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Jayhawks get revenge in Sunflower Showdown rematch
LAWRENCE (KSNT) – KU reigned victorious in the second men's basketball Sunflower Showdown of the season. Kansas beat Kansas State 90-78 in Allen Fieldhouse. The Sunflower Showdown rematch started how many would expect a No. 7 vs. No. 8 matchup to go. The two teams traded scoring for the first four minutes, but back-to-back shots…… MORE
Kansas City Chiefs show off white jerseys for Super Bowl LVII
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Could the Kansas City Chiefs could be breaking out their white-on-white uniforms once again this season? The Chiefs have already confirmed one half of the fan-favorite uniform combination. In a tweet Tuesday, the team shared a video with the caption, "Just a preview." In the video, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes can…… MORE
Manhattan High's Dre Delort commits to K-State
MANHATTAN, KS. (KSNT) – Manhattan High School's Dre Delort is staying home. The 5-foot-10 defensive back announced on Tuesday he has committed to play football at Kansas State. Delort was a crucial part of Manhattan's undefeated season, which concluded with a 6A state title. The soon to be MHS grad is in the Class of…… MORE
KU Football opens season with a Thursday night home game
LAWRENCE (KSNT) – The 2023 football schedule is out for the Kansas Jayhawks, coming off the most successful season in 15 years. The first home game is slated for Aug. 31, a Thursday night, against Missouri State at 7 p.m. This marks the third year KU will open its season on a weeknight, but the…… MORE
K-State releases 2023 football schedule
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – Kansas State University has released its 2023 football schedule on Tuesday. The 2023 K-State football season will kick off with two home games in Manhattan against Southeast Missouri on Sept. 2 and Troy on Sept. 9 before the Wildcats hit the road to face off against Missouri in Columbia on Sept. 16,…… MORE
Jalen Wilson named to Wooden Award late season watch list
LAWRENCE (KSNT)- Kansas forward Jalen Wilson is earning national attention. Wilson, a redshirt junior, is now on the Top 20 watch list for the Wooden Award. The Wooden Award is given out annually to the 'Outstanding collegiate basketball Player of the Year.' Wilson is averaging a Big 12 leading 21.4 points per game, a mark…… MORE
Two Wildcat basketball players named to Wooden Award late season watch list
MANHATTAN, KS. (KSNT) – Markquis Nowell and Keyontae Johnson are on their way to becoming household names for college basketball fans. The duo of Wildcat ballers were named to the Wooden Award late season Top 20 watch list. The award is given annually to college basketball's most outstanding player. Nowell, a senior point guard, is…… MORE
ESU volleyball welcomes new head coach
EMPORIA, Kan. (KSNT) – Ken Murczek has been named the new head coach of Emporia State women's volleyball, ESU Athletics announced Monday. He is now the eighth head volleyball coach in the history of the program. Murczek comes from a decorated coaching background, including experiences as both a head coach and an assistant coach. The…… MORE
In-studio guests: Flanders and Manbeck talk Wildcat hoops on K-Nation
MANHATTAN, KS. (KSNT) – It's an exciting time for Wildcat basketball. 3Maw's Cole Manbeck and On3's Grant Flanders can confirm that. Flanders joined K-Nation in-studio on Jan. 29 to talk about Wildcat hoops. Flanders works for On3 Sports and K-State Online as an associate producer and analyst. Flanders says Jerome Tang's charisma and impressive leadership…… MORE
EXCLUSIVE: KU wide receiver Luke Grimm talks future of Jayhawk football on K-Nation
LAWRENCE (KSNT) – KU junior wide receiver Luke Grimm is not only coming off the best season of his career, but he proved his value as an offensive asset for the Jayhawks this year. Grimm joined 27 sports anchor Lainey Gerber on Sunday's episode of K-Nation to reflect on KU football's offensive improvement and the…… MORE
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General methods for monitoring convergence of iterative simulations
by Stephen P. Brooksand, Andrew Gelman - J. Comput. Graph. Statist , 1998
"... We generalize the method proposed by Gelman and Rubin (1992a) for monitoring the convergence of iterative simulations by comparing between and within variances of multiple chains, in order to obtain a family of tests for convergence. We review methods of inference from simulations in order to develo ..."
We generalize the method proposed by Gelman and Rubin (1992a) for monitoring the convergence of iterative simulations by comparing between and within variances of multiple chains, in order to obtain a family of tests for convergence. We review methods of inference from simulations in order
Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation
by Kenneth E. Train , 2002
"... This book describes the new generation of discrete choice meth-ods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logi ..."
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: logit, generalized extreme value (including nested and cross-nested logits), probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics. Simulation-assisted estimation procedures are investigated and compared, including maximum simulated likelihood, the method of simulated
Multipoint quantitative-trait linkage analysis in general pedigrees
by Laura Almasy, John Blangero - Am. J. Hum. Genet , 1998
"... Multipoint linkage analysis of quantitative-trait loci (QTLs) has previously been restricted to sibships and small pedigrees. In this article, we show how variance-component linkage methods can be used in pedigrees of arbitrary size and complexity, and we develop a general framework for multipoint i ..."
Multipoint linkage analysis of quantitative-trait loci (QTLs) has previously been restricted to sibships and small pedigrees. In this article, we show how variance-component linkage methods can be used in pedigrees of arbitrary size and complexity, and we develop a general framework for multipoint
Modeling and simulation of genetic regulatory systems: A literature review
by Hidde De Jong - JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY , 2002
"... In order to understand the functioning of organisms on the molecular level, we need to know which genes are expressed, when and where in the organism, and to which extent. The regulation of gene expression is achieved through genetic regulatory systems structured by networks of interactions between ..."
for the modeling and simulation of genetic regulatory networks will be indispensable. This paper reviews formalisms that have been employed in mathematical biology and bioinformatics to describe genetic regulatory systems, in particular directed graphs, Bayesian networks, Boolean networks and their generalizations
Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Prime Factorization and Discrete Logarithms on a Quantum Computer
by Peter W. Shor - SIAM J. on Computing , 1997
"... A digital computer is generally believed to be an efficient universal computing device; that is, it is believed able to simulate any physical computing device with an increase in computation time by at most a polynomial factor. This may not be true when quantum mechanics is taken into consideration. ..."
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A digital computer is generally believed to be an efficient universal computing device; that is, it is believed able to simulate any physical computing device with an increase in computation time by at most a polynomial factor. This may not be true when quantum mechanics is taken into consideration
Hierarchical mixtures of experts and the EM algorithm
by Michael I. Jordan, Robert A. Jacobs , 1993
"... We present a tree-structured architecture for supervised learning. The statistical model underlying the architecture is a hierarchical mixture model in which both the mixture coefficients and the mixture components are generalized linear models (GLIM's). Learning is treated as a max-imum likelihood ..."
We present a tree-structured architecture for supervised learning. The statistical model underlying the architecture is a hierarchical mixture model in which both the mixture coefficients and the mixture components are generalized linear models (GLIM's). Learning is treated as a max-imum likelihood
Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
by Robert Tibshirani - JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY, SERIES B , 1994
"... We propose a new method for estimation in linear models. The "lasso" minimizes the residual sum of squares subject to the sum of the absolute value of the coefficients being less than a constant. Because of the nature of this constraint it tends to produce some coefficients that are exactl ..."
that are exactly zero and hence gives interpretable models. Our simulation studies suggest that the lasso enjoys some of the favourable properties of both subset selection and ridge regression. It produces interpretable models like subset selection and exhibits the stability of ridge regression. There is also
A solution to Plato's problem: The latent semantic analysis theory of acquisition, induction, and representation of knowledge
by Thomas K Landauer, Susan T. Dutnais - PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW , 1997
"... How do people know as much as they do with as little information as they get? The problem takes many forms; learning vocabulary from text is an especially dramatic and convenient case for research. A new general theory of acquired similarity and knowledge representation, latent semantic analysis (LS ..."
How do people know as much as they do with as little information as they get? The problem takes many forms; learning vocabulary from text is an especially dramatic and convenient case for research. A new general theory of acquired similarity and knowledge representation, latent semantic analysis
Algorithms for Quantum Computation: Discrete Logarithms and Factoring
by Peter W. Shor , 1994
"... A computer is generally considered to be a universal computational device; i.e., it is believed able to simulate any physical computational device with a cost in com-putation time of at most a polynomial factol: It is not clear whether this is still true when quantum mechanics is taken into consider ..."
A computer is generally considered to be a universal computational device; i.e., it is believed able to simulate any physical computational device with a cost in com-putation time of at most a polynomial factol: It is not clear whether this is still true when quantum mechanics is taken
Geography-informed Energy Conservation for Ad Hoc Routing
by Ya Xu, John Heidemann, Deborah Estrin - ACM MOBICOM , 2001
"... We introduce a geographical adaptive fidelity (GAF) algorithm that reduces energy consumption in ad hoc wireless networks. GAF conserves energy by identifying nodes that are equivalent from a routing perspective and then turning off unnecessary nodes, keeping a constant level of routing fidelity. GA ..."
. GAF moderates this policy using application- and system-level information; nodes that source or sink data remain on and intermediate nodes monitor and balance energy use. GAF is independent of the underlying ad hoc routing protocol; we simulate GAF over unmodified AODV and DSR. Analysis and simulation

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Two pharmaceutical formulations are considered bioequivalent (BE) when their respective rate and extent of bioavailability (BA) following administration of a unit dose under standard clinical conditions are substantially similar. Statements regarding bioavailability and bioequivalence appear to be simple and straightforward, however, have given rise to considerable controversy in pharmaceutical and clinical circles for many years which are compounded by economic factors associated with establishing bio- and therapeutic equivalence. Numerous rules and global regulations have been issued and equal, if not more, number of interpretations and opinions have been reported primarily due to our insufficient understanding of the scope and depth of fundamental considerations associated with pharmaceutical bioequivalence.
Challenges, more than often, surface while designing bioequivalence investigations for complex generic formulations. While generic bioequivalence that is strictly based on similar bio-efficacy between two formulations, their respective clinical et therapeutic equivalence is more desirable, thus, designing a bioequivalence investigation with clinical endpoint assessment seems to be emerging as an assessment tool for generic equivalence between two products. Despite complying with the global regulatory requirements, various regulatory agencies seek further clarifications in the submissions in the data of a "successful" bioequivalence investigations. To address such challenges, one has to adopt an 'out of the box' approaches that are scientifically sound that are convincing and compelling.
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Project A could be the game that bridges old-school Counter-Strike mastery and modern character-driven FPS shooters. | Source: Riot Games/YouTube
Valorant? Riot Games' CS:GO-Successor 'Project A' May Have a Name
September 23, 2020 UTC: 1:36 PM. February 25, 2020 UTC: 11:54 AM. by Thomas Bardwell
Riot Games has filed a trademark for the name Valorant.
Domains and social media accounts bearing the same name have also popped up this month.
The upcoming tactical shooter, Project A, may be called Valorant.
Valorant may be the name of Riot Games' upcoming tactical first-person shooter, Project A. At least, this is what would-be-fans have deduced from a flurry of trademarking activity.
Riot Games Trademarks 'Valorant'
On Feb. 20, Riot Games filed a trademark for the name Valorant in multiple countries. Riot registered the trademark as a class 9 goods and service (among others – 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 38, and 41), which falls under the 'computer game software' classification.
Source: WIPO
On the same day, an unknown party registered the domain names 'playvalorant.com', 'playvalorant.net,' and 'playvalorant.org.' The sites associated with the domains are currently offline. Similarly, Valorant-themed social media accounts were also opened this month, notably on Twitter and Twitch.
The naming of the Twitter account is particularly telling as it matches Riot Games' usual style of affixing the name of their games to the word 'play.'
For example, Riot has registered the website of its in-beta digital card battler, Legends of Runeterra, as 'playruneterra.com.' In the case of Valorant, the Twitter handle is @PlayVALORANT.
The Twitter account has already amassed close to 4,000 followers, among them a fair share of Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) professional players. This has fueled speculation that the account links to Riot Games after play-test saw several people connected to the CS: GO community invited to try out Project A.
Among those lucky enough to try out Project A was the commentator and former professional, Henry 'HenryG' Greer, who offered up the first meaty details about Riot's upcoming competitive shooter. He sent the imaginations of prospective players wild by touting Project A as 'the best game I have played since CS:GO.'
An Upcoming Announcement?
There's a sense that Riot Games is gearing up for an announcement or more substantial reveal of Project A. In light of the trademarks and domain registrations, stamping a name on the project seems the most likely next step.
Ex-Overwatch pro turned Twitch streamer, xQc, recently revealed that he'd be visiting the Riot Games offices in Los Angeles next month. He didn't explicitly state he would be play-testing Project A, but his words came after a question regarding Project A.
It's worth noting that Riot Games has two other secretive projects (Project F and Project L) in the works. The Valorant trademark may be associated with these instead. As such, we recommend approaching this news with a sprinkling of skepticism before we receive official confirmation from Riot Games
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Trade Deadline Offers Fresh Starts
There were a few trades today that may not have looked big on paper, but garnered a lot of chatter of what could be. They involved young players looking for fresh starts with a new organization who could potentially rejuvenate their careers with a clean slate. Whether they couldn't climb the depth chart or just never fit in, these young guys couldn't capitalize on their chances in the NHL and will be getting another look to prove they belong at the NHL-level. We are reminded of Brandon Pirri's situation in which he led the AHL in scoring at age 21, but couldn't jump into the Chicago Blackhawks lineup due to their depth down the middle. He got a change of scenery in a trade to Florida last season and has 18 goals and 27 points through 51 games played with them since the trade. It's paid off for Pirri, and it could for these young players.
Here are three guys to keep an eye on with their new organizations:
Brett Connolly
Drafted 6th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2010, Connolly hasn't lived up to the potential that high of a draft pick should and was traded to the Boston Bruins for two 2nd round draft picks. A large part of Connolly's failed hype is that he was passed on the depth chart by many of Tampa's other young studs such as Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov, and Ondrej Palat. Connolly did get a chance with the big club this season playing just under 12 minutes/game and earning 2nd PP unit minutes. Unfortunately a majority of his minutes were played in a 4th line role and he never did receive the top-six minutes many had hoped. Despite this, Connolly still has scored 12 goals and recorded 3 assists in 50 games played and could be an offensive boost for the Bruins given the opportunity on one of their top lines. Connolly is in a contract year and given that the Bruins just gave up two 2nd round picks for him they'll give him plenty of chances to succeed.
The once-promising undrafted gem has really dropped off since his 2012-13 season when he finished 3rd in rookie scoring with 29 points in 47 games played. Since then he's bounced around NHL and AHL organizations as he's tried to find his game again. Conacher started the season with the Islanders, but failed to be a fit on a line with John Tavares and soon found himself down in the AHL for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. With 22 points in 28 games so far down there, Conacher made himself an ideal target for an AHL swap and that is what happened with the Canucks today in a trade for Utica Comets leading scorer, Dustin Jeffrey. The Comets are gearing up for a playoff run, but Conacher could also get a shot on Vancouver's roster if the injuries start piling up. Conacher's showed great flashes of offense in both leagues and we hope the little guy can return to be a great undrafted story.
Sven Baertschi
The 2011 13th overall pick always seemed to have trouble fitting into Calgary's lineup despite scoring 8 goals and 28 points in 66 NHL games played over the past four seasons. Not many will forget Baertschi potting 3 goals in his first 4 NHL games as a 19-year-old emergency call-up in 2012, but the promising Swiss prospect would find himself playing more games in the AHL than the NHL. While scoring 31 goals and 80 points through 109 games with the Adirondack Flames/Abbotsford Heat earned him chances in the NHL, Baertschi's defensive inconsistency irked the Flames coaching staff and they decided to part ways. Joining the Vancouver Canucks organization could be huge boost to his career and a move the Flames could very well regret - can't you just picture him burying passes from the Sedins?
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Q: LinearLayout isn't stretching. Filename collision? Would you mind pointing out the reason why LinearLayout element isn't stretching to match parent element. Is this related to project configuration or class names I use ? I've  noticed that name of the xmlfile might be somehow related to this issue. I'm not joking - a couple of days ago I was testing the same code on different xml file names and it worked differently in terms of LinearLayout stretching. This one  is named "clip.xml"
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:clickable="true" >

    <VideoView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
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    </LinearLayout>

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Thanks

A: i see nothing wrong with what you did , but you won't notice a thing in the linearLayout since it doesn't contain anything .
in order to demonstrate it , try setting a background for the linearLayout , for example :
android:background="#88ff000000"

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Q: How to show/hide only one selected item from list I have a problem with my article list. I want to make "see more" button but with code i've created when i click "More..." only newest feed reveal. Maybe you have some idea how to make it work?
var content = document.getElementById('visibleContent').value + '' + document.getElementById('readMoreContent').value + '',

function addArticle() {
  var container = document.getElementById('article-content');
  var html = '
';
  for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
    html += '

' + data[i].doc.title + '

' + data[i].doc.content + '

 <button id="read_more" onclick="return showMore()" class="mdl-button mdl-js-button mdl-button--primary"> More... </button>
' + data[i].doc.time + '

 <button class="mdl-button mdl-button--icon mdl-js-button mdl-js-ripple-effect"> share </button>

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  }
  html += '
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  container.innerHTML = html;
}

function showMore() {
  var text = document.getElementById('more_text');
  if (text.style.display === "block") {
    text.style.display = "none";
  } else {
    text.style.display = "block";
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You cannot have more than one element with the same id value. If all
  of your elements have the same id it will only affect the last element
  with said id. You need to add a number or similar to the end of your
  id value like this example id="moretext_1" then when an event is
  triggered on that element you can specify the id this.id when
  determining which element to control.

This uses the method explained above, there are far neater ways of doing this. Maybe enhance on it yourself.

function showMore(idval) {
  var text = document.getElementById('read_more_'+idval);
  if (text.style.display === "block") {
    text.style.display = "none";
    } else {
    text.style.display = "block";
  }
}

Some content

<button onclick="showMore(this.id);" id="x1">Toggle More...</button>

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Some content

<button onclick="showMore(this.id);" id="x2">Toggle More...</button>

test 2

Some content

<button onclick="showMore(this.id);" id="x3">Toggle More...</button>

test 3

Also in keeping with your post, below is an example for how to loop increment the variable i.
var text = '
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<button onclick="showMore(this.id);" id="x'+i+'" class="mdl-button mdl-js-button mdl-button--primary"> Toggle More... </button>

test '+i+'
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Webster Chicago which later became Webcor was founded in 1914. We have been unable to find any additional details of how or who founded the company. However the Webster Chicago company was acquired by the Rauland company in 1941.
Here's some additional information we found about the company on line.
Webster-Chicago Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, also later known as Webcor was once a leading manufacturer of business and consumer electronics spanning more than half a century from 1914 to the late 1960'Seth product line included phonographs and recording equipment, public address systems, amplifiers, intercoms and power supply's.
In 1925 the first factory built radios in this country included "B" battery eliminators and power packs made by Webster-Chicago. In 1926 the company designed and produced amplification equipment that helped create some of the first talking motion pictures. Webster-Chicago went on to produce and manufacture amplification and phonograph equipment for entertainment, public address and also business intercom systems which were state of the art for the time. They offered a new method of inter-office communications in large scale applications such as factory's, office buildings, hospitals and schools.
Webster-Chicago Phonographs and Diskchangers were among the finest made and often incorporated by other leading manufacturers into some of the highest quality radio and phonograph combinations. The company introduced many different models and designs and led the industry in several innovations, including key contributions in pioneering the mutli-speed automatic Diskchangers that were famous for many years.
In 1941 Webster Chicago was acquired by Rauland-Borg. In a 1941 catalog the electronics "were manufactured under license with Electrical Research Products, Inc. (ERPI), subsidiary of Western Electric Co., Inc., and AT&T. ERPI later became known as All Technical Service Company, or Altec which was later acquired by Lansing Company. The Webster Chicago - Rauland Borg association was said to have begun before the 1941/42 acquisition of the WC intercom and commercial sound business.
In 1945, Webster-Chicago became a licensee of the Armour Research Foundation and began manufacturing wire recorders,the first product being a version of the Armour "military" wire sound recorder which it sold to the U.S. Navy. The stainless steel wire media was perfect for military applications as it could withstand extreme temperature and climate variations in the field. After World War II came to an end, Webster-Chicago continued to produce wire recorders and introduced a whole new product line oriented toward the civilian market.
The Webster-Chicago brand was one of the top selling wire recorders ever made and the company specialized in models for both office dictation use and the private consumer market. The operation of the transport worked whereby a stainless steel wire with a diameter of .0036 inches traveled past a vertical motion recording head at an average of 24 inches a second. The units produced very lifelike sound quality, especially in some of the later high end models whereby the cabinet and amplification circuits were redesigned specifically for better frequency response. The production run lasted from about 1945 through the early 1950's.
In 1952 the company launched a new line of tape recorders and eventually discontinued its production of the modern wire recorder as the industry movement towards Hi-Fi was in it's initial stages. In that same year Webster-Chicago Corporation also decided to change its name to Webcor, a shortened and more streamlined name to take the company forward into the 1950's. The conversion of the name actually showed up on some of the product line that year. One example was the model 210 Tape Recorder in which the top head cover displayed the name Webcor and the bottom head cover displayed the name Webster-Chicago Electronic Memory.
The Model 210 was also the first tape recorder built for the consumer market with dual record/play heads and two balanced induction motors. This would allow for playing a tape in both directions without having to turn the reels over by hand and a single TV type control knob for ease of operation, huge selling points at that time. In 1953 the company also produced a matched 3 speaker series which began the company's endeavors into the Hi-FI arena. This development was also incorporated into the Webcor (Fonograph) product line as well.
Webcor continued to produce consumer electronics throughout the 1950's and into the later 1960's creating many innovations in Hi-Fi and Stereo. The company did have business problems in later years as the industry became more competitive and saturated with foreign and domestic electronics.
The greatest testament to the quality of Webster-Chicago products is the fact that so many are still working some five or six decades later and can be found for sale on many auction and vintage electronics sites. Whoever said "They just don't build them like they used to" must have meant Webster-Chicago.
Rauland-Borg's roots are in the founding, in 1922, of the Rauland Company by inventor and radio enthusiast E. Norman Rauland. In 1924, he became a pioneer in the radio broadcast industry by launching his own, Chicago-based radio station, WENR. Throughout the Depression, Rauland manufactured power amplifiers and equipment for public address systems. During this time, the Rauland Company won government contracts to produce radio and communication systems for the military.
In 1941 Norm Rauland and George Borg entered a partnership that would change the history of the company forever. The Rauland Corporation acquired the Webster-Chicago Corporation, a leader in school communications, and Rauland became firmly established as the dominant supplier of internal school communications systems.
In 1942, the Rauland Corporation acquired Baird Television of America. Rauland began developing the cathode ray tube (CRT), and as a result, the company became an important supplier of communications and radar equipment during WWII. After WWII, the Rauland Corporation began manufacturing CRTs for 10 and 12 inch televisions.
In 1948, two major events happened. First, Zenith Radio Corporation purchased the Rauland Corporation to acquire the CRT business. Second, Norm Rauland and George Borg started a new company, Rauland-Borg Corporation, for continuing the sound and communications business. As the company further developed its commercial and industrial communications components, they remained an important military contractor providing such essential products as the Navy's ship-to-shore radios, airborne radar jamming transmitters, walkie-talkies, classified cryptographic switching adapters, tank radios, intercom systems and radios for arctic regions.
In the early 1960s, the use of transistors was still limited but Rauland-Borg demonstrated its technological leadership by transforming its entire line of sound and communications products to transistorized and solid state components. Recognizing the need to keep school instructors and staff in touch with each other, Rauland-Borg introduced the first generation of Telecenter® products in 1968. Telecenter® was the first-ever commercial application of touch-tone technology which has since become the backbone of school communications, worldwide.
In 1979, after the acquisition of the Picker-Briggs Company, the prestigious manufacturer of the Responder® health care communications systems, Rauland-Borg established itself as a leader in nurse call communications.
In 1989, Rauland-Borg acquired Biamp Systems Company, a long-time designer and manufacturer of Biamp® professional audio equipment. In the 90s, the company expanded its existing product lines into Latin America and the Pacific Rim. Today, we respond to market needs worldwide with two distinct communication system product lines: Responder®, designed for the healthcare industry and Telecenter® systems which serve the educational market. Both product lines reflect our long-standing commitment to the cutting edge of communication innovation, and help ensure that we always have a product that is an exact fit for our customers' needs.
Here's some correspondence we received from Bill Carpenter who worked for Webcor, as well as Ampex. He provides information about Webcor's last reel tape recorder the Webcor Professional CP-2500.
To: Martin, Phantom productions, Inc.
I just found your directory/museum and I think it's great.
I have a 1956 vintage, Bell & Howell "TDC" 3 motor audio recorder, which I bought in early 1956, and used to start a recording business.
Ampex 1971-1996 Redwood City,Ca, Broadcast Video Records, product management, marketing management.
I have spent my entire professional business career in magnetic recording, 12 years in design, and the remainder in management.
No, The 2500 was not any cutting edge design, at least in the tape transport design. A typical BFB design of the period.
I should explain, "BFB", was our slang for " Babies First Burp", sorta like "point & shoot" for the late simple, automatic 35mm cameras.
The real development was in the sound output system.
The solid state transformer-less stereo amp was "bulletproof" in a day when a Stereo 10W/channel RMS amp was a scary design at best.
The speakers were a pneumatic loaded and were a acoustically sealed box, "bookshelf size" which were a cheap copy of the Acoustic Research AR-2a design.
They contained a 8" soft edge long throw speaker and a 3.5" tweeter.
On low and mid range they were equal to the AR-2a's, but on the high end is where the outperformed everything available in the marketplace, except the Ionic tweeter which used a "blue gas", which was visible, and cost in the + !,000$ area, in 1965$.
The trick of the tweeter was that in trying to equal the high end performance of JBL's, Titanium Dome tweeter which was only part of the highest end systems, the design engineer stumbled on to something very great and very cheap. It was 3.5", very hard paper coned tweeter with a big magnet structure, and in our tests, the limiting factor was the spider.
In case you have never taken speakers apart, the spider is the device that centers the voice coil in the area around pole piece of the magnet.
When the engineer started cutting away portions of the spider, the performance improved and the tweeter was much flatter in response.
So, when it got so small & thin, he looked for something else to support & center the voice coil, and what worked very well was GREASE!
Not just any grease, but Dow Corning's, space age Silicon grease, namely DC-200, which was close to peanut butter in it's consistency, but silky smooth, and very slippery. They added a turned aluminum pole piece on the front of the magnet pole piece, which looked good, and did a small amount of field shaping, but the real breakthrough was replacing the spider with grease.
The speaker builder figured out how to contain the grease since it did not run and was stable over a wide temperature range.
When this was all complete, the SUPER Tweeter cost us about $3.26 each in a 100 unit quality purchase.
Many years later the speaker folks, used the same grease trick to dissipate heat to keep voice coils in big, high power speakers for burning up.
The other great feature of this product, was that to make the amp " bulletproof, a barretter, was added in series with the output transistors, which in essence, was a low resistance device in series with the output device which would change in value with increased current.
This was in the form of a 12V, taillight bulb, with two identical filaments and it was mounted on the small heat sink, between the two sets of power transistors, with wire leads going thru the pc board and a gob of silicon heat sink grease held the bulb in place during assembly.
So, when you were driving the system close to the 10W limit, the bulb would get very bright, and if you knew where to look when we were driving the system with our favorite test recordings, Leon Barry's pipe organ music, you could easily understand how well the system was working, if your ears could stand the sound pressure.
I was asked to support the first major product dealer demo, with the sales manager at the Friar's club in NY city, on about 2 hours notice, when somebody else backed out.
I said I would do it, only if I could take my own demo tape to show the system properly.
The demo went well, and I used this amp for my home stem for the next ten years, when it got replaced by a Receiver.


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In 'Maineland,' Chinese High School Kids Live the American Dream
Documentary filmmaker Wang Miao followed two 'parachute kids' as they adapted to life at an American high school.
Ding Yining
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In a sunny room somewhere in Maine, in the American northeast, a Chinese boy plays the piano. The tones he strikes sound melodious, but also a little melancholic.
The boy is Harry, one of the protagonists of the documentary "Maineland." As one of the many "parachute kids" who enroll at U.S. private schools as young teenagers, Harry left his family and comfortable middle-class life behind in China and moved to a whole new world.
The director of "Maineland," Wang Miao, knows the children's struggles all too well. Wang grew up in Beijing and, at the age of 12, immigrated to the U.S. with her family. The next five years were full of challenges as she endeavored to adapt to her new surroundings. "Crossing continents from one culture into another at that age is the single most important turning point for anyone who has gone through this experience," Wang told Sixth Tone.
During the more than three years spent filming "Maineland," Wang captured the journeys of two teenagers — fun-loving Stella and more introspective Harry — as they prepared for life abroad and adapted to small-town, rural Maine. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
The trailer for the documentary 'Maineland.' By Wang Miao/Three Waters Productions
Sixth Tone: The main characters of "Maineland," Stella and Harry, are both well-behaved children from affluent families. Why did you focus on them rather than on characters who perhaps don't fit the "good child" mold?
Wang Miao: I didn't necessarily see Stella and Harry as the typical Chinese "good children." My preference for a character is someone who is captivating on screen, with nuance and complexity. I choose characters who are not only intriguing in their personalities, with potential for personal growth in the run time of the film, but also conduits for eliciting different aspects of Chinese culture, perspective, and society.
I wanted to track the journeys of students from their lives in China, leaving, and arrival at school, through graduation. I followed the Fryeburg Academy admissions officer on his recruiting trips to China, and filmed all 40 or so interviews. Among that crop of applications in 2012, 14 were accepted, Stella and Harry among them.
I started filming five kids but eventually narrowed it down to two. I liked Stella's very open and vivacious personality. Harry embodied a lot of traditional Chinese ideas and qualities. He always seemed quite mature for his age. I appreciated his curious ways and his philosophical ruminations on his experience.
Sixth Tone: What do you think of Stella's and Harry's relationships with their families?
Wang Miao: I chose Stella and Harry partly for how different their families are. Stella's family represents a segment of modern Chinese families that are on the brink of fracture. It almost feels like a classically tragic tale of the entrepreneurs of the '90s who worked very hard to build their business empires, but the family breaks up. Stella's mom and dad had built a factory business together, but their relationship fell apart. Like many of the entrepreneurial families of the '90s I've encountered, there is pressure on the children of these first-generation entrepreneurs to inherit the family business.
A still from the documentary 'Maineland' shows Stella, her father, and her grandmother at their home in Shanghai. Courtesy of Wang Miao
Harry's parents are very different. His family is quite traditionally Chinese in comparison, with a lineage of educated intellectuals. Harry's upbringing shaped his curious mind and his desire to retain and appreciate the traditional Chinese qualities.
I have a very close-knit family, so I'm always attuned to portrayals of family relationships. When I first met Stella and her dad, I felt this very close father-daughter relationship that reminded me of my own relationship with my father. But I also saw elements of the very Chinese fatherly [way of speaking] in Harry's dad's [conversations] with him.
Sixth Tone: "Maineland" explores the differences between the Chinese and American education systems. Does the U.S. come out on top in this comparison?
Wang Miao: When I started researching this topic in 2011, coincidentally, Americans were also questioning the merits of their own education system. Each side seemed to look to the other as a shining [example]. The Chinese were reported to excel at all the schools, while American students were often failing.
Having experienced both education systems myself, I always felt that there were merits to both. While the Chinese system focuses too much on rote learning, the American system is sometimes too loose. I think a lot of Chinese students may find that many of the U.S. schools are not all that they dreamed of. But the process of questioning and critical thinking is still one of the strongest traits of an American education. Let's hope that this advantage will not be stripped away by the current political climate.
Harry rides a bike in a still from the documentary 'Maineland.' Courtesy of Wang Miao
Sixth Tone: The current trend seems to be that Chinese children start studying overseas at increasingly younger ages. What's your opinion on this phenomenon?
Wang Miao: I think it depends on the conditions and the family. It's very difficult for a kid at such a young age to be all alone in a completely foreign land. I came to the U.S. to join my parents, so I was under their parental love and care. Still, the alienation I felt is palpable to this day.
I think for these parachute students, the challenge is exponential. The experience will inevitably shape who you are. It's not for everyone. Studying abroad is not a magic wand. It's an experience that could challenge you, make you more resilient and independent, and [help you] gain a wider perspective of the world, but it could also lead nowhere or even backfire if the student doesn't take what they can out of it or receive the support they need.
Sixth Tone: How did the students in the documentary change over the years? Did living abroad affect their personalities?
Wang Miao: The most important change is some form of self-awareness and independent thought. Just about every parent of a study-abroad student I've met — and every student — has told me that independence is the most important change. Even if many of these students end up spending a lot of time with their Chinese peers, they have exposure to a large variety of people and mindsets that will alter their perspective for life.
A still from the documentary 'Maineland' shows Stella (second from right) with a group of friends in the U.S. Courtesy of Wang Miao
Sixth Tone: Why did you choose an open ending — a shot of cars on the highway — for the documentary?
Wang Miao: I like open endings. Life is an open ending. [Harry and Stella] are on the road — some of the shots are in China, some in America, but they're continuing on the road. It represents a decision every study-abroad student faces: Do they go back home, or do they stay in America? The further they journey into both cultures, the more ambiguous that road becomes.
Editor: Kevin Schoenmakers.
(Header image: Harry gazes at the horizon in a still from the documentary 'Maineland.' Courtesy of Wang Miao)
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What Family Photos Tell Us About 20th Century Shanghai
How Shanghai's Sorting Through a Pile of New Trash Rules


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How to feed the world
With the Earth poised for a population spurt, a Debate ensues over the future of farming.
By Laurent Belsie Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
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After more than 20 years of weeding his rice paddies by hand, Takao Furuno of Japan of wondered if organic farming was worth the trouble. Then something changed his life.
Ducks.
The wild fowl, floating in his fields, inspired him to try an old Japanese technique of raising ducklings alongside the rice. The results surprised him. The birds ate the weeds and pests he'd worked so hard to eliminate. And their droppings nourished the rice, raising yields. Mr. Furuno, author of "The Power of Duck," has since started rotating crops and has added fish to flooded fields. His system is spreading to other Asian producers.
Furuno's ways are a prime example, observers say, of what could be the future of agriculture.
But it's only one of several visions. At the other extreme, in hungry Kenya researcher Florence Wambugu is using biotechnology to create sweet potatoes that resist pests.
The genetically manipulated sweet potatoes boast twice the yield and retain more of the nutrition than their conventional cousins. By taking this route, other observers say, feeding the world will require that fewer of the earth's forests be hewn for farming.
Ever since the world embarked on its biggest population boom three centuries ago, international agriculture has accomplished an amazing feat. It has managed not only to keep up with but to exceed the demographic increase. The result: A greater share of people eat better than at any time in history and, although hunger persists, its grip on the world is loosening.
Now, agriculture faces one final demographic spurt - a nearly 50 percent increase in the world's population before it levels off at around 9 billion people in 2050. And doubts are creeping in about whether the industry has the wherewithal to work its magic one more time.
"We feed ourselves largely on those earlier gains, which we call the Green Revolution," writes Richard Manning, author of "Food's Frontier: The Next Green Revolution." "Now we are in need of another such leap, but we lack the technology to effect it."
"We have to come to terms with our life-styles," adds Fred Kirschenmann, director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University in Ames. "We have to bring our species in balance with the rest of the species. I'm not very sanguine about that because if you look at the technologies that we've developed in the past, they always have had some ecological fallout."
Starting in the 1700s, Europe fed its burgeoning population by expanding agricultural production, especially in its colonies. That was acceptable when the world retained many of its forests. Now that land under cultivation represents nearly a third of the earth's land surface, further expansion looks environmentally suspect. So does today's conventional farming.
But alternatives have their own problems. Organic agriculture can't produce enough food to feed today's world. And biotechnology is running into widespread skepticism.
If it weren't for the environmental questions, such doubts about future food production might seem laughable. After all, the record of the past 40 years looks stellar. Average cereal yields have more than doubled, according to a University of Essex study. The world's farmers produce 25 percent more food per person, even though population totals have nearly doubled. And the price of food has fallen 40 percent (adjusted for inflation), which has alleviated hunger and caused some observers to forecast that the world could conquer malnutrition in this century.
The problem with this record lies with its effects outside agriculture. The fertilizers and pesticides of conventional (or high-input) agriculture foul drinking water, increase insects' resistance to pesticides, and choke irrigated soils with salt. Nearly 4 million acres of irrigated land are lost each year to this salinization, costing some $11 billion in reduced productivity annually, according to a satellite mapping project by the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank based in Washington, D.C. The same report found that more than 40 percent of the world's agricultural land exhibits moderately degraded soils.
High-input agriculture not only fouls resources, it uses them up, especially water. Already, irrigation takes 70 percent of the fresh water the world uses each year. Unless it can be made more sustainable, irrigation will lead to increasing competition between farmers and urban dwellers.
Even if conventional farming could solve these environmental dilemmas, it no longer packs much of a productivity punch. Between 1950 and 1960, US farmers saw their average grain yields soar 45 percent. By 1990, a decade's worth of increase boosted yields only 10 percent, writes Mr. Manning.
The question for policymakers is where to turn now. If the world encourages farmers to put more land into production, the loss of forests and other natural habitat will hurt the environment. At one extreme, to convert a land mass equal to the US (including Alaska) would rival the effects of global warming in its impact on the environment, scientists at the University of California at Santa Barbara warned two years ago.
Organic farming, with its emphasis on natural and renewable inputs, shows promise in reducing some of agriculture's environmental problems. And it's growing quickly. Certified organic crop land for corn, soybeans, and other major crops has more than quadrupled since 1992, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). And organic poultry and dairy farming have grown even faster. But even so, organic farming represents a tiny share of agriculture. In the US, for example, it takes up far less than 1 percent of the nation's farmland. And in Europe, where organic has gained a stronger foothold, only Sweden boasts double digits (11 percent).
Unfortunately, organic agriculture alone can't feed today's world, mush less the nearly 3 billion extra people expected by 2050. The limiting factor: It requires nitrogen-rich manure instead of man-made fertilizer. At most, according to Vaclav Smil, a Canadian geographer and author of "Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century," farming without synthetic fertilizer could feed 2 billion to 3 billion people.
"It's nuts," says Dennis Avery, director of global food issues for the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank based in Indianapolis. If the US, for example, wanted to go totally organic, it would have to increase its cattle herd ninefold and convert almost the entire US land mass to pastureland to create enough manure, he calculates. "We'd have room for cities and roads and manure production, but we wouldn't have the space for crops or Yellowstone National Park."
That leaves biotechnology, which Mr. Avery favors, but which has run into political opposition, especially in Europe, Japan, and parts of Africa. Currently, the US is considering going to the World Trade Organization over European Union moratoriums on biotech crops. The resolutions of such disputes could determine if and how quickly the technology spreads. Last year, biotech crop acreage rose 12 percent worldwide.
Perhaps these debates over farming techniques cloud the larger issue of mind set. Will agriculture stay industrially focused, or will it move to a more environmentally sensitive model, where biology rather than chemistry becomes the first line of action? Such a move wouldn't rule out the use of biotechnology or more conventional solutions. It would hold them in reserve.
Consider the South's long fight against cotton pests. Dr. Lewis and other government scientists are working on biological means of controlling these natural enemies. For example, cotton plants send out SOS signals when attacked by caterpillars, which attract a tiny wasp that feeds on the caterpillar. By enhancing the signaling and engineering plants to switch their insect resistance on and off, cotton could protect itself without letting the insect build up resistance to its defenses, he says.
But the boll weevil is an imported pest. So in the late 1980s, Southeastern states began using new monitoring technology and old-fashioned chemicals to zap the weevils. Using a chemical pesticide proved controversial, Lewis says, but the results are hard to argue with. Georgia's cotton crop has recovered to levels not seen since 1915. More important, the weevil's disappearance has allowed farmers to cut back on other pesticide use.
"It's not products; it's understanding the process," Lewis says. "The value is not whether it's synthetic but whether it will work and be renewable."
Progress Watch Organic farming continues to rise across the globe
Progress Watch Readers write: Feeding the world, more than biotechnology
Progress Watch Still occupying: Occupy Des Moines targets World Food Prize Foundation


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Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born Akeem Abdul Olajuwon on January 21, 1963, in Lagos, Nigeria) is a former professional basketball player whose best seasons were with the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He was reverently nicknamed "Hakeem the Dream" for his grace on and off the court.
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Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me. And now, when I look at the system here and look at my position--not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from--I feel so blessed to be from Africa.
I respect a lot of players in this league. But to me basketball is just a little aspect of my life. I enjoy the game because it's fun. But it is a game.
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My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom to devote the majority of it to Islam. That is the foundation from which I keep everything in perspective. I also want to let people know about Islam, how Islam can be a way of life. I want them to really understand its richness and its beauty and to see that Islam is for everybody. For me, this is the most important thing. From this, everything else falls into place.
The people who run the show in the NBA don't know anything about Islam. I think that may also be why some people are against me personally--because I am a Muslim. It's the same way people can be against you because of the color of your skin. They don't look past these things. But it always depends on the individual.
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aken from last year's Do What You Want To, It's What You Should Do album Forget The Fall is Flowers in miniature. Sharing a kinship with The Softies, the melodies are effortlessly gorgeous, possessed of the sense of joy that slept in the songwriting of Tiger Trap but, like Tallulah Gosh, not ignorant of the sadness that exists in beauty. That beauty makes itself known in the voice of Rachel Kenedy. Nestled between the warmth of Hope Sandoval and the chill of Harriet Wheeler, it's so welcoming that it wraps itself around you and lets you know that everything will be fine.
With Do What You Want To, It's What You Should Do having been released to no little acclaim last autumn, Flowers play a fine hand by releasing the LPs finest song as a single. Forget The Fall will serve to remind fans just how fine a band Flowers are, while being a track that dream-pop fans who've yet to hear the band can treat as a newly discovered treasure.


I leant my forehead against the headrest in front of me. Mum was in the same position. We waited and waited. I locked my eyes shut and in the darkness, yellow circles began to spread like ripples in a pond. I thought I was going to throw up. But nothing came. My stomach just cramped up and I got dizzy.
The Engine continued to idle. The voices outside grew alternately louder and quieter as a gentle summer rain began to patter against the windows.
Maybe they're butchering them with knives, I thought. Or are they using silencers? Maybe it's already over.
When the men boarded the bus again, their clothes were wet. They moved slowly and nobody said a word. Their faces were indistinguishable in the darkness.


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This Month in Holocaust History – Alfred Lerner Fellows – April 2020
This Month in Holocaust History - April
American soldiers and survivors mingle by the entrance to the Buchenwald concentration camp following liberation. (Photo courtesy of USHMM.)
American chaplain Rabbi Hershel Schaecter conducts Shavuot services for Buchenwald survivors shortly after liberation. (Photo courtesy of USHMM.)
Liberation of Buchenwald
Established in July 1937, Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps in Nazi Europe. Located just outside of Weimar in east-central Germany, the camp had more than 85 sub-camps, all of which used forced labor. Initially, the inmates were mostly political prisoners. After the November Pogrom, some 10,000 Jews were brought to the camp. By the end of 1945, the prisoner population reached more than 110,000. Prisoners carried out forced labor in the camp's stone quarry, in camp workshops, in armaments factories, and on construction projects. Weak and disabled prisoners were transferred to euthanasia killing centers and gassed. A number of prisoners were killed by camp doctors.
When the Soviet army invaded Poland in the summer of 1944, the Germans evacuated thousands of concentration camp prisoners from western Poland and sent them on death marches into Germany. More than 10,000 prisoners, mostly Jews, from Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen arrived at Buchenwald in January 1945.
In early April, as American forces approached the camp, the Germans evacuated about 28,000 prisoners from Buchenwald and its sub-camps. During this process, about one third of the prisoners died from exhaustion, starvation, exposure, or SS bullets. In the final days, the camp's underground resistance movement sabotaged the evacuation by obstructing German orders, delaying the evacuation.
By April 11, 1945, most of the SS guards had fled Buchenwald, and the underground took control, trapping several dozen SS men in the camp. That day, the 6th Armored Division of the U.S. Third Army arrived and found more than 20,000 prisoners, including 4,000 Jews, in the camp. Precise mortality figures are not available for Buchenwald, as camp administrators did not register large numbers of prisoners. The SS murdered at least 56,000 male prisoners in the Buchenwald camp system, about 11,000 were Jews.
The United Nations passed a resolution designating January 27 as International Holocaust Memorial Day. The date coincides with the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It is important to recognize that the camps were liberated over the span of nearly a year, from July 1944 to May 1945.
The first concentration camps were liberated by the Soviet army as they invaded German-occupied territory from the east. In the summer of 1944, they liberated Majdanek and overran the sites of the Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka killing centers, which the Germans had dismantled in1943. In January 1945, the Soviets liberated Auschwitz, but the SS had already forced the majority of its prisoners on death marches into the German interior. In addition to Buchenwald, the American army liberated the main camps of Dora-Mittlebau, Flossenbuerg, Dachau, and Mauthausen. British forces liberated camps in northern Germany, including Neuengamme and Bergen-Belsen, in April 1945. On May 7, Germany surrendered in the West, and on May 9, in the east.
If you chose to teach to the liberation of Buchenwald, you might talk about Buchenwald as part of a larger discussion about the evolving roles that concentration camps played before and during the Holocaust. The last days of Buchenwald also lend insight into the subject of liberation.


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Crowded Places: How SBD is working with Government to protect against terrorist attacks
Secured by Design (SBD), the official police security initiative, is referenced six times in the Government's newly published Crowded Places Guidance to protect places from terrorist attacks.
The document points readers to SBD as an authoritative source of information on personal security and the physical protection of buildings, including security alarms.
Produced by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), Crowded Places Guidance was published on 2 November – the day before the national threat level was raised for the first time in a year from 'substantial', when an attack is likely, to 'severe' which means an attack is highly likely.
Although aimed primarily at the security sector and people who own or manage businesses, organisations, amenities and utilities to make workplaces safer, Crowded Places states that everyone has a part to play in making it harder for terrorists to plan and carry out attacks.
The Guidance reports that the threat we face from terrorism is significant. Crowded and easily accessible places, such as shopping centres, sports stadia, bars, pubs and clubs, remain terrorist targets.
It states: "As we have seen in the UK and across Europe attacks can happen at any time and any place without warning. Understanding the threat we all face, and of the ways we can mitigate it, can help keep us safer. Everyone can play a role in this effort by taking steps to help boost their protective security whether that is at work, at home or away; when travelling, when out and about or just simply when online.
"Having better security for all these areas makes it harder for terrorists to plan and carry out attacks. It also helps reduce the risk of other threats such as organised crime," the Guidance adds.
The Guidance has been developed through extensive research and analysis of previous incidents, and the assessment of current known threats.
In a section on 'Physical Security', SBD's website is referenced for its listing of Police Preferred Specification products, including robust external doors and windows to protect against manual forced entry as well as ballistic and blast threats – adding that advice on relevant standards is available both through the SBD and Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) websites.
The same section highlights the importance of intruder detection systems and mentions SBD's website twice about the National Police Chiefs' Council security system policy, which sets out the police requirements for alarm systems installed by compliant companies to gain a police response to premises.
SBD is also mentioned twice about the role of Designing Out Crime Officers (DOCOs), who along with Counter Terrorism Security Advisers (CTSAs), provide advice and guidance on physical security.
There are around 200 DOCOs, who are either police officers or police staff based in police forces around the UK, who work with architects, developers and local authority planners to design out crime from the concept, design and planning stages through to construction and completion.
SBD is part of Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (PCPI), which runs the Police Crime Prevention Academy (PCPA), providing crime prevention and designing out crime training to DOCOs and to other organisations that have a role in creating safer places.
SBD is also highlighted in a section on 'Personal Security' regarding homes and grounds, doors and windows, keys and locks as well as alarms, lights and CCTV.
Crowded Places Guidance states: "There are a number of simple measures you should consider to protect yourself and ensure your home is secure". It recommends secure fences and walls, quality locks on external doors and windows and external lighting covering external doors and parking areas as well as ensuring tools and ladders are locked away and consideration is given to the installation of CCTV and alarms."
SBD's Technical Manager, Alfie Hosker, said he is thrilled that SBD has been referenced widely within the NaCTSO's Crowded Places Guidance. He said it seeks to keep people safe from a variety of terrorist attacks, including hostile vehicle attack or marauding attackers for example.
He explained: "Our website includes a great deal of crime prevention advice and lists security-related products that have achieved Police Preferred Specification for being sufficiently robust to deter opportunist criminals and reduce crime.
"SBD is also working with organisations such as CPNI, NaCTSO and others to raise awareness and provide measures and advice which can reduce the potential for terrorist attacks. This is not only from a physical security perspective but also via training and signposting to suitably qualified personnel, who can provide the relevant advice and guidance on this subject matter."
Alfie continued: "The aim of this is to create an environment which can 'Deter, Detect, Delay' and initiate an effective response to the potential of such incidents. This in turn can assist the UK Police Service and associated organisations preventing and responding to such events."
Kenny McHugh, National SBD Manager, said: "This Crowded Places document is the latest example of how we are working with Government and the Police Service to promote crime prevention into as many different environments as possible to keep premises secure, keep people safe and build safer and stronger communities for all of us to enjoy now and for generations to come."
If you have information about possible terrorist activity, including tip-offs and confidential information, call the Anti-Terrorist Hotline: 0800 789 321. For warnings about possible bombs or other urgent threats please call 999. For the Crowded Spaces Guidance visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crowded-places-guidance


Ask most people what a 'fairy tern' is and you're likely to get an answer that relates to the latest moves on the television hit show 'Dancing with the Stars'.
Fairy terns nest in four Northland Wildlife Refuges at Waipu, Mangawhai, Pakiri and Papakanui Spit, and are extremely vulnerAbel while nesting.
It is in fact a very rare bird as the fairy tern or tara-iti is New Zealand's rarest indigenous breeding bird. There are only 45 fairy terns left - all in wildlife refuges on New Zealand's Northland coast.
Risks to the fairy tern include its diminutive size, and nesting habits – on sandy beaches where it is exposed to predators and accidental human intervention such as trampling on eggs.
For some years, local volunteers have been assisting conservation workers with a breeding project that is slowly boosting numbers. In 2013 10 fairy tern chicks fledged and a similar success is hoped for this year.
The birds are intensively managed by New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DoC) which has two dedicated wardens on the job seven-days-a-week overseeing breeding colonies on the beaches of Waipu, Mangawhai, Pakiri, and Papkanui Spit.
Their focus is to increase the population of the shorebird by giving the fairy terns the best breeding environment.
Breeding pairs construct nests on exposed, low-lying areas of shell-covered sand. These nests are a simple indent in the sand amidst shells.
The wardens prepare nesting sites by laying down shells, monitor breeding attempts, and maintain fences around nests. They also help with public education, predator trapping and enforcing safety regulations. Volunteers also play a big part in monitoring, trapping and surveillance.
New Zealand fairy terns were once widespread around North Island coastal areas and the eastern shores of the South Island, but their decline can be attributed to a combination of habitat loss, predation and disturbance at the breeding sites.
It is the smallest tern that breeds in New Zealand and the birds can be identified during the breeding season by their black caps, bright yellow beaks, orange legs, soft grey wings and white under parts. In non-breeding plumage the cap fades to a mottled black and white, and the bill and legs lose their brightness.
Nests are no more than small scrapes in the sand, camouflaged amongst shell and making breeding a hazardous process as the fairy tern can be very difficult to see and is therefore easily stood on.
Adult birds nest between October and February, and chicks hatch after 21 days. At 19 days old chicks are banded with unique metal and colour bands and sexed through DNA testing.
The main threats to the young are stormy weather and predators such as cats, rats, ferrets, stoats, weasels, hedgehogs, black-backed gulls and humans.
As part of the fairy tern support programme, DoC Northland funds habitat restoration at Mangawhai Spit which has helped to create excellent nesting sites for fairy terns. Money is also invested in gaining advice from external specialists and scientists as well as purchasing field gear required for operational work.
Each season wardens are employed at each site to erect and maintain shorebird fencing and monitor breeding pairs and the eggs and chicks. The wardens are also involved in advocating and educating the local community and visitors to the area, with the support of volunteers.


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Q: simplexml_load_string() converts empty xml elements to object instead of string I am having hard time consuming an api which has xml as response. I am using simplexml_load_string() to convert xml to php object and then with json_encode() to json response. When all the elements are filled like below
<content>
    <row>
        <column>
            <item1>Item 1</item1>
            <item2>Item 2</item2>
        </column>
    </row>
    <row>
        <column>
            <item1>Item 1</item1>
            <item2>Item 2</item2>
        </column>
    </row>
</content>

the json response will be correct like below
{
  "content": {
    "row": [
      {
        "column": [
          {
            "item1": "Item 1",
            "item2": "Item 2"
          },
          {
            "item1": "Item 1",
            "item2": "Item 2"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "column": [
          {
            "item1": "Item 1",
            "item2": "Item 2"
          },
          {
            "item1": "Item 1",
            "item2": "Item 2"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

However when there is an empty item, json response for the corresponding xml will be different breaking my apis.
<content>
    <row>
        <column>
            <item1></item1>
            <item2></item2>
        </column>
    </row>
    <row>
        <column>
            <item1>Item 1</item1>
            <item2>Item 2</item2>
        </column>
    </row>
</content>

For the above xml json response will be
{
   "row":[
      {
         "column":[
            {
               "item1":{

               },
               "item2":{

               }
            },
            {
               "item1":"Item 1",
               "item2":"Item 2"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         "column":[
            {
               "item1":"Item 1",
               "item2":"Item 2"
            },
            {
               "item1":"Item 1",
               "item2":"Item 2"
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

Which is different than the previous one. Any help on how to overcome this please?

A: use xpath() to get empty nodes and unset() to remove them
working example:
$xml_string = <<<XML
<content>
    <row>
        <column>
            <item1></item1>
            <item2></item2>
        </column>
    </row>
    <row>
        <column>
            <item1>Item 1</item1>
            <item2>Item 2</item2>
        </column>
    </row>
</content>
XML;

$xml = simplexml_load_string($xml_string);
$xpath = '//*[not(normalize-space())]';

foreach (array_reverse($xml->xpath($xpath)) as $remove) {
    unset($remove[0]);
}

$json = json_encode($xml);

echo $json;


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