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This is what happens when "mission creep" encompasses everything but the mission.
When our US Constitution was ratified, there were 3 federal crimes: TREASON, counterfeiting and piracy. Why only 3? Because the MISSION of our central (federal) government was very simple (and Biblical): PROTECT AND DEFEND the law-abiding and PUNISH the evildoers. Those are the explicitly stated purposes and responsibilities of the "civil magistrate" in the Bible–the sphere of authority known as civil government. When the narrower spheres of authority–self-government, family government, church government–lack the temporal power (force, if you will) to protect and defend the republic itself, the civil government's national enforcement arm–the military–steps up to do the job. Or at least it did….before "mission creep" eroded the military's ability to do the job right, that is, to win.
What started with a miraculous, and probably God ordained, victory over the world's most powerful military (the British) by a ragtag, impoverished and inexperienced band of farmers and tradesmen optimistically called the "Continental Army", ended April 30, 1975 in the defeat of the world's most powerful military (us!) at the hands of a mostly ragtag, impoverished band of farmers called the "Vietcong" (though with considerable help from the North Vietnamese Army and logistical suppport from China and the USSR.)
How did that happen? Mission creep! Instead of defending the republic from a "clear and present danger", our military tried to prop up corrupt dominoes (illegitimate regimes) to prevent the spread of "international Communism" (which would prove to be self-bankrupting) and bring "democracy" to people with no religious foundation, cultural history or supporting structures of self-government. That was bad enough, and we are making the same mistake in the Islamic world. Even worse, we are now using our military for social experimentation instead of it's REAL MISSION, as the following column demonstrates. I have reprinted most of it from http://www.townhall.com.
After nearly a decade under President Faily McWorsethancarter, can our military win a fight with North Korea? Because if it is unable to perform the basic task of ensuring that the people commissioned to lead our troops in the defense of the United States are actually loyal to the United States, how the hell can we reasonably expect it to be able to conduct high-intensity combat operations against a Nork Army that prioritizes fighting over political correctness? We can't.
I don't enjoy saying that – it gives me no pleasure to have to wonder whether the Army I served in both in active and reserve status for close to 28 years is broken. And it's not just the Army. The Marines and the Special Ops community, well, they seem to be holding on to the standards the rest have forgotten, but the Navy and the Air Force – they're broken too. Our military – in terms of strategy, equipment, and leadership, is in crisis. American troops will die if we don't fix it. Hell, they already have. Our sailors, the precious young men and women we commissioned officers are charged with leading and protecting, are dying because our officer corps tolerates incompetence. One collision is an accident. Two is a lifestyle.
And yeah, they've fired some admirals, and that's a good start, but the problem is a cultural rot, not just one 'ed-up command. The Navy focused on things besides its mission – "to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas" – and in the last few months that misplaced focus has killed 17 sailors and taken two major vessels out of action in the Western Pacific at the very moment we are on the edge of war.
Did you know several senior Navy officers are being or have been charged for corruption? Corruption. Graft. Bribes. Hookers. Senior leaders, and they're criminal scumbags. But hey, the Army has its problems too. General Petraeus…sheesh, what a punch in the gut it was to see him use the Army values as a latrine. Then there was the 82nd Airborne general court martialed for using his billet to build himself a sex harem. And how about the colonel who played games with contracts and ditched his wife to marry an Iraqi chick – the Army was so upset he got a reprimand and to keep his pension. No jail time. Let me say that again. No jail time. Yeah, that would totally have happened to a sergeant who did the same thing, according to several high-ranking unicorns in the Judge Advocate Office. Want to know what generals and admirals don't get in trouble for? Failing to win wars.
The military senior leadership has turned into a fraternity, where they cover up for each other and make sure everyone graduates with a gentleman's "C". And it's not even a fun fraternity – the senior leadership is painfully politically correct, parroting all the right buzzwords and receive wisdom of our failed ruling caste. Many of these people are courageous on the battlefield – they'll happily charge a Taliban warrior wielding an AK-47. But they quake in their boots back home in the face of an enemy they don't understand and that can destroy their careers – the Social Justice Warrior. That's why you don't see them saying what every damn one of them knows is true – that women, despite their heart and commitment, are a net liability in ground combat units, that trans troops are an expensive distraction and damaging to morale, and that the insane focus on "diversity" programs sucks up priceless training time and fuels, rather than quells, discord in the ranks.
But they don't dare object. That'd be risky. And these are the senior leaders who we will allow to lead our sons and daughters in battle if Korea goes hot. How's your confidence level? And we have now reached the pinnacle of the military's moral bankruptcy with the revelation that one Second Lieutenant Spenser Rapone is a communist. Not like a wannabe communist, not like a routine college-years liberal dummy, but a full-on, dictatorship-of-the-proletariat communist. While at West Point.
Yeah, and the Academy knew. The chain of command knew what this guy was, because he told them (Army alumni have done the job the MSM, which probably sympathizes with this idiot, has failed to do, digging up plenty about him and putting it out on social media). But the Academy let this creep slide through anyway. They let a guy who unequivocally stated his hatred for this country get a security clearance. Then they gave Rapone a commission as a United States Army officer. And they did it knowing who he was, because in the leftist-loving environment Obama created, they were terrified to throw the bum out on his Marx. Hell, he felt comfortable enough to post this all on social media, and the Army chain of command didn't act until we outside the military made a stink and it had to do something.
You've seen the photo of this disgrace wearing a Che t-shirt under his uniform and showing it off. Question: Who took the photo? He was with other cadets so some other cadet saw it and did nothing – doesn't West Point have an honor code, or is honor now a microaggression? Imagine how interested CNN and the Democrats would suddenly be if his undergarment icon was Hitler, or even Robert E. Lee, instead of the racist, gay-murdering dorm room darling of the campus commies. "But, he has a right to express his…"
No, he doesn't. A United States officer cannot be a communist, or a Nazi, or a jihadist. These vile allegiances are incompatible with military service, and we are under no moral obligation to enter into a suicide pact by letting these vermin into our officer corps. Haven't enough people died, like at Fort Hood, because the chain of command was too cowardly to risk getting called jihadiphobic to get rid of an insider threat? Apparently not. Well, we're not obligated to keep this America-hating cretin in either.
There's an investigation going on to gather evidence to see if charges are warranted. If charges are filed, 2LT Rapone will get the due process rights punks like him would deny to others – including due process rights Democrats would deny college students accused of sex abuse.
If what appears true is true, Soon-To-Be Mr. Rapone needs to do time before he's booted – you can't have LTs posting obscenities about the SecDef and let that slide and still have a disciplined Army. But the real story isn't this one loser. It's not even the other losers who knew what he was and said and did nothing. It's the chain of command. We need to know exactly what the faculty and staff at West Point knew about Comrade Cadet Rapone's treachery. If they did know – and I bet we will find out that he was counseled in writing about it – every officer from his first line supervisor to the USMA Superintendent must be relieved and reprimanded. West Point is supposed to be the heart of the Army, but we may find that, after the pernicious influence of Obama and his ilk, it won't even take its own side in a fight.
This is a symptom of a bigger disease. The Army, and the military in general, has lost its way. Fortunately, we have a president who actually loves America and a Secretary of Defense who is a warrior. They need to set the standard and make examples – you get more of what's rewarded, less of what's punished. Let's reward leadership, not careerism. Let's demand moral courage, and not tolerate careerist cowardice. The lives of our troops, and our country's survival depends on it.
Author iamcurmudgeonPosted on October 2, 2017
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Since 1996 I have made a series of Java applet that I put online on my old websites (vredungmand.dk and my university website). The games used to be very popular peeking at tens of thousands of daily users.
However Oracle has changed the applet security policies and lately announced a complete deprecation of the technology, so the games are no longer working and not available online.


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*What am I saying? Only 10 people voted. Including me. This is hardly a statistically valid sample. Yet still. I listen. And obey.


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H.264 Adoption Creating an International Broadcast Muddle
With more and more broadcasters simulcasting content online in H.264, issues of licensing and piracy are once again coming to the fore.
Fri., May 9, by Tim Siglin
By Tim Siglin
"Even local TV stations that have live streaming rights for TV are not entitled to transmit the Olympics on their websites or other mobile platforms," the CCTV vice president said. And, while he is mainly concerned with the broadcast by local Chinese stations, Hu Zhanfan is also deputy director of State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT), the Chinese ministry responsible for program licensing.
"SARFT will strengthen its monitoring of all local stations as well as news and commercial websites," he said. "Violators will be warned and punished and their bad records will be linked to approval of future program licenses."
The IOC is also committed to an internet monitoring program whose goals include search and deletion of illegal content within minutes, according to Stephane Kanah, IOC internet project manager, who reminded authorized broadcasters that they have an obligation to oppose piracy and protect the interests of other broadcasters.
The issue is also cropping up in less grandiose licensing issues: a report out of Australia this week that looks at piracy from a perspective slightly different than Akamai's recent research (which indicated that broadcasters needed to get their content online within 12-18 hours or risk losing significant audience share to pirated versions), says that foreign TV shows posted on the web by content owners are having a negative impact on viewership of this content in Australia.
"International TV shows that are releasing episodes online face an erosion in their broadcast audience of up to 20 per cent," said Steve Allen, managing director of media analysis firm Fusion Strategy.
Allen goes on to say that, while consumption of pay television in Australia has been dropping consistently and free-to-air television has only recovered slightly from a significant drop in 2007, he's optimistic the growth of streaming video online will create a rising tide, especially for domestic content.
"We don't have enough evidence to know what will happen to Australian content," said Allen, "but we expect the two platforms together [TV and streaming] will generate bigger audiences than broadcast on its own. What we think is going to happen is what's happening with newspaper mastheads. When you add [print] readership and online audiences together there has been a 20 per cent increase in masthead readership."
Australia has seen an increase in online streaming video consumption of more than 800%, according to Craig Middleton, Telstra division Big Pond's corporate affairs manager, adding that it's expected to "skyrocket" with a fiber-to-the-home initiative the Australian government is pushing.
For some of the issues that streaming media faces on the H.264 front, don't forget to check out a panel called "The H.264 Convergence" on May 20 at Streaming Media East in New York. Dan Rayburn has the details on his blog.

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Jimmy Fallon Blossoms Into A Late Night Staple
By Jonathan FuhrmanApr 13th, 2010, 3:46 pm
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is funny. There, I said it. Getting it out there in the open for all to see/hear/read/absorb/inhale (you get the point) is therapeutic. I honestly feel better already. If you have been staying up late watching Late Night or, more realistically, DVR-ing and watching it whenever you feel like it (I just burned through a week's worth of episodes in a few hours this morning), you already know this fact. For the rest of you, this is your wake up call.
Yes, it's true, I miss Conan O'Brien terribly. As far as I am concerned, there will continue to be a big hole in the late night TV universe until Conan makes his triumphant return later this year on TBS when his non-compete clause with NBC expires. But as much as I may want to criticize NBC for some bone-headed decision making in the whole Conan/Leno fiasco this past winter, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has predictably returned as ratings king in the 11:30pm timeslot, winning in total viewers and all key demographics against its prime competition, Late Show with David Letterman and the Nightline/Jimmy Kimmel Live combo. Jay's ratings victories represent a feat that Conan's version of The Tonight Show was never able to consistently achieve. (In fact, in the 1st quarter of 2010, Late Show with David Letterman took home the win in total viewers against The Tonight Show for the first time since way back in 1995, right before Hugh Grant took his memorable turn on Jay's Tonight Show's couch to talk about a little dalliance with a classy woman named Divine Brown).
Despite the fact that Conan was losing the overall viewership ratings battle to Letterman, I do believe had NBC actually given Conan time to grow as Tonight Show host, they would have secured a strong future in the 11:30 slot with a much younger demographic. But I also believe that someday there could possibly be peace in the Middle East, so what do I know?
Well one thing I actually do know is that despite their epic fail on the Conan O'Brien front, NBC has a good thing going right now in the 12:30 time slot with Jimmy Fallon, and somehow NBC may have lucked into a much younger, hipper, and yes, let's be honest, very goofy host that can be groomed to take over The Tonight Show whenever Jay Leno finally decides he has enough money and wants to move to some island filled with classic cars. I picture Leno playing with those cars very much the same way I played with my matchbox cars when I was 5. But hey, as long as he is happy right?
Jimmy Fallon has always been a likeable talent going back to his beginnings on Saturday Night Live, where he had a knack for mimicking current pop music to comic effect and for his dead-on impersonations of celebs such as Adam Sandler circa Billy Madison. The most consistent criticism always leveled at Fallon was that he couldn't make it through an SNL sketch without cracking up. I mean, can you hate a guy for laughing? Well, yes, I guess; that's why people are termed "haters" and Fallon has had his share. The haters had even more ammunition after Fallon's failed leap to big-screen stardom. Let's just say that Jimmy will not be reuniting with Queen Latifah and Gisele Bundchen to star in Taxi 2 anytime soon (though I'm guessing the original Taxi was probably huge in France – I have no numbers to back that guess up, I'm going purely on stereotype). Although Jimmy did have the good fortune of snagging a role in my absolute favorite film of the 00's, Cameron Crowe's ode to the 70's rock scene Almost Famous, so as far as I'm concerned his movie career isn't a total disaster.
Which brings us to the present – well, almost. NBC did have the good business sense to sign Jimmy Fallon to a talent holding deal back in 2004 when the whole Jay/Conan Tonight Show transition was first announced. The belief was that Jimmy would be a perfect host to hand over the Late Night franchise to when Conan moved to LA to take over as Tonight Show host. Well, we all know how the Conan part turned out, but Jimmy is still standing…and yes, I will say it again, Jimmy Fallon is funny. More specifically, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has become consistently funny television. It's true that when the show first began airing it was often cringe-worthy. But the show is now a year old and is starting to hit on all cylinders.
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Sharing stories of migration and displacement through art
Published: Wednesday, 03 February 2021 14:02
"One common thread, that is not often acknowledged, is that anyone who calls Australia home, except for the First Nations people of this land, is a migrant of one form or another."
"We have all left behind various homelands where someone decided or was forced to leave, crossing the ocean that separates Australia from the rest of the world, by whatever means of transport available, migrated and took refuge on this land and called it home."- Dr Sanaz Fotouhi, Writer and Filmmaker
Last week marked the conclusion of Motherland – Exile/Refuge – Migration (repeat), a multifaceted exhibition exploring the concepts of migration, and displacement, that was displayed at the Australian National Maritime Museum from January 6 to 27, 2021.
Maher Al Koury - Photo by Anna Kucera.
The series was the first major initiative between SSI and the Australian National Maritime Museum since the beginning of a flagship partnership between the two organisations, which aims to build awareness of peoples experiences of migration to Australia.
The exhibition brought together a diverse range of artists to explore the many facets and layers of migration through performance art, painted works, sculpture, embroidery, virtual reality, punch needling and more.
Artists in the initiative include the Rohingya Womens Collective, Sayd Abdali, Hedar Abadi, Carlos Agamez, Maher Al Khoury, Damon Amb, Shivanjani Lal, Nasaphah Nasaphah, Jane Théau and Lynette Wallworth in collaboration with Indigenous Elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan and Curtis Taylor.
One of the artists, Maher Al Koury said that he was very proud to be participating in the show, particularly as it was one of his first exhibitions since relocating to Australia and his first at a major cultural institution.
"I want to share my story and my art with Australian people. I am proud to be doing this work because I want to share my experience and my country, Syria's, civilisation with Australians. I think this is important because Australia is a peaceful place," he said.
Maher speaking at the Australian Maritime Museum - Photo by Anna Kucera.
Maher Al Khoury arrived in Australia as a refugee from his home in Syria four years ago. He is a visual artist and teacher specialising in painting and drawing. He has been a regular participant in SSI Arts & Culture's Creative Pathways initiative since 2018.
For Maher, art is an essential part of life—supporting the discovery of self and the exploration of the future. This is especially valuable during times of war, when there is little else to keep hope alive. It is also a vital tool for communicating his story.
"I find it difficult to express myself or describe things and my story in words. I am an artist, so I am far better at expressing [ideas] through my pictures," Maher said.
His two piece artwork 'Ground Zero,' was commissioned for the exhibition. It paints a picture of his journey as an artist, losing everything due to the destruction of his homeland and arriving in Australia in search of new memories. His two paintings explore new ways of seeing, the tragic poetry of a life destroyed and visions, of hope for a new future for himself and his family.
Mahers artwork, and the other pieces in the exhibition encompass rich visual and conceptual approaches to the often-conflicting understandings of migration. We invite you to find out more in the exhibition catalogue here.


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It is interesting that according to the US Attorney, the founder of Legendz Sports (Legends Sports), Bartice A. King, aka Luke King, has large sums of cash, real estate properties and funds held in accounts in the names of offshore corporations.
So much for closing the sportsbook and transfer the player balances to WagerWeb, where customers will have to rollover their funds 10x or 5x before cashing out.
I'm a little bit surprised (maybe I shouldn't be) that none of the major US-facing portals, including SBR that had Legends as a top rated bookmaker until the very last day, have commented on the fact that this Luke King is accused to have large sums of cash and real estate properties.
This is the same guy that closed Legends Sports and transferred all his players to a low rated bookmaker requiring a 5x or 10x rollover before customers can withdraw THEIR funds.
When two years ago, following Blue Monday, I wrote an article recommending players to stay away from US-facing bookmakers, a number of geniuses on several US forums heavily criticized me, some even suggested that if US bookmakers lost the ability to make payments, they would have gone door to door to pay their players.
I guess Mr King, aka Cool King, didn't read the memo or he would have probably sent his henchmen to make the payments on his behalf. Yeah right.
Someone on the SBR Forum posted a link to one of my exclusive articles about the Oklahoma City proceedings, so I decided to join the discussion and the following day I was eventually asked by one of their members to post an update to which I replied I didn't think it was a good idea to post a link myself to BMR on the SBR forum.
My posts have since been deleted.
Apparently the SBR management thinks is OK for their members to discuss news published elsewhere, but not for the news writer to join the discussion. You never know, the SBR sheeps may learn of the existence of other ratings and review sites.
Touchdown if you are reading this, SBR deleted my update (twice) in reply to "Luke goes back to jail..."


Ongoing Acupuncture Study Reports Good Results for Women with PCOS - Jennifer Dubowsky, DIPL.Ac.
I'll keep my eye on the study testing the impact of acupuncture on women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), at the University of Virginia Health System (UVAHS) and let you know what information comes from their work.
To date, they seem to be having success. "Over the last year we have seen women who never had a regular menstrual cycle start having regular periods. We can also boast several pregnancies since the study began," said Lisa Pastore, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UVAHS. Dr. Pastore is the principle researcher of the study. She helps women with PCOS have regular menstrual cycles.
Five percent of reproductive age women are affected by PCOS. Symptoms can include small cysts on their ovaries, infrequent or irregular vaginal bleeding, male-pattern hair growth, and acne. Insulin resistance and pre-diabetes also can develop.
PCOS causes a hormonal imbalance, interfering with ovulation and ultimately, fertility. With several women in the study reporting pregnancies, Pastore believes acupuncture could be an important alternative, non-drug therapy for women with this disorder.
I am glad to see that this study is being done. In my Chicago acupuncture practice I have treated several women with PCOS and had a lot of success in regulating their menstrual cycles.


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Q: Synchronously stop a remote service with Powershell I have a custom deployment script written in Powershell. This script needs to update a service on a remote machine, and as such, it first needs to stop it to be able to modify the executable files.
This seems to be a problem.
To synchronously stop a service, I can use net stop servicename or stop-service servicename. The problem is that these two commands are confined to the local machine.
To stop a service on a remote machine, I know I can use the sc.exe program:
sc.exe \\computername stop servicename

But this is asynchronous, so I can't really use it (well, sleep 5 seems to do it, but that's rather dirty).
How can I synchronously stop a remote service using Powershell?

A: Get-Service returns a ServiceController object, which you can then use to manipulate the service. It doesn't matter whether it's local or remote.  I have the script below to stop the Spooler (Print Spooler) service and wait for it to stop, up to 5 seconds. I just added the -Name parameter to Get-Service, and I was able to stop the spooler on a remote server.
Note: Both servers in my case were Server 2008 R2. Your mileage may vary.
Set-StrictMode -Version "2.0"

[System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController]$service = Get-Service -Name "Spooler" -ComputerName "remote_server.domain.com"

[int]$waitCount = 5
do
{
    $waitCount--

    switch($service.Status)
    {
        { @(
        [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::ContinuePending,
        [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::PausePending,
        [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::StartPending,
        [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::StopPending) -contains $_ }
        {
            # A status change is pending. Do nothing.
            break;
        }

        { @(
        [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::Paused,
        [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::Running) -contains $_ }
        {
            # The service is paused or running. We need to stop it.
            $service.Stop()
            break;
        }

        [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::Stopped
        {
            # This is the service state that we want, so do nothing.
            break;
        }
    }

    # Sleep, then refresh the service object.
    Sleep -Seconds 1
    $service.Refresh()

} while (($service.Status -ne [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::Stopped) -and ($waitCount -gt 0))

There is also Set-Service that will accept a computer name parameter, but it does not seem to be able to stop a service if that service has dependent services.

A: PowerShell 2 added a lot of stuff for accessing remote computers with it.
Here's some useful cmdlets to look into (info from PowerShell's get-help):
Enter-PSSession:

SYNOPSIS
   Starts an interactive session with a remote computer.
DESCRIPTION
    The Enter-PSSession cmdlet starts an interactive session with a single remote computer. During the session, the commands that you type
  run on the remote computer, just as though you were typing directly on
  the remote computer. Youcan have only one interactive session at a
  time.
Typically, you use the ComputerName parameter to specify the name of the remote computer. However, you can also use a session that you
  create by using New-PSSession for the interactive session.
To end the interactive session and disconnect from the remote computer, use the Exit-PSSession cmdlet, or type "exit".

New-PSSession:

SYNOPSIS
  Creates a persistent connection to a local or remote computer.
DESCRIPTION
  The New-PSSession cmdlet creates a Windows PowerShell session (PSSession) on a local or remote computer.  When you create a PSSession, Windows PowerShell establishes a persistent connection to the remote computer.
Use a PSSession to run multiple commands that share data, such as a function or the value of a variable. To run commands in a PSSession, use the Invoke-Command cmdlet. To use the PSSession to interact directly with a remote computer, use the Enter-PSSession cmdlet. For more information, see about_PSSessions.

Invoke-Command:

SYNOPSIS
  Runs commands on local and remote computers.
DESCRIPTION
  The Invoke-Command cmdlet runs commands on a local or remote computer and returns all output from the commands, including errors. With a single Invoke-Command command, you can run commands on multiple computers.
To run a single command on a remote computer, use the ComputerName parameter. To run a series of related commands that share data, create a PSSession (a persistent connection) on the remote computer, and then use the Session parameter of Invoke-Command to run the command in the PSSession.

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A: I would look into something like PsExec. It will execute the net stop on the remote machine, and will thus get the synchronous part, but it can be done remotely (that is the point of PsExec after all).

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In geometria solida il cubosimo o cubo simo (che significa: cubo al quale sono stati smussati alcuni vertici), o cubo camuso, è uno dei tredici poliedri archimedei.

Ha 38 facce, delle quali 6 sono quadrati e 32 sono triangoli equilateri, 60 spigoli e 24 vertici, in ognuno dei quali concorrono un quadrato e quattro triangoli. Si tratta di un poliedro chirale: non è equivalente alla sua immagine riflessa, e si presenta quindi in due forme distinte.

Legami con il cubo
Il gruppo delle simmetrie del cubo simo è uguale al gruppo ottaedrale  delle simmetrie del cubo (e dell'ottaedro) che preservano l'orientazione. Il cubo simo può essere ottenuto dal cubo espandendo le 6 facce quadrate e quindi ruotando leggermente i quadrati in modo che lo spazio tra questi possa essere riempito da corone di triangoli equilateri.

Chiralità

Il cubo simo è un poliedro chirale: differisce sostanzialmente dalla propria immagine riflessa. Per questo motivo esistono due versioni del cubo simo, dette destrogira e levogira. Dei tredici solidi archimedei, l'unico altro solido chirale è il dodecaedro simo.

Dualità
Il poliedro duale del cubo simo è l'icositetraedro pentagonale. Anch'esso è un poliedro chirale.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Chiralità
 Cubo
 Dodecaedro simo
 Ottaedro
 Icositetraedro pentagonale
 Poliedro archimedeo

Altri progetti

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Q: How to keep data frame format when applying sapply in R? I wrote a function that splits my data frame into a sequence of 3 columns each (which represent sample replicates) and applies another function on these replicates. The latter replaces all values by "NA" if not at least two out of three samples in this replicate sequence are above a certain threshold, in this case a value of 16.
This is the example code:
# Install and load packages
if (!require(plyr)) install.packages('plyr')
library(plyr)
if (!require(dplyr)) install.packages('dplyr')
library(dplyr)

# Create example data frame
df <- data.frame (ID  = c('data1', 'data2', 'data3'),
    sample1 = c(2, 18, 3),
    sample2 = c(4, 17, 16),
    sample3 = c(3, 11, 2),
    sample4 = c(22, 11, 35),
    sample5 = c(10, 8, 22),
    sample6 = c(17, 9, 11))

# Function for threshold settings
setThreshold <- function(df) {
    thresholded_replicates <- data.frame(
        sapply(split.default(df[2:ncol(df)],
            rep(seq_along(df),
            each = 3,
            length.out = ncol(df)-1)
            ), function(df) {
                 df <- df %>%
                 mutate(rowsum = apply(df, 1, function(x) sum(x > 16))) %>%
                 mutate_at(1:ncol(df), funs(ifelse(rowsum < 2, NA, .))) %>%
                 select(-rowsum)
               return(df)
        }
    ))
    return(thresholded_replicates)
}

df_th <- setThreshold(df)

The input dataframe looks like this:
> df
        ID sample1 sample2 sample3 sample4 sample5 sample6
1 data1       2       4       3      22      10      17
2 data2      18      17      11      11       8       9
3 data3       3      16       2      35      22      11

Below the data frame after applying the function:
> df_th
                X1         X2
sample1 NA, 18, NA 22, NA, 35
sample2 NA, 17, NA 10, NA, 22
sample3 NA, 11, NA 17, NA, 11

The function works nicely, it replaces all values in the replicate rows by "NA" that do not contain at least two values that are greater than 16. However, the format of the data frame is mixed up, the resulting data frame should look like this:
     sample1 sample2 sample3 sample4 sample5 sample6
1      NA      NA      NA      22      10      17
2      18      17      11      NA      NA      NA
3      NA      NA      NA      35      22      11

How can this be achieved?

A: Here is complete base R version, where we use lapply and rowSums to turn rows to NA.
do.call(cbind, lapply(split.default(df[2:ncol(df)], rep(seq_along(df), each = 3,
       length.out = ncol(df)-1)), function(x) {x[rowSums(x > 16) < 2, ] <- NA;x}))

#  1.sample1 1.sample2 1.sample3 2.sample4 2.sample5 2.sample6
#1        NA        NA        NA        22        10        17
#2        18        17        11        NA        NA        NA
#3        NA        NA        NA        35        22        11


Why I will Always Be Vegan – Gifts for Life - Viva!
125 essays from around the world by committed vegans on why they're passionate about being and staying vegan. An inspiring and diverse collection of personal reflections, experiences and observations on veganism. Including a piece written by our very own Viva! founder Juliet Gellatley.


278 pages | 15 B/W Illus.
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major theoretical and practical contributions. Jonathan St B T Evans is amongst the foremost cognitive psychologists of his generation, having been influential in spearheading developments in the psychological study of reasoning from its very beginnings in the 1970s up to the present day. This volume of self-selected papers recognises Professor Evan's major contribution to the psychological study of thinking and reasoning by bringing together his most influential and important works.
Early selections in the book focus upon experimental studies of reasoning - matching bias in the Wason selection task, belief bias in syllogistic reasoning, and also seminal work on the understanding of conditional statements. The later selections include Evans' work on more general forms of dual process and dual system theory, and his recent account of two minds in one brain. The volume also contains chapters which highlight Evans' contribution to the topic of human rationality, and also his influence on the development of the "new paradigm" in the psychology of reasoning.
The key developments in the psychology of reasoning are paralleled by those in Evans's own intellectual history, and the book will therefore make essential reading for all researchers in the psychology of reasoning, and a wider audience of graduate and upper-level undergraduate students with an interest in reasoning and/or dual process theory.
Jonathan St B.T. Evans is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Plymouth, UK. He has conducted research into the psychology of thinking, reasoning and decision making over the past 40 years. He is author of eight books and more than 200 scientific articles on these topics. His work includes the study of cognitive biases in reasoning and decision making with particular expertise in conditional reasoning. He is best known for his career-long interest in dual processes and systems underlying higher cognition.


With warmer days on the horizon (hopefully), I am dreaming of my favorite summer material, linen. Nothing says summer like linen, am I right? While browsing the net last night, I stumbled upon these swoon worthy linen totes and accessories at Mark & Graham. Not only are they perfect for summer, they're also polished and practical. Double score. Take a look.
I'm loving all of these! Linen + a monogram equals a dynamite combo in my book! Do you love linen as much as I do? Which one will you be sporting this summer? Have a great Tuesday, ladies.
The pool tote is so cute!!
Good finds! I think one of these would make a fab beach bag.
I love that bag at the top! It seems like it could be used for just about anything! So cute!


"Influencers"? Quick question – do they ask for money right away?
If you ask me, 99% of the so-called "influencers" aren't really that at all, as they are self-created or agency-created entities, rather than community-endorsed individuals who move mountains. Let me give you who I would use as examples of true influencers – Jesus Christ, Apostle John the Beloved, President Vladimir Putin, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, etc. You get the drift.
Getting a marketing lead? Hire right!
In my 30-odd years of professional life, I have found that there are gems who bring value to the business, and there are riffraff who bring mere entertainment, or worse, cause problems for busineses.
Call me old-fashioned, but I still meander through the city malls here, usually to purge the cache in my brains, to be ready for the next wave of work that demands creativity. Yet, when I traverse through many of these malls, it is common to see white boarded walls in what used to be vibrant retail shops. There seems more and more white walled up spaces than there are active retail shops these days, and it is worrying. It reminds me of many years ago when I was in Melbourne, and there are streets of vacant shops, and plenty of "for lease" signs everywhere. We are now facing that here.
This is an almost pocket-sized book, and is a quick and easy read. Bobette Buster is a renowned storytelling consultant and lecturer, and shares her personal perspectives into storytelling.


The Pleasure Point Inn is a weekly and monthly rental, for shorter term stays we are temporarily closed until end of February 2019.
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We are conveniently located along East Cliff Drive, which has beautiful ocean views, paths for walking or biking, and excellent surfing locations.The classic surf-town feel of Pleasure Point is yours to enjoy; try paddle boarding in the Monterey Bay, or watch the surfers from a bench along the cliffs.
Pleasure Point Retreat vacation suites have private bathrooms , gas burning fireplaces, private entrances and patios with ocean views. Our studios are fully furnished with linens, towels, dishware, personal coffee makers (uses k cups) refrigerators, microwaves, ice-buckets, safes, flat screen TV's, and wifi .
Each suite does have a private ocean view patio to enjoy, bring your grill and have a cook out while whale watching at the Monterey bay. All suites have access to the ocean cleanup area for kayaks, surfboards, wetsuits. Parking is on site in front of your suite. It was a fisherman's bed and breakfast in 1990's, but there no breakfast served today. There are several good breakfast options within walking distance of the Inn.
Dolphin and Sand dollar are available.The rooms rates are for suites: $550 total for 1 or2 days, $750 for 3 days. Per room there is a $40 cleaning fee, 11% local tax, $1.75/day TMF required by Santa Cruz and $200 security deposit, full payment required 45 days in advance when time allows, cancellations will receive full deposit when declared 30 days in advance. Personal checks are accepted in advance. Payment to paypal under email information@pleasurepointinn.com will be charged 3% by Paypal. TMF required by Santa Cruz can be paid at checkin.
Check-in is 4pm, check-out is 11am. When possible, we will accommodate late check out and early check in. We will provide extended parking for your arrival and departure days when able. We do not accommodate pets.
The Pleasure Point Inn functions as a retreat with rooms containing outstanding amenities along with being surrounded by two huge patios; one is a 1000 square foot deck on main level with ocean views while the other is a 800 square foot roof deck overlooking Monterey Bay. There is a huge kitchen with full sized oven, full sized refrigerator and dishwasher available to all guests. The hotel has an ice machine, large hot water heaters, a generator and a large gas grill on roof. The opportunities are endless for events with space available for workshops, ceremonies, charity events, mini conferences and off-site corporate functions.


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New Employment Laws in Connecticut
By Nick Zaino & Romania Morley on August 5, 2021
Posted in General, Labor & Employment, Pay Equity, Wage and Hour
On July 1, 2021, nearly 100 new laws took effect in Connecticut. Below is a summary of some key new laws that will affect employers and the workplace.
Minimum Wage Increase—Effective August 1, 2021, Connecticut's minimum wage increased from $12 per hour to $13 per hour. The minimum wage will increase to $14 per hour on July 1, 2022 and to $15 per hour on June 1, 2023. Beginning January 1, 2024, the minimum wage will be published in the employment cost index, which is computed by the U.S. Department of Labor, and for the first time in Connecticut, the rate will rise in accordance with economic indicators.
Recreational Marijuana—Connecticut became the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 years and older. The new law will eventually permit the retail sale of marijuana, and erase certain marijuana-related convictions and provides employment protections for recreational marijuana use. Employment-related provisions will come into effect July 1, 2022.
Employers may continue to prohibit employees from working under the influence of marijuana, and from possessing or using marijuana while performing duties or on the employer's premises. However, beginning July 1, 2022, non-exempt employers (i.e., employers who are subject to the employment-provisions in the Act) may not prohibit the off work use of cannabis or take adverse action against a non-exempt employee (i.e., an employee who is protected under the Act) or a potential employee for a positive Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) test unless the employer has adopted a policy that states otherwise. Therefore, employers should review and update their drug and alcohol policy, as appropriate. …
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CDC Announces Revised Guidelines for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
Posted in Labor & Employment
As a result of a spike in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant, the CDC now recommends that everyone, including individuals who are fully vaccinated, wear face coverings when indoors in places of substantial or high community transmission. According to the CDC, infections happen only in a small proportion of people who are fully vaccinated, and the same is true with the Delta variant. However, preliminary evidence indicates that fully vaccinated people who become infected with the Delta variant can spread the virus to others. Thus, the CDC recommends that vaccinated individuals: …
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New Law Requires Employers to Disclose Wage Ranges and Expands Scope of Gender-Based Wage Discrimination
By Nick Zaino on July 16, 2021
The end of Connecticut's legislative session always generates an influx of newly passed bills that affect employers. One such bill that was signed into law by Governor Lamont is Public Act 21-30, "An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Salary Range for a Vacant Position." This law will go into effect October 1, 2021 and requires…
Connecticut Extends Sexual Harassment Training For A Third Time and President Biden Nominates A New NLRB General Counsel
By Alan H. Bowie, Jr. & Nick Zaino on February 25, 2021
Posted in Labor & Employment, NLRB, Sexual Harassment
Connecticut's Sexual Harassment Training Deadline Extended to April 19, 2021
The CHRO has announced a third extension of the deadline to provide sexual harassment training for all employees, including supervisors and non-supervisors. In November 2020, the CHRO had announced that the deadline would be extended for a second time until February 9, 2021. Now, the…
President Biden Makes Major Changes At The National Labor Relations Board On His First Day In Office
By Alan H. Bowie, Jr. & Nick Zaino on January 22, 2021
Posted in Labor & Employment, NLRB
On the first day of his Presidency, President Joseph R. Biden made two major changes at the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or the "Board".)
First, President Biden terminated the current NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb. By way of background, the NLRB General Counsel is the agency's chief attorney and, among other things, determines the…
SCOTUS Expands Exemptions to ACA Contraceptive Mandate For Employers With Moral or Religious Oppositions
By Alan H. Bowie, Jr., Nick Zaino & Mark Williams on July 14, 2020
Posted in ACA, Labor & Employment
On July 8, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ("SCOTUS") held in a 7-2 decision that employers may exclude birth control from their health care plans if they have moral or religious oppositions to contraception. This decision upheld the Trump Administration's November 2018 final rules which provide exceptions to the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") mandate…
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act
By Nick Zaino & Mark Williams on March 19, 2020
Posted in FMLA, Labor & Employment
Yesterday, March 18, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed into law, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, that provides many American workers up to 12 weeks of paid FMLA leave and two weeks of paid sick leave for certain reasons related to COVID-19. Employers are required to pay these amounts to eligible employees, and…
NLRB Finalizes Joint-Employer Rule
This week, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") published its long-awaited rule regarding joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act.
The final rule provides:
to be a joint employer, a business must possess and exercise substantial direct and immediate control over one or more essential terms and conditions of employment ("terms and conditions") of
USCIS Publishes A New Form I-9
On January 31, 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may begin using this version of the form immediately and are required to begin using it by April 30, 2020.
The Form I-9 is used by employers to verify the identity…
Workplace Concerns About Coronavirus
By Nick Zaino & Holly Wheeler on February 4, 2020
The novel coronavirus first appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since then, approximately 430 individuals have died as a result of the virus and over 20,700 people have been infected. Eleven individuals in the United States (as of the date of this writing) have been diagnosed with the virus, including a Massachusetts resident and…
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Calamatta Cuschieri Funds Sicav plc surpasses €100 million
Calamatta Cuschieri Funds Sicav plc (CC Funds) is proud to announce that the Assets Under Management within its UCITS Funds has surpassed the €100million mark spread across 7 distinct Sub-Funds, a milestone in the evolution of the SICAV. CC Funds offer a wide array of funds with differing investment strategies providing investors with a variety of options to suit a diverse investment needs as well as a positive track record.
The Funds were launched in 2011, with their flagship Sub-Funds the High Income Bond Funds in EUR and USD, which, to date amount to over €65million in size. The Funds invest in a diversified portfolio of Bonds with the aim of maximising the total level of return of its investors.
In 2013, the Euro Equity Fund was launched which Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Blue Chip companies.
In 2015, the Global Balanced Income Fund was launched, aimed at investors seeking exposure to a fund that invests both in local and international Bonds, as well as in Equities.
In 2017, the Malta Government Bond Fund was launched to focus on investing primarily in Bonds issued by the Government of Malta.
In 2017, The Emerging Market Bond Fund, the first Sub-Fund of its kind in Malta managed solely by a local asset management company, was launched with four distinct share classes, namely accumulator and distributor classes in USD and EUR. This Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Emerging Market Corporate and Government Bonds
In April 2018, the Malta Income Fund was launched in EUR with a Distributor and an Accumulator share class. The Fund invests in a portfolio of Bonds issued by the Government of Malta, as well as in Equities and corporate bonds issued and listed on the Malta Stock Exchange.
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CC SICAV announces a number of enhancements to its fund offering
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A boat show that generated £1million-worth of business to North Wales is back.
The second All Wales Boat Show will be held at Conwy Quay Marina from 30 May to 1 June.
It will be officially opened by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology, Ken Skates, who hailed the event as shot in the arm for the economy.
Organisers are promising a glitzy line up, with luxury boat manufacturers Sunseeker Yachts, Fairline and Sealine exhibiting, along with high end sailboats from Hanse and Delher.
There will also be luxury cars from Rolls Royce, Bentley and McLaren and a helicopter.
At the other end of the spectrum, there will be coracles and bath-tub racing.
The show aims to maximise the potential of the marine leisure industry, which already pumps around £200million into the Welsh economy every year.
An economic impact survey conducted by Bangor University after the inaugural All-Wales Boat Show last year revealed £1million of regional business had been done as a result of the event – including £620,000 in boat sales.
The 2014 event will be held over three days instead of five and will be staged on a single site on the Conwy side of the estuary instead of being split over two locations.
Deputy Minister Ken Skates attended last year and is looking forward to making a return visit.
He said: 'The fact that the inaugural event generated £1million worth of regional business demonstrates the vast potential of the marine industry in terms of boosting the economy.
Steve Morgan, chief executive of the Welsh Yachting Association, added: 'Our ambition to make Wales one of the best places in the world to be a sailor.
Davina Carey-Evans, managing director of show organisers Sbarc, said new additions this year would include wind surfing and wakeboarding, an indoor sailing simulator and a boat jumble.


2. Come or send somebody to the ABCC office to make a cash or cheque donation. The office at Esmeralda 634 Piso 2 D Buenos Aires is open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 5 pm.
3. Come to the ABCC and make your donation with a credit or debit card.
5. Send a cheque to the ABCC made out to: "British Community Welfare Fund - No a la orden".
Please remember to email us at: adm@abcc.org.ar with the details of your donation so as to identify it in our bank statements. Otherwise, your donation may be lost in the "general anonymous donation bag". Thank you!
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WordPress have the function for creating an pagination. By default wordpress, use the pagination of the all category but if any special case you need the pagination on the same category only, then here is the way.
Use this code in single.php and custom template file only.
Use other default template file.
Like : category.php , archive.php, tag.php, taxonomy.php, author.php, date.php, search.php and any custom template file.
Let me know if needs anything else .
Here is the all type of page listings functions like parent page only, child page of current page , all page listings i.e sub page and parent page and more. So wp developer watch this page and suggest me more functions.
Use the AJAX search widget , in place of default search widget of the wordpress.Just Download it and past into the theme and use it.
Could you inform me what theme are you using on your internet site?
Do you have any type of suggestions for creating write-ups?
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projectofficer2014 / November 10, 2015
For many decades, the Knights-Whittome glass plate collection lay untouched in the basement of first a Sutton High Street shop, and then later, the Sutton library. An initial survey of the material revealed that the collection contained a large number of military portraits, as you would expect from a collection spanning 1904-1918, but we had no real idea of the extent of this element until work began in 2014 to bring this collection back into the light of day. Initial work into researching a WW1 exhibition in November 2014 prompted archives staff to cross check the lists of names from local war memorials against the alphabetised plates in the collection. There were a number of matches, and it became evident quite quickly that the collection also contained a huge number of soldiers who were not found in these lists. As we began to work our way through the soldiers documented in the collection we realised that while some were local men who had survived, there were also a huge number of soldiers from the University & Public Schools Battalions (UPS) and other battalions who had been posted nearby – largely at the Woodcote camp in Epsom – and who must have taken the opportunity to use Knights-Whittome's services while there.
During WW1 local high street photographers were responsible for thousands of photographic postcards or cartes de visites that were sent by soldiers, sweethearts and families to loved ones during overseas postings. The Knights-Whittome collection is a prime example of this business boom. We cannot be cynical about the financial success this brought such photographers. Responding to the demand of young men who wanted their picture taken before leaving England for the Western Front and elsewhere kept such photographers busy and met a real need among families and communities divided by war. The dates of plates in the Knights-Whittome collection testify that Knights-Whittome photographed more than his fair share of soldiers; frequently in large batches over one day. Knights-Whittome was an enterprising businessman. An advertisement placed in local Epsom newspapers from 1914 offered a twenty percent discount to those in uniform who attended his studio for a photographic appointment.
The images we have in the Knights-Whittome collection show us not only proud new conscripts in 1914/15 and later joiners from 1916 onwards, but a number of medical personnel and a surprising amount of girls and women and children dressed in their Sunday best. We can only imagine that these were taken as treasured momentoes to be carried or sent along with loved ones away from home. These images were printed directly from a negative onto photographic card often with a 'postcard' back. Each image was printed by hand and usually in small numbers.
A large part of the project, alongside the digitisation of these images, is the identification and research of the sitters therein. Many of the portraits we have are close-up head and shoulder or torso shots, and these offer us a number of details which can help in the identification of the individuals photographed. Some of the portraits show cap badges which offer information about a soldier's regiment, or his shoulder title which did the same (see photo below of Harold Mims who is wearing the cap badge of the 5th (City of London) Battalion, London Rifle Brigade). Other details may include Overseas Service Chevrons on the right cuff – one for each year served; Wound stripe on lower left sleeve, one stripe for each wound received; Rank indicators on the upper arm. Lance-corporals, corporals and sergeants for example had one, two or three stripes respectively. Other clues such as trade and proficiency badges – of which there were many – would indicate a soldiers expertise or speciality. A man wearing a bandolier or spurs for example, would usually indicate his involvement with horses, perhaps in the cavalry or as an artillery driver.
So far on this blog we have covered a good number of soldiers from the collection and over the last few weeks we have tried to diversify the subjects of our weekly posts, but in this week, as we commemorate the Armistice once again, it seems appropriate to commemorate another soldier from the collection. Private Mims was a local lad, who died fighting for his country at a tragically young age. Working with these plates and seeing the legions of proud, young faces stack up as we add more week on week to our online gallery is a humbling experience. After close to a century being hidden in a basement we are glad that we are able to give voice to these heroes once more.
Pte Harold D Mims, killed in action 27 Sep 1918, age 22. Photographed by Knights-Whittome, 8 Jul 1915.
Private Harold Dickman Mims
4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment
Harold Mims was born 1896 in North London, the eldest son of Ernest and Sarah Jane Mims. His father was a silk merchant and later blouse manufacturer. By 1901 the family had moved to "Bosworth", Egmont Rd, Sutton.
Harold enlisted as a private in the 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade). This was the same regiment as Jack Widdicombe (see Jack's War Letters blog) but unlike Jack, Harold did not embark for France until the 24 January 1915 (see Medal Card below). We know very little of his personal movements from then but on the 25 October 1916 he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) in the 4th Battalion, Dorset Regiment and was promoted to Lieutenant just over three months later.
Harold was killed in action on the 27 September 1918, age 22. He is buried in Sains-Les-Marquion British Cemetery and commemorated on the Sutton War Memorial.
Harold Mim's WW1 Medal Card. TNA ref: WO372/14/27197. Image reproduced courtesy of Ancestry and The National Archives, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0
Sources used:
Ancestry for the 1901 and 1911 censuses and his Harold's Medal Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) for details of Harold's death and burial
November 10, 2015 in Archives, WW1. Tags: Dorsetshire Regiment, Knights-Whittome, London Rifle Brigade, Mims, photography, Sutton, WW1
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davidunderdown95 says:
The delay in going overseas void be connected to when he turned 19 which was the official age for overseas service (though the rules in territorial force units were slightly different)


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Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, (probably 27 February 1797 – 29 May 1880) was an Irish doctor and journalist.

Career
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, he studied medicine in Paris and immigrated to Lower Canada in 1823 where he became involved in the political reform movement of the Parti patriote. He was registered to practice medicine in Lower Canada on 16 October 1827.

On the death of Daniel Tracey, owner of the Montreal Vindicator newspaper, in 1832 O'Callaghan became the editor and brought in Thomas Storrow Brown to work on the paper. They proved to be an irreducible adversary of Lord Gosford and the status quo. In 1834, O'Callaghan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Yamaska. In office, he was a close supporter of Louis Joseph Papineau.

In 1837, during the Lower Canada Rebellion, a mandate of arrest was issued against him, and he sought refuge at Saint-Denis, then crossed the United States border with his friend, Louis-Joseph Papineau. Later, O'Callaghan became secretary-archivist of the State of New York, and died there in 1880.

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 Jesuit Relations of Discoveries and Other Occurrences in Canada and the Northern and Western States of the Union, 1632–1672, New York, 1847

 A list of Editions of the Holy Scriptures, and Parts Thereof, Printed in America Previous to 1860, Albany, 1861.
 The Register of New Netherland ; 1626 to 1674, Albany, 1865.

Notes

References

 John T. Driscoll. "Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan", in New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911
 Maureen Slattery. "Irish Radicalism and the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec and Ireland, 1833–1834: O'Callaghan and O'Connell Compared", in Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Historical Studies, 63 (1997), pp. 29–58
 Maureen Slattery Durley. "Dr. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, His Early Years in Medicine, Montreal, 1823–1828", in Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Study Sessions, 47 (1980), pp. 23–40
 Jack Verney. O'Callaghan. The Making and Unmaking of a Rebel, Montréal: McGill-Queen's Press, 1994, 350 pages  (online excerpt)
 Edward W. Nash. Catalogue of the Library of the Late E. B. O'Callaghan, M. D., LL. D., Historian of New York, New York: Douglas Taylor Printer, 1882 (on line)

See also
Timeline of Quebec history
Lower Canada

1797 births
1880 deaths
19th-century Irish people
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Journalists from Quebec
Quebec people of Irish descent
People from County Cork
Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec


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Q: get pixel of image in tensorflow I am new by tensorflow. I want to write a Neural network, that gets noisy images from a file and uncorrupted images from another file.
then I want to correct noisy images based on the other images.

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This is not my code.  It was ranked very high on google search, has several github stars and forkes, all which are great indicators that it is a working and supported implementation.

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What powers did the Hufflepuff cup, the Slytherin locket, and the Ravenclaw diadem possess?
Most of the glory goes to Gryffindor's sword when it comes to the founders' artefacts. I don't think I've read any detailed account of what powers the Slytherin locket, the Hufflepuff cup, and the Ravenclaw diadem have respectively, although canon indicates at least one of them was rumored to be very magically powerful. According to Hepzibah Smith, one-time owner of the Hufflepuff cup, the cup was rumoured to have tremendous powers:
[Hepzibah Smith] opened the lid. Harry edged forwards a little to get a better view and saw what looked like a small golden cup with two finely wrought handles. 'I wonder whether you know what it is, Tom? Pick it up, have a good look!' whispered Hepzibah, and Voldemort stretched out a long-fingered hand and lifted the cup by one handle out of its snug silken wrappings. [SNIP]
'A badger,' murmured Voldemort, examining the engraving upon the cup. 'Then this was ...?'
'Helga Hufflepuff's, as you very well know, you clever boy!' said Hepzibah, leaning forwards with a loud creaking of corsets and actually pinching his hollow cheek. 'Didn't I tell you I was distantly descended? This has been handed down in the family for years and years. Lovely, isn't it? And all sorts of powers it's supposed to possess, too, but I haven't tested them thoroughly, I just keep it nice and safe in here ...'
Half-Blood Prince - page 408 - Bloomsbury - chapter twenty, Lord Voldemort's Request
I prefer a canon answer (the books, interviews with J.K. Rowling, Pottermore, etc.) but, barring any known canon information, a subjective answer within the spirit of canon is welcome as well.
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In order: CON+6, CHA+6, INT+6
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@Izkata -- I'm not sure what all that means :/
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From Dungeons & Dragons, Constitution, Charisma, and Intelligence are 3 of the 6 primary stats. +6 is as big a bonus an item can give without getting into epic-level artifacts (that is, artifacts usually made by gods or godlike beings)
So far, canon only explains the diadem's powers in detail. I'm not aware of a detailed description of the other artefacts, but we can make educated guesses.
Ravenclaw's diadem
We learn about Ravenclaw's diadem when Harry et al. are trying to work out what Ravenclaw's artefact might be, and Terry Boot provides your answer:
"Sorry, but what is a diadem?" asked Ron.
"It's a kind of crown," said Terry Boot. "Ravenclaw's was supposed to have magical properties, enhance the wisdom of the wearer."
— Deathly Hallows, chapter 29, The Lost Diadem
That fits with the general perception of Rowena Ravenclaw, and is consistent with the crown that Luna's father has tried to recreate.
Since Voldemort has turned the diadem into a horcrux, nobody puts it on to test this theory, as it's probably cursed (like the ring). Any magic from Ravenclaw is probably destroyed at the same time as the horcrux.
But the notion that it provides intelligence is confirmed when Harry talks to the Grey Lady, aka Helena Ravenclaw, who was around when the diadem was first created:
"While the diadem bestows wisdom," she said with an obvious effort to pull herself together, "I doubt that it would greatly increase your chances of defeating [Lord Voldemort]."
— Deathly Hallows, chapter 31, The Battle of Hogwarts
This is when she explains that she stole the diadem to make herself wiser than her mother, and how the diadem fell into Voldemort's hands.
Hufflepuff's cup
All we have is the quote that you've already provided. We know it was powerful, but beyond that, nothing is confirmed.
Since Gryffindor's sword and Ravenclaw's diadem both embodied characteristics of their owner, perhaps the same might apply for Hufflepuff. But how does "goodness" apply to a cup? One answer might come from Hufflepuff's background at Hogwarts:
One of the four celebrated Founders of Hogwarts, Hufflepuff was particularly famous for her dexterity at food-related Charms. Many recipes traditionally served at Hogwarts feasts originated with Hufflepuff.
— Wizard of the Month, June 2007, JKRowling.com
This caused quite a lot of discussion when it was first posted, and later J.K. Rowling had to clarify Hufflepuff's role in the Hogwarts kitchens:
Hufflepuff did what was the most moral thing to do at that time, and we are talking about over a thousand years ago. So that would be to give them good conditions of work. There was no kind of activism there, so no one's going to say, "Here's an idea, let's free them. Let's pay them." It was just, "Well we'll bring them somewhere they can work and not be abused."
— PotterCast interview J.K. Rowling, part one, December 2007
So food-related charms seem like a natural fit for her artefact, and of course that goes nicely with a cup. Perhaps it provides everlasting water, or healing properties. Again, these abilities are never explored, because Voldemort's horcrux means that it probably provides poison or maggots instead.
I don't think J.K. Rowling has ever commented on this, but the obvious comparison is the Holy Grail. That's where I'm getting the idea that it provides some sort of magical drink.
Slytherin's locket
Later, in the same memory that you quoted, we learn that Slytherin's locket possess remarkable powers, when Hepzibah Smith shows the locket to a young Riddle:
"I had to pay an arm and a leg for it, but I couldn't let it pass, not a real treasure like that, had to have it for my collection. Burke bought it, apparently, from a ragged-looking woman who seemed to have stolen it, but had no idea of its true value—"
There was no mistaking it this time: Voldemort's eyes flashed scarlet at the words, and Harry saw his knuckles whiten on the locket's chain.
"—I daresay Burke paid her a pittance but there you are…. Pretty, isn't it? And again, all kinds of powers attributed to it, though I just keep it nice and safe…."
— Half-Blood Prince, chapter 20, Lord Voldemort's request
Given Slytherin's background with snakes, it seems natural to assume that the locket might grant some sort of affinity with snakes. When Harry and Ron try to destroy the locket, Parseltongue is required to open it. That seems like a defence that might have been designed by Slytherin, and the locket's powers could only be accessed if you could open the locket.
It's not inconceivable that only Slytherin's descendants could open the locket (a la the Chamber of Secrets), but that's pure speculation on my part.
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