of a streak of wins at ATA competitions, which garnered the attention of two tennis-loving doctors. Together they helped get her coaching, as well as back on track in school so she could graduate.
While attending and graduating from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University on an athletic scholarship, Gibson continued to play with the ATA. She won the championship 10 years in a row, causing white tennis player Alice Marble to pen an article for American Lawn Tennis calling out the sport for bigotry.
Championships and Competitions
In 1950, though, Gibson was the first black player invited to the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association Grass Court Championships – precursor to the U.S. Open – where she was winning her second match when a storm halted play. When the match resumed the following day Gibson lost. The following year she was the first black player invited to Wimbledon, but frustration at her losses created a bitter blow.
Gibson played at the elite level for several years before hitting her stride. In 1956 she won her first major event, the French championships, and also captured the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. 1957 was the year that saw her at the top, winning both the U.S. championship event and Wimbledon's singles tournament. For that year and the one following she was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. She repeated her Wimbledon single's win in 1958, and made the choice to turn pro later that year.
Golf Career and Return to Tennis
With few tournaments for women's pro tennis, Gibson decided to turn her skills and discipline to golf. In 1964 she joined the Ladies Professional Gold Association as the first African-American member. She failed to stand out in the field and eventually returned to tennis, teaching as a pro.
Gibson's mark and influence on the world of tennis cannot be overstated. Through talent and hard work she broke the racial boundary at a time when the nation was just beginning to make progress in race relations, and paved the way black female athletes across all sports.
Gibson died in 2003 at the age of 76, from complications of respiratory and bladder infections, at her home in East Orange, New York.
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Allergies are caused by a complex mixture of chemical imbalances, emotional holdings, belief systems, environmental disturbances, and genetic weaknesses.
disorders, autoimmune disorders, headaches, skin disorders, and chronic fatigue.
Jessy desensitizes the body without elimination diets or reactions. Your body can learn to integrate these substances rather than having to fight against them.
It is unique to the BodyTalk System that you can learn to balance your body again to live with a reactive substance, integrating it into your lifestyle, rather than avoiding it.
Unlike some other allergy treatment programs, BodyTalk involves a short series of sessions (usually about 3 to 5), with a follow-up a few months later. Sometimes allergies are the body's overreaction from digestive imbalances, an overwhelmed immune system, or subconscious emotional reactions – all this is addressed during the BodyTalk session. Afterwards, you can live allergy-free. Your body becomes desensitized to the substance while restoring your immune response and overall health.
Neuromuscular feedback is a way of consistently detecting a substance that weakens the body. Body Talk incorporates this technique to check for and address a body's reaction to a substance.
A client is safely exposed to the frequency of an allergen contained in a glass vial. (Notice the box of vials on the table in this photo). During the session, the body learns to resonate harmoniously with the substance.
An Allergy is like having a Nail in your foot! The solution is not to get a bigger bandaid – you have to get the nail out.
Antihistamines are not the long term answer. In fact they lower your immune system and cause your body to have long term side effects.
Come in for a BodyTalk session not only to identify your triggers but to bring your body back into balance and eliminate your symptoms by correcting your body's responses the way your body wants to. Your Body TALKS to YOU … are you Listening? Jessy does. And so can you.
Call Jess to reduce your stress.
"I saw Jessy a year ago when she helped me recover from a severe allergic reaction to mosquito bites, complicated by a prescription to prednezone.
I went to see her again on Tuesday to reduce my allergic sensitivities. Guess what! In the next few days I've been moving dusty boxes in the basement and have not even had a single sneeze! My immune system is a lot stronger than before!
What we did is called Quantum Change, a totally different experience from Bodytalk. It has a lot more interactions and help with stress releasing. We went through family and friends to locate where the problems are and it pulls out the reasons and emotions that I wouldn't even have thought of expressing.
Now my body feels a lot "cleaner" and "lighter". Can't wait to get rid of the allergy and hugging cats and dogs. 💕 💕"


We just had opening day in MLB, and look how great that felt. Why not do it all over again, but in dozens and dozens of smaller cities across the country? JY's given you the run-down of the rosters and who to watch, but I can't let this day go without saying something about the greatness of the minors and some of the interesting series to put on your calendar.
Today's Rainiers game pits Blake Beavan against righty Stephen Fife of the Albuquerque Isotopes. Both starters fall into a rather unfortunate category – those who are probably better suited for MLB than the PCL, but aren't terribly well-suited to MLB either. Not quite good enough to crack the roster of their big league club, they have to make their low-90s/high-80s work in an environment seemingly built to destroy low-90s fastballs. Fife has the good sense to throw sinkers in the high-altitude environment of Albuquerque, and Beavan's fly-balling ways are well-suited to Tacoma-in-April, but the league context is so toxic, that they're not looking to put up gaudy stats and force a call-up. They're here to get in work and wait for the call.
The Rainiers look to be a solid club this year, with a solid offense hopefully making up for a so-so rotation. As Jay mentioned, the bullpen looks excellent, so if they can get leads, they stand a good chance of holding on to them. Nick Franklin's obviously the guy to watch on offense, and I'm curious to see how James Jones takes to the PCL this season after seeing him for just a couple of days at the tail end of 2013. Carson Smith is, to me, the best pitching prospect, with his sidearm delivery and 92-94mph sinkers/sliders causing serious problems to batters throughout his tenure in the org. Dominic Leone has more pure velocity, and he could see Seattle this year as well.
Games to see: We've talked about it before, but pitching depth was at a premium in MLB this year, as so many starters went down in the off-season or during spring training. That's meant that a lot of pitchers who ordinarily might have been ticketed for the PCL are now in the majors (like Roenis Elias), and it feels like we're not seeing quite as many great starters begin in AAA in 2014 as we did last year with Wacha, Walker, Paxton, Miller, etc. That said, the PCL isn't bereft of great pitchers. The early season series to target if you want to see high-quality arms is probably the early-May four-gamer in which the Rainiers host the Las Vegas 51s. Las Vegas is the Mets' affiliate, and boasts Noah Syndergaard and Rafael Montero. IF Wilmer Flores will be around too.
A few weeks later, the Reno Aces come to Tacoma, which ought to give us the opportunity to see #5 prospect in baseball Archie Bradley. Salt Lake's in town to close out May, and they should sport the Angels top prospect, 2B Taylor Lindsey, but "top prospect for the Angels" hasn't meant a whole lot in the barren, post-Trout years. We haven't mentioned Javier Baez, far and away the best prospect in the PCL, and perhaps all of AAA. That's because his Iowa Cubs don't come to town until late August, and if Baez (and double-play partner Arismendy Alcantara) are still on the team, something may have gone wrong. Baez made a splash in spring training, including hitting one HR against the M's that still hasn't come down, and I just can't see him lasting until August.
The other big position player prospect to catch would be George Springer, who, somewhat surprisingly, returns to Oklahama City to start 2014. OKC heads to Tacoma June 21st-24th, and they also feature 1B Jon Singleton and RHP Mike Foltynewicz, meaning that they have three of the top 100 prospects in baseball (or did…not sure Singleton is/should be on there anymore). The second series of the year features new PCL club El Paso, the new Padres' affiliate (they're building a new stadium in downtown El Paso, but it isn't done yet, so they'll be on the road essentially all of April). They're not exactly loaded (though pitcher Keyvius Sampson's worth seeing), but they're called the Chihuahuas, and there's something perfectly minor league about that.
Cheap beer night is Thursday (including tonight), GOOD beer night is Wednesday (NW Craft Beer night, $5 20oz beers from the featured brewery each Wed. home game). You should go early and often.


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The Mexcala Formation is a Late Cretaceous (late Turonian to late Maastrichtian) geologic formation in Guerrero state, southern Mexico.

Fossil content
Fossil ornithopod tracks assigned to Hadrosauridae indet. and sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.

Other fossils from the formation include:

Ammonites

 Barroisiceras (Texanites) dentatocarinatum
 Coilopoceras colleti
 C. requienianum
 Forresteria (Forresteria) alluaudi
 Peroniceras aff. tricarinatum
 P. cf. subtricarinatum
 Pseudotissotia galliennei
 Barroisiceras cf. alstadenense
 Barroisiceras sp.
 Peroniceras sp.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
 List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
 List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
 Ornithopod tracks

References

Bibliography
 A. A. Ramírez Velasco, R. Hernández Rivera, and R. Servin Pichardo. 2014. The hadrosaurian record from Mexico. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 340-360

 S. Kiel and M. d. C. Perrilliat. 2001. New gastropods from the Maastrichtian of the Mexcala Formation in Guerrero, southern Mexico, part 1: Stromboidea. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 222(3):407-426
 E. Cabral Cano, H. R. Lang, and C. G. A. Harrison. 2000. Stratigraphic Assessment of the Arcelia-Teloloapan area, Southern Mexico: Implications for Southern Mexico's Post-Neocomian Tectonic Evolution. Journal of South American Earth Science 13:443-457
 M. C. Perrilliat, F.J. Vega, and R. Corona. 2000. Early Maastrictian mollusca from the Mexcala formation of the state of Guerro, southern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 74(1):7-24
 I. Ferrusquia Villafranca, E. Jimenes Hidalgo, and V. M. Bravo Cuevas. 1995. Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from Mexico: additions and revisions. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):28A
 C. González Arreola. 1977. Amonitas del Coniaciano (Cretacico superior) de la region de Tepetlapa, estado de Guerrero [Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonoids from the Tepetlapa region (Guerrero)]. Revista Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia 1(2):167-173

Geologic formations of Mexico
Upper Cretaceous Series of North America
Cretaceous Mexico
Maastrichtian Stage
Campanian Stage
Santonian Stage
Coniacian Stage
Turonian Stage
Limestone formations
Sandstone formations
Marl formations
Shale formations
Lagoonal deposits
Shallow marine deposits
Ichnofossiliferous formations
Paleontology in Mexico
Natural history of Guerrero

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Munich, September 15, 2017: Konstantin Urban, CEO and founder of windeln.de SE, one of the leading online retailers for baby, toddler and children's products in Europe and to customers in China, was invited to speak at Alibaba's 18th birthday celebration in front of a large audience with nearly 40.000 guests in Hangzhou, China. The event was the biggest in Alibaba's history and took place in the Huanglong Stadion in Alibaba's hometown last Friday (September 8th). The audience mainly consisted of Alibaba employees from over 21 countries but also included famous Chinese singers and other celebrities. Themed "Internationalization and Technology", the celebration comprised a huge parade and speeches from various well-known personalities, amongst them Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group. Konstantin Urban was given the privilege to represent all international merchants on Alibaba's international platform Tmall Global. In his speech, he expressed his gratitude for a successful partnership. As retailer for baby and children's products, windeln.de represents one of the biggest categories of Tmall Global.
windeln.de SE launched a flagship store on Alibaba's Tmall Global in August 2016, which gives access to millions of Chinese families and already contributes to windeln.de group revenues significantly.
Alibaba Group is the world's largest retail commerce company with over 450m annual active consumers across it's e-marketplaces.
windeln.de was part of the official Alibaba anniversary video. Please find the link below:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzAxNjM2NTY0MA==.html?spm=a2hzp.8244740.0.0
windeln.de mit gutem Wachstum und verbesserter Profitabilität im zweiten Quartal
CEO und Gründer von windeln.de Konstantin Urban hält Rede bei Alibabas 18. Geburtstagsfeier


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import random
import uuid

from toil.test import ToilTest, travis_test

class DataStructuresTest(ToilTest):
    def _getJob(self, cores=1, memory=1000, disk=5000, preemptable=True):
        from toil.batchSystems.mesos import MesosShape, ToilJob

        resources = MesosShape(wallTime=0, cores=cores, memory=memory, disk=disk, preemptable=preemptable)

        job = ToilJob(jobID=str(uuid.uuid4()),
                      name=str(uuid.uuid4()),
                      resources=resources,
                      command="do nothing",
                      userScript=None,
                      environment=None,
                      workerCleanupInfo=None)
        return job

    @travis_test
    def testJobQueue(self, testJobs=1000):
        """
        The mesos JobQueue sorts MesosShape objects by requirement and
        this test ensures that that sorting is what is expected:
        non-preemptible jobs groups first, with priority given to large jobs.
        """
        from toil.batchSystems.mesos import JobQueue
        jobQueue = JobQueue()

        for jobNum in range(0, testJobs):
            testJob = self._getJob(cores=random.choice(list(range(10))), preemptable=random.choice([True, False]))
            jobQueue.insertJob(testJob, testJob.resources)

        sortedTypes = jobQueue.sortedTypes
        self.assertGreaterEqual(20, len(sortedTypes))
        self.assertTrue(all(sortedTypes[i] <= sortedTypes[i + 1] for i in range(len(sortedTypes) - 1)))

        preemptable = sortedTypes.pop(0).preemptable
        for jtype in sortedTypes:
            # all non preemptable jobTypes must be first in sorted order
            if preemptable:
                # all the rest of the jobTypes must be preemptable as well
                assert jtype.preemptable
            elif jtype.preemptable:
                # we have reached our first preemptable job
                preemptable = jtype.preemptable

        # make sure proper number of jobs are in queue
        self.assertEqual(len(jobQueue.jobIDs()), testJobs)

        testJob = self._getJob(cores=random.choice(list(range(10))))
        jobQueue.insertJob(testJob, testJob.resources)
        testJobs += 1

        self.assertEqual(len(jobQueue.jobIDs()), testJobs)

        tmpJob = None
        while not jobQueue.typeEmpty(testJob.resources):
            testJobs -= 1
            tmpJob = jobQueue.nextJobOfType(testJob.resources)

        self.assertEqual(len(jobQueue.jobIDs()), testJobs)
        # Ensure FIFO
        self.assertIs(testJob, tmpJob)

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This page documents all the applicable standards and certifications for the PXIe-1078 and provides downloadable certifications.
This page provides dimensional drawings for the PXIe-1078.
This is the Letter of Volatility for the NI PXIe-1078.
The NI PXIe-1078 User Manual describes the features of the NI PXIe-1078 chassis and contains information about configuring the chassis, installing the modules, and operating the chassis.


Residents in Greencastle are questioning the integrity of recent tests result received from the HSE, Donegal, which were carried out on drinking water in the area. The tests were done on 18th January 2017 by the Public Analysis Laboratory, Galway from samples taken on 16th January.
Residents are not happy with the thoroughness of the tests, the method and scope of sampling and the chemical parameters that were tested. For example there is no mention THMs (trihalomethanes), a chemical compound that the residents were particularly worried about and many other chemicals used in drinking water treatment plants.
Ballymacarthur water treatment plant Greencastle Co Donegal. At the rear there are 3 small sand filter beds.
" We are now in receipt of the completed bacteriological and chemical analysis results for the sample take recently from water supply to your home and can confirm that at the time of sample the water from the supply was fit for human consumption"
This water test came about after a year long campaign by residents over high levels of THMs (thrihalomethances) in drinking water from the Ballymacarthur water treatment plant in the Greencastle area. Residents were alerted to problems in drinking water by an EPA report which stated that 10 water treatment plants in Donegal exceeded THMs limits.
EPA records prior to 2012 also identified exceedance levels of THMs in the Greencastle water and they submitted an remedial action plan in 2011 with a completion date of September 2013 recommended.
"We want to know if there is a link between the high levels of THMs in our water supply and the very high rate of cancers in Greencastle. Surely more in depth studies on this relationship should be undertaken. We are so worried and need to be assured that chemicals used for treating our water supply is not damaging our health. We need regular monitoring and tests carried out in a transparent way and they need to be ongoing . Remedial action must be done immediately.
Lough Fad supplies Moville and Redcastle area. Photo show low level of water.
A year ago we approached our local council but nothing has been done and our plant remains open. We want this plant which is exceeding THMs limits closed with immediate effect and the correct infrastructure put in place to ensure that our community has clean and safe drinking water.
Water testing was carried out here in recent weeks but we are suspicious the way in which they were done. At the time of the test, water was being pumped in advance from Lough Fad to deliberately dilute the concentration of Thms further down towards Greencastle. As predicted, the results from the HSE were within the normal range.
Helen Clarke a concerned resident said that they have sent an email to Irish Water pointing out that remedial action is long overdue. Residents feel that they must be kept informed about any new planned infrastructure, when this will take place, what it entails, when will work be tendered out and the timescale involved. They want to know what solutions will be put in place while the remedial work is done. They call on all Councillors, TDs and Senators, to take a proactive interest in this serious health issue and support the Greencastle community in finding an urgent solution.
Mr Enda Craig, a local Moville environmentalist, who has been highlighting this issue for some time, said that when he was made aware of the test results he contacted the Environmental Health Officer in Buncrana and asked.
"why the water analysis did not contain any mention of tests for Trihalomethane's, (THMs) . I was told that the tests had been taken at a different location.
The question immediately arises why? Surely the THM test should have been carried out on the water sample taken in St Paul's park. Or could it be the HSE wanted to test a water sample at a different location which would be known to contain a substantial percentage of THM compliant Redcastle water which come from Lough Fad.
Why was there no mention of Fluoride in the results from water samples taken in St Paul's park? If, as Irish Water states, that twenty five per cent of Redcastle water ( which contains Fluoride) is now mixed with the Ballymacarthur supplied water then how come no Fluoride was detected in St Paul's park.
Could it be that the Redcastle water does not get as far as St Paul's park in the first place and that the statement from Irish Water is a hoodwink, to say the very least. Every way you look at this water testing escapade there is an overwhelming need for further detailed answers. It would never be possible that the HSE has been gambling with people's health in an attempt to cover the fact that the promised infrastructure from Irish Water is already way behind schedule. Either way let's have some upfront straight answers."
Between 2002 and 2009Ireland was condemned on a number of occasions by the European court of Justice for it's high levels of E-coli and Cryptosporidium caused by faecal contamination. Both conditions manifest as a serious form of gastro-intestinal illness in humans that can be fatal.
This European intervention resulted in Ireland introducing chlorine to disinfect the water supply, a cost cutting measure which treated the symptoms rather than the cause. Ireland was advised against this measure by Europe but ignored the advise.
Chlorine is known to react with organic matter including bog water, faeces, dead animals and can produce trihalomethane (THMs), a known cause of cancer. Long-term exposure is reported to carry increased risks of cancers, including bladder and colon cancer and can cause damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney and the central nervous system. While chlorine suppresses the e-coli bug, it has little effect on Cryptosporidium. Now the European Commission has confirmed that it will be taking proceedings against Ireland to address the ongoing concerns of THMs in drinking water.


The whole school community is committed to providing a safe, secure environment for each child and establishing a culture of safeguarding. The Governors and the Head fully recognise our responsibilities for child protection and safeguarding, with the well-being and safety of each child paramount.
The School will seek to act in a child's best interests at all times and will intervene wherever a child's wellbeing could be compromised. We advocate a positive, open working relationship with parents to help ensure that your child receives the very best care they can.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Mrs Davies-Duddy, Deputy Head, (kdaviesduddy@shstrust.net) and the Deputy Designated Safeguarding is the Head, Mr Jon Akhurst (jonakhurst@shstrust.net). Their responsibilities also include children in the EYFS. They are contactable during school hours via email or telephone (01372 462781). Outside of school hours and during school holidays, any Safeguarding concerns should be reported to relevant local authority for the child's home address.
To read the full Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, please click on the link below.


You've probably drank Natrel milk at least once in your life, with your cookies as a snack or in your cereal, or maybe with that dark chocolate cake late at night. But did you know that Natrel has been around for 75 years? They are a Canadian dairy co-operative based in Montreal! They were formed in 1990 as the dairy subsidiary of Agropur agricultural cooperative, and Agropur was founded in 1938. Talk about a long lineage or dairy products!
To motivate people to get back into the kitchen, Natrel started a year-long contest celebrating the delicious mac 'n cheese. 52 weeks, 52 recipes, and a whole lot of cheese. The #NatrelMac Challenge aims to reinvent the classic mac 'n cheese dish with new and innovative recipes that are sure to be party pleasers. Their goal is to highlight the diversity of dairy products, showing us that they're not just for milk and cookies.
Natrel challenges Canadians to re-create one of the 52 recipes inspired by a different theme every week (find the recipes here) or to create your very own mac 'n cheese dish! To enter the contest, post a picture of your dish on Instagram with the hashtag #NatrelMac and tag @Natrel in the description.
A winner is drawn every month and will get a Le Creuset prize. At the end of the 52 weeks, the grand prize will be a Le Creuset 4.2 L French oven, 4 mini round cocottes, and a vintage towel. The grand total of the prizes is worth $2,875! A pretty penny for incredible cooking tools.
Natrel picked out a mac 'n cheese for us to try out and the results were delicious and cheesy. We were armed with Apropur Cooperative cheeses, a Le Creuset mini cocotte, and a pretty pot customized by Montreal artist PONY. Time to get cheesing!
1. In a pot, melt butter and soften onion and pepper for 3 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Add flour and stir for 1 minute, making sure the flour doesn't brown.
3. Gradually add milk and cream, beating with a whisk to obtain a smooth sauce.
4. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring regularly until the sauce thickens.
5. Add cheddar cheese, the chive and pasta.
6. Pour into a dish and cool for about an hour.
7. Shape the mixture into balls, insert a little Brie cheese in the centre and close carefully.
8. Roll in flour, beaten egg and breadcrumbs in turn.
9. Fry the bites a few minutes in oil until crispy and golden. Serve with your favourite tomato sauce, to taste.


Huahuaxtla is a Nahua town in transition. During my visit is discovered two costumes, one the "old" style and the other more modern. There is some similarity between Huahuaxtla and Zoatecpan's embroidery.
The knit top blouse, at the top, is the style worn in Xochitlan, which is the municipal center for this region.
This is a view of the town as you enter. The road continues for many miles and exits near Chignahuapan.
Sra. Sofia Santiago Cano, she has a small store which sells dry goods and blouses. She allowed me to shoot the blouses she had on hand.
A close up of Maria Lucia Ramos. She was walking down the street and some people from the town, who took an interest in the project, convinced her to let me take her picture.
This piece has been added to the collection.
One of three churches in the town.