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More Embalmers Report Strange Blood Clots in Vaccinated Corpses
A growing number of embalmers are coming forward with reports that they're seeing strange blood clots in the bodies of vaccinated dead people.
Mortuary science professionals are reporting the emergence of bizarre "fibrous" clots in a substantial portion of their cases.
Several embalmers say the cases have emerged since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
WND reported in February that veteran funeral director Richard Hirschman in Alabama was raising the alarm about the strange discovery.
Hirschman said he and more than a dozen colleagues in the industry had been noticing the clots.
Now, the Epoch Times is reporting that more embalmers are coming forward to reveal that they are observing the same phenomena.
The outlet says it has spoken to several embalmers who have noticed the issue.
Preliminary research suggests that the clots are produced by spike proteins in the body.
And some believe there could be a relationship between COVID-19 and/or the Covid vaccines.
Hirshman, who has worked in embalming for 20 years, told the Epoch Times that he "had never seen these white fibrous structures in the blood, nor have others in my field."
He said that regardless of the cause of death, he's seeing similar substances in the blood post-mortem.
"Is something causing people to die prematurely?" Hirshman asked.
Wallace Hooker, an expert embalmer who lectures internationally, said he's one of many seeing the same phenomena.
"I have people sending me photos almost every week of what they're seeing," Hooker told the Epoch Times.
In June, a pathologist who heads one of America's leading labs, Dr. Ryan Cole, said he was finding unusually long blood clots, as long as one foot.
Cole revealed that the long clots were found in the bodies of deceased people who had died for different reasons but had all received COVID-19 vaccines.
According to a report by WND, Cole, who runs Cole Diagnostics in Boise, Idaho, believes the synthetic spike protein in the mRNA vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna is "causing inflammation in the lung, the brain, the liver, the kidneys, the heart; it's causing the same damage that the virus was causing."
During an interview with USA Watchdog, however, Cole said that "in the body, the shots are persisting and making more spike protein than if you had a natural infection."
Cole, whose laboratory receives tissue samples from morticians across the country, cited a Stanford University study published in the journal Cell.
The study found that the vaccines' spike protein remains in the body for at least eight weeks.
Cole also cited studies by South African physician Resia Pretorius finding the COVID "spike protein alone causes the proteins in our blood to clump."
"That spike protein is thrombogenic – it causes clots, and it causes a lot of clots," Cole said.
He explained in a March interview with anti-Covid vaccine activist Steve Kirsch that morticians usually "put a dissolving fluid in to break up clots so they can get their embalming fluid in."
"And they were getting back pressure on the system, saying, 'What in the world is going on?'"
The morticians, Cole said, ended up pulling out "six-inch clots, 12-inch clots, two to three-foot-long clots."
"Because, you know, from the hip down into the leg, you have a long vein called the saphenous vein," Cole explains.
"And so they were pulling long clots out of your longer veins.
"And … they hadn't seen anything like this previously."
Cole told Hunter of USA Watchdog that he's met other pathologists who are seeing the clots but "can't say anything" because they would be fired.
"But we have all these large organizations and institutions in cahoots together with a narrative attacking anybody that speaks against their giant money machine while they're harming humanity, and this is the tragedy in all of this," Cole said.
"Doctors are seeing it.
"Pathologists are seeing it.
"Too many people are silent, and silence is compliance.
"It's time for people to be courageous."


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Q: Apply pixel shader to video with DirectX I need to apply a pixel shader to this code (the fullscreen quad). I have the FX file. What is the procedure? (EDIT finalized: code is working)
public int CompositeImage(IntPtr pD3DDevice, IntPtr pddsRenderTarget, AMMediaType pmtRenderTarget, long rtStart, long rtEnd, int dwClrBkGnd, VMR9VideoStreamInfo[] pVideoStreamInfo, int cStreams)
        {
            try
            {
                if (udevice != pD3DDevice)
                {
                    InitCompositionDevice(pD3DDevice);
                }

                // will be creating managed object from those so increment ref count
                Marshal.AddRef(pddsRenderTarget);
                Marshal.AddRef(pVideoStreamInfo[0].pddsVideoSurface);

                device.Clear(ClearFlags.Target, Color.Red, 1f, 0);
                device.BeginScene();

                // here the video frame will be stored
                Texture capturedVideoTexture = null;

                // this is the output surface
                Surface renderTarget = new Surface(pddsRenderTarget);

                // get the surface for the input video
                Surface videoSurface = new Surface(pVideoStreamInfo[0].pddsVideoSurface);

                // will use this rect for calculations
                Rectangle videoSurfaceRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, videoSurface.Description.Width, videoSurface.Description.Height);

                // create single layer texture from input video
                capturedVideoTexture = new Texture(device, videoSurfaceRect.Width, videoSurfaceRect.Height, 1, Usage.RenderTarget, Format.A8R8G8B8, Pool.Default);

                // get its surface
                Surface textureSurface = capturedVideoTexture.GetSurfaceLevel(0);

                // will use this rect for calculations
                Rectangle textureSurfaceRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, textureSurface.Description.Width, textureSurface.Description.Height);

                // copy the whole video surface into the texture surface
                device.StretchRectangle(videoSurface, videoSurfaceRect, textureSurface, textureSurfaceRect, TextureFilter.Linear);

                // identity matreices for world projection and view
                device.Transform.World = Matrix.Identity;
                device.Transform.Projection = Matrix.Identity;
                device.Transform.View = Matrix.Identity;

                // setup viewport
                Viewport view = new Viewport();
                view.X = 0;
                view.Y = 0;
                view.Width = 1920;
                view.Height = 1080;
                view.MinZ = 0;
                view.MaxZ = 1;
                device.Viewport = view;

                // writing will go to output surface
                device.SetRenderTarget(0, renderTarget);

                // nothing fancy of a vertex shader
                device.VertexFormat = CustomVertex.PositionTextured.Format;

                // use the texture while rendering
                device.SetTexture(0, capturedVideoTexture);

                //Bind our Vertex Buffer
                device.SetStreamSource(0, vb, 0);

                // setup and apply shader
                ps.Begin(FX.None);
                ps.BeginPass(0);
                ps.SetValue("ScreenTexture", capturedVideoTexture);

                //Render from our Vertex Buffer
                device.DrawPrimitives(PrimitiveType.TriangleList, 0, 2);

                ps.EndPass();
                ps.End();

                device.EndScene();

                videoSurface.Dispose();
                textureSurface.Dispose();
                capturedVideoTexture.Dispose();
                renderTarget.Dispose();

                videoSurface = null;
                renderTarget = null;
                capturedVideoTexture = null;

            }

            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine(e.ToString());
            }

            return 0;

        }

This is the final effect achieved: Sepia on the VMR9 video:

Now what remains is code the anaglyph shaders for 3D content :)

A: Create your texture from the video frame and then LockRect it and copy the data in.  You now have the data in a D3D9 Texture.
Loading a pixel shader is easy.  Use D3DXCreateEffectFromFile.
Rendering a quad with a texture on it can easily be learnt by looking at any tutorial on the internet.  Try this one:
http://www.drunkenhyena.com/cgi-bin/view_cpp_article.pl?chapter=2;article=30
If you set it up right the effect will automatically be applied to the quad.
Edit:  From looking at your code it appears you don't set the world, view or projection matrices.  Nor do you set your viewport.
Firstly you should set them all the matrices to identity.  This means that the vertices you pass in will shift through the pipeline without any changes.  You then need to bear in mind that the "projection" space runs from -1 to 1 (left to right bottom to top).
Therefore your need to define your quad as follows:
ver[0] = new CustomVertex.PositionTextured(-1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
ver[1] = new CustomVertex.PositionTextured(1, 1, 0, 1, 0);
ver[2] = new CustomVertex.PositionTextured(-1, -1, 0, 0, 1);
ver[3] = new CustomVertex.PositionTextured(1, 1, 0, 1, 0);
ver[4] = new CustomVertex.PositionTextured(1, -1, 0, 1, 1);
ver[5] = new CustomVertex.PositionTextured(-1, -1, 0, 0, 1);

You then need to set your viewport as follows (This is a C++ Viewport set as i haven't really used C# much):
D3DVIEWPORT9 vp;
vp.X = 0;
vp.Y = 0;
vp.Width = 1920;
vp.Height = 1080;
vp.MinZ   = 0.0f;
vp.MaxZ   = 1.0f;
pDevice->SetViewport( &vp );

At this point I would expect to see the whole texture on screen.
Btw Im also not entirely sure what you are doing in the SetTextureStageState ... Are you just saying "Select Arg1".  Are you passing in the equivalent of D3DTA_TEXTURE to COLOR ARG 1?

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Q: Decorator - changing variable name I am learning the concepts of decorators in Python. While I think I have covered lots of blogs and have got some basic understanding how decorators work and why would we need one.
While doing so, I encountered a tutorial (totally lost the reference to this), where while explaining about decorators, the author wrote the following:
def call_counter(func):
    def helper(x):
        helper.calls += 1
        return func(x)
    helper.calls = 0
    return helper

def succ(x):
    return x + 1

succ = call_counter(succ)
print(succ.calls)
for i in range(10):
    succ(i)
print(succ.calls)

Output:
0
10

As I mentioned earlier, I thought I understand how a decorator works and basic Python but suddenly am doubting myself here.
In helper function, the author is incrementing helper.calls variable by 1 (which should be, as per my previous understanding, just an ordinary variable and helper.  is only to show this variable is inside helper function), but has only defined helper.calls after using it here , towards the end.
Similarly, towards end, after calling the decorator function, the author has suddenly used succ.calls variable - which is even printing expected result - but without any definition anywhere.
P.S. I have tried doing my research but could not even put this behaviour in proper words to find anything appropriate.
P.P.S. Could not come up with a more precise header as totally unfamiliar with the actual phenomenon happening.

A: succ = call_counter(succ)  # succ.calls = 0 when function is called (succ = helper)
print(succ.calls)  # prints 0
for i in range(10):
    succ(i)  # As succ = helper now, this becomes helper(i) and helper.i is incremented by 1 each iteration, succ(x) is then returned after as func = succ and x + 1 is returned from succ(x)
print(succ.calls)  # prints 10 as helper.calls is incremented 10 times within the loop

The same output would have been achieved if succ(x) had returned no value as it was not used anywhere else, you can see your code visualized on http://www.pythontutor.com/visualize.html#mode=edit


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Facebook Now Lets You Video Chat
The blogosphere has been buzzing lately with the recent development that Facebook is now allowing members to video chat with each other.
The social network cut a deal with Skype, a widely-used and recognized Internet calling service, according to the New York Times. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new video chat capability, saying it was easy and seamless to use.
The new development is expected to help Facebook, currently the most popular social network in the world with 750 million users, keep up with its new rival Google+, which takes video chatting a step further by allowing up to 10 people to video chat at once, the article pointed out. Analysts also expect that as Facebook video chat catches on, fewer people would go directly to Skype to video chat there.
The downside? You can't use Facebook's video chat on your smartphone and you can't video chat in a group, the article notes. However, the Financial Times pointed out that group video chat and mobile video chat capabilities on Facebook were being developed and would be available in the future.
So how do you use it? Registered users can access it here. You simply press the button indicated to get started and select someone from your chat list who you want to video chat with, clicking the video button at the top. A box will pop up on your friend's page to accept or decline your video chat call. Once they accept, you can get to talking over video. Those who have used Skype in the past will be familiar with the experience. The first time you use it, you will have to download a plug-in, but you don't need to install Skype. Of course, you'll need to have a webcam, headset, speakers and a microphone for the video chat session to work.
However, some users have reported glitches with the new feature, according to India's Business Standard. Users have complained that they didn't know how to get the video icon to show up on the chat box, while others have said that the chat session crashes for them the same way Skype does. It appears that in locations where Internet speed is slow, Facebook users struggle with lags for Facebook video chat.
In conclusion, with this new development, it seems like Facebook is making it clear after the release of Google+ that they intend to do whatever it takes to keep the massive user base that Google craves so badly.
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Involuntary Commitment Patient and Public Rights
Involuntary Commitment: Patient and Public Rights
Confinement to a mental health facility against one's will, whether to protect the public from danger or to protect the individual from self-harm, is referred to as involuntary commitment. Certain legal procedures must be followed to ensure that the patient's constitutional rights aren't violated. The civil commitment process in the United States began during colonial times, but it would take more than 200 years for these laws and procedures to finally recognize the rights of patients (and the public).
The following is a summary of patient and public rights with respect to involuntary commitment, including the grounds for commitment; state and federal laws; commitment proceedings; and standards for treatment and confinement.
Involuntary Commitment Law: A Brief History
Civil commitment proceedings may be carried out if the state or federal government declares someone a danger to themselves or the general public. Civil commitment requires due process under all state and federal laws, but this wasn't always the case. The constitutional rights of patients, as well as those of the public, weren't necessarily protected until courts began forcing the issue in the 1970s.
Specifically, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1975 (O'Connor v. Donaldson) that "A State cannot constitutionally confine... a non-dangerous individual who is capable of surviving safely in freedom by himself or with the help of willing and responsible family members or friends..."
This decision established the standard that a finding of "mental illness" alone is not enough to confine a patient against their will; they must also be either:
A danger to the public (invoking the state's inherent police powers); or
A danger to themselves (the legal doctrine of "parens patriae").
This ruling would soon be reflected in state civil commitment laws and procedures, including state laws that allow for the confinement of habitual sex offenders.
Involuntary Commitment Laws
Federal law addressing involuntary commitment is generally limited to criminal procedure, including civil commitment of a sexually dangerous person as well as hospitalization of:
Defendants found not guilty by reason of insanity;
Convicted persons suffering from mental disease;
Imprisoned persons suffering from mental disease; and
Persons due for release but suffering from mental disease.
Civil commitment laws in most states authorize the following kinds of involuntary confinement and treatment:
Emergency Hospitalization - Often referred to as a "psychiatric hold," this typically involves a limited confinement in response to a crisis for evaluation purposes.
Inpatient Civil Commitment - This is a longer-term confinement, typically in effect until the court determines the patient no longer meets civil commitment criteria.
Outpatient Civil Commitment - Often referred to as "mandated" or "assisted" outpatient treatment (AOT), this involves court-ordered mental health treatment while the patient continues to live in the community (a handful of states haven't adopted this option, including Maryland and Massachusetts).
The following is a sampling of state involuntary commitment laws (the involuntary confinement of sex offenders is typically addressed separately), with links to the statutes:
Texas - Patient is entitled to a probable cause hearing within 72 hours of being detained. State presents a certificate of medical examination and a supporting affidavit, while the patient is granted an attorney.
Illinois - Anyone who believes an individual needs immediate, involuntary hospitalization may present a petition to a mental health facility in the county where the patient resides. This petition must include a detailed statement, the name of the individual's spouse or guardian, and the petitioner's relationship to the patient.
California - An authorized person (peace officer, mental health professional, etc.) must establish probable cause for involuntary commitment by proving that the patient is a danger to others, a danger to themselves, or is "gravely disabled as a result of the mental disorder."
A 2014 report by the Treatment Advocacy Center grades state civil commitment laws, with feedback about bed waits, delays in actual treatment (after initial confinement), enactment of AOT laws, and other factors.
Civil Commitment Proceedings
Proceedings for civil commitment of a mentally ill individual vary by state, but follow similar steps. Generally, the goal of the petitioner (the party seeking commitment) is to secure a court order requiring the patient to receive necessary treatment against their own wishes. If involuntary confinement pertains to a criminal matter, the petitioner most likely will be the district attorney; but mental health professionals, spouses, or other individuals also may file a petition.
Most states require a court order within two to three days of an emergency confinement and a hearing within a few weeks. The patient has a right to an attorney during the hearing and often will be appointed one.
Civil commitment will generally be upheld if the court agrees that the patient is a danger to themselves and/or the community, but patients may not be confined longer than is necessary for treatment and may be released after subsequent hearings.
Standards for Treatment and Confinement
Standards for involuntary treatment and confinement vary from state to state, although all patients are afforded protections under the federal Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980 (CRIPA). While CRIPA doesn't establish new rights for institutionalized persons, it provides for the investigation of complaints regarding the rights of patients (both voluntarily and involuntarily institutionalized).
In Florida patients must be given notice of their rights in a care facility, including the right "to receive the least-restrictive, available treatment" possible. Also, Florida requires that the use of "restraints, seclusion, isolation," and other, more-extreme measures "may never be used for punishment, convenience of staff, or to compensate for inadequate staffing."
But even with such laws and procedures in place, there may be a lack of oversight and the complaints of mentally ill patients or their loved ones may not always be adequately investigated. Also, a lack of funding for state mental health facilities often results in overcrowded conditions and lackluster care.
Get Professional Legal Help With Your Involuntary Commitment Concerns
The state is within its rights to involuntarily commit you or a loved one to a mental health facility if it can prove that confinement is necessary, but it must follow due process. This means you (or a loved one) have the right to defend against such an action in court. If in doubt, reach out to a local health care law attorney for guidance.


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Millions of Christians suffer persecution worldwide
Open Doors International has released its WWL of 2022 with sobering details. Here are some of the highlights.
More than 5,600 Christians were killed for their faith last year. More than 2,100 churches were attacked or closed.
More than 124,000 Christians were forcibly displaced from their homes because of their faith, and almost 15,000 became refugees.
Sub-Saharan Africa—the epicenter of global Christianity—is now also the epicenter of violence against Christians, as Islamist extremism has spread well beyond Nigeria.
And North Korea is back at No. 1, according to the 2023 World Watch List (WWL), the latest annual accounting from Open Doors of the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous and difficult to be a Christian.
Where It's Hardest to Follow Jesus:
1. North Korea
2. Somalia
3. Yemen
4. Eritrea
5. Libya
6. Nigeria
7. Pakistan
9. Afghanistan
10. Sudan
The concerning tallies of martyrdoms and church attacks are actually lower than in last year's report. But Open Doors emphasizes they are "an absolute minimum figure," and is quick to note the data decline does not suggest real improvements in religious freedom.
For example, the reduction in church closures was "due in large part" to Chinese officials having closed almost 7,000 churches over the prior two years. And the drop of Afghanistan from No. 1 last year to No. 9 this year "offers little cheer" because it's driven by how most Afghan Christians "went deep into hiding or fled overseas" after the Taliban's takeover.
Overall, and same as last year, 360 million Christians live in nations with high levels of persecution or discrimination. That's 1 in 7 Christians worldwide, including 1 in 5 believers in Africa, 2 in 5 in Asia, and 1 in 15 in Latin America.
And for only the third time in three decades of tracking, all 50 nations scored high enough to register "very high" persecution levels on Open Doors' matrix of more than 80 questions. So did 5 more nations that fell just outside the cutoff.
Islamic extremism continues to cause the most persecution (31 nations), especially in sub-Saharan Africa where Open Doors fears Nigeria will soon trigger "a vast humanitarian catastrophe" across the continent. Researchers also noted how China has increased digital restrictions and surveillance and is "forging a network of nations seeking to redefine human rights—away from universal standards and religious freedoms." And a fourth Latin American country, Nicaragua, entered the list as authoritarian governments increasingly view Christians as voices of opposition.
The purpose of the annual WWL rankings—which have chronicled how North Korea has competition as persecution gets worse and worse—is to guide prayers and to aim for more effective anger while showing persecuted believers that they are not forgotten.
The 2023 version tracks the time period from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, and is compiled from grassroots reports by more than 4,000 Open Doors workers across more than 60 countries.
Today's report also marks 30 years of the list, first created in 1993 after the Iron Curtain fell. What has Open Doors learned?
First, it's clear that persecution continues to worsen. The number of countries hitting the WWL threshold to be tracked has risen from 40 in 1993 to 76 today, and the average country score has gone up 25 percent.
Yet the biggest threat to the church is not external but internal, concludes Frans Veerman, Open Doors managing director of research. And 1 Corinthians 12 means no believer should suffer alone.
"The biggest threat to Christianity," he said, "is that persecution brings isolation, and when it keeps going on incessantly it may cause loss of hope."
While violence and pressure lead to significant trauma and loss, Veerman noted how "remarkably many respondents to our questionnaires keep on saying that the biggest threat does not come from the outside but from within the church: 'Will the next generation be prepared for the kind of persecution we are witnessing? Are they strong in their faith and in knowing Christ and the gospel?'"
"This shows that the level of resilience of the church is as defining for the future of the church in a country as is the level of persecution," he said. "So the biggest threat to the church in countries with persecution is decrease of resilience caused by incessant persecution and the feeling of being forsaken by the rest of the body of Christ."
After three decades of research, Open Doors has learned that such needed resilience is found by being "anchored in the Word of God and in prayer," said Veerman. Also by being "courageous," as the persecuted church is most often "active in spreading the gospel" and "vital and growing against the odds."
In short, the persecuted church has taught Open Doors the truth of 1 Corinthians 12:26: "If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it."
Where are Christians most persecuted today?
Afghanistan does not represent the only substantial change in this year's rankings. Cuba moved to No. 27, up from No. 37, due to the intensification of repressive tactics against Christian leaders and activists opposing Communist principles. Prior to widespread demonstrations in 2021, it didn't even rank. Burkina Faso moved to No. 23, up from No. 32, due to increased jihadist activity, exacerbated by similar instability in neighboring Sahel nations. Mozambique moved to No. 32, up from No. 41, due to Islamic militancy in its northern region. And Colombia moved to No. 22, up from No. 30, due to targeted violence against Christians by criminal gangs.
Comoros joined the list at No. 42, rising 11 spots due to increased government paranoia (only foreigners there are allowed religious freedom). And Nicaragua joined the list for the first time, rising 11 spots to No. 50 due to growing dictatorial repression, especially against the Roman Catholic Church.
Overall, other than Afghanistan dropping eight slots, the top 10 nations mostly shuffled positions from last year [see sidebar]. Sudan rejoined the group at No. 10, bumping India which at No. 11 still scores within Open Doors' "most extreme" level of persecution.
Surprisingly removed in 2021 from the US State Department's annual listing of Countries of Particular Concern after finally being added in 2020, Nigeria was again given special attention in the Open Doors report, which noted: "Violence against Christians … is most extreme in Nigeria where militants from the Fulani, Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and others conduct raids on Christian communities, killing, maiming, raping and kidnapping for ransom or sexual slavery."
Violence against Christians … is most extreme in Nigeria where militants from the Fulani, Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and others conduct raids on Christian communities, killing, maiming, raping and kidnapping for ransom or sexual slavery.
This year has also seen this violence spill over into the Christian-majority south of the nation. … Nigeria's government continues to deny this is religious persecution, so violations of Christians' rights are carried out with impunity.
Repeating last year's performance, Africa's most populous nation ranked No. 1 in the WWL subcategories of Christians killed, abducted, sexually assaulted or harassed, forcibly married, or physically or mentally abused, as well as ranked No. 1 in homes and businesses attacked for faith-based reasons. It again ranked No. 2 in the subcategories of church attacks and internal displacement.
Violations of religious freedom in Nigeria are emblematic of a rapidly growing Islamist presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mali rose to No. 17 from No. 24. Burkina Faso rose to No. 23 from No. 32, and Niger rose to No. 28 from No. 33. Farther south, the Central African Republic (CAR) rose to No. 24 from No. 31; Mozambique rose to No. 32 from No. 41; and DRC rose to No. 37 from No. 40.
Countries with Christian majorities rank relatively low in the top 50, and include Colombia (No. 22), Central African Republic (No. 24), Cuba (No. 27), Ethiopia (No. 39), the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DRC (No. 37), Mozambique (No. 32), Mexico (No. 38), and Cameroon (No. 45), and Nicaragua (No. 50). (Kenya and Tanzania fall just short of making the 2023 list.)
Curtesy: ODI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTvgIUQq4XE
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MIAMI (WSVN) - A man embarked on a rescue mission to save as many South Florida iguanas as possible from the cold, and he was able to bring more than 200 of the reptiles to safety.
Twenty-four-year-old Michael Holston spent Thursday night boating through South Florida canals. 7News cameras captured him rescuing an iguana.
"I know, buddy, it's freaking cold out here, dude," he said as he grabbed a green iguana from a tree branch.
On Thursday night, he helped 233 iguanas. He brought them home, where he put them in bins and pillowcases.
Quite a few of the reptiles he took home are not small. "That's a five-foot, another six-foot, another six-foot," he said as he showed the covered animals to 7News.
Holston said he planned ahead about what he would do once he brought in the iguanas. He indicated he will find a home for every single one of them, adding that 69 of them are already spoken for.
"Not all heroes wear capes," he said in a video posted to his Instagram account.
Soon he'll have more stories to tell, as he heads out to rescue more iguanas, Friday night. This is expected to be the final night of the cold snap in South Florida.
"We're animals lovers, whether they're invasive or not," he said.
He'll be rounding up more scaly creatures, even the bigger ones, which are not exactly a South Florida favorite.


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Eyebrows Raised in Michigan: Electoral Race Suddenly Strongly Favors Democrats
Late Night Election Changes Raise Concern in Michigan
On Election Night 2020, when the polls closed at 8:00 PM in Michigan it seemed as though President Donald Trump and Republican candidate for the United States Senate John James were in the lead in Michigan. In fact, Joe Biden did not take the lead in Michigan once.
Both Republicans were winning by a considerable margin. However, all of a sudden in the early morning of November fourth, the vote drastically changed in the Democrats favor leading CNN amongst many other networks to declare Joe Biden the winner of Michigan and even Wisconsin.
Uncertainty Over Drastic Changes
So, what caused this drastic change? Well, no one really knows. But there is reason to believe foul play may have been a factor in this. Today, Twitter user @letsroll21 sent a tweet saying, "If these numbers are true there is no way you can call any of these states. You have to remove the unregistered voters. For all the races."
In addition, attached to the tweet was a chart showing votes from what appears to be unregistered voters in multiple states by the thousands. If this is true, this is extremely concerning and an existential threat to our Democratic process.
If these numbers are true there is no way you can call any of these states. You have to remove the unregistered voters. For all the races. pic.twitter.com/ziYwivdUe0
— Red Wave (@letsroll21) November 4, 2020
More Evidence of Potential Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump tweeted "Wow! It looks like Michigan has now found the ballots necessary to keep a wonderful young man, John James, out of the U.S. Senate. What a terrible thing is happening!" suggesting the ballots may not be real.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1324059767581671425?s=20
This led to the Trump campaign suing Michigan in an attempt to stop the counting. In an interview with Steven Crowder on "Louder with Crowder," a lady accounts being at a vote counting place in Michigan and a video shows a man carrying, what appears to be, ballots out of a white van in coolers and red wagons with absolutely no one escorting or watching the man. Additionally, a separate video shows a man covering up windows at an absentee ballot counting center in Detroit with large sheets of what appears to be cardboard.
The scene at Detroit's absentee ballot counting center is growing more heated. The windows now being covered up. Allegations of violations. Sec. of State says she welcomes challenges. pic.twitter.com/oUL4A0h3Ku
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) November 4, 2020
These are just a few instances of what appear to be fraudulent activity. If all of this is true, which it is starting to look more and more like it is, it would be wise for Republicans on the ballot to pursue legal action and get to the bottom of what exactly is going on in Michigan and many of these other states.
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Q: Trapezoidal vs sinusoidal BLDC motor, back EMF speed caclulation First of all do these motors differ electrically and if yes, how?
Can you measure BLDC generator speed using back-emf independent of its waveform type?

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"do these motors differ electrically and if yes, how? "

They (?) may differ according to power ratings and ability to handle harmonics of triangular currents but not necessarily.  A square wave voltage commutated by the Bridge driver to load may result in more current generated and thus more torque load than a sine generated voltage but also create more Eddy current losses at higher RPM at max load.
e.g. Such as pulse charging a battery with a FET bridge will create broad spectrum harmonics due to narrow current pulse in the rectifier to low ESR battery capacitance.

"Can you measure BLDC generator speed using back-emf independent of its waveform type?"

Yes.
If you consider only trapezoid and a sine waves, both can be easily sliced with a comparator to get a square wave to count RPM. The only difference is that a trapezoid or triangle is the integral of a pulse or square wave, if symmetrical.
The trapezoidal-current drive systems are popular because of the simplicity of their control circuits but suffer from a torque ripple problem during commutation. A sine controlled motor or linear loaded generator ( with active PFC) is smoother to control at low RPM.
This is how large VFC motors are controlled with a pseudo-sine wave.
worse than a trapezoid: ...
I can imagine a generator with V/f constant (rated at no load) being overloaded with excessive pulse noise before the FET diode bridge and possibly a voltage controlled LPF filter would be useful.
I don't have a universal solution but I am sure you can find some that work for linear loads (rectified sine) and non-linear loads ( battery charge) or with MPT converters that vary load impedance or those with trapezoidal waveforms and the source impedance varies with the mechanical power source available. ( torque and RPM)
Signal conditioning requirements for suppressing commutation noise are necessary for generators into battery chargers and may require variable frequency low pass filters that rise with RPM depending on fundamental signal f  at max RPM and harmonic noise rejection required at low RPM to prevent false sensing.  In this case you would measure the current waveform and determine the signal conditioner requirements over a wide range of loads and RPM to define the design specs.

A: You do measure zero crossing of back EMF to get the frequency and then you calculate speed. The amplitude and form has no influence on measuring speed from back EMF.


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Borges. A Signature. June 8, 2010.
Life becomes a Borges story. For a few months I've been reading and writing about Jorge Luis Borges. This afternoon, tidying up my study, I stumbled upon a used paperback copy of Borges On Writing, 1973, which I bought in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during the winter, and sat down to read it. His signature is on the title page! It looks a lot like this one online for $31,000!
Here's another sample Borges signature, for an incredible $18,000.
Why do writers and artists always have to die before their work starts fetching these kinds of prices? Some crude, bourgeois calculation involved.
I've scanned it in. Somebody tell me I'm wrong!
"Uncanny," as a Facebook friend has said. The word surreal keeps swirling around in my head… For some reason, Borges' story "The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim" has also kept coming to mind, since my discovery, his search for Attar's Simurgh, which all connects intimately with a poem I've been writing.
There are times when the intuition can surpass and lead aright the rational mind. Perhaps a fellow writer can help us more than we are able to understand, reach out even from across the grave… how non-modern, how contrary to our quotidian, rational assumptions, modernity's cliches and distortions, petty pieties.


More than 170 tons of milk powder have been recalled amid a 10-day nationwide crackdown on melamine-tainted dairy products, authorities have said.
The recall is the latest of dairy products to resurface from a 2008 contamination scandal that hit the country.
Two dairy companies in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region were closed for selling tainted milk powder on Saturday, while candies made with tainted milk powder were found in Jilin province yesterday.
The two affected companies are the Ningxia Tiantian Dairy Co Ltd and Ningxia Panda Dairy Co Ltd, Ningxia's regional government said in a press conference on Saturday.
Ningxia police also found that another company outside the region paid the Ningxia Tiantian Dairy Co Ltd last July about 170 tons of milk powder - melamine-tainted products left over from the 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed - as debt payment.
From July to November last year, the company repacked 164.75 tons of the affected powder in their own packages and sold it to five factories in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, police investigations showed.
About 72 tons of the milk powder have been recalled and seized and the authorities are tracking the rest of the tainted products.
However, the Ningxia Panda Dairy Co Ltd was shut down because it was related to the Shanghai Panda Dairy Co Ltd, a company that was earlier closed for selling tainted milk last year.
Zhao Shuming, secretary-general of the Ningxia Dairy Industry Association, said: "Many small companies lack the technology to test melamine, an industrial chemical added to milk to boost false protein readings in quality tests."
"As a small company, the Tiantian dairy company doesn't have a machine to test melamine. Such a machine can cost up to 1 million yuan ($147,000). So many companies are just not able to check if the milk powder they buy is safe or not. But their repacking of the products is illegal," Zhao told China Daily yesterday.
Zhao said the latest findings have dealt a huge blow to the Ningxia dairy industry.
"The dairy industry in the region is export-oriented. Now most of its companies are in panic and worrying about possible negative impacts on their businesses," he said.
"Flaws in the previous system led to the current chaos. What if companies with tainted milk also hold back their stocks for this round of checkups and reuse them later, just like what's happening now?" he asked.
He said the association has issued an emergency warning to all companies in the region to conduct strict checks on milk products they buy.
The latest discoveries marked the second batch of tainted milk products found in the 10-day inspection that was launched on Monday last week.
The first batch of affected milk products found in the latest crackdown was identified in Shaanxi province last week, with three suspects subsequently detained.
A portion of the Shaanxi batch of tainted products had been sold to a company in Fujian, where candies were made with the milk under the brand name "Little White Mice".
The candies have been taken off shelves, local media reported yesterday.
Zheng Xiaoming, vice-governor of Shaanxi, said in a government meeting last Friday that starting from Wednesday, officials in charge of any tainted milk found in the latest crackdown will have to step down.
"The officials will be removed immediately from their posts once tainted milk products are found, before we start investigating the case," Zheng was quoted by local media as saying.
In Sept 2008, melamine was found in milk products of 22 dairy companies around the country.
The industrial chemical led to the deaths of at least six children and caused about 300,000 others to fall ill.


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Q: how to write >1 file from a partition First I wanted to spit a partition by a prefixed size, so I can update the file system. For example if a partition data size is 200MB(each row in the partition RDD can be different size), I want to write 4 files in that partition, each file 50MB, while trying to avoid shuffle. Is it possible to do that without a repartition or a coelesce which would cause shuffle? I dont have a fixed row size I cant really use the maxRecordsPerFile spark config.
Next option is to repartition the entire dataset causing shuffle. So to calculate the size I did the following, but it fails with: "Local variable numOfPartitions defined in an enclosing scope must be final or effectively final". what am I doing wrong. How can I fix this code?
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JavaRDD<String> tgg = xmlDataSet.toJavaRDD().mapPartitions ( xmlRows -> {
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ISL 7: ATKMB eye better goal-scoring returns as NE United pose fresh challenge
ATK Mohun Bagan coach Antonio Lopez Habas (Photo/ISL)
Fatorda (Goa) [India], January 2 (ANI): ATK Mohun Bagan ended the year on top of the Indian Super League standings and the pressure to keep their dominance intact arrives in the form of NorthEast United FC's challenge, when both meet at the JL Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Sunday.
Edging ahead of the chasing pack, the Mariners have set themselves a perfect base to emerge as early contenders for top honours with only Mumbai City for now, posing a real threat.
However, if there is one thing that their coach Antonio Lopez Habas would want, it will arguably be for his strikers to get more goals as the Green and Maroons appear solid defensively.
ATKMB's strikers have been going through a rather hit-and-miss phase with only three goals coming in their last four games. This was on display in their previous game against Chennaiyin FC -- a goalless draw.
However, Habas is not worried. "I would be worried if we did not have the chances to score. In football, you can do in one moment, what was not possible for you in the three matches before. All situations are different situations during the 90 minutes," he said.
Of ATKMB's strikers, one name has stood out throughout the season -- Roy Krishna. Time and again, this season, Krishna has dug his team out from sticky situations with timely goals. Of ATKMB's five wins so far, he scored the winner in four. However, he has been in lukewarm form of late and has not scored from open play for nearly a month.
However, Habas maintained that goalscoring was a collective responsibility, not a single player's task. "I have to analyse the performance of the whole team and not just Roy Krishna. And the team's performance is 100 percent." he said.
NorthEast United, meanwhile, have problems of their own. After their early season form propelled them up the table, they've since lost ground and are winless in their last four games. Their coach Gerard Nus is aware that ATKMB will present them with a tough test.
"They're one of the hardest teams to play against and there's no question about it. We're seeing why. We knew they would be on the top because they have really amazing players. They have been consistent through the years. They retained many players that they got in the squad and that obviously helps in a short tournament like this," he said.
While Ghanaian strike man Kwesi Appiah is doubtful for the game, much will rest upon Federico Gallego and the impressive young triumvirate of Lalengmawia, Rochharzela and Ninthoinganba Meetei to provide the impetus going forward as the Guwahati side looks to reboot into top form. (ANI)
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Indonesian authorities said on Thursday the search for victims of a plane crash that killed all 62 people on board had been halted, but the hunt would continue for the Sriwijaya Air jet's cockpit voice recorder (CVR). "Search operations have been closed, but we will continue to search for the CVR," said Bagus Puruhito, who heads the country's search and rescue agency. Divers last week retrieved from the seabed the other so-called black box, the flight data recorder, of the 26-year-old Boeing Co 737-500 jet.
City of London representatives vote on Thursday on whether to remove from its Guildhall medieval ceremonial home statues of two figures that symbolise the financial sector's historic role in slavery . The Square Mile financial district set up a task force on tackling racism in June last year following the death of George Floyd in the United States that led to widespread Black Lives Matter protests. The task force has recommended removing statues of William Beckford and John Cass from the Guildhall, with City councillors voting on Thursday afternoon.
Mali villagers say French bombs hit wedding - Human Rights Watch
Three villagers in northern Mali told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that a French air strike this month hit a wedding party attended by civilians, disputing French claims that only Islamist militants were hit. Different sides have offered contradictory accounts of the Jan. 3 strike outside the village of Bounti. The French military said it killed about 30 Islamist fighters - a version backed by Malian authorities.
Parma complete signing of Milan defender Conti
The 26-year-old Italian, who has made three league appearances this season, will initially move on loan before making the move permanent at the end of the 2020/21 campaign. "Parma Calcio are delighted to announce that Andrea Conti has joined the club on a loan deal from AC Milan, which lasts until 30 June 2021," read a club statement.
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Snow was seen falling in Manchester on the night of January 20 amid flood warnings across parts of the UK in the wake of Storm Christoph.Four severe flood warnings were in place on January 21, posing a potential danger to life, forecasters said.Local media reported hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes.The UK's flood information service said that those evacuating were permitted to stay with family or friends and would not be in breach of coronavirus regulations. Credit: Mark Gregory via Storyful
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From keeping coronavirus vaccines cold in tropical temperatures to ensuring they reach remote islands, a top drug distributor is gearing up for major challenges in shipping shots across Asia.
Lebanon said on Thursday that a 24-hour lockdown imposed earlier this month to combat COVID-19 infections overwhelming its medical systems would be extended by two weeks. The tight restrictions on movement across the country, which had been due to run until Monday, will stay in place until Feb. 8, the cabinet said in a statement. It said the decision was taken in response to a continued increase in COVID-19 infections and a relentless rise in the number of patients needing intensive care.
Former Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton Send Message to Biden
Former Presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton recorded a video message at the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater as their contribution to the Celebrating America inauguration concert.In the video, George Bush, addressing Joe Biden as "Mr President", says "Your success is our country's success. God bless you."Bill Clinton echoes this, saying: "You have spoken for us today. Now you will lead for us. And we're ready to march with you. Good luck. God bless you."Barack Obama, concluding the message, said: "I'm proud of you. You and Kamala need to know that you've got all of us here rooting for your success." Credit: Biden Inaugural Committee via Storyful
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Malaysia extends lockdown in capital and other states until February
Malaysia on Thursday extended restrictions on movement in the capital Kuala Lumpur and five states until Feb. 4 as part of a lockdown to combat a surge in coronavirus infections. The Health Ministry has confirmed that COVID-19 cases are accelerating within the community in many states, Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a statement. This week, the government placed six other states under a two-week lockdown.


Google Customer Reviews is a free review service that collects reviews automatically from customers who have made a purchase directly from your website. If you're an e-commerce business not using Google Customer Reviews, read on and learn why this is an essential part of your digital marketing mix.
What are Google Customer Reviews?
Before we dive into the reasons why you should opt into Google Customer Reviews, let's quickly explain what it is. Google Customer Reviews was launched by Google in March 2017 to replace Google Trusted Stores. This service allows you to collect valuable reviews from verified customers for free – unlike most review sites.
So, Why Did Google Introduce Google Customer Reviews?
Whatever the reason may be, if you are an advertiser on Google's networks such as Google Search, Display and/or Shopping, opting in to Google Customer Reviews could be integral to your campaigns.
Ideally, this is suitable for e-commerce websites, but is not limited to physical products. For example, you could be a hotel selling packages online, an online course provider, or someone selling digital copies of books. As long as customers can complete the entire transaction online, you should be eligible. However, this excludes third-party selling platforms such as standard Shopify stores which have a different domain at checkout.
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Reviews are continuing to be a hot topic within digital marketing. For a lot of business owners, positive reviews are hard to come by and customers are more willing to 'rant' rather than 'rave' about your service. However, if you own an e-commerce store that allows customers to buy from you directly, Google Customer Reviews allows for easier collection of reviews.
Let's say you have more than one review site. For example, you might have reviews located on TrustPilot and are now considering a cheaper alternative such as Reviews.co.uk. Google Customer Reviews will aggregate all your review service sites including its own. There are some benefits to having more reviews collected within 12 months, which will be explained further.
Review sites are not the cheapest to sign-up to. Costs for popular review sites will range, and could cost hundreds of pounds a month depending which package you are on. Having Google collect reviews on your behalf for free sounds like a great alternative.
Not quite sure what your customers really think about your overall service? Well, you can now collect this information using Google Customer Reviews. In the example below, Booking.com has showcased what 1,130 customers think about them. This is also a valuable trust signal for other customers, and it sets their expectations of the service they will receive.
You have the option of placing this badge on your website, which will display your rating to all visitors coming to your website. Identifying yourself with the Google brand could boost your credibility and convert more customers.
Opting in to Google Customer Reviews automatically makes you eligible for Seller Ratings extensions (if you satisfy all the requirements). Seller ratings show your aggregated review rating if you have a high rating of 3.5 out of 5 or above. They can be showcased in both Google Search and individual product listings within Google Shopping ads as per the example from Nike.com below.
As you can see from the above example, Nike dominates searches for Nike trainers using Seller Ratings extensions. They are mainly using Bizrate and Poulpeo to pull in reviews as per Nike's Google Customer Review profile.
Not every advertiser is eligible for Seller Ratings being displayed within their Search and Shopping ads. There are a few requirements you must meet after successfully opting in to Google Customer Reviews.
Any Reasons Why You Shouldn't Opt-In?
As you can see from this overview, there are numerous benefits to using Google Customer Reviews. Integrating it into your e-commerce marketing strategy could boost sales due to the added transparency of the quality of your service for all potential customers to see. If you have an e-commerce platform, you may need to consider collecting reviews with Google; particularly if you are already advertising on Google's networks or are using one of the affiliated independent review websites such as TrustPilot.
If you'd like to discuss whether your business could benefit from Google Customer Reviews, contact one of our Google certified experts today.