So what does this have to do with voting? Well, at $1000 for 10,000 infected American machines, the cost is $0.10/machine, and less as the quantity goes up. If I can "buy" (i.e., steal) votes in an internet voting scheme for $0.10 each, that's far cheaper than any form of advertising. In a hard-fought election I'll get a dozen fliers for each candidate on the ballot, each of which probably costs close to $1 when considering printing, postage, etc. So stealing votes is arguably 100 times cheaper (assuming that a large fraction of the populace were to vote by internet), even when considering the cost of developing the software that runs in the botnet.
Granted, not every machine in a botnet would be used for voting, even under the assumption that everyone voted by internet. But even if only 10% of them are, the cost per vote is still very "reasonable" under this scenario.
Oak Ridge National Labs (one of the US national energy labs, along with Sandia, Livermore, Los Alamos, etc) had a bunch of people fall for a spear phishing attack (see articles in Computerworld and many other descriptions). For those not familiar with the term, spear phishing is sending targeted emails at specific recipients, designed to have them do an action (e.g., click on a link) that will install some form of software (e.g., to allow stealing information from their computers). This is distinct from spam, where the goal is primarily to get you to purchase pharmaceuticals, or maybe install software, but in any case is widespread and not targeted at particular victims. Spear phishing is the same technique used in the Google Aurora (and related) cases last year, the RSA case earlier this year, Epsilon a few weeks ago, and doubtless many others that we haven't heard about. Targets of spear phishing might be particular people within an organization (e.g., executives, or people on a particular project).
In this posting, I'm going to connect this attack to Internet voting (i-voting), by which I mean casting a ballot from the comfort of your home using your personal computer (i.e., not a dedicated machine in a precinct or government office). My contention is that in addition to all the other risks of i-voting, one of the problems is that people will click links targeted at them by political parties, and will try to cast their vote on fake web sites. The scenario is that operatives of the Orange party send messages to voters who belong to the Purple party claiming to be from the Purple party's candidate for president and giving a link to a look-alike web site for i-voting, encouraging voters to cast their votes early. The goal of the Orange party is to either prevent Purple voters from voting at all, or to convince them that their vote has been cast and then use their credentials (i.e., username and password) to have software cast their vote for Orange candidates, without the voter ever knowing.
The percentage of users who fall prey to targeted attacks has been a subject of some controversy. While the percentage of users who click on spam emails has fallen significantly over the years as more people are aware of them (and as spam filtering has improved and mail programs have improved to no longer fetch images by default), spear phishing attacks have been assumed to be more effective. The result from Oak Ridge is one of the most significant pieces of hard data in that regard.
According to an article in The Register, of the 530 Oak Ridge employees who received the spear phishing email, 57 fell for the attack by clicking on a link (which silently installed software in their computers using to a security vulnerability in Internet Explorer which was patched earlier this week – but presumably the patch wasn't installed yet on their computers). Oak Ridge employees are likely to be well-educated scientists (but not necessarily computer scientists) – and hence not representative of the population as a whole. The fact that this was a spear phishing attack means that it was probably targeted at people with access to sensitive information, whether administrative staff, senior scientists, or executives (but probably not the person running the cafeteria, for example). Whether the level of education and access to sensitive information makes them more or less likely to click on links is something for social scientists to assess – I'm going to take it as a data point and assume a range of 5% to 20% of victims will click on a link in a spear phishing attack (i.e., that it's not off by more than a factor of two).
So as a working hypothesis based on this actual result, I propose that a spear phishing attack designed to draw voters to a fake web site to cast their votes will succeed with 5-20% of the targeted voters. With UOCAVA (military and overseas voters) representing around 5% of the electorate, I propose that a target of impacting 0.25% to 1% of the votes is not an unreasonable assumption. Now if we presume that the race is close and half of them would have voted for the "preferred" candidate anyway, this allows a spear phishing attack to capture an additional 0.12% to 0.50% of the vote.
If i-voting were to become more widespread – for example, to be available to any absentee voter – then these numbers double, because absentee voters are typically 10% of all voters. If i-voting becomes available to all voters, then we can guess that 5% to 20% of ALL votes can be coerced this way. At that point, we might as well give up elections, and go to coin tossing.
Considering the vast sums spent on advertising to influence voters, even for the very limited UOCAVA population, spear phishing seems like a very worthwhile investment for a candidate in a close race.


text:
Home > HUJR_A > Vol. 5 (2011) > Iss. 1
Hebron University Research Journal-A (Natural Sciences) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- أ (العلوم الطبيعيه
Performance of Awassi Lambs Fed a Citrus Pulp and Olive Cake Silage
احمد ظاظا, جامعة النجاح الوطنيهFollow
جمال ابو عمر, جامعة النجاح الوطنيهFollow
This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of feeding different silages on the performance of fattening lambs and nutrients digestibility. Sixteen uniform males of Awassi lambs were used in feeding trial that was lasted for 77 days. The trial was followed by a digestion trial. Lambs were divided into four experimental groups during the trial and had free access to water. Three types of silage were prepared using wheat straw (WS), olive cake (OC) and citrus pulp (CP). The three by-products were mixed in the following ratios for silage 1 (60:27:13), for silage 2 (20:54:26) and for silage 3 (0:48:52), respectively. The forages were offered to lambs along with fixed amount of a commercial fattening concentrate which was 78% of total rations fed on air dry basis. Silage type had no effect on lambs weight development and lambs average daily gain. The feed conversion efficiency was the highest (P
ظاظا, احمد and ابو عمر, جمال (2011) "Performance of Awassi Lambs Fed a Citrus Pulp and Olive Cake Silage," Hebron University Research Journal-A (Natural Sciences) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- أ (العلوم الطبيعيه: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1 , Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/hujr_a/vol5/iss1/4
Life Sciences Commons
All Issues Vol. 8, Iss. 1 Vol. 7, Iss. 1 Vol. 6, Iss. 1 Vol. 5, Iss. 1 Vol. 4, Iss. 1 Vol. 3, Iss. 2 Vol. 3, Iss. 1 Vol. 2, Iss. 2 Vol. 2, Iss. 1 Vol. 1, Iss. 2 Vol. 1, Iss. 1
ISSN: (Print) 2074-1502
(Online) 2074-1510

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: Subclassing NSOperation to be concurrent and cancellable I am unable to find good documentation about how to subclass NSOperation to be concurrent and also to support cancellation. I read the Apple docs, but I am unable to find an "official" example.
Here is my source code :
@synthesize isExecuting = _isExecuting;
@synthesize isFinished = _isFinished;
@synthesize isCancelled = _isCancelled;

- (BOOL)isConcurrent
{
    return YES;
}

- (void)start
{
/* WHY SHOULD I PUT THIS ?
    if (![NSThread isMainThread])
    {
        [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(start) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
        return;
    }
*/

    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"isExecuting"];
    _isExecuting = YES;
    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"isExecuting"];

    if (_isCancelled == YES)
    {
        NSLog(@"** OPERATION CANCELED **");
    }
    else
    {
        NSLog(@"Operation started.");
        sleep(1);
        [self finish];
    }
}

- (void)finish
{
    NSLog(@"operationfinished.");

    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"isExecuting"];
    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"isFinished"];

    _isExecuting = NO;
    _isFinished = YES;

    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"isExecuting"];
    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"isFinished"];

    if (_isCancelled == YES)
    {
        NSLog(@"** OPERATION CANCELED **");
    }
}

In the example I found, I don't understand why performSelectorOnMainThread: is used. It would prevent my operation from running concurrently.
Also, when I comment out that line, I get my operations running concurrently. However, the isCancelled flag is not modified, even though I have called cancelAllOperations.

A: The excellent answer of @BJHomer deserves an update.
Concurrent operations should override the start method instead of main.
As stated in the Apple Documentation:
If you are creating a concurrent operation, you need to override the following methods and properties at a minimum:

*

*start

*asynchronous

*executing

*finished
A proper implementation also requires to override cancel as well. Making a subclass thread-safe and getting the required semantics right is also quite tricky.
Thus, I've put a complete and working subclass as a proposal implemented in Swift in Code Review. Comments and suggestion are welcome.
This class can be easily used as a base class for your custom operation class.

A: I know this is an old question, but I've been investigating this lately and encountered the same examples and had the same doubts.
If all your work can be run synchronously inside the main method, you don't need a concurrent operation , neither overriding start, just do your work and return from main when done.
However, if your workload is asynchronous by nature - i.e loading a NSURLConnection, you must subclass start. When your start method returns, the operation isn't finished yet. It will only be considered finished by the NSOperationQueue when you manually send KVO notifications to the isFinished and isExecuting flags (for instance, once the async URL loading finishes or fails).
Lastly, one might want to dispatch start to the main thread when the async workload you want to start require a run-loop listening on the main thread. As the work itself is asynchronous, it won't limit your concurrency, but starting the work in a worker thread might not have a proper runloop ready.

A: Okay, so as I understand it, you have two questions:

*

*Do you need the performSelectorOnMainThread: segment that appears in comments in your code? What does that code do?

*Why is the _isCancelled flag is not modified when you call cancelAllOperations on the NSOperationQueue that contains this operation?
Let's deal with these in order. I'm going to assume that your subclass of NSOperation is called MyOperation, just for ease of explanation. I'll explain what you're misunderstanding and then give a corrected example.
1. Running NSOperations concurrently
Most of the time, you'll use NSOperations with an NSOperationQueue, and from your code, it sounds like that's what you're doing. In that case, your MyOperation will always be run on a background thread, regardless of what the -(BOOL)isConcurrent method returns, since NSOperationQueues are explicitly designed to run operations in the background.
As such, you generally do not need to override the -[NSOperation start] method, since by default it simply invokes the -main method. That is the method you should be overriding. The default -start method already handles setting isExecuting and isFinished for you at the appropriate times.
So if you want an NSOperation to run in the background, simply override the -main method and put it on an NSOperationQueue.
The performSelectorOnMainThread: in your code would cause every instance of MyOperation to always perform its task on the main thread. Since only one piece of code can be running on a thread at a time, this means that no other MyOperations could be running. The whole purpose of NSOperation and NSOperationQueue is to do something in the background.
The only time you want to force things onto the main thread is when you're updating the user interface. If you need to update the UI when your MyOperation finishes, that is when you should use performSelectorOnMainThread:. I'll show how to do that in my example below.
2. Cancelling an NSOperation
-[NSOperationQueue cancelAllOperations] calls the -[NSOperation cancel] method, which causes subsequent calls to -[NSOperation isCancelled] to return YES. However, you have done two things to make this ineffective.

*

*You are using @synthesize isCancelled to override NSOperation's -isCancelled method. There is no reason to do this. NSOperation already implements -isCancelled in a perfectly acceptable manner.

*You are checking your own _isCancelled instance variable to determine whether the operation has been cancelled. NSOperation guarantees that [self isCancelled] will return YES if the operation has been cancelled. It does not guarantee that your custom setter method will be called, nor that your own instance variable is up to date. You should be checking [self isCancelled]
What you should be doing
The header:
// MyOperation.h
@interface MyOperation : NSOperation {
}
@end

And the implementation:
// MyOperation.m
@implementation MyOperation

- (void)main {
    if ([self isCancelled]) {
        NSLog(@"** operation cancelled **");
    }

    // Do some work here
    NSLog(@"Working... working....")

    if ([self isCancelled]) {
        NSLog(@"** operation cancelled **");
    }
    // Do any clean-up work here...

    // If you need to update some UI when the operation is complete, do this:
    [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(updateButton) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];

    NSLog(@"Operation finished");
}

- (void)updateButton {
    // Update the button here
}
@end

Note that you do not need to do anything with isExecuting, isCancelled, or isFinished. Those are all handled automatically for you. Simply override the -main method. It's that easy.
(A note: technically, this is not a "concurrent" NSOperation, in the sense that -[MyOperation isConcurrent] would return NO as implemented above. However, it will be run on a background thread. The isConcurrent method really should be named -willCreateOwnThread, as that is a more accurate description of the method's intention.)

A: Take a look at ASIHTTPRequest.  It is an HTTP wrapper class built on top of NSOperation as a subclass and seems to implement these. Note that as of mid-2011, the developer recommends not using ASI for new projects.

A: Regarding define "cancelled" property (or define "_cancelled" iVAR) inside NSOperation subclass, normally that is NOT necessary. Simply because when USER triggers the cancellation, custom code should always notify KVO observers that your operation is now finished with its work. In other words, isCancelled => isFinished.
Particularly, when NSOperation object is dependent on the completion of other operation objects, it monitors the isFinished key path for those objects. Failing to generate a finish notification (in case of cancellation happens) can therefore prevent the execution of other operations in your application.

BTW, @BJ Homer's answer: "The isConcurrent method really should be named -willCreateOwnThread" makes A LOT sense!
Because if you do NOT override start-method,simply manually call NSOperation-Object's default-start-method, calling-thread itself is, by default, synchronous; so, NSOperation-Object is only a non-concurrent operation.
However, if you DO override start-method, inside start-method implementation, custom-code should spawn a separate thread…etc,then you successfully break the restriction of "calling-thread default being synchronous", therefore making NSOperation-Object becoming a concurrent-operation, it can run asynchronously afterwards.

A: This blog post:
http://www.dribin.org/dave/blog/archives/2009/09/13/snowy_concurrent_operations/
explains why you might need:
if (![NSThread isMainThread])
{
    [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(start) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
    return;
}

in your start method.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Molly Sims is here to make your home look chicer. Today, the model and newly-minted lifestyle guru releases her second book, Everyday Chic ($19, amazon.com), a 304-page guide chock-full of tips for entertaining, organizing, and decorating, with minimal effort. "My only thought while writing this book was that I hope it's chic enough," Sims recently told InStyle. Written in an approachable, conversational tone, the book reads like you're getting great advice from a girlfriend, albeit one who use to model in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue and host MTV shows alongside Carson Daly. Here, Sims speaks candidly about her modeling days and and shares an exclusive excerpt.
Tell me about the book. How is it different from your first, Everyday Supermodel?
It's all about making things that take a lot of effort look effortless. As a model, I missed everything: weddings, funerals, birthdays. Once I had children, I really wanted to embrace entertaining and being with family. It sounds cheesy, but I wanted to embrace the happy mess—in a chic way. In the book, I share the tips and tricks I learned, like serving Perrier in a wine glass with a slice of lemon or plating your Postmates order on really good china. When it comes to making things look great for not a lot of money, I'm kind of a guru.
When did you first become interested in home décor?
I knew my modeling career wouldn't last forever. I didn't want to be a coat hanger for the rest of my life; I wanted to be the CEO of my own company, like Cindy Crawford. I started saving money and bought a house in the Hamptons. Then I had to decorate it. I quickly learned about base colors—beige, navy—and little design details that make a big impact, like high-gloss doors and brass cabinet handles.
Cindy recently made an epic return to the runway at the Versace show during Milan Fashion Week. Would you ever go back to modeling?
That was such an iconic moment. She has never looked better! I was never Cindy Crawford, but of course—if it was the right opportunity, I would consider it.


The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures traces its roots to the nineteenth century and the first courses in Sanskrit offered at the University of Michigan. Instruction in Chinese and Japanese were added in 1936. Today the department offers instruction in twelve languages of Asia. Over the course of its long history, the department has produced internationally renowned scholars of Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, and Buddhist Studies.
Today, the department has graduate students working in China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, India, and Indonesia in disciplines including Literary Studies, Media Studies, History, Anthropology, and Religious Studies. Staffed by faculty with interests and expertise that are both deep and broad, in the past decade the department has sought to move beyond the area studies model to explore the boundaries between the traditional regions of Asia and Asian Studies, tracing lines of influence and interconnection across borders, languages, and historical periods.
The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures knows that not only do students want a rigorous, comprehensive educational experience, but also preparation for a wide and diverse array of careers. That's why we ensure that our students graduate with an exceptional pedagogical background, which is increasingly valuable to employers.
The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures holds regular pedagogy workshops for students on cutting-edge topics in Asian studies and higher education, offering a minimum of three per year. Ph.D. students are afforded four full terms during their fellowship in which to focus solely on coursework and research, followed by six semesters of developing classes and teaching. This provides students with highly marketable in-classroom experience not common for Ph.D. students graduating from other institutions.


text:
Filmy Tree > Home > Entertainment > As Veganuary almost comes to an end, here's looking at 8 Hottest Vegans in Bollywood you can take inspiration from!
As Veganuary almost comes to an end, here's looking at 8 Hottest Vegans in Bollywood you can take inspiration from!
In: Entertainment, Lifestyle
Tagged: Bollywood, Celebrities, Fitness, Vegan, Vegetarian
More and more people are embracing a plant-based lifestyle these days. What could be the reason? Some are an animal lover or are concerned more about the environment while others have health concerns about eating non-veg foods. Well, whatever the reason may be, there's a growing number of people who are becoming vegan or vegetarian and are reaping benefits of leading a healthier lifestyle. As 'Veganuary' – the global pledge to try vegan for 31 days, comes to an end, let's have a look at 8 of the hottest vegans of our film industry.
Chirpy beauty Alia Bhatt is setting a great example for her fans and millions of other people who want to fight climate change with their forks. The young actor, known for her roles in 'Raazi' and 'Highway' took the decision of opting to veganism in 2015 and there has been no looking back ever since. She seems to be enjoying her changed food habits and now would continue the diet for a lifetime. In fact, her father, producer Mahesh Bhatt, is also a vegetarian.
Bollywood actor Esha Gupta is popularly known for her films Jannat 2 and Raaz 3. The actor follows a vegan diet and has endorsed various campaigns over time with PETA to encourage a plant-based lifestyle. Her journey started in 2013, when the actor posed for a PETA India ad to encourage people to "go green, go vegetarian". She had said at the time that being vegetarian saved the lives of animals and she thought it was a healthy way for both humans and the planet to embrace vegetarianism. She has been a strong vegan warrior since that time which clearly reflects in her appearance. More green power to you, Esha!
The multi-talented actor, Bhumi Pednekar is known to be Bollywood's very own climate warrior. The actress actively works to spread the word about the importance of preserving nature and about the imminent dangers of climate change. Not just that, she is a huge supporter of having a vegan diet. The actor even supports NGOs related to animal safety and protection as she is strictly against animal cruelty. She has taken her commitment towards animals one step further by going vegan. And now for several years, she has been on a meat-free and dairy-free diet.
Most recently seen in Kabir Khan's 83, popular young beautiful actress, Wamiqa Gabbi also happens to be a proud vegan. She believes in eating a wholesome diet and loves organic vegetarian food. Not just this, the Punjabi beauty is known to encourage her family, friends, and fans to start eating vegan food. Guess all we can say is, make way for yet another budding vegan superstar, bollywood!
Sahher Bambba
Debuted alongside Sunny Deol's son, Karan Deol in the 2018's smash hit, 'Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas', even Saher Bambba has veganism to credit for being in an amazing shape. The young actor has ably demonstrated that with a vegetarian diet, you can grow a stunning physique. Sahher, who hails from the beautiful city of Shimla says that 'Being a vegan could be your first step towards having a much healthier lifestyle while also contributing to planet earth in your own small way. It's clearly a connection of your mind and body. What you eat is what you are, and we all should always remember that." Well, Sahher, we couldn't agree more!
Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao, who rose to fame with 2018's super-hot horror comedy, 'Stree', follows a vegan diet and believes in having an immensely healthy lifestyle. According to PETA, Rajkummar Rao is fit, hot, and compassionate, and he's setting a great example for his fans and millions of other people who want to fight climate change with their forks. Well, there certainly are no doubts there!
When it comes to preserving and conserving mother nature, actress Shraddha Kapoor has truly become a beacon of inspiration. Time and again she has raised awareness for the atrocities faced by Mother Earth because of us humans. By being a strict vegan, Shraddha endorses having a clean diet and a healthy lifestyle for more than 2 years now. She believes that the switch has made her healthier and happier as 'veganism', according to the 'Stree' actor, is more of a state of mind. We have to say Shraddha, we couldn't agree more!
There were days when Sonakshi was always criticized for being plump but now she has become the fitness icon for many. Sonakshi has also lost heaps of weight and we can't stop going ga-ga over her new avatar. If you are wondering where the girl has got this gorgeous physique, let us share the secret! Sonakshi got into shape after going vegan. Yes, the actress has confessed herself that vegan diet helped her to improve metabolism. Sonakshi joined the vegan bandwagon as a fight against animal cruelty. She adores animals and her wish to see a world free of animal cruelty, persuaded her to turn vegan. Well, that is why she is such an inspiration to many!
Previous Post: Here's the First Look of Actor Bobby Simha From Upcoming Action-Thriller 'Mahaan'
Next Post: "To be a good Casting Director, you have to be a good Actor", Shivam Gupta


text:
Home > News > France: Brother Martin Esslinger dies at the age of 93
Assistant General during the mandate of Brother Charles Raphaël
Brother Martin Esslinger dies at the age of 93
30/01/2006: France
Brother Martin Esslinger originated from Petit-Landau, Haut-Rhin, France where he was born on the 6th November 1913. In February 1929, he started his Postulancy and his Novitiate in San Maurizio (Italy), where he received the name of Louis Martin. His first vows were pronounced on the 8th September 1930.
After a year of formation at St-Genis-Laval, he assumed numerous responsibilities in various places: Teacher in Zillisheim (1931), La Roche sur Foron (1932), St-Genis-Laval Boarding School (1933); having done his military service at Besançon (1934), he returned to teach at St Genis-Laval until 1939, the year in which he returned to the military at the start of the Second World War.
At the end of August 1940, he worked in the teacher-training centre at Gerson (Lyon) and afterwards was appointed as Director of the St Joseph boarding school at St Genis-Laval in 1941. In 1942, he was moved to the Juniorate at St Quentin-Fallavier where he worked as a teacher and administrator and later as Director. In 1945, he was the Director of the Juniorate at Franois.
After a year of renewal in St Quentin-Fallavier he arrived in St Genis-Laval in 1947 where he was appointed as Director. In 1958 he assumed the responsibility of leading the Province of St Genis-Laval as Provincial.
On the 30th September 1958, he was elected as Assistant General during the XV General Chapter and represented the Provinces of Beaucamps, Hermitage, Saint Genis, Sud Est, Sud Ouest and Varennes-Orient.
In 1967 he participated in the XVI General Chapter during which he was again elected as Assistant General for the Provinces of France. On the 7th May 1971, the General Council accepted his resignation as Assistant and he was replaced by Brother Paul Sester.
At the end of his service to the General Council, he returned to his Province of origin and was assigned to Issenheim in 1971 where he was teacher and Community Superior until his profession jubilee in 1978. After this, he still offered his services, especially in the area of finances, until he retired to St Genis-Laval in 1994. He lived quite peacefully here until his death on the 19th January 2006 at the age of ninety-three and seventy-six years of religious profession.
Brother Superior General and his Council send their heartfelt condolences to the brothers in the community of Montet and all in the Province of L'Hermitage and at the same time invite all the brothers of the Institute to offer the suffrages in accord with article number 55 of our Constitutions in thanksgiving to the Lord for the life of Louis Martin. Rest in peace.


Goccia D'oro Extra Virgin Olive Oil 750ml enhances the qualities of your favorite dish. Goccia D'oro Extra Virgin Olive Oil comes from 100% Italian olives, grown in a natural environment and harvested through traditional methods.
There are two types of olive oil products to choose from here. The first is an unfiltered extra virgin olive oil and the other is a regular selection. The unfiltered extra virgin olive oil is the superior quality because of its unprocessed nature. Its cloudy appearance of deep green color and its characteristic aroma of freshly squeezed olives makes it ideal for raw use. Available here is also a third option which is unfiltered and organic.


text:
Phagocata morgani is een platworm (Platyhelminthes). De worm is tweeslachtig. De soort leeft in of nabij zoet water in de oostelijke helft van Noord-Amerika. De soort is geïntroduceerd in Californië.

Het geslacht Phagocata, waarin de platworm wordt geplaatst, wordt tot de familie Planariidae gerekend. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd, als Planaria morgani, voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1906 door Stevens & Boring.

Synoniemen
 Planaria morgani Stevens & Boring, 1906
 Fonticola morgani (Stevens & Boring, 1906)
 Dendrocoelum superbum Girard, 1850
 Galeocephala superba (Girard, 1850)
 Planaria truncata Leidy, 1851
 Dendrocoelum truncatum (Leidy, 1851)
 Fonticola truncata (Leidy, 1851)
 Phagocata cavernicola Hyman, 1954
 Fonticola cavernicola (Hyman, 1954)

Planariidae

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


How to Create Google Adsense Account ?
Today every single blogger know has heard of Google Adsense. Google Adsense is the best advertising network that give contextual ads on your blog. Today I will show you how to create Adsense account for your blog or website.
The day when I signed up for Adsense, I didn`t had much knowledge about it till the time. It is a product of Google and an advertising program for publishers. Adsense place ads on your blog and when anyone click on those ads you will get paid for that.
Your website should have quality content.
Your blog should have good number of daily visitors.
How to Create Adsense Account ?
Click on "Get Started Now" button to signup for adsense.
Enter your blog URL, choose language of your blog and click on "Continue".
Enter Your details Country, account type, Payee name, address, timezone, postal code, phone number, and click on "Submit" button. make sure when you enter payee name you do not make any mistake in spelling.
You will have to wait for some time that can be between 24 hours to 7 days.
You will receive an email in your inbox from adsense that they have accepted your request.
You will Adsense policies page, accept terms and conditions and click on "I Agree".
Now you will see Adsense page will open.
It will show you two options.
first to make ad unit to put on your blog or website.
Second that you paste ad code in in your blog or website.
How to Create Adsense Ad code ?
Click on "My Ads" tab.
Click on "New Ad Unit".
Enter name of your ad unit in "Name".
Select ad size in "Ad Size".
Click on "Save and get Code" to get the code.
Now you will see ad code, copy that code and paste that code in your blog or website.
First ad will show as black space and you have to wait for email from adsense.
Within 24 hours Ads will display on your blog or website.
When you account have $10 earning after that Adsense will issue your letter with address verification pin.
A red line will show on your Adsense account asking you enter the code of verification letter.
After few days you will relieve that letter.
You will see a code in that letter.
Click on the "Verify Pin" in and enter the pin that you see in this letter.
This will complete your address is verification and red will not show anymore.
Enter bank details in "Form of payment" tab. This tab enables only if your payable earnings on payment history reaches $10.00.


Clinical Reasoning in Small Animal Practice presents a revolutionary approach to solving clinical problems. As a veterinarian, especially as a student or new graduate, a ten minute consultation in a busy small animal practice can be a daunting task. By guiding you to think pathophysiologically, this book will help solve clinical problems as efficiently as possible. The authors set out a structured approach with easy to remember rules which can be applied to most clinical signs small animals present with. This reduces the need to remember long lists of differentials and avoids the potential of getting trapped by a perceived obvious diagnosis. The book will help to unlock your potential to solve clinical problems. It also provides a logical rationale for choosing diagnostic tests or treatments which can be clearly communicated to the owner.
Clinical inductive reasoning offers you the ability to solve cases more efficiently, resulting in better treatment and care for pets and happier owners. Clinical Reasoning in Small Animal Practice will help turn a terrifying case into a manageable one!
Dr Jill E. Maddison BVSc, DipVetClinStud, PhD, FACVSc, MRCVS is Director of Professional Development, Extra Mural Studies and General Practice at The Royal Veterinary College, UK. Jill is actively involved in undergraduate teaching at the RVC in the areas of clinical problem solving and inductive clinical reasoning in small animal medicine and clinical pharmacology for veterinary students and nurses. She has published over 60 refereed papers in veterinary and medical journals and has been invited to speak at numerous international CPD meetings. In April 2012 she became the chair of the WSAVA Continuing Education (CE) Committee which facilitates CE for veterinarians in developing countries. Jill has been responsible for programming the clinical CPD streams at The London Vet Show since its launch in 2009.
Professor Holger A. Volk DVM, PGCAP, DipECVN, PhD, FHEA, MRCVS is Clinical Director of the Small Animal Referral Hospital and Professor of Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Royal Veterinary College, UK. He is a Recognised RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Neurology, and President of the European College of Veterinary Neurology from 2014-2016. He is fascinated by and involved in facilitating learning for any type or level of learners. He is a frequent speaker at national and international meetings, is section editor of multiple basic and clinical veterinary science journals and is widely published in scholarly journals.
Professor David B. Church BVSc, PhD, MACVSc, FHEA, MRCVS is the Vice Principal for Learning and the Student Experience at The Royal Veterinary College, UK. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and book chapters and has an ongoing interest in relevant continuing education for practitioners and in particular the value of the problem-oriented approach to small animal medicine.


text:
Q: Find a number in a vector with consecutive numbers First, this is for my c++ class in high school and here is what the teacher did, when compiled and build there is no result,nothing is showed
#include<iostream.h>
int main()
{
  int V[50],n,x,f,li,ls,m,i;

  cout<<"number of elements=";
  cin>>n;
  cout<<"x=";
  cin>>x;

  for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
  {
    cout<<"V["<<i<<"]=";
    cin>>V[i];
  }

  f=0;
  li=1;
  ls=n;

  while(li<=ls)&&(f==0);
  {
    m=(li+ls)/2;
    if(V[m]==x)
      f=1;
    else
      if(V[m]<x)
        li=m+1;
      else
        ls=m-1;
  }
  if(f==1)
    cout<<"the number is on position "<<m;
  else
    cout<<"the number is not in the vector";

  return 0;
}

I'm sorry about my bad english
Edit: i forogot, the example he gave us was:
V={ 5,5,5,6,7,7,8,8,8,9,10,10,25,25 }

and the x=10.

A: *

*Header import should be #include <iostream>

*You need using namespace std after the header, or  use std::cout and std::cin

*while expression should be while((li<=ls)&&(f==0))- it needs to be one expression without a semi-colon after it. Having while(expr); creates a loop that does nothing - ; counts as an empty statement


text:
Thursday's News & Ideas - 6/25/2020
Not ready to return to church
Condemning white supremacy
Liberty's racial reckoning
How the left talks Christianity
London more religious than UK
Heroes of the pandemic?
Survey: Most Americans aren't comfortable going back to religious services
Religion News Service: A new study examining Americans' response to COVID-19 shows that with the exception of white evangelicals, a majority of Americans are not comfortable returning to in-person religious services.
The Black church has always resisted anti-Blackness
Sojourners: On the 155th observance of Juneteenth, a collective of Black church pastors and theologians released a theological statement to "emphatically repudiate the evil beast of white racism, white supremacy, white superiority and its concomitant and abiding anti-Black violence."
Evangelical Liberty U rattled by its own racial reckoning
Associated Press: As the nation wrestles with how to do more for racial equality, Liberty University -- a school whose leadership has said it doesn't have a problem -- is facing its own tough questions.
Is there a better way for the left to talk about American Christianity?
Literary Hub: Marie Mutsuki Mockett on the intersection of justice and faith.
London more religious than rest of Britain, report finds
The Guardian: Almost two-thirds of people in capital identify as religious compared with 53% in the rest of UK, according to new research.
'Heroes, right?'
Anthony Almojera for The Washington Post, on being a New York City paramedic* and the injustices of COVID-19.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
Want to get News & Ideas in your inbox every weekday?
Subscribe to our News & Ideas newsletter or receive our RSS feed in your RSS reader.
More on this topic: News & Ideas
Wednesday's News & Ideas - 1/13/2021
Tuesday's News & Ideas - 1/12/2021
Monday's News & Ideas - 1/11/2021


text:
B. F. Skinner: Reinforced by Life
If a dozen people show up for one of these "sandwich seminars" sponsored by Harvard's Graduate School of Education, it's a good day. Every Thursday at noon, a different academic comes to talk about his or her latest research, and a few students drop in with lunch in hand. But on this chilly day in February, the seminar room is packed to overflowing long before 12:00. Students, faculty members, and others crunch onto window sills or maneuver for a spot on the floor. It looks like the Green Line at rush hour.
The crowd quiets when an unimposing old man is helped down the aisle. The man, who barely fills out his suit and has an unusually large forehead, takes his place behind the podium. And then Burrhus Frederic Skinner begins his talk.
Skinner is the most influential living psychologist – a distinction even his detractors will grant him — and the most important psychologist this country has ever produced. No one studies human behavior without learning his theories; indeed, his name is mentioned in the same breath with Freud's. At the age of 80, he continues to be the subject of articles in both scholarly and popular magazines. Late next month he will be the main attraction at the American Psychological Association's annual conference, giving a paper on freedom, Orwell's 1984, and his own Walden Two. He still draws crowds wherever he goes, and people approach him on the street to ask for his autograph. Of course, that he is a celebrity by now should come as no surprise.
But it surprises him.
"I'm always surprised that people recognize me or come to hear me talk," he says. "I don't know why I should be; I've been getting surprising audiences for nearly 30 years. But I don't get any bang out of it at all. I get much more pleasure out of a good two hours at my desk in the morning."
What B.F. Skinner (his friends call him Fred) does enjoy about his popularity is the chance to get his message out to more people. He is a proselytizer, preaching the gospel of behavioristic psychology. Briefly, he holds that an organism — which means everything from a pigeon to a person — does things that have pleasurable consequences. Make something pleasurable, present a positive reinforcement for doing it, and it will be done more often. Fetching the newspaper for a biscuit; working for a paycheck; causing a fuss for attention; deferring to other people's desires for approval — all behavior can be understood by means of this principle, he says. And all there is to human beings can be understood in terms of their behavior.
It is a controversial theory and an extreme one. Consequently Skinner rarely gets a good press. "Behaviorism is very badly misunderstood everywhere," he sighs. "I'mvery badly misunderstood." A recent review of his autobiography in Time was "really nasty," as were other articles that he ticks off. "I don't lie awake nights about this," he adds. "That would be very foolish. But it bothers me."
Skinner was born in 1904 and spent his childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He has vivid memories of listening to his mother complaining to and about his father. When he went off to Hamilton College, he was determined to become a writer. He dug into Shakespeare and Chaucer, graduating with a degree in English. But becoming a writer was more difficult than he had expected, and spending time with his parents the year after college was no easier. That year found him struggling with what most people would call an identity crisis. In fact, an article in American Psychologist several years ago tried to show how Skinner's thinking was influenced by what he came to call "my Dark Year."
The breakthrough came when he found the gospel of behaviorism. "I did not consider actual suicide," he wrote in his autobiography. "[B]ehaviorism offered me another way out: it was not I but my history that had failed. I learned to accept my mistakes by referring them to a personal history which was not of my making and could not be changed."
He had found himself by abandoning his self. A Ph.D. from Harvard followed, then academic appointments in Minnesota and Indiana, and a triumphant return to Cambridge in 1948. He has been here ever since.
The alarm goes off at 4:40 a.m. at Skinner's comfortable house on Old Dee Road. He has been on this schedule for many years. Early to bed (before 8 p.m. these days) and early to rise gives a man the chance to work undisturbed before the phone starts ringing. It serves another purpose, too: When he goes to visit his daughter in England, he is able to adjust immediately to a standard business schedule, starting at 9 a.m. or so, without suffering from jetlag.
Skinner's wife, Eve, usually gives him a lift to Harvard. Although he is officially retired, he keeps his office on the seventh floor of William James Hall. In the outer office, his secretary is typing his latest article into the word processor. The books and articles on the shelves are mostly his own. This morning's mail, in fact, has brought a new collection of his essays, just published in Dutch. It will be placed alongside Skinner's books in Norwegian, Roumanian, Hebrew, Portugese, and a dozen other languages.
Just across the hall are walls of circuitry boards, clicking and flashing their red lights. A visitor follows the wires to see what is being recorded. They lead to closed, numbered boxes with tiny peepholes. Inside of each is a pigeon, pecking away in order to be fed.
These pigeons are providing the data that fill B.F. Skinner's writings. A recent essay, for example, is called "'Lying' in the Pigeon." Actually, though, while most of his professional life has been spent watching pigeons and rats, most of his books are about human beings. People, in his view, are just very complicated pigeons that have developed the apparatus that allows for speech.
Sitting behind his desk, Skinner talks about his life. Sort of. He prefers to shift the conversation to ideas. Ask him how he feels about Harvard and he'll talk about the theoretical orientation of the psychology department. Ask him what he thinks of another psychologist, and he'll discuss that man's thought. Ask him whether he gets angry when he's criticized; he'll respond by regretting that so many people misunderstand behaviorism.
He's a hard man to get to know. He styles himself a loner, says he's had few male friends in his life. Harry Levin, professor emeritus of comparative literature at Harvard, once called him the most inner-directed person he'd ever known.
But he'll gladly give you the facts about his family. Eve, his wife of 47 years, is a gallery instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts. His elder daughter, Julie Vargas, is, at 46, professor of educational psychology at West Virginia University. She has written a book to make her father proud. It's called Behavioral Psychology for Teachers. She and her husband have two daughters, both off at school.
His other daughter, with whom he seems considerably closer, is Deborah Buzan, now 40 years old. A "very successful artist," he says proudly, and she has just written her first novel (still unpublished). She lives in London with her husband, a political scientist.
He won't say much more than that. In fact, his autobiography reads as though someone else were telling the story — someone, in fact, who doesn't care much about him. His mother's death is related without feeling, and the process of raising Julie and Deborah is described as if it were part of one of those efficiency studies in the 1920s.
Yet occasionally he will say something about himself that is not only revealing but positively poignant. "I do not admire myself as a person," he once wrote. What did he mean? He now says he's not sure what he had in mind. But he does add this: "I don't believe that I have a very high IQ; I think I've done very well with what I've got. There are skills I just don't have. Fortunately I got into a field where I could use the ones I do have — largely practical skills. I don't think I'm a classical picture of a great thinker, or anything of that sort."
Talk to him for a few hours and you come to see that he's right about that. His skills are mostly practical ones. He's known as the father of a theory, the promoter of a worldview, but he's really more a clever engineer than a brilliant theorist. The man is fascinated — indeed, almost obsessed — with problems of design. A more efficient hearing aid, for instance. Or a more comfortable environment for his infant daughters — the enclosed bassinet he called an "Aircrib." (Critics unfairly accused him of raising his kids in a "Skinner box" like the kind in which he keeps his rats. Bruno Bettelheim once spread a rumor that his daughter was psychotic as a result, he claims.)
He recently published (with Margaret Vaughan) a self-help book for the elderly, Enjoy Old Age, filled with practical suggestions for senior citizens. He spent years designing "teaching machines" for children that foreshadowed today's educational computer programs. ("I was 30 years ahead of my time," he notes.)
Everything is a problem to be solved, as Skinner sees it. "Designing a culture is like designing an experiment," he once wrote. And he talks about how, during World War II, he trained pigeons to steer missiles. He becomes ingenuously enthusiastic as he recalls: "What a fascinating thing! Total control of a living organism!"
(Project Pigeon was conceived in 1940 while Skinner was sitting on a train to Chicago. Thinking about the need to attack Nazi planes in the air, he looked out the window and saw a flock of birds. "Suddenly I saw them as 'devices' with excellent vision and extraordinary maneuverability. Could they not guide a missile?" He bought some pigeons at a poultry store and proceeded, over a period of many months, to design an apparatus such that a bird could peck at the moving image of a target and thus steer the contraption. He grew increasingly frustrated, though, with Washington's lack of interest in his invention.)
We're trapped in traffic on the Southeast Expressway, Skinner and I. He's just finished speaking to my class at Phillips Academy's summer session. A few days before, the kids were contemptuous of his written treatments of freedom and values. But when he appeared, they suddenly became shy, wide-eyed, worshipful. No sooner had he finished talking than they were whipping out flashcube-equipped Instamatics and books for him to autograph.
We are sitting motionless on the highway, but he is characteristically gracious about the delay. The Cambridge cocktail party will just have to wait. I ask him about his politics. "Well, I'm anti-totalitarian," he replies, rather oddly. Then he asks whether I've read Hitler's diaries.
But where does he stand on today's issues and politicians? He calls himself a moderate Democrat, still fond of FDR and Harry Truman. He has just lent his name to the John Glenn campaign: "Now I have to find out what his positions are." (He later retracted that endorsement.) "The thing is to get someone who can beat Reagan, because I think he just stands for too many things that are impossible."
"I think Mondale's a fine man," Skinner continues, "but he just hasn't got what it takes. There's zero charisma. Someone has told him he must be forceful, and so he pounds the table. Tom Dewey was coached by Lowell Thomas, and I think that's why he lost the election." He laughs. The traffic moves about fifteen feet and stops again.
Soviet-American relations are interesting to him, and he shakes his head at Reagan's policies. "The only thing we can think of doing is threatening. It's like two people fighting. No one is sensible enough to say, 'C'mon, let's quit.' Someday something's going to happen by mistake, and that means the end."
But he won't lend his name to certain activities. "I don't protest," he says firmly. "I don't feel protest ever had much of an effect as a political measure. That's not my style."
Eventually we are moving again, and I drop him off at an exclusive Brattle-area address. Before the car has stopped, he exclaims, "Why, there's my good friend Julia Child!" He leans out the window and hollers, "Joo-lia!" And then he is gone.
Back in his office, some months later, and the subject is death. The man has just turned 80. He has, in the course of the conversation, acknowledged that he doesn't enjoy the theater anymore because of his hearing, he doesn't go out to eat because his taste buds are dulled, and he had to give up the piano because of his failing eyesight. "I'm in good health from the neck down," he says lightly.
I press. "I never think much about dying," he shrugs. "I have no fear of death. My family is well taken care of. The only thing I fear is not finishing my work. There are things I still want to say.
"I don't know why people fear death. Of course religious people do because they're not at all sure whether they're going to go to hell or not, but there are those who don't believe in that who still can't face annihilation."
To understand why B.F. Skinner professes no fear or even regret about dying, you have to recall what his behaviorism says about living. It says you are what you do, and what you do is a function of what's happened to you. There is no self — only a "repertoire of behaviors." There is no "you" who chooses or creates — only "environmental contingencies." So what's to lose?
He makes the connection himself. "I can now take all of my faults and all of my achievements and turn them over to my history, and the point I make is that when I die personally, it won't make a bit of difference. Because there's nothing here, you see, that matters. [With this view] you don't fear death at all."
And since living is about maximizing pleasure, the end of pleasure is reason to end life itself. "So long as I'm enjoying my life," he explains, "I'm going to go on living. When I don't, I'm going to stop. I'm not going to stay around when I'm not enjoying it; that's absurd. My wife agrees; my children agree. My wife and I have even talked about going together because one may not want to survive the other."
In the meantime, Skinner puts in a productive day, surrounded by pigeons in his office or by his own artwork ("early Skinners") at home. He reads biographies and history when he tires of science, and he listens to classical music at high volume. He spends time with such other Harvard academicians as Willard Van Quine, the philosopher, and George Homans, the sociologist. (Both could be considered behaviorists.) He works on papers and a new book, and he gives frequent talks – both here in Boston and elsewhere.
For the moment, then, life is still reinforcing for B.F. Skinner.
Copyright © 1984 by Alfie Kohn. This article may be downloaded, reproduced, and distributed without permission as long as each copy includes this notice along with citation information (i.e., name of the periodical in which it originally appeared, date of publication, and author's name). Permission must be obtained in order to reprint this article in a published work or in order to offer it for sale in any form. Please write to the address indicated on the Contact Us page.


text:
Challenge to Japan to prosecute anti- whaling activists worldwide
Feature story - November 4, 2008
Despite the moratorium on commercial whaling, the Japanese government continues to send a fleet of ships to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to kill over a thousand whales. Each season, the fleet departs for the Sanctuary and more whales needlessly die.
Greenpeace Japan Whales Campaigner holds up whale meat obtained by Greenpeace during an investigation.
This year, we are focussing our efforts to save whales right where the Japanese government feels it the most. We're heading to Japan. On December 10th the world will celebrate the anniversary of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To coincide with this, we are creating a mass mobilisation of supporters willing to declare the arrests of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki an act of political censorship and declare themselves complicit in the crime of criticising whaling.
TAKE ACTION! Declare your solidarity with Junichi and Toru's efforts to save the whales
Lies and corruption
On May 15th 2008, we used undercover investigators and the testimony of informers to expose large amounts of whale meat being smuggled off the Nisshin Maru to the private homes of crew members. Junichi and Toru intercepted one of the boxes, containing whale meat valued at up to US$3,000, and took it to the Tokyo public prosecutor. Now, they are being prosecuted and are facing up to ten years in jail, for exposing an embezzlement scandal at the heart of the whaling programme.
Their arrest is a politically motivated attempt to quiet opposition to the whale hunt and has not gone unnoticed. Over the last few months, more than 250,000 of you have called on Japan's Prime Minister to drop the charges and release the activists.
And in the past week, the Japanese government has drawn criticism from the United Nations Human Rights Committee for "unreasonable restrictions placed on freedom of expression and on the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs."
Starting on December 10th, and leading up to Junichi and Toru's trial, we will need your help again. Let's make sure this trial passes judgment on the real criminals in the whaling industry, and not Junichi and Toru, whose crime is speaking the truth.
End the Hunt
We have sailed to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in defence of the whales nine times. In 2006, a harpoon was fired over the heads of activists and the cable pulled one crew member into the freezing waters of the Antarctic. The whalers rammed our ships twice, hit one of our crew members with a metal pole and used high powered water cannons against us. Despite this, they were 82 whales short of their quota. In 2007, the whaling season was cut short by a fire onboard the Nisshin Maru, and we provided emergency assistance to the whalers. In 2008 the whalers ran from the Esperanza for 14 consecutive days, saving the lives of around 100 whales.
Now, we are fighting to end whaling harder than ever. As a direct result of our work in Japan, whaling is under increasing scrutiny in the Japanese media. The diplomatic efforts of Australia and the US have made it a subject of increasing irritation for the Japanese department of Foreign Affairs and the office of the Prime Minister. But the whale friendly nations need to make this issue more than an itch. They need to make it a pain.
Recently, the whalers suffered a severe blow with the outlawing of their supply ship, Oriental Bluebird, as a result of our work in Panama, the state that previously flagged her. Japan needs the Oriental Bluebird to transport half their deadly catch home. Under international law, the ship should not go to the Southern Ocean, and no other nation should re-flag her. If Japan has no supply ship, the number of whales they can take will be halved.
This year we will not send a ship to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. We see the reaction of whaling interests as conforming perfectly to the way the most successful Greenpeace campaigns play out: 'First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win.' We have not won yet, but whaling in Japan is now clearly moving toward the endgame -- and we are moving our campaign to the place where we believe that endgame will be played out -- in Tokyo. We can stop future whaling fleets before they even leave the port and we can end whaling in the Southern Ocean forever.
Stand up for justice
If the Japanese government is going to unfairly prosecute the two activists for exposing the scandal and corruption of the whaling industry, they will have to face everyone that supports an end to the whale hunt. Join the fight to stop whaling -- in person and online.
Declare your solidarity with Junichi and Toru's efforts to save whales.
whales,
whaling,
tokyo two,
junichi,
toru,
united nations human rights,
oriental bluebird,
Challenge to Japan to..
Oceans External link
Japanese whaling ship outlawed Feature story
Activists charged for exposing whale meat scandal Feature story


text:
Maurice Fox est un joueur d'échecs canadien né le  dans l'Empire russe et mort le  au Canada. Il émigra au Canada en 1923 et remporta le championnat d'échecs du Canada à huit reprises (en 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940 et 1949). Il représenta le Canada lors de l'olympiade d'échecs de 1954. Lors du premier championnat open du Canada disputé en 1956, il battit le jeune Bobby Fischer (treize ans), dont c'était le premier tournoi hors des États-Unis.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Naissance en janvier 1898
Joueur canadien d'échecs
Décès en juin 1988
Décès à 90 ans


Cape Lookout Island. Only accessible by Ferry, and with no paved roads. It was once a home to a small fishing community but is now owned by the National Park system.
A short walk away from the tourist area, down the lonely shoreline, and remnants of the island's past begin to appear.
Barnacle laden debris from the houses burned down by owners who refused to let them become acquired by the government.
And maybe parts from an old car that became engulfed in a sandstorm, only to appear again some time later.
Conch shells, still inhabited by their original owner can easily be found in the shallow waters.
This beach is different than others. A beach forgotten.


text:
var fs = require("fs");
var readline = require("readline");

const {dialog} = require("electron").remote;
var google = require("googleapis");
var googleAuth = require("google-auth-library");

/*********************************/
/* Private functions and objects */
/*********************************/
//If modifying these scopes, delete previously saved credentials at ~/.credentials/google-drive-nodejs-tewp-project.json
var SCOPES = [
    "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive",
    "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file"
];
var clientSecretFileLocation = require("electron").remote.getGlobal("sharedClientSecretFileLocationObject").clientSecretFileLocation;
var TOKEN_DIR = (process.env.HOME || process.env.HOMEPATH || process.env.USERPROFILE) + "/.credentials/";
var TOKEN_PATH = TOKEN_DIR + "google-drive-nodejs-tewp-project.json";
var oauth2Client;

//Bootstrap modal options
var modalOptions = {
    "backdrop": "static",
    "keyboard": "true"
}

/**
 * @brief Create an OAuth2 client with the given credentials, and then
 *  execute the given callback function.
 *
 * @param credentials The authorization client credentials
 * @param fileDataObj The file object containing file's metadata
 * @param callback The callback to call with the authorized client
 */
function authorize(credentials, fileDataObj, callback) {
    var clientSecret = credentials.installed.client_secret;
    var clientId = credentials.installed.client_id;
    var redirectUrl = credentials.installed.redirect_uris[0];
    var auth = new googleAuth();
    oauth2Client = new auth.OAuth2(clientId, clientSecret, redirectUrl);

    //Check if we have previously stored a token
    fs.readFile(TOKEN_PATH, function(err, token) {
        if(err) {
            getNewToken(oauth2Client);
        }
        else {
            oauth2Client.credentials = JSON.parse(token);
            callback(oauth2Client, fileDataObj);
        }
    });
}

/**
 * @brief Get token after prompting dialog for user authorization
 *
 * @param oauth2Client The OAuth2 client to get token for
 */
function getNewToken(oauth2Client) {
    var authUrl = oauth2Client.generateAuthUrl({
        access_type: "offline",
        scope: SCOPES
    });

    //Add the returned authorization url to the modal dialog
    $("#authorization-url-anchor").attr("href", authUrl)

    //Pop-up the modal dialog to ask for user input for authorizing Google Drive API
    $("#auth-gdrive-file-dialog").modal(modalOptions);
}

/**
 * @brief Get the file data and update the editor
 *
 * @param auth An authorized OAuth2 client
 * @param fileDataObj The file object containing file's metadata
 */
function getGdriveFileData(auth, fileDataObj) {
    var fileId = fileDataObj.fileid;
    var service = google.drive("v3");
    service.files.export({
        auth: auth,
        fileId: fileId,
        mimeType: "text/plain" }, function(err, response) {
        if(err) {
            dialog.showErrorBox("Google Drive returned an error: ", err.message);
            return console.error("The API returned an error: " + err);
        }

        //Update the editor with the file content
        editor.setValue(response.substring(1));
    });
}

/**
 * @brief Lists the files
 *
 * @param auth An authorized OAuth2 client
 * @param fileDataObj The file object containing file's metadata
 */
function listGdriveFiles(auth, _) {
    var service = google.drive("v3");
    service.files.list({
        auth: auth,
        pageSize: 1000,
        orderBy: "modifiedTime desc",
        q: "name contains 'tewpbydeep_'",
        fields: "files(id, name)" }, function(err, response) {
        if(err) {
            dialog.showErrorBox("Google Drive returned an error: ", err.message);
            return console.error("The API returned an error: " + err);
        }
        var files = response.files;
        if(files.length === 0) {
            console.log("No files found in your Google Drive");
        }
        else {
            //Clear the list and then re-populate it
            $("#select-google-drive-file").empty();
            for(var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
                var file = files[i];
                var fileName = file.name.split("_")[1];
                $("#select-google-drive-file").append($("<option>", {
                    value: file.id,
                    text : fileName
                }));
            }

            //Once the files options elements are added to the select element, open the modal dialog
            $(".error-message").hide();
            $("#open-file-dialog").modal(modalOptions);
        }
    });
}

/**
 * @brief Create a new file
 *
 * @param auth An authorized OAuth2 client
 * @param fileDataObj The file object containing file's metadata
 */
function createGdriveFile(auth, fileDataObj) {
    var fileMetadata = {
        "name" : "tewpbydeep_" + fileDataObj.filename,
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document"
    };
    var media = {
        mimeType: "text/plain",
        body: editor.getValue()
    };

    var service = google.drive("v3");
    service.files.create({
        auth: auth,
        resource: fileMetadata,
        media: media,
        fields: "id, name" }, function(err, file) {
        if(err) {
            dialog.showErrorBox("Google Drive returned an error: ", err.message);
            return console.error(err);
        }
        else {
            //Show dialog message for confirmation
            $(".confirmation-message").text("The file has been created! :)");
            $("#confirmation-dialog").modal(modalOptions);

            //Update the settings
            appsettings.setSetting("filename", fileDataObj.filename);
            appsettings.setSetting("fileid", file.id);
        }
    });
}

/**
 * @brief Update the file content
 *
 * @param auth An authorized OAuth2 client
 * @param fileDataObj The file object containing file's metadata
 */
function updateGdriveFile(auth, fileDataObj) {
    var fileMetadata = {
        "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.document"
    };
    var media = {
        mimeType: "text/plain",
        body: editor.getValue()
    };

    var service = google.drive("v3");
    service.files.update({
        auth: auth,
        fileId: fileDataObj.fileid,
        resource: fileMetadata,
        media: media,
        fields: "id, name" }, function(err, file) {
        if(err) {
            dialog.showErrorBox("Google Drive returned an error: ", err.message);
            return console.error(err);
        }
        else {
            //Show dialog message for confirmation
            $(".confirmation-message").text("The file has been updated! :)");
            $("#confirmation-dialog").modal(modalOptions);

            console.log("File Id:" , file.id);
        }
    });
}

/*******************/
/* Public Function */
/*******************/
/**
 * @brief Store token to disk be used in later program executions.
 */
function storeToken() {
    var code = $("#auth-gdrive-file-dialog-code").val();
    if(code === "") {
        $("#auth-gdrive-file-dialog-code").css("border", "2px solid red");
        $(".error-message").text("Required field.").show();
        return;
    }

    //Get new token and store it
    oauth2Client.getToken(code, function(err, token) {
        if(err) {
            $("#auth-gdrive-file-dialog-code").val("").focus();
            $(".error-message").text("Error while trying to retrieve access token. Please enter correct code.").show();
            return console.error("Error while trying to retrieve access token", err);
        }
        oauth2Client.credentials = token;

        //Hide the modal dialog
        $("#auth-gdrive-file-dialog").modal("hide");

        //Store the token
        try {
            fs.mkdirSync(TOKEN_DIR);
        }
        catch(err) {
            if(err.code !== "EEXIST") {
                throw err;
            }
        }
        fs.writeFile(TOKEN_PATH, JSON.stringify(token));
        $(".confirmation-message").text("Authorization token stored to " + TOKEN_PATH + ". You can now use Google Drive services");
        $("#confirmation-dialog").modal(modalOptions);
    });
}

/**
 * @brief External function to help communicate with this module
 *
 * @param methodName Internal function to be called using this method name
 * @param fileid The optional file ID that some internal functions need
 */
function communicateToGoogleDrive(methodName, fileDataObj) {
    fs.readFile(clientSecretFileLocation, function processClientSecrets(err, content) {
        if(err) {
            dialog.showErrorBox("Error loading client's secret file: ", err.message);
            return console.error("Error loading client secret file: " + err);
        }

        //Authorize the client and then call the Google Drive API
        if(methodName === "listfiles") {
            authorize(JSON.parse(content), fileDataObj, listGdriveFiles);
        }
        else if(methodName === "getfiledata") {
            authorize(JSON.parse(content), fileDataObj, getGdriveFileData);
        }
        else if(methodName === "createnewfile") {
            authorize(JSON.parse(content), fileDataObj, createGdriveFile);
        }
        else if(methodName === "updatefile") {
            authorize(JSON.parse(content), fileDataObj, updateGdriveFile);
        }
    });
}

//Export the public functions
module.exports = {
    storeToken,
    communicateToGoogleDrive
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The innovative WheelDrive power assist is designed to make propelling your wheelchair easier in every situation. And it also offers therapeutic benefits. Due to its unique dual rim concept, WheelDrive not only gives power assistance while self-propelling your wheelchair, it also allows for continuous drive. Going out further, negotiating challenging roads or thresholds, or maneuvering in tight spaces? You simply choose the support you need to move effortlessly.


text:
Could you live for a year without sugar?
By Deborah Kotz Globe Staff,April 11, 2014, 10:25 a.m.
Three years ago, author Eve Schaub and her family cut out a list of 13 added sweeteners.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/File
I can't imagine telling my three kids that we're banning all products with sugar: No more ice cream, candy, heck, ketchup. Well, I can imagine it, and my quick retreat from the notion after hearing screams of "child abuse!" from my teens.
But Eve Schaub hung tough. She imposed a "year of no sugar" rule on her two daughters — with her husband's consent — at least partly because she thought it was a great title for a book. "I was a writer, and I had been looking for a new project to focus on," she wrote in her new book, which she did in fact name Year of No Sugar.
Three years ago, Schaub and her family cut out a list of 13 added sweeteners, including high-fructose corn syrup, agave, honey, artificial sweeteners, and fruit juice. They even banned maple syrup — and they live in Vermont.
The book would have been more compelling if Schaub and her family had an urgent reason to try the dietary change like a recent diagnosis of diabetes or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"We had no problems that we were looking to solve," Schaub told me. "We didn't need to lose weight, and we were all pretty fit and healthy." In fact, they had already stopped buying products with high-fructose corn syrup.
After watching a 90-minute YouTube video featuring obesity researcher Dr. Robert Lustig — whose best-selling book Fat Chance blames the rise of hidden sugars in foods for the obesity epidemic — Schaub became convinced that added sugars were akin to cigarettes: an addictive poison that was potentially deadly when consumed in excess.
The book provides a quick explanation on how the liver breaks down the fructose in table sugar into fatty acids that can lead to liver disease, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
For Schaub, the pay-off was having more energy after she quit sugar cold turkey. "I was happier, more energetic, and way less prone to sudden, debilitating attacks of I-feel-crappy," she wrote.
But, I pressed Schaub, couldn't you have just made an effort to cut back on sweets? Did you really need to go to the extreme length of banishing every brand of tomato sauce, cracker, and bread that contained even a single gram of added sugar per serving?
"Moderation is a really difficult term to define," Schaub said. "It's easy to be on a slippery slope, and I wanted to find out how hard this would be. I saw it as a big adventure we were going on as a family."
And, of course, it made for a more interesting memoir. Her tale about a date night with her husband that was ruined by the plethora of sugar-containing items in every restaurant they went to — from Panera to a local German establishment — would have been funny if it wasn't so depressing.
By far, though, Schaub's biggest challenge was dealing with the disruptions in her daughters' lives. They had to turn down candy, soda, and doughnuts offered by their teachers and school friends on a regular basis.
In the interest of family harmony and to "try to avoid at least a portion of the future therapy bills that we'd be incurring," Schaub said she and her husband decided to institute exceptions to their ban, allowing a sugar-filled treat once a month; if a family member had a birthday, he or she got to pick the dessert. Each person also got a personal exception, a favorite food with a moderate amount of added sweeteners that they just couldn't give up, like ketchup, diet cola, or jam.
The girls were also allowed to decide for themselves whether to have cake at friends' birthday parties -- as long as they 'fessed up to their parents about what they ate. Halloween was a particular challenge. "They were each allowed to have one piece of candy from trick or treating," Schaub said.
She did find creative ways to make treats for her family like fudge brownies and coconut cake made with dextrose, a corn sugar that's one-third as sweet as table sugar. She said she emailed Lustig to ask about its health effects, and he told her it was fine for the body since it was a form of glucose (the simplest sugar) and not fructose. Still, it didn't sound kosher to me.
Even with those exceptions, Schaub said she lost her taste for sugary foods to the extent that she couldn't eat more than a few bites of a super-rich banana creme pie that she made for her husband's birthday. "It was so sweet that it was not appealing," she said. "I also got a pounding headache from the small amount I ate."
While the family is now free from their "sugar bondage," as Schaub called it, they still limit their intake of added sweeteners. "We don't buy sugar-rich foods in the grocery store or drink sugary beverages, but every once in a while, we have a special treat," she said. "That's the way sugar was once consumed in our society."
Deborah Kotz can be reached at dkotz@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @debkotz2.


Why Your Website Needs An SSL Certificate – AMG Creative, Inc.
An SSL Certificate is a form of data encryption that maintains the privacy and security of information sent to and from a website. It helps ensure malicious parties will not end up with any of a user's personal information that is not openly shared, such as passwords, credit card information, social security numbers, and home addresses.
Why Does a Dental Laboratory Site Need SSL?
Maintaining the security of site visitors should always be a number one priority. A common misconception, that is presently being rectified, is the belief that SSL certificates are only necessary for eCommerce websites, or any other site that uses highly personal information (e.g., SSN or credit card info). This is not true, because all data should be encrypted if you respect your clients' privacy and do not want to leave them vulnerable to potential malicious activity. Due to the wide spread adoption of SSL, Google Chrome announced earlier this year they would be placing a "Not Secure" warning on every website that does not have an SSL certificate. Similar browsers, such as Firefox and Edge have already taken this step, although they have done so in a subtler way. Approximately 81% of global internet users browse with either Chrome, Edge, or Firefox, meaning many of the visitors to your site will receive a warning if you do not have an SSL Certificate.
It might not seem as though your website needs an SSL Certificate, but with this new change, investing in an SSL Certificate is essentially required if you plan on accepting any information whatsoever even if it is just your client's practice name. The dental industry is continually growing, and in the future, your site could expand into allowing your clients to submit their Rx forms online or even having eCommerce capabilities. If your website accepts any data that is patient-related, you need data encryption to ensure none of your cases violate HIPAA requirements.
A strategy of many hackers is to replicate a website to steal valuable information input from visitors who believe they are at the original site. It is challenging for malicious hackers to convincingly portray a duplicate site as authentic when the original site already has an SSL certificate. There are multiple tiers of SSL Certificate. The lowest level of SSL simply validates that the website they are visiting is connected to the correct server they were trying to reach. The higher the level of certification the more in-depth the validation process becomes, including verification by actual people instead of an algorithm.
Recent trends show a secure website will be viewed more favorably by Google. When you invest in an SSL certificate, Google will likely boost your ranking and place you higher in search listings, because it shows you care about visitor's safety.
Consumers put their privacy and security as a #1 priority. If a client visits your website and sees a Not Secure warning in their browser, they may begin viewing you and your lab as untrustworthy. Do not let a browser warning be the difference between a new client and a lost prospect.
By encrypting data, an SSL Certificate will ensure any personal information sent to your website will remain secure and private. That type of encryption is necessary If your site utilizes passwords or accepts any personal information.


IKV manufacture an extensive range of lubricants, greases, oils & dry film coatings for use in marine applications. With regard to oxygen service applications, we recommend ZAROX and FLUOR lubricants, based upon perfluorinated technology. They do not contain hydrogen and cannot support combustion. IKV also manufacture a range of other products ideal for use in marine applications.
This wide line of products provides excellent lubrication at both low and high temperature extremes, resulting in increased durability. They can be safely used with confidence in high pressure air, nitrous oxide & pure gaseous and liquid oxygen (LOX) systems with no fear of combustion.
The IKV TRIBOSTAR RANGE have excellent water resistance and include barium complex and calcium sulphonate greases, offering a high chemical resistance which allows the product to maintain their properties at high speed and in high and low temperatures. The IKV TRIBOSTAR lubricating grease range have good load carrying capacities and are ideal for use in precision bearings and other machine tool applications.
IKV TRIBOSTAR MLK 222 is a special barium complex soap thickened grease based upon a medium viscosity mineral oil, offering superb resistance to water washout, steam, acid and alkaline solutions. With outstanding anti-wear & anti-corrosion properties and a good adherence to metal, IKV TRIBOSTAR MLK 222 has a high temperature resistance, providing mechanical stability in a variety of environments.
Ideal for the lubrication of bearings, journals or heavily loaded articulations functioning in an aqueous environment, typical grease applications include pumps, electric motors, washing machines, conveyor systems and transfer rollers. Temperature range of -25 to 150°C.
IKV TRIBOSTAR MBK 2201/2G is a special, long life grease offering excellent resistance to ageing, water-washout, hot water, vapour, acid and alkaline solutions, making it ideal when extended re-lubrication intervals are required. IKV TRIBOSTAR MBK 2201/2G provides superior adhesion to metals.
Ideal for all type of rolling bearings, plain bearings or articulations that are highly loaded, or moving at slow speeds in an aqueous environment. It contains graphite as a solid lubricant to improve load carrying ability especially in cases of extreme pressure and slow speed. Compatible with all seals & elastomers except EPDM, and a temperature range of -10 to 160°C.
IKV TRIBOSTAR MCS 222 is an NLGI grade 2 mineral oil grease with excellent anti-corrosion properties, high water resistance, very high load capacity & high mechanical working stability. Temperature range of -15 to 160°C.
IKV TRIBOSTAR MCS 462 is an NLGI grade 2 mineral oil grease with excellent anti-corrosion properties, high water resistance, very high load capacity & high mechanical working stability with a working temperature of -15 to 160°C.
IKV TRIBOSTAR MCS 461/2 is an NLGI grade 1/2 mineral oil grease with excellent anti-corrosion properties, high water resistance, very high load capacity & high mechanical working stability with a working temperature of -15 to 160°C.
IKV TRIBOSTAR MGI 10000 BM is an extra fluid mineral based grease with Moly & EP additives, and a working temperature of -10 to 165°C.
IKV TRIBOCHAIN 4200 WR, IKV TRIBOCHAIN 150 WR and IKV TRIBOCHAIN 460 WR are adherent mineral chain oils with superior anti-wear and anti-corrosive capacities. They offer excellent resistance to damp environments and are ideal for marine applications. Also available as a lubricating aerosol sprays.
IKV MULTI LUBE TF Spray with PTFE is a highly versatile maintenance lubricant with PTFE. Designed as a penetrative lubricant and workshop fluid that cleans and protects application areas. It is for use on general machinery, cables, chains and other maintenance applications over a wide range of environmental conditions.
IKV MULTI LUBE TF contains anti-corrosion and anti-oxidation additives in a solvent/oil carrier. Once applied, the solvent component will gently evaporate leaving a protective lubricating film, which helps to reduce wear & friction. Suitable for the lubrication of chains, bearings, sliding surfaces and open lubrication points on all types of machinery, IKV MULTI LUBE TF displaces moisture, breaks down deposits and penetrates into the most inaccessible areas. It loosens seized, rusted and frozen parts, prevents dirt accumulation and the formation of rust and other corrosives. IKV MULTI LUBE TF is resistant to salt water and safe to use on metals, plastics and electrical equipment.
The IKV UREATIC M RANGE are premium quality lubricating brown greases with mineral base oils. They provide excellent lubrication properties across a wide temperature range, from -20ºC to 150ºC. A specially formulated additive package also provides outstanding water and load resistance. Available in NLGI grade 0, 1 and 2.
IKV UREATIC H-1 is a brown grease with premium quality mineral base oil. It has excellent lubrication properties across a wide temperature range, from -20ºC to 150ºC. The specially formulated additive package also provides good water and load resistance. NLGI grade 1.
IKV UREATIC M-2/S is a blue grease with a PAO base oil. It has excellent lubrication properties across a wide temperature range, from -45ºC to 180ºC. A specially formulated additive package also provides excellent water resistance . NLGI grade 2. IKV UREATIC M-2/S is ideal for use on bearings subjected to high rotation speeds where weak torque resistance is required.
IKV UREATIC H-2/S is a beige grease with a PAO base oil. It has excellent lubrication properties across a wide temperature range, from -20ºC to 150ºC. A specially formulated additive package provides excellent water and good load resistance. NLGI grade 2. IKV UREATIC H-2/S is ideal for use on bearings subjected to high rotation speeds where weak torque resistance is required.
Click here to see more on oxygen service applications.


HS is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disease of the apocrine glands (folliculopilosebaceous units). Multiple factors including genetic, immunological, behavioral and endocrine are possible underlying mechanisms. The impact of the disease on self-esteem and quality of life can be severe, thus the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. While some of the treatments for more severe cases outlined below will be beyond the scope of a general women's health practice, the use of antibiotics and oral contraceptives along with lifestyle changes and patient education can limit and/or reduce outbreaks.


text:
No. 9 Duke kicks off Mike Krzyzewski's final season with impressive win over No. 11 Kentucky
USA TODAY NETWORK
NEW YORK — Mike Krzyzewski was presented a framed plaque of his accomplishments at the Champions Classic an hour and a half before his Duke team took the floor at Madison Square Garden.
A few hours later, he left the Garden with something he wanted much more: a season-opening win over Kentucky.
The No. 9 Blue Devils (1-0) withstood the No. 11 Wildcats for a 79-71 victory Tuesday night to begin Coach K's farewell tour in the win column.
It was Krzyzewski's 45th opening win in 47 seasons as a head coach and pushed his season-opening win streak to 22 games. He leaves MSG for the final time with a 34-11 overall record.
It was no surprise that it was freshmen talent that led to the win over Kentucky, but the name atop Duke's scoring leaders raised an eyebrow.
Guard Trevor Keels finished with a game-high 25 points, scoring 16 points in the second half to help stave off Kentucky's comeback attempt.
"I just want to win," Keels said. "I kept looking at the score and I just made sure we were still winning."
Opening night:Zed Key's buzzer-beater lifts No. 17 Ohio State over Akron
15 must-watch players:USA TODAY Sports' preseason men's college basketball All-America teams
Freshman forward Paolo Banchero, the potential first overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft, was also as good as advertised, scoring 22 points in his Duke debut despite spending three minutes in the locker room during the second half with cramps.
According to Krzyzewski, four players suffered cramps during the game and Banchero was given an IV in the locker room.
"We wanted to get this win, especially for Coach," Banchero said. "We had a chance to make a statement in this game and I'm happy with the way we played."
Kentucky (0-1) was led by Oscar Tshiebwe, who finished with 17 points and dominated the glass with 12 offensive boards. Sahvir Wheeler added 16 points and 10 assists in the loss.
Even in victory, Duke had its issues. The Blue Devils hit only 1 of 13 attempts from the 3-point line and were outrebounded by a smaller Kentucky team. Both teams look much improved, though, after missing the NCAA Tournament last season.
Duke held a 39-35 halftime lead despite being outworked on the boards and struggling from beyond the arc as the frontcourt of Mark Williams and Banchero picked up two fouls apiece.
The lead ballooned to 67-54 midway through the second half before the Wildcats went on a 13-2 run to cut the score to 69-65.
Keels and Banchero combined to score Duke's next eight points to hand Kentucky the season-opening loss.
David Thompson is an award-winning reporter for the USA Today Network covering NC State and Duke athletics. He can be reached at dthompson1@gannett.com, at 828-231-1747, or on Twitter at @daveth89.


Is Fireball Cinnamon Whisky one of the hottest drinks of the year? More evidence from Restaurant Sciences LLC is emerging to support that claim.
Headquartered in Newton, Restaurant Sciences collects and analyzes sales data about food and beverage consumption in restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and other foodservice establishments.
Vodka would seem to be the ideal spirit to be infused with flavors, but spiced whiskey now seems to be ascendant, according to a recent report from the firm.
Ellis was so taken by the upward trends of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky that Restaurant Sciences issued a separate report on Fireball sales in mid June.
A Web search finds that Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is a brand of the Sazerac Co., which notes that lore suggests that this blend was accidentally created by a Canadian bartender looking to perfect frostbite treatments.
Given its "fireball'' monicker, a teetotaller might conclude that a couple of character-building mixed drinks would just about be guaranteed to cold-proof even the beefiest of Zamboni drivers.


GolfMark is a national recognition that has been designed to support all clubs, however big or small, to achieve distinct operating standards in four key areas — recruitment and retention, management and sustainability, coaching and competitions, and safeguarding.
All clubs striving for this award are asked to reach a number of "essential requirements" in four areas.
The club has demonstrated to England Golf that it has met all the "essential requirements" and provided evidence to support the application.
As part of this work, the club will also be awarded a SafeGolf accreditation. Safe Golf is a partnership of UK Golf organisations committed to promoting a safe and positive environment for all those participating, working and volunteering in the sport.
The partnership consists of members from golfing organisations across Great Britain and Ireland and has been established to help golf respond to the issue of child protection in sport.
SafeGolf is the safeguarding standard England Golf has in place so that all affiliated clubs provide a positive experience for children. It is also the way to show that the club has high standards to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
To achieve SafeGolf status clubs have to demonstrate that comprehensive safeguarding policies and procedures are in place across the club.
The Penrith club has been working closely with England Golf to assure them that it has met the requirement.
The Golf Foundation has also confirmed that Penrith has been selected to deliver the charity's flagship scheme, HSBC Golf Roots. This means the club and facilities reach out into schools and the wider community to provide young people with a fun and safe introduction to golf, led by a qualified PGA professional coach.
In addition, the club will be one of four clubs in Cumbria selected to deliver the Cumbria "Girls Golf Rocks" programme. This is a joint venture run by England Golf and the Golf Foundation together with the support of county associations.
It encourages girls aged five to 18 to learn to play golf in a fun and friendly way.
Girls Golf Rocks will run in 26 counties in England during 2019, including Cumbria, offering free taster sessions, girls only coaching and the chance to get out and play.
The programme will begin with a taster session on Sunday, 19th May, and Penrith Golf Club is looking forward to girls being provided the opportunity to visit the club and enjoy fun golf.


text:
Simson SRA (STAR) − skuter produkcji niemieckiej firmy Simson.

STAR 25
Jednoosobowa wersja "Mofa" z prędkością maksymalną ograniczoną do 25 km/h przeznaczona na zachodni rynek. Silnik ma moc 2,1 KM. Skuter wyposażono w bębnowy hamulec na przedniej osi.

STAR 50
Simson STAR 50 to pierwszy "prawdziwy" skuter firmy Simson wyposażony w silnik z automatyczną skrzynią biegów. Jednostka napędowa to silnik dwusuwowy chłodzony powietrzem firmy Motori Franco Morini stosowany m.in. w skuterach Suzuki uzyskujący moc maksymalną 5 KM (3,7 KM zablokowany do 50 km/h). W produkcji zastosowano część podzespołów z modelu SR 50 - m.in. koła, zestaw liczników i przednie zawieszenie. Ciekawym rozwiązaniem jest centralny amortyzator tylnego zawieszenia umieszczony w podłodze (spotykany w niewielu modelach skuterów). W standardowym wyposażeniu był hamulec tarczowy montowany na przedniej osi, lecz dostępne były także wersje z hamulcem bębnowym.
Produkowano również motocykl z silnikiem o pojemności 95 cm3 i mocy 9,1 KM. Prędkość maksymalna wynosiła 90 km/h.

Linki zewnętrzne

Bibliografia
 http://www.mopedfreunde-oldenburg.de
 www.tezla.freehost.pl/html/skutery_simson.html
 http://www.simson-fahrzeuge.de

Przypisy

Skutery Simson
Motorowery Simson


text:
Discipline Before Cannabis CCB
The Cannabis Compliance Board Attorney Las Vegas
DISCIPLINE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE
THE CANNABIS COMPLIANCE BOARD
Beginning in July 2020, the newly created Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) will have regulatory and discipline authority over Nevada's growing marijuana industry. As a new administrative body, the processes and procedures are still being worked out; but even before the CCB begin operations, many in the marijuana industry are already asking how the transition of oversight from the Nevada Department of Taxation to the CCB will affect pending license inquires and ongoing investigations. Below is a general overview of the discipline process that will apply once CCB begins operations in July 2020.
Investigation by the Nevada Attorney General
If a license holder has violated, or is suspected of violating, any statute or regulation regarding the cultivation, production, sale, or other related activity involving commercial cannabis in Nevada, the license holder is subject to investigation by the Nevada Attorney General's Office. Referrals for investigation will be sent by the CCB Executive Director to the Attorney General. Once a referral is made to the Attorney General, the Attorney General's office shall investigate the suspected violation and determine if the complaint warrants further disciplinary action. If the Attorney General finds that additional action is warranted, the Attorney General will make a report of the investigation to the CCB Executive Director. The Executive Director will then transmit a copy of the investigation findings to the entire CCB. After reviewing the Attorney General's investigation report, the CCB will vote to either (1) dismiss the complaint or (2) proceed with disciplinary action.
AN OVERVIEW OF CCB DISCIPLINE PROCEEDINGS
If the CCB elects to proceed with discipline against a license holder, the CCB will serve the license holder with a complaint. The complaint will state what acts or omissions by the license holder forms the basis for the complaint. Once served with the complaint, the license holder must respond in writing. Failure to respond to the complaint can result in the license holder being denied the right to a hearing before the CCB, and it can result in the complaint being sustained by the CCB without any input from the license holder. Failure to timely respond to a CCB complaint can also result in the license holder waiving any and all rights to judicial review or appeal.
Once a license holder responds to a CCB complaint, the CCB will schedule a hearing. The CCB hearing must be held within forty-five (45) days of the license holder answering the complaint.
During the hearing, at least three (3) of the five (5) members of the CCB will hear evidence. Both the state and the license holder may call witnesses and present exhibits. At the conclusion of the hearing, the CCB will most likely take the matter under submission and issue a written decision at a later date. The new law regarding CCB procedures requires the CCB to issue a written decision within sixty (60) days of the hearing.
Potential penalties
If the CCB finds that a license holder has violated any marijuana statute or regulation, the CCB may impose limitations or conditions on the license holder's license(s). In addition to imposing limitations or conditions, the CCB will also have the power to suspend or revoke the license. In addition to license sanctions, the CCB will also be empowered to impose a monetary penalty, though the exact limits and maximum amounts are not yet known. As of the time of this posting, Assembly Bill 533 has not yet been codified into the Nevada Revised Statutes, and the related administrative regulations have not yet been promulgated.
OPTIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION, JUDICAL REVIEW, AND APPEAL
If the CCB renders an unfavorable decision, the license holder may have options for subsequent review. However, the options for subsequent review are time limited and often complex.
After receiving an unfavorable decision from the CCB, the license holder may have an option to file a motion for rehearing. The license holder may also have an option to have the decision reviewed in court. This is known as judicial review. In addition to judicial review, the license holder may have an option to seek further review by the Nevada Supreme Court. However, it is important to note that there is no option for judicial review or appeal of a decision that is limited to the denial of a license or registration card. The CCB has the exclusive authority to grant or deny a license or registration application.
If you or your business is being investigated for any alleged violation of Nevada's marijuana laws or related regulations, call The Wright Law Group, P.C. today. Nevada's marijuana industry is growing, and the processes and regulations regarding licensing and discipline are in a state of transition. The CCB discipline process is new and largely undeveloped; thus, it is important that you consult with a law firm that stays up to date on the latest developments regarding the changing laws and procedures in Nevada. The Wright Law Group, P.C., can help. Our attorneys have several decades of complex litigation and administrative law experience. Our attorneys have successfully represented clients in other administrative proceedings in cases involving asset forfeiture before United States Customs and Border Patrol and cases involving contractor complaints before the Nevada State Contractor's Board.
The Wright Law Group, P.C.'s team of experienced lawyers have the knowledge and experience to help you navigate the new and changing rules and regulations of Nevada's commercial cannabis industry. If you need help or have questions, call us now at (702) 405-0001 or email us. Our consultations are always free and confidential.


Mix and match flavours to your hearts content with our wide selection of pantry goodies from dry rubs to sauces and marinades. There is something to suit every palette. Just add charcoal or wood and start cooking!
Our range includes Aussie owned and locally made products to the best from the USA competition scene.