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Thai State Oil Company to Study 3 Iran Oilfields
PTTEP joins the ranks of Total and Pertamina who have signed agreements to study Iran's hydrocarbon deposits ahead of long-anticipated tenders for dozens of oil and gas projects
Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP), Thailand's state oil company, to study three oilfields in western and southern Iran.
The agreement was signed in Tehran by Gholamreza Manouchehri, director of development and engineering for the National Iranian Oil Company and Prapat Soponpongpipat, PTTEP's executive vice president for geosciences and exploration group, the Oil Ministry's news agency Shana reported.
Under the agreement, the Thai firm will study Changuleh, Belal and Dalpari oilfields.
"PTTEP will present its findings to the NIOC within six months along with a proposal to develop the three fields," Manouchehri said, adding that agreements of similar terms and conditions have been signed with other multinationals.
PTTEP has received a draft version of Iran's new model of contracts, officially dubbed as Iran Petroleum Contract, which is designed to develop major upstream petroleum projects.
Soponpongpipat also hoped the oil agreement will lead to closer cooperation with Iran. "We will use all of our capacity in studying the oilfields and secure the development rights for at least one field."
Based in Bangkok, the state-owned company is active in exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. It was founded in 1985 and currently has operations in eleven countries.
Oilfield Data
Located in the western Ilam Province across the Iraqi border, Changuleh is estimated to hold 7 billion barrels of oil reserves. Production is expected to reach a maximum 75,000 bpd upon completion.
Dalpari is another oilfield in Ilam. It is one of the country's underdeveloped fields although its discovery goes back to almost four decades ago. Data shows that Ilam holds 11% of Iran's total oil and gas reserves.
Balal is an offshore field off the coast of Hormozgan Province in the Persian Gulf, close to Qatar's maritime boundary. The field, which came into operation in 2002, is estimated to hold 117 million barrels of ultra light crude.
According to latest reports, Iran used to draw around 40,000 barrels of crude per day from the field but output has dropped to 20,000 barrels at present. Tehran aims to boost the field's crude output and also tap into its natural gas layer.
Belal was among the 50 plus oil and gas projects that Tehran unveiled to international investors in a conference last year.
Cooperation With Multinationals
PTTEP joins the ranks of Total and Pertamina who have signed agreements to study Iran's hydrocarbon deposits ahead of long-anticipated tenders for several dozen oil and gas development projects.
Russia's Lukoil is poised to sign two oilfield agreements with Iran, namely Ab-Teymour and Mansouri, in the fall of 2017. The company is now conducting technical studies over the two oilfields and is expected to hand over its findings to the NIOC.
Malaysia's oil giant Pertamina also signed a nondisclosure agreement in August to study the same fields with six months.
Polish oil and gas company PGNiG has signed an MoU to conduct studies on Sumar Oilfield in western Kermanshah Province.
Zarubezhneft, another major Russian oil and gas firm, is reportedly discussing terms to boost extraction from two Iranian oilfields shared with Iraq, namely, Aban and West Paydar.
In March, NIOC signed an agreement with French energy major Total S.A. to study the South Azadegan Oilfield.
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'Glee' series finale: Jane Lynch to be joined by 'Psych's' Maggie Lawson in new comedy pilot
Angel From Hell, Glee, Psych, TV News	 March 21, 2015
"Angel From Hell" is quickly shaping up to be one of our favorite comedy pilots of the 2015-16 season; it's at least up there with Danny Pudi's NBC show and the return of "Super Clyde," and this is turning out to be our favorite comedy field in years.
This comedy previously scored Jane Lynch following the end of "Glee," and she will play a woman in Amy who claims to be a "guardian angel" of Allison, a perfectionist who is very leery at the idea of someone actually being there to help her. What makes this so complicated is that most of the predictions of Amy end up coming true, giving her a little bit more credence. It's somewhat supernatural, but not so much that it will dissuade genre haters from tuning in.
Now, we know officially who is going to be playing the part of Allison: None other than "Psych" alum and another personal favorite Maggie Lawson. In addition to spending eight years as detective Juliet O'Hara on the USA comedy / mystery show, she starred in the short-lived "Back in the Game" and recurred heavily on the final season of "Two and a Half Men" as Louis' social worker Ms. McMartin. This gives her a chance to do something very different, and the pairing with Lynch seems to be a great one given that these roles should play to each person's strength.
One other reason we're excited for this? Tad Quill is writing the pilot, and he is known for his work on "Scrubs," a show that happens to be one of our ten favorite comedies of all time.
We'll see how the rest of production for this show goes, but let us know in the comments what you think about Lawson's casting! Also, sign up if you want to acquire some further TV news on everything we cover, courtesy of our CarterMatt Newsletter. (Photo: CBS.)
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Template haskell
cross compilation
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Template Haskell under Cross Compilation
Template Haskell does not properly work with cross compilers so far. So why does Template Haskell not work with cross compilation? The main reason is that (thanks to rwbarton) Template Haskell needs to be able to evaluate arbitrary expression. These expressions could for example link with other libraries that are only available on the target architecture (ffi), in this case the host can not evaluate the splice.
Another example is (thanks to merijn) the splice "maxBound :: Int", which would be architecture dependent on the Int type. Which the compiler on the host does not have.
rwbarton shared a few more points that require TH to run on the target platform:
Because TH can do arbitrary IO, which one might want to have running on the target platform, it would require ghc to completely emulate the target to produce the identical results.
Some detect endianness through pointer/peek, which would also require the target to be emulated.
sairheit also shared a nice explanation as well:
the point of cross compilation is not to run code on the host, but TH can do it. You can't force the host to behave like the target. (e.g. what libc would you use?)
But Template Haskell is Terrible altogether
TH, being a GHC extension and potentially unsafe, and also allowing arbitrary IO during compile time (launch missiles anyone?). There are quite a few discussions if TH should be embraced or not. See for example SO: Why does Template Haskell allow arbitrary IO operations during compilation? and SO: What's so bad about Template Haskell?
Here is a blog entry that takes this critique into account with a Major proposed revision of Template Haskell, which is the evolution of New directions for Template Haskell.
Yesod, is probably one of the more prominent larger users of TH and Michael Snoyman has layed out the reasoning here: http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2011/04/yesod-template-haskell
To me, ultimately looking for example at the list of packages depending on template haskell through a reverse search, gives the list of packages that can not be used without TH support.
There are a few solutions, which mostly consist of dumping the splices and running them through a separate pass, (e.g. evil Splicer).
And there is also the solution which is uses in ghcjs, which is that there is a runner (think slave compiler) running on the target architecture, to which the TH splices are handed from the ghc running on the host to compile the splice on the target, which in return produces the correctly evaluated splice and ships it back to the ghc on the host. I am in the process of porting this mechanism from ghcjs to ghc.
This is not an exhaustive list, but should highlight all the known questions so far
Given the TH splice being evaluated on the target, and it would perform arbitrary IO (e.g. include a file) which is dependent on the hosts environment, this will work under no-cross compilation, but fail under cross-compilation with a slave process on the target, as the target might not have the same environment. Example: git-embed, which runs git to obtain the branch and commit hash information. The repository would be available to the host, but not the the runner (slave), nor is guaranteed that the slave will have git available (or that any other programm for that matter is available on the target architecture)
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2005 July Rare Movie Poster AuctionAuction #617
The Wolf Man (Universal, 1941). Insert (14" X 36"). Lon Chaney, Jr. was the star of what has become one of Universal Studios...
The Wolf Man (Universal, 1941). Insert (14" X 36"). Lon Chaney, Jr. was the star of what has become one of Universal Studios' greatest horror films. By the time this film was released at the beginning of WWII, the studio was trying to bring life back to the franchise that kept them solvent through the Depression: the monster movie, and they needed a new character. They made a werewolf film some five years prior in "Werewolf of London," but now revisited that character with a more horrific story. Offered in this lot is, what most agree, the best poster from this classic film. The insert shown has been professionally restored to its total and original glory. The poster was never folded and is, as far as we know, the only copy left unfolded. The borders, along with a 1/2" of the image on the right side, were trimmed, as well as minute amounts of the top and bottom. The fine restoration work makes this very difficult to detect, except upon the closest inspection. There is only a handful of copies known and it may be a long time before another one of these beautiful posters surface. Very Good on Paper.


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A Commitment to Learning Pays Off for this Fourth Generation Badger: Taylor County Impact
Receiving an education at UW–Madison has been a family tradition for the Peterson family.
Rooted in Medford, four generations of the Peterson family have gone to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and returned to an award-winning family business that has built roads across the state.
The family business began, Tim Peterson '85 said, sometime after his great-grandfather was met with defeat on Bear Island. He had purchased the land, which is now part of the Apostle Island National Lakeshore in Lake Superior, and planned to log it.
The trees, however, were infested with an insect that had hollowed them. He instead began to do the work that would eventually lead to the creation of James Peterson Sons, Inc., which started with a horse-drawn earth scraper.
Jim says he was uncertain about college as he finished high school. His grandfather had attended short courses in agriculture at UW–Madison, and his father had a UW–Madison accounting degree. His family urged him to get an education, and he started somewhat reluctantly at a technical college closer to home.
"I took calculus, I took physics — I thought it wasn't so bad," he says. "To get an engineering degree, I wanted to go to Madison."
My time at UW–Madison taught me how to systematically solve a problem.
He plunged into not only the College of Engineering, but family life, with a wife and twin daughters. They lived west of campus in Hill Farms, and Tim caught one of the early buses to make the campus's most dreaded class time: 7:45 a.m. Sleepless nights came and went, and Tim graduated in 1985. He went to work at the family business, which at the time had some 40 employees. It now has approximately 200.
"There have been times I have directly used my engineering degree," he says, "But more importantly, I learned to think, to be resourceful. My time at UW–Madison taught me how to systematically solve a problem."
Peterson says that when he left Medford to go to UW–Madison, it was far less common than it is today. But these days, students in Taylor County are determined to attend the elite programs offered by the Madison campus.
One recent UW–Madison graduate was his son, Landon Peterson, the goalie for the Badger hockey team who graduated in 2015. He earned a degree in economics.
"It's a great place to go to school," Tim says. "I have a lot of really good memories of everything."
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Public Safety & Justice
Justice Department Won't Defend Texas-Led Lawsuit to End DACA
by The Texas Tribune | June 11, 2018 AT 12:12 PM
By Julian Aguilar
Agreeing with a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas against the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the U.S. Justice Department told the courts late Friday the program should be terminated.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the administration May 1, alleging the Obama-era program was unconstitutional.
Hundreds March on Texas Tent City Housing Separated Immigrant Children Amid DACA Uncertainty, States Open Professions to 'Dreamers' DACA Recipients By State
The Department of Justice's response isn't likely to shock DACA recipients or immigrant advocacy groups since President Donald Trump announced in September he was ending the program. Separate courts have since ruled, however, that the Trump administration must continue receiving both DACA renewals and new applications.
At the time of the September announcement, DACA had benefited about 800,000 recipients, including about 120,000 Texans, since its inception in 2012, according to government statistics.
The Department of Justice said in its filing Friday that DACA is unlawful because it violates the U.S. Constitution in the same way the ill-fated 2014 Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA, did. That program that was never implemented after Texas and a coalition of states successfully challenged it in court.
"In sum, as the [U.S.] Attorney General correctly advised DHS, DACA is unlawful because it is an open-ended circumvention of immigration laws that shares the same legal defects that DAPA (and expanded DACA) did," the filing states.
The DOJ asks that if Texas' request to halt the program is granted, that the court delay its ruling for two weeks to seek immediate relief from the other court rulings that have mandated the federal government keep the DACA program.
"The DACA litigation brings into sharp focus the problems with nationwide injunctions, and the United States continues to maintain that injunctions that are broader than necessary to redress the plaintiffs' own injuries are improper," the DOJ attorneys wrote.
After Texas filed suit, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund asked Brownsville-based U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen to allow the organization to intervene and represent a group of undocumented immigrants who have benefited from DACA. MALDEF attorneys said that move was necessary so that the "sweetheart arrangement between non-adversaries" wouldn't proceed without a proper defense.
That request was granted last month.
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#ifndef  GOOGLE_CALENDAR_API_CALENDAR_LIST_H_
#define  GOOGLE_CALENDAR_API_CALENDAR_LIST_H_

#include <string>
#include "googleapis/base/macros.h"
#include "googleapis/client/data/jsoncpp_data.h"
#include "googleapis/strings/stringpiece.h"

#include "google/calendar_api/calendar_list_entry.h"

namespace Json {
class Value;
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using namespace googleapis;

/**
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Dos Pilas (Two wells/springs) is a medium sized site which played an important role in the Tikal/Calakmul superpower rivalry during the Classic Era (200 A.D.-900 A.D.). Its ancient name was Yax Mutul. There is a well-defined list of rulers from its heyday 629-751 A.D., and this is when most of its monumental construction occurred. The site contains a number of informative hieroglyphic staircases, and has a large cave system that runs throughout the area.
The site was strategically situated between the Pasion and Salinas rivers in the Petexbatun region of northern Guatemala, 5miles/8kms from the Mexican border. It was founded by the great city-state of Tikal, about 73 miles/117 kms to the northeast, to control the important trade along the two rivers, part of the great Usumacinta river system which facilitated the exchange of goods from the Highlands down to the Gulf of Mexico.
Dos Pilas is located 17 miles/27 kms west of the site of El Ceibal/Seibal. Both of these sites are found just off Highway 5 near the village of Sayaxche. It is most easily reached by flying into Flores, an island city in Lake Peten Itza. It is about an hours drive south to the town of Sayaxche. From there it is about 10 miles/17kms to the site. Sayaxche can also be reached by road traveling north from Guatemala City on Highway CA14 to Highway 5, or by road west from Belize on Highway CA13 to Flores.
The site of Dos Pilas was founded by the Tikal King Kinich Muwaan Jol II in 629 A.D., though there is ceramic evidence of earlier settlement activity from the Pre-Classic (300 B.C.-200 A.D.). He installed his son, Balaj Chan Kawiil, as ruler of this new outpost. This intrusion into an already inhabited region was designed to exert direct control through force over the important river trade routes running through the area.
Tikal was bitter enemies with the equally powerful city-state of Calakmul. These two fought continuous wars over a period of centuries, with each defeating the other at times. The results of these wars severely weakened the losers and their allies, and strengthened the winners.
Dos Pilas remained a loyal ally to Tikal until events in 648 A.D. led to a highly unusual outcome. Calakmul attacked and defeated Dos Pilas, but did not remove the king from power, instead making him a vassal of that great city. In 657 A.D. Dos Pilas attacked and defeated Tikal. This act of treason was also orchestrated by Calakmul at the site of Quirigua. Tikal later returned the favor by defeating Dos Pilas in 672 A.D. So, back and forth it went.
In 735 A.D. Dos Pilas attacked and captured the Lord of El Ceibal/Seibal which became a vassal city. In 745 A.D. the great city of Yaxchilan on the Usumacinta River became the next victim. After the crushing defeat of Calakmul in 761 A.D. by Tikal, Dos Pilas was abandoned with the king fleeing, perhaps to the nearby associated site of Aguateca.
The whole area became embroiled in endless warfare with the result being the collapse and abandonment of many of the sites throughout the region. Dos Pilas was briefly reoccupied in the early part of the ninth century. Structures were stripped of their stone to erect defensive walls which proved insufficient from attack, and the site was soon permanently abandoned.
The site was first reported on by Jose Maria and Lisandro Flores de Sayaxche in 1953. Ian Graham visited the site in 1967 and produced the first site map and descriptions. The University of Yale and the University of Vanderbilt conducted surveys and excavations beginning in the 1980's.
There are close to 500 mounds stretched along an east-west axis with two main groups of monumental architecture. The Central Group is set around a large plaza at the western end of the axis. A multi-tiered platform forms the base for a structure known as Structure L5-49, which is the tallest at the site, about 65 feet/20 meters. It has a north facing orientation, and is accessed by a massive central stairway containing an informative hieroglyphic stairway that was discovered in 2005. The text of the stairway reveals the history of the interactions between the principal sites in the region. At the top of the stairway are two carved hieroglyphic panels. There are three smaller pyramidal temples that surmount the platform, reminiscent of those found at sites such as Palenque and Tikal.
Structure L-5 is located on the east side of the plaza. A rich tomb was discovered here. In front of this structure is a stela, Stela 8, erected by Ruler 3, Ucha'an Kin Balam, in 726 A.D. At the northeast corner of the plaza is the ball court. On the north side of the plaza is a long, low platform with rooms that was possibly used for civic or residential purposes. A larger structure is on the west side of the plaza. Behind this structure is a small complex, Group L-4, and one of its structures also contains a hieroglyphic stairway.
To the south behind the Central Group is located the Palace. This is a large complex with two interior raised courtyards, each surrounded by low platforms and rooms. To the southeast of this group is Structure L5-25 which contains a hieroglyphic stairway oriented to the north.
The Duende Group is found at the eastern end of the axis and is the other group of structures that has attracted attention at the site. This group is also centered around a central plaza, where the second highest structure at the site is found, Structure P5-7. This structure is similar to Structure L5-49 except that it is surmounted by only one temple instead of the three found there, and was constructed into the side of a hill. A nearby sinkhole was found to contain a cave which runs underneath the main structure.
Between the two main groups is a smaller group known as the Bat Palace. A cave was also found underneath this structure as well.


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Station Night Club Fire Research Paper
Fatal fires usually began before the actual fire ever starts. On February 20, 2003 The Station Night Club had a tragic fire. In this case, it started when the co-manager of the Station Night Club purchased cheap sound proof foam which was not fire retardant. The fire retardant, sound proof foam would have been very expensive to purchase and install. The Night Club main frame was primarily wood which fed most of the fire. The pyrotechnics that the band "Great White" used is what ignited the foam which then moved to the wood paneling. This fire took the lives of 100 people. Building a structure safely is the first step in preventing fires. Suppression and detection systems are the next. The Night Club did not have either one. The night club
For years if not decades, firefighters have responded to a reported structure fire that turned out to be a fully involved single room. This fire scenario requires a core set of fire tactics and skills to control and extinguished the fire, but is it this simple? Perhaps twenty years it may have been, but new dangers are lurking in every scenario and may have detrimental outcomes for unsuspecting and unaware firefighters and victims. The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) agency along with the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) have been conducting research to understand fire behavior and fire dynamics. This research is providing firefighters with new information about how and why
The Station Nightclub Fire Explosion
The Station nightclub fire occurred on February 20, 2003, in West Warwick, RI. The fourth deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history, a blaze at The Station nightclub in W. Warwick, RI, on February 20, 2003. The fire was caused by pyrotechnics set off by the tour manager of the evening 's headlining band Great White, which ignited flammable sound insulation polyurethane foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. By this time, the nightclub 's fire alarm had been activated, and although there were four possible exits, most people headed for the front door through which they had entered. The rapidly moving fire with intense black smoke engulfed the club in less than 6 minutes. Video footage of the fire shows its ignition, rapid growth, the heavy smoke quickly made escape impossible, and the exit blockage that further hindered evacuation. The ensuing stampede led to a crush in the narrow hallway leading to that exit, quickly blocking the exit completely and resulting in numerous deaths and injuries among the patrons and staff. The toxic smoke, heat and the stampede of people toward the exits killed 100; 230 were injured and another 132 escaped uninjured. A total of 462 people were in the club, even though the club 's official licensed capacity was 404
Essay on The Station Nightclub Fire West Warwick, Rhode Island.
The Local, State and Federal agencies were called to investigate the Station Nightclub fire incident and they found many issues. The polyurethane foam that was on the interior walls was the major factor in the Station Nightclub fire. It was easily ignited and also contributed to a faster fire spread within the building. According to NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, the interior finish is required to be Class A or B for general assembly areas with occupant loads of more than 300. It has been calculated that the number of occupants at the Station Nightclub was around 440-458 people, obviously well over this limit. The ignition of polyurethane foam gave out a magnitude of smoke and heat in such a short period of time and created mass chaos, thus resulting in a crowd-wide panic towards the initial entry point. Also NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, section 13.2.3.6.1 states that the main entrance/exit shall be of a width that accommodates one-half of the total occupant load and shall be at the level of exit discharge or shall connect to a stairway or ramp leading to a street. If the owner of The Station Nightclub would have
Chicago Fire Research Paper
The Chicago fire was a huge part of our history. We can never forget about the Chicago fire because it changed how some people lived. The Chicago fire affected people in many ways. Many people had an idea about how the fire started, where it started and who caused it. It took years to rebuild what had been destroyed, the effect of the chicago fire was remarkable.
Triangle Factory Fire Research Paper
These are the survivors thoughts on the Triangle Factory Fire. There was over 100 survivors but I choose two of the most important people who lived from the fire and I am sharing their thoughts.
Chicago City Fire Research Paper
In October 8, 1871,Chicago,Illinois was a city ready to burn by the nightmare of wood.
The Triangle Factory Fire took place in New York on Saturday, March 25, 1911. The fire was marked as the worst in history of the state of New York. Men, women, and children of all ages were there but unfortunately there were more women/girls than men/boys. There were many people to not find a way out of the building but some decided to jump out of the windows for a way of escaping the fire. Majority of those who escaped by the window lost their lives. The employers had no clue of this ever happening as well as the fire department who did not have enough man power or equipment for this massive degree. Although majority of the workers died, there were some who lived to share their stories.
March 25, 1911 about 145 people were killed due to a tragic fire. The fire was called the Triangle Factory, it was one of the largest disaster in New York before 9/11. Before the fire there weren't many rules that aided in the prevention of massive fires, and a lot of people died because of that. Since the fire new labor laws and fire safety laws.
The Great Chicago Fire Research Paper
The Great Chicago Fire, October 1871, October 10 of 1871 destroyed thousands of buildings, killed 300 people burned till october 10th 1871, and caused an estimated of $200 million in damages. The fire started at night in a barn owned by Patrick O'Leary and his wife Catherine . Legend says that a cow kicked a lit lantern which that started the fire. The fire burn through 9th of October speeding at 160 kilometers an hour. The fire destroyed 3.3 square miles of Chicago it burned for two days. It left than 100,000 homeless, it killed hundreds of people because of the fire. The fire was on the 8th of October 1871, the fire was going to fast and the fire killed to many people like hundred of people and destroyed thousands of buildings that costs
Rhode Island Fire Research Paper
A fire can happen anywhere at any time, if the conditions are right. These conditions could be, the condition of the building is in, the weather, how many people are in the structure, or what is going on inside that structure. A fire is defined as the rapid oxidation with evolution of heat and light (flame) or as an uncontrolled combustion. An investigation happens at every fire so that way the cause and origin are known (DeHaan, 2). A specific fire happened on February 20, 2003, at a night in Rhode Island. The night club is called The Station, and this club was located in West Warwick, Rhode Island, and was holding a concert where the Great White performed. With all fires investigations occur looking at the fire
Pier Fire Research Paper
On august 29th at 2:30 in the morning a fire broke out by highway 190, east of Springville. The cause of the Pier fire is human caused but is still under investigation; New research shows that humans are the cause of 84% of all wildfires. As of september 18 it has burnt 36,556 acres and is at 95% containment, the estimated containment date is september 20th 12:00 am. And at 10:00am september 18th Tulare County officials lifted all evacuation orders for the Pier Fire, and Highway 190 is now open to traffic. The communities that had mandatory evacuation where Sequoia Crest, Mountain Aire, Rogers Camp, Pierpoint Springs, Cedar Slope, Camp Nelson, Doyle Springs, Alpine Village and Wishon. But the civilians coming back to their homes still have to be aware of the danger still prevalent, such as falling trees and smoke inhalation.
Public Fire Analyse
At around 0030 11/16/16 I Sr. Officer Chad Stephenson of Siena Heights University (SHU) Department of Public Safety (DPS) was approached by resident student Stanley Saunders to report that his jacket was stolen out of his dorm room 409 on 11/15/16 between 1400-2300. Saunders stated that after he come back from a meeting at around 1230 he took his jacket off and but it on his bed. Then at around 1400 the left his room to go and hung out with some friends, when he came back at around 2300 he noticed his jacket was missing. Saunders searched his room, and talked with his roommates to see if any of them seen it but they all said no. The jacket is described as an Black North Face theremoball full zip up and is a size XL, Saunders states that he only bought it around a month ago.
Station Nightclub Fire: Case Study
The building was constructed in 1946, designed to be a nightclub. The same building had changed ownership and names numerous times, and had been incarnated as not just a nightclub but also a restaurant and pub. Exact numbers of occupants at the time of the fire is unknown, estimated to be between 440 to 458 persons. When the fire started at the Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island, the venue was 100 people over capacity, but "even the legal number was based on a bogus standing-room formula," (Seligson, 2013). An estimated 450 people were inside when the fire occurred (FEMA, 2011).
Arson Research Paper
In the paper I will share the knowledge I have learned on how you can use Arson as a Crime to collect insurance money. Clothing fire, Vehicle fire and the use of Structure Fire Investigation. I will try and express the way an arsonist would get away with arson and how they can get caught with the works of an investigator. It's our manly duty to crate fire out of thin air it has been like that ever since the stone ages. It has helped man become a dominant species in this world, and without it we would not be as colonized as we are today.
Research Paper On London Fire
By-line: The horrific incident of "London fire" which left the world teary-eyed, could have been avoided.
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New York Jets Release NFL Veteran And XFL Standout QB Josh Johnson
Sources confirm that the New York Jets have released Veteran Quarterback Josh Johnson as NFL teams start paring down their rosters to 53. Josh Johnson finds himself in a familiar position. On the outside, looking in. One that he has experienced several times in his career.
The #Jets have released QB Josh Johnson, per our @ByMikeMitchell
— The Jet Press (@TheJetPress) August 31, 2021
Despite a stellar performance in the Jets final preseason game this past Friday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Josh Johnson started a game where he led the team to two scoring drives, going 7/8 for 73 yards and touchdown. The Jets have opted to part ways with him for now. It was a performance where Jets' head coach Robert Saleh went out of his way to praise Josh Johnson for not only his readiness to play, which Johnson found out about before the game. Saleh also talked about how you would never guess that Johnson was in his mid 30's based on his elite physical traits.
NFL teams will be putting together their 16-player practice squads in the next couple of days. So the Jets may opt to sign Johnson to their reserve roster for insurance purposes. A year ago, Josh Johnson had a similar role on the 49ers' practice squad.
Josh Johnson's transaction history, one of the most epic sections of our website, continues to grow https://t.co/0fqLtSZsH4 pic.twitter.com/9te6lV2LIJ
— ProFootballReference (@pfref) August 31, 2021
As of press time, the New York Jets have three quarterbacks on their roster who have never thrown an NFL pass in Zach Wilson, Mike White, and James Morgan. So depending on what the Jets brass does, it's not out of the realm of possibility that Johnson could be on Gang Green's shortlist, during the season, even if he isn't immediately signed to their practice squad.
The #Jets will have Mike White as the backup QB, source said. https://t.co/IEJOJ9qrmr
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 31, 2021
Big opening drive from @Head8cke! 👏
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— WassermanNFL (@WassermanNFL) August 28, 2021
The 35-year-old journeyman signed on with the Jets back on August 4th. Johnson spent the 2020 NFL season with the San Francisco 49ers. Before that, Josh Johnson was a standout performer in the XFL for the Los Angeles Wildcats. In the XFL, Johnson was the highest-graded quarterback in the league by Pro Football Focus.
Upon signing with the Jets early in August, The well-traveled Josh Johnson began his 19th stint with a pro football team since being drafted in the fifth round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008.
Josh Johnson, the former University of San Diego star and Oakland native, is one of the longest-tenured NFL quarterbacks from his draft class. Only Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, and Chad Henne remain in the league.
Something tells me that the journeyman's journey is not over yet. As evidenced by his performance last week, Josh Johnson is ready to play at a high level when called upon. It's become his calling card and rallying cry until the next team calls him again.
"I think we ain't done yet" @marcuspeters pic.twitter.com/JMCrhnKnzy
— Josh Johnson (@Head8cke) August 18, 2021
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Are You Looking for a Floor Sanding Company in Fulham SW6?
The former home of the Bishop of London – now moved to St Pauls - Fulham Palace provides a spirited s urvey of the variety of English architecture. From the Tudor courtyard and Hall, with its magnificent timber roof of 1495, the Georgian additions lead the visitor on to the Victorian age, exemplified by the splendid chapel.
If the Palace demonstrates the artistic qualities of brick and timber, the buildings in the rest of the area - now among the most desirable and expensive in London – provide examples of the enduring traditions of British construction. Timber, in particular, remains popular in the wooden floors of both domestic and commercial buildings.
Valuable in a home, office, gym, bar, shop, gallery or restaurant – whether parquet blocks or hardwood boards - wooden floors are both durable and easy to keep clean. With regular maintenance, their natural beauty improves with age.
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After damaged timber is repaired or replaced, we sand to remove the old layers of paint and sealant. The bare surface is then ready for your choice of protective finish: lacquer or the natural look of wax or oil.
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Fulham is an area of southwest London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 (the successor to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham) located 3.7 miles (6.0 km) south west of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the Thames, between Putney and Chelsea. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Fulham was formerly the seat of the diocese of "Fulham and Gibraltar", and Fulham Palace served as the former official home of the Bishop of London (now a museum), the grounds of which are now divided between public allotments and an elegant botanical garden.
Having been through many transformations in its history, today it is a green London area within very close reach of many famously extravagant places such as Chelsea and Kensington and this is reflected in the high local house prices. It was included within Savills' 2007 list of "prime" London areas. Premier League football club, Fulham, is situated in Fulham, and Chelsea, another Premier League club is situated on the border between Fulham and neighbouring Chelsea. The former Lillie Bridge Grounds (which hosted the second FA Cup Final and the first ever amateur boxing matches) was also in Fulham.
During recent years there has been a great revival of interest in Fulham's earliest history, due almost entirely to the efforts of the Fulham Archaeological Rescue Group. This has carried out a number of interesting digs, particularly in the vicinity of Fulham Palace, which show that approximately 5,000 years ago Neolithic people were living by the riverside and in other parts of the area. Excavations have also revealed Roman settlements during the third and forth centuries AD.
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Q: How can I check for a macro's existence/permission from my add-in? I can call a macro from within my add-in with the following code:
Application.Run(MACRO_NAME);

Where Application is an instance of Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application.  I would like to be able to check to see if the macro exists (and if I have permission to run it) before making the call to Run().  Right now I am simply putting the call in a try block but I hate to use exception handling for program control.
Is there a way to see what macros are available to run?

A: You could always check for a specific module by looking into
this.Application.VBProject.VBComponents (search by VBIDE.VBComponent.Name)
You can also search for a string in a VBComponent's code, to make sure it's there. Not much more you can do.
Howewer, a try-catch is a perfectly fine approach. So many things could go bad that you would need exception handling anyway. I would stick to it.

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A Jaunt Around Java
By Guest Blogger, 8th July, 2014 , Adventure
My visits to Bali, Lombok and Sumatra had really brought home to me just how different and unique all of the Indonesian islands are. So while heading to Java, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect.
Sure enough, Java brought its own charm and something entirely different to my trip than the others had. Java, although smaller than Sumatra, felt bigger because of its vast countryside stretching as far as the eye could see; rice paddies scattered throughout and farmers working in their fields. The island is also very strongly Muslim which gives it a strong sense of culture that was not so present on the other islands. The interesting Buddhist and Hindu history of Java means its version of Islam is something completely unique, which is fascinating. The land is so fertile, volcanoes are dotted around the horizon and your eyes are in permanent fixation. The great thing about Java is that there are great hotels and wonderful scenery. Not to mention the stunning islands (that no one seems to know about) North of Semerang which are comparable to the Maldives with their white sandy beaches and electric blue lagoons. If you have done Bali or are looking for more of an adventure then Java is perfect for you.
Some beautiful hotels
Losari was my first stop. Set amongst lush coffee plantations, it is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the views of the mountains and the jungle. The MesaStila resort is simply perfect with its traditional Jepara houses, one of which used to be the home of the sultan of Jepara. The rooms are therefore huge, traditional and really are something very special.
Next stop was the wonderful Kura Kura resort, located on the Karimunjawa archipelago. To get here you take an eight-seater plane which flies over the wonderful islets, surrounded by turquoise lagoons. From Karimunjawa's main island there is a 20 minute speedboat to the island. Kura Kura is simply beautiful; coconut trees everywhere, a beautiful white beach and a stunning lagoon. With only 32 rooms, this hotel is perfect for couples looking for a romantic getaway. The resort also owns a castaway island which you can choose to stay on - your very own private island.
A spot of culture
For anyone visiting Java, Borobudur is a must. The largest Buddhist temple in the world, it is not only an impressive but also beautiful site. Heading here for sunrise is spectacular and a stay at Amanjiwo is the perfect combination. The location is breathtaking and for people who do not love beaches but are looking to relax, this is your place. I would have held onto one of the pillars and refused to leave if I hadn't been so excited to get to Jogjakarta.
City exploration
Jogjakarta is the second most visited place in Indonesia, after Bali, and I was keen to find out why. The city was not overly exciting but it was the first place where I noticed a lot of westerners. When I got to the sultan's palace and had visited the traditional puppeteers, silversmiths and batik makers, I understood why. This may be a well-trodden tourist route, but for good reason. I learned so much about the country and its beliefs as a whole, adding a level of understanding I did not get from the other cities I had visited in Indonesia.
Last but certainly not least was Mount Bromo, probably the most well-known volcano on Java. I had one night here and after a 9 hour train and car journey from Jogjakarta, hoped that the volcano would not be a disappointment... Well, it certainly delivered and exceeded my expectations. It started with a 3am wake-up, followed by a one hour jeep drive to the highest point. From here we watched the sunrise over Mount Bromo and its surrounding craters. I can honestly say it was one of the best things I have ever seen. This was followed by a drive closer to the craters for some excellent photo opportunities and then a horse-ride up to the smoking crater of the live volcanoes of Bromo. All of my photos honestly look photo-shopped (they're not, promise!) and I am still in awe of what I saw. A perfect way to end my trip in Java which had an incredible impact on both me and my friend, wanting to come back to Indonesia to see what else it has to offer. For me, West Papua is next!
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I'm no Professor Brian Cox, and I'm not about to start banging on about antimatter, circumstellar discs and magellanic clouds (although they all sound marvellous), but there are few greater feelings than the sense of wonderment that comes with tipping your head back and gazing up at the…


Snail mail is not dead. Not between Portland and Butte Falls, Ore., anyway.
A postcard mailed from Portland on Feb. 20, 1940, was delivered April 14 to the great-grandson of the intended recipient.
And ironically, he's a director at the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society. Someone with expertise in making connections with the past received a message that had been lost in time.
Butte Falls today is a town of 429 people, located 32 miles northeast of Medford. It's 293 miles from Portland.
The postcard message was short: "Arrived in Portland at 8 o'clock. Having a fine time. Be home sometime Sat.–Blanche."
No one knows who Blanche was. The front of the postcard shows an image of a 1906 warship.
The story has some twists and turns – for example, the great-grandson doesn't even live in Butte Falls. He lives in the Medford suburb of Phoenix, Ore. Learn how the connection was made in this Medford Mail Tribune article.
According to Bette Davis' response to her coat tailing sister, Blanche, "Dead you know!". The mystery is not about the post card but about "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?".


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Grab some friends, family members, or co-workers to share in this opportunity to serve our homeless neighbors.
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In our review about the Quanta 18 LED from Eternaleds, I talked about a little trick to improve the light distribution and dispersion. LEDs are not especially good at being a general room light, as they tend to be directional and produce harsh shadows. The Quanta range from Eternaleds are designed to be floodlight replacements, that is, they are partially directional to produce a soft cone of light in one area.
My modification was to fit a simple paper lampshade around the LED that assists in difusing the light and making it suitable for a general room light.
Provides a totally safe modification, due to the low LED temperature.
Allows a little stylising by matching a lampshade shade to the decor.
Let's look at a conventional light bulb for a moment.
Electric lamps with a clear glass envelope emit light where you can easily see the light source filament. This can be quite harsh when viewed directly. The common way to relieve this is to create translucent diffuser envelope. The usual method to achieve this is to break up a light source by sandblasting the inside of the lamp envelope, etching the lamp envelope or coating the lamp envelope. This depolishing process has the effect of scattering the emitted light and diffusing the intense light source of the arc, or filament. Acid etching or coating the lamp envelope is most commonly found in a conventional household type of incandescent lamp, wherein the glass envelope enclosing the filament is acid etched (frosted) and/or coated inside with a particulate, light-diffusing powder. A mixture of clay and silica is generally used as a light-scattering powder, because of its availability, light-scattering properties, chemical inertness, low cost and ability to withstand the high temperatures reached during lamp operation. Conventional light bulbs can also be obtained with tinted glass envelopes that modify the light colour, to provide greater ambiance.
An LED with diffuser envelope?
An LED emitter generally runs at a much cooler temperature than a filament bulb and I see no reason why they can't be enclosed in a similar depolished and coloured envelope. To date, I have not seen these in production, though no doubt with the SSC Acriche LED, it won't be long before we see a retrofit replacement looking identical to an old style light bulb, but with a LED inside it! This method of construction will compliment the efforts to improve the aethestics of CRI as well as light distributions. Until that appears, we will need to make the light scattering through other mediums such as the paper shade.
Utilising this principle of defusing light, I tested a warm light 9 Watt model of the Eternaleds Quanta range, by fitting it directly into a paper globe lampshade. The whole assembly was fitted in a center room ceiling fitting with the LED pointing downwards. These shades are easily available in the UK, I bought mine from Dunelm for £1.99 They are also available using coloured paper and in different shapes. Maybe not everyones taste in lampshades, but very effective as a light diffuser. You may find other types of lampshade that work just as well or better. The main criteria is using a shade that exposes as little of the LED as possible, provides minimal light blocking through the shade medium and scatters the light evenly.
I was very pleased with the light distribution and I found many other changes that I listed above, making this a good modification to achieve a general room light.
The floodlight effect is completely removed by the shade and the omnidirectional effect is clearly seen. The light is simply bouncing around inside the spere shade before exiting omnidirectionally. The paper has the added effect of scattering the light through the fibers, thus reducing shadowing and harshness.
Taking this idea one step further, I installed a Daylight White 9 watt Quanta LED inside a pebble drop blue lampshade, also from Denelm. The assembly was again placed in a downward vertical ceiling centre light fitting, where the room had been decorated in a blue theme. This worked very well as the neutral white LED light complemented the blue tints of the decoration.
I'm taking this concept a step further by making a complete DIY LED for general room lighting using these principles.
That's a good implementation of LEDs Mr Green… Using a simple and presumably cheap paper shade seems to improve the light considerably. I've got LED spotlights on a stand and the light is quite sharp to my eyes. I don't think I can put shades on them as the design is wrong. Next time I replace a centre fitting, I'll try your idea out though. Thanks for sharing.


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Q: Expression builder for deep property comparison I was looking at a simple rule engine http://netmatze.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/building-a-rule-engine-in-c/ and I'm doing something very similar to this. I have two classes that look like:
    class A
    {
      public List<B> ListB { get; set; }
    }

    Class B
    {
      public int ID { get; set; }
    }

With my rule set looking like:
    List<Rule> rules = new List<Rule>{
      new Rule("listB", ExpressionType.Loop, 1, "ID")
    };

I'm trying to build the expression to basically look at class A property listB, loop it camparing each item's ID property to see if at least one equals 1. I'm having trouble on how to do this. I currently have something like (I have hard coded values set in this, but it will eventually be changed to be generic as much as possible). This expression does not work, I get compile exceptions:
    var parameterExpression = Expression.Parameter(typeof(A));
    var listB = MemberExpression.Property(parameterExpression, "ListB");
    var leftOperand = MemberExpression.Property(Expression.Parameter(typeof(B)), "ID");
    var rightOperand = Expression.Constant(1); //1
    var found = Expression.Variable(typeof(bool), "found");

    return Expression.Lambda<Func<T, bool>>(
          Expression.Block(
              listB,
              found,
              Expression.Loop(
                Expression.Block(
                  Expression.IfThen(
                    Expression.Equal(
                      leftOperand,
                      rightOperand
                     ),//equal
                     Expression.Assign(
                       found,
                       Expression.Constant(true)
                     )//set to true
                  )
                )//block
              )//loop
            ),
            A
      ).Compile();

I'll end up calling the rule set against my object like so:
    Engine ruleEngine = new Engine();
    var compiledRules = rules.Select(r => ruleEngine.CompileRule<A>(r)).ToList();
    var result = compiledRules.All(rule => rule(objA));

My questions are:

*

*How do I get this function to return true/false if any of the list
items matched the condition.

*How do you prevent the Expression.Loop
to stop looping once all list items are compared (and none of them
matched)?

Thanks for any help.

A: Why use a loop? You wouldn't use a loop if you were coding the check in C#. You'd use Enumerable.Any. So generate the following expression:
A a;
return a.ListB.Any(b => b.ID == 1);

This is translated to:
A a;
return Enumerable.Any(a.ListB, b => b.ID == 1);

This is easily translatable to expression trees.

A: Following your last comment it sounds like you could use the approach i suggested for another question. Replace this part:
var childProperty = parameter.Type.GetProperty(properties[0]);
var left = Expression.Property(parameter, childProperty);
var right = Expression.Constant(test, typeof(int));
navigationPropertyPredicate = Expression.Equal(left, right);
resultExpression = MakeLambda(parameter, navigationPropertyPredicate);

with something using your ruleOperator and value


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In the volatile political climate that has existed throughout 2018, brands need to determine whether or not to speak out on specific topics across all forms of media, from search and social to video.
Morning Consult tested 12 political issues with consumers by asking them whether they would support companies that speak out on each of the issues. The top three issues that were not controversial for brands to champion were civil rights, criminal justice, and LGBTQ rights. The top three that were controversial were abortion, anthem protesting, and immigration. Gun control landed somewhere in the middle.
The study outlined the brands that wooed the hearts and the minds of consumers in 2018.
Delivery apps had a good year in 2018, especially those delivering food. DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub all saw double-digit growth in the percentage of consumers who recognized their brand since the beginning of the year.
DoorDash -- which took the No. 1 spot -- landed with 15-point growth, followed by UberEats with 12, Chewy.com with 11, Purple Mattresses with 11, and GrubHub with 10.
Ironically, Walmart came in as the brand most people wanted to buy from with a score of 71% for those with an annual income of less than $50,000. Compare that with the 70% of consumers with an income of between $50,000 and $100,000; and 62% of those with an annual income of more than $100,000.
Some 60% of all adults in the U.S. participating in the study said they would be proud to work for either Amazon or Google, the highest level for any company. Microsoft came in with 59%.
Amazon rated 65% among college students, Google came in with 64%, and Microsoft with 66%.
The findings, released Tuesday, highlighted several categories such as the most beloved brand, where survey participants were asked for their favorable or unfavorable impression.
Honesty is the most important value to Millennials, followed by reliability, helping family, compassion, and commitment.
The study also ranked brands in terms of net favorability. Amazon took the top spot in this category — the most loved brand — for the second year in a row with a net favorability score of 78.7 in the United States.
The study found that people don't only love Netflix, they want to make sure friends know about the streaming service. Overall, 74% of adults would be very likely to recommend the company's service.
Gen Z and Millennials were most likely with 77% each to recommend the service. Gen X was close behind with 75%. Boomers came in at 69%.


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Research Fellow in Palliative Medicine
Dr. Cliona L orton has completed a Research Fellowship at Trinity College Dubli n, funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies and based in the Academic Department of Palliative Medicine in OLH&CS. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, she began her career in Palliative Medicine in OLH&CS and Blackrock Hospice. After a period of work with Hospice Africa in Uganda, she undertook higher training in Palliative Medicine in Wales. She was Clinical Lecturer in Palliative Medicine (TCD / OLH&CS) from 2014-2016 and in 2016 was appointed as Research Fellow. Her research interests include malnutrition in cancer and cancer-related inflammation. Cliona is a Locum Consultant in Palliative Medicine in OLH&CS.
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Dr Bernadette Brady graduated from medicine in Trinity College Dublin in 2006 and subsequently completed general medical training & MRCPI in 2009. She has been working in palliative medicine since 2009 & completed higher specialist training in palliative medicine in 2015. During her training, she undertook an MSc in Healthcare Ethics & Law from RCSI (2012) with a thesis on Artificial Hydration & Nutrition at End of Life, and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine (RCSI 2012). She also spent 9 months working with Hospice Africa Uganda in Kampala & Mbarara, Uganda. Bernadette's research topic is Cardiac and Cardiovascular Autonomic Nervous System Function in Cancer-Related Fatigue. In addition to research, she works as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine in Tallaght University Hospital.
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Research Nurse
Michelle Barrett is a RGN with over 20 years clinical nursing experience in cardiac and general nursing. In 2015, Michelle completed a MSc in Palliative Care in Trinity College Dublin. She has both lectured and published in the subject of palliative care in heart failure. Michelle joined the Academic Department of Palliative Medicine as a Research Nurse in 2015. Her research interest is in symptom management in advanced cancer.
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Aidan O' Donoghue qualified from Trinity College Dublin & Dublin institute of Technology with a BSc in Human Nutrition & Dietetics. He is a CORU registered dietitian who has worked in the areas of general medicine, gastroenterology and oncology. He has worked as a clinical tutor for Trinity College Dublin.
Aidan is currently undertaking a PhD with Trinity College Dublin in the School of Medicine. He has a particular interest in nutrition impact symptoms associated with cancer. His PhD is investigating the symptom of early satiety in cancer patients receiving both palliative care and active treatment. Aidan is also involved in the Onco-Nutrition group of researchers and oncology dietitians that focuses on research which benefits clinical services in several tertiary hospitals across Ireland.
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Q: How to get the UTM zone of a shapefile polygon in geopandas I need to get the UTM zone of the polygons from a shapefile. A piece of code:
all= gpd.GeoDataFrame.from_file(shapefile)
for i,current in all.iterrows():
    UTM = ?

It could be, of course, the "projection string" in a way I can find it inside that using regex.

A: The coordinate reference system info for your shapefile (if a valid .prj file is present), can be accessed via e.g., all.crs

A: There are a few ways to get the UTM zone. For iterating over individual shapes, the easiest is to use one of the python UTM modules, such a utm or pyutm. You can calculate the EPSG by prefizing the zone with 327 or 326, depending on which hemisphere the shape is in.
import utm

g = gpd.GeoDataFrame(...)
g = g.to_crs(4326)

for idx, row in g.iterrows():

    c = row.geometry.centroid

    utm_x, utm_y, band, zone = utm.from_latlon(c.y, c.x)

    if c.y > 0: # Northern zone
        epsg = 32600 + band
    else:
        epsg = 32700 + band

    print(c, band, epsg, zone)

But you can also just sjoin to the UTM zones. If you have polygons, you'll probably want to join on the centroid.
url = 'https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/b294795270aa4fb3bd25286bf09edc51_0.zip'
utm = gpd.read_file(url)

gpd.sjoin(g.iloc[:10], utm[['ZONE', 'geometry']])


The next stop on our world exploration is France. Fashion, art and wine are top of mind when I think of France.
Of course our about.me users present an entire swath of interests outside of those; technology, architecture, photography, writing and more are well-represented.
And rather than individuals representing a place, some locations in France have their own about.me page, like La Chapelle-Baton.
Quite a background picture! Where should we travel to next?
Thanks for mentioning our La Chapelle-Baton page!
Now I have to just have to fill it out a little.
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Over the last ten years we have re-invested an average of £350,000 a year back into new equipment and energy saving projects. From water and heat recovery projets to fuel efficient vehicles, we never stop improving our facilities.
This year we have invested in emergency Electricity Generators (just in case the lights go out!) and we are among the first laundries in the world to start tagging all our linen with RFID tags.


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Impact of COVID-19 on Lives and Livelihood Extremely Destructive – Barrow
COVID-19Economy
By Kebba Jeffang	 On Jun 3, 2020 172
President Adama Barrow
The Gambian President Adama Barrow says Wednesday the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on human lives and livelihoods is extremely destructive.
President Barrow was addressing the virtual extraordinary sessional summit of heads of state and government of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).
The theme of the conference was premised on 'transcending the COVID-19 pandemic: building resilience through global solidarity.' Barrow says it's therefore important to place the human being at the centre of our deliberations.
"The impact of the pandemic on human lives and livelihoods is extremely destructive. It has disrupted the momentum and gains made towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other development targets," he said.
Leaders of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Barrow stated that The Gambia has adopted measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, including declaring a State of Public Emergency, observing WHO regulations and mitigating the impact of such strict measures on the public.
"…however, the pandemic has impacted severely on both the formal and informal sectors of our economy."
He seeks more urgent attention to both sectors, noting that the informal sector contributes crucially towards sustaining livelihoods and to GDP.
"In short, the impact on employment, government revenue and the subsistence of the people is immensely negative," he said.
The Gambian leader says the containment measures will have multiple effects in both urban and rural settings.
"Economically, women and the youth are the most vulnerable groups, as their income generating activities centre heavily on the Tourism, Fisheries and Artisanal Industries," he added.
"It is imperative, therefore, that we seize this opportunity to call upon our development partners to collaborate with us to respond effectively to the economic challenges posed by COVID-19. With respect to SDG 11, on sustaining urban settlements, this is particularly relevant for such vulnerable sectors."
President Barrow
He challenged his colleagues to outline strategies and action points to minimize disruption to the food and agriculture systems, while adequately supporting the livelihoods of all vulnerable groups.
"Furthermore, sustaining Agricultural production and strengthening food systems need to be intensified urgently for Member States whose economies rest heavily on commodity exports and food imports."
He stressed that financing development should be central to discussions on building resilient economies and advancing social inclusion and development.
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By kind permission of Evelyn and Rudiger Koster!
We are so proud of what this little lady has achieved. She has become a Champion in four countries Russia, Poland, Luxenburg and Germany and has gained her German Club Champion title, Chaos lives with Evelyn and Rudiger Koster and their three sons Leonard, Lucas and Lorenz Sean in Germany.
When we exported Chaos to Germany we were hoping that she would do well on the German show circuit.
These photos were taken on the day that Chaos gained her Polish Champion title.
The name of the show is the National Hunting Show in Tuchola Poland on the 19th July 2008.
We just wanted to say a huge congratulations to Evelyn and Rudiger.


Tom Morton's enjoyed a fair bit of the limelight in recent seasons (and rightly so) for his exploits with all conquering South Wilts in Southern Electric Premier League cricket, but on Tuesday he hopes he can take a back seat so his father, Terry - in his day a prolific run scorer with Waterlooville - can enjoy some glory on his Hampshire Seniors debut in the national Over-60s championship against Sussex at Middleton-on-Sea.
Morton senior is expected to open the batting alongside Mike Swain, with skipper Geoff Beale listed to come in at four.
The Hampshire side is: Mike Swain, Terry Morton, Martin Hall, Geoff Beale, Jon Floyd, Paul Kerley, Chris Wood, Andrew Yorke, John Paine, Jim Smallbone, Jan Bridle.


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Lebanon/fight against terrorism/migration
Publié le October 28, 2015
Press conference by M. Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of the Interior
Beirut, October 26, 2015
First of all I'd like to thank the Minister of the Interior, both for the warm welcome I've been given to Beirut today and for the excellent relationship of trust between us. I thank him and the Prime Minister of Lebanon for an excellent discussion in which we talked about many subjects of common interest, [such as] the fight against terrorism and cooperation on security. I can say here in Beirut that our two countries have absolutely exemplary cooperation on security which results from a high level of trust and leads us to act effectively against those who attack our countries by attacking our values of tolerance, freedom and democracy.
We also discussed the situation in the region. This led us to focus on the special situation Lebanon faces as a result of the influx of refugees it's having to take in, a situation Europe is also facing: since the beginning of 2015, 700,000 refugees – many from Syria, Iraq and Eritrea – have crossed the EU's external borders to request asylum in Europe. I've come to reiterate the solidarity between France and Lebanon in the face of this migration crisis, even though the realities are very different in our two countries because Lebanon has taken in 1.2 million refugees.
To show its solidarity, France – as the President said at the United Nations General Assembly – intends to devote €100 million over two years to helping the host communities and NGOs provide assistance of the highest standard to refugees in distress. I must also say that the level of mobilization I saw from the Lebanese administration, the Lebanese ministries, in the Bekaa Valley this morning is absolutely exemplary. I've also said that of those €100 million, France will devote €40 million – i.e. nearly half – to Lebanon. That's a way of saying we're together in this ordeal, and also saying we're aware of the situation facing the NGOs and refugees, who must have the whole international community's support. France is, of course, playing its part in this.
I'm also going to say that in the framework of the relocation and rehousing process to which France has given its agreement and of which it was even one of the architects, France will, over the next two years, as the President has said, take in 30,000 refugees, many of whom will be from the region. Those 30,000 refugees will be taken in as part of the relocation process by which the different EU countries will take part in hosting those refugees who have crossed the EU's external borders in recent months. This relocation process will be carried out from the "hot spots" in Greece and Italy. And as part of the rehousing process, which concerns 20,000 people, France will then take in nearly 3,000 refugees – 2,765 to be precise.
For 2016, France has decided to devote two-thirds of the efforts it will make under the rehousing process to rehousing refugees who are in the camps in Lebanon, which in 2016 will lead us to double to 1,000 the number of people we'll take in from camps in Lebanon in 2016. It's a symbolic contribution as part of what we're doing overall for refugees, and it testifies to our solidarity with Lebanon in the framework of our commitments.
This day of work, here in Lebanon, which should lead to more – we'll no doubt see each other again in the coming weeks, given the situation – shows the high level of trust existing between our two countries, our excellent bilateral relations and also the strong friendship between France and Lebanon./.


Heals a friendly target for 23,159 and automatically applies one of your missing healing over time spells to the target. If all of them are present, Nourish critically heals.
While in Cat Form, you increase the melee and ranged critical chance of all allies within 40 yards by 5%. Leader of the Pack also causes affected targets to heal themselves for 4% of their maximum health when they critically hit with a melee or ranged attack. The healing effect cannot occur more than once every 6 sec.