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10 years of the Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta
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THE PUIG VELA CLÀSSICA BARCELONA REGATTA OPENS AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE CITY THE EXHIBITION "WITH THE POWER OF THE WIND"
The photographic exhibition, free of charge and open to the public until July 16, commemorates the 10th anniversary of this sporting event
The 10th edition of Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta will take place from the 12th to the 15th of July
The Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta has opened this morning at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona the photographic exhibition "With the power of the wind", a photographic exhibition celebrating the ten years of this sporting event. This unique show offers the essence of the world class sailing to the capital of Barcelona through the best photographs of the boats that have participated in the competition since its inception in 2008.
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The inauguration event of the exhibition was attended by Roger Marcet, director of the Maritime Museum of Barcelona; Félix Escalas, president of the Real Club Náutico of Barcelona (RCNB); Damián Ribas, vice-chancellor of the RCNB; Gabriel Arranz, director of Sporting Events of the Barcelona Sports Institute of the Barcelona City Council; Toni Reig, director of the Sports Catalan Council of the Catalan Government; and Jordi Puig, vice-president of RCNB. All of them have thanked both the Maritime Museum of Barcelona and the Real Club Náutico of Barcelona and the Puig family, their involvement to carry out this unique exhibition, which also serves as an anteroom for the 10th edition of the Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta, that will take place between the 12th and the 15th of July.
Likewise, Jordi Puig has emphasized that "both this photographic exhibition and the imminent celebration of the 10th edition of the Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta reaffirm the Puig family's commitment to Barcelona and to sailing".
The exhibition, which can be visited for free until the 16th of July, shows 30 large-format images taken by Nico Martínez, a photographer with international prestige who, from the beginning of the event, has been able to capture with his objective the best moments of the competition as well as boats that exceed one hundred years of history.
Also noteworthy are the images of Alfred Farré and Luis Fernández, winner and finalist of the international contest Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image in 2014 and in 2016, respectively. Awards recognized as the Oscars of nautical photography.
Big Boats as the fascinating Moonbeam IV, in which they Rainiero of Monaco and Grace Kelly spent their honeymoon; Historic vessels such as the Manitou, converted by the US president John F. Kennedy into his presidential boat; The Mariette, requisitioned during World War II for the surveillance of the west coast of the USA; Or classics of incomparable beauty such as the Alba, the Yanira, the Gipsy or the Malabar, are some of the boats that can be seen among the exposed images.
Throughout its history, Puig has had a natural link with nautical sports in general and with sailing in particular. Shared by the whole family, the passion for this sports practice implies many of the values with which the company feels identified.
In 2008, Puig started a new challenge in the hands of the Real Club Náutico of Barcelona, by organizing the Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta. An international event, specifically designed for classic and vintage boats, born of the desire offer the city the possibility to recover the spirit and tradition of classic sailing.
From its beginnings, the great acceptance among the professionals of the most classic art of navigation surpassed all the expectations. The regatta was consolidated in its second year and welcomed about 600 sailors from eleven countries sailing on half a hundred boats, doubling such way the participation of the previous year and thus securing the regatta both nationally and internationally.
In 2014, on the occasion of the100th anniversary of Puig, the company wanted to go one step further in its commitment to the world of sailing, adding to the Puig seventh edition, the World Championship of the 12m Class, the 12mR Class World Championship. A fleet with more than 100 years of history, which was the great protagonist of one of the most splendorous times of the America Cup. After this special edition, the regatta returned to its essence, confirming itself as the regatta of Vintage and Classic boats, with the greatest participation compared to other regattas disputed in Spanish waters, within the categories of Classic Boats, Cangreja Époque, Marconi Époque and Big Boats.
Today, the Puig Vela Clàssica Barcelona regatta has been consolidated as one of the most prestigious regattas of classic boats in the Mediterranean, bringing together boats and professionals from all over the world.
DATA FROM THE EXHIBITION
– NAME: WITH THE POWER OF THE WIND
– IMAGES: 30
– DURATION: FROM THE 4th TO 16th OF JULY 2017
– PLACE: MARITIME MUSEUM OF BARCELONA. AV. DE LES DRASSANES S/N.
– FREE ACCESS
– SCHEDULE: FROM 10:00 a.m. TO 8:00 p.m.
– PHOTOGRAPHERS: NICO MARTÍNEZ; ALFRED FARRÉ; LUIS FERNÁNDEZ
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More Than 40 Classic Boats Will Sail Off The Coast Of Barcelona During This Major Nautical Event
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'That's why I still want to play Test cricket'' says James Anderson
By Khanyiso Tshwaku - 06 January 2020
James Anderson celebrates getting the wicket of Kagiso Rabada.
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The wait between James Anderson's 27th and 28th Test five-wicket haul was only six matches.
However' England's record wicket-taker has missed a fair bit of Test cricket because of a calf strain.
The wait was worth it as the last time Anderson took a five-wicket haul' which was against the West Indies in Barbados in January last year' England were soundly beaten.
They're still some way away from winning this fourth day' but the demolition job Anderson performed on South Africa's tail played a big role.
That and Ben Stokes's five catches made sure England's slip cordon was close to impregnable.
The 37-year-old' who went past Sir Ian Botham's record of most five-wicket hauls by an England bowler' said he missed the heat and thrill of Test combat.
"I sat down in the dressing room at the end of the second day' feeling like this is what I missed about the game.
"A proper hard day of Test cricket and proper graft.
"There was the battle with Dean Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen when they put their partnership together.
"That's why I still want to play Test cricket.
"I still get a buzz coming off the field after that kind of day we had'" Anderson said.
"It was pretty hot and sweaty' but you know you've put a shift in. The hard work we put in puts the frustration I had over the past four months aside and makes things a bit sweeter."
There's still a Test to be won and the last time Anderson took a five/fer at this ground on the same Test match occasion back in 2010' England still had to fight tooth and nail for a famous draw with the last pair standing.
The current wicket isn't as flat as the 2010 one' but England have played the patience game better than South Africa even though the wicket flattened out.
Anderson was happy to have put his feet up for 79 overs after delivering 19 good ones but hopes the surface will deteriorate over the next two days of combat.
"We're hoping for the wicket to deteriorate as the game goes on.
"We've got some work to do on day four to build up another partnership.
"If we bat well' that first session and later' we can dictate terms later in the day.
"We have to play it by ear in terms of how the wicket is playing in terms of when and if we can make a declaration'" Anderson said.

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The crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. near Orange Street.
According to authorities, the driver of a Toyota Corolla struck another vehicle while crossing into the opposite lanes.
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South Asian music comprises a range of prominent musical genres and styles that are unique to the countries within the region. The subregion of Asia includes countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with each one possessing its own distinct musical traditions. South Asian styles of music reflect a diverse range of local customs, regional languages and historical traditions, that have shaped the musical practices which are still seen today.   Throughout history, South Asian musicians have emulated religious and spiritual beliefs into their compositions, resulting in the creation of musical styles such as Qawwali, Ghazal and  Hindustani classical music. The development of forms of mass media in the 1980's and 1990's contributed to a new type of South Asian musical culture, as the rise of cinema and television resulted in the popularity of genres such as Bollywood and Lollywood. As a result of social media and modern streaming networks, folk and ritual music styles are still widely appreciated today, with many modern artists taking inspiration from the classical traditions that defined the history of South Asian music.

Classical music

Hindustani classical music and carnatic classical music
The foundations of South Asian classical music can be traced back to forms of Vedic literature, based on ancient Sanskrit scriptures and religious texts that were vital to Hinduism in India. The scriptures were significant in the creation of two broad categories of classical music in South Asia, Hindustani classical music and Carnatic classical music. Hindustani classical music is commonly listened to in areas such as North India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and includes influences from ancient Arabic and Persian music. On the other hand, Carnatic classical music is more popular in regions such as South India and Sri Lanka, and consists of ancient religious and spiritual hymns that take close inspiration from Vedic literature. Carnatic forms of classical music are closely linked to Islamic and Persian music influences.  There are also many other types of classical music that are less focused on Sanskrit scriptures, and are prominent in areas such as Nepal, Kashmir, Afghanistan and northeastern India, for example Sufi music and Klasik.

Sufi music
Sufi poetry and literature based on Islamic principles gave rise to forms of Sufi music that are still prominent throughout Afghanistan, Pakistan and north India. Historically, some types of Sufi music were based on the practice of 'sama', which views the recitation of music as a form of spiritual ecstasy and a pathway to being closer to religion. Qawwali is one of the most prominent forms of Sufi music, and consists of rich poetry and melodious vocals that are commonly performed in languages such as Persian, Urdu and Hindi and Punjabi. In the past, Qawwalis were often performed in a shrine setting, with the singers and audiences seated in a circular or rectangular arrangement, and listeners responding to the devotional music with gifts of money or other ritual offerings. Following the 1970s and 1980s, Qawwali became well-known as a concert genre, with artists such as the Sabri Brothers and  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan gaining immense success and worldwide popularity.

Raga and the tala
South Asian classical music is generally based on two core principals: the raga and the tala. A raga refers to the melodic structure used by musicians to compose and perform a song. These melodies include certain notes, tones and rhythms that are put together by the musician to display emotions through their compositions. A tala, refers to the musical meter that is used in a song, or the beat used to measure time in music. Historically, the tala was often created through physical gestures such as hand clapping or beating the hand against a drum, or directly by using percussion instruments.

Influences

Religious

Music and faith have a strong relationship in many of the prominent religions in South Asia, including Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. In many South Asian cultures, music has been viewed as a uniting force that has helped in resolving conflicts between religious sects, and a pathway for intensifying prayer and worship. In Islam and Hinduism, religious music is not just limited to genres such as Qawwali, but also includes the generation of loud sounds to unite people in prayer, for example Hindu temple music or the Adhan (call to prayer) in Islam. Sacred music in South Asia is closely related to religious rituals, as Hindu temples and Buddhist monasteries are often used as gathering spaces to recite spiritual hymns and chants.   Apart from Qawwali, there are many other forms of devotional music that are significant in South Asia. For example, Hindus perform Bhajan as a part of their religious ceremonies, while in Sikhism, Kirtan is used as a practice for reciting religious texts.

Cultural

With different South Asian countries having their own distinct languages and societal structures, cultural traditions have become deeply intertwined with musical practices. The origin of culturally-distinct musical styles dates back to the Indus Valley Civilisation, with several bow-shaped harps and drums being found, carved within the steatite seals that were recovered from the region. Today, music has become a unique form of expression within different cultural groups and social systems in India. In rural villages in north India, songs are passed down generationally, and are often used in relation to agriculture to display gratitude for a successful harvest.   Furthermore, many culturally-specific music genres in India take inspiration from significant social events or historical figures. For example, in Karnatak music, the experiences of  M.S. Subbulakshmi which reflected the struggles faced by Indian women in public spaces resulted in her becoming a national emblem of a distinct style of traditional music culture.

Political

In many South Asian countries, music is often used as a tool to amass wide-scale support for particular political ideologies or notions, or as a form of promoting the messages of political groups and organizations. One of the first prominent forms of political music in Pakistan was Allama Iqbal's Shikwa (grand complaint), a controversial series of poems that criticized God for not fulfilling the obligation of protecting the followers of Islam. Similarly, the Vande Mataram was originally written as an Indian political protest song against their British colonizers, and was used to rally anti-English sentiments across the subcontinent. Many modern musicians still utilize music as a way to convey political messages. For example in 2016,  the Indian rock band 'Motorcyle Shayaries' used their song 'Holi Hai', as a protest song to criticize several aspects of traditional Indian culture.

Early pioneers

Classical

Jayadeva from the Odisha region, who lived around the time period of 1100 A.D., is one of the earliest pioneers of Indian classical music. He was a poet most known for writing the "Gītagovinda," and gave his poems a musical quality through the principles of raga and tala. His work was representative of Hindu devotional poems and he continues to be honored at religious festivals today.

Ramtanu Pandey, also known as Tansen, changed classical North Indian music by blending ancient Indian styles with Persian and Arabian influences. He was from the modern-day Madhya Pradesh region of India around 1500. As a musician, Tansen created new ragas such as Darbadri Todi and Mian-ki-Mallar. He may have created the new instrument known as the rabāb, but this is most likely untrue with little evidence to support this.

Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau, or Amīr Khusrau (1295-1316 A.D.), was a poet and musician born in the modern-day Uttar Pradesh region of India. He influenced Indian music by creating new ragas such as Hāfī and Iman and changed Indian classical instrument use by making changes to the vina to create the sitar. He also changed Islamic music with the new Qawwali singing style.

Modern

Ali Akbar Khan (April 14, 1922 - June 18, 2009) was born in Bangladesh and was a composer recognized for his music on the sarod. He popularized Indian classical music by bringing it to the West and was recognized for his contributions to music with a MacArthur Foundation fellowship in 1991. He also composed music for cinema, such as for Devi (1960).

Ravi Shankar (April 7, 1920 - December 7, 2012) was a musician and composer from Varanasi, India (previously known as Benares). He was known for his music on the sitar and also helped to bring Indian classical music to the West by collaborating with popular Western artists Yehudi Menuhin, George Harrison, John Coltrane, and Philip Glass. He also composed for the Apu film series (1955-1969). He was recognized with Grammy Awards for his West Meets East (1966) album and the Praemium Imperiale music award in 1997. His children are all associated with music and his daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones are also Grammy Award recipients.

Popular instruments

See also

 Asian Underground
 Music of Afghanistan
 Music of Bangladesh
 Music of Bhutan
 Music of India
 Ravanahatha
 Music of the Maldives
 Music of Nepal
 Music of Pakistan
 Music of Sri Lanka

References

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South Asian culture

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3 acute aquatic toxicity studies are available on 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-tridecafluorooctanesulphonic acid: a 96h acute toxicity study on fish (OECD 203), a 48h immobility study on water flea (OECD 202) and a growth inhibition study on a green alga (OECD 201). In all three studies (see below), no adverse effects were observed at the highest dose tested, which was always greater than 100 mg/L. Nonetheless, all these studies were performed on an aqueous solution containing 70% water and 30% active ingredient. As a result, the highest concentrations tested were below 50 mg/L when corrected for the level of active ingredient. Therefore, to support the assertion that 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-tridecafluorooctanesulphonic acid does not cause adverse effects on algae, aquatic invertebrates and fish up to concentrations of 100 mg/L, studies on the corresponding potassium salt of 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-tridecafluorooctanesulphonic acid were included. On this potassium salt, 3 acute aquatic studies were available (also on algae, aquatic invertebrates and fish) as well as an OECD 210, 90 day early life-stage study on rainbow trout.
Short-term toxicity to fish:
Oncorhynchus mykiss 96h LC50 >108 mg/L (highest concentration tested; > 32.4 mg/L corrected for 30% a.i.); OECD 203;
Oncorhynchus mykiss 96h LC50 >107 mg/L (highest concentration tested); OECD 203; Read across from similar substance;Long-term fish early-life stage toxicity:
Rainbow Trout 90 Day NOEC 2.62 mg/L (First day of hatching); OECD 210; Read across from similar substance;
Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria:
Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata 72h ErC50 >125 mg/L (> 37.5 mg/L corrected for 30% a.i.); OECD 201;
Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata 72h ErC50 >96 mg/L; OECD 201; Read across from similar substance;
Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates:
Daphnia magna 48h EC50 >112 mg/L (> 33.6 mg/L corrected for 30% a.i.); OECD 202
Daphnia magna 48h EC50 >109 mg/L; OECD 202; Read across from similar substance
Based on the short and long-term studies conducted, fish is the most sensitive species.
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Heat enough olive oil to cover the surface of a large pan and place on a medium heat.
Add the popcorn kernels and stir until they start popping, then put a lid on the pan.
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Add agave/honey until all the popcorn is thoroughly sticky (¾ cup is a guide only and you may need more or less).
Fill cupcake cases with the popcorn mix until they are full – use gloves to prevent your hands getting sticky.
Place the popcorn cups onto a tray in the freezer for a minimum of 20 minutes to set.
The Honey Popcorn Cups need to be kept cool or else the honey warms up and they start to separate.


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## 1. Hive options

**Set execution engine**
```shell
set hive.execution.engine=mr/spark/tez;
```

**Set queuename**
```shell
set mapreduce.job.queuename=default;
```

## 2. Hive optimizations
**Vectorized execution**
```shell
hive.vectorized.execution.enabled
```
[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Vectorized+Query+Execution](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Vectorized+Query+Execution)

**Map Joins**
```shell
hive.auto.convert.join;
```
[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Vectorized+Query+Execution](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Vectorized+Query+Execution)

>When hive.auto.convert.join is activated, Hive will make a MAPJOIN in case the n-1 tables of the join are smaller or equal to the value of hive.auto.convert.join.noconditionaltask.size.
But this paramter should also be lower than the heap size of the HiverServer or HiveCli (depending how you acess Hive). Thus, we need to lower the value of hive.auto.convert.join.noconditionaltask.size to avoid OOM errors.

>Note that the ORC compression is not included in the hive.auto.convert.join.noconditionaltask.size. Which means a table of 1GB in ORC is actually 10 times bigger once uncompressed and it should fit into the heap memory.

**Conclusion**: With hive.auto.convert.join.noconditionaltask.size = 256MB, we may have in memory up to 10x more, i.e 2GB (which should correspond to the heap of the Hiveserver)

## 3. Hive queries

**Deduplicate lines**
```shell
select  <needed fields>
            from
select *, row_number() over (partition by id order by tech_timestampchargement desc) as rank
from [database.table]
where rank = 1  // to keep only rhe first occurence
```

## 4. Hive procedures

**Tranfert data between clusters**
If it's an external table, you just need to execute a "show create table" from the source cluster and execute it on the new cluster. You just need to copy paste the content of the table folder from a ccuster to the other in the path specified in the create statement.

For internal tables, the process is the same but you may need to execute an "msck repar table" in order to update the tables pointers.


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In the Danube Educational Network we want to mix the role of Teenagers (13-19 years) and empower them in terms of digital content production and usage. Nowadays, teenagers leaving in digital environment and they are not simply producers of digital content not mere consumers of it. They have to become "prosumers" (producers and consumers) and it have to be in this way that we should approach them through our innovative network.
The Danube Educational Network is aiming to become an advanced educational grass root model for all in Danube Region and wider. It aspires to become a breakthrough in terms of digital content, techniques in digital literacy aspects, make spreading of knowledge and knowhow easier and available for everyone.
Danube Peace Boat online platform will be the basic tool in our project. The Platform will offer step by step all practical and production elements for a systematic educational instructions for the process of imagination, creation and all other action undertaken by youngsters during their work in production of the digital didactic products.
Danube Platform will be based on the new online tools and applications will be focal point and reference for all participants and users ready to use digital technology with goal to inform everybody about new methodology of learning, new policy and trends in education and creating of interactivity between teachers and students in digital educational partnership.
For all interested guests and visitors Platform will create special space "Exhibition Wall", with great design dedicated to young visitors, user friendly and with intuitive applications. For this part of Platform login will be not necessary.
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The purposes of the direct filtration process include: compliance with treatment technique regulatory requirements; targeting impurities; and producing safe and aesthetically pleasing drinking water.
The USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Surface Water Treatment Rule requires continuous filtration and disinfection as treatment techniques for all surface waters, including groundwater sources designated by the VDH as groundwater under the direct influence of surface water (GUDI).
When source water is generally within the turbidity range of 1 to 2 NTU, it may be a candidate for direct filtration.
Pilot tests for each season of a year are required in order to demonstrate that the filtration technique will be successful in meeting the turbidity removal requirements under varying conditions, and that the process will be able to meet minimal performance efficiency goals.
The abbreviated facilities (direct filtration facilities) are less expensive to construct and operate than conventional treatment facilities.
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2-ESWTR).
The combined filter effluent turbidity of all filters must be ≤0.3 NTU in 95% of all samples monthly, with a minimum of six samples per day.
The maximum combined effluent turbidity of any sample must be ≤1 NTU at all times.
The turbidity from individual filters must be monitored continuously using online turbidimeters.
If the online turbidimeters fail to operate correctly, grab sampling for bench turbidity analysis must be conducted every four hours until the equipment is repaired.
Repairs must be completed within five working days.
Any filter's turbidity exceeds 1.0 NTU in two consecutive measurements taken 15 minutes apart.
Any filter's turbidity exceeds 0.5 NTU in two consecutive measurements taken 15 minutes apart after the first four hours of operation.
If, following a backwash, the raw water turbidity is less than 1.0 NTU, the filter effluent turbidity must be no greater than 50% of the raw water turbidity prior to returning the filter to service from the filter-to-waste period.
Otherwise, the filter effluent turbidity must be less than 0.5 NTU prior to returning the filter to service.
The maximum turbidity requirements discussed earlier are intended to provide and demonstrate a high assurance that the drinking water delivered to the system is free of pathogenic microorganisms such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium (parasitic cysts) and enteric viruses.
No filter process can remove these contaminants with 100% assuredness.
Therefore, all filtration processes must include an additional disinfection barrier, which is typically a form of chlorination.
Cryptosporidium cannot be inactivated by chlorine.
Therefore, if the filters are in compliance with turbidity rules, the filtration process is given credit for 99% reduction of Cryptosporidium.
It is assumed that high quality source waters will be low in Cryptosporidium.
Toxic substances are contaminants for which there are Primary Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL).
Contaminants may be organic or inorganic in nature.
Toxic substances are generally not present in high quality source waters (where direct filtration would be used).
If there is a risk of organic contaminants in the supply, there may be a process that can adsorb the contaminants designed into the treatment plant.
One example of an adsorption process is the addition of powdered activated carbon (PAC) upstream of all treatment processes. The PAC is subsequently removed by filtration.
Oxidation and coagulation are required for the removal of inorganic contaminants.
Oxidation and coagulation are always part of the direct filtration process.
These processes render the contaminants into precipitated and coagulated particles that can then be removed by the filters.
Tastes and odors are most often due to metabolites of algae present in the raw water supply.
These are organic compounds and may be controlled with existing treatments such as the addition of PAC or an oxidant.
These are silts and clays that occur naturally in the watershed.
They are washed into the supply sources during precipitation.
These are extremely small (<1.0 μm) particles that cannot settle naturally because of the electrostatic repulsive forces of particle surface charges.
A large component of the colloidal mass may be due to organic materials.
These can be harbored in the suspended solids and, therefore, shielded from chemical disinfectants.
These are naturally-occurring minerals and organic matter.
Direct filtration is used for source waters with the following general water quality characteristics.
Turbidity is generally less than 2 NTU.
Higher values can be treated for short periods, but very short filter runs may result. Generally the limit for raw turbidity is less than 25 NTU.
True color is less than 20 c.u.
True color is an indicator of colloidal solids, typically consisting of naturally-occurring organic material.
These likely require a higher coagulant dose than suspended solids to coagulate.
The combination of the colloidal particles and the typically higher coagulant doses generally required to treat colloids results in a high solids loading onto the filters.
A short filter run will result.
Algal blooms are less than 2000 asu/mL.
Above this level, filter run times may be impacted negatively.
Growth of algae in natural bodies of water is most successfully controlled by adding copper sulfate.
Iron is less than 0.3 mg/L (average).
Manganese is less than 0.05 mg/L (average).
Coagulant demand is below 15 mg/L.
To verify that a source water can be treated with direct filtration, pilot testing should be performed prior to the design of the facility. This demonstrates the ability of the process to perform in accordance with all drinking water regulations.
Normally this process is included; however, for some extremely high quality waters, this stage is eliminated.
The water is coagulated and then flows directly to the filters.
This is called direct in-line filtration; flocculation occurs within the filter bed.
The floc particle size in direct filtration is smaller than the floc particle in size in conventional filtration.
These processes are not included because the solids content of the water is low.
Therefore, a reduction of solids is not necessary to provide long filter runs.
The absence of this process step represents the primary cost savings in a direct filtration facility.
A solids contact chamber in direct filtration is also called an upflow clarifier.
Since the clarification or sedimentation step is absent, the overall direct filtration process is not acknowledged to have as great a removal efficiency as conventional filtration.
The conventional process is granted 99.68% (log 2.5) efficiency; the direct filtration process is granted only 99% (log 2) removal efficiency.
The direct filtration facility must therefore provide at least a 90% (1 log) inactivation with disinfection at all times to achieve the total 3-log removal/inactivation that is required.
Direct filtration can be accomplished through different types of media.
Produce effluent with the highest quality possible.
Maximize the production of filtered water by encouraging long filter run times.
Create efficient backwash processes with low backwash water requirements.
The optimum dose for direct filtration is the lowest dose that achieves filtrate quality and production goals. The purpose of adding a coagulant aid is to increase floc strength and density.
Pilot or full scale filter runs must be performed in order to determine the best coagulant dose for optimum filter performance. That dose is dependent on solids concentrations (usually measured as turbidity), and by the concentration of soluble organics (measured by true color or total organic carbon (TOC).
Alum is the most pH-dependent coagulant.
It may require supplementation of raw water alkalinity.
Alum reacts much more slowly under cold water conditions.
This may result in a significant degradation in direct filtration performance.
The most efficient filter performance is achieved when the alum requirement is approximately 5 mg/L or less.
Dry alum must be stored in a dry place.
Ferric chloride and ferric sulfate have slower reaction times under cold water conditions, although not as slow as alum's reaction time.
Either chemical can contribute to a less than desirable filter run time.
An overdose of either coagulant may result in the passage of iron compounds into the effluent.
Polyaluminum chloride may prove to be particularly beneficial as a coagulant for direct filtration.
It has a faster reaction time under cold water conditions than the coagulants presented above.
This is particularly valuable for plants that typically have short flocculation detention times.
It contributes to longer filter run times due to a lower solids-loading contribution from the coagulant.
It requires minimal or no pre-alkalinity addition.
It frequently develops a more filterable floc than with alum or ferric salts.
Mono media filter beds not usually found in treatment plants, but the deepest beds are generally mono media beds.
They are inexpensive, but difficult.
Anthracite or GAC would be the media used in this filter bed configuration.
Deep bed filters are generally mono.
The L.A. Aqueduct Plant is a deep mono media filter bed plant.
The filters there consist of large anthracite media (ES = 1.5 mm), which are six feet in depth and have a design loading rate of 13.5 gpm/sf.
These filters typically consist of a lower layer of silica sand, 8 to 12 inches in depth, with a layer of anthracite or GAC, 18 to 30 inches in depth, that serves as the filter cap.
Mixed media filters typically consist of a bottom layer of garnet sand, 2 to 3 inches deep, with a middle layer of silica sand (6 to 9 inches), and a top layer of either anthracite or GAC, which is 18 to inches in depth.


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Q: Corona - SpriteHelper files not working on iPhone 4 and 4S I've been playing with Corona for a couple of days and everything was going well until I tried to put the game on my iPhone 4. The normal @2x images work fine by using the display.newImageRect method and by putting the following in my config.lua file:
imageSuffix = {
    ["@2x"] = 2,
        ["-hd"] = 2
}

However, SpriteHelper outputs 4 files, 2 HD files and 2 SD files. Like so:

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*player-hd.png

*player-hd.lua

*player.png

*player.lua

I'm creating the sprite etc like this:
local sprite = require( "sprite" )
local playerData = require( "animations/player" )
local playerSpriteData = playerData.getSpriteSheetData()
local playerSpriteSheet = sprite.newSpriteSheetFromData( "animations/player.png", playerSpriteData )
local playerSpriteSet = sprite.newSpriteSet(playerSpriteSheet, 1, 7)
player = sprite.newSprite(playerSpriteSet)

These files work fine in the iPhone 4 corona simulator, however once I build it and put it on my device none of SpriteHelper files are displayed. I've tried changing the -hd bit of the files to @2x put this did nothing. I've even tried putting @2x in the above code to try and make it retina only supported, but again nothing changed.
Has anyone else had this issue? Any advice would be great as I really want to play test the game on my device.
Thanks in advance.

A: Depending on your corona version, folders may not be supported on device. so try to put your player.png file directly on your project root folder. Also please, write on the dedicated sprite helper forum in order to help you faster.

A: You have to disable retina mode from the app delegate.
Remove this line:
if( ! [director_ enableRetinaDisplay:YES] )
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The internet of things depends on data. It seems like something that needn't be said any longer, but it bears repeating as it's one of the biggest barriers to IoT use cases heading to scale deployment. The things sense and act, the cloud stores and computes, and the intelligence applies insight and logic to drive action.
We've had machine-to-machine communications for a long time, and much of the prevailing mindset of IoT in the early going has been a SCADA-type mentality of command and control from the central system, with plenty of data in round-trips related to the server controlling and the client obeying. Very little of the cloud and intelligence end of IoT has been fully leveraged thus far.
It's time to revise that approach
With more computing storage and processing horsepower at the edge of the network in today's IoT devices, use cases have started to incorporate processing out there (with many paradigm names, inevitably: mist, fog, edge and more). It's becoming more common, for sure. However, while that does bring benefits to certain use cases, the central tenet of IoT remains — plenty of data making its way upstream from devices, sensors and actuators will be the foundation of reaping ongoing benefits.
After all, with the compute, storage and economics of the cloud, why wouldn't you want to get as much meaningful data as possible upon which the intelligence end of IoT can act?
One big barrier to getting more data is paying the price of carrying it
However, there's still a big barrier in the way: the cellular Opex meters running on the telecommunications core networks which, to date, still carry the vast majority of IoT data.
When the MB meter runs, the toll on data collection remains in place. But is some data in the transmission from each IoT device/sensor/actuator more meaningful than others?
Clearly, we know that IoT generates a lot of data. Just to give you a mental refresher, here's a quick back-of-the-envelope:
Data packet size: 1 Kb
Number of sensors: 1,000,000
Signal frequency: 1x/minute
Events per sensor per day: 1,440 (minutes in a day)
Total events per day: 1.44 billion (a million sensors)
Events per second: 16,667 (86,400 seconds in a day)
Total data size per day: 1.44 TB per day … for the 1 kb packet.
What that means is if you're paying $1/MB, you're handing $1,440,000 per day to the cell networks. That's a daunting number when you hit scale! And most IoT product lines are still in their early stages, so they haven't really had to pencil out the economics of their solution at scale yet.
Big for the IoT developer, tiny for the carrier
Believe it or not, that 1 million SIM deployment for $1.44 million/day is very small for the MNOs, whose users of expensive smartphones with high ARPUs remain their focus. And so they frequently look at IoT as a secondary source of traffic and revenue to their core networks.
Also, as it turns out, transmitting that data over the cellular network, due to the security requirements, necessitates surrounding the "useful" data with plenty of extraneous bits that aren't later useful for the kinds of things we'd like to do in the cloud with the data. While it's necessary for the sensors to report at the signal frequency that the use case demands, it isn't necessary to transmit all of that 1 kb of data in each packet.
Well, if the sensors were secured onto a virtual private connection, for example, where the device is unreachable from the "internet," it'd be possible to eliminate a fair portion of that 1 kb. Extraneous packet header and security information can be expunged from the transmission, as those duties can be handled by cloud-side adapters that are tasked with managing those attributes. Each bit eliminated allows each dollar spent on data capture to the IoT application's data store to be valuable for further processing in analytics, machine learning, business intelligence and other upstream applications.
Strip out the repetitive, extraneous bits — but also leverage edge compute
So building on the point that removing overhead in communication is key when collecting lots of minimized data transmissions, it's also important to consider adding to that some capability around filtering data at the edge/in the fog/in the mist before sending it out to the cloud. For some use cases it can be more important to reduce data itself at the edge, for example, a surveillance camera sending an alert when a person passes in front of it, whereas cats are recognized, filtered and subsequently ignored. Combining those two approaches — reducing events through edge processing and sending only the important data with minimal overhead — is the way to go.
In summary, let the cellular Opex meter collect its (reduced) toll on meaningful data transmits and wring the repetitive data out of the stream. Architecting with an eye on virtual privacy for the network of devices, sensors and actuators that form the foundation of IoT is crucial to achieving precisely that.


Can you believe that a week has gone past already? And does that mean it's only 11 weeks to Christmas! Oh dear, it might be time to get shopping soon.
This week, I am featuring the Berry Merry stamp set. As soon as I saw it, I loved it and it was on my wish list straight away. But I have to confess that today is the first time I've used it. But it won't be the last!!
I wanted to use the Season's Greetings stamp with the matching Boughs and Berries embossing folder. I think they look stunning together. I used the new thick Whisper White cardstock so there would be no tearing of the cardstock (that sometimes happens with the normal Whisper White when embossing). And then I inked up the sentiment in Real Red (such a Christmassy red). So it was looking pretty good, but needed a little something extra. Maybe a little bling.
Here's a close up to show you the glitter. You get the idea.
For my second card, I wanted to feature the Joy stamp. I came across an old sketch at Pagemaps, and knew it would work for my card.
I embossed the word in Gold, and added a gold metallic doily behind. You can only just see it but I think it's cute. I love the Winter Wonderland Specialty DSP but I've had trouble using it on my cards. I didn't want a pattern that would overwhelm the stamp so I went with the gold and black pine cones which also has a matching vellum in the Winter Wonderland Designer Vellum stack. I love how it turned out.
I hope you have enjoyed my cards this week. If you missed last week's post, just click here.
Don't forget, if you need to purchase any of the supplies to create your version of these cards, just click on the image of the product below and it will take you straight to my online store.
We are back with another blog hop with my amazing team, the Pennsationals!! You may have come from the lovely Emma at Vintage Graffiti or be starting the hop here with me.
This time, we are doing a colour challenge and I have to say, it was a bit of a challenge for me!! I was quite stumped for a while.
But then I found my mojo and got going!! I used the Friendly Wishes stamp set and coloured it with the Pacific Point and Blackberry Bliss markers. I then used a combination of circle punches and framelits to create the layers around the sentiment.
I used the Go Wild DSP stack (have you seen this, it's great if you love animal prints!!) to add a some detail in the background. I added a silver layer to the background and used the silver satin ribbon for the final touch.
I hope you like my card for the hop today. Please leave me a comment and let me know!!
Next on the hop is my lovely upline, Tracy.
We have just a short hop today. If you get lost on the hop, here is the list of participants.
Rebecca Scurr – it's me!!
Seeing as I have time to play in my craft room this week, I decided to try out a few challenges. You may have noticed that I like to try the Mojo Monday sketches. I thought this week's sketch was interesting and decided to give it a go.
Here is the Sketch. And here is the link to the challenge.
I've recently purchased the Pretty Petals DSP stack and it's so pretty. I decided to base my colours around this stack, so I went with a base of Mint Macaron and then a layer of Calypso Coral before the DSP. I cut out a silver glimmer paper circle using two circle framelits. Have I ever mentioned that I love bling? No? Well I love it!!! lol.
I think this hostess set, A Whole Lot of Lovely, is my favourite ever. And this Thank You stamp is just lovely. I used my Mint Macaron and Calypso Coral markers to ink it up. To create the banner, I just used the reverse side of the DSP. Don't you just love that!!
If you like it, please leave me a comment below.
CTC34 – It's my party and I'll stamp if I want too!
This week at CTC, we are casing the birthday section of the 2015-2016 catalogue. There are so many projects to choose from!!
I liked the card on page 11 featuring the new Build a Birthday stamp set. This is such a cute set!! I can see it will be popular!!
So here is the card I cased.
I decided that my circle would go on the outside layer so that I didn't have as much trouble centring it but I won't tell you how many times I had to stamp it to get it right!!
I used the colours in the washi tape for the inspiration of the rest of the card. Did you know that the catalogue tells you the matching colours!! Yes it does, on the washi tape page!!
I even did a bit of fussy cutting for the banner. I did have a couple of goes at this too!! Not my favourite thing to do but it does look nice once it's done. I used the new Banner Triple punch to cut out my banners. I love this!!
Here's a close up of the little banners in the corner.
I hope you have enjoyed my cards. To continue on the hop, you can visit my very talented friend, Jessica.
CTC20 – It's about my favourites!!
Fancy that, this week's challenge is using my two favourite products!!! Blendies and Framelits!!!
Our challenge this week is to be inspired by a project from the Sale-a-bration catalogue and use Blendabilities and Framelit dies in your project.
So I've kinda done this one before (ooops!!) so I had to try and find something new to do. I used this card from page 18 of the AU/NZ SAB catalogue as my base inspiration.
You can directly CASE (Copy and Share Everything) or use a sketch/layout, colour combo, embellishment, just to name a few examples, as a springboard for your own creations. It doesn't even have to be about scrapbooking, journaling or Project Life. For example, you can use a sketch idea for a card or 3D item.
• Create a new project for the current challenge.
• Mention CTC Challenges in your blog post and link back here so others can join in on the fun. Please ensure that you link up your blog post, not your whole blog.
• Mostly SU (Stampin' Up! ®) products (retired or current) to be used in your projects for CTC Challenges.
• Have fun and inspire others!


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Elvira Schmidt (* 10. Juli 1970 in Eisenstadt) ist eine österreichische Politikerin der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Österreichs (SPÖ). Ab 2014 war sie stellvertretende Bundesparteivorsitzende der SPÖ, seit März 2018 ist sie Abgeordnete zum Landtag von Niederösterreich.

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Ausbildung und Beruf
Elvira Schmidt besuchte nach Volks- und Hauptschule in Pottendorf das Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium (BORG) am Theresianum Eisenstadt, wo sie 1988 maturierte. Anschließend begann sie ein Studium an der Universität Wien, von 1990 bis 1993 besuchte sie die Pädagogische Akademie (PÄDAK) in Baden mit dem Lehramt für Hauptschulen in den Fächern Mathematik, Geschichte und Informatik. Danach war sie bis 2011 als Lehrerin an der Polytechnischen Schule (PTS) in Kottingbrunn. Seit 2011 ist sie Direktorin an der Neuen Mittelschule (NMS) in Hirtenberg.

Politik
Elvira Schmidt gehörte seit 1995 dem Gemeinderat in Pottendorf an, seit 1999 ist sie dort Gemeindevorstand. Seit 2003 fungiert sie als SPÖ-Bezirksfrauenvorsitzende in Baden und seit 2014 als SPÖ-Landesfrauenvorsitzende in Niederösterreich. Ab 2014 war sie außerdem stellvertretende Bundesparteivorsitzende der SPÖ.

Am 22. März 2018 wurde sie in der konstituierenden Landtagssitzung der XIX. Gesetzgebungsperiode als Abgeordnete zum Landtag von Niederösterreich angelobt, wo sie als Frauensprecherin fungiert. Sie übernahm nach der Wahl von Franz Schnabl als Landeshauptfrau-Stellvertreter dessen frei gewordenes Landtagsmandat.

Im Mai 2021 gab sie neben Eva Maria Holzleitner und Mireille Ngosso ihre Kandidatur für die Nachfolge von Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek als Bundesvorsitzende der SPÖ Frauen bekannt.

Weblinks
 Elvira Schmidt auf meineabgeordneten.at
 Elvira Schmidt SPÖ Niederösterreich

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Landtagsabgeordneter (Niederösterreich)
Politiker (Pottendorf)
Politiker (21. Jahrhundert)
Schullehrer
Schulleiter (Niederösterreich)
SPÖ-Mitglied
Österreicher
Geboren 1970
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The Stucley Baronetcy, of Affeton Castle in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 April 1859 for George Stucley, Conservative Member of Parliament for Barnstaple from 1855 to 1857. Born George Stucley Buck, he had assumed by Royal licence the surname of Stucley in lieu of his patronymic, on the death of his father, in 1858 as lineal representative of the ancient Stucley family. This family, which possessed Affeton Castle in Devon for over 600 years, originally came from the village of Stukeley in Huntingdonshire, and were sheriffs of that county during the reign of King John. The family are descended from Richard Stucley, of Trent, Somerset, and Elizabeth Fitzroger his wife. Their son, Hugh Stucley married Katherine Affeton, heiress of the Affeton estates, and was sheriff of Devon in 1448. The fifth Baronet served as a Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Devon.

Stucley baronets, of Affeton Castle (1859)
Sir George Stucley Stucley, 1st Baronet (1812–1900)
Lt.-Col. Sir William Lewis Stucley, 2nd Baronet (1836–1911)
Sir Edward Arthur George Stucley, 3rd Baronet (1852–1927)
Sir Hugh Nicholas Granville Stucley, 4th Baronet (1873–1956)
Sir Dennis Frederic Bankes Stucley, 5th Baronet (1907–1983)
Sir Hugh George Copplestone Bampfylde Stucley, 6th Baronet (born 1945)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is George Dennis Bampfylde Stucley (born 1970), eldest son of the 6th Baronet.

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

Stucley
Stucley family


We complete the book of Leviticus this week with the combined portions B'har and B'chukotai. These chapters present a vision of a society guided by God-given principles of human freedom, human dignity and concern for the most vulnerable in society. Sabbatical and Jubilee years are discussed, and Leviticus concludes with a series of blessings and curses, underscoring the stakes of the Israelite covenant with God.
During the Jubilee year, Yovel in Hebrew, the Torah requires that Israelite slaves are released from their masters, returned to their ancestral homes and land holdings. America's Founding Fathers found the passage so inspiring that they applied it to our fledgling nation's own statement of purpose, inscribing on the Liberty Bell, "Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof Lev. XXV X."
The institution of the Yovel incorporates two dominant, interrelated themes: freedom, which the passage commands explicitly, and remembrance, which the passage implies. Medieval commentators illuminated a Jewish understanding of "freedom" by parsing the terms d'ror ("freedom" or "liberty," in our translation "release") and Yovel ("Jubilee"), both of which occur in this verse, but relatively infrequently throughout the Bible. Rashi (France, 11th Century) teaches that d'ror derives from a word meaning "to reside," observing that a free person is privileged to dwell where he wishes, free from any other person's control. (In Modern Hebrew, a domicile or apartment is called a dirah, from the same root.) And Ramban (Nachmanides, Spain, 13th Century), contributes to our understanding by relating the word Yovel to yuval, meaning "shall come" or "shall be transported," implying that the free person may come and go as s/he pleases. Freedom incorporates a sense of home and the ability to roam at will. The release of slaves is an act of humanity that yields dignity. It serves as a reminder that all of us ultimately serve only one Master, God.
The Jewish ideal of freedom derives from a collective Jewish remembrance of our slavery in Egypt. Three times in the very short portionof B'har, The Torah reminds us that no Israelite may serve another in perpetuity, because God redeemed the Israelites from Egypt to serve God alone. (cf. 25:42, 25:46, 25:55) Our ritualized narration of slavery, suffering and oppression at the hands of a human master (for instance, at the Passover Seder or in Shabbat Kiddush) embeds freedom in memory. Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai (1924 - 2000) eloquently summarizes the connection between themes: "To remember is a kind of hope." We draw from the reservoir of Jewish experience in order to empathize with others who are not yet free.
I recently had the special privilege to share in the interplay between memory and freedom by spending the holidays of Yom Ha-Zikaron and Yom Ha-Atzma'ut in Israel. Yom Ha-Zikaron commemorates Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror. Evoking the shofar blast of old, sirens wailed throughout the land, ushering in a day of solemnity and open grief. One by one, cars pulled to the side of the road as the siren blared, the drivers standing in silent remembrance of their fallen loved ones, friends and unknown soldiers who had died protecting the nation they so cherish. Five and a half million Jews presently reside in Israel. More than 22,000 have died protecting Israel in its fifty-eight years of independence. No one in Israel lives untouched by the death of a relative or friend in defense of the state.
After the sun sets on the Day of Remembrance, another siren blares to separate tears from laughter. Israelis flood the streets to celebrate Yom Ha-Atzma'ut, Independence Day. I stood among young people draped in Israeli flags, singing and dancing in the public squares of Jerusalem, running down the streets spraying Silly String and making merry with giant inflatable hammers that squeak when they strike. The celebration continues the next day with bonfires and picnics in every public park and beach. Walking down the streets, in addition to the sounds of music, stories of freedom and sacrifice fill the airwaves. Exuberant joy makes the perfect counterpoint to the heartfelt tributes of Yom Ha-Zikaron. In these back-to-back national observances, Israelis perfectly summarize the theme of the passage we are studying: the intimate link between memory and freedom that inheres in Jewish tradition of the Yovel.
For those of us living in America, the Israeli observances of Yom Ha-Zikaron and Yom Ha-Atzma'ut present a challenge to those of us who are living in the United States. Memorial Day in America is observed this year on May 29th. Independence Day comes 5 weeks and one day later, on July 4th. These two days could enable Americans to commemorate the price of freedom and celebrate its prize. However, I observe with regret that their significance is lost on too many Americans. They have become days of shopping mall sales and cookouts, vacation days devoid of memory and hope. Let us be inspired by Torah to appreciate our freedom as Jews and as Americans, by remembering the past and anticipating an even freer, sweeter future for all.
How does remembering your past help to make you free, or help you to value your freedom? Consider the inverse: can failing to remember your past enslave you?
Compare the Israeli Declaration of Independence, with America's Declaration of Independence. Identify similarities and differences. What do these similarities and differences reflect about the similarities and differences in these respective nations?
What sorts of public and private rituals or observances could we promote in America to deepen the meaning of Memorial Day and Independence Day, and ordinary Americans' attachments to these holidays?
Read the following poem by Yehuda Amichai and discuss the message for Independence Day.
Whose bodies long ago turned to dust in the Negev.
The trumpets I hear now, are not for me anymore.
Even their warm breath is not for me.
And the remembered dust turned into forgetting fields.
The colorful sighs of the Jewish people.


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Jethro Visits Moses
1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. 2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her 3 and her two sons. One son was named Gershom,
1. Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for a foreigner there.
[1] for Moses said, "I have become a foreigner in a foreign land"; 4 and the other was named Eliezer,
1. Eliezer means my God is helper.
[2] for he said, "My father's God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh." 5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and wife, came to him in the wilderness, where he was camped near the mountain of God. 6 Jethro had sent word to him, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons." 7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. 8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how the Lord had saved them. 9 Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. 10 He said, "Praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly." 12 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God. 13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, "What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?" 15 Moses answered him, "Because the people come to me to seek God's will. 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God's decrees and instructions." 17 Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied." 24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 26 They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves. 27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country.
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An injury to rising Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu will keep her off the country's Fed Cup team for a World Group playoff against reigning champion Czech Republic later this month.
Tennis Canada announced Wednesday that the 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., was not named to the team because of an injury. Andreescu, ranked 23rd in the world after an excellent start to 2019, retired from a fourth-round match at the Miami Open last month with an ailing shoulder.
The Tennis Canada press release does not mention Canada's second highest-ranked player — Eugenie Bouchard, who also is not in the lineup. The native of Westmount, Que., has not played since dropping a Miami Open qualifying match and has withdrawn from two tournaments since then.
Canada's roster will include Vancouver's Rebecca Marino, Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski, Toronto's Sharon Fichman and top junior Leylah Annie Fernandez of Laval, Que, who will make her Fed Cup debut. The tie is April 20-21 on a clay court.
Andreescu won two of the first three matches for Canada in a road win over the Netherlands earlier this year.
Marino is the top-ranked singles player on the current roster at No. 204.


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Undeliverable Ballots in Georgia Were Double Biden's Official Margin of Victory, Report Says
Although President Joe Biden may have been declared the official winner of Georgia's electoral votes in the 2020 election by close to 12,000 votes, more than twice that number of mail-in ballots were returned as undeliverable by the post office, according to a research brief by a good-government group. The new
Texas Governor Signs Election Reform Bill Into Law
The Republican governor of Texas on Tuesday signed an election reform bill into law that supporters say helps close loopholes in the election system while making it easier for people to cast their votes. Texas Senate Bill 1 (pdf) expands the number of hours Texans have to go to polls
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The Republican governor of Texas on Tuesday signed an election reform bill into law that supporters say helps close loopholes in the election system while


This year's PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 show will see Neutrik showcase its opticamSWITCH fibre optic routing system.
Taking place at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th April, Neutrik will be presenting the opticamSWITCH from stand S-B11.
Designed to provide optimum solutions for fibre optic camera routing within broadcast studios, the device allows switching of unlimited camera positions between several studios and control rooms, ultimately eliminating the need for high-maintenance, risky matrix patch fields using SMPTE patch cables.
The device works on silica-based PLC (planar lightwave circuits) equipped with TO (thermo optic) switches, while its patent pending design is intended to ensure rugged and safe non-blocking fibre plus camera power switching without any moving parts.
Furthermore, the LAN-based remote control software is designed to simplify work, shows switching and camera status, and enables broadcast production automation.
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Privacy Advocates Worry New Police Mics Will Record Much More Than Gunshots
Milwaukee police were shocked to learn that the vast majority of gunshots are never reported. But what else can authorities learn through new technology?
Gunshot detection technology allows police to arrive at the scene more quickly. (Photo: Mitch Kezar/Getty Images)
Mar 18, 2015· 2 MIN READ
Rebecca McCray is a staff writer covering social justice. She is based in New York.
The community policing adage asks citizens to say something if they see something, but now there's controversial law enforcement technology that promises if it hears anything, it may be able to reveal everything about gun violence and criminal activity.
Despite criticism from privacy advocates, the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system's ability to reduce police response time in neighborhoods that struggle with gun violence makes it crucial, Milwaukee Police Department Captain David Salazar told TakePart.
Why Don't We Study Gun Violence the Way We Study Car Accidents?
His department has used ShotSpotter since 2011, and it discovered an alarming fact: Only 14 percent of gunshots detected by ShotSpotter resulted in a 911 call.
As captain of the department's Intelligence Fusion Center—which manages predictive intelligence, gun intelligence, and forensic labs—Salazar believes it may help restore faith in the efficacy of the criminal justice system when police are on the scene, 911 call or not.
"If a marked car is coming down the street and we are out there knocking on doors to make sure people are all right within minutes of an incident, we're going to get some of that community back," he said.
The microphones used by ShotSpotter are activated by loud noises to record gunshots, and the company's staff in Mountain View, California, then instantaneously listens to recordings to confirm the gunfire and triangulate a location so that police departments can quickly respond to the scene. It's used by police departments all over the country, including in Georgia, Minnesota, and Connecticut. But as the technology is formally introduced in two boroughs of New York City this week, unanswered questions about data recorded by the system are raising privacy concerns from advocates, legal experts, and the communities where the microphones are installed.
"It's a troubling message to send to these communities who already have enhanced surveillance experiences and too much law enforcement contact," said Susannah Karlsson, special litigation counsel for Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defender organization for people who can't afford private counsel. "This takes that tradition of hyper-surveillance to the next level."
After Non-Indictment in Police Chokehold Death, Protesters Block New York City Streets and Tunnels
In New York City, as in other places, many gunshots go unreported, making this technology more desirable to police who may not be notified by the community when gunfire occurs.
At a Monday press conference introducing ShotSpotter with NYPD Commissioner William Bratton, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio emphasized that the system "is going to do a world of good in terms of going after the bad guys in this town."
Police departments around the country seem to agree with de Blasio's prediction—and they say privacy isn't a concern.
According to Salazar, the audio recordings are limited to two seconds prior to the detected shot and four seconds after, and the sensors used by the system are placed roughly 30 feet above street level. Another officer who oversees the Milwaukee police's ShotSpotter program said recordings not requested by the department within 72 hours are destroyed by the company. If the department does obtain a recording, it can be kept as evidence forever, depending on the offense. Salazar noted the technology has improved since 2011, with fewer sounds misinterpreted as gunfire.
ShotSpotter's primary objective is to record gunfire, not conversations, according to emails from the company to TakePart.
"A private conversation spoken in a normal voice is simply not intelligible to a human, to a mobile phone, or to ShotSpotter sensors," said Theresa Marcroft, senior vice president of marketing. "This is an intentional engineering and design choice made to ensure that ShotSpotter sensors cannot be used to monitor private conversations."
Yet, a 2012 incident in New Bedford, Massachusetts, proves the technology is at least capable of detecting speech that could later be used by prosecutors. Two men were indicted after part of an argument was picked up and recorded by the ShotSpotter system. The system started recording after shots were fired and a bystander was killed.
Civil liberties advocates say they're not convinced there are enough protections for regular private conversations.
"We are always concerned about secondary uses of technology that is sold to us for some unobjectionable purpose and is then used for other purposes," said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. "If [ShotSpotter] is recording voices out in public, it needs to be shut down."
To ensure it is used only for its intended purpose, Karlsson said the system—which will cost New York City $1.5 million per year—must be governed by clear rules that safeguard privacy and permit oversight. There's already legislation before the city council to that end.
"Transparency is key in terms of how and when this system operates, and how the information gleaned from the [audio sensors] can be appropriately vetted," said Karlsson. "We're talking about people's lives. This isn't a joke."