I decided to cover this issue because it just happened to us, and I didn't manage to find out a solution on the net.
This article is for those that have a Let's Encrypt certificate installed on their web host – which gets renewed automatically – and also use Cloudflare.
We used to have MaxCDN in place for our website, but SiteGround, our hosting company, kept blocking their IPs, which resulted in our website being partially broken from time to time.
Fortunately, every time I contacted them, they whitelisted the IPs.
I relayed your request to our sys admins and unfortunately, we will not be able to execute it as this will cause a very large security risk for the server.
I didn't bother to find a solution, since this happened quite often, and our security plugin, iThemes Security, was often blocking MaxCDN IPs too, so it was becoming quite annoying.
Don't get me wrong, MaxCDN is great, and it's basically not their fault. They could, maybe, acquire better IPs or something, but I really don't know how it works, since it's not my area of expertise.
So, we still wanted a CDN, because it does help with a site's performance and loading time.
We decided to give Cloudflare a try, so we set it up at the end of February, 2018.
Cloudflare works differently from MaxCDN, and it also offers some extra stuff besides CDN, such as caching, DDoS protection, and other useful features.
You can see here a comparison between MaxCDN and Cloudflare, and what they offer.
Now let's get to the important part.
Since you are reading this topic, I assume you already have Cloudflare set up and a Let's Encrypt certificate installed, and know what they are, and so on, so I won't go into those details.
When you set up Cloudflare, you'll have to point your domain name server (DNS) to them.
By doing this, your Let's Encrypt certificate will stop renewing automatically, since the DNS are not pointing to your web host anymore.
Since this is the first time we're using Cloudflare, and everything's new to us, I contacted SiteGround's support in order to ask them what's the proper thing to do in this case.
Fortunately, the solution is quite simple, and I'll share it with you below.
Theoretically, this should work for everyone, not just for those that use SiteGround or WordPress.
In order to allow the Let's Encrypt certificate to automatically renew itself, you'll have to temporarily deactivate Cloudflare, which shouldn't lead to any downtime or issues.
Now give it a couple of minutes for the Let's encrypt certificate renewal to take place.
In order to check if the Let's Encrypt certificate has been renewed, so you can activate Cloudflare again, go to SSL Hopper and add your domain there.
I used letsencrypt.org as an example.
First of all, if you used SSL Hopper before, make sure you are not viewing a cached results. In order to see uncached results, click the "clicking here" link.
Then check the Issuer, which should be Let's Encrypt, and the expiration time, which shouldn't be more than 90 days, since a Let's Encrypt certificate is valid for 90 days.
On SiteGround, and perhaps other web hosts as well, the Let's Encrypt certificate automatically renews 30 days before the expiration, so they don't wait for the whole 90 days.
It shouldn't show very few days as well, because it means it didn't renew and you'll have to wait a bit more.
For example, when we received the email, we had 19 days left until expiration. If I would have checked with SSL Hopper, and it would have returned 19 days until expiration, it would have meant that the renewal didn't take place.
Cloudflare doesn't offer end to end encryption by default, which means that the traffic from Cloudflare to the end users of your website will be encrypted, but not from Cloudflare to your web host.
Therefore, it's strongly recommended that you use an SSL certificate – Let's Encrypt certificate, in our case – on your web host as well, so that the traffic from Cloudflare to your web host will also be encrypted.
Hope the post was comprehensive and helped you to renew your Let's Encrypt certificate while using Cloudflare.
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You're most welcome! Glad it helped!
Thanks you have given the best and easy method to renew certificate.
It seems you don't necessarily have to disable cloudfront fully. For a blog I'm supporting it seems it was enough to disable http->https rewrites from Cloudfront as it seems the challenge is served over http and won't work over https.
I assume the autorenewal will work as long as I leave the forced http->https redirect off at cloudfront and manage that directly from the website as necessary.
If you didn't write CloudFront by mistake, instead of Cloudflare, then note that CloudFront is different from Cloudflare.
I confirm that keeping Full (Strict) enabled but disabling 'Always Use HTTPS' option in CloudFlare is enough to automatically renew my LE certificate via certbot.


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Yellowstone, one night by a lake
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I recently did a hike with a group from Backcountry Post, and heard a couple of times that I should post more, that people like my little trip reports. (Thank you for your encouragement.) I live near Yellowstone and can drive in for a quick overnight, or a day trip. I don't like day hikes a whole lot. Earlier this year I tried to do the Storm Point Trail for the fourth time. A bison didn't want me to do the trail, so I turned around. Later, I saw on Facebook where someone happily posted images from hiking that same trail on the same day. I was feeling like a giant chicken because I had abandoned the trail after about 75 yards. The next day, a lady was gored by a bison on that trail, and I decided that I had made a good decision. Mind you, it took me two days to come to that conclusion. Anyway, I much prefer hiking to a backcountry site, and just seeing what is there. The old saying, "To look, to see, to see what you see" is one of my favorite activities.
I know that my backpacking season is running out for this year, at least around here. So I watched the weather, and picked a day that looked to be the best of the days in the near future. It was to be windy and 34*, so I picked a spot that was likely to provide some shelter from the wind, but still be a pretty place.
This is a single wall tent. I was really excited to get it. Long ago, in the last century/millennia, I had gotten a Clip Magic. It was a single wall tent based on the Clip Flashlight. It only weighed 3 pounds. At that time, most two person tents weighed in at 4 or more pounds, so I was really happy with it. Yes, there was condensation, but I loved that thing. One morning, I woke up, and saw sun shining in on my feet and thought, "Oh, look at the sunshine, it's a beautiful day! Wait, why am I seeing sunshine on my feet IN my tent?" It was a sad day. The day I realized my tent had died of UV poisoning. The walls were shredding. So I went on a quest to find a replacement. Sierra Designs didn't make the Clip Magic any more. I've spent years looking at this tent and that tent and the other tent (and some hammocks) for the perfect replacement. I'm pretty sure that the answer is that there is no perfect tent. In the mean time I have a Big Agnes, two Sierra Designs, two Big Sky Internationals, a Six Moon Designs, a Marmot… . When I saw this last fall, I fell in love with the pictures. It is large, has two doors—which can be set up as awnings, and weighs about 3 pounds. It also has condensation. But I love it anyway. Sometimes. When I think condensation won't be a problem.
I'm clueless about when condensation is going to be a problem.
Once I got my food hung, and my tent up, I put together my chair, and started watching. The wind was blowing, so I watched little waves. I tried taking pictures of the colors I saw by shore, but it wasn't working. The strawberry leaves were about half in a deep, dusty burgundy, and half their usual green. The same was true for some plant that looked like it might be a blueberry bush, though I'm not sure what it really is. What I think was fireweed had both frilly seed heads and the dusty burgundy leaves. The grouse whortleberry plants were half yellow and half green. The grasses were about half and half, too. Everything was gently waving in the wind.
This picture is right side up on my camera. I have no idea how to fix it, so either don't look, or twist your head. I liked how the light played on the water. Though there were clouds, it wasn't supposed to rain until the next day. Whooo hooo! (Spoiler, it rained in the night, but only in the night.)
At this campsite, the food pole—and camp kitchen—are across the trail from the campsite, and not as close to the lake. It's really not the kind of gathering spot that most other campsites in Yellowstone have. Lots of people do dayhikes right by the campsite, and the food pole, and while no one has ever stolen my food, when they pass, I always wonder if some day hiker might take it down because they don't understand exactly what's going on.
I sat on a downed log, with a nice view of the lake, and ate my Subway sandwich. (The folks on Scatman's Grizzly Lake hike looked at me with a mixture of "What?"and "Mmm, that looks good for a first night's meal." If you choose to adopt this plan, don't get any dressing, it makes the bread soggy. Also, get a side of pickles. Even if you don't like pickles, they have a lot of flavor, and flavor is pretty awesome when you're backpacking.) I had Sour Cream and Onion chips, too. I sat on the log and munched and crunched and looked at all the fall colors. While I could SEE fall, it didn't smell like fall, though it smelled fresh and clean.
There was a little trail to the water. I don't know if it was made by fishermen, or hikers who wanted to sit closer to the water. The vegetation was very pretty, though.
This is typical trail while walking back to the campsite. There were trees down all over. I'm not sure which fire burned through here, but the forest was young and often thick. The park service had sawed off the big trees that blocked the trail, but there were at least two places with small trees that you had to step over, or Limbo under.
The trail to the campsite. Being on a trail that plenty of people take for a day hike, they see the campsite. I had people who waved and said, "hi!" I met a group of people as I was hiking in that said they had gone in to explore the campsite, and thought it was beautiful. I don't mind the visitors, sometimes, but it is weird. When you're at a motel, nobody just stops by to chat. And they never ask where you "go." I've had people walk into camp, through camp, and straight to the water. No hello. Just walk in. I don't think most realize quite what they are doing. On this trip, I only had two people pass, and they waved and said hi and moved along.
I finally found a place that I could zoom in on that showed some of the mauves and burgundies (burgundy's?). I guess fall isn't quite taking over yet. Maybe when I'm looking at small areas, I don't notice that the big areas never do totally change to fall colors.
The wind had shifted direction, and dropped off noticeably.
Maybe I'm the only one who never thought of this, but I had my full length 1/4 inch foam pad (in case my inflatable died on me). I folded it up and put it on my Helinox chair and WOW. I was warm.
Sunset came early, at about 7 pm. The light started changing at about 6, and it made things enchanting.
I hadn't been in the tent too long when I started to hear "plop, plop, plop." No. It wasn't supposed to rain tonight. It was supposed to get kind of cold (34*) but not rain. Yeah, well, it plop-ploped for quite a while. It was never a hard rain, but it rained.
Once it got dark, the elk started bugling. There was at least one young one, that sounded more like a squeaky door, and at least one old one that knew what he was doing. Every time I woke up, I would hear one or more.
In the morning, I looked at my little thermometer. It said 44* inside the tent. The rain had stopped, and it was certainly cooler outside the tent, but it wasn't bad.
The views had changed.
Condensation occurs, by the way.
I looked at the fog for a while, then packed up and headed back to the car. I had planned on driving up to Dunraven Pass, but thought the fog would block the views. I figured I'd try anyway, though.
On the way, I saw this strip of fur. I touched it, and it was hard. I realized it wasn't just a strip of fur, it was a strip of fur still on the bone. I think it really was a rabbits foot, though the owner hadn't been too lucky.
I did drive up to Dunraven Pass, and was pleased to see that the fog made islands of many of the higher points.
Coming down Dunraven, I hoped to see a grizzly or seven on the flanks of Mount Washburn. People tell me they ALWAYS see grizzlies on Mt. Washburn. I've seen some black bears, but never a grizzly. Always? I want the secret.
I might have just been looking at the scenery, though.
On my way through the Hayden, there was a forming traffic jam. I asked a lady what they were seeing (people are currently going nuts about seeing bison, so you have to ask). "Wolves! And they might cross the road!" So I parked, and walked down to where the people were forming. Sure enough, three wolves came up from the flood plain, crossed the road, and headed off into the big valley.
I asked a couple with spotting scopes if the wolves were from the Wapiti pack. They didn't seem to want to answer, but after a few seconds said, "Yes." "Thanks." OK, no more questions.
I didn't have my camera with a big zoom lens. This was taken with my phone. They were pretty close. That, and the picture is out of focus, but hey, that's the way it was.
I really enjoyed watching the crowd. Except for the knowledgeable wolf watchers, the people were thrilled. They had come to Yellowstone to see things, and they saw wolves! At one point, one of the wolves stopped to pee. The crowd went wild. "She's peeing!" Voyeurism at its best, I guess.
Anyway, that's my short backpacking trip report. That's probably my favorite kind of trip. Quiet. Peaceful. An opportunity to just experience whatever shows itself. And of course, condensation. My old friend.
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Just based on experience, it seems to me like it's all about temperature, dew point, and relative humidity. The simplest way for me to predict it is whether the nighttime low is very low, and whether it's likely we'll hit the dew point. If it's been a hot day with no precipitation and humidity is low, it's usually drier and less cool at night, and in those conditions it seems like you never end up hitting the dew point. So you don't end up with condensation inside the tent because the air stays so dry.
Any time the dew actually falls, I end up with pretty heavy condensation in the tent. And out here in the arid west, the dew only falls when it either gets rather cold or it's humid outside. Sometimes cool temperatures alone lead to condensation, but the nights with lots of condensation are the ones where the dew falls. Or where it's like 10 degrees and my breath freezes on the inside of the tent before it can evaporate.
Being close to water sources can make a slight difference, but I find that the weather conditions are more determinative unless you're literally sleeping in a marsh or directly on the edge of a body of water. Wind also can make a difference and keep things dry.
That's all layperson armchair uneducated meteorology, so take it for what it's worth. Haha.
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I wish I lived close enough to Yellowstone to do a simple spur of the moment over-night trip. It would be great to feel no pressure to "see things" and just relax with a subway sandwich and a view
thanks for sharing and keep posting the "little trip reports"
My trip reports: backpackandbeer.blogspot.com
Nice!! I live close to Mount Rainier and also go quite often and do overnight trips.
I wish I could do the same in Yellowstone.
And what a cool experience with these wolves!!
I only saw wolves in the winter and once again at night right next to my camera last September. It just walked next to me like it was the most normal thing to do. Too bad my camera was at Astro settings, soI couldn't switch back fast enough
Jackson, Thanks for the detailed information about condensation. I always check the weather report, so I can figure out which part of the park to aim for, if I don't already have a scheduled trip. But I don't always get it right. I currently have three tents that seem to attract condensation, or that I decide would be the perfect tent to take to a place for which it really isn't the perfect tent. I'll have to pay more attention to the dew point, though the rest of the forecast was enough wrong that maybe it wouldn't make any difference. I use weather.gov, because I can pinpoint where I'll be.
Yvonne, it is a blessing to be so close to Yellowstone, or in your case, Rainier. I am about the same distance from the Bighorns, the Beartooths, and the Absarokas, all featuring national forest service lands. The Winds and Tetons are a little further. It's a wonderful location. I have focused almost entirely on Yellowstone because I like being able to get a permit and know that there is a spot for me. There's always been a bear pole or a box, though I know that bear poles go down, and I'd have to make due. Usually, the sites are near some water and the folks who set up the sites have done a good job of creating a site that has something appealing, whether it be a lake or a view or a stream or ??? I'd like to hike more in the Tetons, for the same reasons, but the cost of their permits is pretty high, and until it goes up, I guess I'll stick to hiking in Yellowstone. There's something special about hiking in a place where the earth burps (fumaroles), and you have to yell while you hike, to alert grizzlies, and you round a corner and there's a 200 foot waterfall, and well, I guess there's just a romance to being in Yellowstone. When the price gets too high, I'll try one of those other places.
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Great share! Such stunning photos!
Do you use anything special for your thermometer? I always wake up and want to know what the temperature is but whenever I try the little keychain ones, they get moisture in them and don't seem reliable.
Thank you, Miya. I have a Thermocell for a thermometer, and I believe Scatman had the same kind. They're kid of expensive, I think I got it on sale, shipped for maybe $20. It gives the high and the low. It seems pretty durable. And it comes in about 8 colors!
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Thanks! I will have to look into it!
Thanks for the report, I to enjoy your reports.
When bees feed on Fireweed it makes for some nicely flavored honey.
Living in California I do not have many opportunities to see wolves so the one we did see while hiking the North Coast Trail on Vancouver Island gave us quite a thrill.
A few hikes ago, I spotted a wolf quite close to the road. I parked, stood by my vehicle, and took pictures. I was astounded, no one even asked what I might be looking at. Down the road a couple of hundred yards was a traffic jam. Someone had spotted a bison.
There are lots of places to buy local honey. They say the flowers in the area make a difference. I've not developed a taste for honey, so I guess I don't know what I'm missing.
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If it makes you feel any better I have never seen or heard one in the backcountry. Haha.
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As for the condensation, if it is not raining when I go to sleep, I leave at least one door of the tent fly open, allowing air circulation. Unless it''s raining hard, I leave the doors partly open which still provides some benefit. When doing this, I rarely have a condensation problem.
If it's cold enough out that I want the additional insulation of the tent walls, I deal with the condensation in the morning.
Remembering that most of the condensation is caused by our out breaths, I also try not to breathe at night.
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I have seen a wolf in the backcountry, but in Alaska. I've heard them howling at night a few times.
Outdoor_Fool, I do keep a door open unless it's raining. I'm sure it helps. This tent has some neat features that I think help, too. It has little flaps at the top, which can be opened even in the rain. On both ends, the pullouts make a little flaps of mesh pull out. It's only mesh, but it actually is a little mesh shelf. I like to use it as a way to peek out when it's raining. The vestibule fBric can make an awning, using a hiking pole. I've not done that because the tent seems to attract rain, so I've kept the vestibule at least mostly closed.
Having never experienced it, I would like to believe that hearing wolves howl while in the Backcountry would be quite thrilling.
Backcountry wolves and griz are great..... But it's neater when you hear wolves / see grizz off of you deck at home....
' Not All Who Wander Are Lost '
'Cirque of the Towers is Overrated'
Thank you…. Made me feel like I was at th campsite n you tellin th story. I will be tryin out th pad with th chair! Great idea.
Georgia Yankee
Love the two photos of the trees across the lake. First with warm sun, then total fog.
About the bison and the aborted trip--sometimes your gut can decide better than your brain. Sounds like you made the right call!
Bob said:
That's cheating!
It would be neat to have bears and wolves right out back, but a little too close for my comfort. Though the ability to step inside might help.
Thanks for the comments!
Miya, I got the name of the thermometer wrong. It's a thermodrop. It's kind of expensive, but records high and low temperatures. I think it's petty accurate, and it comes in about dozen, bright, only-found-in-plastic colors.
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Gold Award for Warmer Home Scheme
Tim Ashby15th July 2014
Three Rivers District Council and Watford Borough Council in partnership with Watford Community Housing Trust have won Gold at the prestigious Green Apple Awards. The award is for a groundbreaking project to install external wall insulation across 118 homes on the Boundary Way estate, providing residents with major fuel savings and creating much warmer and healthier homes.
Built in the 1960s, the Boundary Way estate was constructed using un-insulated concrete which meant houses were too cold in winter and too warm in summer. This meant a high degree of fuel poverty and independent evaluation showed around half of households had someone suffering from a cold-related health condition.
The £1.4 million scheme was funded following a successful application for a DECC Fuel Poverty grant, as well as ECO and partner funding. As a result, every home could be insulated free of charge regardless of income or tenure.
Elected Mayor of Watford, Dorothy Thornhill MBE Said:
"We are delighted to have won a Green Apple Award, it is international recognition of a project which will deliver major improvements to our housing and to people's lives.
"With mixed ownership and a council boundary split this could have been a very challenging project to deliver, instead it is a great example of collaborative working and effective community consultation."
Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, Three Rivers Lead Member for Sustainability, and Ward member for Leavesden said:
"I am delighted with the benefit this has brought residents in the area. This has improved the visual outlook of the estate and is saving residents money. The aim now will be to work with others and THRIVE to get the rest of the Estate done"
The insulation panels were fitted over the existing walls. They were then rendered and brick slips fitted to the lower levels. Residents were invited to choose paint and brick slip colours for each of the housing blocks. As a result the appearance of the estate has been significantly improved.
A technical evaluation by National Energy Action reported that following the installation of external wall insulation:
100 per cent of homes questioned felt that they could now be heated to a comfortable level – a rise of around 60 per cent.
Households should expect to save approximately £598 on their heating bills – a reduction of 44 per cent.
Energy performance ratings of the sampled properties were dramatically improved. The number of C-rated properties doubled and all of the E-rated or below were completely eliminated (Where an EPC rated 'A' property is more energy efficient than a 'G'). The project estimates to save 220 tonnes of carbon annually.
Homes retained heat better in the winter and residents reported feeling cooler in the summer.
As part of the project, renovations were carried out across the estate for the first time since it was built; these include the installation of new LED fittings and daylight sensors to reduce energy consumption and improve brightness and safety.


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Greene and Cornwallis in the Carolinas
The Pivotal Struggle in the American Revolution, 1780–1781
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The story of the Revolutionary War in the Northern colonies is well known but the war that raged across the South in 1780–1781—considered by some the "unknown Revolution"—included some of the most important yet least studied engagements.
Drawing extensively on their letters, this book follows the campaigns of General Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis as they fought across the Carolinas, and offers a compelling look at their leadership. The theater of war in which the two commanders operated was populated by various ethnic and religious groups and separated geographically, economically and politically into the low country and the simmering backcountry, setting the stage for what was to come.
Jeffrey A. Denman is a retired American history and geography teacher from the Brookline Public Schools in Brookline, Massachusetts. He has written seven articles dealing with the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War II and other topics in American history.
John F. Walsh is a middle school Latin teacher in Burlington, Massachusetts. His past research has focused on British history in the seventeenth century.
Jeffrey A. Denman and John F. Walsh
Acknowledgments vi
Part I. Prelude
1. The Backcountry 7
2. British Strategy and the Fall of Charleston 25
3. The Long Road to Kings Mountain 37
Part II. Winning Hearts and Minds
4. Greene Takes Command 59
5. The Long Retreat 77
6. Regaining the Initiative: The Path to Guilford Courthouse 93
7. Greene Invades South Carolina 106
Part III. The Failure of Empire
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9. "The Play, Sir, Is Over" 137
10. The Men and the Legacy of the Southern Campaign 149
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Entertainment / Gaming / Technology / Tips
Pokemon Go Gym Tips: How To Battle, Train and Defeat
by Hanbakian · Published August 10, 2016 · Updated August 10, 2016
Pokemon Go has two sides. There's the fun side of exploring and collecting Pokemon, and then there's a very real business of battles and making yourself Gym Leader.
In the world of Pokemon, battles are central, because that's what Pokemon do. Trainers collect them and they battle in Gyms. That's the same in Pokemon Go and eventually, you'll arrive at a Gym and wonder what you're supposed to be doing there.
Here's everything you need to know about Pokemon Gyms.
What are Pokemon Go Gyms for?
Pokemon Go gyms are where you battle or train your Pokemon. Each Gym is owned by a team and once your Trainer reaches level 5, you'll be asked to choose a team.
There are three teams: Instinct, Mystic and Valor. They each have a colour: yellow, blue and red, respectively. These colours are useful, because you can glance at a map and see which Gyms are friendly, and which aren't.
Ultimately the reason to be in a Gym is to get the PokeCoins which you can use to buy stuff in the Store to advance in the game.
Why do I have to join a Pokemon Go team?
Pokemon Go teams only exist to manage Gyms. When a team moves into a Gym, it's their Gym and they fight to defend it from other teams by leaving Pokemon defenders there.
For example, if Instinct own the Gym, other Instinct team members can train there and raise Gym prestige. Mystic and Valor team members will go there to battle against the Instinct Pokemon defending that Gym to try to beat them and lower Gym prestige.
Pokemon Go Gyms: What are levels and what is prestige?
Pokemon Gyms have a level and they have prestige. The level tells you how many slots there are for defenders and those slots increase as prestige increases. A level 5 Gym, for example, will have five defenders and all those Pokemon are from different Trainers.
Prestige is the measure of a Gym and it is this that you can alter by training or battling. You can train in a friendly Gym by challenging a defender. You fight and if you win, the prestige of that Gym increases. Once the prestige is raised enough, the Gym level increases and another defender can be added.
When battling an enemy Gym, it's prestige you knock down with each victory. Once the Gym's prestige reaches zero, the defenders are ejected, and you can move in and claim it for your own team.
Pokemon Go Gyms: How to battle
The battles, or fights, in Pokemon Go are pretty simple. Whether you're training or battling another team, the mechanics are the same: you tap the screen as fast as you can to unleash your normal attack. Different Pokemon have different attacks, and some Pokemon are more effective than others against particular foes – water Pokemon are effective against Fire Pokemon, for example.
There's also a power move. This is executed via a longer press, unleashing a more damaging attack on the enemy. However, if you miss, you'll probably have sustained a number of hits for no gain.
There's also the chance to dodge using a swipe across the display, that aim being to avoid those painful special attacks. In most cases, it comes down to who unleashes the most attacks and who has the highest CP. You are knocked out when your health bar reaches 0.
Pokemon Go Gyms: How to train Pokemon
Training is simple. You find a Gym that's owned by your team and you'll see an icon to train there – it looks like a boxing glove. You can pick one Pokemon to send into a friendly battle. But make sure you stand a chance of defeating the Pokemon you're training against, because if you lose, you get nothing.
You'll fight all the defenders in sequence until your Pokemon is knocked out. At that point, you'll get some XP and the Gym gets a prestige boost. The more victories you get, the better for you and the Gym. Hopefully, it will get enough of a boost to level the Gym up, opening a slot for you to leave your own defender and earn some Coins.
Pokemon Go Gyms: How to attack enemy Gyms
If you're attacking a Gym owned by another team, this is where things get serious. The aim is to beat the defending Pokemon using the battling technique mentioned above. You'll knock the prestige down for each of the enemies you defeat and eventually, once the prestige for that Gym is at 0, the defenders will be ejected and you can move in and claim it.
However, if it is a high level Gym, with lots of defenders and a high prestige value, you'll struggle to make an impact on your own, and you may run out of time.
When attacking, however, you can access your backpack to use Potions and Revives to help injured Pokemon and you can swap to other Pokemon in your collection, to continue the fight. By changing Pokemon from one strong Pokemon to another strong Pokemon, you can work your way through several defenders – but time is still a problem.
Because of the time factor, you'll often have to break down an enemy Gym's prestige bit by bit, or in collaboration with other Trainers to get it down to 0 reasonably fast.
The advantage you have going into a battle is that you take six Pokemon. If you're attacking a level 3 gyms and you have a good roster of Pokemon going into the fight, there's a good chance that you'll win.
Pokemon Go Gyms: Coins
Once you're in a Gym, you'll earn a bonus for defending it. That will give you Coins and some Stardust to help buy items or power-up your Pokemon. There's a shield in the top right-hand corner of the store where you can collect your coins and then a range of things to buy, like Lures, Incubators or storage upgrades.
You'll get 10 Coins per Gym that you defend and this is refreshed every 21 hours. You can defend 10 Gyms, and you really need to be in as many as you can for those coins and Stardust to mean anything.
As soon as you get into a Gym this award is given, so immediately head into the store and collect the reward, because there's a good chance if you've just taken over a Gym, that other teams will come and attack it before the prestige is built up again. Sometimes you'll only spend about 10 minutes in a Gym before you're kicked out, especially in busy places, like shopping centres.
Where are Pokemon Go Gyms?
Like PokeStops, Gyms are located at some point of local interest. There doesn't seem to be a particular theme, but there are Pokemon Gyms in most of the parks as well as at some churches and clubs in Pocket-lint's local area.
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Delhi|Electric Vehicles
Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk
Want to Buy an E-Scooter But Unsure? Delhiites Can Now Rent one For Just Rs 950/Week
Founded by Ashish Aggarwal, who has an MBA from IIM-Calcutta, VA-YU is an e-scooters booking platform offering on-demand e-scooters on rent in Delhi/NCR.
One of the biggest challenges associated with intra-city mobility is last-mile connectivity, which public transport services in India do not address. There have been electric vehicle (EV) ventures like eBikeGo, Yulu and Bounce that have sought to solve this through running their fleet of electric two-wheeler rentals to name a few. Besides personal mobility, ventures like these have leveraged their EV two-wheeler fleets for parcel or food delivery as well. Another company, which has entered this space, is Delhi-based VA-YU. (Above image of a VA-YU e-scooter which you can rent.)
Founded by Ashish Aggarwal, who has an MBA from IIM-Calcutta and over 15 years of experience in corporate strategy and operation, VA-YU is an e-scooters booking platform offering on-demand e-scooters on rent in Delhi-NCR. Launched in May 2020, VA-YU started with a fleet of 40 low-speed electric scooters but today operates 300 of them that users can rent for as cheap as Rs 3,069 per month in the six-month package. Their one-month package costs Rs 3,599.
"The reason why electric scooters aren't being adopted in a major way is because people don't have confidence in these vehicles and buying one involves a large upfront cost. Having seen Delhi's massive population, vehicular pollution and smog-filled days, I feel we can solve these problems better using our renting model since people don't have to pay so much upfront. We ensure the quality and upkeep of the vehicle is top-notch so that the user gets a very good experience. We are essentially enablers in the shift from IC-engine vehicles to electric. We are not actively selling these e-scooters, but receive a lot of outright purchase requests," Ashish tells The Better India.
Ashish Aggarwal (Left) and a VA-YU customer who can rent an e-scooter (Right)
VA-YU offers a range of plans from one week to 6 months and customers can experience EVs from as little as Rs 950 per week. To buy their electric scooter entirely, the price point set is Rs 57,000. Their scooter is custom-built for city commutes as well as delivery segments and has several anti-theft features.
"Its 48-volt lithium-ion swappable batteries allow it to go up to 70 km on a full charge. Integrated GPS technology allows for geo-fencing and remote immobilisation. Vehicle damages and personal injuries are covered by comprehensive insurance. We take care of all insurance, maintenance, and upkeep-related issues all at the user's home or office location itself. Our startup offers these scooters delivered to the customer's home and offers a variety of easy-to-use, booking and payment options. VA-YU also provides breakdown assistance within 2-3 hours in its area of operation," says Ashish.
Users don't need a driver's license or registration for these low-speed e-scooters. Their scooters are sanitised and disinfected as they arrive at a customer's doorstep.
"All of our demand is organic with customers noticing our scooters on the road and giving us a call. We are getting about 15 to 20 rental requests every day and most of our customers typically start with our one week package to try out the vehicle and see whether it fits their purpose. After testing the first week, however, 90% of them shift to our one-month or three-month plan. Our average plan duration today is close to three months. We offer maintenance within three hours in Delhi at the customer's residence as well," he claims.
Since the venture is doing long-term rentals, they deliver small chargers to users alongside their scooters. They also rent out scooters with removable batteries. People who don't live on the ground floor can take out their battery, which weighs approximately 6 kgs and charge it at home. We are not centrally charging our batteries. It takes about four hours for 100% charge.
Meanwhile, VA-YU works with third-party assembly partners locally to assemble their scooters in the Delhi-NCR region. Nearly 70% of all their components are sourced in India, but the lithium-ion battery cell and a few smaller components are imported.
VA-YU e-scooter
Assisting Delivery Boys, Essential Workers
In the past year, across two lockdowns, VA-YU's fleet assets have been in use 97% of the time, offering mobility solutions for essential workers, delivery personnel and even nurses for getting across the city. Coincidentally, this has also meant enabling many people who lost jobs during the lockdown to pick up delivery jobs in the gig economy.
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Many blue-collar workers have lost their jobs during the lockdowns this year and the last. They don't have the requisite capital to own their own two-wheelers. A lot of food, medicine or grocery delivery companies require drivers to bring their own vehicles on the job. As a result of lockdowns, there has been a surge in home deliveries in cities like Delhi.
"We can provide the vehicles. The delivery person doesn't need to spend too much money on renting one, and he's able to get a job at these delivery companies. A typical blue collar worker earns about Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 per month, but with high demand, he's easily able to make somewhere between Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000 per month. These amounts are also linked to how much effort they put in. We know people who ride 10 hours a day and clock about 130 km, earning around Rs 30,000 per month. We identify ourselves as enablers, while they end up paying us about Rs 3,500 per month on rent," claims Ashish.
This just does not happen on IC-engine bikes where riders have to deal with fuel and maintenance costs that come up to about Rs 200 to 300 per day.
"We are massively reducing their costs. Moreover, we also provide insurance on these vehicles, for the delivery rider and offer free maintenance work at the rider's place of work or home. Plus, once a rider gets a job of his choice in Delhi or another city, he can just give the scooter back to us at no additional cost," he adds.
Growing Fleet
"Our fleet size has grown more than 6X with a 94% jump in revenue till March 2021. On an average, we are making revenues of about Rs 3,300 per vehicle. Even as we establish leadership in Delhi-NCR, our plan moving ahead is to increase the fleet size significantly and aim to penetrate more Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in the next financial year. Given the considerable demand for its service VA-YU is looking to aggressively scale up in the coming financial year to about 15,000 EVs in Delhi NCR," claims Ashish.
So far, VA-YU's EVs have covered a cumulative distance of over 20 lakh km in the past year, saving approximately 50,000 litres in petrol, the startup claims in a recent press release.
"VA-YU's genesis came from the need to offer environmentally sustainable transport solutions for an already polluted city. The winter smog in Delhi was the spark to find ways to look at electric mobility as a solution to lower emissions. This is compounded by the fact that 70% of vehicular pollution is contributed by two-wheelers alone. We are a bootstrapped entity, and currently in the process of raising our pre Series-A round of funding, which should conclude in another month. We are also looking to expand to other major cities over the next few quarters and offer this service using a data-driven and process-oriented approach at an affordable cost to a cross-section of society," he concludes.
(Edited by Yoshita Rao)
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Let me tell you about their lives.
As his brother Arthur before him had done.
So he started his own church… Because a divorce couldn't be granted.
And at first the King's heart she did win.
So he sent little Annie off to the chop.
The third was Jane Seymour, she was so pretty!
Young and blonde, and incredibly witty.
But died in childbirth, how unfair!
Henry sent painter Holbein to her door.
And so the king got his second divorce.
Would be Henry's youngest wife.
She was sent to the tower just like her Cousin Anne.
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Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, General, Volume I
Preliminaries to the establishment of an international organization for the maintenance of international peace and security:
Preliminaries to the establishment of an international organization for the maintenance of international peace and security: 1
1. For previous information on preliminaries to the establishment of an international organization for the maintenance of international peace and security, see Foreign Relations, 1943, vol. i, bracketed note, p. 1050.
I. Arrangements for exploratory discussions on world security organization (Documents 376-418)
II. Dumbarton Oaks Conversations:89 (Documents 419-506)
A. Anglo-American-Soviet phase: August 21–September 28, 1944 (Documents 419-488)
B. Anglo-American-Chinese phase: September 29–October 7, 1944 (Documents 489-506)
III. Continuing preparations for a Conference of United Nations97 (Documents 507-510)
Commencing on Monday morning, August 21, 1944, the Dumbarton Oaks Conversations lasted a total of 7 weeks, and were held in two phases: the first, (A), ending September 28, between representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; the second, (B), beginning September 29 and ending October 7, between representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.↩
Questions regarding the establishment of an international organization left unsettled at Dumbarton Oaks were referred by Acting Secretary of State Stettinius to President Roosevelt on November 15, 1944. For documentation concerning this presentation and subsequent handling of the problems at the highest level, see Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, pp. 44– 66.↩
Participation by the United States in the work of the European Advisory Commission: (Documents 1-256)
Consideration of the application of "unconditional surrender" terms to Germany; unofficial peace feelers from Germany (Documents 257-339)
Application of the principle of unconditional surrender to Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania (Documents 340-375)
Preliminaries to the establishment of an international organization for the maintenance of international peace and security: (Documents 376-510)
Interest of the United States in the reaction of non-participating Governments to the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals (Documents 511-526)
Attitude of the United States regarding the eligibility of the Vatican for membership in the proposed international organization (Documents 527-532)
Participation of United States in the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education, London, April 5–29, 1944, and the proposed establishment of a United Nations organization for educational and cultural reconstruction (Documents 533-548)
Governmental assistance to persons forced to emigrate for political or racial reasons (Documents 549-724)
Emergency measure for the welfare and repatriation of American citizens in enemy, former enemy, and enemy-occupied countries (Documents 725-765)
Allied declarations and warnings regarding Nazi atrocities (Documents 766-815)
Discussions regarding procedures and scope of the United Nations Commission for the Investigation of War Crimes (Documents 816-914)
Representations to neutral governments against the granting of asylum to persons guilty of war crimes (Documents 915-973)
Successful Anglo-American effort to effect Soviet participation in the work of the London Political Warfare Coordinating Committee (Documents 974-987)
Establishment of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (Documents 988-990)
Policy of the United States with respect to diplomatic and consular property of enemy governments and the property of enemy diplomatic and consular personnel in liberated areas (Documents 991-1013)
Policy and attitude of the Department of State with regard to censorship (Documents 1014-1028)
Appendix: Reorganization of the Department of State
Abbreviations & Terms


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Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Today [with a Farewell Gift]
Amaan Rizwan
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7 and 8.1 today, bidding the final farewell for both.
But wait, didn't Windows 7 support end like 3 years ago? That happened but Microsoft provided an extended security update program for all the users who were still using it.
This included educational institutions and large corporations, who were in the middle of upgrading to Windows 10, by paying a nominal fee.
That window has closed for Windows 7 and 8.1 as both of them will no longer receive technical or security updates from today onwards.
You can continue to use the operating systems but watch out possibilities of new vulnerabilities which won't be patched by Microsoft.
Windows 7 Stood the Test of Time
What's next for Windows 7 and 8.1 users?
Windows 7 gets a Farewell Gift
Windows 7 was released in 2009 and been around for more than a decade. You will still find over 11% of computer users running the operating system, as per statcounter.
On the other hand, its successor 8.1's popularity was short-lived and it currently has a market share just shy of 3%.
They can stay on their operating system and open themselves to security vulnerabilities and incompatibilities with new programs or officially upgrade to Windows 10 for free.
You can also jump to Windows 11 but you may require some level of hardware upgrade on your computer. We can bypass the TPM 2.0 requirement but 8 GB RAM would be a minimum since it's a 64-bit only operating system.
Microsoft silently pushed Secure Boot support for Windows 7 with a few requirements. This will open up a lot of possibilities with an added layer of security.
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Q: Can an interface property of type [abstract class] be implemented as a concrete class in C#? Perhaps a bit of a weird question.
I have an interface IReservable that describes behaviour to make a objects "reservable". A class which implements it must have a list of reservations, and a few methods to handle creating/removing a reservation. The interface declares a list of reservations, which is an abstract class inherited by 2 concrete classes; one for a room and one for a chair (RoomReservation & ChairReservation).
Both the room and chair classes implement IReservable, and both will always create instances of only one type (Chair -> ChairReservation and Room -> RoomReservation)
Is there a way to make it so that IReservable requires there to be a list of Reservations, but the implementation can decide the concrete Reservation?
explained in code:
public interface IReservable
{
    ICollection<Reservation> Reservations { get; set; }

    // Rest omitted for brevity
}

public class Room : IReservable
{
    // Can I make this RoomReservation only?
    public ICollection<Reservation> Reservations { get; set; }
}

public class Seat : IReservable
{
    // And can I make this ChairReservation only?
    public ICollection<Reservation> Reservations { get; set; }
}

It isn't necessary to do this, but I still wondered whether or not it was actually possible; since I can't find any examples of it.

A: You could do this by using generics. For example
First let's assume you have some classes like this:
public abstract class Reservation { }

public class ChairReservation : Reservation { }
public class RoomReservation : Reservation { }

Now your interface would change to this, note the type constraint to make sure the reservations are always derived from Reservation:
public interface IReservable<TReservation>
    where TReservation : Reservation
{
    ICollection<TReservation> Reservations { get; set; }
}

And now your Room and Seat classes would be something like this:
public class Room : IReservable<RoomReservation>
{
    public ICollection<RoomReservation> Reservations { get; set; }
}

public class Seat : IReservable<ChairReservation>
{
    public ICollection<ChairReservation> Reservations { get; set; }
}

A: Even though the suggested generic interface technique works, I usually have a hard time dealing with generic interfaces. One of the advantages of interfaces is polymorphism. By using a generic interface your different implementations won't have a common base type so you will lose polymorphism. i.e., you can't do this:
IReservable reservable;
reservable = new Room();
reservable = new Seat();
Console.WriteLine(reservable.Reservations.Count);

If you never intended to take advantage of polymorphism, using a generic interface is enough (however, you may ask yourself why you need an interface in this case). Otherwise my suggestion is to use two different interfaces, one for reading reservations and one for reading and modifying:
interface IReservable
{
    IEnumerable<Reservation> Reservations { get; }
}

interface IReservable<TReservation> : IReservable
    where TReservation : Reservation
{
    new ICollection<TReservation> Reservations { get; }

    // Reservation methods
}

public class Room : IReservable<RoomReservation>
{
    public ICollection<RoomReservation> Reservations { get; }

    IEnumerable<Reservation> IReservable.Reservations => Reservations;
}

And then you will be able to use polymorphism.

A: I think the best solution here to use generics as @DavidG showed here
But if for some reason you cannot use generics you can use Explicit Interface Implementation
It will be something like this:
public class Room : IReservable
{
    IEnumerable<Reservation> reservations;
    ICollection<Reservation> IReservable.Reservations { get { return (ICollection<Reservation>)reservations; } set { reservations = value; } }
    public ICollection<RoomReservation> Reservations { get { return (ICollection<RoomReservation>)reservations.Cast<RoomReservation>(); } set { reservations = value; } }
}

public class Seat : IReservable
{
    IEnumerable<Reservation> reservations;
    ICollection<Reservation> IReservable.Reservations { get { return (ICollection<Reservation>)reservations; } set { reservations = value; } }
    public ICollection<SeatReservation> Reservations { get { return (ICollection<SeatReservation>)reservations.Cast<SeatReservation>(); } set { reservations = value; } }
}

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How to convert AAC to MP3 on Mac/Window?
It is a digital multimedia container format used to store audio components, but can store other data e. A mobile screen resolution can be a big challenge when it comes to watching videos online or offline. Professional studios usually offer bit depths of 24 and 32. It allows you to edit videos before copying or burning. Sampling Rates range from 8000 Hz very, very low quality up to 192 000 Hz very, very hi quality. The data needed to restore each frame is housed in a 32-bit header. Unlike other audio files there is a lossless compression available, which is possible due to the Apple Lossless format.
The table below gives you an example of the different file sizes for the most common formats. We recommend this format for voice. It also supports conversion of other files to other different formats. Google Drive is a trademark of Google Inc. Learn more about the video standard.
You can think of lossless compression as like zip but for audio. Sometimes you might want to run your audio in a different program, or you may want your file in a much better format. The bit-rate determines the maximum allowed file size for each frame, and the more aggressive the compression, the more likely the algorithm is to remove something that is audible. This means the files can be converted back and forth from the original audio file and file size. Step 1: Select Preferences and Open Import Settings First, ensure that you have iTunes on your computer.
When we compress the file, it becomes significantly smaller than the original one. This allows arbitrary channel configurations to be used. It has dictation header information and can be encrypted often required by medical confidentiality laws. One of course expect Apple's mobile support Apples' feature. SoundBrige allows these three options as well as a 32bit float option. I forgot to mention I am on Ubuntu Linux, and qaac command doesn't seem to exist for me. It also makes any processing you did basically useless.
It is not that good for voice storage. Some file types always use a particular codec. Vorbis also takes the noise-floor into account to improve low bit-rate performance. Test it in your app and use the sound file for your app functionality. Simply drag and drop your files and convert with a single click. It might help to think of this as somewhat similar to a.
If that fails you could also try using the that can capture any audio you play. The cost of this losslessness is that the compression ratio is not good. All the other codecs discussed here are lossy which means a small part of the quality is lost. The amendment includes level 6 to require 7. Download Sample Videos Are you a mobile app developer? Original Wave File: Error: Source Statement Failure - Format not supported in this browser? It is similar to mp3 and probably only useful if you are reading files from minidiscs or writing for minidiscs. Apple made it open source in 2011.
If you have any further questions you can review our or. This service helps testers or developers to control app sound levels as per the surroundings. This is the bitstream above multiplexed with an explanatory graphic encoded in H. The iTunes store runs on M4A file downloads 15 billion files worldwide. If you have a file which you cannot open in your program try converting it with the. The number of the performers can be felt.
Just search below for the relevant video formats in specific sizes, download them, and start testing. This audio plug-in makes your videos sound sharper, livelier and pack more punch. This is a one stop destination for all sample video testing needs. Alternatively, algorithms can be implemented that re-configure the sound data into a smaller form to be de-compressed later, but without removing any data and thereby preserving sound quality lossless compression. I did some google study and found the Linux equivalent seems to be mp4chaps.
File Formats Audio File Formats There are a number of different types of Audio files. If a subwoofer is used with limited-range main speakers, all 60 Hz tones should play at the same level through the subwoofer. Try out sample tracks to experience High-Resolution Audio. In digital multimedia, Bit Rate refers to the number of bits within a unit of playback time to represent a continuous medium such as audio and describes the character of the sample. It is rarely used except for technical tests. Just add songs, albums or playlists from Apple Music to iTunes and then Ondesoft iTunes Converter can recognize them. You might need a Sony plugin to load this.
We will cover these below. Click on the button below, and then unzip the compressed file automatically downloaded to your computer. The chapter marks are not recognized by Android 4. It is just a list of musical notes which a synthesizer can play. A copy-protected version of this format has been developed by Apple for use in music downloaded from their iTunes Music Store.


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I've been occasionally making RPM packages, but I've only really followed the method of packaging stuff that came from a tar-ball that needed compiling. Yesterday at work I needed to package a static-binary for some hardware infomation gathering program we use here, and for the life of me I couldn't find any documentation on how to do it easily for such files. All the howto's (and even the bloody book I spent all my cash on) didn't seem to be dispensing much wisdom on it.
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Tesla deliveries lackluster in second quarter, but all eyes are on Model 3
Published Mon, Jul 3 20175:22 PM EDT
Phil LeBeau@Lebeaucarnews
Tesla delivered 47,100 vehicles in the first half of the year.
That figure falls within the company's guided range of 47,000 to 50,000.
Investors and analysts remain focused on the rollout of the automaker's mass-market car, the Model 3.
Tesla Motors' Model 3 electric cars.
Tesla Motors File Photo | Reuters
With most investors focused on the rollout of its highly anticipated Model 3, Tesla
announced lackluster second-quarter sales, due in part to supply issues with 100 kWh battery packs.
"The Q2 Deliveries will be viewed as a negative by investors," said James Albertine, analyst with Consumer Edge Research. "But that story ... can be more than offset by the Model 3 in the second half of the year."
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Overall, Tesla delivered just over 22,000 vehicles in the second quarter, bringing its first half deliveries to 47,100, within the company's guidance of between 47,000 and 50,000 vehicles.
What was the problem?
Tesla said it experienced "a severe production shortfall of 100 kWh battery packs, which are made using new technologies on new production lines." The company said it resolved the problem in early June and dramatically increased battery-pack production.
While some may be concerned with Tesla's delivery issues, the focus for most is the rollout of the Model 3. The very first one that will ultimately be sold is scheduled to be built later this week. It will be delivered with 29 others at the end of July.
Elon Musk tweeted a rough guideline for ramping up the Model 3 assembly line.
"Production grows exponentially, so Aug should be 100 cars and Sept above 1500," Musk tweeted. "Looks like we can reach 20,000 Model 3 cars per month in Dec."
That forecast is consistent with Tesla's prior guidance of building 5,000 of the lower-priced electric cars per week, by the end of the year.
Yes, there will likely be cynics and bears who will see the second-quarter production problems with battery packs as just an excuse. Whatever comments they have probably won't change the likelihood of greater price swings for Tesla shares.
"Over the last few months, as Tesla has moved higher, it may not have been as volatile because a lot of people were waiting for the Model 3," said Albertine. "Now that it's almost here, that could change."
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Springfield é uma cidade  localizada no estado americano de Luisiana, na Paróquia de Livingston.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 395 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 415, um aumento de 20 (5.1%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
3,6 km², dos quais 3,6 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água. Springfield localiza-se a aproximadamente 9 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 16 km ao redor de Springfield.

Ligações externas

Cidades da Luisiana

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Effort to save Australia's oldest bridge from vibration damage gains gong
By Kate Mudge
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It's hoped the technology will allow the 186-year-old bridge to stand for centuries to come. (Selina Bryan: ABC News)
abc.net.au/news/efforts-to-save-australia27s-oldest-bridge-from-vibration-dama/5489402
Tasmanian engineers have been recognised for efforts in minimising vibrations on Australia's oldest bridge.
The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources developed a monitoring system for the 186-year-old Richmond Bridge.
The technology transfers vehicle data to engineers.
Michael Sylvester of Engineers Australia says it allows better monitoring of the arching stone bridge, ensuring its heritage values are preserved.
"The monitoring vibration system can determine which vehicle types cause the largest vibration in the bridge, and therefore the department can set load limits and speed limits to maintain the structural integrity and the heritage of the bridge," he said.
Mr Sylvester says the award demonstrates the high level of engineering work in Tasmania.
The convict-built bridge was put on the National Heritage List in 2005.
It is hoped the technology will allow it to stand for centuries to come.
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