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Can they work out how you can keep the Priestess and Zayvion? Or will Hajara get what she's been after?
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Nandina domestica 'Nana'
Nandina domestica Nana
This tenacious evergreen shrub has been given a bad name because it has been overused by landscapers for the past few years. When we moved to our current garden, there were about fifty of these plants marching down the path towards the front door. I pronounced them 'hideous' and demanded that they be immediately removed. That was when I was in my cottage gardening phase and they were anathema to my plans.
Nowadays, I like this Nandina and can appreciate its many assets. It certainly is a tough plant, which can put up with very hot, dry situations as well as shady spots. It forms a neat round shape to about 45 cm in height with vaguely bamboo-like foliage, although it is no relation to the real bamboo. The best feature to my mind is that these leaves take on pretty red, orange and even purple tints in autumn, and because it doesn't lose its leaves, these remain decorative all through winter. The foliage colour is developed best when the plants are grown in a hot, dry spot. In spring, it has very attractive lime green new growth. There are some interesting cultivars available these days, including 'LemLim' (ht 70-90 cm), which has bright yellow new leaves fading to lime green as they age; and 'Moonbay' (ht 80-100 cm) with tints of yellow, red, orange and burgundy in the foliage as it matures.
I think it is at its best when grown to give structure amongst plants of a looser form with orange or red flowers in summer and winter, which will echo the foliage colour. Some examples are lion's tail (Leonotis leonurus), red or orange Salvia, hot-coloured florists' chrysanthemums, poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) and Lobelia laxiflora. It is also a candidate for being grown in a bright blue pot, as it forms a natural topiary. I have seen it used as an effective low hedge. The leaves are useful as cut material for vases.
Foliage useful in floral arrangements.
Other Nandina
Nandina domestica

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IFMAT ▶ Data ▶ Black List ▶ BL: Figures ▶ BL: Figures Top Alert ▶ Yadollah Samadi
On August 21, the U.S. Department of State announced visa restrictions on Yadollah Samadi for his involvement in gross violations of human rights on behalf of the Iranian regime, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism;
This action includes visa restrictions on Yadollah Samadi involved in a brutal and intricately planned assassination carried out in Switzerland in 1990 as part of Iran's ongoing worldwide campaign of violence and terrorism;
Yadollah Samadi, who posed as Iranian diplomat, was acting under the highest orders of their government to silence opposition and show that no one is safe from the Iranian regime, no matter where they live;
Yadollah Samadi, was born in Tehran in 1958. He had received his diplomatic passport with the serial number 060198 in Tehran on October 16, 1989. On a mission to gather information, he flew to Geneva on the same date his passport had been issued. Samadi's next trip to Geneva was on January 31, 1990 and he was accompanied by Saeed Hemati, Sadegh Baba'ie, Mahmoud Sajadian, Mohammad Reza Jazayeri and Ali Hadavi. Their assassination plan was a failure and it was abandoned. His third trip to Geneva, however, took place on April 10, 1990. He flew by Iran Air and his ticket's serial number was 096 4261 960892. Samadi was responsible for making the necessary arrangements for the assassination including renting cars;
Yadolah Samadi
Hojatollah Khodaei Souri
Mansur Ravankar
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Q: Fail2Ban -> UFW -> IPTables (how to log blocks) Running:

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*Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS

*Fail2Ban v0.10.2

*ufw 0.36

*iptables v1.6.1

I've successfully setup fail2ban to use ufw to block ip's based on ssh authentication failures.  As we know, ufw is just a front-end for iptables.  I've tested from another IP address and indeed have been blocked and receive the reject packets based on my ssh rules.  So I know the whole thing is seemingly working.
What I would like to do (at least temporarily as i get familiar with all 3 components) is: turn on logging of rejects that are due to rules coming from fail2ban.  I realize eventually this will just be all noise, but for now I want to be able to see positive confirmation of rules working.
UFW is logging normally to /var/log/ufw.log.  I see tons of things like:
Feb 12 12:24:01 redis-test kernel: [14337092.381436] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=1e:17....:08:00 SRC=123.456.789.10 DST=10.987.654.32 LEN=40 TOS=0x18 PREC=0x00 TTL=49 ID=59823 PROTO=TCP SPT=33169 DPT=23 WINDOW=2358 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0

I do not fully understand where iptables logs and if it has its own logs separate from ufw's, but at a minimum, ufw's logs seems to be inclusive of everything iptables is doing behind the scenes.
From what I've read, it seems by default ufw will not log things that are expected (blocked by user specified rule).  From the docs:

ufw supports per rule logging. By default, no logging is performed
  when a packet matches a rule. Specifying log will log all new
  connections matching the rule, and log-all will  log all  packets
  matching  the  rule.  For example, to allow and log all new ssh
  connections, use:
        ufw allow log 22/tcp

So in my example above (from /var/log/ufw.log) I don't have any specifiec rules for port 23 (telnet), so that gets logged and blocked.  But because I do have a rule specifically blocking my "other" test IP for ssh, it does not get logged.
iptables -L produces the following...
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination
ufw-before-logging-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere
ufw-before-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere      ****** points to below (B) ******
ufw-after-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere
ufw-after-logging-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere  **** where first logging occurs ****
ufw-reject-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere
ufw-track-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere

Chain ufw-before-input (1 references)                                   ****** (B) referenced from above ******
target     prot opt source               destination
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere             ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ufw-logging-deny  all  --  anywhere             anywhere             ctstate INVALID
DROP       all  --  anywhere             anywhere             ctstate INVALID
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere             icmp destination-unreachable
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere             icmp time-exceeded
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere             icmp parameter-problem
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere             icmp echo-request
ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             anywhere             udp spt:bootps dpt:bootpc
ufw-not-local  all  --  anywhere             anywhere
ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             224.0.0.251          udp dpt:mdns
ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             239.255.255.250      udp dpt:1900
ufw-user-input  all  --  anywhere             anywhere          ****** this is where my rules from fail2ban are going ******

Chain ufw-user-input (1 references)                                     ****** the IPs coming from fail2ban (any my allow SSH rule i added via UFW) ******
target     prot opt source               destination
REJECT     all  --  555.55.55.555        anywhere             reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere             tcp dpt:ssh

The first instance of logging I see is
Chain ufw-after-logging-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination
LOG        all  --  anywhere             anywhere             limit: avg 3/min burst 10 LOG level warning prefix "[UFW BLOCK] "

But since that doesn't get evaluated until after my fail2ban/ufw rules reject the connection, nothing is logged.
So my question is, how can i enable logging for the fail2ban IPs?  Additionally, if I enable new jails in the future (for instance to target web scrapers/exploit scans), is there any way that I can have a different log message that indicates that it came from SSH ban or the WebScraper ban?
I tried to figure out if there was a configuration setting for which default "CHAIN" ufw inserted user rules into (thinking if i could get them into the bottom portion of ufw-after-logging-input, that might work), but i don't know if that is the best approach.  i dont really like the idea of messing with how UFW interacts with iptables.
My actionban from ufw.conf is:
actionban = [ -n "<application>" ] && app="app <application>"
            ufw insert <insertpos> <blocktype> from <ip> to <destination> $app

actionunban = [ -n "<application>" ] && app="app <application>"
              ufw delete <blocktype> from <ip> to <destination> $app

maybe it's just as simple as adding "log" into the ufw insert statement?  if so, is there a way that i can specify a custom log message so that i can differentiate between the jail types (ssh vs web scraper)?
note: logging is set to default (low).  i temporarily turned it on high.  I could see my "test" blocked IP in [UFW AUDIT] records in the log, but even then it did not mention it was rejected, just that it saw the incoming attempt.  so changing the logging level will not do it (and is way too redundant for prod anyway).
thanks!
update 2/12/2020 9:46am:
adding "log" to the banaction in /etc/fail2ban/action.d/ufw.conf seems to do what i want.  my iptables -L now looks like...
Chain ufw-user-input (1 references)
target     prot opt source               destination

ufw-user-logging-input  all  --  111.222.333.444       anywhere
REJECT     all  --  111.222.333.444       anywhere             reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
ufw-user-logging-input  all  --  555.666.777.888       anywhere
REJECT     all  --  555.666.777.888       anywhere             reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

Chain ufw-user-logging-input (163 references)
target     prot opt source               destination

LOG        all  --  111.222.333.444       anywhere             ctstate NEW limit: avg 3/min burst 10 LOG level warning prefix "[UFW BLOCK] "
RETURN     all  --  111.222.333.444       anywhere
LOG        all  --  555.666.777.888       anywhere             ctstate NEW limit: avg 3/min burst 10 LOG level warning prefix "[UFW BLOCK] "
RETURN     all  --  555.666.777.888       anywhere

i'm a bit worried at the additional records per-IP being added.  per-IP, it went from

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*single "REJECT"

to

*

*call to "ufw-user-logging-input" chain

*LOG per-IP

*RETURN per-IP

*"REJECT" in original "ufw-user-input"

so for each IP, there are now 4 steps.  i'm not sure how much overhead that is and how bad it would get with 10's/100's/1000's of IPs.  does this seem like it's going to get problematic quickly?
additionally, it still uses the generic [UFW BLOCK] in /var/log/ufw.log.  i'd like to have it specifically reference the rule that caused the block (ssh/http scraper/http malware bot/etc).  is there a way to get some type of reference from fail2ban -> ufw -> iptables?  it seems ufw has a "comment" component to it's insert statement and iptables has "--log-prefix".  any way to connect the two?
thanks!

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Cleaning company taken to court amid claims of breaching Fair Work laws
By Melissa Coade|27 February 2018
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced action against Spotless Services Australia Limited, in a case that is hoped to clarify what situations redundancy entitlements must be paid.
An investigation into complaints made by ex-employees of Spotless Services Australia Limited has resulted in the Fair Work Ombudsman filing action against the cleaning company in the Federal Court.
Yesterday the watchdog released a statement outlining multiple allegations against Spotless. Among the claims of breaching workplace laws included the failure to pay redundancy entitlements which were owing to three workers after the company's contracts to provide catering and hospitality services at Perth International Airport expired in 2015.
When the airport made a decision not to renew its contract with Spotless, the company terminated the employment of 30 employees.
Following the group sacking, three of the retrenched staff members, including an administration/accounts manager who had worked for the company for 32 years, requested assistance from the Ombudsman and the matter was subsequently investigated.
According to the Ombudsman, the company had failed to pay over $29,000 in redundancy entitlements owing to the three former employees.
The Ombudsman added that while the three workers did later receive backpay from Spotless, the company was yet to admit liability under the Fair Work Act.
"Under the Fair Work Act, redundancy entitlements are payable when an employee's job is made redundant unless limited exceptions apply," a statement from the Ombudsman said.
"One exception is where termination of employment is due to the 'ordinary and customary turnover of labour'. The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges that exceptions do not apply to these three workers, and that they were entitled to redundancy pay."
In addition to failing to pay redundancy entitlements, the Ombudsman claims that Spotless breached notice requirements to Centrelink ahead of its dismissal of 15 or more employees in certain situations.
"Federal Court consideration of this area of the law will serve to provide greater guidance to employers as to situations in which redundancy entitlements must be paid and situations in which Centrelink must be notified," Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James said.
The company is facing maximum penalties of $25,500 to $51,000 per alleged contravention of the Fair Work Act.
A case management hearing for the proceedings has been scheduled for mid-March before the Federal Court in Perth.
Melissa Coade
Last Updated: 27 February 2018 Published: 28 February 2018


Inquiry Question: Does creation, self- and peer-assessment of student compositions increase appreciation of good melodic choices and melodic quality?
In this course, students explored the components of melody and composed their own based on their understandings. Students first experience composition within a structured framework of limited pitches and rhythms. They assess their own work, and the work of their peers, using a checklist, and revise their work appropriately. Students have the opportunity to play their work for the class and record it for self-assessment. As the melodies evolve, students are introduced to advanced concepts including musical form.
Technology was integrated into the formative assessments through the use of iPads as instruments, namely keyboards for composition and peer editing.
Composers often revise their work until they reach a desired melody.
"Good" melodies are usually cohesive, creative and memorable.
The form and scale help create a cohesive composition.
Pitches must be correctly and clearly notated for others to play a piece.


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Why Retire Palm Coast, Flagler, Florida?
If you are thinking of retirement, you have probably thought of Florida just because so many people do, in fact, retire here and it probably breaks down to two reasons: weather and money! Florida shows up in articles about retirement in publications as diverse as Coastal Living, The Bulletin (AARP newsletter), and Money Magazine. Among the top questions people ask are:
What about taxes?….or the lack thereof. Florida has no state income tax, although we do have a sales tax. And, of course, we have property taxes. The average New York property tax is $4,330. The average Florida tax is $1773.00. Averages can be deceiving - much depends on the type of house you buy and where you buy it.
How hot will it be in Florida? The average temperature in Florida varies from 82° in July to 61° in January. Of course, Florida is a big state, spanning 500 miles from north to south, so for Flagler County, the average July temperature is 88°, while it's 66° in January. So, we really do have some seasons! By the way, in New York, the average July temperature is 85°, while January comes in at a chilling 39°. Not so different in the summer, but far, far more different in the winter months.
How much real estate can a retiree afford in Florida? The average sales price for a home in Florida is $200,000, but, as I mentioned before, it's a big state. In Miami/Dade County, the average price is $305,000, while in Flagler County, the average home price is $219,000. The oceanside city of Flagler Beach in Flagler County comes in at $308,600, but in the city of Palm Coast just to the north in Flagler County, the median price is $260,000. Compare these costs to the average home prices in New York ($375,000), Massachusetts ($410,000), California ($393,000) or Oregon ($309,400).
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REVIEW: Ant-Man and the Wasp
There's been a recent trend in the last five years or so in superhero filmmaking where directors feel the need to say their movie is cut from a different cloth. It's not only a blockbuster, it's just dressed up like one. Whether it was "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" as a '70s-style paranoid thriller or (my personal favorite) James Mangold's "Logan" as "an Ozu film with mutants," the implication is that being a superhero movie on its face is shameful – or not enough.
This long-winded intro is just a set up to say that Peyton Reed's "Ant-Man and the Wasp" finds success by being something besides a Marvel, only that something is a type of film that actually meshes quite well with a super suit. It's a Paul Rudd movie! The star, who also shares a co-writing credit on the film, infuses his charming, witty energy into all facets of the project. Before the self-aware smugness of "Deadpool" and the commercially-motivated universe building of "The Avengers," comic book movies could be like this. (You know, eons ago … like 2008 with the first "Iron Man.")
"Ant-Man and the Wasp" is wonderfully self-contained, driven less by the need to connect to some grand five-picture arc and more by the immediate concerns of the story. Rudd's Scott Lang wants to be cleared from his house arrest following the events of "Captain America: Civil War," yet the urgent call of duty with Michael Douglas' Hank Pym and Evangeline Lilly's Wasp threatens to undo years of his patience in exile. As with many of these films, the real joy is in their group banter – especially whenever Scott lacks the knowledge or information that his counterparts possess.
Reed ditches some of the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"-style cheekiness about size and scale that dominated the first "Ant-Man," which might have been a holdover from Edgar Wright's involvement with the series. The film compensates for the loss of that humor with more Rudd being Rudd, a welcome thing be it a Marvel movie or a David Wain romp. While it might not be enough to completely overcome a lackluster villain, relatively generic fight scenes, and total underuse of Michelle Pfeiffer, it's still better than watching Marvel's carousel of white guys named Chris play tough and moody. B /
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Tidbits: Captain Power, and Captain Kirk's dad will all return
by Doc on Jul.19, 2016, under Movies, Television
A duo of returning items…first, the 80s sci-fi program Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is underdevelopment as a reboot under the title of Phoenix Rising, with original co-creator Gary Goddard on board with former Syfy executives Greg Vitale and Craig Engler.
The original show followed a small band of guerilla fighters in the 22nd century revolting again the intelligent machines which enslaved mankind after the Metal Wars. The show was notable not only for their storylines that could appeal to kids and adults, but also the direct marketing the show also as a "game" that kids could play along with using specially equipped toys they needed to purchase. The show proved to be expensive to produce and the complex storylines and allegories drew criticism, and it was canceled after one season.
In other news, it appears that a fourth Star Trek reboot movie is already in the works, and this one will feature the return of Captain Kirk's father, who was played (briefly) in the first movie by Chris Hemsworth. Not sure how that will be accomplished, but it's Star Trek, and the "Kelvin Timeline" was kicked off by playing with time travel…
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Man accused of shooting dog, TV inside Clarksville home
He said he put the dog out of its misery after he pushed over a refrigerator and it crushed the dog.
Man accused of shooting dog, TV inside Clarksville home He said he put the dog out of its misery after he pushed over a refrigerator and it crushed the dog. Check out this story on theleafchronicle.com: https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2019/02/08/police-clarksville-man-shot-dog-tv-inside-house-charged-animal-cruelty/2811599002/
Stephanie Ingersoll, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle Published 10:04 a.m. CT Feb. 8, 2019 | Updated 11:24 a.m. CT Feb. 8, 2019
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A Clarksville man was charged with animal cruelty and reckless endangerment after police went to his home and found a dog that had been shot to death and a TV full of bullet holes.
According to an arrest warrant, Clarksville Police went to the 29-year-old man's house on Lakeview Road on Thursday for a welfare check.
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They found the home in disarray but left after talking to the man. After then receiving a call that there was a dead dog inside, they asked the man about it and he said it was with his girlfriend and not at the home.
The girlfriend told police the dog was dead and at the man's home so officers returned.
That's when the man told police that the dog was dead in the house and that it had been injured after he pushed a refrigerator over, not knowing that it would break the cage and crush the dog.
"The defendant then advised that he shot the dog to keep it from suffering," according to the police warrant. "The dog had a gunshot wound to the head."
While at the home, four defects were found in the living room TV, all caused by rifle shots.
"The bullet trajectory was towards a neighbor's house, to the left of the defendant's house," the warrant states.
That led to the reckless endangerment charge and the man was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 and released on bond.
Reach Reporter Stephanie Ingersoll at singersoll@theleafchronicle.com or 931-245-0267 and on Twitter @StephLeaf
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The first raft of employees has completed South West Communications Group's inaugural apprenticeship scheme.
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swcomms commercial director Jon Whiley said: "We have embraced change following an industry transformation that has seen a shift towards cloud-based products.
Exeter College created a the NVQ IT Professional Level 3 and Business Administration Level 3 course tailored to swcomms' business needs with a choice of 27 modules to boost the individual skills of each employee.


Emmanuel College is a private D2 university located in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The tuition to attend is $16,800 and is the same for both in state and out of state students The average net cost to attend Emmanuel College is $12,333 and 48% of students get in. There are roughly 709 students that attend Emmanuel College.
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I have been an ardent admirer of the Mountain Xpress since I moved to Asheville in 1993. I've submitted letters and opinion pieces, which you've graciously published. I read it religiously, as I know many folks do, from end to end: First the letters (OK, I might glance down to check out who the author is first and then read, but still, I read them); the Opinion piece; City Council matters; local-issues pieces; advertising; movies; club scene; classifieds. And all the while I'm noting, as well, the ads and often patronizing those businesses.
I've always admired the Xpress because of its commitment, from my perspective, to presenting balanced, newsworthy, important, open-minded journalism. If there's a bent, it's towards open, expanded, dare I say "progressive" ideas — and progressive is good, considering its opposite (closed, fundamentalist, prescribed, backwards).
Imagine my absolute horror — and I am not exaggerating — when I saw in a recent edition a full-page ad for the widely accepted as highly erroneous and utterly propagandized 2016: Obama's America. A full page ad … in the Xpress … our hometown magazine! I'm appalled! I'm sick! I'm so utterly disgusted and disappointed that I think I will take some time to determine whether or not I'll still read your paper religiously, whether I'll consider it worthy of my time, whether I'll patronize its advertisers (which I've done countless times), whether or not I can bear to be part of what I see as an ultimate sellout — the progressive media selling out to the fundamentalist, propagandized rightist extremists.
I've seen it happening around our fair city, selling its soul to the highest bidder. But the Xpress? I'm so ashamed, and sad, and disappointed — and did I say disgusted?
Maybe it's time to reconsider what we value and read and spend our hard-earned dollars advertising in.
Please don't pillory Xpress for being a community media outlet that promotes an active citizenry whether the citizens are progressive or conservative. In the interest of community dialogue, Xpress promotes a spectrum of points of view, not what some of us at Xpress agree with.
Second, during election seasons, Xpress' policy is to run paid political ads from all points of view. The rates are the same for all candidates and parties. We don't refuse certain ads because someone at Xpress disagrees with the message. We may at some point have to draw a line at ads that flagrantly violate some code of ethics, but we haven't yet reached that point. But remember there's a key difference between news content (where we do check facts) and ads (which are the for the most part the advertisers' responsibility).
Asheville and WNC are vibrant, and full of diversity. What Xpress tries to do is protect that diversity and the region's grass-roots activism. A key way we do that is to encourage thoughtful dialogue among the various and often contentious points of view.
I hope this helps restore your faith in Xpress.
I read her crazy letter and decided she is THE drama queen of the year … lady get some help!
I have been covered by the Xpress back when I ran for office, have dealt with them in the course of my business, and helped them distribute their publication from time to time and I feel that this readers assessment of the Xpress based on an ad is not only ridiculous but insulting. Look the Xpress is definitely not a conservative publication and it leans liberal on most things, that said, I am a conservative and they have ALWAYS been fair to me dispite their not agreeing with my views on many things which makes them a rare publication for their attempts to try and represent the readership. Just because a publication may be progressive or liberal doesn't mean they have to ignore or refuse the ad money for a paying customer they don't agree with, it makes them a publication worthy of respect. The Xpress regularly prints editorials from people on both sides of the spectrum which makes them far better stewards of our news than some others out there. It should speak volumes that this letter was printed in their own paper. For this and many reasons I stand behind the Xpress accepting ad money for a movie advertisement so that they can afford to continue to serve our community. Keep it up, and you have countless fans Xpress!


When Matse Uwatse-Nnoli was sick and pregnant, she was fired from her job as a radio presenter. After battling depression, she decided to pick herself up and turn her passion for cooking into a legitimate career path.
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Short history of the Croatian Nobility Association
The Croatian Nobility Association (HPZ) was founded in November 1995 by a group of 13 descendants of the noble families from southern (Dubrovnik, Split) and northern Croatia (Lika, Zagreb County), as well as from other historical parts of Croatia
The Association was founded as a national association of the Croatian nobility.
The aim of the Association is to gather all what has remained of the Croatian nobility, having preserved their respect for tradition and love for their country.
The headquarters of the Association is in Zagreb, and it has branches in Split, Zadar, Osijek, Opatija and of course in Zagreb.
Organs of the Association are:
Great Nobiliary Council (all members)
Nobiliary Board (seventeen elected members)
Supervisory Board (three elected members)
Senate (special elected members)
Court of Honor (three elected members)
Up till now we have had 18 sessions of the Great Nobiliary Council:
16thOctober 1995 in Zagreb at the Club of university teachers
4thMay 1996 at Nin, at the Town hall
24thMay 1997 in Zagreb
24thOctober 1998 at Knin, at the Town army hall
15thApril 2000 in Zagreb, at the Archaeological Museum
27thOctober 2001 at Samobor, at Town museum
17thMay 2003 in Zagreb, at the Croatian history museum
9thApril 2005 in Zagreb, , at the Croatian history museum
4thMarch 2006 in Zagreb, at the Croatian history institute
21stApril 2007 in Split, at Old town hall
12thApril 2008 in Zagreb at the Croatian history museum
25thApril 2009 in Zadar, at the Town hall
27thNovember 2010 in Zagreb at the Palace hotel
5thNovember 2011 in Zagreb at the Croatian history institute
11thMay 2013 in the castle Ozalj
25thOctober 2014 in Zagreb
24thApril 2015 in Križevci, at Town hall
17thOctober 2015 in Zagreb, at Old town hall
26th November 2016 in Zagreb, Croatian Pan-European Union
The Nobiliary Board - the executive body, has meetings from time to time; now every second Monday in the month, except during the summer.
The first president was Nikola pl. Cindro, the second Ante pl. Rendić-Miočević, the third Ivo pl. Durbešić, the forth Marko pl. Mladineo and now the incumbent is Branko pl. Cindro
We have now about 250 members from 76 families.
The members of branches have their meetings from time to time with some lectures, excursions, concerts etc.
We have our web site plemstvo.hr in Croatian as well in English language.
Every year we publish our journal Glasnik with summary in English, up till now 12 issues.
Among other jobs, we are dealing now with two quite difficult tasks:
To organize permanent lectures under the title "The role of Croatian Nobility in Maintaining the Continuity of the National Idea and Statehood",
To prepare the Golden Book of the Noble Families of the HPZ. (We have already published 7 volumes of Contributions to the Golden Book.


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It's with a more than a second-rate weather that we launch our season this year.
A few telemarker friends join us for the occasion and share two days of telemarkskiing that coincide with Laurent's return on the skis after his injury.
Next step: Zermatt 5 and 6 December.
6:00 AM, departure from Lausanne to Saas Fee! Time for the beginning of the season. Unclean weather, but we are confident, an improvement is planned for the next day.
Wind, snow and fog, our first day is complicated but it doesn't disturb us to have fun. We must find the old reflexes… A memory card complicates the task, fortunately quickly resolved. At the end of the day, after a good hot shower, we restore and hydrate ourselves with few beers.
The next day, it's no longer the fog that is against us but strong gusts of wind that threaten the opening of the facilities. Fortunately, around 10:30 AM we can join the peaks. Turns are made all along the downhill with good sensations. Then we must envisage to go back home after a weekend of fun.


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Singh's interests in history, music and early feminism are layered in between more conventional SF tropes. Photo: iStock
Telling it with a slant
5 min read . Updated: 10 Feb 2019, 11:04 AM IST Shrabonti Bagchi
Vandana Singh's brown, feminist sci-fi world bristles with the big questions of the past, present and future
In many of the stories, Singh's interests in history, music and early feminism are layered in between more conventional SF tropes
In her tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, soon after Le Guin's death in 2018, Vandana Singh wrote on her blog Antariksh Yatra: "That representation matters can hardly be overstated.... Le Guin went beyond tokenism to present genuinely different perspectives arising from different cultural moorings…. Eventually she was instrumental in bringing down the walls around the almost exclusively male, boys-with-toys shoot-em-up club that was golden age science fiction."
It is telling that in most lists of authors belonging to this "golden age science fiction", who shaped an almost universally accepted idea of what constitutes sci-fi for decades (in good ways and bad),you would be looking for women writers in vain. It was not until Le Guin and Margaret Atwood—who examined ideas alien to early sci-fi, from gender and race to climate change, with hardly a spaceship in sight—that women sci-fi writers started showing up on such lists, along with nominations for Hugo and Nebula awards.
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Singh's new collection of short fiction, Ambiguity Machines And Other Stories, is unambiguously part of this legacy. Recently shortlisted for the Philip K Dick Award, the book is possibly the first by a South Asian author to be nominated since the award's inception in 1983. "It is somewhat unbelievable (and I doubt it will win) but perhaps a sign that the American SF (science-fiction) world is recognizing the value of non-Western voices in SF," says Singh, a professor of physics and earth science at Framingham State University in Massachusetts, US, over email.
In many of the stories, Singh's interests in history, music and early feminism are layered in between more conventional SF tropes, including spaceships and time travel, though these artefacts and classic tropes often appear obliquely.
With Fate Conspire, the first story, illustrates this best—it positively bristles with dead poets and voices from the past as a group of scientists tries to find a loop in the slipstream of time that will save the world from its deluged state. They look for answers with the help of an illiterate woman, who is among a rare group of people that can use a "machine" the scientists have created to spy on the past. Along the way, the woman becomes obsessed with a housewife from 19th century Bengal. She later finds out that this woman is Rassundari Debi, whose autobiography, Amar Jiban, is one of the first Bengali books written by a woman. Incidentally, around the same time, another Bengali woman, Begum Rokeya Hossain, was writing Sultana's Dream, a feminist SF fiction novel that imagined a utopian reality where women ruled the world with the help of new technology.
"I am a physicist, an earthling, an Indian and a woman (in no particular order), so I am fascinated by the non-human (perspective), whether it is an elephant or a proton or an alien from another world—and I am interested in the experience of alienation among humans, and in general the experience of being othered," says Singh. Growing up in Delhi as a shy child, with limited interaction outside of family, Singh learnt to see the world from the perspective of the street dogs and birds she "hung out with". "What most people ignore—the non-human context of our lives—was actually home to me from early childhood," she says.
One of the ideas that comes up often in her work is the limited ordinary human perception of the universe, more vast and complex than we can even imagine. Does SF give us a way to imagine? While its scope to provoke shifts in perspectives is unmatched, it doesn't always do so, Singh believes. "What should have been the most imaginative and revolutionary of our literatures began and persists as a deeply conservative, white-man's-burden-in-space, techno-fetishizing narrative," she says. According to her, the golden age of SF glorified exploration and conquest, and in its portrayals of aliens, non-white humans, or women, fell back on xenophobic and gender stereotypes.
Even though some of these attitudes persist, SF today is more diverse than it has ever been, with writers belonging to a variety of ethnicities, countries and genders breaking down the old mythos and building "something new and strange in its place". "The best science fiction today examines all our contemporary issues, from climate change to colonialism to the impact of new technologies—in all their irreducible complexity," says Singh.
Her work, like almost all provocative SF, dwells again and again on the "what if" question—what if there were a universe just like ours, "but with your personal parameters adjusted ever so slightly"? What if we could see, but not interact with, the past? What if we could build a machine that would be able to blur boundaries of time, space and identity? "There is no more revolutionary a question than asking 'what if we extrapolate this aspect of the real world and see what happens?'" says Singh, naming Le Guin's The Left Hand Of Darkness and The Dispossessed, Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140, and Nnedi Okarafor's Who Fears Death as some of the books that have come out of SF's "what-ifs".
Ambiguity Machines And Other Stories: By Vandana Singh, Zubaan Books, 328 pages, ₹495.
One of the more delicate balancing acts SF writers have to perform is between retaining an awe for science and its inherent inventiveness while using it as a springboard for more abstract ideas. Singh excels at this. "The balance between the supporting elements of a story and the story itself is something that comes from experience. The story dictates whether the detail of the lichen on the rock, or how the new propulsion drive works, is really necessary to include. That said, science fiction does allow us some leeway for the infodump, although there are elegant and inelegant ways to do it!" she says.
Her own experience as a scientist informs and sparks her work. As a former particle physicist now working on a trans-disciplinary understanding of climate change, Singh visited Alaska as part of a project on sea ice melt in the Arctic a few years ago. She calls the visit "paradigm-shifting", and says she knew it would lead to a story. Sure enough, the last story in this collection, Requiem, is set in Alaska in a near-future scenario, in which an Indian-origin woman travels to the icy north on the trail of a beloved aunt, who was involved in Arctic research. "Emily Dickinson asked us to 'tell all the truth but tell it slant', which seems to me to be as good a definition of speculative fiction as any," says Singh.


This year, the innovative concept of Gábor Soós, software developer at Sigma Technology Hungary, has been chosen as one of the top 3 submissions from over 330 ideas.
Gábor graduated as an electrical engineer and has an extensive knowledge of both hardware and software. He has designed electrical systems, written software, and been employed by a startup company. This kind of professional experience helped him consider his tasks from a fresh, new perspective.
Each year, those with a more innovative mind can try their hands at numerous innovation challenges. Gábor goes to innovational boards regularly, and this is where he first presented his concept.
The big idea was the result of a long thinking process, not just a sudden brain-storm. Gábor (and maybe all of us) had been wondering for a long time why we had to bother with long and complex login passwords. If computers were programmed a bit differently, they could be used in a more user-friendly way. Login methods could be more secure, elegant, and even fun.
Gábor never thought that his concept would be chosen as one of the top 3 submissions in the challenge. The main idea seemed to be so simple that at first he didn't understand why nobody had thought of it before. Now, the prototype of the software has been completed and is working very well.
Gábor is currently working on an offline demo and will present his idea to the judges in the final in New York City, 28 October.
Congrats, Gábor! And fingers crossed!


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Apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) is a potentially fatal genetic disorder and autosomal recessive cause of hypokalaemia, prenatal and postnatal growth failure, undetectable levels of aldosterone and renin and hypertension, which responds to treatments using glucocorticoid. Apparent mineralocorticoid excess is an extremely rare disorder, accounting to only 60 patients recorded for the past 20 years. Apparent mineralocorticoid excess is a result of mutations of the HSD11B2 gene, which is responsible for encoding the kidney isozyme "11B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase". This isozyme inactivates the circulating cortisol to the less-active metabolite cortisone, which leads to an elevated amount of cortisol in the kidney. Note that high concentrations of cortisol could activate the "mineralocorticoid receptor", which leads to an aldosterone-like effect in the patient's kidneys. This occurrence causes hypernatremia, hypokalemia and hypertension. Apparent mineralocorticoid excess can also be caused by licorice ingestion, which blocks 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and increase cortisol activity. Early and aggressive treatment of Apparent mineralocorticoid excess can prevent and improve the mortality and morbidity of end-organ damage rates. Diagnosis is made by DNA and hormonal analysis.
Treatment for Apparent mineralocorticoid excess is primarily focused in correcting hypertension and hypokalemia. Doctors recommend the MR receptor antagonist spironolactone as medication to protect receptors against excessive mineralocorticoid. Reduction in supplemental potassium and dietary sodium is usually instructed. AME patients with "nephrocalcinosis" may require thiazide diuretic. Anti-hypertensive drugs, such as amiloride and thiazides may be helpful as the disease progresses.
Apparent mineralocorticoid excess can be seen after birth with low birth weight and postnatal failure to thrive. Most patients of AME experience hypertension, polydipsia and persistent polyuria. AME is characterized by hyporeninemia, hypokalemic alkalosis and undetectable serum concentrations of "aldosterone". Majority of Apparent mineralocorticoid excess patients develop hypertension even at a young age. End-organ damages can also occur in the heart, retina, kidney or central nervous system.


Search Engine optimization or in short SEO is one of the most important and highly valued term. Annually people spend 2.5 billion dollars on Search Engine Optimization. So many black hat techniques were followed by people in order to get indexed in search results better than other websites, but such techniques in long run will get your website into trouble and will finally be black listed by any search engine out there. We have N number of factors that influence Search Engine Optimization, but before we jump into those let's start with basics of SEO.
It's a complex algorithm which increases the number of visits to a particular website affecting the overall visibility of a website in search engine results.
For most of the newbies out there Search Engine Optimization is one of the biggest mystery that has got lot of history. For all these years, it has been evolving and changing in order to provide the best search engine results to the end user's.
If you are a complete newbie or an experienced person sometimes we do get confused with some of the terminologies which we use in SEO, this guide can help you understand the important terms we usually come across.
200 Status Code This is the most common HTTP status message. It indicates that the request was successful and the server was able to deliver on the request.
301 Redirection The requested URL is permanently moved or redirected to a new URL.
302 Redirection The requested URL is temporarily moved or redirected to a new URL.
404 The most common and most easily recognized error message. It states that the requested URL does not exist anymore on the server.
ALT Text/Tag or Attribute Alternative Text is a crafty and important attribute by which Search Engines render your images, this text serves relevant information about what exactly the Image is about.
Anchor Text Anchor text is the clickable text which is highlighted in dark blue color or in the color specified by the website owner. Make sure your Anchor texts are relevant to the page you are linking to, rather than using generic text.
Backlink Backlink is one of the most commonly heard and Important Search Engine Optimization factor. In simple words, backlink is nothing but an Incoming link from a website or web page.
Blackhat SEO It's the process of using different techniques which increase the visibility and page rank of any website. Such techniques are against to SEO guide lines and will get you into trouble in long run.
It's the basic URL format that you want your visitors to see. For example, google treats http version of web pages different when compared to https version. If you are using https version make sure you redirect all other formats to the default selection, if not it will be treated as duplicate content.
This is a type of backlink which is created for SEO purposes. When a backlink has a dofollow tag in it then they are just not only linking back to your website but also passing the link juice.
Pagerank is a complex algorithm used by google to rank websites on a scale of 0-10.
Backlink or Inbound link are one and the same.
Linking or redirecting user to a URL with in the same domain is known as internal Linking.
Keywords are set of words which are used in an article or blog.
It's the process of getting backlinks or inbound links to a page on your website.
Any keyword which has more than two or more words in it than it called Long tail keyword. Basically, these are the words which are low in competition but high in terms of monthly searches. Using these keywords can help you drive lots and lots of Organic traffic to your website.
Metadata is data about data. In other terms, metadata contains the information about Purpose of the data, Time and date of creation, Author of the data and many more.
It's the process of letting know the search engines what exactly the web page is all about.
MozRank is one of the important metric which calculates the importance of any given web page. The higher the quality of the incoming links, the higher the MozRank.
When a backlink has a Nofollow tag in it then they are just linking back to your website but not passing any link juice.
Techniques that can be implemented within the website so that it is optimized for search engines to rank better.
Organic links are types of backlinks that are natural and has nothing to do with Paid linking or Link exchange or automated systems.
Full form of SERP is Search Engine Results Page, the webpage results returned by a search engine in response to a keyword query is known as SERP.
Its process of letting know the search engines about the list of webpages that are available for crawling.
It's the process of using different techniques which increase the visibility and page rank of any website. Such techniques are in line with terms and conditions of a search engine.
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Start off your visit on the 11th (Sat): take in the architecture and atmosphere at San Thome Church, take in nature's colorful creations at The Theosophical Society, and then take in the spiritual surroundings of Kapaleeshwarar Temple.
To find maps, traveler tips, other places to visit, and tourist information, use the Chennai route planner.
Coimbatore to Chennai is an approximately 3-hour flight. You can also drive; or take a train. Plan for a bit warmer nights when traveling from Coimbatore in May since evenings lows in Chennai dip to 32°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 11th (Sat) early enough to travel to New Delhi.
On the 12th (Sun), take in panoramic vistas at Qutub Minar, admire the natural beauty at Humayun's Tomb, then contemplate the long history of India Gate, and finally see the interesting displays at National Museum.
To find reviews, photos, maps, and other tourist information, use the New Delhi trip builder .
Traveling by flight from Chennai to New Delhi takes 5 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of train and flight; or drive. In May, daily temperatures in New Delhi can reach 47°C, while at night they dip to 30°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 12th (Sun) early enough to travel back home.


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The following letter was found in some old things that used to belong to my Great Grandma. It was addressed to Aunt Anderton or Sarah Ellen Anderton (nee Spencer) who lived in Courtenay, Canterbury, New Zealand. It was sent by a nephew that she never met as he was born after she left for New Zealand on the ship Metropolis. Sarah had sent news to England of the death of her husband Tom Anderton who passed away on 08-09-1896. She sent funeral cards to be passed out to family and friends and also some photos of Thomas Anderton (Tom). Our family doesn't have a confirmed photo of Thomas although he is probably somewhere in our photo collection. The letter also shows how unreliable the mail was in those days, getting lost at sea on the 3 months journey from England to New Zealand and vice versa.
If you are related to this family, the Andertons or the Parkers, please let me know as I would love to hear more about them.
We received your letter dated July 15th and were much shocked to learn of Uncle Tom's death. I am very sorry I have neglected answering your letter until now, but being situated in Leeds mother has had to go over to Halifax to seek up your old firneds and relations, consequently I have delayed writing until she has sought them up.
And now perhaps I had better make myself known to you, seeing that I had not come into existance when you left this country. It is rather amusing to have to give particulars of ones existance but I need only state that my name is Albert Edward Parker, only son of Mary Ann Parker (formerly Anderton) and was born in 1871.
You will be astonished to learn from the enclosed card that father is dead. He was only ill a very short time, in fact he was only about a week down.
I can assure you we were all astounded when the specialist we called in told us he could not possibly live as he was suffering from cancer on the stomach and in such a critical place that an operation was quite out of the question. So we were obliged to resign ourselves for the worst, but it certainly seemed very hard espeically for mother. However father's loss brought about an entire change. I had to take a house in Leeds in which city I was working and mother had to leave the old corner at Hanson lane and come live with me. I am glad to say we are both very comfortable and keep fairly well. Of course . . .
. . . I have not a big salary as yet, but I manage to pay the rent and allow mother a small amount for housekeeping purposes. You will understand her feelings, not having father's money coming in week by week. But we need not complain, ours is not a very bad case compared with some.
You speak of the long silence which you have just broken between us, but which I have twice tried to break and have written to you on two occasions by father's request. Did you receive the letters and neglect to reply or have they mis-carried.
We thought it very strange never to hear from you in reply in fact father concluded that you were both dead. However be good enough to answer this letter and please don't keep us long in suspense.
Mother's sister Aunt Martha and Aunt Jane are both living. Aunt M still in Taylor ? Crossley Terrace. Aunt Jane after losing her husband went to Blackpool, where she is keeping a boarding house along with her daughter Sara Anne.
My sisters you will know, Sarah Jane, Annie and Lavinia, but I was a later edition. Sarah Jane is married and living at Ovenden just outside Hx. Her husband is a . . .
... chemist and they have a family of five. Anne is in America and Lavinia at her husband's native place in Somesetshire. We shall be pleased to receive the photos you mention and mother will dispose of the funeral cards as she comes across your old friends, but many of them seem to have departed this life.
We have often expected to hear from Hannah and Charley. Give our love to them. Among your particular friends who have passed away are Wm Eastburn, Wm Sladdin, Ben and Liza Schofield and Hannah Greenwood.
Mary Coton lives at Bradford and mother will contrive to go see her. She will be shocked at the news and will be glad to have a photo. She is married and has a large family to follow but they are her husbands' children by his first wife. The name is Mitchell, not Greenwood as you might possibly imagine. Martha Coton I should have added has also passed away. And now I think you have got all the news which will interest you. So will conclude by giving you mother's age (67). Give our love to all and accept our deepest sympathy yourself.
We were please to note that Uncle Tom left all to you and trust you will thereby be comfortably provided for.


Anthony Dexter and Eva Gabor in CAPTAIN KIDD & THE SLAVE GIRL.
Though often promised but rarely lived up to, movies always promised a "cast of thousands" but usually had a cast hundreds.
From LAND OF THE PHARAOHS. The crowd scenes were huge in this film.
price for QUO VADIS because of the poor post-war economy.
Stephen Boyd and Christopher Plummer battle it out in THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Great scene in a flawed film.
photo on the lobby card looks totally different than how it was in the actual film.
Having our heros in some exotic settings is always fun but not very logical. How does Hercules communicate with an Inca? How did Samson converse with Chinese monks?
Scilla Gabel and José Greci in COLOSSUS OF THE ARENA, the BRAWNIEST PEPLUM ever made!
it in GLADIATOR but not exactly the same. The Velarium is almost mythical.
I've just added a rundown in the PEPLUM Introduction. Check it out.
Gordon Mitchell inspects the body of Spartacus in THE REVENGE OF SPARTACUS.
good but a tad overlong.
Poster for HERCULES AND THE TREASURE OF THE INCAS (SAMSON in the original Italian version). It's a PEPLUM/WESTERN. It can't be described as a Spaghetti Western. The prop Alan is holding is a prop which appeared in many other films. Seeing Alan Steel in jeans is amazing/startling/odd after wearing a wrap or tunic in so many musclemen epics.
Brad Harris in 79 AD; Brad Harris in a recent photo.
get off. Looks more like Lord of the Rings than Greek mythology.
Sophia Loren and Sophia Loren in TWO NIGHTS WITH CLEOPATRA.
Both actors appear in a couple of films together and it's sometimes difficult to tell them apart.
for the women are totally anachronistic.
Hélène Chanel has plans for Kirk Morris in MACISTE IN THE VALLEY OF THUNDERING ECHO.
Did you know that Artemis rode a chariot pulled by wild deers?
According to the cheeky youtube clip Santa Claus stole the idea from Artemis.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc!
so wrong, it's mind boggling.
German DVD cover for SAMSON starring...Gordon Scott?
That's an image of Gordon Scott when it should be Brad Harris.
French poster for MACISTE IN THE VALLEY OF KINGS.
All the PEPLUM ingredients are there.
Gordon Scott in HERO OF ROME, one of his better (and I quote) "6 films I shot back to back."
Chelo Alonso, born Isabella Garcia, as seen in MACISTE IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS. Photos of what Chelo did before she became a PEPLUM star.


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Parent Category: Science 9
The Density of Matter
Density by definition is the mass of a substance (how much matter it has) divided by its volume (how much space it occupies).
where D = density (kg/m3)
m = mass (kg)
V = volume (m3)
Density is a very important quantitative property of matter -- it helps identify a substances every substance has a specific density. The density of a substance indicates how the particles of a substance are packed together win the substance.
The tighter the particles are packed, the higher the density of the substance.
The preferred SI (metric) unit for density is kg/m3
other units are also used: g/L, g/dm3, g/cm3, g/mL
note that: 1 kg/m3 = 1 g/L = 1 g/dm3
1 g/cm3 = 1 g/mL = 1000 kg/m3
B. Density Calculations:
1. EQUIVALENT UNITS OF DENSITY
Conversions:
1000 kg/m3 = _________g/cm3
5.0 g/mL = __________kg/m3
25.67 g/cm3 = ________g/L
INVESTIGATION:
Freddy wants to buy his sweetheart a gold friendship ring. An acquaintance sells him a ring but the young is not sure if the ring is real gold or a fake. Freddy remembers what he had learned in Mr. Lista's Science class, he goes in his science lab, puts the ring on a balance and finds out that the its mass is 29.8 g. He then borrows a graduated cylinder from Mr. Lista and fills it up to the 20 mL mark with water. He then throws the ring in the graduated cylinder containing the water and notices that the level of the water now rises up to the 22.64 mL mark.
NOTE: Freddy used a method known as Measuring the Volume of an Object by the Displacement of Water
The Bottom Line: Will Freddy's sweetheart be happy? (i.e. is the ring pure gold?)
Let's help Freddy get to te bottom of this.
Note how the level of water rises once the ring is placed in the cylinder
Now let's Calculate the Density of the ring ...
Freddy checks the Density Table at the back of his Science textbook and sees that the density he calculated is actually that of the metal lead (11300 kg/m3). Therefore he concludes that the ring is not gold.
Poor Freddy!!
What is the actual density of Gold?
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i appreciate the response and i will probably be taking the sprinkler valves out eventually although i believe i have more of a wiring issue at this point because my ballast switches are affecting my power to my other gauges including but not limited to the perfect pass, speedo, rpms... ONE switch in general will briefly turn power off to other component which leads me to believe its something to do with the wiring harness. I could be wrong, i will continue to research and pick away at this but any guidance is greatly appreciated Hein i like the work you have done to your boat it looks like you really have that wake dialed in! im going from a 2000 21ft centurion elite v. Big step up for me!
just picked up a 2007 enzo, excited for next season! Currently it has some wiring gremlins with the ballast and blower electrical. Located in Quincy, wa. Most of my boating is done on the columbia.
Eastern. Quincy. willing to travel.
Hey everyone, FIRST POST so take it easy on me....I Recently purchased an 07 enzo sv230 and it has issues with the ballast system working intermittently. I was told its a common issue and there is some sort of valving system off the two pumps to give you the option of filling the four ballast tanks individually. Also the blower is working intermittently, although the switch and blower have been replaced. The mechanic who sold me the boat under consignment said the previous owner would not give him enough time to dig deep enough to find the underlying issuse ALTHOUGH he said it looked like the wiring had been messed with by the previous owner. I did notice that when i turn on the second ballast fill switch up from the bottom that all of my gauges turn off then back on, this clearly is not right and i need someone to diagnose exactly where the source of the problem is.


"I am absolutely thrilled by the response to the Paraplanning Standard. While this is the Standard, for paraplanners it is important that we have input from different areas of financial planning, so that the Standard is meeting the needs of paraplanners and the industry as a whole.
"We have had a range of people step up to the plate, paraplanners, operations and practice managers, managing directors, financial planners, compliance managers and consultants.
"The project plan has been formulated and the first meetings will take place in January. To ensure we get off to a good start, the meetings will be held remotely, with face-to-face meetings if diaries allow.
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A man was shot early Saturday in the South Shore neighborhood.
About 1:32 a.m., a 29-year-old man was walking down the street in the 2900 block of East 79th Street when a vehicle drove up and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.
The man was shot in the side and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition, police said
Is it Feb. 10 yet? That's when the Illini and Boilermakers meet again.
"The eruption was so powerful that the waves actually propagated all the way around the globe and then back again," meteorologist Gino Izzi said.
There's a lot of work to do as the Bears prepare for free agency and the draft. The sooner they line up a general manager and coach, the better.
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Tamiko L. Talbert, 49, died Sunday afternoon at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.


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Convenient access to urban green space could improve resistance to diabetes, heart or respiratory diseases. Canadian researchers recently completed what's believed to be the first large-scale study of links between residential proximity to greenery and mortality rates from those chronic illnesses, and concluded there's evidence that municipal policy makers and land-use planners may want to consider.
Peer reviewers commend the work, led by Dr. Dan Crouse, an epidemiologist with the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training, for its expansive sample size of more than 1.26 million respondents to the 2001 Canadian census and follow up of 11 subsequent years of data. This measured exposure to greenery — derived from the study subjects' postal codes and satellite images supplying what's known as the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) — then linked it to Statistics Canada's mortality database and factored in several socio-economic and ambient air quality variables.
"By linking the NDVI, which can be standardized across the world, to mortality data in a well-designed statistical study, Crouse and colleagues have contributed to further advancing the field, as it will now be possible to replicate their study in various geographical regions with different socioeconomic and cultural conditions," Dr. Matilda van den Bosch of University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health, observed in an accompanying Lancet commentary.
The Canadian research team derived average 10-year values for the impact of green space within 500 metres and 250 metres of each study subject's residence. Risks of mortality were found to be lower in all cases for residents living within 500 metres of green space, with best result exhibited in fewer deaths from non-malignant respiratory disease and the most minimal benefit seen in deaths from cerebrovascular disease.
Various cohorts within the overall sample, which was drawn from 30 Canadian cities, also appear to enjoy greater protective benefits. Notably, men aged 35 to 74 with higher incomes who were married or in common law relationships had the most markedly better health outcomes compared to similar subjects who lived at a greater distance from green space.
"Middle age might be an etiologically important window during which living close to greenness might yield the largest benefits to health," the researchers hypothesize.
Income-related results also proved intriguing since other studies of the links between access to green space and emotional and physiological well-being have found lower-income groups generally record the most distinctive health gains. In those cases, restorative natural environments are deemed to have incrementally less influence on stress and other physical conditions for research subjects who typically begin with a better base level of health.
In this case, Canadian researchers postulate subjects with higher incomes may have more leisure time to enjoy the outdoors and/or superior choices. "The quality of the green space around the homes of more affluent populations might be different from those around people in more deprived populations, which is a factor that we were unable to assess or describe with our existing datasets," they acknowledge.
Subjects who lived within 500 or 250 metres of green space were benchmarked only within their own urban communities to ensure that other potential variables — climate, access to health care, etc. — matched closely. van den Bosch calls the research findings particularly telling when accounting for air pollutants.
"Crouse and colleagues were able to adjust for several environmental covariates, including PM2.5 (fine particulate matter), ozone and nitrogen dioxide, but noted these only had a small confounding effect on the green space hazard risks. Thus, in this case, it seems as if greenness has a protective effect that is independent of air quality," she notes.
However, researchers do underline a few intangibles. The NDVI describes the presence and amount of vegetation at a given location, but not whether it is publicly accessible and/or easily navigable. Nor does the research focus, which is solely on place of residence, contemplate subjects' possible exposure to greenery in their daily travels and workplace or school settings.
Self-selection among the research subjects could also colour results if, for example, it can be shown that people who have healthy lifestyles are more predisposed to choose homes with convenient access to green space. Both the research team and peer reviewers concur that further exploration is warranted.
"Future studies should build on the approaches of Crouse and colleagues to assess the potential of urban green spaces as inherently health-promoting assets in cities," van den Bosch maintains.