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Anatomy and Physiology - Adapted International Edition (Hardcover, 9 Revised Edition)
Kevin T. Patton, Gary A. Thibodeau, Andrew Hutton
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This beautifully illustrated volume brings to life all the excitement and challenge of the study of human anatomy and physiology in one stunning resource! Characterised by its friendly and accessible writing style, each chapter of Anatomy & Physiology, Adapted International Edition, comes with a range of helpful learning features such as Study Hints, Chapter Outlines, Language of Science and Medicine lists, Case Studies, Chapter Summaries and Review- and Critical Thinking Questions. The volume also boasts over 1400 images together with the unique underlying themes entitled the 'Big Picture' and 'Cycle of Life', which serve to emphasize the importance of the interrelationship between systems of the body and how these systems are influenced, in turn, by development and aging. Alongside this emphasis on interdependence and change, comes a focus on homeostasis, which enables the reader to see how the healthy body is one that is carefully tuned and that disease can readily occur when internal balance is disrupted. Anatomy and Physiology, Adapted International Edition, has been fully updated to make full reference European healthcare systems, including drugs, relevant investigations and local treatment protocols. The also book comes with an extensive website facility and accompanying Brief Atlas of the Human Body and Quick Guide to the Language of Science and Medicine. Anatomy & Physiology, Adapted International Edition, will be ideal for students of nursing and allied health professions, biomedical and paramedical science, operating department practice, complementary therapy and massage therapy, as well as anyone studying BTEC (or equivalent) human biology. Unique 'Clear View of the Human Body' allows the reader to build up a view of the body layer by layer Clear, conversational writing style helps demystify the complexities of human biology Content presented in digestible 'chunks' to aid reading and retention of facts Consistent unifying themes, such as the 'Big Picture' and 'Cycle of Life' features, help readers understand the interrelation of body systems and how they are influenced by age and development Accompanying Brief Atlas of the Human Body offers more than 100 full-colour transparencies and supplemental images that cover body parts, organs, cross sections, radiography images, and histology slides Quick Guide to the Language of Science and Medicine contains medical terminology and scientific terms, along with pronunciations, definitions, and word part breakdowns for terms highlighted in the text Numerous feature boxes such as Language of Science and Language of Medicine, Mechanisms of Disease, Health Matters, Diagnostic Study, FYI, and Sport and Fitness provide interesting and important side considerations to the main text More than 1,400 full-colour photographs and spectacular drawings illustrate the most current scientific knowledge and help bring difficult concepts to life Quick Check Questions within each chapter help reinforce learning by prompting readers to review what they just read Chapter outlines, chapter objectives and study tips begin each chapter Outline summaries, review questions, critical thinking questions, and case studies are included at the end of each chapter Study Hints found throughout the text give practical advice to students about mnemonics or other helpful means of understanding or recall Connect IT! features link to additional content online to facilitate wider study Helpful Glossary and Anatomical Directions Ideal for students who are new to the subject, or returning to study after a period of absence, and for anyone whose first language is not English
Without Quarter - The Wichita Expedition and the Fight on Crooked Creek (Hardcover, New)
William Y. Chalfant; Illustrated by Roy Grinnell; Foreword by Paul Andrew Hutton
Women and Humor in Classical Greece examines the role of women as producers of joking speech, especially within cults of Demeter. This speech, sometimes known as aischrologia, had considerable weight and vitality within its cultic context. It also shaped literary traditions, notably iambic and Attic old comedy that has traditionally been regarded as entirely male. The misogyny for which ancient iambic is infamous derives in part from an oral world in which women's derisive joking voices reverberated. O'Higgins considers this speech from its mythical origins in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, through the reactive iambic tradition and into old comedy. She also examines the poems of Sappho and Corinna as literary jokers, responding in part to their own experience of joking women. The book concludes with a fresh appraisal of the three great 'women's' plays of Aristophanes: Lysistrata, Thesmophoriasouzae, and Ecclesiazousae.
Soldiers West - Biographies from the Military Frontier (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Paul Andrew Hutton, Durwood Ball
From the War of 1812 to the end of the nineteenth century, U.S. Army officers were instrumental in shaping the American West. They helped explore uncharted places and survey and engineer its far-flung transportation arteries. Many also served in the ferocious campaigns that drove American Indians onto reservations. Soldiers West views the turbulent history of the West from the perspective of fifteen senior army officers--including Philip H. Sheridan, George Armstrong Custer, and Nelson A. Miles--who were assigned to bring order to the region.
This revised edition of Paul Andrew Hutton's popular work adds five new biographies, and essays from the first edition have been updated to incorporate recent scholarship. New portraits of Stephen W. Kearny, Philip St. George Cooke, and James H. Carleton expand the volume's coverage of the army on the antebellum frontier. Other new pieces focus on the controversial John M. Chivington, who commanded the Colorado volunteers at the Sand Creek Massacre in 1863, and Oliver O. Howard, who participated in federal and private initiatives to reform Indian policy in the West. An introduction by Durwood Ball discusses the vigorous growth of frontier military history since the original publication of Soldiers West.
An Introduction to Medical Terminology for Health Care - A Self-Teaching Package (Paperback, 5th Revised edition)
Andrew Hutton
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An Introduction to Medical Terminology for Health Care is designed to introduce medical terms to readers who have little or no prior knowledge of the language of medicine. The latest edition of this hugely popular volume retains its effective approach to learning medical terminology by breaking words into their component parts and applying knowledge through exercises and examples from patient care. Throughout the book, information is organised into friendly, accessible, learning modules which are presented in a helpful, template format. Abundant fill-in exercises and helpful diagrams also aid the process of analysing and learning medical terms. In this latest fifth edition, Andy Hutton has brought the book completely up-to-date by with the addition of new exercises and more information on common pathological conditions, medical procedures and laboratory tests. Each unit now includes a comprehensive list of associated words that are often used in combination with specific medical terms in patient records and medical publications. An Introduction to Medical Terminology for Health Care is suitable for medical secretaries and clerical staff - particularly those on AMSPAR courses, foundation level nursing and allied health students, CMA (AAMA) candidates and anyone undertaking the SQA National Progression Award in administration for medical receptionists and secretaries. A self-directed learning package that requires no previous knowledge of medical terminology New design with icons to direct the reader and facilitate the learning process Case Histories help put the words into a 'real life' context Over 120 clear images enable students to associate medical terms with human anatomy and medical equipment Self-assessment modules allow readers to test their knowledge of the meaning of word components and their association with a disease, anatomical feature or medical specialty Simple, non-technical descriptions of pathological conditions, symptoms, laboratory tests, medical instruments and clinical procedures Numerous fill-in word exercises to ensure fast and effective learning Comprehensive abbreviation lists and a glossary A valuable resource for readers taking the City and Guilds (AMSPAR) exams or CMA (AAMA) exams in medical terminology Fresh design and updated artwork program gives added appeal to the volume Each unit contains a list of common associated words often used in conjunction with specific medical terms in patient records and medical publications More information on pathological conditions, laboratory tests and clinical procedures Self-assessment exercises on medical specialties Revised lists of common abbreviations associated with each speciality
The Apache Wars - The Hunt For Geronimo, The Apache Kid, And The CaptiveBoy Who Started The Longest War In American History (Paperback)
Paul Andrew Hutton
Van Gogh: Painted With Words (DVD)
Jamie Parker, Rowena Cooper, David Baron, Daniel Weyman, Stephanie Jacob, …
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the title role of this made-for-television docudrama about the life of prolific artist Vincent Van Gogh. With narration by Alan Yentob and direct-to-camera speech delivery from Cumberbatch as Van Gogh, the true words of the artist himself are spoken, sourced from the letters that he wrote to his brother Theo (Jamie Parker).
A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee (Paperback, New Ed)
David Crockett; Introduction by Paul Andrew Hutton
Even as a pup, Davy Crockett "always delighted to be in the very thickest of danger." In his own inimitable style, he describes his earliest days in Tennessee, his two marriages, his career as an Indian fighter, his bear hunts, and his electioneering. His reputation as a b'ar hunter (he killed 105 in one season) sent him to Congress, and he was voted in and out as the price of cotton (and his relations with the Jacksonians) rose and fell. In 1834, when this autobiography appeared, Davy Crockett was already a folk hero with an eye on the White House. But a year later he would lose his seat in Congress and turn toward Texas and, ultimately, the Alamo.
Captain Maximiliano Luna - A New Mexico Rough Rider (Paperback)
Richard Melzer; Introduction by Paul Andrew Hutton
Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War (Hardcover)
James H Kidd; Introduction by Paul Andrew Hutton
Chiefly known for his exploits in the Indian Wars, most significantly for his horrific defeat at the Little Bighorn in 1876, George Armstrong Custer found initial success on the battlefields of the Civil War, leading his Michigan Cavalry Brigade in more than sixty battles and skirmishes. The men were affectionately called "Custer's Wolverines" and among them was James Kidd, a newspaperman by training. Kidd wrote a series of letters to friends and family back home between 1862 and 1865, chronicling the conditions and experiences of life in the field of battle. Kidd's letters have been combined into this historical memoir, which tell a moving story of wartime service and shed a light onto the gallant and often brash Custer. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman with Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War has been hailed as one of the richest, most reliable accounts of Union cavalry operations in the Eastern theater of the Civil War, ranging from the raid on Richmond to Appomattox. Kidd provides enriching details about encounters with JEB Stuart's cavalry, Gettysburg, his admiration for Custer and other generals he knew, such as Sheridan and Grant. This new edition of a timeless classic includes a rare photo insert, as well as an insightful introduction by Paul Andrew Hutton that places Kidd's work in its historical perspective.
A Surgeon with Custer at the Little Big Horn - James Dewolf's Diary and Letters, 1876 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
James Madison Dewolf; Edited by Todd E. Harburn; Foreword by Paul Andrew Hutton
Western Heritage - A Selection of Wrangler Award-Winning Articles (Paperback, New)
Paul Andrew Hutton; Foreword by Charles P. Schroeder
The enduring fascination of the American West marks this collection of essays by distinguished historians, investigative reporters, a novelist, and a celebrated screenwriter. All of these articles have won Wrangler Awards--the western equivalent of the Oscars--presented annually by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Exciting storytelling, a hallmark of western writing, shapes every selection. C. L. Sonnichsen's 1986 revisionist account of Geronimo's life foreshadows the work of younger historians who continue to deepen our understanding of American Indian history. Jeffrey Pearson's story of the death of Crazy Horse and Greg Michno's novelistic rendering of the Lakota view of the Battle of the Little Bighorn represent history as practiced by scholars who are also powerful writers.
Journalist-screenwriter William Broyles's narrative of the King family and ranch is a Texas saga as captivating as anything by Larry McMurtry. The renowned novelist Oakley Hall writes with a historian's precision about Wyoming, setting for "The Virginian" and site of the Teapot Dome scandal and the Johnson County range war. Focusing on Charles M. Russell, Raphael Cristy establishes the western artist's importance as a writer who overturned stereotypes about American Indians.
Environmental studies are showcased in Dan Flores's essays on the demise of the great buffalo herds and the history of the horse trade. And no overview of the West would be complete without military and law enforcement history, amply represented by Robert M. Utley's work on the Texas Rangers, Paul Hutton's panoramic recounting of the Alamo, and Sally Denton's new look at the controversial Mountain Meadows Massacre, incorporating the latest forensic evidence. In what serves as a fitting coda to the violent yet inspiring history of the American West, Hutton offers a stirring account of Teddy Roosevelt's leadership at the Battle of San Juan Hill.
This is a collection as pleasurable to read as it is rich with great and significant stories about one of the most enduring national epochs--the history of the great American West.
The Custer Reader (Paperback, New edition)
George Armstrong Custer, America's most famously unfortunate soldier, has been the subject of scores of books, but "The Custer Reader" is unique as a substantial source of classic writings about and by him. Here is Custer as seen by himself, his contemporaries, and leading scholars. Even those steeped in Custeriana will discover new insights in these pieces. Combining first-person narratives, essays, and photographs, this book provides a complete introduction to Custer's controversial personality and career and the evolution of the Custer myth.
Phil Sheridan and His Army (Paperback, New edition)
"Paul Hutton's study of Phil Sheridan in the West is authoritative, readable, and an important contribution to the literature of westward expansion. Although headquartered in Chicago, Sheridan played a crucial role in the opening of the West. His command stretched from the Missouri to the Rockies and from Mexico to Canada, and all the Indian Wars of the Great Plains fell under his direction. Hutton ably narrates and interprets Sheridan's western career from the perspective of the top command rather than the battlefield leader. His book is good history and good reading."-Robert M. Utley
Glory-Hunter - A Life of General Custer (Paperback)
Frederic F Van De Water; Introduction by Paul Andrew Hutton
"Frederic F. Van de Water has written the Custer book to end all Custer books. . . . It is] based upon profound research . . . and a] thorough understanding of the motivations which shaped Custer's meteoric career."--Books."Mr. Van de Water has accumulated evidence until it can hardly be questioned. There is enough of it to damn the man as hard cruel, and irresponsible. . . . At any rate, the story has an epic movement, and at last is heart-stirring and somberly beautiful."--New York Times."General Custer was a tangle of contradictions. His wife 'enshrined her husband in the folklore of America.' Now Mr. Van de Water, without fear or favor, gives us a complete and unsparing analysis of the man."--William Rose Benet, Saturday Review of Literature. "All his life, he rode after Glory," writers Frederic F. Van de Water of George Armstrong Custer. Ironically, he found it at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. In his introduction to this edition, Paul Andrew Hutton considers the importance of Glory-Hunter, which appeared in 1934 as the first biography to depict Custer in unheroic terms. Hutton, a professor of history at the University of New Mexico, is the author of the prize-winning Phil Sheridan and His Army (UNP, 1985).
A Surgeon with Custer at the Little Big Horn - James Dewolf's Diary and Letters, 1876 (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Pocket Medical Terminology (Paperback)
This will be like a dictionary but with medical terms arranged according to body systems and medical topics. These could be arranged around the chapters of the main text of Hutton, but with more entries. Each section will have quick reference boxes so it will be possible to look up a medical term from its common name and vice versa. The sections should be coded with the page number at the side for speed of location. Small, "pocket guide" format is convenient and easy to use in any setting. Numerous features promote easy referencing of information, including page numbers and quick reference boxes. Medical terminology definitions and content is relevant to all areas of health care.
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"Why are you so lonely, Brian?"
I chuckled, but Marci's bright blue eyes were staring at me with intent and genuine concern. "I'm not lonely," I said. "I'm with you."
"No, not really. But maybe someday, if we're both lucky."
I never understood how Marci could say such sad things with so much hope. There was a spark of something radiant and unbreakable inside her, and I never got to find out what it was. The pain of that loss makes me feel dizzy and numb, like I'm not getting enough oxygen. The unshakable weight of it has been a shock. I miss her, but in a way that I never have before.
I have missed plenty of women. The first was Patti Hammond in the third grade. We "dated" for the last week of the fall, but then she never came back from the Winter Break. Her family had moved across town, and she was in a new school district. I complained for days that I missed having someone to hold my hand or pass notes to in class, but I gradually forgot. I formed a new crush a couple weeks later and any feelings of loss or sadness disappeared. It's been about the same ever since: my first "real" girlfriend Tonya, her best friend Leah, Sara (the only cheerleader I ever dated), my friend Jarell's sister Keisha, my on-again-off-again high school sweetheart Jing Li, and the string of women I've hooked up with through and after college. There's a disappointment, a longing for the nice things about them, the horniness, but it always disappears eventually. Only a couple of relationships ever made it to six months, but there was rarely more than a month in between. I thought the ease of setting aside old relationships and picking up new ones was normal. And then there was Marci.
We were walking hand in hand the bridge to the park in Riverside, the same one we had kissed beneath on our first date. "Of course," I answered.
The tug on my hand let me know Marci had stopped walking. "Then why don't you say it?" she asked.
"I've told you I love you before," I protested, feeling a little self-conscious. "I'm sure I have."
Marci shook her head. "You've written it. You've texted it. But you've never said that you love me."
I knew she was right. I could never look into her eyes and say anything that wasn't sincere. So while I had casually spoken those three fateful words to plenty of other girls before. I couldn't summon the courage to say it to Marci, not without meaning it. I stared out at the river beneath us, always moving but never going anywhere. "Marci," I began, "I want you to know—"
"Don't," she said quickly. "Don't say anything. When you're ready."
Of course I had tried to call her when she disappeared after my interview, but she wouldn't answer. I left multiple voicemails apologizing and explaining my side of things, but I still didn't hear from her. I assumed that she just needed time to cool off. Another day passed without hearing from her. Texts and calls continued to go unanswered. On the third day, my voicemails became more urgent. As much as I truly did feel sorry, I also felt angry. When she finally called me late that night, we both apologized, but as we finally discussed our feelings, things started to turn ugly. Resentment and hurt poured out, bringing past arguments along with them. We exploded. After an hour of yelling, we finally hung up, and I knew that things were over. I haven't heard from her since. All that's left are the echoes of our past conversations.
"What about me?" I asked. My tone was indignant, though I was trying to keep my voice low so none of the other restaurant-goers would here.
"Things aren't always about you, you know," Marci retorted.
"Oh yeah, believe me, I know. In fact, I don't know if anything we do is ever about me."
"Are you kidding me with this?" Marci said, not caring how loud she was.
"I'm just telling you how it is."
She shook her head in disbelief. "You're such an asshole sometimes." Angry tears were welling up in her eyes.
"Fine, then why don't you just leave?"
"Leave?"
"No one's forcing you to stay," I said, trying hard to keep my voice calm and level. "Just leave."
"Brian, I don't want to go. Is that what you want?" I was staring out the window. People crossed by, all on their way from one place to another. "Brian?" Marci repeated.
"Of course I don't want you to leave," I spat.
"Then what's going on?"
I made the mistake of looking back into her eyes. The words formed themselves, and I just let them out. "I'm afraid, I said, "that I won't be good enough for you."
Her eyes were shining. "I think that's the most honest thing I've ever heard you say."
"It's stupid," I said. "I'm sorry."
"No. It's okay. And honestly, I'm afraid too."
She was quiet a long time before finally answering, "Of how much you could hurt me."
"I'm not going to hurt you."
"I know," she said, but there was hesitation in her voice. "I know you don't want to, but you could. You could do it so easily without even trying."
"Marci," I said, my voice cracking, "I love you."
Tears welled up in her eyes. "And I love you," she said. "And that's exactly why it would be so easy."
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Broughton begins working for Alexander Berry at Coolangatta. One of his jobs is to track escaped convicts.
Launch of the state-wide police service.
The new state-wide police service is launched. The details of each tracker are recorded in the salary register.
Billy Dargin plays a prominent role in the capture of Patsy Daley, a member of Ben Hall's gang.
Billy Dargin and Charley Edwards are both part of the team that shoots Ben Hall dead near Billabong Creek to the south-west of Parkes. Both trackers are themselves dead before the end of the year.
John Watkins (aka Sir Watkin Wynne) is injured in the shootout to the south of Braidwood which leads to the capture of the notorious Clarke Brothers. His arm is later amputated and Watkins no longer works as a tracker.
Alec Riley commences work at Dubbo Police Station.
Tracker Riley retires after almost 40 years of service.


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About the Port
Port of Grandview
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Wallace Business Park
Byam Business Park
Higgins Property
Target Industries
Commercial/Retail Data
Employment and Wages
Largest Employers
Population, Income & Housing
About Grandview WA
State & Local Taxes
FRANK LYALL, District 3
Frank is currently the Port Commission's Investing Officer. He was born, raised and has resided in Grandview most of his life. He is a graduate of Grandview Senior High School, Wenatchee Valley Community College and the University of Utah where he received a Political Science degree.
Frank farms apples, cherries and Concord grapes with his extended family in Grandview, Prosser and Mattawa. He also serves as President of the Yakima County Farm Bureau and is a workgroup member of the Yakima County Voluntary Stewardship Program.
Frank was appointed a Port Commissioner in March, 2019 for District 3.
You can reach him via email at falyall@yahoo.com or by telephone (509) 840-0320
JIM SEWELL, District 2
Jim is currently President of the Port Commission. He and his wife Sharon have resided in Grandview since 1985. He holds a Diploma in Municipal Administration from the University of British Columbia.
Following service in the Canadian Army and a 40 year career in local government in Canada and Washington State, Jim retired in 2006 after serving as Grandview's City Administrator for 21 years. In 2007 Jim was appointed a Port Commissioner, and was re-elected in 2009 and 2015.
He is Chairman of the Yakima County S.I.E.D. Board which funds Economic Development infrastructure in Yakima County, and a Member of the Yakima County Boundary Review Board.
You can reach him via email at: jim@portofgrandview.org, or by telephone at (509) 882-4453, or (509) 832-1500 (mobile).
RICHARD SHEYNER, District 1
Richard is currently Secretary of the Port Commission. He was born, raised and has lived in Grandview, Washington most of his life. He is a graduate of Yakima Valley College and Central Washington University where he received a degree in finance and economics.
Richard is an elder/trustee at Bethany Community Church and is employed at Marchant Ladders. He is married and has a daughter who is attending college. Richard was appointed to the Port Commission in 2005, serving about a year prior to moving out of District 2.
Richard was again appointed commissioner in 2011 for District 1 and was then elected as a commissioner in 2013.
He can be reached via email at richard@portofgrandview.org, or by telephone at (509) 882-4177, or (509) 439-0618 (mobile).
Emeritus Board Member
DR. RON GROW, District 3
He was born in Yakima and raised in Yakima and Vancouver, WA, moving to Grandview in 1948.
He graduated from Grandview High School in 1954, from Seattle Pacific University in 1958, and from the University of Washington School of Dentistry in 1961. After school and military obligations, he returned to Grandview to establish his dental practice, serving the community for 42 years.
In 1987, Grandview voted to establish a Port District, which he strongly supported. He was elected as one of the founding Port Commissioners, and has served in that capacity until his retirement in February 2019.
Above is a map of the Grandview Port District, broken down by commissioner district (click on map to enlarge).
Port commissioners are elected by the residents of the Grandview Port District. Commissioner terms are six years.
The Port of Grandview Commissioners handle most of the day-to-day operations of the port, with the help of one part-time staff member, continuing to keep the port's day-to-day activities efficient.
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The Slaves Fight Back
British columnist Alexander Cockburn compares Tilikum the orca to Spartacus, and calls him "the slave whale who chose to fight back."
Tilikum attacked his trainer Dawn Brancheau at SeaWorld Orlando and killed her.
This magnificent animal was captured and torn from his family in 1982 and carried off to a theme park on Vancouver Island in Canada.
"There he met his fellow slaves, Nootka and Haida," says Cockburn. "Day after day in slave school they learned their tricks. Day after day, they did their act for the paying customers."
And then, on February 20, 1991, the three orcas struck back at their captors. After Keltie Byrne, a 20-year-old part-time trainer, slipped while riding on the head of one of the orcas, Tilikum, Nootka and Haida took turns in dragging her around the pool while other trainers tried to catch her on a pole with a hook. But the orcas would not let the trainers get near her. Even after they'd drowned her, they wouldn't let anyone near her for another two hours.
This was Tilikum's first act of revolt.
Soon after, Tilikum and Nootka were shipped off to Orlando, Florida, where Nootka died two years later at the age of 13. Orcas in the wild normally live into their 50s and 60s. Haida and her calf Ky were sent off to SeaWorld, San Antonio, where Haida died in 2001. Three years later, Ky, who had clearly learned the spirit of rebellion, almost killed his trainer.
Back in Orlando, Tilikum killed a second human – apparently a hapless man who had climbed into SeaWorld during the night and jumped in Tilikum's pool.
And now, again, in his late twenties, Tilikum has struck again – this time against trainer Dawn Brancheau.
How long will it be before the slave masters give up on their murky business, and, like the Coliseum of Ancient Rome, their gladiatorial rings lie in ruins?
Read Cockburn's article here.
And read this excerpt from the upcoming new book by Jason Hribal, about how animals try to fight back against their trainers at zoos and marine parks. Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance will be published this fall (2010).
What Was Tilikum Thinking? "Let's see what kind of answers might emerge when we view Tilikum's psyche through the lens of psychology and neuroscience," says Gay Bradshaw of The Kerulos Center.
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The Financial Reporting Council has published revised guidance addressing strategic reports, aiming to help organizations make such reports more informative and relevant to stakeholders.
A report from Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has attacked the Serious Fraud Office for being a largely white, all-male board. Paul Hodgson examines the merits of the report and the SFO's response.
Corporate boards across the United Kingdom continue to have low numbers of women on them, suggesting that the struggle to increase board diversity is going slower than planned. But progress is indeed being made, all while raising the difficult questions as to why it is not so easy to build a more diverse board, and what organizations can expect—aside from greater compliance with diversity quotas—once its leadership better represents women.


Decades ago, this course was known as "Hiawatha Golf Course" and has been owned by the same family since 1947.
This was our first time playing this course. Ideally, after the winter and if it is your first game of the season, this is a good spot. We were there in September and we enjoyed ourselves, but there are far superior courses, for the same price in the Syracuse area.


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Myisha Armitage
Myisha Lee Armitage faces charges of first-degree negligent homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash in the death of 19-year-old Kaulana Werner. The indictment said Armitage was the driver of the car that struck and killed Kaulana Werner as he crossed Farrington Highway fronting his home. Kaulana Werner was a former Kamehameha football player. Werner's case has gotten a lot of attention over the years due to the persistence of his family, who refused to let his death become just another forgotten statistic. Their efforts led to 'Kaulana's Bill,' which went into effect last July and authorizes the courts to extend prison terms for offenders convicted of first-degree negligent homicide, when the offender fails to render aid to the injured at the scene of an accident.


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from threading import Thread
from celery import Celery

from dbs_worker.docker_tasks import build_image as build_image_celery, submit_results

import celeryconfig

__all__ = ('TaskApi', )

def watch_task(task, callback, kwargs=None):
    """
    watch task until it ends and then execute callback:

        callback(response, **kwargs)

    where response is a result of task

    :param task: task to watch
    :param callback: function which is called when task finishes
    :param kwargs: dict which is passed to callback

    :return: None
    """
    response = task.wait()
    if kwargs:
        callback(response, **kwargs)
    else:
        callback(response)

class TaskApi(object):
    """ universal API for tasks which are executed on celery workers """

    def __init__(self):
        self.client = Celery('image_build')

        # config_from_object('celeryconfig') won't work because importlib
        self.client.config_from_object(celeryconfig)

    def build_docker_image(self, build_image, git_url, local_tag, git_dockerfile_path=None, git_commit=None,
                           parent_registry=None, target_registries=None, tag=None, repos=None,
                           callback=None, kwargs=None):
        """
        build docker image from supplied git repo

        TODO:
        DockerFile has to be in root of the gitrepo, path and commit are not implemented yet
        yum repos

        :param build_image: name of the build image (supplied docker image is built inside this image)
        :param git_url: url to git repo
        :param local_tag: image is known within the service with this tag
        :param git_dockerfile_path: path to dockerfile within git repo (default is ./Dockerfile)
        :param git_commit: which commit to checkout (master by default)
        :param parent_registry: pull base image from this registry
        :param target_registries: list of urls where built image will be pushed
        :param tag: tag image with this tag (and push it to target_repo if specified)
        :param repos: list of yum repos to enable in image
        :param callback: function to call when task finishes, it has to accept at least
                        one argument: return value of task
        :param kwargs: dict which is pass to callback, callback is called like this:
                         callback(task_response, **kwargs)
        :return: task_id
        """
        args = (build_image, git_url, local_tag)
        task_kwargs = {'parent_registry': parent_registry,
                       'target_registries': target_registries,
                       'tag': tag,
                       'git_commit': git_commit,
                       'git_dockerfile_path': git_dockerfile_path,
                       'repos': repos}
        task_info = build_image_celery.apply_async(args=args, kwargs=task_kwargs,
                                                   link=submit_results.s())
        task_id = task_info.task_id
        if callback:
            t = Thread(target=watch_task, args=(task_info, callback, kwargs))
            #w.daemon = True
            t.start()
        return task_id

    def find_dockerfiles_in_git(self):
        raise NotImplemented()

    def push_docker_image(self, image_name, source_registry, target_registry, tags, callback=None, kwargs=None):
        """
        pull docker image from source registry, tag it with multiple tags and push it to tagrget registry

        :param image_name: image to pull
        :param source_registry: registry to pull from
        :param target_registry: registry for pushing
        :param tags: list of tags for image tagging
        :param callback: function to call when task finishes, it has to accept at least
                        one argument: return value of task
        :param kwargs: dict which is pass to callback, callback is called like this:
                         callback(task_response, **kwargs)
        :return: task_id
        """
        task_info = self.client.send_task('image_build.push_image', args=[image_name, source_registry, target_registry, tags])
        task_id = task_info.task_id
        if callback:
            t = Thread(target=watch_task, args=(task_info, callback, kwargs))
            #w.daemon = True
            t.start()
        return task_id

def desktop_callback(data):
    """ show desktop notification when build finishes """
    from pprint import pprint
    pprint(data)
    try:
        from gi.repository import Notify
    except ImportError:
        pass
    else:
        Notify.init("Docker Build Service")
        n = Notify.Notification.new(
            "Docker Build Service",
            "Docker Build of '%s' has finished." % data[0]['Id'],
            "dialog-information"
        )
        n.show()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    t = TaskApi()
    t.build_docker_image(build_image="buildroot-fedora",
                         git_url="github.com/TomasTomecek/docker-hello-world.git",
                         local_tag="fedora-celery-build",
                         callback=desktop_callback)

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Red Wings give Jeff Blashill another chance
The team just announces "extension" without saying how long
By J.J. from Kansas@JJfromKansas May 18, 2021, 1:16pm CDT
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The news we were expecting early next week and then were expecting the team to drop in a Friday news dump finally gave the announcement on their coaching future.
UPDATE: #RedWings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman today announced that Jeff Blashill has agreed to a contract extension to remain head coach of the Red Wings.
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— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) May 18, 2021
The short version aside from the tweet is that they've also parted ways with Dan Bylsma, the special teams coach for yet another year of feckless power play for the Wings.
Through his NHL career, Jeff Blashill has moved on from a championship Grand Rapids Griffins team that won with quality NHLers like Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar to a 172-221-62 record. He took over a Wings team in decline and has been in charge through what should have already been the bottom. Based on the improvements from the previous year to the most-recent, it appears that might be the case.
Whether bringing him back was wise is something that has already sparked endless debate.
We haven't been told what took so long, what Blashill's pay structure compared around the league will be, or even how long the extension is. The team presser is below in its entirety. You'll notice they almost go out of their way to avoid saying how long the extension is and they do highlight Blashill's entire AHL coaching record, and bury his NHL overall numbers.
You know why.
DETROIT — Detroit Red Wings executive vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman today announced that Jeff Blashill has agreed to a contract extension to remain head coach of the Red Wings. Additionally, Yzerman announced that assistant coach Dan Bylsma will pursue other NHL opportunities in 2021-22.
Blashill, 47, is in his 10th season with the organization in 2020-21, originally joining the Red Wings as an assistant coach for the 2011-12 season before spending three seasons as head coach of the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins from 2012-15. In his six seasons as head coach of the Red Wings, Blashill has overseen a transitional period for the organization and has helped a number of top prospects work their way up the depth chart and become impact NHL players, including captain Dylan Larkin, who is the team's leading scorer in Blashill's tenure, and defenseman Filip Hronek, who led the Red Wings in average time on ice this season for the second-straight year as a 23-year-old. In 2020-21, former first-round draft picks Michael Rasmussen (ninth overall, 2017) and Filip Zadina (sixth overall, 2018) earned full-time NHL roles and saw their responsibilities increased as the season progressed.
Currently the third-longest tenured head coach in the NHL, Blashill guided the Red Wings to a more competitive season in 2020-21, as the team finished 19-27-10 to surpass its 2019-20 season win total (17), despite playing 15 fewer games, and improved from 39 points to 48. Additionally, the Red Wings increased their goals for per game from 2.00 to 2.25 and decreased their goals against per game from 3.73 to 3.00; they won twice as many games by two-or-more goals (14) and seven times as many by three-or-more goals (7); and they took points in 19-of-20 games (17-1-2) when scoring three-or-more goals, an improvement over a 13-7-3 mark in such contests from a season ago. Despite missing multiple key forwards to injury throughout the final month of the regular season, the team picked up points in 10 of its final 14 games (6-4-4). Over Detroit's final 22 games, its team goals against was the sixth-lowest in the league (2.50) and its penalty kill was the NHL's second-best (91.2%). Blashill's overall head coaching record in the NHL stands at 172-221-62, and he ranks sixth in franchise history in both games coached (455) and wins.
At the international level, Blashill was tabbed as head coach of the United States for three-straight IIHF World Championships from 2017-19, and has worked six tournaments for USA Hockey over his coaching career. At the 2018 IIHF World Championship in Denmark, the Americans finished 6-1 in group play and defeated Canada for the second time in the tournament during the bronze medal game, marking the fifth time in the history of the tournament that Team USA won a medal. Blashill previously helped Team USA capture medals at the 2006 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (silver) and the 2009 World Junior A Challenge (gold).
Prior to being named head coach of the Red Wings, Blashill served as head coach of the Griffins and led the team to three of the most successful seasons in the franchise's history, combining for a 134-71-12-11 regular-season record. In 2012-13, the Griffins captured the first of two-straight Midwest Division titles and eventually the first Calder Cup championship in the franchise's 17-year history. No team played more playoff games (50) than the Griffins during Blashill's run as head coach. He won the Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's most outstanding coach in 2013-14 and served as a head coach at the 2014 AHL All-Star Classic.
Born in Detroit and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Blashill joined the Red Wings organization after one season as head coach at Western Michigan University in 2010-11, where he doubled the Broncos' win total from the previous season and led the school to its first appearance in the CCHA championship game since 1986. He finished as a finalist for CCHA Coach of the Year and was named National Coach of the Year by College Hockey News, Inside College Hockey and USCHO.com. Blashill made his head coaching debut with the United States Hockey League's Indiana Ice, compiling a 73-43-5 record as head coach and general manager from 2008-10. Indiana won a franchise-record 39 games in 2008-09 and won the Clark Cup as champions of the USHL.
Blashill began his coaching career with four seasons as an assistant coach for his alma mater, Ferris State University, from 1998-02, where he played goaltender from 1994-98. He later spent six seasons as an assistant coach with Miami University (2002-08), where the RedHawks qualified for the NCAA Tournament four times.


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Last skiers arrived at the South Pole
February 3, 2016 correne Expeditions | Mountain | Mountaineering | Polar Exploration | Poles
Hercules Inlet Route: Emma and Pachi at the Pole
(Correne Coetzer, edited) Emma (Em) Tamsin Kelty and her ANI guide, Pachi Ibarra, arrived at the Geographic South Pole on February 2nd, 2016. Emma set off from Hercules Inlet on December 5th, with guide Carl Alvey (who was evacuated at 88ºS and replaced by Pachi.) Emma's expedition was assisted (food cashes along the way). She covered the 1130 km in 59 days. [Ed note, not 60 days as reported previously. Emma arrived at the Pole on February 1.]
Being this late in the ski season, the wind-chill the past few days in 89 degrees was down to minus 48 degrees Celsius.
Emma's last few days on Hercules Inlet route
"It's so cold… Everything, and I mean everything, turns to ice immediately. Having 2 sleeping bags are great but even now they are starting to not work in these temps," reported Em on January 30th.
"Today we had to put the tent up for 3 hours in the middle of the day…. Because of the cold. With a couple of quick trail stops, not warming up on the trail (slow lunges for 9 hours doesn't do it sadly) and not having enough layers on meant that my body (and especially hands) turned to ice white! When that happens it feels like someone is sawing my fingers off and the group shelter didn't help this time, so tent it was. After a couple of hours warming up hands and toes, putting on another 2 layers, we set off again in a far better state. But its blinkin cold!!!!!" They made up the hours in the tent by skiing till 8 pm.
On January 31st, the ladies skied 10.5 hours, with 1.5 hour pulls and covered 14 nautical miles (26 km). 12.5 nm to go to the Pole.
Emma dared to dream and reached her goal, and still dreaming on, of a solo expedition to the South Pole. "I have learned so much about Antarctica, living and working in it, I just can't imagine not coming back… I have fallen for Antarctica, which is uber odd, given all of the challenges and barriers presented. […] I have a very long list of things that I need to alter, research, train and find to make the solo more effective, and especially over the last week on trail I have thought a lot about the solo."
February 2nd [Edit: month corrected, not January as written before]: "I made it!!!!! I can't believe it!! Today I arrived at the South Pole. Although the forecast was cloudy/overcast … It turned out to be the bluest of skies and not a cloud in the sky. I even got a frostnip that looks like a 'kiss' only after I had completed the 700 miles! It seems so surreal but I have to say, it has been the biggest challenge to date. The ski up to the silver ball and flags was uber emotional." They took photos at the Ceremonial South Pole, toured the US Science Station and slept the night at the Pole.
Daring to Dream
Last week, with the death of Henry Worsley, a blogger, Rachel Hawkins, was deeply touched by what happened to Henry and sent over her thoughts, which was published on Pythom.
"How many of you can honestly say you've had an ultimate dream or an idea and you've acted on it?" she asked.
[…] "No go getter, for me, comes bigger than Henry Worsley. A name, that I'll be honest, wasn't on my radar until earlier this week, for the most unfortunate of reasons."
[…] "Henry dared to dream. He had something he was determined to achieve and set off with gusto in the hope he would become the first person to successfully undertake this challenge."
"And what a challenge it would be. Henry covered over an incredible 900 miles in 69 days, in what would have been the most uncomfortable if not, unbearable conditions. With no one by his side."
Ski Season's End
Henry Worsley was the first to arrive at the Geographic South Pole, on January 2nd. He departed from Berkner Island. The solo skier carried on towards the bottom of the Shackleton Glacier, with the aim to complete the traverse unassisted (no resupplies), unsupported (no kites), but stopped after an accumulated distance of 800 nautical miles (1480 km), and was medical evacuated.
A side note: Some confusion exists in the community, because main stream media reported that Henry was only "30 miles" or "50 km" short of his goal. Before he started his expedition, Henry told Explorersweb he estimated it would be a total distance of 1100 nautical miles in a straight line, according to the waypoints he had. Explorersweb/Pythom is investigating and waiting for exact locations and distances, but it seems the media probably refers to the head of the Shackleton Glacier.
RGS Expedition with Henry's painting (see 2nd picture above), click here for RGS details.
30-year-old Luke Robertson completed the Hercules Inlet route after 40 days, on January 13th. He was solo, unassisted unsupported.
Devon McDiarmid (Canada, ANI Guide), Stew Edge (UK), Mostafa Salameh (Jordan) and Shahrom Abdullah (Malaysia) arrived at the Geographic South Pole on Friday, January 15, from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf (Messner Route). They were 38 days on the route. Devon and Stew picked up kites, new sleds and food and kited North to Hercules Inlet. They finished on January 26.
Unless a ghost skier pops up like last year, an unusual traumatic ski season ends on Antarctica, with 5 evacuations and the subsequent death of experienced and respected skier, Henry Worsley.
Still to depart, February 2016: Snowsailer to the South Pole
Henry Worsley: Memories and Lessons
South Pole ski update: Kiters complete crossing
Note: Definitions above according to AdventureStats.com:
assisted = resupplies
supported = kite/car/skidoo support
WEATHER MAPS:
http://earth.nullschool.net/
https://www.windyty.com/
Gateway port Cape Town, South Africa:
To ALCI /TAC base camp Novolazarevskaya / Novo
70° 46'37"S, 011° 49'26"E
Gateway port Punta Arenas, Chile, South America:
To ALE/ANI base camp, Union Glacier
79° 45'S, 083° 14'W elev 708m
Lat: -79.760591 Lon: -82.856698
Hercules Inlet is located at 80°S near Union Glacier, 1130 km from the Geographic South Pole.
The Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf (Messner) start is 890 km in a straight line from the Pole.
Novolazarevskaya to South Pole of Inaccessibility (POI) is 1610 km in a straight line.
South Pole of Inaccessibility (POI)
2011-12 position: S82°06.696, E055°01.951 (Copeland/McNair-Landry)
On Dec. 14, 2014 Frédéric Dion reported the position the POI (at Lenin's bust) as S82º 06.702′ E55º 2.087′ at an elevation of 3741 m.
Geographic South Pole (GSP): 90 degrees South
According to the Rules of Adventure at AdventureStats.com, to claim a "solo" achievement requires an unassisted status – therefore, no supplies carried by pilots or car drivers, or anything (food, fuel, etc) received from any person along the way. A solo person may be wind supported (kites/sails). Note that the Polar Rules were compiled by early Norwegian and British Polar explorers and are maintained today by the current community of veteran polar skiers.
1 nautical mile (nm) = 1.852 km
1 nm = 1.151 miles
1 knot = 1.852 km/h
1 degree of Latitude is 110 km / 60 nm / 70 miles
Sastrugi are hard snow bumps and can be as high as 10 feet
A nunatak is a top of a mountain visible above the snow surface.
#polar #southpole #southpole2015 #southpole2015-16 #antarctica


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Q: Weird error testing a reducer (redux toolkit) I'm beginner with react and redux and I coded an very simple app to learn it where you can add expenses with a description an amount a date and a note.
I'm testing one of my reducers with jest and I get an error that I cannot understand.
I'm probably missing something but I can't figure out so it would be nice if you could help me out.
So I have one expenseSlice with a reducer action addExpense that prepare the payload just adding an ID and set default values if necessary and add it to the previous state.
import { createSlice } from "@reduxjs/toolkit"
import { nanoid } from "nanoid"

const expensesDefaultState = []

const expensesSlice = createSlice({
    name: 'expenses',
    initialState: expensesDefaultState,
    reducers: {
        addExpense: {
            reducer: (state, action) => {
                return [
                    ...state,
                    action.payload
                ]
            },
            prepare: (payload) => {
                return {
                    payload: {
                        id: nanoid(),
                        description: payload.description ? payload.description : '',
                        note: payload.note ? payload.note : '',
                        amount: payload.amount ? payload.amount : 0,
                        createdAt: payload.createdAt ? payload.createdAt : 0
                    }
                }
            }
        }

And in my test file when I test the action the test pass correctly like so :
describe('Expenses actions', () => {

    it('should returns an addExpense action object with prepared payload', () => {
        const newExpense = {
            description: 'this is a description',
            amount: 1000,
            createdAt: 0,
            note: 'this is anote'
        }
        expect(addExpense(newExpense)).toEqual({
            type: 'expenses/addExpense',
            payload: {
                id: expect.any(String),
                description: 'this is a description',
                amount: 1000,
                createdAt: 0,
                note: 'this is a note'
            }
        })
    })

But when I test the reducer with the same action and expect an id it failed and I get the object without the ID like so :
describe('Expense Reducer', () => {

    it('should add an expense', () => {
        const newExpense = {
            description: 'my new expense',
            amount: 1000,
            createdAt: 0,
            note: 'this is a note'
        }
        const state = expenseReducer([], {
            type: 'expenses/addExpense',
            payload: newExpense
        })

        expect(state).toEqual([
            {
                id: expect.any(String),
                description: 'my new expense',
                amount: 1000,
                createdAt: 0,
                note: 'this is a note'
            }
        ])
    })
})

And the error :
● Expense Reducer › should add an expense

    expect(received).toEqual(expected) // deep equality

    - Expected  - 1
    + Received  + 0

      Array [
        Object {
          "amount": 1000,
          "createdAt": 0,
          "description": "my new expense",
    -     "id": Any<String>,
          "note": "this is a note",
        },
      ]

What I'm missing here or not understanding correctly ?
Thank you in advance !

A: Because you ran the expensesSlice.reducer function directly, it's a pure function. So the prepare callback will not execute. You can use store.dispatch(addExpense(newExpense)) to trigger the prepare callback and test the changes of the state slice.
createSlice() will use createAction() to create action creators with or without prepare callback and export these action creators as stateSlice.actions property. See v1.7.2/packages/toolkit/src/createSlice.ts#L294
When the action creators execute like addExpense(newExpense), it will use prepare callback to customize action content(the id: nanoid() in your case).
E.g.
index.ts:
import { createSlice, nanoid } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';

const expensesDefaultState = [];

const expensesSlice = createSlice({
  name: 'expenses',
  initialState: expensesDefaultState,
  reducers: {
    addExpense: {
      reducer: (state, action) => {
        return [...state, action.payload];
      },
      prepare: (payload) => {
        return {
          payload: {
            id: nanoid(),
            description: payload.description ? payload.description : '',
            note: payload.note ? payload.note : '',
            amount: payload.amount ? payload.amount : 0,
            createdAt: payload.createdAt ? payload.createdAt : 0,
          },
        }
      },
    },
  },
});

export const { addExpense } = expensesSlice.actions;
export default expensesSlice.reducer;

index.test.ts:
import { configureStore, nanoid } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
import expenseReducer, { addExpense } from '.';

describe('Expenses actions', () => {
  it('should returns an addExpense action object with prepared payload', () => {
    const newExpense = {
      description: 'this is a description',
      amount: 1000,
      createdAt: 0,
      note: 'this is a note',
    };
    expect(addExpense(newExpense)).toEqual({
      type: 'expenses/addExpense',
      payload: {
        id: expect.any(String),
        description: 'this is a description',
        amount: 1000,
        createdAt: 0,
        note: 'this is a note',
      },
    });
  });

  it('should add an expense', () => {
    const newExpense = {
      id: nanoid(),
      description: 'my new expense',
      amount: 1000,
      createdAt: 0,
      note: 'this is a note',
    };
    const state = expenseReducer([], {
      type: 'expenses/addExpense',
      payload: newExpense,
    });

    expect(state).toEqual([
      {
        id: expect.any(String),
        description: 'my new expense',
        amount: 1000,
        createdAt: 0,
        note: 'this is a note',
      },
    ]);
  });

  it('should add an expense - 2', () => {
    const newExpense = {
      description: 'my new expense',
      amount: 1000,
      createdAt: 0,
      note: 'this is a note',
    };
    const store = configureStore({ reducer: expenseReducer });
    store.dispatch(addExpense(newExpense));
    expect(store.getState()).toEqual([
      {
        id: expect.any(String),
        description: 'my new expense',
        amount: 1000,
        createdAt: 0,
        note: 'this is a note',
      },
    ]);
  });
});

Test result:
 PASS  stackoverflow/72677850/index.test.ts (10.106 s)
  Expenses actions
    ✓ should returns an addExpense action object with prepared payload (2 ms)
    ✓ should add an expense (1 ms)
    ✓ should add an expense - 2 (2 ms)

Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
Tests:       3 passed, 3 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        10.577 s, estimated 13 s

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Rotaru Lab
Feeding on electrons
Microbial chemical plants
Electrogas
Electric interactions in the environment
A new grant from the Danish Independent Research Fund
September 14, 2021 September 14, 2021 Amelia Rotaru
Amelia received a DFF project 2 as principal investigator in June 2021. The grant is a collaboration between the University of Southern Denmark and Aarhus University. The co-investigators at AU are Prof. Bo Barker Jørgensen, Associate Prof. Hans Røy and Associate Prof. Kasper Urup Kjeldsen.
The title of the project is "Seabed methane cycling by reversible electron transfer between archaea and bacteria". We will be looking for new sources of methane in the seabed.
We are really excited to start working on this topic.
Here is a popular abstract (in danish) of the work we will be doing.
Below you find the translated abstract (in English):
"A new source of methane production in the seabed was surprisingly discovered in a subsurface zone otherwise thought only to break down methane. This sulfate-methane transition (SMT) zone is inhabited by anaerobic methanotrophs (ANME-1), which typically oxidize methane in partnership with sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). We aim to determine the energetics and controls on such a cryptic methane production and whether ANME-1 can perform both methane oxidation and methane production depending on substrate and syntrophic partner availability. This may be the first known example of an organism that can shift the direction of its energy metabolism by exchanging electrons with different bacterial partners that either take up or give off electrons. We will apply sensitive experimental and analytical techniques to understand how interspecies electron transfer in archaea and bacteria functions through conductive cell surface properties or via conducting mineral grains in the seabed. "
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PS4 Pro Vs Xbox One X – Which one is the best?
We all love to play over with our gaming consoles at the end of a stressful day from work. These gaming consoles are completely accessible and easily installed in our entertainment or bedroom spaces. That is why a lot of people nowadays tend to purchase gaming consoles to their homes for relaxation and to bond around with the family or friends. However, with the numerous existing gaming consoles in the market, it makes harder for you to choose the best one for you to buy with. That is why we are here to narrow down everything for you into two brands. Introducing, PS4 Pro and Xbox One. Likewise, to help you decide among these two, and to know these two brands better, then check out this review and find out more as necessary. Let the battle of the consoles begin!
About PS4 Pro and Xbox One
As known, both devices are gaming consoles. They came from different manufacturers and considerably, have different identities that you should understand also.
PS4 Pro is the latest upgrade of Sony's PS4. This model was launched on November 10, 2016, and said to compete over Microsoft's Xbox One S who is gaining popularity in the market. This device is an improved version of its predecessors, PS4.5 and PS4 Neo. Sony calls this product "the supercharge PS4" with 4K compatibility and high dynamic range (HDR) video features.
A year later from Sony's product launching on November 7, 2017, Microsoft has released its new brand of gaming console named Xbox One. This is comparably a massive leap to its former brand, Xbox One S. Initially, it gives you more games, video resolution, and compatibility upgrades.
Design and Material Quality
The common thing about the two products is its shape and size. Though Xbox One is a little heavier and thicker, it is presumably only one or two-pound difference which for some is not really significant. Nonetheless, both exhibits a rectangular plain shape black matte finished with sharp edges on its sides. The two devices are barely unrecognizable unless you'll examine the logo which for Xbox One primarily located on a particular side while the PS4 Pro is on the center interface. Also, PS4 Pro is divided into three decks while Xbox One X is streamlined with two unequal layers.
With its existing ports, both devices contain two USB ports, optical, and audio ports. Though, Xbox One X has its edge giving on the HDMI option as PS4 Pro does not have. But nonetheless, PS4 Pro gives super speed ports as compared to its predecessors. Though, this feature does not match over with Xbox One X. For design, let's give this close fight to Xbox One X.
Hardware Specs
Inside the device lies the hardware which dictates upon the speed of the consoles. Nevertheless, both devices are quite intuitive with existing one terabyte hard drive and improved WiFi and Bluetooth compatibility. Also, both induce powerful processors running 8-core. Though, you'll expect a faster gaming operation with Xbox One X since it has an impressive chip of 2.3 GHz as compared to the latter with only 2.13 GHz processor. Definitely, a point again to Xbox One with an only slight difference.
With this feature, there's definitely a difference between these two models. Xbox One X handles greater resolution and background processes with existing RAM of full 12 GB of GDDR5. This is quite less as compared to PS4 Pro with 8 GB of GDDR5 and an additional 1 GB RAM.
Aside from that, Xbox One X caters 4K quality at 60fps while PS4 Pro only manages 30 fps in 4K. With these large content, Xbox One X handles wide range games as compared to PS4 Pro. Also, Xbox One X allows Ultra HD Resolution for which is better than Full HD only for which PS4 Pro possesses. For this feature, it's clear that Xbox One X wins.
As noted, Xbox One X supports multiple games because of its larger memory RAM and GDDR5 capacity. Nonetheless, both devices support multiple gaming formats as 4K HDR standards. However, PS4 Pro does not cater Dolby Almos in Blu-ray for which Xbox One X incorporates. Thus, as for this category, let's give it a plus to Xbox One X.
Just by looking into the game controller of both devices, you'll eventually notice the difference between the two. PS4 Pro has a more sophisticated appearance as compared to the latter. Its glossy black finished with highly organized controls and functions. Both devices support wired and wireless controls. But overall, in terms of responsiveness and interface, PS4 Pro has an advantage to Xbox One X. This is absolutely one feature that Xbox One X is totally weak on.
Gaming Performance
With an additional capacity and compatibility, Xbox One X totally rules with this category. PS4 Pro has some limited features like 1080p for which the device is weak on while the latter performs greatly. Aside from that, PS4 Pro has slower data transfer process as compared to Xbox One X. Thus, you'll expect a sharper resolution and faster gaming experience with Xbox One X. Also, Xbox One X caters wide-range games that you could easily download on the internet or through the package.
But nonetheless, both of the devices are easy to set up. All that is required to do is plug and install as necessary. Both cater 4K HDR for which is commonly employed in gaming consoles. Both devices are quite great for utilization though Xbox One X has totally an edge at this part.
Since PS4 Pro has fewer features, you'll expect that the device is cheaper than Xbox One X. As notably, there is a hundred dollar significance between the two. This is quite reasonable with the upgrade and features that Xbox One X contains. Thus, let's give this a point to PS4 Pro.
Which One to Buy?
Knowing that these two devices are among the best brands today, it is not really an issue whatever you choose among the two. As an overall, both devices employ quality and durability as necessary during gaming. Though, you'll expect a wider coverage with X box One X as expected to its expected price.
Nonetheless, both devices cater different markets with its prices. As notably, let's wait for the arrival of PS5 this year for a more challenging battle with Xbox One X.
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MG Motor India to recruit more women professionals
News 12th April 2019 APA News Desk
Carmaker MG (Morris Garages) Motor India announced its partnership with HR company PeopleStrong to increase the hiring of female professionals across its upcoming sales and service outlets.
As part of the tie-up, MG Motor India will hire a significant number of women professionals in customer-facing roles such as front-end/back-end showroom operations, service, call centre, sales, and management. PeopleStrong will be extending its premium digital recruitment services to MG Motor India, helping the brand recruit around 3,500 dealership staff in two phases. The first phase of hiring will span the next six months and will focus on recruiting a total of around 2,000 dealership staff across the carmaker's widespread network of 110 sales and service outlets in India.
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Thoughts on 4p ladder play
GalacticWino
February 26, 2016 9:26:20 PM from Offworld Trading Company Forums
I love the convenience of 4p in the quick match queue. 4p is just enough players to be dynamically interesting, yet just few enough to allow black market attacks or hacker array plays to be fruitful. To be honest, I think the game is better with 4 than the typical fustercluck of 6-8p FFA's we get on the weekends with the expert regulars. The queue is a non-biased way of deciding who gets into a game without leaving people out intentionally.
As mentioned in other threads, please don't kill 2p for the sake of promoting 4p with the forced "weekday availability period." Please keep both going.
Traditional ELO Ratings don't make a lot of sense for 4 player games without some modification. If you need a new statistical algorithm that is reasonable for 4p, I'm happy to lend a hand. But at the very least, as Morgan posted in another thread, please make the win/loss ladder count reflect the number of players in the game for overall win/loss ratios.
Some players don't yet know if they like the default setting having no masquerade. In the long run I think they may find that it adds strategic depth to the game. In the same way that tournament chess players 'prepare for their opponents', it can be a lot of fun to plan your game around your enemies' typical favorite tacics. You might take a poll of the experienced players to vote on the default game mode before release.
Cubit32
from Offworld Trading Company Forums
I'm definately for masquarade because I've played plenty of Free For Alls with some success in Warcraft 3 as well as other players. There used to be a time when player names weren't hidden and the top players were getting assasinated constantly just because they were top players. A Free For All is not a good environment in which to allow players to target top players. I've been hiding from 4p automatch FFA because of this because even when it doesn't happen I can never trust that it didn't happen.
Veivi
I'm also definitely for masquerade. I cannot see the benefits of not having it. For me, targeting known top players before they are even in the lead is not skill or strategy, but zombie-like behavior. Why make it easier?
If you value knowing your opponents and their playstyles, maybe a nice compromise could be to show all the players taking part on the loading screen so you know who's in, but masquerade everyone at the game start. That way you could still get some advantage from being are able to distinquish your opponents from each other and acting accordingly. That I could stand behind.
kingmorgan
Add my vote for Masquerade.
Its much worse when there are 2 good players and 2 randoms. Its a 1v1 BM battle with 2 AIs.
Quoting Veivi,
Like this a lot.
Zultar327
Quoting kingmorgan,
^This
In case you didn't see my comment n the 'drop it like it's hot' thread about the apparent problem with the ELO formula for FFA, I posted a link to this open source FFA algorithm: https://github.com/FigBug/Multiplayer-ELO. It has a nice working demonstration here http://elo-norsak.rhcloud.com/index.php and clear justification for his model.
blackmagic1
I'd like to propose a different idea. I'd like it if it was 100% masq but you don't know your opponents until they are bought out. I think this would be a really fun way to play it and would avoid people targeting down certain people. You wouldn't know if you have 3 good opponents or 3 bad ones or a mixture. You can't play based on known tendencies of different players because you have no knowledge who you are playing.
Could we do it this way instead? I fear that veivi's way would lead to similar circumstances where you know who is in the match (even if it's masq) and can start recognizing play styles and pick people out.
As an aside i've really liked the 4 player FFA being on during the weekends but fear that i won't be able to find a game if i want a quick matchup and it's at an off peak hour. Could we maybe have 1v1 QM available from like midnight to 6 am eastern time on the weekends or something when the player traffic is low?
*Edit- I typed the wrong times! I was hoping to get QM unlocked really really late at night not during the day. Say from like 11pm to 6am the following day. I sat in the queue for awhile last night and only 1 or 2 people would show up but never enough to get a game going. I eventually gave up.
Offworld_Blues
Intuitively I like Veivi's suggestion of names before masq better, but I'd be curious to see how blackmagic's suggestion works. I know I've played plenty of games with him where the 1v1 + 2 others situation developed even with masq, so that added wrinkle might help avoid that.
Aside from that, I'm not sure I'd actually go for 1v1 QM as an alternative, but it's a reasonable suggestion to have that on for off-peak hours. Over the past two days, I've sat in the FFA queue for a few hours and only have 1 match to show for it, after all.
theSpinCycle
I vote for Veivi's idea. Guessing which player is which colony makes for fun mindgames.
Quoting theSpinCycle,
I've had a lot of games in the 4 player FFA right now where I focus all my BM on the strongest threat and ignore the others because I know they're not on the same skill level. If I see Deathtacticus on the list before the game starts then i'll just look for a player with his tendencies and focus down on him ignoring the other HQ's. When you don't know any of the other players however it prevents you from focusing on just 1 player for black market. You can't be sure that there isn't another strong player slow playing it to ambush you.
If I knew my opponents were Veivi, Cubit, and Blues I can't focus down any one of them or its a losing proposition. If i know I'm playing against veivi and 2 brand new players it's essentially a 1v1. If i know how good none of my opponents are it plays out like the first scenario where I can't treat anyone differently. I'd rather have the balance of not knowing my opponents for a more even game.


The sculpture "falloffstone," part of an artwork by artist Peter Shelton that was chopped up by metal thieves while stored in Orlando.
It's not exactly a Hollywood heist pulled by a master art thief, but Orlando City Hall nonetheless has a mystery on its hands.
Years after banishing a $175,000 sculpture to a forgotten corner of a city storage lot, officials conducting a routine inventory made a shocking discovery: A human-shaped metal figure that was part of the massive public-art sculpture was gone, cut off at the ankles.
Was it a crafty art thief who knew its history and value? Probably not. City officials think the aluminum figure was chopped up and sold as scrap for a tiny fraction of its true value.
"Regretfully, a metal thief went in with a saw and cut it away," said Ray Scullian, Orlando's risk manager. "Unfortunately, like a lot of other things around town … they just get taken and sold for scrap."
City Hall considers the case closed, but there is one wrinkle. The California artist says the piece actually still belongs to him, not the city, and local officials were negligent in making sure it was cared for.
"They've created a loss for me," said artist Peter Shelton, who learned from an Orlando Sentinel reporter that his sculpture had been stolen. "It's not only frustrating, but you get to the point where you feel like you're beating your head against a wall."
The piece was first displayed in 1988 at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The garden was filled with art meant to be touched and climbed on.
Called BLACKVAULTfalloffstone, Shelton's artwork has — or had — two pieces. One, BLACKVAULT, is a sort-of concrete hut the size of a minivan. It sits on short stilts, and visitors could duck underneath and feel a heavy darkness close around them.
The other piece was falloffstone. A life-sized figure, almost like a stick-figure cutout, stood atop a granite boulder, its feet embedded in the stone. It appeared to be toppling back in midfall. Art fans could climb on the rock and lie back in the human form, in effect becoming part of the sculpture.
"You'd be hanging in space as if you'd fallen off the rock or were suspended in space," said Shelton, whose work has been in three dozen museums, from the Getty to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
BLACKVAULTfalloffstone was displayed in Minneapolis for about five years. Then Orlando officials expressed interest, and it was transported here.
That was 18 years ago, and it has not been a happy relationship, even before falloffstone was literally disfigured.
Shelton has works prominently displayed in other cities, including a series of eight outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, and an installation outside the Seattle Seahawks' stadium.
But in Orlando, it's not clear whether his piece was ever put on public display. One city official thought it was in Loch Haven Park for a time, but Shelton didn't think so.
Regardless, both agreed that fear of a lawsuit kept it out of the public eye. Orlando administrators worried someone would climb on the sculptures and hurt themselves.
"I tried to get it reinstalled at one time, but Risk Management said it wasn't a good idea," said Paul Wenzel, the city's public-art coordinator. "It would have been nice to have it out somewhere."
So, the piece was moved to a fenced lot at the Florida Citrus Bowl. There it has sat ever since, all but forgotten, alongside lawn mowers and parade floats.
City officials aren't even sure when it was chopped up. The damage was discovered in August during an annual inventory, and city officials know only that it was intact during the previous year's inventory.
Wenzel filed a police report in November. It was presumed to be a metal theft.
A scrap-metal recycler a couple of blocks from the storage yard was buying aluminum for 46 cents a pound last week. How much the piece weighed isn't known, but it was made from heavy plate aluminum five-eighths of an inch thick.
The city has had the piece insured for $175,000 since it came to Orlando. But officials don't plan to file a claim because the policy carries a $10,000 deductible.
The episode may be a cautionary tale for Mayor Buddy Dyer's administration, which is championing a plan to place nine sculptures throughout downtown at a cost of $1.5 million. They will be privately funded but owned by the city.
"I agreed to give it to the city under the condition that they would put it up. Well, it's going on 20 years now that it's been there without any movement forward, except now it's lost," said Shelton, adding that he thinks the city is obliged to fund its repair.
The 1994 agreement with the city also required that it be maintained to museum-quality standards. But there are no plans to move it from storage.
"It's heavy and difficult to fit into most of our parks and facilities," Scullian said. "Where it is now is probably the best place for it."


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Secrets of Hanging Rock: Eerie location of haunting tale about schoolgirls who vanished on St Valentines Day 1900
ON Valentine's Day in 1900, a group of schoolgirls vanished at one of Australia's creepiest locations. Strange things happen there.
Candace Suttoncandacesutton1
news.com.auMay 6, 201810:19am
Strange things happened when Picnic at Hanging Rock producer Pat Lovell visiting the actual rock in Victoria.Source:Supplied
FIFTY one years ago a writer called Joan Lindsay published a mystery book about a group of schoolgirls who vanished on St Valentines Day 1900.
The place where the girls disappeared was one of Australia's most eerie locations, Hanging Rock.
Often shrouded in mist, it's also shrouded in mystery with baffling and unexplained incidents happening close to the rock.
The six million year old rare volcanic formation rises up on a plain between two tiny townships 70km northwest of Melbourne.
Less commonly known as Mount Diogenes, it comprises several distinctive outcrops including the 'Hanging Rock', a boulder suspended between other boulders under which is the main entrance path. Close by are other rock formations — the Colonnade, the Eagle and the UFO.
It was a sacred Aboriginal site for the Wurundjeri people and well-known to Lindsay who reportedly felt it had a mystical power.
Her book Picnic at Hanging Rock was published on April 3, 1967, and was made into Peter Weir's award-winning 1975 film.
And tonight, the chilling tale will be retold in a lavish six-part series on Foxtel.
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The highly anticipated series is based on the original book and inspired by Weir's cult film, but adds new characters and thrilling new twists.
It also goes into richer and more haunting detail about the lives of the characters and how their communities are impacted by the chilling events of Valentine's Day, 1900.
The series stars acclaimed actors Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) and Aussie Yael Stone (Orange is the New Black), but most of the early buzz has been about the younger local cast, including Lily Sullivan, Madeleine Madden, Samara Weaving and Ines Curro.
According to a book that marked the 50th anniversary of Lindsay's novel, when Weir's crew went to the rock to shoot the 1975 film, strange things happened.
Beyond the Rock, by Janelle McCullough,describes Weir and producer Pat Lovell meeting Joan Lindsay in 1973 and buying her book's film rights for $100.
Strange things happened when Picnic at Hanging Rock producer Pat Lovell visited the actual rock in Victoria. Picture: AlamySource:Supplied
The actual 'Hanging Rock' among the formations on Mount Diogenes northwest of Melbourne.Source:Supplied
Anne Louise Lambert (foreground) as Miranda in the 1975 mystery film Picnic At Hanging Rock.Source:News Corp Australia
Lambert revisits the rock in 2002, 27 years after starring in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock. Picture: Shaney Balcombe.Source:News Corp Australia
The next day they travelled to Hanging Rock, getting lost en route and approaching from the wrong side where the formation loomed in front of them beneath a cloud.
"Immediately, they sensed the eeriness of the place," McCullough writes. "Lovell was immediately uneasy.
"The rock 'seemed so alien to the rest of the countryside'.
"At the picnic grounds at the base of the rock, her watch inexplicably stopped.
"It was the first of many times this would happen, either at Hanging Rock or around Joan herself."
A place known locally in the town of Woodend, near Hanging Rock, as "Anti-Gravity Hill" purports to feature a strange and baffling phenomenon.
Mountmacedon.org.au claims that if a person stands on Straws Lane facing up the hill and tips water onto the road it flows "up the hill" not downhill A ball placed on the road will do the same thing and roll up the hill.
During filming at Hanging Rock itself, Weir described the effect where the light that streamed down through the trees was only visible for one hour of the day, when the sun was in the exact spot.
Picnic at Hanging Rock director Peter Weir on set making the film in 1975. Picture: Archive News Corp.Source:News Limited
One of the 'faces' among the formations at Hanging Rock which rises up from the plains northwest of Melbourne. Picture: tripadvisor.com.au.Source:Supplied
The scene where the four girls take off to explore Hanging Rock and things turn weird.Source:News Limited
Lindsay, who was occasionally on set during filming, would only say when asked about her book's plot, "some of it is true and some of it isn't".
Despite many attempts to find a historic account of the disappearing schoolgirls, no-one has succeeded and it seems that only the locations are real.
There is one record of a young man falling and dying from Hanging Rock in the early 1900s, but this was recorded and solved and had no connection to the Hanging Rock story.
In 1907, a 19-year-old man murdered another man near the rock and was caught by police.
Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock is the story of schoolgirls from the fictional Appleyard College for Young Ladies' school near the real town of Woodend.
In the film, the formidable actor Rachel Roberts plays Miss Appleyard, with Anne Louise Lambert in the leading role of the ethereal schoolgirl Miranda.
On February 14, 1900 the girls prepare for a picnic at nearby Hanging Rock with their mathematics mistress Greta McCraw, and French mistress Mlle. de Poitiers played by Helen Morse.
Miss Appleyard and the schoolgirls at Appleyard College aka Martindale Hall, in Mintaro, South Australia where scenes from Picnic at Hanging Rock was filmed.Source:News Limited
Anne-Louise Lambert at Martindale Hall in South Australia last year. Picture: Kelly BarnesSource:News Corp Australia
The formidable Miss Appleyard played by Rachel Roberts in Peter Weir's film.Source:News Limited
As their buggy gets closer to the rock, the driver's watch stops on the stroke of twelve.
At the rock Miranda and three other girls, Irma, Mario and Edith, decide to explore.
They are observed by picnicking English tourist Michael Fitzhubert to lie dazed on the ground before moving, in a trance, into a recess in the rock face.
One of the girls, Edith screams and flees down the rock and a depleted and hysterical group returns to Appleyard College.
Missing are Miss McCraw, Miranda, Marion and Irma.
A police search party fails to find them, a Miranda-obsessed Fitzhubert sets out but is found near-delirious and clutching a piece of lace from Miranda's dress.
Only Irma is found, unconscious and missing her corset but alive. She cannot remember what happened.
The incident spooks Woodend and Appleyard College, two more die and the girls' disappearance is never solved.
Weir's film is set to haunting pan flute music and was a critical success before being nominated for a raft of awards, but winning only a BAFTA for Best Cinematography.
The film created renewed interest by visitors to Hanging Rock, which is now a popular tourist destination and retains its reputation for being a "haunted" site.
Picnic At Hanging Rock premieres on Showcase on Foxtel tonight at 8:30pm. All six episodes will drop on Foxtel Now after the broadcast.
DVD cover of the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock with Anne Louise Lambert as Miranda.Source:News Corp Australia
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