AB Linas Agro Group subsidiary SIA Linas Agro Graudu Centrs have started construction of two new grain elevators in Latvia. One of them will emerge in Grobiņa and hold 19,600 tons of grain, the other will be built in Rēzekne and store 21,400 tons of grain. The grain elevators are scheduled to open at the start of the new grain harvesting season. The investment will amount to EUR 8.7 million.
"After we opened a grain reception station in Rēzekne in 2016 and started purchasing grain, farmers brought 5,761 tons of grain. We have already accepted 20,509 tons or 3.6 times more over the nine months of this financial year. The increasing amount gives a clear signal that there is a need for such services in the region and we have to construct the grain elevator there. The situation in Skrunda is quite similar: in nine months of this financial year, we accepted 4,501 tons of grain, thus we searched for a site near Skrunda but closer to Liepaja port and found Grobiņa. It will be an elevator-intermediary between the field and the port, accepting grain directly from the field and preparing it for export,"says Alvydas Ramanauskas, Director of UAB Linas Agro Grūdų Centras KŪB which is the sole shareholder of SIA Linas Agro Graudu Centrs.
Grain quantities sourced via SIA Linas Agro Graudu Centrs are increasing: in the 2016/17 financial year the total amount of collected grain amounted to almost 30 thousand tons, while during the nine months of this financial year almost 57 thousand tons have already been accepted.
"From the 2018 harvest, we expect to collect 50 thousand tons of grain via both new grain elevators, and the total amount of grain sourced via SIA Linas Agro Graudu Centrs should reach 85 thousand tons this year," plans A. Ramanauskas.


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Facebook Is Profiting From Illegal Wildlife Traffickers
Laura Goldman,
Over 7,200 kilograms of elephant ivory tusks seized by Hong Kong Customs are displayed at a news conference at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound on July 6, 2017, in Hong Kong.
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While Mark Zuckerberg was testifying before Congress about Facebook providing user information to Cambridge Analytica, additional disturbing news about his company was making headlines.
Facebook has been making a profit by selling ads on pages that are operated by illegal wildlife traffickers. The pages sell the body parts of endangered animals, according to a complaint filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
That's right, Facebook has allegedly been making money off of the sellers of items like elephant ivory, rhino horns and tiger teeth — in fact, an Associated Press article included a screen grab of a Facebook group page displaying buckets full of the teeth.
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According to the complaint, Facebook is violating its responsibilities as a publicly-traded company by knowingly profiting from the criminal trafficking of endangered species. The anonymous whistleblower complaint was filed in August 2017 by the law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto.
As for just how much Facebook is profiting from these ads, the company has never disclosed in its regulatory findings the revenue it may be earning from illegal traffickers, the AP reports.
Hopefully the complaint will launch an SEC investigation into exactly how much of the company's annual $41 billion revenue is from the sale of endangered animal parts.
Ironically, Facebook was one of 21 technology companies, including Google and Microsoft, that joined the Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online just one month ago. The coalition's goal is to reduce online wildlife trafficking by 80 percent over the next two years.
"Extinctions are forever, so it is an urgent necessity to stop the trafficking on Facebook of critically endangered species immediately and forever," said the law firm's Stephen M. Kohn in a statement April 10. "Part of the SEC's responsibility is to ensure that Facebook investors aren't unwittingly involved with the criminal trafficking of endangered species."
That same day, Facebook released its own statement saying it doesn't permit the sale of wildlife, endangered species or their parts, and that it removes groups that have been identified as engaging in illegal conduct.
But according to the statement from Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto, a months-long investigation of various social media platforms by the law firm's undercover team found "rampant wildlife activity in two places: Facebook and Instagram."
(Instagram – surprise! — is owned by Facebook.) The statement described the amount of wildlife parts being sold in closed and private Facebook groups as "horrifying."
"At a time when the world is losing 30,000 elephants a year to poachers, the amount of ivory sold on Facebook is particularly shocking," the law firm stated.
Its undercover team identified more than a dozen wildlife trafficking networks operating on Facebook and traveled to Vietnam and Laos to meet with ivory traders to confirm they were actively marketing their products on the social media platform.
The word "horrifying" was also used by Gretchen Peters, executive director of the Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime, a nonprofit dedicated to helping governments and communities more efficiently counter these groups.
"I have looked at thousands of posts containing ivory, and I am convinced that Facebook is literally facilitating the extinction of the elephant species," Peters told the AP.
Instead of helping to decimate what's left of endangered species, Facebook could do a lot to save them by turning over the information it has about wildlife traffickers to authorities – just like it turned over information about users to Cambridge Analytica.
Doing so could help lead to the largest wildlife law enforcement operation ever, the law firm of Kohn, Kohn and Colapinto said in its statement.
Facebook is already losing users, along with billions of dollars in shareholder wealth, over its mishandling of their private information. Even more users and shareholder wealth could (and should) be lost over the very troubling news that Facebook is apparently enabling the illegal trafficking of endangered wildlife.
Please sign this petition urging Facebook to stop advertising on the pages of illegal wildlife traffickers, remove the pages and report these criminals to authorities.
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Laura Goldman is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and longtime animal welfare advocate. She has written for Seventeen and Scholastic magazines, as well as Change.org, iLoveDogs.com and the blog she founded, iStillLoveDogs.com.
Here's What Google and Facebook Know About You — and What You Can Do About It
Both companies keep treasure troves of deeply personal data on users.
Mehreen Kasana,
#DeleteFacebook? Not in Indian Country
The social network has done more for bolstering the modern Indigenous rights agenda than perhaps any other platform of our time.
Jenni Monet,
Fair Housing Groups Sue Facebook for Allowing Discrimination in Housing Ads
Advocates created fake companies and bought discriminatory ads on the social network.
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Answer: amazing places to travel.
We all have a list of travel destinations we want to see before we kick the bucket. All the locations on our list will make for amazing trips. But it is hard to pick places to travel too when there's so much out there. That's why this list only has must see world destinations on it. Each destination will make for a unique travel experience.
Make sure you pass under the Rialto Bridge.
Located in Dahshur necropolis in Cairo, Egypt. The Red Pyramid, also known as the North Pyramid, was the first smooth-sided pyramid. It is the third largest pyramid is Egypt. You can explore its three chambers, one a burial chamber.
You can ride a camel to this location- who doesn't want to do that?
The London Eye is one of the best ways to take in the views of London. England's tallest Ferris wheel standing at 443 feet tall. You will enter a capsule that you are free to move about. It takes about 30 minutes to do a complete rotation and it never stops. So, you'll get a complete view of London.
You can get a true sense of how the Inca lived. It's a once in a lifetime visit.
Off the coast of Queensland, Australia you can explore the Great Barrier Reef. As the world's largest coral reef, it is home to thousands of different species.
This location is deemed one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It's not hard to understand why. With all the life it provides and beauty it gives off.
In Arizona, another one of the seven natural wonders of the world. At a whopping 10 miles, across, 277 miles long it's an amazing site of natural events. You can hike this fascinating location. With its bright red color, it's a gorgeous site for photography. It's on the list of must-see places in the USA.
Located on the border of Misiones, Argentina and Parana, Brazil. At 269 feet, tall it is the largest water fall system in the world.
It has hiking trails surrounding it so you can get a complete view of the breath-taking falls. The best view is at Devil's Throat; there you can see the mouth of this waterfall and be splashed with water.
Once you land in the tropical state of Honolulu, Hawaii you're greeted with flower leis. Who doesn't want that?
You can explore what was once home to Hawaiian royalty. Waikiki Beach is a perfect location to relax get a tan and swim in the clear blue waters. Seeing the sunset here is a must for your bucket list.
Visitors can take surfing lessons, live music, and traditional dancing.
Offshore, there is world class shopping and dining.
Rome, Italy home to easily the most beautiful fountain in the world.
Legend says if you throw a coin into this fountain you're guaranteed another trip to Rome.
The Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing's purpose is to provide harmony with nature. It does this with all its peaceful gardens, pavilions, and temples. Each building is so pleasing to look at with the architecture and paintings.
Being mostly surrounded by lakes connects you with nature and gets you out of the busy hustle and bustle of Beijing's city life. You can take a boat ride to one of the island temples.
There are many places to see the Northern light but Reykjavik, Iceland must be one of the best.
Obviously, you should avoid the light pollution during the night. You can see the Aurora lights by walking, cars, and different tours. October through March is the official best time to see the Aurora lights.
This is a place to go before you die.
Located on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula's coast. Muyil was one of the longest inhabited Mayan sites. It was mainly used for the Mayans trading of goods.
This location is one of the things you need to see before you die.
Santorini, Greece is home to a unique beach with black sand and clear waters. Although the sand isn't the main attraction, it's a rock.
Mesa Vouno has ancient city ruins on top if it and provides an amazing view of the ocean. You can climb this rock or you can take a tour that drives you to the top.
This site has elegant and exceptional architecture that contains semi-precious and precious stones in the detailed decorations.
At the center of the Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris, France the Arc de Triomphe stands.
This monument is dedicated to all the soldiers who fought for their country. The names of the wars and the generals who served are engraved into the arch. Underneath the arch is the grave of the unknown solider from WWI. In honor of the unknown soldier, there is a memorial flame burning for him.
This site is world famous and for good reason. It's beautiful and is dedicated to the men that fought for their country.
Scotland's Urquhart Castle gives a hint of how medieval life was. From exquisite banquet halls to dreary prison cells. Many historical events happened at this site- you'll have to find those out for yourself.
Seeing how this grand castle is located right on Loch Ness you might catch a glimpse of Scotland's famous myth, the Loch Ness Monster.
If you have a hankering to create a world travel bucket list these places are for sure amazing things you should see before you die. If you have been to any of these places comment below and let others know what they're like and what they can do!


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Orlando seeks design-build contractor for new fire stations
| UPDATED: August 15, 2017 2:28 PM
Rendering of the Fire Station No. 2 for Orlando at 1203 W. Robinson St., provided as an example for design-build applicants with the latest RFP. (McCree Architects & Engineers)
The city of Orlando is seeking a design-build contractor to help it build a new Fire Station no. 9 and two others in the next five years, according to a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued Monday.
The contractor will be expected to provide design and construction services for the fire stations. The first phase of each of the projects will be the pre-construction/design phase.
The chosen design-build contractor will enter into a pre-construction agreement for Phase 1, after which its construction documents will be reviewed to ensure compliance.
Lake County Developments
Leesburg seeks architect for new aquatics center, engineer for utility lines
Early insight on two projects this growing Lake County city will invest in, and opportunity it offers to civil engineering and architecture firms.
The contractor will be expected to develop its design in close collaboration with the city. When its drawings and specifications are far along as part of the Phase 1 contract, the firm must develop a Guarantee Maximum Price, using an "open book" method for subcontractor bids.
That GMP will serve as the basis for the Phase 2 contract (construction phase), which city staff will have to seek approval for from the City Council.
The city has used a pro-typical design for its previously built fire stations, and wants to use a similar design for station no. 9 (at 3856 Center Loop) and the two to follow. But it is open to cost-saving methods through new design that incorporate the spirit of the existing fire stations.
A pre-bid meeting will be held this Thursday at 10 a.m., in the Procurement and Contracts Division office (4th floor) of City Hall. Applications are due by Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. to the division office.
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Winter Garden seeks CRE developer for downtown district land sale
Insight on the property, surrounding uses and what the city wants to see in a compelling bid package.
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The city expects to have a selection committee arrive at its intended choice by Oct. 19, with a City Council meeting to approve the selection and authorize negotiations by Nov. 13, and contract negotiations to run through November.
Complete documents related to the RFP can be found at the city's Procurement Division website for bids.


Today Hulger announced the new Baby Plumen 001, a designer CFL light bulb that tracks the original Plumen 001. It's a smaller 9-watt bulb that's meant to replace a 40-watt incandescent. The 220-volt version is available today through Plumen.com, while the 120-volt version, which is compatible in North America, will be available later this year. The Baby Plumen lasts about 8,000 hours and has a color temperature of 2700 Kelvin.
Plumen 001, a designer CFL by Hulger, is now being offered for sale in the U.S. The 120-volt light bulb uses 11 watts, outputs 680 lumens, lasts about 8 years, has a color rendering index of more than 80, and has a color temperature of 2700 Kelvin. It is not dimmable and requires careful cleanup if broken, but that's how these lights can be. Pre-orders ship on June 1, and each bulb sells for $29.95.
Plumen 001 has been shooting around the internet today (i.e., Good, Morin, Re-Nest). The designer CFL saves 80% on energy bills and lasts eight times longer than a regular incandescent. It's an 11-watt bulb that outputs 680 lumens with a color temperature of 2700k. But it's not available in the US until next year, and Plumen 002 is in the works. In any event, Plumen seems perfect for the exposed lighting situation pictured here.


Symphony Terrace is located on Eighth Avenue in the Cortez Hill neighborhood of downtown San Diego. Cortez Hill is the highest point in downtown San Diego and offers spectacular views of the San Diego Bay, the Pacific Ocean, Balboa Park, and the city lights below.
This 9-story, 56-unit building offers one, two and three bedroom units in varying floor plans. Symphony Terrace was completed in 1981. Hallways and interior flooring and lighting have been updated in recent years. Amenities include a pool and sun deck, both men's and women's fitness centers, spa/hot tub, sauna, barbecue, underground parking and a guest suite. Symphony Terrace is located with easy access to I-5, Highway 163 and the airport, making it the ideal location for people on the go.
Symphony Terrace is an ideal home for people who want to live close to the entertainment, restaurants, shops, and businesses that Downtown San Diego has to offer, yet reside in a quiet neighborhood. Symphony Terrace is near Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo, Tweet Street Park and Copley Symphony Hall.


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https://www.chron.com/news/falkenberg/article/Slugs-avoid-the-slow-lane-1819496.php
Slugs avoid the slow lane
By Lisa Falkenberg
Published 5:30 am CDT, Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Just after 8 a.m. I rolled up to the curb, approaching an eager-eyed line of hitchhikers who leer at my dusty, dented Honda Civic like it's a showroom Corvette awaiting a test drive. These aren't your typical hitchhikers. They carry laptops. They wear neckties, pink suits with heels. They have iPod headphone cords sprouting from their ears.
And, in a few Houston suburbs, they're a precious commodity. Instead of offering their thumbs, they offer their bums, in your car seat, so you can achieve the "high occupancy" that lets you breeze down the Interstate 10 HOV in rush-hour traffic.
This freeway phenomenon has many names: casual carpooling, random ride-sharing or, in Washington, D.C., which has the biggest system, slugging. The term originated from bus drivers who pulled up to crowded bus stops only to discover commuters awaiting rogue carpools. These weren't real bus riders; they were fake ones, like "slug" coins.
Drivers who picked up slugs became known as "body-snatchers." Slugging began more than 30 years ago, but remains rare, occurring in two other major cities: San Francisco and Houston, according to Mark Burris, an assistant professor at Texas A&M University who co-published a report on slugging.
Burris estimates there are about 500-600 slugs in the Houston area, concentrated in three park-and-rides along I-10 and U.S. 290, where congestion is heavy and HOV lanes require more riders during peak hours. It's legal but it isn't sanctioned by Metro.
I entered Kingsland Park-and-Ride in Katy last week, my first time as a body-snatcher.
"Going downtown?" I asked a bearded man in a plaid shirt, jeans, backpack and worn leather boots.
Brian Wilson, a 38-year-old software engineer, gladly accepted the ride, and thus began my version of carpooling confessions.
"Why do you do it?" I asked.
The shy, soft-spoken engineer said that, at first, he cringed at the idea: "My mama always said 'don't get in cars with strangers,' " he said. But his boss suggested he try it, and the time and cost savings made him a quick convert.
With five children and a stay-at-home wife, Wilson said he can't afford gas costs and downtown parking fees. Even the bus, at $7 round trip, was burdensome. "That's lunch," he said. Now he just takes the bus home.
Six months of slugging has helped Wilson in ways he never expected. The constant exposure to new people and daily small-talk has nudged the introverted engineer out of his shell. His wife is thrilled about his newfound interpersonal communication skills.
Next morning, I returned to Kingsland, as a slug, joining a group of professionals, of varied ages, diverse backgrounds, who inched past a row of newspaper stands. Two-by-two, they boarded a stream of SUVs, minivans and sedans, many of which had become familiar.
There's a certain etiquette involved. The line is sacred: Cutting is prohibited. Drivers are masters of their domain: Slugs shouldn't speak unless spoken to by the driver, who also controls the temperature, radio, and whether coffee is allowed.
Seasoned slugs are aware that certain body-snatchers — the ones who drive aggressively, blare rap music, blab on cell phones or tune into shock jocks like Howard Stern — are to be avoided.
Aware there are risks
Slugging isn't for everyone. Bus riders said Metro is more comfortable, time-controlled. Some blamed slugs for flooding buses back to Katy in the evenings, leading to overcrowding. Many slugs say they have friends who swear they'd never do it.
"It takes courage," said a 56-year-old Texas Medical Center pediatric nurse who watched the slug line for six months before crossing over from the bus.
She got off to a rocky start, though: The pickup driver who gave her a lift the first day told her a few minutes into the ride they weren't going downtown.
"My heart just fell," she said. "And, of course, he was laughing. It was a joke. It was a poor joke."
Although the nurse said she feels safe, she wouldn't give her name for fear of her family or the people at work finding out.
"I have a grown daughter and I would kill her if she did this," she said.
Back in the slug line, it was my turn. A woman in a silver car held up two fingers and I slid into a back seat that resembled my own: cluttered with paper and half-drunk Diet Coke bottles.
The driver was the silent type; we uttered nary a
word as we headed to the highway. The blinker seemed loud. I was beginning to feel awkward until a voice on the radio warned of a backup on Katy Freeway.
Not for us, I thought. As traffic grew sluggish, we slugs in the HOV gleefully glided past.
lisa.falkenberg@chron.com


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That Emptyhad eh?
paulie12
Manchester City: Greater Manchester Police's average figures were 7,482 lower than club figures, again based on 12 games.
https://onefootball.com/en/news/are-premier-league-clubs-lying-about-their-attendance-figures-21548434
That is from 2018 though. But eyes don't deceive, often there are large numbers of empty seats at City and attendance looks way below its capacity.
Juve do have a small stadium compared to most other comparable sides. And they're at 90% capacity compared to Sunderland's 77%. But 37k in the Championship is still mightily impressive.
Imagine Man City have a sizeable number of Abu Dhabi-based season ticket holders that definitely exist because there's no way they're averaging 96% capacity.
JamesTW
Remember the stadio della alpi? Juventus were the best team in the world in the mid 90s but it always looked like about 10 people watched them play
Turkey followed up their 3-3 home draw with Luxembourg with a spirited 2-1 defeat in the Faroes.
Remember when Turkey were minnows? Course you do, it was today.
Ork1927
Went to Wales v Poland last night.
Polish fans were very 'lively' - don't think I'd fancy being anywhere near them against a team they don't like. Fireworks being fired into the sky and they don't throw flares - they just stand and hold them. Probably the loudest away fans I've seen since we moved from Ninian - international or domestic.
For a relegation clash from a tournament no-one cares about it certainly felt like a much bigger deal. On the pitch, the Polish spent half of the game rolling around on the floor while Wales couldn't really get a ball in the box despite plenty of effort. Bale played the 90 minutes, but looks completely fucked - like they'd brought someone out of retirement who hadn't played for 5/10 years to take free kicks.
Might have been the last time he plays in a Wales shirt at home if he retires after Qatar.
33 minutes ago, Ork1927 said:
For a relegation clash from a tournament no-one cares about it certainly felt like a much bigger deal.
Almost as if, whisper it - someone cares.
Silent Runner
Seeing that Lewandowski touch for their goal in person was worth the night I'd say.
6 minutes ago, Silent Runner said:
We were were sat right in front of it - was a bit special.
Yeah, I think quite a lot of teams care, and all those going to the World Cup were also probably hoping to find some form in these matches too.
Plus, as mentioned, the seeding for the Euros makes it worthwhile too, even if you don't care much for this tournament or format.
I personally haven't ever watched any of it (but then I only ever watch any WC/Euro tournament matches these days), but I don't deny it is better than lots of aimless friendlies (though there are still too many of those.)
There's still that gap between the end of a qualifying campaign and the start of the subsequent tournament, that leads to a bunch of friendlies in March and then tournament warm ups in June, but aside from that I'm not sure there aren't many left.
Since the start of the Nations League in September 2018, England have played 8 friendlies. Two were in March 2021, two as warm ups for Euro 2020, but the others were either because of the three-team groups of the original Nations League format leaving two empty dates, or because the pandemic-delayed Euro playoffs created three-fixture international breaks in autumn 2020.
The latter four ought not happen again, really.
@Naysonymous said it well a while back - it's an excellent tournament for a lot of sides because it tends to give everyone something to play for against teams of a similar level. That said, I do wonder if at some point UEFA will acknowledge that it remains a third priority for the top teams, and try to integrate it even more or outright replace qualification to the Euros.
With just under eight weeks until the World Cup, who's everyone picking?
Leaning between Brazil or Argentina, although would certainly prefer seeing Messi finally lifting the World Cup over Neymar.
Netherlands my outside bet, so look forward to them going out on penalties in the quarters.
Xbox, not Wii
21 hours ago, layten said:
No old firm?
1 minute ago, Ry said:
christaylor
Anyone else watching this comedic England performance? Bereft.
Maguire concedes a penalty for the first, and now managed to lose possession just outside German's box (!) resulting in an overloaded German attack with an admittedly sweet finish for their second.
Trent is the issue though
Turns out vibes can only cover for absolute dogshit performances from individual players for so long.
1 minute ago, bradigor said:
If TAA is the answer, then we truly are fucked. For an alleged defender, as the saying goes, the only time that he is within shouting range of his goalkeeper is in the dressing room.
Picking Maguire over Tomori is why the team is fucked.
I'd like to think my little pep talk there was just what we needed.
2-2!
Jude Bellingham is such a good player. He's got to be first choice at this point.
Well I did not see 3-2 coming from 2-0 down
Played shit for most of the game, but somehow we're now winning.
2 minutes ago, Naysonymous said:
1 minute ago, Mr Do 71 said:
bit like United…
Fucks sake pope
Losing the faith?
He wouldn't have done that if he was still wearing a a Burnley shirt every week.
Then again, he wouldn't have been there if he was still wearing a Burnley shirt every week.
Pope has been terrible all game. His kicking is woeful. Makes Joe Hart look like Pirlo.


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Restore Mind, Body and Spirit with UYF Florida with an evening yoga class.
Join us for our Wednesday yoga class hosted at Enoch Davis Center. No better way to unwind after work than with at guided yoga practice.
Our hour-long classes are for anyone looking to explore this practice, regardless of age or experience.
Natalie proves there is no age limit for pursuing your dreams and using your gifts to make the world a better place. She developed a passion for yoga at the young age of 5, and within a few years of studying yoga, she knew she had to share it with others.
After searching for 3 years, Natalie found a yoga school and completed a rigorous 200-hour curriculum with several adults. At only 12 years old, Natalie became the youngest female yoga instructor in America and is also a member of Yoga Alliance.
She now teaches donation-based yoga classes throughout the Los Angeles area, and all of the proceeds go to charity.
Come charge your inner sensuality with grasping moves to empower the female energy! NuFunk will challenge your muscles while relieving mental and spiritual stress. Join us women to explore the depths of female sexuality through movement and dance while fueling our spirits with power!
Come break bread at our last vegan share in our Harlem brownstone as we close out another chapter at Urban Yoga Foundation. Creating space at a new table of thought.
Reiki II Gong Master Sunseed will be hosting the last gong meditation in the Harlem Studio. Come as he helps you to unwind using vibrations to help you relax from the stresses of the month.
Supported yoga poses and gentle movements combined with sound and vibration help facilitate a deep sense of peace and serenity.
Our goal is to activate that inner consciousness and provide assistance in the mastering of your personal practice.
Children will explore mindful based learning through movement, art, and improvisation.
More than ever, the words and actions of this great man need to be revisited and celebrated. Looking for a way to honor him AND yourself.
leading this 90 minute Hatha class that will include plenty of space for quiet reflection and meditation to excerpts of Dr.
well as grounding poses (sit in your truth).
The class will help you find the fluidity, passion and expansion in each pose, while focusing on compassion and PEACE. This class will also be supported by music reflective of the period: 60s, civil rights, soul and gospel.
Thursdays we will be hosting a heart and soul cleansing session that conquers stress with mindful movement through breath and dance.
Our mission is to introduce AcroYoga to those who are unfamiliar with this fun and joyful practice, the perfect way to connect to others and expand the community through laughter and support for each other.
Partners welcome but not necessary, teachers will be there to assist you in the basics and answer any questions that you may have.
Bring a friend or come alone and take flight for the New Year.
Celebrate the New Year with Reiki II Gong Master Sunseed. Using supported yoga poses, sound baths, and mindful meditation start the New Year off the best way you can.
Reiki II Gong Master Sunseed will be hosting the last gong meditation of 2017 in December. Come as he helps you to unwind using vibrations to help you relax from the stresses from the year.
We are delighted to offer our first jam session of the season, the idea is to bring you the joy of AcroYoga closer to those of you who live far from other studios and find it inconvenient to travel just for that, I believe that should not be the case, also to introduce AcroYoga to those who are unfamiliar with this fun and joyful practice, the perfect way to connect to others and expand the community through laughter and support for each other.
The only thing we ask for you is a tiny little small donation and your joyeuse smile😁 and to make sure you bring some friends with you, keeping in mind, we aim to keep a safe environment for all at all times.
On the last Thursday of every month, come celebrate health and community! Bring your best vegan dish to this potluck style dinner.
Join the Urban Yoga Foundation as we share good food and good music, creating community at our Harlem studio.
UYF and Buddha Body Yoga are teaming up once again to bring you peace and solidarity with 4-week Saturday sessions with Anita from Body Buddha Yoga. Sessions will be held at UYF's Harlem Studio.
Class Space is limited so make sure you claim your spot!
Meditation offers a great way to cope with the issues that arise as we advance in age UYF wants to help you elevate anything you may be experience through mindful meditation. Class will be held at the Stanley Issac Center, free for all senior.
Satsang, sitting in the company of truth, is an open meeting in the supportive space for discovering the natural, quiet joy and ease of simply being.
In satsang, you are supported in investigating through self inquiry into who you are at the roots. We sit together with your questions and reports to uncover the universal truth underneath our personal stories that seem to separate us.
When Tathina met her teacher Gangaji, after years devoted in search of peace and true fulfillment, she discovered herself as being home no matter what is occurring circumstantially, mentally, emotionally, and physically. This is the invitation Tathina shares with anyone wanting to discover themselves as Freedom itself.
Relax and enjoy yourself with a creative gathering filled with fun, love and beautiful scents creating your own organic holiday soaps! Join Jacquie Gibbs Berry founder of Journey's Mother Beauty Health & Fitness as you create natural soap creations with organic vegan ingredients and pure essential oils.
Chat, sip and create your own facial or body bar blends while you inhale the aromatherapy and exhale the euphoria of your individual creativity! Create several 2 ounce bars! Don't miss out on this amazing session!
Clayton will be back in New York November 16th-27th and wants to get everyone to come out to the Foundation House for some fellowship,yoga and fun as we head into the Holiday season.
Dust off your yoga mats and come on out for a relaxing active work out and a great time together.
Urban Yoga Foundation is offering a two day certification program developed to create from a traditional practice a unique style of teaching school aged students yoga.
GDS' Excel Program will partner with UYF and ThriveNYC Trauma Start to educate and empower youth on Wellness, Meditation, and Mental Health Wellbeing.
We invite the youth and young adults of Harlem and Northern Manhattan and beyond to a free Wellness Workshop on meditation and emotional hygiene. Youth Advocates Maury Ayora, Gisette Paez, and Lucy Mateo will discuss the importance of self-care, counseling, and mentorship.
Ghylian Bell, Founder, and Meditation teacher will guide us through meditation practice. Cortnie McGinnis, a Director of a ThriveNYC initiative, will be helping to offer tools and resources for mental health wellbeing. Dr. Gary Altheim, Clinical Psychologist, will discuss stress relief and emotional hygiene.
This will be the first in a series of FREE Wellness workshops for youth and youth adults. The goal is to empower youth to reach their potential and help others unleash theirs. This workshop is Youth Lead, Adult guided and will help give youth tools to cope with life and stress. The next workshop will be on College Readiness on December 15th, 2017.
Whether you are Black or love Blackness this workshop is about love, family, blackness, food, worship, community. As we return to the body, to our history, to the act of homemaking as a radical act. Returning to the home of our bodies through meditation, movement, breath, silence, mantras, breaking bread together. Loving ourselves through the trauma.
Guiding Teacher for the Radical Dharma Boston Collective, Lama Rod Owens, will be joining Ghylian Bell in this empowering workshop. Please join us!
variety of simple, mindfulness meditation techniques which will vary weekly.
as well. Cushions and blankets provided for use. Dress comfortably and in layers.
The last Sunday of every month, Reiki II Gong Master Sunseed will be using vibrations to help you relax from the stresses from the month. Supported yoga poses and gentle movements combined with sound and vibration help facilitate a deep sense of peace and serenity.
These times of unrest in this world are calling for building our capacity to recognize our trauma in order to create space for generating compassion for the trauma of others.
Join Ghylian Bell of Urban Yoga Foundation in NYC as she guides you through practical and accessible techniques for releasing trauma, including deep breathing, energy freedom and emotional wellness to lead communities toward unity.


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New smartwatch app alerts deaf and hard-of-hearing users to common home-related sounds
Prototype used machine learning to classify sounds in real time
Researchers have developed a smartwatch app for deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Smartwatches offer people a private method for getting notifications about their surroundings -- such as a phone call, health alerts or an upcoming package delivery.
Now University of Washington researchers have developed SoundWatch, a smartwatch app for deaf and hard-of-hearing people who want to be aware of nearby sounds. When the smartwatch picks up a sound the user is interested in -- examples include a siren, a microwave beeping or a bird chirping -- SoundWatch will identify it and send the user a friendly buzz along with information about the sound.
The U.S. National Science Foundation-funded team recently presented these findings at the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) conference on computing and accessibility.
"This technology provides people with a way to experience sounds that require an action -- such as getting food from the microwave when it beeps," said lead author Dhruv Jain, a UW researcher in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
Jain was born hard of hearing. "I use the watch prototype to notice birds chirping and waterfall sounds when I am hiking. It makes me feel present in nature. My hope is that other deaf and hard-of-hearing people who are interested in sounds will also find SoundWatch helpful."
The team started this project by designing a system called HomeSound for deaf and hard-of-hearing people who wanted to know what was going on around their homes.
"I used to sleep through the fire alarm," said Jain.
The researchers tested HomeSound in the Seattle-area homes of six deaf or hard-of-hearing participants for three weeks. Participants were instructed to go about their lives as normal and complete weekly surveys.
Based on feedback, a prototype used machine learning to classify sounds in real time. The researchers created a dataset of over 31 hours of 19 common home-related sounds, such as a dog bark or a cat meow, a baby crying or a knock on the door.


RetroTek-MU road striping Retroreflectometer: independently certified to ASTM E 1710 and CEN EN 1436.
Striping Service and Supply is the first US contractor certified by the Texas Department of Transportation to operate the RetroTek-MU road striping Retroreflectometer.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute stringent certification programme provides a quantitative basis for evaluating the ability of a contractor to operate the RetroTek-MU retroreflectometer.
The vehicle-mounted RetroTek-MU - manufactured by Reflective Measurement Systems, based in Dublin, Ireland - measures the retroreflectivity of long-line pavement markings.
The programme was developed and administered by the institute through an implementation project sponsored by the Texas DoT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Certification by the institute consists of taking numerous pavement markings measurements of various colours, patterns, and retroreflectivity levels and providing the measurement results to the Texas DoT for assessment.
Jay Green, a veteran retroreflectometer operator with Striping Service and Supply, is the first survey operator and user to be certified using the RetroTek-MU. Certification makes Striping Service and Supply eligible for Texas state pavement markings retroreflectivity contracts.
RetroTek-MU measures the striping on both sides of the lane in one pass without the need to switch the sensor from one side of the vehicle to the other. "At the end of surveying, all data can be quickly prepared and sent to district Texas DoT officials without the need for hours of post-processing," said Green.
Importantly, it also is not subject to dirt ingress from the vehicle's front wheels.
The RetroTek-MU sensor is mounted higher than the side-mounted systems as it surveys at 15mts distance (conforming to 30m geometry). It is also less likely to get damaged with impact from speed ramps and other road furniture.
The sensor need not be switched from one side of the vehicle to the other to survey different lines, for example edge and centre markings, because the RetroTek-MU surveys across the full width of a lane in one pass. This eliminates a lot of survey downtime and reduces man hours, survey time and travel distances by up to half, according to the manufacturer.
Outputs from a survey by the RetroTek-MU are available to export to Excel (.csv) and Google Earth (.kml) formats for further processing or viewing. Recorded video images are saved for subsequent replay and visual analysis.
Once the system is calibrated, retroreflectivity measurements are reliable with accuracy and repeatability similar to established hand held retroreflectometers, according to the manufacturer. The operator may customise the averaging distances for retroreflective measurements and set the retroreflective result threshold levels.
It is easy to fit, calibrate, operate and remove, with a comprehensive suite of mapping and video software for post survey analysis. It is independently certified to ASTM E 1710 and CEN EN 1436.
"With the advent of advanced driver assist Systems, this technology will assist road agencies and infrastructure stakeholders to assess and manage the pavement markings of their entire road network safely and quickly," said Joe Turley, chief executive of Reflective Measurement Systems.
Striping Service and Supply, based in Grand Prairie, Texas, with branches in Louisiana and Florida states, offers a full line of pavement marking supplies and equipment for contractors. These include paints, thermoplastic, preform markings, custom and standard signs, and all striping supplies and road striping retroreflectivity assessment readings.


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IMPACT Wrestling Films Rebellion In Front Of Closed Nashville Set
IMPACT Wrestling's Rebellion pay-per-view will now take place in Nashville in front of a closed set. According to a report from PWInsider, IMPACT taped what will now be a television episode based around the Rebellion pay-per-view and will air on AXS on April 19th. RELATED: Ethan Page On The Intangibles Kylie Rae Brings To IMPACT, Calls Her A 'Female Shawn Michaels' (Exclusive) It is also said that the number of episodes IMPACT filmed from its most recent set of closed set tapings will be worked out in post-production. reportedly, the hope is that the company has recorded enough material to get them through nearly two months of television after the content they had previously taped in Atlanta, Georgia finishes airing on AXS TV and potentially last them even longer depending on what is added to the episodes in post-production. The pay-per-view was going to be headlined by Tessa Blanchard defending her World Championship against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards
IMPACT Wrestling Announces 3 Major Multi-Day Events In Chicago In 2023
Big Kon Signs Multi-Year Deal With IMPACT Wrestling


This policy advocacy document advocates a policy to strengthen an existing elementary bilingual program through personalized professional development. Twin goals of the proposed policy are to (1) increase student achievement and (2) increase bilingual teacher retention. District 32's bilingual program recently shifted from a Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) model to a Developmental Bilingual Education (DBE) model, which emphasized biliteracy. As a small suburban school district with a rapidly rising Hispanic and low-income student population, this shift raised awareness among district administrators of the need for a new professional development model geared toward its mostly inexperienced bilingual teachers. To be immediately effective, this new professional development model would need to be more classroom-based, frequent, and focused on sustained personalized professional learning. Key to providing this kind of in-depth, individualized professional learning is hiring a full-time bilingual consulting teacher. Browder's (1995) policy advocacy needs analysis framework is used to analyze the educational, economic, social, political, and moral/ethical dimensions of the proposed policy, and to identify related best practices in professional learning for bilingual educators. Guskey's (2002) five-level professional development framework and Escamilla's (2014) biliteracy observation protocol are utilized in the policy's implementation plan and assessment plan.
Robinson, Nicole M., "Personalized Professional Learning for Elementary Bilingual Educators: A Policy Advocacy Document" (2016). Dissertations. 206.


WeeWX is a great software for people who have a domestic weather station and are interested in meteorology. This open source program, developed in Python, is able to import weather data from many popular weather stations and to produce plots, reports and HTML pages. Moreover, it uses a easy to extend architecture, making it very simple to develop new functionalities such as importing data from third sources or creating new graphical elements.
WeeWX was the core and starting point of my domestic system. At the beginning it was connected only with a WMR88 Oregon Scientific Station. Nowadays it also imports data from my Buderus BC10/RC35 boiler and produces the web pages where the rest of the home gadgets (IP CAM, Philips HUE, RF Switchs, etc.) are managed. In this post only the more important points to install and configure weeWX in a Raspberry Pi will be exposed. In upcoming posts I will present how to extend weeWX to include these enhanced capabilities.
First of all check that your weather station is supported by weeWX in the following page. If it is the case, search if there are hardware notes for your specific models here. In my case, I have a WMR88 Oregon Scientific Weather Station with two remote temperature and humidity sensors (a THGR810 and a THGN800), a rain gauge PCR800 and a wind sensor WGR800. My station is compatible with the WMR-100 driver, which uses the pyusb package to import from USB the sensor information detailed here. Connect your station to your Raspberry Pi using a good quality USB cable.
As usual, before starting a new install, make a backup and update your Raspberry Pi.
To start the installation just use the apt-get utility.
The installer will prompt you for a location name, latitude/longitude, altitude and station type (in my case WMR100). Those parameters can be modified later easily.
Once the installation has finished, weeWX will be running in the background as a daemon process. I recommend you to stop it before starting to change the configuration.
Before doing any changes, it is important to understand and become familiar with the application layout. By this way you will be able to know where to search each file and option.
This file holds the whole configuration information about your WeeWX installation. If you have followed this instructions, the files will be located in the following path: /etc/weewx/weewx.conf .It contains certainly more options than needed by a standard user. Many of them can be safely ignored and left with its default value. The following list includes the options that I particularly consider important and that should be modified in every new installation. For a complete description of the options see this page.
This section covers options relating to the weather station setup.
Location: An UTF-8 string that describes the geography of where the weather station is located.
Latitude and longitude: You can get this information easily with Google Maps as described here. Use decimal degrees, negative for southern and western hemispheres.
Altitude: Set the altitude of the station and the unit used for the altitude (meter or foot).
Station_type: Set the type of hardware used. It can only contain one of the valid stations supported and must have a matching section later on. In my case, my station is a WMR100 type so further configurations of my hardware will be expected in section [WMR100].
It covers options related to the Oregon Scientific WMR100 series of weather stations with USB connectors.
Model: That is only a text with the model of the station. It will be included in the web pages created.
Station Registry: weeWX maintains a registry of the weather stations using the software in this page. If you want to be listed here, set the attribute register_this_station to true and complete the parameters location and station_url in [Station] section, which will be used to identify your installation.
REST Server Name: This section contains the configuration needed for uploading data to Internet sites such as Weather Underground or AWEKAS. If you don't want to send your data, just ensure that the enable parameter of each service is set to false. Or even easier, delete these sections.
Here you can configure the StdReport service, which controls the reports that should be generated. You may modify this section depending on your needs and the type of weather reports that you want to generate. Those are the most common attributes to be defined in this section.
SKIN_ROOT: The directory where the skins are placed.
HTML_ROOT: The target directory for the generated files.
Data binding: The data source to be used for the reports. It should match a binding given in section [DataBindings] as shown below.
Each report develops an skin and is represented by a sub-section, marked with double brackets, with its individual options placed inside. However, the selections done in subsections override the general values, as well as the values placed inside the skin. The most important option to be defined here is the skin.
Skin: The skin name. It should be a directory in the SKIN_ROOT location and contain a file named skin.conf, with the options to be considered when generating the report.
Target_unit: Here the unit system that will be used in weeWX database is configured. Valid values are US, METRICWX and METRIC and the differences between them are shown in this page. The system will automatically convert from the unit system coming from the weather station to the target output unit system here defined. This value MUST NOT be modified or you will corrupt the data contained in your database. This option is independent from the reporting unit; weeWX will do the conversion when required.
In this section you can adjust the observations received from your station using calculations. For instance, if you positively know, due to comparatives with METAR reports, that your pressure indicator has a positive or negative deviation, here you can set for each data type a calibration expression.
Here you can define quality control checks to avoid importing unreal observations values by defining a minimal and a maximal acceptable value. This is an example of configuration for Metric units.
This section controls the origin of derived values. Some hardware provides derived quantities, others provide only raw observations. The calculation service provides derived quantities for hardware that does not provide them, and known algorithms for hardware that provides unreliable or out-of-date calculations. These options will be automatically configured depending on the driver used, so you should not worry about them.
This section is for configuring StdArchive, the service that stores data in a database. It can be useful for certain stations with data logging. I did not modify any option in the file.
Database: The database to be used — it should match one of the sections in [Databases].
Table name: Should be archive.
Manager: The name of the class to be used to manage the table. Default is class weewx.wxmanager.WXDaySummaryManager.
Schema: A Python list holding the structure of the schema to be used to initialise the database. After initialization this file is not used anymore. In this post I will expose how to define an schema for a new database.
In this section the databases used by weeWX are listed in double brackets. Each one contains the parameters needed to create and manage the database. In my case, I have been using SQLite for more than 2 years in my Raspberry Pi without a problem. MySQL is of course more powerful, but SQLite is fast, efficient and enough for my requirements.
Database type: The type of database, in my case SQLite. It should correspond to a subsection in DatabaseTypes section.
Database name: SQLite is a file-based database, in this option the path to the SQLite file relative to the SQLITE_ROOT is given.
Driver: Do not modify this, by default is weedb.sqlite.
SQLITE_ROOT: This is the directory where the database files are located. This file will be intensively written, so you should consider to move it outside your SD Card to minimize the writes as exposed in this post.
WeeWX consists of many services, each responsible for some aspect of the program's functionality. When an event happens, any interested service gets a chance to do some useful work on the event. This section is used to configure the internal services to be run. As it can be seen, they are grouped by type and the order is very important, since each once uses the most updated data. In my case, I deleted the restful services foreseeing that I was not going to use them. If you develop a new service in weeWX, or install a new skin, you will probably have to add it in this section as explained here.
A skin.conffile which contains all the options used to create the report. The sections of the file vary depending on the generators that will run to process the skin.
A number of templates with extension *.html.tmpl. Template generation is done using the Cheetah templating engine, a very powerful engine which essentially lets you have the full semantics of Python available in HTML pages. For this reason templates combines both HTML with python code. A full reference to how to customise a report can be found in this site.
A CSS folder containing specific stylesheets to be applied to the web pages generated. In this skin the folder contains the bootstrap CSS.
A NOAA folder containing templates to generate montly and yearly NOAA weather reports.
Note that the installation of Bootstrap will also update the skin.conffile of the Images skin to generate new periodic graphics, as well as the one corresponding to the languages skin.
[CheetahGenerator]: Here all the template files that should be processed by the Cheetah Generator should be listed.
[GaugeGenerator]: You should decide for which observation type you want to generate a gauge, as well as which format should the gauges have. For each gauge, a subsection with the name of the observation type in double brackets should be created. The gauge options can be defined in the section or be overwritten in the subsection. The gauge generator will create as many gauges as subsections are defined, named following this structure: observation_type+Gauge.png.
[HistoryReport]: As seen in the previous section, the history generator will generate a colourful HTML table for each observation specified in a subsection with double bracket. Moreover, one should specify what aggregation operation should be performed over the observation (average, minimum, maximum, etc.). To include the HTML code of table, just include the tag in a template, following this structure: subsection_name+_table.
[ImageGenerator]: This section will generate the graphical representations using python libraries. There is a full description of all the functions available in this section in the following web.
By default the weeWX logs will be included in syslog. To make it easier to monitor weeWX it would be better to log its messages in a separate file. On the other hand, log files can grow until they reach very big sizes. Moreover, if you followed my the recommendations posted here, your log files will be saved in RAM space, this being critical to keep its size contained. To solve this two issues you must modify two parts of the system, the logging (rsyslog) and the log rotation (logrotate).
The first line redirect the logs generated by programs named "weewx" or whose name starts with "wee_" to the stated log file. The second line prevent the log from applying further filters. To know more about rsyslog check this wiki.
To activate this configuration just create a soft link between the configuration file and the configuration directory of rsyslog. Be aware of the file permissions (644), it can cause problems when being imported. After that, restart the rsyslog service.
WeeWX also includes a defaultlogrotate configuration file. One more time, you should only have to do some little changes to adapt it to your Raspberry.
First of all update the path to the log of the first line. Then decide if you want to rotate it in a daily or weekly basis. More information about available configurations can be found in the man page.
Activate the configuration by creating a soft link. Be aware of the file permissions (0644).
Once your weeWX is configured, it is time to integrate it with a web server to make the reports available all over internet. I have used Apache because it makes easier the integration with php functionalities, although it uses a lot more memory. If you plan just to do a very little home server, then use a lightweight one, such as lighttpd, or nginx.
The alias /weewx points to the path where the HTML reports are generated.
Finally restart Apache to make the changes happen. Don't forget to restart the weeWX daemon.
After some minutes (the reports are generated at a 5 minutes rate) your web page should be ready. Check it from a navigator in your local network. If you want to make your weeWX server accessible from internet, you should follow this steps. Forward the port 80 instead of the defined for SSH.
Making your web server available in internet is a security risk. Read this post to increase your Raspberry security and this other to configure your Apache server in a safer way with password-protected zones and forced SSL usage.
If you experiment problems with weeWX , you should activate the debugging options in the weewx.conf file and have a look at the logs generated. It is probable that someone has experienced the same problem already… just google it! There is a very active google support group here.
Report Generation: Images and HTML files are generated every archive interval. In my case, with the amount of images generated, that supposed almost 1 GB per day.
Messages in system log files: at least once per archive interval.
Meteorological data are saved to SQLite database: at least once per archive interval.
Save reports in a temporary file system.
Move log files to a temporary file system.
Place the SQLite database files away from the SD Card.
any custom code or extensions you have installed.
You don't need the generated HTML pages and images: those will be recreated by weeWX. In this post I explained how to develop an script to backup files and databases in a Raspberry. Just an advice, do not make the copy of the SQLite database while in the middle of a transaction. Schedule the backup for immediately after an archive record is written, and then make sure the backup completes before the next archive record arrives. In my case, a whole report generation takes 90 seconds and the backup script takes less than 70 seconds to run, so I programmed the backup script to run everyday at 5:07. Alternatively, you can also stop weeWX, perform the backup, and then restart it again.
The Rasperry does not have an on-board battery powered clock. Instead, by default, the software is configured with a fake clock (Debian package fake-hwclock). The fake clock regularly records the time on the hard disk. This time is then used to set the clock during the reboot after a power failure. Unfortunately, this time could be hours behind the real time, depending on how long the power was out. To solve this issue, the NTP damon keeps the system date with exact match to actual date. But to update the time, NTP needs a working internet connection. And after a power failure this re connection can take a while.
Meanwhile, if you are running weeWX, it will also start up and try to run with this out-of-date time. When the next archive is received and saved in the database, it will either be stored under a too-old timestamp, or there may already be a record for that timestamp (duplicate primary key), left over from before the power outage.
Eventually your router will get connected and NTP will start up, find an authoritative time source and set the time correctly. However, this whole process could take several minutes. By then, the damage will already be done. To solve this issue, install a hardware clock in your Raspberry Pi. They are inexpensive (7 €) and will solve the problem permanently. Read this post to learn how to install and configure it.
Reload weeWX configuration file without stopping the service: get the pid of the weeWX daemon and send the signal -HUP to restart it.
To generate reports on demand use the command wee_reports. Available options can be found here.


Salacious has been online a couple days now and although you haven't been able to connect my computer has been on and since no one is here to help run it atm and we have no vps it will be down for the night, sorry to all our night players.
4 days off! and i am online 18/7 and now this... i could've been maxed already lol. in combat tho.
And how much is this vps thing?


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Q: Simplifying coding using macro definitions I was trying to figure out someway to prevent writing everytime typedef struct then i found that i could do it using a macro definition this way:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define struct_t typedef struct

struct_t list {
    int id;
    struct list *next;
} list;

int main(void)
{
    list *element = (list *)malloc(sizeof(list));
    element->id = 7;
    element->next = NULL;

    printf("ID: %d\nNEXT: %p", element->id, element->next);
    return 0;
}

Structures are just an exemple: the whole think is about simplifing coding.
Is it a good practice to use macros to simplify coding? or it could cause some problems?
Is there any way to simplify coding other than using a maroc definition?

A: Although macros do have their place in simplifying tedious, repetitive coding tasks, this is not one of the places where they would be helpful: you are saving six characters per struct, do not help you hide anything of complexity, while at the same time introducing a readability issue for readers of your code.
If you wish to save some typing, a better approach in this case may be defining a macro in your favorite IDE or code editor.
Although it is very hard to formulate rules for deciding on using a macro, in general you should consider the following points when making your decision:

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*Will macro simplify a complex block of code? - If the answer is "no", you should not make a macro for it.

*Will macro provide a nice name for a short block of code? - Macro may be a good choice here. Another choice could be an inline function.

*Are you replacing a single language construct? - If the answer is "yes", you should refrain from using a macro.

A: It is bad practice to use macros to "hide" things.  It should be very clear to all people reading your code exactly what each and everything thing is.  My suggestion is to use macros only for simple definitions, such as ...
#define MAX_NUM (10)

... or in the case where a defining function isn't possible or much more complicated.  I can't think of a good example, but perhaps this poorly illustrates one of the rare exceptions ...
#define TRY(test)        if(test != 0)  \
                             goto fail; \
#define FAIL(fail_block) {              \
                             fail:      \
                             fail_block \
                         }              \

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Q: Помогите разобраться с куками для sortable блоков Всем привет, не могу заставить нормально работать куки для боксов, которые сортируются с помощью плагина jquery-ui sortable. Вот хтмл код

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Вот код для куков (подключен плагин для куков)
jQuery(document).ready(function(){

        jQuery('.articlePreviewBox').sortable({
        handle:'.handle',
        helper: "clone",
        containment: '.articlePreviewBox',
        revert:true,
        scroll:true,
        scrollSensitivity: 100,
        scrollSpeed:10,
        cursor:'move',
        tolerance:'pointer',
        items:'.small',
        start: function(e, ui) {
        ui.placeholder.html(ui.item.html());
        ui.placeholder.css({
            'visibility': 'visible',
            'opacity': 0.3
        });
    }
});

//SAVE LEFT-COLUMN ORDER TO COOKIE
        var setSelector = ('.articlePreviewBox');
        var setCookieName = "listOrder1";
        var setCookieExpiry = 7;

        function getOrder() {
            jQuery.cookie(setCookieName, jQuery(setSelector).sortable("toArray"), { expires: setCookieExpiry, path: "/" });
        }

        function restoreOrder() {
            var list = jQuery(setSelector);
            if (list == null) return

            var cookie = jQuery.cookie(setCookieName);
            if (!cookie) return;

            var IDs = cookie.split(",");

            var items = list.sortable("toArray");

            var rebuild = new Array();
            for ( var v=0, len=items.length; v<len; v++ ){
                rebuild[items[v]] = items[v];
            }

            for (var i = 0, n = IDs.length; i < n; i++) {
                var itemID = IDs[i];
                if (itemID in rebuild) {
                    var item = rebuild[itemID];
                    var child = jQuery(setSelector+" .block-teaserBox .content").children("#" + item);
                    var savedOrd = jQuery(setSelector+" .block-teaserBox .content").children("#" + itemID);
                    child.remove();
                    jQuery(setSelector+" .block-teaserBox .content").filter(":first").append(savedOrd);
                }
            }
        }

            jQuery('.articlePreviewBox').sortable({
                update: function() { getOrder(); }
            });
            restoreOrder();
});

Сам код как-то странно работает, то сохраняет позицию, то не сохраняет, никак не могу разобраться с ним, надеюсь на Вашу помощь
A: Ложная тревога: у одного блока движок генерировал не правильный id = "modern cars", из-за этого пробела и была ошибка, а так все работает.


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Domains are registered to the "Aleksej Iliin" persona that we have seen many times before.
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Another batch of domains offering non-existent jobs, part of the long-running "Lapatasker" series. The jobs will include money laundering and other criminal activity.. so probably best acoided.
As with other recent domains, these are registered to a probably fictitious person called Aleksej Iliin, the domains were registered on 10th May.
Pinball Corporation is a company that bought the remnants of Zango, a company that had a reputation for pushing slimeware. Last year I pointed out a case where Pinball Corp were clearly not keeping an eye on the actions of their affiliates, and other people have been critical of them too.
Well, there's potentially some good news.. because according to the Washington State Corporations Division, Pinball Corp became inactive on the 2nd May 2011.
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Update: 3's spam reporting number is 37726 (3SPAM). Thanks for the tip, Richard!
Replying STOP is probably not a good idea - the spammers may well use it to confirm that the mobile number is active. And replying CLAIM is probably an even worse idea since they are a bunch of low-life spammers who probably cannot be trusted.
Another set of domains offering fake jobs via spam, the latest in this long running saga. The domains were registered on 6th May.
The probably fake registrant details still use the "Aleksej Iliin" alias that we have seen previously.
Jobs offered will most likely include the usual mix of money laundering and other fraudulent activities. Avoid.