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Sue Wilson Reports: Hey, Talkers, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Fairness Doctrine?
Hey, Talkers, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Fairness Doctrine?
What scares Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and now George Will even more than a Democratic-run government? The prospect of restoring fairness to the public airwaves.
They have good reason to be afraid.
It's been well documented that 90 percent of radio talkers are conservative, and 22 percent of Americans cite talk radio as their primary source of news. What's less known is that for more than two years, right-wing hosts have been lambasting the Fairness Doctrine on thousands of radio stations nationwide, convincing unwitting listeners that fairness is unfair, and that localism in broadcasting is bad for communities.
Pre-Ronald Reagan, that FCC rule said broadcasters had to provide a reasonable opportunity for contrasting viewpoints on issues of public importance. Reagan's Federal Communications Commission threw out the Fairness Doctrine, paving the way for conservatives and Republicans to dominate political speech. No question it's made an impact on elections: In 1994, when Republicans took the House of Representatives for the first time in 50 years, they made Rush Limbaugh an honorary member of Congress.
Only 10 percent of radio talkers are liberal, and most liberal shows can only be found on small stations. But independent research reveals that areas of the country that are exposed to progressive talk radio are now starting to vote blue. "Air America Radio" and the "Ed Schultz Show" have been on the air for four years and are gradually increasing their number of stations. Is it a coincidence that states which now hear a liberal viewpoint – states like Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Florida and Virginia – all went for Obama? Or that the surprise swing states of North Dakota, Montana and even Arizona now hear liberal talk?
True, other factors such as an unpopular president and war, and a debilitating financial crisis played key roles. Still, states with no progressive talk voted red, as usual.
So maybe it's not a coincidence that since Democrats made gains in the 2006 election, dozens of progressive stations were taken off the air and replaced with programs that get lower ratings.
Yep, conservatives should be afraid, very afraid. If the 90 percent of the country that today only gets to hear conservative ideas somehow gets to hear other ideas, conservatives may not be able to compete.
When you cannot compete in the market place of ideas, get a law passed.
If liberal drivel would sell the programing would already be in place.
It isn't a market place of "ideas" when the uber-wealthy pay for propaganda from the right and refuse to allow the other ideas to be heard. Like the blog says, when people have the opportunity to listen to liberal talk they listen and then the advertisers boycott the stations why? Because of fear of honest criticism? Liberal talk is not boycotted by advertisers due to a lack of listening audience.


How is procurement triggered in replenishment planning "RP"
How are procurement proposals created when we use Replenishment type RP. Is it triggered by reorder point ? I am asking this in context to SAP IS Retail.
It would be highly appreciated if config is explained with T-codes.
could it be an idea to use special procurement types for this requirement.
As far as I understand your requirement you want to let the system automatically create stock transfer purchasing orders (purchasing requisitions) in terms your stock is unter the reorder point, correct?
I did some R&D in this regard, i came to know that the trigger point for Replenishment planning is the Target Stock in Article master .
As soon as the stock falls below the target stock the scheduled planning run considers that particular article & then procurement proposals are created.


Keiichi , in return, also cares deeply for Rika, in particular her safety. Contents [ show ]. When in her cutesy persona at the meeting of the main families of Hinamizawa, she spends the time drawing a picture of her and Akasaka holding hands, implying she may have a bit of a crush on him. How exactly the status of Queen Carrier is handed down is unclear, though it appears that it is passed down through the females of the Furude clan.
Rika as seen in Higurashi no Na ku Koro ni Jan. Rika's father dies after being drugged by the Yamainu, and Rika's mother was vivisected for being the Queen Carrier before Rika. Despite only being killed five times on-screen, dialogue eventually confirms that she has been killed once for every arc excluding Matsuribayashi-hen and Miotsukushi-hen and all other unseen worlds.
She in turn tearfully rushes up to hug Akasaka, genuinely happy to see him again. Satoko is Rika's closest friend, and they have been living together since the death of Satoko's aunt.
Although Rika has been known to act cold towards her in arcs such as Tsumihoroboshi-hen, it is implied that she still deeply cares for her when saying such things and dislikes having the need to say them, mainly due to the fact that she's aware of the tragic events to come which will once again likely result in both their deaths. Rika's second character song, S. Yukari Tamura Rebecca Forstadt Aika.
Rika's corpse found by Keiichi in Tatarigoroshi-hen. While for much of the story arcs their relationship appears somewhat vague, it becomes critical in the end.
She has this conversation in her adult voice.
The villagers of Hinamizawa hold Rika in high esteem, as not only is she the only daughter of the Furude clan , one of the three great houses of Hinamizawa, she is also believed to be the reincarnation of the local deity Oyashiro-sama.
The TIPS reveal that when her parents were still alive, she showed no emotion, only reacting to something unexpected. In the Sound Novel and manga , she uses more mature language which other characters occasionally notice. Even in the early arcs which in retrospect Rika understands to be doomed worlds, she seems to care for Keiichi and often tries to protect him.
When revealing her True Personality, Rika's cuteness disappears, and she turns cynical and more mature.
In one scene in Minagoroshi-hen , Rika gives vent to her frustration by listing what will happen and who will die. Rika does respect Keiichi and the two become very close friends over the course of the story arcs. In the English translation of the manga she addresses everyone, regardless of age or gender, as "sir," often ending her sentences with it.


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Q: pickle, numpy - reshape parameters? I'm trying to figure out what the parameters to the reshape() function are below.
I didn't find anything about pickle having a reshape() method, and import cPickle as pickle, import numpy as np were given in the file, so I'm assuming (maybe a bad assumption) that the reshape function is because of numpy. I found the definition of the reshape method for numpy (also below). However, I can't tell which arguments belong to which parameter.
Because this thing is supposed to load in picture data, I'm guessing 32,32 might be the image size, and would correspond to the newshape parameter?
I don't have a clue what 1000,3 are doing: the term "array_like" for the a parameter is confusing, and I don't know why 4 parameters are given if there's only 3 for the method, or how python would know that 32,32 is one argument, if it really is (why no []?)
Basically, what parameter does each argument (passed in) belong to? And how on earth can it tell? And how did X go from being an object from the pickle load that has numpy methods on it? Is that even possible?
   datadict = pickle.load(f)
    X = datadict['data']
    Y = datadict['labels']
    X = X.reshape(10000, 3, 32, 32)

A: The documentation you've linked is slightly different than what is actually happening, which may explain your confusion. The actual documentation, which is effectively the same function but set up as an object method instead of a library method, is here.
In this case, the (10000, 3, 32, 32) corresponds to the shape of the output array. So your output is actually a 4-dimensional array with shape (10000, 3, 32, 32). I suspect that if this is supposed to be image data, you could have a 32x32 image with RGB values and 1,000 images.
Additionally, pickle stores type information when you store objects, so this is how it knows that the object is a numpy array!

A: This loads a dictionary from the file:
datadict = pickle.load(f)

Then select two values from the dictionary.  Ordinary dictionary key indexing:
X = datadict['data']
Y = datadict['labels']

Evidently X is a numpy array. reshape is a method (a function that 'belongs' to the array).
X = X.reshape(10000, 3, 32, 32)

A numpy array has a property called shape.  After this reshape, X.shape should return (10000, 3, 32, 32), the shape of a 4dimensional array.  The numbers are the newshape parameter described in the documentation.
The documentation is for the function version of reshape.  It would be used as:
X = np.reshape(X, (10000, 3, 32, 32))

Same functionality, just a different way of invoking it.
To go on from here you probably need to study numpy documentation.

The documentation for the method version is:

a.reshape(shape, order='C')
Returns an array containing the same data with a new shape.
Refer to numpy.reshape for full documentation.

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Bengaluru: A 19-year-old woman in Hassan district has given birth to a baby girl considered to be 'heaviest' in the country, weighing about 6.82 kg.
Nandini from Doddihalli in Belur taluk gave birth to the baby on May 23 around 6.15 pm at Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences. "The baby was delivered after conducting a caesarean surgery" HIMS Medical Superintendent Dr K Shankar told PTI.
"It is the heaviest baby so far reported in India, last one reported was somewhere around 5.8 kg," he said. Nandini's husband Arun works for a bakery.
Both baby and mother are healthy, but as the case is "unusual" doctors have decided to keep the baby under observation and are assessing the reason for the over-weight. "We have done the abdominal scanning of the baby, we will be doing blood test as well," Mr Shankar said.


Back to Cooper – gray day with passing showers, and mist, but pretty mild temp and little wind until this evening. Now it seems to be settling in again to the old pattern. I started collecting down today. As if NWFing yesterday wasn't enough of an exercise in futility, try collecting down from starving, stressed, uncooperative chicks on a typical Cooper damp, windy day. Yeah, right. Egad! Even still I collected quite a bit and will continue to do so over the next few days as the chicks reach 25 days old. I need to start cohort banding also; a chick reached 125 mm wing chord today– still a few days short of fledging but it better be banded before it goes.
It seemed a slow day. I slept late, waited out the rain this morning before starting nest checks and then spent all afternoon weighing and measuring. It's dusk-like now at 2230 – the sun is setting earlier and the evenings show that deepening glow. I got up at 0312 this morning; even in what is considered the middle of the night, there was plenty of light. It's gray, like the early morning or late evening light on an overcast day – and it is cloudy again, so… I wonder if the light is like that when the sky is clear or if it is brighter – although that seems an obvious question I don't think it is.
I finished reading Zen in the Art of Archery today – I haven't read it since college – and it made me remember that idea of selfless consciousness, being one with your art and not being aware of your self at all. Something I must practice in everything I do – start small, begin by breathing.
I am field weary; plumb tuckered out. It is that time in the field season where you say, "ok, I've had enough. It's time to be done now." Of course, that always happens a few weeks in advance of the actual end of the season. I was dragging today. Collected more down and cohort banded several birds. One little bugger walked right out the back of the nest site and into Little Guillemot Pond. Not a chance I was going to catch him. Hopefully, he'll turn up in another nest tomorrow so I can weigh and measure, measure and weigh. Yup. Plumb tuckered out.
I was very weary tonight and needed a little stroll, so I walked along the Lagoon-side water's edge. There were hundreds of gulls and phalaropes and terns. The terns kept lifting and flying to me and then hovering above my head and calling – 35, 40, or more at a time. It was as if they were trying to give me some of their long-distance energy and stamina to tell me to hold on just a few more weeks. I carry on as best I can.
19 Aug – Auntie Carolyn's birthday!
Typical Cooper day, gray and sprinkling all day. After nest check this afternoon I washed all the body parts I could without stripping entirely in the cold air, then put on clean underwear and clean socks. I'm a new woman. Amazing how these simple things make such a difference.
I slept in, ate a lot, and stared out the door of the tent quite a bit today. Went for a long walk on the tundra and along the beach, found several more vertebrae – giant whale vertebrae and smaller ones of all different sizes. I don't know who they belong to, but they are cool. Hundreds of glaucous gulls, Sabine's gulls, and terns this morning (and phalaropes). Also saw three sanderlings and a lot more dunlin. Quiet, low key day for me.
During radio call today I asked George about getting off Cooper soon. It does seem likely that most of the chicks will leave by early Sept. He plans to be here next weekend and stay until the bitter end – but probably only the first week of September. I can catch him in Fairbanks to disgorge info and debrief.
That changes everything of course. There is an end in sight, and although I've enjoyed my time here, it is time to move along.
Craig and Lincoln stopped this afternoon on their way back to Barrow from caribou hunting. They got 5 – wow! They approached camp calling, and when I appeared from the tent, Craig said, "meat delivery." He had a big hunk of caribou for me.
21 Aug – Sister Carolyn's birthday!
There was snow on my tent this morning when I awoke… It steadily snowed most of the morning – sometimes hard. There is a good NE wind to go with it. I went through all the nests, chick by chick. Today is day 30 for the oldest. I really can't wait for them to start fledging – it will be so cool to see them disappear one at a time knowing that they are on their way. That one crazy chick that dodged out of the nest site and into the pond the other day did the same thing again today. Bugger.
My knees are bothering me again, and still. I pulled up my longies to have a look; they are swollen and bruised. They are always cold, kneeling and trudging in the sand. They will be happy at the end of this season. I promise myself a sauna if I have time when I get back to Barrow.


In my previous post I shortly described the half-dead project in an over-waterfall company me and my team had to save three months before production. In this part I will show you how direct (instead of discrete) communication with customer or good Product Owner in general can help saving almost dead projects.
As I described earlier me and my team had a lot of problems with the systems we had to integrate - technical issues were present but they were not dominant, even taking into account the fact that the team was not experienced in .NET and T-SQL stuff.
After some time struggling with technical issues we finally were contacted by the person who knew how the product should behave. This person (let me call her Product Owner - PO) had all acceptance tests in her mind and knew exactly how to help us understand the product. PO was in fact our client - to be completely clear, the product we were delivering was either win-win or lose-lose so we had to cooperate and the success was our mutual goal.
PO was remotely available (although in the same time zone) but that was not a problem for us at all - we exchanged tons of emails and some phone calls and that was perfectly sufficient.
We were working like this for over two months and we delivered every single customer's request to the product. After the development phase our software had to pass the certification phase which, in fact, was couple-hour testing process in production. Our PO was present there and was helping other clients with testing (yes, there were other clients eventually using our product).
I could risk a claim that it was a huge success because we just found couple of minor issues that were not even concerning the software but insufficient or incomplete data in our production databases. Everybody is sure that what saved the project and what really caused it to be such success was direct contact and constant help from our PO. As I wrote in one of my previous posts, namely Customer Team Member - a way to winning together having customer as your team member is usually really good and efficient idea.
There are also (of course) problems with such attitude - the most "popular" one is the problem with actually having a customer. But even if you have a customer, how would you encourage him/her to be involved in the project (they usually aren't, especially at the beginning of the project)? It may depend on the actual contract i.e. how you define success or whether customer gain something by helping you - to know which contract best suits your current situation please refer to Peter Stevens' article: 10 Contracts for your next Agile Software Project.
To summarize, from my experience every time I worked with customer that was involved in the project I produced software with the highest business value (at that time). Every time I worked directly with involved customer I delivered the product that everybody treated as theirs, everybody was the owner - that's very cool feeling. This has also real business effect - satisfied customer is more likely to come back to your company. You gain credibility working together with your customers e.g. by showing them that you really work hard to meet their needs and to bring the best business value reducing costs. That usually pays off.
So, my final advice here for you would be to take some effort and time and look for a GOOD Product Owner. When you find her then start bombing her with emails, phone calls, whatever that can help your team deliver the product with highest possible business value.
What are your experiences with working directly with customers? Are they positive or negative? How would you improve thing in your project - could customer's involvement help?


An Ecuadorean jetliner struck a mountain and exploded while trying to land at the Andes city of Cuenca today, killing all 119 people aboard.
The civil aviation director, Gen. Eduardo Duran, said an investigation into possible sabotage had been ordered after a Cuenca radio station reported that witnesses saw the plane explode before crashing.
The Boeing 737 was on a scheduled 40-minute flight from Quito to Cuenca, 190 miles south of the Ecuadorean capital. It carried 112 passengers and a crew of 7, the aviation authority said.
The aviation authority said the jetliner crashed in clear weather and with visibility normal on the approach to the Cuenca aiport, which is at an altitude of 8,500 feet.
General Duran said that the plane was one of the airline's newest and that a maintenance report showed the jetliner to be in excellent condition.
The Cuenca radio station said flames destroyed the plane's fuselage, which ended up about a mile from the end of the airport runway. Soldiers sealed off the crash site.
Officials said the crash occurred at 7:37 A.M. and was the worst civil aviation accident in Ecuadorean history. In 1979, two jetliners operated by the domestic airline Saeta were involved in separate crashes in Ecuador that killed a total of 110 people.


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Castle in the Clouds It's a rewarding and renewable experience
MOULTONBOROUGH — Castle in the Clouds is not a once in a lifetime experience! With a century old mansion, fine dining, music, hiking, carriage and horse rentals, and a full season of special events, Castle in the Clouds, with its historic Lucknow mansion, offers enough to keep you busy for a day, and to keep you coming back again and again.
The historic Lucknow mansion, and its compelling grounds and buildings, was built in 1913-14 by millionaire industrialist Thomas G. Plant and has for the last half century been the Lakes Region's premier tourist attraction. But the current owner, the nonprofit Castle Preservation Society, understands that the Castle should be much more than spectacular scenery and a fanciful mansion — the venue is increasingly the cultural heart of the region with something exciting and enriching for everybody.
The full Castle experience begins at the lower Gatehouse, recently restored to its original appearance, and continues along the twisting drive up into the Ossipee mountains, past waterfalls and vistas, to the Carriage House where guests are greeted and invited to enjoy the award winning Carriage House Cafe, an art gallery, with rotating exhibits, and the fabulous terrace with its panoramic view of Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains beyond. Trolleys take visitors even higher, to the Lucknow estate and its glorious gardens, with views here again of the Lake and back into the folds and peaks of the Ossipee ring dike. Or visitors hike along the waterfall lined Brook Trail or into the 5,500 acres of mountains, streams, and forests protected by the Lakes Region Conservation Trust, or buy delightful gifts at the shop, or take the trip to the nearby stables for horseback and carriage rentals and to visit and be photographed with the world's largest horse.
The Carriage House is also the site, or starting point, for the many events of this expanded summer season at the Castle. Special events during the season include the 1920 Lucknow Lawn Party, 6/6, Walking Tours to the early settler home sites, 6/12 and 7/31, Biker Welcome Party, 6/12, Prince and Princess of the Castle Day, 6/27, Attic Treasures Roadshow, 8/4, Early Cabinetmakers lecture, 8/11, NH Furniture Masters reception and demonstration, 8/18, Volksbahn car show, 9/8, Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, 11/2 & 3, and finally, Christmas at the Castle, 11/15-17 and 22-24.
Between July 1 and September 2 the Castle serves up weekly offerings to appeal to all tastes.
Mondays, starting at 10:00 the two hour Walks and Talks, lead by local naturalists, explore a different topic each week, from birds to mushrooms, volcanos to historic gardens. Monday nights the Carriage House, and its award winning cafe, stay open for an evening of acoustic guitar music with Maine's Chad Porter, 5:30-8:30. Thursdays are Jazz nights (reservations and $10 cover) again with cafe menu and cash bar.
Three curated art exhibits rotate through the Carriage House Art Gallery: May and June, Winslow Homer prints; July, New Hampshire Lakes and Landscapes paintings, and August to closing, still life paintings of food — so appropriate right next to the cafe and its wonderful meals.
So popular and so varied are the Castle's activities that the Castle now is offering a Friends of the Castle membership that allows free unlimited visits, discounts on special events and at the gift shop, and invitations to special events and receptions including the annual Gala held at the Lucknow Mansion. Call 476-5900 x 500 for informat
The Castle in the Clouds is located off Route 171 (Old Mountain Road). For directions and for information, visit www.castleintheclouds.org or call 603-476-5900x500.

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The museum also has a collection of trains that are either on loan or being stored for individuals or groups.
AGAWA
Locomotive 6304
Passenger Car 6740
The AGAWA was a business car used by railroad officials for the purpose of travel, line inspections, and entertaining existing and prospective customers. The AGAWA was built in 1913 by Barry and Smith Car Company for the Longview, Portland National Railway. In 1930 the Wabash Railroad purchased the car and it was named Chicago. The Algoma Central Railway acquired the car in 1953. In 1995, the Wisconsin Central Railway purchased the Algoma Central Railway and the AGAWA was painted in Wisconsin Central Railway colours. In 2001, the Wisconsin Central Railway was purchased by CNR and was repainted in Algoma Central Railway colours. The car was then acquired by Gary Southgate in 2003.
Built in 1954, 6304 was originally numbered 6509. 6509 was removed from service in 1966, given a complete overhaul and repainted for use on the Confederation Train where it was renumbered to 1967. (CP 1411 was renumbered to 1867). In 1977, when CN transferred all its passenger equipment to VIA Rail Canada, the locomotive was renumbered to 6304. 6304 had various owners until it was finally sold to Gary Southgate in 2013.
Model: FP9au
Original Number: CNR 6529
Length: 55 feet 2 1/2 in
Fuel Capacity: 1,200 US GAL
Engine Type: V16 Two-stroke diesel
Power: 1800 Hp
Maximum Speed: 89 mph
Part of the Gary Southgate Collection
6740 came to the museum in 2004 on loan from the Alberta Prairie Railway. This is the passenger car used on long weekends for train rides.
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Since the museum is an industrial site, for the safety of your dog, and for the safety of our other visitors, please leave your dog at home. Service dogs are of course welcome.
We regret that not all of the museum's grounds and collection are wheelchair accessible. Baby and child strollers are not recommended for touring the site. Plan to bring a carrier.
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Intelligent Machines
Smart-Phone App Warns Pedestrians of Oncoming Cars
WalkSafe beeps and vibrates a phone when its owner is in the path of a fast-moving vehicle.
by Kristina Grifantini
Researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of Bologna in Italy have developed an Android app that uses the camera on a smart phone to detect oncoming traffic.
The app relies on machine-learning and image-recognition algorithms to identify the fronts and backs of vehicles, and takes into account varying light conditions, phone tilt, and blur. When WalkSafe detects a car approaching at 30 miles per hour or faster, it vibrates the phone and makes a sound to alert the distracted user.
Andrew Campbell, professor of computer science at Dartmouth and head of the Smartphone Sensing Group, says the app also exploits phone APIs to only run the vehicle-detection algorithm during active calls, saving the phone's battery.
Using a Nexus One phone, the researchers show that WalkSafe could reliably detect oncoming cars as far as 50 meters away from pedestrians (see the video above). They now plan to speed up the recognition algorithm to improve the app.
Now all we need is a system to alert people who text and walk.
Kristina Grifantini


It is not a perfect imitation, but, astonishingly, recognisable.
It is the first scientific demonstration of an orca mimicking human words, which also included "Amy" — the name of Wikie's handler — "Bye-Bye", and "One-Two-Three".
"We were not expecting a perfect match, like a parrot," researcher Jose Abramson of the Complutense University of Madrid said of the experiment reported Wednesday in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Yet in a trial with six different words or phrases, some of Wikie´s attempts were "a very high-quality match", especially given that orcas´ vocal anatomy is "totally different" to ours.
It was hard not to jump for joy when Wikie first "spoke", Abramson told AFP, adding the research team had not quite known what to expect.
Seeking to measure orcas´ ability to copy new sounds, Abramson and a team turned to Wikie, a captive killer whale at the Marineland Aquarium in Antibes, southern France.
Trained to perform tricks for Marineland visitors, Wikie was a good candidate as she had already learnt the gesture commanding her to "copy" what her trainer does.
As part of the trial, the killer whale was asked to mimic never-before-heard sounds made by other orcas with different dialects from different family groups.
Then, she was made to repeat human words.
In recordings of the experiment, Wikie takes several stabs at "hello". Every time, she voices two syllables with something resembling an "l" in the middle and an "o" at the end.
The most convincing attempt is a deep, throaty sound, a bit like a cartoon demon might say "hello".
The orca also manages an eery whisper that does sound remarkably like "Amy".
But she seems to have more trouble with "One-Two-Three". The last syllable sounds a bit like a "raspberry" — that sound of contempt humans make by pushing the tongue between the lips and forcibly expelling air to produce a vibration.
Abramson said the orca´s ability to mimic does not mean she understands what she is saying.
The experiment was designed in such a way that no meaning or context was attached to any of the words.
But it does show, once more, that orcas are very smart animals indeed, he added.
Imitation skills are a sign of intelligence, as they allow animals to learn lessons from peers.
The alternative, learning through trial and error, "can be very expensive… you can die just trying poisonous fish, for example, for killer whales. But if you learn from the experience of the others it´s safer," said Abramson.
"One of the main things that fired the evolution of human intelligence is the ability to have social learning, to imitate, and to have culture.
This, in turn, allows a species to adapt more easily to changes in their environment, improving survival chances, said the researcher.
Killer whales have previously been shown to mimic dolphin sounds.
Apart from parrots whose copycat skills are well-documented, beluga whales, dolphins, seals, and an Asian elephant were previously reported to have tried mimicking human language.


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If you're running a site that you hope to monetize, it is imperative to produce content that your audience likes. The difficulty comes in judging how your content is resonating with your readers. The Post Satisfaction plugin solved that problem for one of my clients.
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Here are a few Christmas cards I made a few years ago. All were cut on the Cricut Expression.
Cricut "Wrap It Up" cartridge - Gingerbread house (pg. 28) at 5"
The snow is Flower Soft in Polar White and is applied at the top edge of the roof.
Finished Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Cricut "Ornamental Iron" cartridge gate 1A (pg. 21) at 4 1/2"
Cricut "Trim the Tree" cartridge at 1 1/2"
Card Base - Core'dinations Gemstone - Jade cut to 6" x 12"
Printed on Recollections Cardstock - Kraft cut to 1 3/4" x 2 3/4"
Cricut "George & Basics Shapes" cartridge Rectangle 2 (pg.112) cut at 3 1/4"
I attached the glitter leaf to the card with hot glue. The picks had 3 leaves per piece which I cut with a wire cutter.
Paper Crafts Magazine's website has lots of free sentiments and patterns you can download so check their site often for new additions.
I had found some snowflake lights online, but I really didn't want to spend $20+ for them. So I took an old set of clear/white Christmas lights (non-LED) I had and used my Cricut Expression to cut snowflake shapes to attach to the lights. I apologize for the lack of photos, but clear laminate is extremely difficult to photograph well.
Laminate your sheets together. For the the snowflakes I cut with the Wrap It Up cartridge, I had sprayed the inside of the sheets with blue glimmer mist and let them dry completely before cutting. The blue isn't noticeable, so I would either skip this step or spray several coats.
The string of lights I had here was contained 100 lights so I cut 100 snowflakes of each type so there were 200 snowflakes were cut in total.
"Wrap It Up" Cricut cartridge.
Pg. 68 Snowflake at 2 3/4"
Snowflake 5b at 2 3/4"
Hot glue 2 Wrap It Up snowflakes to each other, leaving a section open so that light bulb will slide inside. Repeat this for the When It's Cold Outside snowflakes.
Dab of hot glue on one side of light bulb.
Hot glue opposite side of light.
Apply a little hot glue to the plastic which holds the light bulb in place and place the light inside one of the snowflakes (I alternated the different types). Then apply hot glue to the opposite side. The glue holds well, but not permanently due to the slippery nature of the laminating sheets, so it would be possible to use the lights again without the snowflakes on them.
These tangle quite easily, so they were fun to transport and untangle at the party site. I'm not too happy with the result (I wish the blue was brighter), but Munchkin #1 and her parents loved them.
Front of finished castle on display at the party.
I wanted to make a castle using the one in the Cricut "Once Upon a Princess Cartridge," and Munchkin #1's Frozen themed birthday party was the perfect occasion! I had to look online for a few other bloggers who had made this castle because there are no written instructions for it, just fairly vague pictures. This was the most helpful post. The only supply I had to purchase for this project was the "regular" Buffalo Snow flakes to add to the iridescent Buffalo Snow flakes I had on hand.
"Once Upon a Princess Cartridge"
Laminate the sheets to themselves. Then cut all pieces needed for the castle at the settings above. No photos of this step as it's very hard to photograph clear laminate.
Fold tower pieces as shown in the book (these "instructions" were hard for me to understand,but I only had 1 piece which had to be refolded the correct way.) Use hot glue to secure the tower pieces (tubes and caps) and interior "walls" as shown in Cricut book. Assemble all other pieces as Cricut book instructs.
I added glitter glue to edges of cardboard to make it prettier. A completely unnecessary step.
I used an old piece of cardboard which was in my office at work to use as a base for the castle. I attached a sheet of white gold shimmer cardstock (Recollections brand) to the center of the cardboard. I put hot glue at the bases of the inner towers and walls, and quickly attached the castle to the cardboard, centering it in on the white section. I then added glue all around the base of the castle.
I added the clear glitter glue around the bottom edges of all of the tower caps and sprinkled clear glitter to them. (Due to the static nature of the laminating sheets, the excess glitter wasn't completely removed from the rest of the castle.
This was done before step 4 because of an accident with the glitter glue bottle (squirted all over the cardboard base), but it's better done after glittering the caps. Spread glitter glue (spread on with a brush or paper towel, in my case), or any other craft glue around the castle covering as much as the cardboard base as you want. I mostly wanted to just cover the blue sections. Mix a handful of iridescent and regular Buffalo Snow together in a bowl (I used the ziploc bag I kept the open Buffalo Snow bags in). Sprinkle the mixture onto the glue liberally. Let glue completely dry before shaking off excess. TIP: Set castle and base in a cardboard box (I used the top of a copy paper case) to apply the snow in to protect your floors as much as possible.
Yesterday I drew the names for the Hunger Games giveaway.
Congratulations to all the winners!! I have received everyone's mailing addresses and prizes will be sent out on Friday.
I will be doing more giveaways in the future to follow this blog or follow me on Twitter (@VeronicaJ_N) for updates!
I have been making the birthday banners for the Munchkins for a few years now and I always add their names. For Munchkin #1's Frozen themed birthday, I made use of supplies I already had on hand and was able to cut all of the letters from scraps from the Frozen Invitations I had made.
"Snowflake 5b" shape at 8 3/4"
Open laminating sheets and sprinkle snowflakes inside. These do not cut well on the Cricut, so try to have the flakes evenly and loosely spread.
Once all of the sheets are laminated, start cutting snowflakes according to the settings above. Then cut the letters needed according to settings listed above. I don't have a photos of this, sorry.
Glue letters together with your favorite adhesive. Then glue finished letters to the laminate snowflakes with a glue gun.
Punch holes in snowflake (I did it in the "points" immediately to the left and to the right of the center "point") with a Crop-A-Dile or other hole punch. My holes were cut with the Crop-A-Dile's 3/16 hole punch. String the banner together with string or ribbon. I used 5/8" sheer white ribbon I had on hand. Since this is a very large/long banner, I string the words separately. This is very handy if you don't know where or how banner will be hung. The words could be hung vertically over each other or lengthwise across a long patio cover (as we did). We use the support posts of the patio cover as the separation point between the words and tied the ribbon to the posts.
I had made two of these chandeliers for Munchkin #1's birthday last year which was a Hotel Transylvania theme (see invites I made here). I received a request last week to make 1 or 2 of these on commission. They wanted the exact same ones which I had made for the party. I had to make this completely from memory as I hadn't written down how I had made these.
1st cut pieces as "normal"
Cut 1 of each piece at above settings on your Cricut. Then cut 1 of each piece using the "flip" option. Since this is a 3D object, all sides will be visible so you need to cover the white backside of this cardstock.
No photo of this, sorry. You can still see white edges, so you can ink (not as effective in this case), paint or use glitter glue to cover the white edges. I didn't have enough black glitter glue on hand, and only had some "Slick" dimensional fabric paint in black on hand so that's what I used. I squeezed a generous amount of the paint onto a paper plate and painted any white areas (not the slits since I would fix those once assembled) with a very small paint brush.
Hot gluing the pieces together.
Slide Chandelier1 and Chandelier2 pieces together. The thickness of the pieces makes this a bit difficult so be patient and gentle. Once they are in position, use hot glue to attach the loose slits to the solid pieces. Other glues could be used, but you have to firmly hold the pieces together while it dries. Your glue gun is your best friend for this project! I found that the white didn't show up much once glued, so I only had a few spots to cover up with the black paint.
Punch two holes at the top of the chandelier (I did this on the piece which sits higher than the other) for attaching ribbon or string for hanging. Attach ribbon or string and your done! If using wire, see below for a quick tutorial on making a wire spring.
Using a wire spring gives the chandelier movement and makes hanging flexible as you can extend the chandelier lower by stretching out the wire. I used 26 gauge wire which I had on hand and made a spring by wrapping the wire about 30 times (I didn't count, just went by eyeball measurement of how long I wanted it) around a wooden dowel. You'll want to stop every few wraps and twist/tighten the wire around the dowel while sliding it down the dowel together. See the second photo for what I mean.
Extend one end of the spring and loop it through both holes in the chandelier.
This is a perfect project for some Halloween party decor!
Download and print your coloring pages. I put two images side by side on each page on a Word document (page is Landscape and borders are at 1/4" on all sides).
I printed and cut Frozen poster images onto cardstock. They are sized 2 1/2" x 3 3/4". I cut snowflakes from Recollections Blue Shimmer paper (sold in 12x12 sheets) which was left over from the Frozen invitations I made for this party.
Each snowflake was cut at 4" using the Cricut Winter Wonderland cartridge snowflake #23 (page 46 & 46). Settings: Pressure - High, Speed - Medium, Needle - 5). I didn't bother punching out the tiny holes in the snowflakes' centers because they would be covered up by the pictures.
Snowflake cut, but not punched.
Glue the snowflakes to the front of the coloring books and glue the picture on top of the snowflake as shown in the picture.
Snowflake glued to the front cover.
That's it! A very simple and budget friendly party favor, which is also a big hit with the kids. I also purchase small packs of crayons (like the ones they give out in restaurants) to add to the favor bags with the coloring books. You can get them on Amazon or eBay for very reasonable prices.
Hunger Games Party Favor Bag Giveaway!!
A few weeks ago I posted about my niece's Hunger Games Birthday Party which included at tutorial on the Mockingjay tote bag I made which was one of the 45 bags I made to hold the party favors for my niece's Hunger Games themed birthday party.
Well, since a few people didn't show up (and I had a few bags without the Mockingjays painted on them), I have a few bags filled with all of the goodies the party guests received, plus a couple of items which they had to "purchase" in the Hob using the tickets they acquired by participating and/or winning the games we had.
I'm making this very easy. I will ship these items anywhere in the world (and, yes, this is very expensive), and entry is very easy.
First Prize - Everything you see here plus keyring and phone charm.
Second Prize - Everything you see here plus a black drawstring bag.
The fans, bookmarks and earbuds are all slightly different, and the distribution will be completely random.
To enter: You may enter by Retweeting my each of my (@VeronicaJ_N) tweets for this giveaway (and ONLY tweets about this giveway count) once per tweet.
You may one separate entry by commenting on this blog post (please include your email address if you don't have a Twitter account). If you have also retweeted my tweet, please add your Twitter handle/name in the comment so I can double your entry.
For example: If I tweet about the giveaway 4 times and you retweet each of those, you gain 4 entries. If you retweet each of those and you also leave a comment on this blog post, you gain 5 entries.
The first two(2) names I draw will win one (1) of the First prizes, the next three (3) names will win one (1) of the Second prizes.
Sweepstakes will begin at 8am Pacific Daylight Time, Wednesday, October 8, 2014 and end at 11:59pm PDT on Sunday, October 12, 2014. The drawing will take place on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 10am PDT.
These necklaces are being given out in the goody bags for Munchkin #1's birthday party on Saturday. These are something anybody can make, and would even be a fun party activity for the kids.
Clear stretch cording (.5mm or 1mm) - cut to approximately 24-26" per necklace to make knotting easier. The thickness of cording depends on hole size of your beads. I used both 1mm and .5mm for my necklaces.
Cut the cording to approximately 24" length. String beads as follows: Fuschia, Aqua, Fuschia, Lt. Aqua, Fuschia, Aqua, Fuschia, Lt. Aqua, etc.
Once all beads are strung, tie the ends together in a knot (double, triple, quadruple knot as needed). Trim off excess cord.
The snowflake beads I bought have holes on two sides, but I want to use these as pendants, so I attached a split ring onto one hole. NOTE: Jump rings can also be used and will be much easier to attach, but I wanted something sturdier. The snowflakes I used are quite thick so attaching the split rings took some effort (and a few ruined split rings). Attach snowflake to necklace by sliding the split ring between beads onto the cording.
These necklaces have approximately a 10" drop plus the pendant (which measures just over 1").
There are more Frozen inspired crafts made for this party. I'll be posting those soon!


Cosmic Tubing kicks off Winter Break on Dec. 14th with the Tube hill open every night through Jan 1st! Cosmic Tubing® is the best party on the mountain! Enjoy over 600,000 LED lights, laser light shows, black lights, colored lights, rocking music and more! It will be the most fun you've had all weekend. Don't bother walking up the hill with that big tube, just jump on Mt. Hood's only dual conveyor lifts dedicated to tubing, and relax all the way to the top! Great fun for the whole family!
Tubers must be at least three years old and 36 inches tall.
Tubing tickets are sold in 2-hour sessions with 15 min breaks between sessions for grooming.
Please do not bring your own tube or sled as snow tubes are provided.
Layer up. Wear warm socks and waterproof boots. Find hats, gloves and other winter apparel in our ticket offices and in Government Camp at Mt. Hood Outfitters.
We recommend that you arrive 20-30 min prior to your session. Tickets are non-refundable. All sales are final and only transferable through guest services if Skibowl is non-operational the day of your reservation.
Want to find something fun to do in Portland? Cosmic Tubing® is fun for kids, adults, and pretty much anyone else that enjoys happiness and sunshine.
The Extreme Tube Hill will give you the ultimate rush as you fly down the mountain on your snow tube. Be sure to strap down those goggles and tighten your hat. Helmets are also recommended. You'll pick up speed quickly so hang on and enjoy the ride. Once you near the bottom of the hill it flattens out and you can begin to decelerate as you come to a stop. When you stand up, be sure to look back over your shoulder to see what you just conquered. Then do it again!


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Q: What are static tables & dynamic tables? I heard the term "static table" when I'am learning about dirty reads in database.
Can anyone explain what is a "static table" and what is a "dynamic table"? Thanks in advance.

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Static tables are the master tables that are populated with some
  canned data at the time of creation of the database in a typical
  system setup. Rather they have a pre defined set of data populated in
  them that hardly changes. There is no specific term like Static table
  and Dynamic table, but all tables that are used for inserts, updates
  and deletes with data getting modified can be termed as dynamic tables

Source: https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/static-and-dynamic-table#post-663097


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    def self.from_response(tvdbid, season, number, response)

        ep = Episode.where(
            :tvdbid => tvdbid,
            :season => season,
            :number => number,
            ).first_or_create!

    	ep.title = response['name']
    	ep.description = response['description'].split('Recap')[0]
    	ep.location = response['location']
    	ep.airdate = response['airdate']

        # if User.find_by_uid(session[:userid]).vip? then
        if User.find(1).vip? then

            case response['status']
                when "Downloaded" then ep.status = "Avaliable"
                when "Snatched" then ep.status = "Requested"
                when "Wanted" then ep.status = "Requested"
                when "Unaired" then ep.status = "Unaired"
                else ep.status = "Unavailable"
            end

        else

            case response['status']
                when "Downloaded" then ep.status = "Aired"
                when "Snatched" then ep.status = "Aired"
                when "Wanted" then ep.status = "Aired"
                else ep.status = "Unaired"
            end

        end

    	ep.save
        ep
    end

    def req
      SB.json('episode.setstatus', tvdbid: tvdbid, season: season, episode: number, status: "wanted")['result']
    end

    def remove

        puts "Refreshing : " + SB.json('show.refresh', tvdbid: tvdbid)['result']
        puts "Setting status : " + SB.json('episode.setstatus', tvdbid: tvdbid, season: season, episode: number, status: "archived")['result']

        puts "Deleting file : " + File.delete(location)

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THE CHRISTIAN LACROIX SUNGLASS COLLECTION IS HIGH FASHION STYLING, BURSTING WITH ORIGINALITY AND COLOUR.
Confident shapes, unique colouration and handmade luxury are the pillars of the Christian Lacroix sunglass collection. All acetates are available only in Lacroix, each design is completely unique and every millimetre of each frame exudes refinement and originality. Partnered with the highest quality lenses and manufacturing techniques, here is luxury eyewear at it's most creative.


L-carnitine 250mg, Coenzyme Q-10 100mg, Zinc 10mg, Selenium 34mcg.
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a natural antioxidant synthesized by the body, found in many foods, and available as a supplement. CoQ10 acts as an antioxidant, which protects cells from damage and plays an important part in the metabolism. People with certain diseases, such as heart failure, high blood pressure, gum disease, Parkinson's disease, blood infections, certain diseases of the muscles, and HIV infection, might have lower levels of coenzyme Q10.
The immune system keeps the body healthy by identifying and fighting off potential threats. These include bacteria, viruses and parasites. Q-cart plays an important role in the health of the immune system. This antioxidants present in Q-carts helps lower oxidative stress in the body, which reduces inflammation and enhances immunity.
Q-cart is excellent product to enhance production of energy in body. L-carnitine plays a crucial role in the production of energy by transporting fatty acids into your cells' mitochondria .The mitochondria act as engines within your cells, burning these fats to create usable energy. Similarly Coenzyme Q10 is a vital participant in the chain of metabolic chemical reactions like oxidation of fatty acids that generate energy within cells.
CoQ10 appears to protect against muscle damage resulting from intense exercise, as well as the oxidative damage that tends to follow exercise-induced muscle damage. CoQ10 prevents the over-expression of pro-inflammatory compounds, thereby reducing oxidative damage to the muscle cells.
Q-cart is beneficial for cardiovascular system. Coenzyme Q10 is beneficial for heart health in many ways. It assists in maintaining the normal oxidative state of LDL cholesterol in blood, helps assure circulatory health, and supports optimal functioning of the heart muscle. While L-carnitine reduce blood pressure and the inflammatory process associated with heart disease.
Take 1 capsule 1 to 2 capsules daily or as directed by the physician.
Pregnant or nursing mothers should consult a physician before using this. Also consult with doctor before using Q-cart, if you are having high blood pressure or Diabetes.
It can cause mild side effects such as nausea, vomiting, stomach upset, heartburn, diarrhoea, and seizures.


The CF316 is the Kraft Tools Walking Bronze Groover. The CF316 has a single-end bit for cutting smooth, clean grooves. The ends of the groover turn up for minimal diggging while cutting. Easy to use for the operator and very easy clean up. The CF316 is bronze base is 6" x 4-1/2", while the groover itself is 1-1/4" deep, 1" wide, with a radius of 1/2". Comes with 5' Wooden Handle (CC386).
Comes with CC386 (5' Wooden Clevis Handle)!


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Assurance review (Auditor-General Report No. 62 of 2016–2017)
Malabar Headland: 2016 Lease between the Commonwealth of Australia and the New South Wales Rifle Association
The Auditor-General undertook a limited assurance engagement of the Department of Finance's management of the lease between the Commonwealth of Australia and the New South Wales Rifle Association over the Malabar Headland. The limited assurance engagement examined whether the management was, in all material respects, in accordance with the Commonwealth Property Management Framework.
Department of Finance; Department of the Environment and Energy
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Financial statement audit (Auditor-General Report No. 60 of 2016–2017)
Published: Wednesday 28 June 2017
Interim Report on Key Financial Controls of Major Entities
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) publishes two reports annually addressing the outcomes of the financial statement audits of Australian government entities and the Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) of the Australian Government to provide Parliament an independent examination of the financial accounting and reporting of public sector entities. This report focuses on the results of the interim audit phase, including an assessment of entities' key internal controls, of the 2016–17 financial statements audits of 25 entities including all departments of state and a number of major Australian government entities.
The history, mandate and functions of the Auditor-General of Australia
In this inaugural edition of audit insights, we look at the history and mandate of the Auditor-General of Australia, the functions delivered under the Auditor-General Act, the purpose of the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) and our relationship with the Australian Parliament.
Please direct enquiries relating to audit insights through our contact page.
Published: Friday 31 March 2017
A guide to conducting performance audits
The ANAO's performance audit activities involve the independent and objective assessment of all or part of an entity's operations and administrative support systems. This guide outlines the ANAO's approach to performance auditing and includes information about how subjects are identified for audit and the phases of the performance audit process.
Please direct enquiries relating to this guide through our contact page.
Environmental Audit: a Commonwealth Perspective
Grant Hehir, Auditor-General for Australia, attended the XXIII Commonwealth Auditors-General Conference in New Delhi, India, and presented a keynote speech on 22 March 2017 titled Environmental Audit: A Commonwealth Perspective.
Please direct enquiries relating to speeches through our contact page.
Major projects report (Auditor-General Report No. 40 of 2016–2017)
2015-16 Major Projects Report
The objective of this report was to provide the Auditor‐General's independent assurance over the status of the selected Major Projects, as reflected in the Statement by the Secretary of Defence, and the Project Data Summary Sheets (PDSSs) prepared by Defence, in accordance with the Guidelines endorsed by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit.
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Home Happenings Out 'N' About Pop Princess
Singer Ariana Grande Brings Tour To AmericanAirlines Arena
Welcome home, Ariana Grande. Our Boca Raton superstar – who's had her share of tragedies over the past few years – is ready to rock again.
The "Dangerous Woman" singer is bringing her Sweetener World Tour to the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on May 31 and June 1 at 8 p.m. And, from what we hear, she's in fine form.
"After months and months of preparation, the starlet kicked off her tour with a crowd-pleasing stop in Albany, New York," notes E! News. "Thousands of fans streamed into the stadium where the singer delivered a rousing performance of over 25 songs on the impressive set-list."
The 25-year-old took refuge with family in Boca after suspending her Dangerous Woman Tour in the wake of the bombing at her May 2017 show in Manchester, England, that killed 22 and wounded 116. More sadness followed when her ex-boyfriend, rapper Mac Miller, died, followed not long after with a tumultuous split from her fiancé, comedian Pete Davidson.
The resilient pop princess channeled her experiences and emotions into the song "No Tears Left To Cry"; had great success with her 2019 album, "Thank U, Next"; and got her first Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for her 2018 album, "Sweetener."
"Grande has also become a popular host of 'Saturday Night Live,' bringing her musical and acting talents to the show, including uncanny impersonations of fellow pop divas Britney Spears, Shakira, Rihanna, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston in a skit spoofing the streaming service Tidal," notes Biography.com.
She has also launched fragrances, including the new Cloud, which Cosmopolitan called possibly the best celeb perfume yet. O
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Republican senators are warning President Donald Trump's new pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, that their support for his nomination may hinge on his biofuels policy.
The senators, all from states hosting oil refineries, said they want to be assured that Wheeler would work to reduce the regulatory costs for oil companies of complying with the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard before they decide on whether to back him as permanent chief of the EPA.
The Renewable Fuel Standard requires oil refiners to blend increasing amounts of biofuels like corn-based ethanol into their fuel each year, or purchase blending credits from those who do. The measure is intended to help farmers and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources, but oil refining companies - like Valero Energy Corp and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's CVR Energy Inc - complain it costs them a fortune.
"Without an adequate proposal to meaningfully lower the regulatory burden ... we will have serious concerns with your nomination," the five Republican senators said in a letter to Wheeler dated Feb. 11.
The letter was signed by Ted Cruz of Texas, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Michael Lee of Utah, as well as both John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.
The five were due to meet with Wheeler later on Wednesday night to discuss biofuels, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The EPA is working on a number of critical adjustments to its biofuel policy that are of interest to the oil industry, including resetting targets for annual biofuels blending volumes, lifting a summertime ban on higher-ethanol blends of gasoline, and proposing measures to limit speculation in the blending credit market.
In their letter, the senators asked Wheeler to provide his views on these and other issues before Feb. 22.
Wheeler, a longtime Washington insider and former coal lobbyist, took the reins at EPA on an interim basis in July after his predecessor, Scott Pruitt, resigned in a storm of controversy over his high spending on first-class travel, round-the-clock security, and office equipment.
Trump nominated him in January, but a full vote of the Senate is required for his confirmation.


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Stewart Griffin (England) has had his bonsai collection including the prize winning Taiwan Juniper stolen Wednesday morning 9th August. These trees must have been stolen to order. They were bonsai people because they left his baby trees from when he started, but took Yamadori material in plastic tubs, so they were discerning.
Keep a lookout.... there is NO WAY that this tree can be shown again without it being recognised, it is over a metre tall!
Please circulate this photo and news on all of your own local forums and websites please.... lets get this tree... and all his others back.


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Zatoka (ukr./ros. Затока, rum./mołd. Bugaz) – osiedle typu miejskiego w południowo-zachodniej Ukrainie, w mieście wydzielonym Białogród nad Dniestrem, w obwodzie odeskim.

Zatoka położona jest w południowej Besarabii na mierzei Bugaz, oddzielającej Morze Czarne od Limanu Dniestru, 18 kilometrów na południe od Białogrodu nad Dniestrem. Przez miejscowość przechodzi trakcja kolejowa Odessa – Izmaił.

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John Douglas Craig (31 May 1887 – 13 May 1968) was a Scottish classicist, who was Firth Professor of Latin at the University of Sheffield from 1930 to 1952.

Life
Craig was the son of Rev Robert Craig, minister in Ardentinny in  Argyll, Scotland. He was the younger brother of Robert Meldrum Craig FRSE, the geologist, and Prof James Manson Craig of St Andrews University.

He was educated at Madras College, St Andrews , and then studied classics at the University of St Andrews under Wallace Lindsay and John Burnet, before moving to Jesus College, Oxford for further studies. He obtained a first-class degree in classics at St Andrews, and a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores at Oxford.

He then assisted Lindsay in St Andrews from 1912 to 1913 before becoming Assistant Professor of Classics at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1913.  In 1915, he left Canada to be commissioned in the Royal Artillery and was severely wounded in action at the Battle of the Somme.  He returned to Ontario in 1919 as Acting Professor of Latin, moving to the University of Sheffield as Lecturer in Classics in 1920, and back to St Andrews in 1924 as Lecturer in Humanity. During this time, he undertook a lot of the teaching and administrative work that Lindsay was unable to due because of increasing deafness.

Craig returned to Sheffield as Firth Professor of Latin in 1930, building up good relations with the classics department at the nearby University of Leeds, before retiring to live in St Andrews in 1952. He became a town councillor in his efforts to preserve St Andrews from change, a task in which he was not always successful and sometimes aroused opposition.  His main scholarship was on the Roman author Terence, but his teaching work was also highly regarded.

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Home • Woodstock, Vermont
Woodstock, Vermont
by Marion Post Wolcott
8"x10" Only 8 left!
The first ski tow in the United States began operating in Woodstock, Vermont, on January 28, 1934. Five years later, Marion Post Wolcott came into town and photographed this simple image of a car with skis strapped to the back of it. How are these two events connected? You'd be surprised.
While skiing for transportation has been around for thousands of years, it took until the mid-19th century for recreational skiing to appear—first in Norway, later in the Alps, and finally popularized in North America. By the dawn of the 20th century, skiing had emerged as a popular leisure option for those affluent enough to participate. However, there was one big frustration among skiers: the trek uphill after a blissful downhill run. Over in Europe, the problem was eventually solved with ski lifts or cable cars. In New England, however, it was a different story. Dealing with small, bumpy hills and tiny ski towns made it difficult to imagine building—let alone funding!—these high-tech solutions to the uphill climb. Instead, the small town of Woodstock, Vermont came up with a new solution: the ski tow. The ski tow was a rope, a series of pulleys, and a motor, set up so that skiers could grab onto the rope and be pulled up to the top of the hill in a single minute. That tow became the first continuously operating ski tow in the United States.
The full title of Marion Post Wolcott's photograph is actually "Woodstock, Vermont has nine ski towns and is generally very crowded with skiers on weekends". Shortly after the ski tow was invented, ski tourism began to grow in Vermont. It only increased during and after World War II when the general mindset toward leisure activity shifted—access to recreational time was celebrated as one of the freedoms this country fought for. The popularity of ski tourism has continued to grow steadily to this day, bringing in $750 million dollars for the state each year.
We like to think the unseen skiers in this car are headed home from a day spent on the slopes. There's not a single person in sight, but the contextual details tell such a good story. That old-timey town! Those queued-up, curvy thirties-era cars! But there's more than a moment in transit in this image. There's the suggestion of a destination, of a whole mood. The cronch of fresh snow, the frosty kiss of alpine air, the buzz of a great run down a black diamond, the promise of a cozy lodge in which to warm your woolens and sip hot chocolate by a fire—it's almost enough to make you forget how long it takes to put chains on your tires ... Read more on the blog!
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Marion Post Wolcott is best known for the more than 9,000 photographs she produced for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) from 1938 to 1942. She was the first woman offered a full time FSA appointment. Born in Montclair, N.J. her mother, Marion "Nan" Hoyt Post, was an ardent activist for progressive causes working with Margaret Sanger the founder of Planned Parenthood. Before Wolcott became a government photographer, she was at first a teacher. Moving to New York City in 1936 she then earned her living making photographs for magazines and newspapers. Initially she worked freelance, then as a staff photojournalist in 1937... Read More
and 1938, Wolcott broke gender barriers in the newspaper darkroom. Then she worked for the Farm Security Administration. She covered thousands of miles of the United States with her camera to document and publicize the need for federal assistance to those hardest hit by the Great Depression and agricultural blight. Wolcott also contributed 120 color photographs to the FSA when Kodak provided early samples of Kodachrome film to the staff for experimentation. Drawing on her social concerns and her artistic vision to illustrate issues that needed redress, Wolcott produced an extraordinary number of images and her occupation challenged many social morés about the propriety of young women living away from the family home and traveling on their own. Her artistry and perseverance have inspired many articles, books, and exhibitions. - Library of Congress
Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint, Saturday evening, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi - and - A Negro going in the Entrance for Negroes at a movie theater, Belzoni, Mississippi (pair)
Juke Joint, Melrose, Louisiana
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Skis outside of tollhouse at the foot of Smugglers Notch
Smuggler's Notch, Vermont


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Q: How to write points coordintates not index? I have a code that takes set of points of a point cloud and detects multiple planes. the code gives me the equation of planes which have points more than a certain number (here 4000) belonging to it. All I need is to write the coordinates of points (not their index) belonging to these planes in a text file.
The code:
def ReadPlyPoint(fname):
    pcd = o3d.io.read_point_cloud(fname)
    return PCDToNumpy(pcd)

def NumpyToPCD(xyz):
    pcd = o3d.geometry.PointCloud()
    pcd.points = o3d.utility.Vector3dVector(xyz)
    return pcd

def PCDToNumpy(pcd):
    return np.asarray(pcd.points)

def PlaneRegression(points, threshold=0.01, init_n=3, iter=1000):
    pcd = NumpyToPCD(points)
    w, index = pcd.segment_plane(threshold, init_n, iter)
    [a, b, c, d] = w
    if len(index) > 4000 :
        print (f'plane equation: {a:.2f}x + {b:.2f}y + {c:.2f}z + {d:.2f} = 0')
    return w, index

def DetectMultiPlanes(points, min_ratio=0.05, threshold=0.01, iterations=1000):
    plane_list = []
    N = len(points)
    target = points.copy()
    count = 0

    while count < (1 - min_ratio) * N:
        w, index = PlaneRegression(target, threshold=threshold, init_n=3, iter=iterations)

        count += len(index)
        plane_list.append((w, target[index]))
        target = np.delete(target, index, axis=0)

    return plane_list

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import random

    points = ReadPlyPoint('segdown.ply')
    results = DetectMultiPlanes(points, min_ratio=0.05, threshold=0.01, iterations=3000)

    planes = []
    colors = []
    for _, plane in results:

        r = random.random()
        g = random.random()
        b = random.random()

        color = np.zeros((plane.shape[0], plane.shape[1]))
        color[:, 0] = r
        color[:, 1] = g
        color[:, 2] = b

        planes.append(plane)
        colors.append(color)

    planes = np.concatenate(planes, axis=0)
    colors = np.concatenate(colors, axis=0)

    DrawResult(planes, colors)

I have tried this but the points stored don't belong to the detected planes :
def PlaneRegression(points, threshold=0.01, init_n=3, iter=1000):
    f = open('primitives_only1.txt', 'a')
    pcd = NumpyToPCD(points)
    w, index = pcd.segment_plane(threshold, init_n, iter)
    [a, b, c, d] = w
    if len(index) > 4000 :
         for i in range(len(index)):
            f.write("{} \n".format(str(points[i])))
        f.close()
    return w, index

detected planes


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2.Energia: Depeint F, Bruce WR, Shangari N et al. Mitochondrial function and toxicity: Role of the B vitamin family on mitochondrial energy metabolism. Chemico-Biological Interaction, 2006;163(1-2):94-112.
3.Ação Antioxidante: Diplock AT. Antioxidant nutrients and disease. Nutr Health. 1993;9(1):37-42.
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Q: Where to store 'read-only', 'non-removable' application install date for demo purposes I have to store a demo install date somewhere on a client PC. The app demo period is calculated on the install date. Obviously it must be impossible for users to edit or delete this value.
How can this be done ?

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*We can't use HKLM registry because of Citrix

*Can't use /Program Files because of Vista

*Can't use /Documents and settings because of Citrix

*erm ... is there anything left ... besides asking the user "Choose the location you want to store the install date" .. :-)

A solution would be to connect to a server and validate it there, but that would mean an internet connection is Required, which, .. sucks ..

A: You could create a simple file with the date, together with some machine specific information and sign it.
The rule would be: if the file is present and the signature is valid and the environment is correct and the date is still in the future, only then the demo will start.
This prevents from changing the file or using a file from a different machine. It doesn't cover the problem, that one might change the system date...

About your concerns - if the license file is missing, the software will not start. And the user can't create the license file, he'll get it from you (you need to sign it - the use can only validate if the signature is correct). You may ask him for a MAC address, add the address to the license file, just to make sure, that the license file cannot be used on a different machine.
And about uninstall - the user can keep it - it will be worthless the day after the demo period ends.

A: If you want something that is satisfies the 'must be impossible for users to edit or delete this value.' than you cannot store it on the user's machine.
So, with this requirement, you're only option is to store it on a remote machine and access it through some sort of network connection.
Another possible solution to reach your goal would be to use asymmetric encryption. During installation you request a signed signature from your own server (based on identifying information from the clients machine, date, etc),  which is then stored on your client's machine and decrypted with the public key. In this case you would only need an internet connection on install.

A: I would probably choose one of two possibilities:

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*Hard-code a "use before only" date into the EXE, so that all copies of the EXE will stop working after a given date. Of course, then you may have to upload new EXEs every now and then, with new dates. Depending on your situation, this may be a good enough solution.

*A variant of Andreas_D's suggestion: Upon installation, create a binary file that contains a lot of bloat and the date of installation in a non-trivial fashion. This is really easy to implement. The average user could never update the date in such a file using a hex editor (no less Notepad, which will destroy the file, treating it like an ANSI or UTF-8 or ... plain-text file). The user can of course delete the file, but your app won't start without this file, and the date in the right range.
Of course, non of these methods are safe against a system-wide date modification, but few users would want to run their main computer with an incorrect date. (In addition, many applications will not work with an incorrect date.)


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Igniting the Entrepreneurial Flame in Students
Posted on August 18, 2021 in Uncategorized
Jackson City School in Breathitt County, Kentucky has continually been an exemplar of sustaining entrepreneurial culture through sharing EntreEd's mission and the America's Entrepreneurial School Program with their students. The school hails from a small, independent district and serves K-12 students in one building, but the impact that they are making on their students' futures is quite large. JCS Library Media Specialist & STEM educator, Sarah Trent shared about the changes that EntreEd has made in their school and for their students through entrepreneurship education.
Trent said, "About four years ago, we started with EntreEd and have had wonderful success. I'm blessed to be in a K-12 setting, so we got to implement this program from the ground up. We've been in multiple competitions, had multiple projects, we've had our high school students compete in the regional and state competitions with the state of Kentucky and get second place in one and third in the other. We've had our middle schoolers compete in the Morehead State University Regional competition. They won that in two different divisions. That was one of our biggest successes and our school is over one hundred years old. We have Governors School for the Arts and Governors School for Entrepreneurship and never had students even apply. They never thought they knew what it was like to be an entrepreneur or were capable of doing it. Since we've implemented EntreEd, we've had two students get into the Governors School for Entrepreneurship. They got to go to a five-week summer program and be immersed in what it is like to be an entrepreneur. Then they got scholarships to attend universities. This program has not only influenced from early elementary all the way up to high school, and now it's empowering our students to believe in themselves. We have agriculture programs that have started because of EntreEd. They're selling items. They're seeing themselves beyond their limitations. They really thought because of being from Eastern Kentucky and because we're not entrepreneurs, they didn't understand that they had it within them, that they were able to be an entrepreneur, and what being an entrepreneur really means. It has really empowered them. Every year now we have kids saying "I can be an entrepreneur". They got these scholarships. Now we have sophomores looking at me saying "I really want to do that." It's really exciting seeing the changes that have occurred because of EntreEd."
"It's like the flame had to get started and that's what EntreEd did because I wasn't even familiar with it. We got invited to an EntreEd conference. I'm always willing to try new things if it can help my students. We got to that conference and we learned about it, got so excited about it, and brought it back. This is my biggest thing, what you have to know as educators, you don't have to do all the work, you just have to light the flame. You have to light the flame and the kids will take it. You just have to be there to kind of push them and help them. They will run with it. When they competed through the middle and high school competition, they competed against juniors and seniors in high school, and they won. At first I was like, you know, middle school, they're just in seventh grade. But they work hard, they believe in themselves, and it has empowered them."
Natalee Combs, one of Trent's upcoming eighth grade students is a great example of the change that has been at Jackson City School with entrepreneurship. She started competing in entrepreneurial competitions when she was in fifth grade and has already won three. She's excited to continue to have entrepreneurial experiences and already said that when she's a junior, she wants to apply for the Governors School for Entrepreneurship. Sarah Trent said,
"Before that was never an idea, but then this started. She's actually one of our first. She started in fifth grade and she's competed every year with projects. They actually donate the money to causes, and it's just wonderful to watch them blossom over the years with this program."
Natalee along with other JCS students participated in EntreEd's spring ESTEAM Pitch Competition with the support of Sarah Trent. She and her team won first place in Hazard Community and Technical College's ESTEAM Pitch Competition. Combs described her entrepreneurial experiences as the following.
"We created a business called Teacher's Petz where we clean and decorate teacher's classrooms for profit and donate part of the money to different charities. Last year it was a lot different than before because of the pandemic. We had to get approved by OSHA to be certified cleaners to clean the classrooms. We got a grant to get the materials to clean. We also used to have a business called Sneaky Snacks, which basically had hidden compartments to just help kids sneak food into class. I think these entrepreneurial experiences have helped me get used to how it works, and I think that if I wanted to choose it as a career whenever I'm older, I'll be more familiar with it. It's empowering."
The America's Entrepreneurial Schools (AES) Initiative is a program designed to recognize K-12 schools that have provided entrepreneurship education to every student, every year. To earn the designation, schools must provide an entrepreneurship experience to every student in a school building in a given year. Schools may earn this designation on their own, or with the support of the EntreEd team via structured professional development and additional support. EntreEd's projects in Appalachia are funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.
Interested in learning more or becoming one of America's Entrepreneurial Schools? Contact Dr. Gene Coulson, Executive Director, today at gcoulson@entre-ed.org.
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ULA Atlas V launches Space Test Program SAT-6, LDPE-1 into orbit
At 5:19 a.m., Dec. 7 while many along Florida's space coast likely slept, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, powered the Department of Defense's Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission and two satellites into space.
ULA's Delta IV WGS-10 launches successfully from CCAFS
45th SW supports successful Atlas V GOES-R launch
The 45th Space Wing supported NASA's successful launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here Nov. 19 at 6:42 p.m. ET. Once in geostationary orbit, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-R weather and environmental
45th SW supports successful Atlas V MUOS-5 launch
The Air Force's 45th Space Wing supported United Launch Alliance's successful launch of the MUOS-5 spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here June 24, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The ULA Atlas V rocket is carrying the U.S. Navy's fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite built by Lockheed Martin. MUOS is the U.S.
45th SW supports successful Delta IV NROL-37 launch
The 45th Space Wing supported United Launch Alliance's successful launch of the NROL-37 spacecraft aboard a ULA Delta IV-Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37B here June 11 at 1:51 p.m. ET. The ULA Delta IV rocket is carrying a classified national security payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta IV


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Record-breaking COVID-19 numbers hit the Central Coast. How long will this surge last?
The 4th wave of COVID-19 infections surging across the globe has many people feeling exhausted, but health experts say this surge could be close to hitting its peak.
San Luis Obispo County health officials report the highest single-day COVID-19 case count since the beginning of the pandemic.
"This surge is the biggest I've seen," said Dr. Ross Michel, Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center Intensive Care Unit Medical Director.
Leading to an increase in hospitalizations on the Central Coast.
"The emergency rooms are terribly impacted right now. We've been very busy in the ICU this week and we've had some COVID-19 deaths," said Michel.
The positivity rate of COVID-19 cases isn't slowing down.
"Today (Friday) we reported the highest number of cases that we've seen on any given day throughout the pandemic," said Michelle Shoresman, San Luis Obispo County Public Health Public Information Officer.
Significantly higher than the number of cases reported at about this time last year.
Covid positivity rates reach a record high in #SLOCounty. E.R. doctors say they are swamped and dealing with their own staff shortages. Please, take precautions and make sure you and your family are up-to-date on vaccinations. #COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/sI363XCW90
— County of SLO (@CountyofSLO) January 14, 2022
"We also have the highest 14-day average that we've seen, even in comparison to January of 2021," said Shoresman.
Though the pandemic is lasting much longer than most expected, people say they are still willing to do their part to keep themselves and those around them safe.
"Well while being sick of it, I don't want to get it and I don't want it to get worse so I'm willing to comply with the mask and having my vaccines," said visitor, Terry Porter.
"I'm sick of hearing it, but at the same time you gotta follow the rules and take precautions, so we are still doing that for sure- the N95 mask and things like that," said Santa Maria Resident, Tom Kerhulas.
Health officials say wearing masks, washing your hands and avoiding large gatherings will all help stop the spread of COVID-19 infections.
Dr. Ross Michel of Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center says doing these things could lead to the current COVID-19 surge ending sooner.
"We're hoping to hit the peak sometime this month, but we certainly haven't hit it yet," said Michel.
Healthcare experts say getting vaccinated is a good way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 in the meantime.
"If people get the COVID-19 vaccine, they get less sick when they get COVID-19. They're less likely to end up in our ICUs and in the hospital," said Michel.
Michel says they are also less likely to be infected if boosted.
"People that are boosted are less likely to get infections and less likely to get in the hospital," said Michel.
Dr. Michel says, though hard to predict, he is hoping this surge will hit its peak within the next week or two.


If want a fun-to-drive convertible that doesn't skimp on luxury, the 2008 Audi S4 Cabriolet is a viable alternative to the omnipresent BMW 3 Series. It looks great and drives well, and you won't likely see another one coming down the road at you.
It is very in tune with the driver.
It is a fun, fast car. It is very fun to drive. The only problem is it is small for a family. My child's car seat barely fits in the backseat.


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Le théâtre du Garde-Chasse est un ensemble d'équipements municipaux de la commune des Lilas, en Seine-Saint-Denis, en France.

Histoire
L'ensemble a été construit en 1902 par l'architecte Léopold Bevière sur l'ancien emplacement du jardin de Paul de Kock. Il s'agit d'un monument  qui trouve son inspiration dans le Grand Trianon. La façade principale donne sur un parc triangulaire, qui fait face à la rue de Paris.

Description
Contrairement à ce que son nom pourrait laisser supposer, le théâtre du Garde-Chasse est un  : il est composé de la mairie, d'une salle des fêtes et de deux écoles. L'ancienne « salle des fêtes » est devenue une salle polyvalente qui sert de salle de théâtre, de salle de cinéma et de salle de concerts et de spectacles.

La salle des fêtes est, à sa construction, . Ses décors sont l'œuvre du peintre Victor Tardieu et auraient été inspirés par le travail de Giambattista Tiepolo.

Localisation
Le théâtre du Garde-Chasse est situé au 2 rue Waldeck-Rousseau aux Lilas.

Protection
L'intérieur de la salle des fêtes du théâtre du Garde-Chasse a été inscrit au titre des monuments historiques par arrêté du .

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Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste des monuments historiques de la Seine-Saint-Denis

Liens externes

Les Lilas
Monument historique inscrit en 1990
Monument historique dans la Seine-Saint-Denis
Édifice labellisé « Patrimoine du XXe siècle » dans la Seine-Saint-Denis


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