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arXiv.org > gr-qc > arXiv:gr-qc/0005083
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
arXiv:gr-qc/0005083 (gr-qc)
[Submitted on 18 May 2000 (v1), last revised 25 Aug 2000 (this version, v3)]
Title:Isolated Horizons: Hamiltonian Evolution and the First Law
Authors:Abhay Ashtekar, Stephen Fairhurst, Badri Krishnan
Abstract: A framework was recently introduced to generalize black hole mechanics by replacing stationary event horizons with isolated horizons. That framework is significantly extended. The extension is non-trivial in that not only do the boundary conditions now allow the horizon to be distorted and rotating, but also the subsequent analysis is based on several new ingredients. Specifically, although the overall strategy is closely related to that in the previous work, the dynamical variables, the action principle and the Hamiltonian framework are all quite different. More importantly, in the non-rotating case, the first law is shown to arise as a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a consistent Hamiltonian evolution. Somewhat surprisingly, this consistency condition in turn leads to new predictions even for static black holes. To complement the previous work, the entire discussion is presented in terms of tetrads and associated (real) Lorentz connections.
Comments: 56 pages, 1 figure, Revtex; Final Version, to appear in PRD
Subjects: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
Journal reference: Phys.Rev. D62 (2000) 104025
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.62.104025
Cite as: arXiv:gr-qc/0005083
(or arXiv:gr-qc/0005083v3 for this version)
From: Badri Krishnan [view email]
[v1] Thu, 18 May 2000 21:30:03 UTC (58 KB)
[v2] Fri, 19 May 2000 17:30:14 UTC (58 KB)
[v3] Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:11:40 UTC (58 KB)
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Today's "Cathedrals Express" had the dubious honour of being the last steam hauled train to pass the doomed cement works chimney on the approach to Westbury with demolition by explosives due to take place at 0700hrs on Sunday 18th September. Just 4 feet shorter than the spire of Salisbury Cathedral at 400 feet tall the chimney was built in 1965 and replaced a 250-foot structure that saw less than 3 years service. That chimney was itself blown up with explosives at lunchtime on Friday 1st October 1965 as following the building of an additional kiln it was necessary to have a larger stack. The works, originally opened by Blue Circle cement in September 1962, employed hundreds of local people down the years and was bought by Lafarge in 2001 with closure coming in May 2009 due to a recession in the building industry. The plant is rail served and until 2008 received regular deliveries of coal from Parc Slip in south Wales also flyash was received from Longannet power station in Scotland between 1996 and 2002. Following 'mothballing' of the plant it became a distribution point for imported cement products that normally arrive on a weekly basis from Earles Sidings (Hope) Derbyshire. Freightliner Heavy Haul deliver the cement in bogie tankers and the powder is sucked out and reloaded into lorries for road distribution across the south and west. Some years ago a short term rail flow operated between Westbury and Moorswater but was discontinued.
Returning now to the matter in hand I managed to catch 6201 on the train as it approached Heywood Road Junction running 25 minutes late due to station working issues at Newbury where a water stop was made. The chimney can be seen in the background. Next was Clink Road Junction on the north side of Frome with a couple of 'grab' shots just being possible from the road bridge which was teeming with spectators. The charter was then held for a further 20 minutes on the double track section of line between Clink and Frome North Junctions to allow late running Weymouth-Gloucester and Bristol-Weymouth 'Sprinter' services to pass over the single track section through the station first. Frome station and the adjoining car park was absolutely teeming with spectators, many of them bearing the 'next generation' of rail enthusiasts? in pushchairs and buggies to see 'the steam train'. Following watering the charter departed the station at 1309 but was further held at Blatchbridge Jctn to allow a westbound HST to precede off the station avoiding line. Blatchbridge was finally passed by 6201 at 1322, 49 minutes late.
A very interesting note from Guy Vincent to set the scene, Many Thanks.
The 'Cathedrals Express' behind 6201 Princess Elizabeth emerges from Whiteball tunnel. 17th September 2016 Copyright Ron Westwater.
Train reported on time at Plymouth by Roger Winnen having missed out a scheduled stop at Dawlish Warren.
Normally I would leave the task of adding pictures to Roger Winnen but as he is already absent from his 'desk' chasing trains KJ has started the ball rolling on what promises to be a 'bumper day'! We'll add more as the day goes on!! Looking on one side of the loco it has the number D1071 Western Renown on the other it has D1015 Western Champion.
About to go under Apex Bridge. Copyright Mick House.
The return run, in order.
Again about to go under Apex Bridge this time on its return run. Copyright Mick House.
GWR, Churchward designed 2800 class 2-8-0 no. 2872 stands alongside the signal box by Taunton loco on 6/5/62. No. 2872 was an 86E Severn Tunnel Junction engine at the time and would see here time out at the same shed in August 1963.
Class 46's D153 and 186 roll into Taunton from the west. Copyright John Cornelius N.B. These BR diesels Type 4 1Co-Co1 were all withdrawn by 1984.


I use my Xkey 25 Air pretty much every day in the studio. No matter what state my studio wiring is in, I can just turn this bad boy on and I've got velocity, pressure, mod wheel, pitch bend and octave shifts at my fingertips.
Because it's so compact with no knobs to snap off – I also throw it in my pack for experimental ensemble sessions and performance where I don't want to bring a lot of gear. In these situations I don't want to have use a finger to hold the sustain button for drones and/or holding notes for synths that don't support arp latch (U-He synths for example).
Press "Read Selected from Xkey" button in the interface to load the current settings of the Xkey into the editor.
That's it! Now when you press the sustain button, it will toggle on as if you were holding the button down (or your foot on a sustain pedal). Press it again, and the sustain releases.
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Additional settings in the Xkey app Mod Wheel and Pitch when they are in the default "control" mode are are below. You can completely change their function as well (ex. PW can be program change).
I'm assuming to invert the pitch.
Note, I'm working on a Max for Live Midi device with Mod, Pitch, Breath, Aftertouch, Sustain Latch, and 4 x/y so I can latch from Xkey, then manipulate these params from a generic MIDI controller, Novation Launch control, or mouse. Handy for sound design work when you don't have a controller plugged in.
How about Mod Wheel & Pitch Bend postion; can you set these to not snap to zero/ reset to zero when you're not touching them?


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'The BT62s' – the gang of youngsters running amok in Portadown
'We have older residents who have lived here most, if not all of their lives, who are terrified'
Mairead Holland
A gang of young people allegedly calling themselves the BT62s is among those terrorising residents in parts of Portadown, a local councillor has said.
The gang, named after the area's postcode, is understood to be the same one which a residents' group claim was "armed with knives and hockey sticks" on Friday night.
Residents reported seeing approximately 20-25 hooded young people dressed in dark clothing running down Corcrain Drive towards the woodlands area just before 11pm.
Police confirmed they carried out extensive checks but found nothing.
DUP councillor Darryn Causby, who also manages the YMCA in Jervis Street, said that while he does not know a lot of detail about the gang, "some of the young people who come to the YMCA tell us they are terrified of them".
He said there has apparently been arranged fights and that on Saturday at the 'Red Bridge' over the Northway, the gang had allegedly come over with weapons and chased some young people, with a parent claiming her 13-year-old daughter had been trailed to the ground.
He added: "We know there was an issue in Brownstown Park at the end of summer when the supposed same gang of young people were involved in an issue when they attempted to rob a 10-year-old boy. The older boys had hoods, masks and bats.
"The police took two of the boys home. There is a real sense that these young people are roaming the town and doing what they like."
He also condemned the actions of another large group of young people who have been been engaged in drinking, possible drug-taking and antisocial activity in an area called the 'alley' on Saturday nights, close to Jervis Street and Alexandra Gardens.
He said residents had had roofs climbed on, cars rolled on and bins thrown over gardens as well as doors kicked and windows egged.
"We have older residents who have lived in Jervis Street most, if not all of their lives, who are terrified, and across in Alexandra Gardens it's the same," he said.
"The young people tend to move from location to location, so this is just another spot. They are coming from all over the places.
"Not this Saturday, but the Saturday before, police brought two teenage girls home to Tandragee, and there were 23 stop and searches carried out by the PSNI, which is an enormous figure."
He said the problem had existed for years with the group alternating between areas such as the River Bann, Corcrain woodland and Brownstown Park.
And he voiced his concern that someone was going to be killed or seriously injured.
He said YMCA staff had been out engaging with the young people, some of whom attend the centre on other nights, but that the attitude seemed to be that Saturday night was their drinking night.
"I am concerned it is going to get out of hand and someone is going to get killed or seriously injured," he said.
And he rejected the explanation that there was nothing for young people to do, pointing out that there are a number of youth clubs right across the town.
He added: "If parents are dropping young people in to Portadown, the question they should be asking themselves is 'what's in Jervis Street at 4pm or 5pm in the afternoon, other than a back alley'.
"And I would say to young people, be aware that the actions you take have consequences, Getting drunk on a roof could have a life-changing consequence. Please think about your safety and your well-being."
In a post on Facebook on Saturday, police said they were aware of groups causing a nuisance in the Jervis Street area over the past number of weekends.
"The reports of alcohol and drug use in the area are quite concerning, when some of the oldest present are 13 and 14.
"Most of the ones we spoke to weren't from the town," they added.
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Miryam Shomrat (Hebrew: מרים שמרת) was the Israeli ambassador to Norway from 2005 until 2008 and ambassador to Finland from 2000 until 2003.

While ambassador to Norway, Shomrat publicly criticized King Harald, Queen Sonja and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg for not supporting the cause of the Jews. In a televised interview she said: "I think a gesture from the royal household to the Jewish community on the eve of the (Jewish) New Year would have been in place anyway, certainly a show of solidarity after the shooting incident would have been in place.  Forgive me for saying it so openly, but I do think it is a very important gesture which should be taken." Shomrat was reacting to a shooting in September 2006 at a synagogue in Oslo and her response was seen as inappropriate, including from the local Norwegian Jewish community.

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Lord tonight I sit in the dark and I can't sleep because my mind is full of sadness and my mind is filled with thought hurts. My heart feels so heavy and it aches so bad! I hate feeling like this. I feel betrayed by my some of my family members and a couple of friends. It just seems as though I am being punished by them when all I try to do is live with compassion, love, support, grace, caring and honesty towards these people and all they do is hurt me with their actions. I try so hard to ignore it and not let it bother me or get to me but it is just too much! I feel like I am stoned and blamed for things I did not do. I need strength lord, I need your guidance and protection to not have a heavy heart or have my heart be filled with hate because that is not what I want and that is not what you thought me. I am confused and wonder why, why am I being treated so bad. Why am I so misunderstood. Lord I want you to know that I appreciate all of your blessings even in this time of frustration and hurtfulness. I am so very thankful for all that you give me lord. Thank you for my very loving and supportive husband and we are so very bless with your loving hand on him daily. Thank you Lord for my two beautiful and healthy girls, please continue to bless them and keep them safe from harm and illness. I usually look to them for strength because they remind me of your presence on a daily basis, but lately Lord it has been very hard with all this obstacles that is in front of me and I don't know what else to do and I feel I don't have strength Lord.


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Q: Lua - including file doesnt work, how can I fix it? I have a problem with lua include (dofile, loadfile, require). What I want to do is including file to my main lua file.

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*Main file - stala_2enb_lua.lua

*File to include - zmienne_2enb_modyfikacja

I want to have my main file constant and make changes only in second file, where I want to have variables.
Main file

File to include

I tried all ways like on the screen, but I have no output. It behaves like this all including doesnt matter. There is no error and the variables are not included. How can I make it correctly?
UPDATE
I've managed to load a little bit using dofile, but there is an error which I can't understand.  I've found a solution, but i can't understand it properly --> devdocs.io/nginx_lua_module --> ctrf +f = Lua Coroutine Yielding/Resuming
Error after loading function using dofile ("/home/epcsim/WTS_2001_WK05/zmienne_2enb_lua.lua")

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Q: my regex for finding words start with e not working hi i am using tihs code to find words start with e but it is`t work
code
import re
a="bitte gebe eine nummer bein:"
result=re.sub(r"(\s(e).*\s$)","lol",a,count=1)
print(result)

the output i expect
bitte gebe lol nummer bein

A: $ matches the end of the string/line in regex (Python Documentation).  Your regex would only match a word starting with e that happens to have a space after it and the end of the string right after (for example "eins zwei eine " would work).
In addition, .* is greedy and will consume the rest of your string.
You will also need to put spaces around your replacement string for the desired output.
So you want something like this:
import re

a = "bitte gebe eine nummer bein:"
result = re.sub(r"(\s(e)\w+\s)", " lol ", a, count=1)
print(result)

\w+ will match [a-zA-Z0-9_] as many as times as possible and will stop at a space to avoid consuming the rest of the string.


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Hello, I am new to spiceworks but I have been following multiple other threads on issues with WSUS in an attempt to resolve my own.
I am running a SBS 2011 deployment with about 12 clients, and had been using WSUS since January. It became too bloated to operate (due to my mistake of enabling the drivers download) and I couldn't run the cleanup utility without a node disconnect (I tried all methods mentioned for getting around this).
So.. I opted to completely remove WSUS 3.0 SP2. The uninstall went without any errors and I deleted the remaining database files.
I then attempted to reinstall with no success. The installer crashes every time at the "configuring database" step, at which point it rolls back and points me to the log files.
Does anyone have some insight as to how to get around this? I have attached the log files. Thank you in advance.
There shouldn't have been a. EEd to remove it. You coulad used Adamj's WSUs cleaner script. I would recommend to restart first.
Will the cleanup script fix issues even though it is already uninstalled? I thought it was used strictly for database maintenance.
Also try this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg680316(v=ws.11).aspx Make sure to also have the SQL service running if setup that way.
The cleanup script only works when WSUS is installed.
How are you trying to reinstall? With the executable or via roles and features? WID or SQL? Is there an error in eventvwr? Can you provide the eventid if there is? Try installing with the executable if you can.
Honestly, i'd do a restore on the server. This at least gets it working again. Plz tell me you have a backup.
My script would have fixed you PRIOR to your removal, but it only works when it's installed.
Since you already tried to remove it, you missed some steps.
Remove WSUS Role, Remove the WID Role (assuming nothing else is using the WID) , Remove the folder that contains the WSUS Content folder (C:\WSUS), Remove the WID Database from C:\Windows\WID (assuming nothing else is using the WID). Restart, Re-install both the WID and WSUS.
I tried reinstalling in various fashions: the CD installer, the executable from the Microsoft webpage, via roles and features, cmd, etc.
I'm trying to use a WID instance. I completely removed it and reinstalled it.
I was wanting to do a restore from a system image, however the issue is that multiple clients are dependent on the current SQL databases (ACT, Quickbooks, etc).
"Product: Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action PERF_COUNTER_INST, location: C:\Program Files\Update Services\Setup\HideConsoleApp.exe, command: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.7.2053\InstallUtil.exe /LogFile="C:\Users\aquatic\AppData\Local\Temp\1\WSUSCa_170701_2000.log" /ShowCallStack /WsusInstall /CategoryMessageFile="C:\Program Files\Update Services\Common\EventCategories.dll " "C:\Program Files\Update Services\Setup\bin\Microsoft.UpdateServices.Setup.CustomActions.dll "
"The description for Event ID 17137 from source MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
"Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Failed resolving account spsearch with status 1376. Check connection to domain controller and VssAccessControl registry key.
Error: NetLocalGroupGetMemebers(spsearch), 0x80070560, The specified local group does not exist."
Is the WID used for anything other than WSUS?
Also, check IIS - Remove the WSUS Virtual Directories if they are still there.
You will also need to manually delete the file C:\windows\WID\Data\susdb.mdf before re-installing everything again.
The description for Event ID 17137 from source MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.
WSUS is the most convoluted piece of bloat-ware and bad programming I have ever encountered from Microsoft. ...and that's saying something cause I also work on Navision.
It is still great if you use my script.
WID is used strictly for WSUS in my instance. I couldn't find any existing WSUS virtual directories.
Verified that the master, model, msdb, and tempdb "auto close" is disabled in SSMS.
Went through the process of the VSS registry editing.
I'm wondering if I have insufficient privileges (despite being on the admin account). In SSMS it shows that remote connections to SSEE are disabled, however I cannot enable them.
Unfortunately still running into the crash at "configuring the database".
I ended up doing a restore on the C: volume to a backup done 8 days ago. WSUS is back up and running and my registry is back in tact, as well as I was able to back up and restore my current exchange/SQL databases.
I'm now going to implement the Adamj script to get WSUS to stay under control.
Awesome!! Run that script and you will be on your way.


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In September, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced that it would require banks with more than 500,000 customers to provide a safety net to help them survive a run on the money.
Meanwhile, Diamond District is not the only company with a big payday at the expense of its workers.
In December, the United States Postal Service announced it would shutter several mail-delivery sites in the state of Colorado after receiving a record $834 million in taxpayer funding.
And this month, a $8 million settlement was reached with the state's insurance department for failing to keep workers in line.
Diamond district, however, isn't the only example of a big company trying to cash in on the diamond rush.
For years, some major diamond mines have been closing, leaving the land with a limited supply of diamonds.
The price of a single diamond can go as high as $30,000.
But some companies are making money off the industry, such as the company that owns the Davenport mine.
It has been building out a fleet of trucks to carry its workers into mines, and it has a $6 million contract with a private-equity firm to build an $8.5 million office complex in the mine.
According to the Darden Group, a financial services firm that specializes in diamonds, it made $15 million in profit in the first half of 2018.
And in January, a group of California miners sued the company, alleging it had no responsibility to pay for a $2.5 billion plan to improve the health of the mines.
The suit is still pending.
This year, a number of diamond mines in Arizona are being shut down due to a shortage of diamonds, and several smaller mines in the West have been shut down for the same reason.
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More from Quartz: The next big thing for a bank?
This is how to get into big banking The new rule: Banks are in a fight for survival.
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The regulators have a lot of power.
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A few years ago, we had a big debate about a new financial innovation called 'cryptocurrencies.'
They were so innovative, but they were also a threat because they were unregulated.
They were unregulated, and there was no regulation of the exchanges that were being used to make and sell them.
There are now hundreds of crypto-currencies on the market.
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There are also many forms of digital money that can be converted into gold and silver and other commodities.
Some people are saying that these new cryptocurrencies are like digital gold or silver.
But that's not the same as digital gold.
The same is true for cryptocurrencies that are not legal tender, such a digital currency called the dollar, which you can buy and sell in most U.K. financial markets.
The dollar is also not legal in the United Kingdom, and its value has declined because it is considered a foreign currency.
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How to win a Diamond Credit Union Card
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The credit union is offering the cards to people who earn between $250,000 and $500,000 per year.
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If you're set on making your mark on the business world, you'll have to conquer the GMAT first. Here's a brief overview of the test.
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The GMAT is comprised of four sections: an Analytical Writing Assessment section, an Integrated Reasoning section, a Quantitative Section and a Verbal Section.
The GMAT has four main divisions: Analytical Writing; Integrated Reasoning; Verbal Reasoning; Quantitative reasoning.
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A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 HUGO AWARD AND THE ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD. WINNER OF THE 2017 PRIX JULIA-VERLANGER.
'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent' Tor.com
The stand-alone sequel to the award-winning The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to start over in a synthetic body, in a world where her kind are illegal. She's never felt so alone.
But she's not alone, not really. Pepper, one of the engineers who risked life and limb to reinstall Lovelace, is determined to help her adjust to her new world. Because Pepper knows a thing or two about starting over.
Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that, huge as the galaxy may be, it's anything but empty.
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SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 8, 2013—Catalina Offshore Products, one of California's premier seafood purveyors and San Diego's only exporter of sea urchins, is pleased to announce its Full Partner status with Seafood for the Future, the Aquarium of the Pacific's nonprofit seafood advisory program in Long Beach.
Catalina Offshore Products is among 11 restaurant and retail businesses to date that have partnered with Seafood for the Future, whose mission is to encourage healthy and responsible seafood choices. As a result, Catalina Offshore Products is part of a network of businesses committed to sourcing better seafood choices from responsible fisheries or farms.
As a primary supplier of West Coast fresh fish and shellfish, Catalina Offshore Products mainly features species found along the California coast and the Baja peninsula. Nearly 75 percent of the seafood Catalina Offshore Products sells online, wholesale and in its San Diego-based retail market is sustainable and much of it is sushi grade fish.
Catalina Offshore Products' partner page on Seafood for the Future's website features a partial list of Seafood for the Future-approved seafood products. The list will be updated as additional inventory is assessed. To maintain its partnership with Seafood for the Future, Catalina Offshore Products' product offerings will be evaluated quarterly to ensure the most up-to-date recommendations. Seafood for the Future also requires copies of the most recent invoices at the time of evaluation to improve transparency and accountability.
For more information on Catalina Offshore Products, call (619) 297-9797 or visit catalinaop.com.
Founded in 1977, Catalina Offshore Products was once exclusively a sea urchin/uni wholesaler in both domestic sales and exports to Asia. Today Catalina Offshore Products is one of California's premier seafood purveyors and San Diego's only exporter of sea urchins. A primary supplier of West Coast fresh fish and shellfish, Catalina Offshore Products mainly features species found along the California coast and the Baja peninsula. Nearly 75 percent of the seafood Catalina Offshore Products sells is sustainable and much of it is sushi grade. In 2012, Catalina Offshore Products expanded by opening its Seafood Education and Nutrition Center which features a walk-in fish market, ongoing educational opportunities and special events. For more information, visit catalinaop.com.
Seafood for the Future (SFF) is the Aquarium of the Pacific's nonprofit seafood advisory program. The program works with a network of chefs, restaurants, distributors, fishermen, producers, and scientists to promote healthy and responsible seafood in Southern California. Consumers can look for responsible seafood at the following SFF Full Partner locations: Catalina Offshore Products (San Diego), Bluewater Grill (Newport Beach, Redondo Beach, and Tustin), Captain Kidd's (Redondo Beach), Seasalt Fish Grill (Santa Monica); at Long Beach restaurants Renaissance Long Beach, Gladstone's Long Beach, and more. Local seafood promotional partners include: Carlsbad Aquafarm, the Newport Dory Fleet, Sea Stephanie Fish, and West Caught Fish Company. SFF is also working with community groups such as LA Kitchen, the Culinary Liberation Front, and A Sustainable Kitchen. The public can look for SFF events and a complete partner list by visiting seafoodforthefuture.org.


Eve Windham offered this observation to her dancing partner more to distract him from the view over her shoulder than anything else.
Now he frowned, which meant even the small smile was no longer in evidence.
A gentleman did not make such remarks in a lady's hearing, but Eve had the sense Sir Joseph wasn't being jealous of a rival so much as he was being protective of a woman who could be more stubborn than sensible.
As he moved her around the dance floor with surprising competence, Sir Joseph studied Eve.
This was again, not jealousy talking. Eve was not interested in holy matrimony herself, and her dispassion in this regard allowed her a frank appraisal of the other actors and actresses on the social stage.
Sir Joseph Carrington was a handsome man, if allowances could be made for his dark coloring. His features were strikingly masculine and his military bearing attractive in itself.
But he did not have handsome ways. His gait was not smooth, his mannerisms were the farthest thing from flirtatious, his address was completely lacking.
He was fierce, direct and besotted with Louisa, though Eve doubted the man himself was aware of it.
Sir Joseph's gaze strayed over Eve's shoulder again as the waltz drew to a close.
"None at all." He bowed very correctly and lead her off the floor, though to Eve, his limp seemed a little more pronounced for all he'd danced beautifully.


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David Hayman is currently presenting Wonders of Scotland on ITV, showcasing the beauty and versatility of the nation. The star has had a long and storied career in both film and TV. With over 100 credits to his name and over 50 years of acting under his belt, Hayman is a veteran of the industry.
How old is David Hayman?
Since premiering on ITV on September 7, viewers have been enjoying Wonders of Scotland with David Hayman.
The show sees the star chart a course across the nation, cataloguing the best and brightest aspects of the country.
So far, Hayman has visited Argyle and Glencoe, Lewis and Harris, and Speyside and Cairngorms.
In the fourth and final episode, which airs September 28, Hayman will venture to East Lothian and the North Sea.
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The presenter and actor should be familiar to fans, having starred in countless films and TV shows over the course of his career.
Now 73 years old, Hayman has no signs of slowing down, as he is still starring in films year on year, with multiple projects in the pipeline.
Most recently, Hayman could be seen in series such as The Nest, Bang, Hatton Garden and Taboo.
In terms of films, the actor starred in Fisherman's Friends, The Ballad of Billy McCrea and Help which just aired on ITV.
"Expect stunning landscapes, historical revelations, and unrivalled natural wonders that – if they're anything like me – will make viewers want to get out there and see even more of glorious Scotland as soon as the programme ends."
In a recent interview on This Morning, Hayman also shared some details on the show, including how he tackles taking on these documentary projects.
"You learn so much," Hayman explained, "I do in as an everyman, as 'Joe Bloggs' and essentially just want to learn and absorb and explain.
"What a job! To be paid to travel around Scotland, to discover its wonders, its beauty, its staggering, staggering breath-taking landscapes am doits warm and friendly people.
"You want to share it with everyone. Scotland is consistently voted one of the most beautiful countries in the world and also voted one of the friendliest countries.
"It's a glorious country and we just want to share it and spread the joy."
For viewers keen to catch up on the show, the complete season is available to watch on ITV Hub from tonight after 7pm.
Hayman's upcoming projects include Fisherman's Friends 2, My Neighbour, Adolf and Kingslayer.
Wonders of Scotland with David Hayman is available to watch on ITV and ITV Hub.
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Free Ticket Giveaway: Mavis Staples + The Broadcast at the Hamilton in DC on April 7th!
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We are pleased to offer a pair of free tickets to see the legend Mavis Staples and the rising talent The Broadcast on Thursday April 7th at the Hamilton in DC just down the street from the White House. Tickets are available for purchase here.
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Mavis Staples is living, breathing history. She is an alchemist of American music, having continuously crossed genre lines like no musician since Ray Charles. Weaving herself into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip hop over the last 60 years, this iconic singer has seen and sung through so many changes, always rising up to meet every road.
Now in her seventh decade, with the release of her new album Livin' on a High Note (ANTI-), she is only gaining momentum. Produced by M. Ward with songs by Neko Case, Justin Vernon, Nick Cave, Ben Harper, Tune-Yards, Aloe Blacc and others, the album serves as a summation and furtherance of her illustrious career. Refusing to fade away, she continues to tour incessantly, remaining as vital, engaged, and true as always. There is no persona; she is, simply and untouchably, Mavis—and Livin' on a High Note is the symphony of her life.
The Broadcast
Asheville's most exciting and dynamic act, The Broadcast will play The Hamilton in DC on Thursday, April 7 as direct support for the legendary Mavis Staples. The band is touring in support of their forthcoming sophmore album, From The Horizon.
Produced and engineered by multi-Grammy award winner Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Sting, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Grace Potter, etc) From The Horizon stays true to The Broadcast's roots, while also showcasing an evolving maturity. "This record is very brave in the fact that it doesn't follow a pattern or trend. It's classically good music based on the music that we've all listened to since the '50s 'til today," says Scott. "It's got soul, and vibrancy, and life. [Caitlin] is such a great singer."
The Broadcast's reputation for high energy live performances has led them to exciting and diverse opportunities including shared stages with such acts as The Wood Brothers, St Paul and The Broken Bones, George Porter Jr, Keller Williams, Charles Bradley, and Sonny Landreth among others. The band has also received recent nods from both Lucinda Williams and John Popper (Blues Traveler).
"Some of our favorite artists like Tedeschi Trucks Band, Grace Potter, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Chis Robinson, Sturgill Simpson – they've created an authentic music community, one that embraces soul, rock, Americana, country and blues," says Krisko. "Because of these musicians, bands like The Broadcast can aspire to a scene bigger than ourselves. It feels incredible knowing there's a renewed desire from people for this style of music. As a front woman I am honored to be a part of the younger generation of bands who are able to thrive within this foundation that's been laid."
The Broadcast's debut album, Dodge The Arrow, ranked No. 4 on the National College Radio charts, while leading the band to be featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" and Relix Magazine's "Boiler Room Sessions." They would also win "Best New Artist" and runner up for "Album of the Year" from Homegrown Music Network in 2014. The independently released collection has gone on to sell over 6,000 copies.
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Ten arrested at oil sands protest
Moab Sun News - June 16th
Reclaiming Our Future - Opinion Editorial
Moab Sun News - June 16th by Sarah Stock
READ FULL OP-ED HERE
Tars Sands Mine And Protestors Resume Activities
KUER, NPR Utah - June 6th, 2016 by Judy Fahys
Estonian Company Project Proposes to Unlock Utah Oil Shale
KSL - April 10th, 2016 by By Amy Joi O'Donoghue
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US Oil Sands slows $60-million Utah project as prices tank, contractors close
Calgary Herald - February 9th, 2016 by Dan Healing
Last Rush for the Wild West: Tar Sands Mining in Utah
EcoWatch - August 5th, 2015 by Michael Sobczak
Documentary on controversial Utah strip mining coming to Moscow
Inland 360.com - February 16th, 2015 by Jennifer K Bauer
Eco-News Report
KHSU Radio - January 8th, 2015 with host Jennifer Kalt of Humboldt Baykeeper
Interview with Pete Nichols, National Director of Waterkeeper Alliance and Jennifer Ekstrom, Director of film Last Rush for the Wild West
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KHUM Radio - January 8th, 2015 with host Mike Dronkers
Interview with Last Rush for the Wild West's director Jennifer Ekstrom and Jennifer Savage, Coastal Programs Director for Northcoast Environmental Center LISTEN BY CLICKING HERE
10 Best Eco-Docs of 2014
EcoWatch - December 29th, 2014 by Stefanie Spear
This year brought many inspiring and educational environmental documentaries to theatres and film festivals worldwide. From the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC to Mountainfilm in Telluride, filmmakers were working hard to bring light to the most pervasive environmental issues impacting human health and the environment.
Check out my list of the top 10 best eco-docs of 2014:
http://ecowatch.com/2014/12/29/environmental-documentaries-2014/
Documentary Exposes Fossil Fuel Industries Assault on the Wild West
EcoWatch - Sept 4, 2014
A new documentary, Last Rush for the Wild West: Tar Sands, Oil Shale and the American Frontier, by filmmaker Jennifer Ekstrom, talks about another piece of the American landscape under assault from the fossil fuel industry: the strip mining of more than a million acres of tar sands and oil shale in eastern Utah. It addresses the wilderness landscapes that would be destroyed, increased pollution it would bring to already heavily polluted Salt Lake City and threat to the Colorado River watershed, which provides drinking water to 36 million people.
The state of Utah has already approved the project despite a lack of studies about the potential impact on the water supply, and there has already been strong backlash.
"I made this film because of the magnitude of destruction on the horizon in America if strip mining for tar sands and oil shale is allowed to gain momentum," said Eckstrom, who has a long record of environmental activism. "The massive strip mines that have already been approved by the State of Utah, under the public's radar, are unprecedented and out of step with the needs of humanity on many levels. Too often we realize the foolishness of our decisions after the fact. We now have a rare opportunity to stop this really bad project before it begins."
Last Rush for the Wild West will debut in the heart of the impacted area, screening at the Moab International Film Festival in Utah on Sept. 19.
According to the film's Facebook page, "The recreation mecca of Moab, Utah is a front-line community positioned directly downstream from proposed tar sands and oil shale strip mines. Moab residents would be among the first in the Colorado River watershed to be impacted by pollution inevitably created by this type of mining practice."
http://ecowatch.com/2014/09/04/utah-tar-sands-oil-shale/
EPA Engages about first tar sands mine in the u.s.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now showing an interest in the United States first commercial tar sands strip mine. EPA oversight is critical since this precedent setting strip mine was approved by the State of Utah without a single environmental review or accountability measure.
U.S. Oil Sands had sidestepped previous oversight by the EPA and the environmental reviews it would require by proposing the initial operations on Utah State Lands only.
But it turns out that part of the proposed tar sands strip mines are on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and the EPA has jurisdiction to oversee the activities. The corporation had tried to sidestep this federal regulation in favor of much more lenient (or non-existent) rules in the State of Utah. The are now challenging the EPA's jurisdiction.
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July 22nd, 2014 - KSL.com reports
VERNAL — Twenty-one people from 10 states were arrested Monday during a protest that "became physical" at a controversial tar sands mine in northeastern Utah, according to the Uintah County Sheriff's Office....
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New Tool Benchmarks Advisor Wrap Biz Pricing
Thursday, April 28, 2011 by Administrator
By Tom Stabile September 29, 2010
A new tool is offering financial advisors the ability to benchmark the wrap fee they charge to clients on managed account program assets against thousands of their peers. Toronto-based PriceMetrix is using data from 20,000 advisors in its system to offer technology that can delve into detailed per-account pricing scenarios for the managed account wrap fees over which most advisors have considerable discretion to set.
High-net-worth clients at brokerages usually pay a wrap account fee that covers the advisor's recommendations and planning, as well as access to the vetted product platforms of separately managed accounts, mutual funds or other product sets. Clients typically pay a fee that ranges from 1% to 2% of assets to cover the advisor's services, the underlying fees of the investment managers, and sometimes a separate "house" charge from the sponsoring brokerage.
The new product's main utility is how it can help advisors avoid discounting their advisory fee too much, because many of them will immediately jump to the lowest allowed price point in order to win a wavering client, says Doug Trott, president and CEO of PriceMetrix.
"There are cases where 1.5% or 2% is reasonable for a product," he adds. "Let's make sure that [advisors] understand that before they give it away. Most firms give their reps a fairly wide degree of price setting so they can be competitive, but you want them to be fair to themselves and their firms."
A high percentage of advisors don't price their accounts optimally, says Rick Rummage, president of the Rummage Group, a recruiting firm, and a former Morgan Stanley advisor and branch manager. "I would say about a third of advisors are very disciplined in their pricing approach," he says. "They actually have some sort of model that they use to charge for [a certain account size and type] and they don't stray from it. They don't discount."
But other advisors either have a target price but easily cave in to discounting, or have no pricing methodology whatsoever – "they're all over the place," Rummage says. "Quite honestly, a lot of them under-price. There are some out there getting 2.25%, but a lot of advisors feel guilty, that they're gouging the clients if they charge that."
Trott says the new FeeCheck tool has many dials that advisors can set to check closely against their direct peers – including full low-to-high price ranges, medians and quartile comparisons. But he says they should go into the pricing exercise with a sense of whether they want to be a "premium," "moderate" or "discount" option on the market. "We show them the market and let them decide where the price is," he adds.
For now, the tool covers SMA, mutual fund, advisor with discretion, and advisor without discretion advisory programs, says Sarah McFarlane, business analyst at PriceMetrix. The firm is also collecting data on unified managed account programs, but only has a narrow data set for those platforms so far.
McFarlane says the price ranges for the four program types is "shockingly broad," ranging from under 1% to more than 3%, which makes the benchmarking tool's ability to drill into detail more valuable. She says SMAs are generally on the higher end of the scale because of the additional investment manager fee built into the price.
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The level of detail includes setting the comparison at advisors with similar production levels and other vital stats – such as membership in the top-seller "Chairman's Club" – and then pricing for accounts and client portfolios with similar breakdowns between equity, fixed income or cash.
McFarlane cites some of the data the system tallies for the specific case of an advisor without account discretion who produces $1 million in revenue and is seeking price data for a $200,000 account for a client with $1 million in assets in the relationship. The result is a market median price of 1.18%, a top quartile median of 1.35% and a maximum price of 2.14%.
"It lets the [advisor] see the price range for this type of client, this type of product, 'reps like me,'" Trott says.
Trott says his firm's analysis finds the typical advisor may be "undercharging" by up to $500 a year per individual account within client portfolios, a number that can add up substantially over the lifecycle of a client relationship.
He says the tool is most useful as a preparatory measure before meeting with a prospective client, but is more accurate than grabbing a number from industry research consultants – who don't delve into the same level of account-level detail – or by calling around to peers. He says about three-quarters of all advisors offer some level of discount from "list" prices at their brokerages. "But they go to 1% too quickly," he adds.
There may even be a way to use the technology as a demonstration tool to negotiate with clients who are offering "challenging price resistance," Trott says. "If the client insists, 'I can get it for 75 basis points down the street,' the advisor can say, 'You can see I'm charging you the median price in the market on that account, and I'm not going to go lower. You can get a lower price but you may be getting the lowest service level, too.'"
The new technology is built on data that PriceMetrix collects for its other price benchmarking tools from 20,000 advisors across 20 brokerage firms – the same firms that are its clients. PriceMetrix's website lists Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Janney Montgomery Scott, Hilliard Lyons and Scott & Stringfellow among its brokerage clients, and mostly caters to full-service shops. Trott says it is starting to target independent brokerages as well.
Trott says the system aggregates and "normalizes" the data for cleaner comparisons, and offers clients the option for their advisors to benchmark within their own brokerage if desired. The system also automatically "rebalances" a pricing schedule if an advisor wants to change the fee for a certain asset type within a client's larger portfolio.


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Q: How to lint entire folder using tslint Is that possible to lint entire folder using tslint?
Using eslint it is possible to do eslint ./src to validate whole folder.
When i try to do the same for tslint - i am getting an error Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory. In their examples on the site - they show how to validate single file, which is not the case usually.
Is that possible to validate my project without extra things like gulp-tslint, just from the command line?

A: There is now a --project option for this. Example:
tslint --project .

From the docs:

-p, --project:
The path or directory containing a tsconfig.json file that will be
     used to determine which files will be linted. This flag also enables
     rules that require the type checker.

A: You can use a glob to lint multiple files.
Normally, if you just pass a glob as is, your shell will expand it and pass the resulting files to TSLint. So for example, in bash 4+ with the globstar option enabled, you could do the following to lint all .ts and .tsx files:
tslint src/**/*.ts{,x}

You're probably better off though using a command that will work consistently across platforms and shells though. For this, you can pass the glob in quotes. When in quotes, the glob will get passed as is to TSLint which will handle it with node-glob. You could then run the following command to get the same results as above:
tslint 'src/**/*.ts?(x)'

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If your project has a tsconfig.json you can aproach --project advange.

In my case I have a nativescript project wich includes a tsconfig.json at project root, so I have this:

Note that in the json 'node_modules' and 'platforms' directories are excluded. This means that all files in the project are going to be mapped except 'node_modules' and 'platforms' directories.
I have added this scripts at my package.json, 'tslint' to log the errors and 'tslint-fix' to fix the errors.
"scripts": {
    "tslint": "tslint -p tsconfig.json",
    "tslint-fix": "tslint --fix -p tsconfig.json"
}


The aim of TEEB is to provide a bridge between the multi-disciplinary science of biodiversity and the arena of international and national policy as well as local government and business practices. The scope of TEEB is intentionally broad and it should therefore be seen as an inspiration and as an invitation for others to deepen its findings and to develop more context- specific recommendations. Ideally, TEEB will act as a catalyst to help accelerate the development of a new economy: one in which the values of natural capital, and the ecosystem services which this capital sup- plies, are fully reflected in the mainstream of public and private decision-making.


The season generally runs 2 weeks in mid October. Two types of trips are offered.
We'll fly you into a large remote lake where you'll find and abundant amount of lake shore, marshes and smaller back lakes, to hunt. Because of the larger size of these lakes often 10 to 30 miles long, we supply 14' boats & 15hp. motors and all mixed gas so as to navigate these areas. The package is for a minimum of 4 persons. Camps are equipped with bed and mattress, propane lights, stove and refrigerator, wood stove for heating, cooking and eating utensils.
Things to bring: Life vest, sleeping bag, food, personal items, hunting gear, florescent orange vest (For an added pleasure bring your fishing gear).
Package includes: Round trip air fare, with 100lb baggage per person, Cabin 14' boat, 15hp motor and unlimited mixed gas. We also fly out the game at no extra charge. There are 2 mid week checks for your security.
$1,575.00 per person (if odd number of persons in party there will be 3 in a boat).
*All prices are Canadian or US funds.
*No trophy fees or registration cost.
*Florescent orange vest required by law for all hunters.
*With a limited number of hunters it's a good idea to book early.
*Note: Extra baggage to be flown in will be at the rate of $385.00 Canadian or US funds Per load, be it 50lbs or 500lbs.
(Please keep in mind that if the over load items are not something to be consumed during the stay, that there may be an additional charge of $385.00 for an extra load on your return).


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UNICEF Will Invest $100M into Blockchain Startups to 'Solve Global Challenges'
Dec 11 2018 · 21:56 UTC | Updated Jan 9 2020 · 21:05
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UNICEF is investing $100,000 in blockchain projects, aiming to address the global problems within the finance, healthcare, and other sectors.
The UNICEF Innovation Fund, the UN's charity for children, has announced it is going to invest in six blockchain startups, thus supporting research in the blockchain market. The $100,000 investment is part of the Fund's program that already supports 20 tech startups operating in data science, virtual reality, and other sectors.
First launched in 2016, the UNICEF Innovation Fund is aimed at financing early-stage open source technology projects to improve the lives of children all over the world. It supports startups across artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, data processing, and other fields, to solve challenges faced by children around the globe.
Within the next 12 months, the startups, which were selected from over 100 applications, will develop open source prototypes of applications using the blockchain technology. They include Indian startup Statwig, Argentinian software company Atix Labs, Tunisian startup Utopixar, the Bangladesh-based web apps development company W3 Engineers, and Mexican tech startups Onesmart and Prescrypto.
"Blockchain technology is still at an early stage – and there is a great deal of experimentation, failure, and learning ahead of us as we see how, and where, we can use this technology to create a better world," Chris Fabian, principal adviser at UNICEF Innovation, said in a press-release.
"That's exactly the stage when UNICEF Innovation Fund invests: when our financing, technical support, and focus on vulnerable populations can help a technology grow and mature in the most fair and equitable way possible."
Apart from finances, UNICEF will provide startups with product and technology support, assistance from a network of experts, and business growth support.
"These investments are part of UNICEF's larger blockchain explorations of using smart-contracts for organizational efficiencies, creating distributed decision-making processes, and working to build knowledge and understanding of distributed ledger technology both in the United Nations and in the countries where UNICEF works," the press-release reads.
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Earlier this year, UNICEF asked gamers and anybody with powerful computers to mine Ethereum and donate it to help raise funds for children in Syria. Called Game Chaingers, the project was aimed at improving the lives of Syrian children by providing access to water, healthcare, education, and other services.
In May, UNICEF Australia launched a similar project. It allowed users to donate their personal computer's processing power by visiting the organization's website The Hopepage. The funds generated by UNICEF Australia were used to provide children in poorest regions with food, water, medicines, and other supplies.
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Launched in June 2012, the objective of this pilot project is to evaluate the impact of the voluntary labelling of the Wine in Moderation WIM logo and website address on raising consumer awareness & significance on the WIM message and creating a link with a comprehensive source of information on Wine, Health and Social Aspects, thus the WIM website.
The Ambassador Companies will convey the message of moderation where the consumers are by making the WIM logo visible in bar, restaurants and retail outlets. The assessment will be conducted by the third body, Wine Intelligence, and will take place from June 2012 to March 2014. The survey will take place in 3 countries (Spain, Belgium, and Sweden) out of the 26 countries in Europe where products with the WIM logo/web-address have been placed and will be conducted in 2 waves, with the participation of 3,000 respondents/per wave. It will measure overall WIM awareness and consumer knowledge of moderate and responsible drinking. To complement the survey, an on-line poll has also been created to identify and measure WIM website traffic sources, such as the labels.


Once the dough has proven, carefully add the poaching liquid – it should come no more than half way up the sides of the dough. Cover and bring to the boil.
Poach for about 25-30 minutes on a low heat until all of the liquid has been absorbed. DO NOT REMOVE THE LID DURING THIS TIME OR THEY WILL COLLAPSE!!!!!
I think Paul H was a bit mean only assigning 2 hours for this challenge. 1 hour rise, 15 minute second prove and 30-45 mins to cook properly, never mind the prep time, shaping & serving. If you can complete this in 2 1/2 hrs and end up with a good batch, you've done a good job!
Cooking in batches should reduce the cooking time and derisk the recipe, but you'll need to make more of the poaching liquid!


Chi Leung Pau was born in Hong Kong in 1944. He was enlisted in 1965 as a part-time officer in the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) and had served for thirty years.
Originally, Pau worked at a ship company, and later changed job to South China Morning Post. During that time, he heard of the opportunity to join the army as a part-time officer. In his thirty years of services, he participated in cracking down the infamous '67 Riot'. Pau assisted the Hong Kong Police by engaging in risky tasks such as bombs disposal, arresting and hunting down suspects involved in riots. Another responsibility Pau took was to oversee the Hong Kong Adventure Corps, which established after the riot. It aimed at promoting patriotism through encouraging teenagers to develop a sense of attachment to their country. It continues to run after Hong Kong was handed back to China.
Since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China drew near, Pau retired in 1995 from the army and ended his part-time military career.


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Sea Shepherd Moves North to Protect Seals
Many of the crew of the Farley Mowat did not have much time to rest before flying from Australia to Bermuda to join other Sea Shepherd volunteers onboard the Sea Shepherd ship Farley Mowat.
From Icebergs at the bottom of the world to ice floes in the far north, Sea Shepherd crew cannot be accused of fair weather campaigning.
"I haven't seen summer in a long long time," said Amber Paarman 24 from South Africa.
The Farley Mowat with a crew of 19 departed from Dockland in Bermuda at 1700 Hours on March 24th, bound north for the Gulf of St. Lawrence to enter the ice field nurseries where Canada intends to slaughter 325,000 seal pups.
It will only take a few days for the ship to reach the Cabot Strait. Canada has warned the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to not enter Canadian waters. However the ship has the right of passage through waters outside of the 12 mile limit. The ship will not be entering within the 12 mile limit. Most of the seals are slaughtered outside of 12 miles.
Crewmembers have joined the ship from Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Ecuador and the Netherlands.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has opposed the slaughter of seals since 1977 and has sent a ship into the ice to protect seals in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1998 and 2005. The Society sent crew to the ice in other years by helicopter and has been steadfast in its opposition for over three decades. The slaughter was shut down in 1984 until 1994 and then resumed in 1995.
The Farley Mowat Departs from Dockyard in
Bermuda on March 24th, 2008 on the way
to protect harp seals in Eastern Canada
Amber Paarman from South Africa casts off the
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The LUFS [loudness units relative to full scale] meters in LEVELS are extremely accurate at displaying the perceived loudness of audio material. The LUFS scale (sometimes called LKFS, though they're exactly the same thing) was introduced primarily to outline broadcast standards to keep the perceived volume of the different shows and adverts the same.
This is called loudness normalisation and it stops the consumer from constantly reaching for the remote to control the volume.
If you produce music, the following information is crucial for you to know, as you need to understand how your audience will experience your music. The current trend of mastering music super LOUD is already extremely detrimental to the quality of the audio…But, as I will explain in this post, the future of music consumption will favour dynamic music over loud compressed music. So understanding and using LUFS meters in your production process will ensure your music is heard in its best possible form.
It is customary to create one final master and use it in all scenarios. However, given that music is consumed in many different ways, it's more appropriate to create a few variations to best suit the distribution mediums you will be using. This might sound like a lot of extra work, but in reality the minor tweaks might take an extra 10 minutes. When you've spent so long on the songwriting and production, this final step is the icing on the cake to a job well done.
Lets have a look at some ideal settings for different scenarios.
This table has been updated in June 2017 to reflect the changes in Sptify ;loudness normalisation. Note that the DR value in the table above corresponds to the Dynamic Range section in LEVELS. LEVELS creates a ratio of the 'short term LUFS' to 'peak level' of your track and gives you a DR [Dynamic Range] reading.
The iTunes Store converts audio to AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). For the best result, bounce your audio at 24 bits with a maximum peak of -0.1dbTP (decibels true peak). You can use the free AAC Roundtrip plugin to preview your audio as AAC. -9 to -13 LUFS would be good target for the iTunes Store (even though they don't normalise music before it's purchased).
iTunes Radio streams audio around -15 to -16.5 LUFS. If you will be submitting your music to a radio station that operates through iTunes Radio it's worth creating a specific version around -16 LUFS.
Youtube is still one of the main places people discover and enjoy the music they love. Youtube normalises music to around -13 LUFS so the ideal settings for your YouTube master would be -12 to -14 LUFS with the dynamic range reading on LEVELS not exceeding 9DR and with a safe true peak of -0.1dbTP.
With over 100 million people using Spotify, it's crucial to make sure your music is heard in its best light. Consider this, the loudest your music will ever be heard on Spotify is now about -14 LUFS (it used to be around -12 LUFS but in late May 2017 Spotify quietly changed its loudness normalisation spec). So why submit a CD master or Club Master measuring -9LUFS when it's just going to be turned down. It's better to make good use of the opportunity to provide a more dynamic master. Lay off the limiter and go for a setting of around -13 to -15 LUFS with the dynamic range reading on LEVELS not exceeding 9DR and a true peak of -1 dBTP.
CD is the only time you'll want to use a '16bit' bit depth. This is just the technical configuration of the CD, for other purposes you should use 24 bit. CDs obviously are not subjected to any normalisation so you could push the loudness a bit further if you wanted to. I would recommend not breaching a threshold of -9 LUFS and -8DR as this is the point at which the audio can start to sound distorted and lifeless. A good setting would be from -9 to -13 LUFS with the dynamic range reading on LEVELS not exceeding 9DR.
Mastering audio for clubs would be an exception where you could push the loudness a bit further. (club tracks will be the last to submit to the end of the loudness wars UNLESS there were loudness/normalisation guidelines brought into clubs…) The louder club tracks sit around -4 to -6 LUFS during the drops. I master club tracks to about -7.5 to -9 LUFS for my clients and they work perfectly in their mixes. They might not be quite as loud as other tracks in their genre but they have superior dynamics & transients which make them hit harder and sound punchier. So I would recommend a setting of about -7.5 to -9 LUFS with the dynamic range reading on LEVELS not exceeding 8DR.
Soundcloud has over 175 million users. Most artists utilise the Soundcloud platform to present their audio to their fans free of charge. Soundcloud streams audio in MP3 format at 128 kbps (I hope they change this soon as 128 kbps is extremely poor quality…) You're able to upload a high quality 24 bit Wav file to Soundcloud but it is transcoded to MP3 to make streaming faster for its users. To make the best of this situation Headroom is more important in this scenario than any other. I would recommend mastering your track to -1dbTP for Soundcloud to minimise the artefacts that WILL happen when your track gets transcoded to MP3. Regarding loudness, A good setting would be from -9 to -13 LUFS with the dynamic range reading on LEVELS not exceeding 9DR.
So How Should We Use A LUFS Meter To Master Our Audio For Streaming?
The short-term meter on the left will display the LUFS measurement over the last three seconds. The integrated meter on the right shows the accumulating LUFS level of your track. You can reset the meters by clicking on the readouts. Each bar represents 1 loudness unit. The default integrated LUFS threshold for mixing is -16 and -9 for mastering. You can change the integrated LUFS mastering threshold to -11 Int LUFS for Spotify streaming.
If your track is breaching the threshold during mixing you could reduce the amount of compression or limiting to both reduce the loudness and increase the dynamic range. Alternatively, if you didn't want to change the compression you could lower the overall volume of the mix using a gain plugin on the output bus.
If you want to increase the LUFS value of your track you could increase the overall volume using a gain plugin. LEVELS will warn you if you breach your headroom threshold. If you still wish to add some loudness to your track you could compress the elements within your mix, or even add some parallel compression.
If your track is breaching the threshold during mastering you could reduce the amount of compression or limiting. You could also tweak the plugins that are adding gain. This can be any EQ boosts you've made or harmonic distortion.
To increase the LUFS, without changing the sound and balance of your mix, you could use a gain plugin at the start of your chain. You could also add some compression, limiting or harmonic distortion to increase the loudness.
This is all a lot to take on board. But LEVELS can make your production process easier by letting you know you if you breach your LUFS target. If the LUFS thresholds are not breached, you can just get on with you mix knowing that you're not negatively affecting quality of your audio.
Tom Frampton from Mastering The Mix has put together a Learn section on his Mastering The Mix site, and also has produced the LEVELS plugin in association with Palm29 which they have deigned to help non technical users see what is happening with their mix and guide them to be able to fix the issues.


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An Assistant Professor of English at Chatham University, Sarah teaches in the MFA program and trains graduate students to work as teachers in the Words Without Walls program.
Sarah has completed residencies at Santa Fe Art Institute's Equal Justice residency, the Sedona Center for the Arts, and was miR theater's first writer-in-residence. She's currently at work on two projects: a collection of essays about working in prison, and a collection of short stories re-imagining the lives of saints in a contemporary context.


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Q: Atom Editor autocomplete-clang for Objective-C I'm really new to the Atom editor. I am trying hard to get the package autocomplete-clang to work. Had played around with some things, but nothing does it the right way.
What works are the C-based APIs like CoreGraphics autocompletion. But when I try to write [NSMutableDi ...], from the Foundation classes, nothing happens. What do I have to configure, to get it to work?
Thanks in advice.


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AMS analyses of I-129 from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in the Pacific Ocean waters of the Coast La Jolla – San Diego, USA April 2015
It is very convenient for the nuclear industry to focus only on Cesium 137 and omit talking about all the other radionuclides released in our environment thanks to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Though less detectable and usually not looked for they are nevertheless present and harmful to life. This study from April 2015 about the Iodine-129 release is quite revealing, knowing that if Iodine-129 half life is 15,7 Million years, its full life is multiplied by 10: 157 million years.
Royal Society of Chemistry, National Institute for Physics & Nuclear Engineering, Romania, 2015:
AMS analyses of I-129 from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in the Pacific Ocean waters of the Coast La Jolla, San Diego, USA — This paper presents the results of an experimental study we performed by using the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) method with iodine 129 (Halflife = 15.7 Million years], to determine the increase of the radionuclide content in the USA West Pacific Coast waters, two years after the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident… The results of the experiments showed a significant increase of the radionuclide concentration during the late spring of 2013. Compared to the isotopic ratio 129I/127I, measured at a 40 km distance, offshore of Fukushima and immediately after the accident, our results show an increase on the USA West Coast that was more than a 2.5 factor higher. Also, compared with the pre-Fukushima background values [in San Diego], our results show an isotopic ratio of about two orders of magnitude higher…
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant… released an enormous amount of liquid waste of 129I and other fission isotopes directly into the Pacific Ocean that were subsequently dispersed eastwards. This paper reports on the determination of the nuclear plume impact on the West Coast of the USA that happened during April–July 2013… The determined maximum 129I concentration increase was in an amount of more than 2 times greater than the concentration of the isotope measured offshore of Fukushima at a 40 km distance immediately after the accident…
129I concentrations were measured… from the ocean water of the West Coast of the USA [at] La Jolla, San Diego… This work reports two sudden increases of the 129I/127I isotopic concentration in the ocean water, which were observed at the end of spring 2013…
Our exploratory measurements on the USA West Coast started on samples collected at the beginning of 2013. The lowest 129I concentrations that we measured had values between [6-20 million] atoms per L. Such values correspond to the equilibrium concentration of iodine… offshore of La Jolla, San Diego…
Our results… measured offshore of Cove La Jolla, San Diego, USA, during the spring of 2013, are presented in Fig. 5. Two high and distinct spike maxima are visible. They reveal the maximum concentration values of [1.2 billion] atoms per L measured on May 24, 2013 and [1.7 billion] atoms per L measured on June 18, 2013, with 24 days in between. Both peaks occurred in the measurement spectrum after a slow increase in concentration that started about 15-20 days before the main increase…
Samples collected [by Fukushima Daiichi, Jun 2011] at a distance of about 40 km away from the coast [had] a maximum concentration value of [620 million] atoms per L for 129I in the surface water of the ocean. Taking into account this value as a reference value, the maximum 129-iodine concentration reaching the USA West Coast was 2.5 times stronger than in the contaminated ocean water offshore of Fukushima after the accident. If we compare it to the equilibrium value of 129I concentration in the ocean water [near San Diego], then during the impact its concentration was about 100 times higher…
AMS measurements of 129I were performed on ocean water… offshore of Cove La Jolla, San Diego, USA, and definitely have shown an increase of the radioactivity more than two orders of magnitude over the natural level of the Pacific Ocean before the accident…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275056726_AMS_analyses_of_I-129_from_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_accident_in_the_Pacific_Ocean_waters_of_the_Coast_La_Jolla_-_San_Diego_USA
January 23, 2017 Posted by dunrenard | Fukushima 2017 | Fukushima Daiichi, Iodine-129, Release | Leave a comment


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Q: Do half-iterate functions exist for any function? For a given a deterministic unary function,
$$ f(x) = y $$
A half-iterate function g(x) for f(x) is one which satisfies the following:
$$ g(g(x)) = f(x) $$
For any f(x), does there exist a corresponding g(x) that is a half-iterate for f(x)?
It seems as though this must be true though I am having difficulty proving it.
Given that any deterministic unary function can be transformed into a directed graph (where $ \overrightarrow {ab} $ denotes the edge pointing from a to b):
$$ \forall \ \overrightarrow  {ab} \in G, \ \ make \ \ f(a) = b$$
And likewise that any graph whose nodes have out-degree of exactly one can be transformed into a unary function -
$$ \forall \ f(a) = b, \ add\  \overrightarrow  {ab} \ to \ G $$
It seems obvious that one could create g(x) by replacing each edge $ \overrightarrow {ab} $ with two others and a third node: $ \overrightarrow {ac} $ and $ \overrightarrow {cb} $. Inserting these two in place of the original edge does not change the important properties of the graph: all the original nodes maintain their same in and out degrees and the new node $c$ has out degree of exactly one.
Is this correct or am I missing an important step?

A: By adding a vertex in the graph, you're changing the domain of the function. An analogous manipulation without the graph would be to take a function $f : X \to X$ and define a function
$$
   g : X \times \{0,1\} \to X \times \{0,1\}
$$
with $g(x,0) = (x,1)$ and $g(x,1) = (f(x),0)$. Then the composition $g \circ g$ is a function very similar to $f$: we have $g(g(x,y)) = (f(x), y)$ for any $x \in X$ and $y \in \{0,1\}$.
In other words, $g\circ g$ acts the same as $f$ on $X \times\{0\}$ and on $X \times\{1\}$: on both copies of $X$ inside its domain. But it is not the same function as $f$.


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US Anatoly Antonov, Russian ambassador to US, arrives in Washington
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US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will return to Moscow this week, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Monday.
Price said the administration welcomed the news of Antonov's return to the United States, and noted that Sullivan was returning to his post "in part because we remain committed to open channels of communication with the Russian government, both as a means to advance US interests, but also to reduce the risk of miscalculation between our two countries."
"We look forward to Ambassador Sullivan returning to Moscow to lead the very strong team at … our embassy in Russia, as we implement President Biden's policy directives outlined in Geneva," he told reporters during a phone briefing.
Antonov told Russian news outlets that he was in an "optimistic mood" before returning to Washington after the Biden-Putin summit.
Sources told CNN prior to the meeting in Geneva that it was the hope that the two sides would be able to agree to send their envoys back to their respective capitals after months of absence, which had sent a signal that diplomatic relations between the two countries had hit a new low.
Antonov was recalled from Washington about three months ago after Biden called Putin a killer, and Sullivan left Moscow almost two months ago after Russia suggested he return to Washington for consultations. The Russian Embassy in Washington said in a statement in March that Antonov was "leaving for Moscow for consultations," where "during his meetings in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies, it is planned to discuss ways to rectify Russia-US ties that are in crisis." Not having an ambassador in either country has made conducting basic diplomacy even more difficult at a time when relations are already severely strained.
Rachel Rizzo, the director of programs at the Truman Center and the Truman National Security Project, told CNN that the agreement to send ambassadors back to their posts was "a really good step."
"It's important for Russia and the United States to have representatives? in either side's capital. This allows for conversations at the low to mid-level, which is where a lot of the rubber meets the road in terms of diplomacy, and it allows us to hammer out potential issues before two leaders sit on the stage and make broad declarations after a major summit," she said. "It shows that the two sides are dedicated to at least some sort of improvement in relations."
In addition to the agreement to send their ambassadors back to their posts, the two leaders released a joint statement on strategic stability, noting that Russia and the US "have demonstrated that, even in periods of tension, they are able to make progress on our shared goals of ensuring predictability in the strategic sphere, reducing the risk of armed conflicts and the threat of nuclear war."
Price told reporters Monday that the administration is "preparing a strategic stability dialogue with Russia" and "in the process of scheduling the first meeting," State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Monday.
"A high-level Department of State official will lead the US delegation," Price told reporters during a phone briefing. "We plan to discuss next steps to nuclear arms control and other strategic topics, and will be guided by the principle, as you saw in the joint statement between the two countries, that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought."
CNN's Chandelis Duster and Radina Gigova contributed to this report.
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Q: Using PsExec in a Windows Service I have created a Windows Service using C# which performs variance network maintenance tasks for me.  One of the tasks is defraging machines remotely and for some of my older boxes I found the only way to do this was using psexec with defrag.exe.  The code works fine when I simply run my C# code, however when I covert it into a Windows Service it does the defraging using the Win32_Volume table fine but it seems to get hung up when attempting to use PsExec to defrag the XP machines.
I guess my questions is, are there any known errors with using PsExec within a Windows Service?  If so are there any suggestions for a different method I can use?
Thank you.

A: psexec issues a software licence agreement dialog the first time it is run as a given user, so that could be your problem if the service is running as some other user.
You can suppress this by adding the parameter
/accepteula

This could be your problem, though obviously I can't be sure!