Texas A&M University-Texarkana will host its annual Halloween Trunk-N-Treat celebration Tuesday, Oct. 31, from 6-8PM.
The event will be held in the Central Plant parking lot on the A&M-Texarkana campus at 7101 University Ave., Texarkana, Texas.
There will be a bounce house, inflatable obstacle course, candy and non-food items distributed by A&M-Texarkana departments, student organizations, faculty and staff.
"We've been doing a community wide Trunk-N-Treat for 11-plus years and it continues to grow every year," said Celeste McNiel, director of Student Life.


This is among the rarer pieces of Conant Ball furniture. Influenced by Danish modern design, it is elegant in its simplicity and clean lines. All wood construction. This piece is versatile, can be used in dining room or bedroom, and features a large amount of storage: six drawers and a cabinet with a large pullout shelf. One owner since its purchase in the early 1970's, tthis piece is in excellent condition with very minor marks of age. The finish on the top has been refreshed and resealed. Matching upright piece sold separately. Price for both pieces: $1550.


Rockwell Collins outfits aircraft with avionics and digital systems. Image courtesy of Rockwell Collins.
According to a statement by Rockwell Collins the deal will be worth a total of $6.4bn , with shares of the acquired company being bought for a price of $62 a share in cash and stock.
In addition to this, Rockwell Collins will also assume $1.9bn in debt from B/E Aerospace.
"This transformational acquisition is consistent with our strategy to accelerate growth and build value through market-leading positions in cockpit and cabin solutions," said Kelly Ortberg, CEO of Rockwell Collins.
While both companies are involved in creating and fitting components for the interiors of aircraft, prior to the deal there was very little overlap between the two's business models.
Rockwell Collins produces the interior avionics, flight control systems, and connected entertainment surfaces within both commercial and military jets.
Meanwhile, B/E Aerospace is well-known for fitting the cabins of aircraft with seating, lavatories, galleys and lighting.
Rockwell Collins believes that given the two companies are involved in a similar field, they can synergise their business and save on long-term costs.
The company projects that it can create pre-tax 'cost synergies' of $160m, and can generate $6 billion in free cash flow over five years through the acquisition of B/E Aerospace.
They also see the two companies' respective, yet differing business relationships as another key area of opportunity once the deal is closed.
"…by leveraging our respective airline and OEM relationships, as well as Rockwell Collins' business jet dealer network and military aircraft positions, we firmly believe there are revenue synergies that create meaningful upside to our business case," said Kelly Ortberg.
Together both companies have over 30,000 employees, however there is yet to be any word on if all of these positions will remain post-acquisition.
Despite the rosy picture painted by the company, investors have reacted negatively, with Rockwell Collins' share price dropping by approximately 5% upon the announcement of the deal.


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Dimensions to welcome new Chair
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We are pleased to announce that Nick Baldwin CBE has been appointed to serve as the new Chair of the Dimensions Board, succeeding Helen Baker.
Nick will bring with him a wealth of hugely relevant leadership experience and expertise in supporting people with learning disabilities and autism. He served as the Chair of Ambitious about Autism, and of Sanctuary Housing Group, from 2008 to 2014.
Nick also has substantial executive board experience in regulated industries, including as Chief Executive of Powergen plc (a FTSE 100 company) from 2001 to 2002 and as the current chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation. He is a Chartered Engineer by profession and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Institution of Engineering and Technology among others.
Nick said, "Firstly, my thanks go to outgoing chair Helen Baker, under whose talented stewardship Dimensions has so clearly become a thriving, successful, popular Group. Helen leaves an organisation in good financial shape which delivers great support to many thousands of people countrywide.
"I'm delighted to be joining Dimensions at what is a challenging time for everyone in our sector. I look forward to working with the Board and the leadership team on the next stage of our development.
"In my first weeks and months I am particularly looking forward to meeting colleagues in all parts of the Group; their insights will be invaluable as we work together to help realise the ambitions and goals of the people we exist to support."
Helen Baker, whose five-year term as Chair is coming to an end, welcomed Nick's appointment saying, "I have enormously enjoyed my time with Dimensions and am proud of all that we have achieved working with our exceptional staff, with the people we support and their families and friends, and with all our partners.
"I am extremely pleased to welcome Nick Baldwin as my successor with all the skills and experience he brings, but also knowing how much he believes in all we are trying to do. I am confident that Dimensions will continue to grow in strength and impact under his leadership."
Nick will officially take up his position at the AGM in September.

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Q: After converting Spark data frame to pandas data frame, pandas data frame is throwing KeyError 0 when searching for a cell I am running this in data bricks notebook.
I converted a spark data frame [250 rows x 2 columns] to pandas data frame using below method:
pandasDF = spark_df.toPandas()

this is successful and I was able to run below lines successfully:
print(pandasDF)
print(pandasDF.columns.tolist())

but when I tried to query a cell in pandas data frame I am getting error. Why is that?
print(pandasDF [0][1])

KeyError: 0

Additional details about the exception:
/databricks/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/core/frame.py in __getitem__(self, key)
   3022             if self.columns.nlevels > 1:
   3023                 return self._getitem_multilevel(key)
-> 3024             indexer = self.columns.get_loc(key)
   3025             if is_integer(indexer):
   3026                 indexer = [indexer]

/databricks/python/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/core/indexes/base.py in get_loc(self, key, method, tolerance)
   3080                 return self._engine.get_loc(casted_key)
   3081             except KeyError as err:
-> 3082                 raise KeyError(key) from err

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Povestea Jucăriilor 4 este un film de animație american din 2019 și al patrulea din franciza Povestea jucăriilor. Este produs de studiourile Pixar și distribuit de Walt Disney Pictures. Regizat de Josh Cooley, scenariu revenindu-i lui Stephany Folsom si Andrew Stanton, Cooley redactând povestea filmului alături de John Lasseter și Stanton, care au fost co-regizorii primelor două pelicule din trilogie.

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Lenny Kravitz postpones Sofia gig to 2013
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on August 23, 2012 in Leisure - No comments
US rock artist Lenny Kravitz has postponed his Sofia concert, scheduled for September 30, citing the shooting delay on a film as the reason, but promised to include Sofia on his tour in 2013.
In a post on his Facebook page, Kravitz said: "I have been looking forward to coming to Sofia all summer to play for my fans and very sorry that my concert there had to be postponed. I am currently in New Orleans working on a historical film called The Butler. The shooting schedule for the film has been extended and I am contractually bound to finishing it."
"I promise that I will be in Sofia next year. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2013. Love, Lenny."
Concert organisers Joker Media and Balkan Entertainment said on August 23 that tickets for the show can be returned and refunded at the ticket offices where they were bought. Tickets bought online can be returned at the offices of Eventim, the online ticketing service that sold them.
The Butler, due for release next year, is the story of a White House butler served eight American presidents over the course of three decades. Its cast includes Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, Alan Rickman, Cuba Gooding Jr., Liev Shreiber and John Cusack.
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We're Here, We're Fun . . . Oops: Caporales in Cuzco
David Knowlton Send an email 14 June, 2015
A Funny Night of Caporales in the Plaza (Walter Coraza Morveli)
Brightly colored, energetic dancers bounding here and there, when they could, filled the Sun Avenue and the Plaza yesterday evening in a Salute from Qollasuyo to Cusco in its anniversary.
Mostly, the street and plaza filled with caporales, a dance based on the Afro-Bolivian saya. Created in 1969 by the Estrada Pacheco brothers, the dance builds on the personage of the overseer, the caporal with whips and boots and aggressive, athletic dancing who controlled African Bolivians for their boss. (Although seldom mentioned, he also represents the overseers who were responsible for controlling the Aymara and Quechua serfs who populated the many estates found in the Bolivian (and Peruvian) countryside prior to agrarian reform of the mid twentieth century.
A Young Caporal Performance (Walter Coraza Morveli)
As a result, the dance performs a delightful and exciting turn-around. The grand children and great grand-children of the serfs (campesinos) have claimed that which used to belong the the Mestizos, the town and city dwellers that once governed and controlled their countries, even if there is a subtext of a work still to be done, the full recognition and valuation of African Peruvians and Bolivians.
This dance is not the parody of elites found in los doctorcitos, the wayra, or the siqlla, all of which satirize lawyers and mestizo elites from the position of people who are not those elites.
Caporales Night in Cusco (Walter Coraza Morveli)
With its numerous aggressive young men showing off agility and athletic prowess, as well as their companions: young women in mini-pollers, svelte legs on display as they make their shortened skirt shift and turn in grace and erotic power, caporales is a dance that developed in the cities after urbanization had drawn young men and women from their communities to the exploding neighborhoods of Bolivian and Peruvian cities.
From when you first hear the music and then the bells on the legs of the men, even before you see the subtle yet confident and strong swirling of the young women's skirts and the power of their shoulders and eyes or the prancing and jumping of the men in unity and rhythm, caporales grabs you and causes your heart to beat more loudly. It is as if human pheromones were floating in the air along with the music demanding attention and pleasure from all around.
High Energy of Caporales (Walter Coraza Morveli)
Somewhere around two thousand dancers or more were bouncing and turning in the Sun Avenue last night in what seemed to be set up as a classic altiplano, high plateau, entrance where the dancers start and keep dancing along a course until the end.
However at the turn onto the Plaza de Armas the bloques (groups) all behind banners announcing their group name, got stopped in a massive traffic jam that soon had played its way down the Sun Avenue, with another jam right at the turn before the Cathedral and to the side of the reviewing stand.
The Rhythm of Caporales (Walter Coraza Morveli)
While many people in Cuzco join the bloques in order to participate and perform this exciting and fun dance, others grumble that these dances belong in Puno or La Paz, and not in Cuzco. They feel that in Cuzco people should only perform the dances that are registered as traditional and typical, the ones that are tightly controlled and codified for teaching in the schools and for public performance.
Some people wryly said that Cuzco should send its dancers to perform for the Virgen of Candelaria in Puno and see how the Puneños like it. What they miss, is that Puno is not sending these dances to Cuzco, rather people resident in Cuzco or people who are Cusqueños schedule them, practice them, and perform them in the Cusco where they reside as a sign of their being here and living here, at the same time they challenge the exclusivity of official culture.
Blackface and Watermelon, Racist Stereotypes within a Caporal Troupe (Walter Coraza Morveli)
Another controversy swirls around this dance. While Puno performs it and other people adopt it in Peru, Bolivia has declared it Bolivian Cultural Patrimony and finds it wrong that Peruvians are dancing and now claiming what they hold is their culture.
This is a performance whose legitimacy is challenged on at least two sides. Yet it continues. It is dynamic, fun, and meaningful in the context of Cuzco.
This entrance to salute Cuzco is not the only time altiplano dances take place in Cuzco. This morning, as a write, a brass band playing a morenada, another popular altiplano dance, marched by the side of the plaza sounds pulsing strongly against the Plaza walls in the beat of altiplano feet.
Union Pagador Band from Juliaca (Walter Coraza Morveli)
They are on their way to join the other devotees of the Virgin of Natividad who has just entered the chapel of Santa Catalina. Her ukukus are dancing in the church and Morenos, dancers of the morenada, are quickly putting on their costumes and gathering there to process with her.
Many of Cuzco's saints are now accompanied by altiplano music and dances since people in Cuzco see them as means of organizing themselves and their devotion to the saints and to the social space of Cuzco.
See You Next Year (Walter Coraza Morveli)
This struggle is not new. It is rather one of long duration in this city in which the south eastern quadrant of the Inca Empire and the home of the Qollas, Qollasuyo starts and for which it is still a very important economic and symbolic center.
Nevertheless, Cuzco overwhelmed the dancers last night. It brought them to a standstill in what looked like forcing them into the EMUFEC model of staging dances before the reviewing stand as most important, followed by performances in the square on the other side of the plaza.
The Sun Avenue, instead of being the scene of a majestic entrance of Qollasuyo into the Plaza in a continuous flow, became a long staging ground whose focus was performance in front of the Cathedral. Still many troupes tried to perform on the Avenue as they went only to be frustrated into standing still while costumed.
The Caporal, as well as other altiplano dances, such as the diablada and the morenada are most likely in Cuzco to stay. The controversy will also continue, even as these dances draw ever more people with their dynamism.
Afro Bolivian Afro Peruvian altiplano Caporales EMUFEC La Paz Morenada Puno saya typical culture
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Hello everyone! Today, I wanted to share my video on the Kat Von D Lock-It Foundation. If you like matte foundations or have oily skin, I think this may be for you! Let me know if you've tried this foundation before! https://youtu.be/kaOo3B_wW_c Thanks for watching!


I've been paying $54 a month for a few years now for the Medical Services Plan. But if you make less than $20,000 a year you're eligible for 100% coverage at no cost. I make less than $5000 a year net so on the advice of my accountant I mailed them a letter asking if they'd return my overpayments from the past years and, happy day, I got a check for almost $500. But that's just my overpayments from this year. I hope I'll get more later, and I am prepared to write more nice letters letting whoever cuts the checks know how handsome they are. What will I do with the money?
You don't make less than $5000 per year. Maybe some reporting of your "under the table" salary will need to be done.
That's net. I am allowed to write off some of my rent and bills because I work from home (and most of my gaming books that I don't already get contributor copies of). I don't count my birthday auctions.
I say use it to get a passport! You want to travel, and it'll get you one step closer. You can call MSP & find out how many years back into the past they'll refund you for…. that'll give you a better idea of how to craft your very flattering/wheedling letter.
Oops it wasn't a one or the other list – I'll be doing all of them.
And FYI, people on premium assistance get some coverage for physiotherapy, massage, chiro etc. You only pay a user fee for each kind of therapy rather than the full cost – for 10 visits, anyway. And it's based on the calendar year so you could go crazy on therapy before December if you've got any overuse drawing pangs.


In our business, we remodel bathrooms in order for our customers to live better. Certainly, we have customers who look for a financial return on their bathroom remodel, and they find it. Remodeling Magazine says that the financial return on a bathroom remodel is about 102%. But the other return on investment, the one that is about enjoying life, is the real value in remodeling.
Bathroom remodels usually have a high return on investment and are generally considered one of the smartest home improvement projects you can do. The 2008-2009 Cost vs. Value Report by Remodeling Online shows that an upscale bathroom remodeled delivered better than a 70 percent return on investment. This means that if you sold your house within a year of doing the improvement, you'd probably get 70 cents on the dollar for your trouble.


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Jacksonville Projected to Rank Second Highest in 2006 Housing Growth
Fortune Magazine predicts that one third of the nation's 100 largest metro areas (accounting for 60 percent of the U.S. population) are expected to see modestly falling house prices in 2006. The nation's most perilous regional market, according to the forecast data is Las Vegas, a speculator-infested hot spot. Jacksonville is ranked second after San Antonio in highest projected growth in 2006.
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New Listing in Il Villagio MLS 280985
Nestled among lush Florida foliage and nature trails, you can enjoy the tranquility of seclusion found in the private gated community at Il Villagio, one of area's exclusive communities in popular Southside area. Convenient to business, shopping, fine dining and entertainment, Il Villagio is ideally located in the center of everything. The city's best shopping is right around the corner and you're just a short drive to the area's hottest beaches and downtown Jacksonville. Will Vasana at Watson Realty welcomes you home to this new 2BR/2.5BA condo with extra loft upstairs. Popular end unit 'Palermo C' plan overlooking the preserve offers privacy and elegant designs including granite kitchen countertop, GE stainless steel appliances, full-size washer and dryer, custom cabinetry, spacious master suites with walk in closets, screened balcony, knockdown finish ceilings, tiled entry foyers, lush landscaping, two parking spaces for each residence with one assigned parking (located in front of your home), ample visitor's parking, unique Mediterranean-style architecture, barrel tile roofs, masonry separation walls for maximum privacy and the unsurpassed strength and durability of CBS (Concrete, Block, and Steel) construction. Enjoy 7,000 square foot clubhouse and lakes, fitness center, pool with expansive decks, spa, tennis, basketball court, over three miles of nature trails for walking, jogging and biking, sidewalks, car care center and decorative brick pavers throughout community. For more information, please call Will Vasana at (904) 307-8998.
$82M Hurricane Recovery for Florida
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that Florida will receive almost $83 million in hurricane relief money from the federal government. The Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will work with partner agencies to recommend a plan for distribution. HUD will allocate $11.5 billion in total to the five Gulf Coast states impacted by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma through HUD's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. Hard-hit Louisiana will receive $6.2 billion, followed by $5.5 billion for Mississippi, $74.5 for Texas and $74.4 for Alabama. Last year, Florida received $100.9 million in HUD disaster relief grants — more than two-thirds of all money awarded nationally — to rebuild from the 2004 hurricane season. Funds were distributed to the fifteen hardest-hit counties to aid ongoing recovery efforts. To date, 160 recovery projects in Florida are underway, including a new special needs shelter, repaired and improved wastewater facilities, economic development projects, new affordable housing and mitigation initiatives.
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$325 Million Ameriquest Settlement Announced
Ameriquest, the nation's largest lender specializing in sub-prime loans, has agreed to refund $295 million to consumers and make sweeping reforms of practices that the states alleged amounted to predatory lending. Ameriquest will also pay a total of $30 million to the states for costs of the investigation and consumer education and enforcement.
The settlement resolves allegations of predatory practices by the company, including claims of inflated appraisals, unjustified fees and penalties, and high-pressure and deceptive tactics against prospective borrowers. The Office of Financial Regulation and the Attorney General's Office negotiated Florida's share of the settlement for Ameriquest's approximately 62,000 borrowers in Florida. Consumers do not need to take any action at this point to pursue recoveries; they will be contacted later after specific recovery terms and plans are determined.
Under the agreement, Ameriquest must exceed current requirements in the law to protect prospective borrowers. The new requirements include provisions for full disclosure of loan terms, including specific language to be included in loan documents. Potential borrowers must be told what kind of loan they will be getting and whether the loan includes a prepayment penalty. Appraisals cannot be inflated, and there will be restrictions on refinancing offers and prepayment penalties. No refinancings may be made that do not benefit the borrower. Independent third parties will now handle closings, at which borrowers are asked to review and sign final loan documents. The courts must approve the settlement before it becomes final.
The settlement is between the states and ACC Capital Holding Corporation, along with its subsidiaries Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Town & Country Credit Corporation and AMC Mortgage Services, Inc., formerly known as Bedford Home Loans.


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What Happened to Liang Insects?
To our regular (and new) visitors, you may have noticed that it's been a while since we last posted and it's been a bit patchy these last few years. We apologize for that and thought we'd owe you an explanation.
When we first publicized Liang Insects on June 12, 2016 in our hometown of Albany, we were just sixteen-year olds goofing around. Since we were already taking photographs of our insects on a regular basis, we thought it would be awesome to create a web compilation of them and share our unique experiences as insect hobbyists. There wasn't a whole lot to start with, but our work on the site really took off in our last semester of high school while we experiencing serious senioritis. Still, we never really expected many people to view it, so we kept the main purpose of the site for organizing and recording our work, allowing us to reference past observations should we ever need to. Most of the posts were us casually jotting down random details for our own convenience. Perhaps, in retrospect, much of this may not have been relevant to the average viewer and sometimes (especially in our earlier posts), observations/thoughts were not the most scientific or downright silly and erroneous. Although we've received only praise for our work, I suppose that as high schoolers, we weren't fully aware of the consequences and responsibility of creating a personal website.
After we headed off to college in August 2017, we became extremely busy with coursework and student research that we began to update the site less frequently. We also came to recognize in hindsight that most of the work we've produced was quite amateurish and the thought of overhauling the site, let alone updating it, was overwhelming and ended up being demotivating. To date, there remain hundreds of, if not a thousand, posts that could have been written but never were, even though we have been keeping up with the photos and notes in our own personal files.
Nonetheless, it seems that Liang Insects has been garnering some decent recognition around the web in recent years, showing up in a variety of image searches. Because we are still just as passionate about insects as we were four years ago, perhaps we will find the time to catch up with the site in the near future. We've matured and learned a heck of lot since then, and it does bother us that this is the main real-life piece of work we have to show for ourselves and it has become so out of date.
Note: If you're reading this and thinking this sounds very similar to the "About" page, it's because we've just updated it (as of 7/29/20) based on this post in order to reflect the recent circumstances.
Brian and Alan
Papilio glaucus (Iowa) Rearing Notes (August 7, 2019–August 10, 2019)
Rearing notes for eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Stock originated as F0 ("wild") eggs from Iowa, May (currently in second generation) and July 2019.
The second the last ash larva pupated, weighing in at 1.7 grams. This is the largest pupa so far and likely for the remainder of this brood. In the end, ash seemed to be the best, most consistent host plant whereas cherry was the worst.
The new lot of ash larvae are molting to fifth instar.
One more pupated, from cherry, weighing at 1.1 grams, the smallest individual thus far.
The new ash larvae are still on a fantastic trajectory. I suppose this is what it's like for the colony to be disease-free. Most likely, the previous lot of second generation larvae had disease passed down from their parents, were possible even inbred, and never had much of a chance to begin with.
Two more pupated, from ash, weighing in at 1.2 and 1.6 grams.
The pictures might have gotten a bit mixed up here, but the larvae in the pictures are third instars.
One of the larva on cherry became a prepupa, only the third so far, and is fairly small. We are having second thoughts on using cherry as these results have been subpar.
Some of the new ash larvae have molted to fourth instar. They were transferred in groups of three to plastic boxes.
Brian Liang
Brian Liang is a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York pursuing an undergraduate degree in entomology. He is co-owner and a main contributor of the Liang Insects blog, insects articles, and site design.
Papilio glaucus (Iowa) Rearing Notes (July 31, 2019–August 6, 2019)
One more pupated from ash, weighing in at 1.1 grams.
The larvae on cherry are still growing very slowly, A few larvae on ash are also still very behind and very small. At this rate, they may be on the path to having six instars. It is odd how, under the same rearing conditions, larvae can have such varying performance, but when disease is involved we shoudn't be surprised.
Some of the new ash larvae are now molting the fourth instar. The growth rate with these larvae is objectively faster than the larvae we got from hand-pairing and they seem healthier. Mortality has been relatively low. Petri dish method is working well.
Four more pupated. The two reared on cherry weighed 1.3 and 1.6 grams. The one reared on weighed 1.6 grams. The one reared on tuliptree weighed 1.1 grams.
It's become apparent that the new ash larvae are on a far better trajectory than the latest rearing with the second generation larvae.
Some of the new ash larvae are now third instar.
Eight more pupated, but only four were weighed: 1.3, 1.3, 1.5, and 1.5 grams.
The last of the larvae on tuliptree became a prepupa.
The largest larva on ash is now 3.3 grams.
Two of the larva on cherry became prepupae. The rest of the original lot of larvae are making slow progress, slower than expected. Probably diseased. Two of the younger cherry larvae are already molting to fifth instar.
The new larvae on ash are now molting to third instar.
Two more pupated, weighing 1.3 and 1.4 grams.
The largest larva on ash is now 3.2 gram individual.
A few of the cherry larvae, one pictured, are getting close to the end as well.
Another prepupa pupated, weighing in at 1.5 grams, likely female.
Two more larvae each on tuliptree and ash became prepupae.
The new ash larvae, pictured, are growing more syncronolously than we'd expected in comparison to the disaster that was last rearing. That's good.
The second prepupa mismolted. Sometimes, this is the result of disease but hopefully not.
One larva each on tuliptree and ash became prepupae.
Several of the lagging tuliptree and cherry individuals (fourth instars and newly molted fifth instars) appeared to be diseased. There was very little feeding and some had traces of red fluid exiting the anus.
The largest larva on ash is now a 3.0 gram individual. We picked white ash (Fraxinus americana) today for the new and old ash larvae. They should switch readily between it and the green ash.
The largest larva on cherry is now 2.8 grams.
Brian Liang is a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York pursuing an undergraduate degree in entomology. He is co-owner and a main contributor of the Liang Insects blog, insects articles, and site design.
Papilio glaucus (Iowa) Rearing Notes (July 27, 2019–July 30, 2019)
Rearing notes for eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Stock originated as F0 ("wild") eggs from Iowa, May 2019; currently in second generation.
The first larva from tuliptree pupated, weighing in at 1.3 grams. Not bad for a male. The largest larva on tuliptree is now a 3.0 gram individual. Unfortunately, some of the younger fifth instars, fourth instars, and third instar really do not look to be doing well. They ate very little and have noticeable brown patches covering their skinny bodies. These patches have got to be the result of disease. We tossed most of these larvae. They should not be so far behind in development as it is. This leaves us with only about a dozen larvae that are still on a positive trajectory. So far, the disease has yet to become a crisis, but overall the mortality this rearing has been quite high.
One of the larva on ash became a prepupa, surpassing most of the larvae on tuliptree in development. The largest larva on ash so far is 2.8 grams. Overall, these ash larvae still appear to be the healthiest.
A couple more of the original lot of larvae on chokecherry molted to fifth instar. The oldest fifths look quite healthy. The third instars do not. We disposed of these as well. The mortality on the chokecherry has probably been the highest thus far and although it is hard to tell due to the fact that the larvae on chokecherry hatched last, larvae growth rate may be slightly slower than that of ash under the same rearing conditions. The younger chokecherry larvae in petri dishes seem to be doing better; one has already molted to fourth instar and they eat a lot.
The new set of larvae on ash are performing very well. The oldest ones are already molting to second instar. The initial mortality was low; only a few died the day after hatching. No more eggs hatched today, leaving the hatch rate at about seventy out of almost ninety.
Another larva on tuliptree became a prepupa.
Twenty-eight more eggs hatched. We ran out of large petri dishes, so we were forced to use small ones. The way ash grows is unfortunate.
The largest of the larvae on tuliptree is now 2.6 grams. One of the larvae became a prepupa. One of the third instars on tuliptree was dead and probably diseased. There are currently still three other third instars that are also likely unhealthy; they should not have fallen so behind.
Thirty more of the new eggs hatched. These and the hatchlings from yesterday were split into three large petri dishes. We want to avoid using excessively large (larvae will not be able to find their way back if they crawl off the host plant), closed container plastic boxes. However, ash leaves are very difficult to put in water tubes in small petri dishes.
The largest of the larvae on tuliptree is now 2.3 grams. We separated the larvae into plastic boxes because it was becoming too difficult to maintain cuttings in a single popup cage now that the larvae eat so much. We also do not want older larvae to purge in the cage and create an unsanitary environment for the rest of the larvae.
Sixteen of the new eggs hatched. We transferred them to an ash cutting in a plastic box. Ash seems to be holding up the best this late in the season and, of the three host plants tested, we have been most impressed by it. The larvae grew the most synchronized on ash and mortality was low once larvae reached a certain size. Ash cuttings produce the lease condensation of the three hosts in a closed container, which is extremely desirable if we must rear larvae this way.
Brian Liang
The largest larvae on tuliptree are 2.1 grams. They may be getting close. We suspect that larvae produced this generation will be smaller due to declining host plant quality late in the season. Also, communal rearing in a pop up cage seemed less effective and cuttings wilted quicker; the main intended benefit was ventilation.
Two of the larvae on chokcherry are now fifth instars. In terms of growth rate, the three host plants seem quite close. The growth rate on the tuliptree was the least consistent, but that may have had to do with the rearing method rather than host quality.
A few of the larvae on tuliptree have gotten quite large now. We added some sugar and bleach to the water, keeping the tuliptree cuttings to see if this will improve cutting longevity since these dry in less than a day in the pop up cage.
About half of the larvae on ash are now fifth instar.
Most of the original larvae on chokecherry are fourth instar.
More larvae on tuliptree are making their way to fifth instar. About half of the lot of close to thirty are fifth instars, but some of them are still third instars. None have died since moving the larvae to the popup, so the hope is that they are healthy.
The larvae on ash continue to grow in sync. The older half, about a dozen, are developing at almost the exact same rate, molting to fifth instar.
The first instar larvae on chokecherry in a petri dish were dead. These were the last of the lagging larvae retrieved from when the larvae were being rearing on propped up cuttings in a pop up cage. Fortunately, no larger larvae have died. The fatalities have mostly restricted to the young larvae on chokecherry.
Most of the eggs that were laid near the end of the last female's life appear to be unviable. Perhaps fertile, but have a very low hatch rate nonetheless. A few that hatched are noticeably much smaller than normal and yellowish instead of black. These tend to die the next day.
We received another lot of about eighty eggs to help reinvigorate the colony and help us reach our research goals.
The fifth instars on tuliptree are making some progress. Large branches are now being used, inserted into yogurt containers with holes cut into the lid. This works better than the flasks we were using previously, which did not hold enough water to support the cuttings for an entire day and had the risk of larvae crawling into the water and drowning.
A few of the larvae on ash have molted to fifth instar.
The original larvae on chokecherry are now mostly third instars.
Four more larvae hatched. All of the larvae that have hatched over the days have been transferred onto chokecherry leaves in petri dishes in groups of about four. Some of these larvae dessicated, but so far the petri dish rearing seems effective. All of the laying females are now dead.
Three third instar larvae were found dead, two on chokecherry and one on ash. Certainly appears like disease symptoms, but the cases still remain relatively isolated and mainly occur in larvae that had been lagging behind for a long time.
A few of the larvae on tuliptree are now fifth instar.
Two third instars and a second instar were dead. This is the first time a third instar has died.
Three more hatched.
Brian Liang is a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York pursuing an undergraduate degree in entomology. He is co-owner and a main contributor of the Liang Insects blog, insects articles, and site design.
A few of the larvae on tuliptree are molting to fifth instar. Most of the larvae on ash are molting to fourth instar. Most of the larvae on chokecherry are third instars. Despite the difference in hatch dates, it does seem that the growth rate on tuliptree is highest, though most variable, as noted.
The lagging larvae continue to die. A few were flaccid and slightly brown, leaving a few brownish or reddish stains. This is probably disease, but so far it has only occurred in the smallest, lagging larvae that may have already been unhealthy.
Two more hatched.
Collected just two eggs. Only the oldest female seems to have much life left in it.
About half of the larvae on tuliptree have molted to fourth instar, though a few of them are still second instar. Two of the larvae on ash have, but the majority are still third instar. Almost all of the larvae on chokecherry are newly molted third instars or full grown seconds. The larvae on ash seem to be quite small, but this time the larvae on tuliptree also seem to be substandard to last generation.
Ten more eggs hatched. The hatch rate was actually quite good for this lot of eggs collected on July 13, despite the apparent decline in egg quality.
A few of the larvae on tuliptree have molted to fourth instar.
Collected twenty-seven eggs laid yesterday and today. The oldest female has been laying since July 2, so I suppose that is quite an accomplishment.
We put the larvae on ash and chokecherry back into boxes because it was becoming too disorganized with three host plants and larvae of all instars in a single popup cage. Third and fourth instar larvae on tuliptree were kept in the popup cage. Lagging larvae were collected and consolidated in petri dishes to see if they will eventually get somewhere. With both glaucus and rutulus, we have seen larvae that occasionally take abnormally long to develop but are healthy. So far, there does not appear to be a wide outbreak of disease yet, but it is concerning that there are dead individuals each day, usually small first or second instars.
Fourteen eggs hatched and were transferred to chokecherry leaves in petri dishes. Perhaps petri dish rearing of lower instar larvae may be more effective than boxes.
It seems that allowing larvae to crawl freeing on cuttings in the popup cage may have exacerbated the problem of larvae growing out of sync. Larvae are of all instars and stages. Larvae from first to fourth instar are feeding on the same leaves and it doesn't seem like any the first instar larvae, which should be more or less the same age as the fourth instar larvae, will ultimately survive. The transferring of larvae from old to new cuttings in the popup cage is also problematic because they of course cannot cling onto the leaves without first spitting a trail of silk, meaning that there is a certain risk of larvae falling off the plant before they are able to do so and not being able to make it back. There certainly seems to be fewer larvae than what we began with in the popup cage.
Collected twenty-five more eggs, all laid on chokecherry, the only host plant offered this time, or the side of the cage. The yellow bellied female is near death, which is fitting seeing as it was laying infertile eggs. The oldest female is still plump, however, and it and the other female continue to lay eagerly. However, the eggs collected recently are small and seem of low quality. The fertility of the third female appears to be quite low. Although two weeks since the mating of the oldest female, her recent eggs do appear to still fertile, but hatch rate has noticeably declined.
Papilio zelicaon Rearing Notes (July 9, 2019–July 18, 2019)
Rearing notes for anise swallowtails (Papilio zelicaon). Stock originated from Albany, California, Summer 2018.
A few more did pupate but are abnormally small due to the disease. There's certainly not much hope for the few remaining larvae, but there's always the off chance that one or two could have escaped or had immunity to the disease, so we'll keep them around and see.
One more pupated today and another has became a prepupa. However, the disease has nearly wiped out all the rest.
Looks like some of the fifth instars are now starting to succumb to the disease. So far only nine have pupated. Not sure if there's hope for the rest.
Essentially all of the second and third instars were clearly diseased or already dead so we had to dispose of them all. Some of the fourth instars were diseased as well. No doubt individuals of all ages have been infected already but only the fifth instars, especially the largest ones, are still assymptomatic.
Unfortunately, there appears to be a disease breakout among the fourth and younger instars. The polyxenes still look healthy, so we know the outbreak started somewhere in the zelicaon colony. The lack of ventilation with this rearing hasn't helped, and it also didn't help that there was an inadequate amount of food given to them the day before. Probably as many as two dozen died and the remaining ones don't look too healthy. We're not sure if we'll be able to contain this disease. The twenty or so oldest fifth instars still look relatively healthy, so if they can at least make it, we'll be able to save the line.
There are quite a lot of fifth instars now. A few, presumably the oldest ones, look like they may be prepupae already.
Fifth instars are getting big.
About one to two dozen are now fifth instar. Many fourth instars now as well. Most umbels are now stocking this time of season so we've been giving them flowers to the older larvae which tend to prefer them over leaves.
A couple larvae molted to fifth instar. Most are still third or fourth instar.
A few of the larvae molted to fifth instar. Most are still anywhere between second and fourth instar. The variably in growth rate among the larvae seems unusually high this generation. The eggs were all laid within the same few days and yet there are already fifth instars when the last few eggs are still hatching.
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Alan Liang is a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York pursuing an undergraduate degree in entomology. He is co-owner and a main contributor of the Liang Insects blog and photographs.
♀ Papilio zelicaon × ♂ Papilio polyxenes asterius Rearing Notes (July 14, 2019–July 16, 2019)
Rearing notes for the larvae from our hybrid crosses between female anise swallowtails (Papilio zelicaon) (orig. Albany, California) and male black swallowtails (Papilio polyxenes asterius) (orig. Ithaca, New York).
Many larvae are now molting to fifth instar. Most of them honestly look very zelicaon-like, being very black, large, and stocky. A few are whiter/greener like the polyxenes.
Several more larvae molted to fourth instar. Based on the larger sample size, it seems that most larvae are intermediate in phenotype between that of the zelicaon and polyxenes fourth instar just like the reciprocal cross. However, it seems a larger proportion of them are closer to the black zelicaon phenotype than the green polyxenes one. This is interesting, since it seems the hybrid larvae might resemble the pure larvae of the maternal parent more.
A few molted to fourth instar. All of them are black form but have slightly thicker white bands than typical for zelicaon. Overall very similar to the reciprocal cross though no green forms have appeared yet.
Alan Liang
A few of the third instars on tulip are molting to fourth whereas some are still first instar. Overall, the larvae that are at least second instar seem to be doing well now and there was more or less no mortality today on any of the host plants.
Interestingly enough, a few of the third instar larvae that were originally on tuliptree crawled onto the ash and one first instar larva that was originally on ash crawled onto the tuliptree and initiated feeding. Last year, we observed that larvae found on black cherry (Prunus serotina) readily and willingly switched to feed on tuliptree when leaves of both trees were in the same container. This seems to indicate that the larvae are able to switch readily between perhaps any of their hosts, at least up to a certain instar.
We transferred about twenty or so second instar larvae on chokecherry to propped up cuttings. As noted, the larvae on chokecherry are growing most in sync.
Eleven of the tuliptree larvae are now third instars. A similar amount are still first instars, which is concerning. The larvae have diverged in size greatly and those that are still first instar will likely perish as this is not a normal growth rate. We are not sure what is making this rearing so difficult. Death is not by desiccation and larvae are not necessarily overcrowded. Disease rarely occurs in the first instar, but we aren't ruling it out yet. We transferred all of the third instar larvae onto a branch cutting of tuliptree propped up in a flask inside a large popup cage. We have always intended to rear these in ventilated conditions but started the newborn larvae in plastic containers for convenience.
Almost all of the larvae on ash have molted to second instar. Overall, they are more in sync than the larvae on tuliptree. The ash cuttings are clean, spacious, and do not wilt. Nonetheless, there are about a dozen that are still first instar and a number of straggling, unhealthy-looking first instars. All but a few molting larvae were transferred onto ash cuttings in 5 ml water tubes propped up in glass jars placed in a large popup cage.
The larvae on chokecherry are making fast progress considering they are the youngest. Three have molted to second instar and many are close to. It is early to say, but it would seem that chokecherry is an excellent host despite that the leaf quality is mediocre (most of the chokecherry trees we have access to are small and scraggly). The leaves grow densely, making the cuttings more spacious.
A few of the larvae on tuliptree have molted to third. The smallest on tuliptree are still first instar and don't appear to be doing well. Larvae on ash and chokecherry seem to be progressing better in sync, but there are lagging individuals as well that will likely die. A number of larvae on ash have already molted to second. Several very small individuals were dead on each host plant, as usual. We aren't sure why the results have been so inconsistent this rearing as an effort was made not to overcrowd larvae. The fastest developing larvae seem to be some of the only healthy individuals, but are likely all male, so we may have an extremely skewed sex ratio again.
Eggs laid yesterday and today were collected. There were eleven on the tuliptree, eleven on the chokecherry, and eighteen on the cage. Both of the cutting were quite wilted, especially the tuliptree which had dried to a crisp, which is the likely reason why so many eggs were laid on the cage this time. Except for the dark green infertile eggs, the eggs are getting progressively yellower and smaller as the days pass. Today we can found an egg so small, there was no way that it was viable. We are simply surprised that the females are still laying a decent number of eggs at their age.
The larvae on tuliptree have had to most varied results. About a dozen of the largest, oldest individuals are already second instar, but many of the smaller ones seem to be making abnormally slow progress, even after thinning the containers to four larvae each. Two were dead today. In comparison, most of the larvae on ash, which are housed five larvae to a container, have surpassed the smallest on tuliptree despite being born at least one day later. The larvae on chokecherry have made excellent progress despite being badly overcrowded. In general, it seems that the larvae are more comfortable when they are on their own leaf, even it is very small. Any larvae that crawl off the plant due to overcrowding suffer immensely as evidenced by the fact that they tend to be much smaller than those on the plant; once they crawl off, they are unable to find their way back, even in relatively small containers.
Thirty-six more hatched. Again, all were transferred onto chokecherry.
♀ Papilio polyxenes asterius × ♂ Papilio zelicaon Rearing Notes (July 13, 2019–July 15, 2019)
Rearing notes for our black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius) larvae. Stock originated from eggs laid by a wild collected female in Ithaca New York, May 2019.
Many more larvae molted to fourth instar. A few of the largest ones are already molting to fifth instar. Now that we have a very large sample, it appears what we had thought was correct, and most larvae are intermediate between the zelicaon and polyxenes fourth instar phenotype and are quite variable because of this.
A few more molted to fourth instar. Interestingly, now that there is a larger sample of fourth instars, it appears that there is a mix of green (polyxenes-like) and black (zelicaon-like) individuals, and some that are intermediary between the extremes. Clearly, the fourth instar color plasticity is genetic which is why these hybrid fourth instars are displaying various intermediate phenotypes as well both of the parental ones. Overall, the larval shape of both color forms seem much more polyxenes-like though, being smaller, more slender, and having slightly smaller scoli and larger thorax to body ratio.
A few molted to fourth instar. This is probably the only instar is distinguishable between the pure parents, with zelicaon typically being black and polyxenes green under our particular rearing conditions. Like suspected, the hybrid larvae seem to resemble polyxenes much more which is what we observed in past readings of the cross.
Timeline 2017–present
This timeline is a series of daily posts recording our observations and experiences with various insects (primarily Lepidoptera) around the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York, starting from the time we moved here in 2017. As this is a personal blog, we try to keep collections/rearings for university research and course work to a minimum, and mainly focus on just the species we catch and raise for our own fun and interest. Posts prior to this time can be viewed at Timeline 2012-2017: Albany, California, though there is occasionally some crossover when we have returned home during breaks or reared stock derived from home (see Albany, California Updates).
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Home | AURI News | General news | Growing Giant Grass
Growing Giant Grass
— by Liz Morrison
Imagine a Minnesota farm field of grass more than 10 feet tall. The spiky plants are as dense as a jungle and grow for at least 15 years with few inputs.
This strange-looking crop is Miscanthus x giganteus, a perennial grass from Southeast Asia that could be grown in central Minnesota for biomass energy. Researchers at Central Lakes College Ag Center in Staples are testing cold-hardy strains of miscanthus and developing best management practices for the new biofuel crop. The field trials are supported by the state of Minnesota's NextGen Energy grant.
Meanwhile, AURI has developed a "densification" process to turn harvested miscanthus into solid fuel pellets. The pellets can be burned in biomass furnaces or co-fired with wood or coal.
The collaborative effort could lead to a new agricultural biomass industry in central Minnesota, says AURI Associate Scientist for Coproducts Al Doering.
Miscanthus in a northern climate
Central Lakes College Ag Center is doing some of the first U.S. field trials of cold-hardy miscanthus hybrids, which were developed for northern regions by Mendel Biotechnology, Hayward, California. Central Lakes has three acres of established plantings and will add another three acres this year.
Miscanthus could be a nice fit for central Minnesota agriculture, says Central Lakes College Ag Center Director Robert Schafer, who is leading the research.
Wadena and Todd counties have an abundance of sandy, erodible soils poorly suited to row crops. Miscanthus grows quite well in poor soil, and provides permanent cover on sensitive lands, reducing erosion and runoff. In more productive farming areas, like southern and western Minnesota, miscanthus could be planted in grass waterways and stream buffers to protect soil and water, Schafer adds. The cold-hardy cultivars had excellent over-wintering survival rates, even during the open winter of 2011-12, when there was little snow to insulate the plants.
In trials from 2009 to 2011 at the Staples research farm, miscanthus out-yielded other biomass energy crops, including switchgrass, wheatgrass, big bluestem, and a prairie grass blend. The top-yielding cultivar, Miscanthus x giganteus Nagara, produced about six tons per acre of biomass after the second year — three times the yield of the other perennial grasses tested. Ongoing plot trials at the research farm are evaluating fertilizer and water needs, longevity, and crop production methods. Researchers are also exploring how to terminate the crop, a non-native species whose invasion risk is unknown. The goal is to develop best management practices to guide northern farmers.
Miscanthus economics
The most promising immediate use for miscanthus is as a solid fuel pellet for commercial or industrial biomass burners, says Doering. He developed guidelines for miscanthus processing at AURI's pilot plant in Waseca.
Miscanthus produces a durable, low-moisture fuel pellet with a density similar to wood pellets, Doering says. Miscanthus also has desirable combustion characteristics, says Ranae Jorgenson, AURI analytical chemist. The energy value is similar to wood pellets. And the ash content, though greater than wood, is quite a bit lower than other common types of ag biomass, such as corn stover.
Preliminary estimates put the cost of raising and transporting miscanthus and manufacturing fuel pellets at $95 to $150 per ton. That's quite a bit more expensive than wood pellets, which have dropped in price due to a glut of forest products.
Compared to expensive corn, though, miscanthus pellets look like a bargain for corn stoves, Schafer says. Central Lakes College will be testing the miscanthus fuel pellets next winter in its commercial corn furnace, which heats the school's greenhouse and 14,000-square-foot Ag Center.
"This project highlights the value of collaboration and the R&D service AURI provides," Doering says. "We offer not only data and technical expertise, but demonstrations, too."
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Book Club Set
#71, Medicine Walk
Wagamese, Richard
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"One of the finest novels of the year." (Vancouver Sun) By the celebrated author of Canada Reads finalist Indian Horse, this is an unforgettable journey of a father and son, set in dramatic landscape of the BC Interior. For male and female readers equally, for readers of Joseph Boyden, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas King, Russell Banks and general literary fiction.
Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, Eldon. He's sixteen years old and has had the most fleeting of relationships with the man. The rare moments they've shared haunt and trouble Frank, but he answers the call, a son's duty to a father. What ensues is a journey through the rugged and beautiful backcountry, and a journey into the past, as the two men push forward to Eldon's end. From a poverty-stricken childhood, to the Korean War, and later the derelict houses of mill towns, Eldon relates both the desolate moments of his life and a time of redemption and love, and in doing so offers Frank a history he has never known, the father he has never had, and a connection to himself he never expected.
A novel about love, friendship, courage, and the idea that the land has within it powers of healing, Medicine Walk reveals the ultimate goodness of its characters and offers a deeply moving and redemptive conclusion. Wagamese's writing soars and his insight and compassion are matched by his gift of communicating these to the reader.
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Q: Finding poles or removable singularities of $f(z)=z\cot(z)$ Im trying to find pole or removable singularities, and also determining their order of following function:
$f(z)=z\cot(z)$
My solution so far is:
$f(z)=z\cot(z)=z\frac{\cos z}{\sin z}$
$\Rightarrow$ pole in $z=\pi k$ since $\lim_{z\rightarrow\pi k}=\frac{\pi k \cos(\pi k)}{"0"}=\infty$
From here on I don't know how to determine what order of pole it is, the solution I tried reading from the book is using the definition:
$z_0$ have a pole of order $n$ if $\lim_{z\rightarrow z_0}(z-z_0)^nf(z)\neq0$
But I find it hard to apply since the $(z-z_0)^n$ won't cancel out anything in $f(z)$ which it does when using this theorem at polynomials, therefore I don't really know what to try next, or if it might be some definition that I missed out that you're supposed to use when dealing with trigonometry.
Anyone would like to give me a hint?

A: The Laurent series expansion of $\cot z$ (from here) is
$$
\cot z = \dfrac{1}{z}-\dfrac{z}{3}-\dfrac{z^3}{45} + \Theta(z^5)
$$
For $z\in D(0, \pi)=\left\{z\in \mathbb{C} : \ |z-0| < \pi \right\}$
Then, the series of $z \cot z$ is given by
$$
f(z) = z \cdot \cot z = 1-\dfrac{z^2}{3}-\dfrac{z^4}{45} + \Theta(z^6)
$$
Then, it has a removable singularity at $z=0$.
Another way to do it is by computing the limit in $\mathbb{R}$
$$
\lim_{z \to 0} z \cdot \cot z = \lim_{z \to 0} \dfrac{z \cdot \cos z}{\sin z} = \underbrace{\lim_{z \to 0} \dfrac{z}{\sin z}}_{1} \cdot \underbrace{\lim_{z \to 0} \cos z}_{1} = 1
$$
As this limit exists, and $f(z)$ can be written as a Laurent series, then the limit in $\mathbb{C}$ is the same as the limit in $\mathbb{R}$.
EDIT: For the singularities at $z = k\pi$ for $k \in \mathbb{Z} \setminus \{0\}$, the singularity is of order one:
Using the result above we have that
$$
\lim_{z \to k\pi} f(z-k\pi) = \lim_{z \to 0} f(z) = 1
$$
And
\begin{align*}
\lim_{z \to k\pi} f(z) & = \lim_{z \to k\pi} z \cdot \dfrac{\cos z}{\sin z} \\ & = \lim_{z \to k\pi} \left[(z-k\pi) + k\pi\right] \dfrac{\cos z}{\sin z}  \\ & = \underbrace{\lim_{z \to k\pi} \left(z-k\pi\right) \dfrac{\cos (z-k\pi)}{\sin (z-k\pi)}}_{1} +  \underbrace{\lim_{z \to k\pi} k\pi \cdot \dfrac{\cos (z-k\pi)}{\sin (z-k\pi)}}_{\text{doesn't} \ \text{exist} \ \text{for} \ k\ne 0}
\end{align*}
Then, computing the limit of $(z-k\pi)f(z)$ for $k\ne 0$:
$$
\begin{align*}
\lim_{z \to k\pi} (z-k\pi)f(z) & = \lim_{z \to k\pi} (z-k\pi) z \cdot \dfrac{\cos z}{\sin z} \\ & = \lim_{z \to k\pi} \left[(z-k\pi)^2 + k\pi (z - k \pi)\right] \dfrac{\cos z}{\sin z}  \\ & = \underbrace{\lim_{z \to k\pi} \left(z-k\pi\right)^2 \dfrac{\cos (z-k\pi)}{\sin (z-k\pi)}}_{0} +  k \pi \underbrace{\lim_{z \to k\pi} (z-k\pi) \cdot \dfrac{\cos (z-k\pi)}{\sin (z-k\pi)}}_{1} \\
& = k\pi
\end{align*}
$$
Then $f(z)$ has one removable singularity at $z=0$ and one pole for $z=k\pi$ for $k \in \mathbb{Z} \setminus \{0\}$

A: The best way to tackle this kind of problems is by not using the exact representation of power series, but using theory. That is:
$$f(z)=\frac{z\cos z}{\sin z}=\frac{z\cos z}{\left(z-\frac{z^3}{3!}+...\right)}=\frac{z \cos z}{z\left(1-\frac{z^2}{3!}+...\right)}=\frac{\cos z}{\left(1-\frac{z^2}{3!}+...\right)}$$
and we have that the function has a removable singularity at $z=0.$
Apply the same logic and develop $\sin z$ aroun $z=k \pi, k \in \mathbb{Z}^{*}$
We get:
$$f(z)=\frac{z\cos z}{(z-k\pi)+\frac{(z-k\pi)^3}{3!}+...}=\frac{z\cos z}{(z-k\pi)h(z)}$$ where $$h(z)=1-\frac{(z-k\pi)^{2}}{3!}+...$$ which is holomorphic for $z=k\pi,k\in \mathbb{Z^{*}}.$$
Now we set $$g(z)=\frac{z\cos z}{h(z)}$$ and now we get:
$$f(z)=\frac{g(z)}{z-k\pi}$$ with $g$ holomorphic for $z=k\pi, k\in \mathbb{Z}^{*}$
By a well known theorem, if your function is of the form $\frac{g(z)}{(z-z_0)^n}$ and $g$ is holomorphic for $z=z_0$ then $z_0$ is a pole of order n. So we get the desired result, that is, 0 is a removable singularity, and $k\pi, k\in \mathbb{Z}^{*}$ is a pole of order 1


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Q: How do you change the datatype of a column in SQL Server? I am trying to change a column from a varchar(50) to a nvarchar(200). What is the SQL command to alter this table?

A: ALTER TABLE [dbo].[TableName]
ALTER COLUMN ColumnName VARCHAR(Max) NULL

A: ALTER TABLE TableName
ALTER COLUMN ColumnName NVARCHAR(200) [NULL | NOT NULL]

EDIT
As noted NULL/NOT NULL should have been specified, see Rob's answer as well.

A: For changing data type
alter table table_name
alter column column_name datatype [NULL|NOT NULL]

For changing Primary key
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_MyTable PRIMARY KEY (column_name)

A: As long as you're increasing the size of your varchar you're OK.  As per the Alter Table reference:

Reducing the precision or scale of a column may cause data truncation.

A: Use the Alter table statement.
Alter table TableName Alter Column ColumnName nvarchar(100)

A: in 11g:
ALTER TABLE TableName
Modify ColumnName DataType;

EG:
ALTER TABLE employees
Modify BIRTH_DATE VARCHAR(30);

A: Don't forget nullability.
ALTER TABLE <schemaName>.<tableName>
ALTER COLUMN <columnName> nvarchar(200) [NULL|NOT NULL]

A: The syntax to modify a column in an existing table in SQL Server (Transact-SQL) is:
ALTER TABLE table_name
    ALTER COLUMN column_name column_type;

For example:
ALTER TABLE employees
    ALTER COLUMN last_name VARCHAR(75) NOT NULL;

This SQL Server ALTER TABLE example will modify the column called last_name to be a data type of VARCHAR(75) and force the column to not allow null values.
see here

A: ALTER TABLE [Performance].[dbo].[CRA_283_Violation]
ALTER COLUMN [Throughput_HS_DC_NodeB_3G_Alarm] bit

A: The original question is for 'SQL Server'
However, in the case you read this post when you are with a MySql Server,
the 'ALTER COLUMN' cannot be used to change the column type.
To change the column type on a MYSQL server, you can use:
ALTER TABLE `USER`
    MODIFY SESSION_ID VARCHAR(100) NULL;

I used the line above to extend from varchar(20) to varchar(100) the column with a MySql Server.

A: Try this:
ALTER TABLE "table_name"
MODIFY "column_name" "New Data Type";


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Colonialism's Clothing: Africa, France and the Deployment of Fashion by Victoria L. Rovine
Through art and design practices, France was able to take a lot of inspiration from their colonies, and the continent of Africa served as one of the main sources of new ideas. In this text, Victoria Rovine presents a few very interesting points about France's relationship with Africa, both during and post-colonial rule. By the end of my response, I will have focused on how she defines the term 'traditional, used in the context of African style, and how the French attempted to reinvent Africa's 'conservative and unchanging' dress. (Rovine, 2009, p. 44) Then, I will elaborate on cross cultural hybridity between fashions from both sides.
The word 'traditional' has very rigid connotations. Non-western clothing, often described as "costume", is not interpreted as fashion because it does not move at the same pace as the Western fashion industry. Rovine iterates that African people were steadily adopting Western garments into their wardrobes, being 'transformed into [their] local styles'. This acted as a symbol of modernity, proving that France was gaining success in the process of 'civilising' the nations they colonised. (Ibid., p. 45-46) One example of this is the suit of a Tswana chief described on page 49 from the late nineteenth century. He adorned a suit 'in European fashion' made from tiger skin. Jean Comaroff summarises that the 'crafting' of the suit was a 'symbol of chiefly authority' which 'mediate[s]' between the two 'systems of authority'. (Comaroff cited by Revine, 2009, p. 49) In all, the suit was the embodiment of a bridge connecting the cultures together and enforcing colonial hierarchies, prioritising 'modern' garments.
On the other hand, France began to incorporate African textiles, garments and prints into their style with different intentions. They looked to Africa for non-Eurocentric inspiration, something completely different from what they were seeing by designers at home. A contemporary understanding of cultural exchange was that French designers were 'authenticating' colonies by using them in their practices. Paul Poiret's 1920 'Tanger' ensemble (pictured below) shares close connections with Morocco and embodies a 'mimetic approach to cross-cultural influence'. The designer sought after exotiscised clothing to elevate his niche of 'Oriental-style' garments and theatre costumes. The irony here is that when these clothes are worn on people native to Africa, they were received as 'primitive' or as a symbol of 'deplorable backwardness'. (Rovine, 2009, p. 55-56) It is not until they are 'modernised' by Western powers that their clothing and textiles are validated.
To conclude, the 'authentication' of African elements into early twentieth century French design was an oppressive and deeply problematic colonialist tool which placed African fashion below that of French fashion. Until worn and adapted by French designers, African garments were not perceived as fashionable or modern, which was the manifestation of colonial dominance over Afrocentric aesthetics. In the words of Revine, France still owes a 'stylistic debt to Africa' and their textile practices because this is what helped elevate French fashion during their colonial period. We can see a legacy of Western people benefiting from the use of 'exotic' references in their art as depicted in the two black and white photographs above. Captured by Virginia-born photographer Richard Avedon, we see an interesting fusion of Eurocentric beauty ideals, high fashion and foreign animals. It is interesting to consider how we construct the barrier between cultural exchange and appropriation in the futures of both fashion and art. Modern discussions on cultural appropriation are very relevant to the piece we have analysed, and Revine is careful to introduce the term 'authentication' as, almost, a synonymous alternative. (Ibid., p. 53)
George Lepap. 1920. Tanger ou Les Charmes de l'Exil. Robe d'après midi et Cape de Paul Poiret. [Online].
Richard Avedon. 1979. Dovima with Elephants
Richard Avedon. 1981. Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent
Victoria L. Rovine, 'Colonialism's Clothing: Africa, France, and the Deployment of Fashion', Design Issues, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2009, pp. 44-61
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10 Classic Concerts played on Yamaha Drums
Apr 23, 2018 | NEWS, RATINGS
It is common knowledge that Yamaha is a company with an outstanding history in the world of musical instruments. Without fear of exaggeration, it can be said that their synthesizers and drums (the Recording Custom in particular) have helped define the sound of modern popular music. It is therefore interesting to take a closer look at some of iconic concerts and see which of them were played on Yamaha drums. Naturally, the selection was a subjective one. If you have some suggestions as to live performances not included here, feel free to let us know. Who knows? Perhaps there will be enough of them to write a second installment?
10. U2 – Live at Red Rocks, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO, 1983 (drummer: Larry Mullen Jr.)
A classic performance from the early days of U2, which took place as part of the concert tour in support of their third album, "War". It was originally released as a video cassette titled "U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky", and Rolling Stone described the performance of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" featured in the film as "one of the 50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock and Roll". If so, it's probably high time to forget Bono and Adam Clayton's hairdos, and acknowledge the importance of Larry Mullen Jr's drumming style for U2's global phenomenon. What drums have been his weapon of choice over the years? For years, it has invariably been Yamaha…
9. Faith No More – Live at Brixton Academy, London, 1990 (drummer: Mike Bordin)
In this case, we could include the band's 1992 performance from Prague, which already featured material from FNM's most critically and commercially acclaimed album, "Angel Dust". The event was also transmitted live on MTV. However, they were playing in broad daylight, supporting Guns n' Roses. For this reason, I'm going for a show they did two years earlier, which presents a youthful, slightly callow, but absolutely irrepressible incarnation of the band. Drummer Mike Bordin had already arrived at his classic kit configuration (Maple Custom a lot of the time). He has never been one to modify or drastically change it anyway…
8. Led Zeppelin – Live Aid, JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, 1985 (drummers: Phil Collins, Tony Thompson)
There's been a lot of bad blood in connection with that performance. Both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page would rather forget it, while Phil Collins had to take a lot of heat for having performed poorly. It would seem undeserved as one can clearly see Chic's Tony Thompson attack his Yamaha (seems like a Recording Custom), paying no heed to his colleague (he knew how to bash on the drums), while Phil lets it go and leaves space for him. Despite a few lapses and a slightly chaotic performance, we are dealing with a historic moment, i. e. one of three Led Zeppelin reunions after John Bonham's passing.
7. Whitesnake – Live at Donnington, 1990 (drummer: Tommy Aldridge)
A concert played to a huge audience at the Monsters of Rock festival, which Whitesnake were headlining. It spelled the end for that most commercially successful incarnation in the group's career, as it disbanded shortly after, but portrays Tommy Aldridge and all his band mates in excellent form. Eleven years later, Whitesnake's fans organized a successful Internet campaign for the release of this material on CD, DVD and vinyl. The instrument Tommy used here was a custom made set with Recording Custom lugs and larger badges.
6. Steps Ahead at Carlsberg Glyptotek, Kopenhagen, 1983 (drummer: Peter Erskine)
There's never enough of Peter Erskine's drumming, especially on a drumming website. As the man did play Yamaha drums for a few years, his name simply has to be included on this list. Just listen to how beautiful they can sound when used by a master such as this. Vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri, adds his exquisite parts, all under the supervision of saxophone great Michael Brecker in Steps Ahead. Sit back, take a look, take a listen…
5. Guns N' Roses – Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Wembley Stadium, London, 1992 (drummer: Matt Sorum)
One could include a show GNR did a few weeks later in Paris, which was transmitted live to every corner of the world, and released as a feature film. It is, however, the Wembley appearance in memory of Queen's mighty frontman that has left an indelible mark in Guns N' Roses and rock fans' memory. One of the reasons for that was the iconic rendition of Bob Dylan's classic "Knocking On Heaven's Door", which basically became the reference version for the young generation of the early 90s. The band were at the height of their popularity, powered by drummer Matt Sorum's efficient playing behind his stadium-sized Yamaha, which seems to be a Rock Tour Custom. A genuine rock classic…
4. Billy Cobham & George Duke – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, 1998 (drummer: Billy Cobham)
The great Billy Cobham and his old mate, George Duke, reunited to charm the audience the way they had done twenty two years earlier at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Their performance of "Stratus" unfailingly makes the listeners' blood boil. The old magic recaptured right there with the help of what looks like a Maple Custom kit (Mr. Cobham prefers maple anyway).
3. Queen – Queen Magic Tour: Hungarian Rhapsody / Live at Wembley Stadium, 1986 (drummer: Roger Taylor)
Two similar shows from the summer of 1986, portraying Queen a year after their triumphant appearance at Live Aid (could also make this list), which secured them a return to the top in what was possibly their best live fig. The former was filmed on movie film and shown in movie theaters. All the classic live killers (!) from the group's back catalogue plus the then new "A Kind of Magic", "One Vision", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Friends Will Be Friends" guarantee great fun as well as beautiful experiences for every stadium rock fan in the world. The fact that both videos document the final tour of the classic Queen line-up only adds to the historic value of these magnificent performances from the band (including drummer Roger Taylor). Also, let's not forget the failproof Yamaha Recording Custom…
2. Paul Simon – Live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia, 1980 (drummer: Steve Gadd)
A performance by Paul Simon and band during the concert tour promoting the album "One-Trick Pony". It very quickly became one of Simon's most frequently bootlegged live recordings, which can be attributed to both good sound quality and an excellent performance by all the instrumentalists. In the Internet and YouTube age, this recording has been given a new life due to the fact that the version of "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" included there is one of the most frequently watched instances of Steve Gadd's drumming genius. And the name Steve Gadd is synonymous with Yamaha…
1. Buddy Rich Memorial Concert, Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, 1989 (drummers: Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl)
Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd and Dave Weckl performed on stage in the second part of the concert (the first act featured Louie Bellson, Gregg Bissonette and Dennis Chambers). Each of the three gentlemen appeared accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band, embellishing their individual performances with a drum solo, to finally play together, exchanging solos and fills. Pure magic created with the help of Yamaha Recording Custom kits in three classic colours.
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Cory Hardrict seems to be reminiscing about his longtime marriage to Tia Mowry.
Shortly after Mowry publicly revealed the exact moment she knew she wanted to file for divorce, Hardrict hopped on Instagram Live.
Though he did not utter a single word during Thursday night's livestream, the 43-year-old seemed to say quite a bit.
Nas' new song, "Reminisce," played from Hardrict's car radio as he sat silently in the driver's seat.
Some of the lyrics of the track include, "Reminisce. Relationships ain't the prettiest. I was stuck on the silliness. Was it love that I was really in? We don't know until it really end, but then it's too late. Reminisce."
The actor's fans flooded his comments section with words of encouragement, writing things like, "We're still going to hold you down and support," "Praying for peace and blessing," "Everything will be ok. You know regardless she still loves you" and "King stay strong."
Hardrict's very telling social media activity came one day after Mowry, 44, spoke candidly about the "awakening" she experienced before making the decision to pull the plug on their union.
"I knew when I really started to focus on my happiness," the "Sister, Sister" alum told Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on Wednesday's "Today" show.
"I feel like women, we tend to focus on everybody else's happiness, making sure that everybody else is OK — meaning our children, our friends, our family — but at the end of the day, it's about self-love. And when you really start to work on yourself, love yourself, know your value, know your worth — then all of a sudden, there's this awakening."
Mowry cautioned that the "journey" that follows such an "aha moment" is "hard" but noted it's "so, so worth it."
The actress told Kotb and Hager "there was this sadness" surrounding her and acknowledged that the simultaneous losses of two loved ones served as a reminder that "life is short."
She added that she was "in therapy" when she made up her mind about ending her 14-and-a-half-year marriage, which she still considers to be "a success."
Mowry filed for divorce on Oct. 4, citing irreconcilable differences. She posted a statement on social media later in the day, explaining that she and Hardrict were going their "separate ways."
She asked the judge for joint physical and legal custody of their two children: son Cree, 11, and daughter Cairo, 4.
The two tied the knot in April 2008.
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