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Loads to consider include awkward components, assembly lines, empty boxes and more
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Overhead conveyors are an efficient way to transport products on an assembly line or in a distribution facility. For the right load in the right situation, they're the most economical and efficient way to convey products. What are some of the characteristics of a good overhead load?
The definition of an overhead conveyor
Belt and roller conveyors are frequently installed above the ground to free up floor space, for safety, to cross obstacles or other reasons. On a conventional conveyor, the load sits on a belt or rollers. These conveyors aren't "overhead" systems even though they're off the ground. With true overhead conveyor systems, loads are suspended on task-specific carriers and are conveyed along a rail system. We'll touch a bit on suspended belt and roller systems, but this article focuses on task-specific overhead conveyors that utilize rail systems and hangers.
Overhead conveyors can be manual or powered and use a single rail to transport the load. They follow a single continuous path, which can be very long (hundreds or thousands of feet) and can easily and fluidly change directions vertically or horizontally.
Convey the things they say can't be conveyed
There are some loads that are considered impossible to convey. This may be because the load can't rest on a flat surface, because the conveyor can't handle a tough environment (caustic chemicals, paint, etc.), because the temperatures are too extreme or when human handling might cause issues with the load. So when should you consider an overhead system?
When the load can't easily sit on a conveyor
Above: carriages for unbalanced loads.
When your load is odd shaped, unbalanced or difficult to seat, there may be challenges resting on a flat belt or rollers. Some loads have distributed weights that could damage them if sat flat. There are certainly ways to deal with that, including bowtie rollers for pipes, or cleats that can contain certain shapes, but those may not apply to your product. With an overhead conveyor, the load's shape and ability to rest on a surface is largely irrelevant, since it can be suspended in a carrier or from a line made just for it.
Use overhead systems when the load must be manipulated during the process
We see this in paint lines; the spray must reach every corner of the load, so it can't sit on any surface. But this can also be a factor for progressive assembly in operations where workers may need to access the top, bottom and all sides. For some applications, this can be achieved with a conventional belt or roller conveyor and workstation hoists or balancers, but it may be less expensive and easier with a suspended load. Overhead systems allow people to work on the load at ergonomically correct elevations.
See more: warehouses and ergonomics
Balancers and hoists may provide more precise control of the load (raising or lowering it, or spinning it in place in some instances). This depends on the operation and load characteristics for any situation.
Right: progressive assembly utilizing overhead conveyors
Overhead systems are ideal for harsh environments
Difficult environments are tough on all machinery–including conveyors. Overhead systems can transport the loads through harsh environments like caustic washers, spray or paint application booths and very hot drying and baking ovens.
Extreme temperatures: Obviously, people cannot work in most areas where extreme temperatures. For conveying purposes, overhead systems are often more tolerant of heat than flat a belt or roller systems (think ovens, drying booths, etc).
Paint booths: This is a common application for overhead conveyors, which allow you to suspend the load for better paint coverage.
Caustic chemicals & other substances: You should remove human interaction with these areas as much as possible. Overhead conveyors are ideal for transporting a component through such environments without damaging the load or causing an overload of cleaning and maintenance.
Trash and empty box conveying
In many distribution centers, split case picking is frequently used for order fulfillment. In these operations, cartons are emptied, and the next carton rolls forward to replace it. Order pickers must then dispose of the empty box. Whether your workers accumulate boxes or dispose of them immediately, empties have to be dealt with. There are a few ways to do this.
If the box is to be flattened or trashed, flat-surface trash conveyors can convey it. These conveyor lines work, but can offer some space utilization challenges. For boxes you'd like to keep, or if you don't want your people flattening them on the line, overhead systems may be the better option.
Operators can dispose of the box manually (either by stacking it near the work area, or walking it away to trash, reuse or recycling areas). In high-volume situations, this can be a productivity drain. You can assign someone to collect cartons manually, or use order pickers for the job. Either way, time is being expended to deal with the debris.
You can use an overhead conveyor, which may be the most common choice. Either overhead or flat conveyors can deliver the empties to your carton building or recycling area, allowing order pickers to mostly ignore empty boxes. Overhead systems can run parallel to your picking conveyors to occupy the minimum of space necessary.
Conveyors can also be used to deliver fresh boxes to a packing area in some operations. When it comes to conveying, we have seen it done either with overhead or flat belt conveyors. Space and outcomes are usually the deciding factors.
Types of overhead conveyors
Enclosed track: This system runs its continuous chain through a tubular track powered by a drive. The chain is kept tense by a take-up, which prevents it from bunching up. The whole line moves when the drive is engaged, meaning that all the loads move at the same pace and distance from each other. Loads are suspended from pendants that protrude from a narrow slot, and can carry up to 50 pounds each (you can convey a load weighing as much as 100 pounds from two pendants). Enclosed tracks are extremely compact. Common applications include assembly lines, buffer storage for work-in-process, empty cartons and paint lines.
Heavy-duty enclosed tracks operate like enclosed tracks, but can handle heavier loads–up to 220 pounds per pendant or 440 pounds in dual-pendant situations. Capacity diminishes if the track is slotted upwards or sideways.
Power and free systems: Sometimes these are called asynchronous systems, since loads can travel at different speeds using a powered chain track set above an gravity track that holds trolleys. Pushers move the trolleys. Unlike track systems, your loads can stop and go independently, which make them ideal for work-in-process applications, production lines and parts buffering for manufacturing facilities. They can stop the load at workstations to allow work to be executed on the load, then let it move to the next stage. With an overhead system, tracks can change when you need them to. They're adept at integration with multiple lines, diverts, merges, sortation and accumulation. They handle capacities of 220 or 440 pounds in standard configurations. You can mount them either suspended from the ceiling or on structural floor supports.
I-beam monorail systems run on heavy-duty trolleys and offer the highest capacity ratings of any overhead conveyor type (ranging from 200 pounds per trolley to 1,200 pounds depending on the configuration; with a load bar, you can double those capacities). Use i-beam systems in tough, industrial environments, and when you have heavy motors, dies or other components. Good for paint and finishing lines.
There are options on how to convey almost any item that can include overhead, belt, roller or low-profile options, and it can usually be done with standard systems and components, if designed and implemented correctly. If you need help finding a way to transport, buffer or store products correctly, let us know.


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Policies associated with managing population change, focusing on gender equality policies.
A. Why are gender equality policies needed?
What does this article from The Guardian tell us about the economic need for gender equality? Do you think this reason is more or less important than the ethical/moral imperative?
Explore the issues raised in this storyboard. What does this tell you about the power and position of women globally?
Make sure you can explain what the data means.
What patterns are shown? Compare HICs with LICs?
Why is the education of girls important for both individual and personal development?
Look carefully at the three resources here. Suggest three strong reasons why gender equality is in the interests of both men and women.
B. How can we measure gender equality?
What other aspects could be included in a fuller/more detailed gender equality index?
Global Gender Inequality Map 2015.
Study the map above and describe the spatial distribution of gender inequality shown.
To what extent do these patterns match your expectations? Justify your answer.
Examine the raw data used to draw the choropleth map (link here and above). What anomalies can you identify? Describe and try to explain the positions of Korea, Singapore, Japan, Rwanda, South Africa, Romania.
So, what factors have led to this level of gender equality in Rwanda?
Use the video links to add greater depth and detail to your notes.
Rwanda tops the global league tables for the percentage of female parliamentarians. Fewer than 22% of MPs worldwide are women; in Rwanda, almost 64% are. Women have also outnumbered men as primary school teachers.
At secondary school, however, fewer than 28% of teachers are women (compared with 21% in 2000). In higher education, only 16% of teachers are women (compared with 10% in 1999 and 5% in 1990).
Click on and open the news story from The Guardian on the left.
Read it closely and identify the strengths and weaknesses it discusses.
What does this suggest to you about the reality of the situation for the poorest Rwandan women?


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Second grenade attack in a week kills a student in Nekemte
Two grenade attacks in two hotels in Nekemte that belong to the same person. Both attacks happened in a span of one week. Last week,the life of a soccer player was cut short
A grenade explosion at Soker Hotel in Nekemte reportedly killed one student who was said to be an apprentice and wounded nine others.
The victim died in a hospital and his name is not disclosed.
According to the VOA Amharic report on Thursday, the grenade attack happened on Wednesday around 7 p.m. local time. Five of those who are wounded in the attack are customers of the hotel while the remaining four are employees of the hotel.
Feleke Alemu, the owner of the hotel, confirmed that the attack happened. This is the second grenade attack on his hotel. Last week, a grenade was thrown which killed one person and wounded seven others.
So far, no entity took responsibility for the attack. And the owner said that he has no entity or individual to point to as he has no issue with anyone.
However, he said that the attack that happened last week might be related to a strike that was reportedly called on Facebook in the town, Nekemte. He said his hotel was open for service during the week.
Mayor of the city also confirmed that the attack happened and that no entity took responsibility for it. He added that he can not speculate about it and the responsible entity will be determined after "investigation" – which he said is underway.
About two weeks ago, there was another grenade attack in Anphilo Mugi, still in Nekemte region, and six people were killed, an incident which government authorities linked to an armed Oromo Liberation Front that vowed to continue "fighting for freedom." On the other hand, the rebel groups accused government authorities for death.
In January of this year, the armed group robbed 17 government and private banks.
Wollega, in west oromo region of Ethiopia, is one of the regions where the Ethiopian Defense Force is deployed for security reasons.
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One Response to "Second grenade attack in a week kills a student in Nekemte"
Aye abesha June 15, 2019 at 10:46 am
Why is the Federal police quick to act on civil resistance like Eskinder Nega?
But when it comes to lawless and violent Oromo regions like Nekemte, they are so 'tolerating'.

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A NATO AWACS does a touch-and-go Aug. 2, 2014, at Forward Operating Base Trapani, Italy, after completing a mission as part of the Alliance's effort to monitor the crisis in Ukraine.
With the runway at its main operating base undergoing renovations, the E-3A Component has dispersed aircraft to its forward operating bases and location.
While Forward Operating Base Trapani, Italy, was primarily being used for training purposes, it recently started supporting flights over Romania as part of the Alliance's effort to monitor the crisis in Ukraine and demonstrate solidarity with Romania and Poland.
Maj. Kris "Lucky" Luyckx, a tactical director, departs a NATO AWACS Aug. 2, 2014, at Forward Operating Base Trapani, Italy, after completing a mission as part of the Alliance's effort to monitor the crisis in Ukraine.Since mid-July, the Component has generated eight sorties and more than 60 flying hours from FOB Trapani. Approximately, 10 more flights will take place before Aug. 12. Lt. Col. Massimo Simotti, the FOB commander, explained that this has been the busiest time at Trapani since 2011.
The commander also added that his team has been successful because of their "outstanding" personal commitment and "fantastic" team work. The extra effort hasn't gone unnoticed.


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San Antonio – U.S. News Media Group today released the 2011 edition of Best Colleges, which includes St. Mary's University ranked seventh in the West in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category. The exclusive rankings, available online today at USNews.com, will also be published in the September issue of U.S.News & World Report, on newsstands starting August 31.
This is the second national ranking that St. Mary's has received within the past two weeks. On Monday, August 9, the Education Trust released their "Big Gaps/Small Gaps" list based on the graduation gaps between Hispanics and non-Hispanics at colleges and universities nationwide. With a 57.1 percent graduation rate of Hispanics and a 58.4 graduation rate of non-Hispanics, St. Mary's University was identified on the "Small Gaps" list. St. Mary's mean graduation rate of all students is 60.2 – placing it in the top ten of Texas schools.
St. Mary's is also ranked No. 19 in the West for academic reputation. This is the 17th consecutive year for St. Mary's to appear in the first tier of colleges and universities listed annually by the national news magazine.
The formula used to determine which schools offer the best value, "Great Schools, Great Prices," relates a school's high academic quality to cost per student, as indicated by the U.S. News ranking. Thus, the higher the quality of the academic program, and the lower the cost, the better the deal is for a student receiving the average level of need-based financial aid. U.S. News has made some changes to the 2011 Best Colleges' ranking methodology and presentation. This year, schools are designated National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities, and Regional Colleges. St. Mary's is in the Regional Universities category. Only the numerical rank of the top 75 percent of schools in each category will be displayed, up from 50 percent. Graduation rate performance is more heavily weighted.


+ Escape option *always* works.
- Combat is often unbalanced.
- Frequently lousy direction on how to advance.
Serge, a resident of the tropical archipelago El Nido, one day stumbles upon a parallel world in which he died as a child, also encountering Kid, leader of a group of thieves known as the Radical Dreamers, and joining her to combat Lynx, uncover his mysterious past, and find the Frozen Flame. Square's Chrono Cross, the sequel to Chrono Trigger, is loosely based on a Japan-only game known as Radical Dreamers, something of a side story to Trigger, and saw its North American release in 2000. The sequel features dozens of gameplay changes from its highly-acclaimed predecessor, and itself received plenty of veneration upon crossing the Pacific. Does Chrono Cross live up to the hype?
As in Chrono Trigger, enemies are visible wandering the game's dungeons, with combat beginning when the player's party contacts them. Battles take place with the player's party of three characters squaring off against various enemies. Magical elements play a significant role in combat, with all characters and enemies having affiliations with one of six elements: red and blue, green and yellow, and black and white all respectively oppose one another. Each character has seven stamina points, with normal attacks coming in three flavors: weak, medium, and strong, with each respectively consuming one, two, and three stamina points.
Each character, moreover, can equip various levels of Elements in their Element grids, sort of a hybrid of consumable items and magic, the latter having one-time use in combat, although the former can stack up to five in Element slots. Elements become available for use in battle as characters attack the enemy, with weak, medium, and strong attacks respectively building up one, two, and three Element levels. Each type of normal attack has a certain degree of accuracy, with the player needing to use weaker attacks first to increase the hit rate of more powerful attacks, although these values repeatedly reset as a battle progresses.
Using Elements costs seven stamina points (and reduces available Element levels by the used Element's level), with a character's stamina able to fall below zero, in which case he/she cannot perform any actions until he/she has at least one stamina point. Enemies, of course, will naturally take their turns during combat, but it might have been nice were there a way to tell when enemy turns were impending, since they can annoyingly interrupt the player's chains of attack. Another aspect to consider is a gauge showing the colors of the three most recent Elements used; when all are the same color, the power of Elements of that color increases for both the player and the enemy, with the power of Elements of the opposing color conversely decreasing.
Battles end, of course, when the player has obliterated the enemy; Chrono Cross's system of stat advancement, by the way, is vastly different from its predecessor's. Alongside money, occasional materials used for assembling weapons, armor, and accessories, and maybe some new Elements, some of each character's stats may increase, although stat advancement is capped based on how many special stars the player has acquired from killing bosses, and thus, the player cannot simply "level up" to get past tough bosses if necessary. Those stars gained from bosses also double to allow characters to cast powerful summon spells when the field color is of the Element of one of such spells the player wishes to cast.
Combat has some nice ideas, albeit somewhat flawed execution. For one, most normal battles with multiple foes tend to drag out, with a little lag in combat, as well. Mercifully, however, the escape option always works, even against bosses, but in some instances, boss fights will just instantly restart. Many, moreover, have for some reason underplayed the game's difficulty, with some bosses, especially late in the game, made harder by the rarity of revival Elements (this reviewer found a grand total of two) and cap on stat-building, and in many instances, trying to exploit their elemental weaknesses with allies of opposing elements is risky since bosses can easily slaughter them with their own skills. There are also supposedly double and triple techs, but frankly, there's a greater chance of being struck by lightning than finding these without a guide. All in all, combat is fun at first, but somewhat loses its appeal as the game drags on.
The interface isn't any better, although there are some strong points such as the ability to manage characters not in the player's party, alongside the ability to auto-allocate Elements to each character, which is handy considering that individually filling each Element slot for each character can be an absolute nightmare. Still, there are some annoyances such as the poor placement of save points at times (developers, always put them right before bosses), and the often-terrible direction on how to advance the main storyline, which will drive some players to use a guide (there are plenty of missable sidequests and items, as well). All in all, interaction isn't bad, although it could have been far better, as well.
Both the gameplay and story of Chrono Cross mainly set it apart from other RPGs, even if both filch some elements from other RPGs, the former borrowing a little from Xenogears (three levels of attack) and the latter being somewhat based on Radical Dreamers, although the overall product is still plentifully distinct even today.
The story, unfortunately, is inarguably the game's low point. The idea of two dimensions is a nice one albeit terribly executed, with the links to Chrono Trigger being vague at best, alongside a number of anachronisms, holes, and many cryptic scenes and dialogues that create far more questions than solve. The pacing of the plot is also somewhat poor, with a huge gap in storytelling in the middle of the game, and most of the twists coming near the end. Furthermore, the sequel attempts to put together a large cast of playable characters a la the Suikoden titles, although few receive any real development, and their fates, unlike in the Suikoden games, are left to guess after the game's events. Even the "good" ending (which may require some to use a guide to ever see) creates plenty of questions, and ultimately, while the story has some nice ideas, it often screams as though its writers mostly developed it after a night of binge drinking gone horribly wrong.
One thing mostly done right, however, is the music, with Yasunori Mitsuda largely providing a decent soundtrack that features a few remixes from Chrono Trigger, with one of the overworld themes, for instance, being a tropical remix of the prequel's main theme. Many of the original tracks are nice, as well, and mostly fit the game's tropical milieu, although there are a few hiccups, with the normal battle theme, for one, sounding a bit corny after a while, and some areas relying on ambient noise, as seems to be the case with many games featuring Mitsuda as composer. Still, the game is fairly easy on the ears.
Easy on the eyes Chrono Cross is, as well, with nice pre-rendered environs conveying the game's tropical disposition alongside anatomically-correct character models and reasonably-fluid battle animation, even if the models and battles show some degree of shakiness and pixelation. Superb FMVs round out these visuals, which ultimately are another of the game's high points.
Finally, the game is about thirty hours long, with a New Game+ feature allowing for subsequent playthroughs. Overall, Chrono Cross is something of a letdown, both as a sequel to Chrono Trigger and an independent RPG. Things like an unbalanced combat system, frequent lack of direction on how to advance, and a sluggish, convoluted story damper its quality, although it's certainly not without redeeming aspects like its music and visuals. Ironic it is, as well, that despite the glowing ovation and decent sales it achieved, Square put the Chrono series on the backburner, allowing it to slumber through the following console generation.


Celebrating one year with this groovy gal.
Just gonna blame @anthonybourdain and his NJ episode of PARTS UNKNOWN for inspiring tonight's delicious & decadent #meatcheat dinner of cheese & chili cheese dogs, hot dog with onion & relish, cheese fries, onion rings, draft birch beer, draft MGD, and a bottle of Miller Lite.
Shiro's hero shot, to be henceforth known as a ShiroShot.
Testing out iPhone lenses for an upcoming project. Discovered how hard it is to take an eyeball selfie with a 15x macro.
In honor of her visit to NYC this week, a #tbt for my sister Demi. Before she grew up to become a beautiful woman with an MBA, she was an adorable girl who wore capes.
Happy fifth birthday to my awesome Helena.
The Rebel Blockade Runner is my FAVORITE Star Wars ship. I think I scared the 14 year old cousin who built this one when I freaked out after finding it at his house.


Problem: What is the set of points within \(P\) which have more than one closest point on the boundary of \(P\)?
Excerpt from The Algorithm Design Manual: The medial-axis transformation is useful in thinning a polygon, or, as is sometimes said, finding its skeleton. The goal is to extract a simple, robust representation of the shape of the polygon. As can be seen from the figures above, the thinned versions of the letters capture the essence of the shape of an `A' and a `B', and would be relatively unaffected by changing the thickness of strokes or by adding font-dependent flourishes such as serifs.
The medial-axis transformation of a polygon is always a tree, making it fairly easy to use dynamic programming to measure the ``edit distance'' between the skeleton of a known model and the skeleton of an unknown object. Whenever the two skeletons are close enough, we can classify the unknown object as an instance of our model. This technique has proven useful in computer vision and in optical character recognition. The skeleton of a polygon with holes (like the `A' and `B') is not a tree, but an embedded planar graph, but it remains easy to work with.


Theresa is one of the characters you can romance in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. She's the girl from your village, the one that works at the mill. Completing the courtship will unlock the McLovin achievement. There are several steps to seducing her, and some players are having trouble with the process. If you're one of them, this guide will show you how to compelete Kingdom Come Deliverance Theresa romance and get the trophy.
Theresa can be romanced even if you didn't help her in the beginning. You'll get her courtship quest during a main story mission called Keeping The Peace. It's the one in Rattay, where you have to go on patrol with Nightingale. Talking to him for the first time will add the quest to your log.
Follow the quest marker to the mill where she works and talk to her. Keep in mind you have to arrive in the morning for her to be there (before noon). The mill is on the river bank northwest of Rattay. Once you're there, you can offer her a gift, but you don't have to. Ask her how she's been, and the dialogue will end with the two of you going for a walk. A stroll along the river seems to work well.
The only one here whose head is all messed up is me.
You'll have to wait a few days before you ask her out again, and you'll have to do it during the evening. Ask her if she wants to do something together again, and she'll suggest the tavern. After the other peasant grabs Theresa, you'll have to knock him out. Once you're done, she'll tend your wounds, and you'll take her home.
You'll need to ask her out once more, but only after a few days have passed. She'll ask you to play Blind Man's Buff in the barn. Your game will be interrupted by a thunderstorm, and you'll have to help her collect the laundry. Once you're back in the barn, you'll be treated to the final romance scene, and you'll unlock the trophy.


Research on pollinators has skyrocketed in the past few years. In 2012, the Xerces Society published a report called "Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees?" Their follow-up report, "How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees," has removed the question mark. A growing bibliography is available here.
Read Aimee Code's, Xerces Pesticide Management Program Director's, story here.
Researchers Kirsten Traynor, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Jeffery Pettis, David Tarpy, Christopher Mullin, James Frazier and Maryann Frazier have published groundbreaking research in Nature Scientific Reports that reveals the sum total of the pesticides (insecticides, fungicides and herbicides) a colony is exposed to over its "lifetime" as a superorganism predicts queen failure and colony death. Most noteworthy, although fungicides have been considered safe for bees, they found that "fungicides with particular modes of action increased disproportionately in wax within colonies that died."
The study was designed to "attempt to summarize potential risk from multiple contaminations in real-world contexts." Rather than assessing individual bees, they followed more than 90 hives on their "migration" as they pollinated commercial crops, sampling wax, stored pollen, and bees along the way for pesticide compound content.
The research paper, "In-hive Pesticide Exposome: Assessing risks to migratory honey bees from in-hive pesticide contamination in the Eastern United States," was published in the online journal Nature Scientific Reports on September 15, 2016.
ABJ (American Bee Journal) Extra released an excellent article about the study on September 14, 2016.
Tragically, millions of honey bees in Summerville, South Carolina, were found dead after Dorchester County ordered aerial spraying for mosquitoes between 6:30 and 8:30 last Sunday morning. The pesticide was the organophosphate Naled, used for mosquito abatement since the 1950s. Facing elevated losses and causing concern at the highest levels of government, honeybees and other pollinators are responsible for the reproduction of more than three-quarters of the world's plant species and are vital to food security.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), "Spraying Naled can kill bees outside of their hives at the time of spraying; therefore, spraying is limited to dawn or dusk when bees are inside their hives. Because Naled breaks down quickly, it does not pose a risk to the honey bee populations…. For additional protection, urban beekeepers inside the spray zone can cover their hives when spraying occurs." However, Dorchester County failed to directly notify beekeepers of plans to spray.
Bee City USA®, a national organization that galvanizes communities to sustain pollinators by providing them with healthy habitat, rich in a variety of native plants and free to nearly free of pesticides, encourages mosquito abatement districts across the country to provide beekeepers with ample notice of planned spraying so they can protect their hives as much as possible by covering them or moving them to a non-spray zone. By the same token, we encourage beekeeping chapters to meet with county officials in charge of vector control as soon as possible and each year to discuss mosquito control plans that protect pollinator health, and in the event of bee kills, how beekeepers will be compensated.
The mounds of dead bees near their hives in Summerville had beekeepers who were checking on them, but what about the other millions of wild non-honey bees living solitary lives with no keepers? Unlike honey bees, they are active early in the morning precisely when spraying is recommended "while pollinators are least active." And what about the millions of moths, most of which are active at night when spraying is recommended?
Ironically, according to Zika Virus Net, the mosquitoes that may carry the Zika virus (Aedes aegypti) are a day-biting mosquito, most active during daylight, for approximately two hours before sunrise and several hours before sunset." Furthermore, it "rests indoors, in closets and other dark spaces. Outside, they rest where it is cool and shaded. Unlike mosquitoes that breed in standing temporary pools of water, Aedes aegypti is adapted to breed around human dwellings and prefers to lay its eggs in clean water which contains no other living species." Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, unless they are carried by the wind, mosquitoes generally are not strong fliers and generally do not travel more than a few hundred feet from where they pupated to become adults. Even though the CDC and researchers say larvicide is the most effective mosquito abatement strategy, communities continue using aerial sprays like Naled to target flying adult mosquitoes rather than their larvae.
In light of the fact that the scientific community is just now learning about this mosquito's biology and behavior, we encourage much more public education, prevention efforts, and larval control before mounting widespread ground or aerial spraying campaigns. Indeed, according to Dr. David Pimentel, former professor of entomology at Cornell University, such spraying delivers less than 0.0001% of the insecticide to the target mosquitoes, and instead, releases 99.999% into the environment generally, threatening public health and potentially causing other environmental problems.
The professionals responsible for public safety bear a very heavy burden. Mosquito-borne viruses like Zika, West Nile, Dengue and Chikungunya are threats to human health. While West Nile virus has spread across the United States and Canada and numerous cases of Chikungunya have been acquired in Florida and Texas, to date there have been no reported cases of Dengue contracted in the continental United States and, so far, the CDC has only reported cases of locally-acquired Zika in Miami, Florida.
Unfortunately, according to Beyond Pesticides, "The more insecticides are relied upon to control mosquito populations, the quicker mosquitoes develop resistance to the insecticides." That being said, Bee City USA is happy that in addition to the CDC's advice about killing mosquitoes with insecticides, the CDC goes to great lengths to advise people to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites with the help of protective clothing, window and door screens, and repellents.
For more information, see Beyond Pesticide's article on Mosquito Control and Pollinator Health, and Mosquito Management and Insect-Borne Diseases webpage.
Bee City USA® is a nonprofit national organization that galvanizes communities to sustain pollinators, responsible for the reproduction of three-quarters of the world's plant species, by providing them with healthy habitat, rich in a variety of native plants and free to nearly free of pesticides. During the past few years, there have been calls to action both nationally and internationally to reverse pollinator declines. Both thinking globally and acting locally, Bee City USA offers a positive vision, which encourages individual efforts while facilitating creative, constructive community partnerships. Recognizing that we rely on pollinators (bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, flies, moths, beetles, etc.) for one in every three bites we eat, the program seeks to make the world safer for pollinators, one city at a time. Bee City USA launched in Asheville in June 2012. As of September 2016, we have certified 30 cities in 19 states as Bee City USA affiliates. In April 2015, we launched the companion program, Bee Campus USA for educational institutions and currently have certified 13 affiliates in 9 states. We helped Toronto launch Bee City Canada in spring 2016. Learn more at beecityusa.org.
Any unattributed opinions or positions are those of Bee City USA.
Beyond Pesticides' Training & Workshop for Asheville on Organic Lawn Care a Resounding Success!
Under the leadership of Roderick Simmons, the Asheville Parks and Recreation Department has been moving away from synthetic chemicals for pest management and fertilization to completely organic landscape management during the past two years.
On August 10 after spending all day training Asheville Parks and Recreation staff in organic lawn care methods, Chip Osborne, president of Osborne Organics, and Jay Feldman, Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides, led a 2+ hour public workshop at Lenoir Rhyne University's Center for Graduate Studies. The workshop was sponsored by Beyond Pesticides, the City of Asheville, Toxic Free NC, Bee City USA, and the Asheville Alternative to Pesticides Coalition.
About 50 people, many of them from the plant retailer or landscaping industry, attended the very informative workshop where Feldman summarized the origins of our national pesticide treadmill and Osborne explained working WITH nature and soil biology to maintain healthy turf lawns.
Cities maintain large expanses of turf lawns in public parks and athletic fields. As the inaugural affiliate of Bee City USA, the City of Asheville was selected by Beyond Pesticides and Osborne Organics to not only engage in this training, but also to test the methodology at three city-owned sites: Martin Luther KIng Park, Pack Square Park, and a new community garden. They have tested soil samples from each location and designed a management strategy in response. This coming year they will collaborate on implementing the plan.
The Bee City USA and Bee Campus USA programs encourage affiliates to practice organic, "least toxic," integrated pest management as espoused by Osborne Organics and Beyond Pesticides. It was encouraging to hear Chip Osborne support reducing lawns and expanding flower beds generally for the health of pollinators and other wildlife, and explain that including clover in lawns is good for soil, since clover is "nitrogen-fixing." Indeed, until the 1950's, grass seed mixes included clover!
Buy Milkweed (or other native plants) in Bulk from Local Nursery to Re-Sell as Fundraiser for Pollinator Plantings!
This is the perfect time to gather your bee club or other groups to contact local native nurseries (preferably wholesalers) about a volume purchase. Be sure to ask about their pesticide use before you place your order and avoid that that use neonicotinoid insecticides because of their longevity in throughout the plant--stem, leaves and pollen.
Go to the USDA Plants Database to determine if a certain species is native to your county.
For example, you can plant milkweed plugs (delicious for monarch caterpillars) this fall and they will bloom next year. In the process, you can raise a little money for your community's pollinator garden program for more plants!
According to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, more than 70% of pollen and honey samples collected from foraging bees in Massachusetts contain at least one neonicotinoid, a class of pesticide that has been implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), in which adult bees abandon their hives during winter. The study was published online July 23, 2015 in the Journal of Environmental Chemistry. Read more at American Bee Journal Extra.
The Pesticide Action Network operates a website called "What's On My Food?" It addresses pesticides found in our food as well as those pesticides' toxicity to pollinators.
Bring a friend and join us for this important workshop on Friday, April 24, the second in a 4-part series presented by the Asheville Alternatives to Pesticides Coalition.
Many thanks to Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies, HomeGrown, Green Sage, Catawba Brewing and Roots Hummus for generously providing the location and refreshments.
Breaking News from Lowe's & Center for Food Safety!
First Home Depot required nurseries to label plants treated with neonicotinoid pesticides, and now Lowe's has made a commitment to phasing out sales of products that contain them.
Thanks to Friends of the Earth U.S., the Center for Food Safety, and all the individuals that sent emails, posted on social media, and rallied in front of Lowe's stores.


A wooden cross in front of a church in Assiut arouses Muslims' discontentment and the security asked the church to remove it.
24. About the necessity of holding "the meeting of the wise." Will those people also be acquitted and compensated?
8. About the Imperative of Holding Dialogue with Good Intentioned People: Confiscation of Lands: Crime or Organized Action?
William Waseely and his brothers have been cultivating the land from the yield of which they earn their family income. William's trouble started in 1992 when neighboring farmers suddenly began to cause him trouble and asked a form of protection money.


The S4120 is a stand-alone media converter that provides an interface between 10GBase-T ports and 10GBase-X slot via an open SFP+ port, allowing users to convert their 10Gig Ethernet ports to the preferred type of cabling used in their networks. The open SFP+ slot supports a wide variety of Transition Networks 10GE SFP+ fiber modules. Operating at Layer 1, the physical layer, data is passed through the converter at line speed, making the S4120 ideal for applications where low latency is essential. The ION S4120 can be managed, in-band, over the fiber, when it is linked back to a C4120 card installed in a managed ION chassis.


Seasoned transition advisors like Jaquay Enterprise are hard to find. For years, Tabitha Jaquay-Fernandez has worked as a transition management consultant, facilitating the sales of practices and helping to maximize office efficiency. Based in Oklahoma, Jaquay-Fernandez only works with local practices to find buyers for a fraction of the cost that larger companies charge. If you live in the Edmond area and are ready to sell your practice, Tabitha spends time getting to know you and what is important to you. After determining the fair market value of the practice, it's time to find the "right" buyer. Incorporating the critical details of personality styles, professional ability, financial vetting and looking at the best fit for the seller's clientele base and team to insure a successful transition, are just a few steps to finding the "right" buyer. Having analyzed hundreds of practices across the country provides Tabitha a unique perspective in the transition business. And with her focus only in Oklahoma, she is able to dedicate more time and attention to her sellers and buyers.


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Bixby Center chair's new book looks at conflict and biology
December 20, 2008 / bixby / News
All the evidence suggests that human beings have been battling one another since time immemorial. But why do war and terrorism exist? Why do we kill members of our own species intentionally, when few other animals do so? And why are sex and war inextricably linked?
Malcolm Potts and Thomas Hayden combine rich personal experience and research with an illuminating analysis of warfare and terrorism to show that aggression against our own species is primarily a male behavior, rooted in deep evolutionary impulses and predispositions. Battling neighboring groups of humans helped our male ancestors—by definition, the victors in early raids and wars—to survive and outcompete their rivals.
Sex and War draws on a wealth of archaeological, historical and biological sources to trace the origins of warfare, terrorism, slavery, sexual repression and the subjugation of women through history. While these violent impulses once gave successful warriors access to more resources, more sex—and ultimately more offspring to carry their own genes—today, these impulses have become wildly destructive.
Evolution is not destiny, however, and peace also has deep roots in human development. The authors, with contributions from Martha Campbell, show how relatively simple strategies—most important, those that empower women—can help the biology of peace win out over the biology of war.
Sex and War is the first serious attempt not only to understand the origins of war and terrorism, but also to use our emerging knowledge of human evolution to lay out a rational roadmap toward greater peace and security.
Dr. Potts' presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center
Sex and War the book's homepage
Essay by the authors at The Scientist (free registration required)
News, discussion and community at facebook
Excerpt and author interview at wired.com


The enhancements come as part of a wider push into software-defined infrastructure as a way to build flexible data center infrastructures that integrate with an ever-wider pool of public clouds, HPE said.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Monday unveiled updates to much of its hybrid cloud management software, including HPE OneView and HPE OneSphere, aimed at speeding up infrastructure and workload deployments and extending private and public cloud support.
HPE also said that it has reached the 1-million mark in terms of HPE OneView licenses.
The enhancements to the HPE OneView and HPE OneSphere platforms comes as HPE continues to grow its software-defined infrastructure for managing hybrid on-premises and cloud environments, said Rick Lewis, senior vice president and genera manager of the Software Defined and Cloud Group for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based vendor.
Lewis, speaking before an audience of press and analysts, said HPE has been quickly pivoting to services and software to solve customers' hybrid infrastructure issues. "This is an area where we're quite frankly investing heavily in," Lewis said.
Key to this is a focus on software-defined infrastructures, including storage, networking, and management platform, where HPE has made a huge commitment, Lewis said.
These include major enhancements to HPE OneView, the company's software-defined platform it says allows users to compose fluid pools of physical and virtual compute, storage, and fabric resources into any configuration as needed for any application.
HPE OneView, which can be used with HPE ProLiant and Apollo servers and 3PAR storage, has been seeing a 160-percent growth rate year over year, Lewis said. "It's the heart and soul of composability," he said.
The new version, HPE OneView 4.1, adds updates to be done cluster-wide on a rolling basis, and provides for 50-percent faster firmware updates to the Gen10 ProLiant servers on which Synergy is built, Lewis said.
HPE OneView 4.1 is getting enhanced Microsoft support, including support for Microsoft Azure Stack Log Analytics and improved integration with Microsoft System Center. On the VMware side, it is getting the ability to manage lifecycle operations for virtual machine farms with VMware vRealize Orchestrator as well as other new integration enhancements, he said.
With HPE OneView 4.1, customers will also get new reference configurations for Chef automation, as well as a reference architecture for using HPE Synergy with Red Had OpenShift Container platform, he said.
The enhancements to HPE OneView are huge, said Alan Rogers, chief technology officer at Stoneworks Technologies, an Ottawa, Ontario-based solution provider and HPE platinum-level partner.
Rogers told CRN that his company has deployed HPE Synergy in some of Canada's biggest government and enterprise clients because of its approach to building flexible IT infrastructures.
"It's a question of, how do I go to cloud without going to the cloud," he said. "To me, Synergy is a cloud-in-a-box. It's a scalable cloud infrastructure, all on one platform, with the ability to carve resource pools across compute, storage, and networking."
HPE OneView is central to making HPE Synergy an application-enabled platform rather than one that is dependent on the underlying infrastructure, Rogers said.
"Most of our customers are getting away from traditional infrastructure management, and moving to application and client delivery," he said. "It's more about managing the business, and less on managing the infrastructure."
The fact that HPE OneView allows non-disruptive rolling cluster updates is a critical new change, Rogers said. "If you can imagine managing a VMware infrastructure with multiple hosts, and VMware making hundreds of updates every year," he said. "Not having to do the updates on a per-host basis is huge. And for HPE, this is a big differentiator from its competitors."
Adding rolling firmware updates to HPE OneView is also a big deal for customers, Rogers said. "Customers don't want to look at infrastructure on a box basis," he said. "Rolling firmware updates takes a lot of work away from the administrators. They won't have to look at a new update, test it, prepare it, send it to a node, and then repeat. Now the updates will be done with zero impact. Customers won't even know they were updated."
HPE also updated its HPE OneSphere platform for managing both on-premises IT and multi-cloud environments from a single console, Lewis said.
New to HPE OneSphere, which until now has worked with Amazon Web Services, is expanded support for Microsoft Azure cloud and for KVM, the default hypervisor in OpenStack cloud infrastructures, Lewis said.
HPE does not give its OneSphere platform a version number because it is based on agile development and so there are no big version roll-outs, he said.
In addition to the new HPE OneView and HPE OneSphere enhancements, HPE has continued to invest in a wide range of software-defined technologies the company offers for building hybrid IT infrastructures.
Lewis cited as examples HPE Synergy Composable Infrastructure, a software-defined platform for quickly deploying resources across dynamic pools of physical and virtual resources for any application. Over 1,600 customers have already deployed HPE Synergy, making it the company's fastest-growing infrastructure play, he said.
HPE Synergy was recently enhanced with both Chef Automate and Red Hat OpenShift container platform integration, he said.
Lewis also cited HPE SimpliVity, a software-defined hyper-converged infrastructure offering acquired early last year by HPE. SimpliVity currently has over 2,900 customers, and its business is growing at 2.5-times the market growth rate, he said.
Recent enhancements to HPE SimpliVity include Microsoft Hyper-V capabilities, SAP HANA certification, and automated hypervisor updates, he said.
More recently, HPE last month unveiled plans to acquire Plexxi, a provider of software-defined data fabric networking technology. Lewis said the acquisition is scheduled to close before the end of July, which will enable HPE to expand its existing software-defined infrastructure capabilities.
Plexxi will be built into HPE Synergy, Lewis said. "With the addition of Plexxi, we can do our Composable Infrastructure in a single rack," he said.
By year-end, he said, HPE plans to use Plexxi as part of a move to bring complete composable rack and blade solutions to market.


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Book Review ~ Itchcraft by Simon Mayo
When Itchcraft arrived a couple of weeks ago, I was terribly excited. The first two books in the series were rip roaring fun, and when the second book ended with a sense of denouement, I was curious as to where the story would go next.
Itchingham Lofte, known to his friends as Itch, is an element hunter and chemistry fanatic. Prior to the events of the first book, this fanaticism got him into no more trouble than blowing up elements in his bedroom and scorching his eyebrows, but when he comes across the previously undiscovered element 126, a highly radioactive and therefore very valuable set of rocks, he soon finds his life in danger. Itchcraft picks up some time after Itch and his family think their troubles are over; while the villainous Nathaniel Flowerdew is still at large, the rocks aren't, and Itch and his sister Chloe start the book on holiday in South Africa with their father.
Of course, no book about someone's troubles being behind them is ever going to be particularly interesting, and it's not too long before Itch finds himself in trouble again, dragging Chloe, his cousin Jack and potential love interest/new friend Lucy along for the ride. I read Itchcraft while I was also embarking on a Harry Potter re-read, and it occurred to me that Harry has nothing on Itch when it comes to getting into scrapes! When a school trip to Madrid is mentioned, it's obvious that it will not be smooth sailing, and Itch and the gang end up getting caught up in riots, caused by people protesting the mysterious case of exploding Euros. The last third of the book finds the four teenagers in mortal peril, and although I was sure that our titular hero would survive, I was never convinced that Mayo wouldn't decide that one of the three girls was expendable for the the sake of the story.
When I reviewed Itch Rocks, I mentioned how much I enjoyed that Itch is surrounded by fantastic female characters. Itch is brilliant, knows just about all there is to know about chemistry, but to get out of all the scrapes in which he so often finds himself, he relies on his three female cohorts. Chloe, Jack and Lucy are all brilliant in their own way – Chloe is pretty fearless, much cooler than Itch, and utterly loyal, Jack is more often than not the voice of reason, and tries (mostly in vain) to stop Itch from getting into trouble, and Lucy is almost as brilliant as Itch when it comes to chemistry.
We are also introduced to a group of formidable women who are out for revenge. Six women who are proficient divers and friends of Shivvi Van Took, they are ruthless and efficient, and it's not clear for most of the book if they are going to turn out to be the good guys or the bad guys. Simon Mayo has proved himself as an author who has no qualms about writing strong female characters.
He also has no qualms about killing off characters the reader has become attached to, and in doing so, he finds himself with a grieving main character on his hands. The scene in which Itch and Lucy discuss how Itch is feeling, and the way he tries to cope with his sense of grief and his feeling of culpability for the death is beautifully touching.
On an aesthetic level, I love the Itchcraft cover. It's probably because I like the colour blue, but I think it's the best of the bunch, and it will look great on my bookshelf with the other two books. It teases the story perfectly, full of explosions and fire and madcap chases. It's perfect!
Itchcraft is easily my favourite of the three novels so far. It takes the story to the next level, and has moments where you genuinely don't know if your favourite characters are going to survive. It marries tragedy, action and adventure together perfectly, and has left me with more questions about the motives of some of the characters. The science might go over the head of those not well versed in the contents of the periodic table, but the relationships between the characters are so well written and believable, and the action set pieces so exciting, that in the end that doesn't matter one bit.
Itchcraft by Simon Mayo
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Twin sisters Sarafina Troy and Emmalia Vash Bortolon-Vettor have played together in the Guelph psych outfit the Folk for some time now but have lately transferred their energies to the rather more menacing sounds and subject matter found on Bonnie Trash's hair-raising debut EP, Ezzelini's Dead.
You don't need the background to enjoy the music, of course — fans of Rid of Me-era P.J. Harvey, early Siouxsie and the Banshees and maybe even the Kills will be particularly enchanted by the witchy vibes and slash-and-burn dynamics on display on the EP — but it never hurts to have a little food for thought to chew on while consuming your music, y'know? Pretty hot debut. It seems a safe bet that these ladies could pack a wallop live, too.
"True Love (Eat Me)." Swaggers with scary, slightly sleazy aplomb.
On June 8 with Sea Beau, Myra Maines, Xuan Ye and Brigitte Bardon't at a secret location to be announced the week of the show. Peep the band's Facebook page for details, perhaps.


however i can't get the air fuel mixture right, for some reason it will not push a potato through all the way out. Oh by the way here is a picture of the firing mechanism.
where is the chamber? you are probably pushing the potato way to far down for it to go. with that you would only want to push the potato about 2 feet down, unless you have a smaller piece of PVC inside the bigger one.
Ah no there's no inner pvc and i was shoving the potato the majority of the way down the barrel, also i was having trouble getting my hairspray to ignite, the air mixture was not getting enough air should i drill rifling holes in the barrel?
oh and a lot of the air escapes from the holes i had to drill for the ignitor posts to go into the gun is there anything that i can seal that with?
you need a bigger chamber, thats probably part of the reason its just not firing right. that was how my first gun looked and it always just "puffffed" out of the barrel. maybe you could buy some 3" pvc with a threaded end so you can screw it into the back where the plug would go.
did you use pvc glue?
well, you should have had wires on your ignitor, and you should have attached them to screws in your chamber that were close enough for a spark. I say get a piece of bigger PVC for the chamber, or get a smaller piece and make the smaller piece the barrel.
ok i'll keep that in mind from now on and the as for the ignitor two holes were drilled into the chamber and some end caps were put onto the posts to give the spark, i would post a picture but i can't get a good shot, I already tried. I originally planned to use plans for another gun that i had seen that would use the 3" PVC but i couldn't find any 40 schedule or any that were rated for psi so i had to go with the standard combustion and i didn't have any real plans, i was at school and they go crazy when you look up anything with gun in it so i had to search for potato cannon and i couldn't find any combustion plans so i made them up on the fly while at lowes purchasing my merchandise, and thanks for the ratio tip on the barrel.
Ok then i have a question about that, say i was to use an elbow piece and curve the chamber back around and through say a 3" piece of pipe on there how would I ignite that, or am i thinking the complete wrong way?
Cool thanks whenever just send it to me.


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Waikato places
Story: Waikato places
Waikato River
Waikato Heads to Meremere
Hūnua to Te Kauwhata
Ngāruawāhia
Raglan and the west coast
Hamilton east of the river
Hamilton west of the river
Kakepuku to Maungatautari
Te Aroha
Putaruru and Tīrau
Neil and Tim Finn
Te Awamutu's most famous sons, musicians Neil and Tim Finn, perform at a 2008 charity concert at Te Awamutu College in support of the Gracelands Trust, a Waikato organisation for disabled and disadvantaged people. The brothers, who achieved international success with the bands Split Enz and Crowded House, were born and brought up in the town and began their musical careers there.
Photograph by Dean Taylor
Promoting Te Awamutu
Nancy Swarbrick, 'Waikato places - Te Awamutu', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/27316/neil-and-tim-finn (accessed 18 July 2019)
Story by Nancy Swarbrick, updated 11 Jun 2015


Who is GD Aruspex? what happened to GD Raiken ?
Raikan is still around and kicking.
The state of the game is much appreciated and I for one feel a little more confident about the game after reading it, thank you.
this all sounds quite exciting! can't wait to see it all come to fruition.
what month do you anticipate rolling out OP10?
Outpost ten, weaponize the outpost, now I really need to get my walls up to level 9, Also The "Auto" Skyfire Carrier, a UAV specialist with close-range automatic defenses, looks like its time to decommission my old carriers, bout time no more trying to figure out there defenses but when can we get more uavs????
idk if this is the right place to post this but i was told i cant do the tlc with my zelos/empyrean fleet is that true?
I think I should be excited about the game going forward... but instead all I see is more of the same... massive content overload, poor communication, more complexity, more chores. I've never felt more despondent about the game and I have all but lost interest. Only friends have kept me playing and most have gone inactive or given up since the Muddle Missile no-skill fleets became the latest click the back of the base instant win. Despair is the best way to describe the mood of myself and others I play with.
Nice, I like the plans mentioned in this State of the Game. Although, I have to ask: What happened to the Mega ship idea ? Its been a while since tech was added for it and not a tiny hint if there will be anything added. Sure, the Mega ship isnt the most popular feature but is it on the way to get forgotten like the arena ? Havent used it myself for quite a bit now but without something new for it it will most likely keep like that. Would be sad to see that all the work for and on it was for nothing.
My sector has gone from vibrant to dormant since the turn of the year, Must have Auto "Disasters", overpriced hulls, locked in hulls, weaps and tech which are nothing like their descriptions, re-working of already released content because it was pants.. " laser focused" ? More like requires laser treatment !!!
3 TLC's in this Update.....All are repeats.....What sort of progress is this?
I think it's great, gives those who missed out last time a chance to catch up, gives others a break from content overload if they don't want to do them.
Thanks for listening to player feedback RE: Rollout time of FM targets.
I am wondering what and who they were listening to as most of my fellow players have complained about the cost of the game and that it's becoming way too expensive and that Kix is greedy. Sure this game has changed a lot over the past number of years and we would expect that but it's lost it's appeal and losing players of long standing. Listening? Really?
I think the one big thing we can take from this is that mega hulls are dead. For good. If they had any plans, they'd be related to the coming assault cycle.
Sayonara, you will not be missed.
They didn't listen, they just SAID they listened.
Or maybe they DID listen...and just ignored it.
I like the part where it says: 'With Gluttony you can heal your other ships, making it a stealthy back-line ace-in-the-hole.' Well there's nothing 'back line' about it at the moment lads.


Madonna, Lupita Nyong'o, Nicki Minaj, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajowski, Elle Fanning, Lorde and many more of our favorite stars wore platinum jewelry on the red carpet!!
The eyewear media loved previewing the latest styles from Gwen Stefani, Kate Young, Ted Baker, Lulu Guinness, Brendel, and many other collections by Tura.
Bride Sundy Carter sparkled at her wedding!


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Q: Connecting ontology to a pre-exisiting database My friends and I are developing this hospitals' research system that depends on semantic search and ontology. The development plan states that we should draw the system's ontology and connect it to an existing database (hospital's database) that we already got from a real hospital.
We've searched the internet to find a way to connect the drawn ontology to the database that was created beforehand. But up till now, the only things that we have found shows that the drawn ontology creates the database itself. No results for connecting ontology with a database that wasn't created by the ontology.
I wanted to know if ontology offers this feature (connecting to an exisitng database)? Maybe it can connect to the database by adding an attribute/field to the exisiting database, so it doesn't have to go through the process of creating a database?
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The database we are using is MySQL database (MySQL 5.7.10.0)

A: You have an existing relational database (MySQL) and need to "connect" it to your ontology. This means you need to map the information contained in the DB into ontology's concepts (classes and properties).
These mappings can be defined in either R2RML (a W3C standard) or D2RQ mapping language:

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*https://www.w3.org/TR/r2rml/

*http://d2rq.org/
You will need to define the mappings (for your particular DB and ontology structure) and a tool (such as the D2R server) that can take these mappings and provide access to the database using the ontology that you developed.
Update: Tutorials / helpful resources for mapping relational DBs to OWL ontologies:

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*D2R Server tutorial (with examples)

*RDB2OWL - DB to OWL mapping language and a tool for converting RDF2OWL mappings into D2RQ mappings

The second approach (RDB2OWL) is different from D2RQ or R2RML: in it you add annotations (with database mappings) to the ontology itself. You may have to explore them in more detail to see which approach is best for you.

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Border–Gavaskar Trophy 2023: Michael Clarke Won't Be Doing Commentary
By: Raushan Kumar
The repercussions of Michael Clarke's controversial night out in Noosa seem to be becoming more personal. According to the Australian Associated Press on Saturday, January 21, former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke may have missed out on a lucrative BCCI commentator gig for India vs Australia Test series.
After a video of Clarke fighting with his partner went viral on social media, Clarke found himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. After his girlfriend Jade Yarbrough accused him of infidelity, Clarke and Yarbrough can be seen shouting.
"Hit me, hit me"
Former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has described a video showing him involved in a violent incident with his girlfriend Jade Yarbrough as "shameful and regretful" #Sunriseon7 pic.twitter.com/xTK2DM5iTx
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) January 18, 2023
Mark Waugh, a Fox Cricket commentator and former Test great, will replace Clarke on the mic for Australia's four-Test series against India next month despite only being available for two games.
Clarke might, though, have already secured a different commentary gig. The former Australian captain is negotiating to commentate on Pakistan's T20 league, which kicks off around the same time as the Test series.
After reviewing Clarke's position as soon as the viral video of him and his partner arguing in a Noosa park was posted, Indian cricket executives apparently launched a review because they were worried about their reputation and have been in private talks with other former Australian cricketers.
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Q: C# dotnet core 3.0 share data between controller route and service bus listener I have a dotnet core 3.1 web api application. The app is a gateway to expose various other services that communicate through Service Bus (queues, topics). We're using service bus for asynchronous messaging between services. I dont want any sync communication between gateway and other services.
So, I'm trying to find a way to receive request in controller to for example create a resource and send that command to service bus, then sit and wait.
Meanwhile, service will save command to db and emit event.
Gateway is listening on topic to receive the message and now, somehow, I need to pass this message back to the request in controller that is waiting for this message to finish its own execution.

A: As far as I know you can't know if the execution of the handler has finish properly by waiting in the controller (as is in your case) in a straight foward way, but, maybe you can do a work arround.
As you know Service bus has a queue or topic where the listener can get the messages sent. But also it has a DeadLetter, where the wrong messages are queued back if any unhandle exception occurs, any message has an internal Id or also your custom body has an Id that you can use to track it and look for it in boths queue or topics. Maybe this can solve your problem, but this is not efficience at all as this is not the desire functionalities of this kind of service, because, in deed, his function is to let you know that your message has been queued, and then you should follow your execution and handle the message in your service.

A: You're creating your resource asynchronously, so don't try to give the appearance of synchronous behavior. Return an HTTP status code 202 from your API request and let the client query for the created resource at a later time.


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40 billion habitable Earth-sized planets
NYT 8:50 AM on November 05, 2013
Astronomers reported that there could be as many as 40 billion habitable Earth-size planets in the galaxy, based on a new analysis of data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft.
One out of every five sunlike stars in the galaxy has a planet the size of Earth circling it in the Goldilocks zone — not too hot, not too cold — where surface temperatures should be compatible with liquid water, according to a herculean three-year calculation based on data from the Kepler spacecraft by Erik Petigura, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. Petigura's analysis represents a major step toward the main goal of the Kepler mission, which was to measure what fraction of sunlike stars in the galaxy have Earth-size planets. Sometimes called eta-Earth, it is an important factor in the so-called Drake equation used to estimate the number of intelligent civilizations in the universe. Mr. Petigura's paper, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, puts another smiley face on a cosmos that has gotten increasingly friendly and fecund-looking over the last 20 years.
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Knights of Honor ist ein Echtzeit-Strategiespiel für Windows aus dem Jahr 2004. Entwickelt wurde das Spiel von Black Sea Studios, vertrieben wird es von Sunflowers. Mit Knights of Honor 2: Sovereign existiert ein von THQ Nordic veröffentlichter Nachfolger.

Spielinhalt
Das Spiel findet im Mittelalter statt, die primäre Aufgabe besteht darin, das mittelalterliche Europa Provinz für Provinz zu erobern. Alternativ kann man sich auch (ähnlich wie in Master of Orion) von einem Rat der mächtigsten Staaten zum "wahren Herrscher von Europa" wählen lassen, um das Spiel zu gewinnen.

Die Europakarte ist in 168 Provinzen unterteilt und diese haben je nach Lage verschiedene Landschaftsformationen (Wüste, Ebene, Gebirge oder Wälder). Das Hauptobjekt in den Provinzen ist jeweils die befestigte Stadt, die zur Eroberung einer Provinz belagert und besetzt werden muss. Ferner gibt es Bauernhöfe, Dörfer und Klöster sowie – bei Küstenprovinzen – Häfen, welche Rohstoffe produzieren; diese können im Kriegsfall von den Angreifern gebrandschatzt und geplündert werden, wodurch die entsprechenden Rohstoffe an die plündernde Fraktion wandern und das jeweilige Objekt für einige Zeit niedergebrannt ist.

Im Spiel verwendete Rohstoffe sind Geld, Bücher und Frommheit auf globaler sowie Nahrung, Werkzeuge und Arbeiter auf lokaler Ebene. Die Rohstoffe werden unterschiedlich benötigt und produziert, zum Beispiel benötigt der Spieler für den Bau von Gebäuden in den Provinzen Geld, Arbeiter und Werkzeuge, für die Erschaffung von Einheiten dagegen Dorfbewohner, Nahrung und Gold. Die globalen Rohstoffe Frommheit und Bücher dienen meist innenpolitischen Maßnahmen wie religiösen Bekehrungen oder der Eingliederung von Bewohnern eroberter Provinzen.

Auf der Karte gibt es außerdem acht weitere Rohstoffe (Fischgründe, Weideland, Ackerland, Wildgründe, Silbererz, Salzsole, Marmorgestein, Mineralgestein), die in den Provinzen zur Produktion von Gütern (z. B. Wolle, Wein, Honig) benötigt werden. Die Verfügbarkeit dieser Güter in einem Staat ermöglicht verschiedene Errungenschaften (z. B. Dreifelderwirtschaft, Geheimbund etc.), welche Auswirkungen auf die Produktion von spielrelevanten Ressourcen haben oder Boni für verschiedene Spielaspekte wie Bevölkerungswachstum, Handel oder die Zufriedenheit in den Provinzen liefern.

Ein weiterer wichtiger Punkt sind die Ritter. Diese bilden den Aktivposten des Spielers und haben individuelle Fähigkeiten. Sie sind als Marschälle (Heerführer), Kaufleute, Kleriker, Spione sowie Bau- und Grundherren einsetzbar und bieten dem Spieler weitere Möglichkeiten, die Provinzen zu verwalten, Handel zu treiben oder aktive Außenpolitik zu betreiben (Kriege und Spionage). Als Marschälle eingesetzte Ritter gewinnen außerdem im Kampf Erfahrung, über die sie besondere Fähigkeiten für weitere Kämpfe erhalten. Als Spione eingesetzte Ritter werden von anderen Reichen als Ritter an deren Hof berufen und können dann unter der Kontrolle des Spielers negative Geschehnisse in die Wege leiten; so kann ein Spion als Marschall z. B. eine Armeerevolte anzetteln oder ein Spion, der von einem anderen Königreich als Spion an den Hof berufen wurde, Mitglieder der Herrscherfamilie ermorden.

Außenpolitische Maßnahmen umfassen Bündnisse und Abkommen mit anderen Staaten sowie Friedensverhandlungen. Weiter muss sich der Spieler um dynastische Belange kümmern. Das jeweilige Staatsoberhaupt kann heiraten und Nachkommen zeugen, die nach dem durch Alter oder Schlachtentod bedingten Ableben auf den Thron folgen oder dazu dienen, sich in andere Reiche einzuheiraten. Im letzteren Fall bestehen im Todesfall auch Erbansprüche auf Provinzen, deren Zustimmung oder Ablehnung die Beziehungen zwischen Staaten stärken oder ruinieren kann. Außerdem kann eine computergesteuerte Fraktion ihn auffordern, eine andere Fraktion anzugreifen oder wenigstens die Verträge mit ihr zu brechen. Wenn der Spieler ablehnt, kann es sein, dass die KI ein Gegenangebot macht (z. B. Goldzahlung, Abtretung einer Provinz oder Kriegserklärung an ein anderes Land).

Auch Religion spielt eine Rolle. Die möglichen Religionen des Spiels sind Katholizismus, Orthodoxes Christentum, Islam und Heidentum. Alle Religionen weisen kleine Unterschiede auf, das orthodoxe Christentum ist beispielsweise dem Patriarchen von Konstantinopel untergeordnet, während römisch-katholische Staaten nur locker an das Papsttum gebunden sind. Der Papst kann außerdem Kreuzzüge ausrufen und katholische Staaten exkommunizieren. Nach dem Tod des Papstes ist es möglich, dass einer der Kleriker des Spielers zum neuen Papst gewählt wird und damit die Amtshandlungen des Papstes unter die Kontrolle des Spielers fallen (sofern dieser dem Katholizismus angehört). Als Ausgleich können muslimische Staaten zum Dschihad aufrufen, wodurch feindliche Armeen in den Provinzen durch von den Moscheen und Dörfern ausgehenden Bauernheeren angegriffen werden. Orthodoxe Reiche können, wenn sie nicht im Besitz von Konstantinopel sind, ihre Kirche für unabhängig erklären. Dafür brauchen sie einen Fünf-Sterne-Kleriker, der dann zum Patriarchen der unabhängigen orthodoxen Kirche wird. Anders als beim Papst führt der Patriarch dieselben Befehle aus wie ein Kleriker. Wird der Patriarch bei Bekehrungen getötet oder ins Exil geschickt, muss ein anderer Fünf-Sterne-Kleriker verfügbar sein. Ist dies nicht der Fall, wird die Kirche sofort wieder von Konstantinopel abhängig.

Einzelspieler
Im Einzelspieler-Modus gibt es zwei verschiedene Spielarten: "Europa erobern" und "Schlachten".

Europa kann man in drei verschiedenen Epochen erobern: im Frühen, im Hohen und im Späten Mittelalter. Je nach Epoche kann der Spieler einen der auf der Karte vertretenen Staaten spielen, so zum Beispiel Byzanz oder die Osmanen. Eine Ausnahme davon bildet lediglich der Vatikan, der erst nach einem Cheat spielbar ist. Der Spieler kann einerseits durch das Erlangen sämtlicher Errungenschaften oder die Wahl zum "wahren Herrscher Europas" gewinnen (dies wird als "kleiner Sieg" bezeichnet), andererseits durch die Eroberung sämtlicher Provinzen ("großer Sieg").

Im Spielmodus "Schlachten" können historische Schlachten nachgespielt oder Gefechte auf unterschiedlichem Terrain durchgeführt werden. Hierbei wird zudem zwischen offenen Feldschlachten und Belagerungen (sowohl als Angreifer als auch als Verteidiger) unterschieden. Die dabei benutzten Armeen sind gleich stark, aber zufällig aus allen Divisionen, die man im Spiel anwerben kann, zusammengesetzt.

Der Spielmodus Europa erobern bietet ein relativ simples Politiksystem, wobei man mit einer anderen Fraktion auf einem der fünf folgenden Levels sein kann:
 Krieg: Sobald sich zwei Generäle der Kontrahenten begegnen, kommt es zur Schlacht; man kann die Städte des Feindes belagern und umgekehrt; wenn eine feindliche Armee eine eigene Provinz betritt, wird eine Warnung angezeigt
 Frieden: Keine besonderen Effekte; Normalstatus
 Handelsabkommen: Man kann einem eigenen Händler befehlen, Handel mit diesem Reich zu treiben, um Spezialressourcen oder Gold für das eigene Reich zu erhalten. Je mächtiger der Handelspartner ist, desto mehr Gold wird der Händler für den Spieler einbringen. Zwar kann die KI ebenfalls Händler ins eigene Reich schicken, doch dies wird selbstverständlich kein Gold kosten (und umgekehrt auch nicht).
 Nichtangriffspakt: Enthält stets ein Handelsabkommen; Macht es sehr viel unwahrscheinlicher, von dieser Nation den Krieg erklärt zu bekommen. Sollte man einen Nichtangriffspakt brechen, leidet der Einfluss im eigenen Reich (man erhält weniger Steuern und die Bürger sind unzufriedener, was das Aufstandrisiko erhöht).
 Bündnispakt: Enthält stets Nichtangriffspakt und Handelsabkommen; Man kann von seinen Verbündeten zu den Waffen gerufen werden (wenn man ablehnt, bricht der Bündnispakt und der Einfluss im eigenen Reich leidet); man kann seine Verbündeten zu den Waffen rufen (Sie könnten ablehnen, ist aber unwahrscheinlich). Achtung: Ein Bündnispakt ist nicht zu verwechseln mit einer Allianz, man kann mit zwei miteinander Krieg führenden Parteien verbündet sein. Wenn man von einer zu den Waffen gerufen wird, wird man unabhängig von der Entscheidung einen der Bündnispartner verlieren und der Einfluss im eigenen Reich wird sinken.

Im Spielmodus Europa erobern kann man, wenn eine eigene Armee eine feindliche Stadt belagert, eine feindliche Armee eine eigene Stadt belagert oder sich eine feindliche und eine eigene Armee treffen, die Schlacht entweder simulieren oder selbst spielen. Wenn man sich entscheidet, die Schlacht selbst zu spielen, wird man in den Modus Schlachten versetzt, mit dem Unterschied, dass hier die Armeen nicht zufällig generiert sind, sondern den Divisionen entsprechen, welche die Generäle mit sich führen. Bei Stadtangriff/-verteidigung kommen die jeweiligen Verteidigungsanlagen (zum Beispiel Stadtmauern) hinzu, die in der Stadt gebaut wurden.

Mehrspieler
Knights of Honor kann sowohl über LAN als auch über das Internet gespielt werden. Die Spielart "Europa erobern" steht hierbei allerdings nicht zur Verfügung. Bis zu 6 Spieler können im Multiplayermodus Schlachten austragen.

Rezeption

Knights of Honor besäße zwar einen motivierenden Strategiemodus, der durch Feldzüge, Diplomatie, Spionage und der Verwaltung des Reichs zahlreiche Möglichkeiten böte. Mit der Total War Spielereihe, die ähnlich konzipiert sei, sei es jedoch nicht vollends auf Augenhöhe. Die Schlachten seien langweilig, der Mehrspieler lieblos, die Bedienung umständlich. Die Völker spielen sich recht ähnlich. Der Schwierigkeitsgrad und die aufkommende Hektik mache es für Genreeinsteiger ungeeignet. Die Atmosphäre sei dicht, die Computergegner wirken lebendig wie menschliche Mitstreiter, die historischen Ereignisse vermitteln Authentizität. Das Tutorial sei hingegen trocken, die Steuerung kompliziert und die Schlachtgrafik unübersichtlich. Insgesamt sei das Spiel dadurch schwer zugänglich.

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There is a story about a grandfather who takes an afternoon nap. Whilst he is dozing away, his grandchildren sneak into the room and rub blue cheese into his moustache.
When he wakes up, the aroma of the cheese wafts into his nostrils and he complains about the smell in the room. "Something here stinks!" he exclaims.
Whilst this man was blind to the root cause of his problem, there is a story set in ancient Jewish times of a blind beggar called Bartimaeus, who refused to allow his blindness to get him in front of the one person that he believed could cure him.
He stood out from the crowd. Even though there was a large crowd, he still made enough noise to get heard. He gained the attention of the person who could help hime reach his goal. Are you standing out from the crowd of just blending in?
He seized his opportunity. They say that opportunity comes dressed up in overalls called hard work! Are you willing to put in the hard graft and do the work necessary for you to get your breakthrough?
He shouted louder than his opposition. They say that a big shot is only a little shot that keeps on shooting! What are you willing to do to keep on going until you become successful at all that you put your heart into?
He left his past behind him. You have to let go of the past and not live in the past. Once Bartimaeus got his breakthrough, he changed his ways and threw off his past life that defined him. He embraced his future and ensured that he was heading in the right direction? Are you willing to let go of your past?
He knew what he wanted. He was crystal clear and had a vision of his future — despite the fact that he was blind. Do you have a vision of your future?
So, if you feel as if life stinks, take the time to review these 5 tips and use them to define a better vision for you and your future!


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PLDT, PBSP extend COVID-19 relief to indigent communities in Cebu
CEBU CITY – The PLDT and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) widened their outreach to indigent communities through the Cebu Caritas, Inc (CCI) Office as they distributed hygiene kits, which include washable facemasks in PLDT-branded pouches at the Caritas Kindness Station in Cebu.
According to Reverend Father Alex Cola, Jr. who is the CCI President and Chairman on the Commission on Services, the hygiene kits will benefit some of the indigent families in the community, reinforcing health and safety protocols.
"These hygiene kits will be distributed in different parishes in the Archdiocese of Cebu for the least fortunate brothers and sisters who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic," Rev. Fr. Cola said.
On behalf of Archbishop Jose S. Palma, D.D. and the CCI–Commission on Service of the Archdiocese of Cebu, Rev. Fr. Cola expressed his gratitude to PLDT for extending support for the Caritas Kindness Station.
PLDT Community Relations Division Head Katherine Diaz De Rivera said that PLDT imparts the company's value of compassion to every Filipino family and community. "We support our brothers and sisters who are facing the severe impacts of the coronavirus. We hope that our simple donation will go a long way," she added.
As the social development and charitable arm of the Archdiocese of Cebu, the CCI–Commission on Service is tasked to always be in the forefront in the fight against poverty. The Commission on Service also aims to promote social equality and to provide the community with spiritual guidance and social services for the most marginalized sectors of society.
The funds for the hygiene kit donations were sourced from PLDT's Motolite-PBSP Balik-Baterya Program, which was first launched in 2006.
The program involves the collection of used lead-acid batteries (ULABs) for proper recycling and production of new automotive and industrial batteries as well as for various corporate social responsibility projects.
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La Présentation de Jésus au Temple par Marie et Joseph est un événement relaté dans l'Évangile selon Luc.
Il a également fait l'objet de créations artistiques :
 La Présentation au Temple, une icône de la fin du  originaire de Novgorod en Russie
 La Présentation au Temple, peinture de Andrea Mantegna (années 1450)
 La Présentation au Temple, peinture de Simon Vouet (années 1640).
Voir aussi : Fête de la Présentation de Jésus au Temple

La Présentation de Marie au Temple par Anne et Joachim est également le sujet d'œuvres artistiques :
 La Présentation de la Vierge au Temple, peinture de Cima da Conegliano (années 1490)
 La Présentation de Marie au Temple, peinture de Titien (années 1530)

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So you had a summer fling, or your crush finally noticed you, or anything that happens seemingly only in teen movies happened to you this summer. You're probably over the moon, but the summer is ending soon: what comes next?
The Situation: Sadly, no matter how strong your feelings, your summer love may just not want the same thing as you after the summer. You and I both know it: teens are fickle creatures, and there's just no predicting how you're gonna feel one day to the next.
How to Handle It: The important thing is to not have extreme expectations for the future. Enjoy your summer love while it lasts but don't simply expect it to last forever.
The Situation: Sometimes it ends badly, but sometimes summer love blossoms into a great relationship. Maybe it's your first love, maybe it's not but either way, you're in business.
How to Handle It: If it's your first time being in a relationship with someone, you're gonna need to learn the ground rules: Be considerate. Don't cheat. Etc.
The Situation: Sometimes, after the summer, it's you, and not them that decides you're not feeling it anymore. We get it. Summer loves are sometimes just a temporary flame that flickers and burns out when the summer ends.
How to Handle it: Teens often take things pretty hard, especially breakups. Make sure that even if you don't feel anything for them anymore, you let them down easy. Put yourself in their situation: how would you want to be told that another person isn't interested in continuing a summer fling that felt so good at its peak?


On July 30, 1969, at Luwa, Bassa Vorgho committed culpable homicide punishable with death by shooting Takava with a dane gun. On November 25, 1970, he was convicted of culpable homicide punishable with death, contrary of Section 221 of the Penal Code by Hague, Ag. J., at the High Court, Maiduguri, North-Eastern State. He has appealed to this court against sentence.
The facts can be briefly stated. On July, 29, 1969, the day previous to that of the murder, there had been community work at Jalva Wisso's farm for which the accused was given wine to share among the community workers. Takava would appear to have objected to the accused's sharing wine and to have beaten the accused three times on the head with a stick. The deceased then menaced the accused with a bow and arrow being one out of ten which the accused had in his quiver. The accused said in his statement that he seized all the ten arrows and hid them in the fence of his own house. The accused then said that, on the following day, July 30, 1969, the deceased came to his house and demanded the return of the arrows but that this was refused. There then followed a struggle, and the accused said that he went home. He next took his dane gun and proceeded towards his own farm when the deceased followed and held him from behind. According to the accused, he turned and the gun he was holding went off shooting Takava and wounding accused's right thigh. This was the story as told by the accused. There was no witness to the actual shooting, although the deposition of Wasa Brusa (deceased since the preliminary enquiry) was tendered in evidence as Exhibit D and showed that the deponent said he heard gun-shots and somebody crying saying "Bassa has killed me!" The deposition also went on to state that, on going to the scene, the deponent saw the accused walking away in a normal manner carrying a gun, and that Takava lay on the ground with an axe and a hoe near him. The deponent said that the deceased's intestines protruded and were torn; and that there was smoke over his body though no fire burned nearby. Another witness, Gada Ndawaha, P.W.4, said he heard a gun-shot and that he arrived at the scene later. The accused was not present but Takava was lying on a path with blood rushing from two wounds and he was also vomiting blood.
According to this witness, the wounded man said "I am sure I will die. Because of this you should pay those whom I owe".
We were asked by learned counsel for the appellant to regard as inadmissible as a dying declaration a statement containing the words "I have no sign of recovery" attributed to the deceased by a witness. In view, however, of other words allegedly uttered by the deceased according to other witnesses, and which undoubtedly could amount to a dying declaration, we find it unnecessary to decide the point.
The second reason for the novel character of the dying declaration which the learned trial Judge accepted is that this single piece of evidence as to the appellant's motive was admitted in the face of the appellant's plea that he killed the deceased by mere accident. It seems to us that much stronger evidence should have been required for rebutting the claim of accidental killing than the suggestion as to the killer's motive in an expression of opinion contained in the deceased's dying declaration.
While there is nothing wrong with the learned trial Judge finding the accused's version as to how the accident happened improbable, especially during a demonstration to the court which showed that the injury allegedly sustained by the appellant could not have happened in the way he claimed, it is quite a different thing to hold that the dying declaration is true not only as regards how the deceased met his death but also as to why.
"Of course, the accused was then unrepresented; but there is nothing in the record to show that the words followed other than immediately on the gun-shot".
After examining R. v. Foster (1834) 6 C. & P. 325, R. v. Bedingfield (1879) 14 Cox 341; and R. v. Goddard (1882) 15 Cox 7, cited to him, the learned trial Judge said that he had "formed the clear opinion that the words "Bassa has killed me? are so contemporaneous with the gun-shot as to be admissible as part of the res gestae. In this connection, I note that the accused was observed walking away from the scene, so there is every possibility he heard the words uttered".
We think that conclusion was well-founded but, whilst it helped establish the killing, it did not prove the circumstances, in particular that it was not accidental. As it was, he convicted on the basis of a dying declaration, which incorporates an expression of the declarant's opinion regarding the motive of his killer.
As the appellant himself admitted having killed the deceased, albeit by accident, and as this is supported by the finding by the learned trial Judge that the words "Bassa has killed me" formed part of the res gestae, we consider that the appellant is guilty of culpable homicide not punishable with death and we set aside his sentence and do substitute a conviction for homicide contrary to Section 224 of the Penal Code. We accordingly sentence him to 10 years? imprisonment with hard labour.
(Sgd) T. O. ELIAS, CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA.
Mr. F. O. Akinrele, for the Appellant.
Mr. S. Liberty, (D.P.P. North-Eastern State), for the Respondent.