This past weekend, Lizzy Hawker (The North Face) won The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc for an incredible fifth time in her six attempts at the race, which was just held for the tenth time. This year, Hawker dealt with foul weather, course changes, and a lingering injury along her path to victory. In the following interview, find out how her race went, where she'd like to race in the States, and what she's dreaming of tackling next.
iRunFar: Bryon Powell here of iRunFar with Lizzy Hawker after her 5th win at The North Face Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc. How are you Lizzy?
Lizzy Hawker: Good, thank you. And you?
iRF: I'm good, though probably not as tired as you. It was "only" 104k with "only" 6,000 meters of gain, so it wasn't the "real" course.
Hawker: It was half the time out there.
iRF: It was still challenging though.
Hawker: Yes, because every race is still challenging in its own way, but it was a completely different race.
iRF: Did you approach it differently?
Hawker: Yeah, I guess. Timing-wise, Friday it was quite hard waiting for the news of what was going to happen and then readjust your thoughts. But I guess with an ultra-distance race you have to be prepared for whatever the race is going to throw at you. And in this, it was that the race wasn't going to happen and it was going to be a completely different course. You really just have to try and stay in the moment and just keep that calm attitude inside yourself that what goes on goes on and you can't do anything about it. So you just stay in the moment and run your race.
Hawker: Yeah, I guess my strategy for any race is just to run the best I can at each moment of the race. So I don't intentionally go out aggressively, but it just kind of happens that I'm out in front of everybody.
iRF: Almost off the front of the men's pack. You were 75 seconds later. You also had some pain out there?
Hawker: Yeah, I've had some injury issues since about March time which aren't completely resolved. I've had some disappointing races, some good races, some good training, and things aren't resolved yet. So I was in pain quite a bit of the race.
iRF: During the race, was your finish ever in doubt?
Hawker: No, I knew I'd always finish because I was just determined I'd get back to Chamonix somehow. I think if I'd have had to walk back I would have done it yesterday. I never knew if I'd manage to win or where I'd actually be. I was just happy to make it to the end.
iRF: So the victory was not only for the race but for yourself.
iRF: You've run this race a lot—6 times with 5 wins in 10 years.
Hawker: Yes. I have to say, I've never run the course we did yesterday, however… bits of it.
iRF: True. Do you anticipate taking a break in the near future?
Hawker: Yes. It's definitely a race you can't run every year just because it's not the only race and there are other things that I'd really love to do as well during the summer and the autumn. But it's a special race for me, and I still have challenges within the race. So it will draw me back again.
iRF: You did run faster than 24:58 [Krissy Moehl's full UTMB course record], but you'd like to do that on the full course?
iRF: What other sort of plans do you have in the near future? Are there other races you're particularly looking forward to?
Hawker: Yes. I still have a lot of dreams with different races. Maybe I'll come back to the States next year. I'd love to come back to Western States uninjured and try some of the others like maybe Hardrock—but it might take a few tries to actually get in.
iRF: Might as well put your name in that lottery.
Hawker: Just see what happens. Yes, and I have dreams still with some challenges and long mountain journeys and climbing high—that's a deep dream, too.
Hawker: The Himalayas really speak to me. I don't know if the chance will ever come, but I used to work in the Antarctic on research cruises and it's always been my dream to go back and to explore. The polar regions are a passion of mine, too.
iRF: So you guys can mull that one over [to the audience]. That's great! Best of luck in whatever you chose to do in the future, Lizzy. Take care.
Hawker: Thank you. You, too.
Bryon, when Lizzy sets up the Antarctica 50M/100M challenge, are we going to get dispatches from irunfar?! :~) Thanks for the interview!, hope Lizzy heals up soon.
Congratulations Lizzy on your 5th UTMB win! All that you can do is race the course they give you to race.
Good luck in getting fully healthy!


Declining health opened my eyes. I had two choices. Continue to get sicker everyday or change my life dramatically.
I had to give up almost everything I was used to. Yeah, there were a few tears shed.
I started getting better fast. Yay!
Then I realized I couldn't paint my toenails ever again. What the f….?!
Then I went on a mission to figure out how to naturally stain my nails. It took a little over a year to achieve this goal but I did it!
My book Walt Nail Staining: DIY How To Naturally Stain Your Nails teaches others to stain their nails too.
This is so exciting. Pretty nails look good and build confidence!


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I mean Google!!
"Google already has two applications that work in Linux: Picasa and Google Earth, but that's not enough for a company that uses Linux a lot. In a presentation [PDF] from Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, Google announced they'll release important Linux desktop applications this year. Some of them will be open source and they'll try to support most main distributions."

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Pop Daypop
Britney Spears shares on social media that she's working on new music
Britney Spears took to Instagram to share that she is working on new music, posting a video of herself singing in her bathroom.
Spears wrote in the caption: "I just realized this today guys… after what my family tried to do to me three years ago… I needed to be my own cheerleader !!!! God knows they weren't …so I just read up on my self and this is what I found: Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning pop icon Britney Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history with nearly 100 million records sold worldwide. In the U.S. alone, she has sold more than 70 million albums, singles and songs, according to Nielsen Music." She then added: "Pssss new song in the works … I'm gonna let you know what I mean !!!!!"
Spears has been celebrating her 13-year conservatorship coming to an end in November.
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Dua Lipa confirms she is working on her third album, says it "has its own unique sound"
Jennifer Lopez and Megan Thee Stallion team up for new COACH campaign
Post Malone announces new album "Twelve Carat Toothache"
Grimes releases music video for her new song "Shinigami Eyes" featuring BLACKPINK's Jennie
Elton John postpones concert dates after testing positive for COVID-19
Halsey, J. Cole, and Kid Cudi to headline 2022 Governors Ball Music Festival


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Because foo is the first metasyntactic variable.
Well I am not sure if it comes from this, but I konw there is an army saying of foo bar.
This is weird. Every time I click on that link I'm sent to a random site (linux.org, debian.org, techp.org etc...).
i think it means that its a variable used for demonstration in any language.
That's strange, is that really where the word foo came from?!
And how did it become that popular?!
"Smokey Stover" comic strip published from about 1930 to about 1952.
chew"), and Holman had Smokey say "Where there's foo, there's fire".
origin of "foo" was forgotten.
usage in 1995 via the name of one of the better grunge-rock bands).
British-army graffiti more or less equivalent to the American Kilroy.
with bitter omniscience and sarcasm."
Canadian parody magazine named `Foo' published in 1951-52.
HUM." Our first obligation is to keep the foo counters turning.
acronym FUBAR, later bowdlerised to foobar.
was a reference to the earlier Smokey Stover comics.
involved with TMRC, and probably picked the word up there.
common on ships by the early nineteenth century.
did you quote that whole thing just so your post wouldn't be a one liner????
I think this is the longest thread i've seen with only 10 posts, wow.


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Q: OpenSSL path that doesn't exist? When I try node-gyp configure

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*It tells me I'm using node-gyp@7.1.2, node@15.0.1, Python 2.7.15,

*It tells me it's getting https://nodejs.org/download/release/v15.0.1/node-v15.0.1-headers.tar.gz

*but then I get an error of Error: write EPROTO 9620:error:1408F10B:SSL routines:ssl3_get_record:wrong version number:c:\ws\deps\openssl\openssl\ssl\record\ssl3_record.c:332:
Now, I'm in a company that takes its security very seriously and I can understand if I'm not allowed to
download from nodejs.org, maybe that's related, but the especially strange thing about this is that folder c:\ws\ doesn't exist! At first I created my workspace to be in C:\ws, but then realized that anyone who signs into the PC would have access, so I abandoned that and started using a workspace under %USERPROFILE% instead. Maybe I just need to blow away all of node and npm and start over? As awful as that might be, at this point I would shrug, say #Thanks2020, and do it gladly, but I first want to know I'm not missing something.
I have tried:

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*Searching my entire C drive for file names containing "openssl" and found no results

*Searching my registry for "deps" and "openssl" and found no results

*Searching all files in %USERPROFILE% and several other places for OpenSSL or "\WS" and found no results.

*Trying it again, because hey, computers can be fickle like that and I'm out of ideas, but the issue is consistent.

*Seeing that my "Control Panel \ User Accounts \ Credential Manager" has no windows credentials for nodejs.org, and no web credentials at all.

Why is it looking in c:\ws\ ? Heck, why is it looking for anything? What's going on? Is this even a node-gyp thing or should I be giving this question a different tag?

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The Craft Yarn Council has published a chart of yarn weights, which defines the thickness of the yarn as well as the gauge obtained with the yarn and the crochet hook or knitting needles that are best suited for each weight.
See the graphic or visit the Craft Yarn Council's webpage for more information.
Each yarn sold at Posh Fibers will be marked with the internationally recognized yarn weight name and symbol to aid in your buying choices!


Here are what I believe the most common mistakes students make in the TOEFL writing section (independent essay). This is based on years of teaching TOEFL preparation and noticing how all of my students make the same mistakes. I've also written a list for the integrated essay.
This is more of a problem when preparing for the integrated essay (type 1), but some students still make the mistake of using terrible practice questions when studying for the independent essay. This is an easy problem to avoid, as ETS has made available 155 practice topics that you can work from. Use only these questions!
The fastest way to improve your score is to memorize some essay templates. When students hire me to tutor them in writing, the first thing I do is teach them some good templates. You don't have to pay me for this, though, as I provide templates for free on my site. I even have a few videos that demonstrate how to use them. Trust me – a good template can be used when answering every possible independent question. I guarantee it!
You probably know the English saying "practice makes perfect." A great teacher of mine once told me that this saying was incorrect. It should be "proper practice makes perfect." When preparing for the TOEFL writing section, you need to get feedback on your practice essays. Answering dozens of practice questions is great, but if you make the same mistakes every single time, your score won't improve. Find someone to proofread and evaluate your work. You know, of course, that I can do that for you.
Some students have the terrible idea that they need to write more than five hundred words to get a good score. This is nonsense. Please be aware that you don't need to write much more than four hundred words to get a good score. A student of mine once achieved thirty points in the writing section with just a 375 word essay. Remember that a short essay with few mistakes will score higher than a long essay with many mistakes. Read some of our complete sample essays to see just how strong a 400 word essay can be.
This is an extension of the above point. Some students think that they need to write three body paragraphs. This is not a good idea, however. Writing three body paragraphs will result in short paragraphs and poorly developed ideas. It is better to write two well-developed and detailed paragraphs than to write three short and poorly-detailed paragraphs. Just remember your overall goal of about 400 words.
Supporting your reasons with personal examples is a great way to get a higher score. You don't necessary need to, but most students find that writing personal examples is a lot easier than writing general statements and claims. Personal examples usually involve verb tenses and sentence structures that ESL students have practiced a lot in class.
This is better because it includes a reason why that fact is important. The rest of your paragraph would be all about why the schools are better and their importance to you.
The latter sounds much more natural in written English.
Before your half hour runs out, you should spend at least two minutes proofreading your work. So many of the essays I evaluate for students contain massive amounts of spelling errors. You probably won't be able to fix too many grammar mistakes during your proofreading stage, but I guarantee that you will be able to self-correct a few spelling mistakes. I always tell my students that good proofreading skills will earn them an extra point on test day.
Re-scoring is often a waste of money. If you are a rich guy, go ahead and make the request. Just remember that you MIGHT get one more point in the writing section. You are almost certainly NOT going to get two points. Three points or more? Forget it!


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De Goltziusstraat is een laat-19e-eeuwse straat aan de noordzijde van de binnenstad van de Nederlandse plaats Venlo.

De straat loopt in oostelijke richting van de Sint-Martinusstraat tot aan de kruising Burgemeester Van Rijnsingel/Krefeldseweg, waarbij zij onder andere de Deken Van Oppensingel kruist.

In eerste instantie waren in 1883 de straatnaamborden van de Goltzuisstraat en de Puteanusstraat, die in elkaars verlengde liggen, omgewisseld. In 1887 werd dit rechtgetrokken door de bordjes alsnog te verwisselen.

De straat is vernoemd naar de in Venlo geboren humanist en numismaat Hubertus Goltzius. Er liggen in totaal negen monumenten aan de straat, waarvan het bekendste het Goltziusgebouw is.

Zie ook
 Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Venlo (plaats)
 Lijst van gemeentelijke monumenten in Venlo (gemeente)

Straat in Venlo
Geschiedenis van Venlo

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TAKS Math Q1. what is the place value of 5 in 8,254?
TAKS Math Q2. Which one of these numbers have a place value of nine thousand?
TAKS Math Q3. What is the place value of 9 in 8,259?
TAKS Math Q4. What is the place value of 5 in 9,561?
TAKS Math Q5. What is the place value of 2 in 10,259.17 ?
TAKS Math Q6. What is the place value of 7 in 75,648?
TAKS Math Q7. Which one of these numbers has 6 in the thousands place?
TAKS Math Q8. What is the place value of 6 in 6,287?
TAKS Math Q9. Which one of these numbers have a place value of seven tens?
TAKS Math Q10. What is the place value of 8 in 189?


Today on the second hour of the Marc Steiner show, we took a close look at one of the biggest issues in the environmental movement today – fuel efficient personal vehicles. Efficiency has become a popular buzzword in the car industry over the past several years, with excitement building over the possibility of an automobile that uses little fuel and emits minimal pollution. But our first guest today claims that that's a pipe dream. Alex Dubro is the author of "The Myth of the Fuel Efficient Car" in the current issue of The Progressive Magazine, and he argues that that it's impossible to design a car that will both allow us to maintain our current lifestyle and protect the atmosphere.
Then we talked with Ray Carrier, proprietor of Green Rider, an electric scooter shop right here in Baltimore, about the ways that electric scooters could make city living more sustainable.


The use of modelling abstractions to map from items in the real-world to objects in the computational domain is useful both for the effective implementation of abstract problem solutions and for the management of software complexity. This paper discusses the new approach of agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE), which uses the notion of an autonomous agent as its fundamental modelling abstraction. For the AOSE approach to be fully exploited, software engineers must be able to gain leverage from an agent software architecture and framework, and there are several such frameworks now publicly available. At the present time, however, there is little information concerning the options that are available and what needs to be considered when choosing or developing an agent framework. We consider three different agent software architectures that are (or will be) publicly available and evaluate some of the design and architectural differences and trade-offs that are associated with them and their impact on agent-oriented software development. Our discussion examines these frameworks in the context of an example in the area of distributed information systems.


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This is the most sequential thing I've shot on the Canon T1i. Clearly its automatic settings aren't the greatest in low light – it's no 5d Mark, but I think the results are great compared to other still cameras that shoot video.
There are a few continuity errors. Feel free to point them out. I'll keep a tally.
Not too sure how to categorize this piece, but one might consider calling it a documentary montage. It's not really an essay. For the record, the cat jumped up there herself (poor manners).


A quick and simple tutorial about reloading ammunition for both pistols and rifles.
1. Remove the old primer and size the case. This is usually done with the same die. Cases can be full length sized or only neck sized for best accuracy.
2. Install a new primer. Picture shows this operation using the NEW Lee Auto-Prime XR, the most popular priming tool ever made.
3. Add a charge of powder. Lee dies, except RGB, include a powder dipper and extensive load data to tell you what kind of powder to use.
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The artists at Kan Du Studio are expanding their offerings. While the studio's iconic stars continue to be popular, graphic t-shirts and cell phone PopSockets (available on Amazon),scarves, rugs and dog leashes are all in the works. "We're always looking for ways to grow and to do something different," said Mike Chiarelli, CEO of the Kan Du Group.
The studio's partnership with Amazon provides an exciting opportunity for Kan Du artists to sell their artwork to a broader audience. About 10 artists work with instructor B.J. DeLong to create a variety of one-of-a-kind graphic designs through Merch by Amazon, a print-on-demand platform. Customers can order these designs printed on t-shirts and PopSockets through Amazon's website. Artists receive the proceeds from their sales.
Kan Du Studio artists are also experimenting with looms to make scarves and potholders. "We have ordered a big loom that will enable the artists to create larger items like rugs," said Chiarelli.
Looking ahead to summer, the Kan Du Studio will have a presence at the Hancock County Farmer's Market, and artists are brainstorming new items— like dog leashes— to sell at the booth.


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\section{Introduction}

The last developments in the technology and wet chemical synthesizing techniques open a new door to fabricate of the new generation quantum dot nanocrystal (QDNC) based solar cells. It is expected that the new generation QDNC solar cells will have higher conversion efficiency\cite{noz1,noz2,sem,car,chu} since their electronic and optical properties are easily controlled through their size, structure and material composition and also the multiple exciton generation (MEG) can be possible in QDNCs. As well known, the QDNCs are nanoscale crystals of semiconductor materials in which the carriers can be completely confined in all spatial dimensions. This kind of confinement is gained some superiority, such as controlling of the effective band gap, to the QDNCs for some device applications. This and controllable these kinds of unique properties of QDNCs make them a good candidate to fabricate of new generation optoelectronic or photovoltaic devices~\cite{noz1,gre,akt,bro}.

The upper limit of conversion efficiency of a single p-n junction silicon solar cell calculated by detailed balance theory is approximately 33\% and this efficiency value is known as Shockley-Queisser limit~\cite{sho,que}. This limit has become a strong motivation for scientists working on development of solar cells and so, this model is very important in history of solar based energy studies. Although the model was reported in 1961 by Shockley and Queisser\cite{sho} for single p-n junction solar cells, it is used extensively as well to calculate the efficiency values of QDNC solar cells~\cite{leo,tom}. This model, fundamentally established depending on the band gap ($E_g$) variation, has been modified\cite{bre} in different manner to calculate the efficiency of new generation QDNC solar cells~\cite{han}. These important modifications are basically related to the MEG in QDNCs~\cite{bea,bin,smi}. In addition to the MEG, some other modifications such as, free carrier absorption, Auger recombination etc. have been realized by some authors~\cite{tli,tie}. The essential aim of these modifications is to execute a more realistic efficiency calculations and to understand the fundamental physics of the devices and as a result, to suggest much better QDNC solar cell designs. In some studies, the carrier multiplication phenomena and in addition to this, photon up- and down-conversion processes have been investigated in a detail manner to understand the limitation of high conversion efficiency of QDNC solar cells~\cite{wer,kli,tak,alh1,alh2,shp}.

As well known, the detailed balance model assumes that all photons coming from the sun with energies equal to or greater than $E_g$ are absorbed and formed electron-hole pairs (excitons). In this idealized model, the sole loss mechanism is radiative recombinations of the excitons~\cite{sho,tom}. Since the model is based on $E_g$ only, the efficiency of any photovoltaic device is equal to that of another one with the same $E_g$. For example, the efficiency of a QDNC solar cell with $E_g=1.1$ eV is almost completely same with that of a bulk silicon solar cell. Similarly, according to the original detailed-balance model, the efficiency of solar cells with type-I QDNC is identical with the efficiency of solar cells with the type-II QDNC if their $E_g$ values are the same~\cite{bin,smi}. There are a number of theoretical studies have been reported in the literature related to conversion efficiency of the QDNC based solar cells and the calculations have been performed in the frame of the original detailed balance model in all these studies~\cite{leo,tom,bin,smi,smi2,tli}.

Nevertheless, essentially, it is not possible to have the same efficiency values for all types of QDNC solar cells, even if they have the same $E_g$ owing to other material properties of solar cells such as, effective masses of the carriers, dielectric properties of the materials, size of the QDNCs, confinement type etc. and all these properties are very important in terms of the carrier dynamics in the solar cells. On the other hand, the recombination probability is so high in type-I structures and also, in practice, collecting of the carriers from type-I QDNCs is not so easy due to the both electron and hole confined inside the core when compared to the type-II QDNCs.

The main aim of this study is to modify the original detailed balance model in order to calculate the structure dependent upper limit for conversion efficiency and to investigate the effects of shell materials and confinement types of the QDNCs on the efficiency of the solar cells using the modified model. With this modification, the model can estimate an upper limit for the conversion efficiency of QDNC solar cells based on material properties and confinement type of the QDNCs. In the modification, without making drastic changes on the original model, the quantum mechanical oscillator strength effect is taken into account in the radiative recombination current calculations. As well known, the oscillator strength is an important and unitless parameter in determining of all optical properties of quantum mechanical systems from atoms to solids. The radiative recombination phenomenon in photovoltaic devices is also an optical process and the oscillator strength must be taken into account in the conversion efficiency calculations. As will see ahead, the oscillator strength is basically dependent on overlaps of the wavefunctions of the electron and hole as well as transition energy of the exciton and Kane energy of the materials. All these quantities rely on the crystal structure properties, confinement regime, effective masses of the carriers, and dielectric properties of the QDNC materials. In the next step, the conversion efficiencies of the solar cells based on type-I and type-II QDNC with different shell materials are calculated by using both the original and modified detailed balance models. The results are presented comparatively and probable physical reasons are discussed. We see that the modified model can estimate appropriate materials and confinement type of the QDNCs that will be used in design and fabrication of more efficient solar cells.

\section{Model and Theory}
In the original detailed balance model, the photogenerated current density is given by~\cite{bre}

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:jpg}
J_{pg}=q_e \int_{E_g}^{\infty}QY(h\nu,E_g)\phi(h\nu)d(h\nu),
\end{equation}
where $q_e$ is the electronic charge, $\phi(h\nu)$ is the photon flux density of the sun\cite{sol}, and $QY(h\nu,E_g)$ is the quantum yield of the absorbed photon, dependent on both photon energy $h\nu$ and gap energy $E_g$. The $QY(h\nu,E_g)$ is actually external quantum efficiency ($EQE$) and it contains $EQE(h\nu)=C(h\nu)(1-R(h\nu))a(h\nu)$ and where $C(h\nu)$ is the collection probability of the excited carriers to do work, $R(h\nu)$ is reflectance of the incident photons and $a(h\nu)$ is the absorbance of incident photons. In ideal conditions, there is no reflectance, i.e. $R(h\nu)=0$, and all photons with equal or higher energies than $E_g$ are absorbed, i.e. $a(h\nu)=1$, and hence $C(h\nu)$ becomes equal to $QY(h\nu,E_g)$.

The MEG is integrated into the detailed balance model by favour of the $QY(h\nu,E_g)$ as

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:qy}
QY(h\nu,E_g)=\sum_{m=1}^M \theta(h\nu,mE_g).
\end{equation}
Here, $\theta(h\nu,mE_g)$ is Heaviside step function and $M$ is an integer, $M=\frac{h\nu_{max}} {E_g}$. In case of fixing of the $QY(h\nu,E_g)$ to unity, the MEG will become absent. The recombination current density in the original model is given by

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:rc}
J_{rc}=\frac{2\pi q_e}{h^3 c^2}\int_{E_g}^{\infty} \frac{QY(h\nu,E_g)(h\nu)^2}{e^{(h\nu-q_eVQY(h\nu,E_g))/kT}-1} d(h\nu),
\end{equation}
where $h$ is Planck's constant, $c$ is the light speed in the vacuum, $k$ is Boltzmann's constant, $T$ is temperature and the $V$ is applied voltage to the cell, and it is also taken into consideration as a constant quasi-Fermi level separation and its value is determined by a numerical search as it will maximize the efficiency of the solar cell. Here, the relation between the $QY(h\nu,E_g)$ and $EQE$ is apparently the same with that in the photogenerated current except absorbance parameter. For the recombination current density, the $EQE$ is taken as

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:eqe}
EQE(h\nu)=C(h\nu)(1-R(h\nu))\epsilon(h\nu)
\end{equation}
where $\epsilon(h\nu)$ is the emissivity. That is, the absorbance parameter is replaced by the emissivity and its value is unity for the black body. The efficiency of the solar cell is calculated by means of

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:eff}
\eta=\frac{J_{net}V}{P_{in}},
\end{equation}
where $J_{net}=J_{pg}-J_{rc}$, net current density and $P_{in}$ is the total solar irradiance coming onto the solar cell and its value has been set to AM1.5 condition in the calculations.

\begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=2.5in]{fig1.eps}
    \caption{Schematic representation of the exciton forming in bulk semiconductors (top panel), in type-I QDNCs (middle panel), and in type-II QDNCs (bottom panel).}
    \label{fig:exc}
\end{figure}

In bulk semiconductor materials, as seen in the top panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:exc}, when an electron, with assistance of a photon, passes to the conduction band, it leaves a hole in the valence band and an attractive Coulomb potential comes into being between the electron and hole. On the other hand, the attractive Coulomb energy can not be predominant and it is small when compared to thermal energy ($kT$) for most bulk semiconductors and therefore, it can be easily broken down even if there is no an external electric field and hence, the carriers can move freely in the bands. That is, the recombination probability of an electron-hole couple is relatively weaker in bulk semiconductor materials.

As for QDNCs, there can be different recombination mechanisms depending on the confinement regimes. In type-I confinement regime, seen in middle panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:exc}, unlike bulk materials, since there are confinement potentials in both the conduction and valance bands, the electron and hole can not move like free particles. Therefore, the recombination probability of an exciton in type-I structures can be very high depending on size of the nanocrystal and the confinement potential depth even if there is an external electric field. Also, the attractive Coulomb potential between the electron-hole couple becomes predominant because of the confinement when compared to the bulk semiconductors. In type-II QDNCs shown in bottom panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:exc}, while one of the carriers is confined in the core, the other one is confined in the shell region and so the carriers are separated spatially in contrast to the type-I confinement regime. Consequently, it can be said that the recombination probability in type-II structures is smaller than that in type-I ones and therefore, the probability of contribution of the carriers to the photocurrent in type-II structures will be higher.

As the electron and hole move like free particles in bulk semiconductors, the recombination current mechanisms expressed by Eq.~\ref{eq:rc} in the original detailed balance model works good enough for solar cells like silicon p-n junction. On the other hand, in the QDNC solar cells, the recombination current density is larger because of higher recombination probabilities and hence, this higher recombination probability should be added into the recombination current density. Here, it should be noted that the oscillator strength will not be taken into account in calculation of the photogenerated current. Because, according to detailed balance limit assumptions, all photons with equal to or higher energies than $E_g$ are absorbed and collected to do work. On the other hand, the recombination current density is calculated statistically by basically using of Planck distribution function and it is strongly dependent on the radiative recombination oscillator strength. And hence, the oscillator strength must be taken into account in calculation of the recombination current density. Now, Eq.~\ref{eq:rc} can be modified as follows: The $EQE$ given in Eq.~\ref{eq:eqe} can be rearranged to include the recombination probability. When we focus on Eq.~\ref{eq:eqe}, in detailed balance limit and assumptions, we see that $R(h\nu)=0$, $\epsilon(h\nu)=1$ and $C(h\nu)=QY(h\nu,E_g)$. Here, the $C(h\nu)$ is strongly dependent on the overlap of electron-hole wavefunctions and this effect must be insert into Eq.~\ref{eq:eqe}. Therefore, it can be written as $C(h\nu)=fQY(h\nu,E_g)$ and in calculation of the recombination current density for a QDNC solar cell, employing of the following expression instead of Eq.~\ref{eq:rc} is more reasonable.

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:mrc}
J_{rc}=\frac{2\pi q_e}{h^3 c^2}\int_{E_g}^{\infty} \frac{f QY(h\nu,E_g)(h\nu)^2}{e^{(h\nu-fq_eVQY(h\nu,E_g))/kT}-1} d(h\nu),
\end{equation}
where $f$ is recombination oscillator strength and it is given by\cite{sah}

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:osc}
f=\frac{E_p}{2E_x} \left| \int \psi_e(r) \psi_h(r) d^3r \right|^2.
\end{equation}
Here, $E_p$ is Kane energy and $E_x$ is the exciton transition energy. $\psi_e(r)$ and $\psi_h(r)$ are the electron and hole wavefunctions. The energy states and the corresponding wavefunctions of the electron and hole are determined by solving of the Poisson-Schr\"odinger equations self-consistently. In calculations, excitonic effects (i.e Coulomb interactions between electron and hole) on both energy states and wavefunctions have been taken into account. All details of the electronic and optical properties calculations can be found in Refs.~\onlinecite{sah,koc}.

In Eq.~\ref{eq:osc}, the Kane energy is strongly dependent on the crystal properties of QDNC materials, and the wavefunctions involve the penetration effect to the barrier region and so, the electron and hole energy states are affected from the penetrations. That is, when we make an overall glance to the last two equations, we see that the recombination current density includes these material dependent parameters and it has been transformed into a material dependent form.

\section{Results and Discussion}

\begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=3.5in]{fig2.eps}
    \caption{Schematic representation of the confinement potential profiles of the type-I and type-II QDNCs, respectively.}
    \label{fig:pot}
\end{figure}

In this study, both type-I, InP/ZnS and InP/GaP, and type-II, InP/GaAs and InP/GaSb, QDNC structures have been taken into consideration. In all structures, the core material is chosen as InP while the shell materials are different. Therefore, not only confinement types but also  effects of the shell materials can be evaluated more salutary. In addition, results of the modification on the original detailed balance model can be seen more clearly. The potential profiles of both type-I and type-II structures are seen in Fig.~\ref{fig:pot}. The band offsets have been determined by using of the electron affinity values of the materials.\cite{sah} The confinement potentials in the conduction bands, $V_{0e}$, are 0.60 eV and 0.75 eV for InP/ZnS and InP/GaP QDNCs, respectively, while the valance band confinements, $V_{0h}$, are 1.73 eV and 0.16 eV, respectively. In type-II structures, the conduction band offsets are 0.35 eV and 0.20 eV, and the valance band offsets are 0.27 eV and 0.92 eV for InP/GaAs and InP/GaSb QDNCs, respectively. In the calculations, the shell thickness is taken as constant, 10 \AA. All material parameters used in the electronic structure calculations are listed in Table~\ref{tab:table1}.

\begin{table*}
    \caption{\label{tab:table1}The material parameters used in the calculations.}
    \begin{ruledtabular}
        \begin{tabular}{ccccccc}
            Material & $m_e^*/m_0$  & $m_h^*/m_0$  & $\kappa$ & $E_g$ (eV) & $E_p$ (eV) &$\chi$ (eV)\\
            \hline
            InP   & 0.08\cite{ada}  & 0.69\cite{ada} & 12.9\cite{ada} & 1.35\cite{ada} & 17.0\cite{vur} & -4.50\cite{ada} \\
            ZnS   & 0.25\cite{ada}  & 0.59\cite{ada} & 8.9\cite{ada}  & 3.68\cite{ada} & 20.4\cite{van} & -3.90\cite{ada} \\
            GaP   & 0.114\cite{ada} & 0.52\cite{ada} & 11.0\cite{ada} & 2.26\cite{ada} & 28.0\cite{vur} &-3.75\cite{ada} \\
            GaAs  & 0.067\cite{ada} & 0.55\cite{ada} & 12.9\cite{ada} & 1.43\cite{ada} & 27.0\cite{vur} & -4.15\cite{ada} \\
            GaSb  & 0.039\cite{ada} & 0.37\cite{ada} & 15.5\cite{ada} & 0.72\cite{ada} & 27.0\cite{vur} & -4.21\cite{ada} \\
        \end{tabular}
    \end{ruledtabular}
\end{table*}

\begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=3in]{fig3.eps}
    \caption{Efficiency values of QDNC solar cells for type-I, InP/ZnS and InP/GaP (top panel) and type-II, InP/GaAs and InP/GaSb (bottom panel). The results are obtained by original detailed-balance model.}
    \label{fig:eff_con}
\end{figure}

After computation of the energy levels and corresponding wavefunctions of the QDNCs, the photovoltaic efficiencies are calculated by using the original and modified detailed balance models and the results are plotted as a function of the $E_g$ of the QDNCs. The results of the original detailed-balance model are given in Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_con}. Top panel of the figure shows the efficiency values for type-I, InP/ZnS and InP/GaP, and the bottom panel demonstrates the efficiency values of type-II, InP/GaAs and InP/GaSb, QDNC solar cells. As seen from the top panel, in larger core radii which correspond to smaller $E_g$, the efficiency values of type-I QDNC solar cells are very high and decrease with increasing $E_g$ values of the QDNCs. Here, it is important to emphasize that there is no effect of what the shell material is on the solar cell efficiency because the original detailed balance model depends only on the $E_g$. When the MEG is considered in the calculations, the efficiency values become larger in case of $h\nu\geq 2E_g$ as expected and reported in previous studies~\cite{bin,smi}. It should be noted that the $QY(h\nu,E_g)$ is taken as maximum 2 when the MEG taken into consideration in the calculations because there can be maximum two carriers in ground states of the QDNCs for selected materials. When we look at bottom panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_con}, we see that the maximum efficiency values are slightly greater with respect to the type-I structures because of the smaller $E_g$ values of the type-II QDNCs. Also the general behaviour of the efficiency values are the same with studies reported in the literature. As can be seen from the figure, the shell material has no effect on the solar cell efficiency in type-II structures as well. After this overall glances, when we focus on both panels of Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_con}, we see that the efficiency values are almost same in both type-I and type-II QDNC solar cells for the same $E_g$ values. In addition, the results are the same of p-n junction solar cell efficiency values reported in the literature. We can conclude that since the original detailed balance model gives an upper limit for efficiency values of solar cells depending on $E_g$ only, it does not give any information about the effects of shell materials and/or type of the QDNCs on the efficiencies of QDNC solar cell.

\begin{figure} [t!]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=3in]{fig4.eps}
    \caption{Oscillator strength of type-I, InP/ZnS and InP/GaP (top panel) and type-II, InP/GaAs and InP/GaSb (bottom panel) QDNCs.}
    \label{fig:osc}
\end{figure}

However, actually, the shell material and/or the confinement type of the QDNC must have crucial effects on the electronic and optical properties of QDNCs such as, overlaps of the wavefunctions, recombination oscillator strengths etc. depending on penetration of the wavefunctions to the shell regions as well as the other material parameters such as, effective masses, dielectric constants etc. Thereby, the recombination current density and so the efficiency of the QDNC based solar cells must be strongly dependent on these properties of the QDNCs. The oscillator strength (OS) contains all these effects and it must be taken into consideration in the recombination phenomenon as mentioned before. Figure~\ref{fig:osc} shows the OSs of the type-I (top panel) and type-II (bottom panel) QDNCs as a function of the core radii. Here, at the same time, the gap energies, corresponding to each core radius, are given on the bottom axes of the graphs. It should be noted that the gap energies are calculated by means of $E_g=E_g(bulk)+E_e+E_h$, where $E_g(bulk)=E_{g1}$ for the type-I, and $E_g(bulk)=E_{g1}-V_{0h}$ for the type-II structures, $E_e$ and $E_h$ are single particle energy states of the electron and hole, respectively. These single particle energy values are strongly dependent on the effective masses of the electron and hole and penetration of the wavefunctions to the barrier regions as mentioned in previous section and hence, the same core radii may correspond to different gap energies depending on the shell materials. When we look at both panels, we see that the behaviours of the OSs are completely different in type-I and type-II structures. The OS in type-I QDNCs increases with increasing core radius (decreasing $E_g$) while it decreases in type-II QDNCs. At the same time, the shell materials effects on the OS are seen clearly in all QDNCs. In type-I structures, the OS values of InP/ZnS are smaller, especially at smaller core radius, when compared to that of InP/GaP QDNC and their values increase with increasing core radius and become close to each other at larger core radii. This is because the overlaps of the electron and hole wavefunctions are larger in larger core radii. This results in higher recombination probabilities. Also, the overlapping is bigger in InP/GaP QDNC than in InP/ZnS. As for the type-II QDNCs, the OS values are almost same and bigger at smaller core radii (higher $E_g$ values) and decrease with increasing core radii. This is because both electron and hole localize to the vicinity of the core region at smaller core radii. When the core radius increases, strong confinement regime relaxes and the overlapping of the wavefunctions decreases with increasing spatial separation of the carriers. So the lifetime of the carriers becomes longer and the recombination probability becomes smaller.

\begin{figure} [t!]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=3in]{fig5.eps}
    \caption{Efficiency values of QDNC solar cells for type-I, InP/ZnS and InP/GaP (top panel) and type-II, InP/GaAs and InP/GaSb (bottom panel). The results are obtained by modified detailed-balance model.}
    \label{fig:eff_mod}
\end{figure}

Figure~\ref{fig:eff_mod} shows the efficiency values calculated by the modified detailed balance model for type-I, InP/ZnS and InP/GaP, QDNC solar cells (top panel) and type-II, InP/GaAs and InP/GaSb, QDNC solar cells. In calculations, the recombination current densities are computed by means of Eq.~\ref{eq:mrc}. When we look at the both panels, we can see easily that the efficiency values are smaller than the results of original detailed balance calculations demonstrated in Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_con}. This situation is very drastic and at the same time more reasonable especially for type-I QDNC solar cells. If we focus on the efficiency values of InP/ZnS QDNC solar cell, we see a completely different behaviour. Here, the efficieny of InP/ZnS QDNC solar cell has smaller values for smaller band gap and increses with increasing $E_g$ and with further increasing of the gap value, they reach to maximum values which is slightly greater than $9\%$. The tendency of the efficiency values is not agreement with the result of the original model and exhibits a completely opposite character to it. This can be explained with smaller OS values at larger $E_g$ energies. On other hands, although changes in the efficiency values of the InP/GaP QDNC solar cells with the $E_g$ are similar to original method results reported in the literature, the values are smaller drastically than the original method results. This is also because of the higher OS values. Since the OS of InP/GaP QDNC is larger than that of InP/ZnS QDNC, the efficiency values of InP/ZnS QDNC solar cell are higher. The efficiency of the InP/GaP QDNC solar cell reaches to maximum $6\%$ values. As can be seen from top panel of the figure, although the core materials of the QDNCs are the same, the efficiency values exhibit completely different behaviour depending on the shell materials. Many electronic and optical properties of core/shell QDNCs such as, oscillator strength are affected from the shell material as expected and mentioned above. The effect of the oscillator strength on the efficiency is seen clearly in type-I QDNC solar cells. The results of modified model is very reasonable because, until now, there is no an experimental study related to type-I core/shell QDNC solar cells reported with higher efficiency values more than 4\% ~\cite{kum}. Indeed, the type-I QDNCs are more compatible for LEDs rather than solar cells. It should be noted that there are many different reasons rather than OS that make suitable of type-I QDNCs for LED applications such as, confinement strength, dielectric properties of the QDNCs, defect states etc. The illumination intensity of InP/GaP LED's is more efficient than that of InP/ZnS ones~\cite{kim} and this indirectly shows that the efficiency of InP/GaP QDNC solar cells will be smaller than that of InP/ZnS QDNC solar cells.

If we look at the bottom panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_mod}, although the maximum efficiency values are relatively in a good agreement with the literature~\cite{leo,tom,smi}, we see completely different behaviors in efficiency values with respect to the $E_g$ when compared to bottom panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_con}. When we compare the bottom panels of Figs.~\ref{fig:eff_con} and ~\ref{fig:eff_mod}, we see that while the efficiency values of InP/GaSb QDNC solar cell is higher in the first figure, the efficiency values of InP/GaAs QDNC solar cell becomes robust in the second one. In Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_mod}, the efficiency values start from higher ones and decrease rapidly with increasing $E_g$ in both type-II structures as similar to reported studies. But here, the decreasing is continuously in contrast to bottom panel of Fig.~\ref{fig:eff_con} and reported studies in the literature\cite{bea,bin,smi}. In type-II structures as well, the effect of the oscillator strength can be seen explicitly. If we perform an overall evaluation, we see that the efficiency values are higher in type-II QDNC solar cells when compared to results of type-I. Also the behavioral characters of efficiency with the $E_g$ can be completely different in both type-I and type-II QDNC solar cells depending on the shell materials of the structures. As can be seen clearly from the results, the modified model gives an upper limit depending on the materials and confinement type for conversion efficiency of QDNC solar cells.

\section{Conclusion}
The original detailed balance model has been modified and the upper limits for conversion effeciency values of QDNC based solar cells have been calculated by using both the original and modified models for core/shell type-I and type-II QDNCs with different shell materials. The modification is executed on the recombination current density. The original detailed balance model gives the same upper limit values and the same tendencies for all QDNC solar cells with the same $E_g$. That is, the original model does not provide any information about the effects of materials and/or confinement type of the QDNCs on the solar cell conversion efficiencies. Indeed, both confinement type and shell material have enormous influence on the recombination rate and hence, this must affect the recombination current density. Since the modification is taken into consideration the recombination rate with assistance of the oscillator strength, the modified model yields different upper efficiency values for different QDNC solar cells even if they have the same $E_g$ values. That is, the modified model is able to estimate an upper limit for the efficiency of the QDNC solar cells depending on the material properties and confinement types. This is an extremely important result in terms of both confinement type and determining of the QDNC materials which will be fabricated for the solar cell applications. It is hoped that the modified model will be used to carry out more realistic efficiency calculations in the manner of including material properties and so better QDNC solar cell design can be realized.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
The author thanks Abdullah Gul University Foundation (AGUV) for their partial financial support.

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Caroline Stanbury, chief executive at Gift-library.com, speaks to Retail Week about her life working in retail.
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Fue miembro de la Academia Nacional de Diseño por varias décadas y miembro de su Consejo. Su pintura The Millennium se presentó como credenciales de su ingreso, una pintura discutida en gran detalle en el libro Something Coming: Apocalyptic Expectation and Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Painting.

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Q: Very poor speed/memory performance when using tf.data for text data I am trying to use this code
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/examples/udacity/5_word2vec.ipynb
But use tf.data to handle all the text data.
I am running both over Google Colaboratory using the GPU runtime option.
Here's is the original relevant code
from __future__ import print_function
import collections
import math
import numpy as np
import os
import random
import tensorflow as tf
import zipfile
from matplotlib import pylab
from six.moves import range
from six.moves.urllib.request import urlretrieve
from sklearn.manifold import TSNE

url = 'http://mattmahoney.net/dc/'

def maybe_download(filename, expected_bytes):
  """Download a file if not present, and make sure it's the right size."""
  if not os.path.exists(filename):
    filename, _ = urlretrieve(url + filename, filename)
  statinfo = os.stat(filename)
  if statinfo.st_size == expected_bytes:
    print('Found and verified %s' % filename)
  else:
    print(statinfo.st_size)
    raise Exception(
      'Failed to verify ' + filename + '. Can you get to it with a browser?')
  return filename

filename = maybe_download('text8.zip', 31344016)

def read_data(filename):
  """Extract the first file enclosed in a zip file as a list of words"""
  with zipfile.ZipFile(filename) as f:
    data = tf.compat.as_str(f.read(f.namelist()[0])).split()
  return data

words = read_data(filename)
print('Data size %d' % len(words))

Here is my best attempt to alter this to use tf.data to handle the text data.
from __future__ import print_function
import collections
import math
import numpy as np
import os
import random
import tensorflow as tf
import zipfile
from matplotlib import pylab
from six.moves import range
from six.moves.urllib.request import urlretrieve
from sklearn.manifold import TSNE

url = 'http://mattmahoney.net/dc/'

def maybe_download(filename, expected_bytes):
  """Download a file if not present, and make sure it's the right size."""
  if not os.path.exists(filename):
    filename, _ = urlretrieve(url + filename, filename)
  statinfo = os.stat(filename)
  if statinfo.st_size == expected_bytes:
    print('Found and verified %s' % filename)
  else:
    print(statinfo.st_size)
    raise Exception(
      'Failed to verify ' + filename + '. Can you get to it with a browser?')
  return filename

filename = maybe_download('text8.zip', 31344016)

def read_data(filename):
  """Extract the first file enclosed in a zip file as a list of words"""
  with zipfile.ZipFile(filename) as f:
    data = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices( f.read(f.namelist()[0]) )
  return data

datasetTest = read_data(filename)

Basically I changed this line from the original
data = tf.compat.as_str(f.read(f.namelist()[0])).split()

to this line
data = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices( f.read(f.namelist()[0]) )

The new one doesn't split the words by space like the old line,  so I had another line #datasetTest = datasetTest.map(lambda string: tf.string_split([string]).values) but I commented it out to try to pin point where the bottle neck is.
The old code runs within a minute or two. The new one can never finish executing. It usually runs for 30-40 minutes before colab says it has crashed and is restarting the runtime.


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Accusing the Congress of attacking the KDF Government from the beginning, Mr Yediyurappa alleged that ''the Congress, as it cannot sit in the opposition, was trying to topple the coalition government with false allegations''.
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In this work, we present a new method for seismic waveform characterization, which is aimed at extracting detailed litho-stratigraphical information from seismic data. We attempt to estimate the lithological attributes from seismic data according to our parametric representation of stratigraphical horizons, where the parameter values provide us with a direct link to nature of lithological transitions. We test our method on a seismic dataset with a strong diagenetic transition (opal-A to opal-CT transition). Given some information from cutting samples of well, we use a percolation-based model to construct the elastic profile of lithological transitions. Our goal is to match parametric representation for the diagenetic transition in both real data and synthetic data given by these elastic profiles. This match may be interpreted as a well-seismic tie, which reveals lithological information about stratigraphical horizons.


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By parkercountyblog on July 25, 2015
For those who haven't put the pieces together…..Obama: It Was You
From The Mike Gallagher Show
Many listeners have asked about the, "Obama: It Was You," essay that someone sent me.
President Obama: This is why you didn't go to France to show solidarity against the Muslim terrorists:
– It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner – "I am one of you."
– It was you who on ABC News referenced – "My Muslim faith."
-It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to re-build foreign mosques .
– It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict -"I will stand with the Muslims."
– It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that – "I am a Muslim."
– It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
– It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning Christianity and professing Marxism.
– It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that the rest of us have to pay.
– It was you who purposefully omitted – "endowed by our Creator" – from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.
– It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Quran.
– It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
– It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.
– It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the White House.
– It was you who ordered Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested that the mosques you have visited adjust their decor.
– It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
– It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
– It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.
– It was you who as an Illinois Senator was the ONLY individual who would speak in favor of infanticide.
– It was you who was the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House, and went so far as to hang photos of Chairman Mao on the WH tree.
– It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
– It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
– It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture, but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
– It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
–It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas. – It was you who ordered the USPS to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.
– It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.
– It was you who embraced the fanatical Muslim Brotherhood in your quest to overthrow the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak.
– It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.
– It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
– It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal White House religious events.
– It was you who was un-characteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
– It was you who appointed your chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. The above provides the basis for virtually everything Obama does.
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Senator_Blutarsky July 27, 2015 at 10:41 pm
Does everyone feel better now ?………..we know where the moral high ground is.
So does the US Senate & House. So do 50 governors and their respective state assemblies. So does every "judge" above the 2-bit county judges, JPs and other wannabees. So does every (so-called) Christian pastor and organization.
So does the now-flacid and totally coopted TEA Party.
At least, far less than perfect Don Trump has the cajones to touch on "sacred cow" subjects. If he isnt " Wellstoned " at some point, he might be a leader back to some degree of sanity.
High crimes and low comedy in the "empire burlesque" as per Chris Floyd.
As Author Frantz Fanon notes, "Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief."


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Home / News / The Unisport logo | Read about the history of the Unisport logo
The Unisport logo | Learn more about the evolution of the logo
Written by Zlatko Popovic
Zlatko Popovic
The Unisport logo has been representing us since 1995. But it hasn't always had the same look throughout our 24-year lifespan. Read along to learn more about the logo's history.
The Unisport logo
Back in the days Unisport started out as a local retail store, placed in the heart of Copenhagen. But throughout time Unisport has developed into becoming a world known football retailer, supplying passionate football fans in all ages around the world.
The Unisport logo has always represented football, either through the well-known green colour, which is synonymous with Unisport, but also through the logo's playful design. Let's take a closer look on the logo throughout the years.
1995 – The beginning of Unisport
Our journey started in 1995 in a humble location in the heart of Copenhagen. It started with a lettering of Unisport as logo. This was the start of something bigger and was the foundation of the passion for football #unisportlife.
1997 – Updated white Unisport logo
The Unisport logo was changed two years later and did now contain a white square around Unisport. This was the first time the logo included 'Football shop', which made a clear statement on what we were all about.
2002 – First circular Unisport logo
In 2002 we introduced the first ever circular Unisport logo, which also lies closer to the logo that you know from today. The font was made a bit fresher, while the green colour once again was included.
2003 – The introduction of the football
In 2003 we introduced, what you might associate Unisport with, the Unisport logo with a football. This clearly made our story strong, as our passion is all about football.
2015 – The Unisport you know
13 years later we adjusted our Unisport logo to the logo you know today. A simple and bold change was made, which gave a transparent Unisport logo, that stands strong on everything that has to do with Unisport.
May 2019 - The new Unisport
The new Unisport logo is ready! This new logo is a completely new direction when it comes to the design. The inspiration comes from the joy and passion of football. It embraces the creativity on the pitch, and is based on a classic dribble in a U-shape. The logo is a modern interpretation of Unisport and will be the future of football! We hope you like it as much as we do.


In the "Group Game Development Project and Work-Based Simulation" module, we developed a game for Playing With Giants. The game takes place in a Mansion that houses captured German Generals during World War II.
You control a Technician that must use a limited budget to buy and place listening devices around the building to listen to conversations held between Generals. Each day that passes has a secret that the player must discover from the conversations. However, Generals can lie and Listening Devices can break, vastly increasing the difficulty of obtaining the information.
At the end of the day, the player must submit a daily report with the information they believe is correct. If it is, and the event is circumvented, the funding for the department is increased. If not, the player must survive on the previous day's money until they go bankrupt.


Through my overseas work with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), I gained empathy for those impacted by war and an appreciation for the profound difference that basic infrastructure and services can make in people's lives.
I will work to ensure a physical and social infrastructure that supports healthy families, healthy individuals, and a healthy economy.
We must provide Internet broadband access for rural communities and I will fight for net neutrality to encourage business growth and innovation.
Support the installation of basic infrastructure for housing and community development, focusing on rural communities and higher-need populations.
Will advocate for water and sanitation system upgrades to meet public health standards, with a focus on low income rural areas.
Support the development of effective interstate transportation systems, including roadways and high-speed rail.


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'use strict';

import app from '../..';
import {User} from '../../sqldb';
var user;
var genUser = function() {
  user = User.build({
    provider: 'local',
    name: 'Fake User',
    email: 'test@example.com',
    password: 'password'
  });
  return user;
};

describe('User Model', function() {
  before(function() {
    // Sync and clear users before testing
    return User.sync().then(function() {
      return User.destroy({ where: {} });
    });
  });

  beforeEach(function() {
    genUser();
  });

  afterEach(function() {
    return User.destroy({ where: {} });
  });

  it('should begin with no users', function() {
    return <%= expect() %>User.findAll()<%= to() %>
      .eventually.have.length(0);
  });

  it('should fail when saving a duplicate user', function() {
    return <%= expect() %>user.save()
      .then(function() {
        var userDup = genUser();
        return userDup.save();
      })<%= to() %>.be.rejected;
  });

  describe('#email', function() {
    it('should fail when saving without an email', function() {
      user.email = '';
      return <%= expect() %>user.save()<%= to() %>.be.rejected;
    });
  });

  describe('#password', function() {
    beforeEach(function() {
      return user.save();
    });

    it('should authenticate user if valid', function() {
      <%= expect() %>user.authenticate('password')<%= to() %>.be.true;
    });

    it('should not authenticate user if invalid', function() {
      <%= expect() %>user.authenticate('blah')<%= to() %>.not.be.true;
    });

    it('should remain the same hash unless the password is updated', function() {
      user.name = 'Test User';
      return <%= expect() %>user.save()
        .then(function(u) {
          return u.authenticate('password');
        })<%= to() %>.eventually.be.true;
    });
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});


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Movies starring Kathy Bates
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
7 years after Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli delighted audiences in "Arthur" we got "Arthur 2: On the Rocks" and sadly it wasn't worth the wait....
No Place Like Home (1989)
100 mins Drama, TV Movie
Have you ever been so down on your luck that you have had to sleep rough in your car in the middle of winter whilst having to shop late at night so what little money you have can be spent on food reduced because it is going o...
White Palace (1990)
103 mins Drama, Romance
Featuring James Spader, Susan Sarandon and a famous blow job scene "White Palace" is a fun romantic drama about a man and an older woman....
Misery (1990)
107 mins Thriller
To be honest there aren't that many truly great psycho movies and I am not talking about the "Psycho" movies which featured Norman Bates. Nope I am on about those thrillers where the central character is nice as pie one momen...
Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe (1991)
124 mins Drama
Like a comfy old jumper "Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe" is a movie which makes you feel warm and nostalgic. Starring Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker it will make you la...
Angus (1995)
The first thing which probably grabs your attention even before you watch "Angus" is the stars, here we have a movie which features grown up stars Kathy Bates, George C. Scott and Anna Levine but then you have young stars Jam...
Titanic (1997)
James Cameron's "Titanic" a romantic drama between Jack and Rose (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) which uses the sinking of the Titanic as a vehicle for the tragic love story....
The Waterboy (1998)
90 mins Comedy, Short
"The Waterboy" is another of Adam Sandler's earlier moves which prove the fact that for a period at the end of the 90s he was funny. Okay so Sandler is still funny but his routine of playing a moronic character that screams a...
Primary Colors (1998)
143 mins Comedy, Drama
It would be wrong to review "Primary Colors" and not to mention the similarities between this fictional story of a presidential candidate on the campaign trail and that of one time President Bill Clinton. But do you know what...
Dragonfly (2002)
104 mins Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
If you build it she will come, sorry couldn't resist that altered reference to "Field of Dreams" as "Dragonfly" sees Kevin Costner in dead person territory again. In fact "Dragonfly" sees Kevin Costner in a lot of familiar te...
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
120 mins Action , Adventure , Comedy
For those wanting an exciting adaptation of Jules Verne's story "Around the World in 80 Days" clear off because this isn't it. Nope this is Disney taking the basic storyline and turning it into an amusing adventure for young ...
Little Black Book (2004)
106 mins Comedy, Drama, Romance
Movie Review - Little Black Book (2004) Brittany Murphy stars as Stacy, an associate producer for a chat show where she is persuaded to snoop in her boyfriend's electronic black book to get information on his former girlfrien...
Ambulance Girl (2005)
88 mins Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Kathy Bates is one of those actresses who just by being in a movie can make it better, more entertaining, which to be honest is the case of "Ambulance Girl" a TV movie which not only does Kathy Bates star in but also directs....
Failure to Launch (2006)
97 mins Comedy, Romance
Movie review "Failure to Launch" – Matthew McConaughey stars as Tripp who at 35 still lives at home with his parents. Wanting him out Tripp's parents call upon the services of Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) who tricks men like ...
Bonneville (2006)
"Bonneville" sounds like one of those movies which you would expect to crop up on Hallmark in the afternoon with it's tale of a widow and her two friends going on a road trip where they deal with various issues whilst scatter...
Charlotte's Web (2006)
97 mins Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Okay so piglets are cute especially ones which thanks to good story telling and clever CGI work have a persona all of their own. But how about spiders? I don't think I have ever come across a spider which has been cute or lov...
P.S. I Love You (2007)
"P.S. I Love You" is a frustrating movie which has wonderful tender scenes which can make you weep and smile but then delivers scenes which make you groan in their cheesiness. But most frustrating is that the mixture of drama...
116 mins Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Fred Claus: Vince Vaughn stars as Fred, the brother of Santa (Paul Giamatti) except the brothers Claus don't get on and now have to work today...
Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
74 mins Adventure , Animation, Comedy
Christmas Is Here Again: when an orphan rescues an elf he takes her to see Santa whose sack has been stolen so they try to get it back...
Bee Movie (2007)
"Bee Movie" is a lot of fun with an array of visual gags, clever jokes about bees and all the typical sort of elements which you expect to find from an animation. But "Bee Movie" is also a movie with one huge problem; it look...
* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Kathy Bates as one of the principle cast members.
Simple list of Kathy Bates movies
You Light Up My Life (1977)


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