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# Kafka Simple Consumer

To use this Apache Druid (incubating) extension, make sure to [include](../../operations/including-extensions.html) `druid-kafka-eight-simpleConsumer` extension.

## Firehose

This is an experimental firehose to ingest data from Apache Kafka using the Kafka simple consumer api. Currently, this firehose would only work inside standalone realtime processes.
The configuration for KafkaSimpleConsumerFirehose is similar to the Kafka Eight Firehose , except `firehose` should be replaced with `firehoseV2` like this:

```json
"firehoseV2": {
  "type" : "kafka-0.8-v2",
  "brokerList" :  ["localhost:4443"],
  "queueBufferLength":10001,
  "resetOffsetToEarliest":"true",
  "partitionIdList" : ["0"],
  "clientId" : "localclient",
  "feed": "wikipedia"
}
```

|property|description|required?|
|--------|-----------|---------|
|type|kafka-0.8-v2|yes|
|brokerList|list of the kafka brokers|yes|
|queueBufferLength|the buffer length for kafka message queue|no default(20000)|
|resetOffsetToEarliest|in case of kafkaOffsetOutOfRange error happens, consumer should starts from the earliest or latest message available|true|
|partitionIdList|list of kafka partition ids|yes|
|clientId|the clientId for kafka SimpleConsumer|yes|
|feed|kafka topic|yes|

For using this firehose at scale and possibly in production, it is recommended to set replication factor to at least three, which means at least three Kafka brokers in the `brokerList`. For a 1*10^4 events per second kafka topic, keeping one partition can work properly, but more partitions could be added if higher throughput is required.

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Folly Beach businesses 'excited' for flip flop drop's in person return
Rey Llerena
FOLLY BEACH (WCSC) – Business owners on Folly Beach say they are excited to welcome back a New Year's tradition for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.The city's flip flop drop will be held on New Year's Eve along Center Street."We're very excited to have that happen again," Rita's Seaside Grill Manager Tayler McBarron said.Charlotte Goodwin, the brainchild of the event and the mayor's wife, said the event has helped make Dec. 31 the busiest night the lo...
FOLLY BEACH (WCSC) – Business owners on Folly Beach say they are excited to welcome back a New Year's tradition for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The city's flip flop drop will be held on New Year's Eve along Center Street.
"We're very excited to have that happen again," Rita's Seaside Grill Manager Tayler McBarron said.
Charlotte Goodwin, the brainchild of the event and the mayor's wife, said the event has helped make Dec. 31 the busiest night the local businesses will have throughout the year.
McBarron said she expects to have at least 100 more customers for this year compared to 2020, when the event was held virtually.
"All the bars had to be shut down and all alcohol off the tables by 11 o'clock," McBarron said. "So we couldn't even celebrate New Year's at our restaurant with people in it."
Folly Beach Council Member DJ Rich owns Planet Follywood, a local dive bar off Center Street.
He said the flip flop drop helps bring in people across the Lowcountry to Folly Beach.
"Events like this are always better when they're in person," Rich said. "You know, you just get more of a feel. You're more in the spirit, things of that sort. You just have a lot more fun when it's in person."
Goodwin, meanwhile, added that this year's drop will be the 11th time it's held.
"People are excited. We've had people walking by, and they're just looking, saying, 'Oh, they're excited,' and we're going to be here to see them."
Although the pandemic has taken its toll on the Lowcountry, business owners said they are excited to have a holiday tradition come back.
"It's one of our favorite events of the year, and because it's in the offseason, and it's just something that's very unique, very community oriented," Rich said. "You'll see people from the community of all ages come out."
Organizers will be closing Center Street at around 10 p.m. to prepare to welcome the new year.
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Tourists accused of disturbing sea turtle nest on Folly Beach
Patrick Phillips
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Three people are facing fines and possible community service for filming themselves digging up a loggerhead turtle nest on Folly Beach, the state's Department of Natural Resources says.The incident happened this past July, the peak of South Carolina's sea turtle nesting season, according to a release from SCDNR.In early September, SCDNR officers in Charleston County said they received a copy of a Snapchat video that appeared to show two young men digging up a sea turtle nest and late...
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Three people are facing fines and possible community service for filming themselves digging up a loggerhead turtle nest on Folly Beach, the state's Department of Natural Resources says.
The incident happened this past July, the peak of South Carolina's sea turtle nesting season, according to a release from SCDNR.
In early September, SCDNR officers in Charleston County said they received a copy of a Snapchat video that appeared to show two young men digging up a sea turtle nest and later attempting to replace the eggs from the nest.
One egg was smashed on the ground during the video, which was being filmed by a third person, the release states.
SCDNR Officer Freddie Earhart led the investigation into the source of the video. During the course of his investigation, Earhart was able to identify and locate the three people involved, the release states.
All three were under the age of 21 and were vacationing with family at the time of the incident, the release states.
"A meeting was set up with all three suspects and their parents, at which time the young men made voluntary statements confirming their involvement and that they were aware such actions were against the law," SCDNR spokesman David Lucas said.
The suspects admitted that some of the eggs were damaged and that they tried to rebury the eggs, which ultimately resulted in additional damage, he said.
SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program coordinator Michelle Pate, using data collected by the Folly Beach Turtle Watch team, was able to confirm that out of ninety eggs remaining in the nest, seventy-one did not hatch.
"While they could have been charged for each egg disturbed, based on the cooperation of the suspects, five summons for unlawful taking of loggerhead turtle eggs were issued to the three suspects (two each for the individuals who dug up the eggs and one for the individual who filmed them)," Lucas said. "These charges can carry jail or fines of up to $2,000, as well as restitution."
SCDNR will recommend that the restitution comes in the form of community service time to working with SCDNR's Marine Turtle Conservation program so they can learn first-hand about how much work goes into protecting sea turtles in South Carolina.
My Charleston Weekend: There's music, food and birding in store this weekend
Maura Hogan
Who said fun is for the birds? Sometimes, it involves birds. Check out the bird walk on Folly Island. There's also a look at history at the Charleston Museum, some music that's not for the birds but for fish, a performance by Michael Bolton and a parade on Monday's holiday.In other words, plenty of activities to enjoy this weekend.Lighthouse Inlet bird walkWhat: Participate in a bird walk that will focus on the incredibly diverse northeast end of Folly Island. Once the home of a Coast...
Who said fun is for the birds? Sometimes, it involves birds. Check out the bird walk on Folly Island. There's also a look at history at the Charleston Museum, some music that's not for the birds but for fish, a performance by Michael Bolton and a parade on Monday's holiday.
In other words, plenty of activities to enjoy this weekend.
Lighthouse Inlet bird walk
What: Participate in a bird walk that will focus on the incredibly diverse northeast end of Folly Island. Once the home of a Coast Guard station, this Heritage Preserve protects maritime forest, beach, dunes and marsh habitats for wildlife. This site boasts one of the largest bird lists in South Carolina.
When: 8:30 a.m. Jan. 14
Where: Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve, 1750 E. Ashley Ave., Folly Beach
More Info: 843-795-4386, bit.ly/3znJ50t
Conversations with a Curator: Early Days Gallery
What: Celebrate the Charleston Museum's 249th birthday with a tour of the museum's earliest collections.
The Early Days gallery reflects the Museum's long history from its founding in 1773 to the late 20th century. Join Curator of Historical Archaeology Martha Zierden in the Early Days gallery for the story of the museum's institutional history and a closer look at some of its earliest antiquities.
When: 10:30 a.m. Jan. 14
Where: The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St., Charleston
Price: Free with admission
Taste of Folly
What: Celebrate Folly Beach's eclectic beachside cuisine this weekend. The annual event will feature a cocktail competition on Jan. 14 at the Tides and a family-friendly Center Street festival on Jan. 15 with live music, hot-dog-eating and oyster shucking contests, cooking demonstrations and more.
When: 7 p.m. Jan. 14 & 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 15
Where: Various venues, Folly Beach
More Info: visitfolly.com/taste-of-folly
Off-Road Duathlon
What: Traverse scenic trails at Laurel Hill County Park in the Off-Road Duathlon. This beginner-friendly course consists of a 2-mile run, a 7-mile bike, then another 2-mile run.
Where: Laurel Hill County Park, 1251 Park West Blvd., Mount Pleasant
Saltwater Sounds
What: The Charleston Symphony joins the South Carolina Aquarium to present Saltwater Sounds, an engaging and educational musical performance for young people. Enjoy the beautiful oceanic sights and the sounds of great music in front of the Aquarium's largest exhibit, the Great Ocean Tank.
When: 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Jan. 15
Where: South Carolina Aquarium, 100 Aquarium Wharf, Charleston
More Info: bit.ly/3zkTCK0
What: The Mex 1 team will fill the front parking lot with 40,000 pounds of snow for regional and national amateur snowboarders to showcase their best tricks and skills. There will be fun for everyone with live music from the Strawberry Squad, visual effects from Lazer Catcher and multiple outdoor bars and vendors.
When: 5 p.m. Jan. 15
Where: Mex 1 Coastal Cantina West Ashley, 817 St. Andrews Blvd., Charleston
Price: $15-$20, Free for ages 12 & under
More Info: bit.ly/3FTJH0o
'Steel Magnolias'
What: Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, La., is where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Filled with hilarious repartee and revealing verbal collisions, this play is a touching look at a cast of marvelously amiable characters.
Where: James F. Dean Theatre, 133 S. Main St., Summerville
Price: $25, $20 military/senior/student
More Info: 843-875-9251, bit.ly/3ivaJS3
Michael Bolton in concert
What: Join Michael Bolton for an evening of timeless hits and a musical journey through pop, rock, soul, standards and even classical.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Gaillard Center, 95 Calhoun St., Charleston
More Info: 843-242-3099, info@gaillardcenter.org
Karaoke Sunday
What: Sing your heart out at the Tin Roof karaoke night every Sunday from 9 p.m. to midnight.
When: 9 p.m.
Where: Tin Roof, 1117 Magnolia Road, Charleston
More Info: 843-571-0775, charlestontinroof.com
What: Watch Charleston's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade on WCBD, Channel 2. Because of COVID-19′s rapid spread, the event will be virtual.
The parade route, filmed in December, will start at the Citadel and travel around Hampton Park.
When: Noon Jan. 17
Where: Televised on WCBD, Channel 2, Charleston
More Info: 843-722-1644, ywcagc.org/mlk-celebration
Folly Beach city leaders discussing safety changes along Arctic Avenue
Lexi Moore
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – Folly Beach city leaders are discussing how to make a busy street safer for people walking biking or driving close to the beach and now, they are looking to hire traffic engineers to help implement these changes.Arctic Avenue runs 15 blocks parallel to the water and has restaurants, homes, parking lots and the Folly Beach Pier itself. Local residents say these changes are needed quickly as the area keeps growing."This is where accidents are happening and we need to put some type of stop,&r...
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – Folly Beach city leaders are discussing how to make a busy street safer for people walking biking or driving close to the beach and now, they are looking to hire traffic engineers to help implement these changes.
Arctic Avenue runs 15 blocks parallel to the water and has restaurants, homes, parking lots and the Folly Beach Pier itself. Local residents say these changes are needed quickly as the area keeps growing.
"This is where accidents are happening and we need to put some type of stop," says Gregory Bunn, who works at Rita's on Folly Beach.
Bunn has lived in the area for almost 8 years and he says the busy summer months brings heavy car and foot traffic, especially the first five blocks of the road.
"I've seen plenty of people almost get hit. I've had friends definitely get hit, not seriously injured but enough to merit it as an issue," says Bunn.
The City of Folly Beach is seeking help from traffic engineers across the Lowcountry to work on how well traffic and safety conditions move down Arctic Avenue. Aaron Pope, the city's administrator says they want pedestrian, car and foot traffic looked at between January and April, as well as during the busy summer season.
"Do we need to increase parking spaces, sidewalks, or change it to one lane?" Pope says.
Bunn says he thinks crosswalks to signal drivers of when people are crossing the streets would be the most effective for the area.
"From personal experience, I have been stuck in-between the two lanes with a car that see's the lights or just doesn't care about them," says Bunn.
Bunn says as the Charleston area grows, city leaders should keep accommodating with the change to keep Folly Beach at its safest.
"There's going to be more and more people here every year, and its been that way since I was a kid. You can't have it be one permanent static thing, it will have to change each coming year," Bunn says.
Folly Beach City Council hopes to have the traffic engineers report completed by the end of the 2022 summer season.
Folly Beach County Parks experience flooding, erosion after weekend high tides
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - High tides at Folly Beach that led to flooding and erosion this past weekend reached eight and a half feet, Folly Beach Officials said.Photos taken on Wednesday show the waterline up against the dunes. The dunes along the beach were put in place to protect the seawater from rushing further inland, Folly Beach Coastal Consultant Dr. Nicole Elko said.Rising sea levels and climate change are to blame for the tidal flooding, Elko said."We are experiencing bigger spring tides – that&rsqu...
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - High tides at Folly Beach that led to flooding and erosion this past weekend reached eight and a half feet, Folly Beach Officials said.
Photos taken on Wednesday show the waterline up against the dunes. The dunes along the beach were put in place to protect the seawater from rushing further inland, Folly Beach Coastal Consultant Dr. Nicole Elko said.
Rising sea levels and climate change are to blame for the tidal flooding, Elko said.
"We are experiencing bigger spring tides – that's what they used to be known as," Elko said. "Nowadays, people call them king tides, so these are our larger tides that occur during the new moon, particularly during this time of year."
For every dollar spent on beach restoration, six dollars get put back into South Carolina's economy because of increased visits to the state's beaches and parks, officials said.
South Carolina's accommodation taxes help fund beach restoration efforts, officials said.
"The past weekend's flooding event was very impactful to the beach and dune system," Elko said. "The higher waters drove large waves over and flooded the entire beach system, and the dunes were also overtopped."
Elko added that the dunes helped retain the encroaching water that threatened the nearby marshland and inland communities.
"Previous dune and beach restoration projects have increased the elevation of the beaches and dunes on places like Folly Beach," Elko said. "So while the dunes are eroded and while the beach went underwater during the storm, we didn't have those waves and flooding impacting the infrastructure, so these natural projects actually are protecting and serving as flood mitigation."
As the sun started to set and the tide receded, the extent of the erosion on Folly Beach came into view.
The roots of trees, previously battling waves, were visible, and the wounds created by Mother Nature have scarred the shoreline.
Cale Shipman calls West Ashley home during the winter.
"I feel lucky to be able to spend my winters here, and [flooding] is a big issue for all of these coastal areas, whether it be Charleston or anywhere along the coast," Shipman said.
Shipman and his wife Marcia spent Wednesday on Folly Beach admiring the waves and discovering what was left behind after the tides rolled in.
"I think these king tides that we're experiencing this week are unusual in the fact that they've had so many of them in a row," Shipman said.
While the systems in place on the beach held up, those who ventured out on Wednesday witnessed Mother Nature's power.
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Q: How can I set the width of a lightning:input type="search" without using pixels? so I need to use a lightning:input type="search" searchbar, and I also need to put a button to the right of the searchbar on the same line. e.g.:
the issue is, the only way I could figure out to get the searchbar not to span the whole width of the screen was by setting the width of the containing 'span' in pixels:

        <form style="{!'width:'+v.width+';'}" id="{!GlobalId + '_width'}">
            <lightning:input type="search" label="{!v.label}" name="{!v.name}" aura:id="bar" placeholder="{!v.placeHolder}"/>
        </form>

The searchbar stays the same width when the user resizes the screen or when the scroll bar appears, and the view gets all messed up. I tried resetting the width dynamically with v.width, a window resize event listener, and a function to determine if the scrollbar is present, but it doesn't seem to be working right (and there's got to be a better way than that). My first instinct was to use percents, but those don't work either.
Anyone know how to do this right?
EDIT: some test code I'm using:
<aura:component >

    <ui:button label="All" class="slds-button_neutral"/>

    <lightning:input type="search" name="label" label="Label" placeholder="placeholder"/>

A: Assuming you're using a form, you just need to make sure you've got the right CSS styles:

  <lightning:input ...

If you do this, your form element should be reactive. You should be using SLDS, because the <lightning: elements are meant to be used in an SLDS context.
If you're using a grid, specify a size:
<lightning:input class="slds-size--1-of-1" ...

A: This is how I would go about it. This method takes advantage of the lightning components that are provided within Salesforce. The following will set the input to grow the rest of the width parent container.
<lightning:layout verticalAlign="end">
    <lightning:layoutItem flexibility="grow">
        <lightning:input type="search" label="{!v.testLabel}" name="{!v.testName}" aura:id="bar" placeholder="{!v.placeHolder}"/>
    </lightning:layoutItem>
    <lightning:layoutItem class="slds-p-left_x-small">
        <lightning:button variant="brand" label="{!v.buttonLabel}" onclick="{!c.handleClick}" />
    </lightning:layoutItem>
</lightning:layout>

Results:

 To set a width you can do something like:
<lightning:layoutItem size="5">
    <lightning:input type="search" label="{!v.testLabel}" name="{!v.testName}" aura:id="bar" placeholder="{!v.placeHolder}"/>
</lightning:layoutItem>

This will make the input take up 5 of the 12 parts the container is broken into. For more information check out:
https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.lightning.meta/lightning/aura_compref_lightning_layout.htm

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2a1a
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PKR kinase domain-eIF2alpha Complex
2a1a, resolution 2.80Å
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Structural highlights
2a1a is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 18824 and Human. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
NonStd Res:
Related: 2a19
Gene: SUI2, TIF211 (ATCC 18824), PRKR, EIF2AK2, PKR (HUMAN)
Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT
[IF2A_YEAST] eIF-2 functions in the early steps of protein synthesis by forming a ternary complex with GTP and initiator tRNA. This complex binds to a 40S ribosomal subunit, followed by mRNA binding to form a 43S preinitiation complex. Junction of the 60S ribosomal subunit to form the 80S initiation complex is preceded by hydrolysis of the GTP bound to eIF-2 and release of an eIF-2-GDP binary complex. In order for eIF-2 to recycle and catalyze another round of initiation, the GDP bound to eIF-2 must exchange with GTP by way of a reaction catalyzed by eIF-2B. [E2AK2_HUMAN] Following activation by double-stranded RNA in the presence of ATP, the kinase becomes autophosphorylated and can catalyze the phosphorylation of the translation initiation factor EIF2S1, which leads to an inhibition of the initiation of protein synthesis. Double-stranded RNA is generated during the course of a viral infection. In addition to serine/threonine-protein kinase activity, also has tyrosine-protein kinase activity: phosphorylates CDK1 upon DNA damage. CDK1 phosphorylation triggers CDK1 polyubiquitination and subsequent proteolysis, thus leading to G2 arrest.[1]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
In response to binding viral double-stranded RNA byproducts within a cell, the RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR phosphorylates the alpha subunit of the translation initiation factor eIF2 on a regulatory site, Ser51. This triggers the general shutdown of protein synthesis and inhibition of viral propagation. To understand the basis for substrate recognition by and the regulation of PKR, we determined X-ray crystal structures of the catalytic domain of PKR in complex with eIF2alpha. The structures reveal that eIF2alpha binds to the C-terminal catalytic lobe while catalytic-domain dimerization is mediated by the N-terminal lobe. In addition to inducing a local unfolding of the Ser51 acceptor site in eIF2alpha, its mode of binding to PKR affords the Ser51 site full access to the catalytic cleft of PKR. The generality and implications of the structural mechanisms uncovered for PKR to the larger family of four human eIF2alpha protein kinases are discussed.
Higher-order substrate recognition of eIF2alpha by the RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR.,Dar AC, Dever TE, Sicheri F Cell. 2005 Sep 23;122(6):887-900. PMID:16179258[2]
↑ Yoon CH, Miah MA, Kim KP, Bae YS. New Cdc2 Tyr 4 phosphorylation by dsRNA-activated protein kinase triggers Cdc2 polyubiquitination and G2 arrest under genotoxic stresses. EMBO Rep. 2010 May;11(5):393-9. doi: 10.1038/embor.2010.45. Epub 2010 Apr 16. PMID:20395957 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/embor.2010.45
↑ Dar AC, Dever TE, Sicheri F. Higher-order substrate recognition of eIF2alpha by the RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR. Cell. 2005 Sep 23;122(6):887-900. PMID:16179258 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.06.044
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Daily dry mopping and spot cleaning are great ways to clean and polish hardwood, stone, tile and laminate floors, but they will eventually need a refresh or even refinishing.
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And when applying polish to your floor, use a "feathering" technique to ensure a smooth finish without lines or "start and stop" marks.
Cleaning as often as you can will help minimize the dirt and dust on your floors, which acts like sandpaper and wears down your floor's finish. Bona's line of specially-formulated polishes can be used multiple times per year to provide a protective layer and even out the sheen. Frequency of use depends entirely on the amount of traffic your floor sees, but typical floor maintenance is every two to four months.
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Hey Wedding Wednesday! I haven't forgotten about you. Today's post is all about the day leading up to the ceremony. I figured I'll give an overview of the day then we'll go back talk about some of the details in future posts. Although at this rate of Wedding Wednesday posts, we'll probably get to those sometime in early 2016. ha.
Our ceremony wasn't until 5:30 pm, but all the ladies got started bright and early Saturday morning getting our hair done at Studio Fovero in B's and my neighborhood.
Then we went back to the hotel where B's super talented sister did my makeup. She did an amazing job. I had false eyelashes and everything. I'd never worn those before, and probably will never wear them again, but she sure made me rock those fake eyelashes that day.
My dress and accessories get their own post coming up, but then it was time to put on the dress and get ready to meet B for our first look.
Because our wedding was at 5:30pm the week after daylight savings time (so it was going to get dark extra early), we decided to do a first look because we wanted to have daytime pictures and really get to spend our day together. I'm so glad we did it. We saw each other around 12:30 and then we got to spend the rest of the afternoon with each other and our best friends taking photos and having a fun time.
We were both supposed to write each other letters to read before seeing each other, but I absolutely had no time to do it, so I came empty handed. Luckily B forgave me and still gave me the sweetest note he had written.
Even though I didn't have a letter I did make him a pocket square and completed his outfit.
We went to take pictures at an old building that is a renovation project I've been working on at work. The demo crew was scheduled to come in within the month to start the project, so these are really the last photos that would be taken of this space as it was.
Soon it was time to come back and get freshened up for the ceremony as well as pin on the boutonniere of this dapper little guy.
He was quite the ladies man.
Thanks Ashley! There will be more for sure!


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La  du Tour de France 2006 s'est déroulée le 18 juillet entre Gap et L'Alpe d'Huez sur une distance de .

Profil de l'étape
Il s'agit de la  de ce Tour 2006.

 3 ascensions
 Le col d'Izoard ( à 7 %, hors catégorie) à  d'altitude au km 86 ;
 Le col du Lautaret ( à 4,4 %, ) à  d'altitude au km 134 ;
 L'Alpe d'Huez ( à 7,9 %, hors catégorie) à  d'altitude au km 187.

 2 sprints de bonifications
 Au kilomètre 35, à Embrun ;
 Au kilomètre 121, à Le Monêtier-les-Bains.

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Classement de l'étape

 Prix de la combativité : Stefano Garzelli

Classement général

Classements annexes

Sprint intermédiaires

 intermédiaire de Embrun ()

 intermédiaire de Le Monêtier-les-Bains ()

Ascensions

Col d'Izoard, Hors catégorie ()

Col du Lautaret,  ()

L'Alpe d'Huez∗, Hors catégorie ()

∗Les points attribués dans ces cols hors catégorie,  et  sont doublés lorsqu'il s'agit du dernier col de l'étape.

Liens externes
  L'étape sur cyclingnews.com

Étape du Tour de France 2006
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2006-15
Événement sportif à Gap
Étape du Tour de France à L'Alpe d'Huez

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Last gasp drama as Killie take point at Ibrox
Chris Burke scored a 95th minute equaliser for Kilmarnock just moments after Rangers missed a penalty as Steve Clarke's side rescued a point at Ibrox in the SPFL Ladbrokes Premiership. In a dramatic finish Ryan Jack also saw red, as Burke cancelled out Jason Holt's first half opener.
Rangers 1-1 Kilmarnock, 25/10/2017
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The top league is called the Ladbrokes Premiership. Below the top level, there are a further three leagues -- the Ladbrokes Championship, Ladbrokes League 1 and Ladbrokes League 2.


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The British Middleweight Championship is the Middleweight professional wrestling championship competed for throughout the British wrestling circuit.

The title was recognised as official by national TV network ITV for the purposes of their coverage of the UK wrestling scene and by its listings magazine TVTimes in accompanying magazine feature coverage.

History

Joint Promotions

Joint Promotions established a British Middleweight title in 1952 in compliance with the resolutions of the Mountevans Committee. By 1971, this title was in the possession of Brian Maxine who continued to claim the title without dispute in an unbroken reign until 2000. Also a successful musician, Maxine wore his championship belt on the cover of record releases.

TWA
A new version of the championship was created in 2000 for TWA which became the focus of a feud between Mal Sanders and James Mason.

Meanwhile, Maxine, wrestling for Premier Promotions, continued to wear his old championship belt but no longer laid claim to the title. A contest for the belt between Maxine and Johnny Kidd on 15 March 2003 in Midhurst was strictly billed as being only for the championship belt as a possession. Maxine would still be wearing the belt for appearances with LDN in 2007.

RBW
A new version of the championship was created out of a four-man tournament which saw "Golden Boy" Cameron Knite qualify over "Sadistic" Jack Storm during December 2003 in Sheffield while Johnny Kidd overcame "The Gift" Ross Jordan in Nottingham during December as well to qualify.

The final was held in Enfield, London on 24 January 2004 and saw Johnny Kidd defeat Knite, two falls to one, to be crowned first champion.

On 22 May 2004 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, "Misfit" Jorge Castano defeated Johnny Kidd for the Championship, in his third attempt, following previous contests between the two in Chingford and Nottingham, and would hold the belt up to RBW's eventual closer in late 2005. Until and unless steps are taken to reorganise this championship, Castano remains as dormant champion for the rest of his professional career.

List of champions
This is a history of all combined versions of the British Middleweight title.

Key

British independent circuit (1938-1952)

Joint Promotions (1952-?)

The Wrestling Alliance (2000-2003)

RBW (2004-2005)

See also

Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

References

External links
www.revolutionbritishwrestling.org.uk - Revolution British Wrestling's former official site (no longer active)
1StopWrestling's news and results archive
Wrestling Titles.com website with full history of British Middleweight Championship

Middleweight wrestling championships
National professional wrestling championships
Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
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El Rey del Compás - King of the Beat
AKA: El Rey del compás
Violinist, leader and composer
(14 December 1900 - 14 January 1976)
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juan D'Arienzo was in many ways the engine that drove the Golden Age - by virtue of his orchestra filling the dance halls. His beat, his sound and his musicians were just amazing. When he arrived in the latter 1930's, he infused a whole new life and energy into Tango.
Juan studied the violin from the age of 12. His first public performance was in theaters with D'Agostino and Bianchi. Through his 20's, he played in orchestras making all kinds of music. In 1926, he returned to Tango as the violinist in Orchesta Tipica Paramount. He stopped playing when he began fronting his own orchestra and became a recording star.
D'Arienzo's genius was in his simplicity, something he was also criticized for. Yet the evidence was clear: the crowds would line up to fill his milongas, to the point that he almost single handedly made the tango popular for all the orchestras at the time. As Anibal Troilo said about him:
"Laugh if you will... but without him, we'd all be out of work".
"In my point of view, tango is, above all, rhythm, nerve, strength and character. "
— Juan D'Arienzo
D'Arienzo's orchestra was based on five violins, bases, five bandoneons, cantors and the piano. He rarely played with a smaller orchestra and often performed with a much larger one. The first element was the quintessential piano of Rodolfo Biagi: hard rhythm, uniformly stressing four beats in each bar, and filling any gaps of the melody. Next the violin: preferably performed solo, and highlighting serious changes in the bandoneon staccato, extremely fast.
Luis Adolfo Sierra, in The Evolution of Instrumental Tango, 1966, describes it as follows:
"And the phenomenon of the resurrection of the tango dance was the the result of a main character who created a mode of interpretation of a style: Juan D'Arienzo... That is, a rigid marking, cutting, accelerated, relentless movement in contrast to 'staccato' and silences, with frequent passages of piano emphasized strongly in the right hand, the subject of a melody or counter melody on the same form of execution... technically simple, but enhanced by a remarkable instrumental play."
D'Arienzo's directing style was also highly unorthodox: acrobatic; humorous on stage; going close up to the orchestra musicians, and imploring them to be more lively, almost egging them on. His, as they say, is the 'camp' style of directing; a most amusing thing to see on some of his vintage videos.
At last count, there were over 1007 recordings by D'Arienzo and his orchestra!
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Home | Evergrande: caught in the crossfire of China's past and future
Evergrande: caught in the crossfire of China's past and future
Robin Usson, Credit Analyst, at the international business of Federated Hermes, believes it is, instead, the story of a company caught in the crossfire between China's past and future.
The story of Evergrande's default is more than a tale of a single real estate developer crumbling under the weight of its own debt. Robin Usson, Credit Analyst, at the international business of Federated Hermes, believes it is, instead, the story of a company caught in the crossfire between China's past and future. Robin has answered some questions about his thoughts on Evergrande.
Should foreign investors be concerned?
In markets, size matters. Evergrande has RMB 2.3trn of assets on its books, which is equivalent to 2% of China's GDP. The company employs 123k employees and has 3.8 million contractors. Its eventual default will undoubtedly impact a multitude of partners, including construction and design firms, materials suppliers and other agents. Many buyers who purchased property from Evergrande off plan will potentially lose money as will direct investors in its shares and bonds.
While most foreign investors do not fall into any of the above categories, Evergrande matters for one important reason: contagion. While China's economic growth rate has been slowing for several quarters, the evolving situation will undoubtedly harden the landing. For global markets, this is likely to be manifested, first, in slower demand, particularly among sectors that are most closely tied to Chinese growth, such as steel and copper.
This fact has inevitably worried investors, and equity markets across the world sold off in the immediate aftermath of last week's news. But the sell-off was, in our view, a knee-jerk market reaction to an unexpected event rather than a considered response to the fundamentals. It is also worth noting that many of the companies in question declined from well above their long-term trend lines with investors clearly looking for a good opportunity to take risk off the table. Evergrande provided that opportunity.
Source: Bloomberg, September 2021
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. That said, considering the inherent opaqueness of the Chinese market, we do not rule out any larger regional impact. There may be, for example, many risks related to shadow banking and off-balance-sheet liabilities that the broader market does not yet know about. Evergrande's impending bankruptcy will be a lengthy affair and we will certainly see some surprise lenders in this process – i.e. companies that markets didn't think had exposure to Evergrande but do, and this could result in a few unexpected casualties as the process unfolds. We believe, however, that this will remain contained under our base case scenario of an "administrative support" programme implemented by the government.
So what is likely to happen next?
Our base case scenario is for an orderly default to take place, facilitated by the Chinese government. We expect this facilitation to take the form of administrative rather than financial support.We have reached this conclusion based on a range of government driven action over recent days, including the centralisation of all court cases against Evergrande which could prevent local courts from freezing its assets. Minsheng, Zheshang, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank all agreeing to extend some project loans which would help to slow the negative downward spiral and avert a fire sale.
So while the Chinese government is likely to allow Evergrande to fail, we agree that it will do so in the manner of a 'controlled explosion'. China's leadership values order above all else, and we believe it is working behind the scenes to limit the social and economic domino effect of the company's demise.
Authorities have a myriad of tools at its disposal to help it 'disperse' the impact of the collapse and manufacture stability. For example, we expect to see some companies asked to take over uncompleted Evergrande projects, while more banks will be instructed to extend loans to companies hit by the contagion. Doing so will achieve two things for the government: it will avert a crisis and it will weaken the future profitability of other companies in the sector triggering a much-needed cooling effect. In short, China will trade a crisis for a slowdown.
For now, while the bulk of the tail risk lies with the region's developers, we believe this event will fundamentally reshape the market reliance on a pre-sale funding model and mark the end of the era of stellar growth in the Chinese property market.
An era-ending default
The prospect of the Chinese government allowing a company of Evergrande's size and footprint to fail, would have been unheard of just five years ago. Today, Evergrande stands in the crosshairs of China's demographic shift, its urbanisation and property boom, and the end of its decade-long economic growth spurt. In addition, increased personal wealth has seen property investment soar towards bubble territory.
In managing Evergrande's exit from the market, the Chinese government is asserting its commitment to its so-called three red lines. These are the main tools of China's effort to cool the property market against the backdrop of an aging population, slowing birth rates and a small-family culture that endures despite the end of the one-child policy. Amid signs of sector overheating, China introduced the red lines last September and developers that fail to meet one, two, or all of the 'three red lines', would face limits on their ability to grow their debt.
These stringent measures were accompanied by curbs on bank lending. It is ultimately all of these things – from demographics to regulation, speculation and growth – that caught up with Evergrande in the end.
What is your view?
We expect Evergrande to ultimately file for bankruptcy in the coming weeks. However, the contagion will be limited both globally and domestically by virtue of the Chinese authorities' absolute power and willingness to pull whatever levers it needs to avert instability. Numerous companies across the mainland and beyond will be used to absorb the shock and spread-out the impact. While the opaqueness of the Chinese market means that interconnections are harder to predict, we can confidently say that Evergrande is far from China's 'Lehman event' as some commentators have suggested.
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Felt like yesterday's fast was spot on.
It's 9am and I'm feeling a bit empty this morning. See now long I can last till I break my fast. Tea was 6.45, had a limp of cheese at 10.
Mince pie 250. -------------Whoops that's bad.


If you are over the age of 55, the Republican "Obamacare Replacement" is definitely NOT FOR YOU. In fact, if the Repub health care plan becomes law, you are going to be scr**wed healthwise.
The AARP took a look at the provisions of the Repub's American Health Care Act. Their conclusion? It would be a disaster for anyone over the age of 55.
2. Cut $25 billion from Medicare Part B between 2017 and 2026 causing the Part B Trust Fund to go insolvent much earlier than it would under Obamacare.
3. Increase the annual premium for 50-64 year old Americans by $3,200. Some 64 year olds could see their premiums go up by as much as $8,400 per year, making health insurance out of reach for many.
NOTE: Most of this would hit 55+ Ameicans living in states that voted for Trump the hardest while providing millions of dollars of tax cuts to billionaires like Trump and his buddies.


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Hamilton Leads Rangers Past Angels In Return To Anaheim
Filed Under:AL West, Angels, Josh Hamilton, Mike Trout, MLB, Rangers
ANAHEIM, CA - JULY 24: Josh Hamilton #32 of the Texas Rangers in the dugout before a game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 24, 2015 in Anaheim, California. (Credit: Jonathan Moore/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM (AP) — Josh Hamilton doubled, singled and scored two runs in his return to Angel Stadium, and Texas got 7-plus outstanding innings of four-hit ball from Colby Lewis in a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Hamilton was booed whenever he stepped to the plate or touched the ball at the stadium where he played the previous two seasons after signing a five-year, $125 million free-agent deal with the Angels. The former AL MVP was traded back to Texas three months ago following two dismal years in Orange County.
Hamilton's double off the right-field wall started the Rangers' three-run rally in the fourth.
Mike Trout hit his 29th home run, pulling even with Albert Pujols atop the AL homers race.
Trout also had a run-scoring single in the eighth for the Angels (54-42). They have lost two straight after winning 17 of their previous 20, allowing Houston (55-43) to pull virtually even atop the AL West.
Robinson Chirinos drove in two runs for the Rangers, who jumped on Angels fill-in starter Nick Tropeano to win their third straight.
Texas got a boost from Hamilton, who had just his second multi-hit game of July despite the frosty reception. Hamilton grinned and smirked after most of the boos, and he chatted frequently on the field with his former Angels teammates. He also figured in both of the Rangers' scoring rallies.
Lewis (10-4) shook off his dismal career history against the Angels to dominate their surging lineup, striking out nine while yielding only three infield singles and Trout's solo homer in the fourth.
After retiring 15 of the first 17, Lewis gave up two singles leading off the sixth. He calmly struck out Kole Calhoun, Trout and Pujols, who have all hit superbly against Lewis in the past.
Tropeano (1-1) pitched seven-hit ball into the seventh inning of his second start for the Angels. The Triple-A prospect seized the chance to fill Los Angeles' need for an extra starter after Monday's doubleheader, but his throwing error helped the Rangers' decisive rally.
Tropeano retired 13 straight Rangers before the double by Hamilton, who scored from third after Tropeano's pickoff throw to first got past C.J. Cron. Shin-Soo Choo and Chirinos added RBI singles.
Trout delivered a two-out RBI single off Keone Kela in the eighth, but Pujols took a called third strike moments later. Pujols went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.
Shawn Tolleson pitched the ninth for his 16th save.
Rangers: C Carlos Corporan (sprained thumb) took batting practice. He is expected to be activated next week.
Angels: RHP Jered Weaver won't return early next month after missing the last month with a hip injury, but shouldn't be out much longer.
Rangers: Yovani Gallardo (7-9, 2.91 ERA) has lost three straight starts despite his tidy ERA.
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Q: Incrementing a column without using plain sql I am currently incrementing a column (not a auto-increment PK column) in my database using the following:
def incrementLikeCount(thingId: Int)(implicit session: Session) = {
  sqlu"update things set like_count = like_count + 1 where id = $thingId".first
}

Is this currently (slick 2.0.2) the best and fastest way to do this? (I'm using postgresql)
I was hoping for a more typesafe way of doing this e.g. if I rename my table or column I want compile time errors.
I don't want to read in the row and then update, because then I would have to wrap the call in a transaction during the read + write operation and that is not as efficient as I would want.
I would love if there was a way to do this using the normal slick api, and also be able to update/increment multiple counters at the same time in a single operation (but even one column increment/decrement at a time would be lovely)

A: Not on Slick, in the lovely ScalaQuery stone ages here, but you should be able to use what was called a MutatingUnitInvoker to modify DB row in place (i.e. perform a single query).
Something like:
val q = for{id <- Parameters[Int]; t <- Things if t.id is id} yield t
def incrementLikeCount(thingId: Int)(implicit session: Session) = {
  q(thingId).mutate(r=> r.row.copy(like_count = r.row.like_count + 1))
}

Performance should be acceptible, prepared statement generated once at compile time and a single query against the database. Not sure how you can improve on that in a type safe manner with what Slick currently has on offer.


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Today's biggest news is the discovery of water ice just beneath the surface of Mars. The Phoenix lander needed to dig just a few centimetres to find this white stuff, which evaporated a few days later just like water. This behaviour has led scientists to rule out frozen CO2 or salt. The fact that Phoenix found water so quickly suggests that it could be ubiquitous in the polar region, covered by just a thin layer of dust. Satellite data suggests that 1/4 of Mars could have water beneath the surface. Though scientists suspect that it exists on many worlds, this is the first positive find of water on another planet.
Scientists at University of California Santa Cruz have found that Enceladus could not possibly produce enough tidal heat to keep its South pole warm. The pole, which should be the coldest region, is the hottest! Enceladus' orbit is free of tidal stresses. Radioactive decay could account for no more than 0.32 gigawatts, yet Enceladus gives off 5.8 gigawatts! This has led scientists to conclude that the moon should freeze up in a few million years. Perhaps we should consider that something else is going on.
Enceladus' core can be modelled with a central mass of about 10^12 kg. This mass is typical for a primordial singularity. This object consumes only 2.8 kg per year and generates 10^9 watts of radiation. Water and other molecules near this centre are heated to a plasma. Electrons are stripped from atoms, and the resulting ions are drawn into circular orbits. The resulting current generates a magnetic field with the "positive" pole in the South. Electrons and positively charged ions spiral along magnetic field lines to form bipolar jets, the classic sign of a Black Hole.
The Northern jet is composed of electrons which are absorbed by the moon's interior. More energetic ions of the Southern jet penetrate these layers to warm the South Pole. Escaping ions spiral into Space, exactly as observed by Cassini. Unless Saturn's Rings are replenished, they would decay within 100 million years. Then we would face the anthropic question of why they exist in the right time for humans to view them. Thanks to the Cassini spacecraft, we have witnessed the E Ring being resuppllied from a moon. This observation suggests that similiar processes maintain the rings indefinitely.
Not long ago Earth was thought to be the only place with water in the solar system. Today we have found evidence for water on Mars, asteroids like Ceres, and moons like Europa and Enceladus. Ice on Mars shows conditions that might support life. Water could provide drinks and fuel for future settlers. Enceladus polar water is a mystery that could lead to a Black Hole. The water that we sometimes take for granted is today's most important discovery.
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CarlBrannen said...
"This has led scientists to conclude that the moon should freeze up in a few million years." -- snort, snort, LOL.
Kind of convenient that their grants will run out well short of that time frame.
Kea said...
Gee, that's a discrepancy of quite a few gigawatts! The planetary scientists must be beginning to wonder what all those crazy physicists are actually doing with their grants. And I just love that Mars photo! It looks so homely, like a construction site just down the road.
nige said...
It's exciting news and a nice down-to-Earth type photo of the evidence, as previous commenters have pointed out. If there really is ice just under the surface of Mars, then by solar powered electrolysis you have oxygen to breathe, plus hydrogen as fuel.
Didn't the Phoenix lander have any sensor to detect the surface composition directly?
I know that previous probes (sent decades ago) could analyse soil or ice samples by measuring the backscattered or secondary radiation spectrum when a soil sample is exposed to alpha particles or neutrons from a small source in the spacecraft. This allows the soil composition to be determined without any guesswork, because different nuclei respond to irradiation in different and known ways.
I think that it would be scary in the long term to live on another planet if that planet was totally hostile to life, with no ready means of getting basic vitals like water and oxygen. But if you can easily extract these, then Mars becomes a more attractive place.
One of my favourite books was Samuel Glasstone's "The Book of Mars" published for NASA in 1968.
Glasstone was author of many chemical treatises and textbooks, as well as co-editor with Philip J. Dolan of the U.S. Department of Defense's heavyweight "Effects of Nuclear Weapons" book, and the NASA book "Sourcebook on the Space Sciences".
I think he was commissioned to write "The Book of Mars" in 1968 by NASA because NASA was on course for the Moon, next destination Mars.
Of course if it hadn't been for the costs of fighting insurgent communists in Vietnam and other issues down to Earth, and if the USSR had tried to get to Mars first, NASA would probably have had the funds and would have sent manned missions to Mars by now.
It's all about money and that means politics. Unless there is a competitor and a race, there is little interest and everyone finds lots of more down-to-Earth things to spend or squander money on instead of long-term scientific exploration projects that really capture the imagination.
Since Mars has practically no air pressure and a surface gravity of only 40% of Earth's, it's actually likely to be quite a fun place. Aircraft would be impossible because of the low air pressure, but the low gravity would allow fairly heavy compressed air tanks to be carried around.
The low air pressure would be an advantage for allowing high speed surface craft to move without atmospheric drag (just wheel friction).
At her talk at the American Geophysical Union last December, a woman scientist (junior scientist, naturally) pointed out that "radioactive decay" could not possibly account for Enceladus.
Science has become so specialised that cosmologists know nothing of planet formation and geologists know nothing of Black Holes.
Phoenix must dump a soil sample into its hopper to analyse whether it has ingredients for life.
Hi Louise,
I don't understand the details the black hole mechanism for heat release you mention.
Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, may generate heat in various ways. I don't see how you can rule out radioactivity as a source of heat; potassium-40, uranium and thorium-232 abundances in it are not known. Before radioactivity was known, Kelvin worked out that tidal action wouldn't generate enough heat inside the earth to account for volcanic action and the temperature at the bottom of deep mineshafts, so he simply made up a theory that the earth's internal heat was mainly due to the latent heat given off by lava as it solidified (like the latent heat energy given off when steam condenses). This was the basis for Kelvin in 1862 trying to disprove Darwin's 1859 theory of evolution by "proving" that the Earth couldn't be more than 100 million years old, which wasn't enough time for evolution in Darwin's theory. Then in 1897, Bequerel discovered radioactivity. Although you can measure the radioactivity in surface rocks, you are limited in what you can deduce about the amount of radioactivity in the core of the Earth, so the theory isn't completely checkable. However, the antineutrinos emitted in radioactivity within the Earth are detectable and provide limits.
What I don't understand about the black hole heat source idea you mention, is what the mechanism is for its stable consumption of 2.8 kg of matter per year. What stabilises it, preventing the black hole from either evaporating faster than it can suck in matter, or alternatively, sucking in matter faster than it can radiate energy?
Surely if a such a black hole was surrounded by a lot of matter, all the matter would soon fall into it, and the black hole would either grow or explode. Why should it remain stable? Why should just 2.8 kg of the surrounding matter drip into the black hole over the course of a year? This seems strange.
But on the fundamental particle level, this stability question can be solved if the Hawking radiation is gauge boson exchange radiation: the fundamental particle as a black hole is stable because it is in an equilibrium, receiving and emitting gauge boson radiations. Radiation continually falls in and is continually radiated out, giving a mechanism for the Yang-Mills theory of exchange radiation.
Water ice is conveniently near the surface in the deep north. So that might be a good spot to land humans. On Earth, Antarctica is considered a "hostile environment". Funny that that might be where we want to go on the Moon or Mars.
Perhaps we'll see just how hospitable the martian winter is near the pole. Estimates are that Phoenix will be up to it's elbows in ice. One quote is that Phoenix will be crushed. But if "lazarus mode" works, and we hear from it next summer, that would be, uhm, cool.
As we recently saw with the LHC, there are a lot of misconceptions about Black Holes eating everything in sight. 10^9 GW is an immense amount of radiation, enough to prevent all but a tiny amount of matter from falling in. The calculations are too lengthy to include here, but outward pressure from radiation opposes the inward pull of gravity until an equilibium is achieved.
Louise, thanks for the explanation. It seems very interesting.
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Q: $T:U \to V$, $S: V\to W$, $P:W\to U$, Range($ST$)=nullspace($P$), nullspace($ST$)=range($P$), and rank($T$)=rank($S$)?
$Range($ST$)=nullspace($P$)$ $\rightarrow rank(ST)=dim(W)-rank(P)$
and
$nullspace(ST) = range(P) \rightarrow dim(U)-rank(ST)=rank(P)$
Combining above two, $dim(U)=dim(W)$
Clearly, option $(A)$ can't be always true since $dim(V)$ is not necessarily equal to $dim(U)$
$(b)$ is not correct.
I am unable to rule out between $(c)$ and $(d)$

A: You can find a counter example for (d) using slight variations of the identity. Suppose $U$ and $W$ have dimension 3, and $V$ has dimension 4. Then if $T$ 1-to-1, rank($T$) = 3. If rank($T$) = rank($S$), then rank($S) = 3$, so dim(NS($S$)) = 1. Set up NS($S$) in the right way and you'll have your answer.


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