WizKids has shared the first details on D&D Icons of the Realms Miniatures Set 12, its licensed line of prepainted plastic figures for Dungeons & Dragons.
Set for release in August, Set 12 will contain 45 figures randomly sorted to include monsters, heroes, villains and more. There are two product configurations, the Standard Booster and Standard Booster Bricks. The Standard Boosters each contain four total figures: 1 large figure and 3 medium/small figures. The Standard Booster Bricks contain 8 Standard Boosters, for a total of 32 figures. D&D Icons of the Realms: Set 12 Standard Cases include 4 Standard Booster Bricks for a total of 128 figures total.
There is also a Premium Figure available for purchase for customers who preorder a D&D Icons of the Realms: Set 12 Eight ct. Booster Brick at friendly local game stores. The Premium Figure has an MSRP of $49.99, and will be available to purchase without the booster case while supplies last.


Strange Monsters is a music and words collaboration of imaginative fiction and poetry set to contemporary jazz. In Strange Monster's six audio fictions, women challenge what's expected and find their voices in unexpected places.
Download the free Story Companion PDF to the album here, with links to the stories in the album, selected descriptions of the writing process, and photos from the recording sessions.
Strange Monsters is a music and words collaboration of fiction and poetry set to contemporary jazz. Read by actors, Stufflebeam's stories unveil a world where the fantastic is familiar. In these six tracks, each set to one of Brewer's ethereal compositions, women challenge what's expected of them and find their voices in unexpected places: Rumpelstiltskin's wife endures police questioning regarding the disappearance of a local boy; a group of deadbeat friends in love with the same woman encounter the skeletons of various extinct animals on a doomed camping trip; and a cursed ballerina longs to do nothing but dance while forced to contend with two men: her obsessed fan and the jealous director of the ballet company. Brewer wrote each musical composition to accompany each story; these layered pieces utilize a blend of traditional small-group jazz with clarinet, bass clarinet, flugelhorn, and unique sound effects.
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Saro A.27 London – brytyjska rozpoznawcza łódź latająca, używana przed i w początkowym okresie II wojny światowej.

Historia
Samolot zaprojektowany w wytwórni lotniczej Saunders-Roe według wymagań brytyjskiego Ministerstwa Lotnictwa nr R.24/31 na dwusilnikową łódź latającą przeznaczoną do wykonywania zadań patrolowych. Pierwszy lot prototypu odbył się w 1934 roku, następnie odbył on serię prób eksploatacyjnych w 209 i 210 dywizjonach RAF. Dziesięć egzemplarzy pierwszej serii produkcyjnej, wyposażonych w silniki Bristol Pegasus III o mocy 820 KM napędzające dwułopatowe śmigła, zostało oznaczonych London Mk I. Pozostałe 38 samolotów, nazwanych London Mk II otrzymało silniki Bristol Pegasus X o mocy 915 KM i czterołopatowe śmigła. W trakcie eksploatacji samoloty pierwszej serii także otrzymały mocniejsze silniki i zostały przemianowane na wersję Mk II.

Pierwsze egzemplarze, dostarczone pomiędzy kwietniem i wrześniem 1936 roku, otrzymał 201 dywizjon RAF, kolejne trafiły na wyposażenie dywizjonów 202 i 204. Razem ze zbudowanym według tych samych wymagań samolotem Supermarine Stranraer były to ostatnie duże dwupłatowe łodzie latające pozostające na wyposażeniu RAF.

Pięć samolotów Saro London z dywizjonu 204 wzięło udział w długodystansowym przelocie do Nowej Południowej Walii (Australia), który odbył się w terminie od grudnia 1937 roku do maja 1938 dla uczczenia 150 rocznicy założenia kolonii w Sydney. Do tego celu zostały one specjalnie wyposażone w dodatkowe zewnętrzne zbiorniki paliwa, zwiększające zasięg lotu do 4 184 km.

W chwili wybuchu II wojny światowej w służbie pozostawało wciąż 29 egzemplarzy Londonów, w dywizjonach 201 na Szetlandach, 202 w Gibraltarze oraz 240, stacjonującym w północnej Szkocji (ten ostatni otrzymał swoje samoloty dopiero w czerwcu 1939 roku). Pełniły one aktywną służbę patrolową na morzach Północnym i Śródziemnym. Łodzie latające Saro London zostały wycofane ze służby w RAF na początku 1941 roku, zastąpione przez samoloty Short Sunderland i Consolidated Catalina. Kilka egzemplarzy przekazanych zostało do Royal Canadian Air Force.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 13, 2017 – Steelcase has again been recognized as one of the "Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The recognition came after Steelcase earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI). Steelcase joins the ranks of 609 major U.S. businesses which also earned top marks on the 2018 report.
The CEI is a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees. Administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the program began in 2002. Steelcase has earned a perfect score for four consecutive years.
The 2018 CEI rated 947 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, equitable benefits for LGBTQ workers and their families, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public commitment to the LGBTQ community. Steelcase's efforts in satisfying all of the CEI's criteria results in a 100 percent ranking and the designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.


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Framing Anti-War Theatre: Public Perceptions of Embedded
Jeremy Gordon, Utah State University
Journalism and Communication
Extending research of framing anti-war protest is framed in the public sphere, this study examines theatre critics' reviews and viewers' responses to Tim Robbins' anti-war play Embedded. My research examines how two groups of publics interpreted Embedded: (1) professional theatre reviewers and (2) a sample of Utah State University students. It is important to note that the majority of the students who participated in this study are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), a consistently social and political conservative religious sect. Thus, how this specific group of viewers deciphered Embedded is of special interest. Critical analyses of both reviews and responses revealed the prominence of two seemingly irreconcilable partisan master frames in critics' and spectators' interpretations of the play's protest narratives. Although these frames seem to be incompatible, adherents to both "whining for peace" and "anti-war protest" consider protection of American democracy the primary goal. However, members of both groups define the role of anti-war protest in, and defense of, democracy differently. Examination of discourse suggests that marginalization of anti-war protest continues to be the privileged discourse. Overwhelming dismissal of Embedded's anti-war narratives by the majority of critics and Latter-day Saint (LDS) viewers indicates that dissent was framed according to cultural and societal values, which perpetuated conceptions of anti-war protest as deviant. Thus, in both public discussion and personal interpretation of Embedded's outward expression of protest, anti-war activism is perceived to be illegitimate when the United States is at war. Results suggest that most theatre critics and LDS viewers relied on values framing in their perception of the play, which negated complex and nuanced discussion regarding military action in Iraq. By broadening discussion of how anti-war dissent is framed by including theatre critics and individual viewers, this research provides insight into how dissenting action is perceived within a larger cultural context. As findings reveal, it is reasonable to conclude that marginalization of anti-war dissent is not limited to mass media. Rather, I argue that dismissal of protest may be perpetuated on a wider societal scale, a problematic trend, especially as protest is widely considered to be a valuable tenet of democratic practice.
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Shall I select IP or ATM? In addition, ETHERNET is provided on the GTC according to the protocol stack. What is the function of the "PVC-setting"?
The reason why "PVC-SETTING" appears in the priority options is that the command line has been expanded. Actually, IP and ATM all represent the priorities of ETH. But "PVC-SETTING" denotes that the priority configured in the command shall be used. If "TAG-IN-PAGGAGE" is selected, the priority carried in the ETH message prevails.
That is to say, the configuration on the device shall be used for IP service, and the original priority of the message shall be used for ATM service.


Before, During, and After . . .
In our study of Luke 1, we noted that Luke gives us too many historical details of the Incarnation for us to be fuzzy about God becoming flesh and blood. When God steps into time and space, as He did with Mary, those divine encounters are more than a figment of our imagination. Mary would always look back on that experience with Gabriel and remember the before, the during and the after.
If you know Christ as Savior, you have a similar story. A true story of the people-places-events that led to your transformation. These priceless details are too important to our growth in Christ to gloss over and forget. For that reason, we should periodically promote the details of our encounters with Christ. With that in mind, we asked 3 people from our congregation to share some of the details of how Christ changed and is changing them.
Six years ago, the Christmas season began in Northern Utah with an unpleasant surprise. The excitement began on December 1, as many of us woke up to downed trees and vinyl siding scattered all over the neighborhood. Fences were blown over and many were without power. It was one of the worst windstorms this area had seen in decades.Until you see it's effects, it's hard to imagine that something you can't touch and can't see can be so powerful.
There is another kind of wind that blows from heaven but instead of destroying and demolishing, it builds and inspires. I am referring to the wind of God - Holy Spirit. 2000 years ago, a mighty, rushing wind from heaven came upon a young teenage girl and empowered her to do the impossible. We know her as Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her story is recorded for us in Luke 1: 26-38.
Constantly focusing upon ourselves is a treacherous undertaking. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, in his book, Spiritual Depression, writes that the most depressing person to listen to is yourself. There is no quicker way to become depressed about life circumstances than to constantly listen to yourself talk about your life circumstances. One of the best ways to enjoy the coming of Christ into our lives this Christmas season is to take the spotlight off of ourselves and focus more intentionally on the character of God. Through Gabriel's visit to Mary in Luke 1, we get glimpses of God's wonderful character and its benefit to our lives. Last week, we considered His unconditional love; today we look at His great power.
Tozer's declaration of faith is more than the musings of a well read minister. He writes from experience not extrapolation. His personal encounter with God reminds us of another divine encounter 2000 years ago. As we turn our attention to the events leading up to Christ's birth this Christmas season, we find in the life of Mary a testimony bearing witness of God's unconditional love. A love no experience on earth can match.
As we move into the Christmas season, we naturally begin to think about the giving of gifts. Though we cannot know with certainty all the gifts ever given at Christmas, there is no question that of all the gifts ever given, God's gift of Jesus was the greatest. Jesus entered this world as an infant baby and exited as the Resurrected Lord. When we by faith receive Him as Savior, His Lordship makes a radical difference in how we live, Christmas time or otherwise. When the God of the Universe comes to live inside you, He comes to make a difference! Paul writes about this transforming difference of grace in a letter to his young ministry assistant, Timothy. We conclude 1 Timothy 4 today by focusing on the last of 4 traits that help us bear witness of God's transforming grace: Consistency.


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Two teams consisting of ex-professionals and celebrities from the world of acting, music, TV and entertainment, as well as a few special guests, will play a 90-minute match in W12, just one mile away from the North Kensington tower-block.
Footballers Les Ferdinand, David Seaman, Trevor Sinclair, Alan Shearer, Andy Sinton, Jody Morris, Ally McCoist and Paul Merson are amongst those already confirmed to play their part. Stoke City's Peter Crouch will also feature, alongside his firefighter best friend Gregg Jules, who was directly involved in the relief effort.
In addition, Marcus Mumford, Olly Murs, Wretch 32, Kano, Ben Shephard, Damian Lewis, DJ Spoony, Tinie Tempah, Jarvis Cocker, Darren Campbell, Jamie Dornan, Richard Ashcroft, Serge Pizzorno, Tamer Hassan, Ben Cohen and James Bay are amongst those set to feature too, in what promises to be a day to remember for the West London community.
Over two thousand complimentary tickets will be issued to those directly affected by the tragedy, including families, the emergency services, volunteers, local residents and all those who played their part in the recovery efforts in North Kensington. Monies raised from tickets sales and other fundraising initiatives around the event will go directly through the London Community Foundation into the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, distributing funds to survivors and the wider community affected by the fire.


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Home » Blueberry returns as 'it' ingredient
Blueberry returns as 'it' ingredient
Lori Sichtermann
KEYWORDS antioxidants / blueberry / health and wellness / superfruits
Photo courtesy of U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council.
The blueberry has re-entered the ingredient scene as a sought-after celebrity. Joining other fashionable "it" ingredients of late – fruits such as pomegranate, mango and acai – blueberry has re-emerged in the beverage aisle, enhancing items from tea to wine.
The popularity of blueberries today is the result of increased consumer awareness regarding the berry's health benefits, says John Sauve, managing partner of Swardlick Marketing Group, a representative of the Wild Blueberry Association of North America, Old Town, Maine. "Blueberries have gone from something in a muffin to a health icon," he says.
High and wild
Practically unbeknownst to the common consumer, two types of blueberries exist: highbush and lowbush.
The highbush blueberry – also known as the "cultivated" blueberry – is grown commercially in 34 states and two Canadian provinces. The cultivated highbush berry is found most commonly in the produce department at supermarkets across the country and around the world.
The lowbush blueberry, on the other hand, occurs naturally in a very limited area in Maine, east Canada and Quebec. This type of blueberry is known as the "wild" berry and is smaller compared with its cultivated cousin. Because of the wild berry's condensed size, it packs in flavor, the Wild Blueberry Association says. Thus, the lowbush blueberry is more commonly used as an ingredient for foods and beverages, but is available to consumers only in some frozen food sections.
Highbush or lowbush, blueberries are a member of the elite group of foods known as "superfruits" because of their high antioxidant content. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, blueberries are at the top of the list when it comes to high oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) values, the measurement of a food's antioxidant strength. As a result, blueberries have found a new niche as an ingredient in today's health-focused market.
"Interest in antioxidants has put blueberries in the spotlight," says Tom Payne, industry specialist for the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council, Folsom, Calif. "As a result, they've garnered attention from the medical and scientific communities as well as the media."
Drink it up
The blueberry is back on the proverbial map due to its healthful benefits and versatility. Many blueberry forms are available to meet a range of beverage formulation needs, Payne says.
"Blueberries are available as fresh, frozen or dried; they are available as powders and fiber, and in liquid formats such as juice stock, concentrates and purees," he says. "The expansion of the formats of blueberries provides opportunities for use in a wide-range of products."
It is the blueberry's attractiveness as a healthful ingredient that has sparked its use in a number of beverages.
"The beverage industry today is buying blueberry extracts, concentrates and purees," Sauve says. "They have integrated the flavor into many of their lines."
The versatile blueberry has found its way into conventional fruit-infused drinks, such as smoothies and fruit juice blends, while also appearing as a stand-alone flavor in some cases.
"A Georgia producer recently introduced a not-from-concentrate, 100 percent blueberry juice," Payne says. "Blueberries also have been incorporated into beer and wine."
In terms of using the blueberry as an ingredient, the sky is the limit. "Blueberries are now part of everybody's new product profile," Sauve says. "If you're going to develop a new breakfast bar, cereal or beverage, then you're going to add blueberry because consumers want them."
Although two types of berries make up the blueberry population, folks on both sides of the highbush and lowbush industry agree that the blueberry has a healthy future in the marketplace.
"The future is remarkably positive," Sauve says. "It simply is going to become one of the core ingredients that all food manufacturers look to to satisfy consumer needs. And, the unique nature of the blueberry – because of its size and how well it freezes – it is going to be one of those easy-to-use ingredients across a variety of product lines."
In the world of functional beverages and foods, blueberries are leading the way, Sauve says. It was only a few years ago that the berry was reintroduced to consumers as a healthful product, and since its reintroduction, consumers have responded with interest, he says. This is a welcomed change in perception for many involved in the blueberry industry.
"We didn't change the blueberry," Sauve says. "We just changed the way people think about it." BI
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I checked the usual haunts Fensport, Demon Tweeks, TBDev, Camskill etc, but they don't seem to deal in Tial. I found some other places in the UK but then came across Owen Developments. I'd heard them mentioned somewhere before (possibly MR2Only) so thought I would give them a call.
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Glad to hear that you got sorted. Just curious as to why did you go for a Tial bov ?
The look, feel, and general quality of them is what decided it for me. They flow a hell of a lot of air fast, and you can also buy all of the spares/parts individually very easily.
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Is that your engine bay Geoff?
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Yes that is 750degree black satin heat paint baked on. I got it done at Tallaght Powdercoating. They do a super job... great guy there called Jeff if anyone needs anything done.
It's taken a lot of work to get to this stage and only a couple more rogue coloured hoses to get rid of.
I hope you remember to bring your camera on Saturday Mark!
Note that in that pic it is only half assembled, the car would not run like that.... but you'll see on Saturday.


Total Population 1911 to 1961: Population grew from 19,213 in 1911 to 33,725 in 1961.
Age Structure, in 5-year bands, from 1911 to 1961: In 1911, only 9.08 per cent of the population were aged 65 and over, but by 1961 11.37 per cent were.
Infant Mortality Rate 1911 to 1973: The highest rate recorded was 83.04 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1917, and the lowest was 8.55 in 1963.
BEDFORD Preferred English F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 560.
BEDFORDSHIRE Administrative County 1894 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 560.
BIDDENHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
BLETSOE AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
BOLNHURST CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
BOLNHURST AND KEYSOE CP Parish-level Unit 1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
BROMHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
CARDINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
CARLTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
CARLTON AND CHELLINGTON CP Parish-level Unit 1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
CHELLINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
CLAPHAM CP/AP/Ch Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
COLMWORTH AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 5.
COLWORTH FARM ExP/CP Parish-level Unit 1895 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
COPLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
DEAN AND SHELTON CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
EASTCOTTS Tn/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
EATON SOCON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1934 1965 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
ELSTOW CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
FELMERSHAM AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
GOLDINGTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 6.
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HARROLD CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
KEMPSTON AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1894 1896 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
KEMPSTON RURAL CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
KEYSOE CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
KNOTTING Ch/AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
KNOTTING AND SOULDROP CP Parish-level Unit 1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 7.
LITTLE BARFORD AP/CP Parish-level Unit 1934 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 4.
LITTLE STAUGHTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit 1934 1974 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 10.
MELCHBOURNE AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 8.
MELCHBOURNE AND YELDEN CP Parish-level Unit 1934 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
MILTON ERNEST CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
OAKLEY AP/CP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
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RAVENSDEN CP/AP Parish-level Unit F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 9.
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Q: Is it possible to get the frequency of characters in more then 1 string in Python? Im aware that we are able to get the frequency of characters in a string by doing this:
def freq_of_chars(string):
    all_freq = {}
    for i in string:
        if i in all_freq:
            all_freq[i] += 1
        else:
            all_freq[i] = 1
    print("Count of all characters is: " + str(all_freq))
    freq_of_chars('Test')

However, if i want to get the frequency of characters in more then 1 string, how do i do it? I tried this but the output shows the  frequency count of each word instead of characters.
def freq_of_chars(string1,string2):
    freq = {}
    for i in string1,string2:
        if i in freq:
            freq[i] += 1
        else:
            freq[i] = 1
    print("Count of all characters is: " + str(freq))
    freq_of_chars('First','Second')

A: Add them together:
def freq_of_chars(string1, string2):
    freq = {}
    for i in string1 + string2:
        if i in freq:
            freq[i] += 1
        else:
            freq[i] = 1
    print("Count of all characters is: " + str(freq))

But also you could use:
def freq_of_chars(*strings):
    freq = {}
    for i in ''.join(strings):
        if i in freq:
            freq[i] += 1
        else:
            freq[i] = 1
    print("Count of all characters is: " + str(freq))

This way you could enter unlimited strings!
Like:
freq_of_chars('First', 'Second', 'Third', 'Fourth', 'this', 'is', 'a', 'string', 'infinity!')

But I suggest Counter from collections:
from collections import Counter
def freq_of_chars(*strings):
    return Counter(''.join(strings))

But why not just:
freq_of_chars = lambda *strings: Counter(''.join(strings))

Or just no function:
freq_of_chars = Counter(''.join(strings))

A: The simplest way would be to use freq_of_chars(string1+string2)

A: This seems like a good opportunity to learn about *args. I'll modify your function:
def freq_of_chars(*strings):
    all_strings = "".join(strings)
    all_freq = {}
    for i in all_strings:
        if i in all_freq:
            all_freq[i] += 1
        else:
            all_freq[i] = 1
    print("Count of all characters is: " + str(all_freq))

Here, I've turned your parameter string into *strings, and then added a line which joins all the strings. What *strings does as a parameter is allow you to pass any number of strings to your function. The "".join() simply joins all the strings so that you can iterate over one big string.
Here's an example of how to use the function:
>>> freq_of_chars("hello", "this", "is", "a", "test", "function", "call", "with", "an", "arbitrary", "number", "of", "strings")
Count of all characters is: {'h': 3, 'e': 3, 'l': 4, 'o': 3, 't': 7, 'i': 6, 's': 5, 'a': 5, 'f': 2, 'u': 2, 'n': 5, 'c': 2, 'w': 1, 'r': 5, 'b': 2, 'y': 1, 'm': 1, 'g': 1}

Now, it's a bit tedious to have to write all those strings out, so if you happen to already have your strings all together in a collection, you can simply unpack that collection in the function call:
>>> strings = ["hello", "this", "is", "a", "test", "function", "call", "with", "an", "arbitrary", "number", "of", "strings"]
>>> freq_of_chars(*strings)
Count of all characters is: {'h': 3, 'e': 3, 'l': 4, 'o': 3, 't': 7, 'i': 6, 's': 5, 'a': 5, 'f': 2, 'u': 2, 'n': 5, 'c': 2, 'w': 1, 'r': 5, 'b': 2, 'y': 1, 'm': 1, 'g': 1}

A: Rather than implementing the logic for counting the chars you could use collections.Counter instead
from collections import Counter

def freq_of_chars(*strings):
    freq = Counter()
    for string in strings:
        freq.update(string)
    return freq

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Two days of gaming, comics, and everything geek related. We here at Geek News Network had a chance to join in this year's festivities and without further adieu, here is our wrap up of the Tucson Comic Con 2014.
I arrived in Tucson around 10am after my hour and thirty minute trip through the desert to Tucson. I was greeted with a line that stretched up the length of the convention center and half way back. With my press-pass in hand I travel down the stairs to enter into the spacious exhibit hall. Nothing but 205,000 square feet of geeks, gamers and costumes. The variety of vendors was quite impressive; everything from local costume groups, gaming retailers, to various artists doing signings and taking photos with fans. There were booths for you to get zombie make up, booths to have photos taken with a highly detailed Yoda statue, and a booth to get dressed up in authentic steam punk outfits.
This year there were several great discussion panels ranging from cosplay tips, a voice actor from "The Walking Dead" Tell-Tale game, and several comic creators from Image Comics. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a few panels, namely the "Being More Than Human! A beginner's guide to cosplaying the galaxy!" panel hosted by Amber and Matthew Hunt of Firelight Cosplay along with Sarah Wilkinson of Red Nebula Cosplay. The cosplay panel was particularly helpful to first time costume makers. I learned quite a few tricks from the 2 panelists hosting the presentation. Another panel that stood out was the "Kick starting your Kickstarter" panel hosted by Travis Hanson ( The Bean) Jessica Feinberg (Dragons!) Suzana Harcum & Owen White (Tripping Over You). There was more than a handful of knowledge to be gleaned from the hosts the panel.
No comic convention would be complete without costumers and cosplayers. Tucson had quite a surprising variety of cosplayers this year with the classic standbys being Spider-Man, a few Judge Dredds, and of course with Marvel's release of "Guardians of the Galaxy" over the summer there were many impressive Star-Lord costumes as well as the other costumes as the rest of the cast of the film. This year I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Syfritt (Mad Propps on Facebook), the owner of one of Arizona's best prop and costume design shops. He was a guest of the convention and held an excellent panel about cosplay etiquette.
I can go on for days about the great experiences that were had by all attendees including myself but no wrap-up review would be complete without some constructive criticism. This year I myself decided to get up early and head down to Tucson early. This was not early enough and many people and even more locals were there already. My first point is that tickets were only being sold at the door. There was no way to buy them online or even in advance. This factor created a very congested atmosphere and by 1130 made the line to get tickets the length of the convention center and 3/4 of the way back. With a line that long this also created an issue with parking and by 2 o' clock the parking lot was full. All in all those two things are the only thing I can really fault the convention with and those are the typical problems associated with any convention. I'd say the organizers did an excellent job of keeping everything running smoothly and an even better job of bring quality content to the South-west. For those in the area it's an extremely inexpensive event to attend and I'm looking forward to seeing next year's Tucson Comic Con.


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Q: 'The org cannot be found' error in VS Code Anyone experienced "The org cannot be found" issue in VS Code. I'm facing this issue from past 2 weeks. Tried with multiple orgs. Un-installed and re-installed VS Code. Tried with different versions of VS Code. Updated CLI to the latest version. Tried with last 2-3 versions of SF CLI. I'm not behind any VPN.
No issue with any of the org's setting because I see that the same org working well in other systems. This behaviour is the same for different orgs. (Not org specific)
I can able to authorize the org and open default org works a couple of times without any error. But most of the times it returns the same error. Retrieve and deploy works the very first time after launching VS code and then returns the same error when I try again and few other times, it doesn't work for the first time as well.


Ryan George, CEO of Simpleview, J. Felipe Garcia, Executive Vice President of Visit Tucson and I just returned from Mexico City, where we had the pleasure of meeting with Mexico's incoming Minister of Tourism, The Honorable Miguel Torruco Marques. We are excited for next steps in our continued development of education, tools and engagement in Mexico.
We are wrapping up our CDME Courses in Seattle this week. Those on their way to receiving their CDME credential had the opportunity to advance their careers this week through courses taught by our industry leaders.
We also held our CDME Summit this week for destination organization professionals to continue to advance their careers through CDME reaccreditation sessions. Special thanks for Maura Gast, FCDME, Executive Director of the Irving CVB, for her support of our CDME Summit and to Mark Crabb, FCDME, Chief Sales Officer of the Greater Palm Springs CVB, for teaching our PDM Fundamentals of Sales course.
CDME faculty included: Craig Davis, CDME, President and CEO of VisitPITTSBURGH; Kathleen Frankford, CDME, President of Discover Lancaster; Deb Archer, CDME, President/CEO of the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau; John Groh, CDME, President/CEO of the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau; Jennifer Johnson, CDME, Vice President, Operations at Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau; Chris Ihrig, Chief Engagement Officer with Fired-Up! Culture; Mary German, CDME, Chief Operating Officer with the Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau; and Renee Areng, CEO of HMA Hospitality Consultants.
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Last week, we held our 2nd annual Advocacy Summit in Philadelphia, PA, which had 140 attendees. We heard from many industry leaders on relevant and timely topics that destinations around the world are facing. Thanks to the many speakers who shared their experiences and thoughts on a wide range of topics.
Special thanks to Annette Rummel, CEO at Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau, who instructed destination organization professionals to reprioritize "quality of place" over quality of life when working with economic development partners. Annette demonstrated how quality of life followed quality of place in Saginaw, Michigan.
Jack Johnson, our Chief Advocacy Officer, echoed those sentiments in his presentation of the New Tourism Lexicon. Though destination organization professionals have a great story to tell regarding our ROI, Jack noted that numbers don't express the entire story. Instead, he insisted that we must explain how destination organizations advance the "public good" with an emotional, values-based narrative. Lastly, Michael Smerconish, political commentator and 2018 Advocacy Summit keynote speaker, reminded attendees that stories of humanity and life resonate the most in destination promotion. Special thanks to Julie Coker Graham, President and CEO of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and Jeff Guaracino, President and CEO of Visit Philly for hosting us.
Our Fall summit season continues to engage and connect our destinations with many of our leading partners. A special thanks to our partners who have sponsored our fall summits and helped make them possible: ADARA, Arrivalist, Brand USA, Civitas, Destination Analysts, Digital Edge, Longwoods International, Miles Partnership, Northstar Meetings Group, Omni Experience, Simpleview and Tempest.
Elaine Rosquist, CMP, Senior Director of Product Engagement and Alyssa Poulin, Product Engagement Manager, attended the NASC 4S Summit in Cleveland on October 24 and 25 to announce the Partnership between Destinations International and NASC to provide the Event Impact Calculator (EIC) Sports Module to Sports Commissions. In addition, they presented an education session with Geoff Lacher, Senior Economist, Tourism Economics; Kindra Fry, CSEE, SMP, President/CEO, EXPERIENCE BRYAN COLLEGE STATION and Gen Howard CSEE, Senior Sales Manager, Louisville Tourism on Calculating the Value of Sporting Events to your Destination.
This week, Ali Best had the opportunity, along with Maura Gast, FCDME, President and CEO of the Irving CVB and Cassandra Matej, President and CEO of the San Antonio CVB, to speak at the TACVB Leadership Symposium.
On the global front, Nina Winston and Tammy Blount-Canavan, FCDME, President and CEO of the Monterey County CVB, just returned from World Travel Market in London, where our Global Leadership Committee met. While there, we had the chance to catch up with many of our members and key global partners, including European Cities Marketing and the World Travel & Tourism Council. A special congratulations to Tammy, whose team of industry leaders won MMGY Global's Tourism Cup Debates!
This week's Small Destination Organization webinar had almost 100 members registered. Our friends from SearchWide Global shared what trends, challenges and opportunities look like in the work place for small organizations. Upcoming monthly webinar dates and past webinar recordings are available on our website here.
Destination Showcase exhibit sales are open. This dynamic one-day event offers Destinations International members the opportunity to connect with the nation's top planners in one location. Last year's show had over 1,000 meeting planners attend to connect with CVBs and learn how they are the key to making meetings and events successful.
Sadly, once again California is grappling with deadly wildfires threatening populated areas in Butte, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated. Conditions in California's wildfire-affected communities continue to change rapidly. Visit California is connecting travelers with the latest fire information through VisitCalifornia.com travel alerts and the WestCoastTravelFacts.org website. In the meantime, our thoughts remain with those affected by these tragedies and the first responders working to protect these communities. For those who would like to donate or volunteer their time helping victims, please click here for more information.
Congratulations to Martha Sheridan, a former Board Chair, who has been appointed as the President & CEO of the Greater Boston CVB. We look forward to working with Martha when she begins her new role on Feb. 15, 2019.
U.S. Travel convened its fall 2018 Board of Directors meeting this week. The board dinner Tuesday night honored U.S. Travel's new Hall of Leaders inductees: Todd Davidson, president and CEO of Travel Oregon, and Spurgeon Richardson, the former longtime president of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. Former Marriott executive Kathleen Matthews was also honored with a distinguished leadership award in recognition of her contributions to travel and tourism, promotion of sustainability, and support of diversity and inclusion in the industry.
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Nokota horse conservancy facing dispersal
RURAL LINTON, N.D. -- Frank Kuntz awakens every morning to the reality that 280 living creatures depend upon him for food, water and protection. It's a responsibility at once terrifying if it went wrong, and profoundly rewarding if it went right....
Frank Kuntz, of the Nokota Horse Conservancy, says the effort needs an infusion of money.
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RURAL LINTON, N.D. -- Frank Kuntz awakens every morning to the reality that 280 living creatures depend upon him for food, water and protection.
It's a responsibility at once terrifying if it went wrong, and profoundly rewarding if it went right.
Kuntz, 63, is the man whose face and name are inextricably entwined with the Nokota, North Dakota's honorary equine since a Legislative act in 1993. It's a breed that breeds passion and controversy in equal measure among those who believe in its storied history and those who dispute it.
Kuntz, along with his brother, Leo Kuntz, has devoted three decades to preserving the horses, buying them over the years from roundups at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
If the lineage of the horses is disputed by some who say they are merely early ranch strays, the fact they became park "residents" when the boundary fence was constructed in the 1940s is not.
Disputed heritage
The Kuntzes maintain they have always believed the horses are unique descendants of horses belonging to the Lakota of the 1800s and early-day ranchers. They say those horses arrived in the Badlands country when the Marquis de Mores purchased 250 of them from the Fort Buford Trading Post after the surrender of Sitting Bull, who relinquished his guns, his horses and his freedom to white soldiers there in 1881.
De Mores sold some of the Lakota mares to the owner of the historic HT Ranch near Amidon in 1884, and it was horses bred at that ranch that were the original Nokotas, the brothers say.
When horses with a strong square body, big bones, sturdy hooves and low-set tail showed up at park auctions, the Kuntzes took them home. Their goal was to sort them off by selection from park horses genetically influenced by the quarter horse, shire and Arabian stallions introduced into the park over the years.
"That old line is its own type, developed by nature and their environment. There was a difference," says Frank Kuntz, a disabled Vietnam veteran and weathered outdoorsman.
As the brothers' preservation herd grew in size, so did everything else, especially the costs for rented pasture, feed and veterinarian care.
A flailing nonprofit
The nonprofit Nokota Horse Conservancy was formed in 1999 to raise money and support for the horses.
Kuntz's wife, Shelly Hauge, is director of the conservancy and manages its daily business from a small office on Linton's Main Street.
It is primarily her job -- among other administrative tasks such as writing the newsletter, promoting merchandise and corresponding with potential buyers -- to watch money come in and out. These days, precious little is going either direction.
"Our head is above water, but we're flailing. It's not easy," she says.
Expenses for the 100 horses owned by the conservancy come to about $150,000 a year. Today, they have $20,000 in the bank and Frank Kuntz, who's given a stipend to cover expenses such as land rent, fuel and hay production has not been paid in three months.
For now, they're dependent on the goodwill of the neighboring landowner whose land rent is also unpaid for now.
"He's been decent in letting the horses be out there," says Kuntz, adding he is worried. "Once you start getting behind, you can go under."
They've cut back drastically on foaling, becoming more selective and only four newborns were born this spring in the conservancy herd with three coming now.
Donations to the nonprofit have trailed away since the economic recession of 2008. Last year, for the first time, the conservancy board talked with an attorney about the details involved in dissolution, if worse comes to worst.
The dreaded "D" word for dispersal has been discussed.
The couple and the conservancy board of directors will do all they can to head that off, and Kuntz has not given up on the larger dream of buying land to create a sanctuary for the Nokota.
"There are only about 700 or fewer of these horses left in the world. The Northern Plains Natives picked the strongest of the strongest, and it's a good, tough, hardy horse," he says. "I always say I liked them for the strong body and bones, but I grew to love them for their brains and intelligence."
The Nokota Horse Conservancy has turned to the Internet, using a crowd funding platform on the website Indiegogo.com to raise the money. So far, people have contributed $5,000, a long ways off the mark.
"It's so humbling to ask for help," Hauge says. "But it's not for us, it's for the living history of these horses. We don't want to let it slip away."
Kuntz said he's had to make choices in his life, choices that have brought him some things and caused him to lose others.
"These horses are not something you make money at," he says. "But you make the choice. The land will always be here, but horses might not be. They have always been my choice, because it's the right thing to do."
More information is available at the Nokota Horse Conservancy website and at Indiegogo.com.
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Sustainability is the word
Published in PharmaTimes magazine - December 2021
Jenny Ousbey is managing director and founder, OVID Health – a specialist health communications agency
If there was a word to sum up healthcare communications in 2021 it would be 'sustainability'…in all senses of the word
The healthcare sector was one of many gathered at Glasgow a few weeks ago for COP26. Global actors from Leonardo DiCaprio to Joe Biden espoused how to tackle the climate crisis – with the UK leading negotiations on a series of pledges and legally binding commitments.
Pharmaceutical companies showcased industry driven progress – from packaging reductions and reducing carbon emissions to greener supply chains. But there is clearly more work to be done. What's interesting is that I think we'll see an increase in PR around sustainability more generally in life sciences, potentially linked to broader corporate social responsibility initiatives such as diversity and inclusion. Winning this 'green' race should impact on attracting the best possible talent, but to avoid accusations of "greenwashing" the pharmaceutical sector should take the lead in 2022 by measuring and shouting about progress.Staying power
We are on the cusp of knowing if the Government's vaccine booster campaign has done enough to (politically speaking) prevent any major policy changes that impact the economy.
But NHS CEOs are speaking out in unprecedented numbers about the intolerable pressures the system is experiencing (and will endure). I predict a small but significant exodus of highly experienced senior leaders from the NHS to the private sector will take place in 2022, leaving a brain drain just at the point at which the service will be implementing the widely reported integration system changes brought about by the Health and Care Bill 2021-22 which is weaving its way through Parliament as I write.
I fear all of this means the public will be in danger of experiencing a bout of 'pandemic fatigue' in 2022 while hospitals and healthcare systems are still dealing with COVID-19 and the backlog of patients. All of this means there will be a disconnect at the heart of many a disease awareness campaign – with the public wanting to move on with their lives, versus a healthcare system that may fall short. This could lead to frustrations with an NHS which is losing ground on trust scores with the public as every month passes.
The job of the life sciences sector in 2022 in all of this will be as a constructive partner – demonstrating where it can add value to tackling the elective backlog, backing innovations which will improve the quality of care in the short- to medium-term and collaborating with the NHS and wider partners where possible to provide 'whole-pathway' answers to knotty challenges, such as respiratory services and ophthalmology.Future sustainability
A question I've been pondering for a while now is what would be in the health metaverse of the future. With Facebook's much publicised rebranding to meta, reams of text have been dedicated to the 'metaverse' – a phrase that's been common parlance in Silicon Valley for a long time.
For those who aren't already aware, a metaverse is a virtual reality ecosystem that allows people to connect in a 'reality' not experienced on a wide scale before. For context, in 2021, more UK patients than ever before booked virtual GP consultations.
Latest NHS data shows the proportion of face-to-face appointments out of the total number of appointments offered in England rose just three percentage points from 58% in August to 61% in September. Before the pandemic, the figure stood at about 80%. But the row over virtual appointments has already turned into a political football, with the Health Secretary wading into a battle with trade unions and professional bodies to give funding in exchange for more face-to-face appointments.
The workforce crisis in primary care and elsewhere means this won't be resolved anytime soon. Which is why a consideration of a health metaverse is so intoxicating.
Immersive medical training sessions already take place in the metaverse, so there is potentially scope to expand this into the future. Could nurses or therapists carry out routine appointment / mental health checks in the metaverse? Can we imagine at time when patient support groups solely exist in a virtual reality parallel?Sustaining innovation and breakthroughs
There are reasons to be very hopeful as we hurtle towards 2022. This year there have been a number of truly exciting breakthroughs in the sector. Not least the immense vaccine roll-out programme. It is no coincidence that NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard, and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP have both singled out Genomic England's research project on whole genome sequencing in the past few weeks with particular pride. It symbolises everything the Government wants to project as its image of brand 'Global Britain'. Innovative, a focus on babies and future-focused.
On the one hand, there is a danger that announcements like this place genetic and rare diseases in the 'done for now' box amongst policymakers and politicians. On the other hand, there could be interest in leveraging the breakthroughs made this year (such as the roll-out of the first treatment for sickle cell disease in over 20 years), to areas such as difficult-to-treat diseases, including technologies such as mRNA vaccines.
At OVID Health we also believe there will be a continuing focus on cell and gene therapies and personalised healthcare coupled with a spotlight on how cutting-edge (and existing) diagnostics and screening can catch diseases at an earlier stage. The challenge for advocacy and communications professionals in 2022 will be to paint a picture of the human benefits of such diagnostic progress, despite a resistance from payers to implement the available diagnostics capability in many disease areas at scale and on a regional basis.PR and advocacy
Over the past year corporate communications channels have evolved. Gone are the days where you can place a strong agenda-setting life sciences story in a national with relative ease. 2022 is the year of companies publishing their content and owning it in every way. Trade media that's hyper-targeted to a set of healthcare professionals will be more valuable than a syndicated press release spread far and wide without true engagement.
Part of this shift in channels is the voice of inclusion and how it's considered in communications strategies. If we really want to learn the lessons of the pandemic, and the health inequalities it exposed like never before, then we have a responsibility to proactively challenge the status quo in how disease awareness or health education campaigns are targeted.
Earlier this year OVID conducted an audience insight project on lung cancer symptom presentation for an NHS organisation in London. The client wanted to understand the drivers of late presentation during the pandemic to target a behaviour change campaign in the most impactful way. One message that stood out to me was how family members are key drivers of action – meaning that we must start to take a 'whole family' approach to communications if we truly want to drive sustainable change on behalf of patients.
For more information visit www.ovidhealth.co.uk/news or contact hello@ovidhealth.co.uk
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A: The problem that is with the WHERE filter fs.status=1. This is causing the LEFT JOIN on the forum fs table to act like an INNER JOIN. You should place that filter on the JOIN instead.:
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Herndon, VA – Dec. 13, 2016 – EdgeConneX®, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, and Conviva, powering every internet-connected screen with the most engaging experiences imaginable, today announce the availability of a new whitepaper documenting the benefits of EdgeConneX colocation services. Specifically, this study quantifies the improvements to Quality of Experience metrics for content delivery partners based on its 2016 research. Conviva measured the video data streams of multiple publishers that distributed EdgeConneX-enabled streams for Comcast across eight major metro areas in the United States. These measurements were compared against networks that did not utilize an edge localization strategy with EdgeConneX.
EdgeConneX colocation services minimize the distance between viewers and video content. The company's Edge Data Centers® (EDCs) circumvent the distance, capacity constraints, multiple network hops and centralized processing loads that exist in traditional internet architecture. EdgeConneX and Conviva have been consistently measuring the impact of these colocation solutions on the quality of experience delivered to viewers. The Conviva findings in 2016 have proven once again that mobilization of content brings success and directly impacts the bottom line for both SVOD and AVOD publishers.
In the 2015 study, Conviva found a 12 to 20% reduction in rebuffering time when a content provider was localized in an EdgeConneX EDC and directly linked to the ISP. The 2016 study found an even greater benefit. The average performance improved 25% as a result of localizing content at the edge across eight metro areas in the United States. Furthermore, findings revealed that the EdgeConneX-enabled ISP's improvement across these eight areas against the next leading CDN was 23%, and against national broadband providers was 16%. In the Pittsburgh metro area, as an example, Comcast, using EdgeConneX to enable their content delivery, has shown 19% improvement against the next leading CDN and 34% improvement against the next leading metro broadband provider.
In earlier studies, Conviva found that a 1% increase in interruption resulted in a 14-minute reduction in engagement per user viewing session. With an average 25% reduction in interruptions across eight metro areas in the United States, ISPs enabled by EdgeConneX Edge Data Centers at the edge should expect substantially lower viewer abandonment rates.
Conviva powers every internet-connected screen with the most engaging viewing experiences imaginable by elevating the way OTT businesses use data-driven intelligence. For years, HBO, Sky, ESPN and the like have been using the Conviva Platform to enlighten, reveal and inform with important insights around consumer in-screen viewing experience allowing them to connect those metrics to important business outcomes. This allows customers to not only maximize subscriber retention and growth but also understand content and viewing trends so that they can deliver more personalized viewing experiences. We make engagement a data driven outcome based on actionable quality of experience (QoE) analytics. Conviva is privately held and headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with offices in New York and London. For more information, please visit us at www.conviva.com.


There is no question that Earth's surface temperature has ramped up in the last 150 years. The oceans themselves are experiencing heat waves and in April, Pakistan recorded the highest temperature ever measured anywhere for that month: 50.2 degrees Celsius (122.36 Fahrenheit).
In those 150 years, there were three periods when the warming halted or at least slowed. The causes were natural, claims a new paper published in Science Advances on Wednesday. The chief effects in the most recent slowdown that ended in 2013 were short-term solar cycles and ocean temperature patterns and volcanic activity.
In other words, the perpetual eruption by Hawaii's Kilauea since 1983 and the explosion of Fuego in Guatemala, to name but two major volcanic events, are locally distressing but are helpful on the planetary scale, albeit briefly.
Yes, volcanic eruptions and their associated ash clouds helped deflect sunlight and slow global warming not by much but by a statistically significant degree a little, say Chris Folland of the Meteorological Office Hadley Center and colleagues.
Note that there have been no eruptions on a global scale in this time, just local ones. "I drew attention to [volcanism] because it shows up as small, but significant, due to an increase in volcanic activity in many parts of the world. There were no big players here, but there were enough to cause a small cooling effect."
So we can either throw ourselves at the clay feet of our political leaders and hope they're talking the truth about actually doing something about climate change, or pray for more volcanoes. Up to you.
Meanwhile, taking data starting in 1891, Folland and the team used statistical methods to analyze what part of the warming/cooling trends could be explained by natural causes. Further climate developments beyond what nature could explain has to be anthropogenic - caused by human activities.
The team supports the absolute majority of scientists in blaming humans for most of the warming over these 150 years, though obviously the relative contributions of the various factors differed over time.
The question is what caused warming to slow during three periods (1896 to 1910, 1941 to 1975, and 1998 to 2013). The team's conclusion is that the causes were natural.
The first of the three downturns began in 1891, and lasted to 1910. Folland stresses that the data about this period (the only one of definite cooling) is partial and conclusions should therefore be taken with caution. That caveat noted, the team thinks a key cause of decrease in global mean surface temperature this first time was the El Nino-El Nina weather patterns.
Regarding the second slowdown, from the start of World War II to 1975, science is still arguing whether that involved actual cooling or not, Folland observes. He notes that if we start at 1941, there is a small cooling, but "if we take out World War II to 1944, we have pretty much no change over the following period to 1975," he says. Again there could be missing data issues. Anyway, increased volcanism was a factor in the second slowdown, the team deduces.
The most recent downturn in warming was from 1998 to 2013 – "that one is known as the Pause," Folland observes. This hiatus has been grist to the mill of climate change deniers, not least U.S. President Donald Trump.
"The third slowdown is the one that caused all the controversy," Folland says. Did it happen? Didn't it? It did, the team has proven.
"Our main conclusion in the last five years was that there was a slowdown, but not an actual stop in warming. A key cause was an increase in the frequency of the la Nina events in the Pacific and also a volcanic component," Folland says.
A new element the paper presents is the contribution of the sun's behavior. The team checked month by month and demonstrated that a major component of that slowdown from 2001 to 2010 was a larger than usual reduction in solar output. "We claim there is a solar signal in the cooling," Folland sums up.
The 11-year solar cycle kicked off the third slowdown in warming, Folland says, because it was unusually protracted and the decrease in solar output was much greater than normal. Now solar output is maximal again.
All this said, neither the sun's cycles nor Nino-Nina weather patterns are a function in the global warming trend. They come, they go. They can be predicted but their intensity cannot be forecasted. Volcanoes exploding all over the place might help give us time, up to a point.
One last point. The paper demonstrates another crucial thing. Be not loud, Donald: they proved that continuing greenhouse gas emissions managed to offset the cooling effects of aerosols (particles of gunk in the air from power stations and the like, which reflect solar radiation back into outer space.) Naturally, the first cooling period, before WWI, there weren't many emissions; there were substantially more in the second period and now there are a lot more. The point is that the background warming continues unchecked.


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package org.apache.flink.table.planner.plan.stream.table.validation

import org.apache.flink.api.scala._
import org.apache.flink.table.api._
import org.apache.flink.table.planner.utils.{TableFunc0, TableTestBase}
import org.apache.flink.types.Row

import org.junit.Assert.{assertTrue, fail}
import org.junit.Test

class AggregateValidationTest extends TableTestBase {
  private val util = scalaStreamTestUtil()

  @Test(expected = classOf[ValidationException])
  def testGroupingOnNonExistentField(): Unit = {
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)

    val ds = table
      // must fail. '_foo is not a valid field
      .groupBy('_foo)
      .select('a.avg)
  }

  @Test(expected = classOf[ValidationException])
  def testGroupingInvalidSelection(): Unit = {
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)

    table
      .groupBy('a, 'b)
      // must fail. 'c is not a grouping key or aggregation
      .select('c)
  }

  @Test(expected = classOf[ValidationException])
  def testInvalidAggregationInSelection(): Unit = {
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)

    table
      .groupBy('a)
      .aggregate('b.sum as 'd)
      // must fail. Cannot use AggregateFunction in select right after aggregate
      .select('d.sum)
  }

  @Test(expected = classOf[ValidationException])
  def testInvalidWindowPropertiesInSelection(): Unit = {
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)

    table
      .groupBy('a)
      .aggregate('b.sum as 'd)
      // must fail. Cannot use window properties in select right after aggregate
      .select('d.start)
  }

  @Test(expected = classOf[RuntimeException])
  def testTableFunctionInSelection(): Unit = {
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)

    util.addFunction("func", new TableFunc0)
    val resultTable = table
      .groupBy('a)
      .aggregate('b.sum as 'd)
      // must fail. Cannot use TableFunction in select after aggregate
      .select("func('abc')")

    util.verifyExecPlan(resultTable)
  }

  @Test(expected = classOf[ValidationException])
  def testInvalidScalarFunctionInAggregate(): Unit = {
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)

    table
      .groupBy('a)
      // must fail. Only AggregateFunction can be used in aggregate
      .aggregate('c.upperCase as 'd)
      .select('a, 'd)
  }

  @Test(expected = classOf[ValidationException])
  def testInvalidTableFunctionInAggregate(): Unit = {
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)

    util.addFunction("func", new TableFunc0)
    table
      .groupBy('a)
      // must fail. Only AggregateFunction can be used in aggregate
      .aggregate(call("func", $"c") as "d")
      .select('a, 'd)
  }

  @Test(expected = classOf[RuntimeException])
  def testMultipleAggregateExpressionInAggregate(): Unit = {
    util.addFunction("func", new TableFunc0)
    val table = util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String)]('a, 'b, 'c)
    table
      .groupBy('a)
      // must fail. Only one AggregateFunction can be used in aggregate
      .aggregate("sum(c), count(b)")
  }

  @Test
  def testIllegalArgumentForListAgg(): Unit = {
    util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String, String)]("T", 'a, 'b, 'c, 'd)
    // If there are two parameters, second one must be character literal.
    expectExceptionThrown(
      "SELECT listagg(c, d) FROM T GROUP BY a",
    "Supported form(s): 'LISTAGG(<CHARACTER>)'\n'LISTAGG(<CHARACTER>, <CHARACTER_LITERAL>)",
      classOf[ValidationException])
  }

  @Test
  def testIllegalArgumentForListAgg1(): Unit = {
    util.addTableSource[(Long, Int, String, String)]("T", 'a, 'b, 'c, 'd)
    // If there are two parameters, second one must be character literal.
    expectExceptionThrown(
      "SELECT LISTAGG(c, 1) FROM T GROUP BY a",
      "Supported form(s): 'LISTAGG(<CHARACTER>)'\n'LISTAGG(<CHARACTER>, <CHARACTER_LITERAL>)",
      classOf[ValidationException])
  }

  // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  private def expectExceptionThrown(
      sql: String,
      keywords: String,
      clazz: Class[_ <: Throwable] = classOf[ValidationException])
  : Unit = {
    try {
      util.tableEnv.toAppendStream[Row](util.tableEnv.sqlQuery(sql))
      fail(s"Expected a $clazz, but no exception is thrown.")
    } catch {
      case e if e.getClass == clazz =>
        if (keywords != null) {
          assertTrue(
            s"The exception message '${e.getMessage}' doesn't contain keyword '$keywords'",
            e.getMessage.contains(keywords))
        }
      case e: Throwable => fail(s"Expected throw ${clazz.getSimpleName}, but is $e.")
    }
  }
}


#307 Allow filtering images based on image_version and image_release.
Allow filtering images based on image_version and image_release.
:return: True when image should be filtered out.
self.log_info("Skipping rebuild of image %s, not allowed by "
We need to be able to stop building particular version of image in blacklist, but still build the others.


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5 Amazing Things That Happened in 2018
December 27, 2018 by dankoboldt 1 Comment
A lot of people are eager to see 2018 out the door. I get it. Nevertheless, as this year draws to a close I thought I'd highlight some good things that took place. Not just to me, but to some of my friends in the writing world. Here they are, five amazing things that happened in 2018.
5. The Trilogy Came To An End
In April 2018, my third book, The World Awakening, was published by Harper Voyager. This was the final book in my series, and I had a hell of a time bringing the story to the conclusion that I'd planned years ago. I'm thrilled with how the story turned out and with the gorgeous cover.
Equally (if not more) enjoyable was the excuse to write guest posts for people who'd normally intimidate me. I shared lessons from my nine years as a penmonkey with Chuck Wendig, my favorite bit with Mary Robinette Kowal, and even my favorite cookie recipe with Beth Cato.
Are there more stories I could tell in the world of Alissia? Absolutely. I even planted some seeds with that possibility in mind. However, I feel good about how the story ended, and the sales numbers for books 2 and 3 don't justify new installments. The publication of World also concludes my contract with HarperCollins.
4. I Became A Serial… Writer
A bright spot in 2018 that I'm finally allowed to talk about is THE TRIANGLE, my new sci-fi adventure series coming in April 2019. The publisher is Serial Box, a relatively new company that publishes serialized fiction in e-book and audiobook. They're aiming to become the "HBO of books" with series that are co-written by a teams of writers and released in seasons.
To date, Serial Box has produced more than 20 serials across various genres, some of which are in their third or fourth season. They're also working with a pool of incredibly talented writers like Max Gladstone, Ellen Kushner, Gwenda Bond, and Malka Older. It's high company indeed.
The Triangle, which I'm co-writing with Mindy McGinnis and Sylvia Spruck Wrigley, follows a team of investigators who are trying to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle after it "reawakens" in the wake of two major hurricanes. Sort of an X-files meets Indiana Jones vibe. The first season is ten episodes and will be released starting in April 2019. If you preorder it using this link, you can get the whole season for 15% off.
3. My Friends Stormed the Gates
One of the best things about becoming an author is that I've made so many wonderful friends in the writer trenches. We've gone through a lot together, some of it good, some of it bad. That's part of the struggle. But this year, 2018, was notable in that my friends are starting to kick ass and take names.
In July, Harper Voyager published PLANETSIDE, a military sci-fi novel by debut author Michael Mammay. Mike is not only my friend and critique partner, but was my 2015 Pitch Wars mentee with this book. Planetside made the Locus Bestseller list in November and the audiobook (narrated by R.C. Bray) has 1,300+ ratings on Audible. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw it on some award lists for next year, either. It's eligible for the Nebula (best novel), the Hugo (best novel), and the Philip K. Dick Award, to name a few.
Other good friends of mine are also kicking down the door to the publishing industry. Sonia Hartl's YA contemporary Have A Little Faith In Me will be published by Page Street in fall 2019. Diana Urban's YA thriller All Your Twisted Secrets is set to be published by HarperTeen in 2020. Two amazing debuts, two well-deserving authors.
2. Pitching Contests Were Reinvented
As longtime followers know, I volunteer for some writing/pitching contests that aim to help new authors break into the traditional publishing industry. One of those is Pitch Wars, in which established authors pair up with authors seeking representation to help revise and improve their manuscripts. The contest changed significantly this year, with new leadership and a special focus on diversity that aims to better provide what the community needs.
Somehow, Mike Mammay and I managed to slip in as co-mentors once again. We received 200+ submissions and had a very hard time choosing one of them. We eventually picked Chris Kerns and have been working with him on MIXED REALITY, his near-future cyberthriller about a virtual reality social network (it's incredibly good).
As you may have already learned from Mike's year-end blog post, he will not be able volunteer for Pitch Wars next year due to his other commitments as a Fancy Successful Author. This makes it unlikely, but not impossible, that I'll be a PW mentor in 2019. Like any great team, he and I are better together than we are apart.
My other main contribution to the writing community is #SFFpit, a twice-annual Twitter pitching event for SF/F authors, agents, and editors. The last event, which was in June, drew a great crop of authors but disappointingly few literary agents showed up to make requests. This continued a trend from the previous December, and ensuing discussions led me to think that the timing of the event (June and December) was not optimal.
Thus, the next #SFFpit will be held in January and we'll see how that goes. If we can't draw sufficient literary agents to make the contest worthwhile, it may no longer be valuable enough to continue.
1. We Put the Science in Fiction
Undoubtedly the biggest achievement of this year was working with Writers Digest Books and forty contributors to publish Putting the Science in Fiction. This book collects 59 articles — including several never-before-published essays and a foreword by Chuck Wendig — into a resource to help writers craft stories and fictional worlds with more technical accuracy.
It's the culmination of almost two years of work, and draws on the expertise of contributors who've collectively endured more than 200 years of graduate study in their chosen fields. More than two thirds of those expert contributors identify as female, by the way, so we've kept the mansplaining to a minimum.
Many people are starting to think about awards season, so I'd be remiss not to mention that Putting the Science in Fiction is eligible in the Best Related Work category of the Hugo Awards. This is an often-overlooked category, so please keep us in mind if you happen to be nominating this year.
I should also mention that I hosted 30 new articles in the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series this year, including a number from new contributing experts. Here they all are for your reading pleasure:
Nuclear Radiation for Writers by nuclear chemist Rebecca Enzor
How to Write About Biomedical Researchers by Dan Koboldt
Nursing Misconceptions in Fiction with nurse Stephanie Sauvinet
A Primer on Primates for SFF Writers by Lee Everett
Writing Microbes in Outer Space with microbiologist Mike Hays
The Reality of Bees by science reporter and beekeeper Bianca Nogrady
Animal Talk: The Emerging Science of Ethology with William Huggins
Debunking Myths About Hunting with wildlife biologist Rebecca Mowry
Writing Realistic Spiders with entomologist Robinne Weiss
Realistic Forests: Tell the Wood from the Trees with Terence Newman
Realistic Knife Fighting with martial arts expert Eric Primm
Political Philosophies for Fictional Worlds by Kate Heartfield
Writing Realistic Research Labs by molecular biologist Jenny Ballif
Writing Venomous Creatures by entomologist Robinne Weiss
Writing Distinct Characters by Considering Development with Maria Grace
Scientists Are Not Evil: Research Ethics for Writers by scientist Dan Koboldt
Space Law and Lowering the Cost of Space Travel with lawyer Matthew Reardon
Autism Misconceptions in Fiction by developmental-behavioral pediatrician Josh Michaels
Drug Development for Writers by biochemist Bradley Johnson
Space Battles in Sci-fi with veteran officer Michael Mammay
Binary Poisons in Fiction with toxicologist Jane Prosser
Quantum Computing and Cryptography: Part 1 and Part 2 by physicist Dan Allen
Analog versus Digital Imaging by astronomical engineer Judy L. Mohr
The Science of Aging and Its Fictional Cures by Philip A. Kramer
Sights, Sounds, and Smells in the Lab by scientist Rachel Brick
Erroneous Code in Fiction, with programmer KJ Harrowick
Advanced Life Support for Writers with pediatric oncologist Stacey Berg
The Current State of Artificial Intelligence with expert Dan Rowinski
Tim Eveland says
This whole website is great to read and very inspiring for a writer like me! I love facts in fiction. Who's better to combine them than a creative scientist? Keep up the great work!


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Abraham "Abe" Katzman (1868–1940, ) was a Klezmer violinist, bandleader, composer, and Brunswick Records recording artist of the 1920s. He was the father of film producer Sam Katzman, uncle of American arranger and bandleader Louis Katzman and the great-uncle of Henry Katzman and Leonard Katzman.

Biography

Early life
Abe was born Abram-Aba Katsman in 1868 in Chișinău (then known as Kishinev), Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire. His father was Chaim Katzman and his mother was named Sura Bayla (née Goldman). He was from a musical family; his brother Philip Katzman played in opera orchestras in Moscow and Chișinău. He later stated that he had studied violin in Russia under a Professor Gilla. Abe emigrated to New York City in October 1897.

Music career
In his early years, he worked as a violin teacher and lived in Manhattan. By 1910, he was also apparently bandleader of a klezmer orchestra in Brooklyn, making him a contemporary of New York klezmer musicians from Romania and Bessarabia such as Max Leibowitz, Abe Schwartz, and Joseph Moskowitz, as well as Milu Lemisch in Philadelphia. Irving Gratz, who would later become the regular drummer for Dave Tarras, got his start in Abe's band; Tarras himself also played in the band for a time.

In the early 1920s he was advertising his services as a violinist and conductor of A. Katzman's Orchestra. It was in December 1927 that he entered the Brunswick Records studio in New York to record the sides of klezmer dance and performance music for which he is remembered today, under the band name Abe Katzman's Bessarabian Orchestra. It seems probable that he was brought in to make the recordings because his nephew Louis Katzman was a well-known Brunswick Records recording artist and bandleader. Dave Tarras may have been the clarinetist on these recordings, although he is uncredited.

By 1940 Abe was living in Los Angeles, California with his wife, daughters and some other relatives. He died there of a stroke at age 72 at Saint Vincent's Hospital on October 16, 1940. His body was transported to New York and buried in the  section at the Mount Zion Cemetery.

Family
Abe married his wife Rebecca (Rivke, née Sugarman/Zuckermann), daughter of a businessman from Akkerman, Bessarabia (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine) in 1894 in Chișinău. They had many children: Louis (born 1895 in Chișinău), Lillie (born 1897 in Chișinău), David (born 1899 in New York), Sam Katzman (born 1901), Sophie (born 1902), Ida (born 1904), George (born 1905), and Bessie (born 1908).

References

Klezmer musicians
Brunswick Records artists
Musicians from Chișinău
Bessarabian Jews
1868 births
1940 deaths


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The world around us is full of questions and needs, so your website has to be full of answers and solutions in a straight, clear and advanced manner. And as far as web designing techniques are concerned, the first answer your blog should have is of What is web designing?
The digital representation of your product or service is done through your website only and it is critically essential to keep in mind that people today, do not like to read promotional content. This here is an another 'why', your website should have quite pragmatic content as well as technologically advanced design.
The newest web designs with responsive pages are associated with the latest tools, workflows and some using design layouts as well.
It might be difficult to know what exactly is trending today, but here we are categorizing 10 effective techniques, especially for web designers which have gained avid attraction in web designing industry.
Preprocessors were very much famous for years, but these days it has become common for the people to use this in web designing or development. The use of vanilla CSS is replaced by Sass/SCSS as it can provide more that's why Sass mixin libraries are in demand.
Some mixins in CSS for example code snippets, basic functions generates reiteration of code. There are many developers who are releasing free of cost mixins online in libraries such as Bourbon. Also, GitHub is an amazing idea to search for Sass/SCSS mixins.
Short explanatory videos consisting of a precise preview of your product/service with latest web designing technologies available in the market for e.g Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Final Cut Pro X (Apple product), Kinemaster etc. may convince the visitor to the website. There are various companies either big or small have videos which are forged through animations like Crazy Egg. These videos might mean to illustrate the product and services.
Some videos often depend on real-life coverage, for example, Instagram Direct.
Also, there are some techniques that may look like a video but they are just one or two pictures got timelined over each other, one consisting of a moving frame while the latter might be a still photograph, giving it a feel exactly like a video itself. This concept is colloquially known as Filmography.
If such innovative web design concepts are implemented over your website in a smart way, that would be for sure leaving an impression on a visitor to your website.
Videos are visually descriptive & elaborating in a very short duration of time. One of the best customer explanatory video users is Udemy for its popular online courses.
Landing page designs should not only have better Internet speeds with fast browsing but nowadays a trend of 'live product preview' is eminent in webpage designing.
One of the major examples for this is Slack's product page with video tour as well as vector graphics features. This particular type of feature enhances the visual ability to the client that how their product will be operated.
Ultimately, if the presentation is direct, clear and full of multimedia, it is anyway better than anything.
Apart from message pop-ups and instant group chat heads there are new techniques upcoming as well like sharing of live design documents, insertion of Mega Menus, Chat-bots etc. are some artificial intelligence tools that are trending nowadays.
One of the prominent examples which explain this well is 'Notable' i.e. a Blackberry app. In this application, the user can have annotations or comments within the document at the top.
The most important use of such technique could be that the work can be shared with anyone, done by the designer. 'Slack' is another preeminent chat application which allows to create extensions and tie up with many products like WordPress, hangouts and much more.
Some recent frameworks of 2019 are Laravel & Symfony (PHP), Spring & Grails (JAVA), AngularJS (by Google), VueJS.
Bootstrap is one of the renowned Front-end frameworks, especially for responsive designs and useful for both purposes i.e. personal and professional.
Earlier people were not pretty much updated with UX. Today, the evolution of technology is the most accelerated thing anywhere in the world. The public has become quite agile now.
Prompt feedbacks are pushing developers and designers to focus on UX designs & web designing tools. User experience, User Interface has become a crucial part of web design.
Some of the common resources to fetch UX information are UX Stack Exchange and free UX e-books.
To compete and withstand in the market full of competitors, time to time modification and filtration is an important process for every new thing into the market. Whether the product is materialistic or not, its amelioration is a desirable aspect.
In that context, Bower and NPM are some solutions of Digital Package Managers which are important for web development. These types of web designing tools are no doubt at first will be time-consuming, but it is necessary to get the upgradation, deletion, installation of programs done in a consistent manner.
It basically prevents a user to perform all such operations manually, & So does a front-end developer must have an idea about a package manager.
Adding on a new idea to the already written code is only possible when you are familiar with coding. It's a misconception among designers that they think it is not their work to write any code but the code is very crucial for them to learn.
Without the code, their design is merely a picture so it is important to learn both design and code. Moreover, it is really important to be versatile and self-dependent to hit the target.
The beauty of your front page includes looks and the feel of the user interface, icons, typography used in it, colors embedded in it, theme provided to the background and many more aspects are there. Innovative web designing may hold the visitor for a few seconds on your website, further it is up to your product & services that you render are either capable of holding the visitor for next few minutes or not.
Apparently, it has been a huge success for Google when they released material designs for Android designers. These designs have served as crafting related user interfaces specifically for Android smartphones. Most of the designers just put their heart in this particular Google's design language.
Free Libraries offer various Custom codes for material designing, for example, Material UI, Materialize etc. This undoubtedly is an aspect to grasp the web design trends and design the material accordingly.
Learning is a constant process and so applicable with the web designers too. Various new courses and different websites coming up every year with the proliferating online tutor market. Some of the remarkable online websites are Teamtreehouse and Code school.
website design and development are making impactful changes in the market. It is necessary to upgrade yourself along with the upcoming new technologies. One should be very clear in the matter of designing with the fact that, designers now are modernizing the web community continuously through new technologies and tools, converting possibly everything into the most liked genre of 'user-friendly'.
Every day, there are new time-saving features are adding on. These may not be the latest website or mobile web design techniques or best graphic design trends of 2019 but are surely going to leave footprints on your visitor aka customer. Of course, there might be many more add-ons further in tears by the end of this year as progress and change are the only two constant things that no one could stop.