This time we take a look at what you need to do if to get access to one of your loved one's Gmail after they are deceased.
This item has been in the news and fortunately for us, Google has a standard procedure.
You will need to provide Google with the following information in written format. You can send it via fax or postal mail. That information is provided below.
1) Your full name and contact information. Please include a verifiable email address.
2) The Gmail address of the person who passed away.
3) The entire message from the account you are requesting access to. This includes not only the message body, but the full message header. The full header can be obtained by opening the message in Gmail and click on 'More options,' then click 'Show original.' Copy everything from 'Delivered- To:' through the 'References:' line.
4. You will also need to provide a copy of the death certificate of the deceased.
5. and a copy of the document that gives you Power of Attorney over the Gmail account.
6. If you are the parent of the individual, include a copy of the Birth Certificate if the Gmail account owner was under the age of 18. In this case, Power of Attorney is not required.
I've not listened to the podcast yet, but I'm a bit confused as to how you get access to number 3. Surely that is what you would get once you have accessed the account after they give you details?
Unless this is an email that you received *from* the account, but then what if they never sent you an email from that account?


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Q: How to set bits of a bit vector efficiently in parallel? Consider a bit vector of N bits in it (N is large) and an array of M numbers (M is moderate, usually much smaller than N), each in range 0..N-1 indicating which bit of the vector must be set to 1. The latter array is not sorted. The bit vector is just an array of integers, specifically __m256i, where 256 bits are packed into each __m256i structure.
How can this work be split efficiently accross multiple threads?
Preferred language is C++ (MSVC++2017 toolset v141), assembly is also great. Preferred CPU is x86_64 (intrinsics are ok). AVX2 is desired, if any benefit from it.

A: Let's assume you want to divide this work up among T threads. It's a pretty interesting problem since it isn't trivially parallelizable via partitioning and various solutions may apply for different sizes of N and M.
Fully Concurrent Baseline
You could simply divide up the array M into T partitions and have each thread work on its own partition of M with a shared N. The main problem is that since M is not sorted, all threads may access any element of N and hence stomp on each others work. To avoid this, you'd have to use atomic operations such as std::atomic::fetch_or for each modification of the shared N array, or else come up with some locking scheme. Both approaches are likely to kill performance (i.e., using an atomic operation to set a bit is likely to be an order of magnitude slower than the equivalent single-threaded code).
Let's look at ideas that are likely faster.
Private N
One relatively obvious idea to avoid the "shared N" problem which requires atomic operations for all mutations of N is simply to give each T a private copy of N and merge them at the end via or.
Unfortunately, this solution is O(N) + O(M/T) whereas the original single-threaded solution is O(M) and the "atomic" solution above is something like O(M/T)4. Since we know that N >> M this is likely to be a poor tradeoff in this case. Still, it's worth noting that the hidden constants in each term are very different: the O(N) term, which comes from the merging step0 can use 256-bit wide vpor instructions, meaning a throughput of something close to 200-500 bits/cycle (if cached), while the bit-setting step which is O(M/T) I estimate at closer to 1 bit/cycle. So this approach can certainly be the best one for moderate T even if the size of N is 10 or 100 times the size of M.
Partitions of M
The basic idea here is to partition the indexes in M such that each worker thread can then work on a disjoint part of the N array. If M was sorted, that would be trivial, but it's not, so...
A simple algorithm that will work well if M is smoothly distributed is to first partition that values of M into T buckets, with the buckets having values in the ranges [0, N/T), [N/T, 2N/T], ..., [(T-1)N/T, N). That is, divide N into T disjoint regions and then find the values of M that fall into each of them. You can spread that work across the T threads by assigning each thread an equal size chunk of M, and having them each create the T partitions and then logically merging1 them at the end so you have the T partitions of M.
The second step is to actually set all the bits: you assign one partition to each thread T which can set the bits in a "single threaded" way, i.e., not worrying about concurrent updates, since each thread is working on a disjoint partition of N2.
Both steps O(M) and the second step is identical to the single-threaded case, so the overhead for parallelizing this is the first step. I suspect the first will range from about the same speed as the second to perhaps 2-4 times as slow, depending on implementation and hardware, so you can expect a speedup on a machine with many cores, but with only 2 or 4 it might not be any better.
If the distribution of M is not smooth, such that the partitions created in the first step have very different sizes, it will work poorly because some threads will get a lot more work. A simple strategy is to create say 10 * T partitions, rather than only T and have the threads in the second pass all consume from the same queue of partitions until complete. In this way you spread the work more evenly, unless the array M is very bunched up. In that case you might consider a refinement of the first step which first essentially creates a bucketed histogram of the elements, and then a reduce stage which looks at the combined histogram to create a good partitioning.
Essentially, we are just progressively refining the first stage into a type of parallel sort/partitioning algorithm, for which there is already lots of literature. You might even find that a full (parallel) sort is fastest, since it will greatly help in bit-setting phase, since accesses will be in-order and have the best spatial locality (helping with prefetching and caching, respectively).

0 ... and also from the "allocate a private array of length N" step, although this is likely to be quite fast.
1 The conceptually simplest form of merging would be to simply copy each thread's partitions of M such that you have a contiguous partition of all of M, but in practice if the partitions are large you can just leave the partitions where they are and link them together, adding some complexity to the consuming code, but avoiding the compacting step.
2 To make it truly disjoint from a threading point of view you want to ensure the partition of N falls on "byte boundaries", and perhaps even cache-line boundaries to avoid false sharing (although the latter is likely not to be a big problem since it only occurs at the edge of each partition, and the order of processing means that you are not likely to get contention).
4 In practice, the exact "order" of the baseline concurrent solution using shared N is hard to define because there will be contention so the O(M/T) scaling will break down for large enough T. If we assume N is quite large and T is limited to typical hardware concurrency of at most a dozen cores or so it's probably an OK approximation.

A: @IraBaxter posted an interesting but flawed idea which can be made to work (at significant cost).  I suspect @BeeOnRope's idea of partial-sort / partitioning the M array will perform better (especially for CPUs with large private caches which can keep parts of N hot).  I'll summarize the modified version of Ira's idea that I described in comments on his deleted answer.  (That answer has some suggestions about how big N has to be before it's worth multi-threading.)

Each writer thread gets a chunk of M with no sorting/partitioning.
The idea is that conflicts are very rare because N is large compared to the number of stores that can be in flight at once.  Since setting a bit is idempotent, so we can handle conflicts (where two threads want to set different bits in the same byte) by checking the value in memory to make sure it really does have the bit set that we want after a RMW operation like or [N + rdi], al (with no lock prefix).
E.g. thread 1 tried to store 0x1 and stepped on thread 2's store of 0x2.  Thread 2 must notice and retry the read-modify-write (probably with lock or to keep it simple and make multiple retries not possible) to end up with 0x3 in the conflict byte.
We need an mfence instruction before the read-back.  Otherwise store-forwarding will give us the value we we just wrote before other threads see our store.  In other words, a thread can observe its own stores earlier than they appear in the global order.  x86 does have a Total Order for stores, but not for loads.  Thus, we need mfence to prevent StoreLoad reordering.  (Intel's "Loads Are not Reordered with Older Stores to the Same Location" guarantee is not as useful as it sounds: store/reload isn't a memory barrier; they're just talking about out-of-order execution preserving program-order semantics.)
mfence is expensive, but the trick that makes this better than just using lock or [N+rdi], al is that we can batch operations.  e.g. do 32 or instructions and then 32 read-back.  It's a tradeoff between mfence overhead per operation vs. increased chance of false-sharing (reading back cache lines that had already been invalidated by another CPU claiming them).
Instead of an actual mfence instruction, we can do the last or of a group as a lock or.  This is better for throughput on both AMD and Intel.  For example, according to Agner Fog's tables, mfence has one per 33c throughput on Haswell/Skylake, where lock add (same performance as or) has 18c or 19c throughput.  Or for Ryzen, ~70c (mfence) vs. ~17c (lock add).
If we keep the amount of operations per fence very low, the array index (m[i]/8) + mask (1<<(m[i] & 7)) can be kept in registers for all the operations.  This probably isn't worth it; fences are too expensive to do as often as every 6 or operations.  Using the bts and bt bit-string instructions would mean we could keep more indices in registers (because no shift-result is needed), but probably not worth it because they're slow.
Using vector registers to hold indices might be a good idea, to avoid having to reload them from memory after the barrier.  We want the load addresses to be ready as soon as the read-back load uops can execute (because they're waiting for the last store before the barrier to commit to L1D and become globally visible).
Using single-byte read-modify-write makes actual conflicts as unlikely as possible.  Each write of a byte only does a non-atomic RMW on 7 neighbouring bytes.  Performance still suffers from false-sharing when two threads modify bytes in the same 64B cache-line, but at least we avoid having to actually redo as many or operations.  32-bit element size would make some things more efficient (like using xor eax,eax / bts eax, reg to generate 1<<(m[i] & 31) with only 2 uops, or 1 for BMI2 shlx eax, r10d, reg (where r10d=1).)
Avoid the bit-string instructions like bts [N], eax: it has worse throughput than doing the indexing and mask calculation for or [N + rax], dl.  This is the perfect use-case for it (except that we don't care about the old value of the bit in memory, we just want to set it), but still its CISC baggage is too much.
In C, a function might look something like
/// UGLY HACKS AHEAD, for testing only.

//    #include <immintrin.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
void set_bits( volatile uint8_t * restrict N, const unsigned *restrict M, size_t len)
{
    const int batchsize = 32;

    // FIXME: loop bounds should be len-batchsize or something.
    for (int i = 0 ; i < len ; i+=batchsize ) {
        for (int j = 0 ; j<batchsize-1 ; j++ ) {
           unsigned idx = M[i+j];
           unsigned mask = 1U << (idx&7);
           idx >>= 3;
           N[idx] |= mask;
        }

        // do the last operation of the batch with a lock prefix as a memory barrier.
        // seq_cst RMW is probably a full barrier on non-x86 architectures, too.
        unsigned idx = M[i+batchsize-1];
        unsigned mask = 1U << (idx&7);
        idx >>= 3;
        __atomic_fetch_or(&N[idx], mask, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
        // _mm_mfence();

        // TODO: cache `M[]` in vector registers
        for (int j = 0 ; j<batchsize ; j++ ) {
           unsigned idx = M[i+j];
           unsigned mask = 1U << (idx&7);
           idx >>= 3;
           if (! (N[idx] & mask)) {
               __atomic_fetch_or(&N[idx], mask, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
           }
        }
    }
}

This compiles to approximately what we want with gcc and clang.  The asm (Godbolt) could be more efficient in several ways, but might be interesting to try this.  This is not safe: I just hacked this together in C to get the asm I wanted for this stand-alone function, without inlining into a caller or anything.  __atomic_fetch_or is not a proper compiler barrier for non-atomic variables the way asm("":::"memory") is.  (At least the C11 stdatomic version isn't.)  I should probably have used the legacy __sync_fetch_and_or, which is a full barrier for all memory operations.
It uses GNU C atomic builtins to do atomic RMW operations where desired on variables that aren't atomic_uint8_t.  Running this function from multiple threads at once would be C11 UB, but we only need it to work on x86.  I used volatile to get the asynchronous-modification-allowed part of atomic without forcing N[idx] |= mask; to be atomic.  The idea is to make sure that the read-back checks don't optimize away.
I use __atomic_fetch_or as a memory barrier because I know it will be on x86.  With seq_cst, it probably will be on other ISAs, too, but this is all a big hack.

A: There are a couple of operations involved in sets (A,B = set, X = element in a set):
Set operation           Instruction
---------------------------------------------
Intersection of A,B     A and B
Union of A,B            A or B
Difference of A,B       A xor B
A is subset of B        A and B = B
A is superset of B      A and B = A
A <> B                  A xor B <> 0
A = B                   A xor B = 0
X in A                  BT [A],X
Add X to A              BTS [A],X
Subtract X from A       BTC [A],X

Given the fact that you can use the boolean operators to replace set operations you can use VPXOR, VPAND etc.
To set, reset or test individual bits you simply use
mov eax,BitPosition
BT [rcx],rax

You can set if a set is (equal to) empty (or something else) using the following code
vpxor      ymm0,ymm0,ymm0       //ymm0 = 0
//replace the previous instruction with something else if you don't want
//to compare to zero.
vpcmpeqqq  ymm1,ymm0,[mem]      //compare mem qwords to 0 per qword
vpslldq    ymm2,ymm1,8          //line up qw0 and 1 + qw2 + 3
vpand      ymm2,ymm1,ymm2       //combine qw0/1 and qw2/3
vpsrldq    ymm1,ymm2,16         //line up qw0/1 and qw2/3
vpand      ymm1,ymm1,ymm2       //combine qw0123, all in the lower 64 bits.
//if the set is empty, all bits in ymm1 will be 1.
//if its not, all bits in ymm1 will be 0.

(I'm sure this code can be improved using the blend/gather etc instructions)
From here you can just extend to bigger sets or other operations.
Note that bt, btc, bts with a memory operand is not limited to 64 bits.
The following will work just fine.
mov eax,1023
bts [rcx],rax   //set 1024st element (first element is 0).

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The "crypto winter" has already laid off nearly 30,000 people
The so-called "crypto winter" – a period when cryptocurrency prices drop dramatically, resulting in huge losses for investors who hold these assets in their portfolio – led to a wave of layoffs in this sector, which has already exceeded 28,000 since then. April last year.
According to a survey published by the cryptocurrency website CoinDesk, 28,144 jobs in the sector were closed during this period. The survey was based on reports and announcements made by about 50 companies. Cuts ranged from 20% to 40% of the companies' employees.
The latest case concerned the Crypto.com exchange, which was a sponsor of the World Cup in Qatar. The company, which had already cut back in October last year, announced on Friday (13/1) a 20% reduction in its staff.
In the first month of 2023 alone, at least six companies have already launched: Blockchain.com, ConsenSys, SuperRare, Huobi, Genesis, and Silvergate. American Coinbase has already reported that it will fire 950 professionals.
In November last year, another industrial giant, the Kraken Exchange, laid off more than a thousand employees.
The scale of the crisis
The new edition of the so-called "crypto winter" was marked by corporate failures, panic over large-scale losses, a rush for withdrawals, and doubts about the future.
"The volatility of these assets is naturally high, with impressive highs and often faster declines," explains Isaac Costa, Professor at Ibmec and Partner at Warde Advogados. "There is an old saying that the market goes up stairs and down elevators. In the case of the cryptocurrency market, it goes up an elevator and it comes down a roller coaster."
The fall of the cryptocurrency was fueled by the collapse of FTX, which caused a crisis on a global scale.
The Ethereum Foundation will award $1 million in scholarships
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Q: Can't load two characters and print, it just prints one - MIPS so the problem is, I have a message that I get from input, then I want it to search for the vowels, and when it finds them it's supposed to add the next consonant. Ex: Bruno - Bruvnop ; Banana - Babnabnab ; a - ab ; e - ef ; i - ij ; o - op ; u - v .
But when I do it, deletes the char after because I save it with the consonant, so I tried to save the char before writing over it to print after but It doesn't work. Could you help me please?
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.globl  main

main:
# display prompt
li      $v0, 4
la      $a0, prompt
syscall
# accept input string
li      $v0, 8
la      $a0, str
li      $a1, 82
syscall

li      $t1, 0          # initiate index
li      $t3, 0          # vowel count

poploop:
lb $t0 str($t1)

# check if vowel
li      $t2, 'a'       # a
beq     $t0, $t2, TESTEa
JA:
li      $t2, 'e'       # e
beq     $t0, $t2, TESTEe
JE:
li      $t2, 'i'       # i
beq     $t0, $t2, TESTEi
JI:
li      $t2, 'o'       # o
beq     $t0, $t2, TESTEo
JO:
li      $t2, 'u'       # u
beq     $t0, $t2, TESTEu
JU:

# if not a vowel, store it at current index in string less vowel count

sb $t0, str($t1)
j next
nop

TESTEa: # if vowel, inc count
       (...)
TESTEe:
       (...)
TESTEi:
       (...)
TESTEo:
       (...)
TESTEu:               #They do all the same basically
sb $t2, str($t1)
addi $t1, $t1, 1
lb $t2 str($t1)
move $t2, $a1
li $t0, 'v'
sb $t0, str($t1)
addi $t1, $t1, 1
sb $t2, str($t1)
j JU
next:
addi $t1, $t1, 1

beqz $t0, done       # once we reach null char, finish
nop
j poploop
nop

done:
li $v0, 4
la $a0, str
syscall
li $v0, 10         # exit program
syscall
nop

.data
 str: .space 82
 prompt: .asciiz "Input a string:\n"


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How can I resolve this?
Code:
windowWidth = window.innerWidth;

constructor(private config: NgbTooltipConfig) {
  this.tooltipPos();
}

@HostListener('window:resize', ['$event'])
resize(event): void {
  this.windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
  this.tooltipPos();
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The AP reports that Liverpool seemed to show little remorse for the charges lodged against her in court today, saying "What? I didn't admit to nothing," before being gently reminded that her lawyer should be doing the talking.
According to authorities, the two women were seen arguing on the subway platform and Liverpool pushed Watton onto the tracks in front of an approaching train. Watton was found deceased under the train and Liverpool apprehend shortly thereafter.
Liverpool was described as "emotionally disturbed" by authorities at the time of her arrest, but according to her lawyer, Mathew Mari, she did not provide any medical information that would confirm that statement.


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Jürgen Schüssler (* 1960 in Völklingen) ist ein deutscher Politiker der SPD und war Mitglied der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft.

Leben
Jürgen Schüssler erhielt 1982 seinen Gesellenbrief im Gebäudereinigerhandwerk und 1987 seinen Kaufmannsgehilfenbrief als Industriekaufmann. Es folgte 1989 Abitur am Abendgymnasium "Abendschule vor dem Holstentor". 1998 absolvierte er sein Erstes Staatsexamen in den Fächern Physik, Mathematik und Erziehungswissenschaften an der Universität Hamburg. Seit 1998 ist er Geschäftsführer eines mittelständischen Software-Herstellers.
Er ist verheiratet und hat drei Kinder.

Politik
Schüssler trat 1984 in die SPD ein und übte seitdem verschiedenste Funktionen in der Partei in Hamburg aus. Von 1993 bis 2001 war er Abgeordneter der Bezirksversammlung in Hamburg-Mitte. Es folgte von 2004 bis 2007 eine Deputation in der Innenbehörde.

Ab dem 10. Oktober 2007 war er Mitglied der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft, der er bis März 2008 angehörte. Er rückte vier Monate vor der nächsten Bürgerschaftswahl für die aus beruflichen Gründen ausgeschiedene Andrea Hilgers nach. Im Parlament saß er für seine Fraktion im Familien-, Kinder- und Jugendausschuss sowie im Haushaltsausschuss.

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Mitglied der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft
SPD-Mitglied
Politiker (21. Jahrhundert)
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Home » Philly Man Shoots Thief Stealing Car, Arrested For No Gun Permit. Thief Dies, Widow Wants Murder Charges Brought!
Philly Man Shoots Thief Stealing Car, Arrested For No Gun Permit. Thief Dies, Widow Wants Murder Charges Brought!
There are some stories I read in the news cycle that clearly reveal the mindset of the people involved.
In major cities around the U.S., George Soros-funded District Attorneys have decided to look the other way from the day-to-day crimes that take place in their communities.
In their attempt to advance racial justice these "public servants" do everything they can to help the "disadvantaged" in the society such as offering zero dollar bail, increasing the amount a thief can steal before it's considered a felony, and ignoring prostitution and other nonviolent crimes on the street.
Criminals and those associated with them have taken this new leniency from law enforcement as permission to steal, at will, and are shocked when the intended victims do not respond with the same tolerance in the process.
In Philadelphia, a Cobbs Creek car owner fatally shot a man who was trying to steal his car or its catalytic converter on Tuesday morning. He has been charged with carrying a gun without a license, Philadelphia police said Wednesday.
Steven Thompson, 54, who shot and killed one of three men who were tampering with his Acura as it was parked in front of his home in the 5800 block of Cobbs Creek Parkway, was charged with two counts of firearms violations.
On Tuesday, police initially said Thompson had a permit to carry the gun he used to shoot the would-be car thief, Satario Natividad, 51, just after 8:15 a.m. But he did not have a permit for the weapon.
Witnesses said three men hooked a car with straps near South 58th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway just before 8:30 a.m., KYW-TV reported. According to WPVI-TV, there was an attempt to tow away the car.
The car's owner, however, got a glimpse of what was going on and opened fire; KYW said in its video report that shots were fired from inside the car owner's residence.
The straps broke away from the targeted car, WPVI said. And the getaway car — a Honda — crashed into a school bus that was headed in the opposite direction, KYW reported.
One of the suspects was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and later pronounced dead, KYW said.
But the Inquirer reported that the man who fired his gun actually did not have a license to carry it. Steven Thompson, 54, was charged with two counts of firearms violations, the paper said.
Sherell Natividad — the widow of fatally shot Satario Natividad, who was 51 — told the Inquirer that Thompson's arrest was "a little bit of justice" for her.
"You just can't go shooting people and not expect there's going to be consequences behind that," she added the paper, insisting that Thompson should be charged with murder.
"He took my children's father away from them. He took my husband away from me," Natividad noted to the Inquirer. "I want more. He murdered my husband. Even though he was doing wrong, he still murdered him. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do nothing."
Chief Inspector Frank Vanore added to the paper that police found catalytic converters, tools, and a handgun inside the Accord that crashed into the school bus.
Here's the original report from KYW-TV: https://cbsloc.al/3nDP3FU
So there you have it. The wife of the criminal who was shot while trying to steal a car wants the car owner who was protecting his property, to be charged with murder.
Yes, even though the wife admits her husband was up to no good, she still wants the shooter prosecuted for responding to her husband's and accomplice's criminal actions.
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Construction worker injured at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
A construction crew member working at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was injured this morning....
Construction worker injured at Indianapolis Motor Speedway A construction crew member working at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was injured this morning.... Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1bbLrgy
Indiana Published 2:09 p.m. ET Oct. 22, 2013 | Updated 2:53 p.m. ET Oct. 24, 2013
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A construction crew member working at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was injured this morning.
Speedway Police Sgt. Jim Thiele said the man was working with heavy equipment at the speedway and became pinned between two pieces of equipment.
The man was injured, but Thiele said it was not fatal.
It's unclear how exactly the injury occurred or what kind of injuries the man sustained.
Call Star reporter Jill Disis at (317) 444-6137. Follow her on Twitter: @jdisis
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Griffin Technology has introduced SmartDeck, an iPod-to-cassette adapter which senses the tape deck's movements and sends the appropriate remote control signals to your iPod. While it currently only works with iPods that sport a serial remote control, the device can tell the speed and direction of the small wheels inside your cassette player which are normally used to move the magnetic tape from one tiny reel to the other. Cassette adapters have no tape, so the wheels usually spin free while your play music through your car stereo via your iPod. With the SmartDeck, you can keep your iPod stashed in the glovebox and simply use the tape deck's buttons to remotely control the iPod. What an awesome idea.
MacMerc has a great overview of the most popular BitTorrent applications for Mac. Personally, I still like using the official Mac BT client, as it fits my needs well enough. In an environment where I need BitTorrent automation, though, I use Azureus with various plugins. What client do you use?
Here's a great project I happened to run across while sorting through bookmarks. Henry Arnold's Cricket is a six-legged walking robot, controlled by a BASIC Stamp II microcontroller. Full wiring diagrams, frame layouts, and source code are all available for you to make your own 'bot.
While the site doesn't look like it's changed in the last five or so years, the project is none the less fun to build and learn from. I put one together one many years ago as my first robot built from scratch, not using pre-made kits or packages of any sort. All the materials had to be bought from various suppliers, cut, assembled, etc. It took a number of weeks to get it going, but it was a great learning experience. During the process, I emailed back and forth with the designer himself, and he was most helpful. The Cricket robot was my first introduction to programming microcontrollers, and that has since spurred on many other hardware projects.
Definitely give it a look if you want to get into electronics or embedded hardware.
Here's a scary article detailing the unsafe security practices of Comcast's cable modem setup software. Definitely worth a read if you have or plan to set up cable internet through Comcast. I'm glad I've always insisted on just calling them up after receiving the cable modem and simply reading off the serial number and MAC address off the bottom of the modem.
Setting up an internet connection really shouldn't require anything complicated, much less software that poses a significant security threat to your computer. If Macs do eventually end up with viruses and trojans and all that mess, it will be because of serious oversights like this on the part of other companies, not bugs within OS itself. That said, I've been quite happy with the speed of Comcast's service, that's for sure.
I may have mentioned them in comments before, but I felt that following their recent upgrades, I should point out these two Mac gems: PodWorks and Cocoalicious. Both applications come from Sci-Fi Hi-Fi, Buzz Anderson's one-man software company.
PodWorks is a utility for recovering (or just copying) songs from your iPod. It does so by reading the iPod's semi-hidden music database and allowing you to choose songs to import back to your computer. I can imagine if Apple had their say, this feature would be in iTunes, however the music industry likely pressured them to disable the ability to copy songs from iPods to prevent the average user from stealing tons of music en masse. An issue arises, though, when you happen to irreversibly delete songs from your computer, your hard drive croaks, or some other catastrophe befalls your Mac — your songs then only exist on your iPod, and there's no Apple-provided solution for restoring your ripped or purchased music. Both represent a valuable investment, be it time, money, or both. PodWorks will quickly scan attached iPods and present you with an iTunes-style list, from which you can copy any song, group, or playlist back to your computer, even straight to iTunes if you so choose. There are a number of utilities in the Mac world that do such a thing, but none do it with the speed and ease that PodWorks offers. For this reason, PodWorks is my favorite iPod tool out there.
The second utility from Sci-Fi Hi-Fi that I use and love is Cocoalicious. A Cocoa interface for the popular social bookmarking site del.icio.us, Cocoalicious provides a fantastic way to add, edit, and search through saved items. Among it's notable features, the one I enjoy the most is full-text searching. Cocoalicios can search through bookmark titles, web addresses, tags, and *actual content* from the bookmarked site. If tagging makes finding items simple, then Cocoalicious makes it idiot-proof.
Small, quick, and to-the-point programs like those above are what the Mac is really about.
Apple recently upgraded their .Mac service to include 1 GB of storage for email and iDisk, possibly trying to compete with Gmail's now 2.5 GB of free storage. They also posted a new version of their Backup application, which backs up any files or settings you choose to your iDisk or other media. The new version also offers incremental backups, which only store the changes since the previous one, as opposed to copying volumes of data all over again and eating up more space than necessary.
Apple must do some analysis as to when the majority of .Mac accounts are up for renewal and time thier marketing push right before that, as my subscription expires in early October. I was, reluctantly, one of the free iTools to paid .Mac switchers, and I'm guessing many others were, too. I think they're right on with the new additions, though — it looks like I'll be renewing .Mac again this year.
Here's a great little article on how to control devices using your Mac and a USB interface board. For similar projects, I may also reccommend Delcom Engineering USB I/O chips, which are dirt cheap and not too hard to communicate with using the included OS X drivers. Good for a Mac Mini robot project, perhaps?


Visitation will be 5-7 pm, Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 23rd at the funeral home. Interment will follow at the St. Onge Cemetery. Condolences may be conveyed to the family through the funeral home website.
Linda Kay Larive, 75, Rapid City, went to heaven on January 17, 2019 from Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born to William and Gwendolyn Fullen on January 5, 1944 in Phoenix, AZ. Linda married the love of her life, Clifford Larive on October 29, 1967 in Goldsboro, NC.
Linda is survived by her husband, Clifford; son William Lee 'Bubba' (Jennifer) Larive; daughters, Peggy (John) Smart; Debora Larive (Sonny Trautmann); Jeannette (Keith) Graves; 2 step-children, Becky (Bill) Ludlow and Arthur Lloyd Larive Cummings. She had many loving nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 sisters Betty Hunter and Sandy Fischer and a very special grandson John 'John John' William Whipple.
Linda was full of life and sassy to the end. She enjoyed many activities – collecting Betty Boop memorabilia, ceramics, camping, hunting, fishing, crocheting, puzzles, painting and coloring. She thoroughly enjoyed her time spent with family, kids, grandkids, great grandkids, nieces, nephews and all those her heart adopted as her own.


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Ohio breaks 18-year-old record for jobs; 5.6 million now employed
Mark Williams The Columbus Dispatch
Oct 19, 2018 at 9:56 AM Oct 19, 2018 at 4:15 PM
Ohio's economy set a record in September when it comes to jobs. The state added 4,300 jobs last month that, coupled with revisions to August, were enough to give the state 5,638,900 jobs in September, breaking the old mark set in 2000.
Ohio is finally back to even when it comes to jobs.
It took only 18 years.
The state added 4,300 jobs last month that, coupled with revisions to the August report, were enough to give the state 5,638,900 jobs in September, breaking the old mark set in 2000 by 2,700 jobs, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Friday.
"This milestone is a big deal for Ohio, but even further, it's a positive indicator that Ohio's economy is continuing its strong trajectory upward," said Bret Crowe, a Job and Family Services spokesman.
Ohio was in a jobs recession soon after that peak was hit in 2000, mostly in manufacturing. Job losses then accelerated during the recession.
The state has now added about 640,000 jobs since 2010, including a robust 104,600 jobs over the past year. Job creation has picked up markedly this year after it nearly stalled out in 2017.
The gains over the past year have been spread among several sectors: manufacturing (16,100 jobs); leisure and hospitality (18,100 jobs); private education and health care (16,500 jobs); and a category that includes wholesale and retail trade (18,400 jobs).
The job gains in manufacturing over the past several years are the most sustained gains since the early 1990s, said economist Bill LaFayette, owner of local economic consulting firm Regionomics.
The 104,600 jobs the state has added over the past year are the sixth most in the country and tops in the Midwest. On a percentage basis, job growth in Ohio has exceeded the U.S. average during that period.
"This is a good reflection of what we're doing as a state. It speaks well for the policies that have been pursued," said Andrew Doehrel, president and CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
That Ohio struggled for so many years to get back to even reflects a transition that is less dependent on manufacturing and more focused on higher-technology jobs, Doehrel said.
"There are pains that come with that," he said.
"It is good news, no doubt about that," LaFayette said. "We still don't have the kind of job growth that they have in other places, so that is one big reason why it took so long."
While jobs have come back, not all the workers have. The state's labor force remains more than 200,000 people below where it was when it peaked in 2007 at 6 million workers.
LaFayette blames much of that on an aging state with older people retiring and leaving the workforce coupled with little population growth.
The state's jobless rate held steady for the third straight month at 4.6 percent. That's higher than the U.S. rate of 3.7 percent.
The state said the number of jobless workers fell by 2,000 last month to 266,000.
Last month's job gains were led by manufacturing and a category called "other services'', which includes repair shops, hair and nail salons, and weight-loss services. Both categories added 3,400 jobs last month.
Government employment fell by 2,200 jobs last month, the construction sector cut 900 jobs and the leisure and hospitality sector gave up 1,000 jobs.
mawilliams@dispatch.com
@BizMarkWilliams


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My research focuses on social boundary processes, the causes and consequences of violence, and cognition.
These interests are reflected in my current book project as well as my published papers and ongoing research. First, I study wartime defection, or how people shift stances from support for state violence to resistance and saving behaviors within the same violent episode. Second, I investigate the relationship between social boundaries and political behaviors, with a specific interest in how racial, ethnic, and religious cleavages inform and are transformed by extreme violence such as genocide. Third, I analyze the relationship between cognition and perception at the micro-level of decision-making on violence. Here, I focus on how timing influences cognitive adaptation to violence and how shifts in social perception mediate this process.
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison (Ph.D. Minor in Political Science).
M.S., Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
M.A., Education, University of California-Berkeley.
B.A., Sociology, History, Religion, Bates College, Lewiston, ME.
Luft, Aliza (2015). "Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda." Sociological Theory. 33(2):148-172.
Luft, Aliza (2015). "Genocide as Contentious Politics." Sociology Compass. 9(10): 897-909.
Luft, Aliza (2016). "Who Counts? The Mathematics of Life and Death after Genocide," by Diane M. Nelson. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015. In Contemporary Sociology.
Luft, Aliza (2017). "Has the 2016 Election Institutionalized Systemic Social Exclusion and Violence in America—and Perhaps Paved the Way for Authoritarianism and the Possible 'Social Death' of Groups Perceived as Undesirable to the New Administration in Washington?" Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, Society. 22(3): 2013-211.
Luft, Aliza (2018). How Dangerous Is It When Trump Calls Some Immigrants 'Animals'? Op-Ed published in The Washington Post.


YTD Video Downloader is an amazing program that allows you to download videos from over 60+ sites including YouTube. The program, comes with a lot of additional features that make it well worth your time, and even worth your money if you spring for the Pro version of it.
The main differences are that the Pro version comes with batch conversion and download. Also the Pro version does download the video files faster because the free version is throttled meaning that you are limited on how fast you can download the video while using the free version.. If you are just downloading some music from YouTube or a video that you want to watch on then go, then the free version is what you will want. If you are doing a lot of mashup videos or are in need of conversion for a video you recorded then this program is amazing at that. The Pro version is well worth the features for it is only $30.00 per year.
The program is being actively worked on, and it is well worth your time. Not to mention the program has apps for Android and IOS!


Seems that overrides are necessary for the wisp and also by light-bringer. Appears that the default play mode should be character outlines off and particle effects on.
Oh! That's why I see the silhouette of the wisp body.....I thought it was a persistent bug, but it's because I play with Character Outlines on. Seems a bit of an oversight to not have an override for this type of unit....the first case should exist whether you have Character Outlines on or off for this type of unit...the one that is mostly invisible and should not have a silhouette.


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Dufton Scott – A Quest For Recognition
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A quest for recognition for the wonderful Doric comedian, Dufton Scott. By Katie Scott on behalf of the Scott family.
One of my earliest recollections (aged about 6) is nursing an orphaned baby lamb in the kitchen of my Uncle's Willie's Cothal farmhouse. I remember begging his wife, my lovely Auntie Betty, to 'speak in English' so I could better understand her wonderful stories and tales.
Every long golden summer of my childhood was wrapped in the delightful Doric language of my relatives – we (my mum, sisters, brother and I) travelled the long journey from England each year – my mother's accent changing with each mile north we travelled till it finally reverted to the language of her own childhood and matched that of the Doric spoken by her sister (my Aunty Betty) and my father's brother, George Scott.
He used to run the newsagent and booksellers in Inverurie; Dufton Scott and Son. You may remember it? The building belongs to Kellas Solicitors now.
I was born in Nottingham in 1956, the youngest of four children. My father, Gavin Scott (George's brother), had moved with my mother (Janet Monro) to England after the war. My father was named after his father's good friend and colleague, Gavin Greig. Greig was a folksong collector, playwright and teacher. My Grandfather (Greig's friend) was Dufton Scott.
Dufton Scott gained great fame in Scotland as an entertainer and humourist. (You can read more about him at the North East Folk Archive ). Dufton died before I was born but I have discovered a lot about him, and I now find myself with a mission – and that mission is to bring my grandfather's work to the attention of all Doric speakers and lovers of North East Scotland. I am trying to have a commemorative plaque erected in Inverurie; let me tell you a little bit more about this quest.
In April 2010 my brother (also named Gavin Scott) died leaving no children. He was the last of that Scott line. (Children born to my sisters and I have taken their fathers' names).
Gavin's death provoked a strong desire in me to find my roots. I began to trace our family tree (you may be interested to hear that I discovered that Robert Paterson, of the 'Turra Coo' fame, is my second cousin, on my mother's side). However, I became more and more fascinated with Dufton Scott and his work.
We sisters, Rosalind, Norma and I, talked for a long time about our childhood memories, and we all vividly remember listening to scratchy old 78 records of Dufton's incomprehensible language telling his funny tales of farm workers and their masters, men and women, lawyers and farm servants.
We also had a couple of his books – equally impossible for us English youngsters to comprehend (Norma fared a little better, having the advantage of at least being born in Scotland).
It was just an oddity to us then, but as I have grown older, I've come to realise the great significance of these stories and of the man, Dufton Scott.
The Quest is going well I am pleased to report – Hamish Duthie from Kellas Solicitors has kindly agreed to the plaque being erected on their property. Malcolm White, a Development Services Assistant (Buchan & Garioch) is helping me with the legal aspects. We are hoping to hold a celebration of the unveiling of the plaque during the Doric festival next year.
Several people have offered help and support with this, notably Sandy Stronach, the Director of the Doric Festival: www.thedoricfestival.com, Charles Barron, who is a retired academic and Doric playwright: www.charlesbarron.co.uk and Lorna Alexander, Doric writer and story teller.
Have you heard of Dufton Scott before now? How do you feel about our quest? Can you offer any ideas or support ? I will write again on this subject when we have more news.
More info about Dufton Scott here: Dufton Scott 1880 – 1944
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'You've Been Trumped' Wins Edindocs Festival Award
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You've Been Trumped – the documentary film branded 'a failure' by Donald Trump has just won its third major documentary award – and first in Scotland – clinching the Scottish Screen Archive Prize for Best Feature Documentary at the Edindocs Festival in Edinburgh. Suzanne Kelly reports.
The award means the film will be archived as an important piece of Scotland's history and stored at The National Library of Scotland 'forever'.
This latest award follows two other major festival awards for the film.
In June You've Been Trumped won the Green Prize – the top environmental award for UK documentaries – at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. And in August, the film scooped the Special Jury Prize at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan.
You've Been Trumped was rejected for funding by Creative Scotland and passed over for this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.
However, it has proven to be a hit at some of the world's most prestigious documentary festivals and will shortly be screened in Australia, Taiwan, Bermuda and at several major film festivals in the United States.
You've Been Trumped tells the story of Donald Trump's attempts to build what he claims will be 'the greatest golf course in the world' on a supposedly protected environmental site in Aberdeenshire. The plan involves building 1500 houses and a luxury hotel on what scientists have described as 'the crown jewels of Scotland's Natural Heritage.'
You've Been Trumped has just begun a Sheffield Doc/Fest winners' tour – playing at major independent cinemas across the UK and is also part of the Take One Action Film Festival which takes in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. The film is also due to return to cinemas in Aberdeen and Dundee next month. Meanwhile, You've Been Trumped will be travelling to the Vancouver International Film Festival later this month and will unspool for its official New York premiere in early October.
Director Anthony Baxter said:
"It's a great honour for You've Been Trumped to be recognised as an important historical document and reassuring to know that future generations will be able to learn lessons from the environmental destruction that's been unfolding on the Menie Estate for precious little economic benefit."
Scottish folk singer-songwriter Karine Polwart ("exceptionally subtle and melodic" Q Magazine) is currently penning a new song inspired by events captured in the film, which will be unveiled when You've Been Trumped is screened at the FilmHouse in Edinburgh on 2nd October as part of the Take One Action Film Festival.
You've Been Trumped (UK, running time 95 minutes) was made by Angus based independent production company Montrose Pictures Ltd.
The film score features music from world the world renowned Sigur Rus and the band's front man Jonsi.
Many of You've Been Trumped's future screenings can be viewed here – with more dates to be added.
Latest news on the film can be seen here.
For further information call Montrose Pictures: +44(0)1674 677 233 or email: projects@montrosepictures.co.uk
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What Type of Metals Can Metal Detectors Detect?
Wondering what type of metals can metal detectors detect? While you may have seen those yesteryear movies detecting every metal that you can imagine, it cannot.
When we hear the word "metal detectors", various things come to our mind. Metal detectors detect the presence of metallic objects with the help of electromagnetic field. They come in several forms like hand-held, walk through, and vehicle mounted. They are used at entrances to airports, malls, offices and other places requiring security.
A metal detector contains a coil inside. When electricity is passed thorough the coil, then a magnetic field is generated.
When you move the detector over the metal then a magnetic field, other than the one present in the metal, is generated.
The detector picks up this second magnetic field.
The detector has one more coil called the receiver coil which connects to the loudspeaker.
The second magnetic field cuts through the coil. So when you move the detector over the metal, the electricity flows through the coil making the beep sound in the detector.
All types of metals are detectable, but their strength of detectability varies.
These metals contain iron and steel. They can be easily attracted to a magnet and very are conductive. It is because of these properties that they are easily detectable by metal detectors. These metals tend to increase the inductance of the search-coil which makes it an easy detection by any simple metal detector.
Some examples of ferrous metals are paper clips, staplers, screws, nails and various other things.
Unlike ferrous metals, they do not contain iron. They are non-magnetic and more resistant to corrosion than ferrous metals. Though they have no magnetic properties but they are good or excellent conductors which make them a relatively easy metal to detect.
You would require approximately more than 50% of a non-ferrous metal to be equally dateable to a ferrous metal.
Some examples of non-ferrous metals are aluminium, copper, gold and silver.
One surprising thing is that chewing gum wrappers can also set off a metal detector. The wrappers are made of aluminium foils which are easily detectable by the metal detectors.
These metals come is various forms ranging from magnetic to completely non-magnetic. The conductivity of this metal can also vary but is generally low. These properties make stainless steel a poor metal detector.
In general, a stainless steel should be having a 1.5 to 2 time the surface area of a ferrous metal to be detected by a metal detector. Sometimes the properties of the stainless steel are modified by machining. This increases the magnetic effect making it an easy detector by metal detectors.
The non-magnetic stainless steel not detectable is type 302, 304 and 316.
So, what type of metals can metal detectors detect?
Today, there are continuous efforts being made in order to detect all type of metals. New technologies have come into place that almost and always detects all types of metals. So, next time when going through security do remember to put coins, watches and all the small things in the tray.
The metal detector is an amazing technology used to find the metals. Its very helpful in Airports .Thanks for sharing the working of the metal detector.I like the way write your article .Very amazing.


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Home 2012: What If? Duncan Relishes Opening Day Opportunity
Duncan Relishes Opening Day Opportunity
2012: What If? Mike Brandyberry April 4, 2012 2 Comments
By Kevin Schneider
As Shelley Duncan trotted around the outfield alone Tuesday before an exhibition game, he said he felt like a little kid again anticipating Opening Day.
"Nothing really preps you for the adrenaline rush you get from the introductions and running onto the field," said Duncan, 32.
The 6-foot-5 outfielder looked around in awe at the checker Ed Green grass, the baseball-shaped Mudcats water tower beyond left field, and the American flag in center field waving briskly. Donning a red Louisville Slugger T-Shirt, Duncan said his baseball experiences have helped him keep his emotions in check as he prepares to break camp with the Indians.
"It's never a business, just less rattling," he said.
Duncan bounced up and down with the Cleveland Indians and Columbus Clippers last season before finishing with 11 homers, 47 RBIs, and a .260 batting average in Cleveland; he also smacked 11 homers with the Tribe in 2010.
Before Tuesday's game in Zebulon against their new high-A affiliate Carolina Mudcats, Duncan said he didn't know if he would start on Opening Day but cracked a smile thinking about the possibility. It would mark his first Opening Day start with a Major League team.
"It'd probably be pretty awesome," he said.
Rumors have circulated that the Tribe has been searching for a power-hitting outfielder, but Indians General Manager Chris Antonneti has said the team doesn't comment on rumors.
Acta, Indians officials, and teammates have praised Duncan's contributions this spring, though. On Twitter Tuesday, Tribe President Mark Shapiro tweeted the team always explores chances to improve the team but looks forward to seeing what Duncan does with this opportunity.
Some Indians talked on their cell phones or joked with teammates before batting practice started Tuesday for the Mudcats and Indians. Duncan seemed a bit more serious.
Since 2001, Duncan has spent all or parts of 11 seasons in the minor leagues. He sounded reminiscent and appreciative as he walked toward the cramped Indians clubhouse, a shed just past the right-field fence.
"It takes us back a couple of years," to our time in the minor leagues, Duncan said. "It's a lot of fun for us."
Duncan spent parts of three years with the Yankees before joining the Indians in 2010.
Acta said Duncan could provide a needed right-handed power hitter in the Indians lineup. The left fielder hit another homer in Tuesday's exhibition game, not included in spring-training stats. Overall this spring, Duncan has hit .161, with 6 homers and 19 RBIs.
After signing autographs before Tuesday's game, closer Chris Perez called Duncan "one of my guys" and said his dedication to the team matters.
"Duncan would run through a wall for his teammates," Perez said.
Duncan probably would be fine with that scenario, as long as he didn't miss any time with an injury. An emerging clubhouse leader for the Indians, Duncan declared the team ready to play for real.
He said, "We've been itching to go for a couple of weeks now."
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 2 Blu-ray, DVD Release Announced + Bonus Features Revealed
By Brian Wilkins August 2, 2019 // 10:33 pm
CBS Home Entertainment has announced the upcoming release of Star Trek: Discovery Season Two on Blu-ray and DVD. First revealed at Star Trek Las Vegas on Friday, the 4-disc set will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on November 12th.
It's now available to pre-order on Amazon.
The set will feature all 14 second season episodes along with more than two hours of special features and two Short Treks episodes: "Runaway," which features Ensign Sylvia Tilly and "The Brightest Star" focussing on Commander Saru.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Blu-ray cover art (CBS Home Entertainment)
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Bonus Features
According to the CBS press release, the special features on the Blu-ray set will include:
ENTER THE ENTERPRISE – Captain Pike shepherds U.S.S. Discovery through Season Two, but must return to his original command on the U.S.S. Enterprise. The production designer, builders, actors and producers discuss the daunting task of reviving the iconic ship's bridge.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER – Follow the real life Discovery crew through preparation, shooting and posting the amazing Season Two finale. A true in-depth look at the many talents that come together to bring Discovery to life.
THE RED ANGEL – A major plot point of the season is the Red Angel. Go behind-thescenes with producers, directors and Sonequa Martin-Green, along with the craftspeople that created it and made it come to life.
DESIGNING DISCOVERY: SEASON TWO – On a show where no location exists in our world, the production and lighting design teams must create every space. Look at the locations and spaces created for Season Two.
PROP ME UP: SEASON TWO – Propmaster Mario Moreira takes fans through the world of Discovery props.
DRESS FOR SUCCESS: SEASON TWO – Each species has its own fashion style dictated by both culture and physical attributes. Gersha Phillips and her team discuss how costumes inform a character and how they create a spectacular array of clothing, uniforms and armor for every kind of species.
CREATURE COMFORTS: SEASON TWO – Producers, craftsmen and actors discuss the design process, the implementation and the performance required to bring characters to life. Fans can also catch a one-on-one discussion with makeup artist James McKinnon and L'Rell actress, Mary Chieffo.
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Bavaria: New sub-committees to put government under pressure – Bavaria
Two new investigative committees in the state parliament will start their work this Thursday in constitutive sessions – on the cost explosion and construction delay of the second S-Bahn trunk line in Munich and on the Nuremberg Museum of the Future. They are the third and fourth investigative bodies in this election period, after the sub-committees on the mask affairs and the NSU terrorist cell. The parliamentary inquiries must be completed before the state election on October 8th.
The committee on the Nuremberg Museum, which will open in 2021 and is a branch of the Deutsches Museum, should primarily examine the rental conditions for the building. The opposition suspects that tax money was wasted here and that CSU nepotism was practiced. It should also be about the role of Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) himself, who was Finance Minister at the time in question.
The FDP MP Sebastian Körber, for example, says that Söder pushed the project through in his hometown, "no matter what the cost". The Bavarian Supreme Court of Auditors has already criticized the fact that the 25-year contract with the investor Gerd Schmelzer is "landlord-friendly". The main route is about the fact that the government had apparently been warned since 2020 that construction could be delayed by many years and the costs would get out of hand. For a long time, however, she refrained from publicly informing about the looming disaster.
Söder recently had the U-Committee Museum Nuremberg News said: "This committee of inquiry is nothing more than the opposition's election campaign, because they themselves have no ideas for the future." He also finds it "a pity that some have so little love for Nuremberg". The allegations are an "absurd argument".
The CSU parliamentary group recently announced that the "attempts at scandalization" would now be countered with transparency and serious clarification. Bernhard Pohl (free voters) heads the main route committee, while Josef Schmid (CSU) leads the meetings at the museum; i.e. representatives of the government factions. Schmid was previously deputy head of the NSU committee, which is now to be taken over by party colleague Holger Dremel.
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Q: Rails: Problems with index view on nested resources I have nested resources with 2 models - products and product_images. I'm using Carrierwave to upload the images.
My products model looks like this:
class Product < ActiveRecord::Base

has_many :product_images, :dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :product_images, :allow_destroy => :true
end

My product_images model looks like this:
class ProductImage < ActiveRecord::Base
mount_uploader :image, ImageUploader
belongs_to :product
end

My products_controller looks like this:
class ProductsController < ApplicationController

def index
@products = Product.all
end

def show
@product = Product.find(params[:id])
@images = @product.product_images
end

def new
@product = Product.new
@product.product_images.build
end
...

This is all fine working in my Show view, also with the thumb versions.
However I can't manage to get the index view working. I'm trying to display the first image in the Product_images table but it won't work out.
Here's my index view:

<% @products.each do |product| %>
<tr class="<%= cycle('list_line_odd', 'list_line_even') %>">

<%= product.title %>

<%= image_tag(product.product_image.first ) %>

...

My routes first looked like this:
resources :products

then I tried this:
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    end
How can I make the images be accessible in my index view? Could anybody help me please to fix this?
Thanks a lot!

A: Your image_tag line is wrong. It should be
image_tag product.product_images.first.image_url

It's right there in the examples in Capybara's README :)


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Cazorla-Sanchez, Antonio
Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez is a Professor and Chair at the Department of Historyat Trent University. His major research focuses on the cultural and social evolution of Europe in the 20th century. Dr. Cazorla-Sanchez is currently writing a cultural biography of Spain's General Franco.
Research Interests: Modern Spanish History; Fascism and Dictatorship; Modern European History; Transnational History
Institution: Trent University
Email: acazorla@trentu.ca
Languages: English, French, Italian, Portugese, Spanish
(with Adrian Shubert, eds.), La Guerra Civil española en 100 objetos, imágenes y lugares (forthcoming, Madrid: Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021).
(with Alison Ribeiro de Menezes and Adrian Shubert, eds.), Public Humanities and the Spanish Civil War: Memory and the Digital in Contested Histories, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
Miedo y Progreso: los españoles de a pie bajo el franquismo, 1939-1975. Madrid: Alianza, 2016
In L. Fernández, A. Míguez, and D. Vilavedra, 1936. Un Nuevo relato. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad, 2020, passim.
"Democracy and the Legacies of the Civil War", in Claudio Hernández Burgos, Ruptura. The Impact of Nationalism and Extremism on Daily Life in the Spanish Civil War. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2020, pp. 235-254.
(With Adrian Shubert), "Sites Without Memory and Memory Without Sites: On the Failuire of the Public History of the Spanish Civil War", in Alison Riberiro de Menezes, Antonio Cazorla- Sanchez and Adrian Shubert, Public Humanities and the Spanish Civil War: Memory and the Digital in Contested Histories, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 19-43.
"From Ideological to Humanistic Interpretations", Roundtable on the Spanish Civil War, Contemporary European History, 1-4 (2020): 257-260.
"A Retrospective Review of Selected Works of António Costa Pinto, Portuguese Studies Review, vol. 27, 2 (Winter, 2019): 255-‐262.
(With Sofía Rodríguez López) "Blue Angles: Female Fascist Resisters, Spies and Intelligence Officials in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-‐9", Journal of Contemporary History, 53-‐4 (2018): 692-‐713.
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CATHEDRA: It is an expression of the bishop's ministry, a sign of his teaching, his pastoral care, the unity of the faithful of the whole diocese under the leadership of its pastor.
PULPIT: It is the typical place from which to preach the word of God, through biblical readings. It is the place for solemn announcements such as the proclamation of Easter.
HIGH ALTAR: It is the most important element of the pres-bytery. It is the mensa of the Lord, on which the sacrifice of the Cross is made present in the sacramental signs. It is in a raised position with respect to the rest of the area in order to be more visible and it is turned towards the faithful.
CHAPEL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: This is where the most Holy Eucharist is preserved. It is also the chapel that is dedicated to personal prayer and adoration.
DAILY CHAPEL: It is destined to daily celebrations with a lesser number of participants. It contains all that is necessary for celebration. Separated from the main hall, it encourages attention and participation of the faithful.
BAPTISTERY: It is used for the administration of the first sacrament of Christian initiation, Baptism. This represents the starting point of the journey of Christian life that leads to full identity with Christ.
PENITENTIARY: this is the where the Sacrament of Penance is celebrated. It is formed of confessionals where absolution from sins can be received.


Montréal, December 9, 2016 - Daniel Coderre, President and CEO of Génome Québec, is proud to announce that five Québec research teams have been awarded funding under the 2015 Disruptive Innovation in Genomics Competition.
World AIDS day: research must continue!
On this World AIDS day, Génome Québec salutes the hard work and perseverance of Québec researchers and clinicians working in this sector.
Thursday December 8, don't miss the next Rendez-vous Génome Québec on the theme: The future of "omics" applications.
The Rendez-vous Génome Québec 2016 will focus on researchers leading initiatives using next-generation "omics" technologies in very diverse areas of research.
Keynote speakers are Sally Aitken (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) and Tim Reddy (Duke University, North Carolina). Topics covered will include: personalized health, environmental genomics, agri-food and aquaculture genomics.
November 7, 2016 – Genome Canada is pleased to advise the research community of an upcoming funding opportunity – the 2017 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition – Genomics and Precision Health. This Competition is anticipated to be formally launched in early 2017. Detailed guidelines and application forms will be available at that time.
Friday September 30, don't miss the 2016 edition of the Rendez-vous Génome Québec on the theme: "Improving Genomics through Collaboration and Innovation".
This year, the Rendez-vous Génome Québec will feature ten researchers leading initiatives using next-generation "omics" technologies in very diverse areas of research. Keynote speakers are Stacey Gabriel (Genomics Platform - Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard) et Anne-Claude Gingras (Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute).
Montréal, September 16, 2016 - The Chair of the Génome Québec Board of Directors, Martin Godbout, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board. Sophie D'Amours and Anie Perrault are both seasoned professionals in the fields of public administration, forestry, innovation and biotechnology.
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Стою Петков Брадистилов е български офицер (генерал-лейтенант).

Биография
Стою Брадистилов е роден на 14 септември 1863 г. в Панагюрище, Османска империя. През 1884 г. завършва Военното на Негово Княжеско Височество училище и на 30 август е произведен в чин подпоручик. Служи в 1-ви пехотен софийски полк. На 30 август 1886 г. е произведен в чин поручик. Като поручик от 2-ри пехотен искърски полк е командирован през 1888 година за обучение в Академията на генералния щаб в Торино, Италия, която той завършва през 1891 година, като докато се обучава през 1889 г. е произведен в чин капитан. Служи в 12-и пехотен балкански полк.

Балканска война (1912 – 1913)
През Балканската война (1912 – 1913) генерал-майор Стою Брадистилов командва 10-а пехотна сборна дивизия от състава на 1-ва армия, след това командва окупационния корпус при Чаталджа и Булаир.

През 1917 г. като помощник-началник на щаба на армията е награден с османски медал "За бойни заслуги", а по-късно е награден и с орден "Меджидие". По-късно служи като началник на канцеларията в Министерството на войната. Уволнен е от служба през 1918 година.

Генерал-лейтенант Стою Брадистилов умира на 29 август 1930 г. в София.

Гробът му се намира в парцел 4 на Софийските централни гробища.

Семейство
Стою Брадистилов е женен и има 2 деца. Художничката Олга Брадистилова е негова дъщеря.

Военни звания
 Подпоручик (30 август 1884)
 Поручик (30 август 1886)
 Капитан (1889)
 Майор (1894)
 Подполковник (14 февруари 1899)
 Полковник (2 август 1903)
 Генерал-майор (20 януари 1912)
 Генерал-лейтенант (15 август 1917)

Награди
 Орден "За храброст" III степен, 2-ри клас
 Орден "Св. Александър" IV и V степен без мечове
 Орден "За военна заслуга" IV степен на обикновена лента
 Орден "Стара планина" I степен с мечове, посмъртно
 Медал "За бойни заслуги", Османска империя (1917)
 Орден "Меджидие"

Бележки

Източници

 Недев, С., Командването на българската войска през войните за национално обединение, София, 1993, Военноиздателски комплекс "Св. Георги Победоносец", стр. 88

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Генерал-лейтенанти от Царство България
Носители на орден "За храброст" III степен
Носители на орден "Свети Александър"
Носители на орден "За военна заслуга"
Носители на орден "Стара планина"
Пети випуск на Националния военен университет "Васил Левски"
Български военни дейци от Балканските войни
Родени в Панагюрище
Починали в София
Погребани в Централните софийски гробища


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Home » Mycology » Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis)- An Overview
September 6, 2020 September 3, 2020 by Faith Mokobi
What is Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis)?
Causative agents of Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis)
Pathogenesis of Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis)
Clinical Features of Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis)
Diagnosis of Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis)
Treatment of Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis)
Antifungal Resistance of causative agents of chromoblastomycosis
Prevention and Control of chromoblastomycosis
Chromoblastomycosis that is also known as chromomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue, caused by different groups of dematiaceous fungi.
It is one of the most encountered subcutaneous fungal infections besides sporotrichosis and mycetoma.
Dermateciuos fungi are fungi that are pigmented, producing brown pigmentations.
The disease is associated with slow-growing, warty plaques, cauliflower-like lesions which may ulcerate.
It majorly affects immunocompromised individuals with a weak immune system which makes them liable to colonization and infection by these fungi.
The fungi have a form of traumatic implantations i.e inoculation of the fungi is due to traumas such as wounds or abrasions of the skin, which exposes the skin to the fungi infection.
The disease commonly affects male agricultural workers but few cases on children's infections have also been documented.
Chromomycosis is caused by dematiaceous fungi.
Dermatiaceous fungi are a large group of heterogenous molds known to cause a wide range of skin infections including phaeohyphomycosis, chromoblastomycosis, and eumycotic mycetoma.
This group of pathogenic fungi includes Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora spp, Cladophialophora bantiana, Rhinocladiella, and Exophiala spp, Mudurella spp, Scedosporium prolificans, Wangiella dermatitidis.
The most common etiologies of chromomycosis fungi are Cladosporium carrionii, Phialophora verrucosa, and Fonsecaea pedrosoi and the least common include Fonsacea compactum, Exophiala spinifera, Rhinocladiella aquaspersa, Exophiala jeanselmei, and Wangiella dermatitidis.
They are widely distributed in the environment, commonly found in soil, wood, and dead decaying plant debris.
They are also common in tropical and subtropical climates.
They contain melanin of their cell walls which determines the color of the spores.
They reproduce asexually by forming spores known as conidia.
They form colonies in mycological agar which are typically brown to black in color.
Figure: Electron micrograph of the skin showing Fonsecaea pedrosoi spores. Micrograph of chromoblastomycosis showing sclerotic bodies in the dermis. Image Source: Wikipedia.
The fungi gain entry into the skin from trauma from vegetative materials such as thorns or splinters initiating a granulomatous response on the skin
Mostly, the fungal infection remains asymptomatic (oligosymptomatic) for several years before it appears.
The moderate appearance of the disease is characterized by localized pain and intensified itching which progresses to severe disease associated with edema and secondary bacterial infection which may limit body motions and activities.
The chronic disease shows manifestations of chronic lymphoedema and development of ankylosis and non-invasive squamous cell carcinoma which may lead to patient disablement.
General manifestations will also include:
The epidermis producing pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, granuloma on the dermis associated with epithelioid cells, and Langhans giant cells.
Fungal elements which are visualized as brown septate celled sclerotic bodies.
Several sets of sclerotic cella include medlar bodies, muriform bodies, copper pennies.
These bodies are extruded trans-epidermally which are seen as black dots on the surface lesions.
Risk factors of infection
Immunocompromised patients with skin abrasions such diabetics
Patients on medical therapies
Wounded and surgical patients
Agricultural workers who get skin scratching (abrasions) from plants
Virulence factors of dematiaceous fungi
The virulence of dematiaceous fungi is associated with the presence of melanin in their cell walls, which confers a protective advantage by scavenging free radicals and hypochlorite that are produced by phagocytic cells.
The melanin may also bind to hydrolytic enzymes, preventing the action of phagocytic cells on the plasma membrane of the fungal cells.
The melanin gives color to the fungal spores and the fungal hyphae produced during the germination and reproduction of these fungi. This gives the fungi a pigmentation that produces colored skin lesions and skin manifestations.
Chromoblastomycosis is presented with:
Small firm red or grey bump.
The bump grows slowly about 2mm per year.
A dr warty nodule or plaque develops with centered scarring.
The affected limb enlarges causing elephantiasis
The scarred lesion then forms new lesions around the scar allowing spread to new sites with itchiness.
Squamous cell carcinoma may develop due to longterm infection of chromoblastomycosis.
The lesions developed during chromoblastomycosis infections include:
Nodular lesions are moderately elevated, fairly soft, with a dull to pink violaceous growth with a smooth surface, verrucous, or scaly. They gradually become tumorous with time.
Tumoral lesions are tumor-like masses, prominent, papillomatous, sometimes lobulated; 'cauliflower-like'; covering the surface partially or entirely with epidermal debris and crusts. they are more exuberant and occurs majorly in lower extremities.
Cicatricial lesions are non-elevated with an enlarged peripheral extension and atrophic scarring. They have centered healing. They have an annular, arciform, or serpiginous outline and they can occur extensively in parts of the body.
Plaques are slightly elevated lesions occurring in various sizes and shapes with infiltration. They are reddish to violaceous in color with a scaly surface and may have marked lines of cleavage. They are generally found on the higher parts on the limbs.
Verracuous are outwardly hyperkeratosis lesions that are warty dry and are commonly found along the border of the foot.
Clinical observation of lesions and differentiation from other characteristic lesions formed by other microbial agents and fungal agents as described above.
Laboratory Diagnosis
Specimen: Lesion exudates, skin scrapings, crusts, aspirated debris, and tissue fragments
Direct examination and microscopy
20-40% KOH wet mount to observe muriform (single or clustered) cells in clinical samples which are 5 to 12 µm in diameter, round to polyhedral (chestnut) in shape, thick-walled, dark pigmented, and having both transverse and longitudinal cross-walls resembling a brick wall.
Hematoxylin-eosin staining for tissue samples for observation of the muriform cells.
Calcofluor white dye stain
Cultural Examination
Use of mycological and bacterial cultures to isolate pigmented fungal spores which are examined by KOH wet mount for identification of muriform cells.
However, cultural methods are inadequate and unconventional therefore require to follow up examination using staining and microscopic techniques.
Tissue samples and biopsies for the identification of lesion particles such as granulomatous tissue elements, and giant cells from lesions.
Molecular Identification of agents
Duplex PCR targeting the ribosomal DNA for Fonsecaea spp., and a specific oligonucleotide primer for identification of C. carrionii
Immunological Examination
This can be used to identify the production of antibodies against the fungal antigens such as ELISA assay using C. carrionii antigen AgSPP.
Treatment for Chromoblastomycosis includes physical therapeutic methods as well as topical and systemic therapy with antifungal agents, which have been documented to be effective.
Physical Therapeutics includes surgery, thermotherapy, laser therapy, and photodynamic therapy (PDT) along with combined therapies of antifungal drugs.
Use of antifungal agents such as itraconazole(ITZ), voriconazole (VCZ), PCZ, and isavuconazole (ISA). Itraconazole is used as the first line of treatment for CBM and Terbinafine is the second most frequently used antifungal agent for the treatment of CBM.
Combination therapy with systemic antifungal drugs has been used in the salvage therapy scenario for patients with invasive refractory mycoses such as a combination of itraconazole with terbinafine.
Combined therapy may also include the use of antifungal agents along with physical therapeutics such as surgeries.
Adjuvant therapy has also been used as a form of treatment which includes the use of antifungal drugs with immunomodulant adjuvants in severe and refractory cases of infection. Adjuvants such as Imiquimod, (1→3)-β-polyglucoside have been used with itraconazole and terbinafine antifungals.
BM treatment must be monitored by clinical, mycological, and histopathological criteria to ensure clearance of lesions and scars for conclusively complete healing of the disease.
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection that has shown resistance to normal antifungal therapies such as fluconazole and amphotericin B, and therefore the use of broad-spectrum therapies such as itraconazole and terbinafine are used.
Due to a lack of vaccines specific for chromoblastomycosis, it advised that the use of protective clothing such as gloves, shoes, and clothes to reduce the risk of infection by ubiquitously dematiaceous fungi, especially to the occupationally risky groups.
Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Therapy of Infections Caused by Dematiaceous Fungi by M.E Brandt and Warnock D. W. PubMed.gov
Chromoblastomycosis (Chromomycosis) by George Kurien; Kavin Sugumar; Veena Chandran. NCBI
Exophiala psychrophila: A new agent of chromoblastomycosis by Lina M. Garzon, Lili J. Rueda, Adriana Marcela Celis, Martha Cardena, and Marcela Guevara-Suarez. NCBI
Agents of Chromoblastomycosis by Duane R. Hospenthal. ScienceDirect
Dematiaceous fungi by Deanna A. Sutton, Michael G. Rinaldi, Stephen E. Sanche. ScienceDirect
Chromoblastomycosis: an overview of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment by Flavio Queiroz-Telles, Phillippe Esterre, Maigualida Perez-Blanco, Roxana G Vitale, Claudio Guedes Salgado, Alexandro Bonifaz. Medical Mycology Oxford Academics
Chromoblastomycosis by Flavio Queiroz-Telles, Sybren de Hoog, Daniel Wagner C. L. Santos, Claudio Guedes Salgado, Vania Aparecida Vicente, Alexandro Bonifaz, Emmanuel Roilides, Liyan Xi, Conceição de Maria Pedrozo e Silva Azevedo, Moises Batista da Silva, Zoe Dorothea Pana, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, Thomas J. Walsh. Medical Microbiology Review, American Society of Microbiology.
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