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Wildlife, plants and species
Species at risk
Species at risk public registry
Species at Risk Act: recovery strategies
Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), St. Lawrence Estuary population, recovery strategy
Official title: Recovery Strategy for the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas), St. Lawrence Estuary Population in Canada
Lists of tables, figures and acronyms
1. Background
2. Recovery
Species at Risk Act
Recovery strategy series
The Beluga Whale
Recovery feasibility
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). 2012. Recovery Strategy for the beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) St. Lawrence Estuary population in Canada. Species at Risk Act (SARA) Recovery Strategy Series. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa. 88 pp + X pp.
Additional copies:
Additional copies can be downloaded from the Species at Risk Act Public Registry.
Cover illustration:
Paule de Margerie
Également disponible en français sous le titre : « Programme de rétablissement du béluga (Delphinapterus leucas), population de l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent au Canada »
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, 2012. All rights reserved.
Catalogue no: En3-4/128-2012E-PDF
Content (excluding the illustrations) may be used without permission, with appropriate credit to the source.
Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is the competent minister under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) for aquatic species. Section 37 of SARA requires the competent minister to prepare recovery strategies for listed species that are extirpated, endangered or threatened. The St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population was listed as threatened under SARA in May 2005. The development of this recovery strategy was headed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Quebec Region, in collaboration with Parks Canada, Environment Canada, provincial agencies, and several stakeholders. This strategy meets SARA requirements in terms of content and process (Sections 39–41).
Successful recovery of this species will depend on the commitment and cooperation of the many different stakeholders involved in implementing the recommendations put forward under this strategy. It will not be the sole responsibility of Fisheries and Oceans Canada or any other agency. In the spirit of the National Accord for the Protection of Species at Risk, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans invites all Canadians to join DFO in supporting and implementing this strategy for the benefit of the species and Canadian society as a whole. DFO will support the implementation of this strategy as far as possible, given the available resources and its overall responsibility for protecting species at risk. Other jurisdictions and agencies will participate in implementing the strategy according to their respective policies, allocated resources, priorities, and budgetary constraints.
The goals, objectives, and recovery approaches identified in the strategy are based on the best available knowledge, and are subject to change should new information emerge. The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans will prepare a progress report within five years. This strategy will be complemented by one or more action plans that will provide details on specific recovery measures to be taken to help protect the species. The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans will take steps to ensure that Canadians who are concerned about or affected by these measures will be consulted whenever and wherever possible.
In 1983, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) designated the St. Lawrence beluga population as endangered due to the significant decline in numbers caused by intensive hunting, which was finally banned in 1979. In 1986, Fisheries and Oceans Canada set up the Ad Hoc Committee for the conservation of the St. Lawrence beluga, the objectives of which were to identify factors that threatened the population's survival and to make recommendations to favour its recovery. Based on the Committee's report, an interdepartmental Action Plan was drawn up to ensure the survival of the belugas. This project was carried out jointly by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment Canada from 1988 to 1993 as part of the St. Lawrence Action Plan (SLAP), with the following objectives: to minimize disturbance to the beluga population, to combat the discharge and spread of toxic chemical products, and to conduct further research on the beluga. A fourth objective was added in 1989: to facilitate public access to information in order to raise awareness in Canada and Quebec of the St. Lawrence beluga. Conservation and protection of Recovery strategy of the St. Lawrence beluga – proposed 2011 the St. Lawrence ecosystem continued under St. Lawrence Vision 2000 and the St. Lawrence Plan for Sustainable Development 2005–2010.
In 1994, DFO and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) helped establish a Recovery Team for the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population. The team included members from federal and provincial departments as well as non-governmental organizations, and its mandate was to develop a recovery plan for this population. This plan was published in December 1995 (DFO and WWF, 1995).
In 1996, the Beluga Committee was formed to implement and oversee the St. Lawrence Beluga Recovery Plan. In 1997, COSEWIC reassessed and confirmed the endangered status of the St. Lawrence Estuary belugas. In 1998, the Beluga Committee published the first status report on the implementation of the St. Lawrence Beluga Recovery Plan (DFO and WWF, 1998).
The Beluga Committee met several times in 2002 and 2003 to update the available information on the St. Lawrence beluga and revise the recommendations of the 1995 recovery plan. In May 2004, COSEWIC revised the status of the St. Lawrence beluga population from endangered to threatened following the adoption of new quantitative classification criteria in line with the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In 2005, DFO assembled a team of beluga specialists to establish the evaluation criteria required to define a recovered population and to gather scientific recommendations on the recovery potential of the different beluga populations in Canada (DFO, 2005a, b; Lawson et al., 2006).
When the Species at Risk Act came into effect, the St. Lawrence beluga Recovery Team was formed and mandated to develop a recovery strategy, as required by the Act. This recovery strategy encompasses all the initiatives taken since 1983 for the recovery of the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population. It was developed with the cooperation or consultation of government agencies, aboriginal organizations, environmental groups, and industry representatives.
DFO would like to thank Andréanne Demers, Hugues Bouchard, Jacinthe Beauchamp, and Paule de Margerie for producing this document. It would also like to acknowledge the members of the St. Lawrence beluga Recovery Team (Appendix 1) for their efforts to provide the authors with information, advice, and recommendations along the way. The Department would also like to thank Gilles Fortin of DFO for his mapping expertise.
DFO would also like to thank the Government of Quebec and the staff of the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park for their dedication to the recovery of the St. Lawrence beluga. Finally, DFO would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of everyone who provided comments on this document.
The beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population in the St. Lawrence Estuary was greatly reduced by hunting, which was finally banned in the St. Lawrence in 1979. In May 2005, this beluga population was officially listed as a threatened species on SARA's List of Wildlife Species at Risk.
Aside from past hunting, ten threats to the recovery of the St. Lawrence beluga population have been identified in this strategy. Four threaten the population as a whole: contaminants, anthropogenic disturbances, reduction in prey availability and quality, and other degradation of habitat. Three threats can disturb or cause the death of a number of individual whales annually: ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, and scientific research activities. Finally, three occasional threats can hinder the recovery of the St. Lawrence belugas: the discharge of toxic substances, harmful algal blooms, and epizootic diseases.
Recovery of the St. Lawrence beluga population is feasible, the objective being a long-term increase in population to 7,070 individuals, or 70% of its historical size. At an optimal population growth rate of 4%, the long-term population objective can be reached by the 2050s. At the current 1% growth rate, this will take until 2100. An intermediate objective of 1,000 mature individuals was also established. The current population is estimated at approximately 1,100 individuals. Six recovery objectives have been identified to reach population objectives:
Reduce contaminants in belugas, their prey, and their habitat
Reduce anthropogenic disturbances
Ensure adequate and accessible food supplies
Mitigate the effects of other threats to population recovery
Protect the beluga habitat in its entire distribution range
Ensure regular monitoring of the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population.
Female belugas and their calves show strong site fidelity for their summering habitat, and this is a fundamental issue in the survival and recovery of this population. The critical habitat, which includes the Upper Estuary, the Saguenay River up to Sainte-Marguerite Bay, and the southern channel of the Lower Estuary, supports the vital functions of calving and rearing of the young. A schedule of the studies required to complete the identification of the critical habitat is included.
This present recovery strategy is a follow-up to the 1995 St. Lawrence Beluga Whale Recovery Plan and may be revised and reposted to the Species at Risk Public Registry as new information is acquired or circumstances change.
Recovery of St. Lawrence Estuary beluga is considered feasible because the four criteria for the technical and biological feasibility of recovery are met.
Individuals of the wildlife species that are capable of reproduction are available now or in the foreseeable future to sustain the population or improve its abundance.
If direct measures are implemented to eliminate or mitigate current threats, the actual number of belugas in the St. Lawrence Estuary should be sufficient to allow population growth.
Sufficient suitable habitat is available to support the population or could be made available through habitat management or restoration.
Although some areas show some degradation, there appears to be sufficient habitat available, as the current population does not use the entirety of its historical distribution area. In theory, therefore, additional habitat for population growth is available.
Significant threats to the species or its habitat may be avoided or mitigated.
Although it is impossible at this point to precisely determine the impact of individual threats and their interactions on the recovery of St. Lawrence belugas, several potential threats have been identified. Since the last recovery plan was published in 1995, a number of conservation measures have been implemented. In addition, as part of this recovery program, other measures have been put forward to reduce the impact of human activity on this population. Even though some of these measures have not proven completely effective, they are continuously being assessed and improved.
Recovery techniques exist to achieve the population and distribution objectives or can be expected to be developed within a reasonable timeframe.
The decontamination methods exist and aquatic sites have been cleaned up. Methods are also available to restore or mitigate the impacts of development on the prey habitats of belugas. Several techniques and protocols are available to reduce the impact of certain threats such as marine traffic disturbance and entanglement in fishing gear.


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Virginia Heffernan (@page88) is a contributor at WIRED. She is the author of Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art. She is also a cohost of Trumpcast, an op-ed columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and a frequent contributor to Politico. Before coming to WIRED she was a staff writer at The New York Times—first a TV critic, then a magazine columnist, and then an opinion writer. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a master's degree and PhD in English from Harvard. In 1979 she stumbled onto the internet, when it was the back office of weird clerics, and she's been in the thunderdome ever since.
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Covid-19 and Living Through a New American Revolution
The collective action we've participated in over the past few months is transformational in a way we haven't seen in decades—maybe even centuries.
Metaphors Matter in a Time of Pandemic
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The Literature of Plagues Gives Us Words to Live By
In dark times, we turn to stories in which history might be turned back. But it's poetry and farce that will lead us through despair.
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Another client who saw that almost 1 month is needed then he left Bitfinex withdrawals. A client namely Anibal Santaella said that he got his funding after 36 days. She also told that after dispatching a mail to to crypto capital he found back his fund. Another customer received his fund from a Sept 14 withdrawal on Nov. 5. Many withdrawals are kept pending for 15 days. A professional trader paid a positive opinion and he said he withdrew several times last month but get his funding back. He also told that they are fluxing. Bitfinex made a banking relationship with Bahamus-based Deltec Bank & Trust which also confirmed a relationship with Tether.


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#include "CCPUSphereCollider.h"
#include "CCPUParticleSystem3D.h"

namespace pola {
namespace graphic {
// Constants
const float PUSphereCollider::DEFAULT_RADIUS = 100.0f;

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
PUSphereCollider::PUSphereCollider(void) :
    PUBaseCollider(),
    _radius(DEFAULT_RADIUS),
    _innerCollision(false)
{
}

PUSphereCollider::~PUSphereCollider( void )
{

}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
float PUSphereCollider::getRadius() const
{
    return _radius;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
void PUSphereCollider::setRadius(const float radius)
{
    _radius = radius;
    _sphere.setRadius(_radius);
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
bool PUSphereCollider::isInnerCollision(void) const
{
    return _innerCollision;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
void PUSphereCollider::setInnerCollision(bool innerCollision)
{
    _innerCollision = innerCollision;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
void PUSphereCollider::calculateDirectionAfterCollision(PUParticle3D* particle, vec3 distance, float distanceLength)
{
    switch (_collisionType)
    {
        case PUBaseCollider::CT_BOUNCE:
        {
            /** If the particle is on the surface (or just inside the sphere); bounce it
                Make use of formula R = 2 * (-I dot N) * N + I, where
                R = the new direction vector
                I = the old (unit) direction vector before the collision
                N = the Normal at the collision point
            */
            float directionLength = particle->direction.length();
            particle->direction.normalize();
            distance.normalize();
            particle->direction = 2 * (-particle->direction.dot(distance)) * distance + particle->direction;

            // Adjust to original speed
            particle->direction *= directionLength;

            // Accelerate/slow down, using the bounce value
            particle->direction *= _bouncyness;
        }
        break;
        case PUBaseCollider::CT_FLOW:
        {
            /** Reset the position (on the sphere), but keep the direction.
                This doesn't really work good for box-type collisions, because it doesn't take the particle
                dimensions into account.
            */
            float scaledRadius = 0.3333f * (_affectorScale.x + _affectorScale.y + _affectorScale.z) * _radius;
            particle->position = _derivedPosition + distance * (scaledRadius / distanceLength);
        }
        break;
        default:
        break;
    }
}

void PUSphereCollider::updatePUAffector( PUParticle3D *particle, float deltaTime )
{
    //for (auto iter : _particleSystem->getParticles())
    {
        //PUParticle3D *particle = iter;
        _predictedPosition = particle->position + _velocityScale * particle->direction;
        bool collision = false;
        vec3 distance = particle->position - _derivedPosition;
        float distanceLength = distance.length();
        float scaledRadius = 0.3333f * (_affectorScale.x + _affectorScale.y + _affectorScale.z) * _radius; // Scaling changed in V 1.3.1

        switch(_intersectionType)
        {
        case PUBaseCollider::IT_POINT:
            {
                // Validate for a point-sphere intersection
                if (_innerCollision == (distanceLength > scaledRadius))
                {
                    // Collision detected (re-position the particle)
                    particle->position -= _velocityScale * particle->direction;
                    collision = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    distance = _predictedPosition - _derivedPosition;
                    distanceLength = distance.length();
                    if (_innerCollision == (distanceLength > scaledRadius))
                    {
                        // Collision detected
                        collision = true;
                    }
                }
            }
            break;

        case PUBaseCollider::IT_BOX:
            {
                //// Validate for a box-sphere intersection
                //if (particle->particleType != Particle::PT_VISUAL)
                //	break;
                Box3 box;
                populateAlignedBox(box,
                    particle->position,
                    particle->width,
                    particle->height,
                    particle->depth);

                //FIXME
                //if (_innerCollision != box.intersects(_sphere))
                //{
                //	// Collision detected (re-position the particle)
                //	particle->position -= _velocityScale * particle->direction;
                //	collision = true;
                //}
                //else
                //{
                //	AABB box;
                //	populateAlignedBox(box,
                //		_predictedPosition,
                //		particle->width,
                //		particle->height,
                //		particle->depth);
                //	if (_innerCollision != box.intersects(_sphere))
                //	{
                //		// Collision detected
                //		collision = true;
                //	}
                //}
            }
            break;
        }

        if (collision)
        {
            calculateDirectionAfterCollision(particle, distance, distanceLength);
            calculateRotationSpeedAfterCollision(particle);
            particle->addEventFlags(PUParticle3D::PEF_COLLIDED);
        }
    }
}

void PUSphereCollider::preUpdateAffector( float deltaTime )
{
    // Calculate the affectors' center position.
    _sphere.setCenter(getDerivedPosition());
}

PUSphereCollider* PUSphereCollider::create()
{
    auto psc = new (std::nothrow) PUSphereCollider();
    psc->autorelease();
    return psc;
}

void PUSphereCollider::copyAttributesTo( PUAffector* affector )
{
    PUAffector::copyAttributesTo(affector);

    PUSphereCollider* sphereCollider = static_cast<PUSphereCollider*>(affector);
    sphereCollider->_radius = _radius;
    sphereCollider->_sphere = _sphere;
    sphereCollider->_innerCollision = _innerCollision;
}

} /* namespace graphic */
} /* namespace pola */

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Want to start a family, or employ people who do? Here's a guide to Washington state's new paid-leave law
Washington Work and Family Coalition
From the Seattle Times.
Maia Knox, 29, a policy analyst with the city of Sammamish who lives in Issaquah, is surrounded in the region's labor market by tech workers with gold-plated benefit plans that have long included paid family leave.
But now, with that benefit coming to employees across the state in a little over a year, Knox and her wife are optimistic it will help them afford time off work to bond with the child they're planning to have while supporting their careers in municipal government.
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They've decided to delay having a child until the new state benefit begins in 2020.
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The SHA was founded in the 1930s as the Socialist Medical Association to campaign for the introduction of a National Health Service. Following that initial success, it has continued in existence to focus debate on protecting and improving the NHS, and to campaign on issues of health and inequality. The SHA seeks to bring fundamental and enduring socialist values to the analysis and understanding of contemporary health politics.
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The disposition of disposable incomes in the UK is skewed to the right. Focusing solely on the proportionately small poor and socially excluded groups on the left hand side of the distribution, while important as a social goal, is insufficient to deal with overall inequality. Greater fairness and equity will improve the health of society as a whole, including the rich. There is evidence that growing inequalities in Britain, and particularly the legacies of Thatcherism, have been disadvantageous to the health and well being of all, including the affluent.
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package com.linkedin.thirdeye.api;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import com.linkedin.thirdeye.impl.NumberUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 *
 * @author kgopalak
 *
 */
public class MetricTimeSeries {
  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory
      .getLogger(MetricTimeSeries.class);

  Map<Long, ByteBuffer> timeseries;

  private MetricSchema schema;

  /**
   *
   * @param schema
   */
  public MetricTimeSeries(MetricSchema schema) {
    timeseries = new HashMap<Long, ByteBuffer>();
    this.schema = schema;
  }

  public MetricSchema getSchema()
  {
    return schema;
  }

  /**
   *
   * @param timeWindow
   * @param value
   */
  public void set(long timeWindow, String name, Number value) {
    initBufferForTimeWindow(timeWindow);
    ByteBuffer buffer = timeseries.get(timeWindow);
    buffer.position(schema.getOffset(name));
    MetricType metricType = schema.getMetricType(name);
    switch (metricType) {
    case SHORT:
      buffer.putShort(value.shortValue());
      break;
    case INT:
      buffer.putInt(value.intValue());
      break;
    case LONG:
      buffer.putLong(value.longValue());
      break;
    case FLOAT:
      buffer.putFloat(value.floatValue());
      break;
    case DOUBLE:
      buffer.putDouble(value.doubleValue());
      break;

    }
  }

  private void initBufferForTimeWindow(long timeWindow) {
    if (!timeseries.containsKey(timeWindow)) {
      byte[] bytes = new byte[schema.getRowSizeInBytes()];
      timeseries.put(timeWindow, ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes));
    }
  }

  public Number get(long timeWindow, String name) {
    ByteBuffer buffer = timeseries.get(timeWindow);
    Number ret = 0;

    if (buffer != null) {
      buffer = buffer.duplicate();
      MetricType metricType = schema.getMetricType(name);
      buffer.position(schema.getOffset(name));
      switch (metricType) {
      case SHORT:
        ret = buffer.getShort();
        break;
      case INT:
        ret = buffer.getInt();
        break;
      case LONG:
        ret = buffer.getLong();
        break;
      case FLOAT:
        ret = buffer.getFloat();
        break;
      case DOUBLE:
        ret = buffer.getDouble();
        break;
      }
    }
    return ret;
  }

  public void increment(long timeWindow, String name, Number delta) {
    initBufferForTimeWindow(timeWindow);
    ByteBuffer buffer = timeseries.get(timeWindow);
    Number newValue;

    if (buffer != null) {
      // get Old Value
      Number oldValue = get(timeWindow, name);
      MetricType metricType = schema.getMetricType(name);
      switch (metricType) {
      case SHORT:
        newValue = oldValue.shortValue() + delta.shortValue();
        break;
      case INT:
        newValue = oldValue.intValue() + delta.intValue();
        break;
      case LONG:
        newValue = oldValue.longValue() + delta.longValue();
        break;
      case FLOAT:
        newValue = oldValue.floatValue() + delta.floatValue();
        break;
      case DOUBLE:
        newValue = oldValue.doubleValue() + delta.doubleValue();
        break;
      default:
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("unknown metricType:"
            + metricType + " for column:" + name);
      }
    } else {
      newValue = delta;
    }
    set(timeWindow, name, newValue);
  }

  public void aggregate(MetricTimeSeries series) {
    for (long timeWindow : series.timeseries.keySet()) {
      for (int i = 0; i < schema.getNumMetrics(); i++) {
        String metricName = schema.getMetricName(i);
        Number delta = series.get(timeWindow, metricName);
        increment(timeWindow, metricName, delta);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * @param series
   *  A time series whose values should be reflected in this time series
   * @param timeRange
   *  Only include values from series that are in this time range
   */
  public void aggregate(MetricTimeSeries series, TimeRange timeRange)
  {
    for (long timeWindow : series.timeseries.keySet())
    {
      if (timeRange.contains(timeWindow))
      {
        for (int i = 0; i < schema.getNumMetrics(); i++)
        {
          String metricName = schema.getMetricName(i);
          Number delta = series.get(timeWindow, metricName);
          increment(timeWindow, metricName, delta);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  public static MetricTimeSeries fromBytes(byte[] buf, MetricSchema schema)
      throws IOException {
    MetricTimeSeries series = new MetricTimeSeries(schema);
    DataInput in = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(buf));
    int numTimeWindows = in.readInt();
    int bufferSize = in.readInt();
    for (int i = 0; i < numTimeWindows; i++) {
      long timeWindow = in.readLong();
      byte[] bytes = new byte[bufferSize];
      in.readFully(bytes);
      series.timeseries.put(timeWindow, ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes));
    }
    return series;
  }

  /**
   *
   * @return
   */
  public Set<Long> getTimeWindowSet() {
    return timeseries.keySet();
  }

  public byte[] toBytes() throws IOException {
    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    DataOutput out = new DataOutputStream(baos);
    // write the number of timeWindows
    out.writeInt(timeseries.size());
    // write the size of the metric buffer for each timeWindow
    out.writeInt(schema.getRowSizeInBytes());
    for (long time : timeseries.keySet()) {
      out.writeLong(time);
      out.write(timeseries.get(time).array());
    }
    return baos.toByteArray();
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    sb.append("(");
    for (long timeWindow : timeseries.keySet()) {
      sb.append("[");
      String delim = "";
      ByteBuffer buffer = timeseries.get(timeWindow);
      buffer.rewind();
      for (int i = 0; i < schema.getNumMetrics(); i++) {
        if (i > 0) {
          delim = ",";
        }
        sb.append(delim).append(NumberUtils.readFromBuffer(buffer, schema.getMetricType(i)));
      }
      sb.append("]");
      sb.append("@");
      sb.append(timeWindow);
      sb.append(" ");
    }
    sb.setLength(sb.length() - 1);
    sb.append(")");
    return sb.toString();
  }

  public Number[] getMetricSums()
  {
    Number[] result = new Number[schema.getNumMetrics()];

    for (int i = 0; i < schema.getNumMetrics(); i++)
    {
      result[i] = 0;
    }

    for (Long time : timeseries.keySet())
    {
      for (int i = 0; i < schema.getNumMetrics(); i++)
      {
        String metricName = schema.getMetricName(i);
        MetricType metricType = schema.getMetricType(i);
        Number metricValue = get(time, metricName);

        switch (metricType)
        {
          case INT:
            result[i] = result[i].intValue() + metricValue.intValue();
            break;
          case SHORT:
            result[i] = result[i].shortValue() + metricValue.shortValue();
            break;
          case LONG:
            result[i] = result[i].longValue() + metricValue.longValue();
            break;
          case FLOAT:
            result[i] = result[i].floatValue() + metricValue.floatValue();
            break;
          case DOUBLE:
            result[i] = result[i].doubleValue() + metricValue.doubleValue();
            break;
          default:
            throw new IllegalStateException();
        }
      }
    }

    return result;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return timeseries.keySet().hashCode() + 13 * schema.hashCode();
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    if (!(o instanceof MetricTimeSeries))
    {
      return false;
    }

    MetricTimeSeries ts = (MetricTimeSeries) o;

    return getTimeWindowSet().equals(ts.getTimeWindowSet()) && Arrays.equals(getMetricSums(), ts.getMetricSums());
  }
}


François-Paul Journe was born in Marseille in 1957. Journe graduated from watchmaking school in 1976, and started his career by restoring antique timepieces as an apprentice in the Paris workshop of his uncle, Michel Journe. Restoring watches is an excellent training and François-Paul enjoyed his work very much, but all the while he dreamed of owning a tourbillon, and since buying one was not attainable for him at that time he decided to make his own. For five years he devoted his nights and weekends to this task, until finally in 1983 he completed his first tourbillon pocket watch. In 1985, Journe opened up his own workshop and for the next 14 years he worked on a number of projects – both bespoke commissions with his name on the dial, and industry projects where his involvement was anonymous.
In 1999 F.P. Journe launched his eponymous brand, and his collection started with just one watch: the Tourbillon Souverain. From there, the brand's growth has been almost a legend in the watch industry, for the right way to grow an independent watch company while keeping true to the original mission of making great watches. The company, in just the short amount of time since its launch, already has 10 boutiques around the world and has managed to be more vertically integrated than just about every other watch brand in existence except Rolex and Seiko.
Montres Journe's motto is Invenit et Fecit ("Invented and Made"), which sums up the brand's ethos. While many companies can say they make their own movements, they might rely on the inventions of other outside watchmakers. However, Montres Journe designs every component of each watch they produce. Because of this commitment to creation, F.P. Journe produces fewer than 1000 watches per year. It's no surprise almost every collector of Independent watches acquires a Journe watch at some time or another, making Journe's watches among the most collectible in the Independent watch world.
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Q: Batch file to map an external network drive and prompt for username and password I am fairly new to BAT File Scripting and I was wondering if someone could tell me and show me if it is possible to create a script that will map a network drive and prompt the user to enter their username and password as well as have it save their credentials so it does not prompt them every time they try to access the network drive? I read a few post here about using net use but I really didn't find anything to my situation. Only reason I am asking for this is because we have about 60 employees here and I really don't feel like mapping the drive one by one.
I have been working on this and this is what I have so far but it is not working for me. Is it because it is an external network?
@echo off
net use z: /delete
echo PLEASE ENTER YOUR USER ID AND PRESS [ENTER]
set /p USERID=
echo PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD AND PRESS [ENTER]
set /p PASSWORD=

pause
net use Z: "\\SERVER.DOMAIN.ORG\workgroup" /USER:AZTUC\%USERID%
%PASSWORD% /PRESISTENT:YES

A: I was able to figure this out and I want to post the answer because I am sure there are many others with the same question. Since I am mapping an external network drive, I added a cmdkey.exe command to add the user credentials to the Credential Manager, once it was added I then net use the network drive and folder to the Z drive. Worked like a charm. Hope this helps.
@echo off
if exist net use z: /delete

echo Please enter User ID:
set /p USERID=

echo Please enter your Password:
set /p PASSWORD=

cmdkey.exe /add:*.sample.com /user:DOMAIN\%USERID% /pass:%PASSWORD%
net use Z: "\\SERVER.DOMAIN.COM\workgroup"
pause

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Fide Ethics Comission Gave its Decision Related to Suat Atalik's Participation in "Golden Sands" Tournament
FIDE Ethics Comission (EC) gave its decision related to "Suat Atalik's participation in Golden Sands tournaments in Bulgaria". The general document, also containing EC decisions on other issues is published on the FIDE site today.
Both sides sent their applications: The Turkish Chess Federation accused Suat Atalik and tournament organizers as well as grandmaster himself sent his own application where he accused Ali Nihat Yazici and TCF.
The EC ruled that "The case, concerning various assumed violations of the FIDE Code of Ethics, has to be rejected as not receivable and has to be dismissed. The FIDE Secretariat will communicate the decision to the complainant. It is still unclear which of the two complaints is said to be "Non-receivable". It was Atalik who applied to EC concerning the Ethics Code violation. The Turkish Chess Federation President Yazici asked the organisers of the tournament to exclude Suat Atalik from the participants list.
Not Everyone on the Greek Chess Federation's Board Supports the Decision About Disqualification of Suat Atalik
The Board member of the Greek Chess Federation (GCF) Nikos Seretakis reported in his letter that there was no "unanimous decision" about the disqualification of the Turkish grandmaster Suat Atalik during the GCF Board meeting on June 30.
Suat Atalik: Answer to ACP's Letter On My Case With TCF and GCF
Open Letter to Chess Community
Concerning the fact that I have adressed to ACP on my case with Turkish CF and Greek CF on 10/7/2012 and heard from them after almost a month on 7/8/2012,their reaction time is too long while the dammage created by Mr.Yazici and Mr.Makropulos is not ceased.
Ali Nihat Yazici: "EIWCC Shouldn't Be Inscribed As the Leg of World Women Championship"
Ali Nihat Yazici, the former President of the Turkish Chess Federation (TCF), reacted on ECU President, Silvio Danailov's decision to allow IM Ekaterina Atalik to play under ECU flag. Yazici wrote an open letter which has been published by Chessvibes:
Suat Atalik: "Now It Is Makropoulos's Turn to Resign"
GM Suat Atalik, extracted from not only Turkish, but Greek tournaments, published another open letter.
"Dear chess friends,
GM Suat Atalik is excluded from the tournaments held in Greece on Turkey's request
Banned for Cheating – Banned for Years!
Sebastien Feller will not be able to play in tournaments for 2 years and 9 months
GM Suat Atalik is Not Inspired by the ACP's Letter: "It Does Not Suggest Any Realistic Solution to the Problem"
Suat Atalik has answered ACP's open letter after the first ever match between the married couple has been finished in Greece. GM noted that the ACP's answer was released after almost a month.
Another Proposal by Mr. Yazici: Disqualification of the Player by the Specific Federation = Disqualification in All International Tournaments
We already reported on some of the proposals suggested by Ali Nihat Yazici, the President of the Turkish Chess Federation, which will be considered at the 83rd FIDE Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.
The English Chess Federation is Asking the Presidential Board and the FIDE Ethics Commission to Urgently Consider the Scandalous Letter From Yazici
The English Chess Federation has released an official reply to the letter from the President of the Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici, where he announced refusal to accept arbiters from seven federations for working at the forthcoming Olympiad.
FIDE Deems Complaints Against Evgeny Surov Unfounded
Zangalis and Karjakin failed to reply to his defensive statement
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The U.S. mint is rethinking nearly two centuries of coin design
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Going big: OperaDelaware bets on festival
GAIL OBENREDER
When Brendan Cooke was named general director of OperaDelaware in June 2012, his mandate from the board of directors was to explore, discover and then chart a new path for the venerable company, the 11th oldest in America.
Opera organizations all over the country had been closing (and continue to do so – more than 30 since 2008), and OperaDelaware was seriously wondering if this would also be its fate.
A generation ago, opera was in the mainstream of American cultural consciousness – opera stars were on variety shows like Ed Sullivan and companies toured nationwide. Today, other kinds of musical activities are in the mainstream, so in re-imagining itself, OperaDelaware had much to consider.
Formerly an operatic baritone, Cooke came to Delaware from Baltimore, where in 2008 he had navigated the collapse of the Baltimore Opera by forming a new organization, Baltimore Concert Opera (BCO), now in its seventh successful season presenting operatic music in intimate settings. The BCO concept proved popular, and so when Cooke was charged with creating a re-envisioned path for OperaDelaware, he drew on this experience.
In re-shaping the 2015-16 season, Cooke – and his board and staff of five – drew on lessons learned by a modest 2014-15 festival and sought to capitalize on Wilmington's geographic location by foregoing a yearlong series of staged productions and instead mounting a major spring opera festival.
They were determined, Cooke says, "to go big or go home."
To supplement its fully staged works, OperaDelaware has for the past several seasons presented salon-style evenings of song in its Riverfront Studio performance space. In planning its 2015-16 season, the company decided that for most of the year it would present only these intimate Studio performances, which could feature festival singers and thus promote the May operas.
The first order of business was to decide what to present at the festival. Joining other companies in celebration of the Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, Cooke and his team landed on two challenging large-scale works.
First was "Hamlet," written by Franco Faccio (a noted Italian conductor of Verdi's operas). The work was virtually lost after its 1871 premiere and was re-discovered in 2002 by Maestro Anthony Barrese, who reconstructed it from a hand-written score and will conduct it here, with staging by E. Loren Meeker.
The second work chosen was Verdi's final opera, "Falstaff," a large-scale comic masterpiece not often produced, to be conducted by Maestro Giovanni Reggioli and directed by Dean Anthony.
Both works have libretti by the great Arrigo Boito: "Hamlet" was his first libretto and "Falstaff" was his last.
Now, after an intensive year of planning and pre-production, the Festival's performance dates of May 14-22 are imminent, and OperaDelaware's yearlong gamble is about to be tested.
According to Cooke and Managing Director Jason Hardy, the festival concept – embraced by other companies around the country – has been made possible here by a confluence of several factors, including the commitment of OperaDelaware's partners, funders, musicians and other performers.
Longwood Foundation made a $450,000 two-year grant, the largest in the company's history, that allowed it to plan this festival and one next year. This stability also allowed for long-range marketing plans and enabled the company to make artistic and logistical commitments.
"Longwood gave us the confidence to swing for the fence," Cooke says.
"Hamlet" has a company of almost 50 onstage performers (principals, chorus and supernumeraries) and 51 musicians, and the company of "Falstaff" consists of 25 singers, with 33 musicians in the pit. Patrons can see both operas in the same weekend, requiring that sets and technical elements must be changed each time the performance changes, which made The Grand Opera House a perfect choice.
It offers an intimate hall, as opera houses go. Many have 2,000 or more seats, so the 1.000-seat Wilmington house – opulent yet embracing – is a real boon for seeing and hearing opera, and its running crew is big enough to handle two full shows changing quickly.
Hardy's year-long focus has been the company's carefully constructed promotional campaign. He's used a combination of traditional marketing and advertising in print and on radio, as well as the guerilla-style "Essere" tagging campaign seen on city sidewalks and company T-shirts.
For many funders, merchants and civic boosters, an attractive aspect of the festival is its ability to bring visitors – especially overnight visitors – to Delaware.
The Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau arranged for a publicist to pitch the festival nationally, to heighten awareness of the region as a cultural tourism destination, with spring the optimal time to visit area gardens, museums, restaurants and other attractions and to highlight downtown revitalization.
"Compared with many cities frequented by operagoers, here it's easy to get around and easy to park," Hardy says. "And we have the kind of amenities that regional and national visitors will find attractive."
The bureau also arranged to bring in writers and critics. Journalists from European cities with opera companies, including Paris, London and Milan, are covering the festival, along with major opera magazines from France, the UK and Germany and the US publication "Opera News."
In its 420 years, opera has always been highly subsidized – by patrons, royalty or governments, and most European opera houses still have substantial government subsidies. Companies like OperaDelaware rely on private donations and institutional support, and only about 30 percent of any opera production's costs are covered by ticket sales.
OperaDelaware's last fully staged production at The Grand was "The Elixir of Love" in 2013, which – with minimal marketing and a medium-sized cast and chorus – cost $170,000. The total budget for this year's festival is around $550,000, an amount that is funding two much larger productions and the company's series of seven salon events.
The company is relying on economies in marketing and the sponsorships, partnerships and generous individual supporters. It means, Hardy says, that OperaDelaware is able to mount a festival here at about one-third the cost of doing so in a large traditional opera market and still offer affordable ticket prices.
Tickets start at $29 with a top price of $95. In some cities, Hardy says, just the cost of parking could be more than OperaDelaware's lowest ticket price.
The company is hoping that this entry-level pricing will entice newcomers. They are tracking the economic impact of ticket buyers – both residents and visitors. One in three patrons is a newcomer to OperaDelaware and one in four patrons is coming from outside a 30-mile radius of Wilmington.
In 18th century Italy, when someone said "music," what they meant was "opera."
In 21st century Delaware, from May 14 to May 22, OperaDelaware is planning on the same thing being said here, now and in the future.
"The reason we're doing the festival," Cooke says, "is so that Wilmington can keep its opera."
Gail Obenreder is an arts professional, writer and producer from Wilmington.
WHAT: 2016 OperaDelaware Festival, May 14-22
WHEN: "Hamlet" (The Grand Opera House, Wilmington), May 14 (8 p.m.), May 20 (7:30 pm) and May 22 (2 p.m.); "Falstaff" (The Grand), May 15 (2 p.m.) May 21 (7:30 p.m.); "Shakespeare in Song" (OperaDelaware Studio on the Riverfront), May 19 (7:30 p.m.)
TICKETS: "Hamlet" and "Falstaff," $29 - $95; "Shakespeare in Song," $28-$60
CONTACT: (302) 442-7807; operade.org
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Q: Nuxt.js refresh url get 404 not found I have one problem on my nuxt.js project.
I create dynamic page like https://samplesite.com/place/{place_id} which place_id dynamic value. (I have around 4,000+ places in my database)
after I run npm run generate and get /dist folder, then I push this folder to amazon EC2.
Everything work well, when I click a like on index page to /place/{place_id} page, website show place information.
But when I push refresh button on web browser, the page /place/{place_id} show 404 not found.
Do you have any solution to fix this problem?
I read on nuxt.js website, they said I need to generate dynamic page but my place is about 4,000 places, I think it's impossible to generate all of place page.
Please tell me what should I do.

A: Do you have a fix set of dynamic routes?
If you do, you can use function to generate the static site
In 2.13.0, `nust` introduced a `target: static` feature, make sure to
check [it](https://nuxtjs.org/blog/going-full-static) out.

Do you care about the SEO?
If you do care the SEO, you can use SSR in Nuxt, which is the universal mode. The other choice is the above static site genration
Do you have a SPA site?
If you do, you can use spa mode and refer to the nginx setting showed here
If you don't know the exact dynamic routes, don't care about SEO for dynamic routes, you can combine the static site generation with dynamic routes.
In universal mode, use nuxt generate to generate a static site.
In the generate config, define a custom page for SPA fallback:
export default {
  generate: {
    fallback: "custom_sap_fallbackpage.html"
  }
}

Then in Nginx, define the same fallback page for unknown route, like:
location / {
    try_files $uri /custom_sap_fallbackpage.html;
}

If you set fallback: true, Nuxt will use 404.html as the default fallback page, unless you configure nginx to ignore its own default 404 page, nginx will still show you the default nginx 404 page. I think a custom fallback page is the easiest way to do the static site generation and SPA mixing.
In this approach, static page will be pre-rendered, dynamic routes is treated as unknown route for nginx, which use the fallback SPA page to render.

A: create a .htaccess file and put the below code into it.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.html$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.html [L]
</IfModule>

A: npm run generate does not support dynamic routes. Because it doesn't know how to build the {{pageid}}.html.
From nuxt docs:

Dynamic routes are ignored by the generate command.

see: https://nuxtjs.org/api/configuration-generate#routes


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Roger practises in a broad range of civil and commercial matters, with an emphasis on company, securities, land, trusts, probate, bankruptcy and building management litigation. Roger also has experiences in international arbitration and related court proceedings.
He has appeared in all levels of court, and is regularly instructed as sole advocate or as a led junior in trials and interlocutory or appellate matters. In addition to appearing in court, Roger has appeared in the Market Misconduct Tribunal, and represented clients in licensing or disciplinary hearings before self-regulating organizations.
Prior to joining Chambers, Roger was admitted as a Solicitor of the High Court following his training at an international law firm from 2011 to 2013. He joined Chambers in 2015 having completed pupillage with Mr Horace Wong SC, Mr Victor Dawes SC, Mr Giles Surman and Ms Eva Sit.


3 March 2014 - Today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for "the full respect for and preservation of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine".
The Secretary-General, who has urged the Russian Federation to refrain from acts and rhetoric that could further escalate the situation, today met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva to discuss the situation.
The Secretary-General expresses grave concern over the further deterioration of the situation. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is therefore dispatched to Kiev to get an understanding of the situation on the ground and subsequently brief the Secretary-General on the next steps the UN could take to support de-escalation.
"At this crucial moment it is important to recall the mission of this Organization to always search for peaceful settlements of disputes. This is the essence of the UN Charter and should serve as our primary guide in this serious situation", the Deputy Secretary-General underscored in an official statement.


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Seznam vojevůdců obsahuje výčet osobností, které se za svého života zapsaly do historie samostatným velením ve válce, bitvě nebo při vojenské kampani.

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Selim I.
 Fridolin von Senger
 William Tecumseh Sherman
 Alfred von Schlieffen
 Karel Filip Schwarzenberg
 Norman Schwarzkopf
 Ensio Siilasvuo
 Hjalmar "Sivu" Siilasvuo
 William Slim
 Edward Rydz-Śmigły
 Jan Smuts
 Maximilian von Spee
 Raymond A. Spruance
 Stalin
 Hyazinth Strachwitz
 Kurt Student
 Sulejman I.
 Sulla
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 Alexandr Vasiljevič Suvorov
 Svatopluk
 Ludvík Svoboda

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 Šaka
 Boris Michajlovič Šapošnikov
 Ariel Šaron
 Šimon Bar Kochba

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 Takeo Takagi
 Paavo Talvela
 Tamerlán
 Tecumseh
 Wilhelm von Tegetthoff
 Johann Tserclaes von Tilly
 Semjon Konstantinovič Timošenko
 Josip Broz Tito
 Lennart Torstenson
 Heihačiró Tógó
 Lev Davidovič Trockij
 Jindřich VII. Tudor
 Michail Nikolajevič Tuchačevskij
 Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de Turenne

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 Albrecht z Valdštejna
 Václav I.
 Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
 Alexandr Michajlovič Vasilevskij
 Nikolaj Fjodorovič Vatutin
 Titus Flavius Vespasianus
 Vilém Dobyvatel
 Andrej Andrejevič Vlasov
 Kliment Jefremovič Vorošilov

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 William Wallace
 Kurt "Martti" Wallenius
 George Washington
 Archibald Wavell
 Arthur Wellesley, první vévoda z Wellingtonu
 Alfred Windischgrätz
 Garnet Joseph Wolseley
 Pjotr Wrangel

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 Matvěj Vasiljevič Zacharov

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 Jan Žižka z Trocnova
 Georgij Konstantinovič Žukov

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Kobe, Japan, is full of interesting neighborhoods like Kawanishi. It's in these localities where you can get a true sense for a city like Kobe. But after you are done exploring all the wonderful shops and restaurants in Kawanishi, you'll need a vehicle to discover all that Kobe provides.
You will have to stick with a strict schedule if you try to save money by grabbing Kawanishi's public transportation system. Taxis and rideshares are more convenient, but little trips here and there can add up. Moreover, you may not be able to get one when you need a ride. A Kawanishi rental car is the easiest way, so you can experience the entirety of the neighborhood and other parts of Kobe on your trip. See below to find all that you want to know about renting a car in Kawanishi.
What's the best way to get an inexpensive car rental in Kawanishi?
What kind of vehicle should I rent while in Kawanishi?
With a variety of types of vehicles to choose from, it could be hard to figure out what type is the best for your holiday. However, you'll need to take into consideration the amount of driving and how many people you are driving with. Look at the table below to help you decide the best car for your needs.
Do I have to be a certain age to rent a car in Kawanishi?
In most places, you can rent a vehicle in Kawanishi, Kobe if you are at least 21. However, most car rental suppliers will charge an added fee if you are younger than 25. Check with the rental car company before you book. Moreover, if you plan to rent a higher category vehicle (premium, large capacity, SUV, etc.) there may be further age restrictions.
Do I need insurance when I rent my Kawanishi car rental?
Almost all countries require the driver to have insurance. You may be able to buy temporary coverage with the rental car company. Otherwise, as a United States citizen, you can also purchase Collision Damage Coverage through CarRentals.com at checkout.
At CarRentals.com, we recommend a "full-to-full" policy. You should receive your vehicle with full tank of gas, and you should return it filled up. If you want to save some money, you should find a filling station before you return the car.
Can I book a one-way rental in Kawanishi?
Most car rental companies offer one-way rentals. Depending on your itinerary, you may find it easier to drop off your car in a different city. Please note that there is generally an added fee for one-way rentals. Make sure to check the car rental company's policy to know exactly how much it may cost you.
Most suppliers will offer unlimited miles, but you want to ensure it's part of your bundle. It's helpful to think about how many miles you will be driving in and around Kawanishi. You don't want to be surprised with any overages if you don't have unlimited miles, so make certain to understand the supplier's policy. You may need unlimited miles if you are hitting the highway to explore what else is in Kobe.
You won't have to worry about matching up your holiday to a metro schedule. After you have booked a rental car in Kawanishi from CarRentals.com, you'll be able to cruise all over Kawanishi and the rest of Kobe with ease. Check out our selection of vehicles from the top rental car agencies in the nation and select the ideal vehicle for your Kawanishi trip. The perfect set of wheels is only a few clicks away.


Victoria Townhouse Apts., is nestled on the west side of Anaheim. Our community is surrounded by good schools and famous attractions: Disneyland/California Adventure, Knott's Berry Farm/Soak City, Angel Stadium and the Honda Center. We offer spacious Studio, One bedroom and 2 bedrooms Townhomes. Water, trash, and sewer are paid. We also provide assigned parking for all units. For our residents' convenience, we offer laundry rooms, recreation room for private parties, and great sparkling pool. Close to highway, just under a mile to the 5 FWY and 2 miles to the 91FWY. Come by today and tour your new home. No appointment necessary. Come see us soon!
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Studia Judaica
Special English Issue
The Last auto-da-fé in Europe? The Case of the Jewish Merchant Boroch Leibov and Captain-Lieutenant Aleksander Voznitsyn and Its Consequences
Maciej Szkółka
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An unprecedented event took place in the Russian Empire in the second half of 1738. On the main square of St. Petersburg, a Jewish merchant, Boroch Leibov, and a Russian navy captain-lieutenant, Aleksander Voznitsyn, were burned alive at the stake. Voznitsyn had met Leibov while staying in Moscow. Impressed by the teachings of his new acquaintance, he decided to convert to Judaism. The reason for this decision was probably the mental illness of the captain or his unconfirmed family ties with the fifteenth-century Heresy of the Judaizers. Based on the Sobornoye Ulozheniye decree, both of them were sentenced to public burning for withdrawal from the Orthodox faith and blasphemy, in the case of Voznitsyn, and for persuading an Orthodox man to withdraw from his faith, in the case of Leibov. The trial of Boroch and Voznitsyn was widely reported in the whole Russian Empire and became the cause of rapid changes in the policy toward the Jews. Both Empress Anna Ivanovna and, after 1740, her successor, Elizabeth Petrovna, signed a number of decrees ordering the Jews to leave the borders of the Russian Empire.
Słowa kluczowe: trial, burn, Russian Empire, Judaism
https://doi.org/10.4467/24500100STJ.16.022.7726
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Studia Judaica, 2017, Special English Issue, s. 71-84
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In this study, a model of in-situ geothermal energy piles was constructed using COMSOL Multiphysics® software. Geothermal energy piles serve two purposes, first to transfer building load into the subsurface, but also to extract thermal heat from surrounding soils. This is achieved using a heat pump coupled with embedded heat exchangers. As a result, a multiphysics problem is introduced - heat transfer coupled with fluid flow.
This paper outlines the COMSOL model description and discusses results obtained during calibration. The configuration outlined by Murphy et al. (2014) was used to construct geometry, define boundary conditions, and calibrate the model. Calibration was accomplished using a Thermal Response Test (TRT) performed on four energy piles during the summer of 2013 in a full-scale field experiment. The test lasted for 1800 hours total; 500 hours of active heat rejection into the soil surrounding the energy piles and 1300 hours of non-operational observation. Accordingly, a numerical analysis of the TRT was performed in three dimensions using both the Heat Transfer Module and Pipe Flow Module. Heat transfer in solids and porous media was imposed on the energy pile and surrounding soils. Non-isothermal pipe flow was imposed on the heat exchange tubes embedded in the energy piles. Additionally, several field data were incorporated into the model including variables for atmospheric temperature, inlet pipe temperature/flow, and subsurface temperature gradients.
The model was successfully calibrated using in-situ TRT data. Good agreement was observed within Foundation 4 and at Borehole 4 (Figures 1 & 2). Existing discrepancies in model predictions can be attributed to unknown soil condition/stratification at depths greater than 12m, coarse meshing within the model, and simplifications within heat transfer and pipe flow physics.


Rebecca Maillette creates rustic jewelry in a peaceful home studio nestled in her and her husband's 10 acre forest. She uses sterling silver, different types of turquoise and other natural stones to make her art. She enjoys the evolution of each piece of jewelry; hand picking each stone, allowing it to speak to the design and stamping words that provoke a thought. She believes her love, passion and thoughtful intention of creating is bound to each creation. Her bohemian spirit is inspired by a love of nature, travel, art and music. Rebecca graduated from Saginaw Valley State University with a BFA in Graphic Design. She studied metalsmithing in Scottsdale, Arizona and currently lives in Bay City, Michigan.


About Us | Ciminelli's Landscape Services, Inc.
Business Philosophy: To provide our customers with quality landscape construction and maintenance as well as friendly and responsive customer service. Our goal is to meet the needs of our customers by enhancing and beautifying their homes as well as solving any existing landscape problems. We specialize in landscape renovation and construction with craftsmanship and Eco-landscaping incorporating environmentally sensitive solutions to landscapes using Rain gardens, Storm water management, Green roofs , Living walls, Native plantings, Permeable pavement and more.
We run our business with integrity in all areas while designing and installing landscapes that meet the needs and exceeds the expectations of our customers.
We provide respectful working conditions for our employees and commit to the community by participating in charitable outreach in local schools, Christmas in April, See Forever Foundation, Annapolis Historic Society, The River Keepers, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and more. Matt Ciminelli was in the first group of professionals in the nation to obtain the certification as a Green Roof Professional, we are ceritified LiveRoof installers, Interlocking Concrete Products Industry and National Concrete Masonry.
Ciminelli's Landscape Services has over 20 years of experience and will work with you to create a landscape that is beautiful, creative, functional and within your budget. As always, all of our work is guaranteed. Your satisfactions is our goal.
Matt Ciminelli, owner of Ciminelli's Landscape Services, Inc. graduated from Towson State University in 1987 with a B.A. in business administration. He worked throughout college as a landscaper and after graduation as a landscape manager in Maryland and California. He returned to Maryland and founded Ciminelli's in May of 1991. Over the last 20 years he has grown the company to service hundreds of residential customers as well as homeowner's associations, municipalites and corporate clients. We offer a wide range of quality landscaping services in and around the Annapolis, Maryland area.


Need new curtains, but feeling a bit stuck?
Decorating with window treatments can be an overwhelming process. And with so many different curtains to pick and choose from, we don't blame you for feeling confused.
Who will use the room I'm decorating?
It's important to consider who will use the room. For example, if the curtains are for a child's room, then perhaps you might be looking for something a little less heavy and more colourful and patterned.
If the curtains are for a room the whole family regularly uses, then you may want to keep them all in mind.
Consider the purpose of the room you are decorating and think about what you want to achieve with your new curtains – Do you want curtains to impress? Brighten? Darken? Provide privacy? Warm up the room? Keep the heat away?
As curtains can be both attractive and practical, knowing what you want from them will make deciding far easier.
What style do I want to go for?
The style you want to go for will depend on your choice of fabric.
If you're looking for a luxurious look, then velvet may be an option. If you want something light and graceful, then sheers are the way to go, although they don't offer much in the way of privacy.
How high is my ceiling and how big is my room?
Curtains take up a large amount of visual space and will have a huge impact on the look of your room. Therefore, thinking about the height of your ceiling and measuring it is an important part of choosing which curtains will fit your room best.
How big is my window?
The size of your window is one of the most important aspects to choosing your curtains.
Measure the height from rod to floor. Remember to consider the height of the rings/hanging hardware and how much space you would like between the curtains and the floor.
When measuring the width of your window, consider how full you want your curtain to be.
Want a draped look? Then the curtain should be three times as wide as the window. Prefer a tailored look? A good standard is curtain panels two inches wider than the window.
Do I need to consider any other costs?
Don't forget that curtains don't hang up all by themselves. Have you thought about what else you might need?
Curtain rods and hooks are required and you may even need help installing them. So, it's important to think about what type of rods you prefer or which ones will best match your choice of fabric too, as well as the costs involved.
Choosing your new curtains can be tricky! But with these questions to help you do the thinking, you'll have a clear idea of what you want and be better equipped to do the talking with one of our consultants.
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Road trip commenced on Sept. 3, 2014, departing from home in lafayette, ca (SF east bay), arriving at destination -- boston suburb of holliston -- on sept. 14. during visit of six weeks, added 3,300 miles to the 4,200 already accrued, traipsing about massachusetts, maine and, by dint of navigational error, vermont. (In a gesture toward sanity, i had car shipped back. ... and for half what it cost to drive across country.) on day one, I traversed 540 boring miles, to needles, by the time I arrived nine hours later, the mercury had dropped to a downright chilly 106. after overnighting at best western, I darted across state line into arizona, where i undertook a trek spanning what little remains of old route 66, which opened to traffic in 1926, linking chicago santa monica. today it has been supplanted almost entirely by interstate 40, whereupon it's harder to get one's kicks.