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Most of the site is done except for some inevitable oversights. Let me know if you catch any and I'll tend to them asap.
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Q: Matplotlib square major/minor grid for axes with different limits I have a plot with a background grid. I need grid cells to be square (both major grid and minor grid cells) even though the limits of X and Y axes are different.
My current code is as follows:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.ticker as plticker
import numpy as np

data = [0.014,  0.84,  0.95, -0.42, -0.79,  0.84, 0.98,  1.10,   0.56, -0.49]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(20, 5))
ax.minorticks_on()

# Set major and minor grid lines on X
ax.set_xticks(np.arange(0, 10, 0.2))
ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(plticker.MultipleLocator(base=0.2 / 5.))
for xmaj in ax.xaxis.get_majorticklocs():
        ax.axvline(x=xmaj, ls='-', color='red', linewidth=0.8)
for xmin in ax.xaxis.get_minorticklocs():
    ax.axvline(x=xmin, ls=':', color='red', linewidth=0.6)

# Set major and minor grid lines on Y
ylim = int(np.ceil(max(abs(min(data)), max(data))))
yticks = np.arange(-ylim, ylim + 0.5, 0.5)
ax.set_yticks(yticks)
ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(plticker.MultipleLocator(base=0.5 / 5.))
for ymaj in ax.yaxis.get_majorticklocs():
        ax.axhline(y=ymaj, ls='-', color='red', linewidth=0.8)
for ymin in ax.yaxis.get_minorticklocs():
    ax.axhline(y=ymin, ls=':', color='red', linewidth=0.6)

ax.axis([0, 10, -ylim, ylim])
fig.tight_layout()

# Plot
ax.plot(data)

# Set equal aspect ratio NOT WORKING
plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box')
plt.show()

Which generates the following plot:

Large grid cells contain 5 smaller cells each. However, the aspect ratio of large grid is not 1.
Question: How can I make sure that large grid is square?
EDIT
Current approach is to set same tick locations as suggested by @ImportanceOfBeingErnest, but change Y labels:
ylim = int(np.ceil(max(abs(min(data)), max(data))))
yticks = np.arange(-ylim, ylim + 0.2, 0.2)

ax.set_yticks(yticks)

labels = ['{:.1f}'.format(v if abs(v) < 1e-3 else (1 if v > 0 else -1)*((0.5 - abs(v)%0.5) + abs(v)))
          if i%2==0 else "" for i, v in enumerate(np.arange(-ylim, ylim, 0.2))]
ax.set_yticklabels(labels)

Result:  seems too hacky.

A: When using equal aspect ratio and aiming for a square grid you would need to use the same tickspacing for both axes. This can be achieved with a MultipleLocator where the interval needs to be the same for x and y axis.
In general, grids can be created with the grid command.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.ticker as mticker
import numpy as np

data = [0.014,  0.84,  0.95, -0.42, -0.79,  0.84, 0.98,  1.10,   0.56, -0.49]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(20, 5))
ax.minorticks_on()

# Set major and minor grid lines on X
ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=.5))
ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=0.5 / 5.))

ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=.5))
ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=0.5 / 5.))

ax.grid(ls='-', color='red', linewidth=0.8)
ax.grid(which="minor", ls=':', color='red', linewidth=0.6)

## Set limits
ylim = int(np.ceil(max(abs(min(data)), max(data))))
ax.axis([0, 10, -ylim, ylim])
plt.gca().set_aspect('equal', adjustable='box')
fig.tight_layout()

# Plot
ax.plot(data)

plt.show()

If you instead want to have different tick spacings with square major cells in the grid, you would need to give up the equal aspect ratio and instead set it to the quotient of the tick spacings.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.ticker as mticker
import numpy as np

data = [0.014,  0.84,  0.95, -0.42, -0.79,  0.84, 0.98,  1.10,   0.56, -0.49]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(20, 5))
ax.minorticks_on()

xm = 0.2
ym = 0.25

# Set major and minor grid lines on X
ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=xm))
ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=xm / 5.))

ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=ym))
ax.yaxis.set_minor_locator(mticker.MultipleLocator(base=ym / 5.))

ax.grid(ls='-', color='red', linewidth=0.8)
ax.grid(which="minor", ls=':', color='red', linewidth=0.6)

## Set limits
ylim = int(np.ceil(max(abs(min(data)), max(data))))
ax.axis([0, 10, -ylim, ylim])
plt.gca().set_aspect(xm/ym, adjustable='box')
fig.tight_layout()

# Plot
ax.plot(data)

plt.show()

To then get rid of every second ticklabel, an option is
fmt = lambda x,p: "%.2f" % x if not x%(2*ym) else ""
ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(mticker.FuncFormatter(fmt))

A: You should be able to achieve this by using the same locator for the both axis. However matplotlib has a limitation currently, so here's a workaround:
# matplotlib doesnt (currently) allow two axis to share the same locator
# so make two wrapper locators and combine their view intervals
def share_locator(locator):
    class _SharedLocator(matplotlib.ticker.Locator):
        def tick_values(self, vmin, vmax):
            return locator.tick_values(vmin, vmax)

        def __call__(self):
            min0, max0 = shared_locators[0].axis.get_view_interval()
            min1, max1 = shared_locators[1].axis.get_view_interval()
            return self.tick_values(min(min0, min1), max(max0, max1))

    shared_locators = (_SharedLocator(), _SharedLocator())
    return shared_locators

Use like:
lx, ly = share_locator(matplotlib.ticker.AutoLocator())  # or any other locator
ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(lx)
ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ly)

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Georgia Piedmont president fired
Oxford to host invasive-plants workshop
Lecture, hands-on exercises will help educate on the threat of non-native plants
Many of the plants that Southerners are most familiar with—think kudzu, English ivy, honeysuckle—are actually non-native plants that were introduced from elsewhere and have now become problems for the ecosystem. There are many species dubbed "invasive plants," and the threat they pose to the native landscape has led to the creation of organizations for concerned horticulturists, biologists, and generally concerned citizens. Connie Gray, president and ecological resource specialist for the Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council will appear at the chapel in Oxford College on at 2 p.m. on February 12 to deliver a lecture that will address such questions as why invasives are a problem, which invasives should be concentrated most on, and how to select plants that are alternative to invasives. The lecture will be followed by a hands-on demonstration in the Oxford College forest.
Gray holds an undergraduate degree in horticulture and master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Georgia. Her background in horticulture, integrated pest management, and landscape architecture has resulted in a specialization in natural plant communities and restoration of natural areas, particularly in urban areas.
The workshop is open to the public, and there is no cost to attend.
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Congressman nominates Covington student to two service academies
Two Newton school board members sworn in to new terms

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InfraServ GmbH & Co Gendorf KG (ISG) ist ein 1997 gegründeter Industriedienstleister und Standortbetreiber des Chemieparks Gendorf in Burgkirchen an der Alz. Das Unternehmen erbringt Leistungen in den Bereichen Ver- und Entsorgung, Instandhaltung, Infrastruktur, Umwelt, Sicherheit, Engineering, Logistik, IT und Bildung. InfraServ Gendorf beschäftigt rund 1.100 Mitarbeiter, darunter ca. 50 Auszubildende. Etwa 50 IT-Berufsfachschüler und weitere 160 Auszubildende werden zusätzlich im Auftrag von Standortgesellschaften und externen Unternehmen in der eigenen Berufsfachschule sowie im eigenen Bildungszentrum ausgebildet.

InfraServ GmbH & Co. Gendorf KG und ist ein Gründungsmitglied der Initiative ChemDelta Bavaria und des Vereins Naturnahe Alz e V.

Geschichte
Im Rahmen der Umstrukturierung des Hoechst-Konzerns wurde 1997 die InfraServ GmbH & Co Gendorf KG als Betreibergesellschaft gegründet, um in dem im Jahr darauf zu einem Chemiepark umgewandelten Werk Gendorf Infrastrukturservices und industrielle Dienstleistungen zu erbringen.

Nach der Umstrukturierung etablierte sich InfraServ Gendorf als unabhängiger Standortbetreiber und Industriedienstleister für die Chemie- und Prozessindustrie.

Die InfraServ Gendorf veranstaltet den "Gendorfer Science Slam", der mit rund 700 Besuchern zu den größten "Science Slams" in Bayern zählt.

Gesellschaftsstruktur
Komplementär:
 Infraserv Verwaltungs GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, eine Tochtergesellschaft der Celanese GmbH

Kommanditisten:
 Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
 Celanese Services Germany GmbH
 Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG

Unternehmensbeteiligungen:
 InfraServ Gendorf Technik GmbH, 100 %
 BIT Bildungsakademie Inn-Salzach Technologiezentrum Gendorf GmbH, 100 %
 InfraServ Bayernwerk Gendorf GmbH (Kraftwerksbetreiber), 50 % (50 % E.ON)
 InfraServ Gendorf Netze GmbH, 100 %

Weblinks
 InfraServ Gendorf
 BIT Bildungsakademie

Einzelnachweise

Unternehmen (Landkreis Altötting)
Burgkirchen an der Alz
Industriedienstleister
Gegründet 1997

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Kenneth L. Baughman, 63, former director of Cardiology
The Johns Hopkins Medicine community is mourning the sudden death of cardiologist Kenneth L. Baughman, who was killed in an accident Nov. 16 while running in Orlando, Fla. He was attending the annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association and was attempting to cross a street when a car struck him.
Baughman, 63, had been the E. Cowles Andrus Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, joining the faculty in 1979, and served as director of Cardiology from 1992 to 2002. He was then recruited to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to lead programs in advanced heart disease.
"The division faculty, fellows, nurses and staff are deeply shocked and saddened at Ken's sudden and tragic death," said Gordon Tomaselli, current director of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins. "Ken was a friend, colleague and mentor to many at Hopkins. He formed a lasting bond that endures to this day, not just with his students and co-workers but also with his patients, who share our sadness. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and children and the rest of his loving family, whose ties to Hopkins are deep and abiding."
"Ken will be greatly missed," said Edward Kasper, clinical director of Cardiology, who trained under Baughman as a resident and fellow from 1984 to 1991. "I will always remember Ken for his mentorship, his willingness to put the development of his trainees ahead of his own career. He had a heart of gold underneath a mask of gruffness. He never passed babies without picking them up and saying something kind."
"In 1975, Ken was among the first Osler assistant chiefs of service, under the renowned Victor McKusick, to get the Hopkins system of four firms up and running," said cardiologist Stephen Achuff, a professor at Johns Hopkins and one of Baughman's closest friends. An institutional hallmark of medical residency training, the firms represent the breakdown of the typical large cadre of 80 medical residents into smaller, collegial groups—the implementation of which was a dramatic step that improved learning and patient care.
Baughman and Achuff both graduated from the University of Missouri Medical School in the 1960s, before meeting again as residents at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
"My fondest memories of Ken," Achuff said, "are of the camaraderie and friendship he evoked in so many of us at Hopkins." Achuff also recollected annual summer gatherings in Bethany Beach, Del., as part of the so-called "beach group," made up of the Baughmans, the Achuffs and the families of Bill Baumgartner, Craig Smith and Gary Walford, who would cheer on Baughman as he participated in the town's annual triathlon.
"I first met Ken and his wife, Cheryl, in 1982, when he came to Stanford University to see how we ran our heart transplant program," said Baumgartner, a cardiac surgeon. "Ken and I were partners from the beginning of the Hopkins [heart transplant] program in 1983. He was the medical director, and I was the surgical director," added Baumgartner, a professor and vice dean for clinical affairs at Johns Hopkins, who recently stepped down as cardiac surgeon in charge at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
"Ken was the consummate physician," he continued. "I often said that if I was seriously ill with anything, cardiology related or not, I would want Ken taking care of me. He was the best. In addition to being a wonderful friend and colleague, he was also my cardiologist. He was the hardest worker in the hospital and touched so many lives of patients and colleagues here and at Brigham. It is hard to believe he is no longer among us."
Other colleagues noted that Baughman was dedicated to caring for his patients and linking clinical practice to research, focusing his efforts on diseases of the heart muscle.
In addition to his wife, Cheryl, Baughman is survived by his children, Matthew and Christopher; their wives, Michelle and Holly; and four grandchildren.
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Q: How to add infinite scroll to a fetched data in Vue 3 I'm trying to add infinite scrolling functionality to display data that I'm fetching from my server.
Let's say the data that I fetch from my server contains 20 arrays, each containing objects, I want to use the first 6 array's values initially, when the app is mounted and after that, when the user scrolls down, I want to display the rest of the arrays, adding 6 each time on scroll.
I'm fetching the data at onMount and then displaying the cards with v-for as such:

              {{ i18n.global.locale == "En" ? item.name.en : item.name.ka }}
              {{ item.year }}

              10

This is the infinite scrolling functionality that works, but it just adds arrays to my variable infinitely until the servers gives me an error that there's too many requests:
onMounted(() => {
  getMovies();
  window.addEventListener("scroll", handleScroll);
});

const handleScroll = () => {
  if (
    window.innerHeight + document.documentElement.scrollTop !==
    document.documentElement.offsetHeight
  ) {
    axios.get(url).then((res) => {
      const slicedArray = res.data.slice(6, 12);
      data.value.push(...slicedArray);
      console.log(data.value);
    });
  }
};
const getMovies = () => {
  axios.get(url).then((res) => {
    const slicedArray = res.data.slice(0, 6);
    data.value = slicedArray;
    count.value = slicedArray.length;
    console.log(data);
  });
};

I know the above code is really wrong, but can't seem to figure out how to add only 6-6 items on each scroll until there's no more arrays left in the fetched data.


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O Festival Eurovisão da Canção Júnior (muitas vezes abreviado para JESC) é uma competição internacional de música organizada pela União Europeia de Radiodifusão (EBU) anualmente desde 2003. No entanto, é realizada em uma cidade europeia diferente a cada ano, mas a mesma cidade pode hospedar o concurso mais de uma vez.

A competição tem muitas semelhanças com o Festival Eurovisão da Canção, de onde seu nome foi tirado. Cada emissora participante envia um ato, cujos membros têm entre 9 e 14 anos no dia do concurso, e uma música original com duração máxima de 3 minutos para competir com os demais participantes participantes. Cada entrada representa o país servido pela emissora participante. Espectadores de todo o mundo são convidados a votar em suas performances favoritas por votação online,e um júri nacional de cada país participante também vota. O vencedor geral do concurso é a inscrição que receber mais pontos depois que as pontuações de cada país forem coletadas e totalizadas. A vencedora mais recente é Maléna da Armênia, que venceu o concurso 2021 em Paris, França, com sua canção "Qami Qami".

Além dos países participantes, o concurso de 2003 também foi transmitido na Estônia, Finlândia e Alemanha (que não estrearia até o concurso de 2020), seguido por Andorra em 2006, Bósnia e Herzegovina (de 2006 a 2011) e Islândia em 2021, no entanto, esses países ainda não participaram. Desde 2006, o concurso é transmitido ao vivo pela Internet por meio do site oficial do concurso. A Austrália foi convidada a participar do concurso de 2015, enquanto o Cazaquistão foi convidado para o concurso de 2018, tornando-se o único grande evento da Eurovisão a apresentar várias emissoras associadas.

História
As origens do concurso remontam a 2000, quando a Danmarks Radio realizou um concurso de música para crianças dinamarquesas naquele ano e no ano seguinte. A ideia foi estendida a um festival de música escandinavo em 2002, o POP Nordic, com a participação da Dinamarca, Noruega e Suécia. Em 2001 e 2002, a emissora polonesa Telewizja Polska (TVP) sediou duas edições piloto de um concurso internacional de música para crianças em Konin com o nome Eurokonkurs (em português: Eurofestival) em 2001 e Światowy Konkurs Piosenki (em português: Concurso Mundial da Canção) em 2002 mas todo o projeto se chamava Eurokonkurs. TVP passou a realizar outras edições em Konin entre 2003 e 2006, algum tempo após a retirada inicial da Polônia do Festival Eurovisão da Canção Júnior. Em 2006, Eurokonkurs voltou como Światowe Talenty (em inglês: World Talents) e foi apresentado por Dominika Rydz e Weronika Bochat, que representaram a Polônia no Festival Eurovisão da Canção Júnior 2004 como parte do girl group KWADro.

Em novembro de 2002, a EBU teve a ideia de um concurso de música com crianças e abriu o concurso para todas as emissoras membros, tornando-o um evento pan-europeu. O título provisório do programa era "Eurovision Song Contest for Children", marcado com o nome da competição musical de longa data e já popular da EBU, o Festival Eurovisão da Canção. A Dinamarca foi convidada a sediar a primeira edição após a experiência com o MGP Nordic naquele país.

Depois de um primeiro concurso bem-sucedido em Copenhague, o segundo enfrentou vários problemas de localização. O evento originalmente deveria ter sido organizado pela emissora britânica ITV em Manchester, mas ITV anunciou então que, por motivos financeiros e de programação, o concurso afinal não aconteceria no Reino Unido. Pensa-se também que outro fator para a sua decisão foram as classificações de audiência dos anos anteriores para o ITV, que estavam abaixo do valor esperado. abordou a emissora croata HRT, que havia vencido o concurso anterior, para organizar o evento em Zagreb; embora mais tarde descobrisse que a HRT tinha 'esquecido' de reservar o local em que o concurso teria ocorrido. Foi neste ponto, com cinco meses restantes até o evento ser realizado, que a emissora norueguesa NRK entrou em cena para sediar o concurso em Lillehammer.

As emissoras tiveram de licitar os direitos de hospedar o concurso desde 2004 para evitar que tais problemas voltem a acontecer.  A Bélgica foi, portanto, o primeiro país a licitar com sucesso os direitos de sediar o concurso em 2005.

Todos também tiveram um CD produzido com as músicas do show. Entre 2003 e 2006, DVDs do concurso também foram produzidos, embora este tenha terminado por falta de interesse.

A  partir de 2008, o vencedor do concurso é decidido por 50% dos votos do televoto e 50% do júri nacional. Os vencedores de todos os concursos anteriores foram decididos exclusivamente por televoto. Entre 2003 e 2005, os espectadores tiveram cerca de 10 minutos para votar depois que todas as músicas já tivessem atuado. Entre 2006 e 2010, as linhas de televisão foram abertas ao longo do programa.

Desde 2011, os espectadores votam depois que todas as canções foram executadas. Os lucros obtidos com o televoto durante os concursos de 2007 e 2008 foram doados ao UNICEF.

Antes de 2007, a falha de uma emissora participante em não transmitir o concurso ao vivo incorreria em multa. Agora, as emissoras não são mais obrigadas a transmitir o concurso ao vivo, mas podem transmiti-lo com algum atraso em um momento que seja mais apropriado para a transmissão de televisão infantil.

O concurso de 2007 foi o tema do documentário de 2008 Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary. O filme acompanhou vários competidores enquanto eles percorriam seu caminho através das finais nacionais e para o show em si.  Foi exibido no Festival Internacional de Cinema de Toronto 2008 e estreou em Ghent, Bélgica e Limassol, Chipre, onde o concurso de 2008 foi realizado.

Formato
O formato do concurso permaneceu relativamente inalterado ao longo de sua história, na medida em que consiste em sucessivas apresentações musicais ao vivo dos artistas inscritos pelas emissoras participantes. A EBU afirma que o objectivo do programa é "promover jovens talentos no domínio da música popular, incentivando a competição entre os intérpretes".

O programa sempre foi exibido em uma noite de sábado no final de novembro / início de dezembro e dura aproximadamente duas horas e quinze minutos. Desde 2016, o concurso é exibido no início da noite de domingo.

Tradicionalmente, o concurso consistirá em uma cerimônia de abertura em que os artistas são recebidos no evento, as apresentações das inscrições, uma recapitulação das canções para ajudar os telespectadores a decidir em quais inscrições votar, um ato de intervalo geralmente realizado após o televoto ter encerrado, o resultado da votação por televotação ou votação do júri de apoio, seguida da declaração do vencedor e da repetição da canção vencedora. Em vários pontos ao longo do programa, as redes podem optar por alguns minutos para exibir um intervalo comercial.

Desde 2008, a inscrição vencedora de cada concurso foi decidida por uma mistura de televotação e júris nacionais, cada um contando com cinquenta por cento dos pontos atribuídos por cada país. Os vencedores de todos os concursos anteriores foram decididos exclusivamente por televoto. Os dez trabalhos que receberam mais votos em cada país recebem pontos que variam de um a oito, depois dez e doze. Esses pontos são então anunciados ao vivo durante o programa por um porta-voz que representa o país participante (que, como os participantes, tem entre dez e quinze anos). Assim que todos os países participantes anunciarem seus resultados, o país que receber mais pontos será declarado o vencedor do concurso daquele ano.

Até 2013 os vencedores recebem um troféu e um certificado. Desde 2013, o vencedor, vice-campeão e terceiro lugar ganham troféus e certificados.

Originalmente, ao contrário de sua versão adulta, o país vencedor não recebia os direitos de sediar o próximo concurso. De 2014 a 2017, o país vencedor recusou sediar o concurso seguinte. A Itália usou esta cláusula em 2015 para recusar hospedar o concurso naquele ano após sua vitória em 2014. Em 15 de outubro de 2017, a EBU anunciou um retorno ao sistema original em 2018, alegando que isso ajudaria a fornecer às emissoras mais tempo para preparar, garantindo a continuação do concurso no futuro. No entanto, a partir de 2019, todas as competições foram hospedadas pelo país vencedor do ano anterior.

O concurso geralmente conta com dois apresentadores, um homem e uma mulher, que regularmente aparecem no palco e com os competidores na sala verde. Os apresentadores também são responsáveis por repetir os resultados imediatamente após o porta-voz de cada emissora para confirmar a qual país os pontos estão sendo atribuídos. Entre 2003 e 2012, os porta-vozes distribuíram os pontos no mesmo formato do concurso adulto, tendo como pano de fundo uma grande cidade daquele país no estúdio da emissora nacional. A partir de 2013, os porta-vozes atribuem os pontos de seu país no palco da arena, ao contrário do concurso adulto em que os porta-vozes são transmitidos ao vivo de seu respectivo país.

Apesar do Festival Eurovisão da Canção Júnior ser modelado no formato do Festival Eurovisão da Canção, existem muitas diferenças distintas que são exclusivas do concurso infantil. Por exemplo, embora os vocais principais devam ser cantados ao vivo durante o concurso, os vocais de apoio podem ser gravados na faixa de apoio. A inscrição de cada país deve ser selecionada por meio de uma final nacional televisionada (a menos que as circunstâncias o impeçam e a permissão seja obtida da EBU). A apresentação de cada país também pode ter um máximo de oito artistas no palco, em oposição ao número original de seis no Festival Eurovisão da Canção. De 2005 a 2015, cada competidor recebia automaticamente 12 pontos para evitar que os competidores marcassem zero pontos, embora terminar com um total de 12 pontos fosse essencialmente o mesmo que receber zero, no entanto, nenhuma entrada jamais recebeu pontos nulos na pontuação total.

Restrições de entrada
A música deve ser escrita e cantada no idioma nacional (ou em um dos idiomas nacionais) do país representado. No entanto, eles também podem ter algumas linhas em um idioma diferente. A mesma regra foi aplicada no concurso para adultos de 1966 a 1972 e novamente de 1977 a 1998. Essa regra foi alterada posteriormente para que até 25% de uma canção pudesse estar em um idioma diferente, geralmente o inglês. Essa regra foi alterada novamente em 2017, permitindo agora que até 40% estejam em inglês. Os artistas devem ser nacionais desse país ou aí residir há pelo menos dois anos.

Originalmente, a competição era aberta a crianças entre 8 e 15 anos, no entanto, em 2007, a faixa etária foi reduzida para que apenas crianças de 10 a 15 anos no dia do concurso pudessem entrar. Em 2016 a faixa etária foi alterada novamente. A partir de agora podem participar crianças dos 9 aos 14 anos no dia do concurso.

A música enviada para o concurso não pode ter sido lançada comercialmente e deve durar no máximo 3 minutos. A regra que estabelecia que os intérpretes também não deveriam ter lançado música comercialmente anteriormente estava ativa de 2003 a 2006. Essa regra foi abandonada em 2007, permitindo que cantores e bandas já experientes participassem da competição. Como resultado, a NRK optou por se retirar do concurso.

Desde 2008, adultos têm permissão para ajudar na escrita das entradas. Anteriormente, todos os escritores deveriam ter entre 10 e 15 anos

Organização
O concurso é produzido anualmente pela European Broadcasting Union (EBU). O supervisor executivo original do concurso foi Svante Stockselius, que também chefiou o "Grupo Diretor" que decide sobre as regras do concurso, que apresentará o próximo concurso e supervisionará toda a produção de cada programa. Em 2011, ele foi sucedido por Sietse Bakker. Em 2013, Vladislav Yakovlev assumiu o cargo. Yakovlev foi demitido sem nenhum motivo claro após três disputas, e foi substituído por Jon Ola Sand, que era Supervisor Executivo do Festival Eurovisão da Canção desde 2011. Em 30 de setembro de 2019, Sand anunciou sua intenção de deixar o cargo de Supervisor Executivo e Chefe de Eventos ao Vivo após o Festival Eurovisão da Canção 2020, que foi posteriormente cancelado devido à pandemia COVID-19.  Martin Österdahl foi nomeado seu substituto, começando com o concurso de 2020

As reuniões do Grupo Diretor costumam incluir os "Chefes de Delegação", cuja principal função é fazer a ligação entre a UER e a emissora que representam. É também seu dever assegurar que os artistas nunca sejam deixados sozinhos sem um adulto e "criar uma atmosfera de equipa entre os [artistas] e desenvolver a sua experiência e sentido de comunidade".

A tabela abaixo lista todos os Supervisores Executivos do Festival Eurovisão da Canção Júnior desde a primeira edição (2003):

Logotipo e Tema

O antigo logotipo genérico foi introduzido no concurso de 2008 em Limassol, [47] para criar uma identidade visual consistente. A cada ano do concurso, o país anfitrião cria um subtema que geralmente é acompanhado e expresso por um sub logo e slogan. O tema e o slogan são anunciados pela EBU e pela emissora nacional do país anfitrião. O logotipo genérico foi reformulado em março de 2015, sete anos após a criação do primeiro logotipo genérico. [48] O logotipo foi usado pela primeira vez no concurso de 2015 em Sofia.

Slogans
Desde o concurso de 2005, slogans foram introduzidos no programa. O slogan é decidido pela emissora hospedeira e com base no slogan, o tema e o design visual são desenvolvidos.

Participantes
Apenas as emissoras membros ativos da EBU têm permissão para participar e votar no concurso, embora o concurso tenha sido exibido em vários países não participantes,

A participação no concurso tende a mudar drasticamente a cada ano. As emissoras escandinavas originais deixaram o concurso em 2006 porque consideraram o tratamento dispensado aos competidores antiético, e reviveram a competição MGP Nordic, que não tinha sido produzida desde o início do Festival Eurovisão Júnior da Canção. Dos quarenta países, apenas a Holanda participou todos os anos desde o primeiro concurso em 2003.

40 países competiram pelo menos uma vez. Estão listados todos os países que já participaram da competição no ano em que se estreou:

Vencedores
Ao todo, doze países venceram o concurso desde o concurso inaugural em 2003. Seis venceram o concurso uma vez: Croácia, França, Itália, Espanha, Ucrânia e Países Baixos. Cinco venceram a disputa duas vezes: Armênia, Bielorrússia, Malta, Polônia e Rússia; enquanto a Geórgia venceu três vezes. Croácia e Itália conquistaram suas vitórias em sua participação de estreia na competição.

Tabela de ranking
Esta é uma lista de países ordenada por ranking

Festival Eurovisão da Canção
Abaixo está uma lista de ex-participantes do Festival Eurovisão da Canção que passaram a participar da versão sênior do concurso. Desde 2014, o vencedor do Festival Eurovisão da Canção Júnior foi convidado como convidado para o concurso adulto do ano seguinte.

Ver também
 Festival Eurovisão da Canção

Ligações externas

 Festival Eurovisão da Canção Júnior Website Oficial


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Africa appeals to potential investors for a host of reasons
Sugan Palanee | Edition:May 29, 2011
The global investment paradigm is shifting from 'should one invest in Africa' to 'managing the risk of not being in Africa'. Africa appeals to potential investors for a host of reasons.
The global investment paradigm is shifting from 'should one invest in Africa' to 'managing the risk of not being in Africa'. Africa appeals to potential investors for a host of reasons. Not surprisingly, natural resources have been the catalyst for Africa's growth. The continent has the widest range of minerals, from gold, platinum and diamonds to chrome, coal, cassiterite and coltan.
The continent has grown steadily at about 5.6 per cent between 2001 and 2008, thanks to a combination of structural economic and political reforms, stable macroeconomic conditions and increased foreign direct investment inflows - which quadrupled from just over $50 billion in 2003 to over $200 billion in 2008 - mainly from emerging economies.
At the World Economic Forum, discussions revolved around how 40 African multinational corporations, labelled as African Challengers, outperformed the Nikkei 225, DAX 30 and the S&P 500 on revenue and profit margins between 2003 and 2008. The largest proportion of African Challengers is in information and communications technology, financial services and logistics, besides mining and natural resources. In short, investment opportunities in Africa are not just in natural resources.
For full text of column go to www.businesstoday.in/eyonafrica
Where most people see problems, the African Challengers saw opportunity. For example, even in Africa's largest economy, South Africa, at least 40 per cent of the population has no access to banking. In Nigeria and Kenya - the powerhouses of west and east Africa, respectively - the figure is much higher, over 70 per cent. So, in Kenya, for instance, Safaricom, as Vodafone is known there, developed a product, M-Pesa, to distribute banking services on mobile phones. The service has since been introduced in South Africa and Tanzania.
With less than five per cent of Africa 's population having access to the Internet, innovative investors filled a lacuna to grow brands such as Celtel, which was taken over by Zain (whose Africa operations Bharti Airtel subsequently bought). Another African success story is South Africa's MTN, which grew into a pan-Middle East and Africa phone operator. Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, RwandaAir and Air Namibia are growing airlines purchasing several aircraft and introducing new routes within Africa, and between Africa and Europe.
Other sectors ready for investment include infrastructure, energy, agriculture, real estate, tourism, construction, education and healthcare services. Infrastructure alone is expected to attract billions of dollars per year over the next 10 years. Poor food security in Africa has seen companies investing in innovative farming technologies and agro-processing. For instance, Rwanda benefited with Starbucks assisting coffee farmers.
There is an increasing preference for value-adding investments - that is, investment that brings benefits to the locals as opposed to extraction and export of raw material. However, countries such as China have successfully increased their presence in Africa through a careful alignment of their own interests with the challenges facing African governments. Most of China's FDI in Africa is led by state-owned enterprises, and involve an exchange of infrastructure development in return for mineral rights. For all its challenges, Africa presents the most sustainable economic outlook.
The author is Senior Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, Africa
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The 69 Smith Street Gallery is located in Collingwood, and is reachable by tram 86.
Come one, come all. And see you at the opening!
Is shopping at an IGA costlier than your local Coles or Safeway? I went into my first IGA yesterday to pick up a bunch of groceries – milk, some cheese, a dip, a pack of tissues, and I was set back about $21. They didn't even offer to give me a receipt!
I noted something seemed odd when a 2L milk cost $4.10 or thereabouts. Now I'm not a penny pincher, but wouldn't independent grocers tend to be cheaper than the actual chains? I guess the next time I visit Coles, I'll be sure to check how much the whole deal costs.
I have just returned from the supermarket and observed a new phenomenon. The shopper in the queue requested the cashier scanned as many items until $30 has been reached. So, in the end, the shopping trolley was divided into 2 transactions of approximtely $30 each. This little exercise resulted in two separate fuel vouchers.
You are doing the same thing to try to reduce your petrol costs?
Don't do it, on a train. It could just be your unlucky day where the coppers are on board and will issue you with a nice little fine.
While sitting on my train ride home today, someone did just that at the South Yarra station. He wedged his bag into the door, the train doors reopened again, and he came in. Within a few seconds, the police asked him for his ID and wrote a note of infringement, and will hand it over to the appropriate authorities. He tried to wiggle his way out of it, but in the end just accepted the fact that he was in a rut.
Now, it would seem that when the police officers are on board the train, they actually look out the doors at every stop to see if folk are running in. I presume the moment the train doors open for the second time (implying someone has tried to force the door open) the find it easy to look out and catch the offender.
Found a new cafe for a great curry in the city. I'm not sure the exact name of the place, I tend to think its the Gold and Fork restaurant but the receipt states that it is part of the Bismi consortium. They are located near the junction of Elizabeth and LaTrobe Street, next to the Natural homeotherapy place.
Anyhow, I love their curry. I think they must be quite authentic as well, because I've seen lots of overseas students in there, as well as the some members of the Indian Commonwealth team during the Commonwealth Games (such a long time ago).
My recommendation is to try their Thali meals for $10 available during lunch time. You can have it either with bread or rice. This is served with several small bowls of curry, either with meat or simply vegetarian. It does not look much, but very filling. The meal comes with an apple and a cold drink.
Just the thing on winter days.
Down with the flu (again). It is becoming quite a tradition with me. But as I was walking down the street to work, I realised what is missing in the city of Melbourne this winter.
Little corner temporary stores selling hot soups in a cup! What do you think? I know this flu is getting me down, and I am craving for a hot cup of soup, but anything hot without caffeine should make anyone feel better this winter. There used to be stalls selling chestnuts and stuff but selling soup, maybe in a breadbowl …. yummy!
This has been on the news all day. The building house the school of business of RMIT has closed the top 2 storeys. I've seen that building. They are located along Bourke Street, opposite the Target shopping complex.
The current rumour is that Telstra has 2 mobile phone towers on the roof of that building and that could be the reason causing the staff to be ill. What is the likelihood that 7 staff working in the building develop brain tumours in the past 7 years? Many researchers will say there is insufficient evidence to prove that the electromagnetic radiation from the towers caused the tumours but what is the chances that people working together in the same building, in the same school, develop similar tumours within a time frame. I think the probability of winning the lottery is much higher. But, it could be in the water and air in the building.


The SeaofSkills Transnational Meeting M3, was held on Thursday and Friday 6-7 July 2017, at the 'Maria Tsakos' Foundation, M. Livanou 51, Chios, Greece.
Following the deliberations of the SeaofSkills steering committee, the partners agreed, and thus, the consortium decided, to change the venue of the final translational meeting of the Erasmus+ co-funded project SeaofSkills ('Enriching Fishers' Knowledge, Skills, and Competences,' www.seaofskills.eu), from the AquaTT offices, to the 'Maria Tsakos' Foundation headquarters. The days of the meeting remained as previously set.
This meeting involved presentations of the project's status and of the work conducted by the partners, according to the Work Packages, an in-depth discussion on the process of fishers' and trainers' training, the evaluation that followed their respective training, and the adaptations made upon the project's intellectual outputs.
The partners discussed, in a very collaborative atmosphere, all the topics that concern a successful project finalization. Additional topics of discussion and analysis, included the sustainability of the project's results, the optimization of dissemination, communication and promotion of the project, along with the optimum drafting of policy recommendations.


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CURIOSITY IMAGES
Puzzling 'Point Lake' Outcrop Revisited (White-Balanced)
This mosaic view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows textural characteristics and shapes of an outcrop called "Point Lake." The outcrop is about 20 inches (half a meter) high and pockmarked with holes. Curiosity recorded the 20 component images for this mosaic on the mission's 302nd Martian day, or sol, (June 12, 2013), during a second approach to Point Lake. The rover used the Mastcam's right-eye camera, which has a telephoto lens.
Point Lake first caught the interest of Curiosity's science team in October and November of 2012, when the outcrop stood out in images taken during the rover's trek eastward to "Yellowknife Bay." Point Lake is conspicuous in the right third of a scene from that time period at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16453. It consists of a relatively horizontal surface that ends in a steeper slope, shadowed in that 2012 view. The camera perspective made it look as if there are two steps, but they are actually at the same elevation as each other.
Point Lake stood out for two reasons. First, it forms a small cliff. Geologists love cliffs because they offer a sense of how a rock unit differs from bottom to top. Second, as Curiosity drove closer to Point Lake on the route to Yellowknife Bay, images revealed that the outcrop is full of holes. Holes form in rocks by diverse mechanisms. Identifying which mechanism can provide understanding about the rock and its history. Curiosity parked near Point Lake in November and gained a good view of the top part (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16447), but not of the vertical face. Months later, while at the "John Klein" rock-drilling site in Yellowknife Bay, the rover recorded a face-on view of Point Lake (http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17071). Still, the holes remained puzzling, so the science team decided to get a closer look at Point Lake after leaving Yellowknife Bay. The Sol 302 image is one result.
This image shows that the upper and lower parts of Point Lake differ. The upper part has more holes and is more resistant to weathering. The holes range from smaller than pea size to larger than golf-ball size. They are circular to elliptical in shape. Some of the larger holes have raised rims, as if the material immediately around a hole is slightly more resistant than material farther from the hole. At the right-hand end of the outcrop are a few stones that look as if they could have fallen out of holes in the rock face. At least one of these looks like a thin, curved lining that could have coated the interior of a hole. Embedded nearby in the rock face is a larger rounded rock that has a rock lining around it.
Curiosity's science team is considering diverse geological processes -- both igneous and sedimentary -- as explanations for the holes and other characteristics of Point Lake.
Igneous rocks commonly have holes called vesicles, which are frozen gas bubbles left over from when the rock was molten or fluidized. However, it is also possible to create holes in sedimentary rocks. The easiest way is for pebbles or cobbles in the rock to fall out as the rock erodes, leaving holes in the remaining rock. This is more likely to occur if the pebbles or cobbles are much harder than the surrounding rock.
Holes in either igneous of sedimentary rock can later be partly or wholly filled with secondary minerals delivered by fluids or gases. The secondary minerals that fill the holes are sometimes harder than the host rock, so that when the entire assemblage starts to erode, they remain behind as round nodules. Geodes are an example of this process.
This view is presented in raw color, which shows the scene's colors under Mars lighting conditions as they would look in a typical smart-phone camera photo. Views with white-balanced color, which shows what the rocks would look if they were on Earth, are also available with (Fig. 1) and without (Fig. 2) scale bars for two different parts of the scene.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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Technicians at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, prepare the heat shield for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, in this April 2011 photo. With a diameter of 4.5 meters (nearly 15 feet), this heat...
Preparing Mars Science Laboratory Heat Shield
This scene shows the surroundings of the location where NASA Mars rover Curiosity arrived on the 29th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Sept. 4, 2012).
Curiosity's Location During Arm Checkouts
This 360-degree, full-resolution panorama from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the area all around the rover within Gale Crater on Mars.
Crisp View from Inside Gale Crater
Scientists have now named the four marks near NASA's Curiosity rover where blasts from the descent stage rocket engines blew away some of the Martian surface material.
Naming the Scour Marks
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover documented itself in the context of its work site, an area called "Rocknest Wind Drift," on the 84th Martian day, or sol, of its mission (Oct. 31, 2012).
Curiosity's 'Rocknest' Workplace (Annotated)
Light material emplaced within darker vein material is seen in this view of a mineral vein at the "Garden City" site on lower Mount Sharp, Mars. The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the arm of NAS...
Injection of Light Material into an Older Dark Vein
Beyond a dark sand dune closer to the rover, a Martian dust devil passes in front of the horizon in this sequence of images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The rover's Navigation Camera made this...
Dust Devil Passes Near Martian Sand Dune
Download a PDF of Curiosity's Pre-Landing Lithograph.
Curiosity's Pre-Landing Lithograph
Meet the new MSL Rover
MSL Rover Name
This video of thumbnail images from the Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the heat shield dropping away from the rover on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). It covers the first 25 s...
Curiosity Bids Goodbye to Heat Shield
Close-up of Curiosity's Landing Region
A close-up image of a 2-inch-deep hole produced using a new drilling technique for NASA's Curiosity rover. The hole is about 0.6 inches across (1.6 centimeters). This image was taken by Curiosity's...
Curiosity Successfully Drills "Duluth"
In this photo, two engineers from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Alliance Spacesystems are standing in a white room on either side of the Mars Science Laboratory rover's robotic arm. They are d...
The Rover Gets Strong-Armed
Faire atterrir une sonde sur Mars est l'une des choses les plus complexes à réaliser. Cette vidéo de 60 secondes explique comment cela est possible, et illustre les trois systèmes d'atterrissage ut...
Mars in a Minute: (French) Comment atterrir sur Mars?
Two instruments at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will use calibration targets attached to a shoulder joint of the arm.
Contact Instrument Calibration Targets on Mars Rover Curiosity
The left Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took this image of Curiosity's sample-processing and delivery tool just after the tool delivered a portion of powdered rock into the ro...
Check-up Image After Delivering Martian Rock Powder
This pair of images taken a few minutes apart show how laser firing by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity removes dust from the surface of a rock.
Curiosity's ChemCam Removes Dust
A dust storm continues to envelop the Red Planet and Curiosity's labs are back in action.
Mars Report: July 2018
Goal1: Determine whether life ever arose on Mars
This set of images shows the similarity of sulfate-rich veins seen on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover to sulfate-rich veins seen on Earth.
Veins in Rocks on Mars and Earth
This is an artist's concept of NASA's Curiosity rover tucked inside the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft's backshell while the spacecraft is descending on a parachute toward Mars.
Curiosity While on Parachute, Artist's Concept
Erisa Hines, a driver for the Mars Curiosity rover, based at JPL, also talks to participants in 'Destination: Mars.'
Erisa Hines
NASA's Curiosity rover took this selfie on Oct. 11, 2019, the 2,553rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. The rover drilled twice in this location, which is nicknamed "Glen Etive."
Curiosity at 'Glen Etive'
This map shows the route driven by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from the location where it landed in August 2012 to the "Pahrump Hills" outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp.
Curiosity Mars Rover's Route from Landing to Base of Mount Sharp
The 16 frames in this time-lapse movie show how repeated laser shots from the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity cause a pit to form at the target point in Mar...
Pitting in Martian Soil During Repeated Laser Shots From Mars Rover


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Community Cup Preview
Wayne Cousins
Fri 23 Feb 2018, 04:32 PM
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Coach Trent Barrett has plenty of strong arsenal on display in the annual Community Cup at Gosford tonight.
The final hit out of the pre-season sees Barrett's men take on the much fancied premiership heavyweights Sydney Roosters at Central Coast Stadium in a match that will be a perfect warm up for both teams ahead of the Telstra Premiership season starting on March 8.
The trial marks the first appearance this season for Tom Trbojevic, Akuila Uate, Jorge Taufua, Lachlan Croker, Daly Cherry-Evans, Api Koroisau, Martin Taupau, Curtis Sironen, Joel Thompson and Jake Trbojevic after being rested in the trial loss to Cronulla last Saturday night.
Prop Darcy Lussick and centre Dylan Walker are missing through injury. Both will miss the first few weeks of the season.
The biggest speculation throughout summer has been over who will partner captain and half-back Daly Cherry-Evans (pictured) in the five-eighth position.
Barrett has given new signing in former Australian Schoolboy Lachlan Croker the first opportunity alongside Cherry-Evans after impressive performances during the pre-season.
The experience of Cherry-Evans, the Sea Eagles' Player of the Year in 2017, will be a huge boost for Croker, who has overcome injuries and time in the Intrust Super Premiership to get another crack at first grade. He made his only NRL appearance for the Canberra Raiders in 2016.
Croker and Cherry-Evans will also work on developing their spine combinations with full-back Tom Trbojevic and hooker Api Koroisau.
Cherry-Evans will mark up against former Melbourne Storm and Kangaroos half-back Cooper Cronk in his first appearance for the Roosters. Their battle promises to be another elite contest between two outstanding number sevens.
The versatile Matthew Wright, who last week played full-back in the trial against Cronulla, will play centre in the absence of injured Dally M Centre of the Year, Dylan Walker.
A solid goal-kicker as well, Wright will be out to secure the number three jersey as he tries to fight off the likes of Brad Parker, who will line up at centre in the Intrust trial.
Another battle will be between the full-backs in Tom Trbojevic and James Tedesco, who will be playing his first game for his new club. Tedesco is the incumbent NSW number one while Trbojevic made his Test debut for Australia at the World Cup.
With the late finish of the World Cup last season, it meant the likes of Tom Trbojevic, Akuila Uate, Martin Taupau, Api Koroisau and Addin Fonua-Blake didn't begin their pre-season training until late January, as did lock Jake Trbojevic who has overcome a pec injury to play in the trial and be ready for round one.
Fonua-Blake is the only one of the World Cup players who played in the trial against Cronulla.
Manly fans will also be looking forward to watching Thompson play in the maroon and white colours – the team he supported as a child.
With 174 NRL games to his belt, Thompson's strong edge running will be a welcome sight for supporters throughout the season.
Experienced winger Jorge Taufua makes a welcome return to the team in his first game since suffering a season ending knee injury in round 13 last year.
Last year's Community Cup saw the Sea Eagles win 20-18 in the dying minutes of the game through a try to Walker in a match played in heavy rain at times.
Community Cup
Central Coast Stadium
Saturday, February 24, 6.30pm
Tickets: Reserved $15, General Admission $12.
Buy tickets here.
There is no live video stream of this match. Supporters can follow Manly's Twitter account for all the live scores and news.
Sea Eagles team
1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Akuila Uate, 3 Matthew Wright, 4 Brian Kelly, 5 Jorge Taufua, 6 Lachlan Croker,
7 Daly Cherry-Evans (c), 8 Addin Fonua-Blake, 9 Api Koroisau, 10 Martin Taupau, 11 Curtis Sironen,
12 Joel Thompson, 13 Jake Trbojevic, 14 Shaun Lane, 15 Jack Gosiewski, 16 Frank Winterstein,
17 Kelepi Tanginoa, 19 Manase Fainu
Addin Fonua-Blake to make his NRL debut
Koroisau ready to focus on footy


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Q: C# NumericUpDown.OnValueChanged, how it was changed? I would like to ask how to make custom EventArgs for existing event handler.
Lets say, that I have NumericUpDown numericUpDown control and I want handler for its OnValueChanged event. Double clicking to ValueChanged in visual studio makes snippet like this
private void numericUpDown_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

However, I'd like to know how it was changed (like +5, -4.7), but plain EventArgs does not have this information. Maybe Decimal change = Value - Decimal.Parse(Text) would do the trick (because of delayed text change), but that's ugly way and may not work every single time.
I guess I should make my own EventArgs like this
class ValueChangedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
    public Decimal Change { get; set; }
}

and then somehow override NumericUpDown.OnValueChanged event to generate my EventArgs with proper information.

A: It may be much easier to just tag the last value.
    private void numericUpDown1_ValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        NumericUpDown o = (NumericUpDown)sender;
        int thisValue = (int) o.Value;
        int lastValue = (o.Tag == null) ? 0 : (int) o.Tag;
        o.Tag = thisValue;
        MessageBox.Show("delta = " + (thisValue - lastValue));
    }

A: You would have to create your own numeric up down control that extends the .net version, define a delegate type for your event and then hide the base controls event property.
Delegate:
public delegate void MyOnValueChangedEvent(object sender, ValueChangedEventArgs args);

Event Args Class:
class ValueChangedEventArgs : EventArgs
{
    public Decimal Change { get; set; }
}

New NumericUpDown class, hide the inherited event with 'new':
public class MyNumericUpDown : NumericUpDown
{
    public new event MyOnValueChangedEvent OnValueChanged;
}

Look here for instructions on how to raise your custom event, and here for additional information on event handling.


Having a medical procedure such as a hip or knee operation is a physically demanding experience. This means it's important to take good care of yourself both before and after surgery, to help minimise the risks associated with your procedure, and to ensure that your recovery proceeds smoothly. Depending on the procedure you have, you'll receive some detailed instructions for before and after-care, but in general there are some aspects that apply to all surgery involving joints.
Prior to your procedure, you'll have blood tests and other tests to ensure that you're fit and healthy for surgery. This might include a general medical checkup with your GP.
Depending on what kinds of medications you're taking, you might be asked to stop taking them one to two weeks before surgery. For instance, if you take blood thinners, aspirin, or anti-inflammatory medications, you'll be instructed to stop taking these 10 days beforehand. If you're a smoker, it's also important to stop smoking as early as possible before your surgery. This is because nicotine and other chemicals in cigarettes slow down your body's ability to heal.
Finally, it's helpful to make sure there are people at home who'll be able to lend a hand with housework and other matters when you're recovering from your procedure.
After your procedure is complete you'll wake up in a recovery room, where monitors will be recording your blood pressure, pulse, and other vital signs. Once you're awake and stable you'll be able to go to a ward or private room.
The next day or sometimes the sameday most people are well enough to sit up or walk, and are well enough to go home after 2 to 3 days. You'll receive after-care instructions, including advice on walking and exercise. It's vital to follow these instructions exactly to ensure your recovery proceeds as it should.


In order to adopt a dog from AHeinz57, potential adopters must have a home visit completed. Home visits entail visiting a potential adopter's home for a walk-through and checking the yard and fence to make sure it's a safe environment for that particular dog. Training is available and we have a checklist for you to go through with the potential adopter that will guide you through the home visit. Our home visit team ensures that our dogs are going to the best homes possible.
Socialize and spend quality time with our Pit Stop residents. This gives the dogs much needed human interaction and increases their adoptability.
Are you a dog trainer? Do you like to work with dogs on behavior issues (shy, jumpy, etc) and teach them tricks? The dogs at the Pit Stop and in foster care need you! We also need trainers to answer questions from adopters and people that call thinking about re-homing their dog because of training issues. Dogs that are trained are dogs that have forever homes.
Our dogs at the Pit Stop get to go outside for potty breaks but yearn for human interaction and additional exercise. Dog walking can be done on your schedule but needs to be done during daylight hours and only with an approved leash.
Groom and bathe the dogs as needed. Volunteer must be physically able to handle large dogs and can work on an "on call" basis. Professional experience or certification preferred.
We have a many general repairs issues we could use help with at the Pit Stop including fence repair, dry wall repair and door repair. This could be done on an "on call" basis that works with your schedule.
At the Pit Stop there are three large fenced runs that allow our dogs to get much needed exercise. We own a rider mower…we just need you! If interested, click here for more mowing FYI's.
This volunteer position would be responsible for keeping the kennel runs clean and safe for our furry friends. Doodies (pun intended) would include weekly waste pick up, hole repair and removal of any dangerously chewed toys.
A clean disease free van is essential to safe transport. Our van makes weekly trips to pick up and transport homeless dogs and must be cleaned every Sunday. If you like the idea of transports but can't drive, this is a great way to help with the process.
We need someone to perform regular maintenance and safety checks on our vehicles to ensure they are in good working condition. This could be done as your schedule permits.
We need go-getters who like to talk to people. We need people to go to area businesses and ask for donations (i.e. gift certificates, gift cards, merchandise). These items are needed for prizes to be given away at our annual Ruff Ride, Golf Outing and other smaller events we have throughout the year.
Each year hundreds of dollars are distributed to non-profit organizations like ours. Grant applications can be completed on line and can be done from your home computer.
*The following volunteer opportunities require at least two Pit Stop shadow shifts with a seasoned volunteer to familiarize you with our policies and procedures.


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Books with title Rivers and Streams
Rivers and Streams
Jenny Vaughan
Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, )
Patricia A. Fink Martin
Hardcover (Franklin Watts, March 1, 1999)
Provides instructions for projects and activities that explore river and stream habitats and explains why these environments should be preserved and protected
Paperback (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 1999)
Diyan Leake
Paperback (Heinemann, Aug. 1, 2016)
In this book, children learn all about rivers and streams, including how streams turn into rivers, different ways in which we use rivers and streams, and how to stay safe near rivers and streams. The book also includes a world map showing the longest river in each continent.
Paperback (Raintree, Oct. 8, 2015)
Fran Howard
Library Binding (Buddy Books, Sept. 1, 2006)
Describes where rivers and streams flow, and introduces the plants and animals that live in or near them.
Cassie Mayer
Paperback (Heinemann Library, April 10, 2008)
About Habitats: Rivers and Streams
Cathryn Sill, John Sill
Hardcover (Peachtree Publishing Company, Aug. 1, 2019)
This beginner's guide explores the major attributes of rivers and streams and showcases their remarkable diversity using examples of waterways from around the globe.In this addition to the About Habitats series, award-winning author Cathryn Sill uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach children what rivers and streams are and explain how various species of animals and plants have adapted to life in or along these waterways. John Sill's detailed, full-color illustrations show the characteristics of the world's different rivers and streams―from the mountain streams of the Alps to the mighty Amazon River in South America. A glossary and afterword provide further fascinating details about rivers and streams to inspire readers to learn more.
Library Binding (Heinemann, July 1, 2014)
Hardcover (Heinemann Intl Inc, Sept. 30, 2007)
Explains what a river is, how it is formed, what kinds of life are in rivers, and how streams are related to rivers.
Paperback (Heinemann, June 28, 2007)
Through stunning photographs and simple text, books in this series introduce children to bodies of water and their characteristics. In 'Rivers and Streams', children learn how rivers form, how we use rivers, and the difference between a river and a stream.
Rivers, Streams, Lakes, And Ponds
Barbara A. Somervill
Library Binding (Tradition Pub Co, July 1, 2004)
Describes bodies of freshwater and the plants and animals that live in them.


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Are you facing DUI charges for the second or third time? Repeat DUI offenders face serious penalties in Florida. Even a first offense DUI can lead to misdemeanor charges and 6 months in jail. There are several factors that go into the determination of a DUI sentence if you are found guilty of DUI; among them are license suspension, jail time, the installation of an ignition interlock device, and steep fines. Florida's DUI laws are complex and it is crucial that you seek an experienced criminal defense attorney immediately upon a DUI arrest to compile a strong legal defense.
License suspension for 6-12 months if your license was previously suspended due to a DUI that occurred outside of the lookback period. If your second DUI occurs within 5 years of your first, your license can be revoked for up to 5 years.
Fines ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 for a second DUI offense; if your BAC exceeded 0.15% then you receive enhanced fines of $2,000-$4,000. If your 2nd DUI caused another to suffer serious bodily injury, fines can reach $5,000.
Community service hours is a penalty of 2nd DUI. You can receive 50 hours of community service, or be forced to pay $10 for each hour that you decide to "buy out." Florida courts usually allow only half of the hours to be bought out.
Impoundment of your car for a minimum of 10 days if your second DUI occurred outside the 5 year lookback period. If your second DUI was within 5 years of your first DUI, your car must be impounded for 30 days minimum.
IIDs or ignition interlock devices are mandatory for at least 1 year for all 2nd offense DUIs.
Third offense DUIs in Florida are mostly also treated as misdemeanor charges unless your last DUI conviction occurred within the last ten years. In this case, your 3rd DUI is considered a 3rd degree felony.
License suspension for 6 months to 1 year and DUI School Level 2 for 3rd offense DUIs outside of the 10 year lookback period. Your license is suspended for 10 years if your previous DUI occurred within 10 years.
Jail time for 3rd offense DUIs with at least one prior DUI within the past 10 years equals a minimum of 30 days to up to 5 years in prison. If neither of your previous DUIs were within the past 10 years, there is no minimum sentence, but you can receive up to one year.
Fines range from $2,000 to $5,000 if your previous DUI occurred within 10 years or if your BAC exceeded 0.15%. If not, fines range from $1,000 to $2,000.
Impounded cars for a minimum of 90 days for a 3rd offense within 10 years of your last DUI.
IID to be installed for 2 years for a 3rd offense within 10 years of your last DUI.
Don't take your chances when facing DUI charges. You need a criminal defense lawyer who attains a thorough understanding of Florida DUI laws from years of experience defending such cases. That man is Attorney Brian Gabriel of The Law Office of Gabriel & Gabriel. With over 25 years of experience, he is an expert in Florida DUI laws that stand to affect many areas of your life. Request a free legal consultation with Mr. Gabriel today by calling 561-622-5575.


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Our Mechanics
Fabio Henriques
Fabio is a senior mechanic at the West Midlands workshop in Birmingham.
His cycling journey started when he was 5 years old and hasn't stopped since! He started work in a bicycle shop back in Portugal from 2006 and moved to Birmingham in 2015 where he volunteered in a boat bike shop. He then started work at Nottingham Trent University hiring and repairing bikes for students and staff, and at Bike Right! as maintenance instructor.
As a cyclist he has taken part in cross-country marathons and MTB Orienteering. Nowadays, he uses his bikes for commuting and touring. For him, getting more people riding safe bikes is most important.
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