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De Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Goede Wilkerk is een kerk te Duffel, aan de Kapelstraat en Bruul.

Historiek
In 1637 werd een houten kapel opgericht, na de vondst van een terracotta Mariabeeldje van 12 centimeter op 14 augustus van dat jaar door twee koeherder-kinderen in een wilg. Hoofdrolspelers in de oprichting van de kapel waren witheer Schaluyen van de norbertienen van Tongerlo en markies van Deinze Floris de Merode. Drie jaar later werd deze houten constructie vervangen door een van steen. De kapel groeide uit tot een Mariaoord.

Circa drie eeuwen later werd deze constructie uitgebreid langs de westzijde tot het huidige gebouw. Architect was Alfred Minner en de eerste steen werd gelegd door kardinaal Jozef Van Roey op 14 augustus 1937. Tevens vond op die datum de eerste kaarsjesprocessie plaats, een tot op heden jaarlijks wederkerend evenement.

In 1935 vond de erkenning als kapelanij plaats en in 1948 als succursale kerk. De parochie maakt deel uit van de federatie Duffel in het dekenaat Mechelen van het vicariaat Vlaams-Brabant en Mechelen van het aartsbisdom Mechelen-Brussel.

Galerij

Externe link
 Officiële website van de parochie Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Van Goede Wil

Onroerend erfgoed in Duffel
Beschermd monument in Vlaanderen
Rooms-katholiek kerkgebouw in Antwerpen (provincie)
Kerkgebouw in het vicariaat Vlaams-Brabant en Mechelen
Barok kerkgebouw in België

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O Zoológico da Filadélfia é um jardim zoológico localizado na cidade de Filadélfia, no estado da Pensilvânia no banco oeste do rio Schuylkill, foi o primeiro zoológico dos Estados Unidos. Licenciado pela Commonwealth da  Pensilvânia em 21 de março de 1859, sua abertura foi adiada em virtude da Guerra Civil Americana até 1 de julho de 1874. Ele foi inaugurado com 1 000 animais e com a entrada custando 25 centavos para adultos e 10 centavos para crianças. Esta taxa ficou fixa durante meio século desde sua abertura. O Zoológico da Filadélfia está aberto todos os dias das 9:30 a.m. às 5:00 p.m.

O zoológico da Filadélfia ocupa uma área de cerca de 42 acres e abriga mais de 1.300 animais, muitos deles raros. O próprio site do zoológico relata mais de 1,35 milhão de visitantes no último ano (2015).

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Clash Over Shortening Santa Monica Airport Runway Goes to Commission Tonight
May 2, 2017 -- An idea meant to curb jet traffic at Santa Monica Airport is heading for a potential collision tonight, as two versions of proposals for shortening the runway by almost a third go to the City Airport Commission.
Reducing the runway is a key feature of the "consent decree" between the council and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which was announced in January and, it is hoped, will end decades of battling by closing SMO at the end of 2028 ("City, FAA Agree to Close Santa Monica Airport in 2028," January 28, 2017).
In the interim, the decree cleared the way for shortening the length of SMO's runway by 1,500 feet, potentially precluding jet operations.
Santa Monica Airport (Photo courtesy of the City of Santa Monica)
But those who fought for decades to see the airport closed are skeptical of how committed the City is to reducing jet traffic with a new runway design.
Alan Levenson, of No Jets Santa Monica Airport, said his group supports placing the shorter runway in the middle of the former runway, giving equal separation to the homes on either end.
But National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has filed court documents contending the reduction is, in effect, a near-ban off jets at SMO.
As much as 96 percent of existing jet operations would be made impossible by the 1,500-foot reduction of the runway, now almost 4,900 feet in length.
The NBAA is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. for a stay and an injunction on the reduction ("National Aviation Group Asks Court to Delay Reducing Santa Monica Airport Runway," March 8, 2017).
The Airport Commission meeting is at 7 p.m. tonight on the second floor of City Hall, at 1685 Main St, in the Civic Center.
Levenson is clearly unhappy with how the project is being handled.
"We had originally been told on January 28th by City Manager Rick Cole and Mayor Ted Winterer that the shortening would be completed in 3 months," he said in an email circulated to rally groups members to Tuesday's meeting.
Then, Levenson said, the process became longer.
He said his organization was told the reduction would take more time "because of the difficulties with the processes of removing the 1500 (feet) of what we now know is recyclable asphalt."
"The latest completion estimate is now the end of the year with no removal of asphalt, just painting some yellow lines, moving some lights and adding some short taxiways," he said. "Yes, that will take almost a year to do!"
Talk of using white lines for planes to taxi and use of the ends for "takeoff and roll out ... effectively lengthens the runway beyond the mandated 3500," he said.
The comment form on the shortening can be found at http://bit.ly/RunwayForm
The City Council will consider the recommendations from tonight's meeting on May 24.
"If the City Council does not take action on actually removing the asphalt to shorten the runway and/or agrees with aviation to paint white lines, then the consent decree will have the effect of giving away to aviation the use of the Western Parcel," Levenson wrote.
This would leave neighboring residents "with a growing jetport for at least twelve long, dangerous, noisy, unhealthful years," he said.

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Nissan and Sunwoda will engage in joint development of batteries
The Japanese company Nissan in conjunction with Sunwoda is developing new batteries for integration into the vehicle, "e-POWER". Enterprises can engage in the design and manufacture of batteries for vehicles. The results of the efforts, promised to publish before the end of this year. At the end of may the Japanese Nissan presented its new development strategy, in which a Central place is given to electric machines based on the technology of "e-POWER".
This technology is appreciated for high reliability and quiet operation. It is expected that in the future it will get all electric cars in the world that belong to the compact segment B and C. By 2023, the production of electric cars is expected to grow to 1 million units a year. Nissan did not accidentally caught Sunwoda to the project, the Chinese company has gained a wealth of experience in the design and manufacture of household appliances, as well as batteries for the machines.
Through cooperation Nissan plans to take a leading position in the global market of electrical machinery and thus to overcome the crisis.
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The first performance hall dedicated to B-boys
"The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy" (B-boys stands for break-dancing boys) is an award-winning musical that has eschewed any notion of what makes a performance successful. The show now has its own dedicated venue named after itself at the Kyunghyang Art Hall, located in central Seoul. The musical will be performed at this venue permanently.
The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy Theater's stage and seating are close together maximizing the interaction between actors and audience, encouraging active audience participation.
"The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy:" a world-famous non-verbal musical
"The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy" is a non-verbal musical combining exciting modern dance moves with beautiful ballet. Since taking the top award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2007, the musical has received a great deal of attention from around the world. Its non-verbal nature makes it ideal for speakers of every language. A sequel, "The Ballerina who Fell in Love with a B-Boy: the Second Story" was premiered in 2008.
The musical has been attended by over 1.5 million viewers from around over the world for the past six years. It has been acknowledged by the United Nations Human Rights Council and numerous prominent media outlets as the symbol of our modern times. It also serves to raise awareness of the economic and social gaps in society today.
The hip-hop play is set in the street of ballet practice rooms. Ballerina Soyeon is disturbed by conflicting loud music from street dancers. She falls in love with a dancer, Seokyun at first sight, but realizes ballet will be an obstacle to her love. She gives up the dream to be a prima donna and becomes a street dancer for love.
The Pantomime musical "The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy"
Many of performances have specific audiences because of the type of story, but "The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy" is beloved without distinction of age, gender, job, religion or faith and everyone sitting in their seats feels the heated energy and pure love.
"The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy," the performance that represents the 21st century
This performance is showed off to many leaders of various organizations including the president and politicians and also has fascinated some two million people as the work of art accepted by the press from countries around the world and the UN human rights commission.
The blue ocean and the business model, "The Ballerina Who Loved a B-Boy"
It is the work that emerged from social issues which changed the type of performance culture from following the old customs. The key to this show's success if that it enlightens the people who make up society and it's also a purely original Korean play well-known around the world.
- The performance moves your heart without a word
- The perfect marriage of ballet and b-boy
- The performance exhibits the growing pain of a whole generation
- You will 100% fall in love if you understand dance with your soul
Watch an exciting modern dance with a combined performance from a traditional style of ballet.
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Ballerina Who Loved a B·boy
The Ballerina who Loved a B-boy is a World Class Extreme Dance Musical of Korean Origin. No worry about Language. Dancing tells Everything ! Diverse audiences transcending ages, occupations, social status, nationalities, religions, and social strata have appreciated The Ballerina who Loved a B-boy making it a global cultural icon.
The passion on the stage will never cool down even after 90 minutes of passionate performance is over. Everyone was happy to take pictures with the casts.
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It was a fun-filled party with live music, performances, dancing and more. The talented casts and showcase musical techniques will excite your ears and eyes too.
The performance was well made, and I felt the sweats and passions of all the casts and production crews.
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Most other performances keeps distressing me to understand and focus on the story, but with this one I could feel the story and enjoy the performance.


The figure stood resplendent in a beauty that brought tears to my eyes. I blinked the tears away and saw another aspect so horrific that it choked off my scream with paralyzing terror.
The skin over its head pulsed, then erupted over me in an mass of long, thin worms. They penetrated and emerged over and over as they stitched and morphed my body into an abomination.
Transformed, I began my slaughter, for I had become The Devourer of Socks. Soon I would fulfill my destiny and there would be no more pairs of socks left anywhere in the world.
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Willie James Germany Jr.  (born May 9, 1948) is a former American football defensive back who played four years in the National Football League.

Background
Germany was born in Columbus, Georgia, he went to Howard High School (Ellicott City, Maryland) and he attended college at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Career
Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round (166th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft, Germany played in 42 games during his four-year NFL career. A journeyman defensive back, Germany played for the Atlanta Falcons, the Detroit Lions, the Houston Oilers and the New England Patriots.

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What 'Star Trek' Can Teach You About Meetings (No, Really)
In a galaxy far, far away, meetings are short, efficient, and always end with decisive action. Here's how to bring those principles down to Earth.
By Geoffrey JamesContributing editor, Inc.com@Sales_Source
OK, I realize that this topic might sound a tad flaky, but stick with me--I'm dead serious. I'm convinced that the meetings that take place inside Star Trek episodes and movies are superlative models of how you should run meetings at the office. Here's why:
1. Meetings only happen when a decision is needed.
In Star Trek, meetings happen when there's a crisis and the boss (i.e., the Captain) must decide what to do. They never have meetings "to share information" or "to reach consensus," and nobody is ever forced to sit through an hourlong PowerPoint presentation or a daylong discussion of what Sales 2.0 really means.
2. Everybody arrives on time and fully prepared.
In Star Trek, they never go over what somebody missed because they were late to the meeting, or spend the first part of the meeting getting everybody up to speed. Yes, I realize that's because it would be boring to watch that on TV, but, hey, it's boring in real life, too.
3. Inputs are limited to two to three sentences.
In Star Trek, meetings are usually limited to the smallest number of people possible, and each attendee only provides the minimum amount of information necessary for the boss to make a good decision. Meetings don't get caught up in departmental turf wars, because there simply isn't any time to spend on such nonsense.
4. Complex technical concepts are simplified.
In Star Trek, every time Data (or Spock or whoever) says something like "the rift will cause the interspacial dimension barrier to oscillate," somebody else asks, "Like plucking on a rubber band?" and Data says "Exactly."
I realize, of course, that the simplified explanations are given because the viewers need to follow the plot, but, guess what: The non-techies in your meetings need to understand what the techie just said, and a simple analogy is a great way to do that.
5. The decision ends the meeting.
In Star Trek, everyone leaves the meeting knowing exactly what just happened and what to do next. They don't waste a lot of energy questioning the decision, and they certainly don't waste time discussing stuff that already got discussed to death at the last meeting. Finally and most important, in Star Trek, what the team decides actually gets done.
Now, you may think that running a meeting this way is going where no team has gone before, but I'll tell you something. I have been in real-life meetings that were exactly like this. Not a lot of them, I admit, but more than a few.
So if you run meetings, I have three short words of advice: "Make it so."
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I decided to do a quick little project today, took me less than and hour. I saw this photo a while ago, can't remember where.
I loved the look of the burlap bulletin board, so I decided to make a smaller version of my own.
I had an old picture frame from the thrift store that I had already spray painted white.
The picture in the frame was made out of a hard white board, so I used that as the "bulletin" piece. You can probably find this board at any craft or home improvement store.
I cut out and hot glued a piece of burlap around the board. Pulling it taught as I went.
Then put the board into the frame and stapled around the edges, through the board and into the wood on the back of the frame.
Once the baby comes, we are moving the office downstairs. This new bulletin board will be a perfect addition when it's all set up.
I loved the green color against the wood. For the top, I lightly sanded it and left it as is.
With this dresser I tried out a different technique. This time instead of sanding after I painted, I just used a damp rag to wipe some paint off the edges before it dried.
The paint color is a mix of two different "oops" paints. One a dark green and the other a pale grey/blue. I mixed enough together to achieve the look I wanted.
Today is the perfect day to paint. Crisp, clear and dry. It's about 80 degrees here in Atlanta and I couldn't be happier. Sunday is the first day of Spring, cold weather good riddance!!
I've been working on a couple new dressers, so hopefully I will have a reveal for you next week. I've been moving pretty slowly, since I'm really starting to poke out now. Finally had to delve into my maternity pants :( And I have been feeling the baby move a lot the past few days.
My husband and I live in a rental and I gave our bedroom a major face lift this weekend by making an upholstered headboard out of cardboard poster board and burlap- the whole thing only cost me $10!
Can you believe that? Such a cute headboard!
Have you ever heard of such a thing?! Well, neither had I until a reader commented on this post about painting the sub-floors in my kitchen. I started doing a little research and came across several folks who have tried this interesting endeavor.
hmmm.. not quite sure about it, what do you think?
This has been a pretty uneventful week, I have been searching high and low for great pieces but just can't seem to find any. Hopefully the one I have my eye on from Craigslist will pan out. We plan to go pick it up tonight.
This is so lovely, Leah says she was inspired my Miss.Mustard Seed. Aren't we all?
Click on over to little place called home sweet home to see her story and tutorial!
I bought this great dresser at the thrift store a while back.
Once I started to work on it, I realized all the drawers had this sticky contact paper in them.
Even worse it was stuck on so good, that every time I tried to pull it off, it ripped into tiny pieces.
I thought maybe if I put really hot water on it, it may be easier to pull off. After all it worked for my wallpaper problem. But that turned out to be a big ole' mess, so then I had the brilliant idea to try out a hairdryer. And the paper peeled off like a dream.
I've seen several people out there in blog land, who rip up old carpet or tile and paint the sub-floor underneath and use it as regular flooring. My experience with sub-flooring is that it's paint splattered and very rough. So I really wonder how one prepares such a floor to use on an every day basis. Seems like a lot sanding would be involved, but totally worth it. What an inexpensive way to brighten up a room.
We have a the typical 80's linoleum still residing in our kitchen and I desperately want to get rid of it. But, of course it is not in our budget anytime in the near future. So maybe this might be a temporary solution.
Lately I've been finding some neat and simple ideas in my recent magazines, so I thought I'd share them.
This is a really cute, and it's recycling. I always see old colanders at thrift stores so I think I may try this one.
It's drainage holes provide excellent drainage that a healthy root system needs.
Or how about this yard stick coat rack, looks easy enough. It's an idea from my DIY mag.


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Presidents, Pastors, and Prayer in Early America
Rev. Jeremy Belknap
During the days when the United States was still a young nation, one of the many practices which might surprise a person today were the frequent governmental calls to prayer. On top of that, pastors and congregations quite often sincerely and piously responded to the call, gathering together in their respective houses of worship to honor God.
One such occasion occurred when John Adams asked the nation to join together in thanksgiving on May 9, 1798. The Rev. Jeremey Belknap (who also was a noted historian) met together with his congregants and delivered a poignant sermon which was later published — probably at the request of the church members themselves as was common. This sermon provides a window into a different time when it was not uncommon for presidents, pastors, and prayer to all work together.
Rev. Belknap begins his sermon by reminding his congregation that it is a part of their duty — both as Christians and as citizens — to answer John Adams' call for prayer. The minister explains saying, "The propriety of such a call, from such a person, is so evident, that nothing can be said to make it more evident. Every man who has a sense of his duty to God as our preserver, benefactor, and Supreme Governor, must, at once, approve it, and be pleased with it."[i] With that said, however, the civically minded pastor notes that, "The proclamation is not an act of authority; but of friendship, of piety and gratitude," meaning that there has been no infringement on their newly secured First Amendment rights.[ii]
Basing his sermon on Daniel 2:42–43, Rev. Belknap uses this passage to direct his church to look upon the kingdoms of the past, including even those involved in the recent Revolutionary War. He reminds them of how England, "by endeavoring to extend the spirit of corruption and scatter the seeds of despotism to the remote parts of her dominions, she roused in us the spirit of genuine liberty."[iii] This spirit of liberty, under the guidance and providence of God, made it so that:
"All the wisdom of statesmen, all the eloquence of orators, and all the strength and power of fleets and armies could not counteract the decree of Heaven, that America must be separated from Britain."[iv]
After discussing the current political struggles with Britain and France and offering an interpretation of the conflict based upon the prophecy in Daniel, Rev. Belknap encourages the congregation to evangelized and spread the Gospel. "Let your light so shine before men," the pastor instructs them, "that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in Heaven."[v] Using the occasion created by President John Adams, the people of Boston who attended church that day received a very personal charge to go out into their community and lead good, godly lives. With this goal placed before the crowd, Rev. Belknap ended by exclaiming his hope that:
"May we ever be governed by the mild and peaceful dictates of the gospel! May it go on…till it shall have eradicated war, slavery, oppression tyranny…[and] till love and peace shall reign, and truth and righteousness shall be established in the earth."[vi]
Over the first several decades after the War for Independence, such sermons preached on days of prayer and fasting called for by the government would not have been uncommon. These messages served as a way to teach the congregations how to apply a biblical worldview to the problems and issues they were seeing in the world around them. Ideally, it would equip them to take the Word of God with them into their daily lives, and Rev. Belknap's sermon is a good representative of how presidents, pastors, and prayers would often intersect in the early days of America.
Cover Page for Rev. Belknap's Sermon
[i] Jeremy Belknap, A Sermon, Delivered on the 9th of May, 1798, the Day of the National Fast, Recommended by the President of the United States (Boston: Samuel Hall, 1798), v.
[ii] Ibid., v-vi.
[iii] Ibid., 18.
[iv] Ibid., 19.
[v] Ibid, 26.
[vi] Ibid, 28.
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The Gaylord Music Library collects published and unpublished St. Louis music, including materials relating to local programs, sheet music and manuscripts of local composers. Holdings include more than 50,000 pieces of sheet music, 10 linear meters of tunebooks and hymnals dating from 1803-present, other printed music, extensive manuscript music with materials by P.G. Anton, Hubert Bauersachs, Carl August Kern, Ernest Richard Kroeger, Ernst Krohn. Sr., Ernst C. Krohn, Ottmar Moll, Anna May Lowenstein Nussbaum, Paul A. Pisk and Paul Tietjens. Major collections of Papers include Ernst C. Krohn; and a sizable collection of photographs, programs (7 linear meters), audiotapes of graduate recitals, ca. 40 items.


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Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR). Volume 3. Air Force Abstracts of Phase 1 Awards from FY 1988 SBIR Solicitation
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
On September 1, 1988 Secretary of Defense Frank C. Carlucci announced the selection of small business firms proposals under Phase I of the Fiscal Year FY 1988 Department of Defense DoD Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Program to be funded upon successful completion of contract negotiations. The selection of proposal for funding was made from proposals received by the Military Departments, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA, the Defense Nuclear Agency DNA, and the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization SDIO, in response to the FY 1988 solicitation distributed in October 1, 1987 with a closing date of January 8, 1988. In order to make information available on the technical content of the Phase I projects supported by the Department of Defense SBIR Program, this Report presents, in four volumes, the abstracts of those proposals which have resulted in contract awards. This is Volume III which contains abstracts and contacts for the 375 Phase I projects funded by the Air Force from the FY 1988 SBIR solicitation.
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MILITARY RESEARCH


Although Mr Trump signed an executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, of which Saudi Arabia was not included, Adel al-Jubeir said he believed the US president could be a friend to the Arab world.
"I believe Donald Trump is a friend to everybody potentially," he told CNBC at the Munich Security Conference last weekend.
The former Saudi ambassador to the US added: "I have no basis to question his motives.


For those of you that don't know, mafia is a game where people are villagers, but among the villagers are a couple of mafia (usually 2-3) are attempting to kill everyone off before they are discovered. There are also a private detective, who can ask the storyteller (the one running the game) if a certain person is a mafia or not. The guardian angel is a character who can pick to save anyone, even him/herself, from being killed by the mafia.
At 'night' the mafia make their kills (by discussing via PM and telling the storyteller) and during the 'day' the storyteller announces who was killed, but nothing on the killers themselves. The villagers can then decide on who they think is the mafia and have them killed, after which the storyteller tells them whether it was a mafia or not. During the day rounds the private detective can tell everyone else who the mafia is but anyone can lie and pretend to be the detective.
And so it goes on until either the mafia are killed or until all the villagers are killed off. It usually has some sort of theme, so it can be RP-ish, and in between votes and rounds when nothing is really happening everyone can go around their business.
Now, I've played this game in drama and online, and it's been good fun. I was wondering if there's enough people who want to play, and if there are (about 7 people could do it) then maybe we can have a game (with a sign-up topic with a proper explanation of the rules). I'll have each round set up so everyone can play, no matter what timezone.
Now, I don't expect that a lot of people will be hopping up and down at the idea but still, anyone like the idea?
You got this from Starcraft?
But anyway, whoo! Two people!
I wouldn't mind being an RPer instead of an organiser for once.


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More than 300 children died in 3 countries… 'Cough medicine' with antifreeze is the cause
World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters building in Geneva, Switzerland ⓒ(GettyImages)/Korea
About 300 children from Indonesia, Gambia, and Uzbekistan died of acute kidney disease after eating cough syrup containing harmful ingredients.
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the 23rd (local time) and said, "Over the past four months, we have received reports that cough syrups containing harmful ingredients have been found in seven countries in Southeast and Central Asia and Africa."
"The syrup in question contains toxic chemicals used as industrial solvents and antifreeze, which can be fatal even in small amounts and should never be found in pharmaceuticals," the WHO said.
Previously, in October of last year, a report was received by the WHO that a cough syrup drug with ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol detected above the permissible level was sold in Gambia, resulting in deaths from kidney disease in children.
Ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol are prohibited for edible use, but it is known that some pharmaceutical companies inappropriately add them to cough syrup by exploiting their sweet taste.
After reporting the deaths, the WHO recommended a ban on four types of syrups containing hazardous substances manufactured by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited.
A similar death occurred in Indonesia the same month. The WHO confirmed that eight products, including Indonesian syrup products Thermorex Syrup, Flurin DMP Syrup, and Unibaby Cough Syrup, contained excessive amounts of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol.
The number of deaths has now exceeded 300 as children under the age of five died of acute kidney disease after eating cough syrup. The number of countries where outbreaks have been reported also increased to seven countries, including Cambodia, the Philippines, East Timor and Senegal.
WHO has issued a medical alert for these countries. Then, to prevent the spread of the outbreak to other countries, the cough syrup products were requested to be blocked from distribution.
In addition, it ordered to strengthen market surveillance, such as immediately implementing tests on cough syrup products, including markets where drugs are traded negatively.
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Formel Vee och den större Formel Super Vee är enhetsklasser för formelbilar baserade på Volkswagen Typ 1. Formeln hade sin storhetstid under 1960- och 1970-talet.

Formel Vee
Formel Vee togs fram i USA i början av sextiotalet som ett budgetalternativ till Formel Junior som då utvecklats med alltmer avancerade och därmed dyrare bilar. Klassen sanktionerades av Sports Car Club of America och blev snabbt populär. Flera tillverkare byggde chassi och kaross som föraren sedan själv fick komplettera med delar som hjulupphängning, kraftöverföring, bromsar och hjul från en folkabubbla. Motor och växellåda vändes 180 grader så bilen fick mittmotor, precis som en större formelbil.

Klassen kom till Europa i mitten av sextiotalet med hjälp av Porsches Huschke von Hanstein och Ferry Porsche. Formel Vee var populärt i Centraleuropa och Norden och flera svenska tillverkare kom fram. Även svenska förare, som Tommy Brorsson, Gunnar Nilsson och Kennerth Persson hade internationella framgångar i klassen. Andra förare som kört Formel Vee tidigt i karriären inkluderar världsmästarna Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Jochen Rindt och Keke Rosberg.

Sedan Volkswagen lagt ned tillverkningen och försäljningen av Bubblan i Europa i slutet av sjuttiotalet minskade intresset för klassen, men bilarna är idag populära inom historisk racing.

Formel Super Vee

I början av sjuttiotalet introducerades Formel Super Vee, med mer avancerade chassin och den större motorn från Volkswagen Typ 4. Formel Super Vee sågs som en instegsklass för unga talanger och konkurrerade därmed direkt med Formel Ford. De viktigaste mästerskapsserierna i Europa var det tyska mästerskapet, kallat Formel Super Vee GTX och europamästerskapet, kallat Formel Super Vee Gold Cup. Framgångsrika svenskar i klassen inkluderar Freddy Kottulinsky, som blev europamästare  och Bertil Roos, som främst tävlade i USA.

I slutet av sjuttiotalet byttes boxermotorn ut mot den vattenkylda radmotorn från Volkswagen Golf. Intresset för klassen minskade dock och det sista Formel Super Vee-EM hölls . I USA fortsatte tävlingarna fram till början av 1990-talet.

Referenser
Formel Vee Sverige

Externa länkar

Formel V Deutschland
Formula Vee USA

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package pl.polidea.navigator.retrievers;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
import android.content.res.AssetManager;
import android.util.Log;

/**
 * Unpacks menu from assets to internal folders.
 *
 */
public class AssetMenuRetriever extends AbstractMenuRetrieverBase implements MenuRetrieverInterface {
    private static final String TAG = AssetMenuRetriever.class.getSimpleName();
    private final String fromAssetLocation;
    private final AssetManager assetManager;

    public AssetMenuRetriever(final Context ctx, final String fromAssetLocation, final String toInternalLocation) {
        super(ctx, toInternalLocation);
        this.fromAssetLocation = fromAssetLocation;
        assetManager = ctx.getAssets();
    }

    @Override
    protected void copyMenuInternally() throws IOException {
        copyRecursivelyFromAsset(null, null);
    }

    private void copyRecursivelyFromAsset(final String path, String[] elements) throws IOException {
        if (elements == null) {
            elements = assetManager.list(fromAssetLocation + (path == null ? "" : "/" + path));
        }
        for (final String element : elements) {
            final String newPath = (path == null ? "" : path + "/") + element;
            final String newPathIncludingAsset = fromAssetLocation + "/" + newPath;
            final String[] subdirs = assetManager.list(newPathIncludingAsset);
            final File destFile = new File(internalTmpDirectory, newPath);
            if (subdirs == null || subdirs.length == 0) {
                Log.d(TAG, "Copying file from " + newPathIncludingAsset + " to " + destFile);
                copyFile(assetManager.open(newPathIncludingAsset, AssetManager.ACCESS_STREAMING), destFile);
            } else {
                if (!destFile.mkdirs()) {
                    Log.w(TAG, "Could not create the " + destFile + " directory.");
                }
                Log.d(TAG, "Creating dir " + destFile);
                copyRecursivelyFromAsset(newPath, subdirs);
            }
        }
    }

    private void addSignatureRecursivelyFromAsset(final StringBuilder sb, final String path, String[] elements)
            throws IOException {
        if (elements == null) {
            elements = assetManager.list(fromAssetLocation + (path == null ? "" : "/" + path));
        }
        for (final String element : elements) {
            final String newPath = (path == null ? "" : path + "/") + element;
            final String newPathIncludingAsset = fromAssetLocation + "/" + newPath;
            final String[] subdirs = assetManager.list(newPathIncludingAsset);
            if (subdirs == null || subdirs.length == 0) {
                try {
                    final AssetFileDescriptor fd = assetManager.openFd(newPathIncludingAsset);
                    final long length = fd.getDeclaredLength();
                    appendFileInfo(sb, newPathIncludingAsset, length);
                } catch (final FileNotFoundException e) {
                    final int length = countFileLength(assetManager.open(newPathIncludingAsset));
                    appendFileInfo(sb, newPathIncludingAsset, length);
                }
            } else {
                addSignatureRecursivelyFromAsset(sb, newPath, subdirs);
            }
        }
    }

    private void appendFileInfo(final StringBuilder sb, final String newPathIncludingAsset, final long length) {
        sb.append(newPathIncludingAsset);
        sb.append(":");
        sb.append(length);
        sb.append(",");
    }

    /**
     * Builds signature for the menu (whenever any file changes, the signature
     * should change as well).
     *
     * @throws IOException
     */
    @Override
    public String getMenuSignature() throws IOException {
        final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("asset_");
        addSignatureRecursivelyFromAsset(sb, null, null);
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "AssetMenuRetriever [fromAssetLocation=" + fromAssetLocation + ", toString()=" + super.toString() + "]";
    }

}

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Charly Black
Bike Back
Bike Back - Single 2014
Gyal You a Party Animal
Gyal You a Party Animal - Single 2016
Whine & Kotch (Radio Edit)
J Capri & Charly Black 2012
Me Lloras (feat. Charly Black)
Gloria Trevi 2018
Gyal You A Party Animal (Remix)
Charly Black & Daddy Yankee 2016
World Vibes Riddim 2018
About Charly Black
Dancehall selector and singjay Charly Black, alternately known as Charly Blacks, started his ascent at singing competitions as a five-year-old. Black has been part of the Warlord International (Montego Bay) and Bass Odyssey (St. Ann) sound systems. As Tony Mentol, he made his recorded debut in 2004 with the single "Woman It's You." He eventually switched aliases to Charly Black and recorded a string of cuts for labels like Coppershot, M Bass, and VP, the last of which issued "Buddy Buddy." The 2014 track "Gyal You a Party Animal," based on Kurt Riley's Jambe-An riddim, gradually spread outside Jamaica to win over audiences across South America. It was licensed for the U.S. by Casablanca in early 2016. Black kicked of 2017 with the collaborative Sexy Ting Riddim EP, which featured Ishwana and Shaq Royal. A flood of new material followed throughout the year, including singles like "Hoist & Wine," "Independent," "Associate," and "Never Grudge." ~ Andy Kellman


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The Bitcoin bubble: four predictions about the future of cryptocurrency
Feature | 4 May 2021
The market is filled with irrational exuberance when it comes to Bitcoin, and this could affect whether or not the cryptocurrency becomes a legitimate form of payment in the near future, says UNSW Business School's Elvira Sojli
When will the Bitcoin bubble burst? Several companies, including Tesla, recently announced plans to accept the cryptocurrency as a legitimate form of payment. Just last month, CarBuyers.com.au announced the launch of a new payment system to allow Australians to choose Bitcoin as the preferred payment method. But this week, the price of a single Bitcoin slid below US$45,000 (A$57,800) for the first time in almost three months.
Although cryptocurrencies have been around for some time, many foresee that Bitcoin, and digital currencies in general, will soon become a legitimate form of payment. But will the value of Bitcoin bounce back? How will volatility affect its legitimacy as an accepted means of transacting?
Cryptocurrencies are a two-sided market: it takes both users and providers to grow the market, so the more people who use cryptocurrencies as a means of transaction mean more businesses will be willing to accept and transact with them (and vice versa) according to Elvira Sojli, Associate Professor of Finance in the School of Banking and Finance at UNSW Business School.
"The more businesses take it as a means of payment, the more people's confidence in these types of currencies will increase and the more widely they will be used," she reiterated. So left to their own devices, and given the snowball effect of large corporations increasingly accepting these forms of payment, A/Prof Sojli said she foresees the use of cryptocurrencies will grow significantly in the near future.
When will cryptocurrencies become legitimate?
Cryptocurrencies will likely become an accepted and legitimate form of payment, and A/Prof. Sojli said the reason for this is straightforward. "It's because the main stakeholders in the financial system are starting to use and accept them. So, if BNY Mellon decides that they will hold accounts in Bitcoin, that will make life easier for those that have Bitcoins," she explained.
For example, if MasterCard and PayPal allow people to use it as a means of a transaction, and businesses show that they are happy to take it, more people will be comfortable with it. Even Twitter recently announced it was considering paying employees in Bitcoins, explained A/Prof. Sojli. "Once employers start to think about, 'Oh, I could pay you in Bitcoin' then again, it becomes more accepted, it becomes more prevalent," she said.
Nevertheless, several other factors could play a decisive role and act as potential barriers to their adoption more widely, and ultimately, it's important to remember that most cryptocurrencies are only worth as much as people are willing to use them and accept them.
Read more: Three useful things to know about Bitcoin risk, returns and diversification
For example, if an employee is being paid a year's salary in one Bitcoin, and the value of that one Bitcoin decreases (which is likely given the value of Bitcoin can fluctuate by up to 70 per cent), then their pay could shrink suddenly and significantly.
"So there are a lot of issues to consider in this space, but at least it has started the conversation, and people are thinking about it; institutions are thinking about it," said A/Prof. Sojli. So while the increased use of cryptocurrencies will eventually lead to the cohabitation of national paper currencies, that doesn't necessarily mean the value of cryptos will remain the same (especially Bitcoin's).
Bitcoin's value is highly volatile
Bitcoin's price is volatile. Looking into the next six months, and at how high the price of Bitcoin has been recently (and given the value of most other cryptocurrencies follow Bitcoin's lead) A/Prof. Sojli predicted it is extremely likely it will decrease in value. "There's just a little bit of irrational exuberance in this market right now, and I cannot see how the Bitcoin (transaction) market is 50,000 times as large as the US market," she said.
"I can say that the growth in the Australian economy maybe is 5 per cent higher than that in the US economy. The Aussie dollar may appreciate by up to 5 per cent, but I can't foresee that there will be 50,000 times more growth in the Bitcoin economy than in the US economy. It's hard to justify the current levels; it was hard before [and] it's even harder now," she added.
Indeed, just this week, Elon Musk implied in a Twitter post that Tesla may sell or has sold some of its Bitcoin holdings, a change of mind he said was sparked by escalating environmental concerns over the sheer amount of power required to process Bitcoin transactions. Does this mean the Bitcoin bubble will burst?
Read more: What Tesla's $1.5 billion bet on Bitcoin means for crypto legitimacy
"I hesitate to call anything a bubble because we don't know what the underlying value is. And most people will argue that fiat currencies like the Australian dollar, the US dollar, the Euro also don't have an underlying value, to which I say the underlying value of all of these currencies is their economy," she said.
"Bitcoin doesn't give dividends, does not give interest, has no cash flows. So the only way that people will get any payout from any potential investment in Bitcoin is by increases in the price of Bitcoin and more people buying it and pushing the price up… I think that it is difficult to justify the current valuation," she said.
The real question, according to A/Prof. Sojli, is whether central banks will set any significant intervention (and limitations) and whether they will accept digital currency transactions (or even issue their own).
Central Banks issue their own digital currencies
With time, many regulators and central institutions (i.e., government) will "get their act together and get into this market" in the sense that they will issue their own central bank-issued digital currencies (CBDC), said A/Prof. Sojli.
"Think of China's Yuan. We will all be moving in that direction. So there will be competition. If the only reason why people are using cryptocurrencies is because of their lack of transparency, we may have difficulties in implementing CBDCs.
"However, if users like the other aspects of cryptocurrencies, e.g., the immediate settlement [which] makes it easy to cross borders, [and] there are no more exchange rates (only need on currency to pay everywhere), then CBDCs will be able to perform all those other functions," she said.
Read more: Is the future of money digital? Why the CBDC is a game-changer
Risks and potential government intervention
Once people are comfortable with accepting cryptocurrencies, there is the question of national boundaries and macroeconomic stability, which might warrant potential intervention from governments. Naturally, governments want stability in prices and stability in the economy. "They do not want money circulating outside of the purview of the central bank because then they cannot really control what's happening to prices and keep inflation in check," said A/Prof. Sojli.
But volatility is another barrier. How much money are people willing to put on the line for something whose value moves so fast? "If you wanted to buy a Tesla car with Bitcoins, a month ago, you would have needed two Bitcoins, right? But if you want to buy now, you only need one," A/Prof. Sojli said.
"There are huge movements in these cryptocurrencies, and unless they become a lot more stable, it will be more difficult for people to accept them and while they use them because, in the end, all of us get paid in whatever is our national currency when we put money in the banks, the banks accept our deposit in the national currency," she said.
Dr Elvira Sojli is an Associate Professor of Finance and Scientia Fellow Alumni in the School of Banking and Finance at UNSW Business School. Dr Sojli's work focuses on empirical industrial organisation at the firm and market level, understanding the role of and determinants of women's participation in innovation, and the international aspect of differences across countries and disciplines.
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Hydrozetes lacustris est une espèce d'acariens aquatiques de la famille des Hydrozetidae.

Liste des sous-espèces
Selon  :
 sous-espèce Hydrozetes lacustris lacustris (Michael, 1882)
 sous-espèce Hydrozetes lacustris parisiensis Grandjean, 1948

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Materials Engineering (MatEng)
Bioremediation of Zinc using Pseudomonas Species - Mechanistic Studies and Biosensor Applications
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Ebinesar, J S S Allwin
The rivers, lakes and seas are the major water sources for the animal and plant kingdom in this earth. In recent times, the usage and wastage of water have been increasing due to the uncontrolled population growth. In addition to that, the rapid industrialization over the years has led to the gradual depletion of the natural resources like water, soil and air. Some of these industries discharge contaminants like organic products and inorganic (or) toxic heavy metals without treatment into the environment, leading to its degradation. Zinc is the 24th most abundant element present in the earth crust, amounting 75 ppm (0.0075%). The concentration of zinc present in the soil and seawater is about 64 ppm and 30 ppb respectively (Emsley, 2001). Generally, the zinc is found with the base metals such as copper and lead and it has less affinity with oxides and strong affinity with sulphides. Sphalerite, a zinc sulphide ore, is majorly containing 60-62% of zinc. The other sources of zinc from the minerals are smithsonite, hemimorphite, quartzite, and hydro zincate. The major sources of zinc contamination arise from several industrial activities such as mining, coal, waste combustion and steel and iron processing. Drinking water also contains certain amounts of Zn, which may be higher when it is stored in metal tanks. The acute toxicity arises from the ingestion of excessive amounts of zinc salts, either accidentally or as dietary supplement. Vomiting, nausea and stomach cramps usually occur after the consumption of more than 500 mg of zinc sulfate. In addition to that, the higher amounts of zinc affect gastrointestinal tract, liver, bone and prostate glands. Finally, Zn can interrupt the activity in soils, as it negatively influences the activity of microorganisms and earthworms, thus retarding the breakdown of organic matter. To combat this problem, techniques such as chemical precipitation, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, etc. are adopted, but these processes result in a huge amount of secondary sludge formation, inefficient removal of metals and are not cost effective. In recent times, an innovative, eco-friendly, cost-effective method has been introduced to treat the toxic heavy metals namely bioremediation. ―Bioremediation‖ is a process of removal of organic or inorganic contaminants by using bacteria, fungi, algae and its metabolites In this research work, the potential of four bacterial strains of the Pseudomonas sp. such as P.putida, P.alcaligenes, P.aeruginosa and P.fluorescens and the extracellular proteins secreted by these four species for the bio-sorption of zinc has been investigated through batch experiments. The mechanisms of interaction between the zinc ion and the bacterial biomass as well as with the extracellular proteins have been elucidated. Additionally, a carbon paste electrode has been modified by using Pseudomonas sp. and its metabolites to develop biosensors for zinc and the lower limit of detection of zinc in aqueous solution has been determined. The major objectives of this research work are specified below: • To study the potential of Pseudomonas sp. such as P.putida, P.alcaligenes, P.aeruginosa and P.fluorescens for the bio sorption of zinc, in batch systems. • To determine the speciation of zinc with respect to pH in the growth medium and the maximum inhibitory effect of zinc on the growth of the four chosen Pseudomonas sp. • To isolate and characterize the extracellular proteins from the four Pseudomonas sp. such as P.putida, P.alcaligenes, P.aeruginosa and P.fluorescens. • To study the biosorption of zinc by extracellular proteins secreted by the Pseudomonas sp. • To elucidate the mechanisms involved in the biosorption of zinc at the microbe- metal interface and protein-metal ion interface for all the four systems by different characterization studies such as zeta potential, FTIR analysis and EDAX analysis. • To develop a biomass modified CPE using bacterial cells and extracellular protein to detect the concentration of zinc in aqueous solutions adopting voltammetric techniques. The significant results obtained from this research work are summarized as follows: The initial studies were concentrated on the bio sorption of zinc by using four Pseudomonas species such as P.putida, P.alcaligenes, P.aeruginosa and P.fluorescens. The various factors affecting the bio sorption of zinc by these species were investigated by varying the contact time (10-80 min), pH (2-5±0.2), biomass concentration of the four species in the range of 108- 1011 cells / mL, and the initial zinc concentration from 5 mg/L to 80 mg/L respectively, keeping other parameters such as temperature and agitation speed constant in all the experiments. From the results obtained, the maximum percentage of biosorption achieved by the P.putida, P.alcaligenes, P.aeruginosa and P.fluorescens was found to be 60%, 93%, 70% and 65% respectively for 25 mg/L at pH 5±0.2. The equilibrium time taken by the four species to achieve maximum biosorption was about 10 min and the biosorption kinetics adhered to pseudo-second order reaction and the rate constants were determined for different concentrations of zinc. The biosorption isotherm followed both the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. The Gibbs free energy (ΔG) values determined from the Langmuir isotherm model for all the four systems were found to be -26, -32, -30 and -28 kJ /mole respectively. The Gibbs free energy values indicate that the biosorption of zinc ions onto the bacterial surface is a chemi-sorption process involving co-ordination, complexation or chelation. The characterization studies, namely zeta potential, FTIR analysis and SEM-EDX were also carried out on the bacterial cells before and after interaction with zinc. These studies also provide evidence in support of the complexation of zinc with the functional groups on the bacterial cell surface apart from electrostatic interaction. In the second part of the investigation, the inhibitory effect of zinc on the growth of four Pseudomonas sp. was investigated by varying the concentration of zinc from 50 mg/L to 1000 mg/L and the stability of zinc was analysed with respect to pH (2-12) with different concentrations from 50 - 1700 mg/L. It was found that in the absence of zinc the time taken to reach the exponential phase and the specific growth were almost the same for all the four systems. However, in the presence of zinc ions, the growth of the four Pseudomonas sp. was suppressed beyond 50mg/L of zinc. A control study on the stability of zinc in Luria broth medium showed that zinc was highly stable up to 200 mg/L from pH 2-8. However, the stability of zinc in the growth medium decreased beyond that concentration Additionally, studies on the biosorption of zinc were performed using extracellular proteins isolated from the four Pseudomonas sp. The amount of protein was estimated by the Bradford protein assay method at 594 nm. The biosorption experiments were carried out by varying the protein concentration from 50 to 1000µg/mL and the zinc concentration from 50-1000 mg/L and keeping other parameters fixed, namely such as pH at 5±0.2, reaction time of 20 min, temperature at 30±0.2 and the speed of rotation of 200 rpm. It was found that the maximum percentage of zinc biosorbed by the proteins isolated from P.putida was found to be 91% at 500µg/mL of protein concentration and from the other three species, it was found to be about 60% of biosorption at the same protein concentration. The biosorption isotherms of zinc for extracellular protein adhered to the Giles H1 type for all the four systems. The maximum amount of zinc biosorbed by the protein isolated from P.putida, P.alcaligenes, P.aeruginosa and P.fluorescens was found to be 35.6, 19,18.3 and 10 mg/µg respectively and the Gibbs free energy values were found to be -32, -22,-22 and -23 kJ/mole. The mechanisms involved in protein-zinc interaction were elucidated using FTIR analysis and EDX analysis. The FTIR analysis revealed, that the zinc ions were complexed with carboxylic and amine functional groups. Further, the potential of P.putida, P.alcaligenes, P.aeruginosa and P.fluorescens and their extracellular proteins of P.putida as biosensors for detecting zinc ions in aqueous solutions, using electrochemical methods such as, Cyclic Voltammetry and Differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry, was assessed. The developed carbon paste electrode coated by the biomass showed an approximately 3-fold increase in the sensing of Zn2+ ion in comparison with the bare electrode. The lower limit of detection of the biosensor for zinc ions by Cyclic voltammetry was found to be 10-6 M, and in case of DPASV the lower limit of detection was about 10-7M. The lower limit of detection of the protein modified biosensor for zinc ions by cyclic voltammetry was found to be 10-7M and in the case of DPASV method the lower limit of detection was found to be 10-9 M.
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Huawei Honor View20 and Samsung A8s have hole-punch cameras
December 10, 2018 December 10, 2018 admin	Comment(0)
Two smartphone-makers have unveiled handsets featuring a "hole-punch" selfie camera.
The screens of the Samsung A8s and Huawei Honor View20 both feature a small circular space for the component.
The design is intended to be less obtrusive than a "notch" – as popularised by Apple and later by many Android smartphone manufacturers.
One expert said the innovation highlighted how competitive the market for mid-range devices had become.
'World first'
Both Samsung and Huawei claimed to be first to launch the notchless camera design.
The Chinese company may have slightly edged out its rival by unveiling its device at an event in Hong Kong a few hours before Samsung's launch.
But the South Korean company had previously hinted at the screen-engineering feat by showing off a line drawing of the feature in November.
Neither handset features the kind of facial identification sensors that spurred Apple to introduce a notch in the first place.
One industry-watcher said the phones instead represented mid-range devices, which made them a good match for the new look.
"Huawei is relentless at using the Honor brand to really grab as much share in the marketplace as possible," said Ben Wood, from the consultancy CCS Insight,
"This is a very important part of the market, particularly for Samsung with the professional pressure it is facing from Huawei."
Samsung was the world's most successful smartphone brand in the July-to-September quarter, when it shipped 72.2 million units, according to research company IDC.
Huawei came second, according to the same report, with 52 million devices shipped over the same period.
But both companies face challenges.
Samsung has lost substantial market share in the mid- and lower-tiers to Chinese rivals over the past year, while Huawei faces claims it broke US sanctions on Iran and poses a wider security threat to the West.
Huge camera
Huawei also claimed the Honor View20's main camera, on its rear, represents another world-first.
It offers a resolution of 48 megapixels and is the first to use of a sensor made by Sony that was announced in July.
The benefit is that users can crop in more closely into their photos without risking them looking pixellated when printed out. But the downside is that higher-resolution shots take up more storage space.
Xiaomi has also indicated it will soon launch a handset with the same sensor.
Samsung previously announced it had created its own 48MP sensor but has yet to reveal in which handset it will debut.
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CAMP Meeting to be held on October1, 2015
All members of the CAMP organization are invited to attend a meeting on October 1, 2015 that will be held at the Wildwood Grill at 7 PM in Salamanca, NY. The meeting is also open to anyone interested in CAMP'S efforts to preserve the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building located in Little Valley, NY which is in danger of demolition by the Cattaraugus County Legislators.
The Wildwood Grill is located at 53 Wildwood Ave, Salamanca, NY and their phone number is (716) 244-6886.
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A Look Back in Time: How Some Cattaraugus County Men Went to War
How Some Cattaraugus County Men Went to War
Transcribed by CAMP Historian, Mark Dunkelman, from a clipping provided by William Watkins, Machias, New York
Cattaraugus Freeman,
Ellicottville, New York,
Thursday, September 26, 1861.
Departure of Volunteers for Elmira.
Correspondence of the Cattaraugus Freeman.
Waverly, Sept. 24, 1861.
Company C [64th New York Volunteer Infantry], under Capt. J. B. Maltbie, left Otto on the 19th inst. for Elmira. This Company numbered 55 men, was organized in about two weeks from the towns of Otto, East Otto and Mansfield, and composed of the most industrious, intelligent and respectable young men of those towns, who, almost at a moment's warning have left their homes and business, and what is dearer than all their families and friends, to join the army to protect and maintain our Union.
Thursday was a very interesting day for Waverly. Capt. Maltbie called out his Company at 10 o'clock A.M. for drill, people came pouring in from every direction, and our village was soon filled to overflowing. The Captain marched his Company to the Green near the School House at half-past eleven, where the Rev. W. W. Norton, in behalf of the Ladies' Aid Society of Waverly, presented each soldier with a copy of the Holy Bible . . . Immediately after this ceremony, Caleb Jewett, Esq., for and in behalf of the Ladies of Otto, presented the Company with a beautiful flag. He made some eloquent and deeply affecting remarks, which drew tears from the eyes of all who heard them. His remarks were responded to by Capt. Maltbie and Dr. Lake on behalf of the Company, returning thanks for this kindly token of remembrance, and asking that their families might not be forgotten, in their absence.
The Company was then marched to G. W. Skeels' Hotel, where an immense table was spread with the necessaries and luxuries of life, and there the soldiers, surrounded by their families and friends, spent one hour with joy and sadness mingled together. The procession was then formed by Nathaniel Walker, Marshal of the day, and proceeded to Cattaraugus Station in readiness for the train. The procession numbered 138 teams well loaded. After bidding them farewell, we returned to our homes, and are now recruiting more soldiers for this Company. W. E. H.
CAMP Adds New Media Page to Web Site!
September 11, 2015 by John Scarano, CAMP Webmaster
Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP) has added a new page to their web site. The new page is entitiled "CAMP on Radio and TV". The new page will be the home for all CAMP appearances on Radio and Television.
You may visit the content on the new page by clicking this link: CAMP on Radio and TV
CAMP, Clinton Brown Firm and LSWNY Impress County Lawmakers in Little Valley
September 4, 2015 by John Scarano, CAMP Webmaster
Representatives from Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP), the Clinton Brown Company Architecture, PC and the Landmark Society of Western New York (LSNWY) made separate presentations detailing the preservation plan for the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building. The presentations were made before the regular meeting of the Cattaraugus County Public Works committee on September 2, 2015 at 4 PM at the county complex in Little Valley, NY.
CAMP member, Jim Ried, spoke to the committee members first and gave a Power Point presentation. He implored the committee members to change their decision to demolish the Memorial building "because it's the right thing to do." He gave a brief prelude to topics that were to be discussed in more detail by the representatives of the Clinton Brown Company Architecture, PC and the Landmark Society of Western New York.
Larry Francer, Associate Director at LSWNY followed Mr. Ried and assured the committee members that his organization fully supported CAMP's preservation efforts. Very quickly, Mr. Fancer dispelled the belief that there was a viable reverter clause on the property deed where the Memorial Building currently stands. He also stated that LSNWY would be willing to take a purchase option on the property while they attempted to find a buyer for the Memorial Building.
Next, Clinton Brown, President of the Clinton Brown Company Architecture, PC, presented the Memorial Building feasibility report that was prepared by his firm. He assured the committee members that the Memorial Building was an excellent candidate for renovation and preservation. His report pointed out that the roof must be replaced as soon as possible to prevent serious water damage to the building. And he also stated that the renovation of the building could be done at a reasonable cost that was somewhere between $500,000 and $750,000.
Please see the Olean Times-Herald article on CAMP's web site for more details: Lawmakers' Support Rises for Memorial Building Preservation
CAMP to Make Presentation to Lawmakers for Memorial Building Preservation
September 01, 2015 by John Scarano, CAMP Web Master
Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP) will present a plan to preserve the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building in Little Valley, NY on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at the regular meeting of the Cattaraugus County Department of Public Works (DPW) committee. The Cattaruagus County legislature has voted to demolish the building.
The preservation plan was developed for CAMP by the Clinton Brown Company, a Buffalo architectural preservation firm located in Buffalo, NY. The cost for the development of the plan was paid by CAMP with funds received from a grant by the Landmark Society of Western New York and from private donations.
The public is welcome to attend the meeting that will be held in the County Complex on Court Street in Little Valley. The DPW committee meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 PM.
You can read the Olean Times-Herald article on the subject here: CAMP to Present Preservation Plan


It has been a while since I have written on the Embodied Awareness blog. . . My last entry (almost a year ago) described my city's (Calgary) recovery from a major natural disaster; and how my husband and I were impacted by both the torrential rains and floods – followed by being flooded again six months later when the city was repairing the flood damaged sewer lines in our neighborhood. Now, almost two years later, my life is transitioning to a 'new normal'.
And, as I write this post it is one month since a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in eastern Nepal (followed by a second with a magnitude of 7.3). With over 8600 lives lost, scientists and geologists are saying that it is a "correction" that happens every 80 years or so. Ancient and indigenous cultures have maintained a different view: Natural disasters are the voice of our Earth Mother – calling us to wake up to the awareness that we are all interconnected. We are dependent human beings who must rely upon each other and our Earth for sanctuary and support. It seems scientists are still discovering that our physical world is much more than a "thing" to be studied, predicted and controlled. Our Earth is a living breathing organism – and we (along with a host of other life forms) are a very small part of a larger living breathing organism we call Planet Earth. WE are learning to listen to Her, to each other, and to all of life, so WE may respond to each others needs in healing ways.
I continue to extend prayers of solidarity to my brothers and sisters in Nepal. I pray that we (world-wide), respond to this call from our Mother intelligently and compassionately. There are so many ways we can stand together with those who have lost so much.
When sending monetary donations, consider looking beyond the conventional (Red Cross etc) to local organizations like Friends Service Council Nepal ( FSCN is a Nepalese NGO with over 20 years of experience in supporting disaster relief in Nepal) or Plan International, a nondenominational international NGO serving Nepalese children, their families and communities through self-sustaining local grass roots efforts for 37 years . For medical care, in my own international disaster relief and recovery work, I have consistently been impressed with MSF / Doctors Without Borders, which seems to be made up of culturally sensitive volunteers who respectfully offer health services.
← 2014 Flood Anniversary; A Twist of Fate. . .


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Q: Related data not saved when added after creation with EF Core 6 I have POCO objects that are exposed through a repository that uses EF Core 6 to access a database. I can persist "parent" objects to the database and related data that is added to the parent object before creating is persisted successfully as well. However, when trying to add children (SingleSimulationResult objects) to a parent object (SingleSimulation objects) after it has been created, the children are not persisted to the database.
Here is the code that tries to add and save children to the parent object.
singleSim.AddResultsToSimulation(allResults);
Console.WriteLine($"# results: {singleSim.Results.Count}"); // # results: 2
await scopedRepository.Save();

var test = await scopedRepository.GetById(singleSim.Id);
Console.WriteLine($"# results test: {test.Results.Count}"); // # results: 0

SingleSimulation class (BaseEntity just defines an Id property):
public class SingleSimulation : BaseEntity, IAggregateRoot
{
    public string Name { get; private set; }
    public string Description { get; private set; }

    public double Capital { get; private set; }

    public List<List<double>> Returns { get; private set; }

    private readonly List<SingleSimulationStrategy> _strategies = new List<SingleSimulationStrategy>();
    public IReadOnlyCollection<SingleSimulationStrategy> Strategies => _strategies.AsReadOnly();

    private List<SingleSimulationResult> _results = new List<SingleSimulationResult>();
    public IReadOnlyCollection<SingleSimulationResult> Results => _results.AsReadOnly();

    public SingleSimulation()
    {

    }

    public SingleSimulation(string name, string description, double capital, List<List<double>> returns, List<SingleSimulationStrategy> strategies)
    {
        Name = name;
        Description = description;
        Capital = capital;
        Returns = returns;
        _strategies = strategies;
    }

    public void AddResultsToSimulation(List<SingleSimulationResult> results)
    {
        if (_results is null)
            return;

        foreach (var result in results)
        {
            _results.Add(result);
        }
    }
}

Repository class:
public class SingleSimulationRepository : ISingleSimulationRepository
{
    private SimulationDbContext _dbContext;
    public SingleSimulationRepository(SimulationDbContext dbContext)
    {
        _dbContext = dbContext;
    }

    public async Task Add(SingleSimulation entity)
    {
        await _dbContext.AddAsync(entity);
    }

    public async Task<SingleSimulation> GetById(int id)
    {
        return await _dbContext.SingleSimulations.FindAsync(id);
    }

    ...

    public async Task Save()
    {
        await _dbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
    }
}

DbContext:
public class SimulationDbContext : DbContext
{
    public SimulationDbContext(DbContextOptions<SimulationDbContext> options)
        : base(options)
    {
    }

    public DbSet<SingleSimulation> SingleSimulations { get; set; }
    public DbSet<SingleSimulationResult> SingleSimulationResults { get; set; }
    public DbSet<SingleSimulationStrategy> SingleSimulationStrategies { get; set; }
    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);

        // Seed data and custom conversion functions
    }
}

Here's what I have tried (to no avail):

*

*Using Fluent API to configure One-to-Many relationship for Results (using .HasMany()).

modelBuilder.Entity<SingleSimulation>()
    .HasMany(x => x.Results)
    .WithOne();

*Using AddRange() to add result objects to the DB before adding them to the parent and finally saving to DB (SaveChangesAsync).

*Using Attach() to start tracking result objects before adding them to the parent.

*Using Include() when loading the parent object from the database before adding children and trying to save them.

It feels like I'm missing something small, but after scouring the docs and other sources I cannot find the problem. What do I need to do to get children added to the parent after the parent has already been created to actually save to the DB?

A: After debugging by printing the EF Core change tracker's LongView, I noticed that no changes are detected on the object (even if changing a simple string property). It turns out the problem was that the singleSim object I was modifying was returned from a different dbContext than the one used by the scopedRepository.
The model setup wasn't the problem after all. Even without the Fluent API config the setup works as intended (even with the read only collections and private backing fields).

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Putting together a baby registry can be extremely overwhelming. It's a whole new world of gadgets, gismos, and adorably tiny things. But so often, as a new parent, it's challenging to know what you'll really need or find useful on a daily basis. To be sure, I added less-than-functional items like a macrame hanging and minimalistic brass mobile. So I wanted to share the thirteen best baby products that have proved invaluable in Colton's first two months. And I'd love to know, are there any things you'd add to my selection?


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The Best Of Impactful Pride Campaigns So Far
01 June, 2021 (Tuesday)
The month of June is a special month for the members of the LGBTQIA+ community. It's a month that celebrates the members, the struggles they've gone through, and all the obsolete norms and barriers they've broken.
Despite Pride Month completing 50 years of its existence all over the world and various brands partaking in the celebration of the members, it's a little different here. For the longest time, marketing to the Indian LGBTQIA+ members was unheard of. Many campaigns were featuring and celebrating heterosexual couples, but could barely, it all, could find campaigns featuring different LGBTQIA+ couples.
The queer community is yet to get as much importance and attention as others in advertising but some brands have already decided to give them a voice and create campaigns for them so they could break the taboos behind the LGBTQIA+ community and simultaneously create a space where the community feels appreciated, validated, and heard.
Here are some of the most impactful campaigns that started household conversations on the queer community and help spread their voices whilst also marketing to a previously hidden audience.


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This Little Piggy Is Broken
I've hurt myself. Last weekend I worked in the garden getting ready for the city's scheduled Neighborhood Clean-up. I capitalize this because it's a big deal to have the city come pick up all the crap you need to get rid of. There is a cottage industry in trading junk and selling this cleaned-up, rehabbed junk to the trendy little used furniture stores scattered around the city. Folks in pick-up trucks cruise the area scheduled for junk removal looking for anything old and/or maybe broken that can be fixed and used or sold or traded. I suspect this cruising for cast-off crap will intensify as the economy gets worse. I'm thinking anyone with a car that gets parked on the street without a lock on the gas-cap will soon be finding the tank emptied over night.
Anyway, while working to get all the tree limbs and big trimmings, the digging up of unwanted volunteer trees, then dragging them to the curb, I acquired some gnarly bruises and a couple of puncture wounds which now have turned almost black.
Then there was the pot luck party that was a send off of one of the sons of the Ventura family who lived next door to me when I was a kid. Those boys used to spy on me when I was in nude sunbathing mode (I think I was sixteen). I was enough older than they were, that in their minds it was Maggy they now think they were spying on. (oh how I ramble on). Anyway, this now middle aged man is getting ready to move to Barcelona, where his lovely wife and three dogs and two cats now await. It was a fairly large neighborhood party. And for the first time in a long time I have nice though used duds that fit to wear to a party. So dressed in my new nice casual, I take my freshly baked peach cobbler and off I go.
It was lovely, but sometime in the evening I got a small cut that bled like crazy--it's the coumadin, so I was bleeding on my nice new clothes. I decided to quietly leave, walk across the street to find a bandage.
I keep bandages, hydrogen Peroxide, and other first aid remedies under the bathroom sink. So while squatting on the balls of my feet, rummaging through the mess that is that compartment looking for a bandage, when the rug I was standing on slipped out from under my feet and down I went, hard on the tailbone and lower back. But the worst of it was what happened to my arm. The back of my upper arm came down hard on the toilet seat. Really hard. That didn't break my arm, but I do now look like I have an abusive husband.
Then, the next evening I was typing away here at my desk, when the phone started ringing. It was in the evening, in the late part of the news hours. No one calls me them. I'm on the "Do Not Call List. I capitalize that because I think it's supposed to mean something. The base of my phone is a short roll away when I am sitting on my typing chair. If the phone isn't in its cradle, it's on my bed. I turned and hurried to try to locate the phone in the mess that is my bed. And in so hurrying, broke the little toe on my left foot. It is the third time since early spring that I have broken this particular toe, but it is the worst, most painful break so far, and I am on Coumadin, and the bruise and swelling, not to mention the pain, is heinous.
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By contrast, at this point in the 2004 campaign, President Bush was leading Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic challenger, by 56 percent to 37 percent among white women.
Among other groups, Mr. Obama had a slight edge among independents, and a 16-percentage-point lead among voters ages 18 to 44. Mr. McCain was leading by 17 points among white men and by the same margin among voters 65 and over. Before the convention, voters 65 and older were closely divided. In the latest poll, middle-age voters, 45 to 64, were almost evenly divided between the two.
The latest Times/CBS News nationwide telephone poll was taken Friday through Tuesday with 1,133 adults, including 1,004 registered voters. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for all respondents and for registered voters.
The poll was taken during a period of extraordinary turmoil on Wall Street. By overwhelming numbers, Americans said the economy was the top issue affecting their vote decision, and they continued to express deep pessimism about the nation's economic future. They continued to express greater confidence in Mr. Obama's ability to manage the economy, even as Mr. McCain has aggressively sought to raise doubts about it.
This poll found evidence of concern about Ms. Palin's qualifications to be president, particularly compared with Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, Mr. Obama's running mate. More than 6 in 10 said they would be concerned if Mr. McCain could not finish his term and Ms. Palin had to take over. In contrast, two-thirds of voters surveyed said Mr. Biden would be qualified to take over for Mr. Obama, a figure that cut across party lines.
And 75 percent said they thought Mr. McCain had picked Ms. Palin more to help him win the election than because he thought that she was well qualified to be president; by contrast, 31 percent said they thought that Mr. Obama had picked Mr. Biden more to help him win the election, while 57 percent said it was because he thought Mr. Biden was well qualified for the job.
This poll was taken right after Ms. Palin sat down for a series of high-profile interviews with Charles Gibson on ABC News.
Over the last two weeks, Mr. McCain has increasingly tried to distance himself from his party and President Bush, running as an outsider against Washington. The poll suggested the urgency of Mr. McCain's task: The percentage of Americans who disapprove of the way Mr. Bush is conducting his job, 68 percent, was as high as it has been for any sitting president in the history of New York Times polling. And 81 percent said the country was heading in the wrong direction.
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Q: Prove $\mathbb{Z_m} \times \mathbb{Z}_n \cong \mathbb{Z}_d \times \mathbb{Z}_l$ Let $n,m \in \mathbb{N}$, prove that $\mathbb{Z_m} \times \mathbb{Z}_n \cong \mathbb{Z}_d \times \mathbb{Z}_l $ where, $d=gcd(m,n)$ and $l=lcm(m,n)$.
At first I tried to define a homomorphism $\varphi: \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_d \times \mathbb{Z}_l $ in the natural way, and prove that $ker(\varphi)=(m)\times(n)$, but I did not see the way.
So I try using elemental divisors as follows:
Since $gcd(m,n)\cdot lcm(m,n)=mn$, we know that
$$|\mathbb{Z_m} \times \mathbb{Z}_n| =mn=dl=| \mathbb{Z}_d \times \mathbb{Z}_l| $$
Lets write $n$ and $m$ in their "complete prime factorization" (Using all the primes "in" $n$ and $m$ with powers zero if the prime do not appear in the factorization)
$n=p_1^{\alpha_1}\cdots p_k ^{\alpha_k}$ and $m=p_1^{\beta_1}\cdots p_k ^{\beta_k}$, with $\alpha_i,\beta_i\geq0$, $p_i$ prime, then $mn=p_1^{\alpha_1+\beta_1}\cdots p_k ^{\alpha_k+\beta_k}$.
If this is the case then, $d=p_1^{\delta_1}\cdots p_k^{\delta_k}$ and $l=p_1^{\sigma_1}\cdots p_k^{\sigma_k}$, where $\delta_i=min\{\alpha_i,\beta_i\}$ and $\sigma_i=max\{\alpha_i,\beta_i\}$.
And as $dl=mn$ then, $\alpha_i+\beta_i=\delta_i+\sigma_i$, for all $i=1,\cdots k$.
Therefore,
$$ \mathbb{Z_n} \cong \mathbb{Z}_{p_1^{\alpha_1}} \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}_{p_k^{\alpha_k}}\;, \mathbb{Z_m} \cong \mathbb{Z}_{p_1^{\beta_1}} \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}_{p_k^{\beta_k}}$$
and
$$\mathbb{Z_d} \cong \mathbb{Z}_{p_1^{\delta_1}} \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}_{p_k^{\delta_k}}\; , \mathbb{Z_l} \cong \mathbb{Z}_{p_1^{\sigma_1}} \times \cdots \times \mathbb{Z}_{p_k^{\sigma_k}}$$
Finally, without loss of generality, if $\delta_i=\alpha_i$ for some $i \in \{1,\cdots,k\}$, then $\sigma_i=\beta_i$, so $\mathbb{Z_m} \times \mathbb{Z}_n$ and $\mathbb{Z}_d \times \mathbb{Z}_l $ has the same elemental divisors, then they are isomorphic.
The proof is ok? and if it is, how can I improve it if is the case

A: It may help to know the following classification for direct sums: A group $G$ is isomorphic to the direct sum $H\times K$ iff there exists $H\triangleleft G$ and $K\triangleleft G$ such that $H\cap K=1$ and $HK=G$.
To apply this classification to your problem observe that $1\times\mathbb{Z}_d\triangleleft \mathbb{Z}_m\times\mathbb{Z}_n$ and $\langle 1\times 1\rangle\triangleleft \mathbb{Z}_m\times\mathbb{Z}_n$ and that $(1\times\mathbb{Z}_d) \cap \langle 1\times 1\rangle=1$ and $(1\times\mathbb{Z}_d) \langle 1\times 1\rangle=\mathbb{Z}_m\times\mathbb{Z}_n$. Finally note that $1\times\mathbb{Z}_d\simeq\mathbb{Z}_d$ and $\langle 1\times 1\rangle=\mathbb{Z}_l$.