text:
\section{Introduction}
Let $T$ be a tree on $n$ vertices. Define a weight on an edge as the absolute difference of the labels of its incident vertices. The graceful tree conjecture (GTC), which has been attributed variously to Anton Kotzig, Gerhard Ringel, and Alexander Rosa states
\begin{conj}\cite{Rosa}
It is possible to label the vertices of $T$ uniquely from $0$ to $n-1$, so that the set of weights of $T$ is $\{1,2, \dots, n-1\}$.
\end{conj}

Every tree that accepts the conjectured labeling is known as a \emph{graceful tree}.

To browse the many attempts to solve this problem and their partial results, see Gallian's Dynamic Survey \cite{Gallian}.

We use the definition of \emph{tree distance} that first appeared in \cite{Morgan}. Let $P$ be a longest path in $T$ and call $T$ a $k$-distant tree if all of its vertices are a distance at most $k$ from $P$. Paths ($0$-distant trees) and caterpillars ($1$-distant trees) were shown to be graceful in \cite{Rosa}. However, the conjecture is unknown for any trees with higher tree distance. For $2$-distant trees, or \emph{lobsters}, the question is a well-known conjecture of Jean-Claude Bermond.

\begin{conj}\cite{Bermond}
Every lobster is graceful.
\end{conj}

The $\Delta$ construction, used to create larger graceful trees from graceful trees was first defined by Stanton and Zarnke \cite{SZ} in 1973 and has since been modified and generalized by Koh, Rogers, and Tan \cite{KRT} and Burzio and Ferrarese \cite{BF}. It   is one of the earliest yet most robust methods to create graceful trees.

A construction that has received far less attention is that of Hajo Broersma and Cornelis Hoede \cite{BH} from 1999, who showed an equivalence between the GTC and a more restrictive labeling on trees containing a perfect matching. Their results were unfamiliar enough that in subsequent years David Morgan published a paper proving that all lobsters with a perfect matching are graceful \cite{Morgan}, although this claim was already stated in slightly different language as Corollary 11 in \cite{BH}.

Let $T$ be a tree of order $n$ with a perfect matching $M$. A graceful labeling of $T$, which additionally satisfies the property that for any edge in $M$, the pair of vertices incident to that edge must have a label sum of $n-1$, is called a \emph{strongly graceful} labeling. For any tree $T$ with a perfect matching $M$, the tree resulting from the contraction of the edges of $M$ is called the \emph{contree} of $T$.

\begin{thm}[Broersma-Hoede]\cite{BH}\label{BHEquivalence}
Every tree is graceful if and only if every tree containing a perfect matching is strongly graceful.
\end{thm}

In this work, we apply the approach of Matt Superdock\cite{Superdock} who consolidated the constructions of \cite{BH} and \cite{BF} and extended Theorem \ref{BHEquivalence}.

\begin{defn}
A tree $T$ is \emph{0-rotatable} if for every vertex of $v$ of $T$, there exists a graceful labeling $f$ so that $f(v)=0$.
\end{defn}

\begin{thm}[Superdock]
If the tree $T$ has an almost perfect matching, and the contree of $T$ is $0$-rotatable, then $T$ is graceful.
\end{thm}

As a consequence of our analysis, we answer Conjecture $2.14$ of \cite{BK},

\begin{thm}\label{almost perfect}
Every lobster with a matching that covers all but one vertex, that is, an almost perfect matching, is graceful.
\end{thm}

For an excellent and detailed account of the current state of the GTC along with some new results, we refer the reader to Matt Superdock's senior thesis \cite{Superdock}, from which we borrow definitions and notation.

For basic graph theoretic concepts, see The Book \cite{West}.

\section{$\Delta$ Constructions and Beyond}
\begin{defn}\cite{SZ}
Let $S$ and $T$ be two trees and let $v$ be a vertex of $T$. Replace each vertex of $S$ by a copy of $T$ by identifying each vertex of $S$ with the vertex corresponding to $v$ in the distinct copy of $T$. Denote the resulting tree by $S \Delta T$.
\end{defn}

\begin{thm}\cite{SZ}
If $S$ and $T$ are graceful, then $S \Delta T$ is graceful.
\end{thm}

Suppose $S$ and $T$ have orders $n_S$ and $n_T$, respectively, with graceful labelings $f$ and $g$. The construction used to prove the above theorem requires $n_S$ copies of $T$, each substituted for a vertex of $S$. Let $(A,B)$ be a bipartition of $T$. For $0\leq i \leq n_S-1$, the following function labels the vertices of each copy of $T$. The index corresponds to the label of $S$ taken from the value of $f$ on the vertex of $S$ into which we substitute the copy of $T$.
  \[ g_i(x) = \left\{\begin{array}{ll}
    in_T+g(x), & \text{ if } x\in A\\
    (n_S - i -1)n_T+g(x), & \text{ if } x \in B\\
      \end{array}\right. \]

\begin{defn}\cite{SZ}
Let $S$ and $T$ be trees and let $u,v$ be vertices of $S$ and $T$, respectively. Replace each vertex of $S$, other than the exceptional vertex $u$, by a copy of $T$ by identifying each vertex of $S$ with the vertex corresponding to $v$ in the distinct copy of $T$. Denote the resulting tree by $S\Delta_{+1}T$.
\end{defn}

\begin{thm}\cite{SZ}
If $S$ of order $n_S$ and $T$ are trees with graceful labelings $f$ and $g$, where $f(u)=n_S-1$ and $g(v)=0$, then $S\Delta_{+1}T$ is graceful.
\end{thm}

This construction is almost identical to the one above.  Let $(A,B)$ be a bipartition of $T$ with $v\in A$. The labeling function follows, other than the label on $u$, which is $(n_S-1)n_T$.
  \[ g_i(x) = \left\{\begin{array}{ll}
    in_T+g(x), & \text{ if } x\in A\\
    (n_S - i -2)n_T+g(x), & \text{ if } x \in B\\
      \end{array}\right. \]

Burzio and Ferrarese \cite{BF} generalized both of these constructions. To improve the $\Delta$ construction, consider two adjacent vertices of $S$ into which we substitute copies of $T$. Notice that we may connect two such copies of $T$ by an edge between {\bf any} two vertices that correspond to the same vertex in each copy. For the $\Delta_{+1}$ construction, the above observatoin holds for any adjacent pair of vertices of $S$ other than the exceptional vertex $u$, which must still be adjacent to the vertices corresponding to the fixed vertex $v$ of $T$.

\begin{prop}\label{matchings}
Let $T$ be a tree with an almost perfect matching $M$. For every path of maximum length with end vertex $v$, $T$ accepts an almost perfect matching which covers all vertices but $v$.
\end{prop}

\begin{proof}
We induct on the order $n$ of $T$, which we notice must be odd. The statement is trivial for $n=3$. Next, suppose the theorem holds for all trees of order less than $n$. Let $T$ be a tree of order $n$ with an almost perfect matching $M$. If the vertex not covered by $M$ is an end vertex on a path of maximum length, then $M$ is the required matching, so suppose this is not the case. Notice that every leaf edge of $T$ must be in $M$. Choose a path of maximum length, $P$, and remove a leaf edge $e$ and its incident vertices to form the tree $T'=T\backslash \{e\}$. By the induction hypothesis, the theorem holds for $T'$.

If the remaining portion of $P$ in $T'$, that is, $P\backslash\{e\}$, is not a path of maximum length in $T'$, then $T'$ contains a path $Q$ of the same length as $P$. By the induction hypothesis, we can produce an almost perfect matching $M'$ of $T'$ excluding an end vertex of $Q$. This means that $M'\cup\{e\}$ is an almost perfect matching for $T$ satisfying the necessary conditions.

If $P\backslash\{e\}$ is a path of maximum length in $T'$, then we apply the induction hypothesis to produce a almost perfect matching $M'$ of $T$ which excludes an end vertex of $P\backslash\{e\}$ which is not incident to $e$ in $P$. Again, $M'\cup\{e\}$ is the required almost perfect matching for $T$.
\end{proof}

\begin{proof}{(of Theorem \ref{almost perfect})}
Let $T$ be a lobster with an almost perfect matching. By Proposition \ref{matchings}, we can find an almost perfect matching $M$ of $T$ that covers all but an end vertex $u$ on a path of maximum length. Contract the edges of $M$ to form the caterpillar $T'$. Rosa showed that caterpillars are graceful \cite{Rosa} and produced a graceful labeling in which any end vertex on a path of maximum length may be labeled $0$. Notice that for any graceful labeling $f$ of a tree with $m$ edges, the \emph{complementary labeling} $\bar{f}$ is defined by $\bar{f}(v)=m-f(v)$ for each vertex $v$ of the tree, is graceful. We label $T'$ by the complementary labeling of Rosa's labeling, so that $u$ receives the maximum label. Notice that $u$ serves as our exceptional vertex in a generalized $\Delta_{+1}$ construction with $T'$ as $S$ and $P_2$ as $T$.
\end{proof}

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text:
package main

import (
	"database/sql"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	tg "github.com/semog/go-bot-api/v4"
)

const playersTableName = "players"

func getPlayer(chatID int64, user *tg.User) *playerEntry {
	var update = false
	player, err := getPlayerByID(chatID, user.ID)
	if player.firstname != user.FirstName {
		player.firstname = user.FirstName
		update = true
	}
	if player.lastname != user.LastName {
		player.lastname = user.LastName
		update = true
	}
	if player.username != user.UserName {
		player.username = user.UserName
		update = true
	}

	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("Adding %s to game [%d].", formatPlayerName(player), chatID)
		createPlayer(player)
	} else if update {
		log.Printf("Updating %s player info.", formatPlayerName(player))
		savePlayer(player)
	}
	return player
}

func getPlayerByID(chatID int64, userid int) (*playerEntry, error) {
	player := &playerEntry{
		chatid: chatID,
		userid: userid,
	}
	err := gamedb.SingleQuery(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT firstname, lastname, username, nickname, score, numwords FROM %s WHERE chatid = %d AND userid = %d",
		playersTableName, player.chatid, player.userid),
		&player.firstname, &player.lastname, &player.username, &player.nickname, &player.score, &player.numWords)
	return player, err
}

func getPlayers(chatID int64) []*playerEntry {
	players := make(playerList, 0)
	// Sort by score ranking.
	gamedb.MultiQuery(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT userid, firstname, lastname, username, nickname, score, numwords FROM %s WHERE chatid = %d ORDER BY score DESC", playersTableName, chatID),
		func(rows *sql.Rows) error {
			player := &playerEntry{
				chatid: chatID,
			}
			rows.Scan(&player.userid, &player.firstname, &player.lastname, &player.username, &player.nickname, &player.score, &player.numWords)
			players = append(players, player)
			return nil
		})
	return players
}

func createPlayer(player *playerEntry) error {
	return gamedb.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s (chatid, userid, firstname, lastname, username, nickname, score, numwords) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", playersTableName),
		player.chatid, player.userid, player.firstname, player.lastname, player.username, player.nickname, player.score, player.numWords)
}

func savePlayer(player *playerEntry) error {
	return gamedb.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET firstname = ?, lastname = ?, username = ?, nickname = ?, score = ?, numwords = ? WHERE chatid = ? AND userid = ?", playersTableName),
		player.firstname, player.lastname, player.username, player.nickname, player.score, player.numWords, player.chatid, player.userid)
}

func updatePlayerScore(chatID int64, userid int, scoreUpdate int) error {
	return gamedb.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET score = (SELECT score+%d FROM %s WHERE chatid = %d AND userid = %d) WHERE chatid = %d AND userid = %d",
		playersTableName, scoreUpdate, playersTableName, chatID, userid, chatID, userid))
}

func updatePlayerWords(chatID int64, userid int, wordsUpdate int) error {
	return gamedb.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET numwords = (SELECT numwords+%d FROM %s WHERE chatid = %d AND userid = %d) WHERE chatid = %d AND userid = %d",
		playersTableName, wordsUpdate, playersTableName, chatID, userid, chatID, userid))
}

func nickNameInUse(chatID int64, nickName string) bool {
	return nil == gamedb.SingleQuery(fmt.Sprintf("SELECT userid FROM %s WHERE chatid = %d and nickname = '%s'", playersTableName, chatID, nickName))
}

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The man who fatally shot a Johnson City restaurant owner remains at large.
Village police say the man who was killed was 50-year-old Shakeel Khan of Johnson City.
Khan reportedly was shot multiple times as he closed the Halal Bites restaurant at 652 Riverside Drive around 10 p.m. Saturday. He died a short time later at Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City.
Investigators say the shooter's face was covered by a dark mask. They say Khan was unarmed.
According to a GoFundMe page created by the Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier, Khan leaves behind a wife, a 14-year-old daughter, a 12-year-old son and an 8-year-old son. The children attend Vestal schools.
The information posted on the GoFundMe page indicates Khan moved to Broome County from Brooklyn one year ago "to establish a business and to raise his kids in a better environment and neighborhood."
Detectives have not said whether they have identified a suspect in the shooting. Police Chief Brent Dodge earlier said investigators were looking for "at least one male suspect of unknown race."
People with information about the shooting may contact Johnson City police at 607.729.9321.


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Note: In the event of a drenching weather forecast for the ride, I will postpone the ride & notify everyone Friday night.
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Note: The cathedral has no lockers or storage space for personal belongings, nor is food/drink permitted inside.
Just up the street is Cactus Cantina for a tasty group lunch.
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Guidy Mamann was at a former employee's wedding when he received a phone call. "The community called me to tell me that one plane made it to Guatemala and the other one was stuck in Trinidad and the Canadian government had gone out, chased them down, and brought them back," says the senior partner with Mamann Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP. The "community" was Lev Tahor, a Haredi Jewish sect that had recently fled from Quebec to Ontario in an attempt to evade child protection authorities. A handful of the approximately 40 families had then tried to go to the Caribbean, but only a few made it successfully.
Lev Tahor arrived in Canada over a decade ago, settling in the Ste-Agathe -des-Monts area of Quebec. Like most Haredi communities, they eschewed the modern world, instead focusing on studying the Torah. Their fundamentalist leanings meant morning prayer lasted for hours, people spoke only Yiddish, and women and girls wore a chador-like garment in public, covering everything but the oval of their face.
Quebec child protection authorities, who had been investigating the group for two years, allege some of the 129 children were being deprived of a proper education and were subject to harsh abuses, including corporal punishment and child marriage. The relationship between the community and the agency began to deteriorate, and when a court instructed the families of 14 of the children to appear for a hearing, the community decided to flee.
On Nov. 17, they filed into a number of rented buses and went to Chatham, Ont., leaving behind most of their belongings. But when they arrived in Ontario, neither the problems of Lev Tahor nor the dealings with child protection authorities were over.
The inter-jurisdictional movement of children is nothing new. But according to Nicholas Bala, a law professor at Queen's University, as travel has become cheaper, the number of cases has increased significantly, and neither legislation nor the common law in Canada has kept pace with the issues that arise. "We're certainly seeing an increase in international mobility of both adults and children and we will increasingly be facing these kinds of issues," he says.
But if governments try to intervene, the legal tools at their disposal are limited.
In the Lev Tahor case, when the Chatham-Kent child protection authorities petitioned the Ontario courts to allow them to send the children back to Quebec, the courts at first agreed. But in Chatham-Kent Children's Services v. J.S., Superior Court Justice Lynda Templeton overturned the decision on appeal. She found the Child and Family Services Act did not allow for enforcement of extra-provincial child protection orders. "There is a fundamental premise that if children are at risk, the local agency that acts on behalf of the state where the children are located has and must have the power to act on the basis of its own information," she wrote.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs Trade and Development said in a statement Canada has not yet decided on whether to accept Guatemala's 2002 accession to the convention or whether or not to sign the 1996 Hague Convention on Child Protection, but wouldn't go into specifics. Instead, Quebec authorities tried to use the immigration system to get the community to return the children to Quebec. After Lev Tahor left Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, a Quebec court issued warrants for committal for all 129 children, not just the 14 children who were the subject of the missed court date.
Now the community and child protection authorities are stuck in limbo. While Ontario is investigating the claims of child abuse and neglect for those community members in Chatham, they have no legal recourse against the families that have fled to Guatemala, some of whom had the most serious allegations leveled against them. Meanwhile, even Lev Tahor members who are not under investigation cannot get passports for their children, and so are chained to Canada, a country they're increasingly disillusioned with — that is, until their permits expire, at which time they could be deported.


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IMPORTANT NOTICE: OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME All Member States of WHO in the European Region share the common value of the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental human right.All of WHO's actions are based on this and rooted in the underlying value of equity as described in the General Programme of Work. The 13th General Programme of Work defines the mission of WHO as one to promote health, to keep the world safe, and to protect the vulnerable. The GPW calls for heightened accountability, prioritizing impact and outcome at country level, and to improve the lives of three billion people, through universal health coverage, through addressing health emergencies, and promoting healthier populations.WHO's mandate revolves around six core functions: (i) providing leadership on global health matters; (ii) shaping the health research agenda; (iii) setting norms and standards; (iv) articulating evidence-based policy options; (v) providing technical support to countries; and (vi) monitoring and assessing health trends.The European Region (EURO) of WHO is made up of 53 countries, with over 880 million people. The diversity of people and health situations requires, on the demand side, a solid understanding of the emerging socio-economic, epidemiologic and demographic patterns and trends at both aggregate as well as national and sub-national levels, with due sensitivity to disadvantaged populations and vulnerable segments of the society. On the supply side, it is equally crucial to have a solid understanding of the commonalities and divergences of the health systems, the circumstances and political economy under which they have evolved and operate and, more specifically, how these bear upon the way the health system stewardship function of health ministries is carried out.The objective of WHO's presence in countries, territories and areas is to develop a two-way collaboration between the Secretariat and national relevant stakeholders; of supporting their efforts of achieving national health goals; of ensuring the attainment of universal health coverage and of contributing to global and regional public health action when and where required. WHO provides guidance and technical support in organizing the humanitarian health response and in revitalizing the capacity of the health sector to rebuild and recover from emergencies in appropriate and sustainable ways.The WHO Country Office supports the Member State to shape its health policy in line with WHO's principles and values and advocates for an integrated approach to health development. By means of a single, unified and functionally integrated country representation, WHO facilitates the implementation of the GPW13 and particularly BCA with the Member State and its corresponding country work plan. WHO helps the country to improve its health system, facilitates policy dialogue and provides technical support as necessary. The WHO country office administers, consolidates, manages and enhances WHO collaboration in the country including all resources deployed in the country either permanently or temporarily to maximize WHO impact. The Country Office also has a representational, fund-raising and resource steering function, as neededThe Division of NCDs and Promoting Health through the Life-Course (DNP) aims at improving health during all stages of life by addressing the social, environmental, behavioural and biological determinants of chronic diseases. The Division achieves this aim by applying the principles and practice of health promotion as well as integrating the prevention, control and management of disease in order to:(a) assist countries in the Region to design, establish and run effective health and intersectoral programmes that are able to tackle the burden of chronic diseases and conditions, particularly focusing on: (i) noncommunicable diseases (cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases) as well as related conditions and risk factors (harmful use of alcohol and illicit drugs, tobacco use, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity); (ii) mental health and neuro-degenerative disorders; (iii) violence and injuries.(b) assist countries to promote health across the life course, particularly focusing on:(i) child and adolescent health; (ii) sexual and reproductive health, including making pregnancy safer, women's health and rights; (iii) healthy ageing; (c) maintain regional integrated surveillance systems and assisting countries in developing disease and risk factor surveillance systems, to determine and monitor burden of disease, risks factors and health determinants, and to propose relevant applied research projects, health interventions and partnerships to tackle the acute and long-term health impact of those diseases and risk factors. The Mental health and degenerative disorders (MNH) programme of the Division assists countries to develop and implement national policies and plans in line with the European Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. The programme is pursuing a health system strengthening approach that addresses needs across the full spectrum of mental health services and delivery platforms. It provides guidance, tools and advocacy for the promotion of mental health, and the development of treatment and recovery services across the life-course.
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Question: What Is The Difference Between Tautology And Contradiction?
What is tautology and fallacy?
How do I know if I have tautology?
What is the opposite of a tautology?
Why is tautology used?
What is the paradox?
What is an example of contradiction?
What is an example of a tautology?
What is contradiction in truth table?
Why do I say things twice?
What is a tautological argument?
What is the opposite of a paradox?
What is meant by tautology?
Why is tautology wrong?
What does V mean in truth tables?
Is period of time a tautology?
Which of the following is the best example of a tautology?
What is the meaning of tautological?
A tautology in math (and logic) is a compound statement (premise and conclusion) that always produces truth.
No matter what the individual parts are, the result is a true statement; a tautology is always true.
The opposite of a tautology is a contradiction or a fallacy, which is "always false"..
If you are given any statement or argument, you can determine if it is a tautology by constructing a truth table for the statement and looking at the final column in the truth table. If all of the truth values in the final column are true, then the statement is a tautology.
The opposite of a tautology is presumably a contingent statement. … (2) Contingent statement – something true because it happens to be and which is not a Tautology.
Essentially, a tautology expresses the same thing, idea, or saying repeatedly. There are many reasons people use tautology in both everyday discussion and poetry, research papers, prose, and song lyrics. At times it may be due to inept speakers or inadequacies in a language, or intentional ambiguities .
noun. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. a self-contradictory and false proposition. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature. an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
A contradiction is a situation or ideas in opposition to one another. … Examples of a contradiction in terms include, "the gentle torturer," "the towering midget," or "a snowy summer's day." A person can also express a contradiction, like the person who professes atheism, yet goes to church every Sunday.
In grammatical terms, a tautology is when you use different words to repeat the same idea. For example, the phrase, "It was adequate enough," is a tautology. The words adequate and enough are two words that convey the same meaning.
You can think of a tautology as a rule of logic. The opposite of a tautology is a contradiction, a formula which is "always false". In other words, a contradiction is false for every assignment of truth values to its simple components.
Palilalia (from the Greek πάλιν (pálin) meaning "again" and λαλιά (laliá) meaning "speech" or "to talk"), a complex tic, is a language disorder characterized by the involuntary repetition of syllables, words, or phrases.
A tautology is any argument where for any combination of truth values (true/false) assigned to the predicates within it, the logical flow of the argument is such that the conclusion will always turn out true.
paradox. Antonyms: precept, proposition, axiom, truism, postulate. Synonyms: contradiction, enigma, mystery, absurdity, ambiguity.
In logic, a tautology (from Greek: ταυτολογία) is a formula or assertion that is true in every possible interpretation.
The standard criticism of tautologies goes like this: because of the the fact that tautologies are necessarily true, they do not tell us anything new about the world. They cannot possibly be wrong; therefore, they do not add to our knowledge. They are redundancies, and they ultimately do not need to be stated.
v" means "or". ( X v Y) is true when X is true (no matter what Y is). It is also true when Y is true (no matter what X is). The only way it is false is if *both* X *and* Y are false. "
"extensive periods of time" contained the tautology "periods of time".
In the realm of logic, a tautology is something that is true in all circumstances. A common example of a logical tautology is the following: The dog is either brown, or the dog is not brown.
needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in "widow woman." an instance of such repetition. Logic. a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as "A or not A."
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Happy Mother's Day to all my fellow mothers out there!
I'm assuming this means Emmett is musically inclined.� I could also assume that he's an out-of-box thinker.� Or it's just that he's a boy, and boys will be boys.


During the Korean Basketball League's all-star game both teams did the Mannequin Challenge while the clock was running. Granted it was only the second quarter, but still!! If I were in the crowd I would've been freaking out if everyone just stopped playing.


When we think of countries, we tend to consider them as a giant land masses with a lot of people living their normal life inside the regions, yet the facts are not completely true. There are some countries around the world which are really small. With their personal governments and own culture, these a minute countries are some of the richest, most isolated yet most fascinating places in the world. Travel to these tiny little places offering you much more than one expects from the much bigger countries having no comparison.
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The place is the smallest independent state even including the area and the population which concludes to only 0.44 km². Vatican City is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church and has got the most magnificent architecture like the iconic St. Peters Basilica. There is a Vatican Museums housing ancient artwork and Roman sculptures and renaissance frescoes.
Situated on the French Riviera in Western Europe, Monaco is the most densely populated countries of the world having the population of over 35,000. It is a land of a rich and popular people where 30 percent of the population consists of millionaires only. The place stands for luxurious yachts, glamorous casinos and the Monaco Grand Prix.
Situated in the Central Pacific, Nauru is the smallest island country in the world. It is the phosphate mining that has made the country very wealthy, which in 2011, the resources have been depleted to the level that the unemployment level has gone to around 90 percent.
A nation situated between Australia and Hawaii is among the smallest countries of the world, consisting of 3 Reefs Island and 6 atolls. The country has no railroad and may be because of this remoteness, tourism does not play a major role as a force in the economy yet the place looks like a beautiful hamlet which will surely going to mesmerize you.
With a populace of around 32,000 San Marino is a small state surrounded by Italy. Founded during the 4th century, the country claims it to be the ancient sovereign state that has survived till now. The place has historical sites with medieval architecture which will take you to the olden times.
Liechtenstein is the second richest country in the world after Qatar, considering the GDP. Located between the Austria and Switzerland on the Alps, the place is simply a dreamy destination that looks as if came out straight from the storybook. The place is small but very successful.
Situated in the West Indies, Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign state in the America constituting area and population. Being a true island delight, tourism is a flourishing sectors, moreover the reason for its growth. The island possesses of a rich marine life which makes it a great place to go diving!
As one of the popular travel destinations, Maldives is a sub tropical nation sited in the Indian Ocean. Maldives is all about blue waters, beautiful reefs, stunning beaches and a plethora of sea life. One can also enjoy experiencing the different water activities for the experience of the life time.
Sited in the Mediterranean Sea, Malta is one of the densely populated island countries in the world with around 450,000 inhabitants living in the region. Tourist from all over the world comes to visit the place because of it stunning beaches, sunny weather and the lively nightlife. It consists of the area rounding off to only 316 km².
Situated in the northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada is the world's largest producer of nutmeg and mace crops. A famous tourist spot where, you'll find the architecture and art influenced from the French tradition all around the island, with cricket as the most admired sport.


Projection signs should not be overlooked when looking for signage solutions. As the name states, they project from your building allowing your brand to be noticed from a distance. It is essential that your brand is clear and recognisable to your customers, particularly for high-street brands. We offer many solutions such as our internally illuminated powder coated aluminium trays supporting an acrylic light defusing face with digitally printed vinyl graphics.


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Title Managing our water resources from space
Today is World Water Day, and satellite observations are indispensible for monitoring our water resources. ESA's TIGER initiative is supporting Africa in monitoring precious water assets by exploiting s
The demand for water is growing inexorably. Access to water is vital – not only for drinking, but also for agriculture, energy and sanitation.
In certain regions of the world, water scarcity is caused by population growth, climate conditions and increasing climate variability, economic development or urbanisation.
At the sixth World Water Forum held last week in Marseille, France, experts from over 170 countries met to discuss solutions for sustainable water management.
Satellite observations of our planet were widely acknowledged as an indispensable tool for collecting information on available water resources. This is especially true for areas like cross-boundary river basins, such as the Nile basin and its 11 countries.
Responding to this need for information on water, ESA's TIGER initiative is running projects and building capacity to use space technology for managing water resources in direct partnership with several African and international organisations, such as the African Ministers' Council on Water, UNESCO-IHP, African Water Facility, UN-ECA and the Canadian Space Agency.
At last week's World Water Forum, TIGER's recent Aquifer project was highlighted as a major success story.
Aquifer was developed in collaboration with the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) to use satellites for managing cross-boundary groundwater aquifers, which are the main source of freshwater in the region.
The results led to the African Water Facility of the African Development Bank investing in the technology, culminating in the OSS being selected as the winner of the King Hassan II Great World Water Prize.
"The European Space Agency has continuously supported OSS with the integration of Earth observation in our programmes on trans-boundary groundwater aquifers through the TIGER initiative," said Chedli Fezzani, Executive Secretary of the OSS.
"I personally thank ESA for this support and associate ESA to the distinction of the King Hassan II Great World Water Price to OSS."
The newest TIGER activity, TIGER-NET, was also launched at the Forum, chaired by the Africa Ministers' Council on Water.
This project is developing Earth observation solutions for integrated water resource management to support numerous African water authorities: Nile Basin Initiative, Lake Chad Basin Commission, Volta Basin Authority, Department of Water Affairs South Africa and the Namibian Ministry of Water.
A cost-effective water observation and information system exploiting satellite data will be installed in each of the selected water authorities to monitor, assess and take inventory of water resources in their river basins.
Successful and sustainable development of Earth observation applications requires dedicated capacity building and training of African scientists and water authorities to exploit current and future satellite observations such as the upcoming Sentinel missions.
Recent and planned activities of the TIGER Capacity Building Facility – where African researchers are trained in exploiting satellite data – were also presented at the World Water Forum.
"UNESCO's close cooperation with the TIGER initiative stimulates water researchers to exploit spaceborne remote sensing technology in UNESCO's priority region: Africa," says Siegfried Demuth, Chief of Hydrological System and Global Change Section at UNESCO.
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Q: Does CSS3 offer a "minimum-size" property for "background"? I'm using
background-size: 100%;

To fit my background image (in the body-tag) to the browser window.
But is there a CSS3 background-property to set a minimum-size?
Or will I need some div-"trick" like:

#bg {
    position:fixed;
    top:-50%;
    left:-50%;
    width:200%;
    height:200%;
}
#bg img {
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    right:0;
    bottom:0;
    margin:auto;
    min-width:50%;
    min-height:50%;
}

A: How about adding this:
@media screen and (max-width:700px){
    #bg img { width: 500px; /* fixed width under 700px */ }
}

A: I think you are looking for
background-size: contain;

OR
background-size: cover;

The difference being that cover specifies that the background image should be as small as possible while maintaining its aspect ratio. contain on the other hand specifies that the background image should be as large as possible.
See the MDN documentation here.

A: A bit late to this question but for anyone wondering, now you can!
Say you want to have a background image take up 100% height of parent but also have a minimum height of 200px (e.g. in case parent height is less than 200px).
We can use max() to get the maximum value from two numbers so if 100% height > 200px it will use 100% but if not it will stop at 200px effectively making 200px the minimum height.
body {
  background-size: 100% max(200px, 100%);
}

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