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Federal Player of the Week
Greg Kutz: Uncovering child abuse and neglect at residential, public and private schools
Greg Kutz
Meet the Federal Player of the Week:Greg Kutz
Position: Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations, Government Accountability Office
Residence: Washington, D.C.
Education: Pennsylvania State University, B.S. accounting
Awards: Distinguished Service, Meritorious Service; Client Service Awards at GAO; 2010 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal Finalist
Hobbies: Exercising and any activity with his daughter
The Partnership for Public Service
Monday, September 27, 2010; 5:04 PM
In Arizona, a teen with asthma and complaining of chest pains was forced by counselors at a residential boot camp to do pushups and carry cinder blocks for not having completed an assignment. The youngster subsequently died, with an autopsy finding more than 70 physical injuries.
In West Virginia, a four-year-old autistic girl with cerebral palsy was tied to a chair, badly bruised and traumatized. In Utah, a 16-year-old boy in a wilderness therapy program collapsed and died after counselors ignored signs of physical distress for three weeks, including severe weight loss, severe abdominal pain and loss of bodily functions.
These shocking and heartbreaking stories are among thousands of cases chronicled by Gregory Kutz, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) managing director, who led a nationwide investigation that documented widespread abuse, torture, neglect and death of troubled and disabled children in residential programs and in public and private schools across the United States.
Dedicated to curbing these abhorrent abuses, Kutz' investigation has led to legislation approved by the House of Representatives and pending in the Senate that establishes new federal health and safety standards to protect teenagers in residential programs.
The probe also prompted legislation approved by the House of Representatives earlier this year and pending in the Senate that is designed to prevent and reduce harmful seclusion and restraint of children in all schools. In addition, the inquiry provoked reactions from the Department of Education and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The results of the investigation were disclosed at three dramatic hearings before the House Education and Labor Committee in 2007, 2008 and 2009. They included tales of severe beatings of children by residential program staff; the withholding of essential food, water, clothing, shelter and medical care; abusive seclusion and restraint of children with disabilities; and deceptive marketing by programs targeting vulnerable parents of troubled children.
The inquiry highlighted the lack of federal laws to protect young people in residential programs, and exposed the weak and inconsistent laws and oversight by states regarding issues of seclusion and physical restraint.
"His findings have brought attention to rampant abuses and attracted the attention of the press and Congress," said Sally Anne Harper, GAO's chief administrative officer. "He has taken this work personally, and saw it as his duty to look out for vulnerable children."
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he was "deeply troubled" by the disclosures, and he sent a strong letter to all state chief school officers requesting they review policies and guidelines regarding the use of restraints and seclusion in schools to ensure every student is safe and protected.
The FTC responded with a guide for parents to use before enrolling their children in residential troubled teen programs. The FTC warned that these programs, such as those for drug and alcohol treatment, confidence building, military-style boot camps and psychological counseling, are not regulated by the federal government, and many are not subject to state licensing or monitoring.
As father to a five-year-old girl, Kutz said he found the use of seclusion and restraint of young, developmentally challenged children especially revolting.
"Doing this kind of work¿speaking to parents of children who died in these facilities and reviewing autopsy reports¿is never an easy task, but it's all the more heartbreaking when the surviving victims are some of the most vulnerable members of our society who are unable to speak for themselves," he said.
The findings resulted from extensive outreach to state and local law enforcement authorities, parents, attorneys and advocacy groups across the country to document cases going back almost two decades.
There were undercover calls to residential programs where GAO investigators, including Kutz, posed as vulnerable parents looking for programs to help their troubled children. The GAO also conducted extensive analysis of federal and state regulations and court records.
Harper of the GAO said the child abuse investigation exemplifies the type of work Kutz has done throughout his career. "He personally conducts investigations which shine a light on places that are dark," Harper said.
This article was jointly prepared by the Partnership for Public Service, a group seeking to enhance the performance of the federal government, and washingtonpost.com. Visit www.ourpublicservice.org for more about the organization's work to recognize the men and women who serve our nation.
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Community Benefit Scheme Supports Local Sport
City of Palmerston is proud to sponsor local Palmerston sporting clubs, the Palmerston Netball Association (PNA) and the Palmerston Rovers Football Club.
Council offers funding to eligible community groups and organisations, including sporting clubs, through the Community Benefit Scheme.
The Palmerston Netball Association (PNA) based in Moulden is the home of netball in the Palmerston region and aims to encourage, educate, and promote the sport of netball. The Palmerston Netball Association manages a competition with five netball clubs, comprising approximately 60 teams and 600 individual athletes who play netball on a weekly basis from March to September in the Dry Season competition.
Alongside PNA, the Palmerston Rovers Football Club have received $5,000 sponsorship for the 2020/21 financial year.
As a long-standing community club, the Palmerston Rovers Football Club identifies as an integral part of the Palmerston sporting community, with the $5,000 sponsorship allowing them to hold a wet season and dry season competition.
City of Palmerston Mayor, Athina Pascoe-Bell congratulates the Palmerston Netball Association and the Rovers Football Club on their successful grant application.
"Through the sponsoring of local sporting clubs, we are assisting Palmerston residents to be active, take pride in our municipality and contribute to the sense of community."
The Community Benefit Scheme funding includes sponsorships, donations, and grants, with scholarships and representation support also available to individuals.
City of Palmerston actively supports initiatives which benefit the community.
For further information on the Community Benefit Scheme, or to apply for financial support, visit www.palmerston.nt.gov.au.
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The experience of the certified nursing assistant can differ in conformity, and also this can depend upon your company, as well as your place. For a certified nursing assistant, the top earners are the ones with one of the most experience, as well as are in the 90 percentile will certainly gain roughly around $33,900 for a year's wage, while a certified nursing assistant that is the bottom 10 percent can earn anywhere in the average of $17,500 for a yearly wage.
In May 2009, the ordinary wage earning for nursing aides in the United States was $24,900, and also this was reported by the BLS. A pay scale survey revealed that 20,900 people in this sector discovered that spend for nurse assistants would certainly range from anywhere between $19,800 to $27,000.
For nursing assistants in the location of Kansas City had the highest possible on the average CNA income of $24,470 among those in the urban location of Missouri; next it was St. Louis where the standard was $23,100 for the of May 2009. The cheapest salary was Jefferson City, where the ordinary earning assistant would certainly be paid per year $19,300, and also in Joplin, the assistants would certainly obtain $19,640 a year.
The location of where your utilized can likewise have a bearing on just how much money is made, as well as on what your employers feel you need to earn. If your living in the state of Alaska, the CNA wage usually has to do with $32,300, while those that stay in the state of Mississippi can gain a yearly typical wage of $19,600. Those who are employed in the location of San Francisco city will certainly make an average wage of $32,390, as well as for a CNA who, operates in the location of Lewiston, or Idaho city will certainly make an annual wage of $21,100.
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A CNA salary on average usually is about $24,900 in the USA annual. If your living in the state of Alaska, the CNA salary on standard is regarding $32,300, while those that live in the state of Mississippi can gain a yearly typical wage of $19,600. Those who are used in the location of San Francisco city area will earn a typical wage of $32,390, as well as for a CNA that, works in the area of Lewiston, or Idaho urban area will certainly make an annual wage of $21,100.


ITER is a joint international fusion facility to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power for future commercial electric power facilities. ITER is being designed and constructed in France with support from seven domestic agencies. In accordance with the Article 14 of the ITER Agreement, ITER shall observe French Regulations. Among various existing regulatory documents the French Decree 99-1046 concerning pressure equipment and the French Order dated 12th December 2005 concerning nuclear pressure equipment formulate the requirements for design, manufacture and operation of the pressure and nuclear pressure equipment.
The ITER Tokamak Cooling Water System (TCWS) is comprised of 4 primary heat transfer systems and their supporting systems. TCWS provides the cooling water to client systems for heat removal during plasma operations and provides the primary confinement for the radioactive substances entrained in the cooling water. The main sources of radioactive substances include Tritium, Activated Corrosion Products (ACP), 14C isotope, 16N and 17N isotope. The concentration of these radioactive substances is a key parameter for the classification of TCWS equipment in accordance with French regulations.
The paper will describe the process for classifying TCWS pressure equipment in accordance with French Regulations.


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prevailing sentiment in Japan was still more plainly set forth in the statement of Mr. Matsui, Japanese Chargé d'Affaires in London, to Lord Salisbury on the 25th of June, when it was declared that, for the despatch of a considerable force from Japan, 'some assurance would be required that there was no objection on the part of other Governments which have interests in the East.' Japan's unselfishness was demonstrated, too, in Viscount Aoki's words to the British Chargé d'Affaires, when he modestly said that ' although Japan had made great progress, she was not yet in a position to take an independent line of action in so grave a crisis. It was imperative for her to work in line with other Powers.'
Japan entered upon the difficult task assigned to her in this spirit, and she acquitted herself, it is believed, thoroughly to the satisfaction of the Western Powers. By Great Britain, at all events, a generous acknowledgment of her services was conveyed in the following telegram, despatched by Lord Salisbury to the British Chargé d'Affaires in Tokio on the completion of the operations undertaken for the rescue of the Peking legations :
As her Majesty's Government specially pressed for the action of Japan in sending forces to effect the relief of the Legations, I think you may, without presumption, express to the Minister for Foreign Affairs their earnest admiration of the gallantry and efficiency displayed by the Japanese forces in the present operations, which contributed to the success of the expedition so very largely. [August 25, 1900.]
But to take up again the thread of our argument. After Japan's indication of her readiness to comply with the desire expressed that she should send troops, diplomatic correspondence took place between the Powers with much expedition, and there was found not one that did not appreciate the expediency of the step to be taken by Japan, though there was already a somewhat sinister tone perceptible in the Russian despatch, sent to Japan about the 28th of June, wherein this passage appeared :
We can only highly appreciate the sentiments expressed by Japan in present circumstances, as also her view of Chinese affairs. We have no desire to hinder her liberty of action, particularly after her expression of a firm intention to conform her action to that of the other Powers.
On the 4th of July the Marquis of Salisbury telegraphed to Mr. Whitehead, British Chargé d'Affaires at Tokio, after repeating Admiral Seymour's alarming telegram, as follows:
This telegram indicates a position of extreme gravity. You should com. municate at once to Japanese Ministers. Japan is the only Power which can send rapid reinforcements to Tien-tsin. No objection has been raised by any European Power to this course.
Barely two days later, on the 6th of July, the British Government reiterated its pressing request to Japan, and at the same time offered
financial aid, the Marquis of Salisbury telegraphing to Mr. Whitehead thus :
Japan is the only Power which can act with any hope of success for the urgent purpose of saving the Legations; and, if they delay, heavy responsibility must rest with them. We are prepared to furnish any financial assistance which is necessary, in addition to our forces already on the spot.
With regard to this financial assistance Lord Salisbury explained to Mr. Whitehead that the British Government was prepared to undertake the responsibility because international negotiations would only result in a fatal expenditure of time. On the same day Japan signified her intention of despatching as rapidly as possible a considerable force, sufficient, with those troops which she had already sent, to bring her total up to twenty thousand men. But with regard to financial aid, Japan did not, after all, desire it, as she considered that the task that she was then undertaking was a purely voluntary one for the common benefit of humanity, and, moreover, she stood in no immediate need of such assistance.
About the middle of the month (July 1900) Russia submitted to the great Powers, including Japan, notes verbal embodying what she was pleased to term 'fundamental principles.' The date on which these notes reached the Powers was generally the 13th of July, or thereabouts, and the purport was one and the same. In the case of Japan, however, it bore the date of the 8th of July, and was handed by the Russian Minister to Viscount Aoki only on the 20th of that month. The English translation of the text given to Lord Salisbury is appended in full, as the subject is of the highest importance :
On the 11th June our Minister at Tokio informed us that the Japanese Government had declared their readiness, in consideration of the perilous situation at Peking, to send their troops to China, with a view to saving, conjointly with the other States, the representatives of the Powers who were besieged in Peking, and to rescuing the foreigners resident in the Empire, among whom are many Japanese subjects. Any co-operation, anything tending to the attainment of the object indicated, could only meet with the most sympathetic reception from all the Powers. Moreover, Japan being able, thanks to geographical conditions, by the despatch of a considerable contingent to facilitate essentially the task of the international detachments already at Tien-tsin, we hastened to inform the Cabinet at Tokio that we saw no reason to interfere with their liberty of action in this respect, especially as they have expressed their firm resolution of acting in complete harmony with the other Powers. The decision taken by the Japanese Government, under the abovementioned conditions, was a very natural one, in consideration of the danger which menaced their representatives at Peking, as well as their numerous subjects resident in China; but from our point of view the accomplishment of this task could not confer the right to an independent solution of matters at Peking, or other privileges, with the exception, perhaps, of a larger pecuniary indemnity, should the Powers consider it necessary, later on, to demand one.
We received almost simultaneously a communication on this subject from the Cabinet of London, which had reference, not to a spontaneous decision on the part of the Cabinet at Tokio to participate in the collective action of the Powers, but to a mission given by Europe to Japan to send considerable foroes to China, not only to save the Legations and the foreign subjects, but with a view to the suppression of the insurrectionary movement provoked by the Boxers and the re-establishment of order at Peking and Tien-tsin.
This way of putting the question might, in our opinion, to a certain extent encroach on the fundamental principles which had already been accepted by the majority of the Powers as the bases of their policy relative to events in China, - that is to say, the maintenance of the union between the Powers; the maintenance of the existing system of government in China; the exclusion of anything which might lead to the partition of the Empire; finally, the re-establishment by common effort of a legitimate central Power, itself capable of assuring order and security to the country. The firm establishment and strict observance of these fundamental principles are, in our opinion, absolutely indispensable to the attainment of the chief object: the maintenance of a lasting peace in the Far East.
The Imperial Government considers that, in view of the threatening events in China, which concern the vital interests of the Powers, it is urgently necessary to avoid any misunderstanding or omission which might have still more dangerous consequences.
Broadly speaking, it appears to be true that the 'fundamental principles' enunciated by Russia were the nearest approach to the ideas entertained at that time by the Powers in general, though none of those Powers seems to have been able to shape any clear insight as to the eventualities of the whole affair, save that not one of them entertained any thought of partitioning out the Chinese Empire. America had made public her views on this point early that month, and Russia, on being consulted by China, had expressed her willingness, so the Chinese Minister in London assured Lord Salisbury, to guarantee the integrity of the Chinese Empire, though her underlying intentions may, as we now can perceive, have been very different from those on the surface. As to Great Britain, she was from the first, as also were others of the Powers, firmly resolved upon the maintenance of Chinese territorial integrity.
There were, however, two points in the above-quoted Russian communication that specially invite comment. The first is that the claim which she put forward that her 'fundamental principles' had already been accepted by a majority of the Powers was altogether presumptuous and unwarrantable, for there had not then been any formal exchange of views between the Powers on the subject. The second point is that the British suggestion of an invitation to Japan to send troops to China was interpreted by Russia as tending to confer upon Japan some shadowy 'special rights' or privileges. On this latter point the statement made by Count Lamsdorff to the German Ambassador, and also to the British, a few days previously, had been much stronger, for he had spoken to the effect that there were grave objections to the giving of a 'mandate' for independent action to any one Power in the face of so grave a crisis. As a matter of fact, there was not the slightest foundation for the insinuation that such a mandate was either sought by Japan or proposed by England; and the British Government, at all events, was indisposed to permit this wrongful suggestion to pass unchallenged. A brisk interchange of diplomatic correspondence between the Powers ensued on these two points, and in the end the incident was allowed to drop on Count Lamsdorff giving the following explanation, as reported by the British Ambassador, viz. :
His Excellency (Count Lamsdorff) said that it was his wish to clear the Russian Government at once from the odious and entirely undeserved charge that they had hesitated to accept Japan's assistance, and had thereby assumed the grave responsibility of hindering the prompt relief of the Legations. This charge had been insinuated in the Press and other quarters. His Excellency admitted that in the message which I communicated to him no mention had been made of any European mandate to Japan for independent action, and that co-operation was indicated in the arguments used by me, but he said that at Berlin your Lordship's question had been understood to imply an European mandate, and that it was possible to so interpret the words used : 'an expedition to restore order at Peking and Tien-tsin, if Japan is willing to undertake the task.' Although the misunderstanding had been promptly cleared up, unjust deductions had been drawn by the public Press, and it ought to have been made quite clear by the instructions sent to the Russian Minister at Tokio that all available prompt assistance from Japan, equally with the Powers concerned in meeting the common danger, would be gladly welcomed by Russia.
As a result of this incident, however, Russia remained even more solemnly pledged than ever to what she had declared to the world and to what she herself termed the 'fundamental principles,' and Japan proceeded promptly and whole-heartedly with the work asked of her, in concert with the Occidental Powers. It should be a matter of no slight interest to the reader to discover, as he will presently do, that the propagator and disseminator of these sublime 'fundamental principles was the first to try to frustrate their useful application, and that it was the Power against which an effort had been made to arouse and foment distrust that proved to be honest and patient in the execution of the task which it undertook to perform.
The siege of the Legations in Peking, and the narrative of the expedition of the combined forces for their rescue, form a history with which every one is now familiar, and there is scarcely any need here to relate how Sir Claude MacDonald was placed in supreme charge of the defences by his colleagues, how he gave to LieutenantColonel Shiba, a young Japanese officer, command of a most important point, or how Sir Claude subsequently commended this officer for his skilful dispositions, and as having contested every inch of the ground at the most critical moment, thereby gaining time for the defences to be placed in thorough order, which was one direct cause of the success ultimately achieved, and of the preservation of many lives in a period of unexampled danger; nor is it needful further to allude to the splendid organisation of the international expeditionary forces, and the conspicuous part that the Japanese played therein during the advance to the Chinese capital. Suffice it to say that, as a whole, the march to the succour of the beleaguered foreign residents, and the final success and triumph over the forces of disorder and fanaticism, were episodes in the world's history and efforts in the cause of humanity which nought can ever efface, whilst at the same time the complete concord and sincerity of all the nations engaged in this glorious undertaking-save for the barbarity which was displayed by the Russian troops, as was much commented upon at the time, and also save for the one black shadow that at times intruded itself, as will be shown hereafter-were at once unprecedented and beneficent. The malign influence that began to make itself felt was due to Russia's having, even at this early stage, begun to betray something of her innate disposition to play an unworthy part; for early in July Russian troops had occupied the south bank of the Amur, opposite Blagovestchensk, under the trifling pretence that the Chinese had been guilty of some offence of which, in reality, the Russians had been the cause by their own provocative behaviour. They had perpetrated that appalling massacre of the Chinese before which the whole civilised world stood aghast. It was on that occasion thatas Count Tolstoi incidentally describes in his recent remarkable letter -thousands of helpless men, women, and children were drowned or slaughtered by the Russians in compliance with the Russian Commander Gribsky's orders, he acting, as he declared, in consonance with Imperial decree.
Though the contingent which Russia sent to take part in the Peking Expedition was comparatively small, she despatched large numbers—though less than one-third of the number she pretended when she claimed compensation-of her troops into the three provinces of the Chinese Empire comprised under the head of Manchuria. Early in August she occupied the treaty port of Newchwang, hoisted the Russian flag, possessed herself of the Customs department, and began to collect revenue for her own purposesan intrusion for which there was absolutely no justification and she at the same time seized the railway between Newchwang and the Great Wall, of which more anon.
Russia's proceedings in Manchuria continued to be of this highhanded and unscrupulous character, until at last, in September, they had reached the pitch of celebrating a grand feast on the site of the Chinese town of Sakalin, previously burned in July, and which they had renamed Ilinsky, on the south bank of the Amur, in honour of the 'relief,' as they chose to designate it, of Blagovestchensk. The Novoe Vremya, in a telegram from that place, thus described this indecent and blasphemous function ;
To-day, on the Chinese bank of the Amur, on the ashes of Sakalin, a solemn thanksgiving service in memory of the relief of this place by the Russian forces, together with the ceremony of renaming the post Ilinsky, was held, in the
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What Makes Katana Swords Special
If you look hard enough, you'll likely find dozens of different sword types from all across the world, but none of them compare to the popularity of japanese katana swords: the unique curved design and overall aesthetics and the smithing methods used to make them are breathtaking. They are almost a special form of art, one that is globally recognized.
The uniqueness of the katana sword lies in a variety of technical innovations devised by the Japanese swordsmiths in an effort to resolve the three conflicting practical requirements of a sword: unbreakability, rigidity, and cutting power. Unbreakability implies a soft but tough metal, such as iron, which will not snap with a sudden blow, while rigidity and cutting power are best achieved by the use of hard steel. The Japanese sword smiths have combined all these features in a number of ways which have given their swords a very distinctive character.
First of all, most Japanese blades are made up of two different metals: a soft and durable iron core is enveloped in a hard outer skin of steel which has been forged and reforged many times in order to produce a complex and close-knit crystalline structure.
Second, the cross-section, widening from the back to a ridge on both sides, then narrowing to a very acute angle at the edge, combines the virtues of thickness for strength and thinness for cutting power.
Third and most important of all, a highly tempered edge is formed by covering the rest of the blade with a special heat-resistant clay and heating and quenching only the part left exposed.
The result is a steel which is even harder then the rest of the outer skin and has a razor-sharp edge. A fourth feature, the distinctive curve away from the edge, owes its origin to another practical demand: the need to draw the sword and strike as quickly as possible and in a continuous motion.
Where the sword itself forms part of the approximate circumference of a circle with its center at the wearer's right shoulder and its radius the length of his arm, drawing from a narrow scabbard is naturally easier and faster than with a straight weapon. But to the Japanese specialist the beauty of a sword lies in more than just its fulfillment of practical requirements or its almost mechanical perfection of finish and cleanness of profile.
The Japanese swordsmiths have given katana swords a number of features which, although they may have a strictly practical origin, have been elaborated far beyond the simple requirement of hard-wearing efficiency in combat. One example of this is the forging of the outer skin, a process necessary to produce steel of adequate purity and hardness: this has been done in a multitude of different ways so as to obtain a wide variety of distinct grains in the surface of the blade.
But it is the tempering process which has received the most careful attention. The heat-resistant clay is wholly or practically scraped away from the area of the edge in a seemingly inexhaustible range of outlines resulting in an enormous number of patterns of hard crystalline steel which guarantee that no two swords will ever be the same: and yet these outlines have no practical function beyond the simple requirement that the edge must be tempered in one way or another.
The absolutely impressive methods (even when compared to today's knowledge and technology) used to forge the steel, the sword's unique design, and the way of life these weapons represent makes them something worthy of our respect.
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Wengen ist ein Dorf in der Gemarkung St. Georgen des Marktes Dießen am Ammersee im oberbayerischen Landkreis Landsberg am Lech.

Geografie
Wengen liegt südwestlich des ehemaligen Ortsteils St. Georgen von Dießen am Ammersee und ist mit diesem inzwischen zusammengewachsen.

Einen Kilometer westlich des Dorfes erhebt sich der Jungfernberg (694 m).

Geschichte
Erstmals genannt wird Wengen 1127, der Ortsname stammt von althochdeutschen Wort für Grashang: Wang.

Südlich von Wengen befindet sich die ehemalige Burg Schönberg auf dem Schatzberg. Einige Dämme, Gräben und Mauerreste aus Tuff sind dort noch erkennbar. Bereits 1566 wird die Burg als Ruine dargestellt, 1664 wird sie endgültig abgetragen.

Vom Mittelalter bis etwa 1800 befanden sich südlich von Wengen der Obere und Untere Wengener Weiher.

Wengen gehörte bis zur Säkularisation 1803 zum Kloster Dießen.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
In Wengen befindet sich die Kapelle St. Leonhard, sie wurde 1723 im Stil des Barock nach einer Viehseuche errichtet. Am Tag des hl. Leonhard (6. November) findet bei der Kapelle ein Leonhardiritt mit Pferdesegnung statt.

Oberhalb des Ortes befinden sich am Schatzberg (677 m) das Mechtildisbrünnlein von 1885 und die Burgkapelle von 1792.

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Geographie (Dießen am Ammersee)
Ort im Landkreis Landsberg am Lech
Ersterwähnung 1127
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Price Chopper's effort to rebrand itself comes to Guilderland
by Tricia Cremo
GUILDERLAND Guilderland's Price Chopper is next in line to become Market 32.
The Schenectady-based grocer announced Monday, Jan. 4 its Guilderland store, at the corner of routes 20 and 155, is changing its name as part of the company's overall rebranding campaign.
The Price Chopper name is to be phased out over the next ten years.
The Guilderland store will shut down the evening of Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. and reopen in the spring once construction is completed.
Changes include a new Market 32 logo with the words "by Price Chopper" in smaller print; an open, an airy floor plan with modern print on signs for food sections in earth tones; as well as expanded ready-made food options and re-emphasis on customer service. Converted stores will have wifi and more allergy-free products as part of their focus on health and wellness.
The Guilderland Market 32 is the third to open in the Capital District, and one of the first since the company announced their revamp in November 2014, beginning with 5 test locations, which Golub Corporation, the owners of Price Chopper, promised to be "a complete refocus on the core values that our customers are looking for in a store."
Last year, Market 32 conversions began at former Price Chopper locations in Clifton Hills, NY; Wilton, N.Y.; Pittsfield, Mass.; Sutton, Mass. and Clifton Park, N.Y. – the Capital District's first, which is set to open this fall. Work is already under way at the area's second Market 32 at Hudson Valley Plaza Price Chopper in Troy, which has remained open throughout the conversion process.
While construction is underway in Guilderland, employees will be temporarily relocated to a second Guilderland Price Chopper, which sits only two miles away at the corner of Western Avenue and Johson Road, as well as to other area Price Choppers.
"Given the unique configuration of this store, which is very long and narrow, it's not practical for us to keep it open during the conversion," said Mona Golub, vice president of public relations and consumer services at Price Chopper and Market 32, who said the conversion would take "less than half the time it would have taken if we hadn't closed it."
"That location hadn't been remodeled recently," said Golub, in explanation for why the Guilderland Price Chopper was chosen as the next to be converted. "We're not converting one at a time, we're converting about 20 at a time," she continued.
"It's dozens of subtle changes, but the truth is the look and feel of the entire store will change."
Another 10 to 15 stores will be converted in the following 18 months, and over $300 million will be spent over the next five years to convert more than half of the 132 Price Chopper stores across six states. Eventually all Price Choppers will become Market 32s in the next eight to nine years.
For the store to change its name after over 40 years of business has shocked many, most complaining that the 32 in the name 'makes no sense.' Yet, the un-descriptive name was purposeful, as Jerel Golub, the CEO of Price Chopper, who has led the revamp. To him, the name removes expectations bound by their former name and opens up the company to evolve its offerings.
Market 32 is also rooted in the company's history, as the grocery chain's founders and owners, the Golub family, entered the grocery business in 1932 with their first Schenectady store, where the company base remains.
"Key elements of the savings platform" of Price Chopper stores such as their AdvantEdge card savings program, coupons and brand products will remain the same.
"We have evolved from the Public Service Market to Central Market to Price Chopper by responding to customers' changing needs over time and Market 32 is the next natural progression for us," Neil Golub, Price Chopper's executive chairman of the board, said in a statement which noted that the company underwent a similar name change in their history in when Central Market became Price Chopper in 1974.
Price Chopper officials have said they did not originally set out to change the name, but determination was made as they planned their chain-wide revamp.
The name change comes as a likely response to increased competition moving into the Capital District. ShopRite, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods have all moved in within the past five years.
Traditional grocery stores have also lost business to super retailers Wal-Mart and Target, as they've intergrated grocery goods into their storefronts recently to larger players like Wal-Mart and Target, recently.
Though the verdict is still out on whether the name change will be successful, the new brand holds similarities to one made by Hannaford in 1997, when the company changed the name of its New York stores from Shop 'n Save before taking over several former Grand Union supermarkets.
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Irish pub O'Slattery's is open for business


A delegation of nearly a dozen environmental, health and safety professionals will be traveling to India in February as part of an official delegation to teach a 4-day course about hazardous materials management.
Members of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM) leadership will travel to India Feb. 6-12 to teach its National Overview Course (NOC) and to participate in several special events surrounding the opening of its first-ever international chapter.
"This delegation is a historic step in expanding international awareness and recognition for the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers," said ACHMM President John Mitchell, CHMM. "We look at this journey as the first of many to heighten interest in the certified hazardous materials managers credential to a larger and more diverse audience as well as expand awareness for good stewardship and management of hazardous materials."
"ACHMM is excited about this unique opportunity to meet with fellow hazardous materials management professionals, discuss similar issues in the environmental, health and safety community and promote the standard of excellence within the industry – the CHMM credential," said ACHMM International Ambassador and Bangalore native Rampur Viswanath, CHMM.
ACHMM delegation members will teach the 4-day National Overview Course at the Bangalore Institute of Technology. The sessions, which will be taught in English, provide a comprehensive review of environmental laws and regulations and applicable health and requirements.
U.S.-based CHMMs of South Asian (Indian Subcontinent) heritage and any hazardous materials management professionals working in or interested in starting to conduct business in South Asia.
ACHMM and India have a unique history. On Dec. 3, 1984, the CHMM credential was officially incorporated in Rockville, Md. On the same day, Bhopal, India experienced a major hazardous materials disaster as 40 tons of methyl isocyanate leaked from the local pesticide manufacturing plant. About 10,000 people died and more than half a million were affected by the hazardous vapor cloud.


Electronic cigarettes or simply e cigs are becoming very popular and growing concern day-by-day. It is considered that there cannot be smoke without fire but now it is not so.
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An electronic cigarette just contains a lit bit of tobacco taste in it and no harmful substances as compared to the normal cigarettes which contains lot of substances which harm the human body also make smokers to crave more for cigarettes. Dangerous toxins are present in these substances which are very harmful for human beings.
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Sumit Ganguly
Pakistan's Forgotten Genocide—A Review Essay
International Security (2014) 39 (2): 169–180.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00175
In The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide , Gary Bass convincingly argues that the Nixon administration did little to rein in its ally Pakistan from perpetuating genocide against its own population largely because of Islamabad's vital role in facilitating U.S. diplomatic contact with the People's Republic of China. He also shows how the low strategic significance of South Asia for much of the global community, combined with an inordinate regard for the norm of sovereignty, led to a lack of support for the principle of humanitarian intervention. The Blood Telegram partially affirms the proposition that acts of genocide can stem from the choices of a handful of individuals who are determined to achieve a political goal using all available means.
The Jihad Paradox: Pakistan and Islamist Militancy in South Asia
S. Paul Kapur, Sumit Ganguly
Islamist militants based in Pakistan pose a major threat to regional and international security. Although this problem has only recently received widespread attention, Pakistan has long used militants as strategic tools to compensate for its severe political and material weakness. This use of Islamist militancy has constituted nothing less than a central component of Pakistani grand strategy; supporting jihad has been one of the principal means by which the Pakistani state has sought to produce security for itself. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the strategy has not been wholly disastrous. Rather, it has achieved important domestic and international successes. Recently, however, Pakistan has begun to suffer from a "jihad paradox": the very conditions that previously made Pakistan's militant policy useful now make it extremely dangerous. Thus, despite its past benefits, the strategy has outlived its utility, and Pakistan will have to abandon it to avoid catastrophe. Other weak states, which may also be tempted to use nonstate actors as strategic tools, should take the Pakistani case as a cautionary lesson.
Nuclear Stability in South Asia
International Security (2008) 33 (2): 45–70.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.2008.33.2.45
An examination of the onset, evolution, and termination of the 1999 and 2001–02 crises between India and Pakistan suggests that nuclear deterrence is robust in South Asia. Even though the 1999 crisis erupted into a war, its scope and dimensions were carefully circumscribed. Despite its conventional capabilities, India chose not to cross the Line of Control (the de facto international border in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir), and it avoided horizontal escalation of the conflict. India's restraint cannot be attributed either to timely U.S. intervention or to a concern about avoiding a bellicose international image. Instead a highly jingoistic regime, which had defied international public opinion the previous year through a series of nuclear tests, chose to exercise restraint because of Pakistan's possession of nuclear weapons. In 2001, despite grave Pakistani provocation through a series of terrorist attacks, India could only respond with a strategy of coercive diplomacy.
Debating New Delhi's Nuclear Decision
Rodney W. Jones, Šumit Ganguly
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India's Pathway to Pokhran II: The Prospects and Sources of New Delhi's Nuclear Weapons Program
Šumit Ganguly
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Explaining the Kashmir Insurgency: Political Mobilization and Institutional Decay
International Security (1996) 21 (2): 76–107.
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Q: GCD of more than 2 numbers function gcd (a, b) {
    if(b == 0){
        return a;
    }
    return gcd(b, a%b);
}

function gcd_more_than_two_numbers (a) {
    var last = Math.max.apply(null, a);
    var first = Math.min.apply(null, a);

    return gcd(first, last);
}

console.log(gcd_more_than_two_numbers([9999,213123,9,15,27]));
console.log(gcd_more_than_two_numbers([5,10,15,25]));

Is it right to take the lowest and the highest values in an array and find a gcd for all the numbers between them ? Is it mathematically right ?

A:
Is it right to take the lowest and the highest values in an array and find a gcd for all the numbers between them ? Is it mathematically right ?

NO.

You need to take the gcd of the first pair and then recalculate against all the other elements of the array, you can do that easily with reduce:

function gcd (a, b) {
    if(b == 0){
        return a;
    }
    return gcd(b, a%b);
}
function gcd_more_than_two_numbers (a) {
  return a.reduce(gcd)
}

console.log(gcd_more_than_two_numbers([9999,213123,9,15,27]))

A: No it isn't.
The identity you're after is gcd(a, b, c) = gcd(gcd(a, b), c).
I suggest you unpick the recursion using a loop.

A:

    function gcd() {
      var arr = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
      return arr.reduce(function(a, b) {
        if (b == 0) {
          return a;
        }
        return gcd(b, a % b);
      });
    }
    console.log(gcd(7,14));
    console.log(gcd(9999,213123,9,15,27));
    console.log(gcd(5,10,15,25));

A: You can use array.every as well to check validity:
Sample

function getGCD(arr) {
  var min = Math.min.apply(null, arr);
  var gcd = 1;
  for (var i = gcd + 1; i <= min; i++) {
    if (arr.every(x => x % i === 0))
      gcd = i;
  }
  return gcd;
}
var arr = [100, 13000, 1110];
var arr2 = [9999, 213123, 9, 15, 27]
console.log(getGCD(arr))
console.log(getGCD(arr2))

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Modern software development is increasingly taking a "microservice" approach that has resulted in an explosion of complexity at the network level. We have more applications running distributed across different datacenters. Distributed tracing, events, and metrics are essential for observing and understanding modern microservice architectures.
This talk is a deep dive on how to monitor your distributed system. You will get tools, methodologies, and experiences that will help you to realize what your applications expose and how to get value out from all these information.


A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on April 13, 2019, on page 10.
Valtteri Bottas edged out Sebastian Vettel at the Chinese Grand Prix Friday with the fastest lap in practice for Formula One's 1,000th world championship race. The championship leader, a point clear of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton after two races, set a benchmark time of one minute 33.330 seconds in the afternoon.
The Finn was just 0.027 seconds clear of Vettel, who was fastest in the morning by a 0.207-second margin ahead of Hamilton.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was third fastest in the afternoon, 0.221 seconds off Bottas' best, but the 21-year-old struggled with shifting gears and clutch issues throughout the session.
Vettel led the opening session, and was hot on Bottas' heels in the afternoon, while Leclerc had a difficult day.


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package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.management

import org.apache.spark.sql.{CarbonEnv, GetDB, Row, SparkSession}
import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.{Checker, DataProcessCommand, RunnableCommand}
import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.CarbonRelation

import org.apache.carbondata.api.CarbonStore
import org.apache.carbondata.events.{DeleteSegmentByDatePostEvent, DeleteSegmentByDatePreEvent, OperationContext, OperationListenerBus}

case class DeleteLoadByLoadDateCommand(
    databaseNameOp: Option[String],
    tableName: String,
    dateField: String,
    loadDate: String)
  extends RunnableCommand with DataProcessCommand {

  override def run(sparkSession: SparkSession): Seq[Row] = {
    processData(sparkSession)
  }

  override def processData(sparkSession: SparkSession): Seq[Row] = {
    Checker.validateTableExists(databaseNameOp, tableName, sparkSession)
    val carbonTable = CarbonEnv.getInstance(sparkSession).carbonMetastore.
      lookupRelation(databaseNameOp, tableName)(sparkSession).asInstanceOf[CarbonRelation].
      tableMeta.carbonTable
    val operationContext = new OperationContext
    val deleteSegmentByDatePreEvent: DeleteSegmentByDatePreEvent =
      DeleteSegmentByDatePreEvent(carbonTable,
        loadDate,
        sparkSession)
    OperationListenerBus.getInstance.fireEvent(deleteSegmentByDatePreEvent, operationContext)

    CarbonStore.deleteLoadByDate(
      loadDate,
      GetDB.getDatabaseName(databaseNameOp, sparkSession),
      tableName,
      carbonTable)
    val deleteSegmentPostEvent: DeleteSegmentByDatePostEvent =
      DeleteSegmentByDatePostEvent(carbonTable,
        loadDate,
        sparkSession)
    OperationListenerBus.getInstance.fireEvent(deleteSegmentPostEvent, operationContext)

    Seq.empty
  }
}

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On January 11, 2020 January 11, 2020 By Ryan C. (trashfilmguru)
Another one I'm a little bit "late to the party" in terms of getting around to reviewing is cartoonist Kat Rose's self-published 2016 mini Opal Fruit, a challenging, bemusing, sometimes bewildering 10-page assemblage of figure (for the most part) drawings that cleverly uses its own simplicity to obfuscate what appears, after multiple "read"-throughs, to actually be a tightly-structured "suite" designed to elicit a particular set of reactions and interpretations not unlike, say, Nick Thorburn's much longer — though equally wordless — Penguins. There's one key difference, though : whereas Thorburn's constructs hew much closer to a linear start-to-finish "strip" configuration, this is a legit "free-for-all" that follows a rhythm, to be sure, but nothing so conventional as an actual structure.
That makes it perplexing at times, I'll grant you, but it also means it's never less than thoroughly intriguing and engrossing — provided you're the sort who doesn't mind embarking on a journey without any sort of map.
Certainly each of Rose's drawings follows on, even builds upon, what preceded it, but at key points there are jarring breaks that that bear only oblique, or at the most thematic, connections to what came before, yet by the time all is said and done a central raison d'etre can be discerned, a through-line that sometimes runs in patterns, sometimes in circles, but always takes you someplace unexpected no matter which way you look at it. If you're feeling ambitious, conservative, or both (and it's not often those two words go together), a kind of "A to Z" sub-narrative is there to be plucked from the overflowing visual garden, but poring over the makeshift "sequence" of equally-makeshift "events" rather defeats the purpose of what it seems to me Rose is going for here — this is one to be flipped through quickly and in succession, the "tone poem" nature of the proceedings lending itself best to immediate and visceral impact, with the relationship the characters bear to, and sometimes on, one another coming into focus the more one is exposed to them. Rose doesn't slow down the "action" here for anything — my best advice is that you follow that example.
This, then, is a highly experimental work — to put it mildly! — but it's not one that completely eschews fairly firm understanding. It'll take you though any number of twists, turns, bends, and forks in the road, but if you trust in your own abilities to the extent the artist clearly believes you're capable of, you'll not only find something remotely akin to a pleasant "outcome," you'll find that you aren't even ready for it to "end" — hence the whole "go through it quickly, and many times over" piece of advice. At no time will readers be able to predict what the next page holds, but that's no major concern when you're still at least partially pre-occupied with what happened on the last one. The aesthetically denuded may call that "confusing," but around these parts, we're more partial to the term "exciting" — not least because, in this case, it's exponentially more accurate.
That being said, yeah — your mileage may vary with this comic, and there's no shame in that. For some, its impenetrable-at-first-glance lack of anything resembling a hard-and-fast "format" will simply be off-putting in the extreme. But if you're happy to at least temporarily shelve most notions of what comics are or even should be? You're in for a heck of a time.
And I should be clear — I mean a heck of a good time. This is a unique, perhaps even stream-of-consciousness, work of art, and while it counts on a reader's willingness to go with its flow, and isn't afraid to wash over you, never once does it subsume you, or make you feel as though you're drowning. If anything, it's a healthy breath of fresh, clean, and invigorating air.
Opal Fruit is available for $5.00 from Austin English's Domino Books distro at http://dominobooks.org/opalfruit.html
Also, this review — and all others around these parts — is "brought to you" by my Patreon site, where I serve up exclusive thrice-weekly rants and ramblings on the worlds of comics, films, television, literature, and politics for as little as a dollar a month. Subscribing is the best way to support my continuing work, so please take a minute to give it a look by directing your kind attention to https://www.patreon.com/fourcolorapocalypse
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Wild, woolly, wonderful stuff.


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As The New York Times recently reported, the will of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, was recently unsealed in connection with a lawsuit seeking access to the document. Ms. Lee died a resident of Monroeville,...more
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Jubilant return home for exiled Cambodian opposition leader 19 июля 2013, 16:40
Thousands of jubilant supporters welcomed Cambodia's newly pardoned opposition leader home from exile Friday as his party fights to end Prime Minister Hun Sen's nearly three decades in power.
Thousands of jubilant supporters welcomed Cambodia's newly pardoned opposition leader home from exile Friday as his party fights to end Prime Minister Hun Sen's nearly three decades in power, AFP reports. Crowds gathered outside Phnom Penh's airport and lined the road to the city centre to welcome Sam Rainsy, waving flags and shouting "change, change!" The French-educated former banker fled in 2009 to avoid charges he contends were politically motivated. Rainsy kissed the ground at the airport upon returning from France shortly after 9:00 am (0200 GMT) on a flight via Bangkok. "I'm very happy. I came back to rescue the nation with you all," he told supporters before heading for Democracy Park where he was due to speak. The 64-year-old had faced 11 years in jail but was pardoned by King Sihamoni last week at Hun Sen's request, clearing the way for his return ahead of elections on July 28. "I'm very happy and excited to see the leader of democracy returning to the country," said Sok Kan, 64, who was among those waiting to greet him. "He is far different from the current leader. He sacrifices everything for the nation," Kuch Narith, 26, told AFP. US lawmakers have called for the United States to cut off aid to Cambodia unless this month's polls are free and fair. Hun Sen is one of Southeast Asia's longest-serving leaders. His Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won the last two polls by a landslide amid allegations of fraud and election irregularities. In May Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge cadre who defected from the murderous 1970s regime and became premier in 1985, said he would try to stay in power for another decade. Rainsy told AFP before his return that the pardon was "a small victory for democracy" but also warned that "much more remains to be done". The opposition leader, who is seen as the main challenger to strongman Hun Sen, has been removed from the electoral register and as a result is unable to run as a candidate this month unless parliament amends the law. But he plans to hit the campaign trail soon to try to boost support for his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). "His presence will galvanise activists and voters," said CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann. Sovann said the CNRP would discuss possible ways to register Rainsy as a candidate after his return. The UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, on Monday urged Cambodia to let Rainsy play a "full part" in politics. Rainsy left his homeland and moved to Paris aged 16 after the disappearance of his father, which historians blame on agents contracted to then-dictator Lon Nol. After earning an MBA from France's INSEAD Business School, he worked for various banks in Paris before setting up his own accountancy firm. He returned to Cambodia in 1992 and briefly held the post of finance minister. He fled in 2005 after Hun Sen pressed defamation charges against him but received a royal pardon the following year and returned to the kingdom. He left Cambodia once again in 2009 and was convicted in his absence for charges including inciting racial discrimination and spreading disinformation. Experts say Rainsy is popular among many workers thanks to his background as a labour activist dating back to the mid-1990s. Yet while voters -- especially those from poor, rural areas -- may admire Rainsy, they find it hard to identify with him given his privileged background, said independent political analyst Chea Vannath. Unlike Hun Sen, Rainsy neither experienced the Khmer Rouge's reign nor helped to liberate the country from the brutal regime, she said. "Rainsy had better opportunities to pursue his education while Hun Sen stopped studying to join the liberation (anti-Khmer Rouge) movement in the 1970s," she added. Hun Sen had previously vowed to hold office until he reached 90. He turns 61 in August but officially lists his age as 62 which he says is the result of a typing error.


The morning (of September 11, 1777) was wretchedly hot, with some clouds that brought little relief. Persifor Frazer's three young children were at school in Thornbury. The oldest was Sally, age eight. Many years later, she remembered hearing the gunfire and cannonading: "The teachers went out, and listened some time, and returned, saying, 'There is a battle not far off, children, you may go home.' As we returned we met our mother on horseback, going over towards the place of action, knowing that. . .our father must be in the midst of the affray." Strong-willed Mary Taylor Frazer knew her husband well.
Reading between the lines, there are interesting insights into British life in Pennsylvania in the 18th century. First there is the fact that children went to school, and the school was large enough to have more than one teacher. Second, girls were taught as well as boys. (Education would help make America prosperous.) Third, the battle put a crimp in lessons, but the teachers apparently thought nothing of sending children across country, perhaps straight toward two armies. Fourth, women rode horses, and were used to taking care of themselves. Fifth, if they really loved a man, or wanted him home, they rode into battle to find him.
Some of these comments may apply only to the Frazers, but we know from other sources that boys and girls were taught to read and write and ride and to be self-reliant.
If only we knew what Mary Taylor Frazer felt about her husband, and whether she found him, and what she said to him. . .


Oh, how I love bread.
Soft and fluffy, crispy crust.
Can I have on keto?
Firstly – how about those haiku skills? Not bad for a first try.
Secondly – yes, yes you can.
Eating bread (and other delicious baked goods) is entirely possible while following a ketogenic diet. You just need to replace the standard wheat flour with keto-friendly alternatives.
As each flour and flour alternative has different properties, you can't make a straight swap (i.e. you can't swap out 1 cup wheat flour for 1 cup almond flour).
I suggest trying out a few 'tried and tested' recipes that use flour alternatives (like the ones below) to get used to working with them, before experimenting with your own combinations.
Almond flour is one of the most popular flour alternatives. One quarter cup of almond flour has 2g net carbs. A downside is that it can be quite expensive, and is not suitable for those with nut allergies.
Coconut flour is fast becoming another popular keto flour. It can be quite tricky to work with for beginners (it soaks up a lot of liquid), but you will get the hang of it after a while. One quarter cup of coconut flour has 7g net carbs.
Ground flax meal (also known as ground flaxseed or linseed) is often used as a 'supplementary' flour, in addition to another flour. Flaxseed is often used used as an egg replacement.
Sunflower seed meal is an excellent option for those with nut allergies. Sunflower seed meal has very similar properties to almond flour. It tends to be hard to find though – and quite expensive.
You don't have to miss out on all the delicious baked goods you used to enjoy.
Try out one of these easy recipes for bread, bagels, muffins, and more.
A lot of keto bread recipes tend to have quite an eggy taste, which is off-putting for some.
This Keto Bread has almost no eggy taste once it has cooled from the oven.
It uses xantham gum as a binding agent – the way gluten would for wheat flour.
Almond flour is a very popular wheat alternative for those on the keto diet. Unfortunately, not everyone can eat nut flours.
These Nut-Free Instant English Muffins are based on another English muffin recipe.
The difference is that they use sunflower seed butter and sunflower seed flour to make it nut-free.
When you first take these out of the ramekin after baking they don't look much like an English muffin, but after slicing and toasting, they look very similar!
The Nut-Free Gluten-Free Low Carb Bread is another nut-free recipe, but this one uses sesame flour.
It really is amazing how many different options there are available now for flours that aren't made with wheat.
The sesame flour makes the bread nice and light, but with still having a crispy crust.
Is brunch even brunch without bagels?
These Keto Low Carb Bagels Recipe With Fathead Dough are made with (as the name suggests), fathead dough.
Only 5 ingredients and you too could be enjoying fresh, delicious bagels.
For these to come out properly, the dough must be completely uniform. Mis with a food processor if you have one.
Three ingredients and 20 minutes is all you need to make these bready, cheesy, Keto Mozzarella Muffins.
You can eat these as-is for a quick snack, or use it to make a sandwich with bacon and cream cheese.
When I came across this 90 Second Almond Flour Keto Bread recipe I had to include it – not only because the recipe is so quick and simple, but look at the site name.
I've seen cauliflower and chicken used as keto pizza bases, but it just isn't quite the same.
I enjoy a thin, crispy, pizza base, and this Coconut Flour Pizza Crust offers just that. The flax meal is what helps make the base crsipier than it would be otherwise.
As I mentioned above, coconut flour can be a bit tricky to work with if you are a beginner. It is worth learning how to work with it though, because when you make recipes like Coconut Flour Mini Cheese Loaves the results will be light and fluffy.
Also – coconut flour is cheaper than almond flour!
These chocolate chip muffins are going to satisfy your sweet tooth while keeping you in the keto lifestyle.
If you are a lover of chocolate then this is a recipe that you have to try. There is no way you're going to be disappointed with this.
You may not even realize that you're eating something that is helping you lose weight.
Fat head pastry is amazing. It is gluten-free, grain-free, low in carbs, and very versatile.
You can buy your own sausage meat to make these Fat Head Sausage Rolls or keep it simple by buying sausages and removing the skin.
Serve with mustard or homemade (sugar free) tomato sauce for dipping.
Savory muffins are delicious for breakfast, or a quick snack.
These Low Carb Cheddar Cheese & Zucchini Muffins are especially great if you have kids – a healthy snack with a portion of veggies.
You can make a batch and store in an airtight container, to have a few at the ready. Then eat as is, or warm up and add a little butter.
Bread is a staple of many diets, unfortunately, bread as you know it isn't part of the ketogenic diet. However, that doesn't mean you can't do bread-like things that work just as well.
Success on keto is dependent on being prepared and knowing that you have bread alternatives is a great way.
Enjoyed 11 Keto Breads and Other Delicious Baked Goods? Share it with your friends so they to can follow the Miss Fit Living journey!


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Q: add `.php` at the end of url using `.htaccess` How can i add .php at the end of url using .htaccess and below is .htaccess code
.htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# Enable Rewriting
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^search/(.*)/?$ search.php?loc=$1

</IfModule>

search.php
if the url is
search.php?loc=miami

echo "Location : " . $_GET['loc'];

output: Location : miami

but how can get search.php/miami.php in the end ?

A: RewriteRule ^search\.php/(.+)\.php$ search.php?loc=$1


The picture below is a scan of a coloured slide I took a number of years ago. The quality isn't brilliant but it wlll hekp me give you a little more information.
The east coast of the island of Oahu, Hawaii gives you an idea of how rugged volcanic coasts can be. Many locations in Hawaii have been used in movies and television shows. "Lost" and "Jurassic Park", for example, made use of Hawaii's rugged and beautiful locations.
The Hawaiian islands are located over what is known as a hotspot*. Over millions of years, the movement of the crust has caused volcanoes to appear in a chain. Look at the Google Earth image below. Stretching away to the north-west, you can see the chain of submerged islands that may once have been above the water. Google Earth allows you to see these. It's a great way of looking for geological features on a large scale. Have you already loaded it so you can zoom in?
The hotspot is still very active. A large new volcano is already growing beneath the ocean to the south of Hawaii and will most likely one day be seen above the ocean surface. We have a very active world beneath us.
Posted in Geology, Rocks and Minerals, Volcanoes & Earthquakes on May 23, 2012 by rossmannell.


Ghost Recon Wildlands – Official Beta Announcement Trailer – 3WIREL!
The upcoming release Ghost Recon: Wildlands for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC is coming out next year but people looking forward to the game can look forward to a beta, as it is releasing in the near future! Ubisoft released the above trailer, announcing the beta's existence and future release.
If you would like to try out the beta, watch the trailer to learn how to sign up for the beta!


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Yapei – miasto w Regionie Północnym w Ghanie, jest śródlądowym portem gwarantującym połączenie z południową częścią kraju i zarazem najbardziej na północ wysuniętym punktem Jeziora Wolta, leży wyżej niż Tamale (stolica Regionu Północnego) i 30 km na południowy zachód od tego miasta. Port w Yapei powstał dzięki projektowemu wsparciu i wydatnej pomocy finansowej Rosji.
Mieszkańcy Yapei żyją głównie z rybołówstwa.

Miasta w Ghanie


For advanced users only. Use it at your own risk. No harm of studying it.
ADM5120 Data Sheet, Vcc(I/O) should be 3.3V.
You'll need RS232 converter or you can replace MAX3232CWE with MAX233A or Dallas DS276. Before continuing, you should find out the pin assignments first.
You'll need RS232 converter or you can replace MAX3232CWE with MAX233A or Dallas DS276. Before continuing, you could find out the pin assignments to the upper right of the CPU. What you need are RXD/TXD/GND/3.3V, I think.