I actually got up early to work on this a little more, it felt good writing the Experiments page because I haven't reminisced on those years of work in quite some time. It's a bit worrying that my earlier games seemed to build and hold a larger player base, but that might be my imagination. I guess it's harder and harder these days to capture and hold people's attention. That old BM v1.0 map in particular, I think I had about 40 active players in that game at one point. I would kill to be able to maintain that level on new BM, sigh.
Oh well, I am a person doing a thing gosh darn it. Some folks write books, some study the universe, some play the stock market. I make impossible games that nobody has ever heard of, and proudly too.


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Q: How to move through Multiple pages of text using Paging I am working on a view that would allow me to display large amounts of text, and to move through it by showing a page at a time and allowing the user to scroll right and left.
I thought I could do it by putting a UITextView inside a UIScrollView which has the pagingEnabled property set to YES along with setting the content width to a multiple of the screen.
All I see is the first page, although I can flick to the right and see other blank pages. Can anybody give any hints. Here is the code...
label = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame: scroller.frame];

label.editable = NO;

label.scrollEnabled = NO;

label.multipleTouchEnabled = NO;

label.userInteractionEnabled = NO;

label.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize: 14.0];

// Get text
std::string str;

// Next line gets a single string, which is from 2000 to 8000

//characters long
str = GetStringContent();

NSString * nsStr = [NSString stringWithCString: str.c_str()];

// Measure text that will display in one page.
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, scroller.frame.size.width, scroller.frame.size.height);
CGSize calcSize = [nsStr sizeWithFont: [UIFont systemFontOfSize: 14.0]
constrainedToSize: rect.size lineBreakMode: UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
rect.size = calcSize;

CGRect maxRect = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, self.view.bounds.size.width, 99999.0);

CGSize maxCalcSize = [nsStr sizeWithFont: [UIFont systemFontOfSize: 14.0]

constrainedToSize: maxRect.size lineBreakMode: UILineBreakModeWordWrap];

float pages = maxCalcSize.height / self.view.bounds.size.height;

int numberOfPages = (int)ceil(pages);

// Set text
label.text = [NSString stringWithCString: str.c_str()];

// Setup scroller
scroller.scrollEnabled = YES;

scroller.pagingEnabled = YES;

scroller.bounces = YES;

scroller.contentSize = CGSizeMake(label.frame.size.width * numberOfPages, scroller.frame.size.height);

scroller.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, 0);

scroller.frame = rect;

scroller.clipsToBounds = YES;

[scroller addSubview: label];

[label sizeToFit];

The view is created in IB, and the UIScrollView was added into IB with "scroller" being the name of the outlet.
I've been working on this for a while, and feel like I am missing something fundamental about UIScrollView, because I can't seem to get this working.
Paul

A: Paging just means that the scrollview will "snap" to the width of the scroll view.  Meaning that as you swipe left, the next page will come but stop at the increment of 320, ow whatever width you have it.
To do what you wish to do will require a little bit more code than you have.  I would start by making a 3 text views and keeping them in an array, you only ever show 1 at a time though.
You will need to implement logic to figure out what to display on these textviews (which part of the text to show) and use this logic to fill the current page, the previous page, and the next page.
You will need to listen to the uiscrollview delegate methods to know which page you are on, and you will need to recalculate and fill the pages as the user scrolls
If the user scrolls to the next page, you take the textview you had for 2 pages back, and move it to become the new "next" page. This is called "recycling" your views and there are plenty of questions on SO regarding this with sample code

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Q: calling .css() function disables hover So I have this hover code:
  function shortHover(elem){
    $('body').delegate(elem, 'hover',
            function() {
                $(this).css("background-color", "#f0c723;")
            },

            function(){
                $(this).css("background-color", "#00ed00;")
            }
    )
    }

    shortHover("#for_width_my_added");
    shortHover("#for_width_my_published");
    shortHover("#for_width_my_unpublished");

And than, on clicking on one of these elements:
$("#for_width_my_added").css("background-color", "#00ed00");
$("#for_width_my_published").css("background-color", "#00ed00");
$("#for_width_my_unpublished").css("background-color", "#00ed00");
$("#for_width_<%= @output[0] %>").css("background-color", "#f0c723");

So on clicking over elements assigned to green color, and currently clicked - to color of hover, so one element can have these color permanentely.
The problem is that after clicks over elements stop react on hover. Even though I used delegate.
Why?

A: Your problem is that jQuery's hover isn't a real JavaScript event, but merely a jQuery event or shorthand for $(selector).mouseenter(handlerIn).mouseleave(handlerOut);. You can use this instead:
function shortHover(elem) {
    $('body').delegate(elem, 'mouseover mouseout',
    function (e) {
        if (e.type == 'mouseover') {
            $(this).css("background-color", "#f0c723");
        } else if (e.type == 'mouseout') {
            $(this).css("background-color", "#00ed00");
        }
    });
}

shortHover("#for_width_my_added");
shortHover("#for_width_my_published");
shortHover("#for_width_my_unpublished");

$("#for_width_my_added").css("background-color", "#00ed00");
$("#for_width_my_published").css("background-color", "#00ed00");
$("#for_width_my_unpublished").css("background-color", "#00ed00");
$("#for_width_<%= @output[0] %>").css("background-color", "#f0c723");

And here's a jsFiddle
Unless you are using an older version of jQuery, you shouldn't use .delegate() but use .on() instead as it has superseded .delegate().


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Q: Shared 'directories' using closure tables As part of an application I'm working on, users need to be able to store files in directories, and share certain directories for collaboration.
After doing some initial research, I decided to implement a closure table for storing the directory structure (files are stored separately).
Now, I'm looking to implement shared directories, akin to sharing in Dropbox, where each user has their own root-level directory which can't be shared and only children directories can be shared.
I'm wondering how I could go about implementing this?
I used the following repo as a reference for implementing the closure tree.


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This tests that a drop handler's default action must be prevented in order to stop navigation.
Otherwise, if event.preventDefault() is not called, navigation should occur. To test manually,
simply drag and drop another link or HTML file on this page. If navigation of a new tab occurs,
then the test passed.

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13-14 Systems Engineering for Autonomous Systems (SEAS) and Electromagnetic Remote Sensing (EMRS) Technical Conference, Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK. Contact EMRS Defence Technology Centre, phone +44 (0)131 332 2411 or visit www.emrsdtc.com.
17-23 Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough Airport, England. Call +44 (0) 20 7976 3330 or visit www.farnborough.com.
18-20 A course on practical vibration and shock testing, measurement, analysis and calibration, Cascade Tek, Hillsboro, Ore. Contact Wayne Tustin, 805-564-1260, e-mail Tustin@equipment-reliability.com or visit www.equipment-reliability.com.
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11-14 12th Annual Flight Simulator Engineering & Maintenance Conference (FSEMC), Shangri-La Hotel, Bankok, Thailand. Contact ARINC, phone 800-633-6882 or visit www.arinc.com/fsemc.
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Violons du Roy associate director Mathieu Lussier (centre, with his back to the camera) congratulates Philippe Jaroussky for a magnificent performance of arias by George Frideric Handel.
The Violons du Roy, directed by Mathieu Lussier, welcomed French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky to the stage of the Palais Montcalm on April 5. For lovers of Baroque music, it was a fabulous evening of pure vocal magic.


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Why the King IPO Tastes Bad for Investors
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke • February 18, 2014
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King IPO update: King Digital Entertainment, maker of several hit social Internet games, filed for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today (Tuesday).
The stock will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KING," with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), and Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE: BAC) leading the process.
With today's filing, King gives investors a glimpse at what they'd be buying with a King IPO or stock investment. Check out these shocking usage numbers from King and the Internet gaming industry, straight from today's filing:
King's game "Candy Crush Saga" is played by 93 million people daily, and with more than 1 billion plays every day.
Candy Crush is presently the No. 1 game on Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), with two other King games – "Pet Rescue Saga" and "Farm Heroes Saga" in the second and third spots, according to app tracker AppData's January numbers.
King is killing it on mobile, with a whopping 500 million downloads on mobile devices. Candy Crush and yet anotherKing game, "Papa Pear Saga," are among the 10 most-downloaded apps on Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) devices, according to app tracker AppAnnie's December data. And for more than a year, Candy Crush has been tied with Supercell's "Clash of Clans" and "Hay Day" as the top-grossing iOS and Android game.
King employs 665 people and posted a profit of $567.6 million on revenues of $1.89 billion in 2013, up from $7.8 million in 2012. Around 78% of revenue came from Candy Crush.
Even with the strong usage numbers, it's King's monetary model that will prove to be the downfall for investors…
The company's game downloads are free. Instead, the company turns a profit from users who buy items to help them advance in-game. About 4% of its daily user population buys such "power ups," wholly accounting for King's massive revenue.
The profit set up is a lot like Zynga and its free-to-download game "Farmville," which proved to be an IPO disaster for investors.
In 2011, Zynga Inc (Nasdaq: ZNGA) priced its IPO at $10 a share, making it the biggest Internet IPO since Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) back in 2004. By early 2012, Zynga was worth $11.5 billion.
But soon after the IPO, Farmville's viral popularity began to wane.
Between March and November 2012, Zynga stock prices fell more than 80% and it was forced to drastically downsize. Zynga stock presently sits at $5.09 per share; it hit a 52-week low of $2.50 per share and a high of $5.15 per share.
Still, the factor that will deter investors the most isn't King's similarity to Zynga.
It's this number that was released with the filing today…
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Dick Lambert | February 18, 2014
Whew! Just in time. I might very well have jumped in on this. Thanks.

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Dr. Watson is called upon to disprove the many frauds, fakes, and charlatans who have popped up all over the world claiming to be Sherlock Holmes following his "death" at Reichenbach Falls. Watson travels to a remote mental asylum where three men have recently been admitted, each claiming to be the late detective and matching his physical description. Watson must confront the men and figure out which one is the real Holmes. This thrilling new drama, by the celebrated writer of the movies Mr. Holmes and Stage Beauty, is next up in our series of popular mysteries like The Mousetrap and The 39 Steps.


bar breakfast combo. Pretty good start to the day.
the agency and looks as if she is planning on attending the show and got there early.
the pizza the girl passes by the pizza restaurant, sees us and sits down at our table.
We hold a friendly conversation but decide that we should head back to the venue to see if anyone has shown up yet to let us in. The sound guy is there and lets us in.
at it for a long time doing what he can to support underground music genres.
He also has a band called "Diverje" which we are playing with.
of the front door on the sidewalk and starts making an "OG OG OG OG OG OG" noise for a while. The sound guy eventually tells me that the guy is deaf and does that some times for no explainable reason.
arrive and set up a massive DSBP merch booth next to mine and they are kind enough to put some cool lights on my merch booth so our stuff is more visible.
Everyone seems really nice and I am stoked for the show.
from Vertigo Venus who is wearing some crazy white get-up. I get to talk to Tommy T about his label and where he thinks the underground music business is going. He is a very opinionated guy but has a very realistic business sense and perspective on what he is doing. I am incredibly stoked to meet him and see Diverje play.
We eventually make our way back to the Agency where a DJ is playing a set and the Diverje musicians are setting up to play first (which kind of surprises me, I thought vertigo venus was going to go first). Diverje plays and it was kind of strange but in a good way.
Tommy T did some pretty enthusiastic stomping about but he rarely got on stage. He was on the dance floor almost the entire time. The set sounded decent considering the size of the sound system and the band was using electronic drums.
The show is poorly attended and I realize that a good chunk of the Albuquerque industrial scene is probably in the Agency at that moment. I am even more impressed by Tommy T's perseverance because there is literally very little down there encouraging this guy to work so hard on a label and music in ABQ. The guy has a done fairly well with extremely limited local support. I am used to being from Seattle where there is a scene for that sort of music but it is small. I didn't know what small was.
seeing the crowd that one of the most well known New Mexico bands is playing to.
We load off all of our gear and make conversation with the attendees. Vertigo Venus sets up their stuff on stage and I sit at the merch table while they start to play.
do something to help but all I can do is stand up and blankly stare at the situation.
and splints the guys leg. We load out and find DRIVER X sitting on the ground talking to the 16 year old from earlier and informs us that we are giving her a ride home.
weird happens (other than DRIVER X saying things to the effect that he wished the girl was a bit older).
considerable amount of it. I honestly can't remember anything about this drive.


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Man, stop that war, them cats are killing themselves!
Put away the guns, put the bombs on a shelf
Stop this war the cats are killing themselves!
Boy, they're shootin' 'em up, and shootin' 'em line
They even got wings and they're shooting them fine
A big bomb hit a boat out in the sea
The sailors jumped up, hollered "Whatcha doin' to me?"
Boy they bring'em down lower than low
When the bomb hits the ground those cats have got to go
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Boy, that sounds like one of those incendiary bombs
Where'd you get that word Wingie?
Boy, I dug it out of the dug out.
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In 1941, when war knocked on America's door at Pearl Harbor, the 15-year Swing Era was already eight years old. Music was the nation's dominant cultural force; jazz orchestras ruled the pop charts and swing soloists were household names, as jazz critic Scott Yanow notes in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Swing was what all the hep cats danced to, if they could find space on the overcrowded floors of the Savoy or elsewhere.
When Japan attacked, composers quickly returned fire with a barrage of morale-boosting melodies, and pro-war jazz standards number in the dozens. As the first war fought in the electronic age (with nine in ten households owning a radio by 1940), Axis-smashing anthems like "G.I. Jive" and "V-Day Stomp" could be blasted to almost every home in the nation.
The Great War's poets had penned plenty of verses condemning it, and songs like Alf Bryan's "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" were written and popularly sung during that conflict. But, while that ditty was repurposed (as "It's Time for Every Boy to Be a Soldier") after the Lusitania was sunk, 1930s jazz was much more jingoistic from the off.
Soldiers and Swingsters, Brothers in Arms: Why was there no Anti-War Swing?The sole outlier seems to be Wingy Manone's 1941 composition, titled "Stop The War (The Cats Are Killin' Themselves)." Recorded nine months before Japan's sneak attack on the States, this record opens with a cascade of falling bombs and bullet bursts, seeing ships blown up, planes brought down, and soldiers machine gunned.
"Put away the guns, put the bombs on the shelf," the one-armed trumpeter urges, "stop the war, the cats are killin' themselves." With eerie prescience, he relates how "a big bomb hit a boat out in the sea" and "the sailors jumped up, hollered 'whatcha doin' to me?'"
But its apparent distaste for violence is unique, within swing. The comprehensive archive of anti-violence music at www.antiwarsongs.org has a section devoted to World War I, but none dedicated to its even bloodier sequel. Google "songs that won World War Two" and dozens of lists appear; search for swing songs protesting the conflict and the internet comes up blank.
Dr Sheldon Winkler, author of The Music of World War II, confirms that this is no computer glitch. "In all the lectures I have presented and the panels I have been a part of, I have never been asked about anti-war songs," he said in response to my email. "I checked all of my books [on that era] and found nothing on anti-war sentiment."
Soldiers and Swingsters, Brothers in Arms: Why was there no Anti-War Swing?
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Vacation in Pass-a-Grille Beach, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Pass-a-Grille is a small beach vacation town at the southern end of St. Pete Beach. This beach spot is located on a barrier island in Pinellas County, Florida. For a small place, there is more than is expected going on. The Pass-a-Grille beach is the main attraction, but you can also enjoy the Historic District and the Gulf Beaches Historical Museum. The intercoastal wasterway wanders through the area as well as many spots along the Gulf of Mexico.
The town is reputedly named after some fisherman that used to camp there. In their honor, according to local legend, the area has been named from the French phrase: Passe Aux Grilleurs (the passageway of the grillers).
Pass-a-Grille Beach has been a vacation area since before the Civil War. As far back as 1857, travelers were invited to stay at John Gomez's resort like structure in the gulf, which is actually part of the Atlantic Ocean. Selwyn Morey and Roy S. Hanna began developing real estate along Pass-A-Grille Beach shortly thereafter. The first hotel was opened in 1901, the Bonhomie. In 1957, Pass-a-Grill was incorporated into the city of St. Pete Beach. In 1989 Pass-a-Grille was recognized as a National Register Historic District.
Where is Pass-a-Grille Beach? 27°70′N 82°74′W
Pánfilo de Narváez visits Pass-a-Grille
In 1528, a band of Spanish merry men led by the infamous, Pánfilo de Narváez, anchored off Pass-a-Grille. By this point, this region of Florida's Gulf Coast had been inhabited by Native Americans for a few thousand years. However, this was the first time European eyes set eyes on these beaches. Narváez had an interesting career, even though he was a reprehensible individual. He is known for having led two failed expeditions and was known for his cruelty to the natives in the Americas.
[pullquote]In an area where all of the beaches are perfect, this is one of the most amazing beaches with soft sand and the blueish green Gulf of Mexico.[/pullquote]
Narváez led the Caonao massacre in 1511. He ordered Spanish troops to kill an entire village of Indians that greeted them with food offerings. After, Narváez asked a famous eyewitness, de las Casas, "What do you think about what our Spaniards have done?" to which de las Casas replied, "I send both you and them to the Devil!"
This esteemed gentlemen was later sent by his relative, the first Governor of Cuba, to stop Hernán Cortés and his invasion of Mexico. He failed, even with a 3 to 1 numerical supremacy. Narváez was taken prisoner after having one of his eyes stabbed out by Cortés in 1520. For two years, he was held as a prisoner in Veracruz, Mexico before being returned to Spain. His men gladly joined Cortés and participated in the Aztec conquest.
Charles V, gave Narváez the title of adelantado of Florida. That means he was responsible for conquering it and then later he would become the governor after it was subdued. Narváez left Spain with 5 ships and 600 men on June 17, 1527. The combination of an inexperienced navigator and the Gulf current pushed the flotilla off course. Already weakened by desertions and storms, the group of would be adventurers landed on the west coast of Florida among hostile natives. About 300 men landed at the Jungle Prada site.
The survivors tried to travel along the Gulf Coast in a futile attempt to reach a Spanish province in Mexico. In a storm Narváez was carried out to sea in a raft after some highly questionable decisions. He was never heard from again. There were only 4 survivors from this expedition.
They journeyed across the present southwest United States and northern Mexico over an 8 year period until finally reaching safety in Culiacán (Sinaloa). The four survivors trek was described by Cabeza de Vaca in his account Naufragios (Castaways). I read this tale of woe years ago on the beach in Playa del Carmen.
Pass-A-Grille Beach was hidden gem in the Gulf of Mexico when it was first encountered by the Spaniards about 500 years ago, and still is today.
Pass-a-Grille did not become a part of St Pete Beach until 1957. It took another 40 years for the area to be recognized as a National Historic District. Currently, this beautiful beach destination is still able to marvel the masses with its natural beauty. The beach is not as well known as the nearby Fort De Soto beach, but is just as nice.
In an area where all of the beaches are perfect, this is one of the most amazing beaches with soft sand and the blueish green Gulf of Mexico. This historic town is able to hold its own, mainly due to the genuine feel of Old Florida. In addition to the world class beach, you will find an outdoor art market, fishing piers, and of course, ice cream and pricey boutiques with ample choices for restaurants.
Pass-a-Grille feels like an island from a bygone era. Located at the end of a barrier island and surrounded by water on three sides, Pass-a-grill is also slightly cut off.
With no ugly condo towers reaching for the sky, Pass-a-Grille has more cute bungalows than hotels or even mansions. "The core of the town is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a block wide, with the beach on one side and the Intracoastal channel on the other."
I would like to thank KO, one of my oldest friends for the images. Along with Arlo Wyatt the lion hearted and her husband, they have transplanted themselves into this small community from San Diego. Arlo is still adjusting to his new more conservative surroundings, but will be fine once he gets his feet under him.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced an initiative to further protect temporary employees from workplace hazards. The announcement was made during a program at the department's headquarters marking Workers' Memorial Day – an annual observance to honor workers who have died on the job and renew a commitment to making work sites across the country safer.
OSHA today sent a memorandum to the agency's regional administrators directing field inspectors to assess whether employers who use temporary workers are complying with their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Inspectors will use a newly created code in their information system to denote when temporary workers are exposed to safety and health violations. Additionally, they will assess whether temporary workers received required training in a language and vocabulary they could understand. The memo, which can be viewed at http://s.dol.gov/ZM, underscores the duty of employers to protect all workers from hazards.
"On Workers' Memorial Day, we mourn the loss of the thousands of workers who die each year on the job from preventable hazards," said Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health. "Many of those killed and injured are temporary workers who often perform the most dangerous jobs have limited English proficiency and are not receiving the training and protective measures required. Workers must be safe, whether they've been on the job for one day or for 25 years."
Workers' Memorial Day is observed nationally on April 28.
In addition, OSHA has begun working with the American Staffing Association and employers that use staffing agencies, to promote best practices ensuring that temporary workers are protected from job hazards.
In recent months, OSHA has received a series of reports about temporary workers suffering fatal injuries – many during their first days on a job. OSHA has issued citations when the employer failed to provide adequate protections, including safety training.
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Yahoo! Taps Inktomi's Search Engine - InternetNews.
Yahoo! Inc. and Inktomi Corp. today announced they have signed an agreement in which Inktomi will integrate a Web search engine into Yahoo!'s Web directory and navigational guide within the next 90 days.
The popular portal player said that the new Inktomi search engine will work with its existing navigation system in order to provide increased Web search options. In addition, Yahoo! said that Inktomi's search-generated page views will be folded into Yahoo!'s advertising and merchandising inventory.
"Yahoo! delivers a strong and effective distribution platform enabling Inktomi to reach a comprehensive, global Web audience," said Dave Peterschmidt, CEO of Inktomi. "The combination of Inktomi's innovative search capabilities with Yahoo!'s intuitive, high-quality navigation services will provide users with a powerful resource to maximize the value of the Internet."
San Mateo, Calif.-based Inktomi says its search engine is capable of indexing over 110 million documents. Inktomi's search system employs parallel and cluster technologies and includes carrier-class network cache systems.
Yahoo's Web navigator uses directories based upon subject, demographic and geographic content. Instead of using automated "spiders" as most search engines do, the company's staff is responsible for reviewing and indexing Web sites that they then sort by content into the directory.
"Yahoo! remains committed to providing its users the best integrated Web search service throughout our comprehensive, global branded network of properties," said Jeff Mallett, CEO of Yahoo! Inc. "Inktomi's tightly integrated search service complements Yahoo!'s leading content, communications, community and commerce services to offer a superior experience for all levels of Web users."


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Q: generate repeated random sampling I'm trying to generate a random sampling scheme for experiments I'm running this summer.  In this scheme, I'm doing four experimental trials for each bird nest at specific ages, at each site.  The trials need to be random for each nest, but all nests must undergo all four different trials (i.e., random order, not random trial type).
So far, I have:
- a vector with the two site names repeated 80 times
- a vector with the nests (20 potential nests/site) repeated 4 times
- a vector with the ages (4 different periods) repeated 40 times
sites <- c(rep("AU", times = 80), rep("WE", times = 80))
nest <- c(rep(1:20, each = 4), rep(1:20, each = 4))
age <- rep(c("3/4", "7/8", "11/12", "15/16"), times = 40)df <-

data.frame(cbind(sites, nest, age))
head(df)

  sites nest   age
1    AU    1   3/4
2    AU    1   7/8
3    AU    1 11/12
4    AU    1 15/16
5    AU    2   3/4
6    AU    2   7/8

For the last random sampling at each nest, I need to select trials 1 through 4.  I've tried the following:
trial <- rep(sample(1:4, 4, replace=FALSE), times = 40) #creates the same random order for each nest
trial <- rep(sample(1:4, 4, replace=FALSE), each = 40) #repeats the same number 40 times, before selecting the next one

How do I fix this?
Bonus points if you can help me set this up so that instead of having all trials in a single column, it's set up so that each trial is in a different column.

A: The problem of generating a different order every time is solved with replicate. It will not repeat the same expression, it will call the expression expr n times.
set.seed(1234)    # Make the results reproducible
trials1 <- replicate(40, sample(4))

To have the trials as columns, just transpose the results matrix.
trials2 <- t(trials1)
colnames(trials2) <- sprintf("trial_%02d", seq_len(ncol(trials2)))


Entrepreneurs expect to see innovation move at the speed of light. Consequently, they are not comfortable with regulations' movement at the speed of glaciers. The introduction of the disruptive technology of UASs or drones into aviation was a major clash between the regulator and the regulated. The advocates asserted that the FAA's speed, or lack thereof, was harming this sector's growth and the bureaucrats explained that their job prioritizes safety while not really rewarding expedition.
The next bit of technology that will test the FAA is flying cars, particularly autonomous vehicles. In particular, "unmanning" these aerocars and depending on artificial intelligence to "operate" these bimodal vehicles will force the regulators to reexamine their standards in multiple dimensions.
It's a Plane! It's a Car! How will the FAA regulate the innovative vehicles?
Cars that can fly will challenge the FAA as to certification & operation!!!
NTSB Tesla Investigation might be a good learning opportunity—how's that?
This regulatory challenge is not just about technical safety issues, but also serious federalism debates (where does a federal standard stop, and local enforcement begin).
Also Musk tweeted a reminder that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated by federal lawmakers.
"Got to regulate AI/robotics like we do food, drugs, aircraft & cars. Public risks require public oversight. Getting rid of the FAA [wouldn't] make flying safer. They're there for good reason," Musk writes. He published the comment with a link to the music video "Regulate," a rap song released in 1994 from the artists Warren G and Nate Dogg.
Musk has warned of this before too.
"AI is a rare case where I think we need to be proactive in regulation than be reactive," according to Musk, speaking to the National Governors Association in July.
His call for regulation is because he says the potential for robotics, if let to develop unchecked, threatens human existence.
It is so rare for the private sector to welcome, if not ask for, regulation. Under such rare circumstances, industry, the FAA and others should begin this task.
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Villa Le Tamtam Hotel is a 3-minute walk from a pier heading to Pak Ou. It offers air-conditioned rooms with a balcony and free Wi-Fi. Guests can choose to go explore the city with rental bicycle or reserve trips at the tour desk.
The property is 300 m from Night Market and 400 m from Haw Kham Royal Palace Museum. It is 500 m from Phu Si Hill. Wat Xieng Thong Temple is 1 km away. Luang Prabang Airport can be reached within a 15-minute drive.
Non-smoking rooms at Villa Le Tamtam are classically furnished with dark wood and neutral coloured walls. Each room comes with a flat-screen TV, a minibar and a hairdryer. Shower facilities are included in an en suite bathroom.
Shuttle service and laundry are offered at the 24-hour front desk. Free private parking is possible on site.
Local restaurants can be found within a 1-minute walk from the hotel.


Lyft, a company that has lost $2.2 billion since 2016 and has never turned a profit, is already in heady company as far as investors are concerned. The ridesharing service ended its first day as a public company valued at more than $26 billion -- that easily tops transportation industry stalwarts such as American Airlines and United Continental.
Now for the hard part. After surging more than 20 percent in the biggest technology initial public offering so far this year, Lyft's shares closed on the Nasdaq exchange at $78.29, up a modest 8.7 percent from the $72 opening price. While Wall Street is clearly betting that Lyft's future will be more profitable than its present, the company will now face intense scrutiny in every aspect of its business.
Since 2012, Lyft has racked up $3 billion in debt, although recent growth has surged -- the San Francisco-based company saw its revenue double to $2.2 billion last year from 2017. Lyft's overall bookings hit $8.1 billion in 2018, as 1.9 million drivers ferried nearly 31 million customers in the U.S. and Canada.
Lyft's performance will also serve as a benchmark for a number of other big tech companies eyeing IPOs, including arch-rival Uber, social media company Pinterest and messaging software provider Slack. Lyft will also serve as a yardstick for other "gig economy" players -- notably, its move to offer stock options to drivers.
"This IPO is a 'watershed' event for the tech sector as well as the ride-sharing industry that in our opinion has become one of the most transformational growth sectors of the U.S. consumer market over the past five years," Wedbush Securities analysts said in a note ahead of the IPO, adding that Lyft is now the "clear #2 player" behind Uber in the ride-sharing sector.
Demand for Lyft shares comes after the company's bankers spent a week meeting with investors to explain why buying into the IPO makes sense despite the company's string of losses. Indeed, Lyft has acknowledged it may be many more years before it starts making money, especially if its efforts to lower costs by developing a fleet of self-driving cars don't pan out.


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Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Pablo Matera must undergo educational training if he wants to be Argentina skipper again
Argentina captain Pablo Matera must undergo educational training and community service if he wants to be eligible for Pumas selection in the future.
Matera, along with international team-mates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino, was initially suspended for making racist remarks on social media between 2011 and 2013 before then being reinstated to the side.
An investigation by the Argentine Rugby Union revealed that all three players must undergo the training, with Matera barred from regaining the captaincy until it is completed.
The UAR probe took into account the fact the comments were published at least eight years ago but insisted that the damage caused "should be remedied" through "restorative measures".
RELATED: Pumas believe Matera's racist tweets were dug up in response to lack of respect for Maradona passing
While tightening its own disciplinary framework around racist, xenophobic and discriminatory expressions, it was also decided that Matera, Petti and Socino must take part in a six-hour course taking place over three days to make them aware of "where prejudices arise and the consequences they have in relationships between people".
As part of this, they will record a video with educational content on "discriminatory stereotypes and prejudices" which will be used as a reference resource for players, and must spend two days with other players who take the course.
"The eligibility of the three players is subject to compliance with the restorative measures imposed and this board of directors withdraws the endorsement of Pablo Matera's captaincy until the restorative measures are satisfactorily completed," a UAR statement read.
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A Clockwork Orange in english. Burgess Antony. Free e-book: txt. jar, fb2, doc, epub.
Fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends start an evening's mayhem by hitting an old man, tearing up his books and stripping him of money and clothes.Or rather Alex and his three droogs tolchock an old veck, razrez his books, pull off his outer platties and take a malenky bit of cutter.For Alex's confessions are written in 'nadsat'—the teenage argot of a not-too-distant future.Because of his delinquent excesses, Alex is jailed and made subject to "Ludovico's Technique," a chilling experiment in Reclamation Treatment…Horror farce? Social prophecy? Penetrating study of human choice between good and evil? A "Clockwork Orange" is all three, dazzling proof of Anthony Burgess's vast talents.


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Woman, 22, left bedbound by endometriosis dismissed as 'bad diet' forces health bosses to admit condition is real
A 22-year-old left bedbound by endometriosis which doctors dismissed as 'bad diet' has forced top health bosses to admit the chronic condition is real.
Karlie Wilkinson was diagnosed with endometriosis aged 19 after suffering from unbearable chronic pain, intense abdominal cramping and pregnancy-like symptoms such as morning sickness, bloating and a heightened sense of smell.
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The debilitating disorder affects one in 10 women and causes the layer of tissue that normally covers the inner uterus to grow in other places – leaving some sufferers infertile.
As a teenager Karlie visited numerous doctors but claimed her symptoms were dismissed as 'bad period pain', 'appendicitis', 'a bad diet' and even that it was all in her head.
Now, after her online petition racked up more than 110,000 signatures, the young woman has successfully made Australia's medical community recognise the condition as a real illness.
Karlie said: "I had no idea what was wrong with me but I was in ridiculous pain all the time and would sometimes bleed for a whole month.
"I would cry to my mum, but she didn't really know what to do because the doctors kept saying I was fine.
"It felt like no one ever believed me and they dismissed me as a teenage drama queen with period pain.
"As I got older, it became so unbearable I ended up in the emergency room at least five times.
"They would do different tests, ultrasounds and x-rays but they all came back normal and they said it was all in my head.
"Then they said it might be my appendix and sent me home with painkillers.
"There was even a couple of times that they seemed to make a joke out of it and I thought 'if only you could feel what was happening to me right now'.
"The word endometriosis was never mentioned, and I don't think they even knew what it was, but even when you do a quick google search on my symptoms, it's the first thing that comes up."
Karlie said she came across the condition 'completely by accident' after she saw a specialist who agreed to perform an appendectomy under general anaesthetic.
But when the young woman awoke from surgery she was told she still had her appendix and that she was actually suffering from a far more sinister condition called endometriosis.
Karlie said: "I was just shocked – I said, 'I've got what?'. I had no idea what on earth it was.
"My mum was really worried, and the doctor referred me to a gynecologist as he didn't have expertise on it and couldn't elaborate on it further.
"I instantly googled it and went into a huge panic. It was saying I could become infertile.
"I was only 19 at the time and wasn't even thinking about children or the future, but I realised it could all be taken away from me."
Now Karlie's only option to reduce her symptoms is laparoscopic or 'keyhole' surgery, where thin telescopic tubes are inserted into the abdomen through small incisions, so that her endometriotic cysts could be removed and surgeons could stop her organs from fusing together.
But Karlie said that this is simply a 'band-aid' treatment and she is forced to undergo this procedure every 6-12 months to keep her symptoms at bay until there is a cure.
She decided to launch an online petition after claiming her condition was 'ignored' by doctors and not recognised as a real illness in Australia.
Since the campaign was launched last month, it has garnered an incredible 110,000 signatures.
And now Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has officially responded to her campaign with a promise to formally recognise the condition as a real illness.
Karlie said: "I was lying in bed one night, looking up at the ceiling trying to forget about my extreme pain and just thought – why do I have to live like this?
"I was so sick of people telling me there was nothing wrong and to take a painkiller.
"Even after I had been diagnosed I went to a female GP and told her about my condition and she said, 'no it can't be that, it must be something wrong with your diet'.
"I realised that there must be other women out there suffering as well. I knew I had to do something.
"It's incredibly hard living with an invisible illness because people can't see that you're in pain.
"I also think that it's taken this long because it's perceived as a 'women's issue' and if it was affecting both men and women, I'm sure something would have been done by now.
"I want it to be easier for women to get answers and not be misdiagnosed so many times.
"It took me years to be properly diagnosed and that is so dangerous because the longer you leave it, the more likely you are to become infertile."
In an official response to Karlie's campaign, Minister Hunt said: "The plan will focus on how to improve the lives of women who face this terrible condition.
"Diagnosis of the condition currently takes on average around eight to nine years, placing a significant toll on individuals, families and the community.
"This condition should have been better acknowledged and acted upon long ago but today we are taking action so the struggle that women face will no longer be silent or their battles private."
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Lester Green (born June 2, 1968), better known as Beetlejuice, is an American entertainer and actor. Green rose to prominence in 1999 due to his appearances on The Howard Stern Show, becoming a member of Stern's Wack Pack. He was named the greatest Wack Packer of all time in 2015. He has also appeared in such feature films as Bubble Boy (2001) and Scary Movie 2 (2001).

Personal life
Green was born with dwarfism and microcephaly, a condition that caused his small head relative to his small body and an intellectual disability. He is the second youngest of six children by his mother Lillie and was raised in the Marion Section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Green was discovered in a neighborhood bar by Sean Rooney who became his manager. He would go on to become an entertainer and joined Rooney's dwarf tossing company where he was given his nickname because of his resemblance to a character in the movie Beetlejuice (1988). Sean Rooney died in 2009 and management of Green's career would fall to his brother, Bobby Rooney.

On the October 2, 2007, broadcast of The Howard Stern Show, Jerry O'Connell revealed that he knew Green while he was growing up. O'Connell's mother was Green's special education teacher at PS 31 in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Green was such a good student that he did special work as her "assistant".

Career

Early appearances and The Howard Stern Show
Green made his debut on The Howard Stern Show on July 14, 1999, making an appearance with Frank "Third Degree" Burns, another midget, while Rooney was promoting his dwarf tossing business. Stern immediately took a liking to Beetlejuice and saw his potential for stardom, calling him a "once in a lifetime guest". Green would go on to make numerous appearances on the show and became one of Stern's most popular guests. Despite his popularity, some have been more critical of his appearances on the show due to the belief that Stern exploits developmentally disabled individuals.

In 2000, Stern was invited to the 17th AVN Awards to receive an honorary exclusive achievement award which he sent Green to receive for him. Green gave the acceptance speech with some direction from his manager that had to be stopped due to his lengthy, "incomprehensible rambling". That same year he made an appearance on WCW Nitro where, dressed as Superman, he confronted Jeff Jarrett backstage, who then proceeded to hit Green over the head with a guitar after calling Jarrett a "Slap Nut". Green then interrupted Jarrett's WCW Championship match before being pummeled by the wrestler in the ring. During the 2000 United States Senate election in New York, Green appeared in a "Beetlejuice for Senate" parody campaign ad created for The Howard Stern Show. In the ad, Green announced his stances on various subjects such as abortion, taxes, education and drugs.

Rise to fame
Green portrayed a fictional character in the 2001 cult comedy film Bubble Boy named Lil' Zip, a member of a freak show that Jake Gyllenhaal's character Jimmy Livingston meets. Another member of Stern's Wack Pack, Matthew McGrory, also appeared alongside Green. That same year he would make a cameo appearance as himself in Scary Movie 2, depicted as the brain of Marlon Wayans' stoner character Shorty Meeks.

In 2002, he appeared in rapper N.O.R.E.'s music video for the song "Grimey" and was featured on three songs on the hip-hop group Smut Peddlers' 2001 debut album, Porn Again, on the tracks "Beetlejuice Intro", "Pimpology by Beetlejuice", and "Beetlejuice Outtakes" on Rawkus Records.

Green sang "This Is Beetle", also known as "The Beetlejuice Song", on The Howard Stern Show in late 2004. Stern Show producer Richard Christy recorded the song, wrote music to accompany Beetlejuice's raw vocals, and then engineered it into the full song. The key lyrics to the song are, "This is Beetle, he's bad as can, and he knows he's the best." The song, which Green created spontaneously in the recording studio, has been covered by the rock band Staind, who included the song on special editions of their album Chapter V. On September 19, 2005, Blues Traveler played their version of "This Is Beetle" on The Howard Stern Show. Initially, Stern was unable to broadcast this recording on his Sirius Satellite Radio program because CBS Radio owned the copyright to all of Stern's shows from K-Rock. Stern and his production staff recreated many of the more popular segments from his days on K-Rock, but attempts to recreate "This Is Beetle" were unsuccessful. However, in May 2006, Stern, Sirius, and CBS reached an agreement to sell the rights for all his K-Rock broadcasts to Sirius, thus enabling Stern to play the song. There was also a controversy around the share of potential profits from the song, and Green's manager at the time, Sean Rooney, got into an argument with Gary Dell'Abate, the executive producer of The Howard Stern Show, regarding the percentage share of the profits between Green and Christy.

Throughout his career Green also participated in amateur boxing matches with other little people.

In June 2008, film director Michael Bay intended for Green to cameo in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), but Green reportedly was difficult to direct and so Bay opted not to have him appear. In 2009, Green was featured in his own five-episode reality television show entitled This is Beetle on the Howard TV.

Green's likeness is a popular internet meme called a "reaction image Macro". The image, uploaded to his official Instagram account in 2016, shows him eating while sitting at a table looking at something out of frame. Additionally, videos and compilations of Green are popular on sites such as YouTube, Reddit, and Facebook, with many of these videos receiving millions of views.

Recent appearances
In February 2021, Green made his first appearance on The Howard Stern Show in over five years. He informed Stern that he relocated to Georgia with his mother, and also debuted a remixed version of his 2015 song "Beetle in the House", featuring Snoop Dogg, Sean Paul, and Big Freedia.

In February 2022, Green's manager launched an NFT on the Goldin's Auction platform, which allowed the winning bidder to receive a physical rookie card signed by Green as well as a video of Green telling his life story. It sold for $15,000 after 21 bids.

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Social workers fulfill multiple roles in the international arena, and the profession has much to contribute to global social policy and programs. Social work educational programs must ensure that professionals are prepared with requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes for practice in the globalized context of the 21st century. This chapter addresses the importance of expanding international content and learning opportunities, discusses learning objectives and models of international curriculum, addresses barriers and facilitating factors in internationalizing curriculum, and concludes with curriculum recommendations.


User grip studies indicate that the average grip for this type of EUT has the index finger pressing against the back, the ring finger in contact with the EUT at the bottom, and the pinky finger not touching the EUT. To help maintain a consistent, repeatable positioning that conforms to the grip studies, an alignment tool with evenly spaced rulings is first used to measure the EUT. The EUT is then positioned in accordance with ruled markings on a conformal palm spacer. Alignment Tool 'A' IXJ-020 features a 120º interior corner to help ensure that the ring finger tip lands in the desired position at the bottom of the EUT, regardless of any curvature in the EUT corners. There are two ruled scales: a bottom ruler (measuring down from the 120º corner) and a side ruler (measuring up from the 120º corner).
User grip studies indicate that the average grip for this type of EUT has the index finger pressing against the back of the flip above the hinge, and the thumb and remaining fingers gripping the base below the hinge. To help maintain a consistent, repeatable positioning that conforms to the grip studies, an alignment tool with evenly spaced rulings is first used to measure the EUT. The EUT is then positioned in accordance with ruled markings on a conformal palm spacer. Alignment Tool B IXJ-030 features two rounded humps upon which the EUT is suspended. One hump represents the index fingertip of the hand phantom, while the other represents the palm spacer. This design helps ensure that the index finger remains in contact with the flip for any fold EUT geometry, regardless of hinge position or fold angle. The tool also features a line marking along its side wall, for aligning the EUT hinge axis of rotation for consistent positioning. The ruled scale for measuring the bottom of the EUT is split-level in order to minimize parallax discrepancies when measuring EUTs that are suspended above the ruler by their fold angle.
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Industry Fights Chicago's Bottled Water Tax
| 1/17/2008 9:55:00 AM
Tags: bottled water, Chicago, tax, water, green, plastic, landfill, Sustainablog, environment,
Five cents a bottle doesn't seem like much, but the bottled water tax that hit Chicago at the beginning of the new year has left the bottled water industry feeling all wet, reports Sustainablog's Jason Phillip.
Bottled water is an environmentalist's worst nightmare, ballooning landfills with plastic—less than 20 percent of plastic bottles are ever recycled—and encouraging waste, all for a product that we can easily get by picking up a glass and walking to the nearest sink. Bottled water could even be the first barrage in the unsettling privatization of public water supplies, Leif Utne has suggested in Utne Reader.
But we're not in clear water yet. The Chicago tax, the first such levy in the nation, is being challenged in court by industry trade groups that argue it's unfair because it doesn't apply to other noncarbonated beverages such as sports drinks, coffee, or chocolate milk. Of course, Chicago does not provide inexpensive chocolate milk from the taps, otherwise I would move there, so taxing bottled water seems reasonable. But in the end it's up for the courts to decide.
The poor bottled water manufacturers have a point, though: One bottled beverage has the same grim environmental footprint as any other. So why should water be singled out for shaming? Maybe because bottled water has become a symbol of Americans' wanton wastefulness. We are paying for something we can get for free and destroying the earth in the process. Taken liken that, a five-cent tax doesn't seem too hefty.
—Brendan Mackie
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No one, not even those in the bottled water business will argue that our recycling is a mess and that all businesses need to aspire to being more eco-friendly. But all of you lemmings, like a bunch of torch carrying angry villagers, keep repeating the same misinformation without checking any facts or putting any numbers into perspective. First of all, this battle is not about taste or cost. It's about what's in the water. If you think the water that comes from your tap is purified, you're crazy. It is disinfected to the point it becomes potable. Municipalities will never truly purify becase it is expensive to do and less than 1% of municipal water is used for drinking. Plastic is bad - no arguement. But filling landfills? Plastic accounts for 1/3 of one percent of the waste stream in this country. Only 2/100ths of one percent of the our oil usage goes to plastic bottles. The amount of oil it takes to make one year supply of water bottles (1.5 million barrels) is consumed by this country every hour and a half. By comparison, plastic bags consume 12 million barrels per year and have a 7% recycling rate! Where is the outcry about bags! Where are the protesters! Where are the boycotting politicians and the taxes on bags! Did you know that the bottled water industry had reduced the about of plastic in its bottles by 40% over the last five years? Any other industry do that? Did you know that 60% of bottled water growth has come from the soft drink segment? Did you know 60% of bottled water drinkers also drink tap? Remember, tap water was there first. People switched to bottled because of the quality, not clever advertising. Do yourself a favor. Go to Google Alerts and enter "Boil Order". Then see how many boil orders are issued around this country every week. "City's water system is busted...boil your water or drink bottled water". Happens every day. When was the last recall on bottled water you heard about?
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You've characterized it perfectly. It's symbolic of our incredible wastefulness. Thank God we are starting to see a turning of the tide on bottled water. The more awareness we can raise, the better. http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/index.php


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Q: Why does Xcode randomly jump to memory screen / thread view / disassembly during debug? I'm new and don't even know how to accurately describe the screen I am seeing, so hopefully this is not a duplicate question.
Generally speaking, I will be tracing through my human readable code, and for the most part it is fine, but then sometimes it will just go to this assembly-like code that seems to run forever and I need to press the play button just to get out of it.
Why does it go to this view? How is this view useful? What does it do? How to I get out of it? Thanks in advance!

A: This is a method you don't have source code for, so the best Xcode can show you is the disassembly (which is what this is called). Almost certainly this is inside of UIKit.
If you look at the stack frames, you'll see where you are. You can often get out of this by using "step out" a few times. It can take quite a few; watch the stack trace to see how far down the stack you are.
You can get into this state if you crashed inside of UIKit (in which case you can't really keep going; but you can click in the stack trace to get back up to your code, if any of your code is on the stack). You can also get into this state if you use "Step into instruction" (holding the Control key while clicking on the "step into" button).


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Ticket Update: Bridlington (a) FA Vase
North Shields FC have today received our allocation for our FA Vase game away to Bridlington Town on Saturday 31st October 2020. The Robins have been given a limited allocation of 45 tickets.
To make it as fair as possible for everyone concerned we are going to sell tickets at two different times to give everyone a fair chance to get a ticket.
Half the tickets will be sold including travel organised by the club and the other half of the tickets will be just match tickets with the option to purchase a seat on the club bus.
ALL Tickets will be limited to 2 tickets per person.
The first opportunity to buy tickets will be from 9:30am – 11:30am tomorrow (Monday 19th October) from The Clubhouse. There will be 10 tickets for ticket and travel at the cost of £21 per adult and £18 per concession and 10 match tickets charged at is £6 per adult and £3 per concession.
The remaining tickets will go on sale from 6pm – 8pm on Wednesday 21st October from The Clubhouse with 10 tickets for a Match ticket and travel at the cost of £21 per adult and £18 per concession and 10 match tickets charged at is £6 per adult and £3 per concession.
Everyone travelling on coach must wear face covering unless medically exempt. The coach will be leaving The Daren Persson Stadium at 10:30am on 31st October. The coach will be leaving Bridlington at approximately 6:00pm to return straight back to The Daren Persson Stadium.
The club are unable to hold any tickets for anyone.
We understand people may be dissapointed but this is beyond our control in the current climate. This is why we decided to have 2 set ticket purchase times.
Match Report: Ryhope CW 0 North Shields 4 (17/10/20): Shepherd opens account as Robins secure comfortable win
Player departure: Paul Robinson signs for Ashington


English yachtswoman Susie Goodall will have to wait two days to be rescued having pulled out of the Golden Globe Race after losing her mast.
Goodall – the youngest competitor in the non-stop solo round-the-world race – was about 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn in the southern Pacific Ocean.
She tweeted she was "totally and utterly gutted".
Goodall's distress signal was first picked up by Falmouth Coastguards.
She told them she was injured when the boat rolled over end-to-end, knocking her out and giving her a "nasty head bang".
The nearest vessel has been alerted but is about two days away.


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New Zealand Easing Restrictions Following Two Week Halt in New COVID-19 Cases
Author: Asia Watch
Only one active case in the country . . .
New Zealand has reported no new cases of COVID-19 for 14 days, and there remains only one active case in the country. In total, it has reported 1,504 confirmed and probable cases, or about one case for every 3,300 people in New Zealand. By contrast, Canada's infection rate is about one case for every 400 people. The New Zealand Cabinet will decide this coming Monday whether the country will further ease restrictions from alert level 2 to alert level 1.
From alert level 2 to level 1?
Alert level 1 would see a significant loosening of economic and social restrictions. At alert level 2 physical distancing requirements remain in place, although social gatherings of up to 100 people are allowed; schools, early learning centres, and universities are open; restaurants, bars, cafés and other stores are permitted to open if they can do so safely; and, domestic travel is allowed. Alert level 1 would see no restrictions on social gatherings, although strict border controls would remain in place while intensive testing and contract tracing for any new positive cases would continue. Closed borders would act as a barrier to full-throttle economic growth; however, as international visitor spending is estimated to directly account for 5 per cent of the country's economy.
A potential model for gradual re-opening . . .
New Zealand's experience could prove instructive for Canadian leaders as they enact gradual economic and social re-openings in different parts of the country. New Zealand's alert levels are careful, gradual, and well-planned, and transitions from one level to the next are appropriate in balancing the risk of community transmission. But perhaps most importantly, New Zealand's alert system, the restrictions at each level, and the requirements for transitioning are well-communicated. Effectively communicating the risk of virus transmission, specific restrictions, and the requirements for easing restrictions may just be the most important lesson from New Zealand's COVID-19 response thus far.
New Zealand Government: COVID-19 media conferences — 3 June 2020
New Zealand Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern's 10 golden rules of alert level 1
Radio New Zealand: Two weeks since last new case of Covid-19 in New Zealand


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China Launches Two Experimental Tech Smallsats
Two satellites for technological experiments are sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, on Aug. 31, 2019.
Photo is courtesy of Wang Jiangbo — Xinhua.
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday, August 31.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost, solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short preparation period. The rocket, developed by a company under the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, is mainly used to launch low-orbit smallsats.
This launch was the third mission of the KZ-1A rocket.
One of the newly launched satellites was developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and will be used for microgravity technology experiments. This smallsat will conduct on-orbit experiments on ultra-high precision control and measurement technologies under microgravity conditions, according to the CAS. The technologies will lay a solid foundation for space science tasks and frontier basic science research, such as space-based gravitational wave detection and ultra-high precision inertial navigation, CAS said.
The other satellite, developed by Spacety Co., Ltd. (Changsha), a privately owned Chinese commercial space company, will be used to test solar sail technology. The microgravity technology experiment satellite belongs to the second phase of a space science program of the CAS. During the first phase, a series of space science satellites have been sent into space, including the DAMPE to search for dark matter, the world's first quantum satellite and the HXMT, China's first X-ray space telescope.
Over the coming three to four years, China plans to launch new space science satellites including the Gravitational Wave Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM), the Advanced Space-borne Solar Observatory (ASO-S), the Einstein-Probe (EP) and the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) to study gravitational waves, black holes, the relationship between the solar system and humanity, and the origin and evolution of the universe.
Article source: China.org.com
For all involved in the satellite and space industry and the various market segments that add value to these dynamic environments, the 2020 SmallSat Symposium is truly worth your consideration for attendance.
The 2020 SmallSat Symposium starts on February 3, 2020, with workshops, then the Conference runs February 4 to 6 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
The SmallSat Symposium is hosted by Satnews Publishers which, since 1983, has been a provider of a satellite news, media and events. This information packed forum was created to enable you and your company to secure a larger portion of market share as well as to take part in the next stages of your company's or organization's growth.
The personal connections at the SmallSat Symposium enable attendees to network with established organizations, subject-matter experts as well as 'New Space' entrants.
The SmallSat Symposium will focus on new technologies and the business environment that is shaping the implementation of smallsat constellations, smallsat launchers, the challenges facing the smallsat developer and actors as well as the enormous benefits of these advanced technologies that will benefit our world.
This event assembles more than 100 diverse speakers, all of whom possess deep industry experience. Additionally, numerous opportunities exist to mingle and network with peers while enjoying exceptional, complimentary meals and refreshment breakfast.
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Lincare, in the lead again
The list of top 100 suppliers of DMEPOS by amount allowed for 2017 is in.
The top five looks like this:
Lincare, $539, 604, 080
Accredo Health Group, $475,577,257
Lincare Pharmacy Services, $277,122,027
Walgreen, $215,880, 876
Zoll Services, $212,308, 306
The top five for 2016 looked like this:
Lincare, $651,783, 993
Apria Healthcare, $224, 300, 906
Zoll Services, $204, 036, 809
So once again, we have Lincare at No. 1, albeit with an about 17% reduction in amount allowed; Accredo Health Group at No. 2, with about a 1.5% increase; and Lincare Pharmacy Services at No. 3, with an about 4.5% reduction.
A notable change from 2016 to 2017: Apria Healthcare drops out of the top five for 2017, while Walgreen moves in. Apria moved to No. 6 in 2017, with $200,648,591 in amount allowed. Walgreen had been No. 6 in 2016, with $182,037,356 amount allowed.
Apria wasn't the only provider to drop one or more spots from 2016 to 2017. Coram Alternate Site Services dropped from No. 8 to No. 11; KCI USA dropped from No. 10 to No. 23; and Arriva Medical, which was No. 12 in 2016, didn't make the list at all in 2017. The embattled Arriva, as you know, closed for good in 2017.
But other providers moved up one or more spots in 2017, including United Seating and Mobility (No. 16 to No. 12), 180 Medical (No. 14 to No. 9), Byram Healthcare Centers (No. 13 to No. 10), and Liberator Medical (No. 19 to No. 14).
Other providers that made the top 100:
No. 18, Option Care, $57,766,599
No. 22, National Seating and Mobility, $51,158,113
No. 24, Verus Healthcare, $45,476,878
No. 26, American HomePatient, $43,311,284
No. 38, Norco, $25,849,469
No. 46, Super Care, $21,648,832
No. 50, Binson's, $19,658,545
No. 56, Inogen, $17,495,682
No. 57, Hoveround, $17,161,379
No. 58 Aeroflow, $16,275, 277
Check out our State of the Industry Report in December for a more complete list.
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How to roast a chicken: Climate change and farming in Nigeria
Extreme heat is worsening economic inequality among African farmers - and raising the spectre of future food shortages.
Albinos 'must actively participate in political leadership to defy hostility': Groups
6 people with albinism to contest presidential polls to fight stigma in Malawi – report
Malawi albinos face 'unprecedented' killings
PICS: Malawi sees surge in attacks on albinos; victims speak out
Six candidates living with albinism will contest the elections next year, a rights groups has said, defying hostility in Malawi where 21 albinos have been murdered since 2014.
"One of the issues contributing to the violation of our rights is our invisibility," said the Association of People with Albinism (APAM) which confirmed on Tuesday that six members would contest either parliamentary or council seats.
Albinism is a genetic hereditary disorder that causes a partial or total absence of pigmentation in the skin, the hair and the eyes, so that those affected have a bleached look.
Apart from violence and discrimination, albinos are also exposed to eye problems and a heightened risk of skin cancer.
"In the past, we have never actively participated in political leadership, development activities and even government programmes," said APAM director Overstone Kondowe.
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"So this is one way of breaking out of that eggshell where we will put some of our members in decision-making organs."
Kondowe suggested the surge of albino candidates was down to the "reluctance of government and other authorities to take action" on attacks targeting the community.
Albino candidates have never before contested Malawian elections in such great numbers, or with central coordination.
Rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday that since November 2014 there have been 148 crimes reported against people with albinism that have claimed at least 21 lives.
"People with albinism deserve to see justice for these vile, hateful crimes against them. That it takes so long for cases to be investigated or heard in court is a sobering indictment of the systematic failures in Malawi's criminal justice system," said Deprose Muchena, Amnesty's southern Africa director.
Violent attacks
Just 30% of the 148 attacks against albinos since 2014 have been properly dealt with, according to official statistics, and only one murder and one attempted murder have been successfully prosecuted.
Malawi, one of the world's poorest and most aid-dependent countries, has experienced a spike in violent attacks on people with albinism since late 2014.
In many cases those with albinism are targeted for their body parts to be used in witchcraft.
Of the 600 cases of violence against albinos in 28 African countries, Malawi accounted for nearly a third.
"As a first step, (Malawi) must ensure all pending cases are dealt with without undue delay, and in line with international standards of fairness," added Muchena.
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Though I'd hoped that the allegations brought against me would not have been aired in a court of public opinion, circumstances are such that I must provide my perspective. I did not come forward sooner out of respect for Taki, as I didn't want to cause her any more hurt than I already, unintentionally, had. Right now, unfortunately, there is too much poisonous speculation circling about the incident, so I feel that the record must be set straight.
What happened in Ohio started when, after a party on the evening in question, Taki invited me to accompany her and Ken Lillie-Paetz back to her hotel room. This wasn't unusual – I'd known both of them for more than a year and regarded them as friends. In her room, Taki served more drinks and suggested we go down to the pool. In the pool, everyone was intoxicated and rowdy. At one point, very late in the evening, I was sitting in the Jacuzzi with her and Ken, and I feigned to lift up her shirt. It was a stupid, drunken prank, of which I'm ashamed. It was something I'd never done before, nor anything I'd do since. I did not, at any point, grab, fondle, or expose her breast, nor was that ever my intention.
I feel terrible for hurting Taki's feelings. The following day, and on several occasions since I apologized to Taki for my bad behavior. I also spoke with Ken at several points over the course of the weekend, to see if we could find a way to honorably set matters right. Unfortunately, my sincere apologies have all been rejected. I continue to feel genuine regret that I hurt someone I regarded as a friend, and I hoped she would accept my repeated apology, but since that's not the case, I want to end the speculation surrounding this incident, because it's not fair to the industry or to the people this was being speculated about.
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund handled the incident completely properly by taking Taki's complaint seriously and promptly retaining a law firm specializing in such matters to conduct a thorough, impartial investigation. I participated fully with that investigation, which concluded at the end of February, a fact of which Taki was informed.
Likewise, I have not done and would not do anything to besmirch nor harm Taki's reputation or career in any manner. I'm the servant of a public trust who has never worked with Taki in any capacity, and am in no position to either offer or reject her work, nor am I in a position to otherwise influence anyone else in doing so. Nor would I, were I in such a position of influence.
I hope that with the passage of time that Taki will accept my public apology, as I am sorry both to her and to the members of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, for this indiscretion.


QATALUM will resort to debottlenecking rather than go in for a major expansion in the foreseeable future, its chief executive Tom Petter Johansen has said.
Johansen, who attended the Arabal conference in Bahrain, said he did not expect to see major changes on the price front. "About the price increase we have seen, we cannot be sure it is sustainable. The big inventories are still there." He estimated the inventory globally was around 12 million tonnes.
The company, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro Aluminium of Norway, achieved full production in 2011 with an installed production capacity of 585,000 tonnes and had since enlarged that level to 614,000 tonnes through debottlenecking, which he said could continue in the next three to five years.
Sixty per cent of Qatalum's production goes into the building and construction industry, capital goods and various other applications while 40 per cent serves the automobile segment. A small portion of the output has been utilised by Qatar's downstream industries, approximately 10,000 tonnes out of the total annual production with just two small extrusion firms operating. Additional capacity, including liquid metal, could be made available for the downstream but it would depend on the type of products the entrepreneurs had in mind and also whether the supply would be commercially attractive to Qatalum and the parties concerned.
Asia is Qatalum's largest market. Hydro has responsibility for sales and marketing and oversees large volumes which give it the flexibility to ship product to markets that need it most at any time.
"We're currently focusing on maintaining world-class performance in all parts of our business operations and there are always opportunities to improve. We have a cost-cutting programme and we have been able to improve quite a bit and we'll continue improving," he said. The programme, which began in 2013, aims to slash costs by $150 per tonne by 2013.