Suppose now that a single bit error occurs in the original d bits of information. RFC1071 [RFC 1071] discusses the Internet checksum algorithm and its implementation in detail. If the count of 1s is odd and odd parity is used, the frame is still not corrupted. O If the two are the same, the receiver assumes no error, accepts the five numbers and discards the sum.
Assume: the receiver gets T(x) + E(x), where each bit in E(x) corresponds to an error bit. Fundamentals of Error-Correcting Codes. The parity bit is an example of a single-error-detecting code. The receiver simply counts the number of 1s in a frame.
LRC Example11100111 11011101 00111001 10101001 11100111 11011101 00111001 10101001 LRC 10101010 11100111 1101101 00111001 10101001 10101010 Original data plus LRC Rutvi Shah 15 16. If a receiver detects an error, it requests FEC information from the transmitter using ARQ, and uses it to reconstruct the original message. Scott A. For example, represent the string ``11011'' as the polynomial: Perform modulo 2 arithmetic (e.g.
r1 will take care of bit 1,3,5,7,9,11. Tsinghua Space Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing. CASMA/CA is used in 802.11 based wireless LANs. Rutvi Shah 3 4.
Why not share! For reliable communication, error must be detected and corrected. Parity Check One extra bit is sent along with the original bits to make number of 1s either even in case of even parity, or odd in case of odd parity. This formula gives the absolute lower limit on the number of bits required to detect (and correct!) 1-bit errors.
Rutvi Shah 27 28. MAC The data link layer is divided into two sublayers: The Media Access Control (MAC) layer and the Logical Link Control (LLC) layer. In a network setting, FEC techniques can be used by themselves, or in conjunction with the ARQ techniques we examined in Chapter 3. If two stations attempt to transmit simultaneously, this causes a collision, which is detected by all participating stations.
VERTICAL REDUNDANCY CHECK 1100001 DataChecking function 1100001 | 1 Even – parity Is total number generator of 1s even ? Thus, we can detect double-bit errors if G(x) does not divide for any k up to the message size. When the frame is successfully transmitted, B sends ACK frame. a) a. 𝑥 + 1 b) b. 𝑥3 c) c. 1 O Solution a) No 𝑥 𝑖 can be divisible by 𝑥 + 1 .
CYCLIC CODES O Two Isolated Single-Bit Errors 48. The network layer wants to be able to send packets to its neighbors without worrying about the details of getting it there in one piece.
At least, the above is Perhaps more importantly, they allow for immediate correction of errors at the receiver. However, by choosing check bits carefully, the resulting codewords will have a large Hamming Distance.
Types of Errors There may be three types of errors: Single bit error In a frame, there is only one bit, anywhere though, which is corrupt. After doing this, receiver empties its buffer and increased sequence number and expects sequence number 7,0,1,2,3,4,5. CSMA/CA CSMA/CA is Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance. Sender is dependent on the receiver.
The sum is complemented and becomes the checksum. 5. This code guarantees detection of only a single error. So in PCF quality of service is guaranteed. The remainder produced by the checker is a syndrome of n − k (3 here) bits, which is fed to the decision logic analyzer.
CYCLIC CODES O Polynomials : O The degree of a polynomial is the highest power in the polynomial. Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. Diagram shows how to CRC process works. [a] sender CRC generator [b] receiver CRC checker Checksum Check sum is the third method for error detection mechanism. This protocol has been developed to improve the performance of CSMA.


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Press Play: Simple Gifts
July 18, 2021 July 18, 2021 Aileen Torres-Bennett
Like "Oh Shenandoah," "Simple Gifts" is a traditional American song that I first learned during my choir years. It's another folk song that has stuck with me because I still find it beautiful. "Simple Gifts" is a Shaker dance spiritual that was written in the 1800s. I love its catchy melody and message of freedom,… Continue reading Press Play: Simple Gifts
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Press Play: In My Time – Full Album
April 3, 2021 March 31, 2021 Aileen Torres-Bennett
I've finally done it. I've created my first album. It's a collection of acoustic guitar instrumentals that I composed here in Fiji. I'm grateful to have a home studio that gives me the space, peace and quiet to create, and I'm grateful to have the time to create, after I shifted my priorities. Hope you… Continue reading Press Play: In My Time – Full Album
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Press Play: In My Time
December 30, 2020 December 30, 2020 Aileen Torres-Bennett
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Press Play: In the Saddle
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.contrib.auth import login,logout,authenticate
from app.userApp.models import User
from app.activityApp.models import Activity
import json

#测试函数在apiTest目录下,请求url请查看urls.py,返回格式参照浏览器返回样式解析

#登陆状态改为使用状态码
#0为未登录
#1为登陆成功
#2为已登陆
#3为cookies有效期已过

#5为用户名不存在
#6为密码错误
#7未使用POST登陆

#10为注销成功

def api_login(request):
	#仅供调试,在项目根目录生成
	#f = open('log.txt','w')
	#f.write(str(request))
	data={}
	if request.method=='POST':
		account = request.POST['account']
		password = request.POST['password']
		user = authenticate(account=account,password=password)
		if user is not None:
			login(request,user)
			data["code"]=1
		else :
			try :
				if User.objects.get(account=account) is not None:
					data["code"]=6
			except User.DoesNotExist:
				data["code"]=5
	else :
		#暂定使用get请求时返回错误
		data["code"]=7
	return HttpResponse(json.dumps(data))

def api_logout(request):
	data={}
	logout(request)
	data["code"]="10"
	return json.dumps(data)

#TODO未完成测试
def api_getUser(request):
	data = {}
	user = request.user
	if user.is_authenticated():
		#获取指定用户的信息,看客户端传上来的请求
		#可以用json或者get指明要查询的人,这里目前是返回请求者的个人信息
		user = request.user
		data['code'] = 2
		userinfo = {}
		userinfo['account'] = user.account
		userinfo['alias'] = user.alias
		userinfo['name'] = user.name
		userinfo['email'] = user.email
#		性别为boolean类型,0为男,1为女
		userinfo['sex'] = user.sex
		userinfo['age'] = user.age
		userinfo['city'] = user.city
		userinfo['university'] = user.university
#		上一次登陆地理位置,待决定
#		userinfo['lbs'] = user.lbs
#		是否为认证用户,boolean类型,0为未认证
		userinfo['auth'] = user.auth
		userinfo['registerdate'] = u"%s" % user.registerdate
		data['userinfo'] = userinfo
	else :
		data['code'] = 0
	return HttpResponse(json.dumps(data))

#未完成测试
def api_getAc(request):
	#获取活动列表不要求先登陆
	data = {}
	#返回最新创建的20个活动
	activitysInfo = []
	activitys = Activity.objects.order_by("date")[0:20]
	for activity in activitys:
		activityInfo = {}
		activityInfo['name'] = activity.name
		#活动介绍目前暂时不包含图片,如果包含一些富媒体,再考虑解决方案
		activityInfo['introduction'] = activity.introduction
		activityInfo['place'] = activity.place
		activityInfo['price'] = activity.price
		activityInfo['category'] = activity.category
		#创建者
		activityInfo['creater'] = activity.creater.alias
		#组织者有多个,存在子列表
		organizerInfo = []
		for organizerR in activity.organizerR_activity.all():
			organizerInfo.append(organizerR.user.alias)
		activityInfo['organizer'] = organizerInfo
		#赞助商有多个,存在子列表
		sponsorInfo = []
		for sponsorR in activity.sponsorR_activity.all():
			sponsorInfo.append(sponsor.user.alias)
		activityInfo['sponsor'] = sponsorInfo
		activitysInfo.append(activityInfo)
	data['activity'] = activitysInfo
	return HttpResponse(json.dumps(data))

#初步测试通过
def api_getQr(request):
	acid=2
	img = open(u"./Aike/static/qrcode/%s.gif" % acid ,"rb")
	#接收时以bytes接收
	return HttpResponse(img)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Italian food is one of America's favorite cuisines and dishes like this prove why that is so. It's got everything: chicken, beans, vegetables, rosemary, and molto Italian flavor. I love how the rosemary permeates the stew-like mixture and how the sun-dried tomatoes are little exclamation points of bright flavor. There are lots of ways to make this more complicated but, as with most Italian food, simple really is best.
On a large cutting board, thinly slice the onion. Peel and thinly slice the carrot. Slice the celery and mushrooms thinly. As you work, transfer the vegetables to a bowl. Mince the garlic and add to the vegetables. Combine the wine, vinegar, and ¼ cup [60 ml] water in a measuring cup.
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Add the bowl of vegetables, Italian seasoning, ½ tsp salt, and a few grinds of pepper to the hot pan. Sauté, stirring, until the vegetables begin to soften, about 4 minutes. Add the wine mixture, beans, tomatoes, and rosemary sprig and stir to combine.
Nestle the chicken breasts into the beans and vegetables and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the chicken is cooked through and the flavors have blended, about 12 minutes. Pull out the rosemary sprig and discard it. Taste and season with more salt and pepper if it needs it.
Serve the chicken on heated plates with the beans and vegetables on the side.
It's that easy: You can also make this dish with boneless, skinless chicken thighs. Cut them up after cooking and stir them into the beans.
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IN THE GLASS: A Tuscan dish needs Tuscan wine. Sangiovese, anyone? The kids might like something Italian as well. How about white grape, cherry, and sparkling water?


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Briefly defined, a platform is a responsive online service designed to enable financial advisers to manage clients' investment portfolios, aggregating figures from various sources to create a combined picture of the client's investment holdings. The platform can be used as a means of selecting, purchasing and selling investments from a wide range of providers and then monitoring performance of the portfolio.
Platforms have become very flexible and versatile systems since first devised. They can embrace stock market investments, life insurance policies, unit trusts and other collective investments, including those held in tax-sheltered form such as Individual Savings Accounts and Self Invested Personal Pensions. A platform can even hold investments from forgotten sections of the filing box marked 'TESSA' and 'PEP'. It is a good opportunity for a review of old assets to see if they need updating and indeed whether or not they match your current risk profile and investment aims.
The platform's capabilities can be readily applied to the assessment of longstanding investments. It can deploy smart analytical tools to identify a client's attitude to risk and assist with appropriate allocation of assets between the various classes such as UK equities, commercial property and gilts, taking account of existing holdings. There are other ways in which it can help with the structuring of investment portfolios, allowing access to a range of investment funds.
Talk to your adviser about the ways a platform can provide easy-to-view assessments of investment performance and your current net worth, in addition to flagging up important financial deadlines or policy renewal dates.
This form of online service offers the benefits of holding all your assets in one place, the means to manage your wealth and the ability to obtain rapid valuations, whilst still gaining the wisdom of your trusted financial adviser. The platform can also deploy analytical tools. This responsive online service enables financial advisers to manage clients' investment portfolios and combine figures from various sources to create a complete picture of the client's investment holdings. It can be used for selecting, purchasing and selling investments from various providers and then monitoring performance.
This responsive online service enables financial advisers to manage clients' investment portfolios and combine figures from various sources to create a complete picture of the client's investment holdings. It can be used for selecting, purchasing and selling investments from various providers and then monitoring performance.
When a parent or other close relative reaches the point of needing long-term residential care, there may be a lot of stress involved. The need may perhaps follow the sudden loss of a partner who cared for them or a major setback in the health of a parent already widowed. On top of finding and arranging a suitable residential care home, a variety of distressing matters may arise.
Organisation and decision-making may fall to you, regardless of whether responsibility for financial and medical welfare has been formalised in a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). Forward thinking can be helpful, making sure that elderly parents' financial affairs are in good order, including a valid Will and LPA, as appropriate. Care needs may be based upon advice from the parent's GP. Residential care homes vary not only in scope but also room sizes, comfort, quality and staff-to-resident ratios. Everyone wants the best for loved ones, so make the most of their hard-earned life savings and any state entitlement. Our experts can advise you on these vital matters.
Put briefly, anyone with assets over a certain amount receives no local authority funding (this varies in parts of the UK). Some authorities may, however, still contribute to care fees through a secured loan and the NHS may assist with nursing care costs in some cases. Self funding residents keep their Attendance Allowance entitlement. The situation is set to change, as the Chancellor's 2013 Budget confirmed plans for a cap on lifetime care fees and a higher permitted level of assets before requiring personal contribution to fees. The national lifetime care costs cap will be £72,000 and the assets threshold £118,000, but not until 2016.
For now, the big financial question remains: when self-funding, will personal investment and pension income continue meeting residential care fees for as long as necessary? Care fees are high and usually increase annually. Sometimes, it may be necessary for family to cover a shortfall or for the parent to move to somewhere less costly.
It is hard to judge whether there will be enough, when you do not know how long someone will live. A possible solution is lump-sum purchase of an immediate care annuity to cover fees for the rest of their life. Remaining assets are then unlikely to be used towards fees, thus forming part of the deceased's estate. Ask us first about care plans.
The internet has transformed the way the public buys a range of consumer items.Comparing prices of specific branded products is easy online and what the purchaser gets should be the same (with some exceptions, such as through fraudulent websites) regardless of the online supplier chosen. Some things, though, are harder to compare by price on the internet, because they are not identical. Mortgages and insurance products fall into this category.
When you enquire about a mortgage, protection or general insurance, there are a whole range of factors that a product provider must take into account, from your credit and other financial history to the amount and duration of the loan or policy. Quotes via the internet are usually based on your answers to a limited selection of questions, so may not be ideal for your needs. Also, the products being accessed online will probably not have identical features, preventing proper comparison.
Price comparison websites represent one of a number of mortgage and insurance marketing channels and some leading providers favour other ways of connecting with customers without handing their cash over to website operators. Prominent among those alternative channels are brokers and other intermediaries, who offer another key benefit – expert advice – to help find the right product for the job, from a well-chosen provider.
The mortgage market has become increasingly complex. There are fixed rate and variable rate, plus sub-species such as 'trackers'. With a fixed rate, you know how much the monthly interest will be until a specified future date; with a variable rate, the interest will change from time to time. You may also hope to benefit from one of the government schemes such as 'Help to Buy'; your adviser will know the rules about who can qualify and what kinds of property may be eligible.
With insurance, as with mortgages, input from a professional intermediary can help you steer the right course – though they are much more than a financial satnav, because their advice can fully reflect your unique requirements in a way that technology alone cannot match, which may help you to avoid over-paying. They can also guide you on holding protection policies in trust so they are not part of your estate for Inheritance Tax purposes. So, to be sure about your mortgage and insurance decisions, talk to your adviser.
Much recent evidence suggests the housing market is gathering pace after the lull caused by the financial crisis five years ago. With some regional exceptions, prices have been firmer and mortgage volumes have risen, with the emphasis on first-time buyers, their numbers recently about 40% higher than a year earlier according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. First-timers helped others move upmarket and the CML also noted increased remortgage activity.
Among the reasons for the market's reawakening is improvement in some key parts of the economy and increased confidence. Other factors have included government initiatives such as the Funding for Lending scheme to stimulate lending activity and Help to Buy, aimed at making mortgages more accessible, including for those with a reliable income but not enough capital for the deposit required.
Even homebuyers benefiting from new schemes need to know how much they can borrow and how much it will cost: simple questions often with complicated answers and lots of ifs, buts and maybes. That is why it makes sense to consult a professional mortgage adviser, who understands the marketplace and can explain all the options.
The interest rate you pay on a mortgage may depend on whether it is fixed rate or variable rate, or another variant such as a 'tracker'. Now the government schemes bring further variables to some mortgage calculations, so expert guidance on rules and eligibility is vital.


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Verusian Air Force 216th Fighter Wing"Aeolus"
[Recruitment] - [ACS Folder]
Date of Formation: September, 2007
Site(s) of Operation: AceCombatSkies.com
Primary Consoles: XBOX 360, Playstation 2
Primary Games: Ace Combat Zero, Ace Combat 04, Ace Combat 05, Ace Combat 06
In ancient Greece, the mighty god Aeolus ruled the winds along with the Anemoi, the four gods of the cardinal direction of the winds. Boreas ruled the north wind, Notus, the south, Eurus, the east, and Zephyrus, the west. These gods kept the winds strong in the sails of ships, had the power to create great cataclysms, and brought the four seasons. Indeed, the god Aeolus guided the great hero Odysseus home to Ithaca by giving him a bag of winds. He who controls the winds, controls the sky!
Honesty, respect, good sportsmanship, team work and loyalty is what is expected from all Aeolus Wing members from the moment they join. The Aeolus Wing is set up around a military styled system of ranks. An individual can advance through these ranks in various ways, not only depending on their skill alone. Personal commitment and activity are also viable ways to increase one's rank; the only thing that can hinder an advancement is an individual's actions. Aeolus Wing does not use ranks to measure a pilot's importance or worth.
Aeolus Wing was co founded in by Ender and Stunod shortly after the termination of the Hell Cats squadron in September, 2007. It was not a replacement or reincarnation of HC, but many former HC members joined. They commanded the wing effectively and were involved in myriad legacy competitions with other squads, many of them victorious.
Because of a failure in communication and a terrible error on the part of mobious_1, Ender and Stunod left Aeolus Wing. Ender placed mobious_1 in command, but TexasEagle was the next in line, so they shared joint command just as Ender and Stunod did. This worked more than satisfactorily and Aeolus continued to do well despite the loss of some of our best members. Eventually, TexasEagle's family affairs led him to leave and mobious 1 took full command.
Aeolus had great difficulty in switching from PS2 to the Xbox360. As a result, in the latter half of 2008 Aeolus experienced a terrible downturn lasting until early April, 2009, with many members becoming inactive. This was compounded by the normal inactivity that occurs during the school year. By temporarily limiting recruitment to AC6 players only, we were able to gain more members, and when we reached May, 2009, AC6 activity was more than satisfactory. Unfortunately, this (combined with the lack of willing outside opponents) has led to a sharp decline in Legacy players. To correct this, PS2 players are once again welcome in Aeolus. Legacy competition affairs are left in the capable hands of Saberstrike.
Screen Name: mobious_1 (Commanding Officer of Aeolus Wing)
Gamertag: mobious1x216118
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Kami spends his free time outdoors with his wife and daughter hiking, paddle boarding or walking along the river. He is also on the CARY board which is a non-profit dedicated to reducing incarceration for at-risk teens.
Mr. Burnette is a Managing Director, based out of Austin, TX, for Paramount Lodging Advisors (PLA). He joined the team in May 2017 and will be responsible for developing institutional relationships and executing hotel transactions across the chain scale in the mid-South region on the country.
Prior to PLA, Kami was a Sr. Director for Auction.com/Ten-X where he was intimately involved in growing the Private Client Group to over $1+ Billion in Commercial Real Estate transactions since he joined the firm in 2011. He focused primarily on hotels and helped develop processes for selling over $100M flagged hotels on the online platform.
Kami also held a position as Sr. Associate for LNR Partners where he underwrote over $700M of hotel assumptions and worked out 50+ non-performing hotel loans. He is a graduate from Yale University and earned an MBA from UNC Chapel Hill in 2009.


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The ASA Midwest Council's 25th Annual Awards Gala, honoring the top general contractors in the St. Louis area, was held at the Four Seasons Hotel on April 14, 2018.
ASA members' nominations and votes were based on the following criteria: Bid Ethics Practice, Equitable Contract Provisions, Safety Policy and Practice, Payment Practices, Jobsite Supervision, Scheduling Coordination, Subcontractor Relations and Administrative Procedures.
The LANDCO team is honored to have been awarded the prestigious "General Contractor of the Year" award by the ASA board members and so many of our respected subcontractors. Subcontractors play a key role in the success of LANDCO's projects and we are thankful for their outstanding performance.
It goes without saying that ultimately our clients, who trust us to provide exceptional value and expertise on each of their construction projects, deserve our gratitude as well.
On behalf of LANDCO Construction and our esteemed subcontractors, many thanks to our valued clients for your continued support, and for allowing us to be a part of your project teams.


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Anna Nahowská (1860 Vídeň – 1931 Vídeň) byla v letech 1875 až 1889 milenkou císaře Františka Josefa I.

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Ve čtrnácti letech se Anna provdala za výrobce hedvábí Heuducka, který byl těžce zadlužen kvůli hazardním hrám a alkoholu. S císařem Františkem Josefem I. se setkala na vycházce v Schönbrunnu. Na vztahu se domluvili František Josef s Annou bez vědomí jejího manžela. František Josef ji pravidelně a diskrétně navštěvoval, když byl její manžel (jehož dluhy byly zaplaceny) pryč. Toto uspořádání trvalo i poté, co se Anna znovu provdala za úpadkového Franze Nahowského. V roce 1889 Anna zjistila, že má císař paralelní poměr, tentokrát veřejněji, s Kateřinou Schrattovou, čímž učinil František Josef konec se vztahem s Annou Nahowskou. Anna Nahowská obdržela finanční kompenzaci pro sebe i pro své děti (jejichž otcovství není jisté) výměnou za podepsání smlouvy o mlčení. Její dcera Helena, která věřila, že je dcerou císaře, byla manželkou rakouského hudebního skladatele Albana Berga.

V roce 1976 byl vydán deník Anny Nahowské.

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After Japan's devastating 2011 tsunami, the receding waters pulled countless pieces of debris into the Pacific Ocean. That flotsam became "rafts" for endemic Japanese species on an unexpected 7,000-kilometer voyage.
Researchers have recorded 289 separate species which they say survived the trip from Japan to Hawaii or the US West coast.
Among those species were fish, mussels, snails, worms, crabs and algae. Some of them survived up to six years at sea. Many reproduced during the voyage.
The species were discovered on more than 600 separate "objects" surveyed on the US Pacific coast by a team led by James Carlton of Williams College.
The objects included anything from small pieces of plastic to entire ships and even structures from harbors and marinas, such as a dock that washed up on the coast of the US state of Oregon.
How did they get there? Once the tsunami's waters had pulled these objects into the ocean, currents sent them along on a subsequent journey of 7,000 kilometers or more.
One of the participating researchers, John Chapman from Oregon State University, described a sense of "shock" upon seeing so many species survive the journey - but also worry.
"The crustaceans and bivalves are of particular concern because they could introduce new diseases, and compete with, displace or otherwise affect our oyster or mussel populations," he has said of the new arrivals.
At this point it remains unclear whether any of the Japanese species have found permanent homes in their new marine environments in the US. Such a process could already be underway but would take decades to document.
Species are still arriving, but most are now doing so on pieces of plastic. That's because wooden "floats," which decompose rapidly on open ocean waters, stopped arriving after 2014.
Still, are such events limited to the kind of mega-tsunamis that occur after earthquakes of 9+ on the Richter scale?
The scientists suspect two factors will increase these cross-oceanic transfers of species in the coming years.
The first is the increasing accumulation of plastic "transporters" in our oceans. Ten million tons of plastic reach the ocean yearly, with the number expected to rise in the near future.
The second is due to climate change, which is expected increase the strength - and possibly the frequency - of extreme weather events, like hurricanes or tropical storms. These storms are capable of pushing local species into open waters, where the current takes them away.
The article was published in the US journal "Science."


These are some soft baby-pink pics of Clematis from my back garden and a rose flower from a friend's garden.
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When you feel like a walking lump of mud, plodding along in a pair of leaky wellies, it's amazing how fast a couple of rubber duckies can brighten your day.
Happens to me a lot! Especially while painting.
Check out the photochallenge here.
Weight is created by gravity. For some reason when I think of gravity, I think of the sea and the tides. The earth's gravitational pull is responsible for the change in tidal patterns. Looking out into the sea makes me feel so grounded, it makes me aware of the tiny space I occupy on this vast planet. It makes me aware of my limitations due to the force of gravity. I cannot travel unaided into the vast expanse around me like the gull in the photo. I'll quite happily stay put, routed to the spot on top of these dramatic cliffs. I admit I was terrified but exhilarated. There's a stability and feeling of presentness about standing on a giant landmass while the wind rushes around you. Its humbling.
Photograph taken at the bird cliffs in the Westfjord region of Iceland.


Ghanaian broadcast Journalist, Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey Santana popularly known as Abeiku Santana has expressed discontentment over government decision to adopt French as Ghana's second official language.
According to the media personality, the current education is in shambles as students already have issues with the English language and adding French will make it worse.
"There has been an inconsistency with our educational curriculum. From 1987 that we changed our educational curriculum from the Middle School Leaving Certificate to BECE, what we call the Junior Secondary School, and later we change to, we change titles, the working titles of it but nothing changes.
We just change it from Junior Secondary School to Junior High School. I think that we are joking and toying with our educational system let alone to say that we going to make French a second language.
Even our first language, the English language is a big problem. You can go and check from the Ghana Education Service and the West African Examination Council performance of English, and even today as we speak, those who have graduated from University, their kind of English construction.
Why is that, even if you have a pass in English and want to attend some Universities outside Ghana, they demand TOEFL – The Test Of English for Foreign Language students, why, because the quality of the English we speak, they don't classify and consider it as the standard, that why you have to write English test before admission into some Universities in the UK and in America.
So we are going to burden ourselves again with a second language, in which excuse me to say, it will be difficult for us to communicate with because predominantly we have over 26 ethnic tribes or groups in Ghana and we communicate in the local dialect, why can't we make our local language a number one or the first language, why?
If you speak English and you make mistake, hey, unheard of but we are comfortable when people are pronouncing towns, villages and names locally and they make mistakes, we are alright. We are losing our sense of pride.
It doesn't happen in East Africa. Go to East Africa, Swahili is the most predominant language. They speak it parliament. Go to Kenya and South Africa, they speak Swahili. Zulus also speak their language.
We are changing our language and very soon, we will have nothing to show. I am sorry; I disagree with the Honourable Foreign Affairs Minister. If we are trying to please our French partners, we are not going anywhere, we'll not go any far with this, because we teach the kids French in school, they come home, they can't come and speak French with me because I wasn't taught French and I don't know when we are going to reverse this or when we are going to change this," he stated.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry headed by Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey earlier disclosed that plans are underway to make French Ghana's second official language.
According to the Minister, this decision by the government will improve regional integration especially because Ghana has French-speaking neighbours.
However, Abeiku Santana is not the only celebrity to be against this decision. The 'Rap doctor', Okyeame Kwame also criticized the ministry for taking such a decision.
Abeiku Santana also reiterated the 'Made in Ghana' hitmaker's point in making one local dialect our second official language rather than adopting French.
The post We are joking with our educational system -Abeiku Santana appeared first on GHANAPAGE™.


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A self-guided Rotterdam walking tour: Architecture and art
Rotterdam is famous for its post-war architecture, mostly because a World War II bombing in 1940 destroyed much of the city. Yet it didn't just rebuild and settle in; it is still constantly changing, expanding and reinventing whole neighborhoods. On a recent visit, I took a tour of a few new buildings, but I also passed other interesting ones – both pre- and post-war – on the way to and from conference venues and my hotel. This self-guided Rotterdam walking tour is the result.
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I have listed the buildings and art in the order that makes most sense to me as a walking tour of Rotterdam, and I've divided it into two parts. The first makes a wide circle on the north side of the Maas River. The second part takes you across the Erasmus Bridge to the redeveloped Wilhelmina Pier.
The map below shows all the points I mention in this article. You can use it to decide your own route, or follow the order as it is. Click on the square at the top right of the map to see the map full-screen, including my key. Alternatively, click on the icon at the top left to open the key in this window.
Depending on your fitness level, you might need to do the tour over two days rather than trying to see everything in one day. The other option would be to rent a bike or borrow one from your hotel and bike from stop to stop, which would make it quite doable in one day.
Keep in mind that I'm no architecture expert, and there are lots more new or newish buildings scattered around Rotterdam that are worth seeing. These, though, are the highlights, in my view.
If you'd rather follow an expert, you can take a professional architecture tour in Rotterdam; click this link for a list of tours to choose from.
Rotterdam walking tour, part 1
Rotterdam Central Station
While I already wrote about Rotterdam Central Station in my last post about the De Rotterdam Architecture Tour, we'll start there anyway because you're likely to come in through here, or at least it's easy to find from any metro or tram line.
Completed in 2014, designed by Adriaan Geuze, the building of Rotterdam Central Station led to a revival of the whole area around it. It really is an imposing design, isn't it, with that soaring point on the front? Make sure to go inside too. The large screen on one side shows images of the Port of Rotterdam, the biggest port in Europe.
The new Rotterdam Central train station. Photo by Jessica
This pre-war building used to be the city hall of Rotterdam, opened in 1920. Take a good look at it. A golden eagle of peace tops the tower. Statues on the exterior honor prominent Rotterdammers, and you can also spot images of various virtues like trustworthiness and determination.
What you'll also notice on the stadhuis is damage to the exterior: pockmarks. These are scars from the 1940 bombardment of Rotterdam that destroyed most of the city.
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was a lawyer for the city of Rotterdam and then for the national government in the late 16th and early 17th century. The statue is on the exterior of the Stadhuis.
The Stadhuis is a working city office building, open Monday-Friday 8:30-17:00.
Designed by Rem Koolhaas, this "horizontal skyscraper" would be easy to overlook from street level. It was opened in 2015, and you can read a bit more about it in my post about De Rotterdam Tour. Make sure to at least go into the lobby.
The Timmerhuis in Rotterdam
Erasmus statue
This statue dates from 1622, made by Hendrick de Keyser. Erasmus was a Dutch Christian humanist scholar, born in 1467 in Rotterdam.
Statue of Erasmus
St. Laurens Church
Looking a bit forlorn surrounded by some ugly 1950s and 60s buildings, St. Laurens is the only remaining building from the medieval period left in Rotterdam. Its current form dates to the 15th and 16th centuries. It was heavily damaged in the war, but restored afterwards.
St. Laurens Church looks a bit forlorn with the ugly post-war buildings around it.
Visiting the inside of the church costs €2. It's open March-October on Tuesday-Saturday from 10-17:00 and November-February on Tuesday-Saturday from 11-17:00. Sunday is only for church services.
From March to October, you can climb the tower of St. Laurens Church with a guide for €5: on Wednesdays at 14:00 and Saturdays at 12:00 or 13:30. You can buy the tickets the same day inside the church.
The Blaaktoren
Piet Blom designed this tall apartment house, commonly called the "Potlood," which means "pencil." You can see why. It was built in 1984: not my favorite architecture, but significant because Piet Blom was the architect.
Piet Blom's "Potlood" (pencil), with the Cube Houses next door.
Cube Houses
The next stop on our Rotterdam walking tour is the Cube Houses, what Piet Blom is most known for. Probably the most famous post-war architecture in Rotterdam, they were finished in 1984. The original plan included 74 houses, trimmed down to the 38 that were actually built.
Blom's idea was to develop housing on a human scale, which is why the Cube Houses surround and overlook pleasant small plazas above street level. The idea was that the house stands on the "trunk" of a tree and the houses themselves form the branches and leaves so that the cluster of houses represents a forest.
Cube Houses lean over an internal open space. The doors on the ground floor lead to small offices and businesses; the residences are above, in the cubes themselves.
One of the houses is open to visitors. Climbing the stairs from the front door, you step into the living room, with windows at a 45-degree angle tilted inwards. Nevertheless, it doesn't feel too small, since the furniture – two sofas in this living room – is built in. Around the corner is the kitchen, with its worktops also built in and the windows leaning outwards. Upstairs are two bedrooms with similar 45-degree windows, leaning in or leaning out. In this particular house, one of the bedrooms is furnished as a workspace. On the top floor is the most attractive room, which could be used as a bedroom or study and has windows on all sides. Despite the odd shapes, it made a pleasant, cozy impression.
The Kijk-kubus Museum House is open every day 11:00-17:00. Admission fee: €3.
The Markthal
This apartment/office building/marketplace opened in 2014. Make sure to go into the marketplace under the arch of the building to admire the massive artwork on the inside of the arch. It's by Arno Coenen and it's called "Horn of Plenty." The apartments must have an unusual shape on the inside, with that curved wall and windows that aren't vertical.
This might be a good place to stop for lunch; you'll have plenty of choices from all over the world. The market stalls are open Monday-Thursday 10-20:00, Friday 10-21:00, Saturday 10:00-20:00, and Sunday 12-18:00.
Triumph statue
This elegant statue (1995) by Kees Verkade is called Triomf (Triumph).
Triumph, by Kees Verkade
Het Schielandshuis
Once housing Rotterdam's water board, this lovely building with baroque detail was built in 1665 for Rotterdam's water control board, a powerful organization at the time. In 1811, Napoleon slept here. The interior was destroyed in a fire in 1864, then rebuilt to house a museum. Today it is home to Rotterdam Partners, a marketing agency focused on promoting Rotterdam.
Schielandshuis
Green Erasmus statue
This is a copy of the Erasmus statue at the Saint Laurens Church pictured above. This version, though, is a 3D-print by 3D-Robot Printing, 2017. It stands in the garden of the Rotterdam Tourist Information office, a good place to get information or pick up a souvenir or two. Open every day 9:30-18:00.
3D print of Erasmus
Anita statue
This figure wins my nomination for ugliest street art. Called "Anita," it's by David Bade. It's made out of debris from construction sites and is meant to make some sort of statement about Rotterdam and how it's constantly rebuilding. It has, apparently, a number of nicknames: Geile Anita (horny Anita) and Gecrashte IJscocar (crashed ice cream cart) are two of them.
Anita, by David Bade.
The butt plug Santa
Created by Paul McCarthy, this statue is good for a giggle. Depicting Santa holding a Christmas tree, Rotterdammers generally refer to it, with typical Dutch bluntness, as the "butt plug Santa." It's had several homes, since no one wanted it in their neighborhoods, but it seems to have settled here on the Eendrachtsplein.
Pauluskerk (St. Paul's Church)
Designed by William Alsop, opened in 1960 and renovated in 2013, Pauluskerk has shifted its focus. While at first it was primarily just a church, nowadays it also focuses on good works with vulnerable groups in the community such as drug addicts, the homeless and illegal immigrants.
Pauluskerk in Rotterdam
Rotterdam architecture tour, part 2
Up to this point, you've already walked a lot, covering a big circle. If you feel tired and want to save a bit of energy, you could take a metro from Eendrachtsplein (where the buttplug Santa is) one stop on the green (A) line in the direction of Binnenhof, yellow (B) line in the direction of Nesselande or red (C) line in the direction of De Terp. Get off at the next stop: Beurs. Change at Beurs for the light blue (D) line in the direction of De Akkers or dark blue (E) line in the direction of Slinge. Get off after just one stop again at Leuvehaven.
(Don't be put off by those directions. Ask at the ticket office for a metro line map and you'll see it's pretty straightforward: one stop, change trains at Beurs, then one more stop, get off at Leuvehaven.)
On the other hand, if you still have the energy, the next stops are still within walking distance. I guess it just depends on your level of fitness.
Muiderslot Castle
Groningen Walking Tour
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Amsterdam Central Train Station Sightseeing
Inntel Hotel Rotterdam Center
While this one doesn't turn up on most lists, I just think it's a fascinating design in terms of how that top floor is cantilevered out over the street. This Rotterdam walking tour takes you right by it anyway, if you want to cross the Erasmus Bridge.
While the Inntel opened on this site in 1989, this unusual tower wasn't built until 2007. The two topmost floors (15th and 16th) are used for meetings and events. The theme of the hotel is "sight on water," referring to its location overlooking the river. (If this hotel appeals to you, click here to book a room!)
Inntel building, right near the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam
The Erasmusbrug
The Erasmus Bridge has become a symbol of Rotterdam, with its dramatic sweep of cables. If you like numbers, you'll want to know that the bridge is 802 meters long (2,631 feet). Designed by Ben van Berkel and opened in 1996, its color, apparently, is the average color of the sky in Rotterdam.
The Erasmus Bridge, as seen from De Rotterdam on the Wilhelminapier.
Toren op Zuid
Right on the other side of the Erasmus Bridge, you'll see this amusing design, leaning on what looks to be a supporting pole. Home to KPN, a telecommunications company, it opened in 2000, designed by Renzo Piano. The top section, a sort of false front, is a huge light wall, used for advertisements and artworks. Things happen fast in the world of Rotterdam architecture: the entrance level was redesigned in 2017.
Toren op Zuid, on the Wilhelmina Pier
The very large building right next to the Toren op Zuid is De Rotterdam, designed by Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2013. I wrote about it in more detail in my post about De Rotterdam Tour.
In this view from across the Maas River, you can see the Erasmus Bridge on the left. The very big building on the right is De Rotterdam. Next to it, looking quite small by contrast, is the Toren op Zuid.
This little building, surrounded by tall apartment buildings, used to be the head office of the Holland-America Line. This was before air travel for civilians, and it wasn't about today's cruise ships either. From this place, the Wilhelmina Pier, thousands of people from all over Europe boarded ships to sail to America, hoping to make a new life for themselves.
Today the building is a hotel and restaurant. (If you'd like to stay there, click here!) Make sure to notice the ventilation pipes from the nearby underground parking garage. I think it's so clever how the designers made them suggest the old steamship exhaust pipes.
If you need a place to stay in Rotterdam, click here for the booking.com listings.
What next on your tour of Rotterdam?
At this point, you're at the end of the road and the end of your Rotterdam walking tour. The nearest Metro station is back where you came from, past De Rotterdam to the Wilhelminaplein metro station.
Your other option from the Hotel New York is to cross the footbridge away from the Maas River to the Katendrecht neighborhood. This area, formerly quite dilapidated and ignored, is experiencing a comeback. You'll find plenty of places to eat and drink, starting right at the other end of the bridge at the Fenix Food Factory. This old warehouse is now a collection of food-oriented start-up businesses. (Hours vary, but all are closed on Monday).
And one more: Delfshaven
Delfshaven is not on the walking tour because it's further away, but if you have the time maybe you can get there another day. This is the only part of the city that didn't take heavy damage in the 1940 bombing. Here you can see what Rotterdam must have been like before the war: complete with canals, centuries-old brick rowhouses and all. It's quite a contrast to the rest of the sights!
a view of Delfshaven
I hope you've found this tour useful. If so, please share it on social media so others can find it.
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Irene S. Levine
What a great job! It certainly inspires someone like me, who hasn't visited Rotterdam yet, to put the city on my bucket list. What a great assortment of architecture that reveals the city's history.
Carol Colborn
Such diversity in architecture with the spared old buildings pockmarked and modern ones built on top of the wrecked places. I would love to go inside the Cube Houses and shop at the Markthal. Probably would take 2 days to do this.
Kristin Henning
I'm saving this post and will look forward to following your guide to Rotterdam. Pinned!
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Hands-On Samsung Galaxy Fold Video Gives Close-up Look At Controversial Display Crease
by Brandon Hill — Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
One of the most hyped smartphones that was unveiled earlier this year was the Samsung Galaxy Fold. It represented the first entry from a mainstream smartphone OEM into what's sure to be a hot category over the next few years: folding smartphones.
Today, we're getting a closer, real-world hands-on look at the Galaxy Fold and more specifically, its ingenious folding display. While we've seen the smartphone on video from multiple angles before, that was Samsung-produced footage with quick cuts and careful camera work to minimize the appearance of the crease where the display folds. This new footage gives us a more realistic idea at how the display looks in everyday use.
The video showcases the Galaxy Fold (SM-F900U), which is the AT&T variant destined for U.S. customers. From the moment the video starts, you cannot "unsee" the crease running right down the middle of the smartphone. The crease is readily visible when the display is fully unfolded, although we would presume that the effect may be somewhat minimized with a lighter display background.
As this is a first-generation device, it's stands to reason that this is just one of those things that users will have to contend with. We haven't seen similar real-world video footage of the Huawei Mate X, so we can't say for certain if it suffers from the same creasing problem as the Galaxy Fold. With that being said, it's likely that Samsung's future iterations of the folding display design will work to further minimize or completely eliminate the crease (perhaps with the introduction of Corning's foldable glass).
Even so, dropping $1,980 for the Galaxy Fold and having to stare at that crease may be unbearable for all but the most dedicated hardware enthusiasts.
The Galaxy Fold has a primary 7.3-inch QXGA folding display and a secondary 4.6-inch HD cover display. The device is powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 855 SoC which is paired with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. It has a total of six cameras onboard and dual batteries that combine for 4,380 mAh of capacity. According to Samsung, the Galaxy Fold will be available in the United States during the second quarter.
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Kościół św. Katarzyny i Niepokalanego Serca Maryi w Łękach Wielkich – rzymskokatolicki kościół w Łękach Wielkich.

Historia i architektura
Pierwszy kościół, również drewniany został wystawiony w Łękach Wielkich już w XIII wieku staraniem rodziny Gnińskich herbu Trach.

Drewniany kościół został zbudowany w 1776 roku z fundacji pisarza wielkiego koronnego Maksymiliana Mielżyńskiego. Został wzniesiony na planie krzyża łacińskiego, z częścią środkową o ściętych narożach. W dłuższym ramieniu znajduje się prezbiterium, a z przeciwnej strony wieża. Dachy są kryte łupkiem – wielopołaciowe, a na wieży namiotowy. Wewnątrz znajdują się stropy, a część centralna kryta jest pozorną kopułą. Na ścianach polichromia, zapewne z 1776 roku, przemalowana ok. 1870 roku, oczyszczona i uzupełniona w 1966 r. Ołtarz główny jest neobarokowy, lewy ołtarz boczny – późnoklasycystyczny, ambona pochodzi z końca XVII, a chrzcielnicę z rzeźbą Chrzest Chrystusa (obecnie umieszczona oddzielnie) wykonano 1789 r. Na ambonie wczesnobarokowa rzeźba Matki Boskiej Bolesnej z I poł. XVII w. W 1904 kościół został przebudowany.

Otoczenie
Przy kościele znajdują się: dzwonnica drewniana z końca XVIII wieku, 3 płyty nagrobne Chłapowskich z Goździchowa, empirowy grobowiec Kęszyckich, zapewne z pocz. XX w., głaz – pomnik z 1967 r. ku czci parafian poległych w latach 1914-1921 oraz 1939-1945.

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Świątynie pod wezwaniem św. Katarzyny
Świątynie pod wezwaniem Niepokalanego Serca Maryi
Kościoły w archidiecezji poznańskiej
Drewniane kościoły w województwie wielkopolskim
Obiekty sakralne w gminie Kamieniec
Architektura I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo poznańskie)
Zabytkowe kościoły w powiecie grodziskim (województwo wielkopolskie)
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Budynki w Polsce oddane do użytku w XVIII wieku


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Q: Number Theory: Legendre Symbols I have the following question.

Calculate the Legendre symbol $\bigl(\frac{77}{5^{200}+1}\bigr)$.

I know the following: $5^6\equiv1\pmod7$, $5^{10}\equiv1\pmod{11}$. Thus I approached this problem as follows:
\begin{eqnarray}
\left(\frac{77}{5^{200}+1}\right) & = & \left(\frac{7}{5^{200}+1}\right)\left(\frac{11}{5^{200}+1}\right)\\\\
 & = & \left(\frac{5^{200}+1}{7}\right)\left(\frac{5^{200}+1}{11}\right)\\\\
 & = & \left(\frac{5^{(6)33+2}+1}{7}\right)\left(\frac{5^{(20)(10)}+1}{11}\right)\\\\
 & = & \left(\frac{25+1}{7}\right)\left(\frac{1+1}{11}\right)\\\\
 & = & \left(\frac{26}{7}\right)\left(\frac{2}{11}\right)\\\\
 & = & \left(\frac{5}{7}\right)(-1)=(-1)\left(\frac{7}{5}\right)=(-1)\left(\frac{2}{5}\right)\\\\
 & = & (-1)(-1)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=1
\end{eqnarray}
I am skeptical about my answer because of the beginning part where I flipped the Legendre symbol. Any suggestion?
Thank you for your time and thanks in advance for your feedback.

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