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The flavors: supremely delicious. I drink very little alcohol, so when I even have one drink I usually feel it the next day. I tasted two Greenbar creations: "Employee's Choice" with TRU Lemon Vodka, TRU Gin, and FRUITLAB Jasmine Liqueur, BAR KEEP Lavender Bitters, among other inspired ingredients, and then "8th Street Mojito" with CRUSOE Silver Run, FRUITLAB Hibiscus Liqueur, BAR KEEP Swedish Bitters, and a bunch of cilantro and lime. Both were divine. I then tried a full glass of their creation "Downtown Paloma," made with fresh grapefruit juice, FRUITLAB orange liqueur, lime juice, agave nectar, sweet basil leaves and their amazing IXÀ Silver Tequila.
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Solicitor provides insight into whether charges will be filed against former HCSO deputies in drowning deaths
Solicitor comments on case where two mental health patients drowned
By Patrick Lloyd | November 20, 2018 at 9:59 PM EST - Updated November 21 at 4:35 AM
CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - It's been more than two months since two mental health patients, Nicolette Green and Wendy Newton, drowned in the back of an Horry County Sheriff's Office transport van.
Authorities said the two deputies in the van - both of whom got out alive - drove around a barricade on Highway 76 in Nichols and into floodwaters.
The next step in the investigation is for Marion County Solicitor Ed Clements to determine whether criminal charges will be fired.
In order to get an idea of what Clements will have to do in order to make that determination, WMBF News sat down with Horry County Solicitor Jimmy Richardson.
Richardson is not involved in the case, but he provided insight into what a solicitor must do in order to determine whether criminal charges are filed in similar cases.
According to Richardson, in most cases, a crime is committed and a person is arrested and charged as soon as possible. However, he said in officer-involved incidents like the drownings, the protocol is different.
Richardson said the State Law Enforcement Division investigates officer-involved incidents and then sends their findings to a solicitor for them to determine criminal charges.
"You would go element by element and say, 'How could I prove this? Is there a witness for this particular conduct?' That's element one," Richardson said. "'Did it occur in Marion County?' That's element two. And you would go through those, and if all of those were filled out, then you would make a determination probably to charge."
Richardson said most SLED reports are extensive.
"It'll be more than just written documents," Richardson said. "There'll be videos, there'll be probably reenactments, a disc of photographs, and you go through all of that."
Richardson said that process usually doesn't take too long.
"We've usually reviewed it and made a determination within two days," he said. "It doesn't take an awful long time."
While Richardson isn't involved in the case, he did make some guesses as to what charges could be filed based on what he does know about it.
He said a murder charge is unlikely because malice aforethought has to be able to be proven, and based on what he knows about the case, he doesn't believe the deputies intentionally tried to kill Green and Newton.
"More along the lines I'm guessing of something where it's negligence or gross negligence," Richardson said. "Probably some charges like that. Maybe that catch-all. which is misconduct."
Those charges usually have sentences of 0 to 5 years or 0 to 10 years, if convicted.
Richardson added there won't be special treatment just because the men involved are in law enforcement.
"Nobody gets a pass," he said. "We are all bound by the same law, and if we violate it, then we'll have to suffer the consequences of it."
Richardson added he's known Clements for many years, and he's confident he'll do the right thing after reviewing the case.
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Taliban Using Fake Facebook Accounts for Intelligence Gathering, Report Says
Fidel Martinez for The Daily Dot 2012-09-11 08:43:03 UTC
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Fake Facebook accounts are being used for more than just inflating likes.
An Australian government review of social media and defense, completed in March, revealed that the Taliban is using fake Facebook profiles to obtain intelligence from unsuspecting military personnel.
According to the report, one strategy employed by the terrorist organization is to pose as "attractive women" and friend deployed soldiers. Once friended, Taliban members can track the whereabouts of those soldiers thanks to Facebook's geotagging features.
"Most did not recognise that people using fake profiles perhaps masquerading as school friends, could capture information and movements," the report states. "Few consider the possibilities of data mining and how patterns of behaviour can be identified over time."
The review also claims that family and friends can put military missions at risk by sharing confidential data via social media.
A high percentage of those surveyed admitted that they weren't aware of the dangers that come with oversharing via social media. 58% of the 1577 who participated in the review expressed that they were never properly trained to safely use social media.
Australia's Department of Defense said that its currently working on putting together a social media guide for soldiers heading into combat. However, these new guidelines will not be ready until Christmas 2012. The review recommends that soldiers do not share personal data like name, rank, and location via any social media platform.
The enemy using information obtained from social media is not entirely new. Earlier this year, the U.S. Army acknowledged that a 2007 attack that destroyed 4 U.S. Apache helicopters in Iraq was made possible by location data in photos shared by soldiers.
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AG Doll Adventures – Dolls, Adventures, and much much more!
Dolls, Adventures, and much much more!
We are starting a photo series!
This is a collab with The Director, who helped me with the story, doll positioning, and lighting. She also let me borrow Molly for the story!
Skylar walked over to the dilapidated sink. After washing a few dishes, it was literally falling apart.
"Uh oh," Skylar muttered. Molly had made the kitchen by hand, and wouldn't be too happy when she saw what had happened. Skylar heard footsteps in the hall. The door creaked open. It was molly!
"What happened to my kitchen!" Molly said.
"It fell apart," Skylar said slowly.
"It's ok," Molly said. "Julie and I ordered a new one, and it's coming tomorrow. It was supposed to be a surprise but now," She looked at the sink.
"Let's move it out," Skylar suggested.
A note lay tucked under the cabinet. No one had found it before.
They began to move it to the garage. But then Skylar noticed the note. She reached down and picked it up.
"Wow!" she said excitedly. "Look at this!" The ran over to the table to investigate the strange, wrinkled piece of paper.
"What is it?" Molly said. She was always excited for an adventure.
Skylar looked up, "It's a map or a clue," She began to read the note aloud.
"Under the house, you will find… then there is some kind of map," Skylar thought for a moment.
She read the sentence again to herself, while Molly took a sip of water.
"Well the only thing under the house is the basement," Molly said logically.
So they set off down the stairs and on to an adventure that neither could have dreamed of.
What do you think? Would you like to see the next part?
Hi everyone! I started another blog!!!!!!! I'm so excited to share it with you!
My new blog is A Sapphire's Stardust! It is mainly a photography blog, but I will sometimes post writing or reading posts!
A couple days ago Julie took me on a walk to the Netherlands Carillon which is near the Arlington Cemetery. It has an amazing view of the National Mall!
The sun was almost about to set, so the lighting was perfect!
What a walk! I can't wait to see it in the spring when the grass is green!
Today, I took Julie's Husky, Pepper, on a walk. He's so cute!
Even though it's winter, there's no snow. I think Pepper wishes there were snow because Julie says he loves pulling the dogsled.
Pepper is so obedient, I didn't have to put him on a leash! He always stays pretty close!
The weather was in the fifties so I didn't have to bundle up! I like warmer weather.
I hope you enjoyed the photoshoot!
Step 2: Take clay and roll it into balls. The size of the balls determines your leaf size because this ball will end up as a leaf.
Step 3: Flatten the balls and pinch one end into a point.
Step 4: Make a lot of these!
Repeat steps two through three.
Step 5: Make a base. This means take a few leaves and put the blunt ends together.
Step 6: Make a layer of leaves on top of the base layer.
Step 7: Make a layer on top of this. This is your final layer of leaves.
Step 8: Brush chalk pastel dust against the tips of the leaves.
The plant part is done!
Step 1: Roll out a white ball of polymer clay, then push your them in gently. Make sure that is is about as wide as the plant.
Step 2: Put the plant on top!
And your plant is done!!!
What do you think? If you do the DIY, send me a few photos and I'll be happy to post them!
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We have lots of food from my store, The Miniature Cafe, like these yummy donuts!
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Could somebody please explain the difference between the German words "Wand" and "Mauer"?
I believe that both mean 'wall'.
Sometimes you can use both "Wand" and "Mauer" interchangeably. I myself would mostly think of "Wand" as a kind of (vertical) border of a room or space... and of "Mauer" as the thing itself that is made from stones or bricks. Some examples: Bergwand (mountain face), Magenwand (stomach wall), Schrankwand (either the side/rear part of a cupboard itself or a large cupboard that covers one wall of a room completely - I think the english word is "wall unit"), Wolkenwand (cloud bank); Burgmauer (castle wall), die Chinesische Mauer (the Great Wall of China), Gartenmauer (garden wall). If you're building a house you can talk about "Wand" or "Mauer", but you say "Ich streiche die Wände in meinem Zimmer." (I'm painting the walls in my room.) or "Das Bild hängt an der Wand." (The picture is hanging on the wall) – those sentences would sound funny if you said "Mauer".
Thank you Charlie, that is a good explaination!
Another way of thinking is to see where the word comes from.
"eine Mauer" is "a bricked wall" in english - you also have the famous "Berliner Mauer" - "Berlin Wall"
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Houses can be build out of bricks as well, by Maurer! And there are plenty of walls made out of stones piled up on top of each other such as in Ireland.
The bricks don't really come into the definition anyway - the Berlin Wall was built from concrete elements.
And the activity of building/bricking an additional wall inside your house can be called "eine Wand mauern", because you do it by putting bricks (or whatever) on top of each other, and the result is a Mauer (because you technically put bricks/stones/... on top of each other) but by function also a Wand (as part of a house). Once the thing is built and plastered and painted, the important aspect is the function, so I'll usually call it a Wand. If years later I want to drill a hole in it and the material becomes relevant again, I might call it a Mauer ("I need a different drill for this Mauer, this one doesn't get me through").
A "Wand" is part of a building (Hauswand) or a room and is normally closed at the top by a roof or ceiling. Generally, four "Wände" are placed a 90 degeree angles to form an enclosure such as a building or a room. The term "Wand" can also be used in "Felswand", for instance. It is a massive rock formation, usually fairly steep and straight and tall. Or, as mentioned above, as the four sides of a closet or similar enclosure.
A "Mauer" is usually open at the top amd has open space on both sides of it. It is often used around something, a house, a garden, a field, or it can be just a long "Mauer" like the Chinese Wall or Hadrian's Wall or the Berlin Wall or, on a smaller scale, a wall between two neighbors. It is used as a border to separate two parts of land and/or to enclose an area.
You can climb over a "Mauer", but generally not over a "Wand". In relation to its surroundings, a "Wand" is much taller than a "Mauer".
Thank you Jileha! Can "Mauer" also be used for the 'Wailing Wall' in Jerusalem?
It's called "die Klagemauer" in German ;-).
I think of "wand" as "facade".
I think of "mauer" as a stand-alone "wall"
They are not synonyms. "Wand" is the wall from the inside and "Mauer" is the wall from the outside. A "Mauer" is also the stand-alone building like a medieval city wall or the infamous "Berliner Mauer".
The "Hauswand" is also the wall from the outside. I woild not call that a "Mauer".
There is some overlap of Mauer and Wand. Wand is a vertical structure that encloses (one side of) a space, like a room, a house, even a boat, a truck or some other technical construction, also biological cell walls are called (Zell-)wand. Mauer is a structure made of bricks, mostly stone. So a Wand can be a Mauer, and Mauer can be a Wand. Free standing structures can also be called Wand, but it's less common (e.g. Lärmschutzwand along the Autobahn ;-)).
German...Okay thank you! Goodness, German is so complicated! :) Thank you AHA3006!
Oh, okay, that's quite nice, thank you!
On top of everything others have said, there might be some added confusion over "der Wall", which maybe could be described as the broader equivalent to a Mauer. It can be a structure that serves to hold off enemies from an ancient Celtic settlement (which today only is visible as an elevated line of ground, but has a crumbled stone wall inside) or from a city (Wallanlage, ramparts, most importantly from the 17th century), or something like a Lärmschutzwall (a heap of earth to hold off traffic noise, cf. Max.Em's mention of Lärmschutzwand = a vertical wall to hold off traffic noise).
If you compare google images for "eine Mauer" and "eine Wand", you will see some overlaps.
If you google "die Mauer", you will mostly find pictures of the Berlin Wall.


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Home Top News Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Burton owner go into administration – your rights
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Can I still pay back?
In the past, we have sometimes seen issues being processed on returns and refunds when it comes to the administration of stores.
Arcadia Group says it plans to keep the trade as normal and says this allows customers to return normal returns for now.
If you have something you want to return to, it's best to do it as soon as possible – in any case this is a good general rule, but especially applies here given the current uncertainty.
What does the Arcadia Group say?
Ian Grabiner, Chief Executive of Arcadia, said: "This is a very sad day for all our colleagues as well as our suppliers and our many other stakeholders.
"The impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, including the prolonged closure of our stores, has had a huge impact on the trade of all our brands.
"During these very challenging times, our priority is to protect jobs and hope for the economic stability of the group so that we can ride the epidemic and fight on the other side.
"Ultimately, in the face of the most difficult trading conditions we have ever experienced, the obstacles we faced were very serious."
Matt Smith, Deloitte's joint director, said: "We will now work with the existing management team and a wide range of stakeholders to assess all the options available for the future of the group's businesses.
"Our goal is to continue trading all of those brands, and we welcome customers back into stores when many of them are allowed to reopen."
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John Thompson: The Center for American Progress Pushes the Good, Bad and Ugly in Teacher Evaluation: Part 1
Education Funding Opinion
By Anthony Cody — December 05, 2011 5 min read
Guest post by John Thompson. Part One of Two.
The Center For American Progress (CAP) is a progressive think tank founded by former Clinton staffer John Podesta. The CAP believes, "progressives are idealistic enough to believe change is possible and practical enough to make it happen." It thus collaborates with funders ranging from the liberal George Soros to Walmart to push the Obama Administration's agenda.
The Center For American Progress has published another report justifying the firing of teachers today, based on statistical models that may some day become valid. "Designing High Quality Evaluation Systems for High School Teachers," by John Tyler, recounts the standard reasons why of educators do not trust high-stakes test-driven algorithms, and even contributes a couple of new insights into problems that are unique to high school test scores. An urban teacher reading Tyler's evidence would likely conclude that he has written an ironclad indictment of value-added models for high-stakes purposes. But, as is usually true of CAP's researchers, he concludes that the work of economists in improving value-added models is so impressive that education will benefit from their experiments if educators don't blow it.
One limitation of value-added models, Tyler writes, is that it provides no information to the teacher as to why he or she had a low ranking. But with inner city neighborhood schools, neither do those models provide information as to whether the result was due to the teacher's ineffectiveness or district policies that created intense concentrations of generational poverty that often make it impossible to enforce attendance, disciplinary, or academic standards.
Tyler then observes, "There is also concern that if value-added-based evaluations are used for highstakes decisions, then teachers will have the incentive to 'teach to the test'" or to cheat. Value-added models could incentivize "teachers to encourage their lowest-performing students to either drop out of school or drop the course." (Emphasis mine) That is like blaming teachers for the unintended effects of NCLB, not the administrations that ordered the narrowing of the curriculum, rampant test prep, and teacher-proof rote instruction - or the policy makers who passed the law knowing that it would make those practices inevitable.
Tyler agrees that "the value-added research community is in the early stages of developing and testing models that attempt to address the lack of direct predictors (pretests) in high school." Even so, he asserts without evidence or logic that theoretical research is so "impressive with great strides having been made with many districts and states" that the issue is "how, not whether, to use value-added as one factor in evaluating their high school teachers."
One of the issues that Tyler mentions and then brushes off is education's "dismal record in effectively using technology. If teacher evaluation is to have the impact envisioned by many, we may not be able to afford to follow this pattern." He also cites a study by Battelle for Kids showing that 26% of the time, districts could not even assign the correct students for the correct teachers!
Tyler acknowledges that it is, "unlikely that there will be black and white answers as to what is the 'right' value-added model a district should use to evaluate high school teachers." Considering the inability of many systems to even link the right students with the right teachers, that is an extreme understatement. Also, such a disclaimer is cold comfort for teachers whose careers will be destroyed by districts that chose the "wrong" model. What happens to inner city teachers, for instance, whose districts find it politically inexpedient to control for poverty when creating their models? What about districts that are already attaching high stakes to one year of data, even though such a practice may about as accurate as a coin flip?
Tyler's asserts, probably correctly, that value-added models can provide useful information in systems that take a "holistic approach" when solving problems that have bedeviled education for decades, such as aligning an appropriate curriculum. "Districts on the leading edge of this work understand that using value-added to evaluate high school teachers requires thinking about testing and data issues in a coherent and systematic way." In other words, he is not addressing the actual circumstances of the vast majority of urban school systems.
I have no reason to doubt the quality of any single piece of evidence that Tyler presents, but neither do I understand his logic. He suggests that "putting teacher evaluation front burner in a district can change the way teachers talk about their craft." Would it not make more sense to focus directly on fostering better conversations on teaching and learn?
Tyler's paper reads as if he, and other economists, are frustrated that teachers won't buy into their theories that, to borrow the mathematicians' word, just seem so "sweet." Tyler's wording seems indicative of the most important rationale for test-driven accountability. Tyler concludes, "just because it may be hard to develop value-added measures for all high school teachers in a district, districts should not use this as an excuse to forgo value-added evaluation ..." (Emphasis mine.) But neither does it make sense to use those measures because doing so is hard enough to provide a challenge for the theorists.
One state introduced its experiment in firing teachers using a not-ready-for-prime-time statistical model with a cartoon of mechanics building an airplane while it is in flight. Economists like Tyler would not abide with such disrespect being dumped on their profession. They would not be so cavalier about forcing doctors to act today on information that may or may not prove to be valid. Neither would they be so dismissive of teachers judgments if they sent their own kids to the inner city schools that, to cite Tyler's own words, face the likelihood of, "spending valuable class time on test-taking techniques or focusing on responses to specific, expected questions" which "is teaching that does not promote real and lasting learning gains."
What do you think? Why is it that liberals have chosen teachers to scapegoat? Is it an effort to reach out to corporate powers? Or are they just divorced from the realities in schools?
John Thompson was an award winning historian, with a doctorate from Rutgers, and a legislative lobbyist when crack and gangs hit his neighborhood, and he became an inner city teacher. He blogs for This Week in Education, the Huffington Post and other sites. After 18 years in the classroom, he is writing his book, Getting Schooled: Battles Inside and Outside the Urban Classroom.
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Anyone paying attention to the news at all? I don't think this belongs in the Mudpit, but we have to talk about it somewhere. It's just awful. The cathedral has been standing there since the 12th century AD, a place where the kings of France (and some of England) were crowned and where Napoleon Bonaparte's coronation as emperor took place in 1804. The entire central spire has already collapsed due to the fire. Hopefully the bell towers and other stone elements like the buttresses can be saved from destruction.
It's just devastating. Glad I was able to see it and go inside as a visitor a few years ago.
4 churches including the Lady have been set on fire in 2 months and more have been attacked recently. I wonder is this a pattern.
My heart-felt sympathies to any Parisians and French citizens here on the TWC, this is devastating news!
I was lucky enough to see in person when I was a teenager, but not so much that I was able to go inside.
I think they are unrelated to recent acts of arson. News outlets are saying that it was related to the renovation and construction work they were doing on the spire, after having temporarily removed the bronze sculptures from it (thank God). You can still see the giant scaffolding work of the construction crews over the church as it burns. It was probably some dumb welder who made a terrible mistake.
The cause of the fire isn't established yet, but the damage to the roof structure is very extensive. A terrible sight and one many people, French or not, will be very upset to see.
Apparently though the structure has been crumbling through years of neglect and was in danger of collapse anyway without urgent repairs. Quite why it got to this state is a disgrace given the amount of visitors it receives as well as being an iconic building of the Nation's capitol. Perhaps through this horrendous event, its might galvanise the French government more to help its restoration instead of depending on foreign contributions.
The Notre-Dame de Paris survived 850 years of war and revolution to become the second-most visited site in France after the Eiffel Tower. But bureaucratic inefficiency may pose the most existential threat yet toward the now-crumbling building.
The current conditions are the result of decades of neglect and decay, due in part to an awkward arrangement between church and state, making it unclear who bears responsibility for the building's upkeep.
Now the monument, which welcomes over 12 million visitors each year, needs an urgent structural overhaul that could cost more than $185 million. And with no one in France leading the charge to raise it, the Archdiocese of Paris has turned towards an old ally: the United States.
"The condition of the cathedral, especially under the effect of pollution in the last decades, has strongly deteriorated," said Michel Picaud, a Parisian-born engineer and archaeologist who is leading the fundraiser. "We have decided to finance this program of restoration with private funds."
Part of that effort includes the formation of two foundations, one in France and one in the U.S., where more than two thousand donors have already contributed about a quarter of the $185 million goal.
Yeah, that was not a very good situation beforehand, but I think this event will at the very least spur enormous donations for reconstruction and renovations.
The one saving grace out of this travesty will be that much of the original medieval masonry and stone edifice will still survive, including the bell towers, large segments of the walls, and flying buttresses. There is a danger, though, that exposing them to too much water could cause the stone to crack and then crumble, collapsing the structures. That's why you didn't see them air-dropping water from helicopters like you would in a forest fire.
That's why you didn't see them air-dropping water from helicopters like you would in a forest fire.
My thoughts and best wishes are with the people of France.
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Wondered why water was not being dropped from above.
I'm sure this building will be rebuilt. Yes, so much of the original fabric of the building is destroyed, which is sickening, but it will be rebuilt as it was. However it will cost many millions and be an immense project that could take decades. The artifacts, art and stained glass windows that have probably been destroyed are gone forever though, very, very sad Reports I'm hearing, say that fire chiefs believe the whole structure of the building could be in danger of collapse because the fire is still spreading.
Seemingly when the fire broke out, Macron had been due to address the Fench nation on measures prompted by Yellow Jacket protests.
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I hope it can be rebuilt to its former glory!
Reports coming in that the structure of the building has probably been saved by firefighters which is a blessing, although the spire has already collapsed. A firefighter has also been hurt. Shocking scenes.
I've heard that they saved the artworks and relics, so that at least is small consolation.
And that's why you don't lock a dimwit inside a cathedral.
Another piece of what remains of old Europe's corpse, has been lost forever ..
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Water was not being sent from airplanes due to possible structural damage the water would create.
Let's not pretend this hasn't happened before - the spire that collapsed was actually from the mid-19th century, made by Viollet Le Duc, not from the original one made in 1200. Most buildings have to have at least something replaced during it's lifetime.
This is a tragedy, and luckily the collapse has been averted, but it happened to many other landmarks and it can be renovated / rebuilt back to it's former glory.
@Basileos Leandros I: Thank you for explaining!
Current Status is, that the fire was happened because of the repair works.... You can savely assume that the person who fuc**** that up is now running as far as he can.
Money for the rebuild won`t be a problem, there are already pledges into the millions.


Well, getting others to fight their battles for them, while keeping their hands just clean enough that they can plead innocence, is absolutely the Black River way of doing things. Also, if BR will be the 4th ring faction in dodge, maybe one or both of the Morgans will have a faction switch?
That's cool about Andreas! I know that Erin Knight is based on Mr. Lapp's daughter (alas, I didn't know at the time, so didn't bring my card to be signed at Worlds), Dr. Brian Foxworth was a Doomtown winner, and Louis Pasteur was a real person, as were the Cowboy gang and the Earps and Doc Holliday, but are there any more characters based on real people?
Minor correction on Erin Knight - that's former UK playtester Dan Knight's daughter (she was signing copies of her card at Worlds!). To the best of my knowledge Lapp doesn't have a child.
Geronimo (from 2T2D) is another historical character. Might be one or two more that I've missed?


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David Woodhouse, 62, from Ventongimps, near Truro, Cornwall, claimed he couldn't get a place at the dental surgery near his home.
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Throughout his career, M.F. Husain has strived to link the language of modern art with the beliefs, traditions and classical arts of India's past. Through his paintings, the artist re-contextualizes and contemporizes the country's ancient tropes and customs, layering them with additional, and often personal, meaning.
Since the early 1950s, Husain's unique modern artistic vocabulary has acknowledged traditional Indian sensibilities,... Throughout his career, M.F. Husain has strived to link the language of modern art with the beliefs, traditions and classical arts of India's past. Through his paintings, the artist re-contextualizes and contemporizes the country's ancient tropes and customs, layering them with additional, and often personal, meaning.
Since the early 1950s, Husain's unique modern artistic vocabulary has acknowledged traditional Indian sensibilities, and, on several occasions, used classical Indian aesthetics as a substrate on which his images could be constructed. "Behind every stroke of the artist's brush is a vast hinterland of traditional concepts, forms and meanings. His vision is never uniquely his own; it is a new perspective given to the collective experience of his race. It is in this fundamental sense that we speak of Husain being in the authentic tradition of Indian art. He has been unique in his ability to forge a pictorial language which is indisputably of the contemporary Indian situation but surcharged with all the energies, the rhythms of his art heritage" (E. Alkazi, M.F. Husain: The Modern Artist and Tradition, Art Heritage exhibition catalogue, p. 3).
In the present lot, titled Devi or goddess, the artist paints the figure of a child in between two seated women. While the woman on the right is rendered in a shadowy palette of grey and sits slightly apart from the group, her counterpart is highlighted in yellow and white, as if illuminated by the sun that she seems to support above her hand. Along with the child that seems to be clinging to her side, another sun, painted on her womb, underscores her fertility and generative power.
The female figure has persisted as one of the leitmotifs in Husain's body of work since his earliest experiments with paint. Reflecting his upbringing and the early loss of his mother, these figures, like those in the present lot, offer straightforward tropes of womanhood, often connected to various ancient Indian myths and beliefs. They are also frequently faceless or devoid of any clear features, as if "…enshrouded in an invisible veil, the simplicity of their form countered by their inaccessibility…They could well be women from his own childhood in a Muslim household, where the feminine presence alternates between the secretive and the visible. The suppressed yearning could be for his mother, who died when he was only two years old, leaving him feeling permanently bereft" (Yashodhara Dalmia, The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001, p. 111).
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SCC students and instructors in Guatemala.
Lines of children wait to be seen.
Children play games with SCC students and instructors while their parents wait to be seen for medical services.
Radiology student, Lona Murdoch, plays bubbles with children.
SCC nursing grads, Kylie Barchenger and Darcie Hagstrom, educating a young patient.
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Sand, chair of the Respiratory Care program at Southeast Community College, along with three fellow instructors and 21 students spent eight days in the Central American country. The students represented a variety of SCC programs, including Surgical Technology, Respiratory Care, nursing (Associate Degree Nursing and Practical Nursing), Radiologic Technology, Dental Assisting, Medical Assisting, and Physical Therapist Assistant.
Students were able to treat local residents who don't easily have access to health care and other modern resources. At times, people stood in line for hours, but rarely complained. Sand says this is great experience for health science students. Not only are they gaining important skills, but also fulfilling a need in the community.
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Students, faculty and staff are eligible for the trips, as long as they take the global education curriculum aimed at studying the particular country in which they will travel.
Dawn Starkey is an adult learner studying in the Associate Degree Nursing program. She had never been out of the country before and wanted to see another part of the world. When she heard about the Global Studies program at SCC, she knew it was something she had to do.
Starkey said every student and instructor rotated into groups where they would perform various assessments, including checking vital signs, blood sugars, blood pressure, and providing general health care education.
"It was neat to see a nursing student teach a radiology student how to do a blood sugar test," said Sharon Rehn, chair of SCC's Surgical Technology program.
"They were smiling and happy and appreciated all the information we gave them," Starkey said.
The students and faculty spent time in Guatemala City, San Jose Pinula, the Monte Redondo Community, and Antigua. They would typically see around 250-300 patients a day with long lines, but people were happy to get the medical care and assistance they needed.
Sand said many of these people don't get any health care services at all, and simple education was the most valuable thing they could teach them.
In addition to providing much-needed health care services, the group also donated more than 1,000 pounds of supplies from SCC employees and students before the trip. Items included shampoo, soap, deodorant, and educational materials.
While people waited in line for their turns, students kept the children occupied by playing kickball, blowing bubbles, showing them sidewalk chalk, and painting their faces.
This was the second Global Studies trip for Sand, but she has been on numerous other mission trips. She says every trip is unique and has a special meaning. She loves when students see that, too.
"There's a moment during every trip where I think things are working well, things are special," Sand said.


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The Temple of Zeus Megistos is in Dura-Europos in the east of the city in a part of the city that is modernly referred to as the Acropolis. It was one of the main temples of the city, the oldest construction phases of which perhaps go back to the time when the city was under Greek rule (from about 300 to 114 BC). The temple is not well preserved and the results of its excavations are not fully published. Several times the temple has been the target of excavations. The first excavations took place in 1928–37. The ceramics have hardly been recorded, which makes dating the older layers more difficult. The excavators presented some reconstructions of the oldest Greek temple. In particular, the more recent excavations from 1992 and 2002 raise doubts about older reconstructions and interpretations.

In its final phase, which dates from AD 169/170, the temple takes up most of a street block (C4). The main entrance is in the south. The majority of the complex consists of various smaller chapels; in the west part there is a cella and in the north-east there is a large courtyard with a portico in the north.

According to older reconstructions, there was initially a sanctuary with a courtyard, an altar and three cellae. The reconstruction shows a temple that combines Hellenistic and Iranian elements. This reconstruction is problematic and it is not even certain whether a temple stood here in Greek times. The assignment of the temple to Zeus Megistos is based only on a dedicatory inscription, according to which parts of the building were made by Seleucus, Strategos (strategos kai epistates) of the city, rebuilt and consecrated to God. The inscription dates to AD 169/170 and tells of numerous construction works on the temple, perhaps after it was destroyed by an earthquake. Probably then the building received its final form. The founder Seleukos was practically a governor in Dura-Europos and belonged to a Greek family who held this office for several generations. The governor family's house was right next to the temple. Other members of the governor family, such as Lysias, are also mentioned in inscriptions, but no titles are mentioned, so there is a possibility that these are other people of the same name who did not belong to the governor's family.

Various reliefs and sculptures come from the temple. A rectangular stele shows the god Arsu. According to the dedication inscription in Palmyrian, the stele was made by the sculptor Oga. Various statues of Heracles were also found in the sanctuary. This seems to indicate that a number of deities and not just Zeus Megistus were worshiped here. Perhaps important members of wealthy families even had individual, private chapels here that only they were allowed to enter.

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First there was a tabletop RPG that saw players undergoing a heist to recover a collection of 200 unreleased Carly Rae Jepsen songs, now there's another also with an interesting take. Black Heart is the next one-shot RPG related to the Canadian pop star that is made by the creators of the first, Boy Problems. This second entry in an apparent trilogy follows a darker story with cultist themes.
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Dicopus is a wasp genus in the family Mymaridae. About 15 species have been described in the genus.

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External links
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Satyrus boloricus is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Satyrinae van de familie Nymphalidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1888 door Grigorii Efimovitsch Grumm-Grshimailo.

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Home » News / Resources » Politics » SSAA face-to-face with Attorney-General's Department
SSAA face-to-face with Attorney-General's Department - NFA and Adler discussed at length
07 August 2015 / In Politics
SSAA National met with senior federal Attorney-General's officials earlier this week in Canberra, who reassured us that Justice Minister Michael Keenan has called for meaningful and direct consultation regarding the technical review of the National Firearms Agreement (NFA).
The Attorney-General's Department said it would practise evidence-based policy and committed itself to open and transparent consultation with key stakeholders, including the firearms industry and recreational user groups such as us. Another meeting is being held today in Brisbane, with a further meeting planned in the near future.
In the meeting, SSAA National President Geoff Jones and CEO Tim Bannister stressed the need for the SSAA to be involved on the ground regarding any changes or adjustments to the NFA, as these have the potential to directly affect our members.
We encouraged the Attorney-General's Department to meet with likeminded associations and the industry, and reminded them that the SSAA has had a long history in positively advising and working with the government through previous Firearms Advisory Councils. We also reminded them that the SSAA has represented the Australian Government at the United Nations Small Arms and Light Weapons meetings, along with other similar meetings and treaties.
While we questioned the temporary ban of the Adler 110 lever-action shotgun based on potential terrorism concerns, we were pleased to hear that the Minister has stressed it is strictly a temporary ban until the full review is complete. We understand that the Minister is putting this in writing in a reply to our open letter, where we expressed our shock and serious disappointment at the temporary ban without talking to ourselves or Nioa, the importer.
We further explained the benefits of the Adler in relation to pest control and shooting competitions, and reminded the Attorney-General's Department that lever-action technology has been in use for more than 100 years.
The SSAA will continue our work in ensuring that the liberties of the 800,000 licensed firearm owners across Australia are not further infringed upon, and we will keep our members informed regarding any developments as they come to hand.
SSAA National President Geoff Jones stands up to Greens misinformation live on radio
Federal MP Andrew Laming on Adler case as SSAA praised for "high degree of engagement"


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Geodatabase;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Geometry;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.Geoprocessing;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.DataSourcesFile;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.DataSourcesGDB;
using ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.CATIDs;

namespace GPCalculateArea
{

    public class CalculateAreaFunction : IGPFunction2
    {
        //Local members
        private string m_ToolName = "CalculateArea"; //Function Name
        private string m_metadatafile = "CalculateArea_area.xml";
        private IArray m_Parameters;             // Array of Parameters
        private IGPUtilities m_GPUtilities = null;      // GPUtilities object

        public CalculateAreaFunction()
        {
            Type factoryType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("esriGeoprocessing.GPUtilities");
            m_GPUtilities = (IGPUtilities3)Activator.CreateInstance(factoryType);
        }

        ~CalculateAreaFunction()
        {
            if (m_GPUtilities != null) {
                System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(m_GPUtilities);
            }
        }

        #region IGPFunction Members

        // Set the name of the function tool.
        // This name appears when executing the tool at the command line or in scripting.
        // This name should be unique to each toolbox and must not contain spaces.
        public string Name
        {
            get { return m_ToolName; }
        }

        // Set the function tool Display Name as seen in ArcToolbox.
        public string DisplayName
        {
            get { return "Calculate Area"; }
        }

        // This is the location where the parameters to the Function Tool are defined.
        // This property returns an IArray of parameter objects (IGPParameter).
        // These objects define the characteristics of the input and output parameters.
        public IArray ParameterInfo
        {
            get
            {
                //Array to the hold the parameters
                IArray parameters = new ArrayClass();

                //Input DataType is GPFeatureLayerType
                IGPParameterEdit3 inputParameter = new GPParameterClass();
                inputParameter.DataType = new GPFeatureLayerTypeClass();

                // Default Value object is GPFeatureLayer
                inputParameter.Value = new GPFeatureLayerClass();

                // Set Input Parameter properties
                inputParameter.Direction = esriGPParameterDirection.esriGPParameterDirectionInput;
                inputParameter.DisplayName = "Input Features";
                inputParameter.Name = "input_features";
                inputParameter.ParameterType = esriGPParameterType.esriGPParameterTypeRequired;
                parameters.Add(inputParameter);

                // Area field parameter
                inputParameter = new GPParameterClass();
                inputParameter.DataType = new GPStringTypeClass();

                // Value object is GPString
                IGPString gpStringValue = new GPStringClass();
                gpStringValue.Value = "Area";
                inputParameter.Value = (IGPValue)gpStringValue;

                // Set field name parameter properties
                inputParameter.Direction = esriGPParameterDirection.esriGPParameterDirectionInput;
                inputParameter.DisplayName = "Area Field Name";
                inputParameter.Name = "field_name";
                inputParameter.ParameterType = esriGPParameterType.esriGPParameterTypeRequired;
                parameters.Add(inputParameter);

                // Output parameter (Derived) and data type is DEFeatureClass
                IGPParameterEdit3 outputParameter = new GPParameterClass();
                outputParameter.DataType = new GPFeatureLayerTypeClass();

                // Value object is DEFeatureClass
                outputParameter.Value = new DEFeatureClassClass();

                // Set output parameter properties
                outputParameter.Direction = esriGPParameterDirection.esriGPParameterDirectionOutput;
                outputParameter.DisplayName = "Output FeatureClass";
                outputParameter.Name = "out_featureclass";
                outputParameter.ParameterType = esriGPParameterType.esriGPParameterTypeDerived;

                // Create a new schema object - schema means the structure or design of the feature class (field information, geometry information, extent)
                IGPFeatureSchema outputSchema = new GPFeatureSchemaClass();
                IGPSchema schema = (IGPSchema)outputSchema;

                // Clone the schema from the dependency.
                //This means update the output with the same schema as the input feature class (the dependency).
                schema.CloneDependency = true;

                // Set the schema on the output because this tool will add an additional field.
                outputParameter.Schema = outputSchema as IGPSchema;
                outputParameter.AddDependency("input_features");
                parameters.Add(outputParameter);

                return parameters;
            }
        }

        // Validate:
        // - Validate is an IGPFunction method, and we need to implement it in case there
        //   is legacy code that queries for the IGPFunction interface instead of the IGPFunction2
        //   interface.
        // - This Validate code is boilerplate - copy and insert into any IGPFunction2 code..
        // - This is the calling sequence that the gp framework now uses when it QI's for IGPFunction2..
        public IGPMessages Validate(IArray paramvalues, bool updateValues, IGPEnvironmentManager envMgr)
        {
            if (m_Parameters == null)
                m_Parameters = ParameterInfo;

            // Call UpdateParameters().
            // Only Call if updatevalues is true.
            if (updateValues == true)
            {
                UpdateParameters(paramvalues, envMgr);
            }

            // Call InternalValidate (Basic Validation). Are all the required parameters supplied?
            // Are the Values to the parameters the correct data type?
            IGPMessages validateMsgs = m_GPUtilities.InternalValidate(m_Parameters, paramvalues, updateValues, true, envMgr);

            // Call UpdateMessages();
            UpdateMessages(paramvalues, envMgr, validateMsgs);

            // Return the messages
            return validateMsgs;
        }

        // This method will update the output parameter value with the additional area field.
        public void UpdateParameters(IArray paramvalues, IGPEnvironmentManager pEnvMgr)
        {
            m_Parameters = paramvalues;

            // Retrieve the input parameter value
            IGPValue parameterValue = m_GPUtilities.UnpackGPValue(m_Parameters.get_Element(0));

            // Get the derived output feature class schema and empty the additional fields. This will ensure you don't get duplicate entries.
            IGPParameter3 derivedFeatures = (IGPParameter3)paramvalues.get_Element(2);
            IGPFeatureSchema schema = (IGPFeatureSchema)derivedFeatures.Schema;
            schema.AdditionalFields = null;

            // If we have an input value, create a new field based on the field name the user entered.
            if  (parameterValue.IsEmpty() == false)
            {
                IGPParameter3 fieldNameParameter = (IGPParameter3)paramvalues.get_Element(1);
                string fieldName = fieldNameParameter.Value.GetAsText();

                // Check if the user's input field already exists
                IField areaField = m_GPUtilities.FindField(parameterValue, fieldName);
                if (areaField == null)
                {
                    IFieldsEdit fieldsEdit = new FieldsClass();
                    IFieldEdit fieldEdit = new FieldClass();
                    fieldEdit.Name_2 = fieldName;
                    fieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeDouble;
                    fieldsEdit.AddField(fieldEdit);

                    // Add an additional field for the area values to the derived output.
                    IFields fields = fieldsEdit as IFields;
                    schema.AdditionalFields = fields;
                }

            }
        }

        // Called after returning from the update parameters routine.
        // You can examine the messages created from internal validation and change them if desired.
        public void UpdateMessages(IArray paramvalues, IGPEnvironmentManager pEnvMgr, IGPMessages Messages)
        {
            // Check for error messages
            IGPMessage msg = (IGPMessage)Messages;
            if (msg.IsError())
                return;

            // Get the first Input Parameter
            IGPParameter parameter = (IGPParameter)paramvalues.get_Element(0);

            // UnPackGPValue. This ensures you get the value either form the dataelement or GpVariable (ModelBuilder)
            IGPValue parameterValue = m_GPUtilities.UnpackGPValue(parameter);

            // Open the Input Dataset - Use DecodeFeatureLayer as the input might be a layer file or a feature layer from ArcMap.
            IFeatureClass inputFeatureClass;
            IQueryFilter qf;
            m_GPUtilities.DecodeFeatureLayer(parameterValue, out inputFeatureClass, out qf);

            IGPParameter3 fieldParameter = (IGPParameter3)paramvalues.get_Element(1);
            string fieldName = fieldParameter.Value.GetAsText();

            // Check if the field already exists and provide a warning.
            int indexA = inputFeatureClass.FindField(fieldName);
            if (indexA > 0)
            {
                Messages.ReplaceWarning(1, "Field already exists. It will be overwritten.");
            }

            return;
        }

        // Execute: Execute the function given the array of the parameters
        public void Execute(IArray paramvalues, ITrackCancel trackcancel, IGPEnvironmentManager envMgr, IGPMessages message)
        {

            // Get the first Input Parameter
            IGPParameter parameter = (IGPParameter)paramvalues.get_Element(0);

            // UnPackGPValue. This ensures you get the value either form the dataelement or GpVariable (ModelBuilder)
           IGPValue parameterValue = m_GPUtilities.UnpackGPValue(parameter);

            // Open Input Dataset
            IFeatureClass inputFeatureClass;
            IQueryFilter qf;
            m_GPUtilities.DecodeFeatureLayer(parameterValue, out inputFeatureClass, out qf);

            if (inputFeatureClass == null)
            {
                message.AddError(2, "Could not open input dataset.");
                return;
            }

            // Add the field if it does not exist.
            int indexA;

            parameter = (IGPParameter)paramvalues.get_Element(1);
            string field = parameter.Value.GetAsText();

            indexA = inputFeatureClass.FindField(field);
            if (indexA < 0)
            {
                IFieldEdit fieldEdit = new FieldClass();
                fieldEdit.Type_2 = esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeDouble;
                fieldEdit.Name_2 = field;
                inputFeatureClass.AddField(fieldEdit);
            }

             int featcount = inputFeatureClass.FeatureCount(null);

             //Set the properties of the Step Progressor
            IStepProgressor pStepPro = (IStepProgressor)trackcancel;
            pStepPro.MinRange = 0;
            pStepPro.MaxRange = featcount;
            pStepPro.StepValue = (1);
            pStepPro.Message = "Calculating Area";
            pStepPro.Position = 0;
            pStepPro.Show();

            // Create an Update Cursor
            indexA = inputFeatureClass.FindField(field);
            IFeatureCursor updateCursor = inputFeatureClass.Update(qf, false);
            IFeature updateFeature = updateCursor.NextFeature();
            IGeometry geometry;
            IArea area;
            double dArea;

            while (updateFeature != null)
            {
                geometry = updateFeature.Shape;
                area = (IArea)geometry;
                dArea = area.Area;
                updateFeature.set_Value(indexA, dArea);
                updateCursor.UpdateFeature(updateFeature);
                updateFeature.Store();
                updateFeature = updateCursor.NextFeature();
                pStepPro.Step();
            }

           pStepPro.Hide();

            // Release the update cursor to remove the lock on the input data.
           System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(updateCursor);
        }

        // This is the function name object for the Geoprocessing Function Tool.
        // This name object is created and returned by the Function Factory.
        // The Function Factory must first be created before implementing this property.
        public IName FullName
        {
            get
            {
                // Add CalculateArea.FullName getter implementation
                IGPFunctionFactory functionFactory = new CalculateAreaFunctionFactory();
                return (IName)functionFactory.GetFunctionName(m_ToolName);
            }
        }

        // This is used to set a custom renderer for the output of the Function Tool.
        public object GetRenderer(IGPParameter pParam)
        {
            return null;
        }

        // This is the unique context identifier in a [MAP] file (.h).
        // ESRI Knowledge Base article #27680 provides more information about creating a [MAP] file.
        public int HelpContext
        {
            get { return 0; }
        }

        // This is the path to a .chm file which is used to describe and explain the function and its operation.
        public string HelpFile
        {
            get { return ""; }
        }

        // This is used to return whether the function tool is licensed to execute.
        public bool IsLicensed()
        {
            IAoInitialize aoi = new AoInitializeClass();
            ILicenseInformation licInfo = (ILicenseInformation)aoi;

            string licName = licInfo.GetLicenseProductName(aoi.InitializedProduct());

            if (licName == "Advanced")
            {
                 return true;
            }
            else
                return false;
        }

        // This is the name of the (.xml) file containing the default metadata for this function tool.
        // The metadata file is used to supply the parameter descriptions in the help panel in the dialog.
        // If no (.chm) file is provided, the help is based on the metadata file.
        // ESRI Knowledge Base article #27000 provides more information about creating a metadata file.
        public string MetadataFile
        {
            // if you just return the name of an *.xml file as follows:
            // get { return m_metadatafile; }
            // then the metadata file will be created
            // in the default location - <install directory>\help\gp

            // alternatively, you can send the *.xml file to the location of the DLL.
            //
            get
            {
                string filePath;
                filePath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
                filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(filePath, m_metadatafile);
                return filePath;
            }
        }

        // By default, the Toolbox will create a dialog based upon the parameters returned
        // by the ParameterInfo property.
        public UID DialogCLSID
        {
            // DO NOT USE. INTERNAL USE ONLY.
            get { return null; }
        }

        #endregion
    }

    //////////////////////////////
    // Function Factory Class
    ////////////////////////////
    [
    Guid("2554BFC7-94F9-4d28-B3FE-14D17599B35A"),
    ComVisible(true)
    ]
    public class CalculateAreaFunctionFactory : IGPFunctionFactory
    {
        // Register the Function Factory with the ESRI Geoprocessor Function Factory Component Category.
        #region "Component Category Registration"
        [ComRegisterFunction()]
        static void Reg(string regKey)
        {

            GPFunctionFactories.Register(regKey);
        }

        [ComUnregisterFunction()]
        static void Unreg(string regKey)
        {
            GPFunctionFactories.Unregister(regKey);
        }
        #endregion

        // Utility Function added to create the function names.
        private IGPFunctionName CreateGPFunctionNames(long index)
        {
            IGPFunctionName functionName = new GPFunctionNameClass();
            functionName.MinimumProduct = esriProductCode.esriProductCodeAdvanced;
            IGPName name;

            switch (index)
            {
                case (0):
                    name = (IGPName)functionName;
                    name.Category = "AreaCalculation";
                    name.Description = "Calculate Area for FeatureClass";
                    name.DisplayName = "Calculate Area";
                    name.Name = "CalculateArea";
                    name.Factory = (IGPFunctionFactory)this;
                    break;
            }

            return functionName;
        }

        // Implementation of the Function Factory
        #region IGPFunctionFactory Members

        // This is the name of the function factory.
        // This is used when generating the Toolbox containing the function tools of the factory.
        public string Name
        {
            get { return "AreaCalculation"; }
        }

        // This is the alias name of the factory.
        public string Alias
        {
            get { return "area"; }
        }

        // This is the class id of the factory.
        public UID CLSID
        {
            get
            {
                UID id = new UIDClass();
                id.Value = this.GetType().GUID.ToString("B");
                return id;
            }
        }

        // This method will create and return a function object based upon the input name.
        public IGPFunction GetFunction(string Name)
        {
            switch (Name)
            {
                case ("CalculateArea"):
                    IGPFunction gpFunction = new CalculateAreaFunction();
                    return gpFunction;
            }

            return null;
        }

        // This method will create and return a function name object based upon the input name.
        public IGPName GetFunctionName(string Name)
        {
            IGPName gpName = new GPFunctionNameClass();

            switch (Name)
            {
                case ("CalculateArea"):
                    return (IGPName)CreateGPFunctionNames(0);

            }
            return null;
        }

        // This method will create and return an enumeration of function names that the factory supports.
        public IEnumGPName GetFunctionNames()
        {
            IArray nameArray = new EnumGPNameClass();
            nameArray.Add(CreateGPFunctionNames(0));
            return (IEnumGPName)nameArray;
        }

        // This method will create and return an enumeration of GPEnvironment objects.
        // If tools published by this function factory required new environment settings,
        //then you would define the additional environment settings here.
        // This would be similar to how parameters are defined.
        public IEnumGPEnvironment GetFunctionEnvironments()
        {
            return null;
        }

        #endregion
    }

}


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import React from 'react'
import multiaddr from 'multiaddr'
import { connect } from 'redux-bundler-react'
import { withTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
import Address from '../components/address/Address'
import Details from '../components/details/Details'
import ProviderLink from '../components/provider-link/ProviderLink'
import { Definition, DefinitionList } from '../components/definition/Definition.js'

function isMultiaddr (addr) {
  try {
    multiaddr(addr)
    return true
  } catch (_) {
    return false
  }
}
const getField = (obj, field, fn) => {
  if (obj && obj[field]) {
    if (fn) {
      return fn(obj[field])
    }

    return obj[field]
  }

  return ''
}

const NodeInfoAdvanced = ({ t, identity, ipfsProvider, ipfsApiAddress, gatewayUrl, isNodeInfoOpen, doSetIsNodeInfoOpen }) => {
  let publicKey = null
  let addresses = null
  if (identity) {
    publicKey = getField(identity, 'publicKey')
    addresses = [...new Set(identity.addresses)].sort().map(addr => <Address key={addr} value={addr} />)
  }

  const handleSummaryClick = (ev) => {
    doSetIsNodeInfoOpen(!isNodeInfoOpen)
    ev.preventDefault()
  }

  const asAPIString = (value) => {
    // hide raw JSON if advanced config is present in the string
    return typeof value !== 'string'
      ? t('customApiConfig')
      : value
  }

  return (

      <DefinitionList className='mt3'>
        <Definition advanced term={t('app:terms.gateway')} desc={gatewayUrl} />
        {ipfsProvider === 'httpClient'
          ? <Definition advanced term={t('app:terms.api')} desc={
            (

              {isMultiaddr(ipfsApiAddress)
                ? (<Address value={ipfsApiAddress} />)
                : asAPIString(ipfsApiAddress)
              }
              {t('app:actions.edit')}

)
          } />
          : <Definition advanced term={t('app:terms.api')} desc={<ProviderLink name={ipfsProvider} />} />
        }
        <Definition advanced term={t('app:terms.addresses')} desc={addresses} />
        <Definition advanced term={t('app:terms.publicKey')} desc={publicKey} />
      </DefinitionList>

  )
}

export default connect(
  'selectIdentity',
  'selectIpfsProvider',
  'selectIpfsApiAddress',
  'selectGatewayUrl',
  'selectIsNodeInfoOpen',
  'doSetIsNodeInfoOpen',
  withTranslation('status')(NodeInfoAdvanced)
)


The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost motherboards that run Linux.
click connect, if you need a password the default is raspberry.
try googling, it is beyond me.
actually there is no chrome for pi, but there is Chromium, which is pretty close. I suppose it is heavier weitht than other browsers, but aside from speed it seems to work much better. It does allow you to access google drives, and perhaps other gooogle stuff.
This is a really nice Python environment, do not know how well it plays with the already installed python.
For something a little more permanent, several people are designing boards to meet the Raspberry Pi HAT standard.
Matt Wilcox. "Setting up a (reasonably) secure home web-server with Raspberry Pi".
Jacob Salmela. "Password-protect A lighttpd Web Server on a Raspberry Pi Using mod_auth".
Jacob Salmela. "Block Millions Of Ads Network-wide With A Raspberry Pi-hole 2.0".
Steve Prater. "Securing your Raspberry PI with SSL and Simple Authentication".
"Control Raspberry PI With iPhone".
davstott. "Controlling a Raspberry Pi's GPIO over the network".
davstott. "Raspberry Pi Robot Tank, First Trundles".
Navio+ Raspberry Pi Linux autopilot runs the APM autopilot and can send telemetry over Wi-Fi to the ground. Open-source drivers and tutorials in Python and C++. Pi HAT compliant. 9DOF IMU, 13 PWM servo outputs, servo control PPM input, etc. Apparently works fine when stacked on top of Raspberry Pi A+, B+, Pi 2, Banana Pi, or Odroid-C1. Navio software and documentation on Github.
"Raspberry Pi Accessories at Element 14"
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