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British European Airways o BEA fue creada en 1945 por una Ley del Parlamento Británico. La aerolínea operaba en rutas europeas y del norte de África desde una gran variedad de aeropuertos del Reino Unido. BEA era también la mayor aerolínea doméstica del Reino Unido, operando vuelos a las principales ciudades del país, incluyendo Londres, Mánchester, Edimburgo, Belfast y Glasgow.

La aerolínea fue también el cliente de lanzamiento de muchos aviones británicos de corto y medio alcance de los 50 y 60, incluyendo el Vickers Viscount, el Vickers Vanguard, el BAC One-Eleven 500 y el Hawker Siddeley Trident.

En 1969 BEA formó una subsidiaria chárter, British Airtours, para proporcionar servicios vacacionales chárter.

BEA cesó sus operaciones en 1974 cuando se fusionó con la British Overseas Airways Corporation para formar British Airways.

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Aerolíneas desaparecidas en 1974
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Ян Вэй (, род. ) — китайская бадминтонистка, олимпийская чемпионка 2004 года в парном разряде, чемпионка мира 2007 года в парном разряде.

Ян Вэй родилась в провинции Хубэй, но выросла в провинции Гуандун. Начиная с 1998 года она завоевала свыше 40 международных титулов в бадминтоне. В 2000 году на Олимпиаде в Сиднее она завоевала серебряную медаль в парном разряде, выступая вместе с Хуан Наньян. Начиная с 2003 года играет в паре с Чжан Цзевэнь, и в 2004 году они завоевали золотую медаль в парном разряде на Олимпиаде в Афинах, однако на Олимпиаде 2008 года в Пекине не смогли продвинуться дальше четвертьфинала.

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Judge: MPAA can't call Hotfile founders "pirates" or "thieves" at trial
MPAA's first trial against a "cyberlocker" site is scheduled for next week.
Joe Mullin - Dec 2, 2013 9:00 pm UTC
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In years past, the Motion Picture Association of America has had success in shutting down peer-to-peer file-sharing sites like Napster, Grokster Kazaa, and recently, Isohunt.
Then the MPAA turned its attention to so-called "cyberlocker" sites that allow for easy sharing of large files, including copyrighted files. In 2011, the group filed a lawsuit (PDF) against Hotfile and its alleged manager Anton Titov, saying the site had encouraged its users to infringe copyright on a "massive" scale. Among other things, Hotfile had an incentive program that paid its users to steer downloaders toward content they had stored on Hotfile. "Their files are indeed 'hot,' as in 'stolen,'" said MPAA's general counsel at the time.
That type of tough talk is likely to remain in the entertainment industry's statements on the case, but it won't be allowed in court. During the Hotfile jury trial, scheduled to begin Monday Dec. 9, MPAA lawyers won't be allowed to use the terms "piracy," "theft," "stealing," or any derivatives of those words.
The ruling disallowing the "pejorative" terms was issued on Friday by US District Judge Kathleen Williams, who is overseeing the case. The ruling is part of a larger order laying the framework for the upcoming trial and was first reported by TorrentFreak.
"In the present case, there is no evidence that the Defendants (or Hotfile's founders) are 'pirates' or 'thieves,' nor is there evidence that they were 'stealing' or engaged in 'piracy' or 'theft,'" wrote Hotfile lawyers in arguing for the ban.
MPAA lawyers countered that it would be inappropriate and practically impossible to keep the word "piracy" out of the trial.
"Terms like 'piracy' and 'theft' are commonplace terms often used in court decisions, statutes, and everyday speech to describe the conduct in which Hotfile and its users engaged, and for which the Court has already found Defendants liable," MPAA lawyers wrote earlier this month. The world "piracy" is literally in the job title of key personalities in the case, including the head of Warner Brothers' "Global Corporate Anti-Piracy" division. It's a word that has become part of popular culture and is used in prominent copyright legal rulings, such as the 2005 Supreme Court case MGM v. Grokster. Still, the ruling stands.
Hotfile lost on another motion over what could be brought up at trial. It asked for any reference to the criminal action against Megaupload, another "cyberlocker" site, to be disallowed, but Williams sided with the MPAA on this issue.
Despite the small victory for Hotfile over "piracy," it's going into this trial at a clear disadvantage. Key legal issues have already been decided in favor of the movie studios. In August, Williams ruled (PDF) that Hotfile did not qualify for a DMCA "safe harbor" provision, making it possible for the company to be liable for the actions of its users. Hotfile "failed to properly exercise control in light of the number of users who were blatantly infringing," the judge wrote. By building a financial incentive system for encouraging downloads, Hotfile went beyond being a storage company—it was actively promoting a distribution network.
At that time, the MPAA said it had won the case, which was only a slight overstatement. With Hotfile found to be "vicariously liable" for its users' actions, the main focus of the upcoming trial may be damages.
A second silver lining for Hotfile is that the company will be allowed to pursue a counterclaim against Warner for certain improper DMCA takedown notices.
If the case doesn't settle in the next week, it will be an interesting trial.
Joe Mullin Joe has covered the intersection of law and technology, including the world's biggest copyright and patent battles, since 2007.
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Nano- and microceramics of Gd3Ga5O12 garnet doped with 1 mol % Tb3+ ions were synthesized via co-precipitation and high-temperature solid-state reaction methods. X-ray diffraction measurements confirmed the formation of the garnet structure with Ia3d space group in all investigated samples. Atomic force microscopy surface images and grain-size distribution diagrams of Gd3Ga5O12: 1 mol % Tb3+ nanoceramics with 300 and 400 g/mol of polyethylene glycol (PEG) were obtained. The relationship between the content of polyethylene glycol and the particle size of Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ phosphors was revealed. An intense broad band (λ m = 266 nm) related to spin-allowed 4f 8-4f 75d 1 transitions of Tb3+ ions was found in photoluminescence excitation spectra of Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ nanocrystalline ceramics with PEG-300 and PEG-400 at 300 K. The broad excitation band caused by spin-forbidden (λ m = 295 nm) 4f-5d transitions in Tb3+ ions was additionally observed in the photoluminescence excitation spectra of Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ microceramics. Emission of Tb3+ ions under X-ray and UV excitations is presented by two groups of sharp lines which correspond to 5D3 and 5D4 → 7Fj transitions of Tb3+ ions with the most intense line at 546 nm (5D4 → 7F5). It was established that the increasing of PEG content leads to the decreasing of the X-ray and photoluminescence emission intensities.
Garnet materials, both in the bulk and in the nanocrystalline form, have found numerous applications and therefore have great interest for researchers . Gadolinium gallium garnet (Gd3Ga5O12) doped with bismuth is a perspective material owing to its potential applications in the development of blue phosphors, X-ray, and cathodoluminescence screens and scintillators [2, 3]. Furthermore, gadolinium gallium garnet is an important material suitable as a host for luminescent trivalent lanthanide and transition metal ions . Rare earth-doped gadolinium gallium garnet has attracted much attention as an important material for many applications in optoelectronics, laser physics, biomedicine, and other areas [1, 4–6]. The Tb3+ are attractive emitting ions because of high quantum efficiency related to the large energy gap between the emitting states and the low lying 7FJ (J = 0, 1, …, 6) ground states that, apart from Gd3+, are the largest within lanthanides .
In the last years, nanocrystalline oxide materials have become extremely popular and have gained increasing technological importance. Particular attention has been devoted to the investigation of nano-sized oxide particles that can emit light in an efficient and controlled way . Developing of the fabrication technology of high-quality nanocrystalline powder and ceramics materials also has great interest since the optical properties of nanocrystals strongly depend on their size and conditions of syntheses [5, 6].
The polycrystalline and nanocrystalline ceramic oxide materials, especially with garnet structure, doped with trivalent rare earth, can exceed the single-crystal analogs in some physical properties, such as larger doping concentrations with controllable distribution in the volume of material, elevated compositional versatility, and increased mechanical and thermal properties [5–7]. Moreover, the technology of their preparation is more economical compared with the standard crystal grown processes.
This paper presents the structural and luminescent properties of Tb3+-doped Gd3Ga5O12 garnets prepared by the co-precipitation method using the aqueous ammonia as the precipitant and polyethylene glycol as the polymeric agent, which change agglomeration of the nanoparticles and facilitation of the surface modification. Comparative analysis of luminescence characteristics of prepared micro- and nanoceramics also was done.
Nanopowders of Tb3+-doped Gd3Ga5O12 garnet were prepared by the co-precipitation method in a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-assisted process. In this method, product components precipitate as insoluble salts or hydroxides. Briefly, appropriate stoichiometric quantities of β-Ga2O3, Gd2O3 were used as starting materials. All components were at least 4-N grade of purity. Doping was provided with 1 mol % of Tb4O7. The mix of oxides was dissolved in 15% nitric acid (4 N) through heating to 100 °C. Then a suitable amount of PEG (molecular weight 300, 400 g/mol) was added to the solution. A chemical reaction took place between the obtained nitrates and the polyethylene glycol. After complete dissolving of starting materials and continuous mixing, the mixture was cooled to 0 ± 2 °C with the slow addition of precipitant—8% of ammonia (NH4OH). The precursor was continuously added during mixing in the magnetic mixer till pH of the solution stabilized at 10–11 to ensure small dispersion and homogeneity of deposition. Obtained material was multiple times washed with distilled water till alkaline environment was reached (pH = 7). The final step, separation with Shott's filter and drying in the vacuum desiccator with humidity absorbent (P2O5) were done. Further drying of the material was held at 40 °C for 12 h in air. Obtained precipitate (Fig. 1) was milled in an agate mortar and annealed at different temperatures (850 °C) for 4 h in the air. Finally, the sintered nanopowders were milled once again in an agate mortar. Nanoceramic pellets (Nano PEG-300, Nano PEG-400) were formed by uniaxially pressing the powders in a steel die (8 mm in diameter) at 150 kg/cm2. Obtained samples were annealed at 1000 °C. Some more details of nanoceramics synthesis are also shown in .
Microceramic samples of Gd3Ga5O12 doped with 1 mol % Tb3+ were prepared by high-temperature solid-state reaction method. Gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3), β-gallium oxide (β-Ga2O3), and terbium oxide (Tb4O7) were used as the starting materials. All reagents were at least 4-N grade of purity. Obtained tablets were pressed and then annealed at 1200 °C for 8 h in the air.
The morphology of nanoceramics were obtained with an atomic force microscope (ASM) Solver P47H-PRO. Surface morphology investigations of Gd3Ga5O12 microceramic samples of were performed with scanning electron microscope REMMA-102-02.
X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses were performed on STOE STADI P diffractometer with linear position-sensitive detector (PSD) using an X-ray tube with Cu anode (Kα1-radiation, λ = 1.5406 Å) in the "Interfaculty scientific-educational laboratory of X-ray structure analysis" of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The step of scanning was equal 0.005°. Analysis of diffraction peaks was realized with STOE WinXPOW software package.
Home-made setup based on an SF-4A quartz monochromator was used to investigate the X-ray luminescence. X-ray excitation was performed by a microfocus X-ray tube (45 kV, 0.3 mA) with a copper anticathode through a beryllium window mounted on the cryostat.
Photoluminescence measurements were carried out in the 220-820 nm spectral range on spectrofluorometer CM2203. All excitation and luminescence spectra were obtained with the spectral resolution of 0.5 nm and automatically corrected by lamp intensity and photomultiplier tube sensitivity. Excitation of luminescence was performed with 150-W Xenon lamp. A Hamamatsu R928 photomultiplier was used as the luminescent detector. The luminescence studies were carried out at room temperature.
Figure 2 represents X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of gadolinium gallium garnet samples obtained with different techniques. Microcrystalline ceramics of Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+, as well as nanocrystalline ceramics (Nano PEG-300, Nano PEG-400), show diffraction peaks with respect to Standard diffraction pattern JCPDS Card No. 13-0493. It confirms the formation of a garnet structure with a cubic space group O h 10 (Ia3d). No additional phases were detected.
Here D is the average grain size; λ is the wavelength of X-rays equal to 0.15406 nm; θ is the diffraction angle; and β is the full width at the half maximum of the main diffraction peak. Thus, the calculated average crystalline grain sizes are 43.7 and 38.9 nm for Nano PEG-300 and Nano PEG-400 ceramics, respectively.
Three-dimensional atomic force microscopy (AFM) cross-section analyses of surface and grain-size distribution diagrams of nano-sized gadolinium gallium garnets synthesized via a co-precipitation method with different concentration of polyethylene glycol are shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The surface of the samples are homogeneous and shows narrow grain distributions floating in 45–85 and 25–45-nm ranges for Nano PEG-300 and Nano PEG-400 samples, respectively.
The average grain sizes derived from AFM investigations are 69.2 and 34.1 nm for Nano PEG-300 and PEG-400 samples, respectively. It should be noted, that grain-size distribution diagram of Nano PEG-300 (Fig. 3a) shows deviation from the symmetrical Gauss distribution which can cause an overestimated number of average grain size of this sample.
Thus, estimation of grain size with Scherrer's equation as well as AFM-calculated average grain size is in good agreement. These results show that the increasing of PEG leads to the decreasing of nanoceramic grain sizes.
Figure 5 shows SEM cleavage surface image of gadolinium gallium garnet microcrystalline sample. The irregular shape of crystallites is observed from this image. It can be seen that microcrystalline sample possesses a broad grain-size distribution. The grain size varies from a few to tens of micrometers. Small-sized grains fill the voids between huge size grains and complete it into the solid ceramic material.
X-ray luminescence spectra of Tb3+-doped Gd3Ga5O12 nano- and microceramics are shown in Fig. 6. Characteristic strong lines assigned to the 5D3 → 7F j and 5D4 → 7F j (j = 6, 5, 4, 3) transitions of the Tb3+ ions are observed. These emission lines can be separated in two groups. The blue emission below 480 nm is related with 5D3 → 7F j transitions, while the green emission above 480 nm is from 5D4 → 7F j transitions. The intensity of the blue emission (Fig. 6) is significantly weaker than the green emission for all ceramics. As it was shown in , the spectral energy distribution of Tb3+ emission is strongly dependent on the Tb concentration in the case of Y3-x Al5O12:Tb x powders. The blue emission (5D3 → 7Fj) dominates for very low Tb concentrations (<0.1%) and completely disappears for concentrations above ~2% . Therefore, when in the investigated micro- and nano-sized samples, the concentration of Tb3+ is 1 mol %, the cross-relaxation begins, and the rate for the cross-relaxation depends on the concentration of Tb3+ ions [1, 10].
As it can be seen from Fig. 6, the 5D4 → 7F5 luminescence transition (green emission) dominates in the X-ray luminescence of Gd3Ga5O12 nano- and microceramics with Tb3+-activator concentrations of 1 mol %. There is no significant difference in the shape or band position of the emission lines of the nanocrystalline ceramics with respect to the ceramics prepared by a solid-state reaction method. At the same time, the relative intensity of green emission at 546 nm is higher for Nano PEG-300 and Nano PEG-400 nanoceramics. The ratios of the intensities of the two main emission lines in green (5D4 → 7F5 transition) and blue (5D3 → 7F6 transition) spectral regions (I546/I384) are equal to 3.1, 2.8, and 1.6 for Nano PEG-300, Nano PEG-400, and microceramic samples, respectively. Broad luminescence band in the 680–800-nm spectral region is attributed to uncontrolled chromium impurities .
It should be noted that the activator emission is enhanced at about 1.5–2 times in the case of nano-sized Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ ceramics (Nano PEG-300, Nano PEG-400) with respect to the microceramics. The increasing of emission intensity in nanoceramics can be due to the lower content of host defects in the nano-sized materials . Enhanced emission intensity was also observed in the case of Nano PEG-300 sample with respect to Nano PEG-400 sample. Thus, increasing of PEG leads to decreasing of the emission intensity. Also, no appreciable changes in the relative intensity of Tb3+ lines were detected in the nanoceramics with PEG-300 and PEG-400.
Figure 7 shows excitation spectra of nano- (a) and microcrystalline (b) samples of Gd3Ga5O12: 1 mol % Tb3+ garnet obtained at room temperature. Luminescence registration was carried out in the "green" (λ m = 546) region of the spectrum. An intense broad band (λ m = 266 nm) related to spin-allowed 4f 8-4f 75d 1 transitions of Tb3+ ions [1, 10] and weak lines (λ m = 308 and 312 nm) corresponded 8S7/2 → 6P7/2, 5/2 transitions of Gd3+ ions  were found on the photoluminescence excitation spectra of nanocrystalline Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ ceramics at 300 K (Fig. 7a). Weak lines observed in the spectral region of 350–390 nm at about 354, 360, 372, and 379 nm correspond to 7F6 → 5G5, 5L10, 5G6, and 5D3 intracenter transitions of Tb3+ ions . At the same time, besides the weak lines attributed to Gd3+ and Tb3+ ions, also two broad excitation band caused by spin-allowed (λ m = 266 nm) and spin-forbidden (λ m = 295 nm) 4f-5d transitions in Tb3+ ions are observed in the photoluminescence (PL) excitation spectra of Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ microceramics (Fig.7b).
Photoluminescence emission spectra of Gd3Ga5O12: 1 mol % Tb3+ nano- and microceramic samples obtained at room temperature are shown in Fig. 8. A number of sharp intense lines were found in 350–650-nm spectral regions. These lines correspond to 5D3 (5D4) → 7Fj transitions in Tb3+ ions. Sharp weak lines with a maximum at 384, 420, and 440 correspond to 5D3 → 7F6, 5D3 → 7F5, and 5D3 → 7F4 transitions, respectively [1, 9, 10]. It should be noted that samples activated with 1 mol % Tb3+ ions reveal relatively high emission in a green spectral region. Luminescence lines in the spectral range of 480–650 nm with maxima at 491 nm (5D4 → 7F6), 546 nm (5D4 → 7F5), 597 nm (5D4 → 7F4), and 633 nm (5D4 → 7F3) are observed at longer wavelengths. Emission lines of 5D3 and 5D4 levels are associated with weak electron-vibrational transitions in Tb3+ ions [1, 10]. When the phosphors were excited with UV radiation of 266 nm wavelength (4f-5d transition), the Tb3+ ion (4f 8) would be raised to the higher 4f 75d 1 level and would feed afterward to the 5D3 or 5D4 excited states .
The photoluminescence spectrum of Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ nanoceramic with PEG-300 is better resolved through higher intensity and more optimal molecular weight of polyethylene glycol. Photoluminescence intensities of investigated micro- and nanoceramics are in good agreement with the X-ray emission intensities.
The Gd3Ga5O12 nanoceramics doped with 1 mol % Tb3+ ions have been successfully obtained via co-precipitation method with aqueous ammonia as precipitant and PEG as polymeric agent. Analysis of the XRD patterns, AFM images, and grain-size distribution diagrams showed that the size of nanocrystallites varies within 25–85 nm. The size of Gd3Ga5O12 garnet nanoparticles decreases with the increasing of PEG concentration. The average grain size of crystallites calculated with Scherrer's equation is equal to 43.7 and 38.9 nm for Nano PEG-300 and Nano PEG-400 ceramics, respectively. Other concentrations of PEG as well as the different methods of synthesis in Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ green nanoparticle phosphors still require further research.
The broad excitation band caused by spin-allowed (λ m = 266 nm) 4f-5d transitions of Tb3+ ions together with weak lines attributed to Gd3+ and Tb3+ ions were observed in Gd3Ga5O12: Tb3+ nano- and microceramics. Moreover, additional broad excitation band caused by spin-forbidden (λ m = 295 nm) 4f-5d transitions of Tb3+ ions is observed in the PL excitation spectra of microceramics.
Strong characteristic lines assigned to the 5D3 → 7F j and 5D4 → 7F j (j = 6, 5, 4, 3) transitions of the Tb3+ ions are observed in the luminescence spectra under X-ray and UV excitations. The luminescence 5D4 → 7Fj transitions (green emission at 546 nm) dominate in the X-ray and photoluminescence of Gd3Ga5O12 nano- and microceramics with activator concentrations 1 mol % Tb3+. There is no significant difference in the shape or band position of the emission curve of the nanocrystalline ceramics Nano PEG-300 and Nano PEG-400 with respect to the ceramics prepared by a solid-state reaction method. No appreciable changes in the relative intensity of Tb3+ lines were also detected in the nanoceramics with PEG-300 and PEG-400. Enhanced X-ray and PL emission intensities of the Tb3+ ions for the nanocrystalline Gd3Ga5O12 ceramics in comparison with microceramics are due to better stoichiometry and lower content of host defects. Increasing of the PEG from 300–400 g/mol leads to decreasing of the X-ray and PL emission intensities of Gd3Ga5O12 nanoceramics with 1 mol % Tb3+ ions.
To conclude, green emission is obtained because the Tb3+ concentration is high enough and cross-relaxation from 5D3 to 5D4 occurs between adjacent ions. Consequently, it could be suggested that Gd3Ga5O12 nanoparticle phosphors doped with 1 mol % Tb3+ ions are promising materials in a green spectral region for different optical applications.
We are grateful to the scientists of the "Interfaculty scientific-educational laboratory of X-ray structure analysis," "Laboratory of Atomic force microscopy," and "Laboratory of Scanning electron microscopy" of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv for the XRD measurements and morphology investigations.
No funding resources have been used.
AL, LK, and OT developed the methodological algorithms to carry out the experiment. SV, OT, and OK prepared the nano- and microceramics as well as studied the structure to characterize the samples. AL performed the luminescent measurements and wrote the draft paper. All authors took part in the analysis and discussion of the results. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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A group of researchers interested in the development of memory, vision and language. would love to hear from parents of children under 30 months.


Dave Runyon puts the Great Commandment in action.
In 2006, as teaching pastor of a large church in the Denver area, Dave Runyon found himself stalled. "I would spend most of my time on the weekend services," he says, "then go out and wonder, If this is success in ministry, I have to do something else, because it feels pretty empty."
Runyon sought counsel, read Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson's The Externally Focused Church, and was encouraged to "learn his city." He and other local pastors began attending council meetings and visiting civic leaders, all with an eye toward galvanizing churches to tackle a specific problem for the city.
Soon a church network focused on service was launched. That led to a meeting with the mayor of Arvada, Colorado, who suggested that the pastors help teach residents to be better neighbors. "I drove home that day thinking Jesus is a genius," says Runyon, co-author of The Art of Neighboring: Jesus' Call to Love Starts Right Outside Your Door (Baker), coming in August. The notion of loving God wholeheartedly and loving your neighbor as yourself was a strategic plan that could change the world. And thus was born Building Blocks, a multichurch effort to help Denver area church members and attendees engage with the eight neighbors most immediately surrounding them. More than 55 churches and 4,000 households have committed to the cause, and other cities are launching similar efforts.
We focus on building relationships as opposed to evangelism. If people neighbor well, if people love other people because that's what God told us to do, we believe people will come to know Jesus. People sniff out when strings are attached. That limits effectiveness. Posture is everything. Our motives really do matter.
June 2012, Vol. 56, No. 6, Pg 80, "Love Thy Neighbors"


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The add-on pack converts the Firebird Sports car into the car from the TV show Knight Rider: KARR.
Note: This add-on changes the KITT free add-on, so you must first install the KITT files.
-One texture set (and corresponding displacement maps) for the dashboard.
-Black and white body metal coloring.
-License plate: 1982 California "KARR"


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Q: How do I find the coordinates from addresses in a column in pyspark? I need to generate longitude and latitude columns from the given column of addresses. How do I do it?
from geopy.extra.rate_limiter import RateLimiter

locator = Nominatim(user_agent='myGeocoder')
location = locator.geocode('df.address')
geocode = RateLimiter(locator.geocode, min_delay_seconds=0.1)

#df1.apply(lambda row: geocode(row['address']), axis=1)
df1['location'] = df1['address'].apply(geocode)
df1['point'] = df1['location'].apply(lambda loc: tuple(loc.point) if loc else None)
df1[['latitude', 'longitude']] = pd.DataFrame(df1['point'].tolist(), index=df1.index)

I used geopy and geocodes, fixed errors, the code keeps on running but doesn't finish

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Texas state lawmakers have been having long discussions and debates about a proposed ban on abortion. House Bill 896 would criminalize abortion and classify it as a homicide. Women who have abortions could be sentenced to the death penalty.
According to USA Today, both women who have abortions and physicians who conduct the procedure could be charged with homicide, a charge that can carry a sentenced of the death penalty in the state. The bill was under heavy debate on Monday and Tuesday after being introduced in January.
Moreover, the bill seeks to rework what is classified as homicide in the state, expanding the rights of unborn children. The bill, titled the "Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act," was originally introduced two years ago but failed to gain traction. That changed this week when a hearing was held over the proposal.
The Texas Tribune reports that when Tinderholt was placed under state protection due to the number of death threats that he was getting after introducing the legislation two years ago.
USA Today reports that ahead of Tuesday's hearing, hundreds had signed up to testify over the legislation - most of whom were in the favor of the bill. However, the Democrats were quick to react and pick apart the bill to point out its contradicting aim.


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Even though talks at the level of commanders are taking place on the Indo-Chinese border, China is multiplying the talk of its land claims. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) said today that the June 15 clash in the Galwan Valley "occurred entirely on the Chinese side of the current line of control" (LAC). They accused Indian troops of crossing the line, saying that "the responsibility lies entirely with India" for the incident. The Defense Ministry in Beijing reiterated "China's sovereignty over the Galwan Valley".
This is the most detailed comment to date of any branch of the Chinese establishment on the unprecedented clash in the valley that claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers. China has not released the number of casualties.
"What is surprising is that on the afternoon of June 15, border troops from India openly violated the consensus reached by both parties [June 6], crossed the line to one side at the other, crossed the LAC again and deliberately provoked China, "
said PLA chief colonel and defense ministry spokesman Wu Qian."
"During negotiations on the ground, Chinese officers and soldiers were suddenly brutally attacked by the Indian side. This sparked intense physical clashes between officers and soldiers on both sides, resulting in casualties"
India, however, stressed that it was the Chinese side which had attacked its troops "premeditatedly", following a dispute over a tent set up by China on the Indian side of the LAC region.
Co-operative banks to be brought under RBI supervision
On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet decided to send all cooperative banks to the RBI by order. This was announced by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, in a virtual press meeting. Javadekar spoke to the media about the cabinet's decisions from his residence, saying that "this is the new standard" and that "the depositor will be sure that his money is safe."
"Government banks, including 1,482 urban cooperative banks and 58 multi-state cooperative banks, are now under the control of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),"
Javadekar said today.
These banks will be placed under the supervision of the RBI from the date of approval of the order by the President. Following the crisis in the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Banks (PMC), the Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Banking Regulation Act in February to subject 1,540 cooperative banks to RBI regulation.
4.5% contraction of Indian economy projected by IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that the Indian economy will shrink to 4.5% in 2020. They attributed this "record level" to the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic that negatively affected economic activity. However, the country is expected to recover in 2021 with a solid growth rate of 6%.
The IMF forecasts global growth for 2020 of –4.9%, 1.9 percentage points lower than the forecasts of the World Economic Outlook (WEO) for April 2020.
"We expect a sharp contraction in 2020 of – 4.5%. Given the unprecedented nature of this crisis, as is the case in almost all countries, this projected contraction is a historic low,
"Gita Gopinath, chief economist at the IMF, told PTI updating the global economic outlook.
The number of coronavirus cases in the country was 4 70,439, with a death toll of 14,862. India today recorded a jump of nearly 16,000 new cases. About 2.69,000 people have recovered.
The Cabinet of the Union today gave the final green light to private participation in the space sector. A new team, the Indian National Center for the Promotion and Authorization of Space (IN-SPACe) "will provide fair conditions for private companies to use the Indian space infrastructure". IN-SPACe will also encourage and guide private industry in space activities through a friendly regulatory environment.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said he was extremely proud that a contingent of 75 members of the Indian armed forces participated in the 75th anniversary of the Victory Day parade on the iconic Moscow Red Square on June 24. Singh arrived in Moscow for a three-day visit on June 23 to attend the celebrations.
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The John Marsh Historic Trust welcomed 4th-graders from Pioneer Elementary in Brentwood to the Marsh Creek State Historic Park this week for some hands-on history about life on Rancho Los Meganos in the mid-1800s. The field trips will continue through next week. Thanks to everyone who has supported the Trust –especially State Parks– so we can deliver programming like this! If you'd like to help, please click the "Donate" button above!
Karen Rarey and Susan Peyton give instructions at the leather tooling station, where students stamped their own leather fobs to take home.
Cynthia DeMaggio taught kids about various illnesses locals dealt with in the 1850s, and the remedies that were common (though not always obtainable) to people like Dr. John Marsh.
Debra Schwab and Randy Harmon helped kids make rope the old fashioned way, by hand.
Barry Margesson helps out a young vaquero he was teaching to throw a lasso after he ended up roping himself. It's harder than it looks!
The visit ended the way a hard day's work often did — with a fiesta that included music and dancing.
A bevy of new "land grant" owners pose in front of John Marsh's 163-year-old Stone House.
Charlene Margesson assisted by Jeremy Tovar taught kids about how "California dollars" (cow hides) were used in trade to get things that could not be obtained otherwise or made on the rancho.
The "cattle" were patient, and never stood a chance against the vaqueros from Pioneer.
With the greening of California well under way, it's time once again for the Trust's annual spring Heritage Hike.
Hikes are on easy-to-moderate terrain. The hikes offer a rare look at the flora and fauna of the area, and some of East Contra Costa's best and least-seen vistas.
The hikes will step off at 9 a.m. on March 16, 2019. The cost is $20 for adults and $10 for children 7 to 13. Proceeds will support the Trust's efforts to restore Marsh's 163-year-old Stone House and to open the park.
Marsh Creek State Historic Park is located at 21789 Marsh Creek Rd. in Brentwood. For more information, call 925.286.4591.
The State Parks Commissioners approved the General Plan for the new Marsh Creek State Park on January 27, 2012 at a public meeting in Brentwood.
The great stone house when restored will be majestic in beauty and provide a cultural resource for the region.


The battle is over and the winner is clear. Digital menu boards are tremendously more effective than static menu boards.
As any restaurant operator could attest, the environment within the food service industry bustles with fast-paced activity and stiff competition. And perched above the action on the floor, the menu boards are perhaps the most important objects in the restaurant. They tie the story together, showcasing everything the store has to offer.
That's why it's important to carefully consider the type of menu boards you use. More and more restaurants have been transitioning to digital menu boards, and it's not hard to see why. Digital menu boards offer a host of benefits not found with static, printed menu boards.
As restaurant companies grow, it can be difficult to ensure consistency across spread-out locations. With static menu boards, it can be a guessing game to determine if all your restaurants received the appropriate materials from your marketing team and have implemented them correctly.
Digital menu boards take away that uncertainty and display the same branding, design and content across all stores.
Instead of having multiple employees in different locations continuously climbing ladders to update static menu boards manually, digital menu boards allow you to change all menus across all restaurants at once with just a few clicks. This increases franchisee control, enabling them to display content and engage customers by changing price points and swapping out LTOs. It also saves you time and frees up your employees to focus on more important things, such as the food and the customers.
It's easy to tie merchandising messages to Web, print, or TV in real time. You can also highlight national advertising messages to promote recollection and brand loyalty with your customers.
Have you ever considered how much it costs to print, ship and deploy materials on static menu boards (that may or may not be used properly)? Digital menu boards eliminate those costs. They decrease the time and payroll costs associated with updates and changes, with everything done on one computer through a central management platform. Unlike static menu boards, digital menu boards cut down on time and money spent making seasonal, campaign and daily menu changes.
And along with reducing the cost of printing static materials and the labor to put them up, digital menu boards can help lower food costs as well.
There's no disputing that wasted product eats away at the profitability of any food service establishment. Digital menu boards help control food costs and reduce waste by allowing you to easily highlight items close to expiration, remove items that are out of stock and achieve a Higher Margin Per Transaction (the gold accounting standard in the restaurant business).
A limited-time offer or a manager's special may be exactly what's needed to encourage sales and reduce the odds you'll soon be tossing untouched product into the dumpster. And promoting higher-margin items on the menu board can help lower food cost percentages, ultimately increasing profits.
Today's customers already incorporate technology into all aspects of their lives, from mobile phones and tablets, to flat-screen TVs and voice-activated home assistants. Consumers have come to expect a digital experience, and the last thing a restaurant operator wants to do is create the impression that their business is old, tired and living in the past.
Customers correlate digital menu boards with restaurants that are modern and clean. That increases their brand loyalty and encourages them to return, tell their friends and share their customer experience on social media. Digital menu boards help customers make clearer and quicker decisions, which gives them a better experience and strengthens their connection to your stores.
Digital menu boards also offer the opportunity to deliver a brand's message in new and exciting ways. Static boards are there to simply display menu items; digital menus are there to tell a story and enhance the overall design of your restaurant.
Use your digital menus to call out signature dishes and high-margin items and to showcase your brand's personality. A digital menu board doesn't just offer the opportunity to show off your best menu items, it allows you to put your brand on display.
All restaurant operators (and customers) know there is a huge difference between a restaurant that is run efficiently and one that is not. Digital menu boards can help enhance that efficiency, improve operations, provide better food and service and ultimately boost the bottom line.
It's not enough, though, to simply erect a digital menu board and wait for the profits to mount. As with most things in life, when it comes to digital menu boards you get out of them what you put into them. Like any technology, the more you understand it and use it to your advantage, the more you'll benefit from having them in your restaurants.


I can't remember the last time I reviewing a humble cable here on AAWP. But this one turns out not to be that humble. We've all had charging/data cables fail on us - with the outer coating getting nicked, or the join with one of the connectors bending or breaking. This Blitzwolf 'AmpCore' Type C cable (available in microUSB and Lightning forms too) is so tough that you can tow a car with it. Yes, you heard that right.
What's as impressive though, is that all this rugged high tech isn't much more expensive. I know this sounds like an advert, but each cable (available in various lengths and colours) is between £6 and £8 on Amazon UK. Which, for a reliable Type C cable that will last a lifetime, seems well worth it to me.
Premium Quality Materials: Nickel-plated reversible connector heads and 1.8m/6ft durable braided wire sheath with 21AWG power and 30AWG data tinned copper wire cores can be bent over 5000 times with no change in performance.
In addition to Amazon UK, you can also find these cables on BangGood here (cheaper, but you'd have to wait for shipping from China).
PS. If you have an older microUSB-charged phone then this cable is available in AmpCore form here (and here on BangGood). Or if a partner or family member has an iPhone then there's a Lightning version too (and again on BangGood).
PPS. For 40% off on Amazon UK, try the coupon codes 7DMQVT26 for the Type C, LXAZLC5S for the Lightning version and KYYIDOKW for the microUSB version.


Introduction : what this book is about -- The wellbeing of the world -- Life and death. From prehistory to 1945 ; Escaping death in the tropics ; Health in the modern world -- Money. Material wellbeing in the United States ; Globalization and the greatest escape -- Help. How to help those left behind -- Postscript : what comes next?
Summary: "The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and he addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind. Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts--including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions--that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape. Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations"--Publisher description.
"The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and he addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind. Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts--including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions--that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape. Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations"--Publisher description.


Lexology have published a report on the US Supreme Court's recent ruling where the Justices struck down, as unconstitutional, the ban on disparaging trademark registrations.
But as Lexology remind us. However, that does not mean that a medical marijuana dispensary can receive a federal trademark registration.
The report authored by Micheline Kelly Johnson of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC goes on to say.
The court's decision in Matal v Tam, Lee v Tam (USSCt 15/1293 (June 19 2017)) on disparaging marks undoubtedly makes the other previously prohibited categories of mark registrable, including those that are deemed scandalous or immoral. Red-light sector businesses or brands seeking to capitalise on the shock value of racy or potentially offensive names should therefore move through the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) now. The USPTO has stated that, if the disparagement clause is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech, then the ban on immoral or scandalous registrations is also unconstitutional.
The Tam decision is likely to have a major effect on creative industries such as music, art and fashion, where shock value is common.
While the cannabis industry has had its fair share of controversy, cannabis commerce will require more than Supreme Court action to protect its intellectual property (eg, legalising marijuana at the federal level will require Congressional action). The decriminalisation of marijuana is unlikely to happen soon, given both the legislature's reluctance to address this issue and its difficulty in working together generally.
Congress has refused to provide funding to enforce federal marijuana prohibitions in states with medical marijuana laws. However, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ruled in In re PharmaCann LLC (TTAB 86520135 (June 16 2017)) that a lack of enforcement funds does not mean that a law is repealed. The TTAB held that, should Congress change its view and appropriate enforcement funds next year, individuals who sold medical marijuana during the funding freeze could be prosecuted.


A new video game has allowed players to join Lebanese Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah in its battle against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Syria and Lebanon.
Dar al-Manar, a project of Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese media outlet Al-Manar, published a trailer for its new title Holy Defense on an official website and social media earlier this month. The 3-D, first-person shooter calls on players to defend Shiite Muslim shrines and defeat hordes of ISIS fighters across various cities, towns and villages in Syria and Lebanon, recreating the actual battles fought by the Iran-backed militia against jihadis that once claimed half of Iraq and Syria before entering parts of Lebanon as well.
"The Holy Defense game is not just a mere game, but a simulation aimed at documenting a stage of the holy defense facing the takfiri tide and confronting the American-Zionist project, chronicling the sacrifices made in this way," the description of the game reads on its official website.
The term takfiri describes a Muslim who considers other sects of Islam to be forms of apostasy and is often used by Shiite Muslim groups such as Hezbollah and its allies to describe hardline Sunni Muslim organizations like ISIS.
"[Holy Defense] is a tool to confront the savage culture that invades our markets through games that are stripped of feeling and belonging. It is a tribute to the souls of the martyrs and their families as well as the sacrifices of the wounded and their families," it added.
Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel and a number of other nations. It also forms one of the largest political parties in Lebanon, claiming the country's Christian president and Shiite Muslim speaker of parliament as allies. It was established in the 1980s with significant Iranian support in response to Israel's invasion of Lebanon, which came in the middle of a 15-year civil war there. Hezbollah played a leading role in local resistance against Israeli occupation and did so again after a second Israeli incursion in 2006.
Sometimes considered the world's most powerful paramilitary group, it has continued to clash with Israel and has been tied to international conflicts and underground activity around the world. As a 2011 uprising by rebels and jihadis began to threaten the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an ally of Iran, Hezbollah poured into neighboring Syria, where it remains a leading force, fighting in support of the now-dominant Syrian government.
Holy Defense throws players in the middle of Hezbollah's battle with ISIS, which took advantage of the unrest in Syria to spread from neighboring Iraq in 2013. By 2014, the ultraconservative Sunni Muslim group had seized about half of Iraq and Syria, targeting minorities, including Shiite Muslims, as part of its quest to enforce its self-proclaimed caliphate. Along with a U.S.-led coalition and its mostly Kurdish allies, Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian government allies have largely defeated ISIS in Syria.
The game features missions at the Shiite Muslim Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque in southern Damascus, in nearby Al-Hajira, in the Syrian city of Al-Qusair and in Ras Baalbek, on the eastern outskirts of Lebanon, where Hezbollah, supported by the Syrian military and the Lebanese military both participated in operations to defeat ISIS and the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham last summer.
In one mission, the player is tasked with assassinating an ISIS militant named Abdul Salam Abdul Razzaq al-Hindawi, or "Abu Abdo." In real life, Al-Manar identified Hindawi as a suspect who supplied explosives used in twin suicide bombings that killed dozens of people in the mostly Shiite Muslim Bourj el-Barajneh suburb of southern Beirut in November 2015. Al-Manar and the official Syrian Arab News Agency claimed later that month that Hindawi was killed in a special operation by Syrian security forces and Hezbollah.
Another trailer opened with detailed shots of the simulated Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque, which the game promised players they could interact with and explore. The sacred site and the local Shiite Muslim population living nearby have been the target of numerous bombings, including a series of blasts that killed up to 60 people in January 2016 and were claimed by ISIS. The clip showed one character showing up at the mosque with a backpack in civilian clothes, possibly being recruited. He was later shown praying in a nearby room with a map of Syria and a portrait of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
Holy Defense appeared to be available in only a few select locations in Lebanon: Beirut's Al-Manar House for Artistic Production and Distribution (where Dar al-Manar, or Al-Manar House, presumably got its name), and the Al-Maaref Islamic Cultural House, which has two locations in Beirut, as well as one in Nabatieh and another in Baalbek, both hubs of support for Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has previously inspired two other computer games. Both Special Force, released in 2003, and its 2007 sequel, Special Force 2: Tale of the Truthful Pledge, portrayed Israel as the enemy, with the latter game being set during the 2006 war.


These Honda s2000's are lighting up Chicago everywhere these days. Filmed outside Chi-town by H&K Media, LLC and edited on the East side by SV Media Films. Produced for Honda s2000 Media Showcase Facebook page. Please like and become a fan for new and original content updated daily. Big thank you to Jeffery Liu and the boys for the footage.
Music: ER (full mix) by Cinema Sound Tools.


On Tuesday Feb. 2 WAMU and NPR's host Diane Rehm welcomes guest Carl Kasell to GWU's Jack Morton Auditorium at 7 p.m. for a "live conversation" between the two NPR radio personalities.
Rehm is host and executive producer of "The Diane Rehm Show"; Kasell is a former NPR newscaster.
Rehm is expected to discuss Kasell's 50 years in broadcasting, why he retired from the NPR Newscast Unit, how NPR has changed since he started in 1975, and what lies ahead. In addition to her own questions, Rehm plans to take questions from the audience.
The sold-out event tapes live and will available on wamu.org on Feb. 3.


They are also the ideal pumps to run waterfalls, but calculations and determining the size of a pump is important as to allow the effort required by the pump the lift the water to the top of a waterfall.
1) Stainless Steel shaft, suitable for both marine and fresh water.
2) Fully sealed motor for safe operation.
3) Easy-to-remove filter for simple cleaning.


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Rare Species Guide
Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)
MN Status:
(as Elliptio dilatata)
Federal Status:
USFS:
Bivalvia
Unionoida
Unionidae
Habitats:
Small Rivers and Streams, Medium Rivers and Streams, Large Rivers, Littoral Zone of Lake
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Map Interpretation
Elliptio dilatatus
Basis for Listing
Historically widespread and locally abundant in Minnesota (Dawley 1947), the spike, also known as the lady finger, is now common only in the St. Croix River and its tributaries (Doolittle 1988; Havlik 1993), Rose Creek, and at the outlet of Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River (Hart 1999). Occasional specimens are collected from tributaries to the Mississippi River (Davis 1987), but it is apparently extirpated in the mainstem of the Minnesota River and its tributaries, despite ample habitat (Bright et al. 1990; Minnesota DNR, unpublished data). It has recently been found alive in only a small number of drainages, and degradation of its stream habitat is a continuing threat. For these reasons, the spike was listed as a special concern species in Minnesota in 1996.
The shell of the spike is elongate, moderately thick to heavy, compressed or slightly inflated, and up to 15 cm (6 in.) long. The outside of the shell is brown to black, occasionally with green rays. The beak sculpture consists of coarse loops raised slightly in the center. The pseudocardinal and lateral teeth are well-developed, and the inner shell is usually purple, sometimes white or orange, or a combination. The black sandshell (Ligumia recta) is similar, but is often heavily rayed and lacks beak sculpture.
Spike mussels are usually found in small to large rivers, but they are also known to inhabit reservoirs and lakes. Whether in rivers or lakes, they are most often found in sand and gravel substrates in depths ranging from 0.6-7.3 m (2-24 ft.) (Parmalee and Bogan 1998). When spike mussels do inhabit lakes or reservoirs, they are usually associated with outlet habitats dominated by swift currents.
Biology / Life History
Mussels are long-lived animals. Members of many species may live for several decades and in some instances, a century or more. Survival rates for populations of spike mussels, much like other long-lived organisms, are high. Hart et al. (2001) reported that spike mussels have mean annual survival rates greater than 90%. These survival rates were measured in habitats colonized by zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha), and the survival rates in habitats without zebra mussels would most likely be even higher.
Mussels spend most of their lives buried in the bottom sediments of permanent water bodies, and often live in multi-species communities called mussel beds. They are primarily sedentary, but they can move around with the use of their foot, which is a hatchet shaped muscle that can be extended out between the valves (shells). A mussel will burrow its foot into the sediment and then contract it to pull itself slowly along the bottom of its aquatic habitat (Sietman 2003).
Mussels eat by filtering bacteria, protozoans, algae, and other organic matter out of the water. They draw water into their body through their incurrent siphon, remove food and oxygen with their gills, and then expel the filtered water through their excurrent siphon. Food particles are carried to the mussel's mouth by tiny hairlike cilia located on the gills. Waste is expelled through the excurrent siphon (Sietman 2003).
Mussels have a complex and distinctive reproductive cycle. Males release sperm into the water, which are drawn in by females through their incurrent siphon. Fertilized eggs are brooded in the female's gills, where they develop into tiny larvae called glochidia. The spike is a tachytictic breeder, with females brooding their young short-term, from May through August, before they are released as glochidia (Baker 1928). Once the glochidia are expelled from the female's gills, they attach to fish gills or fins by clamping onto them with their valves. The glochidia live as parasites on the host fish until they develop into juvenile mussels, at which point they detach from the fish and fall to the streambed as free-living mussels. Fish hosts for the glochidia of the spike mussel include the gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum), flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), white crappie (Pomoxis annularis), black crappie (P. nigromaculatus), and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) (Fuller 1974).
Conservation / Management
Degradation of mussel habitat in streams throughout the spike's known range is a continuing threat. Spike populations in Minnesota are vulnerable to further decline because of hydrologic alteration of streams and their watersheds; the continuing decline in habitat conditions on the Mississippi River associated with its management as a navigation canal; and non-point and point source water pollution and sedimentation. Dams, channelization, and dredging increase siltation, physically alter habitat conditions, and block the movement of fish hosts. The spike mussel is also being impacted by the infestation of non-native zebra mussels in the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Zebra mussels can attach themselves in large numbers to the shells of native mussels, eventually causing death by suffocation. If current trends cannot be reversed, the spike may become threatened in the future. Further survey work in rivers where the spike mussel was formerly documented is needed to verify its status in that former range.
Conservation Efforts in Minnesota
A 10-year statewide mussel survey initiated by the Minnesota DNR in 1999 resulted in a better understanding of the spike mussel's ecology and current status in Minnesota. A research project designed to measure the survival rate of a population of spike mussels is also ongoing in the Mississippi River (Hart 1999; Hart et al. 2001). Additionally, a small number of spikes were collected from zebra mussel infested habitats in the Mississippi River in 2000 and translocated into areas of the Mississippi River south of the Twin Cities, where habitats were devoid of zebra mussels.
References and Additional Information
Baker, F. C. 1928. The fresh water mollusca of Wisconsin: part II: Pelecypoda. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 70, Part II. University of Wisconsin, Madison. 495 pp.
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Human response to environmental noise and vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic
Sharp, C 2014, Human response to environmental noise and vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic , PhD thesis, University of Salford.
There is currently a push to increase the proportion of freight traffic that is transported by rail, which is argued to be a safer, more sustainable and more climate friendly means of freight transportation when compared with road or air transportation. This will result in increased noise and vibration from freight railway traffic, the potential impacts of which are not well known. The aim of this research, therefore, is to further the understanding of the human response to freight railway noise and vibration. Data for this research comes from a field study comprising interviews with respondents and measurements of their vibration exposure. A logistic regression model was created and optimised, and is able to accurately classify 96% of these measured railway vibration signals as freight or passenger signals based on two signal properties that quantify the duration and low frequency content of each signal. Exposure-response relationships are then determined using ordinal probit modelling with fixed thresholds and cumulative ordinal logit models. The results indicate that people are able to distinguish between freight and passenger railway vibration, and that the annoyance response due to freight railway vibration is significantly higher than that due to passenger railway vibration, even for equal levels of exposure. To further investigate this disparity in response, a laboratory study was performed in which subjects were exposed to combined noise and vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic. Through the technique of multidimensional scaling, the subjective responses to these stimuli were analysed to investigate the specific attributes of the stimuli that may lead to the difference in human response. The results of this study suggest that the perception of combined railway noise and vibration takes into account not only the exposure magnitude of the noise and vibration stimuli, but also signal properties such as duration, spectral distribution and envelope modulation. These parameters, and in particular the duration parameter, appear to account for the difference in the human response to freight and passenger railway vibration.
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Portuguese right-back Joao Cancelo joined City from Juventus in August 2019.
The defender penned a deal which keeps him at the Etihad Stadium until the summer of 2025 and followed Angelino and Rodrigo to become Pep Guardiola's third signing of the summer.
Whilst in Turin, Cancelo established himself as one of Serie A's best full-backs. Comfortable on either flank and also capable of playing in a more advanced position, Cancelo provides great delivery from wide areas and boasts exceptional athleticism, using his pace to good effect in both offensive and defensive situations.
His professional career began with Benfica, where he progressed through their academy and won the 2013 Portuguese U19 Championship alongside Bernardo Silva.
He made his senior debut the following season, when the Lisbon giants claimed a domestic treble, but joined Valencia on a year-long loan in 2014/15 and did enough in 13 games to convince Los Che to make the deal permanent.
He went on to play 77 times over the next two campaigns before heading off on loan again, this time to Inter Milan, where he thrived.
Cancelo's form convinced Juventus to swoop for him last summer and he continued to impress in Turin, winning praise for his committed attacking play which yielded one goal and five assists in 34 games as Juve lifted an eighth successive Serie A title.
He followed that up with his first taste of international success, winning the inaugural UEFA Nations League title with Portugal this summer.
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The Midnight After is Chan's latest production, and a deeply original vision. It's his first delve into commercial cinema, but that doesn't mean the director gave up on his artistry and his favourite themes, which involve marginalized young people's lives, social injustice, and analysis of the handover of Hong Kong to China and the resulting societal issues and frictions.
A group of passengers is traveling on a midnight bus to get to the faraway station of Tai Po, but something odd happens when they pass through a tunnel. When the bus exits the tunnel, the city is deserted and the ubiquitous Hong Kong traffic is no more: what is happening?
After such a striking incipit (which reminded me of Marco Ferreri's breathtaking Il seme dell'uomo), the mystery becomes deeper and deeper as the characters explore the city and face unsettling phenomena: stalkers wearing masks, physical decay, and a strange transmission about Major Tom from David Bowie's "Space Oddity" (!). Horror, science fiction and comedy intertwine as the group tries to survive and make sense out of the chaos engulfing the city.
On the surface, The Midnight After is a normal disaster movie with special effects, action and other Hollywood-esque ingredients. But beneath the commercial packaging, Fruit Chan is as explicit as he ever was: his main issue is Hong Kong, and the enigma of the city itself and its future.
Ultimately, The Midnight After is telling us the story of a city which is losing its identity, trampled by a cultural crisis as well as political pressures from mainland China. There's a scene in the film which is both astoundingly beautiful and crystal clear in its political sense: a red rain falls, which bathes the city in a uniform, creepy crimson colour.
A compelling story full of visual treats, mixed with an incredible capacity to overturn stereotypes and translate contemporary issues into cinematic allegories, is the great merit of this film. The fact that it's also deeply funny and supported by great actors (among whom Simon Yam stands out) is a great plus, as is the bold intermingling of different genres.
It's worth noting that science fiction is almost unheard of in Hong Kong cinema. Fruit Chan takes full advantage of his chance to direct a big film, bringing the equivalent of an earthquake to a cinema which is just as confused about its future and its roots as Hong Kong civil society.
But again, can a city like Hong Kong – a perfect laboratory of modernity in the middle ground between the West and the East – even have roots? One thing is for sure: Fruit Chan's vision is grim, but his cinema is bright and reassuring. He has no use for nostalgia, preferring to experiment and explore the possible future of the former colony. This is the great Hong Kong cinema that we've been used to: and that, despite its current crisis, remains one of the greatest dream factories of the seventh art.


This poster is created for the theatrical short story "Die Nase", (Le nez, the nose) of Nikolai Gogol, performed at the "theatre am Gleis" (Winterthur, Switzerland) in 1992. The artists of this poster, explain visually and aesthetically the theme of the story "Die Nase". They describe the satirical adventure of a St. Petersburg official whose nose leaves his own face and develops its own life! Therefore, in order to depict visually this abandonment the creators of this poster, sketch on the right side, the body figure of the St. Petersburg official and on the left side they apply a Dadaistic photographic collage of the "independent" nose. This poster was granted the Swiss Poster Award in 1992.


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Natalie Ziegler is a jewelry designer known for her unique designs. Her use of precious and semi-precious stones, pearls and metals turns her designs into works of art. She was born in New York City and raised near Boston. Her road to jewelry designer was anything but straightforward, though. She got her MA in American Foreign Policy and Economics at Johns Hopkins SAIS from 1984 to 1986. She also has a BA in Psychology from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. From July 1986 until July 1994 she worked in TV news as a senior researcher at CNN in Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, DC.
In 2001 she began a company called Commonwealth Imports. Its purpose is to supply US designers and jewelers with raw materials to use in their designs. Coming into daily contact with all these various stones made Natalie realize that she wanted to do more than just import them. She also wanted to play around with the shapes and colors to see what would happen. From that desire came her own line of designer jewelry which is upscale yet affordable. The designs are both colorful and feminine. They are sure to be a favorite in your jewelry collection.
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Natalie's designs are tailored to be "classic" rather than "trendy." They work with your wardrobe year after year without going out of style. Her signature "look" is made of semi-precious stones and pearls. She leans towards the briolette cut in a lot of her designs. For those who aren't familiar with the term, a little background is in order.
Briolettes are drop-shaped stones that have been used in jewelry design since the early 17th century. They were very popular during the Victorian era and are popular once again.Their multi-faceted cut is what gives them their lively sparkle. They can be drilled to be used as beads or hung as a pendant from their tips.
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- Start with the holiday decorations. How much is enough? Downsize what you have you will save a lot of space. Put in plastic containers and label them. Donate the excess.
- If you were to sell your home today and walk into the front door…what do others view?
- Where is the chaos and clutter in the house? Why is it there? Start there to de-clutter.
- Make three piles: Have 30 gallon trash bags available. Pile 1- donate (to family or charity); Pile 2- sell or consign, pile 3 – keep. Remove that day donate pile to your car and take it to charity or your families home. Pile 3 the keeps – could you pack it and store it in the garage, basement, or attic for clutter free room? But if you pack it ..do you really need it in your life at all?
- Key words you must tell sue out loud: do these inanimate objects bring you LOVE, JOY AND HAPPINESS?
- Clearing spaces, countertops, drawers, shelving, bookcases, closets, garage, attic, and car will be easier to clean because you now have space and provide more clarity and openness in your life. After inanimate objects are gone you might have a few moments of "the challenge of change pains", but it leaves quickly.
= Shred and discard documents that are 2009 and older. Don't need it.
- Get rid of old magazines and newspapers and articles saved because "I might need it".. there's the internet today with the world at our fingertips.
- Remove silk and dried arrangements above kitchen cabinets and other high places, probably never cleaned and creates a lot of dust.
-Go through your spices….anything over a year it has lost its potency.
- Go through your pantry expired foods discard, unwanted and unopened items donate to food banks.
- Organize Life Documents – put in a three ring binder copies of: will, trust, Power of Attorney, video of household items and who they might go to, deed to your house, mortgage, car title, all your doctors with names and phone numbers, list of medications you take, all insurance companies (homeowners, property, auto, etc), name and phone number of financial planner, list of 401 K/stocks/mutual funds and what company holds those, names of your children or next of kin with address and phone numbers, banks accounts and name and location of bank, list of appraisals of any collection or fine jewelry and more.
- Organize and digitize all family photos….remove pictures from albums and picture frames and have them digitized. Digitize VHS tapes and 8 mm film. Albums take up space. Copies of these family treasures can be given as a holiday, anniversary or birthday gift.
It all takes time and usually takes more time then you think. Write on your calendar time allotted for this rightsizing session to take place once a week or twice a week? Be in control of your destiny and well being.
When you de-clutter and rightsize your home for your needs today you will feel free, more open, and create peace and harmony in your "living space".


Before you can import and work with your project footage or animation in After Effects, you first need to know the tools you have in front of you and to understand how each of them can help you with your project.
When you open After Effects, you will see a menu at the top of your screen. We've numbered each of these menu selections based on their order in the menu and provided a short description for each.
1. After Effects CC – This is a very important menu for program preferences.
2. File – This menu allows you to open, save, import, and export files.
3. Edit – This menu includes the cut, paste, duplicate, history, and redo functions.
4. Composition – With this menu you can create compositions, toggle settings, and set the render output module.
5. Layer – This menu controls layer creation, settings, style, and precompose options.
6. Effect – This menu provides a list of possible effects for your composition layers.
7. Animation – This menu includes functions for animation presets, keyframes and expressions.
8. View – With this menu you can adjust resolution, zooms, 3D toggles, and guides.
9. Window – This menu lists of all possible panels or frames you can open.
10.Help – From this menu you can access Information based on search or direct guidance for proper use.
In first menu, After Effects CC, you have an important drop down item titled Preferences, which gives you control over the program's core customizations and options.
General – Toggles for different components in the programs interface.
Previews – Allows you to set your preview quality's resolution.
Display – Includes settings for motion path key frames and toggles for time and rendering.
Import – Includes settings for still footage, sequence footage and import options.
Output – Allows you to set size limits for segmenting output video.
Grids & Guides – Allows you to change your grid colors and size limits.
Labels – Allows you to create your own color scheme for labeling.
Media & Disk Cache – Includes settings for disk cache and cache locations.
Video Preview – Includes Advanced Mercury Transmission option, if applicable.
Appearance – Allows you to adjust the color values of your workspace.
Auto-Save – Allows you to adjust your auto-save timing.
Memory – Allows you to adjust the memory usage for AE and your other programs.
Audio Hardware – Selects the audio drivers you wish to use to play sound in AE.
Audio Output Mapping – Allows you to specify map for audio output.
Sync Settings – Allows you to sync your profile settings.
The main toolbar is also in the upper left portion of your program window. The toolbar contains all the tools you need to create working files/layers in After Effects.
By clicking the icons that have the smaller triangle in the bottom right corner, you can open up the drop menu, which provides more options within that specific tool selection. Once selected, some of the tools will open access to controls for active tools, as seen in the image above. Below, you can see the toolbar items that have more options within their drop menus.
When you first open After Effects your workspace is set to standard mode. The standard AE workspace contains multiple panels as seen below. Each panel has its own name and individual functions. In AE CC you also now have the Essentials panel, which has all the basic panels you need in a stacked formation, allowing the user quick access to the right panels. You can also create your own custom workspaces by going to the Window tab in your main menu, turning on the panels and frames you want. Then within the same drop down you can click on Workspace and save your layout.
Now that you understand the menus, let's move on to working with footage.


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Lachapelle-en-Blaisy is een gemeente in het Franse departement Haute-Marne (regio Grand Est) en telt 78 inwoners (2009). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Chaumont.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Lachapelle-en-Blaisy bedraagt 15,6 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is dus 5 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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Gemeente in Haute-Marne


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Onykia ingens est une espèce de calmar de la famille des onychoteuthidés vivant dans l'océan austral. Bien que O. ingens a longtemps été placé dans le genre Moroteuthis, plusieurs auteurs ont récemment convenu que Moroteuthis est un synonyme d'Onykia.

Description
La taille maximale d'O. ingens, y compris les tentacules, est actuellement inconnue. De nombreuses estimations, toutefois, suggèrent que le manteau peut atteindre des longueurs allant jusqu'à 94 cm. La taille des œufs atteint en moyenne de 2,1 mm à l'intérieur des femelles matures, tandis que les juvéniles mesurent en moyenne 4,6 mm ou plus. Les jeunes vivent près de la surface, jusqu'à ce qu'ils atteignent une longueur du manteau d'environ 200 mm, taille à laquelle ils descendent vivre dans des eaux plus profondes et pour attraper de plus grosses proies. O. ingens présente un dimorphisme sexuel, les femelles de grandissent deux fois plus vite  linéairement que les mâles, et atteingnent une taille à maturité plus de cinq fois supérieure à celle de leurs homologues masculins.

Reproduction

Un allongement du pénis a été observé chez Onykia ingens ; en érection, le pénis peut être aussi long que le manteau, la tête et les bras. Ainsi, il possède le plus grand pénis par rapport à la taille du corps de tous les animaux mobiles, les deuxièmes du règne animal après certains cirripèdes .

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Teuthide (nom scientifique)
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