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Liberation, Edited and Introduced by Mark Ludwig
I don't get a suit of armor. I'm exposed, like a nerve. It's a nightmare.
You know, I've got a cluster of shrapnel, trying every second to crawl its way into my heart. (points at the MINI-ARC REACTOR in his chest) This stops it. This little circle of light. It's part of me now, not just armor. It's a… terrible privilege.
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Freedom is a nebulous concept. With election season bearing down upon us, it is a word that gets bandied about. Partisan polarization and extremism have rendered the word all but meaningless in everyday communication. What is freedom? What does it mean? Freedom from what? Freedom to do what? Freedom fries, freedom fighters, and Freedom, the magazine bankrolled by The Church of Scientology focusing on "Investigative Reporting in the Public Interest." Somewhere George Orwell is having the last laugh.
Unlike the dank swamp of political discourse, poetry is and should represent something higher and more immediate. Poetry is the "exposed nerve" Bruce Banner talks about. Despite his herculean alter ego, he wears no armor and he feels every bullet and every punch. If poetry can be equated to a superpower, it is one of ultimate vulnerability. Modern post-war poetry presents a confessional immediacy from the poet. Poets also shoulder a "terrible privilege," to borrow Tony Stark's description of his self-made, armored superpower suit. Liberation: New Works on Freedom from Internationally Renowned Poets, edited and introduced by Mark Ludwig, casts a wide net. Spanning the globe and ranging from amateurs to academics, Liberation seeks a poetic exploration of freedom. It is both tightly snarled together with immediate political concerns, but also approaches these same mundane practical issues with poetry. What results is a literary alchemy, akin to coal plus pressure plus heat plus time resulting in diamonds. Or grit in an oyster producing a pearl. The pain, oppression, tragedy, horror, and atrocity that seems to engulf the globe has given the world these poetic selections.
Beyond the geographic and political, these poems also range from the rhymed to free verse to more experimental forms. Formalistic variations either distance or draw in the reader. The challenge of the poet is to reverse engineer a harrowing tragic experience and turn it into an enjoyable piece. But not every poem here is tragic and despairing. Also included are poems of joy and consuming life's simple pleasures. In participatory democracies, everyday activities we take for granted can also represent small victories in personal freedom.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation from the Nazi concentration camps and the end of the Second World War. Mark Ludwig, who edits and introduces this poetry collection, "is the founding executive director of the Terezín Music Foundation (TMF), dedicated to preserving and performing the musical legacy of composers imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp and all artists lost in the Holocaust." This collection aims to dispel the oft-quoted (and misquoted) saying from philosopher Theodore Adorno, "Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric." (The well-known variation being "There is no poetry after Auschwitz.") Unfortunately, even the scope, singularity, and sadism of the Holocaust now seems like a nexus where future barbarities bloomed, whether in Soviet gulags, CIA black sites, and the torture chambers of US allies. One can also add the victims of cartel violence, whether in Colombia or Mexico, and the periodic spats of bloodletting that characterizes the Israelis and Palestinians murdering each other over yards of desolate desert real estate. When one dwells on these everyday atrocities or watches the evening news, the only response seems apocalyptic despair. The only sane sensible thing seems to be give up.
Yet poetry offers a respite, a chance to re-balance the scales, if only from a highly personal perspective. Percy Bysshe Shelley once said, "Poets are the unrecognized legislators of the world." Probably why every regime, whether democratic, communist, fascist, monarchist, or theocratic, has sought to silence, censor, or kill poets who don't follow and obey with an unthinking, unblinking, animalistic obedience. Sometimes these rebellions happen with direct poetic attacks on the oppressors. At other times, it is a single poet writing about his or her daily experiences with a tenacious honesty.
An anonymous Afghani woman poet wrote: "When sisters sit together, they always praise their brothers./When brothers sit together, they sell their sisters to others." (Translated from the Pashto by Eliza Griswold.)
Liberation also contains poetry by world renowned American poets like Robert Pinsky, Rita Dove, and Yusef Komunyakaa, in addition to a constellation of foreign language poets less well known to an American readership. This volume of new original poetry is a timely rumination on the concept of freedom. Unlike scientific discoveries that yield answers to questions, "What is freedom?" (and also, "What does it mean to be free?") are questions that require us to re-think and re-answer them every day.
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If you want to help children this festive season, then head over to The Lions Centre and visit our starlit tree in reception. Simply take a star from the tree and donate the desired gift by Saturday 21st December (Millwall v Barnsley) to make a wish come true.
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Your donation this Christmas will be the one extra present the families need to make a huge difference to their lives.
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A Theoretical Perspective of Factors that Relate to the Functional Independence of Mature Adults
Richard N. Ashden EdD,DC, University of San Diego
EdD Doctor of Education
Dissertation Committee
Edward Kujawa Jr., PhD, Director; Johanna S. Hunsaker, PhD; Elmer Baldwin, EdD
administrators, elderly, functional independence, Leadership studies, living conditions, mature adults, quality of life
Limitations of policy makers and health care providers understanding about living conditions in later adulthood continually constrains mature adults from doing more for themselves, and society. These circumstances move society to devalue mature adults. Less valued mature adults tend to become even more dependent, that is, increasingly less willing to care for themselves, and less able to contribute to the social good. As a result, a vicious cycle was created, and it caused mature adults to live lower quality lives, and become increasingly dependent on others. To empower mature adults in later life, this study does the preliminary work to develop an instrument to discover which quality of life indicators/factors best explain Functional Independence (FI). The six indicators investigated were the (1) Activities of Daily Living Status (ADLS) or competency in the performance of essential daily tasks, (2) Physical Status (PS) or the level of physical activity, (3) Cognitive Status (CS) or good mental health, (4) Social Status (SS) or supportive relationships, (5) Environmental Status (ES) or the freedom from undue stressful life events and everyday frustrations, and (6) Health Status (HS) or the mitigation/absence of chronic diseases. Empowering mature adults to do more for themselves, and society has the potential to engender more enlightened social attitudes about later adulthood. To learn more about these six quality of life indicators, data highlighting the most relevant research studies were accumulated, and a 32-question survey was created. Administrators then were contacted from five senior citizen centers to make arrangements to administer the survey. After taking steps to protect all subjects, the survey questionnaire was piloted to a sample of 10-12 mature adults, and then completed by a total sample of 160 subjects who could be conveniently recruited at the five senior citizen centers. The data analysis reported demographics showing a majority of the sample of mature adults were female (98), Caucasian (134), over 66 (130), married (at least once) (122), and high school graduates (147). Factor analysis revealed a seven-factor solution accounting for 62.1% of the variance of FI, four of its seven factors consisting of three or more questions, and significant factor loadings for 22 of the 26 survey questions analyzed. Internal consistency reliability was measured using Cronbach's alpha; based on the five inter-item subscales (ADLS, PS, CS, ES, SS) analyzed, it was found that the overall alpha for Functional Independence (FI) was .7771. In contrast, based on the 26 questions analyzed, it was found that the overall alpha for Functional Independence (FI) was .8285. Null hypotheses testing showed that significant correlations existed among each pair of quality of life variables analyzed; this was consistent with the research reviewed.
Dissertation: Open Access
Digital USD Citation
Ashden, Richard N. EdD,DC, "A Theoretical Perspective of Factors that Relate to the Functional Independence of Mature Adults" (1998). Dissertations. 632.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/dissertations/632
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5 essential browser add-ons for ultimate video control
By Nathan Taylor
Download videos from the internet and enjoy them your way
5 essential browser add-ons for video
If you're inclined to downloading media content (and if you're reading this, we assume you are), you've probably already found a few browser add-ons to help you out. There are dozens of Torrent and NewsBin search add-ons, for example, and you may already have a few that help you find what you want faster.
Our favourite add-ons, however, are the ones that really add functionality to your browser and make it a much better tool for downloading. Here we've listed some of our favourite browser add-ons for Chrome and Firefox. The first four we couldn't live without, while the last offers a certain level of convenience for people who don't like having a lot of apps installed.
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Video DownloadHelper
Available for: Firefox
Link: Video DownloadHelper
We've yet to find a better add-on for saving YouTube, Daily Motion and other embedded videos to your hard disk than Video DownloadHelper. It readily supports resolution selection on major services, and it can also convert videos for you, turning those .flv files into .mp4 files (for example) that your media player can natively play.
It's very easy to use. It appears as a button in Firefox, and is also accessible from the Tools menu once installed. Next to the button, a small arrow appears.
Whenever you visit a site with embedded media that Video DownloadHelper can grab and save to your disk, the icon will start spinning. Then just click on the arrow next to it and a list of embedded files will appear, with different resolution options and file formats if available. Click on one of them, and it will add the download to your browser download queue.
To convert videos as you download them, right click on the icon and select preferences. Click on the Conversion tab, enable Conversion. There will be a button to download and install an external converter application on your PC. Once that's done, you can set your conversion rules (formats and so on). Unfortunately, on the free version of the app, it will leave a watermark.
Available for: Chrome (incl. Android), Firefox
Link: Hola!
One of the key reasons people purchase a VPN service is to access content in countries that normally restrict us. The thing is, a paid VPN service isn't the only way. There are a handful of free browser add-ons that can accomplish a similar feat. Admittedly, they're not as capable or reliable as a commercial VPN service, but if you're not keen on paying the freight, they're the way to go.
Probably our favourite such add-on is Hola! It's highly effective, working for sites like Hulu, Netflix and the BBC iPlayer. You just head to the site that you want to view the video on, where you'll see the obligatory "dude, not from your country" message. Then you click on the Hola! icon in the tool bar and select the country you'd like to appear to be from.
A second later the icon will change to the country flag, and you'll be effectively spoofed for that site. Then just reload the page and watch away. It even works with Google Cast, so you can beam your videos to your TV.
However, it's important to note that the company was recently found to have been selling its users idle bandwidth. Under the brand name of Luminati, Hola! was offering paying clients the ability to route data through IPs of its users all over the world. Despite this, we still see it as a useful service when it comes to downloading online videos.
Available for: Chrome (all platforms)
Link: Google Cast
You really need a Chromecast device for this to be useful, but if you do get hold of a $50 Chromecast, this opens up a world of options.
What it does is beam an open Chrome tab to your TV screen via the Chromecast. That might not sound like much, but when combined with embedded video players it's actually very useful.
The VLC add-on that's installed along with the VLC media player, the one that lets you play video in your browser, works with it. You can watch embedded Hulu or Netflix videos, or beam BBC or ABC iPlayer videos. Of course, you can also stream YouTube videos and other embedded pages.
Operation is very simple: go to whatever tab you'd like beamed to your TV set. Click on the Google Cast icon in the toolbar, and select your target Chromecast device. Video up to 720p is supported.
DownThemAll!
Link: DownThemAll!
Although it doesn't do embedded media very well, DownThemAll! is a fantastic tool for quickly hoovering up regular linked content on a web page. Say you find a page with a bunch of links that you'd like to download; instead of clicking on them one by one as selecting Save As, you can fire up download them all and just check boxes next to all the items you want to grab. It works for any file type, and can readily sort images and videos from other types of content.
If for example, you wanted to grab all the MP3 files linked from a given page, you'd open up the DownThemAll add-on, select the Audio filter and check any items you'd like to download. You could also use the dTa OneClick button to automatically grab everything that matches your last selected filter options.
The add-on includes a download manager that lets you pause, reorder and resume downloads.
Torrent Tornado
Link: Torrent Tornado
If you don't love opening a new app to download torrents and would rather just do it all in your browser, you can try Torrent Tornado, an Add-on for Firefox that serves as a basic but capable BitTorrent client, capable of downloading at decent speeds.
Clicking on the Torrent Tornado icon opens up a new tab in Firefox, which lists currently downloading torrents and allows you to add more. Torrents and magnets links can also be associated with Torrent Tornado in the settings, so that clicking on a torrent link of any kind will automatically fire up the Torrent Tornado tab.
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First, Willie Mae Houk, my Mom was the best. She was born and raised right here in Chapel Hill. My Dad , John was from Pennsylvania. He meet my Mom while station at Camp Butner during WWII. They only new each other a short time before they married and he was off to fight the war. He returned to Chapel Hill in November of 1945 and I was born the following year. Mom did start to work at Suttons in the Late 50's working for<br \>Mrs. Suttons. She worked there for over 30 years. Before working at Sutton's , she worked at the Carolina Inn when she was in high school, she also worked at Brady's. She loved everyone and believed if you could not find something good to say about someone you said nothing at all. Alittle more history about her, she was raised by an Aunt and Uncle Nina and Lem (Pop) Carson. Pop drove a delivery truck for Fowler's Food for over 40 years. Her grandparents were Sparrow's. So as you can see there are years of family ties in Chapel Hill. Also someone mentioned green booths added in the late 50's , No I don't think the booths were added until the current other took over. I worked at Sutton's from June 1964 until Oct 1969<br \>and there were no booth. It was a true drug store with a fountain, cosmetics, tobacco, health items, etc. I came to work at the Chapel Hill Police Department in October 1969 and I am still there. I also am a avid Carolina Fan. I feel very blessed growing up in Chapel Hill and having Willie Mae as my Mom, and John (Curly) for my Dad. My the way my dad was bald and proud of it. Let me know forget my Wonderful Uncle Chuck . He worked for Chapel Hill Cleaners for over 20 years. <br \><br \>Sutton's still makes wonderful orangeade , hamburger and hotdogs.
Suttons! I used to get an egg sandwich and a cherry coke there almost every morning on my way to work at the Shrunken Head, or the Fireside, or Miltons. Chapel Hill was a great place in the early 70's!
Great photos. I spent many afternoons in Suttons in the 50's & early 60's. They had the best sodas...even better than Sloans. When you ordered a hamburger they put the coleslaw right on the hamburger. Glad it's still there!
Willie Mae was married to John Houk who was a painter in CH and at UNC and they were avid Carolina fans! their oldest daughter, Flora Parrish has been working at the CH Police Dept for 35+ years and has worked for the Town of CH longer than any other current Town employee! John's brother Chuck lived with them in an old farm house on Weaver Dairy Road and I've many wonderful memories of going to their house at Christmas time to see the thousands of lights and displays they put out in their yard and throughout the house. Willie Mae and John had a collection of Santas that she put out every year in Sutton's, a tradition that still continues I think. I believe they all came here from Pennsylvania back in the '50's. They were a very kind and giving family and Willie Mae was definitely the sweetest person you could ever know. Which was a good thing since she shared the space behind the counter with Mrs. Durham, who was the exact opposite! The next time you go in, look behind the counter and hanging on the wall is a commeneritive plaque that contains her actually fry pan that they retired when she died. Long the memory of the Willie Mae, John, and Chuck; good people!
To me Willie Mae Houk who was the main cook and made the best drinks at the soda fountain was Sutton's. She was always there from the time I was small in the early 1960s through the 1970s. I think she started there in the 1950s. Does anyone know more about her life story?
Sutton's has the best hot dogs in Chapel Hill, and that is what has made me a loyal customer since 1977.
That chocolate coke sounds intriguing. Does Sutton's still make them?
Thanks for providing all these great memories of my favorite place on earth, Chapel Hill.
Sutton's is my first stop each time I return to Chapel Hill. When I was at UNC in the 1980's I had lunch there at least once a week.


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The AMX-32 was a French main battle tank developed by AMX and APX in the late 1970s during the Cold War as an export tank to fit in a specific market niche of nations with smaller defence budgets. While six prototypes were built, it failed to garner interest for foreign sales.

Armor
The mantlet, the turret sides and the hull noseplate of the AMX-32 are hollow, the outer layers are made of dual hardness steel plates which are particularly effective against kinetic energy projectiles.

The frontal armor of the AMX-32 was successfully tested against 57 mm armor-piercing rounds of the ASU-57 at 500 m range and 75 mm tungsten-cored PCOT rounds fired from the AMX-13 light tank at 1000 m range. The turret side armor can withstand impacts of 23 mm armor-piercing rounds. The turret roof has been thickened in order to be protected from autocannons shells fired by fighter-bombers at a steep angle of 30°.

In addition, the AMX-32 features six smoke grenade dischargers and a dense white smoke screen can be generated by injecting vaporized diesel fuel into the exhaust system.

Fire control and observation
Turret traverse and main gun elevation are powered by an electro-hydraulic drive. The main gun can be stabilized through servo-control; using inputs sent by the  stabilized mirror head of the commander's M527 panoramic sight.

Gunner
The gunner uses an APX M581 telescopic sight with ×10 magnification with a built-in APX M550 laser rangefinder (a.k.a. CILAS TCV 80). The possibility of misalignment are reduced as the sight is an integral part of the mantlet. A Thomson CSF DIVT-13 low light television camera (LLLTV) with a ×1 magnification allows night observation up to 1200 m. The image obtained is displayed on two TV monitors (gunner and commander). The gunner also has two episcopes for direct observation.

Commander
The commander has the latest iteration of the TOP 7 cupola with eight episcopes. Each episcope has a button placed under it allowing to quickly bring his sight toward the observed area. A SFIM M527 gyrostabilized panoramic sight with three channels; two daylight (×2 and ×8) and one night (×1) with light intensification allowing night observation up to 300–400 m.

Loader
The loader has at his disposal one left-facing episcope and two rotating periscopes.

Mobility
The AMX-32 was powered by a   Hispano-Suiza (then Renault) HS-110-2-SR diesel engine fitted with twin Holset turbochargers and intercooler. The engine is coupled to an automatic, power shifting, SESM Minerva ENC 200 transmission with five forwards and reverse gears.

Prototypes
P1 : presented to the public for the first time in June 1979 at Satory VII Exhibition of Military Equipment and Weapons. Like the AMX-30, it retained a cast gun mantlet with a CN-105-F1 105 mm gun. In 1980, it was fitted with a modified turret featuring a new welded mantlet.
P2 : displayed at Satory VIII arms fair in 1981, the shape of the hull front was modified to improve its ballistic protection. Due to the previous changes, the combat weight of the AMX-32 increased to 40 tonnes.

See also
History of the tank
AMX-40

References

External links

Military Today - AMX-32

Main battle tanks of France
Main battle tanks of the Cold War

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The garlic has just begun its sun salutations. Bouquets of fava bean leaves are catching the spring rains as they emerge on sturdy stems. The promise of these two early summer delicacies is just coming into leaf, but already it's blooming in my mind. What awaits is a rich, savory saute of succulent beans and fiery garlic in butter and oil.
Shell the beans, and drop the bean seeds all at once into a pan of boiling water (enough to cover). Swirl and cook for a very short time, perhaps 30 seconds, until the beans begin to turn brighter green. Use a sieve to quickly remove the beans and drop them into a bowl of icy water to stop the cooking.
As the beans cool, pluck them from the water and pinch off their rubbery outer skin. It will be loose and easily removed, the bean slippery within. Use a knife to cut a slot in the skin if necessary to pop the bean out. Discard the skins and reserve the beans to dry.
Rinse and trim the garlic. Discard the outer green leaves. The young garlic bulb will not have differentiated cloves, and you will use the entire thing, plus some of the greens. Roughly chop the garlic into half-inch chunks.
Warm the olive oil in a saute pan to medium heat and add the garlic to the sizzling oil. Cook the garlic for a minute or so, tossing regularly, until limp and giving off a pungent odor.
Add the fava beans. Add the butter. As the butter melts, stir to coat the favas. Reduce heat if sizzling and cook for up to five minutes, testing the beans for doneness. When the beans have softened and can easily be speared with a fork, remove from heat.
Sprinkle with sea salt and eat immediately. Serves 2 people.
I love this recipe for its simplicity, and its fresh taste of spring. In fact, watching these plants develop is one of the joys of the spring season.
Young garlic, pulled before the bulb has had a chance to differentiate into cloves, has an onionlike texture and a flavor that is equal parts spiciness and grassiness.
Fresh fava beans, freed from their tough, grey seed coats, seem to be equal parts sugar and substance. Once cooked, they retain a meaty toothsomeness like the interior of a firm baked potato, but with only a light starchiness.
It's too soon to be whipping up this recipe, but I mentioned it in my column a while ago in Edible Seattle. You might not have these two crops growing in your garden right now. Plan to grow them next year, and this spring, look for fresh favas and young garlic at your local farmers market. The dish is worth the wait.


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Veterinary Homeopathy in the UK
by Carol Fieldhouse | Jan 26, 2018 | Animals
The RCVS statement
On the 3rd of November 2017 the RCVS (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons) issued a statement that effectively has stopped many successful homeopathic vets (yes vets who went on to train in complementary therapies in addition) practicing. The statement insists that drug treatments must be carried out first.
The RCVS say they haven't banned complementary therapies but anyone who knows how they work realises that using them alongside drugs is not the best option for our animals.
Many pet owners, farmers and others affected are outraged. They, like myself, have seen complementary therapies work very effectively on their own instead of drug treatments.
Join the campaign – cam4animals Full information can be found at www.cam4animals.co.uk
Where homeopathy is concerned, they say that there is 'no evidence' that it works. The RCVS are basically accusing their own vets (who are also homeopaths) of lacking good judgement, or worse! These are fully qualified vets who have gone on to complete further training in areas they wanted to find safer more natural and effective solutions. Often they have many years of experience in practice using homeopathy and other complementary therapies where possible for the sake of the animals.
Millions throughout the world use homeopathy and there is plenty of evidence that it does work. So why is the RCVS refusing to look at this? They did not even consult with their own members who are homeopathic vets prior to issuing the statement.
The 'pump them full of drugs first' position this statement recommends now applies to all complementary therapies – acupuncture, chiropractic, etc. and even things such as hydrotherapy and massage will be swept up in the chaos caused by it.
Over-use of drugs is already causing problems for humans and in the environment as a whole when the drugs get excreted and into our land and water supply. What sort of a legacy are we leaving for future generations?
Surely the RCVS ought to be embracing these therapies and getting them into every practice so that drug use and other interventions are minimised for the sake of our animals, the environment and us owners (who can save money too!),
The RCVS's motivation is questionable in other areas too. Why is it ignoring world veterinary guidelines regarding vaccinations which state that animals do not need more than one of many of the vaccinations. It is common practice for vets to insist on annual vaccinations and 'catch up amnesties' (where a pet gets lots of vaccinations in one go). There is plenty of evidence that this can be harmful to our pets – Canine Health Concern has collated a lot of it. A simple titre test can be done to check if a further vaccination is required so why isn't that standard practice? Some auto-immune diseases and general ill health have been attributed to over-vaccination. Therefore, from my simple perspective, surely the only reason to do this is for financial gain which is disgusting for an organisation supposed to be promoting animal health.
My animals have benefited greatly from Chiropractic, Hydrotherapy, Homeopathy, Laser Acupuncture and bio-resonance alongside the excellent services provided by my local vet. I just wish I could have a local vet that provided the full range itself. Here are three animals and some examples of how they have benefitted.
This is Chad who was diagnosed with CDRM at age 6. This is a disease a little like MS in humans where the animal gradually loses the use of its muscles from the tail forwards. I was told he would have around six months to live and tried acupuncture but the acupuncturist could not help.
Then I tried homeopathy, with some canine massage, chiropractic and hydrotherapy.
Homeopathy slowed the development of the CDRM so much that he lived to nearly fifteen and had a good quality of life and remained fairly mobile until he had a brain haemorrhage in March 2008.
Homeopathy also replaced his need for metacam (a NSAID painkiller) which he disliked intensely and would refuse to eat any food with it in.
Now, post statement, it is unlikely I could have got the remedy that helped Chad so much because it came from someone who was not a vet, though very experienced with dog issues. I would probably have had to have him on drugs for this and painkillers, all of which he found unacceptable.
Holly was a rescue puppy with a lot of nervousness about humans. Around the age of four, after a big shock, she developed pancreatic weakness and was unable to generate her own pancreatic enzymes. Fortunately, these days one can get powdered pancreatic enzymes (Panzyme) so we added those to her food and she was OK.
When she got older she too developed CDRM and we tried various homeopathic remedies for that but it did advance far quicker than Chad's had.
Homeopathy did get her off painkillers though which was wonderful because the homeopathic vet pointed out she was on strong opiods which were making her seem quite 'out of this world' which we had put down to old age. Once off those, she was back and bright as a button again.
She was very keen to keep going out for walks with the other dogs so I had a feeling that dog wheels might be the way to go for her. Sure enough she loved going out in her wheels and used them for 18 months for walks around the village and beyond.
She had chiropractic, laser acupuncture, canine massage, bio-resonance and homeopathy over the years.
One remedy prescribed by a homeopathic vet eliminated the urinary incontinence she developed and this gave her back her dignity (she used to get very distressed about 'leaking' and made our lives far easier too. The vet had run out of options so the homeopathic remedy was particularly appreciated.
Now, post RCVS statement, the homeopathic vet would have had to insist we went down the drug route first even though there was this remedy that could have eased her incontinence immediately. How can that be right?
Kiwi is a Golden Retriever we took on aged three. He has benefited from homeopathy all his life for minor ailments. In 2016 he got a suspected cruciate ligament problem and my vet recommended x-rays and surgery. I decided to get a second opinion from a homeopathic vet who suggested we try three sessions of laser acupuncture. After that he referred Kiwi to a surgeon who would operate if necessary. After 20 minutes the surgeon said there was no need for surgery.
Kiwi was racing around chasing balls happily, and still is as I write this. Going down the complementary route for the cruciate ligament problem not only saved him from two lots of general anaesthetic (one for the x-rays which were of doubful benefit given that this is a soft tissue injury) and surgery. It saved us a fortune as well. Everyone wins!
With the RCVS statement it is probable I think that we would have had to have the surgery. How can that be right?
Please help the campaign to get this statement turned around and common sense back!
Join the campaign – cam4animals
Full information can be found at www.cam4animals.co.uk
On 15th January 2018 a petition signed by 15,000 people was delivered to the RCVS headquarters in London. More signatures are welcome, of course! – please sign.


Our coffee and cake morning at the Mechanics in Whaley Bridge. Volunteers will be serving that special recipe coffee in order to raise funds for the group. Cake donations and raffle will be gladly accepted.


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Firefox Mobile (aka Fennec) Hits Beta
Kevin Purdy
Mozilla's Firefox-like mobile browser, Fennec, has reached its first beta release, with TraceMonkey-backed JavaScript, better support for add-ons, "gestures" and no-button browsing, and a few other neat developments.
Why TraceMonkey is Going to Blow Your Web Browsing Mind
There's a lot about the next iteration of the open-source Firefox browser to be geeked out about.…
The full release notes show what's new in Beta 1, but most people will want to know how to get it on their phones. And the answer is, still, not quite yet—this release is only officially supported on Nokia N810 tablets, or in a kind of emulator for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Most of the changes between the alpha releases and this beta are faster, faster, and faster—panning, zooming, start-up, and other performance tweaks. Check out a video walkthrough of the Beta1's new features:
Fennec is a free download for Nokia N810 tablets and Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.
Fennec M12 (Beta 1) for Maemo release notes [Mozilla via Gizmodo]
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Koshiro! You're Koshiro, right? Say something.
Physically, they said I'm fine.
What about my body? About that they said he's still unconscious.
What the hell is happening? We couldn't have switched! That's exactly what happened.
There is no mistaking it, Mizumoto is in your body.
So why am I awake but he's not? This isn't a unique occurrence.
In the past, some people were asleep for years.
Then - What if they didn't wake up? - Don't worry.
May I ask you a question? Why did you switch? Huh? If one of you didn't want to become the other, then it wouldn't have worked.
Then Koshiro wanted to At any rate, there's only one thing we know for certain.
You can never return to normal.
Kaga and Koshiro switching all of this is my fault.
Kaga and Koshiro Koshiro? What's wrong? will never No, nothing's wrong.
I'm worried about Ayumi! How was she? You saw her, right? I told them! Not to trust Koshiro Mizumoto! If you had stopped them, they wouldn't have Hey! I'm trying to talk here! Let me out! It's not my bedtime yet! Damn you! When I was at my lowest, the person who stayed beside me and lifted me up was Kaga.
Kaga! Here's the math homework.
You didn't do it, right? Oh, and here.
And if there's anything else you need, you just let me know! Thanks.
Are you serious?! When did this happen? Weren't you dating Ayumi? Does that mean he's moved on to Umine? No! It's not what it looks like! Them together? How moronic.
They don't look good together at all.
But, I kind of get the appeal.
I mean, Umine has gotten cute.
Totally! Recently, I've come to really like Umine! To me, - Umine is the cutest as she is now.
- Recently, I've come to really like Umine! I mean, Umine has gotten cute.
Ayumi? Are you all right? - I'm fine.
- But I said I'm fine! Umine is really popular now.
I'm so jealous! - When did you start dating? - How'd it happen? Ayumi's been acting different lately.
Yeah, she wasn't like that before.
That's why you broke up, right? I told you it's not what you think.
Then what's going on? Stop! I'm telling you, from the start We don't have to invite her, right? I'm embarrassed to be seen with her.
Loser has to touch Umine! He actually touched her! AKATSUKI GENERAL HOSPITAL SHUNPEI KAGA Koshiro? Why did you change with Kaga? I didn't want to die, so I switched instinctively.
But this might be a better result.
I've taken over Kaga's life.
This isn't good at all I look like Kaga, someone you hate, but you'll stay with me, right? Looking different on the outside won't change what's inside.
What do you have to be sorry about? The reason it all started.
I'm responsible for all of it.
Huh? That day, if I hadn't fallen for their trick I want you to go to the art room.
Owie, owie! Kaga, what's wrong?! Cupcake Did it taste weird? I don't normally bake I want another one.
Huh? Next time with raisins, please.
Kaga It's not your fault.
You were the victim to start.
I'll be good and do my own homework today.
Kaga can't return to his true body.
She said it's a misunderstanding! I promise I'll get your body back! It doesn't matter what you look like.
For now, focus on yourself.
No matter what, I'll be rooting for you.
Kaga went so far to protect me.
To me, Umine's cutest as she is now.
More than anyone else, I like the Ayumi with me here now.
But I couldn't do a thing to protect him.
I would discover your kindness faster than anyone else.
Why? Why did it turn out like this? What's going on? Ayumi, you can smack him if you want.
What? He's been deceiving us this whole time.
Koshiro purposely stayed with Umine to find a way to bring you back to normal.
No way Ayumi, I am so sorry for hurting you.
Let's get our bodies back.
Our families, our lives until now we'll take it all back.
You'll stay with me, right? Looking different outside won't change what's inside.
Was that meant to spite me? Umine is cutest as she is now.
Recently, I've come to really like Umine! Despite having Ayumi Kohinata's body, nothing changes for me.
Food is still tasty no matter whose body I'm in.
Hey, Koshiro, you faked everything, right? - Yeah.
- Then why did you fall with Kaga? Ayumi, Sorry.
But actually Stop! Listen to me! Those two are watching.
You - You can't be serious! - I am.
I found a way to restore Ayumi.
But we must genuinely risk our lives.
What do you mean?! First you need to fall with me.
- What?! - We're switching! Explain it properly! Kaga! Do you trust me? But he wouldn't wake up.
I didn't know what to do myself.
That's why I didn't tell you anything.
But there shouldn't be a way to get my body back.
But there is one way.
A shuffle? If you can't switch with the same person twice, then you should just pass through another person.
What does that mean? This is our current state.
First, during the next Red Moon, Kaga and Ayumi will switch, and I'll switch with Umine.
Then when the next Red Moon comes, I'll switch with Ayumi, and Kaga will switch with Umine.
Then finally Oh! We'll all be back to normal! Right.
With the second Red Moon, we'll have switched without going through the same person.
Koshiro, that's amazing! But Koshiro, this still wouldn't work.
Why? - Zenko Umine! - What? All four need to cooperate for the shuffle to work.
But I don't think she'll accept this without a fight.
Convincing her won't be easy.
So what's your plan? We have no choice but to trick her into it.
Did you stay by Umine having predicted that far? I think now I can make her do anything.
Hey do you think we can just have her cooperate? Huh? I know it'll be hard, but if we lie to force her to change back, who knows what will happen to her.
Even if we're okay, Umine's heart will certainly break into pieces.
Ayumi, I can understand how you feel, but if she betrays us, one of us could die.
Besides, this plan is the hardest on Koshiro.
He's the one who has to stay with Umine.
Hard to be the villian.
You were right there for Ayumi.
In that case, you support Ayumi.
Wait, so you also All I did was put you in charge.
I was also a reason for why Umine stole Ayumi's body.
That's why no matter what the sacrifice, I resolved to return Ayumi to normal.
THE CURSED HOUSE GO TO THE CLASSROOM.
WHEN YOU FIND AYUMI, OPEN THE CURTAIN.
- Are you going to date Kaga? - What? I've always thought that you two matched better.
How stupid can you be? Welcome home.
You used to help me like that before.
You couldn't reach the counter, so you'd try your hardest to pull out the stepstool.
You're going to help me? Thank you! Yup! I love washing dishes.
You and I, if we were born slightly more beautiful, maybe life would have been a little better.
I will accept you so please don't leave me alone.
Koshiro, let me love you.
INCOMING GROUP CALL CONNECTING GROUP CALL Hello? Hello.
I thought what we should do about Umine again.
Huh? I think we should be upfront with her after all.
You're going to tell her everything? Yeah.
And I want her to join us.
We decided to trick her because that's too hard.
But in doing so, it would be the same as what she did to Ayumi.
Who cares if she gets a taste of her own medicine? I thought so, too.
But we can't make Umine suffer more.
Why are you saying this now? There's no room for pity Kaga.
Besides, no matter what I say, it's already been decided.
Somehow, I will figure out how to convince Umine.
Oh, crap! There you are! Hurry and eat or you'll be late.
we know the change in terrain is responsible for shortening the Red Moon's appearance cycle.
Unfortunately We need to talk.
Ayumi! Where's Koshiro?! On the roof with Umine.
- Huh? If Umine refuses, we might not go back to normal! What do you mean? Ms.
If the cycle continues to shorten at this rate, in two days and also one week later will be the last times the Red Moon will appear.
Hold on! For the shuffle, we need at least two Red Moons.
We gotta trick her into it or something by the next Red Moon or else! What did you want to talk about? I'm sorry.
I was dating you because Koshiro! Where's Umine? Idiot! Chase her down! There's no time! Look.
LAST RED MOON NEXT WEEK Understand? Let's go! What are you doing?! Let's wait one more day.
- What?! - Changing how you look doesn't matter.
The one who understands that the most is Umine herself.
And what if she refuses? - I believe in her.
This isn't the time to be Kaga! Fine! "Please, for me.
" Right? And so, the next day came.
On that day, it rained from the morning.
If we can't persuade Umine by the time the Red Moon comes tomorrow, we can never go back to normal.
But Take your seats! Before we start homeroom, I have an important announcement.


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"High' standards Dealers have concerns
AKRON—While it's now legal for employees of Colorado and Washington tire and automotive service shops to get "high," that doesn't mean their employers can't hold them to "higher" standards.
In December 2012, the states became the first two—and only ones so far—to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for those age 21 and older. On Jan. 1, 2014, Colorado took it a step further, becoming the first U.S. state to allow legal retail sale of the drug.
In spite of pot's newfound legal status, employers in both states retain the right to enforce their own drug policies. And many appear to be doing just that.
Colorado's Amendment 64, which legalizes recreational use of marijuana in the state, specifically addresses the issue, noting that nothing in the law "is intended to require an employer to permit or accommodate the use, consumption, possession, transfer, display, transportation, sale or growing of marijuana in the workplace or to affect the ability of employers to have policies restricting the use of marijuana by employees."
Further, employers are able to completely prohibit or regulate the possession and use of marijuana on their property. Both rules can apply to employees who are on- or off-duty.
Washington's Initiative 502, which legalizes recreational use of marijuana, does not include provisions related to drug testing or employee use of the substance, according to the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) website.
However, state courts have sided with employers when it comes to regulating the use of marijuana in the workplace. As it stands, marijuana—both for recreational and medical use—is still illegal on the federal level.
Tire and auto service shops, which serve a safety-focused industry, are opting to restate—not revise—their existing policies.
For Terry Hoadley, general manager of Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Tire World Auto Repair Centers, the change has had no impact on the way the dealership does business—and handles employee matters.
"We have a drug policy that's been the same drug policy for quite some time, and my understanding is that the employer policy at the workplace overrides any of the other outside laws that are going on," he told Tire Business. "It's not posed us any problem in the workplace."
Mr. Hoadley said the company's policy has been "sound and true" for several years, and he doesn't see a reason to change anything.
Nick Phillippi, general manager of operations for the Nebraskaland/Kan-sas-land/-Coloradoland Tire Group, which has nine of its 42 locations in Colorado, said that while the legalization of reefer hasn't affected the company, he has taken steps to make sure employees know that nothing in the drug policy has changed.
"What we've experienced is simply the request from some of our people to clarify what our corporate stand is, and how we're now viewing the recreational use of marijuana," he said. "We pretty much just sent them information that states that it's still a federal offense, and it's still considered a controlled substance, and therefore we're not changing anything with our approach—that if you're under the influence you're in violation of company policy and federal law and could be subject to termination."
For others, the new law has had a more direct impact.
Seth Smith, manager for Edmonds, Wash.-based Factory Direct Tire, told Tire Business the dealership, owned by Nash Alibhai, already has had to let two employees go for drug-related issues following the legalization of marijuana.
"I think it has a time and a place, and the workplace is definitely not the place," he said. "...We don't make people take UAs (urine analysis) or a drug test, but when you go on your 30-minute lunch and you come back and you walk into the shop to sign in and there's a cloud of smoke behind you—and I mean there's physical signs, and anyone that's gone to college knows what that looks like—it was pretty obvious on a couple cases, and we had to let them go."
Factory Direct also has a second location in Lynwood, Wash., where he said the company does custom wheel refinishing for insurance companies in Washington and surrounding states. Between the two outlets, the company has about 14 mechanics and technicians.
Mr. Smith, who along with another manager handles most of the hiring and firing at Factory Direct, said he's never let anyone go specifically for marijuana use, but he has fired people due to performance issues. It's all a matter of wording, he said.
"I'm not going to fire somebody based on their personal life choices, but if you can't do the job to our company standards then you have a performance issue, and I will let you go for having performance issues," he said.
Though the law has favored employers so far, growing usage of the drug could mean more challenges to workplace drug policies in the future.
Mr. Phillippi said he believes Colorado will push to quantify the level of marijuana detected that would constitute being under the influence at work, noting that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the drug's active ingredient, can remain detectable in the human body for weeks after use.
"Alcohol is out of the system quickly. You drink Friday night, you go to work Monday morning, you have no alcohol in your system," he said. "You smoke Friday night after work and the next Monday—a week later—it's still going to be in your system. That's really the difference that I think is going to play out, probably in a court of law."
It should be noted that law enforcement officials in Colorado and Washington are wrestling with how to test a motorist for being under the possible influence of marijuana—aside from visible signs such as weaving while driving, etc. Some are looking into devices—similar, perhaps, to a type of "breathalyzer" used for alcohol-related traffic stops—that could measure the level of THC in a driver's blood.
Mr. Phillippi speculated that future laws may require that people test above a certain THC level—likely the same 5-nano-gram limit that constitutes a DUI in the state—in order for it to be a terminable offense.
"The lawyers will say, 'The state is saying a driver isn't impaired if he isn't at least that level, so how can an employer?'' he said.
The growing use of the drug may also make it difficult to find good employees, Mr. Hoadley speculated.
"It certainly hasn't caused us any problems at this point. I guess the other side of it is if usage is increasing, especially in the younger generation, then it might be more difficult to acquire employees, because they've got to pass the drug test in order to be hired," he said. "That could narrow the playing field a little bit, so to speak."
Mr. Phillippi agreed.
"We already have a problem with finding insurable people or people that have valid driver's licenses," he said. "That's already been a crisis across the country for multiple employers. Everybody's cracked down so hard—as you can say they should—on DUIs and even speeding, driving without a license or not having insurance, and insurance companies are becoming so much stricter on the guidelines to employers on what constitutes an uninsurable employee."
Mr. Phillippi said Nebraskaland/Kansas-land/Coloradoland Tire Group's own pool of insurable applicants has been shrinking in recent years, and he doesn't see that trend reversing anytime soon.
"The tire business, the automotive repair business has done itself a great disservice in allowing the mantra to be out there that it's a dirty, nasty, greasy job that you can't make a living at and the only people that do are the ones that can't do other stuff," he said.
"...You don't have people lined up to come to work for you necessarily anyway, and then on top of that the group of applicants that you do get, we have at least 20 percent—and that number may actually be higher—that don't have a license at all. And then we're probably at another 10 to 15 percent in the last two years that, even though they have a license, our insurance company's newest restrictions won't insure them to be able to operate vehicles for us."
He added that the legalization of marijuana is "just going to compound" the matter because it's "just one more thing to show up on their vehicle record."
To reach this reporter: [email protected] crain.com; 330-865-6148.


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Most companies have a solid plan in place when rolling out a new program, policy, or procedure – test it as much as possible in preparation for the official roll out.
When that doesn't happen, things can go awry pretty quickly. One example is Kmart, a retailer who has been gearing up to face technology with a mobile app that allows for an easier shopping experience, with great features such as coupons and rewards points being immediately redeemed from their account and mobile purchasing. The idea was simple – users could find what they were looking for through the search feature, as they were shopping they had the ability to scan the items with their phone, offering up their phone at checkout to complete the transaction. Sounds pretty great, right?
According to an article that was recently published, the company started using it at one of their stores in mid-2013 and added two additional stores a month later, with the goal of rolling it out across all of their locations by summer. Starting slowing and testing at a location or two is a good start in any planning of such a new service. They seemed to miss a step, potentially, by rolling it out on a smaller scale.
1. Testing conducted by those who created the program or app to pinpoint any areas that need improvement.
2. Testing conducted by a group of employees who have had no prior experience with this new program – this gives companies the first insight into consumer use. Feedback from this group can give some quick insight into any tweaks that might need to be made.
3. Training/testing by front line staff who will be responsible for this new program, BEFORE it rolls out. Because something new can be daunting for all involved, it's so important to get the front line staff up to speed on the new program. Let them use it as a customer, make sure training is solid for using the new technology while interacting with staff, and get some feedback from those front line workers on potential challenge areas.
These steps may have been overlooked by Kmart, as evidenced by a reporter's account of their experience when using the new app during a recent shopping experience.
1. Product searches didn't go so well – the article cites an example of typing in "healthy food" and receiving coupons for unrelated items such as jewelry and an outdoor play set.
2. All items didn't scan so well – testing of all types of packaging will ensure a smooth process. In this case, there is some user related challenge if they are unfamiliar with scanning items, especially more tricky ones such as bags, where the bar code can be hard to make completely flat. Hopefully Kmart did testing in several groups across several types of product packaging.
3. The biggest caveat of this experience? When the reporter went to the checkout line to complete the process, the employee had no idea what to do, and claimed she had never seen this program before with prior customers. It was clear that not all of the employees at this target location were familiar with the process and might not have received training on it.
Proper piloting of any new program will help alleviate potential issues; just testing at a store or two as the pilot isn't enough. Following the steps above for launching a new program can lead to less issues, bumps, and frustration for both customers and employees along the way. Hopefully, Kmart will get the app running smoothly before it is rolled out to all of its locations.


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Le château des Étangs est un château construit à partir du  sur la commune de Saint-Vincent-du-Lorouër dans le département de la Sarthe. Il est en partie inscrit au titre des monuments historiques.

Histoire

Architecture

Protections
Le château fait l'objet d'une inscription aux monuments historiques depuis le .

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des monuments historiques de la Sarthe
 Saint-Vincent-du-Lorouër

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Étangs
Monument historique inscrit en 1988


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Bashir Ahmad & Ors Vs. State of Punjab & Ors [1996] INSC 440 (22 March 1996)
Ramaswamy, K.Ramaswamy, K.G.B. Pattanaik (J)
CITATION: JT 1996 (4) 285 1996 SCALE (3)556
This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment and order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana made on February 22, 1994 in CWP No.12838/93. Admittedly, the appellants had worked initially as cleaners and thereafter they were promoted as Divers in Poultry Department of the State of Punjab. Since they were found to be surplus, they were retrenched When the Government had notified for direct recruitment in the Department of Animal Husbandry, the appellants also had applied for direct recruitment. They were not selected on the ground that they did not possess the required educational qualifications. Consequently, they filed the writ petition which came to be dismissed. Thus, this appeal by special leave.
The learned counsel for the appellants has strenuously contended that this Court in C.A. No.3496 of 1990 titled B.N. Saxena vs. N.D.M.C. decided on July 25, 1990 read down the rule holding that after the initial appointments experience gained for a considerable length of time is itself a qualification for promotion and, therefore, requirement of further qualification was bad in law. He also relied upon another judgment in State of U.P. & Ors. vs. J.P. Chaurasia & Ors. [(1989) 1 SCC 121]. Relying thereon, it is contended that the rule prescribing educational qualifications as one of the qualifications for direct recruitment must be read down. So read down, since the appellants have the necessary experience, it must be construed to be a qualification for recruitment. The view taken by the High Court and recruitment authority is had in law. We find no force in that contention. It is seen that for the direct recruitment only. The Government in the rule have prescribed driving licence and also knowledge of Punjabi language upto middle standard to be the qualification. Therefore, anyone who possesses those qualification has to be considered for recruitment. Since, admittedly,. The appellants are not fulfilling the said criteria, the dismissal of the writ petition cannot be said to be illegal.
The appeal is accordingly dismissed. No costs.


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Q: How to represent a binary vector in Python efficiently I'm doing data analysis (e.g. using Local Binary Pattern) on Python and I'm trying to optimize my code. In my code I'm using binary vectors which are implemented currently as numpu ndarray vectors. Here are three functions from my code:
# Will return a binary vector presentation of the neighbourhood
#
# INPUTS:
# 'ndata' numpy ndarray consisting of the neighbourhood X- and Y- coordinates and values
# 'thres' decimal value indicating the value of the center pixel
#
# OUTPUT:
# 'bvec' binary vector presentation of the neighbourhood

def toBinvec(ndata, thres):

    bvec = np.zeros((len(ndata), 1))
    for i in range(0, len(ndata)):
        if ndata[i, 2]-thres < 0:
            bvec[i] = 0
        else:
            bvec[i] = 1
    return bvec

# Will check whether a given binary vector is uniform or not
# A binary pattern is uniform if when rotated one step, the number of
# bit values changing is <= 2
#
# INPUTS:
# 'binvec' is a binary vector of type numpy ndarray
#
# OUTPUT:
# 'True/False' boolean indicating uniformness

def isUniform(binvec):

    temp = rotateDown(binvec) # This will rotate the binary vector one step down
    devi = 0
    for i in range(0, len(temp)):
        if temp[i] != binvec[i]:
            devi += 1
    if devi > 2:
        return False
    else:
        return True

# Will return the corresponding decimal number of binary vector
#
# INPUTS:
# 'binvec' is a binary vector of type numpy ndarray
#
# OUTPUT:
# 'value' The evaluated decimal value of the binary vector

def evaluate(binvec):

    value = 0
    for i in range(0, len(binvec)):
            value += binvec[i]*(2**i)
    return value

Is there some other way I should implement my binary vectors in order to make the code more efficient? The code is to be used with Big Data analysis, so efficiency is an important matter.
I also need to do some manipulation to the binary vectors, e.g. rotating it, evaluating its decimal value etc.
Thank you for any help / hints! =)

A: def toBinvec(ndata, thres):
    return  np.where(ndata[:,2] < thres, 0, 1 ).reshape(-1,1)

def isUniform(binvec):

    temp = rotateDown(binvec) # This will rotate the binary vector one step down
    if (np.count_nonzero(binvec!=temp)) > 2:
        return False
    else:
        return True

def evaluate(binvec):
    return sum(binvec * 2**np.arange(len(binvec)))

this should give some improvement. But most of this seems like something that will be available as dedicated in some of the scipy ( or related) packages in highly optimized version.
for example toBinvec is just a threshold, and that is available in many packages.

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