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[HOW TO INSPIRE PEOPLE FOR INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL] Vne Zemli [i.e. Beyond the Planet Earth]
Tsiolkovsky, K.E.
Kaluga: 4-ia Sovetskaia tipografiia, 1920. [4], X, 188 pp. 24,5x17 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of covers and spine lost, lack of blank corner of p. 89, but clean internally.
First complete edition. Extremely rare.
This is a science fiction novel written by the Russian father of rocketry Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) based on his calculations on the only possible vehicle for the space exploration. It couldn't be just a fantasy in the hands of the genius scholar, Tsiolkovsky explained in detail how to make this travel possible. In contrast to his early novel "Na lune" (On the Moon; 1893), Tsiolkovsky was much further in his research and had already compiled the work 'The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices'. The plot showed how the real research
on starship's construction was developing. He started with egg-shaped spacecraft (represented in the mentioned work) and then transformed it to "bobbin" vehicle. An idea of the book and its ten chapters appeared in 1896, but it was finally composed 20 years later. The magazine 'Nature and Humans' published a part of work in 1916 but was closed earlier before the whole novel was printed. In 1920 he decided to take matters into his own hands and had published the book using his own money in his native town of Kaluga.
Tsiolkovsky knew that science fiction could popularize serious scientific works. The events in the novel take place in 2017 when the full-metal airships and airplanes should be built and actively used. In the Himalayan mountains the group of scientists from the different epochs live in the remote castle, giving lectures and working on inventions (the abridged list include Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Laplace and Galilei), when the main character (aka Tsiolkovsky) pays the visit to them claiming he has figured out the space travel. The rest of the book gives the specific details and calculations, which in the end make a very unusual mix of science and fiction. The book was published on the eve of a Soviet era showing what people may strive for in the future.
The only copy located at the British Library.
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Q: Expansion of Onsager's Exact Partition Function for 2D Ising Model We have a question where we are given the exact expression for the 2D Ising model partition function:
$$\frac{1}{N}\ln Z ~=~ \ln(2 \cosh^2(\beta J)) $$$$+ \frac{1}{2}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{dq_1}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{dq_2}{2\pi} \ln \left( (1+x^2)^2 - 2x(1-x^2)(\cos(q_1) + \cos(q_2)\right),$$
where $x=\tanh(\beta J)$. In the first parts of the question we show that the argument in the logarithm is non-negative, and that there is a critical point at $q_1 = q_2 = 0$ and $x=\sqrt{2}-1$ where the argument is zero. We are then asked to:
"Expand the logarithm about both $q_1=q_2=0$ and this critical value of x and evaluate the resulting integral to extract the leading singular behaviour of $\ln Z$ (and hence the free energy) near the transition. What is the nature of the singularity in the heat capacity?
Now I'm not really sure how to go about expanding this. Clearly a standard multivariate taylor expansion is not going to be of any use here as $\ln(0)$ goes to $-\infty$. I thought maybe just do the expansion with $q_1$ and $q_2$ and then evaluate the integral to start but then I don't know what to do from there really. How does one generally go about expanding around a singularity in a function? Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated!

A: If we expand the argument of $\ln$ in $q_1, q_2$ around $\left(q_1,q_2\right)=\left(0,0\right)$ and set $q_1,q_2$ to zero, we find $$(1+x^2)^2-2x(1-x^2)2=(1+x^2)^2-4x(1-x^2)=(x^2+2x-1)^2$$ which is obviously minimized at the root of $x^2+2x-1$, giving $x_c = \sqrt{2}-1$.
Because the model is taken in the $N\rightarrow\infty$ limit, the integral for $F/N$ will be dominated by the neighborhood of $x_c$.
Let's now expand the argument with respect to $x$ about $x_c$, i.e., $x\rightarrow x_c + \epsilon$. The expansion yields $$8\epsilon^2+4\sqrt{2}\epsilon^3 + \epsilon^4$$ which we will cut off at order $\epsilon^2$ since $\epsilon$ is taken to be small.
Thus, once we put back the terms from non-zero $q_1,q_2$, the argument becomes $$8\epsilon^2 - k\left(q_1^2+q_2^2\right)$$ where $k$ is a constant resulting from the expansion of $2x(1-x^2)$ (the multiplier on the cosine terms). From here I'll rescale things so that there are no pointless constants in front of our arguments.
Now have $$F/N \sim \int dq_1dq_2 \ln\left(\epsilon^2 - q_1^2+q_2^2\right)$$
Change to polar coordinates so that $q_1^2+q_2^2 \rightarrow r^2$ and $dq_1dq_2\rightarrow rdrd\theta$ yields
$$\int \ln\left(\epsilon^2 - r^2\right)rdrd\theta = 2\pi\int \ln\left(\epsilon^2 - r^2\right)rdr$$
This integral is somewhat less daunting than the original (you can definitely evaluate it in Mathematica!) and gives
$$F/N = \epsilon^2\ln\epsilon - \ln\left(1-\epsilon^2\right)+\ln\left(\epsilon^2-1\right)$$
On taking the second derivative ($C\sim N^{-1}\frac{\partial^2F}{\partial\epsilon^2}$) we find that the singular term comes from $\epsilon^2\ln \epsilon$ which upon differentiating yields
$$\epsilon^2 \ln \epsilon \stackrel{\partial/\partial\epsilon}{\rightarrow} \epsilon\ln\epsilon + \epsilon \stackrel{\partial/\partial\epsilon}{\rightarrow} \ln\epsilon + \textrm{constants} \approx \ln \epsilon = \ln \left(x-x_c\right)$$
which shows that the specific heat diverges logarithmically near $x_c$

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Il salto in alto ha fatto parte del programma femminile di atletica leggera ai Giochi della XXIV Olimpiade. La competizione si è svolta nei giorni 29-30 settembre 1988 allo Stadio olimpico di Seul.

Presenze ed assenze delle campionesse in carica

La gara
Complessivamente 12 sono state le atlete ad ottenere la misura richiesta, preannunciando una finale con elevati contenuti tecnici.
La gara si decide ad una quota che vale il nuovo primato olimpico: 2,03. Sono rimaste in due: la primatista mondiale Stefka Kostadinova e l'americana Louise Ritter. Entrambe hanno superato le misure precedenti sempre alla prima prova. Questa volta sbagliano la misura tre volte. Per assegnare il titolo si deve ricorrere allo spareggio poiché le due atlete hanno lo stesso numero di errori e di salti. La bulgara sbaglia anche il quarto salto, mentre la Ritter non tocca l'asticella, aggiudicandosi l'oro.

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Turni eliminatori

Qualificazioni
Giovedì 29 settembre 1988.

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Venerdì 30 settembre 1988, Stadio olimpico di Seul.

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Bibliografia

Collegamenti esterni

Atletica leggera femminile ai Giochi della XXIV Olimpiade
1988

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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (ISBN 0-9726529-0-6) is a four-volume work by the architect Christopher Alexander published in 2003–2004. In his earlier work, Alexander attempted to formulate the principles that lead to a good built environment as patterns, or recurring design solutions. However, he has come to believe that patterns themselves are not enough to generate life in buildings and cities, and that one needs a "morphogenetic" understanding of the formation of the built environment as well as a deep understanding of how the makers get in touch with the creative process.
Centers are those particular identified sets, or systems, which appear within the larger whole as distinct and noticeable parts. They appear because they have noticeable distinctness, which makes them separate out from their surroundings and makes them cohere, and it is from the arrangements of these coherent parts that other coherent parts appear. The life or intensity of one center is increased or decreased according to the position and intensity of other nearby centers. Above all, centers become most intense when the centers which they are made of help each other.
Alexander argues that any entity (center) for example an ecosystem, landscape, garden, city, street, building, window, painting, animal or human being has a certain degree of life. According to Alexander, a human being is able to sense this degree of life in an entity objectively, as a real empirical dimension. He tries to demonstrate this to the reader with experiments that he has conducted, studies and experiments the reader can do. The ability to be aware of the degree of life of an entity, lays out the foundation for his theory and for the creative process of which human beings are, according to Alexander, capable.
The first volume contains an exposition of what the author calls the fundamental properties, which are those that are possessed by environments which have more life. He argues that processes that lead to a good built environment are those that tend to increase one or more of these properties. He identifies fifteen geometric properties which tend to accompany the presence of life in nature, and also in the buildings and cities we make. These properties are seen over and over in nature, and in cities and streets of the past, but have all but disappeared in the developments and buildings of the last one hundred years. The book shows that living structure depends on features which make a close connection with the human self, and that living structure has the capacity to support human well-being.
The second book describes the process of creating "life", which is an evolutionary process. Complex systems do not spring into existence fully formed, but rather through a series of small, incremental changes. The process begins with a simple system and incrementally changes that system such that each change preserves the structure of the previous step. Alexander calls these increments "structure-preserving transformations," and they are essential to his process.
Where book one introduces the reader to 15 geometric properties that make up living systems, Alexander reframes those geometric properties as structure-preserving transformations in and of themselves rather than being the results of other transformations. For example, Alexander claims that Levels of Scale will arise naturally as a result of structure-preserving transformations, but he notes that Levels of Scale can also be viewed as a transformation that introduces level of scale into a given structure. A skilled designer would use this transformation to add depth to a particular part of the system that was being built.
I do not, directly, blame all the architects who have made these buildings in so many places on earth. I believe it is inappropriate to feel anger towards them ... Rather, I believe that we must acknowledge that the architects (often our own colleagues) who drew these buildings, and then had them built by methods and processes far from their control, deserve our sympathy for being placed in an impossible position. What has caused the new tradition of structure-destroying forms of this era, are mainly the machine-like processes of planning, conceiving, budgeting, developing, construction contracting, construction labor, and so forth. The architects who fully accepted the modern machine have hardly been more than pawns in the game which is much larger than they are.
All four books of The Nature of Order present a new framework for perceiving and interacting with our world, a methodology for creating beautiful spaces, a cosmology where art, architecture, science, religion and secular life all work comfortably together. The third book shows us—visually, technically, and artistically—what a world built in this cosmology and framework is likely to be like for us. Six hundred pages of projects built and planned over a thirty-year period, including many un-built experiments, illustrate the impact which is likely to follow from the use of living process in the world. The book provides the reader with an intuitive feel for the kind of world, its style and geometry, which is likely to follow, together with its ecological and natural character. It closes with an assessment of the archetypal character such a new, living world, is likely to reveal.
The foundations of modern scientific thought, four centuries old, are firmly rooted in a conception that the universe is a machinelike entity, a play of baubles, machines, trinkets. To this day, our real daily experience of ourselves has no clear place in science. It is little wonder that a machinelike world-view has supported the deadly architecture of the last century.
This mechanistic thinking and the consequent investment-oriented tracts of houses, condominiums and offices have dehumanized our cities and our lives. How are spirit, soul, emotion, feeling to be introduced into a building, or a street, or a development project, in modern times?
The Luminous Ground, the fourth book of The Nature of Order, contains what is, perhaps, the deepest revelation in the four-volume work. Alexander addresses the cosmological implications of the theory he has presented. The book begins with a critique of current cosmological thinking, and its separation from personal feeling and value. The outline of a theory in which matter itself is more spirit-like, more personal in character, is sketched. Here is a geometrical view of space and matter seamlessly connected to our own private, personal, experience as sentient and knowing creatures. This is not merely an emotional appendix to the scientific theory of the other books. It is at the core of the entire work, and is rooted in the fact that our two sides - our analytical thinking selves, and our vulnerable emotional personalities as human beings - are coterminous, and must be harnessed at one and the same time, if we are ever to really make sense of what is around us, and be able to create a living world.
Alexander breaks away completely from the one-sided mechanical model of buildings or neighborhoods as mere assemblages of technically generated, interchangeable parts. He shows us conclusively that a spiritual, emotional, and personal basis must underlie every act of building or making. And then, in the middle of the book, comes the linchpin of the work - a one-hundred-page chapter on color, which dramatically conveys the way that consciousness and spirit are manifested in the world.
This is a new cosmology: consciousness inextricably joined to the substrate of matter, present in all matter. This view, though radical, conforms to our most ordinary, daily intuitions. It may provide a path for those contemporary scientists who are beginning to see consciousness as the underpinning of all matter, and thus as a proper object of scientific study. And it will change, forever, our conception of what buildings are.
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How powerful does a CPU need to be for editing video and playing games? We explain everything you need to know to buy the right computer with the right processor, memory and hard drive.
What processor do I need for games and video editing?
Let's take each in turn, as they have different answers.
What processor is best for PC games?
Many people mistakenly think that they need the fastest possible processor to play games. This isn't true. In fact, the brunt of the load is borne by your PC's graphics card, as this is the component which is responsible for rendering each frame of the game and delivering it to the screen.
It's a processor in its own right, most often referred to as the GPU, which stands for graphics processing unit.
We have many reviews of the latest graphics cards which explain how well they perform and whether they represent good value. Aside from supporting the latest graphical features (which isn't strictly necessary to play most games) what you really need from a graphics card is enough processing power to play your chosen game at the highest resolution of your monitor - usually 1920x1080 pixels.
You also want to be able to see the game at its best, which means turning all the graphics options to their highest level, and then for the card to be able to render a minimum of 25-30 frames per second for smooth game play.
In all of this, the main processor - the CPU - doesn't have quite as much to do. It looks after other aspects of the game, such as the artificial intelligence of characters and physics calculations. However, you don't need the latest Core i7 for this.
It's worth spending as much as you can on the best graphics card rather than a fast CPU if you have the choice. Ideally, though, you want a well-balanced system with no 'weak' components, which means a good helping of RAM and a fast hard drive - preferably an SSD.
To properly answer the question, the best processor for games is a relatively inexpensive one which leaves room in your budget for a fast graphics card. Our recommendation would be the Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition, which has an unlocked multiplier and is built for overclocking. You can find it for under £50.
For just under £80, try AMD's FX-6300 Black Edition. This is a six-core, multiplier unlocked chip which is also great value.
If money is no object, then go for the Intel Core i5 4690K. It's around £175, and is very overclockable. Beyond this, you're not going to notice much benefit for gaming, and it really is a case of diminishing returns: a Core i7 is overkill for gaming.
What processor is best video editing?
When you're editing video, the processor is much more important than the graphics card. Video is very processor (and memory) intensive, especially if you want to edit HD or even 4K video.
Here, it pays to get the fastest processor you can afford, with the most cores, and you'll certainly notice the benefit of a fast Core i7. You should also buy as much memory as you can afford and should consider 8GB a minimum, but you can never have too much.
If you're editing standard definition video, requirements are much lighter, and even (modern) budget laptops should be able to handle a few tracks of video and audio.
Check whether your chosen video editing software supports multiple cores, as otherwise three cores of a quad-core processor could be left idle when exporting or rendering your timeline.
You might also want to choose your graphics card based on your chosen software, or vice versa, since some editors can use the power of a GPU to accelerate rendering and playback. Adobe Premiere Pro, for example, works best with certain Nvidia graphics cards that support Cuda.
Our pick right now for a good-value video editing would be the same Core i5 we've already mentioned. At £175, the Core i5 4690K should be powerful enough for most casual users. For enthusiasts, it might be worth going for a six-core i7, such as the i7 5820K but the quad-core i7 4790K, running at 4.4GHz, is still plenty powerful at under £260.
Naturally, if you already have a motherboard and are looking to upgrade, you'll be limited to those CPUs that have a compatible socket type. Don't assume all Core i7 processors have the same socket: they don't.


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import { green, red } from 'typed-colors'
import { map, range } from '167'

import { Result } from '../types'

export function logResult(result: Result): number {
  const { passed, failed } = result.report()

  console.log()
  console.log('@typed/test -- ' + Date())
  console.log()
  console.log(`  ` + result.toString().trim())

  if (failed > 0 && passed > 0) {
    const separation = map(() => `-`, range(1, 36)).join('')

    console.log()
    console.error(`${separation}${red('Errors')}${separation}`)
    console.error()
    console.error(`  ` + result.errors().trim())
  }

  console.log()
  console.log(`${green(String(passed))} Passing`)
  console.log(`${red(String(failed))} Failing`)

  return failed
}

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A major study in Denmark found that face masks do not protect the people who wear them from contracting the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). However, the researchers do not have enough data to conclude whether face masks can prevent infected people from spreading the disease.
The study was conducted by scientists from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH). This study is considered the best of its kind so far, as only two other significant studies – one in Guinea-Bissau and the other in India – have tried to determine whether there is any statistical evidence that face masks offer protection from the coronavirus. All three studies showed that masks do not prevent a person from catching the disease.
"Now we have properly rigorous scientific research we can rely on, the evidence shows wearing masks in the community does not significantly reduce the rates of infection," said the scientists in their study. (Related: It's not SCIENCE; it's COMPLIANCE: Fauci says masks, social distancing will be required even AFTER a COVID-19 vaccine that is supposedly 90 percent effective.)
Mask-wearing offers no statistically significant protection to the wearer
The UCPH study wanted to learn how well people wearing face masks were protected from the coronavirus compared to people who were not wearing them. To do this, they got 6,000 participants and split them into two groups – one wearing face masks and the other not.
After one month of either wearing or not wearing masks, the volunteers were tested for current and previous coronavirus infections.
Around 2.1 percent of participants in the group that did not wear face masks were infected with the coronavirus, while only 1.8 percent of the volunteers in the face mask-wearing group were infected.
While the group that did not wear face masks experienced a few more infections than the group that did, the UPCH scientists believe that the differences are statistically insignificant.
"The study thereby fails to confirm the expected halving of risk of infection for the wearer of the face mask," wrote the authors in their Danish-language press release. "But the results could suggest a moderate level of protection of 15 to 20 percent."
The study was conducted between April and May, when mask-wearing was not as widespread in Denmark.
Mask-wearing study still has limits
While the UCPH scientists have shown that wearing a mask offers no benefit to the wearer, they were quick to point out that their study has its own limitations.
Their study limited itself to offering evidence regarding whether face masks can offer protection in a setting where other people are not wearing face masks but other public health measures, such as social distancing, have been put in place.
In their press release, the UCPH scientists also highlight the fact that their trial did not test the role of face masks as a means of preventing the spread of COVID-19 from an infected person to others.
As such, they believe that more research needs to be done on the subject of face masks before anybody can draw any sweeping conclusions regarding whether they should be worn or even mandated.
The few studies that have been done of the effectiveness of face masks have been of poor quality. In their commentary regarding the study, Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson of Oxford University point out that the few trials that have been done were mere "observation studies," which they believe to be a less accurate form of research.
In these studies, scientists would compare people who say they wear masks regularly with people who say that they don't. No effort is done to create a randomized control group, and all the information researchers get is from the testimonies of their participants.
"The low number of studies into the effect different interventions have on the spread of COVID-19 – a subject of global importance – suggests there is total lack of interest from governments in pursuing evidence-based medicine," they wrote.
TheLocal.dk
Tagged Under: coronavirus, covid-19, denmark, face masks, Flu, infectious disease, mask mandates, mask wearing, outbreak, pandemic, research, social distancing, superbugs, viral infections
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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import models, migrations

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('freckle_budgets', '0004_projectmonth_overhead_previous_month'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='FreeTime',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('day', models.DateField(verbose_name='Day')),
                ('is_public_holiday', models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name='Is public holiday')),
                ('is_sick_leave', models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name='Is sick leave')),
                ('employee', models.ForeignKey(verbose_name='Employee', to='freckle_budgets.Employee')),
            ],
            options={
                'ordering': ['employee', '-day'],
            },
            bases=(models.Model,),
        ),
    ]


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Q: nginx try_files with $host In my configuration i use the host-name($host) as directory so i don't need to make a entry for each domain in the config (only for development purpose)
one issue is that try_files failed i tried different ways but all of them without success.

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*try_files html\$host$uri =404;

*try_files $document_root\$host$uri =404;

*try_files $uri =404;

*try_files $document_root\$host$fastcgi_script_name =404;
server {
listen       80;
server_name  default;

charset UTF-8;

#access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;

# redirect server error pages to the static pages
error_page  500 502 503 504  /error/50x.html;
error_page  404 = /error/404.html;
error_page  403 = /error/403.html;
location ^~ /error/ {
    internal;
    root   html/default;
}

location / {
    root   html/$host;
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
}

# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
location ~ \.php$ {
    #try_files html\$host$uri =404;
    #try_files $document_root\$host$uri =404;
    #try_files $uri =404;
    #try_files $document_root\$host$fastcgi_script_name =404;
    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_index  index.php;
    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root\$host$fastcgi_script_name;
    include        fastcgi_params;
}

A: The concept it self is correct, but you are applying it in the wrong place, you should place this as a root for the server, not in the try_files
Also I believe you should use $http_host not $host, refer to this answer to know the difference
I don't know why your paths are not absolute, they should start with /
I'll add changes to your current posted config
server {
    #since you will match multiple domains I removed the server_name
    listen 80 default_server;
    charset UTF-8; # don't really need this but it won't hurt.
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html/$http_host; #assuming this path
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
    # redirect server error pages to the static pages
    error_page  500 502 503 504  /error/50x.html;
    error_page  404 = /error/404.html;
    error_page  403 = /error/403.html;

    location ^~ /error/ {
        internal;
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html/default;
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
    # these are the minimal required parameters.
    include        fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
    }
}


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Available in 2 seat widths: 16" or 18"
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17.05.2004 Regional News
Churches advised against compromising spiritual goals for changes
By GNA
Kumasi, May 17, GNA - Churches have been strongly advised never to compromise spiritual or righteousness for the changing trends taking place in the society today.
Apostle Alfred Kodua, General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost, observed that if the church has to succumb to all the changes presently sweeping through society, it risked losing its traditional identity and mission.
He was speaking at the dedication of a 750 million-cedi auditorium built by the Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC) in Kumasi on Sunday.
Apostle Kodua stressed, "even though the church as an institution cannot forever remain conservative but has to gradually change, it must be very careful not to relegate tenets and the unique values of the church to the background"
The General Secretary was not happy that already some churches in their quest to over modernise and keep pace with all manners of societal changes, have lost their traditional identity and have ceased being relevant to society.
Apostle Kodua commended members of the PIWC for their initiative at constructing the auditorium but made it clear that the building will be meaningless if efforts were not made to ensure its regular maintenance. "Maintenance will not only help sustain its original design and beauty but will also prolong its life span", he added.
Apostle Dr M. Kwabena Ntumy, Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, who dedicated the auditorium to the glory of God, entreated members of the church to use the building as a place of offering genuine prayers to God and not as an avenue for mere convergence and fun.
He said it is only in winning more converts and souls to the Christian ministry that the colossal sums of monies injected into construction of the auditorium could be justified.
Nana Akosah Yiadom, Amakomhene later cut the tape for the official opening of the auditorium, which has a large worship hall and a guest room.


In recent years, combined with existing threats, the rise of right-wing and nationalist populism across the world has led to an increasing number of governments implementing repressive measures against the space for civil society (civic space), particularly affecting women human rights defenders (WHRDs). The increasingly restricted space for WHRDs presents an urgent threat, not only to women-led organisations, but to all efforts campaigning for women's rights, gender equality and the rights of all people. In spite of these restrictions, WHRDs have campaigned boldly in the face of mounting opposition: movements such as #MeToo #MenAreTrash, #FreeSaudiWomen, #NiUnaMenos, #NotYourAsianSideKick and #AbortoLegalYa show how countless women are working to advance systemic change for equality and justice. More WHRDs across the world are working collectively to challenge structural injustices and promote the realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Their power has been in the collective, despite constant attempts at silencing them. Furthermore, there have been WHRDs recognized for their invaluable contributions to opening civic space and protecting human rights in India, Poland, and Ireland. In the United States, WHRDs have won awards for the environmental activism, and in Iraq for their work in calling for greater accountability for sexual violence during war time.
This policy brief responds to this context and highlights how the participation of WHRDs in defending and strengthening the protection of human rights is critical for transforming traditional gender roles, embedded social norms and patriarchal power structures. WHRDs are leading actions to advance sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), socioeconomic justice, labour rights and environmental rights. Moreover, WHRDs work to ensure that women are included in political and economic decision-making processes, making clear the disproportionate effects that socioeconomic inequalities have on women and gender non-conforming people.
My blog contains many posts about woman human rights defenders and especially about awards given to them. see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog and use "woman human rights defenders" as search term.


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Cowboy Poetry and Music
By Phil Connelly / September 7, 2022 January 30, 2023
Cowboy poetry originated in the West, typically depicting the life, culture, and traditions of cowboys and the American frontier. Cowboy music also originated in the West. Both cowboy poetry and music often incorporate elements of storytelling, humor, and nostalgia for the American West and its history.


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Q: Assigning class dynamically to a generic list I am trying to create a function that would take an object of a class and then the function will use that object to retrieve it class and use it as a model for XML parsing. The function looks like this:
myClass myClassObject=new myClass();
List aList = parseXMLtoList(stringBuffer.toString(),myClassObject);

private List parseXMLtoList(String xmlString,Object modelClassObject) {
    List<modelClassObject.getClass()> xmlList = new ArrayList(); //modelClassObject cannot be resolved to a type
...

But when I try to use reflecting to given class dynamically it gives me this error: modelClassObject cannot be resolved to a type
How can achieve this?

A: Don't think you can implement it. Types of collections as other such stuff is for compile time only. So just use List.

A: You must use generics like this:
MyClass myClassObject= new MyClass();
List<MyClass> aList = parseXMLtoList("<some_xml/>", myClassObject);

private static <T> List<T> parseXMLtoList(String xmlString, T modelClassObject) {
    List<T> xmlList = new ArrayList<T>();

You can restrain the type that can be used by adding this in the generic definition:
private static <T extends MyClass>

More on generics : https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/generics/


According to the spokesperson of Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country's Prime Minister Imran Khan is to visit Tehran on 21 April 2019, along with ministers of foreign affairs, economy, environment and his special envoy. The visit will take place after he had earlier said during his election campaign that Iran will be the first destination of his foreign visits if he wins the elections. However, his initial visit was to Saudi Arabia once he took office as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Mullazehi also commented on the US designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization as well as Pakistan's position on the way it will work with IRGC's border guards in eastern Iran.


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Gov. JB Pritzker says construction plan necessary after years of neglect
Chris Kaergard of the Journal Star @chriskaergard
WEST PEORIA — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday said Illinois' neglect over the past two decades makes a large capital construction program — and the taxes to support it — necessary today.
Speaking before the start of West Peoria's annual Fourth of July parade, in which he walked alongside Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Pritzker responded to questions about citizens concerned about the costs of increased gas taxes, cigarette taxes, license plate registration fees and a host of other costs.
"Our roads have been crumbling for more than a decade," Pritzker said before the parade stepped off. "It's been a decade since we had a capital bill, but really 20 years since we had a full-on program of resurfacing roads and rebuilding bridges and building buildings at universities. So it's time."
The state's last capital bill, Gov. Pat Quinn's $31 billion Illinois Jobs Now plan, passed in 2009. Lawmakers had resisted passing such a bill under his predecessor, Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The last significant significant spending before that was Gov. George Ryan's Illinois FIRST plan.
Pritzker also said improving the state's infrastructure could also save money on repairs for drivers.
"By resurfacing roads, people's cars are going to get less damage," he said. "When you blow out a tire, you often have to replace two tires. that can cost $300, and so the expense of paying for the roads and the upgrades of our bridges and life safety is worth it.
Spending for the $45 billion capital plan will come over six years.


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package com.lge.stark.httphandler.channel;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

import java.util.List;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.Test;

import com.google.common.base.Strings;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
import com.lge.stark.Server;

import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders.Names;
import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
import net.anyflow.menton.http.HttpConstants.HeaderValues;
import net.anyflow.menton.http.HttpResponse;
import net.anyflow.menton.http.IHttpClient;
import net.anyflow.menton.http.MockHttpClient;

public class PostTest {

	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
	private static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(PostTest.class);

	private static String INVITER_ID;
	private static List<String> INVITEE_IDS;

	private static String CHANNEL_ID;

	static {
		INVITER_ID = "37cd2cd5-0a1e-4641-9f5e-6096b16b64d5";
		INVITEE_IDS = Lists.newArrayList(
				new String[] { "9658b662-9352-46d5-b778-908bc90204a6", "7db4ee17-5e7c-4a8e-b868-571168f7fcb1" });
	}

	@AfterClass
	public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
	}

	public static String channelId() throws Exception {
		if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(CHANNEL_ID)) {
			(new PostTest()).testService();
		}

		return CHANNEL_ID;
	}

	@Test
	public void testService() throws Exception {
		JSONObject param = new JSONObject();

		JSONArray inviteeIdsJson = new JSONArray();
		INVITEE_IDS.forEach(x -> {
			inviteeIdsJson.put(x);
		});

		param.put("name", "sampleChannelName");
		param.put("inviterId", INVITER_ID);
		param.put("inviteeIds", inviteeIdsJson);
		param.put("secretKey", "sampleSecretKey");

		IHttpClient client = new MockHttpClient(Server.SERVER, Server.BASE_URI + "/channel");

		client.httpRequest().headers().set(Names.CONTENT_TYPE, HeaderValues.APPLICATION_JSON);
		client.httpRequest().setContent(param.toString());

		HttpResponse response = client.post();

		assertThat(response.getStatus(), is(HttpResponseStatus.OK));

		String content = response.content().toString(CharsetUtil.UTF_8);

		assertThat(content, containsString("id"));

		CHANNEL_ID = JsonPath.read(content, "$.id");
	}
}


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A little history about the BMW M5…
Home » Models » BMW M5 » A little history about the BMW M5…
If you're a car enthusiast, regardless of preferred brand, you know of the BMW M5. It's one of the most iconic automobiles of all time, perennially setting the standard for what a big, performance sedan should be. With each new iteration of the M5, competing car manufacturers scramble to create their own versions of what the most current M5 is. It's the benchmark and it has been since 1985.
Back in the early '80s, BMW was looking to go racing after the demise of its M1 racing series. BMW wanted to enter into Formula One, with team Brabham, but BMW Motorsport boss, Jochen Neerpasch, had a different idea. The idea was to take the absolutely fantastic 3.5 liter, 24-valve BMW M1 engine and stuff it in a 5 Series. He proposed this idea to the board at BMW and soon after, the legendary E28 BMW M5 was created.
BMW engine designer, Paul Rosche, famous for his work on the incredible 6.1 liter BMW V12 that powered the McLaren F1, has a slightly different story about the M5's origins, but his is a bit more interesting. During that time of heavy tension between East and West Germany, Eberhard von Kuenheim was the CEO of BMW. Von Kuenheim, for protection purposes in dangerous times, needed to be driven around in a turbocharged BMW 745i and his bodyguards followed in BMW 535is. However, the 535i wasn't fast enough to keep up with the 745i, so Rosche requested a faster version of the 5 Series from the Motorsport Division. Thus, the M5 was born.
The latter is a bit sexier of a story, with political tension driving the need for fast bodyguard cars so as to protect BMW's CEO. Whichever story is true, however, Neerpasch had to get the idea of the M5 past the board as a production car and we're forever grateful for it. No one at BMW thought it would be a great success, as they felt customers wouldn't pay that much of a premium for a faster 5 Series, but it sold 2,700 units in the first year and BMW knew it had something special on its hands.
The E28 M5 has always been a personal favorite of mine, now even more so after hearing those stories. Not only is it one of BMW's coolest all-time cars, but it created a legend that still lives on today and shows no sign of ever leaving us and it has an incredible story behind it. If you didn't already love the M5, it's hard not too, now.
[Source: Telegraph]
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4 responses to "A little history about the BMW M5…"
TheArchitect says:
Refer to the first M badged customer car… The M535i born in 1980 – before the M5, 1985 built (5 years later).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EiX52RcKeQ
TheArchitect, thanks for sharing this! I love that simple straight line from the front to the back. So simple, yet so beautiful.
I really like the story about how Von Kuenheim needed a faster car for his bodyguards. Whatever story it was, it was a great decision from BMW. I think everyone that's a true car/bmw enthusiast would love to own one one day. The styling, performance, and engineering efforts are unlike any other vehicles I know about.
A Love Letter to "Old BMW" | Out Motorsports says:
[…] All of that was easy to do because learning the dynamics of my car was easy. Nothing about the handling, shifting or braking ever surprised me. It truly was the "ultimate driving machine" and the ultimate car for me to learn on. Starting with the 2002 and seemingly all the way up to the E90 generation, BMW made some of the ultimate driver's cars on the market. But at the same time, BMW didn't follow the market or, really any rules for that matter. They didn't try to fit into a segment because they created their own, like the "sport sedan." These were practical cars, meant to be driven and driven hard. Soon, cars like the M1 were created and brought rise to the BMW M division as we know it. Not long after came the E30 M3, a homologation special built purely to go racing. The M1's smooth inline six then made its way back into the E28 5-series chassis, resulting in the birth of the M5. […]


Fall would not be complete without a visit to our favorite pumpkin patch. You come too.
Folklore says witches turned people into pumpkins. These shoppers better be careful.
Sugar pumpkins make good pies!
Is that a hand creeping onto the squash?
I love these little pumpkins! I'm not sure but I think they're called Baby Bear. How cute is that?
Wonder why squash/gourds are so bumpy.
Let's check out the festival market.
There. Now we're all set. Hope the squirrels don't eat it!
Thanks for tagging along. Hope you have a pumpkin adventure or two very soon!
Dum de dum . . .
Aw, you've made me homesick for Cox's Market! It's a much bigger deal now than we lived there. Loved Cornelius and sidekick shoving that big pumpkin in place!
They really have expanded things and charge admission for things like hayrides, giant slides, live entertainment, etc.
Love it! We took a trip to ours this past weekend too. I look forward to it all year – and drinking fresh, unpasteurized apple cider!
I share your love for fresh cider. Love it warmed up :).
CUTE! What vibrant, beautiful photos. I love the gourds, and the ghosty pumpkin.
It's usually chilly whenever I try to take photos at the Pumpkin Farm, but this year it was warm and sunny, in the 70's. It was fun seeing all those people turned into pumpkins :).
Gorgeous! Just looking at all your photos made me smile! Thank you!
🙂 Just call me Pumpkin Pie . . .
Thank you for your post, I was sad that I was not able to make my pumpkin soup like I do each year! Instead I made squash bisqu…YUMMY!!! All you do is boil 1 med squash, 1 carrot, ( I used 9 baby carrots) 2 cups of chicken or veg broth and 2 cups of water. Once soft put into blender and blend. Serve with a swirl of milk or cream!! So good:) we had warm bellies before trick or treating this year!
Mmmm, that sounds good, Dorene. Must try it sometime :). Happy Autumn!


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New study helps explain how garbage patches form in the world's oceans
by University of Miami
The density of finite-size objects after 1.5 years of evolution starting from a uniform distribution under the combined action of simulated ocean currents and reanalyzed winds. Credit: Beron-Vera, Olascoaga and Lumpkin
A new study on how ocean currents transport floating marine debris is helping to explain how garbage patches form in the world's oceans. Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and colleagues developed a mathematical model that simulates the motion of small spherical objects floating at the ocean surface.
The researchers feed the model data on currents and winds to simulate the movement of marine debris. The model's results were then compared with data from satellite-tracked surface buoys from the NOAA Global Drifter Program's database. Data from both anchored buoys and those that become unanchored, or undrogued, over time were used to see how each accumulated in the five ocean gyres over a roughly 20-year timeframe.
"We found that undrogued drifters accumulate in the centers of the gyres precisely where plastic debris accumulate to form the great garbage patches," said Francisco Beron-Vera, a research associate professor in the UM Rosenstiel School's Department of Atmospheric Sciences and lead author of the study. "While anchored drifters, which are designed to closely follow water motion, take a much longer time to accumulate in the center of the gyres."
The study, which takes into account the combined effects of water and wind-induced drag on these objects, found that the accumulation of marine debris in the subtropical gyres is too fast to be due solely to the effect of trade winds that converge in these regions.
Global plastic concentration map is based on data collected during the Malaspina 2010 circumnavigation and regional surveys. Credit: Cozar, A., et al. (2014), Plastic debris in the open ocean, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 111(28), 10,239-10,244, doi:10.1073/pnas.1314705111.
"We show that the size and weight of the drifters must be taken into account to fully explain the accumulation," said Maria Josefina Olascoaga, an associate professor in the UM Rosenstiel School's Department of Ocean Sciences and a co-author of the study.
The model could be used to track shipwrecks, airplane debris, sea ice and pollution among the many practical applications according to the researchers.
The study, titled "Inertia-induced accumulation of flotsam in the subtropical gyres," was published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Oceanographic analysis offers potential crash site of MH370
More information: F. J. Beron-Vera et al, Inertia-induced accumulation of flotsam in the subtropical gyres, Geophysical Research Letters (2016). DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071443
A. Cozar et al. Plastic debris in the open ocean, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314705111
Journal information: Geophysical Research Letters , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Provided by University of Miami
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Prince: The Purple Experience
Prince is in London. To quote the man himself, "All the critics love you in London", and with a press conference come sound check and a couple of dates at Camden's Electric Ballroom and Earls Court already played there is more to come.
As we await tour dates and those oft mentioned "iconic venues" it's time for some funky music. And, as most will be aware, there is little that out funks the Purple Yoda himself. Talking of wisdom, some would have it that the perfect Prince album is yet to come. Just how true that is depends how you like your Prince, but there are many gems in his discography and #srcz chooses some of its favourites here.
The Gold Experience (1995):
We've had many forms of 'Experience' from Prince over the years, including most recently The Breakfast Experience, The Living Room Experience and more besides. But the first album experience we received was The Gold Experience, the funk-rock statement of his TAFKAP period that is still as thrilling a listen almost two decades later. Critics would have you believe it's his best of the 1990's and it certainly comes close to the cream of anything in his entire catalogue. With the statement that 'Prince is dead' uttered on one occasion you'd be forgiven for thinking he'd been reborn as he blows away the cobwebs of satisfactory but hardly essential last couple of releases and blows out an opus that stands tall in its sheer funk nerve. Opener P Control sets the scene with a feminist thumbs up to the woman who worked for her money despite the odds. Those high octave choruses screaming out 'Pussy Control' are the first of many standout moments. Add on Shhh, with its slow burning funk-rock erotica verses, Dolphin and the dream state murder fantasy of Shy and you have a record that keeps giving and never stops.
The Rainbow Children (2001):
When Prince became Prince again he did it with this surprising and very potent album. With a distinct jazz edge to it alongside some funk and those distinctive riffs The Rainbow Children is a listening experience like no other in the Prince catalogue. Infused with the influence of his then recent conversion to Jehovahs Witness, it is not the overly preachy record it implies. With an epic title track, the slowed down, almost robotic voice of Prince opens proceedings before the tight band assembled for the album start the groove in just the right way. With the tone just on the right side of The Watchtower , were it a funk bible of course, we get an album that speaks more of the human experience than anything outlandishly religious in nature and keeps you coming back more. The excellent title track aside, there is much here to impress from the Larry Graham featuring The Work (Pt 1) to the closing multi-genre experience in itself Last December.
Purple Rain (1984):
This album is perhaps the best known of all the Purple One's releases. Luckily, it's also excellent. Unlike many of his records, you really can tell this is early 80's fare with a motorbike toting, quiff sporting album cover that is not quite as iconic as it would like to be. But put the music and you get the real quality. It's the one thing from the whole Purple Rain project that hasn't dated too much. The film is best not discussed, it's music scenes and Morris Day the only highlights in truth, but in isolation this music that soundtracks the film is almost perfect. Let's Go Crazy still thrills with its sheer Geminic energy, I Would Die 4 U a text speak introducing storm of emotion and, of course, single handedly ushering in the Parental Advisory sticker with Darling Nikki. The Purple Experience truly began here!
Dirty Mind (1980):
The album that many found to be the beginning of his mid period sexual odyssey is one that is still eye opening now. With just eight tracks, the majority of which present our favourite Purple funk master with some deliciously sexy in that grainy way scenarios you'd be forgiven for forgetting that Prince has done a lot more since. The title track mixes some poetry and elegance into the dirty mind scenario and is a treat. Indeed, one track Head allegedly caused a band member to leave after balking at the song's lyrics. Indeed, from the perspective of the time it was a radical turn from the more innocently put suggestions of 'For You' and 'Prince'. Oh, and the cover art is a rather excellent statement of intent as well!
The Love Symbol Album (1992):
When Prince announced The New Power Generation band formation, it was received with much rapture. But their first official appearance for Diamonds and Pearls was somewhat disappointing, featuring some of Prince's most dated work from the modern perspective. The Love Symbol Album though feels like a band release rather the more P centric Diamonds and Pearls. Opening with the delightfully egotistical My Name is Prince and featuring the still listenable 'Sexy M.F.' , '7' and others it's not the best album ever produced by Prince but it's one the better efforts of the 1990's.
This is of course, not a definite list – with such a varied catalogue of released and bootlegged gems it would impossible to pick a definite selection of essential Prince albums. But with Prince once more in action, (to be honest though, when isn't he?) and a huge variety of choice it's time to jump into some listening yourself…and try to catch him in action with 3rdeyegirl!
Love41another, Live4Love, FixurLifeUp and the usual felicitations…


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In an emergency situation, users can send SOS signals to the same channel users. The dispatcher can also send alerts to users.
In an emergency situation, the operator can intercept the user's radio and send the radio first.
Channel owners can continue to send voice PTT through the master channel.
You can share videos on the area with video sharing. By sharing high-quality video stream, you can accurately identify and respond to the scene.
The dispatcher can share the screen of the PC with the users of the same channel.
The dispatcher can view CCTV camera's video and share them with users on the same channel.
You can identify user locations and respond immediately. To do this, we offer a variety of location tracking features.
Sharing a user's location allows Dispatcher to check the location of the all user.
Sharing a user's PTT or any location is allowed. All members in same channel can check the location.
Each user can chcck the location of other users within the channel.
In addition to GPS, the ProPTT2 system can collect location information with various location devices. Based on this information, the system can check user's location in door.
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Users can share their current status periodically with Chat or the function key.
Users can pair their status with a remote user using a 1:1 PTT.
If a user do not move for a period of time, SOS can be fired to users on that channel automatically.
All communications occurring in a hazardous situation can be recorded. The records enable you to analyze the cause of the situation.


What a fantastic afternoon we had at Longstone C of E Primary School on Thursday 25th November!
We entered two teams - Stanton Sharks and Stanton Stags. Both played exceptionally well and displayed all the qualities we work hard to promote during our school PE lessons - honesty, respect, self-belief, good teamwork and fair-play.
Despite beating Rowsley B team in their other group match, Stanton Stags finished second in their group after losing a very close match to Pilsley A team, 5 tries to 4. This meant that they just missed out on a semi-final spot. Quickly getting over the disappointment, they rallied together and finished strongly with a 6 - 3 win in their final match - playing some fantastic rugby and scoring some well-worked tries.
Stanton Sharks won both their group matches against Youlgrave B team and Rowsley A team by the same scoreline, 6 tries to 1. They then faced a very good Curbar team in the semi-final. With the match tied at 4-4, Stanton Sharks edged it in the final minute of extra time - sending them through to face Youlgrave A team in the final.
The final was very similar to the semi. Both teams playing some great rugby and defending their try-lines with grit and determination. At the full time whistle, the score was 2-2. Extra time saw Youlgrave come very close to winning it, but Stanton's solid defence stood strong. The final act of the afternoon saw Stanton score a breakaway try - fitting of winning any tournament. After the final whistle was blown, our team was quick to congratulate their opponents, before celebrating their victory.
It was great to travel to Bakewell Juniors for the cluster schools cross-country competition. All pupils from Stanton in Peak took part in the races and joined in with the additional activities provided by the Extra Time event organisers. It was pleasing to see the older children caring and looking after some of the younger members of our school and the reception children were particularly impressive as they took part in their first cluster schools competition. Well done to everyone - we have some great runners! Thank you to Bakewell Juniors for hosting the event.
What a fantastic afternoon in Tideswell at the cluster schools football tournament. For the first time in years, we were able to field two teams.
Both teams should be very proud of their efforts and attitudes on and off the pitch. Our A team finished RUNNERS UP and won all 4 matches on their route to the final, scoring a whopping 14 goals (and conceding only 1) in the process. Unfortunately, they were beaten by a very good Curbar side in the final. Congratulations to them.
Perhaps even more pleasing than the quality of football on display was being presented with the RESPECT AWARD at the end of the tournament. Both our teams were said to have played with great respect for the game, their opposition and the officials. Well done Stanton in Peak!
Our School Sports Organising Crew!
Sports day was a huge success with lots of smiling red faces at the end. We had a lot of fun races including: the sprint, bean bag throw, javelin, sack race, cross country, egg and spoon, the hoop race and the parents race.
Every child came home with a ribbon.
Everyone got a purple ribbon for taking part.
Every parent looked impressed with how their child did and appeared to take the mums and dads race very seriously! We were all very proud of them for having a try!
We look forward to seeing you at the year 5 and 6 rounders competition on the 12th of July 2018.
On Thursday 7th June the year 5 and 6 hosted a cricket competition. The year 5 and 6 played Monyash in the semi-final. If they had won they would have played Curbar in the final. It was a very close game with Monyash just coming out on top. A very impressive Curbar were victorious in the final. We were all very proud of our 5s and 6s who showed great sportsmanship all afternoon.
Despite not winning any matches, we were still happier than ever and all took part in the festival which ran alongside the event. During the festival we learnt lots of cricket skills.


Pronalen A/C ZT is a standardized complex of plant origin in a water-soluble medium. For treatment of cellulite based on iodinated extensin (plant glycoprotein derivative), butcherbroom, guarana and citrus. In vivo ultrasound study demonstrated a reduction in cellulite appearance after 3 weeks of using cream containing Pronalen A/C Complex.


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Cascade County residents age 70 and older to get COVID-19 vaccine, state adds 178 cases Monday
Golf Bag: 47th Steve's Best Ball is this weekend at Eagle Falls
George Geise
The first major tournament on the local golf calendar will be played this weekend at Eagle Falls Golf Course when Steve's Best Ball is contested for the 47th year. The event is played in memory of Steve Harris, former pro at R.O. Speck Golf Course.
Nearly 50 two-person teams have signed up for the 36-hole event, which begins Saturday. There will be a shotgun start on Sunday morning at 9:30, and the course will be closed to the public until about 2 that afternoon. The course will be open Saturday to non-tournament players, although most tee times are booked until 2 p.m.
Another strong field is entered, although defending champions Ryan Fritz and Jeff Pallister probably won't play together this year. They fired an 8-under-par total of 134 a year ago to edge Ross Bartell and Hans Fehres by two strokes.
Kelly Gilligan and Spencer Williams were third in 2013 at 137, with Lane Judisch and T.J. Bennyhoff of Conrad fourth at 139.
Bartell and Fehres are back in the field, as are Bennyhoff and Judisch. Gilligan will be playing with a different partner, his nephew, Sean, of Shelby.
Several veteran teams should be strong contenders, headed by Mike Walsh-Tom Hall, Bruk Weymouth-Bill Milligan, and Vern Langille-Kevin O'Connell.
Long-hitting Cramer Caouette and his cousin, Willie Sullivan of Butte, should make a lot of birdies. Another tough team from Meadow lark CC will be Thom Babinecz and Brandon Jurasek.
Eagle Falls pro Connie Cramer-Caouette said she could accept one or two more teams in the field if they call before noon today.
• THE ANNUAL
Mayfaire golf tournament attracted 224 golfers to Meadow Lark Country Club on May 9, with 25 teams playing in the morning and 31 in the afternoon. The event, sponsored by the Benefis Healthcare Foundation, raised money for the Heart and Vascular Institute.
Overall champion in Flight 1 with a net score of 52.1 was Allegiance Benefit Plan Management, whose players included Dan McLaughlin, Brad Veis, Aaron Bay and Olin McCrumb.
Flight 2 champion with a score of 53.7 was General Distributing No. 2, whose golfers included Ed Gunter, Brian Gonzales, Aaron Timmons and Deb Berczyk.
• MONTANA
senior golfers seemingly have more tournament opportunities every year, and the first major event on the Plus-55 calendar is this weekend's Farmers Insurance Senior Open at Polson Bay Golf Course. Several of Great Falls' top seniors are competing, along with many good players from the Flathead Valley and Missoula areas.
The deadline is approaching for men and women aged 50 and over to enter the Montana Senior Olympics tournament, to be played Thursday, June 19 at Eagle Falls. Athletes have until May 31 to enter all MSO sporting events at the regular $10 fee; the price goes up after that.
Entry forms for the 18-hole golf tournament are available online at montanaseniorolympics.org, and forms also are available at the Park and Recreation Department and local health clubs. There are also long-drive and putting contests to be held before the tournament. Champions at the MSO tournament will be eligible to compete at the National Senior Games in 2015 in the Twin Cities.
Members of the Montana State Senior Golf Association should be receiving entry forms for the State Seniors tourney within the next two weeks. This summer's tourney will be Aug. 5-7 in the Flathead Valley, with rounds at Whitefish Lake, Buffalo Hill and Village Greens.
• THE EAGLE FALLS
Men's Golf Association will be conducting its annual Invitational on June 7. Entry deadline is June 3. Tee times will start at 9 a.m.
Players can sign up at the pro shop, or they can get more details from Kevin O'Connell (799-4495) or Ron Simonson (799-0019).
Geise is a retired Tribune sports editor who writes a weekly column during the golf season. He also serves as vice president of the Montana State Golf Association. He appreciates tips from readers and can be reached at ggeise14@gmail.com


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RCPCH responds to Labour poverty reduction pledges
Today, the Labour Party has announced plans for a Future Generations Wellbeing Act for England as part of a commitment to tackle widening health inequalities, including a pledge to provide more fresh fruits and vegetables to poorer children. RCPCH Officer for Health Improvement, Dr Max Davie respond...
A key part of the President's role? It's talking to members
NHS plan
RCPCH responds to healthy school food move
Prof Steve Turner welcomes Scottish Government's decision to change nutritional standards in schools to include more fruit and vegetables and less processed red meat and sugar.
Rising optimism - reflections from #RCPCH19
Russell looks back at a fantastic Conference and exhibition where he was pleased to announce three projects that get to the "heart of what our College is about... and your concerns about working life in the NHS".
Ultra low emission zone protecting children in London
The Mayor of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone has now come into force. RCPCH welcomes the move, but says we also need to see employers and schools encouraging and facilitating better use of public transport and active travel options.
Early intervention can help us win the battle against child poverty and ill health
Responding to Call 9 of Children in Scotland's 25 Calls campaign, Claire Burnett, External Affairs Manager, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Scotland, explains how we can act to ensure children born today grow up in a truly healthy nation.


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It's 1996, and when Emma's dad's new wife has a baby, she gets her first desktop computer from him. She fires it up, and with the America Online CD-ROM given to her by her friend and next-door neighbor Josh, the two of them log on to the internet…only to find the page that comes up is Facebook—fifteen years into the future. At first they're convinced it's a joke...Josh really won't end up marrying the hottest girl in the school, who, before now, has never even spoken to him, will he? And Emma would never be so unhappy, right? When it becomes obvious that this Facebook thing isn't a joke, but the actual future, both Emma and Josh start acting differently...changing their Facebook pages, and their futures.
Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler have created an awesome and inventive book in The Future of Us! Both are excellent writers and they seamlessly piece their own styles and voices together to create an accessible and fun book that teenagers today will have no trouble getting into, despite being set in 1996. They've got the dialogue, the emotions, and the drama down perfectly. The dynamics between Emma, Josh, and their close friends were excellent. Each have their own relationship dramas that play into the futures that Emma and Josh see on Facebook, and as they try to "fix" things, they discover that more issues crop up, leading them to the realization that while you can't control the future, you have the power to change your own life, and if you live your life trying to control what may happen, you won't really enjoy living. The little details about life before everyone had cell phones, Facebook pages, and tablets are kind of fun for those readers who remember the '90's and the pop culture of the time, but even if you don't, The Future of Us is still an engaging, fun book with plenty of humor, relationship drama, and just enough romance to satisfy teens and adults alike. Definitely do not miss this book.
Cover Comments: I like the cover! It;s neat how the pair on the cover aren't totally visible, and I think the design of the cover is really neat! I also like how it's not overly feminine, so I hope both males and females will be encouraged to pick it up!
This ones hits stores on Tuesday!
I didn't know this book was set in 96! I remember that time! I was like, eleven and it was fun.
So glad to see this one lives up to the expectations! :D thanks for the review.
I'm excited for this one. Glad you liked it!
I'm looking forward to reading this book. It's different from most other books in this genre.
I enjoyed this one, thought it was very entertaining. It was a little fluffier than I would have liked but all in all I really liked it.


The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center called off its 300-kilometer radius tsunami warning minutes after a shallow, powerful earthquake struck some 80 kilometers off Lata, in the Solomon Islands. The quake's magnitude has been downgraded from 7.5 to 6.9.
The epicenter of the earthquake was centered northwest of Lata, a provincial capital, at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey.
PTWC called off its tsunami warning in a follow-up message. No information on damage or casualties in the vicinity of the quake's epicenter was immediately available.
While some 550 people live in the town near the epicenter, the preliminary warning issued by the PTWC had covered a much wider region including states from the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to Australia and even New Zealand.
"Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300 kilometers (186 miles) of the epicenter along the coasts of the Solomon Islands," PTWC said.


Anglo African Oil & Gas plc, an independent oil and gas developer, is pleased to announce that the workover and wireline equipment that will undertake the reperforation and acidisation of the R2 reservoir in well TLP-102, with a view to bringing this well into production, mobilised to site on 15 May 2017. Necessary equipment test operations are underway.
The workover of TLP-102 represents the commencement of a fully funded work programme targeting a major increase in production at the Tilapia oil field in the Republic of Congo. The Company will make a further announcement with the results of this first workover in due course.
In accordance with the plan set out at the time of admission, following the workover of TLP-102 the Company intends to workover the TLP-101ST well to further increase production. By end-August 2017 the Company intends to drill a new well at TLP-103 to stimulate the Mengo sands and test the deeper Djeno sands.
In the meantime, AAOG continues to work towards Secondary Completion which the Company anticipates will occur in the near future. Over the weekend, the SNPC agreed that it would not exercise any right of pre-emption over the shares to be acquired by AAOG pursuant to Secondary Completion. The only condition remaining to Secondary Completion is the approval by the Minister of Hydrocarbons in the Republic of Congo. In the meantime, the Company enjoys full economic rights over the Tilapia field by virtue of Initial Completion having occurred as further outlined in the Admission Document.
Capitalised terms in this announcement shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Company's Admission Document unless the context requires otherwise.


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Albæk was tot 2010 een parochie van de Deense Volkskerk in de Deense gemeente Frederikshavn. De parochie maakte deel uit van het bisdom Aalborg en telde 1864 kerkleden op een bevolking van 1966 (2005). Historisch hoorde de parochie tot de herred Dronninglund. In 1970 werd de parochie ingedeeld in de nieuwe gemeente Sæby, die in 2007 opging in de vergrote gemeente Frederikshavn.

Albæk fuseerde in 2010 met Lyngsaa Kirkedistrikt tot de nieuwe parochie Albæk-Lyngsaa.

Parochie in Denemarken
Frederikshavn


Oh, don't be sad. We can always try and find some incriminating photos of Ivan Derzhanski and blackmail the IOLing Board into putting the Proto-T1 as the Team Contest problem.
I'm not sure if I'd be more interested in seeing the latter or the former. Might even ha*ahem* some semi fitting material for the former.
But I'd also like to see reconstructing the entirety of Proto-T1 in four hours.
At this point it's probably the best option we have really, given that there doesn't appear to be much willpower for it on this board despite how wonderful the languges are *my own personal opinion*.
So yeah I've sketched out the bones of a descendant of Proto-Muyan which I'm happy to throw out to anyone who wants it.
Nice; looking forward to seeing more. Looks a bit like it could be distantly related to the T1 languages FWIW (although this is less so for Proto-Muyan, so the comparison is probably moot).
One question though: In the verbal person-marking table, the top row indicates the agent and the left column indicates the patient, right? Because that's not fully obvious from the labeling.
I mean I would like to but I'm not sure I have the time, I'm going to university on Saturday. I might make a start (start and Excel spreadsheet maybe) and come back once I've settled into uni life, but don't be surprised if it doesn't work out.
That was partly a thing on my part: I did take quite a bit from T1 in the construction, but tbh I think I'm taking even bigger hints from Numesur and Tsemehkiooni, and I actually hint in the page for PM that it may actually have originated from further south.
Er, no it's meant to be the other way around, should really sort that one out. But then I am kinda strongly attracted to overhauling the whole family/proto-language and basically starting afresh though, so things may not stay this way for long (and also another reason why I might not want to take on the T1 reconstruction), probably with the intent of pulling it away from that and maybe a bit more towards Rompian.
OK so I've begun the table with my first correspondance!
I'm missing the Teyetáti and Tked data though, the former because the link to the PDF is broken (because Dropbox) and the latter because there's no information available yet (to the point where I'm considering just ignoring it for the purposes of reconstruction). What would be really nice though would be to use data from their proto-language instead of having separate correspondences, avoids the possibility of me positing a form to proto-T1 when it is only found in those two.
Also the Omari cognate is highly tentative but it's the closest I could find in the lexicon.
You don't have to start at zero though. Have a look in this thread (which you've already posted in!), and note that there's a link to this spreadsheet where a good number of possible cognates has already been compiled.
OK maybe trying to pick apart the pronominal prefixes first was a mistake (I mean wtf is going on with those things!). I'll put that down and maybe do a bit of work on the vocabulary first, and think up ideas for that Proto-Muyn revision.
First impressions though: There is a core of morphologially conservative languages consisting of Hkətl'ohnim, Teyetáti, Omari and Tumetıęk; within said group there appears to be a consistent distinction between past and non-past tense subject marker sets, which the languages all share reflexes of and should probably be reconstructed to the proto-language. Further comments will have to wait however until the sound correspondences have been worked out, for which I will consult the lexicons (so somebody had better sort out that link for Teyetáti).
OK after looking it over it is clear to me that I need a good deal more experience, though I do have some ideas for some sound correspondences which I'll put into the document. The presence of the descendants of Old Yalan really clutters up the table though, is there a reason for them being there?
I think you will be ok with just Old Yalan correspondences. Although the morphological cues might be slightly outdated.
Looks like it's been longer than I was aware of. WY and EY were made public in August 2012. A year later, in August 2013, a user named Muyam made an effort to reconstruct their common ancestor, but the reconstruction of T1 was still going at a slow pace. So, in November 2013 I started making bits of Old Yalan public.
Almost four years have passed without a significant progress.
Could someone get that Teyetáti lexicon back up please? Because I could really do with some more input from that language. I should probably also see about adding more Tari to the table.
I should probably (finally) get back to Tkeḏ sometime this weekend…it'd be nice to revisit T1, one of my favorite projects.
Thanks for the link, but there is a problem: all the words in the PDF appear to be in the table already, and of the etyma for which there are gaps (of which there is an abnormally large number) there is no word for that at all in the lexicon. Not just "the word for it in the lexicon for that is not cognate" (which I could accept if you proposed it as the result of an intense contact situation, or large amounts of semantic shift), but there is no word for that concept at all, and these are pretty fundamental words like "big", "old" and "know".
Hi guys! After a looong break from conlanging, I am trying to get back into the swing of things, and thought that I should do a bit of work on ARN so that it can at least be useful in the Proto-Ronquian reconstruction. I have added another ~30 words to my incomplete Swadesh list, as well as added the two suppletive ordinals: ŋʷok 'first' and qa-zo 'second', as well as the three bonus words r̊ʲaʃri 'necklace', rʷokʲi 'chief' and rʷobʲat 'house of the chief'.
Also, the word for 7 was phonologically illicit and has been changed from kroʃʲe to qroʃʲe.
OK, so I think I'm gonna have to give up on Muyan in its current state, so I think I want to have the pages deleted and replaced with something else. I'm thinking I might want to replace it with a language I already have worked on called Keṭ Lixuem [kɤʈ lexɯ̯əm] (examples here). I didn't originally intend it to be spoken on Akana, but at the same time I have no other ideas for a Muyan replacement, nor any desire to start a new conlang right now.
So, I've been thinking, maybe we should try seeing if /r/conlangs on reddit is up to reconstructing proto-T1?
Also, as an aside. Been working on the syntactic stuff, hope it helps with whoever eventually works on the reconstruction.
Unfortunately, there hasn't been much activity lately, but that doesn't mean this project is dead. You are more than welcome to join us.
There seems to be some server issues with the wiki; I've been logged out and I'm having trouble logging in again, as the login page isn't loading.


The Narada was a Romulan mining vessel in service in the late 24th Century. It was commanded by Captain Nero.
In 2387, it was the first ship to discover the threat posed by the Hobus star. Working with Ambassador Spock, Nero attempted to convince the Romulan Senate to destroy the star using red matter but they were unsuccessful.
After Hobus went supernova and Romulus was destroyed, Nero blamed the Federation - Spock in particular - for not doing enough to prevent the disaster. He had the Narada retrofit with Borg technology at The Vault, and then used it to wage a campaign of destruction against the Federation. Dozens of Starfleet vessels were destroyed in NGC 1218, among others.
Spock was able to destroy the supernova with red matter, but both he and the Narada disappeared into the ensuing black hole. Their location is unknown.
"Heading Out": The Narada's rampage is described by Damar Kahn.
"Icari System Patrol": Wreckage from the U.S.S. Fleming, one of the Starfleet ships destroyed by the Narada, is discovered embedded in several asteroids in the Icari System.
"The Vault": The player investigates the Vault, the station where the Narada was retrofitted.
"By Any Means": Commander Neral cites the power of the Narada as the inspiration for the Star Empire's renewed interest in Borg technology.
The film Star Trek reveals that the Narada emerged in the year 2233 after traveling through the black hole, thus creating an alternate reality. There it captured Spock's ship and used its red matter to destroy Vulcan. It attempted to do the same to Earth, but was ultimately defeated by the U.S.S. Enterprise.
The Tal Shiar Adapted Destroyer and Tal Shiar Adapted Battle Cruiser, both Romulan vessels heavily modified with Borg technology, have design aesthetics heavily influenced by the appearance of the Narada.
Narada at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki.
Narada at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek Wiki.
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The Department of Defense and U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) jointly released a report today, "Improving Cybersecurity and Resilience through Acquisition," announcing six planned reforms to improve the cybersecurity and resilience of the Federal Acquisition System.
"This report is an important step to improving the cybersecurity of our acquisition processes," said Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Frank Kendall. "Ensuring we have fully implemented the recommendations of this report will be instrumental in addressing the growing cyber risks we face."
"The ultimate goal of the recommendations is to strengthen the federal government's cybersecurity by improving management of the people, processes, and technology affected by the Federal Acquisition System. GSA and DoD will continue to engage stakeholders to develop a repeatable process to address cyber risks in the development, acquisition, sustainment, and disposal lifecycles for all federal procurements," said GSA Administrator, Dan Tangherlini.
The report provides a path forward to aligning federal cybersecurity risk management and acquisition processes. It provides strategic recommendations for addressing relevant issues, suggests how challenges might be resolved, and identifies important considerations for the implementation of the recommendations.
Institute baseline cybersecurity requirements as a condition of contract award for appropriate acquisitions.
Include cybersecurity in acquisition training.
Develop common cybersecurity definitions for federal acquisitions.
Institute a federal acquisition cyber risk management strategy.
Include a requirement to purchase from original equipment manufacturers, their authorized resellers, or other trusted sources.
Increase government accountability for cyber risk management.
The report is one component of the government-wide implementation of E.O. 13636 and Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21, and was prepared by a working group comprised of subject matter experts selected from across the Federal government. The report was submitted to the President in accordance with Section 8(e) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13636.
DoD and GSA are committed to implementing the recommendations through integration with the numerous ongoing related activities like supply chain threat assessments and anti-counterfeiting.
The agencies will use a structured approach with continued dedication to stakeholder engagement, and develop a repeatable process to address cyber risks in the development, acquisition, sustainment, and disposal lifecycles for all Federal procurements. The implementation will also harmonize the recommendations with existing risk management processes under Federal Information Security Management Act and OMB guidance.
A request for public comment on the draft implementation plan will be published in the Federal Register in February.
For a complete copy of the report please visit: http://www.defense.gov/news/Improving-Cybersecurity-and-Resilience-Through-Acquisition.pdf.
DoD News Release of Jan. 29, 2014.