The second major release of BenchVue software provides flexible data logging, along with the capability to combine functionalities of different measurement equipment.
Measurements provide windows on performance, but RF/microwave measurements have grown in complexity in recent years as test equipment continues to gain in functionality and power. Fortunately, a personal computer (PC) with the right software can coordinate and simplify those measurements, and that software just may be Release 2 of the BenchVue software from Keysight Technologies.
1. Using the measurement view, BenchVue can be used to correlate results from different measurements in one PC.
It supports simplified connectivity among different types of test equipment, including oscilloscopes, power sensors, function generators, digital multimeters, power supplies, and spectrum analyzers. The Keysight BenchVue software for the PC makes it easier to operate the many different instruments that it supports, either at the laboratory bench or remotely under the appropriate wireless control. And one of the best features of all about this software: It is free of charge.
The BenchVue PC test software is extremely easy to use, with simple point-and-click data capture and the ability to manipulate of test results on a PC. BenchVue now supports seven instrument types: oscilloscopes, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, digital multimeters, function generators, power sensors, and data acquisition units.
This latest version of the test software works with more than 200 Keysight instrument models, including 2000 X-Series, 3000 X-Series, 4000 X-Series, and 6000 X-Series oscilloscopes; models 33621A and 33622A function generators; and PXA N9030A and MXA N9020A spectrum analyzers.
This new version of the BenchVue software can do more with spectrum analyzers, such as screen image capture, screen image logging, trace logging, and deep data capture of advanced signal information, including in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) signal data. It also features expanded capabilities with oscilloscopes, enabling the various scope models to perform measurement logging along with screen image capture and trace capture.
2. The BenchVue PC software provides extensive data trace and logging capabilities to analyze data from different measurement instruments.
The test software enables a user to show information from different connected test gear—such as a spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, and power supply—simultaneously (Fig. 1), and can also enable closer views of data on a single screen (Fig. 2). The test data can be manipulated into different file formats and exported as required. In addition, the software provides quick access to instrument user manuals, drivers, frequently asked questions (FAQs), videos, and other useful details about the instruments it is helping to control and operate.
To use the software, a user plugs an instrument into a PC running BenchVue by means of a General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB), Universal Serial Bus (USB), or local area network (LAN) connector. A compatible instrument is automatically configured for use in BenchVue; no separate instrument drivers are needed. Measurement data can be captured with just a few mouse clicks on the PC.
The software can be loaded free of charge. Upgrades for all of the different instrument types are available at moderate cost, ranging from $150 (USD) for a BenchVue Power Supply Pro Software License to $750 (USD) for a BenchVue Function Generator Pro Software License. In spite of their price tags, these "Pro" versions feature enviable functionality. For instance, a mobile application allows engineers to remotely monitor and respond to their test bench via a smartphone or tablet.
The BenchVue software supports more than 200 instrument models, and this latest version provides enhanced capabilities for the types of instruments (such as spectrum analyzers) that were controlled by its predecessor.


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Joe Brolly has come up with a solution to the venue issue surrounding the Liam Miller tribute match
Could this be a way around the problem?
As previously reported, the GAA released the following statement about the venue issue regarding the tribute match for Liam Miller and it has not been received well.
Their statement reads: "Only a change at Annual Congress can alter this situation. Congress takes place in February each year. The GAA has sought legal advice around funding received towards the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh and believes it is compliant with the terms and conditions laid down in September 2016."
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"The Association re-affirms its offer to provide hospitality facilities at the venue free gratis to assist fundraising efforts around the Liam Miller Tribute Match and wish the event organisers every success in their endeavors."
The reaction to this statement has been very strong with the majority condemning the GAA and their adherence to Rule 42 which states that there can be no playing of non-GAA sports in GAA stadiums - excluding Croke Park – for other codes.
So in steps former Derry star and current RTE pundit Joe Brolly, who has clearly studied the rules, and seems to have come up with a solution:
As per Joe's Twitter account:
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"The GAA has the legal power to sanction the use of Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Even if they didn't, no one would mind. This is a good thing all around."
"Rule 5.1 (a) allows GAA pitches to be used for "purposes not in conflict with the aims and objects of the association.." So, the Liam Miller game could easily be sanctioned. In any event, the penalty for a breach is discretionary R5.1(b) so a blind eye should be turned."
There is already a petition in place for the match to be played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and the petition organisers were originally looking for 7,500 signatures, and at the time of writing, they had over 14,500.
The GAA has the legal power to sanction the use of Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Even if they didn't, no one would mind. This is a good thing all around.
— Joe Brolly (@JoeBrolly1993) July 20, 2018
Rule 5.1 (a) allows GAA pitches to be used for "purposes not in conflict with the aims and objects of the association.." So, the Liam Miller game could easily be sanctioned. In any event, the penalty for a breach is discretionary R5.1(b) so a blind eye should be turned.
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Als Oranjehotel wurde das Gefängnis von Scheveningen bezeichnet, in dem Angehörige des niederländischen Widerstandes während der deutschen Besatzung im Zweiten Weltkrieg inhaftiert waren.

Das Gefängnis
Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde das Gefängnis von Scheveningen, einem Stadtteil von Den Haag, zunächst von den niederländischen Behörden zur Unterbringung von deutschen Kriegsgefangenen genutzt. Nach der Kapitulation der Niederlande infolge des am 10. Mai 1940 begonnenen deutschen Überfalls übernahm die deutsche Besatzungsmacht die Gebäude, die drei Bereiche umfassten: ein Untersuchungsgefängnis für Straftäter, ein Militär- sowie ein Polizeigefängnis, das sogenannte Oranjehotel. Dieses Polizeigefängnis diente als Durchgangsstation, um Niederländer, die des Widerstandes gegen die Besatzung verdächtigt wurden, kurzzeitig – manche auch als Geiseln – festzuhalten und zu verhören. Viele Gefangene wurden von dort aus in deutsche Lager gebracht und rund 250 von ihnen hingerichtet.

In der Regel befanden sich 1200 bis 1500 Gefangene gleichzeitig im Oranjehotel, die zu mehreren in einer der über 200 Zellen einsaßen. 1941 wurde das Gefängnis um ein weiteres Gebäude vergrößert. Der jüngste Gefangene in dieser Zeit war drei Jahre alt; das Kind wurde gemeinsam mit seiner vierjährigen Schwester als Geisel gehalten. Der Vater der Kinder, ein Professor der Universität von Amsterdam, der zusammen mit seinen Studenten gegen die Deutschen konspiriert hatte und untergetaucht war, sollte auf diese Weise dazu gezwungen werden, sich zu stellen.

Am 7. Juni 1944, einen Tag nach der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie, wurden die Insassen des Gefängnisses in das KZ Herzogenbusch gebracht. Nach der Befreiung wurden im Oranjehotel Angehörige der deutschen Besatzung inhaftiert, wie etwa der SS-Untersturmführer und Mitglied des Sicherheitsdienstes Ernst Knorr, der am 7. Juli 1945 tot in seiner Zelle aufgefunden wurde. Es ist unklar, ob er Selbstmord beging oder umgebracht wurde, zumal sein Körper Spuren von Misshandlungen aufwies.

Geschätzt wird, dass bis zu 30.000 Menschen aus den Niederlanden zwischen 1940 und 1945 im Oranjehotel inhaftiert waren. Genaue Angaben gibt es nicht, da die Deutschen alle Dokumente gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs vernichteten. Auch ist nicht bekannt, wie das Gefängnis zu seinem Namen Oranjehotel kam, der schon bald im Volksmund benutzt wurde.

Die Erinnerung

Die Stichting Oranjehotel hat eine Gedächtnisstätte auf dem Gelände des Gefängnisses von Scheveningen eingerichtet, das heute Penitentiaire Inrichting Haaglanden heißt und wo sich auch die United Nations Detention Unit des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs befindet. Die Gedächtnisstätte, die wegen ihrer Lage auf Gefängnisgrund nur einmal monatlich öffentlich zugänglich ist, besteht aus der (rekonstruierten) Todeszelle Nr. 601, der Pforte, durch die die Todeskandidaten zur Exekution auf die Waalsdorpervlakte gebracht wurden, und aus einer Gedenktafel, die 1950 von Königin Juliana enthüllt wurde. Einmal jährlich wird feierlich der Opfer gedacht.

An den Mauern der Zellen wurden zahlreiche Inschriften der Gefangenen gefunden. Viele dieser Inschriften wurden von E. P. Weber in das Dodenboek aufgenommen, das schon 1945 zusammengestellt wurde. In diesem Buch sind Namen, Fotos und Lebensdaten aller 734 Menschen verzeichnet, die nach ihrem Aufenthalt im Oranjehotel durch die deutschen Besatzer den Tod fanden. Es befindet sich heute im Nationaal Archief in Den Haag.

Die Waalsdorpervlakte
In der Nähe des Oranjehotels ist die Waalsdorpervlakte gelegen, eine Senke im Dünengebiet von Meijendel, nördlich von Den Haag. An diesem Ort exekutierten die deutschen Besatzer zum Tode verurteilte Gefangene. Heute erinnern bronzene Kreuze in den Dünen an die Hingerichteten, und 1959 wurde dort eine imposante Bordun-Glocke aufgestellt.

Literatur
 Bas von Benda-Beckmann: Het Oranjehotel. Een Duitse gevangenis in Scheveningen. Querido, Amsterdam 2019, ISBN 978-90-214-1536-9.
 Ernst Paul Weber: Gedenkboek van het 'Oranjehotel'. Celmuren spreken, gevangenen getuigen, onze gevallen verzetshelden. Mulier, Amstelveen 1982, ISBN 90-70393-10-7.

Weblinks

 Oranjehotel 1940–1945 (niederländisch)
 Oranjehotel 1940-1945 In: denhaag.com (deutsch)

Einzelnachweise

Ehemaliges Gefängnis
Bauwerk in Den Haag
Gedenkstätte für den Widerstand im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Niederländischer Widerstand 1940–1945
Gedenkstätte für NS-Opfer
Geschichte (Den Haag)
Behörde (Den Haag)
Gefängnis (Königreich der Niederlande)

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At Concept, we are proud of our desire to give back. From providing support to students, sportspeople, junior football teams and boxing clubs to fundraising for international charities, we want to help make a difference.
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500 Cups of Tea, 1200 Sandwiches, 1200 Cups of Soup, 1200 Hot Meals!!!
8th September 2021| Community| Jason Harris
Feeding 1200 people in a month is quite normal for the charity 'Hope for Food', based in the Bournemouth area of Dorset, and Concept Building Services (Southern) Limited, working closely with an FM manager from Mitre, were only too pleased to lend their support to this South Coast based Charity when the opportunity arose.
The operation, run and managed by a small committee who act as trustees, is 100% made up of volunteers who between them give over 7,000 hours a year cooking and serving food in the soup kitchens, which they run five evenings a week. As with all charities, 'Hope for Food' relies heavily on the support of the local community and is always looking to build strong links with surrounding businesses. In the same breath, Concept have regularly been one of those companies to step up to the plate when approached and so, when we were able to assist with an internal structural request, it was a simple positive reply.
Of course, although some of our Fabric, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers might profess to be more than capable cooks we felt their skill sets might be more applicable to the charity's needs by helping them move into a new distribution centre at West Howe Industrial Estate. Concept staff dismantled all the racking, primarily used for storage at the old base, and re-instated it in their new premises at Unit 13, in such fashion, that it offered a seamless transition for the soup kitchen operation. 'Hope for Food' continues to be busy supporting the homeless, disadvantaged people and families in poverty in the Bournemouth area. Their recipients can be male, female, young and old, but usually they are just poor, vulnerable individuals who are hungry. For us at Concept, it was just a pleasure to assist in this small manner to help maintain the smooth running of their invaluable services.
2021 Challenges – 100 Miles Plus – The Winner!
25th June 2021| Community| Jason Harris
The results are in, the mileage checked and a clear winner has emerged after the expected burst of effort during the end of month Bank Holiday weekend. Just to remind everyone, the challenge was to see who could walk the most miles over 100 miles in the calendar month of May. A financial incentive for the winner was the added carrot.
With one week to go Tracy Stedman from Accounts was a clear leader but an amazing surge over the last few days by Tom Bond, also from the accounts team, saw him achieve an incredible total of 321.71 miles walked in the thirty one days of May. A remarkable average of 10.38 miles per day. Tracy ended up in a clear second place with an equally outstanding 294.92 miles completed while Alisdair Kelly, our Security Manager, trundled in third with an admirable 142.81 miles completed.
Congratulations to everyone who took part.
Concept's 2021 Challenges
29th April 2021| Community| Jason Harris
After months of lockdown and an inevitable air of uncertainty as to what the summer months will bring this year, the Directors at Concept have set a couple of friendly challenges for all those who are interested within the company. They say friendly because the advantages of these types of events enhances team building and at the same time stimulates individuals to get out and about after months of restrictions and that can be great for morale….……..but, we all know that life isn't quite that clear cut. Where there is a challenge, there is competition, and where there is competition, there will be a winner!
Dan Small, the Assistant Managing Director, has set the 5K running challenge while Gill Alexander the Financial Director has set the 100 mile walking challenge.
At first, both could be viewed with either an element of skepticism or apprehension. 5K run, easy, I could jog that? 100-mile walk, that's a long way and imagine the blisters after that distance! So, two interesting sets of parameters were stipulated.
Saturday 1st May – Monday 31st May – using the 'Map my Walk' App on their phones. Whoever achieves the highest mileage above 100 miles for the month will receive £100 from the Company and £100 for the winner's charity of choice. Ten members of the Accounts and Administration teams have phones charged, walking boots and backpacks stocked and Elastoplast's at the ready. Being a Bank Holiday weekend, both at the start and the finish of the challenge, inevitably there will be a surge of effort at both ends by the competitors; but will the consistent steady walkers win the day? Tuesday 1st June will see the outcome.
Sunday August 1st – Brighton Marina. A flat 5K from the Marina to Brighton Pier and back again. The winner is who can get the closest to completing the course in under 20 minutes! Yes, who could run sub 4 minutes a kilometer for five of them. Fourteen guys are currently in training and there certainly seems to be an element of sand bagging on times in some quarters already. Watch for the results later this year!
Help us crack prostate cancer
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Prostate Cancer Charity Golf Day
On Tuesday 29 April 2014 the Royal Engineers (DCRE) based at RAF Brize Norton organised a charity golf day in aid of prostate cancer. It is a popular twice annual event, attended by staff and contractors working on the station.
Concept supported the event by providing prizes for the after golf presentation. Dan Small and Paul Phillimore were there on the day representing Concept.
The day was a great success, with nice weather and a really fantastic dinner carvery. We look forward to the next event!


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Unless you've been living under a rock, in a cave or on Mars with your fingers in your ears, you may have heard there are a number of EPL teams facing a little difficulty.
In the last couple of seasons there's been a team that's become homeless (we're not going to look into the rights and wrongs of this as it's been discussed to death) and another one taken over by a fan-led private consortium.
There's another whose financial situation has been featured heavily recently, plus strong rumours that one more team is also in financial peril and may not make the end of the season.
All this is before you look at the prospect of a fifth club having their rink condemned. Between this and MK Lightning leaving for the glittering shores of the Elite League, it's pretty obvious the EPL is in crisis.
The crisis and opportunity is a simple one: the current results driven league structure is not sustainable and this is self-evident.
In the last 10 years the Invicta Dynamos, Chelmsford Chieftains, Romford Raiders, Isle of Wight Raiders and Slough Jets left the league permanently – Manchester Phoenix, Bracknell Bees, Telford Tigers and another team could be on the cusp of following suit.
The league is littered with stories of teams signing big names or impressive looking rosters and then releasing them around Christmas, or sending out heart-wrenching pleas to their fans to help save the team.
This is either because they've got their budgets horribly wrong, or for whatever reason a sponsor has pulled out causing a shortfall in what was a carefully planned budget.
This leads to the question of 'what comes next?' – does British hockey need an EPL or an EPL analogue? If so, how should it be set up? And importantly, what should be done towards making the league sustainable?
There is a clear requirement for a tier of British hockey that bridges the gap between NIHL and EIHL – this is a development need for both the Elite League and the Great Britain programme.
However, this also requires stability – development requires planning, planning requires stability.
A number of teams have started to restructure their affairs to make them more sustainable – or in the parlance so beloved of the commenters on The Hockey Forum, they've cut their sails to match their cloth.
A good example of this are Bracknell Bees. Under Bees Live Ltd, they appear to have adopted a sustainable model that will allow them to compete in the British second tier.
Despite issues with their rink, they're working hard to bring in new revenue streams, acknowledging all of their sponsors, big and small, pushing in rink fund raising like the 50/50 and Shirt off Your Back draws, and have cut their costs to the minimum – bringing through and developing as much local British talent as possible.
While they languish near the foot of the table, their fans are rewarded with entertaining hockey and the first glimpse at a number of names that will likely become much better known as years go on.
Another issue with the EPL is one of identity – while they are classed as a results driven league, they are also, in theory at least, a development league.
This also forms another part of their identity issue – if they are developing players, who are they developing them for?
The short and obvious answer, and one trotted out on occasion by the top tier themselves is the Elite League.
At this point, despite a lack of apparent input from the top tier except in a couple of exceptional cases, a handful of players do step up from the EPL into the Elite League and make a good go of it.
Ben Bowns, Craig Peacock, Luke Ferrara, Cam McGiffin and Paul Swindlehurst are amongst those who have stepped up over the years, however these are the exceptions rather than the rule, where it should be the other way around.
Having previously discussed development issues, the views expressed there still hold true today as they did at the time of writing.
While the article concentrated on player development as an alternative to additional imports, (non-British trained players), the EPL or its successor can go further than this, although that's a discussion for another time.
If the EPL is as unsustainable as the casualty list above highlights and there is a requirement for a proper development league, what comes next?
This is the $64 million question. Ice Hockey UK chairman Richard Grieveson put forward a proposal for a replacement second tier with a graded points system dependent on age, position and ITC status that seems eminently sensible.
Could it really work? In theory, yes – if it's run properly with a representative, but independent management committee, combined with transparent governance and a robust regulatory stance.
This could be a great benefit to the sport as a whole, commercially in terms of sponsorship opportunities, financially in terms of keeping the wage bill down, and increasing the availability and quality of British-trained players for the Elite League and Great Britain.
This could be pushed further still, using something akin to a draft system, try-out camps, regular links between first and second tier, allowing players to play up and down as required, (prospects playing up, players returning from injury playing down to help become match fit for example).
It would be similar to the relationship between the NHL and the AHL – if it works for the best league in the world, it might not be a bad idea.
1. On-ice officials – a good place to 'blood' officials getting ready to step up and improve the standard of officiating in the top tier.
2. Technology, (goal line, instant replays, video referee, online scoring), rather than dropping it straight into the top tier, let it bed in and iron out the kinks in the second tier so that it's proven value being added.
3. Rules of competition changes – 3-on-3 overtime for example – try it out in the second tier first. If it works, great, if it doesn't the scrap it and start again without damaging the brand of the top tier.
There are plenty of people currently involved in the sport who are well-placed to suggest other ways the second tier could be used to aid development.
However, any rebuild of the EPL into a stable, development oriented, second tier would need to be supported by an accompanying mindset shift by those running the higher leagues and national side, and similar by IHUK or their successor national governing body.
The signs from the presentation given recently to the EIHA actually look quite promising, but the weight of this expectation is resting upon the shoulders of Richard Grieveson.
Highlights from the EPL game between Basingstoke Bison and Hull Pirates on Saturday, 28th January.
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Marcel Erni was bornon March 23, 1926 in Zug, Switzerland, Switzerland. Marcel Erni is co-founder of Partners Group, a Swiss private equity firm with $30 billion in assets under management. He started Partners Group in 1996 after stints at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Co. Partners Group's co-founders Alfred Gantner and Urs Wietlisbach are also billionaires and also worked at Goldman Sachs. Erni currently owns 10% of the publicly traded company. Erni earned his MBA from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business and a PhD in finance and banking from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. In 2016, Partners Group provided 50 percent equity for Texas based processing facility Raven.


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Benton County planners table marijuana facility by Tom Sissom | September 7, 2017 at 1:07 a.m.
In this Thursday, April 20, 2017 photo caretakers oversee a grow room for medical marijuana at ShowGrow, a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
BENTONVILLE -- Saying they have unanswered questions, Benton County planners on Wednesday tabled action on a proposed medical marijuana cultivation facility until Sept. 20.
The Planning Board voted unanimously in favor of tabling action on the plan. Bob Bracy, board chairman, said the proposal has raised new questions for the county.
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016 amended the state Constitution making the use of medical marijuana legal and established a system for cultivation, acquisition and distribution of medical marijuana.
Source: Staff report
"This is a new area for Benton County," Bracy said. "There is not enough evidence presented. There needs to be more evidence presented in two or three areas."
Bracy cited questions about security and plans for cooperation with law enforcement as one area he wants to hear more information. Marvin Park, representing Therapeutic Health Corporation, told the board the company worked with the Arkansas State Police on security but received no response from the Benton County Sheriff's Office.
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Another area of concern is the operation of a nonprofit organization described as a "youth ranch" on property immediately south of the planned facility. County planners said the state restricts medical marijuana facilities, barring them from operating within 3,000 feet of churches, schools and day-care facilities. It was unclear if a youth ranch would be included in any of those classifications.
I think it's a question worth answering," Ashley Tucker, board member, said during the discussion.
The Planning Board was considering plans for about 20 acres at 10004 and 10012 Bloomfield North Road, northwest of Gentry. The plans call for renovating a poultry house on the site for the cultivation facility and a house on the property would be used as an office. The plans show security fencing, lighting and other screening and buffering required by the county to separate the business from adjacent properties.
Possible waste-water problems from the facility was another issue. Marvin Park, representing the business, said the growing facility would use an "aeroponic" system, which he described as a "self-contained system" recirculating the water used.
More than a dozen area residents spoke against the facility, citing concerns about crime, traffic, flooding or other water quality problems, decreasing property value and what they said will be an intrusion of an industrial operation into a rural area.
"I realize the people of Arkansas voted to make medical marijuana legal," Teresa Sturgeon told the board. "I don't think they thought about what would happen if they did that. This really needs to be in an industrial area."
Park said the proposed facility is more of an agricultural operation than what he sees as a "heavy commercial" operation that would fit the designation the county planning staff is using for the facility.
"This is not a power plant," Park said. "It's not a Tyson chicken plant. In my mind, that's heavy industry."
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Parks Bonifay is arguably the most influential rider of all time. Over the next 6 weeks of RECALL, we'll be putting out his entire documentary in sections for you to enjoy! Check it out!
This is a killer doc (except the knee part) Parks is an all-time legend to the sport!


May River baseball continued its strong start to the season with a 7-3 win over defending Region 8-4A champion Colleton County on Wednesday.
Jeffrey Hodge was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Cooper George, Josh Patterson, and Elijah Peter all drove in runs for the Sharks.
Patterson picked up the win on the mound, allowing two runs and three hits over three innings with four strikeouts and five walks. George gave up one run and four hits over three innings of relief, and Logan Wake pitched a scoreless seventh.
The Sharks (4-1) host Woodberry Forest School (Va.) at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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These were the magnificent words I heard from my cardiologist on February 3, 2016 when I had gone for my 5 month follow-up visit after having open heart surgery August 14, 2015. Yes, I said open heart surgery! This was necessary surgery to repair a Mitral Valve Prolapse that had worsened.
I am sharing this with you because February is the month of American Heart Health Awareness for women. While 1 in 29 women die of breast cancer, approximately 1 of every 3 women die of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Yet 80% is preventable! So I hope I have your attention. Whether you are a woman or man with female friends and family members, this subject is important.
I did not have all the typical indicators for heart disease, which are: overweight, lack of exercise, high cholesterol, and eating poorly. In fact, I am quite the opposite. I just happened to have had Mitral Valve Prolapse which I could not control or change. Mitral Valve Prolapse is common among women but most often does not require surgery. I am fortunate that my regular doctor had kept a very close watch on my mitral valve for years and when he heard changes through my regular visits, he acted right away. No wasting time. There was a need for surgery. But other women are not so lucky.
If you love yourself and care about other females in your life, I am asking you to be aware of the signs of heart problems. Females have different symptoms than males. My heart surgeon, Dr. Mark Gillinov, at the Cleveland Clinic (Ohio) wrote a comprehensive book called Heart 411: The Only Guide To Heart Health You'll Ever Need. He has an entire chapter on the differences between females and males when it comes to the heart and symptoms.
Look for local events in your city this month that pay tribute and bring awareness to women's heart health.
Thank you and wishing you heart health!
Thank you for your wonderful message. It's true. As women, we worry about taking care of others more so than ourselves. It's nice to get a loving reminder that we too are important. How can we take care of others if we don't take care of ourselves.
Thank you for your continued hard work on our behalf as administrative professionals. I thank God for your speedy recovery and continued good health.
Hi Barbara! Thank you very much for your kind words. And yes, women need to pay more attention to themselves. As you said, if we don't take care of ourselves, how can we take care of others we love?


A symbolic wedding ceremony organized for a beautiful couple, among the picturesque hills of the Umbria region, in the town of Tuoro sul Trasimeno, on the shores of Lake Trasimeno, at the border between the Italian regions of Umbria and Tuscany. The ceremony and wedding dinner took place in the garden of a very beautiful agriturismo, and before that, a wedding photo session took place in Arezzo.The couple immediately after the official registration of the marriage in their homeland went with their friends to Italy to celebrate a happy event among the most beautiful landscapes of Tuscany and Umbria. Originally planned to organize a symbolic wedding ceremony in Tuscany, but I convinced the bride to celebrate their wedding in the neighboring region, since Umbria is as beautiful as Tuscany, its hilly landscapes and beautiful old architecture, and the prices for wedding services in Umbria are much lower, because this region of Italy is not so widely advertised in the sphere of tourism as neighbor Tuscany. We chose to accomodate at a wonderful hotel - agriturismo, cozy and very well maintained, located in the countryside, among fields and vineyards, on the shores of Lake Trasimeno, at the border between Umbria and Tuscany. The symbolic wedding ceremony was held there, in the garden of the agriturismo. I came to my newlyweds in the morning, after the morning preparations of the bride we had a small photo session in the hotel park, then the bride changed her dress and we went to a photo session in the ancient city of Arezzo, which is nearby, but already in Tuscany, between Lake Trasimeno and Florence, not far from Siena. Arezzo is one of the most ancient cities of Tuscany, it was built by the ancient Etruscans in the 6th century BC, and it is this city that is the birthplace of Francesco Petrarca and Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, patron of the arts. After walking around the city and finishing the photo session, we went back to agriturismo, passing past the picturesque fields and groves, and stopped by a field of sunflowers to make a few shots, it was impossible to miss such beauty)) Upon returning to the hotel, the flower-decorated arch for Ceremony, created for my lovely couple by a local florist, waited for us. After the symbolic wedding ceremony was over, the restaurant staff served a table with snacks and wine for an aperitif, and during the aperitif prepared for a small company a beautiful table in a gazebo, located in the garden. Twilight descended, and after a short photo session, the newlyweds and their guests began a wedding dinner in the gazebo, and I did some more "night" shots. So this nice day passed, and the next morning the happy newlyweds set off on their honeymoon trip around Italy.


So I have been watching the news and weather recently, as you do before planning a large trip, and I came across something rather interesting.
No there isn't an influx of dead iguana's due to malnutrition, nor is there an immediate shortage of motorcycles, apparently Russia has declared a state of emergency in a region not too far from ours due to an insane number of wolves. Apparently "a shortage of mountain hares has caused the migration of hungry wolves" which are hopefully not too hungry for some Aussie flesh.
If you would like to devour the full article and gorge yourselves on some tasty morsels of information then go right ahead – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20932461.
Well now I feel fully prepared! With that in mind – happy wolf hunting.


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American Securities and P2 Capital Partners Complete Acquisition of Blount
Blount International, Inc. (NYSE:BLT) ("Blount" or "Company") today announced the completion of its acquisition by affiliates of American Securities LLC and P2 Capital Partners, LLC. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Blount stockholders are entitled to receive $10.00 per share in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding.
"As a private company, Blount will have greater flexibility to pursue new opportunities to better serve its global customer base across the Forestry, Lawn, and Garden ("FLAG") and Farm, Ranch, and Agriculture ("FRAG") markets," said Loren Easton, Managing Director at American Securities. "We look forward to providing the strategic and financial support to enable Blount to achieve this next phase of growth."
"We have long admired Blount's talented team members and its track record of market leadership and innovation," said Josh Paulson, Partner at P2 Capital Partners. "We are excited to work alongside management and American Securities to help the Company execute its strategic plan and continue delivering the high-quality products that are its hallmarks."
The transaction was announced on December 10, 2015 and received approval from Blount stockholders on April 7, 2016. Josh Collins will remain the Company's Chief Executive Officer and David Willmott will continue to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer. The Company intends to maintain its corporate headquarters in Portland, Oregon and its existing global distribution and sales footprints.
As a result of the completion of the acquisition, shares of Blount common stock were removed from listing on the New York Stock Exchange, with trading in Blount shares suspended prior to the opening of business today.
"Forward-looking statements" in this release, including without limitation statements regarding the transaction and the Company's "outlook," "expectations," "beliefs," "plans," "indications," "estimates," "anticipations," "guidance" and their variants, as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, are based upon available information and upon assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable; however, these forward-looking statements involve certain risks and should not be considered indicative of actual results that the Company may achieve in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, in particular, among other things, the potential impact of the announcement or consummation of the transaction on relationships, including with employees, suppliers and customers; litigation relating to the transaction; and the other factors and financial, operational and legal risks or uncertainties described in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the "Risk Factors" and "Forward Looking Statements" sections of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this document except as required by law.
About Blount International
Blount is a global manufacturer and marketer of replacement parts, equipment, and accessories for consumers and professionals operating primarily in two market segments: Forestry, Lawn, and Garden ("FLAG"); and Farm, Ranch, and Agriculture ("FRAG"). Blount also sells products in the construction markets and is the market leader in manufacturing saw chain and guide bars for chain saws. Blount has a global manufacturing and distribution footprint and sells its products in more than 110 countries around the world. Blount markets its products primarily under the OREGON®, Carlton®, Woods®, TISCO, SpeeCo®, ICS® and Pentruder® brands. For more information about Blount, please visit our website at http://www.blount.com.
About American Securities
American Securities is a leading U.S. private equity firm with approximately $15 billion under management. Based in New York with an office in Shanghai, American Securities invests in market-leading North American companies with annual revenues generally ranging from $200 million to $2 billion and/or EBITDA of $50 million to $200 million. For more information, please visit http://www.american-securities.com.
About P2 Capital Partners
P2 Capital Partners is a New York-based investment firm that applies a private equity approach to investing in the public market. P2 manages a concentrated portfolio of significant ownership stakes in high quality public companies in which it is an active shareholder focused on creating long-term value in partnership with management. The firm will also lead private equity transactions within its public portfolio. P2's limited partners include leading public pension funds, corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and high net worth investors.
For Blount International:
David Dugan
For American Securities:
Caroline Harris-Gibson
Prosek Partners
For P2 Capital Partners:
Josh Paulson or Jonathan Gasthalter


Many men like to tell themselves that smoking is just a little indulgence and that the only person worried about their high blood pressure is their doctor, so they may be surprised to read the findings of a new study: researchers have concluded that, concretely speaking, middle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels risk dying about 10 years earlier than their healthier counterparts.
The study, which was initiated between 1967 and 1970, involved over 19,000 British civil servants aged 40 to 69. Thirty-eight years later, the survivors were located (13,501 had passed away). Researchers measured the participants' height, weight, blood pressure, lung function, cholesterol levels and blood glucose levels. The participants also completed a questionnaire on their medical history, smoking habits, type of employment and marital status. Smokers made up 42 percent of the cohort, while 39 percent suffered from hypertension and 51 percent had hypercholesterolemia.
According to the results of this study, men with these three cardiovascular disease risk factors could expect a their life expectancy to be reduced by 10 years. In other words, a 50-year-old man who smokes, has hypertension and hypercholesterolemia can expect to live up to the age of 74, while a man without these risk factors can expect to live up to 83 years of age.
When the researchers included other risk factors such as obesity, diabetes and professional status, they found a 15-year life expectancy difference between the 5 percent with the highest number of risk factors and the 5 percent who had the lowest number.
Even though this study dealt with men, we can expect that women would experience similar benefits.
No-one can guarantee that people who lead a monastic life will live longer. However, developing a healthy lifestyle means putting all the odds in you favour for enjoying many more happy years. Also, keep in mind that it is never too late to reap the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, which includes smoking cessation, eating well and practicing regular physical activity.


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Q: Limit of Thomae's function as x goes to 1 I am working on the following problem:
Problem: Let $t(x)$ be Thomae's function:
$$t(x)=
  \begin{cases}
    1 & \text{if }x=0, \\
    1/n & \text{if }x=m/n \in \mathbf Q\setminus\{0\}\text{ is in lowest terms with }n>0,\\\
    0 & \text{if }x\notin\mathbf Q.
  \end{cases}$$
Show that $$\lim_{x\to1}t(x) =0$$
By showing that given $\epsilon>0$ that all the points in the set $T=\{ x \in \mathbb{R} : t(x) \geq \epsilon \}$ are isolated.
Progress I understand this intuitively and I think I have proven it using the usual definition of functional convergence by picking  $\delta= |m-n|\epsilon$. However I did not use the set T. Moreover I do no understand why we would need to show that first.
Another Post about the ( maybe the same) problem: How to prove the limit of Thomae function?
I have read the solution and I am lost for the same reasons as the OP of the post. The problem is that I still do not understand the hint that was given on that post, and I have been stuck on this for a long time.
 Any help would be appreciated, thank you!!

A: You don't need to use the set $T$ to prove continuity. It provides one way of going about it (and a handy way of thinking about limits of $t$), but it is by no means necessary. Let's do a direct approach, which works in much the same way as the hint in the linked question.
First, consider the case $\varepsilon = \frac{1}{n}$ for some $n$ (yes, $\varepsilon > 0$ should be completely arbitrary, but we'll get to that in a second). Following the hint in the linked question, we just need to show that
$$\frac{p}{q} \in \left(1 - \frac{1}{n}, 1 + \frac{1}{n}\right) \setminus \{1\} \implies |q| \ge n + 1 > n.$$
Let's say we have such a $p/q$. Then
$$\left|\frac{p}{q} - 1\right| < \frac{1}{n} \implies\frac{|p - q|}{|q|} < \frac{1}{n} \implies |q| > |p - q|n.$$
Since $p/q \neq 1$, we have $p \neq q$, hence $|p - q| \ge 1$, hence
$$|q| > |p - q|n \ge n \implies |q| \ge n + 1.$$
The benefit here is that it means
$$t\left(\frac{p}{q}\right) \le \frac{1}{n + 1} < \frac{1}{n}.$$
That is, we can simply take $\delta = \frac{1}{n}$ as well, since
$$0 < |x - 1| < \delta \implies \begin{cases}t(x) = 0 < \dfrac{1}{n} & \text{if } x \in \Bbb{R} \setminus \Bbb{Q} \\ 0 \le t(x) < \dfrac{1}{n} & \text{if } x \in \Bbb{Q}\end{cases} \implies |t(x) - 0| < \frac{1}{n},$$
proving the limit for $\varepsilon = \frac{1}{n}$.
How can we show this for more general $\varepsilon > 0$? Well, since $\frac{1}{n} \to 0$ as $n \to \infty$, we can always choose a sufficiently large $n$ such that $0 < \frac{1}{n} \le \varepsilon$. We can then use $\delta = \frac{1}{n}$ as above.

If you wanted to go about this question using the hint, let's prove the isolation of $T$. You can prove isolation directly, but here's an indirect proof.
Suppose, for the sake of contradiction $(x_n)$ is an injective sequence in $T$ such that $x_n \to x_0 \in T$. Then $x$ and $x_n$ must be rational numbers; let $x_0 = p_0/q_0$ and $x_n = p_n/q_n$, each in lowest terms, each with positive denominator. We also must have $t(x_i) = 1 / q_i < \varepsilon$, i.e. $0 < q_i < 1/\varepsilon$.
Note that there are only finitely many integers in $(0, 1/\varepsilon)$, so there must be one such integer $q$ which is used infinitely often in the sequence. That is, there must be a subsequence $x_{n_k}$ such that $q_{n_k} = q$ for all $k$. But then
$$\frac{p_{n_k}}{q_{n_k}} = \frac{p_{n_k}}{q} \to x_0 \implies p_{n_k} \to x_0 q,$$
as $k \to \infty$. This implies $p_{n_k}$ is Cauchy, and so eventually the terms must become closer than $1/2$ to each other. But since this sequence is composed of integers, this implies that $p_{n_k}$ is eventually constant, contradicting injectivity. Thus, each point in $T$ is isolated.
How does this help us prove the limit? Well, for $0 < \varepsilon \le 1$, we have $1 \in T$, as $t(1) = 1 \ge \varepsilon$. Therefore, as proven above, it is isolated. That is, there must exist some $\delta > 0$ such that $(1 - \delta, 1 + \delta) \cap T = \{1\}$. That is,
\begin{align*}
0 < |x - 1| < \delta &\implies x \in (1 - \delta, 1 + \delta) \text{ and } x \neq 1 \\
&\implies x \in (1 - \delta, 1 + \delta) \text{ and } x \notin T \cap (1 - \delta, 1 + \delta) \\
&\implies x \notin T \\
&\implies t(x) < \varepsilon.
\end{align*}


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WhatsApp Business App Launched: Here's everything you need to know about this New App
January 22, 2018 by Jayson John
How WhatsApp Business App Launch help business to Grow
WhatsApp Business app is finally official. This new app is aimed at helping small enterprises to connect better with their customers. WhatsApp Business app was first officially announced back in September last year and tested with businesses like BookMyShow and MakeMyTrip in India.
Image:gadgetsnow.com
Now, let us take a look at this new WhatsApp Business app
WhatsApp Business app is made for small businesses. For example, if you run a small online retail company or have a local general store or bakery, then WhatsApp Business app can help you connect directly and efficiently with your customers. Some of WhatsApp Business app features will be as follows. At the start there is Business Profiles, which can help customers with useful information such as business description, email or store addresses, and website. Secondly is messaging tools, where WhatsApp will offer smart messaging tools like quick replies, etc. Business owners will also get to see messaging statistics and review like what messages have been read and what is working on the platform.
There will also be the option of WhatsApp Web to send and receive messages with WhatsApp Business on the desktop. Finally, the account type will let the normal users know if they are talking to a business as it will be listed as a Business Account. WhatsApp will also have some Confirmed Accounts over time for few businesses. About normal users, WhatsApp says users will have full control over the messages they receive. If you do not wish to receive messages from any number, you can still block it, and this applies to businesses as well. If a business starts spamming you on WhatsApp, there will also be the option of reporting spam. As of now, the WhatsApp Business app is free for all SMEs. However, WhatsApp has indicated in the past that it could look at monetizing services by charging bigger enterprises.
WhatsApp Business app is now available to download for free on Google Play store in Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, the UK, and the US. However, WhatsApp for Business is not yet available in India and will launch for the rest of the world later, which might include India, because India has the biggest market for the app. Currently, It is only available for Android phones but the company will eventually have a version for iPhones too.
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For example: EAA 1241-1-132, l. 13p−14, meaning: the National Archives of Estonia, fonds 1241, inventory 1, record 132, overleaf of the sheet 13 and sheet 14. The list of sources used should be added to the data, all records presented separately.


VPCI has been serving the pharmaceutical industry for almost 40 years.
VPCI has been supporting the Pharmaceutical Industry with a growing portfolio of services since 1978. We are based in the United States, providing a virtual bridge of services that connect Pharmaceutical companies throughout Europe to the regulatory environment of the FDA. Our clients include API manufacturers, a wide variety of finished dosage form manufacturers, CMOs, intermediate processors, testing facilities, medical device manufacturers, homeopathic and food ingredient suppliers.
To provide the necessary depth and quality of our services, VPCI collaborates with a global base of associated consultants. We can staff our projects with a combination of U.S.-based experts and European-based technicians to allow our clients the benefits of a cost-effective engagement, along with the best and most qualified consultants available for the particular task at hand. We have the ability to communicate with clients and regulatory agencies in a number of languages.
VPCI personnel have participated in the design, writing and implementation of a variety of pharmaceutical regulations. We have also assisted regulatory agencies worldwide (U.S.A., Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Japan) in training for their internal inspectors. Several industry standards, books and guidelines have been co-authored by VPCI personnel including those published by the PDA (Parenteral Drug Association), IEST (Institute of Environmental Science and Technology), and ISPE (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering).
We have earned a well-deserved reputation of trust, expertise, and highly successful project outcomes. We believe that expertise from our many years of experience and hard work equals positive results.
VPCI leaves its customers with practices that allow you to develop and produce high-quality products with efficient, GMP-compliant operations that benefit long after the project may be over.


Sarah Brokke's Sacred Selves opened yesterday at Duluth Pottery in Lincoln Park. The exhibit runs through March 31st.
This week's Making It Up North, the Emmy-nominated program produced by Karen Sunderman at WDSE-WRPT (Thursdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 11:00am), features photographer Christian Dalbec.


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Lisec () is a small dispersed settlement in the hills north of Kneža in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia.

References

External links
Lisec on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Tolmin


'Middle East'; 'Middle East' '+' (i.e. Economic conditions; Foreign relations; History; Languages; Politics and government; Social conditions; Women).
'Africa, North'; 'Africa, North +'.
Specific Country in the Middle East (i.e. Egypt; 'Egypt' and '+').
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (5 Vols.) REF DS 56 .O9 1997.
Political Leaders of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa: A Biographical Dictionary DS 61.5 .P65 1990.
Longer articles with some images on architecture, calligraphy, coins and textiles (rugs).
Scholarly E-Journal on a broad range of issues pertaining to the modern Middle East. Stated focus is interdisciplinary, though the concentration is in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
Links to various businesses in the Middle East. Grouped by business type and country of origin.
Learn the Arabic alphabet and some basic Arabic words and phrases.
Languages of Africa from Ethnologue. Organized by country to find the specific country in North Africa.
Languages of Asia from Ethnologue, the web site of the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Dallas. Organized by country to find the specific country in the Middle East.
A commercial web site from ArabNet Technology based in Saudi Arabia. Provides detailed information on specific countries in the region in numerous sub categories. Home page includes current news up-dates for the region. The site can be searched.
Covers the Middle East and North Africa. Alphabetical listing of selected entries with cross references.
Numerous maps of Africa and the Middle East from the Perry Castaneda Map Collection. Posted at the University of Texas (Austin). Maps are available for different regions and specific countries of North Africa and the Middle East. (Some of these maps are large files and may take some time to download).
Political information on individual countries of the Middle East and North Africa (click on region and select country). Links to country government sites as well as local political parties, political organizations and media sources.
Metasite for Islam and the Islamic diaspora from the Department of Religion, University of Georgia. To a lesser extent also on Judaism and Christianity.
Web site on the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition at the Library of Congress in the early 90's. Provides further information and links on this topic.
Documents on the Palestine/Israel conflict and peace process. From the 'MidEast Web for Coexistence', a registered non-government organization in Israel.


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package io.prediction.data.storage.hbase

import io.prediction.data.storage.Event
import io.prediction.data.storage.PropertyMap
import io.prediction.data.storage.LEvents
import io.prediction.data.storage.LEventAggregator
import io.prediction.data.storage.StorageError
import io.prediction.data.storage.hbase.HBEventsUtil.RowKey
import io.prediction.data.storage.hbase.HBEventsUtil.RowKeyException

import grizzled.slf4j.Logging

import org.joda.time.DateTime

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.NamespaceDescriptor
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client._

import scala.collection.JavaConversions._

import scala.concurrent.Future
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext

class HBLEvents(val client: HBClient, val namespace: String)
  extends LEvents with Logging {

  // implicit val formats = DefaultFormats + new EventJson4sSupport.DBSerializer

  def resultToEvent(result: Result, appId: Int): Event =
    HBEventsUtil.resultToEvent(result, appId)

  def getTable(appId: Int): HTableInterface = client.connection.getTable(
    HBEventsUtil.tableName(namespace, appId))

  override
  def init(appId: Int): Boolean = {
    // check namespace exist
    val existingNamespace = client.admin.listNamespaceDescriptors()
      .map(_.getName)
    if (!existingNamespace.contains(namespace)) {
      val nameDesc = NamespaceDescriptor.create(namespace).build()
      info(s"The namespace ${namespace} doesn't exist yet. Creating now...")
      client.admin.createNamespace(nameDesc)
    }

    val tableName = TableName.valueOf(HBEventsUtil.tableName(namespace, appId))
    if (!client.admin.tableExists(tableName)) {
      info(s"The table ${tableName.getNameAsString()} doesn't exist yet." +
        " Creating now...")
      val tableDesc = new HTableDescriptor(tableName)
      tableDesc.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor("e"))
      tableDesc.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor("r")) // reserved
      client.admin.createTable(tableDesc)
    }
    true
  }

  override
  def remove(appId: Int): Boolean = {
    val tableName = TableName.valueOf(HBEventsUtil.tableName(namespace, appId))
    try {
      if (client.admin.tableExists(tableName)) {
        info(s"Removing table ${tableName.getNameAsString()}...")
        client.admin.disableTable(tableName)
        client.admin.deleteTable(tableName)
      } else {
        info(s"Table ${tableName.getNameAsString()} doesn't exist." +
          s" Nothing is deleted.")
      }
      true
    } catch {
      case e: Exception => {
        error(s"Fail to remove table for appId ${appId}. Exception: ${e}")
        false
      }
    }
  }

  override
  def close(): Unit = {
    client.admin.close()
    client.connection.close()
  }

  override
  def futureInsert(event: Event, appId: Int)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, String]] = {
    Future {
      val table = getTable(appId)
      val (put, rowKey) = HBEventsUtil.eventToPut(event, appId)
      table.put(put)
      table.flushCommits()
      table.close()
      Right(rowKey.toString)
    }/* .recover {
       case e: Exception => Left(StorageError(e.toString))
    } */
  }

  override
  def futureGet(eventId: String, appId: Int)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Option[Event]]] = {
      Future {
        val table = getTable(appId)
        val rowKey = RowKey(eventId)
        val get = new Get(rowKey.toBytes)

        val result = table.get(get)
        table.close()

        if (!result.isEmpty()) {
          val event = resultToEvent(result, appId)
          Right(Some(event))
        } else {
          Right(None)
        }
      }.recover {
        case e: RowKeyException => Left(StorageError(e.toString))
        case e: Exception => throw e
      }
    }

  override
  def futureDelete(eventId: String, appId: Int)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Boolean]] = {
    Future {
      val table = getTable(appId)
      val rowKey = RowKey(eventId)
      val exists = table.exists(new Get(rowKey.toBytes))
      table.delete(new Delete(rowKey.toBytes))
      table.close()
      Right(exists)
    }
  }

  override
  def futureGetByAppId(appId: Int)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Iterator[Event]]] = {
      futureFind(
        appId = appId,
        startTime = None,
        untilTime = None,
        entityType = None,
        entityId = None,
        eventNames = None,
        limit = None,
        reversed = None)
    }

  override
  def futureGetByAppIdAndTime(appId: Int, startTime: Option[DateTime],
    untilTime: Option[DateTime])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Iterator[Event]]] = {
      futureFind(
        appId = appId,
        startTime = startTime,
        untilTime = untilTime,
        entityType = None,
        entityId = None,
        eventNames = None,
        limit = None,
        reversed = None)
  }

  override
  def futureGetByAppIdAndTimeAndEntity(appId: Int,
    startTime: Option[DateTime],
    untilTime: Option[DateTime],
    entityType: Option[String],
    entityId: Option[String])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Iterator[Event]]] = {
      futureFind(
        appId = appId,
        startTime = startTime,
        untilTime = untilTime,
        entityType = entityType,
        entityId = entityId,
        eventNames = None,
        limit = None,
        reversed = None)
  }

  override
  def futureFind(
    appId: Int,
    startTime: Option[DateTime] = None,
    untilTime: Option[DateTime] = None,
    entityType: Option[String] = None,
    entityId: Option[String] = None,
    eventNames: Option[Seq[String]] = None,
    targetEntityType: Option[Option[String]] = None,
    targetEntityId: Option[Option[String]] = None,
    limit: Option[Int] = None,
    reversed: Option[Boolean] = None)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Iterator[Event]]] = {
      Future {
        val table = getTable(appId)

        val scan = HBEventsUtil.createScan(
          startTime = startTime,
          untilTime = untilTime,
          entityType = entityType,
          entityId = entityId,
          eventNames = eventNames,
          targetEntityType = targetEntityType,
          targetEntityId = targetEntityId,
          reversed = reversed)
        val scanner = table.getScanner(scan)
        table.close()

        val eventsIter = scanner.iterator()

        // Get all events if None or Some(-1)
        val results: Iterator[Result] = limit match {
          case Some(-1) => eventsIter
          case None => eventsIter
          case Some(x) => eventsIter.take(x)
        }

        val eventsIt = results.map { resultToEvent(_, appId) }

        Right(eventsIt)
      }
  }

  override
  def futureAggregateProperties(
    appId: Int,
    entityType: String,
    startTime: Option[DateTime] = None,
    untilTime: Option[DateTime] = None,
    required: Option[Seq[String]] = None)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Map[String, PropertyMap]]] = {
      futureFind(
        appId = appId,
        startTime = startTime,
        untilTime = untilTime,
        entityType = Some(entityType),
        eventNames = Some(LEventAggregator.eventNames)
      ).map{ either =>
        either.right.map{ eventIt =>
          val dm = LEventAggregator.aggregateProperties(eventIt)
          if (required.isDefined) {
            dm.filter { case (k, v) =>
              required.get.map(v.contains(_)).reduce(_ && _)
            }
          } else dm
        }
      }
    }

  override
  def futureAggregatePropertiesSingle(
    appId: Int,
    entityType: String,
    entityId: String,
    startTime: Option[DateTime] = None,
    untilTime: Option[DateTime] = None)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Option[PropertyMap]]] = {
      futureFind(
        appId = appId,
        startTime = startTime,
        untilTime = untilTime,
        entityType = Some(entityType),
        entityId = Some(entityId),
        eventNames = Some(LEventAggregator.eventNames)
      ).map{ either =>
        either.right.map{ eventIt =>
          LEventAggregator.aggregatePropertiesSingle(eventIt)
        }
      }
    }

  override
  def futureDeleteByAppId(appId: Int)(implicit ec: ExecutionContext):
    Future[Either[StorageError, Unit]] = {
    Future {
      // TODO: better way to handle range delete
      val table = getTable(appId)
      val scan = new Scan()
      val scanner = table.getScanner(scan)
      val it = scanner.iterator()
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        val result = it.next()
        table.delete(new Delete(result.getRow()))
      }
      scanner.close()
      table.close()
      Right(())
    }
  }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Gender equality in the technology industry.
App Camp For Girls seeks to address the gender imbalance in technology professions by inspiring middle-school age girls, transgender, and gender nonconforming youth with a broad introduction to the process of app development, from brainstorming and designing ideas to building and pitching their apps. We believe that the experience of creating an app that runs on a device in one week can spark the enthusiasm that will propel our developers to pursue further tech education.
In addition, App Camp For Girls is a place for women, transgender, and gender nonconforming adults in the tech community to come together, network, and provide mutual support in their endeavors to advance in the field of software development. We encourage and support our volunteers to continue their own education in programming and design.
The inaugural season of App Camp for Girls took place in Summer 2013 in Portland, Oregon. We have held sessions in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Phoenix, Orange County, Minneapolis, and Vancouver, BC. We've worked with over 250 aspiring developers and over 80 mentor volunteers in over the last five summers! Check out Four Summers In One Minute for a quick look at our first years.


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Q: ebay sdk can't connect Seem to be getting a connection error based on the trace but can't figure out why? Here is my simple script:
import ebaysdk
from ebaysdk.finding import Connection
from ebaysdk.exception import ConnectionError

api = Connection(config_file='ebay.yaml', domain='api.sandbox.ebay.com')

api_request = {
            #'keywords': u'niño',
            'keywords': u'GRAMMY Foundation®',
            'itemFilter': [
                {'name': 'Condition',
                 'value': 'Used'},
                {'name': 'LocatedIn',
                 'value': 'GB'},
            ],
            'affiliate': {'trackingId': 1},
            'sortOrder': 'CountryDescending',
        }

response = api.execute('findItemsAdvanced', api_request)

Here's the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ebaysdk/connection.py", line 127, in execute
self.error_check()
File "/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/ebaysdk/connection.py", line 223, in error_check
raise ConnectionError(estr, self.response)
ebaysdk.exception.ConnectionError: 'findItemsAdvanced: Accepted'
Here is my .yaml file:
name: ebay_api_config

# Trading API Sandbox - https://www.x.com/developers/ebay/products/trading-api
api.sandbox.ebay.com:
    compatability: 719
     appid: APPID
    certid: CERTID
    devid: DEVID
    token: TOKEN
    https: 1

# Trading API - https://www.x.com/developers/ebay/products/trading-api
api.ebay.com:
    compatability: 719
    appid: APPID
    certid: CERTID
    devid: DEVID
    token: TOKEN
    https: 1

# Finding API - https://www.x.com/developers/ebay/products/finding-api
svcs.ebay.com:
    appid: APPID
    version: 1.0.0
    https: 1

# Shopping API - https://www.x.com/developers/ebay/products/shopping-api
open.api.ebay.com:
    appid: APPID
    https: 1

Many thanks.

A: Change your domain in connection function to :
domain='svcs.sandbox.ebay.com'


Now, before everyone jumps down my throat, yes I know I have friends. However, most of them are now just on social media, it doesn't feel real anymore.
I've come to the realisation, particularly this past few weeks, that I don't really speak to many people anymore.....not REALLY talk.
I'm the person who likes to help. I'm the person you call when you need something, because if the one small thing I can do makes you happy, or makes your life easier in any small way, it makes me happy.
I know why it is, it's because I'm a 'carer', I've fallen into that category and didn't even realise. If the conversation isn't about bowel movements, meltdowns, food or disability, I don't know what to say. I don't really know what other people, 'normal' people, talk about any more. I'm not really up on current events, I'm not really available for social events, life is passing me by.
I never really realised how hard caring for someone you love, when they are in constant pain, was. My children have always been the way they are, although Ajax's needs are getting greater as he grows.
I'm so bloody tired, but I don't really have anyone to tell, because I don't have a person I can go to. I recently went out for a night and (I'm sorry girls), I didn't really enjoy myself. I was ready to come home by 9pm, but lasted til 10.
Nothing is going to change, I guess I just wanted to explain myself a little. Maybe explain that sometimes you have no idea what's going on in people's lives, so if they seem ignorant maybe it's because they don't know what to say.
Particularly us parents of SEND children, or caring for those we love. We just lose touch with the real world so easily.
Oh my love, are you getting any practical support from local charities or anything? You really need some breaks and support, you deserve a life that you love.
Well what can I say? Hate to think of you lonely or unhappy. I think you probably underestimate just how many women feel this way and carers too. Your life is valuable and that does not change according to how much you know about current affairs. Many folks know all about those but nothing about real love like you do. Say what you feel and not just online and allow people to know and to support you. You have a loving family and I know my late Mum would say (which probably won't help) that God sends situations like yours to the very best people because he knows they will handle them and give 110 per cent. Also, you will have helped so many with your honesty in this post.


We are looking for an energetic, creative problem solver to join our hyper-growth company and enhance our product experience.
As the Technical Support Lead you will work with customer to resolve routine and advanced technical issues as well as address general account concerns. You will also help efforts for ongoing training of practice staff and support the release of new features.
You will routinely communicate and share information with others in the company our development, account management, sales and implementation teams will all look to you on how to enhance our product experience.


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Campaigners against the expansion of an airport because it is too close to a nuclear power station have been accused of raising "misconceived" fears. Appeals by the Lydd Airport Action Group (LAAG) and the RSPB have been heard at the High Court in London. Lydd Airport officials said concerns about its proximity to Dungeness B power station were "without any merit". Mr Justice Ouseley reserved a ruling on Friday after analysing evidence at the four-day hearing.
BBC 24th Jan 2014 read more »
SEVENTY lorry loads of nuclear waste from Oldbury Power station in South Gloucestershire could be moved to Hinkley Point A to be processed and stored under plans by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. They say the move makes financial sense and that it is safe. However, West Somerset councillors are being urged to object to the plans to move 144 tonnes of the nuclear waste between 2020 to 2022. The district council has argued that extra nuclear waste should not be brought into the area.
This is the West Country 24th Jan 2014 read more »
'The goal is to have three operational repositories within the European Union within 15 years,' said Jan Gugala, project coordinator of LUCOEX, an EU-funded project whose name is short for Large Underground Concept Experiments. One will be the planned site in Sweden, while others are planned for Finland and France. 'We know what we want to build and we have a good idea of how this should be implemented.'
Cumbria Trust 25th Jan 2014 read more »
Puzzled by plutonium: Today a defence minister, Philip Dunne, provided an answer to Parliament that is demonstrably inaccurate. His ministerial reply, distorts by omission. Either it is deliberate, or the Government is dangerously ignorant. Either way, it's a worry.
David Lowry's Blog 24th Jan 2014 read more »
David Cameron should axe green taxes rather than "overstating" the potential of fracking if he wants cheaper energy to attract businesses to the UK, leading manufacturers have warned. The Prime Minister on Friday put shale gas at the heart of his plans to make Britain the "re-shore nation", saying that Europe must "embrace the opportunities of shale gas" in order to tempt businesses with "cheap and predictable sources of energy". But manufacturing group the EEF and industrial giant Tata Steel both warned that any benefits of shale gas in the UK were years off and called on Mr Cameron to urgently address rising green levies on energy bills that are making the UK increasingly uncompetitive.
Telegraph 24th Jan 2014 read more »
EDF – France
Electricite de France SA has until the end of June to detail some of its plans to bolster safety at its 19 nuclear plants, the French regulator said today. Measures to prevent or limit damage to reactor cores from extreme weather such as tornadoes must be explained by then, the Autorite de Surete Nucleaire said today in a series of decisions published on its website. The regulator ordered EDF to install additional safety equipment and procedures after a tsunami set off a crisis at the Fukushima plant in Japan in 2011. Requirements include diesel generators for backup power, rapid response teams and bunker-like control rooms. ASN published details in June 2012 and fine-tuned them today with specific deadlines.
Bloomberg 23rd Jan 2014 read more »
Japan – Fukushima
There are many reasons to be concerned about the continuing impacts of the disaster on people and the environment. These include the ongoing leaks of contaminated water from the damaged Fukushima reactors into the ground and ocean, the unresolved issue of how to reliably store huge volumes of contaminated water, as well as the massive amounts of radioactive material produced by the decontamination efforts in FukushimaPrefecture. Then there is the plight of over 100,000 evacuees. Their lives are in limbo. After nearly three years, they still have not received proper compensation from either the government or the corporations responsible for the accident. Many people have been exposed to significantly elevated levels of radiation. Thousands of square kilometers have been contaminated and will be for many decades to come by radioactive fallout from the accident. Then there are the challenges of dismantling the whole crippled nuclear power plant whose melted reactors still have lethally dangerous nuclear fuel inside them. These alone are enough to conclude that the situation is really, really bad. However, there are also stories that exaggerate the risks and create news of potential catastrophies that are well beyond reality. Given that people's trust in public authorities has been shaken (and not without a reason!), one can often find alarming but unconfirmed information on social media.
Greenpeace 24th Jan 2014 read more »
Japan's 9 February gubernatorial elections are being billed largely as a referendum on the fate of the country's nuclear energy future — an election that will shape the debate on whether Japan should continue its reliance on nuclear energy, at least for the next two decades.
The gubernatorial elections come as Abe administration is hoping to restart some nuclear power plants once the Nuclear Regulation Authority confirms that they are safe. Challenging this plan is an alliance between former prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa and former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, who are pushing an influential zero nuclear platform.
Commodities Now 25th Jan 2014 read more »
Fighting to be heard over the video screens that pummel Tokyo's Shibuya district with adverts for pop bands and mobile-phone services, Morihiro Hosokawa, the 76-year-old former Japanese prime minister and anti-nuclear campaigner, launched his bid this week to be Tokyo's next governor.
FT 24th Jan 2014 read more »
Japan – solar
Japan is in the middle of a solar energy boom as new feed-in tariff incentives mobilise investment in both domestic and commercial solar PV systems. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has reportedly released new figures this month showing that 3,993MW of PV capacity was installed in 2013 between 1 April and 31 October.
Business Green 22nd Jan 2014 read more »
NORTH Korea is actively looking for 'any credible excuse' to launch a devastating nuclear attack on the South THIS year, the latter warned today.
Express 24th Jan 2014 read more »
The U.N. nuclear chief said on Friday there was "still a long way to go" to resolve a decade-old dispute over Iran's nuclear programme, a note of caution days after Tehran curbed its atomic activity under an interim deal with world powers.
Reuters 24th Jan 2014 read more »
LEADING figures in the borough – including Bruce Kent, vice president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament – have celebrated Peace Sunday, writes Jo Siedlecka. The day was marked by parishioners and campaigners standing outside St Mellitus Church in Tollington Park with a banner calling on the government not to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system and to spend more on jobs, education and health.
Islington Tribune 24th Jan 2014 read more »
Energy minister attacks big construction firms that are struggling to make the government's flagship energy efficiency scheme work. Carillion and other firms struggling to build a business using the Green Deal "need to look at their business model", energy minister Greg Barker has said. His attack came as official figures revealed just 626 Green Deals are currently live, meaning the customer is paying back the loan through their energy bills, one year after the launch of the scheme. Carillion has previously announced it will need to cut up to 1,000 jobs from its Energy Services business because of the slow up-take of the Green Deal. In October, it said the restructuring would result in it incurring a financial hit of around £40m in 2013.
Building 22nd Jan 2014 read more »
Renewables – manufactuiring base
Major renewables firms could abandon plans to invest in Edinburgh in favour of Dundee, it has been claimed. European companies Gamesa and Areva are in talks to form a joint venture — with suggestions they'll base wind turbine manufacturing operations in Leith, Edinburgh. But Dundee City Council leader Ken Guild says that infrastructure issues at the port of Leith could "reopen the door for Dundee" as companies seek a base in the east of Scotland. Despite being touted as the perfect location for companies building offshore windfarms, Dundee has yet to gain any renewables jobs — originally losing out to Leith in a bid to attract Gamesa.
Evening Telegraph 24th Jan 2014 read more »
Renewables – Feed-in Tariffs
The savings made by installers of loft insulation, new boilers and cavity wall insulation may only be half the amount promised, but there is one area where many households are keeping warm and cutting their bills – by taking advantage of feed-in tariffs.
Guardian 25th Jan 2014 read more »
Renewables – solar
Back in 2010, says the Government, there were only 33 planning applications for solar farms in England; in the first nine months of last year alone, there were 278. Nobody seems to know how many have gone ahead, but the industry reckons there will be about 150 big ones in Britain by the end of March, and that capacity will more than double over the following year. That's even faster than the relentless expansion of wind power, and poses similar risks, not least that the shine may come off Britain's most popular source of renewable power. Indeed, with protests against fracking erupting across the country, we seem simultaneously to be mismanaging the exploitation of three key decentralised energy sources. Certainly, the political temperature is rising on solar, as with the others. Parliament will debate the issue on Wednesday on the initiative of Tory MP Brooks Newmark, who is fighting an installation on the edge of Constable country in his Braintree constituency. And the CPRE has launched an internal review of its policies, amid fears of a developing "free-for-all". The solar industry is trying to get firms to observe "10 commitments", including avoiding protected areas and good agricultural land, prioritising brownfield and industrial sites and screening installations with trees and hedges. And it is working with conservation groups to introduce wildlife to what was often monocultural farmland along with the panels; grey partridges, wildflowers and bees flourish, for example, amid the structures at Wilburton, Cambridgeshire.
The US Commerce Department has opened an investigation into whether China and Taiwan are dumping a certain class of solar cells into the US market at below fair market value.
Microgeneration
This week's Micro Power News: solar thermal prospects good with RHI; Plymouth Community solar project; Leicestershire County Council look to go solar.
Microgen Scotland 24th Jan 2014 read more »
More than half of households using smart meters, which will be in every home in the UK by 2020, are saving money on their energy bills, according to British Gas. The meters eliminate the need for meter readings by sending data directly to utility companies, and can come with small wireless displays to show people how much energy and money they're spending in real-time. The energy company said that polling of the one million of its customers with the meters suggests nine in 10 of them are taking steps to keep costs down – such as turning off appliances when they are not in use – because of the ease of "seeing their energy as they use it".
Extreme weather events including typhoon Haiyan and superstorm Sandy are proving a "gamechanger" for public awareness of the threat posed by climate change, Al Gore said on Friday. The former US vice-president, speaking to delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said: "I think that these extreme weather events which are now a hundred times more common than 30 years ago are really waking people's awareness all over the world [on climate change], and I think that is a gamechanger. It comes about, of course, because we continue to put 90 million tonnes of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every day, as if it's an open sewer." But he said the falling price of solar and wind power gave hope for efforts to tackle climate change.
Shale gas use in the US has brought down emissions there (though there was a bounce in carbon output last year) but has resulted in an increase in emissions in Europe and elsewhere. That is because coal that would have been used to fire power plants in the US has been exported instead, flooding the world market with cheap coal and encouraging far higher coal-fired power generation. So extracting shale gas may lead to slightly lower emissions than imported liquid natural gas, but a European shale gas rush might mean higher emissions in the long run. Pursuing shale gas will not necessarily cut emissions without other mechanisms such as a strong price on carbon – the government's own research, the International Energy Agency, and energy companies themselves say so. As for David Cameron's other claim, that UK shale gas production will bring down UK energy prices, even the shale gas leader, Cuadrilla, has said that is not true.


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Q: Joomla 2.5 how to set active menu on navigation bar kunena When I'm using Kunena on my site I have problems on the navigation bar.
Whenever I'm in a Kunena "page" the navigation is not showing the FORUM as active.

A: A work around will be to change the active with java script or jquery
add this script to your index template
<script>
var j = jQuery.noConflict();
var isForumActive = <?php if (strpos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], "/forum") !== false){ echo "true"; } else echo "false";?>;
if(isForumActive){
   j(".item120").addClass("active");
}
</script>

You will need to change the id (120) with your menu id and be sure that the alias is the correct.
you need jquery as well....

A: I solved this problem by creating all Kunena menu items as sub-menu items of the Forum menu item in the main menu and using split menus.


Q.) Is punishment in the grave a reality?
Most books on life after death and punishment of the grave do not have any supporting authentic hadith clearly stating that there is punishment in the grave. Please provide the Qur'anic/Hadith references.
If there is punishment, what are the forms? How can one save oneself from this punishment? Does punishment in the grave absolve one from subsequent punishment in the hereafter? Are non-muslims subject to punishment in the grave?
It was the noble habit of Rasulullah to make du'a in Salat for protection from the punishment of the grave. May Allah Ta'ala save us, our families and the entire Ummah from the trials of the Qabr. And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best.


Thank you for your interest in PGR-Clim, an initiative of NBPGR in exploring the climate knowledge and tools in PGR management. We are happy to receive your comments and queries. Your feedback will enable us to improve our efforts. We also look forward to work with various stakeholders.


I don't think you're horrible at all. It's totally understandable to have such mixed feelings at a time like this. I'm sorry you're going through this.
Big hugs. I know I'm just an internet stranger but I'm hoping for the best for you and your dad, whatever that might be.
It's not a pretty situation. Hopefully things will resolve themselves quickly...for the best. Chin up, LC!
this has NOTHING to do with your post, per se, but your tags - i read them quickly and thought the it said "things i blow"


Dad SatNavs shouldn't tell people about speed cameras as the people that drive fast won't get caught, they will just drive fast, slow down & speed up again. If they then cause an accident that SatNav will be the root cause of a lot a pain.
Agreed. Waze ethical setting on.


ESTAVAYER-LE-LAC is a picturesque little yachties' town on the lakeside 19km northeast of Yverdon, with plenty of medieval architecture scattered throughout a centre which has remained largely unchanged since 1599. Today it occupies a little enclave of Canton Fribourg, surrounded on three sides by Vaud. It trades on two features: the town museum, which has a collection of stuffed frogs, and the climbing roses which cover its ancient stones throughout the summer, giving the place its nickname of the City of the Rose.
It's a ten-minute walk from the station northwest along Route de la Gare to Place du Midi on the edge of the Old Town. Heading east from here takes you past the Hôtel de Ville to the Gothic Église St-Laurent. Left (north) from here brings you to the open Place de Moudon, the medieval marketplace which formerly looked over the lakeshore. Over to the east is the solid Château de Chenaux, built and added to over 450 years, with towers and turrets sprouting all over. It's the seat of the local government, but you can wander around and through its courtyards. South of the church, Grand-Rue heads out of town via the mighty Porte des Religieuses. Partway down, Rue du Musée branches off to the medieval Maison de la Dîme, housing a diverting museum (July & Aug daily 9–11am & 2–5pm; March–June & Sept–Oct Tues–Sun same times; Nov–Feb Sat & Sun 2–5pm; Fr.3; SMP). A random collection of bits and bobs – ivory Chinese chesspieces from the eighteenth century, some old playing cards, assorted railway memorabilia – is filled out with 108 small frogs, stuffed in the 1860s by François Perrier, a retired captain of the Vatican's Swiss Guard, and arranged in glass cases in various poses to mimic the social life of the period. It's all utterly pointless, and more than a bit macabre: the frogs don't look impressed in the least.


Through scenario planning organizations are able to identify strategic roles needed in the future, that may or may not exist today. With the help of futuring and finding the targeted future state of the organization, business leaders will have an executable plan that will aid them in moving their "A" players into "A" jobs. The next step in preparing top talent for this transition is a career development program that will arm them with the skills needed for the role, and to achieve business goals created by the workforce plan.


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Neuroscience and Behavior Student wins Prestigious Udall Scholarship
Author: Grant Johnson
Dominic Acri, a junior neuroscience & behavior major and TESOL minor, has been selected for the Udall Foundation's 2017 Tribal Policy Scholar. He is the University's second-ever Udall Scholar (Lauren Eckert, an environmental sciences major was selected in 2013) and the first in one of the Native American categories.
"The Udall Foundation provides its scholars with the opportunity to make a meaningful change for native peoples," Acri said. "I decided to apply for their tribal policy scholarship because it would allow me to learn more about the careers that integrate my passion for work in native communities and my coursework."
The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.On May 1, 2017, the Udall Foundation announced 50 students from 42 colleges and universities have been selected as 2017 Udall Scholars. The Udall scholarship honors the legacies of Morris Udall and Stewart Udall, whose careers had a significant impact on Native American self-governance, health care, and the stewardship of public lands and natural resources.
Acri a native of Harrisburg, PA, and a descendent of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, hopes to look for ways to integrate his coursework into his passion for Lakota culture. "Through doing environmental research that is accessible to policymakers, I hope to bring a new perspective to tribal policy that holds true to my heritage and paves the way for other Native American scientists who want to make a difference in their own communities."
When asked what university institutes and programs helped prepare him for this opportunity, Acri expressed gratitude to many campus organizations. "The Balfour-Hesburgh Scholars Program introduced me to the intersections between community service and academic research that can have meaningful impacts in underserved communities." He also credits his mentors in the College of Science, the Building Bridges Mentorship Program, and the staff at the Flatley Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement in helping him pursue his own research interests and the implications they have for native communities.
Acri believes being a member of the Udall Scholars community will open more doors for him as he continues his educational journey. "After attending the Udall Scholars Orientation in Tucson this August, I plan to stay engaged with my Udall cohort and the Udall alumni network as I apply to Ph.D. programs that would allow me to continue my research in animal behavior and the practical applications it has for tribal land," he said. After graduate school, he aspires to become a teaching and research professor working closely with tribal governments to shape policy regarding land and wildlife management.
Originally published by Grant Johnson at science.nd.edu on May 02, 2017.


Employee performance management systems have received a great deal of attention in the business media over the past few weeks, as news that Microsoft, Motorola and Yahoo have made changes to their systems. The amount of commentary about these changes has been quite astonishing. Everyone seems to have an opinion about the best way to implement performance management. In fact, I chimed in myself in a recent editorial post, Don't Blame Performance Reviews, Blame Poor Leadership.
Summer typically brings groups of people together who may be meeting one another for the first time at a BBQ. I was recently invited to an annual BBQ at a lifelong friend's house in the suburbs of New York City. A well known town made famous by the Clintons when Hillary decided to run for the Senate seat in New York.


On Tuesday, 16 December 2014, Barcelona City Council's Head Architect Vicente Guallart assessed the end-of-year projects created by students from the Management subject at the UIC's ESARQ School of Architecture. The aim of these projects was to develop proposals for improving the quality of urban spaces in the area around the Sagrada Família. The architect gave a very positive assessment to the students' work and was particularly impressed with the research and analysis they carried out, which allowed them to develop projects that addressed users' real needs.
The Management subject is taught during the fifth year of the degree programme by David Lladó and Joan Vinyets and consists of an intensive study of business management. It is based on the practical case-study methodology and enables students to become actively involved and participate in the subject.
The aim of this subject is to provide students with basic knowledge of management, business strategy and organization as applied to the different areas of an architecture studio (e.g. strategy, finance, production, human resources, etc.).
This year, students have been able to put innovative techniques such as citizen participation processes into practice and learn how to approach their projects based on interaction with users and an analysis of their needs.
This new methodology places users at the heart of the design process and makes it possible to generate proposals that can improve users' interaction with the spaces they inhabit.


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Man left with broken jaw, broken tooth and head injuries after being knocked unconscious in attack
The 28-year-old was assaulted by an unknown male in the early hours of Saturday morning in South Shields
Katie Collings
Anderson Road in South Shields (Image: Google maps)
A man was knocked unconscious at a taxi rank and was taken to hospital with a broken jaw.
The 28-year-old was attacked by an unknown offender, who caused him to fall to the floor on Anderson Street in South Shields.
The incident happened at around 4.25am on Saturday opposite Can Can Bar.
The victim was subsequently taken to hospital with a broken jaw, broken tooth and head injuries.
Northumbria Police has launched an investigation and are looking for the man responsible for the assault.
Man remains unconscious in hospital more than three days after 'brawl' outside pub
A force spokesman said: "Enquiries are ongoing to determine the circumstances behind the incident, and police are now urging anybody who was in the area at the time and saw the assault to get in touch.
"Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting reference 215 180818 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111."
Northumbria Police