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Tackling Cholera in Haiti by building sanitary cordons
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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jul 27, CMC – "Wash my hands before eating and nursing the baby, wash my hands after relieving myself, use Aquatabs to purify the water…" and so, Sherline Deus lists the steps she must take to protect herself and her children from cholera in the town of Grand Bois, located in in north-eastern Haiti, near the country's border with the Dominican Republic.
Ms. Deus is not alone in repeating the steps.
She, along with ten other neighbouring households, are part of a so-called 'sanitary cordon,' set up as a prophylactic measure by a mobile response team to help prevent cholera from spreading after one of her neighbours fell sick with the disease.
As every suspected case of cholera, Pierre's case has set in motion the standard rapid response mechanism that was established in Haiti three years ago and has since been applied all over the country with encouraging results.
Such sanitary cordons are just one of the steps taken by the rapid response teams, which are composed of representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGO) and the government, and are supported by the United Nations – particularly the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization, (WHO) and its regional presence, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) – to facilitate smooth coordination.
Since the outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010, Haitian and international efforts have drastically reduced the number of cholera cases and fatalities by almost 90 per cent since they peaked in 2011, which saw Haiti deal with 350,000 cases, according to statistics from the country's Ministry of Health. In 2015, the number of suspected cases dropped to 36,000.
The UN family in Haiti has supported the Government of Haiti in mobilizing some $307 million for its National Plan for the Elimination of Cholera. Of the $307 million, the UN has directly delivered more than $59 million to implement 291 initiatives for both rapid and longer-term responses to address the root causes of the epidemic. These measures include strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructures, ensuring access to quality health services, and capacity development in the preventive health sector.
However, cholera remains an emergency in Haiti. In 2016, the Ministry of Health registered 21,661 suspected cholera cases and 200 related deaths from 1 January to 9 July. Funding is needed to maintain the rapid response approach, which has proven effective in saving lives and controlling the epidemic.
"Once we arrive in a location, we first visit the family of the cholera patient. We interview his relatives based on a standard questionnaire concerning issues such as hygiene practices in the household, their usual water point, recent travel of the patient and his family, the patient's occupation, etc. – the aim is to identify the cause of the outbreak as quickly as possible to avoid further spreading of the disease," said Brigitte Honore, a 34-year-old Haitian, serving with a mobile response team run by the NGO Oxfam.
Once this evaluation is carried out, specialists like Ms. Honore and her colleagues then start a systematic disinfection of the patient's house and its immediate surroundings to eliminate any residue of the cholera virus, and prevent other family members or friends from getting sick.
"The last part of our visit is the sensitization. Our aim is to show people how they can protect themselves from cholera with simple measures such as handwashing, water purification, etc.," said Ms. Honore. "We also provide them with a one-month supply of chlorine, soap and a bucket."
Before mobile response teams leave, they also administer a dose of antibiotics to all household members, with the aim of establishing a three-day 'immunity shield' from bacteria so as to break any transmission chain.
The establishment of the 'sanitary cordon' follows a similar logic. By applying the described preventive protocol to families residing in the immediate radius of a registered cholera patient, mobile response teams try to isolate the bacteria and protect a patient's neighbours. After implementing the preventive measures, the teams then continue to search actively for other ailments or suspicious deaths in the area which could indicate the presence of cholera.
A couple of days after the initial visit, mobile response teams return to the homes located within the 'sanitary cordon' for follow-up monitoring. This involves testing the household's drinking water to confirm that it has been treated with chlorine, as well as see how the household is faring with other protective measures.
"More often than not, people know exactly what needs to be done," said Ms. Honore. "But as soon as the imminent risk of cholera is gone they fall back into their old behaviours, like fetching water from unprotected sources and not purifying their water."
In the case of this particular case in Grand Bois, the cause of the outbreak seemed to reside in a contaminated water source, according to UNICEF experts. Open defecation is part of local habit and, in particular, during the rainy season it increases the chances of faeces being flushed into open water sources such as rivers and unprotected wells.
In relation to this, the findings of a joint monitoring programme for water supply and sanitation, carried out jointly by UNICEF and WHO, estimated that in 2012 only 62 per cent of Haitians had access to improved drinking water and only 24 per cent of the population have access to non-shared toilets – and that these figures plummeted to 47 per cent and 16 per cent in rural areas, such as Grand Bois.
"Among the different actions the UN can take to support Haiti to respond to cholera, we have found that the rapid response and sensitization have proven themselves to be two key pillars for efforts to save lives", said the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, Mourad Wahba.
But the rapid response is just one aspect of the UN actions supporting Haiti in the fight against cholera, according to Mr. Wahba, who emphasized that in order to continue implementing the best rapid and long-term responses, "predictable funding is required for the next five years."
"Let me say that funding is very visible," he added. "It goes to two main areas, one is for the provision of rapid responses, which I believe are important to contain the spread of cholera but, more importantly and for the longer-term, for the provision of water and sanitation, which is important to contain cholera, and will also have health benefits for the whole population."
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After seeing a photo gallery on the Seattle Times website about Me-Kwa-Mooks Park I went there with my mom. We love the area and when I was younger I went to school nearby. it was a beautiful day, not too warm, not too cool, and just right for wearing shorts and a sweater on the beach. We also had lunch at Bada Bistro, across from Alki Beach, which is sandy and very nice on hot days, but can get crowded.
We found a crab at Me-Kwa-Mooks!
And a rock full of fish eggs.
Such a pretty, rocky beach!
We also found Lady Liberty hanging out at Alki, brought to you by the boy scouts.
We split some happy hour items and a burger, because we love trying as many things as possible for a good price. We had the gourmet burger, (with bacon. it was amazing), the calamari, the salad and the truffle fries. It was all delicious and very reasonably priced as we split everything and still had calamari to bring home.
Hope you're enjoying summer, and getting out to the beaches if you're on the coast or near the water and you enjoy the sort of thing.
I took my mom here while she was visiting in order to have her try the sweet potato fries. She agreed it was a great idea, as we both loved them. She said they were the best ones she had ever tried! We were there during happy hour which was great, because it was $2 off appetizers so we got the pita pizza and there was some sort of beer special, but we were not drinking.
Here's our appetizer: the pita pizza! Delicious.
I got the Panhandle burger, but with the bbq sauce on the side. AMAZING, just like last time. We could also each only finish about half our burgers so we had substantial portions to bring home, along with some of the fries and pasta salad.
I'm almost positive my mom got the "Gator Hater" but I really have no idea at this point. It looked delicious too.


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The Porsche 917 is arguably the most iconic sports racing car of all time. Renowned for its insane speeds and power outputs, the 917 is also the poster child of Steve McQueen's legendary 1971 film, Le Mans. The 917K variant was born out of problems when testing the basic 917 in 1969 with the John Wyer Automotive Engineering Team, who went on to become the official Porsche team, and also the official development partner. At high speed, drivers reported the car as highly unstable, particularly on long straights, due to the long tail of the 917 'lifting'. Therefore the 917 was shortened to become the 'Kurzheck' or short tail – the 917K.
The 917K become the standard configuration for all races except Le Mans due to phenomenal success at its first race at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January/February 1970. Driven to victory by Pedro Rodríguez, Leo Kinnunen and Brian Redman, it broke the distance record by 190 miles in its quintessential Gulf livery. This is a model of the Daytona-winning 917K in 1970.
This fine 1:8 scale model of the Porsche 917 has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of Porsche regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.
Every Amalgam 1:8 scale model is supplied in a luxury black presentation box and mounted on a carbon fibre or leather base protected by a clear acrylic dust cover. The model title, original branding and edition number are displayed on polished stainless steel plaques mounted at the front end of the base.
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At Amalgam Collection we create models at a range of scales. For those of you unfamiliar with the way the system works, these scales represent the ratio between the size of a model and its full size counterpart. Here are the scales we make with the average lengths of the model alongside. Put simply, the bigger the number to the right of the colon, the smaller the model car:
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While I consider myself a big outdoors person, I really savor old, industrial areas within cities, especially ones that have been revitalized to serve a residential or commercial purpose. One of my top picks is Portland's Southeast Industrial District, not just because it's a pleasant place to stroll but also because it has great coffee.
The coffeehouse I refer to is Water Avenue Coffee. A relative newcomer, having just opened their doors only months ago, their venue initially bedazzled me with their gorgeous wood counters (made from a local, reclaimed tree), huge neon sign (inside) and open space.
With quite the qualified staff, I was practically chomping at the bit to try out their coffee. That particular day Water Ave had their El Salvador as both their espresso and french pressed coffee, and even though I'm a fan of variety in my coffee selection, I'm also pretty flexible, so I went with the flow.
The espresso, pulled short with a nice crema, held tart apple, a smattering of cocoa, a little lemon candy, some whiskey and a bit of peach (very good). The french press had similar sweetness, but more akin to honey as well as some earthy notes, flecks of wheat grass and glazed walnuts. I would agree with their claim on the website that denotes that this coffee has a "versatile profile." The tea was not noted.
Yet another gem in Portland's coffee crown. Make Water Avenue a stop on your route.
I've read some reviews about Water Avenue Coffee and it was all delightfully positive! Heard their process of roasting coffee beans got a 100 rate in their week's health inspection. That is totally clean! Can't wait to visit the place someday.


The official launch of Open for Lunch, the new memoir by Robin Russell Gaiser (author of Musical Morphine: Transforming Pain One Note at a Time), will be held November 16 at Malaprops Bookstore/Cafe at 55 Haywood Street in Asheville. Enjoy browsing and refreshments beginning at 5:30 p.m., and Robin will read beginning at 6, after which we'll enjoy your questions and discussion about the book. Preorder now, or buy your copy at the reading.


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A look back along the trail towards one of the motels in which we were staying.
With a trail passing right by our hotel how could Coppertone and I pass up the opportunity to walk at least a part of it?
With a bit of down time before dinner we walked out of our door and onto the trail, heading north towards the core of MacKerricher State Park. The trail along here is a straight shot along the coast, but not close enough for picturesque ocean views, at least in the mile of distance we covered.


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African American Artists
Brief biographies and sample works by Romare Bearden, Claude Clark, Aaron Douglas, Clementine Hunter, William H. Johnson, Jacob Lawrence and Henry O. Tanner, hosted by the University of Southern California.
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/ethnicstudies/africanamerican/black_artists.html
African American Artists at the National Gallery of Art
An online gallery of work by selected artists, with descriptions and bibliographies.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ggafamer/ggafamer-main1.html
Picturing Ourselves
Kristy Amacker looks at the way African Americans used photographs to construct a middle class identity for themselves in the period between 1880 and 1920. It contrasts images of blacks in studio portraits to commercial or documentary images of them at the time.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/amacker/photo/photo1.html
African Americans in the Visual Arts
The online version of an exhibit at Long Island University. Over 60 artists are on display with biography and sample works. Also includes a bibliography.
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aavaahp.htm
Art Thirst Projects
Visual art and writings of Onajídé Shabaka, with the occasional contributions of other artists or writers.
http://www.art3st.com/
Jackson Davis Collection of African American Educational Photographs
Photographs of African American rural schools and colleges, taken by Jackson Davis ca. 1910-1935 throughout the Southeast, now in the University of Virginia Library.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/collections/jdavis/
Legacy Enterprises
Artistic creations by Doc Settles. Featuring limited edition prints and other original works in pencil, charcoal, watercolors, acrylics and oil.
http://www.geocities.com/legacy_enterprises67210/
L&S Video
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http://www.landsvideo.com/
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Photos of Lenox Avenue, Sylvia's, Apollo Theater, Foxy Brown, Harlem homes, and the Broadway elevated subway.
http://www.readio.com/nywindowgallery/harlem/harlem1.html
PBS Online - Edmonia Lewis
A look at the life and works of the nineteenth century sculptor.
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UltiLeague Seeking to Host First Showcase in November
Could we see an international ultimate event in 2020?
October 1, 2020 by Ravi Vasudevan in News with 0 comments
Hässliche Erdferkel after winning Pre-Quarters at WUCC 2018
Ultileague is a new venture that hopes to develop a global, fan-funded, mixed semi-professional ultimate league.
After their funding campaign earlier this year, leaders Milan van den Bovenkamp and Mike Palmer planned to have an inaugural test season in Europe in 2020, but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a full season was out of the question. Now, they are planning to go ahead with a mixed showcase weekend this fall. They are looking to host a two day tournament with four teams that will play a full round robin followed by a final.
"The main idea behind this showcase is to show that we can run an event funded by the fans," said Van den Bovenkamp.
Right now, the event is scheduled for November 6-7, but this depends on what will be possible in Europe at that point. While ultimate is being played locally throughout Europe with varying degrees of restriction in place depending on the country, Europe is currently facing a second wave of COVID-19 infections, and countries have started to tighten travel restrictions in the past few weeks.
UltiLeague is selecting the four teams for the showcase in a unique way. They reached out to the European community for interest and six teams responded:
EUCF 2019 Finish
WUCC 2018 Finish
National Finish 2019
3SB Budweis, Czech Republic 9th1 N/A 1st
Hässliche Erdferkel Marburg, Germany 7th 7th 4th
Izaka Noisy-le-Sec (Paris), France 3rd2 /12th3 17th4 /33rd5 1st
Mighty Hucks Birmingham, UK N/A N/A N/A
SMOG Northern England, UK 9th/11th6 21st 1st/3rd7
Zawierucha Warsaw, Poland N/A N/A 4th
Of these six teams, four will play at the showcase. The four will be selected through an online campaign, where UltiLeague members vote on which teams they want to see at the event. Each "membership" costs €10, and any individual can purchase as many memberships as they want. Each membership grants an individual one vote, and all of their votes must go towards a single team. Founding members that bought in during the UltiLeague crowd-funding campaign got double votes per membership at that time.8 So now, each team is campaigning towards those founding members, as well as to their own fans, to vote them into the showcase in November. Voting is slated to end on October 18, but Van den Bovenkamp told Ultiworld that this date may be pushed back.
UltiLeague has yet to decide on the venue for the event, but they have reached out to the teams interested to see if any of them are willing to host the event in their city. 90% of the money raised will go towards the teams to help them with travel and boarding costs for the event, while 10% of the money raised is going towards broadcasting and other overhead expenses.
The event is going to be played in a full round robin format on a single field. This means that some teams may have a favorable schedule compared to others. For example, some teams have earlier mornings or games right before the final. A pre-made round robin format will be designed with empty team names, and teams will be able to choose the schedule they want. The order in which teams get to decide their schedule is based on total number of membership votes, where the team with the most votes chooses first and the team with the lowest amount of votes decides last.
UltiLeague will also experiment with broadcast distribution. Unique links to the live games will only be given to UltiLeague members, but those members are free to distribute the links to as many people as they want. Those unique links to the stream will show a "brought to you by," listing the member's name.
"We wanted to give credit to those who are actually contributing to the league," said Van den Bovenkamp. "This way people will be constantly reminded of the individual that helped bring them this broadcast."
In terms of the ultimate, UltiLeague is still ironing out the details. They currently do not plan to set roster limits. They are considering playing shortened, 60 minute games, but they will also play to a points cap. They do not plan to utilize game advisors or observers and will mainly use the WFDF ruleset. They do plan to have video monitors available on the sidelines and mobile monitors ready to bring on the field so that the players can effectively use VAR on contested calls.
The likelihood of this event occurring is still very uncertain. COVID-19 cases are rising in Europe and many countries are tightening travel restrictions. UltiLeague is very aware of this and say that they will only hold this event if they feel they can do so safely and within the public health guidelines of the host country and the countries where their teams come from. You can see the current case count in Europe below from Our World in Data:
If you would like to support UltiLeague and buy a membership, you can do so on their website. The current voting totals are shown below. Updates will be given on live-shows presented on UltiLeague's social media platforms.
Individuals Voting
Total Votes9
Mighty Hucks 30 70
Izaka 29 43
Hässliche Erdferkel 17 43
SMOG 26 36
3SB 22 28
Zawierucha 10 16
3SB Women finished 9th at EUCF 2019 ↩
YAKA, the female contingent of Izaka, finished 3rd at EUCF 2019 ↩
Iznogood, the male contingent of Izaka, finished 12th at EUCF 2019 ↩
YAKA, the female contingent of Izaka, finished 17th at WUCC 2018 ↩
Iznogood, the male contingent of Izaka, finished 33rd at WUCC 2018 ↩
SMOG sent 1st and 2nd teams to EUCF in 2019 ↩
SMOG sent 1st and 2nd teams to UK Nationals in 2019 ↩
104 individuals bought a total of 190 memberships during the campaign, which comprise 380 votes ↩
Note individuals can purchase multiple memberships giving them multiple votes, and founding members were awarded two votes per membership ↩
Ravi Vasudevan
Ravi Vasudevan is Ultiworld's European editor and a host of the podcast EuroZone. Emails about EuroZone should go to eurozoneultimate@gmail.com. Ravi played for WPI in the US until 2008. He has been living and playing in Europe since 2009 and has competed at WUGC 2012, WUCC 2014 and WUCC 2018.
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Q: Can't connect to internet after installing Ubuntu on my laptop After re-installing Ubuntu (12.04) on my laptop (Lenovo), it cannot connect to internet, apparently the network card driver is broken. How can I fix it? Detailed instructions will be really appreciated, Thanks

A: I am assuming you are having issues with the wifi card.
Try installing compat-wireless.
Download it on a separate computer, transfer the files to the laptop using a usb, then build it from source

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Q: trying to build a mySQL database from a JSON format, but can't figure out how I currently have this JSON file which records a User's answers to given questions and does some calculations based on the answers. As I was working on Frontend, Using a json was more handy. The username and password system are without any security and were made just for the test. Now I'm trying to build a mySQL database with a more secure user account system but I can't seem to figure out a way of building tables that do the same thing as this file.
{
"username" : "a6",
"password" : "password",
"joined" : 1621995190170,
"progress" : [
   {
      "Question ID" : "00001",
      "Question" : "-----",
      "SetAnswer" : "xxxxx",
      "Recorded" : "yyyyy",
      "Score" : 945,
      "AttemptedAt" : 1611682870221,
      "Factor" : 4,
      "AttemptAgain" : 1617014020591
   },
   {
      "Question ID" : "00002",
      "Question" : "-----",
      "SetAnswer" : "xxxxx",
      "Recorded" : "yyyyy",
      "Score" : 945,
      "AttemptedAt" : 1611682870254,
      "Factor" : 4,
      "AttemptAgain" : 1617014020564
   },
   {
      "Question ID" : "00003",
      "Question" : "-----",
      "SetAnswer" : "xxxxx",
      "Recorded" : "yyyyy",
      "Score" : 945,
      "AttemptedAt" : 1611682870254,
      "Factor" : 4,
      "AttemptAgain" : 1617014020564
   }...
(it goes on for 10,000+ entries)

The problem I got is there's a lot of things to record for each question from each user and making a table for each user will be a pretty bad idea. Any help with designing the SQL database would be appreciated.

A: Welcome to the world of entity-relationship data design.  You have three entities

*

*user

*question

*answer

Each entity gets its own table.
Your entities have these relationships.

*

*Each user can have zero or more answers.  So your answers table needs a user_id colum.

*Each question can also have zero or more answers.  So your  answers table needs a question_id column also.

From your Javascript object examples, I get these three table definitions.
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE user (
  user_id         BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  username        VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
  hashed_password VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
  joined          TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY (user_id)
)
COLLATE='utf8mb4_general_ci';

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE question (
  question_id     BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  question        VARCHAR(1000),
  set_answer      VARCHAR(1000),
  factor          FLOAT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1.0,
  PRIMARY KEY (question_id)
)
COLLATE='utf8mb4_general_ci';

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE answer (
  answer_id       BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  user_id         BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  question_id     BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  recorded_answer VARCHAR(1000),
  score           FLOAT,
  attempted       TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  attemted_again  TIMESTAMP NULL DEFAULT NULL ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY (answer_id)
)
COLLATE='utf8mb4_general_ci';

Once these tables are populated you can get a resultset similar to your example with a query like this.
SELECT user.user_id, user.username, user.joined,
       question.question_id, question.question,
       question.set_answer, question.factor,
       answer.recorded_answer, answer.score,
       answer.attempted, answer.attempted_again
  FROM user
  LEFT JOIN answer   ON user.user_id = answer.user_id
  JOIN question ON answer.question_id = question.question_id

Here's what is going on.

*

*The user_id, question_id, and answer_id numbers uniquely identify each user, question, and answer.

*The SELECT clause enumerates the data you want.

*The FROM clause indicates that you want results user-by-user.

*The LEFT JOIN clause implements the relationship that a user can have zero or more answers. You can think of answer.user_id as pointing back to the user.

*The JOIN clause implements the relationship stating each anser must have one question. question_id points back to the question.

And, by the way, SQL database systems including MySQL can handle millions of rows in various tables without breaking a sweat, so don't worry about that. (You may need to add indexes when the tables get that big, but that comes after you make your app work correctly.)


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A brief Introduction to Flutter
by squad | Apr 11, 2019 | Mobile App Development
A little bit of history…. yeah yeah I know, learning about history of anything in the world is boring….. Unless, the 'history' is not that far away. Flutter was first announced 4 years ago in 2015 at the Dart Developer Summit. It was initially called "SKY". I think that would've been cooler. Flutter alpha (V-0.06) was released in May, 2017 Later, Google launched the 2nd preview of Flutter back in September 2018. That's when the developers around the world started to feel the heat. Even before the Flutter 1.0 was announced, many Flutter apps came in to the stores. Apps like – Alibaba, Google Ads, Tencent, Reflecty were proof that Flutter could be so Awesome. Finally, Google launched Flutter 1.0, the stable version of Flutter on 5th of December, 2018. Just 4 months back when I'm writing this article. As I was a Flutter fan at the time, I was lucky enough to watch the Flutter 1.0 official launch live . At this launch, Google released 'The History of Everything' app. A timeline of the world from the Big Bang to the age of WWW. An app built with Flutter with a single code base that can run in any Android or IOS device smoothly. This app has smooth animations because Flutter is able to run apps with a of 120 Frames Per Second. (Others only can achieve a maximum of 60 FPS). To build apps with Flutter, you need to know Dart as flutter runs on the Dart virtual machine and flutter uses Dart as the Programming Language. Let me give you a brief introduction to Dart too. Dart...


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Q: Why do we need to cast what malloc returns?     int length = strlen(src);
    char *structSpace = malloc(sizeof(String) + length + 1);
    String *string = (String*) structSpace;
    int *string = (int*) structSpace;

*I created a struct called String

A: Because malloc returns a pointer to void, i.e., it is simply allocating chunks of memory with no regard as to the data that will be stored there.  In C++ your returned void* will not be implicitly cast to the pointer of your type.  In your example, you have not cast what malloc has returned.  Malloc returned a void* which was implicitly cast to a char*, but on the next line you... ok, it doesn't make much sense anymore.

A: The C FAQ list is an invaluable resource: Why does some code carefully cast the values returned by malloc to the pointer type being allocated?.

A: This is one of the few issues that makes the statement "C++ is a superset of C" not completely true.  In C, a void pointer can be implicitly cast to any other type of pointer.  However, C++ is a bit more strict with type safety, so you need to explicitly cast the return value of malloc to the appropriate type.  Usually, this isn't much of an issue, because C++ code tends to use new rather than malloc, which doesn't require typecasting.

A: In C, casting the result from malloc is unnecessary and should not be done. Doing so can, for example, cover up the error of having failed to #include <stdlib.h>, so you don't have a prototype for malloc in scope. This, in turn, can lead to other errors and lack of portability (though the worst offenders in that respect are now mostly obsolete).
In C++, you must cast the result of malloc to assign it to a pointer to any type other than void. Unless you really need to write code that can be compiled as either C or C++, however, you should generally avoid using malloc in C++ at all and allocate memory using new.

A: You don't. void* will implicitly cast to whatever you need in C. See also the C FAQ on why you would want to explicitly avoid casting malloc's return in C. @Sinan's answer further illustrates why this has been followed inconsistently.

A: You tend to see this kind of C code from novices (or C++ coders :-) ):
int main() {
    int len = 40;
    char *my_string = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char)*len);
    return 0;
}

This is unnecessary and evil, you can avoid the useless cast via including stdlib.h
#include <stdlib.h>
int main() {
    int len = 40;
    char *my_string = malloc(sizeof(char)*len);
    return 0;
}

A: You should strongly consider casting after using the malloc command because it provides for greater portability and greater compatibility with other parts of your program. If you do not do so, you may run the risk of incompatible data types which could result in errors.


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What Was Paul Gauguin Famous For?
The French painter Paul Gauguin, is famed for his versatility in the artistic sense. A man whose repertoire included painting, sculpting, and printmaking. Gauguin was most definitely an excellent artist. Paul Gauguin was an artist in the Post-Impressionism period in art history and was relatively underappreciated during his lifetime.
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Born in June 1848 and died in May 1903, Gauguin made a massive deal on art during his lifetime. Many decades after his death, his works are much appreciated and well-recognized for his ability to use colors experimentally and the Synthetist style he employed, a significant departure from Impressionism.
His work influenced the French avant-garde and many modern painters, including Henri Matisse and Picasso, and he is often remembered for his friendship with Vincent and Theo van Gogh.
Gauguin artist formulated his distinctive painting style. He carved his unique way through life, just as he did with his art. He had no professional art training and was known for his vibrant colors, simplistic forms, and power lines. On the other hand, Gauguin chose to follow his path, ignoring family and artistic norms.
Gauguin, born in Paris, traveled to Peru with his family when he was a child. On the way to South America, his journalist father died. Gauguin eventually returned to France and began working as a merchant mariner. He also served in the Navy for France before working as a stockbroker. He married Mette Gad, a Danish woman, in 1873. The couple had five children together in the end.
Gauguin's artistic inclinations were sparked by Arosa, a collection of great painters like Eugène Delacroix, and Émile Schuffenecker, a fellow stockbroker with whom he began painting. Gauguin began taking art lessons and visiting a studio where he could draw via the use of a model soon after.
Gauguin As An Emerging Artist
French painter Paul Gauguin began to paint in his leisure time but took up the craft seriously. One of his works was selected for "Salon of 1876," a prestigious art exhibition in Paris. Around this time, Gauguin encountered the famed artist Camille Pissarro, whose work piqued the Impressionists' curiosity. The Impressionists were a collection of radical artists who questioned traditional methods and subjects and were mainly dismissed by the French art establishment.
Gauguin had ceased work as a stockbroker by 1883 to devote himself entirely to his painting. He finally separated from his family and relocated to Brittany, France. "Vision of the Sermon," one of Paul Gauguin's most famous paintings, was completed in 1888. The vibrantly colored picture depicted Jacob battling with the angel from the Bible. Gauguin created "The Yellow Christ" the following year, startlingly depicting Jesus' crucifixion.
Gauguin was perhaps, one of the more colorful figures in the art world. He described himself as a primitive and professed to be of Inca ancestry. Unfortunately, Gauguin developed syphilis as a result of his drinking and carousing. Vincent van Gogh, a fellow artist, was a friend of his. Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh spent many weeks in Arles in 1888, but their time together ended when van Gogh drew a knife on Gauguin while in an altercation.
At June 1891, Gauguin arrived in Papeete. Pierre Loti's work Le Mariage de Loti influenced his romantic vision of Tahiti as an unspoiled paradise. He endeavored to immerse himself in what he believed were the original features of Tahiti's culture after being disillusioned by the degree to which French colonization had degraded the society.
He used Tahitian names like Fatata te miti (1892; "Near the Sea") and Manao tupapau (1892; "The Spirit of the Dead Watching"), as well as Oceanic iconography and idyllic landscapes and intriguing spiritual themes in his paintings. Gauguin's sculptures that emanated from this period, which he gave a purposely rough-hewn aspect, were an attempt to distance himself from established Western conventions further.
Gauguin moved back to France in July 1893, confident that his new work would bring him his long-overdue fame. The outspoken artist took on the role of an exotic outsider more than ever before, having a legendary liaison with a woman dubbed "Anna the Javanese." In 1894, he devised a plan to publish Noa Noa, a book about his views of Tahiti, which he would illustrate with his woodcuts. However, this endeavor and a one-person show at Paul Durand-gallery Ruel's were not well received, and he departed France for the last time in July 1895.
Gauguin began a campaign in 1903 to expose the inadequacy of the island's security forces, particularly Jean-Paul Claverie, for directly siding with the indigenous in a matter regarding their apparent intoxication. On the other hand, Claverie was spared the wrath of the public. However, in early February, Gauguin accused one of Claverie's employees of corruption in a letter to the governor, François Picquenot.
Picquenot looked into the charges but was unable to back them up. Claverie retaliated by accusing Gauguin of libelous behavior toward a gendarme. On March 27, 1903, the local magistrate fined him 500 francs and confined him to three months in prison. Gauguin promptly appealed the decision in Papeete and began fundraising to travel to Papeete to have his case heard.
Gauguin was frail and in pain, so he resorted to morphine once more. In the early hours of May 8, 1903, he died unexpectedly.
Paul Gauguin was famous for his artistic prowess in different fields, especially painting and sculpture. While he was not appreciated very much during his lifetime, his works were highly appreciated many decades after death. One of his works is the most expensive painting, sold at about $210 million, a testament to his highly regarded works.
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Google buys Motorola: Genius or colossally stupid?
You've got to love Google's audacity.
Its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility — which makes phones that run on Google's Android platform — puts the company in direct competition with iPhone giant Apple.
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"Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google's patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anticompetitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies," Google CEO Larry Page wrote today on the Google blog.
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What function does protein play?
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What is protein?
Protein is one of the three basic nutrients (along with fat and carbohydrates). This is the most important building material of living organisms. Each cell of the human body contains a protein, which in total is about 20% of body weight. Proteins are long, spatially twisted chains composed of single bricks called amino acids. We distinguish 20 amino acids, 8 of which are so-called Exogenous amino acids, which the human body can not create itself and must be delivered with food.
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Amino acids are exogenous
lysine, leucine
tryptophan,
valine.
Amino acids 2 are referred to as relatively exogenous. This means that the body can produce them alone, but in an insufficient amount in the situation of increased protein demand (eg during growth). These amino acids include arginine and histidine.
The role of protein in the body
The most important role of protein in the body is the building material. This ingredient can also be used as a source of energy, especially when the diet lacks carbohydrates. This is the case, for example, when using a protein diet.
Protein in the human body
builds muscle and cell membranes,
transports nutrients (eg hemoglobin),
is involved in digestion (digestive enzymes are proteins),
regulates metabolism (creating cellular enzymes),
ensures proper functioning of the immune system (builds antibodies),
participates in the hormonal economy (builds important hormones, eg insulin).
Protein in the human body undergoes constant exchange and reconstruction. That is why it is so important to provide high quality protein in your diet.
The need for protein
The daily need for protein is not constant throughout life and depends on
age,
state of health and physiological condition,
physical activity.
The daily amount of protein that should be provided with the diet is expressed in grams of protein per kilogram of body weight or in% of energy (kcal) from the diet.
The recommended daily allowance for healthy women and men is 0.9 g protein per kilogram body weight.
People who train in strength need between 1.6-2.2 g of protein per kilogram of body weight.
People who train endurance need between 1.2-1.6 g protein per kilogram body weight.
Considering the calorific value of a diet, the appropriate intake of protein is from 10 to 20% of energy (kcal). What does it mean?
If you consume about 2000 kcal every day, then the protein should be 10 to 20% of this calorie, or 200 to 400 kcal.
If 1 g white has 4 calories then
200 kcal = 50 g protein per day,
400 kcal = 100 g protein per day.
However, the method of calculation per kilogram of body weight is simpler.
Increased protein demand
There are many situations in which the demand for protein grows. The demand increases
during pregnancy and lactation
in children who grow,
in the course of many chronic diseases,
during the regeneration period after surgery.
Deficiency of protein in the diet
White deficiency in the diet is relatively rare. Most often it occurs in the elderly, in the course of debilitating diseases, but also during the use of rigorous diets slimming. The result of protein deficiency is the loss of muscle mass, which leads to a significant weakening of the body.
Excess protein in the diet
Research shows that the dietary intake of protein at the level of up to 2 g per kilogram of body weight does not pose a health risk. However, many people, especially in the group of athletes, consume proteins much more, which can lead to
acidification of the body,
loads of the kidneys and liver,
increase the risk of osteoporosis.
Consumption of protein over the recommended intake does not contribute to faster building muscle mass or sculpture.
Protein rich products – TOP 20 list
Parmesan cheese 41 g / 100 g
Soy flakes 40 g / 100 g
Flax powder 40 g / 100 g
Black soy 36 g / 100 g
Hemp flour 33 g / 100 g
Yellow cheese 31 g / 100 g
Wheat germ 29.5 g / 100 g
Oscypek 29.5 g / 100 g
Tuna 29 g / 100 g
Anchovies (anchovies) 28.9 g / 100 g
Seeds of sunflower 28.8 g / 100 g
Pumpkin seeds 28.5 g / 100 g
Duck breast 28 g / 100 g
Yeast flakes 28 g / 100 g
Black sesame 27.4 g / 100 g
Peanuts 26.6 g / 100 g
Red lentils 25.4 g / 100 g
Cottage cheese, lean 25 g / 100 g
Pistachios 24.2 g / 100 g
Chicken breast 21.5 g / 100 g
Biological value of protein
Protein in food has different utility for the human body. Products that contain all of the essential amino acids are considered full-blown proteins. The ideal protein is egg white. Food that is a source of wholesome protein is also
milk and milk products (dairy products),
red meat,
poultry meat,
soy and soy products.
Most plant products that are a source of protein contain only a few of the 8 essential amino acids (not all). The availability and usefulness of a protein is often determined using the BV index (biological value). BV talks about how much protein can be absorbed by the body at one time, and this depends, among other things, on the proportion of amino acids. The egg has BV = 100, which means that the whole protein present in the egg can be used for the body's needs.
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China-MENA Podcast
Chinese Tech in North Africa
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The Overview of the Digital Silk Road Initiative of China
The Role of Huawei in the Digital Silk Road Initiative of China in North Africa
How Huawei is perceived by other countries as not being solely a commercial company
Deep Chinese presence in North African countries
What the North Africans think of China and its presence in the region
Significant projects of Huawei and other Chinese tech giants in the region
Thoughts about the relationship between China and North Africa
[00:00] Introduction
[02:17] An Overview of the Digital Silk Road Initiative
[05:32] How Does Huawei fit in the DSRI of China
[08:37] Other Countries See Huawei as not a Commercial Company
[15:43] Deep Chinese Presence in Countries of North Africa
[18:44] What the North Africans thought of China
[24:31] Significant Projects of Huawei in the North Africa Region
[30:13] Some Tech Projects by Chinese Tech Giants in The Region
[35:04] North Africans Appetite in Cooperation with China
[38:58] Thoughts about the Relationship between China-North Africa
[41:16] Conclusion
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Dr. Tin Hinane El Kadi
Associate Fellow
Co-founder and co-director
Institute for Social Science Research on Algeria (ISSRA)
Tin Hinane El Kadi is the co-founder and co-director of ISSRA. She is a political economy researcher, currently writing a PhD thesis at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), looking at China's Digital Silk Road in North Africa. She is also an associate fellow in the MENA department at Chatham House. Her research interests include information, communications technology (ICT) and development, China's presence in Africa and the Middle East, and contemporary Algerian politics.
China has been expanding its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) around the world, while also working on a new version of BRI that utilizes the digital space. The initiative was dubbed the Digital Silk Road Initiative, or DSRI, which is already in motion across the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in North Africa. Big Chinese tech companies like Huawei have been assisting North African countries in digitizing their economies to compete with First World countries. These can also lead to wonderful opportunities for North Africans since DSRI promises regional economic growth.
In this episode, we are joined by Tin Hinane El Kadi, a political economy researcher, currently writing a Ph.D. thesis at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), looking at China's Digital Silk Road in North Africa. Dr. El Kadi's research includes How Huawei's Localization in North Africa Delivered Mixed Returns.
Host Jonathan Fulton and Dr. El Kadi discuss China's Digital Silk Road Initiative and Huawei's role in setting it into action. They also discussed the impression of the Chinese in North Africa, as China begins to establish a political role in the region. Moreover, they discuss Chinese ventures that focus on leveraging the digital domain. Data Centers, AI or Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, and 5G Technologies are all examples. Finally, they discuss the future connection between China and North Africa.
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"I believe that governments around the region see the BRI as a wonderful chance to develop infrastructure, attract investment, and generate jobs for the region's millions of unemployed."
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About the China-MENA podcast
The China-MENA podcast features conversations with academics, think-tankers, and regional specialists on Chinese Influence in the Middle East and informs US and MENA audiences in the policy and business communities about the nature of China's outreach to the region.
At a time when China's global footprint is getting deeper and deeper, it has never been more important to understand its foreign policy and the Middle East is one of the world's most consequential regions: home to major religions, diverse cultural and social heritage, central to global energy markets, and of course, geopolitics, linking people and markets in Asia, Africa and Europe. This show will help you understand what China is doing in the region, and how the region is engaging with China as an increasingly important external power.
Listen to the latest episode of the China-MENA podcast, featuring conversations with academics, government leaders, and the policy community on China's role in the Middle East.
Great power projection in the Middle East: The China-Russia relationship as a force multiplier
By Jonathan Fulton and Li-Chen Sim
The conflict is also likely to provide states in the MENA region, especially oil producing states, with greater leverage over the US and Western allies. The US designation of Qatar as a major non-NATO ally in January 2022 could be seen from this perspective
China Economy & Business
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China and Russia are proposing a new authoritarian playbook. MENA leaders are watching closely.
By Ahmed Aboudouh
It's on major Western democracies to make democracy appealing again by aggressively filling the gaps China and Russia exploit to make the world more accommodating to their political models and the new trend of rising authoritarianism.
China East Asia
MENASource Jun 8, 2022
Trade trumps strategic competition in the Middle East
By Jonathan Fulton
Washington would do well to understand that many outside the US have a different view of China, and very few are interested in being a theater of strategic competition.
Middle East Programs
Through our Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, the Atlantic Council works with allies and partners in Europe and the wider Middle East to protect US interests, build peace and security, and unlock the human potential of the region.
This podcast was funded in part by a grant from the United States Department of State. The opinions, findings, and conclusions stated herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.
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Professor Anoushrivan Ehteshami joins the China-MENA podcast to discuss China-Iran relations and the state of the bilateral relationship.
Wed, Apr 20, 2022
Chinese Soft Power Projection in MENA
Shaojin Chai joins us to discuss China's reliance on soft power to develop favorable influence throughout the MENA region.
Thu, May 19, 2022
Chinese Multilateralism in MENA
Dawn Murphy joins us to discuss China's approach to drawing Middle East and North African countries into Chinese-led cooperative forums for political support and influence.
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Ведищево — деревня в городском округе Домодедово Московской области России. До 2006 года относилась к Угрюмовскому сельскому округу.

Ближайшее почтовое отделение находится в селе Добрыниха (3 км от Ведищево). В Ведищево имеется садоводческое некоммерческое товарищество «Василёк».

Население

Расположение
Деревня находится на правом берегу речки Люторки в месте впадения в неё одного из притоков. Ближайшие населённые пункты — деревни Угрюмово и Щеглятьево, находящиеся в полутора километрах от деревни.

 Расстояние от административного центра сельского округа — деревни Угрюмово
 1,5 км на северо-восток от центра деревни
 1 км по дороге от границы деревни
 Расстояние от административного центра района — города Домодедово
 30 км на юг от центра города
 38 км по дороге от границы города

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 Постановление Губернатора Московской области от 29 января 2007 года № 10-ПГ «Об учётных данных административно-территориальных и территориальных единиц Московской области». Информационный вестник Правительства Московской области, 2007, № 3.
 Перечень населённых пунктов муниципальных районов, городских округов, городских и сельских поселений Московской области. Москва, 2005.

Населённые пункты городского округа Домодедово


At the end of this road sits a picnic table. Over the last few years while visiting JDSP, it has been a destination at the end of the day. This picnic table is old, weathered and scarred.
On many occasions we have enjoyed sitting at this table absorbing the beauty of our surrounding. Other times we have shared pleasant conversation or sat in silence awed by the fact that we were, well, just sitting here.
The girls know, when we reach the picnic table to jump up on its top. They will sometimes lay down, themselves enjoying the peacefulness of the area. Other times they are on alert, looking for some small critter they hear, that we don't, rustling around in the Palmettos.
Old, weathered and scarred, but still functional. Perhaps just like us.
This year I noticed an addition; a brand new picnic table. I don't like it for some reason; it is a replacement? I have to wonder what will happen to "our" old, weather and scarred table where we have created fond memories of being together.
I hope this old, weathered and scarred picnic table continues to sit right where it is; this table is one of my favorite places to reflect at the end of the day, and to view amazing sunsets. The new picnic table belongs to others, not us. It simply wouldn't be the same.
I took these photos on December 15, 2015, standing on top of "my" table.
I enjoyed them very much!
Oh wow Shelia!! They photos are stunning.
It sounds like s very serene place!
I so enjoy reading your blog. Have you written any books?? You sure have the talent!
Nice pictures of the girls….they look so happy and healthy!
Beautiful! I too hope your "old table" stays!


We all may not want to be gymnasts but being able to extend our arms behind us to full range of motion is something we should all strive for. It may not seem like a big deal but having this range of motion can make a huge difference in how your upper body feels. In a world where we are constantly leaning forward and arms/shoulders are rolled inward this simple move can help put everything back where it should be.


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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
using System.Net;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace Octokit
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a HTTP 404 - Not Found response returned from the API.
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1032:ImplementStandardExceptionConstructors",
        Justification = "These exceptions are specific to the GitHub API and not general purpose exceptions")]
    public class NotFoundException : ApiException
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs an instance of NotFoundException
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="response">The HTTP payload from the server</param>
        public NotFoundException(IResponse response) : this(response, null)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs an instance of NotFoundException
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">The exception message</param>
        /// <param name="statusCode">The http status code returned by the response</param>
        public NotFoundException(string message, HttpStatusCode statusCode) : base(message, statusCode)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs an instance of NotFoundException
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="response">The HTTP payload from the server</param>
        /// <param name="innerException">The inner exception</param>
        public NotFoundException(IResponse response, Exception innerException)
            : base(response, innerException)
        {
            Debug.Assert(response != null && response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound,
                "NotFoundException created with wrong status code");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructs an instance of NotFoundException
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="info">
        /// The <see cref="SerializationInfo"/> that holds the
        /// serialized object data about the exception being thrown.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="context">
        /// The <see cref="StreamingContext"/> that contains
        /// contextual information about the source or destination.
        /// </param>
        protected NotFoundException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
            : base(info, context)
        {
        }
    }
}

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This morning October 4, 2016 at 0641 local, Carina entered the lagoon at Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia after making the passage from the Ninigo Islands. Dolphins greeted us and made us feel welcome. We had been idling offshore drifting overnight, getting underway at 3 am local time headed for the pass. The trip was 1295 nm and each mile was earned. Almost every day we had to learn a few new tricks to infuse drive into the Carina sailing machine. We had few breaks but even fewer breakdowns, thankfully. Our FSM check-in was efficient and friendly. We're going to sleep well tonight. We are looking forward to going ashore and catching up with our old friends after a three year absence.
Thank you to all who followed us, helped us, and kept us cheerful.
At 10/3/2016 and 23:35 UTC (GMT) Carina's position was: 06°57.66'N / 158°12.04'E.


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This description represents the legacy workflow using TSV file formats.
IPF is available since OpenMS 2.1. Please follow the instructions in the OpenSWATH tutorial to install OpenMS.
IPF presently requires QVALITY  to be installed, which is part of Percolator. Please install and export the binaries according to the Percolator instructions.
To work properly, PyProphet needs to find the qvality executable in the main path.
TRIC should be installed according to the TRIC installation instructions.
IPF requries a spectral library generated from DDA (or DIA pseudo spectra, e.g. from DIA-Umpire ) data. The protocol is described in more detail in the Trans-Proteomic Pipeline tutorial.
Then, a TraML file containing the detection and identification transitions is being generated. At this step, the residue modifiability needs to be defined in the OpenMS resource directory.
To specificy the residue modifiability, the files CHEMISTRY/PSI-MOD.obo and CHEMISTRY/unimod.xml in the OpenMS resource directory can be manually modified. This is a common source of problems downstream in the analysis, because the tools will not complain if the folder was not found or the files are incorrect, but will rather will use the default files.
If the residue modifiability for e.g. phosphorylation should be changed, make sure that both files are modified. An example for phosphorylation can be obtained from the ProteomeXchange repository. The location (IMPORTANT: MUST BE AN ABSOLUTE PATH!) of the modified OpenMS resource directory needs to be supplied by setting OPENMS_DATA_PATH for OpenSwathAssayGenerator.
Make sure to double-check this step. If the OPENMS_DATA_PATH is not set correctly, NO error message or warning will appear, but OpenSwathAssayGenerator will fall back to the default settings. To ensure that everything worked correctly, consider running OpenSwathAssayGenerator twice, once with the original residue modifiability files and once with the modified ones. The resulting files need to be different.
The next step is conducted using OpenSWATH.
Important is to set the parameters -use_ms1_traces and -enable_uis_scoring to extract the additional identification transitions and precursor signals using OpenSWATH.
It generates reports on several different levels. Important for TRIC are the files that end with *_uis_expanded.csv. IPF attaches several columns, e.g. PosteriorFullPeptideName, which contains the peptidoform sequence of the best scoring peptidoform. The column pfqm_score represents the peptidoform q-value, whereas pf_score represent the posterior probability. After running IPF, the m_score column is equal to pfqm_score to enable alignment by TRIC.


Five Card Stud is one of the oldest poker games, but is a very rare game to see today. It is very similar to Seven Card Stud but not Five Card Draw, as some people would expect.
Players receive both face down and face up cards in five card stud and are not allowed to exchange any of them. The first card is face down and the final four are face up, exposed to the entire table. There are some variations that keep more cards hidden, which induces more action at the table due to there being more unknown information. Winning hands are typically very poor, due to the fact that cards cannot be replaced. High cards will frequently win the pots.
Each player is dealt two cards, the first face down and the second face up. A round of betting occurs, beginning with the player who holds the highest exposed card, then betting proceeds to the left.
Each player receives their third card face up from the dealer. Betting begins again with the highest card and proceeds to the left. This is Third Street.
Each player receives their fourth card, which is also dealt face up. Betting begins again with the highest card and proceeds to the left. This is Fourth Street.
Fifth Street. The last card is dealt face up to each player. One last betting round occurs. The winner takes the pot.
There are several variations of five card stud. In one variation, the final card is dealt face down, while in another, the second card is dealt face down. This helps build some action as bluffs become more likely and it is harder to deal strictly with the odds while deciding whether to call, raise, or fold.
Five Card Stud is a rare game, and the only place I know of to play it online is Paradise Poker.


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(Also known as Dramatist, Theatre script writer)
A playwright is the person responsible for writing dramatic material for the purposes of performance within the theatre. The script is the blueprint for creating a dramatic production.   A script for a play is the road map to creating a successful and complete theatrical production. The playwright will take an original concept or idea and use dramatic devices such as storytelling and the creation of dialogue to turn the concept into a complete story. The script is then given to the production company, who will hire cast and crew to enable them to develop a full production. Sometimes, the playwright's involvement in the creation process will end with the transfer of the script to the production company. In other cases, the playwright may be asked to remain with the production as a production assistant or technical director to enable a successful interpretation of the dramatic script. A playwright will need to immerse themselves in the work of others, keep informed with current events which may have implications for their story concepts and generally see as much theatre as possible. It is a competitive industry with a lot of talented people who are struggling to be noticed. The job is largely freelance, and most playwrights will supplement their income from commission of their plays with a day-job or teaching work in dramatic circles.
Contrary to common belief, playwriting is not particularly well paid. The Writer's Guild recommended minimum for a full-length stage play (70+ minutes) is around £6,500. That might sound like reasonable remuneration, but the creation of material might represent 6-12 months work, and most playwrights realise that they cannot live on commissions alone. A dramatist would need to take on four commissions a year to make a salary comparable to the national average, which is an impossible workload for most writers. There is also nothing legally enforceable about that amount, so many theatres elect to pay less. TV writing work does pay a lot more, but the trade-off is that the writer is not entrusted to write their own dramas without doing many years of hard work churning out soap opera episodes or similar beforehand.
Work to deadlines to deliver good quality, original dramatic scripts.
Rewrite as per critical feedback on creative ideas, from "dramaturgs" (sometimes called 'script editors') to directors and actors.
Collaborate with the production team to turn the 'map' (play script) into something for actors to follow.
Be open to working in groups without getting defensive about their own work and the ways it can change.
Responsibility to know what other plays are out there, both currently and historically, and to keep updated on current affairs.
The playwright's ultimate responsibility is to their audience. The writer must have something interesting to say, and say it in a unique way.
Playwrights trade on their writing ability, so there are no formal academic demands. However, an A-level equivalent in English or Drama can be helpful for equipping the playwright with the technical knowledge and observational ability which will enable them to write at a high level. In terms of "informal" studies or certificates, there are many groups and short courses which seek to serve the aspiring playwright in giving them the technical ability with which to succeed. Often the best course of learning is to see as many plays as possible, and to study the written or dramatic work of other writers.
A strong grasp of English and grammar is requisite.
A good analytical mind helps the playwright dissect the dramatic work of other writers.
A good understanding of storytelling and dramatic arrangement are crucial in putting together a strong script which is marketable.
The ability to self-promote and be pro-active with one's own time is also paramount.
Most playwrights work from home, and so the working environment can be as chaotic or as calming as desired. Some choose to journey to places of particular interest or stimulation to trigger the motivation to write dramatic prose or story ideas, whereas other writers will only find distraction and noise outside of their own writing environment. Many need to fit their writing around other more "normal" job commitments.
Some writers are phenomenally successful and receive several high-profile productions a year, while some spend their entire careers making a low-profile living in smaller venues, community settings, working outside London or in a specialised field like writing plays for children. Some writers move abroad, into TV, or academia. Many have another 'main' job and only occasionally write plays. A lot of the paths to personal development in this arena will depend on where the playwright's priorities lie, the sort of work they wish to produce and for whom.
Fin Kennedy is an award-winning investigative playwright and teacher of playwrights. He is currently developing a play for Birmingham Rep and a piece for the 2011 Brighton Festival.
What made you decide to choose to get into this sort of career?
It started as an interest in acting at school, then became an interest in directing, before finally realising that the playwright is the person with whom it all begins. I've always loved language and stories, but in particular I love the idiosyncrasies of spoken language, and seeing a story played out by real human beings in the same room. I love theatre's collaborative nature, and the fact that even in this technological age, it is still flourishing as one of the last remaining arenas where the British public comes together en masse to consider the big issues of the day. As my career has evolved, I've also come to appreciate the freedom, flexibility and variety of a freelance creative working life.
Do you have a standard day or a standard type of `exercise'?
When I'm on deadline for a commissioned script, I get up with the rest of the world and treat my writing day as a regular 9 to 5, Monday to Friday. I have a spare room at home which doubles as a study, but in the early days, I'd just write wherever there was a desk. I need quiet, and can't write anywhere public. I structure my stories very thoroughly before writing a word of dialogue, so I will often spend some time putting together prose treatments and scene plans, which I then pin to the wall above my desk to follow like a map. Quite often, you'll be out for meetings with literary managers or artistic directors of theatre companies discussing new ideas or discussing re-writes of existing scripts. Other tasks might include proofing the publisher's copy of your script, giving interviews to journalists in the build-up to your play opening, or even writing articles about it yourself.
What is the most common type of problem/call-out/enquiry you must attend to?
Most problems in this line of work arise within the world of a play you are developing, for example structural problems with a story. Sometimes there can be disagreement with a commissioning company about the direction a play has taken, but these are thankfully rare. Most theatre companies trust and support their writer's decisions, though in TV they are more likely to interfere. If you get conflicting sets of advice about a play, it is sometimes hard to know which is the right one to follow. The trick is to stick to your vision for the play and the story you most want to tell.
What do you like most about the job?
I like the freedom to write about whatever I like, and that I'm using my creativity and imagination all day, every day. I love the world of the theatre and going to see plays all the time, as well as seeing my own plays come together in the rehearsal room, and what incredible depth and insight actors can bring as they take a play off the page. I also love sitting in the audience anonymously and sensing how something I've written is being received by those around me. I love stage images and metaphor, and the power they have to move an audience and make them see the world differently, or walk a mile in someone else's shoes. I love too how political theatre can be, and its ability to illuminate the great issues of the day through the prism of human stories.
What do you like least about the job?
Playwrights who choose to work outside the theatre in search of more lucrative jobs in TV give up a huge amount of creative control to producers, and can be replaced even on an idea which they had come up with. There's also a trend nowadays towards 'development culture', which can involve endless meetings, workshops and rehearsed readings of a play. While these can be useful tools, they can sometimes be a way of throwing writers a bone – ie. a consolation prize for theatres to feel like they have fulfilled their obligations to you when in fact they should be giving you a full production. All these things are a product of playwriting being over-subscribed; there are simply more plays and playwrights than production slots available. It's incredibly competitive.
What is the starting salary and how does this increase over time with promotion?
I personally make only about £10-12,000 a year from commissions, but nearer to £20,000 from a wide portfolio of teaching and lecturing, including working as a writer-in-residence in a London secondary school. While it's true that commission fees do go up when you move into the higher echelons, or you get incredibly lucky and get a West End or Broadway transfer, this applies to maybe 5% of playwrights.
If you left this position, what else would you consider/prefer doing?
I'd probably be a university Drama tutor and arts journalist.
What advice do you have for someone who is looking to get into this as a career?
See as much theatre and read as many scripts as is possible. Keep writing, no matter what. Develop an unshakeable belief in the quality and importance of your own work. Don't fixate on the Big Five writing venues in London (Royal Court, National, Soho, Hampstead, the Bush) as there are many more companies across the country that will produce your work. Be proactive about creating your own opportunities. Make friends with some directors and actors and get them to read your work aloud while you listen. Apply for funding to put your own work on in a fringe theatre or found space, or cajole your unemployed actor friends to do it for free. Look beyond yourself and your own lived experience for subject matter, especially after your first play. Enter every playwriting competition going (I was plucked from obscurity by the John Whiting Award for a play that most theatres had turned down). Make use of the free script reading service offered by Soho Theatre and others. Get in touch with your local theatre and see what jobs they have going, even part-time.
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Milner Air Car: Will It Get Off the Ground?
If auto shows are about dreams, then the Milner AirCar fits right in. Tucked away in the back basement of the Javits Convention Center with the trucks and SUVs at the New York International Auto Show is the latest iteration in a long line of dreams: the flying car.
As envisioned, you'd drive from your house to the airport (using a 40-hp terrestrial engine) with the 28-foot wing folded over the top of the AirCar, making a package about 7 feet wide and 7 feet high – as wide as a Hummer and taller, so you better have a tall garage. At the airport, you lock the wings into, take off, fly to your destination airport, and drive the last few miles.
That's the dream of the company, which is based in Vancouver, Wash., and Bethesda, Md. Father Jim Milner is a former United Airlines pilot and entrepreneur; son Chris Milner is an engineer with background in information technologies and management consulting. The vehicle at the show might be described as halfway to reality: It can be driven, just not flown.
Milner Motors is also working on a hybrid-electric car based on the same vehicle chassis. Can they succeed? Many have dreamed of a flying car and it's been a staple of magazine covers since World War II; the Popular Mechanics cover here is from 1951. So far, the success of the flying car has been limited to the movies.
Original story published on TechnoRide.com.


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It's giveaway time! You all know how much I adore my home province of Alberta, the land of soaring mountain peaks, golden prairies and wide open skies, so I've teamed up with the lovely folks at Brewster Travel Canada to give away a FAMILY PACK of their brand-new Epic Summer Pass! What is an Epic Summer Pass, you ask?
The pass gives unlimited access to five of the most spectacular attractions in the world-renowned Rocky Mountains: the Banff Gondola, Banff Lake Cruise, Columbia Icefield Glacier Adventure, Glacier Skywalk and Maligne Lake Cruise. This limited edition pass, on sale until May 31, is $130 per adult and $70 per child, pays for itself after just three visits to any of the attractions. I'm giving away a family pack (two adults and two children) to one of my lucky readers!
I have had the privilege of personally visiting three of these attractions – the Banff Gondola, the Columbia Icefield, and the Glacier Skywalk – and can attest to their splendour as well as to the value of the Epic Summer Pass.
View from the top: the town of Banff as seen from Sulphur Mountain.
Climbing 698 meters up the side of Sulphur Mountain, the eight-minute gondola ride offers spectacular views of the park and the town site, if you're not too queasy to look out of the all-glass compartment. Once at the top, you can enjoy 360° views of six mountain ranges. There is also an extensive wooden boardwalk path that leads to Sanson's Peak, giving even better, more elevated views. It took us about 15 minutes to get from the summit of the gondola building to Sanson's Peak. I would recommend taking the extra walk as it was less crowded over there and you get a bit more exercise.
Roll onto the Athabasca Glacier in an Ice Explorer, a four-meter long, 15m high vehicle designed specifically to drive on glaciers. It drops visitors right on the ice, which is up to a kilometre thick in some spots. Wander the glacier but be careful where you step – the ice is fragile and the water is below freezing. Be prepared and bring a jacket, even on a warm summer's day.
Jutting out over the Sunwapta Valley, a thick piece of glass is all that separates you from the forest floor 280m (918ft) below. Soak in 360° views of the Rocky Mountains, thick forests and soaring skies.
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Brewster Travel Canada Epic Summer Pass family pack!
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Open to residents of Alberta only.
The prize is two (2) adult passes and two (2) child passes. Total value is $400. Passes will be emailed to the winner after the close of the contest. Must be accepted as awarded.
Family members of the author are ineligible.
Contest runs from Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 12:00am to Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 11:59pm.
Looking down from the Glacier Skywalk.
This is such a great pass!!!
Wow this is the best summer pass ever!!
What an awesome prize! Winning it would make my summer.