In an astonishing display of committee chairmanship, Senator Newman completed a docket of 73 bills this morning in the Senate Education and Health Committee in just under 3 hours. Only 4 bills were passed by for the day, so they took action on 69 bills. It was something to watch. He really runs a fantastic committee.
The VEA-initiated bill that establishes, as a state policy, the goal that teachers be paid at or above the National Average reported out of Senate Education unanimously (HB2332). It was referred to Senate Finance even though there is no fiscal impact on the bill. The bill was not referred for fiscal review in the House, so I mentioned to our patron, Delegate Roslyn Tyler, the referral concerned me. She wasn't worried, but the Lobby Cadre will make contact with the members of the Finance committee to explain the bill so that it continues on its path to passage.
"Public school students must meet 13 different requirements in order to be eligible to participate in VHSL activities. There are no "maybes" or "almost" or "close enough". It's all or nothing. VHSL's purpose with these requirements is to maintain a fair, and level, playing field for our student athletes. Allowing non-public school students to participate un-levels the playing field.
YEAS--Newman, Black, Carrico, Cosgrove, Lewis, Dunnavant, Chase, Suetterlein, Peake--9.
NAYS--Saslaw, Lucas, Howell, Locke, Barker, Petersen--6.
The Senate Committee also failed to report the calendar bill that would allow local school divisions to determine the best start day for school. For 31 years, public schools in VA have been required to start school after Labor Day unless they are granted a waiver, mainly for weather. Next year Fairfax will be added to the list of local school divisions that will have control over their own calendar as they were granted a waiver last year. So Loudoun, Prince William, Fairfax, and nearly every school division west of I-95 has a waiver. Local control is already in place for most school divisions in Virginia through the waiver process. It is well past time to return it to ALL localities. This won't be the year, but, maybe, one day, the state will allow local control on decisions effecting school start dates.
HB 1983 School calendar; opening day of school year.
YEAS--Newman, Saslaw, Lucas, Barker, Black, Carrico, Cosgrove, Lewis, Dunnavant--9.
NAYS--Howell, Locke, Petersen, Chase, Suetterlein, Peake--6.
Delegate Dickie Bell's long-term suspension bills (HB1535 and 1537) were conformed to the Senate versions, which we prefer. While this is action that was expected after crossover, we are very hopeful when the bills go to conference, we get a bill closer to the Senate version. We are keeping a close eye on this process.
The other bills that are concerning to us are those on CTE local waivers on teacher licensure. These identical bills (HB1770 and SB1583) would allow a local school division to waive, for CTE hires, the licensure requirements on teaching. The VEA will continue to hold the line that just putting a subject matter expert in a classroom doesn't mean they can teach. We realize there are shortages, and hiring for some trade classes is difficult, but we need to make sure that our teachers have training on how to teach. You don't solve a teaching shortage by removing requirements of training in pedagogy.
The House and Senate each spent a long afternoon debating each amendment to their respective budgets. Once each body adopts their own budget they will send their Budget Bill to the other body. The House will reject the Senate budget, and the Senate will reject the House budget. That action forces Budget Conference (the meeting to come to a compromise). Budget work will continue until the end of session. Keep tuned for more and for possible cyber lobbyist alerts.


Marrickville Council's Resident Artist in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studio at Addison Road Centre (ARC) is Ms Koori Love.
Ms Koori Love is the cheeky Koori Mail columnist who writes about love, relationships and Aboriginal communities for the Koori Mail newspaper.
For over five years Ms Koori Love has hidden behind articles in the Koori Mail newspaper but now she's out in the open and inviting Marrickville residents to afternoon teas at her ARC 37d Hut on Sundays from 12pm until 2pm.
Marrickville citizens can visit Ms Koori Love, have a cup of mint tea and a bickie, have a yarn, and buy some mini books. Children can colour in and take away their own picture of Ms Koori Love.
The afternoon teas will run from Sunday 4 November until Sunday 16 December, and will coincide with the hugely popular weekly ARC Organic Markets.
"The Marrickville area is increasingly being recognised as a leading independent arts centre," said the Mayor of Marrickville Councillor Victor Macri.
"This is because Council is continuing to both strengthen Marrickville's role as a leading centre for the arts within greater Sydney, and encourage and support growth in the creative industries," he said.
"Council is determined to grow Marrickville as a cultural tourism destination, and ensure that our local artists have as many opportunities for their practice as possible," Councillor Macri said.
Marrickville Council has three residency programs: the Artist in Residency Program; the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studio Program, and Art Camp.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studio Program supports the ongoing growth of Aboriginal arts and culture. Marrickville Council values the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities contribute to the cultural and artistic life of Sydney's inner west.
The aim of the program is to provide support to Aboriginal artists and crafts people living in and/or contributing to Marrickville's art and cultural life.
For more information about any of Council's artist opportunities, visit Council's website. For interviews with Ms Koori Love, contact the Communication team.


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Q: What do the error messages and codes mean when creating and installing Managed Service Accounts? When using the PowerShell Cmdlets for creating and installing Managed Service Accounts, certain errors can be thrown. What does each error mean?

A: New-ADServiceAccount

The name provided is not a properly formed account name

The SAM account name exceeds the 20 character limit. A $ is automatically appended when missing and counts towards this limit.
Examples:
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmno -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmnopqrst
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmnopqrs -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmnopqrst
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmnopqrst -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmnopqrst

Install-ADServiceAccount

Cannot install service account. Error Message: 'Unknown error (0xc0000022)'.

Right click on the PowerShell shortcut and choose Run as Administrator.

Cannot install service account. Error Message: 'Unknown error (0xc0000106)'.

The SAM account name is within the 20 character limit, but its full name exceeds this limit.
Examples:
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmnopqrst -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmno
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmnopqrst -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmnopqrs

Cannot install service account. Error Message: 'Unknown error (0xc0000017)'.

The full name and the SAM account name are within the 20 character limit, but both of them exceed the NetLogon 15 characters limit.
Examples:
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmnopqrs -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmnopqrs

Cannot install service account. Error Message: 'Unknown error (0xc0000225)'.

The full name and the SAM account name are within the 20 character limit, but one of them exceeds the NetLogon 15 character limit.
Examples:
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmno -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmnopqrs
New-ADServiceAccount abcdefghijklmnopqrs -SamAccountName abcdefghijklmno

Sources used in addition to own research:

*

*How can I use New-ADServiceAccount with a name of more than 19 characters?

*http://mikefrobbins.com/2011/02/17/managed-service-accounts/

*http://www.derekseaman.com/2010/02/server-2008-r2-managed-service-account.html

A: I spent hours trying to figure out what this message meant:

Cannot install service account. Error Message: '{Not Enough Quota}
  Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is available to complete the specified operation.

Install-ADServiceAccount (Get-ADServiceAccount msa_test1)

Install-ADServiceAccount : Cannot install service account. Error Message: '{Not Enough Quota}
Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is available to complete the specified operation.'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-ADServiceAccount (Get-ADServiceAccount msa_test1)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (msa_test1:String) [Install-ADServiceAccount], ADException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InstallADServiceAccount:PerformOperation:InstallServiceAcccountFailure,Microsoft.ActiveD
   irectory.Management.Commands.InstallADServiceAccount

This error message is completely misleading. The cause of the message was:
The server on which I was executing Install-ADServiceAccount already had another MSA installed. This other MSA had a cn attribute that did not exactly match the sAMAccountName attribute.
Make sure that for all MSA's:

*

*the MSA cn does not end with $

*the MSA cn matches exactly the sAMAccountName

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Home » Blog » Meet Tim!
I had to share this incredible story and truly an inspiration..
Meet Tim! Tim Harris, owner of Tim's Place, is the country's only restaurant owner with Down's Syndrome, and the joy he gets from serving people good food carries over into his diner's most famous export: hugs!
Thanks to Exceptional Family for sharing!


An unidentified Russian billionaire couple has just purchased what may go on the books for being the most expensive home purchase in 2013; a Malibu mansion that cost $75 million. Sold by investment manager Howard Marks and his wife Nancy, the home features more than 300 feet of beach frontage.
According to LA Curbed, the Markses have just sold their nine and a half acre Malibu estate to a wealthy Russian couple for $75 million, after "quietly shopping it around for $125 million" without every formally listing it.
The Wall Street Journal notes that it is "one of the largest pieces of oceanfront property in Malibu" and it includes a 15,000-square-foot main house with eight bedrooms and 14 bathrooms, two guesthouses, a tennis court, a pool and a separate building with a gym.
It is currently the second most expensive home sale in Southern California, according to brokers, following the $85 million sale of Candy Spelling's manor to British heiress Petra Ecclestone. It also ranks as the third most expensive home sale in all of California, following the Spelling mansion and Yuri Milner's $100 million purchase of a Los Altos Hills home in 2011.


the cottage gals: Throw Open Those Windows!
Hooray, it's finally sunny, warm and S P R I N G! The Cottage front doors have been flung wide open and the welcome mat has been swept clean. We are happy to report that the store is jammed tight with new stuff and ready for a fresh new season.
Hope you can make it by soon. Historic Leesburg is a great place to walk around and take in the sights on a beautiful day. The 20th Annual Flower & Garden Festival is April 17 - 18th. By far one of the best downtown events to come to.
Absolutely can't wait to get back to your store. Love it all. You Gals all do such a wonderful job there, top 5 of any places I've been.
Just love the wheel barrel pic with the numbers . . too cute! Being here in California, I would so love to visit your shop.
Great pictures!! Good luck on your Flower & Garden Show.
LOVE, love, love your shop! And guess what? My daughter lives in MD and the next time I'm out...we are going to come and see you! I can't wait. But, for now, I don't know when that will be.
I'm totally amazed at how much good stuff two folks can come up with! Wish I were on my way to poke around your wonderful shop.
Can you open a Kansas branch?


Squash varieties are divided into two types, summer squash and winter squash. Summer squash is for eating in the summer and winter squash can be stored for eating well into the winter months.
Tuffy has thicker, much sweeter, drier yellow flesh than others. Black, green skin, distinctive heavy ribbing. Vining habit. Note: Take care when cutting in half as the rind is tough. For best sweetness, wait 2 weeks or more after harvest to eat.
This is the standard for organic butternut squash. It has larger fruits with small seed cavities and thick, straight cylindrical necks. Fruits average 9 inches long and 4-5 pounds. Flesh has smooth texture and sweet flavor especially after 2 months of storage. Average yield is 4-5 fruits per plant.


Grasses are monocotyledonous usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include 'true grasses' of the family Poaceae (Gramineae) as well as sedges of Cyperaceae. The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and grasses of lawn. In the present category of grasses we have included the true grasses from the Gramineae family only which differ from the sedges in having stems which are round in cross-section.
Various Grasses species recorded from the Gandhinagar city are 51.


Critics say hospital buildings and food are enough to make you sick. Today there's a growing movement in health care to get hospitals to green their facilities and, as host Bruce Gellerman reports, it's transforming the medical community.
GELLERMAN: About a dozen years ago, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that medical waste incinerators in hospitals were the largest source of deadly dioxins in the country. The disclosure shook the medical community and led to the creation of an organization that takes its name from the doctor's Hippocratic Oath. Gary Cohen is the executive director of Health Care Without Harm.
COHEN: And we thought how ironic that is that hospitals whose mission is to heal people are contributing to environmentally related disease in this society and we said we need to redefine what that "first, do no harm" ethic means and it means clean up your act.
COHEN: And in the case of patients, if you're getting your IV drip with a PVC medical device it is dripping a reproductive toxin into your veins. Nobody's telling you that but that's the facts, and so our challenge to the hospitals has been look, can't we build cancer centers without carcinogens? Can't we build pediatric units without chemicals linked to birth defects and asthma? This is what health care needs to do. They haven't looked at, except for the last number of years they haven't looked at their environmental health impacts of their operations and their buildings and the stuff they buy.
GUENTHER: Health care is 17 percent of the gross domestic product so health care purchasing represents a huge market leverage around any goods and services a hospital may buy.
LEVY: This is not brain surgery to save energy and water in a hospital. This is common sense kind of stuff.
GELLERMAN: Paul Levy is CEO and president of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It's a teaching hospital - one of three in Boston's Longwood Medical area. It has three million square feet of space, seven thousand employees, and a 1.2 billion dollar budget. Levy's first priority is patient care; his second is green - as in money, not green as in the environment.
LEVY: Much of the energy work and environmental work in hospitals is driven more by cost issues than by a desire to make the world cleaner and reduce carbon emissions and the like, but that's okay because they end up being the same program anyway.
GELLERMAN: Cutting costs and emissions in hospitals requires a healthy dose of technology. The prescription calls for using automated devices that control lights and temperature, the flow of air and water. Most of these devices are hidden in walls and out of sight.
GELLERMAN: But at Beth Israel Deaconess some sensors can see you.
LEVY: …to track of how many people walking by it, and when it detects that the traffic has dropped, it powers down the machine the same way your computer would go into rest mode.
GELLERMAN: Vending machines are energy vampires, so hospital utility manager Mark Lukitsch has installed automatic detection devices to curb their appetite. He says small change can add up.
LUKITSCH: We're able to save probably, with the 26 units we installed over the next 10 years, somewhere in the 70, 000 dollar range, just for a simple device that has a payback of less than a year.
GELLERMAN: Again, hospital CEO Paul Levy.
LEVY: The thing is about hospital buildings, because they're so big, and because they're so energy intensive, you can make a minor modification in the operation of building and actually result in a fairly substantial savings.
GELLERMAN: Down the street from Boston's Beth Israel is Brigham and Women's Hospital. It has nearly twice as many employees, 13,000.
MOMBOURQUETTE: It's a big business, it's a big business. About 9,000 babies are born here every year. It's the biggest in New England, and one of the biggest in the country actually.
GELLERMAN: Art Mombourquette is vice president of support services at Brigham and Woman's. The hospital is a city unto itself. A hallway a quarter of a mile long - called the pike - connects buildings.
MOMBOURQUETTE: We're walking on one of our green initiatives – this corridor is in the process of being replaced. It's an old vinyl composition tile that we're ripping out and replacing it with a renewable product, it's a rubber product. Not only is it a renewable product, it also doesn't require any floor finishes, which means it doesn't need any harsh chemicals to clean it off when it yellows. So it's much better for the people who need to clean it. It's also softer, to walk on, it's a nice product.
GELLERMAN: The long hallway leads to Brigham's newest building, the Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, 300,000 square feet of highly specialized space. It's certified silver LEED – it was designed green from the get go. No new parking spaces were added. Instead, employees were given mass transit passes. Houses that once stood on the property were moved - recycled, in a sense - to preserve the community. And inside the building's soaring atrium, special glazing was used on glass to reduce heating and cooling needs. And every patient's room has floor-to-ceiling windows.
MOMBOURQUETTE: The patient rooms actually slope up at the window, so literally funneling light into the room.
GELLERMAN: This is a hospital. Can the things that you've changed, letting in more light, using environmentally sound cleaning materials, can that help save people's lives or improve their health?
MOMBOURQUETTE: I think there's beginning to be evidence that that's a true statement, and so while it's a little difficult to quantify, there is beginning to be evidence that natural light helps healing.
GELLERMAN: Studies show hospital patients with an outside view suffer fewer complications, need less pain medication and are discharged sooner. Similar benefits have been found in hospitals where family members can stay overnight. And many hospitals are starting to build green roofs to bring nature closer to patients. And they're improving the food they serve, buying organic and locally grown.
It's all part of what's called "evidence based design." It's a concept that architect Robin Guenther says expands the definition of what constitutes health care.
GUENTHER: Buildings ultimately are the clothing that we put on our institutions. Buildings embody all our values, so when you inhabit a green building, it changes how you think about who you are and what you're doing.
GELLERMAN: At Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess, changes in architecture are changing attitudes. Community director Jane Matlaw founded "Healthy Work/Healthy Home," a program encouraging employees to bring new green ideas to the hospital.
MATLAW: And now I have people calling me frequently, saying, "Why aren't we doing this? Could we be doing this? How do we do that? and How do we make it better?" So, it's really gone from, you're a lunatic out there doing your thing, to something people really have embraced.
GELLERMAN: The benefits from going green, says Bill Ravanesi, Boston Director of Health Care Without Harm will pay for themselves - in more ways than money.
RAVANESI: There's a big transformation. We have a green tsunami around us right now, and what we're seeing is a transformation in thinking in health care, going from a mindset that says "let's build an institution," into a different kind of vision, and this vision is a healing environment.
GELLERMAN: The green wave has gone mainstream - and hospitals, their workers, their patients, and communities are the better for it.
Our story about green hospitals was reported with the help of Annie Jia.


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In a West African – and even an African - perspective, Ghana stands out as a country which has achieved what many other countries can only dream of: it is one of the most politically stable countries on the continent and there are low levels of internal conflict. Ghana has had seven successive free and fair elections after 1992, and power has several times been shifted between government and opposition parties. Respect for democracy and human rights is high on the agenda, Ghana has an active civil society, the press is free, and Ghana continues to play a positive role in attempts to stabilise the political situation in neighbouring countries.
In one area however, much more could be done to respect the life and dignity of every citizen. Although the justice system in Ghana is functioning better than in many other countries, conditions for remand prisoners are appalling. About a week ago, I had the experience of visiting Nsawam Medium Security Prison, about an hours' drive from Accra, together with Lady Chief Justice Mrs. Theodora Georgina Wood to witness the in-prison court sittings in the context of the Justice for All programme which Denmark supports. With us were also the Acting Director General of Ghana Prison Service Mr. Patrick Darko Missah, the Director of Public Prosecutions Mrs. Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa, representatives of the Ghana Bar Association, and representatives of the POS Foundation led my Mr. Jonathan Osei Owusu.
I was not the only person who watched in disbelief when a case was heard of a man who had been 9 years on remand without trial. It turned out that the case against him was so weak that the court found no reason to continue to hold him. It was a very emotional moment when he walked out of the place that he had shared so long with fellow prisoners crammed together in cells meant for only 1/4 of the number presently held.
In another case a young girl in her early twenties dressed in prison clothes and wearing a veil explained that she had been led to a house by a man not known to her and upon arrival understood that a murder had been committed in the house. Somehow she ended up being accused of the murder and had spent 4 years on remand without trial. A year ago, she had been granted bail with 500 GHS as surety. She was not able to meet the bail condition and had to stay in prison. At the recent Justice for All Programme court sitting, she was granted bail without surety required. She seemed to be in a complete shock and unable to understand that she could leave the place.
On that day, a total of 57 remand prisoners' applications were filed to the court, out of which 7 remand prisoners were released, 41 on remand were granted bail, 2 were refused bail, 2 remand prisoners applications were dismissed, while 5 were referred to psychiatric treatment.
"If the system was working efficiently, we should not have so many prisoners on remand"
Since the Justice for All programme started in 2007, the share of remand prisoners in Ghanaian prisons has gone down from 40% to 13%. It is the ambition to get it down to below 10%.
This is a major achievement and a success that deserves recognition and celebration not least of the POS Foundation, which is doing a brilliant work to identify and prepare the cases before the special in-prison sittings. On the other hand, the existence of the Justice for All programme also bears witness to the fact that there are structural deficiencies in the Ghanaian justice system. As Mrs. Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa said after the sittings: "If the system was working efficiently, we should not have so many prisoners on remand".
Good governance and respect for human rights are key pillars of Danish development policy, and Denmark has supported the Judicial Service in Ghana for more than 20 years. It is our hope that the new government will show the political will not only to repair deficiencies in the existing justice system but also to address some legal reform issues which could prevent more and more prisoners being led to the already overloaded prison facilities. These issues would seem to include the introduction of community service in certain cases instead of imprisonment, the use of parole, and a reconsideration of the punishment of possession of drugs which appears to be out of proportion with the offense (a few grams of marijuana can cost the owner several years in prison).
Two strong ladies will lead the justice system in the future: Attorney General Mrs. Gloria Afua Akuffo and new Chief Justice Mrs. Sophia Akuffo. We believe that their combined efforts supported by former human rights lawyer President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo can push the system the last mile and ensure the respect for human rights also of the most unfortunate and marginalised citizens in the country.
This topic was also covered by The Daily Graphic - you can read the article here
http://ghana.um.dk/en/about-us/message-from-the-ambassador/4-justice-for-all/

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Paris, Toronto, November 6, 2018 - Leading global commercial real estate services firm Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI) today announced the appointment of Olivier Gérard as CEO, France effective 05 November 2018. Gilles Betthaeuser the present CEO will become Chairman and return to a more client-facing role.
Olivier Gérard brings over 30 years' of experience in French and international real estate and has held senior leadership positions within a number of high profile real estate consultancies throughout his career, specialising in capital markets and transaction services.


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import numpy as np
from numpy.random import random, permutation
from scipy import misc, ndimage
from scipy.ndimage.interpolation import zoom

import keras
from keras import backend as K
from keras.utils.data_utils import get_file
from keras.models import Sequential, Model
from keras.layers.core import Flatten, Dense, Dropout, Lambda
from keras.layers import Input
from keras.layers.convolutional import Convolution2D, MaxPooling2D, ZeroPadding2D
from keras.optimizers import Adam
from keras.preprocessing import image

def ConvBlock(layers, model, filters):
    for i in range(layers):
        model.add(ZeroPadding2D((1,1)))
        model.add(Convolution2D(filters, 3, 3, activation='relu'))
    model.add(MaxPooling2D((2,2), strides=(2,2)))

def FCBlock(model):
    model.add(Dense(4096, activation='relu'))
    model.add(Dropout(0.5))

# Mean of each channel as provided by VGG researchers
vgg_mean = np.array([123.68, 116.779, 103.939]).reshape((3,1,1))

def vgg_preprocess(x):
    x = x - vgg_mean     # subtract mean
    return x[:, ::-1]    # reverse axis bgr->rgb

def VGG_16():
    model = Sequential()
    model.classes = ['an IT Consultant', ' a Management Trainee']
    model.add(Lambda(vgg_preprocess, input_shape=(3,224,224)))

    ConvBlock(2, model, 64)
    ConvBlock(2, model, 128)
    ConvBlock(3, model, 256)
    ConvBlock(3, model, 512)
    ConvBlock(3, model, 512)

    model.add(Flatten())
    FCBlock(model)
    FCBlock(model)
    model.add(Dense(2, activation='softmax'))  # Notice the use of 2 since binary classifier.
    return model

def predict(model, imgs):
    """
            Predict the labels of a set of images using the VGG16 model.

            Args:
                imgs (ndarray)    : An array of N images (size: N x width x height x channels).

            Returns:
                preds (np.array) : Highest confidence value of the predictions for each image.
                idxs (np.ndarray): Class index of the predictions with the max confidence.
                classes (list)   : Class labels of the predictions with the max confidence.
        """
    # predict probability of each class for each image
    all_preds = model.predict(imgs)
    # for each image get the index of the class with max probability
    idxs = np.argmax(all_preds, axis=1)
    # get the values of the highest probability for each image
    preds = [all_preds[i, idxs[i]] for i in range(len(idxs))]
    # get the label of the class with the highest probability for each image
    classes = [model.classes[idx] for idx in idxs]
    return preds, idxs, classes

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Tricalysia patentipilis är en måreväxtart som beskrevs av Kurt Krause. Tricalysia patentipilis ingår i släktet Tricalysia och familjen måreväxter.

Artens utbredningsområde är Kamerun. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Måreväxter
patentipilis

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Woman punched and bit mum during racist attack in front of her four-year-old
Michaela Grellnethove was set upon by her neighbour Victoria Davies when walking her child to school
Neil DockingCrown Court Reporter
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A woman punched and bit a mum in a racist attack while her victim's four-year-old son watched on in horror.
Michaela Grellnethove was confronted by Victoria Davies and a 15-year-old girl when walking her child to school.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Davies, 35, called her Slovakian next-door neighbour "a f***ing foreigner" and a "rat".
The girl pulled the victim's hair, pushed her over then kicked and stamped on her, while Davies repeatedly punched her.
The crying boy screamed as Davies yelled at his mum: "I will f***ing kill you – I will do this every time I see you."
Luckily, two passing paramedics rushed to the victim's aid, but not before Davies had sunk her teeth into her left hand.
She called Miss Grellnethov "a f***ing foreigner" and claimed her boyfriend, Adrian Tomcik, earlier attacked her mum Pauline.
Shortly after the attack – caught on CCTV – Tomcik arrived and assaulted Pauline Davies. Police then arrested him, Davies and the teenager.
Ms Grellnethove was treated for lumps to her head, sore ribs, grazed knees and bruising to her hand from the bite.
Gang rampaged through Liverpool attacking strangers because they were white "non-Muslims"
David Watson, prosecuting, said was a "continuing dispute" between Davies and her neighbours in Lascelles Street, St Helens.
Her brother, co-accused Johnathan Davies, 31, later smashed two windows at the Slovakian couple's home.
Miss Grellnethov told the court she felt "terrorised" and her traumatised son still talked about the attack.
The mum-of-two said her family had since moved home and she quit her job in the area out of fear.
Victoria Davies, 35, of Grizedale Avenue, St Helens, jailed for 15 months after admitting racially aggravated assault causing actual bodily harm
Victoria Davies, now of Grizedale Avenue, St Helens , admitted racially aggravated assault causing actual bodily harm.
Brendan Carville, defending Davies, said Miss Grellnethove's injuries were "fortunately minimal".
He said: "The night before Miss Davies phoned police, when her mother, a lady of some age, was jostled and spat at by Tomcik.
"There was verbal abuse by both parties. She phoned the police and they didn't come.
"It was five months of constant verbal abuse, thin-walled houses, shouting things, mainly the male, the female also involved.
"He would shout 'I'm going to rape your daughter', all that sort of thing."
Racist mum sank teeth into taxi driver's finger – just weeks after biting another victim's hand
Judge Neil Flewitt, QC, said he would not accept these claims without hearing evidence, but accepted there was "a background of hostility".
Tomcik, 25, was accused of assaulting Pauline Davies the night before and immediately after the incident.
The first charge was dismissed after prosecutors offered no evidence, but he admitted the second assault.
City magistrates fined Tomcik £100 and told him to pay £100 compensation to Pauline Davies.
Mr Carville added Davies, who has a previous conviction for abstracting electricity, had lost her job in a fish and chip shop.
The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm.
Johnathan Davies, of Parr Mount Street, St Helens, admitted criminal damage.
Liverpool Crown Court and Magistrates Court in Derby Square, Liverpool.
Judge Flewitt said Davies primarily had a problem with Tomcik, but "none of that justified what happened".
He said: "It's hard to imagine the distress that the child must have suffered.
"Whatever the background may have been, he was wholly innocent in this incident."
Jailing her for 15 months, he added: "This was an appalling piece of violence in a public street, in the presence of a four-year-old child.
"The public must understand that the courts cannot tolerate that sort of violence."
Thug who exposed himself to schoolgirl then choked her unconscious and robbed her revealed
He gave the girl a 12-month referral order and said she was "very fortunate" to avoid custody, adding: "It's your age and nothing else saving you."
Davies sobbed in the dock before screaming as she was sent down: "F***ing hell! I can't f***ing believe this.
"I've not even done anything wrong. It's her with her lies. I've got f***ing 15 months because of her f***ing lies."
Judge Flewitt handed Johnathan Davies a 12-month community order, with 80 hours of unpaid work.
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Force Motors plans 2 electric-ready vans on T1N platform
January 27, 2020 10:28 am by Bala Natarajan
Force Motors, which has conquered 68% of the van market of India with its Traveller series, is planning to invest Rs 600 crore to develop two new models based on the recently unveiled T1N monocoque platform. The T1N platform has been in development for the last four years and has been built to meet international standards in terms of comfort, safety, features etc.
The T1N, unveiled last week, is the first vehicle in its segment in India to offer crash and rollover compliance with airbags for driver and co-driver. The shared mobility platform will spawn internal combustion engine variants, CNG and fully electric models. The platform will be shown at the Auto Expo 2020 (opens 5 February) and is announced to go into production at the end of 2020 at a brand new production line in Madhya Pradesh.
Force Motors is building a new body shop with robotic and laser-welding facilities in Indore that has an installed capacity of 35,000 units for T1N. The company will export the model to around 14 international markets including the Middle East, Africa, ASEAN and South America where it will take on rivals from international brands like Ford, Volkswagen, Renault, PSA, Nissan, Hyundai and Toyota. The company sees the T1N as a springboard to announce its arrival on the global market as a quality van manufacturer sold at an Indian-made price.
We have lined up Rs 600 crore in fresh capital investment to develop two new models for the next two years. These new vehicles will come out from our next generation monocoque platform coming up at our Pithampur, Indore, works for T1N.
Prasan Firodia, Managing Director, Force Motors, told PTI.
While it's too early to speculate what these two electric-ready vans would be, Force Motors could make models below and above the variant showcased last week. The company has said that it had not decided on the branding of the new van series – whether to introduce them under the Traveller sub-brand or a new one. That said, the company has no plans to replace the Traveller with the T1N.
Apart from the passenger movers, Force Motors generates revenue from manufacturing engines for Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Force Motors has supplied over 115,000 engines to Mercedes Benz India from its dedicated facility in Chakan, Pune. BMW and Force Motors signed up in 2015 to produce and test engines. Till date Force Motors has supplied about 45,000 engines to BMW from its Chennai facility.
[Source – MoneyControl.com]
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Force Traveller Electric – Auto Expo 2020 Live
Force Motors has unveiled the Traveller Electric people mover at the Auto Expo 2020. The Traveller Electric is based on T1N monocoque platform that is also compatible with ICE and CNG variants.
Force Motors T1N electric variant to enter production in 2021
Force Motors has unveiled a new generation shared mobility platform that has been designed and developed for both internal combustion engines and 100% electric drive.


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Foster kids can often have a rough start in life. Sometimes they get placed with families that care very much for their well-being, but many times, things don't go that way.
Some foster parents take in kids to make money and that's the sad reality diners at a New Jersey restaurant encountered during a "What Would You Do?" episode. In the setup, a woman took her biological daughter and foster son to a restaurant. The boy was very excited to be at a restaurant, proclaiming "this is the best day ever" at the thought of having a hamburger.
But, the foster mother made her ill intentions very clear when she loudly told her daughter she could order anything she wanted because she was her "real daughter" while the foster son had to keep within a $4 budget. She and her daughter ordered full meals and even milkshakes while the foster child was only allowed to have french fries.
Thankfully, other diners intervened telling the foster mother that she was being awful to this child. The woman was clearly in it for the money. And while this foster family was comprised of actors, this is a reality for many children who are treated like second-class citizens.
One diner told the boy to order whatever he wanted and she would pay for it. When he went over to thank her, the woman told him to write down his name and phone number as she was going to report the foster mother.
Most people were appalled to see this foster mother treat the boy like a cash cow. Rather than using the money the government meant for his care, she was keeping it for herself. How appalling!
It really hit me in the feelings when he asked the foster mother if she was ever going to adopt him and she said she wasn't because the checks would stop. The dark truth is, these children are often seen as a revenue stream.
This isn't the only time "What Would You Do?" tackled the problem with foster care. Click here to see another video like this one to lighten your spirit as bystanders step in time after time!


Each guaranty agency shall, not later than 60 days after October 7, 1998, establish a fund designated as the Operating Fund.
Funds deposited into the Operating Fund shall be invested at the discretion of the guaranty agency in accordance with prudent investor standards.
other receipts as specified in regulations of the Secretary.
Funds in the Operating Fund shall be used for application processing, loan disbursement, enrollment and repayment status management, default aversion activities (including those described in section 1072(h)(8) of this title), default collection activities, school and lender training, financial aid awareness and related outreach activities, compliance monitoring, and other student financial aid related activities, as selected by the guaranty agency.
The guaranty agency may, in the agency's discretion, transfer funds from the Operating Fund to the Federal Fund for use pursuant to section 1072a of this title. Such transfer shall be irrevocable, and any funds so transferred shall become the sole property of the United States.
The term "default collection activities" means activities of a guaranty agency that are directly related to the collection of the loan on which a default claim has been paid to the participating lender, including the due diligence activities required pursuant to regulations of the Secretary.
The term "default aversion activities" means activities of a guaranty agency that are directly related to providing collection assistance to the lender on a delinquent loan, prior to the loan's being legally in a default status, including due diligence activities required pursuant to regulations of the Secretary.
The term "enrollment and repayment status management" means activities of a guaranty agency that are directly related to ascertaining the student's enrollment status, including prompt notification to the lender of such status, an audit of the note or written agreement to determine if the provisions of that note or agreement are consistent with the records of the guaranty agency as to the principal amount of the loan guaranteed, and an examination of the note or agreement to assure that the repayment provisions are consistent with the provisions of this part.
The Operating Fund, with the exception of funds transferred from the Federal Fund in accordance with section 1072a(f) of this title, shall be considered to be the property of the guaranty agency.
Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary may not regulate the uses or expenditure of moneys in the Operating Fund, but the Secretary may require such necessary reports and audits as provided in section 1078(b)(2) of this title.
the Secretary may regulate the uses or expenditure of moneys in the Operating Fund.
Section 1078(c)(6)(B) of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(5), was redesignated section 1078(c)(6)(A)(ii) of this title by Pub. L. 109–171, title VIII, § 8014(d)(3)(A), (B), Feb. 8, 2006, 120 Stat. 170.


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Pre-heat GRILL 1. Line the grill pan with foil. Toast both sides of the walnut bread for 4-5 mins until lightly toasted. Set aside.
Put the butter and honey in a glass bowl and place on the base of the oven. Heat on HIGH MICROWAVE for 50-60 seconds until just melted.
Arrange the apple slices on grill pan and brush them with the honey butter. Cook on GRILL 1 for 2-3 mins each side until softened and slightly golden.
Arrange the apple slices on the walnut toast and top with the slices of Camembert. Grill for another 2-4 mins or until the cheese is bubbling.
Serve toasts drizzled with extra honey.


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By Shen Weiduo in Beijing and Li Qiaoyi in Macao
After almost a year's development, China's ambitious Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been gradually taking shape and injecting fresh momentum to the two special administrative regions (SAR), industry observers said.
They noted that the area, with smoother movements of people and resources, is on a path to rival other major bay areas in the world.
Following the release of the blueprint in February, the central government and local authorities have released follow-up policies, aiming to boost flows of resources and integrate the Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR further into the grand national plan.
The most recent step is an easing of housing policy for talent from the two SARs, which allows those who have no property in the Chinese mainland to buy one apartment in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province, said the Guangzhou Real Estate Trade Registration Center on Wednesday.
In November, China's top economic planner – the National Development and Reform Commission – announced that it will implement significant policies beneficial to Hong Kong and Macao. Infrastructure construction, including several high-speed railways in the area, is on schedule.
The grand plan is gradually unfolding, and it has no doubt offered fresh momentum to the two SAR, Liu Guohong, director of the Department of Finance and Modern Industries at the China Development Institute in Shenzhen, told the Global Times on Wednesday.
The Greater Bay Area offers tremendous opportunities for Macao's insurance institutions and accounting houses, the mainstay of the local financial market, to expand operations, said Wong Kuok Iong, a member of the Financial Professional Committee of the Guangdong Association for Promotion of Cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
The close bonds among relevant professionals from Macao and their counterparts in the Chinese mainland make it easier for flows of talent and businesses in both directions, Wong, also vice chairwoman of the Women's Association of Macao, told the Global Times in an interview on Tuesday.
Research cooperation in the region can receive a boost under the grand plan. Song Yonghua, rector of the University of Macao, said in an interview with the Global Times on Tuesday that researchers in Macao can now participate in the establishment of national scientific research platforms more effectively, and apply for cross-border research grants and research projects with greater convenience.
Greater cooperation with other cities in the area will also benefit the commercialization of the university's research outcomes, he noted.
Given various external and domestic headwinds in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area provides new impetus to Hong Kong's economy and creates development opportunities for local people, especially youth, Carrie Lam, chief executive of Hong Kong SAR said in October.
She added that Hong Kong should take a more proactive role in the Greater Bay Area with its strengths in financial and professional services, aviation, and innovation and technology.
The vision for the area, which is home to 71.16 million people and had aggregate GDP of $1.6 trillion in 2018, extends far beyond its domestic functions.
"If looked at indicators such as economic size, port throughput and population, the area is no doubt a powerful rival to Japan's Tokyo Greater Bay Area, the San Francisco Bay Area and the New York metropolitan area in the US," Liu said.
Liu noted building the area means the country needs to merge different tax, customs and legal systems. That process will bring challenges, but it also means opportunities and offers unprecedented attractions for all types of capital and players in the world, who can all find elements they want in the region.
While expressing optimism about the region's prospects, industry analysts also stressed that when it comes to competing with global rivals, there is still a long way to go, especially in terms of research investment, industry structure and innovation ability.
"We should give priority to facilitating flows of people, goods, capital and information in the region, and for achieving that, we should go step by step," Liu said.
Source:Global Times


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Q: How to debug features in Behat 3 with echo I am trying to debug a feature in Behat 3 to see what is going on.
Echo statements don't seem to work - I get no output.
The step I'm trying to use currently looks like this:
/**
 * @Then /^echo last request$/
 */

public function echoLastRequest()
{
    echo ($this->_history->getLastRequest());
    echo 'test';
}

A: AFAIK you can't. You can use regular debugging. In the latest PhpStorm EAP Behat comes with debugging support, though its still glitchy. You can initiate Xdebug yourself by passing the Xdebug cookie before Mink opens any pages. This should be added to the context.
/**
 * @beforeStep
 *
 * @param BeforeStepScope $scope
 */
public function synchroniseClientSession(BeforeStepScope $scope)
{
    $driver         = $this->getSession()->getDriver();

    // Cookies must be set on the domain we're testing, Chrome opens with 'data:,' in the url.

    if ($driver instanceof Selenium2Driver && $driver->getCurrentUrl() === 'data:,') {
        $driver->visit($this->getMinkParameter('base_url'));
    }

    $driver->setCookie('XDEBUG_SESSION', 'PHPSTORM');
}

Default Behat configuration must also receive the environment variable with the idekey in case you're testing the raw code:
XDEBUG_CONFIG="idekey=PHPSTORM"

A: The problem is that Behat uses output buffering. You can work around it by flushing the output buffers manually before Behat can intercept them:
var_dump('test');
ob_flush();

A: You could use a simple print_r() or var_export():
var_export('DEBUG!!!');

A: If you want to debug the actual Behat code this method always worked for me.

When PHP Storm / IntelliJ Idea doesn't like my Behat version I have to use something like this:

*

*Create Run profile

*Point to behat file

*Set required Behat parameters (configuration file, feature folder, tags)

*Specify custom directory (relatively to which all these paths are)

Note: I specify @wip tag to run tests that are tagged as wip (I'm currently working on).

A: For some unknown reason I hope to workout soon, I can't debug behat with my current setting (vim + vdebug + xdebug).
In the meantime this little trick helped me :
passthru("echo \"foo\"");

A: This won't work, as Behat collect output buffor and clear it with own report.
Then you echo was send, but then rewrited in buffor by behat.
If you really, want to see that this was, you need simply:

*

*use function die('MSG');

*log to file

Best way, of course is to use xDebug - others answer show better description of that.


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FCC Seeks Comments on HD Radio Technical Standards – Could a Power Increase for Digital FM Radio Be Coming?
David Oxenford
Until recently, to many in the industry, HD radio seemed to be an afterthought – maybe useful in feeding analog translators, but otherwise not very accessible to the public. But there is now more and more interest in HD radio given the increased inclusion of receivers for this digital service as standard equipment in a majority of new cars. This means that consumers have ready access to programming on digital FM subchannels that the technology allows, plus the digital sound quality that HD radio provides and the auxiliary data services that can be conveyed along with the audio programming. This week, the FCC's Media Bureau issued a Public Notice asking for comments on two technical proposals to enhance service to the public while minimizing interference that the service might otherwise cause to nearby adjacent-channel stations.
Comments are sought on a proposal by the National Association of Broadcasters and Xperi, Inc. (which acquired iBiquity, the company that developed the HD Radio technology) seeking adoption of an updated formula for computing the power level of the "sidebands" on which the HD service resides. The request also asks that the proposal be combined with a 2019 request that FM stations be allowed to operate an HD service with "asymmetric sidebands" without having to seek experimental authority. What do these requests mean and why might they be important?
To explain the issues most simplistically, HD radio operates on what are referred to as "sidebands" of an FM station's main signal. In essence, the digital information that can be transmitted by a station operating in HD (including separate programming streams and more textual information) is included on frequencies immediately adjacent to the analog signal. While this additional digital information is transmitted on the same "channel" as the analog station, that information is put on the edges of the channel (as opposed to in its center where radiation is highest in an analog operation). When HD radio was authorized early in this century, there were fears that the increased digital use of these sidebands could create interference to adjacent channel stations, as there was greater use of the HD station's channel on the portions of that channel closest to adjacent channel stations. Thus, as noted in the new NAB/Xperi petition, the Commission itself recognized that it was being conservative in the power levels permitted for the HD operations to guard against such interference to adjacent channel stations.
So how much power should be allowed in these digital sidebands? That is a question that has been debated since the service was first adopted, and there have been many proposals for permission to increase the permitted power levels (see, for instance, the proposals we wrote about here and here). The NAB/Xperi petition contends that, given the experience that has been accumulated in the last decade that HD radio has been in use, there is no longer any reason for the Commission to be conservative about the power levels for these digital sidebands.
The NAB/Xperi petition also asks that its proposal be consolidated with a proposal filed by these same parties (plus National Public Radio) in 2019 that asks the FCC to authorize digital FM operations with asymmetric sidebands, i.e., sidebands operating at different power levels. Right now, the power of the digital sidebands must be equal unless specially authorized by the FCC. However, the parties argue that, where the protections need to be greater on one side of the station's frequency than the other (e.g., a station on an adjacent channel above the HD station's frequency is closer, or of higher power than any adjacent channel station operating on a channel below the HD station's frequency), the power can be restricted on that side, and increased on the sideband where there is more leeway. Allowing increased power on even one sideband would, in the proponent's view, give the station a better HD signal in its service area.
The purpose of these changes is to help overcome any perception by broadcasters that an HD signal is not worth implementing if it would not provide essentially the same coverage as the analog station. If a station's HD signal can be delivered at a higher power, even on one sideband, the proponents believe that the stronger HD signal will be provided to a station's audience, coming closer to replicating the station's analog service area (and delivering all the benefits of HD service as well). The intention is to encourage broader implementation of HD radio services to the public.
Comments on these proposals are due January 12, 2023, with reply comments due by February 13, 2023. These are but initial comments as to whether the FCC should move forward in its consideration of this petition. Before any rule changes will be made, the FCC will likely need to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, spelling out the specific changes it proposes to make in its rules to accommodate the proposals. That process will require further public comment. Nonetheless, this is a significant first step in the FCC's consideration of these proposals – watch as these potential changes to digital radio move forward at the FCC, and offer your opinions on these proposals by the comment dates that the Media Bureau has established.
David Oxenford is MAB's Washington Legal Counsel and provides members with answers to their legal questions with the MAB Legal Hotline. Access information here. (Members only access). There are no additional costs for the call; the advice is free as part of your MAB membership.


Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a common disorder with a significant mortality rate. Successful endovascular treatment of acute DVT is most likely to be achieved in patients with recently formed thrombus, (<10–14 days) with acute iliofemoral DVT. Endovascular treatment options include: Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT), pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis (PCDT), percutaneous aspiration thrombectomy (PAT), vena cava filter protection, venous balloon dilatation and venous stent implantation. Current practice shows strong clinical tendency for the use of PCDT with or without other endovascular methods and an individualized approach for each DVT patient. PMT has not received general acceptance because of the associated risk of PE and damage to venous valves caused by thrombectomy devices. PAT is most commonly used as an adjunctive endovascular technique like balloon maceration to fragment thrombus, balloon angioplasty, stent implantation and vena cava filter placement. Interventional endovascular therapies for DVT have the potential to provide PE protection and prevention of PTS. Patient centered individualized approach for endovascular DVT treatment is recommended to optimize the ideal clinical result.
Acute stroke is the leading cause of death for people above the age of 60 and the fifth leading cause in people aged 15–59. Mortality during the first 30 days of ischemic stroke is 20 % and 30 % of survivors will remain permanently disabled. Acute stroke patients within the therapeutic window must receive IVrtPA unless there is a contraindication. In case of contraindication to IVrtPA or for patients out of the therapeutic window for thrombolytics, standart of care is the intraarterial treatment. Patients have to be transferred to a comprehensive stroke center with capacity of dedicated neurovascular imaging and interventional neuroradiology. Noncontrast head CT that is used to rule out hemorrhage is followed by imaging studies dedicated to show if there is reasonable penumbra to save. Intraarterial thrombolysis has the main advantage of extended therapy window, earlier and more efficient recanalization and less risk of hemorrhage due to lower doses of thrombolytics. Mechanical thrombectomy has several advantages over IV/IA fibrinolysis including faster recanalization and less risk of hemorrhage especially in large artery occlusions. ASA guidelines recommend choosing stent retrievers over other devices for mechanical thrombectomy. Better recanalization rates and less infarct volume after mechanical thrombectomy result in higher numbers of functionally independent patients compared with other treatments. Two landmark studies that were published recently, SWIFT PRIME and MR CLEAN, showed that IA treatment especially with the new stent retrievers lead to a significant increase in functional recovery and independence in daily life after an acute stroke.
Cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis (CVST) comprises nearly 0.5–1 % of all stroke cases. CVST causes different neurological deficits depending on the sinus/cortical vein involved. CVST may cause death and dependency in 13.4 % of patients. CT/CT venography and MR/MR venography can be effectively used to diagnose and to follow up CVT cases. Anticoagulation with heparin is the most widely accepted therapy to prevent the expansion of the thrombus. Patients deteriorating despite heparinization and patients presenting with very severe neurological deficits must receive endovascular treatment. Endovascular methods include intrasinus infusion of thrombolytics or heparin, balloon angioplasty, mechanical thrombectomy or a combination of different techniques. There is a higher rate or recanalization with endovascular methods compared to other medical therapies.


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Another long-term study finds fracking isn't contaminating groundwater
by Jon Sanders
Research Editor and Senior Fellow, Regulatory Studies, John Locke Foundation
Yet another long-term university study of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has found no evidence that the process contaminates drinking water. This one is a four-year study from Texas, "the fifth and final in a series conducted by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan that looks at groundwater wells in the Barnett Shale area."
What did researchers find after four years of study? That methane in the well water around the Barnett Shale area was naturally occurring, not linked to the fracking process and natural gas production activities.
The press release from the University of Texas announces:
After four years of studies, scientists have found no link between methane present in water wells outside of Fort Worth and nearby gas production activities in the Barnett Shale. The methane appears to have migrated naturally to the wells from the shallower Strawn formations and not from the Barnett Shale, where natural gas production and hydraulic fracturing are occurring. By conducting the studies, researchers believe they have developed important methods that could be applied in similar situations to determine where methane originates in an environment.
Also worth nothing, all five studies made the same findings: "The researchers' findings and conclusions have remained consistent through the studies."
They also made similar findings to other recent, long-term academic or government studies on fracking that have been discussed here. Here's a list:
Pennsylvania: Methane in water wells from natural variability, not drilling and fracturing. Based on a two-year study by researchers from Yale University.
Pennsylvania: Water quality was "either unchanged or even slightly improved for substances like barium, arsenic and iron." Based on over 11,000 groundwater samples since 2010 by researchers at Pennsylvania State University.
Nation: No evidence in the data that fracking contaminates groundwater. Based on a five-year study by researchers for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Wyoming: Bacteria, not fracking, was the cause of foul-smelling well water in the Pavillon community. Based on a two-year investigation by researchers at the EPA and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.
Nation: Almost all of the flowback and wastewater recovered in the fracking process is natural brines, not fluid used in the fracking process, which tends to stay in the well. Findings by researchers at Duke University.
Texas and Pennsylvania: Instances of methane in water wells thought to be from the fracking process were from failures in well construction. Findings by researchers at Duke University and several other universities.
Colorado: No evidence that the fracking process led to biogenic gas in water wells, but that the aquifer had historically exhibited significant methane levels. Based on investigations by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Pennsylvania: No evidence that chemicals or brine water from fracking flowed upward and contaminated drinking water. Based on a two-year study by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Again and again, researchers ratify that hydraulic fracturing is an intrinsically safe process.
Jon Sanders
Serving as Senior Fellow of Regulatory Studies and also Research Editor at Locke, Jon researches a broad range of areas, including energy and electricity policy, occupational licensing, red tape and overregulation, executive orders and overreach, emerging ideas and economic growth, cronyism and other public-choice problems, alcohol policy, poverty and opportunity, and other issues as they arise.
Reductions in CO2? Thank Fracking
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At some point for children seeking to master traditional music, the learning must come through the power of relationship — through parents, friends, neighbors, or teachers. But not every child has access to that world, and many a child may be drawn to folk traditions via a chance exposure to music that calls to him or her. So what's a parent to do? So many interests seem to pass quickly in these childhood years, making today's investment in teachers, instruments and so forth the equivalent of pouring sand down the proverbial rat hole. I would also argue that learning to play, dance or sing Irish traditional music requires the dedication of family, teacher, and community. Diana Boullier seeks to bridge the gap between children's interest and the world of Irish traditional music.
Now, some of the material in this book might be transmitted directly. But as Chieftain Derek Bell points out in his introduction, children don't go to smoky bars for sessions, and not all teachers may have the time to go into the detail that a book like Exploring Irish Music and Dance provides. Designed for children at the primary school level, this book provides a much needed reference with answers to lots of questions, in a form that is accessible to the young ones. These questions might range from, "How do they know when first tune will stop and the next begin?" to "What is set dancing? Isn't it like Ceili dancing" or "I thought the mandolin ital[was] an Irish instrument!" Boullier is both a musician and a parent, and I suspect many of the topics in the book come from both knowing the answers and being asked the questions.
She covers the history of Irish instrumental music, complete with a description of instruments, the structure of tunes, and how they are named. She also introduces some key players from Irish musical history. Some of this material may be less useful for North American children than for those from the old sod, but parents or teachers could easily supplement this material. I very much enjoyed the discussion of naming tunes, and the detail on how similar tunes might initially seem the same, but either diverge from a common source or be developed in different places.
The material on Irish dancing gives both a history and a description of various dances, although I found it difficult to make the link between a children's dance class and the material here. Still, the descriptions of Ceili, set and step dancing were quite interesting, and should satisfy most young ones trying to learn a jig step.
Boullier includes photos and illustrations of dancers, as well as simple melodies that could easily be played by a child who can read music. She also discusses the relationship between learning by ear and by reading music, providing a gentle encouragement to seek out a class or a teacher, as well as explaining the late arrival of music notation in the world of Irish traditional music.
While it is no substitute for a good dance class or a teacher, this book would be a great starting place for a child interested in Irish traditional music and dance, with slightly greater emphasis on the music in terms of coverage. It would make a great gift for children able to read and considering learning to play an instrument. Exploring Irish Music and Dance has a good blend of simple, direct text, photographs and illustrations presented in a quality format that would make it suitable for a gift.
The illustrations of dancers and musicians ranges from the pre-photographic era to the present — from photos of early 20th century musicians right up to contemporary folks like Sharon Shannon. Having said that, it is not a "picture book" without substance, as there is a lot of information communicated in these pages.
I must admit that I had occasional technology-oriented thoughts while doing the review, thinking to myself how great it would be if this book were a CD-ROM, with movie vignettes and samples of the music — and how that would change the issue of learning by reading musical notation. Hmm….


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Hinduism is a minority religion in Korea. There are 24,414 Indians in South Korea, most of whom are Hindus. Through Buddhism, it has also had an indirect impact on certain aspects of traditional Korean thought.  The Four Heavenly Kings that can be seen in Korean Buddhist temples originated from the Lokapālas. Also Skanda,Daeyejeok Geumgang, Sakra,Yama and Brahma were worshipped.

North Korea
There are 586 Indians (most of them are embassy workers) in North Korea, most of whom are Hindus.

South Korea

There are many Hindu temples in the Seoul region, like the Sri Radha Shyamasundar Mandir and the Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple, located on Seoul's outskirts, approximately 2 hours from the city centre. South Korea is home to a small number of expats, including students and engineers, from countries such as India and Nepal many of whom are Hindu. Yoga has also gained increasing popularity in recent years.

Sri Radha Shyamasundar Mandir is open daily, at specific times in the morning and evening. The temple offers various services to the mostly expat Hindu community, including children's classes, religious courses, festivals and ceremonies, such as weddings, as well as groceries for vegetarians.

Though South Korea is mostly secular and Christian, the range of religious beliefs displayed is quite broad. While Korean Shamanism shares some similarities with Hinduism, most religious people adhere to either Buddhism or Christianity, and there remains a strong Confucian presence.

The Rath Yatra was celebrated for the first time on the banks of the famous Han River in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, organized by the Seoul Sanatan Temple.

List of Hindu temples in South Korea

 Sri Radha Shyamasundar Mandir, in Central Seoul
 Sri Sri Radha Krishna temple of ISKCON movement, in Uijeongbu 20 km away on outskirt of Seoul
 Sri Lakshmi Narayanan Temple, in Metropolitan Seoul
 Himalayan Meditation and Yoga Sadhana Mandir, in Seocho in Seoul

See also
 Hindu calendar
 Hinduism by country
 List of Hindu empires and dynasties
 Buddhism in Korea
 Hinduism in China
 Hinduism in Japan
 Indians in Korea
 Koreans in India
 Memorial of Heo Hwang-ok, Ayodhya

Notes

References

External links
Sri Radha Shyamasundar Mandir
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Korea

Korea


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Cumberland Mills
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fotocoursesNew England 2016
Oct 3, 2016, 10:00pm ·  ☁ 13 °C Altitude: 13 ft
Cumberland CountyWoodfordsBack Cove
Portland Day 2
October 3, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☁ 13 °C
Travelled up the coast taking in Salem, Rockport, York and Portland.
Jason CMaine
Sep 24, 2016, 5:40pm ·  ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 39 ft
Cumberland CountyCumberland MillsDeer Hill
43.6863, -70.32826
September 24, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I needed to go to my bank before noon so quickly grabbed an Uber car. Okay well first of all I've been hanging out in San Francisco and I have to tell you since that's the birthplace of Uber, and I've actually been to the Uber building, a sign-less stealthed out place next to the Palace Hotel on Market St, which no one who even drives for Uber has ever been to, that the Uber car that I called to pick up at the airport last night that I got into would never pass for acceptable in San Francisco. It was a beat-up old Ford 500 with scratches all over the top of the trunk lid and the doors were all dented up. There was too much crap in the trunk for my suitcases to fit and peanut shells all over the floor of the ratty old interior. But anyway the driver was nice. And being from Maine, none of that bothered me. I just loaded my stuff into the back seat. But what did kind of shock me is something that might be interesting to native Maine folks. It's something you wouldn't think about and then I never thought about but now that I've been away I have a different perspective. My Uber driver was playing the radio and the station WCYY. The radio was blurting out "Maine's only alternative station!" (see photo).
Now, granted this is something to be proud of and thank God that there is an alternative station in Maine. Frankly, I don't agree with their boast, but that's a different story that goes way back with me. Back to the story I'm telling: it's a bit scary that there's only one alternative radio station in the state of Maine. Even if that's not true and there's one or two others. That's still kind of scary LOL, to people from out of state! Look I'm just saying. If you've ever had the curiosity as to what out-of-state of people really do think about Maine, well there's a hint. And Maine continually continually engages in this kind of behavior. Just Google "Maine's only" lol. You will find Maine's only summer games Olympian , Maine's only 24 hours a day news team, Maine's only five-star chef, Maine's only Curling club... (thank God)... Maine's only USDA poultry facility... Maine's only bookmobile... Foot Golf Course... Garage door showroom... Okay I could go on and on STOP! Okay it's the 42nd most populous state, and losing population... let's not rub it in! Easy with the "Maine's only" thing. Of course if you know me well you know that 20 years ago I came up with the related "one in Portland" concept. Is there a Baskin Robbins in Maine? Yeah there's one in Portland. Major Airport? Yes, one in Portland. Strip club? Orange Julius? Chuck E Cheeses? Yes, one in Portland. On and on. Now I'm more open-minded and can tell you that there's a five-star chef in Kennebunkport. LOL. Yes, at that White Barn place certain family members of mine like to go to. Maybe next time someone goes you could suggest that they go easy on the " Maine's Only" boast. Besides, last I remember, most people thought of Kennebunkport as part of a New Hampshire anyway. And what the heck is a five-star Chef anyway? I don't think that means it makes them as good as if the chef were GAY, in any case!
And more than only one gay chefs exists in Maine. So if the chef at The White Barn Inn is gay they should advertise that instead.
My friend asked me if I'm excited to see all the things that have changed since I've been gone. I said well last time I visited the only thing that had changed was there was a new Best Buy in Augusta. They really honestly looked at me like I was completely lying to them. Kind of had a come on " let's be reasonable " face.
Well there's a big new development that I guess got approved for the Portland Waterfront area and that will be done in 10 years so there's something. I have not actually visited downtown Portland I'm sure there's plenty of new things there or at least I'm hoping. But I'm very much a symbol of the past as I walk down Congress Street. Because I never even knew that the city took the dog man's dogs away from him. And that probably happened years ago. I'm glad I don't drink any longer (for 9 years) or else I'd make a fool out of myself.
Okay so the other Uber incident happened on the way back from the bank when we lost cell service completely. This is the kind of thing that also scares people from out of state. I currently carry a T-Mobile phone something that a Mainer would would laugh at. Okay well I also have a Verizon phone, and my Uber driver had an AT&T phone. All 3 phones lost service completely at Northport... A place I used to work. This is not exactly the Backwoods folks. But I've never really experienced in all my Uber travels in Oregon, and California complete loss of a cell phone signal. This is when Uber stops working. I guess I've turned into a huffy puffy out-of-stater because I just got out of the Uber car and started to walk away , and I was ready for the 2-mile walk back to Motel 6. I don't need no stinkin' Uber. Especially one that seriously broken because it is completely relying upon the concept of cell phones working all the time in their business model to work . And at Northport, three of the four major cell carriers fail.
Okay so I'm walking down the road now to my Motel. I bet any Mainer can probably tell you what happened next can't you? That's right... My Uber driver would have nothing of this behavior on my part. And was following me as I walked down the sidewalk at 3 miles an hour in her car. Unwavering. There was no way I was going to walk it didn't matter that she was not going to get paid, she was going to get me where I needed to go and that's just how it was! This is Mainer behavior. I knew resistance was futile. Kind of like when I was bicycling in cherryfield 20 years ago on a 50 mile ride and a grumpy old lady insisted that I eat some of her cranberry cake. There was just no saying no. So I got back in the car and she got me back to my motel. That's just how life should be.
I got her an extra Amato's Italian sandwich but she didn't want one. Trying to give it to her was also futile. Well let me put it differently: she's not going to have lunch with a client it's just not how a Mainer would do things. I could tell she was starving and wanted a Maine Italian very badly. But I could sense that she was going to drop me off and then go back to Amato's, that's just how it goes. Mainers differentiate business and socializing and would rather eat alone in their car. Am I right? Once a Mainer always a Mainer. And just because you do something for someone doesn't mean you need anything like money or a sandwich in Maine.Read more
Linda Bean
Well, I like the fact he features Maine lobster. Hope he doesn't get upset with the photo if it happens to reach him!
10/1/16Reply
I'm telling people I'm a Wildlife Biologist sent from Oregon to help search for an elusive giant snake named Wessie, in and around the Sappi paper mill here in Westbrook. All Mainers have not gotten the joke so far, and simply believe me. See photo of Wessie swimmimg. Oh this is big news.. the newspapers and every major News Channel have carried various stories about this over a several-month long timeframe. Businesses have signs up about it and my Uber driver said she would never take her kids near the river right now . The newspapers, the police and others might be very interested in my photo. This is my welcome to Maine. NOT much going on around here. Ayuh. Oh and by the way, just to be clear, most people think there probably is no snake. Yet, the media is relentless. Mainers are putting a lot of effort into this mystery . Someone even found a snake skin near the river and the Westbrook Police Chief certainly did not question that it was worth the taxpayer dollars to have it sent it off to a fancy test lab in Texas. The results indicated that there was an andaconda in the area. However now that brings up the question is this all just a hoax. I've come here to settle this question once and for all. See the photo I shot, of Wessie with the massive soccer ball sized head, swimming alledgedly near the Sappie Mill near motel six here. Click to enlage. Photo shoot was shot near a shop. Where I was shopping photos. Oh, shoot. Would you call that a photo shop? Or something like that, alledgedly.
- In contrast, the very real fire, not "alleged", that jumped the 101 freeway right at San Francisco International Airport, see my photo, not bought at a photo shop, which made it hard to get to my hotel to catch my flight...was a total NON news event that no one cared about. Only one news channel picked up the story.. on their website only.. in a one paragraph blurb. And the next day I'm sure everyone forgot about it. Yes, this was a fire at a major United States airport that was big enough that it jumped a major US freeway that was 10 lanes wide. LOLRead more
Fireside Inn
Having alledgedly completed my hunting and successful photoshooting/shopping of Wessie, today it was time to roll my suitcases down Riverside st, from Motel 6 to the much nicer and only $35 more expensive Fireside Inn here in Westbrook. So what was I doing at the Motel 6? Well I just had some old business to take care of with some ole buddies of mine, DMoney, Smoothie, and Shifty, who are just up for a day or two visiting from New York and Connecticut hoping to meet a few local girls, who were working up the street. Motel 6 in Westbrook just seemed like the appropriate of place for that kind of thing.
Ok ok I am kidding! And if you know the reference (Gov LePage) that was funny.
But even at Motel 6 I was able to make a few cultural observations about Maine that the average Mainer probably would not. Take for example the fact that the staff there (see photo) dress in traditional religious garb from their home countries. Okay that's fine and it's nice that the state of Maine either allows or from what my Uber driver told me, has a law, regarding the right to wear clothing that is part of one's religion at work. And I understand certain Muslim and Arabic cultural requirements to wear a headdress when it comes to women, because women are very pretty and I guess showing their faces everywhere causes a nuisance. That's actually kind of true isn't it? LOL. Okay so this practice works fine. In Maine. Yes, in Maine... 98.5% white, 1% Native American and one half of 1 % other races combined.
But what Mainers probably never think about is what the heck would happen if there was a law like that in California? With the massive immigrant population there and tens of millions of people living there. It would literally be a traveling circus. Not to sound like Governor LePage or anything. There would be all these different robes headdresses, flocks, sandals, Tiztzits, kippahs, tichels, gartels, niquas and birquas!
And again, not to sound like Governor LePage, but it's a matter of time until these type of people start bringing massive knives and swords to work. You think I'm kidding? In the Pacific Northwest there's already been a student who's allowed to bring his kirpan to school for religious reasons. These are not just regular jack knives. They are straight edged swords and large knives that are definitely made for killing people. (see photo!) To put it bluntly. And it's not really an option, there has been a commandment that these be worn by all Sikhs...or Sheiks... or whatever you call them.
The Kirpan (Punjabi: ਕਿਰਪਾਨ, kirpān) is a religious sword worn in a strap that enables a it to be suspended near one's waist or tucked inside one's belt. It must be worn by all initiated Sikhs (Khalsa), after a mandatory religious commandment given by Guru Gobind Singh Ji (the tenth Sikh Guru) in 1699 CE. The Kirpan is part of the Five Ks uniform that all initiated Sikhs must adhere to. "Kirpan" literal means "weapon of defence" ("Kirpa" means "mercy" and "Aan" means "honour") and encapsulates an initiated Sikh's solemn obligation of courage and self-defence. A Sikh who wears a kirpan is supposedly not wearing it because it is a weapon; he or she is wearing it because it is part of their officially prescribed religious uniform.
The Khalsa is expected to live by the high moral standards of the Sikh Gurus at all times as stipulated in Guru Granth Sahib and Rehat Maryada (Sikh Code of Conduct) which includes such things as abstaining from smoking, drinking and other intoxicants, eating killed animals, performing daily prayers and always maintaining the five distinctive physical symbols of Sikhi (Kakars) on them. The most noticeable of these symbols being uncut hair (Kesh).
Okay so just please notice the fact that men AND women are supposed to be wearing these knives. I would be hesitant to bet that the housekeeping staff at the Motel 6 in Westbrook does not have one of these knives somewhere in and around their person. So don't get them upset!
Anyway here at the Fireside Inn, life is a lot less exotic and I'm a lot happier. I was given two whoopie pies (photo) upon check-in, my housekeeper is named Caitlin, and the front desk woman was knitting a blanket for her little baby at work. Now there's something I've never seen on the west coast... Any form of knitting by front desk staff. I'll be much more relaxed over here.Read more
Do they allow the knife carrying in CA only if you are not Scottish or Irish?
Joe LoganEast Coast Ride
Sep 17, 2020, 12:46pm ·  ☀ 23 °C Altitude: 92 ft
City of PortlandRivertonMill Brook
Bite into Maine
September 17, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀ 23 °C
Lobster roll, Connecticut style which is butter only. Aligash Brewery parking lot. 30$ for 6 oz lobster roll and coleslaw. Pricey but the best so far.
HVA on TourUS Trip 2016 with Henrik
Oct 24, 2016, 10:00am ·  ☀ 10 °C Altitude: 13 m
Cumberland CountyStroudwaterBlueberry Hill
Going North, ME
October 24, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀ 10 °C
Fahrt in der Norden nach Maine
Oh... Das ist noch besser als Lego... Will ich... Fängst du mir eins?
Wo sind die Steaks und die Würstchen?
HVA on Tour
Da würde ich bei der Einfuhr Probleme mit dem Zoll bekommen ... :-p
Vorne rechts sind sie gewesen ...


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