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La Isla Lido(en inglés: Lido Isle) Es una isla hecha por el hombre situada en el puerto de Newport Beach una ciudad de California al oeste de los Estados Unidos. Rodeada por la ciudad, la isla de Lido fue incorporada como parte de Newport Beach en 1906. En ese momento era en parte una barrera de arena y parte lodo. No hay instalaciones comerciales en la isla aparte de un pequeño bar abierto en el verano, y su único enlace con la ciudad es un pequeño puente. La isla artificial es exclusivamente residencial con aproximadamente 1,800 personas viviendo en su territorio.

En 1904 Henry Huntington se convirtió en socio de William Collins en la Newport Beach Company. A cambio de extender el Pacific Electric Railway a Newport Beach, Huntington recibió 250 acres (1.0 km²) y un derecho de vía de 100 pies (30 m) de ancho para un ferrocarril. Un terreno de lodo fue incluido además de la otra tierra dada a Huntington. Este lodazal se hizo conocido como Isla Electric, Isla Pacific Electric, y finalmente isla de Huntington. En 1923 fue vendida. El nuevo desarrollo fue una de las primeras comunidades planificadas planeadas en California y fue concebido para parecerse a un espacio europeo mediterráneo.

Como parte del tema Mediterráneo escogido el desarrollo fue construido con calles nombradas en honor de muchas ciudades mediterráneas, incluyendo Barcelona, Génova, Niza e Itaca.

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Munakari är ö i Finland. Den ligger i Skärgårdshavet och i kommunen Nystad i den ekonomiska regionen  Nystadsregionen i landskapet Egentliga Finland, i den sydvästra delen av landet. Ön ligger omkring 61 kilometer nordväst om Åbo och omkring 210 kilometer väster om Helsingfors.

Öns area är  hektar och dess största längd är 270 meter i nord-sydlig riktning. Närmaste större samhälle är Nystad,  km nordost om Munakari.

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Inlandsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C.

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Write the To-Do list for Monday before you leave.
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No US visa for Pakistani mangoes
Discussion in 'Pakistan Economy' started by Devil Soul, Mar 17, 2014.
Mar 17, 2014 #1
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By Farooq Baloch
The disappointment of Pakistani exporters is understandable as the US remains the most important destination for mango exporters with an annual demand of 200,000 tons. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
With the season around the corner, expats living in the US might, once again, wonder whether they will be able to buy Pakistani mangoes from their local grocery stores this year. Unfortunately, the short answer would be no.
Despite some advancement in processing technology, Pakistan has yet to reach the standards set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to tap the world's largest market.
In a recent interview with a major mango exporter, Babar Khan Durrani, CEO at Pakistan Horti Fresh Processing (Pvt.) Ltd, it was learnt that technological advancements, which opened up new markets for Pakistani mangoes, were helpful but still fail to meet USDA standards.
Previously, the country had been exporting mangoes to Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Iran, Jordan and the UK. After acquiring the hot water treatment (HWT) technology in 2012, the country was able to enter new markets in Lebanon, South Korea, Australia and Mauritius, while
New Zealand and South Africa are likely to be added to the list this season.
Durrani said they have recently imported an automatic plant from the Netherlands. The plant not only processes but does the packaging and sizing of the mangoes as well and has an ultra violet ray function to separate the damaged or infected mangoes from those deemed fit for human consumption.
Mangoes can cause nine types of diseases – fruit flies, their eggs and larva being the most dangerous. The HWT technology kills them all, Durrani claims, which is why Australia that has one of the world's toughest regulation standards opened up its market for Pakistani mangoes.
Besides HWT, growers have taken steps to protect their mangoes at the farm level. For example, they import special bags from Australia and Korea and wrap them around the fruit just when it blossoms – this protects the mangoes from fruit flies, Durrani says.
While the current technology has helped our mangoes reach more markets, including some developed ones, the exporters are barred from exporting Pakistani mangoes to the US via sea.
The disappointment of Pakistani exporters is understandable because the US remains the most important destination for mango exporters all over the world with an annual demand of 200,000 tons a year – 70% higher than Pakistan's total exports, which were recorded at 140,000 tons in fiscal 2013.
Durrani argues that Pakistan has the same processing technology as Mexico does but the latter can export their mangoes via sea. He says better diplomacy from both sides can resolve this issue.
While Durrani believes it is a diplomatic matter, Washington disagrees.
HWT and Vapor Heat Treatment are used in some countries but fruit flies in those countries are different from those in Pakistan, Spokesperson for US Consulate General Karachi Andrew L. Armstrong told The Express Tribune.
Mexico and the US are in the same geographical region – the former's pests, therefore, don't pose a threat to the American crops but Pakistan's do. It is for this reason that the US has not approved of the same treatment for Pakistani mangoes.
"Fruit flies and other pests present in Pakistan, but not in the US, must be killed in order to prevent them from harming fruit and vegetable crops in the US," Armstrong said.
To address this problem, Islamabad and Washington agreed that irradiation was the best treatment, according to Armstrong. In 2010, both countries agreed that the best option was to utilise irradiation facilities in the US. To facilitate this, the USDA created a first of its kind system to allow safe import and irradiation of Pakistani mangoes in the US. Currently, one private facility in Iowa is available for irradiation of mangoes from Pakistan.
But this option is economically not viable for Pakistani exporters. Treating Pakistan's mangoes in the US is not only costlier but also riskier, according to Waheed Ahmed – another major player in the mango export business.
A pre-clearance might have been the other option. However, the spokesman said the USDA has determined that a preclearance program is not possible at this time because it requires a USDA inspector to be present in Pakistan for the entire season and carry out various inspections – this would only raise the costs for exporters. Under the current scenario, there is perhaps only one option.
"We need at least two irradiation plants — one each in Karachi and Multan," Waheed said. Since one plant costs around $2 million, he said, they asked for the government's support but the latter did not bother.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2014.
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The denial is understandable. Quality control and health standards are still not up to par compared to other nations that export to the US, so one can understand why the US is reluctant, especially since there have been several food scares in the US in this last decade.
Let's hope Pakistani health standard capabilities grow so these restrictions become a thing of the past.
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They have Mexico next door. Their demands are met easily....
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That Guy said: ↑
We are talking about Mangoes, which are top quality in Pakistan.
Attempt is nothing but a bar on Pakistani exports. If Pakistani govt. had any political standing they would block transit aid.
BATMAN said: ↑
It's not the quality of the mangoes, it's the quality of storage and Pakistan is behind in this regard.
afaik, its the transportation and local sales... local storage is no issue.
Best option for Pakistani mango exporters is ME and maximum EU.
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India is exporting mangoes to USA right? Which mean they are doing something right and Pak should do that instead usual excuses and blaming USA.
Not just local storage, I meant transportation storage facilities on the cargo and shipments. Those are important issues that Pakistan has not fully solved.
Hakan RETIRED MOD
I see alot of stuff from Pakistan when I go to the stores in my area (USA) Many different pakistani spices are sold, aswell as rice, and some fruit products like juice. I buy the spcie packets and make biryani and some other paksitani food alot.
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I dont really think that is an issue...I have eaten Pakistani mangoes in UK and also know they are available in Malaysia so either US is BS as usual or seriously it has some prob with Pakistan not the product or any other issue!
And as far as I know in Malaysia it was the Pakistani embassy that brought them in using their own facilities or what not and sold them to the Pakistanis and then to the shops...
Kaan said: ↑
You make biryani? Even I cant make that dish
Talon said: ↑
USA is Pakistan biggest trade partner, blocking few $ million worth of mangoes does not make any sense.
Actually, the US has some of the strictest laws regarding food safety in the world. If they were willing to ban Canadian meat over a few incidences that were quickly taken care off, but still resulted in a long ban, then I'm pretty sure Pakistan is no exception.
The UK and Malaysia are not as strict...
guluchulo said: ↑
Not it isn't..
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the reason why its not allowed is mentioned in the same article. You just need to invest in irrediation plants.
Indian mangoes were not allowed till very recently and we did a deal with them, we will allow harley davidson bikes in exchange of them allowing our mangoes. May be you should do something similar..
Interesting, i was wrong. But USA does import about $4 billion of products from Pak right?
Beats me, I don't usually read up on Pakistan's import export regime, because I have no real interest in it (besides it's geopolitical impact).
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Scholastica, Virgin, Religious Obligatory Memorial
First Reading: First Kings 12: 26-32; 13: 33-34
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David,
27 If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem: and the heart of this people will turn to their lord Roboam the king of Juda, and they will kill me, and return to him.
28 And finding out a device he made two golden calves, and said to them: Go ye up no more to Jerusalem: Behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:
30 And this thing became an occasion of sin: for the people went to adore the calf as far as Dan.
31 And he made temples in the high places, and priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
32 And he appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, after the manner of the feast that was celebrated in Juda. And going up to the altar, he did in like manner in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves, which he had made: and he placed in Bethel priests of the high places, which he had made.
13:33 After these words Jeroboam came not back from his wicked way: but on the contrary he made of the meanest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he filled his hand, and he was made a priest of the high places.
34 And for this cause did the house of Jeroboam sin, and was cut off and destroyed from the face of the earth.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 106: 6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22
6 We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea.
19 They made also a calf in Horeb: and they adored the graven thing.
20 And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.
21 They forgot God, who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
Gospel: Mark 8: 1-10
1 In those days again, when there was a great multitude, and had nothing to eat; calling his disciples together, he saith to them:
2 I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat.
3 And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way; for some of them came from afar off.
4 And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?
5 And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven.
6 And taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke, and gave to his disciples for to set before them; and they set them before the people.
7 And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded them to be set before them.
8 And they did eat and were filled; and they took up that which was left of the fragments, seven baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand; and he sent them away.
10 And immediately going up into a ship with his disciples, he came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
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The pursuit of evidence is the most pressing moral imperative of our time
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Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists and the Search for Justice in Science
by Alice Dreger
This is a troubling book in many ways. It made me punch the air triumphantly and it made me angry. I was impressed by Dreger and I was annoyed by her. I think it's an important part of the story of how science and activism interact, but it's not the whole story.
Dreger is a science historian who got involved in intersex activism after studying the history of how intersex conditions were treated medically. She was able to occupy a middle ground between intersex people and medics, and use that position to investigate the current situation (in the 1990s and 2000s) and campaign for evidence-based change to treatment.
"Science and social justice require each other to be healthy, and both are critically important to human freedom. Without a just system, you cannot be free to do science, including science designed to better understand human identity; without science, and especially scientific understandings of human behaviours, you cannot know how to create a sustainably just system…The pursuit of evidence is probably the most pressing moral imperative of our time [but] we've built up a system in which scientists and social justice advocates are fighting in ways that poison the soil on which both depend."
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I can't get mad at science
by Rebecca Skloot
I remember hearing about this book when I first came out and thinking "That sounds interesting" and moving on. It got serious fanfare in the US but I think over here it was a quieter success and now I've read it I wonder why it wasn't a bigger deal here as well, because it's an amazing book.
I mean, I get it really. It's an American story by an American author dealing with some specifically American issues – segregation and civil rights, medical care and insurance, education of the poor. But it's also a universal story. I mean, Henrietta Lacks' cells are at the heart of biological and medical research all over the world.
"[I've wondered] what she'd think about cells from her cervix living on forever – bought, sold, packaged, and shipped by the trillions to laboratories around the world. I've tried to imagine how she'd feel knowing that her cells went up in the first space missions…or that they helped with some of the most important advances in medicine…I'm pretty sure that she – like most of us – would be shocked to hear that there are trillions more of her cells growing in laboratories now than there ever were in her body."
– Rebecca Skloot
I should explain. Henrietta Lacks was a very poor black woman who died of aggressive cervical cancer in 1951, aged just 31. She was being treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where a Dr Gey was particularly interested in cervical cancer, as he was studying its two different known forms, so he was taking tissue samples of every cervical tumour he came across. He also happened to be trying to grow human cells in the lab but couldn't seem to keep any alive, so any tissue samples he collected were also passed to his assistant for that purpose. Lacks' cancer cells, labelled HeLa after her, didn't die but instead multiplied. And they kept on multiplying day after day, something which was unprecedented in human tissue.
This was huge news scientifically speaking. Lab-grown human cells gave scientists an intermediary between animal testing and live human subjects. Suddenly they could infect real human cells with diseases and see how they reacted. They could test medicines and biological theories. Specific chromosomes were identified for the first time using HeLa cells. The polio vaccine was developed, as were IVF and chemotherapy. Many huge breakthroughs in science can be traced back to Henrietta Lacks. So it's strange and jarring to read that she died so poor she didn't even have a gravestone (until, that is, a year or so after this book was published when Skloot had prompted enough people to remember Lacks that the money was finally raised and a memorial service held). In fact, Henrietta Lacks wasn't even asked permission for her tissue sample to be used in research. And her family didn't know about HeLa cells until two decades after her death, when they found out from a journalist.
"John Hopkin [sic] didn't give us no information about anything. That was the bad part. Not the sad part, but the bad part."
– Sonny Lacks
"It's not fair! She's the most important person in the world and her family living in poverty. If our mother so important to science, why can't we get health insurance?"
– Lawrence Lacks
It's an often sad story, and it would be easy to be judgemental about the money made by pharmaceutical companies from HeLa while many of the Lacks family can't afford basic healthcare or decent education. But that would be an oversimplification and Skloot is a better writer than that. Dr Gey freely sent samples of HeLa cells to fellow researchers all over the world, so his only profit was his continued career. And there were very few laws surrounding medical ethics in the 1950s; it was common to take human tissues without consent, or perform tests on patients without explaining why.
Skloot combines three different stories here: the life of Henrietta Lacks and her family; the scientific impact of HeLa, including the development of ethics laws and lab procedures; and her own investigations, which lasted more than a decade and had their roots in her biology degree course, in which Henrietta Lacks merited just one sentence in one lecture. Skloot really did have to be dogged in her pursuit of the truth. The Lacks family had not been treated well by previous journalists and took a lot of persuading to co-operate.
"Truth be told, I can't get mad at science, because it help people live, and I'd be a mess without it. I'm a walking drugstore! I can't say nuthin bad about science, but I won't lie, I would like some health insurance so I don't got to pay all that money every month for drugs my mother cells probably helped make."
– Deborah Lacks
She manages all three strands brilliantly, with wit and insight. I learned a lot about the science of HeLa cells, about medical ethics (and the historical lack of them), about the Lacks family. Skloot depicts it all honestly, warts and all. The Lacks family history is a colourful one that includes slavery, STDs, domestic violence, drugs, prison and many a family feud. And the scientific story, while largely a positive one, also includes some disturbing moments.
This is an important story that needed to be told but Skloot wasn't the first to try. The difference is that she was the first to do it well. This is a gripping, entertaining read and deserves all praise and success that comes its way. When I did a little further reading on Skloot's website I discovered that with the profits from this book she set up the Henrietta Lacks Foundation, which provides grants for medical and educational expenses to those in need, particularly members of the Lacks family. I think I have developed a small crush on her.
Published 2010 by Macmillan.
Source: Borrowed from the library.
Challenges: This counts towards the 2014 Popular-Science Reading Challenge.
Kate Gardner Reviews Henrietta Lacks, medical research, popular science, Rebecca Skloot, research ethics


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Ambatomanjaka is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district 10 km north-west of Miarinarivo , which is a part of Itasy Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 15,000 in 2001 commune census.

Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The majority 85% of the population of the commune are farmers.  The most important crop is rice, while other important products are maize and cassava. Services provide employment for 15% of the population.

Religion
 FJKM - Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara (Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar).

References and notes

Populated places in Itasy Region


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Carli Lloyd suffers knee injury in NWSL action
April 24, 2016 April 23, 2016 by
Photo by Jerome Miron/USA Today Sports
U.S. Women's National Team supporters are holding their collective breath this Saturday after Carli Lloyd went down with an apparent right knee injury in the Orlando Pride's home opener against the Houston Dash.
The FIFA Women's World Player of the Year was forced out of the Pride's first home game of the NWSL season with a knee injury, and she is reportedly scheduled to have an MRI on her knee on Sunday.
Lloyd suffered the injury in the fourth minute of Saturday's 3-1 win for the Pride after lifting her leg up to block an Orlando Pride clearance and hitting the ground in pain after the ball was struck into her leg. The 33-year-old attempted to play through the pain, but she was subbed off approximately 10 minutes later.
The USWNT is set to compete at the Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, and Lloyd is expected to take part in the team's run at another goal medal. The women's competition runs from Aug. 3-19.
Here is Lloyd's injury and response:
For those who missed it, video of Carli Lloyd's injury: pic.twitter.com/JCpEen6pId
— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) April 24, 2016
Thank you all for the support. This won't stop me. Will get an MRI and go from there. I will be okay. 👍🏼💪🏼👊🏼
— Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd) April 24, 2016
Bill Minarik
Carli has had a knack of being in the right place at the right time. The only problem is that lately she hasn't been converting on a lot of opportunities. But she is still aggressive and not afraid to
mix it up with opponents going for the ball, and she tends not to make any defensive mistakes,
which is critical for a play-making mid-fielder. While I agree that a lot of the newcomers are a
lot better at this stage of their careers than many of the retirees, you still need seasoned
veterans in the middle to control play and keep the ball in the opponents end of the field.
recovered amishman
It will be interesting to see how this plays out for the WNT. Lloyd has played every minute of every game for the last 2 years, but the team has shifted around her during that time and with it, the style of play. The younger players being added are frankly better players both technically and tactically that the players who have recently retired. Lloyd was struggling to find her place in the new scheme at least if her play in the recent tournament was any indication. It's too bad she went down with an injury, but developing alternatives is long past due. That would be true even if she had been playing at the highest level of her life.
After viewing the video, I now can rule out cartilage, and I don't see the ACL tearing with her
leg up in the air like that. I wouldn't rule out a hamstring strain right where it connects down
by the knee. Anyway, that's what I'm hoping for.
slowleftarm
Thanks Dr. Bill!
Golden Goal
Tell that to my daughter – same thing happened, ACL tear. Doesn't take a nasty tackle or even weight on the knee.
If Carli is lost, that means big trouble for the USWNT in mid-field. With Rapino still questionable,
they need Lloyd to keep things stabilized, especially when playing the more physical teams. The
best teams in the world are always the strongest at mid-field. If its an ACL or MCL, at this time,
then its all over for the her at Rio. If its cartilage, they should be able to keep her going with
injectables until after the Olympics, when they can do surgery if necessary. We need to keep our fingers crossed on this one.
My guess: ACL tear.
Perhaps too many matches in the past few years with the USWNT team, turf surface, women being more prone to knee injuries and Lloyd being 33. A lot of variables to consider if my guess turns out to be true.
Really hope the MRI is negative for any structural damage. She's been a blast to watch and a bright spot for the federation – on and off the pitch.
Wrong again Old School.
Oh you're so right calling out my professional "misdiagnosis". At least you aren't fabricating statements or flat out lying here as you have started a habit of doing. Step in the right direction!
Non-contact on turf, doesn't sound good


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Chaetomorpha aerea est une espèce d'algues vertes de la famille des Cladophoraceae.

Description morphologique
Cette algue est formée de touffes filaments non ramifiés d'un vert soutenu et brillant, mais plus ou moins clair ou sombre, de 5 à  de long et de 0,1 à 0,5 mm de diamètre. Ces filaments sont composés d'articles en forme de tonnelets, visibles à l'œil nu (ou plus facilement à la loupe).

Très ressemblante à Chaetomorpha melagonium, les différences ne sont visibles qu'au niveau microscopique ; mais Chaetomorpha melagonium est un peu plus sombre, plus raide, et plus épaisse (1 mm de diamètre environ).

Répartition et habitat
Chaetomorpha aerea vit dans l'étage médiolittoral, dans les zones aussi bien abritées que battues, attachée sur un substrat dur. Elle nécessite un bon éclairement et ne se trouve guère, de ce fait, à une profondeur supérieure à 5 mètres.

On la trouve dans le nord-est de l'Atlantique (de la péninsule Scandinave au Portugal), mais aussi dans le nord-ouest de cet océan, ainsi qu'en Méditerranée ou en Mer Noire.

Systématique

Étymologie
Le terme Chaetomorpha vient du grec et signifie "en forme de poils raides". Quant à aerea, mot latin, il signifie "couleur d'airain", de bronze.

Notes et références

Références biologiques

Cladophoraceae
Espèce d'algues vertes (nom scientifique)


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First Philippine microsatellite "DIWATA" set to launch
[Update, March 22, 2016] It was announced today that the launch of DIWATA, the first all-Filipino assembled microsatellite, will be on March 23, 2016 (11:00 a.m., Philippine Standard Time), "First Philippine microsatellite "DIWATA" set to launch"
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IMS database has a rule that each segment type can have only one parent. This limits the complexity of the physical database. Many DL/I applications require a complex structure that allows a segment to have two parent segment types. To overcome this limitation, DL/I allows the DBA to implement logical relationships in which a segment can have both physical and logical parents. We can create additional relationships within one physical database. The new data structure after implementing the logical relationship is known as the Logical Database.
A logical relationship is a path between two segments which are related logically and not physically.
Usually a logical relationship is established between separate databases. But it is possible to have a relationship between the segments of one particular database.
The following image shows two different databases. One is a Student database, and the other is a Library database. We create a logical relationship between the Books Issued segment from the Student database and the Books segment from the Library database.
Logical child segment is the basis of a logical relationship. It is a physical data segment but for DL/I, it appears as if it has two parents. The Books segment in the above example has two parent segments. Issued books segment is the logical parent and Library segment is the physical parent. One logical child segment occurrence has only one logical parent segment occurrence and one logical parent segment occurrence can have many logical child segment occurrences.
Logical twins are the occurrences of a logical child segment type that are all subordinate to a single occurrence of the logical parent segment type. DL/I makes the logical child segment appear similar to an actual physical child segment. This is also known as a virtual logical child segment.
The logical connection goes from the logical child to the logical parent and it cannot go the other way around.
It allows access in both the directions. The logical child in its physical structure and the corresponding virtual logical child can be seen as paired segments.
The logical child is a physically stored subordinate to both its physical and logical parents. To application programs, it appears the same way as a bidirectional virtual logical child.
DL/I calls to access the database remains same with the logical database too.
Program specification block indicates the structure which we use in our calls. In some cases, we cannot identify that we are using a logical database.
Logical relationships add a new dimension to database programming.
You must be careful while working with logical databases, as two databases are integrated together. If you modify one database, the same modifications must be reflected in the other database.
Program specifications should indicate what processing is allowed on a database. If a processing rule is violated, you get a non-blank status code.
When we work with concatenated segments during update, it may be possible to add or change the data in both the logical child and the destination parent with a single call. This also depends on the rules the DBA specified for the database. For an insert, provide the DPCK in the right position. For a replace or delete, do not change the DPCK or the sequence field data in either part of the concatenated segment.


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Home Product Live: The Reunion by Zoot
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A fantastic CD and DVD to blow the speakers with
The Australian band ZOOT were often referred to as a 'Supergroup in reverse' and with band members like Darryl Cotton, Beeb Birtles, Rick Brewer and Rick Springfield there's no wondering why!
Categories: CDs, DVDs Tags: Beeb Birtles, Darryl Cotton, Eleanor Rigby, Rick Brewer, Rick Springfield, The Reunion by Zoot, Zoot
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The Australian band ZOOT were often referred to as a 'Supergroup in reverse'.
Band members Darryl Cotton, Beeb Birtles, Rick Brewer and Rick Springfield delivered no less than 5 Top 40 hits, including a No1 single with a classic hard rock version of The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby". Their success firmly placed them alongside their contemporaries such as The Easybeats, The Masters Apprentices and Daddy Cool. In 1969 they won the prestigious Go-Set pop poll. A solid touring outfit, they performed together from 1968 until disbanding in April of 1971 before going onto successful solo careers.
In 2011, ZOOT reformed for what was to become a one off performance in the US before the sad and untimely death of band member Darryl Cotton.
ZOOT Live – The Reunion CD/DVD captures all of the chemistry which defined ZOOT and firmly placed them into the Australian music history books during those formative years.
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Flying (Live)
Mr Songwriter (Live)
Summer In The City (Live)
Hey Pinky (Live)
Strange Things (Live)
Friday On My Mind (Live)
The Night Owls (Live)
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Phaonia gobertii är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Josef Mik 1881.  Phaonia gobertii ingår i släktet Phaonia och familjen husflugor. Arten är reproducerande i Sverige. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Husflugor
gobertii


The other day, I was passing by Wangsa Maju section 2 when I decided to drop by this relatively new establishment. Located just 5 minutes walk from the Wangsa Maju LRT, Fancy Mee Corner is popular amongst students for its delicious pan mee. I am not really a pan mee lover, but the cozy environment of this place drove me to stop by for a quick bite.
This was not my first visit here, so I knew what to expect. We had the usual fare of pan mee choices, and the side dishes of fried dumplings, fried wantons, and more. Unfortunately this round I did not take so many photos, so bear with me as I'm just going to show you some pictures of the spicy pan mee (dry version) that I ordered.
I ordered the Chili Pan Mee (anchovies version) at RM5.30 while my partner ordered the same except it was the fried fish cake version also at RM5.30 (regular size). We could choose from having either thick or thin pan mee. I chose the thick one as I like to have more bite from each mouthful. The dish came in regular or large sizes.
Overall, for the price, it really tasted pretty good. However, it used to cost RM4.90 previously, I guess we see price hikes for food everywhere nowadays. I like the fact that Fancy Mee Corner provides these dried chilli flakes to add for the extra chili oomph. I for one added lots of these chili flakes. Would I come back for more? Well, since it is really very near to my home, I will definately come back whenever I have a craving for Chili Pan Mees.
i love the fried fish cake and dried chili! appetizing!
Another one of those...usually nice but not great, expensive but not that expensive.
the price is still reasonable..as of now.. i m sure they are going to increase soon.. there is one shop in ipoh, you have to wait half an hour for a bowl of pan mee! i seldom go there now..
wow! Pan Mee.. my favourite! The eggs look super appertising! shiok max!
the pan mee looks great!
Ohhh... love the egg tht cooked perfectly! YUMMY!


This, the long-awaited follow up to the long-awaited debut release ("The Floater") from Rosemary, is certainly worth the wait. "The Fabulous Life Of. . ." features a total of four tracks, two of which were available on Rosemary's "The Floater" single, though newly re-mixed and re-mastered (hence, they're much different). The other two tracks are newly fresh and ready for purchase. All have been produced by Team Evil Records' Patrick Himes.
"The Fabulous Life Of. . ." is the first release on both Black Label Empire and Rosemary's own WaterWorks Entertainment label. Hopefully, more will follow, but, in the mean time, order your copy today and hear for yourself what the fabulous life is all about in Rosemary's "The Fabulous Life Of. . ."
Produced by Rosemary and Patrick Himes. All songs composed by Rosemary Haskins. Copyright ©2004 Black Label Empire. All Rights Reserved.


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Q: Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i WiFi Slow Connections on 5.11 Kernel seems like a very, common & frustrating topic... but my wifi is at a super slow crawl.  I am getting speeds slower than dial-up modems, which gets maddening when you are trying develop a website.
TEMPORARY SOLUTION
After trying -EVERY- solution below, nothing worked.  So I used Timeshift and rolled back my machine to Oct. 22nd, then I did NOT do any updates or upgrades.. and now wifi seems to be working pretty well. So I plan to ignore updates & upgrades for the next month and see if the problem gets corrected elsewhere.  It was definitely a recent update that caused this problem.
This is my hardware:
$sudo lshw -class network -short && nmcli device status
H/W path             Device          Class          Description
===============================================================
/0/100/14.3          wlp0s20f3       network        Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter

My current kernel is:
5.11.0-38-generic
More Details
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Release:    20.04
Codename:   focal

I have tried -all- of the solutions found here:
Ubuntu 20.04 Network Performance Extremely Slow
and nothing has worked.
Does anybody have any new tricks, that I can try?  even 1MB download would be a blessing from the heavens.
Additional Requested Info
Machine Brand/Model:
Acer Aspire 5 A515-55G
Command 1:
$ sudo lshw -class network
[sudo] password for dragonpharaoh:
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW)
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 14.3
       bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
       logical name: wlp0s20f3
       version: 30
       serial: 34:cf:f6:61:c0:38
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=5.11.0-38-generic firmware=59.601f3a66.0 Qu-c0-hr-b0-59.uc ip=192.168.0.20 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff irq:16 memory:6013104000-6013107fff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: enp3s0
       version: 15
       serial: b4:a9:fc:b0:b0:d1
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=5.11.0-38-generic firmware=rtl8168h-2_0.0.2 02/26/15 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:16 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:51104000-51104fff memory:51100000-51103fff

Command 2:
$ ls -al /etc/pm/config.d/
ls: cannot access '/etc/pm/config.d/': No such file or directory

Command 3:
$ ls -al /etc/modprobe.d/
total 64
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Sep 20 17:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 177 root root 12288 Oct 29  2021 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  2507 Jul 31  2015 alsa-base.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   154 Feb 16  2020 amd64-microcode-blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   325 Mar 12  2020 blacklist-ath_pci.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1518 Mar 12  2020 blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   210 Mar 12  2020 blacklist-firewire.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   677 Mar 12  2020 blacklist-framebuffer.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   156 Jul 31  2015 blacklist-modem.conf
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root    41 Dec 28  2020 blacklist-oss.conf -> /lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modprobe.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   583 Mar 12  2020 blacklist-rare-network.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   127 Jan 22  2020 dkms.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   154 Jun 11  2020 intel-microcode-blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   347 Mar 12  2020 iwlwifi.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    95 Sep 20 17:55 v4l2loopback.conf

Command 3:
$ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2
00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW) [8086:34f0] (rev 30)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter (201NGW) [8086:0074]
    Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
    Kernel modules: iwlwifi

Command 4:
   $ modinfo iwlwifi

Too long, pastebin:
https://pastebin.com/ThKWTSyf

Command 5:
$ sudo iwlist freq
lo        no frequency information.

enp3s0    no frequency information.

wlp0s20f3  32 channels in total; available frequencies :
          Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
          Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
          Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
          Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
          Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
          Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
          Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
          Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
          Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
          Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
          Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
          Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
          Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
          Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
          Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
          Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
          Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
          Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
          Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
          Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
          Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
          Channel 100 : 5.5 GHz
          Channel 104 : 5.52 GHz
          Channel 108 : 5.54 GHz
          Channel 112 : 5.56 GHz
          Channel 116 : 5.58 GHz
          Channel 120 : 5.6 GHz
          Channel 124 : 5.62 GHz
          Channel 128 : 5.64 GHz
          Channel 132 : 5.66 GHz
          Channel 136 : 5.68 GHz
          Channel 140 : 5.7 GHz
          Current Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)

wg-client1  no frequency information.

vboxnet0  no frequency information.

Command 6:
$ sudo iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

enp3s0    no wireless extensions.

wlp0s20f3  IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"8D"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 1C:AB:C0:21:E1:C8
          Bit Rate=144.4 Mb/s   Tx-Power=22 dBm
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-31 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:900   Missed beacon:0

wg-client1  no wireless extensions.

vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.

Command 7:
$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Kernel: 5.11.0-38-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Gnome 3.36.9
           Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa)
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A515-55G v: V1.13 serial: <filter>
           Mobo: IL model: Doc_IL v: V1.13 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.13 date: 10/15/2020
Battery:   ID-1: BAT1 charge: 39.5 Wh condition: 39.5/53.0 Wh (75%) model: PANASONIC AP19B5L status: Full
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake rev: 5 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19046
           Speed: 2256 MHz min/max: 400/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2995 2: 3104 3: 3389 4: 3109 5: 2424 6: 1099 7: 3223
           8: 3275
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce MX350] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 460.91.03 bus ID: 02:00.0
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce MX350/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.91.03 direct render: Yes
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Smart Sound Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-38-generic
Network:   Device-1: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz Wireless Network Adapter driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 6000
           bus ID: 00:14.3
           IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169
           v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 03:00.0
           IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-1: vboxnet0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           IF-ID-2: wg-client1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.96 TiB used: 2.16 TiB (73.0%)
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: RBUSNS8154P3256GJ1 size: 238.47 GiB
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB temp: 41 C
           ID-3: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 25A2 size: 1.82 TiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 91.17 GiB used: 57.70 GiB (63.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
           ID-2: /home size: 821.50 GiB used: 547.91 GiB (66.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 74.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 70 C
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:      Processes: 425 Uptime: 33m Memory: 19.33 GiB used: 9.02 GiB (46.7%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0
           Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

Command 8:
$ nmcli device wifi list
IN-USE  BSSID              SSID                              MODE   CHAN  RATE        SIGNAL  BARS  SECURITY
*       1C:AB:C0:21:E1:C8  8D                                Infra  1     270 Mbit/s  100     ▂▄▆█  WPA1 WPA2
        1C:AB:C0:22:3F:B8  8_A                               Infra  6     270 Mbit/s  67      ▂▄▆_  WPA1 WPA2
        0C:9D:92:53:8F:71  CHU_ Home                         Infra  8     195 Mbit/s  52      ▂▄__  WPA2
        1C:AB:C0:DB:BC:B8  77-7F                             Infra  11    130 Mbit/s  50      ▂▄__  WPA1 WPA2
        F4:30:B9:E1:8D:0A  DIRECT-09-HP DeskJet 5820 series  Infra  11    65 Mbit/s   49      ▂▄__  WPA2
        98:DA:C4:F9:E4:CE  CCL                               Infra  3     270 Mbit/s  42      ▂▄__  WPA2
        60:A4:B7:3D:37:A7  TANT                              Infra  4     130 Mbit/s  37      ▂▄__  WPA2
        5C:92:5E:C3:E0:30  mkmkmk                            Infra  5     270 Mbit/s  35      ▂▄__  WPA2
        74:DA:88:B2:89:B6  DiDihome                          Infra  2     195 Mbit/s  34      ▂▄__  WPA1 WPA2
        40:9B:CD:A4:38:A0  dlink-38A0                        Infra  1     130 Mbit/s  32      ▂▄__  WPA1 WPA2
        FC:4A:E9:4D:BF:32  56N9F                             Infra  8     130 Mbit/s  32      ▂▄__  WPA2
        AC:20:2E:EB:CE:58  110-8FB                           Infra  6     270 Mbit/s  27      ▂___  WPA1 WPA2
        B8:55:10:44:FA:D4  pumpkin                           Infra  6     135 Mbit/s  27      ▂___  WPA2
        CA:6C:87:FD:EE:54  stobene                           Infra  11    65 Mbit/s   27      ▂___  WPA2
        C4:12:F5:40:89:A8  D-Link_DIR-612                    Infra  1     270 Mbit/s  20      ▂___  WPA1 WPA2
        74:DA:88:B2:89:B5  DiDihome_5G                       Infra  157   270 Mbit/s  17      ▂___  WPA1 WPA2

iperf test output following @matigo 's solution (post-reboot)
# iperf -s
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size:  128 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 49.212.186.177 port 58582
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]  0.0-14.7 sec  7.75 MBytes  4.43 Mbits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 47048
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  35.0 Bytes  56.0 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 48766 (peer 29797.29556.29797-unk)
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec  4.00 Bytes  6.34 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 49782
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  35.0 Bytes  56.0 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 52368
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec  4.00 Bytes  6.40 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 53856
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  35.0 Bytes  56.0 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 56368
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec   243 Bytes   389 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 57994 (peer 29797.29556.29797-unk)
[  4]  0.0- 5.1 sec  4.00 Bytes  6.33 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 60388
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec  1.00 Bytes  1.60 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 33430
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  5.00 Bytes  8.00 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 35588
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec   289 Bytes   463 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 36804 (peer 29797.29556.29797-unk)
[  4]  0.0- 5.1 sec  4.00 Bytes  6.27 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 39110
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  1.00 Bytes  1.60 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 40280
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec  18.0 Bytes  28.8 bits/sec
recvn abort failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 42074
[  4]  0.0- 0.0 sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec
recvn abort failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 42078
[  5]  0.0- 0.0 sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 42088 (peer 12992.43009.275-unk)
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  22.0 Bytes  34.9 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 43546
[  5]  0.0- 4.8 sec  20.0 Bytes  33.1 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 45790 (peer 3338.3338.18245-alpha)
[  4]  0.0- 4.6 sec  40.0 Bytes  69.0 bits/sec
connect failed: Connection refused
connect failed: Connection refused
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 47048 (peer 14901.12336.12557-unk)
[  5]  0.0- 5.1 sec  45.0 Bytes  69.9 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 48896 (peer 3338.3338.18245-alpha)
[  4]  0.0- 5.1 sec  40.0 Bytes  62.3 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 50210 (peer 3338.3338.18245-alpha)
[  5]  0.0- 5.1 sec  40.0 Bytes  63.4 bits/sec
recvn abort failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 52430
[  4]  0.0- 0.0 sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 52444 (peer 116.25971.29812)
[  5]  0.0- 5.1 sec  37.0 Bytes  57.8 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 53996
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  52.0 Bytes  83.2 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 56104 (peer 29797.29556.29797-unk)
[  5]  0.0- 5.1 sec  4.00 Bytes  6.33 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 57490
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  50.0 Bytes  80.0 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 59838
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec   210 Bytes   336 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 32774
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  18.0 Bytes  28.8 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 34698 (peer 18245.21536.12064-unk)
[  5]  0.0- 5.1 sec  18.0 Bytes  28.5 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 35982 (peer 12081.11824.3338)
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  52.0 Bytes  82.4 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 36596
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec  22.0 Bytes  34.9 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 38688
[  4]  0.0- 5.1 sec  21.0 Bytes  33.2 bits/sec
[  5] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 39754
[  5]  0.0- 5.0 sec  1.00 Bytes  1.60 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 41736 (peer 29797.29556.29797-unk)
[  4]  0.0- 5.1 sec  4.00 Bytes  6.29 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 9.132.28.227 port 42864 (peer 29556.24948.29556-unk)
[  4]  0.0- 5.0 sec  4.00 Bytes  6.34 bits/sec
[  4] local 173.18.61.138 port 5001 connected with 49.212.186.177 port 59900
[  4]  0.0-12.7 sec  6.88 MBytes  4.55 Mbits/sec

Client
Client connecting to 49.212.186.177, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 85.0 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 10.10.10.2 port 59900 connected with 49.212.186.177 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0-11.0 sec  6.88 MBytes  5.26 Mbits/sec

While the Bandwith and Transfer on the client side seem high... that is not what I am experiencing most of the time... I still luck to break 800KB transfer.
Being more clear, there are periods when wifi works as it should and I can 3, even 4 MB transfer rates..but this tansitory... it might last for 30 minutes, an hour, then instantly drop to 50KB/s at random.   Also, it is always slow at boot time.

A: A colleague had this on a recent Dell notebook and we worked the problem out to be the TCP segmentation offload for the wireless interface. Disabling it via ethtool resolved the issue.
This is how it was done:

*Open Terminal (if it's not already open)

*Install ethtool (if it's not already installed):
sudo apt install ethtool

*Disable the TCP segmentation offload:
sudo ethtool -K wlp0s20f3 tso off

Note: The device name wlp0s20f3 was copied from your question. Be sure to change it in the event the name on your system has changed.

*Test your transfer speed via iperf3 or another tool of your choosing:
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   627 MBytes   511 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   628 MBytes   510 Mbits/sec                  receiver

If this works and you would like to make this setting permanent, you can set a udev rule to disable TCP segmentation offload at boot:

*

*Create a .rules file:
sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/95-no-tso.rules

Note: Feel free to use a text editor of your choosing.

*Run the ethtool command against all wireless devices:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", NAME=="wlp*", RUN+="/usr/bin/ethtool -K $name tso off"

*Save the file and get on with your work

This is not a perfect solution, but it has resolved the issue well enough to make it an acceptable one.

A: The Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 has Integrated Bluetooth.
So you might be suffering from widely reported interference between WiFi and bluetooth (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4).
There are several actions you can take to test this, and then to fix it if you find this is the problem.
You seem to have some familiarity with Ubuntu, and an above-average drive for solving the problem, which helps a lot.
Info to post
Please post the following info

*

*Output of commands
 $ uname -a                     <-- DONE
 $ sudo lshw -class network     <-- (PARTIALLY) DONE
 $ ls -al /etc/pm/config.d/
 $ ls -al /etc/modprobe.d/
 $ lspci -knn | grep Net -A2
 $ modinfo <your wifi driver>
 $ sudo iwlist freq
 $ sudo iwconfig
 $ inxi -Fxz
 $ nmcli device wifi list

 $ sudo lsmod | grep iwlwifi
 $ iwlist scan | egrep -i 'ssid|quality'
 $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
 $ grep [[:alnum:]] /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/*
 $ lsusb

*Brand/model of your computer

Things to try
Post the resulting behavior / output.
You have driver iwlwifi. So try:

*

*Using driver options (parms): sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi-opt.conf <<< "options iwlwifi bt_coex_active=N power_save=0 power_level=5". If that doesn't work, you could add 11n_disable=1, disable_11ac=1, disable_11ax=1. Reboot.

*Disabling bluetooth. You can do this via CLI with systemctl stop bluetooth, via GUI with Settings -> Bluetooth -> Move the slider at the top right, or perhaps via BIOS configuration. Reboot.

*Disabling the 5GHz band in the router.

Related:

*

*https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=247705

*https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/k7h5iw/poor_wifi_performance_killer_wifi_6_ax1650_dell/

*Killer WiFi 6 AX1650 in Ubuntu Doesn't work at Gigabit (solution based on backported iwlwifi driver, but you say you already tried this).

*https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058909/wireless/intel-wireless-products.html (same).

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Description: A bassoonist-composer is a relative rarity, but one uniquely positioned to attend to and appreciate the inner voices of an ensemble. Thus it is that Harris has written a work for 12 violas, as well as the pieces for four flutes, or two bassoons, with piano, included here. The composer's idiom is tonal and neoclassical, with impeccable craftsmanship and a deft, light touch, often with touches of humor. Rosemoor Suite is a set of easy-going character pieces depicting pastoral scenes, a neoclassical take on the once-popular Charleston, and 'cues' for a 'silent movie' score - one scene of which apparently had something Wagnerian about it. The Horn Concertino plays with the horn's heroic, Romantic character, with a bucolic slow movement which briefly gives way to a more dramatic episode, and a lively rondo-finale. The unusual - probably unique - Sonata for Two Bassoons is technically demanding, requiring rhythmic precision between the players; clearly an example of a proud bassoonist giving his colleagues a chance to shine. The piece is neo-Romantic, with some lively jazzy episodes insisted on by the piano in the outer movements. The Flute Concertino is classical in structure and Romantic in mood; sonata form, a nostalgic slow movement, playful rondo-finale. The six movements of Flowers attribute character and even drama to flowering plants, from resilient pansies and clover to the miniature military march of invading kudzu. The Triptych explores the atmospheric, descriptive colors available to an ensemble of flutes. Assorted soloists, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra; Sylvia Alimena.


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The creators of 'Monument Valley' are back with a game no one expected
Five years after Ustwo released the smash hit, the studio is releasing a game that's just as surprising.
[Image: courtesy Ustwo]
By Mark Wilson 6 minute Read
In another life, I worked in a video production studio. One day, a client came in with a broken tape from an old camcorder, with its ribbon clearly split. He held it out to me like a bird with a broken wing. It was of personal significance, he explained, and he just hoped we could help. So my boss took it to the back, where he gingerly deconstructed the tape, loosening the ribbon and carefully applying a piece of Scotch tape to fuse the tear. Then he spun the spools tight using the eraser end of a pencil, pirouetting like a prima donna. I pressed play, and began digitizing the footage like any other car commercial or football conference I edited at the time—until I saw what the client had been so protective about. It was a scene he'd clearly played, rewound, and played again, probably through the tiny screen of his camcorder, so many times that he literally wore out the tape: Roughly seven minutes of he and his wife holding a baby in the hospital. A baby who, I slowly gathered, never made it home.
Sometimes, the broken objects around us tell stories that our voices cannot. Which is what makes Assemble with Care, the latest game by powerhouse design studio Ustwo, so powerful.
"One thing that stuck with us is how much people are like objects," says Dan Gray, chief creative officer at Ustwo Games. "To truly understand what makes something tick, you need the patience to take something apart to see how it works. It's the same thing with people. To understand a person . . . you need patience to understand how they tick."
Assemble with Care is the first iOS title released by Ustwo since its M.C. Escher-inspired mega-hit series Monument Valley. Since it was released in 2014, the two games in the series have been downloaded a total of 80 million times and have received all sorts of gaming awards. The first was even a finalist in our 2014 Innovation by Design Awards app category. But Assemble with Care is its own game: Whereas Monument Valley had you exploring mysterious cities, Assemble with Care makes you the owner of an old antique shop. People come in, bring you their broken objects, and you drag and drop your way to diagnosing and repairing them. This gameplay may sound pedestrian, compared to the soaring, ethereal sensation of playing Monument Valley. But along the way, these characters tell you about their lives—and make the game far more complex than it sounds on paper.
"We've really thought about it at times, this is almost like an interactive storybook, really," says Gray. "There are things the player is solving, but it's so interwoven with the narrative, it feels one in the same. But it's very different from Monument Valley in the sense that it was a very abstract place, not grounded in reality. Where this is a direct decision by us to make it about real life, with objects you recognize, with real humans."
In this sense, Assemble with Care's whole approach shares some similarities with today's indie gaming market. Realistic stories that use light game mechanics to usher you along abound, at the moment: from Gone Home, which follows a young college student arriving home to an empty house, to Papers, Please, which puts you in the position of a customs agent forced to spot terrorists, to That Dragon, Cancer, which recounts the story of a 12-month-old with a deadly diagnosis. Like these titles, Assemble with Care is a story wrapped in a game. (Minor spoilers ahead.)
"The mayor you meet in the game, he's coming to the realization he's worked too much in his life, and hasn't necessarily had the relationship he wants with his daughter," says Gray. "I think that's a relatable story to tell in video games that are usually about saving the world."
Ustwo didn't begin with that narrative structure at all, though.
In fact, coming away from the smash success of Monument Valley (as well as a VR game called Land's End and Monument Valley II), the 12-person team at Ustwo began its next project with an approach that had nothing to do with stories or narrative strategies. Instead, they began building little pieces of experimental UX—not games but interesting interaction models.
This makes some sense: Ustwo's game division spun off from the greater UX firm, so its roots are in digital interfaces. But the gaming team was trying to figure out something seemingly simple: what kind of game UX was actually fun and engaging to play with on a touchscreen? Over time, they honed down 12 prototypes to 6 prototypes to 3. "Now we're making two of those [into games]," says Gray. "This is the first, post-Monument Valley game that's coming out [for iOS]."
While Gray is understandably secretive about what all this work looked like, an early successful prototype allowed people to use the touchscreen to assemble objects, screwing and taping products together in a tactile way. They immediately felt the appeal of this interaction model—of building something on-screen—and continued to iterate on the UX. "You get your first nugget of what's [there]. Second, you think, 'what are the tools we could use, or objects we put back together again?'" says Gray. "From there, you go into a phase of what are super interesting objects that have meaning."
Given that much of the studio's staff is in their mid-30s, it comes as little surprise that the products and objects you're tasked with building in the final game are nostalgic for the 1980s and '90s, including a cassette deck, old record player, and film camera.
With the physical objects chosen and the UX solidified, the core game was in place. Only then did Ustwo begin thinking about a narrative that could tie all of these interactions together. As Gray points out, the game's characters evolved out of the premise of repairing and building devices—essentially, from the role of service provider.
"One thing we kept thinking about: It's fascinating you could be getting in a taxi, or getting your hair cut, and you have these really intense conversations with someone you don't even know, because they were performing a service for you at the time," says Gray. "That stuck with us for a bit. You've got Maria, a central character who grew up restoring antiques in a shop. [Through her] you meet these people by restoring their objects. What would they tell you about themselves?"
It took two years to bring the game from interesting UX prototype to a fully realized product. That kind of investment on a mobile game is rare these days; so is the fact that Assemble with Care features none of the in-game purchases that have made many game developers into glorified data analytics firms powered by digital dopamine. In fact, Assemble with Care isn't for sale. It's available only with a subscription to Apple's new Apple Arcade service.
Gray likens the gaming industry now—with Netflix-style game subscription services popping up at Apple and Xbox, too, offering a new revenue stream to developers—to an older era of game development, when indie developers might still hit it rich in the App Store by simply making fun games that a bunch of people want to buy. For the past few years, we've lived in an era of free-to-play titles that are subsidized through other revenue than downloads alone. The prevalence of in-game purchases has even led to the proposal of bills to end the sorts of dark patterns that have helped many games profit wildly from addictive UX rather than enjoyment. Gray thinks we're entering a new era, though. "I'm going through [the Arcade library], and there are games that don't have microtransactions, aren't collecting my data," he says optimistically.
Ustwo, which has seen so much success, thanks in part to Apple, may be a bit biased. But the studio is putting its money where its mouth is in terms of the future of gaming: The company is working on another soon-to-be-released game (platform and title unknown), and hiring a third team to develop Monument Valley 3 for mobile. "I know people get annoyed with an 'A' team and a 'B' team . . . these are all good teams," laughs Gray. "We're going to do a whole bunch of different types of stuff. It's going to be surprising when we announce the [next] game."
Mark Wilson is a senior writer at Fast Company who has written about design, technology, and culture for almost 15 years. His work has appeared at Gizmodo, Kotaku, PopMech, PopSci, Esquire, American Photo and Lucky Peach
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Pittsburgh Steeler's plans for the primary spherical will likely be dropped at life by the NFL draft within the coming weeks
By jimadmin On Apr 3, 2021
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers draft board will come to life in less than a month from the first election. As Pro Days ends, Head Coach Mike Tomlin and General Manager Kevin Colbert are leaving clues as to which direction they will go with Pick # 24.
It started with leaving out North Carolina. The only representative of the Steelers during the Tar Heels Pro Day was trainer Eddie Faulkner. In the meantime, Tomlin visited the state of Ohio.
While many believed the Steelers could hit the sweet spot and land the UNC running Javonte Williams back, their interest doesn't seem to be as strong as we thought. Buckeyes running back Trey Sermon may have caught their attention.
At the same time, Oklahoma State appears to have made its way to Pittsburgh's list of options versus Teven Jenkins.
Left attack is certainly on the Steelers board as they have Chuks Okorafor and Zach Banner, but little to no experience on the squad on the left of the line. While Alex Leatherwood and Jackson Carman are options after the Steelers attended the Alabama and Clemson Pro Days, the 6'6 OSU man appears to be busy.
Zaven Collins from Tulsa has performed several times with the Steelers. Some believe Pittsburgh has an interest in a linebacker, either outside or inside, with the 24th election. Frankly, the draft is too deep for the Steelers to dwell on minor needs in the first round when the jump between running backs and top and second tier tackles is a huge gap.
Weeks before the Steelers take the stage and add their newest member to the team, the two positions under observation seem to be tackle and running back. Najee Harris and Travis Etienne impressed, and the Steelers' lack of attendance in North Carolina could suggest they are keeping an eye on either of the two in the first round.
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Volvo XC60 Wins Japan Car of the Year
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Evan Williams · Dec 11, 2017 · Edited by Moderator Dec 11, 2017
Volvo's XC60 crossover has just scored big. The compact crossover has been named Japan Car of the Year for 2017-2018.
It's a big honor for Volvo, marking just the second time a foreign car has won the award. The XC60 scored 294 points, a massive 52 ahead of the second-place BMW 5 series. The highest placing Japanese model was the new Toyota Camry with 232 points. The new Suzuki Swift finished fourth.
Volvo Japan CEO Takayuki Kimura said, "This is the first time in Japan COTY's 38-year history that Volvo has won an award. To be honest, I would have been happy with the Import Car of the Year. But to come away with the overall Japan Car of the Year is totally unexpected and sincerely humbling. I dedicate this award to the 100 dealers and 1400 staff across the nation."
The XC60 crossover debuted earlier this year with Volvo's newest design language featuring Thor's Hammer headlights. It's longer, lower, and wider than before for more space and a sleeker look. It's available with a range of engines that includes a plug-in hybrid model.
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Joaquin Castro Turns Brother Julian's "Pre-K for SA" into "Pre-K for USA"
Merrill Hope
DALLAS, Texas–Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) recently introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to transform his brother Julian's mayoral signature education plan Pre-K for SA (San Antonio) into Pre-K for USA.
The Pre-K for USA Act would allow local education agencies and cities to tap directly into the Fed Led Ed spigot through grant programs and cut out state legislatures entirely in the creation and development of preschool programs.
This is not entirely new to Texas. In 2013, the Houston Independent School District applied to the Race to the Top (RTTT) program throughthe U.S. Department of Education's "district" option (RTT-D), which allows for a district in a non participating state to go directly to the Fed Led Ed folks. Houston ISD was a $30 million winner. Texas continues to be a non-Common Core participating state but Houston ISD feeds at the federal trough. RTTT and RTT-D are taxpayer funded.
Bypassing the system was part of Castro's special message to Texans in commentary picked up by the Dallas Morning News. In it Castro insisted that "Local entities must have the ability to step up to the plate and pick up the slack where their state governments are failing. Instead of waiting on action from the state, this bill would enable cities like Dallas to invest in their own communities future."
Typical reformer rhetoric for a proposed nationalized pre-K that embraces progressive logic that preschool like K-12 and pretty much all "college and career readiness" is a shared civic responsibility, a birthright, a collective civil right, and for all those cradle to grave needs, government knows best. Like everything federal education mandates have to offer, this is an open invitation to jump onto the big government dole starting at age 4.
It's not a new idea either. In 1999, then Vice President Al "carbon footprint" Gore proposed similar in a massive legislative package — $50billion to go to pre-K for all based on the Head Start model. Gore stopped just short of deeming it universal pre-k because that would have cost taxpayers roughly $300 billion to fund over 10 years — in Y2K dollars, according to the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
All these years later, President Obama's bloated $750 million a year proposed universal pre-K is also built on Head Start, a program instituted by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 for low-income families.
Yet, in the commentary, Castro claimed, "Studies have demonstrated for years that students who have a top-notch pre-K education are more likely to read at grade level, less likely to repeat a grade or drop out, and more likely to succeed in their careers. Studies also show that youth who attended preschool classes are less likely to develop alcohol or drug problems, commit a felony or end up in prison."
Not exactly. According to a US Department of Health and Human Services Study, they found that youngsters who participated in the $8 billion dollar early childhood Head Start program did far worse in math and interpersonal relationships by grade three. The study also showed that despite claims ofpreschool's positive effects, they pan out as short-lived, evaporating in the early elementary school years.
Castro loaded up his arsenal of euphemisms with the usual 21st Century buzzwords to describe his Fed Led Ed, Jr. plan–high quality, top notch, outstanding, first rate, impressive and successful pre-k–while taking swipes at Texas public education.
He wrote, "Texas has an unfortunate track record of refusing to apply for federal funds, which has stunted investment in health care and education and left our federal tax dollars spent elsewhere. The good news is that local entities, such as school districts and municipal governments, across the country have taken matters into their own hands."
The Castro educational approach lunges for those federal tax dollars. Like Common Core and Career and College Readiness Standards, once a part of the Fed Led Ed family, the state is held accountable to the federal regulations governing the program and the state takes a backseat role.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) also wants to transform Pre-K for SA into Pre-K for Texas. Her early education platform budgeted a swollen $750 million a year of Texas taxpayers dollars for full day, wrap-around universal preschool.
Pre-K for SA is funded through a voter approved sales tax. As mayor, Julian Castro maxed out the city of San Antonio's sales tax rate in doing this.Still, Rep. Castro touted the virtues of Pre-K for SA, writing "More than 600 students successfully completed the Pre-K for SA program in its inaugural year, and two more pre-K centers are set to open in August."
Castro neglected to mention that not everyone is coming back for more. South San Antonio Independent School District (SSAISD) ditched Pre-K for SA for the 2014-15 school year. The district cited expansion of its already taxpayer funded "high quality" pre-k program as Breitbart Texas reported. SSAISD residentswhose children attend the district will get double taxed, though — for the pre-k they pay for through property taxes and the sales tax that funds Pre-K for SA.
However, Pre-K for SA has not been completely sales tax driven. Bexar County Commissioner Kevin Wolff told the San Antonio Express News in 2012 that Pre-K for SA has a 10 percent window of families that must pay a monthly tuition because they don't meet the eligibility requirements which, like in Dallas ISD'sprogram, includes that the entering four year-old must have limited English proficiency, qualify for free or reduced lunch, be homeless or in foster care,and/or have a parent active in the military. This is hardly pre-k for all.
Pre-K has become quite the political football. Along with the Castro brothers, the president, and Davis, hard leftist Bill de Blassio built his New York City mayoral campaign around the pre-k issue. Recently, cash strapped California had to pull back on its abundantly taxpayer funded$2.5 billion pre-K for all plan much to the chagrin of top legislative Democrat Darrell Steinberg who shepherd the project. The revised $1.3 billionTribune. The funding for this will come from raiding earmarked taxpayer funds committed to public school kindergarten budgets.
Castro wants to open "access to prekindergarten to all our children gets our country one step closer to ensuring that all American children have the opportunity to get ahead in life, achieve their dreams, and boost our nation's prosperity." Yet it's interesting that the timing of this Pre-K for USA push has directly coincided with brother Julian being tapped as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) despite allegations that under his leadership, San Antonio misused HUD funds as Breitbart Texas reported.
Since Joaquin Castro introduced Pre-K for USA, it has been incorporated into the Senate's Health, Education, Pensions and Labor (HELP) Committee existing pre-k legislation, according to KSAT News, ABC-12. The intention is to create a pre-K caucus in Congress that results in a pre-K bill that gets onto the president's desk. Question is, will Pre-K for USA morph into Head Start-for-all?
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The South Grenville Guild of Fine Art currently has 26 members who pursue their interests in various forms of art. Some of the popular mediums are painting (oils, watercolour, acrylics, pastels, collage and mixed media), photography, pottery and calligraphy.
The Guild endeavours to foster the appreciation and development of visual art in the community. It holds a well-received annual show each spring at the MERC Hall in Maitland, exhibits at the Brockville Arts Centre and occasionally at venues around the Town of Prescott.
The South Grenville Guild of Fine Arts has made its home at the library for a number of years. The artwork is changed periodically and can be found above the bookshelves throughout the library.
Each year, the Guild donates an art book to one of several local libraries in the region, to continue to foster artistic interests and development.
Meetings are held monthly to exchange views, critique member's work, and participate in a variety of artistic activities.
You can find more information about the South Grenville Guild of Fine Art on their website.
Pictured below are some of the artworks currently displayed in the library. If you have any questions concerning any of the art work, please come into the Library and check the labels. Artist's information is on display with the work.