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Susquehanna Stories
John's Foot Care Story
by UPMC
The complications involved with diabetes can be wide-ranging and debilitating. There's increased risk for heart disease, bone and joint disorders, stroke, high blood pressure, skin conditions, and teeth and gum problems. Although those are some of the more common concerns, there are others that can be just as devastating.
Just ask John Shafer of Montgomery.
John, senior director of field operations North America for Stanley Access Technologies, learned firsthand how dangerous a simple cut to the foot can be for someone with diabetes. Unfortunately, that's a lesson he had to learn twice.
The reason foot abrasions have a tendency to become infected in someone who has diabetes is two-fold. First, they can be difficult to identify, because a blood sugar imbalance can cause pain or tingling in the foot — a condition known as neuropathy — someone with diabetes may not even notice when he or she has injured a foot. In addition, diabetes restricts blood flow, so a cut on the foot may be slow to heal because an adequate amount of blood isn't reaching the injured area.
The result can be an unnoticed, open wound that lingers to the point of infection.
After cutting his toe in 2013, John eventually found himself in the emergency department at UPMC Williamsport, where Zachary Ritter, DPM, immediately recognized the seriousness of the situation and operated on John's foot to remove the infection.
After a recovery that included a seven-day hospital stay, things returned to normal for John. Not one to sit still, he fanatically cheered for his beloved Penn State Nittany Lions. He attended celebrity chef nights at the Peter Herdic House in Williamsport. He participated in his church's choir, hosted dinner parties at his home, played volleyball, and indulged in his love of traveling.
Then, just before Christmas 2019, he suffered another foot wound.
This time the cut was on his other foot, but the infection was the same. John found himself back at UPMC Williamsport for a second surgery with Dr. Ritter. Afterward, he left with more than just a mended foot. He also had a heart full of gratitude.
Following that visit, John was so moved by his experience that he wrote a letter of appreciation thanking the UPMC doctors, nurses, and support staff who cared for him during his visits. John also donated $10,000 to the Susquehanna Health Foundation in honor of Dr. Ritter — a donation his employer generously matched — for a total contribution of $20,000.
John credits Dr. Ritter for more than just his surgical prowess and says the warm reception he received changed his entire outlook on health care.
"Honesty, I never really liked doctors and never liked going to the doctor," John says. "And while Dr. Ritter is serious and an expert in his field, he also has a personality and humor that are so special and make it easy to have a great doctor/patient relationship. A lot of people are afraid to go to the doctor, but his demeanor makes it easier to not be nervous or upset."
An alumnus of Mansfield University, John has been involved with fundraising efforts through his alma mater and understands the importance of philanthropy. He says that being on this side of the giving — after all the pain, anxiety, fears, "what ifs," two surgeries, and 10 days in the hospital — feels better than he ever could have imagined.
John has been at Stanley Access, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, for 33 years. He loves his job, even going so far as to say he's married to his career, and he appreciates the perks that an accomplished professional with a successful career that spans three decades might enjoy.
One of those benefits is the flexibility to live essentially wherever he wants, but the lifelong Pennsylvania resident, who was born in South Williamsport, says he wouldn't think of living anywhere other than the Susquehanna region.
John says he knew that his donation to Susquehanna Health Foundation would benefit others in the area he calls home, helping to enhance local care that consistently ranks among the state's finest. He cites UPMC's service, facilities, and patient outcomes as examples of how the health system shines in the Susquehanna region.
"This area's level of health care is great," John says. "We're fortunate to have it."
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Kid Rock Net Worth
How much is Kid Rock Worth?
Kid Rock Net Worth:
Kid Rock Net Worth: Kid Rock is an American multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and actor who has a net worth of $150 million. Kid Rock is known for his genre-defying music, which sometimes encompasses elements of rock, hip-hop, and country. Kid Rock takes full control of the production process, and he is a multi-instrumentalist who can personally add to his music in a number of different ways. With outspoken political views, Kid Rock is also famous for his controversial actions and statements.
Early Life: Kid Rock's real name is Robert James Ritchie. He was born on January 7th of 1971 in Romeo, Michigan. His father was a successful car dealership owner, and Robert Ritchie grew up on a large estate. As a child, Ritchie did farmwork for the family such as picking apples and tending to the horses.
Before Ritchie was ten years old, he became passionate about hip-hop music. He taught himself how to rap, DJ, and breakdance. Eventually, Kid Rock would go on to learn a number of different instruments, allowing him to play every single instrument in his backing band during recording sessions.
Career: Kid Rock began his career as a member of The Beast Crew during the 80s. At the age of 17, Kid Rock signed with Jive Records and released the 1990 album Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast. After the success of his debut album, Kid Rock became one of the biggest rappers in Detroit and toured with artists such as Ice Cube and Too Short. Eventually, he was dropped by Jive Records.
In 1992, Kid Rock signed a new deal with Continuum Records and collaborated with the Insane Clown Posse. In 1993, he switched to a more rock-focused sound with his second album, The Polyfuze Method. This ultimately led to the creation of Kid Rock's backing band, Twisted Brown Trucker. 1996's Early Mornin' Pimp was another example of Kid Rock's shift towards rock music. In 1997, he signed a new record deal with Atlantic Records.
By this point, Kid Rock had fully refined not only his "rock-rap" sound, but also his stage persona. His next album, Devil Without a Cause, proved to be a major hit. Solid promotional tactics and the popularity of the single "Bawitdaba" led to over 15 million units sold worldwide. The album later achieved diamond status.
After appearing in a range of TV shows and films, Kid Rock released a self-titled album in 2003. Once again, the album marked a continuation in the shift away from hip-hop and towards rock music. Rock N Roll Jesus was Kid Rock's seventh album, and it charted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 – a first for Kid Rock's career. By 2010, Kid Rock had started to shift from rock towards country music with albums like Born Free. He followed up in 2012 with the album Rebel Soul.
Towards the end of the 2010s, Kid Rock released the album Sweet Southern Sugar and the greatest hits compilation Greatest Hits: You Never Saw Coming. In 2020, Kid Rock went back to his hip-hop roots with the single "Quarantine," published under his alter-ego Bobby Shazam. All proceeds from sales of the single were donated to Covid-19 relief efforts.
Personal Life: Kid Rock met Kelly South Russell in eighth grade, and what followed was a ten-year relationship with plenty of ups and downs. Although Kelly South Russell gave birth to Kid Rock's son in 1993, he later discovered that his partner was raising a child whom she had with another father. This revelation led to their split, and Kid Rock raised his son as a single father from 1993 onward.
In 2000, he started dating a model named Jaime King. Next year, he started dating Pamela Anderson. Although Kid Rock was initially engaged to Pamela Anderson, they ended their relationship in 2003. However, the two eventually married in 2006, only to split up once again when Anderson miscarried with Kid Rock's child. In 2017, he and his girlfriend Audrey Berry became engaged.
Political Stance: Kid Rock has become well-known for his political views. He identifies as a Republican and has supported various Republican candidates over the years. That being said, Kid Rock has Libertarian leanings and supports freedom on things like abortion and gay marriage. In terms of economics, he has conservative views.
In 2017, Kid Rock appeared to toy with the idea of running for Senate. His statements on social media were met with befuddlement from some media sources, while various Republicans supported the idea of a Kid Rock candidacy. Later in 2017, he finally revealed that he never actually intended to run for Senate and that it was all part of a joke.
Controversy: Kid Rock has become embroiled in controversy on more than one occasion. He has been arrested on more than one occasion for assaults spanning from 1991 to 2007. The most high-profile assault was during the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards when he attacked Tommy Lee who was sitting in the audience.
Throughout his career, Kid Rock has used the Confederate Flag during concerts and events. In 2011, he officially stopped using the flag after accusations of racism. In 2016, he made disparaging comments towards Colin Kaepernick during a concert. In 2019, he was filmed at his restaurant making a long, intoxicated rant about numerous subjects, including Oprah Winfrey. Once again, Kid Rock was accused of racism.
Charity Work: Over the course of his career, Kid Rock has become involved in various charity organizations. He started the Kid Rock Foundation, an organization that raises money for various charities, including outreach programs for U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. He also performed during the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert and toured for the United Service Organizations.
Real Estate: In 2006 Kid paid $11.6 million for a 5-bedroom Balinese-style mansion in Malibu, California. He listed the home for sale in 2013 for $13.5 million, ultimately accepting $9.5 million in June 2017. In November 2020, electronic DJ "Diplo" bought the property for $13.2 million.
In a rural suburb one hour outside of Detroit he owns a multi-property equestrian compound. He listed this property for sale in August 2020 for $2.2 million. He also owns a lakefront mansion in a different Detroit suburb.
He also owns a 70-acre property in the Nashville suburbs and an oceanfront home in Jupiter, Florida which he acquired for $3.2 million.
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Date of Birth: Jan 17, 1971 (50 years old)
Height: 6 ft (1.829 m)
Profession: Actor, Singer-songwriter, Musician, Rapper, Disc jockey, Dancer, Multi-instrumentalist, Record producer
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import java.util.*;

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public class WordLadderII {
    public List<List<String>> findLadders(String beginWord, String endWord, Set<String> wordList) {
        HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> h = new HashMap();
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    private void BFS(Set<String> set1, Set<String> set2, Set<String> wordList, HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> h, boolean forward) {
        if (set1.size() > set2.size()) {
            BFS(set2, set1, wordList, h, !forward);
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        wordList.removeAll(set1);
        wordList.removeAll(set2);
        boolean connected = false;
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        for (String s : set1) {
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                                connected = true;
                            else
                                set3.add(cand);

                            String cand1 = forward ? cand : s;
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                            cur.add(cand1);
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                        }
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                c[i] = ch;
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            BFS(set3, set2, wordList, h, forward);
    }

    private void DFS(String str, String ed, HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> h, List<String> cur, List<List<String>> ans) {
        if (str.equals(ed)) {
            ans.add(new ArrayList(cur));
            return;
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        for (String i : next) {
            cur.add(i);
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            cur.remove(cur.size() - 1);
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}

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Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard were Catholic composers who composed for both the Catholic and Anglican rite. This course will look at a wide range of music in Latin and English that reflects the variety and richness of their output. The exact choice of pieces will depend on the scorings available from the singers who book for the course, but we would certainly hope to include some of the larger scale pieces from the reign of Queen Mary 1.
There will be opportunities for singing in smaller groups as well as with the main choir.
Singers need to have clear, well- focused voices with good control of vibrato and sense of pitch.


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Q: how to test whether an unknown function is logarithmic function or not? can we figure that out by " the fundamental property of a logarithm" My question is derived another question:How do we know that ln function (natural log) is a logarithmic function if we start from its calculus definition?
I recently learned the calculus definition of ln, before which I only know that $\ln(a) = \log_e(a)$.
Suppose that we don't know anything about ln function except its calculus definition: $\ln(a)$ equals the integral of $y = \frac{1}{x}$ evaluated on $(1,a)$ ,then we can prove that $\ln(ab) = \ln(a) + \ln(b)$. After this, wikipedia says "this function ($\ln$ function) is a logarithm because it satisfies the fundamental property of a logarithm, $\ln(ab)=ln(a)+ln(b)$"
It can be inferred that there's something called "the fundamental property of a logarithm", which is a criteria to test out whether an unknown function is logarithmic function or not.   But why can this property of logarithm test out whether a function is logarithmic or not?

A:
Note: This depends a lot on exactly how you define "is a logarithm function". In this answer I have assumed that for you a "logarithm function" means any multiple of the natural logarithm, the latter being defined as the integral of $1/x$. Now, rereading the question, I'm not so sure about that anymore, so caveat lector.

The fundamental property of a logarithm function is the formula
$$ f(ab) = f(a) + f(b) $$
If some function $\mathbb R_+ \to \mathbb R$ satisfies this for all $a$ and $b$, and it is continuous and not identically zero, then it must be a logarithm function to some base, and that base is uniquely the number such that $f(\mathit{base})=1$.
To prove this, I would start by showing that the natural logarithm satisfies the property for base $e$ (this would probably be the definition of $e$, in fact), and that every continuous function $f:\mathbb R_+\to \mathbb R$ such that $f(ab)=f(a)+f(b)$ and $f(e)=1$ must be equal the logarithm at $e^q$ for every rational $q$, and therefore everywhere by continuity.
You can also show that if $f(ab)=f(a)+f(b)$ and $f(x_0)=0$ for some $x_0\ne 1$, then $f$ is zero everywhere. (Again, first prove this for rational powers of $x_0$, and then apply continuity).
Now, if you're given some arbitrary continuous function that satisfies $f(ab)=f(a)+f(b)$ and is not zero everywhere, then in particular $f(e)$ must be nonzero. Therefore $x \mapsto \frac{f(x)}{f(e)}$ satisfies exactly the conditions that we've just see imply that it must be the natural logarithm, and therefore $f(x)=f(e)\ln(x)$ everywhere.

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Friday through Sunday of the holiday weekend, Dr. Hottie was on home call. This means he must be able to get to the hospital within 20-30 minutes if needed. Admittedly, it sort of feels like house arrest. The mountains and all of its adventures are calling- and also happen to be 30-60 minutes away- before you even hit the trailhead. We're not really city folk, and I had a hard time coming up with things to do close to home. The second challenge is that, whatever you do should take one hour or less- if it's longer than that you will inevitably be interrupted by the evil pager. So in trying to avoid the black hole that is self-pity, here's the start of a list of short bursts of activity that can be done close to home.
1. Hill repeats: we found out it only takes ~5 around these parts until you want to puke.
2. Have a pool day: that just happens to be a 90 second bike ride from the hospital.
3. Make a fun summer-themed dessert to share: that only takes ~30 minutes to make.
5. Watch your favorite TV shows on netflix: Because the only show I can hold out & only watch with Dr.H is about a scary serial killer (check out Dexter- but don't watch alone).
So yea, instead of a glorious 3 day holiday weekend trip- we worked on surviving call weekends. What are holidays again ?!?!!


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Day off?
Sort of.
The only time I really have off is when I'm in-between books waiting for approval on thumbnails. Lately I've decided to use this time to remind myself of why I like living in DC. Biggest reason? Free galleries! The National Gallery, the American Indian museum (trust me don't call them and refer to it as the Native American museum- they hate that!), Freer/Sackler, and others. I love to go down there and do drawings based on the paintings in black and white on a neutral colored paper, usually craft/brown paper. It's never about reproducing the images, but more about looking at the paintings/art with a detailed eye. Trying to figure out what they did and WHY they did it. Right now there is a Judith Leyster exhibit at the National, which was fun for me. For some reason this style really compliments the Flemish painters and Impressionists – go figure. No more talk… enjoy.
Judith Leyster- Flute player – Original
My version… I made his face too thin, but whaddah you want for 30 minutes?
A Franz Hals- but of course.
My pathetic attempt… needed to puff up his eyes more. Or he needs a trip to Sephora?
A Thomas Eakins…
I never got the face right. Damn kids today.
Lastly, this was done from Rodin terra cotta study, so this was a bit more difficult. Especially since it was in a square case with the corner being exactly in the middle of the face because of the angle I chose.
Not the same angle…
But I tried!
Those pouty darn lips drove me nuts- well that and the Indian couple who kept hovering while I was trying to draw! Grrrrr- tourists!
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Not long ago, the wife and I went on a much needed, but late arriving, vacation to the land of merry ole England. Part biz, part pleasure, we had the joy of hanging out with the awesome editorial staff at Titan Books. The team of Steve, Andrew, Den & Phillipa, Ellie, and Rona made us feel welcome, and like part of the family. So much so, that Ned and his wonderful wife to be Carly, invited us to their engagement party! What little I remember, after all the strong beers, was that I had a great time. One of the things that I always pictured as being part of pub life was free flowing bags of chips, or crisps as the Brits call them.
Now we're no strangers to strange flavors or odd concept snack foods in the States… hell we gave the world Twinkies and Slim Jims (crimes against nature), but the Brits are willing to put damn near any taste on a fried bit of potato and call it a snack. In preparation for our trip, we did a little research. The wife and I had our own priorities- hers being shopping for clothes, mine was tracking down various comic shops and art stores. In our quest, however, we discovered that recently Walker crisps had set up a contest to help decide some new flavors for their line of chips. Now keep in mind they already have tasty treats like Prawn Cocktail, Cheese & Onion, Beef & Onion, Pickled Onion (man they love onion), Roasted Chicken, Marmite, and even Worcester. However, that wasn't enough- no they needed a contest to come up with something that had a wider appeal to increase sales; hence their recent contest of "Do us a Flavour!" (Brilliant title though isn't it?) They set up a competition for fans to send in flavor suggestions, which the top few would be produced for a limited time, and the winner would then become a standard option. So what do they offer? For consideration they selected great British culinary standards like…
Fish n Chips – fair enough- it is what most Americans think of first
Builders Breakfast- sounds like a Willie Wonka concoction- now I taste green peas!
Chili n Chocolate – ok- I can see the idea being like jalepeño in hot chocolate
Onion Bhaji- sure, I know there are a lot of people of east Indian decent in the UK
Crispy Duck- again, I know Britain held Hong Kong for @ 100 years, so ok
But the last was one I couldn't quite get… so while in England we hit every Marks & Spencer around until we found what we were looking for.
No seriously- it was one of the options. I additionally like an appeal for a vote from a squirrel who looks like he's either in prison, or in the head lights of an on coming car.
I'm not sure what flavors the US sister company of Walker (Lays chips) would come up with for a similar stunt?
Ballpark Franks?
Biscuits n Saw Mill Gravy?
Chips & Salsa?
But Heaven help us if some "neck" were to suggest "O'Possum" flavor! Do we need that? I hope not, as if pork skins aren't nasty enough.
One thing I have to give the Brits though- they don't mince words. I noticed that they don't put a small Surgeon General's warning on cigarette packs over there. No, they have a huge billboard across the box practically saying "you smoke this and you'll die!", so why should their snack food be any different. They don't have confusing nutritional boxes on the back of the bag with tiny numbers, uh-uh- it's a slapped right on the front with big, eye grabbing graphics that remind you what a lard-butt you're going to be after chomping down your bag of grease, infused goodies.
If the flavor didn't deter you enough, maybe this will. With American obesity at critical levels, perhaps this is the best option. I say we let people eat junk food to their hearts content (or detriment), but remind them with big intimidating type about their poor choice. Then, to increase the odds, lets only offer flavors that a even a starving raccoon wouldn't eat. Hmmmm… Raccoon?
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GI Joe Lucky 7
Well this weekend is San Diego Comic Con, although there are those among us who say it's time for them to drop the "comic" bit since the show is almost anything but comics. That's a whole other discussion.
For me though this is the week that the first issue of my run on the regular Joe series hits the stands. With issue 07 I take over the drawing chores from Robert Atkins, but don't worry, he'll be back with issue 13.
One thing some of the fans have been asking for, is a more realistic approach to military equipment and environments. So I decided that would be my focus, as opposed to other artists who've worked a more sci-fi angle on their art. I tried to keep the technology more recognizable, being no more than 10 years ahead of its time, when I can. A lot of what you'll see my issues will have a look and/or feel similar to that of concept cars at an auto show, the neat gadget designs you might find in "Wired" magazine, or on the "Future Weapons" TV show. I wanted it to feel grounded in reality, but still hi-tech. I don't want the equipment to be so fantastic to the reader that it feels it's happening on a parallel world or something. I always want there to be a hint of "it could exist", so I tried to set that tone early on. At the start Cover Girl is in transport to the Joe base, I took the opportunity to really set in motion the idea that these guys are part of our current military, top secret, but still part of it. To do that, the basic stuff had to be more realistic, so this page shows equipment most people can recognize. It includes things we see on the news from our war zones, with Hummer trucks, and Black Hawk copters, to basic uniforms and huts.
With that set up, I have a platform to establish more advanced technology for the Joes, but I didn't want to take it too far. As in this scene with a slightly redesigned Shipwreck, we see his small transport submarine. My design for it is really an amalgam of several concept subs I found while doing research, with a bit of artistic license taken to give it a "shark" like appearance. I was so happy to find it wasn't colored in yellow when it came back.
Lastly, I wanted the characters to be individuals, not just while in costume, but also in their posture, manners, and physical traits. One thing I always related to about Snake Eyes was the "outsider" feelings he seemed to have. Never fitting in with the group, and never to be loved because of how he looks under the mask. When Mr. Dixon wrote this scene I really wanted the audience to feel what Snake Eyes was, especially how the last line of text hurt more than any of the scars on his body. To him it shouldn't just be a simple sign off, but a slap in the face, which we can see in his eyes reflected in the polished glass of his phone. In that, we see he knows, what we know – it'll never happen.
Hope everyone enjoys my take on the Joes, some have already pointed out that it's a different feel than normally found on the book. Don't know if that's good or bad, but if you don't like it, hang in there. Robert will be bringing his wicked art back to the show with issue 13. If you do like it, then hot damn!
Filed in Comic Art Talk, GI Joe, SLG_Art ·Tags: GI Joe, Snake Eyes
We're going down- kiss your arse good-bye
I've had to do some traveling lately, and the one constant seems to be that the worst artists in the world usually get the job of illustrating all those airline safety leaflets. Honestly, it looks like the people they find to do these things are the same guys that do logos for $99 or something. I know most of these are done with Adobe's Illustrator, but is that really an excuse for making the people in the images look like freaks of nature? Think of how often we're told on flights to assist the child next to us with their oxygen mask only after placing on our own. That makes sense, but why does this airline really assume that "little people" need the same attention?
All he's missing is a stogie and a spank mag.
I understand (as anyone who has ever flown does) that a seat cushions can be used as a floatation device, but it always impresses me how artists interpret the potential reactions of travelers who might face this situation. For example, there are those who might immediately come to terms with their doomed fate, like this version of "Ophelia: world trekker".
She's has such a strong sense of melancholy.
But this lady isn't so pleased, oh she's not angry or scared, just annoyed that she won't make her connecting flight.
You can almost hear her saying "ƒ√¢-®s"
Sometimes, when you have a non-african artist do illustrations of black people, you'll get some weird renditions of them. This is particularly frequent in Japanese anime, as seen in this prime example, Afro-Samurai.
Or as in this illustration, where the man isn't so much black, as he is a Golem.
What's wrong with his arms?
The nice thing about these leaflets though is that the images are so generic that it gives artists who haven't worked in years, or kept up with trends, a chance to get some work. I mean, when was the last time the Ron Jeremy look was in? OK, maybe the porn-stash IS coming back into vogue.
Keeping the whole porn connection in mind though, why do we have to include all fetishes? I mean, who came up with "plane-bondage"? Do we really need to see this sort of testicular abuse in a safety pamphlet?
I love the look of pain in his face.
Considering all the horrible things that can happen to a traveler while on an aircraft, perhaps downplaying the event is a good thing. I mean why not point out the real concerns in life… like how all that drama can ruin your hair.
When life hands you lemons, make an airline safety leaflet.
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MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, Indian Notes, Vol. IX, No.3, 1973.
Annual Report for 1972.	More
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. Indian Notes and Monographs. Vol. VI, No. 2
April, 1929. Contains "Boundaries and Hunting Groups of the River Desert Algonquin" by F.G. Speck, "The Peace Tomahawk Algonkian Wampum" by J. Keppler, "A Montagnais Prayer-Book and a Mowak Primer" by R. Gaines. 95 pages, photographs and figures.	More
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. Indian Notes. Vol. VII, No. 2
April, 1930. Contains "The Paraphenalia of the Duwamish Spirit-canoe Ceremony" by T.T. Waterman, "A Massachutsetts Pot and an Eskimo Lamp" by W.C. Orchard. 147 pages, photographs and figures.	More
NATIVE PEOPLES. The Arts and Lifeways
Vol. 9, No. 1, 1995. Vol. 9, No. 2, 1996. Vol. 9, No. 3, 1996. Vol. 9, No. 4, 1996. Vol. 9, No. 5, 1996. Vol. 10, No. 2, 1997. Vol. 11, No. 2, 1998. Vol. 11, No. 3, 1998. 8 issues. The arts--traditional and contemporary--created by Native Americans, are..... More
NEW MEXICO ANTHROPOLOGIST. Vol. II, No. 1, 1937
Published by the Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. (This journal--bimonthly through 1928, and then quarterly--was the predecessor of the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology). 32 pages. This copy bears the stamp of R.H. Lowie.	More
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN RELIC COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION.
Official Bulletin. Vol. No. 8, 1936. 18 pages, 9 photographs, numerous advertisements.	More
OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE IDAHO STATE COLLEGE MUSEUM, (later changed to Idaho State University Museum)
No. 8, 1962, THE EMERGENCE OF A PLATEAU CULTURE; No. 13, 1964, BIRCH CREEK PAPERS NO. 1. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE BIRCH CREEK VALLEY OF EASTERN IDAHO; No. 14, 1964, Birch Creek Papers No. 2. NATURAL AND CULTURAL STRATIGRAPHY IN THE BIRCH CREEK VALLEY OF EASTERN IDAHO; No. 16.....	More
PENNSYLVANIA ARCHAEOLOGIST, BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY FOR PENNSYLVANIA ARCHAEOLOGY, VOL.52 NO.1-2
1982. 89 pages.	More
PERSPECTIVES IN CAHOKIA ARCHAEOLOGY
Illinois Archaeological Survey Bulletin No. 10: 1975. viii,155 pages, 78 figures.	More
PORTFOLIO II. Eleven American Indian Arts
San Francisco: 1988. 48 pages, 50 color photographs.	More
PORTFOLIO. American Indian Contemporary Arts
San Francisco: 1986. 48 pages, 33 color and 11 b/w photographs.	More
PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE OF THE INDIANS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Indian Affairs, Bulletin 1927, No. 1, 1927. 4 pages.	More
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DAVENPORT ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, Vol. II, Part I, 1876-1877
148 pages of text containing 15 woodcuts, plus 3 pages of photographs of the many very brief papers in this volume, six deal with archaeology and/or artifacts found in Iowa and adjoining regions. All products are from these papers, as are the 3 pages of photographs.	More
PROGRESS THROUGH POWER. Electrical Training for the Navajo Tribe
Reynolds Electrical Co. 1962. 64 pages, 39 b/w drawings, 4 full-page color drawings of sand-paintings, 9 b/w and 2 color photographs.	More
QUIET TRIUMPH. Forty Years with the Indian Arts Fund, Santa Fe
Indian Arts Fund, Ft. Worth and Santa Fe: 1966. 18 pages, 6 pages of b/w and 12 pages of color photographs.	More
R.C. GORMAN EXHIBITION.
Santa Fe: Wheelright Museum, 1975. 16 pages, 13 large photographs. New and unopened copy.	More
RAINHOUSE AND OCEAN: SPEECHES FOR THE PAPAGO YEAR
American Tribal Religions, Museum of Northern Arizona, Vol. 4, 1979. 154 pages, 20 illustrations.	More
THE REDSKIN. Official Publication of the Genuine Indian Relic Society, Inc.
Vol. XI, No. 1, 1976. 40 pages, 39 large photographs.	More
REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FOUR BEAR SITE, 39DW2 DEWEY COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA. 1958-1959
Over Museum, Archaeological Studies Circular, No. 10, 1962. vi, 97 pages, 32 pages of figures.	More
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN RESEARCH
EXPLORATION, 1971. 27 pages. EXPLORATION, 1974. 36 pages. EXPLORATION, 1975. 32 pages.	More
SEVEN FAMILIES IN PUEBLO POTTERY
Albuquerque: 1974, 1978. 116 pages, 170 illustrations.	More
855 pages. This Report contains eighteen papers on the anthropology of tghe North American and Mesoamerican Indian.	More
xxxix, 904 pages. Several papers by Otis T Mason and several papers on midwestern mounds are included in this Report.	More
lvxi, 815 pages. This Report contains a report on the work of the BAE and several papers on anthropology.	More
xli, 808 pages. Several papers on anthropology and on the North American Indian are found in this Report.	More


What lol? I mean I admit to giving my self hp, but those screenshots mean nothing. I could legit say I had full hp before you shot me and I lost hp. I could have even gone to the hospital to get hp. Or even used items to regen my health. This report is retarded lol.
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Forge Data Platform and Workflow Automation APIs - DevDays '19 Summary
A major barrier to efficient collaboration today is caused by the complexity involved with data exchange between Applications. Collaborative patterns around data mean high frequency, non-linear and non-repeatable data pipelines between a vast number of stakeholders using a range of specialist Applications which makes automation a huge challenge for solution providers.
Existing project management Apps and technical Building Information Modelling(BIM) frameworks have failed to deliver a valid solution to data exchange on our processes and instead, burdening the industry with an inefficient file based mechanism for data exchange between collaborators.
Autodesk provides a set of APIs as a part of Forge today to support the data exchange mechanisms of industry. This includes a file conversion API but takes a long time (relative to the speeds expected by the modern user) to convert from one format to another and results in large file sizes which are also unsuitable for the era of the internet.
Autodesk have worked with industry partners and listened to customer concerns and they think that they have created a solution to the data exchange and collaborative problems.
Their innovation is split into two APIs and is promised for release in 2019.
The Data Platform API represents access to the new feature set of the new data model that Autodesk are adopting. It is based on the concept of a shared database that can facilitate data exchange not just between Autodesk Applications but from third party vendors too through an evolving common data model.
Developers will be able to create a contract that defines rules for accessing data held in the central data model(Forge Data Platform API) at a granular level i.e Object level access. Autodesk aims to play the role of a trusted Escrow(Legal) that facilitates the requirements of a complex collaborative relationship for data exchange that removes intellectual property, ownership and liability challenges coupled with file based alternatives e.g IFC.
We expect to see features rolled out to support their own SaaS Application data models but also a demand for third parties to integrate without delay.
Creation of rule based project data access provides developers with a new opportunity to create event driven Applications that manage data throughout its lifecycle which leads me to the next API presented - The Workflow Automation API. The workflow automation API will allow a third party Application to define rules for data pipelines in and out of Autodesk/third party applications.
Implementation and testing has been carried out with Autodesk partners that highlights how the use of these APIs can impact custom workflows. Developed to enable delivery of complex processes and remove project risk, Autodesk could support their users by helping them to define data flow requirements in advance of the project that incurred no lost important information throughout the collaborative data exchange mechanisms supported by new Forge APIs. Evan Lavelle from Front Inc. acknowledges its benefits, as follows:
"It isn't about whether it is difficult to make or how, it's about a process that eliminates all errors and uncertainty, and that's desired on EVERY project."
The workflow diagram above represents a model of collaboration between three different stakeholders engaged in a workflow. The architect working in Revit requires information flow to the landscape architect. Traditionally this would be done through a snapshot of design data through IFC, RVT or DWG file formats and will often incur investment in an Application to extract relevant data by the land surveyor. Alternatively, a contract can be created through the Data Platform API which provides access to the data required by the landscape architect and the same principles can be scaled throughout the entire workflow process between all the stakeholders.
We see the potential for this API to provide a new model of collaboration for industry to adopt and predictable building data design outcomes. As is the nature of all of Autodesk APIs, the ability to access these tools will depend on an Organisations ability to design and develop custom workflows to take advantage of these APIs. Interested to collaborate? Contact us.
View the full webinar on Forge 2019 API updates here.
Product-Spotlight
BuildSimHub: Environmental analysis with an agile twist
Energy modelling is complicated due to the data input requirement from multiple stakeholders to produce an accurate model simulation. In this blog we will examine how a set of APIs from BuildSimHub can meet the requirement for an agile workflow between architects and design engineers.
Tagged: node-red, buildSimHub, open-api, AEC-API
Forge 101: An introduction to APIs
A high level introduction to Autodesk Forge Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) - You will learn how to begin to think about APIs and how these can be used to build custom tools for your organisation.
Tagged: Forge, BIM360, API


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List of local closures, cancellations, and delays due to COVID-19 concerns
Published: Mar. 12, 2020 at 7:02 AM CDT
Fears over the ongoing coronavirus outbreak have led to several events being canceled or postponed. The following is a list of local events and organizations affected by the outbreak:
Gov. Kristi Noem
has extending an executive order
issuing guidelines for individuals, businesses, and local governments to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Schools, universities, and district events
has recommended
that all public schools remain closed to students through the remainder of the school year. Students to continue receiving education remotely.
Sioux Falls school officials are urging parents to keep students at home as schools remain closed, but the district is offering
to help keep kids engaged while at home.
The South Dakota Board of Regents says all public university classes
will remain online-only
through the remainder of the spring semester. This includes USD, SDSU, Northern State University, and Dakota State University. In addition,
summer classes will also be online-only
SDSU
has canceled
all on-campus events through Aug. 15.
South Dakota technical colleges to finish semester online
is holding the remainder of its classes online..
All classes at
will be online through the remainder of the semester.
Dakota Wesleyan University is holding all classes online the remainder of the semester. Staff are working exclusively online.
in Sioux Falls will remain online-only through the remainder of the society.
All Minnesota public schools are closed through May 4.
All Iowa schools will remain closed through the remainder of the academic year.
Major regional businesses & health care providers
Avera Health is
closing its hospitals to most visitors
Sanford Health is
Hy-Vee is
changing its store hours
, and has
implemented several store-wide changes
amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The grocery chain is also offering a special shopping time for those most vulnerable to the coronavirus.
Fareway Meat & Grocery is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
is opening from 8-9 a.m. for those 65 and older.
Smithfield Foods' Sioux Falls processing plant
is temporarily halting production
Target is
reducing store hours
and establishing a special shopping time for those most vulnerable.
Walmart is adjusting hours at all store
is reducing its hours, and is also offering a special shopping time for senior shoppers.
Kohl's stores
are temporarily closed
, though the company is offering store pick up on some
Several regional utility providers, including
Midco
City of Sioux Falls
are suspending service disconnections for people financially impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Many are also limiting office hours; check with your local office before you visit.
Gov. Kristi Noem has
issued an order
urging people over 65 or those with compromised immune systems living in Minnehaha and Lincoln counties to stay home.
Mayor Paul TenHaken
has issued a "safer at home" order
offering a series of guidelines he asks citizens to follow through the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Sioux Falls City Council has
passed an ordinance
limiting many businesses, including restaurants and bars, to ten patrons or less.
Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken
is recommending the closure of all non-essential businesses
in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the city.
Mayor Paul TenHaken has declared a
in Sioux Falls. The city is also closing most non-essential offices until further notice. More information is available on the city's
Minnehaha County has
temporarily closed all non-essential buildings
until further notice.
SiouxFalls.Business has compiled a list of changes local restaurants and bars that are making due to the coronavirus.
You can read it here
Empire Mall is closing
Several Lake Lorraine business are
changing their hours
All Cinemark theaters,
including the two in Sioux Falls
, are temporarily closing.
The Westmall 7 Theatre is
, though they are selling popcorn on certain days.
The Western Mall has suspended indoor mall walking; the mall is only open to business patrons.
are adjusting
a number of protocols amid the outbreak.
The Washington Pavilion is closed until further notice.
The El Riad Shrine Circus scheduled for April 23-26
has been postponed
. The Chamberlain and Mitchell shows have also been postponed.
City community centers are closed.
Midco Aquatic Center and the Washington Pavilion's Visual Arts Museum and Kirby Science Center will be closed until further notice.
The Great Plains Zoo is closed to the public until further notice.
Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation and Siouxland Libraries are cancelling events until further notice. All public library branches are temporarily closed.
The April municipal election
until June. The city is still encouraging people to vote by absentee ballot.
The Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau visitor industry luncheon scheduled for May 19 has been canceled.
Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce
has canceled or postponed has canceled most events through mid-April.
Sanford POWER, sports academies, wellness centers are temporarily closed
is temporarily shutting down its Woodlake and Performance Center facilities. The EmBe fitness center is also temporarily closed.
The Sioux Falls Area Humane Society is
closed to the public
The Banquet is serving meals in to-go containers for the "foreseeable future."
The Old Courthouse Museum, as well as the Pettigrew Home and Museum are closed until further notice.
All AveraNow locations in Sioux Falls are closed.
The 2020 Sioux Falls Pride festival & parade
have been postponed
The City Council has approved an emergency ordinance restricting many public gatherings to fewer than ten people. You can find more information on the city's
COVID-19 response page
The city of Aberdeen has
postponed or canceled
a number of activities and facilities, including a moratorium on activities until further notice.
School playgrounds are closed until further notice.
Kessler's
Ken's SuperFair Foods
are limiting hours, and are also both designating shopping times for those most at-risk to COVID-19. This includes all regional locations for both stores.
AMC Classic Aberdeen 9
movie theater is closed until further notice.
The K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library is temporarily closed.
The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department is suspending all activities until further notice.
All large group activities at the Aberdeen Civic Arena and Civic Theatre are suspended through May 3.
The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce remains open, but has canceled or postponed a number of events. You can find details on the chamber's
All Avera-related events and group activities have been canceled through the end of March. Avera St. Luke's Hospital and clinics are allowing only one designated visitor per patient. Sanford facilities have implemented a similar protocol.
The Aberdeen Senior Center is suspending temporarily suspending activities.
Meals-on-Wheels service will continue like normal.
Primrose Retirement community is restricting visitors.
Aberdeen Area Humane Society
is requiring all visitors to call ahead and make an appointment before visiting the shelter.
The Women's Business Conference has been postponed until April 19.
The Aberdeen YMCA is closed until further notice.
The Dakotah Prairie Museum is closed until May 5.
All bars in the city have
collectively agreed
to temporarily close.
The city is
taking action to limit public gatherings in city-owned buildings
through May 6. However, some city-owned facilities, including the municipal liquor store and Edgebrooke Golf Course,
have reopened. All magistrate and circuit courts in Brookings County have been closed until late April, Dakota Radio Group reports. The Swiftel Center is closed to the public through May 6. Brookings Cinema 8 movie theater is closed until further notice. Brookings police and fire departments are temporarily closed to the public. Emergency services will continue like normal. If you have a reason for visiting a facility, contact the department first. The Brookings Municipal Liquor Store is temporarily closed to the public. The Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce has postponed its April 28 Leadership Conference, WILL Luncheon on June 10, and Annual Celebration on May 14. All city meetings have been canceled. All Brookings Parks and Recreation activities are suspended until further notice. The Brookings Public Library is temporarily closed. The Brookings Activity Center is temporarily closed. Little International scheduled for March 31 has been canceled. Huron The City Commission has ordered the closure of all restaurants, bars, and other "places of public accommodation offering food and beverages for on-site consumption." Restaurants can still offer delivery and carry-out options. All city buildings are temporarily closed to the public. You can find more information here. The Beadle County Unified Task Force has opened a call center for COVID-19. Call 605-353-6214 with any questions. Huron Luxury Cinemas theater closed until further notice
The City Council
prohibiting patrons from many businesses, including restaurants and entertainment venues, until further notice. The law goes into effect April 3.
City Hall is closed until further notice.
The Corn Palace is closed until further notice.
The El Riad Shrine Cirucus
Davison County Sheriff's Office
is temporarily suspending a number of services, as well as jail visits from the public.
Mitchell Luxury 5
movie theater is temporarily closed.
Executive branch of the state government is limited to essential personnel.
The Pierre Police Department is closed to walk-in traffic.
The Pierre Senior Citizens Center is temporarily closed.
The Rawlins Public Library is temporarily closed, as is the state public library.
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The City Aquatics Center is closed until further notice
The Cultural Heritage Center is closed until further notice.
The Pierre-Area Boys and Girls Club is temporarily closed.
Oahe Family YMCA
is closed until at least March 30.
The Watertown City Council
unanimously passed a resolution declaring an emergency
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prairie Lakes Healthcare in Watertown
is restricting most visitors
The Bramble Park Zoo is closed until further notice.
Dakota Sioux Casino
is temporarily closed
Watertown Fire Rescue is
closing stations to the public
to limit exposure of emergency responders to the virus.
The Watertown Convention & Visitors Bureau office has temporarily closed.
Watertown Grand 8
The Watertown Regional Library is closed until further notice.
The Redlin Art Center gallery and gift shop is closed; offices in the building remain open.
The Boys & Girls Club of Watertown is closed until further notice.
Food Pantry remains open, and is offering home delivery.
Dakota Sioux Casino will close from Midnight to 8 a.m. daily for deep cleaning.
The Yankton City Commission
has passed a safer-at-home advisory
has passed an emergency ordinance
ordering restaurants and bars in the city to close their seating areas.
All city offices are closed to the public. Officials ask you contact the city by phone or online with any questions. Emergency services will continue as normal.
The Missouri River Watershed Education Festival scheduled for April 30 has been cancelled. The the Great Missouri River Clean-up scheduled for May 2 has been cancelled, but it may be rescheduled at a later date.
Citywide cleanup set to begin next week is postponed indefinitely.
The Avera Sacret Heart Wellness Center is temporarily closed.
Yankton Community Library is temporarily closed.
AMC Classic Yankton 5
All South Dakota High School Activities Association spring and postponed winter events, including the boys and girls state basketball tournaments,
have been canceled
All Summit League regular-season competitions through the spring semester are canceled.
The 2020 edition of the Hy-Vee/Sanford Legends for Kids at the Sanford Sports Complex is postponed until Aug. 6.
The Howard Wood Relays
Special Olympics South Dakota has
canceled their Summer and Spring Games
Skyforce season on hiatus as NBA's G League suspends season
NAIA Division II championship in Sioux Falls canceled
The Sioux Falls Storm and Stampede seasons have been canceled.
The Aberdeen Wings' season is over after the North American Hockey League canceled all remaining games this season.
Several activities at the Sanford sports complex in Sioux Falls have been canceled, including the Sioux Falls Cyclones Indoor Classic at the Sanford Fieldhouse and the Big Sioux Challenge Volleyball Tournament at Sanford Pentagon. You can find the full list
Concerts & major events
2020 RiseFest in Sheldon, Iowa has been
postponed until Labor Day weekend
The 2020 South Dakota Chislic Festival
has been canceled
Beatles vs. Stones tribute show at Washington Pavilion rescheduled to May 20, moved to Orpheum Theater.
its event scheduled from April 3-5 at the Premier Center.
has postponed
its Sioux Falls concert.
Zac Brown Band postpones spring tour dates, including Sioux Falls concert
Rage Against the Machine postpones Sioux Falls concert
MercyMe's March 28 concert at the Denny Sanford Premier Center has been postponed.
Reba McEntire's April 26 concert at the Denny Sanford Premier Center has been postponed until Aug 1.
Baby Shark Live at the PREMIER Center, scheduled for March 16, has been postponed.
Several concerts at The District in Sioux Falls have been postponed or canceled. You can find updates on their
SDSU's 2020 Prairie Repertory Theatre season
Many churches, including the
Sioux Falls Catholic diocese
, are temporarily suspending services or mass obligations. Check with your church before you visit.
South Dakota Drivers License exam stations are closed statewide until at least May 2.
Many local courthouse and city offices are closed or limiting services. Check with your office before you visit.
Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood is
temporarily closed.
Royal River Casino in Flandreau is
Sanford Health has closed its wellness centers, POWER strength and conditioning programs, sports academy workouts, team practices, and competitions
The National Weather Service has canceled spring storm spotter classes, but it is offering
The South Dakota Department of Corrections is suspending all in-person visits and volunteer activities.
The South Dakota Department of Human Services is temporarily closed.
Do you know of a local event that has been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak? Email us at news@dakotanewsnow.com or message us on our Facebook page.
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South Dakota Secretary of Health Joan Adam retires
Sanford Radiothon raises money for local families this holiday season
Counseling services nearly booked full with holidays here
South Dakota DSS, Dept. of Health raising awareness for "Avoid Opioid" campaign
New Sanford class aims to educate parents alongside young children


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In a New York Minute – Official Trailer
Celia Au ("Wu Assassins"), Ludi Lin ("Mortal Kombat"), Amy Chang ("Billions") and Yi Liu ("The Blacklist") are outstanding in director Ximan Li's acclaimed In A New York Minute, premiering on digital this May.
ON DIGITAL MAY 3
Called "One of the top ten directorial debuts I've seen in almost a decade" (Talking Pictures), In A New York Minute follows three strangers as they accidentally discover the solution to their problems lies in a single pregnancy test. Amy is haunted by a past breakup that has manifested into an eating disorder. Angel is caught between a loveless marriage to an American businessman and a passionate affair with a Chinese writer. Nina moonlights as an escort in order to support herself.
Based on a Chinese short story, In A New York Minute takes a slice-of-life look at relationships highlighted by its Asian and Asian American-led cast. First-time writer/director Ximan Li leads a female-driven production crew to create an intimate character study that interprets love from three different points of view. The film stars Celia Au, Amy Chang, Yi Liu, with Ludi Lin and Cheng Pei Pei.
In A New York Minute is available on digital on May 3rd from Gravitas Ventures.
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We think that Newport County may well find it hard to breach the defence of this Bury team who we think will likely end up scoring and staying ahead. We're therefore anticipating a very competitive game with a 0-1 win for Bury when the full-time whistle blows. We'll see what happens. To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Newport County v Bury, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.
Bury haven't won away from home for 2 games.
The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was League Two match day 15 on 23/10/2018 when it ended Bury 1-1 Newport County. The referee was Martin Coy.
Newport County has not beaten Bury in their last 2 league games.They are also unbeaten in their last 4 home games and have not won at home for 2 games.
Typically taking to the field in the Striker position, Jamille Matt was born in Jamaica. Having played his first senior match for Kidderminster Harriers in the 2010 - 2011 season, the goalscoring Forward has struck 12 league goals in this League Two 2018 - 2019 campaign so far in 40 appearances.
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This is an early morning edition. For some reason I woke up at 7 am and couldn't get back to sleep despite the fact that I didn't get to sleep until 2. Today's post consists of the pages I created for the upcoming Mission District Guide by Skodaman Press. There are many different stories in this amazing idea for a graphic novel that each cover different aspects and characteristics of San Francisco's Mission District. I had the privilege to cover Hipsters in my story.
Unfortunately I could not include text with my pages, since the script was written by another individual, and I didn't have the rights to it. So if you want to know what the story is about you'll just have to purchase the book!
Hopefully I won't get into trouble for leaving the title in, I just feel like a little bit of text needs to stay.
There it is! For this comic I used all nib pens dipped in ink wells, instead of the brush work you have seen in my previous posts. If I were to do it all over again I would most likely use brushes through the entire comic. I love using pens but I always feel like i'm rushing through the artwork. Brushes force me to slow down and really attempt to get every stroke absolutely perfect.
These pages were a lot of fun, and the research was equally as fun. I look forward to working on similar projects in the future. Well that's it for today folks!
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Q: Laravel 5 - Route not available in notFoundHttpException Currently I'm experiencing an error I find hard to fix. The error concerns the \Request::route() returning NULL when the notFoundHttpException is fired and my custom error view is rendered.
The problem is that my application needs the current route in order to do a variety of things. I think it is "normal" that ..::route() returns NULL since the route does not exists.
This is where I show my custom error view:
// App\Exceptions\Handler
return response()->view('layouts.default', [
    'main_content' => view('errors.'.$e->getStatusCode())
], $e->getStatusCode());

When I call \Request::route() inside my view it returns NULL.
Anyone has any idea how to solve this in a clean way?
Edit
The application I am currently working on is a multi domain system. The route is needed to determine what domain is currently requested.
All routes are wrapped inside one group:
Route::group(['domain' => {domain}.{tld}], function()
{
    // Application routes...
}

To determine the domain:
$domain = \Request::route()->domain;

$tld = \Request::route()->tld;

// Retrieve from database...

Yes there are work arounds like:
// Url requested: mydomain.com/notexistingpage

$url_parameters = @explode(".", $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$domain = $url_parameters[0];

$tld = $url_parameters[1];

// Retrieve from database...

However I would like to keep using the router to serve the parameters. I'll mark this question as answered.

A: Try this
\Route::getFacadeRoot()->current()->uri();

or
\Route::getCurrentRoute();

A: A work around could be:
// Url requested: mydomain.com/notexistingpage

$url_parameters = @explode(".", $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);

$domain = $url_parameters[0];

$tld = $url_parameters[1];

// Retrieve from database...


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Mutellip Iminqari (; born 18 March 2004) is an ethnic Uyghur Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Chengdu Rongcheng.

Club career
Born in Xinjiang, Iminqari joined the Chengdu FA's academy, Chengdu Derui, in 2018. He represented the Hubei regional team in 2020 and 2021, before signing with Chinese Super League side Chengdu Rongcheng in April 2022.

He made his debut for Chengdu Rongcheng on 26 June 2022, against Shenzhen, and scored his first goal for the club the following month, in a 2–1 win over Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.

International career
Iminqari has represented China at under-19 and under-20 level.

Career statistics

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References

2004 births
Living people
Footballers from Xinjiang
Uyghur sportspeople
Chinese footballers
Association football midfielders
Chinese Super League players
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University of Maryland: Oumuamua was not an alien spacecraft
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Artist's impression of interstellar asteroid/comet, Oumuamua /ESO, M. Kornmesser
No, but why was there a general willingness to believe that it was an alien spacecraft anyway?
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – On October 19, 2017, astronomers discovered the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system. Early reports of the odd characteristics of "'Oumuamua" led to speculation that the object might be an alien spacecraft. Now a new analysis by an international team of astronomers co-led by, University of Maryland Associate Research Scientist Matthew Knight, strongly indicates that its origin is purely natural.
When first spotted by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 telescope located at the University of Hawaii's Haleakala Observatory, the object defied easy description, simultaneously displaying characteristics of both a comet and an asteroid. Astronomers formally named the object 1I/2017 U1 and with a common name of 'Oumuamua, which roughly translates to "scout" in Hawaiian.
Researchers from UMD and around the world immediately raced to collect as much data as possible in the few weeks they had to observe the strange visitor before 'Oumuamua traveled beyond the reach of Earth's telescopes. The new findings by Knight and colleagues from some 13 institutions and five countries are reported in the July 1, 2019, issue of the journal Nature Astronomy.
"We have never seen anything like 'Oumuamua in our solar system. It's really a mystery still," Knight said. "But our preference is to stick with analogs we know, unless or until we find something unique. The alien spacecraft hypothesis is a fun idea, but our analysis suggests there is a whole host of natural phenomena that could explain it."
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vmahuna says:
"We have never seen anything like 'Oumuamua in our solar system. It's really a mystery still," Knight said. "But our preference is to stick with analogs we know, unless or until we find something unique."
If we have "never seen anything like" it, then it is, by definition, "unique". He also uses the odd qualifier "in our solar system", which implies that we HAVE seen things like it someplace else.
I think that it's just as reasonable to instead say that it COULD be an artificial construction and it COULD be doing things we don't understand and can't detect. Pigeon-holing it as if it were a thing we DO understand doesn't advance understanding.
gpuccio says:
Vmahuna:
"It's really a mystery still" is a beautiful statement. Scientists should be able to say that more often. There are a lot of mysteries out there, many of them in biology, but nobody seems ready to admit that.
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Q: How to load data from an internal JSON array rather than from an external resource / file for a collapsible tree in d3.js? I wish to load a JSON data array from within a file to generate a collapsible tree diagram per the Mike Bostock example here. The example uses a correctly formatted external JSON file and loads it using the d3.json function.
I wish to be able to load a json array from within the file, which is the result of the generation of a multi-level array from a flay array (per the example question here).
A sample file I have stood up on bl.ocks.org / GitHub shows both parts of what I am trying to achieve without the crucial part of taking the multi-level JSON data and joining it to the collapsible tree diagram
In short. I declare the following data inside the file;
var data = [
     { "name" : "ABC", "parent":"DEF", "relation": "ghi", "depth": 1 },
     { "name" : "DEF", "parent":"null", "relation": "null", "depth": 0 },
     { "name" : "new_name", "parent":"ABC", "relation": "rel", "depth": 2 },
     { "name" : "new_name2", "parent":"ABC", "relation": "foo", "depth": 2 },
     { "name" : "Foo", "parent":"DEF", "relation": "rel", "depth": 2 }
    ];

Which is then run through this portion of code...
var dataMap = data.reduce(function(map, node) {
    map[node.name] = node;
    return map;
}, {});

// create the tree array
var treeData = [];
data.forEach(function(node) {
    // add to parent
    var parent = dataMap[node.parent];
    if (parent) {
        // create child array if it doesn't exist
        (parent.children || (parent.children = []))
            // add node to child array
            .push(node);
    } else {
        // parent is null or missing
        treeData.push(node);
    }
});

Which converts the array into multi-level json as follows (it is also pushed to the screen for reference);
[
  {
    "name": "DEF",
    "parent": "null",
    "relation": "null",
    "depth": 0,
    "children": [
      {
        "name": "ABC",
        "parent": "DEF",
        "relation": "ghi",
        "depth": 1,
        "children": [
          {
            "name": "new_name",
            "parent": "ABC",
            "relation": "rel",
            "depth": 2
          },
          {
            "name": "new_name2",
            "parent": "ABC",
            "relation": "foo",
            "depth": 2
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Foo",
        "parent": "DEF",
        "relation": "rel",
        "depth": 2
      }
    ]
  }
]

But then I have to load the same data from an external file in order to get it into the collapsible tree diagram. The code that does this is as follows;
d3.json("example.json", function(error, DEF) {
  root = DEF;
  root.x0 = height / 2;
  root.y0 = 0;

  function collapse(d) {
    if (d.children) {
      d._children = d.children;
      d._children.forEach(collapse);
      d.children = null;
    }
  }

  root.children.forEach(collapse);
  update(root);
});

With the diagram looking like this...

I'm pretty sure I've just had some sort of mental block that is doing my head in and that this is a simple answer, but it has defeated me for a few hours now.
How do I pass the correctly formatted JSON data from the formatting portion of the code to the diagram part?
Thanks for your help.
EDIT: I've added a JSFiddle with the suggested edits from Jesus here (http://jsfiddle.net/LGvha/).

A: You are very close, all you need to do is set the treeData you created as the root of the tree. So instead of loading the JSON data, you would do:
// replace this line
// d3.json("/d/4063550/flare.json", function(error, flare) {
root = treeData[0];
root.x0 = height / 2;
root.y0 = 0;

function collapse(d) {
    if (d.children) {
        d._children = d.children;
        d._children.forEach(collapse);
        d.children = null;
    }
}

root.children.forEach(collapse);
update(root);
//remove this line
// });

A: Thanks for the tips/pointers ... I am a total noob in JS and I fail to understand why full code examples are given rather than snippets. In the python community such answers would usually be punished severely.
I do have a full example - I hope this allows someone else to avoid the 2 hours of frustration I have just sloughed my way through.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

.node {
  cursor: pointer;
}

.node circle {
  fill: #fff;
  stroke: steelblue;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

.node text {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
}

.link {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #ccc;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>

var margin = {top: 20, right: 120, bottom: 20, left: 120},
    width = 960 - margin.right - margin.left,
    height = 800 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

var i = 0,
    duration = 750,
    root;

var tree = d3.layout.tree()
    .size([height, width]);

var diagonal = d3.svg.diagonal()
    .projection(function(d) { return [d.y, d.x]; });

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width + margin.right + margin.left)
    .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

//MyData
  var flareStr='{"name": "flare", "children": [{"name": "analytics", "children": [{"name": "cluster", "children": [{"name": "AgglomerativeCluster", "size": 3938}, {"name": "CommunityStructure", "size": 3812}, {"name": "HierarchicalCluster", "size": 6714}, {"name": "MergeEdge", "size": 743}]}, {"name": "graph", "children": [{"name": "BetweennessCentrality", "size": 3534}, {"name": "LinkDistance", "size": 5731}, {"name": "MaxFlowMinCut", "size": 7840}, {"name": "ShortestPaths", "size": 5914}, {"name": "SpanningTree", "size": 3416}]}, {"name": "optimization", "children": [{"name": "AspectRatioBanker", "size": 7074}]}]}, {"name": "animate", "children": [{"name": "Easing", "size": 17010}, {"name": "FunctionSequence", "size": 5842}, {"name": "interpolate", "children": [{"name": "ArrayInterpolator", "size": 1983}, {"name": "ColorInterpolator", "size": 2047}, {"name": "DateInterpolator", "size": 1375}, {"name": "Interpolator", "size": 8746}, {"name": "MatrixInterpolator", "size": 2202}, {"name": "NumberInterpolator", "size": 1382}, {"name": "ObjectInterpolator", "size": 1629}, {"name": "PointInterpolator", "size": 1675}, {"name": "RectangleInterpolator", "size": 2042}]}, {"name": "ISchedulable", "size": 1041}, {"name": "Parallel", "size": 5176}, {"name": "Pause", "size": 449}, {"name": "Scheduler", "size": 5593}, {"name": "Sequence", "size": 5534}, {"name": "Transition", "size": 9201}, {"name": "Transitioner", "size": 19975}, {"name": "TransitionEvent", "size": 1116}, {"name": "Tween", "size": 6006}]}, {"name": "data", "children": [{"name": "converters", "children": [{"name": "Converters", "size": 721}, {"name": "DelimitedTextConverter", "size": 4294}, {"name": "GraphMLConverter", "size": 9800}, {"name": "IDataConverter", "size": 1314}, {"name": "JSONConverter", "size": 2220}]}, {"name": "DataField", "size": 1759}, {"name": "DataSchema", "size": 2165}, {"name": "DataSet", "size": 586}, {"name": "DataSource", "size": 3331}, {"name": "DataTable", "size": 772}, {"name": "DataUtil", "size": 3322}]}, {"name": "display", "children": [{"name": "DirtySprite", "size": 8833}, {"name": "LineSprite", "size": 1732}, {"name": "RectSprite", "size": 3623}, {"name": "TextSprite", "size": 10066}]}, {"name": "flex", "children": [{"name": "FlareVis", "size": 4116}]}, {"name": "physics", "children": [{"name": "DragForce", "size": 1082}, {"name": "GravityForce", "size": 1336}, {"name": "IForce", "size": 319}, {"name": "NBodyForce", "size": 10498}, {"name": "Particle", "size": 2822}, {"name": "Simulation", "size": 9983}, {"name": "Spring", "size": 2213}, {"name": "SpringForce", "size": 1681}]}, {"name": "query", "children": [{"name": "AggregateExpression", "size": 1616}, {"name": "And", "size": 1027}, {"name": "Arithmetic", "size": 3891}, {"name": "Average", "size": 891}, {"name": "BinaryExpression", "size": 2893}, {"name": "Comparison", "size": 5103}, {"name": "CompositeExpression", "size": 3677}, {"name": "Count", "size": 781}, {"name": "DateUtil", "size": 4141}, {"name": "Distinct", "size": 933}, {"name": "Expression", "size": 5130}, {"name": "ExpressionIterator", "size": 3617}, {"name": "Fn", "size": 3240}, {"name": "If", "size": 2732}, {"name": "IsA", "size": 2039}, {"name": "Literal", "size": 1214}, {"name": "Match", "size": 3748}, {"name": "Maximum", "size": 843}, {"name": "methods", "children": [{"name": "add", "size": 593}, {"name": "and", "size": 330}, {"name": "average", "size": 287}, {"name": "count", "size": 277}, {"name": "distinct", "size": 292}, {"name": "div", "size": 595}, {"name": "eq", "size": 594}, {"name": "fn", "size": 460}, {"name": "gt", "size": 603}, {"name": "gte", "size": 625}, {"name": "iff", "size": 748}, {"name": "isa", "size": 461}, {"name": "lt", "size": 597}, {"name": "lte", "size": 619}, {"name": "max", "size": 283}, {"name": "min", "size": 283}, {"name": "mod", "size": 591}, {"name": "mul", "size": 603}, {"name": "neq", "size": 599}, {"name": "not", "size": 386}, {"name": "or", "size": 323}, {"name": "orderby", "size": 307}, {"name": "range", "size": 772}, {"name": "select", "size": 296}, {"name": "stddev", "size": 363}, {"name": "sub", "size": 600}, {"name": "sum", "size": 280}, {"name": "update", "size": 307}, {"name": "variance", "size": 335}, {"name": "where", "size": 299}, {"name": "xor", "size": 354}, {"name": "_", "size": 264}]}, {"name": "Minimum", "size": 843}, {"name": "Not", "size": 1554}, {"name": "Or", "size": 970}, {"name": "Query", "size": 13896}, {"name": "Range", "size": 1594}, {"name": "StringUtil", "size": 4130}, {"name": "Sum", "size": 791}, {"name": "Variable", "size": 1124}, {"name": "Variance", "size": 1876}, {"name": "Xor", "size": 1101}]}, {"name": "scale", "children": [{"name": "IScaleMap", "size": 2105}, {"name": "LinearScale", "size": 1316}, {"name": "LogScale", "size": 3151}, {"name": "OrdinalScale", "size": 3770}, {"name": "QuantileScale", "size": 2435}, {"name": "QuantitativeScale", "size": 4839}, {"name": "RootScale", "size": 1756}, {"name": "Scale", "size": 4268}, {"name": "ScaleType", "size": 1821}, {"name": "TimeScale", "size": 5833}]}, {"name": "util", "children": [{"name": "Arrays", "size": 8258}, {"name": "Colors", "size": 10001}, {"name": "Dates", "size": 8217}, {"name": "Displays", "size": 12555}, {"name": "Filter", "size": 2324}, {"name": "Geometry", "size": 10993}, {"name": "heap", "children": [{"name": "FibonacciHeap", "size": 9354}, {"name": "HeapNode", "size": 1233}]}, {"name": "IEvaluable", "size": 335}, {"name": "IPredicate", "size": 383}, {"name": "IValueProxy", "size": 874}, {"name": "math", "children": [{"name": "DenseMatrix", "size": 3165}, {"name": "IMatrix", "size": 2815}, {"name": "SparseMatrix", "size": 3366}]}, {"name": "Maths", "size": 17705}, {"name": "Orientation", "size": 1486}, {"name": "palette", "children": [{"name": "ColorPalette", "size": 6367}, {"name": "Palette", "size": 1229}, {"name": "ShapePalette", "size": 2059}, {"name": "SizePalette", "size": 2291}]}, {"name": "Property", "size": 5559}, {"name": "Shapes", "size": 19118}, {"name": "Sort", "size": 6887}, {"name": "Stats", "size": 6557}, {"name": "Strings", "size": 22026}]}, {"name": "vis", "children": [{"name": "axis", "children": [{"name": "Axes", "size": 1302}, {"name": "Axis", "size": 24593}, {"name": "AxisGridLine", "size": 652}, {"name": "AxisLabel", "size": 636}, {"name": "CartesianAxes", "size": 6703}]}, {"name": "controls", "children": [{"name": "AnchorControl", "size": 2138}, {"name": "ClickControl", "size": 3824}, {"name": "Control", "size": 1353}, {"name": "ControlList", "size": 4665}, {"name": "DragControl", "size": 2649}, {"name": "ExpandControl", "size": 2832}, {"name": "HoverControl", "size": 4896}, {"name": "IControl", "size": 763}, {"name": "PanZoomControl", "size": 5222}, {"name": "SelectionControl", "size": 7862}, {"name": "TooltipControl", "size": 8435}]}, {"name": "data", "children": [{"name": "Data", "size": 20544}, {"name": "DataList", "size": 19788}, {"name": "DataSprite", "size": 10349}, {"name": "EdgeSprite", "size": 3301}, {"name": "NodeSprite", "size": 19382}, {"name": "render", "children": [{"name": "ArrowType", "size": 698}, {"name": "EdgeRenderer", "size": 5569}, {"name": "IRenderer", "size": 353}, {"name": "ShapeRenderer", "size": 2247}]}, {"name": "ScaleBinding", "size": 11275}, {"name": "Tree", "size": 7147}, {"name": "TreeBuilder", "size": 9930}]}, {"name": "events", "children": [{"name": "DataEvent", "size": 2313}, {"name": "SelectionEvent", "size": 1880}, {"name": "TooltipEvent", "size": 1701}, {"name": "VisualizationEvent", "size": 1117}]}, {"name": "legend", "children": [{"name": "Legend", "size": 20859}, {"name": "LegendItem", "size": 4614}, {"name": "LegendRange", "size": 10530}]}, {"name": "operator", "children": [{"name": "distortion", "children": [{"name": "BifocalDistortion", "size": 4461}, {"name": "Distortion", "size": 6314}, {"name": "FisheyeDistortion", "size": 3444}]}, {"name": "encoder", "children": [{"name": "ColorEncoder", "size": 3179}, {"name": "Encoder", "size": 4060}, {"name": "PropertyEncoder", "size": 4138}, {"name": "ShapeEncoder", "size": 1690}, {"name": "SizeEncoder", "size": 1830}]}, {"name": "filter", "children": [{"name": "FisheyeTreeFilter", "size": 5219}, {"name": "GraphDistanceFilter", "size": 3165}, {"name": "VisibilityFilter", "size": 3509}]}, {"name": "IOperator", "size": 1286}, {"name": "label", "children": [{"name": "Labeler", "size": 9956}, {"name": "RadialLabeler", "size": 3899}, {"name": "StackedAreaLabeler", "size": 3202}]}, {"name": "layout", "children": [{"name": "AxisLayout", "size": 6725}, {"name": "BundledEdgeRouter", "size": 3727}, {"name": "CircleLayout", "size": 9317}, {"name": "CirclePackingLayout", "size": 12003}, {"name": "DendrogramLayout", "size": 4853}, {"name": "ForceDirectedLayout", "size": 8411}, {"name": "IcicleTreeLayout", "size": 4864}, {"name": "IndentedTreeLayout", "size": 3174}, {"name": "Layout", "size": 7881}, {"name": "NodeLinkTreeLayout", "size": 12870}, {"name": "PieLayout", "size": 2728}, {"name": "RadialTreeLayout", "size": 12348}, {"name": "RandomLayout", "size": 870}, {"name": "StackedAreaLayout", "size": 9121}, {"name": "TreeMapLayout", "size": 9191}]}, {"name": "Operator", "size": 2490}, {"name": "OperatorList", "size": 5248}, {"name": "OperatorSequence", "size": 4190}, {"name": "OperatorSwitch", "size": 2581}, {"name": "SortOperator", "size": 2023}]}, {"name": "Visualization", "size": 16540}]}]}';

  console.log(flareStr)
  flare=JSON.parse(flareStr);
  console.log(flare);

  root = flare;
  root.x0 = height / 2;
  root.y0 = 0;

  function parse_data(flare)
  {
  console.log("in Parse_data")

  root = flare;
  root.x0 = height / 2;
  root.y0 = 0;

      function collapse(d) {
        console.log("in collapse")
        if (d.children) {
          d._children = d.children;
          d._children.forEach(collapse);
          d.children = null;
        }
      }

  root.children.forEach(collapse);
  update(root);
  }

parse_data(flare);
d3.select(self.frameElement).style("height", "800px");

function update(source) {

  // Compute the new tree layout.
  var nodes = tree.nodes(root).reverse(),
      links = tree.links(nodes);

  // Normalize for fixed-depth.
  nodes.forEach(function(d) { d.y = d.depth * 180; });

  // Update the nodes…
  var node = svg.selectAll("g.node")
      .data(nodes, function(d) { return d.id || (d.id = ++i); });

  // Enter any new nodes at the parent's previous position.
  var nodeEnter = node.enter().append("g")
      .attr("class", "node")
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + source.y0 + "," + source.x0 + ")"; })
      .on("click", click);

  nodeEnter.append("circle")
      .attr("r", 1e-6)
      .style("fill", function(d) { return d._children ? "lightsteelblue" : "#fff"; });

  nodeEnter.append("text")
      .attr("x", function(d) { return d.children || d._children ? -10 : 10; })
      .attr("dy", ".35em")
      .attr("text-anchor", function(d) { return d.children || d._children ? "end" : "start"; })
      .text(function(d) { return d.name; })
      .style("fill-opacity", 1e-6);

  // Transition nodes to their new position.
  var nodeUpdate = node.transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + d.y + "," + d.x + ")"; });

  nodeUpdate.select("circle")
      .attr("r", 4.5)
      .style("fill", function(d) { return d._children ? "lightsteelblue" : "#fff"; });

  nodeUpdate.select("text")
      .style("fill-opacity", 1);

  // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
  var nodeExit = node.exit().transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + source.y + "," + source.x + ")"; })
      .remove();

  nodeExit.select("circle")
      .attr("r", 1e-6);

  nodeExit.select("text")
      .style("fill-opacity", 1e-6);

  // Update the links…
  var link = svg.selectAll("path.link")
      .data(links, function(d) { return d.target.id; });

  // Enter any new links at the parent's previous position.
  link.enter().insert("path", "g")
      .attr("class", "link")
      .attr("d", function(d) {
        var o = {x: source.x0, y: source.y0};
        return diagonal({source: o, target: o});
      });

  // Transition links to their new position.
  link.transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("d", diagonal);

  // Transition exiting nodes to the parent's new position.
  link.exit().transition()
      .duration(duration)
      .attr("d", function(d) {
        var o = {x: source.x, y: source.y};
        return diagonal({source: o, target: o});
      })
      .remove();

  // Stash the old positions for transition.
  nodes.forEach(function(d) {
    d.x0 = d.x;
    d.y0 = d.y;
  });
}

// Toggle children on click.
function click(d) {
  if (d.children) {
    d._children = d.children;
    d.children = null;
  } else {
    d.children = d._children;
    d._children = null;
  }
  update(d);
}

</script>

I entered the data as a JSON string - To generate this I used Python
import json
with open("flare.json","r") as ifp:
    jd=json.load(ifp)

#JD is a python type of dictionary now
type(jd)

#I would like a JSON_STRING However
jstr=json.dumps(jd)

I then extracted the jstr data and put it in a var, which  is the line starting  var flareStr='{"name": "flare", "children": [{"name":
The console.log(flareStr) allows me to see what is going on into the web-page - go to your web-browser (firefox is my choice) and look at source...
Next I parse the string to make it a proper JSON object...
flare=JSON.parse(flareStr);

And as I am not using the d3.json method, I created my own function (note: I have no idea if a variable is local or global in js... so you may need to clear this up).
The method to parse the data was taken from the original code -
function parse_data(flare)
  {
  console.log("in Parse_data")

  root = flare;
  root.x0 = height / 2;
  root.y0 = 0;

      function collapse(d) {
        console.log("in collapse")
        if (d.children) {
          d._children = d.children;
          d._children.forEach(collapse);
          d.children = null;
        }
      }

  root.children.forEach(collapse);
  update(root);
  }

which is then simply called via
parse_data(flare);

I hope this assists someone else.